SEPARATION AGREEMENT By and Between OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION and ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. Dated as of [ ], 2009
Exhibit 2.1
By and Between
OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
and
Dated as of [ ], 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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ARTICLE II THE SEPARATION |
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Section 2.01 Separation Transactions |
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Section 2.02 Certain Agreements Govern |
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Section 2.03 Termination of Agreements |
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Section 2.04 Transfer of Agreements; Consent |
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Section 2.05 Certain Licenses and Permits |
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Section 2.06 Lease Amendments |
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Section 2.07 Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties |
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Section 2.08 Inadvertent or Incorrect Transfers or Omissions of Assets or Liabilities |
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ARTICLE III ACTIONS PENDING THE DISTRIBUTION |
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Section 3.01 Actions Prior to the Distribution |
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Section 3.02 Conditions Precedent to Consummation of the Distribution |
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ARTICLE IV THE DISTRIBUTION |
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Section 4.01 The Distribution |
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Section 4.02 Sole Discretion of OCWEN |
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ARTICLE V MUTUAL RELEASES; INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 5.01 Release of Pre-Closing Claims |
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Section 5.02 Indemnification by ALTISOURCE |
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Section 5.03 Indemnification by OCWEN |
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Section 5.04 Indemnification of Third Party Claims |
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Section 5.05 Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts |
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Section 5.06 Procedures for Indemnification of Third Party Claims |
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Section 5.07 Additional Matters |
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Section 5.08 Remedies Cumulative |
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Section 5.09 Survival of Indemnities |
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Section 5.10 Limitation on Liability |
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ARTICLE VI EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY |
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Section 6.01 Agreement for Exchange of Information; Archives |
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Section 6.02 Ownership of Information |
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Section 6.03 Compensation for Providing Information |
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Section 6.04 Limitations on Liability |
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Section 6.05 Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information |
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Section 6.06 Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation |
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Section 6.07 Confidentiality |
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Section 6.08 Protective Arrangements |
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ARTICLE VII DISPUTE RESOLUTION |
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Section 7.01 Disputes |
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Section 7.02 Escalation; Mediation |
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Section 7.03 Court Actions |
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ARTICLE VIII FURTHER ASSURANCES AND ADDITIONAL COVENANTS |
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Section 8.01 Further Assurances |
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Section 8.02 Insurance Matters |
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ARTICLE IX TERMINATION |
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Section 9.01 Termination |
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Section 9.02 Effect of Termination |
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 10.01 Counterparts; Entire Agreement; Corporate Power |
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Section 10.02 Governing Law |
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Section 10.03 Assignability |
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Section 10.04 Third Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 10.05 Notices |
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Section 10.06 Severability |
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Section 10.07 Publicity |
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Section 10.08 Expenses |
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Section 10.09 Headings |
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Section 10.10 Survival of Covenants |
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Section 10.11 Waivers of Default |
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Section 10.12 Specific Performance |
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Section 10.13 Amendments |
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Section 10.14 Interpretation |
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Section 10.15 Jurisdiction; Service of Process |
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Section 10.16 Waiver of Jury Trial |
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SCHEDULE I Separation Transactions |
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SEPARATION AGREEMENT, dated as of [ ], 2009, between OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a
Florida corporation (“OCWEN”), and ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A., a société anonyme
organized under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and a wholly-owned subsidiary of OCWEN
(formerly known as Ocwen Luxembourg S.à. x.x.) (“ALTISOURCE”). Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Article
I.
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, the board of directors of OCWEN has determined that it is in the best interests of
OCWEN and its shareholders to separate the existing businesses of OCWEN into two independent
businesses, to contribute the ALTISOURCE Business to ALTISOURCE, and to distribute all of the
capital stock of ALTISOURCE to the shareholders of OCWEN;
WHEREAS, OCWEN and ALTISOURCE have prepared, and ALTISOURCE has filed with the Commission, the
Form 10, which includes the Information Statement and sets forth disclosure concerning ALTISOURCE
and the Distribution;
WHEREAS, the Distribution is intended to qualify as a tax-free spin-off under Section 355 of
the Code; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing and to set forth certain aspects of their ongoing
relationship after the Separation and the Distribution, the Parties, and certain of their
respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates, are entering into this Agreement and/or the Ancillary
Agreements.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained
in this Agreement, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
For the purpose of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Action” means any demand, action, suit, countersuit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding
or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority or any federal, state, local, foreign or
international arbitration or mediation tribunal.
“Affiliate” of any Person means a Person that controls, is controlled by or is under
common control with such Person. As used herein, “control” of any entity means the possession,
directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such entity, whether through ownership of voting
securities or other interests, by contract or otherwise.
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“Agent” means the distribution agent to be appointed by OCWEN to distribute to the
shareholders of OCWEN, pursuant to the Distribution, the shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock held by
OCWEN.
“Agreement” means this Separation Agreement.
“ALTISOURCE” has the meaning set forth in the caption.
“ALTISOURCE Business” means the knowledge process outsourcing business (consisting of
the mortgage servicing business, the financial servicing business and the technology products
business) conducted (i) prior to the Separation, by OCWEN and certain members of the OCWEN Group
and (ii) from and after the Separation, by the ALTISOURCE Group, including the businesses
contributed by OCWEN to ALTISOURCE pursuant to Article II, which, for the avoidance of
doubt, shall not include the businesses currently conducted by BMS Holdings, Inc. and Global
Servicing Solutions LLC.
“ALTISOURCE Common Stock” means the common stock, $1.00 par value per share, of
ALTISOURCE.
“ALTISOURCE Group” means ALTISOURCE and any Subsidiary of ALTISOURCE immediately after
the Distribution.
“ALTISOURCE Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03.
“Ancillary Agreements” means the Employee Matters Agreement, the Transition Services
Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Intellectual Property Agreement, the Data Center and
Disaster Recovery Agreement, the Services Agreements and any instruments, assignments and other
documents and agreements executed in connection with the implementation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including Article II.
“Assets” means assets, properties and rights (including goodwill), wherever located
(including in the possession of vendors or other third parties or elsewhere), whether real,
personal or mixed, tangible, intangible or contingent, in each case whether or not recorded or
reflected or required to be recorded or reflected on the books and records or financial statements
of any Person, including the following:
(a) all accounting and other books, records and files, whether in paper, microfilm,
microfiche, computer tape or disc, magnetic tape or any other form;
(b) all apparatus, computers and other electronic data processing equipment, fixtures,
machinery, furniture, office and other equipment, automobiles, trucks, aircraft, rolling stock,
vessels, motor vehicles and other transportation equipment, special and general tools, test
devices, prototypes and models and other tangible personal property;
(c) all inventories of materials, parts, raw materials, supplies, work-in-process and finished
goods and products;
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(d) all interests in real property of whatever nature, including easements, whether as owner,
mortgagee or holder of a security interest in real property, lessor, sublessor, lessee, sublessee
or otherwise;
(e) all interests in any capital stock or other equity interests of any Subsidiary or any
other Person; all bonds, notes, debentures or other securities issued by any Subsidiary or any
other Person; all loans, advances or other extensions of credit or capital contributions to any
Subsidiary or any other Person; and all other investments in securities of any Person;
(f) all license agreements, leases of personal property, open purchase orders for raw
materials, supplies, parts or services, unfilled orders for the manufacture and sale of products
and other contracts, agreements or commitments and all rights arising thereunder;
(g) all letters of credit, performance bonds and other surety bonds;
(h) all written technical information, data, specifications, research and development
information, engineering drawings, operating and maintenance manuals and materials and analyses
prepared by consultants and other third parties;
(i) all domestic and foreign patents, copyrights, trade names, domain names, trademarks,
service marks, registrations and applications for any of the foregoing, databases, mask works,
Information, inventions (whether or not patentable or patented), processes, know-how, procedures,
other proprietary information, and licenses from third parties granting the right to use any of the
foregoing;
(j) all computer applications, programs and other software, including operating software,
network software, firmware, middleware, design software, design tools, systems documentation,
manuals and instructions;
(k) all cost information, sales and pricing data, customer prospect lists, supplier records,
customer and supplier lists, customer and vendor data, correspondence and lists, product
literature, artwork, design, development and manufacturing files, vendor and customer drawings,
formulations and specifications, quality records and reports and other books, records, studies,
surveys, reports, plans and documents;
(l) all prepaid expenses, trade accounts and other accounts and notes receivables;
(m) all claims or rights against any Person arising from the ownership of any Asset, all
rights in connection with any bids or offers and all claims, choses in action or similar rights,
whether accrued or contingent;
(n) all rights under insurance policies and all rights in the nature of insurance,
indemnification or contribution;
(o) all licenses (including radio and similar licenses), permits, approvals and authorizations
that have been issued by any Governmental Authority;
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(p) cash or cash equivalents, bank accounts, lock boxes and other deposit arrangements; and
(q) interest rate, currency, commodity or other swap, collar, cap or other hedging or similar
agreements or arrangements.
“Assigned Contract” means (a) any contract that in OCWEN’s sole judgment relates
exclusively to the ALTISOURCE Business (“Exclusive Assigned Contracts”) and (b) with
respect to any contract that relates, but does not in OCWEN’s sole judgment relate exclusively, to
the ALTISOURCE Business (“Partial Assigned Contracts”), the portion, if any, of such
Partial Assigned Contract that, in OCWEN’s sole judgment, relates to the ALTISOURCE Business (the
“ALTISOURCE Portion”).
“Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(c).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Consents” means any consents, waivers or approvals from, or notification requirements
to, any Person other than a member of either Group.
“Data Center and Disaster Recovery Agreement” means the Data Center and Disaster
Recovery Agreement to be entered into between OCWEN and Solutions.
“Distribution” means the distribution, on a pro rata basis, by OCWEN to the Record
Holders of all the outstanding shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock owned by OCWEN on the Distribution
Date.
“Distribution Date” means the date determined in accordance with Section 3.02
on which the Distribution occurs.
“Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement to be entered into
between OCWEN and Solutions.
“Escalation Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, together with
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Form 10” means the registration statement on Form 10 filed by ALTISOURCE with the
Commission to effect the registration of ALTISOURCE Common Stock pursuant to the Exchange Act in
connection with the Distribution, as such registration statement may be amended or supplemented
from time to time.
“Governmental Approvals” means any notices, reports or other filings to be given to or
made with, or any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations to be obtained
from, any Governmental Authority.
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“Governmental Authority” shall mean any federal, state, local, foreign or
international court, government, department, commission, board, bureau, agency, official or other
legislative, judicial, regulatory, administrative or governmental authority, including the NASDAQ.
“Group” means either the OCWEN Group or the ALTISOURCE Group, as the context requires.
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(a).
“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(a).
“Indemnity Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(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, algorithms, 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 to be sent to each holder of
OCWEN Common Stock in connection with the Distribution.
“Insurance Policies” means the insurance policies written by insurance carriers,
including those (if any) affiliated with OCWEN, pursuant to which ALTISOURCE or one or more of its
Subsidiaries after the Distribution Date (or their respective officers or directors) will be
insured or self-insured parties after the Distribution Date.
“Insurance Proceeds” means those monies:
(a) received by an insured (or its successor-in-interest) from an insurance carrier;
(b) paid by an insurance carrier on behalf of the insured (or its successor-in-interest); or
(c) received (including by way of set off) from any third party in the nature of insurance,
contribution or indemnification in respect of any Liability;
in any such case net of any applicable premium adjustments (including reserves and retrospectively
rated premium adjustments) and net of any costs or expenses incurred in the collection thereof.
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“Intellectual Property Agreement” means the Intellectual Property Agreement to be
entered into between OCWEN and Solutions.
“Intercompany Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).
“NASDAQ” means The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.
“Liabilities” means any and all claims, debts, demands, actions, causes of action,
suits, damages, obligations, accruals, accounts payable, reckonings, bonds, indemnities and similar
obligations, agreements, promises, guarantees, make whole agreements and similar obligations, and
other liabilities and requirements, including all contractual obligations, whether absolute or
contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, accrued or unaccrued, known or
unknown, whenever arising, and including those arising under any law, rule, regulation, Action,
threatened or contemplated Action (including the costs and expenses of demands, assessments,
judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto and attorneys’ fees and any and all costs
and expenses whatsoever reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any
such Actions or threatened or contemplated Actions), order or consent decree of any Governmental
Authority or any award of any arbitrator or mediator of any kind, and those arising under any
contract, commitment or undertaking, including those arising under this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement, in each case, whether or not recorded or reflected or required to be recorded or
reflected on the books and records or financial statements of any Person), of any nature or kind,
whether or not the same would properly be reflected on a balance sheet.
“OCWEN” has the meaning set forth in the caption.
“OCWEN Business” means (a) the business and operations of OCWEN and its Subsidiaries
and other Affiliates (including the businesses currently conducted by BMS Holdings, Inc. and Global
Servicing Solutions LLC) immediately after the Distribution and (b) except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, any terminated, divested or discontinued businesses or operations of OCWEN and its
Subsidiaries and other Affiliates.
“OCWEN Common Stock” means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of OCWEN.
“OCWEN Group” means OCWEN and each of its Subsidiaries and other Affiliates
immediately after the Distribution.
“OCWEN Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02.
“Party” shall mean either party hereto, and “Parties” shall mean both parties hereto.
“Person” means an individual, a general or limited partnership, a corporation, a
trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, a limited liability entity, any other
entity and any Governmental Authority.
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“Record Date” means the close of business on the date to be determined by the OCWEN
board of directors as the record date for determining the shares of OCWEN Common Stock in respect
of which shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock will be distributed pursuant to the Distribution.
“Record Holders” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Separation” means (a) any actions to be taken pursuant to Article II and
(b) if not addressed by Article II, any transfers of Assets and any assumptions of
Liabilities, in each case, between a member of one Group and a member of the other Group, provided
for in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
“Services Agreements” means the Services Agreement and the Technology Products
Services Agreement, each to be entered into between OCWEN and Solutions.
“Solutions” means Altisource Solutions S.à x.x., a private limited liability company
organized under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
ALTISOURCE.
“Specified Documents” means the Form 10, the Information Statement and any other
registration statement filed with the Commission in connection with the Distribution by or on
behalf of ALTISOURCE or any other member of the ALTISOURCE Group.
“Subsidiary” of any Person means any corporation 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 Person or by any one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that no Person that is not directly or indirectly wholly owned by any other Person
shall be a Subsidiary of such other Person unless such other Person controls, or has the right,
power or ability to control, that Person.
“Tax Matters Agreement” means the Tax Matters Agreement to be entered into between
OCWEN and Solutions.
“Taxes” has the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.
“Third Party Claim” means any assertion by a Person (including any Governmental
Authority) who is not a member of the OCWEN Group or the ALTISOURCE Group of any claim, or the
commencement by any such Person of any Action, against any member of the OCWEN Group or the
ALTISOURCE Group.
“Transaction Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04.
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“Transaction Third Party Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04.
“Transfer” means to sell, assign, transfer, convey and/or deliver.
“Transition Services Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement dated as of
the Distribution Date between OCWEN and Solutions.
ARTICLE II
The Separation
Section 2.01 Separation Transactions. On or prior to the Distribution Date, OCWEN
shall, and shall cause ALTISOURCE and each other Subsidiary and controlled Affiliate of OCWEN to,
effect each of the transactions and Transfers set forth on Schedule I, which transactions
and Transfers shall be accomplished in the order described on and subject to the limitations set
forth on Schedule I.
Section 2.02 Certain Agreements Govern. Each of OCWEN and ALTISOURCE agrees on behalf
of itself and its Subsidiaries that the provisions of the (i) Tax Matters Agreement shall
exclusively govern the allocation of Assets and Liabilities related to Taxes, (ii) the Employee
Matters Agreement shall exclusively govern the allocation of Assets and Liabilities related to the
existing U.S. and Indian employee benefits and pension plans of OCWEN, which plans cover employees
and former employees of members of both the OCWEN Group and the ALTISOURCE Group and (iii) the
Intellectual Property Agreement shall exclusively govern the transfer and licensing by OCWEN to
ALTISOURCE of certain specified intellectual property.
Section 2.03 Termination of Agreements.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 2.03(b), in furtherance of the releases and other
provisions of Section 5.01, each of ALTISOURCE, on the one hand, and OCWEN, on the other
hand, shall terminate, or cause to be terminated, effective as of the Distribution Date, any and
all agreements, arrangements, commitments and understandings (including all intercompany accounts
payable or accounts receivable (“Intercompany Accounts”) accrued as of the Distribution
Date) whether or not in writing, between or among ALTISOURCE and/or any other member of the
ALTISOURCE Group, on the one hand, and OCWEN and/or any other member of the OCWEN Group, on the
other hand. No such terminated Intercompany Account, agreement, arrangement, commitment or
understanding (including any provision thereof that purports to survive termination) shall be of
any further force or effect after the Distribution Date.
(b) The provisions of Section 2.03(a) shall not apply to any of the following
agreements, arrangements, commitments, understandings or Intercompany Accounts (or to any of the
provisions thereof): (i) this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (and each other agreement,
arrangement, commitment, understanding or Intercompany Account expressly contemplated by this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement to be entered into by either Party or
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any other member of its Group); and (ii) any other agreements, arrangements, commitments,
understandings or Intercompany Accounts set forth on Schedule 2.03(b).
Section 2.04 Transfer of Agreements; Consent. On or prior to the Distribution Date:
(a) OCWEN shall Transfer or cause to be Transferred all of the rights, title and interest in
and to all of the Exclusive Assigned Contracts to ALTISOURCE.
(b) Subject to the provisions of this Section 2.04 and the terms of the Ancillary
Agreements, with respect to Partial Assigned Contracts, (i) OCWEN shall use reasonable efforts to
cause each such Partial Assigned Contract to be divided into separate contracts for each of the
OCWEN Business and the ALTISOURCE Business or (ii) if such a division is not possible, OCWEN shall
cause the ALTISOURCE Portion of such Partial Assigned Contract to be assigned to ALTISOURCE, or
otherwise to cause the same economic and business terms to govern with respect to such ALTISOURCE
Portion (by subcontract, sublicense or otherwise).
