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Exhibit 10.3

ALBERTSON’S, INC.

EXECUTIVE ASRE MAKEUP PLAN

Established Effective September 26, 1999

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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	ARTICLE I

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	 	DEFINITIONS
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	ARTICLE II

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	 	ADMINISTRATION
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	ARTICLE III

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	 	PARTICIPATION	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV

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	 	MAINTENANCE AND VALUATION OF ACCOUNTS
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	ARTICLE V

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	 	CREDITING OF ACCOUNTS
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	ARTICLE VI

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	 	COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS
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	ARTICLE VII

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	 	BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION
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	ARTICLE VIII

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	 	FUNDING
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	ARTICLE IX

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	 	AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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	ARTICLE X

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	 	FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS
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	ARTICLE XI

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	 	CLAIMS PROCEDURE
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	ARTICLE XII

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	 	GENERAL PROVISIONS
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ALBERTSON’S, INC.

EXECUTIVE ASRE MAKEUP PLAN

Established Effective September 26, 1999

     Albertson’s, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), does hereby
establish, effective October 1, 1999, the Albertson’s, Inc. Executive ASRE
Makeup Plan (the “Plan”) as an unfunded deferred compensation arrangement for a
select group of management or highly compensated employees. The Plan is
implemented with the intention that it will aid in retaining and attracting
employees of exceptional ability by providing such employees with a means to
supplement their income at retirement.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

     For purposes of the Plan, the following words and phrases shall have the
following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the
context.

     1.1 “Account” means the bookkeeping account on behalf of each Participant,
maintained and valued in accordance with Article VIII.

     1.2 “ASRE” means the Albertson’s Savings & Retirement Estates, as amended
from time to time.

     1.3 “Base Salary” means, with respect to each Participant, the
Participant’s annual rate of salary (determined as of the first day of each Plan
Year and unaffected by any changes during the Plan Year) before reduction
pursuant to the Plan or any other deferred compensation plan or salary reduction arrangement, but excluding bonuses, option awards or other forms of
remuneration not included in the Participant’s annual rate of salary.

     1.4 “Beneficiary” or “Beneficiaries” means the person or persons designated
under Article VII to receive any benefits in the event of the Participant’s
death.

     1.5 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

     1.6 “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence, in a single
 transaction or series of transactions after September 26, 1999, of any one of the
following events or circumstances:

          (a) merger, consolidation or reorganization where the beneficial
owners of the Voting Securities immediately preceding such merger,
consolidation or reorganization beneficially own less than 80% of the
securities possessing the right to vote to elect directors or to authorize
a merger, consolidation or reorganization with respect to the survivor,
after giving effect to such merger, consolidation or reorganization;

          (b) merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company where 20%
or more of the incumbent directors of the Company are changed;

          (c) acquisition by any person or group, as defined for purposes of
Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, other
than a trustee or other fiduciary holding Voting Securities under an
employee benefit plan of the Company (or a corporation owned, directly or
indirectly, by the holders of Voting Securities in substantially the same
proportion as their ownership of Voting Securities) of beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the Voting Securities (such amount to include
any Voting Securities acquired prior to September 27, 1999);

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          (d) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the
beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors and any new
director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into
an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in clauses
(a), (b), (c) or (e) of this paragraph) whose election by
the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (b) of the
directors still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the
period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; or

          (d) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the
beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors and any new
director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into
an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in clauses
(a), (b), (c) or (e) of this paragraph) whose election by
the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (b) of the
directors still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the
period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; or

          (e) approval by the shareholders of the Company of a plan of
liquidation or dissolution with respect to the Company or an agreement for
the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all the
Company’s assets; provided, that in the event the exact date of a Change in
Control cannot be determined, such Change in Control will be deemed to have
occurred on the earliest date on which it could have occurred.

     1.7 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     1.8 “Committee” means the Grantor Trust Committee appointed by the Board to
administer the Plan, or such other administrative committee of not less than
three (3) persons that the Board shall designate.

     1.9 “Company” means Albertson’s, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its
successor or successors.

     1.10 “Compensation” means a Participant’s straight-time earnings, overtime,
and any bonus or other amounts paid by the Employer by reason of services
performed by the Participant (including payments pursuant to amounts previously
deferred under the Albertson’s, Inc. 2000 Deferred Compensation Plan or any
other nonqualified deferred compensation plan), and wage replacement benefits
under Company-sponsored programs for either occupational or non-occupational
disability benefits, except as provided in (a)(iv) below, before deductions are
authorized by the Participant or required by law to be withheld.

          (a) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant’s Compensation shall
be determined without taking into account any of the following:

               (i) Contributions or payments by the Employer on behalf of a
Participant under any employee benefit plan (other than payments pursuant to a nonqualified deferred compensation plan), including but
not limited to ASRE and any health or welfare plan;

               (ii) Compensation that is not subject to employer income tax
withholding under Code Section 3402 (or any successor thereof), except
such Compensation as is provided in paragraph (c) below;

               (iii) Income caused by the exercise of stock options and stock
appreciation rights;

               (iv) Income attributable to benefits received under the long-term
disability plan maintained by the Employer; and income attributable to
severance from employment with the Employer.

          (b) A Participant’s Compensation for purposes of the Plan shall be the
Compensation paid to him/her during the relevant portion of the Plan Year,
irrespective of when such Compensation is actually earned.

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          (c) Except as is expressly provided to the contrary herein, a
Participant’s Compensation shall include (i) his/her deferrals under the
Albertson’s, Inc. 2000 Deferred Compensation Plan, and (ii) his/her
contributions and any amount covering employee contributions from the
pre-tax health care premium payment arrangement under the American Stores
Company Before Tax Plan or any similar arrangement sponsored by the
Employer pursuant to Code Section 125.

     1.11 “Compensation Committee” means the Compensation Committee appointed by
the Board to establish and review the annual salaries and bonuses paid to the
elected officers and the Executive Vice Presidents of the Company, to establish
the bonus policy for all the officers of the Company and to establish stock
option plans and grant options pursuant thereto, or such other committee of not
less than three (3) persons that the Board shall designate.

     1.12 “Deferral Agreement” means the written participation agreement
(substantially in the form attached to this Plan) that shall be entered into by
the Employer and a Participant pursuant to Article III with respect to such
Participant.

     1.13 “Effective Date” means September 26, 1999.

     1.14 “Eligible Employee” means any employee of an Employer who (a) is a
participant in ASRE, (b) (i) holds a position of Vice President or above or is
in the Company’s Salary Administration Program and (ii) has a Base Salary of
$77,873 or more (as indexed pursuant to the Salary Schedule Adjustment), and (c)
satisfies such other criteria as may be established by the Committee. An
employee shall cease to be an Eligible Employee if the employee does not receive
Compensation for four (4) or more consecutive weeks. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no participant in the American Stores Company Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan shall be considered an Eligible Employee prior to January 1,
2000.

     1.15 “Employer” means the Company and any of its Subsidiaries.

     1.16 “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.

     1.17 “Grantor Trust Committee” means that committee created by the Board
pursuant to resolutions adopted on August 29, 1988, to administer and amend
certain Company deferred compensation plans and trusts.

     1.18 “Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Company.

     1.19 “Investment Options” means the securities or funds identified by the
Committee from time to time as the investments available as the growth
measurement mechanism for Accounts under the Plan.

     1.20 “Participant” shall have the meaning provided under Section 3.1
hereof.

     1.21 “Plan” means this Albertson’s, Inc. Executive ASRE Makeup Plan, as it
may be amended from time to time.

     1.22 “Plan Year” means the period beginning on the Effective Date and
ending on December 31, 1999 and each 12-month period thereafter.

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     1.23 “Salary Administration Program” means the program established by the
Company for the administration of the salaries of employees of the Company.

     1.24 “Salary Schedule Adjustment” means the annual percentage adjustment to
the medians of the pay grades (i.e., salaried grades) of the Company’s Salary
Administration Program.

     1.25 “Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, venture or other entity in which the Company has, directly or
indirectly, at least a 50% ownership interest.

     1.26 “Total Disability” means the complete inability of the Eligible
Employee to perform any and every duty of his or her regular occupation, as
determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion.

     1.27 “Voting Securities” means securities possessing the right to vote to
elect directors or to authorize a merger, consolidation or reorganization of the
Company.

ARTICLE II

ADMINISTRATION

     2.1 The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall
have the authority to interpret the Plan, to establish and revise rules and
regulations relating to the Plan, to make any other determinations that it
believes necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan and to
delegate such administrative powers and duties as it shall determine. All
decisions of the Committee shall be by a vote of the majority of its members and
shall be final and binding unless the Board shall determine otherwise. Members
of the Committee who are Eligible Employees shall be eligible to participate in
the Plan while serving as a member of the Committee, but a member of the
Committee shall not vote or act upon any matter which relates solely to such
member as a Participant.

     2.2 The Employer shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the
Committee and their delegates against any and all claims, loss, damage, expense
or liability arising from any action or failure to act with respect to the Plan,
except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

ARTICLE III

PARTICIPATION

     3.1 An Eligible Employee shall automatically become a Participant in the
Plan immediately upon becoming an Eligible Employee and shall remain a
Participant until the earlier of the Participant’s death or the complete
distribution of the Participant’s Account.

     3.2 An Eligible Employee electing to defer compensation in accordance with
this Article III shall have the right to determine his or her deferred amounts
for each Plan Year, subject to the limitations set forth in this Article III.
Such deferred amounts shall reduce the amount of the Participant’s Compensation
that is to be paid to the Participant in the Plan Year of reference.

     3.3 (a) By such date as the Committee shall determine, but not later than
the December 31 immediately preceding the first day of each Plan Year, an
Eligible Employee may elect to defer a percentage of his or her
Compensation for such Plan Year; provided, however, that the amount
deferred may not exceed the amount necessary to receive the maximum
Employer matching contribution under ASRE and the Plan, as determined by
the Committee. Such election shall be effected by the execution of a valid

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     Deferral Agreement, timely filed with the Committee.

          (b) Each validly executed and timely filed Deferral Agreement shall be
effective for the first Plan Year for which it is timely filed and for each
succeeding Play Year, until (i) modified or revoked by a subsequently
timely filed, validly executed Deferral Agreement applicable to any such
succeeding Play Year, (ii) the Participant’s eligibility ceases or (iii)
the Participant terminates employment with the Employer for any reason. Any
Eligible Employee who fails to have on file with the Committee with respect
to any Plan Year a timely filed, validly executed Deferral Agreement shall
not defer Compensation under the Plan in such Plan Year.

          (c) Except as provided in Articles VI and X, each validly executed
Deferral Agreement filed with the Committee may not be terminated or
modified by the Participant until the first day of the succeeding Plan Year
by timely filing with the Committee prior to such date a validly executed
Deferral Agreement.

     3.4 Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee
shall be authorized to take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that the
Plan is and remains at all times an unfunded deferred compensation arrangement
for a select group of management or highly compensated employees, within the
meaning of ERISA and the Code or such other successor or applicable laws.

ARTICLE IV

MAINTENANCE AND VALUATION OF ACCOUNTS

     4.1 The Committee shall establish and maintain a separate bookkeeping
Account on behalf of each Participant. The value of an Account as of any date
shall equal the credits for deemed Employer contributions (including deferrals
elected by Participants) made by the Employer to such Account in accordance with
Article V, adjusted for earnings and losses pursuant to this Article IV, through
the day preceding such date and less all payments made by the Employer to the
Participant or his/her Beneficiary through the day preceding such date.

     4.2 Unless otherwise delegated, the Committee has the sole discretion to
determine the Investment Options available as the measurement mechanism for
earnings or losses on Accounts under the Plan, the manner and extent to which
elections may be made, the method of valuing the Accounts and the various
Investment Options and the method of crediting the Accounts with, or making
other adjustments as a result of dividend equivalents, interest equivalents or
other earnings or return on such Accounts.

          (a) The amounts in each Participant’s Account shall be deemed to
have been invested and reinvested in the Investment Options designated by
the Participant. A Participant may make changes in his/her designation of
Investment Options in the same manner and to the same extent as such
changes are made under ASRE. Accounts and Investment Options shall be
valued, and adjustments made, if necessary, in the same manner as under
ASRE.

     4.3 The Company shall not be required to purchase, hold or dispose of any
securities representing the Investment Options designated by a Participant.
Participants shall not have any voting rights or any other ownership rights with
respect to the Investment Options in which their Accounts are deemed invested.

     4.4 The Account shall be valued by the Committee as of each December 31.

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     The Account may also be valued by the Committee as of any other date as the
Committee may authorize for the purpose of determining the Account for payment
of benefits, or any other reason the Committee deems appropriate.

     4.5 The Committee shall submit to each Participant periodic statements, at
least annually, in such form as the Committee deems desirable, setting forth the
balance standing to the credit of each Participant in his/her Account.

     4.6 A Participant shall be vested in his/her Account to the same extent and
in the same proportion that the Company contribution under Section 5.1(b) is
treated as vested under the terms of ASRE. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
Participant shall be 100% vested in his/her Account at all times following a
Change in Control.

ARTICLE V

CREDITING OF ACCOUNTS

     5.1 A Participant under the Plan shall be credited (as a bookkeeping entry)
to such Participant’s Account an amount equal to the deferral amount elected by
the Participant under the Deferral Agreement, together with the excess of the
amount described in Section 5.1(a) over the amount described in Section 5.1(b)
as follows:

          (a) The amount equal to the contribution the Employer would make to
ASRE on behalf of the Participant for the Plan Year, without regard to any
limitations imposed by the Code based on the Participant’s Compensation for
such Plan Year.

          (b) The amount equal to the Employer’s actual contribution to ASRE on
behalf of the Participant for such Plan Year.
Although the Employer contribution shall typically be actually determined or
credited in the Plan Year following the Plan Year to which it corresponds, the
contribution shall be credited effective as of the date the Employer made the
actual contribution to ASRE for such Plan Year.

ARTICLE VI

COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS

     6.1 The amount credited to a Participant’s Account shall be distributed to
such Participant in the form(s) provided under this Article VI commencing as
soon as administratively practicable, but effective as of the first day of the
month immediately following the occurrence of the first distribution event
selected by the Participant in his or her distribution form. A Participant may select any or all of the following distribution events: (a) termination of
employment, (b) death, (c) Total Disability and (d) attainment of a specified
age on or after age 59 1/2.

     6.2 In the event of a Participant’s death prior to the complete
distribution of his/her Account, the balance of such Participant’s Account shall
be distributed to such Participant’s Beneficiary in the form(s) provided under
Section 6.3(b) commencing as soon as administratively practicable following such
death, but effective as of the first day of the month immediately following the
date of such Participant’s death.

