ARIZONA INSTRUMENT CORP
S-8 POS, 1996-06-28
INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL
Previous: MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO, 10KSB, 1996-06-28
Next: ARIZONA INSTRUMENT CORP, S-8 POS, 1996-06-28



                                                        Registration No. 2-99078

      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 1996
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               ------------------

                         ARIZONA INSTRUMENT CORPORATION*
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           DELAWARE                                              86-0410138
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)

        4114 East Wood Street
          Phoenix, Arizona                                           85040
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                           (ZIP Code)

                               ------------------

                            1985 STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               -------------------
                                                                Copy to:
              SCOTT M. CARTER                              PAUL M. GALES, ESQ.
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer                   Quarles & Brady
      ARIZONA INSTRUMENT CORPORATION                            Suite 400
           4114 East Wood Street                         One East Camelback Road
          Phoenix, Arizona  85040                        Phoenix, Arizona 85012



                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (602) 470-1414
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

- --------------------------------
* The  Registrant,  Arizona  Instrument  Corporation,  a  Delaware  corporation,
successor issuer to Arizona Instrument Corporation, an Arizona corporation ("AZI
Arizona"),  pursuant to a merger for the purpose of changing AZI Arizona's state
of incorporation from Arizona to Delaware, hereby adopts as its own, pursuant to
Rule  414(d)  under  the  Securities  Act of 1933,  AZI  Arizona's  Registration
Statement on Form S-8, File No. 2- 99078,  and any amendments  thereto,  for all
purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

================================================================================
<PAGE>
                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

         Information  specified  in Part I of Form  S-8  (Items 1 and 2) will be
sent or given to Plan  participants  as  specified by Rule  428(b)(1)  under the
Securities Act of 1933.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following  documents  filed by Arizona  Instrument  Corporation,  a
Delaware corporation (the "Registrant") (Commission File No. 0-12575), successor
issuer  to  Arizona  Instrument  Corporation,  an  Arizona  corporation,  in  an
Arizona-to-Delaware  change of domicile merger  effective on June 16, 1988, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to Section 13
of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") are incorporated herein
by reference:

         (a)      The Registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-KSB,  and Amendment
                  No. 1 thereto  on Form 10- KSB/A,  for the  fiscal  year ended
                  December 31, 1995;

         (b)      The  Registrant's  Quarterly  Report  on Form  10-QSB  for the
                  quarterly period ended March 31, 1996; and

         (c)      The description of the Registrant's  Common Stock contained in
                  the  Registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A,  dated
                  June 26, 1996, including any amendment or report filed for the
                  purpose of updating such description.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14  and  15(d)  of the  1934  Act,  prior  to  the  filing  of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which  deregisters all securities then remaining  unsold,  shall be
deemed to be incorporated  by reference  herein and to be a part hereof from the
date of the filing of such documents.

         Any  statement  contained  in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be
incorporated  by reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded
for purposes  hereof to the extent that a statement  contained  herein or in any
other  subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference  herein  modifies or supersedes  such  statement.  Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part hereof.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.  See Item 3(c) above.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.
                                      -1-
<PAGE>
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.


         Section 145(a) of the General  Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
(the  "General  Corporation  Law")  provides  that a  Delaware  corporation  may
indemnify  any person who was or is a party or is  threatened to be made a party
to any  threatened,  pending or completed  action,  suit or proceeding,  whether
civil, criminal,  administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the  corporation)  by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a
director,  officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at
the  request of the  corporation  as a director,  officer,  employee or agent of
another  corporation  or  enterprise,  against  expenses,  judgments,  fines and
amounts paid in  settlement  actually and  reasonably  incurred by him or her in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith
and in a manner he or she  reasonably  believed  to be in or not  opposed to the
best interests of the  corporation,  and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

         Section 145(b)  provides that a Delaware  corporation may indemnify any
person  who  was or is a  party  or is  threatened  to be  made a  party  to any
threatened,  pending  or  completed  action  or suit by or in the  right  of the
corporation  to procure a judgment  in its favor by reason of the fact that such
person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses actually
and  reasonably  incurred  by him  or her in  connection  with  the  defense  or
settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted under similar  standards as
set forth above,  except that no  indemnification  may be made in respect of any
claim,  issue or matter as to which such person  shall have been  adjudged to be
liable to the corporation  unless and only to the extent that the court in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of
liability,  but in view of all the  circumstances  of the case,  such  person is
fairly and  reasonably  entitled to be  indemnified  for such expenses which the
court shall deem proper.

