FORM OF MASTER SEPARATION AGREEMENT between THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY and BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC. dated as of
Exhibit 2.1
FORM OF
between
THE XXXXXXX & XXXXXX COMPANY
and
XXXXXXX & XXXXXX ENTERPRISES, INC.
dated as of
, 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
DEFINITIONS | 1 | ||||
Section 1.1 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 1.2 |
Interpretation | 19 | ||||
ARTICLE II | SEPARATION AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS |
21 | ||||
Section 2.1 |
The Separation | 21 | ||||
Section 2.2 |
Charter and Bylaws | 22 | ||||
Section 2.3 |
Instruments of Transfer and Assumption | 22 | ||||
Section 2.4 |
No Representations or Warranties | 22 | ||||
Section 2.5 |
Agreements | 23 | ||||
Section 2.6 |
Transfers Not Effected Prior to the Distribution Time | 24 | ||||
ARTICLE III | MUTUAL RELEASES; INDEMNIFICATION |
24 | ||||
Section 3.1 |
Release of Pre-Closing Claims | 24 | ||||
Section 3.2 |
Termination of Intercompany Agreements | 27 | ||||
Section 3.3 |
Indemnification by SpinCo | 27 | ||||
Section 3.4 |
Indemnification by RemainCo | 28 | ||||
Section 3.5 |
Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds; Duty of Cooperation | 29 | ||||
Section 3.6 |
Tax Benefits | 30 | ||||
Section 3.7 |
Procedures for Defense and Indemnification of Third Party Claims | 31 | ||||
Section 3.8 |
Additional Matters | 34 | ||||
Section 3.9 |
Contribution | 35 | ||||
Section 3.10 |
Remedies Cumulative | 35 | ||||
Section 3.11 |
Specific Performance | 35 | ||||
Section 3.12 |
Survival of Indemnities | 35 | ||||
Section 3.13 |
Limitation of Liability | 36 | ||||
ARTICLE IV | THE DISTRIBUTION |
36 | ||||
Section 4.1 |
Delivery to Distribution Agent | 36 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Mechanics of the Distribution | 36 | ||||
Section 4.3 |
Conditions Precedent to Consummation of the Separation and the Distribution | 37 |
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(continued)
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ARTICLE V |
ARBITRATION; DISPUTE RESOLUTION | 38 | ||||
Section 5.1 |
General | 38 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
Negotiation | 39 | ||||
Section 5.3 |
Demand for Arbitration | 39 | ||||
Section 5.4 |
Arbitrators | 40 | ||||
Section 5.5 |
Hearings | 41 | ||||
Section 5.6 |
Discovery and Certain Other Matters | 41 | ||||
Section 5.7 |
Certain Additional Matters | 42 | ||||
Section 5.8 |
Continuity of Service and Performance | 43 | ||||
Section 5.9 |
Law Governing Arbitration Procedures | 43 | ||||
ARTICLE VI |
COVENANTS AND OTHER MATTERS | 43 | ||||
Section 6.1 |
Other Agreements | 43 | ||||
Section 6.2 |
Further Instruments | 43 | ||||
Section 6.3 |
Provision of Books and Records | 44 | ||||
Section 6.4 |
Agreement For Exchange of Information | 45 | ||||
Section 6.5 |
Preservation of Legal Privileges; Attorney Representation | 47 | ||||
Section 6.6 |
Payment of Expenses | 49 | ||||
Section 6.7 |
Surety Instruments | 50 | ||||
Section 6.8 |
Guarantee Obligations | 52 | ||||
Section 6.9 |
Confidentiality | 55 | ||||
Section 6.10 |
Insurance | 57 | ||||
Section 6.11 |
Noncompetition | 60 | ||||
ARTICLE VII |
MISCELLANEOUS | 61 | ||||
Section 7.1 |
Authority | 61 | ||||
Section 7.2 |
Termination | 62 | ||||
Section 7.3 |
Entire Agreement | 62 | ||||
Section 7.4 |
Binding Effect; No Third-Party Beneficiaries; Assignment | 62 | ||||
Section 7.5 |
Amendment | 62 | ||||
Section 7.6 |
Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative | 62 | ||||
Section 7.7 |
Notices | 62 |
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Section 7.8 |
Counterparts | 62 | ||||
Section 7.9 |
Severability | 63 | ||||
Section 7.10 |
Governing Law | 63 | ||||
Section 7.11 |
Construction | 63 | ||||
Section 7.12 |
Performance | 63 | ||||
Section 7.13 |
Limited Liability | 63 |
SCHEDULES |
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Schedule 1.1(a) |
Excluded Assets | |
Schedule 1.1(b) |
Designated RemainCo Entities | |
Schedule 1.1(c) |
Entities for Which Liabilities for Any Future Claims Shall Be Shared | |
Schedule 1.1(c)(i) |
Designated RemainCo Liabilities | |
Schedule 1.1(d) |
Designated SpinCo Entities | |
Schedule 1.1(e) |
RemainCo Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 1.1(f) |
RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business | |
Schedule 1.1(g) |
Non-Subsidiary Joint Ventures | |
Schedule 1.1(h) |
Divided Liabilities | |
Schedule 1.1(i) |
RemainCo Specified Liabilities | |
Schedule 1.1(j) |
RemainCo Surety Obligations for the SpinCo Business | |
Schedule 1.1(k) |
Additional SpinCo Assets | |
Schedule 1.1(l) |
SpinCo Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 1.1(m) |
SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business | |
Schedule 1.1(n) |
Certain Litigation and Environmental Matters | |
Schedule 1.1(o) |
SpinCo Specified Liabilities | |
Schedule 1.1(p) |
SpinCo Surety Obligations for the RemainCo Business | |
Schedule 2.2(a) |
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of SpinCo | |
Schedule 2.2(b) |
Amended and Restated Bylaws of SpinCo | |
Schedule 6.3 |
Certain Books and Records and Related Provisions | |
Schedule 6.10 |
Tail Coverage | |
Schedule 6.11 |
Additional Definitions |
This MASTER SEPARATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of , 2015, between The Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Company, a Delaware corporation, (“RemainCo”) and Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“SpinCo”). RemainCo and SpinCo are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party,” and collectively as the “Parties.” Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Article I hereof.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, SpinCo is a wholly owned Subsidiary of RemainCo;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of RemainCo has determined that it would be appropriate and in the best interests of RemainCo and its stockholders for RemainCo to separate the SpinCo Business from the RemainCo Business;
WHEREAS, in furtherance thereof, the Board of Directors of RemainCo has determined that, following the Separation, it would be appropriate and in the best interests of RemainCo and its stockholders for RemainCo to distribute (the “Distribution”) on a pro rata basis to the holders of outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of RemainCo (“RemainCo Common Stock”) all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of SpinCo (“SpinCo Common Stock”) owned by RemainCo as of the Distribution Date immediately before the Distribution Time;
WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (i) certain transactions to be effected in connection with the Separation are intended to qualify as tax-free transactions under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) and (ii) the Distribution is intended to qualify as a tax-free transaction under Section 355 of the Code; and
WHEREAS, the Parties intend in this Agreement, including the Schedules hereto, to set forth the principal arrangements between them regarding the Separation and the Distribution.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the covenants and agreements set forth below and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“AAA” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a).
“AAA Rules” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a).
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“ACE” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.10(j).
“Action” means any demand, claim, action, suit, countersuit, arbitration, litigation, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority or any arbitration or mediation tribunal or authority.
“Actually Realized” has the meaning set forth in the Tax Sharing Agreement.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the specified Person. For this purpose “control” of a Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement and includes all Schedules attached hereto or delivered pursuant hereto.
“Ancillary Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
“Apollo/Parks/SLDA Litigation” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 1.1(i).
“Apollo/Parks/SLDA Sites” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 1.1(i).
“Applicable Deadline” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(b).
“Applicable Response Period” means the shorter of (a) 30 days after the receipt of notice from an Indemnitee in accordance with Section 3.7(a) or Section 3.8(a), as applicable, or (b) the greater of (i) 5 Business Days prior to any deadline that the Indemnitee must comply with to meet the Indemnitee’s own contractual obligations or to exercise the Indemnitee’s contractual rights against a Third Party (provided that the Indemnitee has set forth such deadline in its notice given in accordance with Section 3.7(a) or Section 3.8(a), as applicable) and (ii) 5 Business Days following the receipt of the notice from an Indemnitee in accordance with Section 3.7(a) or Section 3.8(a), as applicable.
“Applicable Security Instruments for Guarantees” means, with respect to any Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business, (i) indemnity bonds issued by one or more financial institutions or other issuers, and on terms and conditions, reasonably acceptable, with respect to a Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business, to RemainCo and, with respect to a Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business, to SpinCo, with (A) the expiration date of such bonds being a date on or after the PCG End Date for such Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business and (B) the amounts of such bonds being, in the aggregate, not less than the Net Exposure for such Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business, or (ii) if the PCG End Date for such Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business is after the expiration date for any indemnity bonds contemplated by clause (i)(A), (A) irrevocable standby letters of credit issued by one or more financial institutions reasonably acceptable, with respect
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to a Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business, to RemainCo and, with respect to a Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business, to SpinCo, with the amounts of such letters of credit being, in the aggregate, not less than 25% of the Net Exposure for such Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business and with such letters of credit providing that they will remain in effect through the applicable PCG End Date (or, if they will not remain in effect through such date, that they may be drawn in full by the beneficiary thereof if such letters of credit have an expiration or termination date on or prior to the applicable PCG Date and such letters of credit are not, prior to 15 days before such expiration or termination, replaced with other letters of credit meeting the qualifications of this clause (ii)(A) or extended) and (B) indemnity bonds issued by one or more financial institutions or other issuers, and on terms and conditions, reasonably acceptable, with respect to a Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business, to RemainCo and, with respect to a Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business, to SpinCo, with (1) the expiration date of such bonds being no earlier than the earlier of (x) three years after the date such bonds are issued and, if the expiration date is before the PCG End Date, providing for annual rolling one-year extensions and (y) the PCG End Date and (2) the amounts of such bonds being, in the aggregate, not less than the difference between (a) the Net Exposure for such Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business and (b) the amount of the letters of credit referenced in the immediately preceding clause (ii)(A).
“Applicable Security Instruments for Surety Obligations” means, with respect to any Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business, (i) indemnity bonds issued by one or more financial institutions or other issuers, and on terms and conditions, reasonably acceptable, with respect to a Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business, to RemainCo and, with respect to a Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business, to SpinCo, with (A) the expiration date of such bonds being a date on or after the Surety Obligation End Date for such Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business and (B) the amounts of such bonds being, in the aggregate, not less than the Surety Obligation Net Exposure for such Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business, or (ii) if the Surety Obligation End Date for such Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business is after the expiration date for any indemnity bonds contemplated by clause (i)(A), (A) irrevocable standby letters of credit issued by one or more financial institutions reasonably acceptable, with respect to a Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business, to RemainCo and, with respect to a Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business, to SpinCo, with the amounts of such letters of credit being, in the aggregate, not less than 25% of the Surety Obligation Net Exposure for such Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business and with such letters of credit providing that they will remain in effect through the applicable Surety Obligation End Date (or, if they will not remain in effect through such date, that they may be drawn in full by the beneficiary thereof if such letters of credit have an expiration or termination date on or prior to the applicable Surety Obligation Date and such letters of credit are not, prior to 15 days before such expiration or termination, replaced with other letters of credit meeting the qualifications of this clause (ii)(A) or extended) and (B)
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indemnity bonds issued by one or more financial institutions or other issuers, and on terms and conditions, reasonably acceptable, with respect to a Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business, to RemainCo and, with respect to a Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business, to SpinCo, with (1) the expiration date of such bonds being no earlier than the earlier of (x) three years after the date such bonds are issued and, if the expiration date is before the Surety Obligation End Date, providing for annual rolling one-year extensions and (y) the Surety Obligation End Date and (2) the amounts of such bonds being, in the aggregate, not less than the difference between (a) the Surety Obligation Net Exposure for such Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business and (b) the amount of the letters of credit referenced in the immediately preceding clause (ii)(A).
“Appropriate Member of the RemainCo Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
“Appropriate Member of the SpinCo Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
“Arbitration Act” means the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq.
“Arbitration Demand Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a).
“Asset” means all rights, properties or assets, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, of any kind, nature and description, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise, and wheresoever situated and whether or not carried or reflected, or required to be carried or reflected, on the books of any Person.
“Assumption and Loss Allocation Agreement” means the Agreement dated as of , 2015 to which ACE American Insurance Company, RemainCo and SpinCo are parties.
“Barberton Documentation” means (i) the License Agreement dated as of [ ], 2015 by and between Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Power Generation Group, Inc. and Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Nuclear Operations Group, Inc., (ii) the Cross-Easement by and between Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Power Generation Group, Inc. and Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. dated as of [ ], 2015, (iii) the Right of First Offer dated as of [ ], 2015 by and between Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Power Generation Group, Inc. and Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. and (iv) the Limited Warranty Deed dated as of [ ], 2015 from Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Power Generation Group, Inc. in favor of Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.
“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is closed.
“Captive Insurance Novation and Assumption Agreements” means (a) the Novation and Assumption Agreement dated as of [ ], 2015 by and among RemainCo, SpinCo, Dampkraft and Creole and (b) the Reinsurance Novation and Assumption Agreement dated as of [ ], 2015 by and among ACE American Insurance Company and the Ace Affiliates (as defined therein), Dampkraft and Creole.
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“Change of Control” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, the occurrence of any of the following after the Distribution Date:
(i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes a beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of such Person representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of such Person’s then-outstanding securities;
(ii) during any period of 12 consecutive months, individuals who, as of the Distribution Date, constitute the members of such Person’s Board of Directors (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason other than due to death or disability to constitute at least a majority of the members of such Person’s Board of Directors, provided that any director who was nominated for election by, or was elected with the approval of, at least a majority of the members of such Person’s Board of Directors who are at the time Incumbent Directors shall be considered an Incumbent Director;
(iii) the consummation of any transaction (including any merger, amalgamation or consolidation), a result of which is that less than 50% of the total voting power of the surviving entity is held by the stockholders of such Person prior to such transaction; or
(iv) such Person shall have sold, transferred or exchanged all, or substantially all, of its assets to another Person.
“Claims Administration” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.10(i).
“Code” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Compete” means, with respect to a specified type of business, to conduct or participate or engage in, or bid for or otherwise pursue, any such business, whether as a principal or as a partner, joint venturer, or owner of any debt or equity interest in any Person or business that conducts, participates or engages in, or bids for or otherwise pursues, any such business.
“Confidential Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(a).
“Consent” means any consents, waivers or approvals from, or notification requirements to, any third parties, including any notices or reports to be submitted to, filings to be made with, or consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations to be obtained from, any Governmental Authority.
“Continuing Agreements” means (a) that certain Contribution Agreement dated June 30, 1997, by and among Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Power Generation Group, Inc. (formerly known as, “The Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Company”), Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Government and Nuclear Operations, Inc. (formerly known as, “BWX Technologies, Inc.”), Diamond Power International, Inc. and Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Technology, Inc. (formerly known as, “McDermott Technology, Inc.”); (b) any agreement (including any Consent Decree) relating to any of RemainCo Specified Liabilities, the Apollo/Parks/SLDA Sites, or the Apollo/Parks/SLDA Litigation to which Atlantic Richfield Company is a party; (c) any agreement, document or instrument (other than any Ancillary Agreement or other agreement referenced in sections (a), (b), (d), or (e) of this definition of
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Continuing Agreements) that is entered by both a member or members of the SpinCo Group and a member or members of the RemainCo Group, in anticipation of, in connection with or in furtherance of the aims of the Separation or the Distribution (including agreements to transfer assets or assign contracts) other than any provisions thereof that provide for indemnification or allocation of liabilities to the extent such provisions are inconsistent with the indemnification provisions of this Agreement or the intent that members of the SpinCo Group (and not members of the RemainCo Group) will be responsible for the SpinCo Liabilities and members of the RemainCo Group (and not members of the SpinCo Group) will be responsible for the RemainCo Liabilities; (d) the Non-Debtor Affiliate Settlement Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2006, to which Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Power Generation Group, Inc. (formerly known as, “The Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Company”) and various of its Affiliates are parties; and (e) the Barberton Documentation.
“Contract” means any written, oral, implied or other contract, agreement, covenant, lease, license, guaranty, indemnity, representation, warranty, assignment, sales order, purchase order, power of attorney, instrument or other commitment, assurance, undertaking or arrangement that is binding on any Person or entity or any part of its property under applicable Law.
“Covered Matter” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.10(i).
“Credit Quality” means, with respect to any Person, the capacity of such Person to meet its financial commitments.
“Creole” means Creole Insurance Company, Ltd., a South Carolina corporation.
“Dampkraft” means Dampkraft Insurance Company, a South Carolina corporation.
“Dispute” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
“Distribution” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Distribution Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
“Distribution Date” means the date on which the Distribution occurs, such date to be determined by, or under the authority of, the Board of Directors of RemainCo in its sole and absolute discretion.
“Distribution Multiple” means 1/2, the number determined by the RemainCo Board of Directors in its sole discretion at the time of its approval of the Distribution as the number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock to be distributed in respect of each share of RemainCo Common Stock, which number will be multiplied by the number of shares of RemainCo Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date to determine the number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock to be issued and outstanding immediately before the Distribution Time.
“Distribution Time” means the time at which the Distribution is effective on the Distribution Date.
“Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement dated the date hereof between RemainCo and SpinCo.
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“Escalation Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Excluded Assets” means any Assets that are contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (or the Schedules hereto or thereto, including Assets described in Schedule 1.1(a)) as Assets to be retained by RemainCo or any member of the RemainCo Group.
“Future SpinCo Disclosure Claim” means any Third Party Claim that is first asserted after the Distribution Time and arises out of any disclosure or omission with respect to RemainCo’s Power Generation segment in any of RemainCo’s reports filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including in any such report under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” or in the financial statements (or any notes thereto) contained therein.
“Good Faith Judgment” shall mean (a) the good faith judgment of the General Counsel of RemainCo or SpinCo, as the case may be, in office immediately after the Distribution Time, or (b) the good faith judgment of a successor General Counsel who is appointed by the Chief Executive Officer of RemainCo or SpinCo in office immediately after the Distribution Time, as the case may be; provided, however, that if both the individual appointed as General Counsel as of the Distribution Time or his or her designated successor meeting the requirements of clause (b) is no longer serving in such office, then “Good Faith Judgment” shall mean the good faith judgment of a reasonable person under the same or similar circumstances.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean any U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. court, government, department, commission, board, bureau, agency, official or other regulatory, administrative or governmental authority.
“Group” means either of the RemainCo Group or the SpinCo Group, as the context requires.
“Hazardous Materials” means any (a) toxic substance, hazardous waste, hazardous material, or hazardous substance as defined by any Law; and (b) any radiological material, pollutant, contaminant, leaded paints, toxic mold or other harmful biological agents, or polychlorinated biphenyls, in each case as defined in, subject to, or that could give rise to liability under, any applicable Law.
“Indebtedness” of any specified Person means (a) all obligations of such specified Person for borrowed money or arising out of any extension of credit to or for the account of such specified Person (including reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to surety bonds, letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments), (b) all obligations of such specified Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such specified Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such specified Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to Assets purchased by such specified Person, (e) all obligations of such specified Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, (f) all liabilities secured by (or for which any Person to which any such liability is owed has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge or other encumbrance on property owned
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or acquired by such specified Person (or upon any revenues, income or profits of such specified Person therefrom), whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed by the specified Person or otherwise become liabilities of the specified Person, (g) all capital lease obligations of such specified Person, (h) all securities or other similar instruments convertible or exchangeable into any of the foregoing, but excluding daily cash overdrafts associated with routine cash operations, and (i) any liability of others of a type described in any of the preceding clauses (a) through (g) in respect of which the specified Person has incurred, assumed or acquired a liability by means of a guaranty.
“Indemnifiable Loss” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).
“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).
“Information” means information, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, in written, oral, electronic or other tangible or intangible forms, stored in any medium, including studies, reports, records, books, contracts, instruments, surveys, discoveries, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, designs, specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes, samples, flow charts, data, computer data, disks, diskettes, tapes, computer programs or other software, marketing plans, customer names, communications by or to attorneys (including attorney-client privileged communications), memos and other materials prepared by attorneys or under their direction (including attorney work product), and other technical, financial, employee or business information or data.
