SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION
THIS SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION, dated as of March 7, 2011 (the
“Agreement”), between Oraco Resources, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (“ORACO”), and Oraco Resources, Inc., a
Canadian company (“ORI”). Together ORACO and
ORI are referred to collectively as the
“Parties.”
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, ORACO desires to acquire all of the
issued and outstanding Class A Shares of ORI (the "Class A Shares")
as of the Closing (as defined herein) solely in exchange (the
“Exchange”) for the issuance by ORACO of its shares of
restricted common stock, $0.001 par value per share (“ORACO
Common Stock”) pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth
below;
WHEREAS, ORI and ORACO desire to make certain
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection
with this Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and mutual promises herein made, and in consideration of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein
contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Certain
Definitions. The following terms shall, when used in this
Agreement, have the following meanings:
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“Affiliate” means, with respect to
any Person: (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning,
controlling, or holding with power to vote 10% or more of the
outstanding voting securities of such other Person (other than
passive or institutional investors); (ii) any Person 10% or more of
whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly
owned, controlled, or held with power to vote, by such other
Person; (iii) any Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with such other Person; and
(iv) any officer, director or partner of such other Person.
“Control” for the foregoing purposes shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities or voting interests, by
contract or otherwise.
“Business Day” means any day other
than Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New
York are required or authorized to be closed.
“Code” means the United States
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commission” means the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
“ORI Assets” mean all properties,
assets, privileges, powers, rights, interests and claims of every
type and description that are owned, leased, held, used or useful
in ORI’s business and in which ORI has any right, title or
interest or in which ORI acquires any right, title or interest on
or before the Closing Date, wherever located, whether known or
unknown, and whether or not now or on the Closing Date on the books
and records of ORI, but excluding any of the foregoing, if any,
transferred prior to the Closing pursuant to this Agreement or any
Related Documents.
“ORI Business” means (i) the
diamond, gold, mineral and natural resource mining operating
business and its related businesses.
“ORI Class A Shares” means the Class
A Shares of ORI.
“ORI Stockholders” means, as of any
particular date, the holders of ORI Class A Shares on that
date.
“Encumbrance” means any material
mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge, security interest,
security agreement, conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, limitation, option, assessment, restrictive agreement,
restriction, adverse interest, restriction on transfer or exception
to or material defect in title or other ownership interest
(including restrictive covenants, leases and licenses).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
“GAAP” means United States generally
accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to
time.
“ORACO Assets” mean all properties,
assets, privileges, powers, rights, interests and claims of every
type and description that are owned, leased, held, used or useful
in the ORACO Business and in which ORACO holds title or any
interest or in which ORACO acquires any right, title or interest on
or before the Closing Date, wherever located, whether known or
unknown, and whether or not now or on the Closing Date on the books
and records of ORACO.
“ORACO Business” means the business
conducted by ORACO.
“ORACO Common Stock” means the
common shares of ORACO, $0.001 par value.
“Exchange Shares” means the shares
of ORACO Common Stock deliverable by ORACO in exchange for Class A
Shares of ORI.
“Legal
Requirement” means any statute, ordinance, law, rule,
regulation, code, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, or
other requirement enacted, adopted or applied by any Regulatory
Authority, including judicial decisions applying common law or
interpreting any other Legal Requirement. Without limiting the
foregoing, the laws, rules and regulations of and pursuant to the
Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as well as the accounting requirements
included in the rules and regulations of the Commission, are
included with in the term Legal Requirement.
“Losses” shall mean all damages,
awards, judgments, assessments, fines, sanctions, penalties,
charges, costs, expenses, payments, diminutions in value and other
losses, however suffered or characterized, all interest thereon,
all costs and expenses of investigating any claim, lawsuit or
arbitration and any appeal there from, all actual attorneys’,
accountants’, investment bankers’ and expert
witness’ fees incurred in connection therewith, whether or
not such claim, lawsuit or arbitration is ultimately defeated and,
subject to Section 9.4, all amounts paid incident to any compromise
or settlement of any such claim, lawsuit or arbitration.
