AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

(ii) None of the Company Subs is a party to, or bound by, any collective bargaining agreement, contract or other agreement or understanding with a labor union or labor organization, nor is any the subject of any proceeding asserting that it has committed an unfair labor practice or seeking to compel it to bargain with any labor organization as to wages or conditions of employment nor is there any strike, work stoppage or other labor dispute involving it pending or, to its knowledge, threatened, any of which could have a material adverse effect with respect to Company Subs.

 

 

 

(iii) The conduct of the business of Company Subs complies with all statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees or arbitration awards applicable thereto.

 

(g) Benefit Plans. None of the Company Subs is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or any bonus, pension, profit sharing, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, stock ownership, stock purchase, phantom stock, retirement, vacation, severance, disability, death benefit, hospitalization, medical or other plan, arrangement or understanding (whether or not legally binding) under which it currently has an obligation to provide benefits to any current or former employee, officer or director of Company Subs (collectively, “Benefit Plans”).

 

(h) Certain Employee Payments. None of the Company Subs is a party to any employment agreement which could result in the payment to any current, former or future director or employee of Company Subs of any money or other property or rights or accelerate or provide any other rights or benefits to any such employee or director as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, whether or not (i) such payment, acceleration or provision would constitute a “parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code), or (ii) some other subsequent action or event would be required to cause such payment, acceleration or provision to be triggered.

 

(i) Tax Returns and Tax Payments. Each of the Company Subs has timely filed all Tax Returns required to be filed by it, has paid all Taxes shown thereon to be due and has provided adequate reserves in its financial statements for any Taxes that have not been paid, whether or not shown as being due on any returns. No material claim for unpaid Taxes has been made or become a lien against the property of Company Subs or is being asserted against Company Subs, no audit of any Tax Return of Company Subs is being conducted by a tax authority, and no extension of the statute of limitations on the assessment of any Taxes has been granted by Company Subs and is currently in effect. As used herein, “taxes” shall mean all taxes of a ny kind, including, without limitation, those on or measured by or referred to as income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, franchise, profits, license, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium value added, property or windfall profits taxes, customs, duties or similar fees,, assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any governmental authority, domestic or foreign. As used herein, “Tax Return” shall mean any return, report or statement required to be filed with any governmental authority with respect to Taxes.

 

(j) Environmental Matters. Each of the Company Subs is in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws. “Environmental Laws” means all applicable federal, state and local statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, orders, decrees and common law relating in any manner to contamination, pollution or protection of human health or the environment, and similar state laws.

 

(k) Material Contract Defaults. None of the Company Subs is, nor have they received any notice or has any knowledge that any other party is, in default in any respect under any Material Contract; and there has not occurred any event that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute such a material default. For purposes of this Agreement, a Material Contract means any contract, agreement or commitment that is effective as of the Closing Date to which Company Subs is a party (i) with expected receipts or expenditures in excess of $100,000, (ii) requiring Company Subs to indemnify any person, (iii) granting exclusive rights to any party, (iv) evidencing indebtedness for borrowed or loaned money in excess of $1 00,000 or more, including guarantees of such indebtedness, or (v) which, if breached by Company Subs in such a manner would (A) permit any other party to cancel or terminate the same (with or without notice of passage of time) or (B) provide a basis for any other party to claim money damages (either individually or in the aggregate with all other such claims under that contract) from Company Subs or (C) give rise to a right of acceleration of any material obligation or loss of any material benefit under any such contract, agreement or commitment.

 

 

 

(l) Properties. Each of the Company Subs has good, clear and marketable title to all the tangible properties and tangible assets reflected in the latest balance sheet as being owned by Company Subs or acquired after the date thereof which are, individually or in the aggregate, material to Company Subs’s business (except properties sold or otherwise disposed of since the date thereof in the ordinary course of business), free and clear of all material liens.

 

(m) Trademarks and Related Contracts. To the knowledge of Company Subs:

 

(i) As used in this Agreement, the term “Trademarks” means trademarks, service marks, trade names, Internet domain names, designs, slogans, and general intangibles of like nature; the term “Trade Secrets” means technology; trade secrets and other confidential information, know- how, proprietary processes, formulae, algorithms, models, and methodologies; the term “Intellectual Property” means patents, copyrights, Trademarks, applications for any of the foregoing, and Trade Secrets; the term “Company License Agreements” means any license agreements granting any right to use or practice any rights under any Intellectual Property (except for such agreements for off-the-shelf products that a re generally available or less than $25,000), and any written settlements relating to any Intellectual Property, to which Company Subs is a party or otherwise bound; and the term “Software” means any and all computer programs, including any and all software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or object code.

 

(ii) To the knowledge of Company Subs, none of Company Subs’s Intellectual Property or Company License Agreements infringe materially upon the rights of any third party that may give rise to a cause of action or claim against Company Subs or their successors.

 

3.04            Representations and Warranties of the Parent and the Merger Sub. Except as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the Parent to the Company at the time of execution of this Agreement (the “Parent Disclosure Schedule”), the Parent and the Merger Sub represent a nd warrant to the Company as follows:

 

(a) Organization, Standing and Corporate Power. Each of the Parent, the Merger Sub and the other Parent Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 3.03(b)) is (or at Closing will be) duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, as is applicable, and has the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now being conducted. Each of the Parent, the Merger Sub and the other Parent Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership or leasing of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so quali fied or licensed (individually or in the aggregate) would not have a material adverse effect with respect to the Parent.

 

(b) Subsidiaries. The Parent has two subsidiaries: Merger Sub, which is a Nevada corporation incorporated on June 16, 2010 and Designer Export Holdings, Inc. (“Designer Export Holdings”), which is a Nevada corporation incorporated on June 30, 2010. All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each such entity which is a corporation have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and, except as set forth in the Parent Disclosure Schedule, are owned (of record and beneficially) by the Parent, free and clear of all Liens. Except for the capital stock of its subsidiaries, which are corporations, the Parent does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other ownership interest in any corporation, partnership, business association, joint venture or other entity.

 

(c) Capital Structure. As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of the Parent consists of 75,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, $0.001 par value, of which approximately 4,510,000 shares of Parent Common Stock will be issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and no shares of Parent Common Stock are issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants, convertible notes, and options and otherwise.  Except as set forth above, no shares of capital stock or other equity securities of the Parent are issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. All outstanding shares of capital stock of the Parent are, and all shares which may be issued pursuant to this Agreement will be, when issued, duly a uthorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, not subject to preemptive rights, and issued in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws concerning the issuance of securities. There are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness or other securities of the Parent having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which shareholders of the Parent may vote. Except as set forth above, there are no outstanding securities, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings of any kind to which the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound obligating the Parent or any its subsidiaries to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock or other equity securities of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries or obligating the Parent or any of its subsidiaries to issue, deliver or sell, o r cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock or other equity securities of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries or obligating the Parent or any of its subsidiaries to issue, grant, extend or enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, right, commitment, agreement, arrangement or undertaking. There are no outstanding contractual obligations, commitments, understandings or arrangements of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or make any payment in respect of any shares of capital stock of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries.

 

 

 

 

(d) Authority; Noncontravention. The Parent and subsidiaries have all requisite corporate authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Parent and the Merger Sub and the consummation by the Parent and the Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been (or at Closing will have been) duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Parent and the Merger Sub. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each of the Parent and the Merger Sub, enforceable against each such party in accordance with its terms. The execution and delivery of this agreement do not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and compliance with the provisions of this Agreement will not, conflict with, or result in any breach or violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of or “put” right with respect to any obligation or to loss of a material benefit under, or result in the creation of any lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries under, (i) the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Parent or the Merger Sub or the comparable charter or organizational documents of any other subsidiary of the Parent, (ii) any loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease or other agreement, instrument, permit, concession, franchise or license applicable to the Parent, the Merger Sub or any other subsidiary of the Parent or their respective properties or asset s, or (iii) subject to the governmental filings and other matters referred to in the following sentence, any judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation or arbitration award applicable to the Parent, the Merger Sub or any other subsidiary of the Parent or their respective properties or assets, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), any such conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults, rights, losses or liens that individually or in the aggregate could not have a material adverse effect with respect to the Parent or could not prevent, hinder or materially delay the ability of the Parent to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, or notice to, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to the Parent, the Merger Sub or any other subsidiary of the Parent in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Parent or the Merger Sub or the consummation by the Parent or the Merger Sub, as the case may be, of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the filing of the Articles of Merger with the Secretary of State of Nevada, as required, and such other consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations, states.

 

(e) SEC Documents; Undisclosed Liabilities. The Parent has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the Parent has delivered or made available to the Company all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents filed with the SEC (collectively, and in each case including all exhibits and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, the “Parent SEC Documents”). As of their respective dates, the Parent SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of th e SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to such Parent SEC documents, and none of the Parent SEC Documents (including any and all consolidated financial statements included therein) as of such date contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Except to the extent revised or superseded by a subsequent filing with the SEC (a copy of which has been provided to the Company prior to the date of this Agreement), none of the Parent SEC Documents, to the knowledge of the Parent’s management, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The consolidated financial statements of the Paren t included in such Parent SEC Documents comply as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (except, in the case of unaudited consolidated quarterly statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly present the consolidated financial position of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and changes in cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited quarterly statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments as determined by Parent’s independent accountants). Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Documents, at the date of the most recent audited financial statements of the Parent included in the Parent SEC Document s, neither the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries had, and since such date neither the Parent nor any of such subsidiaries has incurred, any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect with respect to the Parent.  As of the Closing Date, the Parent has no liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise).

 

 

 

 

 

 

(f) Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Parent SEC Documents, the Parent has conducted its business only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice in light of its current business circumstances, and there is not and has not been: (i) any material adverse change with respect to the Parent; (ii) any condition, event or occurrence which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect or give rise to a material adverse change with respect to the Parent; (iii) any event which, if it had taken place following the execution of this Agreement, would not have bee n permitted by Section 4.02 without the prior consent of the Company; or (iv) any condition, event or occurrence which could reasonably be expected to prevent, hinder or materially delay the ability of the Parent to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(g) Interim Operations of the Merger Sub and Designer Export Holdings. The Merger Sub and Designer Export Holdings were formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the transactions contemplated hereby, have (or will have) engaged in no other business activities and have (or will have) conducted its operations only as contemplated hereby.

 

(h) Litigation; Labor Matters; Compliance with Laws.

 

(i) There is no suit, action or proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened against or affecting the Parent or any basis for any such suit, action, proceeding or investigation that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect with respect to the Parent or prevent, hinder or materially delay the ability of the Parent to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor is there any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against the Parent having, or which, insofar as reasonably could be foreseen by the Parent, in the future could have, any such effect.

 

(ii) The Parent is not a party to, or bound by, any collective bargaining agreement, contract or other agreement or understanding with a labor union or labor organization, nor is it the subject of any proceeding asserting that it has committed an unfair labor practice or seeking to compel it to bargain with any labor organization as to wages or conditions of employment nor is there any strike, work stoppage or other labor dispute involving it pending or, to its knowledge, threatened, any of which could have a material adverse effect with respect to the Parent.

 

(iii) The conduct of the business of the Parent complies with all statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees or arbitration awards applicable thereto.

 

(i) Benefit Plans. The Parent is not a party to any Benefit Plan under which the Parent currently has an obligation to provide benefits to any current or former employee, officer or director of the Parent.

 

(j) Certain Employee Payments. The Parent is not a party to any employment agreement which could result in the payment to any current, former or future director or employee of the Parent of any money or other property or rights or accelerate or provide any other rights or benefits to any such employee or director as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, whether or not (i) such payment, acceleration or provision would constitute a “parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code), or (ii) some other subsequent action or event would be required to cause such payment, acceleration or provision to be triggered.

 

 

 

 

 

(k) Tax Returns and Tax Payments. The Parent has timely filed all Tax Returns required to be filed by it, has paid all Taxes shown thereon to be due and has provided adequate reserves in its financial statements for any Taxes that have not been paid, whether or not shown as being due on any returns. No material claim for unpaid Taxes has been made or become a lien against the property of the Parent or is being asserted against the Parent, no audit of any Tax Return of the Parent is being conducted by a tax authority, and no extension of the statute of limitations on the assessment of any Taxes has been granted by the Parent and is currently in effect.

 

(l) Environmental Matters. The Parent is in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.

 

 

(m) Material Contract Defaults. The Parent is not, or has not, received any notice or has any knowledge that any other party is, in default in any respect under any Material Contract; and there has not occurred any event that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute such a material default. For purposes of this Agreement, a Material Contract means any contract, agreement or commitment that is effective as of the Closing Date to which the Parent is a party (i) with expected receipts or expenditures in excess of $10,000, (ii) requiring the Parent to indemnify any person, (iii) granting exclusive rights to any party, (iv) evidencing indebtedness for borrowed or loaned money in excess of $10,000 or more, in cluding guarantees of such indebtedness, or (v) which, if breached by the Parent in such a manner would (A) permit any other party to cancel or terminate the same (with or without notice of passage of time) or (B) provide a basis for any other party to claim money damages (either individually or in the aggregate with all other such claims under that contract) from the Parent or (C) give rise to a right of acceleration of any material obligation or loss of any material benefit under any such contract, agreement or commitment.

 

(n) Properties. The Parent has good, clear and marketable title to all the tangible properties and tangible assets reflected in the latest balance sheet as being owned by the Parent or acquired after the date thereof which are, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Parent’s business (except properties sold or otherwise disposed of since the date thereof in the ordinary course of business), free and clear of all material liens.

 

(o) Trademarks and Related Contracts. The Parent does not hold any Trademarks, Trade Secrets, or Intellectual Property, and is not party to any license agreements regarding such.

 

 

(p) Board Recommendation. The Board of Directors of the Parent has unanimously determined that the terms of the Merger are fair to and in the best interests of the shareholders of the Parent.

 

(q) Split-Off.  Immediately after and in conjunction with the consummation of the Merger, the Parent shall transfer all of its pre-Merger assets and liabilities to its wholly-owned subsidiary, Designer Export Holdings.  Immediately thereafter, the Parent shall transfer all of the outstanding capital of Designer Export Holdings to one of its shareholders, Urszula Dorota Paszko (“Paszko”), in exchange for the cancellation of 3,000,000 shares of the Parent’s common stock (the “Split-Off”) so that the only material assets of the Parent following the Split-Off will be the ownership of the Merger Sub, and thereafter, the prior shareholders of Parent shall have 1,510,000 shares of Parent Com mon Stock.  Ms. Paszko shall assume all existing and future liabilities arising from or associated with or related to the existing operation of the Designer Export Holdings so that the Parent and the newly merged entity shall not be liable for any such liabilities.

 

(r) Liabilities.  The Parent and the Merger Sub guarantee that the Company and the Sellers are free from any and all claims, liabilities or obligations of any nature (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) from the operations of the Parent and any of its subsidiaries on and prior to the date hereof.  The foregoing representation and warranty of the Parent and the Merger Sub under this Section 3.03(r) shall survive and remain in full force and effect for the two years following the Effective Time of the Merger.

 

 

 

 

(s) The Parent and the Merger Sub guarantee that prior to the consummation of the Merger all outstanding Parent Common Stock purchase rights, options, and warrants shall be cancelled (the “Cancellation”).  The Parent will file a Form 8-K with the SEC regarding such Cancellation.

 

 

 

 

4.01            Conduct of the Company and the Parent. From the date of this Agreement and until the Effective Time of the Merger, or until the prior termination of this Agreement, the Company and the Parent, shall not, unless mutually agreed to in writing:

 

 

(a) engage in any transaction, except in the normal and ordinary course of business, or create or suffer to exist any Lien or other encumbrance upon any of their respective assets or which will not be discharged in full prior to the Effective Time of the Merger;

 

(b) sell, assign or otherwise transfer any of their assets, or cancel or compromise any debts or claims relating to their assets, other than for fair value, in the ordinary course of business, and consistent with past practice;

 

(c) fail to use reasonable efforts to preserve intact their present business organizations, keep available the services of their employees and preserve its material relationships with customers, suppliers, licensors, licensees, distributors and others, to the end that its good will and on­going business not be impaired prior to the Effective Time of the Merger;

 

(d) except for matters related to complaints by former employees related to wages, suffer or permit any material adverse change to occur with respect to the Company and the Parent or their business or assets; or

 

(e) Make any material change with respect to their business in accounting or bookkeeping methods, principles or practices, except as required by GAAP.

