Purchase and Sale of Assets Assumption of Liabilities 8 2.1 Purchase and Sale of Assets 8 2.2 Excluded Assets 10 2.3 Assumption of Liabilities 11 2.4 Excluded Liabilities 12 2.5 Further Conveyances and Assumptions; Consent of Third Parties 12 2.6 Purchase Price Allocation 13
Purchase and Sale of Acquired Assets On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, Seller shall sell, assign, convey and transfer to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase, assume and acquire from Seller, free and clear of Liens other than Permitted Liens, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the following properties, rights and assets owned by Seller constituting, or used in and necessary for the operation of, the Business (collectively, the “Acquired Assets”):
(a) The real property, Improvements thereon, easements, licenses and other rights in real property described in Schedule 2.1(a), but subject to the Permitted Liens (the “Real Property”);
(b) The leasehold interests and rights thereunder relating to real property with respect to which Seller is lessee set forth in Schedule 2.1(b), but subject to the Permitted Liens (the “Leased Real Property”), and all leases set forth in Schedule 2.1(b) with respect to the Leased Real Property (the “Assigned Leases”);
(c) The machinery, equipment, tools, furniture, vehicles, Inventories and other tangible and intangible personal property owned by Seller and located at or in transit to the Facilities (if related primarily to any of the Acquired Assets) (including without limitation the items of personal property described on Schedule 2.1(c)), or, in the case of intangible personal property (other than Intellectual Property), otherwise used primarily in the operation of any of the Facilities or the other Acquired Assets, including any Prepayments and all applicable warranties of manufacturers or vendors to the extent that such warranties are transferable, in each case as in existence on the Effective Date, but excluding such items disposed of by Seller in the ordinary course of business during the Interim Period and including such additional items as may be acquired by Seller for use in connection with the Acquired Assets in the ordinary course of business during the Interim Period, in each case in accordance with Section 5.5;
(d) All Permits (including all pending applications for Permits or renewals thereof) relating to the ownership and operation of the Facilities or the Acquired Assets that, as of the Closing Date, are transferable by Seller to Buyer by assignment or otherwise under applicable Law and that are identified as “Transferable Permits” on Schedule 3.5(b) or Schedule 3.11(a) (the “Transferable Permits”);
(e) Excluding the Assigned Leases addressed in Section 2.1(b), but including personal property leases (whether Seller is lessor or lessee thereunder), real property leases with respect to which Seller is lessor thereunder and railroad crossing licenses and side-track agreements for the benefit of Seller, (i) those Contracts that are material to the ownership or operation of the Acquired Assets and that are set forth in Schedule 2.1(e) (the “Material Contracts”) and (ii) all other Contracts that relate primarily to the ownership or operation of any of the Acquired Assets or otherwise in connection with the Business, a copy of each Seller will provide to Buyer during the Interim Period and each of which will be subject to Buyer’s agreement to assume in accordance with Section 5.6(a) (the “Other Assigned Contracts” and, together with the Material Contracts, the “Assigned Contracts”); provided that subject to and to the extent it does not interfere with Buyer’s rights under any Assigned Contract, including Buyer’s right to exculpation and indemnification, Seller shall retain the rights and interests under any Assigned Contract to the extent such rights and interests provide for indemnity and exculpation rights for pre-Closing occurrences for which Seller remains liable under this Agreement; and provided further, that Seller shall, during the Interim Period, amend such Schedule to set forth any amendments to any Material Contract, or any additional Contracts entered into during the Interim Period that are material to the ownership or operation of the Acquired Assets, subject to the applicable covenants in Section 5.5;
(f) All Transferred Books and Records, subject to the right of Seller to retain copies for its use to the extent and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
(g) All Intellectual Property that is owned by Seller and primarily used in connection with the operation of the Facilities, as set forth in Schedule 2.1(g) (the “Assigned Intellectual Property”);
(h) Subject to Section 2.2(f), the rights of Seller to the use of the names of the Facilities set forth in Schedule 1;
(i) Those Environmental Attributes set forth in Schedule 2.1(i), excluding such Environmental Attributes or portions thereof disposed of by Seller in the ordinary course of business during the Interim Period and including such additional Environmental Attributes as may be acquired by Seller for use in the operation of the Facilities in the ordinary course of business during the Interim Period, in each case in accordance with Section 5.5; and
(j) All rights of Seller in and to any claims, causes of action, rights of recovery, rights of set-off, rights of refund and similar rights against a Third Party relating to any Assumed Liability, but excluding any such rights of Seller in, to or under any insurance policies of Seller or any insurance proceeds therefrom; provided however, if any such insurance proceeds relate to equipment or other tangible property to be transferred to Buyer and such equipment or tangible property is not repaired or otherwise restored to its condition as of the Effective Date on or prior to Closing, Seller will transfer such proceeds to Buyer at the Closing.
