AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION AMONG MODIGENE INC. (formerly known as LDG, INC.) MODIGENE ACQUISITION CORP. AND MODIGENE INC. May 9, 2007 [Excludes Exhibits and Schedules]
Exhibit
2.1
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION
AMONG
(formerly
known as LDG, INC.)
MODIGENE
ACQUISITION CORP.
AND
May
9,
2007
[Excludes
Exhibits and Schedules]
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
ARTICLE
I THE
MERGER
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1
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1.1
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The
Merger
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1
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1.2
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The
Closing
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2
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1.3
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Actions
at the Closing
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2
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1.4
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Additional
Actions
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3
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1.5
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Conversion
of Company Securities
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3
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1.6
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Dissenting
Shares
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4
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1.7
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Fractional
Shares
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5
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1.8
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Options
and Warrants
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5
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1.9
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Escrow
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6
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1.10
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Certificate
of Incorporation and ByLaws
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6
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1.11
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No
Further Rights
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6
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1.12
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Closing
of Transfer Books
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6
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1.13
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Post-Closing
Adjustment
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6
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1.14
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Exemption
From Registration
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7
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ARTICLE
II REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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7
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2.1
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Organization,
Qualification and Corporate Power
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8
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2.2
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Capitalization
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8
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2.3
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Authorization
of Transaction
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9
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2.4
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Noncontravention
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9
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2.5
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Subsidiaries
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10
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2.6
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Financial
Statements
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11
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2.7
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Absence
of Certain Changes
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11
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2.8
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Undisclosed
Liabilities
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11
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2.9
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Tax
Matters
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11
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2.10
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Assets
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13
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2.11
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Owned
Real Property
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13
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2.12
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Real
Property Leases
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14
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2.13
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Contracts
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14
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2.14
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Accounts
Receivable
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16
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2.15
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Powers
of Attorney
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16
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2.16
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Insurance
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16
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2.17
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Litigation
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16
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2.18
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Employees
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16
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2.19
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Employee
Benefits
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17
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2.20
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Environmental
Matters
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19
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2.21
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Legal
Compliance
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20
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2.22
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Customers
and Suppliers
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21
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2.23
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Permits
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21
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2.24
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Certain
Business Relationships With Affiliates
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21
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2.25
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Brokers’
Fees
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21
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2.26
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Books
and Records
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21
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2.27
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Intellectual
Property
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21
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2.28
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Disclosure
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23
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2.29
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Duty
to Make Inquiry
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23
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ARTICLE
III REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARENT AND THE ACQUISITION
SUBSIDIARY
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23
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3.1
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Organization,
Qualification and Corporate Power
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23
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3.2
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Capitalization
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24
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3.3
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Authorization
of Transaction
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25
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3.4
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Noncontravention
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25
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3.5
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Subsidiaries
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25
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3.6
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Exchange
Act Reports
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26
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3.7
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Compliance
with Laws
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26
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3.8
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Financial
Statements
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27
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3.9
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Absence
of Certain Changes
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27
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3.10
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Litigation
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28
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3.11
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Undisclosed
Liabilities
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28
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3.12
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Tax
Matters
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28
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3.13
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Assets
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29
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3.14
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Owned
Real Property
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29
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3.15
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Real
Property Leases
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29
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3.16
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Contracts
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30
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3.17
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Accounts
Receivable
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31
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3.18
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Powers
of Attorney
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32
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3.19
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Insurance
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32
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3.20
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Warranties
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32
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3.21
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Employees
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32
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3.22
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Employee
Benefits
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33
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3.23
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Environmental
Matters
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35
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3.24
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Permits
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35
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3.25
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Certain
Business Relationships With Affiliates
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35
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3.26
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Tax-Free
Reorganization
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36
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3.27
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Split-Off
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37
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3.28
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Brokers’
Fees
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37
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3.29
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Disclosure
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37
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3.30
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Interested
Party Transactions
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37
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3.31
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Duty
to Make Inquiry
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38
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3.32
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Accountants
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38
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3.33
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Minute
Books
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38
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3.34
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Board
Action
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38
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3.35
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Private
Sale Agreement
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38
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ARTICLE
IV COVENANTS
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39
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4.1
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Closing
Efforts
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39
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4.2
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Governmental
and Thirty Party Notices and Consents
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39
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4.3
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Current
Report
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39
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4.4
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Operation
of Company Business
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39
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4.5
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Access
to Company Information
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41
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4.6
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Operation
of Parent Business
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41
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4.7
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Access
to Parent Information
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43
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4.8
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Expenses
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43
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4.9
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Indemnification
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44
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4.10
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Listing
of Merger Shares
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44
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4.11
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[Intentionally
Omitted]
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44
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4.12
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Name
Change
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44
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4.13
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Split-Off
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44
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4.14
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Stock
Option Plan
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44
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4.15
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Parent
Board; Amendment of Charter Documents
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44
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4.16
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Information
Provided to Company Stockholders
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45
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4.17
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No
Registration
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45
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4.18
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No
Shorting
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45
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ARTICLE
V CONDITIONS
TO CONSUMMATION OF MERGER
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46
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5.1
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Conditions
to Each Party’s Obligations
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46
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5.2
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Conditions
to Obligations of the Parent and the Acquisition
Subsidiary
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46
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5.3
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Conditions
to Obligations of the Company
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47
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ARTICLE
VI INDEMNIFICATION
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6.1
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Indemnification
by the Company Stockholders
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6.2
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Indemnification
by the Parent
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49
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6.3
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Indemnification
Claims by the Parent
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50
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6.4
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties
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52
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6.5
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Limitations
on Parent’s Claims for Indemnification
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53
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ARTICLE
VII DEFINITIONS
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53
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ARTICLE
VIII TERMINATION
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56
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8.1
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Termination
by Mutual Agreement
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56
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8.2
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Termination
for Failure to Close
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56
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8.3
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Termination
by Operation of Law
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56
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8.4
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Termination
for Failure to Perform Covenants or Conditions
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57
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8.5
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Effect
of Termination or Default; Remedies
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57
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8.6
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Remedies;
Specific Performance
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57
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ARTICLE
IX MISCELLANEOUS
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57
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9.1
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Press
Releases and Announcements
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57
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9.2
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No
Third Party Beneficiaries
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57
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9.3
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Entire
Agreement
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58
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9.4
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Succession
and Assignment
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58
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9.5
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Counterparts
and Facsimile Signature
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58
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9.6
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Headings
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58
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9.7
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Notices
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58
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9.8
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Governing
Law
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59
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9.9
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Amendments
and Waivers
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59
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9.10
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Severability
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60
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9.11
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Submission
to Jurisdiction
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60
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9.12
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Construction
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60
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9.13
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Assumption
of Letter Agreement
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60
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A
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Form
Split-Off Agreement
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Exhibit
B
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Form
Escrow Agreement
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Exhibit
C
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Signatories
to Lock-Up Agreements
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Opinion
of Counsel to the Company
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Exhibit
E
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Opinion
of Counsel to the Parent and the Acquisition
Subsidiary
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AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
(this
“Agreement”), dated as of May 9, 2007, by and among Modigene Inc. (formerly
known as LDG, Inc.), a Nevada corporation (the “Parent”), Modigene Acquisition
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Acquisition Subsidiary”), and Modigene Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). The Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary
and the Company are each a “Party” and referred to collectively herein as the
“Parties.”
WHEREAS,
this Agreement contemplates a merger of the Acquisition Subsidiary with and
into
the Company, with the Company remaining as the surviving entity after the merger
(the “Merger”), whereby the stockholders of the Company will receive common
stock of the Parent in exchange for their capital stock of the Company;
and
WHEREAS,
simultaneously with the closing of the Merger, the Parent shall complete a
private placement of up to 6,666,666 units of securities of the Parent, with
the
right,
in its
discretion, with the concurrence of the Company, to sell an additional 2,000,000
units
(the
“Private Placement Offering”), at the purchase price of $1.50 per unit (the “PPO
Price”), each unit consisting of one share of the Parent’s common stock and a
five year warrant to purchase 25% of a share of Parent common stock for an
exercise price of $2.50 per whole share; and
WHEREAS,
contemporaneously with the closing of the Merger, the Parent intends to
split-off its wholly owned subsidiary, Liaison Design Group, LLC, a North
Carolina limited liability company (“LLC”), through the sale of all of the
outstanding membership units of LLC (the “Split-Off”) upon the terms and
conditions of a split-off agreement by and among the Parent, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
(“Xxxxxxx”), Xxxxxx Xxxxx (“Xxxxx”) and Xxxxxxxx Communications, Inc.
(“Xxxxxxxx”) (Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx and Xxxxxxxx hereinafter referred to individually
as a “Buyer” and collectively as the “Buyers”), the Company and LLC,
substantially in the form of Exhibit
A
attached
hereto (the “Split-Off Agreement”); and
WHEREAS,
the Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary, and the Company desire that the Merger
qualifies as a “plan of reorganization” under Section 368(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and not subject the holders of
equity securities of the Company to tax liability under the Code;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties and covenants
herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt,
adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto,
intending legally to be bound, agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
THE
MERGER
1.1 The
Merger.
Upon
and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Acquisition
Subsidiary shall merge with and into the Company at the Effective Time (as
defined below). From and after the Effective Time, the separate corporate
existence of the Acquisition Subsidiary shall cease and the Company shall
continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving
Corporation”). The
“Effective Time” shall be the time at which the Certificate of Merger (the
“Certificate of Merger”) and other appropriate or required documents prepared
and executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the
“GCL”)
are
filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Merger shall
have the effects set forth in the applicable provisions of the GCL, including
Sections 251, 259, 260 and 261 of the GCL.
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1.2 The
Closing.
The
closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall
take place at the offices of Gottbetter & Partners, LLP in New York, New
York commencing at 10:00 a.m. local time on May 8, 2007, or, if all of the
conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby have not been satisfied or waived by such date, on such
mutually agreeable later date as soon as practicable (and in any event not
later
than three (3) business days) after the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions
(excluding the delivery of any documents to be delivered at the Closing by
any
of the Parties) set forth in Article V hereof (the “Closing Date”).
1.3 Actions
at the Closing.
At the
Closing:
(a) the
Company shall deliver to the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary the various
certificates, instruments and documents referred to in Section 5.2;
(b) the
Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary shall deliver to the Company the various
certificates, instruments and documents referred to in Section 5.3;
(c) the
Surviving Corporation shall file the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary
of
State of the State of Delaware;
(d) each
of
the stockholders of record of the Company immediately prior to the Effective
Time (collectively, the “Company Stockholders”) shall, if requested by the
Parent, deliver to the Parent the certificate(s) representing his, her or its
Company Shares (as defined below);
(e) the
Parent shall deliver certificates for the Initial Shares (as defined below)
to
each Company Stockholder in accordance with Section 1.5 and shall deliver Parent
Warrants (as defined below) to the applicable holders of Warrants (as defined
below), as contemplated by Section 1.8(d);
(f) the
Parent shall deliver to the Company (i) evidence that the Parent’s board of
directors is authorized to consist of nine individuals, (ii) the resignations
of
all individuals who served as directors and/or officers of the Parent
immediately prior to the Closing Date, which resignations shall be effective
as
of the Closing Date, (iii) evidence of the appointment of the following nine
directors to serve immediately following the Closing Date: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Alastar Xxxxxx, Xxxx Fares, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxx and (iv) evidence of the appointment of such
executive officers of the Parent to serve immediately upon the Closing Date
as
shall have been designated by the Company; and
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(g) the
Parent, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxx (the “Indemnification Representatives”)
and Gottbetter & Partners, LLP (the “Escrow Agent”) shall execute and
deliver the Escrow Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
B
(the
“Escrow Agreement”), and the Parent shall deliver to the Escrow Agent a
certificate for the Escrow Shares (as defined below) being placed in escrow
on
the Closing Date pursuant to Section 1.9.
1.4 Additional
Actions.
If
at any
time after the Effective Time the Surviving Corporation shall consider or be
advised that any deeds, bills of sale, assignments or assurances or any other
acts or things are necessary, desirable or proper (a) to vest, perfect or
confirm, of record or otherwise, in the Surviving Corporation, its right, title
or interest in, to or under any of the rights, privileges, powers, franchises,
properties or assets of either the Company or Acquisition Subsidiary or (b)
otherwise to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, the Surviving Corporation
and its proper officers and directors or their designees shall be authorized
(to
the fullest extent allowed under applicable law) to execute and deliver, in
the
name and on behalf of either the Company or the Acquisition Subsidiary, all
such
deeds, bills of sale, assignments and assurances and do, in the name and on
behalf of the Company or the Acquisition Subsidiary, all such other acts and
things necessary, desirable or proper to vest, perfect or confirm its right,
title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, privileges, powers,
franchises, properties or assets of the Company or the Acquisition Subsidiary,
as applicable, and otherwise to carry out the purposes of this
Agreement.
1.5 Conversion
of Company Securities.
At
the
Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part
of
any Party or the holder of any of the following securities:
(a) Each
share of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company (“Company
Shares”) issued and outstanding, on a fully-diluted basis, immediately prior to
the Effective Time (other than Company Shares owned beneficially by the Parent
or the Acquisition Subsidiary and Dissenting Shares (as defined below)) shall
be
converted into and represent the right to receive (subject to the provisions
of
Section 1.6) such number of shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per
share, of the Parent (“Parent Common Stock”) as is equal to the Common
Conversion Ratio (as defined below). An aggregate of 16,666,667 shares of Parent
Common Stock, on a fully-diluted basis, shall be issued to the security holders
of the Company in connection with the Merger.
(b) The
“Common Conversion Ratio” shall be obtained by dividing (i) 16,666,667 shares of
Parent Common Stock by (ii) the total number of outstanding Company Shares
immediately prior to the Effective Time on a fully diluted basis after giving
effect to the exercise of all outstanding common stock purchase warrants
(“Warrants”), the exercise of all outstanding options to purchase Company Shares
(“Options”), the conversion into Company Shares of all issued and outstanding
shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company (“Company
Preferred”) and all other rights to acquire Company Shares. The parties agree
that the Common Conversion Ratio shall be 1.7064515 shares of Parent Common
Stock for every one Company Share The
Company Stockholders
shall be entitled to receive immediately 95%
of
the shares of Parent Common Stock into which their Company Shares were converted
pursuant to this Section 1.5 (the “Initial Shares”) pro rata in accordance with
their respective holdings of Company shares immediately prior to the Closing;
the remaining 5% of
the
shares of Parent Common Stock into which their Company Shares were converted
pursuant to this Section 1.5, rounded to the nearest whole number (with 0.5
shares rounded upward to the nearest whole number) (the “Escrow Shares”), shall
be deposited in escrow pursuant to Section 1.9 and shall be held and disposed
of
in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement and, if and as released
from escrow, will be distributed to the Company Stockholders pro rata according
to their holdings of the Initial Shares as of the Closing. The Initial Shares
and the Escrow Shares shall together be referred to herein as the “Merger
Shares.”
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(c) Parent
Options, as that term is defined in Section 1.8(a) below, to purchase 2,376,807
shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued in exchange for outstanding
Options to purchase Company Shares.
(d) Each
issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of
the
Acquisition Subsidiary shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving
Corporation.
1.6 Dissenting
Shares.
(a) For
purposes of this Agreement, “Dissenting Shares” means Company Shares held as of
the Effective Time by a Company Stockholder who has not voted such Company
Shares in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger and with
respect to which appraisal shall have been duly demanded and perfected in
accordance with Section 262 of the GCL and not effectively withdrawn or
forfeited prior to the Effective Time. Dissenting Shares shall not be converted
into or represent the right to receive shares of Parent Common Stock unless
such
Company Stockholder’s right to appraisal shall have ceased in accordance with
Section 262 of the GCL. If such Company Stockholder has so forfeited or
withdrawn his, her or its right to appraisal of Dissenting Shares, then,
(i) as of the occurrence of such event, such holder’s Dissenting Shares
shall cease to be Dissenting Shares and shall be converted into and represent
the right to receive the Merger Shares issuable in respect of such Company
Shares pursuant to Section 1.5, and (ii) promptly following the
occurrence of such event, the Parent shall deliver to such Company Stockholder
a
certificate representing 95% of the Merger Shares to which such holder is
entitled pursuant to Section 1.5 (which shares shall be considered Initial
Shares for all purposes of this Agreement) and shall deliver to the Escrow
Agent
a certificate representing the remaining 5% of the Merger Shares to which such
holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.5 (which shares shall be
considered Escrow Shares for all purposes of this Agreement).
(b) The
Company shall give the Parent prompt notice of any written demands for appraisal
of any Company Shares, withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments
that relate to such demands received by the Company. The Company shall not,
except with the prior written consent of the Parent, make any payment with
respect to any demands for appraisal of Company Shares or offer to settle or
settle any such demands.
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1.7 Fractional
Shares.
No
certificates or scrip representing fractional Initial Shares shall be issued
to
Company Stockholders on the surrender for exchange of certificates that
immediately prior to the Effective Time represented Company Shares converted
into Merger Shares pursuant to Section 1.5 (“Certificates”) and such Company
Stockholders shall not be entitled to any voting rights, rights to receive
any
dividends or distributions or other rights as a stockholder of the Parent with
respect to any fractional Initial Shares that would have otherwise been issued
to such Company Stockholders. In lieu of any fractional Initial Shares that
would have otherwise been issued, each former Company Stockholder that would
have been entitled to receive a fractional Initial Share shall, on proper
surrender of such person’s Certificates, receive such whole number of Initial
Shares as is equal to the precise number of Initial Shares to which such Company
Stockholder would be entitled, rounded up or down to the nearest whole number
(with a fractional interest equal to 0.5 rounded upward to the nearest whole
number); provided that each such Company Stockholder shall receive at least
one
Initial Share.
1.8 Options
and Warrants.
