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• Purchase and Sale of Assets Subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, Seller agrees to assign, sell and transfer to Buyer, and Buyer agrees to purchase from Seller, all of Seller’s rights, title and interest in and to the assets, properties and business (except for Excluded Assets) of every kind and description, wherever located, real, personal, tangible or intangible, used solely by or otherwise relating solely to the Stations as the same shall exist on the Closing Date (as defined herein) (collectively, the Station Assets”). Seller agrees that the Station Assets on the Closing Date shall be free and clear of any and all liens, claims, petitions, charges and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever (“Liens”), and shall include: (a) the Licenses and any and all other FCC authorizations pertaining to the Stations set forth on Schedule 1(a) hereto; (b) any and all pending applications before the FCC which relate solely to the Stations; (c) all books and records relating solely to the Stations; (d) all of Seller’s proprietary information, technical information, demographic and market data, coverage maps, diagrams and the like which relate solely to the Station or to the future business of the Stations; (e) all of the Seller’s land, leases, land purchase contracts, tower registrations, tower permits relating solely to the Stations, including but not limited to all rights, title and interest under the leases, subleases, licenses, occupancy agreements or other contracts relating solely to the Stations, as set forth on Schedule 1(e) hereto (collectively the “Real Property”); (f) all of the Seller’s right, title and interests under existing agreements, contracts, commitments, leases relating solely to the operation of the Stations as more fully described on Schedule 1(f) hereto; and (g) all of the Seller’s supplies, equipment, inventories and other property purchased but not installed, as and relating solely to the operation of the Stations, as set forth on Schedule 1(g) hereto. In connection with the purchase of Station Assets, Buyer shall assume and agree to pay, perform and discharge when due the following obligations arising in connection with the Station Assets and operation of the business, as the same shall exist on the Closing Date (collectively, the “Assumed Liabilities”): (i) those liabilities arising from the Station Assets that are scheduled by Seller in Schedule 3.6 set forth herein and agreed upon by both Parties, (ii) all obligations of Seller under the leases, contacts and other agreements included in the Station Assets arising and to be performed on or after the Closing Date, but excluding any such obligations arising or to be performed prior to the Closing Date.

• Purchase and Sale of Assets Assumption of Liabilities 8 2.1 Purchase and Sale of Assets 8 2.2 Excluded Assets 10 2.3 Assumption of Liabilities 11 2.4 Excluded Liabilities 12 2.5 Further Conveyances and Assumptions; Consent of Third Parties 12 2.6 Purchase Price Allocation 13

• Purchase and Sale of Acquired Assets On the Closing Date but effective as of the Effective Date, each Seller shall sell, transfer, deliver, convey and assign to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall purchase, acquire, and accept from such Seller, upon the terms and conditions stated herein, all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the following: (a) All hardware, third-party software licenses, documentation, third-party trademark licenses, fixtures, furniture, equipment and other assets of such Seller, in each case, which is necessary to satisfy such Seller’s obligations under the Assumed Contracts, as identified on Schedule 1.1 attached hereto (the “Transferred Resources”), to the fullest extent transferable by such Seller to Purchaser (or if not at all transferable, a mutually acceptable arrangement shall be structured as provided in Section 8.4); (b) All right, title, and interest of such Seller in and to the source code, object code, schematics, design tools, and all associated documentation for all of such Seller’s past or present software products (including but not limited to Connect CCB, Connect IXC, Access IM, Connect RTR, IPC, WPM, Marketing Dashboard, Revenue Assurance Suite, Communications Resources Manager (CRM), and EBP&P), and all of such Seller’s software tools, subroutines, and other components, whether completed or under development, all prior or unreleased versions thereof, and all tangible embodiments (and all copies, extracts, or analyses thereof) in any medium whatsoever, and all right, title, and interest of such Seller in and to its copyrights, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, and any applications therefor (including U.S. patent application number 12055933), and any related Intellectual Property Rights (as defined in Section 2.2) of such Seller, and all rights under any and all contracts for the acquisition or development of any of the foregoing, including without limitation assignments to such Seller, covenants to assign inventions to such Seller (including without limitation those assignments contained in subcontractor agreements), covenants to cooperate with such Seller’s obtaining protections of intellectual property, other provisions for ownership by such Seller of a work-for-hire, any and all confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements in favor of a Seller and all agreements similar to the foregoing, in each case to the fullest extent transferable by such Seller to Purchaser (or if not at all transferable, a mutually acceptable arrangement shall be structured as provided in Section 8.4) (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”); (c) All right, title, and interest (including rights to payment for customer services which services were rendered on or following the Effective Date or for Software (as hereinafter defined) for periods on or following the Effective Date) of such Seller in and under the Assumed Contracts (as hereinafter defined) on and after the Effective Date, including any successor agreements to the Assumed Contracts which are entered into by such Seller with respect to the Business prior to the Closing Date (the “Contract Rights”); (d) Cash in an amount, when all such payments made by Sellers are aggregated, equal to Ninety Seven Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and 52/100 ($97,374.52) (“Prepaid Customer Funds” and, together with the Transferred Resources, Intellectual Property, and Contract Rights, the “Acquired Assets”), which amount represents prepaid but undelivered maintenance obligations under the Assumed Contracts with Bresnan (in an amount equal to $7,760); Xxxxxxxxxx (in an amount equal to $40,000); Westel (in an amount equal to $6,533); and Page One (in an amount equal to $43,081.52); (e) All receivables and rights to payment arising with respect to customer services provided on or after the Effective Date or Software for periods on or following the Effective Date relating to any Acquired Assets; (f) Copies of those books and records of such Seller directly related to the Acquired Assets, including invoices, purchase orders, and vendor and customer correspondence; and (g) All goodwill and other intangible assets associated with the foregoing; in each case wherever located, but specifically excluding those assets described in Section 1.2.

