AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG NEWGEN BIOPHARMA CORPORATION, RETROSPETTIVA, INC. AND RETROSPETTIVA ACQUISITIONS, INC. Dated as of July 22, 2010
Exhibit 10.1
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY
AND AMONG
NEWGEN
BIOPHARMA CORPORATION,
RETROSPETTIVA,
INC. AND
RETROSPETTIVA
ACQUISITIONS, INC.
Dated
as of July 22, 2010
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Page | |||
ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
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1 | |
1.1 |
Definitions
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1 | |
1.2 |
Exhibits
|
8 |
ARTICLE
II
|
THE
MERGER
|
8 | |
2.1 |
The
Merger
|
8 | |
2.2 |
Closing
|
8 | |
2.3 |
Filing
of Certificate of Merger
|
8 | |
2.4 | Effect of Merger | 8 | |
2.5 | Certificates of Incorporation and Bylaws | 9 | |
2.6 |
Directors
and Officers
|
9 | |
2.7 |
Effect
on Stock.
|
9 | |
2.8 |
No
Further Ownership Rights in Company Stock
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10 | |
2.9 | Exchange of Certificates. | 10 | |
2.10 |
Exemption
from Registration
|
11 | |
2.11 |
Further
Action
|
11 |
ARTICLE
III
|
CONDITIONS
TO CLOSING
|
11 | |
3.1 |
Conditions
to the Obligations of the Company
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11 | |
3.2 |
Conditions
to Parent’s and the Merger Subsidiary’s
Obligations
|
14 |
ARTICLE
IV
|
COVENANTS
PRIOR TO CLOSING
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16 | |
4.1 |
Affirmative
Covenants
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16 | |
4.2 |
Negative
Covenants
|
17 | |
4.3 |
Notice
of Developments.
|
19 | |
4.4 |
Exclusivity
|
20 | |
4.5 |
HSR
Act Filing
|
20 | |
4.6 |
Consents
|
20 | |
4.7 |
Publicity
|
20 | |
4.8 |
Super
8-K Preparation and Filing
|
20 | |
4.9 |
Other
Filings
|
21 | |
4.10 |
Company
Shareholder Approval
|
21 | |
4.11 |
Votes
of Principal Shareholders
|
21 | |
4.12 |
Financing
|
21 | |
4.13 |
Copies
of Tax Returns
|
21 | |
4.14 |
Other
Actions
|
22 | |
4.15 |
Required
Information
|
22 |
ARTICLE
V
|
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
|
22 | |
5.1 |
Organization
and Power; Subsidiaries and Investments
|
23 | |
5.2 |
Authorization
|
23 | |
5.3 |
Capitalization
|
23 |
i
5.4 |
No
Breach
|
24 | |
5.5 |
Financial
Statements.
|
24 | |
5.6 |
Absence
of Certain Developments
|
24 | |
5.7 |
Real
Property Leases
|
25 | |
5.8 |
Title
to Assets
|
25 | |
5.9 |
Contracts
and Commitments.
|
25 | |
5.10 |
Proprietary
Rights.
|
27 | |
5.11 |
Governmental
Licenses and Permits
|
28 | |
5.12 |
Proceedings
|
29 | |
5.13 |
Compliance
with Laws
|
29 | |
5.14 |
Environmental
Matters
|
29 | |
5.15 |
Employees
|
29 | |
5.16 |
Employee
Benefit Plans.
|
30 | |
5.17 |
Insurance.
|
31 | |
5.18 |
Tax
Matters.
|
31 | |
5.19 |
Brokerage
|
32 | |
5.20 |
Undisclosed
Liabilities
|
32 | |
5.21 |
Information
Regarding Directors and Officers
|
32 | |
5.22 |
Books
and Records
|
32 | |
5.23 |
Interest
in Customers, Suppliers and Competitors
|
32 | |
5.24 |
Shareholder
Notice Materials
|
33 | |
5.25 |
FCPA
Compliance
|
33 | |
5.26 |
Financial
Recordkeeping and Reporting Compliance
|
33 | |
5.27 |
OFAC
Compliance
|
33 | |
5.28 |
Full
Disclosure
|
33 |
ARTICLE
VI
|
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND THE MERGER
SUBSIDIARY
|
34 | |
6.1 |
Organization
and Power; Subsidiaries and Investments
|
34 | |
6.2 |
Authorization
|
34 | |
6.3 |
Capitalization
|
35 | |
6.4 |
No
Breach
|
35 | |
6.5 |
Financial
Statements.
|
35 | |
6.6 |
Absence
of Certain Developments
|
36 | |
6.7 |
Real
Property Leases
|
36 | |
6.8 |
Title
to Assets
|
36 | |
6.9 |
Contracts
and Commitments.
|
36 | |
6.10 |
Proprietary
Rights.
|
37 | |
6.11 |
Governmental
Licenses and Permits
|
38 | |
6.12 |
Proceedings
|
38 | |
6.13 |
Compliance
with Laws
|
38 | |
6.14 |
Environmental
Matters
|
38 | |
6.15 |
Employees
|
39 | |
6.16 |
Employee
Benefit Plans.
|
39 | |
6.17 |
Insurance
|
40 | |
6.18 |
Tax
Matters.
|
40 | |
6.19 |
Brokerage
|
41 |
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6.20 |
Undisclosed
Liabilities
|
41 | |
6.21 |
Information
Regarding Directors and Officers
|
41 | |
6.22 |
Books
and Records
|
41 | |
6.23 |
Interest
in Customers, Suppliers and Competitors
|
41 | |
6.24 |
Other
Filings
|
42 | |
6.25 |
Full
Disclosure
|
42 | |
6.26 |
SEC
Filings
|
42 | |
6.27 |
Independent
Accountants
|
42 | |
6.28 |
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Compliance
|
43 | |
6.29 |
FCPA
Compliance
|
43 | |
6.30 |
Financial
Recordkeeping and Reporting Compliance
|
43 | |
6.31 |
OFAC
Compliance
|
43 | |
6.32 |
Internal
Controls
|
43 |
ARTICLE
VII
|
TERMINATION
|
44 | |
7.1 |
Termination
|
44 | |
7.2 |
Effect
of Termination
|
44 | |
7.3 |
Waiver
of Right to Terminate
|
44 |
ARTICLE
VIII
|
ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS; COVENANTS AFTER CLOSING
|
45 | |
8.1 |
Mutual
Assistance
|
45 | |
8.2 |
Survival
of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements
|
45 | |
8.3 |
Indemnification
by the Parent Control Shareholders.
|
45 | |
8.4 |
Indemnification
by the Company
|
46 | |
8.5 |
Remedies
|
46 | |
8.6 |
Specific
Performance
|
46 | |
8.7 |
Notice
Of Claim
|
47 | |
8.8 |
Confidentiality
|
48 | |
8.9 |
Expenses
|
48 | |
8.10 |
Disputes;
Arbitration Procedure.
|
48 | |
8.11 |
Further
Transfers
|
49 | |
8.12 |
Transfer
Taxes; Recording Charges
|
49 |
ARTICLE
IX
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
49 | |
9.1 |
Amendment
and Waiver
|
49 | |
9.2 |
Notices
|
49 | |
9.3 |
Assignment
|
50 | |
9.4 |
Severability
|
50 | |
9.5 |
No
Strict Construction
|
50 | |
9.6 |
Captions
|
51 | |
9.7 |
No
Third Party Beneficiaries
|
51 | |
9.8 |
Complete
Agreement
|
51 | |
9.9 |
Counterparts
|
51 | |
9.10 |
Governing
Law and Jurisdiction
|
51 |
iii
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
THIS
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER is made and entered into as of July 22, 2010,
by and among NewGen BioPharma Corporation, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”),
Retrospettiva, Inc., a California corporation (“Parent”), and
Retrospettiva Acquisitions, Inc., a New Jersey corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger
Subsidiary”). The Company, Parent and the Merger Subsidiary
are sometimes referred to herein, individually, as a “Party” and,
collectively, as the “Parties.”
RECITALS:
A. Parent,
the Merger Subsidiary and the Company desire to enter into this Agreement
pursuant to which the Merger Subsidiary will be merged (the “Merger”) with and
into the Company and whereby each outstanding share of the Company’s common
stock, no par value (the “Company Stock”) will
be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration.
B. The
respective Boards of Directors of Parent, the Merger Subsidiary and the Company
have determined that the Merger is fair to and in the best interests of Parent,
the Merger Subsidiary and the Company and their respective
Shareholders.
C. The
respective Boards of Directors of Parent, the Merger Subsidiary and the Company
have unanimously approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
D. The
Parties desire to effect the Merger as a “reorganization” under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), so that the
Merger will not be taxable to the Parties or their respective Shareholders and
this Agreement constitutes a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of
Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-1(c).
In
consideration of the premises, the mutual promises contained herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. As
used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth
below.
“1933 Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“1934 Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Affiliate” of any
particular Person means any other Person controlling, controlled by or under
common control with such Person.
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“Agreement” means this
Agreement and Plan of Merger, together with all schedules and exhibits attached
hereto.
“Business” means the
Company’s business of discovering and developing proprietary pharmaceutical
drugs designed to address a range of human diseases.
“Certificate of
Merger” means the Certificate of Merger satisfying the applicable
requirements of the NJBCA, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A
hereto.
“Claims” or a “Claim” mean all
demands, claims, actions or causes of action, assessments, complaints,
directives, citations, information requests issued by any Governmental Agency,
legal proceedings, orders, notices of potential responsibility, losses, all
damages of whatever nature (including, without limitation, diminution in value
and lost profits), Liabilities,
“Closing” means,
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Agreement and
compliance with the other provisions hereof, the closing of the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement.
“Closing Date” means
the date on which the Closing shall occur.
“Code” has the meaning
set forth in the Recitals.
“Company Financial
Statements” means financial statements of the Company to be filed as part
of the Super 8-K, which shall include a presentation of such periods as is
required by SEC rules and regulations.
“Company Material Adverse
Effect” means any Event that, individually or in the aggregate with all
other Events, is materially adverse to the Company’s Business or the assets,
liabilities, financial condition or operating results of the Company or would
reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay or impair the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that no
Event will be deemed (either alone or in combination) to constitute, nor will be
taken into account in determining whether there has been or may be, a Company
Material Adverse Effect to the extent that it arises out of or relates to: (i) a
general deterioration in the United States economy, (ii) the outbreak or
escalation of hostilities involving the United States, the declaration by the
United States of a national emergency or war (whether or not declared) or the
occurrence of any other calamity or crisis, including an act of terrorism, (iii)
a natural disaster or any other natural occurrence beyond the control of the
Company, (iv) the disclosure of the fact that Parent is the prospective acquirer
of the Company, (v) the announcement or pendency of the transactions
contemplated hereby, or (vi) any action required by this
Agreement.
“Company Stock” has
the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Contracts” means with
respect to any Person, all agreements, contracts, commitments, franchises,
covenants, authorizations, understandings, licenses, mortgages, promissory
notes, deeds of trust, indentures, leases, plans or other instruments,
certificates or obligations, whether written or oral, to which said Person is a
party, under which said Person has or may acquire any right or has or may become
subject to any obligation or by which said Person, any of said Person’s
outstanding shares of stock or any of its assets is bound.
2
“Effective Time” means
the effective time of the Merger pursuant to the application of
Section 10.4.1 of the NJBCA, which shall be the date of filing of the
Certificate of Merger with the New Jersey Secretary of State or such later date
as may be agreed to by the Company and Parent and specified in the Certificate
of Merger.
“Environmental Laws”
means all applicable Laws concerning public health and safety, the pollution or
protection of the environment or the use, generation, transportation, storage,
treatment, processing, disposal or release of Hazardous Substances, as the
foregoing are enacted and in effect on the Closing Date, including, without
limitation, the Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, the Federal Clean
Air Act, as amended, the Federal Clean Water Act, as amended, the Federal
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, the
Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, regulations of the Environmental
Protection Agency, regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency and regulations
of any state or local department of natural resources or other environmental
protection agency.
“ERISA” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“Event” means any
event, circumstance, change or effect relating to any Party, as the case may
be.
“FCPA” means the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, in the United
States.
“Governmental Agency”
means any court, tribunal, administrative agency or commission, taxing authority
or other governmental or regulatory authority, domestic or foreign, of competent
jurisdiction, including, without limitation, agencies, departments, boards,
commissions or other instrumentalities of any country or any political
subdivisions thereof.
“Governmental
Licenses” means all permits, licenses, franchises, orders, registrations,
certificates, variances, approvals and other authorizations obtained from any
Governmental Agency.
“Hazardous Substances”
means any flammables, explosives, radon, radioactive materials, asbestos, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum and petroleum
products, methane, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic
substances, pollutants or contaminants or related materials regulated under, or
as defined in any Environmental Law.
3
“Indebtedness” means,
with respect to any Person at any date, without duplication: (i) all obligations
of such Person for borrowed money; (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced
by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments (including, without
limitation, any shareholder notes, deferred purchase price obligations or
earn-out obligations issued or entered into in connection with any acquisition
undertaken by such Person); (iii) all obligations in respect of letters of
credit and bankers’ acceptances issued for the account of such Person; (iv) all
obligations of such Person under any capitalized lease; (v) all liabilities and
obligations pursuant to any interest rate swap agreements; and (vi) any accrued
interest, prepayment premiums, breakage fees, penalties or similar amounts
related to any of the foregoing.
“Knowledge” means (i)
in the case of an individual, the actual knowledge of such individual, (ii) in
the case of any Person other than an individual, the actual knowledge of the
Board of Directors or senior level management employees (or individuals serving
in similar capacities) of such Person.
“Law” or “Laws” means any and
all federal, state, local or foreign laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules,
regulations or Orders.
“Leased Real Property”
means all of the right, title and interest of the Company and/or Parent, as the
case may be, under all leases, subleases, licenses, concessions and other
agreements (written or oral), pursuant to which the Company or Parent holds a
leasehold or sub-leasehold estate in, or is granted the right to use or occupy,
any land, buildings, improvements, fixtures or other interest in real property
which is used in the operation of the Company’s Business or leased by the
Company or Parent.
“Leases” means those
leases and subleases of the Leased Real Property.
“Liability” means,
with respect to any Person, any liability, debt, loss, cost, expense, fine,
penalty, obligation or damage of any kind, whether known, unknown, contingent,
asserted, accrued, unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, or whether due or to
become due.
“Lien” means any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, encumbrance, lien, easement, option, debt, charge, claim or
restriction of any kind.
“Lock-Up Agreement”
means the agreement between the Parent Control Shareholders and Parent in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
“Merger” has the
meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Merger Consideration”
means with respect to each share of Company Stock, a number of shares of Parent
Common Stock equal to 50,000,000 divided by the number or shares of Company
Stock outstanding immediately prior to the completion of the
Merger.
4
“Money Laundering and Related
Laws” means (i) applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, including the Money
Laundering Control Act of 1986, as amended, and any related or similar rules,
regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental
Agency, (ii) the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended, or (iii) the Uniting and
Strengthening of America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept
and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, and/or the rules and
regulations promulgated under any such law, or any successor law.
“NJBCA” means the New
Jersey Business Corporation Act.
“OFAC” means the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury
Department.
“Order” means, with
respect to any Person, any award, decision, decree, injunction, judgment, order
or ruling directed to and naming such Person.
“Other Filings” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.9.
“Parent Common Stock”
means the common stock, no par value per share, of Parent, the price of which is
quoted on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board under the ticker symbol “RTRO.”
“Parent Control
Shareholders” means Xxxx X. Agron and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, who, as
of the date hereof, collectively own, of record and beneficially, 11,891,974
shares of Parent Common Stock.
“Parent Financial
Statements” mean the financial statements of Parent to be filed as part
of the Super 8-K, which shall include
a presentation of such periods as is required by SEC rules and regulations,
and/or the financial statements of Parent included in Parent’s Forms 10-K, Forms
10-Q, and registration statements or prospectuses filed with the SEC at any
time, as the context requires.
“Parent Material Adverse
Effect” means any Event that, individually or in the aggregate with all
other Events, is materially adverse to the assets, liabilities or financial
condition of Parent or the Merger Subsidiary or would reasonably be expected to
prevent or materially delay or impair the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that no
Event will be deemed (either alone or in combination) to constitute, nor will be
taken into account in determining whether there has been or may be, a Company
Material Adverse Effect to the extent that it arises out of or relates to: (i) a
general deterioration in the United States economy, (ii) the outbreak or
escalation of hostilities involving the United States, the declaration by the
United States of a national emergency or war (whether or not declared) or the
occurrence of any other calamity or crisis, including an act of terrorism, (iii)
a natural disaster or any other natural occurrence beyond the control of Parent,
(iv) the announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated hereby,
or (v) any action required by this Agreement.
“Parent Preferred
Stock” means the Series A convertible preferred stock, no par value,
of Parent.
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“Parent Stock” means
Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock, as applicable.
“PCAOB” means the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
“Permitted Liens”
means (i) landlords’, mechanics’, materialmens’, carriers’, workmens’,
contractors’ and warehousemens’ Liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course
of business and for amounts which are not delinquent and are not, individually
or in the aggregate, material in nature, (ii) Liens for Taxes not yet due and
payable or for Taxes that are being contested in good faith, provided that a
reserve for such contested Taxes is maintained by the responsible Party,
(iii) liens imposed by applicable Laws, and (iv) Liens that do not
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the Company’s business or
materially detract from the use, occupancy, value or marketability of title of
the assets that are subject thereto.
“Person” means any
individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust,
unincorporated association, corporation, limited liability company, entity or
governmental entity (whether federal, state, county, city or otherwise and
including, without limitation, any instrumentality, division, agency or
department thereof).
“Personal Property”
means all tangible personal property owned or used by the Company and Parent, as
the case may be, in the conduct of each entity’s business, including, without
limitation, all furniture, computer hardware, fixtures that are not affixed to
real property, laboratory equipment and quality control testing equipment,
accessories and tools, wherever located.
“Pre-Closing Period”
means the period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective
Time.
“Proceeding” means any
action, arbitration, audit, complaint, investigation, litigation or suit
(whether civil, criminal or administrative).
“Proprietary Rights”
means: (i) all inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not
reduced to practice), all improvements thereto and all foreign and domestic
patents, patent applications and patent disclosures, together with all
reissuances, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, revisions,
extensions and reexaminations thereof; (ii) all foreign and domestic trademarks,
service marks, trade dress, logos and trade names and all goodwill associated
therewith; (iii) all foreign and domestic copyrightable works, all foreign and
domestic copyrights and all foreign and domestic applications, registrations and
renewals in connection therewith; (iv) all trade secrets and confidential
business information (including ideas, research and development, know-how,
formulas, code books, recipes, compositions, manufacturing and production
processes and techniques, technical data, designs, drawings, blue prints,
specifications, customer and supplier lists, pricing and cost information and
business and marketing plans and proposals); and (v) all copies and tangible
embodiments thereof in whatever form or medium.
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“Representatives”
means a corporate or entity’s affiliates, officers, directors, employees or
other agents and representatives.
“Rights” means, with
respect to any Person, any option, warrant or other right to subscribe for or
acquire shares of such Person’s capital stock.
“SAI” means Xxxxxxxxxx
& Associates, Inc., Parent’s independent public accounting
firm.
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx” means
the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, and the rules and regulations promulgated in
accordance therewith, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“SEC” means the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Shareholders” mean
the shareholders of the Company, Parent or the Merger Subsidiary, as the case
may be.
“Subsidiary” means,
with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, association or other
business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting
power of shares of stock entitled (regardless of whether, at the time, stock of
any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting
power by reason of the happening of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries
of that Person or a combination thereof or (ii) if a partnership, association or
other business entity, a majority of the partnership or other similar ownership
interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination
thereof.
“SJI” means Stonefield
Xxxxxxxxx, Inc., the Company’s independent public accounting firm.
“Super 8-K” means the
Form 8-K that Parent shall file with the SEC within four business days after the
Effective Date, which Form 8-K will comply with all applicable SEC rules and
regulations.
“Surviving
Corporation” means the Company after the Merger is consummated, as the
surviving corporation of the Merger.
“Tax” means any
foreign, federal, state or local income, gross receipts, franchise, estimated,
alternative minimum, add-on minimum, sales, use, transfer, real property gains,
registration, value added, excise, natural resources, severance, stamp,
occupation, premium, windfall profit, environmental, customs, duties, real
property, personal property, capital stock, social security, unemployment,
disability, payroll, license, employee or other withholding, or other tax, of
any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalties, fines or additions
thereto or additional amounts in respect of any of the foregoing.
“Tax Return” means any
return, declaration, report, claim for refund, information return or other
document (including any related or supporting schedule, statement or
information) filed or required to be filed in connection with the determination,
assessment or collection of any Tax.
7
“Transfer Agent” means
Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc., located at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx
000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 or any successor transfer agent for the Parent
Common Stock designated by the Parent.
1.2 Exhibits. The
Exhibits attached to this Agreement are set forth below.
Exhibit A — Certificate
of Merger
Exhibit
B — Lock-up Agreement of Parent Control
Shareholders
Exhibit C — Resignation
and Release
Exhibit D — Officer’s
Certificate of Parent
Exhibit E — Officer’s
Certificate of the Company
ARTICLE
II
THE
MERGER
2.1 The
Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein and the applicable provisions of the NJBCA, and on the basis of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, as of
the Effective Time, the Merger Subsidiary shall merge with and into the Company,
the separate corporate existence of the Merger Subsidiary shall cease and the
Company shall continue its corporate existence under the NJBCA as the surviving
corporation.
2.2 Closing. The
Closing shall take place at the offices of TroyGould PC, Suite 1600, 0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 on such date as is mutually
agreed to by Parent and the Company as promptly as practicable (but in no event
more than three business days) following the satisfaction or waiver of all
conditions of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (other than the conditions with respect to actions the respective
Parties will take at the Closing itself), or at such other place or on such
other date as is mutually agreeable to Parent and the Company.
2.3 Filing of Certificate of
Merger. Subject to the conditions set forth herein, the
Company and the Merger Subsidiary shall as soon as possible on the Closing Date
or such other date as Parent and the Company shall agree, cause the merger to be
consummated by filing with the New Jersey Division of Revenue the duly executed
Certificate of Merger.
