Escrow Closing Buyer and Seller acknowledge and understand that the closing of the sale may be handled by an escrow agent and that the listing broker is authorized to transfer the xxxxxxx money or any other funds received to the escrow agent. After the transfer, Broker shall have no further responsibility or liability to Buyer or Seller to account for the funds. Escrow agent’s charges shall be equally divided between Buyer and Seller.
Closing Escrow The Closing shall take place by means of a so called “New York style” escrow (the “Closing Escrow”), and, at or prior to the Closing, the Parties shall enter into a closing escrow agreement with the Escrow Agent with respect to the Closing Escrow in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Seller, Purchaser and the Escrow Agent (the “Closing Escrow Agreement”) pursuant to which (i) the Purchase Price to be paid by Purchaser pursuant to Section 3.3 shall be deposited with Escrow Agent, (ii) all of the documents required to be delivered by Seller and Purchaser at Closing pursuant to this Agreement shall be deposited with Escrow Agent, and (iii) at Closing, the Purchase Price (as adjusted pursuant to Section 3.1) and the Xxxxxxx Money shall be disbursed to Seller and the documents deposited into the Closing Escrow shall be delivered to Seller and Purchaser (as the case may be) pursuant to the Closing Escrow Agreement.
Pre-Closing Promptly upon the execution of this Agreement, Seller shall notify the Manufacturer regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Buyer (or its affiliate) shall promptly apply to the Manufacturer for the issuance of a contractual right to operate an automobile dealership upon the Premises. The Parties shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain Manufacturer approval as soon as possible. Seller shall promptly provide the requisite information, documents and access necessary to prepare for Closing and ensure a seamless operational transfer of the Assets. Effective as of the Closing, Seller shall terminate its Dealer Sales and Service Agreements with the Manufacturer relative to the Dealership location and execute and deliver all of the Manufacturer’s customary documents and promptly remove Manufacturer’s intellectual property from all publicly visible Excluded Assets in every form and medium (i.e., retained internet sites, signs, etc.). Seller shall fully cooperate with Buyer, and take all reasonable steps to assist Buyer, in Buyer’s efforts to obtain its own similar Dealer Sales and Service Agreements with the Manufacturer. All actions to be taken at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement will be deemed to have occurred simultaneously, and no action, document or transaction will be deemed to have been taken, delivered or effected, until all such actions, documents and transactions have been taken, delivered or effected. Promptly after the Closing, Seller shall transfer to Buyer certificates of title or origin for all vehicles and all of its registration lists, owner follow-up lists and service files on hand as of the Closing, provided that such lists and files relate to the Assets. If Seller presents assets for purchase post-Closing that would have otherwise been Assets, then such assets may be purchased at a mutually agreed to price or otherwise retained by Seller. Buyer is not required to submit an offer. This does not apply to in-transit vehicles from the Manufacturer. Buyer shall retain and safeguard the pre-Closing customer paper deal jackets retained by Buyer in accordance with law, and, until Buyer destroys such records in accordance with company policy in effect from time to time, Seller shall have reasonable access to Seller’s pre-Closing customer records (e.g., paper deal jackets) and any records related to Assigned Contracts after the Closing for any legitimate purpose, such as (by way of example and not by limitation) for resolving customer inquiries.
Release of Escrow Funds The Escrow Funds shall be paid by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the following:
Release from Escrow (1) The Shareholder irrevocably directs the Escrow Agent to retain the Shares until the Shares are released from escrow pursuant to subsection (2) or surrendered for cancellation pursuant to section 8.
Indemnity Escrow At Closing, cash constituting a portion of the Purchase Price in the amount of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) (the “Indemnity Escrow”) shall be placed in an interest-bearing escrow account as security for Sellers’ indemnity obligations set forth in this Agreement. The terms and conditions for the release or forfeiture of the Indemnity Escrow are more particularly set forth in that certain Indemnity Escrow Agreement which shall be executed and delivered by Purchaser, Sellers and the escrow agent at Closing substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1(b) (the “Indemnity Escrow Agreement”); provided that within one (1) Business Day following the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the Closing Date, the Escrow Agent shall deliver to Sellers any amounts remaining in the Indemnity Escrow account, less any amounts that are the subject of a Claim Notice (as defined in the Escrow Agreement) delivered to the Escrow Agent prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the Closing Date which has not been resolved (“Disputed Amounts”) pursuant to the terms set forth in the Escrow Agreement, such resolution to be evidenced by a written instrument signed by Sellers and Purchaser and delivered to the Escrow Agent. Within one (1) Business Day after the resolution of a dispute as to any Disputed Amounts pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall release (A) to Purchaser the amount, if any, payable to the Purchaser in connection with such resolved Disputed Amounts and (B) to Sellers, the remaining balance of the Indemnity Escrow plus all accrued interest thereon, minus any remaining Disputed Amounts.
Escrow and Closing 8.1 Upon acceptance hereof by Seller, this Agreement, including any counter-offers incorporated herein by the Parties, shall constitute not only the agreement of purchase and sale between Buyer and Seller, but also instructions to Escrow Holder for the consummation of the Agreement through the Escrow. Escrow Holder shall not prepare any further escrow instructions restating or amending the Agreement unless specifically so instructed by the Parties or a Broker herein. Subject to the reasonable approval of the Parties, Escrow Holder may, however, include its standard general escrow provisions.
Actions at Closing At the Closing, the following actions will take place:
Seller Closing Deliveries No later than 1 Business Day prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall deliver to Escrow Agent, each of the following items:
Seller’s Deliveries at Closing At the Closing, Seller will deliver or cause to be delivered to Buyer:
