AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER is entered into as of March 11, 2008 by and among
CAPITAL CITY ENERGY GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Parent”), BABYDOT
ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Parent (“Acquisition
Corp.”), and CAPITAL CITY PETROLEUM, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”).
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS,
the respective Boards of Directors of each of Parent, Acquisition Corp. and the
Company have approved, and deem it advisable and in the best interests of their
respective stockholders to consummate, the acquisition of the Company by Parent,
which acquisition is to be effected by the merger of Acquisition Corp. with and
into the Company, with the Company being the surviving entity (the “Merger”), upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (as defined
herein);
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto intend that the Merger shall qualify as a reorganization
within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the “Code”), by reason of
Section 368(a)(2)(E) of the Code; and
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants hereinafter
set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.1 Definitions. Capitalized
terms used in this Agreement shall have the following meanings:
“Acquisition Corp.”
shall have the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“Acquisition Proposal”
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 6.2
hereof.
“Action” shall mean
any claim, action, suit, proceeding, investigation or order.
“Affiliate” shall
mean, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under common control with, such Person. For the
purposes of this definition, “control” (including,
with correlative meaning, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control
with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of management and policies of such Person through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” shall mean
this Agreement and Plan of Merger, including the exhibits attached
hereto or referred to herein, as the same may be amended or modified from time
to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.
“Balance Sheet” shall
have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.6
hereof.
“Balance Sheet Date”
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.5
hereof.
“Bylaws” shall have
the meaning given to such term in Section 2.3(b)
hereof.
“Certificate of
Incorporation” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.3(a)
hereof.
“Certificates” shall
have the meaning given to such term in Section 3.2(a)
hereof.
“Claims Deadline”
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 9.3
hereof.
“Closing” shall have
the meaning given to such term in Section 2.5
hereof.
“Closing Date” shall
have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.5
hereof.
“Code” shall have the
meaning given to such term in the second recital to this Agreement.
“Commission” shall
mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Company” shall have
the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Company Capital
Stock” shall mean, collectively, the Company Common Stock and the Company
Preferred Stock, if any.
“Company Common Stock”
shall mean the common stock, par value $0.001, of the Company.
“Company Indemnified
Parties” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 9.1
hereof.
“Company Material Adverse
Effect” shall mean any change, effect or circumstance that is materially
adverse or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the business,
assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such change,
effect or circumstance relating to general economic, regulatory or political
conditions, except to the extent such change, effect or circumstance
disproportionately affects the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
“Company Preferred
Stock” shall mean the Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001, of the
Company.
“Company Warrants”
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.3
hereof.
“Consents” shall mean
any permits, filings, notices, licenses, consents, authorizations,
accreditation, waivers, approvals and the like of, to, with or by any
Person.
“Contract” shall have
the meaning given to such term in Section 4.4
hereof.
“Damages” shall have
the meaning given to such term in Section 9.1
hereof.
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“DGCL” shall mean the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended.
“Dissenting Shares”
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 3.1(e)
hereof.
“Dissenting
Stockholders” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 3.1(e)
hereof.
“Effective Time” shall
have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.2
hereof.
“Employee Benefit
Plans” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.13
hereof.
“Environmental Law”
shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.; the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq.; the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act,
15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq. and comparable state statutes dealing with the
registration, labeling and use of pesticides and herbicides; the Clean Air Act,
42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.; the Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control
Act), 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f
et seq.; and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et
seq., as any of the above referenced statutes have been amended as of the date
hereof, all rules, regulations and policies promulgated pursuant to any of the
above referenced statutes, and any other foreign, federal, state or local law,
statute, ordinance, rule, regulation or policy governing environmental matters,
as the same have been amended as of the date hereof.
“ERISA” shall mean the
Employee Retirement Income Securities Act of 1974, as amended, and the
regulations issued thereunder.
“Exchange Act” shall
mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations issued thereunder.
“Federal Securities
Laws” means the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“GAAP” shall mean
generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the
United States consistently applied.
“Hazardous Material”
means any substance or material meeting any one or more of the following
criteria: (a) it is or contains a substance designated as or meeting
the characteristics of a hazardous waste, hazardous substance, hazardous
material, pollutant, chemical substance or mixture, contaminant or toxic
substance under any Environmental Law; (b) its presence at some quantity
requires investigation, notification or remediation under any Environmental Law;
(c) it contains, without limiting the foregoing, asbestos, polychlorinated
biphenyls, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum derived substances or waste,
pesticides, herbicides, crude oil or any fraction thereof, nuclear fuel, natural
gas or synthetic gas; or (d) mold.
“Indebtedness” shall
mean any obligation of the Company that under GAAP is required to be shown on
the Balance Sheet of the Company as a Liability. Any obligation secured by a
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Lien on,
or payable out of the proceeds of production from, property of the Company shall
be deemed to be Indebtedness even though such obligation is not assumed by the
Company.
“Indebtedness for Borrowed
Money” shall mean (a) all Indebtedness in respect of money borrowed
including, without limitation, Indebtedness which represents the unpaid amount
of the purchase price of any property and is incurred in lieu of borrowing money
or using available funds to pay such amounts and not constituting an account
payable or expense accrual incurred or assumed in the ordinary course of
business of the Company, (b) all Indebtedness evidenced by a promissory note,
bond or similar written obligation to pay money, or (c) all such Indebtedness
guaranteed by the Company or for which the Company is otherwise contingently
liable.
“Intellectual
Property” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.12(b)
hereof.
“Investment Company
Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
“Liability” shall mean
any and all liability, debt, obligation, deficiency, Tax, penalty, fine, claim,
cause of action or other loss, cost or expense of any kind or nature whatsoever,
whether asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued,
liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or to become due and regardless of
when asserted.
“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 given to such term in the first recital to this
Agreement.
“Merger Consideration”
shall mean the right to receive Parent Capital Stock upon conversion or exchange
of the Company Capital Stock pursuant to Section 3.1(b) and
Section
3.1(c).
“Parent” shall have
the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Parent Balance Sheet”
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 5.12
hereof.
“Parent Balance Sheet
Date” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 5.12
hereof.
“Parent Common Stock”
shall mean the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Parent.
“Parent Financial
Statements” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 5.11
hereof.
“Parent Material Adverse
Effect” means any change, effect or circumstance that is materially
adverse or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the business,
assets,
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liabilities,
condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of Parent and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, other than any such change, effect or circumstance relating to
general economic, regulatory or political conditions, except to the extent such
change, effect or circumstance disproportionately affects Parent and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Parent Preferred
Stock” shall mean the preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of
Parent.
“Parent SEC Documents”
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 5.9
hereof.
“Parent Series A Preferred
Stock” shall mean Parent Preferred Stock that has been designated as
“Series A Preferred Stock” by a resolution of the board of directors of Parent,
containing the rights and preferences set forth in Exhibit D attached
hereto.
“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 mean
any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other entity or organization, including any government or
political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Securities Act” shall
mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
issued thereunder.
“Stockholder” shall
mean any record holder of Company Capital Stock.
“Surviving
Corporation” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.1
hereof.
“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,
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without
limitation, by reason of Code 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
either clauses (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.
“Tax Sharing
Agreements” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.11
hereof.
ARTICLE
II
THE
MERGER
Section
2.1 Merger. Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective
Time, Acquisition Corp. shall be merged with and into the Company in accordance
with the DGCL. Following the Effective Time, the separate corporate
existence of the Acquisition Corp. shall cease, and the Company shall continue
as the corporation surviving the Merger (sometimes hereinafter referred to as
the “Surviving
Corporation”).
Section
2.2 Effective
Time. The Parent, the Company and Acquisition Corp. shall
cause a certificate of merger to be filed on the Closing Date (or on such other
date as the Company and Parent may agree in writing) with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware, and shall make all other filings or recordings
required by the DGCL in connection with the Merger. The Merger shall
become effective at such time as the certificate of merger is duly filed in
accordance with the DGCL or such later time as specified in the certificate of
merger, and such time is hereinafter referred to as the “Effective
Time.”
Section
2.3 Certificate of
Incorporation; Bylaws; Directors and Officers.
(a) The
amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company, a copy of
which is attached as Exhibit A hereto,
shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation (the
“Certificate of
Incorporation”) from and after the Effective Time until thereafter
changed or amended as provide therein or in accordance with applicable
law. The articles of incorporation of Parent as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time are attached as Exhibit
E.
(b) The
Bylaws of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, a
copy of which is attached as Exhibit B hereto,
shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation (the “Bylaws”) from and
after the Effective Time until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein
or in accordance with applicable law. The Bylaws of Parent as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time are attached as Exhibit
F.
(c) The
directors of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
directors of the Surviving Corporation and shall hold office from the Effective
Time until their respective successors have been duly elected or appointed and
qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance
with the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. The officers of the
Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
initial
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officers
of the Surviving Corporation and shall hold office from the Effective Time until
their respective successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or
until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.
(d) At the
Effective Time, the officers and directors of the Parent designated on Exhibit C hereto
shall resign, to be replaced by the officers and directors designated on Exhibit C hereto, who
shall immediately take such offices or who shall take such offices upon
compliance with the Federal Securities Laws, as the case may be. The
appointment of new directors in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.3(d)
shall be accomplished through the filling of vacancies in the board of directors
of the Parent in compliance with the applicable provisions of the NRS and the
Bylaws of the Parent and without the vote (by written consent or otherwise) of
the shareholders of the Parent.
Section
2.4 Effects of the
Merger. The Merger shall have the effects set forth in the
DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, at the
Effective Time, except as otherwise provided herein, all of the property,
rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Acquisition Corp.
shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties
of the Company and Acquisition Corp. shall become the debts, liabilities and
duties of the Surviving Corporation. The Company acknowledges that, from and
after the Effective Time, Parent shall have the absolute and unqualified right
to deal with the assets and business of the Surviving Corporation as its own
property without limitation on the disposition or use of such assets or the
conduct of such business.
Section
2.5 Closing. The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the
Merger (the “Closing”), shall take
place: (a) at the offices of Cane Xxxxx LLP, 0000 X. Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xx., Xxx
Xxxxx, XX at 10:00 a.m. local time on the date on which all of the conditions to
the Closing set forth in Article VIII hereof
shall be fulfilled or waived in accordance with this Agreement (other than
conditions that can be satisfied only at the Closing, but subject to the
fulfillment or waiver of those conditions at the Closing); or (b) at such other
place, time and date as the Company and Parent may agree in writing (the “Closing
Date”).
Section
2.6 Tax-Free
Merger. The parties hereto intend that the Merger will be
treated as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368 of the Code.
ARTICLE
III
MERGER CONSIDERATION;
CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE OF
SECURITIES
Section
3.1 Manner and Basis of
Converting and Exchanging Capital
Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the Company, Parent or Acquisition Corp. or
the holders of any outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of
the Company, Parent or Acquisition Corp.:
(a) Acquisition Corp.
Stock. All shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share,
of Acquisition Corp. issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time, collectively, shall be converted into and become one (1) fully paid and
nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Surviving Corporation.
(b) Company Common Stock.
Each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time (other than Dissenting Shares) shall be
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converted
or exchanged into the right to receive ten (10) shares of Parent Common Stock;
provided however, fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall not be issued
and in lieu thereof, a holder shall receive cash based on a price per share of
$1.50 per Parent Common Stock.
(c) Company Preferred
Stock. Each share of Company Preferred Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Dissenting Shares) shall be
converted or exchanged into the right to receive ten (10) share of Parent Series
A Preferred Stock; provided however, fractional shares of Parent Series A
Preferred Stock shall not be issued and in lieu thereof, a holder shall receive
cash based on a price per share of $2.50 per Parent Series A Preferred
Stock.
(d) Company Warrants.
Each outstanding unexpired Company Warrant to purchase shares of Company Common
Stock will become an warrant of Parent with substantially identical terms, as
adjusted to reflect the terms of the Merger (including appropriate adjustments
for the exercise price based on the conversion ratio (10:1) of the Company
Common Stock and similar adjustment related thereto). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in any Company Warrant, the Merger shall not
be deemed to be a “Organic Change” (as such term is defined in each Company
Warrant). Replacement Warrants will be issued by the Parent to the
holders of the Company Warrants upon surrender of the Company
Warrants.
(e) Appraisal
Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, shares of Company Capital Stock that are issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time and which are held by a stockholder who
did not vote in favor of the Merger (or consent thereto in writing) and who is
entitled to demand and properly demands appraisal of such Company Capital Stock
(the “Dissenting
Shares”) pursuant to, and who complies in all respects with, the
provisions of Section 262 of the DGCL (the “Dissenting
Stockholders”), shall not be converted into or be exchangeable for the
right to receive the Merger Consideration, but instead such holder shall be
entitled to payment of the fair value of such Dissenting Shares in accordance
with the provisions of Section 262 of the DGCL (and such Dissenting Shares shall
no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to
exist, and such holder shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto,
except the right to receive the fair value of such Dissenting Shares in
accordance with the provisions of Section 262 of the DGCL), unless and until
such holder shall have failed to perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn or
lost rights to appraisal under the DGCL. If any Dissenting
Stockholder shall have failed to perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn or
lost such right, such holder’s shares of Company Capital Stock shall thereupon
be treated as if they had been converted into and become exchangeable for the
right to receive, as of the Effective Time, the Merger Consideration for each
such share of Company Capital Stock, in accordance with Section 3.1(b) and/or
Section 3.1(c),
without any interest thereon. The Company shall notify its
stockholders of appraisal rights within two (2) business days after the
Effective Time. All negotiations with respect to payment for
Dissenting Shares shall be handled jointly by Parent and the
Company.
Section
3.2 Surrender of
Certificates.
(a) Letter of
Transmittal. Within five (5) business days after the Effective
Time, Parent shall mail, or cause to be mailed, to each record holder of
certificate(s) of Company Capital Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time (i) a letter of
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transmittal
and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the certificates
representing the Company Capital Stock (the “Certificates”) in
exchange for the Merger Consideration to be issued in accordance with Section 3.1(b) and
Section 3.1(c).
Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Parent, together with
such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance
with the instructions, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration, without interest, for
each share of Company Capital Stock formerly represented by such Certificate,
and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. If
issuance of the Merger Consideration is to be issued to a Person other than the
Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a
condition of issuance that (x) the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly
endorsed or shall otherwise be in proper form for transfer and (y) the Person
requesting such issuance shall have presented to the satisfaction of the
Surviving Corporation all documents required to evidence that any transfer and
other Taxes required to be paid by reason of the issuance of the Merger
Consideration to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate
surrendered have been fully and timely paid or that such Tax is not
applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.2(a), each
Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent
only the right to receive the Merger Consideration as contemplated by this
Agreement, without interest.
(b) No Fractional
Shares. No certificates or scrip representing fractional
shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Series A Preferred Stock shall be issued
and such fractional share interests will not entitle the owner thereof to vote
or to possess any rights of a stockholder of Parent. As contemplated
by Section
3.2(b) and Section 3.2(c), each
holder of Company Capital Stock exchanged pursuant to the Merger who otherwise
would have been entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock
or Parent Series A Preferred Stock (after taking into account all Company
Capital Stock delivered by such holder) shall receive, in lieu thereof, a cash
payment as contemplated by Section 3.2(b) and
Section
3.2(c).
(c) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed
Certificates. If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen
or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person
claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by
the Surviving Corporation, an indemnity against any claim that may be made
against it with respect to such Certificate, the Parent will issue, in exchange
for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the applicable Merger
Consideration to be issued in respect of the shares of Company Capital Stock
formerly represented by such Certificate, as contemplated by this
Agreement.
(d) Cancellation of
Shares. Immediately prior to the Effective Time, each share of
Company Capital Stock either held in the Company’s treasury or owned by any
direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company immediately prior to
the Effective Time, shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion
thereof or payment therefore.
(e) Stock Transfer
Books. At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the
Company will be closed and there will be no further registration of transfers of
shares of Company Capital Stock thereafter on the records of the
Company.
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ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE
COMPANY
The
Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent as follows:
Section
4.1 Organization. The
Company (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or its
equivalent) under the laws of the State of Delaware, (ii) has all licenses,
permits, authorizations and other Consents necessary to own, lease and operate
its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being
conducted and (iii) has all requisite corporate or other applicable power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on
its business as it is now being conducted and presently proposed to be
conducted, except where such failure would not have, or be reasonably likely to
have, a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company is duly
qualified or authorized to conduct business and is in good standing (or its
equivalent) as a foreign corporation or other entity in all jurisdictions in
which the ownership or use of its assets or nature of the business conducted by
it makes such qualification or authorization necessary, except where the failure
to be so duly qualified, authorized and in good standing would not have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.2 Authorization; Validity of
Agreement. The Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by the board of
directors of the Company and no other action (except the approval of the
requisite Stockholders with respect to consummation of the Merger) on the part
of the Company or any of its Stockholders or subsidiaries is necessary to
authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming due and valid authorization,
execution and delivery hereof by Parent and Acquisition Corp.) is a valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its 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.
Section
4.3 Capitalization. As
of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
3,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and 325,000 shares of Company Preferred
Stock. As of the date hereof and immediately prior to the Effective
Time, there are 2,075,074.14 shares of Company Common Stock, par value $0.001,
issued and outstanding and 314,265.66 shares of Company Preferred Stock issued
and outstanding. Except for the Warrants set forth on Schedule 4.3 attached
hereto (the “Company
Warrants”), the Company has no outstanding options, warrants, rights or
commitments to issue shares of Company Capital Stock or any capital stock or
other securities of the Company, and there are no outstanding securities
convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for shares of Company Capital
Stock or any capital stock or other securities of the Company. There
is no voting trust, agreement or arrangement among any of the beneficial holders
of Company Capital Stock affecting the nomination or election of directors or
the exercise of the voting rights of Company Capital Stock. There are
no registration rights or similar rights applicable to any shares of Company
Capital Stock or any capital stock or other securities of the
Company. All outstanding shares of the capital stock of Company are
validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable, and none of such
shares have been issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any
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Person. All
of the shares of Company Capital Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time have been issued in compliance with the Securities Act and
applicable state securities laws and (i) pursuant to effective registration
statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or (ii) in
reliance on valid exemptions from registration or qualification
thereunder.
Section
4.4 Consents and Approvals; No
Violations. Except for (a) approval of the Merger by the
requisite Stockholders and (b) filing of the certificate of merger with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, neither the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement by the Company nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will (i) violate any provision of its
certificate of incorporation or Bylaws; (ii) violate, conflict with or result in
a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, require the
consent of or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any material note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, deed of trust, license, franchise, permit, lease, contract, agreement
or other instrument (collectively, “Contract”) to which
the Company or any its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties may be
bound; (iii) require any Consent, approval or authorization of, or notice to, or
declaration, filing or registration with, any governmental entity by or with
respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or (iv) violate any order,
writ, judgment, injunction, decree, law, statute, rule or regulation applicable
to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties
or assets; except, in the cases of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), any such
violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults or encumbrances, or any failure to
receive any such Consent, approval or authorization, or to make any such notice,
declaration, filing or registration as will not result in, or could reasonably
be expected to result in, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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4.5 Financial
Statements. The Company has delivered or made available as of
the date hereof or shall, prior to the Closing Date, deliver or make available
to Parent the audited balance sheets of the Company (or the Company’s
predecessor, Capital City Petroleum, LLC) for the nine months ending September
30, 2007 (the “Balance
Sheet Date”) and the fiscal years ending in December 31, 2006 and
December 31, 2005 with accompanying statements of operation, cash flow analysis,
and statement of stockholder’s equity (with footnotes, for the nine months
ending September 30, 2007 and the fiscal years ending in December 31, 2006 and
December 31, 2005). The foregoing financial statements (including any
notes thereto) (i) have been prepared based upon the books and records of the
Company, (ii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as otherwise
noted therein), and (iii) present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as at
their respective dates and for the periods then ended. To the
knowledge of the Company, since the Balance Sheet Date, no fact or condition
exists that has not been disclosed to Parent that has had or could reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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4.6 No Undisclosed
Liabilities. The Company does not have any Liabilities except
(a) for Liabilities reflected on the face of the balance sheet for the nine
months ending September 30, 2007 (the “Balance Sheet Date”), (b) current
Liabilities incurred and obligations under agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business since the Balanced Sheet Date, none of which,
individually or in the aggregate, constitutes a Company Material Adverse Effect,
or (c) attorney’s fees and accounting fees incurred by the Company since the
Balance Sheet
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Date,
including those related to this Agreement and all of the transactions related
hereto and contemplated hereby.