2.4 Effect of
Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall
be as provided herein and the applicable provisions of the
NJBCA. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all of the
properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and the
Merger Subsidiary shall vest in the Surviving Corporation and all of the debts,
liabilities, duties and obligations of the Company and the Merger Subsidiary
shall become the debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the Surviving
Corporation.
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2.5 Certificates of
Incorporation and Bylaws. Unless otherwise agreed to in
writing by Parent and the Company:
(a) the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be amended to change the name of the Company to “NewGen
Pharmaceutical Technologies, Inc.” and shall be the Certificate of Incorporation
of the Surviving Corporation; and
(b) the
Bylaws of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
2.6 Directors and
Officers. As of the Closing, the members of the Board of
Directors of Parent and of the Merger Subsidiary, and each person serving as an
officer or employee of Parent or of the Merger Subsidiary, shall resign his or
her respective positions by tendering written resignations to Parent in the form
set forth as Exhibit C
attached hereto, with copies to the Company, and the members of the Board of
Directors of the Company who are members prior to the Closing shall
simultaneously be appointed to serve as members of the Board of Directors of
Parent, with such appointments to be effective as of the Closing. The
officers and directors of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall be the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation until their
successors have been duly appointed and qualified.
2.7 Effect on
Stock.
(a) At the
Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the
part of Parent, the Merger Subsidiary, the Company or any Shareholders
thereof:
(i) Each
share of Company Stock then outstanding shall be converted into the Merger
Consideration; and
(ii) Each
share of the common stock, $0.00001 par value per share, of the Merger
Subsidiary then outstanding shall be converted into one share of the validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable authorized common stock of the Surviving
Corporation.
(b) If,
between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the outstanding
shares of Company Stock or Parent Stock are changed into a different number or
class of shares by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock
split, reclassification, recapitalization or other similar transaction, then the
Merger Consideration shall be appropriately adjusted.
(c) No
fractional shares of Parent Stock shall be issued in connection with the Merger,
and no certificates or scrip for any such fractional shares shall be issued, and
in lieu thereof, if a fractional share of Parent Stock would otherwise be issued
to any Company stockholder, the number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be
received by such Company stockholder who would otherwise be entitled to a
fraction of a share of Parent Stock (after aggregating all fractional shares of
Parent Stock to be received by such holder) shall receive $1 in cash in lieu of
any fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable
to such Company stockholder.
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2.8 No Further Ownership Rights
in Company Stock. All shares of Parent Common Stock issued
upon the surrender of the Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof
shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights
pertaining to such Company Stock, and there shall be no further registration of
transfers on the records of the Company of shares of Company Stock which were
outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.
2.9 Exchange of
Certificates.
(a) At the
Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and
thereafter there shall be no further resignation of transfers of the Company
Stock on the records of the Company. From and after the Effective
Time, the holders of certificates representing ownership of the Company Stock
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have rights
with respect to such Common Stock, except as otherwise provided for
herein.
(b) Upon
surrender of a Company Stock certificate to Parent or the Transfer Agent, the
holder of such Company Stock certificate shall be entitled to receive in
exchange therefor a certificate representing the number of whole shares of
Parent Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the
provisions hereof and the Company Stock certificate so surrendered shall be
canceled. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.9, each
Company Stock certificate shall be deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to
represent only the right to receive shares of Parent Stock as contemplated
hereby. If any certificate for Parent Stock is to be issued in a name
other than that in which the certificate for shares of Company Stock surrendered
in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of that exchange
that the person requesting the exchange shall pay any transfer or other Taxes or
fees required by reason of the issuance of certificates for Parent Stock in a
name other than that of the registered holder of the Company Stock certificate
surrendered.
(c) If any
Company Stock certificates representing shares of Company Stock shall have been
lost or destroyed, the Company Shareholders who are the registered owners of
those shares may obtain the certificate representing the Parent Stock to which
the Company Shareholders are entitled by reason of the consummation of the
Merger, provided that the Company Shareholders deliver to Parent and the
Transfer Agent a statement certifying to the loss or destruction and providing
for indemnity or a bond satisfactory to Parent and the Transfer Agent
indemnifying Parent and the Transfer Agent against any loss or expense either of
them may incur if the lost or destroyed certificates are thereafter presented to
Parent or the Transfer Agent for exchange.
(d) All
shares of Parent Stock issued upon surrender and exchange of Company Common
Stock, in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be deemed to have been issued
in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Company Common
Stock.
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(e) Any
shares of Parent Stock that remain undistributed to the holders of Company Stock
Certificates shall be retained by Parent to the extent permitted by
Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Parent nor the Surviving
Corporation shall be liable to any Person for any Merger Consideration delivered
to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or
similar law.
2.10 Exemption from
Registration. The Parties intend that the shares of Parent
Stock to be issued in connection with the Merger will be issued in a transaction
exempt from registration under the 1933 Act and applicable state Blue Sky Laws
pursuant to Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act and analogous state exemptions under
applicable Blue Sky Laws, and, accordingly, such shares will constitute
“restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the 1933
Act.
2.11 Further
Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further
action is reasonably determined by Parent to be necessary or desirable to carry
out the purposes of this Agreement or to vest the Surviving Corporation with
full right, title and possession of and to all rights and property of the Merger
Subsidiary and the Company, the officers and directors of the Surviving
Corporation and Parent shall be fully authorized (in the name of the Merger
Subsidiary, in the name of the Company and otherwise) to take such
action.
ARTICLE
III
CONDITIONS TO
CLOSING
3.1 Conditions to the
Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions on or before the Closing
Date:
(a) Each of
the representations and warranties set forth in Article VI shall
be true and correct in all respects, at and as of the date of this Agreement and
as of the Closing Date as though then made and as though the Closing Date were
substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout such representations and
warranties (except that those representations and warranties that are made as of
a specific date need only be true and correct in all respects as of such date),
except where the failure of any such representations and warranties to be true
and correct has not had, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material
Adverse Effect;
(b) Parent
and the Merger Subsidiary shall have each performed in all material respects all
the covenants and agreements required to be performed by it under this Agreement
prior to the Closing;
(c) No
Proceeding before any Governmental Agency shall be pending which, if successful
for the Governmental Agency, would result in an Order that would prevent the
carrying out of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby,
or cause such transactions to be rescinded;
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(d) Parent
shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of a law firm licensed to
practice law in California that is acceptable to the Company, dated the Closing
Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company’s legal counsel and dated
the Closing Date, substantially to the effect that:
(i) The
incorporation, existence, good standing and capitalization of Parent and of the
Merger Subsidiary are as stated in this Agreement and, assuming the
effectiveness of the Merger, the shares of Parent Stock to be issued to and
received by the Company Shareholders pursuant to this Agreement will be duly and
validly authorized and issued, fully paid and non-assessable; all outstanding
shares of Parent Stock are duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid
and non-assessable and have not been issued in violation of any preemptive right
of any Person; and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there are no existing
Rights of Parent or of the Merger Subsidiary other than as stated in this
Agreement.
(ii) Parent
and the Merger Subsidiary each has full corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and this Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by Parent and the Merger Subsidiary, and
(assuming the due and valid authorization, execution and delivery by the
Company) constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of Parent and the
Merger Subsidiary, enforceable against Parent and the Merger Subsidiary in
accordance with its terms.
(iii) This
Agreement, as to Sections 4.11 and 8.3 hereof, and the Lock-Up Agreement
have been duly executed and delivered by the Parent Control Shareholders and
constitute the legal, valid and binding agreements of the Parent Control
Shareholders, enforceable against the Parent Control Shareholders in accordance
with their respective terms.
(iv) To the
knowledge of such counsel, there are no actions, suits or proceedings, pending
or threatened against Parent by any Governmental Authority, which seek to
restrain, prohibit or invalidate the transaction contemplated by this
Agreement.
(v) The
execution and performance by Parent and the Merger Subsidiary of this Agreement
will not violate the Articles of Incorporation or Certificate of Incorporation
or the Bylaws of Parent or the Merger Subsidiary.
(vi) Any
required approvals of the Shareholders of Parent and the Merger Subsidiary to
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly
obtained, and to the knowledge of such counsel, no consent, approval,
authorization or order of any court or Governmental Authority which has not been
obtained is required on behalf of Parent or the Merger Subsidiary for
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(vii) The
issuance of the Parent Stock in the Merger is exempt from the registration
provisions of Section 5 of the 1933 Act and under applicable blue sky
laws.
In
rendering its opinion, counsel may rely as to factual matters on certificates of
public officials and officers or employees of Parent, provided that copies of
such opinions and certificates shall be delivered with such opinion, and
provided further that in the case of any such reliance, counsel shall state that
it believes that it is justified in relying on such opinions and certificates
for such matters.
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(e) On or
prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall have delivered to the Company each of
the following:
(i) a
certificate in the form set forth as Exhibit D
attached hereto from the Chief Executive Officer of Parent, dated as of the
Closing Date, stating that the applicable preconditions specified in Section
3.1(a) and (b) hereof have been satisfied, and certifying such other matters as
set forth in Exhibit
D;
(ii) certified
copies of the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors and
Shareholders (if Shareholder approval is required) of Parent and of the Merger
Subsidiary authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the consummation of all transactions contemplated hereby; and
(iii) copies of
any consents, approvals, releases from and filings with, Governmental Agencies
required in order to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
which Parent or the Merger Subsidiary is responsible to obtain pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement;
(f) Any and
all debt owed to any related or third party by Parent shall have been paid and
discharged, or debt forgiveness agreements shall have been obtained from such
parties such that neither Parent nor the Merger Subsidiary shall have any debt
or liabilities of any kind as of the Effective Time, except for amounts owing to
the Parent Control Shareholders for services as an officer of Parent or for
legal services rendered to Parent that in the aggregate shall not exceed
$200,000 and which shall be paid by the Parent to the Parent Control
Shareholders promptly following the Closing;
(g) Dissenters’
rights of appraisal shall not have been exercised by any Parent Shareholders, if
such rights are applicable under applicable Law, or by any Company
Shareholders.
(h) Since the
date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any Parent Material
Adverse Effect, and no Event shall have occurred or circumstance shall exist
that, in combination with all other Events, could reasonably be expected to have
a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(i) All
certificates, instruments and other documents required to effect the
transactions contemplated hereby reasonably requested by the Company shall be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company;
(j) The
Parent Control Shareholders shall have executed and delivered to Parent the
Lock-Up Agreement;
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(k) The
Company shall have obtained the requisite approval of its Shareholders with
respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
consummation of all transactions contemplated hereby;
(l) The
Company shall have raised at least $500,000 in capital in one or more private
placements of its securities completed between June 1, 2010 and the Closing
Date; and
(m) The
Company or the Company’s Shareholders (as designated in writing by the Company)
shall have purchased from the Parent Control Shareholders for an aggregate
purchase price of $25,000 a total of 1,000 shares of Parent Preferred Stock that
will be convertible into 320,264,837 shares of Parent Common Stock, so that the
Company’s Shareholders immediately following the Closing will own 96.25% of the
then outstanding shares of the Parent Common Stock (on a fully diluted basis and
assuming distribution of all of the shares of Parent Preferred Stock to the
Company’s Shareholders and conversion of all of the Parent Preferred
Stock).
Any
condition specified in this Section 3.1, except the conditions in clauses (c)
and (k) may be waived by the Company; provided, however, that no such waiver
will be effective unless it is set forth in a writing executed by the
Company.
(n) A
certificate of determination in form acceptable to the Company creating 1,000
authorized shares of Parent Preferred Stock shall have been filed by Parent with
the California Secretary of State, and all of these shares shall have been
issued to the Parent Control Shareholders in cancellation of $25,000 that is
owed to them by Parent.
3.2 Conditions to Parent’s and
the Merger Subsidiary’s Obligations. The obligations of Parent
and the Merger Subsidiary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions on or
before the Closing Date:
(a) Each of
the representations and warranties set forth in Article V shall be
true and correct in all respects, at and as of the date of this Agreement and as
of the Closing Date as though then made and as though the Closing Date were
substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout such representations and
warranties (except that those representations and warranties that are made as of
a specific date need only be true and correct in all respects as of such date),
except where the failure of any such representations and warranties to be true
and correct has not had, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material
Adverse Effect;
(b) The
Company shall have performed in all material respects all of the covenants and
agreements required to be performed by it under this Agreement prior to the
Closing;
(c) No
Proceeding before any Governmental Agency shall be pending which, if successful
for the Governmental Agency, would result in a Order that would prevent the
carrying out of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby,
declare unlawful the transactions contemplated hereby or cause such transactions
to be rescinded;
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(d) shall
have received an opinion of counsel from TroyGould PC, legal counsel to the
Company, dated the Closing Date, substantially to the effect that:
(i) The
incorporation, existence, good standing and capitalization of the Company are as
stated in this Agreement; all outstanding shares of Company Stock are duly and
validly authorized and issued, fully paid and non-assessable and have not been
issued in violation of any preemptive right of any Person; and, to the knowledge
of such counsel, there are no existing Rights of the Company other than as
stated in this Agreement.
(ii) The
Company has full corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform
this Agreement and this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company, and (assuming the due and valid authorization,
execution and delivery by Parent) constitutes the legal, valid and binding
agreement of the Company.
(iii) To the
knowledge of such counsel, there are no actions, suits or proceedings, pending
or threatened against the Company or its Subsidiary by any Governmental
Authority which seek to restrain, prohibit or invalidate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(iv) The
execution and performance by the Company of this Agreement will not violate the
Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Company.
(v) Any
required approval by the Company Shareholders to the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement has been obtained, and to the knowledge of such
counsel, no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
Governmental Authority which has not been obtained is required on behalf of the
Company for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
In
rendering its opinion, counsel may rely as to factual matters on certificates of
public officials and officers or employees of the Company, provided that copies
of such opinions and certificates shall be delivered with such opinion, and
provided further that in the case of any such reliance, counsel shall state that
it believes that it is justified in relying on such opinions and certificates
for such matters.
(e) On or
prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have delivered to Parent each of
the following:
(i) a
certificate in the form set forth as Exhibit E
attached hereto from the Chief Executive Officer of the Company on its behalf
dated the Closing Date, stating that the applicable preconditions specified in
Section 3.2(a)
and (b)
hereof have been satisfied, and certifying such other matters; and
(ii) certified
copies of the resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors and
shareholders of the Company authorizing the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the consummation of all transactions contemplated hereby,
including, without limitation, the Merger.
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(f) Parent
and the Merger Subsidiary shall have each obtained the approval of its
Shareholders, if required, with respect to the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the consummation of all transactions
contemplated hereby.
(g) Parent
shall have obtained the Governmental Agency and third-party consents, approvals
and releases all of which are necessary in connection with the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
(h) The
Company shall have delivered to Parent the Company Financial
Statements.
(i) Since the
date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any Company Material
Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, and no Event shall have occurred or
circumstance shall exist that, in combination with all other Events, could
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(j) All
certificates, instruments and other documents required to effect the
transactions contemplated hereby reasonably requested by Parent shall be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Parent.
(k) The
Company shall have raised at least $500,000 in capital in one or more private
placements of its securities completed between June 1, 2010 and the Closing
Date.
Any
condition specified in this Section 3.2, except
the conditions in clauses (c) and (f), may be waived by Parent; provided, however, that no such
waiver shall be effective unless it is set forth in a writing executed by
Parent.
ARTICLE
IV
COVENANTS PRIOR TO
CLOSING
4.1 Affirmative
Covenants. From the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date,
except as otherwise provided herein:
(a) During
the Pre-Closing Period, subject to any laws and regulations relating to the
exchange of information, confidentiality or similar provisions in agreements to
which the Company is a party, and reasonable restrictions on the disclosure of
trade secrets or proprietary information, the Company shall, and shall cause the
Representatives of the Company to: (i) provide Parent and Parent’s
Representatives with reasonable access to the Company’s Representatives,
personnel and assets and to all existing books, records, Tax Returns, work
papers and other documents and information relating to the Company; and (ii)
provide Parent and Parent’s Representatives with such copies of the existing
books, records, Tax Returns, work papers and other documents and information
relating to the Company, and with such additional financial, operating and other
data and information regarding the Company, as Parent may reasonably
request.
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(b) During
the Pre-Closing Period, subject to laws and regulations relating to the exchange
of information, Parent shall, and shall cause the Representatives of Parent to:
(i) provide the Company and the Company’s Representatives with reasonable
access to Parent’s Representatives, personnel and assets and to all existing
books, records, Tax Returns, work papers and other documents and information
relating to Parent and the Merger Subsidiary; and (ii) provide the Company and
the Company’s Representatives with such copies of the existing books, records,
Tax Returns, work papers and other documents and information relating to Parent
and the Merger Subsidiary, and with such additional financial, operating and
other data and information regarding the Parent and the Merger Subsidiary as the
Company may reasonably request.
(c) Parent
and the Company will conduct their respective businesses only in the usual and
ordinary course of business in accordance with past custom and practice,
including, without limitation, paying all accounts payable within terms
consistent with past practices and paying all Taxes of the Company and
Parent.
(d) Parent
and the Company will permit the other Party’s officers, accountants and legal
counsel, at the sole cost of the Party to which such access is provided, to (i)
have reasonable access to the non-requesting Party’s premises, books and
records, during normal business hours and with prior written notice, provided
that any inspections of the premises by the requesting Party shall be conducted
in a reasonable manner and at such reasonable times as shall not unreasonably
disrupt the non-requesting Party’s business, and (ii) discuss its affairs,
finances and accounts with the non-requesting Party’s executive
officers.
(e) By the
end of the Pre-Closing Period, Parent shall have terminated all consulting,
management or any other agreements to which it is currently a party, if any,
such that Parent shall be free of any and all contractual obligations (except
under this Agreement) of any kind or nature. In addition, by the end
of the Pre-Closing Period, Parent shall have negotiated the payment, or
forgiveness, of all indebtedness or liabilities owing by Parent at the date
hereof to any party, related or otherwise, such that neither Parent nor the
Merge Subsidiary will have any indebtedness or liabilities of any kind, whether
actual, contingent, realized or realizable, on the Closing Date, except for the
obligations to the Parent Control Shareholders described in Section
3.1(f).
4.2 Negative
Covenants. From the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date
or as otherwise provided herein, neither the Company nor Parent nor any of their
Subsidiaries shall, without the prior written consent of the other
Party:
(i) declare,
accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect
of any shares of capital stock, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire any
shares of capital stock or other securities;
(ii) sell,
issue, grant or authorize the issuance or grant of (A) any capital stock or
other security, (B) any option, call, warrant or right to acquire any capital
stock or other security except in the ordinary course of business, or (C) any
instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other
security, except that the Company may issue securities in connection with its
capital raising activities or to its officers, directors, employees and
consultants;
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(iii) amend or
waive any of its rights under, or accelerate the vesting under (except as
otherwise provided in such stock option, warrant, stock purchase agreement or
related contract on the date hereof), any provision of any of its stock option
plans, any provision of any agreement evidencing any outstanding stock option or
any restricted stock purchase agreement, or otherwise modify any of the terms of
any outstanding option, warrant or other security or any related
contract;
(iv) amend or
permit the adoption of any amendment to its articles or certificate of
incorporation or bylaws or other charter or organizational documents, or effect
or become a party to any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business
combination, recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse
stock split or similar transaction, other than the Merger and except as
otherwise contemplated by this Agreement;
(v) form any
Subsidiary or acquire any equity interest or other interest in any other Entity,
except as contemplated by this Agreement;
(vi) except in
the ordinary course of business, make any capital expenditure;
(vii) enter
into or become bound by, or permit any of the assets owned or used by it to
become bound by, any material contract, or amend or terminate, or waive or
exercise any material right or remedy under, any material contract;
(viii) acquire,
lease or license any right or other asset from any other Person or sell or
otherwise dispose of, or lease or license, any right or other asset to any other
Person (except for licensing activities by the Company conducted in the ordinary
course of its business), or waive or relinquish any material contractual
right;
(ix) lend
money to any Person, or incur or guarantee any indebtedness (except for loans or
advances to subsidiaries, in each case in accordance with past
practices);
(x) establish,
adopt or amend any employee benefit plan, pay any bonus or make any
profit-sharing or similar payment to, or increase the amount of the wages,
salary, commissions, fringe benefits or other compensation or remuneration
payable to, any of its directors, officers or employees (except the Company may
initiate and pay salaries and bonuses to its officers, directors and
employees);
(xi) change
any of its business policies, or, except as required by GAAP or a change in
applicable law, any of its methods of accounting or accounting practices in any
respect;
(xii) make any
Tax election or take or omit to take any other action, in any such action or
omission would increase such Party’s Tax liability or reduce a Tax
asset;
(xiii) commence
or settle any Legal Proceeding material to such Party taken as a whole or the
settlement of which will not have a Material Adverse Effect on such
Party;
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(xiv) except as
otherwise permitted by this Agreement, enter into any material transaction or
take any other material action outside the ordinary course of business
inconsistent with past practices;
(xv) revalue
in any material respect any of its assets, including without limitation,
writing-off notes or accounts receivable other than in the ordinary course of
business;.
(xvi) take or
omit to take any action that would have the effect of causing such Party’s
representations or warranties herein to be untrue; or
(xvii) agree or
commit to take any of the actions described in clauses “(i)” through “(xvi)” of
this Section
4.2, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated by this
Agreement.
4.3 Notice of
Developments.
