ASSET PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
DEER CREEK AMPHITHEATER CONCERTS, L.P.,
SFX BROADCASTING, INC.,
DEER CREEK PARTNERS, L.P.
AND
CERTAIN OF THE PARTNERS OF DEER CREEK PARTNERS, L.P.
JUNE 23, 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS...................................................1
SECTION 2. SALE OF ASSETS................................................9
2.1 Purchased Assets........................................9
2.2 Excluded Assets........................................10
2.3 Liabilities............................................10
SECTION 3. PURCHASE.....................................................12
3.1 Purchase Price.........................................12
3.2 Calculation of Gain....................................13
3.3 .......................................................13
3.4 Working Capital........................................13
3.5 Allocation of Purchase Price...........................14
SECTION 4. CLOSING......................................................14
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER.....................15
5.1. Organization; Capitalization...........................15
5.2 Subsidiaries; General Partner..........................15
5.3 Authorization of Agreements, No Conflict, Etc..........15
5.4 Title to Properties....................................16
5.5 Leases.................................................16
5.6 Condition of Property..................................17
5.7 Compliance with Laws, Etc..............................17
5.8 Intellectual Property..................................18
5.9 Books and Records......................................19
5.10 Receivables............................................19
5.11 Litigation.............................................19
5.12 Contracts; Bookings....................................20
5.13 Labor Matters..........................................20
5.14 Financial Statements...................................21
5.15 Absence of Certain Changes or Events...................21
5.16 Undisclosed Liabilities................................22
5.17 Real Property..........................................22
5.18 Taxes..................................................26
5.19 Insurance..............................................27
5.20 Employee Benefits......................................27
5.21 Employees..............................................30
5.22 Environmental Matters..................................30
5.23 Affiliate Transactions.................................32
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5.24 Absence of Certain Business Practices......................32
5.25 Broker's or Finder's Fees..................................32
5.26 Disclosure.................................................32
5.27 Sufficiency of Purchased Assets............................32
5.28 Certain Payments...........................................32
5.29 ...........................................................33
5.30 Other Partners.............................................33
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EACH SIGNING PARTNER
33
6.1 Authorization of Transaction...............................33
6.2 Non-contravention..........................................34
6.3 Broker's Fees..............................................34
6.4 Ownership of Partnership Interest in Seller................34
6.5 Representations and Warranties of Seller...................34
6.6 ...........................................................34
6.7 ...........................................................34
6.8 ...........................................................34
6.9 Disclosure.................................................34
6.10 Informed Judgment..........................................35
SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER AND SFX..................35
7.1 Organization of Buyer......................................35
7.2 ...........................................................35
7.3 Authorization of this Agreement, Etc.......................35
7.4 Broker's or Finder's Fees..................................35
SECTION 8. COVENANTS........................................................36
8.1 Covenants of Seller........................................36
8.2 Filings and Governmental Consents..........................39
8.3 Confidentiality............................................40
8.4 Access.....................................................41
8.5 Casualty and Condemnation..................................42
8.6 Employment Matters.........................................43
8.7 ...........................................................43
8.8 ...........................................................43
8.9 Notification...............................................43
8.10 Environmental Reports and Related Matters..................44
8.11 Further Assurances.........................................45
8.12 Releases...................................................45
8.13 Consent and Voting Agreement...............................46
8.14 Prepayment of Debt.........................................48
8.15 Litigation Matters.........................................48
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8.16 Conseco, Inc...............................................49
SECTION 9. CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF BUYER...............................49
9.1 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Seller and
the Signing Partners ......................................49
9.2 Absence of Proceedings.....................................49
9.3 Opinion of Counsel to Seller...............................49
9.4 Consents or Approvals......................................51
9.5 Title Insurance............................................51
9.6 HSR Act....................................................51
9.7 Closing of Other Agreements................................51
9.8 Xxxx of Sale...............................................51
9.9 Conveyance; Assignment and Assumption Agreement............51
9.10 Environmental Matters......................................53
9.11 ...........................................................53
9.12 ...........................................................53
9.13 Working Capital............................................53
SECTION 10. CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER..............................53
10.1 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Buyer
and SFX..................................................54
10.2 Absence of Proceedings.....................................54
10.3 Opinion of Buyer's Counsel.................................54
10.4 HSR Act....................................................55
10.5 Control of SFX.............................................55
10.6 ...........................................................55
10.7 Repayment of Long-Term Debt................................55
10.8 Assignment and Assumption Agreement........................55
10.9 Closing of Other Acquisition Agreements....................55
SECTION 11. TERMINATION.....................................................55
11.1 Termination................................................55
11.2 Effect of Termination......................................56
SECTION 12. INDEMNIFICATION.................................................56
12.1 Indemnification of Buyer and SFX; Appointment of
Representative...........................................56
12.2 Indemnification of Seller and the Signing Partners.........57
12.3 Claims for Indemnification.................................57
12.4 Materiality or Knowledge...................................58
12.5 Set-Off in Lieu of Separate Compensation...................58
12.6 Method of Payment of Indemnification.......................59
12.7 Limitations on Indemnification.............................59
SECTION 13. MISCELLANEOUS...................................................59
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13.1 Expenses...................................................59
13.2 Specific Performance.......................................59
13.3 Survival...................................................60
13.4 Notices....................................................60
13.5 Assignment; Successors and Assigns.........................61
13.6 Entire Agreement...........................................61
13.7 Governing Law; Construction................................61
13.8 Construction...............................................61
13.9 Severability...............................................62
13.10 Jurisdiction...............................................62
13.11 Captions...................................................62
13.12 Counterparts...............................................62
13.13 Bulk Sales Laws............................................62
13.14 Publicity..................................................62
13.15 Waiver.....................................................63
13.16 Third Party Beneficiaries..................................63
EXHIBITS
5.30 Form of Partners' Agreement
9.8 Form of General Xxxx of Sale
9.9 Form of Deed
SCHEDULES
2.1(c) Vehicles
2.1(d) Real Property
2.1(g) Contracts
2.2 Excluded Assets
2.3 Assumed Obligations
3.1(f) Long-Term Debt
3.5 Allocation of Purchase Price
5.1 Organization, Qualifications and Capitalization
5.2 Subsidiaries; General Partner
5.3 Seller's Consents
5.4 Title Reports (Permitted Liens)
5.6 Tangible Property
5.7 Legal Compliance; Governmental Authorizations
5.8 Intellectual Property Disputes
5.10 Accounts Receivable
5.11 Litigation
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5.12(a) Consents
5.12(b) Bookings
5.13 Labor Matters
5.15 Adverse Changes
5.16 Liabilities
5.18(a) Tax Extensions
5.18(c) Tax Returns
5.19 Insurance
5.20 Employee Benefit Plans
5.21 Employees
5.22 Environmental Matters
5.23 Affiliate Transactions
7.3 Buyer's Consents
8.14 Loans to Signing Partners
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ASSET PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of June 23,
1997, by and among Deer Creek Partners, L.P., an Indiana limited partnership
("Seller"); Deer Creek Amphitheater Concerts, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership ("Buyer"); SFX Broadcasting, Inc. ("SFX"); Sand Creek Partners,
L.P., the general partner of Seller; Sand Creek, Inc., the general partner of
Sand Creek Partners, L.P.; P. Xxxxx Xxxxx; and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx (such four
Persons, collectively, the "Signing Partners").
WHEREAS, Buyer is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SFX;
WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell to Buyer substantially all
of its assets, and Buyer desires to purchase such assets, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, as a condition to its purchase of such assets,
Buyer requires Seller and the Signing Partners to make certain
representations, warranties and covenants and to agree to indemnify Buyer in
certain respects, all as more fully set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, contemporaneously herewith, SFX and certain
subsidiaries thereof are entering into asset purchase and sale agreements (the
"Other Agreements") with the Other Sellers (as defined herein);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and
upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
1.1 "Accounts Receivable" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.10.
1.2 "Affiliate" means a Person that, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by or
is under common Control with, the first mentioned Person.
1.3 (reserved)
1.4 "Apportionment Date" means June 1, 1997.
1.5 (reserved)
1.6 "Assumed Obligations" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3.
1.7 "Balance Sheet" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.14.
1.8 "business day" means any day on which banks in the
State of New York are not authorized or required to close.
1.9 "Buyer" has the meaning set forth on the first page
of this Agreement.
1.10 (reserved)
1.11 (reserved)
1.12 "Closing" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.
1.13 "Closing Date" has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.
1.14 "Closing Documents" means all agreements and documents
to be executed or delivered in connection with the closing of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the documents
described in Section 9.9.
1.15 "COBRA" means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.
1.16 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
1.17 "Competing Transaction" means any of the following
involving Seller: (a) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business
combination or other similar transaction (other than the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement); (b) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or
other disposition of 25% or more of the assets of Seller, in a single
transaction or series of transactions; (c) except as set forth on Schedule
5.1, any offer (whether in cash or in securities) for 25% or more of the
outstanding partnership interests in Seller; or (d) any public announcement of
a proposal, plan or intention to do any of the foregoing.
1.18 "Contracts" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
1.19 "Control" (including the terms "Controlled,"
"Controlled by" and "under common Control with") means the possession,
directly or indirectly or as trustee or executor, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through
the ownership of stock or as trustee or executor, by contract or credit
arrangement or otherwise.
1.20 "Damages" means any and all claims, demands, losses,
costs, obligations, liabilities, Tax deficiencies, interest thereon and
penalties and expenses, and includes, without limitation, reasonable
attorney's fees and any Tax liability (including interest) resulting from any
payment pursuant to Section 12; provided, however, that Damages, as used in
Section 12, shall be net of insurance proceeds received by the Indemnified
Party and any tax benefits derived by the Indemnified Party from the deduction
or payment of any Damages to a third Person.
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1.21 "day" means a calendar day.
1.22 "Deed" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.9.
1.23 (reserved)
1.24 (reserved)
1.25 "Employee Benefit Plan" means any (a) bonus, incentive
compensation, profit sharing, retirement, pension, group insurance, death
benefit, group health, medical expense reimbursement, dependent care, stock
option, stock purchase, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock, savings,
deferred compensation, consulting, severance pay, termination pay, vacation
pay, leave of absence, layoff, life insurance, accident, disability, workers'
compensation, welfare or other employee benefit or fringe benefit plan,
program, arrangement, practice or policy, or (b) plan, program, arrangement,
practice or policy, which is an "employee pension benefit plan" as such term
is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA or an "employee welfare benefit plan" as
such term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, whether written or unwritten.
1.26 "Environment" means soil, land surface or subsurface
strata, surface waters (including navigable waters, ocean waters, streams,
ponds, drainage basins, and wetlands), groundwaters, drinking water supply,
stream sediments, ambient air (including indoor air), plant and animal life,
and any other environmental medium or natural resource.
1.27 "Environmental, Health and Safety Liabilities" means
any cost, damages, loss, expense, liability, obligation, or other
responsibility arising from or under Environmental Law or Occupational Safety
and Health Law and consisting of or relating to:
(a) any environmental, health, or safety matters or
conditions (including on-site or off-site contamination, occupational safety
and health, and regulation of chemical substances or products);
(b) fines, penalties, judgments, awards, settlements, legal
or administrative proceedings, damages, losses, claims, demands and response,
investigative, remedial, or inspection costs and expenses arising under
Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law;
(c) financial responsibility under Environmental Law or
Occupational Safety and Health Law for cleanup costs or corrective action,
including any investigation, cleanup, removal, containment, or other
remediation or response actions ("Cleanup") required by applicable
Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law (whether or not such
Cleanup has been required or requested by any Governmental Body or any other
Person) and for any natural resource damages; or
(d) any other compliance, corrective, investigative, or
remedial measures required under Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and
Health Law.
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For purposes of the foregoing definition, the terms "removal," "remedial" and
"response action" include the types of activities covered by the United States
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42
U.S.C. ss. 9601 et seq., as amended.
1.28 "Environmental Law" means any Legal Requirement that
requires or relates to:
(a) advising appropriate authorities, employees, and the
public of intended or actual releases of pollutants or hazardous substances or
materials, violations of discharge limits, or other prohibitions and of the
commencements of activities, such as resource extraction or construction, that
could have significant impact on the Environment;
(b) preventing or reducing to acceptable levels the release
of pollutants or hazardous substances or materials into the Environment;
(c) reducing the quantities, preventing the release, or
minimizing the hazardous characteristics of wastes that are generated;
(d) assuring that products are designed, formulated,
packaged, and used so that they do not present unreasonable risks to human
health or the Environment when used or disposed of;
(e) protecting resources, species, or ecological amenities;
(f) reducing to acceptable levels the risks inherent in the
transportation of hazardous substances, pollutants, oil, or other potentially
harmful substances;
(g) cleaning up pollutants that have been released,
preventing the Threat of release, or paying the costs of such clean up or
prevention; or
(h) making responsible parties pay private parties, or
groups of them, for damages done to their health or the Environment, or
permitting self-appointed representatives of the public interest to recover
for injuries done to public assets.
1.29 "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor law, and regulations and rules
issued pursuant to that Act or any successor law.
1.30 "ERISA Affiliate" means each person (as defined in
section 3(9) of ERISA) that, together with the Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries (or any person whose liabilities the Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries has assumed or is otherwise subject to, whether directly or
indirectly, including as a result of indemnification) would be or has been
treated as a single employer under section 4001(b) of ERISA or Section 414 of
the Code.
1.31 "ESA" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.10.
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1.32 "Excluded Assets" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2.
1.33 "Facilities" means any real property, leaseholds, or
other interests owned or operated by Seller or its Subsidiaries and any
buildings, plants, structures, or equipment (including motor vehicles, tank
cars, and rolling stock) owned or operated by Seller.
1.34 (reserved)
1.35 "Gain" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
1.36 "General Partner" shall mean Sand Creek Partners, L.P.,
an Indiana limited partnership.
1.37 "Governmental Authorization" means any approval,
consent, license, variance, permit, conditional use permit waiver or other
authorization issued, granted, given or otherwise made available by or under
the authority of any Governmental Body or pursuant to any Legal Requirement.
1.38 "Governmental Body" means any (i) nation, state,
county, city, town, village, district, or other jurisdiction of any nature,
(ii) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government, (iii)
governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any
governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or
other tribunal), (iv) multi-national organization or body, or (v) body
exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial,
legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power.
1.39 "Hazardous Activity" means the distribution,
generation, handling, importing, management, manufacturing, processing,
production, refinement, Release, storage, transfer, transportation, treatment,
or use (including any withdrawal or other use of groundwater) of Hazardous
Materials in, on, under, about, or from any current or former Facilities or
any part thereof into the Environment, and any other act, business, operation,
or thing that increases the danger, or risk of danger, or poses an
unreasonable risk of harm to persons or property on or off any current or
former Facilities, or that may affect the value of the Facilities or Seller.
1.40 "Hazardous Materials" means any waste or other
substance that is listed, defined, designated, or classified as, or otherwise
determined to be, hazardous, radioactive, or toxic or a pollutant or a
contaminant under or pursuant to any Environmental Law, including any
admixture or solution thereof, and specifically including petroleum, petroleum
by-products and all derivatives thereof or synthetic substitutes therefor and
asbestos or asbestos-containing materials polychlorinated biphenyls and lead
paint.
1.41 "HSR Act" means the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976 or any successor law, and regulations and rules
issued pursuant to that Act or any successor law.
1.42 "including" means including without limitation.
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1.43 "Indemnified Party" means the party or parties claiming
a right to indemnification pursuant to Section 12.
1.44 "Indemnifying Party" means the party or parties from
whom indemnification is sought pursuant to Section 12.
1.45 "Intellectual Property" means trademarks, service
marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, corporate names, assumed names,
patents and copyrights together with all translations, adaptations,
derivations, and combinations thereof and including all goodwill associated
therewith, and all applications, registrations, and renewals in connection
therewith.
1.46 "Interim Balance Sheet" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.14.
1.47 "Lease" or "Leases" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1.
1.48 "Leased Real Property" means all real property subject
to the Leases.
1.49 "Legal Requirement" means any applicable federal,
state, local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational, or other
administrative order, constitution, law, ordinance, principle of common law,
regulation, code, statute, or treaty.
1.50 "Lien" means any lien, claim, pledge, security
interest, mortgage, charge, easement, right-of-way, encroachment, covenant
and/or restriction restricting use or the manner of use, lease, right of use
or other encumbrance or third party right of any kind, whether written or
oral.
1.51 "Litigation" has the meaning set forth in Section
12.3.
1.52 (reserved)
1.53 (reserved)
1.54 (reserved)
1.55 (reserved)
1.56 (reserved)
1.57 "Occupational, Safety and Health Law" means any Legal
Requirement designed to provide safe and healthful working conditions and to
reduce occupational safety and health hazards, and any program, whether
governmental or private (including those promulgated or sponsored by industry
associations and insurance companies), designed to provide safe and healthful
working conditions.
1.58 "Ordinary Course of Business"--an action taken by a
Person will be deemed to have been taken in the "Ordinary Course of Business"
only if (a) such action is consistent with
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the past practices of such Person and is taken in the ordinary course of the
normal day-to-day operations of such Person, (b) such action is not required
to be authorized by the board of directors of such Person (or by any Person or
group of Persons exercising similar authority) and (c) such action is similar
in nature and magnitude to actions customarily taken, without any
authorization by the board of directors (or by any Person or group of Persons
exercising similar authority), in the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day
operations of other Persons that are in the same line of business as such
Person.
1.59 "Other Agreements" has the meaning set forth on the
first page of this Agreement.
1.60 "Other Sellers" means, collectively, Murat Centre L.P.,
Polaris Amphitheater Limited Partnership, Suntex, Inc., TourDesign, Inc. and
Sunshine Promotions, Inc.
1.61 "Owned Real Property" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1.
1.62 "Partner" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
1.63 "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
or any successor thereto.
1.64 "Person" means any individual, corporation (including
any non-profit corporation), general or limited partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, labor union,
or other entity or Governmental Body.
1.65 "Purchased Assets" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.1.
1.66 "Real Property" means the Owned Real Property and the
Leased Real Property.
1.67 "Records" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
1.68 "Release" means any spilling, leaking, emitting,
discharging, depositing, escaping, leaching, dumping, or other releasing into
the Environment, whether intentional or unintentional.
1.69 "Release Certificate" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1.
1.70 "Representative" is defined in Section 12.1.
1.71 "Scalpers" means any Persons engaged in the business or
activity of selling tickets in excess of the face value thereof or in
contravention of any applicable Legal Requirement as to the time, place or
manner of sale.
1.72 "SEC" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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1.73 "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
1.74 "Seller" has the meaning set forth on the first page of
this Agreement and, unless the context requires otherwise, also includes that
entity's predecessors.
1.75 "Seller Plans" has the meaning set forth in Section
5.20.
1.76 "Seller's Counsel" means Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx & Darko.
1.77 (reserved)
1.78 "SFX" has the meaning set forth on the first page of
this Agreement.
