STOCK AND ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BY AND
AMONG
MDS LIFE
SCIENCES (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.,
THE OTHER ASSET
SELLERS,
MDS (US) INC.,
THE OTHER
STOCK SELLERS, and
LABORATOIRES
MDS QUEBEC LTÉE,
(solely
for purposes of Section 5.1, Section 5.2, Section 5.3, Section 5.4, Section
7.6(k), and
ARTICLE X
and ARTICLE XI)
AND
DH
TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE LTD. and
XXXXXXX
CORPORATION
(solely
for purposes of Section 7.3(b), Section 7.3(c), Section 7.3(d), Section 7.18(b),
and
ARTICLE
XI)
Dated as
of September 2, 2009
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
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Certain
Definitions and Other Matters
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Section
1.1
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Certain
Definitions
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Section
1.2
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Interpretation
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ARTICLE
II
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Purchase
and Sale of Stock and Assets
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Section
2.1
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Purchase
and Sale of Analytical Technologies Companies Stock and Joint Venture
Interests
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Section
2.2
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Purchase
and Sale of Purchased Assets; Excluded Assets
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Section
2.3
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Consideration
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Section
2.4
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Assumed
and Retained Liabilities
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Section
2.5
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Third
Party Consents
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ARTICLE
III
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Purchase
Price
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Section
3.1
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Estimated
Amounts Included In Initial Purchase Price
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Section
3.2
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Post-Closing
Purchase Price Determination
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Section
3.3
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Final
Purchase Price Determination
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Section
3.4
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Allocation
of the Purchase Price
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ARTICLE
IV
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Closing
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Section
4.1
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Closing
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Section
4.2
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Deliveries
at the Closing
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ARTICLE
V
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Representations
and Warranties of Sellers
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Section
5.1
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Organization
and Standing
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Section
5.2
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Corporate
Power and Authority
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Section
5.3
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Capitalization
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Section
5.4
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Conflicts;
Consents and Approvals
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Section
5.5
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Financial
Statements
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Section
5.6
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Undisclosed
Liabilities
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47
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Section
5.7
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
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48
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Section
5.8
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Compliance
with Law; Permits
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48
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Section
5.9
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Litigation
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49
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Section
5.10
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Taxes
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49
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Section
5.11
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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52
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Section
5.12
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Environmental
Matters
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54
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Section
5.13
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Real
Property
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56
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Section
5.14
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Intellectual
Property
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57
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Section
5.15
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Assets;
Operation of the Analytical Technologies Business
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59
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Section
5.16
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Labor
Matters
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60
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Section
5.17
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Personal
Information
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62
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Section
5.18
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Material
Contracts
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63
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Section
5.19
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Insurance
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65
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Section
5.20
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Significant
Customers and Suppliers
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65
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Section
5.21
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Unlawful
Payments
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66
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Section
5.22
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Affiliate
Transaction; Absence of Claims
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66
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Section
5.23
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Inventory
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66
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Section
5.24
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Brokerage
and Finders' Fees
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66
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Section
5.25
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No
Other Representations or Warranties
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67
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Section
5.26
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Limitation
with Respect to Joint Venture Representations
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67
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ARTICLE
VI
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Representations
and Warranties of Buyer
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Section
6.1
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Organization
and Standing
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68
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Section
6.2
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Corporate
Power and Authority
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68
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Section
6.3
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Conflicts;
Consents and Approvals
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68
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Section
6.4
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Securities
Act
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69
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Section
6.5
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Compliance
with Law
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69
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Section
6.6
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Investigations;
Litigation
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69
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Section
6.7
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Finders;
Brokers
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69
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Section
6.8
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Sufficient
Funds
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70
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Section
6.9
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Investment
Canada Act
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70
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Section
6.10
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No
Additional Representations or Warranties
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70
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ARTICLE
VII
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Covenants
and Agreements
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Section
7.1
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Information
and Documents
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71
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Section
7.2
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Conduct
of Business
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72
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Section
7.3
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Certain
Approvals
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77
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Section
7.4
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Further
Assurances; Retransfer of Assets
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82
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Section
7.5
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Employees
and Employee Benefits
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83
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Section
7.6
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Tax
Matters
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87
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Section
7.7
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Non-Solicitation
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95
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Section
7.8
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Ancillary
Agreements
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96
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Section
7.9
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Intercompany
Accounts and Arrangements
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96
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Section
7.10
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Use
of Retained Names
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97
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Section
7.11
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Access
to Records and Information
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99
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Section
7.12
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Publicity;
Public Announcements
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99
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Section
7.13
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Pending
Litigation; Litigation Support
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100
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Section
7.14
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Mail
and Other Communication
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101
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Section
7.15
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Insurance
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101
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Section
7.16
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Worker
Notification
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102
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Section
7.17
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Privileged
Matters
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103
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Section
7.18
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Confidentiality
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104
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Section
7.19
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Shared
Contracts
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105
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Section
7.20
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Resignations
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107
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Section
7.21
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Union
or Works Council Cooperation
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107
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Section
7.22
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Bulk
Transfer Laws
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107
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Section
7.23
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Non-Competition
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108
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Section
7.24
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Notices
of Certain Events
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110
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Section
7.25
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Shareholders
Meeting
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111
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Section
7.26
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No
Shop, Opportunity to Match, etc
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113
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Section
7.27
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Certification
of Material Adverse Effect
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116
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Section
7.28
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Pre-Closing
Restructuring
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116
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ARTICLE
VIII
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Conditions
to Closing
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Section
8.1
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Mutual
Conditions
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117
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Section
8.2
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Conditions
to Buyer's Obligations
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118
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Section
8.3
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Conditions
to Sellers' Obligations
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119
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ARTICLE
IX
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Termination
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Section
9.1
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Termination
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119
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Section
9.2
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Effect
of Termination
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120
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Section
9.3
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Buyer
Termination Payment and Buyer Expense Payments
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121
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ARTICLE
X
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Indemnification
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Section
10.1
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Survival
of Representations, Warranties and Covenants
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122
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Section
10.2
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Indemnification
by Sellers
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123
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Section
10.3
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Indemnification
by Buyer
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125
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Section
10.4
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Notice
of Claims
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127
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Section
10.5
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Third
Party Claims
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128
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Section
10.6
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Limitations
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129
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Section
10.7
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Sole
Remedy/Waiver
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131
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Section
10.8
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Right
to Choose
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131
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Section
10.9
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No
Punitive Damages
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131
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Section
10.10
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Purchase
Price Adjustment
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131
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ARTICLE
XI
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
11.1
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Notices
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131
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Section
11.2
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Expenses
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133
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Section
11.3
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Counterparts;
Effectiveness
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133
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Section
11.4
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Governing
Law
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133
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Section
11.5
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Consent
to Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial
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134
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Section
11.6
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Dispute
Resolution
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135
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Section
11.7
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Assignment
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137
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Section
11.8
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Parties
in Interest
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137
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Section
11.9
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Titles
and Headings
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138
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Section
11.10
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Entire
Agreement
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138
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Section
11.11
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Specific
Performance
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138
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Section
11.12
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Amendment
and Modification
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138
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Section
11.13
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Waiver
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138
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Section
11.14
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Severability
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139
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Section
11.15
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Knowledge
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139
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Section
11.16
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Affiliate
Status and Subsidiaries
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139
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Section
11.17
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Currency
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139
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Section
11.18
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DHR
Guaranty.
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140
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A
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Asset
Buyers
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Exhibit
B
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Closing
Balance Sheet Principles
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Exhibit
C
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Reference
Net Working Capital Statement
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Exhibit
D
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Stock
Buyers
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Exhibit
E
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Form
of Transition Services Agreement
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Exhibit
F
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Purchase
Price
Allocation
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This
Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 2, 2009 (this "Agreement"),
is entered into by and among (i) MDS Inc., a company existing under the laws of
Canada ("Parent"),
(ii) MDS Life Sciences (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a private company limited by
shares, organized in Singapore ("MDS
Singapore"), (iii) the other Asset Sellers that may become party hereto
from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (iv) MDS (US)
Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware ("MDS
US"), (v) the other Stock Sellers that may become party hereto from time
to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (vi) solely for purpose
of Section 5.1, Section 5.2, Section 5.3, Section 5.4, Section 7.6(k), and
ARTICLE X and ARTICLE XI hereof, MDS Laboratoires Quebec Ltée, (vii) DH
Technologies Development Pte Ltd., a private company limited by shares,
organized in Singapore ("Buyer"),
and (viii) solely for purposes of Section 7.3(b), Section 7.3(c), Section
7.3(d), Section 7.18(b), and ARTICLE XI hereof, Xxxxxxx Corporation, a
corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware ("DHR").
Except as otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein shall have the
meanings set forth in Section 1.1.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
in addition to other businesses, Sellers are engaged through certain of their
Subsidiaries, divisions and joint ventures in the Analytical Technologies
Business;
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto desire that the Asset Sellers sell, assign, transfer, convey,
deliver and, as provided herein, license, sublicense, lease or sublease to Buyer
or one or more of the Asset Buyers, and that Buyer or one or more of the Asset
Buyers purchase, acquire, accept and, as provided herein, license, sublicense,
lease or sublease from the Asset Sellers, the Purchased Assets, in the manner
and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Local
Purchase Agreements, as applicable;
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto desire that the Stock Sellers sell, assign, transfer, convey
and deliver to Buyer or one or more of the Stock Buyers, and that Buyer or one
or more of the Stock Buyers purchase, acquire and accept from the Stock Sellers,
the Analytical Technologies Companies Stock, in the manner and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Local Purchase Agreements, as
applicable;
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto desire that Parent sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver
to Buyer or the Joint Venture Buyers, and that Buyer or the Joint Venture Buyers
purchase, acquire and accept from Sellers, the Joint Venture Interests, in the
manner and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto desire that Buyer and/or one or more of the Asset Buyers
assume the Assumed Liabilities in the manner and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein and in the Local Purchase Agreements, as
applicable;
WHEREAS,
certain Sellers, on the one hand, and certain Designated Buyers, on the other
hand, prior to the Closing will execute Local Purchase
Agreements;
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WHEREAS,
at or prior to the Closing, Sellers and Buyer (and/or their respective
Subsidiaries, as applicable) shall enter into the other Ancillary
Agreements;
WHEREAS,
on the date of this Agreement, Life Technologies Corporation ("Life
Tech") is entering into the Life Technologies Purchase Agreement in order
to sell its portion of the AB Joint Venture and certain other assets to Buyer;
and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the AB JV
Agreements shall be terminated and the AB Joint Venture shall be dissolved
immediately prior to the Closing.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises contained in
this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER MATTERS
Section
1.1 Certain
Definitions. As used
in this Agreement and the schedules hereto, the following terms have the
respective meanings set forth below.
"AAA"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(b)(i).
"AB
Joint Venture" means Applied Biosystems/MDS Analytical Technologies
Instruments, an Ontario partnership.
"AB
Joint Venture Agreement" means the Extended, Amended and Restated Joint
Venture Agreement, by and among Applied Biosystems (Canada) Limited, MDS Inc.
(acting through its MDS Sciex Division), and PE Corporation (NY), dated October
1, 2001, as amended.
"AB
JV Agreements" means, collectively, (i) the AB Joint Venture Agreement,
(ii) the Distribution Agreement, by and between Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX
Instruments and PE Corporation (NY), effective as of October 1, 2001, (iii) the
Purchase Agreement, by and between Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX Instruments and
MDS Inc. (acting through its MDS Sciex Division) effective as of October 1,
2001, (iv) the Services Agreement, by and among MDS Inc. (acting through its MDS
Sciex Division), PE Corporation (NY) and Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX
Instruments, effective as of October 1, 2001, (v) the Technology License
Agreement, by and between MDS Inc. (acting through its business unit MDS Sciex)
and Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX Instruments, effective September 27, 2002, (vi)
the Technology License Agreement, by and among Applied Biosystems (Canada)
Limited, MDS Inc. (acting through its MDS Sciex Division) and PE Corporation
(NY), effective as of October 1, 2001, (vii) the Sub-license Agreement, by and
between MDS Inc. and Applera Corporation, effective January 1, 2003, and (viii)
the Applied Biosystems/MDS Sciex JV Financial Arrangements, dated September
2001.
"Accounting
Firm" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(b)(i).
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"Acquired
Entities" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.10(b)(i).
"Acquisition
Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.26(b)(iii).
"Acquisition
Proposal" means any inquiry, proposal or offer from any third party
unaffiliated with Sellers relating to, or the public announcement or other
public disclosure of the intention to undertake or engage in, (i) the merger,
amalgamation, consolidation, recapitalization, change in capital structure (to
the extent having an adverse impact on, or causing a delay in consummating, the
transactions contemplated hereby), arrangement, business combination, share
exchange, take-over bid, going private transaction, tender offer, exchange
offer, spin-off, split-off, sale, liquidation, dissolution or winding-up in
respect of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or either Joint Venture; (ii) the
acquisition (whether by lease, license, long-term supply agreement or other
arrangement having the same economic effect as an acquisition) of (A) material
Assets or businesses that constitute or generate 20% or more of the total
revenue, net income or Assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
(B) any material Assets primarily used or primarily held for use in connection
with the Analytical Technologies Business, (C) any material Purchased Assets,
(D) Sellers' ownership interest in either of the Joint Ventures, or (E) any
Analytical Technologies Companies Stock; (iii) the acquisition of 20% or more of
the issued and outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interests or voting
interests in, Parent or one or more of the Subsidiaries of Parent which, in the
aggregate, directly or indirectly hold the Assets or businesses referred to in
clause (ii) above; or (iv) similar transactions, or series of transactions,
involving Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or either Joint Venture, directly or
indirectly; provided,
however,
the term "Acquisition Proposal" shall not include (x) the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (y) the sale of Parent Pharma Services and
Parent Nordion businesses, each as described in the Form 40-F, or (z) the sale
(or any lease, license, long-term supply agreement or other arrangement having
the same economic effect as a sale) of any Assets primarily used or primarily
held for use in connection with the Excluded Businesses, provided
that in each case of (y) and (z), (1) such transaction does not include any
Asset of the Analytical Technologies Business or any Designated Employees and
(2) pursuing such sale does not have an adverse impact on, or cause a delay of
more than 10 days in consummating, the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and no material non-public information about the Analytical
Technologies Business is disclosed; provided,
further,
that any sale of Excluded Assets that are utilized in Seller's provision of
transition services to Buyer pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement shall
either (1) require any acquirer to provide the services provided by Parent and
its Subsidiaries under the Transition Services Agreement or (2) provide for an
alternate source (reasonably acceptable to Buyer) of the services performed by
Parent and its Subsidiaries under the Transition Services Agreement at Parent's
sole cost and expense.
"Action"
means any claim, demand, charge, complaint, arbitration, suit, mediation or
grievance, whether civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory or judicial,
whether at law or in equity, by or before any Governmental
Authority.
"Adverse
Recommendation Change" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.26(b)(i).
"Adverse
Recommendation Change Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in.
Section 7.26(b).
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"Affected
Employees" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.5(a).
"Affiliate"
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or
is under common control with, such Person. The term "control"
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise, and the terms "controlled"
and "controlling"
have correlative meanings.
"Affiliated
Group" means any affiliated group within the meaning of Code §1504(a) or
any similar group defined under a similar provision of state, local, or non-U.S.
law.
"Affiliated
Parties" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.22.
"Affiliate
Transactions" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.22.
"Agreement"
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.
"Allocation"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
"Analytical
Technologies Action" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.13(a).
"Analytical
Technologies Assets" means all Assets of Sellers and their Subsidiaries
(other than the Analytical Technologies Companies) primarily used or primarily
held for use in connection with the Analytical Technologies Business (excluding
the Analytical Technologies Companies Stock and the Excluded Assets),
including:
(a) the
Owned Real Property;
(b) the
leasehold interests in the Leased Real Property, including the right to all
security deposits and other amounts and instruments deposited by, with or on
behalf of the Asset Sellers (with respect to the Analytical Technologies
Business);
(c) all
Equipment (and Equipment Leases) primarily used or primarily held for use in
connection with the Analytical Technologies Business (other than IT
Assets);
(d) the
Analytical Technologies Inventories reflected in the balance sheet amounts
related to the Analytical Technologies Business included in the June 30, 2009
Financial Statements (subject to any increases, decreases or dispositions
thereof as may occur since the date of such Financial Statements to the Closing
Date and, to the extent applicable, not in violation of Section
7.2);
(e) the
Analytical Technologies Intellectual Property;
(f)
all Contracts (other than the Real Property Leases, the Equipment Leases,
any Contract that constitutes an IT Asset, Shared Contracts (other than any
benefits under the Shared Contracts allocated to Buyer pursuant to Section 7.19)
and Contracts primarily relating to the Excluded Assets), to which Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of the Analytical Technologies
Assets is subject, in each case that primarily relate to or are used primarily
in connection with the Analytical Technologies Business;
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(g) all
Permits (other than Non-Transferable Permits), including Environmental Permits
(and applications therefor) owned, utilized or licensed by Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries relating primarily to, or required in the operation of, the
Analytical Technologies Business and all applications therefor;
(h) the
Analytical Technologies Books and Records;
(i)
the intercompany receivables, as of the Closing, for amounts due and owing
solely among or between any of the Analytical Technologies
Companies;
(j)
any rights and claims under any confidentiality agreement, to the
extent related to the Analytical Technologies Business, entered into with third
Persons regarding the Sale Process;
(k) the
Analytical Technologies IT Assets;
(l)
all Assets, properties and rights of the Analytical Technologies
Business reflected in the balance sheets included in the June 30, 2009 Financial
Statements (subject to any increases, decreases or dispositions thereof as may
occur since the date of such Financial Statements to the Closing Date and, to
the extent applicable, not in violation of Section 7.2);
(m) the
Cash Amount;
(n) (x)
Intracompany Receivables and (y) Capped Receivables;
(o) any
other Assets of the Sellers and their Subsidiaries owned, used, held for use,
leased or licensed and primarily relating to or primarily used in the Analytical
Technologies Business, if and to the extent that such Assets are not referred to
in the preceding paragraphs of this definition; and
(p) the
Assets set forth on Section 1.1(1) of the Sellers' Disclosure
Schedule,
but in
each case of the foregoing clauses (a) through (p), excluding the Excluded
Assets.
"Analytical
Technologies Books and Records" means (i) such portion of the books and
records of Parent and its Subsidiaries (or true and complete copies thereof) to
the extent they relate to the Analytical Technologies Business or the Analytical
Technologies Assets, including the minute books, corporate charters and by-laws
or comparable constitutive documents, records of share issuances, and related
corporate records of the Analytical Technologies Companies, the services
provided by the Analytical Technologies Business or dealings with customers of
the Analytical Technologies Business, (ii) the Designated Employee Records, and
(iii) all files relating to any Action or Investigation, the Liability with
respect to which is included in Assumed Liabilities; provided
that, for the sake of clarity, only such portions of the books and records of
Parent and the Retained Subsidiaries relating to the Analytical Technologies
Business or the Analytical Technologies Assets shall be included as Analytical
Technologies Books and Records. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Analytical
Technologies Books and Records" shall not include any Tax Returns or other
information, documents or materials (or portions thereof) relating exclusively
to Taxes, the Retained Liabilities or Excluded Assets, or any records relating
to employees which cannot be transferred pursuant to applicable Law without the
employee's consent, unless such consent has been received after using reasonable
best efforts to obtain such consents.
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"Analytical
Technologies Business" means the Analytical Technologies products and
services business, focused on the research, development, design, manufacture and
marketing of software, consumables, reagents, instruments and aftermarket parts
for mass spectrometry, drug discovery and bioresearch, as well as the related
training, equipment installation, repair, maintenance, customer support and
application consulting services,
as conducted by Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the Analytical
Technologies Companies) and as conducted through the Joint Ventures, in each
case as conducted on the date hereof and on and prior to the Closing Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Analytical Technologies Business shall not
include the businesses, activities and operations which constitute the Excluded
Assets or the Excluded Businesses.
"Analytical
Technologies Companies" means, collectively, (i) MDS Analytical
Technologies (US) Inc., a Delaware corporation, (ii) MDS Analytical Technologies
Instrumentação Científica do Brasil Ltda., (iii) MDS Analytical Technologies
(Shanghai) Limited, (iv) MDS Analytical Technologies (Hong Kong) Limited, (v)
MDS Analytical Technologies GmbH, (vi) MDS Analytical Technologies (GB) Limited,
(vii) Molecular Devices Korea, LLC, (viii) Nihon Molecular Devices Corporation
Limited and (ix) Blueshift Biotechnologies, Inc.
"Analytical
Technologies Companies Stock" means all of the Equity Interests in the
Analytical Technologies Companies owned of record or beneficially by Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries (other than Equity Interests owned of record by any of
the Analytical Technologies Companies and other than directors' qualifying
shares and investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable Law, which
shares and investments are set forth on Section 1.1(2) of the Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule).
"Analytical
Technologies Intellectual Property" means the Intellectual Property
(other than IT Assets) owned by, primarily used, or primarily held, primarily
licensed or otherwise primarily granted to Sellers or their Affiliates (e.g.,
covenants not to xxx) for use in the Analytical Technologies Business,
including, for the sake of clarity, all Intellectual Property (other than IT
Assets) owned, used or held for use by the Analytical Technologies Companies and
all Intellectual Property owned, used or held for use by the Sellers in the
Joint Ventures, and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Retained
Names.
"Analytical
Technologies Inventories" means all Inventory owned, primarily used or
primarily held for use by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or the Joint
Ventures in the operation and conduct of the Analytical Technologies Business,
wherever located, whether or not in their control.
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"Analytical
Technologies IT Assets" means the IT Assets exclusively used or
exclusively held for use by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in the Analytical
Technologies Business at the Closing, if any, and those IT Assets set forth on
Section 1.1(3) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule.
"Ancillary
Agreements" means, collectively, the Local Purchase Agreements, the
Transition Services Agreement and any and all other agreements to be executed by
any Seller or Sellers and/or any of their Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and
Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries (including, at or following the Closing, the
Analytical Technologies Companies or Joint Ventures), on the other hand, in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Local
Purchase Agreements.
"Antitrust
Laws" means any antitrust, competition, or trade regulation Laws that are
designed or intended to (a) prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the
purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening
competition through merger or acquisition or (b) control foreign
investment.
"ARC"
means the issuance of an advance ruling certificate by the Commissioner of
Competition under subsection 102(1) of the Canadian Competition Act with respect
to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, which certificate is in form
and substance acceptable to Parent and Buyer, each acting reasonably, and which
certificate remains in force, unamended.
"Asset
Buyers" means Buyer and/or the Persons set forth on Exhibit A (which
exhibit may be updated or modified from time to time by Buyer with the consent
of Parent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) who are designated to
purchase the Purchased Assets under this Agreement or a Local Purchase
Agreement, as applicable.
"Asset
Sellers" means (a) Parent and (b) any other Person designated by Parent
(and reasonably acceptable to Buyer) prior to Closing that may be designated to
sell the Purchased Assets under this Agreement or a Local Purchase Agreement, as
applicable. Each Person in clauses (a) and (b) may be referred to individually
as an "Asset
Seller."
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"Assets"
means all properties, assets, claims, Contracts and businesses of every kind,
character and description, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or
intangible, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise, and wherever located
(including in the possession of vendors, customers or other third parties or
elsewhere), in each case whether or not recorded or reflected on the books and
records or financial statements of a relevant Person, including, the following:
(i) all cash, cash equivalents, notes and accounts receivable (whether current
or noncurrent and including intercompany receivables), except to the extent
distributed to Parent or a Retained Subsidiary prior to the Closing, unbilled
revenue and income taxes recoverable; (ii) all certificates of deposit, banker's
acceptances and other investment securities of any other form and maturity;
(iii) the fee interest in all owned real properties (including, all plants,
buildings and other structures and improvements (including, construction in
progress) located thereon, fixtures contained therein and appurtenances
thereto); (iv) the leasehold interest in all leased real properties and all
leasehold improvements and all machinery, equipment (including, all
transportation and office equipment and all improvements leased from any
Governmental Authority), fixtures, trade fixtures and furniture; (v) all office
supplies, production supplies, computer hardware, spare parts, other
miscellaneous supplies and other tangible property of any kind; (vi) all capital
stock, partnership interests and other equity or ownership interests or rights,
directly or indirectly, in any Subsidiary or other entity; (vii) all inventories
of materials, raw materials, supplies and consumables, packaging material and
other inventories; (viii) all Intellectual Property; (ix) all rights existing
under all Contracts; (x) all IT Assets; (xi) all prepayments, deposits, deferred
charges, performance bonds, guarantees, warranties, derivative instruments, and
advances for insurance premiums to the extent they constitute an asset and not a
liability of such party; (xii) all claims, causes of action, judgments, rights
of recovery and rights of set-off of any kind; (xiii) all customer lists and
records pertaining to customers and accounts, personnel records, all lists and
records pertaining to suppliers and agents, and all books, ledgers, files and
business records of every kind; (xiv) all advertising materials and all other
printed or written materials, including purchase orders, forms, labels, shipping
materials, catalogues, sales brochures, operating manuals, and instructional
documents; (xv) all goodwill as a going concern; (xvi) all employee contracts,
including, the right thereunder to restrict an employee from competing in
certain respects; (xvii) all trucks, automobiles and other vehicles; (xviii) all
special and general tools, test devices, prototypes, models and any other
tangible personal property; (xix) all permits, licenses, approvals and
authorizations, to the extent transferable, of Governmental Authorities or third
parties relating to the ownership, possession or operation of the assets; and
(xx) all long term investments and deferred tax assets.
"Assignment
of Leases" means an assignment of Parent's or any other Seller's or other
Retained Subsidiary's interest in each Real Property Lease.
"Assumed
Liabilities" means, except as expressly set forth in Section 2.5, Section
7.4, Section 7.5, Section 7.6, Section 7.9, Section 7.13, Section 7.15, Section
7.16, Section 7.19 and Section 10.2 of this Agreement, any and all Liabilities
(for purpose of this definition, including clauses (a) through (m) below,
excluding Retained Liabilities and any and all Liabilities of the Analytical
Technologies Companies, the PE Joint Venture and, prior to the dissolution of
the AB Joint Venture, the AB Joint Venture), whether arising before, on or after
the Closing Date, of Parent or any of its predecessor companies or Subsidiaries,
to the extent resulting exclusively from or arising exclusively out of the
present, past or future operation or conduct of the Analytical Technologies
Business, or the present, past or future ownership or use of any Purchased
Assets to the extent exclusively used in the Analytical Technologies Business
(including the ownership or use of the Analytical Technologies Assets in the
Analytical Technologies Business), including the following:
(a) (i)
all Liabilities to the extent arising exclusively out of or resulting
exclusively from the Analytical Technologies Actions and (ii) all Liabilities
arising out of or resulting from all other Actions and Investigations which are
related to, result from or arise out of the operations or conduct of the
Analytical Technologies Business or the ownership or use of the Assets in the
Analytical Technologies Business (including the ownership or use of the
Analytical Technologies Assets), but only to the extent such Liabilities
arise exclusively out of or result exclusively from the operations or conduct of
the Analytical Technologies Business or the ownership or use of the Purchased
Assets in the Analytical Technologies Business, whether arising before, on or
after the Closing Date, in each case other than the Parent
Actions;
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(b) all
Liabilities to suppliers for materials, supplies, goods, services and equipment
to the extent relating exclusively to the Analytical Technologies Business and
all Liabilities to customers of the Analytical Technologies Business to the
extent relating exclusively to the Analytical Technologies Business, whether
arising prior to, on or after the Closing;
(c) all
Liabilities arising prior to, on or after the Closing under or relating to any
Contracts included in the Analytical Technologies Assets to the extent relating
exclusively to the Analytical Technologies Business, other than any Shared
Contractual Liabilities allocated to Sellers pursuant to Section
7.19;
(d) all
Liabilities expressly assumed by Buyer under Section 7.5;
(e) all
Liabilities arising before, on or after the Closing to the extent exclusively
under or relating exclusively to Real Property included in the Purchased
Assets;
(f) all
Liabilities expressly and specifically assumed by, retained by or agreed to be
performed by Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Analytical
Technologies Companies) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement;
(g) all
Environmental Liabilities to the extent relating exclusively to the Analytical
Technologies Business or the ownership or use of the Purchased Assets in the
Analytical Technologies Business;
(h) all
Liabilities included on the face of the balance sheet related to the Analytical
Technologies Business included in the June 30, 2009 Financial Statements
referred to in Section 5.5(a) (subject to any increases or decreases thereof as
may occur since the date of such Financial Statements to the Closing Date and,
to the extent applicable, not in violation of Section 7.2) as they exist on the
Closing Date;
(i)
all Liabilities for Taxes for which Buyer is liable pursuant to the
express terms of Section 7.6(k);
(j)
Buyer's or any Subsidiary of Buyer's (including any Analytical
Technologies Company's) portion of Shared Contractual Liabilities to the extent
expressly assumed pursuant to Section 7.19;
(k) all
Indebtedness (other than any intercompany Indebtedness), as of the Closing, that
has not been settled prior to the Closing and remains outstanding as of the
Closing and is due and owing by an Asset Seller (in respect of the Analytical
Technologies Business);
(l)
(x) Intracompany Payables and (y) Capped Payables;
and
(m) all
Liabilities set forth on Section 1.1(4) of the Sellers' Disclosure
Schedule;
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provided
that for the avoidance of doubt, the use of "exclusively" above is not intended
to exclude any Liabilities arising from circumstances in which any Liability
results from or arises out of the operation or conduct of both the Analytical
Technologies Business and the Excluded Businesses, but rather, in the event any
Liability results from or arises out of the operation or conduct of both the
Analytical Technologies Business and the Excluded Businesses (and/or any other
business, operations, conduct or Assets of Parent or any of its predecessor
companies or Subsidiaries), "Assumed
Liabilities" shall include only such portion of such Liability
exclusively resulting from or arising out of the Analytical Technologies
Business, with the relevant portion being calculated based on the relative
contribution to or responsibility for such Liability by the Analytical
Technologies Business, on the one hand, and the Excluded Businesses (and/or any
other business, operations, conduct or Assets of Parent or any of its
predecessor companies or Subsidiaries), on the other
hand.
"AT
Benefit Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.5(d).
"AT
Confidential Information" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.18(c).
"Automatic
Transfer Country" means England and Wales or any other jurisdiction in
which the Transfer Regulations apply.
"Base
Price" means $650,000,000.
"Books
and Records" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.11(a).
"Benefit
Plans" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.11(a).
"Business
Employee" means (i) any employee employed by an Analytical Technologies
Company or (ii) any employee (other than a Retained Employee) who is employed by
any Asset Seller or any Affiliate of any Asset Seller (other than an Analytical
Technologies Company) and primarily provides services to the Analytical
Technologies Business.
"Buyer"
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.
"Buyer
Approval" means any material Governmental Filing or Permit required for
any Designated Buyer to (i) own any Analytical Technologies Company Stock, Joint
Venture Interests, Purchased Assets or any portion of the Analytical
Technologies Business, (ii) operate any Analytical Technologies Company or any
Purchased Assets or conduct any portion of the Analytical Technologies Business,
in each case as operated or conducted as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing, or (iii) hire any Designated Employee or assume any Assumed
Liabilities, other than the Required Antitrust Approvals and Non-Material
Antitrust Approvals.
"Buyer
Benefit Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.5(b).
"Buyer
Expense Payment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.3(b).
"Buyer
Expenses" means all of Buyer's documented, actual out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
including in connection with preparing and negotiating this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements and carrying out due diligence of Parent and its
Subsidiaries, the Analytical Technologies Business and the Joint Ventures, and
their respective assets and liabilities (including in connection with each of
the foregoing, regulatory filing fees and attorneys', accountants', investment
bankers', experts', consultants' and printing fees and expenses), up to a limit
of $10.0 million.
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"Buyer
Indemnified Parties" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
10.2(a).
"Buyer
Material Adverse Effect" means any change, event, development or effect
that, individually or in the aggregate, has impaired in any material respect or
delayed in any material respect the ability of Buyer and its Subsidiaries to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
"Buyer
Termination Payment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.3(a).
"Buyer's
Disclosure Schedule" means the disclosure schedule that Buyer has
delivered to Parent as of the date of this Agreement.
"Canadian
Competition Act" means the Competition
Act (Canada), as amended, including the regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"Canadian
GAAP" means accounting principles generally accepted in
Canada.
"Canadian
GAAP Financial Statements" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.5(d).
"Cap"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.6(a).
"Cash
Amount" means Cash Equivalents up to a maximum amount of $15,000,000 in
the aggregate which shall include (i) all Cash Equivalents that are recorded by
any Analytical Technologies Company in its books and records immediately prior
to the Closing Date, plus
(ii) any Joint Venture Cash Amounts, plus
(iii) all Cash Equivalents included in the Analytical Technologies Assets within
the categories set forth on Section 1.1(5) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule
multiplied by 50%, with pre-discount amount of such Cash Equivalents under this
clause (iii) being in an aggregate amount not to exceed $7,000,000. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Cash Amount shall not include any amount that is
included in the calculation of Net Working Capital.
"Cash
Equivalents" means cash, checks, money orders, funds in time and demand
deposits or similar accounts (including increases for checks and drafts received
from third parties and not yet deposited and cleared and deductions for payments
or checks made to third parties and not yet posted), and any evidence of
short-term indebtedness issued or guaranteed by the government of the United
States or Canada.
"Claim
Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(b).
"Claims"
means any and all (i) claims, (ii) demands or (iii) causes of action (in the
case of clause (iii), relating to or resulting from an Action or
Investigation).
"Closing"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
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"Closing
Adjustment Amounts" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(a)(ii).
"Closing
Balance Sheet Principles" means GAAP, consistently applied, except and
only to the extent expressly specified on Exhibit B.
"Closing
Date" means the date on which the Closing occurs.
"Code"
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Collateral
Source" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.6(d)
"Commissioner
of Competition" means the Canadian Commissioner of Competition appointed
under the Canadian Competition Act and any person duly authorized to exercise
the powers and perform the duties of the Commissioner of
Competition.
"Confidentiality
Agreement" means the Confidentiality Agreement, dated February 4, 2009,
by and between Parent and Xxxxxxx Corporation.
"Confidentiality
and Standstill Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.26(a).
"Consolidated
Tax Returns" means any Tax Returns with respect to Consolidated
Taxes.
"Consolidated
Taxes" means all federal, state, provincial or local Income Taxes,
domestic or foreign, that are paid on a consolidated, unitary, combined or
similar basis with respect to Tax Returns that include one or more Analytical
Technologies Companies or a Joint Venture, on the one hand, and Parent or any of
its Affiliates (other than the Analytical Technologies Companies or the Joint
Ventures) on the other hand.
"Contract"
means any written contract, agreement, lease, license or commitment, but
excluding Permits and Environmental Permits.
"Damage"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a).
"Deductible
Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.6(a).
"Deed"
means a special or limited warranty deed or other similar conveyance document
under applicable Law, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances.
"Delayed
Companies" means each of the Analytical Technologies Companies and Asset
Sellers to the extent Parent and its applicable Subsidiaries or Buyer or any
Designated Buyer has not received all necessary consents and approvals of any
Governmental Authority which are required to transfer the Analytical
Technologies Companies Stock or Analytical Technologies Assets of any such
Analytical Technologies Company or Asset Seller to Buyer or such Designated
Buyer pursuant to this Agreement or any Local Purchase Agreement at the
Closing.
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"Designated
Buyers" means, collectively, the Stock Buyers, the Asset Buyers and the
Joint Venture Buyers.
"Designated
Employee" means any employee or worker (other than a Retained Employee)
who, immediately prior to Closing, is employed or retained by any Asset Seller
or any Affiliate of any Asset Seller (other than an Analytical Technologies
Company), primarily provides services to the Analytical Technologies Business,
and is listed on Section 7.5(a) of the Buyer's Disclosure Schedule (which
schedule identifies any such Persons who are contingent employees (or other
similar status) and which schedule may be updated by Sellers from time to time
prior to Closing as required to reflect ordinary course terminations and
(subject to the reasonable consent of Buyer) hiring (which are in all cases
subject to Section 7.2(b)(xi)).
"Designated
Employee Records" means any records of any Seller that relate to Affected
Employees who are Designated Employees, but only to the extent that such records
(i) may be transferred consistent with applicable Law, and (ii) pertain to: (A)
seniority histories, (B) salary and benefit information, (C) Occupational,
Safety and Health Administration reports and records, (D) active medical
restriction forms, (E) performance reviews, (F) equity plan participation, (G)
disciplinary records, (H) leave of absence, (I) employment contracts, or (J)
compliance related matters.
"DHR"
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.
"Diligence
Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.26(a).
"Direct
Employee" means Business Employees who exclusively provide services to
the Analytical Technologies Business, with a complete and accurate list of such
employees being set forth on Appendix A of the Sellers' Disclosure
Schedule.
"Disagreement
Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(b).
"Dispute"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(a).
"Dispute
Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(a).
"Dispute
Response" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11.6(a).
"$"
means United States Dollars.
"EC
Merger Regulation" means the European Community Council Regulation (EC)
No 139/2004 of January 20, 2004.
"Effective
Time" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
"Employee
Transfer Costs" means any out of pocket physical relocation and
administrative costs directly related to the relocation by Buyer or any of its
Affiliates of any Designated Employees within eighteen (18) months following the
Closing and, for the avoidance of doubt, Employee Transfer Costs shall only
include physical relocation and directly related administrative costs, and shall
not include costs related to compensation, benefits, severance, end-of-service,
insurance, litigation or any other costs otherwise expressly attributed to Buyer
or expressly to be retained by Sellers as set forth in Section
7.5.
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"Encumbrance"
means any lien (statutory or otherwise), security interest, mortgage, deed of
trust, option, pledge, hypothecation, preference, priority, charge, attachment
or similar encumbrance of any kind or nature whatsoever, right of first refusal,
preemption, conversion, put or call or restriction on transfer.
"End
Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(b).
"Environmental
Condition" means the presence or Release to the environment, including
indoor or outdoor air, surface and subsurface water, groundwater, soil and
sediments, of Hazardous Substances, including any migration of Hazardous
Substances through air, surface and subsurface water, groundwater, soil or
sediment. "Environmental
Condition" also shall include the presence of Hazardous Substances in
building materials or equipment, including the presence of asbestos-containing
materials or polychlorinated biphenyls.
"Environmental
Laws" means all Laws relating to pollution or protection of the
environment or human health and safety, including, laws relating to Releases or
threatened Releases of Hazardous Substances into the indoor or outdoor
environment (including, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land, surface
and subsurface strata) or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, Release, transport or handling of
Hazardous Substances and all Laws with regard to recordkeeping, notification,
disclosure and reporting requirements respecting Hazardous Substances, and all
Laws relating to endangered or threatened species of fish, wildlife and plants
and the management or use of natural resources.
"Environmental
Liabilities" means all Liabilities and Damages resulting from, arising
out of or otherwise related to: (i) any violation of or alleged violation of, or
non-compliance with, Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits, with respect
to the Analytical Technologies Business, the Analytical Technologies Companies,
the Joint Ventures, the Real Property or the Purchased Assets, including the
cost of correcting any such violations or noncompliance and fines and penalties
associated with such violations or noncompliance; (ii) Environmental Conditions
or exposure to Hazardous Substances on, at, under or migrating or discharged to
or from the Purchased Assets or the Real Property, including loss of life,
personal injury or property damage; loss, injury or damage to natural resources,
and Remedial Actions with respect to such Environmental Conditions; or (iii)
Remedial Action, loss of life, injury to persons or property, and loss, injury
or damage to natural resources arising from the storage, transportation,
treatment, disposal, discharge, recycling or Release, at any Off-Site Location,
of Hazardous Substances generated in connection with the Analytical Technologies
Business, the Analytical Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures,
including, such Liabilities and Damages arising from operations at any Real
Property.
"Environmental
Permit" means any permit, registration, approval, identification number,
license or other authorization required under or issued pursuant to any
applicable Environmental Law.
"Equipment"
means all equipment (including demo equipment), fixtures, furniture,
furnishings, physical facilities, machinery, inventory, spare parts, supplies,
tools, vehicles and other tangible personal property, wherever
located.
"Equipment
Leases" means leases relating solely to Equipment.
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"Equity
Interests" means (i) the shares of capital stock of a corporation, (ii)
the general or limited partnership interests of any partnership, (iii) the
membership or other ownership interest of any limited liability company, (iv)
the equity securities or other ownership interests of any kind of any other
legal entity, or (v) any option, warrant or other right to convert into or
otherwise receive any of the foregoing, in any such case, whether owned or held
beneficially, of record or legally.
"ERISA"
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"ERISA
Affiliate" means any entity that would be deemed a "single employer" with
another entity under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001
of ERISA.
"Estimated
Adjustment Statement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1.
"Estimated
Cash Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1.
"Estimated
Closing Balance Sheet" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1.
"Estimated
Indebtedness Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1.
"Estimated
Net Working Capital" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1.
"Exchange
Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Excluded
Assets" means, except as expressly set forth in Section 7.4, Section 7.5,
Section 7.6, Section 7.9, Section 7.10, Section 7.13, Section 7.15 and Section
7.19 of this Agreement, all right, title and interest of Parent in all of its
Subsidiaries and all of their respective Assets (excluding in all cases
(including clauses (a) through (n) below) the Analytical Technologies Companies,
the Joint Ventures, the Assets of the Analytical Technologies Companies and the
Joint Ventures, the Analytical Technologies Business, and the Analytical
Technologies Assets), including:
(a) all
Assets constituting ownership interests in, or that are primarily used or
primarily held for use in, the Excluded Businesses;
(b) all
Cash Equivalents (except to the extent that Cash Equivalents are held by any of
the Analytical Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures as of the Effective
Time, in which case such Cash Equivalents are not "Excluded
Assets" but shall be included in the calculation of the Cash Amount
(subject to the limitation in the definition of "Cash Amount"));
(c) all
intercompany receivables solely among or between or among Parent and any of the
Retained Subsidiaries,
(d) with
respect to the Asset Sellers, all Tax losses and Tax loss carry forwards and
rights to receive refunds, credits and credit carry forwards with respect to any
and all Taxes, to the extent attributable to a taxable period (or portion
thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date, including interest thereon,
whether or not the foregoing is derived from the Analytical Technologies
Business;
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(e) with
respect to the Asset Sellers, any deposit or similar advance payment with
respect to Taxes;
(f)
all current and prior insurance policies of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
and all rights of any nature with respect thereto to the extent not relating
solely to the Analytical Technologies Business, including all insurance
recoveries thereunder and rights to assert claims with respect to any such
insurance recoveries, subject to Section 7.15;
(g) all
IT Assets not exclusively used in the Analytical Technologies Business at the
Closing and not set forth on Section 1.1(3) of the Sellers' Disclosure
Schedule;
(h) the
Retained Names;
(i)
all legal and beneficial interest in the share capital or Equity Interests of
Retained Subsidiaries;
(j)
all rights of Parent or any other Seller under this Agreement and any
documents delivered or received in connection herewith;
(k) all
Assets of or related to any Parent Benefit Plan;
(l)
any Intellectual Property owned by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
other than Analytical Technologies Intellectual Property;
(m) the
Shared Contracts (other than any benefits under the Shared Contracts allocated
to Buyer pursuant to Section 7.19); and
(n) all
Assets set forth on Section 1.1(6) of the Sellers' Disclosure
Schedule.
"Excluded
Businesses" means all of the current or former businesses of Parent and
its Subsidiaries, other than the Analytical Technologies Business. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Excluded Businesses include the Parent Pharma Services
and Parent Nordion businesses, each as described in the Form 40-F.
"Final
Adjustment Amounts" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(b)(v).
"Final
Cash Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(b)(v).
"Final
Closing Adjustment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.3(a).
"Final
Indebtedness Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(b)(v).
"Final
Net Working Capital" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(b)(v).
"Final
Purchase Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3.
"Financial
Statements" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5.
"Foreign
Benefit Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.11(e).
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"Form
40-F" means the Annual Report on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended
October 31, 2008 filed by Parent.
"Fundamental
Representations" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
10.1(a)(i).
"GAAP"
means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
"GT"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(b)(i).
"Governmental
Authority" means any United States (including federal or state), Canadian
(including federal or provincial) or foreign (including national, supranational,
provincial, territorial, regional, state, or local) governmental or regulatory
agency, bureau, board, body, commission, commissioner, court, department,
minister, tribunal, arbitration body (to the extent having jurisdiction over the
relevant matter), authority, organization or instrumentality, including
securities exchanges and quasi governmental entities.
"Governmental
Filings" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(d).
"Hazardous
Substance" means (i) any petrochemical or petroleum products, radioactive
materials, asbestos in any form that is or could become friable, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment that contain
dielectric fluid containing polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, and toxic
mold; (ii) any chemicals, materials or substances defined as or included in the
definition of "hazardous substances," "hazardous wastes," "hazardous materials,"
"restricted hazardous materials," "extremely hazardous substances," "toxic
substances," "contaminants" or "pollutants" or words of similar meaning and
regulatory effect; or (iii) any other chemical, material or substance, exposure
to which is prohibited, limited, or regulated by any applicable Environmental
Law.
"HSR
Act" means the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended, and the related regulations.
"Income
Tax" or "Income
Taxes" means all Taxes based upon, measured by, or calculated with
respect to (i) gross or net income or profits (including any capital gains,
minimum Taxes and any Taxes on items of Tax preference, but not including sales,
value added, use, real or personal property, transfer or other similar Taxes);
and (ii) multiple bases (including corporate franchise, doing business or
occupation Taxes) if one or more of the bases upon which such Tax may be based
upon, measured by, or calculated with respect to, is described in clause (i)
above.