     6.3 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.3, the entire amount
credited to a Participant’s Account shall be paid in one of the following
forms selected on the Participant’s distribution form: (i) a single lump
sum, (ii) 60 approximately equal monthly installments, (iii)

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120 approximately equal monthly installments or (iv) 180 approximately
equal monthly installments, as the Participant shall elect in any
distribution form; provided, however, that in the absence of such election
in any distribution form, the respective amounts credited to the
Participant’s Account shall be payable in 120 approximately equal monthly
installments. The Participant shall not be entitled to select a different
form of distribution with respect to the amounts credited to the
Participant’s Account in each Plan Year. Instead, the distribution form
selected by the Participant shall apply to the entire balance of the
Participant’s Account. The Participant may modify the form of distribution
selected by the Participant; provided that such modification is made on a
validly executed and timely filed distribution form at least 12 months
prior to the date on which any distributions of the Participant’s Account
shall have commenced.

          (b) In the event of the Participant’s death prior to the complete
distribution of his/her Account, the balance of the Participant’s Account
shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary over the remainder of the
period provided in Section 6.3(a). Upon written application to the
Committee no later than 60 days following notification to the Beneficiary
of his/her entitlement to benefits under the Plan, such Beneficiary may
request that the Committee approve an alternative single form of
distribution that would apply to the balance of the Participant’s Account.
The Committee, after considering all the facts and circumstances that it
deems relevant (including, for example, the effect of such alternative form
of distribution on the finances of the Employer and the financial needs of
the Beneficiary), shall determine in its sole discretion whether to permit
the alternative form of distribution. In the event of the death of the
Participant’s last Beneficiary prior to the complete distribution of the
Participant’s Account, the balance of the Participant’s Account shall be
paid in a single lump sum to the deceased Beneficiary’s estate.

          (c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.3 to the contrary, in
the event that the value of a Participant’s Account does not exceed
$30,000, as of the date benefits first become distributable, the Committee
shall cause such Participant’s Account to be distributed in a single lump
sum payment.

          (d) Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, benefits
shall not be paid to a Participant who is a “covered employee” as that term
is defined in Code Section 162(m) until the Participant is no longer a
“covered employee”.

     6.4 Notwithstanding anything in this Article VI to the contrary, benefit payments under the Plan shall cease as of the first day the Participant returns
to employment with an Employer. Upon such return to employment, the Participant
shall, if eligible, participate in the Plan as provided in Article III.

     6.5 If the Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary is entitled to
receive any benefits hereunder and is in his or her minority, or is, in the
judgment of the Committee, legally, physically or mentally incapable of
personally receiving and receipting any distribution, the Committee may make
distributions to a legally appointed guardian or to such other person or
institution as, in the judgment of the Committee, is then maintaining or has
custody of the payee.

     6.6 After all benefits have been distributed in full to the Participant
or to the Participant’s Beneficiary, all liability under the Plan to such
Participant or to his/her Beneficiary shall cease.

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     6.7 No benefit shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation,
sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge by the Participant or
Beneficiary, and any such action shall be void for all purposes. No benefit
shall in any manner be subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements
or torts of the Participant or Beneficiary, nor shall it be subject to
attachments or other legal process for or against the Participant or
Beneficiary, except to such extent as may be required by law.

     6.8 To the extent required by law in effect at the time payments are made,
the Employer shall withhold from payments made hereunder the minimum taxes
required to be withheld by the federal or any state or local government.

ARTICLE VII

BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

     7.1 The Participant may, at any time, designate a Beneficiary or
Beneficiaries to receive the benefits payable in the event of his/her death and
may designate a successor Beneficiary or Beneficiaries to receive any benefits
payable in the event of the death of any other Beneficiary. Each Beneficiary
designation shall become effective only when filed in writing with the Committee
during the Participant’s lifetime on a form prescribed by the Committee. The
filing of a new Beneficiary designation form will cancel all Beneficiary
designations previously filed. Any finalized divorce or marriage (other than a
common law marriage) of a Participant subsequent to the date of filing of a
Beneficiary designation form shall revoke such designation. The spouse of a
Participant domiciled in a community property jurisdiction shall join in any
designation of Beneficiary or Beneficiaries other than the spouse. If no
Beneficiary shall be designated by the Participant, or if his/her Beneficiary
designation is revoked by marriage, divorce or otherwise without execution of
another designation, or if the designated Beneficiary or Beneficiaries shall not
survive the Participant, payment of the Participant’s Account shall be made to
the Participant’s estate in a single lump sum payment. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Plan to the contrary, any Beneficiary designation may be
changed by a Participant by the written filing of such change on a form
prescribed by the Committee.

ARTICLE VIII

FUNDING

     8.1 All benefits hereunder are intended to be in the form of an unfunded
obligation of the Employer.

     8.2 Nothing contained herein shall create any obligation on the part of an
Employer to set aside or earmark any monies or other assets specifically for
payments under the Plan. Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors
and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or claims in any
property or assets of the Employer, nor shall they be beneficiaries of, or have
any rights, claims or interests in any life insurance policies, annuity contracts or the proceeds therefrom owned or which may be acquired by the
Employer (“Policies”). Such Policies or other assets of the Employer shall not
be held under any fund for the benefit of Participants, their Beneficiaries,
heirs, successors or assigns, or held in any way as collateral security for
the fulfilling of the obligations of the Employer under this Plan. Any and all
of the Employer’s assets and Policies shall be, and remain, for purposes of the
Plan, the general unpledged, unrestricted assets of the Employer. The Employer’s
obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured
promise of the Employer to pay money in the future.

     8.3 If a Participant or Beneficiary becomes entitled to a distribution of
benefits under the Plan, and if at such time the Participant has outstanding

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any debt, obligation or other such liability representing an amount owing to the
Employer, then the Employer may offset such amount owing it against the amount
of benefits otherwise distributable. Such determination shall be made by the
Committee.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

     9.1 The Board, the Committee or their duly authorized delegates may at any
time amend the Plan in whole or in part; provided, however, that no amendment
shall be effective to decrease the benefits or rights of any Participant
theretofore accrued. Written notice of such amendment shall be given to each
Participant.

     9.2 The Board may at any time terminate the Plan. Upon any termination of
the Plan under this Section 9.2, each Participant shall cease to accrue any
benefit under the Plan, and all amounts shall prospectively cease to accrue for
such Plan Year. Benefits payable under the Plan shall be paid at such times and
pursuant to such terms and conditions as were effective immediately prior to the
termination of the Plan.

ARTICLE X

FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS

     10.1 Subject to the provisions set forth herein, a Participant may withdraw
up to 100% of his/her Account as necessary to satisfy immediate and heavy
financial needs of the Participant which the Participant is unable to meet from
any other resource reasonably available to such Participant. The amount of such
hardship withdrawal may not exceed the amount required to meet such need.

     10.2 (a) Upon written application, the Committee, in its sole discretion,
may grant a withdrawal to the Participant for any of the following
unforeseen financial hardships:

               (i) unusual medical expenses incurred by the Participant for the
Participant or his or her dependents;

               (ii) special health requirements of the Participant or his or her
dependents; or

               (iii) any other situation which the Committee shall deem to
constitute financial hardship.

             (b) The Participant shall be required to furnish evidence of purpose
and need to the Committee on forms prescribed by the Committee.

     10.3 Anything else to the contrary notwithstanding, a Participant who is
covered by the floor-offset arrangement involving ASRE and the Albertson’s
Salaried Employees’ Pension Plan or the Albertson’s Employees’ Corporate Pension
Plan shall not be permitted to withdraw any portion of the Account representing
credits for deemed Company contributions (other than matching contributions),
and earnings thereon, prior to termination of employment.

ARTICLE XI

CLAIMS PROCEDURE

     11.1 Each Claimant shall have the right to submit a Claim with respect to a
benefit sought hereunder. Written notice of any Claim hereunder must be given to
the Committee either personally or by certified or registered
mail,

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return receipt requested, at the following address:

Albertson’s, Inc.

Attn: Grantor Trust Committee

         c/o Corporate Secretary

250 Parkcenter Blvd.

P.O. Box 20

Boise, Idaho 83726

Such Claim shall state with particularity:

               (a) The benefit claimed; and

               (b) All facts believed to be relevant in connection with such
Claim.

     11.2 Upon receipt of a Claim hereunder, the Committee shall consider the
merits of the Claim and shall within 90 days from the receipt of the Claim
render a decision on the merits and communicate the same to the Claimant. In the
event the Committee denies the Claim in whole or in part, the Claimant shall be
so notified in writing, which shall be addressed and delivered to him or her
personally or by mail, and shall set forth the following in a manner reasonably
calculated to be understood by the Claimant:

          (a) The reason or reasons for rejection of the Claim;

          (b) The provisions of the Plan and the particular provisions of law,
if any, relied upon in reaching such determination;

          (c) A
description of any additional information needed from the Claimant in order for him or her to perfect his or her Claim and an
explanation of why such information is necessary; and

          (d) A statement outlining the Appellate Review Procedure as set forth
in Section 11.3.

The failure of the Committee to render a decision on the merits of a Claim shall
be deemed to be a denial of such Claim and notice of such denial shall be deemed
to have been given to the Claimant on the ninetieth (90th) day from receipt by
the Committee of the Claim.

     11.3 Where a Claim has been or is deemed denied, the Claimant shall have
the right within 60 days after the date he or she receives or is deemed to have
been given notice that his or her Claim has been rejected, in whole or in part,
to an Appellate Review Procedure as set forth herein. Such procedure shall
enable the Claimant to appeal from an adverse decision by delivering a written
request for an appeal to the Committee either personally or by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested. Such request shall set forth the
reasons why the Claimant believes the decision rejecting his or her Claim is
erroneous and shall be signed by the Claimant under oath. Within 30 days after
such request is received, the Committee may conduct a review of the Claim at a
hearing at which the Committee may invite the Claimant to present his or her
views with respect to the merits of the Claim. Whether or not a hearing is held,
the Claimant may submit issues and comments in writing to the Committee for
consideration at the hearing and may review pertinent documents. A decision with
respect to the merits of the Claim shall be rendered by the Committee not later
than 60 days after the delivery of the written request for an appeal hereunder
unless special circumstances (such as holding a hearing) require an extension of
time for processing, and then no later than 120 days after receipt of the
request.

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The Appellate Review decision shall include specific reasons believed to support
 such decision, including specific references to provisions of the Plan and
of law, shall be written in a manner reasonably calculated to be understood by
the Claimant and shall be delivered to the Claimant personally or by mail.

     11.4 No action shall be commenced under Section 502(a)(1)(B) of ERISA, or
under any other provision of law, until the Claimant shall first have exhausted
the Claims Procedure available to him or her hereunder, provided that such
Claimant would not have been irreparably and materially harmed by any delay
occasioned by this Claims Procedure. Insofar as the same is not inconsistent
with regulations promulgated under Section 503 of ERISA, relating to claims
procedures, any Claim under this Claims Procedure must be submitted within three
(3) months from the earlier of (a) the date on which the Claimant learned of
facts sufficient to enable him or her to formulate such Claim, or (b) the date
on which the Claimant should reasonably have been expected to learn the facts
sufficient to enable him or her to formulate such Claim. Claims submitted after
such period shall be deemed to have been waived by the Claimant and shall
thereafter be wholly unenforceable. No statute of limitations set forth under
either Section 413 of ERISA, or any other applicable provision of law, shall
be deemed to be extended in any way by the period of limitations set forth
herein with respect to this Claim(s) Procedure.

     11.5 All references in this Article XI to Claimant shall include
representatives who are duly authorized as such, in writing, which authorization shall have been delivered to the Committee at some stage of the Claims
Procedure. After such written authorization is delivered, copies of
all sub-sequent communications with the Claimant and decisions with respect to the
Claim, for which such authorization has been provided, shall be delivered to the
authorized representative, as well as to the Claimant.

ARTICLE XII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

     12.1 Neither the establishment of the Plan, nor any modification thereof,
nor the creation of an Account, nor the payment of any benefits shall be
construed (a) as giving the Participant, Beneficiary or any other person, any
legal or equitable right against Employer unless such right shall be
specifically provided for in the Plan or conferred by affirmative action of the
Employer in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan, or(b) as
giving the Participant the right to be retained in the service of the Employer,
and the Participant shall remain subject to discharge to the same extent as if
the Plan had never been established.

     12.2 A Participant will cooperate with the Employer by furnishing any and
all information requested by the Employer in order to facilitate the payment of
benefits hereunder, taking such physical examinations as the Employer may deem
necessary and taking such other relevant action as may be requested by the
Employer. If a Participant refuses so to cooperate, the Employer shall have no
further obligation to the Participant under the Plan.

     12.3 All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to
the masculine, feminine or neuter, as the identity of the person or persons may
require. As the context may require, the singular may be read as the plural and
the plural as the singular.

     12.4 Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the
Committee under the Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand delivered,
or sent by registered or certified mail, to the principal office of the Company,
directed to the attention of the Corporate Secretary of the Company.

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Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is
made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark or receipt for registration
or certification.

     12.5 The validity of the Plan or any of its provisions shall be determined

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under and construed according to the laws of the State of Idaho, except to the
extent Idaho law is preempted by federal law, including but not limited to
ERISA. Should any provision of the Plan or any regulations adopted thereunder be
deemed or held to be unlawful or invalid for any reason, such fact shall not
adversely affect the other provisions or regulations unless such invalidity
shall render impossible or impractical the functioning or the Plan and, in such
case, the appropriate parties shall immediately adopt a new provision or
regulation to take the place of the one held illegal or invalid.

     12.6 Nothing contained herein shall preclude an Employer from merging into
or with, or being acquired by, another business entity.

     12.7 The liabilities under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor or
assign of an Employer and any purchaser of an Employer or substantially all of
the assets of an Employer, and the Plan shall continue in full force and effect.

     12.8 The titles of the Articles in the Plan are for convenience of
reference only, and, in the event of any conflict, the text rather than such
titles shall control.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused its officer, duly authorized by
its Board of Directors, to execute the Plan this 1st day of December, 1999.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	ATTEST:

	 	 	 	ALBERTSON’S, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/S/ Kaye L. O’Riordan

	 	 	 	By
	 	/s/ Thomas R. Saldin
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Its
	 	Executive Vice President
and General Counsel

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ALBERTSON’S, INC.

EXECUTIVE ASRE MAKEUP PLAN

DEFERRAL AGREEMENT

You are eligible to participate in the Albertson’s, Inc. Executive ASRE Makeup Plan (“the ASRE
Makeup Plan”). The ASRE Makeup Plan is provided to you as a supplement to ASRE and ensures that
your retirement benefits will not be reduced due to IRS limitations.

Deferrals under the ASRE Makeup Plan will begin when you reach the IRS 401(k) deferral limit
($10,500 in 2000) in ASRE and will continue for the remainder of the year. These deferrals will be
withheld from your base pay and any bonus pay you receive. The maximum deferral percentage allowed
through the ASRE Makeup Plan is 6%.

This document is your ASRE Makeup Plan deferral agreement. It is important that you complete this
form, even if you choose not to participate. This agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which is legally binding and enforceable. This agreement is subject to the
terms and conditions of the ASRE Makeup Plan document, whose provisions are incorporated herein by
reference, copies of which are available upon request.

ASRE
MAKEUP PLAN DEFERRAL ELECTION

(REMEMBER: This deferral begins when the IRS tax-deferred

limit is reached in the ASRE 401(k) Plan — $10,500.)

