ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT By and Among SVB SECURITIES, INC. and SILICON VALLEY BANCSHARES on the one hand, and ALLIANT PARTNERS and, for the purposes of Article 3, Section 5.09 and Article 10 hereof only, JAMES KOCHMAN, GEORGE VON GEHR, NORMAN T. HALL,...Asset Purchase Agreement • October 2nd, 2001 • Silicon Valley Bancshares • State commercial banks • California
THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of August 16, 2001 (this "Agreement"), is by and among Alliant Partners, a California corporation ("Seller"), and, for the purposes of Article 3, Section 5.09 and Article 10 hereof only, James Kochman, George Von Gehr, Norman T. Hall, and Thomas Bentley, as the principal shareholders of Seller (collectively the "Founder Shareholders" and together with Seller, the "Seller Parties") on the one hand, and Silicon Valley Bancshares, a Delaware corporation ("Parent") and SVB Securities, Inc., a California corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Purchaser") on the other hand. Initially capitalized terms have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Article I or as otherwise defined herein.