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"Indebtedness"
means, with respect to any Person, without duplication: (i) indebtedness of such
Person for borrowed money, whether current or funded, secured or unsecured,
whether evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, and any
prepayment premiums, penalties and any other fees and expenses paid to satisfy
such indebtedness; (ii) indebtedness for borrowed money of any other Person
guaranteed in any manner by such Person; (iii) obligations of such Person as
lessee under any leases which are required to be capitalized in accordance with
GAAP, contingently or otherwise, as obligor or guarantor; (iv) liabilities in
respect of mandatorily redeemable or purchasable capital stock or securities
convertible into capital stock; (v) obligations upon which interest charges are
customarily paid (excluding trade accounts payables); (vi) all Liabilities
arising from any transaction or retention based bonuses or payments, all
severance amounts not expressly assumed by Buyer pursuant to the provisions of
Section 7.5(g) hereof, and (x) all third party consent fees and (y) all other
fees and expenses owed by Parent or its Subsidiaries for transaction related
professionals (including brokers, finders, counsel, financial advisors,
accountants, consultants and other professional advisors), in each case of (x)
and (y) to the extent such fees or expenses are incurred in connection with or
as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby for
which any Designated Buyer is or, to the extent such amounts should have been
accrued in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis with the Financial
Statements, may be responsible; (vii) obligations for deferred purchase price of
property or services (excluding obligations to creditors for goods and services
incurred in the original course of business); (viii) obligations under any
defined benefit pension plan of such Person in excess of the value of plan
assets held by such plan; (ix) obligations under any interest rate or currency
swap or other hedging transactions (valued at the termination value thereof);
(x) amounts owed with respect to letters of credit issued by such Person; (xi)
obligations by such Person to purchase securities (or other property) which
arise out of or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar
securities or property; (xii) obligations of others secured by Encumbrance
(other than a Permitted Encumbrance) on property or assets owned or acquired by
such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed;
(xiii) liabilities set forth on Section 1.1(7) of the Sellers' Disclosure
Schedule; and (xiv) accrued interest or penalties on any of the
foregoing.
"Indebtedness
Amount" means, without duplication, the principal amount of Indebtedness
owed by an Analytical Technologies Company, an Asset Seller (in respect of the
Analytical Technologies Business) or a Joint Venture (but only to the extent of
Parent's pro rata share (based on, as of the Effective Time, Parent's percentage
(direct or indirect (without duplication)) ownership as of the Effective Time of
such Joint Venture) of such Indebtedness as of the Effective Time pursuant to
the applicable Joint Venture Agreement) that is included in the Assumed
Liabilities (excluding Indebtedness owed by an Analytical Technologies Company
or the AB Joint Venture to another Analytical Technologies Company or the AB
Joint Venture). For the avoidance of doubt, Net Working Capital shall not
include any amount that is included in the Indebtedness Amount.
"Indemnified
Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(a).
"Indemnifying
Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(a).
"Indemnity
Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(c).
"Insurance
Policies" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.19.
"Initial
Purchase Price" shall equal Base Price (i) plus,
if the Estimated Net Working Capital exceeds the Reference Net Working Capital
by more than the product of (x) 1.33 and (y) Reference Net Working Capital (such
product, the “NWC
Threshold”), an amount equal to the excess that is over the NWC Threshold
(for the sake of clarity, no adjustment shall be made for the amount of any
excess below such NWC Threshold), (ii)
minus,
if the Reference Net Working Capital exceeds the Estimated Net Working Capital,
an amount equal to such excess, (iii) plus,
the Estimated Cash Amount, (iv) minus,
the Estimated Indebtedness Amount (which may be a positive or negative number),
and (v) minus
the amount (positive or negative) of the Net Intercompany Closing
Balance.
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"Intellectual
Property" means any and all of the following rights throughout the world:
(i) trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, logos, designs,
trade dress, slogans, taglines, Internet domain names, and other similar
designations of source or origin, and any registrations, applications for
registration and renewals therefor, together with all the goodwill associated
with and symbolized by any of the foregoing ("Trademarks"),
(ii) copyrights and other rights in works of authorship, mask works, database
rights and moral rights, and any registrations, applications for registration
and renewals therefor, (iii) proprietary inventions (whether or not patentable
or reduced to practice) and patent disclosures, (iv) patents, industrial designs
(including utility model rights and design rights), applications for patents and
industrial designs (including utility model rights and design rights) and all
reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, revisions,
reexaminations and extensions thereof ("Patents"),
(v) trade secrets and other confidential or proprietary know how, technologies,
processes, techniques, protocols, methods, algorithms, compositions,
architectures, layouts, designs, drawings, plans, specifications and
methodologies, including confidential or proprietary results of product
performance and related studies, customer and supplier lists, pricing and cost
information, and business and marketing plans and proposals ("Proprietary
Information"), (vi) software (including source code, executable code,
systems, tools, data, databases, firmware, and related documentation) ("Software"),
(vii) other proprietary or intellectual property rights, (viii) all rights to
collect royalties, products and proceeds in connection with any of the
foregoing, and (ix) all rights to xxx and bring other claims for past, present
and future infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any of the
foregoing and all rights to recover damages (including attorneys' fees and
expenses) or lost profits in connection therewith.
"Intracompany
Payables" means payables solely among the Analytical Technologies
Companies and the AB Joint Venture.
"Intracompany
Receivables" means receivables solely among the Analytical Technologies
Companies and the AB Joint Venture.
"Inventory"
means all inventory of materials, supplies and consumables, raw materials,
labels and packaging material, mass spectrometry, cellular dielectric
spectroscopy and bioanalytical measurement products and systems,
work-in-process, finished goods, parts, and all returned products, samples,
demonstration models, and obsolete and non-salable inventory, including goods in
transit, inventory in the possession of distributors or resellers, inventory
sold on approval and rental inventory, wherever located.
"Investigation"
means any audit or investigation by any Governmental Authority.
"IP
Owners" means the Asset Sellers, the Analytical Technologies Companies
and the Joint Ventures.
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"IT
Assets" means, computer systems, Software, hardware, networks,
interfaces, platforms and related systems, data rights, and reference and
resource materials relating thereto (including software license agreements,
source code escrow agreements, support and maintenance agreements, electronic
database access contracts, website hosting agreements, software or website
development agreements, outsourcing agreements, service provider agreements,
interconnection agreements, Permits pertaining to the foregoing and
telecommunications agreements) and all Contracts related thereto.
"Joint
Ventures" means, collectively, the AB Joint Venture and the PE Joint
Venture.
"Joint
Venture Agreements" means, collectively, the AB JV Agreements and the PE
JV Agreements.
"Joint
Venture Buyers" means Buyer or any other Persons identified by Buyer from
time to time after the date hereof with the consent of Parent, such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld.
"Joint
Venture Cash Amounts" means the aggregate amount of Cash Equivalents
recorded by each Joint Venture immediately prior to the Closing Date, but only
to the extent of Parent's or its Subsidiaries' pro rata share (based on, as of
the Effective Time, Parent's or its Subsidiaries' percentage (direct or indirect
(without duplication)) equity ownership as of the Effective Time of each Joint
Venture) of such Cash Equivalents as of the Effective Time pursuant to the Joint
Venture Agreements.
"Joint
Venture Interests" means, for each of the AB Joint Venture and the PE
Joint Venture, the fifty percent (50%) ownership interest in each of the Joint
Ventures that is owned directly by Parent.
"Key
Employees" shall mean (i) all Business Employees who report directly to
Xxxx Xxxxx, and (ii) all Business Employees whose job title is "Principal
Scientist" or other comparable title.
"Laws"
means all federal, state, provincial or local or foreign laws, constitutions,
statutes, codes, rules, common law, regulations, ordinances, executive orders,
decrees or edicts (to the extent such edicts have the force of law) by a
Governmental Authority.
"Leased
Real Property" means any real property leased or subleased to, or
otherwise held by, any of the Asset Sellers (to the extent primarily held or
used in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business), the Analytical
Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures, pursuant to a Real Property
Lease.
"Liabilities"
means any and all Indebtedness, liabilities, commitments and obligations,
whether or not fixed, contingent or absolute, matured or unmatured, direct or
indirect, liquidated or unliquidated, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown,
determined, determinable or otherwise.
"Life
Tech" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
"Life
Technologies Purchase Agreement" means the Stock and Asset Purchase
Agreement between Life Tech and Buyer, dated as of the date
hereof.
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"Local
Purchase Agreements" means the several Local Purchase Agreements and the
Schedules and Exhibits thereto to be entered into by those Sellers set forth in
Section 1.1(8) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, on the one hand, and those
Designated Buyers set forth in Section 1.1(8) of the Sellers' Disclosure
Schedule (as such schedule may be updated or modified by Buyer from time to time
with the consent of Parent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) on the
other hand, providing for the sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, delivery
and, as applicable, the license, sublicense, lease or sublease, of certain
Purchased Assets, Analytical Technologies Companies Stock, Joint Venture
Interests, specified Assets or Liabilities of any Analytical Technologies
Company or Joint Venture ("Specified
Assets"), and/or Assumed Liabilities in the jurisdictions set forth in
Section 1.1(8) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule (as such schedule may be
updated or modified by Buyer from time to time with the consent of Parent, such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld), such agreements to be in a condensed
version of this Agreement to be reasonably and mutually agreed upon by Buyer and
Parent, except (as Buyer and Parent shall reasonably agree) for (i) the deletion
of provisions which are inapplicable to such Purchased Assets, Analytical
Technologies Companies Stock, Joint Venture Interests or Assumed Liabilities
covered by such Local Purchase Agreement; (ii) such changes as may be necessary
to satisfy the requirements of applicable local Laws; (iii) such changes as may
be reasonably agreed upon by Parent and Buyer regarding employees and employee
benefits matters in order to adapt such Local Purchase Agreement to the
particular circumstances of the relevant Asset Seller, Analytical Technologies
Company, Joint Venture and country; provided
that such changes shall be consistent with the principles underlying the
corresponding provisions of this Agreement; (iv) provisions dealing with Tax
matters and Tax elections to provide that the Purchased Assets and the
Analytical Technologies Company Stock are transferred in a reasonably
tax-efficient manner and to minimize the Transfer Tax costs associated with the
transfer of the relevant property to the extent reasonably practicable; and (v)
such other changes as may be reasonably agreed by Parent and Buyer.
"MAE
Certificate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.27.
"Material
Adverse Effect" means any change, event, development or effect (whether
or not constituting a breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement set forth herein) that, individually or in the aggregate, (A) has, or
would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business,
assets, liabilities, results of operations, or financial condition of the
Analytical Technologies Business, taken as a whole, or (B) impairs or delays in
any material respect the ability of Sellers and their Subsidiaries or the Joint
Ventures to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, other
than, in case of (A) above, any change, event, development or effect to the
extent resulting from (i) general economic conditions in any of the markets in
which the Analytical Technologies Business operates; (ii) any change in general
economic conditions or the financial, banking, currency or capital markets in
general; (iii) factors generally affecting the general segments of the
analytical instrumentation industry in which the Analytical Technologies
Business operates; (iv) changes in Law, GAAP, Canadian GAAP or other applicable
accounting standards or the interpretations thereof; (v) acts of God, pandemics
or other calamities, national or international political or social conditions in
any of the countries in which the Analytical Technologies Business operates,
including the engagement by any such country in hostilities, whether commenced
before or after the date hereof, and whether or not pursuant to the declaration
of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist
attack; (vi) any action taken that is specifically required by this Agreement or
failure to act to the extent such action is specifically prohibited by this
Agreement; (vii) any failure to meet internal projections, public estimates or
expectations relating to the Analytical Technologies Business (it being
understood that the underlying causes of, or factors contributing to, the
failure to meet such projections, estimates or expectations may be taken into
account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred); (viii)
the announcement of this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby,
including by reason of the identity of Buyer or any communication by Buyer
regarding the plans or intentions of Buyer with respect to the conduct of the
Analytical Technologies Business; or (ix) the matter specifically set forth on
Section 1.1(9) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule; provided
that with respect to each of clauses (i) through (v), only if such changes,
events, occurrences or effects do not, and would not reasonably be expected to,
affect the Analytical Technologies Business in a disproportionate manner in any
material respect as compared to other participants in such
industry.
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"Material
Contracts" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.18.
"Material
Permits" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.8(b).
"MDS
Singapore" shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
"MDS
US" shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
"Net
Working Capital" means, as outlined and categorized on Exhibit C, (i) the
total accounts receivable (comprising net trade receivables, unbilled revenues,
current notes receivable, reconciled Intracompany Receivables and other current
receivables), plus
(ii) net inventory, plus
(iii) prepaid expenses and other current assets, minus
(iv) the total accounts payable (which includes current accrued Liabilities and
reconciled Intracompany Payables). For the avoidance of doubt, all Cash
Equivalents, Indebtedness, intercompany receivables (other than Intracompany
Receivables), intercompany payables (other than Intracompany Payables) loans or
other balances in favor of the Analytical Technologies Business (or at any
Analytical Technologies Company, either Joint Venture, any other Subsidiary of
Parent, or any Subsidiary of Life Tech); deferred income tax balances (current
portion or otherwise); Excluded Assets; and Retained Liabilities are and shall
be excluded from the calculation of Net Working Capital. The computation of Net
Working Capital shall be determined based, to the extent relevant, on the
financial accounts of each Analytical Technologies Company and each Joint
Venture (but only to the extent of Parent's pro rata share (based on Parent's
percentage (direct or indirect (without duplication)) ownership); provided, that
in calculating Net Working Capital at Closing, the calculation shall give effect
to the dissolution of the AB Joint Venture contemplated by Section 7.28 and for
the sake of clarity shall be calculated after giving effect to the provisions of
Section 7.28(iii). In addition, the calculation of Net Working Capital at
Closing shall exclude any accruals relating to the bonuses paid by Sellers in
accordance with Section 7.5(i), to the extent such bonuses are actually paid at
or prior to Closing by Sellers. Net Working Capital for the Joint
Ventures and for the Analytical Technologies Companies shall be prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
"New
York Courts" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11.6(d).
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"Non-Income
Tax" means any Tax other than an Income Tax.
"Non-Income
Tax Return" means any Tax Return relating to Non-Income
Taxes.
"Non-Material
Antitrust Approval" means the filings, consents and approvals set forth
in Section 1.1(10) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule.
"Non-Transferable
Permits" means the Permits which, by their terms or by applicable Law may
not be transferred to third parties, including Buyer or any of its
Subsidiaries.
"Notice
Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(c).
"Obligee"
shall mean, (i) with respect to Seller Confidential Information, Sellers, and
(ii) with respect to AT Confidential Information, DHR, Buyer and the Designated
Buyers.
"Obligor"
shall mean, (i) with respect to Seller Confidential Information, DHR, Buyer and
the Designated Buyers, and (ii) with respect to AT Confidential Information, the
Sellers.
"Off-Site
Location" means any real property other than the Real Property. For
purposes of clarification, the term "Off-Site Location" does not include any
location impacted by the Release of Hazardous Substances at, on, under or
migrating or discharged from any Real Property.
"Ontario
Condition" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.25(a).
"Owned
Real Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.13(a).
"Parent"
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.
"Parent
Action" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.13(a).
"Parent
Benefit Plan" means a Plan which is maintained or contributed to (or with
respect to which any direct or indirect liability may be incurred) by Parent or
its ERISA Affiliates and which is not an AT Benefit Plan.
"Patents"
shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual
Property.
"PE
Consents" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.3(g).
"PE
Joint Venture" means PE Sciex Instruments, an Ontario
partnership.
"PE
Joint Venture Agreement" means the Joint Venture Agreement between
EG&G Canada, Ltd., MDS Inc. (acting through its MDS Sciex Division), and
EG&G, Inc., effective July 12, 1999, as amended.
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"PE
JV Agreements" means, collectively, (i) the PE Joint Venture Agreement,
(ii) the Consent Agreement, by and among PerkinElmer, Canada Inc. (f/k/a
EG&G Canada, Ltd.), MDS Inc. (through its business unit MDS Analytical
Technologies), Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Inc (f/k/a EG&G, Inc.), PerkinElmer BioSignal,
Inc. and Advanced Bioconcept Company, dated October 30, 2008, (iii) the
Distribution Agreement, by and between Xxxxxx Xxxxx Sciex Instruments and
EG&G, effective July 12, 1999, (iv) the Purchase Agreement, by and between
Xxxxxx Xxxxx Sciex Instruments and MDS Inc. (acting through its MDS Sciex
Division), effective July 12, 1999, (v) the Services Agreement, by and among MDS
Inc. (acting through its MDS Sciex Division), EG&G, Inc, and Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Sciex Instruments effective July 12, 1999, (vi) the Technology License
Agreement, EG&G Canada, Ltd., MDS Inc. (acting through its MDS Sciex
Division), EG&G, Inc, and Xxxxxx Xxxxx Sciex Instruments, effective July 12,
1999, and (vii) the Discontinuation of proTOF Business Agreement by and between
MDS Analytical Technologies, a business unit of Parent, and PerkinElmer, dated
April 30, 2007.
"PE
JV Termination" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.3(h).
"PE
Transfer" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.3(h).
"PerkinElmer"
means PerkinElmer, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation.
"Permits"
means any approval, permit, franchise, security clearance, consent, contractual
right, licenses and other authorization and approval of any Governmental
Authority.
"Permitted
Encumbrances" means (i) statutory Encumbrances arising by operation of
Law with respect to a Liability incurred in the ordinary course of business and
which is not delinquent for which appropriate reserves have been established in
accordance with GAAP (to the extent GAAP requires the establishment of such
reserves); (ii) with respect to Real Property, requirements and restrictions of
zoning, building and other similar Laws that are not violated in any material
respect by the current use or occupancy of the Real Property or the activities
conducted thereon; (iii) Encumbrances for Taxes not yet due or subject to
penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, in each case for which appropriate reserves have been
established in accordance with GAAP; (iv) rights granted to any licensee of any
Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business or in connection with
cross license agreements, which Intellectual Property licenses and
cross-licenses are, if required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 5.14,
disclosed on Section 5.14 of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule; (v) mechanics',
materialmen's, carriers', workmen's, warehousemen's, repairmen's, landlords',
licensors' Encumbrances or other like Encumbrances that are not delinquent and
relating to obligations as to which there is no default on the part of Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries and which shall be paid in full and released at Closing;
(vi) recorded non-monetary Encumbrances set forth in any title policy or title
report or survey with respect to the Real Property which do not impair in any
material respects the use or occupancy of such Real Property in the operation of
the business as presently conducted thereon; (vii) in the case of Contracts or
Joint Venture Interests, anti-assignment, change of control or similar
restrictions contained therein or with respect thereto, to the extent disclosed
on Section 5.4 of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule; (viii) as to any Real
Property located in Canada, any reservations or exceptions contained in the
original grants from the Crown as amended by statute; (ix) Encumbrances on
Equipment registered under the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in any
applicable state or similar legislation in other jurisdiction by any lessor or
licensor of Analytical Technologies Assets to an Analytical Technologies Company
or Seller (in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business), provided
that same would not, individually or in the aggregate, interfere in any material
respects with the conduct or operation of the Analytical Technologies Business
as conducted on the date hereof and as of Closing; (x) all encroachments,
overlaps, overhangs, unrecorded servitudes and easements, variations in area or
measurement, rights of parties in possession or any other matters not of record
which would be disclosed by an accurate survey or a physical inspection of the
Real Property, provided
that same would not, individually or in the aggregate, interfere in any material
respects with the conduct or operation of the Analytical Technologies Business
as conducted on the date hereof and as of Closing; (xi) immaterial discrepancies
in the legal description of the Owned Real Property or any adjoining Real
Property which would be disclosed in an up to date survey; and (xii) all
servitudes and easements of record (including conservation easements and public
trust easements, rights-of-way, road use agreements, covenants, conditions,
restrictions, reservations, licenses and agreements) and other restrictions of
record as to the use of the Real Property, provided
that same would not, individually or in the aggregate, impair in any material
respect the operation of the Analytical Technologies Business as conducted on
the date hereof and as of Closing.
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"Person"
means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint
stock company, unincorporated organization or association, trust or joint
venture, other entity of any kind, or a Governmental Authority.
"Personally
Identifiable Information" means personal information, in each case as
defined under applicable data protection or privacy Laws, that is collected,
stored or processed by Sellers, the Analytical Technologies Companies or the
Joint Ventures in connection with the Analytical Technologies Business or the
Joint Ventures.
"Pioneer
Certificate Conditions" means the conditions to status as a pioneer
enterprise in Singapore in respect of the manufacture of mass spectrometer
instruments contained in sections (a)(i) through (iv) of the Pioneer Certificate
issued to MDS Singapore by the Chairman of the Economic Development Board of
Singapore on October 11, 2007.
"Plan"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.11(a).
"Policies"
means insurance policies and insurance Contracts of any kind, including primary,
excess and umbrella policies, comprehensive general liability policies, director
and officer liability, fiduciary liability, automobile, aircraft, property and
casualty, workers' compensation and employee dishonesty insurance policies,
bonds and self-insurance and captive insurance company arrangements, together
with the rights, benefits and privileges thereunder.
"Preliminary
Adjustment Statement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(a).
"Preliminary
Closing Balance Sheet" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(a)(i).
"Privileged
Information" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.17(a).
"Privileges"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.17(a).
"Proprietary
Information" shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of
Intellectual Property.
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"Proxy
Circular" means the management information circular to be prepared by
Parent for the Shareholders Meeting, including any amendments and supplements
thereto.
"Purchased
Assets" means the Analytical Technologies Assets other than to the extent
held by an Analytical Technologies Company or a Joint Venture at the Closing;
provided,
however,
the Purchased Assets shall not include any (i) Non-Transferable Permits (only
for so long as they remain non-transferable), (ii) Analytical Technologies
Companies Stock, (iii) Equity Interests in any Retained Subsidiary, (iv) Joint
Venture Interests, (v) subject to Section 7.19, the Shared Contracts or (vi)
Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of an Analytical Technologies
Company.
"Purchased
Names" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.10(b).
"Purchased
Names Use Term" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.10(b).
"Real
Property" means, collectively, Owned Real Property and Leased Real
Property.
"Real
Property Leases" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.13(b).
"Reference
Net Working Capital" means $72,000,000 (subject to adjustment as provided
in Section 3.3(c)).
"Reference
Net Working Capital Statement" means the statement of Net Working Capital
attached hereto as Exhibit C.
"Regulatory
Law" means the HSR Act, the Canadian Competition Act, the EC Merger
Regulation and all other federal, state or foreign statutes, rules, regulations,
orders, decrees, administrative and judicial doctrines and other Laws, including
Antitrust Laws.
"Release"
means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, injecting,
depositing, disposing, discharging, dispersal, escaping, dumping or leaching
into or through the environment, including ambient air, surface water, soil,
sediment or groundwater (including the abandonment or discarding of barrels,
containers, and other receptacles containing Hazardous Substances) or as
otherwise defined under Environmental Laws.
"Remedial
Action" means all actions required to (1) cleanup, remove, treat or
remediate Hazardous Substances in the indoor or outdoor environment, (2) control
the Release of Hazardous Substances so that they do not migrate, endanger or
threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor
environment, (3) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations and
post-remedial monitoring and care, (4) respond to any government requests for
information or documents in any way relating to cleanup, removal, treatment or
remediation or potential clean up, removal, treatment or remediation of
Hazardous Substances in the indoor or outdoor environment or (5) any
administrative, judicial, or other orders or proceedings related to the
above.
"Representatives"
shall mean, in all places in the Agreement other than Section 7.18(a), with
respect to any Person, such Person's Affiliates and it and its Affiliates'
respective directors, officers, employees, members, owners, partners,
accountants, consultants, advisors, attorneys, agents and other representatives.
In Section 7.18(a), the term "Representatives" shall have the meaning set forth
in the Confidentiality Agreement.
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"Required
Antitrust Approvals" means any means any required filings, consents,
approvals and actions required to be made or obtained or advance ruling
certificate or no-action letter required to obtain an exemption from such
filings, consents, approvals or actions ed pursuant to (i) the HSR Act, (ii) the
Canadian Competition Act and (iii) any other Antitrust Law in order to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Local Purchase
Agreements, excluding Non-Material Antitrust Approvals.
"Requisite
Vote" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.
"Resolution
Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(b)(i).
"Restricted
Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.23(a).
"Restrictive
Covenants" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.23(d).
"Retained
Employees" means those Employees listed on Section 1.1(11) of the
Sellers' Disclosure Schedule.
"Retained
Interests" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.3(h).
"Retained
Liabilities" means any and all Liabilities, whether arising before, on or
after the Closing Date, of any Seller or any of their predecessor or successor
companies or businesses, or any of their Affiliates, Subsidiaries or divisions,
other than the Assumed Liabilities (except as specifically provided in clauses
(a)-(h) below). "Retained
Liabilities" shall also include the following:
(a) all
Liabilities of the Parent Benefit Plans;
(b) all
Liabilities of Sellers and their Affiliates with respect to any Designated
Employee arising out of or relating to any act, omission or event occurring, or
circumstance, condition or state of facts existing, on or prior to the Closing
Date, except to the extent that such is (x) included in the determination of the
Final Net Working Capital or (y) non-current Liabilities otherwise reserved or
accrued for on the June 30, 2009 balance sheet contained in the Financial
Statements or incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice since June 30, 2009, and except as otherwise provided in Section
7.5(a), Section 7.5(b) and
Section 7.5(c);
(c) all
Liabilities for Taxes for which Parent is liable pursuant to the express terms
of Section 7.6(k);
(d) all
Liabilities assumed by, retained by or agreed to be performed by any Seller or
any of the Retained Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement or any of the
Ancillary Agreements;
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(e) (x)
all Liabilities between Parent and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Life
Tech and its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, relating to the Analytical
Technologies Business and AB Joint Venture, and (y) all Liabilities of the AB
Joint Venture to either Parent and its Subsidiaries or Life Tech and its
Subsidiaries;
(f) notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this definition, all Liabilities expressly assumed
or retained by Sellers and their Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements; and
(g) Liabilities
listed in Section 1.1(12) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule.
"Retained
Names" means, collectively, the Trademarks set forth in Section 1.1(13)
of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule and any Trademarks containing or comprising,
or that are a derivation of, the foregoing.
"Retained
Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of Parent at any time after the date of
this Agreement, other than any Analytical Technologies Company or any Subsidiary
of an Analytical Technologies Company or either Joint Venture.
"Review
Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(b).
"Rules"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(c).
"Sale
Process" means all matters relating to the sale of the Analytical
Technologies Business and all activities in connection therewith, including the
solicitation of proposals from third parties in connection with the sale of the
Analytical Technologies Business.
"Section
8.2(c) Certificate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.25(a).
"Section
8.3(c) Certificate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.10(a).
"Securities
Act" means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
"Seller
Confidential Information" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.18(b).
"Seller
Indemnified Parties" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
10.3(a).
"Sellers"
means, collectively, (i) Parent, MDS Singapore and the other Asset Sellers, (ii)
MDS US, and the other Stock Sellers, and (iii) for purposes of Section 5.1,
Section 5.2, Section 5.3, Section 5.4, Section 7.6(k), and ARTICLE X and ARTICLE
XI only, Laboratoires MDS Quebec Ltée.
"Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule" means the disclosure schedule that Sellers have
delivered to Buyer as of the date of this Agreement.
"Shared
Contracts" means Contracts entered into prior to the Closing which are
between Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (or, after the Closing, Parent or
Buyer or any of their respective Subsidiaries), on the one hand, and one or more
unaffiliated third parties, on the other hand (regardless of whether such
Contracts constitute Analytical Technologies Assets), that directly benefit both
(i) any of the Excluded Businesses and (ii) the Analytical Technologies
Business.
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"Shared
Contractual Liabilities" means Liabilities to third parties in respect of
Shared Contracts resulting exclusively from benefits received by (x) Parent or
any Retained Subsidiary or (y) any Designated Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries,
as applicable, to the extent incurred prior to, on or after the Closing
Date.
"Shared
Employee" means any Designated Employee who provides services on a
non-exclusive basis to the Analytical Technologies Business. A complete and
accurate list of such employees is set forth in Appendix B of the Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule (which Appendix may be updated by Sellers from time to time
prior to Closing as required to reflect ordinary course terminations and
(subject to the reasonable consent of Buyer) hiring (which in all cases are
subject to Section 7.2(b)(xi)).
"Shareholder
Resolution" means
the special resolution of the Shareholders approving the sale of Parent's direct
and indirect interest in the Analytical Technologies Business pursuant to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.
"Shareholders"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.25(a).
"Shareholders
Meeting" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.25(a).
"Shares"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.
"Significant
Customers" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.20(a).
"Significant
Suppliers" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.20(a).
"Software"
shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual
Property.
"Stock
Buyers" means Buyer and/or the other Persons set forth on Exhibit D
(which exhibit may be updated or modified by Buyer from time to time with the
consent of Parent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) who are
designated to purchase the Analytical Technologies Companies Stock under this
Agreement or a Local Purchase Agreement, as applicable.
"Stock
Sellers" means (a) Parent and MDS US, and (b) any other Person designated
by Parent (and reasonably acceptable to Buyer) prior to Closing that may be
designated to sell Analytical Technologies Companies Stock under this Agreement
or a Local Purchase Agreement. Each Person in clauses (a) and (b) may be
referred to individually as a "Stock
Seller."
"Straddle
Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.6(a)(iii).
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"Subsidiaries"
of any entity means, at any date, any Person of which securities or other
ownership interests representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity or
more than fifty percent (50%) of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a
partnership, more than fifty percent (50%) of the general partnership interests
or more than fifty percent (50%) of the profits or losses of which are, as of
such date, owned, controlled or held by the applicable entity or one or more
subsidiaries of such entity. For purposes of this Agreement, the Joint
Ventures shall
not be deemed to be a Subsidiary of Parent or Buyer (unless Buyer shall then own
more than fifty percent (50%) of the Equity Interests in the relevant Joint
Venture) or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
"Superior
Proposal" means any binding bona
fide unsolicited written offer, which did not arise from a breach of
Section 7.26, made by any Person (other than Buyer or any Affiliate of Buyer)
that, if consummated, would result in such Person (or in the case of a direct
merger between such Person and Parent, the shareholders of such Person)
acquiring, directly or indirectly, (a) all or substantially all of the Shares or
Assets (which shall include the Excluded Businesses, the Analytical Technologies
Business and the Assets used or held for use in connection with the Excluded
Businesses and the Analytical Technologies Business) of Parent and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) all or substantially all of the Equity
Interests or Assets comprising the Analytical Technologies Business, and which
offer, in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of Parent (after
consultation with its financial and outside legal advisors), (i) is more
favorable from a financial point of view to Shareholders than the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (taking into account all of the terms and
conditions of such proposal and this Agreement (including the ability of the
parties thereto to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby and any
changes to the terms of this Agreement proposed by Buyer in response to such
Superior Proposal in accordance with Section 7.26(b))); (ii) is reasonably
capable of being completed without undue delay, taking into account all
financial, legal and regulatory aspects of such proposal, including financing,
regulatory approvals, identity of the Person or group making the proposal; (iii)
is not subject to a due diligence condition (at the time any Adverse
Recommendation Change would be made), and (iv) with respect to the type of
transaction in clause (a) above only, requires the termination of, or otherwise
does not contemplate or require the offeror to honor or comply with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.
"Tax"
means (i) any federal, national, provincial, state or local or non-U.S. taxes,
including but not limited to any of the following, imposed by or payable to any
Taxing Authority: any income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment,
excise, severance, stamp, business, occupation, premium, windfall profits,
environmental, capital stock, customs duties, franchise, profits, withholding,
social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal
property, sales, use, service, service use, lease, lease use, transfer,
registration, value added tax, or similar tax, any alternative or add-on minimum
tax, any estimated tax, and all employment insurance, health insurance and
Canada, Quebec and other government pension plan premiums or contributions, or
other tax of any kind, and any levy, impost, duty, assessment, or withholding
tax, in each case, including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether
disputed or not; (ii) any Liability for the payment of any amount of a type
described in clause (i) arising as a result of being or having been a member of
any consolidated, combined, unitary or other group or being or having been
included or required to be included in any Tax Return related thereto; and (iii)
any Liability for the payment of any amount of a type described in clause (i) or
clause (ii) as a result of any obligation to indemnify or otherwise assume or
succeed to the Liability of any other Person.
"Tax
Claim" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.6(l)(i).
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"Tax
Returns" means any and all returns, declarations, reports, information
returns, certificates, schedules, elections, claims for refund and statements
required to be prepared or filed with any Taxing Authority in respect of Taxes
and any amended Tax Returns, including any attachments and supplements
thereto.
"Taxing
Authority" means any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the
assessment, determination, collection or other imposition of Taxes.
"Third
Party Claim" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
10.4(b)
"Third
Party Cost Awards" means costs, expenses, interests and penalties awarded
to third parties.
"Third
Party Shared Policies" means all Policies, whether or not in force at the
Closing Date issued by unaffiliated third-party insurers to Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates, which cover risks that
relate to both the Excluded Businesses and the Analytical Technologies Business
and local Policies thereunder.
"Trademarks"
shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual
Property.
"Transaction
Documents" means, collectively, this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements.
"Transaction
Litigation" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.24(a).
"Transfer
Regulations" means (a) in England and Wales, the Transfer of Undertakings
(Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 and (b) in England and Wales or
elsewhere in the world, any other Laws dealing with the automatic transfer by
operation of Law of the employment of employees from one employer to another
(including but not limited to Laws implementing the EU Council Directives
2001/23/EC, 98/50/EC and 77/187/EEC, each as amended or replaced).
"Transfer
Taxes" means any and all transfer, documentary, stamp duty, sales, use,
registration, commodities and other similar taxes (including all applicable real
estate transfer taxes) and related amounts (including any penalties, interest
and additions to tax) incurred in connection with this Agreement, the purchase
and sale of the Analytical Technologies Companies Stock, the Joint Venture
Interests, the Purchased Assets and the other transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby.
"Transition
Services Agreement" means the Transition Services Agreement substantially
in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto.
"Union"
means any labor union, labor organization, works council or other collective
group of employees which represents any group of Business Employees or with
which any of Sellers is otherwise required to negotiate or consult in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby.
"Unresolved
Items" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(b)(iii).
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"Value
Added Tax" or "VAT"
means any value added tax, goods and services tax, similar indirect tax or any
tax analogous thereto.
"Worker
Notification Law" means the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Act of 1988, as amended, and all similar and related Laws requiring notice to
employees in the event of a closing or layoff.
"Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such
Person if all of the common stock or other similar equity ownership interests
(but not including non-voting preferred stock) in such Subsidiary (other than
any director's qualifying shares or investments by foreign nationals mandated by
applicable Law) is owned directly or indirectly by such Person.
Section
1.2 Interpretation. Unless
otherwise indicated to the contrary in this Agreement by the context or use
thereof: (a) the words, "herein," "hereto," "hereof" and words of similar import
refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or
paragraph hereof; (b) words importing the masculine gender shall also include
the feminine and neutral genders, and vice versa; (c) the word "including" means
"including without limitation"; and (d) all statements of or references to
dollar amounts in this Agreement are to the lawful currency of the United States
of America. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and
drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent
arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties,
and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any
party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
Any language from prior drafts of this Agreement, to the extent not included in
the definitive version of this Agreement executed by the parties hereto, shall
not be deemed to reflect the intention of any party hereto with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE
II
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF STOCK AND ASSETS
Section
2.1 Purchase
and Sale of Analytical Technologies Companies Stock and Joint Venture
Interests. Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, (i)
the Stock Sellers shall sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to the Stock
Buyers, and Buyer shall cause the Stock Buyers to purchase and acquire, free and
clear of Encumbrances, all the Analytical Technologies Companies Stock and (ii)
Parent shall sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to the Joint Venture
Buyers, and Buyer shall cause the Joint Venture Buyers to purchase and acquire,
free and clear of Encumbrances, each of the Joint Venture
Interests.
Section 2.2
Purchase
and Sale of Purchased Assets; Excluded Assets. Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing,
the Asset Sellers shall sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to the
applicable Asset Buyers, and Buyer shall cause the applicable Asset Buyers to
purchase, acquire and accept from each Asset Seller, free and clear of
Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances, all of the Purchased Assets.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, to the extent it is contemplated that any
Purchased Assets are to be transferred, conveyed or licensed to Buyer, one or
more of the Designated Buyers, or one or more of the Asset Buyers pursuant to an
Ancillary Agreement, such Purchased Assets shall be transferred, conveyed or
licensed to Buyer, one or more of the Designated Buyers, or one or more of the
Asset Buyers, as the case may be, pursuant to such Ancillary Agreement (other
than a Local Purchase Agreement) and not
hereunder.
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Section
2.3 Consideration. Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the
Closing, in consideration for the purchase of the Purchased Assets, the
Analytical Technologies Companies Stock and the Joint Venture Interests pursuant
to Section 2.1 and Section 2.2, in addition to assuming the Assumed Liabilities
that have been incurred as of the Closing Date or that are owing to any Person
as of the Closing Date, Buyer or the relevant Designated Buyer, as applicable,
shall pay for and on behalf of itself and/or the Designated Buyers, if
applicable, to Parent (or to one or more Subsidiaries designated by Parent) an
amount in cash equal to the Initial Purchase Price, subject to adjustment
following the Closing pursuant to Section 3.3 (as so adjusted, the "Final
Purchase Price").
Section
2.4 Assumed
and Retained Liabilities.
(a) Notwithstanding
Section 2.3, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein,
effective at the Closing, Buyer and/or one or more of the Asset Buyers shall
assume the Assumed Liabilities.
(b) The
applicable Sellers shall retain and be responsible for (and, to the extent such
Retained Liabilities are Liabilities of any of the Analytical Technologies
Companies, assume) the Retained Liabilities.
Section
2.5 Third
Party Consents.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything else in this Agreement to the contrary but subject in all cases to
Section 8.2 hereof, this Agreement and the Local Purchase Agreements shall not
constitute an agreement to assign, license, sublicense, lease, sublease, convey
or transfer at Closing any Asset (including any Action, Environmental Permit,
Permit, Contract or Real Property Lease, Equipment Lease or any claim or right
or any benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom) as to which consent or
approval from any Person (including consents and approvals of Governmental
Authorities but excluding consents and approvals from Sellers, the Analytical
Technologies Companies or any Affiliate of Parent or Buyer) to assignment,
license, sublicense, lease, sublease, conveyance or transfer thereof or
amendment thereof is expressly required but has not been obtained as of the
Closing Date unless and until such consent, approval or amendment is no longer
required or has been obtained. At Sellers' sole cost and expense, Sellers and
Buyer shall use, and cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to use,
reasonable best efforts to obtain any such consent, approval or amendment,
including after the Closing Date (except as set forth in Section 2.5(a) of the
Sellers' Disclosure Schedule); provided,
however,
that neither Sellers or any of their Affiliates nor Buyer or any of its
Affiliates shall be required to commence any litigation or grant any materially
unreasonable accommodation or make any materially unreasonable payment to any
third party. Upon obtaining the requisite consents, approvals or amendments
thereto, such Asset shall be transferred and assigned to Buyer hereunder without
any additional consideration.
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(b) In
the event and to the extent that (i) any Seller or any of its Subsidiaries is
unable to obtain any consent, approval, Permit or amendment required to
transfer, license, sublicense, lease, sublease, convey or assign any Purchased
Asset to Buyer, or (ii) that any Designated Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries is
unable to obtain any Buyer Approval, Sellers shall, and shall cause their
Subsidiaries to, at Sellers' sole cost and expense (including professional fees
and expenses) net of direct out-of-pocket costs of performing such obligations,
use reasonable best efforts to (i) continue to hold, and, to the extent
required by the terms applicable to such Asset, operate such Asset in the case
of real or personal property and be bound thereby in the case of Contracts, and
continue to hold and operate such portion of the Analytical Technologies
Business or such Analytical Technologies Company, (ii) cooperate in any
arrangement, reasonable and lawful as to the relevant Seller(s) and Buyer,
designed to provide to Buyer or its Subsidiaries the benefits arising under such
Purchased Asset, such portion of the Analytical Technologies Business or such
Analytical Technologies Company, including accepting such reasonable direction
as Buyer shall request of such Seller(s) and (iii) enforce at Buyer's request,
or allow Buyer and its Affiliates to enforce in a commercially reasonable
manner, any rights of Parent and its Affiliates under such Purchased Asset, such
portion of the Analytical Technologies Business or such Analytical Technologies
Company against the issuer thereof or the other party or parties thereto
(including the right to elect to terminate such of the foregoing in accordance
with the terms thereof upon the request of Buyer). Sellers shall, and shall
cause their Subsidiaries to, without further consideration therefor, and without
right of set-off, pay and remit to Buyer promptly all monies, rights and other
considerations received in respect of such performance. Buyer shall indemnify
the Parent Indemnified Parties for all Damages arising out of any actions (or
omissions to act) of Parent or any Retained Subsidiary taken at the specific
direction of Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries (including any Analytical
Technologies Company).
(c) Notwithstanding
anything else set forth in this Section 2.5, neither Sellers nor any of their
Subsidiaries shall, in performing their respective obligations under this
Section 2.5, be required to take any action that would, in the reasonable
judgment of Parent's counsel, (i) result in a violation of any obligation which
any Seller or any such Subsidiary has to any third party, provided
that Sellers have used, and have caused their Subsidiaries and the Joint
Ventures to use, reasonable best efforts to obtain the consent or waiver of such
obligation from such third party, or (ii) otherwise violate in any material
respect applicable Law.
ARTICLE
III
PURCHASE
PRICE
Section
3.1 Estimated
Amounts Included In Initial Purchase Price. No
later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall
prepare and deliver to Buyer (i) an estimated balance sheet of the Analytical
Technologies Business as of the Effective Time (the "Estimated
Closing Balance Sheet") and (ii) a statement derived from such estimated
balance sheet (the "Estimated
Adjustment Statement") setting forth its good faith estimates of the Net
Working Capital of the Analytical Technologies Business (which shall give effect
to the dissolution of the AB Joint Venture contemplated by Section 7.28 and for
the sake of clarity shall be calculated after giving effect to the provisions of
Section 7.28(iii)) (such estimates, the "Estimated
Net Working Capital"), the Cash Amount (the "Estimated
Cash Amount") and the Indebtedness Amount (the "Estimated
Indebtedness Amount"), in each case as of the Effective Time. The
Estimated Closing Balance Sheet and the Estimated Adjustment Statement shall be
prepared in accordance with the Closing Balance Sheet Principles and include
reasonable detail with respect to the calculation of each component of the
Estimated Net Working Capital, the Estimated Cash Amount and the Estimated
Indebtedness Amount. Parent and Buyer shall use reasonable best and good faith
efforts to resolve prior to the Closing any disagreements between them
concerning the computation of any of the items on the Estimated Closing Balance
Sheet or the Estimated Adjustment Statement; provided,
however,
if the parties are unable to resolve any such disagreement, any item in dispute
shall be deemed (solely for purposes of determining the Initial Purchase Price,
but subject in all respects to adjustment pursuant to Section 3.2) equal to the
sum of (x) the estimate prepared in good faith by Parent and (y) Buyer's good
faith estimate of such item, divided by two.
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Section
3.2 Post-Closing
Purchase Price Determination.
(a) As
soon as practicable, but in no event later than ninety (90) days after the
Closing Date, Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Parent the following
(collectively, the "Preliminary
Adjustment Statement"):
(i)
an unaudited balance sheet of the
Analytical Technologies Business as of the Effective Time (the "Preliminary
Closing Balance Sheet"), prepared by Buyer in accordance with the Closing
Balance Sheet Principles; and
(ii)
a statement setting forth reasonably detailed
calculations by Buyer of the Net Working Capital, the Cash Amount, and the
Indebtedness Amount, in each case as of the Effective Time based on the
Preliminary Closing Balance Sheet (the "Closing
Adjustment Amounts") and prepared on a basis consistent with the Closing
Balance Sheet Principles.
(b) If
Parent disagrees with Buyer's calculation of the Closing Adjustment Amounts,
Parent shall promptly, but in no event later than forty-five (45) days after
receiving the Preliminary Adjustment Statement (the "Review
Period") deliver to Buyer written notice describing in reasonable detail
its dispute by specifying those items or amounts as to which Parent disagrees,
together with Parent's determination of such disputed items and amounts (a
"Disagreement
Notice"). If Parent either gives notice that it agrees with Buyer's
calculation of the Closing Adjustment Amounts or fails to deliver a Disagreement
Notice within the Review Period, Buyer and Parent agree that effective as of the
date of delivery of the notice of agreement or as of the close of business on
the last day of the Review Period, as applicable, the Closing Adjustment Amounts
set forth in the Preliminary Adjustment Statement shall be final, conclusive and
binding on the parties hereto and shall constitute the respective "Final
Adjustment Amount" for purposes of Section 3.3. If Parent delivers a
Disagreement Notice to Buyer within the Review Period, any item not expressly
set forth in the Disagreement Notice as the subject of the disagreement shall be
final, conclusive and binding on the parties hereto, and Parent and Buyer
shall resolve all disputed items set forth in the Disagreement Notice as
follows:
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(i) Parent
and Buyer shall use reasonable good faith efforts to resolve the dispute during
the thirty (30) day period (the "Resolution
Period") commencing on the date Parent delivers the Disagreement Notice
to Buyer, and any such resolution shall be final and binding on the parties
hereto. If Buyer and Parent are not able to resolve all disputed items within
the Resolution Period, then the items in dispute shall be promptly submitted (if
practicable, within five (5) Business Days following the expiration of the
Resolution Period) to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP ("GT"),
or if GT is conflicted, unable or unwilling to serve, another mutually
acceptable internationally recognized independent accounting firm (the "Accounting
Firm"). If GT is conflicted, unwilling or unable to serve and Parent and
Buyer are unable to agree on another mutually acceptable accounting firm within
five (5) Business Days of receipt of notice of GT's conflict or unavailability,
either party may apply to the American Arbitration Association ("AAA")
to appoint a senior partner in an internationally recognized accounting firm to
serve as the Accounting Firm. If neither Parent nor Buyer submits any item in
dispute to the Accounting Firm within ten (10) Business Days following the
expiration of the Resolution Period or, if GT is conflicted, unable or unwilling
to serve within five (5) Business Days of the appointment of an Accounting Firm
or receipt of notice of the AAA's appointment of a senior partner in an
internationally recognized Accounting Firm (whichever comes later), Buyer's
determination of any item then in dispute set forth in the Preliminary
Adjustment Statement shall become final, conclusive and binding on Buyer
and Parent. The parties agree that all proceedings involving the AAA
contemplated by this Section 3.2 shall take place in New York, New
York.
(ii) The
Accounting Firm shall be given reasonable access to all relevant records of the
Analytical Technologies Business to calculate the Closing Adjustment Amounts,
provided
that such access shall not include any access to documents to the extent
prepared primarily in anticipation of, or for the purposes of evaluating, any
potential dispute, litigation or arbitration concerning the Preliminary
Adjustment Statement or the calculation of the Closing Adjustment
Amounts.
(iii) If
any remaining items in dispute are submitted to the Accounting Firm for
resolution (such items, the "Unresolved
Items"), each of Buyer and Parent shall submit to the Accounting Firm
(with a copy delivered to the other party on the same day), within ten (10)
Business Days after the date of the engagement of the Accounting Firm, a
memorandum (which may include supporting exhibits) setting forth
their respective positions on the Unresolved Items. Each of Buyer and
Parent may (but shall not be required to) submit to the Accounting Firm (with a
copy delivered to the other party on the same day), within twenty (20) Business
Days after the date of the engagement of the Accounting Firm, a memorandum
responding to the initial memorandum submitted to the Accounting Firm by the
other party. Unless requested by the Accounting Firm in writing, no party hereto
may present any additional information or arguments to the Accounting Firm,
either orally or in writing.
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(iv)
The Accounting Firm shall use its accounting expertise to calculate, based
solely on the written submissions of Buyer, on the one hand, and Parent, on the
other hand, and not by independent investigation, the Closing Adjustment Amounts
and shall be instructed that its calculation (A) must be made in accordance with
the standards and definitions in this Agreement and Exhibit B, and (B) with
respect to each item in dispute, must be within the range of values established
for such amount as determined by reference to the value assigned to such amount
by Parent in the Disagreement Notice and by Buyer in the Preliminary Adjustment
Statement. The Accounting Firm shall submit such verification and calculation to
Parent and Buyer as soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30)
days after the remaining issues in dispute are submitted to the Accounting Firm.
Notwithstanding anything express or implied in the first sentence of this
Section 3.2(b)(iv) to the contrary, the determination by the Accounting Firm of
the Closing Adjustment Amounts, as set forth in a written notice delivered to
Buyer and Parent by the Accounting Firm in accordance with this Agreement shall
be binding and conclusive on Buyer and Parent.
(v) The
Closing Adjustment Amounts as determined after all disputes have been resolved
in accordance with this Section 3.2(b) are referred to herein collectively as
the "Final
Adjustment Amounts" and individually as the "Final
Net Working Capital ", the "Final
Cash Amount" and the "Final
Indebtedness Amount", respectively. Parent and Buyer agree that the
procedures set forth in this Section 3.2(b) for resolving disputes with respect
to the Preliminary Closing Balance Sheet and Closing Adjustment Amounts shall be
the sole and exclusive method for resolving any such disputes. The Accounting
Firm's determination may be entered and enforced in any court of competent
jurisdiction, and the substance of the Accounting Firm's determination shall not
be subject to review or appeal, absent a showing of fraud by one of the parties
in the proceeding or on the part of the Accounting Firm.
(c) The
fees and expenses of such Accounting Firm shall be borne pro rata by Buyer and
Parent based on the proportionate amount of deviation of the determination of
Closing Adjustment Amounts, as set forth in the Disagreement Notice and the
Preliminary Adjustment Statement, respectively, from the determination of Final
Adjustment Amounts made by the Accounting Firm.
(d) In
connection with Parent's review of the Preliminary Adjustment Statement, Buyer
shall (i) provide reasonable access, during normal business hours and upon
reasonable notice, to relevant work papers, schedules, memoranda and other
documents prepared or reviewed by Buyer or any of its accountants or other
representatives during the course of its review that are relevant to the
Preliminary Adjustment Statement, and that such access be provided promptly
after request by Parent and/or its representatives (provided
that such access shall not include any access to documents to the extent
prepared primarily in anticipation of, or for the purposes of evaluating, any
potential dispute, litigation or arbitration concerning the Preliminary Closing
Balance Sheet or the calculation of the Closing Adjustment Amounts), and (ii)
subject to the foregoing limitations, request that Buyer's independent
accountant, if any, communicate with Parent and its representatives with respect
to such review.
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(e) It
is the intent of the parties to have any determination of Unresolved Items by
the Accounting Firm proceed in an expeditious manner, however, any deadline or
time period contained herein may be extended or modified by agreement of the
parties and the parties agree that the failure of the Accounting Firm to
strictly conform to any deadline or time period contained herein shall not be a
basis for seeking to overturn any determination rendered by the Accounting
Firm.
Section
3.3 Final
Purchase Price Determination.
(a) The
Final Purchase Price shall be equal to the Initial Purchase Price, (i)(A) plus,
if the Final Net Working Capital as determined pursuant to Section 3.2(b)
exceeds both the NWC Threshold and Estimated Working Capital, the lesser of (x)
the amount of excess between Final Net Working Capital and Estimated Net Working
Capital and (y) the amount of excess between Final Net Working Capital and the
NWC Threshold, (B) minus,
if the Estimated Net Working Capital exceeds the Final Net Working Capital as
determined pursuant to Section 3.2(b), the amount of such excess, (ii)(A) plus,
if the Final Cash Amount as determined pursuant to Section 3.2(b) exceeds the
Estimated Cash Amount, the amount of such excess, (B) minus,
if the Estimated Cash Amount exceeds the Final Cash Amount as determined
pursuant to Section 3.2(b), the amount of such excess, (iii)(A) plus,
if the Estimated Indebtedness Amount as determined pursuant to Section 3.2(b)
exceeds the Final Indebtedness Amount, the amount of such excess, (B) minus,
if the Final Indebtedness Amount exceeds the Estimated Indebtedness Amount as
determined pursuant to Section 3.2(b), the amount of such excess (the result of
the Final Purchase Price minus the Initial Purchase Price, the "Final
Closing Adjustment").
(b) Buyer
(if the Final Closing Adjustment is a positive number) or Parent (if the Final
Closing Adjustment is a negative number), as the case may be, shall, within five
(5) Business Days after the later of (w) the determination of the Final Net
Working Capital pursuant to Section 3.2(b), (x) the determination of the Final
Cash Amount pursuant to Section 3.2(b), and (y) the determination of the Final
Indebtedness Amount pursuant to Section 3.2(b), make payment to the other by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to one or more accounts designated
by the other an amount equal to the Final Closing Adjustment as determined
pursuant to Section 3.3(a).
(c) Without
limiting anything else herein to the contrary, Sellers represent and warrant to
Buyer that the schedule of Net Working Capital as of the end of each of the six
months ended June 30, 2009 set forth in Section 3.3(c) of the Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule is true, accurate and complete and that Reference Net
Working Capital is intended to represent the mathematical average of the Net
Working Capital as of such six month ends. Reference Net Working Capital shall
be adjusted (upwards but not downwards) for purposes of the definitions in
Article I and for purposes of Article III (including retroactive calculation of
the correct Initial Purchase Price and Final Purchase Price and repayment by
Sellers to Buyer of any excess payment in accordance with Section 3.2(b); with
any such retroactive calculation and repayment to be made during the time period
during which the Final Purchase Price is determined pursuant to Section 3.2 (b))
based on a recalculation that takes into account any errors or
misrepresentations on such schedule. For all purposes of this Agreement, all
calculations of Net Working Capital or Reference Net Working Capital are
calculated based on the assets and liabilities existing immediately prior to the
dissolution of the Joint Venture, provided,
that in calculating Net Working Capital at Closing, the calculation shall give
effect to the dissolution of the AB Joint Venture contemplated by Section 7.28
and for the sake of clarity shall be calculated after giving effect to the
provisions of Section 7.28(iii). Sellers shall provide reasonable access, during
normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to personnel of Sellers and to
relevant work papers, schedules, memoranda and other documents prepared or
reviewed by Sellers or any of its accountants or other representatives relevant
to the determination of Reference Net Working Capital, such access be provided
promptly after request by Buyer and/or its representatives.
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Section
3.4 Allocation
of the Purchase Price.
(a) Parent
and Buyer shall allocate the total consideration for the Analytical Technologies
Business (as determined for tax purposes) in accordance with the schedule set
forth on Exhibit F (the "Allocation").
Parent and Buyer shall timely and properly prepare, execute, file and deliver
all such documents, forms and other information as reasonably required to
prepare such Allocation. Except as may be required by a "determination" (within
the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code or any similar foreign, state or
local Tax provision), neither Parent nor Buyer (or any of their respective
Affiliates) shall file any Tax Return or take a position with any Taxing
Authority that is inconsistent with the Allocation, including any amendments
thereto; provided,
however,
the Allocation shall not bind Parent or Buyer in a jurisdiction if a third party
valuation required under local Law of that jurisdiction results in an allocation
that differs from the Allocation.
(b) In
the event that there is any adjustment to the aggregate consideration for the
Analytical Technologies Business in accordance with Section 3.3, Parent and
Buyer shall cooperate in good faith to revise such Allocation to reflect any
such adjustment.
(c) If
the Allocation is disputed by any Taxing Authority, the party receiving notice
of such dispute shall promptly notify the other party hereto. Parent and Buyer
agree to cooperate in good faith in responding to any such challenge to preserve
the effectiveness of the Allocation.
ARTICLE
IV
CLOSING
Section
4.1 Closing. The
closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Closing")
shall take place at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP,
Four Times Square, New York, New York at 10:00 a.m. New York time on (i) the
third (3rd)
Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver, if permissible, of the
conditions to Closing set forth in ARTICLE VIII (other than those conditions to
be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the waiver or satisfaction of such
conditions), or (ii) at such other time or place as Parent and Buyer mutually
agree. Except to the extent expressly set forth in this Agreement to the
contrary, and notwithstanding the actual occurrence of the Closing at any
particular time on the Closing Date, the Closing shall be deemed to occur and be
effective as of 12:01 a.m. (New York time) on the Closing Date (the "Effective
Time") and, at the election of Buyer, be deemed to occur simultaneously
with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Life Technologies
Purchase Agreement.
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Section
4.2 Deliveries
at the Closing.
(a) Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing,
Sellers shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Buyer or the applicable
Designated Buyers, as applicable, the following (except to the extent delivered
at or prior to the Closing to Buyer or a Designated Buyer pursuant to a Local
Purchase Agreement):
(i) stock
certificates representing the Analytical Technologies Companies Stock (to the
extent the Analytical Technologies Companies have issued stock certificates) and
the Joint Venture Interests (to the extent the Joint Ventures have issued
certificates relating thereto), together with stock powers executed in
blank, and any other documents reasonably necessary to transfer to the
applicable Designated Buyers good, valid and marketable title to the Analytical
Technologies Companies Stock and the Joint Venture Interests;
(ii) a
Deed for each Owned Real Property constituting a Purchased Asset, duly executed
by the appropriate Seller, reasonably sufficient to enable Buyer's title
insurance company to issue title insurance in respect of the Owned Real
Property, and an Assignment of Leases for each Leased Real Property that is a
Purchased Asset, duly executed by the appropriate Asset Seller;
(iii) the
certificates of Sellers pursuant to Section 8.2(c) hereof;
(iv)
the Local Purchase Agreements duly executed and delivered by the applicable
Sellers;
(v) the
Ancillary Agreements, duly executed by Sellers or their Subsidiaries (to the
extent each is a party thereto);
(vi) a
general release by Parent and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates of all Liabilities
to the Analytical Technologies Companies. the Joint Ventures and the Analytical
Technologies Business, in form and substance acceptable to Parent and Buyer,
each acting reasonably;
(vii) a
non-foreign affidavit dated as of the Closing Date, sworn under penalty of
perjury and in form and substance required under the Treasury Regulations issued
pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(b)(2)(iv)(B) stating that MDS
US is not a "foreign person" as defined in Reg. §1.897-9T(c) of the
Code;
(viii) duly
executed bills of sale and assignment, and such other instruments or documents
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, to evidence the purchase
of the Purchased Assets hereunder or otherwise necessary to provide for the
transactions contemplated hereby, in form and substance acceptable to Parent and
Buyer, each acting reasonably;
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(ix) subject
to Section 7.4(d), assignment agreements necessary to assign or transfer or to
the extent available perfect the assignment of the Analytical Technologies
Intellectual Property to Buyer, duly executed by the appropriate Seller, or such
other reasonable form prepared by Buyer (and reasonably acceptable to Parent)
and necessary to assign or transfer or perfect the assignment of the Analytical
Technologies Intellectual Property to Buyer, which will be duly executed by the
appropriate Seller;
(x) assignment
and assumption agreements, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Buyer (and reasonably acceptable to Parent), assigning all of the Contracts
(other than for Leased Real Property) that constitute Purchased
Assets;
(xi) duly
executed written instruments releasing any Encumbrance, other than Permitted
Encumbrances, on any Purchased Asset, any Analytical Technologies Companies
Stock or Joint Venture Interest, or any Asset of Analytical Technologies
Companies or the Joint Ventures (including Analytical Technologies Intellectual
Property), except as set forth on Section 4.2(a)(xi) of the Sellers' Disclosure
Schedules, and authorizing the filing of UCC-3 termination statements (or other
comparable documents) for all UCC-1 financing statements (or other comparable
documents) filed in connection with any release of all such
Encumbrance;
(xii) for
each Analytical Technologies Company, certificates issued by an appropriate
authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such entity and each other
jurisdiction in which such entity is qualified to do business, certifying as of
a date no more than five (5) days prior to the Closing Date that such entity is
in good standing under the Laws of such jurisdiction (to the extent such concept
is legally recognized under the applicable Laws of the state or jurisdiction of
its organization);
(xiii) resignations
contemplated by Section 7.20 hereof;
(xiv) subject
to Section 2.5, a duly executed written consent (without regard to any matter
concerning estoppel or non-disturbance) for the assignment (or change of
control) of each of the Real Property Leases listed in Section 5.13(b) of the
Sellers' Disclosure Schedule from the landlord or other party whose consent
thereto is required under such Real Property Lease, in form and substance
acceptable to Parent and Buyer, each acting reasonably;
(xv) all
other consents, certificates, documents, instruments and other items required to
be delivered by any Seller pursuant to this Agreement, and all such other
documents, certificates and instruments as Buyer may reasonably request in order
to give effect to the transactions contemplated hereby or to vest in applicable
Designated Buyers good, valid and marketable title in and to the Analytical
Technologies Companies Stock, the Joint Venture Interests and the Purchased
Assets.
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(b) Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Buyer
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Parent or the applicable Seller, as
applicable, the following (except to the extent delivered at or prior to the
Closing to Parent or a Seller pursuant to a Local Purchase
Agreement):
(i) duly
executed assumption agreements and other instruments as Parent may reasonably
request or as may be otherwise necessary in order to effect the assumption by
the Designated Buyers of the Assumed Liabilities, in form and substance
acceptable to Parent and Buyer, each acting reasonably;
(ii) the
Initial Purchase Price, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an
account or accounts designated by Parent prior to Closing;
(iii) the
Local Purchase Agreements, duly executed and delivered by Buyer
thereto;
(iv) the
Ancillary Agreements, duly executed and delivered by Buyer thereto;
(v) the
certificate of Buyer pursuant to Section 8.3(c) hereof; and
(vi) all
other consents, certificates, documents, instruments and other items required to
be delivered by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, and all such other documents,
certificates and instruments as Parent may reasonably request in order to give
effect to the transactions contemplated hereby.
Each
document of transfer or assumption referred to in this ARTICLE IV (or in any
related definition set forth in ARTICLE I) that is not attached as an Exhibit to
this Agreement shall be in customary form (including with respect to the country
to which it pertains) and shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to the parties thereto.
ARTICLE
V
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS
Except as
set forth in the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, the Sellers jointly and severally
represent and warrant to Buyer as of the date of this Agreement and as of
Closing as follows:
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Section
5.1 Organization
and Standing. Each
Seller, the Joint Ventures and the Analytical Technologies Companies is (a) a
corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other legal entity duly
organized, validly existing and duly qualified or has corporate licenses and in
good standing (to the extent such concept is legally recognized under the
applicable Laws of the state or jurisdiction of its organization) under the Laws
of the state or jurisdiction of its organization with full corporate or other
power, as the case may be, and authority to own, lease, use and operate its
properties and to conduct its business and (b) duly qualified or has applicable
corporate licenses to do business and, to the extent that such concept is
legally recognized under the applicable Laws of the state or jurisdiction of its
organization, is in good standing in any other jurisdiction in which the nature
of the business (including the Analytical Technologies Business) conducted by it
or the property it owns, leases, uses or operates (including the Analytical
Technologies Assets) requires it to so qualify, be so licensed or be in good
standing, in each case, except where the failure to be so organized, qualified,
licensed or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have,
or reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the
foregoing representations as they relate to each Seller are solely with respect
to the Analytical Technologies Business (including the Joint Ventures, subject
to Section 5.26) and the Analytical Technologies Assets. Parent has previously
made available to Buyer true, complete and correct copies of the Joint Venture
Agreements and the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or comparable
organizational documents of the Analytical Technologies Companies, each as
amended to the date of this Agreement. Neither Parent or either Joint Venture,
nor, to the knowledge of Sellers, the other parties to the AB Joint Venture
Agreement and the PE Joint Venture Agreement, is in violation of, in conflict
with, or in default under, the AB Joint Venture Agreement or the PE Joint
Venture Agreement, as applicable, and there exists no condition or event which,
after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any such violation,
conflict or default. Neither Parent or either Joint Venture, nor, to the
knowledge of Sellers, the other parties to the Joint Venture Agreements, is in
violation in any material respect of, in conflict in any material respect with,
or in default in any material respect under, any Joint Venture Agreement to
which such Person is a party (other than the AB Joint Venture Agreement and the
PE Joint Venture Agreement), and there exists no condition or event which, after
notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any such violation, conflict or
default. No Analytical Technologies Company is in violation of, in conflict
with, or in default under, its respective organizational documents, and there
exists no condition or event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
result in any such violation, conflict or default.
Section
5.2 Corporate
Power and Authority.
(a) Each
Seller has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and deliver
this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, subject only, with respect to the sale by Parent of its direct and
indirect interest in the Analytical Technologies Business pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, to approval by the holders of not less than
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the votes cast by holders of
common shares of Parent (a "Share"
or, collectively, the "Shares")
present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote on such matter at the
Shareholders Meeting duly called and held for such purpose with the quorum
requirement for such vote being no less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the
Shares outstanding (the "Requisite
Vote"). Each Seller and each of its Affiliates that will be a party to
the Ancillary Agreements has all requisite corporate or other power, as the case
may be, and authority to execute and deliver the Ancillary Agreements and the
other agreements, documents and instruments to be executed and delivered by it
in connection with this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, and, subject to
receiving the Required Antitrust Approvals, to consummate the transactions
contemplated thereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
by Sellers and the consummation by Sellers of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of the Ancillary
Agreements and the other agreements, documents and instruments to be executed
and delivered in connection with this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements by
Parent and each of its Affiliates that is a party thereto and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate or other similar action on the part of each such
Person. This Agreement has been (and on the Closing Date, each of the Ancillary
Agreements will be) duly and validly executed and delivered by each Seller and
each of its Affiliates to the extent it is a party thereto and, assuming this
Agreement and such other agreements have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by each of Buyer and the Designated Buyers to the extent it is a
party, each of this Agreement and such other agreements constitutes (or, in the
case of agreements executed after the date of this Agreement, will be once
executed) a legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent and its Affiliates to
the extent it is a party hereto or thereto, enforceable against each such
Person in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity
principles. The AB Joint Venture Agreements constitute all agreements (other
than de
minimis exceptions) that govern the relationship between Parent, on the
one hand, and Life Tech, on the other hand relating to the Analytical
Technologies Business. The PE Joint Venture Agreements constitute all agreements
(other than de
minimis exceptions) that govern the relationship between Parent, on the
one hand, and PerkinElmer Inc., on the other hand, relating to the Analytical
Technologies Business.
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(b) Subject
only to Section 7.26(b), (i) the board of directors of Parent (x) has
unanimously determined that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
fair to the Shareholders and are in the best interests of Parent, and (y) has
unanimously resolved to recommend that Shareholders vote in favor of the
Shareholder Resolution, and (ii) each member of the board of directors of Parent
has advised Parent that he or she intends to vote all Shares held by such
director in favor of the Shareholder Resolution and will, accordingly, so
represent in the Proxy Circular.
Section
5.3 Capitalization.
(a) Section
5.3(a) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of the date hereof,
the authorized and outstanding capital stock (or other Equity Interests) of each
Analytical Technologies Company and each Joint Venture and the record owners of
such outstanding capital stock (or other Equity Interests). All of the issued
and outstanding capital stock (or other Equity Interests) of the Analytical
Technologies Companies and the Joint Ventures are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any preemptive rights, right
of first refusal or Encumbrances in respect thereof. The authorized capital
stock (or other Equity Interests) of each Joint Venture and each Analytical
Technologies Company was offered, issued, sold and delivered by the issuer in
compliance with all applicable Laws governing the issuance of securities, and no
such capital stock (or other Equity Interests) was issued in violation of
any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights. Parent and the
other Sellers are the legal and beneficial owner of and have good and valid
title to, and at the Closing will be the legal and beneficial owner of and have
good and valid title to, the Analytical Technologies Companies Stock and the
Joint Venture Interests, in each case, free and clear of any Encumbrances, and
such good and valid title will be transferred to the applicable Designated Buyer
on the Closing Date. No Person other than Parent, the other Sellers or the
Analytical Technologies Companies owns any shares of capital stock (or other
Equity Interests) of the Analytical Technologies Companies or the Joint
Ventures. There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom
stock or similar rights with respect to any Analytical Technologies Company or
any Joint Venture. No Joint Venture or Analytical Technologies Company holds any
shares of its capital stock or other Equity Interests in treasury. Except as set
forth in Section 5.3(a) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, there are no
outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, puts, calls, agreements,
understandings, claims or other commitments or rights of any type or other
securities (i) requiring the issuance, sale, transfer, repurchase, redemption or
other acquisition of any shares of capital stock of any Analytical Technologies
Company or the Joint Ventures, (ii) restricting the transfer of any shares of
capital stock of any Analytical Technologies Company or the Joint Ventures, or
(iii) relating to the voting of any shares of capital stock of any Analytical
Technologies Company or the Joint Ventures. Each representation containing a
reference to ownership of an Equity Interest in a Joint Venture set forth in
this Section 5.3(a) shall be deemed to be limited such that such representation
only shall relate to the fifty percent (50%) ownership interest of Parent in the
AB Joint Venture or the PE Joint Venture, as applicable, and not to any
ownership interest of Life Tech or its Subsidiaries in the AB Joint Venture or
by PerkinElmer Inc. or its Subsidiaries in the PE Joint
Venture.
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(b) The
authorized capital stock (or other Equity Interests) of each Subsidiary of any
Analytical Technologies Company, the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock (or other Equity Interests) of each such Subsidiary and the name of each
Person who owns of record any of such shares of capital stock (or other Equity
Interests) is, as of the date hereof, set forth in Section 5.3(b) of the
Sellers' Disclosure Schedule. Except as set forth in Section 5.3(b) of the
Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock (or
other Equity Interests) of the Subsidiaries of each of the Analytical
Technologies Companies are owned, and at Closing will be owned, directly or
indirectly by an Analytical Technologies Company, free and clear of any
Encumbrances.
(c) Except
as set forth in Section 5.3(c) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, as of the
date hereof, (i) none of the Analytical Technologies Companies or the Joint
Ventures own any Equity Interest, or any interest convertible or exchangeable
into an Equity Interest, in any Person (other than other Analytical Technologies
Companies), and (ii) the Analytical Technologies Assets do not include any
Equity Interest, or any interest convertible or exchangeable into an Equity
Interest, in any Person.
(d) MDS
Laboratoires Quebec Ltée holds, directly and indirectly, all or substantially
all of the Assets and Equity Interests used or held for use in Parent's Nordion
businesses as described in the Form 40-F.
Section
5.4 Conflicts; Consents and
Approvals. Except
as set forth in Section 5.4 of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, neither the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements by Sellers or their Affiliates (to the extent party thereto), nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements, will:
(a) conflict
with, or result in a breach of any provision of, the certificate of
incorporation, bylaws, partnership or other comparable organizational documents
of (i) any Seller, (ii) any Analytical Technologies Company or (iii) the Joint
Ventures;
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(b)
(i) violate, or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or
constitute a default under, or result in the acceleration of, or create in any
party the right to accelerate, terminate or cancel or require any consent,
waiver, approval, notice, filing, declaration or authorization under (in each
case whether with notice or lapse of time or both) (x) any Contract (in respect
to the Analytical Technologies Business) to which Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries (including the Analytical Technologies Companies) or any Joint
Venture is a party or by which it is bound or (y) any Permit, or (ii) result in
the creation of any Encumbrance (other than any Permitted Encumbrance) upon any
Assets of the Analytical Technologies Business (including the Analytical
Technologies Assets, the Analytical Technologies Company Stock and the Joint
Venture Interests), except for any such violation, conflict, breach, default,
acceleration, creation of right, consent, waiver, approval, notice, filing,
declaration, authorization or creation or imposition of Encumbrance that is not
material to the Analytical Technologies Business;
(c) subject
to obtaining the Required Antitrust Approvals, conflict with or violate any Laws
applicable to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, any Joint Venture or the
Analytical Technologies Business, except for any conflicts or violations that,
individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the Analytical
Technologies Business; or
(d) require
any filings or registration with, notification to, or authorization, consent or
approval of any Governmental Authority (collectively, "Governmental
Filings"), other than (i) Governmental Filings under the HSR Act, the
Canadian Competition Act or other Antitrust Laws, (ii) as set forth in Section
5.4(d) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, (iii) Governmental Filings that
become applicable as a result of the identity of Buyer or any Designated Buyer,
or (iv) such other Governmental Filings the failure to obtain which is not
material to the Analytical Technologies Business and would not impair in any
material respect the ability of Parent and the other Sellers and their
Subsidiaries or the Joint Ventures to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
Section
5.5 Financial
Statements. Section
5.5 of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule contains true and correct copies
of:
(a) the
unaudited balance sheets of the Analytical Technologies Business as of October
31, 2007, October 31, 2008 and June 30, 2009 and the related unaudited
statements of income for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2007 and October 31,
2008 and for the eight months ended June 30, 2009;
(b) the
audited balance sheets of Parent as of October 31, 2007 and October 31, 2008 and
the related audited statements of operations and cash flows for the fiscal years
ended October 31, 2007 and October 31, 2008, and the unaudited balance sheet of
Parent as of June 30, 2009 and the related unaudited statements of operations
for the eight months ended June 30, 2009, and the financial statements set forth
in this Section 5.5(b) contain and reflect the financial statements referred to
in Section 5.5(a), Section 5.5(c) and Section 5.5(d) with respect to the periods
covered;
(c) the
audited balance sheets of the AB Joint Venture as of October 31, 2007 and
October 31, 2008 and the related audited statements of operations for the fiscal
years ended October 31, 2007 and October 31, 2008, and the unaudited balance
sheet of the AB Joint Venture as of June 30, 2009 and the related unaudited
statements of operations for the eight months ended June 30, 2009;
and
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(d) the
audited balance sheet of the PE Joint Venture as of October 31, 2007 and the
related audited statement of operations for the fiscal year ended October 31,
2007; the unaudited balance sheet of the PE Joint Venture as of
October 31, 2008 and the related unaudited statement of operations for the
fiscal year ended October 31, 2008, and the unaudited balance sheets of the PE
Joint Venture as of June 30, 2009 and the related unaudited statements of
operations for the eight months ended June 30, 2009 (the financial statements
described in Section 5.5(c) and Section 5.5(d) collectively, the "Canadian GAAP Financial
Statements");
(the
financial statements set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above, collectively,
the "Financial
Statements"). The Financial Statements in clauses (a) and (b) above have
been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout
the periods covered thereby and represent fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position, and results of operations, and for clauses (b) above cash
flows, of the Analytical Technologies Business as of the time and for the
periods referred to therein, and, except as set forth in Section 5.5 of the
Sellers’ Disclosure Schedule, the Financial Statements in clauses (c) and (d)
above have been prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby and represent fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the
AB Joint Venture and the PE Joint Venture, respectively, as of the time and for
the periods referred to therein, in each case subject to the adjustments and
procedures explicitly set forth in Section 5.5 of the Sellers' Disclosure
Schedule, all of which are consistent with GAAP or, in the case of the Canadian
GAAP Financial Statements, Canadian GAAP, provided that the
unaudited financials as of June 30, 2009 in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) were
not prepared or issued as part of a quarterly or annual financial cycle for
public disclosure and certain amounts (including, but not limited to accruals,
cash flows, tax accounting, inventory adjustments and joint venture specific
items) will not have been reconciled from the most recent quarter. Each
Financial Statement has been prepared based on the Analytical Technologies Books
and Records and the books and records of the Joint Ventures.
Section
5.6 Undisclosed
Liabilities.
(a) Except
(i) as expressly disclosed, set forth or reserved against on the face of the
most recent balance sheets included in the Financial Statements, (ii) for
Liabilities incurred in entering into this Agreement and/or performing its
obligations pursuant to the express terms hereof, (iii) for Liabilities incurred
after October 31, 2008 in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice (none of which is material and adverse to the Analytical Technologies
Business), (iv) for Liabilities set forth on Section 5.6 of the Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule, or (v) for Retained Liabilities, the Analytical
Technologies Business is not subject to any material Liabilities.
(b) Section
5.6(b) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule contains a complete list of all
Indebtedness of the Analytical Technologies Business as of the date of this
Agreement, including, any Indebtedness between Parent and its Subsidiaries
(other than the Analytical Technologies Companies), on the one hand, and the
Joint Ventures, the Analytical Technologies Companies and/or the Asset Sellers
(solely in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business), on the other hand,
and identifies for each item of such Indebtedness the outstanding principal and
accrued but unpaid interest as of the date of this Agreement.
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(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the representations and warranties contained in this Section 5.6
do not apply to any matter specifically addressed by the relevant specific
representations and warranties in Section 5.8, Section 5.9, Section 5.10,
Section 5.11, Section 5.12, Section 5.13, Section 5.14 and Section 5.16
(including matters falling below any applicable materiality or dollar thresholds
in such representations and warranties).
Section
5.7 Absence of Certain Changes
or Events. Except
as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, and except as set forth in Section
5.7 of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, between October 31, 2008 and the date
of this Agreement, (i) Parent and its Subsidiaries have conducted the Analytical
Technologies Business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, (ii) there has not been any change, event, development or effect that,
individually or in the aggregate, has had or would be reasonably expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) neither Parent, nor any of its
Subsidiaries (including, the Analytical Technologies Companies and the other
Sellers) nor either Joint Venture has taken any action that, if taken after the
date of this Agreement without Buyer's consent, would constitute a breach of any
of the covenants set forth in Section 7.2 (other than clause (b)(xviii))
thereof.
Section
5.8 Compliance with Law;
Permits.
(a) Except
as set forth in Section 5.8(a) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, each Seller
(with respect to the Analytical Technologies Business), the Analytical
Technologies Companies and the Joint Ventures has complied in all material
respects with all Laws applicable to the Analytical Technologies
Business.
(b) Except
as set forth in Section 5.8(b)(i) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, each of
the Asset Sellers (in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business), the
Analytical Technologies Companies and the Joint Ventures has all material
Permits required for the conduct of the Analytical Technologies Business, as
conducted by such Person on the date hereof and as of the Closing Date
(collectively, the "Material Permits"),
excluding the Environmental Permits but including any Permits for Real Property,
and such Material Permits are valid and in full force and effect. Section
5.8(b)(ii) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and correct
list of all Material Permits. Each Seller (in respect of the Analytical
Technologies Business), Analytical Technologies Company and Joint Venture is
operating in compliance in all material respects with the Material Permits
applicable to such Person. As of the date hereof, neither Parent nor any of its
Subsidiaries have received any written notice from any Governmental Authority
(x) alleging any material non-compliance with any Law or Material Permit that
has not been resolved or (y) specifically indicating its intention to modify,
cancel or terminate or not renew any Material Permit.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Section 5.8, no representation or warranty shall be
deemed to be made in this Section 5.8 in respect of the matters specifically
addressed by the relevant specific representations and warranties in Section
5.10, Section 5.11, Section 5.12, Section 5.14 and Section 5.16.
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Section
5.9 Litigation. Except
as set forth in Section 5.9 of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, as of the date
of this Agreement, (i) there is no Action pending against, and (ii) to Sellers'
knowledge, there is no Action threatened against or any Investigation of,
Parent, any other Seller (in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business),
any Analytical Technologies Company or either Joint Venture, relating to or
involving the Analytical Technologies Business or any Assets or current or
former directors, officers or employees (in their capacity as such) of Parent or
the other Sellers (in each case with respect to the Analytical Technologies
Business), the Analytical Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures, or
seeking to prevent or delay the transactions contemplated hereby, except for
Parent Actions (to the extent set forth on Section 5.9 of the Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule) and for Actions and Investigations which (x) would not, if
adversely determined, result in damages against Buyer or the Analytical
Technologies Business in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate, (y) based on the
allegations, if adversely determined, could not reasonably be expected to impose
any non-monetary obligation on Buyer or the Analytical Technologies Business
that would have an adverse and material impact on the Analytical Technologies
Business, or (z) would not have, or would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, have, or reasonably be expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect. There are no material outstanding judgments, orders,
injunctions, decrees or awards (whether rendered by a court, administrative
agency or other Governmental Authority, by arbitration or otherwise) against
either Joint Venture, any Analytical Technologies Company, any Seller (in
respect of the Analytical Technologies Business), or the Analytical Technologies
Business or any of its Assets, which are in effect as of the date of this
Agreement that have not been satisfied. Notwithstanding anything contained in
this Section 5.9, no representation or warranty shall be deemed to be made in
this Section 5.9 in respect of the matters specifically addressed by the
specific representations and warranties in Section 5.10, Section 5.11, Section
5.12, Section 5.14 and Section 5.16.
Section
5.10 Taxes.
(a) Except
as set forth in Section 5.10(a)(i) through Section 5.10(a)(vii) of the Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule:
(i) each
Asset Seller has filed (or there have been filed on its behalf) all material Tax
Returns relating to the Purchased Assets that it was required to file and all
such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects, and
has timely paid (or there have been paid on its behalf) all material Taxes due
and payable with respect to the Purchased Assets being conveyed by it, and there
are no Encumbrances for Taxes upon the Purchased Assets except for statutory
liens for Taxes not yet due and payable;
(ii) there
are no proceedings, investigations, audits or claims now pending or threatened
in writing against any Asset Seller in respect of any material Taxes relating to
the Purchased Assets, and there are no matters under discussion, audit or appeal
with any Taxing Authority relating to such Taxes which would result in an
Encumbrance on the Purchased Assets;
(iii) each
Asset Seller has duly and timely withheld all material Taxes relating to the
Purchased Assets required by Law to be withheld by it (including such Taxes and
other amounts required to be withheld by it in respect of any amount paid or
credited or deemed to be paid or credited by it to or for the account or benefit
of any Person, including any Employees, officers or directors and any
non-resident Person), has, or caused to have, properly completed and timely
filed all forms required with respect thereto and has duly and timely remitted
to the appropriate Taxing Authority such Taxes required by Law to be remitted by
it;
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(iv) each
Asset Seller has duly and timely collected all amounts on account of any
material Non-Income Taxes relating to the Purchased Assets required by Law to be
collected by it and has duly and timely remitted to the appropriate Taxing
Authority any such amounts required by Law to be remitted by it;
(v) each
of the Asset Sellers that carries on commercial activities in Canada is duly
registered under Subdivision (d) of Division V of Part IX of the Excise Tax Act
(Canada) with respect to the goods and services tax and harmonized sales tax and
each of the Asset Sellers that carries on commercial activities in Quebec is
duly registered under Division I of Chapter VIII of Title I of the Quebec Sales
Tax Act with respect to the Quebec sales tax, and the registration number of the
AB Joint Venture is 1215643162 TQ0001.
(vi) none
of the Purchased Assets to be sold pursuant to this Agreement by an Asset Seller
that is a "foreign person" as defined in Reg. §1.897-9T(c) of the Code is a
"United States real property interest" as defined in §897(c) of the Code;
and
(vii) each
of the Asset Sellers that is disposing of "taxable Canadian property" (within
the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) in connection with this Agreement is
not a non-resident of Canada for purposes of the Income Tax Act
(Canada)).
(b) Except
as set forth in Section 5.10(b)(i) through Section 5.10(b)(xv) of the Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule:
(i) Each
Analytical Technologies Company and each Joint Venture (collectively, the "Acquired Entities")
has timely filed (or there have been filed on its behalf) with the appropriate
Taxing Authority all Tax Returns relating to Income Taxes and all other material
Tax Returns required to be filed by it, and all such Tax Returns are true,
correct and complete in all material respects.
(ii) Each
Acquired Entity has timely paid (or there have been paid on its behalf) all
material Taxes due and payable by it, and established a reserve on its financial
statements in accordance with GAAP for such Taxes that are not yet due and
payable or which are being contested in good faith.
(iii) None
of the Acquired Entities is subject to any Encumbrance for Taxes upon its assets
or properties except for statutory liens for Taxes not yet due and
payable.
(iv) None
of the Acquired Entities has granted any waiver, extension or comparable consent
regarding the application of the statute of limitations with respect to any
material Taxes or material Tax Return that is currently in force.
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(v) None
of the Acquired Entities has granted any power of attorney with respect to any
material Taxes or material Tax Return which is currently in force.
(vi) None
of the Acquired Entities is a party to any current dispute, audit or similar
proceeding relating to material Taxes and has not received any written notice
from any Taxing Authority of any pending or to Sellers' knowledge threatened
audits or similar proceedings with respect to material Taxes or material Tax
Returns.
(vii) Each
of the Acquired Entities has duly and timely withheld all material Taxes
required by Law to be withheld by it (including such Taxes and other amounts
required to be withheld by it in respect of any amount paid or credited or
deemed to be paid or credited by it to or for the account or benefit of any
Person, including any employee, officer or director and any non-resident
Person), has, or has caused to have, properly completed and timely filed all
forms required by Law with respect thereto and has duly and timely remitted to
the appropriate Taxing Authority such Taxes required by Law to be remitted by
it.
(viii) Each
of the Acquired Entities has duly and timely collected all amounts on account of
any material Non-Income Taxes required by Law to be collected by it and has duly
and timely remitted to the appropriate Taxing Authority any such amounts
required by Law to be remitted by it.
(ix) Each
of Parent and any Stock Seller that is disposing of "taxable Canadian property"
(within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) in connection with this
Agreement is not a non-resident of Canada for the purposes of the Income Tax Act
(Canada).
(x) The
unpaid Taxes of the Acquired Entities (A) did not, as of the date of the
relevant Financial Statements, exceed the reserve for Tax liability (other than
any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between
book and Tax income) set forth on the face of the relevant Financial Statement
(rather than in any notes thereto) and (B) will not exceed that reserve as
adjusted for operations and transactions through the Closing Date in accordance
with the past custom and practice of the Acquired Entities in filing their Tax
Returns.
(xi) None
of the Acquired Entities will be required to include any material item of income
in, or exclude any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any
taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of
any (A) change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior
to the Closing Date, (B) closing agreement with a Taxing Authority executed on
or prior to the Closing Date, (C) any excess loss account relating to periods
prior to the Closing Date, (D) installment sale or open transaction disposition
made on or prior to the Closing Date, or (E) prepaid amount received on or prior
to the Closing Date.
(xii) None
of the Analytical Technologies Companies have distributed stock of another
Person, or has had its stock distributed by another Person, in a transaction
that was purported or intended to be governed in whole or in part by Code
§355.
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(xiii) None
of the Acquired Entities is or has been a party to any "listed transaction," as
defined in Code §6707A(c)(2) and Reg. §1.6011-4(b)(2).
(xiv) None
of the Acquired Entities that are organized in the United States or a State
thereof has been a member of an Affiliated Group filing a Consolidated Tax
Return relating to Income Taxes other than a group the common parent of which is
MDS Analytical Technologies (US) Inc. or MDS US.
(xv) Each
Joint Venture is treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax
purposes, and no election has been made under Treas. Reg. Section 301.7701-3 to
treat any Joint Venture as an association taxable as a corporation for United
States federal income tax purposes.
It is
agreed and understood that the above representations and warranties are the only
representations and warranties provided by Sellers in Article V of this
Agreement relating to Tax matters specifically addressed in this Section
5.10.
Section
5.11 Employee Benefit
Plans.
(a) Section
5.11(a) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of the date hereof, a
true and correct list of each deferred compensation and each bonus, incentive
compensation, stock purchase, stock option and other equity compensation plan,
program, agreement or arrangement; each severance or termination pay, medical,
surgical, hospitalization, life insurance and other "welfare" plan, fund or
program (including, within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA); each
profit-sharing, stock bonus or other "pension" plan, fund or program (including,
within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA); and each other employee benefit
plan, fund, program, agreement (including, employment or individual consulting
agreements) or arrangement (a "Plan") (whether
written or unwritten, insured or self-insured) established, maintained,
sponsored or contributed to (or with respect to which any obligation to
contribute has been undertaken) by Parent, any Analytical Technologies Company,
either Joint Venture, or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates on behalf of
any current or former Business Employee or their beneficiaries (the "Benefit
Plans").
(b) Parent
has made available to Buyer: (i) copies of all material documents setting forth
the terms of each Benefit Plan (or written descriptions thereof, in the case of
an unwritten Benefit Plan), including all amendments thereto and all related
trust documents; (ii) the three most recent annual reports (Form Series 5500),
if any, required under ERISA or the Code in connection with each Benefit Plan;
(iii) the most recent actuarial reports (if applicable) for funding or
accounting purposes for all material Benefit Plans; (iv) the most recent summary
plan description, if any, required under ERISA with respect to each Benefit
Plan; (v) all material written contracts, instruments or agreements relating to
each Benefit Plan, including administrative service agreements and group
insurance contracts; and (vi) the most recent Internal Revenue Service
determination or opinion letter issued with respect to each Benefit Plan
intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code.
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(c) No
Liability under Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA has been incurred by Parent or
its ERISA Affiliates with respect to a Benefit Plan or Parent Benefit Plan that
has not been satisfied in full, and no condition exists that presents a risk to
Buyer of incurring any such Liability with respect to a Benefit Plan or Parent
Benefit Plan.
(d) Except
as set forth in Section 5.11(d) of Sellers' Disclosure Schedule or required
under applicable Laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement will not, either alone or in combination with another event, give rise
to any Liability under any Benefit Plan, including, for any severance pay,
unemployment compensation or any other payment to any current or former
employee, director or officer of an Analytical Technologies Company or an
Affected Employee or accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the
amount of compensation due to any such employee, director or
officer.
(e) With
respect to each Benefit Plan that is maintained in, and is subject to, the Laws
of any jurisdiction outside the United States (each, a "Foreign Benefit
Plan"):
(i) except
as set forth in Section 5.11(e)(i) of Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, all employer
and employee contributions to each Foreign Benefit Plan required by applicable
Law or by the terms of such Foreign Benefit Plan have been timely made, or, if
applicable, accrued, in accordance with applicable accounting
practices;
(ii) each
Foreign Benefit Plan required to be registered has been registered and has been
maintained in good standing with applicable governmental
authorities;
(iii) each
Foreign Benefit Plan (A) has been operated in all material respects in
accordance with all applicable Laws, (B) if intended to qualify for special tax
treatment, meets all requirements for such treatment, and (C) if required to be
funded and/or book-reserved, are funded and/or book reserved, as appropriate, in
accordance with applicable requirements; and
(iv) no
Foreign Benefit Plan is a defined benefit pension plan.
(f) Each
Benefit Plan complies with requirements as to form imposed by applicable Law and
has been established and operated in all material respects in accordance with
its terms and applicable Law.
(g) Each
Benefit Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a
determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service upon which it may rely
regarding its qualified status under the Code and nothing has occurred that
could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification. All
material payments required by each Benefit Plan, or which are required to be
made with respect to a Benefit Plan, or which are required to be made with
respect to a Benefit Plan by any collective bargaining agreement or other
agreement, or by Law (including, contributions, insurance premiums or
intercompany charges) with respect to all prior periods have been made in
accordance with the provisions of each of the Benefit Plans, applicable Law or
such other agreement.
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(h) No
Action has been asserted, instituted or, to Sellers' knowledge, threatened
against, and to Sellers' knowledge, there is no Investigation of, any of the
Benefit Plans (other than claims for benefits and appeals of such claims), any
trustee or fiduciaries thereof, or any of the assets of any trust of any of the
Benefit Plans with respect to a Benefit Plan. To the knowledge of Sellers, no
Benefit Plan is under, and neither Parent nor its Subsidiaries has received any
written notice of, an audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service,
Department of Labor or any other Governmental Authority, and no such completed
audit, if any, has resulted in the imposition of any material Tax or
penalty.
(i)
No Benefit Plan provides post-retirement health and welfare benefits to any
current or former employee of Parent (with respect to the Analytical
Technologies Business), the Analytical Technologies Companies, or the Joint
Ventures, except as required under Section 4980B of the Code, Part 6 of
Title I of ERISA or any other applicable Law.
(j)
No amount that could be received (whether in cash or property or the vesting of
property), as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, by any Affected Employee, or which is payable by any of the
Analytical Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures under any Benefit Plan
or other agreement or arrangement would not be deductible by reason of Section
280G of the Code or would be subject to an excise tax under Section 4999 of the
Code.
(k) Each
Benefit Plan that is a "nonqualified deferred compensation plan" (as defined
under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) has been operated and administered in
compliance in all material respects with Section 409A of the Code and the
treasury regulations and other official guidance promulgated
thereunder.
(l)
Except as set forth in Section 5.11(d) of Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, none of
Parent, the Analytical Technologies Companies, the Joint Ventures or their
respective Subsidiaries has made any legally binding promise or commitment to
create any additional material Benefit Plan, agreement or arrangement covering a
Business Employee, or to modify or change in any material way any existing
Benefit Plan covering a Business Employee.
(m) Any
individual who performs services for the Analytical Technologies Business and
who is not treated as an employee is not an employee under applicable Law or for
any purpose including, without limitation, for Tax withholding purposes or
Benefit Plan purposes. Parent and its Subsidiaries have no Liability by reason
of an individual who performs or performed services for the Analytical
Technologies Business in any capacity being improperly excluded from
participating in a Benefit Plan.
It is
agreed and understood that the above representations and warranties in this
Section 5.11 are the only representations and warranties provided by Parent in
Article V of this Agreement relating to employee benefit matters specifically
addressed in this Section 5.11.