Check one below:

	 	 	 

	                    

	 	I elect to make an ASRE Makeup Plan deferral equal to 6% of my pay. (Note: choose this
option if your intent is to maximize Company Contributions). Remember to call
ASRExpress (1-800-228-ASRE) and set your deferrals in ASRE to 6% to maximize Company
Contributions in ASRE.
	 
	 	 
	                    

	 	I elect to make an ASRE Makeup Plan deferral in an amount equal to _____% (cannot be
more than 6%) of my pay.
	 
	 	 
	                    

	 	I do not want to participate in the plan at this time. I understand that by making
this election, I will not be able to participate in this plan for 2000, but that I can elect
to participate in future years, if eligible, by filing a new ASRE Makeup Plan agreement.

Your deferral election cannot be revoked or changed during this plan year.

 

 

DISTRIBUTION ELECTION

	•	 	If your total account value is less than $30,000 when your benefits first become payable,
it will be paid to you in a lump sum.
	 
	•	 	If your total account value is at least $30,000 and you have not elected a form of payment,
your account will be paid to you in substantially equal monthly installments over a five-year
period.

Elect the timing and form of payment below. You will have the right to change your election at a
later time as long as that change is executed no later than 12 months before the date such
modification or variation is to be effective.

Payment Form

	 	 	 

	                    %

	 	Lump Sum
	 
	 	 
	                    %

	 	Monthly Payments over 5 Years
	 
	 	 
	                    %

	 	Monthly Payments over 10 Years
	 
	 	 
	                    %

	 	Monthly Payments over 15 Years
	 
	 	 
	      100%

	 	Total

Payment Timing (check one):

	 	 	 

	                    

	 	I elect to have my payment begin as soon as administratively practical after
termination of employment with Albertson’s.
	 
	 	 
	                    

	 	I elect to defer commencement of benefits until I attain age _____, (no earlier than
age 59 1/2 and no later than age 65).
	 
	 	 
	                    

	 	I elect to defer commencement of benefits until I attain age _____, (no earlier than
age 59 1/2 and no later than age 65) or termination of employment with Albertson’s, if
later.

Timing of Payment upon Disability or Death (Note: Electing either of these options would
override your payment timing election above, if applicable).

	 	 	 

	                    

	 	I elect to begin benefits immediately following the determination of my “TOTAL
DISABILITY” as defined by the Plan.
	 
	 	 
	                    

	 	I elect to begin benefits immediately following my death.

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BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

I,                                                                        
                              (print name) hereby designate the following to receive from the Executive
ASRE Makeup Plan amounts resulting from my deferral elections payable by reason of my death:

Beneficiary Designation

 

 

 

 

Information Concerning Primary Beneficiary

	 	 	 

	 

	 	 
	Street Address

	 	Social Security Number
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	City, State, Zip Code .

	 	Date of Birth

Unless I have a Beneficiary Designation in effect at the time an amount becomes payable to my
Beneficiary, that amount will be paid to my estate in a single lump sum.

I reserve the right to change any Beneficiary named herein by properly completing and delivering to
the Committee a new Beneficiary Designation. I will promptly notify the Committee of any change in
the name or address of a Beneficiary.

	 	 	 

	 

Signature of Participant

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

Participant’s Social Security Number

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

Date

	 	 

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Complete this form only if the Beneficiary named is other than spouse.

Consent of Spouse

I consent to the designation of the Beneficiary named above, and acknowledge that the effect of my
consent is that in the case of the Participant’s death, the Participant’s account under the ASRE
Makeup Plan will be distributed to the Beneficiary named and will not be distributed to me.

	 	 	 

	 

Signature of Spouse

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

Date

	 	 

SUBSCRIBED and sworn to me before this    
                  day of   
                
            ,           
          .

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Notary Public for

	 
	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	My commission expires:	 

	 

	 	 	 

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SIGNATURES

By signing this agreement I acknowledge that neither the Company nor any of its employees or agents
has any responsibility whatsoever for any elections I may make in other personal plans or programs
as a result of my decision regarding the ASRE Makeup Plan and they are fully released to such
extent.

All other terms of this Deferral Agreement shall be governed by the Albertson’s, Inc. Executive
ASRE Makeup Plan (and any amendments), which are in effect at the time of this election. All of
the terms and conditions of that plan are incorporated by reference herein.

	 	 	 

	Executive/Employee:

	 	Albertson’s:
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	(Signature)

	 	(Signature)
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Duane D. Whitney
	 

	 	 
	(Type or Print Name)

	 	Director, Retirement Programs
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	(Date)

	 	(Date)

Please return the signed deferral agreement to:

Albertson’s Inc. Retirement Programs Department

P.O. Box 20

Boise, ID 83706

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Exhibit 4.1

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

BY AND AMONG

NIMIN CAPITAL CORP.

NIMIN MERGER CO.

AND

LEGACY ENERGY, INC.

 

DATED AS OF JULY 17, 2009

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	1.	 	DEFINITION OF CERTAIN TERMS	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	2.	 	THE MERGER	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	2.1	 	The Merger	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	2.2	 	Closing; Effective Time	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	2.3	 	Effect of the Merger	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	2.4	 	Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	2.5	 	Directors and Officers	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	3.	 	PARENT SHARE EXCHANGE	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4.	 	MERGER CONSIDERATION; IMPACT ON COMPANY CAPITAL STOCK AND COMPANY
OPTIONS; DISSENTING SHARES; EXCHANGE PROCEDURES	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	4.1	 	Merger Consideration; Common Stock	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	4.2	 	Company Options and Warrants	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	4.3	 	Treatment of Parent-Owned and Company-Owned Stock	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	4.4	 	Dissenting Holders of Company Capital Stock	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	4.5	 	Surrender of Certificates	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	5.	 	ACTIONS AT THE CLOSING	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	6.1	 	Corporate Status	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	6.2	 	Authority; Consents; Noncontravention	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	6.3	 	Capitalization	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	6.4	 	Capital Records and Minute Book	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	6.5	 	Financial Statements	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	6.6	 	No Subsidiaries	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	6.7	 	Contracts	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	6.8	 	Employee Benefits	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	6.9	 	Employees	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	6.10	 	Environmental Matters	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	6.11	 	Insurance	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	6.12	 	Intellectual Property	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	6.13	 	Litigation; Orders	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	6.14	 	Real Property	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	6.15	 	Reserve Reports	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	6.16	 	Tax Returns	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	6.17	 	Title to Properties	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND NEWCO	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	7.1	 	Due Organization	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	7.2	 	Authorization; Validity	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	7.3	 	Consents and No Conflicts	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	7.4	 	Capitalization	 	 	14	 

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	 	7.5	 	Parent and Newco Board	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	7.6	 	Stockholder Approval	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	7.7	 	Financial Statements	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	7.8	 	No Subsidiaries	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	7.9	 	No Employees or Business; Etc	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	7.10	 	Litigation	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	7.11	 	Acquisition of Common Stock for Investment	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	7.12	 	Inspections; No Other Representations	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	7.13	 	Condition and Sufficiency of Assets	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	7.14	 	Accuracy of Company's Representations and Warranties	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	7.15	 	No Cease Trade Orders or Bankruptcy Proceedings	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	7.16	 	Accuracy of Public Documents	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	8.	 	SURVIVAL	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	9.	 	COVENANTS	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	9.1	 	Company Stockholder Matters	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	9.2	 	ERISA Matters	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	9.3	 	Parent Shareholder Matters	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	9.4	 	Access and Information of Parent and Newco	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	9.5	 	Access and Information of Company	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	9.6	 	Reasonable Efforts	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	9.7	 	Further Assurances	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	9.8	 	Actions of the Parties	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	9.9	 	Compliance With Conditions	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	9.10	 	Public Announcements	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	9.11	 	Newco	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	9.12	 	Director and Officer Indemnification	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	9.13	 	Stock Exchange Listing	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	10.	 	CONDITIONS TO CLOSING	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	10.1	 	Mutual Conditions	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	10.2	 	Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Newco	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	10.3	 	Conditions to Obligations of Company	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	11.	 	TERMINATION	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	11.1	 	Termination	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	11.2	 	Effect of Termination	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	12.	 	DELIVERIES AND ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THE CLOSING	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	12.1	 	Deliveries by Company	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	12.2	 	Deliveries by Parent and Newco	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	12.3	 	Actions and Deliveries Simultaneous	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	13.	 	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	 	 	25	 

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	 	13.1	 	Confidentiality of Agreement	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	13.2	 	Construction	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	13.3	 	Entire Agreement	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	13.4	 	Waiver; Amendment	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	13.5	 	Exhibits and Company Disclosure Letter	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	13.6	 	Expenses	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	13.7	 	Limitation on Certain Damages	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	13.8	 	Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	13.9	 	Headings	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	13.10	 	Invalidity of Provisions; Severability	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	13.11	 	No Third Party Beneficiaries	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	13.12	 	Notices	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	13.13	 	Successors and Assigns	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	13.14	 	Time of Essence	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	13.15	 	“As Is Sale”	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	13.16	 	Waiver	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	13.17	 	Counterparts	 	 	30	 

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EXHIBITS

	 	 	 
	Description	 	Exhibit
	 
	 	 
	Certain Defined Terms

	 	A

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COMPANY DISCLOSURE LETTER

	 	 	 	 	 
	Description	 	Section	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Company 
	 	 	6.1	 
	Consents
	 	 	6.2(b)	
	Noncontravention
	 	 	6.2(c)	
	Capitalization
	 	 	6.3	 
	Agreements with Employees
	 	 	6.9	 
	Compliance with Environmental Laws
	 	 	6.10	 
	Litigation; Orders
	 	 	6.13	 
	Real Property
	 	 	.6.14	 
	Title to Properties
	 	 	6.17	 
	Director and Officer Indemnification
	 	 	9.12	 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

     THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (“Agreement”) is entered into and effective as of
the 17th day of July, 2009, by and between (i) NIMIN CAPITAL CORP., a capital pool
company incorporated pursuant to the laws of the Province of Alberta (“Parent”), (ii) Nimin
Merger Co., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Newco”), and
(iii) LEGACY ENERGY, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Company”).

RECITALS:

     A. The respective Boards of Directors of Parent, Newco and Company believe it is advisable and
in the best interests of each corporation and its respective stockholders that Parent acquire
Company through the Merger (as defined in Section 2.1) and, in furtherance thereof, have approved
this Agreement and the Merger on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement.

     B. The parties intend that the Merger shall qualify as a reorganization under the provisions
of section 368(a) of the Code for United States Federal income tax purposes.

     C. Prior to the Effective Time (as defined in Section 2.2) of the Merger, Parent will take all
actions necessary to promptly convene a meeting of the shareholders of Parent and to disseminate
the requisite Parent Proxyholder Material (as defined in Section 9.3) to approve, among other
things, the consolidation of the Parent Shares on the basis of three (3) existing Parent Shares for
one (1) new consolidated Parent Share (the “Consolidation”). Each Parent Share after the
Consolidation is referred to in this Agreement as a “Parent Consolidated Share”.

     D. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Company Stockholder who is
resident in Canada shall be provided with the option to enter into a “Share Exchange
Agreement” (as defined in Section 3) directly with Parent, pursuant to which such Company
Stockholder may exchange all (but not less than all) of its Common Stock for Parent Consolidated
Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time. Company Stockholders who elect to enter into the
Share Exchange Agreement will receive one (1) Parent Consolidated Share for each one (1) Common
Stock held.

     E. Parent is a capital pool company as defined by Policy 2.4 of the TSX Venture Exchange and
is required to complete a “Qualifying Transaction” pursuant to such policy.

     F. Parent has determined that the Merger will constitute Parent’s Qualifying Transaction under
Policy 2.4 of the TSX Venture Exchange.

     G. Parent will issue to the existing Company Warrant Holders and existing Company Option
Holders replacement warrants and options related to Parent’s shares of Common Stock on the terms
set forth in this Agreement and the respective agreements.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto, intending to be legally
bound, agree as follows:

 

 

     1. Definition of Certain Terms. In addition to the terms defined in this Agreement,
certain other terms used in this Agreement are defined in Exhibit A attached hereto, and,
when used herein, shall have the meanings set forth in Exhibit A.

     2. The Merger.

          2.1 The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the
Effective Time, Newco shall, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the DGCL, be merged with and
into Company (the “Merger”), and the separate corporate existence of Newco shall thereupon
cease in accordance with the provisions of the DGCL. Company shall be the surviving corporation in
the Merger and shall continue to exist as said surviving corporation under its present name
pursuant to the provisions of the DGCL and shall continue to exist as the same legal entity as
existed before the Merger. Company is sometimes referred to herein as the “Surviving
Corporation”, which shall exist from and after the Effective Time.

          2.2 Closing; Effective Time. Unless this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to Section
11.1 hereof, the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) will take place no later than two
(2) Business Days following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 10
(other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject
to the fulfillment or waiver of those conditions), unless another time is mutually agreed upon in
writing by Parent and Company. The date upon which the Closing actually occurs shall be referred
to herein as the “Closing Date”. On the Closing Date, the parties hereto shall cause the
Merger to be consummated by filing a Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware (the “Certificate of Merger”), in accordance with the applicable provisions of
the DGCL (the time of such filing shall be referred to herein as the “Effective Time”).

          2.3 Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as
provided in the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, powers
and franchises of Newco shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and
duties of Newco shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation. Upon
completion of the Contemplated Transactions, the Surviving Corporation shall be a wholly owned
Subsidiary of Parent.

          2.4 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.

               (a) The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company shall be the Certificate of Incorporation
of the Surviving Corporation and shall provide that the name of the Surviving Corporation is
“Legacy Energy, Inc.”.

               (b) The Bylaws of the Company shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.

          2.5 Directors and Officers.

               (a) Directors. The directors of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
the directors of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time, each to hold the
office of a director of the Surviving Corporation in accordance

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with the provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier
resignation or removal.

               (b) Officers. The officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
the officers of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time, each to hold office
in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until their successors
are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.

     3. Parent Share Exchange. Each Company Stockholder who is resident in
Canada shall have the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a Share Exchange Agreement with
Parent, upon terms mutually acceptable to the Company and Parent (“Share Exchange
Agreement”), which shall be executed by such Company Stockholder and returned to the Company,
along with any required stock powers requested by the Company, no later than the date of the
meeting of the Company Stockholders described in Section 9.1 provided, however, that no Share
Exchange Agreement shall be effective until immediately prior to the Effective Time. Pursuant to
the Share Exchange Agreement, such Company Stockholder may exchange all (but not less than all) of
its Common Stock for Parent Consolidated Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time in
accordance with the terms of such Share Exchange Agreement (each, a “Parent Share
Exchange”). The closing of any Parent Share Exchange shall occur immediately prior to the
Effective Time. For greater certainty and without limitation, the Common Stock exchanged pursuant
to a Parent Share Exchange shall not be exchanged in the Merger pursuant to Section 4.1(a) hereof.

