Purchase Price Adjustments (a) Not more than fifteen (15) and not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Transaction Statement”) that contains Parent’s reasonable good faith estimates of (i) the Closing Working Capital (including all of the components thereof) prepared in accordance with the Calculation Principles (the “Estimated Closing Working Capital”), (ii) the Closing Business Debt (the “Estimated Closing Business Debt”), (iii) the Closing Transaction Expenses (the “Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses”), (iv) the Change of Control Payments (the “Estimated Closing Change of Control Payments”), (v) the Project Contributions (the “Estimated Project Contributions”), (vi) the Chinese DBFO Proceeds (the “Estimated Chinese DBFO Proceeds”), (vii) the Dalriada DBFO Proceeds (the “Estimated Dalriada DBFO Proceeds”) and (viii) the Other DBFO Proceeds (the “Estimated Other DBFO Proceeds”). (b) The Base Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment at the Closing as follows: (1) If the Estimated Closing Working Capital is greater than the Reference Amount, the Base Purchase Price shall be increased by such excess. (2) If the Estimated Closing Working Capital is less than the Reference Amount, the Base Purchase Price shall be reduced by such deficit. (3) The Base Purchase Price shall be reduced by the amount of the Estimated Closing Business Debt, if any. (4) The Base Purchase Price shall be reduced by the amount of the Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses, if any. (5) The Base Purchase Price shall be reduced by the amount of the Estimated Closing Change of Control Payments, if any. (6) If the Business’s land improvements relating to the DBFO project in the City of Beverly Hills, California (the “Xxxxxxx Hills DBFO Assets”) are sold back to the City of Xxxxxxx Hills prior to the Closing, the Base Purchase Price shall be reduced by Eighteen Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($18,400,000); provided that such transaction is closed and all funds related thereto are transferred to Parent (whether directly or indirectly) prior to the Closing; provided further that if (A) there is a fully executed definitive purchase agreement, but such transaction has not closed prior to the Closing then (B) the Base Purchase Price shall be reduced by Eighteen Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($18,400,000) unless Purchaser or any Purchased Company shall be irrevocably entitled to receive the proceeds from the transaction. (7) If any DBFO joint venture partner exercises its right to purchase any of the Target Shares pursuant to a contractual right of first refusal, the Base Purchase Price shall be reduced by an amount equal to the dollar amount allocated to such Target Shares (on a pro-rata basis) on Schedule 2.7; provided that such transaction is closed and all funds related thereto are transferred to Parent (whether directly or indirectly) prior to the Closing; provided further that if (A) there is a fully executed definitive purchase agreement, but such transaction has not closed prior to the Closing then (B) the Base Purchase Price shall be reduced by an amount equal to the dollar amount allocated to such Target Shares (on a pro-rata basis) on Schedule 2.7 unless Purchaser or any Purchased Company shall be irrevocably entitled to receive the proceeds from the transaction. (8) The Base Purchase Price shall be increased by an amount equal to the Estimated Project Contributions, if any. (9) The Base Purchase Price shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Estimated Chinese DBFO Proceeds, if any. (10) The Base Purchase Price shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Estimated Dalriada DBFO Proceeds, if any. (11) With respect to each of Parent’s fiscal quarters occurring between September 28, 2007 and the Closing Date, Parent shall be entitled to receive (directly or indirectly) Other DBFO Proceeds in an amount equal to the Permitted Proceeds. The Base Purchase Price shall be reduced by the amount, if any, that the Estimated Other DBFO Proceeds exceeds the aggregate amount of all Permitted Proceeds Parent is entitled to receive between September 28, 2007 and the Closing Date. The Base Purchase Price, as adjusted pursuant to this Section 2.6(b), is the “Closing Payment.” (c) Within seventy-five (75) calendar days after the Closing, Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to Parent a statement (the “Post-Closing Statement”) of (i) the Closing Working Capital (including all of the components thereof) prepared in accordance with the Calculation Principles, (ii) the Closing Business Debt, (iii) the Closing Transaction Expenses, (iv) the Change of Control Payments, (v) the Project Contributions, (vi) the Chinese DBFO Proceeds, (vii) the Dalriada DBFO Proceeds and (viii) the Other DBFO Proceeds. (d) Parent shall notify Purchaser of its acceptance or dispute of any amounts reflected on the Post-Closing Statement, within thirty (30) calendar days after Parent’s receipt of such statement (such 30-day period hereinafter referred to as the “Review Period”). Any such notice of disagreement shall specify, with a reasonably detailed explanation, those items or amounts as to which Parent disagrees (and shall include Parent’s proposed changes to Purchaser’s calculation of the Closing Working Capital, Closing Business Debt, Change of Control Payments, Closing Transaction Expenses, Project Contributions, Chinese DBFO Proceeds, Dalriada DBFO Proceeds and Other DBFO Proceeds, as applicable). Parent shall be deemed to have agreed with all other items and amounts included in the Post-Closing Statement delivered pursuant to Section 2.6(c) and Parent or Purchaser, as applicable, shall pay within five (5) Business Days of the conclusion of the Review Period the maximum amount, if any, which Purchaser and Parent agree would otherwise be owed pursuant to Section 2.6(f), as applicable, upon the final resolution of Closing Working Capital, Closing Business Debt, Change of Control Payments, Closing Transaction Expenses, Project Contributions, Chinese DBFO Proceeds, Dalriada DBFO Proceeds and Other DBFO Proceeds, as applicable (the “Undisputed Amounts”). (e) In the event of a dispute with respect to the Post-Closing Statement, Purchaser and Parent shall negotiate in good faith to reconcile their differences and any resolution by them as to any disputed amounts shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties. If Purchaser and Parent are unable to reach a resolution to such effect within thirty (30) calendar days after Purchaser’s receipt of Parent’s written notice of disagreement, Purchaser and Parent shall submit the amounts remaining in dispute for resolution to the New York, New York office of KPMG LLP or such other independent accountant firm of international reputation as is mutually agreed to and appointed by Purchaser and Parent (such independent accounting firm being herein referred to as the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall be directed to, within thirty (30) calendar days after submission of the dispute, determine and report to the parties upon such remaining disputed amounts with respect to the Post-Closing Statement, and such report shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties hereto and shall constitute an arbitral award upon which a judgment may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The Accounting Firm shall address only those items in dispute. Purchaser shall bear and pay a percentage of the fees and disbursements of the Accounting Firm that is equal to the percentage of the total dollar amount of changes proposed to the Post-Closing Statement by Parent that are successful, and Parent shall bear and pay a percentage of the fees an disbursements of the Accounting Firm that is equal to the percentage of the total dollar amount of changes proposed to the Post-Closing Statement by Parent that are not successful, in each case as determined by the Accounting Firm. (f) No later than five (5) Business Days after the final resolution of Closing Working Capital, Closing Business Debt, Change of Control Payments, Closing Transaction Expenses, Project Contributions, Chinese DBFO Proceeds, Dalriada DBFO Proceeds or Other DBFO Proceeds, as applicable, in accordance with this Section 2.6, Purchaser or Parent, as applicable, shall make the following payments; provided that, such payments shall only be made to the extent that the amounts owed have not otherwise been satisfied by a prior payment, if any, of the Undisputed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.6(d): (1) If the Closing Working Capital as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 is less than the Estimated Closing Working Capital, Parent shall pay the amount of such shortfall to Purchaser. (2) If the Closing Working Capital as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 is greater than the Estimated Closing Working Capital, Purchaser shall pay the amount of such excess to Parent. (3) If the Closing Business Debt as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 is less than the Estimated Closing Business Debt, Purchaser shall pay the amount of such shortfall to Parent. (4) If the Closing Business Debt as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 is greater than the Estimated Closing Business Debt, Parent shall pay the amount of such excess to Purchaser. (5) If the Closing Transaction Expenses as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 are less than the Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses, Purchaser shall pay the amount of such shortfall to Parent. (6) If the Closing Transaction Expenses as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 are greater than the Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses, Parent shall pay the amount of such excess to Purchaser. (7) If the Change of Control Payments as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 are less than the Estimated Closing Change of Control Payments, Purchaser shall pay the amount of such shortfall to Parent. (8) If the Change of Control Payments as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 are greater than the Estimated Closing Change of Control Payments, Parent shall pay the amount of such excess to Purchaser. (9) If the Project Contributions as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 are less than the Estimated Project Contributions, Parent shall pay the amount of such shortfall to Purchaser. (10) If the Project Contributions as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 are greater than the Estimated Project Contributions, Purchaser shall pay the amount of such excess to Parent. (11) If the Chinese DBFO Proceeds as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 are less than the Estimated Chinese DBFO Proceeds, Purchaser shall pay the amount of such shortfall to Parent. (12) If the Chinese DBFO Proceeds as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 are greater than the Estimated Chinese DBFO Proceeds, Parent shall pay the amount of such excess to Purchaser. (13) If the Dalriada DBFO Proceeds as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 are less than the Estimated Dalriada DBFO Proceeds, Purchaser shall pay the amount of such shortfall to Parent. (14) If the Dalriada DBFO Proceeds as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 are greater than the Estimated Dalriada DBFO Proceeds, Parent shall pay the amount of such excess to Purchaser. (15) If the Other DBFO Proceeds as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 are less than the Estimated Other DBFO Proceeds (and the Estimated Other DBFO Proceeds was greater than the aggregate amount of all Permitted Proceeds Parent is entitled to receive between the Effective Date and the Closing Date), Purchaser shall pay the amount of such shortfall to Parent; provided, however that Purchaser shall not be obligated to pay Parent any amount in excess of the amount by which the Base Purchase Price was reduced pursuant to Section 2.6(b)(11), if any. (16) If the Other DBFO Proceeds as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.6 are greater than the Estimated Other DBFO Proceeds (and the Estimated Other DBFO Proceeds were greater than the aggregate amount of all Permitted Proceeds Parent is entitled to receive between the Effective Date and the Closing Date), Parent shall pay the amount of such excess to Purchaser. (g) Any payment to be made as a result of an adjustment to the Base Purchase Price pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds, together with interest thereon for the period commencing on the Closing Date through the date on which such payment is made calculated at the Prime Rate. Such interest shall be payable at the same time as the payment to which it relates and shall be calculated daily on the basis of a year of 365 days and the actual number of days elapsed.
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.
Price Adjustment Civil works contracts of long duration (more than 18 months) shall contain an appropriate price adjustment clause.