Purchase and Sale of Assets Assumption of Liabilities 8 2.1 Purchase and Sale of Assets 8 2.2 Excluded Assets 10 2.3 Assumption of Liabilities 11 2.4 Excluded Liabilities 12 2.5 Further Conveyances and Assumptions; Consent of Third Parties 12 2.6 Purchase Price Allocation 13
Purchase and Sale of Assets Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, at the Closing, Seller shall sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to Buyer free from any Encumbrance, other than Permitted Encumbrances, and Buyer shall purchase from Seller free from any Encumbrance, other than Permitted Encumbrances, all of Seller’s legal and beneficial right, title and interest in, to and under all of the tangible and intangible assets, properties and rights of every kind and nature and wherever located (other than the Excluded Assets), that relate to, or are used or held for use in connection with, the Business (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”), with a view to Buyer carrying on the Business as a going concern in succession to Seller, including without limitation, the following:
(a) all accounts receivable of the Business (“Accounts Receivable”);
(b) all Contracts set forth on Section 2.01(b) of the Disclosure Schedules and all unfilled or uncompleted purchase or sales orders received or submitted by Seller in the ordinary course of business, the Intellectual Property Agreements set forth on Section 4.09(a) of the Disclosure Schedules and the contracts of employment for each Employee set forth on Section 4.12(a) of the Disclosure Schedule (collectively, the “Assigned Contracts”);
(c) all user and personal profiles, resumes, and client, CRM, recruiter and other databases, all brands, Website domains, software code, servers, other hardware and all other Intellectual Property Assets, including, without limitation, the right to ▇▇▇ and recover for past, present or future infringement or other unauthorized use of such Intellectual Property Assets;
(d) all furniture, fixtures, equipment, machinery, tools, vehicles, office equipment, supplies, computers, telephones and other tangible personal property of the Business (the “Tangible Personal Property”);
(e) all prepaid expenses, credits, advance payments, security deposits, charges, sums and fees to the extent related to any Purchased Assets;
(f) all telephone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, postal addresses and postal boxes related to or used or held for use in connection with the Business;
(g) all Permits owned, held or used by Seller in connection with the Business to the extent transferrable under applicable Law;
(h) all of Seller’s rights under warranties, indemnities and all similar rights against third parties to the extent related to any Purchased Assets (excluding Tax refunds and Excluded Insurance Rights, unless such refund or amount is including in the calculation of Final Closing Working Capital);
(i) originals or, where not available, copies, of all books and records, including books of account, ledgers and general, financial and accounting records, machinery and equipment maintenance files, Customer Data, customer purchasing histories, price lists, distribution lists, supplier lists, production data, quality control records and procedures, formulae, designs, specifications, drawings, product development, data, manuals, handbooks, plans and instructions, customer complaints and inquiry files, research and development files, sales material and records, marketing and promotional surveys, material and research and any other information relating to the operation, management, administration or financial affairs of the Business, including without limitation, business plans, forecasts and information relating to business development (collectively, “Books and Records”);
(j) all goodwill associated with any of the assets described in the foregoing clauses; and
(k) all other assets of Seller relating to the Business, other than the Excluded Assets.