     4. Merger Consideration; Impact on Company Capital Stock and Company Options; Dissenting
Shares; Exchange Procedures. 

          4.1 Merger Consideration; Common Stock.

               (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as of the Effective Time, by virtue
of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Newco, Company or any Company
Stockholder, each one (1) share of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time, other than (i) any shares of Common Stock held by Parent, (ii) any shares of Common Stock
exchanged pursuant to a Parent Share Exchange, and (iii) any “Dissenting Shares” (as
defined in Section 4.4(a)), will be cancelled and extinguished and be converted automatically into
the right to receive, upon surrender of the certificate representing such share of Common Stock in
the manner provided in Section 4.5(c), one (1) Parent Consolidated Share (the “Per Share
Consideration”). No fractional shares shall be issued as Per Share Consideration and fractions
shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number.

               (b) In the event any holder of Company Capital Stock who demands appraisal of such shares
under the DGCL shall effectively withdraw or lose (through failure to perfect or otherwise) the
right to appraisal and such holder’s shares are automatically converted into the right to receive
the Per Share Consideration (as provided in Section 4.4(b)) after the Effective Time, then the
Surviving Corporation shall issue shares of Common Stock (of the

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Surviving Corporation) to Parent equal to the number of shares of Company Capital Stock
subject to such failed appraisal demand(s).

               (c) Parent will add to the stated capital account of the Parent Consolidated Shares issued to
the former Company Stockholders, pursuant to the Merger, an amount equal to the fair market value
of the Common Stock acquired by Parent pursuant to clause (e), below.

               (d) All shares of common stock of Newco held by Parent shall convert into one (1) share of a
newly designated series of preferred stock of the Surviving Corporation with a fixed redemption
amount equal to the aggregate original issue price of the share of common stock of Newco held by
Parent prior to the Merger.

               (e) Surviving Corporation shall issue to Parent the amount of Common Stock equal to the number
of Common Stock converted into the right to receive Common Stock pursuant to the Merger.

          4.2 Company Options and Warrants.

               (a) By virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Newco, Company or
the holders of Company Options, each Company Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time will, at the Effective Time, be cancelled and extinguished and be converted automatically into
the right to receive one (1) Parent Replacement Option granting the holder thereof the right to
purchase a number of Parent Consolidated Shares equal to (i) the number of shares of Common Stock
subject to the cancelled Company Option and (ii) the option price shall be re-priced to the
Offering Price per such option. The Parent Replacement Options will be granted under, and subject
to the terms of, an option plan of Parent, which shall be approved by the shareholders of Parent
and by the TSX Venture Exchange and/or the Toronto Stock Exchange, as applicable.

               (b) By virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Newco, Company or
holders of Company Warrants, each Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will,
at the Effective Time, be cancelled and extinguished and be converted automatically into the right
to receive a Parent Replacement Warrant granting the holder thereof the right to purchase a number
of Parent Consolidated Shares equal to (i) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the
cancelled Warrant and (ii) the Warrant price will be appropriately adjusted so that the Warrant
will be treated to result in no change to the holder and there is no increase or decrease in the
economic benefit to the holder thereof, except that the Parent Replacement Warrants will be priced
in Canadian dollars.

               (c) Upon the Closing, no holder of any Company Option or Company Warrant shall have any rights
thereafter with respect thereto except as expressly provided in Section 4.2(a) and (b)
respectively. Prior to the Effective Time, Company shall provide notice to each holder of an
outstanding Company Option or Company Warrant describing the treatment of such Company Option or
Company Warrant in accordance with Section 4.2(a) and (b) respectively.

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          4.3 Treatment of Parent-Owned and Company-Owned Stock. Each share of Common Stock held by
Parent at the Effective Time shall continue to be held by Parent from and after the Effective Time
and shall not be cancelled or converted by virtue of the Merger or otherwise as a result of the
Contemplated Transactions. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action
on the part of any of the parties hereto, each share of Company Capital Stock owned by Company or
any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary thereof, immediately prior to the Effective Time,
shall be cancelled and extinguished without any conversion thereof.

          4.4 Dissenting Holders of Company Capital Stock.

               (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any shares of Company
Capital Stock held by a holder who has demanded and perfected appraisal rights for such shares in
accordance with the DGCL and who, as of the Effective Time, has not effectively withdrawn or lost
such appraisal rights (“Dissenting Shares”), shall not be converted into or represent a
right to receive the Per Share Consideration, but the holder thereof shall only be entitled to such
rights as are granted by the DGCL.

               (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.4(a), if any holder of shares of Company
Capital Stock who demands appraisal of such shares under the DGCL shall effectively withdraw or
lose (through failure to perfect or otherwise) the right to appraisal, then, as of the later of the
Effective Time and the occurrence of such event, such holder’s shares of Company Capital Stock
shall automatically be converted into and represent only the right to receive the Per Share
Consideration, without interest thereon, upon surrender of the certificate(s) representing such
shares of Company Capital Stock in accordance with the terms of Section 4.5(c).

               (c) Company shall give Parent (i) prompt notice of any written demands for appraisal of any
shares of Company Capital Stock, withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments served
pursuant to the DGCL and received by Company, and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all
negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands for appraisal under the DGCL. Company shall
not, except with the prior consent of Parent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or
conditioned), voluntarily make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal of Company
Capital Stock or offer to settle or settle any such demands.

          4.5 Surrender of Certificates.

               (a) Exchange Agent. Computershare Trust Company of Canada, at its office in Vancouver,
British Columbia (or another entity reasonably acceptable to Parent and Company) shall serve as
exchange agent (the “Exchange Agent”) in the Merger.

               (b) Parent to Provide Consideration. On or prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall deliver to
the Exchange Agent for exchange in accordance with this Section 4, the Parent Consolidated Shares
to be issued to the Company Stockholders (other than Company Stockholders entering into Parent
Share Agreements) in respect of the Per Share Consideration.

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               (c) Exchange Procedures. On or prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall cause to be mailed (or
delivered in person at the Closing as directed by Company) to each Company Stockholder (i) a letter
of transmittal, which shall be in such form and contain such provisions as Parent and Company shall
mutually agree in writing and which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss
and title to the certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding
shares of Common Stock (the “Company Share Certificates”) whose shares are converted into
the right to receive the Per Share Consideration pursuant to this Section 4, shall pass, only upon
delivery thereof to the Exchange Agent, and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of
Company Share Certificates in exchange for the Per Share Consideration to which such Company
Stockholder is entitled pursuant to this Section 4. Upon surrender of a Company Share Certificate
for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed
and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, such Company Stockholder shall be
entitled to receive, and the Exchange Agent shall deliver either (i) at the Closing (if the letter
of transmittal and Company Share Certificates are presented by Company Stockholder before or at the
Closing) or (ii) within five (5) days of receipt of the letter of transmittal and Company Share
Certificates (if not delivered to the Exchange Agent before or at the Closing), the Per Share
Consideration to be received by such Company Stockholder pursuant to this Section 4, and the
Company Share Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. For greater certainty and
without limitation, the Exchange Agent shall not be responsible for shares of Common Stock
exchanged pursuant to a Parent Share Exchange.

               (d) Transfers of Ownership. If the Per Share Consideration is to be paid to any Person other
than the Person(s) in whose name(s) the Company Share Certificates is (are) registered, it will be
a condition of such payment that the Company Share Certificate so surrendered will be properly
endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the Person(s) requesting such exchange
will have paid to Parent or any agent designated by it any transfer or other Taxes required by
reason of the payment of such Per Share Consideration other than to the registered holder thereof,

               (e) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. If any Company Share Certificate shall have been
lost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent shall pay the Per Share Consideration in respect of
such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Share Certificate only upon the delivery by the holder
thereof of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof containing customary indemnification
provisions as determined by the Company.

               (f) No Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock. The Consideration payable to the
holders of Common Stock, Company Options and Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof,
including without limitation, by reason of a Parent Share Exchange, shall be deemed to be in full
satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Common Stock, Company Options and Warrants
outstanding prior to the Effective Time, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on
the records of Company of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding prior to the Effective Time.
If, after the Effective Time, Company Share Certificates are presented to Parent for any reason,
they shall be cancelled and paid for as provided in this Section 4.

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     5. Actions at the Closing. At the Closing and provided that all Parent
Share Exchanges shall have been completed:

               (a) Company shall deliver to Parent and Newco the various certificates, instruments and
documents referred to in Section 12.1;

               (b) Parent and Newco shall deliver to Company the various certificates, instruments and
documents referred to in Section 12.2;

               (c) the Surviving Corporation shall file the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware; and

               (d) Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the Parent Consolidated Shares necessary to
satisfy its obligations under Section 4.

               (e) Company will deliver documentation reflecting the cancellation of Company Options and
Warrants and Parent will deliver Replacement Warrants and Options under Section 4.

     6. Representations and Warranties of Company. Company hereby represents
and warrants to Parent and Newco, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as
follows:

          6.1 Corporate Status. Company is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under
the Laws of the State of Delaware, and is in good standing with the Delaware Secretary of State.
Company has full corporate power and authority to own and lease its properties as such properties
are now owned and leased, and to conduct its business as and where such business is now being
conducted. True and complete copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Company, as
amended to the date hereof, are set forth on Section 6.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter.

          6.2 Authority; Consents; Noncontravention.

               (a) Authority of Company. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Company and
constitutes, and the Ancillary Documents will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation
of Company, enforceable against Company in accordance with their terms. Company has the absolute
and unrestricted right, power, and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the
Ancillary Documents and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Ancillary
Documents.

               (b) Consents. Subject to the filing of the Certificate of Merger as required by the DGCL,
except as set forth on Section 6.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no consent, action,
approval or authorization of or registration, declaration or filing with any Governmental Authority
is required for the performance of the terms of this Agreement by Company.

               (c) Noncontravention. Except as set forth on Section 6.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement and the

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Ancillary Documents, nor the compliance with, or the fulfillment of, the terms, conditions and
provisions hereof or thereof, will (a) violate any Charter Document or Legal Requirement of the
Company or (b) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result
in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel
any Contract, or result in the imposition of or creation of any Encumbrance (except Permitted
Encumbrances) upon or with respect to any of the assets or properties owned or used by the Company.

          6.3 Capitalization.

               (a) The authorized Company Capital Stock consists of:

          (1) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock with a par value of $0.01 per share, of
which 37,301,656 shares were issued and outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement; and

          (2) 1,000 shares of Preferred Stock, of which no shares are issued and
outstanding as of the date of this Agreement.

               (b) All of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and, except as set forth in
Section 6.3 of the Company Disclosure Letter, are not subject to preemptive rights created by Law,
any Charter Document, or any written Contract to which Company is a party or by which it is bound.
All of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock have been offered, issued and
sold by Company in compliance with all applicable securities Laws, except where the failure to be
in compliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no
declared or accrued but unpaid dividends with respect to any shares of Company Capital Stock.

               (c) Company does not have any outstanding stock options or other equity-based awards under any
“Benefit Plan” (as defined in Section 6.8) or any other written Contract, other than the
Company Option Plan and Warrants. Company has reserved 9,000,000 shares of Common Stock for
issuance to employees and directors of, and consultants to, Company upon the issuance of stock or
the exercise of Company Options granted under the Company Option Plan, of which 4,376,930 shares of
Common Stock are issuable, as of the date hereof, upon the exercise of outstanding, unexercised
Company Options granted under the Company Option Plan. Company has reserved 2,198,399 shares of
Common Stock for issuance to Warrant holders, of which 2,198,399 shares of Common Stock are
issuable, as of the date hereof, upon the exercise of outstanding, unexercised Warrants by the
Warrant holders.

               (d) Except as provided in the Company Options, Warrants and this Agreement, there are no other
agreements, subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or commitments of any character
relating to the issuance, sale, purchase or redemption of any shares of Company Capital Stock or
other securities of the Company.

          6.4 Capital Records and Minute Book. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, Company made
available to Parent the minute book and stock records of the Company for its examination. Such
book and records are true and complete in all material

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respects, contain accurate and complete records of the meetings of the stockholders, the board
of directors and the members of the Company, and the issuance and transfer of capital stock and
membership units thereof.

          6.5 Financial Statements. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, Company made available to
Parent the Company’s audited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007
and for the three (3) month period ended March 31, 2009, collectively the “Financial
Statements”). The Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, present
fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of Company as of the respective
dates of the Financial Statements, and the consolidated results of operations, changes in
stockholder’s or member’s equity and cash flows of Company for such periods, and are consistent
with the Books and Records of Company. No financial statement of any Person other than Company is
required by U.S. GAAP to be included in the Financial Statements of Company.

          6.6 No Subsidiaries. Company has no Subsidiaries.

          6.7 Contracts. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, Company made available to Parent a
complete and accurate list of the types and forms of material Contracts and other agreements to
which Company is a party. With respect to each such material Contract, to the Knowledge of
Company, there are no disputes or defaults as to such Contract that would have a Material Adverse
Effect.

          6.8 Employee Benefits. For purposes of this Section, the term “Benefit Plans” shall
mean all material pension, retirement, profit-sharing, stock bonus, deferred compensation, stock
option, employee stock ownership, severance pay, vacation, bonus, or other incentive plans, and all
other material employee programs, payroll practices, arrangements, or agreements, whether arrived
at through collective bargaining or otherwise, all material medical, vision, dental and other
health plans, all material life insurance plans, and all other material employee benefit plans or
fringe benefit plans, including, without limitation, any “employee pension benefit plan”,
as that term is defined in Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended (“ERISA”), and any “employee welfare benefit plan”, as defined in Section
3(1) of ERISA, that are adopted by, maintained by, or sponsored in whole or in part by, for the
benefit of employees, service providers, consultants, retirees, dependents, spouses, directors or
other beneficiaries and under which employees, service providers, retirees, dependents, spouses,
directors or other beneficiaries are eligible to participate, as well as any such plan or
arrangement sponsored or maintained by any other entity that together with Company would be treated
as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code (“ERISA Affiliates”) for which Company
would have any material liability. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Company has made
available to Parent a list of each material Benefit Plan and copies thereof.

          6.9 Employees.

               (a) List of Employees. Company has provided to Parent a true and complete list of all
officers and employees of the Company on the date hereof.

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               (b) Agreements
With Employees. Except as described in Section 6.9 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, Company is not a party to or bound by any:

          (1) employee collective bargaining agreement, employment agreement (other than
employment agreements terminable without premium or penalty on notice of 30 days or
less under which the only monetary obligation of Company is to make normal wage or
salary payments and provide normal employee benefits), consulting or deferred
compensation agreement or covenant not to compete (restricting the activities of
Company); or

          (2) obligation to provide, presently or in the future, retiree medical
insurance coverage, retiree life insurance coverage, and other welfare benefits for
retired employees or directors of Company, or their dependents.

          6.10 Environmental Matters.

               (a) Compliance with Environmental Laws. To the Knowledge of Company, except as set forth on
Section 6.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter, Company has not received any Order, written notice,
or other written communication from any Governmental Authority of any actual or alleged violation
or failure to comply with any Environmental Law, or of any obligation to undertake or bear the cost
of any Environmental, Health, and Safety Liabilities with respect to any properties or assets
(whether real, personal, or mixed) in which Company has had an interest, or with respect to any
property at or to which Hazardous Materials were generated, manufactured, refined, transferred,
imported, used, or processed by Company, or from which Hazardous Materials have been transported,
treated, stored, handled, transferred, disposed, recycled or received, except where the failure to
be in compliance would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.