Purchase and Sale of Purchased Assets In accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and except as set forth in Section 2.2, at the Closing, the Seller will sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser will purchase and acquire from the Seller, free and clear of all Encumbrances, all of the Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all of the Seller’s property and assets, real, personal or mixed, tangible and intangible, of every kind and description, wherever located (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”), including the following:
(a) all notes and accounts receivable, including all trade accounts receivable and other rights to payment from customers, and the full benefit of all security for such accounts or rights to payment;
(b) all inventories, wherever located, including all finished goods, work in process, raw materials, spare parts and all other materials and supplies to be used in the production of finished goods;
(c) all of the rights of the Seller under all Contracts listed in Section 3.14(a), but excluding any Contract that is an Excluded Asset pursuant to Section 2.2(d);
(d) all of the rights and obligations of Seller under the Assumed Loan Documents from and after the Closing Date;
(e) all machinery, equipment, furniture, furnishings, computer hardware, vehicles, tools, dies, molds and other items of tangible personal property of every kind owned or leased by the Seller (collectively, the “Tangible Personal Property”), and the full benefit of all express or implied warranties by the manufacturers or sellers or lessors of any item or component part thereof;
(f) all leasehold or subleasehold estates and other rights to use or occupy any real property leased, subleased or licensed by or from the Seller or otherwise used or occupied by the Seller (collectively, the “Leased Real Property”);
(g) all real property in which the Seller has fee simple, leasehold or other ownership interest, including, without limitation, (i) the all buildings, structures, fixtures and other improvements located thereon or attached or appurtenant thereto or owned by the Seller and located on Leased Real Property and all easements, licenses, rights and appurtenances relating to the foregoing and (ii) the Real Property Purchase Option (collectively, the “Owned Real Property”);
(h) all Intellectual Property owned, created, acquired, licensed or used by the Seller at any time prior to and through the Closing Date (collectively, the “Purchased Intellectual Property”), and all other intangible rights of the Seller including all goodwill associated with the Purchased Assets;
(i) all Governmental Authorizations held by the Seller and all pending applications therefor or renewals thereof, in each case to the extent transferable to the Purchaser;
(j) all books, records, manuals and other materials (in any form or medium), including all client and customer lists, referral sources, supplier and vendor lists, purchase orders, sales and purchase invoices, research and development reports and records, production reports and records, service and warranty records, equipment logs, operating guides and manuals, drawings, engineering specifications, financial and accounting records, creative materials, advertising materials, promotional materials, studies, reports, correspondence and similar documents, personnel and employee benefits records and copies of all other records described in Section 2.2(e) to the extent the Seller is legally permitted to provide copies of such records to the Purchaser;
(k) all rights and interests of the Seller under all insurance policies under which the Seller or any of the Purchased Assets is or has been insured to the extent such rights or interests relate to any of the Assumed Liabilities or any casualty affecting any of the Purchased Assets;
(l) all claims, rights and defenses of the Seller against third parties relating to any of the Purchased Assets or Assumed Liabilities, in each case, whether accruing before or after the Closing, and including all attorney work-product protections, attorney-client privileges and other legal protections and privileges to which the Seller may be entitled in connection with any of the Purchased Assets or Assumed Liabilities; and
(m) all rights of the Seller relating to deposits and prepaid expenses, claims for refunds and rights of offset that are not excluded under Section 2.2(f). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the transfer of the Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement does not include the assumption of any Liability related to the Purchased Assets unless the Purchaser expressly assumes that Liability pursuant to Section 2.3
