UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 

FORT LAUDERDALE DIVISION 

www.flsb.uscourts.gov 

In re: 

LIBERTY POWER HOLDINGS, LLC, 

LPT, LLC, 

LIBERTY POWER MARYLAND, LLC, 

LIBERTY POWER DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 

LLC, 

 Debtors. 

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Chapter 11 Cases 

Case No. 21-13797-SMG 

Case No. 21-15537-SMG 

Case No. 21-15539-SMG 

Case No. 21-15540-SMG 

(Jointly Administered 21-13979-SMG) 

ORDER (I) APPROVING SALE OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS FREE AND CLEAR

OF LIENS, CLAIMS, ENCUMBRANCES, 

AND OTHER INTERESTS, (II) AUTHORIZING ASSUMPTION AND 

ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED 

LEASES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND (III) GRANTING RELATED RELIEF 

THIS MATTER came before the Court for hearing on September 10, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. 

(the “Sale Hearing”) upon the Expedited Motion For The Entry Of An Order (1) Approving 

Competitive Bidding Procedures For The Sale Of Substantially All Of The Debtor’s Assets, (2) 

Scheduling Dates To Conduct Auction And Sale Hearing, (3) Approving The Form And Manner 

Scott M. Grossman, Judge

_____________________________________________________________________________ United States Bankruptcy Court

ORDERED in the Southern District of Florida on September 13, 2021.

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Of Notices, (4) Approving The Sale Of Substantially All Of The Debtor’s Assets Free And Clear 

Of All Liens, Claims, Encumbrances And Interests, (5) Approving Assumption And Assignment 

Procedures For Executory Contracts, And (6) Granting Related Relief [ECF No. 98] (the 

“Motion”)1 of the above-captioned debtors and debtors in possession (collectively, the “Debtors”) 

for entry of an order (this “Sale Order”) (i) approving the sale of all or substantially all of the 

Debtors’ assets (collectively, the “Assets”)2 free and clear of all liens, claims, encumbrances, and 

other interests, (ii) authorizing the assumption and assignment of certain of the Debtors’ executory 

contracts and unexpired non-residential real property leases, and (iii) granting related relief, all as 

more fully set forth in the Motion; and this Court (a) having entered the Order Granting the 

Debtor’s Expedited Motion for Entry of an Order (1) Approving Competitive Bidding Procedures 

for the Sale of Substantially All of the Debtor’s Assets, (2) Scheduling Dates to Conduct Auction 

and Sale Hearing, (3) Approving the Form and Manner of Notices, (4) Approving the Sale of 

Substantially All of the Debtor’s Assets Free and Clear of All Liens, Claims, Encumbrances and 

Interests, (5) Approving Assumption and Assignment Procedures for Executory Contracts, and (6) 

Granting Related Relief [ECF No. 156] (as modified and supplemented by the Order Granting 

Debtors’ Expedited Motion for the Entry of a Supplemental Order (I) Approving the Sale of Assets 

of the Subsidiary Debtors through the Court’s Bid Procedures Order, (II) Approving Revised Form 

of Notices, (III) Authorizing Notice of Sale by Email and Publication, and (IV) Granting Related 

Relief [ECF No. 264], the Order Granting Debtors’ Ex-Parte Motion to Extend Deadline to Serve 

 

1 Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Asset 

Purchase Agreement (as defined herein), or if not defined therein, in the Motion or the Bidding Procedures Order (as 

defined herein), as applicable. 

2 While the Motion sought authority to sell all or substantially all of the Debtors’ Assets, this Sale Order addresses 

only the Purchased Assets. Nothing in this Sale Order in any way transfers, sells or otherwise conveys title to any 

assets other than the Purchased Assets. 

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Certain Cure Notices [ECF No. 282], the Order Granting Debtors’ Ore Tenus Motion to Continue 

Sale Hearing and to Extend All Related Objection Deadlines [ECF No. 320], and the Notice of (I) 

Extension of Bid Deadline, (II) Change of Date and Location of Auction, and (III) Continuance of 

Sale Hearing [ECF No. 323]) (collectively, the “Bidding Procedures Order”); (b) having entered 

the Stalking Horse Order (as defined below) on August 25, 2021, and NRG Retail LLC having 

been selected as the Successful Bidder as noted in the Notice of (I) Cancellation Of Auction 

Scheduled For September 1, 2021 At 9:00 a.m., and (II) Designation Of Stalking Horse Bidder As 

The Purchaser [ECF No. 352] (the “Notice of Successful Bidder”) filed with this Court on August 

31, 2021; (c) upon the Buyer and the Debtors having entered into that certain Asset Purchase 

Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2021, as modified by that certain Notice of Filing Modifications 

to Stalking Horse Agreement [ECF No. 339] (the “Notice of Modifications”) (as may be further 

amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the 

terms hereof and thereof, the “Asset Purchase Agreement”), a copy of which was attached to the 

Notice of Modifications; (d) having reviewed the Motion and the Asset Purchase Agreement; (e) 

having considered the evidence proffered and presented by the Debtors and accepted into 

evidence at the Hearing, including specifically (i) the testimony of Bob Butler, the Debtors’ 

Chief Restructuring Officer, set forth on the record at the Sale Hearing and as set forth in that 

certain Declaration of Bob Butler, Chief Restructuring Officer in Support of the Sale Order, 

dated September 8, 2021 [ECF No. 370], which was admitted into evidence as the Debtors’ 

Exhibit 4, (ii) the testimony of Harold Marx, a Director of NRG Energy Inc., set forth on the 

record at the Sale Hearing and as set forth in that certain Declaration of Harold Marx in 

Support of the Sale Order, dated September 8, 2021 [ECF No. 371], which was admitted into 

evidence as the Debtors’ Exhibit 5, and (iii) the fully executed Asset Purchase Agreement, 

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which was admitted into evidence as the Debtors’ Exhibit 1, the Amended Notice of Buyer’s 

Designation of Affiliate Assignees Under the Asset Purchase Agreement for Regulatory 

Purposes, dated September 9, 2021 [ECF No. 377], which was admitted into evidence as the 

Debtors’ Exhibit 2, and the Notice of Filing Proposed Draft Sale Order, dated September 3, 

2021 [ECF No. 357], which was admitted into evidence as the Debtors’ Exhibit 3 solely for 

the purpose of providing notice of the agreed form of proposed Sale Order as between the 

Debtors and the Buyer; (f) having entered an Order (the “New Customer Notice Order”) 

contemporaneously herewith granting the Debtors’ Expedited Motion (I) to Establish Noticing 

Procedures for the Assumption and Assignment of New Customer Accounts, (II) to Approve 

Form of Notice to Holders of New Customer Accounts, (III) to Extend Deadline for the Cure 

Notice in Connection Therewith, and (IV) For Related Relief [ECF No. 358] (the “New 

Customer Notice Motion”); (g) having reviewed and considered (i) the Reservation of Rights 

and Limited Objection of PJM Interconnection. LLC [ECF No. 355] (the “PJM Objection”), (ii) 

the Postal Center International’s Limited Objection to the Sale of Debtors’ Assets [ECF No. 364] 

and the Postal Center International’s Objection to Debtors’ Intent to Assume and Assign Certain 

Executory Contracts [ECF No. 356] (collectively, the “Postal Center Objections”), (iii) the 

Objection to the Debtor’s Stated Cure Amount served on Debtors’ counsel and not filed with the 

Court by National Utilities Services, Inc. (the “NUS Informal Objection”), (iv) the informal 

limited objection received from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (“ERCOT”) (the 

“ERCOT Objection”), (v) the Objection to Debtors’ Sale of Substantially All Debtors’ Assets 

and Debtors’ Proposed Sale Order filed by BLT Steak LLC and BLT Fish LLC [ECF No. 366] 