 

 

 

 

5.01            Access to Information; Confidentiality.

 

 

(a) The Company shall, and shall cause its officers, employees, counsel, financial advisors and other representatives to, afford to the Parent and its representatives reasonable access during normal business hours during the period prior to the Effective Time of the Merger to its and to Company Subs’ properties, books, contracts, commitments, personnel and records and, during such period, the Company shall, and shall cause its and Company Subs’ officers, employees and representatives to, furnish promptly to the Parent all information concerning their respective business, properties, financial condition, operations and personnel as such other party may from time to time reasonably request. For the purposes of determining t he accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Parent and the Merger Sub set forth herein and compliance by the Parent and the Merger Sub of their respective obligations hereunder, during the period prior to the Effective Time of the Merger, the Parent shall provide the Company and its representatives with reasonable access during normal business hours to its and Merger Sub’s properties, books, contracts, commitments, personnel and records as may be necessary to enable the Company to confirm the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Parent and the Merger Sub set forth herein and compliance by the Parent and the Merger Sub of their obligations hereunder, and, during such period, the Parent shall, and shall cause its subsidiaries, officers, employees and representatives to, furnish promptly to the Company upon its request (i) a copy of each report, schedule, registration statement and other document filed by it during such period pursuant to the requirements of federal or state securities laws and (ii) all other information concerning its business, properties, financial condition, operations and personnel as such other party may from time to time reasonably request. Except as required by law, each of the Company, the Merger Sub, and the Parent will hold, and will cause its respective directors, officers, employees, accountants, counsel, financial advisors and other representatives and affiliates to hold, any nonpublic information in confidence.

 

(b) No investigation pursuant to this Section 5.01 shall affect any representations or warranties of the parties herein or the conditions to the obligations of the parties hereto.

 

 

5.02            Best Efforts. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties agrees to use its best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Parent, the Merger Sub and the Company will use their best efforts and co operate with one another (i) in promptly determining whether any filings are required to be made or consents, approvals, waivers, permits or authorizations are required to be obtained (or, which if not obtained, would result in an event of default, termination or acceleration of any agreement or any put right under any agreement) under any applicable law or regulation or from any governmental authorities or third parties, including parties to loan agreements or other debt instruments and including such consents, approvals, waivers, permits or authorizations as may be required to transfer the assets and related liabilities of the Company to the Merger Sub in promptly making any such filings, in furnishing information required in connection therewith and in timely seeking to obtain any such consents, approvals, permits or authorizations and (ii) in facilitating each other’s due diligence investigations. The Parent and the Company shall mutually cooperate in order to facilitate the achievement of the bene fits reasonably anticipated from the Merger.

 

5.03            Public Announcements. The Parent and the Merger Sub, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, will consult with each other before issuing, and provide each other the opportunity to review and comment upon, any press release or other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall not issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior to such consultation, except as may be required by applicable law or court process. The parties agree that the initial press release or releases to be issued with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be mutually agreed upon prior to the issuance thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company may disclose the contemplated Merger in letters to the Company’s optionees for purposes of fulfilling the Company’s obligations under the Company Option Plan to the said optionees.

 

 

 

 

5.04            Expenses. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses.

 

5.05            Directorships. Upon the Effective Time of the Merger, all directors and officers of the Parent shall have resigned and the Parent shall have taken all action to cause  the following individuals to the Parent’s board of directors: Ren Zhiqing as Chairman, and Pan Mingxiao and  Zhao Hegui as members of the Parent’s board of directors. In addition, the Parent shall have taken all action to cause the following individuals to be appointed as officers of the Parent: Ren Zhiqing as Chief Executive Officer, Pan Mingxia o as Executive Vice-President,  and Zhao Hegui as Executive Vice-President.

 

5.06            No Solicitation. Except as previously agreed to in writing by the other party, neither the Company or the Parent shall authorize or permit any of its officers, directors, agents, representatives, or advisors to (a) solicit, initiate or encourage or take any action to facilitate the submission of inquiries, proposals or offers from any person relating to any matter concerning any merger, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization or similar transaction involving the Company or the Parent, respectively, other than the transactio n contemplated by this Agreement or any other transaction the consummation of which would or could reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, prevent or delay the Merger or which would or could be expected to dilute the benefits to the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company or the Parent will immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing activities, discussions and negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

5.07            Change of Fiscal Year. The Parent shall take action to change its fiscal year to end on December 31.

 

 

 

 

6.01            Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger. The respective obligation of each party to effect the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:

 

(a) Opinions of Counsel. Execution and delivery of the following: to the Company, an opinion of counsel from the Parent’s legal counsel that the terms, conditions and structure of this Merger satisfy Delaware law.

