Common use of Assumption and Assignment of Assumed Contracts Clause in Contracts

Assumption and Assignment of Assumed Contracts. On the Closing Date, Seller shall assign the Assumed Contracts to Buyer. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if (a) the consent of any Person is required to assign to Buyer any Assets or any claim, right or benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom and (b) such consent has not been obtained on or prior to the Closing Date (each an “Assignment Excluded Asset”), (i) such Assignment Excluded Asset shall be deemed not to have been assigned to Buyer and Buyer shall be deemed not to have assumed any Liabilities related thereto, (ii) such failure shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement and (iii) from and after the Closing, with respect to each Assignment Excluded Asset, Seller shall cooperate in good faith with Buyer (which shall take the lead in such process) and use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for the transfer of such Assignment Excluded Asset to Buyer within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date, unless and until it becomes evident that such assignment is not reasonably practicable without undue cost or delay. Schedule 2.5 hereto sets forth all Assignment Excluded Assets. To facilitate the transfer of the Assignment Excluded Assets, Seller and Buyer hereby agree to provide each other certain services following the Closing pursuant to the terms of an Intercompany Services Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Services Agreement”). In the event Seller shall receive payment for accounts receivable, which constitute Assets, following the Closing, it shall promptly remit such payments to Buyer. In the event Buyer shall receive payment for accounts receivable, which constitute Excluded Assets, following the Closing, it shall promptly remit such payments to Seller.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement, Asset Purchase Agreement (Cafepress Inc.), Asset Purchase Agreement (Cafepress Inc.)

Assumption and Assignment of Assumed Contracts. On (a) Section 2.7(a) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Schedule lists the Assumed Contracts (including Assumed Leases) to be assumed and assigned to Buyer (or its designated Affiliate) on the Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, but subject to Section 2.7(e), Buyer may, from time to time prior to the Closing Date (or, in the case of any Undisclosed Contract, the Designation Deadline), and in its sole discretion, upon written notice to the Sellers and the Monitor, amend or revise Section 2.7(a) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Schedule to eliminate any Contract of any Asset Seller therefrom, or to add any Contract of any Asset Seller thereto. Automatically upon such addition of any Contract of any Asset Seller by Buyer in accordance with the previous sentence, such Contract shall be an Assumed Contract for all purposes of this Agreement. Automatically upon any the deletion of any Contract by Buyer in accordance with the second sentence of this Section 2.7, such Contract shall be an Excluded Asset for all purposes of this Agreement, and no Liabilities arising thereunder or relating thereto shall be assumed by Buyer (or its designated Affiliate) or Canadian Buyer or be the Liability or responsibility of Buyer (or its designated Affiliate) or Canadian Buyer, in each case, until and unless Buyer restores such eliminated Contract to Section 2.7(a) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Schedule in accordance with the second sentence of this Section 2.7. At Buyer’s reasonable request, the Sellers shall make reasonably available to Buyer (or its Affiliates) the appropriate employees of the Sellers necessary to discuss the outstanding Contracts to which any Seller or any of its Affiliates is a party. (b) Promptly following the date hereof, the Sellers shall use best efforts to obtain in writing all Consents and Approvals that are required from contractual counterparties to assign the Assumed Contracts to Buyer and shall continue to use such best efforts as Section 2.7(a) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Schedule is updated. Copies of all such Consents and Approvals obtained by the Sellers shall be delivered to Buyer forthwith upon being obtained and, in any event, not later than the date of the hearing to obtain the Approval and Vesting Order. (c) To the extent that any Assumed Contract is not assignable without the consent of the counterparty or any other Person, and such consent has not been obtained prior to the hearing before the CCAA Court for the Sellers’ motion for the Approval and Vesting Order (or, with respect to any Undisclosed Contract, a subsequent hearing) and such Assumed Contract is one that is capable of being assigned pursuant to section 11.3 of the CCAA or the equivalent provisions of the Bankruptcy Code: (i) such Sellers’ rights, benefits and interests in, to and under such Assumed Contract may be assigned to Buyer pursuant to the Approval and Vesting Order or further order made pursuant to section 11.3 of the CCAA or the equivalent provisions of the Bankruptcy Code (provided such further order is in form and substance acceptable to Buyer) (each, a “Further Order”); (ii) such Seller shall use best efforts to obtain the Approval and Vesting Order or such Further Order on such terms as are necessary to give effect to such assignment and on requisite notice to the affected contractual counterparty(ies) and in such form and substance acceptable to Buyer; and (iii) if such assignment occurs, Buyer shall accept the assignment of such Assumed Contract on the terms provided by the Approval and Vesting Order or such Further Order. (d) Unless the Parties otherwise agree, to the extent that any Cure Amount is payable with respect to any Assumed Contract, Buyer shall, where such Assumed Contract is assigned pursuant to the Approval and Vesting Order or such Further Order, pay such Cure Amount in accordance with such order, or as otherwise may be agreed to by Buyer and such counterparty, and following such payment, none of Buyer, the Canadian Buyer or any Affiliate thereof shall have any Liability therefor. (e) Promptly (and in no event fewer than five (5) Business Days) following the date hereof, (i) the Sellers shall deliver to Buyer a schedule (the “Cure Amounts Schedule”) that contains a true and complete list of each counterparty to each Assumed Contract to which any Asset Seller is a party and is related to, used in or necessary for the operations of the Business (as conducted prior to February 26, 2025) or the construction of the Hub and the Sellers’ good faith estimate of the Cure Amount payable with respect to such Assumed Contract, the currency in which each payment obligation is to be settled (and a conversion to United States dollars for obligations denominated in another currency) and payment details for each counterparty (which details may be separately provided instead of included in the Cure Costs Schedule) and (ii) shall file with the CCAA Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and serve a written notice (each, a “Cure Notice”) to the non-Seller counterparty to each Contract listed on the Cure Amounts Schedule that requires the non-Seller counterparty to respond to such notice by a deadline or be bound to the Cure Amount in such notice. From time to time, Seller Parent shall update such Cure Amounts Schedule to reflect any finally determined Cure Amounts (whether by Court Order pursuant to section 11.3 of the CCAA or equivalent provisions of the Bankruptcy Code or as mutually agreed among the applicable Seller, Buyer and the third-party thereto (the “Updated Cure Amount Schedule”). (f) If any objections are timely filed by, or received from, any non-Seller counterparty in response to a Cure Notice, the Sellers, in consultation with the Buyer, shall take all reasonably necessary actions to resolve any such objections with such non- Seller counterparty; provided that any and all such resolutions with respect to any Assumed Contract shall be acceptable to Buyer. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) Buyer shall be entitled to designate any Contract set forth on the Cure Amount Schedule (as may be updated from time to time) that is subject to a cure dispute (a “Disputed Contract”), as an Excluded Contract, by providing written notice (email being sufficient) to Seller Parent at any time during the pendency of the dispute and, in any event, no later than the earlier of (x) within five (5) Business Days after the date on which such dispute has been finally determined either by mutual agreement among the applicable Seller, Buyer and the third-party thereto or by Further Order or (y) the date Seller Parent ceases to exist (such date, the “Designation Deadline”), (ii) the Sellers shall not seek any order to abridge the foregoing rights of Buyer, and (iii) Buyer shall not be obligated, under any circumstances, to pay any Cure Amounts on account of any such disputed Contract that is designated an Excluded Contract pursuant to this Section 2.7. Absent such designation, Sellers shall be deemed to have assumed and assigned such disputed Contract in accordance with the terms hereof applicable to Assumed Contracts on the Designation Deadline and Sellers shall enter into and deliver such necessary assignment and assumptions agreements, if any, to reflect the transfer of such Contract to Buyer (or its designated Affiliate) or Canadian Buyer, as applicable. (g) If, at any time prior to the Closing Date, any Party becomes aware that it is a party to a Contract of any Asset Seller that is not listed on the Cure Amount Schedule (each, an “Undisclosed Contract”), any Party will update the Cure Amount Schedule with respect to such Undisclosed Contract and (i) file with the CCAA Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and serve a such updated schedule, and (ii) serve, a Cure Notice, which notice shall include such updated schedule, to the non-Seller counterparty to such Undisclosed Contract. If any objection period with respect to such Undisclosed Contract expires on or after the Closing Date, such Undisclosed Contract shall be deemed a Contract subject to a cure dispute for purposes of Section 2.7(f) and Buyer shall have all rights with respect to such Contract as set forth in Section 2.7 as if a cure objection had been filed, or received from, any non-Seller counterparty in response to a Cure Notice in advance of the Closing Date. (h) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if from and after the date hereof through the Closing, the Sellers will not reject or take any action (aor fail to take any action that would result in rejection by operation of Law) to reject, repudiate or disclaim any Contract without the prior written consent of Buyer. (i) Notwithstanding any Person is required other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign to Buyer or transfer any Assets Transferred Asset or any claim, claim or right or any benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom and if an attempted assignment or transfer thereof, without the consent of a third party (b) including any Government Entity), would constitute a breach or other contravention thereof or a violation of applicable Law or Order of the CCAA Court or the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. If, on the Closing Date, any such consent has not been obtained on obtained, or prior if an attempted transfer or assignment thereof would be ineffective or a violation of applicable Law or Order of the CCAA Court or the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, or, in the case of any Disputed Contract, the applicable Seller and Buyer will, subject to Section 6.8 and Section 6.9, cooperate in good faith to enter into a mutually agreeable arrangement under which, for up to six (6) months following Closing or until such earlier date upon which the Closing Date (each an “Assignment Excluded Asset”)applicable Seller ceases to exist, (i) Buyer would, in compliance with applicable Law or Order of the CCAA Court or the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, obtain the benefits and assume the obligations and bear the economic burdens associated with such Assignment Excluded Transferred Asset shall be deemed not to have been assigned in accordance with this Agreement, including, for example (and without limitation of other similar arrangements being employed instead and in place thereof), by subcontracting, sublicensing or subleasing such Transferred Asset to Buyer and Buyer shall be deemed not to have assumed any Liabilities related thereto, or (ii) the Sellers would enforce for the benefit (and at the expense) of Buyer any and all of the Sellers’ rights, claims or benefit against a third party associated with such failure shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement Transferred Asset and (iii) from and after the Closing, with respect Sellers would promptly pay to each Assignment Excluded Buyer when received all monies received by them under any such Transferred Asset, Seller shall cooperate in good faith with Buyer claim, right or benefit (which shall take the lead in such process) and use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for the transfer of such Assignment Excluded Asset to Buyer within thirty (30) days net of the Closing Date, unless and until it becomes evident that such Sellers’ expenses incurred in connection with any assignment is not reasonably practicable without undue cost or delay. Schedule 2.5 hereto sets forth all Assignment Excluded Assets. To facilitate the transfer of the Assignment Excluded Assets, Seller and Buyer hereby agree to provide each other certain services following the Closing pursuant to the terms of an Intercompany Services Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Services Agreement”performance contemplated by this Section 2.7(h). In the event Seller shall receive payment for accounts receivable, which constitute Assets, following the Closing, it shall promptly remit such payments to Buyer. In the event Buyer shall receive payment for accounts receivable, which constitute Excluded Assets, following the Closing, it shall promptly remit such payments to Seller).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Equity and Asset Purchase Agreement (Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.)

Assumption and Assignment of Assumed Contracts. On ‌ (a) Section 2.7(a) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Schedule lists the Assumed Contracts (including Assumed Leases) to be assumed and assigned to Buyer (or its designated Affiliate) on the Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, but subject to Section 2.7(e), Buyer may, from time to time prior to the Closing Date (or, in the case of any Undisclosed Contract, the Designation Deadline), and in its sole discretion, upon written notice to the Sellers and the Monitor, amend or revise Section 2.7(a) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Schedule to eliminate any Contract of any Asset Seller therefrom, or to add any Contract of any Asset Seller thereto. Automatically upon such addition of any Contract of any Asset Seller by Buyer in accordance with the previous sentence, such Contract shall be an Assumed Contract for all purposes of this Agreement. Automatically upon any the deletion of any Contract by Buyer in accordance with the second sentence of this Section 2.7, such Contract shall be an Excluded Asset for all purposes of this Agreement, and no Liabilities arising thereunder or relating thereto shall be assumed by Buyer (or its designated Affiliate) or Canadian Buyer or be the Liability or responsibility of Buyer (or its designated Affiliate) or Canadian Buyer, in each case, until and unless Buyer restores such eliminated Contract to Section 2.7(a) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Schedule in accordance with the second sentence of this Section 2.7. At Buyer’s reasonable request, the Sellers shall make reasonably available to Buyer (or its Affiliates) the appropriate employees of the Sellers necessary to discuss the outstanding Contracts to which any Seller or any of its Affiliates is a party.‌ (b) Promptly following the date hereof, the Sellers shall use best efforts to obtain in writing all Consents and Approvals that are required from contractual counterparties to assign the Assumed Contracts to Buyer and shall continue to use such best efforts as Section 2.7(a) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Schedule is updated. Copies of all such Consents and Approvals obtained by the Sellers shall be delivered to Buyer forthwith upon being obtained and, in any event, not later than the date of the hearing to obtain the Approval and Vesting Order.‌ (c) To the extent that any Assumed Contract is not assignable without the consent of the counterparty or any other Person, and such consent has not been obtained prior to the hearing before the CCAA Court for the Sellers’ motion for the Approval and Vesting Order (or, with respect to any Undisclosed Contract, a subsequent hearing) and such Assumed Contract is one that is capable of being assigned pursuant to section 11.3 of the CCAA or the equivalent provisions of the Bankruptcy Code: (i) such Sellers’ rights, benefits and interests in, to and under such Assumed Contract may be assigned to Buyer pursuant to the Approval and Vesting Order or further order made pursuant to section 11.3 of the CCAA or the equivalent provisions of the Bankruptcy Code (provided such further order is in form and substance acceptable to Buyer) (each, a “Further Order”); (ii) such Seller shall use best efforts to obtain the Approval and Vesting Order or such Further Order on such terms as are necessary to give effect to such assignment and on requisite notice to the affected contractual counterparty(ies) and in such form and substance acceptable to Buyer; and (iii) if such assignment occurs, Buyer shall accept the assignment of such Assumed Contract on the terms provided by the Approval and Vesting Order or such Further Order. (d) Unless the Parties otherwise agree, to the extent that any Cure Amount is payable with respect to any Assumed Contract, Buyer shall, where such Assumed Contract is assigned pursuant to the Approval and Vesting Order or such Further Order, pay such Cure Amount in accordance with such order, or as otherwise may be agreed to by Buyer and such counterparty, and following such payment, none of Buyer, the Canadian Buyer or any Affiliate thereof shall have any Liability therefor.‌ (e) Promptly (and in no event fewer than five (5) Business Days) following the date hereof, (i) the Sellers shall deliver to Buyer a schedule (the “Cure Amounts Schedule”) that contains a true and complete list of each counterparty to each Assumed Contract to which any Asset Seller is a party and is related to, used in or necessary for the operations of the Business (as conducted prior to February 26, 2025) or the construction of the Hub and the Sellers’ good faith estimate of the Cure Amount payable with respect to such Assumed Contract, the currency in which each payment obligation is to be settled (and a conversion to United States dollars for obligations denominated in another currency) and payment details for each counterparty (which details may be separately provided instead of included in the Cure Costs Schedule) and (ii) shall file with the CCAA Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and serve a written notice (each, a “Cure Notice”) to the non-Seller counterparty to each Contract listed on the Cure Amounts Schedule that requires the non-Seller counterparty to respond to such notice by a deadline or be bound to the Cure Amount in such notice. From time to time, Seller Parent shall update such Cure Amounts Schedule to reflect any finally determined Cure Amounts (whether by Court Order pursuant to section 11.3 of the CCAA or equivalent provisions of the Bankruptcy Code or as mutually agreed among the applicable Seller, Buyer and the third-party thereto) (the “Updated Cure Amount Schedule”). (f) If any objections are timely filed by, or received from, any non-Seller counterparty in response to a Cure Notice, the Sellers, in consultation with the Buyer, shall take all reasonably necessary actions to resolve any such objections with such non- Seller counterparty; provided that any and all such resolutions with respect to any Assumed Contract shall be acceptable to Buyer. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) Buyer shall be entitled to designate any Contract set forth on the Cure Amount Schedule (as may be updated from time to time) that is subject to a cure dispute (a “Disputed Contract”), as an Excluded Contract, by providing written notice (email being sufficient) to Seller Parent at any time during the pendency of the dispute and, in any event, no later than the earlier of (x) within five (5) Business Days after the date on which such dispute has been finally determined either by mutual agreement among the applicable Seller, Buyer and the third-party thereto or by Further Order or (y) the date Seller Parent ceases to exist (such date, the “Designation Deadline”), (ii) the Sellers shall not seek any order to abridge the foregoing rights of Buyer, and (iii) Buyer shall not be obligated, under any circumstances, to pay any Cure Amounts on account of any such disputed Contract that is designated an Excluded Contract pursuant to this Section 2.7. Absent such designation, Sellers shall be deemed to have assumed and assigned such disputed Contract in accordance with the terms hereof applicable to Assumed Contracts on the Designation Deadline and Sellers shall enter into and deliver such necessary assignment and assumptions agreements, if any, to reflect the transfer of such Contract to Buyer (or its designated Affiliate) or Canadian Buyer, as applicable.‌ (g) If, at any time prior to the Closing Date, any Party becomes aware that it is a party to a Contract of any Asset Seller that is not listed on the Cure Amount Schedule (each, an “Undisclosed Contract”), any Party will update the Cure Amount Schedule with respect to such Undisclosed Contract and (i) file with the CCAA Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and serve a such updated schedule, and (ii) serve, a Cure Notice, which notice shall include such updated schedule, to the non-Seller counterparty to such Undisclosed Contract. If any objection period with respect to such Undisclosed Contract expires on or after the Closing Date, such Undisclosed Contract shall be deemed a Contract subject to a cure dispute for purposes of Section 2.7(f) and Buyer shall have all rights with respect to such Contract as set forth in Section 2.7 as if a cure objection had been filed, or received from, any non-Seller counterparty in response to a Cure Notice in advance of the Closing Date.‌ (h) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if from and after the date hereof through the Closing, the Sellers will not reject or take any action (aor fail to take any action that would result in rejection by operation of Law) to reject, repudiate or disclaim any Contract without the prior written consent of Buyer. (i) Notwithstanding any Person is required other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign to Buyer or transfer any Assets Transferred Asset or any claim, claim or right or any benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom and if an attempted assignment or transfer thereof, without the consent of a third party (b) including any Government Entity), would constitute a breach or other contravention thereof or a violation of applicable Law or Order of the CCAA Court or the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. If, on the Closing Date, any such consent has not been obtained on obtained, or prior if an attempted transfer or assignment thereof would be ineffective or a violation of applicable Law or Order of the CCAA Court or the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, or, in the case of any Disputed Contract, the applicable Seller and Buyer will, subject to Section 6.8 and Section 6.9, cooperate in good faith to enter into a mutually agreeable arrangement under which, for up to six (6) months following Closing or until such earlier date upon which the Closing Date (each an “Assignment Excluded Asset”)applicable Seller ceases to exist, (i) Buyer would, in compliance with applicable Law or Order of the CCAA Court or the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, obtain the benefits and assume the obligations and bear the economic burdens associated with such Assignment Excluded Transferred Asset shall be deemed not to have been assigned in accordance with this Agreement, including, for example (and without limitation of other similar arrangements being employed instead and in place thereof), by subcontracting, sublicensing or subleasing such Transferred Asset to Buyer and Buyer shall be deemed not to have assumed any Liabilities related thereto, or (ii) the Sellers would enforce for the benefit (and at the expense) of Buyer any and all of the Sellers’ rights, claims or benefit against a third party associated with such failure shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement TransferredAAsset and (iii) from and after the Closing, with respect Sellers would promptly pay to each Assignment Excluded Buyer when received all monies received by them under any such Transferred Asset, Seller shall cooperate in good faith with Buyer claim, right or benefit (which shall take the lead in such process) and use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for the transfer of such Assignment Excluded Asset to Buyer within thirty (30) days net of the Closing Date, unless and until it becomes evident that such Sellers’ expenses incurred in connection with any assignment is not reasonably practicable without undue cost or delay. Schedule 2.5 hereto sets forth all Assignment Excluded Assets. To facilitate the transfer of the Assignment Excluded Assets, Seller and Buyer hereby agree to provide each other certain services following the Closing pursuant to the terms of an Intercompany Services Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Services Agreement”performance contemplated by this Section 2.7(h). In the event Seller shall receive payment for accounts receivable, which constitute Assets, following the Closing, it shall promptly remit such payments to Buyer. In the event Buyer shall receive payment for accounts receivable, which constitute Excluded Assets, following the Closing, it shall promptly remit such payments to Seller).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Equity and Asset Purchase Agreement

Assumption and Assignment of Assumed Contracts. (a) When delivered in accordance with Section 6.11, Schedule 2.5(a) will set forth a list of the executory Contracts to which one or more Sellers is a party, together with estimated Cure Amounts for each Assumed Contract (the “Available Contracts”) which may be updated to add Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business or otherwise not prohibited by this Agreement following the date hereof. By the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing (such date, the “Determination Date”), Buyer shall designate in writing (each such writing, a “Designation Notice”) which Available Contracts from Schedule 2.5(a) that Buyer wishes for Sellers to assume and assign to Buyer at the Closing (the “Assumed Contracts”). Buyer shall have the right to amend a Designation Notice in any respect at any time prior to the Determination Date. All Contracts of the Sellers that are listed on Schedule 2.5(a) and which Buyer does not designate in writing pursuant to a Designation Notice for assumption shall not constitute Assumed Contracts or Purchased Assets and shall automatically be deemed Excluded Assets; provided, however, that if an Available Contract is subject to a Cure Amount dispute or other dispute as to the assumption or assignment of such Available Contract that has not been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of Buyer and the Sellers prior to the Determination Date, then the Determination Date shall be extended (but only with respect to such Available Contract) to no later than the earlier of (A) the date on which such dispute has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of Buyer and the Sellers, (B) the date on which such Available Contract is deemed rejected by operation of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and (C) the date upon which such dispute is finally determined by the Bankruptcy Court (the “Extended Contract Period”). If a Designation Notice with respect to such Available Contract is not delivered by Buyer in writing by the date which is three (3) Business Days following the expiration of such Extended Contract Period, such Available Contract shall be automatically deemed an Excluded Asset. For the avoidance of doubt, except as set forth in Section 2.3, Buyer shall not assume or otherwise have any Liability with respect to any Excluded Asset. At Buyer’s reasonable request, the Sellers shall make reasonably available to Buyer the appropriate employees of the Sellers necessary to discuss the outstanding Available Contracts. (b) The Sellers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions required by the Bankruptcy Court to obtain an Order (which shall be the Sale Order, unless as otherwise determined by Buyer) containing a finding that the proposed assumption and assignment of the Assumed Contracts to Buyer satisfies all applicable requirements of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. (c) At the Closing, the Sellers shall, pursuant to the Sale Order and the Bill of Sale and Assignment and Assumption Agreement, assume and assign, or cause to be assigned, to Buyer, each of the Assumed Contracts that is capable of being assumed and assigned as of such date. (d) Buyer will cooperate with the Sellers in communicating with third parties to Available Contracts as may be reasonably necessary to assist the Sellers in establishing that Buyer has satisfied the requirement of adequate assurance of future performance contained in sections 365(b)(1)(C) and 365(f) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the applicable Available Contracts. (e) In the event Sellers are unable to assign any such Assumed Contract to Buyer without the consent of another Person, then the Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, and to cooperate in obtaining, all required consents necessary to assume and assign such Assumed Contracts to Buyer; provided that Sellers shall not be required to expend any money. (f) Within three (3) Business Days after entry of the Bidding Procedures Order, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Sellers shall file a list of the Available Contracts (the “Assumption Notice”) with the Bankruptcy Court and shall serve such Assumption Notice via first class mail on each counterparty to an Available Contract listed thereon. The Assumption Notice shall identify all Available Contracts and set forth a good faith estimate of the amount of the Cure Amounts applicable to each such Contract. (g) Not later than one (1) Business Day following the Determination Date, Sellers shall file with the Bankruptcy Court an amended and restated Assumption Notice, which notice shall set forth only the Assumed Contracts (and exclude all other Available Contracts). (h) On the Closing Date, Seller shall assign the Assumed Contracts to Buyer. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if (a) the consent of any Person is required to assign to Buyer any Assets or any claim, right or benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom and (b) such consent has not been obtained on or prior to the Closing Date (each an “Assignment Excluded Asset”), (i) such Assignment Excluded Asset shall be deemed not to have been assigned to Buyer and Buyer shall be deemed not to have assumed any Liabilities related thereto, (ii) such failure shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement and (iii) from and after the Closing, with respect to each Assignment Excluded Asset, Seller shall cooperate in good faith with Buyer (which shall take the lead in such process) and use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for the transfer of such Assignment Excluded Asset to Buyer within thirty (30) days Cure Amounts not disputed as of the Closing Date, unless the Buyer shall pay all Cure Amounts to the applicable counterparty and until it becomes evident Sellers shall have no Liability therefor. With respect to Cure Amounts that such assignment is not reasonably practicable without undue cost or delay. Schedule 2.5 hereto sets forth all Assignment Excluded Assets. To facilitate the transfer are disputed as of the Assignment Excluded AssetsClosing Date, Seller the Parties shall cooperate and Buyer hereby agree to provide each other certain services following diligently pursue resolution of such disputes. Upon the Closing pursuant to the terms resolution of an Intercompany Services Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Services Agreement”). In the event Seller shall receive payment for accounts receivable, which constitute Assets, any disputed Cure Amount following the Closing, it shall promptly remit such payments to Buyer. In the event Buyer shall receive pay such Cure Amount promptly, and in no event later than two (2) Business Days following such resolution. (i) Upon payment for accounts receivableby Buyer of all Cure Amounts, which constitute Excluded Assetsall defaults under the Assumed Contracts (monetary or otherwise) shall be deemed cured. (j) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, following from and after the date hereof through the Closing, it shall promptly remit such payments the Sellers will not reject or take any action (or fail to Sellertake any action that would result in rejection by operation of Law) to reject, repudiate or disclaim any of their Contracts without the prior written consent of ▇▇▇▇▇.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Near Intelligence, Inc.)

Assumption and Assignment of Assumed Contracts. On (a) Schedule 2.5(a) sets forth a list of the executory Contracts to which one or more Sellers is a party, together with estimated Cure Amounts for each Assumed Contract (the “Available Contracts”), which Schedule 2.5(a) may be updated to add Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business or otherwise not prohibited by this Agreement following the date hereof. By the date that is four (4) Business Days prior to the Closing Date(such date, Seller the “Determination Deadline”), Buyer shall designate in writing (each such writing, a “Designation Notice”) which Available Contracts from Schedule 2.5 (a) that Buyer wishes for Sellers to assume and assign to Buyer at the Closing (the “Assumed Contracts”). Buyer shall have the right to amend a Designation Notice in any respect at any time prior to the Determination Deadline. All Contracts of the Sellers that are listed on Schedule 2.5(a) and which Buyer does not designate in writing pursuant to a Designation Notice for assumption shall not constitute Assumed Contracts or Purchased Assets and shall automatically be deemed Excluded Assets; provided, however, that if an Available Contract is subject to a Cure Amount dispute or other dispute as to the assumption or assignment of such Available Contract that has not been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of Buyer and the Sellers prior to the Determination Deadline, then the Determination Deadline shall be extended (but only with respect to such Available Contract) to no later than the earlier of (A) the date on which such dispute has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of Buyer and the Sellers, (B) the date on which such Available Contract is deemed rejected by operation of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and (C) the date upon which such dispute is finally determined by the Bankruptcy Court (the “Extended Contract Period”). If a Designation Notice with respect to such Available Contract is not delivered by Buyer in writing by the date which is three (3) Business Days following the expiration of such Extended Contract Period, such Available Contract shall be automatically deemed an Excluded Asset. For the avoidance of doubt, except as set forth in Section 2.3, Buyer shall not assume or otherwise have any Liability with respect to any Excluded Asset. At Buyer’s reasonable request, the Sellers shall make reasonably available to Buyer the appropriate employees of the Sellers necessary to discuss the outstanding Available Contracts. (b) The Sellers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions required by the Bankruptcy Court to obtain an Order (which shall be the Sale Order, unless as otherwise determined by Buyer) containing a finding that the proposed assumption and assignment of the Assumed Contracts to Buyer. Notwithstanding anything herein to Buyer satisfies all applicable requirements of section 365 of the contrary, if Bankruptcy Code. (ac) the consent of any Person is required to assign to Buyer any Assets or any claim, right or benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom and (b) such consent has not been obtained on or prior to the Closing Date (each an “Assignment Excluded Asset”), (i) such Assignment Excluded Asset shall be deemed not to have been assigned to Buyer and Buyer shall be deemed not to have assumed any Liabilities related thereto, (ii) such failure shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement and (iii) from and after At the Closing, the Sellers shall, pursuant to the Sale Order and the Bill of Sale and Assignment and Assumption Agreement, assume and assign, or cause to be assigned, to Buyer, each of the Assumed Contracts that is capable of being assumed and assigned as of such date. (d) Buyer will cooperate with the Sellers in communicating with third parties to Available Contracts as may be reasonably necessary to assist the Sellers in establishing that Buyer has satisfied the requirement of adequate assurance of future performance contained in sections 365(b)(1)(C) and 365(f) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to each Assignment Excluded Asset, Seller shall cooperate in good faith with Buyer (which shall take the lead in such process) and use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for the transfer of such Assignment Excluded Asset to Buyer within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date, unless and until it becomes evident that such assignment is not reasonably practicable without undue cost or delay. Schedule 2.5 hereto sets forth all Assignment Excluded Assets. To facilitate the transfer of the Assignment Excluded Assets, Seller and Buyer hereby agree to provide each other certain services following the Closing pursuant to the terms of an Intercompany Services Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Services Agreement”). In the event Seller shall receive payment for accounts receivable, which constitute Assets, following the Closing, it shall promptly remit such payments to Buyer. In the event Buyer shall receive payment for accounts receivable, which constitute Excluded Assets, following the Closing, it shall promptly remit such payments to Sellerapplicable Available Contracts.

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Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Troika Media Group, Inc.)