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EXHIBIT 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER OF
TOMAX CORPORATION
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
AND
TOMAX TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(A UTAH CORPORATION)
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of _____________, 2000 (the
"AGREEMENT") is between Tomax Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("TOMAX
DELAWARE"), and Tomax technologies inc., a Utah corporation ("TOMAX UTAH").
Tomax Delaware and Tomax Utah are sometimes referred to herein as the
"CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS."
RECITALS
A. Tomax Delaware is a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware and has an authorized capital of 1,000 shares,
$0.001 par value, designated as "COMMON STOCK." As of the date hereof, 1,000
shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding, all of which are held by
Tomax Utah.
X. Xxxxx Utah is a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Utah and has an authorized capital of 50,000,000 shares,
with no par value, designated as "Common Stock," and 2,000,000 shares, with no
par value, designated as "Preferred Stock." As of the date hereof, 10,857,143
shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding, and 421,585 shares of Series
A Preferred Stock, 1,085,714 shares of Series B Preferred Stock were issued and
outstanding.
C. The Board of Directors of Tomax Utah has determined that, for the
purpose of effecting the reincorporation of Tomax Utah in the State of Delaware,
it is advisable and in the best interests of Tomax Utah and its shareholders
that Tomax Utah merge with and into Tomax Delaware upon the terms and conditions
herein provided.
D. The respective Boards of Directors of Tomax Delaware and Tomax Utah,
the shareholders of Tomax Utah and the sole stockholder of Tomax Delaware have
approved this Agreement and have directed that this Agreement be executed by the
undersigned officers.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants
set forth herein, Tomax Delaware and Tomax Utah hereby agree, subject to the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, as follows:
1. MERGER
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(a) Merger. In accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the
Delaware General Corporation Law and the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act,
Tomax Utah shall be merged with and into Tomax Delaware (the "MERGER"), the
separate existence of Tomax Utah shall cease and Tomax Delaware shall be, and is
herein sometimes referred to as, the "SURVIVING CORPORATION," and the name of
the Surviving Corporation shall be Sonix Technologies, Inc.
(b) Filing and Effectiveness. The Merger shall become effective when the
following actions shall have been completed:
(i) An executed Certificate of Merger or an executed counterpart
of this Agreement meeting the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation
Law shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
and
(ii) An executed Certificate of Merger or an executed counterpart
of this Agreement meeting the requirements of the Utah Revised Business
Corporation Act shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State
of Utah.
The date and time when the Merger shall become effective, as aforesaid,
is herein called the "EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE MERGER."
(c) Effect of the Merger. Upon the Effective Date of the Merger, the
separate existence of Tomax Utah shall cease and Tomax Delaware, as the
Surviving Corporation, (i) shall continue to possess all of its assets, rights,
powers and property as constituted immediately prior to the Effective Date of
the Merger, (ii) shall be subject to all actions previously taken by its and
Tomax Utah's Boards of Directors, (iii) shall succeed, without other transfer,
to all of the assets, rights, powers and property of Tomax Utah in the manner as
more fully set forth in Section 259 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
(iv) shall continue to be subject to all of its debts, liabilities and
obligations as constituted immediately prior to the Effective Date of the
Merger, and (v) shall succeed, without other transfer, to all of the debts,
liabilities and obligations of Tomax Utah in the same manner as if Tomax
Delaware had itself incurred them, all as more fully provided under the
applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Utah
Revised Business Corporation Act.
2. CHARTER DOCUMENTS DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
(a) Certificate of Incorporation. The Certificate of Incorporation of
Tomax Delaware in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT A (the "CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION") shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation until duly amended in accordance with the provisions thereof and
applicable law.
(b) Bylaws. The Bylaws of Tomax Delaware as in effect immediately prior
to the Effective Date of the Merger shall continue in full force and effect as
the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until duly amended in accordance with
the provisions thereof and applicable law.
(c) Directors and Officers. The directors and officers of Tomax Delaware
immediately prior to the Effective Date of the Merger shall be the directors and
officers of the Surviving Corporation until their successors shall have been
duly elected and qualified or until as otherwise
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provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
or the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
3. MANNER OF CONVERSION OF STOCK
(a) Tomax Utah Common Stock. Upon the Effective Date of the Merger, each
share of Common Stock of Tomax Utah issued and outstanding immediately prior
thereto shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action by the Constituent
Corporations, the holder of such shares or any other person, be converted into
and exchanged for one share of fully paid and nonassessable Common Stock, $.001
par value, of the Surviving Corporation. No fractional shares of Common Stock
shall be issued upon such reverse stock split; any fractional shares that would
otherwise result as to any holder shall be rounded up to the nearest whole
share.
(b) Tomax Utah Preferred Stock. Upon the Effective Date of the Merger,
each share of any series of Tomax Utah Preferred Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior thereto shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action
by the Constituent Corporation, the holder of such shares or any other person,
be converted into and exchanged for one fully paid and nonassessable share of
the same series of Preferred Stock, $.001 par value, of the Surviving
Corporation with such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions as are
set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.
(c) Tomax Delaware Common Stock. Upon the Effective Date of the Merger,
each share of Common Stock, $.001 par value, of Tomax Delaware issued and
outstanding immediately prior thereto shall, by virtue of the Merger and without
any action by Tomax Delaware, the holder of such shares or any other person, be
canceled and returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares.
(d) Stock Options. At the Effective Date of the Merger, Tomax Utah's
2000 Stock Option and Award Plan (the "STOCK PLAN") and all options and stock
purchase rights relating to Tomax Utah Common Stock (each a "TOMAX OPTION") then
outstanding under such plan, or otherwise, shall be assumed by Tomax Delaware in
accordance with provisions described below.
(i) Each Tomax Utah Option so assumed by Tomax Delaware under
this Agreement shall continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and
conditions set forth in the Stock Plan and/or as provided in the respective
option agreements governing such Tomax Option immediately prior to the Effective
Date of the Merger, except that such Tomax Option shall be exercisable for the
same number of whole shares of Tomax Delaware Common Stock number of shares of
Tomax Utah Common Stock that were issuable upon exercise of such Tomax Option
immediately prior to the Effective Date of the Merger.
(ii) It is the intention of the parties that the Tomax Options
assumed by Tomax Delaware qualify following the Effective Date of the Merger as
incentive stock options as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "CODE"), to the extent the Tomax Options qualified as
incentive stock options immediately prior to the Effective Date of the Merger.
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(iii) Promptly following the Effective Date of the Merger, Tomax
Delaware will issue to each holder of an outstanding Tomax Option a document
evidencing the foregoing assumption of such Tomax Option by Tomax Delaware.
(iv) At the Effective Date of the Merger, Tomax Utah shall assign
to Tomax Delaware any and all rights of repurchase pertaining to shares of Tomax
Utah Common Stock issued upon exercise of stock options, pursuant to stock
purchase agreements, or otherwise.
(e) Exchange of Certificates. After the Effective Date of the Merger,
each holder of an outstanding certificate representing shares of Tomax Utah
Common Stock may, at such stockholder's option, surrender the same for
cancellation to such institution as Tomax Delaware shall appoint at the time to
act as exchange agent (the "EXCHANGE AGENT"), and each such holder shall be
entitled to receive in exchange therefor a certificate or certificates
representing the number of shares of the Surviving Corporation's Common Stock
into which the surrendered shares were converted as herein provided. Until so
surrendered, each outstanding certificate theretofore representing shares of
Tomax Utah Common Stock shall be deemed for all purposes to represent the number
of whole shares of the Surviving Corporation's Common Stock into which such
shares of Tomax Utah Common Stock were converted in the Merger.
The registered owner on the books and records of the Surviving
Corporation or the Exchange Agent of any such outstanding certificate shall,
until such certificate shall have been surrendered for transfer or conversion or
otherwise accounted for to the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent, have
and be entitled to exercise any voting and other rights with respect to and to
receive dividends and other distributions upon the shares of Common Stock of the
Surviving Corporation represented by such outstanding certificate as provided
above.
Each certificate representing Common Stock of the Surviving Corporation
so issued in the Merger shall bear the same legends, if any, with respect to the
restrictions on transferability as the certificates of Tomax Utah Common Stock
so converted and given in exchange therefor, unless otherwise determined by the
Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation in compliance with applicable
laws.
If any certificate for shares of the Surviving Corporation's Common
Stock is to be issued in a name other than that in which the certificate
surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of
issuance thereof that the certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed
and otherwise in proper form for transfer, that such transfer otherwise be
proper and that the person requesting such transfer pay to the Exchange Agent
any transfer or other taxes payable by reason of the issuance of such new
certificate in a name other than that of the registered holder of the
certificate surrendered or establish to the satisfaction of the Surviving
Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not payable.
4. GENERAL
(a) Covenants of Tomax Delaware. Tomax Delaware covenants and agrees
that it will, on or before the Effective Date of the Merger:
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(i) Qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in the State
of Utah and in connection therewith irrevocably appoint an agent for service of
process as required under the provisions of Section 2105 of the Utah Revised
Business Corporation Act;
(ii) File any and all documents with the appropriate tax
authority of the State of Utah necessary for the assumption by Tomax Delaware of
all of the corporate and/or franchise tax liabilities of Tomax Utah; and
(iii) Take such other actions as may be required by the Utah
Revised Business Corporation Act.
