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Sale and Purchase of the Assets 1.1 Acquired Assets Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Seller agrees to sell, convey and deliver to Xxxxx and Xxxxx agrees to purchase and acquire from Seller the assets set forth below (the “Assets”) owned by Seller as of 7:00 a.m., Central Daylight Time, on the Closing Date set forth below: (a) All of Seller’s right, title and interest in all oil and gas leases, including but not limited to those described in Exhibit A-1 attached hereto (the “Leases”), covering the land and depths described in Exhibit A-1 (the “Land”), together with all the property and rights incident thereto, including without limitation Seller’s rights in, to and under all operating agreements, pooling, communitization and unitization agreements, farmout agreements, joint venture agreements, product purchase and sale contracts, transportation, processing, treatment or gathering agreements, leases, permits, rights-of-way, surface interests easements, licenses, options, declarations, orders, contracts, and instruments in any way relating to Seller’s interest in and in the vicinity of the Leases and Land; (b) All of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the xxxxx situated on the Leases and Land or otherwise pooled, communitized or unitized therewith, including without limitation the xxxxx described in Exhibit A-1 attached hereto (all such xxxxx, the “Xxxxx”); (c) All of Seller’s overriding royalty interests, net profits interests, operating interests, reversionary interests and other interests or benefits or credits owned by Seller in and to the Land, the Leases or attributable to production therefrom; (d) All of the oil and gas and associated hydrocarbons (“Oil and Gas”) in and under or otherwise attributable to the Leases, Land or produced from the Xxxxx (subject to Buyer’s obligation to pay for marketable Oil and Gas in storage on the Leases as of the Closing Date as provided in Section 2.1); (e) All of Seller’s interests in and to all of the assets described in Exhibit A-2 (collectively, the “Equipment”), including, without limitation, producing and non-producing xxxxx, injection xxxxx, disposal xxxxx, well equipment, casing, tubing, tanks, generators, boilers, buildings, pumps, motors, machinery, pipelines, gathering systems, power lines, telephone and telegraph lines, field processing plants, field offices and other furnishings related thereto, equipment leases, trailers, inventory in storage, storage yards, and all other improvements or appurtenances thereunto belonging; and (f) All of the files, records, and data of Seller relating to the items described in subsections (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) above (the “Records”), including, without limitation, lease records, well records, and division order records; well files; title records (including title opinions and title curative documents); contracts and contract files; correspondence; computer software and data files; geological, geophysical and seismic records, interpretations, data, maps and information; production records, electric logs, core data, pressure data, decline curves and graphical production curves; reserve reports; and accounting records, but excluding files and information relating to internal or external valuations of the Assets and privileged information.
Asset Purchase (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Asset Closing, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall, and/or shall cause its Subsidiaries to, purchase, acquire and accept from the Company and its Subsidiaries, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, all of the Company’s and such Subsidiaries’ respective right, title and interest in and to the following assets and all of the goodwill associated therewith (in each case after taking into account the effects of, and assuming the completion of, the Restructuring), as the same shall exist on the Asset Closing Date (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”): (i) the Owned Real Property (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and any fixtures, machinery, equipment and tangible personal property attached to or located on the Owned Real Property that relate to or are used or held for use in connection with the SMS Business; (ii) all inventories (including raw materials, purchased goods, parts, containers, recycled materials, work in process, supplies, finished goods and demo and consignment inventory) on the books of the Company or its Subsidiaries; (iii) all lists of current, former and prospective customers, suppliers, resellers and vendors, customers’ files, credit information, parts lists, business correspondence, business lists, brochures, manuals, sales literature, promotional literature and other selling, advertising and marketing materials and all other similar assets and rights related to the conduct of the SMS Business; (iv) all of the machinery, equipment, tools, spare parts, all transportation and office equipment, computers, furniture, furnishings, vehicles, and other fixed assets and personal property owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries and related to, used or held for use in connection with the SMS Business (including any and