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Title: SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
Governing Law: Nevada     Date: 3/28/2011

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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

 

1.1

Certain Definitions. The following terms shall, when used in this Agreement, have the following meanings:

 

“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.

 

 

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“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.

 

 

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“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.

 

1.2  

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

 

2.1  

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.

 

2.2  

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:

 

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.

 

2.3  

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.

 

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).

 

3.1  

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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3.2  

Capitalization.

 

 

(a)

As of the Closing, the authorized, issued and outstanding Class A Shares will be listed on Exhibit 2.1(a) hereto.

 

 

(b)

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”).

 

 

(c)

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.

 

 

(d)

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.

 

3.3  

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.

 

3.4  

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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3.5  

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.

 

3.6  

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.

 

3.7  

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.

 

3.8  

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.

 

3.9  

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.

 

3.10  

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.

 

3.11  

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.

 

3.12  

Purchase for Investment.

 

 

(a)

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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(b)

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.

 

3.13  

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.

 

3.14  

Liabilities. The liabilities and continuing obligations of ORI, as of the date of this Agreement, will be listed on Schedule 3.14, if any.

 

3.15  

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.

 

3.16  

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.

 

3.17  

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.

 

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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4.1  

Organization and Qualification. O


 
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