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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

BY AND AMONG

BLACK NICKEL ACQUISITION CORP. I,

INFERX ACQUISITION CORP.

AND

INFERX CORPORATION

October 24, 2006

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I CERTAIN DEFINITIONS	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II THE TRANSACTION	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	2.1 The Merger
	 	 	4	 
	 

	 	2.2 Consideration; Conversion of Company Shares
	 	 	4	 
	 

	 	2.3 The Closing
	 	 	5	 
	 

	 	2.4 Actions at the Closing
	 	 	5	 
	 

	 	2.5 Effect on Capital Stock
	 	 	6	 
	 

	 	2.6 [Removed and Reserved]	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	2.7 Certificate Legends
	 	 	7	 
	 

	 	2.8 Certificate of Incorporation
	 	 	7	 
	 

	 	2.9 Bylaws
	 	 	7	 
	 

	 	2.10 Directors and Officers
	 	 	7	 
	 

	 	2.11 Closing of Transfer Books
	 	 	7	 
	 

	 	2.12 Tax and Accounting Consequences
	 	 	8	 
	 

	 	2.13 Additional Action
	 	 	8	 
	 

	 	2.14 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action
	 	 	8	 
	 

	 	2.15 Dissenters’ Rights
	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	3.1 Organization, Qualification and Corporate Power
	 	 	9	 
	 

	 	3.2 Capitalization
	 	 	9	 
	 

	 	3.3 Authorization of Transaction
	 	 	10	 
	 

	 	3.4 Noncontravention
	 	 	10	 
	 

	 	3.5 Subsidiaries
	 	 	11	 
	 

	 	3.6 Financial Statements
	 	 	11	 
	 

	 	3.7 Absence of Certain Changes
	 	 	11	 
	 

	 	3.8 Undisclosed Liabilities
	 	 	11	 
	 

	 	3.9 Tax Matters
	 	 	12	 
	 

	 	3.10 Assets
	 	 	12	 
	 

	 	3.11 Owned Real Property
	 	 	12	 

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	 	3.12 Intellectual Property
	 	 	12	 
	 

	 	3.13 Real Property Leases
	 	 	13	 
	 

	 	3.14 Contracts
	 	 	14	 
	 

	 	3.15 Insurance
	 	 	15	 
	 

	 	3.16 Litigation
	 	 	16	 
	 

	 	3.17 Legal Compliance; Restrictions on Business Activities
	 	 	16	 
	 

	 	3.18 Employees
	 	 	17	 
	 

	 	3.19 Employee Benefits
	 	 	17	 
	 

	 	3.20 Permits
	 	 	19	 
	 

	 	3.21 Brokers’ Fees
	 	 	19	 
	 

	 	3.22 Books and Records
	 	 	19	 
	 

	 	3.23 Banking Relationships and Investments
	 	 	19	 
	 

	 	3.24 Environmental Protection
	 	 	19	 
	 

	 	3.25 Dissenting Shares
	 	 	20	 
	 

	 	3.26 Company Action
	 	 	20	 
	 

	 	3.27 Access to Information
	 	 	20	 
	 

	 	3.28 Disclosure
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE TARGET AND THE MERGER SUB	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	4.1 Organization
	 	 	21	 
	 

	 	4.2 Capitalization
	 	 	21	 
	 

	 	4.3 Authorization of Transaction
	 	 	22	 
	 

	 	4.4 Noncontravention
	 	 	22	 
	 

	 	4.5 Reports and Financial Statements
	 	 	23	 
	 

	 	4.6 Undisclosed Liabilities
	 	 	23	 
	 

	 	4.7 Litigation
	 	 	23	 
	 

	 	4.8 Legal Compliance; Restrictions on Business Activities
	 	 	23	 
	 

	 	4.9 Merger Shares
	 	 	24	 
	 

	 	4.10 Business of the Merger Sub
	 	 	24	 
	 

	 	4.11 Company Action
	 	 	24	 
	 

	 	4.12 Absence of Certain Changes
	 	 	25	 

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	 	4.13 Brokers’ Fees
	 	 	25	 
	 

	 	4.14 Qualification as a Reorganization
	 	 	25	 
	 

	 	4.15 Disclosure
	 	 	25	 
	 

	 	4.16 Absence of Plans
	 	 	25	 
	 

	 	4.17 Tax Matters
	 	 	26	 
	 

	 	4.18 Assets
	 	 	26	 
	 

	 	4.19 Owned Real Property
	 	 	27	 
	 

	 	4.20 Intellectual Property
	 	 	27	 
	 

	 	4.21 Permits
	 	 	27	 
	 

	 	4.22 Access to Information
	 	 	27	 
	 

	 	4.23 Books and Records
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V COVENANTS	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	5.1 Best Efforts
	 	 	28	 
	 

	 	5.2 Securities Laws
	 	 	28	 
	 

	 	5.3 Reorganization
	 	 	29	 
	 

	 	5.4 Reasonable Commercial Efforts and Further Assurances
	 	 	29	 
	 

	 	5.5 Indemnification
	 	 	29	 
	 

	 	5.6 Officers and Directors of Target
	 	 	29	 
	 

	 	5.7 Compensation of Certain Officers and Directors
	 	 	29	 
	 

	 	5.8 Employment of Jesus Mena
	 	 	30	 
	 

	 	5.9 Incentive Compensation Plans
	 	 	30	 
	 

	 	5.10 Registration of Shares of Target Stock
	 	 	30	 
	 

	 	5.11 Filing of NASD Form 211
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION OF MERGER	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	6.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations
	 	 	31	 
	 

	 	6.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Target and the Merger Sub
	 	 	31	 
	 

	 	6.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company
	 	 	33	 
	 

	 	6.4 Certain Waivers
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE
	 	VII TERMINATION; INDEMNIFICATION
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	7.1 Termination of Agreement
	 	 	34	 
	 

	 	7.2 Effect of Termination
	 	 	34	 

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	 	7.3 Amendment
	 	 	34	 
	 

	 	7.4 Extension, Waiver
	 	 	34	 
	 

	 	7.5 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants
	 	 	35	 
	 

	 	7.6 Indemnification of Target
	 	 	35	 
	 

	 	7.7 Indemnification of Company
	 	 	35	 
	 

	 	7.8 General Notice and Procedural Requirements for Indemnity Claims
	 	 	36	 
	 

	 	7.9 Notice and Procedural Requirements for Third Party Claims
	 	 	36	 
	 

	 	7.10 Notice and Procedural Requirements for Direct Claims
	 	 	38	 
	 

	 	7.11 Maximum Liability
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	8.1 No Third Party Beneficiaries
	 	 	38	 
	 

	 	8.2 Entire Agreement
	 	 	38	 
	 

	 	8.3 Succession and Assignment
	 	 	38	 
	 

	 	8.4 Public Announcement
	 	 	39	 
	 

	 	8.5 Confidentiality
	 	 	39	 
	 

	 	8.6 Counterparts, Facsimile Signatures
	 	 	39	 
	 

	 	8.7 Headings
	 	 	39	 
	 

	 	8.8 Notices
	 	 	39	 
	 

	 	8.9 Governing Law
	 	 	41	 
	 

	 	8.10 Severability
	 	 	41	 
	 

	 	8.11 Expenses; Attorney’s Fees
	 	 	41	 
	 

	 	8.12 Disclosure Letters
	 	 	41	 
	 

	 	8.13 Construction
	 	 	42	 
	 

	 	8.14 Incorporation of Exhibits and Schedules
	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	List of Exhibits	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Exhibit A – Financial Statements	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Exhibit B – Officers and Directors of Target After the Merger	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Exhibit C – Form of Registration Rights Agreement	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Exhibit D – Form of Opinion of Seyfarth Shaw LLP	 	 	 	 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

     THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) entered into as of October 24, 2006, by
and among BLACK NICKEL ACQUISITION CORP. I, a Delaware corporation (the “Target”), INFERX
ACQUISITION CORP., a Virginia corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Target (the “Merger
Sub”), and INFERX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”). The Target, the Merger Sub
and the Company each, individually, a “Party” or, collectively, the “Parties.”

RECITALS

     WHEREAS, this Agreement contemplates a merger of the Merger Sub with and into the Company (the
“Merger”) in a transaction that is intended to qualify, for federal income tax purposes, as a
reverse triangular merger under Section 368(a)(2)(E) of the Code (as defined below), in which the
stockholders of the Company will receive capital stock of the Target in exchange for their shares
of capital stock of the Company.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties,
agreements and covenants herein contained, and for good and other valuable consideration, the
receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:

ARTICLE I

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

     The following terms undefined in the text of this Agreement shall have the following meanings:

     “Business Day” shall mean any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks
located in Washington, D.C. shall be authorized or required by law to close.

     “Closing Documents” shall mean documents, certificates or other instruments delivered or to be
delivered by or on behalf of the Company at the Closing pursuant to Article VI, the Schedules and
Exhibits of this Agreement.

     “Code” shall mean United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     “Company Disclosure Letter” shall have the meaning set forth in Article II of this Agreement.

     “Company Shares” shall mean all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company, consisting of 2,952.68 shares of common stock, no par value.

     “Dissenting Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.15 of this Agreement.

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     “Employee Benefit Plan” shall mean any “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section
3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended), any “employee welfare
benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), and any other written or oral plan, agreement
or arrangement involving direct or indirect compensation, including, without limitation, insurance
coverage, severance benefits, disability benefits, deferred compensation, bonuses, options, or
other forms of incentive compensation or post-retirement compensation.

     “ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any entity which is a member of (i) a controlled group of
corporations (as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code), (ii) a group of trades or businesses under
common control (as defined in Section 414(c) of the Code), or (iii) an affiliated service group (as
defined under Section 414(m) of the Code or the regulations under Section 414(o) of the Code), any
of which includes the Company.

     “GAAP” shall mean Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

     “Governmental Entity” shall mean any court, arbitration tribunal, administrative agency or
commission or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency.

     “including”, “include”, “includes”, shall be construed as if followed by the phrase “without
limitation”.

     “Intellectual Property” shall mean all intellectual property that the Company owns or uses in
the conduct of its business, as it is currently conducted, including, but not limited to, (i) all
United States and foreign patents (both issued and applied for) listed on the Company Disclosure
Letter, (ii) all trademarks, trade names, service marks, copyrights, and all applications for such
trademarks, trade names, service marks and copyrights, and all patent rights in each case listed on
the Company Disclosure Letter, and (iii) all trade secrets, schematics, technology, know-how,
computer software programs or applications and tangible or intangible proprietary information or
material, and all third-party issued United States and foreign patents, patent rights and patent
applications (excluding packaged commercially available licensed software programs sold to the
public).

     “knowledge” shall mean, (a) when made with reference to the Company, the actual knowledge of
the executive officers of the Company, and (b) when made with reference to the Target, the actual
knowledge of the executive officers of the Target.

     “Material Adverse Effect” when used in connection with an entity means any change, event,
circumstance or effect whether or not such change, event, circumstance or effect is caused by or
arises in connection with a breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of such
entity in this Agreement that is or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the business,
assets (including intangible assets), capitalization, financial condition, operations or results of
operations, employees, or prospects of such entity taken as a whole with its subsidiaries, except
to the extent that any such change, event, circumstance or effect results from (i) changes in
general economic conditions, (ii) changes affecting the industry generally in which such entity
operates (provided that such changes do not affect such entity in a substantially disproportionate
manner), or (iii) changes in the trading prices for such entity’s capital stock.

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     “Merger Shares” shall mean Target Stock issued to the Company’s stockholders in consideration
for the conversion of the Company Shares as a result of the Merger. The maximum number of Merger
Shares issuable in connection with the Merger is 5,600,000 shares of Target Stock, that shall
equal no less than 82% of the Target’s issued and outstanding shares of capital stock immediately
after the consummation of the Merger and prior to the initial closing of the Private Placement.

     “Merger Sub Common Stock” shall mean the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Merger Sub.

     “Permits” shall mean all permits, licenses, registrations, certificates, orders or approvals
received from any Governmental Entity (including, without limitation, those issued or required
under applicable export laws or regulations).

     “Person” or “person” shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership, trust or incorporated organization.

     “Private Placement” shall mean a private placement offering pursuant to which the Target
intends to raise a minimum of $250,000 and up to a maximum of $1,500,000, pursuant to the sale of
its equity securities, and which the initial closing of such offering is to be closed immediately
after the closing of the Merger. The consummation of the Merger is one of the conditions to the
initial closing of the Private Placement.

     “Security Interest” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, charge,
or other lien (whether arising by contract or by operation of law), other than (i) mechanic’s,
materialmen’s, and similar liens, (ii) liens arising under worker’s compensation, unemployment
insurance, social security, retirement, and similar legislation, (iii) liens on goods in transit
incurred pursuant to documentary letters of credit, in each case arising in the ordinary course of
business of the Company and not material to the Company, and (iv) liens for current Taxes that are
being contested in good faith.

     “Target Stock” shall mean common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Target. It is
understood and agreed that the Merger Shares issued in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be shares of common stock of the Target that have not been
registered under the Securities Act.

     “Taxes” shall mean all taxes, charges, fees, levies or other similar assessments or
liabilities, including, without limitation, income, gross receipts, ad valorem, premium,
value-added, excise, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, withholding,
employment, payroll and franchise taxes imposed by the United States of America or any state, local
or foreign government, or any agency thereof, or other political subdivision of the United States
or any such government, and any interest, fines, penalties, assessments or additions to tax
resulting from, attributable to or incurred in connection with any tax or any contest or dispute
thereof and any amounts of Taxes of another person that the Company or any subsidiary thereof is
liable to pay by law or otherwise.

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     “Tax Returns” means all reports, returns, declarations, statements or other information
supplied or required to be supplied to a taxing authority in connection with Taxes including,
without limitation, any schedules, attachments or amendments thereto.

     “Third Party Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean all material written licenses,
sublicenses and other agreements as to which the Company is a party and pursuant to which the
Company is authorized to use any third party patents, patent rights, trademarks, service marks,
trade secrets or copyrights, including software which is used in the business of the Company or
which form a part of any existing product or service of the Company, excluding commercially
available licensed software programs sold to the public.

ARTICLE II

THE TRANSACTION

     2.1 The Merger.

     Upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Merger Sub shall merge with
and into the Company (such merger is referred to herein as the “Merger”) at the Effective Time.
From and after the Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of the Merger Sub shall cease
and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving
Corporation”). The Surviving Corporation shall be operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Target. The “Effective Time” shall be the time at which the Articles of Merger of the Company and
the Merger Sub (the “Articles of Merger”), prepared and executed in accordance with the relevant
provisions of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the
“VSCA”), is filed with and accepted by the Office of the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission
of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Merger shall have the effects specified in this Agreement,
the Articles of Merger and the applicable provisions of the VCSA. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all of the property, rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and the Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving
Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Company and the Merger Sub shall become
the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.

     2.2 Consideration; Conversion of Company Shares.

     (a) In the event that all of the Company Shares are converted as a result of the Merger, the
holders of the Company Shares will be issued an aggregate of 5,600,000 shares of Target Stock as
determined pursuant to Section 2(b) hereafter.

     (b) At the Effective Time and without any further action on the part of the Target, the
Company or any other Person, each of the Company Shares outstanding as of immediately prior to the
Effective Time (other than any Company Shares that are Dissenting Shares) shall be converted into
the right to receive 1,896.58 shares of Target Stock (the “Merger Shares”).

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     (c) Within ten (10) days after the Closing Date, the Target shall deliver to the stockholders
of the Company in connection with the Merger and in consideration for the conversion of the Company
Shares, stock certificates representing the Merger Shares issued in the names of such stockholders
and in the amounts set forth in Schedule I.

     (d) If any of the certificates issuable with respect to the Merger Shares are to be issued in
the name of a person other than a stockholder of record of the Company, it shall be a condition to
the issuance of such Merger Shares that (A) the request shall be in writing and properly documented
(e.g., assigned, endorsed or accompanied by appropriate stock powers), (B) such transfer
shall otherwise be proper and in accordance with all applicable federal and state laws, rules,
regulations or orders, and (C) the person requesting such transfer shall pay to the Target any
transfer or other taxes payable by reason of the foregoing or establish to the satisfaction of the
Target that such taxes have been paid or are not required to be paid. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, none of the Target, the Company or any of their affiliates, subsidiaries, directors,
officers, agents and employees shall be liable to a stockholder for any Merger Shares issued to
such stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.2(d) that are delivered to a public official pursuant
to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws.

     (e) In the event any stock certificate representing any Company Shares shall have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, the Board of Directors of the Target may, in its sole discretion and as
condition precedent to the issuance of the Merger Shares in consideration therefor pursuant to this
Agreement, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed stock certificate to submit to the
Target an affidavit stating that such stock certificate was lost, stolen or destroyed and to give
the Target an indemnity in customary form against any claim that may be made against the Target
with respect to the stock certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

     2.3 The Closing.

     The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take
place at the Washington, DC offices of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, on or before October 24, 2006 or, if all
of the conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby have not been satisfied or waived by such date, on the third Business Day after the
satisfaction or waiver of all conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby (other than those conditions which by their terms can only be
satisfied on the date of the Closing) (the “Closing Date”). If the Closing is consummated, the
Target, the Merger Sub and the Company will be deemed to have waived any of the conditions set
forth in Article VI to the extent not satisfied at or prior to the Closing.

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     2.4 Actions at the Closing.

     (a) The Company shall deliver the following to the Target: (i) certificates representing the
Company Shares, accompanied by stock powers duly executed in blank or duly executed instruments of
transfer and any other documents that are necessary to transfer to the Target good and valid title
to the Company Shares free and clear of all liens; and (ii) the various certificates, instruments
and documents referred to in Section 6.2 to be delivered by the Company. All certificates
representing the Company Shares surrendered to the Target shall be canceled after such delivery.
Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.4, each such certificate representing Company
Shares (other than any certificate representing Dissenting Shares) shall be deemed, from and after
the Effective Time, to represent only the right to receive the applicable Merger Shares in
accordance with this Agreement.

     (b) The Target shall deliver the following to the Company: (i) certificates representing the
Merger Shares in accordance with Section 2.2; and (ii) the various certificates, instruments and
documents referred to in Section 6.3 to be delivered by the Target or the Merger Sub.

     2.5 Effect on Capital Stock.

     (a) At the Effective Time, the Company Shares shall, except for with respect to any Dissenting
Shares, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holder
thereof, automatically be canceled and extinguished and converted into the right to receive the
Merger Shares.

     (b) At the Effective Time, each share of the Merger Sub Common Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and exchanged for one validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Surviving Corporation.

     (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no fractional shares of Target Stock shall be issued as
part of the Merger Shares. All shares of Target Stock issued to the holders of the Company Shares
at the Effective Time pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.

     (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amounts shall be payable at or after the Effective Time
with respect to any Dissenting Shares (as defined in 2.15) or any shares of Company Shares with
respect to which dissenters’ rights have not terminated. In the case of Dissenting Shares, payment
shall be made in accordance with 2.15 and the VSCA. In the case of any shares with respect to
which dissenters’ rights have not terminated as of the Effective Time, if such Company Shares
become Dissenting Shares, payment shall be made in accordance with 2.15 and the VSCA, and if,
instead, the dissenters’ rights with respect to such Company Shares irrevocably terminate after the
Effective Time, such shares shall be entitled only to receive the applicable Merger Shares upon
delivery of the Certificate(s) representing the applicable Company Shares.

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     2.6 [Removed and reserved].

     2.7 Certificate Legends.

     The Merger Shares to be issued pursuant to this Article II shall not have been registered and
shall be characterized as “restricted securities” under the federal securities laws, and under such
laws such shares may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain
limited circumstances. Each certificate evidencing Merger Shares to be issued pursuant to this
Article II shall bear the following legend:

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. SUCH SHARES MAY NOT BE
SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION WITHOUT AN
EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN OPINION OF LEGAL COUNSEL REASONABLY
ACCEPTABLE TO INFERX CORPORATION THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

     2.8 Certificate of Incorporation.

     At the Effective Time, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation until hereafter amended as provided by the VSCA.

     2.9 Bylaws.

     The Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be the same as the Bylaws of the Company
immediately prior to the Effective Time.

     2.10 Directors and Officers.

     The directors of the Company shall become the directors of the Surviving Corporation
immediately after the Effective Time. The officers of the Company shall become the officers of the
Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time, retaining their respective positions.
In addition, the officers and directors of the Company shall be appointed as officers and directors
of the Target immediately after the Effective Time and shall hold office until such time as their
successors are elected and qualified.

     2.11 Closing of Transfer Books.

     At the Effective Time, each of the holders of the Company Shares shall cease to have any
rights as a stockholder of the Company (except as set forth in this Agreement with respect to the
Merger Shares), and the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed with respect to all
Company Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. No further transfer of any
such Company Shares shall be made on such stock transfer books after the Effective Time. If, after
the Effective Time, a valid certificate previously representing any Company Shares is presented to
the Target, such certificate shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II.

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     2.12 Tax and Accounting Consequences.

     It is intended by the parties hereto that the Merger shall constitute a reverse triangular
merger reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(2)(E) of the Code.

     2.13 Additional Action.

     The Surviving Corporation may, at any time after the Effective Time, take any action,
including executing and delivering any document, in the name and on behalf of the Company,
necessary to consummate the Merger and confirm the effectiveness of the Merger, so long as such
action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.

     2.14 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action.

     If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to
carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right,
title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the
Company and the Merger Sub, the officers and directors of the Company and the Merger Sub are fully
authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all
such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.

     2.15 Dissenters’ Rights.

     Company Shares that have not been voted for approval of this Agreement or consented thereto in
writing and with respect to which a demand for payment and appraisal have been properly made in
accordance with the VSCA (“Dissenting Shares”) will not be converted into the right to receive the
Merger Shares otherwise payable with respect to such Company Shares at or after the Effective Time,
but will be converted into the right to receive from the Surviving Corporation such consideration
as may be determined to be due with respect to such Dissenting Shares pursuant to the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia. If a holder of Dissenting Shares (a “Dissenting Stockholder”) withdraws
his or her demand for such payment and appraisal or becomes ineligible for such payment and
appraisal, then, as of the Effective Time or the occurrence of such event of withdrawal or
ineligibility, whichever last occurs, such holder’s Dissenting Shares will cease to be Dissenting
Shares and will be converted into the right to receive, and will be exchangeable for, the Merger
Shares in accordance with Section 2.2 of this Agreement. The Company will give Target and Merger
Sub prompt notice of any demand received by the Company from a holder of Dissenting Shares for
appraisal of such Dissenting Stockholder’s Company Shares, and Target shall have the right to
participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demand. The Company agrees
that, except with the prior written consent of Target, or as required under the VSCA, it will not
voluntarily make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer or agree to settle, any such
demand for appraisal. Each Dissenting Stockholder who, pursuant to the provisions of the VSCA,
becomes entitled to payment of the value of the Dissenting Shares will receive payment therefor but
only after the value therefor has been agreed upon or finally determined pursuant to such
provisions. Any portion of the Merger Shares that would otherwise have been payable with respect
to Dissenting Shares if such Company Shares were not Dissenting Shares will be retained by Target.

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ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

     Except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter attached to this Agreement (the “Company
Disclosure Letter”), the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Target and the Merger Sub as
follows:

     3.1 Organization, Qualification and Corporate Power.

          The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in corporate good standing
under the laws of the State of Virginia. The Company is duly qualified to conduct business and is
in corporate good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the nature of its
businesses or the ownership or leasing of its properties requires such qualification, except where
the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company. The Company has the corporate power and authority to carry on the businesses in which it
is engaged and to own and use the properties owned and used by it. The Company has furnished or
made available to the Target true and complete copies of its Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws, each as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (hereinafter the “Company Charter” and
“Bylaws”, respectively). The Company is not in default under or in violation of any provision of
the Company Charter or Bylaws.

     3.2 Capitalization.

          The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 5,000 shares of capital stock, all of
which are designated as Common Stock, no par value, and of which 2,952.68 shares are issued and
outstanding. Section 3.2 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete and accurate list
of all stockholders of the Company, indicating the number of Company shares held by each
stockholder and their respective addresses. All issued and outstanding shares of the Company stock
have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable. All of the
outstanding shares of common stock and other outstanding securities of the Company have been duly
and validly issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. There are no outstanding
or authorized subscriptions, options, warrants, plans or, except for this Agreement and as
contemplated by this Agreement, other agreements or rights of any kind to purchase or otherwise
receive or be issued, or securities or obligations of any kind convertible into, any shares of
capital stock or other securities of the Company, and there are no dividends which have accrued or
been declared but are unpaid on the capital stock of the Company. There are no outstanding or
authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock or similar rights with respect to the Company. All of
the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock are free and clear of any liens,
pledges, encumbrances, charges, agreements adversely effecting title to such shares or claims
(other than those created by virtue of this Agreement or by the Target), and the certificates
evidencing the ownership of such shares are in proper form for the enforcement of the rights and
limitations of rights pertaining to said shares which are set forth in the Company Charter and
Bylaws. All securities issued by the Company through the date of this Agreement have been issued
in compliance with all federal and state securities laws including, without limitation, applicable
exemptions from any requirements for registration or qualification.

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     3.3 Authorization of Transaction.

          Subject to the Company Stockholder Approval (as defined below) of the Merger and this
Agreement, the Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and,
subject to the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger by at least two-thirds of
the votes represented by the outstanding Company Shares entitled to vote on this Agreement and the
Merger, voting in accordance with the corporate laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the
Company Charter (the “Company Stockholder Approval”), the performance by the Company of this
Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been
duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. This
Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Target and the Merger Sub, constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally, and except that the availability of equitable remedies, including specific performance,
is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

     3.4 Noncontravention.

          Subject to receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, compliance with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws and the filing of the
Articles of Merger as required by the Commonwealth of Virginia, neither the execution and delivery
of this Agreement by the Company, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby, will: (a) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company Charter or the
Bylaws; (b) require on the part of the Company any filing with, or any permit, authorization,
consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity, other than (i) those required solely by reason of
the Target’s or the Merger Sub’s participation in the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) those
required to be made by the Target or the Merger Sub, and (iii) any filing, permit, authorization,
consent or approval which if not made or obtained would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company; (c) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse
of time or both) a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to
accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any
contract listed in Section 3.4 of the Company Disclosure Letter, except for any conflict, breach,
default, acceleration, right to accelerate, termination, modification, cancellation, notice,
consent or waiver that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company; (d) result in the imposition of any Security Interest upon any assets of the Company; or
(e) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the
Company, any of its properties or assets, other than such conflicts, violations, defaults,
breaches, cancellations or accelerations referred to in clauses (a) through (e) (inclusive) hereof
which would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

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     3.5 Subsidiaries.

          The Company does not have any direct or indirect subsidiaries or any equity interest in any
other firm, corporation, membership, joint venture, association or other business organization.

     3.6 Financial Statements.

     Attached as Exhibit A is the unaudited balance sheet, statement of operations and
statement of cash flows as of June 30, 2006 (the “Balance Sheet Date”) and audited balance sheets,
statements of operations and statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2005 and
2004. Such financial statements (collectively, the “Financial Statements”) have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, fairly
and accurately present the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company
as of the respective dates thereof and for the periods referred to therein and are consistent with
the books and records of the Company; provided, however, that the Financial
Statements referred to above are subject to normal recurring year-end adjustments (which will not
in the aggregate be material).

     3.7 Absence of Certain Changes.

     Since the Balance Sheet Date, the Company has conducted its business as ordinarily conducted
consistent with past practice and there has not occurred any change, event or condition (whether or
not covered by insurance) that has resulted in, or would reasonably be expected to result in any
Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

     3.8 Undisclosed Liabilities.

     The Company has no liability (whether known or unknown, whether absolute or contingent,
whether liquidated or unliquidated and whether due or to become due), except for (a) liabilities
accrued, reflected, reserved against on the Financial Statements, (b) liabilities which have arisen
since the Balance Sheet Date, in the ordinary course of business, (c) contractual or statutory
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (d) liabilities which would not have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

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     3.9 Tax Matters.

     The Company has timely (taking into account extensions of time to file) filed all Tax Returns
that it was required to file and all such Tax Returns were correct and complete in all material
respects. All Taxes that the Company is or was required by law to withhold or collect have been
duly withheld or collected and, to the extent required, have been paid to the proper Governmental
Entity or deposited in accordance with the law.

     3.10 Assets.

     The Company has good and marketable title to or, in the case of leased assets, a valid
leasehold interest in, all tangible assets necessary for the conduct of its businesses as presently
conducted. No asset of the Company (tangible or intangible) is subject to any Security Interest.
All machinery and equipment is in good condition and repair, normal wear and tear excepted. All
leases of personal property to which the Company is a party are fully effective and afford the
Company peaceful and undisturbed possession of the subject matter of the lease. The Company is not
in violation of any zoning, building, safety or environmental ordinance, regulation or requirement
or other law or rule applicable to the operation of the owned or leased assets (the violation of
which would have a Material Adverse Effect on its business), nor has the Company received any
written notice of violation with which it has not complied.

     3.11 Owned Real Property.

     The Company does not own any real property.

     3.12 Intellectual Property.

     Section 3.12 of the Company Disclosure Letter is a true and complete list of (i) all
Intellectual Property presently owned or held by the Company and (ii) any license agreements under
which Company has access to any confidential information used by the Company in its business (such
licenses and agreements, collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary for the
conduct of the Company’s business as conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted by the
Company. The Company owns, or has the right to use, free and clear of all Security Interests, all
of the Intellectual Property and the Intellectual Property Rights. There are no outstanding
options, licenses or agreements of any kind relating to the Intellectual Property and the
Intellectual Property Rights, nor is the Company bound by or a party to any options, licenses or
agreements of any kind with respect to any of the Intellectual Property, the Intellectual Property
Rights and the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets,
licenses, information and other proprietary rights and processes of any other person or entity
other than such licenses or agreements arising from the purchase of “off the shelf” or standard
products. The Company has not received any communications alleging that the Company has violated
or, by conducting its business as conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted by the
Company, violates any Third Party Intellectual Property Rights and to the Company’s knowledge, the
business as conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted by the Company will not cause the
Company to infringe or violate any Third Party Intellectual Property Rights.

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There is no defect in
the title to any of the Intellectual Property or, to the extent that the Company has title to
Intellectual Property Rights to any Intellectual Property Rights. To the Company’s knowledge, no
officer, employee or director is obligated under any contract (including any license, covenant or
commitment of any nature) or other agreement, or subject to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or administrative agency, that would conflict or interfere with the performance of such
person’s duties as an officer, employee or director of the Company, the use of such person’s best
efforts to promote the interests of the Company or the Company’s business as conducted or as
currently proposed to be conducted by the Company. No prior employer of any current or former
employee of the Company has any right, title or interest in the Intellectual Property and to the
Company’s knowledge, no person or entity has any right, title or interest in any Intellectual
Property. It is not and will not be with respect to the business as currently proposed to be
conducted necessary for the Company to use any inventions of any of its employees made prior to
their employment by the Company.

     3.13 Real Property Leases.

     Section 3.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all real property leased or subleased to
the Company. The Company has delivered or made available to the Target correct and complete copies
of the leases and subleases (as amended to date) listed in Section 3.13 of the Company Disclosure
Letter. With respect to each lease and sublease listed in Section 3.13 of the Company Disclosure
Letter:

     (a) the lease or sublease is legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect
with respect to the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, is legal, valid, binding, enforceable
and in full force and effect with respect to each other party thereto, and will continue to be so
following the Closing in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect prior to the Closing (in
each case except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights
generally, and except that the availability of equitable remedies, including specific performance,
is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought);

     (b) the Company is not in breach or default under any such lease or sublease and, to the
Company’s knowledge, no other party to the lease or sublease is in breach or default, and, no event
has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time, would constitute a breach or default or permit
termination, modification, or acceleration thereunder;

     (c) there are no oral agreements or forbearance programs in effect as to the lease or
sublease;

     (d) the Company has not received any written notice of any dispute with regards to any lease
or sublease; and

     (e) the Company has not assigned, transferred, conveyed, mortgaged, deeded in trust or
encumbered any interest in the leasehold or subleasehold.

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     3.14 Contracts.

     Section 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter lists the following written arrangements
(including, without limitation, written agreements) to which the Company is a party:

     (a) any written arrangement (or group of related written arrangements) for the lease of
personal property from or to third parties providing for lease payments in excess of $25,000 per
annum including such lease arrangements with purchase commitments or similar obligations known to
the Company other than those listed pursuant to Section 3.14 in excess of $25,000;

     (b) any written arrangement (or group other than Reseller Agreements) of related written
arrangements) for the licensing or distribution of software, products or other personal property or
for the furnishing or receipt of services, (i) which involves more than the sum of $25,000 per
annum, (ii) in which the Company has granted rights to license, sublicense or copy, “most favored
nation” pricing provisions or exclusive marketing or distribution rights relating to any products
or territory or has agreed to purchase a minimum quantity of goods or services or has agreed to
purchase goods or services exclusively from a certain party, and (iii) which calls for performance
by the Company that as of the date hereof has not been fully completed;

     (c) any written arrangement establishing a partnership or joint venture;

     (d) any written arrangement (or group of related written arrangements) under which it has
created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed (or may create, incur, assume or guarantee) indebtedness
(including capitalized lease obligations) involving more than $25,000 or under which it has imposed
(or may impose) a Security Interest on any of its assets, tangible or intangible;

     (e) a list of all parties to any written arrangement concerning confidentiality,
non-disclosure or noncompetition;

     (f) any written arrangement involving any of the stockholders of the Company or their
affiliates, as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”) (“Affiliates”);

     (g) any written arrangement under which the consequences of a default or termination could
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company;

     (h) any other written arrangement (or group of related written arrangements) either (i)
involving (A) more than $25,000 and (B) performance by the Company that as of the date hereof has
not been fully completed, or (ii) not entered into in the ordinary course of business;

     (i) any written arrangement under which the Company provides maintenance or support services
to any third party with regard to the Company’s products and any written arrangement containing a
commitment by the Company to provide support for any such products for more than one year from the
date of this Agreement involving, in each case, more than $25,000 (other than arrangements which by
their terms permit the customer to extend such services after the expiration of the initial one
year term or Reseller Agreements);

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     (j) any written arrangement by which the Company has agreed to make available any consulting,
enablement consulting, or education services (i) having a value in excess of $25,000 and (ii)
providing for performance by the Company that as of the date hereof has not been fully completed;
and

     (k) any other material contract or agreement as such terms are defined in Regulation S-K
promulgated under the Securities Act, to which the Company is a party.

     The Company has delivered to or made available to the Target a correct and complete copy of
each written arrangement. With respect to each such written arrangement so listed: (i) the written
arrangement is legal, valid, binding and enforceable and in full force and effect with respect to
the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the written arrangement is legal, valid, binding and
is enforceable and in full force and effect with respect to each other party thereto (in each case
except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights
generally, and except that the availability of equitable remedies, including specific performance,
is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought);
(ii) the written arrangement will continue to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable and in full
force and effect against the Company, and to the Company’s knowledge against each other party
thereto, immediately following the Closing in accordance with the terms thereof (in each case
except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights
generally, and except that the availability of equitable remedies, including specific performance,
is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought) as
in effect prior to the Closing; and (iii) the Company is not in breach or default, and, to the
Company’s knowledge, no other party thereto is in breach or default, and no event has occurred
which with notice or lapse of time would constitute a breach or default or permit termination,
modification, or acceleration, under the written arrangement; except, in each case, for breaches,
defaults and events that would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company is
not a party to any oral contract, agreement or other arrangement which, if reduced to written form,
would be required to be listed in Section 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter under the terms of
this Section 3.14.

     3.15 Insurance.

     Section 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter lists each insurance policy (including fire,
theft, casualty, general liability, director and officer, workers compensation, business
interruption, environmental, product liability and automobile insurance policies and bond and
surety arrangements) to which the Company is a party, a named insured, or otherwise the beneficiary
of coverage at any time within the past year. Section 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter lists
each person or entity required to be listed as an additional insured under each such policy. Each
such policy is in full force and effect and by its terms and with the payment of the requisite
premiums thereon will continue to be in full force and effect following the Closing.

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     The Company is not in breach or default, and does not anticipate being in breach or default
after Closing (including with respect to the payment of premiums or the giving of notices) under
any such policy, and no event has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time, would
constitute such a breach or default or permit termination, modification or acceleration, under such
policy; except for any breach, default, event, termination, modification or acceleration that would
not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company; and the Company has not received any written
notice or to the Company’s knowledge, oral notice, from the insurer disclaiming coverage or
reserving rights with respect to a particular claim or such policy in general. The Company has not
incurred any material loss, damage, expense or liability covered by any such insurance policy for
which it has not properly asserted a claim under such policy.

     3.16 Litigation.

     (a) There are no: (i) unsatisfied judgments, orders, decrees, stipulations or injunctions; or
(ii) claims, complaints, actions, suits, proceedings or hearings or, to the Company’s knowledge,
investigations in or before any Governmental Entity or any arbitrator or to the Company’s knowledge
expected to be before any Governmental Entity or any arbitrator; to which the Company, any officer,
director, employee or agent of the Company (in such person’s capacity as an officer, director,
employee or agent of the Company and not personally) is or was (for the two years prior to and
including the date hereof) a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened to be made a
party.

     (b) There are no material agreements or other documents or instruments settling any claim,
complaint, action, suit or other proceeding against the Company.

     3.17 Legal Compliance; Restrictions on Business Activities.

     The Company and the conduct and operation of its business are in material compliance with each
law (including rules, regulations and requirements thereunder) of any federal, state, local or
foreign government or any Governmental Entity which (a) affects or relates to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby or (b) is applicable to the Company or its business, except where
such non-compliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company. There is no agreement, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company
which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing
any current or future business practice of the Company, as currently contemplated by the Company,
and any acquisition of property of the Company or the conduct of business by the Company as
currently conducted or proposed to be conducted.

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     3.18 Employees.

     (a) To the Company’s knowledge, no employee has any plans to terminate employment with the
Company within six months of the date hereof. The Company is not a party to or bound by any
collective bargaining agreement, nor has it experienced any material strikes, grievances, claims of
unfair labor practices or other collective bargaining disputes. The Company has no knowledge of
any organizational effort made or threatened, either currently or within the past two years, by or
on behalf of any labor union with respect to employees of the Company. The Company is in
compliance in all material respects with all currently applicable laws and regulations respecting
wages, hours, occupational safety, or health, fair employment practices, and discrimination in
employment terms and conditions, and is not engaged in any unfair labor practice except, in each
case, where such practice or failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. There are no pending claims against the Company under any workers compensation
plan or policy or for long term disability. There are no proceedings pending or, to the Company’s
knowledge, threatened, between the Company and its employees, which proceedings have or would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

     (b) Section 3.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a list of employees whose
employment has been terminated by the Company in the ninety (90) days prior to Closing; including
the name, address, date and reason for such termination.

     3.19 Employee Benefits.

     (a) Section 3.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a complete and accurate list of
all Employee Benefit Plans maintained, or contributed to, by the Company, or any ERISA Affiliate.
Complete and accurate copies of (i) all such Employee Benefit Plans which have been reduced to
writing, (ii) written summaries of all such unwritten Employee Benefit Plans, (iii) all related
trust agreements, insurance contracts and summary plan descriptions and (iv) all annual reports
filed on IRS Form 5500, 5500C or 5500R for the last three plan years (or such shorter period with
respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has an obligation file Form 5500) for each
Employee Benefit Plan, have been delivered or made available to the Target. Each Employee Benefit
Plan has been administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and each of the
Company, and the ERISA Affiliates has met its obligations in all material respects with respect to
such Employee Benefit Plan
and has made all required contributions thereto within the time frames as prescribed by ERISA
and the Code. The Company and all Employee Benefit Plans are in material compliance with the
currently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the regulations thereunder.

     (b) To the Company’s knowledge, there are no investigations by any Governmental Entity,
termination proceedings or other claims (except claims for benefits payable in the normal operation
of the Employee Benefit Plans and proceedings with respect to qualified domestic relations orders),
suits or proceedings against or involving any Employee Benefit Plan or asserting any rights or
claims to benefits under any Employee Benefit Plan that could give rise to any material liability.

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     (c) All the Employee Benefit Plans that are intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of
the Code have received determination letters from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that
such Employee Benefit Plans are qualified and the plans and the trusts related thereto are exempt
from federal income taxes under Sections 401(a) and 501(a), respectively, of the Code, or the
remedial amendment period for requesting such determination has not yet expired, no such
determination letter has been revoked and revocation has not been threatened, and no such Employee
Benefit Plan has been amended since the date of its most recent determination letter or application
therefor in any respect, and no act or omission has occurred, that would adversely affect its
qualification.

     (d) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained an Employee Benefit Plan
subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA.

     (e) At no time has the Company or any ERISA Affiliate been obligated to contribute to any
“multi-employer plan” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).

     (f) There are no unfunded obligations under any Employee Benefit Plan providing benefits after
termination of employment to any employee of the Company (or to any beneficiary of any such
employee), including but not limited to retiree health coverage and deferred compensation, but
excluding continuation of health coverage required to be continued under Section 4980B of the Code
and insurance conversion privileges under federal or state law.

     (g) No act or omission has occurred and no condition exists with respect to any Employee
Benefit Plan maintained by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that would subject the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate to any material fine, penalty, tax or liability of any kind imposed under ERISA or
the Code.

     (h) No Employee Benefit Plan is funded by, associated with, or related to a “voluntary
employee’s beneficiary association” within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of the Code.

     (i) No Employee Benefit Plan, plan documentation or agreement, summary plan description or
other written communication distributed generally to employees by its terms prohibits the Company
from amending or terminating any such Employee Benefit Plan.

     (j) Section 3.19(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter discloses each: (i) agreement with any
director, executive officer or other key employee of the Company (A) the benefits of which are
contingent, or the terms of which are altered, upon the occurrence of a transaction involving the
Company of the nature of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) providing any
term of employment or compensation guarantee, or (C) providing severance benefits or other benefits
after the termination of employment of such director, executive officer or key employee; (ii)
agreement, plan or arrangement under which any person may receive payments from the Company that
may be subject to the tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or included in the determination of
such person’s “parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code; and (iii) agreement or plan
binding the Company, including, without limitation, any option plan, stock appreciation right plan,
restricted stock plan, stock purchase plan, severance benefit plan, or any Employee Benefit Plan,
any of the benefits of which will be increased, or the vesting of the benefits of which will be
accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

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     3.20 Permits.

     Section 3.20 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all material Permits issued
to or held by the Company. Such listed Permits are the only Permits that are required for the
Company to conduct its business as presently conducted, except for those the absence of which would
not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Each such Permit is in full force and effect
and to the Company’s knowledge, no suspension or cancellation of such Permit is threatened and
there is no basis for believing that such Permit will not be renewable upon expiration. Each such
Permit will continue in full force and effect following the Closing.

     3.21 Brokers’ Fees.

     The Company has no liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker,
investment banking firm, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.

     3.22 Books and Records.

     The minute books and other similar records of the Company contain true and complete records of
all material actions taken at any meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof and
of all written consents executed in lieu of the holding of any such meetings.

     3.23 Banking Relationships and Investments.

     Section 3.23 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth an accurate, correct and complete
list of all banks and financial institutions in which the Company has an account, deposit,
safe-deposit box or borrowing relationship, factoring arrangement or other loan facility or
relationship, including the names of all persons authorized to draw on those accounts or deposits,
or to borrow under loan facilities, or to obtain access to such boxes. The Company Disclosure
Letter sets forth an accurate, correct and complete list of all certificates of deposit, debt or
equity securities and other investments owned, beneficially or of record, by the Company (the
“Investments”). The Company has good and legal title to all Investments.

     3.24 Environmental Protection.

     No substances that are defined by any Governmental Entity concerning the environment as toxic
materials, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances (including without limitation any asbestos,
oils, petroleum-derived compound or pesticides) (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) are or have
been located in, on or about any of the Company’s leased real property. The Company’s leased real
property has not been used for the storage, manufacture or disposal of Hazardous Materials, and the
Company has not used, or provided permission to others to use, its leased real property for the
storage, manufacture or disposal of Hazardous Materials. Specifically, but without limitation,
there are and have been no storage tanks located on any of the Company’s leased real property. No
Hazardous Materials have been transported off site from the Company’s leased real property.

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     3.25 Dissenting Shares.

     No holder of Company Shares who, pursuant to Article 15 of the VCSA or any successor
provision, has the right to dissent to the Merger and demand payment for such Company Shares, has
dissented and demanded payment for the fair value of such Company Shares in accordance with the
VCSA in connection with the Merger, including any such holder that subsequently has withdrawn,
failed to perfect or otherwise lost such holder’s right to such payment.

     3.26 Company Action.

     The Board of Directors of the Company has (i) determined that the Merger is fair and in the
best interests of the Company and its stockholders, (ii) adopted this Agreement in accordance with
the provisions of the corporate laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, as applicable, and (iii)
directed that this Agreement and the Merger be submitted to the stockholders for their adoption and
approval and resolved to recommend that the stockholders vote in favor of the adoption of this
Agreement and the approval of the Merger.

     3.27 Access to Information.

     Until the Closing, the Company will allow Target and its agents reasonable access to the
files, books, records and offices of the Company, including, without limitation, any and all
information relating to the Company’s taxes, commitments, contracts, leases, licenses, and real,
personal and intangible property and financial condition. The Company will cause its accountants
to cooperate with the Company and its agents in making available all financial information
reasonably requested, including without limitation the right to examine all working papers
pertaining to all financial statements prepared or audited by such accountants.

     3.28 Disclosure.

     No representation or warranty by the Company contained in this Agreement, including any
statement contained in the Company Disclosure Letter or any Closing Document contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary, in light of the
circumstances under which it was made, in order to make the statements herein not misleading.

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ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE TARGET

AND THE MERGER SUB

     Each of the Target and the Merger Sub, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to the
Company that, as of the date hereof, the statements contained in this Article IV are true and
correct, except as set forth in the schedule provided by the Target and the Merger Sub to the
Company and attached hereto (the “Target Disclosure Letter”):

     4.1 Organization.

     Each of the Target and the Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation. Each of the Target and the Merger
Sub is duly qualified to conduct business and is in corporate good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which the nature of its businesses or the ownership or leasing of its properties
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would
not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Target or the Merger Sub. Each of the Target and the
Merger Sub has the corporate power and authority to carry on the business in which it is engaged
and to own and use the properties owned and used by it. The Target and the Merger Sub have each
furnished or made available to the Company true and complete copies of its Certificates of
Incorporation and Bylaws, each as amended and as in effect on the date hereof. Neither the Target
nor the Merger Sub is in default under or in violation of any provision of its Certificate of
Incorporation, or Bylaws, as amended.

     4.2 Capitalization.

     The authorized capital stock of the Target consists of 85,000,000 shares of Target Stock,
75,000,000 of which are designated as Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and of which
1,200,000 shares are or will be issued and outstanding at or immediately prior to Closing, and
10,000,000 of which are shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share, none of which are
or will be issued and outstanding at or prior to Closing. Section 4.2 of the Target Disclosure
Letter sets forth a complete and accurate list of all stockholders of the Target, indicating the
number of shares of Target Stock held by each stockholder and their respective addresses. All of
the issued and outstanding shares of Target Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid,
nonassessable and free of all preemptive rights. All of the outstanding shares of Target Stock and
other securities of the Target have been duly and validly issued in compliance with federal and
state securities laws. The authorized capital stock of the Merger Sub consists of 1,000 shares of
common stock, no par value, all of which are issued and outstanding. All of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of Merger Sub are duly authorized and validly issued, and fully
paid and nonassessable, and were issued in compliance with all applicable laws. There are no
outstanding or authorized subscriptions, options, warrants, plans or, except for this Agreement and
as contemplated by this Agreement, other agreements or rights of any kind to purchase or otherwise
receive or be issued, or securities or obligations of any kind convertible into, any shares of
capital stock or other securities of the Target or Merger Sub, and there are no dividends which
have accrued or been declared but are unpaid on the capital stock of the Target or Merger Sub.

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     4.3 Authorization of Transaction.

     Each of the Target and the Merger Sub has the corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby by the Target and the Merger Sub (including the Merger) have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Target and the Merger Sub
(including the sole stockholder of Merger Sub). This Agreement has been duly and validly executed
and delivered by the Target and the Merger Sub and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Company, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Target and the Merger
Sub, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally, and except that the availability of equitable remedies, including specific performance,
is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

     4.4 Noncontravention.

     Subject to compliance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and any
applicable state securities laws, the Exchange Act and the filing of the Articles of Merger as
required by the VSCA, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation by
the Target or the Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will: (a) conflict
with or violate any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Target or the
Merger Sub; (b) require on the part of the Target or the Merger Sub any filing with, or any permit,
authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity, other than those (i) required
solely by reason of the Company’s participation in the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) to
be made by the Company or (iii) any filing, permit, authorization, consent or approval which, if
not made or obtained, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Target; (c) conflict with,
result in breach of, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default
under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party any right to accelerate, terminate,
modify or cancel, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any contract, lease, sublease,
license, sublicense, franchise, permit, indenture, agreement or mortgage for borrowed money,
instrument of indebtedness, Security Interest or other arrangement to which the Target or the
Merger Sub is a party or by which either is bound or to which any of their assets are subject,
except for any conflict, breach, default, acceleration, right to accelerate, termination,
modification, cancellation, notice, consent or waiver that would not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect on the Target or the Merger Sub; (d) result in the imposition of any
Security Interest upon any assets of the Target or the Merger Sub; or (e) violate any order, writ,
injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Target or the Merger Sub or any
of their properties or assets, except for any violation that would not have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Target or the Merger Sub.

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     4.5 Reports and Financial Statements.

     The Target has filed all forms, reports, schedules, registration statements, proxy statements
and other documents (including any document required to be filed as an exhibit thereto) required to
be filed by the Target with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on a timely basis, and
has made available to the Company such forms, reports and documents in the form filed with the SEC.
All such required forms, reports, schedules, registration statements, proxy statements and other
documents (including those that the Target may file subsequent to the date hereof) are referred to
herein as the “SEC Reports.” As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports (including, without
limitation, any financial statements or schedules included or incorporated by reference therein)
(i) were prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as
the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable to such SEC Reports
and (ii) did not at the time they were filed (or if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the
date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing) contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Except as disclosed in the Target Disclosure Letter, the SEC Reports filed by the Target and
publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date hereof, there has not been
any Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Target that would require disclosure under the
Securities Act.

     4.6 Undisclosed Liabilities.

     The Company has no liability (whether known or unknown, whether absolute or contingent,
whether liquidated or unliquidated and whether due or to become due), except for (a) liabilities
accrued, reflected, reserved against on the Financial Statements, (b) liabilities which have arisen
since the Balance Sheet Date, in the ordinary course of business, (c) contractual or statutory
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business, the aggregate when combined with those
shown in the Financial Statements shall not exceed $25,000, and (d) liabilities which would not
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

     4.7 Litigation.

     There are no suits, arbitrations, actions, claims, complaints, grievances, or to the Target’s
knowledge, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the Target’s knowledge, threatened against
Target or its subsidiaries that, if resolved against Target or its subsidiaries could be reasonably
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Target, or the Target’s or the Merger Sub’s
ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     4.8 Legal Compliance; Restrictions on Business Activities.

     The Target and Merger Sub and the conduct and operation of their business are in material
compliance with each law (including rules, regulations and requirements thereunder) of any federal,
state, local or foreign government or any Governmental Entity which (a) affects or relates to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or (b) is applicable to the Target or the Merger
Sub or their respective businesses, except, in each case, where such non-compliance would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Target or the Merger Sub. There is
no agreement, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Target or the Merger Sub which
has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any
current or future business practice of the Target or the Merger Sub, as currently contemplated by
the Target or the Merger Sub, and any acquisition of property of the Target or the Merger Sub or
the conduct of business by the Target and the Merger Sub as currently conducted or proposed to be
conducted.

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     4.9 Merger Shares.

     The Merger Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued in consideration for the
conversion of the Company Shares, as a result of the Merger and pursuant to the terms hereof, will
be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and not subject to any liens, pledges, charges,
encumbrances, restrictions of any kind, preemptive rights or any other rights or interests of third
parties or any other encumbrances, except for applicable securities law restrictions on transfer,
including those imposed by Regulation D or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act and under applicable “blue sky” state securities laws.
Assuming that all of the holders of Company Shares are “accredited investors,” as such term is
defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, and that all such Persons have
complied with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the offer and sale of the Merger
Shares under this Agreement will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
and in compliance with all federal and state securities laws.

     4.10 Business of the Merger Sub.

     The Merger Sub is not and has never been a party to any material agreements and has not
conducted any activities other than in connection with the organization of the Merger Sub, the
issuance of the Merger Sub Common Stock, the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Merger Sub has not incurred or assumed
any expenses or liabilities prior to the Closing.

     4.11 Company Action.

     The Board of Directors of the Target and the Merger Sub have (a) determined that the Merger is
fair and in the best interests of the Target and the Merger Sub, and each of their stockholders,
and (b) adopted this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation and the Bylaws of each of the Merger Sub and the Target, as the case may be, and the
corporate laws of the State of Delaware and the Commonwealth of Virginia, respectively. No other
corporate action (including stockholder action) is required to be taken by the Target or the Merger
Sub in connection with the consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.

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     4.12 Absence of Certain Changes.

     Since June 30, 2006, the Target has conducted its business as ordinarily conducted consistent
with past practice and there has not occurred any change, event or condition (whether or not
covered by insurance) that has resulted in, or would reasonably be expected to result in any
Material Adverse Effect on the Target.

     4.13 Brokers’ Fees.

     Neither the Target nor the Merger Sub has any liability or obligation to pay any fees or
commissions to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.

     4.14 Qualification as a Reorganization.

     Neither the Target nor the Merger Sub has any plan or intention to both (a) discontinue (or
cause the Surviving Corporation to discontinue) the historic business of the Surviving Corporation
(assuming that the business of the Company as of the date of the Merger is the Surviving
Corporation’s historic business) and (b) cease (or cause the Surviving Corporation to cease) to use
a significant portion of the Surviving Corporation’s historic business assets in a trade or
business (assuming that the assets of the Company as of the date of the Merger constitute the
Surviving Corporation’s historic business assets). Neither the Target nor the Merger Sub has any
plan or intention to cause the Surviving Corporation to dispose of assets following the Merger such
that after the Merger the Surviving Corporation will no longer continue to hold (as such term is
used in Code Section 368(a)(2)(E)(i)) substantially all of its assets and the assets of the Merger
Sub. For purposes of the foregoing, the term “substantially all” means at least 90 percent of the
fair market value of the net assets and at least 70 percent of the fair market value of the gross
assets of the Merger Sub and the Surviving Corporation.

     4.15 Disclosure.

     No representation or warranty by the Target or the Merger Sub contained in this Agreement,
including any statement contained in the Target Disclosure Letter, or any Closing Document contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary, in light of
the circumstances under which it was made, in order to make the statements herein not misleading.

     4.16 Absence of Plans.

     Since December 31, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Target has not authorized any
recapitalization, reclassification, spin-off, stock split, stock combination, stock or
extraordinary cash dividend, or reverse split with respect to the Target Stock.

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     4.17 Tax Matters.

     (a) The Target (and any consolidated group for tax purposes of which the Target has been a
member) has timely (taking into account extensions of time to file) filed all Tax Returns that it
was required to file. All such Tax Returns were correct and complete in all material respects.
All Taxes owed by the Target, or for which the Target may be liable (whether or not shown on any
Tax Return), have been or will be timely paid. The Target is not currently the beneficiary of any
extension of time within which to file any Tax Return. No claim has ever been made by an authority
in a jurisdiction where the Target does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to
taxation by that jurisdiction. There are no Security Interests on any of the assets of the Target
that arose in connection with any failure (or alleged failure) to pay any Tax.

     (b) The Target has withheld or collected and paid or deposited in accordance with law all
Taxes required to have been withheld or collected and paid or deposited by the Target in connection
with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder, or other
third party.

     (c) There is no dispute or claim concerning any Tax liability of the Target either (i) claimed
or raised by any authority in writing or (ii) as to which the Target has knowledge.

     (d) The Target has not waived any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed to any
extension of time nor has any such waiver or extension been required with respect to a Tax
assessment or deficiency.

     (e) Target is in control of Merger Sub within the meaning of Section 368(c) of the Code.

     (f) Merger Sub is a newly-formed corporation and does not (nor has it ever had) more than
nominal assets.

     4.18 Assets.

     The Target has good and marketable title to or, in the case of leased assets, a valid
leasehold interest in, all tangible assets necessary for the conduct of its businesses as presently
conducted. No asset of the Target (tangible or intangible) is subject to any Security Interest.
All machinery and equipment is in good condition and repair, normal wear and tear excepted. All
leases of real or personal property to which the Company is a party are fully effective and afford
the Target peaceful and undisturbed possession of the subject matter of the lease. The Target is
not in violation of any zoning, building, safety or environmental ordinance, regulation or
requirement or other law or rule applicable to the operation of the owned or leased
assets (the violation of which would have a Material Adverse Effect on its business), nor has the
Target received any written notice of violation with which it has not complied.

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     4.19 Owned Real Property.

     The Target does not own any real property.

     4.20 Intellectual Property.

     The Target does not own any Intellectual Property. There are no outstanding options, licenses
or agreements of any kind relating to the Intellectual Property and the Intellectual Property
Rights, nor is the Target bound by or a party to any options, licenses or agreements of any kind
with respect to any of the Intellectual Property, the Intellectual Property Rights and the patents,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, information and other
proprietary rights and processes of any other person. The Target has not received any
communications alleging that the Target has violated or, by conducting its business as conducted
and as currently proposed to be conducted by the Target, violates any Third Party Intellectual
Property Rights and to the Target’s knowledge, the business as conducted and as currently proposed
to be conducted by the Target will not cause the Target to infringe or violate any Third Party
Intellectual Property Rights. To the Target’s knowledge, no officer, employee or director is
obligated under any contract (including any license, covenant or commitment of any nature) or other
agreement, or subject to any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative agency, that
would conflict or interfere with the performance of such person’s duties as an officer, employee or
director of the Target, the use of such person’s best efforts to promote the interests of the
Target or the Target’s business as conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted by the
Target.

     4.21 Permits.

     Section 4.21 of the Target Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all material Permits issued
to or held by the Target. Such listed Permits are the only Permits that are required for the
Target to conduct its business as presently conducted, except for those the absence of which would
not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Target. Each such Permit is in full force and effect and
to the Target’s knowledge, no suspension or cancellation of such Permit is threatened and there is
no basis for believing that such Permit will not be renewable upon expiration. Each such Permit
will continue in full force and effect following the Closing.

     4.22 Access to Information.

     Until the Closing, Target will allow the Company and its agents reasonable access to the
files, books, records and offices of the Target and Merger Sub, including, without limitation, any
and all information relating to the Target’s taxes, commitments, contracts, leases, licenses, and
real, personal and intangible property and financial condition. Target will cause its accountants
to cooperate with the Company and its agents in making available all financial information
reasonably requested, including without limitation the right to examine all working papers
pertaining to all financial statements prepared or audited by such accountants.

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     4.23 Books and Records.

     The minute books and other similar records of the Target contain true and complete records of
all material actions taken at any meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof and
of all written consents executed in lieu of the holding of any such meetings.

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS

     5.1 Best Efforts.

     Each of the Parties shall use its best efforts, to the extent commercially reasonable, to take
all actions and to do all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

     5.2 Securities Laws.

     (a) Prior to the Closing, the Company shall assure that all of its stockholders are
“accredited investors” pursuant to Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

     (b) The Target, the Merger Sub, and the Surviving Corporation shall take such steps as may be
necessary to comply with the securities and blue sky laws of all jurisdictions which are applicable
to the issuance of the Target Stock in connection with the Merger. The Company shall use its best
efforts, to the extent commercially reasonable, to assist the Target as may be necessary to comply
with such securities and blue sky laws.

     (c) So long as the Target or any successor entity has securities registered under Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the
“Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, the Target or such successor entity shall file all reports
required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, all to the extent
required pursuant to Rule 144 to enable stockholders who exchange Company Shares for Target Stock
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to sell Target Stock pursuant to Rule 144 adopted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act (as such rule may be amended from time
to time) or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

     (d) If at any time after the Effective Time, the Target takes or fails to comply with its
obligations under the immediately preceding paragraph (c), or if the Rule 144 is not available to
the stockholders who exchange Company Shares for Target Stock pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement as a result of any action taken or not taken by the Target, then the Target shall enter
into a registration rights agreement with each such stockholder in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Target and such stockholder.

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     5.3 Reorganization.

     Except for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement neither the Target nor the Merger
Sub will take any action, or cause the Surviving Corporation to take any action, which would have
the result of disqualifying the Merger as a reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a)(2)(E) of the
Code. In addition, neither the Target nor the Merger Sub will adopt any position (or cause the
Surviving Corporation to adopt any position) which is inconsistent with the treatment of the Merger
as a tax-free reorganization.

     5.4 Reasonable Commercial Efforts and Further Assurances.

     Each Party, at the reasonable request of another Party, and as soon as practicable, shall
execute and deliver at the requesting Party’s expense such other instruments and do and perform
such other acts and things as may be necessary or desirable for effecting completely the
consummation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

     5.5 Indemnification.

     All rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses existing in favor of those Persons
who are or were directors, officers, agents or employees of the Company (the “Indemnified Persons”)
for acts and omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time, as provided in the Company’s Articles
of Incorporation or by-laws (in each case as in effect as of the date of this Agreement), shall
survive the Merger and shall be fully complied with by Target and-the Surviving
Corporation, to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware or the laws of
the Commonwealth of Virginia, as applicable.

     5.6 Officers and Directors of Target.

     Target agrees that it shall take all actions necessary to ensure that, effective as of the
Effective Time, the officers and directors of Target shall be as set forth on Exhibit B.

     5.7 Compensation of Certain Officers and Directors.

     Target agrees that for a period of two (2) years after the Closing Date, the following
executives of the Target and or the Surviving Corporation shall be compensated as follows:

     (a) B.K. Gogia – Mr. Gogia will be (i) paid in the first year after the Closing Date, a base
salary at a rate of $180,000 per year; (ii) entitled to an increase in base salary for the second
year of up to an additional $18,000, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Target; (iii)
entitled to an annual bonus up to 50% of his annual base salary each year, as determined by the
Board of Directors of the Target; provided, however, that he shall not be entitled to the payment
of any bonus with respect to any year that the Target and the Surviving Corporation are not
profitable, except that such limitation shall not prohibit the grant of stock options to Mr. Gogia,
as determined in the discretion of the Board of Directors; and (iv) reimbursed for reasonable
expenses relating to the lease and maintenance of one automobile.

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     (b) Scott Parliament – Mr. Parliament will be (i) paid in the first year after the Closing
Date, a base salary at a rate of $150,000 per year; (ii) entitled to an increase in base salary for
the second year of up to an additional $15,000, as determined by the Board of Directors of the
Target; and (iii) entitled to an annual bonus up to 50% of his annual base salary each year, as
determined by the Board of Directors of the Target; provided, however, that he shall not be
entitled to the payment of any bonus with respect to any year that the Target and the Surviving
Corporation are not profitable, except that such limitation shall not prohibit the grant of stock
options to Mr. Parliament, as determined in the discretion of the Board of Directors.

     (c) Jerzy Bala – Mr. Bala will be (i) paid in the first year after the Closing Date, a base
salary at a rate of $140,000 per year; (ii) entitled to an increase in base salary for the second
year of up to an additional $14,000, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Target; and
(iii) entitled to an annual bonus up to 50% of his annual base salary each year, as determined by
the Board of Directors of the Target; provided, however, that he shall not be entitled to the
payment of any bonus with respect to any year that the Target and the Surviving Corporation are not
profitable, except that such limitation shall not prohibit the grant of stock options to Mr. Bala,
as determined in the discretion of the Board of Directors.

     5.8 Employment of Jesus Mena.

     Jesus Mena shall be employed by the Target and/or the Surviving Corporation on or before the
Closing Date, and shall commence providing sales and marketing services on behalf of the Target and
the Surviving Corporation within forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date. Additionally, the
Company will use its best efforts to maintain Mr. Mena as an employee of the Target and/or the
Surviving Corporation, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors.

     5.9 Incentive Compensation Plans.

     Target agrees that for a period of two (2) years after the Closing Date, the Target will not
authorize for issuance under any incentive compensation plans including, without limitation, stock
option plans and restricted stock plans, more than an aggregate of 2,200,000 shares of Target Stock
(subject to adjustments for stock splits, etc.), and during such two-year period it will not grant
any stock options at an exercise price of less than $0.50 per share.

     5.10 Registration of Shares of Target Stock.

     Target agrees to register for resale, under the Securities Act, certain shares of the Target
Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions of a certain Registration Rights Agreement among the
Target, three initial stockholders of the Target, certain stockholders of the Company who are
receiving Merger Shares pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and certain investors, in the form
of Registration Rights Agreement annexed hereto as Exhibit C (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”).

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     5.11 Filing of NASD Form 211.

     Target agrees that within ten (10) days after the filing of the First Registration Statement
(as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Target shall arrange for the
filing of a Form 211 with the NASD for the purpose of qualifying the Target Stock for quotation on
the OTC Bulletin Board after the First Registration Statement has been declared effective by the
SEC.

ARTICLE VI

CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION OF MERGER

     6.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations.

     The respective obligations of each Party to consummate the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions unless any such
condition is waived, in writing, by the other Party:

     (a) this Agreement and the Merger shall have received the Company Stockholder Approval;

     (b) the Target and the Company shall be satisfied that the issuances of Target Stock in the
transaction shall be exempt under Regulation D of the Securities Act and Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act;

     (c) no temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued
by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal or regulatory restraint or prohibition
preventing the consummation of the Merger shall have been issued, nor shall any proceeding brought
by any Governmental Entity, seeking any of the foregoing be pending; nor shall there be any action
taken, or any statute, rule, regulation or order enacted, entered, enforced or deemed applicable to
the Merger which makes the consummation of the Merger illegal; and

     (d) no proceeding in which the Company, the Target or the Merger Sub shall be a debtor,
defendant or party seeking an order for its own relief or reorganization shall have been brought or
be pending by or against the Company, the Target or the Merger Sub under any United States or state
bankruptcy or insolvency law.

     6.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Target and the Merger Sub.

     The obligation of each of the Target and the Merger Sub to consummate the Merger is subject to
the satisfaction of the following additional conditions, unless any such condition is waived, in
writing, by the Target:

     (a) this Agreement and the Merger shall have been approved and adopted by the Company
Stockholders;

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     (b) the Company shall have obtained all of the waivers, permits, consents, assignments,
approvals or other authorizations, and effected all of the registrations, filings and notices,
referred to in the Company Disclosure Letter, except for any which if not obtained or effected
would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or on the ability of the Parties to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

     (c) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article III shall be true
and correct as of the Closing Date, except for representations and warranties made as of a
specified date, which shall be true and correct as of such date;

     (d) the Company shall have performed or complied with, in all material respects, its
agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with under this Agreement as of or
prior to the Effective Time;

     (e) the Target and the Merger Sub shall have received from the Secretary of the Company a
certificate (i) certifying the Company Charter, (ii) certifying the Bylaws of the Company, (iii)
certifying the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, (vi) certifying the
resolutions of the stockholders of the Company, and (v) attesting to the incumbency of the officers
of the Company;

     (f) the Target and the Merger Sub shall have received from the President of the Company a
certificate certifying (i) as of the Closing Date, the Company’s accounts payable, in the
aggregate, are less than $125,000; (ii) all other outstanding indebtedness of the Company, as of
the Closing Date, shall consist of no more than (A) a Small Business Administration loan of not
more than $404,000; (B) an automobile loan of not more than $20,000; (C) a promissory note payable
to the Gallatin Group in an amount of not more than $58,000; and (D) accrued, unpaid wages in an
aggregate amount of not more than $30,000; (iii) the Company has satisfied and complied with all of
its obligations under this Agreement which are required to consummate the Merger; and (iv) all of
the Company’s representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement continue to be true and
accurate as of the Closing Date;

     (g) the Company shall have delivered the certificates described in Section 2.4(a) hereof and
all other documents required to be delivered to the Target on or before the Closing Date;

     (h) the Company shall have delivered the opinion of its counsel, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, in the
form of opinion annexed hereto as Exhibit D;

     (i) all actions to be taken by the Company in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, and all certificates, opinions, instruments and other documents
required to effect the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in form
and substance to the Target and the Merger Sub;

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     6.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company.

     The obligation of the Company to consummate the Merger is subject to the satisfaction of the
following additional conditions, unless any such condition is waived, in writing, by the Company:

     (a) the Target and the Merger Sub shall have obtained all of the waivers, permits, consents,
approvals or other authorizations, and effected all of the registrations, filings and notices
(including, but not limited to any filings that are required with the SEC prior to the consummation
of the Merger), except for any which if not obtained or effected would not have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Target or the Merger Sub or on the ability of the Parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

     (b) each of the Target and the Merger Sub shall have performed or complied with in all
material respects its agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with under this
Agreement as of or prior to the Effective Time;

     (c) the representations and warranties of the Target and the Merger Sub set forth in Article
IV shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date, except for representations and warranties made
as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct as of such date;

     (d) the Company shall have received from the Secretary of the Target a certificate (i)
certifying the Certificate of Incorporation of the Target, (ii) certifying the Bylaws of the
Target, (iii) certifying the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Target, and (iv)
attesting to the incumbency of the officers of the Target;

     (e) the Company shall have received from the Secretary of the Merger Sub a certificate (i)
certifying the Certificate of Incorporation of the Merger Sub, (ii) certifying the Bylaws of the
Merger Sub, (iii) certifying the resolutions of the Board of Directors and the sole stockholder of
the Merger Sub, and (iv) attesting to the incumbency of the officers of the Merger Sub;

     (f) Target shall have delivered the certificates described in Section 2.4(b) hereof, as
applicable, and all other documents required to be delivered to the Target on or before the Closing
Date; and

     (g) all certificates, opinions, instruments and other documents required to effect the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Company.

     6.4 Certain Waivers.

     The Parties acknowledge and agree that if a Party has actual knowledge of any breach by any
other Party of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant contained in this Agreement, and
such Party proceeds with the Closing, such Party shall be deemed to have irrevocably waived such
breach for that particular breach only and such Party and its successors and assigns shall not be
entitled to assert any right or to seek any remedy
for any damages arising from any matters relating to such breach, notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein or in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto.

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ARTICLE VII

TERMINATION; INDEMNIFICATION

     7.1
Termination of Agreement.

     The Parties may terminate this Agreement prior to the Effective Time as provided below:

     (a) the Parties may terminate this Agreement by mutual written consent;

     (b) any Party may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the other Parties at
any time after the Company’s stockholders have voted on whether to approve this Agreement and the
Merger, in the event that this Agreement or the Merger failed to receive the Company Stockholder
Approval;

     (c) any Party may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the other Parties upon
the entry of any permanent injunction or other order of a court or other competent authority
preventing the consummation of the Merger that has become final and nonappealable;

     7.2 Effect of Termination.

     If any party terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1, all obligations of the Parties
hereunder shall terminate without any liability of any Party to any other Party, including the
directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, representatives, advisors, stockholders,
members or Affiliates of any Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following obligations shall
survive termination of this Agreement: (i) the liability of any Party for any breach of this
Agreement; (ii) the obligations relating to press releases and announcements, as provided in
Section 8.4; and (iii) each Party’s obligation to bear certain fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
herein as provided in Section 8.11.

     7.3 Amendment.

     Subject to applicable law, the Parties may cause this Agreement to be amended at any time by
execution of an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the Parties.

     7.4 Extension, Waiver.

     At any time prior the Effective Time, any Party may, to the extent legally allowed (i) extend
the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Parties, (ii)
waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such Party contained herein or
in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (iii) waive compliance with any of the agreements or
conditions for the benefit of such Party contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a Party to
any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on
behalf of such Party.

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     7.5 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

     (a) All representations and warranties of the parties contained in this Agreement will remain
operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the
other Parties to this Agreement, until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or two (2)
years after the Closing Date (the “Survival Period”), whereupon such representations, warranties
and covenants will expire (except for covenants that by their terms survive for a longer period).
The Parties post-closing remedies for a breach are not limited by the pre-closing discovery of a
breach.

     (b) All covenants of the parties contained in this Agreement shall remain operative for such
periods of time as necessary for the applicable Party to fulfill such covenant, unless otherwise
agreed in writing by the other Parties.

     7.6 Indemnification of Target.

     Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article VII, the Company, B.K. Gogia, Scott
Parliament and Jerzy Bala, jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless Target and
its officers, directors, agents and employees, and each person, if any, who controls or may control
Target within the meaning of the Securities Act from and against any and all damages:

     (a) Arising out of any misrepresentation or breach of or default in connection with any of the
representations, warranties and covenants given or made by the Company in this Agreement or any
certificate, document or instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant hereto; or

     (b) Resulting from any failure of the stockholders to have good, valid and marketable title to
the issued and outstanding Company Shares held by them, free and clear of all liens, claims,
pledges, options, adverse claims, assessments or charges of any nature whatsoever, or to have full
right, capacity and authority to vote such Company Shares in favor of the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

     The foregoing are collectively referred to as the “Target Indemnity Claims.”

     7.7 Indemnification of Company.

     Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article VII, the Target and Merger Sub agree to
jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its officers, directors, agents
and employees, from and against any and all damages:

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     (a) Arising out of any misrepresentation or breach of or default in connection with any of the
representations, warranties and covenants given or made by the Target or Merger Sub in this
Agreement or any certificate, document or instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Target or
Merger Sub pursuant hereto; or

     (b) Resulting from any failure of Target to have good, valid and marketable title to the fully
paid nonassessable shares of Target Stock constituting all or any part of the Merger Shares, free
and clear of all liens, claims, pledges, options, adverse claims, assessments or charges of any
nature whatsoever, or to have full right, capacity and authority to cause all of the shares
representing such Target Stock to be issued to the Company stockholders in connection with the
conversion of each share of the Company Shares as contemplated by this Agreement.

     The foregoing are collectively referred to as the “Company Indemnity Claims.” The Company
Indemnity Claims together with the Target Indemnity Claims are collectively referred to as the
“Indemnity Claims.”

     7.8 General Notice and Procedural Requirements for Indemnity Claims.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the party or person having the indemnity obligation under this
Article VII (the “Indemnifying Party”), shall be obligated to indemnify and hold harmless the party
or person entitled to indemnity under this Article VII (the “Indemnified Party”), only with respect
to any Indemnity Claims of which the Indemnified Party notifies with specificity the Indemnifying
Party in accordance with Section 8.8 of this Agreement and, if applicable, within the following
time period: (i) with regard to any representation or warranty under this Agreement, prior to the
end of the Survival Period of such representation or warranty (unless such Indemnity Claim relates
to a claim arising prior to the termination of the Survival Period, in which case the time period
shall be extended to thirty (30) days after such Indemnity Claim is first received by an
Indemnified Party); or (ii) with regard to any covenant under this Agreement which by its terms
expires, prior to the end of the survival period relating to such covenant (unless such Indemnity
Claim relates to a claim arising prior to the termination of the applicable survival period, in
which case the time period shall be extended to thirty (30) days after such Indemnity Claim is
first received by an Indemnified Party).

     7.9 Notice and Procedural Requirements for Third Party Claims.

     If a complaint, claim or legal action is brought by a third party (a “Third Party Claim”) as
to which an Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification, the Indemnified Party shall give
written notice of such Third Party Claim to the Indemnifying Party in accordance with Section 8.8
of this Agreement promptly after the Indemnified Party receives notice thereof, which notice shall
include a copy of any letter, complaint or similar writing received by the Indemnified Party;
provided however, that any failure to provide or delay in providing such information shall not
constitute a bar or defense to indemnification except to the extent the Indemnifying Party has been
prejudiced thereby.

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     The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense of such Third Party Claim
with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. After notice from the Indemnifying
Party to the Indemnified Party of the Indemnifying Party’s election so to assume the defense of
such Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any
legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the
defense of such Third Party Claim except as hereinafter provided. If the Indemnifying Party elects
to assume such defense and select counsel, the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense
through its own separate counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be borne by the
Indemnified Party unless: (i) otherwise specifically agreed by the Indemnifying Party; or (ii)
counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party determines that because of a conflict of interest
between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party such counsel for the Indemnifying Party
cannot adequately represent both parties in conducting the defense of such action. In the event
the Indemnified Party maintains separate counsel because counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party
has determined that such counsel cannot adequately represent both parties because of a conflict of
interest between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party, then the Indemnifying Party
shall not have the right to direct the defense of such Third Party Claim on behalf of the
Indemnified Party.

     The failure of the Indemnifying Party to notify an Indemnified Party of its election to defend
such Third Party Claim within thirty (30) days after notice thereof was given to the Indemnifying
Party shall be deemed a waiver by the Indemnifying Party of its rights to defend such Third Party
Claim.

     If the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of a Third Party Claim, the obligations of the
Indemnifying Party shall include taking all steps necessary in the defense of such Third Party
Claim and holding the Indemnified Party harmless from and against any and all Damages caused or
arising out of any settlement approved by the Indemnified Party or any judgment in connection with
the claim or litigation.

     If the Indemnifying Party does not assume the defense of such Third Party Claim in accordance
with this Section, the Indemnified Party may defend against such claim or litigation in such manner
as it deems appropriate; provided, however, that the Indemnified Party may not settle such Third
Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party; provided that the
Indemnifying Party may not withhold such consent unless it has provided security of a type and in
an amount reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party for the payment of its indemnification
obligations with respect to such Third Party Claim. The Indemnifying Party shall promptly
reimburse the Indemnified Party for the amount of Damages caused or arising out of any judgment
rendered with respect to such Third Party Claim, and for all costs and expenses incurred by the
Indemnified Party in the defense of such claim.

     The Indemnifying Party may settle any Third Party Claim in its sole discretion without the
prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, provided that such settlement involves only the
payment of cash by the Indemnifying Party to the claimant and does not impose any other obligation
on the Indemnifying Party or any liability or obligation on the Indemnified Party.

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     7.10 Notice and Procedural Requirements for Direct Claims.

     Any claim for indemnification by an Indemnified Party on account of Damages which do not
result from a Third Party Claim (a “Direct Claim”) shall be asserted by giving the Indemnifying
Party reasonably prompt notice thereof in accordance with Section 8.8 of this Agreement;
provided, however, that any failure to provide, or delay in providing, such
notification shall not constitute a bar or defense to indemnification except to the extent the
Indemnifying Party has been prejudiced thereby. After receiving notice of a Direct Claim, the
Indemnifying Party will have a period of thirty (30) days within which to respond in writing to
such Direct Claim. If the Indemnifying Party rejects such claim or does not respond within such
thirty (30) day period (in which case the Indemnifying Party will be deemed to have rejected such
claim), the Indemnified Party will be free to pursue such remedies as may be available to the
Indemnified Party on the terms and subject to the provisions of this Article VII.

     7.11 Maximum Liability.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event will the Company’s
indemnity obligations under this Article VII in the aggregate exceed $100,000, except for any
claims of indemnity based on actual fraud, for which the Company indemnity obligations under this
Article VII in the aggregate will not exceed $500,000. In no event will the Target’s indemnity
obligations under this Article VII exceed the aggregate amount of $100,000 except for any claims of
indemnity based on actual fraud, for which the limit on the Target’s indemnity obligation under
this Article VII will not exceed $500,000.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

     8.1 No Third Party Beneficiaries.

     This Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the Parties
and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

     8.2 Entire Agreement.

     This Agreement, the Company Disclosure Letter, the Target Disclosure Letter, the Schedules,
the Exhibits, the documents and instruments and other agreements among the parties referred to
herein constitute the entire agreement among the Parties and supersedes any prior understandings,
agreements or representations by or among the Parties, written or oral, with respect to the subject
matter hereof.

     8.3 Succession and Assignment.

     This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties named herein and
their respective successors, heirs, legal representatives and permitted assigns. No Party may
assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the
prior written approval of the other Parties.

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     8.4 Public Announcement.

     Upon execution of this Agreement, the Target and the Company will issue a press release
approved by both parties announcing the Merger. Thereafter, the Target and the Company may issue
such press releases, and make such other disclosures regarding the Merger, as each determines are
required under applicable securities laws or regulatory rules, any such press releases being
subject to the prior approval, not to be unreasonably withheld, of the other party. Any press
releases by the Target will be filed under Form 8-K with the Securities Exchange Commission.

     8.5 Confidentiality.

     The Target and the Company each recognize that they have received and will receive
confidential information concerning the other during the course of the Merger negotiations and
preparations. Accordingly, Target and the Company each agrees (a) to use its respective best
efforts to
prevent the unauthorized disclosure of any confidential information concerning the other that
was or is disclosed during the course of such negotiations and preparations, and is clearly
designated in writing as confidential at the time of disclosure, and (b) to not make use of or
permit to be used any such confidential information other than for the purpose of effectuating the
Merger and related transactions. The obligations of this section will not apply to information
that (i) is or becomes part of the public domain, (ii) is disclosed by the disclosing party to
third parties without restrictions on disclosure, (iii) is received by the receiving party from a
third party without breach of a nondisclosure obligation to the other party, or (iv) is required to
be disclosed by law, including with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If this Agreement is
terminated, all copies of documents containing confidential information shall be returned by the
receiving party to the disclosing party.

     8.6 Counterparts, Facsimile Signatures.

     This Agreement may be executed with counterpart signature pages or in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile signatures.

     8.7 Headings.

     The section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall
not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

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     8.8 Notices.

     All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder (each a “Notice”)
shall be in writing. Any Notice shall be (a) sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, (b) sent via a reputable nationwide overnight courier service, charges
prepaid or (c) sent via facsimile (with acknowledgment of complete transmission) with a
confirmation copy by registered or certified mail or overnight courier as aforesaid, in each case
to the intended recipient as set forth below:

     If to the Company

InferX Corporation

1600 International Drive

Suite 110

McLean, VA 22102

Attention: B.K. Gogia, President

Facsimile: (703) 917-0563

     Copy to:

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

815 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Suite 500

Washington, DC 20006

Attention: Ernest Stern, Esq.

Facsimile: (202) 828-5393

     If to the Target or Merger Sub:

Black Nickel Acquisition Corp. I

300 Colonial Center Parkway

Suite 260

Roswell, GA 30076

Attention: Paul T. Mannion Jr., President

Facsimile: (678) 353-2188

     Copy to:

Feldman Weinstein & Smith LLP

420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2620

New York, NY 10170

Attention: David N. Feldman, Esq.

Telephone: (212) 869-7000

Telecopier: (212) 997-4242;

     Each Notice shall be deemed to have been given and effective upon receipt (or refusal of
receipt). Any Party may change the address to which Notices hereunder are to be delivered by
giving the other Parties notice in the manner herein set forth.

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     8.9 Governing Law.

     This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws (and
not the law of conflicts) of the State of Delaware. In addition, each of the Parties hereto (a)
consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of the any federal court or state court
located in the State of Delaware in the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement or any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or
defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court, and (c)
agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby in any court other than a federal court or a state court located in the State
of Delaware.

     8.10 Severability.

     If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being
enforced by any rule of law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this
Agreement will nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal
substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner adverse to any
party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable
of being enforced, the parties hereto will negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as
to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the
end that transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the maximum extent possible.

     8.11 Expenses; Attorney’s Fees.

     In the event that the Merger is consummated, the Company shall pay all federal and state
regulatory and transfer agent fees of the Target and the Merger Sub in connection with the Merger.
In addition, with respect to all other costs and expenses relating to the Merger, each of the
Target and the Company shall be responsible for and bear all of their own costs and expenses;
provided, however , that whether or not the Merger is consummated, the Company shall pay all legal
fees incurred by the Target in connection with its pursuing and/or consummating the Merger.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Party hereto initiates any legal action arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement, the prevailing party in such legal action shall be entitled to
recover from the other Party all reasonable attorney’s fees, expert witness fees and expenses
incurred by the prevailing party in connection therewith.

     8.12 Disclosure Letters.

     The Company Disclosure Letter shall be arranged in separate parts corresponding to the
numbered and lettered sections contained in this Agreement, and the information disclosed in any
numbered or lettered part shall qualify only (a) the corresponding section of this Agreement and
(b) other sections of Article III to the extent it is clear (notwithstanding the absence of a
specific cross reference) from a reading of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to
such other sections. The Target Disclosure Letter shall be arranged in separate parts
corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections contained in this Agreement, and the
information disclosed in any numbered or lettered part shall qualify only (a) the corresponding
section of this Agreement, and (b) other sections of Article IV to the extent it is clear
(notwithstanding the absence of a specific cross reference) from a reading of the disclosure that
such disclosure is applicable to such other sections. The inclusion of any information in the
Company Disclosure Letter or the Target Disclosure Letter shall not be deemed to be an admission or
acknowledgment that such information is required to be included herein, is material, has or would
have a Material Adverse Effect, or is outside the ordinary course of business.

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     8.13 Construction.

     The Parties agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation,
preparation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any law,
regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other
document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document. Any reference to
any federal, state, local, or foreign statute or law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise.

     8.14 Incorporation of Exhibits and Schedules.

     The Exhibits, the Schedules, the Target Disclosure Letter and Company Disclosure Letter
identified in this Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.

[Signatures begin on following page]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above
written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	TARGET:	 	BLACK NICKEL ACQUISITION CORP. I	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Paul T. Mannion Jr.	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	MERGER SUB:	 	INFERX ACQUISITION CORP.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Paul T. Mannion Jr.
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	COMPANY:	 	INFERX CORPORATION	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: B.K. Gogia	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Agreed to solely with respect to the provisions of Sections
7.6, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10 and 7.11 of this Agreement:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	B.K. Gogia	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Scott B. Parliament	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Jerzy W. Bala	 	 

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EXHIBIT A

Financial Statements

 

 

EXHIBIT B

Officers and Directors of Target After the Merger

B.K. Gogia — President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors

Dr. Jerzy W. Bala — Chief Technology Officer and a Director

Scott B. Parliament — Chief Financial Officer and a Director

Jesus Mena — Chief Strategy Officer

Bryce Warren — Vice President of Sales

 

 

EXHIBIT C

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

EXHIBIT D

Form of Opinion of Seyfarth Shaw LLPexv10w01

 

Exhibit 10.01

August 8, 2006

Maynard Webb Jr.

Dear Maynard:

          This letter sets forth the substance of the separation agreement (the “Agreement”) that eBay
(the “Company”) is offering to aid you with your employment transition.

1.      SEPARATION. Your last day of active employment with the Company is anticipated to be August 10,
2006 (the “Separation Date”). The Company will pay you all accrued salary, subject to standard
payroll deductions and withholdings, earned through the Separation Date. You will also be paid all
accrued and unused vacation time earned through the Separation Date, subject to standard payroll
deductions and withholdings.

2.      ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION. So long as you remain actively employed through the Separation Date,
you will receive fifty percent (50%) of the amount you would have received with respect to the 2006
annual component of the eBay Incentive Plan (eIP) had you remained eligible to receive payment in
2007 with respect to the 2006 annual component, less any applicable withholding taxes. Payment of
such compensation will be paid out in accordance with the standard eIP schedule.

3.      STOCK OPTIONS. Pursuant to the terms of your stock option grants, vesting of your stock options
will cease on the Separation Date. You are allowed to exercise your vested stock options during
the time period set forth in your stock option agreements.

4.      OTHER COMPENSATION OR BENEFITS. You acknowledge that, except as expressly provided in this
Agreement, you will not receive nor are you entitled to receive any additional compensation,
severance or benefits after the Separation Date.

5.      EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS. Within ten (10) days of the Separation Date, you will submit your final
documented expense reimbursement statement reflecting any and all authorized business expenses you
incurred through the Separation Date for which you seek reimbursement. The Company will reimburse
you for such expenses pursuant to its regular business practice.

6.      RETURN OF COMPANY PROPERTY. By the Separation Date, you will return to the Company all Company
documents (and all copies thereof) and other Company property and materials in your possession, or
your control, including, but not limited to, Company files, notes, memoranda, correspondence,
lists, drawings, records, plans and forecasts, financial information, personnel information,
customer and customer prospect information, sales and marketing information, product development
and pricing information, specifications, computer-recorded information, tangible property, credit
cards, entry cards, identification badges and keys; and any materials of any kind which contain or
embody any proprietary or confidential material of the Company (and all reproductions thereof).
You will be allowed to keep your Company laptop computer (and associated peripherals) after the
Company has had a sufficient opportunity to remove any Company proprietary confidential
information.

7.      PROPRIETARY INFORMATION OBLIGATIONS. You acknowledge your continuing obligations under your
Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement (a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit A), which include but are not limited to the obligation to refrain from any unauthorized
use or disclosure of any confidential or proprietary information of the Company.

 

 

8.      CONFIDENTIALITY. Until and unless publicly disclosed by the Company, the provisions of this
Agreement will be held in strictest confidence by you and will not be publicized or disclosed in
any manner whatsoever; provided, however, that: (a) you may disclose this Agreement to your
immediate family; (b) you may disclose this Agreement in confidence to your attorney, accountant,
auditor, tax preparer, and financial advisor; and (c) you may disclose this Agreement insofar as
such disclosure may be necessary to enforce its terms or as otherwise required by law. In
particular, and without limitation, you agree not to disclose the terms of this Agreement to any
current or former Company employee or contractor.

9.      NONDISPARAGEMENT. You agree not to disparage the Company, the Company’s officers, directors,
employees, shareholders and agents, affiliates and subsidiaries in any manner likely to be harmful
to them or their business, business reputation or personal reputation; provided that you will
respond accurately and fully to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by
legal process. Failure to comply with this provision shall be a material breach of this Agreement.

10.      RELEASE OF CLAIMS. In consideration for the payments and other promises and undertakings
contained in this Agreement to which you would not otherwise be entitled, and except as otherwise
set forth in this Agreement, you release, acquit and forever discharge the Company, its parents and
subsidiaries, and its and their respective officers, directors, agents, servants, employees,
attorneys, shareholders, successors, assigns and affiliates, of and from any and all claims,
liabilities, demands, charges, causes of action, costs, expenses, attorneys fees, damages,
indemnities and obligations of every kind and nature, in law, equity, or otherwise, which you
assert or could assert against the Company at common law or under any statute, rule, regulation,
order or law, whether federal, state or local, on any ground whatsoever, known and unknown,
suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to
agreements, events, acts or conduct at any time prior to and including the date you sign this
Agreement, including but not limited to: all such claims and demands directly or indirectly arising
out of or in any way connected with your employment with the Company or the termination of that
employment; claims or demands related to salary, bonuses, commissions, stock, stock options, or any
other ownership interests in the Company, vacation or other time off pay, fringe benefits, expense
reimbursements, severance pay, or any other form of compensation; any and all causes of action,
including but not limited to actions for breach of contract, express or implied, breach of the
covenant of good faith and fair dealing, express or implied, wrongful termination in violation of
public policy, all other claims for wrongful termination and constructive discharge, and all other
tort claims, including, but not limited to, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional
distress, invasion of privacy, negligence, negligent investigation, negligent hiring, supervision
or retention, assault and battery, false imprisonment, defamation, intentional or negligent
misrepresentation, fraud, and any and all claims arising under any federal, state or local law or
statute, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act; Title VII
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Fair Labor Standards Act; the
Employee Retirement and Income Security Act; the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981;
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (“ADEA”); the Family and Medical Leave
Act; the California Family Rights Act; the California Labor Code; the California Civil Code; the
California Constitution; and any and all other laws and regulations relating to employment
termination, employment discrimination, harassment or retaliation, claims for wages, hours,
benefits, compensation, and any and all claims for attorneys’ fees and costs, inasmuch as is
permissible by law and by the respective governmental enforcement agencies for the above-listed
laws.

11.      RELEASE OF UNKNOWN CLAIMS. You acknowledge that you have read and understand Section 1542 of
the California Civil Code, which reads as follows: “A general release does not extend to claims
which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the
release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.” You
hereby knowingly, intentionally, and expressly waive and relinquish all rights and benefits under
that section and any law of any jurisdiction of similar effect with respect to your release of any
unknown or unsuspected claims you may have against the Company.

12.      MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement, including all exhibits, constitutes the complete, final and
exclusive embodiment of the entire agreement between you and the Company with regard to this
subject matter. It is entered into without reliance on any promise or representation, written or
oral, other than those

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expressly contained herein, and it supersedes any other such promises, warranties or
representations, prior agreements and communications, whether oral or written, as to the specific
subjects of this letter by and between you and the Company. This Agreement may not be modified or
amended except in writing signed by both you and a duly authorized officer of the Company. This
Agreement will bind the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of both you and the
Company, and inure to the benefit of both you and the Company, their heirs, successors and assigns.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in
part, this determination will not affect any other provision of this Agreement and the provision in
question will be modified by the court so as to be rendered enforceable. No waiver by the Company
of any right under this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of any other right, nor shall any
waiver by the Company of any breach of this Agreement be a waiver of any preceding or succeeding
breach. This Agreement will be deemed to have been entered into and will be construed and enforced
in accordance with the laws of the State of California as applied to contracts made and to be
performed entirely within California.

13.      I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THIS WRITING, AS REQUIRED BY THE AGE DISCRIMINATION
IN EMPLOYMENT ACT (ADEA) AND THE OLDER WORKERS’ BENEFIT PROTECTION ACT (OWBPA), THAT: (a) MY
WAIVER AND RELEASE DO NOT APPLY TO ANY RIGHTS OR CLAIMS THAT MAY ARISE AFTER THE EXECUTION DATES OF
THIS AGREEMENT; (b) I HAVE BEEN ADVISED HEREBY THAT I HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY
PRIOR TO EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT; (c) I HAVE TWENTY-ONE (21) DAYS TO CONSIDER THIS AGREEMENT
(ALTHOUGH I MAY CHOOSE TO VOLUNTARILY EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT EARLIER); (d) I HAVE SEVEN (7) DAYS
FOLLOWING THE EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO REVOKE THE AGREEMENT; AND (e) THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT
BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE DATE UPON WHICH THE RESPECTIVE REVOCATION PERIOD HAS EXPIRED, WHICH WILL BE
THE EIGHTH DAY AFTER THIS AGREEMENT IS EXECUTED BY ME, PROVIDED THAT THE COMPANY HAS ALSO EXECUTED
THIS AGREEMENT BY THAT DATE.

          Upon acceptance of this Agreement, please sign below within the timeframe specified above and
return the executed original to me. Upon your signature below, this will become our binding
agreement with respect to your separation from the Company and its terms merging and superceding in
their entirety all other or prior agreements and communications, whether written or oral, by you
and eBay as to the specific subjects of this Agreement.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	eBay Inc.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Michael Jacobson	 
	 	 	Michael Jacobson 	 
	 	 	Senior VP, General Counsel 	 
	 

I UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT AND INTEND, BY MY SIGNATURE BELOW,
TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THOSE TERMS. I AM SIGNING THIS RELEASE KNOWINGLY, WILLINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY
IN EXCHANGE FOR THE SEVERANCE BENEFITS DESCRIBED ABOVE:

	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Maynard Webb Jr.
 

	 	  
	 	 
	Maynard Webb Jr.

	 	 
	 	 

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