Contract
Exhibit
10.1
THIS LETTER OF INTENT (the
“LOI”), is entered into
by and,
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BETWEEN:
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XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX MINERALS,
INC., a Nevada corporation having an office at Suite 904 – 000 00xx
Xxxxxx X.X., Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
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AND:
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ABTECH INDUSTRIES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation having an office at 0000 X. Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx
000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx,
X.X.X.
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BACKGROUND
AND PURPOSE
WHEREAS,
the Company is a publicly traded company on the United States over-the-counter
(“OTC”) bulletin board securities market.
WHEREAS,
ABTECH is an environmental technologies firm dedicated to providing innovative
solutions to communities and industry addressing issues of water pollutants
and contamination and its products are based on polymer technologies
capable of removing hydrocarbons, sediment and other foreign elements from
still (ponds, lakes and marinas) or flowing water (curbside drains, pipe
outflows, rivers and oceans).
WHEREAS,
the Company and ABTECH desire to enter into a reverse acquisition transaction
whereby the Company will acquire all of the shares of outstanding capital stock
of ABTECH in exchange for the issuance of a controlling ownership interest in
the Company to the shareholders of ABTECH .
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual agreements and representations contained herein, and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
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1.
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Except for the provisions in
Paragraphs 7-14, this proposal is expressly intended to be non-binding and
subject to the satisfactory completion of due diligence and the
negotiation of a mutually acceptable definitive agreement between the
Company and ABTECH with regard to this
transaction.
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2.
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The
Company and ABTECH agree that they will use their commercially reasonable
efforts to enter into a definitive agreement containing substantially the
same terms and provisions as set forth in Paragraphs 3-6 of this LOI
within twenty one (21) days from the date of execution of this LOI (the
“Definitive
Agreement”).
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3.
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Upon
the satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and in the Definitive
Agreement, the Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of ABTECH (through a reverse merger of ABTECH into a
subsidiary of the Company or other mutually acceptable mechanism) in
exchange for the issuance to ABTECH shareholders of 46,000,000 shares of
common stock of the Company (the “Exchange”). Upon
Closing, ABTECH shall become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and
ABTECH shareholders shall own approximately 78% of the outstanding shares
of the Company on a post-Closing
basis.
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4.
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The
closing of the Exchange (the “Closing”) shall occur on
or before ninety (90) days from the date on which ABTECH completes the
audit of its financial statements as required to be filed by the Company
upon the Closing in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and ABTECH receiving no less than an aggregate of $3,000,000
in financing from the Company. Immediately after the Closing,
the Company will have 59,000,000 shares issued and
outstanding.
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5.
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At
Closing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall be comprised of nine
(9) directors. On or prior to the Closing, the Board of Directors of the
Company shall appoint nine (9) directors of ABTECH onto the Board of
Directors of the Company, and at Closing, the management of ABTECH shall
be appointed as the management of the
Company.
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6.
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The
Definitive Agreement shall contain customary representation and
warranties, covenants and indemnification provisions for transactions of
this nature.
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Neither party shall have any
liability whatsoever to the other with respect to the non-binding
provisions hereof or the failure to conclude the transactions described in
such non-binding provisions for any reason whatsoever, including ABTECH’s
failure to obtain approval for such transactions from its Board of
Directors
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8.
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No
party hereto will make any disclosure or public announcements of the
proposed transactions, the LOI or the terms thereof without the prior
consent of the other parties, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, or
except as required by relevant securities laws; provided, however, each
party may issue press releases in the ordinary course of
business.
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9.
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Each
party agrees and acknowledges that such party and its directors, officers,
employees, agents and representatives will disclose business information
and information about the proposed transaction in the course of securing
financings for the Company and ABTECH and that the parties and their
representatives may be required to disclose that information under the
continuous disclosure requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
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10.
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This
LOI shall be construed in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of
the State of Delaware, and each party separately and unconditionally
subjects itself to the jurisdiction of any court of competent authority in
the State of Delaware, and the rules and regulations thereof, for all
purposes related to this agreement and/or their respective performance
hereunder.
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The
parties shall prepare, execute and file any and all documents necessary to
comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws, rules and
regulations in any jurisdiction where they are required to do
so.
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12.
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All
references to currency in this LOI are references to the lawful currency
of the United States of America.
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13.
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This LOI may be executed in
counterparts, by original or facsimile signature, with the same effect as
if the signatures to each such counterpart were upon a single instrument;
and each counterpart shall be enforceable against the party actually
executing such counterpart. All counterparts shall be deemed an
original copy.
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14.
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The delay or failure of a party to
enforce at any time any provision of this LOI shall in no way be
considered a waiver of any such provision, or any other provision of this
LOI. No waiver of, delay or failure to enforce any provision of
this LOI shall in any way be considered a continuing waiver or be
construed as a subsequent waiver of any such provision, or any other
provision of this LOI.
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DATED
EFFECTIVE: APRIL 12, 2010
XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXX MINERALS, INC.
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