 

(b) No Injunctions or Restraints. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Merger shall be in effect.

 

 

 

 

 

(c) No Dissent. Holders of no more than five percent (5%) of the Merger Sub’s Common Stock shall have dissented to the Merger.

 

(d) Auditor Letter. Auditor’s bring down letter or officer certificate in case that auditor’s bring down letter is not available, confirming that both Parent and Merger Sub have no debt/obligation owed as of closing or the  cancellation of all liabilities of the Parent and its subsidiaries.

 

(e) Deliverables of Parent.  Parent shall deliver to the Sellers the following:

 

 

6.02            Conditions to Obligations of the Parent and the Merger Sub. The obligations of the Parent and the Merger Sub to effect the Merger are further subject to the following conditions:

 

 

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company and Company Subs set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date. The Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by the president of the Company to such effect.

 

(b) Performance of Obligations of the Company. The Company and Company Subs shall have performed the obligations required to be performed by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date (except for such failures to perform as have not had or could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect with respect to the Company or adversely affect the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions herein contemplated or perform its obligations hereunder), and the Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by the president of the Company to such effect.

 

(c) Consents, etc. The Parent shall have received evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, that such licenses, permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and orders of governmental authorities and other third parties as necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby have been obtained.

 

(d) No Litigation. There shall not be pending or threatened by any Governmental Entity any suit, action or proceeding (or by any other person any suit, action or proceeding which has a reasonable likelihood of success), (i) challenging or seeking to restrain or prohibit the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or seeking to obtain from the Parent or any of its subsidiaries any damages that are material in relation to the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) seeking to prohibit or limit the ownership or operation by the Company, the Parent or any of its subsidiaries of any material portion of the business or assets of the Company, the Parent or any of its subsidiaries , or to dispose of or hold separate any material portion of the business or assets of the Company, the Parent or any of its subsidiaries, as a result of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) seeking to impose limitations on the ability of the Parent or Merger Sub to acquire or hold, or exercise full rights of ownership of, any shares of Company Common Stock or Common Stock of the Surviving Corporation, including, without limitation, the right to vote the Company Common Stock or Common Stock of the Surviving Corporation on all matters properly presented to the shareholders of the Company or the Surviving Corporation, respectively, or (iv) seeking to prohibit the Parent or any of its subsidiaries from effectively controlling in any material respect the business or operations of the Company.

 

 

 

 

 

(e) Due Diligence Investigation. The Parent shall be satisfied with the results of its due diligence investigation of the Company and Company Subs in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

(f) The Company shall file a Form 8-K with the SEC within four business days of the Closing Date of the Merger containing information about the Merger and Pro Forma financial statements of the Parent and the Company and audited financial statements of the Company as required by Regulation S-K. Such Form 8-K shall be in form and substance acceptable to Parent and its counsel prior to Closing.

 

(g) Immediately after and in conjunction with the consummation of the Merger, the Parent shall transfer all of its pre-Merger assets and liabilities to its wholly-owned subsidiary, Designer Export Holdings.  Immediately thereafter, the Parent shall transfer all of the outstanding capital of Designer Export Holdings to one of its shareholders, Urszula Dorota Paszko (“Paszko”), in exchange for the cancellation of 3,000,000 shares of the Parent’s common stock (the “Split-Off”) so that the only material assets of the Parent following the Split-Off will be the ownership of the Merger Sub, and thereafter, the prior shareholders of Parent shall have 1,510,000 shares of Parent Common Stock.   Ms. Paszko shall assume all existing and future liabilities arising from or associated with or related to the existing operation of the Designer Export Holdings so that the Parent and the newly merged entity shall not be liable for any such liabilities.

 

6.03            Conditions to Obligation of the Company. The obligation of the Company to effect the Merger is further subject to the following conditions:

 

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Parent and the Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date. The Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Parent by the president of the Parent to such effect.

 

(b) Performance of Obligations of the Parent and the Merger Sub. The Parent and the Merger Sub shall have performed the obligations required to be performed by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date (except for such failures to perform as have not had or could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect with respect to the Parent or adversely affect the ability of the Parent to consummate the transactions herein contemplated or perform its obligations hereunder), and the Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Parent by the president of the Parent to such effect.