• Purchase and Sale of the Purchased Assets Except as otherwise provided below, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Buyer agrees to purchase from Seller and the Retained Subsidiaries, and Seller agrees to, and to cause the Retained Subsidiaries to, sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver, or cause to be sold, conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered, to Buyer at the Closing, free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens, all of Seller’s and the Retained Subsidiaries’ right, title and interest in, to and under the assets, properties and business, of every kind and description, owned, used or held for use primarily in the conduct of the Business by Seller or any of the Retained Subsidiaries (but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Excluded Assets or assets and properties of any Purchased Subsidiary) (the “Purchased Assets”), including all right, title and interest of Seller and the Retained Subsidiaries in, to and under the following Purchased Assets: (a) the Owned Real Property, together with all buildings, fixtures and improvements erected thereon; (b) all rights under the Leases with respect to the Leased Real Property; (i) all tangible personal property and interests therein, including machinery, equipment, furniture, office equipment, communications equipment, vehicles, storage tanks, spare and replacement parts, fuel and other tangible property (including all interests in personal property underlying capital leases) located at the Real Property and held for use primarily in the conduct of the Business and (ii) those assets of Seller related primarily to the Business that are located at its Corporate Technology Center facility located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which are listed on Schedule 2.02(c); (d) all raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods, supplies and other inventories used or held for use primarily in the conduct of the Business (collectively, the “Inventory”); (e) all rights under all Contracts (other than the Leases) used or held for use primarily in the conduct of the Business, including those listed in Schedule 2.02(e) (the “Purchased Contracts”); (f) all rights, claims, credits, causes of action or rights of set-off against third parties relating to or arising from the Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities, including unliquidated rights under manufacturers’ and vendors’ warranties; (g) all trade accounts receivable and other receivables (collectively, the “Accounts Receivable”) to the extent arising out of the Business; (h) all prepaid assets to the extent arising out of the Business; (i) all Business Intellectual Property Rights other than Business Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Purchased Subsidiaries; (j) all Permits that are necessary to the operation of the Business; and (k) Business Records relating primarily to the Business.