               (b) No Hazardous Materials. Except as set forth on Section 6.10 of the Company Disclosure
Letter, to the Knowledge of Company, there are no Hazardous Materials present on or in the
environment at any properties or assets of Company, except those used in the Ordinary Course of
Business in material compliance with applicable Environmental Laws.

               (c) No Release. Except as set forth on Section 6.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter, to the
Knowledge of Company, there has been no Release, other than a Release that would not have any
Material Adverse Effect, of any Hazardous Materials at or from the properties and assets (whether
real, personal, or mixed) in which Company has or had an interest, by Company or its
representatives and/or agents.

               (d) Delivery of Reports, etc. Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies
of all reports, studies, analyses, tests or monitoring possessed or initiated by Company pertaining
to Hazardous Materials in, or under, the Facilities, or concerning compliance by Company with
Environmental Laws or Occupational Safety and Health Laws.

          6.11 Insurance. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, Company made available to Parent
each insurance policy (including policies providing property, casualty,

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liability, and workers’ compensation coverage and bond and surety arrangements) to which
Company is a party, a named insured, or otherwise the beneficiary of coverage. With respect to
each such insurance policy, to the Knowledge of Company: (1) the policy is legal, valid, binding,
enforceable, and in full force and effect; (2) the policy shall continue to be legal, valid,
binding, enforceable, and in full force and effect on identical terms following the consummation of
the Contemplated Transactions; and (3) Company is not in material breach or default (including with
respect to the payment of premiums or the giving of notices) under the policy.

          6.12 Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of the Company, Company owns or has the right to
use sufficient Intellectual Property necessary for the operation of their businesses as they are
currently conducted.

          6.13 Litigation; Orders.

               (a) Proceedings. Except as set forth in Section 6.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, there
is no Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of Company, Threatened, against Company or its
property or assets, and Company is not subject to, or in default under, any court order, writ,
injunction or decree in which an adverse result would have a Material Adverse Effect or as to which
a failure to comply would have, or result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

               (b) Orders. Except as set forth in Section 6.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, (i) there
is no material Order to which Company, or any of the assets owned or used by it, is subject; and
(ii) to the Knowledge of Company, no officer, director, agent, or employee of Company is subject to
any Order that prohibits such officer, director, agent, or employee from engaging in or continuing
any conduct, activity, or practice relating to the business of Company.

          6.14 Real Property.

               (a) Owned Real Property. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, Company made available to
Parent documentation relating to all real property that Company owns. With respect to each such
parcel of owned real property, to the Knowledge of Company, save and except as set forth on Section
6.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter:

          (1) the Company has good and marketable title to the parcel of real property;

          (2) there are no pending or Threatened condemnation Proceedings relating to the
property or other matters materially and adversely affecting the current use or
occupancy thereof;

          (3) there are no outstanding options or rights of first refusal to purchase the
parcel of real property, or any portion thereof or interest therein; and

          (4) there are no parties in possession of the parcel of real property, other
than tenants under any leases already provided and disclosed to Parent.

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               (b) Leased Real Property. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, Company made available to
Parent documentation relating to all real property leased or subleased by Company. With respect to
each lease and sublease, to the Knowledge of Company, save and except as set forth on Section 6.14
of the Company Disclosure Letter:

          (1) there are no disputes or defaults as to the lease or sublease that would
have a Material Adverse Effect; and

          (2) all facilities leased or subleased thereunder have been operated and
maintained by Company in accordance with all Legal Requirements in all material
respects.

          6.15 Reserve Reports. Company has delivered to Parent copies of all reserve reports that are
material to Company’s businesses and in their possession. Company makes no representation or
warranty regarding the accuracy of such reports, the assumptions upon which they are based, or as
to whether any such results or projections contained therein can or will be achieved or otherwise.
They are tendered “as is” for use by Parent at its own risk.

          6.16 Tax Returns.

               (a) Tax Returns. Company has prepared, signed and filed all Tax Returns required to be filed
prior to the date hereof. Company has provided to Parent true and complete copies of all Tax
Returns relating to income Taxes filed by Company since 2005. Company has timely paid all Taxes
shown as such Tax Returns as due and payable. There are no Proceedings, investigations or claims
now pending, nor, to the Knowledge of Company, proposed, against Company, nor are there any matters
under discussion with the IRS, or other Governmental Authority, relating to any Taxes or
assessments, or any claims or deficiencies with respect thereto.

               (b) Certain Tax Provisions. Company is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of section
1445 of the Code.

               (c) Withholdings. Company has withheld proper and accurate amounts from its employees in
compliance with the Tax withholding provisions of the Code and other applicable Legal Requirements,
and has filed proper and accurate Federal, state and local Tax Returns and reports for all years
and periods (and portions thereof) for which any Tax Returns were due with respect to employee
income, income Tax withholding, withholding Taxes, social security Taxes and unemployment Taxes.
All payments due on account of employee Tax withholdings, including income Tax withholdings, social
security Taxes or unemployment Taxes, in respect to years and periods (and portions thereof) ended
on or prior to the date hereof were paid prior to such date on or before their due date.

               (d) Waivers of Statute of Limitations. Company has not waived any statute of limitations in
respect of Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to any Tax assessment or
deficiency.

          6.17 Title to Properties. To the Knowledge of Company, save and except as set forth on
Section 6.17 of the Company Disclosure Letter, Company has good and marketable

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title to all of its properties and assets, tangible and intangible, owned or used by it in its
business (excluding leased properties or assets), including all owned vehicles, equipment,
furniture and fixtures.

     EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, COMPANY IS NOT MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION,
WARRANTY OR COVENANT OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OF ANY NATURE
WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO COMPANY, INCLUDING ANY ASSETS OR LIABILITIES OR HISTORICAL OR
PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL RESULTS OF COMPANY, OR OTHERWISE (ALL OF WHICH ARE HEREBY NEGATED). THE
UNDERLYING ASSETS AND BUSINESS OF COMPANY ARE BEING SOLD “AS IS, WHERE IS, WITH ALL FAULTS”, EXCEPT
AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN THIS AGREEMENT. COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THE FUTURE
OPERATIONS, PROJECTIONS OF ANY NATURE, FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF THE BUSINESS OF
COMPANY.

     7. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Newco. Parent and Newco, jointly and
severally, hereby represent and warrant to Company, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the
Closing Date, as follows:

          7.1 Due Organization. Parent is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under
the Laws of the Province of Alberta, and is in good standing under the Laws of the Province of
Alberta. Newco is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under the Laws of the
State of Delaware, and is in good standing with the Delaware Secretary of State. Each of Parent
and Newco has full corporate power and authority to own and lease its properties as such properties
are now owned and leased and to conduct its business as and where such business is now being
conducted. True and complete copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Parent, as
amended to the date hereof, are available for review under Parent’s profile on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com.

          7.2 Authorization; Validity. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent
and Newco and constitutes, and the Ancillary Documents will constitute, the legal, valid and
binding obligations of Parent and Newco, enforceable against Parent and Newco in accordance with
their terms. Each of Parent and Newco has the absolute and unrestricted right, power, and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents and to perform its
respective obligations under this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents,

          7.3 Consents and No Conflicts. Subject to the filing of the Certificate of Merger as required
by the DGCL, neither Parent nor Newco is under any obligation, contractual or otherwise, to request
or obtain the consent of any Person, and no permits, licenses, certifications, authorizations or
approvals of, or notifications to, any federal, provincial, state, municipal or local government or
Governmental Authority are required to be obtained by Parent or Newco: (i) in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Newco of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary
Documents, (ii) to avoid the loss of any permit, license, certification or other authorization, or
(iii) in order that the authority of Parent and Newco to carry on their respective businesses in
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good standing and in full force and effect as of and following the closing of the Merger and
the other Contemplated Transactions.

          7.4 Capitalization.

               (a) As of the date hereof, the authorized capital of Parent consists of an unlimited number of
Parent Shares without par value and an unlimited number of preferred shares without par value. As
of the date hereof, the issued capital of Parent consists of 3,200,000 Parent Shares without par
value, all of which have been duly issued and are outstanding as fully paid and non- assessable
shares. No preferred shares have been issued as of the date hereof. No dividend on the Parent
Shares has been declared or paid since the incorporation of Parent.

               (b) Parent has no reserved securities or other securities outstanding other than (i) 150,000
stock options to purchase Parent Shares issued pursuant to Parent’s 2007 incentive stock option
plan, and (ii) 100,000 warrants to purchase Parent Shares issued to an agent in connection with
Parent’s previous initial public offering of Parent Shares. At the Effective Time, there will not
be any outstanding subscriptions, options, rights, warrants or other agreements or commitments
obligating Parent to sell or issue any additional shares or securities of any class of Parent or
any securities convertible into any shares of any class of Parent, other than those referred to
above and other than those related to the Contemplated Transactions.

               (c) To the Knowledge of Parent, there are no shareholders’ agreements, pooling agreements,
voting trusts or other similar agreements with respect to the ownership or voting of any of the
Parent Shares or the Newco Common Stock.

               (d) To the Knowledge of Parent, there is no shareholder of Parent that, individually or
collectively with any family member or any other Person, beneficially owns or has the right to vote
(through a formal or informal voting agreement) more than fifty percent (50%) of any class or
series of the capital of Parent (including without limitation, the Parent Shares).

               (e) The authorized capital stock of Newco consists of 100 shares of common stock of Newco, par
value USD$0.01 per share (“Newco Common Stock”) and two (2) shares of preferred stock of
Newco. As of the date hereof, one (1) share of Newco Common Stock is issued and outstanding, which
is held by Parent, and such share is duly authorized, validly issued, freely paid and
non-assessable, and was issued free of preemptive (or similar) rights.

               (f) The Parent Consolidated Shares to be issued in exchange for the Common Stock in connection
with the Contemplated Transactions will be, as of (i) the closing of any Parent Share Exchange and
(ii) the Effective Time, as applicable, duly authorized and validly issued in compliance with all
applicable Canadian corporate and securities laws as freely paid, non-assessable shares in the
share capital of Parent.

          7.5 Parent and Newco Board. The respective boards of directors of Parent and Newco have
approved the execution of this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents and the consummation of the
Contemplated Transactions,

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          7.6 Stockholder Approval. Parent, as the sole stockholder of Newco, has approved this
Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby by written consent in lieu of a
special meeting of stockholders, and except as provided in Section 9.3, no other shareholder vote,
approval or consent of any holder of capital stock (or other equity securities) of Parent or Newco
is required or necessary to consummate the Merger or the other Contemplated Transactions.

          7.7 Financial Statements. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, Parent made available to
Company the Parent’s (a) audited financial statements (including the notes thereto), and (b)
unaudited financial statements for the interim periods (including the notes thereto), all as filed
under Parent’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com (collectively, the “Parent Financial
Statements”). To the Knowledge of Parent, the Parent Financial Statements have been prepared in
accordance with Canadian GAAP, are true, correct and complete in all material respects and present
fairly the financial condition of Parent as of the respective dates thereof and there has been no
Material Adverse Effect with respect to the financial condition of Parent since the date of the
Parent Financial Statements, other than the incurrence of liabilities strictly associated with the
Contemplated Transactions.

          7.8 No Subsidiaries. Parent has no Subsidiaries other than Newco.

          7.9 No Employees or Business; Etc. Neither Parent nor Newco has any employees, material
assets or any Liabilities or is a party to any Contract, except (i) those Contracts available for
review under Parent’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, (ii) those Contracts that are
terminable by Parent without premium or penalty upon notice of ninety (90) days or less, and (iii)
certain stock option agreements governing the incentive stock options described in Section 7.4(b).
Since their respective dates of incorporation, neither Parent nor Newco has suffered a Material
Adverse Effect, except for the incurrance of liabilities directly associated with the contemplated
transactions. Neither Parent nor Newco maintains any policies of insurance. Since its
incorporation, Parent has filed a tax return for all years required by Canadian laws. Newco, being
recently incorporated, has not yet filed any tax returns .

          7.10 Litigation. There is no Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, Threatened,
against Parent or Newco or their respective properties or assets, and neither Parent nor Newco is
subject to, or in default under, any award, decision, injunction, judgment, writ, decree, Order,
ruling, subpoena, or verdict entered, issued, made, or rendered by any court, administrative
agency, or other Governmental Authority or by any arbitrator or arbitration panel.

          7.11 Acquisition of Common Stock for Investment. Parent is acquiring the Common Stock (both
through the Merger and any Parent Share Exchange, as applicable) for its own account as an
investment and not with a view toward distributing or selling the Common Stock (other than to one
or more of Parent’s Affiliates). Parent hereby acknowledges that the Common Stock is not
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or
registered or qualified for sale under any state Legal Requirement, and cannot be sold,
transferred, offered for sale, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise disposed of without registration
thereunder or an exemption therefrom.

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          7.12 Inspections; No Other Representations. Parent is an informed and sophisticated
purchaser, and has engaged expert advisors experienced in the evaluation and purchase of companies
such as Company as contemplated hereunder. Parent has undertaken such investigation and has been
provided with and has evaluated such documents and information as it has deemed necessary to enable
it to make an informed and intelligent decision with respect to the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and all Ancillary Agreements. Parent acknowledges that Company has
given Parent complete and open access to the key employees, documents and facilities of Company.
Prior to the Closing, Parent will undertake such further investigation and request such additional
documents and information as it deems necessary. Parent agrees to accept the Common Stock and
Company in the condition they are in on the Closing Date based upon its own inspection, examination
and determination with respect thereto as to all matters, and without reliance upon any express or
implied representations or warranties of any nature made by or on behalf of or imputed to Company,
except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

          7.13 Condition and Sufficiency of Assets. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, Parent
has reviewed the Company’s assets. Parent and Newco understand that Company makes no
representations or warranties other than those representations and warranties expressly set forth
in Section 7 of this Agreement; it being understood and agreed that the assets related to the
business of the Company is being conveyed on an AS IS, WHERE IS, WITH ALL FAULTS AND DEFECTS basis.
Parent has been provided a full opportunity to conduct its own investigation and inspection of
such assets and is relying solely upon such investigation and inspection as to the condition and
suitability of such assets.

          7.14 Accuracy of Company’s Representations and Warranties. Parent and Newco are not aware of
any facts or circumstances that would make any of Company’s representations and warranties in
Section 6 of this Agreement to be false or misleading, and provided the Company makes a
representation and warranty that Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances that would make
any of Parent’s and Newco’s representations in Section 7 of this Agreement to be false or
misleading, except as disclosed to Company in writing.

          7.15 No Cease Trade Orders or Bankruptcy Proceedings. Although presently halted from
trading, Parent is not subject to any cease trade or other order of any applicable stock exchange
or securities regulatory authority and, to the Knowledge of Parent, no investigation or other
Proceedings involving Parent which may operate to prevent or restrict trading of any Parent Shares
or Parent Consolidated Shares are currently in progress or pending before any applicable stock
exchange or securities regulatory authority. There is no bankruptcy, liquidation, winding-up or
other similar proceeding pending or in progress or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened against
Parent or Newco before any court, regulatory or administrative agency or tribunal.