Section
5.12 Environmental
Matters. Except
as set forth in Section 5.12 of Sellers' Disclosure Schedule:
(a) the
Analytical Technologies Business, the Analytical Technologies Companies, the
Sellers (in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business) and the Joint
Ventures are in compliance in all material respects and, except for matters that
have been fully corrected and where applicable resolved with the applicable
Governmental Authority with no further obligation or Liability, to Sellers'
knowledge have for the last three (3) years been in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable Environmental Laws;
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(b) the
material Environmental Permits that are required for the conduct of any portion
of the Analytical Technologies Business as it is conducted by the Analytical
Technologies Companies, the Sellers (in respect of the Analytical Technologies
Business) and the Joint Ventures are valid, in full force and effect and
enforceable according to their terms, no proceeding is pending or to Sellers'
knowledge threatened, to revoke, or terminate such permits, and the Analytical
Technologies Companies, the Sellers (in respect of the Analytical Technologies
Business) and the Joint Ventures are in compliance in all material respects with
all such Environmental Permits and, upon Closing or within the timeframe
otherwise permitted by applicable Laws, such Environmental Permits can be
transferred to Buyer and/or the Designated Buyers for the operation of the
Analytical Technologies Business, other than any inability to so transfer
resulting solely from facts and circumstances specific to Buyer and/or
Designated Buyers (other than the fact that Buyer and/or the Designated Buyers
are the buyers of the Analytical Technologies Business hereunder);
(c) none
of the Analytical Technologies Business, the Analytical Technologies Companies,
the Sellers (in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business), or the Joint
Ventures are subject to any existing, pending, or to Sellers' knowledge
threatened material Action or Claim by any Person, or to Sellers' knowledge, any
Investigation, and none of them has received any written notice from a
Governmental Authority alleging failure to comply in any material respect with,
or material Liability under, any Environmental Laws;
(d) other
than with respect to matters that have been fully resolved with no further
material obligation or material Liability, none of the Analytical Technologies
Business, the Analytical Technologies Companies, the Sellers (in respect of the
Analytical Technologies Business), or the Joint Ventures is subject to any
material orders, judgments, decrees or settlements pursuant to any applicable
Environmental Laws;
(e) to
Sellers' knowledge, none of the Analytical Technologies Business, the Analytical
Technologies Companies, the Sellers (in respect of the Analytical Technologies
Business) or the Joint Ventures have treated, stored, disposed of, or permitted
the disposal of, transported, handled, or released, or exposed any person to,
any Hazardous Substance, or owned or operated any property or facility
contaminated by any Hazardous Substance relating to or arising out of the
activities of the Analytical Technologies Business, the Analytical Technologies
Companies or the Joint Ventures, in each case so as to give rise to any current
or future material Liability under Environmental Laws;
(f) none
of the following exists on any of the Owned Real Property and to Sellers'
knowledge none of the following exists on any of the Leased Real Property so as
to give rise to a material Liability of the Analytical Technologies Business:
(i) underground storage tanks; (ii) asbestos-containing material in any form or
condition; (iii) materials or equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls; or
(iv) landfills, surface impoundments, or disposal areas in which Hazardous
Substances have been disposed;
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(g) none
of the Analytical Technologies Business, the Analytical Technologies Companies,
the Asset Sellers (in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business) or the
Joint Ventures, have assumed, undertaken, or otherwise become subject to any
material Liability, including without limitation any material obligation for
corrective or remedial action, of any other Person relating to Environmental
Laws; and
(h) Parent
has furnished to Buyer all material environmental audits, reports, a list of
Environmental Permits and copies of other material environmental documents in
its possession or under its control relating to the Analytical Technologies
Business, the Analytical Technologies Companies, the Sellers (in respect of the
Analytical Technologies Business) and the Joint Ventures past or current
properties, facilities or operations.
It is
agreed and understood that the above representations and warranties in this
Section 5.12 are the only representations and warranties provided by Parent in
Article V of this Agreement relating to environmental matters (including the
Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits and Environmental Liabilities)
specifically addressed in this Section 5.12.
Section
5.13 Real
Property.
(a) Section
5.13(a) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list,
as of the date hereof, of all real property owned by the Asset Sellers (in
respect of the Analytical Technologies Business), the Analytical Technologies
Companies or the Joint Ventures (the "Owned Real
Property"). Each of the Asset Sellers (in respect of the Analytical
Technologies Business), the Analytical Technologies Companies, or the Joint
Ventures, as applicable, has (i) good and marketable fee simple title to the
Owned Real Property located in the United States, in each case subject only to
Permitted Encumbrances; (ii) legal and beneficial title to the Owned Real
Property located outside of the United States, in each case, subject only to
Permitted Encumbrances; and (iii) except as set forth on Section 5.13(a) of the
Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, has not leased or otherwise granted to any Person
the right to use or occupy such Owned Real Property or any portion thereof.
There are no outstanding options, rights of first offer or rights of first
refusal to purchase such Owned Real Property or any portion thereof or interest
therein. None of the Asset Sellers (with respect to the Analytical Technologies
Business), the Analytical Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures is party
to any agreement or option to purchase any real property or interest therein
relating to, or intended to be used in the operation of, the Analytical
Technologies Business.
(b) Section
5.13(b) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list,
as of the date hereof, of all leases, subleases, licenses and other agreements
(whether written or oral, provided that the
oral agreement shall be binding) pursuant to which any real property is leased,
committed to be leased, or subleased, or used or occupied (to the extent such
use or occupancy is material to the conduct of the Analytical Technologies
Business), by the Asset Sellers (in respect of the Analytical Technologies
Business), the Analytical Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures as of the
date hereof for use in the operation of any portion of the Analytical
Technologies Business (collectively, the "Real Property
Leases"). Parent has made available to Buyer a true and complete copy of
each such Real Property Lease, and in the case of any oral Real Property Lease,
a written summary of the material terms of such Real Property Lease. Except as
set forth in Section 5.13(b) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, with respect
to the Real Property Leases: (i) each such Real Property Lease is enforceable
and in full force and effect as of the date hereof; (ii) none of the Analytical
Technologies Companies, Asset Sellers or Joint Ventures is in default under or
in breach in any material respect of any Real Property Lease; (iii) to the
knowledge of Sellers, no other party to any Real Property Lease is in material
default under or in material breach of, or has improperly terminated, any Real
Property Lease or has given written notice of its intention to cancel, terminate
or not to renew any Real Property Lease, (iv) to the knowledge of Sellers, there
exists no condition or event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute any such material breach, default or termination; and (v) the Asset
Sellers (with respect to the Analytical Technologies Business), the Analytical
Technologies Companies and the Joint Ventures have not subleased, licensed or
otherwise granted any Person the right to use or occupy such Leased Real
Property or any portion thereof, except as set out in Section 5.13(b) of the
Sellers' Disclosure Schedule;
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(c) Except
as set forth in Section 5.13(c) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, to Sellers'
knowledge, no party other than the Asset Sellers (in respect of the Analytical
Technologies Business), the Analytical Technologies Companies or the Joint
Ventures are entitled to use or occupy either the Owned Real Property or the
premises demised under the Real Property Leases as of the date
hereof.
(d) Except
as set forth in Section 5.13(d) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, the Real
Property comprises all of the real property used, available for use, or intended
to be used in the Analytical Technologies Business in a manner material to the
conduct of the Analytical Technologies Business, or otherwise related to the
conduct of the Analytical Technologies Business in any material
respect.
It is
agreed and understood that the above representations and warranties in this
Section 5.13 are the only representations and warranties provided by Sellers in
Article V of this Agreement relating to the Real Property matters specifically
addressed in this Section 5.13.
Section
5.14 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Section
5.14(a) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following Analytical
Technologies Intellectual Property (specifying for each item, as applicable,
filing particulars as set forth in such Schedule): (i) with respect to
Analytical Technologies Intellectual Property owned by the IP Owners, (A) a
list, which is, complete and accurate in all material respects, of all U.S. and
foreign: (x) issued Patents and published Patent applications; (y) Trademark
registrations and applications (including Internet domain name registrations);
and (z) copyright registrations and applications; and (B) a non-exhaustive list
of material unregistered Trademarks, and (ii) with respect to Analytical
Technologies Intellectual Property and Analytical Technologies IT Assets owned
by the IP Owners, a non-exhaustive list of material Software (other than
mass-marketed Software with a replacement cost and/or annual license fee of less
than $250,000). To Sellers' knowledge, the material issued, registered or
pending applications for Analytical Technologies Intellectual Property owned by
the IP Owners and described in (i)(A)(x)-(z) above are valid, in full force and
effect, enforceable and subsisting, and all issuance, renewal, maintenance and
other payments and filings (including all statements of use, affidavits of
continued use, renewals and affidavits of incontestability, as applicable) have
been made when due, and to Sellers' knowledge, none of the issued Patents listed
in Section 5.14(a) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule have been subject to
patent misuse by the applicable IP Owner.
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(b) There
are no material orders, writs, injunctions, or decrees to which any of the IP
Owners is subject with respect to any material Analytical Technologies
Intellectual Property owned by the IP Owners and, to Sellers' knowledge, any
other Analytical Technologies Intellectual Property.
(c) To
Sellers' knowledge, and except as would not be material, each IP Owner has
complied with its duty of candor and disclosure to the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office and any relevant foreign patent and trademark office with respect to all
Patent and Trademark applications filed by it or on its behalf and which
applications or resulting registrations are included within the Analytical
Technologies Intellectual Property, and has made no material misrepresentation
in such applications.
(d) Except
as set forth on Section 5.14(d)(I) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, as of
the date hereof, there are no oppositions, cancellations, invalidity
proceedings, interferences or re-examination proceedings pending or to Sellers'
knowledge threatened, against the material issued, registered or applied for
Analytical Technologies Intellectual Property owned by the IP Owners. Except as
set forth on Section 5.14(d)(II) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, to
Sellers' knowledge as of the date hereof (i) the conduct of the Analytical
Technologies Business as currently conducted, does not infringe upon,
misappropriate or otherwise violate in any material respect any Intellectual
Property rights of any Person, and (ii) none of the IP Owners has received any
written communication, written complaint, written claim, or written notice
(including any demand letter, written request or written offer to license
rights) during the past two (2) years or which is still pending and which
asserts that the Analytical Technologies Business infringes upon,
misappropriates or otherwise violates in any material respect any Intellectual
Property of any Person. To Sellers' knowledge and except as set forth on Section
5.14(d)(III) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, the material Analytical
Technologies Intellectual Property owned by the IP Owners has not been, as of
the date hereof, infringed upon, misappropriated or otherwise
violated.
(e) The
IP Owners have taken commercially reasonable measures to protect the proprietary
nature and confidentiality of material Proprietary Information, including all
material proprietary Software, of the Analytical Technologies Business. Except
as set forth on Section 5.14(e) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, Sellers
have a policy that all employees of the IP Owners who have developed any
material Analytical Technologies Intellectual Property in the course of their
employment with any of the IP Owners execute valid and binding agreements
expressly assigning all right, title and interest in such Analytical
Technologies Intellectual Property to such IP Owners (as applicable) and to
Sellers' knowledge, there has been no material violation of such policy. Each IP
Owner has taken necessary or commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the
quality of all products and services bearing the material Trademarks owned by
the IP Owners and included in the Analytical Technologies Intellectual Property
is at a level so as not to cause such Trademarks to become abandoned, invalid or
unenforceable.
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(f) Other
than Contracts (i) with employees and consultants regarding the assignment of
Intellectual Property to the IP Owners, (ii) for mass-marketed Software or other
commercially available IT Assets with a replacement cost and/or annual fee of
less than $250,000 for each Contract, and (iii) referred to as label licenses
and Contracts containing terms and conditions for products and services sold or
purchased under purchase orders or under Contracts entered into in the normal
course of business, the Contracts listed in Section 5.14(f) of the Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule include all of the following Contracts to which any of the
IP Owners is a party with respect to Analytical Technologies Intellectual
Property (excluding IT Assets) or that comprise Analytical Technologies IT
Assets: (A) all exclusive licenses granted by any of the IP Owners, (B) all
material exclusive licenses granted to any of the IP Owners, and (C) all
material non-exclusive licenses.
(g) No
IP Owner (in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business) is a member of or
party to any patent pool, industry standards body, trade association or other
organization in all cases pursuant to the rules of which it is obligated to
license any existing or future Analytical Technologies Intellectual Property to
any Person.
(h) In
the eighteen (18) months prior to the date hereof, to Sellers' knowledge, there
have been no material failures or breakdowns affecting any Analytical
Technologies IT Assets that have caused the substantial disruption or
interruption in the conduct of the Analytical Technologies
Business.
(i)
To Sellers' knowledge, the IP Owners (in respect of the Analytical
Technologies Business) have not licensed, distributed or disclosed, and Parent
does not have knowledge of any distribution or disclosure by others (including
its employees, consultants and independent contractors) of source code to any
material Software included in the Analytical Technologies Intellectual Property
owned by the IP Owners to any Person, except pursuant to the agreements set
forth in Section 5.14(i)(I) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule. Except as set
forth on Section 5.14(i)(II) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, no material
open source Software has been incorporated by the IP Owners into any Software
included in the Analytical Technologies IT Assets in each case in a way that
includes an obligation that any source code of any material Software owned by
any of the IP Owners and included in the Analytical Technologies IT Assets be
disclosed, licensed, publicly distributed or dedicated to the
public.
Section
5.15 Assets; Operation of the
Analytical Technologies Business.
(a) The
Asset Sellers, the Analytical Technologies Companies and the Joint Ventures, in
the aggregate, own, lease, license or have the legal right, or will at the
Closing, own, lease, license or have the legal right to use all material
Analytical Technologies Assets (other than Non-Transferable Permits), free and
clear of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances; provided that the
foregoing shall not apply to Real Property and Intellectual Property, which are
covered in Section 5.13 and in the immediately following sentence, respectively.
Except as set forth in Section 5.15(a) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, the
IP Owners either exclusively own or jointly own with Life Tech, free and clear
of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances), or are licensed or
otherwise possess rights to use all material Analytical Technologies
Intellectual Property and the Analytical Technologies IT Assets; provided that the
foregoing is not a representation or warranty with respect to infringement or
other violation of the Intellectual Property of any Person (which is addressed
in Section 5.14(d)). The Asset Sellers will at the Closing transfer to the
Designated Buyers good title to the personal tangible property they own or lease
that are included in the Purchased Assets, in each case free and clear of all
Encumbrances, except Permitted Encumbrances; provided, further, that the
foregoing is subject to the limitation that certain transfers, assignments,
licenses, sublicenses, leases and subleases (as the case may be) of Assets,
Actions, Contracts, Permits, Delayed Companies, and any claim or right or
benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom, may require the consent to
transfer, assign, license, sublicense, lease or sublease (as the case may be) of
a third party which has not been obtained, and that such matters are addressed
in the Ancillary Agreements and in Section 2.5 and Section 7.19, which
contemplate the transfer of the economic benefits and obligations thereof. Each
item of Analytical Technologies Intellectual Property will be owned or available
for use by Buyer and/or the relevant Designated Buyer immediately following the
Closing on substantially identical terms and conditions as it was immediately
prior to the Closing, without restriction and without payment of any kind to any
third party (other than amounts that would have been payable by the IP Owners
and restrictions that would have been applicable to the IP Owners if the
transactions contemplated hereby did not occur), other than any inability to own
or unavailability for use resulting solely from facts and circumstances specific
to Buyer and/or the Designated Buyers (other than the fact that Buyer and/or the
Designated Buyers are the buyers of the Analytical Technologies Business
hereunder); provided, further, that the
foregoing is subject to the limitation that certain transfers, assignments,
licenses and sublicenses (as the case may be) of Intellectual Property and IT
Assets, and any claim or right or benefit arising thereunder or resulting
therefrom, may require the consent to transfer, assign, license or sublicense
(as the case may be) of a third party which has not been obtained, and that such
matters are addressed in the Ancillary Agreements and in Section 2.5 and Section
7.19, which contemplate the transfer of the economic benefits and obligations
thereof.
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(b) Except
as set forth in Section 5.15(b) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule and except
for specific services and assets contemplated to be performed or provided to
Buyer pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement (in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit E), the Purchased Assets, the Shared Contracts, the Non-Transferable
Permits, and the Assets held by the Analytical Technologies Companies and the
Joint Ventures constitute all Assets used to conduct the Analytical Technologies
Business as of the date hereof and all Assets necessary (x) to conduct the
Analytical Technologies Business in the manner in which it is conducted as of
the date hereof and at Closing, and (y) for Buyer and its Subsidiaries
(including the Analytical Technologies Companies) and the Joint Ventures to
conduct the Analytical Technologies Business in the manner in which it is
conducted on the date hereof and at Closing, other than, in the case of (y), any
inability to own or unavailability for use resulting solely from facts and
circumstances specific to Buyer and/or the Designated Buyers (other than the
fact that Buyer and/or the Designated Buyers are the buyers of the Analytical
Technologies Business hereunder), provided that the
foregoing is not a representation or warranty with respect to infringement or
other violation of the Intellectual Property of any Person (which is addressed
in Section 5.14(d)).
Section
5.16 Labor
Matters.
(a) There
are no formal collective bargaining agreements and Union contracts in effect
that cover any Business Employee, and no Union represents any such Business
Employee, other than omnibus agreements or contracts covering Business Employees
in a non-United States jurisdiction pursuant to the Laws or customary practice
of that jurisdiction respecting employees set out in Section 5.16(a) of the
Sellers' Disclosure Schedule.
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(b) As
of the date hereof, (i) there is not pending, and in the past two (2) years
there has not been, any labor strike, lockout or work stoppage and, to Sellers'
knowledge, no such labor strike, lockout or work stoppage is threatened against
any of the Analytical Technologies Companies, any Seller (in respect of the
Analytical Technologies Business) or either Joint Venture; and (ii) to Sellers'
knowledge, there is no pending, threatened or apparent labor union organizing
activity involving Business Employees.
(c) As
of the date hereof, (i) neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have any
material grievances or pending arbitration cases outstanding relating to the
Business Employees and (ii) to Sellers' knowledge, there are no threatened
material grievances or arbitration cases relating to the Business
Employees.
(d) As
of the date hereof, there are no outstanding or, to Sellers' knowledge,
threatened and material unfair labor practices or complaints or certification
proceedings relating to any Union, and there have not been any such
certification proceedings within the last two (2) years.
(e) Appendix
C of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of
all Business Employees as of the date hereof, by identification number, and, to
the extent such information may be shared consistent with applicable Law, their
titles, beginning service dates, term of employment (if applicable), current
wages (salaries or hourly rates of pay), accrued vacation entitlements (as of
August 9, 2009), immigration status, commission rates and guaranteed bonuses and
any other material compensation paid since the beginning of the most recently
completed fiscal year or payable to each such Business Employee and the date
upon which each such compensation was payable provided that such
date occurred in the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of this
Agreement. To the extent such information may be shared consistent with
applicable Law, Section 5.16(e) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule also
indicates, to Sellers' knowledge, whether such Business Employees are on
inactive status, including lay-off, short-term disability leave, long-term
disability leave, pregnancy and parental leave or other extended absence, or are
receiving benefits pursuant to workers' compensation legislation, and specifies
the last date of active employment, the reason for the absence and the expected
date of return of each such Business Employee. Except as set forth on Section
5.16(e) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, all of the employees of the
Analytical Technologies Companies perform functions for and provide services
exclusively to the Analytical Technologies Companies.
(f) Except
as set forth in Section 5.16(f) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, as of the
date hereof, there are no employment agreements which are not terminable on the
giving of reasonable notice in accordance with applicable Law, nor are there any
employment agreements providing for cash, other compensation, benefits or
contingent rights on the Closing. To Sellers' knowledge, as of the date
hereof, no executive above the level of director employed by Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries in the Analytical Technologies Business has announced to the
Persons on Section 11.15 of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule any plans to
terminate his or her employment.
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(g) As
of the date hereof, there are no pending material Claims nor, to Sellers'
knowledge, threatened material Claims pursuant to any Laws by the Business
Employees or former employees of the Analytical Technologies Business against
the Sellers (in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business), the Analytical
Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures and their respective Subsidiaries,
including material Claims relating to employment standards, human rights, labor
relations, occupational health and safety, workers' compensation, pay equity or
employment equity.
(h) With
respect to the Business Employees, each Seller (in respect of the Analytical
Technologies Business), the Analytical Technologies Companies and the Joint
Ventures and their respective Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable Laws relating to employment and employment
practices, including provisions thereof relating to workers' compensation, terms
and conditions of employment, worker classification, worker safety, wages,
hours, civil rights, equal opportunity, discrimination, immigration, and
collective bargaining.
(i)
As of the date hereof, to Sellers' knowledge, no Business Employee is in
violation in any material respect of any term of any employment contract,
non-disclosure agreement, non-competition agreement, or any restrictive covenant
to a former employer relating to (i) the right of any such employee to continue
to be employed by the Analytical Technologies Business, the Analytical
Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures or (ii) the use of trade secrets or
proprietary information of others.
(j)
With respect to this Agreement, any material notice to any Business
Employee required under any Law or Contract has been, or prior to Closing will
be, given, and all bargaining obligations with any Union have been, or will be,
satisfied. As of the date hereof, and in the past two (2) years, with respect to
the Business Employees, the Sellers, the Analytical Technologies Companies, the
Joint Ventures and their respective Subsidiaries have been in compliance in all
material respects with the Worker Notification Laws.
(k) It
is agreed and understood that the above representations and warranties in this
Section 5.16 are the only representations and warranties provided by Sellers in
Article V of this Agreement relating to the labor matters specifically addressed
in this Section 5.16.
Section
5.17 Personal
Information. Sellers
(in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business) and the Joint Ventures
have, to the extent required by Law, a written privacy policy which governs
their collection, use and disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information in
connection with the Analytical Technologies Business. Sellers (in respect of the
Analytical Technologies Business) and the Joint Ventures have collected, stored
and processed Personally Identifiable Information in accordance in all material
respects with all applicable Laws, contractual requirements and any written
privacy policy of Sellers (in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business)
and the Joint Ventures. Neither Sellers (in respect of the Analytical
Technologies Business) nor the Joint Ventures have received written notice of
noncompliance with applicable data protection privacy Laws in connection with
the Analytical Technologies Business within the two (2) years prior to the date
hereof. To Sellers' knowledge, there has been no (i) unauthorized disclosure of
any Personally Identifiable Information or (ii) breach of Sellers' (in respect
of the Analytical Technologies Business) or Joint Ventures' security procedures
wherein Personally Identifiable Information has been inadvertently disclosed to
a third party. Sellers (in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business) and
the Joint Ventures have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable
measures to protect the confidential nature of any Personally Identifiable
Information.
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Section
5.18 Material
Contracts.
(a) Section
5.18 of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule contains a complete list, as of the
date hereof, of all Contracts (other than Benefit Plans and employment
agreements and other than any Material Contracts that are Excluded Assets) to
which any of the Analytical Technologies Companies, any Asset Seller (in respect
of the Analytical Technologies Business) or either Joint Venture is a party or
by which any Analytical Technologies Company, any Asset Seller (in respect of
the Analytical Technologies Business) or either Joint Venture is bound and that
fall within any of the following categories:
(i) each contract with a customer for the
purchase of products and/or services involving future payments in excess of
$500,000;
(ii) each contract with a supplier for the
purchase of products and services involving expected future payments in excess
of $500,000 (other than (i) any such contract which is terminable without
liability, penalty or premium on ninety (90) or fewer days' notice, or (ii)
purchase orders, sales orders, rebate agreements or invoices under such
contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice);
(iii) each material shareholder or similar
agreement relating to the governance or rights of partners with respect to any
joint venture, strategic alliance, profit sharing or losses or involving an
equity investment by any Analytical Technologies Company;
(iv) each Contract which limits the ability
of any Analytical Technologies Company, any Asset Seller (in respect of the
Analytical Technologies Business) or either Joint Venture to (i) compete with
any Person generally or in any geographic area in which any Analytical
Technologies Company, an Asset Seller (in respect of the Analytical Technologies
Business) or either Joint Venture may conduct the Analytical Technologies
Business in any way that would reasonably be considered material to the
Analytical Technologies Business, (ii) solicit potential customers of the
Analytical Technologies Business in any geographic area, or (iii) solicit for
employment or hire any Person for employment or consultancy, in each case
including any Contract that imposes any such obligations on any of such Person's
current and future Affiliates;
(v) each Contract evidencing any Affiliated
Transaction;
(vi) each Contract evidencing Indebtedness
for borrowed money of any Analytical Technologies Company, any Asset Seller (in
respect of the Analytical Technologies Business) or either Joint
Venture;
(vii) each
Contract for the disposition of any Assets or business of the Analytical
Technologies Business (other than sales of products in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice) or for the acquisition by the Analytical
Technologies Business of the assets or business of any other Person (other than
purchases of inventory or components in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice), in each case in excess of
$500,000;
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(viii) each
Contract that has granted "most favored nation" pricing provisions or exclusive
marketing or distribution rights relating to any products or territory or that
contains an agreement to purchase a minimum quantity of goods or services in
excess of $500,000 or an agreement to purchase goods or services exclusively
from a specified Person (or group of Persons);
(ix) each operating lease (as lessor or
lessee) of tangible personal property involving payments in excess of
$500,000;
(x) each collective bargaining or Union
Contract;
(xi) each Contract with (A) any Governmental
Authority or (B) any Person in connection with such Person's Contract with any
Governmental Authority, in each case which would reasonably be expected to
result in payments to or from Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of
$500,000; and
(xii)
each Contract that could reasonably be expected to
give rise to obligations, Liabilities, revenues or benefits exceeding $500,000
(or the equivalent value in the applicable currency) (other than (A) any such
contract which is terminable without liability, penalty or premium on ninety
(90) or fewer days' notice, or (B) purchase orders, sales orders, rebate
agreements or invoices under such contracts entered into in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice).
All of
the Contracts referred to in clauses (i) through (xii) above, together with all
Contracts listed on Section 5.13(b), Section 5.14(f) and Section 5.16(f) of the
Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, are collectively referred to as "Material
Contracts".
(b) Each
such Material Contract is valid, binding and enforceable against the Analytical
Technologies Company, the Asset Seller or the Joint Venture party thereto and,
to Sellers' knowledge, the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms,
and is in full force and effect in all material respects, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general
equity principles. For the avoidance of doubt, Sellers are only listing
contracts to which any Joint Venture is a party in Section 5.18 of the Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule if any Seller or either Joint Venture is responsible for
entering into such contract.
(c)
(i) None of the Analytical Technologies Companies, Asset Sellers or Joint
Ventures is in default under or in breach, in each case in any material respect,
of any such Material Contract (other than agreements between or among any of the
Analytical Technologies Companies), (ii) to the knowledge of Sellers, no other
party to any Material Contract is in material default under or in material
breach of, or has improperly terminated, revoked or accelerated any Material
Contract or has given notice of its intention to cancel, terminate or fail to
renew any Material Contract, and (iii) there exists no condition or event which,
after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute any such material
breach or material default or any such termination, revocation or
acceleration.
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Section
5.19 Insurance. Section
5.19 of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule sets forth an accurate list of all
Policies carried by Parent and its Subsidiaries covering the Assets, employees
and operations of the Analytical Technologies Business and the Joint Ventures
(the "Insurance
Policies"), the amounts and types of insurance coverage available
thereunder and all insurance loss runs and workers' compensation claims received
for the past three (3) policy years. Parent has delivered to Buyer true and
correct copies of all such Insurance Policies. With respect to each such
Insurance Policy: (a) such policy is legal, valid, binding and enforceable in
accordance with its terms and, except for policies that have expired under their
terms in the ordinary course of business, is in full force and effect, and (b)
neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or default (including
any breach or default with respect to the payment of premiums or the giving of
notice), and no event has occurred which, after notice or the lapse of time or
both, would constitute a breach or default or permit termination or
modification, under such policy. All premiums payable under all such policies
have been paid, and each of the Analytical Technologies Companies and the
Sellers (in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business) is in compliance in
all material respects with the terms of such policies. Such Insurance Policies
are of the type and in amounts customarily carried by Persons conducting
businesses similar to the Analytical Technologies Business and, to the knowledge
of Sellers, provide adequate insurance for the Assets, employees and operations
of the Analytical Technologies Business and the Joint Ventures. There have been
no threatened terminations of, or material premium increases with respect to,
any such policies.
Section
5.20 Significant Customers and
Suppliers.
(a) Section
5.20(a) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule sets forth (i) a true and correct
customer list showing the twenty (20) largest customers by gross purchases from
the Analytical Technologies Business, taken as a whole, during the twelve (12)
month period ended on June 30, 2009 (individually, as a "Significant Customer"
and, collectively, as the "Significant
Customers"), and (ii) a true and correct supplier list showing the twenty
(20) largest suppliers by gross sales to the Analytical Technologies Business,
taken as a whole, during the twelve (12) month period ended on June 30, 2009
(individually, a "Significant Supplier"
and, collectively, the "Significant
Suppliers").
(b) Since
June 30, 2009, no Significant Customer or Significant Supplier has (i) stopped
or materially reduced, or indicated in writing an intention to stop or
materially reduce, trading with or supplying to the Analytical Technologies
Business, or (ii) indicated in writing an intention to change in any material
respect the terms and conditions on which it is conducts business with the
Analytical Technologies Business, other than any such reduction or change that
has been reflected in a Material Contract listed in Section 5.18 of the Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule.
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Section
5.21 Unlawful
Payments. Neither
Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or either of the Joint Ventures, nor to the
knowledge of Sellers any director, officer, employee, stockholder, agent or
representative of any such Person, has directly or indirectly made any
contribution, gift, bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other
payment to any Person in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business,
private or public, regardless of what form, in violation in any material
respects of any Law.
Section
5.22 Affiliate Transaction;
Absence of
Claims. Section
5.22(a) of Sellers' Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of
each and every Contract, commitment or other arrangement (other than any Benefit
Plan set forth on Section 5.11(a) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule) between
Parent or any Retained Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates (or any
director, officer or 5% shareholder or any owner thereof) (collectively, "Affiliated Parties"),
on the one hand, and the Analytical Technologies Business, any Analytical
Technologies Company or either Joint Venture, on the other hand (each such
Contract, commitment or other arrangement, an "Affiliate
Transaction"), including all intercompany arrangements and Contracts
providing leasing, subleasing, licensing or sublicensing goods, services,
tangible or intangible property or joint activities between any Affiliated
Party, on the one hand, and the Analytical Technologies Business, any of the
Analytical Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures, on the other hand,
other than (i) the Asset Sellers' ownership of the Purchased Assets and Stock
Seller's ownership of the Analytical Technologies Company Stock and the Joint
Venture Interests, (ii) transactions of the type represented by the Ancillary
Agreements, (iii) the Shared Contracts and (iv) transactions of the type
expressly contemplated by the Joint Venture Agreements. As of the Closing, no
Affiliated Party will have any Claim against the Analytical Technologies
Business, any Analytical Technologies Company or either Joint Venture, or is
owed any payment or other obligation by the Analytical Technologies Business,
any Analytical Technologies Company or either Joint Venture, other than the
types of matters set forth in Section 5.22(b) of the Sellers' Disclosure
Schedule.
Section
5.23 Inventory. The
Inventory of the Analytical Technologies Business (net of all reserves for
obsolete, excess, slow-moving, damaged and defective Inventory shown on the
Financial Statements) is merchantable, fit for the purposes for which it was
procured or manufactured, usable or salable in all material respects in the
ordinary course of business.
Section
5.24 Brokerage and Finders'
Fees. Except
for Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. and RBC Capital Markets, the fees of which are the
exclusive obligation of, and will be paid by, Parent or the other Sellers, in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements, none of the Sellers, nor the Analytical Technologies Companies or
the Joint Ventures has incurred, or will incur, any brokerage, finders' or
similar fee for which any Seller, any Analytical Technologies Company or Joint
Venture is or will be liable.
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Section
5.25 No Other Representations or
Warranties.
(a) Except
for the representations and warranties contained in ARTICLE V, elsewhere in this
Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, or the certificate delivered pursuant
to Section 8.2(c) of this Agreement (the "Section 8.2(c)
Certificate"), neither Parent, the other Sellers nor any of their
respective representatives, agents or Affiliates makes any express or implied
representation or warranty or implied condition (an "Ontario Condition")
under the Sales of Goods Act Ontario with respect to Parent, the other Sellers,
the Analytical Technologies Companies or any of their respective Affiliates or
Subsidiaries, the Joint Ventures, the Joint Venture Interests, the Analytical
Technologies Assets, the Analytical Technologies Business or with respect to any
other information provided, or made available, to Buyer or any of its
Affiliates, agents or representatives in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby. Except for the representations, warranties and Ontario
Condition contained in ARTICLE V, elsewhere in this Agreement or in any
Ancillary Agreement or the Section 8.2(c) Certificate, neither Parent, the other
Sellers nor any other Person makes any express or implied representation,
warranty or Ontario Condition with respect to any information, including
information, documents, projections, forecasts or other material made available
to Buyer, its Affiliates or representatives in certain "data rooms," offering
memorandum or management presentations in expectation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, unless any such information is expressly and
specifically included in a representation or warranty contained in ARTICLE V.
Except for the representations, warranties and Ontario Conditions contained in
ARTICLE V, elsewhere in this Agreement, or in any Ancillary Agreement or the
Section 8.2(c) Certificate, each of Parent and the other Sellers disclaims any
and all other representations, warranties and Ontario Conditions, whether
express or implied. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, neither Parent, the other Sellers nor any of their respective
Affiliates makes any express or implied representation, warranty or Ontario
Condition with respect to the Excluded Assets, Excluded Businesses or Retained
Liabilities.
(b) Each
Seller acknowledges the limitations set forth in Section 6.10. In furtherance of
the foregoing, each Seller acknowledges that it is not relying on any
representation or warranty of Buyer, other than those representations and
warranties specifically set forth in ARTICLE VI of this Agreement and those set
forth elsewhere in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement or the Section
8.3(c) Certificate.
Section
5.26 Limitation with Respect to
Joint Venture Representations. Except
for the representations set forth in Section 5.3 and Section 5.4(a), each
representation containing a reference to the AB Joint Venture or the PE Joint
Venture set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed to be limited such that such
representation only shall relate to the AB Joint Venture or PE Joint Venture
itself (including its business, Assets and Liabilities), Sellers' interest in
the AB Joint Venture or PE Joint Venture, and the functions and services
performed by (or the omissions of) Parent and its Subsidiaries in the AB Joint
Venture or the PE Joint Venture, and not to any functions and services performed
by or acts or omissions of Life Tech or its Subsidiaries in the AB Joint Venture
or any functions and services performed by or acts or omissions of PerkinElmer
or its Subsidiaries in the PE Joint Venture.
ARTICLE
VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF BUYER
Except as
set forth in the Buyer's Disclosure Schedule, Buyer represents and warrants to
Sellers as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing as
follows:
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Section
6.1 Organization and
Standing. Buyer
is a Singapore company and each of Buyer and the Designated Buyers is (a) duly
organized, validly existing and duly qualified or has corporate licenses and in
good standing (to the extent such concept is legally recognized under the
applicable Laws of the state or jurisdiction of its organization) under the Laws
of the state or jurisdiction of its organization with full corporate or other
power, as the case may be, and authority to own, lease, use and operate its
properties and to conduct its business and (b) duly qualified or has applicable
corporate licenses to do business and, to the extent that such concept is
legally recognized under the applicable Laws of the state or jurisdiction of its
organization, is in good standing in any other jurisdiction in which the nature
of the business conducted by it or the property it owns, leases, uses or
operates requires it to so qualify, be so licensed or be in good standing, in
each case, except where the failure to be so organized, qualified, licensed or
in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have, or
reasonably be expected to have, a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.
Section
6.2 Corporate Power and
Authority. Buyer
and the Designated Buyers have all requisite corporate power and authority to
enter into and deliver this Agreement and, subject to receiving the Required
Antitrust Approvals, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Buyer and each of the Designated Buyers which will be a party to the
Ancillary Agreements has all requisite corporate or similar power, as the case
may be, and authority to execute and deliver the Ancillary Agreements and the
other agreements, documents and instruments to be executed and delivered by it
in connection with this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements and to consummate
the transactions contemplated thereby. The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by Buyer and the consummation by Buyer of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of
the Ancillary Agreements and the other agreements, documents and instruments to
be executed and delivered in connection with this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements by Buyer and each of the Designated Buyers party thereto, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or similar action on the part of each such
Person. This Agreement has been (and on the Closing Date, each of the Ancillary
Agreements will be) duly and validly executed and delivered by Buyer and each of
the Designated Buyers to the extent it is a party thereto and, assuming this
Agreement and such other agreements have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by each Seller and each of their respective Affiliates to the extent
it is a party, and each of this Agreement and such other agreements constitutes
(or, in the case of agreements executed after the date of this Agreement, will
be once executed) a legal, valid and binding obligation of Buyer and the
Designated Buyers to the extent it is a party hereto or thereto, enforceable
against each such Person in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general
equity principles.
Section
6.3 Conflicts; Consents and
Approvals. Neither
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements by Buyer or any of its respective Affiliates, nor the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements
will:
(a) conflict
with, or result in a breach of any provision of, the certificate of
incorporation, bylaws or other comparable organizational documents of (i) Buyer,
(ii) any Designated Buyer, or (iii) any Affiliate of Buyer which is a party to
the Ancillary Agreements;
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(b) violate,
or conflict with, or result in, a breach of any provision of, or constitute a
default under, or result in the acceleration of, or create in any party the
right to accelerate, terminate or cancel, any (i) material Contract to which
Buyer or any Designated Buyer is a party or to which any of their respective
properties or assets may be bound, or (ii) any Permit to which Buyer or any
Designated Buyer is subject, or to which any of their respective properties or
assets may be subject, except in each case, for any violation, conflict, breach,
default, termination or acceleration that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have, or reasonably be expected to have, a Buyer Material Adverse
Effect; or
(c) require
any Governmental Filings, other than (i) Governmental Filings required by the
HSR Act or other Antitrust Laws, (ii) as set forth in Section 6.3(c) of the
Buyer's Disclosure Schedule, (iii) Governmental Filings that become applicable
as a result the identity of Parent and the other Sellers, and (iv) such other
Governmental Filings the failure of which to be obtained or made, would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have, or reasonably be expected to have, a
Buyer Material Adverse Effect.
Section
6.4 Securities
Act. Buyer
and the Designated Buyers are acquiring the Analytical Technologies Companies
Stock and the Joint Venture Interests solely for the purpose of investment and
not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in
violation of the Securities Act, or any applicable foreign securities Laws.
Buyer acknowledges that the Analytical Technologies Companies Stock and the
Joint Venture Interests are not registered under the Securities Act, any
applicable state securities Law or any applicable foreign securities Law, and
that such Analytical Technologies Companies Stock and Joint Venture Interests
may not be transferred or sold except pursuant to the registration provisions of
the Securities Act or similar provisions of applicable foreign securities Laws
or pursuant to an applicable exemption therefrom and pursuant to state
securities Laws, as applicable.
Section
6.5 Compliance with
Law. Buyer
and the Designated Buyers have complied with all Laws applicable to Buyer and
the Designated Buyers, except where the failure to be in compliance would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have, or reasonably be expected to have, a
Buyer Material Adverse Effect.
Section
6.6 Investigations;
Litigation. As of
the date of this Agreement, there is no investigation or review pending (or, to
the knowledge of Buyer, threatened) by any Governmental Authority with respect
to Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries which would reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Buyer Material Adverse Effect, and there are
no Actions pending (or, to Buyer's knowledge, threatened) against or affecting,
and, to Buyer's knowledge, there is no Investigation of, Buyer or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties at law or in equity before,
and there are no orders, judgments or decrees of, or before, any Governmental
Authority, in each case, which would, individually or in the aggregate, have, or
reasonably be expected to have, a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.
Section
6.7 Finders;
Brokers. With
the exception of fees and expenses payable to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., which
shall be Buyer's sole responsibility, neither Buyer nor any of its Subsidiaries
or Affiliates has employed any investment banker, finder or broker in connection
with the transactions contemplated herein who would have a valid claim for a fee
or commission from Sellers or any of the Retained Subsidiaries, in connection
with the transactions contemplated herein.
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Section
6.8 Sufficient
Funds. Buyer
has, as of the date of this Agreement, and shall have, on the Closing Date,
access to sufficient funds to enable Buyer to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby, including payment of the Initial Purchase Price and fees
and expenses of Buyer relating to the transactions contemplated
hereby.
Section
6.9 Investment Canada
Act. Buyer
is a "WTO
Investor" as that term is defined in the Investment Canada Act (Canada),
as amended.
Section
6.10 No Additional
Representations or Warranties.
(a) Except
for the representations and warranties contained in ARTICLE VI, elsewhere in
this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, or the certificate delivered
pursuant to Section 8.3(c) of this Agreement (the "Section 8.3(c)
Certificate"), neither Buyer nor any of its representatives, agents or
Affiliates makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect
to Buyer or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other
information provided, or made available, to Sellers or any of their respective
Affiliates, agents or representatives in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby. Except for the representations and warranties contained in
ARTICLE VI, elsewhere in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement or the
Section 8.3(c) Certificate, Buyer disclaim any and all other representations and
warranties, whether express or implied.
(b) Buyer
acknowledges the limitations set forth in Section 5.25. In furtherance of the
foregoing, Buyer acknowledges that it is not relying on any representation or
warranty of Sellers, other than those representations and warranties
specifically set forth in ARTICLE V of this Agreement and those set forth
elsewhere in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement or the Section 8.2(c)
Certificate.
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ARTICLE
VII
COVENANTS AND
AGREEMENTS
Section
7.1 Information and
Documents.
(a) During
the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, upon reasonable
advance notice, Sellers shall, or shall cause their Subsidiaries to, permit
Buyer and its authorized representatives to have reasonable access, during
regular normal business hours, to all Assets, employees, books and records of
the Sellers and the Analytical Technologies Companies, in each case, relating to
the Analytical Technologies Business, and shall furnish, or cause to be
furnished, to Buyer, such financial, Tax and operating data and other available
information with respect to the Analytical Technologies Business as Buyer shall
from time to time reasonably request; provided, however, that such
access shall not unreasonably interfere with the personnel, operations or
properties of the Analytical Technologies Business or the Excluded Businesses
and shall be subject to confidentiality obligations contemplated by Section
7.1(c) below and shall be at Buyer's sole expense. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement, none of Sellers or any of their Subsidiaries
(including the Analytical Technologies Companies) shall be required to disclose
or provide to Buyer or its authorized representatives any information (i)
related to the Sale Process or the possible sale of the Analytical Technologies
Business with other portions of Excluded Businesses or Parent's or its
representatives' evaluation thereof, including projections, financial or other
information related thereto other than projections, financial or other
information prepared in the ordinary course of the Analytical Technologies
Business, (ii) the disclosure of which Parent determines in good faith, upon
advice of outside counsel, is reasonably likely to violate Law or breach the
confidentiality obligation under any Contract to which Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or is subject to (so long as Sellers have made
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a waiver of confidentiality) or would
cause a Privilege which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries would be reasonably
entitled to assert to be waived with respect to such information, or (iii) if
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Buyer or any of its
Subsidiaries, on the other hand, are adverse parties in a litigation and such
information is reasonably pertinent thereto; provided, however, that such
information and access shall be disclosed or granted, as applicable, to external
counsel for Buyer to the extent required for the purpose of complying with
Regulatory Laws or any antitrust, competition or trade regulation Laws that are
designed or intended to protect the national security or the national economy of
any nation in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
In addition, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Buyer shall not
have the right to perform or conduct, or cause to be performed or conducted, any
environmental sampling or testing at, in, on, or underneath the Real Property
without the specific prior authorization by Parent. It is further agreed that
neither Buyer nor its representatives shall contact any of the vendors,
customers, creditors or suppliers of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, whether in
person or by telephone, mail, or other means of communication, without the
specific prior authorization by Parent, such authorization not to be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Sellers shall and shall cause
their Subsidiaries and its and their respective employees, counsel and financial
advisors to cooperate with Buyer, its representatives, auditors and counsel in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
preparation of any documents or other materials which may be required in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(b) During
the period between the date hereof and the Closing, Sellers shall provide
financial statements and sales reports to Buyer in accordance (including as to
content and timing) with Section 7.1(b) of the Sellers' Disclosure
Schedule.
(c) All
information received by Buyer and given by or on behalf of Sellers, their
Subsidiaries or the Analytical Technologies Companies in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will be held by Buyer, the
Designated Buyers and their Affiliates, agents and representatives as
"Evaluation Material" as defined in, and pursuant to the terms of, the
Confidentiality Agreement. Until Closing, Buyer shall not, and shall cause the
Designated Buyers and its and their Affiliates not to, use any information
obtained pursuant to this Section 7.1 for any purpose unrelated to the
transactions described in this Agreement or the Life Technologies Purchase
Agreement.
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Section
7.2 Conduct of
Business.
