Cooperation Agreement Xxxxxx and Meggitt have entered into a cooperation agreement dated 2 August 2021, (the Cooperation Agreement) pursuant to which, among other things: • Xxxxxx has agreed to take or cause to be taken all necessary steps in order to secure the regulatory clearances and authorisations necessary to satisfy Conditions 3 to 20 (inclusive) of Part A of Appendix 1 to this announcement, in sufficient time to enable the Effective Date to occur prior to the Long-Stop Date; and • Xxxxxx and Meggitt have each agreed to certain undertakings to co-operate and provide each other with reasonable information, assistance and access in relation to the filings, submissions and notifications to be made in relation to such regulatory clearances and authorisations. Under the terms of the Cooperation Agreement, Xxxxxx has agreed with Meggitt that it will offer a number of legally binding commitments to HM Government, as further described at paragraph 9 above. The Cooperation Agreement records the parties’ intentions to implement the Acquisition by way of Scheme, subject to the ability of Xxxxxx to implement the Acquisition by way of a Takeover Offer in certain circumstances set out in the Cooperation Agreement and with the consent of the Panel. The Cooperation Agreement will be capable of termination by either party in certain circumstances, including if the Scheme does not become Effective by the Long-Stop Date, a competing transaction completes, becomes effective or is declared or becomes unconditional in all respects, any Condition has been invoked by Xxxxxx (in circumstances where invocation of the relevant Condition is permitted by the Panel) prior to the Long-Stop Date or if the Acquisition is withdrawn or lapses in accordance with its terms prior to the Long-Stop Date. In addition, Xxxxxx may terminate the Cooperation Agreement on written notice to Meggitt where the Meggitt directors have publicly withdrawn, adversely qualified, adversely modified or failed to reaffirm or re-issue (when reasonably requested by Xxxxxx to do so) their unanimous and unconditional recommendation that Meggitt Shareholders vote in favour of the Scheme or a competing transaction is either recommended by the directors of Meggitt or completes, becomes effective or is declared or becomes unconditional in all respects. Pursuant to the terms of the Cooperation Agreement, Xxxxxx has undertaken that it will deliver a notice in writing to Meggitt on the business day prior to the Scheme Court Hearing confirming either: (i) the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions (other than Condition 2); or (ii) if permitted by the Panel, that it intends to invoke one or more Conditions. The Cooperation Agreement also contains provisions that will apply in respect of the Meggitt Share Schemes and certain other employee incentive arrangements. Clean Team Agreement Xxxxxx and Meggitt have entered into a due diligence clean team agreement dated 7 July 2021 (the Clean Team Agreement), which sets out how any confidential information that is commercially sensitive can be disclosed, used or shared for the purposes of due diligence, synergies evaluation, integration planning and regulatory clearance. Such commercially sensitive information must only be made available to the party receiving information through designated persons removed from day-to-day commercial or strategic operations and decisions and external professional advisers. The findings of such designated persons and external advisers may only be relayed to other employees, officers and directors of the receiving party in specified circumstances and subject to certain restrictions.