(a) As
of the
Effective Time, all Options to purchase Company Shares issued by the Company,
whether vested or unvested, shall be canceled and exchanged for options to
purchase shares of Parent Common Stock (“Parent Options”) without further action
by the holder thereof. Each Parent Option shall constitute an option to acquire
such number of shares of Parent Common Stock as is equal to the number of
Company Shares subject to the unexercised portion of the Option multiplied
by
the Common Conversion Ratio (with any fraction resulting from such
multiplication to be rounded to the nearest whole number, and with 0.5 shares
rounded upward to the nearest whole number). The exercise price per share of
each Parent Option shall be equal to the exercise price of the Option prior
to
conversion divided by the Common Conversion Ratio. Such Parent Options shall
be
subject to the Modigene 2005 Option Plan, and that plan’s terms, exercisability,
vesting schedule, which plan shall be adopted and assumed by the Parent at
Closing. In addition, the Parent shall adopt, prior to the Closing, Parent’s
2007 Stock Option Plan (the “Parent Option Plan”).
(b) As
soon
as practicable after the Effective Time, the Parent or the Surviving Corporation
shall take appropriate actions to collect the Options and the agreements
evidencing the Options, which shall be deemed to be canceled and shall entitle
the holder to exchange the Options for Parent Options in the
Parent.
(c) The
Parent shall take all corporate action necessary to reserve for issuance a
sufficient number of shares of Parent Common Stock for delivery upon exercise
of
the Parent Options to be issued for Options in accordance with this
Section 1.8.
(d) The
Company shall cause the termination, as of the Effective Time, of any and all
outstanding Warrants to purchase capital stock of the Company which remain
unexercised and the Parent shall, at Closing, issue a new Warrant (the “Parent
Warrants”) in substitution for the Warrants, on substantially the same terms and
conditions of the Warrants, but reflecting the Common Conversion
Ratio.
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1.9 Escrow.
On the
Closing Date, the Parent shall deliver to the Escrow Agent a certificate (issued
in the name of the Escrow Agent or its nominee) representing the Escrow Shares,
as described in Section 1.5, for the purpose of securing the
indemnification obligations of the Company Stockholders set forth in this
Agreement. The Escrow Shares shall be held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to
the
Escrow Agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B attached
hereto. The Escrow Shares shall be held as a trust fund and shall not be subject
to any lien, attachment, trustee process or any other judicial process of any
creditor of any Party, and shall be held and disbursed solely for the purposes
and in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
1.10 Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws.
(a) The
certificate of incorporation of the Company in effect immediately prior to
the
Effective Time shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation until duly amended or repealed.
(b) The
bylaws of the Company in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall
be
the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until duly amended or
repealed.
1.11 No
Further Rights.
From
and after the Effective Time, no Company Shares shall be deemed to be
outstanding, and holders of Certificates shall cease to have any rights with
respect thereto, except as provided herein or by law.
1.12 Closing
of Transfer Books.
At the
Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and
no
transfer of Company Shares shall thereafter be made. If, after the Effective
Time, Certificates are presented to the Parent or the Surviving Corporation,
they shall be cancelled and exchanged for Merger Shares in accordance with
Section 1.5, subject to Section 1.9 and to applicable law in the case
of Dissenting Shares.
1.13 Post-Closing
Adjustment.
In the
event that, during the period commencing from the Closing Date and ending on
the
second anniversary of the Closing Date, the Parent or the Surviving Corporation
incurs any Loss (as defined below) with respect to, in connection with, or
arising from any Parent Liabilities (as defined below), then promptly following
the filing by the Parent with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
of a quarterly report relating to the most recent completed quarter for which
such determination has been made, the Parent shall issue to the Company
Stockholders and/or their designees such number of shares of Parent Common
Stock
as would result from dividing (x) the whole dollar amount representing such
Losses by (y) the PPO Price, rounded to the nearest whole number (with 0.5
shares rounded upwards to the nearest whole number). The limit on the aggregate
number of shares of Parent Common Stock issuable under this Section 1.13 shall
be 2,000,000 shares. As
used
in this Section 1.13: (a) “Loss” shall mean any and all costs and expenses,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, reasonable accountants’ fees,
and damages and losses, net of any insurance proceeds actually received by
the
Party suffering the Loss with respect thereto; (b) “Claims” shall include, but
are not limited to, any claim, notice, suit, action, investigation, other
proceedings (whether actual or threatened); and (c) “Parent Liabilities” shall
mean all Claims against and liabilities, obligations or indebtedness of any
nature whatsoever of LLC, whenever accruing, and of the Parent and the
Acquisition Subsidiary, accruing on or before the Closing Date (whether primary,
secondary, direct, indirect, liquidated, unliquidated or contingent, matured
or
unmatured), including, but not limited to (i) any breach by the Parent or the
Acquisition Subsidiary of any of their respective representations or warranties
set forth in Article III herein, (ii) any litigation threatened, pending or
for
which a basis exists against the Parent or any Parent Subsidiary (as defined
in
this Agreement); (iii) any and all outstanding debts owed by the Parent or
any
Parent Subsidiary; (iv) any and all internal or employee related disputes,
arbitrations or administrative proceedings threatened, pending or otherwise
outstanding; (v) any and all liens, foreclosures, settlements, or other
threatened, pending or otherwise outstanding financial, legal or similar
obligations of the Parent or any Parent Subsidiary; (vi) any and all Taxes
for
which Parent or any of its direct or indirect assets may be liable or subject,
for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Closing
Date, including, without limitation, any and all Taxes resulting from or
attributable to Parent’s ownership or operation of the LLC assets; (vii) any and
all Taxes for which Parent or its direct or indirect assets may be liable or
subject (including, without limitation, the interests and assets of the
Surviving Corporation and any Parent Subsidiary) as a consequence of Parent’s
acquisition, formation, capitalization, ownership, and Split-Off of LLC, whether
related to a taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or after the Closing
Date; and (viii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with effecting
the
adjustments contemplated by this Section 1.13, as such Parent Liabilities are
determined by the Parent’s independent auditors, on a quarterly basis. Any
shares of Parent Common Stock that are issued under this Section 1.13 shall
be
issued to the Company Shareholders pro rata according to their respective
holdings of the Initial Shares as of the Closing.
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1.14 Exemption
From Registration.
The
Parent and the Company intend that the shares of Parent Common Stock to be
issued pursuant to Section 1.5 hereof or upon exercise of Parent Options
and Parent Warrants, if applicable, granted pursuant to Section 1.8 hereof
or
upon the provisions of Section 1.13 hereof in each case in connection with
the
Merger will be issued in a transaction exempt from registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), by reason of Section 4(2)
of the Securities Act, Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC
thereunder and/or Regulation S promulgated by the SEC.
ARTICLE
II
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The
Company represents and warrants to the Parent that the statements contained
in
this Article II are true and correct, except as set forth in the disclosure
schedule provided by the Company to the Parent on the date hereof and accepted
in writing by the Parent (the “Disclosure Schedule”). The Disclosure Schedule
shall be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the numbered and lettered
paragraphs contained in this Article II, and except to the extent that it
is clear from the context thereof that such disclosure also applies to any
other
paragraph, the disclosures in any paragraph of the Disclosure Schedule shall
qualify only the corresponding paragraph in this Article II.
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2.1 Organization,
Qualification and Corporate Power.
The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in corporate
and
tax good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company is duly
qualified to conduct business and is in corporate and tax good standing under
the laws of each jurisdiction in which the nature of its businesses or the
ownership or leasing of its properties requires such qualification, except
where
the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, individually or in the
aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). The Company has all requisite
corporate power and authority to carry on the businesses in which it is engaged
and to own and use the properties owned and used by it. The Company has
furnished or made available to the Parent complete and accurate copies of its
certificate of incorporation and bylaws. The Company is not in default under
or
in violation of any provision of its certificate of incorporation, as amended
to
date, or its bylaws, as amended to date. For purposes of this Agreement,
“Company Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the assets,
business, financial condition, or results of operations or future prospects
of
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (as defined below) taken as a
whole.
2.2 Capitalization.
The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 50,000,000 Company Shares
and 25,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock (“Preferred Shares”). As of the date of
this Agreement, 5,908,183 Company Shares were issued and outstanding, 2,054,865
Company Preferred were issued and outstanding which Company Preferred shall
convert into 2,054,865 Company Shares immediately prior to the Closing, and
no
Company Shares or Preferred Shares were held in the treasury of the Company.
As
of the date of this Agreement, there were issued and outstanding Options to
purchase 1,392,836 Company Shares and a Warrant to purchase 410,973 Company
Shares. Section 2.2 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and
accurate list of (i) all stockholders of the Company, indicating the number
and class of Company Shares or Preferred Shares held by each stockholder,
(ii) all outstanding Options and Warrants, indicating (A) the holder
thereof, (B) the number of Company Shares subject to each Option and
Warrant, (C) the exercise price, date of grant, vesting schedule and
expiration date for each Option or Warrant, and (D) any terms regarding the
acceleration of vesting, and (iii) all stock option plans and other stock
or equity-related plans of the Company. All of the issued and outstanding
Company Shares, Preferred Shares and all Company Shares that may be issued
upon
exercise of Options or Warrants will be (upon issuance in accordance with their
terms), duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free
of
all preemptive rights. Other than the Options and Warrants listed in
Section 2.2 of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding or
authorized options, warrants, rights, agreements or commitments to which the
Company is a party or which are binding upon the Company providing for the
issuance or redemption of any of its capital stock. There are no outstanding
or
authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock or similar rights with respect
to
the Company. Other than as listed in Section 2.2 of the Disclosure Schedule,
there are no agreements to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound
with respect to the voting (including without limitation voting trusts or
proxies), registration under the Securities Act, or sale or transfer (including
without limitation agreements relating to pre-emptive rights, rights of first
refusal, co-sale rights or “drag-along” rights) of any securities of the
Company. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no agreements among other
parties, to which the Company is not a party and by which it is not bound,
with
respect to the voting (including without limitation voting trusts or proxies)
or
sale or transfer (including without limitation agreements relating to rights
of
first refusal, co-sale rights or “drag-along” rights) of any securities of the
Company. All of the issued and outstanding Company Shares and Company Preferred
were issued in compliance with applicable federal and state securities
laws.
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2.3 Authorization
of Transaction.
The
Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery
by the Company of this Agreement and, subject to the adoption of this Agreement
and the approval of the Merger by no less than a majority of the votes
represented by the outstanding Company Shares entitled to vote on this Agreement
and the Merger (the “Stockholder Approval”), the consummation by the Company of
the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized
by
all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. Without limiting
the
generality of the foregoing, the board of directors of the Company
(i) determined that the Merger is fair and in the best interests of the
Company and the Company Stockholders, (ii) adopted this Agreement in
accordance with the provisions of the GCL,
and
(iii) directed that this Agreement and the Merger be submitted to the
Company Stockholders for their adoption and approval and resolved to recommend
that the Company Stockholders vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement
and the approval of the Merger. This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms.
2.4 Noncontravention.
Subject
to receipt of Stockholder Approval and the filing of the Certificate
of Merger as required by the GCL,
neither
the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, nor the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby, will
(a) conflict with or violate any provision of the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws of the Company, as amended to date, bylaws or other
organizational document of any Company Subsidiary (as defined below),
(b) require on the part of the Company or any Company Subsidiary any filing
with, or any permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any court,
arbitrational tribunal, administrative agency or commission or other
governmental or regulatory authority or agency (a “Governmental Entity”), except
for such permits, authorizations, consents and approvals for which the Company
is obligated to use its Reasonable Best Efforts to obtain pursuant to Section
4.2(a), (c) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute (with or
without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, result in the
acceleration of obligations under, create in any party the right to terminate,
modify or cancel, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any contract
or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which
the
Company or any Subsidiary is bound or to which any of their assets is subject,
except for (i) any conflict, breach, default, acceleration, termination,
modification or cancellation in any contract or instrument set forth in Section
2.4 of the Disclosure Schedule, for which the Company is obligated to use its
Reasonable Best Efforts to obtain waiver, consent or approval pursuant to
Section 4.2(b), (ii) any conflict, breach, default, acceleration,
termination, modification or cancellation which would not have a Company
Material Adverse Effect and would not adversely affect the consummation of
the
transactions contemplated hereby or (iii) any notice, consent or waiver the
absence of which would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect and would
not
adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,
(d) result in the imposition of any Security Interest (as defined below)
upon any assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (e) violate any
order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to
the
Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their properties or assets. For
purposes of this Agreement: “Security Interest” means any mortgage, pledge,
security interest, encumbrance, charge or other lien (whether arising by
contract or by operation of law), other than (i) mechanic’s, materialmen’s,
and similar liens, (ii) liens arising under worker’s compensation,
unemployment insurance, social security, retirement, and similar legislation,
and (iii) liens on goods in transit incurred pursuant to documentary
letters of credit, in each case arising in the Ordinary Course of Business
(as
defined below) of the Company and not material to the Company; and “Ordinary
Course of Business” means the ordinary course of the Company’s business,
consistent with past custom and practice (including with respect to frequency
and amount).
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2.5 Subsidiaries.
(a) Section 2.5
of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth: (i) the name of each Company
Subsidiary; (ii) the number and type of outstanding equity securities of
each Company Subsidiary and a list of the holders thereof; (iii) the
jurisdiction of organization of each Company Subsidiary; (iv) the names of
the officers and directors of each Company Subsidiary; and (v) the
jurisdictions in which each Company Subsidiary is qualified or holds licenses
to
do business as a foreign corporation or other entity. For purposes of this
Agreement, a “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation, partnership, joint venture
or other entity in which a Party has, directly or indirectly, an equity interest
representing 50% or more of the equity securities thereof or other equity
interests therein; a "Company Subsidiary" is a subsidiary of the
Company.
(b) Each
Company Subsidiary is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in
corporate and tax good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation. Each Company Subsidiary is duly qualified to conduct business
and
is in corporate and tax good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in
which the nature of its businesses or the ownership or leasing of its properties
requires qualification to do business, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, has not had
and
would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Each
Company Subsidiary has all requisite power and authority to carry on the
businesses in which it is engaged and to own and use the properties owned and
used by it. The Company has delivered or made available to the Parent complete
and accurate copies of the charter, bylaws or other organizational documents
of
each Company Subsidiary. No Company Subsidiary is in default under or in
violation of any provision of its charter, bylaws or other organizational
documents. All of the issued and outstanding equity securities of each Company
Subsidiary are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and
free of preemptive rights. All equity securities of each Company Subsidiary
that
are held of record or owned beneficially by either the Company or any other
Company Subsidiary are held or owned free and clear of any restrictions on
transfer (other than restrictions under the Securities Act and state or other
applicable securities laws), claims, Security Interests, options, warrants,
rights, contracts, calls, commitments, equities and demands. There are no
outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights, agreements or commitments
to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or which are binding
on any of them providing for the issuance, disposition or acquisition of any
equity securities of any Company Subsidiary. There are no outstanding stock
appreciation, phantom stock or similar rights with respect to any Company
Subsidiary. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no voting trusts, proxies
or other agreements or understandings with respect to the voting of any equity
securities of any Company Subsidiary.
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(c) Except
as
set forth in Section 2.5(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not
control directly or indirectly or have any direct or indirect equity
participation or similar interest in any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, trust or other business association which
is
not a Company Subsidiary.
2.6 Financial
Statements.
The
Company has provided or made available to the Parent the audited consolidated
balance sheet of the Company (the “Company Balance Sheet”) at December 31, 2006
(the “Company Balance Sheet Date”), and the related consolidated statements of
operations and cash flows for the period from January 1, 2005 through December
31, 2006 (the “Company Financial Statements”). The Company Financial Statements
have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods covered thereby, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and for the periods referred
to
therein, comply as to form with the applicable rules and regulations of the
SEC
for inclusion of such Company Financial Statements in the Parent’s filings with
the SEC as required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), and are consistent in all material respects with the books and
records of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
2.7 Absence
of Certain Changes.
Since
the
Company Balance Sheet Date, and except as set forth in Section 2.7 of the
Disclosure Schedule, (a) to the knowledge of the Company, there has
occurred no event or development which, individually or in the aggregate, has
had, or could reasonably be expected to have in the future, a Company Material
Adverse Effect, and (b) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has
taken any of the actions set forth in paragraphs (a) through (m) of
Section 4.4.
2.8 Undisclosed
Liabilities.
None
of
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has any liability (whether known or
unknown, whether absolute or contingent, whether liquidated or unliquidated
and
whether due or to become due), except for (a) liabilities shown on the
Company Balance Sheet referred to in Section 2.6, (b) liabilities
which have arisen since the Company Balance Sheet Date in the Ordinary Course
of
Business and (c) contractual and other liabilities incurred in the Ordinary
Course of Business which are not required by GAAP to be reflected on a balance
sheet.
2.9 Tax
Matters.
(a) For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
(i) “Taxes”
means all taxes, charges, fees, levies or other similar assessments or
liabilities, including without limitation income, gross receipts, ad valorem,
premium, value-added, excise, real property, personal property, sales, use,
transfer, withholding, employment, unemployment insurance, social security,
business license, business organization, environmental, workers compensation,
payroll, profits, license, lease, service, service use, severance, stamp,
occupation, windfall profits, customs, duties, franchise and other taxes
imposed
by the United States of America or any state, local or foreign government,
or
any agency thereof, or other political subdivision of the United States or
any
such government, and any interest, fines, penalties, assessments or additions to
tax resulting from, attributable to or incurred in connection with any tax
or
any contest or dispute thereof.
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(ii) “Tax
Returns” means all reports, returns, declarations, statements or other
information required to be supplied to a taxing authority in connection with
Taxes.