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall not
constitute an agreement to assign any Assigned Contract, in whole or in part, or any rights
thereunder if the agreement to assign or attempt to assign, without the consent of a third party,
would constitute a breach thereof or in any way adversely affect the rights of the assignor or the
assignee (the “Assignee”) thereof. Until such consent is obtained, or if an attempted
assignment thereof would be ineffective or would adversely affect the rights of any party hereto so
that the Assignee would not, in fact, receive all such rights, the parties will cooperate with each
other in any alternative arrangement designed to provide for the Assignee the benefits of, and to
permit the Assignee to assume liabilities under, any such Assigned Contract. The Parties shall use
commercially reasonable efforts (which shall not require the payment of money to the counterparty
to any such Assigned Contract) to obtain required consents to assignment of Assigned Contracts
hereunder.
Section 2.05 Certain Licenses and Permits. On or prior to the Distribution Date, all
licenses, permits and authorizations issued by Governmental Authorities which exclusively relate to
the ALTISOURCE Business but which are held in the name of OCWEN or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than ALTISOURCE or any of its Subsidiaries), or any of their respective employees, officers,
directors, stockholders, agents, or otherwise, on behalf of ALTISOURCE (or its Subsidiaries) shall,
to the extent Transferable and to the extent not requiring a consent, approval or authorization for
such Transfer, be Transferred by OCWEN to ALTISOURCE (or its Subsidiaries).
Section 2.06 Lease Amendments. On or prior to the Distribution Date, each of OCWEN
and ALTISOURCE shall use reasonable efforts to execute amendments to each of the leases (to the
extent that the counterparties to such leases are agreeable to such amendments) to which OCWEN is a
party and which provide for the lease of real or personal property representing exclusively
ALTISOURCE Assets or relating exclusively to the ALTISOURCE
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Business, which amendments will provide for the substitution of ALTISOURCE for OCWEN as lessee
or lessor, as the case may be, and to the extent agreeable to the other party to the lease excuse
OCWEN from any further Liabilities or responsibilities with respect thereto.
Section 2.07 Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties. Each of OCWEN (on behalf
of itself and each other member of the OCWEN Group) and ALTISOURCE (on behalf of itself and each
other member of the ALTISOURCE Group) understands and agrees that, except as expressly set forth
herein or in any Ancillary Agreement, no party to this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any
other agreement or document contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, is
representing or warranting in any way as to any Assets, businesses or Liabilities transferred or
assumed as contemplated hereby or thereby, as to any consents or approvals required in connection
therewith, as to the value or freedom from any security interests of, or any other matter
concerning, any Assets of such party, or as to the absence of any defenses or right of setoff or
freedom from counterclaim with respect to any claim or other asset, including any accounts
receivable, of any such party, or as to the legal sufficiency of any assignment, document or
instrument delivered hereunder to convey title to any asset or thing of value upon the execution,
delivery and filing hereof or thereof. Except as may expressly be set forth herein or in any
Ancillary Agreement, any such assets are being transferred on an “as is,” “where is” basis, and the
respective transferees shall bear the economic and legal risks that (a) any conveyance shall prove
to be insufficient to vest in the transferee good and marketable title, free and clear of any
security interest, and (b) any necessary Governmental Approvals or other Consents are not obtained
or that any requirements of laws or judgments are not complied with.
Section 2.08 Inadvertent or Incorrect Transfers or Omissions of Assets or Liabilities.
(a) In the event that it is discovered after the Distribution that there was an inadvertent or
incorrect omission of the Transfer or assignment by or on behalf of one Party to or on behalf of
the other Party of any Asset or Liability that, in the sole judgment of OCWEN, had the Parties
given specific consideration to such Asset or Liability prior to the Distribution, would have
otherwise been listed on an appropriate Schedule hereto or otherwise caused to be so Transferred or
assigned pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, then upon such a determination by
OCWEN, the Parties shall promptly effect such Transfer or assignment of such Asset or Liability,
without payment of separate consideration therefor.
(b) In the event that it is discovered after the Distribution that there was an inadvertent or
incorrect Transfer or assignment by or on behalf of one Party to or on behalf of the other Party of
any Asset or Liability that, in the sole judgment of OCWEN, had the Parties given specific
consideration to such Asset or Liability prior to the Distribution, would have otherwise not been
listed on an appropriate Schedule hereto or otherwise would not have been so Transferred or
assigned pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, then upon such a determination by
OCWEN, the Parties shall promptly unwind such Transfer or assignment of such Asset or Liability and
return such Asset to, or cause the assumption of such Liability by, the appropriate Party, without
payment of separate consideration therefor.
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(c) The Parties hereby agree that to the extent any such Transfer or assignment, or any such
unwind of Transfer of assignment, as provided pursuant to Section 2.08(a) or Section
2.08(b) above, is effected after the Distribution Date, such Transfer or assignment or such
unwind of Transfer or assignment shall be given effect for all purposes as if such action had
occurred as of the Distribution Date.
ARTICLE III
Actions Pending the Distribution
Section 3.01 Actions Prior to the Distribution. (a) Subject to Section 3.02
and Section 4.02, OCWEN and ALTISOURCE shall use reasonable efforts to consummate the
Distribution, including by taking the actions specified in this Section 3.01.
(b) Prior to the Distribution Date, OCWEN shall mail the Information Statement to the Record
Holders.
(c) ALTISOURCE shall prepare and file, and shall use reasonable efforts to have approved prior
to the Distribution Date, an application for the listing of the ALTISOURCE Common Stock to be
distributed in the Distribution on NASDAQ or another national securities exchange, subject to
official notice of distribution.
(d) OCWEN and ALTISOURCE shall use reasonable efforts to take all such action, if any, as may
be necessary or appropriate under the state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
(e) OCWEN and ALTISOURCE shall cooperate in preparing, filing with the Commission and causing
to become effective any registration statements or amendments thereof which are necessary or
appropriate in order to effect the transactions contemplated hereby or to reflect the establishment
of, or amendments to, any employee benefit and other plans contemplated by the Employee Matters
Agreement requiring registration under the Securities Act.
(f) Prior to the Distribution Date, OCWEN shall duly elect, as members of the ALTISOURCE board
of directors, the individuals listed as members of the ALTISOURCE board of directors in the
Information Statement, and such individuals shall continue to be members of the ALTISOURCE board of
directors on the Distribution Date.
(g) Immediately prior to the Distribution Date, the articles of incorporation of ALTISOURCE,
in substantially the form filed as an exhibit to the Form 10, shall be in effect.
Section 3.02 Conditions Precedent to Consummation of the Distribution. The
obligations of the Parties to consummate the Distribution shall be conditioned on the satisfaction,
or waiver by OCWEN, of the following conditions:
(a) Each Ancillary Agreement shall have been executed by each party thereto and shall be in
force and effect.
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(b) The Form 10 shall have been filed with the Commission and declared effective by the
Commission, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Form 10 shall be in effect, no
proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission and the
Information Statement shall have been mailed to Record Holders.
(c) The ALTISOURCE Common Stock shall have been accepted for listing on NASDAQ or another
national securities exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.
(d) A favorable opinion from O’Melveny & Xxxxx LLP in form and substance satisfactory to OCWEN
in its sole discretion shall have been obtained that, among other things, confirms (i) the
Distribution’s tax-free status under Section 355 of the Code and (ii) for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, the non-recognition of gain or loss by, and the non-inclusion in the income of, any
shareholder of OCWEN Common Stock upon the receipt by such shareholder of shares of ALTISOURCE
Common Stock pursuant to the Distribution, except to the extent such shareholder receives cash in
lieu of fractional shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock.
(e) The Separation shall have been completed.
(f) Any material Governmental Approvals and any other material Consents necessary to
consummate the Separation and the Distribution shall have been obtained and be in full force and
effect.
(g) No order, injunction or decree issued by any Governmental Authority of competent
jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Separation
or the Distribution shall be in effect, and no other event outside the control of OCWEN shall have
occurred or failed to occur that prevents the consummation of the Separation or the Distribution.
(h) There shall not be pending any litigation or other proceeding: challenging or seeking to
restrain or prohibit the consummation of the Separation or the Distribution; seeking to limit the
effect of the Separation or the Distribution or the operation of the OCWEN Business or ALTISOURCE
Business after the Separation or the Distribution; or seeking material damages from either OCWEN or
ALTISOURCE.
(i) No other events or developments shall have occurred prior to the Distribution Date that,
in the judgment of the board of directors of OCWEN, would result in the Distribution having a
material adverse effect on OCWEN or on the shareholders of OCWEN.
(j) The actions set forth in Section 3.01(b), (d) , Section 3.01(f),
and Section 3.01(g) shall have been completed.
The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of OCWEN and shall not give rise to or create any
duty on the part of OCWEN or the OCWEN board of directors to waive or not waive such conditions or
in any way limit the right of OCWEN to terminate this Agreement as set forth in Article XI
or alter the consequences of any such termination from those specified in such Article. Any
determination made by the OCWEN board of directors prior to the Distribution concerning
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the satisfaction or waiver of any or all of the conditions set forth in this Section 3.02
shall be conclusive.