“Liability” means any liability or
obligation (whether known or unknown, whether asserted or
unasserted, whether absolute or contingent, whether accrued or
unaccrued, whether liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or
to become due), including any liability for Taxes.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a
material adverse effect on (i) the assets, Liabilities,
or properties of the Parties, (ii) the validity, binding effect or
enforceability of this Agreement or the Related Documents or (iii)
the ability of any Party to perform its obligations under this
Agreement and the Related Documents; provided, however, that none
of the following shall constitute a Material Adverse Effect on ORI:
(i) the filing, initiation and subsequent prosecution, by or on
behalf of shareholders of any Party, of litigation that challenges
or otherwise seeks damages with respect to the Exchange, this
Agreement and/or transactions contemplated thereby or hereby, (ii)
occurrences due to a disruption of a Party’s business as a
result of the announcement of the execution of this Agreement or
changes caused by the taking of action required by this Agreement,
(iii) general economic conditions, or (iv) any changes generally
affecting the industries in which a Party operates.
“Person” means any natural person,
corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization,
association, limited liability company, Regulatory Authority or
other entity.
“Regulatory Authority” means: (i)
the United States of America; (ii) any state, commonwealth,
territory or possession of the United States of America and any
political subdivision thereof (including counties, municipalities
and the like); (iii) any foreign (as to the United States of
America) sovereign entity and any political subdivision thereof; or
(iv) any agency, authority or instrumentality of any of the
foregoing, including any court, tribunal, department, bureau,
commission or board.
“Representative” means any director,
officer, employee, agent, consultant, advisor or other
representative of a Person, including legal counsel, accountants
and financial advisors.
“Related Documents” mean the
Exhibits and any other documents, instruments and certificates to
be executed and delivered by the Parties hereunder.
“Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
there under.
“Subsidiary” of a specified Person
means (a) any Person if securities having ordinary voting power (at
the time in question and without regard to the happening of any
contingency) to elect a majority of the directors, trustees,
managers or other governing body of such Person are held or
controlled by the specified Person or a Subsidiary of the specified
Person; (b) any Person in which the specified Person and its
subsidiaries collectively hold a 50% or greater equity interest;
(c) any partnership or similar organization in which the specified
Person or subsidiary of the specified Person is a general partner;
or (d) any Person the management of which is directly or indirectly
controlled by the specified Person and its Subsidiaries through the
exercise of voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Tax” means any U.S. or non U.S.
federal, state, provincial, local or foreign income, gross
receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp,
occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs
duties, capital, franchise, profits, withholding, social security
(or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal
property, intangible property, recording, occupancy, sales, use,
transfer, registration, value added minimum, estimated or other tax
of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, additions to tax,
penalties, fees, deficiencies, assessments, additions or other
charges of any nature with respect thereto, whether disputed or
not.
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Other
Definitions. The following terms shall, when used in this
Agreement, have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Sections
indicated.
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ARTICLE II
EXCHANGE OF SHARES
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Exchange of
Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on
the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), ORACO shall issue and
deliver to ORI, or its designees, Fifteen Million One Thousand Five
Hundred (15,001,500) shares of ORACO common stock, (“Exchange
Shares”) in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding
Class A Shares of ORI, together with appropriately executed
transfer documents relative to the Class A Shares in favor of
ORACO, which ORACO will hold and retain so that ORI is a wholly
owned subsidiary of ORACO.
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Restrictive
Legend. All certificates representing the Exchange Shares shall
contain the following legend in customary form restricting transfer
under the 1933 Act absent registration with the Commission
therefore, or available exemption, to which the Sellers hereby
consent:
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THE SECURITIES
OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR UNDER ANY
STATE SECURITIES LAW OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION AND ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD IN RELIANCE ON
EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND SUCH LAWS. THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED
OR DISAPPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE
MERITS OF THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THESE ARE SPECULATIVE SECURITIES.
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Closing. The
closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Related Documents (“Closing”) shall take place at the
offices of Stoecklein Law Group, 402 West Broadway, Suite 690, San
Diego, California, or at such other location as the parties may
agree on or before April 8, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., Pacific Time,. The
date on which the Closing actually occurs is referred to herein as
the “Closing Date.” The Closing may occur by exchange
of documents and instruments, without personal attendance of
representatives of the parties.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
ORI
ORI (as to Sections 3.1-3.14) represents and
warrants to ORACO that the statements contained in this ARTICLE III
are correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement and,
except as provided in Section 7.1, will be correct and complete as
of the Closing Date (as though made then and as though the Closing
Date were substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout
this ARTICLE III, except in the case of representations and
warranties stated to be made as of the date of this Agreement or as
of another date and except for changes contemplated or permitted by
this Agreement).
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Organization
and Qualification. ORI is a limited liability company duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
Canada, Province of Alberta. ORI has all requisite power and
authority to own, lease and use its assets as they are currently
owned, leased and used and to conduct its business as it is
currently conducted. ORI is duly qualified or licensed to do
business in and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
the character of the properties owned, leased or used by it or the
nature of the activities conducted by it make such qualification
necessary, except any such jurisdiction where the failure to be so
qualified or licensed would not have a Material Adverse Effect on
ORI or a material adverse effect on the validity, binding effect or
enforceability of this Agreement or the Related Documents or the
ability of ORI to perform its obligations under this Agreement or
any of the Related Documents.
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As of the
Closing, the authorized, issued and outstanding Class A Shares will
be listed on Exhibit 2.1(a) hereto.
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As of the
Closing, there will be no outstanding or authorized options,
warrants, purchase rights, preemptive rights or other contracts or
commitments that could require ORI to issue, sell, or otherwise
cause to become outstanding any of its Class A shares or other
ownership interests (collectively
“Options”).
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As of the
Closing, all of the issued and outstanding Class A Shares of
Company will be duly authorized and validly issued and outstanding,
fully paid and nonassessable. As of the Closing, all the
Options will have been duly authorized and validly issued and
outstanding. As of the Closing, the capital stock and
the Options will have been issued in compliance with applicable
securities laws and other applicable Legal Requirements or transfer
restrictions under applicable securities laws.
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All of the
Class A Shares of ORI to be issued between the date of this
Agreement and the Closing will be duly authorized and will be
validly issued and outstanding as of the Closing, fully paid and
nonassessable, and will be issued in compliance with applicable
securities laws and other applicable Legal Requirements or transfer
restrictions under applicable securities laws.
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Authority and
Validity. ORI has all requisite power to execute and deliver, to
perform such Party’s obligations under, and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by, this Agreement (subject to receipt of
any consents, approvals, authorizations or other matters). The
execution and delivery by ORI of, the performance by ORI of such
Party’s obligations under, and the consummation by ORI of the
transactions contemplated by, this Agreement have been duly
authorized by all requisite action of ORI. This Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by ORI and, as of the Closing, assuming
due execution and delivery by ORACO, is the legal, valid, and
binding obligation of ORI, enforceable against such Party in
accordance with its terms. Upon the execution and delivery of the
Related Documents by each Person (other than ORACO) that is
required by this Agreement to execute, or that does execute, this
Agreement or any of the Related Documents, and assuming due
execution and delivery thereof by ORACO, the Related Documents will
be the legal, valid and binding obligations of ORI, enforceable
against such Party in accordance with their respective
terms.
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No Breach or
Violation. Subject to obtaining the consents, approvals,
authorizations, and orders of and making the registrations or
filings with or giving notices to Regulatory Authorities and
Persons identified herein, the execution, delivery and performance
by ORI of this Agreement and the Related Documents to which such
Party is a party, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof and thereof, do not and will not conflict with,
constitute a violation or breach of, constitute a default or give
rise to any right of termination or acceleration of any right or
obligation of ORI under, or result in the creation or imposition of
any Encumbrance upon ORI, ORI Assets, ORI Business or ORI Class A
Shares.
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Consents and
Approvals. No consent, approval, authorization or order of,
registration or filing with, or notice to, any Regulatory Authority
or any other Person is necessary to be obtained, made or given by
ORI in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by
ORI of this Agreement or any Related Document or for the
consummation by ORI of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, except to the extent the failure to obtain any such
consent, approval, authorization or order or to make any such
registration or filing would not have a Material Adverse Effect on
ORI or a material adverse effect on the validity, binding effect or
enforceability of this Agreement or the Related Documents or the
ability of ORI to perform its obligations under this Agreement or
any of the Related Documents.
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Intellectual
Property. To the knowledge of ORI, ORI has good title to or the
right to use all material company intellectual property rights and
all material inventions, processes, designs, formulae, trade
secrets and know-how necessary for the operation of ORI Business
without the payment of any royalty or similar payment.
