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• 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

• 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:

• Assumption of Assumed Liabilities Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Purchaser shall (i) assume and, subject to Section 2.5, Section 6.5, Section 6.6 and Article VII, pay, perform, satisfy and discharge any and all Liabilities of the Sellers or any of their Affiliates (including the Conveyed Subsidiaries and their Subsidiaries), whether arising prior to, on or after the Closing, to the extent resulting from or arising out of the past, present or future ownership, operation, use or conduct of the Business or the Purchased Assets (including the Shares) and (ii) cause the Conveyed Subsidiaries and their Subsidiaries to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge any and all of their respective Liabilities, in each case of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), other than Liabilities identified as Retained Liabilities in clauses (a) through (g) of Section 2.5 (all of the foregoing Liabilities being collectively referred to herein as the “Assumed Liabilities”). The Assumed Liabilities shall also include the following: (a) all Liabilities to the extent expressly assumed by, retained by or agreed to be performed by Purchaser or its Subsidiaries (including the Conveyed Subsidiaries and their Subsidiaries) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including all Liabilities to the extent transferred to or assumed or retained by Purchaser or its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.6 and Section 6.13; (b) all Liabilities in respect of any Action, whether class, individual or otherwise in nature, in law or in equity, whether or not presently threatened, asserted or pending, to the extent arising out of, or to the extent relating to, the Business or the operation or conduct of the Business prior to, on or after the Closing; (c) all Liabilities for Taxes of the Conveyed Subsidiaries and their Subsidiaries and, without duplication, all other Liabilities for Taxes imposed with respect to, arising out of or relating to the Purchased Assets or the Business, in each case, other than Seller Indemnified Taxes for which Seller Parent is liable pursuant to this Agreement; (d) all Liabilities to the extent arising out of, or to the extent relating to, the design, manufacture, testing, marketing, distribution, use or sale of Products prior to, on or after the Closing, including warranty obligations and irrespective of the legal theory asserted; (e) all Liabilities to suppliers and customers, in each case to the extent arising out of, or to the extent relating to, the Business, including in respect of any Products returned prior to, on or after the Closing; (f) all accounts payable and all other Liabilities, in each case included in the calculation of Final Business Working Capital, all Funded Indebtedness included in the calculation of Final Business Net Cash and all other Indebtedness of the Conveyed Subsidiaries (or their Subsidiaries) that is not Funded Indebtedness; (g) all Environmental Liabilities of any nature whatsoever to the extent arising out of, or relating to, or in respect of the Conveyed Subsidiaries (or their Subsidiaries), the Purchased Assets, the Business or the Facilities, whether arising prior to, on or after the Closing, other than the Retained Facilities Environmental Liabilities or the Retained Environmental Liabilities; (h) all Liabilities to the extent relating to, resulting from or arising out of the Assumed Contracts, including Purchaser’s or its Affiliates’ (including any Conveyed Subsidiary’s or its Subsidiaries’) portion of Shared Contractual Liabilities pursuant to Section 2.2(d); and (i) the Liabilities set forth in Section 2.4(i) of the Seller Disclosure Letter.

• Assumption and Satisfaction of Liabilities Except as otherwise specifically set forth in any Ancillary Agreement from and after the Effective Time, (a) Tyco shall, or shall cause a member of the Tyco Group to, accept, assume (or, as applicable, retain) and perform, discharge and fulfill, in accordance with their respective terms (“Assume”), all of the Tyco Retained Liabilities, (b) Healthcare shall, or shall cause a member of the Healthcare Group to, Assume all the Healthcare Liabilities and (c) Electronics shall, or shall cause a member of the Electronics Group to, Assume all the Electronics Liabilities, in each case, regardless of (i) when or where such Liabilities arose or arise, (ii) whether the facts upon which they are based occurred prior to, on or subsequent to the Effective Time, (iii) where or against whom such Liabilities are asserted or determined or (iv) whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation by any member of the Tyco Group, the Healthcare Group or the Electronics Group, as the case may be, or any of their past or present respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

• 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.

• Assumption of Liabilities Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Acquisition Subsidiary agrees, effective at the time of Closing, to assume all obligations and liabilities of Seller of any kind, character or description, arising exclusively or primarily out of the conduct of the Business (the "ASSUMED LIABILITIES"), except for the Excluded Liabilities, including, without limitation, the following: (a) Accounts payable which are either disclosed on the Most Recent Balance Sheet or incurred by Seller in the ordinary course of operating the Business between January 1, 2004 and the Closing; (b) Liabilities and obligations related to customer deposits which are either disclosed on the Most Recent Balance Sheet or incurred by Seller in the ordinary course of operating the Business between January 1, 2004 and the Closing; (c) Accrued payroll (including bonuses in the ordinary course of business) and accrued vacation and sick time which are either disclosed on the Most Recent Balance Sheet or incurred in the ordinary course of operating the Business between January 1, 2004 and the Closing; (d) Other accrued liabilities relating to the Business (of the nature included in the Most Recent Balance Sheet in the line item "Other accrued liabilities") which are either disclosed on the Most Recent Balance Sheet or incurred by Seller in the ordinary course of operating the Business between January 1, 2004 and the Closing; (e) Indebtedness to certain related parties of Seller, after giving effect to the transfer of the Excluded Real Property, subject to a mortgage or deed of trust securing the Real Estate Facility, to the holder(s) of such indebtedness in exchange for the cancellation of a portion of such indebtedness (the "RELATED PARTY DEBT"), as more particularly described in SCHEDULE 2.3(e) of the Disclosure Schedule; and (f) Seller's obligations under the Assumed Contracts.