 

(c) No Litigation. There shall not be pending or threatened any suit, action or proceeding before any court, Governmental Entity or authority (i) pertaining to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) seeking to prohibit or limit the ownership or operation by the Company, the Parent or any of its subsidiaries, or to dispose of or hold separate any material portion of the business or assets of the Company, the Parent or of its any subsidiaries.

 

(d) Consents, etc. The Company shall have received evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, that such licenses, permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and orders of governmental authorities and other third parties as necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby have been obtained.

 

 

 

 

 

(e) Filing of Merger Agreement. The Parent shall have filed or will promptly file after the Closing Date in the office of the Secretary of State of Nevada or other office of each jurisdiction in which such filings are required for the Merger to become effective.

 

(f) Resignations. The Parent shall deliver to the Company written resignations of all of the officers of the Parent and evidence of election of those new directors and officers as further described in Section 5.06 herein.

 

(g)           Reserved.

 

(h)           8-K. The Post Merger Company shall file a Form 8-K with the SEC within four days of the closing of the Merger containing audited financial statements of the Company as required by Regulation S-K.

 

 

 

 

7.01            Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time of the Merger:

 

(a) by mutual written consent of the Parent and the Company;

 

(b) by either the Parent or the Company if any Governmental Entity shall have issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action permanently enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and nonappealable;

 

(c) by either the Parent or the Company if the Merger shall not have been consummated on or before July 31, 2010 (other than as a result of the failure of the party seeking to terminate this Agreement to perform its obligations under this Agreement required to be performed at or prior to the Effective Time of the Merger);

 

(d) by the Parent, if a material adverse change shall have occurred relative to the Company;

 

(e) by the Parent, if the Company willfully fails to perform in any material respect any of its material obligations under this Agreement; or

 

(f) by the Company, if the Parent or the Merger Sub willfully fails to perform in any material respect any of their respective obligations under this Agreement.

 

7.02            Effect of Termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement by either the Company or the Parent as provided in Section 7.01, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, without any liability or obligation on the part of the Parent, the Merger Sub or the Company, other than the provisions of the last sentence of Section 5.01(a) and this Section 7.02. Nothing contained in this Section shall relieve any party for any breach of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.

 

7.03            Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties.

 

7.04            Extension; Waiver. Subject to Section 7.0 1(c), at any time prior to the Effective Time of the Merger, the parties may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant to this Agreement, or (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained in this Agreement. Any agreement on the part of a party to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party. The failure of any party to this Agreement to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise shall not constitute a waiver of such rights.

 

 

 

 

 

7.05            Procedure for Termination, Amendment, Extension or Waiver. A termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.01, an amendment of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.03 or an extension or waiver of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.04 shall, in order to be effective, require in the case of the Parent, the Merger Sub or the Company, action by its Board of Directors.

 

7.06            Return of Documents. In the event of termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Parent and the Company will return to the other party all of the other party’s documents, work papers, and other materials (including copies) relating to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, whether obtained before or after execution of this Agreement. The Parent and Company will not use any information so obtained from the other party for any purpose and will take all reasonable steps to have such other party’s information kept confidential.

 

 

 

 

8.01            Survival of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time of the Merger until the Settlement Date.

 

8.02            Indemnification.

 

(a) Irrespective of any due diligence investigation conducted by the Company with regard to the transactions contemplated hereby, the Parent shall indemnify and hold the Company and each of its officers and directors (the “Company Representatives”) harmless from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, damages, losses, deficiencies, costs, penalties, interest and expenses (collectively, “Losses”) arising out of, based upon, attributable to or resulting from any and all Losses incurred or suffered by the Company or any of the Company Representatives resulting from or arising out of any breach of a representation, warranty or covenant made by the Parent as set forth herein.

 

(b) The Company shall indemnify and hold the Parent and each of its officers and directors (the “Parent Representatives”) harmless from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, damages, losses, deficiencies, costs, penalties, interest and expenses (collectively, “Losses”) arising out of, based upon, attributable to or resulting from any and all Losses incurred or suffered by the Parent or any of the Parent Representatives resulting from or arising out of any breach of a representation, warranty or covenant made by Company as set forth herein.

 

8.03            Notice of Indemnification. In the event any proceeding shall be threatened or instituted or any claim or demand shall be asserted in respect of which payment may be sought by the Parent or any Parent Representative or by the Company or any Company Representative, against the other, as the case may be (each an “Indemnitee”), under the provisions of this Article VIII (an “Indemnity Claim”), the Indemnitee shall promptly cause written notice of the assertion of any such Claim of which it has knowledge which is covere d by this indemnity to be forwarded to the Parent Representative, who shall be Paul Kelly, or the Company. Any notice of an Indemnity Claim by reason of any of the representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement shall state specifically the representation, warranty or covenant with respect to which the Indemnity Claim is made, the facts giving rise to an alleged basis for the Claim, and the amount of the liability asserted against the Indemnitor by reason of the Indemnity Claim. Within ten (10) days of the receipt of such written notice, the Parent Representative or the Company, as the case may be, shall notify the Indemnitee in writing of its intent to contest the indemnification obligation (a “Contest”) or to accept liability hereunder. If the Parent Representative or the Company, as the case may be, does not respond within ten (10) days of the request of such written notice to such written notice, the Parent Representative or the Company, as the case may be, will be deemed to accept liability as it relates to the Merger Consideration. In such event, the Indemnitee will deliver a Notice to the Parent that there is a determination of liability to this Section 8.03 and the Parent shall be instructed to adjust the Merger Consideration. In the event of a Contest, within ten (10) days of the receipt of the written notice thereof, the parties will select arbitrators and submit the dispute to binding arbitration before the American Arbitration Association at a venue to be located in New York City. The arbitrators shall be selected by the mutual agreement of the parties. If the parties can not agree on the arbitrator, each may select one arbitrator and the two designated arbitrators shall select the third arbitrator. If the third arbitrator can not be agreed upon, the American Arbitration Association in New York shall select the third arbitrator. A decision by the individual arbitrator or a majority decision by the three arbitrators shall be final and binding upon the parties. Such ar bitration shall follow the rules of the American Arbitration Association and must be resolved by the arbitrators within thirty (30) days after the matter is submitted to arbitration. If the arbitration is ruled favorably for Parent so that there is a determination of a Loss, the Indemnitee will deliver a Notice to the Parent that there is a determination of liability pursuant to this Section 8.03 and the Parent shall adjust the Merger Consideration Deposit accordingly.

 

 

 

10.01            Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally or sent by facsimile, electronic mail, or overnight courier (providing proof of delivery) to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

(a) if to the Parent or Parent Representative, to:

 

Designer Export, Inc.

21 Pulawska St., Suite 23

Lublin, Poland 20-051

 

Attention: Urszula DOrota Paszko

 

(b) if to the Company, to:

 

Attention:

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

61 Broadway, 32nd Floor

New York, New York 10006

Attention:  Darrin M. OCasio, Esq.

(212) 930-9700 phone

(212) 930-9725 fax

 

10.02            Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:

 

 

(a) an “affiliate” of any person means another person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first person;

 

(b) “material adverse change” or “material adverse effect” means, when used in connection with the Company or the Parent, any change or effect that either individually or in the aggregate with all other such changes or effects is materially adverse to the business, assets, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of such party and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (after giving effect in the case of the Parent to the consummation of the Merger);

 

 

 

 

(c) “person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity; and

 

(d) a “subsidiary” of any person means another person, an amount of the voting securities, other voting ownership or voting partnership interests of which is sufficient to elect at least a majority of its board of Directors or other governing body (or, if there are no such voting interests, fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity interests of which) is owned directly or indirectly by such first person.

 

10.03            Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference shall be to a Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. 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. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “with out limitation”.

 

10.04            Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the other agreements referred to herein constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement is not intended to confer upon any person other than the parties any rights or remedies.

 

10.05            Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Nevada, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

 

10.06            Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by any of the parties without the prior written consent of the other parties. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

10.07            Enforcement. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in any court of the United States located in the State of Nevada, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are en titled at law or in equity. In addition, each of the parties hereto (a) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction or venue by motion or other request for leave from any such court, and (b) agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any state court other than such court.

 

10.08            Severability. Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law but if any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or portion of any provision in such jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construe d and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion of any provision had never been contained herein.

 

10.09            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same instrument and shall become effective when one or more such counterparts shall have been executed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties.

 

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused their duly authorized officers to execute this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

 

 

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