1.79 "Signing Partner" has the meaning set forth on the
first page of this Agreement.
1.80 "Structures" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.17.
1.81 "Subsidiary" means any entity in which Seller has an
ownership interest.
1.82 "Tax" means any federal, state, local, or foreign
income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance,
stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental (including taxes
under Section 59A of the Code), customs duties, capital stock, franchise,
profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability,
real property, gross income, personal property, sales, use, transfer,
registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other
tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalty, or addition
thereto, whether disputed or not.
1.83 "Tax Return" means any return, declaration, report,
claim for refund, or information return or statement relating to Taxes,
including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment
thereof.
1.84 "Threat of Release" means a substantial likelihood of a
Release that may require action in order to prevent or mitigate damage to the
Environment that may result from such Release.
1.85 "Threatened"--a claim, proceeding, dispute, action, or
other matter will be deemed to have been "Threatened" if any demand or
statement has been made (orally or in writing) or any notice has been given
(orally or in writing), or if any other event has occurred or any other
circumstances exist, that would lead a prudent Person to conclude that such a
claim, proceeding, dispute, action, or other matter is likely to be asserted,
commenced, taken, or otherwise pursued in the future.
1.86 "Working Capital" means the difference between the
short-term assets that are transferred to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement and
sold to other subsidiaries of SFX pursuant
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to the Other Agreements and the short-term liabilities that are assumed by
Buyer pursuant to this Agreement or by other subsidiaries of SFX pursuant to
the Other Agreements; for purposes of this Agreement, "short-term assets" and
"short-term liabilities" shall have the meanings given to such terms under
generally accepted accounting principles.
SECTION 2. SALE OF ASSETS.
2.1 Purchased Assets. Upon and subject to the terms and
conditions provided in this Agreement, Seller shall, at the Closing, convey,
sell, transfer, assign and deliver to Buyer all of Seller's right, title and
interest in and to all of its assets and properties (real, personal and
intangible), including, but not limited to, the items specifically listed and
described below and on the schedules attached hereto (but excluding Excluded
Assets) (collectively, the "Purchased Assets"):
(a) All merchandise, inventories, materials and supplies of
Seller, including items in transit from vendors and also including guaranties
and warranties running to the benefit of Seller with regard thereto;
(b) All cash on hand and at banks, other cash items of
Seller at the close of business on the Closing Date, all receivables and other
accrued payments or obligations which have inured or shall inure to the
benefit of Seller;
(c) All machinery, equipment, office equipment, furniture,
computers, leasehold improvements, fixtures, trade fixtures, supplies and
other personal property owned by Seller and rights of Seller of every kind and
description, tangible and intangible, and all warranties and guaranties
thereto and rights of action of Seller therefor, including, without
limitation, all automobiles, trucks, trailers, automotive equipment and other
vehicles owned by Seller, all of which vehicles are described on Schedule
2.1(c);
(d) Fee title absolute to all real property in which Seller
has an ownership interest, as listed or described on Schedule 2.1(d), together
with (i) the buildings, improvements, fixtures, affixations and fittings
located thereon, owned by Seller, (ii) all rights of ingress and egress and
easements, rights-of-way and/or other appurtenances benefitting the land upon
which such improvements are erected, (iii) any unpaid proceeds for any damage
to such real property by reason of fire or other casualty or condemnation, or
any proceeds paid to Seller and not used or applied by Seller to the
restoration of such real property, and (iv) development rights with respect to
the land upon which such improvements are erected (collectively, the "Owned
Real Property");
(e) All of the right, title and interest of Seller or its
affiliates in and to all Intellectual Property of Seller, including, without
limitation, any Web page or HTML site, and any and all variations or
derivations thereof and in and to all logos, insignias and advertising
materials bearing the names "Deer" or "Creek," to the name of Seller and all
brand names and trademarks and all technology and technical information
related to, necessary for or used in connection with the operation of Seller's
business, and all secrecy agreements of Seller or its affiliates with others,
including employees, relating to disclosure, assignment or patenting of any of
the foregoing;
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(f) All of the right, title and interest of Seller in, to
and under all leases, subleases, licenses and/or other occupancy agreements
affecting the real property described in Schedule 2.1(d) (individually a
"Lease" and collectively, the "Leases"), the estates created thereunder and
all improvements, fixtures, affixations and fittings located on the premises
covered thereby owned by Seller;
(g) All of the right, title and interest of Seller in and to
all agreements, contracts and contract rights, purchase and sales contracts
and orders, license agreements, franchises, booking agreements, trade and
barter agreements and all other agreements and contracts relating to or
necessary for the operation of Seller's business ("Contracts"), including,
without limitation, those listed or described on Schedule 2.1(g) and to all
Governmental Authorizations listed or described on Schedule 5.7;
(h) All claims, deposits, credits and prepaid items,
refunds, causes of action, choses in actions, pending litigation, judgments,
settlements, rights of recovery, rights of set-off, rights of recoupment and
demands on others of every kind and nature relating to the Purchased Assets or
related to or arising from the operation of Seller's business, whether now
existing or hereafter arising;
(i) All original files and records of Seller (including all
financial records and computer runs and programs related thereto) pertaining
to the Purchased Assets and all other books, records, files, documents,
correspondence, reports and lists of suppliers and customers including, but
not limited to, general ledger, all sales and credit records, accountants'
working papers, advertising and sales material, literature and personnel and
payroll records of Seller (provided, however, that Tax Returns may be copies)
(the "Records"), to which Seller shall have access pursuant to Section 8.4(a);
(j) The Seller as a going concern and the goodwill thereof;
and
(k) All other assets, properties, rights and the entire
business, of every kind and nature, owned or held by Seller or in which Seller
has an interest (except for the Excluded Assets), known or unknown, fixed or
unfixed, xxxxxx or inchoate, accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise,
whether or not specifically referred to in this Agreement, including, without
limitation, all Governmental Authorizations, securities, automobiles, trucks
and trailers.
2.2 Excluded Assets. All assets of the Seller Plans and any
other Employee Benefit Plans, seals, minute books, rights to receive Tax
refunds to the extent such refunds relate to any period prior to June 1, 1997,
and other documents relating to the rights of Seller under this Agreement and
any assets described in Schedule 2.2 (collectively, the "Excluded Assets") are
excluded from the Purchased Assets to be sold by Seller to Buyer.
2.3 Liabilities.
(a) At the Closing, Buyer shall assume all liabilities and
obligations of Seller under Contracts and Leases and all other liabilities and
obligations of Seller, other than those set
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forth in Section 2.3(b), that are set forth on Schedule 2.3 (the "Assumed
Obligations"). Buyer shall not assume or have any liabilities with respect to
any other obligation or liability of Seller that is not included in the
Assumed Obligations.
(b) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, Buyer shall not assume, or in any way be liable or
responsible for:
(i) (A) any liabilities or obligations of Seller, or any
consolidated group of which Seller is a member, or of any general or
limited partners (the "Partners") for any Taxes, accrued for,
applicable to or arising from any period on or prior to May 31, 1997,
or in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein, and (B) any liability of the Seller for the
unpaid Taxes of any Person under Treasury Regulation ss.1.1502-6 (or
any similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), as a
transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise;
(ii) any obligation of the Seller to indemnify any Person by
reason of the fact that such Person was a director, officer, employee
or agent of any of the Seller or was serving at the request of any
such entity as a partner, trustee, director, officer, employee or
agent of another entity (whether such indemnification is for
judgments, damages, penalties, fines, costs, amounts paid in
settlement, losses, expenses or otherwise and whether such
indemnification is pursuant to any statute, charter document, bylaw,
agreement or otherwise);
(iii) any liability of the Seller for costs and expenses
incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated herein;
(iv) any intercompany payables or any liabilities or
obligations of Seller owing to any Affiliate of Seller or to any
Other Seller or any Affiliate thereof, all of which shall be released
on or prior to the Closing Date;
(v) any liability or obligation of the Seller under this
Agreement;
(vi) any Environmental, Health and Safety Liability arising
solely from occurrences or conditions on or prior to the Closing
Date, or, for any such liability arising from occurrences or
conditions both before and after the Closing, the portion of any such
liability caused by occurrences prior to the Closing Date;
(vii) any liability or obligation relating to the Seller
Plans or any other Employee Benefit Plans, including but not limited
to any liability or obligation with respect to COBRA or any
multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA); and
(viii) any liability or obligation not expressly set forth
in the Balance Sheet, except those which may arise with respect to
the period after the Closing Date under the Contracts and Leases and
as set forth in Schedule 2.3.
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SECTION 3. PURCHASE.
3.1 Purchase Price. In consideration of the aforesaid sale,
conveyance, transfer, assignment and delivery of the Purchased Assets, and
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without
limitation, Section 12.5, Buyer will pay to Seller, and SFX hereby guarantees
the payment of:
(a) subject to adjustment pursuant to Sections 3.1(f) and
8.10, on the Closing Date, $13,592,681 in the form of a wire transfer to the
bank account designated by Seller no later than three business days prior to
the Closing Date;
(b) (reserved)
(c) (reserved)
(d) (reserved)
(e) no later than the fifth business day prior to April 15
in the year following the year in which the Closing occurs, in the form of a
wire transfer to the bank account designated by Seller no later than eight
business days prior to such April 15th date, an amount of money equal to X in
the following equation:
X = TROI (Y) - TRCG(Y)
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1 - TRCG1
X = payment to be made by Buyer.
Y = the amount of gain that would have been treated as
ordinary income or net short-term capital gain for
federal income tax purposes if the partners of
Seller had sold their partnership interest in
Seller for an aggregate amount equal to the
purchase price hereunder (without considering
amounts payable pursuant to this Section 3.1(e))
("Gain"). Such amount shall be calculated in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.2. In
no event shall the amount of Gain exceed the
difference between the total purchase price
allocated under Section 3.5 to assets, the sale of
which may give rise to ordinary income or loss or
net short-term capital gain or loss and the basis
of such assets.
TROI = maximum federal tax rate applicable to
individuals for ordinary income for transactions
occurring on the Closing Date.
TRCG = maximum federal tax rate applicable to
individuals for long-term capital gains for
transactions occurring on the Closing Date.
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TRCG1 = maximum federal tax rate applicable to
individuals for long-term capital gains in
the year of the payment pursuant to this
Section 3.1(e).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no payment pursuant to this Section 3.1(e)
shall be required to the extent that (i) the difference between (A) the
aggregate amounts payable pursuant to this Section 3.1(e) and Sections 3.1(e)
of the Other Agreements and (B) the aggregate amounts that would be payable
pursuant to this Section 3.1(e) and Sections 3.1(e) of the Other Agreements
if, in each case, the definitions of TROI and TRCG replaced "for transactions
occurring on the Closing Date" with "as of the date hereof, without regard to
any increases or reductions enacted subsequent to the date hereof," exceeds
(ii) $50,000;
(f) on the Closing Date, the repayment by Buyer of the
long-term debt of Seller described on Schedule 3.1(f) or, at Buyer's option,
the delivery to Seller of a certificate (the "Release Certificate") from the
holder of such debt stating that Seller and any Signing Partners are released
from all of their obligations with respect to payment of such debt.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if and to the extent a prepayment penalty,
premium, late fee and/or participation (i.e., "kicker") is due and payable,
the purchase price to be paid pursuant to Section 3.1(a) shall be reduced by
the amount of such payment; and
(g) no later than the fifth business day prior to April 15
of the year following the year in which the Closing occurs, if such amount is
specified in writing by the Seller, an additional amount of purchase price,
allocable to goodwill, and equal to the sum of all Taxes assessed against and
paid by Seller for the time period from June 1, 1997, through the Closing
Date.
3.2 Calculation of Gain. The amount of Gain shall be
calculated by Seller or its designee no later than December 15 of the year in
which the Closing occurs and shall be reviewed and verified by Buyer or its
designee, which shall be allowed full access to Seller's books and records for
such purposes. In the event of a dispute as to the amount of Gain, Seller and
Buyer shall use reasonable efforts to resolve such dispute and, if the dispute
cannot be resolved after such reasonable efforts, the amount of Gain treated
as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes shall be determined by an
independent arbitrator as follows: the dispute shall be submitted to an
independent arbitrator designated by the American Arbitration Association
under the expedited procedures then in effect for the resolution of commercial
disputes. Such arbitrator shall be a certified public accountant designated by
the American Arbitration Association. Buyer and Seller shall share equally the
costs and expenses of such arbitrator, but each party shall bear its own legal
and other expenses, if any. No later than ten days after a final resolution of
the amount of Gain, any unpaid amount due pursuant to Section 3.1(e) shall be
paid by Buyer or SFX.
3.3 (reserved)
3.4 Working Capital.
(a) (reserved)
(b) (reserved)
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(c) (reserved)
(d) (reserved)
(e) Seller represents and warrants to Buyer and SFX, and
covenants to Buyer and SFX, that the deficit in Working Capital will be no
greater than $4,500,000 on the Apportionment Date. If the deficit in Working
Capital is greater than $4,500,000 on such date, Buyer's sole remedy shall be
as provided in the Other Agreement with respect to the sale of assets of
Sunshine Promotions, Inc. At least five business days prior to the estimated
Closing Date, Seller shall furnish to Buyer a proposed schedule setting forth
all short-term assets as of the Apportionment Date that are to be transferred
to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement and all short-term liabilities as of the
Apportionment Date that are to be assumed by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement.
Thereafter, Seller and Buyer shall negotiate in good faith in order to resolve
any disputed amounts contained therein.
3.5 Allocation of Purchase Price. Schedule 3.5, as it may be
amended by the parties subsequent to the date hereof, sets forth the parties'
allocation of the purchase price, which Seller agrees to adhere to for all
purposes, including financial accounting and for the payment of all federal
and state Tax returns filed subsequent to the Closing Date, including the
determination by Seller of taxable gain or loss on the sale of the Purchased
Assets hereunder, and the determination by Buyer of its Tax basis with respect
to the Purchased Assets. Seller and Signing Stockholders agree that they will
execute and deliver such documents as Buyer shall request at any time or from
time to time which relate to or confirm the determination of the allocation of
the purchase price. Any additional purchase price not explicitly allocated
pursuant to Schedule 3.5 shall be allocated to the purchase of Seller's
goodwill. Buyer agrees to pay to Seller and the Selling Stockholders, as an
additional purchase price, an amount equal to any additional federal income
taxes assessed against such parties because of the re-allocation by the
Internal Revenue Service of any of the purchase price hereunder to ordinary
income assets of Seller, except to the extent that such re-allocation is due
to any inaccuracies in Seller's financial statements or to the extent that
such assessment gives effect to any change in the applicable tax rates between
the date hereof and the date of such assessment.
SECTION 4. CLOSING.
Except as otherwise set forth herein, the closing of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Closing") shall take place
at the offices of the Buyer in New York, New York, commencing at 10:00 a.m.
local time on the later of (a) June 23, 1997, or (b) the second business day
following the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions to the obligations of
the parties to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (other than
conditions with respect to actions the respective parties will take at the
Closing itself) or such other date as the parties may mutually determine (the
"Closing Date").
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SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER.
To induce Buyer to enter into this Agreement, and to
consummate the transactions contemplated, Seller represents and warrants to
Buyer as follows:
5.1. Organization; Capitalization.
(a) Schedule 5.1 contains a complete and accurate list of
the name of Seller, its jurisdiction of organization and other jurisdictions
in which it is authorized to do business. Seller is a limited partnership duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of formation, has all requisite power and authority to own and
lease its properties and carry on its business as it is now being conducted
and is duly qualified and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction
in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the ownership or
leasing of properties makes such qualification necessary.
(b) As of the date of this Agreement, the general and
limited partnership interests of Seller are as set forth on Schedule 5.1.
Except as set forth on Schedule 5.1, there is outstanding no security, option
to purchase, right, call, subscription, agreement, commitment, right of first
refusal or understanding of any nature whatsoever, fixed or contingent, that
directly or indirectly (i) calls for the issuance, sale, pledge or other
disposition of any general or limited partnership interest of Seller or any
security convertible into, or other right to acquire, any general or limited
partnership interest of Seller; (ii) obligates Seller to grant, offer to grant
or enter into any of the foregoing; or (iii) relates to the voting or control
of such partnership interests, securities or rights. Schedule 5.1 sets forth
the name and address of each holder of a general and limited partnership
interest of Seller and the equity interest in Seller represented thereby.
5.2 Subsidiaries; General Partner.
(a) Seller does not own or have any right to acquire,
directly or indirectly, any capital stock of any corporation or have any
direct or indirect equity or ownership interest in any corporation, business
trust, firm, association, partnership, joint venture, entity or organization.
Seller has never had any Subsidiaries.
(b) The General Partner: (i) is a corporation or partnership
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation; (ii) has full power and authority to own,
operate and lease its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it
is now being conducted in the manner of and in the places in which such
business is now being conducted; and (iii) is duly qualified and in good
standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the
business conducted by it or the ownership or leasing of its properties makes
such qualification necessary.
5.3 Authorization of Agreements, No Conflict, Etc. Seller
has the full legal right, power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and the Closing Documents and to fully perform its obligations
hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have
been duly
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authorized by all necessary partnership action on the part of Seller. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller and constitutes, and
upon the execution and delivery of the Closing Documents, each of the Closing
Documents will constitute, the valid and binding obligation of Seller,
enforceable in accordance with its terms. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.3,
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Closing
Documents will not, with or without the giving of notice and/or the passage of
time, (a) violate any provisions of law applicable to Seller or conflict with,
result in the breach or termination of any provision of, constitute a default
under, cause the acceleration of the maturity of, or result in the creation of
any Lien upon any of the Purchased Assets pursuant to, any articles of limited
partnership, partnership agreement, indenture, mortgage or deed of trust or
conflict with, result in a breach or termination of any provision of,
constitute a default under, cause the acceleration of the maturity of, or
result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the Purchased Assets pursuant
to, any lease or other agreement or instrument, to which Seller is a party or
by which Seller or any of its assets or properties is or may be bound, (b)
conflict with or result in a breach of any statute or law or judgment, order,
injunction, decree, regulation or ruling of any Governmental Body to which
Seller is subject or by which any of the Purchased Assets is bound, or (c)
cause Buyer to become subject to, or to become liable for the payment of, any
Tax imposed upon Seller. Seller has not received notice (except for notices of
matters corrected or disposed of to the notifying Person's satisfaction) that
it is in violation of any statute, law, judgment, decree, order, regulation or
rule relating to or affecting the operation, conduct or ownership of the
properties or business of Seller. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.3, Seller
is not, nor will it be required to give any notice to or obtain any consent
from any Person in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the consummation or performance of any of the transactions
contemplated herein.
5.4 Title to Properties. Seller has delivered to Buyer
copies of all title insurance policies, opinions, abstracts, plans,
subdivision maps, approved site plans and surveys relating to the Real
Property and the Seller's interest therein, to the extent in Seller's
possession. Seller owns and has good and marketable title to all Purchased
Assets (whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible)
free and clear of all Liens, except as set forth on Schedule 5.4 or on the
marked title commitment for the Owned Real Property obtained by Buyer from
Chicago Title Insurance Company, dated June ___, 1997, bearing commitment
number 255-42CO. The Owned Real Property is not subject to any easements,
covenants and/or restrictions, rights of way, building use restrictions,
exceptions, variances, reservations, or limitations of any nature, except as
set forth on Schedule 5.4. Upon transfer of the Purchased Assets to Buyer
pursuant to this Agreement, good and marketable title to the Purchased Assets
will pass to Buyer, free and clear of any Liens, except as set forth on
Schedule 5.4.
5.5 Leases. Seller has delivered to Buyer a complete and
true copy of each Lease to which Seller is a party or by which Seller is
bound, all of which are listed in Schedule 2.1(d). All Leases are in full
force and effect, valid and binding in accordance with their respective terms
and, to the best of Seller's knowledge, there are no existing defaults or
events that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default
under any Lease. To the best of Seller's knowledge, no party to any Lease has
repudiated any provision thereof. There are no disputes, oral agreements or
forbearance agreements in effect as to any premises affected by any Lease.
Seller has not assigned, transferred, conveyed, mortgaged, pledged, deeded in
trust or encumbered any interest of Seller in
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any of the Leases or the estates covered therein. The execution of this
Agreement and the sale of the Purchased Assets to Buyer will not constitute a
default or breach of any Lease, except as specifically indicated in Schedule
2.1(d) as requiring the consent to the assignment of such Lease. Seller does
not have any obligations as tenant, lessee, subtenant, sublessee or licensee
under any Lease which have accrued and which have not been fully performed,
nor has it received notice of any claimed default with respect to any such
Lease.
5.6 Condition of Property. Schedule 5.6 sets forth a correct
and complete list of all items of machinery, equipment, computers, furniture,
trade fixtures and fixtures of Seller with a value of $5,000 or more. To the
best of Seller's knowledge (including, without limitation, matters of which
Seller may not have actual knowledge but of which Seller reasonably should
have known), all machinery, equipment, computers, furniture, trade fixtures
and fixtures of Seller are in a good state of repair and good working order,
reasonable wear and tear excepted, and are in conformity with all applicable
Legal Requirements. The operation and maintenance of said assets by Seller
complies with all applicable Legal Requirements.
5.7 Compliance with Laws, Etc.
(a) To the best of Seller's knowledge, and except as set
forth on Schedule 5.7, Seller is, and at all times has been, in full
compliance with each Legal Requirement that is or was applicable to it or to
the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its
assets.
(b) To the best of Seller's knowledge, and except as set
forth on Schedule 5.7, no event has occurred or circumstance exists that (with
or without notice or lapse of time) (i) may constitute or result in a
violation by Seller of, or a failure on the part of Seller to comply with, any
Legal Requirement, or (ii) may give rise to any obligation on the part of
Seller to undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the cost of, any
remedial action of any nature.
(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.7, to the best of
Seller's knowledge, Seller has not received any notice or other communication
(whether oral or written) from any Governmental Body or other Person regarding
any actual, alleged, possible or potential (A) violation of, or failure to
comply with, any Legal Requirement, or (B) obligation on the part of Seller to
undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the cost of, any remedial action
of any nature.
(d) Schedule 5.7 contains a complete and accurate list of
each Governmental Authorization that is held by Seller or that otherwise
relates to the business of, or to any of the assets owned or used by, Seller.
Each Governmental Authorization listed or required to be listed in Schedule
5.7 is valid and in full force and effect. Except as set forth in Schedule
5.7:
(i) to the best of Seller's knowledge, Seller is, and at all
times has been, in full compliance with all of the terms and
requirements of each Governmental Authorization identified or
required to be identified in Schedule 5.7;
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(ii) to the best of Seller's knowledge, no event has
occurred or circumstance exists that may (with or without notice or
lapse of time) (A) constitute or result directly or indirectly in a
violation of or a failure to comply with any term or requirement of
any Governmental Authorization listed or required to be listed in
Schedule 5.7, or (B) result directly or indirectly in the revocation,
withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, or termination of, or any
modification to, any Governmental Authorization listed or required to
be listed in Schedule 5.7;
(iii) Seller has not received any notice or other
communication (whether oral or written) from any Governmental Body or
any other Person regarding (A) any actual, alleged, possible, or
potential violation of or failure to comply with any term or
requirement of any Governmental Authorization, or (B) any actual,
proposed, possible, or potential revocation, withdrawal, suspension,
cancellation, termination of, or modification to any Governmental
Authorization; and
(iv) all applications required to have been filed for the
renewal of the Governmental Authorizations listed or required to be
listed in Schedule 5.7 have been duly filed on a timely basis with
the appropriate Governmental Bodies, and all other filings required
to have been made with respect to such Governmental Authorizations
have been duly made on a timely basis with the appropriate
Governmental Bodies.
(e) To the best of Seller's knowledge, the Governmental
Authorizations listed in Schedule 5.7 collectively constitute all of the
Governmental Authorizations necessary to permit Seller to lawfully conduct and
operate its business in the manner it currently conducts and operates such
business and to permit Seller to own and use its assets in the manner in which
it currently owns and uses such assets.
(f) No consent of any Person is necessary for the assignment
of any Governmental Authorizations to Buyer, except as indicated on Schedule
5.7.
(g) To the best of Seller's knowledge, all concessionaires
of Seller have received all Governmental Authorizations required to operate
their concessions, including, without limitation, health permits and liquor
licenses.
5.8 Intellectual Property.
(a) Seller owns or has the right to use pursuant to license,
sublicense, agreement or permission all Intellectual Property necessary for
the operation of the businesses of Seller as presently conducted. Each item of
Intellectual Property owned or used by Seller is owned or available for use by
Buyer on identical terms and conditions immediately subsequent to the Closing
Date. Seller has taken all necessary and commercially reasonable action to
maintain and protect each item of Intellectual Property that it owns or uses.
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(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.8, Seller has not
interfered with, infringed upon, misappropriated or otherwise come into
conflict with any Intellectual Property rights of third parties, and none of
Seller, the Signing Partners and the directors and officers (and employees
with responsibility for Intellectual Property matters) of Seller has ever
received any charge, complaint, claim, demand or notice alleging any such
interference, infringement, misappropriation or violation (including any claim
that Seller must license or refrain from using any Intellectual Property
rights of any third party). Except as set forth on Schedule 5.8, to the best
of the knowledge of Seller and the Signing Partners, no third party has
interfered with, infringed upon, misappropriated or otherwise come into
conflict with any Intellectual Property rights of Seller.
5.9 Books and Records. The books of account and other
records of Seller, all of which have been made available to Buyer, are
complete and correct and have been maintained in accordance with sound
business practices and the requirements of Section 13(b)(2) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (regardless of whether or not the Seller is
subject to that Section), including the maintenance of an adequate system of
internal controls. The books and records of Seller accurately reflect the
bases for the financial condition and results of operations of Seller set
forth in the financial statements referred to in Section 5.14.
5.10 Receivables. All accounts receivable of the Seller that
are reflected on the Balance Sheet, the Interim Balance Sheet and the
accounting records of the Seller as of the Closing Date (collectively, the
"Accounts Receivable") represent and will represent valid obligations arising
in the Ordinary Course of Business. Unless paid prior to the Closing Date, the
Accounts Receivable will be, as of the Closing Date, current and collectible,
net of the respective reserves shown on the accounting records of the Seller
as of the Closing Date (which reserves will be adequate and calculated
consistent with past practice and will not represent a greater percentage of
the Accounts Receivable as of the Closing Date than the reserve reflected in
the Balance Sheet represented of the Accounts Receivable reflected therein and
will not represent a material adverse change in the composition of such
Accounts Receivable in terms of aging). Subject to such reserves, each of the
Accounts Receivable either has been or will be collected in full, without any
set-off, within ninety days after the day on which it first becomes due and
payable. To the best of Seller's knowledge, there is no contest, claim, or
right of set-off, other than returns in the Ordinary Course of Business, under
any agreement with any obligor of any Accounts Receivable relating to the
amount or validity of such Accounts Receivable. Schedule 5.10 contains a
complete and accurate list of all Accounts Receivable as of the date of the
Interim Balance Sheet, which list sets forth the aging of such Accounts
Receivable.
5.11 Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.11, there
are no civil or criminal claims, actions, suits, proceedings or, to the best
of Seller's knowledge, investigations pending or, to the best of Seller's
knowledge, Threatened to be brought before any Governmental Body involving
Seller or any claims specifically relating to the properties or business of
Seller or to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. There is no
order, decree or judgment of any kind in existence enjoining or restraining
Seller or any officer or employee of Seller or requiring any of them to take
any action of any kind with respect to the operations or business of Seller.
All items listed on Schedule 5.11 (other than those proceedings set forth in
Section 8.15) have been properly submitted to Seller's insurance carrier as
insured claims and have not been rejected by such carrier.
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5.12 Contracts; Bookings.
(a) Seller is not a party to or bound by any contracts,
agreements or understandings (whether written or oral) other than the
Contracts and the Leases. A true and complete list or description of all
Contracts is contained on Schedule 2.1(g) (except that any Contract that has a
value of less than $25,000 for the remaining term of such Contract need not be
set forth on Schedule 2.1(g) unless such Contract is a booking, ticket
distribution, performance or artist agreement). For Contracts required to be
listed on Schedule 2.1(g) other than performance, artist or one-time venue
contracts, Seller has delivered to Buyer a correct and complete copy of each
written Contract and a correct and complete written summary of the terms and
conditions of each oral Contract. No term or provision of any Contract has
been waived, amended, repudiated or assigned. Seller has not received notice
of any cancellation or Threatened cancellation of, or default, acceleration or
outstanding dispute under, any Contract. No party is in breach or default of
the terms of any Contract, and no event has occurred that, with notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute a breach or default, or permit
termination, modification or acceleration, under any Contract. Each Contract
has been duly executed, constitutes the valid and enforceable obligations of
the Seller and, to the best of Seller's knowledge, the other parties thereto.
Except as set forth on Schedule 5.12(a), each Contract will continue to be so
valid and enforceable following the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) As of the date hereof, Schedule 5.12 (b) sets forth a
true and complete list of all bookings by or for the account of the Seller,
along with the dates thereof, the venues therefor and the performers.
(c) (reserved)
5.13 Labor Matters. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.13,
Seller is not a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement and
there are no formal complaints, charges, cases or controversies or any
conciliation agreement, consent or decree pending or, to the best of the
knowledge of Seller or the Signing Partners, Threatened between Seller and any
of its employees (whether full-time, part-time, occasional or otherwise)
acting individually or in concert and/or any Governmental Body; and, to the
best of the knowledge of Seller or the Signing Partners, no organization is
presently attempting to gain, petitioning for or asserting representational
status with respect to any group or groups of employees (whether full-time,
part-time, occasional or otherwise) of Seller, and Seller is in compliance
with federal and state laws respecting employment practices, terms and
conditions of employment, child labor, wages and hours, and is not presently
engaged in any unfair labor practice. There is no labor strike or other labor
dispute and there is no complaint, proceeding or other action instituted under
the Equal Opportunity Act pending or, to the best of the knowledge of Seller,
Threatened against Seller or the Signing Partners. Seller has complied in all
respects with all state and federal laws relating to employment, equal
employment opportunity, nondiscrimination, immigration, child labor, wages,
hours, benefits, collective bargaining, the withholding or payment of social
security and similar Taxes, occupational safety and health and plant closing.
Seller is not liable for the payment of any compensation, damages, Taxes,
fines, penalties or other amounts, however designated, for failure to comply
with any of the foregoing laws.
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5.14 Financial Statements. Seller has delivered to Buyer
true, complete and correct copies of (a) its audited balance sheet of Seller
as at December 31, 1996 (including the notes thereto, the "Balance Sheet"),
and the related statements of income, changes in equity and cash flow for the
fiscal year then ended, together with the audit report thereon of Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx & Co., independent certified public accountants, and (b) an unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of Seller as at March 31, 1997 (the "Interim
Balance Sheet") and the related consolidated statements of income and changes
in equity for the three months then ended, including in each case the notes
thereto. Such financial statements and notes fairly present the financial
condition and the results of operations, changes in equity and cash flow of
Seller as at the respective dates of and for the periods referred to in such
financial statements, all in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, consistently applied, subject, in the case of interim financial
statements, to normal recurring year-end adjustments (the effect of which will
not, individually or in the aggregate, be materially adverse) and the absence
of notes (that, if presented, would not differ materially from those included
in the Balance Sheet). No financial statements of any Person other than Seller
are required by generally accepted accounting principles to be included in the
financial statements of Seller.
5.15 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set
forth in Schedule 5.15, since March 31, 1997, Seller has not suffered any
adverse change or loss or termination of, or breach or default of any
Contract, and there has been no adverse change Threatened or anticipated in
the results of operations or business or assets of Seller or in any of its
properties, and Seller knows of no event, in each case, which has had, or
which might be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the results of
operations, businesses or properties of Seller. Since March 31, 1997, Seller
has conducted its business only in the Ordinary Course of Business. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as set forth on Schedule
5.15, there has not, since March 31, 1997, been any:
(a) change in Seller's authorized or granted partnership
interests; grant of any option or right to purchase any partnership interest
in Seller; issuance of any security convertible into any such interest; grant
of any registration rights; purchase, redemption, retirement, or other
acquisition by Seller of any such interest; or declaration or payment of any
dividend or other distribution or payment in respect of such interest;
(b) amendment to the articles of limited partnership or
partnership agreement of Seller;
(c) entry by Seller into any employment, severance or
similar contract with any director, officer or (except in the Ordinary Course
of Business) employee or payment by Seller to or increase by Seller of any
bonuses, salaries, or other compensation with respect to any partner,
director, officer or (except in the Ordinary Course of Business) employee of
Seller ;
(d) except as required by Section 8.6, adoption of, increase
in the contributions or other payments to or benefits under (including,
without limitation, accelerated payment or vesting of benefits), making of any
new grants or awards under, or the establishment, amendment or termination of,
any profit sharing, bonus, deferred compensation, savings, insurance, pension,
retirement, Seller Plan or other Employee Benefit Plan;
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(e) damage, destruction or loss (not covered by insurance)
with respect to any assets of Seller involving cost or loss (not covered by
insurance) in excess of $25,000 in the aggregate;
(f) entry into, termination of, or receipt of notice of
termination of (i) any license, distributorship, dealer, sales representative,
joint venture, credit or similar agreement, or (ii) any Contract or
transaction involving a total remaining commitment by or to Seller of at least
$25,000;
(g) sale (other than sales of inventory in the Ordinary
Course of Business), lease, or other disposition of any asset or property of
Seller or mortgage, pledge, or imposition of any lien or other encumbrance on
any material asset or property of Seller, including the sale, lease, or other
disposition of any of the Intellectual Property of Seller;
(h) cancellation, waiver or compromise of any claims or
rights with a value to Seller in excess of $25,000;
(i) change by Seller in its accounting methods, principles
or practices; or
(j) agreement, whether oral or written, by Seller to do any
of the foregoing.
5.16 Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth in
Schedule 5.16, Seller has no indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of any
nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) that would be
required to be reflected on Seller's balance sheet or the footnotes thereto in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles including those owed
to any Partner or any Affiliate of any Partner except indebtedness,
liabilities and obligations: (a) reflected or reserved against on the Balance
Sheet or the Interim Balance Sheet; or (b) incurred since the date of the
Balance Sheet or the Interim Balance Sheet in the Ordinary Course of Business.
5.17 Real Property.
(a) Schedule 2.1(d) contains a complete and accurate list
and brief description of all Owned Real Property and all Leased Real Property
and the improvements (including buildings and other structures) located on
such Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property (including a brief
description of the use to which such property is being employed and, in the
case of any such property which is leased, the termination date or notice
requirement with respect to termination, annual rental, additional rent and
renewal or purchase options and rights of first refusal). Schedule 2.1(d)
lists all title insurance policies with respect to the Real Property owned by
Seller and all guarantees of such Leases, given by Seller or any other Person.