• 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.

• 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.

• Non-Assumption of Liabilities Neither Party shall be liable for the prior, existing or future obligations, liabilities or debts of the other Party.

• Assumption and Exclusion of Liabilities (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, the Purchaser shall assume and shall agree to pay, perform and discharge the following Liabilities of Parent, the Seller and any of Parent’s other Affiliates (the “Assumed Liabilities”): (i) all Liabilities reflected on the Closing Date Working Capital Statement finally resolved in accordance with Section 2.07(e)(ii), including Workers’ Compensation Liabilities; (ii) all Liabilities of Parent or its Affiliates arising under the contracts and agreements assumed by the Purchaser pursuant to Sections 2.01(a)(x) and (xi) (other than Liabilities or obligations attributable to any failure by Parent or its Affiliates to comply with the terms thereof prior to the Closing Date); (iii) any liabilities relating to a Plan that are to be assumed pursuant to the express terms of Article VI; (iv) solely to the extent provided in Article VIII, Post-Closing Environmental Liabilities, Historical On-Site Environmental Liabilities, and Straddle Environmental Liabilities; (v) all Liabilities assigned to the Purchaser under Article VI; (vi) all accounts and trade payables, in each case to the extent such Liabilities are reflected, or are expressly reserved for, in the Closing Date Working Capital Statement; (vii) all Liabilities that the Purchaser expressly has assumed or agreed to pay, or be responsible for, pursuant to the terms hereof or of any Ancillary Agreement; (viii) all Liabilities of the Seller arising from commitments (in the form of accepted purchase orders), or outstanding quotations, proposals or bids to (A) sell products or (B) purchase or acquire raw materials, components, supplies or services (provided that, in each case, with respect to such commitments, outstanding quotations, proposals or bids arising between the date hereof and the Closing Date, such commitments, outstanding quotations, proposals or bids have been made in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof); (ix) all Taxes for Post-Closing Periods relating to the Purchased Assets or the Business and, without duplication of any Taxes included under Section 2.02(a)(i), any Taxes relating to the Purchased Assets or the Business for a Pre-Closing Period to the extent an amount for any such Tax is set forth as a Liability on the Closing Date Working Capital Statement, in each case, other than Excluded Taxes; and (x) all Workers’ Compensation Liabilities. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) above to the contrary, Parent, the Seller and Parent’s other Affiliates shall retain, and shall be responsible for paying, performing and discharging when due, and the Purchaser shall not assume or have any responsibility for, all Liabilities as of the Closing other than the Assumed Liabilities (the “Excluded Liabilities”), including: (i) all Liabilities relating to, resulting from, caused by or arising out of, directly or indirectly, the conduct of the Business or any Purchased Assets prior to the Closing Date, except for any Liabilities expressly assumed under Section 2.02(a) and any Liabilities related to the Employee Amounts; (ii) all Excluded Taxes; (iii) all Liabilities arising out of or relating to the Excluded Assets; (iv) except to the extent such are Assumed Liabilities and subject to the provisions set forth in Article VIII, all Environmental Liabilities; provided, however, with respect to Historical Off-Site Environmental Liabilities, such liabilities shall be subject to the procedures set forth in Section 8.07; (v) any Indebtedness of the Business (the “Excluded Indebtedness”); (vi) except for Workers’ Compensation Liabilities, any Liabilities relating to any current or former employees, independent contractors, officers or agents of the Seller other than the Transferred Employees; (vii) except (A) as and to the extent expressly provided in Article VI and (B) for Workers’ Compensation Liabilities, any Liabilities relating to the Plans and any Liabilities relating to the Transferred Employees incurred prior to the Closing Date; (viii) all Liabilities for which Parent or any of its Affiliates expressly has retained or agreed to pay, or be responsible for, pursuant to the terms hereof or of any Ancillary Agreement; (ix) all intercompany receivables, payables, loans and investments related to the Business; (x) all Liabilities assigned to or retained by the Seller under Article VI; and (xi) all Liabilities to the extent arising out of Actions relating to the matters constituting Excluded Liabilities specified in the foregoing clauses (i) – (x) of this Section 2.02(b).