Purchase and Sale of Acquired Assets On the Closing Date but effective as of the Effective Date, each Seller shall sell, transfer, deliver, convey and assign to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall purchase, acquire, and accept from such Seller, upon the terms and conditions stated herein, all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the following:
(a) All hardware, third-party software licenses, documentation, third-party trademark licenses, fixtures, furniture, equipment and other assets of such Seller, in each case, which is necessary to satisfy such Seller’s obligations under the Assumed Contracts, as identified on Schedule 1.1 attached hereto (the “Transferred Resources”), to the fullest extent transferable by such Seller to Purchaser (or if not at all transferable, a mutually acceptable arrangement shall be structured as provided in Section 8.4);
(b) All right, title, and interest of such Seller in and to the source code, object code, schematics, design tools, and all associated documentation for all of such Seller’s past or present software products (including but not limited to Connect CCB, Connect IXC, Access IM, Connect RTR, IPC, WPM, Marketing Dashboard, Revenue Assurance Suite, Communications Resources Manager (CRM), and EBP&P), and all of such Seller’s software tools, subroutines, and other components, whether completed or under development, all prior or unreleased versions thereof, and all tangible embodiments (and all copies, extracts, or analyses thereof) in any medium whatsoever, and all right, title, and interest of such Seller in and to its copyrights, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, and any applications therefor (including U.S. patent application number 12055933), and any related Intellectual Property Rights (as defined in Section 2.2) of such Seller, and all rights under any and all contracts for the acquisition or development of any of the foregoing, including without limitation assignments to such Seller, covenants to assign inventions to such Seller (including without limitation those assignments contained in subcontractor agreements), covenants to cooperate with such Seller’s obtaining protections of intellectual property, other provisions for ownership by such Seller of a work-for-hire, any and all confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements in favor of a Seller and all agreements similar to the foregoing, in each case to the fullest extent transferable by such Seller to Purchaser (or if not at all transferable, a mutually acceptable arrangement shall be structured as provided in Section 8.4) (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”);
(c) All right, title, and interest (including rights to payment for customer services which services were rendered on or following the Effective Date or for Software (as hereinafter defined) for periods on or following the Effective Date) of such Seller in and under the Assumed Contracts (as hereinafter defined) on and after the Effective Date, including any successor agreements to the Assumed Contracts which are entered into by such Seller with respect to the Business prior to the Closing Date (the “Contract Rights”);
(d) Cash in an amount, when all such payments made by Sellers are aggregated, equal to Ninety Seven Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and 52/100 ($97,374.52) (“Prepaid Customer Funds” and, together with the Transferred Resources, Intellectual Property, and Contract Rights, the “Acquired Assets”), which amount represents prepaid but undelivered maintenance obligations under the Assumed Contracts with Bresnan (in an amount equal to $7,760); ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (in an amount equal to $40,000); Westel (in an amount equal to $6,533); and Page One (in an amount equal to $43,081.52);
(e) All receivables and rights to payment arising with respect to customer services provided on or after the Effective Date or Software for periods on or following the Effective Date relating to any Acquired Assets;
(f) Copies of those books and records of such Seller directly related to the Acquired Assets, including invoices, purchase orders, and vendor and customer correspondence; and
(g) All goodwill and other intangible assets associated with the foregoing; in each case wherever located, but specifically excluding those assets described in Section 1.2.
Purchase and Sale of Purchased Assets Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at and effective as of the Closing, Seller shall (or shall cause its applicable Affiliates to) sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to Purchaser free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances, all right, title and interest of Seller and its Affiliates in and to all of the following properties, rights, interests and tangible and intangible assets, as existing as of the Execution Date or acquired during the Pre-Closing Period (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”) and Purchaser shall purchase and accept from Seller (or such Affiliates) the Purchased Assets:
(a) all rights of Seller or its Affiliates under the Contracts set forth on Section 2.1.1(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, as such Schedule may be updated by Seller not less than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date to include rights and interests under any Contracts relating to the Product Business entered into by Seller or its Affiliates during the Pre-Closing Period and added, with Purchaser’s prior written consent, as a Purchased Contract in accordance with Section 5.3.4 (such Contracts set forth on Section 2.1.1(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, as amended or supplemented, the “Purchased Contracts”) excluding, in each case, all rights to (i) any Accounts Receivable; and (ii) any other rights, claims or causes of action (including warranty claims) of or involving Seller or any of its Affiliates (A) arising prior to the Closing and relating to any Purchased Contract, or (B) related to products supplied or services provided by or to Seller or its Affiliates prior to the Closing that are not included in the Purchased Assets;
(b) all rights and interests of Seller and its Affiliates to or in all Regulatory Approvals listed on Section 2.1.1(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule (the “Purchased Regulatory Approvals”);
(c) all Seller Regulatory Documentation relating to Seller Products to the extent in the possession of Seller or any of its Affiliates, agents or attorneys;
(d) all Authorizations relating specifically to the Product Business including, but not limited to, the Seller Authorizations;
(e) all Seller Intellectual Property;
(f) all Product Records;
(g) all Product Promotional Material;
(h) all Seller Products Technical Information;
(i) all Purchased Product Inventory; and
(j) all goodwill and the going concern value of the Product Business.