(b) Further Assurances. From time to time, as and when required by Tomax
Delaware or by its successors or assigns, there shall be executed and delivered
on behalf of Tomax Utah such deeds and other instruments, and there shall be
taken or caused to be taken by Tomax Delaware and Tomax Utah such further and
other actions, as shall be appropriate or necessary in order to vest or perfect
in or conform of record or otherwise by Tomax Delaware the title to and
possession of all the property, interests, assets, rights, privileges,
immunities, powers, franchises and authority of Tomax Utah and otherwise to
carry out the purposes of this Agreement, and the officers and directors of
Tomax Delaware are fully authorized in the name and on behalf of Tomax Utah or
otherwise to take any and all such action and to execute and deliver any and all
such deeds and other instruments.
(c) Abandonment. At any time before the Effective Date of the Merger,
this Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned for any reason
whatsoever by the Board of Directors of either Tomax Utah or Tomax Delaware, or
both, notwithstanding the approval of this Agreement by the shareholders of
Tomax Utah or by the sole stockholder of Tomax Delaware, or by both.
(d) Amendment. The Boards of Directors of the Constituent Corporations
may amend this Agreement any time prior to the filing of this Agreement (or
certificate in lieu thereof) with the Secretaries of State of the States of Utah
and Delaware, provided that subsequent to the adoption of this Agreement by the
shareholders of either Constituent Corporation, this Agreement shall not be
amended except in compliance with the requirements of the Utah Revised Business
Corporation Act and the Delaware General Corporation Law.
(e) Registered Office. The registered office of the Surviving
Corporation in the State of Delaware is located at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, in the
city of Wilmington, County of New Castle, and The Corporation Trust Company is
the registered agent of the Surviving Corporation at such address.
(f) Agreement. Executed copies of this Agreement will be on file at the
principal place of business of the Surviving Corporation at 000 Xxxxx 000 Xxxx,
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, XX and copies thereof will be furnished to any shareholder of
either Constituent Corporation, upon request and without cost.
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(g) Governing Law. This Agreement shall in all respects be construed,
interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the
State of Delaware and the provisions of the Utah Revised Business Corporation
Act.
(h) Counterparts. In order to facilitate the filing and recording of
this Agreement, the same may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement, having first been approved by
resolutions of the Boards of Directors of Tomax Delaware and Tomax Utah, is
hereby executed on behalf of each of such two corporations and attested by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
TOMAX CORPORATION
A DELAWARE CORPORATION
By:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx, President
ATTEST:
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TOMAX TECHNOLOGIES INC.
A UTAH CORPORATION
By:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx, President
ATTEST:
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TOMAX TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(UTAH CORPORATION)
OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE
Xxxx Xxxxxxx and ____________________ certify that:
1. They are the President and the Secretary, respectively, of Tomax
technologies inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Utah.
2. The corporation has two authorized classes of stock, designated
"Common Stock" and "Preferred Stock." There are authorized 50,000,000 shares of
Common Stock and 2,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock.
3. As of the date hereof, there were 10,857,143 shares of Common Stock,
and 421,585 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, 1,085,714 shares of Series B
Preferred Stock (collectively, the "PREFERRED STOCK"), issued and outstanding as
of the record date of the shareholders' approval of the Agreement and Plan of
Merger attached hereto (the "MERGER AGREEMENT").
4. The principal terms of the Merger Agreement were approved by the
Board of Directors and by the vote of a number of shares of each class of stock
which equaled or exceeded the vote required.
5. The percentage vote required was more than 50% of the outstanding
voting power of the shares of all series of the Preferred Stock, acting together
as a single class, more than 50% of the outstanding voting power of the shares
of Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock, acting together as a
single class, and more than 50% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of
outstanding shares of the Common Stock.
6. Xxxx Xxxxxxx and _________________ further declare under penalty of
perjury under the laws of the State of Utah that each has read the foregoing
certificate and knows the contents thereof and that the same is true of their
own knowledge.
Executed in Salt Lake City, Utah on ________________, 2000.
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx, President
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TOMAX CORPORATION
(SURVIVING CORPORATION)
OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE
Xxxx Xxxxxxx certifies that:
1. I am the President of Tomax Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware.
2. The corporation has authorized one class of stock, designated "Common
Stock." There are authorized 1,000 shares of Common Stock.
3. There are 1,000 shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to
vote on the Agreement and Plan of Merger attached hereto (the "MERGER
AGREEMENT"). There are no shares of Preferred Stock outstanding.
4. The principal terms of the Merger Agreement were approved by the
Board of Directors and by the vote of a number of shares of each class of stock
which equaled or exceeded the vote required.
5. The percentage vote required was more than 50% of the votes entitled
to be cast by the sole holder of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
6. I further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the
State of Utah that I have read the foregoing certificate and know the contents
thereof and that the same is true of my own knowledge.
Executed in Salt Lake City, Utah on _________________, 2000.
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx, President
