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• 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.

• Transfer of Assets On the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, each Seller shall sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase and acquire from each Seller, free and clear of all Security Interests, all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all assets used by such Seller in or relating to the Business (collectively, the “Acquired Assets”), including, without limitation, the following assets: (i) except as otherwise described herein, all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all inventories, wherever located, of Business Products, including all finished goods, consigned goods, work-in-progress, raw materials, spare parts, packaging, accessories and all other materials and supplies to be used, consumed, sold, resold or distributed by such Seller, and all warranties and guarantees, if any, express or implied, by the manufacturers or Seller of any such item or component part thereof, rights of return, rebate rights, over-payment recovery rights and any other rights of such Seller relating to these items (collectively, the “Inventory”): (ii) all machinery, equipment, tools, furniture, office equipment, computer hardware, supplies, materials, vehicles and other items of tangible personal property (other than the Inventory) used in or relating to the Business (other than the Excluded Assets) and all warranties and guarantees, if any, express or implied, rights of return, rebate rights, over-payment recovery rights and any other rights of such Seller relating to these items, in each case existing for the benefit of such Seller in connection therewith to the extent transferable (collectively, the “Personal Property”): (iii) all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Designated Contracts; (iv) all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all Business Intellectual Property; (v) to the extent assignable, all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all Permits relating to the Business; (vi) all other assets relating to existing customer relationships and all written materials, data and records relating to the Business (in whatever form or medium), including (A) client, customer, prospect, supplier, dealer and distributor lists and records, (B) information regarding referral sources, (C) product catalogs and brochures, (D) sales and marketing, advertising and promotional materials, (E) research and development materials, reports and records, (F) production reports and records, (G) equipment logs, (H) service, warranty and claim records, (I) records relating to the Inventory, (J) maintenance records and other documents relating to the Personal Property, (K) purchase orders and invoices, (L) sales orders and sales order log books, (M) material safety data sheets, (N) price lists, (O) quotations and bids, (P) operating guides and manuals, (Q) correspondence, (R) financial books, records, journals and ledgers, (S) product ideas and developments and (T) plans and specifications, plats, surveys, drawings, blueprints and photographs; (vii) all other intangible rights and property of such Seller relating to the Business, including (A) going concern value, (B) the goodwill of such Seller relating to the Business as conducted by such Seller, (C) directory, telecopy names, numbers, addresses and listings, and all rights that such Seller may have to institute or maintain any action to protect the same and recover damages for any misappropriation or misuses thereof; (viii) all insurance benefits, including rights under and proceeds from, insurance policies providing coverage for the Acquired Assets or such Seller relating to the Business, where such rights, benefits and proceeds relate to events occurring prior to the Closing; (ix) all rights with respect to deposits, prepaid expenses, claims for refunds and rights to offset related to the Business (excluding rights relating to the prior payment of Taxes) and interest payable with respect to any of the foregoing; (x) all claims (including claims for past infringement or misappropriation of Business Intellectual Property or rights related thereto included in the Acquired Assets) and causes of action of such Seller relating to the Business against any other Person, whether or not such claims and causes of action have been asserted, and all rights of indemnity, warranty rights, rights of contribution, rights to refunds, rights of reimbursement and other rights of recovery of such Seller (regardless of whether such rights are currently exercisable) relating to the Acquired Assets; (xi) all leasehold interests in the HK Leased Property, including all improvements and fixtures thereon and all rights and easements appurtenant thereto; (xii) all leasehold or other contractual interests in the California Warehouse Property; (xiii) all leasehold interests in the Arizona Leased Property, including all improvements and fixtures thereon and all rights and easements appurtenant thereto; and (xiv) all accounts receivable of such Seller of any kind.

• Sale and Transfer of Assets On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, the Sellers shall sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to Purchaser and Purchaser shall purchase, acquire and accept from the Sellers free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens, all of the Sellers' right, title and interest at the Closing in and to all of the properties, assets and rights of every kind and description, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise, exclusively related to or exclusively used or held for use in connection with the Business (other than the Excluded Assets), including all assets (other than Excluded Assets) that may have been acquired by the Sellers for use exclusively in connection with the Business between the date hereof and the Closing Date (which shall be collectively referred to herein as the "Purchased Assets"), except for any such assets which may be disposed of, or sold or consumed prior to the Closing Date in the ordinary course of business. The Purchased Assets shall include, without limitation, all of the Sellers' right, title and interest at the Closing in and to all the following (except to the extent they constitute Excluded Assets): (a) all Intellectual Property owned or licensed by each Seller and used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business as set forth on Schedule 2.1(a); (b) all Contracts (other than Excluded Contracts) used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business as set forth on Schedule 2.1(b) to which each Seller is a party (collectively, the "Assumed Contracts"); (c) all rights of each Seller in and to the real property leases used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business, together with all fixtures and other improvements thereon ("Leases"), including the Leases as set forth on Schedule 2.1(c); (d) all accounts receivable, trade receivables and other amounts owing from customers and clients of each Seller; (e) all books, records, customer lists, vendor lists, supplier lists, cost and pricing information, business plans, quality control records and manuals, blueprints, research and development files, used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business; (f) all personal computers, computer hardware and software of each Seller used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business; (g) all inventory used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business, including without limitation, goods, goods-in-transit, supplies, containers, packaging materials, raw materials, work-in-progress, finished goals, samples and other consumables of each Seller; (h) all Permits of each Seller used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business set forth on Schedule 2.1(h); (i) all tangible personal property, including all machinery, vehicles, tools, equipment, furnishings, office equipment, communications equipment, storage tanks, fixtures, furniture, spare and replacement parts, fuel and other tangible property used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business owned or leased by each Seller, including without limitation, as set forth on Schedule 2.1(i); (j) all sales support, sales collateral, promotional materials, advertising materials and productions, sales and marketing files (whether in print or electronic format) including all past and present promotion copy and promotion copy data bases, web images, web copy, and advertising and direct marketing materials of each Seller used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business; (k) all rights, claims (other than Post-Closing Claims), credits, causes of action or rights of set-off against third parties relating exclusively to the Business or affecting any of the Purchased Assets, including, to the extent transferable, claims pursuant to under any manufacturer's warranties, representations and guarantees made by suppliers, manufactures, contractors and other third parties in connection with products or services purchased by or furnished to either Seller used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business or affecting any of the Purchased Assets; (l) all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Hanford LLC and all of the capital stock of FWENC Massachusetts and FWENC Ohio; (m) all prepaid items and advance payments including, without limitation, credits, charges and prepaid expenses of each Seller used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business and all loans and other advances owing by each Transferred Employee to either Seller, but excluding any cash, cash equivalents and other short term investments of the Sellers and their Subsidiaries; (n) all cash security deposits and xxxxxxx deposits placed with each Seller and with each of its Subsidiaries for the performance of an Assumed Contract or agreement which otherwise constitute a portion of the Purchased Assets; (o) to the extent available, all lists of present customers of the Business, all accounts receivable and notes receivable together with any unpaid interest or fees accrued thereon, or other amounts due with respect thereto of each Seller and any security or collateral therefore including recoverable advances and deposits; and (p) the Business as a going concern, including goodwill.

• Sale or Transfer of Assets; Suspension of Business Operations The Borrower will not sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of (i) the stock of any Subsidiary, (ii) all or a substantial part of its assets, or (iii) any Collateral or any interest therein (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) to any other Person other than the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and will not liquidate, dissolve or suspend business operations. The Borrower will not transfer any part of its ownership interest in any Intellectual Property Rights and will not permit any agreement under which it has licensed Licensed Intellectual Property to lapse, except that the Borrower may transfer such rights or permit such agreements to lapse if it shall have reasonably determined that the applicable Intellectual Property Rights are no longer useful in its business. If the Borrower transfers any Intellectual Property Rights for value, the Borrower will pay over the proceeds to the Lender for application to the Obligations. The Borrower will not license any other Person to use any of the Borrower’s Intellectual Property Rights, except that the Borrower may grant licenses in the ordinary course of its business in connection with sales of Inventory or provision of services to its customers.

• Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions Enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) or convey, sell, lease or license, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, assets or property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed, or acquire by purchase or otherwise (other than purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment and Consolidated Capital Expenditures in the ordinary course of business) all or substantially all of the assets of, all of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person, except: (i) any Group Member may be merged or consolidated with or into any other Group Member, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, assets or property may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to any other Group Member; provided, that (x) in the case of a merger or consolidation of a Group Member that is not a Loan Party with or into a Borrower or Guarantor, such Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (y) in the case of a merger or consolidation of a Guarantor with or into another Guarantor, a Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person and (z) in the case of a merger or consolidation of a Guarantor with or into a Borrower, such Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge with any other person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.06 so long as the continuing or surviving person shall be a Restricted Subsidiary, which shall be a Loan Party if the merging Restricted Subsidiary was a Loan Party and which together with each of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have complied with the requirements of Section 5.12, 5.13 and 5.14, as applicable and if such transaction involves the U.S. Borrower, the U.S. Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person; (b) any Group Member (other than the U.S. Borrower in the case of a disposition of all of its assets) may dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to a Borrower or any other Loan Party, and any Group Member that is not a Loan Party may dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to another Group Member that is not a Loan Party; (c) sales or other dispositions of assets that do not constitute Asset Sales; (i) Asset Sales, the proceeds of which (valued at the principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt Securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) when aggregated with the proceeds of all other Asset Sales made pursuant to this clause (d)(i) in any Fiscal Year, are less than (x) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets plus (y) an amount equal to any unutilized portion of the amount permitted under subclause (x) for any preceding Fiscal Year; provided that in no event shall the proceeds of any Asset Sale, when aggregated with the proceeds of all other Asset Sales made pursuant to this clause (d)(i) in any Fiscal Year, exceed 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets; and (ii) the Asset Sale described on Schedule 6.08(d); provided that, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), (1) the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof (determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the U.S. Borrower (or a duly authorized committee thereof)), (2) except in the case of any Asset Sale to any Restricted Subsidiary, no less than 75.0% thereof shall be paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, and (3) except in the case of any Asset Sale to any Restricted Subsidiary, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied as required by Section 2.14(a); (e) any Group Member may sell or discount, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business (x) which are overdue, or (y) which such Group Member may reasonably determine are difficult to collect but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with prudent business practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of receivables); (f) any Group Member may enter into licenses or sublicenses of Software, Trademarks and other Intellectual Property and general intangibles in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Group Members taken as a whole; (i) any disposition of Securitization Assets to a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing and (ii) any disposition of accounts receivable in connection with receivables factoring arrangements in the ordinary course of business; (h) dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents; (i) Permitted Acquisitions; provided, that in respect of acquisitions of Persons which do not become Loan Parties or of assets which are not acquired by Loan Parties, the consideration for such Persons or assets shall not exceed an aggregate amount of 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets over the term of this Agreement; and (i) Permitted Sale and Lease-Backs and (ii) Sale and Lease-Backs otherwise permitted by Section 6.10(ii), provided that the Net Cash Proceeds of Sale and Lease-Backs (other than Permitted Sale and Lease-Backs) shall be applied as required by Section 2.14(a); provided, further, that, the case of clause (ii), the net proceeds received by the applicable Group Member are at least equal to the fair market value of such asset or Investment (as determined by the U.S. Borrower’s Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof)); (k) sales or other dispositions of the Equity Interests of, or other ownership interests in or assets or property, including Indebtedness, or other securities of, any Joint Venture (including the China JV); provided that, in each case, the net proceeds received by the applicable Group Member are at least equal to the fair market value of such asset or Investment (as determined by the U.S. Borrower’s Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof); (l) any lease, assignment or sublease in the ordinary course of business which does not materially interfere with the business of the Group Members taken as a whole; and (m) Investments made in accordance with Section 6.06 and Restricted Payments made in accordance with Section 6.04.

• 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).

• Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power In the event that, at any time after a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, directly or indirectly, (i) the Company shall consolidate with, or merge with and into, any other Person, (ii) any Person shall consolidate with the Company, or merge with and into the Company and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of such merger and, in connection with such merger, all or part of the Common Shares shall be changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities of any other Person (or the Company) or cash or any other property, or (iii) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer (or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer), in one or more transactions, assets or earning power aggregating 50% or more of the assets or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any other Person other than the Company or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that (A) each holder of a Right (except as otherwise provided herein) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price multiplied by the number of one one-thousandths of a Preferred Share for which a Right is then exercisable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in lieu of Preferred Shares, such number of Common Shares of such other Person (including the Company as successor thereto or as the surviving corporation) as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the number of one one-thousandths of a Preferred Share for which a Right is then exercisable and dividing that product by (y) 50% of the then current per share market price of the Common Shares of such other Person (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of consummation of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer; (B) the issuer of such Common Shares shall thereafter be liable for, and shall assume, by virtue of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Agreement; (C) the term "Company" shall thereafter be deemed to refer to such issuer; and (D) such issuer shall take such steps (including, but not limited to, the reservation of a sufficient number of its Common Shares in accordance with Section 9 hereof) in connection with such consummation as may be necessary to assure that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to the Common Shares thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights. The Company covenants and agrees that it shall not consummate any such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer unless prior thereto the Company and such issuer shall have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental agreement so providing. The Company shall not enter into any transaction of the kind referred to in this Section 13 if at the time of such transaction there are any rights, warrants, instruments or securities outstanding or any agreements or arrangements which, as a result of the consummation of such transaction, would eliminate or substantially diminish the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights. The provisions of this Section 13 shall similarly apply to successive mergers or consolidations or sales or other transfers. For purposes hereof, the "earning power" of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors on the basis of the operating earnings of each business operated by the Company and its Subsidiaries during the three fiscal years preceding the date of such determination (or, in the case of any business not operated by the Company or any Subsidiary during three full fiscal years preceding such date, during the period such business was operated by the Company or any Subsidiary).

• Disposition of Assets No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party shall suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, sell, assign, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of (whether in one or a series of transactions) any Property (including the Stock of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, whether in a public or a private offering or otherwise, and accounts and notes receivable, with or without recourse) or enter into any agreement to do any of the foregoing (except subject to compliance with, or termination of, this Agreement), except: (a) dispositions of inventory, or used, worn-out or surplus equipment or defaulted receivables for collection, all in the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) dispositions not otherwise permitted hereunder which are made for fair market value (excluding Accounts, Inventory and notes receivable); provided, that (i) at the time of any disposition, no Event of Default shall exist or shall result from such disposition, (ii) not less than 75% of the aggregate sales price from such disposition shall be paid in cash, (iii) such dispositions are made for fair market value, (iv) the requirements of Section 2.05(b)(ii), to the extent applicable, are complied with in connection therewith, provided that, all Net Cash Proceeds received from dispositions in any Fiscal Year under this clause (b) in an aggregate amount in excess of $7,500,000 per annum shall be paid in accordance with Section 2.03(b) of the Term Credit Agreement or, if applicable, Second Lien Credit Agreement, and (v) after giving effect to such disposition, the Loan Parties are in compliance on a pro forma basis with the covenant set forth in Section 7.19, recomputed for the most recent Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered; (c) dispositions of Cash Equivalents; (d) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted to third parties in the Ordinary Course of Business not interfering with the business of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries; (e) dispositions constituting an Investment or Restricted Payment permitted under this Agreement; (f) dispositions in connection with an Event of Loss; provided that the requirements of Section 2.05(b) and Section 2.03(b) of the Term Credit Agreement are complied with in connection therewith; (g) dispositions of the assets of any Non-Material Subsidiary; (h) sale-leasebacks of real estate, machinery and equipment with a value not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate; (i) termination of a lease that is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect and does not result from a default by a Loan Party; and (j) any disposition described in the Structure Memorandum.

• 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

• MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, TRANSFER OF ASSETS Merge into or consolidate with any other entity; make any substantial change in the nature of Borrower's business as conducted as of the date hereof; acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any other entity; nor sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or a substantial or material portion of Borrower's assets except in the ordinary course of its business.