PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG SUPERIOR TELECOM INC., SUPERIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC., ESSEX INTERNATIONAL INC., ESSEX GROUP, INC., THE ALPINE GROUP, INC. AND ALPINE HOLDCO INC. DATED: October 31, 2002Purchase Agreement • December 26th, 2002 • Superior Telecom Inc • Drawing & insulating of nonferrous wire • Delaware
THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into this 31st day of October, 2002 by and among Superior TeleCom Inc., a Delaware corporation ("SUT"), Superior Telecommunications Inc., a Delaware corporation ("STI"), Essex International Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Essex International"), Essex Group, Inc., a Michigan corporation ("Essex Group" and, together with Essex International, "Essex"), The Alpine Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Alpine"), and Alpine Holdco Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Buyer") and a newly-formed, wholly-owned corporate subsidiary of Alpine. SUT, STI and Essex are sometimes hereinafter referred to individually as a "Seller" and collectively as the "Sellers."
