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XXXX OF SALE AND
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
XXXX OF SALE AND ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT dated as of March
31, 1998 between XCEL Xxxxxx Circuits, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation ("Seller")
and Xxxxxx Circuits, Inc., a California corporation ("Purchaser").
W I T N E S S T H
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement dated as
of December 1997 (the "Asset Purchase Agreement") by and among the Purchaser,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, the Seller, and XIT Corporation, Seller has agreed to sell and
Purchaser has agreed to purchase the assets, properties and rights described and
referred to in Section 1.2 of the Asset Purchase Agreement, subject to the
exclusion of the assets, properties and rights described in Section 1.3 of the
Asset Purchase Agreement (such assets, properties and rights, subject to such
exclusions, are collectively referred to as the "Assets"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to due authorization, Seller is executing and
delivering this instrument for the purpose of selling and assigning to and
vesting in Purchaser all of Seller's right, title and interest in and to the
Assets;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, Purchaser has
agreed that, at the closing of the purchase of the Assets, Purchaser would
deliver to Seller its written assumption of obligations whereby it would assume
and agree to perform, to pay or to discharge certain liabilities and obligations
of Seller to the extent and as provided in Section 1.6 of the Asset Purchase
Agreement (the "Assumed Liabilities");
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions of the
Asset Purchase Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1. Seller hereby grants, sells, conveys, assigns, transfers, sets
over to, and vests in Purchaser, its successors and assigns, all of Seller's
right, title and interest, legal and equitable, in and to all of the Assets by
which Seller is bound and which are assumed hereby, including without limitation
all of its rights and privileges under or otherwise in respect of any contracts,
commitments, leases and other commitments that are part of the Assets, to have
and to hold the same, including the appurtenances thereof, unto Purchaser, its
successors and assigns, forever, to its and their own proper use.
2. Purchaser hereby assumes and agrees to perform or to pay or
discharge the Assumed Liabilities to the extent and as provided in Section 1.6
of the Asset Purchase Agreement.
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Purchaser shall indemnify and hold Seller harmless from and against any and all
damage, loss, deficiency, cost or liability, including fees of attorneys,
arising from its failure to pay, perform and discharge all such Assumed
Liabilities.
3. Seller hereby constitutes and appoints Purchaser, its successors
and assigns, as Seller's true and lawful agent and attorney with full power of
substitution, in Seller's name and stead, but on behalf of and for the benefit
of Purchaser, to demand and receive any and all of the Assets which are not in
the possession or under the exclusive control of Seller, and to give receipts
and releases for and in respect of the same, and any part thereof, and from time
to time to institute and in Seller's name or in the name of Purchaser, its
successors and assigns, as the legal attorney of and for Seller thereunto duly
authorized, for the benefit of Purchaser, its successors and assigns, any and
all proceedings at law, in equity or otherwise, which Purchaser, its successors
and assigns, may deem proper for the collection and enforcement of any claim or
right of any kind hereby granted, sold, conveyed, assigned, transferred or set
over to, or intended so to be, and to do all acts and things in relation to the
Assets which Purchaser, its successors and assigns, shall deem desirable, Seller
hereby declaring that the foregoing powers are coupled with an interest and are
and shall be irrevocable by Seller or by Seller's dissolution or in any manner
or for any reason whatsoever.
4. Seller for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby covenants
that, at any time and from time to time after the delivery of this instrument,
at Purchaser's request and without further consideration, Seller will do,
execute, acknowledge and deliver, or will cause to be done, executed,
acknowledged and delivered, all and every such further acts, conveyances,
transfers, assignments, powers of attorney and assurances as Purchaser
reasonably may require more effectively to convey, transfer to or vest in, and
to put Purchaser in possession of, any of the Assets, or to better enable
Purchaser to realize upon or otherwise enjoy any of the Assets or to carry into
effect the intent and purposes of the Asset Purchase Agreement and of this
instrument.
5. Neither the making nor the acceptance of this instrument shall
enlarge, restrict or otherwise modify the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement
or constitute a waiver or release by Seller or Purchaser of any liabilities,
duties or obligations imposed upon either of them by the terms of the Asset
Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, the representations and
warranties and other provisions which the Asset Purchase Agreement provides
shall survive the date hereof.
6. This instrument is being executed by Seller and Purchaser and
shall be binding upon Seller and Purchaser, and their respective successors and
assigns, for the uses and purposes above set forth and referred to, and shall be
effective as of the date hereof.
7. THIS INSTRUMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller and Purchaser have caused this Xxxx of Sale
and Assignment and Assumption Agreement to be duly executed on the date first
above written.
XCEL XXXXXX CIRCUITS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
President and Chief Executive Officer
XXXXXX CIRCUITS, INC.
By: /s/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
President
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