all hard drives, disks, diskettes, tapes or other tangible media), and in the case of any such items which are leased or licensed by the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company’s and such Subsidiaries’ leasehold or license interest therein; (v) all Contracts to which any of the Company or its Subsidiaries are a party to the extent they are related to the SMS Business, including the SMS Agreements (collectively, the “Assumed Contracts”); (vi) all Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries and that is related to the SMS Business and was used, is used or is held for use in the SMS Business (the “Transferred Business Intellectual Property”); (vii) all information technology systems, network or telecommunications equipment and software, desktop computer software, accounting, finance and database software, general software development and control systems, and tools, environments and other general information technology functionality, in each case that is used in the operation of the SMS Business; (viii) all Permits used in the SMS Business; (ix) all accounts receivable, notes receivable and other rights to payment of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent related to the SMS Business, together with any unpaid interest or fees accrued thereon or other amounts due with respect thereto, and any claim, remedy or other right related to any of the foregoing; (x) all deposits to the extent made by the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the SMS Business, and any claim, remedy or other right related to any of the foregoing, in each case to the extent associated with Assumed Contracts or other Purchased Assets, or related to other Assumed Liabilities; (xi) all prepaid assets paid by the Company or its Subsidiaries to the extent in connection with the SMS Business, and any claim, remedy or other right related to any of the foregoing, in each case to the extent associated with Assumed Contracts or other Purchased Assets, or related to Assumed Liabilities; (xii) all causes of action, claims, demands, rights (including rights under or pursuant to warranties, representations and guarantees made by suppliers, manufacturers or contractors) and privileges against third parties, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, xxxxxx or inchoate that relate to events or breaches occurring on or prior to the Asset Closing Date which relate to the SMS Business, Purchased Assets or Assumed Liabilities; (xiii) all financial and other books and all other documents, microfilm and business records (other than Tax Returns) and correspondence, wherever located, related to the SMS Business, the Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities; (xiv) personnel records for each Transferred SMS Employee (subject to the prior consent of such Transferred SMS Employee to the extent such consent is required by applicable Law in connection with the transfer of such personnel records of such Transferred SMS Employee); and (xv) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries that relate to, or are used in the conduct of, the SMS Business, are not Excluded Assets and are not of a category or type described in the foregoing clauses of this Section 2.1(a). (b) The Seller Parties and the Purchaser Parties expressly understand and agree that the following assets and all of the goodwill associated therewith (in each case after taking into account the effects of, and assuming the completion of, the Restructuring), as the same shall exist on the Asset Closing Date shall be excluded from the Purchased Assets (the “Excluded Assets”): (i) all capital stock or other equity interests in any Person; (ii) all rights arising from Excluded Liabilities; and (iii) the Maintenance Agreements; (iv) all accounts receivable, notes receivable and other rights to payment of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent related to the Maintenance Business, together with any unpaid interest or fees accrued thereon or other amounts due with respect thereto, and any claim, remedy or other right related to any of the foregoing; (v) all deposits to the extent made by the Company or its Subsidiaries to the extent related to the Maintenance Business, and any claim, remedy or other right related to any of the foregoing, in each case to the extent associated with the Maintenance Business; (vi) all prepaid assets paid by the Company or its Subsidiaries to the extent in related to the Maintenance Business, and any claim, remedy or other right related to any of the foregoing, in each case to the extent associated with the Maintenance Business; (vii) all causes of action, claims, demands, rights (including rights under or pursuant to warranties, representations and guarantees made by suppliers, manufacturers or contractors) and privileges against third parties, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, xxxxxx or inchoate that relate to events or breaches occurring on or prior to the Asset Closing Date which relate to the Maintenance Agreements; (viii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries that relate exclusively to, or are used exclusively in the conduct of, the Maintenance Business; and (ix) any assets that are excluded from the Purchased Assets pursuant to Section 3.1(c).