Transferred Assets (i) From the Closing Date to the Effective Date, OLS sold and/or contributed, assigned, transferred, and conveyed to the Depositor, and the Depositor acquired from OLS, without recourse except as provided under the Original Receivables Sale Agreement, all of OLS’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, to and under each Receivable (1) in existence on the Closing Date and in existence on any Business Day after the Closing Date and prior to the Effective Date that is listed as a “Designated Servicing Agreement” on the Designated Servicing Agreement Schedule as of the date such Receivable is created (the “Initial Receivables”), and (2) all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect thereto and all proceeds (including “proceeds” as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in all applicable jurisdictions (the “UCC”)), together with all rights of OLS to enforce such Initial Receivables (collectively, the “Original Transferred Assets”).
(ii) Commencing on the Effective Date, and until the opening of business on the MSR Transfer Date for each Designated Servicing Agreement, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, OLS will sell to HLSS, for a cash purchase price equal to 100% of the Receivable Balances thereof, (1) each Receivable, in existence on any Business Day on or after the Effective Date and until the opening of business on the related MSR Transfer Date, that arises under any Servicing Agreement that is listed as a “Designated Servicing Agreement” on the Designated Servicing Agreement Schedule as of the date such Receivable is created (“OLS Additional Receivables”) for which the MSR Transfer Date has not yet occurred, and (2) all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect thereto and all proceeds (including “proceeds” as defined in the UCC), together with all rights of HLSS to enforce such OLS Additional Receivables (collectively, the “OLS Transferred Assets”).
(iii) Commencing on the Effective Date, and until the close of business on the Receivables Sale Termination Date, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, HLSS, as receivables seller, hereby sells and/or contributes, assigns, transfers, and conveys to the Depositor, and the Depositor acquires from HLSS, without recourse except as provided herein, all of HLSS’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, to and under (1) each Receivable in existence on any Business Day on or after the Effective Date and prior to the Receivables Sale Termination Date (including the OLS Additional Receivables) that arises under any Servicing Agreement that is listed as a “Designated Servicing Agreement” on the Designated Servicing Agreement Schedule as of the date such Receivable is created (“Additional Receivables”), and (2) all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect thereto and all proceeds (including “proceeds” as defined in the UCC) (including the OLS Transferred Assets), together with all rights of HLSS to enforce such Additional Receivables (collectively, the “Transferred Assets”). Until the Receivables Sale Termination Date, HLSS shall, automatically and without any further action on its part, sell and/or contribute, assign, transfer and convey to the Depositor, on each Business Day, each Additional Receivable not previously transferred to the Depositor and the Depositor shall purchase each such Additional Receivable together with all of the other Transferred Assets related to such Receivable.
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.
Xxxxxx, Sale of Assets, etc If the Borrower at any time shall consolidate with or merge into or sell or convey all or substantially all its assets to any other corporation, this Note, as to the unpaid principal portion thereof and accrued interest thereon, shall thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase such number and kind of shares or other securities and property as would have been issuable or distributable on account of such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, upon or with respect to the securities subject to the conversion or purchase right immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance. The foregoing provision shall similarly apply to successive transactions of a similar nature by any such successor or purchaser. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the anti-dilution provisions of this Section shall apply to such securities of such successor or purchaser after any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance.
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.
