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Exhibit 10
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF APRIL 8, 2005
AMONG
DELUXE PATTERN CORPORATION,
CERTAIN OF ITS AFFILIATES NAMED HEREIN,
VENTURE HOLDINGS COMPANY, LLC,
CERTAIN OF ITS AFFILIATES NAMED HEREIN,
AND
NEW VENTURE HOLDINGS, LLC
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS....................................................
1
1.1
Definitions...................................................
1
ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND
SALE............................................. 10
2.1 Purchased
Assets.............................................. 10
2.2 Excluded
Assets............................................... 12
2.3 Assumed
Liabilities........................................... 13
2.4 Excluded
Liabilities.......................................... 13
2.5 Assignments; Cure
Amounts..................................... 14
ARTICLE III PURCHASE
PRICE............................................... 14
3.1 Purchase
Price................................................ 14
3.2 Allocation of Purchase
Price.................................. 15
ARTICLE IV
CLOSING.......................................................
15
4.1 Closing
Date.................................................. 15
4.2 Payment on the Closing
Date................................... 15
4.3 Buyer's Additional
Deliveries................................. 16
4.4 Sellers'
Deliveries........................................... 16
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
SELLERS...................... 17
5.1 Organization of
Sellers....................................... 17
5.2 Subsidiaries and
Investments.................................. 17
5.3 Authority of
Sellers.......................................... 17
5.4 Real
Property................................................. 18
5.5 Title to
Property............................................. 20
5.6
Taxes.........................................................
20
5.7 Absence of Certain
Developments............................... 20
5.8 Sellers' Intellectual
Property................................ 20
5.9 Employment
Matters............................................ 21
5.10 Sufficiency of
Assets......................................... 22
5.11 Compliance with Laws; Governmental
Permits.................... 22
5.12
Contracts.....................................................
23
5.13 Financial
Statements.......................................... 23
5.14 No Undisclosed
Liabilities.................................... 23
5.15
Litigation....................................................
23
5.16 Accounts
Receivable........................................... 24
5.17
Equipment.....................................................
24
5.18
Inventory.....................................................
24
5.19 Affiliate
Transactions........................................ 24
5.20 No
Finder..................................................... 24
5.21
Disclaimer....................................................
25
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ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
BUYER....................... 25
6.1 Organization of
Buyer......................................... 25
6.2 Authority of
Buyer............................................ 25
6.3 No
Finder..................................................... 26
6.4 Payment of Purchase
Price..................................... 26
ARTICLE VII ACTION PRIOR TO THE CLOSING
DATE............................. 26
7.1 Investigation of the Business by
Buyer........................ 26
7.2 Preserve Accuracy of Representations and
Warranties........... 26
7.3 Third Party
Consents.......................................... 27
7.4 Governmental
Approvals........................................ 27
7.5 Operations Prior to the Closing
Date.......................... 28
7.6 Notification of Certain
Matters............................... 31
7.7
Insurance.....................................................
31
ARTICLE VIII ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS....................................... 31
8.1
Taxes.........................................................
31
8.2 Employees and Employee Benefit
Plans.......................... 32
8.3 Collection of
Receivables..................................... 33
8.4 Adequate Assurances Regarding Seller
Agreements............... 33
8.5 Performance Under Seller
Agreements........................... 34
8.6 Certain
Actions............................................... 34
8.7 Covenant Not to Compete;
Non-Solicitation..................... 34
8.8 No Liability for Representations and
Warranties............... 35
ARTICLE IX CONDITIONS TO
CLOSING......................................... 36
9.1 Conditions to Each Party's Obligations to Effect the
Closing.. 36
9.2 Conditions to Obligations of
Buyer............................ 36
9.3 Conditions to Obligations of the
Sellers...................... 37
ARTICLE X
TERMINATION....................................................
37
10.1
Termination...................................................
37
10.2 Notice of
Termination......................................... 38
10.3 Effect of
Termination......................................... 38
ARTICLE XI GENERAL
PROVISIONS............................................ 38
11.1 Survival of
Obligations....................................... 38
11.2 Confidential Nature of
Information............................ 38
11.3
Investigation.................................................
39
11.4 No Public
Announcement........................................ 40
11.5
Notices.......................................................
40
11.6 Successors and
Assigns........................................ 42
11.7 Access to Records after
Closing............................... 42
11.8 Entire Agreement; Amendments;
Schedules....................... 42
11.9
Interpretation................................................
43
11.10
Waivers.......................................................
43
11.11
Expenses......................................................
43
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11.12 Partial
Invalidity............................................ 43
11.13 Execution in
Counterparts..................................... 43
11.14 Further
Assurances............................................ 44
11.15 Governing
Law................................................. 44
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SCHEDULES
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1.1(a) Persons With Knowledge
1.1(b) Third Party Consents
2.1(e) Seller Agreements
2.1(n) Foreign Subsidiaries
2.2(d) Excluded Assets
2.2(g) Excluded Accounts Receivable
2.2(i) Actions Against Other Sellers
2.3(g) Assumed General Unsecured Claims
5.2 Subsidiaries and Investments
5.4(a) Owned Real Property
5.4(b) Leased Real Property
5.5 Title to Property
5.6 Taxes
5.8(a) Intellectual Property
5.8(b) Intellectual Property Licenses and Agreements
5.8(c) Intellectual Property Violations, Claims and Actions
5.9(c) Unfair Labor Practice, Charges and Other
Employee-Related
Complaints or Claims
5.9(d) Labor and Collective Bargaining Agreements
5.13 Financial Statements
5.15 Litigation
5.19 Affiliate Transactions
8.2(a) Employees Not Given Offers
8.2(b) Employee Benefit Plans
8.2(d) Employee and Consulting Agreements
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A - DELUXE ENTITIES
EXHIBIT B - VENTURE ENTITIES
EXHIBIT C - ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT*
EXHIBIT D - BILL OF SALE*
EXHIBIT E - ASSIGNMENT OF PATENTS*
EXHIBIT F - ASSIGNMENT OF TRADEMARKS*
EXHIBIT G - ASSIGNMENT OF COPYRIGHTS*
EXHIBIT H - ASSIGNMENT OF DOMAIN NAMES*
EXHIBIT I - KEY EMPLOYEE RETENTION PROGRAM TERMS*
EXHIBIT J - LOAN AGREEMENTS*
EXHIBIT K - SALE ORDER*
*Note: Copies of the Schedules / omitted Exhibits will be
furnished
supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon
request.
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of April 8, 2005 (this
"Agreement"), among Deluxe Pattern Corporation, a Michigan
corporation ("Deluxe
Pattern"), and certain of its Affiliates listed in Exhibit A
attached hereto
(together with Deluxe Pattern, the "Deluxe Entities"), Venture
Holdings Company,
LLC, a Michigan limited liability company ("Venture Holdings"),
and certain of
its Affiliates listed in Exhibit B attached hereto (together
with Venture
Holdings, the "Venture Entities", and together with the Deluxe
Entities,
"Sellers") and New Venture Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company
("Buyer").
WHEREAS, the Venture Entities are, among other things, engaged
in the
business of the supply, design, system integration and
manufacture of interior
and exterior plastic components, modules and systems for the
automotive industry
and other industries (the "Venture Business");
WHEREAS, the Deluxe Entities are, among other things, engaged in
the
business of the ownership of real estate, machinery and
equipment and
intellectual property and the performance of manufacturing
related and
administrative services (including design work and tooling) and
marketing
formats integral to the supply, design, system integration and
manufacture of
interior and exterior plastic components, modules and systems
for the automotive
industry (the "Deluxe Business", and together with the Venture
Business, the
"Business");
WHEREAS, each of the Venture Entities and Deluxe Entities
has
commenced reorganization proceedings by filing a voluntary
petition for relief
with the Bankruptcy Court under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code (each, a
"Filing" and together, the "Filings"); and
WHEREAS, Sellers desire to sell or cause to be sold to Buyer,
and
Buyer desires to purchase, subject to the approval of the
Bankruptcy Court
pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, substantially
all of the assets
of the Business, together with Buyer assuming certain
liabilities related
thereto, all on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements hereinafter set forth, it is hereby agreed between
Sellers and Buyer
as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 DEFINITIONS. In this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings
specified or referred to in this Section 1.1 and shall be
equally applicable to
both the singular and plural forms. Any agreement referred to
below shall mean
such agreement as amended, supplemented and modified from time
to time to the
extent permitted by the applicable provisions thereof and by
this Agreement.
"ACTION" means any legal action, suit or arbitration, or any
inquiry,
proceeding or investigation, by or before any Governmental
Authority.
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"AFFILIATE" means, with respect to any specified Person at any
time,
(a) each Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled
by or under
direct or indirect common control with such specified Person,
(b) each Person
who is at such time an officer or director of, or direct or
indirect beneficial
holder of at least 10% of any class of the equity interests of,
such specified
Person, (c) each Person that is managed by a common group of
executive officers
and/or directors as such specified Person, (d) any relative
(including by
marriage or adoption) (i) of each officer, director or holder
described in
clause (b) and (ii) if such specified Person is an individual,
of such specified
Person and (e) each Person of which such specified Person or an
Affiliate (as
defined in clauses (a) through (d)) thereof will, directly or
indirectly,
beneficially own at least 10% of any class of equity interests
at such time.
"AGENT" has the meaning specified in Section 1.1.5. of the
Settlement
Agreement.
"AGREEMENT" has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph.
"ALLOCATION SCHEDULE(S)" has the meaning specified in Section
3.2.
"ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS" means the Bill of Sale, Deeds, Assignment
and
Assumption Agreement, Assignment of Patents, Assignment of
Trademarks,
Assignment of Copyrights and Assignment of Domain Names.
"ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT" means the Assignment
and
Assumption Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit C.
"ASSIGNMENT OF COPYRIGHTS" has the meaning specified in
Section
4.4(b).
"ASSIGNMENT OF DOMAIN NAMES" has the meaning specified in
Section
4.4(b).
"ASSIGNMENT OF PATENTS" has the meaning specified in Section
4.4(b).
"ASSIGNMENT OF TRADEMARKS" has the meaning specified in
Section
4.4(b).
"ASSUMED LIABILITIES" has the meaning specified in Section
2.3.
"AVAILABLE EMPLOYEES" has the meaning specified in Section
8.2(a).
"AVOIDANCE ACTIONS" means any and all claims for relief of
Sellers
under Chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code.
"AUCTION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
"BANKRUPTCY CODE" means 11 U.S.C. Sections 101 et seq.
"BANKRUPTCY COURT" means the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the
Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division or any other
court of competent
jurisdiction agreed to by Buyer and Sellers.
"BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS" means the proceedings in the Bankruptcy
Court
involving Sellers.
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"BILL OF SALE" means the Bill of Sale substantially in the from
of
Exhibit D.
"BUSINESS" has the meaning specified in the second recital.
"BUYER" has the meaning specified in the first paragraph.
"CLOSING" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1.
"CLOSING DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1.
"COBRA" means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of
1985.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"CONTRACTS" means all contracts, agreements, indentures, notes,
bonds,
Leases, leases, subleases, licenses, sublicenses, commitments,
indemnities,
assignments, understandings and arrangements, whether written or
oral.
"COPYRIGHTS" means all United States and foreign copyright
interests
in any original work of authorship, whether registered or
unregistered,
including all United States copyright registrations or foreign
equivalent, all
applications for registration or foreign equivalent, all moral
rights, all
common-law rights, and all rights to register and obtain
renewals and extensions
of copyright registrations, together with all other copyright
interests accruing
by reason of international copyright convention.
"COURT ORDER" means any judgment, order, award or decree of
any
foreign, federal, state, local or other court or tribunal and
any award in any
arbitration proceeding.
"CREDIT BID" has the meaning specified in Section 1.1.18. of
the
Settlement Agreement.
"DEEDS" means the deeds transferring the Owned Real Property to
be
delivered pursuant to Section 4.4(a).
"DELUXE ENTITIES" has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph.
"DELUXE PATTERN" has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph.
"DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE" means the written information that Sellers
have
prepared and delivered to Buyer pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement setting
forth information regarding the Business, the Purchased Assets,
the Assumed
Liabilities and other matters with respect to Sellers specified
therein.
"DOMAIN NAMES" is any alphanumeric designation registered with
or
assigned by a domain name registrar, registry or domain name
registration
authority as part of an electronic address on the Internet. A
Domain Name may or
may not also be a Trademark.
"EGTRRA" means the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation
Act
of 2001.
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"ELECTRONIC DATA ROOM" means (i) documents posted by Sellers
on
www.intralinks.com and (ii) four CD-ROMs provided to Buyer by
Sellers labeled as
follows: "Venture Holdings Electronic Data Room North America
& Europe
3/9/05-#D1-2B," "Venture Holdings Electronic Data Room Deluxe
& Revised Model
3/9/05-#D2-8," "Data Room Documents France" and "Data Room
Documents Bohemia".
"ENCUMBRANCE" means any lien (statutory or other), claim,
charge,
security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment,
license, conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
preference,
priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement
of any kind or
nature, and any easement, charges, encroachment, covenant,
restriction, right of
way, state of fact, defect in title or other encumbrance of any
kind.
"ENVIRONMENT" means all air, water vapor, surface water,
groundwater,
drinking water supply or land, including land surface or
subsurface, and
includes all fish, wildlife, biota and all other natural
resources.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" means all foreign, federal, state or
local
environmental, land use, health, chemical use, safety and
sanitation laws,
statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations (including with respect
to the
Business, specific Environmental Permits and Orders) and codes,
as in effect on
the date hereof, relating to the protection of the Environment
and/or governing
the discharge of pollutants or the use, storage, treatment,
generation,
transportation, processing, handling, production or disposal of
Hazardous
Substances, including but not limited to the Resource
Conservation and Recovery
Act of 1976 as amended ("RCRA"), the Clean Air Act as amended,
the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
as amended
("CERCLA"), the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the
Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 and state and foreign statutes
similar to or based
upon the foregoing, as the same are in effect on the date
hereof.
"ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS" means all approvals, authorizations,
consents,
permits, licenses, registrations and certificates required by
any applicable
Environmental Laws relating to: (A) pollution or protection of
the Environment
including those relating to a Release of any Hazardous
Substances into the
Environment, (B) the use, treatment, storage, disposal,
generation, transport or
handling of pollutants, contaminants or chemicals, or
industrial, toxic or
Hazardous Substances, or (C) the ownership, use, operation,
cleanup or
remediation of leased or owned properties.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as
amended.
"EXCLUDED ACTION" means the Action by certain Sellers against
Autoliv
ASP, Inc. for breach of contract, which Action is presently
pending in the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Michigan.
"EXCLUDED ASSETS" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.
"EXCLUDED LIABILITIES" has the meaning specified in Section
2.4.
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"EXIT CASH REQUIREMENT" has the meaning specified in Section
1.1.34.
of the Settlement Agreement.
"FACILITIES" means any plant, building, facility, structure,
underground storage tank, equipment or unit, or other assets
owned, leased or
operated by any of Sellers and used in the conduct of the
Business.
"FILING" has the meaning specified in the third recital.
"FINAL ORDER" means, for purposes of the consents required from
any
Governmental Authority, an action by any such Governmental
Authority that has
not been reversed, stayed, enjoined, set aside, annulled or
suspended, or where
the time period for any further action by such Governmental
Authority has
expired without further action by such Governmental Authority.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case of any consent required of a
Governmental Authority,
such consent by such Governmental Authority shall be deemed a
Final Order even
if there is a timely request for stay, appeal, reconsideration,
review or
rehearing challenging the action by such Governmental Authority,
unless in the
reasonable opinion of Buyer (x) such challenge has a substantial
probability of
success on its merits or (y) such challenge, if successful,
would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
"FINAL SALE ORDER" means a Sale Order that has not been
reversed,
stayed, modified or amended, and for which the time to appeal,
seek certiorari
or motion for reargument or rehearing has expired, and for which
no appeal,
petition for certiorari or motion for reargument or rehearing
has been timely
taken.
"FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" has the meaning specified in Section
5.13(a).
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the
United
States.
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" means any foreign, federal, state,
local or
other government, governmental, statutory or administrative
authority,
regulatory body or commission or any court, tribunal or judicial
or arbitral
body.
"GOVERNMENTAL PERMITS" means all franchises, grants,
authorizations,
licenses, permits, easements, variances, exceptions, consents,
certificates,
approvals, clearances and orders of any Governmental Authority
which are
necessary or customary for Sellers to own, lease and operate
their properties
and assets or to carry on the Business as it is now being
conducted or proposed
to be conducted.
"HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE" means any substance, whether solid, liquid
or
gaseous, that is listed, defined or regulated as a "hazardous
substance,"
"hazardous waste," or "solid waste," or is otherwise classified
as hazardous or
toxic, in or pursuant to any Environmental Law; or which is or
contains
asbestos, radon, any polychlorinated biphenyl, urea formaldehyde
foam
insulation, explosive or radioactive material, or motor fuel or
other petroleum
hydrocarbons; or which causes or poses a threat to cause
contamination or a
nuisance or a hazard to the Environment or to the health or
safety of persons.
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"HSR ACT" means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
of
1976, as amended, and the relevant rules and regulations
thereunder.
"INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" means all intellectual property owned,
used or
licensed (as licensor or licensee) by a Seller, or that has been
used in the
Business of a Seller, or in any product, service, technology or
process
currently or formerly offered by a Seller, or currently under
development by a
Seller, including all Software, Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks,
Trade Secrets
and Domain Names, all documentation and media constituting,
describing or
relating to the above, including memoranda, manuals, technical
specifications
and other records wherever created throughout the world, and the
right to sue
for and recover damages, profits and any other remedy for past,
present, or
future infringement or other violation relating to any of the
foregoing.
"INTEREST" means any claim defined in Section 101(5) of the
Bankruptcy
Code, as well as any other claim, judgment, demand,
confidentiality restriction,
option, right of first refusal, right to any equitable remedy
and restrictions
of any kind or nature.
"INVENTIONS" means novel devices, processes, compositions of
matter,
methods, techniques, improvements, observations, discoveries,
apparatuses,
machines, designs, expressions, theories and ideas, whether or
not patentable.
"INVENTORY" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c).
"IRS" means the Internal Revenue Service.
"KERP" means the Key Employee Retention Program of certain
Sellers in
accordance with the terms set forth on Exhibit I attached
hereto, as approved by
the Bankruptcy Court on March 11, 2005.
"KNOW-HOW" means scientific, engineering, mechanical,
electrical,
financial, marketing or practical knowledge or experience useful
in the
operation of the Business.
"KNOWLEDGE" means, with respect to Sellers, as to a particular
matter,
the actual knowledge after reasonable investigation of the
Persons set forth on
Schedule 1.1(a).
"LEASED REAL PROPERTY" has the meaning specified in Section
5.4(b).
"LEASES" has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(b).
"LIABILITY" means any debt, liability or obligation (whether
direct or
indirect, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, accrued or
unaccrued,
liquidated or unliquidated, or due or to become due), and
including all costs
and expenses relating thereto.
"LICENSE" has the meaning specified in Section 5.8(b).
"LOAN AGREEMENTS" means the lending agreements set forth in
Exhibit J.
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"MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means any fact, condition, change or
event
that would, individually or in the aggregate, materially and
adversely affect
the Purchased Assets or the Business (excluding the Excluded
Assets and the
Excluded Liabilities), taken as a whole, except to the extent
that any such
fact, condition, change or event results from or arises out of
(i) the Filings,
(ii) the announcement of this Agreement or the consummation of
the transactions
contemplated hereby, or (iii) changes in general economic
conditions or changes
affecting the industry in which the Business operates
generally.
"NON-TRANSFERRED SUBSIDIARY" has the meaning specified in
Section
2.2(f).
"ORDER" means any order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling,
writ,
assessment or arbitration award of a Governmental Authority.
"OWNED REAL PROPERTY" has the meaning specified in Section
5.4(a).
"PATENTS" means United States and foreign patents (including
certificates of invention and other patent equivalents), patent
applications,
provisional applications and patents issuing therefrom, as well
as any
continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, extensions,
reexaminations,
reissues, renewals, patent disclosures, Inventions (whether or
not patentable or
reduced to practice) or improvements thereto.
"PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES" means (a) liens for Taxes and other
governmental charges and assessments arising in the ordinary
course of the
Business that are not yet due and payable or that are being
contested in good
faith and are fully reserved against on the Reference Date
Balance Sheet, (b)
liens of landlords and liens of carriers, warehousemen,
mechanics, molders,
fabricators and tool or die makers, personal property lessors
and materialmen
and other like liens arising in the ordinary course of the
Business for sums not
yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith
and are fully
reserved against on the Reference Date Balance Sheet, and (c)
other non-monetary
restrictions, covenants, easements, rights of way or
imperfections on real
property that do not prohibit, and are not violated by, the
consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that do not
materially detract
from the value or the use of such real property for its current
use and do not,
and are not reasonably likely to, have a Material Adverse
Effect.
"PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
joint
venture, limited liability company, association, joint-stock
company, trust,
unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority.
"PURCHASE PRICE" has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.
"PURCHASED ASSETS" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
"REFERENCE DATE" means February 28, 2005.
"REFERENCE DATE BALANCE SHEET" means the unaudited pro forma
balance
sheet of the Business as of the Reference Date which has been
delivered to
Buyer.
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"RELEASE" means any past or present spilling, leaking,
pumping,
pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping,
leaching, dumping
or disposing of a Hazardous Substance into the Environment
(including the
abandonment or discharging of barrels, containers and other
closed receptacles
containing any Hazardous Substance).
"REPRESENTATIVES" means with respect to any Person, its
officers,
employees, counsel, accountants, financial advisors, consultants
and other
representatives.
"REQUIRED CONSENTS" means, collectively, (a) the filings by
Sellers
and Buyer required by the HSR Act and the expiration or earlier
termination of
all waiting periods under the HSR Act, and (b) consents required
under foreign
anti-trust or competition laws.
"REQUIREMENTS OF LAW" means any foreign, federal, state and
local
laws, statutes, regulations, rules, codes, ordinances or
requirements enacted,
adopted, issued or promulgated by any Governmental Authority
(including those
pertaining to electrical, building, zoning, subdivision, land
use, environmental
and occupational safety and health requirements, employees and
employee
benefits, patient confidentiality, the health care industry and
third-party
reimbursement) or common law.
"SALE HEARING" means the hearing in the Bankruptcy Court to
consider
approval of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement
and all Ancillary
Documents.
"SALE ORDER" means an order of the Bankruptcy Court,
substantially in
the form of Exhibit K, approving this Agreement and the
Ancillary Documents, and
authorizing, pursuant to all applicable sections of the
Bankruptcy Code, all of
the transactions and agreements contemplated hereby and thereby,
which order
shall not have been stayed, vacated or otherwise rendered
ineffective.
"SALE PROCEDURES ORDER" means the February 1, 2005 order of
the
Bankruptcy Court approving an auction and bidding procedures for
the sale of
substantially all of the Sellers' assets.
"SELLER AGREEMENTS" has the meaning specified in Section
2.1(e).
"SELLERS" has the meaning specified in the first paragraph.
"SELLER GROUP MEMBER" means Sellers and their Affiliates and
their
respective successors and assigns.
"SENIOR LENDERS" has the meaning specified in the Settlement
Agreement.
"SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT" means that certain Global Settlement
Agreement
dated as of March 31, 2005, by and among JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as
administrative agent, the Official Committee of Unsecured
Creditors, certain of
the Venture Entities and the Deluxe Entities.
"SOFTWARE" means computer software programs and software
systems,
including all databases, compilations, tool sets, compilers,
higher level or
"proprietary" languages, related
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documentation, technical manuals and materials, whether in
source code, object
code or human readable form, and any licenses or rights with
respect to the
foregoing.
"SUBSIDIARY" means any entity in which a Seller or a
Transferred
Subsidiary has an equity interest, directly or indirectly.
"SUPPLIER DEPOSITS" means all deposits and pre-payments made by
any
Seller to suppliers as advance payments with respect to
materials, services,
goods or supplies to be received.
"TAX" means (i) any federal, state, local or foreign net
income,
alternative or add-on minimum, ad valorem, value-added, gross
income, gross
receipts, windfall profits, severance, production, environmental
(including
taxes under Section 59A of the Code), property, sales, use,
transfer, stamp,
gains, license, excise, employment, payroll, withholding or
minimum tax, or any
other tax, custom, duty, governmental fee or other like
assessment or charge of
any kind whatsoever, together with any interest or any penalty,
addition to tax
or additional amount imposed by any Governmental Authority; and
(ii) any
liability of Sellers for the payment of amounts of a type
described in clause
(i) as a result of being a member of an affiliated,
consolidated, combined or
unitary group, or as a result of any obligation of Sellers under
any Tax sharing
arrangement or Tax indemnity agreement.
"TAX RETURN" means any return, report or similar statement
required to
be filed with respect to any Taxes (including any attached
schedules), including
any information return, claim for refund, amended return or
declaration of
estimated Tax.
"TERMINATION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section
10.1.
"THIRD PARTY CONSENTS" means the consents, approvals and waivers
set
forth on Schedule 1.1(b).
"TRADE PAYABLES" means accounts payable to trade creditors
(other than
employees of Sellers) for goods and services furnished to the
Business.
"TRADEMARKS" means United States, state and foreign
trademarks,
service marks, logos, slogans, trade dress and trade names
(including all
assumed or fictitious names under which the Business has been
conducted), and
any other indicia of source or sponsorship of goods and
services, designs and
logotypes related to the above, in any and all forms, whether
registered or
unregistered, and registrations and pending applications to
register the
foregoing (including intent to use applications), and all
goodwill related to
the foregoing.
"TRADE SECRETS" means confidential ideas, trade secrets,
Know-How,
concepts, methods, processes, formulae, algorithms, reports,
data, customer
lists, mailing lists, business plans, market surveys, market
research studies,
information contained on drawings and other documents,
information relating to
research, development or testing, or other proprietary and
confidential
information.
"TRANSFER TAXES" has the meaning specified in Section
8.1(b).
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"TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES" has the meaning specified in Section
8.2(a).
"TRANSFERRED SUBSIDIARY" has the meaning specified in Section
2.1(n).
"TREASURY REGULATIONS" means the regulations promulgated by the
U.S.
Treasury Department pursuant to the Code.
"VENTURE BUSINESS" has the meaning specified in the first
recital.
"VENTURE ENTITIES" has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph.
"VENTURE HOLDINGS" has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph.
"WARN ACT" means the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification
Act.
"WINGET ACTIONS" means Actions against the Winget
Defendants.
"WINGET DEFENDANTS" has the meaning specified in the
Settlement
Agreement.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 PURCHASED ASSETS. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of this
Agreement, on the Closing Date, Sellers shall sell, transfer,
assign, convey and
deliver, or cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed
and delivered, to
Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase, free and clear of all
Encumbrances and
Interests (except for Permitted Encumbrances and Assumed
Liabilities), all
right, title and interest of Sellers in, to or under the
properties and assets
of Sellers of every kind and description, wherever located,
real, personal or
mixed, tangible or intangible, owned, licensed, used or held for
use in or
relating to the Business as the same shall exist on the date
hereof or be
acquired after the date hereof in the ordinary course of the
Business, except as
subsequently disposed of in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement
(herein collectively called the "Purchased Assets"), including
all right, title
and interest of each Seller in, to or under:
(a) all notes and accounts receivable generated by the Business,
except
those listed or described in Schedule 2.2(g);
(b) all of the assets reflected on the Reference Date Balance
Sheet or in
the notes thereto, except those assets disposed of or converted
into cash after
the Reference Date in the ordinary course of the Business
consistent with past
practice and not in violation of any provisions of this
Agreement;
(c) all raw materials, supplies, work-in-process, finished
goods, packaging
materials, samples and other materials included in the inventory
of the Business
(the "Inventory");
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(d) all machinery, equipment, appliances, vehicles, tools, spare
parts,
accessories, furniture and other personal property used in the
Business;
(e) all Contracts listed or described in Schedule 2.1(e), other
than those
excluded pursuant to the next to last paragraph of this Section
2.1, as the same
may be supplemented pursuant to Section 2.5 (the "Seller
Agreements");
(f) the Owned Real Property, except for the Owned Real Property
listed on
Schedule 2.2(d), and all Leases of Leased Real Property;
(g) all Governmental Permits;
(h) all Intellectual Property owned, licensed or used by the
Sellers, or
otherwise used, or held for use, in or relating to the Business
(including all
goodwill associated therewith);
(i) all products and Intellectual Property in or related thereto
in
development by the Sellers for use in or relating to or
otherwise in development
for the Business;
(j) all computer software programs and software systems owned,
licensed or
used by the Sellers, or otherwise used, or held for use, in or
relating to the
Business, including all websites, databases, compilations, tool
sets, compilers,
higher level or "proprietary" languages, related documentation,
technical
manuals and materials, whether in source code, object code or
human readable
form, and any licenses or right relating to the foregoing;
(k) all books, records, files, invoices, Inventory records,
product
specifications, advertising materials, customer lists, cost and
pricing
information, supplier lists, business plans, catalogs, customer
literature,
quality control records and manuals, research and development
files, records and
laboratory books and credit records of customers (including all
data and other
information stored on discs, tapes or other media) to the extent
used in or to
the extent relating to the assets, properties, including the
Intellectual
Property, business or operations of the Business;
(l) all telephone, telex and telephone facsimile numbers and
other
directory listings used in connection with the Business;
(m) all refundable security deposits, and all benefits and
rights arising
from prepaid expenses and prepaid rent for or relating to the
Purchased Assets;
(n) the capital stock of the foreign Subsidiaries of Sellers
listed in
Schedule 2.1(n) (each a "Transferred Subsidiary");
(o) all Supplier Deposits;
(p) subject in all respects to the terms of the Sale Procedures
Order (to
the extent, if any, as modified by the Settlement Agreement),
and except for the
rights, claims and Actions listed or described in Schedule
2.2(i), the Avoidance
Actions, the Winget Actions and the Excluded Action, all of
Sellers' and its
Affiliates' rights, claims and Actions against third
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parties relating to the Business or the Purchased Assets arising
out of
transactions, events or a state of facts occurring or existing
prior to the
Closing Date; and
(q) all goodwill related to any of the foregoing.
At any time at least five days prior to the Closing Date, Buyer,
in
its discretion by written notice to Sellers, may exclude from
being assigned
pursuant hereto any Contracts, other than Contracts described in
Section 8.2,
and such Contracts shall not constitute Seller Agreements, and
Buyer shall not
acquire any rights or assume any Liabilities with respect
thereto. Upon Buyer's
reasonable request, and, as applicable, in accordance with the
Sale Order,
Sellers shall provide additional detailed information as to the
Liabilities
under the Contracts sufficient for Buyer to make an informed
assessment whether
to accept an assignment and assumption of such Contracts
hereunder.
At any time prior to three business days prior to the date of
the
auction provided for in the Sale Procedures Order (the "Auction
Date"), Buyer
may, in its discretion by written notice to Sellers, designate
any of the
Purchased Assets as additional Excluded Assets, which notice
shall set forth in
reasonable detail the Purchased Assets so designated. Buyer
acknowledges and
agrees that there shall be no reduction in the Purchase Price if
it elects to
designate any Purchased Assets as Excluded Assets.
Notwithstanding any other
provision hereof, the Liabilities of Sellers under or related to
any Purchased
Asset excluded under this paragraph will constitute Excluded
Liabilities.
2.2 EXCLUDED ASSETS. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
2.1, the
Purchased Assets shall not include the following (herein
referred to as the
"Excluded Assets"):
(a) all minute books and capital stock transfer books and the
corporate
seal, if any, of Sellers;
(b) all refunds of any Tax for which any Seller is liable
pursuant to
Section 8.1;
(c) any Contracts not listed or described in Schedule 2.1(e), as
the same
may be supplemented pursuant to Section 2.5;
(d) the assets listed in Schedule 2.2(d);
(e) The following shall be Excluded Assets: all Avoidance
Actions, the
Winget Actions, the Excluded Action and each Seller's rights,
claims and Actions
against third parties relating to the Business or the Purchased
Assets which (1)
might arise in connection with the discharge by Sellers of the
Excluded
Liabilities or (2) are pending Actions as of the Closing Date;
provided,
however, that subject to the limitation, if any, expressly set
forth in the
Settlement Agreement, this clause (2) shall not include the
Actions for
infringement of Intellectual Property rights against Autoliv
ASP, Inc. and
Delphi Corporation pending in the United States District Court
for the Eastern
District of Michigan;
(f) the capital stock, membership interests or other equity
interests of
any domestic Subsidiaries (each a "Non-Transferred Subsidiary")
of any Seller;
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(g) all intercompany receivables of Sellers and all other
accounts
receivable of Sellers described in Schedule 2.2(g), other than
receivables owed
by a Transferred Subsidiary to a Seller;
(h) all cash and cash equivalents of Sellers, except for any
Supplier
Deposit; and
(i) each Seller's rights, claims and Actions against any other
Seller or
any Affiliate of any other Seller listed or described in
Schedule 2.2(i).
2.3 ASSUMED LIABILITIES. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of
this Agreement, on the Closing Date, Buyer shall execute and
deliver to Sellers
the Assignment and Assumption Agreement pursuant to which Buyer
shall assume and
agree to discharge, when due (in accordance with their
respective terms and
subject to the respective conditions thereof), the following
Liabilities
(without duplication) existing as of immediately prior to the
Closing
(collectively the "Assumed Liabilities") and no others:
(a) all obligations and liabilities of any Seller under the
Seller
Agreements that arise on or after the Closing Date or arise
prior to the Closing
Date to the extent requiring performance after the Closing Date,
but excluding
any such obligations or liabilities arising because of any
breach or
nonperformance of such Seller Agreements prior to Closing;
(b) all liabilities for which Buyer is liable pursuant to
Section 8.2;
(c) all liabilities in respect of Taxes for which Buyer is
liable pursuant
to Section 8.1;
(d) all post-petition Trade Payables of the Sellers not to
exceed $23
million;
(e) all liabilities that arise after the Closing Date from or
are related
to Buyer's conduct of the Business, use of the Purchased Assets,
sale of any
products manufactured and/or sold by Buyer and/or delivery of
services by Buyer;
(f) all obligations of the Purchaser as defined in the KERP;
and
(g) all general unsecured claims listed on Schedule 2.3(g)
against and
administrative expenses of the Deluxe Entities from the
Bankruptcy Proceedings
to the extent allowed (except claims or causes of action that
have been or could
be brought by or on behalf of the estates of the Venture
Entities or their
Affiliates), subject to all defenses to any such challenges,
including the
Buyer's right to contest the Venture Entities' or their
Affiliates' standing to
assert any such challenges.
2.4 EXCLUDED LIABILITIES. Buyer shall not assume and shall not
be obligated
to assume or be obliged to pay, perform or otherwise discharge
any Liability of
any Seller, and Sellers shall be solely and exclusively liable
with respect to
all Liabilities of Sellers, other than the Assumed Liabilities
(collectively the
"Excluded Liabilities").
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2.5 ASSIGNMENTS; CURE AMOUNTS. Sellers shall transfer and assign
all Seller
Agreements to Buyer, and Buyer shall assume all Seller
Agreements from the
Sellers, as of the Closing Date pursuant to Section 365 of the
Bankruptcy Code
and the Final Sale Order. In connection with such assignment and
assumption,
Sellers shall provide for cure of all non-monetary defaults and
Buyer shall cure
any monetary defaults arising under such Seller Agreements to
the extent
required by Section 365(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. Within ninety
days after the
Closing Date, Buyer may, in its discretion by giving written
notice to Sellers,
assume any Contract identified in such notice, and Sellers shall
transfer and
assign such Contract to Buyer, and Buyer shall assume such
Contracts so
identified and shall cure any monetary defaults arising under
such Contracts to
the extent required by Section 365(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.
The cure amount
under any Seller Agreement shall be an amount determined by
Buyer based upon the
books and records of Sellers; provided, however, if any
non-debtor party to such
Seller Agreement disputes such amount, the cure amount for such
Seller Agreement
shall be the amount determined by the Bankruptcy Court.
In the case of licenses, certificates, approvals,
authorizations,
Contracts and other commitments included in the Purchased Assets
(a) that cannot
be transferred or assigned effectively without the consent of
third parties,
which consent has not been obtained prior to the Closing (after
giving effect to
the Sale Order and the Bankruptcy Code), Sellers shall, subject
to any approval
of the Bankruptcy Court that may be required, reasonably
cooperate with Buyer,
at the cost and expense of Sellers, in endeavoring to obtain
such consent, and
if any such consent is not obtained, Sellers shall, subject to
any approval of
the Bankruptcy Court that may be required, reasonably cooperate
with Buyer, in
all reasonable respects and at Sellers' cost and expense, to
provide to Buyer
the benefits thereof in some other manner, or (b) that are
otherwise not
transferable or assignable (after giving effect to the Final
Sale Order and the
Bankruptcy Code), Sellers shall, subject to any approval of the
Bankruptcy Court
that may be required, reasonably cooperate with Buyer, at the
cost and expense
of Sellers, to provide to Buyer the benefits thereof in some
other manner
(including the exercise of the rights of Sellers thereunder),
provided that
Sellers shall not be required to expend unreasonable amounts
pursuant to clauses
(a) or (b) of this paragraph.
ARTICLE III
PURCHASE PRICE
3.1 PURCHASE PRICE. The purchase price (the "Purchase Price")
for the
purchase, sale, assignment and conveyance of Sellers' right,
title and interest
in, to and under the Purchased Assets shall be:
(a) cash in the amount of the Exit Cash Requirement; plus
(b) cash in the amount necessary to pay the 506(c) Advance (as
defined in
the Settlement Agreement), plus
(c) a Credit Bid, of $500,000 of the Prepetition Obligations (as
defined in
the Settlement Agreement), plus
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(d) the amount of cash necessary to provide to any Senior
Lenders who have
not contributed their Prepetition Obligations a percentage cash
recovery equal
to (x) the aggregate Prepetition Obligations of the Senior
Lenders who have
contributed their Prepetition Obligations that are included in
the Credit Bid,
divided by (y) the aggregate Prepetition Obligations of the
Senior Lenders who
have contributed their Prepetition Obligations, which cash shall
be paid on
behalf of Sellers directly to the Agent pursuant to the Sale
Order for the
benefit of the Senior Lenders, as their interests may appear,
plus
(e) the Assumed Liabilities, including cash, if any, required to
be paid at
the Closing (i) pursuant to the KERP, and (ii) for pre-petition
trade payables
of the Deluxe Entities as set forth in Schedule 2.3(g), plus
(f) cure costs pursuant to Section 2.5.
3.2 ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PRICE. Within one hundred eighty days
after the
Closing, Buyer shall deliver to Sellers for Sellers' review and
approval
allocation schedule(s) (the "Allocation Schedule(s)") allocating
the Purchase
Price and the Assumed Liabilities that are liabilities for
federal income Tax
purposes on a dollar basis among the Purchased Assets. The
Allocation
Schedule(s) shall be reasonable and shall be prepared in
accordance with Section
1060 of the Code and the regulations thereunder. Sellers agree
that, following
their approval of the Allocation Schedule(s), such approval not
to be
unreasonably withheld, Sellers shall sign the Allocation
Schedule(s) and return
an executed copy thereof to Buyer within ten days after
receiving the Allocation
Schedule(s) from Buyer. Buyer, on the one hand, and Sellers, on
the other hand,
each agrees to file IRS Form 8594, and all Tax Returns, in
accordance with the
Allocation Schedule(s). Buyer, on the one hand, and Sellers, on
the other hand,
each agrees to provide the other promptly with any other
information required to
complete Form 8594.
ARTICLE IV
CLOSING
4.1 CLOSING DATE. Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction
of the
conditions contained in Article IX, the closing of the sale of
the Purchased
Assets and the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities
contemplated hereby (the
"Closing") shall take place at a mutually agreed upon location
at 10:00 A.M.
(local time) no later than the fifth Business Day following the
date on which
the conditions set forth in Article IX have been satisfied
(other than the
conditions with respect to actions the respective parties hereto
will take at
the Closing itself) or, to the extent permitted, waived in
writing, or at such
other place or time as Buyer and Sellers may mutually agree. The
date and time
at which the Closing actually occurs is hereinafter referred to
as the "Closing
Date."
4.2 PAYMENT ON THE CLOSING DATE. Subject to fulfillment or
waiver (if
permissible) of the conditions set forth in Article IX, at
Closing Buyer shall
pay Sellers an amount in cash equal to the cash portion of the
Purchase Price
provided for in Sections 3.1(a) and (c) by wire transfer of
immediately
available funds to the account in the United States specified by
Sellers in
writing to Buyer at least three business days prior to the
Closing.
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4.3 BUYER'S ADDITIONAL DELIVERIES. At or prior to the Closing,
Buyer shall
deliver to Sellers all the following:
(a) copies of Buyer's Certificate of Formation, certified as of
a recent
date by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(b) certificate of good standing of Buyer issued as of a recent
date by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(c) certificate of an authorized officer of Buyer, dated the
Closing Date,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Sellers, as to
(i) no
amendments to the Certificate of Formation of Buyer since the
date of the
certified Certificate of Formation delivered pursuant to Section
4.3(a); (ii)
the resolutions of the Board of Managers of Buyer authorizing
the execution and
performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to
which Buyer is a
party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; and
(iii) incumbency
and signatures of the officers of Buyer executing this Agreement
and such
Ancillary Documents;
(d) the Assignment and Assumption Agreement duly executed by
Buyer; and
(e) such other assignments and other good and sufficient
instruments of
assumption and transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to
Sellers, as Sellers
may reasonably request to transfer and assign the Assumed
Liabilities to Buyer.
4.4 SELLERS' DELIVERIES. At or prior to the Closing, Sellers
shall deliver
to Buyer all the following:
(a) the Bill of Sale, Deeds and Assignment and Assumption
Agreement duly
executed by Sellers;
(b) instruments of assignment of the Patents (the "Assignment of
Patents"),
Trademarks (the "Assignment of Trademarks"), Copyrights (the
"Assignment of
Copyrights") and Domain Names (the "Assignment of Domain Names")
that are
included in the Purchased Assets, if any, duly executed by
Sellers, in form for
recordation with the appropriate Governmental Authorities,
substantially in the
form of Exhibits E, F, G, and H, respectively, and any other
assignments or
instruments with respect to any Intellectual Property included
in the Purchased
Assets for which an assignment or instrument is required to
assign, transfer,
convey and deliver such assets to Buyer;
(c) certified copy of the Sale Order;
(d) certificates or other instruments representing all of the
shares or
other equity interests of the Transferred Subsidiaries
accompanied by stock
powers duly executed in blank and otherwise in form reasonably
satisfactory to
Buyer for transfer of the Transferred Subsidiaries;
(e) certificates executed by each Seller, in the form prescribed
under
Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(b), that such Seller is not
a foreign
person within the meaning of Section 1445(f)(3) of the Code;
and
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(f) such other bills of sale, deeds, endorsements, assignments
and other
good and sufficient instruments of conveyance and transfer, in
form reasonably
satisfactory to Buyer, as are necessary or otherwise customary
to vest in Buyer
all the right, title and interest of Sellers in, to or under any
or all the
Purchased Assets and other transfer tax forms, affidavits and
certificates
customarily delivered in connection therewith.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS
As used in this Article V, references to Transferred
Subsidiary
include any Subsidiary of a Transferred Subsidiary. As an
inducement to Buyer to
enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated
hereby, each Seller jointly and severally represents and
warrants to Buyer and
agrees as follows:
5.1 ORGANIZATION OF SELLERS. Each Seller is a corporation or a
limited
liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under
the laws of the State of Michigan. Each Seller is duly qualified
to transact
business as a foreign corporation or limited liability company
and is in good
standing in each of the jurisdictions in which the ownership or
leasing of its
properties or the conduct of its businesses requires such
qualification, except
where failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not
reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Seller has full
corporate or
limited liability company power (as the case may be) and
authority to own or
lease and to operate and use the Purchased Assets and to carry
on the Business
as now conducted. Each Transferred Subsidiary is duly organized
and validly
existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
formation. Each
Transferred Subsidiary has full power and authority to own its
properties and
assets and to carry on the Business as now conducted.
5.2 SUBSIDIARIES AND INVESTMENTS. Except as set forth in
Schedule 5.2,
Sellers do not, directly or indirectly, own, of record or
beneficially, any
outstanding voting securities, membership interests or other
equity interests in
any Person. All outstanding voting securities, membership
interests or other
equity interests of each Transferred Subsidiary are 100% owned
by Sellers and
after Closing, Buyer shall own, free and clear of all
Encumbrances and
Interests, all outstanding voting securities and other equity
interests of each
Transferred Subsidiary.
5.3 AUTHORITY OF SELLERS. (a) Each Seller has full power and
authority to
execute, deliver and, subject to the entry of the Sale Order,
perform this
Agreement and each of the Ancillary Documents to which each
Seller is a party.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
such Ancillary
Documents by each Seller have been duly authorized and approved
by each Seller's
board of directors (or similar governing body), is in accordance
with the
Bankruptcy Code and, subject to the entry of the Final Sale
Order, does not
require any authorization or consent of any Seller's
shareholders or members
that has not been obtained. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed
and delivered by Sellers and, subject to the entry of the Final
Sale Order, is
the legal, valid and binding obligation of Sellers enforceable
in accordance
with its terms, and each of the Ancillary Documents to which
each Seller is a
party has been duly authorized by Sellers and upon execution and
delivery by
Sellers and subject to the
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entry of the Final Sale Order, will be a legal, valid and
binding obligation of
Sellers enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(b) Subject to receipt of the Required Consents and the Third
Party
Consents, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement
or any of the
Ancillary Documents or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby nor compliance with or fulfillment of the
terms, conditions
and provisions hereof or thereof will conflict with, result in a
breach of the
terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default or
an event of
default, or permit the acceleration of any liability or
obligation, under (1)
any charter (or similar governing instrument) or Bylaws (or
similar governing
document) of any Seller or any Transferred Subsidiary, (2) any
Governmental
Permits, (3) any Court Order to which any Seller or any
Transferred Subsidiary
is a party or any of the Purchased Assets is subject or by which
any Seller or
any Transferred Subsidiary is bound, (4) any Requirements of Law
affecting
Sellers or any Transferred Subsidiary or the Purchased Assets,
or (5) any Seller
Agreement listed or described on Schedule 2.1(e) on the date
hereof.
5.4 REAL PROPERTY. (a) Schedule 5.4(a) lists, as of the date of
this
Agreement, all real property which is owned by any Seller and
used in connection
with the Business (collectively, the "Owned Real Property").
(i) Sellers have received all Governmental Permits which are
necessary
or appropriate in connection with Sellers' occupancy, ownership
or leasing
of the Owned Real Property and the present use of the Owned Real
Property
that constitutes a Purchased Asset does not violate the
Governmental
Permits applicable thereto, except where the failure to receive,
or
violation of, a Governmental Permit would not reasonably be
expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) No Seller has received written notice or otherwise has
knowledge
of any pend
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