(a) During
the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall promptly notify Parent in writing of:
(i) the discovery by the Company of any Event that occurred or existed on or
prior to the date of this Agreement and that caused or constitutes a material
inaccuracy in any representation or warranty made by the Company in this
Agreement; (ii) any event, condition, fact or circumstance that occurs, arises
or exists after the date of this Agreement and that would cause or constitute a
material inaccuracy in any representation or warranty made by the Company in
this Agreement if (A) such representation or warranty had been made as of the
time of the occurrence, existence or discovery of such event, condition, fact or
circumstance, or (B) such event, condition, fact or circumstance had
occurred, arisen or existed on or prior to the date of this Agreement; (iii) any
material breach of any covenant or obligation of the Company; and (iv) any
event, condition, fact or circumstance that would make the timely satisfaction
of any of the conditions set forth in Article III
impossible or unlikely or that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) During
the Pre-Closing Period, Parent shall promptly notify the Company in writing of:
(i) the discovery by Parent of any event, condition, fact or circumstance that
occurred or existed on or prior to the date of this Agreement and that caused or
constitutes a material inaccuracy in any representation or warranty made by
Parent in this Agreement; (ii) any event, condition, fact or circumstance that
occurs, arises or exists after the date of this Agreement and that would cause
or constitute a material inaccuracy in any representation or warranty made by
Parent in this Agreement if (A) such representation or warranty had been made as
of the time of the occurrence, existence or discovery of such event, condition,
fact or circumstance, or (B) such event, condition, fact or circumstance
had occurred, arisen or existed on or prior to the date of this Agreement; (iii)
any material breach of any covenant or obligation of Parent; and (iv) any
event, condition, fact or circumstance that would make the timely satisfaction
of any of the conditions set forth in Article III
impossible or unlikely or that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Parent Material Adverse Effect.
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4.4 Exclusivity. From
and after the date hereof until the earlier of (a) the Closing or (b) the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof, neither the
Company, Parent nor their respective Representatives (acting in any capacity,
including individually) shall solicit, negotiate, act upon or entertain in any
way an offer from any other Person to purchase all or any part of the securities
or assets of the Company or Parent (other than sales of assets in immaterial
amounts or in the normal and ordinary course of business of the Company), or
furnish any information to any other Person in that regard. The
Parties hereby represent and warrant that neither is obligated to sell to or
discuss with any other potential purchaser the sale of all or any portion of
each Party’s securities or any material part of each Party’s
assets.
4.5 HSR Act
Filing. [Intentionally Omitted]
4.6 Consents. As
soon as reasonably practical after the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the Company and Parent shall give any notices to those Persons entitled to such
notice and obtain, prior to the Closing Date, all material consents and
authorizations of other Persons necessary to consummate, or required in
connection with, the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.7 Publicity. Parent
acknowledges that certain information relating to the Company which may be
acquired by Parent in connection with the Merger constitutes material and
non-public information about the Company. Except as provided in
Sections 4.9 and 4.10 or as required by federal securities Laws or other
applicable Laws as reasonably determined by Parent and counsel for Parent, with
the concurrence of counsel for the Company, and such disclosures necessary to
allow the Company to consummate its capital-raising activities, no Party will
make any public announcement or disclosure of the transaction contemplated
hereby, without the prior written consent of Parent and the Company which is
concurred in by counsel for both Parties. The Parties shall cooperate
in preparing and disseminating press releases upon execution of this Agreement,
subject to prior review and approval by counsel for both
Parties. Furthermore, the Company shall prepare and distribute the
press release announcing the consummation of the Merger hereunder, which shall
be approved by Parent and its counsel before its release.
4.8 Super 8-K Preparation and
Filing. The Company will prepare and deliver to Parent at
least seven (7) days prior to Closing a draft Super 8-K, together with the
Company Financial Statements accompanied by the audit report thereon of SJI, pro
forma financial statements, and such other information that is required to be
disclosed with respect to the Merger under applicable SEC rules and
regulations. The Super 8-K shall be in a form reasonably acceptable
to Parent and its counsel prior to being filed with the SEC, and will be filed
by the Company on behalf of Parent.
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4.9 Other
Filings. As promptly as practicable after the execution of
this Agreement, the Company and Parent will cooperate in the preparation and
filing of any other filings required under any federal or state blue sky laws
relating to the Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(collectively, the “Other
Filings”). The Company hereby consents to the disclosure of
information regarding the Company, as well as the terms of the transactions
contemplated hereby, in the Other Filings. Each Party will notify the
other promptly upon the receipt of any comments from any federal or state
securities regulator and of any request by any Governmental Agency for
amendments or supplements to any Other Filing or for additional information, and
will supply the other Party with copies of all correspondence between such Party
or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Agency, on
the other hand, with respect to the Merger or any Other Filing. The
Other Filings will comply in all material respects with all applicable
requirements of Law. Whenever any event occurs which is required to
be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any Other Filing, the Company or
Parent, as the case may be, will promptly inform the other of such occurrence
and cooperate in filing with any Governmental Agency and/or mailing to
shareholders of the Company and Parent, such amendment or
supplement. Parent will not solicit proxies from its shareholders in
connection with seeking approval of the Merger, and Parent represents that it
can obtain the requisite shareholder approvals of the transactions contemplated
hereby without soliciting proxies from its shareholders.
4.10 Company Shareholder
Approval. The Company will (i) use its commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain the approval of its Shareholders of the adoption, execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and the approval of the Merger. Prior to any
Company Shareholder vote or written consent concerning the matters described in
this Section
4.10, the Company shall provide to Parent drafts of all materials to be
distributed to the Company shareholders including proposed resolutions, and
allow Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on
same.
4.11 Votes of Principal
Shareholders. The principal Shareholders’ obligations to act
in the best interests of Parent or the Company, respectively, in their
capacities as directors (as the case may be) and in accordance with their
fiduciary duties shall not in any way be affected by the foregoing.
4.12 Financing. The
Company will use reasonable efforts to secure financing described in Section 3.2(k), and
will provide Parent with periodic updates from time to time of the status of
those efforts. In connection therewith, Parent will provide its
reasonable cooperation in promptly reviewing and commenting upon securities
purchase agreements or other documents that the Company prepares or intends to
use prior to the Closing in connection with its financing activities, copies of
which the Company will provide to Parent at a reasonable time prior to their
dissemination or use.
4.13 Copies of Tax
Returns. The Parties shall provide each other with copies of
all state and federal income Tax Returns filed by the Company or Parent
subsequent to the date hereof reasonably promptly following said filing and
shall provide each other with written notice of all estimated state and federal
income Tax payments made by the Company or Parent after the date
hereof. At least three (3) days prior to the Closing Date, the
Parties shall have prepared and filed applicable state and federal income Tax
returns for 2009. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the preparation
of such Tax returns is unable to be completed prior to the Closing, then the
Parties agree that they shall reasonably cooperate in the preparation and filing
of all Tax returns to be filed with any Governmental Agency, and will provide
copies of such proposed filings a reasonable period of time prior to the filing
of same.
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4.14 Other
Actions. The Company and Parent shall further cooperate with
each other and use their respective reasonable best efforts to take or cause to
be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper
or advisable on its part under this Agreement and applicable Laws to consummate
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby as soon as
practicable, including preparing and filing as soon as practicable all
documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings and to
obtain as soon as practicable all consents, registrations, approvals, permits
and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any Person
(including the respective independent accountants of the Company and Parent)
and/or any Governmental Agency in order to consummate the Merger or any of the
other transactions contemplated hereby. Subject to applicable Laws
relating to the exchange of information and the preservation of any applicable
attorney-client privilege, work-product doctrine, self-audit privilege or other
similar privilege, each of the Company and Parent shall have the right to review
and comment on in advance, and to the extent practicable each will consult the
other on, all the information relating to such Party that appears in any filing
made with, or written materials submitted to, any Person and/or any Governmental
Agency in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby. In exercising the foregoing right, each of the Company and
Parent shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable.
4.15 Required
Information. In connection with the preparation of the Super
8-K, and the approval of the Merger by the Company Shareholders, and for other
reasonable purposes, the Company and Parent each shall, upon request by the
other, furnish the other with all information concerning themselves, their
respective directors, officers and shareholders and such other matters as may be
reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the Merger, or any other
statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of the Company or
Parent to any Person or any Governmental Agency in connection with the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated hereby. Each Party warrants
and represents to the other Party, and only the other Party, that all such
information shall be true and correct in all material respects and will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Sections 4.8,
4.9 or 4.10, neither Party
may amend, supplement or distribute the Other Filings containing information
concerning any other Party hereto or its respective directors, officers ad
shareholders without the prior written consent of such other Party.
ARTICLE
V
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
As a
material inducement to Parent to enter into this Agreement, the Company hereby
represents and warrants to Parent as follows, which representations and
warranties are true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and will be
true, correct and complete as of the Closing (as though made then and as though
the Closing were substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout this
Article V),
except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule. Nothing in the
Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed adequate to disclose an exception to a
representation or warranty made herein, however, unless the Disclosure Schedule
identifies the exception with particularity and describes the relevant facts in
detail. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the mere
listing (or inclusion of a copy) of a document or other item shall not be deemed
adequate to disclose an exception to a representation or warranty made herein
(unless the representation or warranty has to do with the existence of the
document or other item itself). The Disclosure Schedule will be
arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the lettered and numbered paragraphs
contained in this Article
V.
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5.1 Organization and Power;
Subsidiaries and Investments. The Company is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of New
Jersey. The Company is qualified to do business as a foreign entity
and is in good standing in any jurisdiction in which the ownership of properties
or the conduct of the Company’s business requires the Company to be so
qualified, except where the failure to be qualified would not result in the
Company incurring any material Liability. The Company has all
requisite power and authority to own its assets and carry on its business as now
conducted. The Company has all requisite power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby
and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company which have previously
been furnished to Parent reflect all amendments thereto and are correct and
complete in all respects. The Company has no
Subsidiaries. The Company does not own or control (directly or
indirectly) any partnership interest, joint venture interest, equity
participation or other security or interest in any Person.
5.2 Authorization. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the other
agreements contemplated hereby and each of the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby will be, upon approval of the Company’s shareholders, duly and
validly authorized by all requisite corporate action and, other than the
approval of the Company’s shareholders, no other act or proceeding on the part
of the Company or its board of directors is necessary to authorize the
execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or any other
agreement contemplated hereby or the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby. This Agreement has been duly executed
and delivered by the Company and this Agreement constitutes, and the other
agreements contemplated hereby upon execution and delivery by the Company will
each constitute, a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms.
5.3 Capitalization. As
of the date of this Agreement, the Company had issued and outstanding a total of
3,935,000 shares of Company Stock. All of the issued and outstanding
shares of the Company Stock have been duly authorized, are validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and none were issued in violation of the preemptive
rights of any Person. No other class of capital stock of the Company
is authorized or outstanding at the date hereof. Except for any
issuances of securities pursuant to the Company’s private placements described
in Section
3.2(k), there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights,
contracts, pledges, calls, puts, rights to subscribe, conversion rights or other
agreements or commitments to which the Company is a party or which is binding
upon the Company providing for the issuance, disposition or acquisition of any
of its equity or any rights or interests exercisable therefor. There
are no outstanding or authorized equity appreciation, phantom stock or similar
rights with respect to the Company.
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5.4 No
Breach. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby and the
consummation of each of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will not
(a) violate, result in any breach of, constitute a default under, result in the
termination or acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate,
terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice under the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws of the Company, any material Law, any material Order or
any material Contract to which the Company or its assets is bound; (b) result in
the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any assets or any of the equities of
the Company; or (c) require any material authorization, consent, approval,
exemption or other action by or notice to any Governmental Agency or other
Person under the provisions of any material Law, material Order or any material
Contract by which the Company or its assets is bound.
5.5 Financial
Statements.
(a) Each of
the Company Financial Statements when delivered will be accurate and complete in
all material respects and will present fairly in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company
throughout the periods covered thereby and will have been prepared in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods indicated. The
Company Financial Statements shall be in compliance with Regulation S-X to the
extent required. The representations and warranties contained in this
Section 5.5(a)
shall only become effective as to each Company Financial Statement as and when
the Company delivers such Financial Statement to Parent and indicates that it is
acceptable for inclusion in the Super 8-K.
(b) There has
not been, since December 31, 2009, nor to the Company’s Knowledge is there
pending, any material change in accounting requirements or principles imposed on
the Company.
5.6 Absence of Certain
Developments. Since December 31, 2009, the Company has
conducted its businesses only in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past custom and practice, and the Company has not:
(a) Suffered
a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) Sold,
leased, assigned, licensed or transferred any of its material assets or any
material portion thereof (other than in the ordinary course of business, or
sales of obsolete assets) or mortgaged, pledged or subjected them to any
Lien;
(c) Made any
material capital expenditures or commitments, other than in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past custom and practice;
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(d) Created,
incurred or assumed any material Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness that is
incurred in the ordinary course of business, and has not guaranteed any
Indebtedness or Liability of any Person;
(e) Declared,
set aside or paid any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to any
shareholder of the Company with respect to its equity or purchased, or redeemed
or otherwise acquired any of its equity or any warrants, options or other rights
to acquire its equity;
(f) Amended
or authorized the amendment of its certificate of incorporation (except with
respect to the increase in authorized common stock effective June 23, 2010)
or bylaws;
(g) Committed
or agreed to any of the foregoing; or
(h) Received
any notice from any Person with whom the Company has a material business
relationship indicating that said Person intends to change their respective
relationship the Company.
5.7 Real Property
Leases. The Company has no Leases.
5.8 Title to
Assets. The Company owns or has a valid right to use, free and
clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, all of the personal, tangible and
intangible personal property and assets used in its business, including, without
limitation, the assets shown on the Company Audited Financial
Statements.
5.9 Contracts and
Commitments.
(a) The
Company has no:
(i) Contracts
(other than purchase orders entered into in the ordinary course of business)
which involve commitments to make capital expenditures or which provide for the
purchase of goods or services by the Company from any one Person under which the
undelivered balance of such products or services has a purchase price in excess
of $10,000;
(ii) Contracts
(other than purchase orders entered into in the ordinary course of business)
which provide for the sale of products or services by the Company and under
which the undelivered balance of such products or services has a sale price in
excess of $10,000;
(iii) Contracts
relating to the borrowing of money by the Company, to the granting by the
Company of a Lien on any of its assets, or any guaranty by the Company of any
obligation or liability in any case involving a liability in excess of
$10,000;
(iv) Contracts
pursuant to which the Company is a lessor or a lessee of any property, personal
or real, or holds or operates any tangible personal property owned by another
Person, except for any leases of personal property;
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(v) Contracts
for the use, license or sublicense of any Proprietary Rights owned or licensed
by the Company or otherwise used in the Business (other than any license of
mass-marketed or otherwise generally available software);
(vi) any power
of attorney (whether revocable or irrevocable) given to any Person by the
Company;
(vii) Contracts
by the Company not to compete in any business or in any geographical area or
with respect to which the Company is the beneficiary of any non-compete
provision;
(viii) Contracts
restricting the right of the Company to use or disclose any information in its
possession or with respect to which the Company is the beneficiary of any
confidentiality, nondisclosure or non-use provision;
(ix) any
partnership, joint venture or other similar arrangements;
(x) any
employment agreements, severance agreements, bonus agreements and
non-competition agreements with non-officer employees of the Company;
and
(xi) any
Contract with any officer, director, shareholder or any of their respective
Affiliates except for employment agreements with its officers which shall be
identified on Schedule 5.9(a)).
(b) The
Company has not materially breached or cancelled any material Contract to which
it is a party; to the Company’s Knowledge, none of the Company’s material
Contracts have been breached in any respect or canceled by the other party which
has not been duly cured or reinstated; to the Company’s Knowledge, the Company
is not in receipt of any written claim of default under any material Contract to
which it is a party; to the Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred which
with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would result in a
material breach or default under any Contract or create in any Person the right
to accelerate, suspend, terminate, modify, cancel or exercise any other material
right under any Company material Contract; no Person has given notice to the
Company of repudiation of any provision of any material Contract to which it is
a party; and the Company has not received any notice of any, and to the
Company’s Knowledge there is no, impending change of any business relationship
with any Person with whom the Company has a material business relationship, in
each case, except as would not have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. To the Company’s Knowledge, each material Contract to which
it is a party is valid, binding and in full force and effect and enforceable in
accordance with its terms.
(c) Each of
the Company’s material Contracts has been entered into without the commission of
any act by or on behalf of the Company, alone or in concert with any other
Person, or any consideration having been paid or promised, that, in either case,
is or would be in violation of any Law.
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5.10 Proprietary
Rights.
(a) As of the
Closing Date, the Company will be the owner of, or have the exclusive right to
use all Proprietary Rights used in the operation of the Business as presently
conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted by the Surviving Corporation
following the Closing. Each item of Proprietary Rights will be owned
or available for use by the Company on identical terms and conditions
immediately subsequent to the Effective Time.
(b) To the
Knowledge of the Company, the Company has not interfered with, infringed upon,
misappropriated, or otherwise come into conflict with any Proprietary Rights of
any Person, and there are no unresolved charges, complaints, claims, demands, or
notices alleging any such interference, infringement, misappropriation, or
violation (including any claim that Company must license, or refrain from using,
any Proprietary Rights of any Person. To the Knowledge of Company, no
Person has interfered with, infringed upon, misappropriated, or otherwise come
into conflict with any Proprietary Rights owned or used by the Company in the
Company’s business. There are no Proceedings pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened, which challenges the validity, legality,
enforceability, use or ownership of any Proprietary Rights owned or used by the
Company in its business.
(c) To the
Knowledge of the Company, the Company has not engaged in any business practices
that are unfair, improper or illegal, including any misrepresentation of the
origin, source, or composition of any of its Proprietary Rights and any
misrepresentation as to the endorsement, sponsorship or affiliation of any of
the Company’s Proprietary Rights by any Person or group.
(d) The
Company has made available to Parent correct and complete copies of any patent,
trademark registration and copyright registration which has been issued to the
Company or its predecessor in interest, as well as applications for any patents,
trademark registrations and copyright applications (as amended to date or
otherwise modified) and all other written documentation evidencing ownership and
prosecution (if applicable) of each such item. With respect to each
of the foregoing items of Proprietary Rights, except as disclosed to Parent, the
Company possesses all right, title and interest in and to the item, free and
clear of any Lien; the item is not subject to any outstanding Order; and to the
Knowledge of the Company, all necessary application, registration, maintenance
and renewal fees in connection with all patent, trademark and copyright
registrations and applications for registration have been paid and all necessary
documents and certificates in connection therewith have been filed with the
relevant authority for the purpose of maintaining the registrations or
applications for registration; and to the Knowledge of the Company, no issued
patent and no trademark or copyright registration is subject to cancellation,
re-examination, termination or withdrawal based upon circumstances existing on
or prior to the date of the Closing.
(e) The
Company has also made available to Parent correct and complete copies of (a) any
item of Proprietary Rights that the Company exploits pursuant to a license,
sublicense, permission or other agreement, and (b) any item of Proprietary
Rights that the Company licenses or sublicenses to any third Person or otherwise
allows any third Person to use. With respect to each of the foregoing
items of Proprietary Rights, to the Company’s Knowledge:
(i) the
license, sublicense, agreement, or permission covering the item is legal, valid,
binding, enforceable and in full force and effect;
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(ii) the
license, sublicense, agreement or permission shall continue to be legal, valid,
binding, enforceable and in full force and effect on identical terms following
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(iii) no party
to the license, sublicense, agreement or permission is in breach or default and
no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time would constitute a
breach or default or permit termination, modification or acceleration
thereunder;
(iv) no party
to the license, sublicense, agreement or permission has repudiated any provision
thereof;
(v) with
respect to each sublicense, the representations and warranties set forth in
subsections (i) through (iv) above are true and correct with respect to the
underlying license;
(vi) no item
is subject to any outstanding Order; and
(vii) the
Company’s ability to exploit each item is not limited in any material
respect.
(f) The
Company has taken all reasonably necessary and desirable actions to maintain and
protect its right, title and interest in Proprietary Rights, including efforts
to obtain confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements from each Person with
access to such Proprietary Rights. To the Knowledge of the Company,
each Person who has had access to confidential and proprietary information
relating to the Business has a legal obligation of confidentiality to the
Company or Parent with respect to such information.
5.11 Governmental Licenses and
Permits. The Company owns or possesses all right, title and
interest in and to all material Governmental Licenses that are necessary to its
business as presently conducted. Each such Governmental License has
been duly obtained, is valid and in full force and effect and is not subject to
any Proceeding to revoke, cancel, modify, limit, restrict or declare such
Governmental Licenses invalid in any material respect. The Company
has materially complied with and is in material compliance with the terms and
conditions of such Governmental Licenses and has not received any written
notices of the violation of any of the terms or conditions of such Governmental
Licenses. The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
will not, and no event has occurred or circumstance exists that may (with or
without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both or otherwise) (i)
constitute or result, directly or indirectly in a material violation of or a
failure to comply with any term or requirement of any material Governmental
License, or (ii) result directly or indirectly in the revocation, withdrawal,
suspension, cancellation, termination or modification of any material
Governmental License. All applications required to have been filed
for the continued validity or renewal of any Governmental License have been duly
filed on a timely basis with the appropriate Governmental Agency or other
Person, and all other filings required to have been made with respect to the
Governmental License have been duly made on a timely basis with the appropriate
Governmental Agency or other Person.
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5.12 Proceedings. There
are no material Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened against the Company, or any of its assets or its business and to the
Company’s Knowledge, there is no basis for any Proceeding against the Company or
any of its assets or its business. Except as set forth in the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, the Company is not currently
required, whether by contract or operation of Law, to indemnify any of the
officers, directors or employees (past or present) of the Company and there have
been no claims made against the Company for indemnity by any past or present
officer, director or employee.
5.13 Compliance with
Laws. The Company has materially complied with and is in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and
Orders. No written notice has been received by the Company alleging a
violation of or liability or potential responsibility under any such Law or
Order. To the Company’s Knowledge, since December 31, 2009, there has
been no change in any applicable Laws that may have a Company Material Adverse
Effect and there is no impending change in any applicable Laws that may have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
5.14 Environmental
Matters. The Company has materially complied with and is in
compliance in all material respects with all Environmental Laws. The
has not received any notice regarding any, and to the Company’s Knowledge, there
has been no, violation of, or any liability or investigatory, corrective or
remedial obligation under, any Environmental Law with respect to the past or
current operations, properties or facilities of the Company. The
Company has not treated, stored, disposed of, arranged for or permitted the
disposal of, transported, handled, or released any Hazardous Substance in a
manner which has given rise to any liabilities or investigatory, corrective or
remedial obligations pursuant to Environmental Laws. To the Company’s
Knowledge, (i) there has been no disposal, burial or placement of Hazardous
Substances on or about the Leased Real Property; (ii) the Company has not used
all or part of the Leased Real Property or any lands contiguous to the Leased
Real Property in violation of any Environmental Laws; (iii) there is no
contamination, pollution or danger of pollution resulting from a condition on or
under the Leased Real Property, or on or under any lands in the vicinity of the
Leased Real Property; (iv) there are no storage tanks on or under the Leased
Real Property; (v) environmental conditions associated with the Leased Real
Property are in compliance with all Environmental Laws, in each case, except as
would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect; and (vi) the Company has
disclosed to Parent all information in the Company’s possession relating to the
environmental condition of the Leased Real Property. The Company has
not received any information from neighboring property owners indicating they
have any concerns about existing environmental conditions which could affect the
Leased Real Property or suggesting they might look to the Company for
contribution to clean up such condition.