Complete and correct copies of all such Leases, title insurance policies and
guarantees have been delivered by Seller to Buyer as of the date hereof;
(b) Except as provided in Schedule 2.1(d), Seller has not
received any notice of a pending or contemplated annexation or condemnation or
similar proceedings affecting, or which may affect, all or any portion of the
Real Property;
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(c) The tenancies described on Schedule 2.1(d) constitute
all of the written and oral agreements which grant rights of use or possession
with respect to the Real Property; except as otherwise noted on Schedule
2.1(d), (i) the Leases described on Schedule 2.1(d) are valid and subsisting
and in full force and effect, have not been amended, modified or supplemented
and the tenants, licensees or occupants thereunder are in actual possession,
(ii) no landlord or sub-landlord has asserted any claim which would in any way
affect the relevant tenant's (or subtenant's) right of use, possession or
occupancy, (iii) there are no pending summary proceedings or other legal
actions for eviction of any such tenant (or subtenant), (iv) no notice of
default or breach on the part of the tenant (or subtenant) under any of the
Leases has been received by Seller from the landlord or sublandlords
thereunder, (v) all decorating, repairs, alterations and other work required
to be performed by the tenant (or subtenant) under each of the Leases has been
performed, and (vi) no consent is necessary from any of the landlords or
sub-landlords with regard to the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. No landlord or sub-landlord under any of the Leases has any
right or option to terminate the Lease for any reason other than a default
thereunder by the applicable tenant (or subtenant) of the Real Property and no
landlord or sub-landlord has a "put" option with regard to any such Real
Property. The copies of the Leases delivered to SFX constitute the sole
agreements binding upon Seller with respect to the Real Property. The rents
set forth in Schedule 2.1(d) are the actual rents, income and charges
presently being paid by Seller under the Leases. No security deposits have
been paid by any tenants (or subtenants) of the Real Property, except as set
forth on Schedule 2.1(d);
(d) Those management agreements and operating agreements
listed on Schedule 2.1(d) constitute all of the written and oral agreements
for the provision of management and/or operating services to the Real Property
typically performed by real estate management companies (as opposed to
agreements pertaining to the operation of Seller's business located on the
Real Property, such as booking or promotion agreements) and all such
agreements are terminable upon 30 days notice by the party to whom services
are being provided thereunder;
(e) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(d), all Real
Property constitutes separate tax lots which are not owned in common with any
other party, and ad valorem real estate taxes have been assessed against each
such lot as a separate tax lot without regard to property owned by any other
party;
(f) (reserved)
(g) The existing parking areas and the existing number of
parking spaces located at the Real Property, as set forth on Schedule 2.1(d),
comply, to the best of Seller's knowledge, with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations, codes and ordinances and approved site plans and, except as set
forth on Schedule 2.1(d), all such parking areas are located within the
boundaries of the Real Property and there exist no concessions or reciprocal
easement agreements relating to parking areas located outside the Real
Property which are necessary to afford Seller with sufficient parking to
comply with Legal Requirements; and all such parking areas not located within
the boundaries of the Real Property are subject to definitive written
agreements between Seller and the owner of such parking areas, true, correct
and complete copies of which have been delivered to Buyer;
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(h) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(d), there are no
commissions or other compensation now or hereafter payable to any broker or
other agent under any written or oral agreement or understanding with such
broker or agent in relation to any of the leases to which Seller is a party or
any extension thereof. With respect to any and all such brokerage commissions,
Seller covenants and agrees to pay any such brokerage commissions or
compensation at or prior to the Closing Date;
(i) All certificates, permits and licenses from any
Governmental Body having jurisdiction over the Real Property which are
necessary to permit the lawful use and operation of the buildings and
improvements on or constituting the Real Property as they presently exist have
been obtained, and are now, and will continue to be at all times before the
Closing Date, in full force and effect, and, to the best of the knowledge of
Seller, there is no pending threat of modification, cancellation, termination
or expiration of any such certificate, permit, approval or license; no
buildings or improvements located on or constituting the Real Property depend
on any dedication, variance, subdivision, special exception or other special
governmental approval for their continuing legality under all current
applicable governmental laws, regulations and ordinances;
(j) All utilities required for the operation of the Real
Property either enter the Real Property through adjoining public streets or,
if they pass through adjoining private land, do so in accordance with valid
public easements or private easements; all of said public utilities are
installed and operating; and all installation and connection charges have been
or will be paid in full prior to the Closing Date;
(k) Seller has received no notices of default from any third
party who shall be benefited by any covenant, restriction, condition or
agreement contained in any instrument affecting the Real Property, and, to the
best of Seller's knowledge, there is no violation of any such covenant,
restriction, condition or agreement;
(l) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(d), no existing
improvements on the land constituting any part of the Real Property violate
any building setback lines shown on a plot of subdivision recorded or filed in
the public records;
(m) There are no charges, complaints, actions, proceedings
or investigations pending or, to the best of the knowledge of Seller,
Threatened against or involving the Real Property or Seller as owner of the
Real Property; the Real Property complies with all applicable Legal
Requirements, including, to the best of the Seller's knowledge, the Americans
with Disabilities Act;
(n) Seller has not received any notice from any insurance
company which has issued a policy with respect to the Real Property or from
any landlord of the Real Property requesting performance of any structural or
other repairs or alterations to the Real Property;
(o) To the best of Seller's knowledge, (i) the improvements
constituting a part of the Real Property are structurally sound (including,
without limitation, structural walls, foundation and roof), and the building
systems servicing the same (i.e., heating, ventilation, air conditioning,
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electrical, plumbing, fire detection and sprinklering) are in good working
order, and (ii) all parking areas drain efficiently and in compliance with
applicable Legal Requirements;
(p) There are no mechanics', materialmen's or similar liens
against the Real Property or any portion thereof, except for work performed
with the prior written consent of SFX;
(q) No current zoning, building or similar law, ordinance,
order or regulation is or will be violated by the continued maintenance,
operation or use of any buildings or other improvements on or constituting the
Real Property (the "Structures") or by the continued maintenance, operation or
use of the parking areas as long as said maintenance, operation or use does
not materially change from the current maintenance, operation or use. Seller
does not have any knowledge of any pending, Threatened or contemplated changes
to any zoning, building or similar law, ordinance, order or regulation which
may affect the maintenance, operation or use of the Real Property; and all of
the Real Property is used in compliance with applicable zoning
classifications;
(r) There are no violations of any federal, state or
municipal laws, ordinances with regard to any portion of the Real Property and
no written notice of any such violation has been issued by any Governmental
Body; and no heating equipment, garbage disposal, compactor, incinerator or
other burning equipment at the Real Property violates any applicable federal,
state or municipal law, ordinance, order, regulation or requirement;
(s) No assessments or impact fees for public improvements
have been made or charged or, to the best of the knowledge of Seller, are
proposed against the Real Property, including, but not limited to, those for
street widenings, intersection restructurings, construction of traffic
signals, sewer, water, gas and electric lines and mains, streets, roads,
sidewalks and curbs;
(t) Seller is not a foreign person within the meaning of
Section 1445 of the Code. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver an executed
certificate in the applicable form set forth in Treasury Regulation Section
1.1445-2(b)(2);
(u) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(d) and except for ad
valorem real estate taxes not yet due and payable, Seller has no knowledge of
any assessment (for real estate taxes, sewer, water, or other municipal
improvements, or not-for-profit associations) payable in annual installments,
or any part thereof, which has or may become a Lien on the Real Property or
any part thereof, nor of any pending special assessments affecting the Real
Property, or any part thereof;
(v) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.4, no covenants or
restrictions, easements or other agreements, if any, to which Buyer will take
title of the Real Property provide for (i) forfeiture or reverter, or (ii) the
payment of liquidated damages in the event of violation thereof, nor do they
impose any restriction on alteration or demolition of any of the improvements
on the Real Property; nor do same provide for a private charge or assessment
or an option to purchase, right of first refusal or the prior approval of any
Person having an interest therein;
(w) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(d), all of the Real
Property abuts upon a physically open street which has been completed,
dedicated and accepted by the Governmental Body
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having jurisdiction over such street for use as an open public street and the
Seller has legal, unobstructed and vehicular and pedestrian access thereto;
and
(x) None of the Real Properties is delineated as or, to the
best of Seller's knowledge, constitutes (i) "wetlands" as defined under any
Legal Requirement or (ii) a buffer area relating thereto.
5.18 Taxes.
(a) Seller has filed all Tax Returns that it was required to
file. All such Tax Returns were correct and complete in all respects. All
Taxes owed by Seller have been paid. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.18(a),
Seller is not currently the beneficiary of any extension of time within which
to file any Tax Return. No claim (except for claims disposed of to such
claimant's satisfaction or by a court of competent jurisdiction) has ever been
made by a Governmental Body in a jurisdiction where Seller does not file Tax
Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. There
are no Liens on any of the assets of Seller that arose in connection with any
failure (or alleged failure) to pay any Tax.
(b) Seller has withheld and paid all Taxes required to have
been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to, or
received from or payable by, any employee, independent contractor, creditor,
partner, customer or other third party.
(c) Neither Seller, any Signing Partner nor any director or
officer (or employee responsible for Tax matters) of Seller expects any
Governmental Body to assess any additional Taxes with respect to Seller for
any period for which Tax Returns have been filed. There is no dispute or claim
concerning any Tax liability of Seller either (i) claimed or raised by any
Governmental Body in writing or (ii) as to which any of Seller, the Signing
Partners and the directors and officers (and employees responsible for Tax
matters) of Seller or the Signing Partners have knowledge based upon personal
contact with any agent of such Governmental Body. Schedule 5.18(c) lists all
federal, state, local, and foreign income Tax Returns filed with respect to
Seller for taxable periods ended on or after January 1, 1996, indicates those
Tax Returns that have been audited, and indicates those Tax Returns that
currently are the subject of audit. Seller has delivered to Buyer correct and
complete copies of all federal income Tax Returns, examination reports, and
statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by Seller since
January 1, 1996.
(d) Seller has not waived any statute of limitations in
respect of Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax
assessment or deficiency.
(e) Since December 31, 1996, Seller has not paid any
dividends or made any distributions on any partnership interest in Seller,
except for such dividends and distributions that, in the aggregate, do not
exceed the Seller's taxable income for 1996 for federal income tax purposes.
(f) Seller has not incurred any passive losses applicable to
the 1996 tax year.
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5.19 Insurance. Schedule 5.19 sets forth the following
information with respect to each current insurance policy (including policies
providing property, casualty, liability, and workers' compensation coverage
and bond and surety arrangements) to which Seller is a party, a named insured
or otherwise the beneficiary of coverage:
(a) the name, address, and telephone number of the agent;
(b) the name of the insurer, the name of the policyholder,
and the name of each covered insured; and
(c) the type of coverage, the basis of coverage (i.e.,
"occurrence" or "claims made"), the policy number and the period of coverage.
With respect to each such insurance policy, Seller has not received notice of
any default or termination (including with respect to the payment of premiums
or the giving of notices) under the policy, nor has any suspension thereof
been Threatened, and no party to the policy has repudiated any provision
thereof. Seller has been covered during the past three years by insurance in
scope and amount customary and reasonable for the businesses in which it has
engaged during the aforementioned period.
5.20 Employee Benefits.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.20, with respect to
all employees and former employees of Seller and their dependents and
beneficiaries, neither Seller nor any of its ERISA Affiliates presently
maintains, contributes to or has any liability under any Employee Benefit
Plan. The Employee Benefit Plans set forth on Schedule 5.20 are referred to
herein as the "Seller Plans." Except with respect to the Seller Plans, the
Seller does not have nor may have any liability under any Employee Benefit
Plan which an ERISA Affiliate presently maintains, contributes to or has or
may have liability under.
(b) Neither Seller nor any of its ERISA Affiliates presently
maintains, contributes to or has any liability under any funded or unfunded
medical, health or life insurance plan or arrangement for present or future
retirees or present or future terminated employees except as required by COBRA
or state continuation coverage laws. Neither Seller nor any of its ERISA
Affiliates maintains or contributes to a trust, organization or association
described in any of Sections 501(c)(9), 501(c)(17) or 501(c)(20) of the Code.
(c) Favorable determination letters have been received from
the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each Seller Plan which is
intended to comply with the provisions of Section 401(a) of the Code
evidencing compliance with the relevant provisions of the Tax Equity and
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, the Tax Reform Acts of 1984 and 1986, and
the Retirement Equity Act of 1984 and other applicable laws and regulations
for which amendment is required by the Closing Date and each such Seller Plan
complies in form and in operation with the requirements of the Code and meets
the requirements of a "qualified plan" under Section 401(a) of the Code. No
event has
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occurred or circumstances exist that will or could give rise to
disqualification or loss of tax-exempt status of any Seller Plan.
(d) With respect to each Seller Plan which is subject to
Title 1 of ERISA, neither Seller nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has failed to
comply with any of the applicable reporting, disclosure or other requirements
of ERISA and the Code, and there has been no "prohibited transaction" (as
described in Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA).
(e) Neither Seller nor any of its ERISA Affiliates, nor any
of their respective directors, officers, employees or any other "fiduciary"
(as defined in Section 3(21) of ERISA), has any liability for failure to
comply with ERISA or the Code for any action or failure to act in connection
with the administration or investment of the Seller Plans.
(f) With respect to any Seller Plan which is subject to
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, there has been no
"accumulated funding deficiency" within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or
Section 412 of the Code (whether or not waived). With respect to the Seller
Plans, all applicable contributions and premium payments for all periods
ending prior to the Closing Date (including periods from the first day of the
then-current plan year to the Closing Date) shall be made prior to the Closing
Date in accordance with past practice and, with respect to each Seller Plan
subject to Title IV of ERISA, the recommended contribution in the applicable
actuarial report. No Seller Plan has any unfunded liability and all accruals
with respect to the Seller Plans have been made.
(g) The actuarially determined present value of all accrued
benefits under each Seller Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (computed on a
plan termination basis using PBGC methods, factors and assumptions) does not
exceed, as of the Closing Date, the fair market value of the assets of each
such Seller Plan. No event has occurred or circumstance exists that could
result in a material increase in premium costs of the Seller Plans that are
insured or a material increase in the benefit costs of such Seller Plans that
are self-insured.
(h) Neither Seller nor any of its ERISA Affiliates presently
maintains, contributes to or has any liability (including current or potential
withdrawal liability) with respect to any "multiemployer plan" (as defined in
Section 3(37) of ERISA).
(i) Neither Seller nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has
maintained an "employee pension benefit plan" (as defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA) that has been the subject of a "reportable event" (as defined in
Section 4043 of ERISA) as to which notices would be required to be filed with
the PBGC, or any event requiring disclosure under Section 4063(a) of ERISA.
Neither Seller nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred any outstanding
liability under Section 4062 of ERISA to the PBGC or engaged in any
transaction described in Section 4069 of ERISA. All premiums or other amounts
due and payable to the PBGC have been paid. Neither Seller nor any of its
ERISA Affiliates has terminated any employee pension benefit plan subject to
Title IV of ERISA. No proceeding by the PBGC to terminate any employee pension
benefit plan pursuant to Title IV of ERISA has ever been instituted or
Threatened, no notice of any such termination has been received, and no
condition exists which presents a material risk of termination of a Seller
Plan.
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(j) There is no pending, Threatened or anticipated legal
action, proceeding, investigation, dispute, grievance, charge, complaint,
restraining or injunctive order or claim against or involving any Seller Plan
(other than routine claims for benefits) or the assets of any such Seller Plan
and, to the best of Seller's knowledge, there is no basis for or any facts
which could give rise to any such legal action, proceeding, investigation,
dispute, grievance, charge, complaint, restraining or injunctive order or
claim. No Seller Plan is presently under audit or examination (nor has notice
been received of a potential audit) by the Internal Revenue Service,
Department of Labor or the PBGC, nor are there any matters pending with
respect to any Seller Plan with the Internal Revenue Service under its
voluntary compliance resolution program, its closing agreement program or
similar programs. Any bonding required with respect to the Seller Plans in
accordance with applicable provisions of ERISA has been obtained and is in
full force and effect.
(k) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.20:
(i) Neither Seller nor any of its ERISA Affiliates is a
party to any employment agreement, whether written or oral, or
agreement with change in control or similar provisions, or collective
bargaining agreement or contract with any labor union relating to any
employees or former employees of Seller;
(ii) Neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates has currently
outstanding any loan or loans to any current or former employees of
Seller, nor has Seller or any of its Affiliates guaranteed such
loans; and
(iii) The execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement will not entitle any individual to severance pay or
accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount, of
any compensation or benefits due to any individual nor result in the
imposition of any federal excise tax with respect to any Seller Plan.
(l) No amount payable to any employee or former employee of
Seller will be an "excess parachute payment" which is non-deductible under
Section 280G of the Code.
(m) There has been no act or acts which would result in a
disallowance of a deduction or the imposition of a Tax pursuant to Section
4980B, or any predecessor provision of the Code or any related regulations. No
event has occurred with respect to which Seller or any of its ERISA Affiliates
could be liable for a Tax imposed by any of Sections 4972, 4976, 4977, 4979,
4980 or 4980B or the Code, or for a civil penalty under Section 502(c) of
ERISA.
(n) With respect to each of the Seller Plans, Seller has
delivered to Buyer true and complete copies of: (i) the plan documents,
including any related trust agreements, insurance contracts or other funding
arrangements, or a written summary of the terms and conditions of the plan if
there is no written plan document; (ii) the most recent determination letter
received from the Internal Revenue Service; (iii) the most recent IRS Form
5500; (iv) the most recent actuarial valuation; (v) the most recent financial
statement; (vi) all correspondence with the Internal Revenue Service, the
Department of Labor and the PBGC with respect to the past three plan years
other than
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IRS Form 5500 filings and PBGC premium payments; and (vii) the most recent
summary plan description and any summaries of material modifications not
reflected therein (or other summaries and descriptions furnished to
participants and beneficiaries, if a summary plan description is not
required). Each Seller Plan can be unilaterally amended, terminated, or
otherwise discontinued, in whole or in part, by the Seller at any time without
liability to the Seller. Neither Seller nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has
any formal plan or commitment, or has communicated to any current or former
employee any intention, whether legally binding or not, to increase any
benefits or create new benefits under any Seller Plan or to create any
additional Employee Benefit Plan.
5.21 Employees. Schedule 5.21 sets forth a true and complete
list of all employees of Seller, their positions, locations, salaries or
hourly wages and severance arrangements. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.21,
there is no liability for unpaid salary or wages, bonuses, vacation time or
other employee benefits, including, without limitation, retirement benefits,
due or accrued, nor liability for withheld or deducted amounts from employees
earnings for the period ending on the Closing Date.
5.22 Environmental Matters.
(a) To the best of the knowledge of Seller, Seller is, and
at all times has been, in full compliance with, and has not been and is not in
violation of or liable under, any Environmental Law or Occupational, Safety
and Health Law. Seller has no basis to expect, nor has it or any other Person
for whose conduct Seller may be held to be responsible received, any actual or
Threatened order, notice, or other communication from (i) any Governmental
Body or private Person acting in the public interest, or (ii) the current or,
to the best of the knowledge of Seller, prior, owner or operator of any
Facilities currently or formerly owned or operated by Seller, of any actual or
potential violation or failure to comply with any Environmental Law or
Occupational, Safety and Health Law, or of any actual or Threatened obligation
to undertake or bear the cost of any Environmental, Health, and Safety
Liabilities with respect to any Facilities currently or formerly owned or
operated by Seller or any other properties or assets (whether real, personal,
or mixed) in which Seller has had an interest, or with respect to any property
or Facility currently or formerly owned or operated by Seller at or to which
Hazardous Materials were generated, manufactured, refined, transferred,
imported, used, or processed by Seller or any other Person for whose conduct
Seller is or may be held responsible, or from which Hazardous Materials have
been transported, treated, stored, handled, transferred, disposed, recycled,
or received.
(b) There are no pending or, to the best of the knowledge of
Seller, Threatened claims, Liens or other restrictions of any nature,
resulting from any Environmental, Health, and Safety Liabilities or arising
under or pursuant to any Environmental Law or Occupational, Health and Safety
Law, with respect to or affecting any Facilities currently or formerly owned
or operated by Seller or, to the best of the knowledge of Seller, any other
properties and assets (whether real, personal, or mixed) in which Seller has
or had an interest.
(c) Seller has no basis to expect, nor has it or any other
Person for whose conduct Seller is or may be held responsible received, any
citation, directive, inquiry, notice, order, summons, warning, or other
communication that relates to Hazardous Activity, Hazardous Materials,
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or any alleged, actual, or potential violation or failure to comply with any
Environmental Law or Occupational, Health and Safety Law, or of any alleged,
actual, or potential obligation to undertake or bear the cost of any
Environmental, Health, and Safety Liabilities with respect to any Facilities
currently or formerly owned or operated by Seller or any other properties or
assets (whether real, personal, or mixed) in which Seller had an interest, or
with respect to any property or facility to which Hazardous Materials
generated, manufactured, refined, transferred, imported, used, or processed by
Seller or any other Person for whose conduct Seller is or may be held
responsible, have been transported, treated, stored, handled, transferred,
disposed, recycled, or received.
(d) Neither Seller nor any other Person for whose conduct
Seller is or may be held responsible has any Environmental, Health, and Safety
Liabilities (i) with respect to any Facilities currently or formerly owned or
operated by Seller, (ii) with respect to any other properties and assets
(whether real, personal, or mixed) in which Seller (or any predecessor) has or
had an interest, or (iii) to the best of Seller's knowledge, at any property
geologically or hydrologically adjoining such Facilities or any such other
property or assets.
(e) Except for pesticides used in accordance with all
applicable Legal Requirements and the above-ground storage tanks identified on
Schedule 5.22, there are no Hazardous Materials present on, in, under or upon
the Environment at any Facilities currently or formerly owned or operated by
Seller or, to the best of Seller's knowledge, at any geologically or
hydrologically adjoining property, including any Hazardous Materials contained
in barrels, above or underground storage tanks, landfills, land deposits,
dumps, equipment (whether moveable or fixed) or other containers, either
temporary or permanent, and deposited or located in land, water, sumps, or any
other part of such Facilities or such adjoining property, or incorporated into
any structure therein or thereon. Neither Seller nor any other Person for
whose conduct Seller is or may be held responsible, or, to the best of
Seller's knowledge, any other Person, has permitted or conducted any Hazardous
Activity conducted with respect to such Facilities or any other properties or
assets (whether real, personal, or mixed) in which Seller has or had an
interest except in full compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and
Occupational Safety and Health Laws.
(f) There has been no Release or, to the best of the
knowledge of Seller or the Signing Partners, Threat of Release, of any
Hazardous Materials at or from any Facilities currently or formerly owned or
operated by Seller or at any other locations where any Hazardous Materials
were generated, manufactured, refined, transferred, produced, imported, used,
or processed from or by such Facilities, or from or by any other properties
and assets (whether real, personal, or mixed) in which Seller has or had an
interest, or, to the best of the knowledge of Seller, any geologically or
hydrologically adjoining property, whether by Seller or any other Person.
(g) Seller has delivered to Buyer true and complete copies
and results of any reports, studies, analyses, tests, or monitoring possessed
or initiated by Seller pertaining to Hazardous Materials or Hazardous
Activities in, on, or under any Facilities currently or formerly owned or
operated by Seller, or concerning compliance by Seller, or any other Person
for whose conduct Seller is or may be held responsible, with Environmental
Laws and Occupational Safety and Health Laws.
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5.23 Affiliate Transactions. Except as set forth on Schedule
5.23, to the best of Seller's knowledge, none of the Partners, Affiliates,
officers, directors or employees of Seller or of any of the Other Sellers, any
of their immediate family members, Persons with whom such Partners,
Affiliates, officers, directors or employees have or have had a personal or
professional relationship, or any of the Other Sellers is currently a party
(either directly or through any ownership, beneficial, contingent or other
interest in an entity, business or enterprise of any kind) to any transaction
with or involving Seller or any assets used in the operation of Seller
including, without limitation, any arrangement (other than for services in the
Ordinary Course of Business as officers, directors or employees of Seller)
providing for (a) the furnishing of services by or to, (b) the rental of the
sites on which the Real Property is located, (c) any loan or other
indebtedness from or to, (d) the grant of any Lien from or to, or (e)
otherwise requiring payments or other consideration (including a promise of
forbearance) from or to, any such Person. All transactions listed on Schedule
5.23 have been entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business and have terms
no less favorable to Seller than transactions entered into at arms'-length
with non-affiliated Persons.
5.24 Absence of Certain Business Practices. Except where
such practices would not be in contravention of applicable Legal Requirements
and agreements, (i) all tickets sold in connection with Seller's operations
are sold solely through nationally recognized ticket outlets or Seller's box
office and not through ticket brokers or Scalpers, and (ii) Seller does not
authorize, and is not aware of, the withholding of any tickets from public
on-sale availability for the purpose of making such tickets available to
ticket brokers or Scalpers. Seller has established, and is in compliance with,
policies and procedures to ensure the foregoing.
5.25 Broker's or Finder's Fees. No agent, broker, investment
banker or other Person or firm acting on behalf of Seller or the Signing
Partners or under its or their authority is or will be entitled to any
broker's or finder's fee or any other commission or similar fee, directly or
indirectly, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or any of the Closing Documents.
5.26 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by Seller or
the Signing Partners in this Agreement and no other written statement,
document, certificate or other instrument or exhibit previously furnished to
Buyer or which are being furnished to Buyer pursuant hereto (including but not
limited to all Schedules or Exhibits hereto) contains any untrue statement of
a material fact or omits any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in
which they were made.
5.27 Sufficiency of Purchased Assets. The Purchased Assets
include all right, title and interest of Seller in and to all assets,
properties and rights of Seller or necessary for or used in the operation of
Seller's business, other than the Excluded Assets.
5.28 Certain Payments. Neither Seller nor any director,
officer, agent, partner or employee of Seller or any other Person associated
with or acting for or on behalf of Seller has directly or indirectly (a) made
or agreed to make any contribution, gift, bribe, rebate, payoff, influence
payment, kickback, or other payment (whether in cash or otherwise) to any
Person, private or public, regardless of form, whether in money, property, or
services, in violation of any Legal
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Requirement (i) to obtain favorable treatment in securing business, (ii) to
pay for favorable treatment for business secured, (iii) to obtain special
concessions or for special concessions already obtained, for or in respect of
Seller or any Affiliate thereof or (iv) to pay for any lobbying or similar
services or (b) established or maintained any fund or asset that has not been
recorded in the books and records of Seller.
5.29 (reserved)
5.30 Other Partners.
(a) Seller has delivered to Buyer a true and complete copy
of each agreement entered into since December 31, 1996, with respect to any
acquisitions by Seller or any Partner of any equity interest in Seller. Prior
to entering into each such agreement, the selling party in such agreement (i)
received a true and complete disclosure of all of the material terms of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the parties hereto, (ii) had
the opportunity to discuss such transactions with his or her independent
attorneys, accountants, investment and financial advisors, (iii) was furnished
or provided access to all relevant information regarding the financial
condition and prospects of Seller and to such additional information as the
selling party or his or her advisors requested, (iv) was provided the
opportunity to discuss Seller's business, management and financial affairs,
and all documents affecting Seller generally, with Seller's management and (v)
acknowledged in each such agreement the truth and accuracy of the statements
set forth in subsections (i) through (iv). Each such agreement is in full
force and effect and has not been modified, waived or amended.
(b) Each Partner (other than the Signing Partners) has
executed an agreement containing all material provisions of Exhibit 5.30 and
delivered the same to Buyer and SFX. Each such agreement (i) has been duly
executed and delivered by such Partner and (ii) constitutes the valid and
binding obligations of such Partner, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EACH
SIGNING PARTNER.
Each Signing Partner represents and warrants jointly and
severally to Buyer as follows:
6.1 Authorization of Transaction. Such Signing Partner has
full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other
Closing Documents to which Signing Partner is a party and to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder. This Agreement constitutes the valid and
legally binding obligation of such Signing Partner, enforceable in accordance
with its terms and conditions. Such Signing Partner, if a natural person, is
over 21 years of age and has not had a legal representative appointed by a
court of law or otherwise to act in his or her behalf or with respect to any
of his or her property. If such Signing Partner is not a natural person: such
Signing Partner is a corporation or other entity duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization; the execution
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and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or
other action; no other corporate or other proceeding on the part of such
Signing Partner is necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby; and this Agreement has been duly delivered
by such Signing Partner. Such Signing Partner need not give any notice to,
make any filing with, or obtain any authorization, consent, or approval of any
Governmental Body in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
6.2 Non-contravention. Neither the execution and the
delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, will (a) violate any constitution, statute, regulation,
rule, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, charge or other restriction
of any Governmental Body to which such Signing Partner is subject or the
certificate of incorporation and bylaws or other organizational documents of
such Signing Partner or (b) conflict with, result in breach of, constitute a
default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to
accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel or require any notice under any
agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument or other arrangement to which
such Signing Partner is a party, by which it is bound or to which any of its
assets is subject.
6.3 Broker's Fees. No agent, broker, investment banker or
other Person or firm acting on behalf of Seller or the Signing Partners or
under its or their authority is or will be entitled to any broker's or
finder's fee or any other commission or similar fee, directly or indirectly,
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of
the Closing Documents.
6.4 Ownership of Partnership Interest in Seller. Such
Signing Partner holds of record and beneficially the partnership interest in
Seller set forth on Schedule 5.1, free and clear of any restrictions on
transfer (other than any restrictions under the Securities Act and state
securities laws), Liens, options, warrants, purchase rights and rights of
first refusal, except as set forth on Schedule 5.1. Such Signing Partner is
not a party to any option, warrant, purchase right or other contract or
commitment that could require such Signing Partner to sell, transfer, or
otherwise dispose of any interest in Seller. Such Signing Partner is not a
party to any voting trust, proxy or other agreement or understanding with
respect to the voting of any interest in Seller.
6.5 Representations and Warranties of Seller. To the best of
such Signing Partner's knowledge, all information set forth in Section 5,
including all schedules thereto, is true, complete and correct.
6.6 (reserved)
6.7 (reserved)
6.8 (reserved)
6.9 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by the Signing
Partners in this Agreement and no other written statement, document,
certificate or other instrument or exhibit furnished or which are being
furnished to Buyer pursuant hereto (including but not limited to all
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Schedules or Exhibits hereto) contains any untrue statement of a material fact
or omits any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained
therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made.
6.10 Informed Judgment. Such Signing Partner has had the
opportunity to discuss the transactions contemplated herein with his or her
independent attorneys, accountants, investment and financial advisors. Such
Signing Partner has been furnished or provided access to such additional
information as the Signing Partner or his or her advisors have requested. Such
Signing Partner has had the opportunity to discuss Seller's business,
management and financial affairs, and all documents affecting Seller
generally, with Seller's management.
SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER AND SFX.
To induce Seller and the Signing Partners to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, Buyer and
SFX, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to Seller and the Signing
Partners as follows:
7.1 Organization of Buyer. Buyer is a limited partnership
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware and has all requisite power and authority to carry on its
business as now being conducted, and to perform its obligations hereunder.
7.2 (reserved)
7.3 Authorization of this Agreement, Etc. Buyer has full
power to execute this Agreement and the Closing Documents to be delivered by
it. Buyer's execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Closing Documents
to be delivered by it, and the consummation by it of all obligations on its
part contemplated hereby and thereby will have been duly authorized by all
requisite authority. Such execution, delivery and performance by Buyer with
respect to this Agreement and the Closing Documents and compliance with their
terms and provisions will not, with or without giving of notice and/or the
passage of time, conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of law
applicable to Buyer, the terms, conditions or provisions of its Certificate of
Limited Partnership or partnership agreement or any judgment, order,
injunction, decree, regulation or ruling of any Governmental Body to which
Buyer is subject, or, except as set forth on Schedule 7.3, any agreement,
mortgage, indenture, contract or other obligation to which Buyer is subject,
or any other, judgment, decree, statute, regulation or any other restriction
of any kind or character to which Buyer is a party or by which any of its
assets may be bound.
7.4 Broker's or Finder's Fees. No agent, broker, investment
banker or other Person or firm acting on behalf of Buyer or SFX or under their
authority is or will be entitled to any broker's or finder's fee or any other
commission or similar fee, directly or indirectly, from Buyer or SFX in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the
Closing Documents.
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SECTION 8. COVENANTS.
8.1 Covenants of Seller.
(a) Between the date of this Agreement and the
Closing Date:
(i) Seller will continue to operate and conduct its business
in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(ii) Seller shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
preserve, consistent with past custom and practice, its business and
properties, including its present operations, physical facilities,
permits, approvals, licenses, working conditions and relationships
with Persons having significant business relations with it,
including, without limitation, suppliers, customers, landlords,
creditors, employees and agents;
(iii) Seller shall confer with Buyer concerning operational
matters of a material nature and otherwise report periodically to
Buyer concerning the status of the business, operations and finances
of Seller;
(iv) Seller shall not grant any partnership interest, grant
any rights to purchase any such interest, split or reclassify any
such interest or declare, set aside or, except as permitted by
Section 5.18(e), pay any dividend or other distribution or payment in
cash, securities or property in respect of any such interest;
(v) Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this
Agreement or the Schedules, without the prior consent of Buyer,
Seller shall not (A) acquire any assets or properties, or enter into
any other transaction, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business,
(B) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of or encumber or mortgage
any assets or properties, other than in the Ordinary Course of
Business, (C) waive, terminate, release, grant or transfer any rights
of value or modify or change any existing license, lease, contract or
other document, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, (D)
enter into any performance production agreements, management
agreements, ticketing agreements or other agreements relating to the
operation of the Real Property as a performance venue, (E) enter into
any agreement relating to the booking of more than one act or event,
(F) enter into any other contract or agreement other than in the
Ordinary Course of Business, (G) enter into any employment contract
or collective bargaining agreement, or modify the terms of any
existing such contract or agreement except as required by Section
8.6, (H) establish any new Employee Benefit Plan, or modify or
terminate any existing Seller Plan or any other Employee Benefit Plan
except as required by Section 8.6, (I) make any capital expenditures
other than those which would be consistent with usual and customary
industry practice, or make any capital expenditures in the aggregate
in excess of $25,000, (J) take or agree to take, or fail to take, any
action if such action or failure to act would or is likely to result
in any of the representations and warranties of Seller
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or the Signing Partners set forth in this Agreement being untrue or
in any of the conditions to the Closing not being satisfied, (K)
amend the articles of limited partnership or partnership agreement of
Seller, (L) incur or assume any indebtedness for money borrowed
(other than short-term indebtedness incurred in the Ordinary Course
of Business or incurred to finance a portion of dividends or
distributions complying with Section 5.18(e)), (M) guarantee any
indebtedness, (N) materially change the accounting methods used by
Seller, (O) prepay any indebtedness for money borrowed (other than
Assumed Liabilities) or any payables, liabilities or obligations
described in Section 2.3(b)(iv) other than from amounts received at
the Closing, or (P) enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or
arrangement, whether oral or written, with respect to any of the
foregoing;
(vi) Seller shall (A) keep in full force and effect
insurance now carried, (B) perform all obligations under its
contracts and agreements relating to or affecting its properties,
assets and business, (C) maintain its books of account and records
consistent with good business practices and (D) comply in all
respects with all laws applicable to them and to the conduct of their
business;
(vii) Without the consent of Buyer, Seller shall not (A)
increase the compensation payable to, or to become payable to, any
current or former employee, director, officer or consultant; (B)
grant any severance or termination pay to, or enter into any
employment or severance agreement with, any director, officer,
employee or consultant; (C) establish, adopt, enter into or amend any
Employee Benefit Plan or arrangement except as may be required by
applicable law; (D) make any new grants or awards or accelerate the
payment or vesting of any benefits under any Seller Plan or other
Employee Benefit Plan; or (E) hire any salaried employees (other than
in the Ordinary Course of Business) or pay any bonuses;
(viii) Seller shall not initiate or solicit any Competing
Transaction (as hereinafter defined) or enter into discussions or
negotiate with any Person in furtherance of such inquiries to obtain
a Competing Transaction, or enter into an agreement with respect to
any Competing Transaction and (other than with respect to any
proposals or negotiations with respect to any Competing Transactions
which commenced prior to the date hereof) Seller shall promptly
notify Buyer of all relevant terms of any such inquiries and
proposals received by Seller and if such inquiry or proposal is in
writing, Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Buyer a
copy of such inquiry or proposal;
(ix) Seller shall pay in full, or cause to be released in
full, all payables, liabilities and obligations listed or described
on Schedule 5.23; and
(x) Seller and the Signing Partners shall use their best
efforts to cause all conditions precedent to the obligations of Buyer
and Seller to be satisfied on or prior to the Closing.
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(b) Seller shall provide to Buyer such information with
respect to the business, operations, financial condition, prospects and
management of Seller as Buyer may request, including, but not limited to, in
connection with obtaining insurance relating to the Purchased Assets and the
business of Seller covering the period after the Closing Date.
(c) (reserved)
(d) Seller agrees that it will promptly transfer or deliver
to Buyer any customer's inquiries or orders which Seller may receive after the
Closing pertaining to products or services sold by Seller.
(e) If any consents of other Persons to assignment of any of
the Contracts, Leases, Governmental Authorizations or other items to be
assigned to Buyer hereunder are not obtained prior to Closing, Seller shall
use its reasonable commercial efforts to obtain, or will assist Buyer in
obtaining, such consents as may be necessary or appropriate to vest in Buyer
all of Seller's right, title and interest therein. If such consent is not
obtained or if an attempted assignment would be ineffective or would impair
Buyer's rights thereunder, Seller will cooperate with Buyer in any arrangement
designed to provide for Buyer the benefits under any such Contracts, Leases,
Governmental Authorizations or other items.
(f) Seller and each Signing Partner agree that any payments
or checks (other than any constituting Excluded Assets, any paychecks or
expense reimbursements of Signing Partners and any amounts payable by Buyer or
SFX pursuant to this Agreement) received by it or its Affiliates or agents
after the Closing Date will promptly be remitted to Buyer.
(g) Seller shall deliver to SFX a true, correct and complete
copy of all Tax Returns filed by Seller subsequent to the Closing Date that
include any period prior to or including the Closing Date.
(h) Seller covenants and agrees that between the date of
this Agreement and the Closing Date:
(i) No fixtures, equipment or personal property located on
the Real Property shall be removed from the Real Property (other than
in the Ordinary Course of Business) unless the same are replaced with
similar items of at least equal quality prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) Seller shall not withdraw, settle or otherwise
compromise any protest or reduction proceeding affecting real estate
Taxes assessed against the Real Property for any fiscal period in
which the Closing Date is to occur or any subsequent fiscal period
without the prior written consent of Buyer, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld;
(iii) Without first obtaining Buyer's consent, the Seller
shall not enter into any contracts or other agreements with respect
to the Real Property that could bind
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the Buyer, or any contracts or other agreements that could bind the
Real Property, in each case, after the Closing Date;
(iv) Seller shall not, other than in the Ordinary Course of
Business, enter into any management or operating agreement or booking
agreements, or give possession of any portion of the Real Property to
anyone, without the prior written approval of Buyer, which approval
will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;
(v) Without the consent of Buyer, Seller shall not, other
than in the Ordinary Course of Business, alter the Real Property or
consent to such alteration except to complete any improvements or
non-structural changes, installations or decorations which may be
required by law or as required under the Leases; and
(vi) Seller shall (or shall cause others to) maintain,
operate and repair all components of the Real Property including the
building systems so as to keep same in good working order and a good
state of repair.
(i) Seller will, and will cause each of its representatives
and agents (including counsel and accountants) to, afford Buyer and its
representatives and agents full access during normal business hours to
Seller's properties (including, without limitation, subsurface testing) and
contracts, books, records and other documents and data (including, without
limitation, electronic and computer information and financial information),
and Buyer and its representatives and agents shall be permitted to make copies
of such contracts, books, records and other documents and data and extracts
therefrom (including, without limitation, the preparation of financial audits)
and to discuss the business of Seller with the officers, representatives and
employees of Seller; provided, that no examination or investigation of the
foregoing by Buyer or such representatives and agents pursuant to this
subsection (i) shall affect any of the representations and warranties of
Seller set forth in this Agreement, and provided further, that (A) any
examination or investigation of the foregoing shall be conducted in such
manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the operation or the conduct of
the businesses of or any other activities carried on by Seller and (B) in the
event of the termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever, Buyer
will return to Seller upon written request all documents, work papers, copies,
extracts and other material obtained from Seller in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) Subsequent to the Closing Date, Seller shall not use, in
trade or otherwise, any of the Intellectual Property or other information
described in Section 2.1(e). Promptly following the Closing Date, Seller shall
change its partnership name to a name that does not include the words "Deer"
or "Creek" or any variations thereon or derivations thereof.