(b) Except
as
set forth in Section 2.9 of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the Company and
the
Company Subsidiaries has filed on a timely basis all Tax Returns that it was
required to file, and all such Tax Returns were complete and accurate in all
material respects. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is or has
ever
been a member of a group of corporations with which it has filed (or been
required to file) consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Returns, other than
a
group of which only the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are or were
members. Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has paid on a timely
basis all Taxes that were due and payable. The unpaid Taxes of the Company
and
the Company Subsidiaries for tax periods through the Company Balance Sheet
Date
do not exceed the accruals and reserves for Taxes (excluding accruals and
reserves for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between
book and Tax income) set forth on the Company Balance Sheet. Neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary has any actual or potential liability for any Tax
obligation of any taxpayer (including without limitation any affiliated group
of
corporations or other entities that included the Company or any Company
Subsidiary during a prior period) other than the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries. All Taxes that the Company or any Company Subsidiary is or was
required by law to withhold or collect have been duly withheld or collected
and,
to the extent required, have been paid to the proper Governmental
Entity.
(c) Except
as
set forth in Section 2.9 of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has delivered
or made available to the Parent complete and accurate copies of all federal
income Tax Returns, examination reports and statements of deficiencies assessed
against or agreed to by the Company or any Company Subsidiary since the date
of
the Company’s incorporation in Delaware (the “Organization Date”). No
examination or audit of any Tax Return of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
by any Governmental Entity is currently in progress or, to the knowledge of
the
Company, threatened or contemplated. Neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has been informed by any jurisdiction that the jurisdiction believes
that the Company or Company Subsidiary was required to file any Tax Return
that
was not filed. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has waived any
statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or agreed to an extension of time
with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency.
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(d) Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary: (i) has been a United States real
property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the
Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(l)(A)(ii) of
the Code; (ii) has made any payments, is obligated to make any payments, or
is a party to any agreement that could obligate it to make any payments that
may
be treated as an “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code;
(iii) has any actual or potential liability for any Taxes of any person
(other than the Company and the Company Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of federal, state, local, or
foreign law), or as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise; or
(iv) is or has been required to make a basis reduction pursuant to Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1502-20(b) or Treasury Regulation
Section 1.337(d)-2(b).
(e) None
of
the assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary: (i) is property that
is required to be treated as being owned by any other person pursuant to the
provisions of former Section 168(f)(8) of the Code; (ii) is
“tax-exempt use property” within the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code;
or (iii) directly or indirectly secures any debt the interest on which is
tax exempt under Section 103(a) of the Code.
(f) Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has undergone a change in its method
of
accounting resulting in an adjustment to its taxable income pursuant to
Section 481 of the Code.
(g) No
state
or federal “net operating loss” of the Company determined as of the Closing Date
is subject to limitation on its use pursuant to Section 382 of the Code or
comparable provisions of state law as a result of any “ownership change” within
the meaning of Section 382(g) of the Code or comparable provisions of any
state law occurring prior to the Closing Date.
2.10 Assets.
Each of
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries owns or leases all tangible assets
reasonably necessary for the conduct of its businesses as presently conducted
and as presently proposed to be conducted. Except as set forth in Section 2.10
of the Disclosure Schedule, each such tangible asset is free from material
defects, has been maintained in accordance with normal industry practice, is
in
good operating condition and repair (subject to normal wear and tear) and is
suitable for the purposes for which it presently is used. Except as set forth
in
Section 2.10 of the Disclosure Schedule, no asset of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary (tangible or intangible) is subject to any Security
Interest.
2.11 Owned
Real Property.
Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary owns any real property, except as
otherwise listed in Section 2.11 of the Disclosure Schedule.
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2.12 Real
Property Leases.
Section 2.12 of the Disclosure Schedule lists all real property leased or
subleased to or by the Company or any Company Subsidiary and lists the term
of
such lease, any extension and expansion options, and the rent payable
thereunder. The Company has delivered or made available to the Parent complete
and accurate copies of the leases and subleases listed in Section 2.12 of
the Disclosure Schedule. With respect to each lease and sublease listed in
Section 2.12 of the Disclosure Schedule:
(a) the
lease
or sublease is legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and
effect;
(b) the
lease
or sublease will continue to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full
force and effect immediately following the Closing in accordance with the terms
thereof as in effect immediately prior to the Closing;
(c) neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
any
other party, is in breach or violation of, or default under, any such lease
or
sublease, and no event has occurred, is pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, is threatened, which, after the giving of notice, with lapse of time,
or otherwise, would constitute a breach or default by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party under such
lease
or sublease;
(d) neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has assigned, transferred, conveyed,
mortgaged, deeded in trust or encumbered any interest in the leasehold or
subleasehold; and
(e) to
the
knowledge of the Company, there is no Security Interest, easement, covenant
or
other restriction applicable to the real property subject to such lease, except
for recorded easements, covenants and other restrictions which do not materially
impair the current uses or the occupancy by the Company or a Company Subsidiary
of the property subject thereto.
2.13 Contracts.
(a) Section
2.13 of the Disclosure Schedule lists the following agreements (written or
oral)
to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party as of the date of
this
Agreement:
(i) any
agreement (or group of related agreements) for the lease of personal property
from or to third parties providing for lease payments in excess of $25,000
per
annum or having a remaining term longer than 12 months;
(ii) any
agreement (or group of related agreements) for the purchase or sale of products
or for the furnishing or receipt of services (A) which calls for
performance over a period of more than one year, (B) which involves more
than the sum of $25,000, or (C) in which the Company or any Company
Subsidiary has granted manufacturing rights, “most favored nation” pricing
provisions or exclusive marketing or distribution rights relating to any
products or territory or has agreed to purchase a minimum quantity of goods
or
services or has agreed to purchase goods or services exclusively from a certain
party;
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(iii) any
agreement which, to the knowledge of the Company, establishes a partnership
or
joint venture;
(iv) any
agreement (or group of related agreements) under which it has created, incurred,
assumed or guaranteed (or may create, incur, assume or guarantee) indebtedness
(including capitalized lease obligations) involving more than $25,000 or under
which it has imposed (or may impose) a Security Interest on any of its assets,
tangible or intangible;
(v) any
agreement concerning confidentiality or noncompetition;
(vi) any
employment or consulting agreement;
(vii) any
agreement involving any officer, director or stockholder of the Company or
any
affiliate (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) thereof (an
“Affiliate”);
(viii) any
agreement under which the consequences of a default or termination would
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(ix) any
agreement which contains any provisions requiring the Company or any Company
Subsidiary to indemnify any other party thereto (excluding indemnities contained
in agreements for the purchase, sale or license of products entered into in
the
Ordinary Course of Business);
(x) any
other
agreement (or group of related agreements) either involving more than $25,000
or
not entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business; and
(xi) any
agreement, other than as contemplated by this Agreement, relating to the sales
of securities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to which the Company or
such Company Subsidiary is a party.
(b) The
Company has delivered or made available to the Parent a complete and accurate
copy of each agreement listed in Section 2.13 of the Disclosure Schedule.
With respect to each agreement so listed, and except as set forth in Section
2.13 of the Disclosure Schedule: (i) the agreement is legal, valid, binding
and enforceable and in full force and effect; (ii) the agreement will
continue to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable and in full force and
effect immediately following the Closing in accordance with the terms thereof
as
in effect immediately prior to the Closing; and (iii) neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party, is
in
breach or violation of, or default under, any such agreement, and no event
has
occurred, is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened, which,
after the giving of notice, with lapse of time, or otherwise, would constitute
a
breach or default by the Company or any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of
the
Company, any other party under such contract.
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2.14 Accounts
Receivable.
All
accounts receivable of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries reflected on
the
Company Balance Sheet are valid receivables subject to no setoffs or
counterclaims and are current and collectible (within 90 days after the date
on
which it first became due and payable), net of the applicable reserve for bad
debts on the Company Balance Sheet. All accounts receivable reflected in the
financial or accounting records of the Company that have arisen since the
Company Balance Sheet Date are valid receivables subject to no setoffs or
counterclaims and are collectible (within 90 days after the date on which it
first became due and payable), net of a reserve for bad debts in an amount
proportionate to the reserve shown on the Company Balance Sheet.
2.15 Powers
of Attorney.
Except
as set forth in Section 2.15 of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no
outstanding powers of attorney executed on behalf of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary.
2.16 Insurance.
Section 2.16 of the Disclosure Schedule lists each insurance policy
(including fire, theft, casualty, general liability, workers compensation,
business interruption, environmental, product liability and automobile insurance
policies and bond and surety arrangements) to which the Company or any Company
Subsidiary is a party. Such insurance policies are of the type and in amounts
customarily carried by organizations conducting businesses or owning assets
similar to those of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries. There is no
material claim pending under any such policy as to which coverage has been
questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriter of such policy. All premiums
due and payable under all such policies have been paid, neither the Company
nor
any Company Subsidiary may be liable for retroactive premiums or similar
payments, and the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are otherwise in
compliance in all material respects with the terms of such policies. The Company
has no knowledge of any threatened termination of, or material premium increase
with respect to, any such policy. Each such policy will continue to be
enforceable and in full force and effect immediately following the Effective
Time in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect immediately prior to
the
Effective Time.
2.17 Litigation. As
of the
date of this Agreement, there is no action, suit, proceeding, claim, arbitration
or investigation before any Governmental Entity or before any arbitrator (a
“Legal Proceeding”) which is pending or has been threatened in a writing
received by the Company against the Company or any Company Subsidiary which
(a)
seeks either damages in excess of $10,000 individually, or $25,000 in the
aggregate, or (b) if determined adversely to the Company or such Company
Subsidiary, could have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
2.18 Employees.
(a) Section
2.18 of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all employees of the Company
and each Company Subsidiary whose annual rate of compensation
exceeds $50,000 per
year,
along with the position and the annual rate of compensation of each such person.
Section 2.18 of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all employees of
the
Company or any Company Subsidiary who are a party to a non-competition agreement
with the Company or any Company Subsidiary; copies of such agreements have
previously been delivered to the Parent. To the knowledge of the Company, no
key
employee or group of employees has any plans to terminate employment with the
Company or any Company Subsidiary.
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(b) Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any collective
bargaining agreement, nor has any of them experienced any strikes, grievances,
claims of unfair labor practices or other collective bargaining disputes. To
the
knowledge of the Company, no organizational effort has been made or threatened,
either currently or within the past two years, by or on behalf of any labor
union with respect to employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary. To
the
knowledge of the Company, there are no circumstances or facts which could
individually or collectively give rise to a suit based on discrimination of
any
kind.
2.19 Employee
Benefits.
(a) For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
(i) “Employee
Benefit Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA), any “employee welfare benefit plan” (as defined in
Section 3(1) of ERISA), and any other written or oral plan, agreement or
arrangement involving direct or indirect compensation, including without
limitation insurance coverage, severance benefits, disability benefits, deferred
compensation, bonuses, stock options, stock purchase, phantom stock, stock
appreciation or other forms of incentive compensation or post-retirement
compensation.
(ii) “ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
(iii) “ERISA
Affiliate” means any entity which is, or at any applicable time was, a member of
(1) a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Section 414(b)
of the Code), (2) a group of trades or businesses under common control (as
defined in Section 414(c) of the Code), or (3) an affiliated service
group (as defined under Section 414(m) of the Code or the regulations under
Section 414(o) of the Code), any of which includes or included the Company
or a Company Subsidiary.
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(b) Section 2.19(b)
of the Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of all Employee
Benefit Plans maintained, or contributed to, by the Company, any Company
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (collectively, the “Company Plans”). Complete
and accurate copies of (i) all Employee Benefit Plans which have been
reduced to writing, (ii) written summaries of all unwritten Employee
Benefit Plans, (iii) all related trust agreements, insurance contracts and
summary plan descriptions, and (iv) all annual reports filed on IRS Form
5500, 5500C or 5500R and (for all funded plans) all plan financial statements
for the last five plan years for each Employee Benefit Plan, have been delivered
or made available to the Parent. Each Company Plan has been administered in
all
material respects in accordance with its terms and each of the Company, the
Company Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates has in all material respects
met
its obligations with respect to such Company Plan and has made all required
contributions thereto. The Company, each Company Subsidiary, each ERISA
Affiliate and each Company Plan are in compliance in all material respects
with
the currently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the regulations
thereunder (including without limitation Section 4980 B of the Code,
Subtitle K, Chapter 100 of the Code and Sections 601 through 608 and
Section 701 et seq. of ERISA). All filings and reports as to each Company
Plan required to have been submitted to the Internal Revenue Service or to
the
United States Department of Labor have been duly submitted.
(c) To
the
knowledge of the Company, there are no Legal Proceedings (except claims for
benefits payable in the normal operation of the Company Plans and proceedings
with respect to qualified domestic relations orders) against or involving any
Company Plan or asserting any rights or claims to benefits under any Company
Plan that could give rise to any material liability.
(d) All
the
Company Plans that are intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Code have received determination letters from the Internal Revenue Service
to
the effect that such Company Plans are qualified and the plans and the trusts
related thereto are exempt from federal income taxes under Sections 401(a)
and 501(a), respectively, of the Code, no such determination letter has been
revoked and revocation has not been threatened, and no such Company Plan has
been amended since the date of its most recent determination letter or
application therefor in any respect, and no act or omission has occurred, that
would adversely affect its qualification or materially increase its cost. Each
Company Plan which is required to satisfy Section 401(k)(3) or
Section 401(m)(2) of the Code has been tested for compliance with, and
satisfies the requirements of, Section 401(k)(3) and Section 401(m)(2)
of the Code for each plan year ending prior to the Closing Date.
(e) Neither
the Company, any Subsidiary, nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained an
Employee Benefit Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of
ERISA.
(f) At
no
time has the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate been
obligated to contribute to any “multiemployer plan” (as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
(g) There
are
no unfunded obligations under any Company Plan providing benefits after
termination of employment to any employee of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary (or to any beneficiary of any such employee), including but not
limited to retiree health coverage and deferred compensation, but excluding
continuation of health coverage required to be continued under
Section 4980B of the Code or other applicable law and insurance conversion
privileges under state law. The assets of each Company Plan which is funded
are
reported at their fair market value on the books and records of such Company
Plan.
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(h) No
act or
omission has occurred and no condition exists with respect to any Company Plan
maintained by the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate that
would subject the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate to
(i)
any material fine, penalty, tax or liability of any kind imposed under ERISA
or
the Code or (ii) any contractual indemnification or contribution obligation
protecting any fiduciary, insurer or service provider with respect to any
Company Plan.
(i) No
Company Plan is funded by, associated with or related to a “voluntary employee’s
beneficiary association” within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of the
Code.
(j) Each
Company Plan is amendable and terminable unilaterally by the Company at any
time
without liability to the Company as a result thereof and no Company Plan, plan
documentation or agreement, summary plan description or other written
communication distributed generally to employees by its terms prohibits the
Company from amending or terminating any such Company Plan.
(k) Section
2.19(k) of the Disclosure Schedule discloses each: (i) agreement with any
stockholder, director, executive officer or other key employee of the Company
or
any Company Subsidiary (A) the benefits of which are contingent, or the
terms of which are materially altered, upon the occurrence of a transaction
involving the Company or any Company Subsidiary of the nature of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) providing any term of
employment or compensation guarantee or (C) providing severance benefits or
other benefits after the termination of employment of such director, executive
officer or key employee; (ii) agreement, plan or arrangement under which
any person may receive payments from the Company or any Company Subsidiary
that
may be subject to the tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or included
in the determination of such person’s “parachute payment” under
Section 280G of the Code; and (iii) agreement or plan binding the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, including without limitation any stock option
plan, stock appreciation right plan, restricted stock plan, stock purchase
plan,
severance benefit plan or Company Plan, any of the benefits of which will be
increased, or the vesting of the benefits of which will be accelerated, by
the
occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The accruals for vacation,
sickness and disability expenses are accounted for on the Company Balance Sheet
and are adequate and materially reflect the expenses associated therewith in
accordance with GAAP.
2.20 Environmental
Matters.
(a) Each
of
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has complied with all applicable
Environmental Laws (as defined below), except for violations of Environmental
Laws that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. There is
no
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened civil or criminal
litigation, written notice of violation, formal administrative proceeding,
or
investigation, inquiry or information request by any Governmental Entity,
relating to any Environmental Law involving the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, except for litigation, notices of violations, formal administrative
proceedings or investigations, inquiries or information requests that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this
Agreement, “Environmental Law” means any federal, state or local law, statute,
rule or regulation or the common law relating to the environment, including
without limitation any statute, regulation, administrative decision or order
pertaining to (i) treatment, storage, disposal, generation and
transportation of industrial, toxic or hazardous materials or substances or
solid or hazardous waste; (ii) air, water and noise pollution;
(iii) groundwater and soil contamination; (iv) the release or
threatened release into the environment of industrial, toxic or hazardous
materials or substances, or solid or hazardous waste, including without
limitation emissions, discharges, injections, spills, escapes or dumping of
pollutants, contaminants or chemicals; (v) the protection of wild life,
marine life and wetlands, including without limitation all endangered and
threatened species; (vi) storage tanks, vessels, containers, abandoned or
discarded barrels, and other closed receptacles; (vii) health and safety of
employees and other persons; and (viii) manufacturing, processing, using,
distributing, treating, storing, disposing, transporting or handling of
materials regulated under any law as pollutants, contaminants, toxic or
hazardous materials or substances or oil or petroleum products or solid or
hazardous waste. As used above, the terms “release” and “environment” shall have
the meaning set forth in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (“CERCLA”).
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(b) Set
forth
in Section 2.20(b) of the Disclosure Schedule is a list of all documents
(whether in hard copy or electronic form) that contain any environmental
reports, investigations and audits relating to premises currently or previously
owned or operated by the Company or a Company Subsidiary (whether conducted
by
or on behalf of the Company or a Company Subsidiary or a third party, and
whether done at the initiative of the Company or a Company Subsidiary or
directed by a Governmental Entity or other third party) which were issued or
conducted during the past five years and which the Company has possession of
or
access to. A complete and accurate copy of each such document has been provided
to the Parent.
(c) To
the
knowledge of the Company there is no material environmental liability with
respect to any solid or hazardous waste transporter or treatment, storage or
disposal facility that has been used by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary.
2.21 Legal
Compliance.
Each of
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, and the conduct and operations of
their respective businesses, are in compliance with each applicable law
(including rules and regulations thereunder) of any federal, state, local or
foreign government, or any Governmental Entity, except for any violations or
defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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2.22 Customers.
Section 2.22 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of each customer
that accounted for more than 5% of the consolidated revenues of the Company
during the last full fiscal year and the amount of revenues accounted for by
such customer during such period. No such customer has notified the Company
in
writing within the past year that it will stop buying services from the Company
or any Company Subsidiary.
2.23 Permits.
Section
2.23 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all material permits,
licenses, registrations, certificates, orders or approvals from any Governmental
Entity (including without limitation those issued or required under
Environmental Laws and those relating to the occupancy or use of owned or leased
real property) (“Permits”) issued to or held by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary. Such listed Permits are the only material Permits that are required
for the Company and the Company Subsidiaries to conduct their respective
businesses as presently conducted except for those the absence of which,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each such Permit is in
full
force and effect and, to the knowledge of the Company, no suspension or
cancellation of such Permit is threatened and, to the knowledge of the Company,
there is no reasonable basis for believing that such Permit will not be
renewable upon expiration. Each such Permit will continue in full force and
effect immediately following the Closing.
2.24 Certain
Business Relationships With Affiliates.
Except
as listed in Section 2.24 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Affiliate of the
Company or of any Company Subsidiary (a) owns any material property or
right, tangible or intangible, which is used in the business of the Company
or
any Company Subsidiary, (b) has any claim or cause of action against the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, or (c) owes any money to, or is owed any
money by, the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Section 2.24 of the
Disclosure Schedule describes any transactions involving the receipt or payment
in excess of $25,000 in any fiscal year between the Company or a Company
Subsidiary and any Affiliate of the Company or of any Company Subsidiary thereof
which have occurred or existed since the Organization Date, other than
employment agreements.
2.25 Brokers’
Fees.
Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any liability or obligation to pay
any fees or commissions to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except as listed in Section 2.25
of
the Disclosure Schedule.
2.26 Books
and Records.
The
minute books and other similar records of the Company and each Company
Subsidiary contain complete and accurate records in all material respects of
all
actions taken at any meetings of the Company’s or such Company Subsidiary’s
stockholders, board of directors or any committees thereof and of all written
consents executed in lieu of the holding of any such meetings.
2.27 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Each
of
the Company and any Company Subsidiary owns, is licensed or otherwise possesses
legally enforceable rights to use, license and exploit all issued patents,
copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, and
registered domain names and all applications for registration therefor
(collectively, the "Intellectual Property Rights") and all computer programs
and
other computer software, databases, know-how, proprietary technology, formulae,
and development tools, together with all goodwill related to any of the
foregoing (collectively, the " Intellectual Property"), in each case as is
necessary to conduct their respective businesses as presently conducted, the
absence of which would be considered reasonably likely to result in a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Section
2.27(b) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth, with respect to all issued
patents and all registered copyrights, trademarks, service marks and domain
names registered with any Governmental Entity by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary or for which an application for registration has been filed with
any
Governmental Entity by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (i) the
registration or application number, the date filed and the title, if applicable,
of the registration or application and (ii) the names of the jurisdictions
covered by the applicable registration or application. Section 2.27(b) of the
Disclosure Schedule identifies each agreement currently in effect containing
any
ongoing royalty or payment obligations of the Company and any Subsidiary in
excess of $25,000 per annum with respect to Intellectual Property Rights and
Intellectual Property that are licensed or otherwise made available to the
Company and any Company Subsidiary.
(c) Except
as
set forth on Section 2.27(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, all Intellectual
Property Rights of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries that have been
registered with any Governmental Entity are valid and subsisting, except as
would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
As
of the Effective Date, in connection with such registered Intellectual Property
Rights, all necessary registration, maintenance and renewal fees will have
been
paid and all necessary documents and certificates will have been filed with
the
relevant Governmental Entities.
(d) Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is, or will as a result of the
consummation of the Merger or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement
be, in breach in any material respect of any license, sublicense or other
agreement relating to the Intellectual Property Rights of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries, or any licenses, sublicenses or other agreements as to
which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party and pursuant to which
the
Company or any Company Subsidiary uses any patents, copyrights (including
software), trademarks or other intellectual property rights of or owned by
third
parties (the "Third Party Intellectual Property Rights"), the breach of which
would be reasonably likely to result in a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Except
as
set forth on Section 2.27(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company
nor
any Company Subsidiary has been named as a defendant in any suit, action or
proceeding which involves a claim of infringement or misappropriation of any
Third Party Intellectual Property Right and neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has received any notice or other communication (in writing or
otherwise) of any actual or alleged infringement, misappropriation or unlawful
or unauthorized use of any Third Party Intellectual Property Right. With respect
to its product candidates and products in research or development, after the
same are marketed, the Company will not, to its knowledge, infringe any Third
Party Intellectual Property Rights in any material manner.
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(f) To
the
knowledge of the Company, except as set forth on Section 2.27(f) of the
Disclosure Schedule, no other person is infringing, misappropriating or making
any unlawful or unauthorized use of any Intellectual Property Rights of the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries in a manner that has a material impact
on
the business of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except for such
infringement, misappropriation or unlawful or unauthorized use as would be
reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
2.28 Disclosure.
No
representation or warranty by the Company contained in this Agreement, and
no
statement contained in the Disclosure Schedule or any other document,
certificate or other instrument delivered or to be delivered by or on behalf
of
the Company pursuant to this Agreement, contains or will contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state any material fact
necessary, in light of the circumstances under which it was or will be made,
in
order to make the statements herein or therein not misleading. The Company
has
disclosed to the Parent all material information relating to the business of
the
Company or any Subsidiary or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
2.29 Duty
to Make Inquiry.
To the
extent that any of the representations or warranties in this Article II are
qualified by “knowledge” or “belief,” the Company represents and warrants that
it has made due and reasonable inquiry and investigation concerning the matters
to which such representations and warranties relate, including, but not limited
to, diligent inquiry by its directors, officers and key personnel.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARENT
AND
THE ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY
Each
of
the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Company
that the statements contained in this Article III are true and correct,
except as set forth in the disclosure schedule provided by the Parent and the
Acquisition Subsidiary to the Company on the date hereof and accepted in writing
by the Company (the “Parent Disclosure Schedule”). The Parent Disclosure
Schedule shall be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the numbered and
lettered paragraphs contained in this Article III, and except to the extent
that it is clear from the context thereof that such disclosure also applies
to
any other paragraph, the disclosures in any paragraph of the Parent Disclosure
Schedule shall qualify only the corresponding paragraph in this Article
III.
3.1 Organization,
Qualification and Corporate Power.
The
Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Nevada and the Acquisition Subsidiary is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws
of the State of Delaware. The Parent is duly qualified to conduct business
and
is in corporate and tax good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in
which the nature of its businesses or the ownership or leasing of its properties
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or
in
good standing would not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect (as defined
below). The Parent has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry
on
the businesses in which it is engaged and to own and use the properties owned
and used by it. The Parent has furnished or made available to the Company
complete and accurate copies of its certificate of incorporation and bylaws.
The
Parent is not in default under or in violation of any provision of its articles
of incorporation, as amended to date, or its bylaws, as amended to date. For
purposes of this Agreement, “Parent Material Adverse Effect” means a material
adverse effect on the assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise),
or
results of operations of the Parent and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
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3.2 Capitalization.
The
authorized capital stock of the Parent consists of 300,000,000 shares of Parent
Common Stock, of which 42,253,972 shares were issued and outstanding as of
the
date of this Agreement, after giving effect to a 4.3650792 for one forward
stock
split in the form of a stock dividend (the “Stock Split”) to shareholders of
record on March 16, 2007, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.00001
par
value per share, of which no shares are outstanding. The Parent Common Stock
is
presently eligible for quotation and trading on the over-the-Counter Bulletin
Board (the “OTCBB”) in all 00 xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx and is not subject to
any notice of suspension or delisting. Parent
Common Stock is eligible for registration under the Exchange Act. All of the
issued and outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock are duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of all preemptive rights.
Except as described in Section 3.2 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule. there
are
no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights, agreements or
commitments to which the Parent is a party or which are binding upon the Parent
providing for the issuance or redemption of any of its capital stock. There
are
no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock or similar rights
with respect to the Parent. There are no agreements to which the Parent is
a
party or by which it is bound with respect to the voting (including without
limitation voting trusts or proxies), registration under the Securities Act,
or
sale or transfer (including without limitation agreements relating to
pre-emptive rights, rights of first refusal, co-sale rights or “drag-along”
rights) of any securities of the Parent. There are no agreements among other
parties, to which the Parent is not a party and by which it is not bound, with
respect to the voting (including without limitation voting trusts or proxies)
or
sale or transfer (including without limitation agreements relating to rights
of
first refusal, co-sale rights or “drag-along” rights) of any securities of the
Parent. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock were
issued in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. The
Merger Shares to be issued at the Closing pursuant to Section 1.5 hereof, when
issued and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Certificate
of Merger, shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
free of all preemptive rights and will be issued in compliance with applicable
federal and state securities laws. Immediately prior to the Effective Time,
after giving effect to (i) the surrender of 34,920,633 shares of Parent Common
Stock by the Buyers (the “Share Contribution”) in connection with the Split-Off
and (ii) the Stock Split, there will be 7,333,339 shares of Parent Common Stock
issued and outstanding.
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3.3 Authorization
of Transaction.
Each
of
the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary has all requisite power and authority
to execute and deliver this Agreement and (in the case of the Parent) the Escrow
Agreement and the Split-off Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder
and thereunder. LLC has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver
the Split-Off Agreement and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution
and delivery by the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary of this Agreement
and
(in the case of the Parent) the Split-Off Agreement and the Escrow Agreement,
and the agreements contemplated hereby and thereby (collectively, the
“Transaction Documentation”), and the execution by LLC of the Split-Off
Agreement and the consummation by the Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary and
LLC
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Parent, the
Acquisition Subsidiary and LLC, respectively. Each of the documents included
in
the Transaction Documentation has been duly and validly executed and delivered
by the Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary or LLC, as the case may be, and
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Parent, the Acquisition
Subsidiary, or LLC, as the case may be, enforceable against them in accordance
with its terms.
3.4 Noncontravention.
Subject
to the filing of the Certificate
of Merger as required by the GCL,
neither
the execution and delivery by the Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary or the
LLC,
as the case may be, of this Agreement or the Transaction Documentation, nor
the
consummation by the Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary, or LLC, as the case
may
be, of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will (a) conflict
with or violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws
of
the Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary, or LLC, as the case may be,
(b) require on the part of the Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary, or LLC,
as the case may be, any filing with, or permit, authorization, consent or
approval of, any Governmental Entity, (c) conflict with, result in breach
of, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default
under, result in the acceleration of obligations under, create in any party
any
right to terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice, consent or waiver
under, any contract or instrument to which the Parent, the Acquisition
Subsidiary, or LLC, as the case may be, is a party or by which either is bound
or to which any of their assets are subject, except for (i) any conflict,
breach, default, acceleration, termination, modification or cancellation which
would not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect and would not adversely affect
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) any
notice, consent or waiver the absence of which would not have a Parent Material
Adverse Effect and would not adversely affect the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, (d) result in the imposition of any
Security Interest upon any assets of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary
or
(e) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or
regulation applicable to the Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary or LLC or any
of
their properties or assets.
3.5 Subsidiaries.
(a) Parent
has no Subsidiaries other than the Acquisition Subsidiary and LLC. Each of
the
Acquisition Subsidiary and LLC is an entity duly organized, validly existing
and
in corporate and tax good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization. The Acquisition Subsidiary was formed solely to effectuate the
Merger, and has conducted no other business operations since its organization.
Parent has delivered or made available to the Company complete and accurate
copies of the charter, bylaws or other organizational documents of the
Acquisition Subsidiary and LLC. The Acquisition Subsidiary has no assets other
than minimal paid-in capital, it has no liabilities or other obligations, and
it
is not in default under or in violation of any provision of its charter, bylaws
or other organizational documents. All of the issued and outstanding shares
of
capital stock of the Acquisition Subsidiary are duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. All shares of the
Acquisition Subsidiary are owned by Parent free and clear of any restrictions
on
transfer (other than restrictions under the Securities Act and state securities
laws), claims, Security Interests, options, warrants, rights, contracts, calls,
commitments, equities and demands. There are no outstanding or authorized
options, warrants, rights, agreements or commitments to which the Parent or
the
Acquisition Subsidiary is a party or which are binding on any of them providing
for the issuance, disposition or acquisition of any capital stock of the
Acquisition Subsidiary or the LLC (except as contemplated by the Split-Off
Agreement). There are no outstanding stock appreciation, phantom stock or
similar rights with respect to the Acquisition Subsidiary. There are no voting
trusts, proxies or other agreements or understandings with respect to the voting
of any capital stock of the Acquisition Subsidiary.
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(b) At
all
times from August 23, 2003, which was the date of Parent’s acquisition of the
membership interests of LLC, through the date of this Agreement, the business
and operations of the Parent have been conducted exclusively through
LLC.
(c) The
Parent does not control directly or indirectly or have any direct or indirect
participation or similar interest in any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, trust or other business association which
is
not a Subsidiary.
3.6 Exchange
Act Reports.
The
Parent has furnished or made available to the Company complete and accurate
copies, as amended or supplemented, of its (a) Annual Report on Form 10-KSB
and
10-KSB/A for the year ended December 31, 2006, which contained audited financial
statements for the period January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2006, as filed
with the SEC, and (b) all other reports filed by the Parent under
Section 13 or subsections (a) or (c) of Section 14 of the Exchange Act
with the SEC since November 3, 2006 (such reports are collectively referred
to
herein as the “Parent Reports”). The Parent Reports constitute all of the
documents required to be filed by the Parent with the SEC, including under
Section 13 or subsections (a) or (c) of Section 14 of the Exchange Act,
from November 2, 2006 through
the date of this Agreement. The Parent Reports complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder when filed. As of their respective dates, the Parent Reports did
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 therein,
in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
3.7 Compliance
with Laws.
Each of
the Parent and its Subsidiaries:
(a) and
the
conduct and operations of their respective businesses, are in compliance with
each applicable law (including rules and regulations thereunder) of any federal,
state, local or foreign government, or any Governmental Entity, except for
any
violations or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had
and
would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect;
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(b) has
complied with all federal and state securities laws and regulations, including
being current in all of its reporting obligations under such federal and state
securities laws and regulations;
(c) has
not,
and the past and present officers, directors and Affiliates of the Parent have
not, been the subject of, nor does any officer or director of the Parent have
any reason to believe that Parent or any of its officers, directors or
Affiliates will be the subject of, any civil or criminal proceeding or
investigation by any federal or state agency alleging a violation of securities
laws;
(d) has
not
been the subject of any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceeding, nor
has
it been a party to any material litigation;
(e) has
not,
and the past and present officers, directors and Affiliates have not, been
the
subject of, nor does any officer or director of the Parent have any reason
to
believe that the Parent or any of its officers, directors or affiliates will
be
the subject of, any civil, criminal or administrative investigation or
proceeding brought by any federal or state agency having regulatory authority
over such entity or person;
(f) does
not
and will not on the Closing, have any liabilities, contingent or otherwise,
including but not limited to notes payable and accounts payable, and is not
a
party to any executory agreements; and
(g) is
not a
“blank check company” as such term is defined by Rule 419 of the Securities
Act.
3.8 Financial
Statements.
The
audited financial statements and unaudited interim financial statements of
the
Parent included in the Parent Reports (collectively, the “Parent Financial
Statements”) (i) complied as to form in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and, as appropriate, the published rules and regulations
of the SEC with respect thereto when filed, (ii) were prepared in accordance
with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby
(except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto, and in the case
of
quarterly financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-QSB under the Exchange
Act), (iii) fairly present the consolidated financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the Parent as of the respective dates thereof
and
for the periods referred to therein, and (iv) are consistent with the books
and
records of the Parent.
3.9 Absence
of Certain Changes.
Since
the date of the balance sheet contained in the most recent Parent Report, (a)
there has occurred no event or development which, individually or in the
aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have in the future,
a
Parent Material Adverse Effect and (b) neither the Parent nor the Acquisition
Subsidiary has taken any of the actions set forth in paragraphs (a) through
(m)
of Section 4.6.
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3.10 Litigation.
Except
as disclosed in the Parent Reports, as of the date of this Agreement, there
is
no Legal Proceeding which is pending or, to the Parent’s knowledge, threatened
against the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent which, if determined
adversely to the Parent or such Subsidiary, could have, individually or in
the
aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect or which in any manner challenges
or
seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or delay the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
For
purposes of this Section 3.10, any such pending or threatened Legal Proceedings
where the amount at issue exceeds or could reasonably be expected to exceed
the
lesser of $10,000 per Legal Proceeding or $25,000 in the aggregate shall be
considered to possibly result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect
hereunder.
3.11 Undisclosed
Liabilities.
None of
the Parent and its Subsidiaries has any liability (whether known or unknown,
whether absolute or contingent, whether liquidated or unliquidated and whether
due or to become due), except for (a) liabilities shown on the balance
sheet contained in the most recent Parent Report, (b) liabilities which
have arisen since the date of the balance sheet contained in the most recent
Parent Report in the Ordinary Course of Business which do not exceed $1,000.00
in the aggregate and (c) contractual and other liabilities incurred in the
Ordinary Course of Business which are not required by GAAP to be reflected
on a
balance sheet.
3.12 Tax
Matters.