(a) During
the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, except (i) as
expressly set forth in Section 7.2 of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule or (ii)
as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, Sellers agree that they will, and
will cause each of the Analytical Technologies Companies to and cause (to the
extent Parent has a right or ability to do so pursuant to the Joint Venture
Agreements) the Joint Ventures to, (w) conduct the Analytical Technologies
Business and operate the Joint Ventures in the ordinary course consistent with
past practice, (x) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact the Analytical
Technologies Business and the Joint Ventures in all material respects, and to
retain their present officers and Key Employees, (y) use reasonable best efforts
to preserve intact, in all material respects, the ordinary and customary
relationships with customers, suppliers vendors, licensors, licensees,
distributors, creditors, Governmental Authorities and other third parties having
business relationships with it, and (z) use reasonable best efforts to maintain
the material tangible Analytical Technologies Assets in good working order and
condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
(b) Without
limiting the generality of Section 7.2(a) above, during the period from the date
of this Agreement to the Closing Date, Sellers covenant and agree that, except
(i) as expressly set forth in Section 7.2 of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule,
(ii) as specifically contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) as Buyer shall
otherwise consent in advance in writing (solely with respect to Section
7.2(b)(vii), Section 7.2(b)(xvi), Section 7.2(b)(xvii), Section 7.2(b)(xix)
(other than clause (ii)(y) thereof) and Section 7.2(b)(xxiv), such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or (iv) as required by Law
or the terms of any existing Contract, it shall and shall cause the Analytical
Technologies Companies, the other Sellers and, to the extent Parent has a right
or ability to do so pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreements, the Joint
Ventures, in each case solely with respect to the Analytical Technologies
Business, not to take any of the following actions (it being understood that
nothing in this Section 7.2 shall limit any of Sellers' or their respective
Affiliates' rights with respect to the Excluded Businesses to the extent not
having any adverse impact on the Analytical Technologies Business or the
transactions contemplated hereby in any material respect):
(i) amend the charter, bylaws or similar
organizational documents (including the Joint Venture Agreements) of any
Analytical Technologies Company or either Joint Venture, or enter into any new
Contract or other arrangement that would have been deemed a Joint Venture
Agreement with respect to either Joint Venture if entered into prior to the date
hereof;
(ii)
with respect to any Analytical Technologies Company or either Joint
Venture, issue, deliver or sell or propose or agree to issue, deliver or sell
any additional shares of capital stock (other than shares to be transferred to
Buyer at the Closing) or other Equity Interest, or issue, deliver or sell
or propose or agree to issue any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for, or options with respect to, or warrants to purchase, calls,
conversion rights, commitments, other securities relating to such securities, or
rights to subscribe for, shares of capital stock or other Equity Interest of any
Analytical Technologies Company or either Joint Ventures, or sell, transfer or
otherwise dispose of or encumber any shares of capital stock or other Equity
Interest of any Analytical Technologies Company or either Joint
Venture;
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(iii)
with respect to any Seller (with respect to the Analytical
Technologies Business and the Analytical Technologies Assets) declare, set
aside, or pay any dividend or other distribution payable in Analytical
Technologies Companies Stock or Analytical Technologies Assets, or with respect
to any Analytical Technologies Company or either Joint Venture, declare, set
aside, or pay any dividend or other distribution payable in stock or property
(other than Excluded Assets, including Cash Equivalents, and except as set forth
on Section 7.2(b)(iii) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, in each case subject
to Section 7.2(c)) with respect to its capital stock or other Equity Interests
therein, or combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or other Equity
Interest or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect
of, in lieu of or in substitution for any of its securities or purchase, redeem
or otherwise acquire or retire for value any of its
securities;
(iv)
with respect to any Seller (with respect to the Analytical
Technologies Business and the Analytical Technologies Assets) and except as
expressly permitted by Section 7.28, any Analytical Technologies Company or
either Joint Venture, adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation,
dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization, bankruptcy,
suspension of payments or other reorganization under local Law;
(v) with respect to any Analytical
Technologies Company, any Seller in respect of the Analytical Technologies
Business or either Joint Venture, acquire or dispose of, in any manner including
any business combination, any business or substantially all of the assets of any
business or Person, in excess of $250,000 individually or $500,000 for all such
acquisitions and dispositions in the aggregate;
(vi)
with respect to any Analytical Technologies Company, any Seller in respect of
the Analytical Technologies Business or either Joint Venture, acquire (including
by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of stock or assets) or negotiate the
acquisition of any interest in any Person or any division thereof or any
business or assets thereof, or (other than intercompany transactions, subject to
Section 7.9(b) hereof) make any loan, advance or capital contribution to, or
investment in, any Person or any division thereof, other than any such
acquisitions, loans, advances, contributions or investments that are in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and for considerations
not to exceed $50,000 individually, or $200,000 for all such transactions in the
aggregate;
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(vii)
except as required by Law or any Material Contract, permit any Analytical
Technologies Company, any Seller in respect of the Analytical Technologies
Business or either Joint Venture to issue any note, bond, or other debt
security, or create, incur, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness, in each case,
other than (i) Indebtedness that will be a Retained Liability, (ii) intercompany
loans or advances among the Analytical Technologies Companies, and (iii)
Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate;
(viii) except for sales of inventory
or the disposition of immaterial amounts of obsolete Equipment in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice, sell, assign, lease, sublease,
license, sublicense, pledge or otherwise transfer or otherwise dispose of
(including by merger, consolidation or otherwise), or incur, create or
assume any Encumbrance, other than Permitted Encumbrances, with respect to any
material Assets of the Analytical Technologies Business (including the
Analytical Technologies Assets);
(ix)
voluntarily pay or incur any Liability, other than (x) any payment of
Liabilities solely in cash which is fully satisfied prior to the Closing and (y)
any such action in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(x) change any financial
accounting method used by them relating to the Analytical Technologies Business
or either Joint Venture, unless required by GAAP or Law, or with respect to the
Canadian GAAP Financial Statements only, Canadian GAAP;
(xi) (x) to the extent
material in the aggregate, enter into or modify any employment, bonus,
severance, change in control, termination or similar agreements or arrangements
with, or grant any bonuses, salary increases, severance or termination pay to,
or otherwise increase the compensation or benefits of, any Business Employee,
other than as may be required by a Benefit Plan in effect on the date of this
Agreement and disclosed to Buyer or by any applicable Laws, (y) hire any new
employee that could become a Business Employee with annual salary or regular
wages in excess of $150,000 (or total annual compensation reasonably expected to
be in excess of $200,000 in the case of individuals eligible for annual
incentive bonuses or commissions) or terminate (other than for cause), reassign
or otherwise materially modify the duties of any executive, officer, or Key
Employee who provides services to the Analytical Technologies Business, or (z)
except as would not be material in the aggregate and as would not be required to
ensure that any Benefit Plan is not then out of compliance with applicable Law,
enter into or adopt any new, or increase benefits under or renew, amend or
terminate any existing, Benefit Plan as such Benefit Plan may relate to Affected
Employees;
(xii) communicate
with Affected Employees regarding the compensation, benefits or other treatment
that they will receive in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby,
unless any such communications are consistent with agreed communications made by
Parent and Buyer upon the announcement of this Agreement or any later directives
or documentation provided to Parent by Buyer, in which case, if the
communication is in writing, Sellers shall provide Buyer with prior notice of
and the opportunity to review and promptly comment upon any such written
communications;
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(xiii) transfer, sell, assign or
license to any Person, or otherwise dispose of, or incur any Encumbrance (other
than Permitted Encumbrances) on, any rights to the material Analytical
Technologies Intellectual Property or material Analytical Technologies IT
Assets, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, or take any action or knowingly fail to take any action within its
control that would reasonably be expected to result in the loss, lapse,
abandonment, invalidity or unenforceability of any material Analytical
Technologies Intellectual Property or material Analytical Technologies IT
Assets;
(xiv) demolish or remove any of the
existing material improvements, or erect new material improvements on the Real
Property or any portion thereof;
(xv) amend, modify, extend, renew or
terminate any, or enter into any new lease, sublease, license or other agreement
for the use or occupancy of any real property requiring rental and other
payments in excess of $500,000 annually;
(xvi) make or commit or agree to
make any capital expenditures in excess of $250,000 individually or $2,000,000
in the aggregate for the Analytical Technologies Business, provided that any
capital expenditure below such thresholds shall be consistent with plans or
budgets disclosed in writing to Buyer prior to the date hereof;
(xvii) terminate, cancel, amend,
waive, modify or fail to maintain, fail to renew or fail to comply with any
Material Permit, other than immaterial amendments or modifications in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(xviii) except as set forth in Section
7.2(b)(xviii) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, (x) enter into any Contract
that would be a Material Contract (other than any Material Contract described in
Section 5.18(a)(vi) and Section 5.18(a)(vii) and except for any Material
Contract described in Section 5.18(a)(i), Section 5.18(a)(ii), Section
5.18(a)(v) or Section 5.18(a)(xii) entered into in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice), or (y) terminate (other than extensions
at the end of a term in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice) or materially amend, modify or waive any default, claim or other right
under any Material Contract or any Contract described in clause (x) of this
Section 7.2(b)(xviii);
(xix) except as set forth in Section
7.2(b)(xix) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, settle, release, waive or
compromise any pending or threatened Action of or against, or any Investigation
of, the Analytical Technologies Business, any Analytical Technologies Company,
any Seller (in respect of the Analytical Technologies Business) or either Joint
Venture (i) for an amount in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate, or (ii)
entailing the incurrence of (x) any Liability in excess of such amount,
including costs or revenue reductions, or (y) any obligations that would impose
any material restrictions or limitations on the business or operations of the
Analytical Technologies Business or the Joint Ventures;
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(xx) except as set forth in
Section 7.2(b)(xx) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, enter into any new line
of business or open or close any existing facility, plant or
office;
(xxi) fail to maintain in full force
and effect any Insurance Policy in a form and amount consistent with past
practice, subject to expiration of policies consistent with their respective
terms and renewals thereof on commercially reasonable and available
terms;
(xxii) implement any layoffs that
would reasonably be likely to require notice under the Worker Notification
Laws;
(xxiii) except as set forth in Section
7.2(b)(xxiii) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, (x) revalue any Assets of the
Analytical Technologies Business (including any Analytical Technologies Assets
or any Assets of the Analytical Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures),
including writing down or writing off the value of Inventory or writing off
notes or accounts receivable, or (y) create any reserves or accruals, in each
case of (x) and (y) other than (A) in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice, (B) as required by GAAP, or (C) with respect to the Canadian
GAAP Financial Statements only, as required by Canadian GAAP;
(xxiv) make or change any material Tax
election, adopt any accounting or Tax accounting method, change any accounting
or Tax accounting method, file any amendment to an income or material Tax
Return, enter into any closing agreement relating to Taxes, settle any material
Tax claim or assessment or consent to any material Tax claim or
assessment, consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period
applicable to any Tax claim or assessment, or surrender any right to claim a
refund of material Taxes, or take any similar action;
(xxv) except for the types of
transactions set forth in Section 5.22(b) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule
(which shall be entered into in the ordinary course of business) or for
transactions that shall be fully consummated (including payment of any amount
relating thereto) at Closing, enter into any Affiliate Transaction;
or
(xxvi) agree to take or authorize any
of the foregoing actions or take any action or omission which would make any of
the representations and warranties of Sellers contained in this Agreement untrue
in a manner that would result in any of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VIII
not being satisfied; provided that any
breach of this Section 7.2(b)(xxvi) shall be treated as a breach of a
representation or warranty for purposes of Section 10.2 rather than a breach of
covenant;
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provided that each
covenant in this Section 7.2(b) containing a reference to the AB Joint Venture
or the PE Joint Venture shall be deemed to be limited such that such covenant
only shall relate to Sellers' interest in the AB Joint Venture or the PE Joint
Venture, the AB Joint Venture or the PE Joint Venture itself (including its
business, Assets and Liabilities) and the functions and services performed by
(or the omissions of) Parent and its Subsidiaries in the AB Joint Venture or the
PE Joint Venture, and as permitted by the applicable Joint Venture Agreement,
and not to any functions and services performed by or acts or omissions of Life
Tech or its Subsidiaries in the AB Joint Venture or any functions and services
performed by or acts or omissions of PerkinElmer or its Subsidiaries in the PE
Joint Venture; provided, further, that, in
exercising its rights under this Section 7.2(b), Buyer shall give reasonable
consideration to any reasonable objection or disagreement by PerkinElmer or its
Subsidiaries with respect to any action or omission by Parent or any of
Subsidiaries required under this Section 7.2(b) that is inconsistent with their
obligations under any PE JV Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, prior to the Closing, provided that such
actions shall have no adverse impact on the Analytical Technologies Business in
any material respect at and after the Closing, any Seller, the Analytical
Technologies Companies and the Joint Ventures will be permitted to declare and
pay dividends and distributions of, or otherwise transfer, to Parent or any
Subsidiary thereof, (i) any Excluded Assets, and (ii) any Assets other than
Purchased Assets which are not contemplated to be owned or held by Buyer, any
Designated Buyer or an Analytical Technologies Company pursuant to this
Agreement or an Ancillary Agreement, provided that such
action does not result in any Assumed Liability.
(d) Nothing
contained in this Agreement is intended to give Buyer, directly or indirectly,
the right to control or direct the operations of the Analytical Technologies
Business, any Analytical Technologies Company or either Joint Venture prior to
the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall exercise,
consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and
supervision over its and its Subsidiaries' operations.
Section
7.3 Certain
Approvals.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties
hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts (subject to, and in accordance
with, Regulatory Law) to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or
cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing,
all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws to consummate
and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as promptly
as practicable, including the obtaining of all necessary actions, waivers,
consents and approvals from Governmental Authorities, and the making of all
necessary registrations, notices and filings and the taking of all commercially
reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain a consent , advance ruling
certificate, no-action letter, approval or waiver from, or to avoid an Action or
Investigation by, any Governmental Authority.
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(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions in this Agreement and without limiting the
foregoing:
(i) Parent
and DHR and Buyer shall, as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than
(x) five (5) Business Days after the date hereof file the notification and
report form pursuant to the HSR Act and an application for an ARC in respect of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, together with a request for in
the alternative (A) a "no action letter" to the effect the Commissioner of
Competition does not intend to apply at that time for an order of the
Competition Tribunal under the merger provisions of the Canadian Competition Act
and (B) a waiver of the obligation to notify the Commissioner of Competition and
supply information in respect of such transactions under section 113(c) of the
Canadian Competition Act if an ARC is not issued; provided that in the
event neither an ARC nor a no action letter and a waiver under subsection
113(c), which is/are in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer and Parent,
each acting reasonably, and remain in force and unamended, is granted within
fourteen (14) days of applying therefor (or such longer period as Parent and
Buyer may agree), DHR, Buyer and Parent shall forthwith file a pre-merger
notification pursuant to Part IX of the Canadian Competition Act in respect of
the transactions; and (y) ten (10) Business Days after the date hereof effect
all other necessary notifications, or registrations to obtain the Required
Antitrust Approvals, in each case as required for the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(ii) Sellers,
DHR and Buyer shall use reasonable best efforts to cooperate with each other in
(A) determining whether any filings are required to be made with, or consents,
permits, authorizations, advance ruling certificates, no-action letters, waivers
or approvals are required or advisable to be obtained from, any third parties or
Governmental Authorities under any applicable Regulatory Law or any antitrust,
competition, or trade regulation Laws that are designed or intended to protect
the national security or the national economy of any nation in connection with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (B) timely making all such
required filings and timely seeking all such required consents, permits,
authorizations, advance ruling certificates, no-action letters or
approvals;
(iii) Each
of Sellers, DHR and Buyer shall use its reasonable best efforts to take such
action as may be required (a) to cause the expiration or termination of the
waiting periods under the Regulatory Laws and to obtain waivers, consents or
approvals under such Laws with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement as promptly as possible after the execution of this Agreement; and (b)
to obtain all Required Antitrust Approvals;
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(iv) Sellers,
DHR and Buyer shall keep each other apprised of the status of matters relating
to the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, to the
extent permissible, promptly furnish the other with copies of notices or other
communications between Sellers (including their representatives, counsel and
Subsidiaries) or DHR and Buyer (including their representatives, counsel and
Subsidiaries), as the case may be, and any third party and/or Governmental
Authority with respect to such transactions. Sellers, DHR and Buyer shall keep
each other timely apprised of any inquiries or requests for additional
information from any Governmental Authority pursuant to any Regulatory Law
or any antitrust, competition, or trade regulation Laws that are designed or
intended to protect the national security or the national economy of any nation,
to the extent permissible, and shall comply promptly with any such reasonable
inquiry or request. Sellers, on the one hand, and DHR and Buyer, on the other
hand, shall permit counsel for the other party reasonable opportunity to review
in advance, to the extent permissible, and consider in good faith the views of
the other party in connection with, any proposed written communication to any
Governmental Authority relating to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Each of Sellers, on the one hand, and DHR and Buyer, on the other
hand, agrees not to participate in any substantive meeting or discussion, either
in person or by telephone, with any Governmental Authority in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement unless it consults with the
other party in advance and, to the extent not prohibited by such Governmental
Authority, gives the other party the opportunity to attend and participate. No
Seller shall extend, directly or indirectly, any waiting periods required in
connection with any Antitrust Law, or enter into any agreement with any
Governmental Authority to delay the Closing or not to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. Neither DHR nor Buyer shall extend, directly
or indirectly, any waiting periods required in connection with any Antitrust Law
except to the extent advisable, based on the advice of outside counsel, in
seeking obtain the approvals required thereunder.
(v) Each
of Sellers, DHR and Buyer, in the event that any permanent or preliminary
injunction or other order is entered or becomes reasonably foreseeable to be
entered in any proceeding that would make consummation of the acquisition of the
Analytical Technologies Companies Stock or the Purchased Assets or the other
transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
unlawful or that would prevent or delay consummation of the acquisition of the
Analytical Technologies Companies Stock or the Purchased Assets or the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, shall use its reasonable best
efforts necessary to avoid, vacate, modify or suspend such injunction
or order so as to permit such consummation on a schedule as close as
possible to that contemplated by this Agreement unless, by mutual agreement,
Parent, DHR and Buyer decide that litigation is not in their respective best
interests.
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(c) Subject
in all cases to the condition set forth in Section 8.1(a), in the event that any
Non-Material Antitrust Approval or any Buyer Approval is not obtained on or
prior to the Closing Date, or there exists any Regulatory Law that makes illegal
or enjoins or prevents in any respect the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement except with respect of the Required Antitrust
Approvals, then Sellers and Buyer shall effect the Closing (including payment of
the entire Initial Purchase Price), subject to the terms of this Agreement
(including, but not limited to, Section 8.1(a)), with respect to all Analytical
Technologies Companies Stock, Joint Venture Interests, Purchased Assets,
Analytical Technologies Business, Affected Employees and Assumed Liabilities
outside of the jurisdiction of any such Governmental Authority or the Laws
related to such Non-Material Antitrust Approval or Buyer Approval, to the extent
permitted by, and in accordance with, Law; provided, however, that the
obligations of the parties hereto set forth in this Section 7.3 shall continue
with respect to any such compliance with Law, approval or action until such
compliance with Law, approval or action is obtained or taken, as the case may
be, and upon the occurrence of such compliance with Law, approval or action, the
parties hereto shall effect the transfer of the affected Analytical Technologies
Company, Joint Venture Interests, Analytical Technologies Business, Purchased
Assets, Affected Employees and Assumed Liabilities in accordance with this
Agreement and the applicable Local Purchase Agreement. To the extent permitted
under the Laws related to such Non-Material Antitrust Approval or Buyer
Approval, each such transfer, upon occurrence, shall be retroactive to and be
deemed to have occurred on the Closing Date. Furthermore, as of the Closing
Date, Sellers and Buyer shall, subject to the applicable Law, enter into
mutually agreeable alternative business arrangements consistent with the terms
of this Agreement or other arrangements which provide Buyer with the net
economic benefit or loss of the affected Analytical Technologies Companies
Stock, Joint Venture Interests, Analytical Technologies Business, Purchased
Assets, Affected Employees and Assumed Liabilities from and after the Closing
Date and continuing until any such approval or action is obtained or
taken.
(d) In
the event DHR and/or its controlled Affiliates enters into any agreement
relating to, or consummates, any acquisition during the period from the date of
this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this
Agreement or the Closing, which acquisition is reasonably expected to materially
increase the risk of not obtaining any Required Antitrust Approval by the End
Date, on the third (3rd) Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver of all of
the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VIII of this Agreement (including the
condition set forth in Section 8.2(a) but other than the condition set forth in
Section 8.1(b) and other than those conditions to be satisfied at the Closing),
the condition set forth in Section 8.2(a) shall be deemed to have been satisfied
for purposes of this Agreement regardless of any change in facts and
circumstance occurring after such date, subject to the condition that the
Sellers comply with their obligations under Section 7.2(b) in all material
respects during the period from such date until the Closing.
(e) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties
hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all
actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the
other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable under
applicable Laws to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, as promptly as practicable, including (i) the obtaining of
all necessary consents, approvals, amendments or waivers from third parties
(excluding for purposes of this Section 7.3(e)(i) any Governmental Authority)
required to be obtained by any Seller(s), DHR or Buyer, or their respective
Subsidiaries, or the Joint Ventures, in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) the defending of any lawsuits or other
legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and (iii) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. If any
required consent, waiver, approval, requirement, allowance, novation,
authorization, declaration, filing, registration or notification of any third
party (excluding any Governmental Authority) is not obtained prior to the
Closing, the parties hereto, each without cost, expense or liability to the
other (except as provided in ARTICLE VIII hereof), shall cooperate in good faith
to seek, if possible, alternative arrangements to achieve the economic results
intended.
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(f) In
connection with obtaining any consents, approvals, amendments or waivers from
third parties, no Seller nor any of Sellers' Subsidiaries shall consent to any
modification of any Material Contract or otherwise obligate any Analytical
Technologies Companies or Designated Buyer to take or omit to take any action
after the Closing without the prior written consent of Buyer, except to the
extent such modification is solely for the purpose of giving effect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in which case such modification
shall not be adverse to Buyer, any Analytical Technologies Company or any
Designated Buyer, or the Analytical Technologies Business, or solely for the
purpose of substituting Buyer or the relevant Designated Buyer for Parent or its
Affiliates in such Contract.
(g) Without
limiting any other provisions in this Agreement, between the date hereof and the
Closing, each of Buyer and the Sellers agree to use reasonable best efforts to
obtain any required consents of Advanced Bioconcept Company (the "PE Consents") to the
sale and transfer to the applicable Designated Buyer at Closing of Parent's
Joint Venture Interest in the PE Joint Venture and Parent’s rights and
obligations under the PE JV Agreements.
(h) In
the event that the PE Consents contemplated by Section 7.3(g) above are not
obtained prior to Closing, then (x) Buyer shall not acquire from Sellers, and
Sellers shall not sell to Buyer, the Joint Venture Interest of Parent in the PE
Joint Venture, and the failure of Sellers to so sell such JV Equity Interest in
the PE Joint Venture shall not constitute a breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement of Sellers in the Agreement, (y) following the
Closing, (i) the Buyer shall not acquire from Sellers, and Sellers shall retain
,the PE JV Agreements, the applicable Analytical Technologies Intellectual
Property and Designated Employees, in each case, dedicated to the PE Joint
Venture (the “Retained
Interests”), (ii) the parties will put in place mutually satisfactory
arrangements consistent with the Sellers’ obligations to maintain the
confidentiality of confidential information in accordance with the PE JV
Agreements, and (iii) Buyer shall provide the Sellers with access to the other
applicable Analytical Technologies Assets and Designated Employees, in each
case, for so long as required to, and solely to the extent required to, fulfill
their obligations under the PE JV Agreements, and (z) until the termination,
winding-down, dissolution or other similar end to the PE Joint Venture ("PE JV Termination"),
each of Buyer and the Sellers agree to continue to use reasonable best efforts
to obtain the PE Consents. It is expressly understood and agreed that upon
obtaining the PE Consent or the PE JV Termination, Sellers shall transfer (the
"PE Transfer")
to the applicable Designated Buyer, without any additional consideration, any
and all of Parent's Joint Venture Interest in the PE Joint Venture, the Retained
Interests, and Assets received or obtained by Sellers in connection with the PE
JV Termination, and Buyer shall accept and acquire such Assets and Retained
Interests subject to the rights of Advanced Bioconcept Company and/or Xxxxxx
Xxxxx under the PE Joint Venture Agreements (if any), and Buyer shall assume,
discharge and satisfy the obligations of Sellers under the PE JV Agreements and
make an offer of employment to the relevant Designated Employees described in
clause (y)(i) of the preceding sentence in a manner consistent with Section 7.5.
Until the earlier of the PE JV Termination or the PE Transfer, Parent shall not
directly or indirectly sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, assign, encumber,
lease, license or otherwise dispose of, voluntarily or involuntarily, by
operation of Law or otherwise, any record, beneficial or economic interest in
the Joint Venture Interest of Parent in the PE Joint Venture.
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Section
7.4 Further Assurances;
Retransfer of Assets.
(a) From
time to time after the Closing Date, upon request of any party, each party
hereto shall execute, acknowledge and deliver all such other instruments and
documents and shall take all such other actions required to consummate and make
fully effective the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
provided that Buyer shall not be required to pay any further consideration or
amounts therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, on or prior
to the date hereof, Sellers shall, and shall cause their Subsidiaries and
Affiliates to, (x) take such actions as are necessary or advisable to
irrevocably amend the AB JV Agreements in order to give effect, and facilitate
the consummation of, the transactions contemplated hereby (for the avoidance of
doubt, not the transactions contemplated by the Life Technologies Purchase
Agreement), and such other changes to the AB JV Agreements as are reasonably
requested by Buyer, and shall take such actions after the date hereof as
reasonably requested by Buyer, and (y) take such actions as are necessary or
advisable to permit and facilitate the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Life Technologies Purchase Agreement (including
granting any necessary consent under the AB JV Agreements), provided that this
clause (y) shall not apply (other than as contemplated by Section 2.5(c) and
Section 7.3(c) of this Agreement and of the Life Technologies Purchase
Agreement) if the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Life
Technologies Purchase Agreement does not occur contemporaneously with or
immediately before or after the Closing contemplated by this
Agreement.
(b) Without
limiting the generality of Section 7.4(a), if any party discovers, within twelve
(12) months after the Closing Date, that any Assets primarily used within the
Analytical Technologies Business prior to the Closing were not transferred to
any Designated Buyer as part of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Local Purchase Agreement, Sellers shall
and shall cause their Subsidiaries to promptly transfer, assign and convey, or
shall cause any such Asset to be transferred, assigned and conveyed, to Buyer or
any of its Affiliates or other designees designated by Buyer without any
additional consideration therefor free and clear of all
Encumbrances.
(c) If
any party discovers, within twelve (12) months after the Closing Date, that any
of the Analytical Technologies Companies owns any Assets that are Excluded
Assets, or that any Assets have been transferred by the Asset Sellers to the
Asset Buyers are Excluded Assets, then the parties agree that any such Excluded
Assets will be considered to have been held in trust by the relevant Asset Buyer
for the relevant Asset Seller and Buyer shall and shall cause its Subsidiaries
to promptly transfer, assign and convey, or shall cause any such Excluded Asset
to be transferred, assigned and conveyed, at Sellers' sole cost and expense, to
Parent or any of its Affiliates or other designees designated by Parent without
any additional consideration therefor free and clear of all Encumbrances and
without any Liability of any kind with respect thereto; provided that (i)
Sellers shall indemnify Buyer and its Subsidiaries (including the Designated
Buyers, the Analytical Technologies Companies) for any Liability for Taxes
associated with such a return (and the period in which such Excluded Assets was
held by Buyer or its Subsidiaries), and (ii) Buyer shall have no Liability of
any kind whatsoever with respect to any such Excluded Assets sold, transferred
or otherwise disposed by Buyer prior to Parent's written
notification.
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(d) During
the period between the date hereof and the Closing, with respect to any issued,
registered or pending applications for Analytical Technologies Intellectual
Property that is beneficially owned by an IP Owner but for which one of the
Sellers is not currently the owner of record with the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office or any relevant foreign patent and trademark office, Sellers shall use
reasonable best efforts and shall reasonably cooperate with Buyer to file, or
cause to be filed by the applicable IP Owners or any other necessary parties,
(x) assignment documents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and any
relevant foreign patent and trademark office, assigning all such issuances,
registrations or pending applications for such Analytical Technologies
Intellectual Property to one of the Sellers, and (y) any other documents
necessary to cure any defect with respect to title to any Analytical
Technologies Intellectual Property. In the event Sellers shall have failed to
take any of the actions contemplated by this Section 7.4(d) prior to the
Closing, Sellers shall reimburse Buyer for any and all costs and expenses
reasonably incurred by Buyer and its Affiliates in connection with any such
actions they may take.
Section
7.5 Employees and Employee
Benefits.
(a) Prior
to the Closing, Buyer shall offer, or cause to be offered, employment, effective
as of and subject to the occurrence of the Closing, to each Designated Employee
who is employed in a country which is not an Automatic Transfer Country. Sellers
shall provide the necessary contact information and reasonable assistance to
enable Buyer to make all such offers of employment, subject to applicable Law.
All such offers of employment shall be made in accordance with all applicable
Laws and shall offer compensation and employment benefits (excluding equity
compensation, benefits under a defined benefit pension plan and retiree medical
benefits) that are comparable, in the aggregate, to those that were provided to
such Designated Employee immediately prior to the Closing (including assuming
and honoring the agreements with respect to vacation entitlement set forth in
Section 7.5(c) of Sellers' Disclosure Schedule), provided that such
compensation and employment benefits shall only be required to be offered to the
extent substantially similar to the compensation and employment benefits offered
to similarly situated employees of Buyer and its Affiliates. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, however, to the extent a higher level of benefits and/or compensation
is required to be offered with respect to certain Designated Employees, or with
respect to the offers of employment to any potential Designated Employee, in
order to avoid Liability to Sellers under applicable Laws, or Contracts or
Benefit Plans set forth on Sections 5.11(a)-(f) and 7.5(e)-(f) of the Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule, Buyer shall, at its sole discretion, either offer the
minimum amount of benefits and/or compensation to required under such applicable
Laws, Contracts or Benefit Plans to such Designated Employees so as to avoid
such Liability under applicable Laws, Contracts or Benefit Plans set forth on
Sections 5.11(a)-(f) and 7.5(e)-(f) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule to the
relevant Seller or indemnify Sellers against any such Liabilities. Designated
Employees who accept such offer of employment with Buyer, together with Business
Employees who are employed at an Analytical Technologies Company immediately
prior to the Closing are referred to herein as "Affected Employees".
Sellers and Buyer and any relevant Stock Buyer and Asset Buyer acknowledge and
agree that the sale of the Purchased Assets or Shares in Automatic Transfer
Countries by any relevant Stock Seller or Asset Seller to a Stock Buyer or Asset
Buyer is subject to the application of the Transfer Regulations (referenced in
each case in this Section 7.5, only to the extent that such Transfer Regulations
are applicable to a particular transaction contemplated by this Agreement) and
that accordingly: (i) the employment of any of the Designated Employees who are
employed in any of the Automatic Transfer Countries immediately on or before
Closing shall not be terminated for a reason arising from or connected in any
way with this Agreement; and (ii) by virtue of the Transfer Regulations all of
the relevant Stock Seller's or Asset Seller's rights, powers, duties and
liabilities under or in connection with any contract of employment with such
Designated Employees still in force immediately before Closing shall be
transferred to the relevant Stock Buyer or Asset Buyer. Notwithstanding any
other provisions of Section 7.5 of this Agreement, nothing herein shall be
construed as to prevent Buyer from terminating the employment of any Affected
Employee at any time after the Closing Date for any reason (or no reason).
Sellers shall deliver to Buyer on or as soon as practicable following the
Closing Date, but in no event later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the
Closing Date, all Designated Employee Records.
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(b) Without
limiting the provisions of Section 7.5(a), for a period of one (1) year
following the Closing, Buyer shall provide or shall cause its Affiliates to
provide, employee benefits and compensation (excluding any benefits attributable
to equity-based plans or grants or other defined benefit pension plans or
retiree medical benefits) to Affected Employees that are comparable, in the
aggregate, to those that were provided to such persons immediately prior to the
Closing, provided that such
employee benefits and compensation shall only be required to be offered to the
extent substantially similar to the employee benefits and compensation provided
to similarly situated employees of Buyer and its Affiliates. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, however, to the extent a higher level of benefits and/or compensation
is required with respect to certain Affected Employees in order to avoid
Liability to Sellers under applicable Laws, or Contracts or Benefit Plans set
forth on Sections 5.11(a)-(f) and 7.5(e)-(f) of the Sellers' Disclosure
Schedule, Buyer shall, at its sole discretion, either provide the minimum amount
of benefits and/or compensation required under such applicable Laws, Contracts
or Benefit Plans to the relevant Affect Employees so as to avoid such Liability
to the relevant Seller under applicable Laws, Contracts or Benefit Plans set
forth on Sections 5.11(a)-(f) and 7.5(e)-(f) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule
or indemnify Sellers against any such Liabilities. With respect to each Plan of
Buyer or an Affiliate of Buyer ("Buyer Benefit Plan")
in which Affected Employees participate following the Closing, for all
applicable purposes under any Buyer Benefit Plan including for determining
eligibility to participate, vesting and benefit entitlement (including vacation
accrual but excluding benefit accruals under any defined benefit pension plan),
service with Parent, an Affiliate of Parent, an Analytical Technologies Company
(and predecessor employers to the extent Parent or an Affiliate provides past
service credit) shall be treated as service with Buyer; provided that such
service shall not be required to be recognized to the extent that such service
was not recognized under the applicable Benefit Plan or to the extent such
recognition would result in duplication of benefits. Such service also shall
apply for purposes of satisfying any waiting periods under Buyer Benefit Plans
and Buyer shall use reasonable best efforts (which, for the sake of clarity,
shall not require the creation of any new plans or amendments (other than de
minimis amendments to any Buyer Benefit Plan)) to ensure that Affected Employees
shall not be subject to evidence of insurability requirements or the application
of any pre-existing condition limitations with respect to participation in any
Buyer Benefit Plan. If Affected Employees commence participation in a Buyer
Benefit Plan immediately following Closing or otherwise during a plan year,
Buyer shall use reasonable best efforts (which, for the sake of clarity, shall
not require the creation of any new plans or amendments (other than de minimis
amendments) to any Buyer Benefit Plan) to ensure the Affected Employees
shall be given credit for amounts paid under a corresponding Benefit Plan or
Parent Benefit Plan during the ongoing plan year for purposes of applying
deductibles, co-payments and out-of-pocket maximums as though such amounts had
been paid in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Buyer Benefit Plan
for the ongoing plan year during which they participate in the Buyer Benefit
Plan. On or prior to the Closing, Sellers shall take all necessary actions to
cause the account balances and/or accrued benefits of the Affected Employees
under any Benefit Plan that is a defined contribution or defined benefit pension
plan to be fully vested and non-forfeitable as of the Closing. Prior to or as of
the Closing, Sellers shall (subject to compliance with applicable Law) cause to
be made to any Benefit Plan that is a defined contribution retirement plan in
which Affected Employees participate the matching contributions relating to
periods prior to the Closing based on the amount or percentage that Parent or
the applicable Affiliate of Parent is required to contribute to such plan on
behalf of the Affected Employees through the Closing as if the Affected
Employees had satisfied all prerequisites for receiving such contributions as of
the Closing Date.
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(c) Effective
as of the Closing, except as required by applicable Law, Buyer shall provide
each Affected Employee who was a Designated Employee with the number of his or
her unused accrued vacation or paid time off days outstanding as of the Closing
under the applicable vacation or paid time off policy of Parent or its
Affiliates. Buyer shall offer employment at the Closing to all Designated
Employees who are on leave or receiving short-term disability payments from
Parent or its Affiliates as of the Closing. Under the Transition Services
Agreement, Parent shall continue to pay short-term disability payments for each
Affected Employee on leave or receiving short-term disability payments from
Parent or its Affiliates as of the Closing through the end of each such Affected
Employee's eligibility for short-term disability; provided, that Buyer shall
reimburse Parent for such short-term disability payments in accordance with the
terms of the Transition Services Agreement. If any Affected Employee who
was receiving short-term disability benefits from Parent or its Affiliates as of
the Closing become eligible for long-term disability benefits under a Parent
Benefit Plan, such individual shall collect long-term disability benefits in
accordance with the terms of the applicable Parent Benefit Plan.
(d) Prior
to the Closing, Buyer and Sellers shall take all necessary and appropriate
action to cause Buyer or an Affiliate of Buyer to assume, effective as of the
Closing, each of the Benefit Plans set forth on Section 7.5(d) of the Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule that provide benefits to Designated Employees and all
Liabilities of or related to such Benefit Plans (the "AT Benefit Plans").
To the extent that any AT Benefit Plan holds Assets intended to satisfy benefit
obligations thereunder that are being assumed by Buyer, Buyer and Sellers shall
take all necessary and appropriate actions to cause an allocable portion of such
Assets to be transferred to Buyer or an appropriate entity designated by Buyer
and reasonably acceptable to Parent as soon as practicable following the
Closing.
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(e) Buyer
shall be responsible for and assume the first $2,500,000 of Employee Transfer
Costs relating to Affected Employees incurred following the Closing. All
Employee Transfer Costs relating to Affected Employees in excess of $2,500,000
incurred following the Closing shall be borne equally by the Buyer, on the one
hand, and Sellers (on a joint and several basis), on the other hand, provided that
Sellers' aggregate obligations shall not exceed $2,500,000 (and Buyer shall be
responsible for all amounts thereafter); provided, that Buyer
shall be required to submit to Sellers appropriate documentation to support such
costs, and Sellers shall reimburse Buyer promptly therefor. For the avoidance of
doubt, the reimbursement by Sellers of Employee Transfer Costs provided for in
this Section 7.5(e) shall not affect, or be affected by, any provisions set
forth in ARTICLE X hereof or any calculations thereunder.
(f) Buyer
shall be responsible for any and all Claims, severance, termination or
end-of-service costs or payments required under applicable Law, Contract,
collective bargaining agreement or other labor agreement, including without
limitation payment in lieu of notice of termination, with respect to those
Direct Employees who do not become Affected Employees and fifty percent (50%) of
all such costs with respect to those Shared Employees who do not become Affected
Employees; provided that Sellers
shall be responsible for the balance of all such costs related to those Shared
Employees who do not become Affected Employees. Section 7.5(f) of the Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule contains a true, complete and correct summary of the
relevant provisions of all applicable Contracts, collective bargaining
agreements, labor agreements and other arrangements providing for severance,
termination or end-of-service costs or payments to the Designated
Employees.
(g) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, Affected Employees who are employed
by the Buyer as of the Closing Time pursuant to a collective bargaining
agreement, works council agreement or other labor agreements shall be provided
by Buyer the terms, conditions and benefits that are required by such agreement
as in effect from time to time.
(h) The
provisions of this Section 7.5 are for the sole benefit of the parties to this
Agreement and nothing herein, expressed or implied, is intended or shall be
construed to confer upon or give to any person (including for the avoidance of
doubt any employees), other than the parties hereto and their respective
permitted successors and assigns, any legal or equitable or other rights or
remedies (with respect to the matters provided for in this Section 7.5) under or
by reason of any provision of this Agreement.
(i)
Upon Closing, Parent or its Affiliates shall provide Affected Employees
with a payment in lieu of any accrued but unearned pro-rata bonus compensation
in exchange for the execution of a customary release of claims in favor of
Parent and its Affiliates and Buyer and its Affiliates, it being agreed (and
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 7.5(a), 7.5(b) and 7.5(c))
that such payment shall be in full satisfaction of all obligations of Parent and
its Affiliates and Buyer and its Affiliates for bonus compensation for such
Affected Employees for all of 2009. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section
7.5(i) shall not apply to those Affected Employees with retention agreements
identified on Section 5.16(f) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule.
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(j)
Parent or a Retained Subsidiary shall retain following the Closing
all Liabilities with respect to the Parent Benefit Plans, except as otherwise
required by the Transfer Regulations. Affected Employees shall be treated as
having terminated employment from Parent and its Affiliates as of the Closing
for all purposes under such Parent Benefit Plans.
(k) Nothing
in this Agreement shall be deemed to prevent Buyer from after Closing amending
or terminating any Plans, including Buyer Benefit Plans, or otherwise restrict
Buyer's ability to do so.
(l)
Prior to Closing, Sellers shall cause to be paid all amounts then owing
under the applicable workers' compensation Laws with respect to the Affected
Employees to be paid including but not limited to premiums on insurable
earnings, non-compliance interest and charges and any surcharges, fines or
penalties, and shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain written confirmation
issued by the appropriate workers' compensation boards and agencies to such
effect.
(m) With
respect to each of the Designated Employees and Affected Employees described on
Section 7.5(m)(i) of the Seller's Disclosure Schedule, Buyer shall cause each
such Designated Employees and Affected Employee to be paid or provided the
severance benefits and compensation described on Section 7.5(m)(ii) of the
Seller's Disclosure Schedule upon any termination of such Designated Employees
and Affected Employee's employment on or following the Closing (subject to
Section 7.5(f)).
(n) All
the obligations of the parties under this Section 7.5 shall be subject to
compliance with the restrictions set forth in any applicable Law governing
employee privacy or confidentiality.
(o) Notwithstanding
anything else herein to the contrary (including any other provisions of this
Section 7.5 and the definition of "Assumed Liabilities"), for any Designated
Employees who are contingent workers (or other similar status), Buyer's sole
obligation with respect to offering retention, and the terms of any such
retention, of such Designated Employees shall be to honor any Contracts and
current arrangements with such contingent workers as in effect on the date
hereof (solely to the extent disclosed prior to the date hereof in writing to
Buyer) and nothing herein shall require Buyer or any of its Affiliates to
offer employment or any other change of status to such contingent workers.
Sellers shall jointly and severally indemnify the Buyer Indemnified Parties
against any Damages resulting from or arising out of the treatment, status or
classification of any contingent workers prior too or in connection with the
Closing, including Tax liabilities and Liabilities relating to their
compensation, benefits, and treatment under, or exclusion from participation in,
any Benefit Plan.
Section
7.6 Tax
Matters.
(a) Preparation and Filing of
Tax Returns.
(i) Parent Tax Returns.
Parent shall prepare and file or shall cause to be prepared and filed (A) all
Non-Income Tax Returns of the Asset Sellers and the Joint Ventures and (B) all
Tax Returns of or with respect to the assets or operations of the Analytical
Technologies Companies and the Joint Ventures that in each case (1) are required
to be filed (taking into account extensions) on or before the Closing Date; or
(2) are required to be filed (taking into account extensions) after the Closing
Date and (a) are Consolidated Tax Returns of Parent and/or its Affiliates or (b)
are required to be filed on a separate Tax Return basis for any Tax period
ending on or before the Closing Date.
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(ii) PE Joint Venture Fiscal
Period. Sellers shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain the
concurrence of the Canada Revenue Agency and the other partner in the PE Joint
Venture to change the end of the fiscal period of the PE Joint Venture that
would otherwise include the Closing Date to the time that is immediately before
the time that is immediately before the Effective Time, and if so obtained shall
cause such fiscal period of the PE Joint Venture to be so changed. If the
concurrence of the Canada Revenue Agency is not so obtained at least ten (10)
Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Sellers shall use reasonable best
efforts to cause the PE Joint Venture Agreement to be amended such that (i)
income or loss of the PE Joint Venture for the period ending on or prior to the
Closing shall be allocated solely among the Persons who are members of the PE
Joint Venture during such period; and (ii) income or loss of the PE Joint
Venture for the period beginning after the Closing shall be allocated solely
among the Persons who are members of the PE Joint Venture during such
period.
(iii) Buyer Tax Returns.
Except as provided in Section 7.6(a)(i), Buyer shall prepare and file or cause
to be prepared and filed all Tax Returns required of the Analytical Technologies
Companies and the Joint Ventures, or in respect of their assets or activities
and all Tax Returns required to be filed after the Closing Date with respect to
the Purchased Assets. With respect to any Tax Return required to be filed by
Buyer for a taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date
(a "Straddle
Period"), Buyer shall prepare such return consistent with Parent's past
practices except as required by applicable Law and deliver to Parent for
Parent's approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed), at least forty-five (45) Business Days prior to the due date for the
filing of such Tax Return (taking into account extensions), a copy of such Tax
Return (with copies of any relevant schedules, work papers and other
documentation then available). Parent shall have the option of providing to
Buyer, at any time at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the due date,
written instructions as to how Parent wants any, or all, of the items for which
the Sellers are responsible under Section 7.6(k)(i) reflected on such Tax
Return. Buyer shall, in preparing such Tax Return, cause the items for which
Parent may be liable hereunder to be reflected in accordance with Parent's
reasonable written instructions (to the extent such instructions are reasonably
consistent with applicable provisions of Tax Law) and to the extent such
instructions do not result in a material increase in Tax liability for any
Analytical Technologies Company, the PE Joint Venture, any Buyer or any of their
Subsidiaries or Affiliates in any taxable period ending after the Closing
Date.
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(iv) Amended Returns and Refund
Claims. Without the review and consent of Parent, which consent may not
be unreasonably, withheld, delayed or conditioned, neither Buyer nor any of its
Affiliates shall file or make a formal or informal claim for refund or file any
amended Tax Returns for any periods for or in respect of the Analytical
Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures, or with respect to the Purchased
Assets, with respect to which Buyer is not obligated to prepare or cause to be
prepared the Tax Return pursuant to this Section 7.6(a) or with respect to any
Straddle Period. If Parent determines that any of the Analytical Technologies
Companies or the Joint Ventures, or Buyer or its Affiliates with respect to the
Purchased Assets, is entitled to file or make a formal or informal claim for
refund or file an amended Tax Return providing for a refund with respect to a
period for which it is obligated to prepare or cause to be prepared the Tax
Return pursuant to Section 7.6(a)(i), Parent shall be entitled, at its own
expense, to file or make such claim or file an amended Tax Return on behalf of
the Analytical Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures or with respect to
the Purchased Assets unless such action would have an adverse impact on Buyer in
any material respect and will be entitled to control the prosecution of such
claims. In addition, if Parent determines that any of the Analytical
Technologies Companies or the PE Joint Venture, or Buyer or its Affiliates with
respect to the Purchased Assets, is entitled to file or make a formal or
informal claim for refund or file an amended Tax Return providing for a refund
with respect to Taxes for which Parent is responsible under Section 7.6(k)(i)
and with respect to a Tax Return that Buyer or its Affiliates is obligated to
prepare or cause to be prepared under Section 7.6(a)(iii), Parent may request
that Buyer or any of its Affiliates file or make such claim or file an amended
Tax Return and conduct the prosecution of such claims in good faith. Buyer shall
be required to comply with Parent's request to seek a refund or file an amended
Tax Return unless compliance would have an adverse impact on Buyer or any of its
Affiliates in any material respect. Buyer's reasonable costs associated with
external tax advisors associated with any claim for refund or amended Tax Return
filed at the request of Parent shall be allocated between Buyer and Parent based
upon the percentage of the refund obtained allocable to each
party.
(b) Payment of
Taxes.
(i) Subject
to Section 7.6(k)(ii), Parent shall pay or cause to be paid all Taxes due with
respect to the Tax Returns of the Analytical Technologies Companies, the Joint
Ventures or the Purchased Assets which Parent is obligated to prepare and file
or cause to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 7.6(a)(i).
(ii) Subject
to Section 7.6(k)(i), Buyer shall pay or cause to be paid all Taxes due with
respect to Tax Returns which Buyer is obligated to prepare and file or cause to
be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 7.6(a)(iii).
(c) Refunds. Parent shall
be entitled to retain, or receive payment within fifteen (15) days from Buyer or
its Affiliates (including the Analytical Technologies Companies and the Joint
Ventures) of, any refund or credit with respect to Taxes (including refunds and
credits arising by reason of amended Tax Returns filed after the Closing Date or
otherwise) with respect to any Tax period or portion thereof ending on or before
the Closing Date relating to the Analytical Technologies Companies, the Joint
Ventures, the Purchased Assets or the Asset Sellers; provided, however, that Buyer,
the Analytical Technologies Companies and the Joint Ventures shall be entitled
to retain, or receive payment within fifteen (15) days from Parent of, any such
refund or credit which is attributable to any Tax Period or portion thereof
beginning after the Closing Date; provided, further, that Buyer
shall not make any election, file any Tax Return or take any other action to
carryback any item of Tax loss, deduction, credit, waiver or disclaimer or other
benefit arising after the Closing Date to any Tax period prior to the Closing of
any Analytical Technologies Company or Joint Venture without the consent of
Parent, which consent may be withheld in the sole discretion of Parent. Parent
and Buyer shall equitably apportion any refund or credit with respect to Taxes
for any Straddle Period in a manner consistent with the principles set forth in
Section 7.6(k)(v).
