AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION by and among Ecash, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and ECSI Acquisition Corp., a Florida corporation, and Clarity Imaging International, Inc., a Texas corporation March 1, 2007
Exhibit
2.1
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION
by
and among
Ecash,
Inc., a Delaware corporation,
and
ECSI
Acquisition Corp., a Florida corporation,
and
Clarity
Imaging International, Inc., a Texas corporation
March
1, 2007
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER |
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1.
The Merger
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1.1
Merger
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1.2
Effective Time
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1.3
Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Directors and Officers
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1.4
Assets and Liabilities
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1.5
Manner and Basis of Converting Shares
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1.6
Surrender and Exchange of Certificates
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1.8
Parent Common Stock
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2.
Representations and Warranties of the Company
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2.1
Organization, Standing, Subsidiaries
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2.2
Qualification
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2.3
Capitalization of the Company
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2.4
Company Stockholders
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2.5
Corporate Acts and Proceedings
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2.6
Compliance with Laws and Instruments
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2.7
Binding Obligations
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2.8
Broker’s and Finder’s Fees
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2.9
Financial Statements
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2.10
Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities
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2.11
Changes
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2.12
Title to Property and Encumbrances
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2.13
Litigation
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3.23
Disclosure
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3.
Representations and Warranties of Parent and Acquisition
Corp
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3.1
Organization and Standing
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3.2
Corporate Authority
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3.3
Broker’s and Finder’s Fees
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3.4
Capitalization of Parent
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3.5
Acquisition Corp
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3.6
Validity of Shares
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3.7
SEC Reporting and Compliance
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3.8
Financial Statements
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3.9
Governmental Consents
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3.10
Compliance with Laws and Instruments
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3.11
No General Solicitation
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3.12
Binding Obligations
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3.13
Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities
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3.14
Changes
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3.15
Tax Returns and Audits
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3.16
Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA
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3.17
Litigation
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3.18
Interested Party Transactions
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3.19
Questionable Payments
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3.20
Obligations to or by Stockholders
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3.21
Assets and Contracts
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3.22
Employees
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3.23
Disclosure
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4.
Additional Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Stockholders
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5.
Conduct of Businesses Pending the Merger
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5.1
Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger
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5.2
Conduct of Business by Parent and Acquisition Corp
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6.
Additional Agreements
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6.1
Access and Information
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6.2
Additional Agreements
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6.3
Publicity
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6.4
Appointment of Directors
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7.
Conditions of Parties’ Obligations
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7.1
Company Obligations
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7.2
Parent and Acquisition Corp. Obligations
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8.
Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties
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9.
Amendment of Agreement
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10.
Definitions
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11.
Closing
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12.
Termination Prior to Closing
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12.1
Termination of Agreement
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12.2
Termination of Obligations
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13.
Miscellaneous
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13.1
Notices
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13.2
Entire Agreement
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13.3
Expenses
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13.4
Time
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13.5
Severability
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13.6
Successors and Assigns
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13.7
No Third Parties Benefited
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13.8
Counterparts
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13.9
Governing Law
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AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER AND
REORGANIZATION
THIS
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER is made and entered into effective as of March
1,
2007, by and among Ecash, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), ECSI
Acquisition Corp., a Florida corporation (“Acquisition Corp.”), which is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, and Clarity Imaging International, a Texas
corporation (the “Company”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of each of Acquisition Corp., Parent and the Company
have
determined that it is fair and in the best interests of their respective
corporations and shareholders for Acquisition Corp. to be merged with and
into
the Company (the “First Merger”), with the Company surviving the First Merger,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of Acquisition Corp. and the Board of Directors of
the
Company have approved the First Merger in accordance with the corporate laws
of
their respective states (the “State Law”), and upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, in the Articles of Merger attached as Exhibit
A
hereto
(the “First Articles of Merger”) and the Board of Directors of Parent has also
approved the First Merger, this Agreement, and the Articles of
Merger;
WHEREAS,
the requisite shareholders of Acquisition Corp. and the Company have approved,
by written consent and to the extent required by the State Law, this Agreement,
the Articles of Merger, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
including without limitation, the First Merger;
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of each of Parent and the Company have determined
that it
is fair and in the best interests of their respective corporations and
shareholders for the Company to be merged with and into the Parent immediately
following the First Merger (the “Merger”), with the Parent surviving the Merger,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of each of the Company and Parent have approved the
Merger in accordance with State Law, and upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, in the Articles of Merger attached as Exhibit
B
hereto
(“Articles of Merger”);
WHEREAS,
the requisite shareholders of Parent and the Company have approved, by written
consent and to the extent required by the State Law, this Agreement, the
Articles of Merger, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
including without limitation, the Merger;
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NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants hereinafter
set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
The Mergers.
1.1
Mergers.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the First Articles of Merger,
Acquisition Corp. shall be merged with and into the Company in accordance
with
State Law. At the effective time of the First Merger, the separate legal
existence of Acquisition Corp. shall cease, and the Company shall be the
surviving corporation in the First Merger. The Company shall then merge
with and into Parent (sometimes
hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation”),
and
thereafter the separate existence of the Company will cease. As of the Effective
Date, Parent shall succeed to all of the rights, privileges, powers and
property, including, without limitation, all rights, privileges, franchises,
patents, trademarks, licenses, registrations, bank accounts, contracts, patents,
copyrights and other assets of every kind and description of the Company
and
shall
continue its corporate existence under the laws of the State of
Delaware.
1.2
Effective Time.
The
Merger shall become effective upon the filing of the Articles of Merger with
the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The time at which the Merger
shall
become effective as aforesaid is referred to hereinafter as the “Effective
Time.”
1.3
Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Directors and Officers.
(a)
The
Articles of Incorporation of the Parent, as in effect immediately prior to
the
Effective Time, shall continue as the Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation from and after the Effective Time until further amended in
accordance with applicable law.
(b)
The
Bylaws of the Parent, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time,
attached as Exhibit
C
hereto,
shall continue as the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation from and after
the
Effective Time until amended in accordance with applicable law, the Articles
of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and such Bylaws.
(c)
The
directors and officers listed in Exhibit
D
shall be
the directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation, and each shall hold
his
respective office or offices from and after the Effective Time, until his
successor shall have been elected and shall have qualified in accordance
with
applicable law, or as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation
or
Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
1.4
Assets and Liabilities.
At the
Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall possess all the rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of a public as well as of a private nature,
and be subject to all the restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of
Acquisition Corp. and the Company (collectively, the “Constituent
Corporations”); and all the rights, privileges, powers and franchises of each of
the Constituent Corporations, and all property, real, personal and mixed,
and
all debts due to any of the constituent corporations on whatever account,
as
well for stock subscriptions as all other things in action or belonging to
each
of the Constituent Corporations, shall be vested in the Surviving Corporation;
and all property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises, and all and
every
other interest shall be thereafter as effectively the property of the Surviving
Corporation as they were of the several and respective Constituent Corporations,
and the title to any real estate vested by deed or otherwise in either of
such
Constituent Corporations shall not revert or be in any way impaired by the
Merger; but all rights of creditors and all liens upon any property of any
of
the Constituent Corporations shall be preserved unimpaired, and all debts,
liabilities and duties of the Constituent Corporations shall thenceforth
attach
to the Surviving Corporation, and may be enforced against it to the same
extent
as if said debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted
by
it.
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1.5
Manner and Basis of Converting Shares.