5.15 Employees. The
Company has materially complied with and is in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable Laws relating to the employment of
labor. There are no administrative charges or court complaints
pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company before
the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any federal,
foreign, state or local court or agency concerning alleged employment
discrimination or any other matters relating to the employment of
labor. To the Company’s Knowledge, there is no basis for any
administrative charge or court complaint regarding any matters relating to the
employment of labor. The Company has not experienced any union
organization attempts, labor disputes or work stoppage or slowdowns due to labor
disagreements. There is no labor strike, dispute, work stoppage or
slowdown involving any of the employees of the Company pending or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, threatened. The Company is not a party to any
labor or union agreement.
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5.16 Employee Benefit
Plans.
(a) The
Company has no employee pension benefit plan as defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA, and has no employee welfare benefit plan as defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA. The Company maintains no plan, policy, program or arrangement
which provides nonqualified deferred compensation benefits, equity-based
compensation, options or bonuses, health, life, disability, accident, vacation,
severance, tuition reimbursement or other fringe benefits or with respect to
which the Company is reasonably expected to have any material
Liability.
(b) Neither
the Company nor any other Person that is or that has been a member of a
controlled group or any other similar arrangement that would be combined with
the Company under Code Section(s) 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) participates in or
contributes to and has not participated in or contributed to any multiemployer
plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA).
(c) The
Company provides no post-termination health, accident or life insurance
benefits.
(d) The
Company has no plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or the minimum funding
requirements of Code Section 412.
(e) Except as
disclosed on Schedule 5.16(i), the completion of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement will not result, separately or in the aggregate, in the
payment of any amount that will be: (i) non-deductible to the Company or the
Surviving Corporation under Code Section 280G; (ii) characterized as an “excess
parachute payment” within the meaning of Code Section 280G; or (iii) subject to
the excise tax under Code Section 4999.
(f) Since its
inception, the Company has acted in good faith compliance with the requirements
of Code Section 409A and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no employee of the Company
will have compensation includable in his or her gross compensation as a result
of the application of Code Section 409A. The Company is not, nor has
it ever been, party to any tax indemnity agreement or other agreement that
requires the Company to “gross up” or otherwise compensate any employee because
of the imposition of any income, excise or other Tax.
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5.17 Insurance.
(a) The
Company maintains insurance coverage adequate for its business as currently
conducted. True and correct copies of any insurance policies of the
Company have been provided to Parent.
(b) To the
Company’s Knowledge, each of its policies is legal, valid, binding, enforceable
and in full force and effect. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company
will not cancel or allow to expire any such policies unless replaced with other
comparable insurance. The Company is not in breach or default of the
terms of the policies (including with respect to the payment of premiums or the
giving of notices), and to the Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred which,
with notice or the lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default, or
permit termination, modification or acceleration, under the policy; and to the
Company’s Knowledge, no party to the policies has repudiated any provision
thereof.
5.18 Tax
Matters.
(a) The
Company has filed all material Tax Returns that it is required to file as of the
date of this Agreement and has paid in full all Taxes required to be paid by the
Company as disclosed by such Tax Returns, which Tax Returns are true, correct
and complete in all material respects. On or before the Closing Date,
the Company will have filed all Tax Returns that it will have been required to
file on or before the Closing Date and will have paid in full all Taxes required
to be paid by it on or before the Closing Date as disclosed by such Tax Returns
and said Tax Returns will be true, correct and complete in all material
respects. The Company has not requested any extension of time within
which to file any Tax Return, which Tax Return has not since been filed, nor
between the date hereof and the Effective Time will the Company request any
extension of time within which to file any Tax Return without promptly
delivering to Parent a copy of such request. As of immediately before
the Effective Time, there will be no Liens for Taxes on any of the Company’s
assets other than Permitted Liens. The Company has not ever been a
member of a group of corporations that file a consolidated Tax Return for
federal income Taxes or a member of an affiliated group other than a group of
which the Company is the common parent.
(b) The
Company has, and by the Closing will have, complied with all Laws relating to
the withholding of Taxes required to be paid or withheld by the Company in all
respects and has, within the manner prescribed by applicable Law, withheld from
its employees, customers and any applicable payees and paid over to the proper
Governmental Agencies all material amounts required to be withheld and paid
over.
(c) The
Company has not waived any statute of limitations or otherwise agreed to any
extension of time with respect to an assessment or collection of Taxes which is
still effective; no Proceedings with the Internal Revenue Service or a state,
local or foreign taxing authority are presently pending with regard to Taxes of
the Company; the Company has not received written notice of any impending audit
relating to the Taxes of the Company which has not yet commenced; and no
deficiency for any Taxes required to be paid by the Company has been proposed,
asserted or assessed against the Company which has not been resolved and paid in
full.
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(d) The
Company is not a party to any Tax allocation or Tax sharing
agreement.
(e) The
Company has not ever been and is not currently liable to pay any Tax to, or file
any Tax Return with, any foreign Governmental Agency.
5.19 Brokerage. The
Company is not responsible for, and has not received, any claims for brokerage
commissions, finders fees or similar compensation in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement based on any arrangement or
agreement made by the Company or any Company director, officer or
shareholder.
5.20 Undisclosed
Liabilities. To the Company’s knowledge, since March 31,
2010, the Company has not incurred any Liability required to be disclosed on a
balance sheet or the notes thereto pursuant to GAAP, except for
Liabilities:
(a) Reflected,
disclosed or reserved against in (i) the balance sheet as of March 31, 2010
or the notes thereto;
(b) Incurred
in the ordinary course of business (but excluding any material Liability arising
out of tort, violations of law or breaches of contract); or
(c) Fully
satisfied on the Closing Date.
5.21 Information Regarding
Directors and Officers. The Company has provided a Secretary’s
certificate to Parent which sets forth the name of each executive officer of the
Company and the offices held by each such Person and the name of each member of
the Board of Directors of the Company.
5.22 Books and
Records. The books of account, minute books, stock record
books and other records of the Company, all of which have been made available to
Parent prior to the date hereof, are complete and correct in all material
respects, and have been maintained in accordance with sound business practices,
including the maintenance of an adequate system of internal
controls. The minute books of the Company contain substantially
accurate and complete records of all meetings held of, and corporate actions
taken by, the Shareholders, the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board
of Directors, and no meeting of the Shareholders, Board of Directors or any
committee of the Board of Directors has been held for which minutes have not
been prepared and are not contained in such minute books.
5.23 Interest in Customers,
Suppliers and Competitors. Except for a proposed license and
assignment agreement with, and sale of shares of the Company’s common stock to,
another pharmaceutical company that may be completed prior to the Closing, no
Company shareholder and no officer or director of the Company, nor any Affiliate
thereof or any member of their respective family, has any direct or indirect
interest in any customer, supplier or competitor of the Company or in any
business, firm or Person from whom or to whom the Company leases any Asset, or
in any other business, firm or Person with whom the Company does
business. The Company has no outstanding loans to any officer,
director or shareholder.
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5.24 Shareholder Notice
Materials. The information to be supplied by the Company for
inclusion in any Other Filings shall not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not false or misleading. If
at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event relating to the Company or
any of its Affiliates, officers or directors should be discovered by the Company
which should be set forth in a supplement to any Other Filings, the Company
shall promptly inform Parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any information
supplied by Parent or any Person other than the Company or any agent or
representative thereof which is contained in any Other Filings.
5.25 FCPA
Compliance. [Intentionally Omitted]
5.26 Financial Recordkeeping and
Reporting Compliance. The operations of the Company are and
have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Money Laundering and Related
Laws, and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or Governmental
Authority or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the Money
Laundering and Related Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company,
threatened. The Company has not violated the Money Laundering and
Related Laws, and/or the rules and regulations promulgated under any such law,
or any successor law.
5.27 OFAC
Compliance. None of the Company or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company is
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC, and the Company
has not knowingly directly or indirectly lent, contributed or otherwise made
available funds to any joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the
purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by OFAC.
5.28 Full
Disclosure. None of the representations and warranties made by
the Company in this Agreement and the schedules, certificates and other
documents delivered to Parent contains, or will contain, any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading as of the date to which it speaks.
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ARTICLE
VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
OF PARENT AND THE MERGER
SUBSIDIARY
As a
material inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement, Parent and the
Merger Subsidiary hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the
Company as follows, which representations and warranties are true, correct and
complete as of the date hereof and will be true, correct and complete as of the
Closing (as though made then and as though the Closing were substituted for the
date of this Agreement throughout this Article VI), except
as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule. Nothing in the Disclosure
Schedule shall be deemed adequate to disclose an exception to a representation
or warranty made herein, however, unless the Disclosure Schedule identifies the
exception with particularity and describes the relevant facts in
detail. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the mere
listing (or inclusion of a copy) of a document or other item shall not be deemed
adequate to disclose an exception to a representation or warranty made herein
(unless the representation or warranty has to do with the existence of the
document or other item itself). The Disclosure Schedule will be
arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the lettered and numbered paragraphs
contained in this Article
VI. References in this Article VI to Parent
will, in all instances, be read to include the Merger Subsidiary unless
specifically provided to the contrary below or unless the context otherwise
requires.
6.1 Organization and Power;
Subsidiaries and Investments. Each of Parent and the Merger
Subsidiary is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of California. This jurisdiction
is the only jurisdiction in which the ownership of properties or the conduct of
the its business requires Parent or the Merger Subsidiary to be so qualified
except where the failure to be qualified would not result in Parent incurring
any material Liability. Parent and the Merger Subsidiary have all
requisite power and authority to own their assets and carry on their business as
now conducted. Parent and the Merger Subsidiary have all requisite
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other
agreements contemplated hereby and to perform their obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The articles or certificate of incorporation and bylaws
of Parent and the Merger Subsidiary which have previously been furnished to the
Company reflect all amendments thereto and are correct and complete in all
respects. Parent has one Subsidiary, the Merger Subsidiary, and has
no other Subsidiaries. Parent does not own or control (directly or
indirectly) any partnership interest, joint venture interest, equity
participation or other security or interest in any Person.
6.2 Authorization. The
execution, delivery and performance by Parent and the Merger Subsidiary of this
Agreement, the other agreements contemplated hereby and each of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby will be duly and validly authorized by all
requisite corporate action and no other act or proceeding on the part of Parent
or the Merger Subsidiary or their boards of directors is necessary to authorize
the execution, delivery or performance by Parent and the Merger Subsidiary of
this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or the consummation of
any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and the Merger
Subsidiary and this Agreement constitutes, and the other agreements contemplated
hereby upon execution and delivery by Parent and the Merger Subsidiary will each
constitute, a valid and binding obligation of Parent and the Merger Subsidiary,
enforceable against Parent and the Merger Subsidiary in accordance with its
terms.
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6.3 Capitalization. Parent’s
authorized and outstanding common stock is as set forth in the Form 10-Q for the
three months ended March 31, 2010, a copy of which is filed with the
SEC. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock
have been duly authorized, are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
none were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any
Person. Parent as of the Closing Date will have authorized 1,000
shares of Series A convertible preferred stock, all of which will be issued
and outstanding. No other class of capital stock of Parent is
authorized or outstanding at the date hereof. The only shareholder of
the Merger Subsidiary is Parent. All of the outstanding capital stock
of the Merger Subsidiary is owned by Parent, free and clear of any
Liens. There are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants,
rights, contracts, pledges, calls, puts, rights to subscribe, conversion rights
or other agreements or commitments to which Parent or the Merger Subsidiary is a
party or which is binding upon Parent and the Merger Subsidiary providing for
the issuance, disposition or acquisition of any of its equity or any rights or
interests exercisable therefor. There are no outstanding or
authorized equity appreciation, phantom stock or similar rights with respect to
Parent or the Merger Subsidiary.
6.4 No
Breach. The execution, delivery and performance by Parent of
this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby and the consummation
of each of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will not (a) violate,
result in any breach of, constitute a default under, result in the termination
or acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate,
modify or cancel, or require any notice under the articles of incorporation or
bylaws of Parent or the Merger Subsidiary, any material Law, any material Order
or any material Contract to which Parent or the Merger Subsidiary or their
assets is bound; (b) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any
assets or any of the equities of Parent; or (c) require any material
authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice to any
Governmental Agency or other Person under the provisions of any material Law,
material Order or any material Contract by which Parent or the Merger Subsidiary
or their assets is bound.
6.5 Financial
Statements.
(a) Each of
Parent’s Financial Statements on file with the SEC are accurate and complete in
all material respects and present fairly in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of Parent throughout the periods
covered thereby and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the periods indicated. The Parent Financial
Statements are in compliance with Regulation S-X to the extent
required.
(b) There has
not been, since December 31, 2009, nor to Parent’s Knowledge is there pending,
any material change in accounting requirements of Parent.
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6.6 Absence of Certain
Developments. Parent has conducted its businesses only in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past custom and practice, and Parent
has not:
(a) Suffered
a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) Sold,
leased, assigned, licensed or transferred any of its material assets or any
material portion thereof (other than in the ordinary course of business, or
sales of obsolete assets) or mortgaged, pledged or subjected them to any
Lien;
(c) Made any
material capital expenditures or commitments, other than in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past custom and practice;
(d) Created,
incurred or assumed any material Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness that is
incurred in the ordinary course of business, and has not guaranteed any
Indebtedness or Liability of any Person;
(e) Declared,
set aside or paid any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to any
shareholder of Parent with respect to its equity or purchased, or redeemed or
otherwise acquired any of its equity or any warrants, options or other rights to
acquire its equity;
(f) Amended
or authorized the amendment of its articles of incorporation or
bylaws;
(g) Committed
or agreed to any of the foregoing; or
(h) Received
any notice from any Person with whom the Company has a material business
relationship indicating that said Person intends to change their respective
relationship the Company.
6.7 Real Property
Leases. Parent is not a party to any Lease.
6.8 Title to
Assets. Parent owns good and valid title, free and clear of
all Liens other than Permitted Liens, to all of the personal, tangible and
intangible personal property and assets reflected on the Parent Financial
Statements. At the Closing Date, Parent will have no assets other
than its ownership of all of the issued and outstanding stock of the Merger
Subsidiary, free and clear of all Liens.
6.9 Contracts and
Commitments.
(a) Neither
Parent nor the Merger Subsidiary is currently a party to any Contract, and will
not be a party to any Parent Contract that will be in effect at the Effective
Time
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(b) Neither
Parent nor the Merger Subsidiary has materially breached or cancelled any
Contract in violation of the terms thereof; (ii) to Parent’s Knowledge, none of
Parent’s Contracts have been breached in any respect or canceled by the other
party except in accordance with the terms thereof; (iii) to Parent’s Knowledge,
Parent is not in receipt of any written claim of default under any Contract;
(iv) to Parent’s Knowledge, no event has occurred which with the passage of time
or the giving of notice or both would result in a material breach or default
under any Parent Contract or create in any Person the right to accelerate,
suspend, terminate, modify, cancel or exercise any other material right under
any Parent Contract; (v) no Person has given notice to Parent of repudiation of
any provision of any Parent Contract; and (vi) Parent has not received any
notice of any, and to Parent’s Knowledge there is no, impending change of any
business relationship with any Person except the cancellation or termination of
any Parent Contracts currently in effect.
(c) Each
Parent Contract has been entered into without the commission of any act by or on
behalf of Parent, alone or in concert with any other Person, or any
consideration having been paid or promised, that, in either case, is or would be
in violation of any Law.
6.10 Proprietary
Rights.
(a) Parent
owns no, and has no exclusive rights to use, any Proprietary Rights in the
operation of its business.
(b) To the
Knowledge of Parent, Parent has not interfered with, infringed upon,
misappropriated, or otherwise come into conflict with any Proprietary Rights of
any Person, and there are no unresolved charges, complaints, claims, demands, or
notices alleging any such interference, infringement, misappropriation, or
violation (including any claim that Parent must license, or refrain from using,
any Proprietary Rights of any Person. To the Knowledge of Parent, no
Person has interfered with, infringed upon, misappropriated, or otherwise come
into conflict with any Proprietary Rights owned or used by Parent in Parent’s
business. There are no Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of
Parent, threatened, which challenges the validity, legality, enforceability, use
or ownership of any Proprietary Rights owned or used by Parent in its
business.
(c) To the
Knowledge of Parent, Parent has not engaged in any business practices that are
unfair, improper or illegal, including any misrepresentation of the origin,
source, or composition of any of its Proprietary Rights and any
misrepresentation as to the endorsement, sponsorship or affiliation of any of
Parent’s Proprietary Rights by any Person or group.
(d) Parent
neither owns nor licenses or sublicenses any patent, trademark registration or
copyright registration, nor does Parent have ownership of, or rights to,
applications for any patents, trademark registrations and copyright applications
(as amended to date or otherwise modified).
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6.11 Governmental Licenses and
Permits. Parent neither has nor uses any Governmental Licenses
in the conduct of its business except such as are associated with Parent’s
organization in the State of California. Parent owns or possesses all
right, title and interest in and to all material Governmental Licenses that are
necessary to its business as presently conducted. Each such
Governmental License has been duly obtained, is valid and in full force and
effect and is not subject to any Proceeding to revoke, cancel, modify, limit,
restrict or declare such Governmental Licenses invalid in any material
respect. Parent has materially complied with and is in material
compliance with the terms and conditions of such Governmental Licenses and has
not received any written notices of the violation of any of the terms or
conditions of such Governmental Licenses. The consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not, and no event has occurred or
circumstance exists that may (with or without the giving of notice or the
passage of time or both or otherwise) (i) constitute or result, directly or
indirectly in a material violation of or a failure to comply with any term or
requirement of any material Governmental License, or (ii) result directly or
indirectly in the revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination
or modification of any material Governmental License. All
applications required to have been filed for the continued validity or renewal
of any Governmental License have been duly filed on a timely basis with the
appropriate Governmental Agency or other Person, and all other filings required
to have been made with respect to the Governmental License have been duly made
on a timely basis with the appropriate Governmental Agency or other
Person.
6.12 Proceedings. There
are no material Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened
against Parent, or any of its assets or its business and to Parent’s Knowledge,
there is no basis for any Proceeding against Parent or any of its assets or its
business. Except as set forth in Parent’s articles of incorporation
or bylaws, Parent is not currently required, whether by contract or operation of
Law, to indemnify any of the officers, directors or employees (past or present)
of Parent and there have been no claims made against Parent for indemnity by any
past or present officer, director or employee.
6.13 Compliance with
Laws. Parent has materially complied with and is in compliance
in all material respects with all applicable Laws and Orders. No
written notice has been received by Parent alleging a violation of or liability
or potential responsibility under any such Law or Order. To Parent’s
Knowledge, since December 31, 2009, there has been no change in any applicable
Laws that may have a Parent Material Adverse Effect and there is no impending
change in any applicable Laws that may have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
6.14 Environmental
Matters. Parent has materially complied with and is in
compliance in all material respects with all Environmental
Laws. Parent has not received any notice regarding any, and to
Parent’s Knowledge, there has been no, violation of, or any liability or
investigatory, corrective or remedial obligation under, any Environmental Law
with respect to the past or current operations, properties or facilities of
Parent. Parent has not treated, stored, disposed of, arranged for or
permitted the disposal of, transported, handled, or released any Hazardous
Substance in a manner which has given rise to any liabilities or investigatory,
corrective or remedial obligations pursuant to Environmental Laws. To
Parent’s Knowledge, (i) there has been no disposal, burial or placement of
Hazardous Substances on or about the Parent Leased Real Property; (ii) Parent
has not used all or part of the Parent Leased Real Property or any lands
contiguous to the Parent Leased Real Property in violation of any Environmental
Laws; (iii) there is no contamination, pollution or danger of pollution
resulting from a condition on or under the Parent Leased Real Property, or on or
under any lands in the vicinity of the Parent Leased Real Property; (iv) there
are no storage tanks on or under the Parent Leased Real Property; (v)
environmental conditions associated with the Parent Leased Real Property are in
compliance with all Environmental Laws; and (vi) Parent has disclosed to the
Company all information in Parent’s possession relating to the environmental
condition of the Parent Leased Real Property. Parent has not received
any information from neighboring property owners indicating they have any
concerns about existing environmental conditions which could affect the Parent
Leased Real Property or suggesting they might look to Parent for contribution to
clean up such condition.
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6.15 Employees. Parent
has materially complied with and is in compliance in all material respects with
all applicable Laws relating to the employment of labor. There are no
administrative charges or court complaints pending or, to Parent’s Knowledge,
threatened against Parent before the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission or any federal, foreign, state or local court or agency
concerning alleged employment discrimination or any other matters relating to
the employment of labor. To Parent’s Knowledge, there is no basis for
any administrative charge or court complaint regarding any matters relating to
the employment of labor. Parent has not experienced any union
organization attempts, labor disputes or work stoppage or slowdowns due to labor
disagreements. There is no labor strike, dispute, work stoppage or
slowdown involving any of the employees of Parent pending or, to Parent’s
Knowledge, threatened. Parent is not a party to any labor or union
agreement.
6.16 Employee Benefit
Plans.
(a) Parent
has no employee pension benefit plan as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, has no
employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, and has no
Parent Employee Plan. Parent maintains no plan, policy, program or
arrangement which provides nonqualified deferred compensation benefits,
equity-based compensation, options or bonuses, health, life, disability,
accident, vacation, severance, tuition reimbursement or other fringe benefits or
with respect to which Parent is reasonably expected to have any material
Liability.
(b) Parent is
not and has not been a member of a controlled group or any other similar
arrangement that would be combined with Parent under Code Section(s) 414(b),
(c), (m) or (o) participates in or contributes to and has not participated in or
contributed to any multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of
ERISA).
(c) Parent
provides no post-termination health, accident or life insurance
benefits.
(d) Parent
has no plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or the minimum funding requirements of
Code Section 412.
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(e) No
contributions, premiums or other such payments have been paid, or are required
to be paid now or in the future, by Parent to any employer or employee plan for
any period ending on or before the Effective Time.
(f) The
completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result,
separately or in the aggregate, in the payment of any amount that will be: (i)
non-deductible to Parent or the Surviving Corporation under Code Section 280G;
(ii) characterized as an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Code
Section 280G; or (iii) subject to the excise tax under Code Section
4999.
(g) Since its
inception, Parent has acted in good faith compliance with the requirements of
Code Section 409A and, to Parent’s Knowledge, no employee of Parent will have
compensation includable in his or her gross compensation as a result of the
application of Code Section 409A. Parent is not, nor has it ever
been, party to any tax indemnity agreement or other agreement that requires
Parent to “gross up” or otherwise compensate any employee because of the
imposition of any income, excise or other Tax.
6.17 Insurance. Parent
maintains no insurance policies currently in force.
6.18 Tax
Matters.
(a) Parent
has filed all material Tax Returns that it is required to file as of the date of
this Agreement and has paid in full all Taxes required to be paid by Parent as
disclosed by such Tax Returns, which Tax Returns are true, correct and complete
in all material respects. On or before the Closing Date, Parent will
have timely filed all Tax Returns that it will have been required to file on or
before the Closing Date and will have paid in full all Taxes required to be paid
by it on or before the Closing Date as disclosed by such Tax Returns and said
Tax Returns will be true, correct and complete in all material
respects. Parent has not requested any extension of time within which
to file any Tax Return, which Tax Return has not since been filed, nor between
the date hereof and the Effective Time will Parent request any extension of time
within which to file any Tax Return without promptly delivering to the Company a
copy of such request. As of immediately before the Effective Time,
there will be no Liens for Taxes on any of Parent’s assets other than Permitted
Liens. Parent has not ever been a member of a group of corporations
that file a consolidated Tax Return for federal income Taxes or a member of an
affiliated group other than a group of which Parent is the common
parent.
(b) Parent
has, and by the Closing will have, complied with all Laws relating to the
withholding of Taxes required to be paid or withheld by Parent in all respects
and has, within the manner prescribed by applicable Law, withheld from its
employees, customers and any applicable payees and paid over to the proper
Governmental Agencies all material amounts required to be withheld and paid
over.
(c) Parent
has not waived any statute of limitations or otherwise agreed to any extension
of time with respect to an assessment or collection of Taxes which is still
effective; no Proceedings with the Internal Revenue Service or a state, local or
foreign taxing authority are presently pending with regard to Taxes of Parent;
Parent has not received written notice of any impending audit relating to the
Taxes of Parent which has not yet commenced; and no deficiency for any Taxes
required to be paid by Parent has been proposed, asserted or assessed against
Parent which has not been resolved and paid in full.
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(d) Parent is
not a party to any Tax allocation or Tax sharing agreement.
(e) Parent
has not ever been and is not currently liable to pay any tax to, or file any Tax
Return with, any foreign Governmental Agency.
6.19 Brokerage. Except
for any finder fees that may be paid by and will be the sole responsibility of
the Parent Control Shareholders, there are no claims for brokerage commissions,
finders fees or similar compensation in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement based on any arrangement or agreement made by
Parent or any Parent director, officer or shareholder.
6.20 Undisclosed
Liabilities. To Parent’s knowledge, since December 31, 2009,
Parent has not incurred any Liability required to be disclosed on a balance
sheet or the notes thereto pursuant to GAAP, except for
Liabilities:
(a) Disclosed
or reserved against in the most recent balance sheet of Parent included in the
Parent Financial Statements or described in the notes thereto;
(b) Incurred
in the ordinary course of business not exceeding $5,000 in the aggregate;
or
(c) Fully
satisfied on or before the Closing Date.
6.21 Information Regarding
Directors and Officers. Parent’s Officer’s Certificate sets
forth the name of each director and executive officer of Parent and the offices
held by each such Person.
6.22 Books and
Records. The books of account, minute books, stock record
books and other records of Parent, all of which have been made available to the
Company prior to the date hereof, are complete and correct in all material
respects, and have been maintained in accordance with sound business practices,
including the maintenance of an adequate system of internal controls (except as
otherwise publicly disclosed by Parent). The minute books of Parent
contain substantially accurate and complete records of all meetings held of, and
corporate actions taken by, the shareholders, the board of directors or any
committee of the board of directors, and no meeting of the shareholders, board
of directors or any committee of the board of directors has been held for which
minutes have not been prepared and are not contained in such minute
books.
6.23 Interest in Customers,
Suppliers and Competitors. To Parent’s Knowledge, no officer
or director of Parent, nor any Affiliate thereof or any member of their
respective family, has any direct or indirect interest in any customer, supplier
or competitor of the Company or in any other business, firm or Person with whom
the Company does business. Parent has no outstanding loans to any
officer, director or shareholder of Parent or the Company or any member of their
respective families.
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6.24 Other
Filings. The information to be supplied by Parent for
inclusion in any Other Filings shall not, on the date the such materials are
first mailed to Parent’s shareholders, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not false or misleading. If
at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event relating to Parent or any of
its Affiliates, officers or directors should be discovered by Parent which
should be set forth in a supplement to any Other Filings, Parent shall promptly
inform the Company and promptly take action to supplement the Other
Filings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent makes no
representation or warranty with respect to any information supplied by the
Company or any Person other than Parent or any agent or representative thereof
which is contained in any Other Filings.
6.25 Full
Disclosure. None of the representations and warranties made by
Parent or the merger Subsidiary in this Agreement and the schedules,
certificates and other documents delivered to the Company contains, or will
contain, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances in
which they were made, not misleading as of the date to which it
speaks.
6.26 SEC
Filings. Parent has made available to the Company each
statement, report, registration statement (with the prospectus in the form filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act), and other filings filed with the SEC
by Parent since inception and, prior to the Closing, Parent will have furnished
or made available to the Company true and complete copies of any additional
documents filed with the SEC by Parent after the date hereof and prior to the
Closing (collectively, the “Parent SEC
Documents”). As of their respective filing dates, the Parent
SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
1934 Act and the 1933 Act. Parent has timely filed with the SEC all
filings required by the 1934 Act and the 1933 Act and has provided all
certifications of its officers which are required by Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx and the
rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, as such rules and
regulations have been enacted by the SEC. All documents required to
be filed as exhibits to the Parent SEC Documents have been so filed, and all
material contracts so filed as exhibits are in full force and effect, except
those which have expired or been terminated in accordance with their terms, and
Parent is not in material default thereof. None of the Parent SEC
Documents, as of their respective dates, 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 made therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however,
that Parent makes no representations or warranties as to the information
contained in or omitted from Parent SEC Documents in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished to Parent by or on behalf of
counterparties to the material contracts included in the Parent SEC
Documents.
6.27 Independent
Accountants. SAI are independent public accountants with
respect to Parent within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable
published rules and regulations thereunder and the rules, regulations and
standards of the PCAOB. SAI is duly registered and in good standing
with the PCAOB. SAI has not, during the periods covered by the Parent
Financial Statements, provided to Parent any material non-audit services, as
such term is used in Section 10A(g) of the 1934 Act.
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6.28 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Compliance. Parent has, since being legally required to do so,
and its directors and officers, in their capacities as such have, taken all
actions necessary to comply with the provisions of Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx, including
Section 402 related to loans, to the extent such compliance is required by
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx or the rules and regulations of the SEC.
6.29 FCPA
Compliance. None of Parent or any director, officer, agent,
employee or affiliate of Parent is aware of or has taken any action, directly or
indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA,
including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or
instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer,
payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other
property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of
value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any
foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign
political office, in contravention of the FCPA. Parent and, to the
knowledge of Parent, its executive officers and directors, have conducted their
businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies
and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue
to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
6.30 Financial Recordkeeping and
Reporting Compliance. The operations of Parent are and have
been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Money Laundering and Related
Laws, and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or Governmental
Authority or any arbitrator involving Parent with respect to the Money
Laundering and Related Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of Parent,
threatened. Parent has not violated the Money Laundering and Related
Laws, and/or the rules and regulations promulgated under any such law, or any
successor law.
6.31 OFAC
Compliance. None of Parent or, to the knowledge of Parent, any
director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of Parent is currently subject
to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC, and Parent has not knowingly
directly or indirectly lent, contributed or otherwise made available funds to
any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose
of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by OFAC.
6.32 Internal
Controls. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Parent SEC
Documents, Parent has 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 Parent 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.
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ARTICLE
VII
TERMINATION
7.1 Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing only as
follows:
(a) By the
mutual consent of Parent and the Company;
(b) By Parent
providing written notice to the Company at any time prior to the Closing in the
event (i) the Company is in material breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, (ii) Parent has notified the
Company of the breach and such breach has continued without cure for a period of
30 days after delivery of such notice of breach, and (iii) there is a reasonable
likelihood that such breach will result in an inability of the Company to
satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections 3.2(a) or
3.2(b);
(c) By the
Company providing written notice to Parent at any time prior to the Closing in
the event (i) Parent is in material breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, (ii) the Company has notified
Parent of the breach and such breach has continued without cure for a period of
30 days after delivery of such notice of breach, and (iii) there is a reasonable
likelihood that such breach will result in an inability of Parent to satisfy the
conditions set forth in Sections 3.1(a) or
3.1(b);
(d) Subject
to complying with Section 7.1(f) by
either Parent or the Company if the transactions contemplated hereby have not
been consummated by August 24, 2010; provided, however, that a Party
shall not be entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this subsection
(d) if that Party’s breach of this Agreement has prevented the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby at or prior to such time; or
Any
dispute between the Parties with respect to any Party’s right to terminate this
Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with Section
8.11.
7.2 Effect of
Termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement as
provided in Section
7.1 hereof, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be
no liability or obligation hereunder on the part of any of the Company or
Parent, except that, in the event of an intentional or willful breach of this
Agreement prior to the time of such termination, the other Parties hereto shall
be entitled to the remedy of specific performance of the covenants contained
herein.
7.3 Waiver of Right to
Terminate. Parent shall be deemed to have waived its right to
terminate this Agreement upon consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby. No such waiver shall constitute a waiver of any other rights
arising from the non-fulfillment of any condition precedent set forth in Article III hereof or
any misrepresentation or breach of any warranty, covenant or agreement contained
herein unless such waiver is made in writing and then any such written waiver
shall only constitute a waiver of the specific matters set forth
therein.
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ARTICLE
VIII
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS;
COVENANTS AFTER CLOSING
8.1 Mutual
Assistance. Subsequent to the Closing, each of the Parties
hereto, at their own cost, will assist each other (including by the retention of
records and the provision of access to relevant records) in the preparation of
their respective Tax Returns and the filing and execution of Tax elections, if
required, as well as in the defense of any audits or litigation that may ensue
as a result of the filing thereof, to the extent that such assistance is
reasonably requested.
8.2 Survival of Representations,
Warranties, Covenants and Agreements. Notwithstanding any
right of Parent or the Company (whether or not exercised) to investigate the
affairs of the Company or Parent or a waiver by Parent or the Company of any
condition to Closing set forth in this Agreement, each Party shall have the
right to rely fully upon the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements of the other Party contained in this Agreement or in any instrument
delivered pursuant to this Agreement. Unless earlier terminated under
Article VII,
all of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Parent and
the Merger Subsidiary contained in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered
pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Closing and continue until the
second anniversary of the Closing, provided, however, that the representations,
warranties and agreements set forth in Sections 6.18 (Taxes) and
8.1 (Tax
Cooperation) shall survive until expiration of the applicable statute of
limitations for claims applicable to the matters covered thereby.
8.3 Indemnification by the
Parent Control Shareholders.
(a) The
Parent Control Shareholders hereby agree to jointly and severally indemnify and
hold harmless the Company and the Company’s executive officers, directors,
Shareholders, employees and agents, including any person who is an officer,
director, employee or agent of the Company prior to the Closing, against any and
all losses, Claims, damages, Liabilities, costs and expenses (including but not
limited to reasonable attorneys’ and expert witness fees and other expenses of
investigation and defense of any Claims or actions) to which they or any of them
may become subject due to, or which results from, any of the
following:
(i) Any
breach of Parent’s covenants, agreements, warranties or representations
contained in this Agreement as of the date made or as of the Closing
Date.
(ii) Any
misstatement of a material fact contained in this Agreement or in any of the
documents executed in connection with transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, but only if the misstatement relates to information concerning
Parent.
(iii) The
omission to state any fact necessary to make the statements contained in this
Agreement or in any of the documents executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement not misleading, but only if the
omission relates to information concerning Parent.
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(iv) The
operations of Parent or the acts of its employees, acting in their capacities as
such, prior to the Closing.
(v) The
ownership of the Real Estate (including, without limitation, the violation or
infringement of any Environmental Laws) by Parent prior to the
Closing.
(vi) Actions
or inactions of Parent, or the agents of Parent acting in their capacity as
agents, prior to the Closing.
(vii) Any Taxes
due and payable by Parent which are payable for activities of Parent prior to
the Closing.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the maximum liability of each of the Parent Control Shareholders
for indemnification in connection with the foregoing shall not exceed
$225,000.
(c) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, including but not limited to Sections
8.3(b) and 8.5, to the extent that the Company incurs any liabilities, costs or
other damages related to the storage, contamination, placement or contamination
of the Real Estate by Hazardous Substances (whether initiated or maintained by
Parent or an adjoining property owner), each Parent Control Shareholder shall be
liable for indemnification for the total amount of any such liability, cost or
other damage related to such Hazardous Substances.
8.4 Indemnification by the
Company. [Intentionally Omitted]
8.5 Remedies. The
Parties shall retain all rights to bring actions seeking specific performance as
provided in Section
8.6 and other equitable relief, except as expressly provided otherwise in
Section 8.7;
provided, however, that from and after the Closing, the rights provided for in
Article VIII
(other than as described in Section 8.6) shall be
the exclusive remedy of any Party for damages resulting from the breach of any
provision of this Agreement by any other Party except for damages incurred as a
result of fraud, willful misconduct or willful representation.
8.6 Specific
Performance. Each Party’s obligation under this Agreement is
unique. If any Party should default in its obligations under this
Agreement, the Parties each acknowledge that it would be extremely impracticable
to measure the resulting damages; accordingly, the nondefaulting Party, in
addition to any other available rights or remedies, may xxx in equity for
specific performance, and the Parties each expressly waive the defense that a
remedy in damages will be adequate. Notwithstanding any breach or
default by any of the Parties of any of their respective representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements under this Agreement, if Closing occurs as
contemplated, each of the Parties waives any rights that it or they may have to
rescind this Agreement or the transactions consummated pursuant to it; provided,
however, this wavier shall not affect any other rights or remedies available to
the Parties under this Agreement or under applicable Law.
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8.7 Notice Of
Claim. Should any Indemnified Party suffer any loss, damage or
expense for which the Indemnifying Party is obligated to indemnify and hold such
Indemnified Party harmless pursuant to Article VIII of this
Agreement, the following shall apply: Promptly upon receipt by the Indemnified
Party of notice of any demand, assertion, Claim, action or proceeding, judicial
or otherwise, with respect to any matter as to which the Indemnifying Party is
obligated to indemnify the Indemnified Party under the provisions of this
Agreement, the Indemnified Party shall give prompt notice thereof to the
Indemnifying Party, together with a statement of such information respecting
such matter as the Indemnified Party shall then have and a statement advising
that the Indemnifying Party must notify it within 10 days whether the
Indemnifying Party will undertake the defense of such
matter. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party of notice of
the commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party will, if a Claim in
respect thereof is to be made by the Indemnified Party against the Indemnifying
Party, notify the Indemnifying Party in writing of the commencement thereof; but
the failure so to notify the Indemnifying Party (i) will not relieve the
Indemnifying Party from liability under this Section except to the extent that
such failure results in prejudice or other damage to the Indemnifying Party, and
(ii) will not, in any event, relieve the Indemnifying Party from any obligations
to any Indemnified Party other than the indemnification obligation provided
above. Notice of the intention of the Indemnifying Party to contest
any such Claim, and the identity of counsel that the Indemnifying Party intends
to employ to contest any such Claim, shall be given by the Indemnifying Party to
the Indemnified Party within 10 days from the date of receipt by the
Indemnifying Party of notice by the Indemnified Party of the assertion of any
such Claim. The Indemnified Party shall have the right to approve the
counsel named in the Notice provided pursuant to the preceding sentence,
provided that such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. The
Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in such proceedings and to
be represented by attorneys of its own choosing; however, such representation
shall be at the Indemnified Party’s own expense if the Indemnifying Party
selects different counsel of its own choosing. Notwithstanding the
Indemnifying Party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the Indemnified
Party in an action, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ
separate counsel and the Indemnifying Party shall bear the reasonable fees,
costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by
the Indemnifying Party to represent the Indemnified Party would present such
counsel with a conflict of interest, or (ii) the actual or potential defendants
in, or targets of, any such action include both the Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party has chosen the same counsel to
represent the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and the Indemnified
Party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available
to it and/or other Indemnified Parties which are different from or additional to
those available to the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnifying Party
does not elect to contest any Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall be bound by
the results obtained with respect thereto by the Indemnified Party, including
any settlement of such Claim. If the Indemnifying Party elects to
contest any Claim, the Indemnified Party shall be bound by the results obtained
with respect thereto by the Indemnifying Party, including any settlement of such
Claim. Notwithstanding any language to the contrary herein, an
Indemnifying Party will not, without the prior written consent of the
Indemnified Party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment
with respect to any pending or threatened Claim, action, suit or proceeding in
respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
Indemnified Party is an actual or potential party to such Claim or action)
unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release
of each Indemnified Party from all Liability arising out of such Claim, action,
suit or proceeding.
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8.8 Confidentiality. The
Parent Control Shareholders shall, for the period of two years from and after
the Closing Date, hold in strict confidence and will keep confidential all
information regarding the Company and the Business and will not use or disclose
any such information to any Person except: (a) with the prior written consent of
the Company; (b) to the extent that such disclosure is required by Law (provided
that the disclosing party agrees to give to the Company prompt notice thereof so
that the Company may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy in
connection therewith); or (c) to the extent that such information can be shown
to be generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by
one or more of the Parent Control Shareholders or their
representatives.
8.9 Expenses. Except
as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, each of the Parties hereto shall be
solely responsible for and shall bear all of its own costs and expenses incident
to its obligations under and in respect of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including, but not limited to, any such costs and expenses
incurred by any Party hereto in connection with the negotiation, preparation and
performance of and compliance with the terms of this Agreement (including,
without limitation, the fees and expenses of legal counsel, accountants,
investment bankers or other representatives and consultants), regardless of
whether the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, it being
understood and agreed that the Parent Control Shareholders shall pay all costs,
fees and expenses incurred by Parent and the Merger Subsidiary in connection
with this transaction prior to Closing if the assets of Parent are not
sufficient to pay such costs, fees and expenses, except for up to $200,000 of
the expenses described in Section
3.1(f).
8.10 Disputes; Arbitration
Procedure.
(a) Each of
the Parties hereto agrees that it will attempt to settle any dispute, claim or
controversy arising out of this Agreement through good faith negotiations in the
spirit of mutual cooperation between senior business executives of Parent and
the Company who have the authority to resolve the controversy.
(b) Any
dispute, claim or controversy (other than claims for equitable relief or
rescission of this Agreement) that cannot be resolved by the Parties hereto
through good faith negotiations within thirty (30) days of notification to the
counter-party of the commencement of the dispute resolution procedures of this
Section 8.10
will then, upon the written request of any Party hereto, be resolved by binding
arbitration conducted in accordance with the then effective Commercial
Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association by a sole
arbitrator. Such arbitrator shall be mutually agreeable to the
Parties. If the Parties cannot mutually agree upon the selection of
an arbitrator, the arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the rules of
the then effective Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
Association. To the extent not governed by such rules, such
arbitrator shall be directed by the Parties to set a schedule for determination
of such dispute, claim or controversy that is reasonable under the
circumstances. Such arbitrator shall be directed by the Parties to
determine the dispute in accordance with this Agreement and the substantive
rules of law (but not the rules of procedure or evidence) that would be applied
by a federal court required to apply the internal law (and not the law of
conflicts) of the State of California. The arbitration will be
conducted in Los Angeles, California. Judgment upon the award
rendered by the arbitrator may be entered by any court having
jurisdiction.
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(c) Nothing
contained in this Section 8.10 shall
prevent any Party hereto from resorting to judicial process if injunctive or
other equitable relief from a court is necessary to prevent injury to such Party
or its Affiliates. The use of arbitration procedures will not be
construed under the doctrine of laches, waiver or estoppel to affect adversely
the rights of any Party hereto to assert any claim or defense.
8.11 Further
Transfers. Each of the Parties hereto shall, and shall cause
its Affiliates to, execute and deliver such further instruments and take such
additional action as any other Party hereto may reasonably request to effect or
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Each such Party
shall, on or prior to the Closing, use its best efforts to fulfill or obtain the
fulfillment of the conditions precedent to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the execution and delivery of any documents,
certificates, instruments or other papers that are reasonably required for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
8.12 Transfer Taxes; Recording
Charges. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, all
transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration and other such similar
Taxes, and all conveyance fees, recording charges and other fees and charges
(including any penalties and interest) incurred in connection with consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the Party
incurring such Taxes when due, and each Party will, at their own expense, file
all necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to all such
Taxes, fees and charges, and, if required by applicable law.
ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 Amendment and
Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, altered or modified
except by a written instrument executed by Parent, the Merger Subsidiary and the
Company . No course of dealing between or among any Persons having
any interest in this Agreement will be deemed effective to modify, amend or
discharge any part of this Agreement or any rights or obligations of any Person
under or by reason of this Agreement. No waiver of any of the
provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute, a waiver of
any other provisions, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a
continuing waiver.
