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.
Closing Purchase Price Buyer shall have delivered the Closing Purchase Price in accordance with Section 2.5.
Payment of Purchase Price The Purchase Price shall be paid as follows:
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.
THE PURCHASER AND PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE 8.1 Immediately after the fall of the hammer and upon being declared the successful purchaser of the Property, the Purchaser shall execute the memorandum attached hereto (`the Memorandum’).
8.2 The signed Memorandum together with these conditions of sale and the Proclamation of Sale shall in their entirety form the contract for the sale and purchase of the Property (`the Contract of Sale’).
8.3 The last bid which is the highest bid accepted by the Auctioneer and upon which the Property is sold to the Purchaser shall be the purchase price for the Property (`the Purchase Price’).
8.4 Upon successful bid of the property by the bidder, the Bidding Deposit deposited by the bidder pursuant to clause 3.1 shall be paid to the Bank immediately upon execution of the Contract of Sale (“ the Purchase Deposit)
8.5 In the event that the Purchase Price is higher than the Reserve Price, the Purchaser shall immediately deposit with the Auctioneer as stakeholder a sum equivalent to the difference between Purchase Deposit and the Bidding Deposit (`the Purchase Deposit Shortfall’) either in cash or by way of a valid bank draft or cashier’s order drawn in favour of the Bank which together will form the Purchase Deposit.
8.6 The Auctioneer shall upon receipt of the Purchase Deposit release the said sum, bank draft and/or cashier’s order to the Bank.
8.7 In the event that the Purchaser shall fail to deposit the Purchase Deposit Shortfall or shall fail to execute the Memorandum for any reason whatsoever or in the event of the bank draft and/or cashier’s order for the Bidding Deposit and/or the Purchase Deposit Shortfall is dishonored for any reason whatsoever when presented by the Bank for payment, the Purchaser shall be deemed to have committed a breach of the terms of the Auction Sale and the consequences set out in paragraph 8.8 hereto shall ensue.
8.8 In the event that the Purchaser shall commit a breach, the Bidding Deposit shall be forfeited absolutely to the Bank and the Bank may in its absolute discretion upon such terms and conditions and at such time or times the Bank deems fit put the Property up for resale. The Bank shall be further entitled to recover from the Purchaser all costs and expenses of, in connection with and resulting from such resale. The Purchaser shall be further liable to the Bank for any shortfall in the sale price obtained at the resale and the Purchase Price (`the Resale Shortfall’). A certificate duly signed by an authorized officer of the Bank as to amount of the Resale Shortfall and the costs and expenses of, in connection with resulting from such resale shall be accepted by the Purchaser as binding correct and conclusive for all purposes including for legal proceedings. The certified amount shall be paid by the Purchaser to the Bank not later than seven (7) days from the date of the demand made by the Bank.
8.9 Notwithstanding anything herein contained, the amount representing the difference between the Purchase Price and the Purchase Deposit (“Balance Purchase Price”) shall be paid by the Purchaser directly to the Bank without any set-off not later than NINETY (90) DAYS from the date of the Contract of Sale (`the Due Date’).
8.10 The Balance Purchase Price shall be paid to the Bank by way of bank draft or cashier’s order drawn in favour of the Bank or E-Payment or any mode of payment which acceptable by the Bank.
8.11 Upon the written request by the Purchaser before the expiry date, the Bank in its absolute discretion may but shall be under no obligation to extend the Due Date for such period or periods the Bank deems fit (`the Extended Due Date’).
8.12 The Purchaser shall have prior to twenty one (21) days of the Due Date, the Purchaser shall issue a written request to the Assignee/Bank applying for an extension of time and the Bank may in it’s absolute discretion (i) agree to grant the extension of time unconditionally, or (ii) refuse the request, in which case the 10% of the successful bid shall be forfeited, or (iii) agree to grant an extension of time subject to conditions (including but not limited to imposition of late payment interest/charges/compensation at such rate/amount as the Bank shall determine) without assigning any reasons whatsoever and such decision shall be binding on the Purchaser. The interest on late payment if imposed by the Bank may be in the form of advance payment of interest for the extension period or otherwise is final and not refundable.
8.13 In the event that the Purchaser for any reason whatsoever (save and except where it is due to the default of the Bank) fails to pay the Balance Purchase Price by the Due Date or the Extended Due Date, as the case may be, the Purchaser shall be deemed to be in breach of the Contract of Sale, and all monies paid to the Bank upon the execution of the Contract of Sale including the Purchase Deposit shall be forfeited absolutely by the Bank and the consequences as set out in paragraph 8.8 shall ensue.
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.
Payment of Purchase Price for the Mortgage Loans (a) In consideration of the sale of the Mortgage Loans from the Seller to the Purchaser on the Closing Date, the Purchaser agrees to transfer to the Seller on the Closing Date the purchase price for the Mortgage Loans provided in the Adoption Annex.
(b) Reserved.
SALE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE Section 2.01. Sale of the Mortgage Loans.............................4 Section 2.02. Obligations of Seller Upon Sale........................4 Section 2.03. Payment of Purchase Price for the Mortgage Loans.......7
Payment of the Purchase Price 4.2.1 At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Seller or Altor shall deliver to Buyers a statement that sets forth:
(a) its good faith and reasonable best estimates of:
(i) the Net Working Capital as of the Closing Date, as calculated and presented on Schedule 4.2.1(a)(i) attached hereto (the “Estimated Net Working Capital”); and
(ii) the Cash as of the Closing Date, as calculated and presented on Schedule 4.2.1(a)(ii) attached hereto (the “Estimated Cash”); and
(b) the allocation between the Altor Note and the SHB Note of the aggregate initial principal balance in the amount of USD 30 million less an amount equal to the difference between the Estimated Net Working Capital and the Normalized Net Working Capital on a USD by USD basis if the Estimated Net Working Capital is less than the Normalized Net Working Capital (the “Aggregate Initial Principal Balance”).
4.2.2 The cash purchase price to be paid by Buyers to Seller on Closing for the Transferred Shares (the “Cash Purchase Price”) shall be an amount in USD corresponding to the Preliminary Purchase Price
(a) less the sum of the Consideration Shares multiplied by the Applicable Ampco Stock Price; and
(b) less the Aggregate Initial Principal Balance of the Notes.
4.2.3 The amount to be repaid by Buyers to SHB on Closing as repayment on behalf of ÅAB of the outstanding principal, interest and other amounts due and owing with respect to the Existing Facilities (the “Bank Pay-Off Amount”) shall be an amount in USD corresponding to the Cash Amount
(a) plus an amount equal to the difference between the Estimated Net Working Capital and the Normalized Net Working Capital on a USD by USD basis if the Estimated Net Working Capital exceeds the Normalized Net Working Capital provided that such amount shall not exceed SEK 20,000,000;
(b) plus the Estimated Cash;
(c) less the Unpaid Transaction Expenses;
(d) less the Cash Purchase Price;
(e) less the lower of (i) the R&W Insurance Premium and (ii) USD 300,000; and
(f) plus any other amounts to be paid by Buyers to Seller pursuant to this Agreement.
4.2.4 The Bank Pay-Off Amount and the Aggregate Initial Principal Balance are adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Clause 8.
4.2.5 Any amounts to be paid by Buyers to Seller after Closing pursuant to this Agreement shall be added to the Bank Pay-Off Amount and be paid to SHB as compensation for cancellation of bank debt.
4.2.6 On the Closing Date, the Cash Purchase Price shall be paid by Buyer to SHB and the Converting Note and the Notes shall be issued by Buyer to SHB, in each case as repayment of bank debt on behalf of Seller and for the benefit of US Buyer, and the Bank Pay-Off Amount shall be paid by Buyer to SHB as repayment of bank debt on behalf of ÅAB and for the benefit of US Buyer.
4.2.7 For purposes of determining the Bank Pay-Off Amount pursuant to Clause 4.2.3 amounts in other currencies shall be translated into USD at the Exchange Rates as at four (4) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
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.