(a)
At
the Effective Time:
(i)
each
share of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of Acquisition Corp. that
shall be outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue
of
the First Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof,
be
converted into one (1) share of common stock, $0.10 par value per share,
of the
Company, so that at the effective time of the First Merger, Parent shall
be the
holder of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company;
(ii)
the
shares of common stock, $0.10 par value per share, of the Company (the “Company
Common Stock”), which shares at the Closing will constitute all of the issued
and outstanding Equity Securities of Company, beneficially owned by the Company
Stockholder, shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the
part
of the holders thereof, be converted into 52,260,000 [equal to 87.1% of the
issued and outstanding shares of the Parent] so that the number of shares
of
Parent Common Stock specified in Schedule
1.5
will be
issued to each of the Company Stockholder, which shall be equal to 52,260,000
shares of Parent Common Stock for each (1) share of Company Common Stock
(the
“Merger Consideration”). Each certificate evidencing shares represented by the
Merger Consideration issued pursuant to this Section 1.5(a)(ii) shall bear
the
following legend (in addition to any legend required under applicable state
securities laws):
“THE
SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT COVERING SUCH SECURITIES, THE SALE IS MADE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT, OR THE CORPORATION RECEIVES AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO
THE
CORPORATION STATING THAT SUCH SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR HYPOTHECATION
IS
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH
ACT.”
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(iii)
there will be no Equity Security that converts into shares of Parent Common
Stock outstanding or issuable at the Effective Time;
(iv)
each
share of Company Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in the Merger and cease to
exist.
(b)
After
the Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers on
the
stock transfer books of the Company of the shares of Company Common Stock
that
were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
1.6
Surrender and Exchange of Certificates.
Promptly after the Effective Time and upon (i) surrender of a certificate
or
certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock that were outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time or an affidavit and indemnification
in
form reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Parent stating that such
Stockholder has lost its certificate or certificates or that such certificates
have been destroyed and (ii) delivery of a Letter of Transmittal (as described
in Section 4 hereof), Parent (directly or through its transfer agent) shall
issue to each record holder of the Company Common Stock surrendering such
certificate or certificates and Letter of Transmittal, a certificate or
certificates registered in the name of such Stockholder representing the
number
of shares of Parent Common Stock that such Stockholder shall be entitled
to
receive as set forth in Sections 1.5(a)(ii) and 1.5(a)(iii) hereof. Until
the
certificate, certificates or affidavit is or are surrendered together with
the
Letter of Transmittal as contemplated by this Section 1.6 and Section 4 hereof,
each certificate or affidavit that immediately prior to the Effective Time
represented any outstanding shares of Company Common Stock shall be deemed
at
and after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon
surrender as aforesaid the Parent Common Stock specified in Schedule
1.5
hereof
for the holder thereof or to perfect any rights of appraisal which such holder
may have pursuant to the applicable provisions of State Law.
1.7
Parent Common Stock.
Parent
agrees that it will cause the Parent Common Stock into which the Company
Common
Stock is converted at the Effective Time pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(ii) to
be
available for such purpose. Parent further covenants that immediately prior
to
the Effective Time there will be no more than 21,244,114 shares of Parent
Common
Stock issued and outstanding, and that no other Equity Securities shall be
issued, issuable or outstanding.
2.
Representations and Warranties of the Company.
The
Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Acquisition Corp. as
follows:
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2.1
Organization, Standing, Subsidiaries, Etc.
(a)
The
Company is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under
the
laws of the State of Texas, and has all requisite power and authority (corporate
and other) to carry on its business, to own or lease its properties and assets,
to enter into the Merger Documents and to carry out the terms thereof. The
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company are in full force and
effect.
(b)
The
Company has no subsidiaries or direct or indirect interest (by way of stock
ownership or otherwise) in any firm, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, association or business.
2.2
Qualification.
The
Company is duly qualified to conduct business as a foreign corporation and
is in
good standing in each jurisdiction wherein the nature of its activities or
its
properties owned or leased makes such qualification necessary, except where
the
failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities, business
operations, results of operations or prospects of the Company taken as a
whole
(the “Condition of the Company”).
2.3
Capitalization of the Company.
The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 1,000,000. The Company
has
no authority to issue any other capital stock. There are 1,000 shares of
Company
Common Stock issued and outstanding, and such shares are duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Company has no outstanding
warrants, stock options, rights or commitments to issue Company Common Stock,
or
other Equity Securities of the Company, and there are no outstanding securities
convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for Company Common Stock
or
other Equity Securities of the Company.
2.4
Company Stockholders.
The
Company Stockholder is the sole record owner of all of the outstanding shares
of
Company Common Stock and there are no other outstanding Equity Securities
of the
Company. There is no voting trust, agreement or arrangement among any of
the
beneficial holders of Company Common Stock affecting the exercise of the
voting
rights of Company Common Stock.
2.5
Corporate Acts and Proceedings.
The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the First Articles
of
Merger and the Articles of Merger (together, the “Merger Documents”) have been
duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company and, to the extent
required by the State Law, have been approved by the requisite vote of the
Company Stockholder, and all of the corporate acts and other proceedings
required for the due and valid authorization, execution, delivery and
performance of the Merger Documents and the consummation of the Merger have
been
validly and appropriately taken, except for the filing of the Articles of
Merger
and the First Articles of Merger, which shall be filed upon or promptly after
the Closing.
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2.6
Compliance with Laws and Instruments.
To the
knowledge of the Company, the business, products and operations of the Company
have been and are being conducted in compliance in all material respects
with
all applicable laws, rules and regulations, except for such violations thereof
for which the penalties, in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse
effect on the Condition of the Company. The execution, delivery and performance
by the Company of the Merger Documents and the consummation by the Company
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement: (a) will not require any
authorization, consent or approval of, or filing or registration with, any
court
or governmental agency or instrumentality, except such as shall have been
obtained prior to the Closing, (b) will not cause the Company to violate
or
contravene in any material respect (i) any provision of law, (ii) any rule
or
regulation of any agency or government, (iii) any order, judgment or decree
of
any court, or (iv) any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws
of
the Company, (c) will not violate or be in conflict with, result in a breach
of
or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) a default
under, any indenture, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, mortgage,
security agreement or other contract, agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its properties is bound
or
affected, except as would not have a material adverse effect on the Condition
of
the Company, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any
material Lien upon any property or asset of the Company.
2.7
Binding Obligations.
The
Merger Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Company and are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
respective terms, except as such enforcement is limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity.
2.8
Broker’s and Finder’s Fees.
No
commission, fee or other compensation as a finder or broker, or in any similar
capacity, is payable as a result of the transactions contemplated
herein.
2.9
Financial Statements.
Attached hereto as Schedule
2.9
are the
Company’s Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of operations, Consolidated
Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Consolidated Statement of Cash
Flows as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005
(the
“Financial Statements”). Such financial statements (i) are in accordance with
the books and records of the Company, (ii) present fairly in all material
respects the financial condition of the Company at the dates therein specified
and the results of its operations and changes in financial position for the
periods therein specified and (iii) have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a basis consistent
with prior accounting periods.
2.10
Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities.
The
Company has no material obligation or liability (whether accrued, absolute,
contingent, liquidated or otherwise, whether due or to become due), arising
out
of any transaction entered into at or prior to the Closing, except (a) as
disclosed in the Financial Statements or arising in the ordinary course of
business.
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2.11
Changes.
Since
December 31, 2006, except as otherwise disclosed in the Financial Statements,
the Company has not (a) incurred any debts, obligations or liabilities,
absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise, whether due or to become due,
except
for fees, expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with the Merger
and
related transactions and current liabilities incurred in the usual and ordinary
course of business, (b) discharged or satisfied any Liens other than those
securing, or paid any obligation or liability other than, current liabilities
shown on the Balance Sheet and current liabilities incurred since the Balance
Sheet Date, in each case in the usual and ordinary course of business, (c)
mortgaged, pledged or subjected to Lien any of its assets, tangible or
intangible, other than in the usual and ordinary course of business, (d)
sold,
transferred or leased any of its assets, except in the usual and ordinary
course
of business, (e) cancelled or compromised any debt or claim, or waived or
released any right, of material value, (f) suffered any physical damage,
destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) materially and
adversely affecting the Condition of the Company, or (g) entered into any
transaction other than in the usual and ordinary course of
business.