         Section 145 further  provides  that to the extent a director or officer
of a corporation  has been  successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense
of any action,  suit or proceeding  referred to in subsections (a) and (b) or in
the  defense  of  any  claim,  issue  or  matter  therein,  he or she  shall  be
indemnified  against expenses actually and reasonably  incurred by him or her in
connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not
be deemed  exclusive of any other rights to which the  indemnified  party may be
entitled; and that the corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of such person against any liability  asserted against him or her or incurred by
him or her in any such  capacity  or  arising  out of his or her status as such,
whether  or not the  corporation  would have the power to  indemnify  him or her
against such liabilities under such Section 145.

         Section  102(b)(7)  of the  General  Corporation  Law  provides  that a
corporation in its original certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto
validly  approved by stockholders  may eliminate or limit personal  liability of
members of its board of  directors or  governing  body for monetary  damages for
breach of a director's  fiduciary duty. However, no such provision may eliminate
or limit the  liability of a director for  breaching his or her duty of loyalty,
failing to act in good faith,  engaging in  intentional  misconduct or knowingly
violating a law, paying a dividend or approving a stock repurchase or redemption
which was illegal,  or obtaining an improper  personal  benefit.  A provision of
this type has no effect  on the  availability  of  equitable  remedies,  such as
injunction  or  rescission,   for  breach  of  fiduciary   duty.  The  Company's
Certificate of Incorporation contains such a provision.

         The Company's  Certificate of  Incorporation  provides that the Company
shall  indemnify  officers and directors to the full extent  permitted by and in
the manner  permissible  under the law. The  Company's  Bylaws  provide that the
Company  may,  to the extent  authorized  by the Board of  Directors,  indemnify
employees and agents of the Company made a party to a legal proceeding by reason
of that person being the Company's employee or agent.

         Directors  and  Officers of the Company are covered by  directors'  and
officers'  liability  insurance under which they are insured (subject to certain
exceptions and limitations specified in the policy) against expenses and
                                       -2-
<PAGE>
liabilities  arising out of  proceedings  to which they are parties by reason of
being or having been directors or officers.

         The Company has directors and officers'  liability  insurance  coverage
with a policy limit of $1,000,000.  The policy  includes  coverage for liability
for certain violations of federal and state securities laws.

         The Company has entered into  indemnity  agreements  with its directors
and officers for  indemnification  of and advance of expenses to such persons to
the full extent  permitted by law. The Company intends to execute such indemnity
agreements with its future officers and directors.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

         See  Exhibit  Index  following  Signatures  page in  this  Registration
Statement, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1)      To file,  during any period in which  offers or sales
                           are being made,  a  post-effective  amendment to this
                           Registration Statement:

                           (i)       To  include  any  prospectus   required  by
                                     section  10(a)(3) of the  Securities Act of
                                     1933;

                           (ii)      To reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or
                                     events  arising after the effective date of
                                     the  Registration  Statement  (or the  most
                                     recent  post-effective  amendment  thereof)
                                     which,  individually  or in the  aggregate,
                                     represent  a  fundamental   change  in  the
                                     information  set forth in the  Registration
                                     Statement;

                           (iii)     To include any  material  information  with
                                     respect  to the  plan of  distribution  not
                                     previously  disclosed  in the  Registration
                                     Statement  or any  material  change to such
                                     information in the Registration Statement;