Sale and Purchase of Assets (a) At Closing, Sellers shall convey, sell, transfer, assign and deliver unto Purchaser and its successors and assigns forever, all of the right, title and interest of Sellers in the following properties and assets owned, used or held for use by Sellers in connection with the Acquired Business or, to the extent relating to the Acquired Business, by any affiliates of Sellers (hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the "Purchased Assets"):
(i) all tangible personal property used or held for use exclusively in connection with the Acquired Business, including without limitation all machinery, equipment, parts, tooling, vehicles, furniture, leasehold improvements, fixtures, office equipment, supplies and other items of tangible Personal property owned by Sellers and used or held for use exclusively in connection with the Acquired Business, including without limitation all such personal property located in, at or on the Purchaser's facilities located in Roseland, New Jersey, and all of the Sellers' rights and benefits under any leases and with respect to any of the foregoing items, all of the material foregoing items having been described on Schedule 1.1(a)(i) hereto (collectively, the "Equipment");
(ii) all intangible assets, including without limitation the brand names, trademarks, copyrights and registrations and applications for registrations thereof listed on Schedule 1.1
(a) (ii) and all associated goodwill (the "Principal Trademarks") and any and all patents, copyrights, trade names, trade secrets, service marks, customer lists, relationships and arrangements with suppliers (including without limitation suppliers of raw materials), customers, authors and designers, sales literature, inventions, formulae, technology, UPC codes, processes and computer software, used or held for use exclusively in connection with the Acquired Business and all licenses, agreements, applications and registrations with respect to any of the foregoing, together with any goodwill associated therewith (collectively with the Principal Trademarks, the "Intellectual Property");
(iii) all rights and benefits of Sellers under all contracts, leases, agreements, licenses, commitments (collectively, "Contracts") (i) described on Schedule 3.1(j) hereto or (ii) that (A) relate exclusively to the Acquired Business, (B) under the terms of this Agreement are not required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 3.1(j), and (C) have been entered into in the ordinary course of the Acquired Business and are consistent in nature and scope with past practices of the Acquired Business (collectively, the "Assumed Contracts"), provided, however, that the Assumed Contracts shall not include the Contracts identified on Schedule 1.1(a)(iii) hereto (the "Seller Contracts");
(iv) except as provided in Section 7.11, all inventory held for resale and all raw materials, work in process, finished products, shipments in transit, wrapping, supply and packaging items related exclusively to the Acquired Business (collectively, the "Inventory");
(v) all licenses, authorizations, permits and other approvals issued by any governmental agency, public or self-regulatory authority, and all applications therefor pending, used or held for use exclusively in connection with the Acquired Business;
(vi) all blueprints, designs, drawings, patterns, specifications, work plans and scheduling procedures, exclusively related to, or exclusively required or used in connection with, the production of products and products in development of the Acquired Business;
(vii) all books, records, files and correspondence (whether in original or photostatic form) to the extent used or held for use in connection with, or relating to the Acquired Business, including lists of past customers and suppliers;
(viii) all goodwill associated with or attributable to the Acquired Business; and
(ix) any other tangible asset owned by Sellers and used or held for use exclusively in connection with the Acquired Business which is necessary to operate the Acquired Business as presently conducted (other than the Excluded Assets, as hereafter defined).
(b) To the extent any asset of the type set forth in Section 1.1(a), other than any Excluded Assets, related exclusively to the Acquired Business is owned, used or held for use by any affiliate of Seller, such asset is included with the term "Purchased Assets" and Sellers shall cause such affiliate to convey such assets to Purchaser on the Closing Date in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1.1(a), the Purchased Assets shall not include any right, title or interest of Sellers or their affiliates in, to or under any of the following properties, assets or items (collectively, the "Excluded Assets"):
(i) cash, including bank balances and bank accounts, cash equivalents and similar type items on hand on the Closing Date;
(ii) all accounts and notes receivable (including without limitation any claims, remedies, and other rights related thereto) entered into prior to the Closing Date and relating to the Acquired Business;
(iii) the Tax returns of Seller;
(iv) all refunds of Taxes to the extent that Taxes being refunded were an Excluded Liability;
(v) the articles or certificate of incorporation and by-laws of Sellers and the corporate minutes, corporate seals and stock books of Sellers;
(vi) all refunds, deposits, prepayments or prepaid expenses (including any prepaid insurance premiums);
(vii) all rights to insurance or indemnity, and all claims, causes of action, rights of recovery or set-off of any kind and against any person, relating to or covering the Acquired Business before the Closing or related to the Excluded Assets; and
(viii) any franchise tax or sales and use permits of Sellers.