2.12
Title to Property and Encumbrances.
The
Company has good, valid and indefeasible marketable title to all properties
and
assets used in the conduct of its business (except for property held under
valid
and subsisting leases which are in full force and effect and which are not
in
default) free of all Liens and other encumbrances, except Permitted Liens
and
such ordinary and customary imperfections of title, restrictions and
encumbrances as do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially detract
from the value of the property or assets or materially impair the use made
thereof by the Company in its business. Without limiting the generality of
the
foregoing, the Company has good and indefeasible title to all of its properties
and assets reflected in the Financial Statements, except for property disposed
of in the usual and ordinary course of business since December 31, 2006 and
for
property held under valid and subsisting leases which are in full force and
effect and which are not in default.
2.13
Litigation.
There
is no legal action, suit, arbitration or other legal, administrative or other
governmental proceeding pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company or its properties, assets or
business, and after reasonable investigation, the Company is not aware of
any
incident, transaction, occurrence or circumstance that might reasonably be
expected to result in or form the basis for any such action, suit, arbitration
or other proceeding. The Company is not in default with respect to any order,
writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any court or
any
governmental agency or instrumentality or arbitration authority.
2.14
Disclosure.
There
is no fact relating to the Company that the Company has not disclosed to
Parent
in writing that materially and adversely affects nor, insofar as the Company
can
now foresee, will materially and adversely affect, the condition (financial
or
otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities, business operations, results
of
operations or prospects of the Company. No representation or warranty by
Company
herein and no information disclosed in the schedules or exhibits hereto by
Company contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
a
material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein
not
misleading.
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3.
Representations and Warranties of Parent and Acquisition
Corp.
Parent
and Acquisition Corp. jointly and severally represent and warrant to the
Company, as follows:
3.1
Organization and Standing.
Parent
is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws
of
the State of Delaware. Acquisition Corp. is a corporation duly organized
and
existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida. Parent
and
Acquisition Corp. have heretofore delivered to the Company complete and correct
copies of their respective Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws as now in
effect. Parent and Acquisition Corp. have full corporate power and authority
to
carry on their respective businesses as they are now being conducted and
as now
proposed to be conducted and to own or lease their respective properties
and
assets. Except as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, neither Parent nor
Acquisition Corp. has any subsidiaries (except Parent as the sole stockholder
of
Acquisition Corp.) or direct or indirect interest (by way of stock ownership
or
otherwise) in any firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association or business. Parent owns all of the issued and outstanding capital
stock of Acquisition Corp. free and clear of all Liens, and Acquisition Corp.
has no outstanding options, warrants or rights to purchase capital stock
or
other Equity Securities of Acquisition Corp., other than the capital stock
owned
by Parent. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this
Section
3 to the “Parent” shall be treated as being a reference to the Parent and
Acquisition Corp. taken together as one enterprise.
3.2
Corporate Authority.
Each of
Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. (as the case may be) has full corporate power
and authority to enter into the Merger Documents and the other agreements
to be
made pursuant to the Merger Documents, and to carry out the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. All corporate acts and proceedings required
for
the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Documents
and such other agreements and documents by Parent and/or Acquisition Corp.
(as
the case may be) have been duly and validly taken or will have been so taken
prior to the Closing. Each of the Merger Documents constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. (as the case may
be),
each enforceable against them in accordance with their respective terms,
except
as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or
other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity.
3.3
Broker’s and Finder’s Fees.
No
person, firm, corporation or other entity is entitled by reason of any act
or
omission of Parent or Acquisition Corp. to any broker’s or finder’s fees,
commission or other similar compensation with respect to the execution and
delivery of the Merger Documents, or with respect to the consummation of
the
transactions contemplated thereby. Parent and Acquisition Corp. jointly and
severally indemnify and hold Company harmless from and against any and all
loss,
claim or liability arising out of any such claim from any other Person who
claims he, she or it introduced Parent or Acquisition Corp. to, or assisted
them
with, the transactions contemplated by or described herein.
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3.4
Capitalization of Parent.
The
authorized capital stock of Parent consists of (a) 500,000,000 shares of
common
stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Parent Common Stock”), of which not more
than 21,244,114 shares will be, prior to the Effective Time, issued and
outstanding. There are no shares of preferred stock authorized. Parent has
no
outstanding options, rights or commitments, contingent or otherwise, to issue
shares of Parent Common Stock or any other Equity Security of Parent or
Acquisition Corp., and there are no outstanding securities convertible or
exercisable into or exchangeable for shares of Parent Common Stock or any
other
Equity Security of Parent or Acquisition Corp. There is no voting trust,
agreement or arrangement among any of the beneficial holders of Parent Common
Stock affecting the nomination or election of directors or the exercise of
the
voting rights of Parent Common Stock. All outstanding shares of the capital
stock of Parent are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
nonassessable, and none of such shares have been issued in violation of the
preemptive rights of any person.
3.5
Acquisition Corp.
Acquisition Corp. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent that was formed
specifically for the purpose of the Merger and that has not conducted any
business or acquired any property, and will not conduct any business or acquire
any property prior to the Closing Date, except in preparation for and otherwise
in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Documents.
Except
for Acquisition Corp., Parent has no other subsidiary that is required to
be
reported on Exhibit 21 to Parent’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB.
3.6
Validity of Shares.
The
shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued at the Closing pursuant to this
Agreement, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the
Merger
Documents shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
Based
in part on the representations and warranties of the Company Stockholder
as
contemplated by Section 4 hereof and assuming the accuracy thereof, the issuance
of the Parent Common Stock upon the Merger pursuant to this Agreement will
be
exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act and from the qualification or registration requirements of
any
applicable state blue sky or securities laws.
3.7
SEC Reporting and Compliance.
(a)
Parent filed a registration statement on Form 10-SB under the Securities
and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which became effective on
February 10, 2005 in accordance with Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and
the
rule promulgated thereunder. Since that date, Parent has filed with the
Commission all reports required to be filed by companies registered pursuant
to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
(b)
Parent has timely filed all forms, reports and documents required to be filed
by
Parent with the SEC since April 12, 2005 and provided to the Company (on
xxx.xxx) true and complete copies of all such forms, reports and documents
(collectively, the “Parent SEC Documents”) filed by the Parent with the
Commission. None of the Parent SEC Documents, as of their respective dates,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
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(c)
Parent has not filed, and nothing has occurred with respect to which Parent
would be required to file, any report on Form 8-K since February 28,
2007.
(d)
Parent is not an investment company within the meaning of Section 3 of the
Investment Company Act.
(e)Parent’s
common stock is listed on the OTCBB under the symbol ECSI.OB.
(f)
Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, Parent shall continue to satisfy
the filing requirements of the Exchange Act and all other requirements of
applicable securities laws and the OTC Bulletin Board.
(g)
To
the best knowledge of Parent, Parent has otherwise complied with the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Exchange Act and all other
applicable federal and state securities laws.
3.8
Financial Statements.
The
balance sheets, and statements of operations, statements of changes in
shareholders’ equity and statements of cash flows contained in the Parent SEC
Documents (the “Parent Financial Statements”) (i) have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior periods (and,
in
the case of unaudited financial information, on a basis consistent with year-end
audits), (ii) are in accordance with the books and records of the Parent,
and
(iii) present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of
the
Parent at the dates therein specified and the results of its operations and
changes in financial position for the periods therein specified. The financial
statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal years
ended September 30, 2006 and September 30, 2005, were audited by, and include
the related report of Parent’s independent certified public accountants.
3.9
Governmental Consents.
All
consents, approvals, orders, or authorizations of, or registrations,
qualifications, designations, declarations, or filings with any federal or
state
governmental authority on the part of Parent or Acquisition Corp. required
in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall have been obtained prior to, and be effective as of, the
Closing.
3.10
Compliance with Laws and Instruments.
The
execution, delivery and performance by Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. of
the
Merger Documents and the consummation by Parent and/or Acquisition Corp.
of the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Documents will not cause Parent and/or
Acquisition Corp. to violate or contravene (i) any provision of law, (ii)
any
rule or regulation of any agency or government, (iii) any order, judgment
or
decree of any court, or (v) any provision of their respective articles or
certificate of incorporation or Bylaws as amended and in effect on and as
of the
Closing Date and will not violate or be in conflict with, result in a breach
of
or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) a default
under
any indenture, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, security
agreement or other agreement or contract to which Parent or Acquisition Corp.
is
a party or by which Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. or any of their respective
properties is bound.
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3.11
No General Solicitation.
In
issuing Parent Common Stock in the Merger hereunder, neither Parent nor anyone
acting on its behalf has offered to sell the Parent Common Stock by any form
of
general solicitation or advertising.
3.12
Binding Obligations.
The
Merger Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Parent and Acquisition Corp., and are enforceable against the Parent and
Acquisition Corp., in accordance with their respective terms, except as such
enforcement is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity.
3.13
Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities.
Neither
Parent nor Acquisition Corp. has any obligation or liability (whether accrued,
absolute, contingent, liquidated or otherwise, whether due or to become due),
arising out of any transaction entered into at or prior to the Closing, except
(a) as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, (b) to the extent set forth
on or
reserved against in the audited balance sheet of Parent as of September 30,
2006
(the “Parent Balance Sheet”) or the Notes to the Parent Financial Statements,
(c) current liabilities incurred and obligations under agreements entered
into
in the usual and ordinary course of business since September 30, 2006 (the
“Parent Balance Sheet Date”), none of which (individually or in the aggregate)
materially and adversely affects the condition (financial or otherwise),
properties, assets, liabilities, business operations, results of operations
or
prospects of the Parent or Acquisition Corp., taken as a whole (the “Condition
of the Parent”), and (d) by the specific terms of any written agreement,
document or arrangement attached as an exhibit to the Parent SEC
Documents.
3.14
Changes.
Since
the Parent Balance Sheet Date, except as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents,
the Parent has not (a) incurred any debts, obligations or liabilities, absolute,
accrued or, to the Parent’s knowledge, contingent, whether due or to become due,
except for current liabilities incurred in the usual and ordinary course
of
business, (b) discharged or satisfied any Liens other than those securing,
or
paid any obligation or liability other than, current liabilities shown on
the
Parent Balance Sheet and current liabilities incurred since the Parent Balance
Sheet Date, in each case in the usual and ordinary course of business, (c)
mortgaged, pledged or subjected to Lien any of its assets, tangible or
intangible, other than in the usual and ordinary course of business, (d)
sold,
transferred or leased any of its assets, except in the usual and ordinary
course
of business, (e) cancelled or compromised any debt or claim, or waived or
released any right of material value, (f) suffered any physical damage,
destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) which could reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Condition of the Parent,
(g) entered into any transaction other than in the usual and ordinary course
of
business, (h) encountered any labor union difficulties, (i) made or granted
any
wage or salary increase or made any increase in the amounts payable under
any
profit sharing, bonus, deferred compensation, severance pay, insurance, pension,
retirement or other employee benefit plan, agreement or arrangement, other
than
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or entered
into any employment agreement, (j) issued or sold any shares of capital stock,
bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or granted any options (including
employee stock options), warrants or other rights with respect thereto, (k)
declared or paid any dividends on or made any other distributions with respect
to, or purchased or redeemed, any of its outstanding capital stock, (l) suffered
or experienced any change in, or condition affecting, the financial condition
of
the Parent other than changes, events or conditions in the usual and ordinary
course of its business, none of which (either by itself or in conjunction
with
all such other changes, events and conditions) could reasonably be expected
to
have a material adverse effect on the Condition of the Parent, (m) made any
change in the accounting principles, methods or practices followed by it
or
depreciation or amortization policies or rates theretofore adopted, (n) made
or
permitted any amendment or termination of any material contract, agreement
or
license to which it is a party, (o) suffered any material loss not reflected
in
the Parent Balance Sheet or its statement of income for the year ended on
the
Parent Balance Sheet Date, (p) paid, or made any accrual or arrangement for
payment of, bonuses or special compensation of any kind or any severance
or
termination pay to any present or former officer, director, employee,
stockholder or consultant, (q) made or agreed to make any charitable
contributions or incurred any non-business expenses in excess of $500 in
the
aggregate, or (r) entered into any agreement, or otherwise obligated itself,
to
do any of the foregoing.
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3.15
Tax Returns and Audits.
All
required federal, state and local Tax Returns of the Parent have been accurately
prepared in all material respects and duly and timely filed, and all federal,
state and local Taxes required to be paid with respect to the periods covered
by
such returns have been paid to the extent that the same are material and
have
become due, except where the failure so to file or pay could not reasonably
be
expected to have a material adverse effect upon the Condition of the Parent.
The
Parent is not and has not been delinquent in the payment of any Tax. The
Parent
has not had a Tax deficiency assessed against it. None of the Parent’s federal
income tax returns nor any state or local income or franchise tax returns
has
been audited by governmental authorities. The reserves for Taxes reflected
on
the Parent Balance Sheet are sufficient for the payment of all unpaid Taxes
payable by the Parent with respect to the period ended on the Parent Balance
Sheet Date. There are no federal, state, local or foreign audits, actions,
suits, proceedings, investigations, claims or administrative proceedings
relating to Taxes or any Tax Returns of the Parent now pending, and the Parent
has not received any notice of any proposed audits, investigations, claims
or
administrative proceedings relating to Taxes or any Tax Returns.
3.16
Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA.
(a)
Except as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, there are no “employee benefit
plans” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) nor any other employee benefit or
fringe benefit arrangements, practices, contracts, policies or programs other
than programs merely involving the regular payment of wages, commissions,
or
bonuses established, maintained or contributed to by the Parent. Any plans
listed in the Parent SEC Documents are hereinafter referred to as the “Parent
Employee Benefit Plans.”
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(b)
Any
current and prior material documents, including all amendments thereto, with
respect to each Parent Employee Benefit Plan have been given to the Company
or
its advisors.
(c)
All
Parent Employee Benefit Plans are in material compliance with the applicable
requirements of ERISA, the Code and any other applicable state, federal or
foreign law.
(d)
There
are no pending, or to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened, claims or
lawsuits which have been asserted or instituted against any Parent Employee
Benefit Plan, the assets of any of the trusts or funds under the Parent Employee
Benefit Plans, the plan sponsor or the plan administrator of any of the Parent
Employee Benefit Plans or against any fiduciary of a Parent Employee Benefit
Plan with respect to the operation of such plan.
(e)
There
is no pending, or to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened, investigation
or
pending or possible enforcement action by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation, the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service or any
other
government agency with respect to any Parent Employee Benefit Plan.
(f)
No
actual or, to the knowledge of Parent, contingent liability exists with respect
to the funding of any Parent Employee Benefit Plan or for any other expense
or
obligation of any Parent Employee Benefit Plan, except as disclosed on the
financial statements of the Parent or the Parent SEC Documents, and to the
knowledge of the Parent, no contingent liability exists under ERISA with
respect
to any “multi-employer plan,” as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA.
3.17
Litigation.
There
is no legal action, suit, arbitration or other legal, administrative or other
governmental proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened
against or affecting the Parent or Acquisition Corp. or their properties,
assets
or business. To the knowledge of the Parent, neither Parent nor Acquisition
Corp. is in default with respect to any order, writ, judgment, injunction,
decree, determination or award of any court or any governmental agency or
instrumentality or arbitration authority.
3.18
Interested Party Transactions.
Except
as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, no officer, director or stockholder
of
the Parent or any Affiliate or “associate” (as such term is defined in Rule 405
under the Securities Act) of any such Person or the Parent has or has had,
either directly or indirectly, (a) an interest in any Person that (i) furnishes
or sells services or products that are furnished or sold or are proposed
to be
furnished or sold by the Parent or (ii) purchases from or sells or furnishes
to
the Parent any goods or services, or (b) a beneficial interest in any contract
or agreement to which the Parent is a party or by which it may be bound or
affected.
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3.19
Questionable Payments.
Neither
the Parent, Acquisition Corp. nor to the knowledge of the Parent, any director,
officer, agent, employee or other Person associated with or acting on behalf
of
the Parent or Acquisition Corp., has used any corporate funds for unlawful
contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to government
officials or employees from corporate funds; established or maintained any
unlawful or unrecorded fund of corporate monies or other assets; made any
false
or fictitious entries on the books of record of any such corporations; or
made
any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful
payment.
3.20
Obligations to or by Stockholders.
Except
as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, the Parent has no liability or
obligation or commitment to any stockholder of Parent or any Affiliate or
“associate” (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of
any stockholder of Parent, nor does any stockholder of Parent or any such
Affiliate or associate have any liability, obligation or commitment to the
Parent.
3.21
Assets and Contracts.
Except
as expressly set forth in a schedule to this Agreement, the Parent Balance
Sheet
or the notes thereto, the Parent is not a party to any written or oral agreement
not made in the ordinary course of business that is material to the Parent.
Parent does not own any real property. Parent is not a party to or otherwise
barred by any written or oral (a) agreement with any labor union, (b) agreement
for the purchase of fixed assets or for the purchase of materials, supplies
or
equipment in excess of normal operating requirements, (c) agreement for the
employment of any officer, individual employee or other Person on a full-time
basis or any agreement with any Person for consulting services, (d) bonus,
pension, profit sharing, retirement, stock purchase, stock option, deferred
compensation, medical, hospitalization or life insurance or similar plan,
contract or understanding with respect to any or all of the employees of
Parent
or any other Person, (e) indenture, loan or credit agreement, note agreement,
deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, promissory note or other agreement
or instrument relating to or evidencing Indebtedness for Borrowed Money or
subjecting any asset or property of Parent to any Lien or evidencing any
Indebtedness, (f) guaranty of any Indebtedness, (g) lease or agreement under
which Parent is lessee of or holds or operates any property, real or personal,
owned by any other Person, (h) lease or agreement under which Parent is lessor
or permits any Person to hold or operate any property, real or personal,
owned
or controlled by Parent, (i) agreement granting any preemptive right, right
of
first refusal or similar right to any Person, (j) agreement or arrangement
with
any Affiliate or any “associate” (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) of Parent or any present or former officer, director or
stockholder of Parent, (k) agreement obligating Parent to pay any royalty
or
similar charge for the use or exploitation of any tangible or intangible
property, (1) covenant not to compete or other restriction on its ability
to
conduct a business or engage in any other activity, (m) distributor, dealer,
manufacturer’s representative, sales agency, franchise or advertising contract
or commitment, (n) agreement to register securities under the Securities
Act,
(o) collective bargaining agreement, or (p) agreement or other commitment
or
arrangement with any Person continuing for a period of more than two months
from
the Closing Date that involves an expenditure or receipt by Parent in excess
of
$1,000. The Parent maintains no insurance policies and insurance coverage
of any
kind with respect to Parent, its business, premises, properties, assets,
employees and agents. Schedule
3.21
contains
a true and complete list and description of each bank account, savings account,
other deposit relationship and safety deposit box of Parent, including the
name
of the bank or other depository, the account number and the names of the
individuals having signature or other withdrawal authority with respect thereto.
Except as disclosed on Schedule
3.21,
no
consent of any bank or other depository is required to maintain any bank
account, other deposit relationship or safety deposit box of Parent in effect
following the consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated
hereby. Parent has furnished to the Company true and complete copies of all
agreements and other documents disclosed or referred to in Schedule
3.21
or the
Parent Balance Sheet or the notes thereto, as well as any additional agreements
or documents, requested by the Company.
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3.22
Employees.
Neither
Parent nor any subsidiary of Parent has any employees. Neither Parent nor
any
subsidiary of Parent is under any obligation or liability to any officer,
director, employee or Affiliate of Parent or any subsidiary of
Parent.
3.23
Disclosure.
There
is no fact relating to Parent that Parent has not disclosed to the Company
in
writing that materially and adversely affects nor, insofar as Parent can
now
foresee, will materially and adversely affect, the condition (financial or
otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities, business operations, results
of
operations or prospects of Parent. No representation or warranty by Parent
herein and no information disclosed in the schedules or exhibits hereto by
Parent contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
a
material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein
not
misleading.
4.
Additional
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Company Stockholder. Promptly
after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause to be delivered to the holder
of
record of Company Common Stock that was converted pursuant to Section 1.5
hereof
into the right to receive Parent Common Stock a letter of transmittal which
shall contain additional representations, warranties and covenants of such
Stockholder, including, without limitation, that (i) such Stockholder has
full
right, power and authority to deliver such Company Common Stock and Letter
of
Transmittal, (ii) the delivery of such Company Common Stock will not violate
or
be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under,
any
indenture, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement
or other agreement or instrument to which such Stockholder is bound or affected,
(iii) such Stockholder has good, valid and marketable title to all shares
of
Company Common Stock indicated in such Letter of Transmittal and that such
Stockholder is not affected by any voting trust, agreement or arrangement
affecting the voting rights of such Company Common Stock, (iv) such Stockholder
is acquiring Parent Common Stock for investment purposes, and not with a
view to
selling or otherwise distributing such Parent Common Stock in violation of
the
Securities Act or the securities laws of any state, and (v) such Stockholder
has
had an opportunity to ask and receive answers to any questions such Stockholder
may have had concerning the terms and conditions of the Merger and the Parent
Common Stock and has obtained any additional information that such Stockholder
has requested. Delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to
the
Parent Common Stock shall pass, only upon delivery to the Parent (or an agent
of
the Parent) of (x) certificates evidencing ownership thereof as contemplated
by
Section 1.6 hereof (or affidavit of lost certificate), and (y) the Letter
of
Transmittal containing the representations, warranties and covenants
contemplated by this Section 4.
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5.
Conduct of Businesses Pending the Merger.
5.1
Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger.
Prior
to the Effective Time, unless Parent or Acquisition Corp. shall otherwise
agree
in writing or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement:
(a)
the
business of the Company shall be conducted only in the ordinary
course;
(b)
the
Company shall not (i) directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise
acquire or agree to redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of its
capital stock; (ii) amend its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; or (iii)
split, combine or reclassify the outstanding Company Common Stock or declare,
set aside or pay any dividend payable in cash, stock or property or make
any
distribution with respect to any such stock;
(c)
the
Company shall not (i) issue or agree to issue any additional shares of, or
options, warrants or rights of any kind to acquire any shares of, Company
Common
Stock; (ii) acquire or dispose of any fixed assets or acquire or dispose
of any
other substantial assets other than in the ordinary course of business; (iii)
incur additional Indebtedness or any other liabilities or enter into any
other
transaction other than in the ordinary course of business; (iv) enter into
any
contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect to any of the
foregoing; or (v) except as contemplated by this Agreement, enter into any
contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement to dissolve, merge, consolidate
or enter into any other material business combination;
(d)
the
Company shall use its best efforts to preserve intact the business organization
of the Company, to keep available the service of its present officers and
key
employees, and to preserve the good will of those having business relationships
with it;
(e)
the
Company will not, nor will it authorize any director or authorize or permit
any
officer or employee or any attorney, accountant or other representative retained
by it to, make, solicit, encourage any inquiries with respect to, or engage
in
any negotiations concerning, any Acquisition Proposal (as defined below).