“Information Statement” means the information statement and any related documentation to be provided to holders of RemainCo Common Stock in connection with the Distribution, including any amendments or supplements thereto.
“Insurance Proceeds” means those monies:
(a) received by an insured Person from any insurer, insurance underwriter, mutual protection and indemnity club or other risk collective, excluding any proceeds received directly or indirectly (such as through reinsurance arrangements) from any captive insurance Subsidiary of the insured Person; or
(b) paid on behalf of an insured Person by any insurer, insurance underwriter, mutual protection and indemnity club or other risk collective, excluding any such payment made directly or indirectly (such as through reinsurance arrangements) from any captive insurance Subsidiary of the insured Person, on behalf of the insured; in any such case net of any out-of-pocket costs or expenses incurred in the collection thereof.
“Intellectual Property Agreements” means (a) that certain Intellectual Property Agreement dated [ ], 2015 between Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Power Generation Group, Inc. and BWXT Foreign Holdings, LLC; (b) that certain Intellectual Property Agreement dated [ ], 2015 between Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Technology, Inc. and Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Investment Company; (c) that certain Intellectual Property Agreement dated [ ], 2015 between Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Canada Ltd. and B&W PGG Canada Corp.; (d) that certain Intellectual Property
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Agreement dated [ ], 2015 between Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx mPower, Inc. and Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Power Generation Group, Inc.; (e) that certain Intellectual Property Agreement dated [ ], 2015 between Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Government and Nuclear Operations, Inc. and Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Power Generation Group, Inc.; and (f) that certain Intellectual Property Agreement dated [ ], 2015 between The Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Company and Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., in each case as may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Intercompany Agreement” means any Contract between any entities included within the SpinCo Group, on the one hand, and any entities within the RemainCo Group, on the other hand, entered into prior to the Distribution Time, excluding any Contract to which a Person other than RemainCo, SpinCo or one of their Subsidiaries is a party.
“Intergroup Payables Agreement” means that certain Intergroup Payables and Receivables Agreement dated as April 30, 2015 by and among RemainCo, each of the other entities named on Schedule A thereto, SpinCo, PGG, and each of the entities named on Schedule B thereto, as amended from time to time.
“Law” means any law, statute, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, writ, proclamation, judgment, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority.
“Liabilities” shall mean any and all Indebtedness, liabilities and obligations, whether accrued, fixed or contingent, mature or inchoate, known or unknown, reflected on a balance sheet or otherwise, including those arising under any Law, Action or any judgment of any court of any kind or any award of any arbitrator of any kind, and those arising under any Contract.
“Losses” shall mean any and all damages, losses, deficiencies, Liabilities, obligations, penalties, judgments, settlements, claims, payments, interest costs, Taxes, fines and expenses (including the costs and expenses of any and all Actions and demands, assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto and attorneys’, accountants’, consultants’ and other professionals’ fees and expenses incurred in the investigation or defense thereof or the enforcement of rights hereunder).
“McDermott MSA” means that certain Master Separation Agreement dated as of July 2, 2010, by and between XxXxxxxxx International Inc., a Panamanian corporation, and RemainCo.
“Net Exposure” means, for any Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business, the amount set forth for such Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business on Schedules 1.1(f) or 1.1(m), as applicable, as the “Net Exposure.”
“Noncompete Term” means that period of time commencing on the Distribution Date and ending on the 5 year anniversary of the Distribution Date.
“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
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“Omnibus Restructuring Agreement” means the Omnibus Restructuring Agreement dated as of [ ], 2015 by and among the members of the RemainCo Group and the members of the SpinCo Group that are parties thereto.
“Party” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“PCG End Date” means, for any Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business, the last day of the month set forth for such Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business on Schedules 1.1(f) or 1.1(m), as applicable, as the “PCG End Date;” provided, however, that if the beneficiary of the Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business refuses, because of a bona fide dispute, to return or cancel such Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business by the applicable “PCG End Date” set forth on Schedules 1.1(f) or 1.1(m), as applicable, then such “PCG End Date” shall be extended until the resolution of such dispute.
“Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, a union, an unincorporated organization or a Governmental Authority or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Prime Rate” means the fluctuating commercial loan rate announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association from time to time at its New York, NY office as its prime rate or base rate for U.S. Dollar loans in the United States of America in effect on the date of determination.
“Prior Transfer” means (a) a transfer prior to the date of this Agreement of any SpinCo Asset from RemainCo or any its Subsidiaries included in the RemainCo Group to SpinCo or any other entity included in the SpinCo Group, (b) an assumption prior to the date of this Agreement by SpinCo or any other entity included in the SpinCo Group of any of the SpinCo Liabilities from RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries included in the RemainCo Group, (c) a transfer prior to the date of this Agreement of any RemainCo Asset from SpinCo or any other entity included in the SpinCo Group to RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries included in the RemainCo Group, or (d) an assumption prior to the date of this Agreement by RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries included in the RemainCo Group of any of the RemainCo Liabilities from SpinCo or any other entity included in the SpinCo Group.
“Privilege” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(a).
“Privileged Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(a).
“Record Date” means the close of business on the date to be determined by the Board of Directors of RemainCo as the record date for determining stockholders of RemainCo entitled to receive shares of SpinCo Common Stock on the Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.2.
“Record Holders” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
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“Registration Statement” means the registration statement on Form 10 of SpinCo with respect to the registration under the Exchange Act of the SpinCo Common Stock, including any amendments or supplements thereto.
“RemainCo” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“RemainCo Assets” means all Assets of RemainCo, SpinCo and their respective Subsidiaries, including the Excluded Assets but excluding the SpinCo Assets.
“RemainCo Books and Records” means the corporate books and records (whether in hard copy or electronic format and including all minute books, corporate charters and bylaws or comparable constitutive documents, records of share issuances and related corporate records) of the RemainCo Group and such other books and records, including operating, accounting, engineering, corporate department and any other written record, whether in hard copy or electronic format, to the extent they relate to the RemainCo Business, the RemainCo Assets, or the RemainCo Liabilities, excluding the SpinCo Books and Records. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “RemainCo Books and Records” shall not include any Tax Returns or other information, documents or materials relating to Taxes, which Tax Returns and other information, documents and materials are treated in accordance with the provisions of the Tax Sharing Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no Information meeting the definition of “RemainCo Books and Records” shall be deemed not to be RemainCo Books and Records because it is provided (or made available) by any member of the RemainCo Group to any member of the SpinCo Group after the Distribution Time in connection with the provision of services by any member of the SpinCo Group pursuant to the RemainCo Transition Services Agreement, or because it is generated, maintained or held in connection with the provision of services by any member of the SpinCo Group pursuant to the RemainCo Transition Services Agreement after the Distribution Time. Furthermore, SpinCo and RemainCo each acknowledge and agree that the RemainCo Books and Records described in the immediately preceding sentence shall belong solely to RemainCo and shall not, as between the Parties, be considered Privileged Information of SpinCo.
“RemainCo Business” means any business of RemainCo and its Subsidiaries other than the SpinCo Business.
“RemainCo Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“RemainCo Core Business” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 6.11.
“RemainCo Covered Matter” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.10(i).
“RemainCo Entity” means any member of the RemainCo Group, but also includes: (a) any entity which was sold or otherwise disposed of or the business of which was discontinued at such time as such entity’s assets, liabilities or results of operations were accounted for within the Nuclear Operations, Technical Services, Nuclear Energy or mPower segments of RemainCo and its Subsidiaries (or any predecessor to such segment); and (b) each of the entities listed on Schedule 1.1(b). For the avoidance of doubt, none of the SpinCo Entities and none of the entities listed on Schedule 1.1(c) or Schedule 1.1(d) shall be deemed to be a RemainCo Entity.
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“RemainCo Group” means RemainCo and its Subsidiaries, other than the SpinCo Group. For the avoidance of doubt and for the purposes of this Agreement, each entity listed on Schedule 1.1(e) shall be deemed a Subsidiary of RemainCo (and not a member of the SpinCo Group).
“RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business” means all direct and indirect Liabilities (including the obligations described on Schedule 1.1(f)) of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries and any direct or indirect encumbrances or restrictions on Assets of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries, under any loan, financing, lease, Contract or other obligation (other than RemainCo Surety Obligations for the SpinCo Business) in existence as of the Distribution Time pertaining to the SpinCo Business for which RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be liable as guarantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the RemainCo Ohio Guarantees are expressly excluded from this definition and are not to be treated as RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business.
“RemainCo Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
“RemainCo Liabilities” means, whether arising prior to, on or after the Distribution Date:
(i) all Liabilities of (A) any of the RemainCo Entities (or any of their respective predecessors) other than RemainCo, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Canada, Ltd., an entity formed in Ontario, Canada, or Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Investment Company, a Delaware corporation, or (B) any of the entities listed on Schedule 1.1(g) under the caption “RemainCo Joint Ventures” (and the respective predecessors and Subsidiaries of such entities), other than, in the case of this clause (i), any Liability described in any of clauses (ii) - (x) of the definition of SpinCo Liabilities;
(ii) all of the RemainCo Specified Liabilities;
(iii) all Liabilities delegated or allocated to, or assumed by, RemainCo or any member of the RemainCo Group under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement;
(iv) 60% of all Liabilities (other than the Liabilities described in any of clauses (i) - (iii) or (v) - (vi) of this definition of RemainCo Liabilities or in any of clauses (i) - (vii) or (ix) - (x) of the definition of SpinCo Liabilities) arising out of, resulting from or relating to the former ownership of or investment in the entities listed on Schedule 1.1(c) (or any of their respective predecessors) by any member of the SpinCo Group or the RemainCo Group (or any of their respective predecessors); provided, however, that 100% of the Liabilities described on Schedule 1.1(c)(i) shall be deemed to be RemainCo Liabilities;
(v) 60% of all Liabilities described in, or arising from or relating to the Liabilities described in, (A) clause (vii) or clause (viii) of the definition of “B&W Liabilities” as set forth in the McDermott MSA or (B) Schedule 1.1(h);
(vi) except for the Liabilities described in any of clauses (i) - (ix) of the definition of SpinCo Liabilities, all Liabilities arising primarily out of the RemainCo Assets or the operation of the RemainCo Business; and
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(vii) 50% of all Liabilities of SpinCo, RemainCo or any Person that is a Subsidiary of SpinCo or RemainCo immediately after the Distribution Time not otherwise within the scope of any of clauses (i) - (vi) of this definition of RemainCo Liabilities or clauses (i) - (x) of the definition of SpinCo Liabilities.
For the avoidance of doubt: (A) Liabilities that are RemainCo Liabilities pursuant to the definition set forth in clause (vi) of the immediately preceding sentence shall not be excluded from the definition of RemainCo Liabilities simply because such RemainCo Liabilities are attributable to, relate to, arose out of or resulted from operations or Assets no longer owned by RemainCo, SpinCo or their respective Subsidiaries as of the Distribution Time (e.g., previously sold, disposed or lost operations or Assets); (B) the designation in this Agreement of any Liability as a RemainCo Liability shall be binding on the RemainCo Group, notwithstanding that such Liability may arise out of, directly or indirectly, the negligence, strict liability or other legal fault of any one or more members of the SpinCo Group; and (C) except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or an Ancillary Agreement, the designation in this Agreement of Liabilities as SpinCo Liabilities or RemainCo Liabilities is only for purposes of allocating responsibility for such Liabilities as between the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries and shall not affect any obligations to, or give rise to any rights of, any third parties.
“RemainCo Ohio Guarantees” means any guarantee provided to the State of Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Program by RemainCo or any member of the RemainCo Group.
“RemainCo Protected Territory” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 6.11.
“RemainCo Specified Liabilities” means all Liabilities arising out of, resulting from or relating to any of the items described on Schedule 1.1(i).
“RemainCo Surety Obligations for the SpinCo Business” means any direct or indirect Liabilities (including under a reimbursement agreement) of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries (or direct or indirect encumbrances or restrictions on Assets of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries) relating to any Surety Instruments (including the items described on Schedule 1.1(j)) pertaining to the SpinCo Business.
“RemainCo Transition Services Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement dated the date hereof between SpinCo, as service provider, and RemainCo, as service receiver.
“Scheduled RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business” means the guarantees of RemainCo set forth on Schedule 1.1(f).
“Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligations for the SpinCo Business” means the Surety Instruments of RemainCo set forth on Schedule 1.1(j).
“Scheduled SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business” means the guarantees of SpinCo set forth on Schedule 1.1(m).
“Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligations for the RemainCo Business” means the Surety Instruments of SpinCo set forth on Schedule 1.1(p).
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“Separation” means:
(i) the transfer to SpinCo or any other entity included in the SpinCo Group of all rights, titles and interests of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries included in the RemainCo Group in any SpinCo Assets that are held by RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries included in the RemainCo Group and the assumption by SpinCo or any other entity included in the SpinCo Group of any SpinCo Liabilities (other than the SpinCo Specified Liabilities) that were incurred by, or as to which there exists any obligation of, RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries included in the RemainCo Group;
(ii) the transfer to RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries included in the RemainCo Group of all rights, titles and interests of SpinCo or any other entity included in the SpinCo Group in any RemainCo Assets that are held by SpinCo or any other entity included in the SpinCo Group and the assumption by RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries included in the RemainCo Group of any RemainCo Liabilities (other than the RemainCo Specified Liabilities) that were incurred by, or as to which there exists any obligation of, SpinCo or any other entity included in the SpinCo Group; and
(iii) the issuance by SpinCo to RemainCo of a number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock such that the number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately before the Distribution Time will equal the product of (i) the Distribution Multiple and (ii) the number of shares of RemainCo Common Stock outstanding as of the Record Date, which SpinCo Common Stock owned by RemainCo will constitute all of the issued and outstanding common stock of SpinCo.
The transactions contemplated by the Separation will be accomplished in part as provided herein.
“Side Letter” means that certain “Side Letter Regarding Expenses” dated the date hereof between RemainCo and SpinCo.
“SpinCo” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“SpinCo Assets” means only the following Assets of RemainCo, SpinCo and their respective Subsidiaries, in each case not including any Excluded Assets:
(i) all of the outstanding equity interests of the members of the SpinCo Group that are owned by RemainCo, SpinCo or any of their respective Subsidiaries as of the Distribution Time (other than the SpinCo Common Stock);
(ii) all Assets reflected on the SpinCo Pro Forma Balance Sheet or any subledger thereto that are owned by RemainCo, SpinCo or any of their respective Subsidiaries as of the Distribution Time;
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(iii) all Assets owned by RemainCo, SpinCo or any of their respective Subsidiaries as of the Distribution Time that were acquired or created after the date of the SpinCo Pro Forma Balance Sheet and that are of a nature or type that would have resulted in them being reflected on a pro forma, as adjusted consolidated balance sheet of SpinCo and its Subsidiaries and the notes or subledgers thereto as of the Distribution Time (were the balance sheet, notes and subledgers to be prepared as of that time) on a basis consistent with the determination of the Assets reflected on the SpinCo Pro Forma Balance Sheet or any subledger thereto, including Assets allocated to SpinCo in accordance with the definition of “Separation” herein;
(iv) the Assets described on Schedule 1.1(k);
(v) all assets, property and rights that, in accordance with the Intellectual Property Agreements, are contemplated to be owned by SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries immediately after the Distribution Time); and
(vi) except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or one or more Ancillary Agreements, all other Assets held by a member of the RemainCo Group or the SpinCo Group as of the Distribution Time and used primarily in or that primarily relate to the SpinCo Business as of the Distribution Time.
“SpinCo Books and Records” means the corporate books and records (whether in hard copy or electronic format and including all minute books, corporate charters and bylaws or comparable constitutive documents, records of share issuances and related corporate records) of any member of the SpinCo Group and such other books and records, including operating, accounting, engineering, corporate department and any other written record, whether in hard copy or electronic format, to the extent they primarily relate to the SpinCo Business, the SpinCo Assets or the SpinCo Liabilities, including, without limitation, all such books and records primarily relating to Persons who are employees of the SpinCo Group as of the Distribution Time, the purchase of materials, supplies and services with respect to the SpinCo Business, and dealings with customers of the SpinCo Business, and all files relating to any Action the liability with respect to which is a SpinCo Liability, except that no portion of the books and records of the RemainCo Group containing minutes of meetings of any board of directors of any of them shall be included. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “SpinCo Books and Records” shall not include any Tax Returns or other information, documents or materials relating to Taxes, which Tax Returns and other information, documents and materials are treated in accordance with the provisions of the Tax Sharing Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no Information meeting the definition of “SpinCo Books and Records” shall be deemed not to be SpinCo Books and Records because it is provided (or made available) by any member of the SpinCo Group to any member of the RemainCo Group after the Distribution Date in connection with the provision of services by any member of the RemainCo Group pursuant to the SpinCo Transition Services Agreement, or because it is generated, maintained or held in connection with the provision of services by any member of the RemainCo Group pursuant to the SpinCo Transition Services Agreement after the Distribution Date. Furthermore, SpinCo and RemainCo each acknowledge and agree that the SpinCo Books and Records described in the immediately preceding sentence shall belong solely to SpinCo and shall not, as between the Parties, be considered Privileged Information of RemainCo.
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“SpinCo Business” means the business and operations conducted by the SpinCo Group as of the Distribution Date, as such business and operations are described in the Information Statement.
“SpinCo Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“SpinCo Core Business” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 6.11.
“SpinCo Covered Matter” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.10(i).
“SpinCo Entity” means any member of the SpinCo Group (together with each current and former, direct or indirect, subsidiary of any such member (and of any such former subsidiary)), but also includes any entity which was sold or otherwise disposed of or the business of which was discontinued at such time as such entity’s assets, liabilities or results of operations were accounted for within the Power Generation segment of RemainCo and its Subsidiaries (or any predecessor to any such segment). For the avoidance of doubt and in addition to the foregoing, each entity listed on Schedule 1.1(d) is a SpinCo Entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the entities listed on Schedule 1.1(b) or Schedule 1.1(c) shall be deemed to be a SpinCo Entity.
“SpinCo Group” means SpinCo and each Person that is a Subsidiary of SpinCo immediately after the Distribution Time or becomes a Subsidiary of SpinCo after the Distribution Time. For the avoidance of doubt and for the purposes of this Agreement, each entity listed on Schedule 1.1(l) will be a Subsidiary of SpinCo immediately after the Distribution Time.
“SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business” means all direct and indirect Liabilities (including the obligations described on Schedule 1.1(m)), of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries, and any direct or indirect encumbrances or restrictions on Assets of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries, under or in respect of any loan, financing, lease, Contract or other obligation (other than SpinCo Surety Obligations for the RemainCo Business) in existence as of the Distribution Time pertaining to the RemainCo Business for which SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be liable as guarantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the SpinCo Ohio Guarantees are expressly excluded from this definition and are not to be treated as SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business.
“SpinCo Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
“SpinCo Liabilities” means, whether arising prior to, on or after the Distribution Date:
(i) all Liabilities of (A) any of the SpinCo Entities (or any of their respective predecessors) or (B) any of the entities listed on Schedule 1.1(g) under the caption “SpinCo Joint Ventures” (and the respective predecessors and Subsidiaries of such entities), other than, in the case of this clause (i), any Liability described in any of clauses (ii) - (vi) of the definition of RemainCo Liabilities;
(ii) all Liabilities reflected on the SpinCo Pro Forma Balance Sheet or any subledger thereto that remain outstanding as of the Distribution Time;
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(iii) all other Liabilities that are incurred or accrued by RemainCo, SpinCo or any of their respective Subsidiaries after the date of the SpinCo Pro Forma Balance Sheet and that remain outstanding as of the Distribution Time that are of a nature or type that would have resulted in the Liabilities being reflected on a pro forma, as adjusted consolidated balance sheet of SpinCo and its Subsidiaries and the notes or subledgers thereto as of the Distribution Time (were the balance sheet, notes or subledgers to be prepared as of that time) on a basis consistent with the determination of the Liabilities reflected on the SpinCo Pro Forma Balance Sheet or any subledger thereto;
(iv) all Liabilities delegated or allocated to, or assumed by, SpinCo or any member of the SpinCo Group under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement;
(v) all Liabilities arising out of, resulting from or relating to any Future SpinCo Disclosure Claim;
(vi) all Liabilities arising out of, resulting from or relating to any of the matters (A) described under the headings “Berlin Station” or “ARPA” in the Commitments and Contingencies note to the condensed combined financial statements for The Power Generation Operations of The Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Company for the three months ended March 31, 2015 included in the Registration Statement or (B) listed on Schedule 1.1(n);
(vii) all of the SpinCo Specified Liabilities;
(viii) 40% of all Liabilities (other than the Liabilities described in any of clauses (i) - (iii) or (v) - (vi) of the definition of RemainCo Liabilities or in any of clauses (i) - (vii) or (ix) - (x) of this definition of SpinCo Liabilities) arising out of, resulting from or relating to the former ownership of or investment in the entities listed on Schedule 1.1(c) (or any of their respective predecessors) by any member of the SpinCo Group or the RemainCo Group (or any of their respective predecessors); provided, however, that 100% of the Liabilities described on Schedule 1.1(c)(i) shall be deemed to be RemainCo Liabilities;
(ix) 40% of all Liabilities described in, or arising from or relating to the Liabilities described in (A) clause (vii) or clause (viii) of the definition of “B&W Liabilities” as set forth in the McDermott MSA or (B) Schedule 1.1(h);
(x) except for the Liabilities described in any of clauses (i) - (v) of the definition of RemainCo Liabilities, all Liabilities arising primarily out of the SpinCo Assets or the operation of the SpinCo Business; and
(xi) 50% of all Liabilities of SpinCo, RemainCo or any Person that is a Subsidiary of SpinCo or RemainCo immediately after the Distribution Time not otherwise within the scope of any of clauses (i) - (x) of this definition of SpinCo Liabilities or clauses (i) - (vi) of the definition of RemainCo Liabilities.