Purchase and Sale of the Assets Except for the Excluded Assets set forth in Section 2.2 below, at and as of the Effective Time, the Sellers shall Transfer to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase and accept from the Sellers, free and clear of all Liens to the maximum extent provided in the Sale Approval Order, all of the Sellers’ right, title and interest in and to the following assets (the “Transferred Assets”): (a) the Accounts Receivable, a recent summary schedule of which is attached hereto as Schedule 2.1(a) (it being understood that such schedule does not reflect Accounts Receivable as of the Closing Date that will be included in the Transferred Assets); (b) the Equipment and Other Personalty whether located at the Transferred Facilities of the Sellers or elsewhere; (c) the Intellectual Property primarily used in the Business, including, without limitation, the patented or registered Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule 2.1(c) and pending patent applications or other applications for the registration of Intellectual Property; (d) all Inventory, a recent summary schedule of which is attached hereto as Schedule 2.1(d) (it being understood that such schedule does not reflect Inventory as of the Closing Date that will be included in the Transferred Assets); (e) all rights of the Sellers under Assigned Contracts; (f) originals or copies of all books, financial and other records and information which has been reduced to written, recorded or encoded form, in each case to the extent related to the Business (collectively, the “Books and Records”); (g) licenses and permits primarily used in the operation of the Business, to the extent transferable; (h) subject to the Purchaser’s right to reject any lease of Real Property in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, owned and leased Real Property primarily used in the operation of the Business, each parcel of which is set forth on Schedule 2.1(h); (i) any warranties of third parties on any Transferred Assets; (j) all prepaid expenses, security deposits and other credits owed to the Sellers from third parties, to the extent primarily related to the Transferred Assets; (k) all rights and incidents under policies, contracts or arrangements related to insurance of any Seller to the extent related to Assumed Liabilities or Transferred Assets and to the extent transferable (it being understood that (i) such policies will be cancelled at Closing and the Sellers will be entitled to any refunds upon such cancellation and (ii) the Sellers’ directors and officers insurance policies will constitute Excluded Assets in all respects); (l) all rights and claims of the Sellers of every kind and description under all non-disclosure, confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation, assignment of invention and other agreements of a comparable nature with (i) all present and former employees of the Sellers other than Eligible Employees who are hired by the Purchaser to the extent such agreements relate to the Transferred Assets and (ii) all Eligible Employees who are hired by the Purchaser whether or not such agreements relate to the Transferred Assets; and (m) all other assets primarily related to the Business, other than any Excluded Assets.
Representations of the Acquired Funds In connection with any investment by an Acquiring Fund in an Acquired Fund in excess of the limitations in Section 12(d)(1)(A), the Acquired Fund agrees to: (i) comply with all conditions of the Rule, as interpreted or modified by the SEC or its Staff from time to time, applicable to Acquired Funds; (ii) comply with its obligations under this Agreement; and (iii) promptly notify the Acquiring Fund if such Acquired Fund fails to comply with the Rule with respect to an investment by the Acquiring Fund, as interpreted or modified by the SEC or its Staff from time to time, or this Agreement.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRED FUND The obligations of the Acquired Fund to consummate the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at its election, to the performance by the Acquiring Fund of all the obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date and, in addition thereto, the following conditions: 6.1 All representations and warranties of the Successor Company on behalf of the Acquiring Fund contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date. 6.2 The Successor Company shall have delivered to the Predecessor Company on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by the Successor Company’s President or Vice President and its Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Predecessor Company, to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Successor Company made in this Agreement on behalf of the Acquiring Fund are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and as to such other matters as the Predecessor Company reasonably requests. 6.3 The Successor Company (on behalf of and with respect to the Acquiring Fund) shall have entered into or adopted an investment management agreement with the investment advisers as set forth in Appendix B, an Administrative Services Agreement with Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. (“DIMA”), a distribution agreement with DWS Distributors Inc., plans of distribution pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, shareholder services plans, a transfer agency agreement with DWS Investments Service Company, and other agreements necessary for the Acquiring Fund’s operation as a series of an open-end investment company. The investment management agreement and each such agreement and plan shall have been approved by the Successor Board, including, to the extent required by law, those trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 0000 Xxx) of the Successor Company or DIMA and who do not have a material interest in such agreement or plan or any related agreement.
