ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT Beginning twelve (12) months after the effective date of this Statewide Contract and for every annual anniversary thereafter, the prices set forth in Exhibit B – Prices for Services shall be adjusted, based upon the percent changes (whether up or down) in the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) indices described below, for the most recent year. Economic adjustment will lag one (1) calendar quarter past the Contract commencement date to allow for publication of BLS data. All calculations for the index shall be based upon the latest version of data published as of one year of the effective date each year. Prices shall be adjusted on February 1st. If an index is recoded (i.e., the recoded index is a direct substitute for the prior index according to the BLS), this Statewide Contract will use the recoded index, as applicable. If an index becomes unavailable, Enterprise Services shall substitute a proxy index. If there is not a direct substitute, the next higher aggregate index available will be used. The economic adjustment shall be calculated as follows: New Price = Old Price x (Current Period Pricing/Base Period Index)
Purchase Price Adjustment Attached hereto as Schedule 2.4 is a balance sheet reflecting the Working Capital of the Business and the Purchased Assets as of March 31, 2001, as agreed upon by Buyer and the Seller Parties. At least five (5) Business Days prior to Closing, (i) the Seller Parties shall cause to be delivered to Buyer a detailed written determination of the estimated Closing Date balance sheet reflecting the Working Capital of the Business and the Purchased Assets as of the Closing (the "Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet") which estimate shall be attached as an Exhibit to the closing statement prepared by the Buyer and the Sellers with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (the "Closing Statement"), and (ii) the Buyer and the Sellers shall estimate by mutual agreement the amount of the adjustment to the Closing Date Purchase Price as of the Closing Date based upon any difference equal to or greater than five percent (5%) between the Schedule 2.4 and the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet other than differences arising in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and including with respect to the payment of payables only those which are current (within 30 days) (such estimated amount is referred to herein as the "Estimated Amount"). Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Sellers a determination (the "Determination") of the actual amount of the adjustment to the Closing Date Purchase Price (which actual amount is referred to herein as the "Preliminary Actual Amount"), including the basis for such Determination set forth in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with the items included in Schedule 2.4 and the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet. If, within thirty (30) days after the date on which the Determination is delivered to Sellers, Sellers shall not have given written notice to Buyer setting forth in reasonable detail any objection of Sellers to such Determination, then such Determination shall be final and binding upon the Parties and the Preliminary Actual Amount shall be deemed the "Final Actual Amount". In the event that Sellers give written notice of any objection to such Determination within such 30-day period, Buyer and Sellers shall use all reasonable efforts to resolve the dispute within thirty (30) business days following the receipt by Buyer of such written notice from the Sellers. If the Parties are unable to reach an agreement as to the actual adjustment to the Closing Date Purchase Price within such 30-day period, the matter shall be submitted to a mutually agreed upon "big five" certified public accounting firm (the "Settlement Accountant") for determination of the Final Actual Amount to be made within 45 days after submission, and the determination of the Settlement Accountant shall be final and binding upon Buyer and the Seller Parties. Buyer and Sellers shall contribute equally to all costs (including fees and expenses charged by the Settlement Accountant) in connection with the resolution of any such dispute. If the Final Actual Amount is higher than the Estimated Amount so that the Consideration paid to Sellers pursuant to Section 2.1 should have been reduced at the Closing, then such amount shall be deemed to be Indemnifiable Damages under Article X hereof and Buyer may set off against and recoup from any Cash Holdback Amount the difference between the Final Actual Amount and the Estimated Amount or take any other action or exercise any other remedy available to it by appropriate legal proceedings to recover such amount.