          7.16 Accuracy of Public Documents. Parent has filed with the securities regulatory
authorities and all applicable self-regulatory authorities a true and complete copy of all forms,
reports, schedules, statements, certifications, material change reports and other material
documents required to be filed by it (such forms, reports, schedules, statements, certifications
and other documents, including any financial statements or other documents, including any schedules
included therein, are referred to in this Agreement as the “Parent Documents”). The Parent
Documents, at the time filed or, if amended, as of the date of such

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amendment: (a) did not contain any misrepresentation (as defined or interpreted by securities
regulatory authorities) and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; and (b) complied in all material respects with the
requirements of applicable securities legislation and the rules, policies and instruments of all
securities regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over Parent, except where such non-compliance
has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Parent has not
filed any confidential material change or other report or other document with any securities
regulatory authorities or other self-regulatory authority which at the date hereof remains
confidential,

     EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, PARENT AND NEWCO ARE NOT MAKING ANY
REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANT OF ANY KIND EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OF ANY
NATURE WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO EITHER NEWCO OR PARENT, INCLUDING ANY ASSETS OR LIABILITIES OR
HISTORICAL OR PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL RESULTS OF PARENT OR NEWCO, OR OTHERWISE (ALL OF WHICH ARE
HEREBY NEGATED). PARENT AND NEWCO DO NOT WARRANT THE FUTURE OPERATIONS, PROJECTIONS OF ANY NATURE,
FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF THE BUSINESS OF PARENT.

     8. Survival. None of the representations or warranties in this Agreement (including,
without limitation, those set forth in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement) or in any instrument
delivered pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the Effective Time. This Section 8 shall not
limit any covenant or agreement of the parties which by its terms contemplates performance after
the Effective Time.

     9. Covenants.

          9.1 Company Stockholder Matters. Company shall take, consistent with applicable Law and
Company’s Charter Documents, all actions necessary to promptly seek the Requisite Stockholder
Approval, whether by a meeting of the Company Stockholders (to be held at least 10 days after
providing notice to Company Stockholders of the meeting and their appraisal rights under Delaware
law) or by obtaining written consents from the Company Stockholders, of the Merger, this Agreement
and all other Ancillary Documents for which the Company Stockholders’ approval is required under
Company’s Charter Documents or applicable Law. Consistent with applicable Law and subject to their
fiduciary duties, the Board of Directors of Company shall recommend to the Company Stockholders to
approve the Merger, this Agreement and all other Ancillary Documents, and Company shall take all
lawful action to solicit such approval.

               In addition, Company shall take all actions necessary to secure the approval by Company Option
Holders and Company Warrant Holders to exchange their warrants and options as provided in Section
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          9.2 ERISA Matters. Company shall, as applicable, use its Reasonable Best Efforts to obtain a
waiver agreement, from each Person who Company reasonably believes is, with respect to Company
and/or any ERISA Affiliate, a “disqualified individual” (within the meaning of Section 280G
of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) and who might otherwise have, receive or
have the right or entitlement to receive any payments, accelerated option vesting, accelerated
vesting of any other benefits, and/or any other payment or benefits which Company and/or any ERISA
Affiliate is obligated to make under any Benefit Plan, pursuant to which each such Person shall
agree to waive any and all right or entitlement to such accelerated vesting, payments, benefits,
options and stock, or other benefits.

          9.3 Parent Shareholder Matters. Parent shall take, consistent with applicable Law and
Parent’s Charter Documents and requisite securities laws, all actions necessary to promptly convene
a meeting of the shareholders of Parent (and to disseminate the requisite Parent proxyholder
material (the “Parent Proxyholder Material”) to approve (i) a name change of Parent, (ii)
the Consolidation, (iii) an increase in the number of directors and the election of additional
directors, (iv) a new stock option plan, and (v) such other actions as it deems appropriate. All of
the foregoing actions (“Parent Shareholder Matters”) shall be approved and consummated, as
the case may be, prior to the Effective Time. Consistent with applicable Law and subject to their
fiduciary duties, the Board of Directors of Parent shall recommend to the shareholders of Parent to
approve the Parent Shareholder Matters. Parent shall permit Company and its counsel to review and
comment upon drafts of the Parent Proxyholder Material. Parent shall not make any amendments to
the Parent Proxyholder Material without Company’s prior consent, which shall not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed. Company shall review and comment on the Parent Proxyholder Material in a
timely manner without delay.

          9.4 Access and Information of Parent and Newco. From the date hereof, Company shall be
entitled to make or cause to be made such reasonable investigation of Parent and Newco, their
properties and assets, the Books and Records, and the financial and legal condition thereof, as
Company deem reasonably necessary or advisable during normal business hours and upon advance
notice, and Parent and Newco shall cooperate with any such investigation. Company agrees to use
Reasonable Best Efforts to conduct any such inquiries with sensitivity to Parent and Newco’s
interests in preserving relationships with employees, consultants, licensees, licensors, customers,
members, suppliers and other third parties for which Parent or Newco has a business relationship.

          9.5 Access and Information of Company. From the date hereof, Parent and Newco shall be
entitled to make or cause to be made such reasonable investigation of Company, its properties and
assets, the Books and Records, and the financial and legal condition thereof, as Parent and Newco
deem reasonably necessary or advisable during normal business hours and upon advance notice, and
Company shall cooperate with any such investigation. Parent and Newco agree to use Reasonable Best
Efforts to conduct any such inquiries with sensitivity to Company’s interests in preserving
relationships with employees, consultants, licensees, licensors, customers, members, suppliers and
other third parties for which Company has a business relationship.

          9.6 Reasonable Efforts.

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               (a) Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided, each of the parties hereto shall use
its Reasonable Best Efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action, and to do, or cause to be
done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to
consummate and make effective the Contemplated Transactions for the purpose of securing to the
parties hereto the benefits contemplated by this Agreement. The parties shall use their Reasonable
Best Efforts to obtain all such waivers, consents or approvals from Governmental Authorities or
third parties and to give all such notices to Governmental Authorities and third parties, as are
required to be obtained or given. Each party shall bear its own costs incurred in connection with
obtaining such consents unless otherwise provided by Law.

               (b) If any Legal Proceeding is commenced that questions the validity or legality of the Merger
or any of the Contemplated Transactions or seeks damages in connection therewith, the parties
agree, subject to reasonable business judgment, to cooperate and use Reasonable Best Efforts to
defend against such Legal Proceeding and, if an injunction or other Order is issued in any such
Legal Proceeding, to use Reasonable Best Efforts to have such injunction or other Order lifted, and
to cooperate reasonably regarding any other impediment to the consummation of the Contemplated
Transactions. Nothing herein shall require Parent or Company to litigate with any Governmental
Authority.

          9.7 Further Assurances. Each of the parties hereto shall, at any time, and from time to time,
either before or after the Closing Date, upon the request of the appropriate party, do, execute,
acknowledge and deliver, or will cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and delivered, all such
further acts, assignments, transfers, conveyances, and assurances as may be required to complete
the Contemplated Transactions. The Company shall, and shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to,
assure that any necessary third party shall, execute such documents and do such acts and things as
Parent may reasonably require for the purpose of giving to Parent and Newco the full benefit of all
the provisions of this Agreement and as may be reasonably required to complete the Contemplated
Transactions.

          9.8 Actions of the Parties.

               (a) No Actions Constituting a Breach. From the date hereof through the Closing Date (or the
earlier termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 11), neither Company, Parent nor Newco
will take or knowingly permit to be done anything in the conduct of the business of Company or
Parent, as the case may be, or otherwise, which would be in breach of a representation, warranty,
covenant, obligation or other provision of this Agreement or any instrument delivered pursuant to
this Agreement, and each of the parties hereto shall cause the deliveries for which such party is
responsible at the Closing to be duly and timely made.

               (b) Notification of Breaches. From the date hereof through the Closing Date (or the earlier
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 11), Company, Parent and Newco will promptly
notify each other in writing if any of them become aware of any fact or condition that causes or
constitutes a breach of any of the representations and warranties as of the date of this Agreement,
or if any of them become aware of the occurrence after the date of this Agreement of any fact or
condition that would (except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement) cause or constitute a
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representation or warranty been made as of the time of occurrence or discovery of such fact or
condition. During the same period, Company, Parent and Newco will promptly notify each other of
the occurrence of any breach of any covenant of such party in this Section 9 or of the occurrence
of any event that may make the satisfaction of the conditions in
Section 10 impossible or
unlikely.

          9.9 Compliance With Conditions. Each party hereto agrees to cooperate fully with each other
party, and shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to cause the conditions precedent for which such
party is responsible to be fulfilled, Each party hereto further agrees to use its Reasonable Best
Efforts, and act in good faith, to consummate this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions as
promptly as possible.

          9.10 Public Announcements. The timing and content of the initial announcement of this
Agreement or the Merger to the financial community, Governmental Authorities, employees or the
general public shall be mutually agreed upon in advance by Company and Parent. Thereafter, Parent
and Company shall consult with each other before issuing, and shall provide each other with the
opportunity to review and comment upon, all announcements regarding any aspect of this Agreement or
the Merger to the financial community, Governmental Authorities, employees or the general public;
provided that no public announcements in relation to any matter shall be issued by Parent without
reasonable notice to, and the prior consent of Company (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld), provided that the provisions of this section will not prevent any party from making,
after consultation with the other party, such disclosure as its counsel advises is required by
applicable Law or the rules and policies of TSX Venture Exchange and any public announcement so
issued shall conform in all respects with applicable securities Laws.

          9.11 Newco. Parent will take all actions necessary (a) to cause Newco to perform its
obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Merger on the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement and (b) to ensure that, prior to the Effective Time, Newco shall not conduct any
business or make any investments and will not have any assets (other than a de minimus amount of
cash paid to Newco for the issuance of its stock to Parent) or Liabilities.

          9.12 Director and Officer Indemnification. After the Effective Time, Parent shall, to the
fullest extent permitted by Law, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, honor all of
Company’s obligations to indemnify the current or former directors or officers of Company, and any
person who becomes an officer or director of Company, for acts or omissions by such directors and
officers occurring prior to the Effective Time, whether pursuant to Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation, Bylaws, and such obligations shall survive the Merger. For a period of six (6)
years following the Effective Time, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation shall contain, and Parent shall cause the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of
the Surviving Corporation to contain, provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification
and exculpation of such directors and officers than are presently set forth in Company’s
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. In the event that Parent or the Surviving Corporation or
any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person
and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or
(ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all its properties and assets to any Person, then,
and in each such case, Parent shall cause proper provisions to be made

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so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be,
assume the obligations set forth in this Section 9.12. The obligations of Parent and the Surviving
Corporation under this Section 9.12 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to
adversely affect any indemnitee to whom this Section 9.12 applies without the express written
consent of such affected indemnitee (it being expressly agreed that the indemnitees to whom this
Section 9.12 applies shall be third party beneficiaries under this Section).

          9.13 Stock Exchange Listing. Parent will use its Reasonable Best Efforts to cause the Parent
Consolidated Shares to be listed and posted for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange or the TSX
Venture Exchange as of the Effective Time.

     10. Conditions to Closing. 

          10.1 Mutual Conditions. It is a condition to any party’s obligation to complete the
Merger that:

               (a) No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or
entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, injunction, order or other legal
restraint (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is in effect and which has the effect
of making the Merger illegal or otherwise prohibiting or preventing consummation of the Merger.

               (b) No law, injunction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of
the Contemplated Transactions shall be in effect;

               (c) Company shall have obtained the Requisite Stockholder Approval for the Merger, and Parent
shall have received requisite approval of the Parent Shareholder Matters. Company shall have
obtained the approval for its Option and Warrant Holders to exchange their Company Options and
Warrants for Parent Options and Warrants

               (d) Parent shall have deposited all of the Parent Consolidated Shares to be issued in
connection with the Merger with the Exchange Agent. Parent shall issue replacement warrants and
options to Company Option and Warrant Holders.

               (e) Company shall have received an opinion from Company’s U.S. Counsel, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the parties, that (i) the Merger should qualify as a reorganization
under section 368(a) of the Code for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, (ii) following the
consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, Parent should be treated as a domestic corporation
for U.S. Federal income tax purposes by virtue of section 7874 of the Code, and (c) Company should
not be considered a United States real property holding corporation for purposes of section 897 of
the Code. The opinion is intended solely and exclusively for the use and reliance of the Company
and cannot be relied upon by any third party for any purpose whatsoever.

               (f) The Parent Consolidated Shares issuable to the Company Stockholders in connection with the
Contemplated Transactions, including but not limited to, the Parent Consolidated Shares issued to
the Company Stockholders in the Merger and the Parent Share Exchanges, and the Parent Consolidated
Shares issuable upon exercise of the Parent

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Replacement Options and the Parent Replacement Warrants, shall have been conditionally
approved for listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange or the TSX Venture Exchange, subject to Parent
fulfilling the usual and ordinary listing requirements.

               (g) Dissenting Shares, if any, shall not constitute more than 5% of the issued and outstanding
Company Capital Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time.

               (h) Parent shall have completed an Offering on terms acceptable to the Company.

               (i) The Offering shall be completed with gross proceeds of at least Cdn $10,000,000 being
available to Parent.

               (j) The current directors and officers of Parent shall resign and new officers and directors
selected by the Company shall have been appointed.

          10.2 Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Newco. The obligation of Parent and Newco to
complete the Merger and take the other actions required to be taken by Parent or Newco at the
Closing is subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of each of the following
conditions, any one or more of which Parent may waive in whole or in part at or prior to the
Closing:

               (a) The representations and warranties of Company contained in this Agreement must have been
true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof, and must be true and correct in
all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as though such
representations and warranties had been made and this Agreement had been delivered on and as of the
Closing Date; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 10.2 or elsewhere in this Agreement, no condition involving the accuracy of representations
and warranties made by Company as of the date of this Agreement or the Closing Date or any other
date or period, shall be deemed not fulfilled, and Parent and Newco shall not be entitled to fail
to consummate the Contemplated Transactions or to terminate this Agreement on such basis, if the
respects in which such representations and warranties are inaccurate, would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (it being
understood that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties,
all “Material Adverse Effect” qualifications and other materiality qualifications contained
in such representations and warranties shall be disregarded).

               (b) All of the covenants, agreements and conditions of Company to be performed or complied
with at or prior to the Closing pursuant to the terms of this Agreement must have been duly
performed and complied with in all material respects.

               (c) Parent shall have received an opinion from U.S. counsel to the Company, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, that the Parent Consolidated Shares issued to the
Company Stockholders in the Merger , the Parent Share Exchanges,and Replacement Options and
Warrants shall be exempt from registration under the Securities Act and applicable rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.