Section
4.7 Litigation. There
is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, involving
the Company or its subsidiaries or affecting any of the officers, directors or
employees of the Company or its subsidiaries with respect to the Company’s or
any subsidiary’s business by or before any governmental entity or by any third
party that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have received
written notice that any such Action is threatened. Neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default under any judgment, order or
decree of any governmental entity applicable to its business, which default
could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
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4.8 No Default; Compliance with
Applicable Laws. The Company is not in default or violation of
any material term, condition or provision of (i) its certificate of
incorporation or Bylaws or (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, any law applicable
to the Company or its property and assets, and the Company has not received
written notice of any violation of or Liability under any of the foregoing
(whether material or not).
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4.9 Broker’s and Finder’s
Fees. To the knowledge of the Company, no Person has, or as a
result of the transactions contemplated or described herein will have, any right
or valid claim against the Company for any commission, fee or other compensation
as a finder or broker, or in any similar capacity.
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4.10 Contracts.
(a) The
Company is not in violation or breach of any material Contract, except such
violations that, in the aggregate, would not result in, or would not reasonably
be expected to result in, a Company Material Adverse Effect. There
does not exist any event or condition that, after notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute an event of default or breach under any material Contract
on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any
other party thereto or would permit the modification, cancellation or
termination of any material Contract or result in the creation of any lien upon,
or any Person acquiring any right to acquire, any assets of the
Company, other than any events or conditions that, in the aggregate would not
result in, or would not reasonably be expected to result in, a Company Material
Adverse Effect. The Company has not received in writing any claim or threat that
the Company has breached any of the terms and conditions of any material
Contract, other than any material Contracts the breach of which, in the
aggregate, would not result in, or would not reasonably be expected to result
in, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The
consent of, or the delivery of notice to or filing with, any party to a material
Contract is not required for the execution and delivery by the Company of this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the
Agreement.. The Company has made available to Parent and Acquisition
Corp. true and complete copies of all Contracts and other documents requested by
Parent or Acquisition Corp.
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4.11 Tax Returns and
Audits. All required federal, state and local Tax Returns of
the Company have been accurately prepared in all material respects and duly and
timely filed,
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and all
federal, state and local Taxes required to be paid with respect to the periods
covered by such returns have been paid, except where the failure so to file or
pay could not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. The Company is not and has not been delinquent in the payment
of any Tax. The Company has not had a Tax deficiency proposed or
assessed against it and has not executed a waiver of any statute of limitations
on the assessment or collection of any Tax. None of the Company’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 Balance Sheet are and will be sufficient for the
payment of all unpaid Taxes payable by the Company as of the Balance Sheet
Date. Since the Balance Sheet Date, the Company has made adequate
provisions on its books of account for all Taxes with respect to its business,
properties and operations for such period. The Company has withheld
or collected from each payment made to each of its employees the amount of all
Taxes (including, but not limited to, federal, state and local income Taxes,
Federal Insurance Contribution Act Taxes and Federal Unemployment Tax Act Taxes)
required to be withheld or collected therefrom, and has paid the same to the
proper Tax receiving officers or authorized depositaries. 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 Company now pending, and the Company has not received any
notice of any proposed audits, investigations, claims or administrative
proceedings relating to Taxes or any Tax Returns. The Company is not
obligated to make a payment, nor is it a party to any agreement that under
certain circumstances could obligate it to make a payment, that would not be
deductible under Section 280G of the Code. The Company has not agreed
nor is required to make any adjustments under Section 481(a) of the Code (or any
similar provision of state, local and foreign law) by reason of a change in
accounting method or otherwise for any Tax period for which the applicable
statute of limitations has not yet expired. The Company is not a
party to, is not bound by and does not have any obligation under, any Tax
sharing agreement, Tax indemnification agreement or similar contract or
arrangement, whether written or unwritten (collectively, “Tax Sharing
Agreements”), nor does it have any potential liability or obligation to
any Person as a result of, or pursuant to, any Tax Sharing
Agreements.
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4.12 Patents and Other Intangible
Assets.
(a) To the
knowledge of the Company, the Company (i) owns or has the right to use, pursuant
to a valid license, sublicense, agreement, or permission, free and clear of all
Liens, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses
and rights with respect to the foregoing used in or necessary for the conduct of
its business as now conducted or proposed to be conducted without infringing
upon or otherwise acting adversely to the right or claimed right of any Person
under or with respect to any of the foregoing.
(b) To the
knowledge of the Company, the Company owns and has the right to use all trade
secrets, if any, including know-how, negative know-how, formulas, patterns,
programs, devices, methods, techniques, inventions, designs, processes, computer
programs and technical data and all information that derives independent
economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known or known by
competitors (collectively, “Intellectual
Property”) required for or incident to the development, operation and
sale of all products and services sold by the Company, free and clear of any
right, Lien or claim of others. All Intellectual Property can and
will be transferred by the Company to the Surviving Corporation as a result of
the Merger and without the consent of any Person other than the
Company.
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4.13 Employee Benefit Plans;
ERISA.
(a) All
“employee benefit plans” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the ERISA) of
the Company and other employee benefit or fringe benefit arrangements,
practices, contracts, policies or programs of every type, other than programs
merely involving the regular payment of wages, commissions, or bonuses
established, maintained or contributed to by the Company, whether written or
unwritten and whether or not funded, (each an “Employee Benefit
Plan”) are in material compliance with the applicable requirements of
ERISA, the Code and any other applicable state, federal or foreign
law.
(b) There are
no pending claims or lawsuits that have been asserted or instituted against any
Employee Benefit Plan, the assets of any of the trusts or funds under the
Employee Benefit Plans, the plan sponsor or the plan administrator of any of the
Employee Benefit Plans or against any fiduciary of an Employee Benefit Plan with
respect to the operation of such plan, nor does the Company have any knowledge
of any incident, transaction, occurrence or circumstance which might reasonably
be expected to form the basis of any such claim or lawsuit.
(c) There is
no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, 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 Employee Benefit Plan and the Company has
no knowledge of any incident, transaction, occurrence or circumstance which
might reasonably be expected to trigger such an investigation or enforcement
action.
(d) No actual
or, to the knowledge of the Company, contingent Liability exists with respect to
the funding of any Employee Benefit Plan or for any other expense or obligation
of any Employee Benefit Plan, except as disclosed on the Balance Sheet, and 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.
(e) No events
have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Employee
Benefit Plan that would cause a material change in the costs of providing
benefits under such Employee Benefit Plan or would cause a material change in
the cost of providing such Employee Benefit Plan.
Section
4.14 Title to Property and
Encumbrances. The Company has good and valid title to all
properties and assets used in the conduct of its business (except for property
held under valid and subsisting leases which are in full force and effect and
which are not in default) free of all Liens except Permitted Liens and such
ordinary and customary imperfections of title, restrictions and encumbrances as
do not in the aggregate constitute a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
4.15 Condition of
Properties. All facilities, machinery, equipment, fixtures and
other properties owned, leased or used by the Company are in operating
condition, subject to ordinary wear and tear, and are adequate and sufficient
for the Company’s existing business.
Section
4.16 Insurance
Coverage. There is in full force and effect one or more
policies of insurance issued by insurers of recognized responsibility insuring
the Company and its
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properties,
products and business against such losses and risks, and in such amounts, as are
customary for corporations of established reputation engaged in the same or
similar business and similarly situated. The Company has not been
refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for, and the Company has no
reason to believe that it will be unable to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when the same shall expire upon terms at least as favorable to
those currently in effect, other than possible increases in premiums that do not
result from any act or omission of the Company. No suit, proceeding
or action or, to the knowledge of the Company, threat of suit, proceeding or
action has been asserted or made against the Company due to alleged bodily
injury, disease, medical condition, death or property damage arising out of the
function or malfunction of a product, procedure or service designed,
manufactured, sold or distributed by the Company.
Section
4.17 Environmental
Matters.
(a) To the
knowledge of the Company, the Company has never generated, used, handled,
treated, released, stored or disposed of any Hazardous Materials on any real
property on which it now has or previously had any leasehold or ownership
interest, except in compliance with all applicable Environmental
Laws.
(b) To the
knowledge of the Company, the historical and present operations of the business
of the Company are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, except
where any non-compliance has not had and would not reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) There are
no material pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, demands,
claims, information requests or notices of noncompliance or violation against or
to the Company relating to any Environmental Law; and, to the knowledge of the
Company, there are no conditions or occurrences on any of the real property used
by the Company in connection with its business that would reasonably be expected
to lead to any such demands, claims or notices against or to the Company, except
such as have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(d) To the
knowledge of the Company, (i) the Company has not, sent or disposed of,
otherwise had taken or transported, arranged for the taking or disposal of (on
behalf of itself, a customer or any other party) or in any other manner
participated or been involved in the taking of or disposal or release of a
Hazardous Material to or at a site that is contaminated by any Hazardous
Material or that, pursuant to any Environmental Law, (A) has been placed on the
“National Priorities List”, the “CERCLIS” list, or any similar state or federal
list, or (B) is subject to or the source of a claim, an administrative order or
other request to take “removal”, “remedial”, “corrective” or any other
“response” action, as defined in any Environmental Law, or to pay for the costs
of any such action at the site; (ii) the Company is not involved in (and has no
basis to reasonably expect to be involved in) any suit or proceeding and has not
received (and has no basis to reasonably expect to receive) any written notice,
request for information or other communication from any governmental authority
or other third party with respect to a release or threatened release of any
Hazardous Material or a violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Law,
and has not received (and has no basis to reasonably expect to receive) written
notice of any claims from any Person relating to property damage, natural
resource damage or to personal injuries from exposure to any Hazardous Material;
and (iii) the Company
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has
timely filed every report required to be filed, acquired all necessary
certificates, approvals and permits, and generated and maintained all required
data, documentation and records under all Environmental Laws, in all such
instances except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
4.18 Disclosure. There
is no fact relating to the Company that the Company has not disclosed to Parent
in writing that has had or is currently having a Company Material Adverse
Effect. No representation or warranty by the Company herein and no
information disclosed in the exhibits hereto by the 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.
ARTICLE
V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT
AND ACQUISITION
CORP.
Parent
and Acquisition Corp. hereby represent and warrant to the Company as
follows:
Section
5.1 Organization. Each
of Parent and Acquisition Corp. (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of its State of incorporation or organization, (ii)
has all licenses, permits, authorizations and other Consents necessary to own,
lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it
is now being conducted and (iii) has all requisite corporate or other applicable
power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted and presently proposed to be
conducted, in each case except where such failures would not have, or be
reasonably likely to have, a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Each of
Parent and Acquisition Corp. is duly qualified or authorized to conduct business
and is in good standing (or its equivalent) as a foreign corporation or other
entity in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or use of its assets or
nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or authorization
necessary, except where the failure to be so duly qualified, authorized and in
good standing would not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section
5.2 Authorization; Validity of
Agreement. Each of Parent and Acquisition Corp. has all
requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The
execution, delivery and performance by each of Parent and Acquisition Corp. of
this Agreement and all other agreements and instruments to be executed pursuant
to this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, have been duly authorized by the board of directors of each of
Parent and Acquisition Corp. and the stockholder of Acquisition Corp., and no
other action on the part of either of Parent or Acquisition Corp. is necessary
to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and all other
agreements and instruments to be executed pursuant to this Agreement and the
consummation by either of Parent or Acquisition Corp. of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Parent and Acquisition Corp. and (assuming due and
valid authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Company) is a valid
and binding obligation of each of Parent and Acquisition Corp., enforceable
against each of them in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement is
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity.
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Section
5.3 Consents and Approvals; No
Violations. Except for filing of the certificate of merger
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, neither the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement by either of Parent and Acquisition
Corp. nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i)
violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation or Bylaws of Parent or
Acquisition Corp.; (ii) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of any
provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse
of time or both, would constitute a default) under, require the consent of or
result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties of Parent or
Acquisition Corp. under any Contract to which Parent or Acquisition Corp. or any
of their properties may be bound; (iii) require any Consent, approval or
authorization of, or notice to, or declaration, filing or registration with, any
governmental entity by or with respect to Parent or any subsidiary of Parent, or
(iv) violate any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, law, statute, rule
or regulation applicable to any of Parent or Acquisition Corp. or any of their
respective properties or assets; except, in the cases of clauses (ii), (iii) and
(iv), any such violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults or encumbrances, or any
failure to receive any such Consent, approval or authorization, or to make any
such notice, declaration, filing or registration as will not result in, or could
reasonably be expected to result in, a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
5.4 Litigation. There
is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened, involving
Parent or Acquisition Corp. or any subsidiary of Parent or affecting the
officers, directors or employees of Parent or Acquisition Corp. or any
subsidiary of Parent with respect to Parent’s, Acquisition Corp.’s, or any of
Parent’s subsidiaries’, businesses by or before any governmental entity or by
any third party and none of Parent, Acquisition Corp. nor any subsidiary of
Parent has received written notice that any such Action is
threatened. None of Parent, Acquisition Corp. nor any subsidiary of
Parent is in default under any judgment, order or decree of any governmental
entity applicable to its business which could reasonably be expected to have a
Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section
5.5 No Default; Compliance with
Applicable Laws. Neither Parent nor any of Parent’s
subsidiaries is in default or violation of any material term, condition or
provision of (i) their respective certificate of incorporation, Bylaws or
similar organizational documents or (ii) any law applicable to Parent or any of
Parent’s subsidiaries or its property and assets and neither Parent nor any of
Parent’s subsidiaries has received written notice of any violation of or
Liability under any of the foregoing (whether material or not).
Section
5.6 Broker’s and Finder’s Fees;
Broker/Dealer Ownership. No Person(s), 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, nor, with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement or with respect to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will any such Person have any right or valid claim against
the Company, Parent or Acquisition Corp. to any such payment.
Section
5.7 Capitalization of
Parent. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of
Parent consists of 90,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock and 10,000,000
shares of Parent Preferred Stock. As of the date hereof and
immediately prior to the Effective Time, there are 9,960,000 shares of Parent
Common Stock, par value $0.001, issued and outstanding and no shares of Parent
Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. Parent has no outstanding
options, warrants, rights or commitments to issue shares of Parent Common Stock
or any capital stock or
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other
securities 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 capital stock or other securities 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. There are no registration rights or similar rights applicable
to any shares of Parent Common Stock or any capital stock or other securities of
Parent or Acquisition Corp. All outstanding shares of the capital
stock of Parent are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
non-assessable, and none of such shares have been issued in violation of the
preemptive rights of any Person. All of the shares of Parent Common
Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time have been
issued in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws and (i) pursuant to effective registration statements filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and/or (ii) in reliance on valid exemptions
from registration or qualification thereunder.
Section
5.8 Acquisition Corp.
Acquisition Corp. is a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Parent that was formed on January 22, 2008 specifically for the purpose of the
Merger and that has not conducted any business or acquired any property, and
will not conduct an business or acquire any property prior to the Closing Date,
except in preparation for and otherwise in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Parent owns all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of Acquisition Corp., as no outstanding options,
warrants or rights to purchase capital stock or other securities of Acquisition
Corp., other than the capital stock of Acquisition Corp. owned by
Parent. Except for Acquisition Corp. and as set forth on Schedule 5.8 attached
hereto, Parent has no subsidiaries or owns any equity interest or rights to
acquire any equity interest in any other Person. Acquisition Corp. has no
subsidiaries or owns any equity interest or rights to acquire any equity
interest in any other Person.
Section
5.9 SEC Reporting and
Compliance.
(a) Parent
filed a registration statement on Form SB-2 under the Securities Act which
became effective on March 5, 2007. Since that date, Parent has timely
filed with the Commission all registration statements, proxy statements,
information statements and reports required to be filed by Parent pursuant to
the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Parent SEC
Documents”). Parent has not filed with the Commission a
certificate on Form 15 pursuant to the Exchange Act.
(b) 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. Each
of the Parent SEC Documents complied, and each Parent SEC Document to be filed
with the Commission prior to the Effective Time shall comply, in all material
respects, with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, as the case may be. Each of the financial statements
(including, in each case, any related notes), contained in the Parent SEC
Documents, including any Parent SEC Documents filed after the date of this
Agreement until the Closing, complied, as of its respective filing date, in all
material respects with all applicable accounting requirements and the published
rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto.
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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 prior to the date
hereof. Prior to and until the Closing, Parent will provide to the
Company copies of any and all amendments or supplements to the Parent SEC
Documents filed with the Commission and all subsequent registration statements
and reports filed by Parent subsequent to the filing of the Parent SEC Documents
with the Commission and any and all subsequent information statements, proxy
statements, reports or notices filed by the Parent with the Commission or
delivered to the stockholders of Parent.
(d) Parent is
not an “investment company” within the meaning of Section 3 of the Investment
Company Act.
(e) The
Parent Common Stock is presently eligible for quotation and trading on the NASD
Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board.
(f) Between
the date hereof and the Closing Date, Parent shall continue to satisfy any
applicable filing requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as the
case may be, and all other requirements of applicable securities
laws.
(g) To the
knowledge of Parent, Parent has complied with the Securities Act, Exchange Act
and all other applicable federal and state securities
laws.
Section
5.10 No General
Solicitation. In issuing Parent Common Stock in the Merger
hereunder, neither Parent nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered to sell
Parent Common Stock by any form of general solicitation or
advertising.
Section
5.11 Financial
Statements. The balance sheets, and statements of income,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows (including any notes thereto) contained in
the Parent SEC Documents (the “Parent Financial
Statements”) (i) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, (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. To the knowledge of the Parent,
since the Balance Sheet Date, no fact or condition exists that has not been
disclosed to the Company that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Parent Material Adverse Effect.
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5.12 Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities. Neither Parent nor Acquisition
Corp. has any Liability at or prior to the Closing, except (a) to the
extent set forth on or reserved against in the balance sheet of Parent as of
December 31, 2007 (the “Parent Balance
Sheet”) or the notes to the Parent Financial Statements, (b) current
Liabilities incurred and obligations under agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business since December 31, 2007 (the “Parent Balance Sheet
Date”), none of which, individually or in the aggregate, constitutes a
Parent Material Adverse Effect, and (c) attorney’s fees and accounting fees
incurred by the Parent since the Parent Balance Sheet Date, including those
related to this Agreement and all of the transactions related thereto and
contemplated thereby, including but not limited to preparation and filing of
disclosures with the SEC.
Section
5.13 Changes. Since
the Parent Balance Sheet Date 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
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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) that could reasonably
be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, (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, 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 Parent Material Adverse
Effect, (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 $1,000 in the
aggregate, or (r) entered into any Contract, agreement or license, or otherwise
obligated itself, to do any of the foregoing.
Section
5.14 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, except where the
failure so to file or pay could not reasonably be expected to have a Parent
Material Adverse Effect. The Parent is not and has not been
delinquent in the payment of any Tax. The Parent has not had a Tax
deficiency proposed or assessed against it and has not executed a waiver of any
statute of limitations on the assessment or collection of any
Tax. 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. Since the Parent Balance Sheet Date, the Parent has made
adequate provisions on its books of account for all Taxes with respect to its
business, properties and operations for such period. The Parent has
withheld or collected from each payment made to each of its employees the amount
of all Taxes (including, but not limited to, federal, state and local income
Taxes, Federal Insurance Contribution Act Taxes and Federal Unemployment Tax Act
Taxes) required to be withheld or
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collected
therefrom, and has paid the same to the proper Tax receiving officers or
authorized depositaries. 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. The Parent is not obligated to make a payment, nor is it
a party to any agreement that under certain circumstances could obligate it to
make a payment, that would not be deductible under Section 280G of the
Code. The Parent has not agreed nor is required to make any
adjustments under Section 481(a) of the Code (or any similar provision of state,
local and foreign law) by reason of a change in accounting method or otherwise
for any Tax period for which the applicable statute of limitations has not yet
expired. The Parent is not a party to, is not bound by and does not
have any obligation under, any Tax Sharing Agreements, nor does it have any
potential liability or obligation to any Person as a result of, or pursuant to,
any Tax Sharing Agreements.