                  Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
not  apply  if the  information  required  to be  included  in a  post-effective
amendment by those  paragraphs  is contained  in periodic  reports  filed by the
Registrant  pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining  any liability  under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration  statement  relating to the securities offered therein,
and the  offering  of such  securities  at that  time  shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
                                       -3-
<PAGE>
         (b) The undersigned  Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (and,  where  applicable,  each  filing of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934)  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the
Registration  Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (h) Reference is made to the indemnification  provisions referred to in
Item 6 of this Registration Statement.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of
the  Registrant  pursuant  to  the  foregoing  provisions,   or  otherwise,  the
Registrant  has been advised that in the opinion of the  Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such  liabilities  (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director,  officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
                                       -4-
<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Amendment to
the  Registration  Statement  to be  signed on its  behalf  by the  undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on June 27,
1996.

                                                  ARIZONA INSTRUMENT CORPORATION
                                                  (Registrant)

                                                  By:   /s/ John P.Hudnall
                                                      John P. Hudnall, President

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose signature  appears below
constitutes  and appoints  Walfred R. Raisanan and John P. Hudnall,  and each of
them,  his true and  lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  with full power of
substitution  and  resubstitution,  for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the Registration  Statement on Form S-8, File No. 2-99078, and to
file the same,  with all exhibits  thereto,  and other  documents in  connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any other regulatory
authority,  granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, and each of them,
full  power  and  authority  to do and  perform  each and  every  act and  thing
requisite and  necessary to be done in and about the  premises,  as fully to all
intents and  purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby  ratifying  and
confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents or any of them, or their
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the date indicated.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
     Person                                            Title                                                 Date         
     ------                                            -----                                                 ----         
                                                                                                                          
<S>                                                    <C>                                                  <C>           
 /s/ Walfred R. Raisanan                               Chairman of the Board of Directors                   June 27, 1996 
- ------------------------------------------------                                                           -------------- 
Walfred R. Raisanan                                                                                                       
                                                       President and Director                                             
 /s/ John P. Hudnall                                   (Principal Executive Officer)                         June 27, 1996
- ------------------------------------------------                                                           ---------------
John P. Hudnall                                                                                                           
                                                       Chief Financial Officer (Principal                                 
 /s/ Scott M. Carter                                   Financial and Accounting Officer)                     June 27, 1996
- ------------------------------------------------                                                           ---------------
Scott M. Carter                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                          
 /s/ S. Thomas Emerson                                 Director                                             June 27, 1996 
- ------------------------------------------------                                                           -------------- 
S. Thomas Emerson                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                          
 /s/ Quinn Johnson                                     Director                                             June 27, 1996 
- ------------------------------------------------                                                           -------------- 
Quinn Johnson                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                          
 /s/ Richard Long                                      Director                                             June 27, 1996 
- ------------------------------------------------                                                           -------------- 
Richard Long                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                          
 /s/ Patricia Onderdonk                                Director                                             June 27, 1996 
- ------------------------------------------------                                                           -------------- 
Patricia Onderdonk                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                          
 /s/ Stanley H. Weiss                                  Director                                             June 27,1996  
- ------------------------------------------------                                                           -------------- 
Stanley H. Weiss                                       
</TABLE>
                                       S-1
<PAGE>
                         ARIZONA INSTRUMENT CORPORATION
                               (the "Registrant")
      (Successor to Arizona Instrument Corporation, an Arizona corporation
                  ("AZI Arizona"), Commission File No. 0-12575)

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
                                       TO
                         FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                  (As Amended by Post-Effective Amendment No.1)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit                                                   Incorporated Herein                  Filed
Number            Description                             by Reference To                    Herewith

<S>               <C>                                     <C>                                <C>
4.1               Composite of the Registrant's           Exhibit 1 to the
                  Certificate of Incorporation,           Registrant's Registration
                  as amended through July 5, 1994         Statement on Form 8-A,
                                                          filed on June 26, 1996


4.2               Bylaws of the Registrant                Exhibit 2 to the
                                                          Registrant's Registration
                                                          Statement on Form 8-A,
                                                          filed on June 26, 1996