The
Company will promptly advise Parent orally and in writing of any such inquiries
or proposals (or requests for information) and the substance thereof. As
used in
this paragraph, “Acquisition Proposal” shall mean any proposal for a merger or
other business combination involving the Company or for the acquisition of
a
substantial equity interest in it or any material assets of it other than
as
contemplated by this Agreement. The Company will immediately cease and cause
to
be terminated any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any
person conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing;
and
(f)
the
Company will not enter into any new employment agreements with any of its
officers or employees or grant any increases in the compensation or benefits
of
its officers and employees other than increases in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practice or amend any employee benefit
plan or
arrangement.
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5.2
Conduct of Business by Parent and Acquisition Corp.
Pending
the Merger, prior to the Effective Time, unless the Company shall otherwise
agree in writing or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement:
(a)
the
business of Parent and Acquisition Corp. shall be conducted only in the ordinary
course; provided, however, that Parent shall take the steps necessary to
have
discontinued its existing business without liability, including tax liability,
to Parent or Acquisition Corp., prior to the Closing Date;
(b)
neither Parent nor Acquisition Corp. shall (A) directly or indirectly redeem,
purchase or otherwise acquire or agree to redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire
any shares of its capital stock; (B) amend its articles or certificate of
incorporation or Bylaws; or (C) split, combine or reclassify its capital
stock
or declare, set aside or pay any dividend payable in cash, stock or property
or
make any distribution with respect to such stock; and
(c)
neither Parent nor Acquisition Corp. shall (A) issue or agree to issue any
additional shares of, or options, warrants or rights of any kind to acquire
shares of, its capital stock; (B) acquire or dispose of any assets other
than in
the ordinary course of business (except for dispositions in connection with
Section 5.2(a) hereof); (C) incur additional Indebtedness or any other
liabilities or enter into any other transaction except in the ordinary course
of
business; (D) enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement
with
respect to any of the foregoing, or (E) except as contemplated by this
Agreement, enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement
to
dissolve, merge; consolidate or enter into any other material business contract
or enter into any negotiations in connection therewith.
(d)
neither Parent nor Acquisition Corp. will, nor will they authorize any director
or authorize or permit any officer or employee or any attorney, accountant
or
other representative retained by them to, make, solicit, encourage any inquiries
with respect to, or engage in any negotiations concerning, any Acquisition
Proposal (as defined below for purposes of this paragraph). Parent will promptly
advise the Company orally and in writing of any such inquiries or proposals
(or
requests for information) and the substance thereof. As used in this paragraph,
“Acquisition Proposal” shall mean any proposal for a merger or other business
combination involving the Parent or Acquisition Corp. or for the acquisition
of
a substantial equity interest in either of them or any material assets of
either
of them other than as contemplated by this Agreement. Parent will immediately
cease and cause to be terminated any existing activities, discussions or
negotiations with any person conducted heretofore with respect to any of
the
foregoing; and
(e)
neither the Parent nor Acquisition Corp. will enter into any new employment
agreements with any of their officers or employees or grant any increases
in the
compensation or benefits of their officers or employees.
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6.
Additional Agreements.
6.1
Access and Information.
The
Company, Parent and Acquisition Corp. shall each afford to the other and
to the
other’s accountants, counsel and other representatives full access during normal
business hours throughout the period prior to the Effective Time of all of
its
properties, books, contracts, commitments and records (including but not
limited
to tax returns) and during such period, each shall furnish promptly to the
other
all information concerning its business, properties and personnel as such
other
party may reasonably request; provided, that no investigation pursuant to
this
Section 6.1 shall affect any representations or warranties made herein. Each
party shall hold, and shall cause its employees and agents to hold, in
confidence all such information (other than such information which (i) is
already in such party’s possession or (ii) becomes generally available to the
public other than as a result of a disclosure by such party or its directors,
officers, managers, employees, agents or advisors, or (iii) becomes available
to
such party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than a party hereto
or its advisors, provided that such source is not known by such party to
be
bound by a confidentiality agreement with or other obligation of secrecy
to a
party hereto or another party until such time as such information is otherwise
publicly available; provided, however, that (A) any such information may
be
disclosed to such party’s directors, officers, employees and representatives of
such party’s advisors who need to know such information for the purpose of
evaluating the transactions contemplated hereby (it being understood that
such
directors, officers, employees and representatives shall be informed by such
party of the confidential nature of such information), (B) any disclosure
of
such information may be made as to which the party hereto furnishing such
information has consented in writing, and (C) any such information may be
disclosed pursuant to a judicial, administrative or governmental order or
request; provided, however, that the requested party will promptly so notify
the
other party so that the other party may seek a protective order or appropriate
remedy and/or waive compliance with this Agreement and if such protective
order
or other remedy is not obtained or the other party waives compliance with
this
provision, the requested party will furnish only that portion of such
information which is legally required and will exercise its best efforts
to
obtain a protective order or other reliable assurance that confidential
treatment will be accorded the information furnished). If this Agreement
is
terminated, each party will deliver to the other all documents and other
materials (including copies) obtained by such party or on its behalf from
the
other party as a result of this Agreement or in connection herewith, whether
so
obtained before or after the execution hereof.
6.2
Additional Agreements.
Subject
to the terms and conditions herein provided, each of the parties hereto agrees
to use its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken,
all
action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable
under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using its commercially
reasonable efforts to satisfy the conditions precedent to the obligations
of any
of the parties hereto to obtain all necessary waivers, and to lift any
injunction or other legal bar to the Merger (and, in such case, to proceed
with
the Merger as expeditiously as possible). In order to obtain any necessary
governmental or regulatory action or non-action, waiver, consent, extension
or
approval, each of Parent, Acquisition Corp. and the Company agrees to take
all
reasonable actions and to enter into all reasonable agreements as may be
necessary to obtain timely governmental or regulatory approvals and to take
such
further action in connection therewith as may be necessary. In case at any
time
after the Effective Time any further action is necessary or desirable to
carry
out the purposes of this Agreement, the proper officers and/or directors
of
Parent, Acquisition Corp. and the Company shall take all such necessary
action.
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6.3
Publicity.
No
party shall issue any press release or public announcement pertaining to
the
Merger that has not been agreed upon in advance by Parent and the Company,
except as Parent reasonably determines to be necessary in order to comply
with
the rules of the Commission or of the principal trading exchange or market
for
Parent Common Stock; provided, that in such case Parent will use its best
efforts to allow the Company to review and reasonably approve any press release
or public announcement prior to its release.
6.4
Appointment of Directors.
Parent
shall accept the resignation of the current officers and directors of Parent
as
provided by Section 7.2(e)(2) hereof, and shall cause the persons listed
as
directors in Exhibit
E
hereto
to be elected and appointed to the Board of Directors of Parent, in each
case
immediately upon the Effective Time, except that the resignation and appointment
of certain directors shall be delayed until compliance with Section 14(f)
of the
Exchange Act, and the rules promulgated thereunder, is obtained. At the first
annual meeting of Parent stockholders and thereafter, the election of members
of
Parent’s Board of Directors shall be accomplished in accordance with the Bylaws
of Parent.
7.
Conditions of Parties’ Obligations.
7.1
Company Obligations.
The
obligations of Parent and Acquisition Corp. under the Merger Documents are
subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing of the following
conditions, any of which may be waived, in whole or in part, by
Parent.
(a)
No
Errors, etc. The representations and warranties of the Company under this
Agreement shall be deemed to have been made again on the Closing Date and
shall
then be true and correct in all material respects.
(b)
Compliance with Agreement. The Company shall have performed and complied
in all
material respects with all agreements and conditions required by this Agreement
to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing
Date.
(c)
No
Default or Adverse Change. There shall not exist on the Closing Date any
Default
or Event of Default or any event or condition that, with the giving of notice
or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Default or Event of Default, and
since the Balance Sheet Date, there shall have been no material adverse change
in the Condition of the Company.
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(d)
Officer’s Certificate. The chief executive officer of the Company shall have
delivered to Parent a certificate certifying that the conditions specified
in
Sections (a), (b) and (c) above have been fulfilled.
(e)
No
Restraining Action. No action or proceeding before any court, governmental
body
or agency shall have been threatened, asserted or instituted to restrain
or
prohibit, or to obtain substantial damages in respect of, the Merger Documents
or the carrying out of the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Documents.
(f)
Supporting Documents. Parent and Acquisition Corp. shall have received the
following:
(1)
Copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company and the Company
Stockholder authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance
of
the Merger Documents and all other documents and instruments to be delivered
pursuant hereto and thereto.
(2)
Such
additional supporting documentation and other information with respect to
the
transactions contemplated hereby as Parent and Acquisition Corp. may reasonably
request.
(g)
Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings and actions
taken
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all certificates,
opinions, agreements, instruments and documents mentioned herein or incident
to
any such transactions shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to
Parent and Acquisition Corp. The Company shall furnish to Parent and Acquisition
Corp. such supporting documentation and evidence of the satisfaction of any
or
all of the conditions precedent specified in this Section 7.1 as Parent or
its
counsel may reasonably request.
7.2
Parent and Acquisition Corp. Obligations.
The
obligations of the Company under the Merger Documents are subject to the
fulfillment at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions, and of
which
may be waived, in whole or in part, by the Company:
(a)
No
Errors, etc. The representations and warranties of Parent and Acquisition
Corp.
under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been made again on the Closing
Date
and shall then be true and correct in all material respects.
(b)
Compliance with Agreement. Parent and Acquisition Corp. shall have performed
and
complied in all material respects with all agreements and conditions required
by
the Merger Documents to be performed or complied with by them on or before
the
Closing Date.
(c)
No
Default or Adverse Change. There shall not exist on the Closing Date any
Default
or Event of Default or any event or condition, that with the giving of notice
or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Default of Event of Default, and
since the Parent Balance Sheet Date, there shall have been no material adverse
change in the Condition of the Parent.
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(d)
Officer’s Certificate. The chief executive officer of Parent shall have
delivered to the Company a certificate certifying that the conditions specified
in Sections (a), (b) and (c) above have been fulfilled.
(d)
No
Restraining Action. No action or proceeding before any court, governmental
body
or agency shall have been threatened, asserted or instituted to restrain
or
prohibit, or to obtain substantial damages in respect of, the Merger Documents
or the carrying out of the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Documents.
(e)
Supporting Documents. The Company shall have received the
following:
(1)
Copies of resolutions of Parent’s and Acquisition Corp.’s respective boards of
directors and the sole shareholder of Acquisition Corp. and the shareholders
of
Parent authorizing and approving, to the extent applicable, the execution,
delivery and performance of the Merger Documents.
(2)
the
executed resignations of all directors and officers of Parent, with the officer
resignation to take effect at the Effective Time, with the appointment of
the
designees of the Company for President, Secretary, Treasurer and CEO, Principle
Financial Officer, Principle Accounting Officer of Parent, and the designees
of
the Company, for directors, and the resignation of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, as
director, to take effect upon compliance with Section 14(f) of the Exchange
Act
and rules promulgated thereunder.
(3)
Such
additional supporting documentation and other information with respect to
the
transactions contemplated hereby as the Company may reasonably
request.
(f)
Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings and actions
taken
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all certificates,
opinions, agreements, instruments and documents mentioned herein or incident
to
any such transactions shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the
Company. Parent and Acquisition Corp. shall furnish to the Company such
supporting documentation and evidence of satisfaction of any or all of the
conditions specified in this Section 7.2 as the Company may reasonably
request.
8.
Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties of the parties made in Sections 2 and 3 of
this
Agreement (including the Schedules to the Agreement which are hereby
incorporated by reference) shall survive for one (1) year beyond the Effective
Time. This Section 8 shall not limit any claim for fraud or any covenant
or
agreement of the parties which by its terms contemplates performance after
the
Effective Time.
9.
Amendment of Agreement.
The
Merger Documents may be amended or modified at any time in all respects by
an
instrument in writing executed (i) in the case of this Agreement by the parties
hereto; and (ii) in the case of the First Articles of Merger or the Articles
of
Merger by the respective parties thereto.
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10.
Definitions.
Unless
the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Section 10 shall
have
the meanings herein specified for all purposes of this Agreement, applicable
to
both the singular and plural forms of
any
of
the terms herein defined.
“Acquisition
Corp.” means ECSI Acquisition Corp., a Florida corporation.
“Affiliate”
shall mean any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled
by, or
is under common control with, the indicated Person.
“Agreement”
shall mean this Agreement.
“Articles
of Merger” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the fifth recital
hereof.
“Code”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commission”
shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Company”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in the preamble hereof.
“Company
Stockholder” shall mean the stockholder listed on Schedule 2.4.
“Default”
shall mean a default or failure in the due observance or performance of any
covenant, condition or agreement on the part of the Company, Parent, or
Acquisition Corp. to be observed or performed under the terms of this Agreement,
or any Merger Document, if such default or failure in performance shall remain
unremedied for five (5) days.
“Equity
Security” shall mean any stock or similar security of an issuer or any security
(whether stock or Indebtedness for Borrowed Money) convertible, with or without
consideration, into any stock or similar equity security, or any security
(whether stock or Indebtedness for Borrowed Money) carrying any warrant or
right
to subscribe to or purchase any stock or similar security, or any such warrant
or right.
“Exchange
Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Event
of
Default” shall mean (a) the failure of the Company, Parent, or Acquisition Corp.
to pay any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money, or any interest or premium thereon,
within five (5) days after the same shall become due, whether such Indebtedness
shall become due by scheduled maturity, by required prepayment, by acceleration,
by demand or otherwise, (b) an event of default under any agreement or
instrument evidencing or securing or relating to any such Indebtedness, or
(c)
the failure of the Company, Parent, or Acquisition Corp. to perform or observe
any material term, covenant, agreement or condition on its part to be performed
or observed under any agreement or instrument evidencing or securing or relating
to any such Indebtedness when such term, covenant or agreement is required
to be
performed or observed.
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“First
Articles of Merger” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the second recital
hereof.
“Indebtedness”
shall mean any obligation of the Company, Parent, or Acquisition Corp. which
under generally accepted accounting principles is required to be shown on
the
balance sheet of the Company, Parent, or Acquisition Corp., respectively,
as a
liability. Any obligation secured by a Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds
of production from, property of the Company, Parent, or Acquisition Corp.,
shall
be deemed to be Indebtedness of the respective entity even though such
obligation is not assumed by the such entity.
“Indebtedness
for Borrowed Money” shall mean (a) all Indebtedness in respect of money borrowed
including, without limitation, Indebtedness which represents the unpaid amount
of the purchase price of any property and is incurred in lieu of borrowing
money
or using available funds to pay such amounts and not constituting an account
payable or expense accrual incurred or assumed in the ordinary course of
business of the Company, Parent, or Acquisition Corp., respectively, (b)
all
Indebtedness evidenced by a promissory note, bond or similar written obligation
to pay money of the Company, Parent, or Acquisition Corp., respectively ,or
(c)
all such Indebtedness guaranteed by the of the Company, Parent, or Acquisition
Corp., respectively, or for which the of the Company, Parent, or Acquisition
Corp., respectively, is otherwise contingently liable.