Section
5.15 Employee Benefit Plans;
ERISA. There are no “employee benefit plans” (within the
meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) nor any other employee benefit or fringe
benefit arrangements, practices, contracts, policies or programs other than
programs merely involving the regular payment of wages, commissions, or bonuses
established, maintained or contributed to by the Parent, whether written or
unwritten and whether or not funded.
Section
5.16 Interested Party
Transactions. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.16
attached hereto, no officer, director or stockholder of the Parent or any
Affiliate 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 to which the
Parent is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.
Section
5.17 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 (a) unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or
other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (b) made any direct or
indirect unlawful payments to government officials or employees from corporate
funds, (c) established or maintained any unlawful or unrecorded fund of
corporate monies or other assets, (d) made any false or fictitious entries on
the books of record of any such corporations, or (e) made any bribe, rebate,
payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
Section
5.18 Obligations to or by
Stockholders. 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.
Section
5.19 Schedule of Assets and
Contracts. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement,
the Parent Balance Sheet or the notes thereto, the Parent is not a party to any
Contract 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 any Contract (a) with any labor union, (b) for
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the
purchase of fixed assets or for the purchase of materials, supplies or equipment
in excess of normal operating requirements, (c) for the employment of any
officer, individual employee or other Person on a full-time basis or any
contract with any Person for consulting services, (d) with respect to bonus,
pension, profit sharing, retirement, stock purchase, stock option, deferred
compensation, medical, hospitalization or life insurance or similar plan,
contract or understanding with any or all of the employees of Parent or any
other Person, (e) relating to or evidencing Indebtedness for Borrowed Money or
subjecting any asset or property of Parent to any Lien or evidencing any
Indebtedness, (f) guaranteeing of any Indebtedness, (g) under which Parent is
lessee of or holds or operates any property, real or personal, owned by any
other Person, (h) under which Parent is lessor or permits any Person to hold or
operate any property, real or personal, owned or controlled by Parent, (i)
granting any preemptive right, right of first refusal or similar right to any
Person, (j) with any Affiliate of Parent or any present or former officer,
director or stockholder of Parent, (k) obligating Parent to pay any royalty or
similar charge for the use or exploitation of any tangible or intangible
property, (l) containing a covenant not to compete or other restriction on the
parent’s ability to conduct a business or engage in any other activity, (m) with
respect to any distributor, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, sales agency,
franchise or advertising contract or commitment, (n) regarding the registration
of securities under the Securities Act, (o) characterized as a collective
bargaining agreement, or (p) with any Person continuing for a period of more
than three months from the Closing Date that involves an expenditure or receipt
by Parent in excess of $1,000. The Parent maintains no insurance
policies and insurance coverage of any kind with respect to Parent, its
business, premises, properties, assets, employees and agents. Parent
has furnished to the Company true and complete copies of all agreements and
other documents requested by the Company.
Section
5.20 Environmental
Matters.
(a) The
Parent has never generated, used, handled, treated, released, stored or disposed
of any Hazardous Materials on any real property on which it now has or
previously had any leasehold or ownership interest, except in compliance with
all applicable Environmental Laws.
(b) The
historical and present operations of the business of the Parent compliance with
all applicable Environmental Laws, except where any non-compliance has not had
and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) (i) The
Parent has not, sent or disposed of, otherwise had taken or transported,
arranged for the taking or disposal of (on behalf of itself, a customer or any
other party) or in any other manner participated or been involved in the taking
of or disposal or release of a Hazardous Material to or at a site that is
contaminated by any Hazardous Material or that, pursuant to any Environmental
Law, (A) has been placed on the “National Priorities List”, the “CERCLIS” list,
or any similar state or federal list, or (B) is subject to or the source of a
claim, an administrative order or other request to take “removal”, “remedial”,
“corrective” or any other “response” action, as defined in any Environmental
Law, or to pay for the costs of any such action at the site; (ii) the Parent is
not involved in (and has no basis to reasonably expect to be involved in) any
suit or proceeding and has not received (and has no basis to reasonably expect
to receive) any written notice, request for information or other communication
from any governmental authority or other third party with respect to a release
or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or a violation or alleged
violation of any Environmental Law, and has not
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received
(and has no basis to reasonably expect to receive) written notice of any claims
from any Person relating to property damage, natural resource damage or to
personal injuries from exposure to any Hazardous Material; and (iii) the Parent
has timely filed every report required to be filed, acquired all necessary
certificates, approvals and permits, and generated and maintained all required
data, documentation and records under all Environmental Laws, in all such
instances except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) There are
no material pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened, demands, claims,
information requests or notices of noncompliance or violation against or to the
Parent relating to any Environmental Law; and, to the knowledge of Parent, there
are no conditions or occurrences on any of the real property used by Parent in
connection with its business that would reasonably be expected to lead to any
such demands, claims or notices against or to Parent, except such as have not
had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
5.21 Employees. Other
than pursuant to ordinary arrangements of employment compensation, Parent is not
under any obligation or liability to any officer, director, employee or
Affiliate of Parent.
Section
5.22 Title to Property and
Encumbrances. Parent has good and valid title to all
properties and assets used in the conduct of its business (except for property
held under valid and subsisting leases which are in full force and effect and
which are not in default) free of all Liens except Permitted Liens and such
ordinary and customary imperfections of title, restrictions and encumbrances as
do not, individually or in the aggregate constitute a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
5.23 Condition of
Properties. All facilities, machinery, equipment, fixtures and
other properties owned, leased or used by Parent are in operating condition,
subject to ordinary wear and tear, and are adequate and sufficient for the
Parent’s existing business.
Section
5.24 Disclosure. There
is no fact relating to Parent or Acquisition Corp. that Parent has not disclosed
to the Company in writing that has had, is having or is reasonably likely to
have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. No representation or warranty
by Parent or Acquisition Corp. herein and no information disclosed in the
exhibits hereto by Parent or Acquisition Corp. 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.
Section
5.25 No Liabilities. As of
the Closing Date, there are no Liabilities or Indebtedness of the Parent or
Acquisition Corp. of any kind whatsoever, whether recorded on the Balance Sheet
of Parent or Acquisition Corp. or not, whether accrued, contingent, absolute,
determined, determinable or otherwise, and there is no existing condition,
situation or set of circumstances which could reasonably be expected to result
in such Liability or Indebtedness. Neither the Parent nor the
Acquisition Corp. is a guarantor of any Indebtedness of any other Person, firm
or corporation.
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ARTICLE
VI
CONDUCT OF BUSINESSES
PENDING THE
MERGER
Section
6.1 Conduct of Business by the
Company Pending the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time,
unless Parent or Acquisition Corp. shall otherwise agree in writing or as
otherwise contemplated by this Agreement:
(i) the
business of the Company shall be conducted only in the ordinary
course;
(ii) the
Company shall not (A) directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise
acquire or agree to redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of Company
Capital Stock; (B) amend its certificate of incorporation or Bylaws except to
effectuate the transactions contemplated in this Agreement; or (C) except as set
forth on Schedule
6.1(ii), split, combine or reclassify the outstanding Company Capital
Stock or declare, set aside or pay any dividend payable in cash, stock or
property or make any distribution with respect to any such stock;
(iii) the
Company shall not (A) issue any additional shares of, or options, warrants or
rights of any kind to acquire any shares of, Company Capital Stock; (B) acquire
or dispose of any fixed assets or acquire or dispose of any other substantial
assets other than in the ordinary course of business; (C) incur additional
Indebtedness or any other Liabilities or enter into any other transaction except
in the ordinary course of business; (D) enter into any binding Contract,
agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect to any of the foregoing except
this Agreement; or (E) except as contemplated by this Agreement, enter into any
binding Contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement to dissolve, merge,
consolidate or enter into any other material business combination;
and
(iv) the
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact the
business 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.
Section
6.2 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 expressly permitted by this
Agreement:
(i) the
business of Parent and Acquisition Corp. shall be conducted only in the ordinary
course;
(ii) neither
Parent nor Acquisition Corp. shall (A) directly or indirectly redeem, purchase
or otherwise acquire or agree to redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any
shares of its capital stock; (B) except for the designation of the Parent Series
A Preferred Stock, amend its 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;
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(iii) except as
set forth on Schedule
6.2(iii), neither Parent nor Acquisition Corp. shall (A) issue or agree
to issue any additional shares of, or options, warrants or rights of any kind to
acquire shares of, its capital stock; (B) acquire or dispose of any assets other
than in the ordinary course of business; (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 except this Agreement, or (E)
except as contemplated by this Agreement, enter into any Contract, agreement,
commitment or arrangement to dissolve, merge, consolidate or enter into any
other material business combination or enter into any negotiations in connection
therewith;
(iv) Parent
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact the business of
Parent and Acquisition Corp., to keep available the service of its present
officers and key employees, and to preserve the good will of those having
business relationships with Parent and Acquisition Corp. and to file all
required SEC Reports under the Exchange Act;
(v) 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). Parent will promptly advise the Company in
writing of any such inquiries or Acquisition Proposal (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
(vi) neither
Parent nor Acquisition Corp. will enter into any employment agreements with any
of their officers or employees or grant any increases in the compensation or
benefits of their officers and employees.
ARTICLE
VII
ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
Section
7.1 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 reasonable 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 7.1 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 that (i) 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 (ii)
becomes available to such
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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, 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 commercially reasonable 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.
Section
7.2 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.
Section
7.3 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; provided that in such
case Parent will use its commercially reasonable efforts to allow Company to
review and reasonably approve any of the same prior to its release.
Section
7.4 Appointment of
Directors. Immediately upon the Effective Time, Parent shall,
in accordance with Section 2.3(d),
accept the resignations and cause the appointments of those officers and
directors of Parent identified in Exhibit C hereto,
subject to any notice and waiting period requirements of federal
law. At the first annual meeting of Parent’s stockholders
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and
thereafter, the election of members of Parent’s board of directors shall be
accomplished in accordance with the Bylaws of Parent.
ARTICLE
VIII
CONDITIONS OF PARTIES’
OBLIGATIONS
Section
8.1 Company
Obligations. The obligations of Parent and Acquisition Corp.
under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing
of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in whole or in part by
Parent.
(a) No Errors,
etc. The representations and warranties of the Company under this
Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those
representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality, which shall
be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Closing Date with the same
effect as if such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the
Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty by
its terms relates to an earlier date, which shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of such earlier date (except for those representations and
warranties that are qualified as to materiality, which shall be true and correct
in all 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 Company Material Adverse
Effect. Since the date hereof, there shall not have been any
event or circumstance that has resulted in a Company Material Adverse Effect,
and no event has occurred or circumstance exists that would reasonably be
expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Certificate of
Officers. The Company shall have delivered to Parent and
Acquisition Corp. a certificate dated the Closing Date, executed on its behalf
by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certifying the satisfaction of
the conditions specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section
8.1.
(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, this Agreement or the
carrying out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Supporting
Documents. Parent and Acquisition Corp. shall have received
the following:
(1) Copies of
resolutions or written consent of the board of directors and the stockholders of
the Company, certified by the President of the Company, authorizing and
approving the Merger and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and all other documents and instruments to be delivered pursuant
hereto and thereto.
(2) A
certificate of incumbency executed by the Secretary of the Company certifying
the names, titles and signatures of the officers authorized to
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execute
any documents referred to in this Agreement and further certifying that the
certificate of incorporation and Bylaws of the Company delivered to Parent and
Acquisition Corp. at the time of the execution of this Agreement have been
validly adopted and have not been amended or modified since the date
hereof.
(3) Evidence
as of a recent date of the good standing and corporate existence of the Company
issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
Section
8.2 Parent and Acquisition Corp.
Obligations. The obligations of the Company under this
Agreement are subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing of the
following conditions any of which may be waived in whole or in part by the
Company:
(a) No Errors,
etc. The representations and warranties of Parent and Acquisition
Corp. under this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects
(except for those representations and warranties that are qualified as to
materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the
Closing Date with the same effect as if such representations and warranties had
been made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such
representation or warranty by its terms relates to an earlier date, which shall
be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date (except for
those representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality, which
shall be true and correct in all respects)).
(b) Compliance with Agreement. Parent
and Acquisition Corp. shall have performed and complied in all material respects
with all agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed or
complied with by them on or before the Closing Date.
(c) No Parent Material Adverse
Effect. Since the date hereof, there shall not have been any
event or circumstance that has resulted in a Parent Material Adverse Effect and
no event has occurred or circumstance exists that would be reasonably expected
to result in such a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Certificate of
Officers. Parent and Acquisition Corp. shall have delivered to
the Company a certificate dated the Closing Date, executed on their behalf by
their respective Presidents, certifying the satisfaction of the conditions
specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 8.2.
(e) Assignment. Parent
shall have completed an assignment of all of its right, title and interest
in and to the membership interest of BabyDot LLC contemporaneously with the
Effective Time to Xxxxxx Xxxxx pursuant to a Membership Interest Transfer
Agreement in form and substance mutually agreeable to Parent and the Company,
and set forth in Schedule
6.2(iii).
(f) Stockholder Approval. The
Stockholders of the Company shall have approved the Merger.
(g) No Restraining
Action. No Action or proceeding before any court, governmental
body or agency shall have been threatened, asserted or instituted to restrain or
prohibit, or to obtain substantial damages in respect of, this Agreement or the
carrying out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
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(h) Supporting
Documents. The Company shall have received the
following:
(1) Copies of
resolutions of Parent’s and Acquisition Corp.’s respective board of directors
and the sole stockholder of Acquisition Corp., certified by their respective
Secretaries, authorizing and approving the Merger and the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and all other documents and instruments to be
delivered by them pursuant hereto.
(2) A
certificate of incumbency executed by the respective Secretaries of Parent and
Acquisition Corp. certifying the names, titles and signatures of the officers
authorized to execute any documents referred to in this Agreement and further
certifying that the certificates of incorporation and Bylaws of Parent and
Acquisition Corp. at the time of the execution of this Agreement have not been
amended or modified.
(3) A
certificate, dated the Closing Date, executed by the Secretary of each of the
Parent and Acquisition Corp., certifying that, except for the filing of the
certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware: (i) all consents, authorizations, orders and approvals of,
and filings and registrations with, any court, governmental body or
instrumentality that are required to be obtained by Parent or Acquisition Corp.
for the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
Merger shall have been duly made or obtained; and (ii) no action or proceeding
before any court, governmental body or agency has been threatened, asserted or
instituted against Parent or Acquisition Corp. to restrain or prohibit, or to
obtain substantial damages in respect of, this Agreement or the carrying out of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(4) A
certificate of Parent’s transfer agent and registrar, certifying as of the
business day prior to the Closing Date, a true and complete list of the names
and addresses of the record owners of all of the outstanding shares of Parent
Common Stock, together with the number of shares of Parent Common Stock held by
each record owner.
(5) The (i)
executed resignations of all directors and officers of Parent, with the director
resignations to take effect following the notice period required by federal law,
and (ii) executed releases from each such director and officer in the form and
substance acceptable to the Company in its sole discretion.
(6) Evidence
as of a recent date of the good standing and corporate existence of each of the
Parent and Acquisition Corp. issued by the Secretary of State of their
respective states of incorporation.
(7) Such
additional supporting documentation and other information with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby as the Company may reasonably
request.
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ARTICLE
IX
INDEMNIFICATION AND RELATED
MATTERS
Section
9.1 Indemnification by
Parent. Parent shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company
and the Stockholders (collectively, the “Company Indemnified
Parties”), and shall reimburse the Company Indemnified Parties for, any
loss, liability, claim, damage, expense (including, but not limited to, costs of
investigation and defense and reasonable attorneys’ fees) or diminution of value
(collectively, “Damages”) arising
from or in connection with (a) any inaccuracy, in any material respect, in any
of the representations and warranties of Parent and Acquisition Corp. in this
Agreement or in any certificate delivered by Parent and Acquisition Corp. to the
Company pursuant to this Agreement, or any actions, omissions or statements of
fact inconsistent with any such representation or warranty, (b) any failure by
Parent or Acquisition Corp. to perform or comply in any material respect with
any covenant or agreement in this Agreement, (c) any claim for brokerage or
finder’s fees or commissions or similar payments based upon any agreement or
understanding alleged to have been made by any such party with Parent or
Acquisition Corp. in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, (d) Taxes attributable to any transaction or event occurring on
or prior to the Closing, (e) any claim relating to or arising out of any
Liabilities of either Parent or Acquisition Corp. on or prior to Closing or with
respect to accounting fees arising thereafter, or (f) any litigation, action,
claim, proceeding or investigation by any third party relating to or arising out
of the business or operations of Parent, or the actions of Parent or any holder
of Parent capital stock prior to the Effective Time.
Section
9.2 Survival. All
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Parent and Acquisition
Corp. contained in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant to
this Agreement shall survive until twelve (12) months after the Effective
Time. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in
this Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement will
terminate at, and have no further force and effect after, the Effective
Time.
Section
9.3 Time
Limitations. Neither Parent nor Acquisition Corp. shall have
any liability (for indemnification or otherwise) with respect to any
representation or warranty, or covenant or agreement to be performed and
complied with prior to the Effective Time, unless on or before the twelve month
anniversary of the Effective Time (the “Claims Deadline”),
Parent is given notice of a claim with respect thereto, in accordance with Section 9.5,
specifying the factual basis therefore in reasonable detail to the extent then
known by the Company Indemnified Parties.
Section
9.4 Limitation on
Liability. The obligations of Parent and Acquisition Corp. to
the Company Indemnified Parties set forth in Section 9.1 shall be
subject to the following limitations:
(a) The
aggregate liability of Parent and Acquisition Corp. to the Company shall not
exceed $325,000.
(b) Other
than claims based on fraud or for specific performance, injunctive or other
equitable relief, the Company Indemnified Parties’ sole and exclusive remedy for
any and
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all
claims for Damages pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof shall be
the indemnification provided under the terms and subject to the conditions of
this Article
IX.
Section
9.5 Notice of
Claims.
(a) If, at
any time on or prior to the Claims Deadline, Company Indemnified Parties shall
assert a claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 9.1, such Company
Indemnified Parties shall submit to Parent a written claim
stating: (i) that a Company Indemnified Party incurred or reasonably
believes it may incur Damages and the amount or reasonable estimate thereof of
any such Damages; and (ii) in reasonable detail, the facts alleged as the basis
for such claim and the section or sections of this Agreement alleged as the
basis or bases for the claim.
(b) In the
event that any action, suit or proceeding is brought against any Company
Indemnified Party with respect to which Parent may have liability under this
Article IX, the Parent shall
have the right, at its cost and expense, to defend such action, suit or
proceeding in the name and on behalf of the Company Indemnified Party; provided, however, that a
Company Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, with
fees and expenses paid by Parent, if representation of the Company Indemnified
Party by counsel retained by Parent would be inappropriate because of actual or
potential differing interests between Parent and the Company Indemnified
Party. In connection with any action, suit or proceeding subject to
this Article
IX,
Parent and each Company Indemnified Party agree to render to each other such
assistance as may reasonably be required in order to ensure proper and adequate
defense of such action, suit or proceeding. Parent shall not, without
the prior written consent of the applicable Company Indemnified Parties, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, settle or compromise any
claim or demand if such settlement or compromise does not include an irrevocable
and unconditional release of such Company Indemnified Parties for any liability
arising out of such claim or demand.
ARTICLE
X
TERMINATION PRIOR TO
CLOSING
Section
10.1 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 Effective Time, (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 breaches any of its
representations, warranties or covenants contained herein, which failure or
breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after
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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 commercially reasonable 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;
(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 31, 2008, for any
reason other than delay or nonperformance of the party seeking such
termination;
(f) by the
Company if the board of directors of the Company determines in good faith, based
upon advice of legal counsel, that termination pursuant to this Section 10.1(f) is necessary
to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable law as provided in Section 7.6
hereof.
Section
10.2 Termination of
Obligations. Termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section
10.1 hereof shall terminate all obligations of the parties hereunder, except for
the confidentiality provisions of Section 7.1, the
obligations under Article IX, Article X, and Sections 11.4, 11.7, 11.14, 11.15 and 11.16 hereof; provided, however, that
termination pursuant to paragraphs (b) or (c) of Section 10.1 shall
not relieve the defaulting or breaching party or parties from any liability to
the other parties hereto.
ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
11.1 Amendments. Subject
to applicable law, this Agreement may be amended or modified by the parties
hereto by written agreement executed by each party to be bound thereby and
delivered by duly authorized officers of the parties hereto at any time prior to
the Effective Time; provided, however, that after
the approval of the Merger by the requisite Stockholders, no amendment or
modification of this Agreement shall be made that by law requires further
approval from any Stockholders without such further approval.
Section
11.2 Notices. Any
notice, request, instruction, other document or communications to be given
hereunder by any party hereto to any other party hereto shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered personally, (b) upon
confirmation of delivery if by electronic mail, (c) upon receipt of a
transmission confirmation (with a confirming copy delivered personally or sent
by overnight courier) if sent by facsimile or like transmission, or (d) on the
next business day when sent by Federal Express, United Parcel Service, U.S.
Express Mail or other reputable overnight courier for guaranteed next day
delivery, as follows:
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If
to Parent or Acquisition Corp., to:
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Attention: Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, CEO
0000
X. Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx.
Xxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
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If
to the Company, to:
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Capital
City Petroleum, Inc.
Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx, CEO
0000
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx x Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000
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or to
such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the party to
receive such notice. Nothing in this Section 11.2 shall be
deemed to constitute consent to the manner and address for service of process in
connection with any legal proceeding (including arbitration arising in
connection with this Agreement), which service shall be effected as required by
applicable law.
Section
11.3 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement and the exhibits attached hereto or
referred to herein constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto, and
supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among
the parties hereto, with respect to the subject matter hereof and
thereof.
Section
11.4 Expenses. Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, whether or not the Merger occurs, all
expenses and fees incurred by Parent and Acquisition Corp. on one hand, and the
Company on the other, shall be borne solely and entirely by the party that has
incurred the same; provided, that if the
Merger occurs, Parent agrees to pay, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation
to pay, any unpaid fees and expenses of the Company (including fees and expenses
of its counsel and other advisors) in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
11.5 Severability. If
any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable
of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other conditions and
provisions of this Agreement will nevertheless remain in full force and effect
so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated
hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any
party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is
invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto will
negotiate in good faith to amend or modify this Agreement so as to effect the
original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to
the end that transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent
possible.
Section
11.6 Successors and Assigns;
Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or
obligations hereunder shall be assigned or delegated by any of the parties
hereto without, in the case of Parent and Acquisition Corp., the prior written
approval of the Company and, in the case of the Company, the prior written
approval of Parent.
Section
11.7 No Third Party
Beneficiaries. Except as set forth in Section 9.1 and Section 11.6, nothing
herein expressed or implied shall be construed to give any person other
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than the
parties hereto (and their successors and assigns as permitted herein) any legal
or equitable rights hereunder.
Section
11.8 Counterparts; Delivery by
Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed in multiple
counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which when executed will be deemed to be an original but all of which taken
together will constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement
and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith or
therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or
thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine or
by electronic mail, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original
agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal
effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in
person. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement
or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original
forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto
or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile
machine or electronic mail to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature
or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a
facsimile machine or electronic mail as a defense to the formation or
enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such
defense.
Section
11.9 Waiver. At
any time prior to the Effective Time, any party hereto may (a) extend the time
for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other party
hereto; (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and breaches of the
warranties of the other party contained herein or in any document delivered
pursuant hereto; and (c) waive compliance by the other party with any of the
agreements or conditions contained herein. Any such extension or
waiver will be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the
party or parties to be bound thereby.
Section
11.10 No Constructive
Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto
in the exercise of any right hereunder will impair such right or be construed to
be a waiver of, or acquiescence in, any breach of any representation, warranty,
agreement or covenant herein, nor will any single or partial exercise of any
such right preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other
right. No waiver by any party of any default, misrepresentation, or
breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, whether intentional or not, 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.
Section
11.11 Further
Assurances. The parties hereto shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to do and perform or cause to be done and performed all such
further acts and things and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements,
certificates, instruments or documents as any other party hereto may reasonably
request in order to carry out fully the intent and purposes of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section
11.12 Recitals. The
recitals set forth above are incorporated herein and, by this reference, are
made part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.
Section
11.13 Headings. The
headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall
not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
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Section
11.14 Governing
Law. This Agreement and the agreements, instruments and
documents contemplated hereby shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its
conflicts of law principles.
Section
11.15 Dispute
Resolution. The parties hereto shall initially attempt to
resolve all claims, disputes or controversies arising under, out of or in
connection with this Agreement by conducting good faith negotiations amongst
themselves. If the parties hereto are unable to resolve the matter
following good faith negotiations, the matter shall thereafter be resolved by
binding arbitration and each party hereto hereby waives any right it may
otherwise have to the resolution of such matter by any means other than binding
arbitration pursuant to this Section
11.15. Whenever a party shall decide to institute arbitration
proceedings, it shall provide written notice to that effect to the other parties
hereto. The party giving such notice shall, however, refrain from
instituting the arbitration proceedings for a period of sixty (60) days
following such notice. During this period, the parties shall make
good faith efforts to amicably resolve the claim, dispute or controversy without
arbitration. Any arbitration hereunder shall be conducted in the
English language under the commercial arbitration rules of the American
Arbitration Association. Any such arbitration shall be conducted in
Las Vegas, Nevada by a panel of three arbitrators: one arbitrator
shall be appointed by each of Parent and Company; and the third shall be
appointed by the American Arbitration Association. The panel of
arbitrators shall have the authority to grant specific
performance. Judgment upon the award so rendered may be entered in
any court having jurisdiction or application may be made to such court for
judicial acceptance of any award and an order of enforcement, as the case may
be. In no event shall a demand for arbitration be made after the date
when institution of a legal or equitable proceeding based on the claim, dispute
or controversy in question would be barred under this Agreement or by the
applicable statute of limitations. The prevailing party in any
arbitration in accordance with this Section 11.15 shall
be entitled to recover from the other party, in addition to any other remedies
specified in the award, all reasonable costs, attorneys’ fees and other expenses
incurred by such prevailing party to arbitrate the claim, dispute or
controversy.
Section
11.16 Interpretation.
(a) When a
reference is made in this Agreement to a section or article, such reference
shall be to a section or article of this Agreement unless otherwise clearly
indicated to the contrary.
(b) Whenever
the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used
in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without
limitation.”
(c) The words
“hereof”,
“hereby”,
“herein” and
“herewith” and
words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement,
and article, section, paragraph, exhibit and schedule references are to the
articles, sections, paragraphs, exhibits and schedules of this Agreement unless
otherwise specified.
(d) The words
“knowledge,” or
“known to,” or
similar terms, when used in this Agreement to qualify any representation or
warranty, refer to the knowledge or awareness of certain specific facts or
circumstances related to such representation or warranty of the persons in the
Applicable Knowledge Group (as defined herein) which a prudent business person
would
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have
obtained after reasonable investigation or due diligence on the part of any such
person. For the purposes hereof, the “Applicable Knowledge
Group” with respect to the Company, shall be Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and
“Applicable Knowledge
Group” with respect to Parent and the Acquisition Corp., shall be Xxxxxx
Xxxxx.
(e) The word
“subsidiary”
shall mean any entity of which at least a majority of the outstanding shares or
other equity interests having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or comparable managers of such entity is owned, directly or indirectly
by another entity or person.
(f) For
purposes of this Agreement, “ordinary course of
business” means the ordinary course of business consistent with past
custom and practice (including with respect to quantity and
frequency).
(g) The
plural of any defined term shall have a meaning correlative to such defined
term, and words denoting any gender shall include all genders. Where
a word or phrase is defined herein, each of its other grammatical forms shall
have a corresponding meaning.
(h) A
reference to any legislation or to any provision of any legislation shall
include any modification or re-enactment thereof, any legislative provision
substituted therefor and all regulations and statutory instruments issued
thereunder or pursuant thereto, unless the context requires
otherwise.
(i) The
parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this
Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or
interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly
by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or
disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this
Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be
executed as of the date first above written by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized.
COMPANY:
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CITY PETROLEUM, INC.
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X. Xxxxxxxx
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X. Xxxxxxxx
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PARENT:
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/s/Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Xxxxx
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President
and CEO
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CORP.:
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BABYDOT
ACQUISITION CORP.
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Xxxxx
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Schedule
4.3
Capitalization
The
Company has the following outstanding warrants:
1. Warrant
to purchase 92,880 shares of the Company Common Stock (exercise price of $10.00
per share).
2. Warrants
to purchase 215,500 shares of the Company Common Stock (exercise price of $15.00
per share).
3. Warrant
to purchase 34,400 shares of the Company Common Stock (exercise price of $12.50
per share).
4. Warrant
to purchase 2,500 shares of the Company Common Stock (exercise price of $1.00
per share).
Schedule
5.8
Subsidiaries
Immediately
prior to the Merger Baby Dot LLC was a wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent. See Schedule 6.2(iii) – the membership interests of Baby Dot
LLC is being transferred to Xxxxxx Xxxxx.
Schedule
5.16
Interested
Party Transactions
See
Schedule 6.2(iii).
Schedule
6.1(ii)
Conduct
of Business by the Company
Immediately
prior to the Effective Date, the board of directors of the Company set as a
record date of March 10, 2008 (the “Dividend Date”) for
the declaration of all accrued and unpaid dividends (from January 1, 2008
through the Dividend Date) on the Company Preferred Stock (the “Company Dividend”),
such dividend to be paid to holders of the Company Preferred Stock of record on
the Dividend Date on or before April 30, 2008. The Company Dividend
equals $0.48076923 per share of Company Preferred Stock.
Schedule
6.2(iii)
Conduct
of Business by Parent and Acquisition Corp.
See
attached Membership Interest Transfer Agreement
Exhibit
A
Certificate
of Incorporation of Surviving Corporation
See
attached.
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION
OF
CAPITAL
CITY PETROLEUM, INC.
(Pursuant
to Sections 242 and 245 of the
General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)
Capital
City Petroleum, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue
of the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
“General
Corporation Law”) hereby certifies that:
The
name of the corporation is Capital City Petroleum, Inc. (the “Corporation”). The
Corporation was formed in Delaware on September 21, 1006.
This
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Certificate”)
was duly adopted in accordance with Sections 141(f), 228, 242 and 245 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law by the unanimous written consent of the
Corporation’s Board of Directors and by the Corporation’s stockholders having
not less than the minimum number of votes required to adopt this Certificate,
with written notice being provided to all stockholders in accordance with
Section 228 of such law.
The
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended and restated
in its entirety to read as follows:
ARTICLE
I:
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The
name of the corporation is Capital City Petroleum,
Inc.
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ARTICLE
II:
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The
address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, County of
New Castle. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at
such address is Corporation Service
Company.
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ARTICLE
III:
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The
nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to
engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be
organized under the Delaware General Corporation
Law.
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ARTICLE
IV:
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The
Corporation is authorized to issue 1 share of Common Stock, $.001 par
value per share (“Common
Stock”).
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ARTICLE
V:
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The
Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to adopt,
amend or repeal the by-laws of the Corporation (the “By-Laws”).
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ARTICLE
VI:
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The
business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the
direction of the Board of Directors. Elections of directors
need not be by written ballot unless otherwise provided in the
By-Laws.
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ARTICLE
VII:
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The
personal liability of the directors of the Corporation is hereby
eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation
Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall
be liable to the
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extent provided by applicable law, (i) for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the General Corporation Law or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this Article VII shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment. |
ARTICLE
VII:
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The
Corporation may indemnify each director, officer, trustee, employee or
agent of the Corporation and each person who is or was serving at the
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise in the manner and to the fullest extent provided in Section 145
of the General Corporation Law as the same now exists or may hereafter be
amended.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation has been executed by a duly authorized officer of this Corporation
on this 14th
day of February, 2008.
/s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, CEO |
Exhibit
B
Bylaws
of Surviving Corporation
See
attached.
BYLAWS
OF
CAPITAL
CITY PETROLEUM, INC.
ARTICLE
I
OFFICES
The
principal office of the corporation in the State of Ohio shall be located in the
City of Columbus and County of Franklin. The corporation may have such other
offices, either within or without the State of Illinois, as the business of the
corporation may require from time to time.
The
registered office of the corporation required by the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware to be maintained in the State of Delaware shall be the
registered office initially designated in the Certificate of Incorporation of
the corporation or such other office as the Board of Directors may designate
from time to time in the manner provided by law.
ARTICLE
II
STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION
1. ANNUAL
MEETING. The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the first day
of October of each year, commencing with the year 2008, for the purpose of
electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come
before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal
holiday, such meeting shall be held on the first preceding business day. If the
election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for any
annual meeting, or at any adjournment thereof, the board of directors shall
cause the election to be held at a meeting of the stockholders as soon
thereafter as conveniently may be.
SECTION
2. SPECIAL
MEETINGS. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called by the president,
by the board of directors or by the holders of not less than one-fifth of all
the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote.
SECTION
3. PLACE
OF MEETING. The board of directors may designate any place, either within or
without the State of Delaware, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or
for any special meeting called by the board of directors. A waiver of notice
signed by all stockholders may designate any place, either within or without the
State of Delaware, as the place for the holding of such meeting. If no
designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of
meeting shall be the registered office of the corporation in the State of
Delaware, except as otherwise provided in Section 5 of this
article.
SECTION
4. NOTICE
OF MEETINGS. Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the
meeting, and in the ease of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which
the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than 10 nor more than 60 days
before the date of the meeting, or in the case of a merger, consolidation, share
exchange, dissolution or sale, lease or exchange of assets not less than 20 nor
more than 60 days before the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the
direction of the president, or the secretary, or the officer
or
persons calling the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at
such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when
deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the stockholder at his/her
address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon
prepaid.
SECTION
5. MEETING
OF ALL STOCKHOLDERS. If all of the stockholders shall meet at any
time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and consent to
the holding of a meeting at such time and place, such meeting shall be valid
without call or notice, and at such meeting any corporate action may be
taken.
SECTION
6. CLOSING
OF TRANSFER BOOKS OR FIXING OF RECORD DATE. For the purposes of determining
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or
stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a
determination of stockholders for any other proper purpose, the board of
directors of the corporation may provide that the stock transfer books shall be
closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, 60 days. If the stock
transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders, such books shall
be closed for at least 10 days, or in the case of a merger, consolidation share
exchange, dissolution or sale, lease or exchange of assets, at least 20 days,
immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books,
the board of directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such
determination of stockholders, such date in any case to be not more than 60 days
and, for a meeting of stockholders, not less than 10 days, or in the case of a
merger, consolidation share exchange, dissolution or sale, lease or exchange of
assets, not less than 20 days, immediately preceding such meeting. If the stock
transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination
of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders,
or stockholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which
notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the board
of directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be
the record date for such determination of stockholders.
SECTION
7. VOTING
LISTS. The officer or agent having charge of the transfer books for shares of
the corporation shall make, within 20 days after the record date for a meeting
of stockholders or at least 10 days before each meeting of stockholders,
whichever is earlier, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at
such meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number
of shares held by each, which list, for a period of 10 days prior to such
meeting, shall be kept on file at the registered office of the corporation and
shall be subject to inspection by any stockholder at any time during usual
business hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and
place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any stockholder
during the whole time of the meeting. The original share ledger or transfer
book, or a duplicate thereof kept in this State, shall be prima facie evidence
as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or share ledger or
transfer book or to vote at any meeting of stockholders.
SECTION
8. QUORUM.
A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote on a
matter, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any
meeting of stockholders; provided, that if less than all of the outstanding
shares are represented at said meeting, a majority of the shares so represented
may adjourn the meeting from time to
time
without further notice. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a
majority of the shares represented at the meeting shall be the act of the
stockholders, unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is
required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws.
SECTION
9. PROXIES.
At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote by proxy executed in
writing by the stockholder or by his/her duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such
proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation before or at the time
of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its
execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.
SECTION
10. VOTING
OF SHARES. Subject to the provisions of Section 12 of this article, each
outstanding share of common stock shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter
submitted to vote at a meeting of stockholders. The Board of
Directors shall have the power and authority to determine if the preferred stock
shall have voting powers upon any matter submitted to vote at a meeting of
stockholders.
SECTION
11. VOTING
OF SHARES BY CERTAIN HOLDERS. Shares standing in the name of another
corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent, or proxy
as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such
provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may
determine.
Shares
standing in the name of a deceased person, a minor xxxx or an incompetent
person, may be voted by his/her administrator, executor, court-appointed
guardian or conservator, either in person or by proxy without a transfer of such
shares into the name of such administrator, executor, court-appointed guardian
or conservator. Shares standing in the name of a trustee may be voted by
him/her, either in person or by proxy.
Shares
standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares
held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without
the transfer thereof into his/her name if authority to do so shall be contained
in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was
appointed.
A
stockholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until
the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter
the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.
Shares of its own stock belonging to this corporation shall not be voted,
directly or indirectly, at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining
the total number of outstanding shares at any given time, but shares of its own
stock held by it in a fiduciary capacity may be voted and shall be counted in
determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given
time.
SECTION 12. INSPECTORS.
At any meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting may, or upon the
request of any stockholder, shall appoint one or more persons as inspectors for
such meeting.
Such
inspectors shall ascertain and report the number of shares represented at the
meeting, based upon their determination of the validity and effect of proxies;
count all votes and report the results; and do such other acts as are proper to
conduct the election and voting with impartiality and fairness to all the
stockholders.
Each
report of an inspector shall be in writing and signed by him/her or by a
majority of them if there be more than one inspector or inspectors on the number
of shares represented at the meeting and the results of the voting shall be
prima facie evidence thereof.
SECTION 13. INFORMAL
ACTION BY STOCKHOLDERS. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the
stockholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the
stockholders, may be taken without a meeting and without a vote, if a consent in
writing, setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by the holders of
outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would
be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares
entitled to vote thereon were present and voting.
Prompt
notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than
unanimous written consent shall be given in writing to those stockholders who
have not consented in writing. In the event that the action which is consented
to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any section
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware if such action had been
voted on by the stockholders at a meeting thereof, the certificate filed under
such section shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such section
concerning any vote of stockholders, that written consent has been given in
accordance with the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware and that written notice has been given as provided in such
provision.
SECTION
14. VOTING
BY BALLOT. Voting on any question or in any election may be viva-voce unless the
presiding officer shall order or any stockholder shall demand that voting be by
ballot.
ARTICLE
III
DIRECTORS
SECTION
1. GENERAL
POWERS. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under
the discretion of its board of directors.
SECTION
2. NUMBER,
TENURE AND QUALIFICATIONS. The number of directors of the corporation shall be a
minimum of three and a maximum of seven. Each director shall hold
office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until his/her successor
shall have been elected and qualified. Directors need not be residents of
Delaware or stockholders of the corporation. The number of directors
of the corporation may be increased or decreased at any time by resolution of
the board of directors.
SECTION
3. REGULAR
MEETINGS. A regular meeting of the board of directors shall be held without
other notice than this by-law, immediately after, and at the same place as, the
annual meeting of stockholders. The board of directors may provide, by
resolution, the time and
place,
either within or without the State of Delaware, for the holding of additional
regular meetings without other notice than such
resolution.
SECTION
4. SPECIAL
MEETINGS. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the
request of the president or any director. The person or persons authorized to
call special meetings of the board of directors may fix any place, either within
or without the State of Delaware, as the place for holding any special meeting
of the board of directors called by them.
SECTION
5. NOTICE.
Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least five days previous thereto
by written notice delivered personally or mailed to each director at his/her
business address, or by telegram. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be
delivered when deposited in the United States mail, so addressed, with postage
thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to
be delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. Any
director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a director at any
meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a
director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any
regular or special meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the
notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
SECTION
6. QUORUM.
A majority of the number of directors fixed by these bylaws shall constitute a
quorum for transaction of business at any meeting of the board of directors,
provided, that if less than a majority of such number of directors are present
at said meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting
from time to time without further notice.
SECTION
7. MANNER
OF ACTING. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at
which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the
act of a greater number is required by statute, these bylaws, or the Certificate
of Incorporation.
SECTION
8. VACANCIES.
Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors and any directorship to be
filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors, may be filled by
election at an annual meeting or at a special meeting of stockholders called for
that purpose. A majority of the board of directors may fill any vacancy prior to
such annual or special meeting of stockholders.
SECTION
9. RESIGNATION
AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. A director may resign at any time upon written notice
to the board of directors. A director may be removed with or without cause, by a
majority of stockholders if the notice of the meeting names the director or
directors to be removed at said meeting.
SECTION
10. INFORMAL
ACTION BY DIRECTORS. Unless specifically prohibited by the Certificate of
Incorporation or bylaws, any action required to be taken at a meeting of the
board of directors, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the
board of directors or the executive committee thereof, may be taken without a
meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be
signed by all the directors entitled to vote with respect
to
the subject matter thereof, or by all the members of such committee, as the case
may be. Any such consent signed by all the directors or all the members of the
executive committee shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote, and may be
stated as such in any document filed with the Secretary of State of
Delaware.
SECTION
11. COMPENSATION.
The board of directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of directors then
in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members,
shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all directors for
services to the corporation as directors, officers or otherwise notwithstanding
any director conflict of interest. By resolution of the board of directors the
directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of
the board.
SECTION
12. PRESUMPTION
OF ASSENT. A director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the
board of directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be
conclusively presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his/her
dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he/she shall
file a written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of
the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by
registered mail to the secretary of the corporation immediately after the
adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director
who voted in favor of such action.
SECTION 13. APPOINTMENT
OF COMMITTEES. The board of directors may, by resolution passed by the whole
board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or
more of the directors of the corporation. The board may designate one or more
directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or
disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Any such committee, to the
extent provided in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the
board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the
corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all
papers which may require it; provided,
however, that in the absence or disqualification of any member of such
committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any meeting
and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he/she or they constitute a
quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act
at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Such
committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from
time to time by resolution adopted by the board of
directors.
ARTICLE
IV
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. NUMBER.
The officers of the corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President,
a Chief Compliance Officer, a Vice President, a Chief Financial Officer, a
Secretary and an Assistant Secretary or such other officers as may be elected or
appointed by the board of directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the
same person.
SECTION 2. ELECTION
AND TERM OF OFFICE. The officers of the corporation shall be elected annually by
the board of directors at the first meeting of the board of directors held after
each annual meeting of stockholders. If the election of officers shall not be
held at such
meeting,
such election shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Vacancies
may be filled or new offices filled at any meeting of the board of directors.
Each officer shall hold office until his/her successor shall have been duly
elected and shall have qualified or until his/her death or until he/she shall
resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Election
or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract
rights.
SECTION 3. REMOVAL.
Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the board of directors may be
removed by the board of directors whenever in its judgment at the best interests
of the corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without
prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so
removed.
SECTION 4. VACANCIES.
A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, disqualification or
otherwise, may be filled by the board of directors for the unexpired portion of
the term.
SECTION
5. CHAIRMAN
OF THE BOARD. The chairman of the board, if one has been elected, shall preside
at all meetings of the stockholders and the board of directors and shall
implement policies and strategies for the conduct of the business of the
corporation.
SECTION
6. CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the principal executive
officer of the corporation and shall implement the general policies of the
corporation and in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs
of the corporation. He/She shall preside at all meetings of the board of
directors and of the stockholders of the corporation. He/She may sign
certificates for shares of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds,
contracts, or other instruments which the board of directors has authorized to
be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be
expressly delegated by the board of directors or by these bylaws to some other
officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise
signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the
office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of
directors from time to time.
SECTION
7. PRESIDENT.
The president shall assist the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and
shall oversee the general policies of the corporation and in general supervise
and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. He/She shall
preside at all meetings of the board of directors and of the stockholders of the
corporation. He/She may sign certificates for shares of the corporation, any
deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the board of
directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and
execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors or by
these bylaws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be
required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform
all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be
prescribed by the board of directors from time to time.
SECTION
8. THE
VICE PRESIDENT. In the absence of the president or in the event of his/her
inability or refusal to act, the vice president, if one has been elected, (or in
the event there may be more than one vice president, the vice presidents in the
order designated, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of
their election) shall perform the duties of the president, and when so acting,
shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions
upon
the president. Any vice president may sign, with the president certificates for
shares of the corporation; and shall perform such other duties as from time to
time may be assigned to him/her by the chairman of the board, the president or
by the board of directors.
SECTION 9. THE
CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER. The Chief Compliance Officer shall be responsible for
implementing written policies, procedures, and standards of conduct,
establishing a compliance committee, developing effective lines of
communication, enforcing standards through well-publicized disciplinary
guidelines and developing policies addressing dealings with sanctioned
individuals, conducting periodic risk assessments and response plans, conducting
internal monitoring and auditing and responding promptly to detected offenses,
developing corrective action, and reporting findings to the government via
established channels.
SECTION
10. THE
TREASURER. If required by the board of directors, the treasurer, if one has been
elected, shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such
sum and with such surety or sureties as the board of directors shall determine.
He/She shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds
and securities of the corporation; received and give receipts for monies due and
payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such
monies in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other
depositories as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article V
of these bylaws; (b) in general perform all the duties incident to the officer
of treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to
him/her by the president or by the board of directors.
SECTION
11. THE
SECRETARY. The secretary, if one has been elected, shall: (a) keep the minutes
of the stockholders’ and of the board of directors’ meetings in one or more
books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in
accordance with the provisions of these bylaws or as required by law; (c) be
custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see
that the seal of the corporation, if one is held, is affixed to all certificates
for shares prior to the issue thereof and to all documents, the execution of
which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized in
accordance with the provisions of these bylaws; (d) keep a register of the post
office address of each stockholder which shall be furnished to the secretary by
such stockholder; (e) sign with the president, or a vice president, certificates
for shares of the corporation, the issue of which shall have been authorized by
resolution of the board of directors; (f) have general charge of the stock
transfer books of the corporation; (g) in general perform all duties incident to
the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be
assigned to him/her by the president or by the board of
directors.
SECTION
12. ASSISTANT
TREASURERS AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. The assistant treasurers shall
respectively, if required by the board of directors, give bonds for the faithful
discharge of their duties in such sums and with such sureties as the board of
directors shall determine. The assistant secretaries as thereunto authorized by
the board of directors may sign with the president or a vice president
certificates for shares of the corporation, the issue of which shall have been
authorized by a resolution of the board of directors. The assistant treasurers
and assistant secretaries, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be
assigned to them by the treasurer or the secretary, respectively, or by the
president or the board of directors.
SECTION
13. SALARIES.
The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the board of
directors and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason
of the fact that he/she is also a director of the
corporation.
ARTICLE
V
CONTRACTS,
LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS
SECTION
1. CONTRACTS.
The board of directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents,
to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of
and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined
to specific instances.
SECTION
2. LOANS.
No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidences of
indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of
the board of directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific
instances.
SECTION
3. CHECKS,
DRAFTS, ETC. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes
or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation, shall
be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in
such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the board
of directors.
SECTION
4. DEPOSITS.
All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time
to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other
depositaries as the board of directors may select.
ARTICLE
VI
CERTIFICATES
FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
SECTION
1. CERTIFICATES
FOR SHARES. Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such
form as may be determined by the board of directors. Such certificates shall be
signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant
secretary and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation. All certificates
for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name of
the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of
shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the corporation. All
certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be cancelled and
no new certificates shall be issued until the former certificate for a like
number of shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled, except that in case
of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate, a new one may be issued therefore
upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the board of directors may
prescribe.
SECTION
2. TRANSFERS
OF SHARES. Transfers of shares of the corporation shall be made only on the
books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his/her legal
representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or
by his/her attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and
filed with the secretary of the corporation, and on surrender for cancellation
of the certificate for such shares, the person in whose name shares stand on the
books of the corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as
regards the corporation.
ARTICLE
VII
FISCAL
YEAR
The
fiscal year of the corporation shall be determined by the board of
directors.
ARTICLE
VIII
DIVIDENDS
The
board of directors may from time to time, declare, and the corporation may pay,
dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and
conditions provided by law and its Certificate of Incorporation.
ARTICLE
IX
SEAL
The
board of directors may provide a corporate seal which shall be in the form of a
circle and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and the
words, “Corporate Seal, Delaware.”
ARTICLE
X
WAIVER
OF NOTICE
Whenever
any notice whatsoever is required to be given under the provisions of these
bylaws or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or under the
provisions of General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, a waiver thereof
in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether
before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the
giving of such notice.
ARTICLE
XI
AMENDMENTS
Unless
the power to make, alter, amend or repeal the bylaws is reserved to the
stockholders by the Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws of the corporation
shall be made, altered, amended or repealed by the board of
directors.
ARTICLE
XII
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION
1. RIGHT
TO INDEMNIFICATION. Each
person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is
otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “Proceeding”), by
reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with
respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “Indemnitee”), whether the
basis of such Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a
director,
officer,
employee, agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer,
employee or agent shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent
authorized under the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may
hereafter be amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including
attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts
paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Indemnitee in
connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an Indemnitee
who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to
the benefit of the Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators;
provided,
however, that,
except as provided in Section 3 hereof with respect to Proceedings to enforce
rights to indemnification, the corporation shall indemnify any such Indemnitee
in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnitee
only if such Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the board of
directors of the corporation.
SECTION
2. RIGHT
TO ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES. The
right to indemnification conferred in Section 1 of this Article shall include
the right to be paid by the corporation the expenses incurred in defending any
Proceeding for which such right to indemnification is applicable, in accordance
with this Article, in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an
“Advancement
of Expenses”);
provided,
however, an
Advancement of Expenses incurred by an Indemnitee shall be made only upon
delivery to the corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “Undertaking”), by
or on behalf of such Indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no
further right to appeal (hereinafter a “Final
Adjudication”) that
such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this
Article or otherwise.
SECTION
3. RIGHT
OF INDEMNITEE TO BRING SUIT. The
rights to indemnification and to the Advancement of Expenses conferred in
Section 1 and 2 of this Article shall be contract rights. If a claim under
Section 1 and 2 of this Article is not paid in full by the corporation within
sixty days after a written claim has been received by the corporation, except in
the case of a claim for an Advancement of Expenses, in which case the applicable
period shall be twenty days, the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring
suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If
successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the
corporation to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an
Undertaking, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of
prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the Indemnitee to
enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the
Indemnitee to enforce a right to an Advancement of Expenses) it shall be a
defense that, and (ii) in any suit by the corporation to recover an Advancement
of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking the corporation shall be
entitled to recover such expenses upon a Final Adjudication that, the Indemnitee
has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in Delaware
law. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its board of directors,
independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination
prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is
proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an
actual determination by the corporation (including its board of directors,
independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the Indemnitee has not met
such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the
Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of
such a suit brought by the Indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit
brought by
the
Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an Advancement of
Expenses hereunder, or by the corporation to recover an Advancement of Expenses
pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the burden of proving that the
Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such Advancement of
Expenses, under this Article or otherwise shall be on the
corporation.
SECTION
4. NOTICE
TO STOCKHOLDERS. If the corporation indemnifies or makes an
Advancement of Expenses to or on behalf of an officer or director under Section
1 or 2 of this Article, the corporation shall report such indemnification or
Advancement of Expenses in writing to the stockholders of the corporation with
or before the notice of the next shareholders
meeting.
SECTION
5. NON-EXCLUSIVITY
OF RIGHTS. The
rights to indemnification and to the Advancement of Expenses conferred in this
Article shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or
hereafter acquire under any statute, the corporation’s Certificate of
Incorporation, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise.
SECTION
6. INSURANCE. The
corporation shall maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense,
liability or loss, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware
law.
SECTION
7. STOCKHOLDER NOTICE OF INDEMNIFICATION PAYMENT. If the corporation
has indemnified or has advanced expenses to a director, officer, employee or
agent, the corporation shall report the indemnification or advance in writing to
the stockholders with or before the notice of the next stockholder’s
meeting.
SECTION
8. MERGER. For purposes of this Article, references to “the
corporation” shall include, in addition to the surviving corporation, any
merging corporation (including any corporation having merged with a merging
corporation) absorbed in a merger which, if its separate existence had
continued, would have had the power and authority to indemnify its directors,
officers, and employee or agents, so that any person who was a director, officer
or agent of such merging corporation, or was serving at the request of such
merging corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand
in the same position under the provisions of this Article with respect to the
surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such merging
corporation if its separate existence had continued.
SECTION
9. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS. For purposes of this Article, references
to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to
“fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an
employee benefit plan; and reference to “serving at the request of the
corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent
of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by such
director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to any employee benefit plan,
its participants, or beneficiaries. A person who acted in good faith and in a
manner he/she or he/she reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the
participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to
have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” as
referred to in this Article.
Exhibit
C
Officers
and Directors of Parent
— Pre-Effective
Time and Post-Effective Time—
Pre-Effective Time:
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, President, Secretary/ Treasurer, CEO, CFO and sole Director; Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Chief Strategic Officer
Following Notice
Filings:
The
following persons shall be appointed as Officers and Directors of
Parent:
Name
|
Office(s)
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
|
Director
and CEO
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
|
Director,
President and Secretary
|
Xxxxxx
X. Coffee
|
Director,
COO
|
Xxxx
X. Xxxxx
|
Director,
Sr. VP
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
Director,
CFO
|
Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
|
Director
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
|
Director
|
Exhibit
D
Certificate
of Designation of Parent Series A Preferred Stock
See
Attached
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Secretary
of State
000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxx 00000-0000
(000)
000-0000
Website: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Certificate
of Designation
(PURSUANT
TO NRS 78.1955)
Certificate of
Designation
For Nevada Profit
Corporations
(Pursuant
to NRS 78.1955)
1.
|
Name
of Corporation
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2.
|
By
resolution of the board of directors pursuant to a provision in the
articles of incorporation, this certificate establishes the following
regarding the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations,
restrictions and relative rights of the following class or series of
stock.
|
The
Undersigned, on behalf of Capital City Energy Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that the following resolutions were
adopted by the Corporation’s board of directors effective as of January 23,
2008, pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board by the Corporation’s
Articles of Incorporation and in accordance with the Nevada Revised
Statutes: RESOLVED: that
pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Board in accordance with
the provisions of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation a series of
preferred stock of the Corporation is hereby created and designated with the
following relative rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, limitations
and restrictions: Additional details provided on attached Certificate
of Designation of Series A Preferred Stock, dated January 23, 2008.
3.
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Effective
date of filing (optional):
|
(must
not be later than 90 days after the certificate is filed)
4.
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Officer
Signature (Required) X Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Filing
Fee $175.00
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IMPORTANT: Failure
to include any of the above information and submit proper fees may cause this
filing to be rejected.
This
form must be accompanied by appropriate fees
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Nevada
Secretary of State AM 78.1955 Designation 2007
Revised
01/10/07
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CERTIFICATE
OF DESIGNATION OF
SERIES
A PREFERRED STOCK
The
Undersigned, on behalf of Capital City Energy Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that the following resolutions were
adopted by the Corporation’s board of directors effective as of January 23,
2008, pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board by the Corporation’s
Articles of Incorporation and in accordance with the Nevada Revised
Statutes:
RESOLVED: that pursuant
to the authority granted to and vested in the Board in accordance with the
provisions of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation a series of preferred
stock of the Corporation is hereby created and designated with the following
relative rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, limitations and
restrictions:
1. Designation
and Number. There shall be a series of preferred stock, par
value $0.001 per shares, designated as “Series A Preferred Stock,” and the
number of shares constituting such series shall be three million two hundred and
fifty thousand (3,250,000).
2. Dividends.
The holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders
of Common Stock, shall be entitled to receive when, as and if declared by the
Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, cumulative
dividends as provided in this Section 2.
a. The
holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive cumulative
dividends, out of the funds legally available therefor, which shall accrue on
each share of Series A Preferred Stock (adjusted for any subdivisions,
combinations, consolidations or stock distributions or stock dividends with
respect to such shares) at the Dividend Rate on the sum of (i) the Series A
Initial Amount and (ii) all accumulated and unpaid dividends accrued thereon
pursuant to this Section 2(a) from the date of issuance thereof (the “Series A
Dividends”). The sum of the Series A Initial Amount and the unpaid
Series A Dividends is referred to herein as the “Series A Preference
Amount.” Such dividends will be calculated and compounded annually in
arrears on December 31 of each year (each a “Dividend Date”) in respect of the
prior twelve month period prorated on a daily basis for partial
periods. Such dividends shall commence to accrue on each share of
Series A Preferred Stock from the date of issuance thereof whether or not
declared by the Board of Directors, and whether or not there are profits,
surplus or other funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of
dividends, and shall continue to accrue thereon until the Series A Preference
Amount is paid in full. Dividends on each share of Series A Preferred
Stock shall be payable in cash. The Corporation shall pay the Series
A Dividends to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock upon conversion pursuant
to Section 5 hereof.
b. To
the extent the Corporation has funds legally available for the payment of
dividends, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, the
Corporation shall, within
thirty
(30) days following each calendar quarter, so long as shares of Series A
Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, declare and pay dividends equal to
the accrued and unpaid dividends on such Series A Preferred Stock as of the
immediately preceding calendar quarter to record holders of such Series A
Preferred Stock as of the end of the immediately preceding calendar
quarter. Except as otherwise provided herein, if at any time the
Corporation pays less than the total amount of dividends then accrued with
respect to the Series A Preferred Stock, such payment shall be distributed
ratably among the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock based upon the
aggregate accrued but unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock held by
each holder.
c. No
dividends shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock until all dividends
accrued or declared but unpaid on the Series A Preferred Stock shall have been
paid in full.
3. Liquidation Preference on Dissolution, Sale of the
Corporation or Reorganization.
a. In
the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
Corporation, either voluntarily or involuntarily (a “Dissolution”), each holder
of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled, after provision for the payment
of the Corporation’s debts and other liabilities, to be paid in cash in full,
before any distribution is made on any Common Stock, an amount in cash (the
“Series A Liquidation Amount”) equal to the greater of (i) the Series A
Preference Amount applicable to such holder’s Series A Preferred Stock or (ii)
the amount such holder of Series A Preferred Stock would have received had such
holder converted all Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder into Common
Stock including in respect of accrued but unpaid Series A Dividends immediately
prior to such Dissolution. The Corporation shall, not later than 20 days prior
to the earlier of the record date for the taking of a vote of stockholders with
respect to any Dissolution or the date set for the consummation of a
Dissolution, provide to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock such
information concerning the terms of the Dissolution and the value of the assets
of the Corporation as may be reasonably requested by the holders of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock. If, upon a Dissolution, the net assets of
the Corporation distributable among the holders of all outstanding Series A
Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to permit the payment of the Series A
Liquidation Amount in full, then the entire net assets of the Corporation
remaining after the provision for the payment of the Corporation’s debts and
other liabilities shall be distributed among the holders of the Series A
Preferred Stock ratably in proportion to the full preferential amounts to which
they would otherwise be respectively entitled on account of their Series A
Preferred Stock. Upon any such Dissolution, after the holders of
Series A Preferred Stock shall have been paid in full the Series A Liquidation
Amount, the remaining net assets of the Corporation shall be distributed to the
other stockholders of the Corporation as their respective interests may
appear.
b. In
the event of any Sale of the Corporation, each holder of Series A Preferred
Stock shall be entitled, after provision for the payment of the Corporation’s
debts and other liabilities, to be paid in cash in full, before any distribution
is made on any Common Stock, the Series A Liquidation Amount. The
Corporation shall, not later than 20 days prior to the earlier of the record
date for the taking of a vote of stockholders with respect to any Sale of the
Corporation or the date set for the consummation of a Sale of the Corporation,
provide to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock such information
concerning the terms of the Sale of the
Corporation
and the value of the assets of the Corporation as may be reasonably requested by
the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock. If, upon a Sale of
the Corporation, the net assets of the Corporation distributable among the
holders of all outstanding Series A Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to
permit the payment of the Series A Liquidation Amount in full, then the entire
net assets of the Corporation remaining after the provision for the payment of
the Corporation’s debts and other liabilities shall be distributed among the
holders of the Series A Preferred Stock ratably in proportion to the full
preferential amounts to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled on
account of their Series A Preferred Stock. Upon any such Sale of the
Corporation, after the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have been paid
in full the Series A Liquidation Amount, the remaining net assets of the
Corporation shall be distributed to the other stockholders of the Corporation as
their respective interests may appear.
c. Any
Reorganization of the Corporation required by any court or administrative body
in order to comply with any provision of law shall be deemed to be an
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation unless the
preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and special or relative
rights granted to or imposed upon the holders of Series A Preferred Stock are
not adversely affected by such Reorganization.
4. Voting
Rights of Series A Preferred Stock. Except as otherwise required by law
or as provided herein, the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall vote
together with the shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock at any annual or
special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or may act by written
consent in the same manner as the Corporation’s Common Stock, upon the following
basis: each holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
such number of votes for the Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder on the
record date fixed for such meeting, or on the effective date of such written
consent, as shall be equal to the whole number of shares of the Corporation’s
Common Stock into which such holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock are
convertible (in accordance with the terms of Section 5 hereof), immediately
after the close of business on the record date fixed for such meeting or the
effective date of such written consent.
5. Conversion
Rights.
a. Conversion
Procedure.
i. At
any time and from time to time, any holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall
have the right, at its option, to convert all or any portion of the shares of
Series A Preferred Stock (including any fraction of a share) held by such holder
into a number of shares of fully paid and nonassessable Common Stock computed by
dividing the Series A Initial Amount by the Series A Conversion Price in effect
on the Conversion Date. In addition, upon conversion, the Corporation
shall pay all accrued and unpaid Series A Dividends on such converted shares (as
determined by the Corporation is its sole discretion) (A) in cash (such
dividends to be paid solely out of the Corporation’s retained earnings legally
available for the payment of dividends), or (B) by the issuance of such number
of shares of Series A Preferred Stock as equals the quotient of the accrued and
unpaid Series A Dividends on such converted shares and the Series A Initial
Amount, and then converting such Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock as
provided for in this Section (a)(i).
ii. Each
conversion of Series A Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have been effected as
of the close of business on the effective date of such conversion specified in a
written notice (the “Conversion Date”); provided, however, that the Conversion
Date shall not be a date earlier than the date such notice is so given, and if
such notice does not specify a conversion date, the Conversion Date shall be
deemed to be the date such notice is given to the Corporation. On the
Conversion Date, the rights of the holder of such Series A Preferred Stock as
such holder shall cease and the Person or Persons in whose name or names any
certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon
such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record
of the shares of Common Stock represented thereby.
iii. As
soon as practicable after the Conversion Date, but in any event within ten (10)
business days after the holder has delivered the certificates or affidavits of
loss, if applicable, evidencing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted
into shares of Common Stock in accordance herewith, the Corporation shall
deliver to the converting holder:
1. a
certificate or certificates representing, in the aggregate, (1) the number of
shares of Common Stock issued upon such conversion in the same name or names as
the certificates representing the converted shares and in such denomination or
denominations as the converting holder shall specify, and (2) payment of the
accrued and unpaid Series A Dividends with respect to the converted shares
(either in cash or converted into Common Stock pursuant to Section 5(a)(i));
and
2. a
certificate representing any shares that were represented by the certificate or
certificates delivered to the Corporation in connection with such conversion but
that were not converted.
iv. The
issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Series A
Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to the holders of such Series A
Preferred Stock for any issuance tax in respect thereof or other cost incurred
by the Corporation in connection with such conversion and the related issuance
of shares of Common Stock. Upon conversion of any shares of Series A
Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall take all such actions as are necessary in
order to insure that the Common Stock so issued upon such conversion shall be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
v. The
Corporation shall not close its books against the transfer of Series A Preferred
Stock or of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of Series A
Preferred Stock in any manner that interferes with the timely conversion of
Series A Preferred Stock. The Corporation shall assist and cooperate
with any holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock required to make any
governmental filings or obtain any governmental approval prior to or in
connection with any conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock hereunder
(including, without limitation, making any filings required to be made by the
Corporation).
vi. The
Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized
but unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the
conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, such number of shares of Common
Stock as are
issuable
upon the conversion of all outstanding Series A Preferred Stock. All
shares of Common Stock that are so issuable shall, when issued, be duly and
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and
charges. The Corporation shall take all such actions as may be
necessary to assure that all such shares of Common Stock may be so issued
without violation of any applicable law or governmental regulation or any
requirements of any domestic securities exchange upon which shares of Common
Stock may be listed (except for official notice of issuance which shall be
immediately delivered by the Corporation upon each such
issuance).
b. Series
A Conversion Price. The initial conversion price of the Series A
Preferred Stock shall be the Series A Initial Amount, which may be adjusted from
time to time hereafter (as so adjusted, the “Series A Conversion
Price”).
c. Subdivision
or Combination of Common Stock. If the Corporation at any time
subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise)
its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the
Series A Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall
be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in the event the outstanding shares
of Common Stock shall be combined (by reverse stock split or otherwise) into a
smaller number of shares, the Series A Conversion Price in effect immediately
prior to such combination shall be proportionately
increased.
d. Adjustment
for Certain Dividends and Distributions. In the event the Corporation
at any time or from time to time after the Series A Original Issue Date shall
make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of holders of Common
Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable on the
Common Stock in additional shares of Common Stock, then and in each such event
the Series A Conversion Price in effect immediately before such event shall be
decreased as of the time of such issuance or, in the event such a record date
shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, by
multiplying the Series A Conversion Price then in effect by a
fraction:
i. the
numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of
business on such record date, and
ii. the
denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of
business on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
in payment of such dividend or distribution;
provided,
however, that if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not
fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor,
the Series A Conversion Price shall be recomputed accordingly as of the close of
business on such record date and thereafter the Series A Conversion Price shall
be adjusted pursuant to this subsection as of the time of actual payment of such
dividends or distributions; and provided further, however, that no such
adjustment shall be made if the holders of Series A Preferred Stock
simultaneously receive a dividend or other distribution of shares of Common
Stock in a number equal to the number of
shares
of Common Stock as they would have received if all outstanding shares of
Series A Preferred Stock had been converted into Common Stock on the date
of such event.
e. Adjustments
for Other Dividends and Distributions. In the event the Corporation at any time
or from time to time after the Series A Original Issue Date shall make or issue,
or fix a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock of the
Corporation entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable in
securities of the Corporation (other than a distribution of shares of Common
Stock in respect of outstanding shares of Common Stock) or in other property,
then and in each such event the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall
receive, simultaneously with the distribution to the holders of such Common
Stock, a dividend or other distribution of such securities or other property in
an amount equal to the amount of such securities or other property as they would
have received if all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock had
been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event.
f. Adjustment
for Merger or Reorganization, etc. If there shall occur any
reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation or merger involving the
Corporation in which the Common Stock (but not the Series A Preferred Stock) is
converted into or exchanged for securities, cash or other property, then, as a
part of and a condition to such reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation
or merger, provision shall be made so that thereafter each share of Series A
Preferred Stock shall be convertible into the same kind and amount of
securities, cash or other property of the Corporation, or of the successor
corporation resulting from such reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation
or merger, which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the
Corporation issuable upon conversion of one share of Series A Preferred Stock
immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation or
merger would have been entitled to receive pursuant to such transaction; and, in
such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors) shall be made in the application of the provisions in this Section 5
set forth with respect to the rights and interest thereafter of the holders of
Series A Preferred Stock, to the end that the provisions set forth in this
Section 5 (including provisions with respect to changes in and other
adjustments to the Series A Conversion Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as
nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any shares of stock or other
property thereafter deliverable upon the conversion of Series A Preferred
Stock.
g. Notices.
i. Immediately
upon any adjustment of the Series A Conversion Price, the Corporation shall give
written notice thereof to all holders of such Series A Preferred Stock, setting
forth in reasonable detail and certifying the calculation of such adjustment and
the facts upon which such adjustment is based.
ii. The
Corporation shall give written notice to all holders of Series A Preferred Stock
at least twenty (20) days prior to the date on which the Corporation closes its
books or takes a record (a) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon
Common Stock, (b) with respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders of
Common Stock, (c) with respect to any dissolution or liquidation or any merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or similar event or (d) with
respect to any other right afforded to any holder of Common
Stock.
6. Corporate
Redemption.
a. Redemption. The
Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed (in whole or in part) at the option of
the Corporation on or after January 1, 2009 (each an
“Redemption”). In any such case, the Corporation shall notify each
holder of Series A Preferred Stock in writing (a “Redemption Notice”) of the
Corporation’s intent to exercise the rights afforded by this Section 6(a),
specifying the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed, the
date not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days from the date of
such notice on which such Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed (the
“Redemption Date”), and the place or places at which the shares called for
redemption shall, upon presentation and surrender of such certificates
representing such shares, be redeemed. Subject to Section 6(b), the
Corporation shall redeem a pro rata amount from each holder of Series A
Preferred Stock (based on the total number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock
outstanding); provided however, if a holder of Series A Preferred Stock desires
more or less than such holder’s pro rata amount to be redeemed, such holder
shall notify the Corporation in writing at least ten (10) days prior to the
Redemption Date and the Corporation shall make efforts to allocate the
redemption in a manner consistent with the notices received from the holder’s of
the Series A Preferred Stock but subject to the full redemption of the amount
the Corporation has provided notice to redeem (such allocation shall be made by
the Board of Directors). The Corporation shall redeem on the Redemption Date
each share of Series A Preferred Stock being redeemed in cash by wire transfer
of immediately available funds at a redemption price equal to the Series A
Preference Amount (the “Redemption Price”).
b. Conversion
Rights. Notwithstanding Section 6(a), upon receipt of the Redemption
Notice, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock may, in lieu of having such
holder’s applicable shares of Series A Preferred Stock being redeemed pursuant
to Section 6(a), convert all or any portion of the shares of Series A Preferred
Stock subject to Redemption by notifying the Corporation in writing at least ten
(10) days prior to the Redemption Date of its intent to convert such shares,
which conversion shall be subject to the provisions of Section 5 (and the
Conversion Date of such shares shall be the Redemption Date). The
number of shares subject to Redemption shall be reduced to the extent holders of
such shares elect to convert such shares into Common Stock pursuant to this
Section 6(b).
c. Notices. The
notices provided for in this Section 6 shall be sent, if by or on behalf of the
Corporation, to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock at their respective
addresses as shall then appear on the records of the Corporation, or if by any
holder of Series A Preferred Stock to the Corporation at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx
000-X, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000, by certified first class mail, postage
prepaid.
d. Surrender
of Certificates; Payment. On or before the applicable Redemption Date, each
holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed on such Redemption
Date, unless such holder has exercised his, her or its right to convert such
shares as provided in Section 4 hereof, shall surrender the certificate or
certificates representing such shares to the Corporation (or, if such registered
holder alleges that such certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, a lost
certificate affidavit and agreement of such holder (in form reasonably
acceptable to the
Corporation)
to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the
Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such
certificate), at the place designated in the Redemption Notice, and on the
Redemption Date the Redemption Price for such shares shall be paid to the order
of the person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the
owner thereof, and each surrendered certificate shall be canceled and retired.
In the event less than all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented
by a certificate are redeemed, a new certificate representing the unredeemed
shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall promptly be issued to such
holder. In the event a holder fails to surrender such holder’s
certificate (and/or a lost certificate affidavit and agreement to indemnify) for
the redeemed Series A Preferred Stock on or before the applicable Redemption
Date, such stock shall be redeemed as of the Redemption Date regardless, and the
Redemption Price shall be paid to such holder upon surrender of the applicable
certificate (and/or lost certificate affidavit and agreement to
indemnify).
e. Status
of Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed
pursuant to this Section 6 or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any
manner whatsoever shall be canceled and shall not under any circumstances be
reissued; and the Corporation may from time to time take such appropriate
corporate action as may be necessary to reduce accordingly the number of
authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
7. Exclusion of Other Rights. Except
as may otherwise be required by law, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock
shall not have any preferences or relative, participating, optional or other
special rights, other than those specifically set forth in this Certificate of
Designation.
8. Rank. The
Series A Preferred Stock shall rank senior in right as to dividends and upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up to all Common Stock whenever
issued.
9. Identical Rights. Each
share of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the same relative rights and
preferences as, and shall be identical in all respects with, all other shares of
the Series A Preferred Stock.
10. Certificates. So
long as any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, there shall
be set forth on the face or back of each stock certificate issued by the
Corporation a statement that the Corporation shall furnish without charge to
each stockholder who so requests, a full statement of the designation and
relative rights, preferences and limitations of each class of stock or series
thereof that the Corporation is authorized to issue and of the authority of the
Board of Directors to designate and fix the relative rights, preferences and
limitations of each series.
11. Defeasance. Any
of the rights, powers or preferences of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock
set forth herein may be waived or defeased by the affirmative consent or vote of
the Series A Majority Holders.
12. Definitions.
“Articles
of Incorporation” shall mean the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation,
as amended from time to time.
“Capital
Stock” means (a) as to any Person that is a corporation (i) the authorized
shares of such Person’s capital stock, including all classes of common,
preferred, voting and nonvoting capital stock of such Person, (ii) any rights,
options or warrants to purchase any capital stock (including all classes of
common, preferred, voting and nonvoting capital stock of such Person) of such
Person, and (iii) securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become,
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or that carry or may carry
rights to subscribe for, any capital stock (including all classes of common,
preferred, voting and nonvoting capital stock of such Person) of such Person;
and (b) as to any Person that is not a corporation, an individual, government,
governmental department or agency or political subdivision thereof (i) the
ownership interests in such Person (however evidenced), including, without
limitation, the right to share in profits and losses, the right to receive
distributions of cash and property, and the right to receive allocations of
items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit and similar items from such
Person, whether or not such interests include voting or similar rights entitling
the holder thereof to exercise control over such Person, and (ii) any rights,
options, warrants or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become,
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or that carry or may carry
rights to subscribe for, any such ownership interests in such
Person.
“Common
Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the Articles of Incorporation of the
Corporation.
“Conversion
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(ii) hereof.
“Corporation”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
“Dissolution”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.
“Dividend
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.
“Dividend
Rate” shall mean the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum.
“Person”
shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
association, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization and any
government, governmental department or agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“Preferred
Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the Articles of Incorporation of the
Corporation.
“Redemption”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Redemption
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Redemption
Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Redemption
Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Sale
of the Corporation” shall mean a single transaction or a series of transactions
pursuant to which an unaffiliated Person or Persons acquire (i) Capital Stock of
the Corporation possessing the voting power to elect a majority of the
Corporation’s board of directors or more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting
power of the Corporation (whether by merger, consolidation or sale or transfer
of the Corporation’s Capital Stock), provided, however, (a) that an initial
public offering that results in an acquisition of voting power shall not be a
Sale of the Corporation and (b) a merger shall not be a Sale of the Corporation
as long as the stockholders of the Corporation own a majority of the common
stock of the surviving entity immediately following the merger); or (ii) all or
a substantial portion of the Corporation’s assets determined on a consolidated
basis.
“Series
A Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b)
hereof.
“Series
A Dividends” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereof.
“Series
A Initial Amount” of any share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be $2.50, such
price to be equitably adjusted in the event of any stock dividend, stock split,
combination, recapitalization or other similar event with respect to the Series
A Preferred Stock.
“Series
A Liquidation Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)
hereof.
“Series
A Majority Holders” shall mean the holders of At least 50% of the outstanding
shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
“Series
A Original Issue Date” shall mean the date on which the first share of
Series A Preferred Stock was issued.
“Series
A Preference Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereof.
“Series
A Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1
hereof.
Exhibit
E
Parent
Articles of Incorporation
See
Attached
XXXX
XXXXXX
Secretary
of State
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxx 00000-0000
(000)
000 0000
Website:
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Articles
of Incorporation
(PURSUANT
TO NRS 78)
ABOVE
SPACE IS FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
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1.
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Name of Corporation:
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The
BabyDot Company
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2.
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Resident Agent
Name and Street Address:
(must be a Nevada address where process may be
served)
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Xxxxx
Development, Inc.
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Name
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0000
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx
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Mailing Address
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Zip
Code
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Shares:
(number of shares corporation authorized to
issue)
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Number
of shares
with
par value:
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100,000,000
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Par
value: $
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0.001
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Number
of shares without par value:
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4.
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Names &
Addresses
of Board of
Directors/Trustees:
(attach additional page if there is more than 3
directors/trustees)
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1.
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Name
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx
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Xxxx
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Purpose:
(optional-see instructions)
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The
purpose of this Corporation shall be:
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6.
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Name, Address and Signature of
Incorporator.
(attach additional page if there is more than 1
incorporator)
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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/s/Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Name
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Signature
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Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx
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7.
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Certificate of
Acceptance of
Appointment of
Resident Agent:
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I
hereby accept appointment as Resident Agent for the above named
corporation.
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Authorized
Signature of R.A. or On Behalf of R.A. Company
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Date
6/26/06
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This
form must be accompanied by appropriate fees.
Nevada
Secretary of State Form 78 Articles 2007
Revised
on: 01/01/07
ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION
OF
ARTICLE
I
NAME
ARTICLE
II
REGISTERED
OFFICE
The
initial office of the Corporation shall be 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xx., Xxx Xxxxx,
XX 00000. The initial registered agent of the Corporation shall be
Xxxxx Development, Inc. at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxx. 000, Xxx Xxxxx, XX
00000. The Corporation may, from time to time, in the manner provided
by law, change the resident agent and the registered office within the State of
Nevada. The Corporation may also maintain an office or offices for the conduct
of its business, either within or without the State of Nevada.
ARTICLE
III
CAPITAL
STOCK
Section 1. Authorized
Shares. The aggregate number of shares which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is one hundred million (100,000,000)
shares, consisting of two classes to be designated, respectively, "Common Stock"
and "Preferred Stock," with all of such shares having a par value of $.001 per
share. The total number of shares of Common Stock that the Corporation shall
have authority to issue is ninety million (90,000,000) shares. The total number
of shares of Preferred Stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue
is ten million (10,000,000) shares. The Preferred Stock may be issued in one or
more series, each series to be appropriately designated by a distinguishing
letter or title, prior to the issuance of any shares thereof. The voting powers,
designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions, and relative,
participating, optional and other rights, and the qualifications, limitations,
or restrictions thereof, of the Preferred Stock shall hereinafter be prescribed
by resolution of the board of directors pursuant to Section 3 of this
Article III.
Section 2. Common
Stock.
(a) Dividend
Rate. Subject to the rights of holders of any
Preferred Stock having preference as to dividends and except as otherwise
provided by these Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time
(hereinafter, the "Articles") or the Nevada
Revised Statues (hereinafter, the “NRS”), the holders of Common
Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends when, as and if declared by the
board of directors out of assets legally available therefor.
(b) Voting
Rights. Except as otherwise provided by the NRS,
the holders of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be
entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock. No holder of shares of
Common Stock shall have the right to cumulate votes.