Excluded Assets The Purchased Assets shall not include any of the following property and assets (collectively, the “Excluded Assets”):
(a) all book debts and other debts due or accruing due to Seller prior to the Closing Time and the benefit of all security for such accounts, notes and debts, other than Accounts Receivable;
(b) receivables owing to the Seller or a Subsidiary (other than CCSC) relating to the Real Time Transaction;
(c) all cash on hand, cash equivalents, and bank deposits of the Seller or a Subsidiary (other than CCSC);
(d) all Short Term Investments of the Seller or a Subsidiary (other than CCSC);
(e) all minute books and stock ledgers of the Seller or a Subsidiary (other than CCSC);
(f) all Indebtedness to the Seller of any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Seller;
(g) all personnel records that the Seller or a Subsidiary is required by Applicable Law to retain in its possession;
(h) all sponsorship obligations of the Seller under Employee Plans, Pension Plans, and Statutory Plans;
(i) all income Tax installments paid by the Seller or a Subsidiary and the right to receive any refund of income Taxes paid by the Seller or a Subsidiary;
(j) Georgia State research and development tax credits receivables;
(k) Georgia State research and development deferred income;
(l) all equity or other ownership interests in Subsidiaries of the Seller other than CCSC;
(m) the Contracts described in Schedule 2.2(m) (the “Excluded Contracts”); and
(n) the leases described in Schedule 2.2(n) (the “Excluded Leases”).
Conveyance of Transferred Assets In consideration of the Issuer’s sale and delivery to, or upon the order of, the Seller of all of the Notes and the Certificate on the Closing Date, the Seller does hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the Issuer without recourse (subject to the obligations herein) all right, title and interest of the Seller, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, to and under the Transferred Assets, as evidenced by an assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit A delivered on the Closing Date. The sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance made hereunder does not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by the Issuer of any obligation of the Seller or the Originator to the Obligors, the Dealers, insurers or any other Person in connection with the Receivables or the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.
Excluded Assets and Liabilities The list of Assets described in this Agreement as being purchased is exclusive and the Parties agree that all remaining assets of ESSI and/or Seller are not to be purchased pursuant to this Agreement and shall be Excluded Assets. It is further agreed that in acquiring the Assets, Buyer is not assuming or undertaking to assume and shall have no responsibility for any liabilities whether fixed or contingent, past, present or future, or direct or indirect, arising out of or in connection with the Assets, or any other acts or omissions of ESSI and/or Seller in connection therewith prior to the Closing (collectively referred to as the "Excluded Liabilities"), including without limitation, (i) any claim arising out of or in connection with the failure by ESSI or Seller to comply with any applicable government regulation; (ii) federal, state or local tax liabilities (including any depreciation, investment tax credit recapture and rollback taxes); (iii) any claim arising out of or in connection with any Employee Plans of ESSI or Seller or with the employment by ESSI or Seller of any of its employees or any past employees or with the termination of any current employees; (iv) any claim resulting from defective products or workmanship (including any recalls or returns with respect thereto) related to goods or services invoiced prior to Closing; (v) any claim arising from environmental liabilities, and (vi) any claim under any provision of the New York Uniform Commercial Code or bulk sales law. LIMITATIONS ON WARRANTIES. EXCEPT FOR THOSE WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, SELLER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS AND NEGATES AND BUYER HEREBY WAIVES, ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. AS EXAMPLES AND FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE FOREGOING, THE ASSETS SHALL BE CONVEYED PURSUANT HERETO WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE QUANTITY, PROFITABILITY, COLLECTIBILITY, QUALITY, CONDITION, SIZE, WEIGHT, SERVICEABILITY, CONFORMITY TO SAMPLES OR ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY INCLUDED AMONG THE ASSETS, ALL OF WHICH SHALL BE CONVEYED TO THE BUYER AS IS, WHERE IS, AND WITH ALL FAULTS AND DEFECTS AND IN THEIR PRESENT CONDITION AND STATE OF REPAIR AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER OF MERCHANTABILITY OR OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS CONSPICUOUS.