(a) Each
of
the Parent and its Subsidiaries has filed on a timely basis all Tax Returns
that
it was required to file, and all such Tax Returns were complete and accurate
in
all material respects. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is or
has
ever been a member of a group of corporations with which it has filed (or been
required to file) consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Returns, other than
a
group of which only the Parent and the Subsidiaries are or were members. Each
of
the Parent and its Subsidiaries has paid on a timely basis all Taxes that were
due and payable. The unpaid Taxes of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for tax
periods through the date of the balance sheet contained in the most recent
Parent Report do not exceed the accruals and reserves for Taxes (excluding
accruals and reserves for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing
differences between book and Tax income) set forth on such balance sheet.
Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has any actual or potential
liability for any Tax obligation of any taxpayer (including without limitation
any affiliated group of corporations or other entities that included the Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries during a prior period) other than the Parent and
its
Subsidiaries. All Taxes that the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is or was
required by law to withhold or collect have been duly withheld or collected
and,
to the extent required, have been paid to the proper Governmental
Entity.
(b) The
Parent has delivered or made available to the Company complete and accurate
copies of all federal income Tax Returns, examination reports and statements
of
deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries since August 23, 2003 (which was the date of Parent’s
incorporation). No examination or audit of any Tax Return of the Parent or
any
of its Subsidiaries by any Governmental Entity is currently in progress or,
to
the knowledge of the Parent, threatened or contemplated. Neither the Parent
nor
any of its Subsidiaries has been informed by any jurisdiction that the
jurisdiction believes that the Parent or its Subsidiaries was required to file
any Tax Return that was not filed. Neither the Parent nor any of its
Subsidiaries has waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or
agreed to an extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or
deficiency.
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(c) Neither
the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries: (i) has been a United States real
property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the
Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(l)(A)(ii) of
the Code; (ii) has made any payments, is obligated to make any payments, or
is a party to any agreement that could obligate it to make any payments that
may
be treated as an “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code;
(iii) has any actual or potential liability for any Taxes of any person
(other than the Parent and its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of federal, state, local, or
foreign law), or as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise; or
(iv) is or has been required to make a basis reduction pursuant to Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1502-20(b) or Treasury Regulation
Section 1.337(d)-2(b).
(d) None
of
the assets of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries: (i) is property that
is required to be treated as being owned by any other person pursuant to the
provisions of former Section 168(f)(8) of the Code; (ii) is
“tax-exempt use property” within the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code;
or (iii) directly or indirectly secures any debt the interest on which is
tax exempt under Section 103(a) of the Code.
(e) Neither
the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has undergone a change in its method
of
accounting resulting in an adjustment to its taxable income pursuant to
Section 481 of the Code.
(f) No
state
or federal “net operating loss” of the Parent determined as of the Closing Date
is subject to limitation on its use pursuant to Section 382 of the Code or
comparable provisions of state law as a result of any “ownership change” within
the meaning of Section 382(g) of the Code or comparable provisions of any
state law occurring prior to the Closing Date.
3.13 Assets.
Each of
the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary owns or leases all tangible assets
necessary for the conduct of its businesses as presently conducted and as
presently proposed to be conducted. Each such tangible asset is free from
material defects, has been maintained in accordance with normal industry
practice, is in good operating condition and repair (subject to normal wear
and
tear) and is suitable for the purposes for which it presently is used. No asset
of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary (tangible or intangible) is subject
to any Security Interest.
3.14 Owned
Real Property.
Neither
the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property.
3.15 Real
Property Leases.
Section
3.15 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule lists all real property leased or
subleased to or by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and lists the term
of
such lease, any extension and expansion options, and the rent payable
thereunder. The Parent has delivered or made available to the Company complete
and accurate copies of the leases and subleases listed in Section 3.15 of
the Parent Disclosure Schedule. With respect to each lease and sublease listed
in Section 3.15 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule:
(a) the
lease
or sublease is legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and
effect;
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(b) the
lease
or sublease will continue to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full
force and effect immediately following the Closing in accordance with the terms
thereof as in effect immediately prior to the Closing;
(c) neither
the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Parent,
any
other party, is in breach or violation of, or default under, any such lease
or
sublease, and no event has occurred, is pending or, to the knowledge of the
Parent, is threatened, which, after the giving of notice, with lapse of time,
or
otherwise, would constitute a breach or default by the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Parent, any other party under such
lease or sublease;
(d) neither
the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has assigned, transferred, conveyed,
mortgaged, deeded in trust or encumbered any interest in the leasehold or
subleasehold; and
(e) to
the
knowledge of the Parent, there is no Security Interest, easement, covenant
or
other restriction applicable to the real property subject to such lease, except
for recorded easements, covenants and other restrictions which do not materially
impair the current uses or the occupancy by the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries of the property subject thereto.
3.16 Contracts.
(a) Section
3.16 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule lists the following agreements (written
or oral) to which the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the
date of this Agreement:
(i) any
agreement (or group of related agreements) for the lease of personal property
from or to third parties;
(ii) any
agreement (or group of related agreements) for the purchase or sale of products
or for the furnishing or receipt of services;
(iii) any
agreement establishing a partnership or joint venture;
(iv) any
agreement (or group of related agreements) under which it has created, incurred,
assumed or guaranteed (or may create, incur, assume or guarantee) indebtedness
(including capitalized lease obligations) or under which it has imposed (or
may
impose) a Security Interest on any of its assets, tangible or
intangible;
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(v) any
agreement concerning confidentiality or noncompetition;
(vi) any
employment or consulting agreement;
(vii) any
agreement involving any current or former officer, director or stockholder
of
the Parent or any Affiliate thereof;
(viii) any
agreement under which the consequences of a default or termination would
reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect;
(ix) any
agreement which contains any provisions requiring the Parent or any Parent
Subsidiary to indemnify any other party thereto (excluding indemnities contained
in agreements for the purchase, sale or license of products entered into in
the
Ordinary Course of Business);
(x) any
other
agreement (or group of related agreements) either involving more than $5,000
or
not entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business; and
(xi) any
agreement, other than as contemplated by the Private Placement Offering, this
Agreement, the Private Sale Agreement (as defined in Section 3.35 of this
Agreement) and the Split-Off, relating to the sales of securities of Parent
or
any Parent Subsidiary to which the Parent or such Parent Subsidiary is a
party.
(b) The
Parent has delivered or made available to the Company a complete and accurate
copy of each agreement listed in Section 3.16 of the Parent Disclosure
Schedule. With respect to each agreement so listed: (i) the agreement is
legal, valid, binding and enforceable and in full force and effect;
(ii) the agreement will continue to be legal, valid, binding and
enforceable and in full force and effect immediately following the Closing
in
accordance with the terms thereof as in effect immediately prior to the Closing;
and (iii) neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the
knowledge of the Parent, any other party, is in breach or violation of, or
default under, any such agreement, and no event has occurred, is pending or,
to
the knowledge of the Parent, is threatened, which, after the giving of notice,
with lapse of time, or otherwise, would constitute a breach or default by the
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Parent, any other
party under such contract.
3.17 Accounts
Receivable.
All
accounts receivable of the Parent and its Subsidiaries reflected on the Parent
Reports are valid receivables subject to no setoffs or counterclaims and are
current and collectible (within 90 days after the date on which it first became
due and payable), net of the applicable reserve for bad debts on the balance
sheet contained in the most recent Parent Report. All accounts receivable
reflected in the financial or accounting records of the Parent that have arisen
since the date of the balance sheet contained in the most recent Parent Report
are valid receivables subject to no setoffs or counterclaims and are collectible
(within 90 days after the date on which it first became due and payable), net
of
a reserve for bad debts in an amount proportionate to the reserve shown on
the
balance sheet contained in the most recent Parent Report.
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3.18 Powers
of Attorney.
There
are no outstanding powers of attorney executed on behalf of the Parent or any
of
its Subsidiaries.
3.19 Insurance.
Section 3.19 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule lists each insurance policy
(including fire, theft, casualty, general liability, workers compensation,
business interruption, environmental, product liability and automobile insurance
policies and bond and surety arrangements) to which the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party. Such insurance policies are of the type and in amounts
customarily carried by organizations conducting businesses or owning assets
similar to those of the Parent and its Subsidiaries. There is no material claim
pending under any such policy as to which coverage has been questioned, denied
or disputed by the underwriter of such policy. All premiums due and payable
under all such policies have been paid, neither the Parent nor any of its
Subsidiaries may be liable for retroactive premiums or similar payments, and
the
Parent and its Subsidiaries are otherwise in compliance in all material respects
with the terms of such policies. The Parent has no knowledge of any threatened
termination of, or material premium increase with respect to, any such policy.
Each such policy will continue to be enforceable and in full force and effect
immediately following the Closing in accordance with the terms thereof as in
effect immediately prior to the Closing.
3.20 Warranties.
No
product or service sold or delivered by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
is
subject to any guaranty, warranty, right of credit or other indemnity other
than
the applicable standard terms and conditions of sale of the Parent or the
appropriate Subsidiary, which are set forth in Section 3.20 of the Parent
Disclosure Schedule.
3.21 Employees.
(a) Section
3.21 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all employees of
the
Parent and each of its Subsidiaries, along with the position and the annual
rate
of compensation of each such person. Each current or past employee of the Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries has entered into a confidentiality/assignment of
inventions agreement with the Parent or such Subsidiaries, a copy or form of
which has previously been delivered to the Company. Section 3.21 of the Parent
Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all employees of the Parent or any of
its
Subsidiaries who are a party to a non-competition agreement with the Parent
or
any of its Subsidiaries; copies of such agreements have previously been
delivered to the Company. To the knowledge of the Parent, no employee or group
of employees has any plans to terminate employment with the Parent or any of
its
Subsidiaries.
(b) Neither
the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any collective
bargaining agreement, nor have any of them experienced any strikes, grievances,
claims of unfair labor practices or other collective bargaining disputes. The
Parent has no knowledge of any organizational effort made or threatened, either
currently or since the date of organization of the Parent, by or on behalf
of
any labor union with respect to employees of the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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3.22 Employee
Benefits.
(a) Section 3.22(a)
of the Parent Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of
all
Employee Benefit Plans maintained, or contributed to, by the Parent, any of
its
Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of the Parent (a “Parent ERISA Affiliate”)
(collectively, the “Parent Plans”). Complete and accurate copies of (i) all
Parent Plans which have been reduced to writing, (ii) written summaries of
all unwritten Parent Plans, (iii) all related trust agreements, insurance
contracts and summary plan descriptions, and (iv) all annual reports filed
on IRS Form 5500, 5500C or 5500R and (for all funded plans) all plan financial
statements for the last five plan years for each Parent Plan, have been
delivered or made available to the Parent. Each Parent Plan has been
administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and each
of
the Parent, its Subsidiaries and the Parent ERISA Affiliates has in all material
respects met its obligations with respect to such Parent Plan and has made
all
required contributions thereto. The Parent, each of its Subsidiaries, each
Parent ERISA Affiliate and each Parent Plan are in compliance in all material
respects with the currently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and
the
regulations thereunder (including without limitation Section 4980 B of the
Code, Subtitle K, Chapter 100 of the Code and Sections 601 through 608
and Section 701 et seq. of ERISA). All filings and reports as to each
Parent Plan required to have been submitted to the Internal Revenue Service
or
to the United States Department of Labor have been duly submitted.
(b) To
the
knowledge of the Parent, there are no Legal Proceedings (except claims for
benefits payable in the normal operation of the Parent Plans and proceedings
with respect to qualified domestic relations orders) against or involving any
Parent Plan or asserting any rights or claims to benefits under any Parent
Plan
that could give rise to any material liability.
(c) All
the
Parent Plans that are intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Code have received determination letters from the Internal Revenue Service
to
the effect that such Parent Plans are qualified and the plans and the trusts
related thereto are exempt from federal income taxes under Sections 401(a)
and 501(a), respectively, of the Code, no such determination letter has been
revoked and revocation has not been threatened, and no such Parent Plan has
been
amended since the date of its most recent determination letter or application
therefor in any respect, and no act or omission has occurred, that would
adversely affect its qualification or materially increase its cost. Each Parent
Plan which is required to satisfy Section 401(k)(3) or
Section 401(m)(2) of the Code has been tested for compliance with, and
satisfies the requirements of, Section 401(k)(3) and Section 401(m)(2)
of the Code for each plan year ending prior to the Closing Date.
(d) Neither
the Parent, any of its Subsidiaries, nor any Parent ERISA Affiliate has ever
maintained an Employee Benefit Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code or
Title IV of ERISA.
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(e) At
no
time has the Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent ERISA Affiliate
been
obligated to contribute to any “multiemployer plan” (as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
(f) There
are
no unfunded obligations under any Parent Plan providing benefits after
termination of employment to any employee of the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries (or to any beneficiary of any such employee), including but not
limited to retiree health coverage and deferred compensation, but excluding
continuation of health coverage required to be continued under
Section 4980B of the Code or other applicable law and insurance conversion
privileges under state law. The assets of each Parent Plan which is funded
are
reported at their fair market value on the books and records of such Parent
Plan.
(g) No
act or
omission has occurred and no condition exists with respect to any Parent Plan
maintained by the Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent ERISA Affiliate
that would subject the Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent ERISA
Affiliate to (i) any material fine, penalty, tax or liability of any kind
imposed under ERISA or the Code or (ii) any contractual indemnification or
contribution obligation protecting any fiduciary, insurer or service provider
with respect to any Parent Plan.
(h) No
Parent
Plan is funded by, associated with or related to a “voluntary employee’s
beneficiary association” within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of the
Code.
(i) Each
Parent Plan is amendable and terminable unilaterally by the Parent at any time
without liability to the Parent as a result thereof and no Parent Plan, plan
documentation or agreement, summary plan description or other written
communication distributed generally to employees by its terms prohibits the
Parent from amending or terminating any such Parent Plan.
(j) Section
3.22(j) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule discloses each: (i) agreement
with any stockholder, director, executive officer or other employee of the
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (A) the benefits of which are contingent,
or the terms of which are materially altered, upon the occurrence of a
transaction involving the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of the nature of
any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) providing any term
of employment or compensation guarantee or (C) providing severance benefits
or other benefits after the termination of employment of such director,
executive officer or employee; (ii) agreement, plan or arrangement under
which any person may receive payments from the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
that may be subject to the tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or
included in the determination of such person’s “parachute payment” under
Section 280G of the Code; and (iii) agreement or plan binding the
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including without limitation any stock option
plan, stock appreciation right plan, restricted stock plan, stock purchase
plan,
severance benefit plan or Parent Plan, any of the benefits of which will be
increased, or the vesting of the benefits of which will be accelerated, by
the
occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The accruals for vacation,
sickness and disability expenses are accounted for on the Most Recent Balance
Sheet and are adequate and materially reflect the expenses associated therewith
in accordance with GAAP.
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3.23 Environmental
Matters.
(a) Each
of
the Parent and its Subsidiaries has complied with all applicable Environmental
Laws, except for violations of Environmental Laws that, individually or in
the
aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent
Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent,
threatened civil or criminal litigation, written notice of violation, formal
administrative proceeding, or investigation, inquiry or information request
by
any Governmental Entity, relating to any Environmental Law involving the Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries, except for litigation, notices of violations, formal
administrative proceedings or investigations, inquiries or information requests
that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably
be
expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Set
forth
in Section 3.23(b) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule is a list of all
documents (whether in hard copy or electronic form) that contain any
environmental reports, investigations and audits relating to premises currently
or previously owned or operated by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
(whether conducted by or on behalf of the Parent or its Subsidiaries or a third
party, and whether done at the initiative of the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries or directed by a Governmental Entity or other third party) which
were issued or conducted during the past five years and which the Parent has
possession of or access to. A complete and accurate copy of each such document
has been provided to the Parent.
(c) The
Parent is not aware of any material environmental liability of any solid or
hazardous waste transporter or treatment, storage or disposal facility that
has
been used by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
3.24 Permits.
Section
3.24 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all permits,
licenses, registrations, certificates, orders or approvals from any Governmental
Entity (including without limitation those issued or required under
Environmental Laws and those relating to the occupancy or use of owned or leased
real property) (“Parent Permits”) issued to or held by the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries. Such listed Permits are the only Parent Permits that are required
for the Parent and any of its Subsidiaries to conduct their respective
businesses as presently conducted except for those the absence of which,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be
expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Each such Parent Permit
is in
full force and effect and, to the knowledge of the Parent, no suspension or
cancellation of such Parent Permit is threatened and there is no basis for
believing that such Parent Permit will not be renewable upon expiration. Each
such Parent Permit will continue in full force and effect immediately following
the Closing.
3.25 Certain
Business Relationships With Affiliates.
No
Affiliate of the Parent or of any of its Subsidiaries (a) owns any property
or right, tangible or intangible, which is used in the business of the Parent
or
any of its Subsidiaries, (b) has any claim or cause of action against the
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or (c) owes any money to, or is owed any
money by, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. Section 3.25 of the Parent
Disclosure Schedule describes any transactions involving the receipt or payment
in excess of $1,000.00 in any fiscal year between the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries and any Affiliate thereof which have occurred or existed since
the
beginning of the time period covered by the Parent Financial
Statements.
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3.26 Tax-Free
Reorganization.
(a) The
Parent (i) is not an “investment company” as defined in
Section 368(a)(2)(F)(iii) and (iv) of the Code; (ii) has no present
plan or intention to liquidate the Surviving Corporation or to merge the
Surviving Corporation with or into any other corporation or entity, or to sell
or otherwise dispose of the stock of the Surviving Corporation which Parent
will
acquire in the Merger, or to cause the Surviving Corporation to sell or
otherwise dispose of its assets, all except in the ordinary course of business
or if such liquidation, merger, disposition is described in
Section 368(a)(2)(C) or Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-2(d)(4) or
Section 1.368-2(k); and (iii) has no present plan or intention,
following the Merger, to issue any additional shares of stock of the Surviving
Corporation or to create any new class of stock of the Surviving
Corporation.
(b) The
Acquisition Subsidiary is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent, formed solely
for the purpose of engaging in the Merger, and will carry on no business prior
to the Merger.
(c) Immediately
prior to the Merger, the Parent will be in control of Acquisition Subsidiary
within the meaning of Section 368(c) of the Code.
(d) Immediately
following the Merger, the Surviving Corporation will hold at least 90% of the
fair market value of the net assets and at least 70% of the fair market value
of
the gross assets held by the Company immediately prior to the Merger (for
purposes of this representation, amounts used by the Company to pay
reorganization expenses, if any, will be included as assets of the Company
held
immediately prior to the Merger).
(e) The
Parent has no present plan or intention to reacquire any of the Merger
Shares.
(f) The
Acquisition Subsidiary will have no liabilities assumed by the Surviving
Corporation and will not transfer to the Surviving Corporation any assets
subject to liabilities in the Merger.
(g) Following
the Merger, the Surviving Corporation will continue the Company’s historic
business or use a significant portion of the Company’s historic business assets
in a business as required by Section 368 of the Code and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder.
(h) The
Split-Off Agreement will constitute a legally binding obligation among the
Parent, LLC and Buyer prior to the Effective Time; immediately
following consummation of the Merger, the Parent will distribute
the stock of LLC to Buyer in cancellation of the Purchase Price Shares (as
such
term is defined in the Split-Off Agreement); no property other than the
capital stock of LLC will be distributed by Parent to Buyer in
connection with or following the Merger; upon execution of the Split-Off
Agreement, Buyer will have no right to sell or transfer the Purchase Price
Shares to any person without the Parent's prior written consent, and the
Parent will not consent (nor will it permit others to consent) to any such
sale
or transfer; upon execution of the Split-Off Agreement, there will be no
other plan, arrangement, agreement, contract, intention, or understanding,
whether written or verbal and whether or not enforceable in law or equity,
that
would permit Buyer to vote the Purchase Price Shares
or receive any property or other distributions from Parent
with respect to the Purchase Price Shares other than the capital stock of
LLC.
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3.27 Split-Off
.
As
of the
Effective Time, the Parent will have discontinued all of its business operations
which it conducted prior to the Effective Time by closing the transactions
contemplated by the Split-Off Agreement. Upon the closing of the transactions
contemplated by the Split-Off Agreement, the Parent will have no liabilities,
contingent or otherwise, in any way related to its pre-Effective Time business
operations or to LLC.
3.28 Brokers’
Fees.
Except
as set forth on Section 3.28 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Parent nor the Acquisition Subsidiary has any liability or obligation to pay
any
fees or commissions to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.29 Disclosure.
No
representation or warranty by the Parent contained in this Agreement or in
any
of the Transaction Documentation, and no statement contained in the any
document, certificate or other instrument delivered or to be delivered by or
on
behalf of the Parent pursuant to this Agreement or therein, contains or will
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state
any material fact necessary, in light of the circumstances under which it was
or
will be made, in order to make the statements herein or therein not
misleading.
The
Parent has disclosed to the Company all material information relating to the
business of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
3.30 Interested
Party Transactions.
Except
for the Split-Off Agreement, to the knowledge of the Parent, no officer,
director or stockholder of the Parent or any “affiliate” (as such term is
defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) or “associate” (as such term
is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of any such person currently
has or has had, either directly or indirectly, (a) an interest in any person
that (i) furnishes or sells services or products that are furnished or sold
or
are proposed to be furnished or sold by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
or
(ii) purchases from or sells or furnishes to the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries any goods or services, or (b) a beneficial interest in any contract
or agreement to which the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by
which it may be bound or affected. Neither the Parent nor any of its
Subsidiaries has extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension
of
credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to
or
for any director or executive officer (or equivalent thereof) of the Parent
or
any of its Subsidiaries.
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3.31 Duty
to Make Inquiry.
To the
extent that any of the representations or warranties in this Article III are
qualified by “knowledge” or “belief,” Parent represents and warrants that it has
made due and reasonable inquiry and investigation concerning the matters to
which such representations and warranties relate, including, but not limited
to,
diligent inquiry by its directors, officers and key personnel.
3.32 Accountants.
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx (“HBM”) are and have been throughout the periods covered
by such financial statements (a) a registered public accounting firm (as defined
in Section 2(a)(12) of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002), (b) “independent” with
respect to the Parent within the meaning of Regulation S-X and (c) in compliance
with subsections (g) through (l) of Section 10A of the Exchange Act and the
related rules of the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board. Schedule 3.32 lists all non-audit services performed by HBM for the
Parent and/or any of its Subsidiaries since August 22, 2003. The report of
HBM
on the financial statements of the Parent for the past fiscal year did not
contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, or was qualified as
to
uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles. During Parent’s most recent
fiscal year and the subsequent interim periods, there were no disagreements
with
HBM on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement
disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures. None of the reportable events
listed in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-B occurred with respect to
HBM.
3.33 Minute
Books.
The
minute books and other similar records of the Parent and each of its
Subsidiaries contain, in all material respects, complete and accurate records
of
all actions taken at any meetings of directors (or committees thereof) and
stockholders or actions by written consent in lieu of the holding of any such
meetings since the time of organization of each such corporation through the
date of this Agreement. The Parent has provided true and complete copies of
all
such minute books and other similar records to the Company’s
representatives.
3.34 Board
Action.
The
Parent’s Board of Directors (a) has unanimously determined that the Merger is
advisable and in the best interests of the Parent’s stockholders and is on terms
that are fair to such Parent stockholders and (b) has caused the Parent, in
its
capacity as the sole stockholder of the Acquisition Subsidiary, and the Board
of
Directors of the Acquisition Subsidiary, to approve the Merger and this
Agreement by unanimous written consent.
3.35 Private
Sale Agreement.
The
Parent has entered into a private sale agreement with Dr. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and
Xx.
Xxxx Xxxxx (the “Private Sale Agreement”) providing for the sale of between
3,500,000 and 4,200,000 shares of Parent Common Stock to Drs. Frost and Hsiao
for total consideration of $50,000. The execution and delivery by the Parent
of
the Private Sale Agreement, and the consummation by the Parent of the
transactions contemplated thereby, have been duly and validly authorized by
all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Parent. The Private Sale Agreement
has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Parent and constitutes
a
valid and binding obligation of the Parent, enforceable against the Parent
in
accordance with its terms.
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ARTICLE
IV
COVENANTS
4.1 Closing
Efforts.
Each of
the Parties shall use its best efforts, to the extent commercially reasonable
(“Reasonable Best Efforts”), to take all actions and to do all things necessary,
proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including without limitation using its Reasonable Best Efforts to
ensure that (i) its representations and warranties remain true and correct
in all material respects through the Closing Date and (ii) the conditions
to the obligations of the other Parties to consummate the Merger are
satisfied.
4.2 Governmental
and Third-Party Notices and Consents.
(a) Each
Party shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to obtain, at its expense, all
waivers, permits, consents, approvals or other authorizations from Governmental
Entities, and to effect all registrations, filings and notices with or to
Governmental Entities, as may be required for such Party to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to otherwise comply with all
applicable laws and regulations in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) The
Company shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to obtain, at its expense, all
such waivers, consents or approvals from third parties, and to give all such
notices to third parties, as are required to be listed in Section 2.4 of
the Disclosure Schedule.
4.3 Current
Report.
As soon
as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement, the Parties
shall prepare a current report on Form 8-K relating to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby (the “Current Report”). Each of the Company and
Parent shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to cause the Current Report to
be
filed with the SEC within four business days of the execution of this Agreement
and to otherwise comply with all requirements of applicable federal and state
securities laws. Further, the Parties shall prepare and file with the SEC an
amendment to the Current Report within four business days after the Closing
Date, if such Current Report was filed before the Closing Date.
4.4 Operation
of Company Business.
Except
as contemplated by this Agreement, during the period from the date of this
Agreement to the Effective Time, the Company shall (and shall cause each Company
Subsidiary to) conduct its operations in the Ordinary Course of Business and
in
material compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and, to the extent
consistent therewith, use its Reasonable Best Efforts to preserve intact its
current business organization, keep its physical assets in good working
condition, keep available the services of its current officers and employees
and
preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business
dealings with it to the end that its goodwill and ongoing business shall not
be
impaired in any material respect. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall not (and shall cause
each Company Subsidiary not to), without the written consent of the Parent
(which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed):
(a) issue
or
sell, or redeem or repurchase, any stock or other securities of the Company
or
any Warrants, Options or other rights to acquire any such stock or other
securities (except pursuant to the conversion or exercise of convertible
securities or Options or Warrants outstanding on the date hereof), or amend
any
of the terms of (including without limitation the vesting of) any such
convertible securities or Options or Warrants;
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(b) split,
combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock; declare, set aside or
pay
any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any
combination thereof) in respect of its capital stock;
(c) create,
incur or assume any indebtedness for borrowed money (including obligations
in
respect of capital leases) except in the Ordinary Course of Business or in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; assume,
guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly,
contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other person or entity;
or
make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any
other person or entity;
(d) enter
into, adopt or amend any Employee Benefit Plan or any employment or severance
agreement or arrangement or (except for normal increases in the Ordinary Course
of Business for employees who are not Affiliates) increase in any manner the
compensation or fringe benefits of, or materially modify the employment terms
of, its directors, officers or employees, generally or individually, or pay
any
bonus or other benefit to its directors, officers or employees;
(e) acquire,
sell, lease, license or dispose of any assets or property (including without
limitation any shares or other equity interests in or securities of any
Subsidiary or any corporation, partnership, association or other business
organization or division thereof), other than purchases and sales of assets
in
the Ordinary Course of Business;
(f) mortgage
or pledge any of its property or assets or subject any such property or assets
to any Security Interest;
(g) discharge
or satisfy any Security Interest or pay any obligation or liability other than
in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(h) amend
its
charter, by-laws or other organizational documents;
(i) change
in
any material respect its accounting methods, principles or practices, except
insofar as may be required by a generally applicable change in
GAAP;
(j) enter
into, amend, terminate, take or omit to take any action that would constitute
a
violation of or default under, or waive any rights under, any material contract
or agreement;
(k) institute
or settle any Legal Proceeding;
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(l) take
any
action or fail to take any action permitted by this Agreement with the knowledge
that such action or failure to take action would result in (i) any of the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement
becoming untrue in any material respect or (ii) any of the conditions to
the Merger set forth in Article V not being satisfied; or
(m) agree
in
writing or otherwise to take any of the foregoing actions.
4.5 Access
to Company Information.
(a) The
Company shall (and shall cause each Company Subsidiary to) permit
representatives of the Parent to have full access (at all reasonable times,
and
in a manner so as not to interfere with the normal business operations of the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries) to all premises, properties, financial
and
accounting records, contracts, other records and documents, and personnel,
of or
pertaining to the Company and each Company Subsidiary.
(b) Each
of
the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary (i) shall treat and hold as
confidential any Company Confidential Information (as defined below),
(ii) shall not use any of the Company Confidential Information except in
connection with this Agreement, and (iii) if this Agreement is terminated
for any reason whatsoever, shall return to the Company all tangible embodiments
(and all copies) thereof which are in its possession. For purposes of this
Agreement, “Company Confidential Information” means any information of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary that is furnished to the Parent or the
Acquisition Subsidiary by the Company or any Company Subsidiary in connection
with this Agreement; provided,
however,
that it
shall not include any information (A) which, at the time of disclosure, is
available publicly other than as a result of non-permitted disclosure by the
Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary or their respective directors, officers,
or
employees, (B) which, after disclosure, becomes available publicly through
no fault of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary or their respective
directors, officers, or employees (C) which the Parent or the Acquisition
Subsidiary knew or to which the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary had access
prior to disclosure, provided that the source of such information is not known
by the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary to be bound by a confidentiality
obligation to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or (D) which the
Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary rightfully obtains from a source other
than
the Company or a Company Subsidiary, provided that the source of such
information is not known by the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary to be
bound
by a confidentiality obligation to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary.
4.6 Operation
of Parent Business.
Except
as contemplated by this Agreement, during the period from the date of this
Agreement to the Effective Time, the Parent shall (and shall cause each of
its
Subsidiaries to) conduct its operations in the Ordinary Course of Business
and
in material compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and, to the
extent consistent therewith, use its Reasonable Best Efforts to preserve intact
its current business organization, keep its physical assets in good working
condition, keep available the services of its current officers and employees
and
preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business
dealings with it to the end that its goodwill and ongoing business shall not
be
impaired in any material respect. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, prior to the Effective Time, the Parent shall not (and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries not to), without the written consent of the
Company:
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(a) issue
or
sell, or redeem or repurchase, any stock or other securities of the Parent
or
any rights, warrants or options to acquire any such stock or other securities,
except
as
contemplated by, and in connection with the Private Sale Agreement,
the
Private Placement Offering and the Merger;
(b) split,
combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock; declare, set aside or
pay
any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any
combination thereof) in respect of its capital stock, except as contemplated
by,
and in connection with, the Stock Split;
(c) create,
incur or assume any indebtedness (including obligations in respect of capital
leases); assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible
(whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other
person or entity; or make any loans, advances or capital contributions to,
or
investments in, any other person or entity;
(d) enter
into, adopt or amend any Employee Benefit Plan or any employment or severance
agreement or arrangement or increase in any manner the compensation or fringe
benefits of, or materially modify the employment terms of, its directors,
officers or employees, generally or individually, or pay any bonus or other
benefit to its directors, officers or employees, except for the adoption of
Parent Option Plan covering 3,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock in
connection with the Merger;
(e) acquire,
sell, lease, license or dispose of any assets or property (including without
limitation any shares or other equity interests in or securities of any Parent
Subsidiary or any corporation, partnership, association or other business
organization or division thereof), except as contemplated by, and in connection
with, the Split-Off;
(f) mortgage
or pledge any of its property or assets or subject any such property or assets
to any Security Interest;
(g) discharge
or satisfy any Security Interest or pay any obligation or liability other than
in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(h) amend
its
charter, by-laws or other organizational documents;
(i) change
in
any material respect its accounting methods, principles or practices, except
insofar as may be required by a generally applicable change in
GAAP;
(j) enter
into, amend, terminate, take or omit to take any action that would constitute
a
violation of or default under, or waive any rights under, any contract or
agreement;
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(k) institute
or settle any Legal Proceeding;
(l) take
any
action or fail to take any action permitted by this Agreement with the knowledge
that such action or failure to take action would result in (i) any of the
representations and warranties of the Parent and/or the Acquisition Subsidiary
set forth in this Agreement becoming untrue in any material respect or
(ii) any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article V not
being satisfied; or
(m) agree
in
writing or otherwise to take any of the foregoing actions.
4.7 Access
to Parent Information.
(a) The
Parent shall (and shall cause the Acquisition Subsidiary to) permit
representatives of the Company to have full access (at all reasonable times,
and
in a manner so as not to interfere with the normal business operations of the
Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary) to all premises, properties, financial
and accounting records, contracts, other records and documents, and personnel,
of or pertaining to the Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary and LLC.
(b) Each
of
the Company and any Company Subsidiary (i) shall treat and hold as
confidential any Parent Confidential Information (as defined below),
(ii) shall not use any of the Parent Confidential Information except in
connection with this Agreement, and (iii) if this Agreement is terminated
for any reason whatsoever, shall return to the Parent all tangible embodiments
(and all copies) thereof which are in its possession. For purposes of this
Agreement, “Parent Confidential Information” means any information of the Parent
or any Parent Subsidiary that is furnished to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary by the Parent or the Parent Subsidiary in connection with this
Agreement; provided,
however,
that it
shall not include any information (A) which, at the time of disclosure, is
available publicly other than as a result of non-permitted disclosure by the
Company, any Company Subsidiary or their respective directors, officers, or
employees, (B) which, after disclosure, becomes available publicly through
no fault of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or their respective directors,
officers, or employees, (C) which the Company or any Company Subsidiary
knew or to which the Company or Company Subsidiary had access prior to
disclosure, provided that the source of such information is not known by the
Company or any Company Subsidiary to be bound by a confidentiality obligation
to
Parent or any Parent Subsidiary or (D) which the Company or any Company
Subsidiary rightfully obtains from a source other than the Parent or a Parent
Subsidiary, provided that the source of such information is not known by the
Company or any Company Subsidiary to be bound by a confidentiality obligation
to
Parent or any Parent Subsidiary.
4.8 Expenses.
The
costs and expenses of the Parent and the Company (including legal fees and
expenses of Parent and the Company) incurred in connection with this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be payable at Closing from the
proceeds of the Private Placement Offering, subject to the limitations thereon
set forth in Section 13 of the Term Sheet, dated as of January 8, 2007 and
amended as of March 13, 2007, relating to the transactions contemplated by
this
Agreement.
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4.9 Indemnification.
(a) The
Parent shall not, for a period of three years after the Effective Time, take
any
action to alter or impair any exculpatory or indemnification provisions now
existing in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company for the
benefit of any individual who served as a director or officer of the Company
at
any time prior to the Effective Time, except for any changes which may be
required to conform with changes in applicable law and any changes which do
not
affect the application of such provisions to acts or omissions of such
individuals prior to the Effective Time.
(b) From
and
after the Effective Time, the Parent agrees that it will, and will cause the
Surviving Corporation to, indemnify and hold harmless each present and former
director and officer of the Company (the “Indemnified Executives”) against any
costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with
any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to matters
existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or
claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent
permitted under Delaware law (and the Parent and the Surviving Corporation
shall
also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware
law, provided the Indemnified Executive to whom expenses are advanced provides
an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such
Indemnified Executive is not entitled to indemnification).
4.10 Listing
of Merger Shares.
The
Parent shall take whatever steps are necessary to cause the Merger Shares (and
any shares of Parent Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Section 1.13)
to be eligible for quotation on the OTCBB.
4.11 [Intentionally
Omitted] .
4.12 Name
Change.
The
Parent shall take all necessary steps to enable it to change its corporate
name
to such name as is agreeable to the Company as of the Effective Time, if the
Parent has not already done so prior to the Effective Time.