(the “BLT Objection”), (vi) the Objection and Reservation of Rights to Sale of Substantially All 

Debtors’ Assets and Debtors’ Proposed Draft Sale Order filed by Samuel Katz and Lynne 

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Rhoades [ECF No. 365] (the “Katz Objection”), (vii) the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’s 

Limited Objection to Debtor’s Anticipated Sale of Substantially All of Its Assets (the 

“Massachusetts Objection”) [ECF No. 345], and (viii) The Illinois Attorney General’s Limited 

Objection to Debtor’s Sale of All or Substantially All of its Assets [ECF No. 362] (the “Illinois 

Objection”), (h) having reviewed and considered the Debtors’ Omnibus Response to Objections 

to Sale Motion and Related Matters [ECF No. 374], (i) it appearing that proper and adequate 

notice of the Motion, the Bidding Procedures Order, the Bidding Procedures and the Sale Hearing 

having been given to all parties entitled thereto, and that no other or further notice need be given; 

and (j) this Court having determined that the relief requested in the Motion is in the best interests 

of the Debtors, their estates, their creditors, and other parties in interest and upon the record of the 

Sale Hearing and all the proceedings before this Court; and after due deliberation thereon; and 

good and sufficient cause appearing therefor, 

IT IS HEREBY FOUND AND DETERMINED THAT:3

Jurisdiction, Final Order, and Statutory Predicates 

A. This Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine the Motion under 28 U.S.C. 

§§ 157 and 1334. This is a core proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 157(b). Venue of the abovecaptioned chapter 11 cases (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) and the Motion is proper under 28 U.S.C. 

§§ 1408 and 1409. 

B. The statutory predicates for the relief sought in the Motion are sections 105, 363 

and 365 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), rules 2002, 6004, 6006, 

 

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The findings and conclusions set forth herein constitute this Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant 

to Bankruptcy Rule 7052, made applicable to this proceeding pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9014. To the extent that 

any of the following findings of fact constitute conclusions of law, they are adopted as such. To the extent any of the 

following conclusions of law constitute findings of fact, they are adopted as such. 

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and 9014 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the “Bankruptcy Rules”), and rule 6004-

1 of the Local Rules of Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure of the United States Bankruptcy Court 

for the Southern District of Florida (the “Local Rules”). The consummation of the transactions 

contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement and this Sale Order (collectively, the 

“Transactions”) is legal, valid and properly authorized under all applicable provisions of the 

Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules and the Local Rules, and the Debtors, on the one hand, 

and the Buyer and its affiliates, on the other hand, have complied with all of the applicable 

requirements of such sections and rules in respect of the Transactions. 

Notice of the Sale, Auction and the Cure Payments 

A. As evidenced by the certificates of service filed with this Court,4 proper, timely, 

adequate, and sufficient notice of, inter alia, the Motion, the Bidding Procedures Order, the 

potential Auction (although cancelled pursuant to the Bidding Procedures Order and the Notice of 

Successful Bidder), the Sale Hearing, the sale of the Purchased Assets, and the transactions 

described in the Asset Purchase Agreement, and all deadlines related to the foregoing, has been 

provided to all parties entitled to receive such notice under the Bidding Procedures Order and 

applicable rules and provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including sections 363 and 365 of the 

Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rules 2002, 6004, 6006, 9006, 9007, and 9014, and Local Rule 

6004-1, and the orders of this Court. Such notice was, and is, good, sufficient, and appropriate 

under the circumstances of these Chapter 11 Cases, provided a fair and reasonable opportunity for 

parties in interest to object and be in heard with respect to the foregoing. Accordingly, no other 

or further notice with respect to such matters is necessary or shall be required. 

 

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See ECF Nos. 100, 157, 257, 269, 272, 280, 291, 298, 299, 300, 306, 314, 341, 346, 360, 361, 367, 380 and 381. 

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B. On or before July 22, 2021, the Debtors served on each of the counterparties to the 

Contracts an Assumption Notice in accordance with the Bidding Procedures Order. 5 The service 

of the Assumption Notices was sufficient under the circumstances and in full compliance with the 

Bidding Procedures Order, and no further notice need be provided in respect of the Debtors’ 

assumption and assignment to the Buyer of any Contracts (excluding any contracts that become 

Excluded Assets in accordance with the Asset Purchase Agreement after the date hereof, 

collectively, the “Assigned Contracts”) or the Cure Costs for any Assigned Contract. All 

counterparties to the Assigned Contracts have had an adequate opportunity to object to the 

assumption and assignment of the Assigned Contracts and the Cure Costs. Service of the 

Assumption Notices was appropriate and reasonably calculated to provide all counterparties to the 

Assigned Contracts with timely and proper notice of the potential assumption and assignment of 

the Assigned Contracts in connection with the sale of the Purchased Assets and the related Cure 

Costs. 

C. On July 16, 2021, the Debtors served the Notice of Auction and Sale (the “Auction 

and Sale Notice”) on all parties required to receive such notice under the Bidding Procedures 

Order and applicable rules. On July 20, 2021 the Debtors published a substantially similar form 

of such Auction and Sale Notice in the national edition of USA Today6 and the website maintained 

by the Debtors’ claims and noticing agent, Stretto. Such publication of the Auction and Sale Notice 

conforms in all material respects to the requirements of the Bidding Procedures Order and 

Bankruptcy Rules 2002(l) and 9008 and was reasonably calculated to provide notice to any 

affected party and afford any affected party the opportunity to exercise any rights related to the 

 

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See ECF Nos. 299, 300, 306, 314, 380 and 381. 

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See ECF No. 272. 

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Motion and the relief granted by this Sale Order. Service and publication of the Auction and Sale 

Notice was appropriate and reasonably calculated to provide all interested parties with timely and 

proper notice of the sale of the Assets, including the proposed sale of the Purchased Assets free 

and clear of all liens, claims, encumbrances, and other interests, the Transactions, the Bidding 

Procedures, the Auction, and the Sale Hearing. 

D. The Debtors filed the Notice of Successful Bidder with this Court on August 31, 

2021 and served such notice on all parties required to receive such notice under the Bidding 

Procedures Order and applicable law. Such notice was appropriate and reasonably calculated to 

provide all interested parties with timely and proper notice of the cancellation of the Auction and 

the identity of the Successful Bidder. 

Final DIP Financing 

E. On May 27, 2001, the Court entered the Final Order Under Bankruptcy Code 

Sections 105, 361, 362, 363, 364 and 507(b) and Bankruptcy Rules 2002, 4001, 6004 and 9014, 

(I) Authorizing Debtor (A) to Use Cash Collateral, and (B) to Obtain Senior Secured Post-Petition 

Financing, and (II) Granting Related Relief [ECF No. 153] (the “Final DIP Financing Order”) 

authorizing Liberty Power Holdings, LLC (“LPH” or “Debtor”) to, inter alia, obtain secured 

post-petition financing from Boston Energy Trading and Marketing, LLC (“BETM”) and grant 

BETM adequate protection. Pursuant to the Final DIP Financing Order, (i) LPH acknowledged 

the amount of the Pre-Petition Indebtedness (as defined in the Final DIP Financing Order) due to 

BETM, and (ii) the validity, priority and extent of BETM’s first priority, senior liens securing 

repayment of the Pre-Petition Obligations7. The Final DIP Financing Order granted creditors and 

 

7 “Pre-Petition Obligations” are the Pre-Petition Indebtedness and all other obligations of the Debtor to BETM under 

the Pre-Petition Agreements (as defined in the Final DIP Financing Order). 

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parties-in-interest through July 26, 2021 within which to object or otherwise challenge the 

stipulations made by LPH in the Final DIP Financing Order, or to assert any other claim or cause 

of action against BETM (the “Challenge Deadline”). No creditor or party-in-interest filed an 

objection, claim or cause of action on or before the Challenge Deadline. The stipulations and 

acknowledgements made by LPH in the Final DIP Financing Order are binding on all creditors 

and parties-in-interest, including any subsequently appointed trustee for the Debtors. BETM holds 

a first priority, properly perfected and duly enforceable security interest in the Purchased Assets, 

which such security interest will attach the sale proceeds at the applicable Closings but shall not 

encumber, be attached to, or otherwise burden the Purchased Assets in any way from and after the 

applicable Closings. 

The Stalking Horse Bid 

F. Pursuant to the Bidding Procedures Order, the Debtors were authorized (but not 

required) to exercise their business judgment, in consultation and with the consent of BETM, to 

(i) select and designate one or more Potential Bidders to act as a Stalking Horse Bidder for up to 

substantially all of the Assets, (ii) negotiate the terms of, and enter into a Stalking Horse 

Agreement, and (iii) agree to certain bid protections for the benefit of such Stalking Horse Bidder, 

subject to approval of the Court after notice and an opportunity to object. 

G. After extensive, arm’s length, good faith negotiations among the Debtors and the 

Buyer, and their respective advisors, in accordance with the Bidding Procedures Order, on August 

20, 2021, the Debtors and the Buyer finalized the Asset Purchase Agreement wherein the Debtors 

and the Buyer agreed that the Buyer would serve as the stalking horse bidder for the Purchased 

Assets, and the Transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement would serve as the 

Stalking Horse Bid, subject to entry of the Stalking Horse Order. 

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H. On August 20, 2021, the Debtors filed with the Court and appropriately served the 

Debtors’ Expedited Motion (I) To Approve Designation Of Stalking Horse Bidder, (II) To Approve 

Asset Purchase Agreement And Related Bid Protections, (III) To Clarify/Modify Bidding 

Procedures, And (IV) For Related Relief [ECF No. 324] (the “Stalking Horse Motion”). On 

August 26, 2021, this Court entered the Order Granting Debtors Expedited Motion (I) To Approve 

Designation Of Stalking Horse Bidder, (II) To Approve Asset Purchase Agreement And Related 

Bid Protections, (III) To Clarify/Modify Bidding Procedures, And (IV) For Related Relief [ECF 

No. 349] (the “Stalking Horse Order”), approving, among other things, (i) the designation of the 

Buyer as the stalking horse bidder for the Purchased Assets, and (ii) the Bid Protections (as defined 

and further described in the Stalking Horse Order). 

Business Judgment 

I. The Debtors have demonstrated good, sufficient, and sound business purposes and 

justifications for the sale of the Purchased Assets under the Asset Purchase Agreement, including, 

without limitation, the assumption, assignment, and/or transfer of the Assigned Contracts pursuant 

to sections 105, 363, and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, prior to and outside of a plan of 

reorganization, and such action is an appropriate exercise of each Debtor’s business judgment and 

in the best interests of the Debtors, their estates, and their creditors. The Debtors have determined 

that entry into the Asset Purchase Agreement and the sale of the Purchased Assets to the Buyer 

present the best opportunity to maximize the value of the Debtors’ estates. 

Marketing and Sale Process 

J. The Debtors and their professionals, agents, and other representatives have 

marketed the Purchased Assets and conducted all aspects of the sale process at arm’s length, in 

good faith, and in compliance with the Bidding Procedures Order. The marketing process 

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undertaken by the Debtors and their professionals, agents and other representatives with respect to 

the Purchased Assets has been adequate and appropriate and reasonably calculated to maximize 

value for the benefit of all stakeholders. The Bidding Procedures and sale process contemplated 

thereby were duly noticed, were substantively and procedurally fair to all parties, and were 

conducted in a diligent, non-collusive, fair and good-faith manner. The Asset Purchase Agreement 

constitutes the best and highest offer for the Purchased Assets. 

Good Faith of the Buyer; No Collusion 

K. The Buyer is acquiring the Purchased Assets for value and is a good faith purchaser 

within the meaning of section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code. It is entitled to and granted pursuant 

to paragraph 29 below, the full rights, benefits, privileges, immunities and protections of that 

provision. The Buyer has proceeded in good faith in all respects in connection with the Transaction 

in that, among other things: (i) the Debtors were free to deal with any other party interested in 

acquiring the Purchased Assets; (ii) the Buyer complied in good faith in all respects with the 

provisions in the Bidding Procedures and the Bidding Procedures Order; (iii) the Buyer agreed to 

subject its bid to the competitive bidding process set forth in the Bidding Procedures; (iv) all 

payments to be made by the Buyer and other agreements or arrangements entered into by the Buyer

in connection with the sale of the Purchased Assets have been disclosed; and (v) the negotiation 

and execution of the Asset Purchase Agreement was at arm’s length and in good faith. 

L. None of the Debtors, the Buyer, any other party in interest, or any of their respective 

representatives has engaged in any conduct that would cause or permit the Asset Purchase 

Agreement, or the consummation of the Transactions, to be avoidable or avoided, or for costs or 

damages to be imposed, under section 363(n) of the Bankruptcy Code, or has acted in any improper 

or collusive manner with any Person in connection therewith. 

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Highest or Otherwise Best Offer 

M. The Debtors and their advisors adequately marketed the Purchased Assets, and the 

process set forth in the Bidding Procedures Order afforded a full, fair and reasonable opportunity 

for any party to make a higher or otherwise better offer to purchase the Purchased Assets. Pursuant 

to the Stalking Horse Order, the Bid submitted by the Buyer was deemed a Qualified Bid. The 

Debtors, with the consent of BETM, cancelled the Auction and the Buyer was deemed to be the 

Successful Bidder in accordance with the Bidding Procedures. No other Person has offered to 

purchase the Purchased Assets for greater economic value to the Debtors’ estates than the Buyer. 

The Asset Purchase Agreement constitutes the highest or otherwise best offer for the Purchased 

Assets. 

No Fraudulent Transfer 

N. The Asset Purchase Agreement was not entered into, and the Transactions are not 

being consummated, for the purpose of hindering, delaying, or defrauding present or future 

creditors of the Debtors under applicable law, and none of the parties to the Asset Purchase 

Agreement are consummating the Transactions with any improper purpose. The consideration to 

be provided by the Buyer under the Asset Purchase Agreement is fair and reasonable, and 

constitutes reasonably equivalent value, fair consideration, and fair value under the Bankruptcy 

Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act, the Uniform 

Fraudulent Conveyance Act, and any other applicable law for each of the applicable Purchased 

Assets. 

Validity of Transfer 

O. The Debtors have complied in all material respects with the Bidding Procedures 

Order. The Debtors have full corporate power and authority (i) to perform all of their obligations 

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under the Asset Purchase Agreement and (ii) to consummate the Transactions. Subject to the entry 

of this Sale Order, no further consents or approvals are required for the Debtors to consummate 

the Transactions or otherwise perform their obligations under the Asset Purchase Agreement, 

except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement. 

P. As of each Closing Date, the transfer of the applicable Purchased Assets to the 

Buyer, including, without limitation, the assumption, assignment, and transfer of the applicable 

Assigned Contracts, will be a legal, valid, and effective transfer thereof, and will vest the Buyer 

with all right, title, and interest of the Debtors in and to the Purchased Assets, free and clear of all 

Interests (other than Assumed Liabilities) accruing or arising any time prior to such Closing Date. 

Section 363(f) Is Satisfied 

Q. The Debtors may sell or otherwise transfer the Purchased Assets free and clear of 

all Interests (other than Assumed Liabilities) because, in each case, one or more of the standards 

set forth in section 363(f)(1)–(5) of the Bankruptcy Code has been satisfied. Those holders of 

Interests against the Debtors, their estates, or any of the Purchased Assets who did not object, or 

who withdrew their objections, to the sale of the Purchased Assets or the Motion are deemed to 

have consented thereto pursuant to section 363(f)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. Those holders of 

such Interests who did object, if any, fall within one or more of the other subsections of 

section 363(f) and are adequately protected by the terms of this Sale Order, including, as 

applicable, by having their Interests, if any, attach to the proceeds of the sale attributable to the 

Purchased Assets in which such creditor alleges or asserts an Interest, in the same order of priority, 

with the same validity, force, and effect, that such creditor had against the Purchased Assets 

immediately prior to consummation of the sale, subject to any claims and defenses the Debtors 

and their estates may possess with respect thereto. 

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R. The Buyer would not have entered into the Asset Purchase Agreement and would 

not consummate the Transaction contemplated thereby if (i) the sale, including the assumption, 

assignment, and transfer of the Assigned Contracts to the Buyer, was not free and clear of all 

Interests of any kind or nature whatsoever (other than Assumed Liabilities), or (ii) the Buyer or 

any of its Affiliates, past, present and future members or shareholders, lenders, subsidiaries, 

parents, divisions, agents, Representatives, insurers, attorneys, successors and assigns, or any of 

its or their respective directors, managers, officers, employees, agents, Representatives, attorneys, 

advisors, contractors, subcontractors, independent contractors, owners, insurance companies, or 

partners (each a “Buyer Party”) would, or in the future could, be liable for any of such Interests, 

including any successor or transferee liability (other than Assumed Liabilities). Not transferring 

the Purchased Assets free and clear of all Interests of any kind or nature whatsoever (other than 

Assumed Liabilities) would adversely impact the Debtors’ efforts to maximize the value of their 

estates. 

S. As used in this Sale Order the term “Interest” and “Interests” include all of the 

following: 

i. any encumbrances, charges, liens (whether consensual, statutory, 

possessory, judicial, or otherwise, including any lien arising under the DIP 

Supply Agreement or Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court), claims, 

mortgages, leases, subleases, licenses, hypothecations, deeds of trust, 

pledges, levies, security interests or similar interest, title defect, options, 

hypothecations, rights of use or possession, rights of first offer or first 

refusal (or any other type of preferential arrangement), profit sharing 

interests, rights of consent, restrictive covenants, encroachments, servitude, 

restrictions on transferability of any type, charge, easement, right of way, 

restrictive covenant, transfer restriction under any shareholder agreement, 

judgment, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any rights that 

purport to give any party a right or option to effect any forfeiture, 

modification, right of first offer or first refusal, or consents, or termination 

of the Sellers’ or Buyer’s interest in the Purchased Assets, or any similar 

rights, or other imposition, imperfection or defect of title or restriction on 

transfer or use of any nature whatsoever; 

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ii. any and all claims as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code and 

jurisprudence interpreting the Bankruptcy Code, causes of actions, 

payments, charges, judgments, assessments, losses, monetary damages, 

penalties, fines, fees, interest obligations, deficiencies, debts, obligations, 

costs and expenses and other liabilities (whether absolute, accrued, 

contingent, fixed or otherwise, or whether known or unknown, or due or to 

become due or otherwise), including, without limitation: (1) any and all 

claims or causes of action based on or arising under any labor, employment 

or pension laws, labor or employment agreements, including any employee 

claims related to worker’s compensation, occupational disease, or 

unemployment or temporary disability, including, without limitation, 

claims that might otherwise arise under or pursuant to (a) ERISA, (b) the 

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, (c) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 

1964, (d) the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (e) the National Labor 

Relations Act, (f) the Age Discrimination and Employment Act of 1967 and 

Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, (g) the Americans 

with Disabilities Act of 1990, (h) the Consolidated Omnibus Budget 

Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, including, without limitation, the 

requirements of Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA and Section 4980B 

of the Internal Revenue Code and of any similar state law (collectively, 

“COBRA”), (i) state discrimination laws, (j) state unemployment 

compensation laws or any other similar state laws, (k) any other state or 

federal benefits or claims relating to any employment with the Sellers or 

any of their predecessors, or (l) the WARN Act; (2) any rights under any 

pension or multiemployer plan (as such term is defined in ERISA Laws), 

health or welfare, compensation or other employee benefit plans, 

agreements, practices, and programs, including, without limitation, any 

pension plans of the Sellers or any multiemployer plan to which the Sellers 

have at any time contributed to or had any liability or potential liability; (3) 

any and all claims or causes of action based upon or relating to any putative 

successor or transferee liability; (4) any rights related to intercompany loans 

and receivables between the Sellers and any non-Seller affiliate; (5) any and 

all claims or causes of action based upon or relating to any Excluded Assets; 

(6) any and all claims or causes of action based upon or relating to any 

unexpired and executory contract or unexpired lease that is not an Assigned 

Contract that will be assumed and assigned pursuant to this Sale Order and 

the Asset Purchase Agreement; (7) any and all claims or causes of action 

based upon or relating to any bulk sales, transfer taxes or similar law; (8) 

any and all claims or causes of action based upon or relating to any tax 

statutes or ordinances, including, without limitation, the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986, as amended, and any taxes arising under or out of, in 

connection with, or in any way relating to the operation of the Business prior 

to any Closing, including, without limitation, any ad valorem taxes assessed 

by any applicable taxing authority; (9) personal injury claims; (10) any and 

all claims for product liability, false advertising or unlawful promotional 

statements or marketing; (11) any other Excluded Liabilities; and (12) any 

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and all other claims, causes of action, proceedings, warranties, guaranties, 

rights of recovery, setoff, recoupment, rights, remedies, obligations, 

liabilities, counterclaims, cross-claims, third party claims, demands, 

restrictions, responsibilities, or contribution, reimbursement, subrogation, 

or indemnification claims or liabilities based on or relating to any act or 

omission of any kind or nature whatsoever asserted against any of the 

Sellers or any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, agents, 

successors or assigns in connection with or relating to the Sellers, their 

operations, their business, their liabilities, the Sellers’ marketing and 

bidding process with respect to the Purchased Assets, the Assigned 

Contracts, or the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase 

Agreement; and 

iii. without limiting any of the forgoing, any other interest that the Sellers may 

sell property free and clear of pursuant to section 363(f) of the Bankruptcy 

Code (whether known or unknown, secured or unsecured or in the nature of 

setoff or recoupment, choate or inchoate, filed or unfiled, scheduled or 

unscheduled, noticed or unnoticed, recorded or unrecorded, perfected or 

unperfected, allowed or disallowed, contingent or noncontingent, liquidated 

or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, material or nonmaterial, disputed or 

undisputed, whether arising prior to or subsequent to the commencement of 

the Bankruptcy Cases, and whether imposed by agreement, understanding, 

Applicable Law, equity, or otherwise 

Not a Successor; Not a Sub Rosa Plan 

T. The Buyer and the Buyer Parties are not, and shall not be deemed to, as a result of 

any action taken in connection with the Transactions: (1) be a successor to or a mere continuation 

or substantial continuation (or other such similarly situated party) to the Debtors or their estates 

(other than with respect to the Assumed Liabilities as expressly stated in the Asset Purchase 

Agreement); or (2) have, de facto or otherwise, merged or consolidated with or into the Debtors. 

Neither the Buyer nor any Buyer Party shall assume or in any way be responsible for any liability 

or obligation of any of the Debtors and/or their estates, other than to the extent expressly provided 

in the Asset Purchase Agreement or in this Sale Order. 

U. The sale does not constitute a de facto plan of reorganization or liquidation or an 

element of such a plan for the Debtors, as it does not and does not propose to: (i) impair or 

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restructure existing debt of, or equity interests in, the Debtors; (ii) impair or circumvent voting 

rights with respect to any current or future plan proposed by the Debtors; (iii) circumvent chapter 

11 plan safeguards, such as those set forth in sections 1125 and 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code; or 

(iv) classify claims or equity interests, compromise controversies, or extend debt maturities. 

Assumption, Assignment and/or Transfer of the Assigned Contracts 

V. The Debtors have demonstrated (i) that it is an exercise of their sound business 

judgment to assume and assign the Assigned Contracts to the Buyer, in each case, in connection 

with the consummation of the Transaction and (ii) that the assumption and assignment of the 

Assigned Contracts to the Buyer is in the best interests of the Debtors, their estates, their creditors, 

and other parties in interest. The Assigned Contracts being assigned to the Buyer are an integral 

part of the Purchased Assets being purchased by the Buyer and, accordingly, such assumption, 

assignment and cure of any defaults under the Assigned Contracts are reasonable and enhance the 

value of the Debtors’ estates. Each and every provision of the documents governing the Purchased 

Assets or applicable non-bankruptcy law that purports to prohibit, restrict, or condition, or could 

be construed as prohibiting, restricting, or conditioning assignment of any of the Purchased Assets, 

if any, have been or will be satisfied or are otherwise unenforceable under section 365 of the 

Bankruptcy Code. Any non-Debtor counterparty to an Assigned Contract that has not filed with 

this Court an objection to such assumption and assignment in accordance with the terms of the 

Bidding Procedures Order is deemed to have consented to such assumption and assignment. 

W. To the extent necessary or required by applicable law, the Debtors have or will have 

as of the Closing Date: (i) cured, or provided adequate assurance of cure, of any default existing 

prior to the Closing Date with respect to the Assigned Contracts, within the meaning of sections 

365(b)(1)(A) and 365(f)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, and (ii) provided compensation, or 

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adequate assurance of compensation, to any party for any actual pecuniary loss to such party 

resulting from such default with respect to such Assigned Contracts, within the meaning of section 

365(b)(1)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code. The respective amounts set forth on Schedule 1 attached to 

each of the cure notices sent in accordance with the Bidding Procedures are the sole amounts 

necessary under sections 365(b)(1)(A) and 365(f)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code to cure any and 

all defaults under the Assigned Contracts under section 365(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and, upon 

payment of the Cure Costs the Debtors shall have no further liability under the Assigned Contracts 

whatsoever. 

X. The promise of the Buyer to perform the obligations first arising under the 

Assigned Contracts after their assumption and assignment to the Buyer constitutes adequate 

assurance of future performance within the meaning of sections 365(b)(1)(C) and 365(f)(2)(B) of 

the Bankruptcy Code to the extent that any such assurance is required and not waived by the 

counterparties to such Assigned Contracts. Any objections to the foregoing, the determination of 

any Cure Cost, or otherwise related to or in connection with the assumption, assignment, or transfer 

of any of the Assigned Contracts to the Buyer are hereby overruled on the merits or otherwise 

treated as set forth in paragraph 3 below. Those non-Debtor counterparties to Assigned Contracts 

who did not object to the assumption, assignment, or transfer of their applicable Assigned Contract, 

or to their applicable Cure Cost, are deemed to have consented thereto for all purposes of this Sale 

Order. The notice and opportunity to object provided to counterparties to the Assigned Contracts 

and to other parties in interest, as set forth in the Bidding Procedures Order, fairly and reasonably 

protects any rights that such counterparties and other parties in interest may have with respect to 

such Contracts. 

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Compelling Circumstances for an Immediate Sale 

Y. To maximize the value of the Purchased Assets and resources in these Chapter 11 

Cases, it is essential that the sale of the Purchased Assets be approved and consummated promptly. 

Accordingly, there is cause to waive the stay requirements contemplated by Bankruptcy Rules 

6004 and 6006 with regards to the Transactions contemplated by this Sale Order and the Asset 

Purchase Agreement. 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED 

THAT: 

General Provisions 

1. The Motion, and the relief requested therein, is granted and approved, and the 

Transaction contemplated thereby and by the Asset Purchase Agreement is approved, in each case 

as set forth in this Sale Order. 

2. This Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law set forth in the Bidding 

Procedures Order and the Stalking Horse Order are incorporated herein by reference. 

3. The PJM Objection, the Postal Center Objections and the NUS Informal Objection 

are denied as moot based on the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement. The ERCOT Objection 

is resolved by the addition of certain agreed language to this Order. The BLT Objection, the Katz 

Objection, the Massachusetts Objection and the Illinois Objection are overruled for the reasons 

stated on the record at the Sale Hearing. All other objections to the Motion or the relief requested 

therein, including the assumption and assignment of the Assigned Contracts and the Cure Costs 

related thereto, that have not been withdrawn, waived, resolved, adjourned, or otherwise settled as 

set forth herein, as announced to this Court at the Sale Hearing or by stipulation filed with this 

Court, and all reservations of rights included therein, are hereby denied and overruled on the 

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merits. Those parties who did not object to the Motion or the entry of this Sale Order in accordance 

with the Bidding Procedures Order, or who withdrew their objections thereto, are deemed to have 

consented to the relief granted herein for all purposes, including, without limitation, pursuant to 

section 363(f)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. 

Approval of Asset Purchase Agreement; Binding Nature 

4. The Asset Purchase Agreement and all of the terms and conditions thereof, are 

hereby approved as set forth herein. 

5. The consideration provided by the Buyer for the Purchased Assets under the Asset 

Purchase Agreement is fair and reasonable and shall be deemed for all purposes to constitute 

reasonably equivalent value, fair value, and fair consideration under the Bankruptcy Code, the 

Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act, the Uniform 

Fraudulent Conveyance Act, and any other applicable law, and the Transaction may not be avoided 

or rejected by any Person, or costs or damages imposed or awarded against the Buyer or any Buyer 

Party, under section 363(n) or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code. 

6. Pursuant to sections 105, 363, and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors are 

authorized and empowered to, and shall, take any and all actions necessary or appropriate to 

(a) consummate the Transactions pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of 

the Asset Purchase Agreement and otherwise comply with the terms of this Sale Order, and 

(b) execute and deliver, perform under, consummate, implement, and take any and all other acts 

or actions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to the performance of their obligations 

as contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement, in each case without further notice to or order 

of this Court. The Transactions authorized herein shall be of full force and effect, regardless of 

the Debtors’ lack or purported lack of good standing in any jurisdiction in which the Debtors are 

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formed or authorized to transact business. The Buyer shall not be required to seek or obtain relief 

from the automatic stay under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code to enforce any of its remedies 

under the Asset Purchase Agreement. The automatic stay imposed by section 362 of the 

Bankruptcy Code is modified solely to the extent necessary to implement the preceding sentence 

and the other provisions of this Sale Order; provided, however, that this Court shall retain exclusive 

jurisdiction over any and all disputes with respect thereto. 

7. This Sale Order shall be binding in all respects upon the Debtors, their estates, all 

creditors, all holders of equity interests in the Debtors, all holders of any Claim(s) (whether known 

or unknown) against the Debtors, all holders of Interests (whether known or unknown) against, in 

or on all or any portion of the Purchased Assets, all non-Debtor parties to the Assigned Contracts, 

the Buyer, the Buyer Parties, and all successors and assigns of the foregoing, including, without 

limitation, any trustee, if any, subsequently appointed in these Chapter 11 Cases or upon a 

conversion to chapter 7 under the Bankruptcy Code of these Chapter 11 Cases, or other plan 

fiduciaries, plan administrators, liquidating trustees, or other estate representatives appointed or 

elected in the Debtors’ bankruptcy cases, or any other Person. 

Transfer of Purchased Assets Free and Clear of Interests; Injunction 

8. Pursuant to sections 105(a), 363(b), 363(f), 365(a), 365(b), and 365(f) of the 

Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors are authorized and directed to transfer the Purchased Assets, 

including but not limited to the Assigned Contracts, to the Buyer at the applicable Closing in 

accordance with the Asset Purchase Agreement. As of the applicable Closing such transfer shall 

constitute a legal, valid, binding, and effective transfer of, and shall vest the Buyer with all right, 

title and interest to such Purchased Assets free and clear of any and all Interests of any kind or 

nature whatsoever (other than Assumed Liabilities). Promptly upon receipt, the Debtors shall 

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deliver all Net Proceeds of the sale to BETM to be applied by BETM to reduce the Post-Petition 

Obligations and the Pre-Petition Obligations. For purposes of this Sale Order, “Net Proceeds” 

shall mean gross proceeds of the sale, less (x) Cure Costs with respect to Assumed Contracts, and 

(y) any other amount which BETM, in its sole and absolute direction, authorizes the Debtors to 

retain. 

9. All other Interests (excluding Assumed Liabilities) shall attach solely to the 

proceeds of the sale with the same validity, priority, force, and effect that they now have as against 

the Purchased Assets, which, except as provided in the Final DIP Financing Order, shall be subject 

to any claims and defenses the Debtors and their estates may possess with respect thereto. This 

Sale Order shall be effective as a determination that, on and as of the applicable Closing, all 

Interests of any kind or nature whatsoever (other than Assumed Liabilities) have been 

unconditionally released, discharged, and terminated in, on, or against the Purchased Assets (but 

not the proceeds thereof). The provisions of this Sale Order authorizing and approving the transfer 

of the Purchased Assets free and clear of Interests shall be self-executing, and neither the Debtors 

nor the Buyer shall be required to execute or file releases, termination statements, assignments, 

consents, or other instruments in order to effectuate, consummate, and implement the provisions 

of this Sale Order. 

10. All Persons holding Interests (other than Assumed Liabilities) of any kind or nature 

whatsoever existing as to the Purchased Assets prior to the applicable Closing are hereby forever 

barred, estopped, and permanently enjoined from asserting their respective Interests against the 

Buyer or any Buyer Party, and each of its or their respective property and assets, including, without 

limitation, the Purchased Assets. 

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11. On and after the applicable Closing Date, the Buyer shall be authorized to execute 

and file such documents, and to take all other actions as may be necessary, on behalf of each holder 

of an Interest (other than Assumed Liabilities) to release, discharge, and terminate such Interests 

in, on and against the Purchased Assets (but not the proceeds thereof) as provided for herein, as 

such Interests may have been recorded or may otherwise exist. On and after the applicable Closing 

Date, and without limiting the foregoing, the Buyer shall be authorized to file termination 

statements, mortgage releases or lien terminations, or any other such comparable documents in 

any required jurisdiction to remove any mortgage, record, notice filing, or financing statement 

recorded to attach, perfect, or otherwise notice any Interest that is extinguished or otherwise 

released pursuant to this Sale Order. 

12. On and after the applicable Closing, the Persons holding an Interest (other than 

Assumed Liabilities) shall execute such documents and take all other actions as may be reasonably 

necessary to release their respective Interests in the Purchased Assets (but not the proceeds 

thereof), as such Interests may have been recorded or otherwise filed. The Buyer may, but shall 

not be required to, file a certified copy of this Sale Order in any filing or recording office in any 

federal, state, county, or other jurisdiction in which any of the Debtors are incorporated or has real 

or personal property, or with any other appropriate clerk or recorded with any other appropriate 

recorder, and such filing or recording shall be accepted and shall be sufficient to release, discharge, 

and terminate any of the Interests as set forth in this Sale Order as of the applicable Closing. All 

Persons that are in possession of any portion of the Purchased Assets on the applicable Closing 

Date shall promptly surrender possession thereof to the Buyer at the applicable Closing. 

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13. The transfer of the Purchased Assets to the Buyer pursuant to the Asset Purchase 

Agreement does not require any consents other than specifically provided for in the Asset Purchase 

Agreement or as provided for herein. 

14. As of each Closing, this Sale Order shall be construed and shall constitute for any 

and all purposes a full and complete general assignment, conveyance, and transfer to the Buyer of 

the applicable Purchased Assets and the Debtors’ interests in the Purchased Assets acquired by the 

Buyer under the Asset Purchase Agreement. This Sale Order is and shall be effective as a 

determination that, on each Closing Date, all Interests of any kind or nature whatsoever existing 

as to the applicable Purchased Assets prior to such Closing Date (other than Assumed Liabilities), 

shall have been unconditionally released, discharged, and terminated to the fullest extent permitted 

by applicable law, and that the conveyances described herein have been effected. This Sale Order 

is and shall be binding upon and govern the acts of all entities (including, without limitation, all 

filing agents, filing officers, title agents, title companies, recorders of mortgages, recorders of 

deeds, registrars of deeds, administrative agencies, governmental departments, secretaries of state, 

and federal, state, and local officials) who may be required by operation of law, the duties of their 

office, or contract to accept, file, register, or otherwise record or release any documents or 

instruments, or who may be required to report or insure any title or state of title in or to any lease. 

Each of the foregoing entities shall accept for filing any and all of the documents and instruments 

necessary and appropriate to release, discharge, and terminate any of the Interests or to otherwise 

consummate the Transaction contemplated by this Sale Order or the Asset Purchase Agreement. 

Assigned Contracts; Payment of Cure Costs 

15. Pursuant to sections 105(a), 363, and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, and subject to 

and conditioned upon the applicable Closing, the Debtors’ assumption, assignment and transfer to 

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the Buyer of the Assigned Contracts is hereby authorized and approved in full subject to the terms 

set forth below. For all purposes of and under this Sale Order, the Assigned Contracts shall include 

and be comprised of those contracts set forth on the Final Designated Contracts Schedule to be 

filed by the Debtors under and pursuant to the New Customer Notice Order. 

16. Upon and as of the applicable Closing, the Debtors are authorized and empowered 

to, and shall, assume, assign, and/or transfer each of the Assigned Contracts to the Buyer free and 

clear of all Interests (other than Assumed Liabilities); provided, however, to the extent that the 

Buyer exercises its right under the Asset Purchase Agreement to remove any Assigned Contract 

prior to the applicable Closing, such contract shall not be assumed or assigned by the Debtors. The 

payment of the applicable Cure Costs (if any), or the reservation by the Debtors of an amount of 

cash that is equal to the lesser of (i) the amount of any cure or other compensation asserted by the 

applicable counterparty to such Assigned Contract as required under section 365 of the Bankruptcy 

Code or (ii) the amount approved by order of this Court to reserve for such payment (such lesser 

amount, the “Alleged Cure Claim”) shall, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and 

other applicable law, (a) effect a cure, or provide adequate assurance of cure, of all defaults 

existing thereunder as of the applicable Closing and (b) compensate, or provide adequate assurance 

of compensation, for any actual pecuniary loss to such non-Debtor party resulting from such 

default. Accordingly, as of the applicable Closing, other than such payment or reservation, neither 

the Debtors nor the Buyer shall have any further liabilities or obligations to the non-Debtor parties 

to the Assigned Contracts with respect to, and the non-Debtor parties to the Assigned Contracts 

shall be forever barred, estopped and permanently enjoined from seeking, any additional amounts 

or claims that arose, accrued, or were incurred at any time on or prior to the applicable Closing on 

account of the Debtors’ cure or compensation obligations arising under section 365 of the 

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Bankruptcy Code. The Buyer has provided adequate assurance of future performance under the 

relevant Assigned Contracts within the meaning of section 365(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, and the 

Buyer shall not be required to provide any additional deposit or security with respect to any of the 

Assigned Contracts. 

17. To the extent any provision in any Assigned Contract assumed or assumed and 

assigned (as applicable) pursuant to this Sale Order (including, without limitation, any “change of 

control” provision) (a) prohibits, restricts, or conditions, or purports to prohibit, restrict, or 

condition, such assumption or assignment or (b) is modified, breached, or terminated, or deemed 

modified, breached, or terminated by any of the following: (i) the commencement of these 

Chapter 11 Cases, (ii) the insolvency or financial condition of the Debtors at any time before the 

closing of these Chapter 11 Cases, (iii) the Debtors’ assumption or assumption and assignment (as 

applicable) of such Assigned Contract, or (iv) the consummation of the Transaction, then such 

provision shall be deemed modified so as to not entitle the non-Debtor party thereto to prohibit, 

restrict, or condition such assumption or assignment, to modify or terminate such Assigned 

Contract, or to exercise any other default-related rights or remedies with respect thereto, including, 

without limitation, any such provision that purports to allow the non-Debtor party thereto to 

recapture such Assigned Contracts, impose any penalty thereunder, condition any renewal or 

extension thereof, impose any rent acceleration or assignment fee, or increase or otherwise impose 

any other fees or other charges in connection therewith. All such provisions constitute 

unenforceable anti-assignment provisions that are void and of no force and effect pursuant to 

sections 365(b), 365(e), and 365(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. 

18. All requirements and conditions under sections 363 and 365 of the Bankruptcy 

Code for the assumption by the Debtors and assignment to the Buyer of the Assigned Contracts 

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have been satisfied. Upon the applicable Closing, in accordance with sections 363 and 365 of the 

Bankruptcy Code, the Buyer shall be fully and irrevocably vested with all right, title, and interest 

of the Debtors in and under the Assigned Contracts free and clear of any Interest (other than 

Assumed Liabilities), and each Assigned Contract shall be fully enforceable by the Buyer in 

accordance with its respective terms and conditions, except as limited or modified by the 

provisions of this Sale Order. Upon and as of the applicable Closing, the Buyer shall be deemed 

to be substituted for the Debtors as a party to the applicable Assigned Contracts and, accordingly, 

the Debtors shall be relieved, pursuant to section 365(k) of the Bankruptcy Code, from any further 

liability under the Assigned Contracts. The Buyer shall have no liability arising or accruing under 

the Assigned Contracts on or prior to the applicable Closing Date, except as otherwise expressly 

provided in the Asset Purchase Agreement or this Sale Order, and no Assigned Contract shall be 

subject to any purported claim or remedy of recission, cancellation or similar remedy based on any 

act, omission or event occurring prior to the applicable Closing. 

19. To the extent a non-Debtor party to an Assigned Contract failed to timely object to 

a Cure Amount in accordance with the Bidding Procedures Order, such Cure Amount shall be 

deemed to be finally determined and any such non-Debtor party shall be prohibited from 

challenging, objecting to, or denying the validity and finality of the payment of the Cure Cost at 

any time, and such Cure Cost, when paid, shall be deemed to resolve any defaults or other breaches 

with respect to any Assigned Contract to which it relates. Unless as otherwise set forth in this Sale 

Order or the Asset Purchase Agreement, the non-Debtor parties to the Assigned Contracts are 

barred from asserting against the Debtors, their estates, the Buyer and the Buyer Parties, any 

default or unpaid obligation allegedly arising or occurring before the applicable Closing, any 

pecuniary loss resulting from such default, or any other obligation under the Assigned Contracts 

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arising or incurred prior to the Closing Date, other than payment of the applicable Cure Costs. 

Upon the payment of the applicable Cure Costs or the reservation of the Alleged Cure Claims, if 

any, the Assigned Contracts will remain in full force and effect, and no default shall exist, or be 

deemed to exist, under the Assigned Contracts as of the applicable Closing nor shall there exist, 

or be deemed to exist, any event or condition which, with the passage of time or giving of notice, 

or both, would constitute such a default. 

20. The Buyer shall enjoy all of the Debtors’ rights, benefits, and privileges under each 

such Assigned Contract as of the applicable date of assumption and assignment without the 

necessity to obtain any non-Debtor parties’ written consent to the assumption or assignment 

thereof. 

21. Upon payment of the Cure Costs, no default or other obligations arising prior to the 

applicable Closing shall exist under any Assigned Contract, and each non-Debtor party is forever 

barred and estopped from (a) declaring a default by the Debtors or the Buyer under such Assigned 

Contract, (b) raising or asserting against the Debtors or the Buyer (or any Buyer Party), or the 

property of either of them, any assignment fee, default, breach, or claim of pecuniary loss, or 

condition to assignment, arising under or related to the Assigned Contracts or arising by reason of 

the closing of the sale, or (c) taking any other action against the Buyer or any Buyer Party as a 

result of any Debtor’s financial condition, bankruptcy, or failure to perform any of its obligations 

under the relevant Assigned Contract, in each case, in connection with the sale or the Transactions. 

22. The assignment of any Assigned Contract to Buyer shall not constitute an alteration, 

limitation, modification, waiver, or release of any rights, remedies and/or defenses of Buyer with 

respect to any such Assigned Contract. 

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Additional Injunction; No Successor Liability 

23. Effective as of the applicable Closing, and except as expressly set forth in the Asset 

Purchase Agreement with respect to Assumed Liabilities, all Persons are forever barred, estopped, 

and permanently enjoined from asserting against the Buyer or any Buyer Party any Interest of any 

kind or nature whatsoever such Person had, has, or may have against or in the Debtors, their estates, 

officers, directors, managers, shareholders, or the Purchased Assets, including, without limitation, 

the following actions: (i) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding, 

the employment of process, or any act (whether in law or equity, in any judicial, administrative, 

arbitral, or other proceeding) to collect or recover, (ii) enforcing, attaching, collecting, or 

recovering in any manner any judgment, award, decree, or order, (iii) creating, perfecting, or 

enforcing any Interest, (iv) asserting any right of subrogation, setoff or recoupment of any kind, 

(v) commencing or continuing any action in any manner or place, that does not comply with or is 

inconsistent with the provisions of this Sale Order, other orders of this Court, the Asset Purchase 

Agreement, or any other agreements or actions contemplated or taken in respect thereof, or 

(vi) revoking, terminating, failing, or refusing to transfer or renew any license, permit, or 

authorization to operate any of the Purchased Assets or conduct any of the businesses operated 

with the Purchased Assets in connection with the sale, in each case, as against the Buyer or any 

Buyer Party or any of its or their respective property or assets, including the Purchased Assets. 

24. To the extent provided by section 525 of the Bankruptcy Code, no governmental 

unit may revoke or suspend any grant, permit, or license relating to the operation of the Purchased 

Assets sold, transferred, assigned, or conveyed to the Buyer on account of the filing or pendency 

of these Chapter 11 Cases or the consummation of the Transactions. Each and every federal, state, 

and local governmental agency or department is hereby authorized and directed to accept any and 

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all documents and instruments necessary and appropriate to consummate the Transactions set forth 

in the Asset Purchase Agreement. 

25. Subject to the terms, conditions, and provisions of this Sale Order, all Persons are 

hereby forever prohibited and barred from taking any action that would adversely affect or interfere 

(a) with the ability of the Debtors to sell and transfer the Purchased Assets to Buyer in accordance 

with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement and this Sale Order, and (b) with the ability of the 

Buyer to acquire, take possession of, use and operate the Purchased Assets in accordance with the 

terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement and this Sale Order. 

26. Notwithstanding any action taken in connection with the Transactions 

contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement, or the operation and use of the Purchased Assets 

acquired from the Debtors, it shall be deemed that the Buyer (i) is not the successor of the Debtors, 

(ii) has not, de facto, or otherwise, merged with or into the Debtors, (iii) is not a mere continuation 

or substantial continuation of the Debtors or the enterprise(s) of the Debtors, (iv) is not a successor 

employer as defined in the Code or by the U.S. National Labor Relations Board or under other 

applicable law, and (v) is not liable for any acts or omissions of the Debtors in the conduct of the 

its business or arising under or related to the Purchased Assets other than as set forth in the Asset 

Purchase Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in the Asset Purchase Agreement or this Sale 

Order, the Buyer shall not be liable for any Interests in respect of the Debtors or any of the Debtors’ 

predecessors or Affiliates, and the Buyer shall have no successor or vicarious liability of any kind 

or character whether known or unknown as of the applicable Closing, whether now existing or 

hereafter arising, or whether fixed or contingent, with respect to the Business, the Purchased Assets 

or any Interests in respect of the Debtors arising prior to the applicable Closing. 

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27. Except as expressly set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement with respect to 

Assumed Liabilities, the transfer of the Purchased Assets, including, without limitation, the 

assumption, assignment, and transfer of any Assigned Contract, to the Buyer shall not cause or 

result in, or be deemed to cause or result in, the Buyer or any Buyer Party having any liability, 

obligation, or responsibility for, or any Purchased Assets being subject to or being recourse for, 

any Interest whatsoever, whether arising under any doctrines of successor, transferee, or vicarious 

liability of any kind or character, including, but not limited to, under any theory of foreign, federal, 

state, or local antitrust, environmental, successor, tax, ERISA, assignee, or transferee liability, 

labor, tort, product liability, employment, de facto merger, substantial continuity, or other law, 

rule, or regulation, whether known or unknown as of the applicable Closing, now existing or 

hereafter arising, whether asserted or unasserted, fixed or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated 

with respect to the Debtors or any obligations of the Debtors arising prior to the applicable Closing, 

breach of fiduciary duty, aiding or abetting breach of fiduciary duty, or otherwise, whether at law 

or in equity, directly or indirectly, and whether by payment or otherwise. No Buyer or Buyer Party 

shall be deemed to have expressly or implicitly assumed any of the Debtors’ liabilities (other than 

an Assumed Liability expressly set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement). 

28. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Asset Purchase Agreement, the 

transfer of the Purchased Assets to the Buyer pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement shall not 

result in the Buyer, the Buyer Parties, or the Purchased Assets having any liability or responsibility 

for, or being required to satisfy in any manner, whether in law or in equity, whether by payment, 

setoff, or otherwise, directly or indirectly, any claim against the Debtors or against any insider of 

the Debtors or Interests (other than Assumed Liabilities). 

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Good Faith 

29. The Transaction contemplated by this Sale Order and the Asset Purchase 

Agreement, is undertaken by the Buyer without collusion and in good faith, as that term is defined 

in section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code, and accordingly, the reversal or modification on appeal 

of the authorization provided herein to consummate the sale and the Transaction shall not alter, 

affect, limit, or otherwise impair the validity of the sale or Transaction (including the assumption, 

assignment, and/or transfer of the Assigned Contracts), unless such authorization and 

consummation are duly stayed pending such appeal. The Buyer is a good faith purchaser within 

the meaning of section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code and, as such, is entitled to, and is hereby 

granted, the full rights, benefits, privileges, and protections of section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy 

Code. 

Other Provisions

30. Notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rules 6004(h), 6006(d), 7062, and 9014, this Sale 

Order shall not be stayed after the entry hereof but shall be effective and enforceable immediately 

upon entry. The stays provided in Bankruptcy Rules 6004(h) and 6006(d) are hereby expressly 

waived and shall not apply. This is a final order within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 158(a), and 

there is no just reason for delay in the implementation of this Sale Order. Accordingly, the Debtors 

are authorized and empowered to close the sale and Transaction immediately upon entry of this 

Sale Order. 

31. Nothing in this Sale Order shall modify or waive any closing conditions or 

termination rights set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement, and all such conditions and rights 

shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms. 

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32. Without limiting the effectiveness and force of the free and clear provisions of this 

Sale Order in any way, with regard to the Buyer, its Affiliates, and any of their respective assignees 

or successors in interest, the ERCOT Nodal Protocols and the policies, rules, guidelines, 

procedures, standards, and criteria of ERCOT, shall apply and be of full force and effect solely 

with respect to events, occurrences and actions occurring or arising after the Closing of the sale of 

the Texas Residential Contracts. 

33. Nothing in this Sale Order or the Asset Purchase Agreement releases, nullifies, 

precludes or enjoins the enforcement of any police or regulatory liability to a governmental 

unit that any Person would be subject to as the post-Closing owner or operator of the Purchased 

Assets after the date of entry of this Sale Order, including without limitation the applicable public 

utilities commissions; provided, however, that: (i) the foregoing shall not limit, diminish or 

otherwise alter the Debtors’ or the Buyer’s defenses, claims, causes of action, or other rights under 

any applicable law with respect to any liability claimed by any Governmental Entity and 

(ii) Governmental Entities are hereby prohibited from attempting or seeking to rescind, terminate 

or otherwise cause the cancellation of any Assigned Contracts, and from asserting or seeking to 

collect any fines, fees or other monetary awards against the Buyer or its affiliated designees, in 

each case that are based in whole or in part upon any act, omission or event occurring prior to the 

applicable Closing. Nothing in this Sale Order authorizes the transfer or assignment of any 

governmental license, permit, registration, authorization, or approval, or the discontinuation of any 

obligation thereunder, without compliance with all applicable legal requirements and approvals 

under police or regulatory law. 

34. The failure to specifically include any particular provision of the Asset Purchase 

Agreement in this Sale Order shall not diminish or impair the effectiveness of such provision, it 

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being the intent of this Court that the Asset Purchase Agreement be authorized and approved in its 

entirety. 

35. With the consent of BETM (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), the 

Asset Purchase Agreement may be modified, amended, or supplemented in a written instrument 

signed by the parties thereto, without further notice to or order of this Court; provided that no such 

modification, amendment, or supplement may be made without further order of this Court if it is 

materially adverse to the Debtors. 

36. This Court retains jurisdiction, pursuant to its statutory powers under 28 U.S.C. 

§ 157(b), to, among other things, (i) interpret, implement, and enforce the terms and provisions of 

this Sale Order, the Asset Purchase Agreement, and any amendments thereto and any waivers and 

consents given thereunder, (ii) compel delivery of the Purchased Assets to the Buyer, (iii) enforce 

the injunctions and limitations of liability set forth in this Sale Order, and (iv) enter any orders 

under sections 363 and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Assigned Contracts. 

37. All time periods set forth in this Sale Order shall be calculated in accordance with 

Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a). 

38. Nothing contained in any plan of reorganization or liquidation, or order of any type 

or kind entered in (a) these Chapter 11 Cases, (b) any subsequent chapter 7 case into which these 

Chapter 11 Cases may be converted, or (c) any related proceeding subsequent to entry of this Sale 

Order, shall conflict with or derogate from the provisions of the Asset Purchase Agreement or the 

terms of this Sale Order. To the extent of any such conflict or derogation, the terms of this Sale 

Order shall govern. 

39. To the extent that this Sale Order is inconsistent with any prior order or pleading 

with respect to the Motion, the terms of this Sale Order shall govern. 

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40. To the extent there are any inconsistencies between the terms of this Sale Order, on 

the one hand, and the Asset Purchase Agreement on the other hand, the terms of this Sale Order 

shall govern. 

41. The provisions of this Sale Order are non-severable and mutually dependent. 

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Submitted by: 

Paul J. Battista, Esq. 

GENOVESE JOBLOVE & BATTISTA, P.A. 

100 S.E. Second Street, 44th Floor 

Miami, FL 33131 

Telephone: (305) 349-2300 

Facsimile: (305) 349-2310 

Email: pbattista@gjb-law.com 

Counsel to the Debtors

(Paul J. Battista, Esq. is directed to serve a copy of this order on interested parties who are non-CM/ECF 

users and to file a proof of service within three days of entry of the order.)

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