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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Asset Purchase Agreement

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Title: ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Indiana     Date: 11/23/2005
Industry: Airline     Law Firm: Baker & Daniels, LLP, Dann Pecar Newman & Kleiman, P.C     Sector: Transportation

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, Parties: ata holdings corp , grueninger cruises and tours  inc , ambassadair travel club  inc , amber travel  inc , ata airlines  inc
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Exhibit 10.1

 

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

 

dated as of November 14, 2005

 

 

by and among

 

 

Grueninger Cruises and Tours, Inc.

 

and

 

Ambassadair Travel Club, Inc.

 

and

 

Amber Travel, Inc.

 

and

 

ATA Airlines, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 


 

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Asset Purchase Agreement (this " Agreement" ) is entered into as of November 14, 2005 (the " Execution Date ") by and between Grueninger Cruises and Tours, Inc. , an Indiana corporation ("" Buyer "), Ambassadair Travel Club, Inc., an Indiana corporation (" Ambassadair "), Amber Travel, Inc. , an Indiana corporation (" Amber " and collectively with Ambassadair, " Sellers "), and ATA Airlines, Inc. , an Indiana corporation (" ATA ").

 

WHEREAS, Ambassadair, Amber and ATA each are wholly owned subsidiaries of Holdings, and

 

WHEREAS, Holdings, Ambassadair, Amber and ATA are each Debtors in Chapter 11 proceedings pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana; and

 

WHEREAS, Ambassadair is a membership- based travel club that provides trips, tours and other travel services to its members; and

 

WHEREAS, Amber is a travel agency that provides travel agency services in conjunction with the businesses of Ambassadair and ATA; and

 

WHEREAS, Buyer is an experienced and financially capable, Indianapolis, Indiana based provider of tours, trips and other travel services which will pursuant to this Agreement purchase certain of the assets of Ambassadair, Amber and ATA and, as a manager acting on behalf of Ambassadair, will operate and complete certain Ambassadair tours and trips which have been sold by Ambassadair to Ambassadair members, and as the purchaser of Ambassadair assets, will offer benefits and travel opportunities to current and former members of Ambassadair.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, Buyer, Ambassadair, Amber and ATA hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I   

 

PURCHASED ASSETS AND PURCHASED ATA EQUIPMENT

 

1.1.    Purchase and Sale of Assets .

 

(a)  

Upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (i) Buyer shall purchase from Sellers, and Sellers shall sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to Buyer, at the Closing, for the consideration specified in this Agreement, all of Sellers' respective rights, title and interests in, to and under the Purchased Assets, and (ii) Buyer shall purchase from ATA, and ATA shall sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to Buyer, at the Closing, for the consideration specified in this Agreement, all of ATA's rights, title and interests in, to and under the Purchased ATA Equipment, with all of the Assets, being sold, transferred, conveyed and assigned by the Sellers and ATA free and clear of all claims, liens, restrictions, encumbrances or security interests of any nature, as provided in the Approval Order. The Purchased ATA Equipment is identified on Schedule 2.4(ii) to this Agreement.

 

 

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(b)  

The Parties acknowledge and agree that Sellers and ATA are not selling, assigning, or conveying to Buyer any of the Excluded Assets. The terms "Purchased Assets," " Purchased ATA Equipment" and "Assets," as used in this Agreement, do not include any of the Excluded Assets.

 

1.2.    Assumption of Liabilities .

 

Except as provided in Section 1.4 of this Agreement, Buyer shall not, directly or indirectly, assume or otherwise pay or perform any obligations, liabilities, claims or other responsibilities of either of Sellers or ATA, including any relating to the ownership, operation or use of the Excluded Assets or the Businesses, and Buyer shall not assume any other liabilities of Sellers or ATA, of any character or description, including environmental liabilities, liabilities relating to current or former employees or any liabilities for any and all taxes (sales, property, income, corporate or otherwise).

 

1.3.    Purchase Price

 

In consideration of the assignment, transfer and conveyance to Buyer of all right, title, interest in and to the Assets and the other rights assigned, granted or transferred to Buyer pursuant hereto, and subject to the conditions and in accordance with the terms hereof, Buyer shall pay to the Sellers and ATA an aggregate Purchase Price of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for the Assets, being allocated as follows: $50,000 to ATA for the Purchased ATA Equipment; and $250,000 to the Sellers for the Purchased Assets, with $25,000 of this amount being allocated to Amber Travel for its part of the Purchased Assets, and the balance to Ambassadair for its part of the Purchased Assets.

 

The Purchase Price will be paid as follows: (i) the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) cash at Closing, and (ii) the additional sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) cash payable on January 2, 2006.

 

(a)  

Release of Initial Deposit . In connection with that certain Letter Agreement executed between Sellers, ATA and Buyer on October 20, 2005 (the "Letter Agreement"), Buyer deposited for the account of Sellers One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), which deposit is held in the Trust Account of Baker & Daniels LLP (the "Initial Deposit"). Upon the closing of this Agreement and as a portion of the Purchase Price payable at Closing, Buyer shall authorize, in a writing addressed and delivered to Baker & Daniels LLP, the release and delivery to the Sellers as provided in this Agreement of the Initial Deposit as a cash credit of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) to the Purchase Price. Of this payment, $25,000 shall be released and paid directly to Amber Travel and the balance shall be released and paid directly to Ambassadair.

 

 

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(b)  

Supplemental Payment . In addition, at Closing, Buyer shall pay directly to ATA, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by ATA, the sum of $50,000 (the "Supplemental Payment").

 

(c)  

January 2, 2006 Payment Buyer shall pay directly to Ambassadair, without relief from valuation and appraisement laws, the remaining balance of the Purchase Price, being $150,000, on January 2, 2006. This payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by Ambassadair. In the event this payment is not paid when due, the unpaid principal balance thereof shall bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum until paid in full, and Ambassadair shall be entitled to payment of all reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in the collection thereof.

 

1.4.    Contracted Trips

 

(a)  

Buyer agrees to serve as manager of all operations of Ambassadair from and after the Closing relating to the providing, performance, delivery and completion of the Contracted Trips and the Remaining 2005 Trips (as those terms are defined in Article IX) and to manage, supervise and handle the refunding, return and repayment (from Restricted Cash or by an applicable credit card processor with a credit card holdback) of amounts paid to Ambassadair for cancelled Contracted Trips or cancelled Remaining 2005 Trips to those members/purchasers who are entitled to such refunds, returns and repayments. In addition, in the event as of the Closing there are refunds or repayments yet to be made by Ambassadair to members/purchasers for trips previously cancelled and for which there are funds for such refunding or repayment held in Restricted Cash or Customer Accounts Receivable, Buyer will manage and supervise the refunding and repayment of such funds by Ambassadair.

 

(b)  

Ambassadair shall pay to Buyer a one-time payment of $85,000 on January 2, 2006 (which payment Buyer may credit against the balance of the Purchase Price payment due to Ambassadair on that date) for the management of the remaining 2005 Trips pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(c)  

Buyer shall exercise in its performance of its duties as manager the same care as it exercises in the ordinary course of its business the management, supervision, selling and providing of trips and tours.

 

(d)  

After Closing, Buyer, as manager of the Contracted Trips, shall have the right to cancel or modify Contracted Trips consistent with the policies of Ambassadair. Ambassadair retains the right to cancel any of the Remaining 2005 Trips from time to time in accordance with its policies. In particular, Buyer is to review and re-evaluate from time to time after Closing each Contracted Trip to determine if the remaining costs to be incurred in the providing and completion of that Contracted Trip (after allowance for Prepaid Expenses and Other Deposits related to that Contracted Trip) do not exceed the sum of the Customer Accounts Receivable and Restricted Cash held by Ambassadair for that Contracted Trip, plus net revenues generated to Buyer from its sale for its own account of additional participation by members of Ambassadair or other persons in that Contracted Trip. If a Contracted Trip does not, in Buyer's business judgment, satisfy this financial test (such a Contracted Trip being called an "Underfunded Trip"), Buyer, as manager, may cancel the Underfunded Trip in accordance with and pursuant to Ambassadair policies for cancellation.

 

 

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Buyer shall have until November 23, 2005, to notify Ambassadair of its decision to cancel any Contracted Trips which have a departure date in January, 2006. Buyer shall have until December 12, 2005, to notify Ambassadair of Buyer's decision to cancel any Contracted Trips which have a departure date in February, 2006. Buyer shall have until December 27, 2005, to notify Ambassadair of Buyer's decision to cancel any Contracted Trips which has a departure date in March, 2006. If Buyer, as manager, does not provide Ambassadair a notice of its election to cancel a Contracted Trip by the cancellation notification deadline for that particular Contracted Trip as stated in this paragraph (any such Contracted Trip for which there has not been a timely notice of an election to cancel from the Buyer to Ambassadair being called an "Accepted Trip"), then even if that Accepted Trip is an Underfunded Trip, Buyer shall be responsible for and shall pay any costs for the providing, operating and completion of that Accepted Trip to the extent such costs are not covered by or reimbursed from the Prepaid Expenses and Other Deposits, Customer Accounts Receivable and Restricted Cash for that Accepted Trip. Buyer may elect to cancel an Accepted Trip, but Buyer shall be liable to pay to Ambassadair all additional losses suffered by Ambassadair as the result of any increase in penalties, forfeitures, reductions in refund percentages and other losses of Prepaid Expenses and Other Deposits for that particular Accepted Trip which result from Ambassadair not being able to cancel contractual commitments with the providers who have the Prepaid Expenses and Other Deposits within two days of the date when Buyer could have last given a notice of its election to cancel in order to keep the Accepted Trip from becoming an Accepted Trip.

 

It is understood that Buyer, as manager, will be required to advance funds to pay costs of providing and completing Contracted Trips which are to be reimbursed from Restricted Cash and Customer Accounts Receivable related to that Contracted Trip. Buyer shall not be entitled to any interest on these advances, but shall be entitled to reimbursement from Ambassadair for all such advances from such Restricted Cash, when released from restriction, and such Customer Accounts Receivable, when proceeds thereof are received, such reimbursement not to exceed the amount of such Restricted Cash and Customer Accounts Receivable.

 

 

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In the event, as respects any Accepted Trip which is completed, there is a residual balance, after full reimbursement of Buyer's advances as provided above, of proceeds from the release of the Restricted Cash for that Accepted Trip and the proceeds received from Customer Accounts Receivable, such residual balance shall be paid to Buyer as its compensation for management of the Contracted Trips.

 

(e)  

Buyer shall be entitled at its option to sell, on its own account and not as manager participation, to any persons, including existing members of Ambassadair, in Contracted Trips from and after the Closing. It is recognized that many of the Contracted Trips may avoid being Underfunded Trips if Buyer is able to sell additional participation in the Contracted Trip. In the event a Contracted Trip, including an Accepted Trip, on which Buyer has sold participation, becomes a cancelled Contracted Trip, Buyer shall be solely responsible for all refunds and repayments to those persons who purchased participation in the Contracted Trip from or through Buyer. Buyer shall not be entitled to any other compensation for its service as manager of the Contracted Trips, except as provided by the terms of this Agreement.

 

(f)  

Ambassadair shall be entitled to handle on its own the communications with third party providers required to cancel and obtain refunds with respect to any Contracts related to any the Remaining 2005 Trips which may be cancelled or to cancel and obtain refunds with respect to any of the Contracts related to Contracted Trips which may be cancelled.

 

(g)  

At the Closing, ATA shall grant Buyer a paid up, non-exclusive license to use the AIRAS operation and reservation software of ATA in the performance of its duties as manager of the Contracted Trips, for the entire period in which Buyer is serving as manager for the Contracted Trips.

 

1.5.    The Closing .

 

(a)  

The consummation of the purchase, assignment and transfer of all right, title and interest in and to the Assets shall take place at the offices of Baker & Daniels, LLP, 300 North Meridian Street, Suite 2700, Indianapolis, Indiana, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article V, as soon as practical, but in no event later than November 18, 2005 (the "Closing Date"). All transactions at the Closing shall be deemed to take place simultaneously, effective 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date, and no transaction shall be deemed to have been completed and no documents or certificates shall be deemed to have been delivered until the Transactions are completed and all documents and certificates are delivered.

 

 

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(b)  

At the Closing:

 

(i)  

Sellers and ATA shall each execute and deliver to Buyer the Master Bills of Sale-ATA and Master Bill of Sale-Sellers,   and such other instruments of conveyance and assignment as Buyer may reasonably request in order to effect the sale, transfer, conveyance and assignment to Buyer of the Assets; and

 

(ii)  

Buyer shall authorize the release and payment to Sellers of the Initial Deposit, and shall have paid the Supplemental Payment to ATA.

 

1.6.    Allocation . Unless extended by agreement of the Parties, Buyer shall, within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, prepare and deliver to Sellers for their consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) a schedule allocating to Sellers the Purchase Price (less the Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) paid to ATA) among the Purchased Assets, all in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.1060-1T (or any comparable provisions of state or local tax law) or any successor provision. If Sellers do not give their consent, Buyer and Sellers will negotiate in good faith to resolve such objections. Buyer and Sellers shall report and file all Tax Returns (including amended Tax Returns and claims for refund) consistent with the allocation, if any, consented to, or required to be consented to, by Sellers , and shall take no position contrary thereto or inconsistent therewith (including, without limitation, in any audits or examinations by any taxing authority or any other proceedings). Buyer and Sellers shall cooperate in the filing of any forms (including Form 8594) with respect to such allocation. If and to the extent the Parties are unable to agree on such allocation, each shall be free to make its own allocation for tax purposes. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the foregoing shall survive the Closing Date without limitation. 

 

1.7.    Further Assurances . At any time and from time to time after the Closing without further consideration, the Parties shall each execute and deliver such other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance and assignment and take such actions as the other Parties reasonably may request to accomplish the Transactions contemplated hereby.

 

1.8.    Acknowledgment . Buyer acknowledges and agrees that it is acquiring the Assets "As Is" and "Where is", WITHOUT WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH EXPRESSLY IN THIS AGREEMENT. SELLERS AND ATA DISCLAIM ALL OTHER EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 

 

1.9.      Executory Contracts . Buyer shall have forty-five (45) days following the Closing Date to designate those executory contracts to which either of Sellers is a party ("Contracts") that it desires to assume by providing written notice thereof to Sellers. Buyer shall not assume any Contracts for the purchase of services to be provided on any Remaining 2005 Trips, or any cancelled Contracted trip, unless buyer pays to Ambassadair the Prepaid Expenses and Other deposits made by Ambassadair with respect to that assumed Contract. Buyer will be responsible to pay any and all amounts required to cure any defaults to allow for the assumption of the Contracts which Buyer elects to assume. Sellers shall, at Seller's expense, obtain an appropriate court order authorizing the assumption and assignment of those Contracts being so assumed by Buyer, provided that it shall be Buyer's responsibility to demonstrate "adequate assurance of future performance" under the applicable Contracts. Sellers shall cooperate reasonably with Buyer in its election to assume or renegotiate any of the Contracts. Buyer shall be unconditionally liable and responsible for the payment, satisfaction, performance and discharge of all Contracts assumed by Buyer.

 

 

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1.10.    From the Closing Date until April 30, 2006, Buyer may be present in and perform its management services from the office space currently occupied by Ambassadair (the "Ambassadair Office Space"); provided that the occupied space may be reduced at ATA's option from time to time to adjust to the reduced number of employees of Buyer who will be working in the Ambassadair Office Space, and provided further that Buyer shall reimburse ATA monthly within 15 days of receipt of invoice from ATA for a pro-rata portion of actual cash costs incurred by ATA associated with the occupancy and use of the Ambassadair Office Space, other than rent. Buyer shall be entitled to leave the Purchased ATA Equipment in the Ambassadair Office Space during this period. In addition, until the Contracted Trips are completed, Sellers and/or ATA will cause all telephonic, electronic, and other inquiries regarding Contracted Trips to be forwarded to personnel designated by Buyer.

 

ARTICLE II   

 

 

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS AND ATA

 

Sellers and ATA represent and warrant to Buyer that the statements contained in this Article II are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and will be true and correct as of the Closing as though made as of the Closing, except to the extent such representations and warranties are specifically made as of a particular date (in which case such representations and warranties will be true and correct as of such date). Sellers and ATA's representations and warranties shall survive the Closing.

 

2.1.    Organization, Qualification and Corporate Power . Amber is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Indiana. Ambassadair is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Indiana. ATA is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Indiana. Sellers and ATA are each duly qualified to conduct business under the laws of each jurisdiction where the nature of the business conducted by it or the properties owned or leased by it require qualification, except for those jurisdictions in which the failure to be so qualified, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect. Sellers and ATA each have all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on the businesses in which they are engaged, and to own and use the Assets.


 

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2.2.    Authorization of Transaction . Sellers and ATA each has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, and pursuant to the Approval Order, Sellers and ATA each have the requisite power and authority to perform its respective obligations under this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements have been (or will be at the time of execution thereof) duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action on the part of Sellers and ATA. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Sellers and ATA and constitutes, and each of the Ancillary Agreements, upon its execution and delivery by Sellers or ATA, will constitute, a valid and binding obligation of Sellers and ATA, enforceable against the Sellers and ATA in accordance with its terms.

 

2.3.    Non-contravention . Neither the execution and delivery by Sellers and ATA of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, nor the consummation by Sellers and ATA of the Transactions will (a) conflict with or violate any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation   or Bylaws of Sellers and ATA, (b) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, result in the acceleration of obligations under, create in any party the right to terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any contract or instrument to which Sellers or ATA is a party or by which Sellers or ATA is bound or to which any of its respective assets is subject, except for (i) any conflict, breach, default, acceleration, termination, modification or cancellation which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Seller Material Adverse Effect and would not adversely affect the consummation of the Transactions, or (ii) any notice, consent or waiver, the absence of which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Seller Material Adverse Effect and would not adversely affect the consummation of the Transactions, (c) result in the imposition of any security interest upon the Assets, or (d) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to Sellers or ATA or any of the Assets.

 

2.4.    Ownership and Condition of Assets . One of the Sellers as the true and lawful owner, has good marketable title to, all of the Purchased Assets and ATA, as the true and lawful owner has good and marketable title to all of the Purchased ATA Assets. Sellers and ATA each have the authority to transfer the Purchased Assets to Buyer free and clear of all claims, liens, restrictions, encumbrances or security interests of any nature as provided in the Approval Order. Schedule 2.4(ii) sets forth a complete identification of the Purchased ATA Equipment.

 

2.5.    Disclosure . No representation or warranty by Sellers or ATA contained in this Agreement or any other document, certificate or other instrument delivered or to be delivered by or on behalf of Sellers or ATA pursuant to this Agreement, contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary, in light of the circumstances under which it was or will be made, in order to make the statements herein or therein not misleading.

 

 

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ARTICLE III   

 

 

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER

 

Buyer represents and warrants to Sellers, ATA and Holdings that the statements contained in this Article III are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and will be true and correct as to the Closing as though made as of the Closing. Buyers' representations and warranties shall survive the Closing.

 

3.1.    Organization and Corporate Power . Buyer is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Indiana. Buyer is duly qualified to conduct business under the laws of each jurisdiction where the nature of the business to be conducted by it after the Closing or the properties to be owned or leased by it after the Closing require qualification. Buyer has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on the businesses in which it


 
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