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(d) Tax Sharing
Agreements. As of the Closing, all Tax sharing agreements and
arrangements between (i) the Analytical Technologies Companies, on the one hand,
and (ii) Parent or any of its Affiliates (other than the Analytical Technologies
Companies), on the other hand, shall be terminated effective as of the close of
business on the date that immediately precedes the Closing Date and shall have
no further effect for any taxable year or period (whether a past, present or
future year or period), and no additional payments shall be made thereunder on
or after the Closing Date with respect to any period.
(e) Tax Cooperation. Each
of Parent and its Affiliates on the one hand, and Buyer and each of its
Affiliates (including the Analytical Technologies Companies and the Joint
Ventures) on the other hand, shall provide the other with such information and
records and make such of its officers, directors, employees and agents available
as may reasonably be requested by such other party in connection with the
preparation of any Tax Return, claim for refund, or any audit or other
proceeding that relates to the Analytical Technologies Companies, the Joint
Ventures or the Purchased Assets. The requesting party shall be responsible for
all costs reasonably incurred by the cooperating party in satisfying such
request. If a request for information, records or access to individuals is made
under this Section 7.6(e), and such information, records or access is not
provided within thirty (30) Business Days, the party failing to satisfy the
request shall be required to allow the Accounting Firm access to its offices or
other facilities to obtain the requested information, records or access to
individuals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the cost relating to the Accounting
Firm's efforts in connection with obtaining the requested information or access
to individuals shall be borne by the party that failed to cooperate with the
initial request. Except as expressly provided below, Buyer and its Affiliates
will execute and cooperate with Parent and the Asset Sellers in the completion
and filing of any Tax elections in relation to the acquisition of the Purchased
Assets, as may be reasonably requested by Parent, and Parent, acting reasonably
in accordance with applicable Tax Laws, shall determine the elected amounts in
any such Tax elections if making such election, and using such elected amounts
does not have a material adverse impact on the Designated Buyer or its
Affiliates.
(f) In
accordance with the requirements of the Income Tax Act (Canada), the regulations
thereunder, the administrative practice and policy of the Canada Revenue Agency
and any applicable equivalent or corresponding provincial or territorial
legislative, regulatory and administrative requirements, with respect to each
purchase and sale of Purchased Assets, the applicable Asset Buyer and the
applicable Asset Seller shall make and file, in a timely manner,
(i) if
applicable, a joint election(s) to have the rules in section 22 of the Income
Tax Act (Canada), and any equivalent or corresponding provision under applicable
provincial or territorial tax legislation, apply in respect of the accounts
receivable that are the subject of such election, and shall designate therein
that portion of the Purchase Price allocated to the accounts receivable that are
the subject of such election in accordance with the procedures set out in
Section 3.4 of this Agreement as the consideration paid by the applicable Asset
Buyer to the applicable Asset Seller;
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(ii) if
applicable, a joint election(s) to have the rules in subsection 20(24) of the
Income Tax Act (Canada), and any equivalent or corresponding provision under
applicable provincial or territorial tax legislation, apply to the obligations
of the applicable Asset Seller in respect of undertakings which arise from the
operation of the Analytical Technologies Business and to which paragraph
12(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) applies. The applicable Asset Buyer and
the applicable Asset Seller acknowledge that such Asset Seller is transferring
assets to such Asset Buyer which have a value equal to the elected amount as
consideration for the assumption by such Asset Buyer of such obligations of such
Asset Seller; and
(g) At
the Asset Buyer's sole option, the applicable Asset Buyer and the applicable
Asset Seller shall make and file, in a timely manner, a joint election, in the
prescribed form and containing the prescribed information, to have subsection
167(1.1) of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) (and any corresponding provisions of
applicable provincial Law) apply to the sale and purchase of the Purchased
Assets conveyed by such Asset Seller hereunder so that no tax is payable in
respect of such sale and purchase under Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada).
Each Asset Buyer represents that it is duly registered under Subdivision (d) of
Division V of Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) with respect to the goods
and services tad and harmonized sales tax and is duly registered under Division
I of Chapter VIII of Title I of the Quebec Sales Tax Act with respect to
the Quebec sales tax.
Each
applicable Asset Buyer and each applicable Asset Seller shall prepare and file
their respective Tax Returns in a manner consistent with the aforesaid
elections. If a Party fails to file its Tax Returns in such manner, it shall
indemnify and save harmless the other Party in respect of any resulting Taxes,
legal and /or accounting expenses paid or incurred by the other
Party.
(h) No Section 338(g)
Election. Neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates shall make any election
under Section 338(g) of the Code (or any analogous provision of state, local or
non-United States Tax Law) with respect to the purchase of the stock of MDS
Analytical Technologies (U.S.) Inc. or any of its Subsidiaries without the prior
written consent of Parent, which consent may be withheld in the sole discretion
of Parent.
(i)
Transfer
Taxes. Other than VAT, Buyer and the relevant Designated Buyers, on the
one hand, and Sellers, on the other hand, shall be liable for and will pay, or
will cause to be paid, 50% each of any and all Transfer Taxes payable under any
applicable Law on or with respect to the direct or indirect sale and purchase of
the Purchased Assets, the Analytical Technologies Companies Stock, and the Joint
Venture Interests. Buyer (or the relevant Designated Buyers) and Sellers shall
cooperate in good faith to prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed,
any affidavits or Tax Returns required in connection with the foregoing at each
of their own cost and expense.
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(j)
VAT.
(i) Subject
to Section 7.6(j)(ii) and except as otherwise provided in the Local Purchase
Agreements, any VAT payable with respect to the transaction contemplated by any
Local Purchase Agreement shall, as between Seller and Buyer, be payable by Buyer
in addition to the purchase price stated in such agreement and Buyer shall,
immediately upon written demand being made by Seller (such demand being
accompanied by a valid VAT tax invoice issued by Seller to Buyer and reasonable
evidence of Seller's liability to account for such VAT), pay to Seller the
amount of VAT payable in respect of that transaction. If the relevant Taxing
Authorities subsequently determine that a supply should have been exempt,
subject to a reduced rate of VAT or zero-rated for VAT purposes, either as the
supply of a going concern or otherwise, Seller shall repay to Buyer the amount
of any VAT previously paid by Buyer to the extent that Seller has actually
received a refund from the relevant Taxing Authority.
(ii) If
the parties to any Local Purchase Agreements agree that the transaction
evidenced by such agreement meets the requirements for VAT exemption or
zero-rating for VAT purposes as the supply of a going concern, then the
provisions of Section 7.6(j)(i) shall not apply and instead the Seller and Buyer
agree that (i) such agreement evidences the supply of a going concern by Seller
for VAT purposes and (ii) the transaction evidenced by such agreement is exempt
or zero-rated (as applicable) for VAT purposes. If it later is ascertained
or determined that the transaction is subject to VAT, the VAT will, as between
Seller and Buyer, be payable by Buyer in addition to the purchase price stated
in such Local Purchase Agreement and Buyer shall, immediately upon written
demand made by Seller (such demand being accompanied by a valid VAT tax invoice
issued by Seller to Buyer and reasonable evidence of Seller's liability to
account for such VAT), pay to Seller the amount of VAT payable in respect of
that transaction.
(k) Tax Indemnification.
(i) Sellers'
Liability.
(1) Except
as provided in Section 7.6(k)(i)(2), Sellers shall, jointly and severally,
without duplication, indemnify, defend and hold Buyer and its Affiliates
harmless from and against (A) except with respect to Transfer Taxes, all Taxes
(other than Taxes included as a Liability that was fully taken into account in
determining the Final Adjustment Amounts) of the Analytical Technologies
Companies and the Joint Ventures relating to Tax periods or portions thereof
ending on or prior to the Closing, including the portion of any Straddle Period
deemed to end at the Closing as determined under Section 7.6(k)(v); (B) all
Damages arising or resulting from any breach of Sellers' covenants in this
Section 7.6 relating to Taxes; (C) any and all Income Taxes (other than Taxes
included as a Liability that was fully taken into account in determining the
Final Adjustment Amounts) of any member of an affiliated, consolidated,
combined, or unitary group of which any Acquired Entity (or any predecessor of
any of the foregoing) is or was a member on or prior to the Closing Date,
including pursuant to Reg. §1.1502-6 or any analogous or similar state, local,
or non-U.S. law or regulation; (D) any and all Income Taxes (other than Taxes
included as a Liability that was fully taken into account in determining the
Final Adjustment Amounts) of any person (other than the Acquired Entities)
imposed on the Acquired Entities as a transferee or successor, by contract or
pursuant to any law, rule or regulation, which Taxes relate to an event or
transaction occurring before the Closing; (E) notwithstanding Section
7.6(k)(ii), all Taxes of the Acquired Entities relating to Tax periods and
portions thereof ending after the Closing that arise as a result of any
intercompany transaction entered into prior to the Closing; and (F) to the
extent provided for in Section 7.6(i), Section 7.6(j) and Section 7.4(c),
Transfer Taxes; and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, Parent shall only be required to indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Buyer and its Affiliates under this Section 7.6(k)(i)(1) for fifty percent (50%)
of any Taxes or Damages of the Joint Ventures imposed at the Joint Venture
level.
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(2) Sellers
shall not indemnify, defend or hold harmless Buyer or any of its Affiliates from
any Taxes or Damages (including any breach of the representations and warranties
contained in Section 5.10) arising from any liability for Taxes (A) to the
extent that any net operating or capital loss carryforwards or other Tax
attributes of the Analytical Technologies Companies, their Subsidiaries or the
Joint Ventures from a pre-Closing tax period directly reduce the liability for
such Taxes, or (B) that is incurred by Buyer or an Affiliate of Buyer from the
receipt of any indemnity payment under this Section 7.6(k). Furthermore,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Sellers'
obligation to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Buyer and its Affiliates as
set forth in Section 7.6(k)(i) shall terminate effective sixty (60) days after
the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (including extensions)
in respect of such Taxes.
(ii) Buyer's Liability.
Buyer shall, and shall cause the Analytical Technologies Companies, their
Subsidiaries and the PE Joint Venture to, indemnify, defend and hold Parent and
its Affiliates harmless from and against: (A) Taxes of the Analytical
Technologies Companies, their Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures and Taxes
relating to the Purchased Assets relating to Tax periods or portions thereof
beginning on or after the Closing, including the portion of any Straddle Period
deemed to begin after the Closing as determined under Section 7.6(k)(v); (B) any
Damages arising from any breach of Buyer's covenants in this Section 7.6
relating to Taxes; (C) to the extent provided for in Section 7.6(i) and Section
7.6(j) and subject to Section 7.4(c), Transfer Taxes; and (D) any Taxes included
as a Liability that was fully taken into account in determining the Final
Adjustment Amount. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, Buyer's obligation to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Parent and
its Affiliates under this Section 7.6(k)(ii) shall terminate effective ninety
(90) days after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations
(including extensions) in respect of such Taxes.
(iii) Any
indemnity payment required to be made pursuant to this Section 7.6(k)shall be
made within thirty (30) days after the indemnified party makes written demand
upon the indemnifying party, but in each case at least five (5) Business Days
prior to the date on which the relevant Taxes are required to be paid to the
relevant Taxing Authority (including estimated Tax payments).
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(iv) Any
indemnity payment made pursuant to this Section 7.6(k) shall be treated as an
adjustment to the Final Purchase Price for Tax purposes to the maximum extent
permissible under applicable Tax Law. If any indemnity payment pursuant to this
Section 7.6(k) is deemed by the Excise Tax Act (Canada) to include goods and
services tax or harmonized sales tax, or is deemed by any applicable provincial
or territorial legislation to include a similar value added or multi-stage tax,
the amount of such payment shall be increased by an amount equal to the
applicable rates of Tax.
(v) In
the case of any Straddle Period, (i) Taxes imposed on a periodic basis (e.g.,
property Taxes) of or relating to the Analytical Technologies Companies, the
Joint Ventures or the Purchased Assets shall be allocated between the portion of
the Straddle Period deemed to end on and include the Closing Date and the
portion of the Straddle Period deemed to begin after the Closing Date based upon
the ratio of the number of days in each period and the number of days in the
entire Straddle Period; and (ii) all other Taxes of or relating to the
Analytical Technologies Companies, the Joint Ventures or the Purchased Assets
shall be allocated between the portion of the Straddle Period deemed to end on
and include the Closing Date and the portion of the Straddle Period deemed to
begin after the Closing Date based upon a hypothetical closing of the books at
the Effective Time.
(vi) Nothing
in this Agreement shall be construed as an indemnity or a guarantee of the
availability, existence or amount of any loss, credit, carryforward, basis or
other tax item or attribute, whether past, present or future, of the Analytical
Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures or with respect to the Purchased
Assets.
(l) Tax
Contests.
(i) If
a claim is made by any Taxing Authority (a "Tax Claim") which, if
successful, might result in an indemnity payment to Parent or Buyer or any of
their Affiliates pursuant to Section 7.6(k), the indemnified party shall notify
the indemnifying party of such claim no later than ten (10) Business Days after
such Tax Claim is made; provided, however, that the
failure to provide timely notice shall release the indemnifying party from any
indemnification obligation hereunder with respect to such Tax Claim only to the
extent of the actual prejudice caused by the delay. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, this Section 7.6(l) and not Section
10.4 and Section 10.5 shall govern any Tax Claim relating to a breach of
representations and warranties contained in Section 5.10.
(1) With
respect to any Tax Claim relating to a Tax Return prepared and filed by Parent
(including any Consolidated Tax Return), Parent shall control all proceedings
and may make all decisions taken in connection with such Tax Claim (including
selection of counsel) and, without limiting the foregoing, may in its
commercially reasonable discretion pursue or forego any and all administrative
appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with any Taxing Authority with
respect thereto, and may, in its commercially reasonable discretion, either pay
the Tax claimed and xxx for a refund where applicable Law permits such refund
suits or contest the Tax Claim in any permissible manner. Buyer shall be
entitled to be informed of (i) such Tax Claim within a reasonable time after
such Tax Claim is asserted and (ii) the significant developments with respect to
such Tax Claim at any administrative meeting, conference, hearing or other
proceeding.
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(2) Parent
and Buyer shall jointly control and participate in all proceedings in connection
with any Tax Claim relating to Taxes for any Straddle Period and costs incurred
by Parent and Buyer in connection with such proceedings shall be borne by Parent
and Buyer in proportion to their liability for the Taxes asserted in the Tax
Claim. Neither Parent nor Buyer shall settle or compromise any such Tax Claim
without the prior written consent of the other, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(3) Except
as otherwise provided in Section 7.6(l)(i)(1) and Section 7.6(l)(i)(2), Buyer
shall control all proceedings with respect to Taxes for any taxable period
beginning after the Closing Date.
(ii) Buyer
and each of their respective Affiliates (including the Analytical Technologies
Companies and the Joint Ventures) on the one hand, and Parent and its
Affiliates, on the other hand, shall cooperate in contesting any Tax Claim,
which cooperation shall include the retention and (upon request) the provision
to the requesting party of records and information which are reasonably relevant
to such Tax Claim, making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to
provide additional information or explanation of any material provided hereunder
or to testify at proceedings relating to such Tax Claim. Buyer shall execute and
deliver such powers of attorney and other documents as are necessary to carry
out the intent of this Section 7.6.
(m) Section 754 Election.
Parent and its Affiliates shall cooperate in making a Section 754 election for
United States federal income tax purposes with respect to the PE Joint Venture,
including filing the appropriate United States tax returns.
(n) Pioneer Certificate.
After the Closing, Buyer shall cause the Designated Buyer that is the purchaser
of MDS Singapore's manufacturing operations (or any transferee or acquirer of
such manufacturing operations) to comply in all material respects with the
Pioneer Certificate Conditions through July 1, 2012.
Section
7.7 Non-Solicitation.
(a) For
a period of three (3) years from and after the Closing Date, Sellers shall not,
and shall cause their Subsidiaries and Affiliates not to, without the express
written consent of Buyer, directly or indirectly, (x) solicit any Designated
Employees to leave the employment of Buyer or any of its Affiliates for
employment with any Seller or any of Sellers' Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or
violate the terms of their employment contracts, or any employment arrangements,
with Buyer or any such Affiliate, or (y) within six (6) months of the later of
the Closing Date and the date on which a Business Employee is no longer employed
by Buyer or its Affiliates, hire, employ or extend an offer to hire such
Business Employee; provided, however, that nothing
in this Section 7.7(a) shall restrict or preclude Sellers or any of their
Subsidiaries or Affiliates from making generalized searches for employees by the
use of advertisements in the media (including trade media) or by engaging search
firms that are not instructed to solicit the employees employed by the
Analytical Technologies Business to engage in searches. Without limiting the
foregoing, Sellers and their Representatives shall not provide Lumira Capital
and its Affiliates with any information to permit them, or otherwise encourage
or assist them , to solicit any Affected Employees to leave the employment of
Buyer or any of its Affiliates.
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(b) For
a period of three (3) years from and after the Closing Date, Buyer shall not,
and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, without the express written consent of
Parent, directly or indirectly, solicit any management level employees of Parent or any
Retained Subsidiary who are so employed as of the Closing Date, in each case, to
(x) leave the employment of Parent or such Retained Subsidiary, or (y) violate
the terms of their employment contracts, or any employment arrangements, with
Parent or such Retained Subsidiary, in all such cases in order to become an
employee of Buyer or its Subsidiaries for purposes of being employed in the
Analytical Technologies Business; provided, however, that nothing
in this Section 7.7(b) shall restrict or preclude Buyer or any of its
Subsidiaries from (A) making generalized searches for and hiring employees by
the use of advertisements in the media (including trade media) or by engaging
search firms that are not instructed to solicit such employees to engage in
searches, (B) soliciting, hiring or extending an offer to hire, directly or
indirectly, any Designated Employee who did not become an Affected Employee at
Closing, or (C) soliciting, hiring or extending an offer to hire, directly or
indirectly, any employee of Parent or any Retained Subsidiary to provide
services to businesses of Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates other
than the Analytical Technologies Business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after
the Closing, upon Buyer's request, Sellers shall cooperate with Buyer and its
Subsidiaries in good faith to facilitate the employment by Buyer or one of its
Subsidiaries of any person who should have been a Direct Employee and who did
not become an Affected Employee at Closing for any reason
whatsoever.
Section
7.8 Ancillary
Agreements. On or
prior to the Closing (but subject to the Closing being consummated), (i) Buyer
and any Designated Buyer shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to,
execute and deliver to Parent copies of the Ancillary Agreements to which such
Person is a party and (ii) Sellers shall, and shall cause their Affiliates to,
execute and deliver to Buyer copies of the Ancillary Agreements to which such
Person is a party.
Section
7.9 Intercompany Accounts and
Arrangements.
(a) Except
for the Ancillary Agreements and the agreements set forth on Section 7.9(a) of
the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, all Affiliated Transactions shall be
terminated and of no further force and effect after the Closing. Prior to the
Closing, Sellers shall cash settle (whether in the ordinary course of business
or, in Parent's discretion, by way of capital contribution, dividend or
otherwise) at or prior to the Closing, all intercompany receivables or payables
and loans existing and outstanding at any time prior to the Closing between
Parent or any of the Retained Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Analytical
Technologies Business, the Analytical Technologies Companies or the Joint
Ventures, on the other hand (collectively, "Intercompany
Transactions"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, payables and loans owed to
Parent or any of the Retained Subsidiaries which are Intercompany Transactions
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice with
an aggregate balance not to exceed $3,000,000 (the "Capped Payables") may
remain outstanding as of Closing and will be cash settled following the Closing
by the relevant Designated Buyer in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice, and receivables owed by Parent or any of the Retained
Subsidiaries which are Intercompany Transactions incurred in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice with an aggregate balance not to
exceed $3,000,000 (the "Capped Receivables")
may remain outstanding as of Closing and will be cash settled by Parent or the
relevant Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice. The actual amount as of Closing of Capped Payables minus Capped Receivables is
referred to as the "Net Closing Intercompany
Balance".
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(b) From
the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, (x) the Analytical
Technologies Companies and the AB Joint Venture shall be permitted to distribute
or transfer any Cash Equivalents residing at any Analytical
Technologies Company or the AB Joint Venture (to the extent of Parent's pro rata
share of the Cash Equivalents residing at the AB Joint Venture based on Parent's
percentage ownership as of immediately prior to the Effective Time) to Parent or
one of the Retained Subsidiaries, and (y) the PE Joint Venture shall be
permitted to distribute Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business and
in accordance with the PE Joint Venture Agreement.
Section
7.10 Use of Retained Names.
(a) Within
one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Closing Date, Buyer shall, and shall
cause each of the Analytical Technologies Companies and their Subsidiaries to,
to the extent applicable, change such Analytical Technologies Company's or such
Subsidiary's corporate name to a name that does not include the Retained Names,
and cause the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent organizational
document), as applicable, to be amended to remove any reference to the Retained
Names. Within sixty (60) days after the Closing, Buyer shall, and shall
cause the Analytical Technologies Companies (and any Buyer Affiliate possessing,
using or licensing Analytical Technologies Assets) to cease to (i) hold
themselves out as having any affiliation with Parent or any of its Affiliates
and (ii) create new marketing materials using the Retained Names, including any
vehicles, business cards, schedules, stationery, packaging materials, displays,
signs, promotional materials, manuals, forms, websites, email, computer software
and other materials and systems. Subject to the foregoing, Buyer shall have a
world-wide, non-exclusive, fully paid-up and royalty free right to continue to
use the Retained Names (including in order to exhaust any existing stock of
marketing materials) for a period of nine (9) months following the Closing. Any
use by Buyer, the Analytical Technologies Companies or any of their Subsidiaries
or any Buyer Affiliate of any of the Retained Names as permitted in this Section
7.10(a) is subject to their use in the form and manner, and with standards of
quality (including as to the quality of items on which the Retained Names
appear), at least as high as those in effect for the Retained Names as of the
Closing Date. Buyer, the Analytical Technologies Companies, and their
Subsidiaries and any Buyer Affiliate shall not use the Retained Names in a
manner that would reasonably be expected to injure the goodwill associated with
such Retained Names or Parent or its Affiliates. If Buyer, the Analytical
Technologies Companies, or their Subsidiaries or any Buyer Affiliate fail to
comply in any material respect with the foregoing terms and conditions or
otherwise fail to comply in any material respect with any reasonable direction
of Parent in relation to the use of the Retained Names, in each case in any
material respect, Parent shall have the right to provide Buyer written notice of
its intent to terminate the foregoing license. If such failure remains uncured
within thirty (30) business days of the receipt of such notice, Parent may
terminate the foregoing license effective upon written notice of termination to
Buyer.
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(b) Sellers
shall be permitted to continue to use the Trademarks that constitute Analytical
Technologies Intellectual Property (the "Purchased Names") for
a period of sixty (60) days immediately following the Closing Date (subject to
Section 7.3(h)) (the "Purchased Names Use
Term"). After the expiration of the Purchased Names Use Term, Sellers
shall, and shall cause their Subsidiaries and Affiliates to cease to (i) make
any use of any names or marks that comprise or include the Purchased Names or
any portion or derivative thereof, and (ii) hold themselves out as having any
affiliation with Buyer, any Analytical Technologies Company, either Joint
Venture, or any of their respective Affiliates. After the expiration of the
Purchased Names Use Term (subject to Section 7.3(h)), Sellers shall and shall
cause each of their Subsidiaries and Affiliates to remove, strike over or
otherwise obliterate all of the Purchased Names and any portion or derivative
thereof from all assets and other materials owned, used or held for use by
Sellers or any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates, including, any vehicles,
business cards, schedules, stationery, packaging materials, displays, signs,
promotional materials, manuals, forms, websites, email, computer software and
other materials and systems. Any use by any Seller or any of Sellers' Affiliates
or Subsidiaries of any of the Purchased Names as permitted in this Section
7.10(b) is subject to their use in the form and manner, and with standards of
quality (including as to the quality of items on which the Purchased Names
appear), at least as high as those in effect for the Purchased Names as of the
Closing Date. Sellers, their Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall not use the
Purchased Names in a manner that would reasonably be expected to injure the
goodwill associated with such Purchased Names or Buyer or its Affiliates. If any
Seller or any of Sellers' Subsidiaries or Affiliates fail to comply in any
material respect with the foregoing terms and conditions or otherwise fail to
comply in any material respect with any reasonable direction of Buyer in
relation to the use of the Purchased Names, Buyer shall have the right to
provide Parent written notice of its intent to terminate the foregoing license.
If such failure remains uncured within ten (10) Business Days of the receipt of
such notice, Buyer may terminate the foregoing license effective upon written
notice of termination to Parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent
that on or after Closing, the Sellers or any of Sellers' Subsidiaries or
Affiliates, owns any right, title or interest in or to any Trademarks that
include the word "Sciex," or the word "AT" or the words "Analytical
Technologies," including any registrations or applications for registrations
thereof in any jurisdiction (collectively, the "MDS-Sciex Trademarks") or domain
names that include any of the foregoing words, the Sellers shall, or shall cause
their Subsidiaries and Affiliates to, immediately after the Closing cease all
use of such MDS-Sciex Trademarks and domain names, and as soon as practicable
after the Closing (but in no event more than sixty (60) days thereafter),
abandon all rights in and to such MDS-Sciex Trademarks, including abandoning any
such registrations and applications for registrations. As soon as practicable
after the Closing (but in no event more than sixty (60) days thereafter), the
Sellers shall, or shall cause their Subsidiaries and Affiliates to, submit to
the applicable Governmental Authorities any necessary filings to abandon all its
and their rights, registrations and applications for registrations for any and
all MDS-Sciex Trademarks.
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Section
7.11 Access to Records and
Information.
(a) Subject
to Section 7.13 and Section 10.5(c), each party (or its successors or assigns)
shall retain the books, records, documents, instruments, accounts,
correspondence, writings, evidences of title and other papers relating to the
Analytical Technologies Business and the Purchased Assets in their possession or
the possession of the Analytical Technologies Companies (the "Books and Records")
for at least five (5) years following the Closing Date or for such longer period
as may be required by Law or any applicable court order. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Sellers and Buyer (or
their respective successors or assigns) will retain all Tax Returns, schedules
and work papers and all material records or other documents or electronic data
in its possession (or in the possession of their respective Affiliates) relating
to Tax matters relevant to the Analytical Technologies Companies, the Joint
Ventures and the Purchased Assets for taxable periods ending on or before the
Closing Date and Straddle Periods until the later of (i) the expiration of the
statute of limitations of the taxable periods to which such Tax Returns and
other documents relate, taking into account all extensions thereof, or (ii) five
(5) years following the due date for such Tax Returns. After such time, before
either party disposes of or destroys any such documents in its possession (or in
the possession of its respective Affiliates), such party shall notify the other
party in writing and give the other party thirty (30) days following the receipt
of such notice to remove and retain all or any part of such documents as the
other party may select (at such other party's sole expense).
(b) Following
the Closing and subject to applicable Law and bona fide concerns regarding
attorney-client privilege, the parties will allow each other (and their
respective advisors and representatives) reasonable access to such Books and
Records, and to personnel having knowledge of the whereabouts and/or contents of
such Books and Records, for legitimate and specified business reasons, such as
the preparation of Tax Returns or the defense of litigation, in each case to the
extent relating solely to the Analytical Technologies Business prior to the
Closing Date. Each party shall be entitled to recover from the other its
reasonable out-of-pocket costs (including copying costs) incurred in providing
such Books and Records and/or personnel to the other party. The requesting party
will hold in confidence all confidential information identified as such by, and
obtained from, the disclosing party, any of its officers, agents,
representatives or employees.
Section
7.12 Publicity; Public
Announcements. Each of
the parties to this Agreement hereby agrees with the other party hereto that no
press release or similar public announcement or communication shall, if prior to
the Closing, be made or be caused to be made concerning the execution or
performance of this Agreement unless the other party shall have provided its
prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may make or cause to be made any
press release or similar public announcement or communication as may be required
to comply with the requirements of any applicable Law or the rules and
regulations of each stock exchange upon which the securities of one of the
parties is listed; provided that to the extent in the good faith judgment of
such party it is reasonably practicable to do so, such party shall (x) provide
the other party with an opportunity to review such party's intended
communication and (y) consider in good faith modifications to the intended
communication that are requested by the other party. The parties agree that the
initial press release to be issued with respect to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be a joint press release in
the form heretofore agreed to by the parties.
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Section
7.13 Pending Litigation;
Litigation Support.
(a) Following
the Closing Date, (i) Buyer shall have exclusive authority and control over the
investigation, prosecution, defense and appeal of all then pending Actions and
Investigations relating to or arising in connection with the Analytical
Technologies Business, the Analytical Technologies Assets or the Assumed
Liabilities, including Actions and Investigations with respect to the matters
set forth in Section 7.13(a)(i) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, excluding
Parent Actions (each, an "Analytical Technologies
Action"), and may settle or compromise, or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to any such Analytical Technologies Action without the
consent of Parent, and (ii) Parent shall have exclusive authority and control
over the investigation, prosecution, defense and appeal of all then pending
Actions and Investigations relating to or arising in connection with the
Excluded Businesses, the Excluded Assets or the Retained Liabilities, including
Actions and Investigations with respect to the matters set forth in Section
7.13(a)(ii) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule and all such Actions and
Investigations relating to Taxes (each, a "Parent Action"), and
may settle or compromise, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect
to any such Action or Investigation without the consent of Buyer; provided that if both
Parent (or a Retained Subsidiary) and Buyer (or any Analytical Technologies
Company) are named as parties to any Analytical Technologies Action or Parent
Action, in order to settle or compromise, or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to, any such Action or Investigation, Sellers, any of the
Retained Subsidiaries, Buyer and the Analytical Technologies Companies must
comply with the provisions of Section 10.5. As soon as practicable following the
Closing, Buyer shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable
best efforts to have Parent and any Seller Indemnified Parties removed as
parties to any Analytical Technologies Action in which they are named parties as
soon as is reasonably practicable, and Sellers shall, and shall cause the
Retained Subsidiaries to, use their reasonable best efforts to have Buyer,
any Analytical Technologies Company and any Buyer Indemnified Parties removed as
parties to any Parent Action in which they are named parties as soon as is
reasonably practicable. The provisions of Section 7.6 shall govern with respect
to Tax-related matters to the extent any provision in Section 7.6 is in conflict
with this Section 7.13.
(b) From
and after the Closing Date, Sellers and Buyer shall use, and shall cause their
respective Subsidiaries to use, reasonable best efforts to make available to
each other, upon written request, their respective officers, directors,
employees and agents for fact finding, consultation and interviews and as
witnesses to the extent that any such Person may reasonably be required in
connection with any Actions or Investigations in which the requesting party may
from time to time be involved relating to the Analytical Technologies Actions or
Parent Actions or the conduct of the Analytical Technologies Business or the
Excluded Businesses. Access to such Persons shall be granted during normal
business hours, at a location and in a manner reasonably calculated to minimize
disruption to such Persons and the business of Parent or Buyer, as the case may
be. Sellers, on the one hand, and Buyer, on the other hand, agree to reimburse
each other for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (other than officers' or
employees' salaries) incurred by the other in connection with performing its
obligations pursuant to this Section 7.13. Each of Sellers and Buyer agrees to
retain all Books and Records relating to any Analytical Technologies Action or
any Parent Action until such Action or Investigation is fully and finally
resolved. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, the provisions of this Section 7.13 shall not apply to Actions
brought between Sellers and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and Buyer and its
Affiliates, on the other hand.
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(c) Parent,
on the one hand, and Buyer, on the other hand, shall give prompt notice to the
other of any Transaction Litigation and shall keep the other informed of any
material developments regarding any Transaction Litigation. Neither Parent, nor
any of the other Sellers, nor any of their respective Subsidiaries, shall
compromise, settle, come to an arrangement regarding, or agree to compromise,
settle or come to an arrangement regarding, any Transaction Litigation or
consent to the same unless Buyer shall have consented in writing if such
compromise, settlement or arrangement could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section
7.14 Mail and Other
Communication. After
the Closing Date, each of Sellers, Buyer and their respective Subsidiaries may
receive mail, packages, facsimiles, email and other communications properly
belonging to the other (or the other's Subsidiaries). Accordingly, at all times
after the Closing Date, each of Sellers and Buyer and their respective
Subsidiaries authorizes Parent and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, or Buyer
and its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, as the case may be, to receive and open
(acting solely as agent for the other party) all mail, packages, facsimiles,
email and other communications received by it and not unambiguously intended for
such other party (or its Subsidiaries) or any of such other party's (or its
Subsidiaries') officers or directors, and to retain the same to the extent that
they relate to the business of the receiving party or, to the extent that they
do not relate to the business of the receiving party, the receiving party shall
promptly deliver such mail, packages, facsimiles, email or other communications
(or, in case the same relate to both businesses, copies thereof) to the other
party. The provisions of this Section 7.14 are not intended to, and shall not be
deemed to, constitute an authorization by any of Parent, Buyer or their
respective Subsidiaries to (i) permit the other to accept service of process on
its behalf and neither party is or shall be deemed to be the agent of the other
for service of process purposes or (ii) waive any rights or privileges in
respect of any such mail, package, facsimile, email or other communication or
the information contained therein.
Section
7.15 Insurance.
(a) Buyer
acknowledges and agrees on its own behalf, and on behalf of each of its
Subsidiaries, that neither Buyer nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates has
any rights to or under any Third Party Shared Policy, except as expressly
provided in this Section 7.15 or such policies, if any, held by the Analytical
Technologies Companies and solely related to the Analytical Technologies
Business. Nothing in this Section 7.15 shall be deemed to constitute (or to
reflect) an assignment of any rights to or under any Third Party Shared
Policy.
(b) With
respect to Third Party Shared Policies relating to workers' compensation
liability, automobile liability and property liability, and employment practices
liability, for claims that arise out of insured events with an occurrence date
prior to the Closing Date, Sellers will maintain financial
responsibility for any deductibles, co-payments or self insured retentions
for such claims. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent an occurrence for
which coverage is available under such Third Party Shared Policies occurs on or
after the Closing Date, then no payment for any damages, costs of defense, or
other sums with respect to such claim shall be available to Buyer or any of its
Subsidiaries under such Third Party Shared Policies.
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(c) With
respect to general and product liability for claims that arise out of insured
events with an occurrence date prior to the Closing Date, Sellers and Buyers
shall use reasonable best efforts (and shall equally share the cost to obtain)
to obtain a reasonable "tail" policy for a period of at least five (5) years
after the Closing Date covering such claims, and Buyer, Designated Buyers and
their respective Affiliates shall be named insureds under such policy. For the
avoidance of doubt, to the extent an occurrence for which coverage is available
under such Third Party Shared Policies occurs on or after the Closing Date,
then no payment for any damages, costs of defense, or other sums with respect to
such claim shall be available to Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries under such
Third Party Shared Policies.
(d) With
respect to all Third Party Shared Policies, Buyer agrees and covenants (on
behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries) not to make any claim or assert any right
against Parent and any of the Retained Subsidiaries, or the unaffiliated
third-party insurers of such Third Party Shared Policies (other than those held
by the Analytical Technologies Companies), except as expressly provided under
this Section 7.15.
(e) The
parties agree to use (and cause their respective Subsidiaries to use) their
commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with respect to the various
insurance matters contemplated by this Section 7.15.
(f) Nothing
in this Agreement shall be deemed to restrict Buyer or Parent, or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, from acquiring at its own expense any insurance Policy
in respect of any Liabilities or covering any period. Except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, from and after the Closing Date, Buyer and Parent
shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining their respective insurance
programs for their risk of loss and such insurance arrangements shall be
separate programs apart from each other and each will be responsible for its own
deductibles and retentions for such insurance programs.
Section
7.16 Worker
Notification.
(a) On
or before the Closing Date, subject to applicable Law, Parent shall provide a
list of the identification number and site of employment of any and all Business
Employees who have experienced, or will experience, an employment loss or
layoff, as defined by Worker Notification Law, within ninety (90) days prior to
the Closing Date.
(b) Parent
shall indemnify and hold harmless Buyer from any Liability with respect to
Business Employees arising under Worker Notification Law due solely to Sellers'
actions or omissions occurring on or prior to the Closing Date.
(c) Provided
that Parent complies with Section 7.16(a), Buyer shall indemnify and hold Parent
and its Affiliates harmless from any Liability arising under Worker Notification
Law solely as a result of Buyer's actions or omissions occurring after the
Closing Date with respect to Business Employees, when taken together with
employment losses and/or layoffs affecting Business Employees occurring on or
before the Closing Date to the extent disclosed to Buyer pursuant to Section
7.16(a) above.
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Section
7.17 Privileged
Matters.
(a) Sellers
and Buyer agree that their respective rights and obligations to maintain,
preserve, assert or waive any or all privileges belonging to either corporation
with respect to the Analytical Technologies Business and the Excluded
Businesses, including, the attorney-client and work product privileges
(collectively, "Privileges"), shall
be governed by the provisions of this Section 7.17. With respect to matters
relating to the Excluded Businesses, the Excluded Assets, the Retained
Liabilities or to the Sale Process (to the extent not relating to Buyer), Parent
shall have sole authority in perpetuity to determine whether to assert or waive
any or all Privileges, and Buyer and its Affiliates (including the Analytical
Technologies Companies) shall take no action without the prior written consent
of Parent that could reasonably be expected, based on the advice of outside
counsel, to result in any waiver of any Privilege that could be asserted by
Parent under applicable Law and this Agreement. With respect to matters relating
to the Analytical Technologies Business, the Purchased Assets, or the Assumed
Liabilities (except as provided in the preceding sentence), after the Closing,
Buyer shall have sole authority in perpetuity to determine whether to assert or
waive any or all Privileges, and Parent and its Affiliates shall take no
action after the Closing without the prior written consent of Buyer that
could reasonably be expected, based on advice of outside counsel, to result in
any waiver of any Privilege that could be asserted by Buyer under applicable Law
and this Agreement. The rights and obligations created by this Section 7.17
shall apply to all information as to which Parent or the Analytical Technologies
Companies would be entitled to assert or has asserted a Privilege without regard
to the effect, if any, of the transactions contemplated hereby ("Privileged
Information").
(i) Privileged
Information of Parent includes but is not limited to (A) all information
regarding the Excluded Businesses and all information of Parent relating to the
Sale Process, but which after the Closing is in the possession of Buyer or any
of its Subsidiaries (including the Analytical Technologies Companies); and (B)
all information generated, received or arising after the Closing Date that
refers or relates to the foregoing Privileged Information generated, received or
arising prior to the Closing Date.
(ii) Privileged
Information of Buyer includes but is not limited to (A) any and all information
generated prior to the Closing regarding the Analytical Technologies Business
but which after the Closing is in the possession of Parent or any of the
Retained Subsidiaries (excluding information of Parent or its Subsidiaries
relating to the Excluded Assets, the Retained Liabilities or the Sale Process);
(B) all communications subject to a Privilege occurring prior to the
Closing (excluding communications relating to the Excluded Assets, the Retained
Liabilities or the Sale Process generated by Parent or its Representatives (as
such term is defined in the Confidentiality Agreement)) between counsel for the
Analytical Technologies Companies (including in-house counsel and former
in-house counsel who are employees of Parent or the Retained Subsidiaries) and
any Person who, at the time of the communication, was an employee of the
Analytical Technologies Companies, regardless of whether such employee is or
becomes an employee of Parent or any of the Retained Subsidiaries; and (C) all
information generated, received or arising after the Closing Date that refers or
relates to the foregoing Privileged Information generated, received or arising
prior to the Closing Date.
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(b) Upon
receipt by Parent or its Subsidiaries or Buyer or its Subsidiaries (including
the Analytical Technologies Companies), as the case may be, of any subpoena,
discovery or other request from any third party that actually or arguably calls
for the production or disclosure of Privileged Information of the other or if
Parent or its Subsidiaries or Buyer or its Subsidiaries (including the
Analytical Technologies Companies), as the case may be, obtains knowledge that
any current or former employee of either Parent or its Subsidiaries or Buyer or
its Subsidiaries (including the other Analytical Technologies Companies), has
received any subpoena, discovery or other request from any third party that
actually or arguably calls for the production or disclosure of Privileged
Information of the other, Parent or Buyer, as the case may be, shall promptly
notify the other of the existence of the request and shall provide the other a
reasonable opportunity to review the information and to assert any rights it may
have under this Section 7.17 or otherwise to prevent the production or
disclosure of Privileged Information. Parent or its Subsidiaries or Buyer or its
Subsidiaries (including the Analytical Technologies Companies), as the case may
be, will not produce or disclose to any third party any of the other's
Privileged Information under this Section 7.17 unless (i) the other has provided
its express written consent to such production or disclosure or (ii) a court of
competent jurisdiction has entered an order not subject to interlocutory appeal
or review finding that the Privileged Information is not entitled to protection
from disclosure under any applicable privilege, doctrine or rule.
Section
7.18 Confidentiality.
(a) DHR,
Buyer, any Designated Buyer and their Representatives shall treat all nonpublic
information obtained in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby as confidential in accordance with the terms of the
Confidentiality Agreement. The terms of the Confidentiality Agreement are hereby
incorporated by reference and shall continue in full force and effect until the
Closing, at which time such Confidentiality Agreement shall terminate. If this
Agreement is, for any reason, terminated prior to the Closing, the
Confidentiality Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as provided in
Section 9.2 hereof in accordance with its terms.
(b) During
the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the second anniversary of
the Closing Date, DHR and Buyer shall, and shall cause each of the Designated
Buyers and its and their Representatives to, keep any and all non-public
information of Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than any AT Confidential
Information and any information relating to the Analytical Technologies
Business) that it received from Parent or its Representatives before the Closing
Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(collectively, "Parent
Confidential Information") confidential, and shall not, and shall cause
the Designated Buyers and its and their Representatives not to, disclose or use,
directly or indirectly, any of such Seller Confidential Information, except to
the extent that disclosure of Seller Confidential Information (i) is required by
applicable Law, or (ii) has been consented to in writing by Parent in advance of
such disclosure. The term "Seller
Confidential
Information" shall not include any information that Buyer can demonstrate
(x) is or becomes known by the public other than as a result of a disclosure by
Buyer or any of its Representatives in violation of this Section 7.18(b), (y) is
or becomes available to Buyer on a non-confidential basis from a source other
than Parent or its Representatives, or was in Buyer and/or its Representative's
possession prior to being furnished with it by Parent and/or its
Representatives, provided that the source of
such information was not known by Buyer to have been bound by any non-disclosure
agreement with respect to such Seller Confidential Information, or (z) is or was
developed by Buyer and/or its Representatives without using any Seller
Confidential Information.
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(c) Each
Seller shall, and shall cause each of its Representatives to, keep any and all
confidential or non-public information that it at any time had, has or may have
in its possession, whether before, on or after the Closing Date, relating to the
Analytical Technologies Business, the Purchased Assets, the Analytical
Technologies Companies or the Joint Ventures (collectively, "AT Confidential
Information") confidential, and shall not, and shall cause its
Representatives not to, disclose or use, directly or indirectly, any of such
Buyer Confidential Information for any purpose, except to the extent that
disclosure of Buyer Confidential Information (A) is required by applicable Law,
or (B) has been consented to in writing by Buyer in advance of such
disclosure.
(d) In
the event that any Obligor or any of its Representatives is required by
applicable Law or legal proceeding to disclose any AT Confidential Information
or any Seller Confidential Information, as applicable, then such Obligor shall,
and shall cause the relevant Representative to, to the extent permitted under
applicable Laws, provide the Obligee in advance of any such disclosure with (i)
prompt written notice of such requirement as soon as practicable, and (ii)
copies of any AT Confidential Information or any Seller Confidential
Information, as applicable, that the Obligor or its Representative (as
applicable) intends to disclose, so that the Obligee may seek a protective order
or other appropriate remedy in advance of any such disclosure. The Obligor
shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, reasonably cooperate with the
Obligee in seeking a protective order or other confidential treatment for the AT
Confidential Information or Seller Confidential Information, as applicable. In
the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained prior to
the time disclosure is legally required, then the Obligor shall, and shall cause
its Representative to, furnish only that portion of the AT Confidential
Information or Seller Confidential Information, as applicable, that, in the
opinion of the Obligor's outside counsel, is legally required to be disclosed
(provided that
Obligor has exercised, and has caused its Representatives to exercise,
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain assurance that confidential treatment
will be accorded such AT Confidential Information or Seller Confidential
Information, as applicable).
(e) Each
party shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 7.18 by any of its
Representatives. Each party agrees to use its reasonable best efforts, at its
sole cost and expense, to restrain its Representatives from prohibited or
unauthorized disclosure or use of the AT Confidential Information or Seller
Confidential Information, as applicable.
Section
7.19 Shared
Contracts.
(a) With
respect to Shared Contractual Liabilities pursuant to, under or relating to a
given Shared Contract, such Shared Contractual Liabilities shall, unless
otherwise allocated pursuant to this Agreement or an Ancillary Agreement, be
allocated between Parent and the Retained Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and
Buyer, Designated Buyers and their Subsidiaries, on the other hand, as
follows:
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(i) first,
to the extent a Shared Contractual Liability is incurred exclusively in respect
of a benefit received by the Analytical Technologies Business, such Liability
shall be determined to be an Assumed Liability;
(ii) second,
to the extent a Shared Contractual Liability is incurred exclusively in respect
of a benefit received by the Excluded Businesses, such Liability shall be
determined to be a Retained Liability; and
(iii) third,
to the extent a Shared Contractual Liability or portion thereof cannot be so
allocated under clause (i) or (ii) above, such Liability shall be allocated to
Parent and the Retained Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and to Designated Buyers
and their Subsidiaries, on the other hand, as the case may be, based on the
relative proportions of total benefit received (over the term of the Shared
Contract, measured from the Closing Date up to the date of the allocation) by
Parent and the Retained Subsidiaries, on the one hand, or Designated Buyers and
their Subsidiaries, on the other hand, under the relevant Shared Contract.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sellers, on the one hand, and Buyer, on the other
hand, each shall be responsible for any or all Liabilities arising out of or
resulting from their (or their respective Subsidiaries') breach of the relevant
Shared Contract to which this Section 7.19 otherwise pertains, it being
understood that Sellers shall be responsible for all such breaches prior to
Closing.