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          10.3 Conditions to Obligations of Company. The obligation of Company to complete the Merger
and to take the other actions required to be taken by Company at the Closing is subject to the
satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions, any one or more of
which may be waived by Company in whole or in part at or prior to the Closing:

               (a) The representations and warranties of Parent and Newco contained in this Agreement must
have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof, and must be true and
correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as though such
representations and warranties had been made and this Agreement had been delivered on and as of the
Closing Date; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 10.3 or elsewhere in this Agreement, no condition involving the accuracy of representations
and warranties made by Parent or Newco as of the date of this Agreement or the Closing Date or any
other date or period, shall be deemed not fulfilled, and Company shall not be entitled to fail to
consummate the Contemplated Transactions or to terminate this Agreement on such basis, if the
respects in which such representations and warranties are inaccurate, would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (it being
understood that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties,
all “Material Adverse Effect” qualifications and other materiality qualifications contained
in such representations and warranties shall be disregarded).

               (b) All of the covenants, agreements and conditions of Parent and Newco to be performed or
complied with at or prior to the Closing pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including without
limitation, those set forth in Section 9.4, must have been duly performed and complied with in all
material respects.

               (c) Parent shall be a reporting issuer in good standing in accordance with the laws of the
Province of Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta.

               (d) The offer price for one Parent Consolidated Unit (including the Warrant) shall be
acceptable to Company.

     11. Termination. 

          11.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated, and the Merger abandoned, at any time
prior to the Effective Time, by action taken or authorized by the Board of Directors of the
terminating party, either before or after the Requisite Stockholder Approval:

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

               (b) by either Company or Parent, if the Merger shall not have been consummated on or before
October 31, 2009, unless extended by written agreement of the parties hereto; provided, however,
that the right to terminate this Agreement and abandon the Merger under this paragraph shall not be
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under this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Merger to occur
on or prior to such date;

               (c) by either Parent or Company, if any Governmental Authority shall have issued an order,
decree or ruling or taken any other action restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the
Merger and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and non-appealable;

               (d) by Parent, if neither Parent or Newco is then in material, breach of any term of this
Agreement, by giving written notice to Company in the event Company is in material breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement, and such breach (i) individually
or in combination with any other such breach, would cause the conditions set forth in Section 10.2
not to be satisfied and (ii) if curable, is not cured within 10 days following delivery by Parent
to Company of written notice of such breach;

               (e) by Company, if Company is not then in material breach of any term of this Agreement, by
giving written notice to Parent in the event Parent or Newco is in material breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement, and such breach (i) individually
or in combination with any other such breach, would cause the conditions set forth in Section 10.3
not to be satisfied and (ii) if curable, is not cured within 10 days following delivery by Company
to Parent of written notice of such breach; by either Company or Parent, in the event Company does
not obtain the Requisite Stockholder Approval; or by either Company or Parent, in the event Parent
does not obtain the requisite approval of the Parent Shareholder Matters;

          11.2 Effect of Termination. Each party’s right of termination under Section 11.1 is in
addition to any other rights it may have under this Agreement or otherwise and the exercise of a
right of termination will not be an election of remedies (except in the event Company is required
to make a payment to Parent pursuant to Section 11.3 below, in which case Section 11.3 shall be the
sole and exclusive remedy of Parent and Newco under this Agreement). If this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 11.1, all further obligations of the parties under this Agreement
will terminate, except that the obligations in Section 9.10 and Section 13.1 will survive; and upon
such termination, there shall be no liability by reason of this Agreement, or the termination
thereof on the part of Parent, Newco or Company or the respective directors, officers, employees,
agents or stockholders of any of them, unless such termination results from a party’s willful or
knowing misrepresentation or intentional or knowing breach of any covenant or representation or
warranty contained herein. In such event, the terminating party shall have all remedies available
to it at law or in equity.

     12. Deliveries and Actions To Be Taken At The Closing. 

          12.1 Deliveries by Company. Upon the closing conditions being met, Company covenants to
deliver (duly executed where appropriate) to Parent at the Closing:

               (a) Company Resolutions. Certified copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of Company
approving the Contemplated Transactions in a form acceptable to Parent;

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               (b) Approval of Stockholders. Certified minutes from the meeting of the Company Stockholders
approving the Merger;

               (c) Certificate. A Certificate from Company, dated the Closing Date, certifying to the
fulfillment of the conditions specified in Section 10.2;

               (d) Certificate of Merger. The Certificate of Merger to be filed with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware; and

               (e) Other Documents. Such other documents as may be reasonably necessary to effect the
Closing of the Contemplated Transactions as such Closing is contemplated.

          12.2 Deliveries by Parent and Newco. Upon the closing conditions being met, Parent
and Newco covenant to deliver (duly executed where appropriate) to Company at the Closing:

               (a) Resolutions. Certified copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of Parent and
Newco approving the Contemplated Transactions in a form acceptable to Company;

               (b) Approval of Shareholders. Certified minutes from the meeting of the shareholders of
Parent approving the Parent Shareholder Matters;

               (c) Consideration. The Consideration and any other obligations required to satisfy the
obligations of Parent and Newco hereunder, by means of delivery of (i) the Parent Consolidated
Shares to the Exchange Agent, (ii) the Parent Replacement Options to the optionees pursuant to
instructions provided at or prior to the Closing, and (iii) the Parent Replacement Warrants to the
Warrant holders pursuant to instructions provided at or prior to the Closing;

               (d) Certificate. A Certificate from Parent and Newco, dated the Closing Date, certifying to
the fulfillment of the conditions specified in Sections 10.3(a), (b) and (c); and

               (e) Other Documents. Such other documents as may be reasonably necessary to effect the
closing of the Contemplated Transactions as such closing is contemplated.

          12.3 Actions and Deliveries Simultaneous. Notwithstanding the order of the deliveries by the
parties set forth above, all actions and deliveries shall occur simultaneously and none shall be
deemed to have been completed until each of the actions and deliveries set forth in this Section 12
has been completed or has been waived by the party entitled to make such waiver.

     13. Miscellaneous Provisions. 

          13.1 Confidentiality of Agreement. Each party agrees that it will treat in confidence all
documents, materials and other information which such party shall have obtained

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regarding the other parties during the course of the negotiations leading to the consummation
of the Contemplated Transactions (whether obtained before or after the date hereof), the
investigation provided for herein and the preparation of this Agreement and other related
documents, and, in the event the Contemplated Transactions shall not be consummated, each party
will return to the other party all copies of nonpublic documents and materials which have been
furnished in connection therewith. Such documents, materials and information shall not be
communicated to any third Person (other than, in the case of Parent, to its counsel, accountants,
financial advisors or lenders, and in the case of Company, to its Affiliates, counsel, accountants
or financial advisors). No other party shall use any confidential information in any manner
whatsoever except solely for the purpose of evaluating the Contemplated Transactions; provided,
that after the Closing, Parent may use or disclose any confidential information included in
Company’s assets, properties or rights, or otherwise reasonably related to Company or Company’s
assets, properties or rights. The obligation of each party to treat such documents, materials and
other information in confidence shall not apply to any information which (a) is or becomes
available to such party from a source other than such party or its representatives or agents, (b)
is or becomes available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by such party or its
representatives or agents, (c) is required to be disclosed under applicable law or judicial
process, but only to the extent it must be disclosed, or (d) such party reasonably deems necessary
to disclose to obtain any of the consents or approvals contemplated hereby.

          13.2 Construction. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of
this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this
Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of
proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the
provisions of this Agreement. Unless the context clearly states otherwise, the use of the singular
or plural in this Agreement shall include the other and the use of any gender shall include all
others. All references to “Section” or “Sections” refer to the corresponding Section or Sections
of this Agreement. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the word “including” does not limit the
preceding words or terms.

          13.3 Entire Agreement. As used herein, the term “Agreement” shall mean this Agreement
and Plan of Merger (including all Exhibits hereto) and the Company Disclosure Letter, including
those which will be executed and delivered by one or more of the parties hereto at or prior to the
Closing Date, the Ancillary Documents delivered in connection herewith. This Agreement embodies
the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
herein contained, and supersedes all prior agreements, correspondence, arrangements and
understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. No representation, promise, inducement or
statement of intention has been made by any party which has not been embodied in this Agreement,
and no party shall be bound by or be liable for any alleged representation, promise, inducement or
statement of intention not so set forth in this Agreement. Any of the terms, provisions, and
conditions hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by the waiving party. It is
the explicit intent and understanding of each party that no party nor any party to an Ancillary
Document nor any Affiliates or agents or representatives of any of the foregoing are making any
representation or warranty whatsoever, oral or written, express or implied, as to the accuracy or
completeness of any information regarding itself or themselves or the Acquired Companies and no
party is relying on any statement, representation or warranty, oral or written, express or implied,
made by any other party or any party to an

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Ancillary Document or the Affiliates or agents or representatives of any of the foregoing,
except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Agreement.

          13.4 Waiver; Amendment. Prior to the Effective Time, any provision of this Agreement may be
(i) waived in writing by the party benefited by the provision or (ii) amended or modified at any
time (including the structure of the transaction) by an agreement in writing among the parties
hereto, in each case as may be authorized by the Board of Directors or designated officers of each
of Parent, Newco and Company except that, after the Requisite Stockholder Approval, no such
amendment or modification may be made if, as a result of such amendment or modification, the Per
Share Consideration or the treatment of the Company Options would be materially altered.

          13.5 Exhibits and Company Disclosure Letter. All Exhibits to this Agreement and the Company
Disclosure Letter hereto shall constitute part of this Agreement and shall be deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference, in their entirety and made a part, hereof, as if set out in full
at the point where they first are mentioned. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
the Company Disclosure Letter or in this Agreement, the information and disclosures contained in
any section of the Company Disclosure Letter shall be deemed to be disclosed and incorporated by
reference in all sections of the Company Disclosure Letter as though fully set forth therein,
Certain information set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter is included for informational
purposes and the fact that any item of information is disclosed in the Company Disclosure Letter
shall not be construed to mean that such information is required to be disclosed by or under this
Agreement. Such information and any dollar amounts set forth therein shall not be used as a basis
for interpreting the terms “material” or “Material Adverse Effect” or other similar
terms in this Agreement.

          13.6 Expenses. Each party to this Agreement will bear its respective expenses
incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and performance of this Agreement and the
Contemplated Transactions, including all fees and expenses of agents, representatives, counsel and
accountants.

          13.7 Limitation on Certain Damages. NO PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS FOR ANY REASON WITH RESPECT
TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER BASED ON STATUTE,
CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE AND WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM THE OTHER PARTY’S SOLE, JOINT, OR
CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHER FAULT.

          13.8 Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed and
construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware and the obligations, rights, and
remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such Laws, without giving
effect to any conflicts of Law rule or principle that might require the application of the Laws of
another jurisdiction. Each of the parties consents and voluntarily submits to personal
jurisdiction in the state or Federal courts of the State of California in any Proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document. The Parties irrevocably and
unconditionally waive and agree not to plead, to the fullest extent permitted by

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law, any objection to the laying of venue or the convenience of the forum of any action with
respect to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document in the state or Federal courts of the State of
California.

          13.9 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are included for purposes of convenience only
and shall not be considered a part of this Agreement in construing or interpreting any provision
hereof.

          13.10 Invalidity of Provisions; Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the
application thereof to any Person or circumstance shall to any extent be held in any Proceeding to
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such
provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it was held to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and shall be valid, legal and enforceable to the
fullest extent permitted by law, but only if and to the extent such enforcement would not
materially and adversely frustrate the parties’ essential objectives as expressed herein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party hereto agrees that it has reviewed the provisions of this
Agreement, and that the same, taken as a whole, are fair and reasonable. The parties hereto shall
endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions
with valid provisions, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

          13.11 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, this
Agreement is not intended to, and shall not be construed to, confer upon any third Person any
right, remedy or benefit, nor is it intended to be enforceable by any third Person, and shall only
be enforceable by the parties hereto, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

          13.12 Notices.

               (a) Giving of Notices, All notices, requests, consents, approvals, waivers, demands and other
communications hereunder (collectively, “Notices”) shall be deemed to have been given if in
writing and (1) personally delivered against a written receipt, or (2) sent by confirmed telephonic
facsimile, or (3) delivered to a reputable express messenger service (such as Fed Ex, DHL Courier
and United Parcel Service) for overnight delivery, addressed as follows (or to such other address
as a party shall have given Notice to the other):

	 	 	 

	If to Company:

	 	Clancy Cottman

Legacy Energy, Inc.

1135 Eugenia Place, Suite C

Carpinteria, California 93013

U.S.A.

Telephone: (805) 566-2900

Facsimile: (805) 566-2917
	 
	 	 
	With a copy (which shall 

not constitute notice) to:

	 	Melinda Park

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

1000 Canterra Tower

400-3rd Avenue SW

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	 	Calgary, Alberta T2P 4H2

Canada

Telephone: (403) 232-9795

Facsimile: (403) 232-1395
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Jack A. Bjerke, Esq.

Baker & Hostetler LLP

Capitol Square, Suite 2100

65 East State Street

Columbus, Ohio 43215

U.S.A.

Telephone: (614) 462-4760 

Facsimile: (614) 462-4789
	 
	 	 
	If to Parent or Newco:

	 	Nimin Capital Corp.

550 Burrard Street

Suite 1028, Bentall 5

Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2B5

Canada

Telephone: (604) 689-1428

Facsimile: (604) 681-4692
	 
	 	 
	With a copy (which shall not 

constitute notice) to:

	 	Peter Soby

Heenan Blaikie LLP

12th Floor, Fifth Avenue Place

425 — 1st Street SW

Calgary, Alberta T2P 3L8

Canada

Telephone: (403) 261-3460

Facsimile: (866) 210-7883

               (b) Time Notices Deemed Given. All Notices shall be effective upon being properly
personally delivered, or upon confirmation of a telephonic facsimile, or upon the delivery to a
reputable express messenger service. The period in which a response to any such notice must be
given shall commence to run from the date on the receipt of a personally delivered notice, or the
date of confirmation of a telephonic facsimile or one (1) Business Day following the proper
delivery of the Notice to a reputable express messenger service, as the case maybe.

          13.13 Successors and Assigns.

               (a) Assignment. The rights and obligations of any party under this Agreement shall not be
assignable directly or indirectly by such party, in whole or in part, without the prior written
consent of the other parties hereto.

               (b) Successors. All of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties hereto and their
successors and permitted assigns.

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          13.14 Time of Essence. Time is of the essence to the performance of the obligations set forth
in this Agreement.

          13.15 “As Is Sale”. EXCEPT FOR THE COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
COMPANY SET FORTH IN SECTION 6 OF THIS AGREEMENT, PARENT AND NEWCO UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE
COMMON STOCK IS BEING SOLD AND ACQUIRED, AND ALL OF THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY IS LIKEWISE
BEING SOLD AND ACQUIRED, “AS IS, WHERE IS” ON THE CLOSING DATE, AND IN THEIR CONDITION ON THE
CLOSING DATE “WITH ALL FAULTS,” AND THAT PARENT AND NEWCO ARE RELYING ON THEIR OWN EXAMINATION OF
COMPANY AND SUCH ASSETS. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AGREEMENT, PARENT AND NEWCO
FURTHER AGREE THAT NO INFORMATION OR MATERIAL WHATSOEVER PROVIDED BY OR COMMUNICATION MADE BY
COMPANY OR ANY REPRESENTATIVE OF COMPANY WILL CONSTITUTE, CREATE OR OTHERWISE CAUSE TO EXIST ANY
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY.