• Purchase and Sale of Purchased Assets Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, Seller Parent shall, and shall cause the other Sellers to, sell, convey, assign and transfer to Purchaser or the applicable Purchaser Designated Affiliates, and Purchaser shall or shall cause the applicable Purchaser Designated Affiliates to purchase, acquire and accept, all of Seller Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ right, title and interest, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, as at the Closing in the following (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”): (a) the equity interests in the Conveyed Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Shares”); (b) the real property that is set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the Seller Disclosure Letter (collectively, the “Owned Real Property”) and the Facilities (including the related improvements and fixtures), and all easements and other rights and interests appurtenant thereto; (c) the real property leases, subleases, licenses and occupancy arrangements that are set forth in Section 2.1(c) of the Seller Disclosure Letter (collectively, the “Real Property Leases” and the real property related to such Real Property Leases, the “Leased Real Property”), including the right to all security deposits and other amounts and instruments deposited by or on behalf of the Sellers thereunder; (d) (i) other than Information Systems (which are the subject of clauses (ii) and (iii)), the owned and leased furniture, equipment, fixtures, machinery, supplies, spare parts, tools, tangible personal property and other tangible property (A) that is Related to the Business and located at a Facility, except as set forth on Section 2.3(a)(xx) of the Seller Disclosure Letter, or (B) set forth on Section 2.1(d)(i)(B) of the Seller Disclosure Letter, (ii) personal computers and vehicles primarily used by the Transferred Employees in respect of the Business (the assets described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, the “Equipment”), (iii) Business IT Systems, and (iv) any leases relating to such Equipment or Business IT Systems (the “Equipment Leases”); (e) Contracts, sales orders, purchase orders, instruments and other commitments, obligations and arrangements (i) to which Seller Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and that are related solely to the Business, a Purchased Asset or an Assumed Liability, or (ii) that constitute a Shared Contract, but only the portion of such Shared Contract related to the Business (collectively, the “Assumed Contracts”); (f) all Inventory and samples of any Product; (g) all Business IP, including the right to xxx and recover and retain damages for past, present and future infringement or misappropriation of or other violation of any Business IP and all corresponding rights that, now or hereafter, may be secured throughout the world with respect to any Business IP, but for clarity excluding all Retained Names; (h) all Registration Information (including in relation to pending applications for Product Registrations and Manufacturing Registrations) Related to the Business; (i) all Governmental Authorizations, including Product Registrations, Manufacturing Registrations and Environmental Permits, that are owned, used or licensed (subject to the terms of such licenses) and Related to the Business; (j) without duplication, (A) all Records Relating to the Business (including any applicable attorney-client privilege, attorney work product protection and expectation of client privilege attaching to any such Record), other than the Records set forth on Section 2.1(j) of the Seller Disclosure Letter (the “Specified Records”); provided that the Sellers and their Affiliates may retain one (1) copy of each of the foregoing pursuant to Section 6.8 and remove or redact the names of any customers or vendors from such lists to the extent such customers or vendors relate solely to the Retained Businesses, (B) copies of (x) the portions of all Records that relate to, but do not primarily relate to, the Business and (y) the Specified Records, and (C) the corporate books and records (including Tax Returns other than any Seller Combined Tax Returns) of the Conveyed Subsidiaries and their Subsidiaries to the extent related to the Business; provided, further, that in each case of clauses (A)-(C), Seller Parent may redact or remove any information not related to the Business; (k) all accounts receivable and all other assets, in each case included in the calculation of Final Business Working Capital, and all Cash Equivalents included in the calculation of Final Business Net Cash; (l) the goodwill Relating to the Business, together with the right to represent to third parties that Purchaser is the successor to the Business; (m) all claims, defenses, causes of action, counterclaims and rights of set-off against third parties (at any time or in any manner arising or existing, whether xxxxxx or inchoate, known or unknown, contingent or non-contingent) relating primarily to the Business, a Purchased Asset or an Assumed Liability; (n) all credits, prepaid expenses, rebates, deferred charges, advance payments, security deposits and other deposits or amounts held as surety by third Persons and prepaid items, in each case Related to the Business or primarily related to a Purchased Asset or an Assumed Liability and included in the calculation of Final Business Working Capital or Final Business Net Cash; (o) the amount of any insurance proceeds, recoveries or refunds (net of any reasonable costs of investigating and pursuing the underlying claim and of collection and any Taxes imposed in respect thereof) received by Seller Parent or any of its Affiliates under the Insurance Policies after the date hereof in respect of any Loss prior to the Closing in respect of any Purchased Asset or Assumed Liability to the extent Purchaser does not otherwise receive the benefit thereof (including through application of such proceeds) and except to the extent the related Liabilities are included in the calculation of Final Business Working Capital or Final Business Net Cash; (p) the assets of all Conveyed Subsidiary Plans and the assets transferred to Purchaser and the Purchaser Designated Affiliates pursuant to Section 6.6; (q) the assets set forth in Section 2.1(q) of the Seller Disclosure Letter; (r) to the extent legally transferable, all third-party warranties, indemnities, further assurance and other similar covenants, and guarantees to the extent relating to any of the Equipment, Inventory, other Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities; and (s) any other assets, properties or rights in each case Relating to the Business, other than those assets specifically identified as Excluded Assets in clauses (i) through (xx) of Section 2.3(a). Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, (i) any assets, properties or rights of any Conveyed Subsidiary (or Subsidiary thereof) that constitute Purchased Assets hereunder shall be deemed Purchased Assets for all purposes of this Agreement (including Article VII), except to the extent any such asset, property or right otherwise would be an Excluded Asset had it not been an asset, property or right of such Conveyed Subsidiary or Subsidiary (and instead an asset, right, or property of Seller Parent or any of its Affiliates (other than a Conveyed Subsidiary (or a Subsidiary thereof))) (a “Conveyed Subsidiary Excluded Asset”), (ii) any Conveyed Subsidiary Excluded Asset shall be deemed an Excluded Asset for all purposes of this Agreement (including Article VII) and Seller Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to transfer such Conveyed Subsidiary Excluded Asset, subject to obtaining required consents and Approvals, out of the relevant Conveyed Subsidiary (or Subsidiary thereof) on or prior to the Closing, or thereafter in accordance with Section 6.22, and (iii) any Liability of any Conveyed Subsidiary (or Subsidiary thereof) that otherwise would be a Retained Liability had it not been a Liability of such Conveyed Subsidiary or Subsidiary (and instead a Liability of Seller Parent or any of its Affiliates (other than a Conveyed Subsidiary (or a Subsidiary thereof))) shall be deemed a Retained Liability for all purposes of this Agreement (including Article VII) and Seller Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to transfer such Retained Liability, subject to obtaining required consents and Approvals, out of such Conveyed Subsidiary (or Subsidiary thereof) on or prior to the Closing, or thereafter in compliance with Section 6.22. The transfer of assets, properties and rights of any Conveyed Subsidiaries (or any Subsidiary thereof) deemed a Purchased Asset shall be effected solely by virtue of the transfer of the Sellers’ right, title and interest in the Shares and not through the direct transfer of such assets, properties or rights, and Seller Parent and its Subsidiaries shall not be required to transfer any such assets, properties or rights of the Conveyed Subsidiaries and their Subsidiaries other than through the transfer of the Sellers’ right, title and interest in the Shares.

• Purchase and Sale of Equity Interest 1.1 Grant Rights Approved by Party C, Party B (the “Transferor”) hereby exclusively and irrevocably grants to Party A or any designated person (“Designated Persons”) an option to purchase, at any time according to steps determined by Party A, and at the price specified in Section 1.3 of this Agreement, from the Transferor a portion or all of the equity interests held by Party B in Party C (the “Option”). No Option shall be granted to any third party other than Party A and/or the Designated Persons. The “person” set forth in this Agreement means any individual person, corporation, joint venture, partnership, enterprise, trust or non-corporation organization.

• Purchase and Sale of Property Seller hereby agrees to sell, and Buyer hereby agrees to acquire, upon the terms and conditions herein stated, that certain portfolio of Properties listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto and more particularly described in Exhibits A-1 to A-16 attached hereto (individually and collectively, the “Real Property”), together with: (a) All buildings, improvements and other structures presently located on the Real Property (the “Improvements”), provided, however, that “Improvements” shall not include any fixtures or other improvements owned by “Tenants” (as hereinafter defined); (b) All personal property (excluding cash and software) owned by Seller, if any, located in or on, and used exclusively in connection with the operation of, the Real Property or the Improvements (the “Personal Property”); (c) Any and all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the leases, licenses and occupancy agreements covering all or any portion of the Real Property or Improvements (the “Leases”), including any guaranties thereof and any security deposits thereunder in Seller’s possession at “Closing” (as hereinafter defined); and (d) Any and all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to any of the following existing at the Closing (the “Intangibles”): (i) subject to Paragraph 3(a)(v), all assignable contracts and agreements and utility contracts (the “Operating Agreements”) relating to the leasing, operation, maintenance or repair of the Real Property, Improvements or Personal Property; (ii) all assignable warranties and guaranties issued to Seller in connection with the Improvements or the Personal Property; (iii) all assignable permits, licenses, approvals and authorizations issued by any governmental authority in connection with the Real Property; (iv) all assignable drawings, plans, building permits, surveys and certificates of occupancy relating to the Real Property or the Personal Property, if any; and (v) all assignable trademarks, trade names and websites relating to the Real Property, if any. The Real Property, Improvements, Personal Property, Leases and Intangibles are collectively referred to hereinafter for a specific property as a “Property” and collectively as the “Properties”.

• Purchase and Sale of the Assets Except for the Excluded Assets set forth in Section 2.2 below, at and as of the Effective Time, the Sellers shall Transfer to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase and accept from the Sellers, free and clear of all Liens to the maximum extent provided in the Sale Approval Order, all of the Sellers’ right, title and interest in and to the following assets (the “Transferred Assets”): (a) the Accounts Receivable, a recent summary schedule of which is attached hereto as Schedule 2.1(a) (it being understood that such schedule does not reflect Accounts Receivable as of the Closing Date that will be included in the Transferred Assets); (b) the Equipment and Other Personalty whether located at the Transferred Facilities of the Sellers or elsewhere; (c) the Intellectual Property primarily used in the Business, including, without limitation, the patented or registered Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule 2.1(c) and pending patent applications or other applications for the registration of Intellectual Property; (d) all Inventory, a recent summary schedule of which is attached hereto as Schedule 2.1(d) (it being understood that such schedule does not reflect Inventory as of the Closing Date that will be included in the Transferred Assets); (e) all rights of the Sellers under Assigned Contracts; (f) originals or copies of all books, financial and other records and information which has been reduced to written, recorded or encoded form, in each case to the extent related to the Business (collectively, the “Books and Records”); (g) licenses and permits primarily used in the operation of the Business, to the extent transferable; (h) subject to the Purchaser’s right to reject any lease of Real Property in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, owned and leased Real Property primarily used in the operation of the Business, each parcel of which is set forth on Schedule 2.1(h); (i) any warranties of third parties on any Transferred Assets; (j) all prepaid expenses, security deposits and other credits owed to the Sellers from third parties, to the extent primarily related to the Transferred Assets; (k) all rights and incidents under policies, contracts or arrangements related to insurance of any Seller to the extent related to Assumed Liabilities or Transferred Assets and to the extent transferable (it being understood that (i) such policies will be cancelled at Closing and the Sellers will be entitled to any refunds upon such cancellation and (ii) the Sellers’ directors and officers insurance policies will constitute Excluded Assets in all respects); (l) all rights and claims of the Sellers of every kind and description under all non-disclosure, confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation, assignment of invention and other agreements of a comparable nature with (i) all present and former employees of the Sellers other than Eligible Employees who are hired by the Purchaser to the extent such agreements relate to the Transferred Assets and (ii) all Eligible Employees who are hired by the Purchaser whether or not such agreements relate to the Transferred Assets; and (m) all other assets primarily related to the Business, other than any Excluded Assets.

• Merger and Sale of Assets If at any time there shall be a capital reorganization of the shares of the Company's stock (other than a combination, reclassification, exchange or subdivision of shares otherwise provided for herein), or a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation when the Company is not the surviving corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of the Company's properties and assets to any other person (hereinafter referred to as a "Merger Event"), then, as a part of such Merger Event, lawful provision shall be made so that the Warrantholder shall thereafter be entitled to receive, upon exercise of the Warrant, the number of shares of preferred stock or other securities of the successor corporation resulting from such Merger Event, equivalent in value to that which would have been issuable if Warrantholder had exercised this Warrant immediately prior to the Merger Event. In any such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors) shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Warrant Agreement with respect to the rights and interest of the Warrantholder after the Merger Event to the end that the provisions of this Warrant Agreement (including adjustments of the Exercise Price and number of shares of Preferred Stock purchasable) shall be applicable to the greatest extent possible.

• Sale of Assets The Company or the Bank sells to a third party all or substantially all of its assets.