4.13 Split-Off.
The
Parent shall take whatever steps are necessary to enable it to effect the
Split-Off prior to or as of the Effective Time.
4.14 Stock
Option Plan.
The
Board of Directors and shareholders of Parent shall adopt the Parent Option
Plan
reserving for issuance 3,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock prior to or
as of
the Effective Time.
4.15 Parent
Board; Amendment of Charter Documents.
The
Parent shall take such actions as are necessary to authorize Parent’s Board of
Directors to consist of nine members. In addition, the Parent shall use its
Reasonable Best Efforts to amend the charter documents of the Parent to
incorporate any provisions relating to the governance of the Parent after the
Effective Time as are deemed necessary or desirable by the Company.
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4.16 Information
Provided to Company Stockholders.
The
Company shall prepare, with the cooperation of the Parent, information to be
sent to the holders of Company Shares and Company Preferred in connection with
receiving their approval of the Merger, this Agreement and related transactions.
Such information shall constitute a disclosure of the offer and issuance of
the
shares of Parent Common Stock to be received by the Company Stockholders in
the
Merger. The Parent and the Company shall each use Reasonable Best Efforts to
cause information provided to such holders to comply with applicable federal
and
state securities laws requirements. Each of the Parent and the Company agrees
to
provide promptly to the other such information concerning its business and
financial statements and affairs as, in the reasonable judgment of the providing
party or its counsel, may be required or appropriate for inclusion in the
information sent, or in any amendments or supplements thereto, and to cause
its
counsel and auditors to cooperate with the other's counsel and auditors in
the
preparation of the information to be sent to the holders of Company Shares
and
Company Preferred. The Company will promptly advise the Parent, and the Parent
will promptly advise the Company, in writing if at any time prior to the
Effective Time either the Company or the Parent shall obtain knowledge of any
facts that might make it necessary or appropriate to amend or supplement the
information sent in order to make the statements contained or incorporated
by
reference therein not misleading or to comply with applicable law. The
information sent shall contain the recommendation of the Board of Directors
of
the Company that the holders of Company Shares and Company Preferred approve
the
Merger and this Agreement and the conclusion of the Board of Directors of the
Company that the terms and conditions of the Merger are advisable and fair
and
in the best interests of the Company and such holders. Anything to the contrary
contained herein notwithstanding, the Company shall not include in the
information sent to such holders any information with respect to the Parent
or
its affiliates or associates, the form and content of which information shall
not have been approved by the Parent in its reasonable discretion prior to
such
inclusion.
4.17 No
Registration.
For a
period of 18 months following the Effective Time, the Parent shall not register,
nor shall it take any action to facilitate registration, under the Securities
Act, the Merger Shares, including the Parent Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of Parent Options issued pursuant to Section 1.8 of this Agreement. In addition,
the Company shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to cancel any agreements,
understandings or undertakings to register Company securities under the Federal
securities laws, which agreements, understandings or undertakings might
otherwise survive the Closing.
4.18 No
Shorting.
The
Company shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to ensure that each Company
Stockholder agrees that it will not, for a period commencing on the date hereof
and terminating one year after the Effective Time, directly or indirectly,
effect or agree to effect any short sale (as defined in Rule 200 under
Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act), whether or not against the box, establish
any “put equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange
Act) with respect to the Parent Common Stock, borrow or pre-borrow any shares
of
Parent Common Stock, or grant any other right (including, without limitation,
any put or call option) with respect to the Parent Common Stock or with respect
to any security that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of
its
value from the Parent Common Stock or otherwise seek to hedge its position
in
the Parent Common Stock (each, a “Prohibited Transaction”).
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ARTICLE
V
CONDITIONS
TO CONSUMMATION OF MERGER
5.1 Conditions
to Each Party’s Obligations.
The
respective obligations of each Party to consummate the Merger are subject to
the
satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) this
Agreement and the Merger shall have received the approval of at least 90% of
the
votes represented by the outstanding Company Shares entitled to vote on this
Agreement and the Merger;
(b) the
completion of the offer and sale of the Private Placement Offering;
and
(c) satisfactory
completion by the Parent and the Company of all necessary legal due
diligence.
5.2 Conditions
to Obligations of the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary.
The
obligation of each of the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary to consummate
the Merger is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Parent) of the
following additional conditions:
(a) the
number of Dissenting Shares shall not exceed 2% of the number of outstanding
Company Shares as of the Effective Time;
(b) the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall have obtained (and shall have
provided copies thereof to the Parent) all waivers, permits, consents, approvals
or other authorizations, and effected all of the registrations, filings and
notices, referred to in Section 4.2 which are required on the part of the
Company or the Company Subsidiaries, except for any the failure of which to
obtain or effect does not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company
Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the
Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
(c) the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement
(when
read without regard to any qualification as to materiality or Material Adverse
Effect contained therein)
shall be
true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct
as of the Effective Time as though made as of the Effective Time (provided,
however, that to the extent such representation and warranty expressly relates
to an earlier date, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct
as of such earlier date), except for any untrue or incorrect representation
and
warranty that, individually or in the aggregate, do not have a Company Material
Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(d) the
Company shall have performed or complied with its agreements and covenants
required to be performed or complied with under this Agreement as of or prior
to
the Effective Time, except when any non-performance or non-compliance does
not
have a Company Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the
ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions;
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(e) no
Legal
Proceeding shall be pending wherein an unfavorable judgment, order, decree,
stipulation or injunction would (i) prevent consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) cause any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded following
consummation, and no such judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction
shall be in effect;
(f) the
Company shall have delivered to the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary a
certificate (the “Company Certificate”) to the effect that each of the
conditions specified in clauses (a) and (c) (with respect to the Company’s
due diligence of the Parent) of Section 5.1 and clauses (a) through (e)
(insofar as clause (e) relates to Legal Proceedings involving the Company
or a Company Subsidiary) of this Section 5.2 is satisfied in all respects;
(g) the
individuals set forth on Exhibit
C
to this
Agreement shall have entered into agreements with the Parent pursuant to which
they shall have agreed to certain restrictions on the sale or other disposition
of the Parent Common Stock received by them in connection with the Merger for
a
period of 18 months following the Closing Date;
(h) the
Company Stockholders shall have agreed not to engage in any Prohibited
Transactions;
(i) the
employment and/or consulting agreements between the Company and each of
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx and Xxxx Fares shall be in effect and shall have been assumed
by the Parent;
and
(j) the
Parent shall have received from Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum, Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Company, an opinion with respect to the matters
set forth in Exhibit D
attached
hereto, addressed to the Parent and dated as of the Closing Date.
5.3 Conditions
to Obligations of the Company.
The
obligation of the Company to consummate the Merger is subject to the
satisfaction of the following additional conditions:
(a) the
Parent shall have obtained (and shall have provided copies thereof to the
Company) all of the waivers, permits, consents, approvals or other
authorizations, and effected all of the registrations, filings and notices,
referred to in Section 4.2 which are required on the part of the Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries, except for any the failure of which to obtain or effect
does not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(b) the
representations and warranties of the Parent set forth in this Agreement (when
read without regard to any qualification as to materiality or Material Adverse
Effect contained therein) shall be true and correct as of the date of this
Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Effective Time as though
made
as of the Effective Time (provided, however, that to the extent such
representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, such
representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date),
except for any untrue or incorrect representation and warranty that,
individually or in the aggregate, do not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect
or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
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(c) each
of
the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary shall have performed or complied
with
its agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with under
this Agreement as of or prior to the Effective Time, except when any
non-performance or non-compliance does not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect
or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to consummate the
transactions;
(d) no
Legal
Proceeding shall be pending wherein an unfavorable judgment, order, decree,
stipulation or injunction would (i) prevent consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) cause any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded following
consummation, and no such judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction
shall be in effect;
(e) the
Parent shall have delivered to the Company a certificate (the “Parent
Certificate”) to the effect that each of the conditions specified in clauses (b)
and (c) (with respect to the Parent’s due diligence of the Company) of Section
5.1 and clauses (a) through (d) (insofar as clause (d) relates to
Legal Proceedings involving the Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary or LLC)
of
this Section 5.3 is satisfied in all respects;
(f) the
Company shall have received from Gottbetter & Partners, LLP, counsel to the
Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary, an opinion with respect to the matters
set forth in Exhibit
E
attached
hereto, addressed to the Company and dated as of the Closing Date;
(g) the
total
number of shares of Parent Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior
to the Effective Time shall equal 7,333,339 shares, after giving effect to
the
Stock Split and the Share Contribution, but excluding (i) the shares of Parent
Common Stock to be issued to accredited investors in the Private Placement
Offering, (ii) the Merger Shares, (iii) the Parent Warrants, (iv) warrants
to
purchase shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued to financial advisors in
connection with the Private Placement Offering and (v) the shares of Parent
Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Private Sale Agreement;
(h) the
employment and/or consulting agreements between the Company and each of
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx and Xxxx Fares shall be in effect and shall have been assumed
by the Parent;
(i) the
Parent shall have adopted the Parent Option Plan;
(j) the
Company shall have received a certificate of Parent’s transfer agent and
registrar certifying that as of the Closing Date there are 42,253,972 shares
of
Parent Common Stock issued and outstanding (without giving effect to the
34,920,633 shares of Parent Common Stock to be retired in connection with the
Split-Off, after which retirement there will be 7,333,339 shares of Parent
Common Stock issued and outstanding);
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(k) the
Parent’s Board of Directors shall be authorized to consist of nine
members;
(l) contemporaneously
with the closing of the Merger, the Parent, LLC, and the Buyer shall execute
the
Split-Off Agreement, which Split-Off is effective simultaneous with the
Effective Time; and
(m) the
Parent shall have changed its name to such name as is acceptable to the
Company.
ARTICLE
VI
INDEMNIFICATION
6.1 Indemnification
by the Company Stockholders.
The
Company Stockholders receiving the Merger Shares pursuant to Section 1.5
shall indemnify the Parent in respect of, and hold it harmless against, loss,
liability, deficiency, damages, expense or cost (including without limitation
amounts paid in settlement, interest, court costs, costs of investigators,
fees
and expenses of attorneys, accountants, financial advisors and other experts,
and other expenses of litigation) (“Damages”) incurred or suffered by the
Surviving Corporation or the Parent resulting from:
(a) any
misrepresentation, breach of warranty or failure to perform any covenant or
agreement of the Company contained in this Agreement or the Company Certificate;
(b) any
failure of any Company Stockholder to have good, valid and marketable title
to
the issued and outstanding Company Shares issued in the name of such Company
Stockholder, free and clear of all Security Interests; or
(c) any
claim
by a stockholder or former stockholder of the Company, or any other person
or
entity, seeking to assert, or based upon: (i) ownership or rights to
ownership of any shares of stock of the Company; (ii) any rights of a
stockholder (other than the right to receive the Merger Shares pursuant to
this
Agreement or appraisal rights under the applicable provisions of the GCL),
including any option, preemptive rights or rights to notice or to vote;
(iii) any rights under the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the
Company; or (iv) any claim that his, her or its shares were wrongfully
repurchased by the Company.
6.2 Indemnification
by the Parent.
(a) The
Parent shall indemnify the Company Stockholders in respect of, and hold them
harmless against, any and all Damages incurred or suffered by the Parent or
the
Surviving Corporation resulting from any misrepresentation, breach of warranty
or failure to perform any covenant or agreement of the Parent or the Acquisition
Subsidiary contained in this Agreement or the Parent Certificate.
(b) The
post-Closing adjustment mechanism set forth in Section 1.13 is intended to
secure the indemnification obligations of the Parent under this Agreement and
shall be the exclusive means for the Company Stockholders to collect any Damages
for which they are entitled to indemnification under this Article VI.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the post-Closing adjustment set forth
in Section 1.13 shall not be limited in any way by this Article VI.
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6.3 Indemnification
Claims by the Parent.
(a) In
the
event the Parent is entitled, or seeks to assert rights, to indemnification
under Section 6.1, the Parent shall give written notification to the Company
Stockholders of the commencement of any suit or proceeding relating to a third
party claim for which indemnification pursuant to this Article VI may be
sought. Such notification shall be given within 20 business days after receipt
by the Parent of notice of such suit or proceeding, and shall describe in
reasonable detail (to the extent known by the Parent) the facts constituting
the
basis for such suit or proceeding and the amount of the claimed damages;
provided, however, that no delay on the part of the Parent in notifying the
Company Stockholders shall relieve the Company Stockholders of any liability
or
obligation hereunder except to the extent of any damage or liability caused
by
or arising out of such failure. Within 20 days after delivery of such
notification, the Company Stockholders may, upon written notice thereof to
the
Parent, assume control of the defense of such suit or proceeding with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Parent; provided that the Company Stockholders
may not assume control of the defense of a suit or proceeding involving criminal
liability or in which equitable relief is sought against the Parent. If the
Company Stockholders do not so assume control of such defense, the Parent shall
control such defense. The party not controlling such defense (the
“Non-Controlling Party”) may participate therein at its own expense; provided
that if the Company Stockholders assume control of such defense and the Parent
reasonably concludes that the Company Stockholders and the Parent have
conflicting interests or different defenses available with respect to such
suit
or proceeding, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Parent shall
be considered “Damages” for purposes of this Agreement. The party controlling
such defense (the “Controlling Party”) shall keep the Non-Controlling Party
advised of the status of such suit or proceeding and the defense thereof and
shall consider in good faith recommendations made by the Non-Controlling Party
with respect thereto. The Non-Controlling Party shall furnish the Controlling
Party with such information as it may have with respect to such suit or
proceeding (including copies of any summons, complaint or other pleading which
may have been served on such party and any written claim, demand, invoice,
billing or other document evidencing or asserting the same) and shall otherwise
cooperate with and assist the Controlling Party in the defense of such suit
or
proceeding. The Company Stockholders shall not agree to any settlement of,
or
the entry of any judgment arising from, any such suit or proceeding without
the
prior written consent of the Parent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld
or
delayed; provided that the consent of the Parent shall not be required if the
Company Stockholders agree in writing to pay any amounts payable pursuant to
such settlement or judgment and such settlement or judgment includes a complete
release of the Parent from further liability and has no other materially adverse
effect on the Parent. The Parent shall not agree to any settlement of, or the
entry of any judgment arising from, any such suit or proceeding without the
prior written consent of the Company Stockholders, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(b) In
order
to seek indemnification under this Article VI, the Parent shall give
written notification (a “Claim Notice”) to the Company Stockholders which
contains (i) a description and the amount (the “Claimed Amount”) of any Damages
incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by the Parent, (ii) a statement
that the Parent is entitled to indemnification under this Article VI for
such Damages and a reasonable explanation of the basis therefor, and (iii)
a
demand for payment (in the manner provided in paragraph (c) below) in the
amount of the Claimed Amount. The Parent shall also deliver a copy of the Claim
Notice to the Escrow Agent.
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(c) Within
20
days after delivery of a Claim Notice, the Company Stockholders shall deliver
to
the Parent a written response (the “Response”) in which the Company Stockholders
shall: (i) agree that the Parent is entitled to receive all of the Claimed
Amount (in which case the Company Stockholders and the Parent shall deliver
to
the Escrow Agent, within three days following the delivery of the Response,
a
written notice executed by both parties instructing the Escrow Agent to
distribute to the Parent such number of Escrow Shares as have an aggregate
Value
(as defined below) equal to the Claimed Amount), (ii) agree that the Parent
is entitled to receive part, but not all, of the Claimed Amount (the “Agreed
Amount”) (in which case the Company Stockholders and the Parent shall deliver to
the Escrow Agent, within three days following the delivery of the Response,
a
written notice executed by both parties instructing the Escrow Agent to
distribute to the Parent such number of Escrow Shares as have an aggregate
Value
(as defined below) equal to the Agreed Amount) or (iii) dispute that the
Parent is entitled to receive any of the Claimed Amount. If the Company
Stockholders in the Response disputes its liability for all or part of the
Claimed Amount, the Company Stockholders and the Parent shall follow the
procedures set forth in Section 6.3(d) for the resolution of such dispute
(a “Dispute”). For purposes of this Article VI, the “Value” of any Escrow
Shares delivered in satisfaction of an indemnity claim shall be $1.50 per Escrow
Share (subject to equitable adjustment in the event of any stock split, stock
dividend, reverse stock split or similar event affecting the Parent Common
Stock
since the Closing Date), multiplied by the number of such Escrow
Shares.
(d) During
the 60-day period following the delivery of a Response that reflects a Dispute,
the Company Stockholders and the Parent shall use good faith efforts to resolve
the Dispute. If the Dispute is not resolved within such 60-day period, the
Company Stockholders and the Parent shall discuss in good faith the submission
of the Dispute to a mutually acceptable alternative dispute resolution procedure
(which may be non-binding or binding upon the parties, as they agree in advance)
(the “ADR Procedure”). In the event the Company Stockholders and the Parent
agree upon an ADR Procedure, such parties shall, in consultation with the chosen
dispute resolution service (the “ADR Service”), promptly agree upon a format and
timetable for the ADR Procedure, agree upon the rules applicable to the ADR
Procedure, and promptly undertake the ADR Procedure. The provisions of this
Section 6.3(d) shall not obligate the Company Stockholders and the Parent
to pursue an ADR Procedure or prevent either such Party from pursuing the
Dispute in a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that, if the Company
Stockholders and the Parent agree to pursue an ADR Procedure, neither the
Company Stockholders nor the Parent may commence litigation or seek other
remedies with respect to the Dispute prior to the completion of such ADR
Procedure. Any ADR Procedure undertaken by the Company Stockholders and the
Parent shall be considered a compromise negotiation for purposes of federal
and
state rules of evidence, and all statements, offers, opinions and disclosures
(whether written or oral) made in the course of the ADR Procedure by or on
behalf of the Company Stockholders, the Parent or the ADR Service shall be
treated as confidential and, where appropriate, as privileged work product.
Such
statements, offers, opinions and disclosures shall not be discoverable or
admissible for any purposes in any litigation or other proceeding relating
to
the Dispute (provided that this sentence shall not be construed to exclude
from
discovery or admission any matter that is otherwise discoverable or admissible).
The fees and expenses of any ADR Service used by the Company Stockholders and
the Parent shall be considered to be Damages; provided, that if the Company
Stockholders are determined not to be liable for Damages in connection with
such
Dispute, the Parent shall pay all such fees and expenses. The Parent and the
Company Stockholders shall deliver to the Escrow Agent, promptly following
the
resolution of the Dispute (whether by mutual agreement, pursuant to an ADR
Procedure, as a result of a judicial decision or otherwise), a written notice
executed by both parties instructing the Escrow Agent as to what (if any)
portion of the Escrow Shares shall be distributed to the Parent (which notice
shall be consistent with the terms of the resolution of the
Dispute).
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(e) Notwithstanding
the other provisions of this Section 6.3, if a third party asserts (other
than by means of a lawsuit) that the Parent is liable to such third party for
a
monetary or other obligation which may constitute or result in Damages for
which
Parent may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article VI, and
the Parent reasonably determines that it has a valid business reason to fulfill
such obligation, then (i) the Parent shall be entitled to satisfy such
obligation, with prior notice to but without prior consent from the Company
Stockholders, (ii) the Parent may subsequently make a claim for
indemnification in accordance with the provisions of this Article VI, and
(iii) the Parent shall be reimbursed, in accordance with the provisions of
this Article VI, for any such Damages for which it is entitled to
indemnification pursuant to this Article VI (subject to the right of the
Company Stockholders to dispute the Parent’s entitlement to indemnification, or
the amount for which it is entitled to indemnification, under the terms of
this
Article VI).
(f) For
purposes of this Section 6.3 and the last two sentences of
Section 6.4, any references to the Company Stockholders (except provisions
relating to an obligation to make or a right to receive any payments provided
for in Section 6.3 or Section 6.4) shall be deemed to refer to the
Indemnification Representative. The Indemnification Representative shall have
full power and authority on behalf of each Company Stockholder to take any
and
all actions on behalf of, execute any and all instruments on behalf of, and
execute or waive any and all rights of, the Company Stockholders under this
Article VI. The Indemnification Representative shall have no liability to
any Company Stockholder for any action taken or omitted on behalf of the Company
Stockholders pursuant to this Article VI.
6.4 Survival
of Representations and Warranties.
All
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, the Company
Certificate or the Parent Certificate shall (a) survive the Closing and any
investigation at any time made by or on behalf of Parent or the Company and
(b) shall expire on the date two years following the Closing Date. If the
Parent delivers to the Company Stockholders, before expiration of a
representation or warranty, either a Claim Notice based upon a breach of such
representation or warranty, or a notice that, as a result a legal proceeding
instituted by or written claim made by a third party, the Parent reasonably
expects to incur Damages as a result of a breach of such representation or
warranty (an “Expected Claim Notice”), then such representation or warranty
shall survive until, but only for purposes of, the resolution of the matter
covered by such Expected Claim Notice.
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6.5 Limitations
on Parent’s Claims for Indemnification.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Parent shall not be entitled to recover,
or
be indemnified for, Damages arising out of a misrepresentation or breach of
warranty set forth in Article II unless and until the aggregate of all such
Damages paid or payable by the Company Stockholders collectively exceeds
$100,000 (the “Damages Threshold”) and then, if such aggregate threshold is
reached, the Parent shall only be entitled to recover for Damages in excess
of
such respective threshold; and in no event shall any Company Stockholder be
liable under this Article VI for an aggregate amount, whether paid in cash
or in
shares of Parent Common Stock, greater than the product of the number of Escrow
Shares held on account of such Company Stockholder, pursuant to Section 1.5
above, multiplied by the Value. For purposes of the preceding sentence, each
Escrow Share delivered by a party in payment of his or its obligations under
this Article VI shall be valued at the Value.
(b) The
Escrow Agreement is intended to secure the indemnification obligations of the
Company Stockholders under this Agreement and shall be the exclusive means
for
the Parent to collect any Damages under this Article VI for which it is entitled
to indemnification under this Article VI.
(c) Except
with respect to claims based on fraud, after the Closing, the rights of the
Company Stockholders and the Parent under this Article VI and the Escrow
Agreement shall be the exclusive remedy of the Parent with respect to claims
resulting from or relating to any misrepresentation, breach of warranty or
failure to perform any covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement.
(d) No
Company Stockholder shall have any right of contribution against the Surviving
Corporation with respect to any breach by the Company of any of its
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements. The amount of Damages
recoverable by Parent under this Article VI with respect to an indemnity
claim shall be reduced by (i) any proceeds received by Parent with respect
to the Damages to which such indemnity claim relates, from an insurance carrier
and (ii) the amount of any tax savings actually realized by Parent, for the
tax year in which such Damages are incurred, which are clearly attributable
to
the Damages to which such indemnity claim relates (net of any increased tax
liability which may result from the receipt of the indemnity payment or any
insurance proceeds relating to such Damages).
ARTICLE
VII
DEFINITIONS
For
purposes of this Agreement, each of the following defined terms is defined
in
the Section of this Agreement indicated below.
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Defined
Term
|
Section
|
|
Acquisition
Subsidiary
|
Introduction
|
|
ADR
Procedure
|
6.3(d)
|
|
ADR
Service
|
6.3(d)
|
|
Affiliate
|
2.13(a)(vii)
|
|
Agreed
Amount
|
6.3(c)
|
|
Agreement
|
Introduction
|
|
Buyer(s)
|
Introduction
|
|
CERCLA
|
2.20(a)
|
|
Certificate
of Merger
|
1.1
|
|
Certificates
|
1.7
|
|
Claim
Notice
|
6.3(b)
|
|
Claimed
Amount
|
6.3(b)
|
|
Claims
|
1.13
|
|
Closing
|
1.2
|
|
Closing
Date
|
1.2
|
|
Code
|
Introduction
|
|
Common
Conversion Ratio
|
1.5(b)
|
|
Company
|
Introduction
|
|
Company
Balance Sheet
|
2.6
|
|
Company
Balance Sheet Date
|
2.6
|
|
Company
Certificate
|
5.2(f)
|
|
Company
Confidential Information
|
4.5(b)
|
|
Company
Financial Statements
|
2.6
|
|
Company
Material Adverse Effect
|
2.1
|
|
Company
Plans
|
2.19(b)
|
|
Company
Preferred
|
1.5(b)
|
|
Company
Shares
|
1.5(a)
|
|
Company
Stockholders
|
1.3(d)
|
|
Company
Subsidiary
|
2.5(a)
|
|
Contemplated
Transactions
|
8.3
|
|
Controlling
Party
|
6.3(a)
|
|
Current
Report
|
4.3
|
|
Damages
|
6.1
|
|
Damages
Threshold
|
6.5(a)
|
|
Defaulting
Party
|
8.6
|
|
Disclosure
Schedule
|
Article II
|
|
Dispute
|
6.3(c)
|
|
Dissenting
Shares
|
1.6(a)
|
|
Effective
Time
|
1.1
|
|
Employee
Benefit Plan
|
2.19(a)(i)
|
|
Environmental
Law
|
2.20(a)
|
|
ERISA
|
2.19(a)(ii)
|
|
ERISA
Affiliate
|
2.19(a)(iii)
|
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Defined
Term
|
Section
|
|
Escrow
Agent
|
1.3(g)
|
|
Escrow
Agreement
|
1.3(g)
|
|
Escrow
Shares
|
1.5(b)
|
|
Exchange
Act
|
2.6
|
|
Expected
Claim Notice
|
6.4
|
|
GAAP
|
2.6
|
|
GCL
|
1.1
|
|
Governmental
Entity
|
2.4
|
|
HBM
|
3.32
|
|
Indemnification
Representatives
|
1.3(g)
|
|
Indemnified
Executives
|
4.9(b)
|
|
Initial
Shares
|
1.5(b)
|
|
Intellectual
Property
|
2.27(a)
|
|
Intellectual
Property Rights
|
2.27(a)
|
|
Legal
Proceeding
|
2.17
|
|
Letter
Agreement
|
9.13
|
|
LLC
|
Introduction
|
|
Loss
|
1.13
|
|
Merger
|
Introduction
|
|
Merger
Shares
|
1.5(b)
|
|
Non-Controlling
Party
|
6.3(a)
|
|
Non-Defaulting
Party
|
8.6
|
|
Options
|
1.5(b)
|
|
Ordinary
Course of Business
|
2.4
|
|
Organization
Date
|
2.9(c)
|
|
OTCBB
|
3.2
|
|
Parent
|
Introduction
|
|
Parent
Certificate
|
5.3(e)
|
|
Parent
Common Stock
|
1.5(a)
|
|
Parent
Confidential Information
|
4.7(b)
|
|
Parent
Disclosure Schedule
|
Article
III
|
|
Parent
ERISA Affiliate
|
3.22(a)
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Parent
Financial Statements
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3.8
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Parent
Liabilities
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1.13
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Parent
Material Adverse Effect
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3.1
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Parent
Options
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1.8(a)
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Parent
Option Plan
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1.8(a)
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Parent
Permits
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3.24
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Parent
Plans
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3.22(a)
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Parent
Reports
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3.6
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Parent
Warrants
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1.8(d)
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Party
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Introduction
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Permits
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2.23
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Defined
Term
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Section
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Preferred
Shares
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2.2
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Private
Sale Agreement
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3.35
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Prohibited
Transaction
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4.18
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PPO
Price
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Introduction
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Private
Placement Offering
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Introduction
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Reasonable
Best Efforts
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4.1
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Response
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6.3(c)
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SEC
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1.13
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Securities
Act
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1.14
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Security
Interest
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2.4
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Share
Contribution
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3.2
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Split-Off
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Introduction
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Split-Off
Agreement
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Introduction
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Stock
Split
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3.2
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Stockholder
Approval
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2.3
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Subsidiary
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2.5(a)
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Surviving
Corporation
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1.1
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Tax
Returns
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2.9(a)(ii)
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Taxes
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2.9(a)(i)
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Third
Party Intellectual Property Rights
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2.27(d)
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Transaction
Documentation
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3.3
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Value
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6.3(c)
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Warrants
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1.5(b)
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ARTICLE
VIII
TERMINATION
8.1 Termination
by Mutual Agreement.
This
Agreement may be terminated at any time by mutual consent of the Parties,
provided that such consent to terminate is in writing and is signed by each
of
the Parties.
8.2 Termination
for Failure to Close.
This
Agreement shall be automatically terminated if the Closing Date shall not have
occurred by May 31, 2007.
8.3 Termination
by Operation of Law.
This
Agreement may be terminated by any Party hereto if there shall be any statute,
rule or regulation that renders consummation of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement (the “Contemplated Transactions) illegal or otherwise prohibited,
or a court of competent jurisdiction or any government (or governmental
authority) shall have issued an order, decree or ruling, or has taken any other
action restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of
such
transactions and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become
final and nonappealable.
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8.4 Termination
for Failure to Perform Covenants or Conditions.
This
Agreement may be terminated prior to the Effective Time:
(a) by
the
Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary if: (i) any of the conditions set
forth in Section 5.2 hereof have not been fulfilled in all material respects
by
the Closing Date; (ii) the Company shall have failed to observe or perform
any of its material obligations under this Agreement or (iii) as otherwise
set forth herein; or
(b) by
the
Company if: (i) any of the conditions set forth in Section 5.3 hereof have
not been fulfilled in all material respects by the Closing Date; (ii) the
Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary shall have failed to observe or perform
any
of their material respective obligations under this Agreement or (iii) as
otherwise set forth herein.
8.5 Effect
of Termination or Default; Remedies.
In the
event of termination of this Agreement as set forth above, this Agreement shall
forthwith become void and there shall be no liability on the part of any Party
hereto, provided that such Party is a Non-Defaulting Party (as defined below).
The foregoing shall not relieve any Party from liability for damages actually
incurred as a result of such Party’s breach of any term or provision of this
Agreement.
8.6 Remedies;
Specific Performance.
In the
event that any Party shall fail or refuse to consummate the Contemplated
Transactions or if any default under or beach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or condition of this Agreement on the part of any Party (the
“Defaulting Party”) shall have occurred that results in the failure to
consummate the Contemplated Transactions, then in addition to the other remedies
provided herein, the non-defaulting Party (the “Non-Defaulting Party”) shall be
entitled to seek and obtain money damages from the Defaulting Party, or may
seek
to obtain an order of specific performance thereof against the Defaulting Party
from a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that the Non-Defaulting Party
seeking such protection must file its request with such court within forty-five
(45) days after it becomes aware of the Defaulting Party’s failure, refusal,
default or breach. In addition, the Non-Defaulting Party shall be entitled
to
obtain from the Defaulting Party court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees
incurred in connection with or in pursuit of enforcing the rights and remedies
provided hereunder.
ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 Press
Releases and Announcements.
No
Party shall issue any press release or public announcement relating to the
subject matter of this Agreement without the prior written approval of the
other
Parties; provided,
however,
that
any Party may make any public disclosure it believes in good faith is required
by applicable law, regulation or stock market rule (in which case the disclosing
Party shall use reasonable efforts to advise the other Parties and provide
them
with a copy of the proposed disclosure prior to making the
disclosure).
9.2 No
Third Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than
the
Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided,
however,
that
(a) the provisions in Article I concerning issuance of the Merger
Shares and Article VI concerning indemnification are intended for the
benefit of the Company Stockholders and (b) the provisions in
Section 4.9 concerning indemnification are intended for the benefit of the
individuals specified therein and their successors and assigns.
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9.3 Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement (including the documents referred to herein) constitutes the entire
agreement among the Parties and supersedes any prior understandings, agreements
or representations by or among the Parties, written or oral, with respect to
the
subject matter hereof, including, without limitation, the Term Sheet dated
January 8, 2007 and amended as of March 13, 2007 relating to the contemplated
transactions referred to therein (except with respect to the fee limitations
set
forth therein and as referenced in Section 4.8 above).
9.4 Succession
and Assignment.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties named
herein and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No Party may
assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations
hereunder without the prior written approval of the other Parties; provided
that
the Acquisition Subsidiary may assign its rights, interests and obligations
hereunder to a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent (other than
LLC).
9.5 Counterparts
and Facsimile Signature.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile signature.
9.6 Headings.
The
section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only
and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
9.7 Notices.
All
notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder shall
be
in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim or other communication hereunder
shall be deemed duly delivered four business days after it is sent by registered
or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or one business
day after it is sent for next business day delivery via a reputable nationwide
overnight courier service, in each case to the intended recipient as set forth
below:
If
to the Company or the Company Stockholders or the Parent (subsequent
to
the Closing):
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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Copies
to (which copy shall not constitute notice hereunder):
Before
May 29, 2007:
Barack
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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After
May 29, 2007:
Barack
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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If
to the Parent or
the
Acquisition Subsidiary (prior to the Closing):
The
Europa Center
000
Xxxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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Copy
to (which copy shall not constitute notice
hereunder):
Gottbetter
& Partners, LLP
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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Any
Party
may give any notice, request, demand, claim or other communication hereunder
using any other means (including personal delivery, expedited courier, messenger
service, telecopy, telex, ordinary mail or electronic mail), but no such notice,
request, demand, claim or other communication shall be deemed to have been
duly
given unless and until it actually is received by the Party for whom it is
intended. Any Party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands,
claims, and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the
other Parties notice in the manner herein set forth.
9.8 Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal
laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict
of
law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or
any
other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of laws of any
jurisdictions other than those of the State of Delaware.
9.9 Amendments
and Waivers.
The
Parties may mutually amend any provision of this Agreement at any time prior
to
the Effective Time. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be
valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by all of the Parties.
No
waiver of any right or remedy hereunder shall be valid unless the same shall
be
in writing and signed by the Party giving such waiver. No waiver by any Party
with respect to any default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant
hereunder shall be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default,
misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in
any
way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such
occurrence.
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9.10 Severability.
Any
term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any
situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of
the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability
of
the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other
jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
declares that any term or provision hereof is invalid or unenforceable, the
Parties agree that the court making the determination of invalidity or
unenforceability shall have the power to limit the term or provision, to delete
specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term
or
provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes
closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or
provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified.
9.11 Submission
to Jurisdiction.
Each of
the Parties (a) submits to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court
sitting in the County of New York in the State of New York in any action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, (b) agrees that
all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined
in any such court, and (c) agrees not to bring any action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any other court. Each of the
Parties waives any defense of inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any
action or proceeding so brought and waives any bond, surety or other security
that might be required of any other Party with respect thereto. Any Party may
make service on another Party by sending or delivering a copy of the process
to
the Party to be served at the address and in the manner provided for the giving
of notices in Section 9.7. Nothing in this Section 9.11, however,
shall affect the right of any Party to serve legal process in any other manner
permitted by law.
9.12 Construction.
(a) The
language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by
the
Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction
shall
be applied against any Party.
9.13 Assumption
of Letter Agreement.
Effective as of the Effective Time, the Company hereby assigns to the Parent
the
letter agreement dated as of January 9, 2007, among the Company, Xxxx Capital
Partners, LLC and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Ventures, Inc. (the “Letter Agreement”) and,
effective as of the Effective Time, the Parent hereby assumes the Letter
Agreement and, from and after the Effective Time, assumes and shall be
responsible for and shall perform all of the obligations previously imposed
on
the Company relating to the Letter Agreement.
[SIGNATURE
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first
above written.
PARENT:
MODIGENE
INC. (formerly known as LDG, INC.)
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx
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Title: President
and Chief Executive Officer
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ACQUISITION
SUBSIDIARY:
MODIGENE
ACQUISITION CORP.
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx
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Title: President
and Chief Executive Officer
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COMPANY:
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx
Xxxxx
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Title: President
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