8.2 Filings and Governmental Consents. After the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, Seller, the Signing Partners and Buyer shall
each use its best efforts to cooperate in obtaining any consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or in making any registration or filing with, any
Governmental Body required in connection with the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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8.3 Confidentiality.
(a) Prior to the Closing Date, except for disclosure to
accountants, attorneys, financial advisors and other consultants or advisors,
Buyer and SFX agree that they shall, and shall use their best efforts to cause
their officers, employees and authorized representatives to, hold in strict
confidence all data and information (including, without limitation, electronic
or computer information) obtained by them from Seller or the Signing Partners
(unless such information is a matter of public knowledge or has heretofore
been or is hereafter published or filed as public information or becomes
readily ascertainable from public or published information or trade sources)
and shall use their best efforts to ensure that such officers, employees and
authorized representatives do not disclose such information to others without
the prior written consent of Seller, except that Buyer, SFX and such other
persons may provide such confidential information in response to legal process
or applicable laws, governmental regulations or rules and regulations of any
applicable exchange or quotation system.
(b) Except for disclosure to accountants, attorneys,
financial advisors and other consultants or advisors, Seller and the Signing
Partners agree that they shall, and shall use their best efforts to cause
their officers, employees and authorized representatives to, hold in strict
confidence all data and information obtained by them from Buyer or SFX (unless
such information is a matter of public knowledge or has heretofore been or is
hereafter published or filed as public information or becomes readily
ascertainable from public or published information or trade sources) and shall
use their best efforts to ensure that such officers, employees and authorized
representatives do not disclose such information to others without the prior
written consent of Buyer, except that Seller, the Signing Partners and such
other persons may provide such confidential information in response to legal
process or applicable laws, governmental regulations or rules and regulations
of any applicable exchange or quotation system.
(c) In the event this Agreement is terminated, Seller and
the Signing Partners, on the one hand, and Buyer, on the other, each agree if
so requested by the other party, to return promptly or to destroy every
document furnished to either of them by the other party or any division,
associate or affiliate of such other party and any copies thereof which may
have been made, and which is in its possession or under its control, in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and to cause its
representatives, and any representative of financial institutions,
partnerships and others to whom such documents were furnished, promptly to
return such documents and any copies thereof any of them may have made, other
than documents filed with the SEC or otherwise publicly available and other
than documents reasonably required by a party hereto in connection with or
pertaining to any actual or Threatened litigation or other dispute resolution
proceedings.
(d) Notwithstanding anything else herein contained, prior to
and after the Closing Date, (i) Seller agrees that, if requested by SFX, it
will consent to the use of its financial statements in any registration
statement or other document filed by SFX (or any of its subsidiaries) under
the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
(ii) Seller and the Signing Partners agree that they will execute and deliver,
and cause Seller's partners or other responsible Persons to execute and
deliver, such management representation letters as are requested by SFX's
independent accountants.
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8.4 Access.
(a) The parties agree that so long as any books, records and
files retained by Seller relating to the business, properties, assets or
operations of Seller or the Purchased Assets, or the books, records and files
or copies thereof relating to the period prior to the Closing Date delivered
to Buyer hereunder, remain in existence and are available, each party (at its
expense) shall have the right to inspect and to make copies of the same at any
time during business hours for any proper purpose. Nothing contained herein
shall require that either party disclose or give the other party access to
financial records relating to such party's ownership of the Purchased Assets
or operation of the business being transferred hereunder, except as
specifically required by this Agreement. Neither of the parties hereto will
destroy any of such books, records and files for a period of six years plus
any extensions of time necessary due to any Tax Return or inquiry, audit,
investigation or dispute after the Closing Date, without first having offered
to deliver such books and records to the other party. Each party agrees that
it will cooperate with and make available to the other party during normal
business hours any books, records and information relating to the period prior
to the Closing Date and any employees necessary and useful in connection with
(i) any Tax Return or inquiry, audit, investigation or dispute, (ii) any
litigation against or investigation by a third party, or (iii) any other
business purpose requiring access to such books, records, information or
employees. The party requesting any such books, records, information or
employees shall bear all of the out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including
without limitation attorney's fees, but excluding reimbursement for salaries
and employee benefits) reasonably incurred in connection with providing such
books, records, information or employees.
(b) At all times prior to the Closing, Buyer, its agents and
contractors shall have the right to enter upon the Real Property for the
purpose of conducting inspections and investigations of any kind and nature.
Any such entry shall not, however, in any manner whatsoever restrict or
materially interfere with the operations of the Real Property or impose any
liability on the Seller. Seller reserves the right to impose reasonable
conditions on Buyer's access to the Real Property if such access will restrict
or materially interfere with the operations of the Real Property or impose
liability on Seller. Buyer shall deliver to Seller true, correct and complete
copies of any and all reports generated by structural engineers engaged by
Buyer to inspect any Real Property or Structures.
(c) If, prior to the Closing, Buyer or SFX obtains actual
knowledge that any representation or warranty of Seller contained in this
Agreement was or has become inaccurate or untrue, then Buyer or SFX shall
promptly notify Seller of such inaccuracy or untruthfulness; provided,
however, that Seller's sole remedy for any failure of SFX or Buyer to comply
with its obligations pursuant to this Section 8.4(c) shall be that, if such
inaccuracy or untruthfulness is curable by Seller, then, notwithstanding any
provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Seller shall have ten days from
the time that Buyer or SFX gives notice to Seller of such inaccuracy or
untruthfulness to cure any breach of this Agreement resulting from such
inaccuracy or untruthfulness. The giving of any notice by Buyer or SFX
pursuant to this Section 8.4(c) shall constitute neither a waiver of any
breach by Seller nor a waiver of any of Buyer's or SFX's rights or remedies
pursuant to this Agreement. For the purposes of this Section 8.4(c), "actual
knowledge" of a matter by Buyer or SFX means that an officer or director of
that party has obtained an actual
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understanding of the matter, and shall not be deemed to have occurred merely
because the matter, or facts or information relating to the matter, have been
disclosed to that party.
8.5 Casualty and Condemnation.
(a) If, prior to the Closing Date, all or a substantial
portion of the Real Property shall be condemned, taken by eminent domain,
destroyed or damaged, then, at the sole option of Buyer, this Agreement shall
be null and void and of no further effect. As used in this Section 8.5, "a
substantial portion of the Real Property" shall mean (i) in the event of a
condemnation or taking, (A) a condemnation or taking of five (5%) percent or
more of the improvements at any one site of the Real Property, or such portion
of the parking or the means of ingress and egress which would cause a default
by the landlord under any of the Leases or provide any tenant thereunder with
the right to terminate any such Lease otherwise adversely interfere with the
use of such real property or (B) any other condemnation or taking of the Real
Property that would inhibit the use, enjoyment or operation of any of the Real
Property as it currently exists or disrupt the 1997 concert season, or (ii) in
the event of a casualty, the cost of repair and/or replacement resulting from
such casualty exceeds $100,000 (unless the Signing Partners shall elect to
bear any costs or repair of such casualty in excess of $100,000). In the event
of such a cancellation by Buyer, the Seller shall be entitled to collect all
proceeds from the condemnation or eminent domain and all insurance proceeds
payable by reason of such destruction or damage. If Buyer does not elect to
exercise its right to terminate this Agreement, there shall be no diminution
of the consideration for the Purchased Assets, but Buyer shall be entitled to
receive all condemnation proceeds and all insurance proceeds covering such
taking or loss or damage (plus payment from the Signing Partners to Buyer in
the amount of the deductible under the applicable insurance policy) and Seller
shall assign irrevocably all such rights to Buyer at the Closing Date. The
election of Buyer hereunder must be exercised within thirty days after notice
to Buyer of the occurrence of the taking or loss or damage, and if such taking
or loss or damage occurs less than thirty days prior to the Closing Date, the
Closing Date shall be extended for such additional period of time as may be
necessary to afford Buyer a full thirty days to make its election. Seller and
the Signing Partners covenant and agree to notify Buyer in writing immediately
upon Seller or the Signing Partners having knowledge of any taking or the
occurrence of any damage or casualty.
(b) If, prior to the Closing Date, less than a substantial
portion of the Real Property shall be (i) condemned or taken by eminent domain
or (ii) destroyed or damaged, Seller shall cure, promptly restore, or cause to
be restored, the Real Property to substantially and materially the same
condition as existed immediately prior to such taking or casualty, and the
Closing Date shall be extended to the extent reasonably necessary to allow
Seller to substantially complete, or cause the completion of, such
restoration. To the extent that such condemnation, taking, destruction or
damage could reasonably be expected to be cured for an amount less than
$100,000, then Seller shall assign to Buyer all insurance and/or condemnation
proceeds and the Closing Date shall not change.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Seller
acknowledges that its failure to acquire and maintain insurance in such
amounts and types of coverage as are necessary to
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fully and completely restore any and all of the Real Property upon the
occurrence of a casualty shall be deemed to be a material breach of this
Agreement.
8.6 Employment Matters.
(a) On the Closing Date, Buyer shall assume all duties and
obligations of Seller pursuant to its employment agreements with its
employees, and Seller shall assign and transfer to Buyer all of Seller's
rights pursuant to such agreements; provided, however, that prior to the
Closing Date each such agreement shall be amended to remove all references to
specific Employee Benefit Plans.
(b) Buyer and its Affiliates shall have the right to access
to, in order to actively engage in the solicitation for employment or other
engagement of, any of Seller's employees, consultants, representatives or
agents. For any such Person who is ultimately hired by SFX or any of its
Affiliates, SFX or such Affiliate shall grant credit to such Person under any
applicable Employee Benefit Plans of SFX or such Affiliate, as the case may
be, for all service of such Person with Seller prior to the Closing Date for
all purposes for which such service may be recognized under such Employee
Benefit Plans.
(c) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section
11.1, then, for a period commencing upon the date of such termination and
ending upon the first anniversary thereof, (i) neither Buyer nor SFX shall,
either directly or indirectly, recruit or hire or attempt to recruit or hire,
directly or by assisting others, any employee or consultant of Seller, and
(ii) neither Seller nor any Signing Partner shall, either directly or
indirectly, recruit or hire or attempt to recruit or hire, directly or by
assisting others, any employee or consultant of Buyer or SFX.
(d) Prior to the Closing, Seller shall terminate its and its
employees' participation in all 401(k) Employee Benefit Plans applicable to
its employees.
8.7 (reserved)
8.8 (reserved)
8.9 Notification.
(a) Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date,
Seller will promptly notify Buyer in writing if Seller becomes aware of any
fact or condition that causes or constitutes a breach of any of Seller's or
Signing Partners' representations and warranties as of the date of this
Agreement, or if Seller becomes aware of the occurrence after the date of this
Agreement of any fact or condition that would (except as expressly
contemplated by this Agreement) cause or constitute a breach of any such
representation or warranty had such representation or warranty been made as of
the time of occurrence or discovery of such fact or condition. Should any such
fact or condition require any change in the Schedules if the Schedules were
dated the date of the occurrence or discovery of any such fact or condition,
Seller will promptly deliver to Buyer a supplement to the Schedules specifying
such change. During the same period, Seller will promptly notify Buyer of the
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occurrence of any breach of any covenant of Seller in this Section 8 or of the
occurrence of any event that may make the satisfaction of the conditions in
Section 9 or 10 impossible or unlikely. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
such supplement or notification shall not modify or alter the duties and
obligations of Seller hereunder or the effect of any representation, warranty,
covenant or indemnity made by Seller under this Agreement, or constitute a
waiver by Buyer, modification or alteration of any condition or obligation of
Seller.
(b) Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date,
Buyer will promptly notify Seller in writing if Buyer becomes aware of any
fact or condition that causes or constitutes a breach of any of Buyer's or
SFX's representations and warranties as of the date of this Agreement, or if
Buyer becomes aware of the occurrence after the date of this Agreement of any
fact or condition that would (except as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement) cause or constitute a breach of any such representation or warranty
had such representation or warranty been made as of the time of occurrence or
discovery of such fact or condition. Should any such fact or condition require
any change in the Schedules if the Schedules were dated the date of the
occurrence or discovery of any such fact or condition, Buyer will promptly
deliver to Seller a supplement to the Schedules specifying such change. During
the same period, Buyer will promptly notify Seller of the occurrence of any
breach of any covenant of Buyer in this Section 8 or of the occurrence of any
event that may make the satisfaction of the conditions in Section 9 or 10
impossible or unlikely. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such supplement or
notification shall not modify or alter the duties and obligations of Buyer
hereunder or the effect of any representation, warranty, covenant or indemnity
made by Buyer under this Agreement, or constitute a waiver by Seller,
modification or alteration of any condition or obligation of Buyer.
8.10 Environmental Reports and Related Matters.
(a) Buyer may elect to, at its sole expense, and Seller
shall allow, an ASTM Practice E 1527-94, Standard Practice for Environmental
Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment ("ESA") to be
conducted for each parcel of Owned Real Property and Leased Real Property.
Buyer shall provide, or cause to be provided, to Seller copies of all written
reports of each ESA.
(b) If the ESA for any Owned Real Property or Leased Real
Property identifies any "recognized environmental condition of concern," as
defined by the ESA Process, the environmental consultant shall make
appropriate recommendations and conclusions as to further investigatory and
remedial activities, which shall be conducted by the Seller at its sole
expense. If Seller refuses to undertake the recommended investigatory and
remedial activities, the Buyer, in its sole discretion, may exercise its
options under subsection (d) below.
(c) In addition to the ESAs, Buyer shall have received all
historic reports of environmental studies related to the Purchased Assets and
any premises at which the Seller or its predecessors was or is located,
undertaken by or on behalf of or for the use of Seller; provided, however,
receipt by Buyer of any such reports shall not modify or alter the duties and
obligations of Seller hereunder or the effect of any representation, warranty
or indemnity made by Seller under this Agreement, or constitute acceptance of
any condition or assumption of any liability by Buyer
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that may result from such condition, including, without limitation, the
environmental condition of all or any part of any premises at which any part
of the Purchased Assets was or is located.
(d) If, in Buyer's sole discretion, any of the environmental
studies, including the ESAs, fails to provide a complete analysis of any
environmental condition or identifies any Environmental, Health and Safety
Liabilities which could potentially exceed $100,000 (singularly or in the
aggregate) at or related to any Real Property, Buyer may (i) terminate this
Agreement or (ii) exclude specified parcels of Owned Real Property or Leases
from this transaction, which parcels or Leases will then remain in the
possession of, and the sole responsibility of, the Seller. If Buyer elects
item (ii) above, then the excluded parcels or Leases shall be deemed to be
Excluded Assets and not Purchased Assets, and Buyer shall be entitled to a
reduction of the Purchase Price corresponding to the fair market value of the
excluded parcels or Leases. If Buyer and Seller cannot agree on such fair
market value, Buyer may appoint a third-party appraiser reasonably
satisfactory to Seller to determine such fair market value.
(e) Any representation of Buyer with respect to its
satisfaction pursuant to this Section 8.10 shall not be interpreted to imply
that Buyer has constructive knowledge regarding any aspect of Seller's
business nor to limit the scope of any of Seller's representations under this
Agreement. No due diligence examination or related activities of, or on behalf
of, Buyer pursuant to this Section shall constitute a waiver or relinquishment
by Buyer of its right to rely upon Seller's representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements as made herein or pursuant hereto. No disclosure
pursuant to this Section shall constitute an assumption by Buyer of any
conditions or liabilities, and such disclosure shall not relieve Seller of its
duties and obligations hereunder.
(f) The Indiana Responsible Party Transfer Law, Indiana Code
13-7-22.5-1 et seq., does not apply to the transfer under this Agreement of
any Owned Real Property or Leases. Seller shall execute and deliver to Buyer,
on the Closing Date, an affidavit attesting to the nonapplicability of such
law to the transfer under this Agreement of the Owned Real Property and the
Leases.
8.11 Further Assurances. Each party hereto shall execute and
deliver, and cooperate with any other party in obtaining, such additional
instruments, documents, conveyances and assurances as reasonably have been
requested by any other party to confirm and assure the rights and obligations
set forth herein.
8.12 Releases.
(a) Each Signing Partner acknowledges that the agreements
set forth in this Section 8.12 are a condition to Buyer's obligation to
purchase the Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement, and that Buyer is
relying on this Section 8.12 in consummating such purchase.
(b) Each Signing Partner, for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged,
and intending to be legally bound, in order to induce Buyer to purchase the
Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement, hereby agrees as follows:
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(i) Each Signing Partner, on behalf of such Signing Partner
and each of such Signing Partner's Affiliates, hereby releases and
forever discharges the Buyer and SFX, and each of their respective
individual, joint or mutual, past, present and future directors,
officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors, representatives,
stockholders, controlling persons, subsidiaries, successors and
assigns (collectively, "Releasees") from any and all claims, demands,
proceedings, causes of action, awards, decisions, injunctions,
judgments, orders, rulings, subpoenas, verdicts, obligations,
contracts, agreements, debts and liabilities whatsoever, whether
known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, both at law and in
equity, which each of the Signing Partners or any of their respective
Affiliates now has, have ever had or may hereafter have against the
respective Releasees arising contemporaneously with or prior to the
Closing Date or on account of or arising out of any matter, cause or
event occurring contemporaneously with or prior to the Closing Date,
including, but not limited to, any rights to indemnification or
reimbursement from SFX or Buyer, whether pursuant to contract or
otherwise and whether or not relating to claims pending on, or
asserted after, the Closing Date; provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall operate to release any obligations of Buyer or
SFX arising under this Agreement or any Closing Documents or
proximately caused by Buyer's or SFX's willful, fraudulent or grossly
negligent acts.
(ii) Each Signing Partner hereby irrevocably covenants to
refrain from, directly or indirectly, asserting any claim or demand,
or commencing, instituting or causing to be commenced, any proceeding
of any kind against any Releasee, based upon any matter purported to
be released hereby.
(iii) Without in any way limiting any of the rights and
remedies otherwise available to any Releasee, each Signing Partner
shall indemnify and hold harmless each Releasee from and against all
loss, liability, claim, damage (including incidental and
consequential damages) or expense (including costs of investigation
and defense and reasonable attorney's fees), whether or not involving
third party claims, arising directly or indirectly from or in
connection with (A) the assertion by or on behalf of such Signing
Partner or any of such Signing Partner's Affiliates of any claim or
other matter purported to be released pursuant to this Section 8.12
and (B) the assertion by any third party of any claim or demand
against any Releasee which claim or demand arises directly or
indirectly from, or in connection with, any assertion by or on behalf
of the Signing Partners or any of their Affiliates against such third
party of any claims or other matters purported to be released
pursuant to this Section 8.12.