For the avoidance of doubt: (A) Liabilities that are SpinCo Liabilities pursuant to the definition set forth in clause (x) of the immediately preceding sentence shall not be excluded from the definition of SpinCo Liabilities simply because such SpinCo Liabilities are attributable to, relate to, arose out of or resulted from operations or Assets no longer owned by RemainCo, SpinCo or
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their respective Subsidiaries as of the Distribution Time (e.g., previously sold, disposed or lost operations or Assets); (B) the designation in this Agreement of any Liability as a SpinCo Liability shall be binding on the SpinCo Group, notwithstanding that such Liability may arise out of, directly or indirectly, the negligence, strict liability or other legal fault of any one or more members of the RemainCo Group; and (C) except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or an Ancillary Agreement, the designation in this Agreement of Liabilities as SpinCo Liabilities or RemainCo Liabilities is only for purposes of allocating responsibility for such Liabilities as between the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries and shall not affect any obligations to, or give rise to any rights of, any third parties.
“SpinCo Ohio Guarantees” means any guarantee provided to the State of Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Program by SpinCo or any member of the SpinCo Group.
“SpinCo Pro Forma Balance Sheet” means the unaudited consolidated pro forma, as adjusted balance sheet of the SpinCo Group as of March 31, 2015 included in the Information Statement.
“SpinCo Protected Territory” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 6.11.
“SpinCo Specified Liabilities” means all Liabilities arising out of, resulting from or relating to any of the items described on Schedule 1.1(o).
“SpinCo Surety Obligations for the RemainCo Business” means any direct or indirect Liabilities (including under a reimbursement agreement) of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries (or direct or indirect encumbrances or restrictions on Assets of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries) relating to any Surety Instruments (including the items described on Schedule 1.1(p)) pertaining to the RemainCo Business.
“SpinCo Transition Services Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement dated the date hereof between RemainCo, as service provider, and SpinCo, as service receiver.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which at least a majority of the securities or interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such specified Person or by any one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such specified Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt and for the purposes of this Agreement, none of the joint venture entities listed on Schedule 1.1(g) shall be deemed to be Subsidiaries of either RemainCo or SpinCo.
“Surety Instruments” means any letters of credit, financial or surety bonds or other similar financial instruments issued by third parties.
“Surety Obligation End Date” means, for any Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business, the last day of the month set forth for such Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business on Schedules 1.1(j)
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or 1.1(p), as applicable, as the “Surety Obligation End Date;” provided, however, that if the beneficiary of the Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business refuses, because of a bona fide dispute, to return or cancel such Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business by the applicable “Surety Obligation End Date” set forth on Schedules 1.1(j) or 1.1(p), as applicable, then such “Surety Obligation End Date” shall be extended until the resolution of such dispute.
“Surety Obligation Net Exposure” means, for any Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business, the amount set forth for such Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business or Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business on Schedules 1.1(j) or 1.1(p), as applicable, as the “Surety Obligation Net Exposure.”
“Tax Benefits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.
“Tax Returns” has the meaning set forth in the Tax Sharing Agreement.
“Tax Sharing Agreement” means the Tax Sharing Agreement dated the date hereof by and between RemainCo and SpinCo.
“Taxes” has the meaning set forth in the Tax Sharing Agreement.
“Third Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(a).
“Third Party Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(a).
“Third Party Indemnity Proceeds” means those monies:
(a) received by a RemainCo Entity or a SpinCo Entity, from any Person that is not a RemainCo Entity or a SpinCo Entity, as a result of an indemnity or hold harmless obligation of such Person that is not a RemainCo Entity or a SpinCo Entity that is owed to a RemainCo Entity or a SpinCo Entity; or
(b) paid on behalf of a RemainCo Entity or a SpinCo Entity, by Person that is not a RemainCo Entity or a SpinCo Entity, as a result of an indemnity or hold harmless obligation of such Person that is not a RemainCo Entity or a SpinCo Entity that is owed to a RemainCo Entity or a SpinCo Entity; in any such case net of any out-of-pocket costs or expenses incurred in the collection thereof.
Section 1.2 Interpretation. In this Agreement, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) words used in the singular include the plural and words used in the plural include the singular;
(b) if a word or phrase is defined in this Agreement, its other grammatical forms, as used in this Agreement, shall have a corresponding meaning;
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(c) reference to any gender includes the other gender and the neuter;
(d) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;
(e) the words “shall” and “will” are used interchangeably and have the same meaning;
(f) the word “or” shall have the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or”;
(g) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including,” “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”;
(h) all references to a specific time of day in this Agreement shall be based upon Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Savings Time, as applicable, on the date in question;
(i) whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified;
(j) accounting terms used herein shall have the meanings historically ascribed to them by RemainCo and its Subsidiaries, including SpinCo, in its and their internal accounting and financial policies and procedures in effect immediately prior to the date of this Agreement;
(k) reference to any Article, Section or Schedule means such Article or Section of, or such Schedule to, this Agreement, as the case may be, and references in any Section or definition to any clause means such clause of such Section or definition;
(l) the words “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other provision of this Agreement;
(m) the term “commercially reasonable efforts” means efforts which are commercially reasonable to enable a Party, directly or indirectly, to satisfy a condition to or otherwise assist in the consummation of a desired result and which do not require the performing Party to expend funds or assume Liabilities other than expenditures and Liabilities which are customary and reasonable in nature and amount in the context of a series of related transactions similar to the Separation;
(n) reference to any agreement, instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof and by this Agreement;
(o) reference to any Law (including statutes and ordinances) means such Law (including any and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect at the time of determining compliance or applicability;
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(p) references to any Person include such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement; a reference to such Person’s “Affiliates” shall be deemed to mean such Person’s Affiliates following the Distribution;
(q) if there is any conflict between the provisions of the main body of this Agreement and the Schedules hereto, the provisions of the main body of this Agreement shall control unless explicitly stated otherwise in such Schedule;
(r) if there is any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement, the provisions of such Ancillary Agreement shall control (but only with respect to the subject matter thereof) unless explicitly stated otherwise therein;
(s) the titles to Articles and headings of Sections contained in this Agreement, in any Schedule and in the table of contents to this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to be a part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement; and
(t) any portion of this Agreement obligating a Party to take any action or refrain from taking any action, as the case may be, shall mean that such Party shall also be obligated to cause its relevant Subsidiaries to take such action or refrain from taking such action, as the case may be.
ARTICLE II
SEPARATION AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Section 2.1 The Separation. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver (in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.3) of the conditions set forth in Section 4.3, each of RemainCo and SpinCo will use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, any actions, including the transfer of Assets and the assumption of Liabilities, necessary to effect the Separation on or prior to the Distribution Date. As of and after the Distribution Time, SpinCo and its Subsidiaries shall, as between the SpinCo Group and the RemainCo Group, be responsible for all SpinCo Liabilities, regardless of when or where such SpinCo Liabilities arose or arise, or whether the facts on which they are based occurred prior to or subsequent to the date hereof, regardless of where or against whom such SpinCo Liabilities are asserted or determined or whether asserted or determined prior to, at or after the date hereof, and regardless of whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of statute or Law, fraud or misrepresentation, breach of contract or other theory, by any member of the RemainCo Group or the SpinCo Group or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates. As of and after the Distribution Time, RemainCo and its Subsidiaries shall, as between the RemainCo Group and the SpinCo Group, be responsible for all RemainCo Liabilities, regardless of when or where such RemainCo Liabilities arose or arise, or whether the facts on which they are based occurred prior to or subsequent to the date hereof, regardless of where or against whom such RemainCo Liabilities are asserted or determined or whether asserted or determined prior to, at or after the date hereof, and regardless of whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of statute or Law, fraud or
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misrepresentation, breach of contract or other theory, by any member of the RemainCo Group or the SpinCo Group or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates. Each of RemainCo and SpinCo agrees on behalf of itself and each of its Subsidiaries as of the Distribution Time that the provisions of the Tax Sharing Agreement shall exclusively govern the allocation of Assets and Liabilities related to Taxes.
Section 2.2 Charter and Bylaws. Effective as of the Distribution Time, the Parties shall cause the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of SpinCo to be substantially in the forms of Schedule 2.2(a) and Schedule 2.2(b), respectively, with such changes therein as may be agreed to in writing by RemainCo.
Section 2.3 Instruments of Transfer and Assumption. RemainCo and SpinCo agree that (a) transfers of Assets required to be transferred by this Agreement shall be effected by delivery by the transferring entity to the transferee of (i) with respect to those Assets that constitute stock, certificates endorsed in blank or evidenced or accompanied by stock powers or other instruments of transfer endorsed in blank, against receipt, (ii) with respect to any real property interest or any improvements thereon, a general warranty deed with general warranty of limited application limiting recourse and remedies to title insurance and warranties by predecessors in title and (iii) with respect to all other Assets, such good and sufficient instruments of contribution, conveyance, assignment and transfer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to RemainCo and SpinCo, as shall be necessary, in each case, to vest in the designated transferee all of the title and ownership interest of the transferor in and to any such Asset, and (b) to the extent necessary, the assumption of the Liabilities contemplated pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be effected by delivery by the transferee to the transferor of such good and sufficient instruments of assumption, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to RemainCo and SpinCo, as shall be necessary for the assumption by the transferee of such Liabilities. RemainCo and SpinCo agree that, to the extent that the documents described in clause (a)(i), (ii) and (iii) and clause (b) of the immediately preceding sentence have not previously been delivered in connection with any Prior Transfers, the documents relating to such Prior Transfers shall be delivered by the appropriate Party or Subsidiary thereof. Each Party also agrees to deliver to the other Party such other documents, instruments and writings as may be reasonably requested by the other Party in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or by Prior Transfers.
Section 2.4 No Representations or Warranties. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or in an Ancillary Agreement, SpinCo and RemainCo understand and agree that no member of the RemainCo Group is making any representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever, express or implied, to SpinCo or any member of the SpinCo Group in any way as to the SpinCo Business, the SpinCo Assets or the SpinCo Liabilities; and, no member of the SpinCo Group is making any representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever, express or implied, to RemainCo or any member of the RemainCo Group in any way as to the RemainCo Business, the RemainCo Assets or the RemainCo Liabilities. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING (x) THE TRANSFERS, LICENSES AND ASSUMPTIONS REFERRED TO IN THIS ARTICLE II (INCLUDING PRIOR TRANSFERS) HAVE BEEN, OR WILL BE, MADE WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY NATURE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AT COMMON LAW, BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE, RELATING TO (A) THE VALUE OR FREEDOM FROM
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ENCUMBRANCE OF, ANY ASSETS, (B) THE CONDITION OR SUFFICIENCY OF ANY ASSETS (INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED OR EXPRESS WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MARKETABILITY, TITLE, VALUE, FREEDOM FROM ENCUMBRANCE OR OF CONFORMITY TO MODELS OR SAMPLES OF MATERIALS, OR THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN OR ON, OR DISPOSED OR DISCHARGED FROM, SUCH ASSETS), (C) THE NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT OF ANY THIRD PARTY, (D) ANY OTHER MATTER CONCERNING ANY ASSETS OR (E) AS TO THE LEGAL SUFFICIENCY TO CONVEY TITLE TO ANY ASSETS, and (y) the instruments of transfer or assumption referred to in this Article II shall not include any representations and warranties other than as specifically provided herein. RemainCo and SpinCo hereby acknowledge and agree that ALL ASSETS TRANSFERRED OR LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE II AND ALL ASSETS INCLUDED IN PRIOR TRANSFERS ARE BEING OR WERE TRANSFERRED “AS IS, WHERE IS.” To the extent that the instruments of transfer and assumption with respect to any Prior Transfers are inconsistent with this Section 2.4, SpinCo, on its own behalf and on behalf of the other members of the SpinCo Group, and RemainCo, on its own behalf and on behalf of the other members of the RemainCo Group, agree that the inconsistent provisions of such instruments are hereby amended and superseded by the provisions of this Section 2.4. To the extent reasonably requested by a member of either Group, each Party will, or will cause its Subsidiaries to, execute any documents necessary to evidence such amendment.
Section 2.5 Agreements. Prior to the Distribution Time, RemainCo and SpinCo shall execute and deliver (or shall cause their appropriate Subsidiaries to execute and deliver, as applicable) the agreements between them designated as follows:
(i) the Omnibus Restructuring Agreement,
(ii) the RemainCo Transition Services Agreement,
(iii) the SpinCo Transition Services Agreement,
(iv) the Employee Matters Agreement,
(v) the Tax Sharing Agreement,
(vi) the Assumption and Loss Allocation Agreement,
(vii) the Captive Insurance Novation and Assumption Agreements,
(viii) the Intellectual Property Agreements,
(ix) the Intergroup Payables Agreement,
(x) the Barberton Documentation, and
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(xi) such other written agreements, documents or instruments as the Parties may agree are necessary or desirable and which specifically state that they are Ancillary Agreements within the meaning of this Agreement (collectively, the “Ancillary Agreements”).
Section 2.6 Transfers Not Effected Prior to the Distribution Time. To the extent that any transfers or agreements contemplated by this Article II shall not have been consummated or executed as of the Distribution Time, the Parties shall cooperate to effect such transfers or enter into such agreements as promptly following the Distribution Time as shall be practicable. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the transfer of any Assets or the assumption of any Liabilities that by their terms or operation of Law cannot be transferred or assumed; provided, that the SpinCo Group and the RemainCo Group shall cooperate and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any necessary consents or approvals for the transfer of all Assets and the assumption of all Liabilities contemplated to be transferred or assumed pursuant to this Article II and shall, even in the absence of necessary consents or approvals, transfer the equitable ownership of Assets when such a transfer is permitted. In the event that any such transfer of Assets or assumption of Liabilities has not been consummated effective as of the Distribution Time (or such earlier time as any such Asset may have been acquired or Liability assumed), the Party retaining such Asset or Liability shall thereafter hold such Asset in trust for the use and benefit of the Party entitled thereto (at the expense of the Party entitled thereto) and retain such Liability for the account of the Party by whom such Liability is to be assumed pursuant hereto, and take such other action as may be reasonably requested by the Party to which such Asset is to be transferred, or by whom such Liability is to be assumed, as the case may be, in order to place such Party, insofar as reasonably possible, in the same position as would have existed had such Asset or Liability been transferred or assumed as contemplated hereby. Without limiting any other duty of a Party holding any Asset in trust for the use and benefit of the Party entitled thereto, such Party shall take all reasonable actions that it deems necessary to preserve the value of that Asset. As and when any such Asset becomes transferable or such Liability can be assumed, such transfer or assumption shall be effected forthwith, without the payment of any further consideration therefor. Subject to the foregoing, the Parties agree that, as of the Distribution Time (or such earlier time as any such Asset may have been acquired or Liability assumed), each Party shall be deemed to have acquired complete and sole beneficial ownership over all of the Assets, together with all rights, powers and privileges incident thereto, and shall be deemed to have assumed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement all of the Liabilities, and all duties, obligations and responsibilities incident thereto, which such Party is entitled to acquire or required to assume pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
MUTUAL RELEASES; INDEMNIFICATION
Section 3.1 Release of Pre-Closing Claims.
(a) Except as provided in Section 3.1(c), effective as of the Distribution Time, SpinCo does hereby, for itself and each other member of the SpinCo Group, their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Distribution Time have been stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the SpinCo Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), remise, release and forever discharge
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RemainCo, each member of the RemainCo Group and their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all stockholders (other than stockholders of any publicly traded member of the RemainCo Group), directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the RemainCo Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from any and all Liabilities whatsoever to SpinCo and each other member of the SpinCo Group, whether at law or in equity (including any right of contribution), whether arising under any Contract, by operation of Law or otherwise, existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed at or before the Distribution Time, including in connection with the transactions and all other activities to implement any Prior Transfers, the Separation and the Distribution.
(b) Except as provided in Section 3.1(c), effective as of the Distribution Time, RemainCo does hereby, for itself and each other member of the RemainCo Group, their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Distribution Time have been stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the RemainCo Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), remise, release and forever discharge SpinCo, each member of the SpinCo Group and their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all stockholders (other than stockholders of any publicly traded member of the SpinCo Group), directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the SpinCo Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from any and all Liabilities whatsoever to RemainCo and each other member of the RemainCo Group, whether at law or in equity (including any right of contribution), whether arising under any Contract, by operation of Law or otherwise, existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed at or before the Distribution Time, including in connection with the transactions and all other activities to implement any Prior Transfers, the Separation and the Distribution.
(c) Nothing contained in this Agreement, including in Section 3.1(a) and Section 3.1(b), shall impair any right of any Person to enforce this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement, any of the Continuing Agreements or any agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings that are specified in, or contemplated to continue pursuant to, this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any of the Continuing Agreements. Nothing contained in this Agreement, including in Section 3.1(a) and Section 3.1(b), shall release any Person from:
(i) any Liability, contingent or otherwise, assumed, transferred, assigned or allocated (by an agreement to provide indemnification or otherwise) to the Group of which such Person is a member in accordance with, or any other Liability of any member of that Group under, this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement;
(ii) any Liability that such Person may have with respect to indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement for claims brought against the Parties by third Persons, which Liability shall be governed by the provisions of this Article III and, if applicable, the appropriate provisions of the Ancillary Agreements;
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(iii) any unpaid accounts payable arising from or relating to the sale, provision, or receipt of goods, property or services purchased, obtained or used in the ordinary course of business (A) by any member of the RemainCo Group that is not a party to the Intergroup Payables Agreement from any member of the SpinCo Group, or (B) by any member of the SpinCo Group that is not a party to the Intergroup Payables Agreement from any member of the RemainCo Group, in each case pursuant to any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business on arms-length terms prior to the Distribution Date;
(iv) any Liability that such Person may have pursuant to any of the Continuing Agreements, it being agreed that all obligations, under each of the Continuing Agreements, of each member of the RemainCo Group and of the SpinCo Group, are hereby reaffirmed by RemainCo on its own behalf and on behalf of each member of the RemainCo Group and by SpinCo on its own behalf and on behalf of each member of the SpinCo Group;
(v) any Liability the release of which would result in the release of any Person other than (A) RemainCo, each member of the RemainCo Group and their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all stockholders (other than stockholders of any publicly traded member of the RemainCo Group), directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the RemainCo Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns or (B) SpinCo, each member of the SpinCo Group and their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all stockholders (other than stockholders of any publicly traded member of the SpinCo Group), directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the SpinCo Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns; provided that the Parties agree not to bring suit or permit any of their Subsidiaries to bring suit against any Indemnitee with respect to such Liability.
(d) SpinCo shall not make, and shall not permit any member of the SpinCo Group to make, any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or indemnification, against RemainCo or any member of the RemainCo Group, or any other Person released pursuant to Section 3.1(a), with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 3.1(a). RemainCo shall not make, and shall not permit any member of the RemainCo Group to make, any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or any indemnification, against SpinCo or any member of the SpinCo Group, or any other Person released pursuant to Section 3.1(b), with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 3.1(b).