(c) Liquidation
Rights. In the event of liquidation, dissolution,
or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or
involuntary, subject to the prior rights of holders of Preferred Stock to share
ratably in the Corporation's assets, the Common Stock and any shares of
Preferred Stock which are not entitled to any preference in liquidation shall
share equally and
ratably
in the Corporation's assets available for distribution after giving effect to
any liquidation preference of any shares of Preferred Stock. A merger,
conversion, exchange or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other
person or sale or transfer of all or any part of the assets of the Corporation
(which shall not in fact result in the liquidation of the Corporation and the
distribution of assets to stockholders) shall not be deemed to be a voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
Corporation.
(d) No
Conversion, Redemption, or Preemptive Rights. The
holders of Common Stock shall not have any conversion, redemption, or preemptive
rights.
(e) Consideration
for Shares. The Common Stock authorized by this
Article shall be issued for such consideration as shall be fixed, from time to
time, by the board of directors.
Section 3. Preferred
Stock.
(a) Designation. The
board of directors is hereby vested with the authority from time to time to
provide by resolution for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or
more series not exceeding the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock
authorized by these Articles, and to prescribe with respect to each such series
the voting powers, if any, designations, preferences, and relative,
participating, optional, or other special rights, and the qualifications,
limitations, or restrictions relating thereto, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing: the voting rights relating to the shares of
Preferred Stock of any series (which voting rights, if any, may be full or
limited, may vary over time, and may be applicable generally or only upon any
stated fact or event); the rate of dividends (which may be cumulative or
noncumulative), the condition or time for payment of dividends and the
preference or relation of such dividends to dividends payable on any other class
or series of capital stock; the rights of holders of Preferred Stock of any
series in the event of liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the affairs of
the Corporation; the rights, if any, of holders of Preferred Stock of any series
to convert or exchange such shares of Preferred Stock of such series for shares
of any other class or series of capital stock or for any other securities,
property, or assets of the Corporation or any subsidiary (including the
determination of the price or prices or the rate or rates applicable to such
rights to convert or exchange and the adjustment thereof, the time or times
during which the right to convert or exchange shall be applicable, and the time
or times during which a particular price or rate shall be applicable); whether
the shares of any series of Preferred Stock shall be subject to redemption by
the Corporation and if subject to redemption, the times, prices, rates,
adjustments and other terms and conditions of such redemption. The powers,
designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights may be
made dependent upon any fact or event which may be ascertained outside the
Articles or the resolution if the manner in which the fact or event may operate
on such series is stated in the Articles or resolution. As used in this section
"fact or event" includes, without limitation, the existence of a fact or
occurrence of an event, including, without limitation, a determination or action
by a person, government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a
government. The board of directors is further authorized to increase or decrease
(but not below the number of such shares of such series then outstanding) the
number of shares of any series subsequent to the issuance of shares of that
series. Unless the board of directors provides to the contrary in the resolution
which fixes the characteristics of a series of Preferred Stock, neither the
consent by series, or otherwise, of the holders of any outstanding Preferred
Stock nor the consent of the holders of any outstanding Common Stock shall be
required for the issuance of any new series of Preferred Stock regardless of
whether the rights and preferences of the new series of Preferred Stock are
senior or superior, in any way, to the outstanding series of Preferred Stock or
the Common Stock.
any,
relating to the shares of Preferred Stock of such series, and the number of
shares of Preferred Stock of such series authorized by the board of directors to
be issued shall be made and signed by an officer of the corporation and filed in
the manner prescribed by the NRS.
Section 4. Non-Assessment
of Stock. The capital stock of the Corporation,
after the amount of the subscription price has been fully paid, shall not be
assessable for any purpose, and no stock issued as fully paid shall ever be
assessable or assessed, and the Articles shall not be amended in this
particular. No stockholder of the Corporation is individually liable for the
debts or liabilities of the Corporation.
ARTICLE
IV
DIRECTORS
AND OFFICERS
Section 1. Number of
Directors. The members of the governing board of
the Corporation are styled as directors. The board of directors of the
Corporation shall be elected in such manner as shall be provided in the bylaws
of the Corporation. The board of directors shall consist of at least one
(1) individual and not more than thirteen (13) individuals. The number
of directors may be changed from time to time in such manner as shall be
provided in the bylaws of the
Corporation.
Section 2. Initial
Directors. The name and post office box or street
address of the director(s) constituting the initial board of directors
is:
Name | Address |
Xxxxxx Xxxxx | 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xx., Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 |
Section 3. Limitation
of Liability. The liability of directors and
officers of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent
permitted by the NRS. If the NRS is amended to further eliminate or limit or
authorize corporate action to further eliminate or limit the liability of
directors or officers, the liability of directors and officers of the
Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by
the NRS, as so amended from time to time.
Section 4. Payment of
Expenses. In addition to any other rights of
indemnification permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada or as may be
provided for by the Corporation in its bylaws or by agreement, the expenses of
officers and directors incurred in defending any threatened, pending, or
completed action, suit or proceeding (including without limitation, an action,
suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation), whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, involving alleged acts or omissions
of such officer or director in his or her capacity as an officer or director of
the Corporation or member, manager, or managing member of a predecessor limited
liability company or affiliate of such limited liability company or while
serving in any capacity at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee, agent, member, manager, managing member, partner, or
fiduciary of, or in any other capacity for, another corporation or any
partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, shall be paid by the
Corporation or through insurance purchased and maintained by the Corporation or
through other financial arrangements made by the Corporation, as they are
incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or
proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the officer or
director to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the
Corporation. To the extent that an officer or director is successful on the
merits in defense of any such action, suit or proceeding, or in the defense of
any claim, issue or matter therein, the Corporation shall indemnify him or her
against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by
him or her in connection with the defense. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein or in the bylaws, no director or officer may be
indemnified for expenses incurred in defending any threatened, pending, or
completed action, suit or proceeding (including without limitation, an action,
suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation), whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, that such director or officer
incurred in his or her capacity as a stockholder, including, but not limited to,
in connection with such person being deemed an Unsuitable Person (as defined in
Article VII hereof).
Section 5. Repeal And
Conflicts. Any repeal or modification of Sections
3 or 4 above approved by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be
prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the liability
of a director or officer of the Corporation existing as of the time of such
repeal or modification. In the event of any conflict between Sections 3 or 4
above and any other Article of the Articles, the terms and provisions of
Sections 3 or 4 above shall control.
ARTICLE
V
COMBINATIONS
WITH INTERESTED STOCKHOLDERS
At such
time, if any, as the Corporation becomes a "resident domestic corporation", as
that term is defined in NRS 78.427, the Corporation shall not be subject to, or
governed by, any of the provisions in NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, as may be
amended from time to time, or any successor statute.
ARTICLE
VI
BYLAWS
The board
of directors is expressly granted the exclusive power to make, amend, alter, or
repeal the bylaws of the Corporation pursuant to NRS 78.120.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these second amended and restated
articles of incorporation to be executed in its name by its Incorporator on June
26, 2006.
/s/ Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
XXXX
XXXXXX
Secretary
of State
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxx 00000-0000
(000)
000 0000
Website:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Certificate
of Amendment
(PURSUANT
TO NRS 78.380)
USE
BLACK INK ONLY-DO NOT HIGHLIGHT
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ABOVE
SPACE IS FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
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Certificate of
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation
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For Nevada
Corporations
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(Pursuant
to NRS 78.385—After Issuance of Stock)
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1.
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Name
of corporation: The BabyDot
Company
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2.
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The
articles have been amended as follows (provide article numbers, if
available):
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Article
1: Name The name of the corporation shall be Capital
City Energy Group, Inc. (hereinafter, the
“Corporation”).
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3.
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The vote by which the
stockholders holding shares in the corporation entitling them to exercise
at least a majority of the voting power, or such greater proportion of the
voting power as my be required in the case of a vote by classes or series,
or as may be required by the provisions of the* articles of incorporation
have voted in favor of the amendment is: 70%
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4.
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Effective
date of filing (optional):
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5.
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Officer
Signature X /s/Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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*If
any proposed amendment would alter or change any preference or any
relative or other right given to any class or series of outstanding
shares, then the amendment must be approved by the vote, in addition to
the affirmative vote otherwise required, of the holders of shares
representing a majority of the voting power of each class or series
affected by the amendment regardless of limitations or restrictions on the
voting power thereof.
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IMPORTANT:
Failure to include any of the above information and submit the proper fees
may cause this filing to be
rejected.
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This
form must be accompanied by appropriate fees.
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Nevada
Secretary of State AM 78.385 Amend 2007
Revised
on: 01/01/07
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Exhibit
F
Parent
Bylaws
See
Attached
FIRST
AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
OF
(A
NEVADA CORPORATION)
ARTICLE
I
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered
Office. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Nevada
shall be 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx x Xxxxx 000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000xx at such place
as the board shall resolve.
Section 2. Other
Offices. The corporation shall also have and maintain an
office or principal place of business at such place as may be fixed by the Board
of Directors, and may also have offices at such other places, both within and
without the State of Nevada as the Board of Directors may from time to time
determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE
II
CORPORATE
SEAL
Section 3. Corporate
Seal. The corporate seal shall consist of a die bearing the
name of the corporation and the inscription, "Corporate Seal-Nevada." Said seal
may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or
reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE
III
STOCKHOLDERS'
MEETINGS
Section 4. Place of
Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders of the corporation
shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Nevada, as
may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors, or, if
not so designated, then at the office of the corporation required to be
maintained pursuant to Section 2 hereof.
Section 5. Annual
Meeting.
(a) The
annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation, for the purpose of
election of directors and for such other business as may lawfully come before
it, shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated from time
to time by the Board of Directors.
(b) At an
annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as
shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly
brought before an annual meeting, business must be: (A) specified in the notice
of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board
of Directors, (B) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors, or (C) otherwise properly brought before
the meeting by a stockholder. For business to be properly brought
before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given
timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the
corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered
to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation
not later than the close of business on the sixtieth (60th) day nor earlier than
the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the first anniversary
of the preceding year's annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event
that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual
meeting has been changed by more than thirty (30) days from the date
contemplated at the time of the previous year's proxy statement, notice by the
stockholder to be timely must be so received not earlier than the close of
business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later
than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60th) day prior to such
annual meeting or, in the event public announcement of the date of such annual
meeting is first made by the corporation fewer than seventy (70) days prior to
the date of such annual meeting, the close of business on the tenth (10th) day
following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is
first made by the corporation. A stockholder's notice to the
Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring
before the annual meeting: (i) a brief description of the business desired to be
brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business
at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the
corporation's books, of the stockholder proposing such business, (iii) the class
and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the
stockholder, (iv) any material interest of the stockholder in such business and
(v) any other information that is required to be provided by the stockholder
pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "1934 Act"), in his capacity as a proponent to a stockholder
proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to include
information with respect to a stockholder proposal in the proxy statement and
form of proxy for a stockholder's meeting, stockholders must provide notice as
required by the regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act. Notwithstanding
anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any
annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
paragraph (b). The chairman of the annual meeting shall, if the facts
warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that business was not properly
brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this
paragraph (b), and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the
meeting that any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not
be transacted.
(c) Only
persons who are confirmed in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
paragraph (c) shall be eligible for election as
directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of
Directors of the corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at
the direction of the Board of Directors or by any stockholder of the corporation
entitled to vote in the election of directors at the meeting who complies with
the notice procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). Such
nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary
of the corporation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this
Section 5. Such stockholder's notice shall set forth (i)
as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for
election or re-election as a director:
(A) the
name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (B) the
principal occupation or employment of such person, (c) the class and number of
shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such person, (D) a
description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and
each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons)
pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder, and (E) any
other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in
solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in
each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act (including without
limitation such person's written consent to being named in the proxy statement,
if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (ii) as to
such stockholder giving notice, the information required to be provided pursuant
to paragraph (b) of this Section 5. At the request of the Board of
Directors, any person nominated by a stockholder for election as a director
shall furnish to the Secretary of the corporation that information required to
be set forth in the stockholder's notice of nomination which pertains to the
nominee. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of
the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this paragraph (c). The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts
warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that a nomination was not made in
accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if he should so
determine, he shall so declare at the meeting, and the defective nomination
shall be disregarded.
(d) For
purposes of this Section 5, "public announcement" shall mean disclosure in a
press release reported by the Dow Xxxxx News Service, Associated Press or
comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13,
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Section 6. Special
Meetings.
(a) Special meetings of the
stockholders of the corporation may be called, for any purpose or
purposes, by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chief
Executive Officer, or (iii) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution
adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or
not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time
any such resolution is presented to the Board of Directors for adoption), and
shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time, as the Board of
Directors shall determine.
(b) If
a special meeting is called by any person or persons other than the Board of
Directors, the request shall be in writing, specifying the general nature of the
business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by
registered mail or by tele-graphic or other facsimile transmission to the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the
Secretary of the corporation. No business may be transacted at such
special meeting otherwise than specified in such notice. The Board of
Directors shall determine the time and place of such special meeting, which
shall be held not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than one hundred twenty
(120) days after the date of the receipt of the request. Upon
determination of the time and place of the meeting, the officer receiving the
request shall cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of these Bylaws. If the
notice is not given within sixty (60) days after the receipt of the request, the
person or persons requesting the meeting may set the time and place of the
meeting and give the notice. Nothing contained in this
paragraph
(b) shall
be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time when a meeting of
stockholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be
held.
Section 7. Notice of
Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Articles
of Incorporation, written notice of each meeting of stockholders shall be given
not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the
meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, such notice to
specify the place, date and hour and purpose or purposes of the
meeting. Notice of the time, place and purpose of any meeting of
stockholders may be waived in writing, signed by the person entitled to notice
thereof, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any
stockholder by his attendance thereat in person or by proxy, except when the
stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the
beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting
is not lawfully called or convened. Any stockholder so waiving notice
of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all
respects as if due notice thereof had been given.
Section
8. Quorum. At all meetings of stockholders, except
where otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, or by
these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy duly authorized, of the holder
or holders of not less than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of
stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may
be adjourned, from time to time, either by the chairman of the meeting or by
vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but no
other business shall be transacted at such meeting. The stockholders
present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may
continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal
of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Except as
otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, all
action taken by the holders of a majority of the votes cast, excluding
abstentions, at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid and
binding upon the corporation; provided, however, that directors shall be elected
by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by
proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of
directors. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is
required, except where otherwise provided by the statute or by the Articles of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares of such
class or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that
matter and, except where otherwise provided by the statute or by the Articles of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the majority (plurality,
in the case of the election of directors) of the votes cast, including
abstentions, by the holders of shares of such class or classes or series shall
be the act of such class or classes or series.
Section 9. Adjournment and
Notice of Adjourned Meetings. Any meeting of stockholders,
whether annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time either by the
chairman of the meeting or by the vote of a majority of the shares casting
votes, excluding abstentions. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or
place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place
thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is
taken. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any
business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If
the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or if after the adjournment a
new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned
meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the
meeting.
Section 10. Voting Rights. For the purpose of
determining those stockholders entitled to vote at
any meeting of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, only
persons in whose
names shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record date,
as provided in Section
12 of these Bylaws, shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of
stockholders. Every person entitled to vote shall have the right to
do so either in person or by an agent or agents authorized by a proxy granted in
accordance with Nevada law. An agent so appointed need not be a
stockholder. No proxy shall be voted after three (3) years from its
date of creation unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
Section 11. Joint Owners
of Stock. If shares or other securities having voting power
stand of record in the names of two (2) or more persons, whether fiduciaries,
members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the
entirety, or otherwise, or if two (2) or more persons have the same fiduciary
relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary is given written
notice to the contrary and is furnished with a copy of the instrument or order
appointing them or creating the relationship wherein it is so provided, their
acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect: (a) if only one (1)
votes, his act binds all; (b) if more than one (1) votes, the act of the
majority so voting binds all; (c) if more than one (1) votes, but the vote is
evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in
question proportionally, or may apply to the Nevada Court of Chancery for relief
as provided in the General Corporation Law of Nevada, Section
217(b). If the instrument filed with the Secretary shows that any
such tenancy is held in unequal interests, a majority or even-split for the
purpose of subsection (c) shall be a majority or even-split in
interest.
Section 12. List of
Stockholders. The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least
ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the
stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order,
showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in
the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the
examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during
ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the
meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held,
which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not
specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list
shall be produced and kept at the time and place of meeting during the whole
time thereof and may be inspected by any stockholder who is
present.
Section 13. Action Without
Meeting. No action shall be taken by the stockholders except
at an annual or special meeting of stockholders called in accordance with these
Bylaws, or by the written consent of the stockholders.
Section
14. Organization.
(a) At
every meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a
Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the President, or, if the
President is absent, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority in interest
of the stockholders entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, shall act
as chairman. The Secretary, or, in his absence, an Assistant
Secretary directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the
meeting.
(b) The
Board of Directors of the corporation shall be entitled to make such rules or
regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem
necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and
regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall
have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and
procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such
chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the
meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of
business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the
meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in such
meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation and their duly authorized
and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairman shall permit,
restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement
thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by
participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for
balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. Unless and
to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the
meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance
with rules of parliamentary procedure.
ARTICLE
IV
DIRECTORS
Section 15. Number and
Qualification. The authorized number of directors of the
corporation shall be not less than one (1) nor more than thirteen (13) as fixed
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided that no
decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent
directors. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by
the Articles of Incorporation. The Board of Directors are authorized
by unanimous consent to appoint other members of the Board of Directors from
time to time as the need arises. If for any cause, the directors
shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon
thereafter as convenient at a special meeting of the stockholders called for
that purpose in the manner provided in these Bylaws.
Section
16. Powers. The powers of the corporation shall be
exercised, its business conducted and its property controlled by the Board of
Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of
Incorporation.
Section 17. Election and
Term of Office of Directors. Members of the Board of Directors
shall hold office for the terms specified in the Articles of Incorporation, as
it may be amended from time to time, and until their successors have been
elected as provided in the Articles of Incorporation.
Section
18. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the
Articles of Incorporation, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting
from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly
created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors,
shall unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such
vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholder vote, be
filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in
office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any
director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for
the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created
or occurred and until such director's successor shall have been elected and
qualified. A vacancy in the Board of Directors
shall be
deemed to exist under this Bylaw in the case of the death, removal or
resignation of any director.
Section
19. Resignation. Any director may resign at any
time by delivering his written resignation to the Secretary, such resignation to
specify whether it will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the
Secretary or at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. If no such
specification is made, it shall be deemed effective at the pleasure of the Board
of Directors. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board
of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in
office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such
vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or
resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold
office for the unexpired portion of the term of the director whose place shall
be vacated and until his successor shall have been duly elected and
qualified.
Section
20. Removal. Subject to the Articles of
Incorporation, any director may be removed by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation then entitled
to vote, with or without cause.
Section
21. Meetings.
(a) Annual
Meetings. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held
immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders and at the place where such
meeting is held. No notice of an annual meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be necessary and such meeting shall be held for the purpose of
electing officers and transacting such other business as may lawfully come
before it.
(b) Regular
Meetings. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, regular meetings
of the Board of Directors shall be held in the office of the corporation
required to be maintained pursuant to Section 2 hereof. Unless
otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation, regular meetings of the
Board of Directors may also be held at any place within or without the state of
Nevada which has been designated by resolution of the Board of Directors or the
written consent of all directors.
(c) Special
Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of
Incorporation, special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any
time and place within or without the State of Nevada whenever called by the
Chairman of the Board, the President or any two of the directors.
(d) Telephone
Meetings. Any member of the Board of Directors, or of any committee
thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in
the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means
shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
(e) Notice
of Meetings. Notice of the time and place of all special meetings of
the Board of Directors shall be orally or in writing, by telephone, facsimile,
telegraph or telex, during normal business hours, at least twenty-four (24)
hours before the date and time of the meeting, or sent in
writing
to each director by first class mail, charges prepaid, at least three (3) days
before the date of the meeting. Notice of any meeting may be waived
in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any
director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends the meeting for
the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened.