          13.16 Waiver. The rights and remedies of the parties to this Agreement are cumulative
and not alternative. Neither the failure nor any delay by any party in exercising any right,
power, or privilege under this Agreement or the documents referred to in this Agreement will
operate as a waiver of such right, power, or privilege, and no single or partial exercise of any
such right, power, or privilege will preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power,
or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power, or privilege.

          13.17 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by
means of facsimile or e-mail signature pages) and all such counterparts taken together shall
constitute one and the same Agreement.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signatures Follow)

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Agreement as of the date
first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NIMIN CAPITAL CORP.

 	 
	 	By:  	(signed) “Narinder Nagra”
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Narinder Nagra 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Director

 	 
	 	 	  	(“Parent”) 	 
	 
	 	NIMIN MERGER CO.

 	 
	 	By:  	(signed) “Clancy Cottman III”
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Clancy Cottman, III 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President
 	 
	 	 	  	(“Newco”) 	 
	 
	 	LEGACY ENERGY, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	(signed) “Clancy Cottman III”
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Clancy Cottman, III 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President
 	 
	 	 	  	(“Company”) 	 

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EXHIBIT A

CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS

     The following terms shall have the following meanings when used in this Agreement:

     “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Person that, directly or indirectly
through one or more entities, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such
Person, or (ii) any director, officer, partner, member or trustee of such Person or (iii) any
Person who is an officer, director, partner, member or trustee of any Person described in clauses
(i) or (ii) of this sentence. As used herein, “controls,” “control” and “controlled” means the
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person,
whether through the ownership of 50% or more of the voting interests of such Person, through
contract or otherwise.

     “Ancillary Documents” shall mean all agreements and other documents contemplated by this
Agreement to be executed and delivered by any of the parties in connection with the Contemplated
Transactions.

     “Books and Records” means all business records, financial documents, minutes and other
corporate records, engineering order files, warranty files, supplier lists, customer lists, and
production and quality control records of Parent, Newco or Company.

     “Business Day” means any day other than (a) Saturday or Sunday or (b) any other day on which
national banks in the State of California or Calgary, Alberta are permitted or required by Law to
be closed.

     “Canadian GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in Canada on the
date of this Agreement.

     “Charter Documents” means, with respect to any Person, its certificate of incorporation,
certificates of designation (if any), by-laws, and other charter documents as amended and in
effect.

     “Code” means the US. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     “Common Stock” means the common stock, USD$0.01 par value per share, of Company.

     “Company Capital Stock” shall mean all shares of Common Stock and shares of Preferred Stock.

     “Company Disclosure Letter” shall mean the disclosure letter of the Company dated as of even
date and accepted by Parent.

     “Company Options” shall mean all issued and outstanding options, whether or not vested and
whether or not issued under the Company Option Plan, to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of
Common Stock.

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     “Company Option Plan” shall collectively refer to Company’s Amended and Restated 2007 Stock
Option Plan, as adopted on May 30, 2008, and any other plan, program, agreement or arrangement
providing for the issuance or grant of any stock option in respect of the Capital Stock.

     “Company Stockholder” shall mean each holder of shares of Company Capital Stock as shown on
the Books and Records of Company.

     “Consideration” means, collectively, the Parent Consolidated Shares, the Parent Replacement
Options, and the Parent Replacement Warrants.

     “Contemplated Transactions” means all of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
including the Merger and the execution and delivery of the Ancillary Documents.

     “Contract” means any loan, credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, contract,
agreement, arrangement, understanding, commitment, plan, insurance policy, instrument, or license,
whether or not in writing.

     “DGCL” shall mean Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended.

     “Encumbrance” means any deed of trust, lien, mortgage, security interest, pledge or other
encumbrance.

     “Environmental, Health, and Safety Liabilities” means any cost, damages, expense, liability,
obligation, or other responsibility arising from or under Environmental Law or Occupational Safety
and Health Law and consisting of or relating to:

          (a) any environmental, health, or safety matters or conditions (including on-site or off-site
contamination, occupational safety and health, and regulation of chemical substances or products);

          (b) fines, penalties, judgments, awards, settlements, legal or administrative Proceedings,
damages, losses, claims, demands and response, investigative, remedial, or inspection costs and
expenses arising under any Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law;

          (c) financial responsibility under any Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law
for cleanup costs or corrective action, including any investigation, cleanup, removal, containment,
or other remediation or response actions (“Cleanup”) required by any applicable
Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law (whether or not such Cleanup has been
required or requested by any Governmental Authority or any other Person) and for any natural
resource damages; or

          (d) any other compliance, corrective, investigative, or remedial measures required under any
Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law

     The terms “removal,” “remedial,” and “response action,” include the types of activities
covered by the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and

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Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., as amended (“CERCLA”).

     “Environmental Law” means any Legal Requirement that requires or relates to:

          (a) advising appropriate authorities, employees, and the public of intended or actual releases
of pollutants or hazardous substances or materials, violations of discharge limits, or other
prohibitions and of the commencements of activities, such as resource extraction or construction,
that could have a material impact on the environment;

          (b) preventing or reducing to acceptable levels the release of pollutants or hazardous
substances or materials into the environment;

          (c) reducing the quantities, preventing the release, or minimizing the hazardous
characteristics of wastes that are generated;

          (d) assuring that products are designed, formulated, packaged, and used so that they do not
present unreasonable risks to human health or the environment when used or disposed of;

          (e) protecting resources, species, or ecological amenities;

          (f) reducing to acceptable levels the risks inherent in the transportation of hazardous
substances, pollutants, oil, or other potentially harmful substances;

          (g) cleaning up pollutants that have been released, preventing the threat of release, or
paying the costs of such clean up or prevention;

          (h) making responsible parties pay private parties, or groups of them, for damages done to
their health or the environment, or permitting self-appointed representatives of the public
interest to recover for injuries done to public assets; or

          (i) the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended, the Mine Safety and
Health Act, as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, CERCLA, the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, as amended, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, RCRA, the Safe
Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the Hazardous
Materials Transportation Act, as amended, and all similar state laws and regulations.

     “Facilities” means any real property, leaseholds, or other interests currently owned or
operated by Company and any buildings, plants or structures currently owned or operated by Company.

     “Governmental Authority” means any Federal, state, local, foreign, governmental or
quasi-governmental entity or municipality or subdivision thereof or any authority, department,
commission, board, bureau, agency, court, tribunal or instrumentality, or any applicable
self-regulatory organization.

     “Governmental Authorization” means any permit, approval, license or other

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permission issued by any Governmental Authority to any of the Acquired Companies.

     “Hazardous Materials” means any waste or other substance that is listed, defined, designated,
or classified as, or otherwise determined to be, hazardous, radioactive, or toxic or a pollutant or
a contaminant under or pursuant to any Environmental Law, including any admixture or solution
thereof, and specifically including petroleum and all derivatives thereof or synthetic substitutes
therefor and asbestos or asbestos-containing materials.

     “Information Statement” means the document delivered to the Company Stockholders in connection
with the solicitation of the Requisite Stockholder Approval setting forth information regarding
Company, Parent, the Parent Consolidated Shares, the Offering, the terms of the Merger and this
Agreement and the recommendation of the Board of Directors in favor of the Merger, as applicable.

     “Intellectual Property” shall mean and include all of the following:

     (1) the name Legacy Energy, Inc. and all fictional business names and trading
names and trademarks;

     (2) all patents, patent applications, and inventions and discoveries that may
be patentable; and

     (3) all know-how, trade secrets, confidential information, customer lists,
software, technical information, data, process technology, plans, drawings, and blue
prints.

     “IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. tax collection agency which administers the
Code.

     “Knowledge” or “known” means the actual knowledge, without investigation or inquiry, of (i) in
the case of Company, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, or
(ii) in the case of Parent, the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary of Parent.

     “Law” means any law, order, judgment, rule, code, statute, regulation, decree, writ,
injunction, ruling, or ordinance of any Governmental Authority.

     “Legal Proceeding” means any notice, suit, charge, claim, action, complaint, grievances,
petition, investigation, suit or other proceeding, whether administrative, civil or criminal,
whether or not at Law or in equity, and whether or not before any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority.

     “Legal Requirement” means any Federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international,
multinational, or other Order, constitution, law, ordinance, principle of common law, regulation,
rule, statute, treaty or determination of any Governmental Authority.

     “Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event, circumstance, development or effect that,
either alone or in combination with any other change, event, circumstance,

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development or effect, is, or is reasonably likely to be, material and adverse to (a) the
business, assets, liabilities, capitalization, condition (financial or other), or results of
operations of Company (or Parent if applicable) taken as a whole or (b) the ability of Parent to
operate the business of Company immediately after the Closing; provided, that none of the following
shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been or would be a Material Adverse
Effect: (i) changes or conditions affecting the industry generally in which Company or Parent, as
applicable, operates, (ii) changes in economic, regulatory or political conditions generally, (iii)
the announcement or pendency of the Contemplated Transactions (including, without limitation, any
cancellation of or delays in customer orders, any reduction in sales, any disruption in supplier,
partner, customer, member or similar relationships or any loss of employees), (iv) any failure by
Company or Parent, as applicable, to meet internal projections or forecasts or revenue, billings,
earnings, member or customer predictions for any period ending (or for which revenues or earnings
are released) on or after the date hereof, (v) attrition with respect to employees of Company, (vi)
the payment of any amounts due, or the provision of any other benefits, to any officers or
employees of Company under employment contracts, non-competition agreements, employee benefit
plans, severance arrangements or other arrangements in existence as of the date hereof, (vii)
compliance with the terms of, or the taking of any action required by, this Agreement or any effect
on Company resulting from actions not taken by Company due to a prior written consent to take such
action not being provided by Parent following a written request from Company to Parent to take such
action, (viii) shareholder class action litigation, or similar claims or actions, arising from
allegations of breach of fiduciary duty relating to Company entering into this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated herein, or (ix) matters disclosed in the Company Disclosure Letter. For
the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that the terms “material,” “materially” or “materiality”
as used in this Agreement with an initial lower case “m” shall have their respective customary and
ordinary meanings, without regard to the meaning ascribed to Material Adverse Effect.

     “Occupational Safety and Health Law” means any Legal Requirement designed to provide safe and
healthful working conditions and to reduce occupational safety and health hazards,

     “Offering” means an offering of Parent’s common stock and warrant pursuant to a prospectus for
minimum gross proceeds of Cdn $10 million.

     “Offering Price” means the price of the issuance of a Unit, which consists of one share of
common stock and one warrant in the Parent’s Offering.

     “Order” means any award, decision, injunction, judgment, writ, decree, order, ruling,
subpoena, or verdict entered, issued, made, or rendered by any court, administrative agency, or
other Governmental Authority or by any arbitrator or arbitration panel.

     “Ordinary Course of Business” means the ordinary course of business of the Person described
consistent with its past custom and practice (including with respect to frequency and amount) prior
to the date hereof.

     “Parent Replacement Options” means options to purchase Parent Consolidated Shares.

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     “Parent Replacement Warrants” means warrants to purchase Parent Consolidated Shares.

     “Parent Shares” means the common shares (no par value) of Parent as they exist prior to the
Consolidation.

     “Permitted Encumbrances” means shall mean (a) the lien for current ad valorem taxes not yet
due and payable, (b) Encumbrances that will be discharged or satisfied prior to the Closing, (c)
any Encumbrance that is expressly assumed or consented to by Parent herein or in the Ancillary
Documents, (d) Encumbrances set forth in the Contracts or the Governmental Authorizations, (e)
Encumbrances of record as of the date of this Agreement and minor defects or irregularities in
title incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business, none of which minor defects or irregularities
adversely affects in any material respect the use of any of the assets of the Company, (f)
Encumbrances existing as a result of zoning restrictions, or (g) purchase money security interests
arising in the Ordinary Course of Business.

     “Person” means any natural person, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership, proprietorship, trust, union,
association, court, tribunal, agency, government, department, commission, self-regulatory
organization, arbitrator, board, bureau, instrumentality, Governmental Authority or other entity,
enterprise, authority or business organization.

     “Preferred Stock” means the 1,000 preferred stock of Company with a par value of $0.01 per
share.

     “Proceeding” means any action, arbitration, audit, hearing, investigation, litigation, or suit
(whether civil, criminal or administrative, whether in law or in equity) commenced, brought,
conducted, or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental Authority or arbitrator
or arbitration panel.

     “Reasonable Best Efforts” means the efforts that a prudent Person desirous of achieving a
result would use in similar circumstances to ensure that such result is achieved at a reasonable
cost and as expeditiously as possible, provided, that an obligation to use Reasonable Best Efforts
under this Agreement does not require the Person subject to that obligation to take actions that
would result in a materially adverse change in the benefits to such Person from this Agreement and
the Contemplated Transactions.

     “Release” means disposing, discharging, injecting, spilling, leaking, leaching, dumping,
emitting, escaping, emptying, seeping, placing, appearing and the like into or upon any land,
building, surface, subsurface or water or air or otherwise entering into the environment.

     “Requisite Stockholder Approval” means the approval of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby by the Company’s Stockholders as provided by the DGCL and the Charter Documents
of Company.

     “Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company or other
non-corporate business enterprise in which Company or Parent, as applicable (or another
Subsidiary), holds stock or other ownership interests representing (a) more than 50% of the

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voting power of all outstanding stock or ownership interests of such entity or (b) the right
to receive more than 50% of the net assets of such entity available for distribution to the holders
of outstanding stock or ownership interests upon a liquidation or dissolution of such entity.

     “Tax” or “Taxes” means any and all taxes, charges, fees, duties, contributions, levies or
other similar assessments or liabilities in the nature of a tax, including, without limitation,
income, gross receipts, corporation, ad valorem, premium, value-added, net worth, capital stock,
capital gains, documentary, recapture, alternative or add-on minimum, disability, estimated,
registration, recording, excise, real property, personal property, sales, use, license, lease,
service, service use, transfer, withholding, employment, unemployment, insurance, social security,
national insurance, business license, business organization, environmental, workers compensation,
payroll, profits, severance, stamp, occupation, windfall profits, customs duties, franchise and
other taxes of any kind whatsoever imposed by the United States of America, Canada, or any state,
local or foreign government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof, and any interest,
fines, penalties, assessments or additions to tax imposed with respect to such items or any contest
or dispute thereof.

     “Tax Returns” shall mean any and all reports, returns, declarations, or statements relating to
Taxes, including any Disclosure Letter or attachment thereto, including any amendment thereof.

     “Threatened” a claim, Proceeding, dispute, action or other matter will be deemed to have been
“Threatened” if any demand or statement has been made in writing or any notice has been given in
writing.

     “U.S. GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States
on the date of this Agreement.

     “Warrants” means the warrants granted by the Company to holders to acquire 1,094,879 shares of
Common Stock of Company pursuant to the terms of certain warrant agreements between the Warrant
holders and the Company.

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