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
Assumption of Certain Liabilities a. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or in any Exhibit to the contrary, Buyer is not and shall not assume any liabilities of the Business or of the Seller, except for the following liabilities of the Seller pertaining solely to the operation of the Business after the Closing Date (the “Assumed Liabilities”):
i. The obligations of Seller and related payment requirements from and after the Closing Date under the unexpired facility leases for the office of Seller as set forth on the Schedule of Lease Obligations attached hereto as Exhibit 5-A1.
ii. The obligations of Seller and related payment requirements from and after the Closing Date under any equipment lease, lease/purchase or maintenance agreements for those items of office equipment to be purchased by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, as set forth on the Schedule of Equipment Leases attached hereto as Exhibit 5-A2.
iii. The obligation to pay the Buyer’s customary and normal commissions with respect to mortgage transactions which are pending at the time of Closing and which are finalized following Closing.
iv. The obligation to pay to Shareholder monthly rent in the amount of SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ELEVEN and 45/100 Dollars ($6,411.45), as well as one prorated payment of THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIVE and 73/100 Dollars ($3,205.73), that has been prepaid by Seller Parties through March 2007. Such amount shall be paid pursuant to the Promissory Note.
b. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or in any Exhibit to the contrary, Buyer does not assume any liability not being identified herein as being assumed by Buyer, and in particular (by way of illustration and not limitation) Buyer does not assume any of the following liabilities, which liabilities will remain the obligations of Seller (such liabilities are herein collectively referred to as the “Excluded Liabilities”):
i. Any and all trade payables outstanding, accrued to, or due as of the Closing Date.
ii. Any and all accrued salaries, overtime pay, vacation pay, holiday pay, accrued time off pay of any type, expenses and other employee compensation for both temporary and permanent employees of Seller payable up to the Closing Date unless otherwise assumed hereunder.
iii. FICA, withholding, and other payroll related taxes payable up to the Closing Date for any and all periods prior to the Closing Date.
iv. Sales tax obligations for any and all services rendered prior to the Closing Date.
v. Other taxes, fees and assessments payable by Seller or accrued as of the Closing Date.
vi. Audit or other similar adjustments, including any penalties or fines, related to FICA and other payroll taxes, sales taxes, retirement plan contributions, workers’ compensation insurance and similar expenses subject to audits and adjustments for occurrences and time periods prior to the Closing Date.
vii. Federal and state taxes on income earned by Seller prior to the Closing Date and accrued to or payable as of the Closing Date.
viii. Revolving credit line obligations or other short term bank borrowings, long term bank loans or installment payment debts of Seller.
ix. Notes and other financial instruments payable by Seller.
x. Any and all notes payable, advances, deferred compensation or other debts owed to Shareholders, or any other employee of, or contractor to, Seller, including any payments related to compensation, vacation pay, sick pay, fringe benefits, or reimbursable expenses related to the employment of, or services performed by, any of such individuals prior to the Closing Date.
xi. Any and all other liabilities of Seller existing as of the Closing Date and not specifically listed as being assumed by Buyer in Section 5a of this Agreement.
xii. Any contingent or unstated liabilities of Seller including, but not limited to, liabilities occurring as a result of legal actions, suits or other claims and resulting from actions or other occurrences which took place prior to the Closing Date.
c. All of the Assets shall be free of any liens, claims, liabilities, charges, restrictions, royalties, fees or other encumbrances other than (i) liens for Taxes which are not due and payable as of the Closing Date, (ii) the leases set forth on the Schedule of Lease Obligations at Exhibit 5-A1, (iii) the equipment leases, lease/purchase or maintenance agreements set forth on the Schedule of Equipment Leases at Exhibit 5-A2, and (iv) encumbrances which would not have a material adverse effect on the Business (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”). No later than the Closing Date, the Seller shall secure written releases for the Assets acquired from the holder of any lien, security interest or other obligation of the Seller related to any lien, security interest or other encumbrance attaching to all or any category of the assets of Seller.
Assumption of Assumed Liabilities (a) Except as expressly provided in Section 2.4(b), the Purchaser shall not assume, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, any liability or obligation of either Seller whatsoever, whether known, unknown, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether accrued or unaccrued.
(b) Subject to the foregoing Section 2.4(a), effective as of the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall assume the following liabilities and obligations of the Sellers arising out of the use, ownership or operation of the Business, the Facilities or the other Assets (collectively, the “Assumed Liabilities”):
(i) the obligations of the Sellers under (x) each Assumed Contract, related to the rights under each Assumed Contract assigned to the Purchaser under the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, (y) each JWWTP Agreement to the extent assigned to the Purchaser under the Assignment (JWWTP Agreements) and (z) each License included in the Assets required to be performed on or after the Closing Date;
(ii) all accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities of the Sellers related to the Business and accrued or existing as of the Closing Date, but only to the extent included in the determination of Final Net Working Capital;
(iii) all liabilities and obligations, known or unknown, relating to, resulting from, arising out of or in connection with, directly or indirectly, (A) events that occur, (B) services performed or products manufactured or sold, or (C) the ownership, operation or use of the Business and the Assets, in each case, from and after the Closing;
(iv) liabilities and obligations relating to or arising from physical or bodily injuries to, or damage to the property of, third parties that occur from and after the Closing to the extent caused by the physical condition of the Assets (which are being transferred as-is, where-is);
(v) liabilities arising in connection with any severance plan established by the Purchaser on or after the Closing Date; and
(vi) liabilities under any of the CBAs or any other collective bargaining agreement or other labor arrangement, including any grievances, to the extent arising from any act or omission after the Closing.
Transfer of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities (a) On or prior to the Effective Time, but in any case prior to the Distribution, in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization:
Purchase and Sale of Assets On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, at the Closing, Sellers shall sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver (or cause to be sold, conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered) to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall purchase from Sellers, all of Sellers’ right, title and interest in, to and under the following assets as they exist on the Closing Date (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”), whether tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed, Related to the Business, in each case free and clear of all Claims and Liens except Permitted Liens, as approved for sale, transfer and assignment pursuant to the Sale Approval Order:
(a) the Purchased Mortgage Servicing and rights to receive Servicing Compensation related thereto, including Servicing Compensation that is accrued and unpaid as of the Closing Date;
(b) except as provided in Section 2.15, the Servicing Advances outstanding as of the Closing Date;
(c) subject to Schedule M, the Xxxxxx Xxx Loans;
(d) the Owned Transferred IP and Licensed Transferred IP;
(e) the Books and Records;
(f) copies of all Tax Returns and related books, records and workpapers filed by or on behalf of any REMIC as to which a Seller is REMIC Administrator (and the duties of which in that capacity the Purchaser will assume), together with all information technology or software in Sellers’ possession related to the performance of the duties of the REMIC Administrator, including any such information technology or software used to assemble or supply information needed to be provided to any third-party service provider engaged by the REMIC Administrator to perform any or all of its duties on its behalf;
(g) all REMIC Residual Interests representing a De Minimis Interest in the residual interests of the related REMIC and required to be held by Purchaser as the REMIC Administrator of such REMIC;
(h) the Fixtures and Equipment;
(i) the Transferred IT Assets;
(j) the Owned Real Property, including, to the extent transferable, all easements, Government Authorizations and other rights and interests appurtenant thereto;
(k) certain other assets listed on Schedule L-1;
(l) credits, prepaid expenses, deferred charges, security deposits, prepaid items and duties to the extent related to a Purchased Asset or an Assumed Liability; Schedule L-2 sets forth all such items for which the amount is at least $100,000 as of the date of this Agreement;
(m) the causes of action, lawsuits, judgments, refunds, choses in action, rights of recovery, rights of set-off, rights of recoupment, demands and any other rights or Claims related to the Purchased Assets, the Assumed Liabilities and any foreclosure, recovery and other loss mitigation activities related to the Business, and, with respect to the Transferred Employees and any vendors (other than AFI and its Affiliates) with whom any of the Sellers have conducted business in the year prior to the Closing and with whom Purchaser will continue to engage in connection with the operation of the Business following the Closing (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any vendor that is a party to an Assumed Contract), all preference or avoidance claims and actions of any of the Sellers related thereto, including any such claims and actions arising under sections 544, 547, 548, 549, and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Sellers shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any counterclaim that does not constitute an Assumed Liability) (the “Transferred Rights and Claims”);
(n) all rights of and benefits accruing under the Assumed Contracts and the Purchased Assets;
(o) all telephone or facsimile numbers used by Sellers in connection with the Business, which, for the sake of clarity, does not include such numbers for Sellers’ business locations or individuals that are not transferring to Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement;
(p) to the extent permitted by Law, all Permits held by Sellers to the extent primarily Related to the Business or the Purchased Assets;
(q) all signage, marketing materials, art and collectables relating to the Business;
(r) all rights to receive mail and other communications addressed to Sellers that pertains to the Business or the Purchased Assets, including any mail and communications from Serviced Mortgagors, Investors, ETS Customers, trustees, customers, suppliers, distributors and their respective representatives;
(s) all client lists, customer lists, supplier lists, mailing lists, do not call lists and other data Related to the Business, including service and warranty records, operating guides and manuals, studies, and correspondence (electronic or otherwise);
(t) to the extent transferable, all rights under insurance policies and insurance proceeds directly relating to Mortgage Loans serviced pursuant to any Servicing Agreement, all bank accounts, other accounts, safe deposit boxes, lock boxes and safes Related to the Business, and the responsibility for all cash and cash equivalents held in or required to be held in such accounts as identified in clause (i) of Section 2.3(a) (exclusive of the parenthetical reference to investment income);
(u) to the extent transferable, all guaranties, warranties, indemnities and similar rights in favor of any Seller or any Affiliate Seller to the extent Related to the Business or related to any Purchased Asset or Assumed Liability; and
(v) the goodwill and other intangible assets Related to the Business or related to the Purchased Assets.