“Investment
Company Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
“knowledge”
and “know” means, when referring to any person or entity, the actual knowledge
of such person or entity of a particular matter or fact, and what that person
or
entity would have reasonably known after due inquiry. An entity will be deemed
to have “knowledge” of a particular fact or other matter if any individual who
is serving, or who has served, as an executive officer of such entity has
actual
“knowledge” of such fact or other matter, or had actual “knowledge” during the
time of such service of such fact or other matter, or would have had “knowledge”
of such particular fact or matter after due inquiry.
“Lien”
shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or
charge
of any kind, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other
title
retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and the filing of or
agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of
any jurisdiction and including any lien or charge arising by statute or other
law.
“Merger”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in the first recital
hereof.
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“Parent”
shall mean Ecash, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Parent
Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
“Permitted
Liens” shall mean (a) Liens for taxes and assessments or governmental charges or
levies not at the time due or in respect of which the validity thereof shall
currently be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (b) Liens
in
respect of pledges or deposits under workmen’s compensation laws or similar
legislation, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, laborers’ and materialmens’
and similar Liens, if the obligations secured by such Liens are not then
delinquent or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
and
(c) Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company that were
not
incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances
or credits and which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the
value
of its property or materially impair the use made thereof by the Company
in its
business.
“Person”
shall include all natural persons, corporations, business trusts, associations,
limited liability companies, partnerships, joint ventures and other entities
and
governments and agencies and political subdivisions.
“Securities
Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Tax”
or
“Taxes” shall mean (a) any and all taxes, assessments, customs, duties, levies,
fees, tariffs, imposts, deficiencies and other governmental charges of any
kind
whatsoever (including, but not limited to, taxes on or with respect to net
or
gross income, franchise, profits, gross receipts, capital, sales, use, ad
valorem, value added, transfer, real property transfer, transfer gains, transfer
taxes, inventory, capital stock, license, payroll, employment, social security,
unemployment, severance, occupation, real or personal property, estimated
taxes,
rent, excise, occupancy, recordation, bulk transfer, intangibles, alternative
minimum, doing business, withholding and stamp), together with any interest
thereon, penalties, fines, damages costs, fees, additions to tax or additional
amounts with respect thereto, imposed by the United States (federal, state
or
local) or other applicable jurisdiction; (b) any liability for the payment
of
any amounts described in clause (a) as a result of being a member of an
affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar group or as a result
of
transferor or successor liability, including, without limitation, by reason
of
Regulation section 1.1502-6; and (c) any liability for the payments of any
amounts as a result of being a party to any Tax Sharing Agreement or as a
result
of any express or implied obligation to indemnify any other Person with respect
to the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (a) or
(b).
“Tax
Return” shall include all returns and reports (including elections,
declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns
(including Form 1099 and partnership returns filed on Form 1065) required
to be
supplied to a Tax authority relating to Taxes.
11.
Closing.
The
closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall occur on February __, 2007,
concurrently with the Effective Time (the “Closing Date”). The Closing shall
occur at the offices of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
referred to in Section 13.1 hereof. Parent will deliver at such Closing to
the
Company the officers’ certificate referred to in Section 7.2 hereof and the
Company will deliver to Parent the officers’ certificate referred to in Section
7.1 hereof. All of the other documents, certificates and agreements referenced
in Section 7 will also be executed and delivered as described therein. At
the
Effective Time, all actions to be taken at the Closing shall be deemed to
be
taken simultaneously.
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12.
Termination Prior to Closing.
12.1
Termination of Agreement.
This
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:
(a)
By
the mutual written consent of the Company, Acquisition Corp. and
Parent;
(b)
By
the Company, if Parent or Acquisition Corp. (i) fails to perform in any material
respect any of its agreements contained herein required to be performed by
it on
or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) materially breaches any of its
representations, warranties or covenants contained herein, which failure
or
breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after the Company has notified
Parent and Acquisition Corp. of its intent to terminate this Agreement pursuant
to this paragraph (b);
(c)
By
Parent and Acquisition Corp., if the Company (i) fails to perform in any
material respect any of its agreements contained herein required to be performed
by it on or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) materially breach any of its
representations, warranties or covenants contained herein, which failure
or
breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after Parent or Acquisition Corp.
has notified the Company of its intent to terminate this Agreement pursuant
to
this paragraph (c);
(d)
By
either the Company, on the one hand, or Parent and Acquisition Corp., on
the
other hand, if there shall be any order, writ, injunction or decree of any
court
or governmental or regulatory agency binding on Parent, Acquisition Corp.
or the
Company, which prohibits or materially restrains any of them from consummating
the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, that the parties hereto shall
have used their best efforts to have any such order, writ, injunction or
decree
lifted and the same shall not have been lifted within ninety (90) days after
entry, by any such court or governmental or regulatory agency; or
(e)
By
either the Company, on the one hand, or Parent and Acquisition Corp., on
the
other hand, if the Closing has not occurred on or prior to March 1, 2007,
for
any reason other than delay or nonperformance of the party seeking such
termination.
12.2
Termination of Obligations.
Termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 12 shall terminate
all
obligations of the parties hereunder, except for the obligations under Sections
6.1, 13.3 and 13.9; provided, however, that termination pursuant to paragraphs
(b) or (c) of Section 12.1 shall not relieve the defaulting or breaching
party
or parties from any liability to the other parties hereto.
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13.
Miscellaneous.
13.1
Notices.
Any
notice, request or other communication hereunder shall be given in writing
and
shall be served either personally by overnight delivery or delivered by mail,
certified return receipt and addressed to the following addresses:
If
to
Parent or Acquisition Corp.:
If
to the
Company:
Clarity
Imaging International
000-X
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx xx Xxxxx Xxx
Xxxxx
000, Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
President
With
a
copy to:
Xxxxxx
X.
Emas, P.A.
Xxxxxx
X.
Emas
0000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
xxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
000-000-0000
Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Mintz,
Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
000-000-0000
Notices
shall be deemed received at the earlier of actual receipt or three (3) business
days following mailing. Counsel for a party (or any authorized representative)
shall have authority to accept delivery of any notice on behalf of such
party.
13.2
Entire Agreement.
This
Agreement, including the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and other
documents referred to herein, contains the entire understanding of the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement supersedes
all
prior agreements and undertakings between the parties with respect to such
subject matter.
13.3
Expenses.
Each
party shall bear and pay all of the legal, accounting and other expenses
incurred by it in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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13.4
Time.
Time is
of the essence in the performance of the parties’ respective obligations herein
contained.
13.5
Severability.
Any
provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision
in any
other jurisdiction.
13.6
Successors and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors, assigns and heirs.
13.7
No Third Parties Benefited.
This
Agreement is made and entered into for the sole protection and benefit of
the
parties hereto, their successors, assigns and heirs, and no other Person
shall
have any right or
action
under this Agreement.
13.8
Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, with the same effect
as
if all parties had signed the same document. Each such counterpart shall
be an
original, but all such counterparts
together
shall constitute a single agreement.
13.9
Governing Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with
the
laws of the State of California. The parties to this Agreement agree that
any
breach of any term or condition of this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be deemed to be a breach occurring in the State
of
California by virtue of a failure to perform an act required to be performed
in
the State of California. The parties to this Agreement irrevocably and expressly
agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of California
for
the purpose of resolving any disputes among the parties relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The parties irrevocably
waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which they may
now
or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, or any judgment entered by any court in respect hereof brought in
the
State of California and further irrevocably waive any claim that any suit,
action or proceeding brought in the State of California has been brought
in an
inconvenient forum. With respect to any action before the above courts, the
parties hereto agree to service of process by certified or registered United
States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the party in question.
[SIGNATURE
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement to be binding
and effective as of the day and year first above written.
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By:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
CEO/President
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ECSI
ACQUISITION CORP.
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By:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title:
CEO/President
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Clarity
Imaging International, Inc.
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By:
Xxxx Relic
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Title:
Director, President
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