Representations of the Acquiring Funds (a) In connection with any investment by an Acquiring Fund in an Acquired Fund in excess of the limitations in Section 12(d)(1)(A), the Acquiring Fund agrees to: (i) comply with all conditions of the Rule, as interpreted or modified by the SEC or its Staff from time to time, applicable to Acquiring Funds; (ii) comply with its obligations under this Agreement; and (iii) promptly notify the Acquired Fund if such Acquiring Fund fails to comply with the Rule with respect to its investment in such Acquired Fund, as interpreted or modified by the SEC or its Staff from time to time, or this Agreement. (b) An Acquiring Fund shall promptly notify an Acquired Fund: i. of any purchase or acquisition of shares in an Acquired Fund that causes such Acquiring Fund to hold 3% or more of such Acquired Fund’s total outstanding voting securities; ii. of any purchase or acquisition of shares in an Acquired Fund that causes such Acquiring Fund to hold 5% or more of such Acquired Fund’s total outstanding voting securities; iii. where an Acquiring Fund and its Advisory Group (as defined in the Rule), individually or in the aggregate, hold more than 25% of such Acquired Fund’s total outstanding voting securities; and iv. if at any time an Acquiring Fund no longer holds voting securities of an Acquired Fund in excess of an amount noted in (i), (ii), or (iii) above. (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Acquiring Fund that has an “affiliated person” (as defined under the 1940 Act) that is: (i) a broker-dealer, (ii) a broker-dealer or bank that borrows as part of a securities lending program, or (iii) a futures commission merchant or a swap dealer, will: (a) not make an investment in an Acquired Fund that causes such Acquiring Fund to hold 5% or more of such Acquired Fund’s total outstanding voting securities without prior approval from the Acquired Fund, and (b) notify the Acquired Fund if any investment by the Acquiring Fund that complied with (a) at the time of purchase no longer complies. (d) The requirements set forth in Sections 3(b)(i), 3(b)(ii), and 3(c) shall not apply where the Acquiring Fund’s full portfolio is sub-advised by any affiliate of BlackRock, Inc. (e) An Acquiring Fund shall provide an Acquired Fund with information regarding the amount of such Acquiring Fund’s investments in the Acquired Fund, and information regarding affiliates of the Acquiring Fund, upon the Acquired Fund’s reasonable request. (f) Each Acquiring Fund acknowledges that it may not rely on this Agreement to invest in the Ineligible Funds (as defined in Schedule B) and that the Enumerated Funds are subject to certain additional conditions described on the list of Ineligible Funds and Enumerated Funds (the “12d1-4 List”). Each Acquiring Fund acknowledges that the 12d1-4 List is available as described in Schedule B, and further acknowledges that it is an Acquiring Fund’s obligation to review the 12d1-4 List on an ongoing basis for any changes which may occur from time to time.
Purchase and Issuance of the Units Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Subscriber hereby agrees to purchase from the Company, and the Company hereby agrees to sell to the Subscriber, on the Closing Date (as defined below) the Units in consideration of the payment of the Purchase Price (as defined below). On the Closing Date, the Company shall, at its option, deliver to the Subscriber the certificates representing the Securities purchased or effect such delivery in book-entry form.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND 7.1. With respect to each Reorganization, the obligations of the Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, to complete the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at the Acquiring Fund's election, to the performance by the Target Fund of all of the obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date and, in addition thereto, the following conditions: (a) All representations and warranties of the Target Entity and the Target Fund contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date; (b) The Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity on the Closing Date (i) a statement of the Target Fund's Assets, together with a list of portfolio securities of the Target Fund, as of the Closing Date, certified by the Treasurer of the Target Entity, (ii) the Target Fund Shareholder Documentation, (iii) the AML Documentation and (iv) to the extent permitted by applicable law, all information pertaining to, or necessary or useful in the calculation or demonstration of, the investment performance of the Target Fund; (c) The Target Entity shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by its President or Vice President and Treasurer, in form and substance satisfactory to the Acquiring Fund and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of or with respect to the Target Fund made in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and as to such other matters as the Acquiring Fund shall reasonably request; (d) The Target Custodian and the Target Transfer Agent shall have delivered the certificates contemplated by Sections 3.2(b), 3.2(d) of this Agreement, respectively, and the Target Transfer Agent or the Target Fund's President or Vice President shall have delivered the certificate contemplated by Section 5.1(f) of this Agreement, each duly executed by an authorized officer of the Target Custodian, the Target Transfer Agent, the Target Fund's President or the Target Fund's Vice President, as applicable; (e) The Target Entity and the Target Fund shall have performed all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Target Entity and the Target Fund, on or before the Closing Date; (f) The Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund shall have agreed on the number of full and fractional shares of each class of the Acquiring Fund set forth on Exhibit A hereto to be issued in connection with the Reorganization after such number has been calculated in accordance with Section 1.2 hereto; (g) Unless the Target Fund has been advised by the Acquiring Fund that the Acquiring Fund will deliver an opinion of counsel that the Reorganization qualifies as a "reorganization" under Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code, the Target Fund shall have declared and paid a distribution or distributions prior to the Closing that, together with all previous distributions, shall have the effect of distributing to its shareholders (i) all of its investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deductions for dividends paid) and all of its net realized capital gains, if any, for the period from the close of its last fiscal year to the Closing Time on the Closing Date; and (ii) any such undistributed investment company taxable income and net realized capital gains from any prior period to the extent not otherwise already distributed; and