8.13 Consent and Voting Agreement.
(a) Each Signing Partner hereby irrevocably consents to the
entering into of this Agreement and to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby. Each Signing Partner hereby states that such Signing
Partner is the holder of the partnership interest in Seller set forth on
Schedule 5.1 with respect to such Signing Partner, and hereby adopts the
following resolutions by written consent:
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(i) Resolved, that this Agreement, and each and every term
and condition herein, as well as the transactions contemplated
hereby, are hereby adopted and approved; and
(ii) Further resolved, that the officers of Seller are
hereby severally authorized, empowered and directed, for and on
behalf and in the name of Seller, to execute and deliver any and all
documents, papers or instruments and to do or to cause to be done any
and all such acts and things as such officers may deem necessary
(and, provided Conseco, Inc. is paid pursuant to the terms of a
Partnership Interest Purchase Agreement dated June ___, 1997,
appropriate or advisable) to complete any and all transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
The written consent contained in this Section 8.13 may be executed in one or
more counterparts and shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of
the Partners.
(b) As long as this Agreement has not previously been
terminated, each Signing Partner irrevocably agrees to vote all interests in
Seller as to which such Signing Partner is entitled to vote (including all
interests for which such Signing Partner holds a proxy) at a meeting of the
Partners if any meeting is so held, or by written consent without a meeting as
follows: (i) in favor of approval and adoption of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) against any action or agreement that
would result in a breach in any material respect of any covenant,
representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of Seller
under this Agreement; and (iii) against any action or agreement (other than
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms), that would,
directly or indirectly, impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or attempt to
discourage the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation:
(A) any extraordinary transaction, such as a merger, consolidation or other
business combination involving Seller; (B) a sale or transfer of a material
amount of assets of Seller or a reorganization, recapitalization or
liquidation of Seller; (C) any change in the management or board of directors
of Seller or any Competing Transaction, except as otherwise agreed to in
writing by Buyer; (D) any material change in the present capitalization of
Seller; or (E) any other material change in Seller's partnership structure or
business.
(c) The Signing Partners represent that they have received
the irrevocable proxy of all other Partners (other than Conseco, Inc.) to vote
all equity interests in Seller held by such other Partners.
(d) Each Signing Partner agrees that, except as set forth on
Schedule 5.1, without the prior written consent of Buyer, during the period
commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier of (i) the business
day following the Closing Date or (ii) the termination of this Agreement
pursuant to the terms hereof, such Signing Partner will not offer, pledge,
sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any
option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or
otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any partnership
interest in Seller or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for any such interest.
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8.14 Prepayment of Debt. Each Signing Partner covenants to
repay in full, prior to the Closing Date, all amounts owed by such Signing
Partner to Seller pursuant to the agreements listed or described on Schedule
8.14.
8.15 Litigation Matters.
(a) (reserved)
(b) (reserved)
(c) Upon the Closing Date, SFX and Buyer shall assume the
defense of Seller in that certain lawsuit entitled Sunrise Video Productions,
Inc. v. Allisonville Road Partners, et al., brought in the Xxxxxxxx County
Superior Court, Cause # 29D03-9704-CP-185, and subsequently removed to the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana,
Indianapolis Division, Cause # IP 97-0565-C T/G. In conducting such defense,
SFX and Buyer shall use counsel reasonably satisfactory to Seller. SFX and
Buyer shall bear the costs of any and all reasonable legal fees, net of any
insurance proceeds, incurred by them subsequent to the Closing Date in
connection with such litigation, and shall have no further liability of any
sort or kind relating to such litigation, including, without limitation, any
judgment entered by a court, whether for monetary damages, equitable relief,
attorneys' fees, costs of suit, interest on any award or punitive damages.
(d) Seller and the Signing Partners represent and warrant to
SFX and Buyer that Seller is the sole owner of all tangible and intangible
assets and rights it is seeking to enforce in the litigation described in
subsection (c) of this Section. Seller and the Signing Partners agree to
defend and indemnify SFX and Buyer pursuant to the terms of Section 12 hereof
for any and all Damages incurred by SFX or Buyer (including, without
limitation, the value of any Intellectual Property claimed by Seller but
determined not to be the property of Seller and any legal fees and litigation
costs paid by SFX and/or Buyer) directly or indirectly occasioned by, arising
out of, related to, based on or resulting from such litigation in the event of
(i) any determination by a court of any fact(s) that vary any of the foregoing
representations and warranties or (ii) any final determination of any such
litigation that is adverse to Seller, SFX or Buyer or settlement of any such
litigation. Seller and the Signing Partners agree that they will not resolve
such litigation before final judgment thereon through settlement, arbitration
or in any other manner, unless such manner of resolution forecloses and
extinguishes the possibility of any adverse party's ability to proceed against
SFX and Buyer as a holder in due course, successor, assignee or otherwise with
respect to Seller, the Signing Partners or any other party to such litigation.
(e) SFX and Buyer shall not have or assume any liability of
any sort or kind relating in any way to any litigation or proceeding against
Seller or the Signing Partners, except as explicitly set forth in this Section
8.15.
(f) SFX and Buyer voluntarily make no submission to the
jurisdiction of any court described in this Section for purposes of the
actions described herein, by virtue of the agreements contained in this
Section or in this Agreement.
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8.16 Conseco, Inc. The parties hereto acknowledge that (a)
the General Partner has agreed to purchase all outstanding interests of
Conseco, Inc., in the Seller and (b) Conseco, Inc. is not a party to this
Agreement and is not responsible for any breach of representations, warranties
or covenants contained herein.
SECTION 9. CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF BUYER.
The obligations of Buyer to consummate the acquisition of
the Purchased Assets at the Closing are subject, at Buyer's option, to the
fulfillment, prior to or at the Closing, of each of the conditions set forth
in this Section 9. Buyer may waive any condition specified in this Section 9
by executing a writing so stating at or prior to the Closing or by electing to
proceed with the Closing with such condition unsatisfied. If Buyer waives any
such unsatisfied condition, Buyer shall not be deemed to have waived any other
rights or remedies it may have with respect to such condition.
9.1 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Seller and
the Signing Partners.
(a) Except where the failure to satisfy such conditions
would not have a material adverse effect, (i) each and every representation
and warranty of Seller and the Signing Partners herein contained shall be true
and complete at the Closing Date, with the same effect as though made at such
time except to the extent that a different time is specifically stated in any
such representation or warranty, and (ii) Seller and the Signing Partners
shall each have performed and complied with all covenants and conditions
required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by them at or
prior to the Closing Date.
(b) The President or Vice President of the general partner
of the General Partner shall have executed and delivered to Buyer a
certificate, dated the Closing Date, as to the accuracy of the matters set
forth in subsection (a) above; and true and complete copies of all resolutions
of the General Partner authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
General Partner as of the Closing Date, shall have been delivered to Buyer and
SFX.
9.2 Absence of Proceedings. No party to this Agreement or
any Partner shall be subject to any restraining order or injunction
restraining or prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or by any of the Closing Documents; and no suit, action or proceeding
shall have been instituted and remain pending before a Governmental Body which
would prohibit the continued operation or conduct of the business of Seller,
or adversely affect Buyer's title or interest in the Purchased Assets.
9.3 Opinion of Counsel to Seller. Buyer and SFX shall have
received from Seller's Counsel an opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and
substance satisfactory to Buyer and SFX, to the effect that:
(a) Seller has the right, power and authority to effect the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has taken all action required
by it to authorize the execution,
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delivery and performance of this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereunder;
(b) Seller is a limited partnership duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation,
with all requisite power and authority to own and lease its properties and
carry on its business as conducted on the Closing Date and to effect the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and Seller is fully qualified and
in good standing to do business in all other jurisdictions where the nature of
its business or the ownership of its properties requires such qualification;
(c) This Agreement and the Closing Documents delivered to
Buyer on the Closing Date have each been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by Seller and the Signing Partners and (assuming due and valid
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties) constitute
the valid and binding obligations of Seller and the Signing Partners
enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforceability of creditors' rights, or by equitable principles
limiting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally;
(d) To such counsel's knowledge, all Governmental
Authorizations required in order to permit consummation by Seller of the
transactions contemplated hereby and by the Closing Documents have been
obtained;
(e) The execution and delivery by Seller and the Signing
Partners of this Agreement and the Closing Documents and compliance with the
terms and provisions hereof or thereof do not conflict or will not conflict
with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of
the articles of limited partnership or partnership agreement of Seller or the
Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or articles of limited partnership
and partnership agreement, as the case may be, of any Signing Partner or of
any judgment, order, injunction, decree or ruling of any Governmental Body
known to such counsel to which Seller or any Signing Partner or any of the
Purchased Assets is subject, or, except where any required waiver or consent
has not been obtained, of any agreement or contract listed on any Schedule
delivered pursuant to this Agreement or, to the knowledge of such counsel, any
other agreement or contract to which Seller or any Signing Partner is a party,
or constitute a default thereunder or give to others any rights of termination
of the transactions contemplated thereby;
(f) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.11, there is no
pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, Threatened, action, suit or
proceeding before any Governmental Body, to which Seller is a party or to
which any of the Purchased Assets are subject that is of a character required
to be described in a Schedule delivered pursuant to this Agreement and which
is not disclosed;
(g) Except as set forth in the Schedules to this Agreement,
such counsel has no knowledge of any Lien on the Purchased Assets and to the
best of such counsel's knowledge (i) Seller is not in default under any order
of any Governmental Body; and (ii) Seller is not subject to any decree or
judgment enjoining or restraining it from taking any action contemplated by
this
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Agreement or requiring it to take any action inconsistent with the actions
contemplated by this Agreement; and
(h) Such opinion as to the existence of all Governmental
Authorizations required under Legal Requirements applicable to Seller and its
properties and the transferability and effectiveness thereof as Buyer may
reasonably request.
In rendering its opinion pursuant to this Section 9.3, such
counsel may (i) rely, to the extent such counsel reasonably deems such
reliance necessary or appropriate as to matters of fact, upon certificates of
state officials and of officers of Seller and, with respect to the laws of
jurisdictions other than the jurisdiction in which Seller's Counsel is based
and the United States of America, on the opinion of counsel qualified with
respect to such jurisdiction, provided the extent of such reliance is
specified in the opinion and such counsel states that such reliance is
reasonable, and (ii) assume that the laws of the State of New York are
identical to those of the State of Indiana, provided that such assumption is
specified in the opinion.
9.4 Consents or Approvals. All material consents, waivers,
approvals, licenses or authorizations of lessors, third parties or
Governmental Bodies (or any amendments or modifications to existing agreements
with third parties), including, without limitation, those described in
Schedule 5.12(a), required to transfer the Purchased Assets and effect the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Closing Documents, and to
allow the business of Seller to be operated by Buyer after the Closing in the
manner and to the extent that such business was operated by Seller immediately
prior to the Closing, have been obtained and delivered to Buyer.
9.5 Title Insurance. Buyer at Closing shall receive a title
insurance policy for all Owned Real Property and leasehold title policies for
any Leased Real Property issued in its favor containing exceptions only for
(a) real estate Taxes not yet due and payable and (b) those exceptions
otherwise acceptable to Buyer. Each such policy shall contain a zoning
endorsement reasonably acceptable to Buyer covering the current use or uses of
the Real Property.
9.6 HSR Act. The applicable waiting period under the HSR Act
shall have expired or been terminated.
9.7 Closing of Other Agreements. The transactions
contemplated by the Other Agreements shall be consummated on or about the
Closing Date.
9.8 Xxxx of Sale. On or prior to the Closing Date, Seller
shall have executed and delivered to Buyer a General Xxxx of Sale
substantially in the form of Exhibit 9.8.
9.9 Conveyance; Assignment and Assumption Agreement. On or
prior to the Closing Date:
(a) Seller shall execute and deliver one or more warranty
deeds (collectively, the "Deed") conveying fully marketable fee title absolute
to the Owned Real Property to Buyer in the
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form attached as Exhibit 9.9 with title insured on behalf of Buyer by a
reputable title insurer subject only to the Liens set forth in Schedule 5.4;
(b) Seller shall deliver to Buyer an assignment or
assignments, in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer, of Seller's right,
title and interest to be transferred hereby in and to all Intellectual
Property of Seller;
(c) Seller shall deliver to Buyer an assignment or
assignments of Seller's interest in all Contracts and Leases included in the
Purchased Assets to be assumed by Buyer and Buyer shall assume same (at
Buyer's option, this may be effectuated pursuant to separate assignments with
assignments of each of the Leases in recordable form, accompanied by an
instrument in recordable form pursuant to which the owner of the
landlord/lessor's, sub-landlord/sublessee's or licensor's interest confirms
the chain of assignments of the tenant, lessee's or licensee's interest from
the initial tenant, lessee or licensee to each successor-in-interest and
ultimately to Seller);
(d) With regard to each Lease (other than Leases of office
space that do not include the lease of any venue, if such Leased Real Property
is not being improved by Seller and if such lease is not at a below-market
rate), Seller shall obtain and deliver a non-disturbance agreement in form
reasonably satisfactory to Buyer's counsel pursuant to which all mortgagees,
fee owners and superior ground lessees (where such Lease is a sublease) shall
agree that, provided Buyer shall not be in default under such Lease (subject
to applicable notice and/or grace period), Buyer's possession of the Leased
Real Property under such Lease shall not be disturbed nor shall Buyer be named
in a foreclosure proceeding or proceeding to terminate a superior lease;
(e) (reserved)
(f) Seller shall execute, endorse and deliver to Buyer
separate instruments of sale, assignment or transfer, in form suitable, where
required, for filing or recording with the appropriate office or agency, for
various items of the Purchased Assets;
(g) At or after the Closing, Seller shall also execute and
deliver, at Seller's expense, such further instruments of conveyance, sale,
assignment or transfer, and shall take or cause to be taken such other or
further action, as Buyer shall request at any time or from time to time in
order to vest, confirm or evidence in Buyer title to all or any part of the
Purchased Assets intended to be conveyed, sold, transferred, assigned and
delivered to Buyer under and in accordance with this Agreement;
(h) Seller shall deliver to Buyer all original Leases,
Governmental Authorizations, Contracts, books and records and other Purchased
Assets;
(i) Seller shall deliver the certificate referred to in
Section 5.17(t);
(j) Seller shall deliver to Buyer such affidavit of title or
other certifications or indemnities executed by Seller and/or the Signing
Partners as shall be reasonably required by the
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title insurance company insuring Buyer's title to any or all of the Real
Property or a lender or lenders providing or that has (have) provided Buyer
with financing;
(k) Seller shall deliver any and all transfer tax, real
property transfer tax, disclosure of sales information, Indiana gross income
tax, sales tax or other similar forms, affidavits or returns and checks on
account of any and all Taxes due thereunder;
(l) To the extent required by applicable Legal Requirements,
an approved disclosure statement or negative declaration with respect to Real
Property;
(m) Seller shall deliver to Buyer any and all necessary
partnership or corporate resolutions, authorizations or other instruments
necessary or proper to evidence the authority of Seller and the Person(s)
executing any Closing Documents on Seller's behalf to execute and/or deliver
the same;
(n) (reserved)
(o) On or prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall have
delivered to Buyer duly executed titles and registrations to all vehicles
owned by Seller, except as set forth on Schedule 2.2, together with such
instruments of transfer as Buyer may request; and
(p) Seller and the Signing Partners shall deliver any and
all other documents, agreements, certifications, affidavits and/or instruments
to be executed and/or delivered by them in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
9.10 Environmental Matters. Buyer shall have received all
ESAs and any further environmental studies required pursuant to Section 8.10
with respect to the Owned Real Property and the Leases.
9.11 (reserved)
9.12 (reserved)
9.13 Working Capital. The aggregate deficit in Working
Capital as of the Closing Date shall be no greater than $4,500,000.
SECTION 10. CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER.
The obligations of Seller to sell, transfer and convey the
Purchased Assets at the Closing are subject, at Seller's option, to the
fulfillment, prior to or at the Closing, of each of the conditions set forth
in this Section 10. Seller may waive any condition specified in this Section
10 by executing a writing so stating at or prior to the Closing or by electing
to proceed with the Closing with such condition unsatisfied. If Seller waives
any such unsatisfied condition, Seller shall not be deemed to have waived any
other rights or remedies it may have with respect to such condition.
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10.1 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Buyer and
SFX.
(a) Except where the failure to satisfy such conditions
would not have a material adverse effect, (i) each and every representation
and warranty of Buyer and SFX herein contained shall be true and complete at
the Closing Date, with the same effect as though made at such time except to
the extent that a different time is specifically stated in any such
representation or warranty, and (ii) Buyer and SFX shall each have performed
and complied with all covenants and conditions required by this Agreement to
be performed or complied with by Buyer or SFX at or prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Buyer and SFX shall have delivered to Seller and the
Signing Partners a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by their
respective presidents or an executive vice president, as to the accuracy of
the matters set forth in subsection (a) above; and true and complete copies of
all resolutions of the boards of directors of Buyer and SFX authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Buyer or SFX, as the case may be, as of
the Closing Date shall have been delivered to Seller and the Signing Partners.
10.2 Absence of Proceedings. No party to this Agreement or
any Partner shall be subject to any restraining order or injunction
restraining or prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or by the Closing Documents and no suit, action or proceeding shall
have been instituted and remain pending before a Governmental Body that would
prohibit such transactions.
10.3 Opinion of Buyer's Counsel. Seller and the Signing
Partners shall have received from SFX's in-house counsel an opinion, dated the
Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to Seller's Counsel, to the
effect that:
(a) Each of Buyer and SFX is duly organized and validly
existing in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation with
all requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties
and to conduct the business it is conducting as of the Closing Date and to
effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(b) This Agreement and the Closing Documents to which either
Buyer or SFX is to be a party have each been duly executed and delivered by
Buyer or SFX, as the case may be, and (assuming due and valid authorization,
execution and delivery thereof by the other parties) constitute the valid and
binding obligations of Buyer or SFX, as the case may be, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
the enforceability of creditors' rights, or by equitable principles or
limiting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and all corporate
action by Buyer and SFX required to authorize the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby have been taken; and
(c) Neither the execution and delivery by Buyer of this
Agreement or the Closing Documents nor compliance with any terms and
provisions thereof will conflict with or result in a
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breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the respective
Certificates of Incorporation or By-Laws of Buyer or SFX or of any judgment,
order, injunction, decree or ruling of any Governmental Body to which Buyer or
SFX is subject and of which Buyer's counsel has knowledge, or to the knowledge
of such counsel, any other agreement or contract to which Buyer is a party or
to which it is subject or constitute a default thereunder.
In rendering such opinion such counsel may rely, to the
extent such counsel deems such reliance necessary or appropriate as to matters
of fact, upon certificates of state officials and of any officer or officers
of Buyer, provided the extent of such reliance is specified in the opinion.
10.4 HSR Act. The applicable waiting period under the HSR
Act shall have expired or been terminated.
10.5 Control of SFX. Xxxxxx F.X. Sillerman shall be in
control (for purposes of this Section, "control" shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the rules and regulations of the Federal
Communications Commission) of SFX on the Closing Date.
10.6 (reserved)
10.7 Repayment of Long-Term Debt. Seller shall have received
evidence of the repayment by Buyer of the long-term debt of Seller described
on Schedule 3.1(f) or, at Buyer's option, a copy of a Release Certificate
executed by the holder of such debt.
10.8 Assignment and Assumption Agreement. On or prior to the
Closing Date, Buyer shall have executed and delivered to Seller a General Xxxx
of Sale as described in Section 9.8.
10.9 Closing of Other Acquisition Agreements. The
transactions contemplated by the Other Agreements shall be consummated on or
about the Closing Date.
SECTION 11. TERMINATION.
11.1 Termination. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, this Agreement may be terminated and abandoned before the
Closing Date:
(a) by mutual written agreement of Seller and Buyer;
(b) by Buyer, if (i) the conditions set forth in Section 9
have not all been fulfilled (or waived by Buyer) on or before December 31,
1997, and (ii) Buyer has complied with all of the obligations applicable to it
as set forth in this Agreement (excluding, however, any obligations not
complied with solely as a result of non-performance by Seller or any Signing
Partner);
(c) by Seller, if (i) the conditions set forth in Section 10
have not all been fulfilled (or waived by Seller) on or before December 31,
1997, and (ii) Seller and the Signing Partners have
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complied with all of the obligations applicable to them as set forth in this
Agreement (excluding, however, any obligations not complied with solely as a
result of non-performance by Buyer or SFX);
(d) by Buyer, if Seller or any Signing Partner shall be in
material breach of this Agreement and such breaching party shall fail to
remedy such breach within thirty business days after written notice specifying
such breach in reasonable detail and demanding that the same be remedied;
(e) by Seller, if Buyer or SFX shall be in material breach
of this Agreement and shall fail to remedy such breach within thirty business
days after written notice specifying such breach in reasonable detail and
demanding that the same be remedied;
(f) by either Buyer or Seller if any waiting period under
the HSR Act has not expired or terminated by December 31, 1997; or
(g) by either Buyer or Seller if any of the Other Agreements
has been terminated pursuant to Section 8.5 of such agreement.
11.2 Effect of Termination. Each party's right of
termination under Section 11.1 is in addition to any other rights it may have
under this Agreement or otherwise, and the exercise of a right of termination
will not be an election of remedies. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Section 11.1, all further obligations of the parties under this Agreement
will terminate, except that the obligations in Sections 8.3, 11.2 and 13.1
will survive.
SECTION 12. INDEMNIFICATION.
12.1 Indemnification of Buyer and SFX; Appointment of
Representative.
(a) The Seller, on the one hand, and the Signing Partners,
on the other hand (but individually on a basis equal to each Signing Partner's
equity interest in Seller as a proportion of all equity interests in Seller
held by Signing Partners), jointly and severally agree to indemnify, defend
and hold harmless Buyer and SFX and their successors and assigns from and
against any and all Damages, directly or indirectly occasioned by, arising out
of, related to, based on or resulting from (i) any breach or default of any of
the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of Seller or the
Signing Partners contained in this Agreement or in any Exhibit or Schedule
hereto or any Closing Document, (ii) the Excluded Assets, the ownership of
Purchased Assets or the operations of Seller prior to the Closing Date, (iii)
the liabilities not assumed by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement (including,
without limitation, product liabilities and Environmental, Health and Safety
Liabilities), or (iv) acts or failures to act of Seller or the Signing
Partners prior to the Closing Date, including their officers, directors,
attorneys, agents, representatives or Affiliates.
(b) Each Signing Partner hereby authorizes and appoints P.
Xxxxx Xxxxx (the "Representative") as representative and attorney-in-fact to
act for and on behalf of such Signing Partner in connection with the matters
described in this Section 12. Each Signing Partner agrees not to take any
actions authorized by this Section 12 other than through the Representative.
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(c) For the purposes of this Section 12, the Signing
Partners may, by written notice signed by them and delivered to SFX, appoint
any other individual to act as the Representative. In the event of the death,
incapacity or resignation of the Representative, if no such replacement is
appointed within thirty (30) days, SFX may designate an interim replacement to
serve until such appointment.
(d) In connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, the Seller and the Signing Partners agree that the
Representative shall not be liable for any error of judgment or for any act
done or omitted by the Representative in good faith or for any mistake in fact
or law, except for the Representative's own willful misconduct or gross
negligence.
(e) The parties hereto agree to submit to binding
arbitration, pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association
applicable to commercial disputes, any dispute among the parties hereto with
respect to Damages relating to Environmental, Health and Safety Liabilities,
to the extent that such dispute relates to (i) the amount of Damages subject
to Section 12.1(a) and/or (ii) the time when such Environmental, Health and
Safety Liabilities arose. Such arbitration will be conducted by a panel of
three arbitrators (which need not be selected from a panel of the American
Arbitration Association), of whom one will be appointed by Buyer, one by
Seller and the third by the other two arbitrators. However, if Buyer or Seller
fails to appoint its arbitrator within 30 days of a receipt of a written
demand for arbitration, the arbitration shall be conducted by the single
arbitrator appointed by the other party.
12.2 Indemnification of Seller and the Signing Partners.
Buyer and SFX jointly and severally agree to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless Seller and its successors and assigns and the Signing Partners from
and against any and all Damages, directly or indirectly occasioned by, arising
out of, related to, based on or resulting from (a) any breach or default of
any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of Buyer or
SFX contained in this Agreement or in any Exhibit, Schedule or Closing
Document, (b) the ownership of Purchased Assets subsequent to the Closing Date
or the operations of Buyer, (c) the failure of Buyer to satisfy the Assumed
Obligations and (d) acts or failures to act of Buyer or SFX subsequent to the
Closing Date, including their officers, directors, attorneys, agents,
representatives or Affiliates.
12.3 Claims for Indemnification.
(a) Promptly after the receipt by Buyer or SFX of notice of
(i) any claim or (ii) the commencement of any action, proceeding or litigation
(collectively, "Litigation") which may entitle Buyer or SFX to
indemnification, such party shall give the Representative written notice of
such claim or the commencement of such Litigation. Promptly after the receipt
by the Representative of notice of (i) any claim or (ii) the commencement of
any Litigation which may entitle the Signing Partners to indemnification, the
Representative shall give Buyer and SFX written notice of such claim or the
commencement of such Litigation. The Indemnified Party shall permit the
Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or Litigation if
(i) the Indemnifying Party gives written notice to the Indemnified Party
acknowledging the Indemnified Party's right to indemnification for such claim
or Litigation pursuant to this Section 12, (ii) counsel to the Indemnifying
Party is reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and (iii) the claim
or
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Litigation seeks only money damages and does not seek injunctive or other
equitable relief. The failure to give the Indemnifying Party timely notice
under this clause shall not preclude the Indemnified Party from seeking
indemnification from the Indemnifying Party unless such failure has materially
prejudiced the Indemnifying Party's ability to defend such claim or
Litigation.
(b) If the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of any
such claim or Litigation as set forth in subsection (a), the obligations of
the Indemnifying Party as to such claim or Litigation shall be limited to
taking all steps necessary in the defense or settlement of such claim or
Litigation and to holding the Indemnified Party harmless from and against any
losses, damages and liabilities caused by or arising out of any settlement
approved by the Indemnifying Party or any judgment in connection with such
claim or Litigation; however, the Indemnified Party may participate, at its or
his expense, in the defense of such claim or Litigation provided that the
Indemnifying Party shall direct and control the defense of such claim or
Litigation. The Indemnified Party shall cooperate and make available all books
and records reasonably necessary and useful in connection with the defense.
The Indemnifying Party shall not, in the defense of such claim or Litigation,
consent to entry of any judgment, or enter into any settlement, except, in
each case, with the written consent of the Indemnified Party, that does not
include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or the
plaintiff to the Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect
of such claim or Litigation.
(c) If the Indemnifying Party does not assume the defense of
any such claim or Litigation, the Indemnified Party may, but shall have no
obligation to, defend against such claim or Litigation in such manner as it
may deem appropriate. The Indemnifying Party shall promptly reimburse the
Indemnified Party for the amount of all reasonable expenses, legal or
otherwise, incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense
against or settlement of such claim or Litigation. If no settlement of the
claim or Litigation is made, the Indemnifying Party shall promptly reimburse
the Indemnified Party for the amount of any judgment rendered with respect to
such claim or in such Litigation and of all reasonable expenses, legal or
otherwise, incurred by the Indemnified Party in the defense against such claim
or Litigation.
12.4 Materiality or Knowledge. Solely for the purposes of
calculating the amount of Damages arising from any breach or default of any of
the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this
Agreement or any Exhibit or Schedule, or any Closing Document, the applicable
provisions thereof shall be read and interpreted as if any qualification
stated therein with respect to materiality or material adverse effect or
knowledge was not contained therein.
12.5 Set-Off in Lieu of Separate Compensation. Buyer or SFX
may, at any time, elect to set off any amounts payable by Seller or the
Signing Partners pursuant to this Agreement against any amount set forth in
Section 3.1 or any other amounts payable by Buyer or SFX to the Signing
Partners or to Seller. If Buyer or SFX elects such set-off with respect to any
amount payable by the Signing Partners, Buyer or SFX shall deliver, along with
or prior to such payment by Buyer or SFX, a written notice of such set-off and
the amount and nature thereof. Such set-off shall be in lieu of Buyer's or
SFX's right to receive indemnification or other compensation from Seller or
the Signing Partners for any amounts set off, but shall not affect the
parties' right to receive any other payments due under this Agreement.
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12.6 Method of Payment of Indemnification. Except as set
forth in Section 12.5, all amounts payable pursuant to this Section 12 shall
be paid in cash to the Indemnified Party or to such Person as the Indemnified
Party may direct.
12.7 Limitations on Indemnification.
(a) In no event shall any Signing Partner be required to
indemnify the Indemnified Party (or to allow set-offs in lieu thereof pursuant
to Section 12.5) for amounts aggregating more than the amount of (i) 150% of
(ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate amount payable pursuant to Section 3.1,
multiplied by (B) the percentage of the equity of Seller that is owned by such
Signing Partner or any Affiliate thereof; provided, however, that such
indemnification and/or set-offs shall not be so limited in respect of Taxes or
Environmental, Health and Safety Liabilities.
(b) In no event shall Buyer and SFX or the Seller be
required to indemnify an Indemnified Party (or to allow set-offs in lieu
thereof pursuant to Section 12.5) for amounts (including amounts paid by such
Indemnifying Party pursuant to Section 12 of the Other Agreements) aggregating
more than the limit set forth in subsection (a) above for all Signing
Partners; provided, however, that such indemnification and/or set-offs shall
not be so limited in respect of Taxes or Environmental, Health and Safety
Liabilities.
(c) Each party will have no liability for indemnification
pursuant to this Section 12 until the total of all Damages for which such
party is the Indemnifying Party exceeds $100,000 (at which time such party
shall indemnify the Indemnified Party for the entire amount of Damages).
However, this Section 12.7(c) will not apply to Damages related to any breach
of any representations and warranties of which the Indemnifying Party had
knowledge at any time prior to the date on which such representation and
warranty is made or any intentional breach by the Indemnifying Party of any
covenant or obligation.
(d) (reserved)
(e) In no event shall any party be required to indemnify an
Indemnified Party for any Damages arising subsequent to the date five years
after the Closing Date.
SECTION 13. MISCELLANEOUS.
13.1 Expenses. Each of the parties hereto shall bear its own
expenses, including fees of any attorneys and accountants engaged by such
party, except that (a) any Taxes or filing, registration or recording fees
applicable to the transfer of the Purchased Assets shall be borne by Seller;
(b) notwithstanding subsection (a), the HSR Act filing fees shall be borne
one-half by Seller and one-half by Buyer; and (c) in the event of termination
of this Agreement, the obligation of each party to pay its own expenses will
be subject to any rights of such party arising from a breach of this Agreement
by another party.
13.2 Specific Performance. Each of the parties acknowledges
and agrees that the other parties would be damaged irreparably if any of the
provisions of this Agreement are not
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performed in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise are breached.
Accordingly, each party agrees that any of the other parties shall be entitled
to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of the provisions of this
Agreement and to enforce specifically this Agreement and the terms and
provisions hereof in any action instituted in any court of the United States
or any state thereof having jurisdiction over the parties and the matter, in
addition to any other remedy to which such other party may be entitled at law
or in equity.
13.3 Survival. The representations, warranties, covenants,
indemnities and agreements of the parties to this Agreement shall survive the
Closing and shall survive any investigation by the other party; provided,
however, that the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5, 6
and 7 shall only survive until the later of (a) 18 months or (b) the
expiration of all claims and other proceedings in respect of Damages that are
the subject of indemnification pursuant to Section 12, except with respect to
any representation or warranty relating to Taxes, which representation or
warranty shall survive for the longer of (a) six years or (b) any statute of
limitations (as amended from time to time or as extended by an agreement not
entered into unreasonably) that applies to actions by any Governmental
Authority against Buyer or SFX in connection with such Taxes.
13.4 Notices. All notices, demands or other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sufficiently
given if personally delivered or sent by registered or certified mail, first
class, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
(a) if to Seller or the Signing Partners:
Sunshine Promotions, Inc.
00000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn: P. Xxxxx Xxxxx
with a copy to:
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx & Darko
Bank One Tower
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
(b) if to Buyer or SFX:
SFX Broadcasting, Inc.
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Executive Vice
President
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with a copy to:
Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
or such other address with respect to any party hereto as such party may
from time to time notify the other parties hereto. Any such notice, demand
or communication shall be deemed to have been given (i) if so mailed, as of
the close of the third business day following the date so mailed or, (ii) if
personally delivered, on the date such delivery is made.
13.5 Assignment; Successors and Assigns. Neither this
Agreement nor any interest herein may be assigned or transferred by any party
hereto or by operation of law or otherwise without the consent in writing of
the other parties, provided, however, that Buyer may assign this Agreement in
whole or in part to a separate corporation, all of the capital stock of which
is owned by SFX, formed for the purpose of consummating the transactions
contemplated hereby. Subject to the foregoing, the provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors, permitted assigns, heirs and legal
representatives.
13.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Schedules and
Exhibits referred to herein and the Closing Documents constitute the entire
agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersede all prior agreements and understandings both written and oral
among such parties and constitute the whole and entire basis upon which the
respective rights, duties, obligations, representations and warranties
contained herein and therein are based. No term or provision of this
Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only
by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom the enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
13.7 Governing Law; Construction. This Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York in all respects, including all matters of construction, validity and
performance, without regard to their conflict of law principles.
13.8 Construction. THE PARTIES HAVE PARTICIPATED JOINTLY
IN THE NEGOTIATION AND DRAFTING OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF AN AMBIGUITY OR
QUESTION OF INTENT OR INTERPRETATION ARISES, THIS AGREEMENT SHALL
BE CONSTRUED AS IF DRAFTED JOINTLY BY THE PARTIES, AND NO
PRESUMPTION OR BURDEN OF PROOF SHALL ARISE FAVORING OR
DISFAVORING ANY PARTY BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORSHIP OF ANY OF THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. Any reference to any federal, state, local or
foreign statute or law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise.
Nothing in the Schedules hereto shall be deemed adequate to disclose an
exception to a representation or warranty made herein unless the Schedule
identifies the exception with reasonable particularity and describes the
relevant facts in reasonable detail. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the mere listing (or inclusion of a copy) of a
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document or other item shall not be deemed adequate to disclose an exception
to a representation or warranty made herein (unless the representation or
warranty concerns the existence of the document or other item itself). The
parties intend that each representation, warranty and covenant contained
herein shall have independent significance. All references to Schedules and
Exhibits shall mean the Schedules and Exhibits attached hereto and made a part
hereof.
13.9 Severability. If any term or other provision of this
Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of
law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement
shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or
legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any
manner adverse to any party. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provision, there shall be added automatically as a part of this
Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and
enforceable.
13.10 Jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO
THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR
PROCEEDING SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN SUCH COURT (AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED
ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR ANY OTHER OBJECTION TO VENUE THEREIN); PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT SUCH CONSENT TO JURISDICTION IS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE REFERRED
TO IN THIS SECTION 13.10 AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A GENERAL SUBMISSION TO
THE JURISDICTION OF SAID COURTS OTHER THAN FOR SUCH PURPOSE.
13.11 Captions. The captions in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of
this Agreement or to affect the construction hereof.
13.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, and by any party on separate counterparts, each of
which as so executed and delivered shall be an original, and it shall not be
necessary in making proof of this Agreement as to any party hereto to produce
or account for more than one such counterpart executed by such party.
13.13 Bulk Sales Laws. Seller and Buyer waive compliance
with the provisions of any applicable bulk sales law; provided, however, that
Seller and the Selling Stockholders agree to pay and discharge when due or to
contest or litigate all claims of creditors which could be asserted against
Buyer or SFX or the Purchased Assets by reason of such noncompliance, and to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless Buyer and SFX from and against any and all
such claims, and to take promptly all necessary action to remove any Lien
which may be placed on the Purchased Assets by reason of such noncompliance.
13.14 Publicity. Each of the parties hereto agrees that,
until the Closing it will consult with the other party before issuing any
press release or otherwise making any public statement with respect to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and that, subject
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to the requirements of applicable law or Nasdaq, neither party will make any
such press release or public statement without the prior consent of the other
party.
13.15 Waiver. All of the original rights and powers of any
party hereunder shall remain in force notwithstanding any neglect, forbearance
or delay in enforcement thereof, and no party shall be deemed to have waived
any of its rights, any provision of this Agreement or any notice given
hereunder unless such waiver is in a writing signed by an officer of the
waiving party. No such waiver by a party of any breach by another party of any
provision of this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of any continuing, future
or recurring breach of such provision or any other provision of this
Agreement. No action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including, without
limitation, any investigation by or on behalf of any party, shall be deemed to
constitute a waiver by the party taking such action or compliance with any
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this
Agreement.
13.16 Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall not
confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the parties hereto
and their respective successors and permitted assigns, except that Conseco,
Inc. shall be a third-party beneficiary to Section 8.16.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement as of the date first above written.
DEER CREEK PARTNERS, L.P.
By: Sand Creek, L.P., its general partner
By: Sand Creek, Inc., its general partner
By: /s/ P. Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P. Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
DEER CREEK AMPHITHEATER CONCERTS, L.P.
By: Deer Creek Amphitheater Concerts, Inc., its
general partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
SFX BROADCASTING, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
SIGNING PARTNERS:
/s/ P. Xxxxx Xxxxx
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P. Xxxxx Xxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Sand Creek Partners, L.P.
By: Sand Creek, Inc., its general partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Partner
Sand Creek Partners, Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice Presdent
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