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Compliance with
Legal Requirements. ORI has operated ORI Business in compliance
with all Legal Requirements applicable to ORI except to the extent
the failure to operate in compliance with all material Legal
Requirements would not have a Material Adverse Effect on ORI or
Material Adverse Effect on the validity, binding effect or
enforceability of this Agreement or the Related
Documents.
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Litigation.
There are no outstanding judgments or orders against or otherwise
affecting or related to ORI, ORI Business or ORI Assets; and (ii)
there is no action, suit, complaint, proceeding or investigation,
judicial, administrative or otherwise, that is pending or, to
ORI’s knowledge, threatened that, if adversely determined,
would have Material Adverse Effect on ORI or a material adverse
effect on the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this
Agreement or the Related Documents.
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Taxes. ORI has
duly and timely filed in proper form all Tax Returns for all Taxes
required to be filed with the appropriate Regulatory Authority,
except where such failure would not have a Material Adverse Effect
on ORI.
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Books and
Records. The books and records of ORI accurately and fairly
represent ORI Business and Company Assets and its results of
operations in all material respects. All accounts receivable and
inventory of ORI Business are reflected properly on such books and
records in all material respects.
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Brokers or
Finders. No broker or finder has acted directly or indirectly for
ORI or any of its Affiliates in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and neither ORI, nor any of its
Affiliates has incurred any obligation to pay any brokerage or
finder’s fee or other commission in connection with the
transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
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ORI’s
Stockholders are acquiring the Exchange Shares for investment, for
their own account and not as a nominee or agent, and not with a
view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, and the
Stockholders have no present intention of selling, granting any
participation in, or otherwise distributing the same. ORI further
represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking,
agreement or arrangement with any person to sell, transfer or grant
participation to such person or to any third person, with respect
to any of ORI Shares, except to the Stockholders of ORI.
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ORI understands
that the Exchange Shares are not registered under the Securities
Act, that ORACO’s sale and the issuance of its securities
hereunder is exempt from registration under the Securities Act
pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof, and that ORACO’s reliance
on such exemption is predicated on ORI’s representations set
forth herein. ORI, and its Stockholders are an “accredited
investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of
Regulation D under the Act, as such definition is amended by the
Dodd-Frank Act.
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Investment
Experience. ORI acknowledges that it and its Stockholders can bear
the economic risk of its investment in the Exchange Shares, and has
such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the
investment in ORACO.
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Liabilities.
The liabilities and continuing obligations of ORI, as of the date
of this Agreement, will be listed on Schedule 3.14, if
any.
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Information.
ORI has carefully reviewed such information as it deemed necessary
to evaluate an investment in the Exchange Shares. To the full
satisfaction of ORI, ORI has been furnished all materials that ORI
has requested relating to the issuance of the Exchange Shares
hereunder, and ORI has been afforded the opportunity to ask
questions of representatives of ORACO to obtain any information
necessary to verify the accuracy of any representations or
information made or given to ORI.
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Restricted
Securities. ORI understands that the Exchange Shares may not be
sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of without registration
under the Act or an exemption there from, and that in the absence
of an effective registration statement covering the Exchange Shares
or any available exemption from registration under the Act, the
Exchange Shares must be held indefinitely. ORI is aware that the
Exchange Shares may not be sold pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated
under the Act unless all of the conditions of that Rule are met.
Among the conditions for use of Rule 144 is the availability of
current information to the public about ORI.
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Disclosure. No
representation or warranty of ORI in this Agreement or in the
Related Documents and no statement in any certificate furnished or
to be furnished by ORI pursuant to this Agreement contained,
contains or will contain on the date such agreement or certificate
was or is delivered, or on the Closing Date, any untrue statement
of a material fact, or omitted, omits or will omit on such date to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
ORACO
ORACO, represents and warrants to ORI that the
statements contained in this ARTICLE IV are correct and complete as
of the date of this Agreement and, except as provided in Section
8.1, will be correct and complete as of the Closing Date (as though
made then and as though the Closing Date were substituted for the
date of this Agreement throughout this ARTICLE IV, except in the
case of representations and warranties stated to be made as of the
date of this Agreement or as of another date and except for changes
contemplated or permitted by the Agreement).
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Organization
and Qualification. O
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