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND The Corporation, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, represents and warrants to the Trust, on behalf of the Acquired Fund, as follows: a) The Acquiring Fund is a legally designated, separate series of a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland. b) The Corporation is registered as an open-end management investment company under the 1940 Act, and the Trust's registration with the Commission as an investment company under the 1940 Act is in full force and effect. c) The current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Acquiring Fund conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and do not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated or necessary to make such statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. d) The Acquiring Fund is not, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not, result in a violation of the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws or of any material agreement, indenture, instrument, contract, lease, or other undertaking to which the Acquiring Fund is a party or by which it is bound. e) Except as otherwise disclosed in writing to and accepted by the Acquired Fund, no litigation, administrative proceeding or investigation of or before any court or governmental body is presently pending or to its knowledge threatened against the Acquiring Fund or any of its properties or assets, which, if adversely determined, would materially and adversely affect its financial condition, the conduct of its business or the ability of the Acquiring Fund to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Acquiring Fund knows of no facts that might form the basis for the institution of such proceedings and it is not a party to or subject to the provisions of any order, decree, or judgment of any court or governmental body that materially and adversely affects its business or its ability to consummate the transaction contemplated herein. f) The financial statements of the Acquiring Fund as of April 30, 2003 and for the fiscal year then ended have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and such statements (copies of which have been furnished to the Acquired Funds) fairly reflect the financial condition of the Acquiring Fund as of such date, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Acquiring Fund as of such date that are not disclosed in such statements. g) The unaudited financial statements of the Acquiring Fund as of October 31, 2003, and for the fiscal year then ended have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and such statements (copies of which have been furnished to the Acquired Fund) fairly reflect the financial condition of the Acquiring Fund as of such date, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Acquiring Fund as of such date that are not disclosed in such statements. h) Since the date of the financial statements referred to in paragraph (g) above, there have been no material adverse changes in the Acquiring Fund's financial condition, assets, liabilities or business (other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business), or any incurrence by the Acquiring Fund of indebtedness maturing more than one year from the date such indebtedness was incurred, except as otherwise disclosed to and accepted by the Acquired Fund. For the purposes of this paragraph (h), a decline in the net asset value of the Acquiring Fund shall not constitute a material adverse change. i) All federal and other tax returns and reports of the Acquiring Fund required by law to be filed, have been filed. All federal and other taxes shown due on such returns and reports have been paid or provision shall have been made for their payment. To the best of the Acquiring Fund's knowledge, no such return is currently under audit, and no assessment has been asserted with respect to such returns.
Purchase and Sale of the Notes (a) The Issuer agrees to issue and sell the Notes to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Issuer the respective principal amount of Notes set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to [ ]% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued interest, if any, from [ ], [ ], to the Closing Date (as defined below). (b) The Issuer acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Notes to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Notes purchased by it to or through any Underwriter. (c) The Issuer understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Notes as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Notes on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information. (d) The Issuer and each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Issuer and each Guarantor with respect to the offering of the Notes contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as financial advisors or fiduciaries to, or agents of, the Issuer, any Guarantor or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter are advising the Issuer, any Guarantor or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Issuer and each Guarantor shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter shall have any responsibility or liability to the Issuer or any Guarantor with respect thereto. Any review by the Representatives or any Underwriter of the Issuer, any Guarantor, and the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representatives or such Underwriter, as the case may be, and shall not be on behalf of the Issuer, any Guarantor or any other person. The Issuer agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Issuer, in connection with such transactions or the process leading thereto.