ARTICLE IV
The Distribution
Section 4.01 The Distribution. (a) ALTISOURCE shall cooperate with OCWEN to
accomplish the Distribution and shall, at the direction of OCWEN, promptly take any and all actions
necessary or desirable to effect the Distribution. OCWEN shall select any manager in connection
with the Distribution, as well as any financial printer, solicitation and/or exchange agent and
financial, legal, accounting and other advisors for OCWEN. OCWEN and ALTISOURCE, as the case may
be, will provide, or cause the applicable member of its Group to provide, to the Agent all share
certificates and any information required in order to complete the Distribution.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, (i) on or prior to the
Distribution Date, OCWEN shall deliver to the Agent for the benefit of holders of record as of the
Distribution Date of all the shares of OCWEN Common Stock that were outstanding on the Record Date,
including any Person to whom any holder of shares of OCWEN Common Stock as of the Record Date
Transfers, after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, such shares of OCWEN Common
Stock (all such holders of record as of the Distribution Date, the “Record Holders”), all
the issued and outstanding shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock then owned by OCWEN or any other
member of the OCWEN Group and book-entry transfer authorizations for such shares and (ii) on the
Distribution Date, OCWEN shall instruct the Agent to distribute, by means of a pro rata dividend,
to each Record Holder (or such Record Holder’s bank or brokerage firm on such Record Holder’s
behalf) electronically, by direct registration in book-entry form, one share of ALTISOURCE Common
Stock for every three shares of OCWEN Common Stock held by such Record Holder, subject to
Section 4.01(c) below. The Distribution shall be effective at 11:59 p.m. New York City
time on the Distribution Date. On or immediately following the Distribution Date, the Agent will
mail an account statement indicating the number of shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock that have been
registered in book-entry form in the name of each Record Holder that holds physical share
certificates representing its shares of OCWEN Common Stock and that is the registered holder of the
shares represented by those certificates (and the amount of cash in lieu of fractional shares as
provided in Section 4.01(c) below).
(c) OCWEN shareholders who, after aggregating the number of shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock
(or fractions thereof) to which such shareholder would be entitled on the Record Date, would be
entitled to receive a fraction of a share of ALTISOURCE Common Stock in the Distribution, will
receive cash in lieu of fractional shares. Fractional shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock will not be
distributed in the Distribution nor credited to book-entry accounts. The Agent shall, as soon as
practicable after the Distribution Date (a) determine the number of whole shares and fractional
shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock allocable to each other holder of record or beneficial owner of
OCWEN Common Stock as of close of business on the Record Date, (b) aggregate all such fractional
shares into whole shares and sell the whole shares obtained thereby in open market transactions at
then prevailing
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trading prices on behalf of holders who would otherwise be entitled to fractional share
interests, and (c) distribute to each such holder, or for the benefit of each such beneficial
owner, such holder’s or owner’s ratable share of the net proceeds of such sale, based upon the
average gross selling price per share of ALTISOURCE Common Stock after making appropriate
deductions for any amount required to be withheld for United States federal income tax purposes.
OCWEN shall bear the cost of brokerage fees and transfer taxes incurred in connection with these
sales of fractional shares, which such sales shall occur as soon after the Distribution Date as
practicable and as determined by the Agent. None of OCWEN, ALTISOURCE or the applicable Agent will
guarantee any minimum sale price for the fractional shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock. Neither
OCWEN nor ALTISOURCE will pay any interest on the proceeds from the sale of fractional shares. The
Agent will have the sole discretion to select the broker-dealers through which to sell the
aggregated fractional shares and to determine when, how and at what price to sell such shares.
Neither the Agent nor the selected broker-dealers will be Affiliates of OCWEN or ALTISOURCE. Any
ALTISOURCE Common Stock or cash in lieu of fractional shares with respect to ALTISOURCE Common
Stock that remains unclaimed by any holder of record one hundred-eighty (180) days after the
Distribution Date shall be delivered to ALTISOURCE. ALTISOURCE shall hold such ALTISOURCE Common
Stock and/or cash for the account of such holder of record and any such holder of record shall look
only to ALTISOURCE for such ALTISOURCE Common Stock and/or cash, if any, in lieu of fractional
share interests, subject in each case to applicable escheat or other abandoned property laws.
Section 4.02 Sole Discretion of OCWEN. OCWEN shall, in its sole and absolute
discretion, determine the Distribution Date and all terms of the Distribution, including the form,
structure and terms of any transactions and/or offerings to effect the Distribution and the timing
of and conditions to the consummation thereof. In addition and notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth herein, OCWEN may at any time and from time to time until the completion of the
Distribution decide to abandon the Distribution or modify or change the terms of the Distribution,
including by accelerating or delaying the timing of the consummation of all or part of the
Distribution.
ARTICLE V
Mutual Releases; Indemnification
Section 5.01 Release of Pre-Closing Claims. (a) Except as provided in Section
5.01(c), effective as of the Distribution Date, ALTISOURCE does hereby, for itself and each
other member of the ALTISOURCE Group, their respective Affiliates (other than any member of the
OCWEN Group), successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Distribution
Date have been shareholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the
ALTISOURCE Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), release and forever
discharge OCWEN and the other members of the OCWEN Group, their respective Affiliates (other than
any member of the ALTISOURCE Group), successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior
to the Distribution Date have been shareholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any
member of the OCWEN 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, whether at law or in equity (including any right of contribution), whether arising
under any contract or agreement, by
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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 on or before the Distribution Date, including in connection with the
transactions and all other activities to implement the Separation or the Distribution.
(b) Except as provided in Section 5.01(c), effective as of the Distribution Date,
OCWEN does hereby, for itself and each other member of the OCWEN Group, their respective Affiliates
(other than any member of the ALTISOURCE Group), successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any
time prior to the Distribution Date have been shareholders, directors, officers, agents or
employees of any member of the OCWEN Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such),
release and forever discharge ALTISOURCE, the other members of the ALTISOURCE Group, their
respective Affiliates (other than any member of the OCWEN Group), successors and assigns, and all
Persons who at any time prior to the Distribution Date have been shareholders, directors, officers,
agents or employees of any member of the ALTISOURCE 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, whether at law or in equity (including any right of
contribution), whether arising under any contract or agreement, 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 on or
before the Distribution Date, including in connection with the transactions and all other
activities to implement the Separation or the Distribution.
(c) Nothing contained in Section 5.01(a) or (b) shall impair any right of any
Person to enforce this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any agreements, arrangements,
commitments or understandings that are specified in Section 2.03(b) not to terminate as of
the Distribution Date, in each case in accordance with its terms. Nothing contained in Section
5.01(a) or (b) shall release any Person from:
(i) any Liability provided in or resulting from any agreement among any members of the
OCWEN Group or the ALTISOURCE Group that is specified in Section 2.03(b) as not to
terminate as of the Distribution Date, or any other Liability
specified in such Section
2.03(b) as not to terminate as of the Distribution Date;
(ii) any Liability, contingent or otherwise, assumed, transferred, assigned or
allocated to the Group of which such Person is a member in accordance with, or any other
Liability of any member of any Group under, this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement;
(iii) any Liability that the Parties may have with respect to indemnification or
contribution pursuant to this Agreement for claims brought against the Parties or the
members of their respective Groups or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates or
any of the respective directors, officers, employees or agents of any of the foregoing by
third Persons, which Liability shall be governed by the provisions of this Article V
and, if applicable, the appropriate provisions of the Ancillary Agreements; or
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(iv) any Liability the release of which would result in the release of any Person other
than a Person released pursuant to this Section 5.01.
In addition, nothing contained in Section 5.01(a) shall release OCWEN from honoring its
existing obligations to indemnify any director, officer or employee of ALTISOURCE or any of its
Subsidiaries on or prior to the Distribution Date who was a director, officer or employee of OCWEN
or any of its Subsidiaries on or prior to the Distribution Date, to the extent such director,
officer or employee becomes a named defendant in any litigation involving OCWEN or any of its
Subsidiaries and was entitled to such indemnification pursuant to then existing obligations.
(d) ALTISOURCE shall not make, and shall not permit any other member of the ALTISOURCE 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 OCWEN or any other member of the OCWEN Group,
or any other Person released pursuant to Section 5.01(a), with respect to any Liabilities
released pursuant to Section 5.01(a). OCWEN shall not, and shall not permit any other
member of the OCWEN 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 ALTISOURCE or any
other member of the ALTISOURCE Group, or any other Person released pursuant to Section
5.01(b), with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 5.01(b).
(e) It is the intent of each of OCWEN and ALTISOURCE, by virtue of the provisions of this
Section 5.01, 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 on or
before the Distribution Date, between or among ALTISOURCE or any other member of the ALTISOURCE
Group, on the one hand, and OCWEN or any other member of the OCWEN Group, on the other hand
(including any contractual agreements or arrangements existing or alleged to exist between or among
any such members on or before the Distribution Date), except as expressly set forth in Section
5.01(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.
Section 5.02 Indemnification by ALTISOURCE. Except as provided in Section
5.05, ALTISOURCE shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless OCWEN, each other member of the
OCWEN Group and each of their respective former and current directors, officers and employees, and
each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the
“OCWEN Indemnitees”), from and against any and all Liabilities of the OCWEN Indemnitees
relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following items (without duplication):
(a) the ALTISOURCE Business, including the failure of ALTISOURCE or any other member of the
ALTISOURCE Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any Liability
relating to or arising out of or resulting from the ALTISOURCE Business in accordance with its
terms, whether prior to or after the Distribution Date or the date hereof; and
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(b) any breach by ALTISOURCE or any other member of the ALTISOURCE Group of this Agreement or
any of the Ancillary Agreements.
Section 5.03 Indemnification by OCWEN. Except as provided in Section 5.05,
OCWEN shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless ALTISOURCE, each other member of the ALTISOURCE
Group and each of their respective former and current directors, officers and employees, and each
of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the
“ALTISOURCE Indemnitees”), from and against any and all Liabilities of the ALTISOURCE
Indemnitees relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following items (without
duplication):
(a) the OCWEN Business, including the failure of OCWEN or any other member of the OCWEN Group
or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any Liability relating to,
arising out of or resulting from the OCWEN Business in accordance with its terms, whether prior to
or after the Distribution Date or the date hereof; and
(b) any breach by OCWEN or any other member of the OCWEN Group of this Agreement or any of the
Ancillary Agreements.
Section 5.04 Indemnification of Third Party Claims. Except as provided in Section
5.05 and subject to any contrary provision in any Ancillary Agreement, each Party shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party, each other member of such other Party’s Group
and each of their respective former and current directors, officers and employees, and each of the
heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the
“Transaction Indemnitees”), from and against any Liabilities of the Transaction Indemnitees
relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Third Party Claim as to which such Transaction
Indemnitees are entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, including any Third Party Claim
relating to, arising out of or resulting from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Specified Document or any omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact in any Specified Document required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading (any such Third Party Claim, a “Transaction Third Party
Claim”).
Section 5.05 Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts.
(a) The Parties intend that any Liability subject to indemnification or reimbursement pursuant to
this Article V will be net of Insurance Proceeds that actually reduce the amount of, or are
paid to the applicable Indemnitee in respect of, such Liability. Accordingly, the amount that
either Party (an “Indemnifying Party”) is required to pay to any Person entitled to
indemnification hereunder (an “Indemnitee”) will be reduced by any Insurance Proceeds
theretofore actually recovered by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in respect of the related
Liability. If an Indemnitee receives a payment (an “Indemnity Payment”) required by this
Agreement from an Indemnifying Party in respect of any Liability and subsequently receives
Insurance Proceeds in respect of such Liability, then the Indemnitee will pay to the Indemnifying
Party an amount equal to the excess of the Indemnity Payment received over the amount of the
Indemnity Payment that would have been due if such Insurance Proceeds had been received, realized
or recovered before the Indemnity Payment was made.
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(b) An insurer that would otherwise be obligated to pay any claim shall not be relieved of the
responsibility with respect thereto or have any subrogation rights with respect thereto by virtue
of the indemnification provisions hereof, it being expressly understood and agreed that no insurer
or any other third party shall be entitled to a “wind-fall” (i.e., a benefit they would not be
entitled to receive in the absence of the indemnification provisions) by virtue of the
indemnification provisions hereof. Nothing contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement
shall obligate any member of any Group to seek to collect or recover any Insurance Proceeds.
Section 5.06 Procedures for Indemnification of Third Party Claims. (a) If an
Indemnitee shall receive notice or otherwise learn of a Third Party Claim with respect to which an
Indemnifying Party may be obligated to provide indemnification to such Indemnitee pursuant to
Section 5.02, Section 5.03 or Section 5.04 or any other Section of this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, such Indemnitee shall give such Indemnifying Party written
notice thereof within 10 days after becoming aware of such Third Party Claim. Any such notice
shall describe the Third Party Claim in reasonable detail. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
failure of any Indemnitee or other Person to give notice as provided in this Section
5.06(a) shall not relieve the related Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this
Article V, except to the extent that such Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such
failure to give notice.
(b) An Indemnifying Party may elect to defend, at such Indemnifying Party’s own expense
(subject to the requirement to share expenses related to the defense of Transaction Third Party
Claims pursuant to Section 5.04) and by such Indemnifying Party’s own counsel, any Third
Party Claim. Within 20 days after the receipt of notice from an Indemnitee in accordance with
Section 5.06(a) (or sooner, if the nature of such Third Party Claim so requires), the
Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnitee of its election as to whether the Indemnifying Party
will assume responsibility for defending such Third Party Claim. After notice from an Indemnifying
Party to an Indemnitee of its election 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 (subject to Section 5.04) the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be the expense of such Indemnitee, except that the Indemnifying
Party shall be liable for the fees and expenses of counsel employed by the Indemnitee 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 5.06(a)).
(c) If an Indemnifying Party elects not to assume responsibility for defending a Third Party
Claim, or fails to notify an Indemnitee of its election as provided in Section 5.06(b),
such Indemnitee may defend such Third Party Claim at the cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party
(subject to the requirement to share expenses related to the defense of Transaction Third Party
Claims pursuant to Section 5.04).
(d) If an Indemnifying Party elects to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall agree to any settlement, compromise or
discharge of such Third Party Claim that the Indemnifying Party may recommend and that by its terms
obligates the Indemnifying Party to pay the full amount of the
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liability in connection with such Third Party Claim and that releases the Indemnified Party
completely in connection with such Third Party Claim.
(e) No Indemnifying Party shall consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement
of any Third Party Claim without the consent of the applicable Indemnitee or Indemnitees if the
effect thereof is to permit any injunction, declaratory judgment, other order or other nonmonetary
relief to be entered, directly or indirectly, against any Indemnitee.
(f) Whether or not the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of a Third Party Claim, no
Indemnitee shall admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, such
Third Party Claim without the Indemnifying Party’s prior written consent.
(g) The provisions of Section 5.06 (other than this Section 5.06(g)) and
Section 5.07 shall not apply to Taxes (which are covered by the Tax Matters Agreement).
Section 5.07 Additional Matters. (a) Any claim on account of a Liability that does
not result from a Third Party Claim shall be asserted by written notice given by the Indemnitee to
the related Indemnifying Party. Such Indemnifying Party shall have a period of 30 days after the
receipt of such notice within which to respond thereto. If such Indemnifying Party does not
respond within such 30-day period, such Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have refused to
accept responsibility to make payment. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such
30-day 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, such Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated to and shall
stand in the place of such Indemnitee as to any events or circumstances in respect of which such
Indemnitee may have any right, defense or claim relating to such Third Party Claim against any
claimant or plaintiff asserting such Third Party Claim or against any other Person. Such
Indemnitee shall cooperate with such Indemnifying Party in a reasonable manner, and at the cost and
expense of such Indemnifying Party, in prosecuting any subrogated right, defense or claim.
(c) In the event of an Action in which the Indemnifying Party is not a named defendant, if
either the Indemnitee or Indemnifying Party shall so request, the Parties shall endeavor to
substitute the Indemnifying Party for the, or add the Indemnifying Party as an additional, named
defendant, if at all practicable. If such substitution or addition cannot be achieved for any
reason or is not requested, the named defendant shall allow the Indemnifying Party to manage the
Action as set forth in this Section, and the Indemnifying Party shall fully indemnify the named
defendant against all costs of defending the Action (including court costs, sanctions imposed by a
court, attorneys’ fees, experts’ fees and all other external expenses), the costs of any judgment
or settlement and the cost of any interest or penalties relating to any judgment or settlement.
Section 5.08 Remedies Cumulative. The remedies provided in this Article V
shall be cumulative and, subject to the provisions of Article VIII, shall not preclude
assertion by
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any Indemnitee of any other rights or the seeking of any and all other remedies against any
Indemnifying Party.
Section 5.09 Survival of Indemnities. The rights and obligations of each of OCWEN and
ALTISOURCE and their respective Indemnitees under this Article V shall survive the sale or
other transfer by any party of any assets or businesses or the assignment by it of any Liabilities.
Section 5.10 Limitation on Liability. Except as may expressly be set forth in this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, none of OCWEN, ALTISOURCE or any other member of either Group
shall in any event have any Liability to the other or to any other member of the other’s Group, or
to any other OCWEN Indemnitee or ALTISOURCE Indemnitee, as applicable, for any incidental,
indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages, whether or not caused by or resulting from
negligence or breach of obligations hereunder or under any Ancillary Agreement and whether or not
informed of the possibility of the existence of such damages, provided, however,
that the provisions of this Section shall not limit an Indemnifying Party’s indemnification
obligations hereunder or in any Ancillary Agreement with respect to any Liability any Indemnitee
may have to any third party not affiliated with any member of the OCWEN Group or the ALTISOURCE
Group for any incidental, indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages.
ARTICLE VI
Exchange of Information; Confidentiality
Section 6.01 Agreement for Exchange of Information; Archives. (a) Each of OCWEN and
ALTISOURCE, on behalf of its Group, agrees to provide, or cause to be provided, to the other Group,
at any time before the Distribution Date or until the sixth anniversary thereof, as soon as
reasonably practicable after written request therefor, any Information in the possession or under
the control of such Group that the requesting Party reasonably needs (i) to comply with reporting,
disclosure, filing or other requirements imposed on the requesting Party or any member of its Group
(including under applicable securities or tax laws) by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction
over the requesting Party or such member, (ii) for use in any other judicial, regulatory,
administrative, tax or other proceeding or in order to satisfy audit, accounting, claims,
regulatory, litigation, tax or other similar requirements, in each case other than claims or
allegations that one Party to this Agreement has against the other, or (iii) to comply with its
obligations under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; provided, however,
that in the event that either Party determines that any such provision of Information could be
commercially detrimental, violate any law or agreement or waive any attorney-client privilege, the
Parties shall take all reasonable measures to permit the compliance with such obligations in a
manner that avoids any such harm or consequence.
(b) After the Distribution Date, until the sixth anniversary thereof, each of OCWEN and
ALTISOURCE shall have access during regular business hours (as in effect from time to time) to the
documents that relate, in the case of OCWEN, to the OCWEN Business that are located in archives
retained or maintained by ALTISOURCE or, in the case of ALTISOURCE, to the ALTISOURCE Business that
are located in archives retained or
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maintained by OCWEN. Each of OCWEN and ALTISOURCE may obtain copies (but not originals) of
documents for bona fide business purposes and may obtain objects for exhibition
purposes for commercially reasonable periods of time if required for bona fide
business purposes, provided that the party receiving such objects shall cause any such
objects to be returned promptly in the same condition in which they were delivered to such party
and that each of OCWEN and ALTISOURCE shall comply with any rules, procedures or other
requirements, and shall be subject to any restrictions (including prohibitions on removal of
specified objects), that are then applicable to the other. Nothing herein shall be deemed to
restrict the access of any member of the OCWEN Group or ALTISOURCE Group to any such documents or
objects or to impose any liability on any member of the OCWEN Group or the ALTISOURCE Group, as
applicable, if any such documents are not maintained or preserved by OCWEN or ALTISOURCE, as
applicable.
(c) Until the sixth anniversary of the date hereof, each of OCWEN and ALTISOURCE (i) shall
maintain in effect at its own cost and expense adequate systems and controls to the extent
necessary to enable the members of the other Group to satisfy their respective reporting,
accounting, audit and other obligations and (ii) shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the
other Party in such form as such other Party shall reasonably request, at no charge to the
requesting Party, all financial and other data and information as such requesting Party reasonably
determines necessary or advisable in order to prepare its financial statements and reports or
filings with any Governmental Authority.
Section 6.02 Ownership of Information. Any Information owned by one Group that is
provided to a requesting Party pursuant to Section 6.01 shall be deemed to remain the
property of the providing Party. 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.
Section 6.03 Compensation for Providing Information. Except as set forth in
Section 6.01(c), the Party requesting Information agrees to reimburse the other Party for
the reasonable costs, if any, of creating, gathering and copying such Information, to the extent
that such costs are incurred for the benefit of the requesting Party. Except as may be otherwise
specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other agreement between the Parties,
such costs shall be computed in accordance with the providing Party’s standard methodology and
procedures.
Section 6.04 Limitations on Liability. Neither Party shall have any liability to the
other Party in the event that any Information exchanged or provided pursuant to this Agreement that
is an estimate or forecast, or that is based on an estimate or forecast, is found to be inaccurate
in the absence of willful misconduct by the Party providing such Information. Neither Party shall
have any liability to the other Party if any Information is destroyed after reasonable efforts by
such Party to comply with the provisions of Section 6.01.
Section 6.05 Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information. The rights and
obligations granted under this Article VI are subject to any specific limitations,
qualifications or additional provisions on the sharing, exchange, retention or confidential
treatment of Information set forth in any Ancillary Agreement.
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Section 6.06 Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation. (a) After the
Distribution Date, except in the case of an adversarial Action by one Party against the other
Party, each Party shall use reasonable efforts to make available to the other Party, upon written
request, the former, current and future directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents
of the members of its Group as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its
control or that 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
Action in which the requesting Party may from time to time be involved, regardless of whether such
Action is a matter with respect to which indemnification may be sought hereunder. The requesting
Party shall, except as otherwise required by Article V, bear all costs and expenses in
connection therewith.
(b) If an Indemnifying Party chooses to defend or to seek to compromise or settle any Third
Party Claim, the other Party shall make available to such Indemnifying Party, upon written request,
the former, current and future directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents of the
members of its Group as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its control or
that 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 such
defense, compromise or settlement, and shall otherwise cooperate in such defense, compromise or
settlement.
(c) Without limiting any provision of this Section, each of the Parties agrees to cooperate,
and to cause each member of its Group to cooperate, with the other Party in the defense of any
infringement or similar claim with respect to the Intellectual Property (as defined in the
Intellectual Property Agreement), including any claim of infringement of any xxxx using the word
“Ocwen,” “Altisource” or any derivation thereof and shall not acknowledge, or permit any member of
its Group to acknowledge, the validity or infringing use of any intellectual property of a third
Person in a manner that would hamper or undermine the defense of such infringement or similar
claim.
(d) The obligation of the Parties to provide witnesses pursuant to this Section 6.06
is intended to be interpreted to facilitate cooperation and shall include the obligation to provide
as witnesses inventors and other officers without regard to whether the witness or the employer of
the witness could assert a possible business conflict (subject to the exception set forth in the
first sentence of Section 6.06(a)).
(e) In connection with any matter contemplated by this Section 6.06, the Parties will
enter into a mutually acceptable joint defense agreement so as to maintain to the extent
practicable any applicable attorney-client privilege or work product immunity of any member of
either Group.
Section 6.07 Confidentiality. (a) Subject to Section 6.08, each of OCWEN and
ALTISOURCE, on behalf of itself and each other member of its Group, agrees to hold, and to cause
its directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and
representatives to hold, in strict confidence, with at least the same degree of care that applies
to
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confidential and proprietary information of OCWEN pursuant to policies in effect as of the
Distribution Date, all Information concerning the other Group that is either in its possession
(including Information in its possession prior to the Distribution Date) or furnished by the other
Group or its directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and
representatives at any time pursuant to this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or otherwise, and
shall not use any such Information other than for such purposes as shall be expressly permitted
hereunder or thereunder, except, in each case, to the extent that such Information has been (i) in
the public domain through no fault of such Party or any other member of such Group or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and
representatives, (ii) later lawfully acquired from other sources by such Party (or any other member
of such Party’s Group), which sources are not known by such Party to be themselves bound by a
confidentiality obligation, or (iii) independently generated without reference to any proprietary
or confidential Information of any member of the other Group.
(b) Each Party agrees not to release or disclose, or permit to be released or disclosed, any
such Information (excluding Information described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section
6.07(a)) to any other Person, except its directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants,
counsel and other advisors and representatives who need to know such Information (who shall be
advised of their obligations hereunder with respect to such Information), except in compliance with
Section 6.08. Without limiting the foregoing, when any Information is no longer needed for
the purposes contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, each Party will promptly,
after request of the other Party, either return the Information to the other Party in a tangible
form (including all copies thereof and all notes, extracts or summaries based thereon) or certify
to the other Party that any Information not returned in a tangible form (including any such
Information that exists in an electronic form) has been destroyed (and such copies thereof and such
notes, extracts or summaries based thereon).
Section 6.08 Protective Arrangements. In the event that either Party or any other
member of its Group either determines on the advice of its counsel that it is required to disclose
any Information pursuant to applicable law or receives any demand under lawful process or from any
Governmental Authority to disclose or provide Information of the other Party (or any other member
of the other Party’s Group) that is subject to the confidentiality provisions hereof, such Party
shall, to the extent permitted by law, notify the other Party as soon as practicable prior to
disclosing or providing such Information and shall cooperate, at the expense of the requesting
Party, in seeking any reasonable protective arrangements requested by such other Party. Subject to
the foregoing, the Person that received such request may thereafter disclose or provide Information
to the extent required by such law (as so advised by counsel) or by lawful process or such
Governmental Authority.
ARTICLE VII
Dispute Resolution
Section 7.01 Disputes. Subject to Section 10.12 and except as otherwise
specifically provided in any Ancillary Agreement, the procedures for discussion, negotiation and
mediation set forth in this Article VII shall apply to all disputes, controversies or
claims (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) that may arise out of or relate to, or
arise under or in
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connection with, this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, or 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 commercial or economic relationship of
the parties relating hereto or thereto, between or among any members of the OCWEN Group, on the one
hand, and any members of the ALTISOURCE Group, on the other hand.
Section 7.02 Escalation; Mediation. (a) It is the intent of the Parties to use
reasonable efforts to resolve expeditiously any dispute, controversy or claim between or among them
with respect to the matters covered hereby that may arise from time to time on a mutually
acceptable negotiated basis. In furtherance of the foregoing, a Party involved in a dispute,
controversy or claim may deliver a notice (an “Escalation Notice”) demanding an in-person
meeting involving representatives of the Parties at a senior level of management (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 like officer or official, of the
Party involved in the dispute, controversy or claim (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 reasonable efforts to meet
within 30 days of the Escalation Notice.
(b) If the Parties are not able to resolve the dispute, controversy or claim through the
escalation process referred to above, then the matter shall be referred to mediation. The Parties
shall retain a mediator to aid the Parties in their discussions and negotiations by informally
providing advice to the Parties. Any opinion expressed by the mediator shall be strictly advisory
and shall not be binding on the Parties or be admissible in any other proceeding. The mediator may
be chosen from a list of mediators previously selected by the Parties or by other agreement of the
Parties. Costs of the mediation shall be borne equally by the Parties involved in the matter,
except that each Party shall be responsible for its own expenses. Mediation shall be a
prerequisite to the commencement of any Action by either Party against the other Party.
(c) In the event that any resolution of any dispute, controversy or claim pursuant to the
procedures set forth in Section 7.02(a) or (b) in any way affects an agreement or
arrangement between either of the Parties and a third party insurance carrier, the consent of such
third party insurance carrier to such resolution, to the extent such consent is required, shall be
obtained before such resolution can take effect.
Section 7.03 Court Actions. (a) In the event that either Party, after complying with
the provisions set forth in Section 7.02, desires to commence an Action, such Party may
submit the dispute, controversy or claim (or such series of related disputes, controversies or
claims) to any court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) 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 VII with respect to all
matters not subject to such dispute, controversy or claim.
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ARTICLE VIII
Further Assurances and Additional Covenants
Section 8.01 Further Assurances. (a) In addition to the actions specifically provided
for elsewhere in this Agreement, each of the Parties shall, subject to Section 3.02 and
Section 4.02, use reasonable efforts, prior to, on and after the Distribution Date, to
take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things, reasonably
necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws, regulations and agreements to consummate and
make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, prior to, on and after the Distribution Date, each Party
shall cooperate with the other Party, without any further consideration, but at the expense of the
requesting Party, (i) to execute and deliver, or use reasonable efforts to execute and deliver, or
cause to be executed and delivered, all instruments, including any bills of sale, stock powers,
certificates of title, assignments of contracts and other instruments of conveyance, assignment and
transfer as such Party may reasonably be requested to execute and deliver by the other Party,
(ii) to make, or cause to be made, all filings with, and to obtain, or cause to be obtained, all
consents, approvals or authorizations of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person under any
permit, license, agreement, indenture or other instrument, (iii) to obtain, or cause to be
obtained, any Governmental Approvals or other Consents required to effect the Separation or the
Distribution and (iv) to take, or cause to be taken, all such other actions as such Party may
reasonably be requested to take by the other Party from time to time, consistent with the terms of
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, in order to effect the provisions and purposes of this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and any transfers of Assets or assignments and assumptions
of Liabilities hereunder or thereunder and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(c) On or prior to the Distribution Date, OCWEN and ALTISOURCE, in their respective capacities
as direct and indirect shareholders of their respective Subsidiaries, shall each ratify any actions
that are reasonably necessary or desirable to be taken by ALTISOURCE or any other Subsidiary of
OCWEN, as the case may be, to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) The Parties agree to take any reasonable actions necessary in order for the Distribution,
the Separation and any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement
that is intended by the Parties to be tax-free to qualify as a tax-free transaction pursuant to
Sections 355, 361(a) and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code.
(e) Prior to the Distribution Date, if either Party identifies any commercial or other service
that is needed to assure a smooth and orderly transition of its business in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and that is not otherwise governed by the
provisions of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, the Parties will cooperate in determining
whether there is a mutually acceptable arm’s-length basis on which the other Party will provide
such service.
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Section 8.02 Insurance Matters. (a) OCWEN and ALTISOURCE agree to cooperate in good
faith to provide for an orderly transition of insurance coverage from the date hereof through the
Distribution Date and for the treatment of any Insurance Policies that will remain in effect
following the Distribution Date on a mutually agreeable basis. In no event shall OCWEN, any other
member of the OCWEN Group or any OCWEN Indemnitee have liability or obligation whatsoever to any
member of the ALTISOURCE Group or any ALTISOURCE Indemnitee in the event that any Insurance Policy
or other contract or policy of insurance shall be terminated or otherwise cease to be in effect for
any reason, shall be unavailable or inadequate to cover any Liability of any member of the
ALTISOURCE Group or any ALTISOURCE Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever or shall not be renewed or
extended beyond the current expiration date.
ARTICLE IX
Termination
Section 9.01 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by OCWEN at any time, in
its sole discretion, prior to the Distribution Date.
Section 9.02 Effect of Termination. In the event of any termination of this Agreement
prior to the Distribution Date, neither Party (or any of its directors or officers) shall have any
Liability or further obligation to the other Party.
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
Section 10.01 Counterparts; Entire Agreement; Corporate Power. (a) This Agreement and
each Ancillary Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by facsimile or by
e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, all of which shall be considered one and the same
agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each party
hereto or thereto and delivered to the other parties hereto or thereto.
(b) This Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the exhibits, schedules and appendices hereto
and thereto contain the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof, supersede all previous agreements, negotiations, discussions, writings, understandings,
commitments and conversations with respect to such subject matter and there are no agreements or
understandings between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof other than those set
forth or referred to herein or therein.
(c) OCWEN represents on behalf of itself and each other member of the OCWEN Group, and
ALTISOURCE represents on behalf of itself and each other member of the ALTISOURCE Group, as
follows:
(i) each such Person has the requisite corporate or other power and authority and has
taken all corporate or other action necessary in order to execute, deliver
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and perform each of this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement to which it is a party
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; and
(ii) this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement to which it is a party has been (or,
in the case of any Ancillary Agreement, will be on or prior to the Distribution Date) duly
executed and delivered by it and constitutes, or will constitute, a valid and binding
agreement of it enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof.
Section 10.02 Governing Law. This Agreement and, unless expressly provided therein,
each Ancillary Agreement, shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed wholly in
such State and irrespective of the choice of law principles of the State of New York, as to all
matters (other than with respect to the corporate action of the OCWEN board of directors attendant
to the declaration and payment of the dividend of the ALTISOURCE Common Stock, which shall be
governed by the law of the State of Florida.)
Section 10.03 Assignability. Except as set forth in any Ancillary Agreement, this
Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided,
however, that no party hereto or thereto may assign its rights or delegate its obligations
under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement without the express prior written consent of the
other parties hereto or thereto.
Section 10.04 Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for the indemnification rights under
this Agreement of any OCWEN Indemnitee or ALTISOURCE Indemnitee in their respective capacities as
such, (a) the provisions of this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement are solely for the benefit
of the parties hereto or thereto and are not intended to confer upon any Person except the parties
hereto or thereto any rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder and (b) there are no third party
beneficiaries of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement and neither this Agreement nor any
Ancillary Agreement shall provide any third person with any remedy, claim, liability,
reimbursement, cause of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
Section 10.05 Notices. All notices or other communications under this Agreement or
any Ancillary Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given when (a) delivered
in person, (b) sent by telecopier (except that, if not sent during normal business hours for the
recipient, then at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient) to the fax
numbers set forth below or (c) deposited in the United States mail or private express mail, postage
prepaid, addressed as follows:
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If to OCWEN, to:
Ocwen Financial Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Corporate Secretary
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Corporate Secretary
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
If to ALTISOURCE to:
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A.
0-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xx Xxxxxx
X-0000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Attn: Corporate Secretary
Fax No.: [ ]
0-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xx Xxxxxx
X-0000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Attn: Corporate Secretary
Fax No.: [ ]
Either Party may, by notice to the other Party, change the address to which such notices are
to be given.
Section 10.06 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance is determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof or
thereof, or the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances or in jurisdictions other
than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or
legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, as the case may be, is not
affected in any manner materially adverse to either Party. Upon any such determination, the
Parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable provision
to effect the original intent of the Parties.
Section 10.07 Publicity. Prior to the Distribution, each of ALTISOURCE and OCWEN
shall consult with each other prior to issuing any press releases or otherwise making public
statements with respect to the Distribution or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby
and prior to making any filings with any Governmental Authority with respect thereto.
Section 10.08 Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or in any
Ancillary Agreement, all third party fees, costs and expenses paid or incurred in connection with
the Separation and the Distribution will be paid by OCWEN.
Section 10.09 Headings. The article, section and paragraph headings contained in this
Agreement and in the Ancillary Agreements are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in
any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
Section 10.10 Survival of Covenants. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement
or any Ancillary Agreement, (a) the covenants in this Agreement and the liabilities for the breach
of any obligations in this Agreement and (b) any covenants, representations or warranties contained
in any Ancillary Agreement and any liabilities for the breach of any
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obligations contained in any Ancillary Agreement, in each case, shall survive each of the
Separation and the Distribution and shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 10.11 Waivers of Default. Waiver by any party hereto or to any Ancillary
Agreement of any default by any other party hereto or thereto of any provision of this Agreement or
such Ancillary Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver by the waiving party of any subsequent or
other default.
Section 10.12 Specific Performance. Subject to Section 4.02 and
notwithstanding the procedures set forth in Article VII, in the event of any actual or
threatened default in, or breach of, any of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement
or any Ancillary Agreement, the party or parties who are to be hereby or thereby aggrieved shall
have the right to specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief of its rights under
this Agreement or such Ancillary Agreement, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies at
law or in equity, and all such rights and remedies shall be cumulative. The other party or parties
shall not oppose the granting of such relief. The parties to this Agreement and any Ancillary
Agreement agree that the remedies at law for any breach or threatened breach hereof or thereof,
including monetary damages, are inadequate compensation for any loss and that any defense in any
action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate is waived. Any requirements
for the securing or posting of any bond with such remedy are waived.