(e) It is the intent of each of RemainCo and SpinCo by virtue of the provisions of this Section 3.1 to provide for a full and complete release and discharge of all Liabilities existing or arising from all acts and events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur and all conditions existing or alleged to have existed at or before the Distribution Time, between or among SpinCo or any member of the SpinCo Group, on the one hand, and RemainCo or any member of the RemainCo Group, on the other hand (including any contractual agreements or arrangements existing or alleged to exist between or among any such members at or before the Distribution Time), except as expressly set forth in Section 3.1(c). At any time, at the reasonable request of the other Party, each Party shall cause each member of its respective Group to execute and deliver releases reflecting the provisions hereof.
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Section 3.2 Termination of Intercompany Agreements. Without limiting the generality of Section 3.1(e), but subject to the provisions of Section 3.1(c), each of the Parties agrees that, except for this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the Continuing Agreements (including any amounts owed with respect to such agreements), all Intercompany Agreements and all other intercompany arrangements and course of dealings, whether or not in writing and whether or not binding or in effect immediately prior to the Distribution Time, shall terminate immediately prior to the Distribution Time unless the Parties thereto otherwise agree in writing after the date of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Parties agree, for themselves and on behalf of their respective subsidiaries that the letter agreement dated January 30, 1998 from Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Government and Nuclear Operations, Inc. (formerly known as, “BWX Technologies, Inc.”) to Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Power Generation Group, Inc. (formerly known as, “The Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Company”) (including the document attached thereto denoted “Letter Agreement — Environmental Provisions” with a footer stating “TC87007.doc”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 Letter Agreement — Environmental Conditions dated as of November 19, 1999 by and between Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Power Generation Group, Inc. (formerly known as, “The Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Company”) and Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Government and Nuclear Operations, Inc. (formerly known as, “BWX Technologies, Inc.”) shall terminate immediately prior to the Distribution Time.
Section 3.3 Indemnification by SpinCo. Except as provided in Sections 3.5 and 3.6, SpinCo shall, and in the case of clauses (a), (b) and (c) below shall in addition cause the Appropriate Member of the SpinCo Group to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless RemainCo, each member of the RemainCo Group and their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all stockholders (other than stockholders of any publicly traded member of the RemainCo Group), directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the RemainCo Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns (collectively, the “RemainCo Indemnitees”) from and against any and all Losses of the RemainCo Indemnitees relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following (without duplication):
(a) the failure of SpinCo or any other member of the SpinCo Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any SpinCo Liabilities in accordance with their respective terms, whether prior to, at or after the Distribution Time;
(b) any SpinCo Liability (including any SpinCo Specified Liability);
(c) any breach by SpinCo or any member of the SpinCo Group of any provision of this Agreement or of any of the Ancillary Agreements, subject (in the case of each of the Ancillary Agreements) to any limitations of liability provisions and other provisions applicable to any such breach set forth therein; and
(d) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, with respect to all Information contained in the Registration Statement or the Information Statement (other than Information regarding RemainCo provided by RemainCo in writing to SpinCo expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Information Statement);
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in each case, regardless of when or where the loss, claim, accident, occurrence, event or happening giving rise to the Loss took place, or whether any such loss, claim, accident, occurrence, event or happening is known or unknown, or reported or unreported and regardless of whether such loss, claim, accident, occurrence, event or happening giving rise to the Loss existed prior to, on or after the Distribution Date or relates to, arises out of or results from actions, inactions, events, omissions, conditions, facts or circumstances occurring or existing prior to, on or after the Distribution Date. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of clause (d) of the first sentence of this Section 3.3 and clause (d) of the first sentence of Section 3.4, the only information provided by RemainCo in writing to SpinCo expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Information Statement is the information appearing under the caption “The Spin-Off—Reasons for the Spin-Off” in the Information Statement included in the Registration Statement, as amended through the date of this Agreement. As used in this Section 3.3, “Appropriate Member of the SpinCo Group” means the member or members of the SpinCo Group, if any, whose acts, conduct or omissions or failures to act caused, gave rise to or resulted in the Loss from and against which indemnity is provided. In support of its indemnification obligations related to third-party casualty claims, SpinCo shall maintain throughout the existence of its indemnity obligations hereunder commercial general liability insurance in a commercially reasonable amount with responsible and reputable insurers and shall cause the RemainCo Indemnities to be named thereon as additional insureds to the extent of the insured contractual indemnity obligations expressly assumed or undertaken by SpinCo under this Agreement.
Section 3.4 Indemnification by RemainCo. Except as provided in Sections 3.5 and 3.6, RemainCo shall, and in case of clauses (a), (b) and (c) below shall in addition cause the Appropriate Member of the RemainCo Group to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless SpinCo, each member of the SpinCo Group and their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all stockholders (other than stockholders of any publicly traded member of the SpinCo Group), directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the SpinCo Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns (collectively, the “SpinCo Indemnitees”) from and against any and all Losses of the SpinCo Indemnitees relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following (without duplication):
(a) the failure of RemainCo or any other member of the RemainCo Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any RemainCo Liabilities in accordance with their respective terms, whether prior to, at or after the Distribution Time;
(b) any RemainCo Liability (including any RemainCo Specified Liability);
(c) any breach by RemainCo or any member of the RemainCo Group of any provision of this Agreement or of any of the Ancillary Agreements, subject (in the case of each of the Ancillary Agreements) to any limitations of liability provisions and other provisions applicable to any such breach set forth therein;
(d) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, solely with respect to information regarding RemainCo provided by RemainCo in writing to SpinCo expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Information Statement; and
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(e) Third Party Claims relating to, arising out of or resulting from the use of the name “Xxxxxxx,” “Xxxxxx,” “Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx,” “Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx,” “B&W,” “PGG” or any similar name by any member of the RemainCo Group in any corporate name or in any of their respective businesses or operations, whether prior to, on or after the Distribution Date.
in each case, regardless of when or where the loss, claim, accident, occurrence, event or happening giving rise to the Loss took place, or whether any such loss, claim, accident, occurrence, event or happening is known or unknown, or reported or unreported and regardless of whether such loss, claim, accident, occurrence, event or happening giving rise to the Loss existed prior to, on or after the Distribution Date or relates to, arises out of or results from actions, inactions, events, omissions, conditions, facts or circumstances occurring or existing prior to, on or after the Distribution Date. As used in this Section 3.4, “Appropriate Member of the RemainCo Group” means the member or members of the RemainCo Group, if any, whose acts, conduct or omissions or failures to act caused, gave rise to or resulted in the Loss from and against which indemnity is provided. In support of its indemnification obligations related to third-party casualty claims, RemainCo shall maintain throughout the existence of its indemnity obligations hereunder commercial general liability insurance in a commercially reasonable amount with responsible and reputable insurers and shall cause the SpinCo Indemnities to be named thereon as additional insureds to the extent of the insured contractual indemnity obligations expressly assumed or undertaken by RemainCo under this Agreement.
Section 3.5 Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds; Duty of Cooperation.
(a) The Parties intend that any Loss subject to indemnification or reimbursement pursuant to this Article III (an “Indemnifiable Loss”) will be net of Insurance Proceeds and Third Party Indemnity Proceeds that actually reduce the amount of such Loss (and the out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Indemnitee to collect any such Insurance Proceeds and Third Party Indemnity Proceeds shall increase the amount of such Loss). Accordingly, the amount which a Party (an “Indemnifying Party”) is required to pay to any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder (an “Indemnitee”) will be reduced by any Insurance Proceeds and any Third Party Indemnity Proceeds theretofore actually recovered by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in respect of the related Loss. The Indemnitee shall use, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates to use, commercially reasonable efforts at the cost of the Indemnifying Party, to recover any Insurance Proceeds and any Third Party Indemnity Proceeds to which the Indemnitee is entitled with respect to any Indemnifiable Loss, including at the Indemnifying Party’s option and expense, alternative dispute resolution or litigation through to a final and non-appealable adjudication, except that, with respect to any of the RemainCo Specified Liabilities and SpinCo Specified Liabilities, the Indemnitee shall be required to undertake, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates to undertake, such commercially reasonable efforts only to the extent (i) the Indemnifying Party has, in writing, expressly requested the Indemnitee or such Affiliate of the Indemnitee to do so (which writing shall contain detailed written instructions setting forth the specific actions to be taken by the Indemnitee and such Affiliate), (ii) the Indemnifying Party promptly reimburses to the
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Indemnitee or such Affiliate of the Indemnitee all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Indemnitee or such Affiliate of the Indemnitee in connection with such commercially reasonable efforts, (iii) the Indemnifying Party, at the request of the Indemnitee or such Affiliate of the Indemnitee, prepares all documentation (including (x) pleadings and other filings in connection with any legal proceedings and (y) notices to insurers or indemnitors) required in connection with such commercially reasonable efforts and (iv) such efforts are commercially reasonable. The Indemnitee shall make available to the Indemnifying Party and its counsel, at the cost of the Indemnifying Party, all employees, books and records, communications, documents, items or matters within its knowledge, possession or control that are necessary, appropriate or reasonably deemed relevant by the Indemnifying Party with respect to the recovery of such Insurance Proceeds or Third Party Indemnity Proceeds; provided, however, that subject to Section 6.5 hereof, nothing in this sentence shall be deemed to require a Party to make available books and records, communications, documents or items which (i) in such Party’s Good Faith Judgment could reasonably be expected to result in a waiver of any Privilege with respect to a Third Party even if SpinCo and RemainCo cooperated to protect such Privilege as contemplated by this Agreement, or (ii) such Party is not permitted to make available because of any Law or any confidentiality obligation to a Third Party, in which case such Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts, at the cost of the Indemnifying Party, to seek a waiver of or other relief from such confidentiality restriction. Unless the Indemnifying Party has made payment in full of any Indemnifiable Loss, such Indemnifying Party shall use and cause its Affiliates to use commercially reasonable efforts to recover any Insurance Proceeds or Third Party Indemnity Proceeds to which it or such Affiliate is entitled with respect to any Indemnifiable Loss.
(b) An insurer or other Third Party who would otherwise be obligated to pay any claims shall not be relieved of the responsibility with respect thereto or, solely by virtue of the indemnification provisions hereof, have any subrogation rights with respect thereto.
Section 3.6 Tax Benefits. The Parties intend that any Loss subject to indemnification or reimbursement pursuant to this Article III will be net of Taxes. Accordingly, (i) if the Person receiving the indemnification or reimbursement is a RemainCo Indemnitee and if any such Loss, after taking into account the related indemnification and reimbursement under this Article III, results in (a) increased deductions, losses, or credits, or (b) decreases in income, gains or recapture of Tax credits (“Tax Benefits”) to the Person receiving the indemnification or reimbursement (or to a member of the RemainCo Group), that would not, but for the Loss, after taking into account the related indemnification and reimbursement under this Article III, be allowable, then, RemainCo shall pay SpinCo the amount by which such Tax Benefit actually reduces, in cash, the amount of Tax that the Person receiving the indemnification or reimbursement (or a member of the RemainCo Group) would have been required to pay or bear (or increases, in cash, the amount of a Refund to which the Person receiving the indemnification or reimbursement (or a member of the RemainCo Group) would have been entitled) but for such indemnification and reimbursement (and the related indemnification and reimbursement under this Article III), and (ii) if the Person receiving the indemnification or reimbursement is a SpinCo Indemnitee and if any such Loss, after taking into account the related indemnification and reimbursement under this Article III, results in Tax Benefits to the Person receiving the indemnification or reimbursement (or to a member of the SpinCo Group), that would not, but for the Loss, after taking into account the related indemnification and reimbursement under this
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Article III, be allowable, then, SpinCo shall pay RemainCo the amount by which such Tax Benefit actually reduces, in cash, the amount of Tax that the Person receiving the indemnification or reimbursement (or a member of the SpinCo Group) would have been required to pay or bear (or increases, in cash, the amount of a Refund to which the Person receiving the indemnification or reimbursement (or a member of the SpinCo Group) would have been entitled) but for such indemnification and reimbursement (and the related indemnification and reimbursement under this Article III). The Party obligated under the prior sentence is to make a payment in respect of such Tax Benefit no later than five Business Days after such Tax Benefit is Actually Realized. Except with respect to any indemnity payment for Losses relating to a breach of the Tax Sharing Agreement, which indemnity payments shall be treated in accordance with Section 4 of the Tax Sharing Agreement, and to the extent permitted by Law, the Parties will treat any indemnity payment as a capital contribution made by RemainCo to SpinCo or as a distribution made by SpinCo to RemainCo, as the case may be, on the date of this Agreement.
Section 3.7 Procedures for Defense and Indemnification of Third Party Claims.
(a) If an Indemnitee shall receive notice or otherwise learn of the assertion by a Person (including any Governmental Authority) who is not a member of the RemainCo Group or the SpinCo Group of any claims or of the commencement by any such Person of any Action (each such Person being a “Third Party” and each such claim or Action being a “Third Party Claim”) with respect to which an Indemnifying Party may be obligated to provide indemnification to such Indemnitee pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4, or any other Section of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, such Indemnitee shall promptly give such Indemnifying Party written notice thereof. Any such notice shall describe the Third Party Claim in reasonable detail and set forth the Applicable Response Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of any Indemnitee or other Person to give notice as provided in this Section 3.7(a) shall not relieve the applicable Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Article III, except to the extent that such Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice.
(b) If the Indemnifying Party does not, in its Good Faith Judgment, dispute its potential liability to the Indemnitee with respect to a Third Party Claim relating to a RemainCo Specified Liability or a SpinCo Specified Liability, the Indemnifying Party shall defend (and may settle or compromise in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Section 3.7) such Third Party Claim, at such Indemnifying Party’s own expense and by such Indemnifying Party’s own counsel. If the Indemnifying Party does not, in its Good Faith Judgment, dispute its potential liability to the Indemnitee with respect to a Third Party Claim not relating to a RemainCo Specified Liability or a SpinCo Specified Liability, the Indemnifying Party may elect to defend (and to settle or compromise in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Section 3.7) such Third Party Claim, at such Indemnifying Party’s own expense and by such Indemnifying Party’s own counsel. Within the Applicable Response Period, the Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnitee as to whether the Indemnifying Party will defend such Third Party Claim. The failure to give such notice of election within the Applicable Response Period shall be deemed a determination not to defend such Third Party Claim. After notice from an Indemnifying Party to an Indemnitee to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, such Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise or settlement thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such non-defending Person, except that the Indemnifying Party shall be liable
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for the fees and expenses of counsel employed by the Indemnitee (i) for any period during which the Indemnifying Party has not assumed the defense of such Third Party Claim (other than during any period in which the Indemnitee shall have failed to give notice of the Third Party Claim in accordance with Section 3.7(a)) or (ii) to the extent that such engagement of counsel is as a result of a conflict of interest, as reasonably determined in the Good Faith Judgment of the Indemnitee. The Party that has assumed the defense of a Third Party Claim shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the other Party reasonably informed and shall consult with such other Party except to the extent, in the Good Faith Judgment of the Party defending such Third Party Claim, (i) providing such information or making such consultation could reasonably be expected to result in a waiver of any Privilege or adversely affect the outcome of the Third Party Claim or (ii) such Party is not permitted to provide such information or make such consultation because of any Law or any confidentiality obligation to a Third Party, in which case such Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek a waiver of or other relief from such confidentiality restriction.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.7: (i) RemainCo will have the right to defend or assume the defense of, and/or settle or compromise (or seek to settle or compromise or to reject any proposed settlement or compromise), any Future SpinCo Disclosure Claim asserted in whole or in part against any member of the RemainCo Group or any of their respective current or former officers, directors, employees or Affiliates and any claim asserted by a Third Party which may give rise to any Liability described in clauses (viii), (ix) or (xi) of the definition of SpinCo Liabilities herein (or in clauses (iv), (v) or (vii) of the definition of RemainCo Liabilities herein); and (ii) RemainCo may settle or compromise such Action or claim without the consent of SpinCo, if such settlement or compromise provides for a release of the applicable member of the SpinCo Group to at least the same extent as RemainCo and does not involve any monetary damages (including monetary fines or penalties) to be imposed on SpinCo or any other member of the SpinCo Group or injunctive relief to be imposed on SpinCo or any other member of the SpinCo Group.
(d) A Party’s defense of any Third Party Claim pursuant to Section 3.7(b) or (c) includes the right (after consultation with the other Party following at least ten Business Days’ written notice thereof) to compromise, settle or consent to the entry of any judgment or determination of liability concerning such Third Party Claim; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 3.7(c), the Party defending the Third Party Claim shall not compromise, settle or consent to the entry of judgment or determination of liability concerning any Third Party Claim without prior written approval by the other Party (which may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) if the terms or conditions of such compromise, settlement or consent would, (i) impose injunctive or other non-monetary relief on the other Party or any of its Affiliates or (ii) in the reasonable judgment of the other Party (as reflected in a written objection delivered by the other Party to the defending Party within the period of ten Business Days following receipt of the written notice described above in this Section 3.7(d)), have a material adverse financial impact or a material adverse effect upon the ongoing operations of such other Party (taken together with its Subsidiaries).
(e) If the Party having the obligation to defend a particular Third Party Claim pursuant to Section 3.7(b) fails to, or if the Party having the right to elect to defend a particular Third Party Claim pursuant to Section 3.7(b) elects, or is deemed to have elected, not to defend a
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particular Third Party Claim, the other Party may defend such Third Party Claim without any prejudice to its rights to indemnification from the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Article III. In such case, such other Party shall have the right to compromise, settle or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to such Third Party Claim as provided in Section 3.7(d).
(f) The Indemnifying Party shall bear all costs and expenses of defending any Third Party Claim, including the reasonable costs and expenses of an Indemnitee in complying with requests for cooperation pursuant to Section 3.7(g); provided, however, that (A) if both Parties may be Indemnifying Parties with respect to such Third Party Claim but only one Party is defending such Third Party Claim, the non-defending Party shall reimburse the defending Party promptly upon demand by the defending Party for the non-defending Party’s proportionate share, allocated based on each Party’s proportionate responsibility for the Indemnifiable Loss pursuant to this Agreement, of all out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the defending Party’s defense of such Third Party Claim, and (B) if both Parties may be Indemnifying Parties with respect to such Third Party Claim and both Parties are defending such Third Party Claim, the Parties shall effect such reimbursements necessary so that each Party bears its proportionate share, allocated based on each Party’s proportionate responsibility for the Indemnifiable Loss pursuant to this Agreement, of all out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the defense of such Third Party Claim.
(g) The non-defending or co-defending Party shall cooperate with the defending Party with respect to such defense, including by: (i) making available to the other Party and its counsel all employees, books and records, communications, documents, items or matters within its knowledge, possession or control that are necessary, appropriate or reasonably deemed relevant by the other Party; (ii) reasonably refraining from taking any action to prejudice the position of the other Party with respect to such defense; and (iii) taking all actions in connection with such defense as reasonably requested by the other Party, including executing and submitting necessary and appropriate instruments in the name of the non-defending or co-defending Party, as reasonably directed by the defending party, in connection with proceedings before courts, agencies, arbitration tribunals, or other adjudicatory or mediatory bodies; provided, however, that with respect to the defense of a Third Party Claim relating to a RemainCo Specified Liability or a SpinCo Specified Liability, the Indemnitee shall be required to undertake, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates to undertake, such commercially reasonable efforts only to the extent (i) the Indemnifying Party has, in writing, expressly requested the Indemnitee or such Affiliate of the Indemnitee to do so (which writing shall contain detailed written instructions setting forth the specific actions to be taken by the Indemnitee and such Affiliate), (ii) the Indemnifying Party promptly reimburses to the Indemnitee or such Affiliate of the Indemnitee all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Indemnitee or such Affiliate of the Indemnitee in connection with such commercially reasonable efforts, (iii) the Indemnifying Party, at the request of the Indemnitee or such Affiliate of the Indemnitee, prepares all documentation (including (x) pleadings and other filings in connection with any legal proceedings and (y) notices to insurers or indemnitors) required in connection with such commercially reasonable efforts and (iv) such efforts are commercially reasonable; and further provided that, subject to Section 6.5 hereof, nothing in this Section 3.7(g) shall be deemed to require a Party to make available books and records, communications, documents or items which in such Party’s Good Faith Judgment (i) could reasonably be expected to result in a waiver of any Privilege with respect to a Third Party even if SpinCo and RemainCo
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cooperated to protect such Privilege as contemplated by this Agreement, or (ii) such Party is not permitted to make available because of any Law or any confidentiality obligation to a Third Party, in which case such Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek a waiver of or other relief from such confidentiality restriction. With respect to any Third Party Claim in which both Parties are, or reasonably may be expected to be, named as parties, or that otherwise implicates both Parties to a material degree, the Parties shall reasonably cooperate with respect to such Third Party Claim and maintain a joint defense in a manner that will preserve applicable Privileges.
(h) Upon final judgment, determination, settlement or compromise of any Third Party Claim, and unless otherwise agreed by the Parties in writing, the Indemnifying Party shall pay promptly on behalf of the Indemnitee, or to the Indemnitee in reimbursement of any amount theretofore required to be paid by it, all amounts required to be paid by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Article III with respect to such claim as determined by such final judgment, determination, settlement or compromise.
Section 3.8 Additional Matters.
(a) Any claim on account of a Loss which does not result from a Third Party Claim shall be asserted by prompt written notice given by the Indemnitee to the Indemnifying Party. Any such notice shall describe the claim in reasonable detail and set forth the Applicable Response Period. Such Indemnifying Party shall respond to such notice within the Applicable Response Period. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within the Applicable Response Period, such Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have refused to accept responsibility to make payment. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within the Applicable Response Period or rejects such claim in whole or in part, such Indemnitee shall be free to pursue such remedies as may be available to such Party as contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
(b) In the event of payment by or on behalf of any Indemnifying Party to any Indemnitee in connection with any Third Party Claim not relating to a RemainCo Specified Liability or a SpinCo Specified Liability, such Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated to and shall stand in the place of such Indemnitee in respect of any rights, defenses or claims of such Indemnitee against Third Parties relating to such Third Party Claim. Such Indemnitee shall cooperate with such Indemnifying Party as may reasonably be required in connection with the prosecution of any subrogated right, defense or claim, and its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith shall be reimbursed by the Indemnifying Party.
(c) In the event of an Action involving a Third Party Claim in which the Indemnitee is a named defendant, if either the Indemnitee or Indemnifying Party shall so request, the Parties shall endeavor to substitute the Indemnifying Party as the named defendant in place of the Indemnitee, so that the Indemnitee does not remain a named defendant, if reasonably practicable.
(d) Except as expressly provided herein, the indemnity obligations under this Article III shall apply notwithstanding any investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnitee and shall apply without regard to whether the Loss for which indemnity is claimed hereunder is based on strict liability, absolute liability or any other theory of liability or arises as an obligation for contribution.
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(e) THE PARTIES UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE RELEASE FROM LIABILITIES AND INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER AND UNDER THE ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS MAY INCLUDE RELEASE FROM LIABILITIES AND INDEMNIFICATION FOR LOSSES RESULTING FROM, OR ARISING OUT OF, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AND IN WHOLE OR IN PART, AN INDEMNITEE’S OWN NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL FAULT.
Section 3.9 Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Article III is unavailable to an Indemnitee in respect of any Losses for which indemnification is provided for herein, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnitee, shall contribute to the Losses paid or payable by such Indemnitee as a result of such Indemnifiable Loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of SpinCo and each other member of the SpinCo Group, on the one hand, and RemainCo and each other member of the RemainCo Group, on the other hand, in connection with the circumstances which resulted in such Indemnifiable Loss. For purposes of this Section 3.9, with respect to any Indemnifiable Loss relating to matters covered by Section 3.3(d) or 3.4(d) or otherwise relating to misstatements or omissions under securities or antifraud Laws, the relative fault of a member of the SpinCo Group, on the one hand, and of a member of the RemainCo Group, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact (i) relates to a member of the SpinCo Group or a member of the RemainCo Group and (ii) relates to information that was supplied by a member of the SpinCo Group or a member of the RemainCo Group.
Section 3.10 Remedies Cumulative. The remedies provided in this Article III shall be cumulative and, subject to the provisions of Article V, shall not preclude assertion by any Indemnitee of any other rights or the seeking of any and all other remedies against any Indemnifying Party.
Section 3.11 Specific Performance. The Parties stipulate that any Party’s breach of the obligation set forth in Section 3.7(b) to defend a Third Party Claim relating to a RemainCo Specified Liability or a SpinCo Specified Liability will cause irreparable injury to the Indemnitee, and that any damages available at law for such a breach would not be an adequate remedy. Therefore, the obligation set forth in Section 3.7(b) of this Agreement to defend a Third Party Claim relating to a RemainCo Specified Liability or a SpinCo Specified Liability shall be enforceable in appropriate circumstances in accordance with Article V of this Agreement by an order of specific performance, and appropriate preliminary or permanent injunctive relief may be applied for and granted in connection therewith, in each case without the posting of any bond or other security. This stipulation shall not limit or impair a Party’s right to obtain specific performance and preliminary or permanent injunctive relief in other appropriate circumstances in accordance with Article V of this Agreement.
Section 3.12 Survival of Indemnities. The rights and obligations of each of RemainCo and SpinCo and their respective Indemnitees under this Article III shall survive the Distribution Date indefinitely, unless a specific survival or other applicable period is expressly set forth herein, and shall survive the sale or other transfer by any Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Assets or businesses or the assignment by it of any Liabilities.
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Section 3.13 Limitation of Liability. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY MEMBER OF THE REMAINCO GROUP OR THE SPINCO GROUP OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE TO ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE REMAINCO GROUP OR THE SPINCO GROUP FOR ANY EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, REMOTE OR SPECULATIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING IN RESPECT OF LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES), HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL NOT LIMIT EACH PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS FOR LIABILITIES TO THIRD PARTIES AS SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE III OR ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT.
ARTICLE IV
THE DISTRIBUTION
Section 4.1 Delivery to Distribution Agent. Subject to Section 4.3, on or prior to the Distribution Date RemainCo will authorize Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as distribution agent (the “Distribution Agent”), for the benefit of holders of record of RemainCo Common Stock at the close of business on the Record Date (the “Record Holders”) to effect the book-entry transfer of all outstanding shares of SpinCo Common Stock and will order the Distribution Agent to effect the Distribution at the Distribution Time in the manner set forth in Section 4.2.
Section 4.2 Mechanics of the Distribution.
(a) On the Distribution Date, RemainCo will direct the Distribution Agent to distribute, effective as of the Distribution Time, to each Record Holder a number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock equal to the number of shares of RemainCo Common Stock held by such Record Holder multiplied by the Distribution Multiple, except that the Distribution Agent will not issue any fractional shares of SpinCo Common Stock and will distribute cash in lieu of fractional shares as provided in Section 4.2(b). All such shares of SpinCo Common Stock to be so distributed shall be distributed as uncertificated shares registered in book-entry form through the direct registration system. No certificates therefor shall be distributed. RemainCo shall cause the Distribution Agent to deliver an account statement to each holder of SpinCo Common Stock reflecting such holder’s ownership thereof. All of the shares of SpinCo Common Stock distributed in the Distribution will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(b) RemainCo will direct the Distribution Agent to determine, as soon as is practicable after the Distribution Date, the number of fractional shares, if any, of SpinCo Common Stock allocable to each Record Holder entitled to receive SpinCo Common Stock in the Distribution and to promptly aggregate all the fractional shares and sell the whole shares obtained thereby, in open market transactions or otherwise, at the then-prevailing trading prices,
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and to cause to be distributed to each Record Holder, in lieu of any fractional share, each Record Holder’s ratable share of the proceeds of the sale, after making appropriate deductions of the amounts required to be withheld for federal income tax purposes and after deducting an amount equal to all brokerage charges, commissions and transfer taxes attributed to the sale.
(c) Any SpinCo Common Stock or cash in lieu of fractional shares with respect to SpinCo Common Stock that remains unclaimed by any Record Holder on the first anniversary of the Distribution Date will be delivered to SpinCo. SpinCo will hold the SpinCo Common Stock or cash for the account of the Record Holder and any Record Holder will look only to SpinCo for the SpinCo Common Stock or cash, if any, in lieu of fractional shares, subject in each case to applicable escheat or other abandoned property Laws.
(d) SpinCo shall mail or cause to be mailed to the Record Holders, on or prior to the Distribution Date, the Information Statement.
Section 4.3 Conditions Precedent to Consummation of the Separation and the Distribution. None of the Separation (other than subsections (i) and (ii) of the definition of Separation), the Distribution nor the related transactions set forth in this Agreement or in any of the Ancillary Agreements will take place unless the following conditions have been satisfied or waived by RemainCo, in its sole and absolute discretion, at or before the Distribution Time:
(a) RemainCo will have received an opinion from Xxxxx Day, dated the Distribution Date, in form and substance acceptable to RemainCo substantially to the effect that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (i) certain transactions to be effected in connection with the Separation qualify as reorganizations or other tax-free transactions under Sections 332, 351, 355 and/or 368 of the Code, and (ii) the Distribution will qualify for tax-free treatment to RemainCo and to SpinCo as a transaction described in Section 355 of the Code;
(b) the Separation and the Distribution will not violate or result in a breach of any Law or any material agreement;
(c) the Registration Statement will have become effective, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect or, to the knowledge of either RemainCo or SpinCo, threatened by the SEC;
(d) the actions and filings necessary or appropriate under applicable federal or state securities Laws and state blue sky Laws in connection with the Distribution will have been taken;
(e) the NYSE will have approved SpinCo’s Common Stock for listing, subject to official notice of issuance;
(f) the Ancillary Agreements will have been executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto and no party to any of the Ancillary Agreements will be in material breach of any Ancillary Agreement;
(g) all Consents required to be received or made before the Distribution may take place will have been received or made and be in full force and effect, and this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements will not have been terminated and will not violate, conflict with or result in a breach (with or without the passage of time) of any Law or any material agreements of RemainCo;
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(h) (1) RemainCo will have executed a credit facility on terms and conditions and with lenders acceptable to RemainCo, and (2) SpinCo will have executed a credit facility on terms and conditions and with lenders acceptable to SpinCo, and neither RemainCo nor SpinCo shall have received notice that any lender thereunder has determined not to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby;
(i) no RemainCo Surety Obligations for the SpinCo Business or SpinCo Surety Obligations for the RemainCo Business will remain outstanding; and
(j) no preliminary or permanent injunction or other order, decree, or ruling issued by a Governmental Authority, and no statute (as interpreted through orders or rules of any Governmental Authority duly authorized to effectuate the statute), rule, regulation or executive order promulgated or enacted by any Governmental Authority will be in effect preventing, or materially limiting the benefits of, the Separation or the Distribution.
Each of the conditions set forth in this Section 4.3 is for the benefit of RemainCo, and RemainCo may, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to waive any condition, in whole or in part. Any determination made by RemainCo concerning the satisfaction or waiver of any or all of the conditions in this Section 4.3 will be conclusive and binding on the Parties. The satisfaction of those conditions will not create any obligation on the part of RemainCo to SpinCo or any other Person to effect the Separation or the Distribution or in any way limit RemainCo’s right to terminate as set forth in Section 7.2 or alter the consequences of any termination from those specified in Section 7.2.
ARTICLE V
ARBITRATION; DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Section 5.1 General. Except as otherwise specifically provided in any Ancillary Agreement, the procedures for negotiation and binding arbitration set forth in this Article V shall apply to any dispute, controversy or claim (whether sounding in contract, tort or otherwise) that arises out of or relates to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, any breach or alleged breach hereof or thereof, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including all actions taken in furtherance of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby on or prior to the date hereof), or the construction, interpretation, enforceability or validity hereof or thereof (a “Dispute”). Each Party agrees on behalf of itself and each member of its respective Group that the procedures set forth in this Article V shall be the sole and exclusive remedy in connection with any Dispute and irrevocably waives any right to commence any Action in or before any Governmental Authority, except (i) as expressly provided in Section 5.7(b), (ii) as provided for under the Arbitration Act, (iii) as required by applicable Law, and (iv) as otherwise specifically provided in any Ancillary Agreement. Each Party on behalf of itself and each member of its respective Group irrevocably waives any right to any trial by jury and any right to any trial in a court with respect to any Dispute to which this Section 5.1 applies. As used in the following provisions of this Article V, any reference to “party” or “parties” shall mean and refer to a party or parties involved in a Dispute.
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Section 5.2 Negotiation.
(a) It is the intent of the Parties to use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to resolve expeditiously any Dispute that may arise on a mutually acceptable negotiated basis. In furtherance of the foregoing, any party involved in a Dispute may deliver a notice (an “Escalation Notice”) demanding an in-person meeting involving representatives of the parties at a senior level of management of the parties (or if the parties agree, of the appropriate strategic business unit or division within such entity). A copy of any such Escalation Notice shall be given to the General Counsel, or, if one does not exist, the President or Chief Executive Officer, of each party involved in the Dispute (which copy shall state that it is an Escalation Notice pursuant to this Agreement). Any agenda, location or procedures for such discussions or negotiations between the parties may be established by the parties from time to time; provided, however, that the parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to meet within 20 days of the Escalation Notice. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.3(a), during the period from the date hereof through the first anniversary of the Distribution Date, in the event the parties involved in a Dispute do not resolve the Dispute in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.2(a) within 60 days after the delivery of the Escalation Notice with respect to such Dispute, the Dispute shall be referred to the Board of Directors of each of RemainCo and SpinCo, which shall each be requested to select a subcommittee thereof to meet to resolve the Dispute within 45 days of such referral, and no party involved in a Dispute may deliver an Arbitration Demand Notice pursuant to Section 5.3(a) until after such 45-day period has elapsed. Any resolution of a Dispute pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be memorialized in a writing signed by both parties.
(b) The parties may, by mutual consent, select a mediator to aid the parties in their discussions and negotiations. Any opinion expressed by the mediator shall be strictly advisory and shall not be binding on the parties, nor shall any opinion expressed by the mediator be admissible in any arbitration proceedings. Costs of any mediation shall be borne equally by the parties involved in the Dispute, except that each Party shall be responsible for its own expenses. Mediation is not a prerequisite to a demand for arbitration under Section 5.3.
Section 5.3 Demand for Arbitration.
(a) Any Dispute that has not been resolved after the delivery of the related Escalation Notice shall, except as otherwise specifically provided in any Ancillary Agreement, be resolved by final and binding arbitration pursuant to the then current Commercial Arbitration Rules (the “AAA Rules”) of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), except as modified by the provisions of this Article V. To initiate such an arbitration, a party involved in the related Dispute (regardless of whether such party delivered the Escalation Notice) shall, except as otherwise specifically provided in any Ancillary Agreement, at any time after 30 days from the delivery of an Escalation Notice, deliver a notice demanding arbitration of such Dispute (an “Arbitration Demand Notice”). In the event that any party shall deliver an Arbitration Demand Notice to another party, such other party may itself deliver an Arbitration Demand Notice to such first party with respect to any related Dispute with respect to which the Applicable Deadline has
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not passed without the requirement of delivering an Escalation Notice. No party may assert that the failure to resolve any matter during any discussions or negotiations, the course of conduct during the discussions or negotiations or the failure to agree on a mutually acceptable time, agenda, location or procedures for the meeting, in each case, as contemplated by Section 5.2, is a prerequisite to a demand for arbitration under this Section 5.3. In the event that any party delivers an Arbitration Demand Notice with respect to any Dispute that is the subject of any then pending arbitration proceeding or of a previously delivered Arbitration Demand Notice, all such Disputes shall be resolved in the arbitration proceeding for which an Arbitration Demand Notice was first delivered unless the arbitrators in their sole discretion determine that it is impracticable or otherwise inadvisable to do so.
(b) Except as may be expressly provided in any Ancillary Agreement, any Arbitration Demand Notice with respect to a Dispute, other than a Dispute related to a Third Party Claim, may be given until one year after the date on which the party desiring to give such Arbitration Demand Notice first determined, or, in the exercise of reasonable prudence, should have determined, that the there was a Dispute (as applicable and as it may in a particular case be specifically extended by the parties in writing, the “Applicable Deadline”). In the case of a Dispute related to a Third Party Claim, the Applicable Deadline shall be one year after the date on which, as the case may be, (i) RemainCo receives notice or otherwise learns of the assertion of the Third Party Claim against it or any of the RemainCo Indemnitees or (ii) SpinCo receives notice or otherwise learns of the assertion of the Third Party Claim against it or any of the SpinCo Indemnitees. Any discussions, negotiations or mediations between the Parties pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise will not toll the Applicable Deadline unless expressly agreed in writing by the Parties. Each of the Parties agrees on behalf of itself and each member of its Group that if an Arbitration Demand Notice with respect to a Dispute is not given prior to the expiration of the Applicable Deadline, as between or among the Parties and the members of their Groups, such Dispute will be barred, and any right to bring any Action with respect to, or otherwise to pursue, any such barred Dispute is hereby irrevocably waived. Subject to Section 5.9, upon delivery of an Arbitration Demand Notice pursuant to Section 5.3(a) prior to the Applicable Deadline, the Dispute shall be decided by arbitrators in accordance with the rules set forth in this Article V. This Section 5.3(b) shall not be deemed to extend any notice period set forth in Section 3.7.
Section 5.4 Arbitrators.
(a) The party delivering the Arbitration Demand Notice shall, within five days of the date of such notice, notify the AAA and the other parties in writing describing in reasonable detail the nature of the Dispute. The arbitration shall be conducted before three neutral arbitrators. Each party shall, within 20 days of the date of the Arbitration Demand Notice, select one arbitrator. The parties shall mutually agree upon a third arbitrator. If the third arbitrator is not selected within 50 days of the date of the Arbitration Demand Notice, the two arbitrators already selected shall select the third arbitrator. In the event that any arbitrator is or becomes unable to serve, his or her replacement will be selected in the same manner described above. The vote of two of the three arbitrators shall be required for any decision under this Article V.
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(b) The arbitrators will set a time for the hearing of the matter, which will commence no later than 180 days (or the soonest Business Day thereafter) after the constitution of the panel of three arbitrators pursuant to Section 5.4(a), and which hearing will be no longer than 15 days (unless in the judgment of the arbitrators the matter is unusually complex and sophisticated and thereby requires a longer time, in which event such hearing shall be no longer than 20 days). The arbitrators shall use their best efforts to reach a final decision and render the same in writing to the parties not later than 60 days after the last hearing date, unless otherwise agreed by the parties in writing. Failure of the arbitrators to do so, however, shall not be a basis for challenging the decision. An arbitrator dissenting from a decision or portion thereof may issue a dissent from the decision or portion thereof in writing, stating the reasons therefor.
(c) The place of any arbitration hereunder will be Charlotte, North Carolina, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties.
Section 5.5 Hearings. Within the time period specified in Section 5.4(b), the matter shall be presented to the arbitrators at a hearing by means of written submissions of memoranda and verified witness statements, filed simultaneously, and responses, if necessary in the judgment of the arbitrators or both the Parties. Live direct and cross-examination will be permitted upon request of any party. The arbitrators shall actively manage the arbitration with a view to achieving a just, speedy and cost-effective resolution of the Dispute. The arbitrators may, in their discretion, set time and other limits on the presentation of each party’s case, its memoranda or other submissions, and refuse to receive any proffered evidence, which the arbitrators, in their discretion, find to be cumulative, unnecessary, irrelevant or of low probative nature. The decision of the arbitrators will be final and binding on the parties, and judgment thereon may be had and will be enforceable in any court having jurisdiction over the parties. Arbitration awards will bear interest at an annual rate of the Prime Rate plus 2% per annum, subject to any maximum amount permitted by applicable Law. To the extent that the provisions of this Agreement and the AAA Rules conflict, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.
Section 5.6 Discovery and Certain Other Matters.
(a) Any party involved in a Dispute subject to this Article V may request limited document production from the other party or parties of specific and expressly relevant documents. Any such discovery shall be conducted expeditiously and shall not cause the hearing provided for in Section 5.5 to be postponed or adjourned except upon consent of all parties involved in the applicable Dispute or upon an extraordinary showing of cause demonstrating that such postponement or adjournment is necessary to permit discovery essential to a party to the proceeding. Interrogatories, depositions or other forms of discovery (other than the document production set forth above) shall not occur except by consent of the parties involved in the applicable Dispute. Disputes concerning the scope of document production or enforcement of the document production will be determined by written agreement of the parties involved in the applicable Dispute or, failing such agreement, will be referred to the arbitrators for resolution. All discovery requests will be subject to the parties’ rights (and the rights of any witness) to claim any applicable Privilege. The arbitrators will adopt procedures to protect the proprietary rights of the parties and to maintain the confidential treatment of the arbitration proceedings (except as may be required by Law).
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(b) The arbitrators shall have full power and authority to determine issues of arbitrability but shall otherwise be limited to interpreting or construing the applicable provisions of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, and will have no authority or power to limit, expand, alter, amend, modify, revoke or suspend any condition or provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; it being understood, however, that the arbitrators will have full authority to implement the provisions of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, and to fashion appropriate remedies for breaches of this Agreement; provided that the arbitrators shall not have (i) any authority in excess of the authority a court having jurisdiction over the parties and the Dispute would have absent these arbitration provisions or (ii) any right or power to award exemplary, punitive, special, indirect, consequential, remote or speculative damages (including in respect of lost profits or revenues) or treble damages (provided that this clause (ii) shall not limit the award of any such damages to the extent they are included in any Liabilities to third parties as to which the provisions of this Article V are applicable). It is the intention of the Parties that in rendering a decision the arbitrators should give effect to the applicable provisions of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and follow applicable Law (it being understood and agreed that this sentence shall not give rise to a right of judicial review of the arbitrators’ award).
(c) If a party fails or refuses to appear at and participate in an arbitration hearing after due notice, the arbitrators may hear and determine the controversy upon evidence produced by the appearing party. Any decision rendered under such circumstances shall be as valid and enforceable as if the parties had appeared and participated fully at all stages.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 6.6, the arbitrators are authorized but not required to award attorneys’ fees, expenses, and other costs of arbitration to the prevailing party as part of any arbitration award under this Article V.
Section 5.7 Certain Additional Matters.
(a) Any arbitration award shall be an award with a holding in favor of or against a party and shall include findings as to facts, issues or conclusions of law (including with respect to any matters relating to the validity or infringement of patents or patent applications) and shall include a statement of the reasoning on which the award rests. The arbitrators are specifically authorized to award, in addition to damages, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief and an order of specific performance, in appropriate circumstances (including for breaches of Section 6.11). The award must also be in adequate form so that a judgment of a court may be entered thereupon. Judgment upon any arbitration award hereunder may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Any award shall not be vacated or appealed except on the bases of (i) the award being procured by fraud or corruption, (ii) an arbitrator being partial or corrupt, (iii) the arbitrators wrongfully refusing to postpone a hearing or hear evidence, or (iv) the arbitrators exceeding the scope of the power granted to them in this Agreement.
(b) Regardless of whether an Escalation Notice has been delivered, at any time prior to the time at which arbitrators are appointed pursuant to Section 5.4, any party may seek one or more temporary restraining orders or other injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction if necessary in order to preserve and protect the status quo (including as a result of an actual or threatened breach of Section 6.11). Neither the request for, nor the grant or denial of, any such temporary restraining order or other injunctive relief shall be deemed a waiver of the right or obligation to arbitrate as set forth herein, and the arbitrators may dissolve, continue or modify any such order after their appointment. Any such temporary restraining order or other injunctive relief shall remain in effect until the first to occur of the expiration of the order in accordance with its terms or the dissolution thereof by the arbitrators.
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(c) Except as required by applicable Law, the parties shall hold, and shall cause their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and other representatives to hold, the existence, content and result of discussions, negotiations, mediation or arbitration under this Article V in confidence in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.9 and except as may be required in order to enforce any award. Each of the parties shall request that any mediator or arbitrator comply with such confidentiality requirement.
Section 5.8 Continuity of Service and Performance. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the parties will continue to provide service and honor all other commitments under this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement during the course of dispute resolution pursuant to the provisions of this Article V with respect to all matters not subject to such Dispute.
Section 5.9 Law Governing Arbitration Procedures. The interpretation of the provisions of this Article V, only insofar as they relate to the agreement to arbitrate and any procedures pursuant thereto, shall be governed by the Arbitration Act and other applicable U.S. federal Law. In all other respects, the interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed as set forth in Section 7.10.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS AND OTHER MATTERS
Section 6.1 Other Agreements. In addition to the specific agreements, documents and instruments annexed to this Agreement, RemainCo and SpinCo agree to execute or cause to be executed by the appropriate parties and deliver, as appropriate, such other agreements, instruments and other documents as may be reasonably requested by either Party and necessary or desirable in order to effect the purposes of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
Section 6.2 Further Instruments. Subject to Section 2.4, at the request of SpinCo or RemainCo and without payment of any further consideration, the other Party will execute and deliver, and will cause its applicable Subsidiaries to execute and deliver, to the requesting Party and its Subsidiaries such other instruments of transfer, conveyance, assignment, substitution and confirmation and take such action as the requesting Party may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order more effectively to transfer, convey and assign to the requesting Party and its Subsidiaries and confirm the requesting Party’s and its Subsidiaries’ title to all of the Assets, rights and other things of value contemplated to be transferred to the requesting Party and its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, any documents referred to therein and any Prior Transfers, to put the requesting Party and its Subsidiaries in actual possession and operating control thereof and to permit the requesting Party and its Subsidiaries to exercise all rights with respect thereto (including rights under Contracts and other arrangements as to which the consent of any Third Party to the transfer thereof shall not have previously been obtained). At the request of SpinCo or RemainCo and without payment of any further consideration, the other Party will execute and deliver, and will cause its applicable
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Subsidiaries to execute and deliver, to the requesting Party and its Subsidiaries all instruments, assumptions, novations, undertakings, substitutions or other documents and take such other action as the requesting Party may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to have the other Party fully and unconditionally assume and discharge the Liabilities contemplated to be assumed by such Party under this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement, any document in connection herewith or the Prior Transfers and to relieve the SpinCo Group or the RemainCo Group, as applicable, of any Liability or obligation with respect thereto and evidence the same to third parties. Neither RemainCo nor SpinCo shall be obligated, in connection with the foregoing, to expend money other than reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, attorneys’ fees and recording or similar fees. Furthermore, each Party, at the request of another Party, shall execute and deliver such other instruments and do and perform such other acts and things as may be necessary or desirable for effecting completely the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Prior Transfers.
Section 6.3 Provision of Books and Records. Subject to the provisions of this Section 6.3, RemainCo shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver or make available or cause to be delivered or made available to SpinCo all SpinCo Books and Records in the possession of the RemainCo Group, and SpinCo shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver or make available or cause to be delivered or made available to RemainCo all RemainCo Books and Records in the possession of the SpinCo Group. The foregoing shall be limited by, or subject to, the following:
(a) To the extent any document can be subdivided without unreasonable effort or cost into two portions, one of which constitutes a SpinCo Book and Record and the other of which constitutes a RemainCo Book and Record, such document shall be so subdivided and the appropriate portions shall be delivered or made available to the Parties.
(b) Each Party may retain copies of books and records delivered or made available to the other, subject to holding in confidence in accordance with Section 6.9 Information contained in such books and records.
(c) Without limiting the generality of the first sentence of this Section 6.3, for a period beginning on the Distribution Date and continuing in perpetuity, if either RemainCo or SpinCo identifies any RemainCo Books and Records then in the possession of a member of the SpinCo Group or any SpinCo Books and Records then in the possession of a member of the RemainCo Group, as applicable, RemainCo or SpinCo, as the case may be, shall or shall cause any such RemainCo Books and Records or SpinCo Books and Records to be conveyed, assigned, transferred and delivered, or otherwise made available, to the entity identified by SpinCo or RemainCo, as the case may be, as the appropriate transferee.
(d) Each Party may refuse to furnish any Information if so doing, in such Party’s Good Faith Judgment, could reasonably be expected to result in a waiver of any Privilege with respect to a Third Party even if SpinCo and RemainCo cooperated to protect such Privilege as contemplated by this Agreement.
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(e) Neither Party shall be required to deliver or make available to the other books and records or portions thereof which are subject to any applicable Law or confidentiality agreements which would by their terms prohibit such delivery; provided, however, if requested by the other Party, such Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek a waiver of or other relief from such confidentiality restriction.
(f) To the extent any SpinCo Books and Records or RemainCo Books and Records are subject to restrictions or limitations set forth the Employee Matters Agreement, Tax Sharing Agreement, the Assumption and Loss Allocation Agreement, the Captive Insurance Novation and Assumption Agreements or the Intellectual Property Agreements, such restrictions and limitations shall apply to such SpinCo Books and Records or RemainCo Books and Records, notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the documents described on Schedule 6.3 shall be subject to the specific provisions set forth on Schedule 6.3.
Section 6.4 Agreement For Exchange of Information.
(a) Subject to any limitations or restrictions pursuant to any applicable Law (including privacy and data security Laws) or pursuant to the provisions set forth on Schedule 6.3, from and after the Distribution Date for a period of ten years (and, with respect to Information that relates to any Third Party Claims, for a time period without any limit), each of RemainCo and SpinCo agrees to provide or make available, or cause to be provided or made available, to each other as soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor, any Information in the possession or under the control of such Party that the requesting Party reasonably needs (i) to comply with reporting, disclosure, filing or other requirements, requests or Laws imposed on the requesting Party (including under applicable securities Laws) by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the requesting Party, (ii) for use in any pending or threatened judicial, regulatory, arbitration, mediation or other proceeding or investigation or in order to satisfy audit requirements (whether in connection with audits conducted by independent accounting firms, internal audits, or audits conducted by third parties entitled to do so by Contract, including customers and vendors), or in connection with accounting, claims, regulatory, litigation or other similar requirements, except in the case of a Dispute subject to Article V brought by one Party against the other Party (which shall be governed by such discovery rules as may be applicable under Article V), (iii) to comply with its obligations under this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any Contract with a Third Party that is not an Affiliate, employee or agent of the requesting Party, or (iv) for any other significant business need as mutually determined in good faith by the Parties; provided, however, that in the event that either Party determines that any such provision (or making available) of Information is reasonably likely to be commercially detrimental or violate any Law, agreement or privacy policy or guidelines, the Parties shall take reasonable measures to permit the compliance with such obligations in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence; provided, that this Section 6.4(a) shall not limit any Party’s ability to implement such Party’s records retention policies (including the record destruction provisions thereof) and privacy policies and guidelines. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, for so long as RemainCo (or any successor thereto) is required to reflect any financial information with respect to the SpinCo Entities in any of RemainCo’s reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act, SpinCo shall: (i) upon request, provide certifications of its chief executive officer and its chief financial officer substantially similar in form and substance to the certifications provided by RemainCo’s
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executive officers in the last 12 months preceding the Distribution Date with respect to periodic reporting of assets, liabilities and financial results of the operations conducted by the RemainCo Entities; (ii) provide reasonable access to the books and records of the SpinCo Entities to permit RemainCo’s independent auditors to audit or review, as applicable, any such financial information to be reflected in any such reports filed with the SEC; (iii) consent to the inclusion (or incorporation by reference) of any financial statements reflecting any such financial information in any of RemainCo’s reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act or in any registration statements filed by RemainCo with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933; and (iv) use reasonable efforts to cause SpinCo’s independent accountants to consent to the inclusion of their audit reports in any registration statements filed by RemainCo with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, for so long as SpinCo (or any successor thereto) is required to reflect any financial information with respect to the RemainCo Entities in any of SpinCo’s reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act, RemainCo shall: (i) upon request, provide certifications of its chief executive officer and its chief financial officer substantially similar in form and substance to the certifications provided by RemainCo’s executive officers in the last 12 months preceding the Distribution Date with respect to periodic reporting of assets, liabilities and financial results of the operations conducted by the RemainCo Entities; (ii) provide reasonable access to the books and records of the RemainCo Entities to permit SpinCo’s independent auditors to audit or review, as applicable, any such financial information to be reflected in any such reports filed with the SEC; (iii) consent to the inclusion (or incorporation by reference) of any financial statements reflecting any such financial information in any of SpinCo’s reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act or in any registration statements filed by SpinCo with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933; and (iv) use reasonable efforts to cause RemainCo’s independent accountants to consent to the inclusion of their audit reports, if required, in any registration statements filed by SpinCo with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933.
(b) Any Information owned by a Party that is provided or made available to a requesting Party pursuant to this Section 6.4 shall be deemed to remain the property of the Party providing or making available such Information. Unless specifically set forth herein, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring rights of license or otherwise in any such Information.
(c) The Party requesting the Information under this Section 6.4 will reimburse the other Party for the reasonable out-of-pocket costs of gathering, compiling and copying the Information.
(d) Except as otherwise agreed in writing, or as otherwise provided in any Ancillary Agreement, each Party will use commercially reasonable efforts to retain in accordance with such Party’s record retention policies in effect from time to time (which will comply with all applicable Laws) all significant Information in the Party’s possession or under its control relating to the business, Assets or Liabilities of the other Party’s Group, and, before destroying or disposing of any Information relating to the business, Assets or Liabilities of the other Party’s Group, (i) the Party proposing to dispose of or destroy the Information will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide no less than 90 days’ prior written notice to the other Party, specifying the Information proposed to be destroyed or disposed of and (ii) if, before the scheduled date for the destruction or disposal, the other Party requests in writing that any of the
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Information proposed to be destroyed or disposed of be delivered or made available to the other Party, the Party proposing to dispose of or destroy the Information will promptly arrange for the delivery or making available of the requested Information to or at a location specified by, and at the expense of, the requesting Party; provided, that each Party may destroy or dispose of any Information that the other Party has previously copied.
(e) Except as otherwise provided for herein or in any Ancillary Agreement, neither Party shall have any liability to the other Party or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates in the event that any Information exchanged or provided pursuant to this Section 6.4 is found to be inaccurate or incomplete (including by misstatement or omission), in the absence of willful misconduct or fraud by the Party providing such Information.
(f) The rights and obligations granted under this Section 6.4 are subject to any specific limitations, qualifications or additional provisions on the sharing, exchange or confidential treatment of Information set forth in this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement.
(g) Each Party shall, except in the case of a dispute subject to Article V brought by one Party against another Party (which shall be governed by such discovery rules as may be applicable under Article V or otherwise), use commercially reasonable efforts to make available to the other Party, upon written request, (i) the former, current and future directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents of such Party’s Group for fact finding, consultation and interviews and as witnesses to the extent such Persons may reasonably be required in connection with any Actions (other than Actions in which both RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, as the case may be, are parties and may be adverse to one another in such Action) in which the requesting Party may from time to time be involved relating to the conduct of the SpinCo Business or the RemainCo Business and (ii) any books, records or other documents within its control or which it otherwise has the ability to make available, to the extent that any such person (giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with any judicial proceeding or other proceeding in which the requesting Party may from time to time be involved, regardless of whether such judicial proceeding or other proceeding is a matter with respect to which indemnification may be sought hereunder. The requesting Party shall bear all costs and expenses in connection therewith.
Section 6.5 Preservation of Legal Privileges; Attorney Representation.
(a) RemainCo and SpinCo recognize that the members of their respective Groups possess and will possess information and advice that has been previously developed but is legally protected from disclosure under legal privileges, such as the attorney-client privilege or work product exemption and other concepts of legal privilege (“Privilege”). Each Party recognizes that it shall be jointly entitled to the Privilege with respect to such privileged information and that each shall be entitled to maintain and use for its own benefit all such information and advice, but both Parties shall ensure that such information is maintained so as to protect the Privileges with respect to the other Party’s interest. RemainCo and SpinCo agree that their respective rights and obligations to maintain, preserve, assert or waive any or all Privileges belonging to either Party with respect to the SpinCo Business or the RemainCo Business shall be governed by the
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provisions of this Section 6.5. With respect to matters relating to the RemainCo Business, RemainCo shall have sole authority in perpetuity to determine whether to assert or waive any or all Privileges, and SpinCo shall take no action (or permit any of its Subsidiaries to take action) without the prior written consent of RemainCo that could, in RemainCo’s Good Faith Judgment, reasonably be expected to result in any waiver of any Privilege that could be asserted by RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries under applicable Law and this Agreement. With respect to matters relating to the SpinCo Business, SpinCo shall have sole authority in perpetuity to determine whether to assert or waive any or all Privileges, and RemainCo shall take no action (or permit any of its Subsidiaries to take action) without the prior written consent of SpinCo that could, in SpinCo’s Good Faith Judgment, reasonably be expected to result in any waiver of any Privilege that could be asserted by SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries under applicable Law and this Agreement. The rights and obligations created by this Section 6.5 shall apply to all Information as to which RemainCo or SpinCo or their respective Subsidiaries would be entitled to assert or has asserted a Privilege without regard to the effect, if any, of the Separation and Distribution (“Privileged Information”). Privileged Information of RemainCo includes (i) any and all Privileged Information existing prior to the Distribution regarding the RemainCo Business but which after the Distribution is in the possession of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) all communications subject to a Privilege occurring prior to the Distribution between counsel for RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries (including in-house counsel and former in-house counsel who are employees of SpinCo or its Subsidiaries) and any person who, at the time of the communication, was an employee of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries, regardless of whether such employee is or becomes an employee of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries; and (iii) all Privileged Information generated, received or arising after the Distribution that refers or relates to Privileged Information generated, received or arising prior to the Distribution. Privileged Information of SpinCo includes (i) any and all Privileged Information existing prior to the Distribution regarding the SpinCo Business but which after the Distribution is in the possession of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) all communications subject to a Privilege occurring prior to the Distribution between counsel for SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries (including in-house counsel and former in-house counsel who are employees of RemainCo or its Subsidiaries) and any person who, at the time of the communication, was an employee of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries, regardless of whether such employee is or becomes an employee of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries; and (iii) all Privileged Information generated, received or arising after the Distribution that refers or relates to Privileged Information generated, received or arising prior to the Distribution.
(b) Upon receipt by RemainCo or SpinCo, 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 RemainCo or SpinCo, as the case may be, obtains knowledge that any current or former employee of RemainCo or SpinCo, as the case may be, 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, RemainCo or SpinCo, 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 Privileged Information and to assert any rights it may have under this Section 6.5 or otherwise to prevent the production or disclosure of Privileged Information. RemainCo or SpinCo, as the case may be, will not produce or disclose to any Third Party any of the other’s Privileged Information under this Section 6.5 unless (A) the other has provided its express written consent to such production or disclosure, or (B) a court of competent jurisdiction has entered an order not subject to interlocutory appeal or review finding that the Information is not entitled to protection from disclosure under any applicable Privilege, doctrine or rule.
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(c) RemainCo’s transfer of SpinCo Books and Records and other Information to SpinCo, RemainCo’s agreement to permit SpinCo to obtain Information existing prior to the Distribution, SpinCo’s transfer of RemainCo Books and Records and other Information to RemainCo, and SpinCo’s agreement to permit RemainCo to obtain Information existing prior to the Distribution are made in reliance on RemainCo’s and SpinCo’s respective agreements, as set forth in Section 6.9 and this Section 6.5, to maintain the confidentiality of such Privileged Information and to take the steps provided herein for the preservation of all Privileges that may belong to or be asserted by RemainCo or SpinCo, as the case may be. The access to Privileged Information being granted pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof, the agreement to provide witnesses and individuals pursuant to Section 6.4(g) hereof and the disclosure to SpinCo and RemainCo of Privileged Information relating to the SpinCo Business or the RemainCo Business pursuant to this Agreement in connection with the Separation and Distribution shall not be asserted by RemainCo or SpinCo to constitute, or otherwise be deemed, a waiver of any Privilege that has been or may be asserted under this Section 6.5 or otherwise. Nothing in this Agreement shall operate to reduce, minimize or condition the rights granted to RemainCo and SpinCo in, or the obligations imposed upon RemainCo and SpinCo by, this Section 6.5.
(d) RemainCo, on behalf of itself and on behalf of each other member of the RemainCo Group, hereby waives any conflict of interest with respect to any attorney who is or becomes an officer or employee of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries resulting from such person being an officer or employee of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries (including SpinCo and its Subsidiaries) at any time prior to the Distribution and agrees to allow such attorney to represent SpinCo and its Subsidiaries in any transaction or dispute with respect to this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and transactions between the Parties and their Subsidiaries and other Affiliates which commence following the Distribution Date. SpinCo, on behalf of itself and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, hereby waives any conflict of interest with respect to any attorney who is or becomes an officer or employee of RemainCo or any other member of the RemainCo Group resulting from such person being an officer or employee of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries at any time prior to the Distribution and agrees to allow such attorney to represent RemainCo or any other member of the RemainCo Group in any transaction or dispute with respect to this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and transactions between the Parties and their Subsidiaries and other Affiliates which commence following the Distribution Date. In furtherance of the foregoing, each member of the RemainCo Group and each member of the SpinCo Group will, upon request, execute and deliver a specific waiver as may be appropriate in connection with a particular transaction or dispute under the applicable rules of professional conduct in order to effectuate the general waiver set forth above.
Section 6.6 Payment of Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, each Party will bear its own expenses incurred after the Distribution Date in connection with the Separation, the Distribution and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Any expenses in connection with the Separation, the Distribution and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement that are incurred, but not paid, on or prior to the Distribution Date will be paid in accordance with the Side Letter.
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Section 6.7 Surety Instruments.
(a) On or after the Distribution Date, if any Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligations for the SpinCo Business are outstanding, SpinCo shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to replace the Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligations for the SpinCo Business as promptly as practicable with Surety Instruments that (x) are issued for SpinCo’s own account or the account of any of its Subsidiaries (or any combination thereof), (y) are acceptable to the beneficiary or beneficiaries thereof and (z) neither impose any Liabilities, directly or indirectly, on RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries nor encumber or otherwise restrict, directly or indirectly, any Assets of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries. From and after the Distribution Time: SpinCo shall indemnify and hold harmless RemainCo and each of its Subsidiaries from and against any other Losses arising from or relating to any Surety Instruments relating to the RemainCo Surety Obligations for the SpinCo Business. Without the prior written consent of RemainCo, SpinCo shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into, renew or extend the term of, increase its obligations under, or transfer to a Third Party, any loan, lease, Contract or other obligation in connection with which RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries has issued, or caused to be issued, any Surety Instruments relating to any RemainCo Surety Obligations for the SpinCo Business. The Parties agree that neither RemainCo nor any of its Subsidiaries will have any obligation to renew any Surety Instruments relating to the RemainCo Surety Obligations for the SpinCo Business, after the expiration of any such Surety Instruments, provided that nothing in this Section 6.7(a) shall prevent RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries from renewing any Surety Instrument. If SpinCo theretofore has been unable to replace any of the Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligations for the SpinCo Business, then, within ten days after a Change of Control of SpinCo (or, if later, on the 24 month anniversary of the Distribution Time if, within ten days after such Change of Control, SpinCo provides to RemainCo a valid, binding and enforceable guarantee, in favor of RemainCo, of SpinCo’s obligations under this Section 6.7(a) from the ultimate parent entity with control over SpinCo (provided that the Credit Quality of such ultimate parent entity, after providing the guarantee contemplated by this parenthetical, is, in the written opinion of a nationally recognized investment banking firm or a nationally recognized credit rating agency reasonably acceptable to RemainCo, not lower than the Credit Quality of SpinCo immediately prior to such Change of Control)), SpinCo will cause Applicable Security Instruments for Surety Obligations to be issued to RemainCo (or, as applicable, the Subsidiaries of RemainCo that are directly or contingently liable with respect thereto) to provide, in each case, RemainCo (or, as applicable, its Subsidiaries) with prompt cash reimbursement, in full, in the event of any draw, cash call or other event giving rise to any payment obligation on the part of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any such Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligations for the SpinCo Business. If, as contemplated by clause (ii)(B) of the definition of “Applicable Security Instruments for Surety Obligations,” any Applicable Security Instrument for Surety Obligations issued as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence (or by this sentence) includes one or more indemnity bonds with an expiration date before the Surety Obligation End Date for the applicable Scheduled RemainCo Surety Obligation for the SpinCo Business and the issuer of such indemnity bond fails for any reason to grant any annual rolling one-year extension through the Surety Obligation End Date, then SpinCo shall promptly, and before the expiration of any
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such indemnity bonds, cause to be issued in the place of each such indemnity bonds (i) new irrevocable standby letters of credit issued by one or more financial institutions reasonably acceptable to RemainCo, with the amounts of such letters of credit being, in the aggregate, not less than the amount of the indemnity bonds being replaced and with such letters of credit providing that they will remain in effect through the applicable Surety Obligation End Date (or, if they will not remain in effect through such date, that they may be drawn in full by the beneficiaries thereof if such letters of credit are not, prior to 15 days before such expiration or termination, replaced with other letters of credit meeting the qualifications of this clause (i) or extended) or (ii) indemnity bonds issued by one or more financial institutions or other issuers, and on terms and conditions, reasonably acceptable to RemainCo with (A) the expiration date of such bonds being no earlier than the earlier of (1) three years after the date such bonds are issued and, if the expiration date is before the Surety Obligation End Date, providing for annual one-year extensions and (2) the Surety Obligation End Date and (B) the amounts of such bonds being not less than the amount of the indemnity bonds being replaced. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and acknowledged that the performance obligations of the Parties under this Section 6.7(a) are subject to the limitations on liability set forth in Section 3.13.
(b) On or after the Distribution Date, if any Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligations for the RemainCo Business are outstanding, RemainCo shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to replace the Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligations for the RemainCo Business as promptly as practicable with Surety Instruments that (x) are issued for RemainCo’s own account or the account of any of its Subsidiaries (or any combination thereof), (y) are acceptable to the beneficiary or beneficiaries thereof and (z) neither impose any Liabilities, directly or indirectly, on SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries nor encumber or otherwise restrict, directly or indirectly, any Assets of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries. From and after the Distribution Time: RemainCo shall indemnify and hold harmless SpinCo and each of its Subsidiaries from and against any other Losses arising from or relating to any Surety Instruments relating to the SpinCo Surety Obligations for the RemainCo Business. Without the prior written consent of SpinCo, RemainCo shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into, renew or extend the term of, increase its obligations under, or transfer to a Third Party, any loan, lease, Contract or other obligation in connection with which SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries has issued, or caused to be issued, any Surety Instruments relating to any SpinCo Surety Obligations for the RemainCo Business. The Parties agree that neither SpinCo nor any of its Subsidiaries will have any obligation to renew any Surety Instruments relating to the SpinCo Surety Obligations for the RemainCo Business, after the expiration of any such Surety Instruments, provided that nothing in this Section 6.7(b) shall prevent SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries from renewing any Surety Instrument. If RemainCo theretofore has been unable to replace any of the Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligations for the RemainCo Business, then, within ten days after a Change of Control of RemainCo (or, if later, on the 24 month anniversary of the Distribution Time if, within ten days after such Change of Control, RemainCo provides to SpinCo a valid, binding and enforceable guarantee, in favor of SpinCo, of RemainCo’s obligations under this Section 6.7(b) from the ultimate parent entity with control over RemainCo (provided that the Credit Quality of such ultimate parent entity, after providing the guarantee contemplated by this parenthetical, is, in the written opinion of a nationally recognized investment banking firm or a nationally recognized credit rating agency reasonably acceptable to SpinCo, not lower than the Credit Quality of RemainCo immediately prior to such Change of Control)), RemainCo will cause Applicable Security Instruments for Surety Obligations to be
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issued to SpinCo (or, as applicable, the Subsidiaries of SpinCo that are directly or contingently liable with respect thereto) to provide, in each case, SpinCo (or, as applicable, its Subsidiaries) with prompt cash reimbursement, in full, in the event of any draw, cash call or other event giving rise to any payment obligation on the part of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any such Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligations for the RemainCo Business. If, as contemplated by clause (ii)(B) of the definition of “Applicable Security Instruments for Surety Obligations,” any Applicable Security Instrument for Surety Obligations issued as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence (or by this sentence) includes one or more indemnity bonds with an expiration date before the Surety Obligation End Date for the applicable Scheduled SpinCo Surety Obligation for the RemainCo Business and the issuer of such indemnity bond fails for any reason to grant any annual rolling one-year extension through the Surety Obligation End Date, then RemainCo shall promptly, and before the expiration of any such indemnity bonds, cause to be issued in the place of each such indemnity bonds (i) new irrevocable standby letters of credit issued by one or more financial institutions reasonably acceptable to SpinCo, with the amounts of such letters of credit being, in the aggregate, not less than the amount of the indemnity bonds being replaced and with such letters of credit providing that they will remain in effect through the applicable Surety Obligation End Date (or, if they will not remain in effect through such date, that they may be drawn in full by the beneficiaries thereof if such letters of credit are not, prior to 15 days before such expiration or termination, replaced with other letters of credit meeting the qualifications of this clause (i) or extended) or (ii) indemnity bonds issued by one or more financial institutions or other issuers, and on terms and conditions, reasonably acceptable to SpinCo with (A) the expiration date of such bonds being no earlier than the earlier of (1) three years after the date such bonds are issued and, if the expiration date is before the Surety Obligation End Date, providing for annual one-year extensions and (2) the Surety Obligation End Date and (B) the amounts of such bonds being not less than the amount of the indemnity bonds being replaced. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and acknowledged that the performance obligations of the Parties under this Section 6.7(b) are subject to the limitations on liability set forth in Section 3.13.
Section 6.8 Guarantee Obligations.
(a) RemainCo and SpinCo shall cooperate and SpinCo shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, terminate, or to cause SpinCo or its Subsidiaries (or Assets of SpinCo or its Subsidiaries) to be substituted in all respects for RemainCo and its Subsidiaries (and any Assets of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries) in respect of, all obligations of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries (or encumbrances or restrictions on Assets of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries) under or in respect of the Scheduled RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business that are in existence as of the Distribution Time. SpinCo shall indemnify and hold harmless the RemainCo Group from and against any Losses arising from or relating to RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business and neither RemainCo nor any of its Subsidiaries will have any obligation to renew any RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business after the expiration of such RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business. Without the prior written consent of RemainCo, SpinCo shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into, renew or extend the term of, increase its obligations under, or transfer to a Third Party, any loan, lease, Contract or other obligation in connection with which RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries has given or issued any RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business. If the above-described termination or substitution of all of
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the Scheduled RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business is not effected by the 24 month anniversary of the Distribution Time, then, for each of the Scheduled RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business for which such a termination or substitution has not been effected, SpinCo shall pay RemainCo a per annum fee, to compensate RemainCo and its Subsidiaries for continuing to provide, from and after the 24 month anniversary of the Distribution Time, Scheduled RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business, in an amount equal to 0.225% of the Net Exposure for such Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business (such fee to be paid quarterly in advance and to continue until the earlier of (i) the PCG End Date for such Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business and (ii) the date on which such a termination or substitution has been effected for such Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business). To the extent that RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries have obligations under any RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business, SpinCo will use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) perform such obligations on behalf of RemainCo and its Subsidiaries or (ii) otherwise take such action as reasonably requested by RemainCo so as to put RemainCo and its Subsidiaries in the same position as if SpinCo, and not RemainCo and its Subsidiaries, had performed or were performing such obligations. If the above-described termination or substitution of all of the Scheduled RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business has not theretofore occurred, then, within ten days after a Change of Control of SpinCo (or, if later, on the 24 month anniversary of the Distribution Time if, within ten days after such Change of Control, SpinCo provides to RemainCo a valid, binding and enforceable guarantee, in favor of RemainCo, of SpinCo’s obligations under this Section 6.8(a) from the ultimate parent entity with control over SpinCo (provided that the Credit Quality of such ultimate parent entity, after providing the guarantee contemplated by this parenthetical, is, in the written opinion of a nationally recognized investment banking firm or a nationally recognized credit rating agency reasonably acceptable to RemainCo, not lower than the Credit Quality of SpinCo immediately prior to such Change of Control)), SpinCo will cause Applicable Security Instruments for Guarantees to be issued to RemainCo (or, as applicable, the Subsidiaries of RemainCo that are directly or contingently liable with respect thereto) to provide, in each case, RemainCo (or, as applicable, its Subsidiaries) with prompt cash reimbursement in the event of any event giving rise to any payment obligation on the part of RemainCo or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any such Scheduled RemainCo Guarantees for the SpinCo Business. If, as contemplated by clause (ii)(B) of the definition of “Applicable Security Instruments for Guarantees,” any Applicable Security Instrument for Guarantees issued as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence (or by this sentence) includes one or more indemnity bonds with an expiration date before the PCG End Date for the applicable Scheduled RemainCo Guarantee for the SpinCo Business and the issuer of such indemnity bond fails for any reason to grant any annual rolling one-year extension through the PCG End Date, then SpinCo shall promptly, and before the expiration of any such indemnity bonds, cause to be issued in the place of each such indemnity bonds (i) new irrevocable standby letters of credit issued by one or more financial institutions reasonably acceptable to RemainCo, with the amounts of such letters of credit being, in the aggregate, not less than the amount of the indemnity bonds being replaced and with such letters of credit providing that they will remain in effect through the applicable PCG End Date (or, if they will not remain in effect through such date, that they may be drawn in full by the beneficiaries thereof if such letters of credit are not, prior to 15 days before such expiration or termination, replaced with other letters of credit meeting the qualifications of this clause (i) or extended) or (ii) indemnity bonds issued by one or more financial institutions or other issuers,
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and on terms and conditions, reasonably acceptable to RemainCo with (A) the expiration date of such bonds being no earlier than the earlier of (1) three years after the date such bonds are issued and, if the expiration date is before the PCG End Date, providing for annual one-year extensions and (2) the PCG End Date and (B) the amounts of such bonds being not less than the amount of the indemnity bonds being replaced.
(b) SpinCo and RemainCo shall cooperate and RemainCo shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, terminate, or to cause RemainCo or its Subsidiaries (or Assets of RemainCo or its Subsidiaries) to be substituted in all respects for SpinCo and its Subsidiaries (and any Assets of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries) in respect of, all obligations of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries (or encumbrances or restrictions on Assets of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries) under or in respect of the Scheduled SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business that are in existence as of the Distribution Time. RemainCo shall indemnify and hold harmless the SpinCo Group from and against any Losses arising from or relating to SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business and neither SpinCo nor any of its Subsidiaries will have any obligation to renew any SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business after the expiration of such SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business. Without the prior written consent of SpinCo, RemainCo shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into, renew or extend the term of, increase its obligations under, or transfer to a Third Party, any loan, lease, Contract or other obligation in connection with which SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries has given or issued any SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business. If the above-described termination or substitution of all of the Scheduled SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business is not effected by the 24 month anniversary of the Distribution Time, then, for each of the Scheduled SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business for which such a termination or substitution has not been effected, RemainCo shall pay SpinCo a per annum fee, to compensate SpinCo and its Subsidiaries for continuing to provide, from and after the 24 month anniversary of the Distribution Time, Scheduled SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business, in an amount equal to 0.225% of the Net Exposure for such Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business (such fee to be paid quarterly in advance and to continue until the earlier of (i) the PCG End Date for such Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business and (ii) the date on which such a termination or substitution has been effected for such Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business). To the extent that SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries have obligations under any SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business, RemainCo will use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) perform such obligations on behalf of SpinCo and its Subsidiaries or (ii) otherwise take such action as reasonably requested by SpinCo so as to put SpinCo and its Subsidiaries in the same position as if RemainCo, and not SpinCo and its Subsidiaries, had performed or were performing such obligations. If the above-described termination or substitution of all of the Schedule SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business has not theretofore occurred, then, within ten days after a Change of Control of RemainCo (or, if later, on the 24 month anniversary of the Distribution Time if, within ten days after such Change of Control, RemainCo provides to SpinCo a valid, binding and enforceable guarantee, in favor of SpinCo, of RemainCo’s obligations under this Section 6.8(b) from the ultimate parent entity with control over RemainCo (provided that the Credit Quality of such ultimate parent entity, after providing the guarantee contemplated by this parenthetical, is, in the written opinion of a nationally recognized investment banking firm or a nationally recognized credit rating agency reasonably acceptable to SpinCo, not lower than the Credit Quality of RemainCo immediately prior to such Change of Control)), RemainCo will cause Applicable
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Security Instruments for Guarantees to be issued to SpinCo (or, as applicable, the Subsidiaries of SpinCo that are directly or contingently liable with respect thereto) to provide, in each case, SpinCo (or, as applicable, its Subsidiaries) with prompt cash reimbursement in the event of any event giving rise to any payment obligation on the part of SpinCo or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any such Scheduled SpinCo Guarantees for the RemainCo Business. If, as contemplated by clause (ii)(B) of the definition of “Applicable Security Instruments for Guarantees,” any Applicable Security Instrument for Guarantees issued as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence (or by this sentence) includes one or more indemnity bonds with an expiration date before the PCG End Date for the applicable Scheduled SpinCo Guarantee for the RemainCo Business and the issuer of such indemnity bond fails for any reason to grant any annual rolling one-year extensions through the PCG End Date, then RemainCo shall promptly, and before the expiration of any such indemnity bonds, cause to be issued in the place of each such indemnity bonds (i) new irrevocable standby letters of credit issued by one or more financial institutions reasonably acceptable to SpinCo, with the amounts of such letters of credit being, in the aggregate, not less than the amount of the indemnity bonds being replaced and with such letters of credit providing that they will remain in effect through the applicable PCG End Date (or, if they will not remain in effect through such date, that they may be drawn in full by the beneficiaries thereof if such letters of credit are not, prior to 15 days before such expiration or termination, replaced with other letters of credit meeting the qualifications of this clause (i) or extended) or (ii) indemnity bonds issued by one or more financial institutions or other issuers, and on terms and conditions, reasonably acceptable to SpinCo with (A) the expiration date of such bonds being no earlier than the earlier of (1) three years after the date such bonds are issued and, if the expiration date is before the PCG End Date, providing for annual one-year extensions and (2) the PCG End Date and (B) the amounts of such bonds being not less than the amount of the indemnity bonds being replaced.
Section 6.9 Confidentiality.
(a) RemainCo and SpinCo shall hold and shall cause the members of the RemainCo Group and the SpinCo Group, respectively, to hold, and shall each cause their respective officers, employees, agents, consultants and advisors to hold, in strict confidence and not to disclose or release without the prior written consent of the other Party, any and all Confidential Information (as defined herein) of such other Party or the members of its Group; provided, that the Parties may disclose, or may permit disclosure of, such Confidential Information (i) to their respective auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, bankers and other appropriate consultants and advisors who have a need to know such information and are informed of their obligation to hold such information confidential to the same extent as is applicable to the Parties and in respect of whose failure to comply with such obligations, RemainCo or SpinCo, as the case may be, will be responsible or (ii) to the extent any member of the RemainCo Group or the SpinCo Group is compelled to disclose any such Confidential Information by judicial or administrative process or, in the opinion of legal counsel, by other requirements of Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any demand or request for disclosure of Confidential Information is made pursuant to clause (ii) above, RemainCo or SpinCo, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the other of the existence of such request or demand and shall provide the other a reasonable opportunity to seek an appropriate protective order or other remedy, which both Parties will cooperate in seeking to obtain. In the event that such appropriate protective order or other remedy is not obtained, the Party who is being compelled to disclose (or whose Group member is being
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compelled to disclose) shall, and shall cause the applicable members at its Group to, furnish, or cause to be furnished, only that portion of such Confidential Information that is legally required to be disclosed. As used in this Section 6.9, “Confidential Information” shall mean all proprietary, technical or proprietary, operational Information (including Trade Secrets and proprietary Information relating to the ages, birth dates, social security numbers, health-related matters or other confidential matters concerning employees or former employees) of one Party or members of its Group which, prior to or following the Distribution Time, has been disclosed by RemainCo or members of the RemainCo Group, on the one hand, or SpinCo or members of the SpinCo Group, on the other hand, to, or otherwise has come into the possession of, the other Group, including pursuant to the access provisions of Section 6.4 hereof or any other provision of this Agreement or by virtue of employees of the RemainCo Group becoming employees of the SpinCo Group or employees of the SpinCo Group becoming employees of the RemainCo Group as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby (except to the extent that such Information can be shown to have been (a) in the public domain through no fault of such Party (or, in the case of RemainCo, any other member of the RemainCo Group or, in the case of SpinCo, any other member of the SpinCo Group) or (b) later lawfully acquired from other sources by the Party (or, in the case of RemainCo, such member of the RemainCo Group or, in the case of SpinCo, such member of the SpinCo Group) to which it was furnished; provided, however, in the case of (b) that such sources did not provide such Information in breach of any confidentiality obligations).
