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• 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.

• Agreement of Purchase and Sale In accordance with the terms and conditions of this agreement, Seller agrees to sell the Ownership Interests in the Asset to Purchaser, and Purchaser agrees to purchase the Ownership Interests in the Asset from Seller.

• Purchase and Sale Agreement The Participating Investors and the selling Key Holder agree that the terms and conditions of any Proposed Key Holder Transfer in accordance with this Section 2.2 will be memorialized in, and governed by, a written purchase and sale agreement with the Prospective Transferee (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”) with customary terms and provisions for such a transaction, and the Participating Investors and the selling Key Holder further covenant and agree to enter into such Purchase and Sale Agreement as a condition precedent to any sale or other transfer in accordance with this Section 2.2.

• Third Closing At any time sixty one (61) to ninety (90) days following the Second Closing Date, subject to the mutual agreement of the Buyer and the Company, for the “Third Closing Date” and subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 7 and 8, (A) the Company shall deliver to the Buyer the following: (i) the Third Debenture; (ii) an amendment to the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter instructing the Transfer Agent to reserve that number of shares of Common Stock as is required under Section 4(g) hereof, if necessary; and (iii) an officer’s certificate of the Company confirming, as of the Third Closing Date, the accuracy of the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein and updating Schedules 3(b), 3(c) and 3(k) as of the Third Closing Date, and (B) the Buyer shall deliver to the Company the Third Purchase Price.

• Due Diligence Period (a) During the period (the “Due Diligence Period”) beginning on the Effective Date and ending at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on November 19, 2014 (the “Expiration of the Due Diligence Period”), Purchaser shall have the right, upon a minimum of one Business Day’s prior telephonic or written notice to Seller, to make a physical inspection of the Property, including (i) a non-invasive inspection of the environmental condition thereof and such non-invasive physical engineering and other studies and tests on the Property as Purchaser deems appropriate in its sole discretion and (ii) with Seller’s consent, which Seller may withhold in its sole discretion, further inspections of the environmental condition of the Property and further physical engineering and other studies and tests on the Property that are invasive or could alter the physical condition of the Property (including examination of materials, soil samples, and groundwater). Prior to performing any inspection or test (whether non-invasive or otherwise), Purchaser must deliver a certificate of insurance to the applicable Seller evidencing that Purchaser and its contractors, agents and representatives have in place comprehensive general liability insurance (with policy limits of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate) and for workers’ compensation insurance (with policy limits not less than statutory requirements) for its activities on the Property on terms reasonably satisfactory to Seller covering any accident arising in connection with the presence of Purchaser, its contractors, agents and representatives on the Property, which insurance shall name Seller and the Company as additional insureds thereunder and Purchaser shall bear the cost of all such inspections or tests. All third-party professional inspection companies or individuals shall be duly licensed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser shall give no fewer than two Business Days’ notice to Seller prior to inspecting any Tenant occupied portions of the Property. Subject to the provisions of this Section 2.3, Purchaser upon prior notice to Seller may meet with the current property manager at the Property. At Purchaser’s request, and to the extent in Seller’s or the Company’s possession, Seller shall make available to Purchaser copies of the maintenance records and reports for the Property. Purchaser shall (i) exercise reasonable care at all times that Purchaser shall be present upon the Property, (ii) at Purchaser’s expense, observe and comply with all applicable laws and any conditions imposed by any insurance policy then in effect with respect to the Property and made known to Purchaser, (iii) not engage in any activities which would violate the provisions of any permit or license pertaining to the Property and made known to Purchaser, (iv) not unreasonably disturb the Tenants or unreasonably interfere with their use of the Property pursuant to their respective Leases, (v) not unreasonably interfere with the operation and maintenance of the Property, (vi) repair any damage to the Property resulting directly or indirectly from Purchaser’s activities at the Property and (vii) not disclose any confidential information except as permitted under this Agreement or required by applicable law. Purchaser’s obligation pursuant to clauses (vi) and (vii) above shall survive any termination of this Agreement. (b) Purchaser understands and agrees that any on-site inspections of the Property shall occur during normal business hours after the requisite prior notice to Seller and shall be conducted in accordance with the terms hereof. Seller reserves the right to have a representative present during any such inspections and property manager interviews. If the Closing does not occur, then on request by Seller and payment by Seller to Purchaser 50% of Purchaser’s out-of-pocket costs for any requested inspection reports, Purchaser will furnish to Seller any draft of final reports received by Purchaser and requested by Seller relating to any inspections of the Property. (c) Purchaser agrees to protect, indemnify, defend and hold Seller and the Company harmless from and against any claim for liabilities, losses, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), damages or injuries arising out of or resulting from the inspection of the Property by Purchaser or its agents or consultants, excluding any liabilities, losses, costs and expenses, damages or injuries arising out of, and then only to the extent of, (i) Seller’s or the Company’s negligence or willful misconduct or (ii) any pre-existing condition discovered or revealed in the inspection of the Property by Purchaser or its agents or consultants. Purchaser’s obligation to indemnify and hold harmless Seller and the Company pursuant to this Section 2.3(c) shall survive the Closing or any termination of this Agreement.

• 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.

• Second Closing The obligation of the Company to issue, sell and deliver the Series B Preferred Shares at the Second Closing is subject to the fulfillment to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company at or prior to the Second Closing of the following conditions: (a) The Second Closing Investors shall have delivered the Second Purchase Price in accordance with Section 2.4(b); (b) Each Second Closing Investor shall have delivered its executed counterpart signature page to this Agreement; (c) The Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement, duly executed by the New Series B Investors and the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on a fully-diluted basis, including a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock voting as a separate class and on a fully-diluted and as converted basis; (d) The First Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by a majority of the holders of Registrable Securities (as defined the Original Registration Rights Agreement); (e) Each of the representations and warranties of the Investors contained in Article VIII shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of the Second Closing Date as though then made, except for such representations and warranties which expressly speak as of a certain date, which representations and warranties shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects as of the date specified. (f) Section 7.4(a) of the Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows: (a) (i) As of the First Closing, the authorized capital stock of the Company consisted solely of (1) ten million (10,000,000) shares of Common Stock, of which 1,696,284 shares were issued and outstanding; and (2) three million (3,000,000) shares of preferred stock, $.0001 par value per share, of which 2,250,000 shares had been designated as Series A Preferred Stock and 962,101 shares were issued and outstanding. The Company had reserved for issuance (x) sufficient shares of Common Stock for issuance upon conversion or redemption of all outstanding or authorized Series A Preferred Shares and (y) 2,100,000 shares of Common Stock upon exercise of options pursuant to its 2004 Stock Option Incentive Plan. Immediately after the First Closing, the capitalization of the Company was as set forth in the Capitalization Schedule attached to Schedule 7.4, which Capitalization Schedule and Schedule 7.4 (A) reflected the capitalization of the Company both on an actual shares outstanding basis and on a fully diluted basis assuming conversion of all convertible securities and the exercise of all outstanding options and warrants and all options reserved for future grant under any stock option plans and (B) set forth (I) each outstanding option, warrant or other right to purchase shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (II) for each such option, warrant or right, the holder thereof, the date of grant, the exercise price and the number of shares subject thereto.

• Purchase and Sale Closing (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to cause the Trustee to sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Trustee, at a purchase price of 100% of the face amount thereof, $193,440,000 of Class B Certificates. (b) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Class B Certificates shall be made at the date, time and location or locations specified in Schedule I hereto, or at such other date, time or location or locations as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Underwriter, or as shall otherwise be provided in Section 7 hereof (such date being herein called the “Closing Date” and such time being herein called the “Closing Time”). Payment shall be made to or upon the order of the Trustee by federal funds wire transfer or transfer of other immediately available funds against delivery to the account of the Underwriter at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). Such Class B Certificates shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other names, and in such authorized denominations as the Underwriter may request in writing at least two full business days before the Closing Time. The certificates representing such Class B Certificates, which may be in temporary form, will be made available for examination and packaging by the Underwriter at the location or locations at which they are to be delivered at the Closing Time not later than 10:00 A.M. on the business day prior to the Closing Time. (c) The Company will pay to the Underwriter at the Closing Time for the account of the Underwriter any fee, commission or other compensation which is specified in Schedule I hereto. Such payment will be made by federal funds wire transfer or transfer of other immediately available funds.

• 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.

• Closing Transactions On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the following transactions shall occur in the order set forth in this Section 2.1: