Balance of Purchase Price The balance of the Purchase Price shall be paid in cash or by certified funds at the Closing (as defined below).
Purchase Price; Allocation of Purchase Price (a) The purchase price for the Purchased Assets (the “Purchase Price”) is equal to $675,000,000 in cash. The Purchase Price shall be paid as provided in Section 2.07 and shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.08. Seller shall be treated as receiving a portion of the Purchase Price as agent for any of its Affiliates actually selling, transferring or conveying the Purchased Assets, consistent with the allocation of the Purchase Price pursuant to the Allocation Statement, and Buyer’s payment of the Purchase Price to Seller shall constitute payment by Buyer to any of Seller’s Affiliates actually selling, transferring or conveying the Purchased Assets hereunder.
(b) Within 60 days after the Closing, Buyer shall deliver to Seller a statement (the “Allocation Statement”) allocating the Purchase Price (plus Assumed Liabilities and transaction costs, to the extent properly taken into account under Section 1060 of the Code) among the Purchased Assets in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code. If, within five Business Days after delivery of the Allocation Statement, Seller notifies Buyer in writing that Seller objects to the allocation set forth in the Allocation Statement, Buyer and Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such dispute within 20 days. In the event that Buyer and Seller are unable to resolve such dispute within 20 days, Buyer and Seller shall jointly retain KPMG LLP (the “Accounting Referee”) to resolve the disputed items in the manner described in Section 8.10.
(c) Each of Buyer and Seller shall (i) be bound by the Allocation Statement, as may be adjusted in accordance with Section 2.06(e), (ii) act in accordance with, and cause its Affiliates to act in accordance with, the Allocation Statement in the preparation, filing and audit of any Tax Return (including filing IRS Form 8594 with its federal Income Tax Return for the taxable year that includes the Closing) and (iii) take no position, and cause its Affiliates to take no position, inconsistent with the allocation reflected on the Allocation Statement on any Tax Return, in any Contest or otherwise, unless required by a Final Determination.
(d) In the event that the allocation reflected on the Allocation Statement is disputed by any Taxing Authority, the party receiving notice of the dispute shall promptly notify the other party hereto, and Buyer and Seller shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to defend such allocation in any Tax audit or similar proceeding.
(e) If an adjustment is made with respect to the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.08, the Allocation Statement shall be adjusted in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code and as mutually agreed by Buyer and Seller. In the event that an agreement is not reached within 20 days after the determination of the Final Closing Working Capital, any disputed items shall be resolved in the manner described in Section 8.10. Buyer and Seller shall file any additional information return required to be filed pursuant to Section 1060 of the Code and to treat the Allocation Statement as adjusted in the manner described in Section 2.06(c).
(f) Not later than 30 days prior to the filing of their respective Forms 8594 relating to this transaction, each party shall deliver to the other party a copy of its Form 8594.
Allocation of Purchase Price (i) The sum of the Purchase Price and the amount of the Assumed Liabilities (to the extent properly taken into account under the Code) shall be allocated among Sellers and (ii) the amount allocated to the Acquired Assets sold by each such Seller shall be further allocated among such Acquired Assets in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Allocation”). The Allocation shall be delivered by Buyer to Sellers within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the Closing. Sellers’ Representative, on behalf of Sellers, will have the right to raise reasonable objections to the Allocation within thirty (30) days after Buyer’s delivery thereof, in which event Buyer and Sellers’ Representative will negotiate in good faith to resolve such dispute. If Buyer and Sellers’ Representative cannot resolve such dispute within fifteen (15) Business Days after Sellers’ Representative notify Buyer of such objections, such dispute with respect to the Allocation shall be resolved promptly by the Neutral Accountant, the costs of which shall be shared in equal amounts by Buyer, on the one hand, and Sellers, on the other hand. The decision of the Neutral Accountant in respect of the Allocation shall be final and binding upon Buyer and Sellers. Buyer and Sellers shall file all Tax Returns (including, but not limited to, Internal Revenue Service Form 8594) consistent with the Allocation absent a change in Law; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall prevent Buyer or any Seller from settling any proposed deficiency or adjustment by any Tax Authority based upon or arising out of the Allocation, and neither Buyer nor any Seller shall be required to litigate before any court any proposed deficiency or adjustment by any Tax Authority challenging such Allocation. Buyer and any applicable Seller shall promptly notify and provide the other with reasonable assistance in the event of an examination, audit, or other proceeding relating to Taxes regarding the Allocation of the Purchase Price and the amount of the Assumed Liabilities pursuant to this Section 3.4. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the foregoing agreement shall survive the Closing Date without limitation.
Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment 1.9.1 Within ninety (90) days following the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Closing Net Working Capital Statement”) which shall set forth the Net Working Capital of the Newsprint Business and of Apache as of the Closing Time (which shall be set forth separately for each of the Newsprint Business and Apache, but as aggregated shall be referred to as the “Closing Net Working Capital”) and shall be prepared in accordance with Seller’s past accounting methods, policies, practices and procedures and in the same manner, with consistent classification and estimation methodology, as the Financial Statements were prepared, except that the Excluded Assets and the Newsprint Retained Obligations shall be excluded. The Closing Net Working Capital Statement may not be amended by Seller after it is delivered to Purchaser.
1.9.2 Purchaser shall, within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Closing Net Working Capital Statement to it, complete its review of the Closing Net Working Capital reflected on the Closing Net Working Capital Statement. If Purchaser wishes to dispute the Closing Net Working Capital, Purchaser shall notify Seller in writing in reasonable detail of such disagreement and any reason therefore (“Purchaser’s Objection”), setting forth a specific description of the basis of Purchaser’s Objection and the adjustments to the Closing Net Working Capital that Purchaser believes should be made, on or before the last day of such thirty (30) day period, which Purchaser’s Objection may not be amended by Purchaser after it is delivered to Seller (except to withdraw any such Purchaser’s Objection). Any items on the Closing Net Working Capital Statements not disputed in Purchaser’s Objection shall be irrevocably deemed to be accepted by Purchaser. Seller shall then have thirty (30) days to review and respond to Purchaser’s Objection. If Seller and Purchaser are unable to resolve all of their disagreements with respect to the determination of the foregoing items within thirty (30) days following Seller’s receipt of Purchaser’s Objection (the “Negotiation Period”), they shall refer their remaining differences to a mutually agreeable independent accounting firm of national recognition (other than an independent accounting firm utilized by any of Seller, Apache or Purchaser or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing within the past three (3) years) acceptable to both Seller and Purchaser or if Seller and Purchaser are unable to agree as to such third party accounting firm within ten (10) days after the conclusion of the Negotiation Period, either Seller or Purchaser may request that the Chairman of the American Arbitration Association (or the nominated representative of the Chairman) appoint a third party accounting firm meeting the aforementioned requirements to resolve the dispute (the accounting firm selected being referred to as the “CPA Firm”), who shall determine, only with respect to the remaining differences so submitted, whether and to what extent, if any, the Closing Net Working Capital requires adjustment. The procedure and schedule under which any dispute shall be submitted to the CPA Firm shall be as follows:
(a) Within ten (10) days after the later of (i) the end of the Negotiation Period and (ii) the selection of the CPA Firm, Purchaser shall submit any unresolved elements of the Purchaser’s Objection to the CPA Firm in writing (with a copy to Seller), supported by any documents and/or affidavits upon which it relies. Failure to timely do so shall constitute a withdrawal by Purchaser of the Purchaser’s Objection with respect to any unresolved element to which such failure relates.
(b) Within fifteen (15) days following Purchaser’s submission of the unresolved elements of the Purchaser’s Objection as specified in sub-clause (a) above, Seller shall submit its response to the CPA Firm in writing (with a copy to Purchaser), supported by any documents and/or affidavits upon which it relies. Failure to timely do so shall constitute an acceptance by Seller with respect to any unresolved elements to which such failure relates.
(c) The CPA Firm shall deliver its written determination to Purchaser and Seller no later than the thirtieth (30th) day after the remaining differences underlying Purchaser’s Objection are referred to the CPA Firm, or such longer period of time as the CPA Firm determines is necessary.
Adjustment of Purchase Price (a) On or before 12:00 noon, Eastern time, on the thirtieth (30th) calendar day following the Closing Date, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser the Final Closing Statement and shall make available the work papers, schedules and other supporting data used by Seller to calculate and prepare the Final Closing Statement to enable Purchaser to verify the amounts set forth in the Final Closing Statement.
(b) The determination of the Adjusted Payment Amount shall be final and binding on the parties hereto on the thirtieth (30th) calendar day after receipt by Purchaser of the Final Closing Statement, unless Purchaser shall notify Seller in writing of its disagreement with any amount included therein or omitted therefrom, in which case, if the parties are unable to resolve the disputed items within ten (10) Business Days of the receipt by Seller of notice of such disagreement, such items in dispute (and only such items) shall be determined by a nationally recognized independent accounting firm selected by mutual agreement between Seller and Purchaser, and such determination shall be final and binding. Such accounting firm shall be instructed to resolve the disputed items within ten (10) Business Days of engagement, to the extent reasonably practicable. The fees of any such accounting firm shall be divided equally between Seller and Purchaser.
(c) On or before 12:00 noon, Eastern time, on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Adjusted Payment Amount shall have become final and binding or, in the case of a dispute, the date of the resolution of the dispute pursuant to Section 3.3(b), if the Adjusted Payment Amount exceeds the Estimated Payment Amount, Seller shall pay to Purchaser an amount in U.S. dollars equal to the amount of such excess, plus interest on such excess amount from the Closing Date to but excluding the payment date, at the Federal Funds Rate or, if the Estimated Payment Amount exceeds the Adjusted Payment Amount, Purchaser shall pay to Seller an amount in U.S. dollars equal to the amount of such excess, plus interest on such excess amount from the Closing Date to but excluding the payment date, at the Federal Funds Rate. Any payments required by Section 3.4 shall be made contemporaneously with the foregoing payment.
Payment of Purchase Price The Purchase Price shall be paid as follows:
Purchase Price and Deposit 4.1 The total purchase price for all the Vessels is USD 342,000,000 (United States Dollars Three Hundred and Forty Two Million) (the “Purchase Price”).
4.2 The allocated purchase price for each of the Vessels is set out in Appendix 2 (each, an “Allocated Purchase Price”).
4.3 As security for the correct fulfilment of this Agreement Euronav shall pay on its own behalf and on behalf of the Acceding Buyers a deposit of 10% (ten per cent) of the Purchase Price, equal to USD 34,200,000 (United States Dollars Thirty Four Million Two Hundred Thousand) no later than 2 (two) Banking Days after the Effective Date (the “Deposit”). The Deposit shall be paid to the Escrow Bank no later than 2 (two) Banking Days after the Effective Date. This Deposit shall be placed as Escrow Funds with the Escrow Bank and held by it in an account in the name of the Sellers in accordance with the Escrow Agreement between the Sellers, the Buyers and the Escrow Bank attached hereto as Appendix 4 and the relevant part of the Deposit (being 10% (ten per cent) of the Allocated Purchase Price for that Vessel, each an “Allocated Deposit”) is to be released upon the Buyers and Sellers signing a protocol of delivery and acceptance in respect of that relevant Vessel or released as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement. Simultaneously with signing the protocol of delivery and acceptance the Sellers and the Buyers shall also be obliged to sign an Escrow Payment Letter under the Escrow Agreement thereby releasing the relevant Allocated Deposit. Interest on the Deposit, if any, shall be credited to the Buyers upon delivery of each Vessel by reference to the Allocated Deposit. Any fee charged for holding the Deposit shall be borne equally by the Sellers and the Buyers.
4.4 The remaining part of the Allocated Purchase Price (i.e. 90% (ninety per cent)) for a Vessel plus any other amount due under the relevant MOA shall be paid in full free of bank charges by way of conditional payments using SWIFT messages MT202 and MT199 to the Escrow Bank on delivery of the relevant Vessel or, subject to the consent of the Buyers’ financing bank, 1 (one) Banking Day prior to delivery.
4.5 When the Vessel is in every respect physically ready for delivery in accordance with the terms of the relevant MOA, the Sellers shall give the Buyers a written Notice of Readiness for delivery in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the relevant MOA. The Buyers shall then take delivery of the Vessel promptly but not later than 3 (three) Banking Days after the date that the Notice of Readiness has been given. The Allocated Deposit shall be released from the Escrow Funds in accordance with Clause 4.3 and paid to the Sellers for the relevant Vessel, and the Buyers and Sellers shall jointly instruct the Escrow Bank to release this amount by sending the Escrow Payment Letter simultaneously with the release of the payment of the remainder of the Allocated Purchase Price by the Buyers.
4.6 The Allocated Purchase Price of each Vessel and any other amounts due from the Buyers to the Sellers under this Agreement or each MOA shall be paid by the Buyers to the Sellers in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding unless such right of set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding is specified in this Agreement or the MOA.
Purchase Price; Deposit (a) The purchase price for the Property is AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($ ) (the “Purchase Price”), payable as follows:
(i) TEN PERCENT (10%) of the Purchase Price (which is equal to $ ) (the “Initial Deposit”, and together with the Additional Deposit (as hereinafter defined), if any and to the extent delivered by Purchaser, collectively, the “Deposit”) shall, within five (5) business days after the Effective Date, be deposited by Purchaser with the Title Company (as hereinafter defined), as escrow agent (in such capacity, the “Escrow Agent”) by wire transfer of immediately available funds. Failure by Purchaser to timely deliver the Deposit in accordance with this Section 2(a)(i) shall constitute a material default by Purchaser hereunder and Seller shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement by written notice to Purchaser. The Deposit shall be refundable to Purchaser only to the extent expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Deposit shall be held in a non-interest-bearing, federally-insured account by Escrow Agent in accordance with this Agreement pending the consummation of the Settlement (as defined below). At Settlement, the Deposit shall be paid to Seller on account of the Purchase Price and credited to Purchaser. The giving of the Deposit hereunder shall not be considered to be xxxxxxx money.
(ii) Subject to the prorations and adjustments set forth in this Agreement, the balance of the Purchase Price shall be paid to Seller at Settlement by wire transfer of immediately available federal funds.
(b) If there is a dispute between Seller and Purchaser regarding whether the Deposit shall be returned to Purchaser or delivered to Seller, Escrow Agent shall have no obligation to either Seller or Purchaser with respect to the Deposit except to interplead (invoke a concursus of) the Deposit into an appropriate court of competent jurisdiction. Escrow Agent may act upon any instrument or other writing believed by Escrow Agent in good faith to be genuine and to be signed and presented by the proper person.
Purchase Price Payment The total Purchase Price for the Property is the amount of the successful bid for the parcel at public auction.
Purchase Price Adjustment (a) Within 90 days following the Closing, the Buyer shall prepare and deliver, or cause to be prepared and delivered, to the Seller a statement (the “Closing Schedule”) setting forth:
(i) the Buyer’s determination of the actual amounts of (A) the Adjustment Amount, including the Final Adjustment Amount Overage or the Final Adjustment Amount Underage (the “Final Adjustment Amount”), and (B) the Seller Indebtedness Amount, in each case as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on the Closing Date without taking into account any of the transactions to be completed on the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(ii) a calculation of any adjustments to the Closing Payment based on such calculations (the adjusted Closing Payment as a result of such calculation being the “Final Closing Payment”); and
(iii) a calculation of the accounts receivable contained in the Preliminary Adjustment Amount that were not collected by Buyer within the thirty (30) days immediately following the Closing and the accounts receivable existing at the Closing but not taken into account in calculating the Adjustment Amount (the “Excluded AR”).
(b) Within fifteen (15) days after delivery of the Closing Schedule, the Seller may deliver a notice to Buyer either: (i) concurring with the Closing Schedule (a “Notice of Concurrence”); or (ii) disagreeing therewith (a “Notice of Disagreement”). If the Seller delivers a Notice of Disagreement, then it shall be accompanied by the Seller’s proposed revisions to the Closing Schedule. If the Seller fails to deliver any notice within such 15-day period, the Seller shall be deemed to have delivered a Notice of Concurrence.
(c) If a Notice of Concurrence is delivered or deemed delivered, and if the Final Closing Payment is less than the Closing Payment, the Buyer shall be entitled to payment out of the Royalty Consideration in the full amount of such shortfall. If a Notice of Concurrence is delivered or deemed delivered, and the Final Closing Payment is greater than the Closing Payment, Buyer shall pay to the Seller the full amount of such excess (with such payment being in shares of Buyer Common Stock priced at $1.50 per share) within thirty (30) days of the delivery of the Notice of Concurrence.
(d) If a Notice of Disagreement is delivered, then the Seller and the Buyer shall, during the 15-day period following such delivery (the “Negotiation Period”), use commercially reasonable efforts to agree on the Final Adjustment Amount. If, during such period, the Seller and the Buyer are unable to reach agreement, they promptly shall engage a nationally recognized certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to each such party (the “Independent Auditor”) to resolve the disagreement, and any such resolution shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto, absent fraud or manifest error. To the extent the Final Closing Payment as determined by the Independent Auditor is less than the Closing Payment, the Buyer shall be entitled to payment out of the Royalty Consideration in the full amount of such shortfall. To the extent the Final Closing Payment as determined by the Independent Auditor is more than the Closing Payment, the Buyer shall pay to the Seller the full amount of such excess (with such payment being in shares of Buyer Common Stock priced at $1.50 per share) within thirty (30) days of such resolution.
(e) Each of the Seller and the Buyer shall pay fifty percent (50%) of the fees and expenses of the Independent Auditor.