9.2 Notices. All
notices, demands and other communications to be given or delivered to Parent,
the Company or the Parent Control Shareholders under or by reason of the
provisions of this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed to have been
given when personally delivered, sent by reputable overnight courier or
transmitted by facsimile or telecopy (transmission confirmed), to the addresses
indicated below (unless another address is so specified in
writing):
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If to Parent or the Merger Subsidiary prior to the
Closing or to the Parent Control Shareholders after the Closing,
to:
c/o
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
0000
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
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with
a copy to:
Law
Office of Xxxx X. Agron
0000
XXX Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxx X. Agron, Esq.
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If to the Company prior to the Closing or to the
Surviving Corporation or Parent after the Closing, to:
NewGen
BioPharma Corporation
000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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with
a copy to:
TroyGould
PC
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
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9.3 Assignment. This
Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of each of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns. Neither this Agreement nor any rights, benefits or
obligations set forth herein may be assigned by any of the Parties
hereto.
9.4 Severability. Whenever
possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as
to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this
Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such
provision will be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or
invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the
remaining provisions of this Agreement.
9.5 No Strict
Construction. The language used in this Agreement shall be
deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties hereto to express their mutual
intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any
Person. The use of the word “including” in this Agreement or in any
of the agreements contemplated hereby shall be by way of example rather than by
limitation.
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9.6 Captions. The
captions used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and do not
constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit,
characterize or in any way affect any provision of this Agreement, and all
provisions of this Agreement shall be enforced and construed as if no caption
had been used in this Agreement.
9.7 No Third Party
Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this
Agreement, nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed
to confer upon or give to any Person, other than the Parties hereto and any
permitted successors and assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of
this Agreement, such third parties specifically including, without limitation,
employees, creditors or Shareholders of any of the Parties (other than the Chay
Control Shareholders).
9.8 Complete
Agreement. This document and the documents referred to herein
contain the complete Agreement between the Parties and supersede any prior
understandings, agreements or representations by or between the Parties, written
or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way,
including, without limitation, that certain Letter of Intent dated June 18,
2010.
9.9 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, any one of which may be
by facsimile, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
9.10 Governing Law and
Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the domestic laws of the State of California,
without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule
(whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause
the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of
California. Except as to matters subject to arbitration (other than
enforcement of awards therefrom or enforcement of any Party’s agreement to
arbitrate) as described in Section 8.10, to the
extent permitted by law, each of the Parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits
to the jurisdiction of any state court sitting in Los Angeles, California or
United States federal court sitting in Los Angeles, California, over any suit,
action or other proceeding brought by any Party arising out of or relating to
this Agreement, and each of the Parties hereto hereby irrevocably agrees that
all claims with respect to any such suit, action or other proceeding shall be
heard and determined in such courts.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date
first above-written.
COMPANY:
NewGen
BioPharma Corporation
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xx.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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PARENT:
Retrospettiva,
Inc.
By: /s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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MERGER
SUBSIDIARY:
Retrospettiva
Acquisitions, Inc.
By: /s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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ACKNOWLEDGED
AND AGREED AS TO SECTIONS 4.11 AND 8.3 ONLY:
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PARENT
CONTROL SHAREHOLDERS:
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/s/
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
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/s/ Xxxx
X.
Agron
Xxxx
X. Agron
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Exhibit
A
Certificate
of Merger
[See attached]
UMC-2
11/03
New
Jersey Division of Revenue
Certificate
of Merger/Consolidation
(Profit
Corporations)
This form
may be used to record the merger or consolidation of a corporation with or into
another business entity or entities, pursuant to NJSA 14A. Applicants must
insure strict compliance with the requirements of State law and insure that all
filing requirements are met. This form is intended to simplify filing with the
State Treasurer. Applicants are advised to seek out private legal advice before
submitting filings to the Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue’s
office.
1. Type
of Filing (check
one): ý
Merger ¨ Consolidation
2. Name of Surviving Business
Entity: NewGen
BioPharma Corporation
3. Name(s)/Jurisdiction(s)
of All Participating Business Entities including Surviving Entity:
Name | Jurisdiction |
Identification
# Assigned by
Treasurer
(if applicable)
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NewGen
BioPharma Corporation
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New Jersey | |
Retrospettiva
Acquisitions, Inc.
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New Jersey |
4. Date
Merger/Consolidation adopted:
5. Voting:
(all corporations involved; attach additional sheets if necessary)
-a Corp. Name NewGen BioPharma
Corporation Outstanding Shares
If
applicable, set forth the number and designation of any class or series of
shares entitled to vote.
Voting
For ___________________ Voting
Against ___________________; OR
Merger/consolidation
plan was adopted by the unanimous written consent of the shareholders without a
meeting (check) ý
-b Corp.
Name Retrospettiva
Acquisitions,
Inc. Outstanding
Shares
If
applicable, set forth the number and designation of any class or series of
shares entitled to vote.
Voting
For ___________________ Voting
Against ___________________; OR
Merger/consolidation
plan was adopted by the unanimous written consent of the shareholders without a
meeting (check) ý
-c Corp.
Name Outstanding
Shares
If
applicable, set forth the number and designation of any class or series of
shares entitled to vote.
Voting
For ___________________ Voting
Against ___________________; OR
Merger/consolidation
plan was adopted by the unanimous written consent of the shareholders without a
meeting (check) ¨
6.
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Service
of Process Address (For use if the surviving business entity is not
authorized or registered by the State
Treasurer:
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The
surviving business entity agrees that it may be served with process in this
State in any action, suit or proceeding for the enforcement of any obligation of
any domestic or foreign corporation, previously amenable to suit in this State,
which is a party to this merger/consolidation, and in any proceeding for the
enforcement of the rights of a dissenting shareholder of such domestic
corporation against the surviving corporation.
The
Treasurer is hereby appointed as agent to accept service of process in any such
action, suit, or proceeding which shall be forwarded to the surviving business
entity at the Service of Process address stated above.
The
Surviving Business Entity also agrees that it will promptly pay to the
dissenting shareholders of any such domestic corporation the amount, if any, to
which they may be entitled under the provisions of Title 14A.
Certificate
of Merger/Consolidation
UMC-2
Page
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7.
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Effective
Date (see inst.):
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Signature
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Name
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Title
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Date
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Xx.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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NewGen
CEO
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Retrospettiva
CEO
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**Remember
to attach: 1) the plan of merger or consolidation; and 2) if the surviving or
resulting business is not a registered or authorized domestic or foreign
corporation, a Tax Clearance Certificate for each participating
corporation.
NJ
Division of Revenue, XX Xxx 000, Xxxxxxx XX 00000
Exhibit
B
Lock-Up
Agreement of Parent Control Shareholders
[See attached]
LOCK-UP
AGREEMENT
THIS
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated
as of August ___, 2010 (“Effective Date”), by
and among Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx and Xxxx X. Agron (each a “Holder” and
collectively, the “Holders”) and
Retrospettiva, Inc., a California corporation (“Parent”). Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to
such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T
H
WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 22, 2010
(“Merger
Agreement”), by and among NewGen BioPharma Corporation, a New Jersey
corporation (“Company”), Parent and
Retrospettiva Acquisitions, Inc., a New Jersey corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger Subsidiary”),
Merger Subsidiary will be merged with and into Company;
WHEREAS,
Holders are the beneficial owner of the Lock-up Shares (as defined below);
and
WHEREAS,
as a material inducement for the Company to enter into and consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Holders have agreed to
execute, deliver and be bound by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set
forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be
legally bound, agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
(a) “Lock-Up Shares” means
the shares of common stock, no par value per share (“Common Stock”), of
Parent beneficially owned by the respective Holders as specified on the
signature hereto (which constitutes all of the shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by each Holder as of the Effective Date after taking into
account the sale by each Holder to the Company of any shares of Parent Preferred
Stock owned by Holder), plus any additional
securities of Parent acquired during the Lock-Up Period, including, without
limitation, all
shares of Common Stock that Holders may receive as a stock dividend or other
distribution on shares of Common Stock, and shares of Common Stock that Holders
may receive in a recapitalization or similar transaction.
(b) “Lock-Up
Period” means
the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the first
anniversary thereof.
2. Lock-Up.
(a) Each
Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that except as provided herein, he will
not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of Parent, sell,
offer, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise
dispose (collectively, a “Disposition”) of any
of the Lock-Up Shares at any time during the Lock-Up Period. For the
avoidance of doubt, the foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude,
among other Dispositions, each Holder from engaging in any hedging or other
transaction which is designed to or reasonably expected to lead to or result in
a Disposition of the Lock-Up Shares during the Lock-Up Period, including,
without limitation, any short sale (whether or not against the box) or any
purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or
call option) with respect to the Lock-Up Shares or with respect to any security
(other than a broad-based market basket or index) that includes, relates to or
derives any significant part of its value from the Lock-Up Shares.
(b) Holders
hereby consent to the entry of stop transfer instructions with Parent’s transfer
agent against any Disposition of the Lock-Up Shares except in compliance with
the provisions of this Agreement. Holders also consent to the
placement of the following legend on any and all stock certificates that
evidence the Lock-Up Shares:
“THE
SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THAT CERTAIN
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT BETWEEN RETROSPETTIVA, INC. AND THE STOCKHOLDER DATED AS OF
_______, 2010.”
3. Permitted
Dispositions. Notwithstanding Section 2 hereof, each Holder
shall be permitted to Dispose of the Lock-Up Shares as follows:
(a) Each
Holder may transfer all or any portion of the Lock-up Shares as a bona fide gift
or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree in writing to be bound
by the restrictions set forth in this Agreement;
(b) Subject
to compliance with all applicable securities laws, Holders may Dispose of any or
all of their Lock-Up Shares at any time following and subject to the
registration of their Lock-Up Shares pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof;
and
(c) Subject
to compliance with all applicable securities laws, Holders may Dispose of up to
an aggregate number of their Lock-Up Shares on a combined basis equal to the
aggregate number of shares of the Parent’s common stock owned by
Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and the other Company founders (Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx
and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx) that are sold or otherwise disposed of by him (excluding
Section 3(a) gifts) during the one-year period following the Closing Date
at any time following and subject to the registration of their Lock-Up Shares
pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof.
4. Piggy-Back
Registration.
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(a) If Parent
and the Company shall not have raised at least $1,000,000 in capital in one or
more private placements of their respective securities (such securities, the
“Private Placement
Shares”) completed between June 1, 2010, and thirty (30) days
following the Closing Date, and
if, at any time during the Lock-Up Period, Parent proposes to file a
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”),
with respect to registering the Private Placement Shares, then Parent shall
(i) give written notice of such proposed filing to Holders as soon as
practicable but in no event less than ten (10) days before the anticipated
filing date, which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be
included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name
of the proposed managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, of the offering,
and (ii) offer to Holders the opportunity to register the sale of such
number of shares of the Lock-Up Shares as Holders may request in writing within
ten (10) days following receipt of such notice. Parent shall cause such
number of the Lock-Up Shares specified by Holders to be included in such
registration, to the extent Parent may do so, on the same terms and conditions
as any similar securities of Parent without violating the registration rights of
others as in effect from time to time, subject to customary underwriter cutbacks
applicable to all holders of registration rights (which cutbacks shall be pro rata according to the
shares that the holders of registration rights wish to sell) (such conditions
and limitations, collectively, the “Registration
Conditions”). Following such registration and subject to
complying with all applicable securities laws, Holders may sell all of the
registered shares without limitation.
(b) Notwithstanding
Section 4(a), if Parent proposes to file a registration statement under the
Securities Act with respect to registering securities of Parent held by
Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx (the “Xxxxxxxx Shares”),
then Parent or the Company, as applicable, shall (i) give written notice of
such proposed filing to Holders as soon as practicable but in no event less than
ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date, which notice shall
describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the
intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing
underwriter or underwriters, if any, of the offering, and (ii) offer to
Holders the opportunity to register the sale of such number of shares of the
Lock-Up Shares as Holders may request in writing within ten (10) days
following receipt of such notice. Parent shall cause such number of the Lock-Up
Shares specified to be included in such registration, subject to the
Registration Conditions; provided, however, that Holders shall
remain subject to the restrictions included in Section 3(c)
hereof.
5. Representations and
Warranties.
(a) General. Each of the
parties hereto, by their respective execution and delivery of this Agreement,
hereby represents and warrants to the other party that (a) such party has the
full right, capacity and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its
respective obligations under this Agreement, (b) this Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by such party and is the binding and enforceable
obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, and (c) the execution, delivery and performance of such
party’s obligations under this Agreement will not conflict with or breach the
terms of any other agreement, contract, commitment or understanding to which
such party is a party or to which the assets or securities of such party are
bound.
(b) Beneficial Ownership
Representation. Each Holder hereby represents and warrants
that it does not beneficially own, directly or through its nominees, (as
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) any shares of
Common Stock (or other security of Parent convertible into Common Stock), or any
economic interest therein or derivative therefrom, other than those shares
specified on the signature page hereto.
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6. Miscellaneous.
(a) This
Agreement shall become null and void if the Merger Agreement is terminated prior
to the Closing.
(b) The
captions and headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of
any of the provisions of this Agreement.
(c) This
Agreement may be executed in facsimile and in any number of counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of
which shall together constitute one and the same agreement.
(d) This
Agreement and the terms, covenants, provisions and conditions hereof shall be
binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the respective heirs,
successors and assigns of the parties hereto.
(e) If any
provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable for any
reason, such provision will be conformed to prevailing law rather than voided,
if possible, in order to achieve the intent of the parties and, in any event,
the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
and shall be binding upon the parties hereto.
(f) This
Agreement may be amended or modified by written agreement executed by each of
the parties hereto.
(g) Each
party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further
acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements,
certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably
request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(h) This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic
laws of the State of California.
[Signature Page
Follows]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Lock-Up Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first indicated above.
RETROSPETTIVA,
INC.
By:
Name: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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HOLDER:
Xxxx
X. Agron
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
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LOCK-UP
SHARES:
Xxxx
X. Agron: _____________ shares
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx: _____________ shares
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Exhibit
C
Resignation
and Release
[See attached]
RESIGNATION
AND RELEASE
THIS
RESIGNATION AND RELEASE is made as of ________, 2010, by and between Xxxxx
Xxxxxx (“Executive”) and
Retrospettiva, Inc., a California corporation (“Parent”). Capitalized
terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to
them in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T
H
WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 22, 2010
(“Merger
Agreement”), by and among NewGen BioPharma Corporation, a New Jersey
corporation (“Company”), Parent and
Retrospettiva Acquisitions, Inc., a New Jersey corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger Subsidiary”),
Merger Subsidiary will be merged with and into Company; and
WHEREAS,
Executive is an officer and director of Parent and this Resignation and Release
is being made pursuant to Section 2.6 of the Merger Agreement.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and
as a material inducement to the Company to complete the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the parties hereto, intending to be
legally bound, agrees as follows:
1. Resignation. Effective
as of the Effective Time of the Merger, Executive hereby voluntarily resigns in
all capacities with Parent, including, without limitation, as an officer and a
director of Parent and from all committees of the Board of Directors of Parent
on which Executive serves, if any.
2. Release. Effective
as of the Effective Time, Executive, on behalf of himself and each of his heirs,
legal representatives, successors and assigns, hereby releases, forever
discharges and covenants not to xxx each of the Company, the Merger Subsidiary,
Parent and, following the Merger, the Surviving Corporation, and their
respective shareholders, directors and officers (but only in such person’s
capacity as a shareholder, director or officer, and regardless of whether such
claim may be brought individually or derivatively) (individually, a “Company Releasee” and
collectively, “Company
Releasees”), and Parent hereby releases, forever discharges and covenants
not to xxx Executive, in each case from and with respect to any and all claims,
actions, demands, proceedings, causes of action, orders, obligations, contracts,
agreements, debts, costs, attorneys’ fees, charges, controversies, promises,
expenses, compensation and all other liabilities whatsoever, whether known or
unknown, suspected or unsuspected, both at law and in equity, which such party
or any of such party’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns, now
has, has ever had or may hereafter have against any of the Company Releasees or
Executive, as applicable, arising contemporaneously with or prior to the
Effective Time (“Claims”), except (a)
in the case of both parties hereto, rights and claims arising under the Merger
Agreement or any other agreement between the parties which is identified in
either the Merger Agreement or the schedules attached thereto, if any, (b) in
the case of Parent’s release of Executive, claims based on willful misconduct or
malfeasance, criminal violations, willful failure to deal fairly with the Parent
(including, without limitation, conflicts of interest), or improper personal
profit or benefit at the expense of Parent, and (c) in the case of the
Executive’s release of the Company Releasees, rights and claims for
indemnification pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of
Parent.
3. No
Claims. Without limiting or expanding the release of claims
set forth in Section 2 hereof, each of Executive and Parent hereby represents
and warrants to the other that it does not know of any Claim against any of the
Company Releasees in the case of the representation and warranty by Executive,
or Executive in the case of the representation and warranty by Parent,
including, without limitation, any right to any compensation or any severance
payments or any indemnification by Parent. Executive is not aware of
any events or circumstances that would serve as the basis for a Claim by
Executive against any of the Company Releasees and Parent is not aware of any
events or circumstances that would serve as the basis for a Claim by Parent
against Executive. Each party hereto agrees that on and after the
date hereof such party will use best efforts to cooperate with each other party
and will not disparage such other party.
4. Confidentiality. Executive
agrees that, for the period of two (2) years from and after the Closing Date, he
shall hold in strict confidence and will keep confidential all information
regarding Parent and its operations, and will not use or disclose any such
information to any person except: (a) with the prior written consent of Parent;
(b) to the extent that such disclosure is required by law (provided that the
disclosing party agrees to give to Parent prompt notice thereof so that Parent
may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy in connection
therewith); or (c) to the extent that such information can be shown to be
generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by
Executive or his representatives.
5. Indemnity. Executive
agrees to indemnify and hold the Company Releasees harmless from and against any
and all liability, loss, cost, expense and damage arising from or related to,
directly or indirectly, (a) any Claim herein released or any suit, claim,
demand, administrative proceeding, arbitration or other alternative dispute
resolution mechanism of any kind asserting any Claim herein released initiated
against any of the Company Releasees by or on behalf of Executive and (b) any
breach of any of the provisions of this Resignation and Release by Executive or
his heirs, legal representatives, successors or assigns. Parent
agrees to indemnify and hold Executive harmless from and against any and all
liability, loss, cost, expense and damage arising from or related to, directly
or indirectly, (a) any Claim herein released or any suit, claim, demand,
administrative proceeding, arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution
mechanism of any kind asserting any Claim herein released initiated against
Executive by or on behalf of Parent and (b) any breach of any of the provisions
of this Resignation and Release by Parent or its successors or
assigns.
6. No Limitation of
Rights. For the avoidance of doubt, no provision of this
Resignation and Release shall in any way impair, modify, alter or limit the
right of the Company (and the Company’s executive officers, directors,
shareholders, employees and agents, including any person who is an officer,
director, employee or agent of the Company prior to the Closing) to
indemnification pursuant to Section 8.3 of the Merger Agreement.
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7. General.
a. Each
of Parent and Executive represents and warrants that such party is fully
informed and has full knowledge and understanding of the terms, conditions and
effects of this Release and Resignation, that such party has had the opportunity
to consult with and has consulted with such party’s legal counsel regarding this
Resignation and Release, that such party has delivered this Resignation and
Release voluntarily and such party’s own free will and that, other than those
contained herein, such party has not relied on any representation of the Parent,
or any of their representatives in the case of Executive, or Executive in the
case of Parent, in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Resignation and Release.
b. Each
party agrees that this Resignation and Release shall be binding upon such party
and his or its heirs, legal representatives, successors and
assigns.
c. If
any portion of this Resignation and Release is held invalid by the final
judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction, each party agrees that the
remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect as if such invalid
provision had not been included in this Resignation and Release.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Executive has executed this Resignation and Release as of the
day and year first written.
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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RESIGNATION
AND RELEASE
THIS
RESIGNATION AND RELEASE is made as of ________, 2010, by and between Xxxx X.
Agron (“Executive”) and
Retrospettiva, Inc., a California corporation (“Parent”). Capitalized
terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to
them in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T
H
WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 22, 2010
(“Merger
Agreement”), by and among NewGen BioPharma Corporation, a New Jersey
corporation (“Company”), Parent and
Retrospettiva Acquisitions, Inc., a New Jersey corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger Subsidiary”),
Merger Subsidiary will be merged with and into Company; and
WHEREAS,
Executive is an officer and director of Parent and this Resignation and Release
is being made pursuant to Section 2.6 of the Merger Agreement.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and
as a material inducement to the Company to complete the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the parties hereto, intending to be
legally bound, agrees as follows:
1. Resignation. Effective
as of the Effective Time of the Merger, Executive hereby voluntarily resigns in
all capacities with Parent, including, without limitation, as an officer and a
director of Parent and from all committees of the Board of Directors of Parent
on which Executive serves, if any.
2. Release. Effective
as of the Effective Time, Executive, on behalf of himself and each of his heirs,
legal representatives, successors and assigns, hereby releases, forever
discharges and covenants not to xxx each of the Company, the Merger Subsidiary,
Parent and, following the Merger, the Surviving Corporation, and their
respective shareholders, directors and officers (but only in such person’s
capacity as a shareholder, director or officer, and regardless of whether such
claim may be brought individually or derivatively) (individually, a “Company Releasee” and
collectively, “Company
Releasees”), and Parent hereby releases, forever discharges and covenants
not to xxx Executive, in each case from and with respect to any and all claims,
actions, demands, proceedings, causes of action, orders, obligations, contracts,
agreements, debts, costs, attorneys’ fees, charges, controversies, promises,
expenses, compensation and all other liabilities whatsoever, whether known or
unknown, suspected or unsuspected, both at law and in equity, which such party
or any of such party’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns, now
has, has ever had or may hereafter have against any of the Company Releasees or
Executive, as applicable, arising contemporaneously with or prior to the
Effective Time (“Claims”), except (a)
in the case of both parties hereto, rights and claims arising under the Merger
Agreement or any other agreement between the parties which is identified in
either the Merger Agreement or the schedules attached thereto, if any, (b) in
the case of Parent’s release of Executive, claims based on willful misconduct or
malfeasance, criminal violations, willful failure to deal fairly with the Parent
(including, without limitation, conflicts of interest), or improper personal
profit or benefit at the expense of Parent, and (c) in the case of the
Executive’s release of the Company Releasees, rights and claims for
indemnification pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of
Parent.
3. No
Claims. Without limiting or expanding the release of claims
set forth in Section 2 hereof, each of Executive and Parent hereby represents
and warrants to the other that it does not know of any Claim against any of the
Company Releasees in the case of the representation and warranty by Executive,
or Executive in the case of the representation and warranty by Parent,
including, without limitation, any right to any compensation or any severance
payments or any indemnification by Parent. Executive is not aware of
any events or circumstances that would serve as the basis for a Claim by
Executive against any of the Company Releasees and Parent is not aware of any
events or circumstances that would serve as the basis for a Claim by Parent
against Executive. Each party hereto agrees that on and after the
date hereof such party will use best efforts to cooperate with each other party
and will not disparage such other party.
4. Confidentiality. Executive
agrees that, for the period of two (2) years from and after the Closing Date, he
shall hold in strict confidence and will keep confidential all information
regarding Parent and its operations, and will not use or disclose any such
information to any person except: (a) with the prior written consent of Parent;
(b) to the extent that such disclosure is required by law (provided that the
disclosing party agrees to give to Parent prompt notice thereof so that Parent
may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy in connection
therewith); or (c) to the extent that such information can be shown to be
generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by
Executive or his representatives.
5. Indemnity. Executive
agrees to indemnify and hold the Company Releasees harmless from and against any
and all liability, loss, cost, expense and damage arising from or related to,
directly or indirectly, (a) any Claim herein released or any suit, claim,
demand, administrative proceeding, arbitration or other alternative dispute
resolution mechanism of any kind asserting any Claim herein released initiated
against any of the Company Releasees by or on behalf of Executive and (b) any
breach of any of the provisions of this Resignation and Release by Executive or
his heirs, legal representatives, successors or assigns. Parent
agrees to indemnify and hold Executive harmless from and against any and all
liability, loss, cost, expense and damage arising from or related to, directly
or indirectly, (a) any Claim herein released or any suit, claim, demand,
administrative proceeding, arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution
mechanism of any kind asserting any Claim herein released initiated against
Executive by or on behalf of Parent and (b) any breach of any of the provisions
of this Resignation and Release by Parent or its successors or
assigns.
6. No Limitation of
Rights. For the avoidance of doubt, no provision of this
Resignation and Release shall in any way impair, modify, alter or limit the
right of the Company (and the Company’s executive officers, directors,
shareholders, employees and agents, including any person who is an officer,
director, employee or agent of the Company prior to the Closing) to
indemnification pursuant to Section 8.3 of the Merger Agreement.
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7. General.
a. Each of
Parent and Executive represents and warrants that such party is fully informed
and has full knowledge and understanding of the terms, conditions and effects of
this Release and Resignation, that such party has had the opportunity to consult
with and has consulted with such party’s legal counsel regarding this
Resignation and Release, that such party has delivered this Resignation and
Release voluntarily and such party’s own free will and that, other than those
contained herein, such party has not relied on any representation of the Parent,
or any of their representatives in the case of Executive, or Executive in the
case of Parent, in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Resignation and Release.
b. Each
party agrees that this Resignation and Release shall be binding upon such party
and his or its heirs, legal representatives, successors and
assigns.
c. If any
portion of this Resignation and Release is held invalid by the final judgment of
any court of competent jurisdiction, each party agrees that the remaining
provisions shall remain in full force and effect as if such invalid provision
had not been included in this Resignation and Release.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Executive has executed this Resignation and Release as of the
day and year first written.
Xxxx
X. Agron
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RESIGNATION
AND RELEASE
THIS
RESIGNATION AND RELEASE is made as of ________, 2010, by and between
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx (“Executive”) and
Retrospettiva, Inc., a California corporation (“Parent”). Capitalized
terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to
them in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T
H
WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 22, 2010
(“Merger
Agreement”), by and among NewGen BioPharma Corporation, a New Jersey
corporation (“Company”), Parent and
Retrospettiva Acquisitions, Inc., a New Jersey corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger Subsidiary”),
Merger Subsidiary will be merged with and into Company; and
WHEREAS,
Executive is an officer and director of Parent and the Merger Subsidiary and
this Resignation and Release is being made pursuant to Section 2.6 of the Merger
Agreement.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and
as a material inducement to the Company to complete the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the parties hereto, intending to be
legally bound, agrees as follows:
1. Resignation. Effective
as of the Effective Time of the Merger, Executive hereby voluntarily resigns (i)
in all capacities with Parent, including, without limitation, as an officer and
a director of Parent and from all committees of the Board of Directors of Parent
on which Executive serves, if any; and (ii) in all capacities with Merger
Subsidiary, including, without limitation, as an officer and a director of
Merger Subsidiary and from all committees of the Board of Directors of Merger
Subsidiary on which Executive serves, if any.
2. Release. Effective
as of the Effective Time, Executive, on behalf of himself and each of his heirs,
legal representatives, successors and assigns, hereby releases, forever
discharges and covenants not to xxx each of the Company, the Merger Subsidiary,
Parent and, following the Merger, the Surviving Corporation, and their
respective shareholders, directors and officers (but only in such person’s
capacity as a shareholder, director or officer, and regardless of whether such
claim may be brought individually or derivatively) (individually, a “Company Releasee” and
collectively, “Company
Releasees”), and Parent hereby releases, forever discharges and covenants
not to xxx Executive, in each case from and with respect to any and all claims,
actions, demands, proceedings, causes of action, orders, obligations, contracts,
agreements, debts, costs, attorneys’ fees, charges, controversies, promises,
expenses, compensation and all other liabilities whatsoever, whether known or
unknown, suspected or unsuspected, both at law and in equity, which such party
or any of such party’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns, now
has, has ever had or may hereafter have against any of the Company Releasees or
Executive, as applicable, arising contemporaneously with or prior to the
Effective Time (“Claims”), except (a)
in the case of both parties hereto, rights and claims arising under the Merger
Agreement or any other agreement between the parties which is identified in
either the Merger Agreement or the schedules attached thereto, if any, (b) in
the case of Parent’s release of Executive, claims based on willful misconduct or
malfeasance, criminal violations, willful failure to deal fairly with the Parent
(including, without limitation, conflicts of interest), or improper personal
profit or benefit at the expense of Parent, and (c) in the case of the
Executive’s release of the Company Releasees, rights and claims for
indemnification pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of
Parent.
3. No
Claims. Without limiting or expanding the release of claims
set forth in Section 2 hereof, each of Executive and Parent hereby represents
and warrants to the other that it does not know of any Claim against any of the
Company Releasees in the case of the representation and warranty by Executive,
or Executive in the case of the representation and warranty by Parent,
including, without limitation, any right to any compensation or any severance
payments or any indemnification by Parent. Executive is not aware of
any events or circumstances that would serve as the basis for a Claim by
Executive against any of the Company Releasees and Parent is not aware of any
events or circumstances that would serve as the basis for a Claim by Parent
against Executive. Each party hereto agrees that on and after the
date hereof such party will use best efforts to cooperate with each other party
and will not disparage such other party.
4. Confidentiality. Executive
agrees that, for the period of two (2) years from and after the Closing Date, he
shall hold in strict confidence and will keep confidential all information
regarding Parent and its operations, and will not use or disclose any such
information to any person except: (a) with the prior written consent of Parent;
(b) to the extent that such disclosure is required by law (provided that the
disclosing party agrees to give to Parent prompt notice thereof so that Parent
may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy in connection
therewith); or (c) to the extent that such information can be shown to be
generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by
Executive or his representatives.
5. Indemnity. Executive
agrees to indemnify and hold the Company Releasees harmless from and against any
and all liability, loss, cost, expense and damage arising from or related to,
directly or indirectly, (a) any Claim herein released or any suit, claim,
demand, administrative proceeding, arbitration or other alternative dispute
resolution mechanism of any kind asserting any Claim herein released initiated
against any of the Company Releasees by or on behalf of Executive and (b) any
breach of any of the provisions of this Resignation and Release by Executive or
his heirs, legal representatives, successors or assigns. Parent
agrees to indemnify and hold Executive harmless from and against any and all
liability, loss, cost, expense and damage arising from or related to, directly
or indirectly, (a) any Claim herein released or any suit, claim, demand,
administrative proceeding, arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution
mechanism of any kind asserting any Claim herein released initiated against
Executive by or on behalf of Parent and (b) any breach of any of the provisions
of this Resignation and Release by Parent or its successors or
assigns.
6. No Limitation of
Rights. For the avoidance of doubt, no provision of this
Resignation and Release shall in any way impair, modify, alter or limit the
right of the Company (and the Company’s executive officers, directors,
shareholders, employees and agents, including any person who is an officer,
director, employee or agent of the Company prior to the Closing) to
indemnification pursuant to Section 8.3 of the Merger Agreement.
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7. General.
a. Each of
Parent and Executive represents and warrants that such party is fully informed
and has full knowledge and understanding of the terms, conditions and effects of
this Release and Resignation, that such party has had the opportunity to consult
with and has consulted with such party’s legal counsel regarding this
Resignation and Release, that such party has delivered this Resignation and
Release voluntarily and such party’s own free will and that, other than those
contained herein, such party has not relied on any representation of the Parent,
or any of their representatives in the case of Executive, or Executive in the
case of Parent, in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Resignation and Release.
b. Each
party agrees that this Resignation and Release shall be binding upon such party
and his or its heirs, legal representatives, successors and
assigns.
c. If any
portion of this Resignation and Release is held invalid by the final judgment of
any court of competent jurisdiction, each party agrees that the remaining
provisions shall remain in full force and effect as if such invalid provision
had not been included in this Resignation and Release.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Executive has executed this Resignation and Release as of the
day and year first written.
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Exhibit
D
Officer’s
Certificate of Parent
[See attached]
OFFICER’S
CERTIFICATE
OF
RETROSPETTIVA,
INC.
This
Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(e) of that certain Agreement
and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”)
dated as of as of July 22, 2010, by and among NewGen BioPharma Corporation,
a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”),
Retrospettiva, Inc., a California corporation (“Parent”), and
Retrospettiva Acquisitions, Inc., a New Jersey corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger
Subsidiary”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise
defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Merger
Agreement.
The
undersigned, in his capacity as an officer of Parent, and not individually,
hereby certifies as follows:
1. I am the
duly elected, authorized and acting Chief Executive Officer of
Parent.
2. Each of
the representations and warranties set forth in Article VI of the Merger
Agreement is true and correct in all respects, at and as of the date of the
Merger Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though then made and as though
the Closing Date were substituted for the date of the Merger Agreement
throughout such representations and warranties (except that those
representations and warranties that are made as of a specific date need only be
true and correct in all respects as of such date), except where the failure of
any such representations and warranties to be true and correct has not had,
individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
3. Each of
Parent and Merger Subsidiary has performed in all material respects all the
covenants and agreements required to be performed by it under the Merger
Agreement at or prior to the date hereof.
4. Attached
hereto as Schedule
1 is a true and correct copy of resolutions duly adopted by written
consents of each of the Board of Directors of Parent and Merger Subsidiary, each
dated as of July __, 2010, which resolutions authorize each of Parent and Merger
Subsidiary to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Merger
Agreement and to consummate the Merger and other transactions contemplated
thereby, and such resolutions have not in any way been rescinded or amended,
have been in full force and effect at all times since their adoption up to and
including the date hereof and are in full force and effect as of the date
hereof.
5. Attached
hereto as Schedule
2 is a true and correct copy of resolutions duly adopted by written
consent of Parent as the sole stockholder of Merger Subsidiary, dated July ___,
2010, which resolutions authorize Merger Subsidiary to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under the Merger Agreement and to consummate the Merger
and other transactions contemplated thereby, and such resolutions have not in
any way been rescinded or amended, have been in full force and effect at all
times since their adoption up to and including the date hereof and are in full
force and effect as of the date hereof.
6. The
following are the names, titles and true signatures of the duly elected and
acting officers of Parent and Merger Subsidiary authorized by the attached
resolutions to execute and deliver the Merger Agreement and all other agreements
and documents required by the Merger Agreement referred to in the attached
resolutions:
For Parent:
Name
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Title
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Signature
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Chief
Executive Officer and Secretary
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For Merger
Subsidiary:
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Name
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Title
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Signature
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Chief
Executive Officer and Secretary
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has executed this Certificate as of the ___ day of ______
2010.
PARENT:
Retrospettiva,
Inc.
By:
Name: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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Schedule
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Parent
and Merger Subsidiary Board of Directors Consent
[See attached]
RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED BY
THE
UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT
OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF
RETROSPETTIVA,
INC.
July __,
2010
The
undersigned, constituting all of the members of the Board of Directors (the
“Board”) of
Retrospettiva, Inc., a California corporation (“Corporation”), in
accordance with the authority contained in this Corporation’s Bylaws and
pursuant to the California Corporations Code, do hereby take the following
actions, adopt the following resolutions, and transact the following business
via written consent (this “Written Consent”), to
be effective as of the date first set above, and such actions and resolutions to
have the same force and effect as though duly taken and adopted at a meeting of
the Board, duly called and held:
Agreement and Plan of
Merger
WHEREAS,
the Board has determined that it is the best interests of this Corporation and
its stockholders for this Corporation to effect a reverse merger between a
wholly owned subsidiary of this corporation and another entity (the “Merger”);
WHEREAS,
in connection with the Merger, the Board has reviewed and considered (i) the
Letter of Intent with respect to the Merger attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “LOI”); (ii) the form
of Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among NewGen BioPharma Corporation, a New
Jersey corporation (“NewGen”), this
Corporation and Retrospettiva Acquisitions, Inc., a New Jersey corporation and
wholly owned subsidiary of this Corporation (the “Merger Subsidiary”),
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Merger Agreement”);
(iii) the Certificate Of Merger attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Merger Certificate”)
to be filed with the New Jersey Division of Revenue in connection with the
Merger; (iv) the form of lock-up agreement attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Lock-Up Agreement”);
and (v) the form of resignation and release attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Resignation and
Release”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Subsidiary will merge with and into
NewGen, with NewGen being the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving
Corporation”) and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of this
Corporation;
WHEREAS,
upon effectiveness of the Merger, all of the properties, rights, privileges,
powers and franchises of Merger Subsidiary will vest in the Surviving
Corporation, and all of the debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of Merger
Subsidiary will become the debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the
Surviving Corporation;
WHEREAS,
upon effectiveness of the Merger, each outstanding share of NewGen’s common
stock, no par value, will be converted into the right to receive 50,000,000
shares of this Corporation’s common stock, no par value per share (“Common
Stock”);
WHEREAS,
upon effectiveness of the Merger, each share of the common stock, no par value
per share, of Merger Subsidiary then outstanding shall be converted into one
share of the validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable authorized common
stock of the Surviving Corporation; and
WHEREAS,
the Board deems it advisable and in the best interests of this Corporation and
its stockholders for this Corporation to effect the Merger, and the transactions
contemplated in the Merger Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Merger, on the terms set forth in the Merger
Agreement, be, and it hereby is, authorized and approved; and it is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the LOI be, and it hereby is, authorized, ratified and approved in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Merger Agreement be, and it hereby is, authorized and approved
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Merger Certificate be, and it hereby is, authorized and
approved in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Lock-Up Agreement be, and it hereby is, authorized and
approved in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Resignation and Release be, and it hereby is, authorized and
approved in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to execute and deliver the LOI and the Merger
Agreement, with such modifications to the Merger Agreement, the Lock-Up
Agreement and the Resignation and Release as such officers shall approve, such
approval to be conclusively evidenced by such officer’s execution thereof; and
it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to execute, deliver or file, on behalf of this
Corporation and in its name the Merger Certificate with such modifications, and
any other documents, instruments and agreement determined by such officers to be
necessary or proper for the completion of the Merger and the other actions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to perform, on behalf of this Corporation and in its
name, all acts reasonably required by the Merger Agreement or the Merger
Certificate; and it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to execute, deliver and file, on behalf of this
Corporation and in its name, any instrument, certificate, agreement or document
required to be executed, delivered or filed with the New Jersey Division of
Revenue, or any other governmental agency in connection with the Merger, in each
case in such form as such officers may approve, which approval shall be
conclusively established by the execution, delivery or filing of such agreement
by such officer or officers; and it is
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RESOLVED
FURTHER, that this Corporation is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of its
Common Stock (collectively, the “Merger
Consideration”) to the stockholders of NewGen, subject to the provisions
of, and as contemplated in, the Merger Agreement; and it is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that this Corporation is hereby authorized to reserve for issuance up
to 50,000,000 shares of its Common Stock, comprising the Merger Consideration,
to be issued in connection with the Merger, subject to the provisions of, and as
contemplated in the Merger Agreement, upon closing of the transactions
contemplated in the Merger Agreement; and it is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Merger Consideration to be issued as contemplated in the
Merger Agreement, when issued in accordance therewith, will be duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of this Corporation’s
Common Stock; and it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to issue the required number of shares of this
Corporation’s Common Stock comprising the Merger Agreement, and to deliver
certificates therefor; and it is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to determine the states in which appropriate action
shall be taken to qualify all or such part of the Merger Consideration issuable
under the Merger Agreement, or any other securities which may be offered or
sold, as such officers may deem advisable; that the officers of this Corporation
be, and each of them hereby is, authorized to perform on behalf of this
Corporation any and all such acts as they may deem necessary or advisable in
order to comply with the applicable laws of any such states, and in connection
therewith to execute and file all requisite papers and documents, including, but
not limited to, applications, reports, irrevocable consents and appointments of
attorneys for service of process; and the execution by such officers of any such
paper or document or the doing by them of any act in connection with the
foregoing matters shall conclusively establish their authority therefor from
this Corporation and the approval and ratification by this Corporation of the
papers and documents so executed and the action so taken; and it is
General Enabling
Resolution
RESOLVED,
that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them acting alone hereby
is, authorized and directed, by and on behalf of this Corporation and in its
name, to take all such other actions, to cause to be prepared and filed all such
other documents, to make all expenditures and to execute all instruments deemed
by such officer(s) to be necessary or appropriate in carrying out the purposes
of all of the foregoing resolutions.
Ratifying
Resolution
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that all actions by any and all officers and agents of this Corporation
taken or performed prior to the date hereof in respect of the matters referred
to in the foregoing resolutions be and such actions here by are, approved,
ratified and confirmed in all respects.
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Stockholder
Approval
RESOLVED
FURTHER, this Corporation, as the sole stockholder of Merger Subsidiary and in
accordance with applicable provisions of the New Jersey Business Corporation
Act, hereby authorizes and approves the Merger, the Merger Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby; and it is
RESOLVED,
that the officers of Merger Subsidiary be, and each of them acting alone hereby
is, authorized and directed, by and on behalf of Merger Subsidiary and in its
name, to take all such other actions, to cause to be prepared and filed all such
other documents, to make all expenditures and to execute all instruments deemed
by such officer(s) to be necessary or appropriate in carrying out the purposes
of all of the foregoing resolutions; and it is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that all actions by any and all officers and agents of Merger
Subsidiary taken or performed prior to the date hereof in respect of the matters
referred to in the foregoing resolutions be and such actions here by are,
approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects.
[Signature page
follows]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned constituting the sole member of the Board has
executed this Unanimous Written Consent as of the date first set forth
above.
DIRECTORS:
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Xxxx
X. Agron
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED BY
THE
UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT
OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF
RETROSPETTIVA
ACQUISITIONS, INC.
July __,
2010
The
undersigned, constituting the sole member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of
Retrospettiva Acquisitions, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“Corporation”),
pursuant to the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, does hereby take the
following actions, adopts the following resolutions, and transacts the following
business via written consent (this “Written Consent”), to
be effective as of the date first set above, and such actions and resolutions to
have the same force and effect as though duly taken and adopted at a meeting of
the Board, duly called and held:
Appointment of
Officers
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx is hereby appointed as the
President, Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the
Corporation.
Issuance of
Stock
WHEREAS,
the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation authorizes the issuance of
1,000 shares of common stock, no par value per share (“Common
Stock”);
WHEREAS,
none of the shares of Common Stock has been offered, issued or sold to any
person;
WHEREAS,
it has been proposed that 100 shares of Common Stock be issued and sold to
Retrospettiva, Inc., a California corporation and parent of this Corporation
(“Parent”); and
WHEREAS,
all of such shares proposed to be issued shall be sold for cash and issued for
the same price per share;
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Corporation shall issue and sell 100 shares
of Common Stock to Parent for a purchase price of $0.01 per share in
cash;
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that Parent shall acquire such shares for investment and not with a
view to distribution; and
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that said shares of Common Stock, when so sold and delivered, and when
the Corporation has received the purchase price therefor, shall be duly and
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and that the consideration
received shall be credited to the appropriate capital accounts of the
Corporation.
Agreement and Plan of
Merger
WHEREAS,
the Board has determined that it is the best interests of this Corporation and
its stockholder for this Corporation to merge with and into another entity (the
“Merger”)
pursuant to which such entity will become a wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent;
WHEREAS,
in connection with the Merger, the Board has reviewed and considered (i) the
Letter of Intent with respect to the Merger attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “LOI”); (ii) the form
of Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among NewGen BioPharma Corporation, a New
Jersey corporation (“NewGen”), this
Corporation and Parent (the “Merger Subsidiary”),
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Merger Agreement”);
(iii) the Certificate Of Merger attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Merger Certificate”)
to be filed with the New Jersey Division of Revenue in connection with the
Merger; (iv) the form of lock-up agreement attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Lock-Up Agreement”);
and (v) the form of resignation and release attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Resignation and
Release”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Merger Agreement, this Corporation will merge with and into
NewGen, with NewGen being the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving
Corporation”) and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent;
WHEREAS,
upon effectiveness of the Merger, all of the properties, rights, privileges,
powers and franchises of this Corporation will vest in the Surviving
Corporation, and all of the debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of this
Corporation will become the debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the
Surviving Corporation;
WHEREAS,
upon effectiveness of the Merger, each share of the common stock, $0.00001 par
value per share, of this Corporation then outstanding shall be converted into
one share of the validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable authorized common
stock of the Surviving Corporation; and
WHEREAS,
the Board deems it advisable and in the best interests of this Corporation and
its stockholder for this Corporation to effect the Merger, and the transactions
contemplated in the Merger Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Merger, on the terms set forth in the Merger
Agreement, be, and it hereby is, authorized and approved; and it is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the LOI be, and it hereby is, authorized, ratified and approved in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Merger Agreement be, and it hereby is, authorized and approved
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Merger Certificate be, and it hereby is, authorized and
approved in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Lock-Up Agreement be, and it hereby is, authorized and
approved in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D; and it
is
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RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Resignation and Release be, and it hereby is, authorized and
approved in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to execute and deliver the LOI and the Merger
Agreement, with such modifications to the Merger Agreement, the Lock-Up
Agreement and the Resignation and Release as such officers shall approve, such
approval to be conclusively evidenced by such officer’s execution thereof; and
it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to execute, deliver or file, on behalf of this
Corporation and in its name the Merger Certificate with such modifications, and
any other documents, instruments and agreement determined by such officers to be
necessary or proper for the completion of the Merger and the other actions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to perform, on behalf of this Corporation and in its
name, all acts reasonably required by the Merger Agreement or the Merger
Certificate; and it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to execute, deliver and file, on behalf of this
Corporation and in its name, any instrument, certificate, agreement or document
required to be executed, delivered or filed with the New Jersey Division of
Revenue, or any other governmental agency in connection with the Merger, in each
case in such form as such officer or officers may approve, which approval shall
be conclusively established by the execution, delivery or filing of such
agreement by such officer or officers; and it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the terms of the Merger, the Merger Agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereby be submitted to the stockholder of this Corporation for its
consideration and approval, and the Board hereby recommends that the stockholder
of this Corporation approve the terms of the terms of the Merger, the Merger
Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.
General Enabling
Resolution
RESOLVED,
that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them acting alone hereby
is, authorized and directed, by and on behalf of this Corporation and in its
name, to take all such other actions, to cause to be prepared and filed all such
other documents, to make all expenditures and to execute all instruments deemed
by such officer(s) to be necessary or appropriate in carrying out the purposes
of all of the foregoing resolutions.
Ratifying
Resolution
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that all actions by any and all officers and agents of this Corporation
taken or performed prior to the date hereof in respect of the matters referred
to in the foregoing resolutions be and such actions here by are, approved,
ratified and confirmed in all respects.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned constituting the sole member of the Board has
executed this Unanimous Written Consent as of the date first set forth
above.
DIRECTOR:
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Schedule
2
Parent
and Merger Subsidiary Board of Directors Consent
[See attached]
RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED BY
THE
UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT
OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF
RETROSPETTIVA,
INC.
July __,
2010
The
undersigned, constituting all of the members of the Board of Directors (the
“Board”) of
Retrospettiva, Inc., a California corporation (“Corporation”), in
accordance with the authority contained in this Corporation’s Bylaws and
pursuant to the California Corporations Code, do hereby take the following
actions, adopt the following resolutions, and transact the following business
via written consent (this “Written Consent”), to
be effective as of the date first set above, and such actions and resolutions to
have the same force and effect as though duly taken and adopted at a meeting of
the Board, duly called and held:
Agreement and Plan of
Merger
WHEREAS,
the Board has determined that it is the best interests of this Corporation and
its stockholders for this Corporation to effect a reverse merger between a
wholly owned subsidiary of this corporation and another entity (the “Merger”);
WHEREAS,
in connection with the Merger, the Board has reviewed and considered (i) the
Letter of Intent with respect to the Merger attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “LOI”); (ii) the form
of Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among NewGen BioPharma Corporation, a New
Jersey corporation (“NewGen”), this
Corporation and Retrospettiva Acquisitions, Inc., a New Jersey corporation and
wholly owned subsidiary of this Corporation (the “Merger Subsidiary”),
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Merger Agreement”);
(iii) the Certificate Of Merger attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Merger Certificate”)
to be filed with the New Jersey Division of Revenue in connection with the
Merger; (iv) the form of lock-up agreement attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Lock-Up Agreement”);
and (v) the form of resignation and release attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Resignation and
Release”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Subsidiary will merge with and into
NewGen, with NewGen being the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving
Corporation”) and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of this
Corporation;
WHEREAS,
upon effectiveness of the Merger, all of the properties, rights, privileges,
powers and franchises of Merger Subsidiary will vest in the Surviving
Corporation, and all of the debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of Merger
Subsidiary will become the debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the
Surviving Corporation;
WHEREAS,
upon effectiveness of the Merger, each outstanding share of NewGen’s common
stock, no par value, will be converted into the right to receive 50,000,000
shares of this Corporation’s common stock, no par value per share (“Common
Stock”);
WHEREAS,
upon effectiveness of the Merger, each share of the common stock, no par value
per share, of Merger Subsidiary then outstanding shall be converted into one
share of the validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable authorized common
stock of the Surviving Corporation; and
WHEREAS,
the Board deems it advisable and in the best interests of this Corporation and
its stockholders for this Corporation to effect the Merger, and the transactions
contemplated in the Merger Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Merger, on the terms set forth in the Merger
Agreement, be, and it hereby is, authorized and approved; and it is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the LOI be, and it hereby is, authorized, ratified and approved in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Merger Agreement be, and it hereby is, authorized and approved
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Merger Certificate be, and it hereby is, authorized and
approved in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Lock-Up Agreement be, and it hereby is, authorized and
approved in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Resignation and Release be, and it hereby is, authorized and
approved in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to execute and deliver the LOI and the Merger
Agreement, with such modifications to the Merger Agreement, the Lock-Up
Agreement and the Resignation and Release as such officers shall approve, such
approval to be conclusively evidenced by such officer’s execution thereof; and
it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to execute, deliver or file, on behalf of this
Corporation and in its name the Merger Certificate with such modifications, and
any other documents, instruments and agreement determined by such officers to be
necessary or proper for the completion of the Merger and the other actions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to perform, on behalf of this Corporation and in its
name, all acts reasonably required by the Merger Agreement or the Merger
Certificate; and it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to execute, deliver and file, on behalf of this
Corporation and in its name, any instrument, certificate, agreement or document
required to be executed, delivered or filed with the New Jersey Division of
Revenue, or any other governmental agency in connection with the Merger, in each
case in such form as such officers may approve, which approval shall be
conclusively established by the execution, delivery or filing of such agreement
by such officer or officers; and it is
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RESOLVED
FURTHER, that this Corporation is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of its
Common Stock (collectively, the “Merger
Consideration”) to the stockholders of NewGen, subject to the provisions
of, and as contemplated in, the Merger Agreement; and it is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that this Corporation is hereby authorized to reserve for issuance up
to 50,000,000 shares of its Common Stock, comprising the Merger Consideration,
to be issued in connection with the Merger, subject to the provisions of, and as
contemplated in the Merger Agreement, upon closing of the transactions
contemplated in the Merger Agreement; and it is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Merger Consideration to be issued as contemplated in the
Merger Agreement, when issued in accordance therewith, will be duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of this Corporation’s
Common Stock; and it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to issue the required number of shares of this
Corporation’s Common Stock comprising the Merger Agreement, and to deliver
certificates therefor; and it is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to determine the states in which appropriate action
shall be taken to qualify all or such part of the Merger Consideration issuable
under the Merger Agreement, or any other securities which may be offered or
sold, as such officers may deem advisable; that the officers of this Corporation
be, and each of them hereby is, authorized to perform on behalf of this
Corporation any and all such acts as they may deem necessary or advisable in
order to comply with the applicable laws of any such states, and in connection
therewith to execute and file all requisite papers and documents, including, but
not limited to, applications, reports, irrevocable consents and appointments of
attorneys for service of process; and the execution by such officers of any such
paper or document or the doing by them of any act in connection with the
foregoing matters shall conclusively establish their authority therefor from
this Corporation and the approval and ratification by this Corporation of the
papers and documents so executed and the action so taken; and it is
General Enabling
Resolution
RESOLVED,
that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them acting alone hereby
is, authorized and directed, by and on behalf of this Corporation and in its
name, to take all such other actions, to cause to be prepared and filed all such
other documents, to make all expenditures and to execute all instruments deemed
by such officer(s) to be necessary or appropriate in carrying out the purposes
of all of the foregoing resolutions.
Ratifying
Resolution
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that all actions by any and all officers and agents of this Corporation
taken or performed prior to the date hereof in respect of the matters referred
to in the foregoing resolutions be and such actions here by are, approved,
ratified and confirmed in all respects.
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Stockholder
Approval
RESOLVED
FURTHER, this Corporation, as the sole stockholder of Merger Subsidiary and in
accordance with applicable provisions of the New Jersey Business Corporation
Act, hereby authorizes and approves the Merger, the Merger Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby; and it is
RESOLVED,
that the officers of Merger Subsidiary be, and each of them acting alone hereby
is, authorized and directed, by and on behalf of Merger Subsidiary and in its
name, to take all such other actions, to cause to be prepared and filed all such
other documents, to make all expenditures and to execute all instruments deemed
by such officer(s) to be necessary or appropriate in carrying out the purposes
of all of the foregoing resolutions; and it is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that all actions by any and all officers and agents of Merger
Subsidiary taken or performed prior to the date hereof in respect of the matters
referred to in the foregoing resolutions be and such actions here by are,
approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects.
[Signature page
follows]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned constituting the sole member of the Board has
executed this Unanimous Written Consent as of the date first set forth
above.
DIRECTORS:
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Xxxxxxxxxxx
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X. Agron
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Exhibit
E
Officer’s
Certificate of the Company
[See attached]
OFFICER’S
CERTIFICATE
OF
NEWGEN
BIOPHARMA CORPORATION
This
Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 3.2(e) of that certain Agreement
and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”)
dated as of as of July 22, 2010, by and among NewGen BioPharma Corporation,
a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”),
Retrospettiva, Inc., a California corporation (“Parent”), and
Retrospettiva Acquisitions, Inc., a New Jersey corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger
Subsidiary”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise
defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Merger
Agreement.
The
undersigned, in his capacity as an officer of the Company, and not individually,
hereby certifies as follows:
1. I am the
duly elected, authorized and acting Chief Executive Officer of the
Company.
2. Each of
the representations and warranties set forth in Article V of the Merger
Agreement is true and correct in all respects, at and as of the date of the
Merger Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though then made and as though
the Closing Date were substituted for the date of the Merger Agreement
throughout such representations and warranties (except that those
representations and warranties that are made as of a specific date need only be
true and correct in all respects as of such date), except where the failure of
any such representations and warranties to be true and correct has not had,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
3. The
Company has performed in all material respects all the covenants and agreements
required to be performed by it under the Merger Agreement at or prior to the
date hereof.
4. Attached
hereto as Schedule 1 is a true and correct copy of the resolutions duly adopted
by written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company, dated as of July
__, 2010, which resolutions authorize the Company to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under the Merger Agreement and to consummate the Merger
and other transactions contemplated thereby, and such resolutions have not in
any way been rescinded or amended, have been in full force and effect at all
times since their adoption up to and including the date hereof and are in full
force and effect as of the date hereof.
5. Attached
hereto as Schedule 2 is a true and correct copy of resolutions duly adopted by
written consent of the Company’s stockholders, dated July __, 2010, which
resolutions authorize the Company to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under the Merger Agreement and to consummate the Merger and other
transactions contemplated thereby, and such resolutions have not in any way been
rescinded or amended, have been in full force and effect at all times since
their adoption up to and including the date hereof and are in full force and
effect as of the date hereof.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of the ___ day
of _______ 2010.
COMPANY:
NewGen
BioPharma Corporation
By:
Name: Xx.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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Schedule
1
Company
Board of Directors Consent
[See attached]
RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED BY
THE
UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT
OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF
NEWGEN
BIOPHARMA CORPORATION
July __,
2010
The
undersigned, constituting the sole member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of NewGen
BioPharma Corporation, a New Jersey corporation (“Corporation”), in
accordance with the authority contained in this Corporation’s Bylaws and
pursuant to the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, does hereby take the
following actions, adopts the following resolutions, and transacts the following
business via written consent (this “Written Consent”), to
be effective as of the date first set above, and such actions and resolutions to
have the same force and effect as though duly taken and adopted at a meeting of
the Board, duly called and held:
Amendment to Certificate of
Incorporation
WHEREAS,
in connection with the Merger (as defined below), the Board deems it advisable
and in the best interests of this Corporation and its stockholders to amend the
Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation (the “Certificate of
Incorporation”) to effect a name change; and
WHEREAS,
the Board desires to amend the Certificate of Incorporation as set forth on
Exhibit A
attached hereto (the “Amendment”).
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board does hereby approve and adopt the
Amendment as provided in Exhibit A attached
hereto, and authorizes and directs the officers of this Corporation, and each of
them acting alone hereby is, authorized and directed, by and on behalf of this
Corporation and in its name, to take all action and execute all such documents
as may be necessary or appropriate in effecting the Amendment, including, filing
the Amendment with the New Jersey Division of Revenue, which such filing shall
be made subsequent to consummation of the Merger (as defined
below).
Agreement and Plan of
Merger
WHEREAS,
the Board has determined that it is the best interests of this Corporation and
its stockholders for this Corporation to effect a reverse merger with and into a
company (or its wholly owned subsidiary) with a class of securities registered
under Section 12 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and listed or quoted for trading on any national securities exchange or
national quotation system (the “Merger”);
WHEREAS,
in connection with the Merger, the Board has reviewed and considered (i) the
Letter of Intent with respect to the Merger attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “LOI”); (ii) the form
of Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among this Corporation, Retrospettiva,
Inc., a California corporation (“Parent”), and
Retrospettiva Acquisitions, Inc., a New Jersey corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger Subsidiary”),
attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Merger Agreement”);
(iii) the Certificate Of Merger attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Merger Certificate”)
to be filed with the New Jersey Division of Revenue in connection with the
Merger; (iv) the form of lock-up agreement attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Lock-Up Agreement”);
and (v) the form of resignation and release attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Resignation and
Release”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Subsidiary will merge with and into
this Corporation, with this Corporation being the surviving corporation in the
Merger (the “Surviving
Corporation”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent;
WHEREAS,
upon effectiveness of the Merger, all of the properties, rights, privileges,
powers and franchises of Merger Subsidiary will vest in the Surviving
Corporation, and all of the debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of Merger
Subsidiary will become the debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the
Surviving Corporation;
WHEREAS,
upon effectiveness of the Merger, each outstanding share of this Corporation’s
common stock, no par value, will be converted into the right to receive the
Merger Consideration (as defined in the Merger Agreement);
WHEREAS,
upon effectiveness of the Merger, each share of the common stock, $0.00001 par
value per share, of Merger Subsidiary then outstanding shall be converted into
one share of the validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable authorized common
stock of the Surviving Corporation; and
WHEREAS,
the Board deems it advisable and in the best interests of this Corporation and
its stockholders for this Corporation to effect the Merger, and the transactions
contemplated in the Merger Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Merger, on the terms set forth in the Merger
Agreement, be, and it hereby is, authorized and approved; and it is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the LOI be, and it hereby is, authorized, ratified and approved in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Merger Agreement be, and it hereby is, authorized and approved
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Merger Certificate be, and it hereby is, authorized and
approved in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Lock-Up Agreement be, and it hereby is, authorized and
approved in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the Resignation and Release be, and it hereby is, authorized and
approved in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F; and it
is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to execute and deliver the LOI and the Merger
Agreement, with such modifications to the Merger Agreement, the Lock-Up
Agreement and the Resignation and Release as such officers shall approve, such
approval to be conclusively evidenced by such officer’s execution thereof; and
it is
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RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to execute, deliver or file, on behalf of this
Corporation and in its name the Merger Certificate with such modifications, and
any other documents, instruments and agreement determined by such officers to be
necessary or proper for the completion of the Merger and the other actions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to perform, on behalf of this Corporation and in its
name, all acts reasonably required by the Merger Agreement or the Merger
Certificate; and it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to execute, deliver and file, on behalf of this
Corporation and in its name, any instrument, certificate, agreement or document
required to be executed, delivered or filed with the New Jersey Division of
Revenue, or any other governmental agency in connection with the Merger, in each
case in such form as such officer or officers may approve, which approval shall
be conclusively established by the execution, delivery or filing of such
agreement by such officer or officers; and it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the terms of the Merger, the LOI, the Merger Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby be submitted to the stockholders of this
Corporation for their consideration and approval, and the Board hereby
recommends that the stockholders of this Corporation approve the terms of the
terms of the Merger, the LOI, the Merger Agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereby.
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the terms of the Merger, the Merger Agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereby be submitted to the stockholders of this Corporation for
their consideration and approval, and the Board hereby recommends that the
stockholders of this Corporation approve the terms of the terms of the Merger,
the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.
General Enabling
Resolution
RESOLVED,
that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them acting alone hereby
is, authorized and directed, by and on behalf of this Corporation and in its
name, to take all such other actions, to cause to be prepared and filed all such
other documents, to make all expenditures and to execute all instruments deemed
by such officer(s) to be necessary or appropriate in carrying out the purposes
of all of the foregoing resolutions.
Ratifying
Resolution
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that all actions by any and all officers and agents of this Corporation
taken or performed prior to the date hereof in respect of the matters referred
to in the foregoing resolutions be and such actions here by are, approved,
ratified and confirmed in all respects.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned constituting the sole member of the Board has
executed this Unanimous Written Consent as of the date first set forth
above.
DIRECTOR:
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X. Xxxxxxxx, Ph.D.
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Schedule
2
Company
Stockholder Consent
[See attached]
RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED BY
WRITTEN
CONSENT
OF
THE STOCKHOLDERS
OF
NEWGEN
BIOPHARMA CORPORATION
July __,
2010
The
undersigned, constituting all of the stockholders (collectively, the “Stockholders”), of
NewGen BioPharma Corporation, a New Jersey corporation (“Corporation”), in
accordance with the authority contained in this Corporation’s Bylaws and
pursuant to the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, do hereby take the
following actions, adopt the following resolutions, and transact the following
business via written consent (this “Written Consent”), to
be effective as of the date first set above, and such actions and resolutions to
have the same force and effect as though duly taken and adopted at a meeting of
the stockholders, duly called and held:
Amendment to Certificate of
Incorporation
WHEREAS,
in connection with the Merger (as defined below), the Board of Directors of this
Corporation (the “Board”) deems it
advisable and in the best interests of this Corporation and its stockholders to
amend the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation (the “Certificate of
Incorporation”) to effect a name change;
WHEREAS,
the Board desires to amend the Certificate of Incorporation as set forth on
Exhibit A
attached hereto (the “Amendment”);
and
WHEREAS,
the Board has recommended that this Corporation’s stockholders approve and adopt
the Amendment.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Amendment is hereby approved and adopted by
the Stockholders, and that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them
alone hereby is, authorized and directed, by and on behalf of this Corporation
and in its name, to take all action and execute all such documents as may be
necessary or appropriate in effecting the Amendment, including, filing the
Amendment with the New Jersey Division of Revenue.
Agreement and Plan of
Merger
WHEREAS,
the Board has determined that it is the best interests of this Corporation and
its stockholders for this Corporation to effect a reverse merger with and into a
company (or its wholly owned subsidiary) with a class of securities registered
under Section 12 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and listed or quoted for trading on any national securities exchange or
national quotation system (the “Merger”);
WHEREAS,
in connection with the Merger, the Board has reviewed and approved (i) the
Letter of Intent with respect to the Merger, attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “LOI”); and (ii) the
form of Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among this Corporation,
Retrospettiva, Inc., a California corporation (“Parent”), and
Retrospettiva Acquisitions, Inc., a New Jersey corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger Subsidiary”),
attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Merger
Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Subsidiary will merge with and into
this Corporation, with this Corporation being the surviving corporation in the
Merger (the “Surviving
Corporation”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent;
WHEREAS,
upon effectiveness of the Merger, all of the properties, rights, privileges,
powers and franchises of Merger Subsidiary will vest in the Surviving
Corporation, and all of the debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of Merger
Subsidiary will become the debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the
Surviving Corporation;
WHEREAS,
upon effectiveness of the Merger, each outstanding share of this Corporation’s
common stock, no par value, will be converted into the right to receive the
Merger Consideration (as defined in the Merger Agreement);
WHEREAS,
upon effectiveness of the Merger, each share of the common stock, $0.00001 par
value per share, of Merger Subsidiary then outstanding shall be converted into
one share of the validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable authorized common
stock of the Surviving Corporation; and
WHEREAS,
the Board deems it advisable and in the best interests of this Corporation and
its stockholders for the Company to effect the Merger, and the transactions
contemplated in the Merger Agreement, and recommends that this Corporation’s
stockholders approve the LOI, the Merger, the Merger Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Merger is hereby approved and adopted by the
Stockholders; and it is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the LOI and the Merger Agreement are hereby approved and adopted
by the Stockholders; and it is
RESOLVED
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to execute and deliver the LOI and the Merger
Agreement, with such changes and amendments to the Merger Agreement as either
such officer shall approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by such
officer’s execution thereof; and it is
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby
is, authorized and directed to perform, on behalf of this Corporation and in its
name, all acts reasonably required by the Merger Agreement.
Omnibus
Resolutions
RESOLVED,
that the officers of this Corporation be, and each of them alone hereby is,
authorized and directed to do and perform any and all acts, including execution
of documents and certificates, as such officers shall deem necessary or
advisable, to carry out the purposes of the foregoing resolutions;
and
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RESOLVED
FURTHER, that any actions taken by such officers prior to the date of these
resolutions that are within the authority conferred by these resolutions are
hereby ratified, confirmed, and approved as the acts and deeds of this
Corporation.
[Signature page
follows]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, constituting at least a majority of the
outstanding shares of this Corporation, have executed this Written Consent as of
the date first set forth above.
STOCKHOLDERS:
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X. Xxxxxxxx, Ph.D.
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Xxxxxx
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Xxxx, Ph.D.
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Xxxxxx
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