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (i) RemainCo and the other members of the RemainCo Group, on the one hand, and SpinCo and the other members of the SpinCo Group, on the other hand, shall be deemed to have satisfied their obligations hereunder with respect to Confidential Information if they exercise the same degree of care (but no less than a reasonable degree of care) as they take to preserve confidentiality for their own similar Information and (ii) confidentiality obligations provided for in any agreement between RemainCo or any other member of the RemainCo Group, or SpinCo or any other member of the SpinCo Group, on the one hand, and any employee of RemainCo or any other member of the RemainCo Group, or SpinCo or any other member of the SpinCo Group, on the other hand, shall remain in full force and effect. Confidential Information of RemainCo or any other member of the RemainCo Group, on the one hand, or SpinCo or any other member of the SpinCo Group, on the other hand, in the possession of and used by the other as of the Distribution Time may continue to be used by such Person in possession of the Confidential Information in and only in the operation of the RemainCo Business or the SpinCo Business, as the case may be, and may be used only so long as the Confidential Information is maintained in confidence and not disclosed in violation of Section 6.9(a). Such continued right to use may not be transferred to any Third Party unless the Third Party purchases all or substantially all of the business and Assets of RemainCo or SpinCo, or any Asset of RemainCo or SpinCo in which the relevant Confidential Information is used or employed, in one transaction or in a series of related transactions, and such prospective purchaser executes a written agreement with SpinCo or RemainCo, as the case may be (which agreement shall be fully and directly enforceable by SpinCo or RemainCo, respectively), in which such Party agrees to be bound in perpetuity by the terms of this Section 6.9.
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Section 6.10 Insurance.
(a) The Parties intend by this Agreement that, to the extent permitted under the terms of any applicable insurance policy, SpinCo, each other member of the SpinCo Group and each of their respective directors, officers and employees, on the one hand, and RemainCo, each other member of the RemainCo Group and each of their respective directors, officers and employees, on the other hand, will be successors in interest and will have and be fully entitled to continue to exercise all rights that any of them may have as of the Distribution Time (with respect to events occurring before the Distribution Time) as a Subsidiary, Affiliate, division, director, officer or employee of RemainCo, or SpinCo (as the case may be), before the Distribution Time under any policy of insurance issued to RemainCo or any member of the RemainCo Group, or SpinCo or any member of the SpinCo Group, as the case may be, by any third-party insurance carrier not affiliated with RemainCo or SpinCo (as applicable) or under any agreements related to such policies executed and delivered before the Distribution Time, including any rights that SpinCo, any other member of the SpinCo Group, on the one hand, or RemainCo or any member of the RemainCo Group, on the other hand, or any of their or their respective directors, officers, or employees (as the case may be) may have as an insured or additional named insured, Subsidiary, Affiliate, division, director, officer or employee to avail itself, himself or herself of any policy of insurance or any agreements related to the policies in effect before the Distribution Time, with respect to events occurring before the Distribution Time. In addition, for a period of six years from and after the Distribution Date, RemainCo shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the “tail coverage” described in Schedule 6.10, provided that each of RemainCo and SpinCo shall (i) pay the premiums with respect to such coverage in accordance with the Side Letter and (ii) bear one-half of the amounts actually incurred as retention amounts under such coverage.
(b) After the Distribution Time, RemainCo shall not, and shall not permit any other member of the RemainCo Group to, and SpinCo shall not, and shall not permit any other member of the SpinCo Group to, without the consent of SpinCo or RemainCo, respectively (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), provide any insurance carrier with a release or amend, modify or waive any rights under any insurance policy or agreement if such release, amendment, modification or waiver thereunder would materially adversely affect any rights of any member of the Group of the other Party with respect to insurance coverage otherwise afforded to such other Party or any member of its Group for pre-Distribution claims; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not (A) preclude any member of any Group from presenting any claim or from exhausting any policy limit, (B) except to the extent expressly required by another covenant in this Agreement or by a covenant in any Ancillary Agreement, require any member of any Group to pay any premium or other amount or to incur any Liability or (C) except to the extent expressly required by another covenant in this Agreement or by a covenant in any Ancillary Agreement, require any member of any Group to renew, extend or continue any policy in force. Subject to Section 6.5, each of RemainCo and SpinCo will share such Information as is reasonably necessary in order to permit the other to manage and conduct its insurance matters in an orderly fashion.
(c) The provisions of this Agreement are not intended to relieve any insurer of any Liability under any policy.
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(d) No member of the RemainCo Group or any RemainCo Indemnitee will have any Liabilities whatsoever as a result of the insurance policies and practices of RemainCo or any other member of the RemainCo Group as in effect at any time before the Distribution Time, including as a result of (i) the level or scope of any insurance, (ii) the creditworthiness of any insurance carrier, (iii) the terms and conditions of any policy, or (iv) the adequacy or timeliness of any notice to any insurance carrier with respect to any claim or potential claim. No member of the SpinCo Group or any SpinCo Indemnitee will have any Liabilities whatsoever as a result of the insurance policies and practices of SpinCo or any other member of the SpinCo Group as in effect at any time before the Distribution Time, including as a result of (i) the level or scope of any insurance, (ii) the creditworthiness of any insurance carrier, (iii) the terms and conditions of any policy, or (iv) the adequacy or timeliness of any notice to any insurance carrier with respect to any claim or potential claim.
(e) Except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 6.10(b), in no event will RemainCo, any other member of the RemainCo Group or any RemainCo Indemnitee have any Liability or obligation whatsoever to any member of the SpinCo Group if any insurance policy or other contract of insurance is (i) terminated (other than as a result of a breach or violation of a contract, legal duty or Law by RemainCo, any other member of the RemainCo Group, or a RemainCo Indemnitee) by the insurer or otherwise ceases to be in effect for any reason (other than as a result of a breach or violation of a contract, legal duty or Law by RemainCo, any other member of the RemainCo Group, or a RemainCo Indemnitee), (ii) unavailable (other than as a result of a breach or violation of a contract, legal duty or Law by RemainCo, any other member of the RemainCo Group, or a RemainCo Indemnitee) or inadequate to cover any Liability of any member of the SpinCo Group (other than as a result of a breach or violation of a contract, legal duty or Law by RemainCo, any other member of the RemainCo Group, or a RemainCo Indemnitee) or (iii) not renewed or extended beyond the current expiration date (other than as a result of a breach or violation of a contract, legal duty or Law by RemainCo, any other member of the RemainCo Group, or a RemainCo Indemnitee). Except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 6.10(b), in no event will SpinCo, any other member of the SpinCo Group or any SpinCo Indemnitee have any Liability or obligation whatsoever to any member of the RemainCo Group if any insurance policy or other contract of insurance is (i) terminated (other than as a result of a breach or violation of a contract, legal duty or Law by SpinCo, any other member of the SpinCo Group, or a SpinCo Indemnitee) by the insurer or otherwise ceases to be in effect for any reason (other than as a result of a breach or violation of a contract, legal duty or Law by SpinCo, any other member of the SpinCo Group, or a SpinCo Indemnitee), (ii) unavailable (other than as a result of a breach or violation of a contract, legal duty or Law by SpinCo, any other member of the SpinCo Group, or a SpinCo Indemnitee), or inadequate to cover any Liability of any member of the RemainCo Group (other than as a result of a breach or violation of a contract, legal duty or Law by SpinCo, any other member of the SpinCo Group, or a SpinCo Indemnitee) or (iii) not renewed or extended beyond the current expiration date (other than as a result of a breach or violation of a contract, legal duty or Law by SpinCo, any other member of the SpinCo Group, or a SpinCo Indemnitee).
(f) This Agreement is not intended as an attempted assignment of any policy of insurance or as a contract of insurance and will not be construed to waive any right or remedy of any members of the RemainCo Group or SpinCo Group in respect of any insurance policy or any other contract or policy of insurance.
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(g) Nothing in this Agreement will be deemed to restrict any member of the SpinCo Group or RemainCo Group from acquiring at its own expense any other insurance policy in respect of any Liabilities or covering any period.
(h) To the extent that any insurance policy provided for the reinstatement of policy limits, and both RemainCo and SpinCo desire to reinstate such limits, the cost of reinstatement will be shared by RemainCo and SpinCo as the Parties may agree. If either Party, in its sole discretion, determines that such reinstatement would not be beneficial, that Party shall not contribute to the cost of such reinstatement and will not make any claim thereunder nor otherwise seek to benefit from the reinstated policy limits.
(i) For purposes of this Agreement, “Covered Matter” shall mean any matter (other than matters related to claims for workers’ compensation) with respect to which any member of (i) the SpinCo Group or any of their respective directors, officers or employees may seek to exercise any right under any policy of insurance or related agreement of RemainCo or any other member of the RemainCo Group pursuant to this Section 6.10 (a “SpinCo Covered Matter”) or (ii) the RemainCo Group or any of their respective directors, officers or employees may seek to exercise any right under any policy of insurance or related agreement of SpinCo or any other member of the SpinCo Group pursuant to this Section 6.10 (a “RemainCo Covered Matter”). If either RemainCo or SpinCo receives notice or otherwise learns of any Covered Matter, such Party shall promptly give written notice thereof to the other Party. Any such notice shall describe the Covered Matter in reasonable detail. With respect to each SpinCo Covered Matter (other than a SpinCo Covered Matter with respect to which any member of the RemainCo Group or any of their respective directors, officers or employees may seek to exercise any right under any policy of insurance or related agreement of RemainCo or any other member of the RemainCo Group), SpinCo shall have sole responsibility for reporting the claim to the insurance carrier and managing and defending the claim (collectively, “Claims Administration”); provided that SpinCo shall provide RemainCo with at least ten days’ prior written notice before settling or seeking settlement authority from any applicable insurance underwriter for an amount equal to or exceeding $5 million with respect to any such SpinCo Covered Matter. With respect to each RemainCo Covered Matter (other than a RemainCo Covered Matter with respect to which any member of the SpinCo Group or any of their respective directors, officers or employees may seek to exercise any right under any policy of insurance or related agreement of SpinCo or any other member of the SpinCo Group), RemainCo shall have sole responsibility for Claims Administration; provided that RemainCo shall provide SpinCo with at least ten days’ prior written notice before settling or seeking settlement authority from any applicable insurance underwriter for an amount equal to or exceeding $5 million with respect to any such RemainCo Covered Matter.
(j) SpinCo agrees that, from and after the Distribution Time: (i) SpinCo will be responsible for submitting (or causing another member of the SpinCo Group to submit) to ACE American Insurance Company or its applicable affiliates (collectively, “ACE”) any insurance claims under any of the Existing Policies (as defined in the Assumption and Loss Allocation Agreement) with respect to any SpinCo Liabilities for which insurance coverage is available under any of the Existing Policies; (ii) SpinCo will (or will cause another member of the SpinCo Group to) duly and timely submit each insurance claim referred to in the immediately preceding clause (i) to ACE; and (iii) in the event SpinCo or another member of the SpinCo Group fails to
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duly and timely submit any such insurance claim, SpinCo hereby authorizes RemainCo to submit (on behalf of each applicable member of the SpinCo Group) such insurance claim, if the underlying liability relates to a SpinCo Liability as to which SpinCo has agreed to indemnify the members of the RemainCo Group pursuant to this Agreement. RemainCo agrees that, from and after the Distribution Time: (i) RemainCo will be responsible for submitting (or causing another member of the RemainCo Group to submit) to ACE any insurance claims under any of the Existing Policies (as defined in the Assumption and Loss Allocation Agreement) with respect to any RemainCo Liabilities for which insurance coverage is available under any of the Existing Policies; (ii) RemainCo will (or will cause another member of the RemainCo Group to) duly and timely submit each insurance claim referred to in the immediately preceding clause (i) to ACE; and (iii) in the event RemainCo or another member of the RemainCo Group fails to duly and timely submit any such insurance claim, RemainCo hereby authorizes SpinCo to submit (on behalf of each applicable member of the RemainCo Group) such insurance claim, if the underlying liability relates to a RemainCo Liability as to which RemainCo has agreed to indemnify the members of the SpinCo Group pursuant to this Agreement. For purposes of this Section 6.10(j), submitting an insurance claim includes tendering notice of a third-party claim and such other acts as are necessary to comply with the policyholder’s responsibilities under the Existing Policy with respect to the applicable Loss.
Section 6.11 Noncompetition.
(a) RemainCo and SpinCo hereby acknowledge and agree that in connection with the operation of the businesses of RemainCo and its Subsidiaries and SpinCo and its Subsidiaries prior to the Distribution Date, (i) employees of SpinCo and its Subsidiaries, because of the synergies and interactions between the two aspects of the business of RemainCo and its Subsidiaries before the Distribution, maintain in their minds and memories proprietary information and trade secrets to be owned by RemainCo or its Subsidiaries after the Distribution, (ii) employees remaining with RemainCo or its Subsidiaries, because of the synergies and interactions between the two aspects of the business of RemainCo and its Subsidiaries before the Distribution, maintain in their minds and memories proprietary information and trade secrets to be owned by SpinCo or its Subsidiaries after the Distribution, (iii) members of the RemainCo Group were directly or indirectly brought into contact with existing and prospective customers of the SpinCo Group and members of the SpinCo Group were directly or indirectly brought into contact with existing and prospective customers of the RemainCo Group, and (iv) in connection with the Distribution and in furtherance of the aims of the Separation, to permit RemainCo and SpinCo each to tailor their, and their respective Subsidiaries’, respective business strategies to best address market opportunities in their respective industries and to permit the shareholders of RemainCo and SpinCo to enjoy the anticipated benefits of the separation of RemainCo into two separate entities and maintain each Party’s value and goodwill, it is necessary for each Party to temporarily limit its and its subsidiaries’ activities in the business of the other Party and its Subsidiaries as set forth in this Section 6.11.
(b) During the Noncompete Term and subject to the exclusions, exceptions and limitations expressly set forth in this Section 6.11, (i) RemainCo will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, Compete, directly or indirectly, in the SpinCo Core Business, anywhere in the SpinCo Protected Territory and (ii) SpinCo will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, Compete, directly or indirectly, in the RemainCo Core Business, anywhere in the RemainCo Protected Territory.
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(c) Notwithstanding Section 6.11(b), nothing in this Agreement will restrict any member of the RemainCo Group or the SpinCo Group from owning less than 3% of the outstanding stock of any publicly traded corporation.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 6.11(b), nothing in this Agreement will restrict (i) RemainCo or any of RemainCo’s Subsidiaries from acquiring a business enterprise or an entity, a portion of which Competes in the SpinCo Core Business if: (A) both (1) the annual revenues (for the twelve month period immediately preceding such acquisition) of the portion of the acquired business enterprise or entity that Competes in the SpinCo Core Business are less than 25% of the annual revenues (for the twelve month period immediately preceding such acquisition) of the acquired business enterprise or entity, and (2) the annual revenues (for the twelve month period immediately preceding such acquisition) of the portion of the acquired business enterprise or entity that Competes in the SpinCo Core Business represent sales of less than $100 million or (B) RemainCo and its Subsidiaries divest or terminate the operations of the portion of the acquired business enterprise or entity that Competes in the SpinCo Core Business within one year of the acquisition and, within 30 days of the acquisition, RemainCo notifies SpinCo of the intent to do so or (ii) SpinCo or any of SpinCo’s Subsidiaries from acquiring a business enterprise or an entity, a portion of which Competes in the RemainCo Core Business if: (A) both (1) the annual revenues (for the twelve month period immediately preceding such acquisition) of the portion of the acquired business enterprise or entity that Competes in the RemainCo Core Business are less than 25% of the annual revenues (for the twelve month period immediately preceding such acquisition) of the acquired business enterprise or entity, and (2) the annual revenues (for the twelve month period immediately preceding such acquisition) of the portion of the acquired business enterprise or entity that Competes in the RemainCo Core Business represent sales of less than $100 million or (B) SpinCo and its Subsidiaries divest or terminate the operations of the portion of the acquired business enterprise or entity that Competes in the RemainCo Core Business within one year of the acquisition and, within 30 days of the acquisition, SpinCo notifies RemainCo of the intent to do so.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1 Authority. Each of the Parties represents to the other that (a) it has the corporate or other requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, (b) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by it have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other actions, (c) it has duly and validly executed and delivered this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to be executed and delivered on or prior to the Distribution Time, and (d) this Agreement and such Ancillary Agreements are legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equity principles.
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Section 7.2 Termination. This Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements may be terminated at any time prior to the Distribution Time by and in the sole discretion of RemainCo without the approval of SpinCo. In the event of termination pursuant to this Section 7.2, neither Party shall have any Liability of any kind to the other Party.
Section 7.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the Schedules referenced herein or therein or attached hereto or thereto, constitute the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior written and oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements and understandings with respect to the subject matter hereof.
Section 7.4 Binding Effect; No Third-Party Beneficiaries; Assignment. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns; and, except as provided in Article III and Section 6.5(d) and Section 6.10, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any Person except the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. This Agreement may not be assigned by either Party, except with the prior written consent of the other Party.
Section 7.5 Amendment. No change or amendment may be made to this Agreement except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of both of the Parties.
Section 7.6 Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay on the part of either Party in the exercise of any right hereunder shall impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of, or acquiescence in, any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right. Subject to the provisions of Article V, all rights and remedies existing under this Agreement or the Schedules attached hereto are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available.
Section 7.7 Notices. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices, claims, certificates, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given (i) when personally delivered or (ii) if mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, on the date the return receipt is executed or the letter is refused by the addressee or its agent or (iii) if sent by overnight courier which delivers only upon the signed receipt of the addressee, on the date the receipt acknowledgment is executed or refused by the addressee or its agent or (iv) if sent by facsimile or electronic mail, on the date confirmation of transmission is received (provided that a copy of any notice delivered pursuant to this clause (iv) shall also be sent pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii)), addressed to the attention of the addressee’s General Counsel at the address of its principal executive office or to such other address or facsimile number for a Party as it shall have specified by like notice.
Section 7.8 Counterparts. This Agreement, including the Schedules hereto and the other documents referred to herein, may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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Section 7.9 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement or the Schedules attached hereto is determined by a nonappealable decision by a court, administrative agency or arbitrator to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the court, administrative agency or arbitrator shall interpret this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the fullest extent possible. If any sentence in this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable.
Section 7.10 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the substantive laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any conflicts of law provisions thereof that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
Section 7.11 Construction. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements shall be construed as if jointly drafted by SpinCo and RemainCo and no rule of construction or strict interpretation shall be applied against either Party. The Parties represent that this Agreement is entered into with full consideration of any and all rights which the Parties may have. The Parties have relied upon their own knowledge and judgment and upon the advice of the attorneys of their choosing. The Parties have had access to independent legal advice, have conducted such investigations they and their counsel thought appropriate, and have consulted with such other independent advisors as they and their counsel deemed appropriate regarding this Agreement and their rights and asserted rights in connection therewith. The Parties are not relying upon any representations or statements made by any other Party, or such other Party’s employees, agents, representatives or attorneys, regarding this Agreement, except to the extent such representations are expressly set forth or incorporated in this Agreement. The Parties are not relying upon a legal duty, if one exists, on the part of the other Party (or such other Party’s employees, agents, representatives or attorneys) to disclose any information in connection with the execution of this Agreement or its preparation, it being expressly understood that neither Party shall ever assert any failure to disclose information on the part of the other Party as a ground for challenging this Agreement.
Section 7.12 Performance. Each Party shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantees the performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be performed by any Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Party.
Section 7.13 Limited Liability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no individual who is a stockholder, director, employee, officer, agent or representative of RemainCo or SpinCo, in such individual’s capacity as such, shall have any liability in respect of or relating to the covenants or obligations of RemainCo or SpinCo, as applicable, under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or in respect of any certificate delivered with respect hereto or thereto and, to the fullest extent legally permissible, each of RemainCo and SpinCo, for itself and its respective stockholders, directors, employees, officers and Affiliates, waives and agrees not to seek to assert or enforce any such liability that any such Person otherwise might have pursuant to applicable Law.
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WHEREFORE, the Parties have signed this Master Separation Agreement effective as of the date first set forth above.
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XXXXXXX & XXXXXX ENTERPRISES, INC. | ||
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The company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule to the Commission upon request.
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