(f) Waiver
of Notice. The transaction of all business at any meeting of the
Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, however called or noticed, or
wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after
regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after
the meeting, each of the directors not present shall sign a written waiver of
notice. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or
made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
Section 22. Quorum and
Voting.
(a) Unless
the Articles of Incorporation requires a greater number and except with respect
to indemnification questions arising under Section 43 hereof, for which a quorum
shall be one-third of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time in
accordance with the Articles of Incorporation, a quorum of the Board of
Directors shall consist of a majority of the exact number of directors fixed
from time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Articles of
Incorporation provided, however, at any meeting whether a quorum be present or
otherwise, a majority of the directors present may adjourn from time to time
until the time fixed for the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors,
without notice other than by announcement at the meeting.
(b) At
each meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, all
questions and business shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the directors present, unless a different vote be required by law, the
Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
Section 23. Action Without
Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at
any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken
without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the
case may be, consent thereto in writing, and such writing or writings are filed
with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or
committee.
Section 24. Fees and
Compensation. Directors shall be entitled to such compensation
for their services as may be approved by the Board of Directors, including, if
so approved, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses
of attendance, if any, for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the
Board of Directors and at any meeting of a committee of the Board of
Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude
any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer,
agent, employee, or otherwise and receiving compensation therefor.
Section
25. Committees.
(a) Executive
Committee. The Board of Directors may by resolution passed by a
majority of the whole Board of Directors appoint an Executive Committee to
consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors. The
Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law
and
provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors shall have and may exercise
all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the
business and affairs of the corporation, including without limitation the power
or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock and to
adopt a certificate of ownership and merger, and may authorize the seal of the
corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such
committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the
Articles of Incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized
in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock
adopted by the Board of Directors fix the designations and any of the
preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption,
dissolution, any distribution of assets of the corporation or the conversion
into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes
or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the
corporation or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the
increase or decrease of the shares of any series), adopting an agreement of
merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or
exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation's property and assets,
recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a
revocation of a dissolution, or amending the bylaws of the
corporation.
(b) Other
Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the whole Board of Directors, from time to time appoint such other
committees as may be permitted by law. Such other committees
appointed by the Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) or more members of
the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may
be prescribed by the resolution or resolutions creating such committees, but in
no event shall such committee have the powers denied to the Executive Committee
in these Bylaws.
(c) Term. Each
member of a committee of the Board of Directors shall serve a term on the
committee coexistent with such member's term on the Board of
Directors. The Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of
subsections (a) or (b) of this Bylaw may at any time increase or decrease the
number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a
committee. The membership of a committee member shall terminate on
the date of his death or voluntary resignation from the committee or from the
Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any time for any
reason remove any individual committee member and the Board of Directors may
fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in
the number of members of the committee. The Board of Directors may
designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may
replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, and,
in addition, in the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee,
the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from
voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint
another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of
any such absent or disqualified member.
(d) Meetings. Unless
the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, regular meetings of the
Executive Committee or any other committee appointed pursuant to this Section 25
shall be held at such times and places as are determined by the Board of
Directors, or by any such committee, and when notice thereof has been given to
each member of such committee, no further notice of such regular meetings need
be given thereafter. Special meetings of any such committee may be
held at any place which has been determined from time to time by such committee,
and may be called by
any
director who is a member of such committee, upon written notice to the members
of such committee of the time and place of such special meeting given in the
manner provided for the giving of written notice to members of the Board of
Directors of the time and place of special meetings of the Board of
Directors. Notice of any special meeting of any committee may be
waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by
any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends such
special meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the
meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened. A majority of the authorized number of members of
any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business,
and the act of a majority of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is
present shall be the act of such committee.
Section
26. Organization. At every meeting of the
directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not
been appointed or is absent, the President, or if the President is absent, the
most senior Vice President, or, in the absence of any such officer, a chairman
of the meeting chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside over
the meeting. The Secretary, or in his absence, an Assistant Secretary
directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the
meeting.
ARTICLE
V
OFFICERS
Section 27. Officers
Designated. The officers of the corporation shall include, if
and when designated by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, one or more Vice
Presidents, the Secretary, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the
Controller, all of whom shall be elected at the annual organizational meeting of
the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also appoint one
or more Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Controllers and
such other officers and agents with such powers and duties as it shall deem
necessary. The Board of Directors may assign such additional titles
to one or more of the officers as it shall deem appropriate. Any one
person may hold any number of offices of the corporation at any one time unless
specifically prohibited therefrom by law. The salaries and other
compensation of the officers of the corporation shall be fixed by or in the
manner designated by the Board of Directors.
Section 28. Tenure and
Duties of Officers.
(a) General. All
officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and until
their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner
removed. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors
may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. If the office
of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the
Board of Directors.
(b) Duties
of Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of
Directors, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and
the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall
perform other duties commonly incident to his office
and shall
also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of
Directors shall designate from time to time. If there is no
President, then the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also serve as the
Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties
prescribed in paragraph (c) of this Section 28.
(c) Duties
of President. The President shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and at all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the Chairman
of the Board of Directors has been appointed and is present. Unless
some other officer has been elected Chief Executive Officer of the corporation,
the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall,
subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision,
direction and control of the business and officers of the
corporation. The President shall perform other duties commonly
incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such
other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to
time.
(d) Duties
of Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents may assume and perform the
duties of the President in the absence or disability of the President or
whenever the office of President is vacant. The Vice Presidents shall
perform other duties commonly incident to their office and shall also perform
such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the
President shall designate from time to time.
(e) Duties
of Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the
stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall record all acts and
proceedings thereof in the minute book of the corporation. The
Secretary shall give notice in conformity with these Bylaws of all meetings of
the stockholders and of all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee
thereof requiring notice. The Secretary shall perform all other
duties given him in these Bylaws and other duties commonly incident to his
office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as
the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. The
President may direct any Assistant Secretary to assume and perform the duties of
the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant
Secretary shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall
also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of
Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.
(f) Duties
of Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall keep or
cause to be kept the books of account of the corporation in a thorough and
proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the
corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board of Directors or
the President. The Chief Financial Officer, subject to the order of
the Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of
the corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform other
duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties
and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall
designate from time to time. The President may direct the Treasurer
or any Assistant Treasurer, or the Controller or any Assistant Controller to
assume and perform the duties of the Chief Financial Officer in the absence or
disability of the Chief Financial Officer, and each Treasurer and Assistant
Treasurer and each Controller and Assistant Controller shall perform other
duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties
and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall
designate from time to time.
Section 29. Delegation of
Authority. The Board of Directors may from time to time
delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent,
notwithstanding any provision hereof.
Section
30. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any
time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the President or
to the Secretary. Any such resignation shall be effective when
received by the person or persons to whom such notice is given, unless a later
time is specified therein, in which event the resignation shall become effective
at such later time. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the
acceptance of any such resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective. Any resignation shall be without prejudice to the rights,
if any, of the corporation under any contract with the resigning
officer.
Section
31. Removal. Any officer may be removed from office
at any time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the directors in office at the time, or by the unanimous written consent of
the directors in office at the time, or by any committee or superior officers
upon whom such power of removal may have been conferred by the Board of
Directors.
ARTICLE
VI
EXECUTION
OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING
OF
SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION
Section 32. Execution of
Corporate Instrument. The Board of Directors may, in its
discretion, determine the method and designate the signatory officer or
officers, or other person or persons, to execute on behalf of the corporation
any corporate instrument or document, or to sign on behalf of the corporation
the corporate name without limitation, or to enter into contracts on behalf of
the corporation, except where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, and
such execution or signature shall be binding upon the corporation.
Unless otherwise specifically
determined by the Board of Directors or otherwise required by law, promissory
notes, deeds of trust, mortgages and other evidences of indebtedness of the
corporation, and other corporate instruments or documents requiring the
corporate seal, and certificates of shares of stock owned by the corporation,
shall be executed, signed or endorsed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors,
or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or Treasurer or any
Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer. All other instruments and
documents requiting the corporate signature, but not requiring the corporate
seal, may be executed as aforesaid or in such other manner as may be directed by
the Board of Directors.
All checks and drafts drawn on banks or
other depositaries on funds to the credit of the corporation or in special
accounts of the corporation shall be signed by such person .or persons as the
Board of Directors shall authorize so to do.
Unless authorized or ratified by the
Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent
or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by
any
contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any
purpose or for any amount.
Section 33. Voting of
Securities Owned by the Corporation. All stock and other
securities of other corporations owned or held by the corporation for itself, or
for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies with respect
thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by resolution of
the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such authorization, by the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President,
or any Vice President.
ARTICLE
VII
SHARES
OF STOCK
Section 34. Form and
Execution of Certificates. Certificates for the shares of
stock of the corporation shall be in such form as is consistent with the
Articles of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock
in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the
name of the corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the
President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or
the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by
him in the corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the
certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent,
or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a
certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar
before such certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if
he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of
issue. Each certificate shall state upon the face or back thereof, in
full or in summary, all of the powers, designations, preferences, and rights,
and the limitations or restrictions of the shares authorized to be issued or
shall, except as otherwise required by law, set forth on the face or back a
statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder
who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional, or other special rights of each class of stock or
series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the
issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the
registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to
be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this section or otherwise
required by law or with respect to this section a statement that the corporation
will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers,
designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special
rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except
as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the
holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be
identical.
Section 35. Lost
Certificates. A new certificate or certificates shall be
issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the
corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of
an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be
lost, stolen, or destroyed. The corporation may require, as a
condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the
owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his
legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require
or to give the corporation a surety bond in such form and amount as it may
direct as indemnity against any
claim
that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged
to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed.
Section
36. Transfers.
(a) Transfers
of record of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only upon its
books by the holders thereof, in person or by attorney duly authorized, and upon
the surrender of a properly endorsed certificate or certificates for a like
number of shares.
(b) The
corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any
number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the corporation to
restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more
classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the General
Corporation Law of Nevada.
Section 37. Fixing Record
Dates.
(a) In
order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of
or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board
of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not
precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by
the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60)
nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no
record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall
be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is
given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next
preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of
stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however,
that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned
meeting.
(b) In
order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive
payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the
stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change,
conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action,
the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date
shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is
adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to
such action. If no record date is filed, the record date for
determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business
on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating
thereto.
Section 38. Registered
Stockholders. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize
the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares
to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to
recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on
the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other
notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Nevada.
ARTICLE
VIII
OTHER
SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION
Section 39. Execution of
Other Securities. All bonds, debentures and other corporate
securities of the corporation, other than stock certificates (covered in Section
34), may be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or
any Vice President, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of
Directors, and the corporate seal impressed thereon or a facsimile of such seal
imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, or the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer; provided, however, that where any such bond, debenture or other
corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual signature, or where
permissible facsimile signature, of a trustee under an indenture pursuant to
which such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be issued, the
signatures of the persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond,
debenture or other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile of the
signatures of such persons. Interest coupons appertaining to any such
bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated by a trustee as
aforesaid, shall be signed by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the
corporation or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors,
or bear imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In
case any officer who shall have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other
corporate security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon or on any
such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be such officer before the bond,
debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have been
delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate security nevertheless may be
adopted by the corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who
signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had
not ceased to be such officer of the corporation.
ARTICLE
IX
DIVIDENDS
Section 40. Declaration of
Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the
corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, if any,
may be declared by the Board of Directors pursuant to law at any regular or
special meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in
shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation.
Section 41. Dividend
Reserve. Before payment of any dividend, there may be
set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum
or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in their absolute
discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for
equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the
corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think
conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the Board of Directors may
modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was
created.
ARTICLE
X
FISCAL
YEAR
Section 42. Fiscal
Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE
XI
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 43. Indemnification
of Directors, Executive Officers, Other Officers, Employees and Other
Agents.
(a) Directors
Officers. The corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers
to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Nevada General Corporation Law;
provided, however, that the corporation may modify the extent of such
indemnification by individual contracts with its directors and officers; and,
provided, further, that the corporation shall not be required to indemnify any
director or officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof)
initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required
to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors
of the corporation, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the corporation,
in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the corporation under
the Nevada General Corporation Law or (iv) such indemnification is required to
be made under subsection (d).
(b) Employees
and Other Agents. The corporation shall have power to indemnify its
employees and other agents as set forth in the Nevada General Corporation
Law.
(c) Expense. The
corporation shall advance to any person who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director or officer, of the corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or executive
officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following
request therefor, all expenses incurred by any director or officer in connection
with such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
person to repay said mounts if it should be determined ultimately that such
person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Bylaw or
otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless
otherwise determined pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Bylaw, no advance shall
be made by the corporation to an officer of the corporation (except by reason of
the fact that such officer is or was a director of the corporation in which
event this paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is
reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of
a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, or (ii)
if such quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of
disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written
opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such
determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person
acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.
(d) Enforcement. Without
the necessity of entering into an express contract, all rights to
indemnification and advances to directors and officers under this Bylaw shall be
deemed to be contractual rights and be effective to the same extent and as if
provided for in a contract between the corporation and the director or
officer. Any right to indemnification or advances granted by this
Bylaw to a director or officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the
person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the
claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no
disposition of such claim is made within ninety (90) days of request
therefor. The claimant in such enforcement action, if successful in
whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting
his claim. In connection with any claim for indemnification, the
corporation shall be entitled to raise as a defense to any such action that the
claimant has not met the standard of conduct that make it permissible under the
Nevada General Corporation Law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for
the amount claimed. In connection with any claim by an officer of the
corporation (except in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such officer is or
was a director of the corporation) for advances, the corporation shall be
entitled to raise a defense as to any such action clear and convincing evidence
that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not
believe to be in or not opposed in the best interests of the corporation, or
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding that such person acted without
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was lawful. Neither the
failure of the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal
counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the
commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in
the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in the Nevada General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the
corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its
stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct,
shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not
met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by a
director or officer to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement
of expenses hereunder, the burden of proving that the director or officer is not
entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this
Article XI or otherwise shall be on the corporation.
(e) Non-Exclusivity of
Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall not be
exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, provision of the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as
to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding office. The corporation is specifically authorized to enter
into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees
or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not
prohibited by the Nevada General Corporation Law.
(f) Survival of
Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
other agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.
(g) Insurance. To
the fullest extent permitted by the Nevada General Corporation Law, the
corporation, upon approval by the Board of Directors, may purchase insurance on
behalf of any person required or permitted to be indemnified pursuant to this
Bylaw.
(h) Amendments. Any
repeal or modification of this Bylaw shall only be prospective and shall not
affect the rights under this Bylaw in effect at the time of the alleged
occurrence of any action or omission to act that is the cause of any proceeding
against any agent of the corporation.
(i) Saving
Clause. If this Bylaw or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on
any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall
nevertheless indemnify each director and officer to the full extent not
prohibited by any applicable portion of this Bylaw that shall not have been
invalidated, or by any other applicable law.
(j) Certain
Definitions. For the purposes of this Bylaw, the following
definitions shall apply:
(i) The
term "proceeding" shall be broadly construed and shall include, without
limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement,
arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative.
(ii) The
term "expenses" shall be broadly construed and shall include, without
limitation, court costs, attorneys' fees, witness fees, fines, amounts paid in
settlement or judgment and any other costs and expenses of any nature or kind
incurred in connection with any proceeding.
(iii) The
term the "corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation,
any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent)
absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had
continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors,
officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee
or agent or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Bylaw
with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with
respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had
continued.
(iv) References
to a "director," "executive officer," "officer," "employee," or "agent" of the
corporation shall include, without limitation, situations where such person is
serving at the request of the corporation as, respectively, a director,
executive officer, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
(v) References
to "other enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to
"fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an
employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the
corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent
of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such
director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan,
its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in
a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and
beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a
manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in
this Bylaw.
ARTICLE
XII
NOTICES
Section
44. Notices.
(a) Notice
to Stockholders. Whenever, under any provisions of these
Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, it shall be given in
writing, timely and duly deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid,
and addressed to his last known post office address as shown by the stock record
of the corporation or its transfer agent.
(b) Notice
to directors. Any notice required to be given to any director may be
given by the method stated in subsection (a), or by facsimile, telex or
telegram, except that such notice other than one which is delivered personally
shall be sent to such address as such director shall have filed in writing with
the Secretary, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known post office
address of such director.
(c) Affidavit
of Mailing. An affidavit of mailing, executed by a duly authorized and competent
employee of the corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the
class of stock affected, specifying the name and address or the names and
addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, or director or directors, to whom
any such notice or notices was or were given, and the time and method of giving
the same, shall in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts
therein contained.
(d) Time
Notices Deemed Given. All notices given by mail, as above provided,
shall be deemed to have been given as at the time of mailing, and all notices
given by facsimile, telex or telegram shall be deemed to have been given as of
the sending time recorded at time of transmission.
(e) Methods
of Notice. It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving
notice be employed in respect of all directors, but one permissible method may
be employed in respect of any one or more, and any other permissible method or
methods may be employed in respect of any other or others.
(f) Failure
to Receive Notice. The period or limitation of time within which any stockholder
may exercise any option or right, or enjoy any privilege or benefit, or be
required to act, or within which any director may exercise any power or right,
or enjoy any privilege, pursuant to any notice sent him ill the manner above
provided, shall not be affected or extended in any manner by the failure of such
stockholder or such director to receive such notice.
(g) Notice
to Person with Whom Communication Is Unlawful. Whenever notice is
required to be given, under any provision of law or of the Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any person with whom
communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be
require and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or
agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such
person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without
notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the
same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the
event that the action taken by the
corporation
is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the
Nevada General Corporation Law, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact
and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to
receive notice except such persons with whom communication is
unlawful.
(h) Notice
to Person with Undeliverable Address. Whenever notice is required to
be given, under any provision of law or the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws
of the corporation, to any stockholder to whom (i) notice of two consecutive
annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the taking of action by
written consent without a meeting to such person during the period between such
two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least two, payments (if
sent by first class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a
twelve-month period, have been mailed addressed to such person at his address as
shown on the records of the corporation and have been returned undeliverable,
the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required. Any
action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to such person
shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly
given. If any such person shall deliver to the corporation a written
notice setting forth his then current address, the requirement that notice be
given to such person shall be reinstated. In the event that the
action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a
certificate under any provision of the Nevada General Corporation Law, the
certificate need not state that notice was not given to persons to whom notice
was not required to be given pursuant to this paragraph.
ARTICLE
XII
AMENDMENTS
Section
45. Amendments.
The Board of Directors shall have the
sole power to adopt, amend, or repeal Bylaws as set forth in the Articles of
Incorporation.
ARTICLE
XIV
LOANS
TO OFFICERS
Section 46. Loans to
Officers. The corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any
obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the
corporation or of its subsidiaries, including any officer or employee who is a
Director of the corporation or its subsidiaries, whenever, in the judgment of
the Board of Directors, such loan, guarantee or assistance may reasonably be
expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guarantee or other
assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in
such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including, without
limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing
in these Bylaws shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of
guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common law or under any
statute.
ARTICLE
XV
BOARD
OF ADVISORS
Section
47. Board of
Advisors. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may
establish a Board of Advisors consisting of individuals who may or may not be
stockholders or directors of the corporation. The purpose of the
Board of Advisors would be to advise the officers and directors of the
corporation with respect to such matters as such officers and directors shall
choose, and any other such matters which the members of such Board of Advisors
deem appropriate in furtherance of the best interest of the
corporation. The Board of Advisors shall meet on such basis as the
members thereof may determine. The Board of Directors may eliminate
the Board of Advisors at any time. No member of the Board of
Advisors, nor the Board of Advisors itself, shall have any authority within the
corporation or any decision making power and shall be merely advisory in
nature. Unless the Board of Directors determines another method of
appointment, the President shall recommend possible members to the Board of
Directors, who shall approve or reject such appointments.
Declared
and certified as the Bylaws of The BabyDot Company on March 11,
2008.
Signature of Officer: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
Name of Officer: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
Position of Officer: | President |