EXHIBIT A
PLAN OF MERGER
PLAN OF MERGER entered into on the date hereof by UNIVERSAL OUTDOOR, INC., an Illinois corporation (the “Company”), and approved by resolution adopted by its Board of Directors on the date hereof attached hereto as Schedule I.
WHEREAS, the Company is a business corporation of the State of Illinois located at 321 N. Clark Street, City of Chicago, County of Cook;
WHEREAS, the Company is the sole holder of all the issued and outstanding capital stock of Naegele Outdoor Advertising-Company, a Delaware corporation-(“Holdings”);
WHEREAS, “The Business Corporation Act of 1983,” as amended (the “Act”), permits a merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary with and into its parent corporation;
WHEREAS, The General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Law”) permits the merger of a subsidiary corporation with and into its parent corporation;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company deem it advisable and have heretofore approved by resolution, that the Company take any and all action to effectuate the merger of Holdings with and into the Company in accordance with the provisions of the Act and Delaware Law, pursuant to the terms set forth below:
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FIRST: | | Holdings shall be merged with and into the Company, which shall be the surviving corporation from and after the effective time of the merger and which is sometimes hereafter referred to as the “surviving corporation,” and which shall continue to exist as said surviving corporation under its present name, pursuant to the provisions of the Act. The separate existence of Holdings, which is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “merging corporation,” shall cease at said effective time in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Law. |
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SECOND: | | The Company owns 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Holdings and there are no other shareholders of record with respect to the capital stock of Holdings. |
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THIRD: | | Immediately prior to the consummation of the merger, Holdings is solvent. |
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FOURTH: | | The directors and officers of the Company shall be the directors and officers of the surviving corporation upon consummation of the merger. |
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FIFTH: | | The presentby-laws of the Company shall be theby-laws of the surviving corporation upon consummation of the merger. |
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SIXTH: | | The articles of incorporation of the Company shall be the articles of incorporation of the surviving corporation upon consummation of the merger. |