Transfer of Assets and Liabilities On the Effective Date, the rights, privileges, powers and franchises, both of a public as well as of a private nature, of each of the Constituent Corporations shall be vested in and possessed by the Surviving Corporation, subject to all of the disabilities, duties and restrictions of or upon each of the Constituent Corporations; and all and singular rights, privileges, powers and franchises of each of the Constituent Corporations, and all property, real, personal and mixed, of each of the Constituent Corporations, and all debts due to each of the Constituent Corporations on whatever account, and all things in action or belonging to each of the Constituent Corporations shall be transferred to and vested in the Surviving Corporation; and all property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises, and all and every other interest, shall be thereafter the property of the Surviving Corporation as they were of the Constituent Corporations, and the title to any real estate vested by deed or otherwise in either of the Constituent Corporations shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of the Merger; provided, however, that the liabilities of the Constituent Corporations and of their shareholders, directors and officers shall not be affected and all rights of creditors and all liens upon any property of either of the Constituent Corporations shall be preserved unimpaired, and any claim existing or action or proceeding pending by or against either of the Constituent Corporations may be prosecuted to judgment as if the Merger had not taken place except as they may be modified with the consent of such creditors and all debts, liabilities and duties of or upon each of the Constituent Corporations shall attach to the Surviving Corporation, and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if such debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted by it.
Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller Any Person (a) into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, (b) which may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party or (c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of the Seller substantially as a whole, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Seller hereunder without the execution or filing of any document or any further act by any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 3.1(a) shall have been breached and no Servicer Termination Event, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Termination Event shall have happened and be continuing, (ii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with, (iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction and (iv) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that, 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 fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Trust Collateral Agent, the Issuer and the Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables and reciting the details of such filings or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above shall be conditions to the consummation of the transactions referred to in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above.
Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Except as provided in Section 11.7, the Trust may merge or consolidate with any other corporation, association, trust or other organization or may sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of the Trust Property or the property, including its good will, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration when and as authorized by two- thirds of the Trustees and approved by a Majority Shareholder Vote and any such merger, consolidation, sale, lease or exchange shall be determined for all purposes to have been accomplished under and pursuant to the statutes of the State of Delaware.
Merger or Consolidation Transfer of Assets If the Owner Trustee merges or consolidates with, or transfers its corporate trust business or assets to, any Person, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person will be the successor Owner Trustee so long as that Person is qualified and eligible under Section 9.1. The Owner Trustee will (i) notify the Issuer and the Administrator (who will notify the Rating Agencies) of the merger or consolidation within 15 Business Days of the event and (ii) file a certificate of amendment to the Certificate of Trust as required by Section 9.3(e).
Merger, Consolidation, Acquisition and Sale of Assets (a) Enter into any merger, consolidation or other reorganization with or into any other Person or acquire all or a substantial portion of the assets or Equity Interests of any Person or permit any other Person to consolidate with or merge with it.
(b) Sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets, except (i) dispositions of Inventory and Equipment to the extent expressly permitted by Section 4.3 and (ii) any other sales or dispositions expressly permitted by this Agreement.