5                 Opinion of Counsel                                                             X

23.1              Consent of Independent Accountants                                             X




23.2              Consent of Counsel                                                           Contained in
                                                                                               Opinion filed
                                                                                               as Exhibit 5

24                Powers of Attorney                                                           Signatures Page

99.1              1985 Stock Purchase Plan                Exhibit 4.1 to the
                                                          Registration Statement on
                                                          Form S-8 for its 1985 Stock
                                                          Purchase Plan, File No. 2-99078,
                                                          filed on July 10, 1985

99.2              Agreement and Plan of                                                              X
                  Merger by and between the
                  Registrant and AZI Arizona,
                  dated as of June 15, 1988
</TABLE>
                                      EI-1
<PAGE>

                                                                       Exhibit 5

                                                   June 27, 1996



Arizona Instrument Corporation
4114 East Wood Street
Phoenix, Arizona  85040

Gentlemen:

         We  are  providing  this  opinion  in  connection  with  Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of Arizona Instrument Corporation,
an Arizona  corporation  ("AZI  Arizona"),  on Form S-8,  File No. 2- 99078 (the
"Registration  Statement"),  filed on July 18, 1985 under the  Securities Act of
1933,  as amended (the "Act"),  with respect to the proposed sale by AZI Arizona
of up to 200,000  shares of common  stock of AZI Arizona  ("AZI  Arizona  Common
Stock") granted under the 1985 Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan").

         Arizona Instrument Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
was created as a wholly owned  subsidiary of AZI Arizona in connection  with the
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 15, 1988, between AZI Arizona and
the Company (the "Merger  Agreement"),  pursuant to which AZI Arizona was merged
with and into the  Company  (the  "Merger")  effective  June 16,  1988,  for the
purpose of changing the state of  incorporation  from Arizona to Delaware,  and,
among other  things,  the Plan was assumed by the Company.  The shares of common
stock,  par value $.01 per share,  of the Company  which  remain  available  for
issuance under the Plan as so assumed by the Company pursuant to the Merger,  in
lieu of shares of AZI  Arizona  Common  Stock,  are  herein  referred  to as the
"Shares."

         We  have  examined  (i)  the  Registration  Statement,  as  amended  by
Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1, (ii) the Company's Certificate of Incorporation
and  Bylaws,  as amended  to date,  (iii) the Plan,  as  assumed by the  Company
pursuant to the Merger, (iv) the Merger Agreement; (v) the corporate proceedings
relating  to  the  adoption  of the  Plan,  the  issuance  of  the  Shares,  the
organization  of the Company and the Merger,  and (vi) such other  documents and
records  as we have  deemed  necessary  in  order to  render  this  opinion.  In
rendering  this  opinion,  we have  relied  as to  certain  factual  matters  on
certificates of officers of the Company and of state officials.

         Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that:

         1.       The Company is a corporation  validly existing  under the laws
                  of the State of Delaware.

         2.       The Shares,  when issued and paid for as  contemplated  by the
                  Registration  Statement,  as  amended,  and the Plan,  will be
                  validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable by the Company.

         We  consent  to  the  filing  of  this  opinion  as an  Exhibit  to the
Registration  Statement.  In giving  our  consent,  We do not admit  that we are
"experts"  within the  meaning of Section 11 of the Act,  or that we come within
the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Act.


                                                     Very truly yours,



                                                     QUARLES & BRADY




INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the  incorporation by reference in this  Post-Effective  Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 2-99078 of Arizona Instrument Corporation on
Form S-8 of our report dated March 13, 1996,  except for Note C, as to which the
date is March 26, 1996, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Arizona
Instrument Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1995.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
June 21, 1996

                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2

                         ARIZONA INSTRUMENT CORPORATION
                          AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

                  This  AGREEMENT  AND PLAN OF MERGER  (hereinafter  called  the
"Merger  Agreement") is made on June 15, 1988 by and between Arizona  Instrument
Corporation,  an Arizona  corporation  ("AZI  Arizona")  and Arizona  Instrument
Corporation,  a Delaware  corporation  ("AZI  Delaware").  AZI  Arizona  and AZI
Delaware are sometimes referred to as the "Constituent Corporations."

                  The  authorized  capital  stock  of AZI  Arizona  consists  of
10,000,000  shares of voting  Common  Stock,  no par value,  and the  authorized
capital stock of AZI Delaware consists of 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01
par value. The directors of the Constituent  Corporations  deem it advisable and
to the  advantage of the  corporations  that AZI Arizona merge into AZI Delaware
upon the terms and conditions herein provided.

                  NOW,  THEREFORE,  the  parties  do  hereby  adopt  the plan of
reorganization encompassed by this Merger Agreement and do hereby agree that AZI
Arizona shall merge into AZI Delaware on the  following  terms,  conditions  and
other provisions:

                             1. TERMS AND CONDITIONS

                  1.1  Merger.  AZI  Arizona  shall be merged  with and into AZI
Delaware,  and AZI Delaware shall be the surviving  corporation  (the "Surviving
Corporation")  effective upon the date when this Merger  Agreement is filed with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Effective Date").

                  1.2  Succession.  On the Effective  Date,  AZI Delaware  shall
succeed to all of the rights, privileges, powers and property, including without
limitation, all rights, privileges,  franchises, patents, trademarks,  licenses,
registrations  and other assets of every kind and  description of AZI Arizona in
the  manner  of and as more  fully  set  forth  in  Section  259 of the  General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

                  1.3 Common  Stock of AZI  Arizona and AZI  Delaware.  Upon the
Effective  Date,  by virtue of the merger and without any further  action on the
part of the Constituent  Corporations or their  shareholders,  (i) each share of
Common Stock of AZI Arizona  issued and  outstanding  immediately  prior thereto
shall be changed and converted  into one fully paid and  nonassessable  share of
the Common Stock of AZI Delaware,  $.01 par value per share;  (ii) each share of
Common Stock of AZI  Delaware,  $.01 par value per share issued and  outstanding
immediately prior thereto shall be redeemed at the price at which such share was
initially purchased from AZI Delaware and shall be cancelled and returned to the
status of authorized but unissued shares.

                  1.4 Stock  Certificates.  On and after the Effective Date, all
of the outstanding  certificates  which prior to that time represented shares of
the Common Stock of AZI Arizona  ("Existing  Certificates")  shall be deemed for
all  purposes to evidence  ownership  of and to  represent  the shares of Common
Stock of AZI Delaware into which the shares of AZI Arizona  represented  by such
certificates  have been converted as herein  provided and shall be so registered
on the books and records of AZI Delaware or its transfer  agent.  The registered
owner of any such Existing  Certificate shall, until such certificate shall have
been  surrendered  for transfer or conversion or otherwise  accounted for to AZI
Delaware or its transfer agent,  have and be entitled to exercise any voting and
other rights with respect to and to receive any dividend and other distributions
upon the shares of the Common Stock of AZI Delaware  evidenced by such  Existing
Certificates as above provided.  Notwithstanding  any other provision  herein to
the contrary, the number of shares of Common Stock of AZI Delaware to which each
registered  owner of any such Existing  Certificate  shall be entitled  shall be
equal to the number of shares of Common  Stock of AZI Arizona  indicated on such
certificate.

                  1.5 Stock Plans and  Options.  Upon the  Effective  Date,  AZI
Delaware will assume and continue all the existing  stock options of AZI Arizona
granted under any existing  employee  option plan of AZI Arizona as in existence
immediately preceding the Effective Date. Effective upon the Effective Date, AZI
Delaware  hereby assumes the  obligations  of AZI Arizona with respect  thereto,
provided that the exercise price
<PAGE>
and number of shares of AZI Delaware authorized for and granted under such plans
shall be adjusted to the conversion ratio as set forth in Section 1.3 above.