Section 10.13 Amendments. No provisions of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement
shall be deemed waived, amended, supplemented or modified by any party hereto or thereto, unless
such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification is in writing and signed by the authorized
representative of the party against whom it is sought to enforce such waiver, amendment, supplement
or modification.
Section 10.14 Interpretation. Words in the singular shall be held to include the
plural and vice versa and words of one gender shall be held to include the other genders as the
context requires. The terms “hereof,” “herein, “and “herewith” and words of similar import, unless
otherwise stated, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement or the applicable Ancillary
Agreement as a whole (including all of the schedules, exhibits and appendices hereto or thereto)
and not to any particular provision of this Agreement or such Ancillary Agreement. Article,
Section, Exhibit, Schedule and Appendix references are to the articles, sections, exhibits,
schedules and appendices of or to this Agreement or the applicable Ancillary Agreement unless
otherwise specified. Any reference herein to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, unless
otherwise stated, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement or such Ancillary Agreement as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, as permitted by Section 10.14
and the terms of any applicable provision in any Ancillary Agreement. The word “including” and
words of similar import when used in this Agreement (or the applicable Ancillary Agreement) shall
mean “including, without limitation,” unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise
specified. The word “or” shall not be exclusive. There shall be no presumption of interpreting
this Agreement or any provision hereof against the draftsperson of this Agreement or any such
provision.
Section 10.15 Jurisdiction; Service of Process. Any action or proceeding arising out
of or relating to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement shall be brought in the courts of
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the State of New York located in the County of New York or in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York (if any party to such action or proceeding has or can acquire
jurisdiction), and each of the parties hereto or thereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of each such court in any such action or proceeding, waives any objection it may now
or hereafter have to venue or to convenience of forum, agrees that all claims in respect of the
action or proceeding shall be heard and determined only in any such court and agrees not to bring
any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement in
any other court. The parties to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement agree that any of them
may file a copy of this paragraph with any court as written evidence of the knowing, voluntary and
bargained agreement between the parties hereto and thereto irrevocably to waive any objections to
venue or to convenience of forum. Process in any action or proceeding referred to in the first
sentence of this Section may be served on any party to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement
anywhere in the world.
Section 10.16 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND
INTENTIONALLY, WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL
BY JURY OF ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH DISPUTE
SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Separation Agreement to be executed as of the
date first written above by their duly authorized representatives.
OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION | ||||||||
By | ||||||||
Title: | ||||||||
ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. | ||||||||
By | ||||||||
Title: |
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Schedule I
Separation Transactions
Separation Transactions
1. | NCI Holdings, Inc. will change its name to Altisource US Holdings, Inc. (“Altisource US Holdings”) and form a new, wholly-owned Delaware corporation named Altisource Solutions, Inc. (“Altisource Solutions”). | |
2. | Altisource US Holdings forms a new, wholly-owned Georgia corporation named Altisource US Data, Inc. (“Altisource US Data”). | |
3. | Altisource US Holdings forms one or more new, wholly-owned corporations (under the jurisdictions required for licensing reasons) named [Altisource US Broker/Trustee Corp.] (“Altisource US Broker/Trust”). | |
4. | Ocwen Fulfillment Operations LLC (“Ocwen Fulfillment”) changes its name to Altisource Fulfillment Operations LLC (“Altisource Fulfillment”) and Ocwen Asset Investment Corp. (“Ocwen Asset Invest Co.”) dividends cash in an amount equal to (or otherwise required to achieve based on otherwise-available cash on hand) the fair value purchase price of Altisource Fulfillment (the “Fulfillment Purchase Amount”) to Investors Mortgage Insurance Holding Company (“Investors Mortgage Co.”). | |
5. | Investors Mortgage Co. dividends the Fulfillment Purchase Amount to Ocwen. | |
6. | Ocwen contributes the Fulfillment Purchase Amount to Altisource US Holdings. | |
7. | Altisource US Holdings purchases Altisource Fulfillment by paying the Fulfillment Purchase Amount to Ocwen Asset Invest Co. in exchange for its equity interest in Altisource Fulfillment. | |
8. | Ocwen contributes its equity interests in (i) Premium Title Services, Inc. (“Premium Title”) and (ii) REALHome Services and Solutions, Inc. (“REALHome”) to Altisource US Holdings. | |
9. | RMSI, Inc. (“RMSI”) dividends cash in an amount equal to (or otherwise required to achieve based on otherwise-available cash on hand) the fair value purchase price of Portfolio Management Outsourcing Solutions, LLC (“Portfolio Mgt”) (the “Portfolio Purchase Amount”) to Ocwen. | |
10. | Ocwen purchases Portfolio Mgt by paying the Portfolio Purchase Amount to RMSI in exchange for its equity interest in Portfolio Mgt. | |
11. | Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC (“Ocwen Loan Srvc”) dividends cash in an amount equal to (or otherwise required to achieve based on otherwise-available cash on hand) the fair value purchase price of the assets of the Ocwen Recovery Group (the “Recovery Purchase Amount”) to Ocwen. | |
12. | Ocwen contributes the Recovery Purchase Amount to Altisource US Holdings. |
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13. | Altisource US Holdings contributes the Recovery Purchase Amount to Nationwide Credit, Inc. (“Nationwide”). | |
14. | Nationwide purchases the Ocwen Recovery Group assets by paying the Recovery Purchase Amount to Ocwen Loan Srvc in exchange for the assets of the Ocwen Recovery Group. | |
15. | Ocwen forms a new, wholly-owned Delaware limited liability company named Altisource Holdings, LLC (“Altisource Holdings”) and contributes an amount of cash equal to not less than 00.01% of the fair value purchase price of Ocwen Outsourcing Solutions (100% of such fair value purchase price being the “Solutions Purchase Amount”). | |
16. | Ocwen Capital Management, LLC (“Ocwen Capital Mgt”) and Ocwen Loan Srvc form Altisource Outsourcing Solutions S.R.L. (“Altisource Outsourcing Solutions”), with Ocwen Capital Mgt owning a 99.99% interest and Ocwen Loan Srvc owning a 0.01% interest. | |
17. | Ocwen Capital Mgt dividends cash in an amount equal to (or otherwise required to achieve based on otherwise-available cash on hand) 99.99% of the Solutions Purchase Amount to Ocwen. | |
18. | Altisource Holdings purchases 0.01% of the equity interest in Altisource Outsourcing Solutions by paying 0.01% of the Solutions Purchase Amount to Ocwen Loan Srvc. | |
19. | Ocwen purchases 99.99% of the equity interest in Altisource Outsourcing Solutions by paying 99.99% of the Solutions Purchase Amount to Ocwen Capital Mgt. | |
20. | Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.à x.x. (formerly Ocwen Luxembourg S.à x.x.) converts to a Société Anonyme (“Altisource”). | |
21. | Ocwen Business Solutions Private Limited changes its name to Altisource Business Solutions Private Limited (“ABSPL”) and the Altisource Solutions business of Ocwen Financial Solutions Private Limited (“OFSPL”) is demerged into ABSPL. | |
22. | ABSPL issues shares to Ocwen Asia Holdings Ltd. (the shareholder of OFSPL) as consideration for the demerger. | |
23. | Altisource forms Altisource Solutions S.à x.x., a Luxembourg company (“Altisource Solutions”). | |
24. | Altisource Solutions forms Altisource Asia Holdings Ltd., a Mauritius company (“Altisource Asia Holdings”). | |
25. | Altisource purchases ABSPL for fair value (the “ABSPL Purchase Amount”) from Ocwen Asia Holdings. | |
26. | Ocwen Asia Holdings distributes the ABSPL Purchase Amount to Altisource. |
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27. | Altisource contributes ABSPL to Altisource Solutions. | |
28. | Altisource Solutions contributes ABSPL to Altisource Asia Holdings. | |
29. | Ocwen transfers intellectual property of the Altisource Solutions business to Altisource Solutions in exchange for shares in Altisource Solutions. | |
30. | Ocwen contributes its shares in Altisource Solutions to Altisource in exchange for shares in Altisource. | |
31. | Ocwen purchases Ocwen Asia Holdings for fair value (the “Ocwen Asia Holdings Purchase Amount”) from Altisource. | |
32. | Altisource distributes the Ocwen Asia Holdings Purchase Amount to Ocwen. | |
33. | Ocwen forms Ocwen Luxembourg S.à x.x. XX, a Luxembourg company (“Ocwen Lux II”), and contributes Ocwen Asia Holdings to Ocwen Lux II. | |
34. | Ocwen contributes to Altisource its equity interests in (i) Altisource US Holdings, (ii) Western Progressive Trustee, LLC (“Western Progressive”), (iii) Portfolio Mgt, (iv) Altisource Outsourcing Solutions (its 99.99% interest) and (v) Altisource Holdings in exchange for additional shares of Altisource. | |
35. | Altisource contributes to Altisource Solutions its equity interests in (i) Altisource US Holdings, (ii) Western Progressive, (iii) Portfolio Mgt, (iv) Altisource Outsourcing Solutions (its 99.99% interest) and (v) Altisource Holdings in exchange for additional shares of Altisource Solutions. |
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