(b) If
Sellers or any Retained Subsidiary, on the one hand, or any Designated Buyers or
any of their respective Subsidiaries, on the other hand, receives any benefit or
payment under any Shared Contract which was intended for the other party,
Sellers and Buyer will use their respective reasonable commercial efforts to,
and to cause their respective Subsidiaries to, deliver, transfer or
otherwise afford such benefit or payment to the other party.
(c) A
complete and accurate list of Shared Contracts that directly benefit the
Analytical Technology Business prior to Closing, but which will not continue to
directly benefit the Analytical Technology Business at or after Closing is set
forth on Section 7.19(c)(i) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule. A complete list
of Shared Contracts that directly benefit the Analytical Technology Business and
which will continue to directly benefit the Analytical Technology Business at or
after Closing (which excludes Shared Contracts provided under the Transition
Services Agreement) is set forth on Section 7.19(c)(ii) of the Sellers'
Disclosure Schedule. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
parties agree that the Shared Contracts, a complete list of which is set forth
on Section 7.19(c)(i) and Section 7.19(c)(ii) of the Sellers' Disclosure
Schedule, shall not be deemed to be Analytical Technologies Assets hereunder.
From and after the Closing and until the expiration (including the expiration of
the maximum time permitted under the applicable Contract for splitting) or
splitting of the relevant Shared Contract and/or the Designated Buyer obtaining
the relevant benefit, service or right from another source, Sellers shall, and
shall cause their Affiliates to, make available to the relevant Designated Buyer
for use in the conduct of the Analytical Technologies Business such
benefits, services and rights (subject to the recipient being responsible for
the corresponding Shared Contractual Liability) under each Shared Contract set
forth on Section 7.19(c)(ii) of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule as were
provided to the Analytical Technologies Business in the manner in which it was
conducted on the date hereof and as of Closing. Without limiting the foregoing,
the parties have determined that it is advisable that certain Shared Contracts,
which are identified on Section 7.19(c)(iii) of the Sellers' Disclosure
Schedule, be separated into separate Contracts between the appropriate third
party and either the Excluded Businesses or the Analytical Technologies
Business, and that to the extent provided on Section 7.19(c)(iii) of the
Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, the Sellers and Buyer shall share the Shared
Contractual Liabilities as set forth on such schedule. The parties agree to
cooperate in good faith and provide reasonable assistance to each other prior to
Closing (with no obligation on the part of either party to pay any costs or fees
or commence any litigation or other proceeding with respect to such assistance)
in seeking to effect the separation of such Shared Contracts.
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(d) As
used in this Section 7.19, Buyer's Subsidiaries shall, after the Closing,
include the Analytical Technologies Companies.
Section
7.20 Resignations. Sellers
shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain the written resignations of each
director or manager, as applicable, and officer of the Analytical Technologies
Companies or Joint Ventures who are not Affected Employees effective as of the
Closing Date.
Section
7.21 Union or Works Council
Cooperation. Buyer
and Sellers shall, to the extent necessary or reasonably advisable, assist and
reasonably cooperate with each other in connection with: (a) furnishing to any
Unions any information that may reasonably be required to be provided in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (b) obtaining
consents or opinions from any Unions that may be required to be obtained in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (c) subject
to Section 7.5, undertaking any other actions that may be required to complete
or effectuate the employment transfers and related matters contemplated by this
Agreement; provided, however, Buyer shall
not be required to pay or incur any direct or indirect costs nor shall Buyer be
required to make any concessions in performing its obligations pursuant to this
Section 7.21; provided, further, that in no
event shall Sellers make any concession to the Unions that would result in any
post-Closing Liability for Buyer and/or its Affiliates without the prior written
consent of Buyer. The Sellers and Buyer shall comply in all material respects
with all requirements under applicable Laws with respect to notification and
consultation with Unions in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the Local Purchase Agreements.
Section
7.22 Bulk Transfer
Laws. Buyer
hereby waives compliance by Asset Sellers with the provisions of any so-called
"bulk transfer law" or "bulk sales law" of any jurisdiction in connection with
the sale of the Purchased Assets to Buyer, provided that such
waiver shall not have any impact on Sellers' indemnification obligations under
Section 10.2(a)(ix).
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Section
7.23 Non-Competition.
(a) Subject
to the provisions of this Section 7.23, without the express written consent of
Buyer, no Seller or any of Sellers' Subsidiaries or Affiliates, nor any of their
respective successors or assigns (except as expressly contemplated by Section
7.23(b)), shall, at any time during the three (3) year period (the "Restricted Period")
immediately following the Closing Date, directly or indirectly, for any Seller
or any of Sellers' Subsidiaries or Affiliates or on behalf of or in conjunction
with any other Person, (i) own, manage, control or participate in the ownership,
management or control of any business, or engage in developing, selling,
manufacturing, distributing or marketing any product or service, that would be
in direct competition with the Analytical Technologies Business as it is
currently conducted or as it is planned to be conducted based on existing Books
and Records of the Analytical Technologies Business, whether as an employer,
proprietor, partner, stockholder, trustee, beneficiary, owner, joint venturer,
investor, independent contractor, employee, consultant, agent, lender, adviser
or sales representative, or (ii) take any action that is designed, intended or
reasonably likely to have the effect of discouraging any customer, supplier,
vendor, licensor, lessor, agent, employee, consultant and other Person under
contract or otherwise associated or doing business with the Analytical
Technologies Business from maintaining the same business relationships with
Buyer and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates (including the Analytical Technologies
Companies and the Joint Ventures) after the Closing as it maintained with the
Analytical Technologies Business prior to the Closing; provided that the foregoing
shall not (i) prohibit any Seller or a Subsidiary thereof from owning or
acquiring in the ordinary course of business as a passive investment five
percent (5%) or less of the outstanding equity of any publicly traded entity,
(ii) preclude Sellers or their Subsidiaries from engaging and continuing to
engage in the Excluded Businesses as conducted as of the date hereof or as they
are planned to be conducted based on disclosures in the Form 40-F and the
matters set forth on Section 7.23(a) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Schedule or
(iii) restrict Lumira Capital, a venture capital firm in which Parent has an
investment (provided that such investment remains passive) and a board position,
from any activity, including without limitation making any investment or
participating in any way with investee companies (provided that in no event
shall Lumira Capital or any investee company use or have access to any
confidential or proprietary information relating to the Analytical Technologies
Business for use in violation of this Section 7.23 or engage in any activity
that would have the effect of seeking to recapture any goodwill associated with
the Analytical Technologies Business)). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in
this Agreement shall be construed to preclude Parent and its Subsidiaries from
offering, to the extent not relating to the sale and service of mass
spectrometers, pharmaceutical, drug discovery, and life science research
services, including without limitation screening services, bioanalytical
analysis services, small animal imaging services, or cellular imaging
services.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Section 7.23(a), Sellers and their Subsidiaries, as
the case may be, shall not be deemed to have violated the restrictions contained
in Section 7.23(a) in the event that a majority of the voting power of, or any
material business of, any Seller (excluding the Analytical Technologies Assets)
or any Subsidiary thereof, as applicable, is acquired by an unaffiliated third
party that engages in, or subsequently engages in, through its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates (other than Parent or any of its Subsidiaries), an activity that
would otherwise be a breach of Section 7.23(a); provided, however, that each
Seller and each of Sellers' Subsidiaries and Affiliates (other than the
acquiring Person and its pre-existing Subsidiaries and Affiliates) shall
continue to be bound by Section 7.23(a) after such acquisition; provided, further, that such
third party acquirer (other than Sellers and their Subsidiaries and Affiliates
other than the acquiring Person and its pre-existing Subsidiaries and
Affiliates) shall not be bound by Section 7.23(a) after such acquisition, provided, further, in no event
shall such third party acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries (i) use in violation
of this Section 7.23 any confidential or proprietary information relating to the
Analytical Technologies Business or (ii) engage in any activity that would have
the effect of seeking to recapture any goodwill associated with the Analytical
Technologies Business.
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(c) Each
Seller agrees not to directly or indirectly take any actions, act in concert
with any Person who takes an action, or cause or allow any of such Seller's
Subsidiaries or Affiliates to take any actions (including the failure to take a
reasonable action) such that the resulting effect is to materially undermine the
effectiveness of, or the intended benefits to Buyer under, any of the provisions
of this Section 7.23 (including adversely affecting the rights or ability of
Buyer to successfully enforce this Section 7.23).
(d) Sellers
acknowledge that (i) the relevant market in which the Analytical Technologies
Business competes is worldwide in scope, there exists intense worldwide
competition for the products and services of the Analytical Technologies
Business, and that the covenants and agreements contained in Section 7.7 and
this Section 7.23 (collectively, the "Restrictive
Covenants") impose a reasonable restraint in light of the activities and
business of Sellers and their Subsidiaries on the date of this Agreement and the
current plans of Buyer, Sellers and their respective Subsidiaries and
Affiliates; (ii) it is the intention of the parties that the entire goodwill of
the Analytical Technologies Business be transferred to Buyer as part of the
transactions contemplated hereby (excluding the goodwill associated with the
Retained Names), including but not limited to the goodwill existing between the
Analytical Technologies Business (including, the Analytical Technologies
Companies and the Joint Ventures), on the one hand, and its customers,
suppliers, vendors, licensors, lessors, agents, employees, consultants and other
persons under contract or otherwise associated or doing business with the
Analytical Technologies Business, on the other hand; (iii) that Sellers and
Buyer explicitly considered the value of the goodwill to be transferred and that
such goodwill is valued as a component of the consideration to be paid by Buyer
pursuant to the terms hereof; and (iv) that the covenants set forth in the
Restrictive Covenants are a material and substantial part of the transactions
contemplated hereby (supported by adequate consideration), and Buyer's failure
to receive the entire goodwill contemplated hereby may have the effect of
reducing the value of the Analytical Technologies Business, the Analytical
Technologies Company Stock, the Joint Venture Interests and the Purchased Assets
to Buyer.
(e) Buyer
and Sellers intend to and hereby confer jurisdiction to enforce the Restrictive
Covenants upon the courts of any jurisdiction within the geographical scope of
these Restrictive Covenants. If the courts of any one or more of such
jurisdictions hold any Restrictive Covenant to be unenforceable by reason of its
extending for too long a period of time or over too large a geographical area or
by reason of its being too extensive in any other respect, it shall be
interpreted to extend only over the longest period of time for which it may be
enforceable, and/or over the largest geographical area as to which it may be
enforceable and/or to the maximum extent in all other respects as to which it
may be enforceable, all to the fullest extent which such courts deem reasonable
and the Agreement shall thereby be reformed. If the courts of any one or
more of such jurisdictions hold the Restrictive Covenants wholly unenforceable
by reason of the breach of their scope or otherwise, it is the intention of
Buyer and Parent that such determination not bar or in any way affect Buyer's
right to relief provided in the courts of any other jurisdiction within the
geographical scope of such Restrictive Covenants, with breaches of such
Restrictive Covenants in such other jurisdiction being, for these purposes,
severable into diverse and independent covenants.
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(f) Each
party hereto acknowledges that the other party will be irreparably harmed and
that there will be no adequate remedy at law for any violation by any party of
any of the covenants or agreements contained in the Restrictive Covenants. It is
accordingly agreed that, in addition to any other remedies which may be
available upon the breach of any such covenants or agreements, each party hereto
shall have the right to injunctive relief to restrain a breach or threatened
breach of, or otherwise to obtain specific performance of, the other party's
covenants and agreements contained in the other party's Restrictive Covenants,
in any court of competent jurisdiction over the parties and the matter, in
addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in
equity.
(g) All
of the Restrictive Covenants shall be construed as an agreement independent of
any other provision in the Transaction Documents, and the existence of any claim
or cause of action of any Seller or any of Subsidiary of any Seller against
Buyer, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a
defense to the enforcement by Buyer of such covenants. The parties expressly
acknowledge that the terms and conditions of Section 7.7 and this Section
7.23 are independent of the terms and conditions of any other agreements
including any employment agreements entered into in connection with this
Agreement. It is specifically agreed that the periods set forth in Section 7.7
and this Section 7.23 during which the Restrictive Covenants shall be effective,
shall be computed by excluding from such computation any time during which the
Person bound by such agreement or covenant is found by a court of competent
jurisdiction to have been in violation of any Restrictive Covenant. The
Restrictive Covenants shall not be affected by any breach of any other provision
hereof by any party hereto.
Section
7.24 Notices of Certain
Events.
(a) From
and after the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, each of Parent
and Buyer shall promptly notify the other in writing of (a) the occurrence or
non-occurrence of any event, the occurrence or non-occurrence of which would or
would be reasonably likely to cause any representation or warranty of Sellers or
Buyer, respectively, contained herein to be untrue or inaccurate in any material
respect at the Closing, that would reasonably be expected to cause any condition
not to be satisfied, or which, individually or in the aggregate, would
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or Buyer Material
Adverse Effect, as applicable, at Closing (b) any event which would reasonably
be expected to cause any of the conditions in ARTICLE VIII not to be satisfied,
(c) any material failure of such party to comply with any covenant, condition or
agreement to be complied with by such party hereunder, (d) any notice from any
Key Employee of the Analytical Technologies Business that he or she intends to
terminate his or her employment, and (e) any material Action or Investigation
commenced or, to any party's knowledge, threatened against, such party or any of
its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or otherwise relating to, involving or affecting
such party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, in each case in connection
with, arising from or otherwise relating to any transaction contemplated hereby,
including, any material Action or Investigation challenging the fairness of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the fairness of the Sale Process,
and any material Action or Investigation based upon any alleged breach of
fiduciary duty, usurping corporate opportunity or similar breach of care,
loyalty or comparable claims by or against any officer or director of Parent or
any of its Affiliates (collectively, "Transaction
Litigation"). The delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 7.24 or
any other materials or notices following the date hereof shall not, without the
express written consent of the other party, be deemed to (z) modify the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements hereunder of the party
delivering such notice, (y) amend or supplement the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule
or the Buyer's Disclosure Schedule, as applicable, or (z) cure or prevent any
misrepresentation, inaccuracy, untruth or breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement or failure to
satisfy any condition set forth in ARTICLE VIII, or otherwise limit or affect
the remedies available hereunder to any party, including for any purpose of
ARTICLE X. For purposes of indemnification under ARTICLE X, to the extent
relating to a representation and warranty of Sellers in ARTICLE V or Buyer in
ARTICLE VI, failure to comply with this Section 7.24 shall be deemed a breach of
the representations and warranties of Sellers set forth in ARTICLE V or of Buyer
in ARTICLE VI, as applicable, of this Agreement and shall not be deemed a breach
of any covenant.
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Section
7.25 Shareholders
Meeting.
(a) Parent
shall take, in accordance with applicable Law and its certificate of
incorporation and by-laws, all action necessary to convene and hold a special
meeting (the "Shareholders
Meeting") of holders of Shares (the "Shareholders") as
promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement to consider and
vote upon the Shareholder Resolution, provided that (i) the
Shareholders Meeting shall be held regardless of whether the board of directors
of Parent determines at any time that this Agreement is no longer advisable or
recommends that the Shareholders reject the Shareholder Resolution or any other
Adverse Recommendation Change has occurred at any time, and (ii) the Shareholder
Resolution shall be voted on before any other matter at the Shareholders
Meeting, unless otherwise previously agreed to in writing by Buyer.
(b) As
promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement and in any event
in sufficient time to permit the mailing of the Proxy Circular to hold the
Shareholders Meeting, Parent shall establish the record date (the "Record Date") for
determining Shareholders entitled to vote at the Shareholders Meeting as
September 14, 2009. Parent shall not change the Record Date without Buyer's
prior written consent, except to the extent required by a Governmental
Authority.
(c) After
the execution of this Agreement, Parent shall not hold any meeting of
Shareholders for any purpose whatsoever prior to the Shareholders Meeting,
except to the extent required by a Governmental Authority. No matter other than
the Shareholder Resolution shall be considered at the Shareholders Meeting
without Buyer's prior written consent, except to the extent required by
applicable Laws or a Governmental Authority.
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(d) Parent
shall not postpone, adjourn or cancel (or propose the postponement, adjournment
or cancellation of) the Shareholders Meeting except to the extent required by
applicable Laws, a Governmental Authority or for quorum purposes (in the case of
an adjournment) without Buyer's prior written consent, and without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, Parent agrees that its obligations pursuant to
Section 7.25(a) and Section 7.25(d) shall not be affected by the commencement,
public proposal, public disclosure or communication to Parent or any other
Person of any Acquisition Proposal; provided that if the
board of directors of Parent shall have delivered an Adverse Recommendation
Change Notice to Buyer, Parent shall, if so requested by Buyer, delay the
Shareholders Meeting until one day after the expiration of the five Business Day
period immediately following delivery of such notice. Parent shall not
waive, extend or vary any time limits for the deposit of proxies or
communication of voting instructions by the Shareholders in respect of the
Shareholder Resolution, except to the extent required by Buyer.
(e) As
soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement and in a manner that
permits Parent to comply with its obligations under Section 7.25(a), Parent
shall prepare the Proxy Circular, together with any other documents required by
applicable Laws in connection with the Shareholders Meeting, in each case, with
respect to references to Buyer and its Affiliates and this Agreement, in form
and substance acceptable to Buyer and its counsel, acting reasonably. Parent
shall file the Proxy Circular with the Toronto Stock Exchange as promptly as
practicable after the date hereof, and in any event within five (5) Business
Days of the date hereof, and shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain
approval thereof by the Toronto Stock Exchange as soon as practicable. Parent
shall file and mail the Proxy Circular to its registered shareholders no later
than the later of (x) ten (10) Business Days after final approval by the Toronto
Stock Exchange and (y) six (6) Business Days after the Record Date. Parent shall
provide Buyer and its counsel with reasonable opportunity to review and
comment on drafts of the Proxy Circular in the course of its preparation, and
Parent shall consider in good faith any comments provided by Buyer. Parent shall
mail the Proxy Circular in accordance with applicable Laws and file the
Proxy Circular with the applicable Governmental Authorities within the times and
in the manner required by the applicable Laws. Parent shall cause such Proxy
Circular to comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and to not
contain a any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading. Buyer shall cause all information provided by it for inclusion
in the Proxy Circular to not contain a any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading.
(f)
Parent shall (i) permit Buyer
(and its outside counsel) to review and comment upon drafts of all material to
be filed by Parent with any Governmental Authority in connection with the
Shareholders Meeting (including the Proxy Circular and any supplement or
amendment thereto) prior to the filing of such materials, (ii) give Buyer and
its counsel reasonable time to review and comment upon such materials, and (iii)
shall consider in good faith any comments provided by Buyer and its
counsel.
(g) Subject
to Section 7.26, the board of directors of Parent shall recommend to the
Shareholders, and shall include in the Proxy Circular its unanimous
recommendation, that the Shareholders vote in favor of the Shareholder
Resolution.
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(h) Subject
to Section 7.26, Parent shall solicit from Shareholders proxies in favor of the
approval of the Shareholder Resolution, including, at the sole expense of
Parent, using the services of a proxy solicitation company and Parent shall
consider in good faith any advice from Buyer with respect to services to be
provided by such proxy solicitation company in respect of such services. Parent
shall take all other reasonable action that is necessary or desirable to secure
the approval of the Shareholder Resolution unless and until the board of
directors of Parent has changed its recommendation in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.26 (it being understood that, in such
case, Parent shall continue to comply with its other obligations
hereunder).
(i) Parent
shall provide notice to Buyer of the Shareholders Meeting and allow senior
management of Buyer and its outside counsel to attend the Shareholders
Meeting.
(j) Parent
shall, except for proxies (unless otherwise requested by Buyer) and other
non-substantive communications and subject to any confidentiality restrictions
under applicable Law, furnish promptly to Buyer, or provide Buyer with a copy of
each notice or written communication delivered, filed or received by Parent from
its shareholders, and each report provided by Parent's proxy solicitor, in
connection with the Shareholders Meeting or any filings relating thereto under
applicable Laws.
(k) Parent
shall advise Buyer as Buyer may reasonably request, and on a daily basis on each
of the last seven (7) Business Days prior to the Shareholders Meeting, as to the
aggregate tally of the proxies received by Parent in respect of the Shareholder
Resolution and any other matters to be considered at the Shareholders Meeting,
in each case as reported to Parent by its transfer agent.
Section
7.26 No Shop, Opportunity to
Match, etc.
(a) Notwithstanding
any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Parent shall not, nor shall it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, nor shall it authorize or permit any
director, officer or employee of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any
investment banker, attorney, accountant or other advisor or representative of
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly (and it shall
instruct and cause each applicable Subsidiary, if any, to instruct its
respective directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys,
accountants or other advisors or representatives, if any, not to):
(i) solicit,
initiate, facilitate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing
non-public information or entering into any form of agreement, arrangement or
understanding) the initiation of any inquiries or proposals regarding,
constituting or that could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition
Proposal; or
(ii) enter
into, continue or otherwise participate in any substantive discussions or
negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person (or any representative thereof)
any non-public information with respect to any Acquisition
Proposal;
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provided, however, that at any
time prior to the approval of the Shareholder Resolution by Shareholders, in
response to a bona fide
written unsolicited Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a breach of
this Section 7.26, Parent may, and may permit and authorize its Subsidiaries and
its and its Subsidiaries' representatives to, in each case subject to compliance
with Section 7.26(c), (A) provide access to non-public information with respect
to Parent and its Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures to the Person making such
Acquisition Proposal (and its representatives) for a period ending on 5:00 (New
York time) on the tenth (10th) day
after which access is afforded to such Person (the "Diligence Period")
pursuant to a confidentiality and standstill agreement (the "Confidentiality and
Standstill Agreement"), provided that all
such non-public information had been provided, or is provided substantially
concurrently, to Buyer, and (B) participate in discussions or negotiations with
the Person making such Acquisition Proposal (and its representatives) regarding
such Acquisition Proposal, provided that (1) the board of directors of Parent
determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial and outside
legal advisors, that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes or is reasonably
likely to lead to a Superior Proposal, (2) the board of directors of Parent
determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal advisors, that
the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with the exercise of its
fiduciary duties under applicable Law and (3) unless on or before the seventh
(7th) day
following the end of the Diligence Period the board of directors of Parent
determines that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal,
Parent shall be subject to Section 7.26(d) in respect of the Person making such
Acquisition Proposal. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is
understood that any violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section
7.26(a) by any director, officer or employee of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries or any investment banker, attorney, accountant or other advisor or
representative of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a
breach of this Section 7.26(a) by Parent. "Confidentiality and
Standstill Agreement" shall mean a confidentiality agreement that
contains provisions that are at least as restrictive with respect to the other
party as those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement.
(b) Neither
the board of directors of Parent nor any committee thereof shall:
(i) withdraw
or modify in a manner adverse to Buyer, or propose publicly to withdraw or
modify in a manner adverse to Buyer, the recommendation or declaration of
advisability by such board of directors or any such committee of this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or recommend, or propose
publicly to recommend, the approval or adoption of any Acquisition Proposal (it
being understood that the taking of a neutral position or no position with
respect to an Acquisition Proposal after ten (10) days following the public
commencement or public announcement of such Acquisition Proposal shall be
considered an adverse modification), or resolve or agree to take any such action
(any such action, resolution or agreement to take such action being referred to
herein as an "Adverse
Recommendation Change");
(ii) adopt
or approve any Acquisition Proposal, or publicly propose the approval or
adoption of any Acquisition Proposal, or resolve or agree to take any such
action; or
(iii) cause
or permit Parent to enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of
understanding, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement, arrangement
agreement, merger agreement, amalgamation agreement, option agreement, joint
venture agreement, partnership agreement or other agreement (each, an "Acquisition
Agreement") constituting or related to, or which is intended to or is
reasonably likely to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal (other than a
Confidentiality and Standstill Agreement referred to in Section 7.26(a)), or
resolve or agree to take any such action.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, at any time prior to the approval of the Shareholder Resolution
by Shareholders, the board of directors of Parent may, in response to a Superior
Proposal, effect an Adverse Recommendation Change, provided that the board of
directors of Parent determines in good faith, after consultation with its
financial and outside legal advisors, that the failure to do so would be
inconsistent with the exercise of its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, and
provided, further, that the
board of directors of Parent may not effect such an Adverse Recommendation
Change unless:
(A) the
board of directors of Parent shall have first provided prior written notice to
Buyer (an "Adverse
Recommendation Change Notice") that it is prepared to effect an Adverse
Recommendation Change in response to a Superior Proposal, which notice shall
attach the most current version of any written agreement or proposal relating to
the transaction that constitutes such Superior Proposal; and
(B) Buyer
does not make, within four (4) Business Days after the receipt of an Adverse
Recommendation Change Notice, a proposal that would, in the reasonable good
faith judgment of the board of directors of Parent (after consultation with its
financial and outside legal advisors), cause the Acquisition Proposal previously
constituting a Superior Proposal to no longer constitute a Superior Proposal.
Parent agrees that, during the four (4) Business Day period prior to its
effecting an Adverse Recommendation Change, Parent and its officers, directors
and representatives shall negotiate in good faith with Buyer and its officers,
directors, and representatives regarding any revisions to the terms of the
transaction contemplated by this Agreement proposed by Buyer such that the
Acquisition Proposal in question no longer constitutes a Superior Proposal. Each
successive modification to any material term of any Acquisition Proposal shall
constitute a new Acquisition Proposal for purposes of Section 7.26.
(c) In
addition to the obligations of Parent set forth in Section 7.26(a) and Section
7.26(b), Parent shall, as promptly as possible and in any event no later than
one (1) Business Day after Parent first obtains knowledge of the receipt
thereof, advise Buyer orally and in writing of (i) any Acquisition Proposal or
any request for information or inquiry that Parent reasonably believes could
lead to or contemplates an Acquisition Proposal and (ii) the terms and
conditions of such Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry (including any
subsequent amendment or other modification to such terms and conditions) and the
identity of the Person making any such Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry.
Commencing upon the provision of any notice referred to above, Parent (or its
outside counsel) shall keep Buyer informed of any material changes to the terms
and conditions of such Acquisition Proposal and upon the reasonable request of
Buyer, shall apprise Buyer of the status of such Acquisition Proposal and the
discussions thereof.
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(d) Parent
shall cease and cause to be terminated any discussion, negotiations,
solicitation, or activity by Parent or its representatives or agents with any
parties other than Buyer, with respect to any potential Acquisition Proposal,
and in connection therewith, Parent will forthwith discontinue access to all
data rooms (electronic or otherwise) with respect to the Analytical Technologies
Business or any Acquisition Proposal by all Persons other than Buyer, and within
one (1) Business Day from the date of this Agreement (and, if applicable,
promptly following the end of Diligence Period), Parent will request the return
or destruction (and use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the return or
procure the destruction) of information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries
and Joint Venture Interests previously provided to any such
Persons.
(e) Parent
shall not waive, release any Person from, or fail to enforce on a timely basis,
any obligation under any confidentiality, non-solicitation or standstill
agreement or modify or amend any such agreement with respect to any Acquisition
Proposal.
(f) The
board of directors of Parent shall reaffirm its recommendation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement by press release promptly, and in
any event within two (2) Business Days, after: (i) any Acquisition Proposal
which is publicly announced and which the board of directors of Parent does not
determine is a Superior Proposal; or (ii) Parent and Buyer enter into an amended
Agreement pursuant to Section 7.26(b) which results in the Acquisition Proposal
not being a Superior Proposal.
Section
7.27 Certification of Material
Adverse Effect. In the
event that, prior to the Closing, Buyer receives a certificate from an executive
officer of Parent irrevocably certifying that a Material Adverse Effect has
occurred as a result of facts and circumstances arising after the date hereof,
and that the condition set forth in Section 8.2(a) and/or Section 8.2(f) will
not be satisfied (and therefore Buyer has no obligation to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement), which certificate shall identify,
with reasonable detail and specificity, the changes, events, developments and/or
effects resulting in the Material Adverse Effect (such certificate, an "MAE Certificate"),
then if Buyer nonetheless proceeds to give effect to the Closing, Buyer shall
not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 10.2(a)(iii) and/or
Section 10.2(a)(iv) (for the sake of clarity, other than for intentional
breaches), as applicable, for any such matters that are specifically identified
in the MAE Certificate as having resulted in the Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
7.28 Pre-Closing
Restructuring.
(a) Parent
shall take all actions to cause the AB JV Agreements to be terminated (other
than those provisions and agreements that shall survive such termination
pursuant to the terms of the AB JV Agreements) and the AB Joint Venture to be
dissolved immediately prior to the Closing in accordance with the terms of the
AB JV Agreements and applicable Laws (including Sections 13.2, 13.3 and 13.3
of the AB Joint Venture Agreement). Upon and in connection with such
dissolution:
(i) the
term "Analytical Technologies Assets" and the term "Purchased Assets" shall
automatically be amended to include (x) any and all Assets distributed to, or
received by, Parent or any of its Affiliates in connection with such dissolution
(including all continuing licensees and other Intellectual Property rights,
tangible and intangible assets), and (y) any and all continuing rights of Parent
or its Affiliates under the provisions of the AB JV Agreements that survive the
termination of such agreements, including the right to appoint members of the JV
Board (as such term is defined in the AB JV Agreements) and the voting rights of
such members;
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(ii) upon
such dissolution, this Agreement shall be deemed to be automatically amended to
remove the provisions concerning the purchase of Parent's 50% ownership interest
in the AB Joint Venture; and
(iii) all
Intercompany Transactions, Intracompany Payables and Intracompany Receivables to
which the AB Joint Venture is a party shall be either fully and completely
settled, or shall be distributed or otherwise transferred to Parent or any other
party or successor to the AB Joint Venture (and shall be Excluded Assets and
Retained Liabilities, as applicable).
(b) Between
the date hereof and the Closing, Sellers shall, and shall cause their respective
Subsidiaries and Affiliates and the Joint Ventures to, (i) take all necessary
actions to effect the restructuring transactions set forth on Section 7.28(b) of
the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, and (ii) upon the mutual agreement of Parent
and Buyer, take all necessary actions to effect such other restructuring
transactions (including the transfer of certain Purchased Assets and/or
Designated Employees to newly-formed entities that are wholly owned, directly or
indirectly, by Parent) designated to facilitate the transactions contemplated
hereby.
ARTICLE
VIII
CONDITIONS TO
CLOSING
Section
8.1 Mutual
Conditions. The
respective obligations of each party hereto to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior
to the Closing of each of the following conditions:
(a) There
shall be no injunction, judgment, restraining order, ruling, charge or decree of
any nature of any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction that is in
effect that prohibits or permanently enjoins the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(b) The
Required Antitrust Approvals shall have been obtained, waived or made, as
applicable, and the respective waiting periods required in connection with
Required Antitrust Approvals shall have expired or been terminated; provided, however, a party
shall not have the right to assert that the foregoing condition set forth in
this Section 8.1(b) has not been satisfied if the failure to satisfy such
condition is a proximate result of such party's failure to perform or comply
with its obligations under Section 7.3;
(c) This
Agreement shall have been duly approved by holders of Shares constituting the
Requisite Vote in accordance with applicable Law and the certificate of
incorporation and by-laws of Parent; and
(d) The
Life Technologies Purchase Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by
Buyer or its Affiliates and the closing of the transactions contemplated
thereunder shall take place prior to, contemporaneously with or immediately
after the Closing hereunder.
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Section
8.2 Conditions to Buyer's
Obligations. The
obligations of Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment or written waiver by Buyer, at or
prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions:
(a) The
representations and warranties of Sellers set forth in ARTICLE V of this
Agreement shall be true and correct when made and at and as of the Closing Date
as though made on the Closing Date, other than the representations and
warranties made as of a specified date, in which case such representations and
warranties shall be true and correct only as of such specified date, in all
cases except where the failure to be true and correct does not have and would
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect (it being agreed that for purposes of this Section 8.2(a) all
representations and warranties (except for Section 5.1, Section 5.2, Section
5.3, Section 5.15) shall be deemed not to be qualified by any reference to
material, materiality or Material Adverse Effect contained therein); provided, however, that (i) the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.1, Section 5.2, and
Section 5.3 shall be true and correct in all respects when made and at and as of
the Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date, and (ii) the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.15 shall be true and
correct in all material respects when made and at and as of the Closing Date as
though made on the Closing Date;
(b) Sellers
shall have performed or complied with in all material respects all agreements
and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by
them at or prior to the Closing;
(c) Prior
to or at the Closing, each Seller shall have delivered to Buyer a certificate
signed by an executive officer of such Seller dated the Closing Date, to the
effect that, to the knowledge of such officer (but without personal liability
therefor), the conditions specified in Section 8.2(a) and Section 8.2(b)
have been satisfied;
(d) There
shall be no Action pending in which any Governmental Authority is a party
wherein an unfavorable injunction, judgment, restraining order, ruling, charge
or decree of any nature would reasonably be expected to, (i) prohibit, enjoin or
prevent consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
(ii) cause any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be
rescinded following consummation, or (iii) affect materially adversely the right
of Buyer to own the Purchased Assets, the Analytical Technologies Company Stock
or any Joint Venture Interest, or to operate the Analytical Technologies
Business;
(e) Sellers
shall have released any Designated Employee from any confidentiality and
non-competition agreements and non-solicitation covenants with Parent or its
Affiliates to the extent that such agreements or covenants relate to the
Analytical Technologies Business;
(f) Since
the date of this Agreement no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred;
and
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(g) Buyer
shall have received all of the items required to be delivered at Closing as set
forth in Section 4.2(a) (other than the items contemplated by clause (xi)
(except to the extent the relevant Encumbrance relates to the Analytical
Technologies Stock or would impair in any material respect the ownership or use
of the relevant Asset), clause (xiv) and clause (xv) thereof) that are not
otherwise listed above in this Section 8.2.
Section
8.3 Conditions to Sellers'
Obligations. The
obligations of Sellers to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment or written waiver by Parent at or
prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions:
(a) The
representations and warranties of Buyer set forth in ARTICLE VI of this
Agreement shall be true and correct when made and at and as of the Closing Date
as though made on the Closing Date, other than representations and warranties
made as of a specified date, in which case such representations and warranties
shall be true and correct only as of such specified date, in all cases except
where the failure to be true and correct does not have and would not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Buyer Material Adverse
Effect (it being agreed that for purposes of this Section 8.3(a) all
representations and warranties (except for Section 6.1 and Section 6.2) shall be
deemed not to be qualified by any reference to material, materiality or Buyer
Material Adverse Effect contained therein); provided, however, that the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.1 and Section 6.2 shall be
true and correct in all respects when made and at and as of the Closing Date as
though made on the Closing Date;
(b) Buyer
shall have performed or complied with in all material respects all agreements
and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it
at or prior to the Closing;
(c) Prior
to or at the Closing, Buyer shall have delivered to Parent a certificate signed
by an executive officer of Buyer, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that, to
the knowledge of such officer (but without personal liability therefor), the
conditions specified in Section 8.3(a) and Section 8.3(b) have been satisfied;
and
(d) Parent
shall have received all of the items required to be delivered at Closing as set
forth in Section 4.2(b) (other than the items contemplated by clause (vi)
thereof) that are not otherwise listed above in this Section 8.3.
ARTICLE
IX
TERMINATION
Section
9.1 Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the consummation of the Closing
under the following circumstances:
(a) by
mutual written consent of Parent and Buyer;
(b) by
Parent or Buyer, upon written notice to the other if the Closing shall not have
occurred on or before April 15, 2010 (the "End Date"); provided that the right to
terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(b) shall not be available to a
party if it is then in material breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant, or other agreement contained herein;
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(c) by
Buyer, upon written notice to Parent, if there shall have been a breach of any
of the representations, warranties, agreements or covenants set forth in this
Agreement on the part of any Seller or Sellers which has rendered the
satisfaction of any conditions set forth in Section 8.2 incapable of
fulfillment, such violation or breach has not been waived by Buyer, and the
breach either is not capable of being cured prior to the End Date or has not
been cured within forty-five (45) days following Buyer's written notice of such
breach; provided that the
right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(c) shall not be
available to Buyer if it is then in material breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant, or other agreement contained herein;
(d) by
Parent, upon written notice to Buyer, if there shall have been a breach of any
of the representations, warranties, agreements or covenants set forth in this
Agreement on the part of Buyer which has rendered the satisfaction of any
conditions set forth in Section 8.3 incapable of fulfillment, such violation or
breach has not been waived by Parent, and the breach either is not capable of
being cured prior to the End Date or has not been cured within forty-five (45)
days following Parent's written notice of such breach; provided that the
right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(d) shall not be
available to Parent if it is then in material breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant, or other agreement contained herein;
(e) by
either Buyer or Parent, upon written notice to the other, if there shall be in
effect a final, non-appealable order of a Governmental Authority of competent
jurisdiction permanently prohibiting the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the
right to terminate the Agreement under this Section 9.1(e) shall not be
available to a party who shall not have complied with its obligation under
Section 7.3;
(f)
by Parent, if Buyer fails to
consummate the Closing within five (5) Business Days of the satisfaction or
waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 8.1 and Section 8.2 (other than
the actual delivery of the certificate described in Section
8.2(c));
(g) by
either Buyer or Parent, upon written notice to the other, if the Requisite Vote
is not obtained at the Shareholders Meeting (including any adjournment or
postponement thereof);
(h) by
Buyer, upon written notice to Parent, in the event Parent has delivered an
Adverse Recommendation Change Notice or an Adverse Recommendation Change has
occurred; or
(i) by
Parent, upon written notice to Buyer within five (5) Business Days after
obtaining the Required Vote, if at the time of termination holders of more than
fifteen percent (15%) of the issued and outstanding Shares shall have validly
exercised their dissent rights (and not withdrawn such exercise or otherwise
become ineligible to effect such exercise) in respect of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
9.2 Effect of
Termination. In the
event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1, written
notice thereof shall forthwith be given by the terminating party to the other
party, and this Agreement shall thereupon terminate and become void and have no
effect, without any liability or obligation on the part of any party hereto or
its directors, officers, stockholders or Affiliates, except that the provisions
of Section 7.18, this Section 9.2, Section 9.3 and ARTICLE XI shall survive the
termination of this Agreement; provided, however, that if such
termination shall result from a willful and material breach by a party of any of
its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this
Agreement, Sellers or Buyer, as the case may be, shall be fully liable for any
and all Damages of the other party as a result of such breach or failure, as
applicable (in addition to any other payments required to be made by Sellers or
Buyer under Section 9.3).
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Section
9.3 Buyer Termination Payment
and Buyer Expense Payments.
(a) If:
(i) this
Agreement is terminated by Buyer pursuant to Section 9.1(h);
(ii) (A)
prior to the date of the event, action or omission giving rise to the relevant
termination right, a bona
fide Acquisition Proposal is made or publicly disclosed, (B) this
Agreement is terminated by Buyer pursuant to Section 9.1(c) (other than any
breach set forth in Section 9.3(a)(iii) below) or by either Buyer or Parent
pursuant to Section 9.1(b) or Section 9.1(g), and (C) prior to the date that is
nine (9) months after such termination, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries enters
into an Acquisition Agreement with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or any
Acquisition Proposal is consummated; or
(iii) (A)
prior to the date of the event, action or omission giving rise to the relevant
termination right, a bona
fide Acquisition Proposal is made or publicly disclosed, and (B) this
Agreement is terminated by Buyer pursuant to Section 9.1(c) as a result of (x)
intentional and material breach or fraud of any Seller or (y) Parent being in
default in any material respect of any of its covenants or obligations contained
in Section 7.25 or Section 7.26;
then
Sellers shall make a payment to Buyer equal to 4% of Base Price (the "Buyer Termination
Payment") by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account
designated by Buyer. The Buyer Termination Payment shall be made free and clear
of all withholding Taxes and shall be due and payable as follows: (x) in the
case of a termination described in Section 9.3(a)(i) or Section 9.3(a)(iii),
within two (2) Business Days following the termination of this Agreement; and
(y) in the case of a termination specified in Section 9.3(a)(ii), prior to or
concurrently with the execution of the Acquisition Agreement or the consummation
of the Acquisition Proposal, as the case may be.
(b) If
this Agreement is terminated by either Buyer or Parent pursuant to Section
9.1(g) or by Parent pursuant to Section 9.1(i), then Sellers shall reimburse
Buyer for the Buyer Expenses actually incurred (such payment, the "Buyer Expense
Payment") by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account
designated by Buyer. The Buyer Expense Payment shall be made free and clear of
all withholding Taxes and shall be due forthwith (and in any event within two
(2) Business Days) following the termination of this Agreement.
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(c) Sellers
will not be obligated to make any payments pursuant to Section 9.3(b) if Sellers
have paid or are required to pay the Buyer Termination Payment, and any payments
made by Sellers under Section 9.3(b) will be credited against the Buyer
Termination Payment to the extent that Buyer Termination Payment subsequently
becomes payable by Sellers.
(d) The
parties agree that the payments specified in Section 9.3(a) and Section 9.3(b)
represent a genuine pre-estimate of damages with respect to the termination of
this Agreement as a result of the failure to satisfy the applicable condition
and are not penalties. Each Seller irrevocably waives any right that it may have
to raise as a defense that any liquidated damages are excessive or punitive.
Each Seller agrees that payment by Sellers and acceptance by Buyer of amounts
required to be paid pursuant to Section 9.3(a) and Section 9.3(b), except in
cases of fraud or willful and material breach, shall be the sole and exclusive
remedy of Buyer and its Subsidiaries against Parent and its Subsidiaries and any
of their former, current or future officers, directors, partners, stockholders,
managers, members or Affiliates for the loss suffered as a result of the failure
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be consummated or for a
breach or failure to perform hereunder or otherwise, and upon payment of such
amount(s), none of Parent and its Subsidiaries and any of their former, current
or future officers, directors, partners, stockholders, managers, members or
Affiliates shall have any further liability or obligation relating to or arising
out of this Agreement, it being understood that the payments described in
Section 9.3(a) and Section 9.3(b) shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of,
any damages or any other payment or remedy available in the event of fraud or
any willful and material breach by Sellers of any of their obligations under
this Agreement.
(e) If
Sellers fail to promptly pay any amount due pursuant to Section 9.3(a) or
Section 9.3(b) and, in order to obtain such payment, Buyer commences a suit that
results in a judgment against Sellers for the amount set forth in Section 9.3(a)
or Section 9.3(b) or any portion thereof, Sellers shall pay to Buyer costs and
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by Buyer and its Affiliates in
connection with such suit, together with interest on the amount of such amount
or portion thereof at the prime rate of Citibank N.A. in effect on the date such
payment was required to be made through the date of payment.
ARTICLE
X
INDEMNIFICATION
Section
10.1 Survival of Representations,
Warranties and Covenants.
(a) The
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement (whether set forth in
this Agreement, Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, Buyer's Disclosure Schedule, any
Ancillary Agreement, the Section 8.2(c) Certificate or the Section 8.3(c)
Certificate) shall survive the Closing as follows:
(i) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 5.1, Section 5.2, Section
5.3, Section 5.10, Section 5.15, Section 5.22, Section 6.1 and Section 6.2
(collectively, the "Fundamental
Representations") shall survive the Closing until the expiration of the
longest federal, state, local or foreign statue of limitation (taking into
account any applicable extensions or tolling thereof) applicable to the
underlying claim; and
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(ii) all
representations and warranties other than the Fundamental Representations shall
survive the Closing until the twenty-one (21) month anniversary of the Closing
Date.
(b) All
covenants and agreements contained herein (whether set forth in this Agreement,
Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, Buyer's Disclosure Schedule, any Ancillary
Agreement, the Section 8.2(c) Certificate or the Section 8.3(c) Certificate)
shall survive the Closing and remain in full force and effect in accordance with
their terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the obligations of Buyer to
assume, and indemnify Seller Indemnified Parties for, the Assumed
Liabilities and (y) the obligations of Sellers to retain, and indemnify the
Buyer Indemnified Parties for, the Retained Liabilities, shall survive
indefinitely.
(c) The
period of time that a representation or warranty or covenant or agreement
survives the Closing pursuant to this Section 10.1 shall be the "Indemnity Period"
with respect to such representation or warranty or covenant or agreement. No
claim for breach of any representation or warranty or failure to perform any
covenant, agreement or obligation may be asserted after the expiration of the
Indemnity Period; provided that the
written assertion prior to expiration of the Indemnity Period of any Claim by a
party for indemnification hereunder with respect to the breach or alleged breach
of any representation or warranty or the failure or alleged failure to perform
any covenant or other obligation in accordance with Section 10.4 shall survive
the expiration of the Indemnity Period until final resolution of such
claim.
Section
10.2 Indemnification by
Sellers.
(a) From
and after the Closing and subject to the terms and conditions of this ARTICLE X,
Sellers shall, jointly and severally, without duplication, defend, indemnify and
hold harmless Buyer and its Subsidiaries (including the Analytical Technologies
Companies) and the Joint Ventures, their Affiliates and, if applicable, their
respective directors, officers, employees, successors and assigns (collectively,
the "Buyer Indemnified
Parties") from and against any and all amounts, Liabilities, losses,
Actions, Investigations, causes of action, judgments, Claims, obligations,
awards, settlement payments, penalties, fines, interest, Third Party Cost
Awards, reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' and
accountants' fees and disbursements, and reasonable costs of investigation or
defense of any of the same or in asserting or enforcing any of the rights
arising under this ARTICLE X), or damages, whether or not involving a third
party (individually, a "Damage" or
collectively, the "Damages") arising or
resulting from:
(i)
any Retained Liability;
(ii)
subject to Section 10.2(b), any breach by any Seller of any of its covenants or
agreements, whether set forth in this Agreement, Sellers' Disclosure Schedule,
any Ancillary Agreement (other than the Transition Services Agreement) or the
Section 8.2(c) Certificate;
(iii)
subject to Section 7.27 and Section 10.2(b), any breach of any representation or
warranty of Sellers (other than a Fundamental Representation), whether set forth
in this Agreement, Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, any Ancillary Agreement (other
than the Transition Services Agreement) or the Section 8.2(c)
Certificate; provided that in each
case, in determining the Damages resulting from such breach, any limitation or
qualification as to "material," "materiality," or "Material Adverse Effect" or
other similar limitation contained in such representation or warranty shall be
disregarded;
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(iv)
subject to Section 7.27 and Section 10.2(b), any breach of any of Sellers'
Fundamental Representations (other than Section 5.10 to the extent of Taxes
fully taken into account in determining the Final Adjustment Amounts), whether
set forth in this Agreement, Sellers' Disclosure Schedule, any Ancillary
Agreement (other than the Transition Services Agreement) or the Section 8.2(c)
Certificate; provided that in each
case, in determining the Damages resulting from such breach, any limitation or
qualification as to "material," "materiality," or "Material Adverse Effect" or
other similar limitation contained in such representation or warranty shall be
disregarded;
(v)
the past, present or future ownership or use of the Excluded Assets or operation
of the Excluded Businesses;
(vi)
any payments paid with respect to or in connection with any shareholders of
Parent who have exercised their dissenting rights under applicable
Law;
(vii)
any Transaction Litigation relating to actions against Parent, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees,
shareholders, agents or representatives;
(viii)
any Claims or Actions (whether direct, derivative or otherwise and other than
any Transaction Litigation) by (A) any current or former shareholder of Parent
based upon any alleged breach of fiduciary duty, usurping corporate opportunity
or similar breach of care, loyalty or comparable claims by any current or former
officer, director, employee or shareholder of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
occurring prior to the Closing, whether or not in connection with this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated pursuant to this Agreement and any costs of
indemnification or contribution by Parent or such Subsidiary relating thereto or
(B) any current or former officer, director, employee or shareholder of Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries or the Joint Ventures for indemnification or
contribution by Parent or such Subsidiary or Joint Venture with respect to acts
or omissions occurring on or prior to the Closing; or
(ix) compliance
with, or any non-compliance with or violation of the bulk sales Laws, bulk
transfer Laws or Section 6 of the Retail Sales Tax Act (Ontario) or any similar
or corresponding provision under any other applicable Laws in each of the
jurisdictions in which the Purchased Assets are located.
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(b) Notwithstanding
Section 10.2(a) above, from and after the Closing and subject to the terms and
conditions of this ARTICLE X, Sellers shall only be obligated to, jointly and
severally, defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer Indemnified Parties for
fifty percent (50%) of the amount of Damages under Section 10.2(a)(ii) through
Section 10.2(a)(iv): (i) to the extent such Damages generally relate to the AB
Joint Venture itself (including its business, Assets and Liabilities), or (ii)
if and only to the extent it is unclear (including as a result of a failure by
Parent and Life Tech to promptly agree on such in writing) whether the Damage is
solely related to the matters set forth in clause (x) clause (y) or clause (z)
of the next sentence, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the sake
of clarity, this Section 10.2(b) shall not apply to (x) Damages relating solely
to the functions and services performed by, or acts or omissions of, Sellers
with respect to the AB Joint Venture or Sellers' interest in the AB Joint
Venture (for which Sellers shall be obligated to provide 100% indemnification
pursuant to Section 10.2(a) above) or (y) Damages relating solely to the
functions and services performed by, or acts or omissions of, Life Tech or its
Subsidiaries in the AB Joint Venture or Life Tech or its Subsidiaries' interest
in the AB Joint Venture (for which Sellers have no indemnification obligations
related thereto except to the extent set forth in the first sentence of this
Section 10.2(b)), or (z) Damages relating to anything other than the AB Joint
Venture.
(c) The
right to indemnification and all other remedies based on the breach by any
Seller of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or obligations
contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall not be affected by any
investigation conducted by Buyer or any of its Affiliates, advisors, attorneys
or other representatives with respect to, or any knowledge acquired (or capable
of being acquired) at any time, whether before or after the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or before or after the date the Closing occurs, with
respect to the accuracy or inaccuracy or compliance with, any such
representation, warranty, covenant or obligation, subject to the qualifications
and limitations expressly set forth herein and in the Disclosure Schedules. It
is agreed that Buyer, in entering into this Agreement, has bargained for the
correctness of each representation, warranty, covenant and agreement of Sellers
contained herein, subject to the qualifications and limitations expressly
set forth herein and in the Disclosure Schedules. The waiver of any condition to
the obligation of Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby,
where such condition is based on the accuracy of any representation or warranty,
or on the performance of or compliance with any covenant or obligation, shall
not affect the right to indemnification or other remedy based on such
representation, warranty, covenant or obligation, subject to the qualifications
and limitations expressly set forth herein and in the Disclosure
Schedules.
(d) Except
with respect to a breach of the representations and warranties contained in
Section 5.10, nothing in this Section 10.2 shall be construed to impose
Liabilities with respect to Taxes (including any Taxes that are Retained
Liabilities and Assumed Liabilities), and except as expressly provided in
Section 7.6, no provision of this Section 10.2 shall be interpreted as altering
the rights and responsibilities of the parties under Section 7.6.
Section
10.3 Indemnification by
Buyer.
(a) From
and after the Closing and subject to the terms and conditions of this ARTICLE X,
Buyer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Sellers, their Subsidiaries,
their respective Affiliates, and, if applicable, their respective directors,
officers, employees, successors (collectively, the "Seller Indemnified
Parties") and assigns from and against any and all Damages arising or
resulting from:
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(i) any
Assumed Liability;
(ii) any
breach by Buyer of any of its covenants or agreements, whether set forth in this
Agreement, Buyer's Disclosure Schedule, any Ancillary Agreement (other than the
Transition Services Agreement) or the 8.3(c)
Certificate;
(iii) any
breach of any representation or warranty of Buyer (other than a Fundamental
Representation), whether set forth in this Agreement, Buyer's Disclosure
Schedule, any Ancillary Agreement (other than the Transition Services Agreement)
or the Section 8.3(c) Certificate; provided that in each
case, in determining the Damages resulting from such breach, any limitation or
qualification as to "material," "materiality," or "Material Adverse Effect" or
other similar limitation contained in such representation or warranty shall be
disregarded; or
(iv) any
breach of any of Buyer's Fundamental Representations, whether set forth in this
Agreement, Buyer's Disclosure Schedule, any Ancillary Agreement (other than the
Transition Services Agreement) or the Section 8.3(c) Certificate; provided that in each
case, in determining the Damages resulting from such breach, any limitation or
qualification as to "material," "materiality," or "Material Adverse Effect" or
other similar limitation contained in such representation or warranty shall be
disregarded.
(b) Nothing
in this Section 10.3 shall be construed to impose Liabilities with respect to
Taxes (including any Taxes that are Retained Liabilities and Assumed
Liabilities), and no provision of this Section 10.3 shall be interpreted as
altering the rights and responsibilities of the parties under Section
7.6.
(c) Buyer
shall have no obligations under Section 10.3(a) with respect to Assumed
Liabilities with respect to any matter for which any Buyer Indemnified Party is
or would be entitled to indemnification under Section 10.2 (without giving
effect to any limitations, including as to time, survival periods, deductibles,
thresholds, caps, and knowledge or materiality qualifiers).
(d) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in any organizational documents, Contracts, at Law or
otherwise, no Seller Indemnified Party shall have any right (and each such
Person hereby irrevocably waives any Claim with respect to) to indemnification,
contribution or other recovery of any kind (in any capacity whatsoever) from
Buyer, any Designated Buyer or any of their respective Affiliates or any other
Buyer Indemnified Party (including, any Analytical Technologies Company or
either Joint Venture) with respect to any matter for which any Seller or any of
its Affiliates would be liable to indemnify any Buyer Indemnified Party under
Section 10.2 (without giving effect to any limitations including as to time,
survival periods, deductibles, thresholds, caps, and knowledge or materiality
qualifiers) and each Seller agrees that any Claim of any Buyer Indemnified
Party, whether for indemnity or otherwise, may be directly asserted against any
Seller or any of their respective Affiliates without need for any claim
against or joinder of Buyer, any Designated Buyer or any of their respective
Affiliates or any other Buyer Indemnified Party (including any Analytical
Technologies Company or either Joint Venture).
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(e) In
the event any matter for which any Seller or any of its Affiliates would be
liable to indemnify any Buyer Indemnified Party under Section 10.2 (without
giving effect to any limitations including as to time, survival periods,
deductibles, thresholds, caps, and knowledge or materiality qualifiers) is
subject to indemnification by Sellers (or the applicable Designated Buyer after
the Effective Time) or any Joint Venture under any Joint Venture Agreement, (i)
each Seller hereby irrevocably waives all rights it may have under the Joint
Venture Agreements with respect to any such matters and (ii) each Seller agrees
that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event
shall Buyer or any Buyer Indemnified Party have any obligation to seek recovery
with respect to such matters under the Joint Venture Agreements.
Section
10.4 Notice of
Claims.
(a) If
any of the Persons to be indemnified under this ARTICLE X (the "Indemnified Party")
has suffered or incurred any Damage, the Indemnified Party shall so notify the
party from whom indemnification is sought (and in the case of Damages relating
to the AB Joint Venture, the Indemnified Party shall notify both Parent and Life
Tech) (such party from whom indemnification is sought, the "Indemnifying Party")
promptly in writing describing the event giving rise to such Damage, the basis
upon which indemnity is being sought, the amount or estimated amount of the
Damage, if known or reasonably capable of estimation, and the method of
computation of such Damage, and, to the extent practicable, containing a
reference to the provisions of this Agreement in respect of which such Damage
shall have occurred.
(b) If
any action at Law or suit in equity is instituted, or any claim is asserted, by
or against a third party (a "Third Party Claim")
with respect to which the Indemnified Party intends to claim any Liability as a
Damage under this ARTICLE X, the Indemnified Party shall notify the Indemnifying
Party of such Third Party Claim reasonably promptly, specifying the nature of
such Third Party Claim and the amount or the estimated amount thereof to the
extent then feasible (which estimate shall not be conclusive of the final amount
of such Third Party Claim) (the "Claim Notice"). A
failure by the Indemnified Party to give reasonably prompt notice of any Third
Party Claim pursuant to this Section 10.4 shall not limit the obligation of the
Indemnifying Party under this ARTICLE X, except and only to the extent the
rights of such Indemnifying Party are actually and materially prejudiced
thereby, provided, however, that this
provision shall not affect the survival limitations in Section
10.1.
(c) If
an Indemnified Party asserts a claim for indemnification under this ARTICLE X
which does not involve a Third Party Claim, and the Indemnifying Party does not
notify the Indemnified Party within thirty (30) days from receipt of the Claim
Notice (the "Notice
Period") that the Indemnifying Party disputes such claim, the amount of
such claim shall be conclusively deemed an indemnifiable liability of the
Indemnifying Party hereunder. If the Indemnifying Party makes an objection in
writing, the Indemnified Party shall have fifteen (15) days to respond in a
written statement to the objection. If after such fifteen (15) day period there
remains a dispute as to any claim, the parties shall attempt in good faith for
fifteen (15) days to agree upon the rights of the respective parties with
respect to such claim. If the parties should so agree, a memorandum setting
forth such agreement shall be prepared and signed by both parties. If such
parties shall not agree, each Indemnified Party shall be entitled to initiate
proceedings and seek remedies as may be permitted under the terms of this
Agreement and applicable Law.
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(d) In
the event that the Indemnified Party commences an Action in order to recover
Damages hereunder, upon final determination of a court of competent jurisdiction
with respect thereto, the non-prevailing party in such Action shall reimburse
the prevailing party's reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorney's fees) incurred in connection with such Action.
Section
10.5 Third Party
Claims. In the
event of a Third Party Claim, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) If
any Indemnified Party asserts a claim for indemnification under this ARTICLE X
that involves a Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall, within the
Notice Period, notify the Indemnified Party (A) whether or not such Indemnifying
Party disputes the liability to the Indemnified Party hereunder with respect to
such Third Party Claim and (B) if such Indemnifying Party does not dispute such
liability, whether or not the Indemnifying Party desires, at the sole cost and
expense of the Indemnifying Party, to defend against such Third Party Claim,
provided that
the Indemnified Party is hereby authorized (but not obligated) prior to and
during the Notice Period to file any motion, answer or other pleading and to
take any other action which the Indemnified Party shall deem, based on opinion
of outside counsel, necessary to protect the Indemnified Party's interests
during such period (provided that, to the
extent practicable, the Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifying Party
advance notice of any such intended actions and, if advance notice is not
practicable, prompt notice of any action taken). If, and for so long as, (x) the
Indemnifying Party notifies the Indemnified Party within the Notice Period that
the Indemnifying Party does not dispute the Indemnifying Party's obligation to
indemnify hereunder and desires to defend the Indemnified Party against such
Third Party Claim and (y) the Third Party Claim does not (1) involve criminal
liability or any admission of wrongdoing, (2) seek equitable relief or any other
non-monetary remedy against the Indemnified Party or (3) involve any
Governmental Authority as a party thereto, then except as hereinafter provided,
such Indemnifying Party shall have the right to defend against such Third Party
Claim by appropriate proceedings with legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Indemnified Party; provided that, unless
the Indemnified Party otherwise consents in writing (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Indemnifying Party may not
settle any matter (in whole or in part) unless such settlement (I) involves no
admission of wrongdoing by the Indemnified Party or its Affiliates, (II) does
not impose any injunctive or other equitable relief upon the Indemnified Party
or its Affiliates, (III) includes as a term thereof a complete and unconditional
release of the Indemnified Party and its Affiliates from all Liabilities with
respect to the Third Party Claim and (IV) the monetary relief is fully and
actually covered by the indemnification payment provided for by this ARTICLE
X.
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(b) If
(i) the Indemnifying Party elects not to defend the Indemnified Party against
such Third Party Claim, whether by failure of the Indemnifying Party to give the
Indemnified Party timely notice as provided above, or (ii) the terms of this
Agreement do not permit the Indemnifying Party to defend the Indemnified Party
against such Third Party Claim, or (iii) the Indemnified Party advises that,
based on the advice of outside counsel, there are issues that raise actual or
likely conflicts of interest between the Indemnifying Party and the
Indemnified Party, or (iv) the Indemnified Party may have different or
additional defenses available to it than the Indemnifying Party, then, in the
cases of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, with the prior written consent
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of
the Indemnifying Party, or in the case of clause (i) above, following written
notice to the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party may settle or defend
against any such Third Party Claim and the Indemnified Party shall be entitled
to recover from the Indemnifying Party the amount of any settlement or judgment
and all Damages of the Indemnified Party with respect thereto. All reasonable
costs and expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party in so defending a Third
Party Claim shall constitute Damages.
(c) The
parties hereto shall cooperate in the defense or prosecution of any Third Party
Claim, with such cooperation to include (i) the retention and the provision of
the Indemnifying Party records and information that are reasonably relevant to
such Third Party Claim, and (ii) the making available of employees on a mutually
convenient basis for providing additional information and explanation of any
material provided hereunder.
(d) To
the extent that any Third Party Claim with respect to the AB Joint Venture
primarily relates to the actions, inactions or omissions of any Seller or any of
Sellers' Subsidiaries, or breaches of Sellers' representations or warranties,
Parent shall conduct and control such Third Party Claim, subject to the
provisions of this Section 10.5. To the extent that any Third Party Claim with
respect to the AB Joint Venture is generally related to the AB Joint Venture or
if it is unclear whether the Third Party Claim primarily relates to the actions,
inactions or omissions of any Seller or any of Sellers' Subsidiaries or breaches
of Sellers' representations or warranties, Parent shall conduct and control any
Third Party Claim, subject to the provisions of this Section 10.5. The parties
acknowledge that to the extent any Third Party Claim with respect to the AB
Joint Venture primarily relates to actions, inactions or omissions of Life Tech
or any of its Subsidiaries, or breaches of its representations or warranties
under the Life Technologies Purchase Agreement, then Life Tech shall conduct and
control such Third Party Claim pursuant to the Life Technologies Purchase
Agreement. In the event Parent and Life Tech fail to agree which party shall
conduct and control any Third Party Claim under the terms of this Agreement
and the corresponding provisions of the Life Technologies Purchase Agreement
within the Notice Period, Buyer Indemnified Parties shall treat such Third Party
Claim in the same manner as any Third Party Claim against which the Sellers have
elected not to defend.
Section
10.6 Limitations.
(a) In
no event shall Sellers be liable for indemnification pursuant to Section
10.2(a)(iii) unless and until the aggregate of all Damages with respect to
Section 10.2(a)(iii) that are imposed on or incurred by the Buyer Indemnified
Parties exceeds 1% of the Base Price (the "Deductible Amount"),
in which event the Buyer Indemnified Parties shall only be entitled to
indemnification for all Damages in excess of the Deductible Amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sellers shall not be required to make payments
for indemnification pursuant to (x) Section 10.2(a)(iii) in an aggregate amount
in excess of 15% of
the Base Price (the "Cap") or (y) Section
10.2(a)(iv) in an aggregate amount in excess of the Final Purchase Price. In no
event shall aggregate damages relating to any single breach (or related breaches
arising out of similar facts and circumstances) of Sellers' representations and
warranties contained in ARTICLE V of this Agreement (other than the Fundamental
Representations) constitute Damages, and therefore shall not be applied toward
the Deductible Amount to be indemnifiable hereunder, unless such aggregate
damages relating to any single breach (or related breaches arising out of
similar facts and circumstances) exceeds $25,000, in which event all of such
Damages shall constitute indemnifiable Damages and shall be applied to the
Deductible Amount (i.e., from the first dollar).
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) Sellers shall not be liable for any
indemnification under Section 10.2 for any damages suffered solely as a result
of Parent not obtaining the consent to the transfer of its interests in the PE
Joint Venture (provided Sellers shall have otherwise complied with the
agreements and covenants in Section 7.3(g) and Section 7.3(h)) and (ii)
indemnification under Section 7.6 shall not be subject to the limitations set
forth in this Section 10.6(a).
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(b) In
no event shall Buyer be liable for indemnification pursuant to Section
10.3(a)(iii) unless and until the aggregate of all Damages with respect to
Section 10.3(a)(iii) that are imposed on or incurred by Seller Indemnified
Parties exceeds the Deductible Amount, in which event Seller Indemnified Parties
shall only be entitled to indemnification for all Damages in excess of the
Deductible Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer shall not be required to
make payments for indemnification pursuant to Section 10.3(a)(iii) in an
aggregate amount in excess of the Cap. In no event shall aggregate damages
relating to any single breach (or related breaches arising out of similar facts
and circumstances) of Buyer's representations and warranties contained in
ARTICLE VI of this Agreement (other than the Fundamental Representations)
constitute Damages, and therefore shall not be applied toward the Deductible
Amount to be indemnifiable hereunder, unless such aggregate damages relating to
any single breach (or related breaches arising out of similar facts and
circumstances) exceed $25,000, in which event all of such Damages shall
constitute indemnifiable Damages and shall be applied to the Deductible
Amount (i.e., from the
first dollar)
(c) In
calculating amounts payable to an Indemnified Party hereunder, the amount of any
indemnified Damage shall be determined without duplication of any other Damage
for which an indemnification payment actually has been made under any other
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement in this Agreement or pursuant to
the Life Technologies Purchase Agreement.
(d) The
amount of any Damage or Tax for which indemnification is provided under Section
10.2 or Section 10.3 or Section 7.6(j)shall be net of (i) any amounts actually
recovered by the Indemnified Party pursuant to any indemnification by or
indemnification agreement with any unaffiliated third party and (ii) any
insurance proceeds or other cash receipts or sources of reimbursement actually
received from any third party as an offset against such Damage (each Person
named and source identified in clauses (i) and (ii), a "Collateral Source").
If the amount to be netted hereunder from any payment required under Section
10.2 or Section 10.3 or Section 7.6(j)is determined after payment by the
Indemnifying Party of any amount otherwise required to be paid to an Indemnified
Party pursuant to this Section 10.6(d), the Indemnified Party shall repay to the
Indemnifying Party, promptly after such determination, any amount that the
Indemnifying Party would not have had to pay pursuant to this Section 10.6(d)
had such determination been made at the time of such payment.
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(e) Notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, no indemnity may be sought hereunder in
respect of any Liability to the extent that such Liability is specifically
included on the face of the balance sheet included in the June 30, 2009
Financial Statements or fully to the extent that the relevant Damage was fully
taken into account in determining the Final Adjustment Amounts.
Section
10.7 Sole
Remedy/Waiver. The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that absent fraud or an intentional and
material breach of this Agreement or a breach of any Restrictive Covenant, the
remedies provided for in Section 2.5, Section 7.4, Section 7.16 and this ARTICLE
X shall be the parties' sole and exclusive remedy, from and after the Closing
Date, with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
other than with respect to Taxes set forth in Section 7.6. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (i) nothing contained herein shall impair the right of any party to
compel specific performance by another party of its obligations or seek
injunctive relief under this Agreement, and (ii) if any Buyer Indemnified Party
successfully asserts any indemnification claim based on fraud, an intentional
and material breach of this Agreement or breach of any Restrictive Covenant,
none of the limitations contained in this Agreement (including those set forth
in Section 10.1 and Section 10.6) shall apply to such claim.
Section
10.8 Right to
Choose. If a
party is entitled to bring a claim under more than one provision of Section 10.2
or Section 10.3, as the case may be, such party may choose in its sole and
absolute discretion the provision or provisions under which it seeks
indemnification.
Section
10.9 No Punitive
Damages.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, NO PARTY SHALL BE
LIABLE TO OR OTHERWISE RESPONSIBLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO OR ANY AFFILIATE OF
ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO FOR EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES THAT ARISE OUT OF OR
RELATE TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE PERFORMANCE OR BREACH HEREOF OR ANY LIABILITY
RETAINED OR ASSUMED HEREUNDER, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT AWARDED IN A THIRD PARTY
CLAIM.
Section
10.10 Purchase Price
Adjustment. Any
indemnity payment made pursuant to this ARTICLE X shall be treated as an
adjustment to the Final Purchase Price for Tax purposes to the maximum extent
permissible under applicable Tax Law. If any payment made pursuant to this
ARTICLE X is deemed by the Excise Tax Act (Canada) to include goods and services
tax or harmonized sales tax, or is deemed by any applicable provincial or
territorial legislation to include a similar value added or multi-stage tax, the
amount of such payment shall be increased by an amount equal to the applicable
rates of Tax.
ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
11.1 Notices. Any
notice required to be given hereunder shall be sufficient if in writing, and
sent by facsimile transmission (provided that any notice received by facsimile
transmission or otherwise at the addressee's location on any Business Day after
5:00 p.m. (addressee's local time) shall be deemed to have been received at 9:00
a.m. (addressee's local time) on the next Business Day), by reliable overnight
delivery service (with proof of service), hand delivery or certified or
registered mail (return receipt requested and first-class postage prepaid),
addressed as follows:
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To DHR or
Buyer:
DH
Technologies Development Pte Ltd.
c/x
Xxxxxxx Corporation
0000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Phone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxx
with a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Xxxxxxxx
& Xxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Phone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxx
and:
Osler,
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx XXX
Xxx 00, 1
First Canadian Place
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada M5X 1B8
Phone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
To Parent
or Sellers:
MDS
Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx. Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Phone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Attention: Xxx
Xxxxxx
with a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Phone: (000)
000 0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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and
Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
000 Xxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
X.X. Xxx
000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Xxxxxx
Phone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
or to
such other address as any party shall specify by written notice so given, and
such notice shall be deemed to have been delivered as of the date so
telecommunicated, personally delivered or mailed. Any party to this Agreement
may notify any other party of any changes to the address or any of the other
details specified in this paragraph; provided, however, that such
notification shall only be effective on the date specified in such notice or
five (5) Business Days after the notice is given, whichever is later. Rejection
or other refusal to accept or the inability to deliver because of changed
address of which no notice was given shall be deemed to be receipt of the notice
as of the date of such rejection, refusal or inability to deliver.
Section
11.2 Expenses.
Regardless of whether the transactions provided for in this Agreement are
consummated, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each of
the parties hereto shall pay its own expenses incident to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated in this Agreement (including legal fees, accounting
fees, investment banking fees and filing fees); provided that the responsibility
for payment of the required filing fees in connection with seeking the
governmental approvals in Section 7.3 will be for the account of
Buyer.
Section
11.3 Counterparts;
Effectiveness. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more consecutive counterparts (including by
facsimile), each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument, and shall become
effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties
and delivered (by facsimile or otherwise) to the other parties.
Section
11.4 Governing
Law.
(a) This
Agreement (other than Section 7.26), and all claims or causes of action (whether
in contract, tort or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate
to this Agreement (other than Section 7.26) or the negotiation, execution or
performance of this Agreement (other than Section 7.26) (including any claim or
cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or
warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to
enter into this Agreement), shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any
choice or conflict of law provision or rule (other than Sections 5-1401 and
5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law).
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(b) Section
7.26 of this Agreement and all claims or causes of action (whether in contract,
tort or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to Section
7.26 of this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of Section
7.26 of this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the internal laws of Ontario, Canada, without giving effect to any choice or
conflict of law provision or rule.
Section
11.5 Consent to Jurisdiction;
Service of
Process; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) EXCEPT
AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 7.23(e), (X) ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST
THE PARTIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT (OTHER THAN SECTION
7.26), INCLUDING ANY ACTIONS TO COMPEL ARBITRATION OR FOR PROVISIONAL RELIEF IN
AID OF ARBITRATION OR TO PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO OR PREVENT IRREPARABLE HARM
PRIOR TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL, OR ANY OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER,
SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF NEW YORK OR IF SUCH COURT HAS NO JURISDICTION, IN XXX XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXX XX
XXX XXXX LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND (Y) ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT
AGAINST THE PARTIES ARISING OUT OF SECTION 7.26 OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY
OBLIGATIONS UNDER SUCH SECTION, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS LOCATED IN
XXXXXXX, XXXXXXX, XXXXXX. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, THE
PARTIES, IRREVOCABLY (I) ACCEPT GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THESE COURTS; (II) WAIVE ANY OBJECTIONS WHICH SUCH
PARTY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID
ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT IN THE COURTS REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (I) ABOVE FOR
SUCH PURPOSE AND HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVE AND AGREE NOT TO PLEAD OR
CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT
FOR SUCH PURPOSE HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM; (III) AGREE THAT
SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY
REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO SUCH PARTY AT THEIR
RESPECTIVE ADDRESSES PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 11.1 OR IN ANY OTHER
MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW; AND (IV) AGREE THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (III)
ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PARTY IN ANY SUCH
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING
SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT.
(b) NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY SET FORTH IN SECTION 11.5(A) ABOVE, (I) SOLELY WITH
RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE CONCERNING UNRESOLVED OBJECTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PRELIMINARY CLOSING BALANCE SHEET, THE ACCOUNTING FIRM SHALL RESOLVE ALL ISSUES
RELATING TO THE PREPARATION OF THE CLOSING BALANCE SHEET AND THE CLOSING NET
WORKING CAPITAL, AND SUCH ISSUES SHALL NOT BE HEARD OR DETERMINED BY ANY COURT
(EXCEPT FOR ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY DETERMINATION BY
THE ACCOUNTING FIRM); (II) SOLELY WITH RESPECT TO ANY POST-CLOSING DISPUTE OR
CLAIM RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS, THE DISPUTE SHALL BE RESOLVED BY ARBITRATION PURSUANT TO SECTION
11.6 AND SUCH ISSUES SHALL NOT BE HEARD OR DETERMINED BY ANY COURT (EXCEPT FOR
(X) ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY ARBITRAL AWARD MADE IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY ARBITRATION OF A DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR (Y) ANY ACTION SEEKING
A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION OR OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF (WHICH DISPUTES SHALL BE
HEARD BY A COURT PURSUANT TO SECTION 11.5(A)).
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(c) THE
PARTIES UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING IN ANY COURT ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT.
Section
11.6 Dispute
Resolution.
(a) Except
as otherwise provided in Section 3.2, Section 7.23(e), Section 11.5(a) and
Section 11.5(b), from and after the Closing, in the event of any dispute,
controversy or claim arising out of, relating to or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document (including any schedule or exhibit
hereto and thereto) or the breach, termination or validity thereof or the
negotiation, execution or performance thereof (a "Dispute"), the
parties shall attempt to settle such Dispute in the first instance by mutual
discussions between representatives of senior management of each party. Within
five (5) Business Days of the receipt by a party or parties of a written notice
from another party or parties of the existence of a Dispute (the "Dispute Notice"), the
receiving party or parties shall submit a written response to the other party or
parties (the "Dispute
Response"). Both the Dispute Notice and the Dispute Response shall
include (i) a statement of each disputing party's position with regard to the
Dispute and a summary of arguments supporting that position; and (ii) the name
and title of the senior executive who will represent that party in attempting to
resolve the Dispute pursuant to this Section 11.6. Within five (5) Business Days
of receipt of the Dispute Response, the designated executives shall meet and
attempt to resolve the Dispute. All negotiations pursuant to this paragraph
shall be confidential and shall be treated as compromise and settlement
negotiations, and no oral or documentary representations made by the parties
during such negotiations shall be admissible for any purpose in any subsequent
proceedings. If, for any reason, any Dispute is not resolved within twenty (20)
days of receipt of the Dispute Notice (or within such longer period as to which
the parties have agreed in writing), then the Dispute shall be submitted to
mediation in accordance with Section 11.6(a).
(b) If
any Dispute is not timely resolved by negotiation pursuant to Section 11.6(a),
such Dispute shall be submitted to mediation in accordance with the JAMS
International Mediation Rules. Either party shall provide to JAMS and the other
party a written request for mediation, setting forth the subject of the dispute.
The parties will cooperate with JAMS and with one another in selecting a
mediator from JAMS panel of neutrals, and in scheduling the mediation
proceedings. The parties covenant that they will participate in the mediation in
good faith, and that they will share equally in its costs. If no mediator has
been agreed upon by all the disputing parties within ten (10) days submission to
JAMS of the request for mediation, then either party may request that JAMS
appoint a mediator. All mediation pursuant to this Section 11.6(a) shall be
confidential and shall be treated as compromise and settlement negotiations, and
no oral or documentary representations made by the parties during such mediation
shall be admissible for any purpose in any subsequent proceedings. If, for any
reason, the Dispute has not been resolved within thirty (30) days of the
appointment of a mediator, or within ninety (90) days of receipt by a party of
the Dispute Notice in accordance with Section 11.6(a) herein (whichever occurs
sooner) then, on the request of any party the Dispute shall be referred to
arbitration in accordance with Section 11.6(b).
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(c) Any
Dispute not timely resolved in accordance with Section 11.6(b) shall be finally
and exclusively resolved by arbitration in accordance with the then-prevailing
JAMS International Arbitration Rules and Procedures, except as modified herein
(the "Rules").
If the Dispute (including all claims and counterclaims) is for $10 million or
less, there shall be a single arbitrator. The parties shall have fifteen (15)
days from receipt by respondent of the request for arbitration to agree on a
single arbitrator. Failing timely agreement, the arbitrator shall be selected by
JAMS using the listing ranking and striking method in the Rules. If the Dispute
(including all claims and counterclaims) is for more than $10 million, there
shall be three (3) neutral arbitrators of whom each of Buyer and, Parent shall
select one within twenty (20) days of the commencement of the arbitration. The
two arbitrators so appointed shall select a third arbitrator to serve as
chairperson within fourteen (14) days of the designation of the second of the
two (2) initial arbitrators. If any arbitrator is not timely appointed, at the
request of any party such arbitrator shall be appointed by JAMS pursuant to the
listing, striking and ranking procedure in the Rules. All arbitration pursuant
to Section 11.6(c) shall be confidential, and no oral or documentary
representations made by the parties during such arbitration shall be admissible
for any purpose in any subsequent proceedings (other than any proceeding to
enforce any award from such arbitration). The parties shall not disclose
the existence, results or outcome of the arbitration except to their attorneys,
accountants or advisors or as may be required by law or regulatory authority or
as may be required to enforce any award. The place of arbitration shall be New
York, New York. There shall be no discovery in the arbitration and the parties
shall only be required to produce in advance of the hearing on the merits any
documents which they plan to introduce in evidence at the hearing. The
arbitral tribunal may award any remedy or relief permitted under the terms of
this agreement including specific performance or temporary or permanent
injunctive relief regarding any obligation hereunder. The arbitral tribunal is
not empowered to award damages in excess of compensatory damages, and each party
hereby irrevocably waives any right to recover punitive or exemplary damages
with respect to any Dispute except to the extent awarded to a third party. Any
proceedings before the Accounting Firm pursuant to Section 3.2, any arbitration
proceedings, decision or award rendered hereunder and the validity, effect and
interpretation of this arbitration agreement shall be governed by the Federal
Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §1 et seq. The award shall be final and binding upon
the parties and shall be the sole and exclusive remedy between the parties
regarding any claims, counterclaims, issues or accounting presented to the
arbitral tribunal. Judgment upon any award may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction.
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(d) By
agreeing to arbitration, the parties do not intend to deprive any court of its
jurisdiction to issue a pre-arbitral injunction, pre-arbitral attachment, or
other order in aid of arbitration proceedings and the enforcement of any award.
Each party unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or
the New York State Courts located in New York, New York (the "New York Courts") for
the purpose of any such pre-arbitral injunction, pre-arbitral attachment, or
other order in aid of arbitration proceedings, and to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of such courts for the enforcement of any arbitral award rendered
in accordance with this Agreement. Each party unconditionally and irrevocably
waives any objections which they may have now or in the future to the
jurisdiction of the New York Courts including without limitation objections by
reason of lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, or inconvenient forum.
The parties agree that service of all process in any such proceeding may be made
by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to such party at
their respective addresses provided in accordance with Section 11.1; and
agree that such service is sufficient to confer personal jurisdiction over such
party in any such proceeding in any New York court, and otherwise constitutes
effective and binding service in every respect. Without prejudice to such
provisional remedies as may be available under the jurisdiction of a court, the
arbitral tribunal shall have full authority to grant provisional remedies and to
direct the parties to request that any court modify or vacate any temporary or
preliminary relief issued by such court, and to award damages for the failure of
any party to respect the arbitral tribunal's orders to that effect.
(e) The
parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement evidences a transaction
involving interstate commerce and that the United States Federal Arbitration
Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., shall govern the interpretation, validity, and
enforcement of this Section 11.6 and any proceedings pursuant to those
Sections.
Section
11.7 Assignment. No
party to this Agreement may assign any of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party hereto; provided, however, either party
may assign its rights and obligations to one or more of its respective
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (it being understood that such assignment shall not be
permitted if it would delay or impair the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby); provided, further, that, no
such assignment shall relieve the assigning party of any of its obligations
hereunder. No change in the specific entities that are designated by Buyer as
the Asset Buyers, the Stock Buyers or the Joint Venture Buyers shall relieve
Buyer or DHR of any of their obligations under ARTICLE II, ARTICLE III, and
Section 10.3, and no change in the specific entities that are designated by
Parent as the Asset Sellers or Stock Sellers shall relieve any Seller of any of
its obligations under ARTICLE II, ARTICLE III, Section 7.6(k) or Section
10.2.
Section
11.8 Parties in
Interest.
(a) This
Agreement and all the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, it is expressly
agreed that the express assumption by the receiving, acquiring, leasing,
surviving or successor Person(s) (the "Successors") (on a
joint and several basis with the relevant party hereto) of all of the
obligations of any party hereto shall be a condition precedent to the transfer,
sale, lease, assignment or other disposition of all or a substantial portion of
the business, operations or Assets (including on a consolidated basis with its
Subsidiaries) of such party, by way of asset sale, equity sale, merger,
consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, recapitalization, operation of Law or
otherwise, and that further such assumption shall be deemed to occur
automatically to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that Parent sells all or a substantial portion of
the business, operations or Assets of Parent’s Pharma Services Business in a
sale including all of the outstanding Equity Interests or Assets of MDS Life
Sciences (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. and/or MDS (US) Inc. (in each case solely to the
extent that a material portion of the Assets of such business do not relate to
Parent’s Nordion business), then such Seller shall no longer have any liability
with the other Sellers under Article X for the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements of such Seller (and the Assets and Liabilities held by
such Seller prior to the Closing), it being understood that the remaining
Sellers shall continue to have joint and several liability for all
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of all of the Sellers
(including MDS Life Sciences (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. and/or MDS (US) Inc., as
applicable). Except as set forth in Section 11.8(b) below, this Agreement is for
the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their permitted assigns and nothing
herein express or implied shall give or be construed to give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and such permitted assigns, any legal or equitable
rights hereunder.
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(b) Buyer
agrees that it accepts each indemnity under Section 10.2 in favor of each of the
other Buyer Indemnified Parties and each indemnity under Section 7.6(k)(i) in
favor of its Affiliates, as agent and trustee of such Indemnified Party and
Affiliate. Buyer may enforce such indemnities on behalf of that Indemnified
Party and Affiliate, as applicable. Parent agrees that it accepts each indemnity
under Section 2.5 and Section 10.3 in favor of each other Indemnified Party set
forth in such section and each indemnity under Section 7.6(k)(i)(1) in favor of
its Affiliates, as agent and trustee of such Indemnified Party and Affiliate.
Parent may enforce such indemnities on behalf of that Indemnified Party and
Affiliate, director, officer, employee, representative and advisor, as
applicable.
Section
11.9 Titles and
Headings. The
headings and table of contents in this Agreement are for reference purposes
only, and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
Section
11.10 Entire
Agreement. This
Agreement (including the Schedules and Exhibits attached hereto or delivered in
connection herewith), the Ancillary Agreements, the Section 8.2(c) Certificate,
the Section 8.3(c) Certificate and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the
entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the matters covered by
this Agreement and thereby, and supersede all previous written, oral or implied
understandings among them with respect to such matters.
Section
11.11 Specific
Performance. The
parties hereto agree that if any of the provisions of this Agreement were not
performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached,
irreparable damage would occur, no adequate remedy at law would exist and
damages would be difficult to determine, and that the parties shall be entitled
to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at
law or equity, without any requirement to the securing or posting of any bond in
connection with such remedy.
Section
11.12 Amendment and
Modification. This
Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf
of each of the parties hereto.
Section
11.13 Waiver. Any of
the terms or conditions of this Agreement may be waived at any time by the party
or parties hereto entitled to the benefit thereof, but only by a writing signed
by the party or parties waiving such terms or conditions. The waiver by any
party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be
construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.
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Section
11.14 Severability. If any
term, provisions, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court
of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or
unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall
in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the economic or legal
substance of the transactions completed by this Agreement is not affected in any
manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination, the parties
shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to affect the
original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in
order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement be consummated as
originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
Section
11.15 Knowledge. To the
extent that any representation is made to "Sellers' knowledge" (or
similar words), such knowledge shall refer to the actual knowledge of the
individuals listed in Section 11.15 of the Sellers' Disclosure Schedule under
the heading "Sellers' knowledge," including any such knowledge that such
individuals have, or could reasonably be expected to have, obtained after due
and reasonable inquiry, consultation and investigation of the Books and Records
and the employees of Sellers and their Subsidiaries who would reasonably be
expected to have information regarding the subject matter of such inquiry,
consultation or investigation. To the extent that any representation is made to
the "Buyer's knowledge" (or similar words), such knowledge shall refer to the
actual knowledge of the individuals listed on Section 11.15 of the Buyer's
Disclosure Schedule, including any such knowledge that such individuals have, or
could reasonably be expected to have, obtained after due and reasonable inquiry,
consultation and investigation of the books and records of Buyer and its
Affiliates and the employees of Buyer and its Affiliates who would reasonably be
expected to have information regarding the subject matter of such inquiry,
consultation or investigation.
Section
11.16 Affiliate Status and
Subsidiaries. To the
extent that a party hereto is required hereunder to take certain action with
respect to entities designated in this Agreement as such party's Affiliates,
such obligation shall apply to such entities only during such period of time
that such entities are Affiliates of such party. To the extent this Agreement or
an Ancillary Agreement requires a Subsidiary or Affiliate of any party to take
or omit to take any action, such agreement and obligation includes the
obligation of a party to cause such Subsidiary or Affiliate to take or omit to
take such actions.
Section
11.17 Currency.
Whenever any payment hereunder is to be paid in "cash", payment shall be made in
the legal tender of the United States and the method for payment shall be by
wire transfer of immediately available funds. In the event there is any need to
convert U.S. dollars into any foreign currency, or vice versa, for any purpose
under this Agreement the exchange rate shall be that published by the Wall
Street Journal on the date an obligation is paid (or if the Wall Street Journal
is not published on such date, the first date thereafter on which the Wall
Street Journal is published).
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Section
11.18 DHR
Guaranty.
(a) Guaranty.
(i) From
the date hereof to the Closing, DHR absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees to Sellers the due and punctual payment and performance of, and
compliance by Buyer with, all obligations, covenants, warranties and
undertakings agreed by Buyer to be performed, observed or complied with by
Buyer and contained in or arising under this Agreement including, the full and
punctual payment by Buyer, when due, of the Initial Purchase Price, and all
interest, fees, obligations, liabilities, indebtedness and other amounts of
every kind, in each case of Buyer arising out of this Agreement, (all the
foregoing obligations and undertakings are collectively referred to hereinafter
as the "Guaranteed
Obligations").
(ii) This
guaranty is an absolute and unconditional guaranty of performance and payment of
obligations of Buyer when due under this Agreement. If for any reason Buyer
shall fail or be unable duly and punctually to pay any such amount when due
under this Agreement, DHR will forthwith pay, if not already paid by Buyer, the
same immediately upon written demand by Parent.
(iii) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, DHR's performance of its
obligations under this Section 11.18 shall be subject to the same terms,
conditions and rights as Buyer is entitled to enforce and/or rely upon under
this Agreement.
(b) Guarantee Continuing and
Unlimited.
(i) DHR
guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be satisfied strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, subject to any Law now or hereafter
in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of any
Seller with respect thereto. The liabilities and obligations of DHR under or in
respect of this Section 11.18 are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or
any other liabilities or obligations of Buyer under or in respect of this
Agreement, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted
against DHR to enforce its obligations under this Section 11.18 (subject to the
other terms and conditions of DHR's guarantee contemplated by this Section 11.18
and the other provisions of this Agreement), irrespective of whether any action
is brought against Buyer or whether Buyer is joined in any such action or
actions. The obligations of DHR hereunder shall be in full force and effect,
continuing and unlimited until the Closing, at which time they shall terminate,
and shall not be subject to any non compulsory counterclaim, set off, deduction
or defense (other than payment or performance) based upon any claim DHR may have
against the Buyer. DHR's obligations under this Section 11.18 shall not be
released, discharged or in any way affected by any or all of the
following:
(1) any
change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all
or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other liabilities or obligations of
Buyer under or in respect of this Agreement, or any other amendment or waiver of
or any consent to departure from any this Agreement, in each case to the extent
Buyer has consented to such change, amendment or waiver;
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(2) any
express amendment or modification of or supplement to this Agreement, or any
assignment or transfer of any the Guaranteed Obligations, in each case to the
extent Buyer has consented to such amendment, modification, assignment or
transfer;
(3) any
failure on the part of Buyer to perform or comply with this
Agreement;
(4) any
waiver, consent, change, extension, indulgence or other action or any action or
inaction under or in respect of this Agreement, , to the extent Buyer has prior
notice of and has consented to any of the foregoing;
(5) any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, composition,
liquidation or similar proceeding with respect to DHR or Buyer, or their
respective properties, or any action taken by any trustee or receiver or by any
court in any such proceeding, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles;
or
(6) any
change in the name or ownership of Buyer or any other person referred to
herein.
(ii) The
unconditional obligations of DHR set forth herein constitute the full recourse
obligations of DHR enforceable against it to the full extent of its assets and
properties and rank pari passu with all other senior
unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of DHR. This guaranty shall terminate
on the earlier to occur of (i) the Closing or (ii) when all of Buyer's
obligations under this Agreement through the Closing have been satisfied. Upon
the termination of this guaranty and upon DHR's request, Sellers shall promptly
deliver to DHR a written acknowledgment that this guaranty has
terminated.
(c) Waivers and
Acknowledgments. DHR hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke the provisions of
this Section 11.18 and acknowledges that these provisions shall apply to all
Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.
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(d) Representations and
Warranties.
(i) DHR
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and duly qualified or has
corporate licenses and in good standing (to the extent such concept is legally
recognized under the applicable Laws of the state or jurisdiction of its
organization) under the Laws of the state or jurisdiction of its organization
with full corporate or other power, as the case may be, and authority to own,
lease, use and operate its properties and to conduct its business as currently
conducted.
(ii) DHR
has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and deliver this
Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by DHR and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or other similar action on the part of DHR. This Agreement
has been duly and validly executed and delivered by DHR to the extent it is a
party thereto and, assuming this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by Parent, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of DHR to the extent it is a party hereto, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms to the extent it is a party hereto, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights
and to general equity principles.
(iii) Neither
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by DHR, nor the
performance of its obligations hereunder, will:
(1) conflict with, or
result in a breach of any provision of, the certificate of incorporation, bylaws
or other comparable organizational documents of DHR;
(2) violate, or conflict
with, or result in, a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default under,
or result in the acceleration of, or create in any party the right to
accelerate, terminate or cancel, any (i) material Contract to which DHR is a
party or to which any of its properties or assets may be bound, or (ii) any
Permit to which DHR is subject, or to which any of its respective properties or
assets may be subject, except in each case, for any violation, conflict, breach,
default, termination or acceleration that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have, or reasonably be expected to have a Buyer Material Adverse
Effect; or
(3) require any
Governmental Filings, other than (i) Governmental Filings required by the HSR
Act or other Antitrust Laws, (ii) as set forth in Section 6.3(c) of the
Buyer's Disclosure Schedule, (iii) Governmental Filings that become applicable
as a result the identity of Parent and the other Sellers, and (iv) such other
Governmental Filings the failure of which to be obtained or made, would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have, or reasonably be expected to have, a
Buyer Material Adverse Effect.
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(iv) Directly
or indirectly, through one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries, DHR owns 100% of
the outstanding Equity Interests of Buyer.
(e) The
parties hereby expressly agree that DHR is executing this Agreement solely for
purposes of Section 7.3(b), Section 7.3(c), Section 7.3(d), Section 7.18(b), and
ARTICLE XI.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the day and year first above written.
MDS
INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
Executive Vice President & CFO
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MDS
(US) INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx |
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
President
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MDS
LIFE SCIENCES (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
Director
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MDS
LABORATOIRES QUEBEC LTÉE (solely for purposes of Section 5.1, Section 5.2,
Section 5.3, Section 5.4, Section 7.6(k) and ARTICLE X and ARTICLE
XI)
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
President
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxx |
Name:
Xxxxx X. XxXxxxx
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Title:
Director
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XXXXXXX
CORPORATION
(in
accordance with Section 11.18(e) hereof)
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxx |
Name:
Xxxxx X. XxXxxxx
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Title:
Vice President &
Treasurer
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Signature
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