                  II. CHARTER DOCUMENTS, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

                  2.1 Certificate of  Incorporation  and Bylaws.  From and after
the Effective  Date,  the  certificate  of  incorporation  and the bylaws of AZI
Delaware as in effect on the Effective Date shall continue to be the certificate
of  incorporation  and bylaws of AZI Delaware  without change or amendment until
further amendment in accordance with the provisions thereof and applicable law.

                  2.2  Directors.  The  directors  of AZI  Delaware  immediately
preceding the Effective  Date shall continue to be the directors of AZI Delaware
on and after the Effective Date to serve until the expiration of their terms and
until their successors are elected and qualified.

                  2.3  Officers.   the  officers  of  AZI  Delaware  immediately
preceding the Effective  Date shall  continue to be the officers of AZI Delaware
on the Effective  Date to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors of AZI
Delaware.

                               III. MISCELLANEOUS

                  3.1  Further  Assurances.  From  time  to  time,  as and  when
required  by AZI  Delaware  or by its  successors  and  assigns,  there shall be
executed  and   delivered  on  behalf  of  AZI  Arizona  such  deeds  and  other
instruments,  and there shall be taken or caused to be taken by it such  further
and other  action,  as shall be  appropriate  or  necessary  in order to vest or
perfect title to and possession of all the property,  interests, assets, rights,
privileges,  immunities,  powers,  franchises  and  authority of AZI Arizona and
otherwise to carry out the purposes of this Merger  Agreement,  and the officers
and directors of AZI Delaware are fully  authorized in the name and on behalf of
AZI  Arizona or  otherwise  to take any and all such  action and to execute  and
deliver any and all such deeds and other instruments.

                  3.2  Amendment.  At any time  before or after  approval by the
shareholders of AZI Arizona,  this Merger Agreement may be amended in any manner
(except that any of the principal  terms may not be amended without the approval
of the  shareholders of AZI Arizona) as may be determined in the judgment of the
respective  Board of Directors of AZI Delaware and AZI Arizona to be  necessary,
desirable or expedient in order to clarify the  intention of the parties  hereto
or to effect or facilitate the purpose and intent of this Merger Agreement.

                  3.3. Abandonment.  At any time before the Effective Date, this
Merger  Agreement may be terminated  and the merger  contemplated  hereby may be
abandoned  by the Board of  Directors  of either AZI Arizona or AZI  Delaware or
both,  notwithstanding the approval of this Merger Agreement by the shareholders
of AZI Arizona.

                  3.4.  Counterparts.  In order to  facilitate  the  filing  and
recording  of this Merger  Agreement,  the same may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original.
<PAGE>
         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  this  Merger  Agreement,  having  been first duly
approved by the Board of  Directors of AZI Arizona and AZI  Delaware,  is hereby
executed on behalf of each such  corporation  and  attested by their  respective
officers thereunto duly authorized.

                                                  ARIZONA INSTRUMENT CORPORATION
                                                  an Arizona corporation


                                                  By  /s/ John P. Hudnall
                                                    -------------------------
                                                         John Hudnall, President

ATTEST:


 /s/ Charles Byers
- ---------------------------
Charles Byers, Secretary

                                                  ARIZONA INSTRUMENT CORPORATION
                                                  a Delaware corporation


                                                  By  /s/ John P. Hudnall
                                                    -------------------------
                                                         John Hudnall, President

ATTEST:


 /s/ Charles Byers
- ---------------------------
Charles Byers, Secretary



STATE OF ARIZONA                    )
                                    )ss.
County of Maricopa                  )

                  I HEREBY  CERTIFY  that on this day before me, an officer duly
authorized to administer  oaths and take  acknowledgement,  personally  appeared
JOHN  HUDNALL and CHARLES  BYERS,  President  and  Secretary,  respectively,  of
ARIZONA INSTRUMENT CORPORATION, an Arizona corporation.

                  WITNESS my hand and official seal of the City of Tempe, in the
County and State last aforesaid this 15th day of June, 1988.


                                                      /s/ Susan D. Berry
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                     NOTARY PUBLIC

My Commission expires:

 10-2-92
- ------------------------------


© 2022 IncJournal is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission