Merger or Consolidation of Seller or Purchaser Any corporation or other entity (a) into which Seller or Purchaser may be merged or consolidated, (b) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which Seller or Purchaser is a party or (c) succeeding to the business of Seller or Purchaser, in the case of Purchaser, which corporation has a certificate of incorporation containing provisions relating to limitations on business and other matters substantively identical to those contained in Purchaser’s certificate of incorporation, provided that in any of the foregoing cases such corporation shall execute an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of Seller or Purchaser, as the case may be, under this Agreement and, whether or not such assumption agreement is executed, shall be the successor to Seller or Purchaser, as the case may be, hereunder (without relieving Seller or Purchaser of their responsibilities hereunder, if it survives such merger or consolidation) without the execution or filing of any document or any further action by any of the parties to this Agreement. Seller or Purchaser shall promptly inform the other party, the Issuer, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Owner Trustee and, as a condition to the consummation of the transactions referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, (i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of this Agreement shall have been breached (for purposes hereof, such representations and warranties shall speak as of the date of the consummation of such transaction) and be continuing, (ii) Seller or Purchaser, as applicable, shall have delivered written notice of such consolidation, merger or purchase and assumption to the Rating Agencies prior to the consummation of such transaction and shall have delivered to the Issuer and the Trust Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate of the Seller or a certificate signed by or on behalf of the Purchaser, as applicable, and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 6.2 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with, and (iii) Seller or Purchaser, as applicable, shall have delivered to the Issuer, and the Trust Collateral Agent an Opinion of Counsel, stating, in the opinion of such counsel, either (A) all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary to preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Trust Collateral Agent in the Receivables and reciting the details of the filings or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest.
By Sellers Sellers covenant and agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Purchaser, its Affiliates and the officers, directors, employees, agents, advisers and representatives of each such Person (collectively, the "Purchaser Indemnitees") from and against, and pay or reimburse the Purchaser Indemnitees for, any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, losses, fines, costs, royalties, proceedings, deficiencies or damages (whether absolute, accrued, conditional or otherwise and whether or not resulting from third party claims), including out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable attorneys' and accountants' fees incurred in the investigation or defense of any of the same or in asserting any of their respective rights hereunder (collectively, "Losses"), resulting from or arising out of:
(i) any inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by any Seller herein, or in any certificate delivered by an officer of any Seller pursuant hereto (a "Seller Certificate") or in any Collateral Agreement or in connection herewith or therewith;
(ii) any failure of any Seller to perform any covenant or agreement hereunder or under any Collateral Agreement or fulfill any other obligation in respect hereof or of any Collateral Agreement;
(iii) any and all Retained Liabilities or Retained Assets;
(iv) any and all Taxes (other than payroll Taxes) of any Seller and all Affiliates thereof relating to or arising out of the Business accruing, or with respect to any event or time period occurring, at or prior to Closing; and
(v) any and all liabilities in respect of employees of Seller or its Affiliates or Plans except to the extent assumed by Purchaser pursuant to Section 4.3. Cap on Sellers' Indemnification Obligations. Sellers' obligation to indemnify Purchaser Indemnitees pursuant to this Agreement, any Seller Certificate or any Collateral Agreement for breaches or inaccuracies of representations or warranties, and for breaches or failures to perform covenants or agreements or to fulfill any other obligations set forth in this Agreement (except for (x) the Seller Surviving Covenants, and (y) solely to the extent expressly contemplated by this Section 8.9(a), the Environmental Covenants (as defined in this Section 8.9(a))), in any Seller Certificate or in any Collateral Agreement, shall not exceed the amount of funds held in the Escrow Account at the time such claims
By Buyer Neither the board of directors of Buyer nor any committee thereof shall: (i) except as expressly permitted by this Section 7.2, withdraw, qualify or modify, or propose publicly to withdraw, qualify or modify, in a manner adverse to Target, the approval or recommendation of such board of directors or such committee of the Nasdaq Stockholder Approval or the Buyer Stockholder Approval; (ii) approve or recommend, or propose publicly to approve or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal; or (iii) cause Buyer to enter into any letter of intent, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement or other similar agreement (each, an “Acquisition Agreement”) related to any Acquisition Proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that, prior to the adoption and approval of the Buyer Stockholder Approval by the holders of Buyer Common Stock, the board of directors of Buyer determines in good faith, after it has received a Superior Offer and after consultation with outside counsel, and that the failure to consider such Superior Proposal would violate its fiduciary duties to Buyer stockholders under applicable Law, then the Buyer may (subject to this and the following sentences) inform the Target that it no longer believes that the Merger is advisable and no longer recommends approval and (subject to this and the following sentences) approve or recommend a Superior Proposal and in connection therewith withdraw or modify its approval or recommendation of the Buyer Stockholder Approval (a “Subsequent Determination”), but only at a time that is after the fifth (5th) Business Day following Target’s receipt of written notice advising them that the board of directors of Buyer has received a Superior Proposal, specifying the material terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal (and including a copy thereof with all accompanying documentation, if in writing), identifying the person making such Superior Proposal and stating that it intends to make a Subsequent Determination. Target shall have five (5) Business Days from the date of receiving such notice to submit to Buyer any changes to the terms and conditions of this Agreement as would enable Buyer to proceed with its recommendation to its stockholders without a Subsequent Determination; provided, that any such adjustment shall be at the discretion of the Parties at the time.
Seller For each Mortgage Loan, the seller of such Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
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By Seller Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article IX, Seller covenants and agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Buyer, its officers, directors, employees, agents, advisers, representatives and Affiliates (collectively, the "Buyer Indemnitees") from and against, and pay or reimburse Buyer Indemnitees for, any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, losses, fines, costs, proceedings, deficiencies or damages (whether absolute, accrued, conditional or otherwise and whether or not resulting from third party claims), including out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in the investigation or defense of any of the same or in asserting any of their respective rights hereunder (collectively, "Losses"), resulting from or arising out of:
(i) Any misrepresentation or breach of any warranty of Seller contained in this Agreement; provided that any claim for indemnification by Buyer under this clause (i) may be made no later than 18 months from and after the Closing Date, excepting only that any claim for misrepresentation or breach of warranty under Sections 3.6, 3.10(a), 3.18(a), 3.19 and 3.21 may be made no later than a date thirty days from and after the expiration of the period of the applicable statute of limitations;
(ii) any failure of Seller to perform any covenant or agreement made or contained in this Agreement or fulfill any obligation in respect thereof;
(iii) any Excluded Liabilities;
(iv) any and all Benefit Liabilities in respect of Employees except, with respect to Transferred Employees, to the extent assumed by Buyer pursuant to Article VII; and
(v) any product liability claim with respect to products manufactured by Seller and sold prior to the Closing. Seller shall not be required to indemnify Buyer Indemnitees with respect to any claim for indemnification resulting from or arising out of matters described in clauses (i) and (v) above pursuant to this Section unless and until the aggregate amount of all claims against Seller exceeds $270,000 and then only to the extent such aggregate amount exceeds $270,000. Claims thereafter may be asserted regardless of amount. Seller's maximum liability to Buyer Indemnitees under clauses (i) and (v) of this Section shall not exceed $13,750,000.
Sale of Purchased Assets On the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement, at Closing Seller shall sell, assign, convey, transfer and deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase, receive and accept from Seller, as they exist on the Closing Date, all right, title and interest that Seller or its subsidiary CBS Communications Services Inc. possesses and has the right to transfer in and to all the assets which are used in the conduct of the Business, other than Excluded Assets, including, without limitation, the following (collectively, "Purchased Assets"):
(a) Accounts and contracts receivable and prepaid expenses, including deposits, advertising materials and brochures;
(b) Tangible personal property, including raw materials, works-in-process, finished goods, parts, accessories, tools, furniture, equipment, switches, microwave facilities, routers and other network equipment, the WesNet IP Network, machinery, automobiles, trucks, motor vehicles, all other personal property owned or leased by Seller and used in the conduct of the Business and miscellaneous inventories;
(c) Leases and subleases of Leased Real Property and of Owned Real Property;
(d) Leases and subleases of Leased Personal Property;
(e) Intellectual Property (other than as provided in Section 1.2(b)), licenses and sublicenses granted or obtained with respect thereto, remedies against infringements thereof and rights to protection of interests therein and all other intangible assets, in each case used in connection with the conduct of the Business;
(f) Unexecuted or uncompleted portions of the Contracts as existing on the Closing Date, or which are listed on Schedule 2.11 hereto, or which are not required to be disclosed thereon but are or have been entered into in the ordinary course of business, as any of the foregoing may be amended in the ordinary course of business between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, subject to Section 6.2 (the "Assumed Contracts");
(g) All Permits existing as of the Closing Date and associated with the Purchased Assets or the Business, subject to Section 6.3;
(h) Lists of suppliers, customers and potential customers of services or products offered by the Business, as of the Closing Date, if any;
(i) Supplies and sundry items, including telephone numbers, keys and lock combinations, customer records, and books and records of, or relating to, and material to the operation of, the Business and the assets acquired and any obligations assumed pursuant hereto (including all customer files, customer lists, supplier records, records relating to accounts receivable and market research and surveys, if any), copies of financial records (or portions thereof) relating solely to the Business and copies of Tax Returns, other than Income Tax Returns, relating solely to the Business;
(j) Personnel records and payroll records with respect to all New Employees; and
(k) All claims and rights of Seller against third parties with respect to the conduct of the Business including, without limitation, (i) fees for early termination payable pursuant to any Telecom Contract terminated by the customer between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date (to the extent not received by Seller prior to the Closing Date) and (ii) claims and rights arising out of or relating to the Assumed Contracts.
By the Buyer Subject to Section 7.1(E) hereof, the Parent and Buyer shall indemnify, save, defend and hold harmless the Seller and the Stockholder (collectively, the "Seller Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all Damages (i) incurred in connection with or arising out of or resulting from or incident to any breach of any covenant, breach of warranty as of the Effective Date, or the inaccuracy of any representation as of the Effective Date, made by the Buyer or Parent in or pursuant to this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, or any other agreement contemplated hereby or in any schedule, certificate, exhibit, or other instrument furnished or to be furnished by the Buyer under this Agreement, (ii) based upon, arising out of or otherwise in respect of any liability or obligation of the Business or relating to the Assets (a) relating to any period on and after the Effective Date, other than those Damages based upon or arising out of the Retained Liabilities, or (b) arising out of facts or circumstances existing on and after the Effective Date, other than those Damages based upon or arising out of the Retained Liabilities; provided, however, that the Buyer shall not be liable for any such Damages to the extent, if any, such Damages result from or arise out of a breach or violation of this Agreement by any Seller Indemnified Party, (iii) under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a Material fact relating to Parent, Buyer or any Other Acquired Business contained in any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement or any prospectus forming a part thereof, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arising out of or based upon any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a Material fact relating to Parent or Buyer or any of the Other Acquired Businesses required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
By Either Party Either party may terminate this Agreement for cause if the other party is in material breach of this Agreement and the material breach remains uncured for a period of 30 days from receipt of notice by the other party. No later than the Termination Date, you will close your account.
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.
