SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT By and Between TIME WARNER INC. and AOL INC. Dated as of November 16, 2009
Exhibit
99.1
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Schedule I | - | Internal Transactions |
Schedule II | - | TWX Retained Assets |
Schedule III | - | TWX Retained Liabilities |
Schedule IV | - | Payables Transactions |
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SEPARATION
AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT dated as of November 16, 2009, by and between TIME
WARNER INC., a Delaware corporation (“TWX”), and AOL INC.,
a Delaware corporation (“AOL”). Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings
assigned to them in Article I hereof.
R E C I T
A L S
WHEREAS
the board of directors of TWX has determined that it is in the best interests of
TWX and its shareholders to distribute its entire interest in its wholly owned
subsidiary, AOL, by way of a stock dividend to be made to holders of common
stock of TWX;
WHEREAS
in furtherance of the foregoing, it is appropriate and desirable to effect the
Separation and the Distribution, each as more fully described in this
Agreement;
WHEREAS
TWX and AOL have prepared, and AOL has filed with the Commission, the Form 10,
which includes the Information Statement and sets forth appropriate disclosure
concerning AOL and the Distribution;
WHEREAS
on July 8, 2009, TWX purchased membership interests representing 5% of AOL
Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that was classified as a
corporation for U.S. Federal income tax purposes (“AOL Holdings”), from
Google Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Google
Buyout”);
WHEREAS,
immediately after the Google Buyout, TWX and TW AOL Holdings Inc., a Virginia
corporation (“TWA”), owned
membership interests representing 7.5% and 92.5% of AOL Holdings,
respectively;
WHEREAS
on November 2, 2009, Original AOL Inc., a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of AOL
LLC, completed the Existing AOL Inc. Name Change;
WHEREAS
on November 2, 2009, the AOL Conversion was effected and, as a result, AOL
became the successor to AOL Holdings;
WHEREAS
on November 5, 2009, the TWA Conversion was effected and, as a result, TW AOL
Holdings LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (“TWA LLC”), became the
successor to TWA;
WHEREAS
TWX and AOL intend that each of the Transactions qualifies for its Intended Tax
Treatment; and
WHEREAS
it is appropriate and desirable to set forth the principal corporate
transactions required to effect the Separation and the Distribution and certain
other agreements that will govern certain matters relating to the Separation,
the Distribution and the relationship of TWX, AOL and their respective
Subsidiaries following the Distribution.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants
contained in this Agreement, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
For the
purpose of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Action” means any
claim, 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, 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;
provided, however, that, except
as specified in the following sentence, (i) AOL and its Subsidiaries shall not
be considered Affiliates of TWX or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) TWX and its
Subsidiaries shall not be considered Affiliates of AOL or any of its
Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, AOL LLC shall be considered
an Affiliate of AOL and its Subsidiaries, and not TWX, at all times prior to the
Distribution, but shall be considered an Affiliate of TWX and its Subsidiaries,
and not AOL, at all times following the Distribution.
“Agent” means the
distribution agent to be appointed by TWX to distribute to the shareholders of
TWX, pursuant to the Distribution, the shares of AOL Common Stock held by
TWX.
“Agreement” means this
Separation and Distribution Agreement, including the Schedules
hereto.
“Ancillary Agreements”
means the Transition Services Agreement, TMA, EMA, IPA, Assignment and
Assumption Agreement and any other instruments, assignments, documents and
agreements executed in connection with the implementation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
“AOL” has the meaning
set forth in the preamble.
“AOL Actions and
Investigations” means the “Actions and Investigations” referred to in the
Release and Agreement between TWX and various insurance companies, dated as of
January 31, 2006.
“AOL Assets” means all
of the Assets held by AOL LLC directly (including, for the avoidance of doubt,
all capital stock of any Person held by AOL LLC), but excluding the TWX Retained
Assets and any Assets held by a member of the AOL Group that are determined by
the Parties, in good faith, to be primarily related to or used primarily in
connection with the business or operations of a member of the TWX
Group.
“AOL Business” means
the businesses and operations of the AOL Group, including the businesses and
operations of AOL LLC prior to the Distribution.
“AOL Common Stock”
means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of AOL.
“AOL Conversion” has
the meaning set forth on Schedule I.
“AOL Group” means AOL
and each of its controlled Affiliates.
“AOL Holdings” has the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
“AOL Indemnitees” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.03.
“AOL Liabilities”
means the Liabilities of the AOL Group, including the AOL LLC Liabilities and
the Liabilities assumed by or assigned to AOL under this Agreement, but
excluding the TWX Retained Liabilities.
“AOL LLC Liabilities”
means the Liabilities of AOL LLC, 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 prior to the
Distribution Date, including as a result of or in connection with this
Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or any of the transactions or
other actions to implement the Separation or Distribution, but excluding the TWX
Retained Liabilities.
“AOL LLC Name Change”
has the meaning set forth on Schedule I.
“AOL Online Shares”
has the meaning set forth on Schedule I.
“AOL Online Transfer”
has the meaning set forth on Schedule I.
“Asset Distribution”
has the meaning set forth on Schedule I.
“Assets” means all
assets, properties and rights (including goodwill), other than any relating to
Taxes, wherever located (including in the possession of vendors or other
third-parties or elsewhere), whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or
intangible, or accrued 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, including hardware systems,
circuits and other computer and telecommunication assets and 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;
(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; all other
investments in securities of any Person; and all rights as a partner, joint
venturer or participant;
(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
deposits, 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
United States, state, multinational and foreign intellectual property, including
patents, copyrights, trade names, trademarks, service marks, slogans, logos,
trade dresses and other source indicators and the goodwill of the business
symbolized thereby; all registrations, applications, recordings, disclosures,
renewals, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, reissues,
reexaminations, foreign counterparts, and other legal protections and rights
related to any of the foregoing; mask works, trade secrets, inventions and other
proprietary information, including know-how, processes, formulae, techniques,
technical data, designs, drawings, specifications, customer and supplier lists,
pricing and cost information and business and marketing plans and proposals,
discoveries, inventions, licenses from third-parties granting the right to use
any of the foregoing and all tangible embodiments of the foregoing in whatever
form or medium;
(j) all
computer applications, programs, software and other code (in object and source
code form), including operating software, network software, firmware,
middleware, design software, design tools, systems documentation, instructions,
ASP, HTML, DHTML, SHTML and XML files, cgi and other scripts, APIs, web widgets,
algorithms, models, methodologies, files, documentation related to any of the
foregoing and all tangible embodiments of the foregoing in whatever form or
medium;
(k) all
Internet URLs and domain names;
(l) all
websites, databases, content, text, graphics, images, audio, video, data and
other copyrightable works or other works of authorship including all
translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations thereof;
(m) all
cost information, sales and pricing data, customer prospect lists, supplier
records, customer and supplier lists, subscriber, customer and vendor data,
correspondence and lists, product literature and other advertising and
promotional materials, artwork, design, development and manufacturing files,
vendor and customer drawings, formulations and specifications, server and
traffic logs, quality records and reports and other books, records, studies,
surveys, reports, plans, business records and documents;
(n) all
prepaid expenses, trade accounts and other accounts and notes receivable
(whether current or non-current);
(o) all
claims or rights against any Person arising from the ownership of any
other Asset, all rights in connection with any bids or offers, all
claims, causes in action, lawsuits, judgments or similar rights, all rights
under express or implied warranties, all rights of recovery and all rights of
setoff of any kind and demands of any nature, in each case whether accrued or
contingent, whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether arising by way of
counterclaim or otherwise;
(p) all
rights under insurance policies and all rights in the nature of insurance,
indemnification or contribution;
(q) all
licenses (including radio and similar licenses), permits, approvals and
authorizations that have been issued by any Governmental Authority and all
pending applications therefor;
(r) cash
or cash equivalents, bank accounts, lock boxes and other deposit
arrangements;
(s) interest
rate, currency, commodity or other swap, collar, cap or other hedging or similar
agreements or arrangements; and
(t) all
goodwill as a going concern and other intangible properties.
“Assignment and Assumption
Agreement” means the Assignment and Assumption Agreement between TWX, AOL
and AOL LLC to be dated as of the date of the Asset Distribution.
“Cash” means cash,
cash equivalents, bank deposits and marketable securities, whether denominated
in United States dollars or otherwise.
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commission” means the
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.
“Covered Employees”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04.
“Credit Support
Agreement” means the Credit Support Agreement to be entered into between
TWX and AOL prior to the Distribution Date.
“Credit Support
Instruments” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).
“D&O Policies” has
the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(e).
“Deferred Compensation
Payable” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the EMA.
“Distribution” means
the distribution, on a pro rata basis, by TWX to the
Record Holders of all the outstanding shares of AOL Common Stock owned by TWX on
the Distribution Date.
“Distribution Date”
means the date, determined by TWX in accordance with Section 5.03, on which the
Distribution occurs.
“DLLC Act” has the
meaning set forth on Schedule I.
“EMA” means the
Employee Matters Agreement dated as of the date of this Agreement by and among
TWX, AOL and AOL LLC.
“Escrow Account” means
the account established by the Escrow Agreement between TWX and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, dated as of December 21, 2005.
“Exchange Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, together with the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Existing AOL Inc. Name
Change” has the meaning set forth on Schedule I.
“First AOL LLC
Distribution” has the meaning set forth on Schedule I.
“Form 10” means the
registration statement on Form 10 filed by AOL with the Commission to effect the
registration of AOL 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.
“Google Buyout” has
the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“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.
“Governmental
Authority” means any Federal, state, local, foreign or international
court, government, department, commission, board, bureau, agency, official or
other legislative, judicial, regulatory, administrative or governmental
authority.
“Group” means either
the TWX Group or the AOL Group, as the context requires.
“Indemnifying Party”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.05(a).
“Indemnitee” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.05(a).
“Indemnity Payment”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.05(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, 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
TWX Common Stock in connection with the Distribution, as such Information
Statement may be amended from time to time.
“Insurance Proceeds”
means those moneys:
(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.
“Intended Tax
Treatment” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the TMA.
“Intercompany
Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).
“Internal
Distribution” has the meaning set forth on Schedule I.
“Internal
Transactions” means the TWA Conversion, the Existing AOL Inc. Name
Change, the AOL Conversion, the Asset Distribution, the AOL Online Transfer, the
First AOL LLC Distribution, the Second AOL LLC Distribution, the AOL LLC Name
Change, the Internal Distribution, the Payables Transactions and the
Recapitalization, each as described on Schedule I.
“IPA” means the
Intellectual Property Cross-License Agreement dated as of the date of this
Agreement by and between TWX and AOL.
“Law” means any
statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, judgment, rule of common law, order,
decree, government approval, concession, grant, franchise, license, agreement,
directive, guideline, policy, requirement or other governmental restriction or
any similar form of decision of, or determination by, or any interpretation or
administration of any of the foregoing by, any Governmental Authority, whether
now or hereinafter in effect and, in each case, as amended.
“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, 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, 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. For the avoidance of doubt, Liabilities (i)
shall include attorneys’ fees, the costs and expenses of all assessments,
judgments, settlements and compromises, and any and all other costs and expenses
whatsoever reasonably incurred in connection with anything contemplated by the
preceding sentence and (ii) shall not include liabilities or requirements
related to Taxes.
“NYSE” means the New
York Stock Exchange.
“Party” means either
party hereto, and “Parties” shall mean
both parties hereto.
“Payables
Transactions” means the intercompany payables transactions set forth on
Schedule IV to be settled prior to or as of the close of business on the
business day immediately prior to the Distribution Date.
“Person” means an
individual, a general or limited partnership, a corporation, a trust, a joint
venture, an unincorporated organization, a limited liability company, any other
entity and any Governmental Authority.
“Pre-Separation Claims-Based
Insurance Claim” means any claim made against the AOL Group or TWX Group
and reported to the applicable insurer(s) on or prior to the Distribution Date
in respect of a Liability occurring on or prior to the Distribution Date under a
“claims-made-based” insurance policy of any member of the TWX Group in effect on
or prior to the Distribution Date.
“Pre-Separation Insurance
Claim” means a Pre-Separation Claims-Based Insurance Claim or any Action
(whether made prior to, on or following the Distribution Date) in respect of a
Liability occurring on or prior to the Distribution Date under an
“occurrence-based” insurance policy of any member of the TWX Group in effect on
or prior to the Distribution Date.
“Recapitalization” has
the meaning set forth on Schedule I.
“Record Date” means
the close of business on the date to be determined by the TWX board of directors
as the record date for determining the shares of TWX Common Stock in respect of
which shares of AOL Common Stock will be distributed pursuant to the
Distribution.
“Record Holders” has
the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(b).
“Second AOL LLC
Distribution” has the meaning set forth on Schedule I.
“Security Interest”
means any mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien, charge, claim, option,
right to acquire, voting or other restriction, right-of-way, covenant,
condition, easement, encroachment, restriction on transfer or other encumbrance
of any nature whatsoever.
“Separation” means (a)
the Internal Transactions, (b) any actions to be taken pursuant to Article II
and (c) any other transfers of Assets and 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 the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
“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 (i) 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 and (ii) AOL and its
Subsidiaries (including AOL LLC) shall not be considered Subsidiaries of TWX
prior to the Distribution.
“Taxes” has the
meaning set forth in the TMA.
“Third-Party Claim”
means any assertion by a Person (including any Governmental Authority) who is
not a member of the TWX Group or the AOL Group of any claim, or the commencement
by any such Person of any Action, against any member of the TWX Group or the AOL
Group.
“Third-Party Proceeds”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.05(a).
“TMA” means the Second
Tax Matters Agreement dated as of the date of this Agreement by and between TWX
and AOL.
“Transition Services
Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement dated as of the date
of this Agreement between TWX and AOL.
“Transactions” means
the Internal Transactions and the Distribution.
“TWA” has the meaning
set forth in the recitals.
“TWA Conversion” has
the meaning set forth on Schedule I.
“TWA LLC” has the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
“TW Coverage Amount”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04.
“TWX” has the meaning
set forth in the preamble.
“TWX Business” means
(a) the businesses and operations of the TWX Group and (b) except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, any terminated, divested or discontinued businesses
or operations of the TWX Group (other than the businesses and operations to be
divested by the TWX Group pursuant to this Agreement); provided, however, that the TWX
Business shall not include the businesses and operations, or any discontinued
businesses and operations, of AOL LLC prior to the Distribution.
“TWX Credit Support
Instruments” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).
“TWX Common Stock”
means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of TWX.
“TWX Disclosure
Sections” means all information set forth in or omitted from the Form 10
or Information Statement to the extent relating to (a) the TWX Group, (b) the
TWX Liabilities, (c) the TWX Retained Assets or (d) the substantive disclosure
set forth in the Form 10 relating to (i) TWX’s repurchase of Google’s interest
in AOL, including the section entitled “AOL-Google Alliance” within the “Recent
Developments” section, (ii) TWX’s board of directors’ consideration
of the Separation and the Transactions, including the section entitled “Reasons
for the Spin-Off” and (iii) the description relating to the solicitation of
consents from the holders of certain outstanding public debt of TWX or its
subsidiaries guaranteed by AOL LLC.
“TWX Equity Award
Payable” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the EMA.
“TWX Group” means TWX
and each of its controlled Affiliates.
“TWX Indemnitees” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.
“TWX Liabilities”
means the Liabilities of the TWX Group, including the TWX Retained Liabilities
and the Liabilities assumed by or assigned to the TWX Group pursuant to this
Agreement, but excluding the AOL LLC Liabilities.
“TWX Retained Assets”
means the Assets to be retained by TWX, as listed in Schedule II.
“TWX Retained
Liabilities” means the Liabilities to be retained by TWX, as listed in
Schedule III.
ARTICLE
II
The
Separation
SECTION 2.01. Transfer of Assets and
Assumption of Liabilities. (a) Prior
to the Distribution, the Parties shall cause the Internal Transactions to be
completed.
(b) In
the event that it is discovered after the Distribution that there was an
omission of the transfer or conveyance by one Party (or any other member of its
Group) to, and the acceptance or assumption by, the other Party (or any other
member of its Group) of any Asset or Liability that, had the Parties given
specific consideration to such Asset or Liability prior to the Distribution,
would have otherwise been so transferred or conveyed pursuant to this Agreement
or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Parties shall use reasonable
best efforts to promptly effect such transfer or conveyance of such Asset or
Liability. Any transfer or conveyance made pursuant to this Section
2.01(b) shall be treated by the Parties for all purposes as if it had occurred
immediately prior to the Distribution.
(c) In
the event that it is discovered after the Distribution that there was a transfer
or conveyance by one Party (or any other member of its Group) to, and the
acceptance or assumption by, the other Party (or any other member of its Group)
of any Asset or Liability that was intended to be retained by the transferring
or conveying Party pursuant to this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement, the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to promptly transfer or
convey such Asset or Liability back to the transferring or conveying
Party. Any transfer or conveyance made pursuant to this Section
2.01(c) shall be treated by the Parties for all purposes as if such Asset or
Liability had never been originally transferred or conveyed.
(d) To
the extent that any transfer or conveyance of any Asset or acceptance or
assumption of any Liability required by this Agreement or the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement to be so transferred, conveyed, accepted or assumed shall
not have been completed prior to the Distribution, the Parties shall use
reasonable best efforts to effect such transfer, conveyance, acceptance or
assumption as promptly following the Distribution as shall be
practicable. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require the
transfer or conveyance of any Assets or the acceptance or assumption of any
Liabilities which by their terms or operation of law cannot be so transferred,
conveyed, accepted or assumed; provided, however, that the
Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain any necessary Consents for
the transfer, conveyance, acceptance or assumption (as applicable) of all Assets
and Liabilities required by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement to be so transferred, conveyed, accepted or assumed. In the
event that any such transfer, conveyance, acceptance or assumption (as
applicable) has not been completed effective as of and after the Distribution,
the Party retaining such Asset or Liability shall thereafter hold such Asset for
the use and benefit of the Party entitled thereto (at the expense of the Party
entitled thereto) and retain such Liability for the account, and at the expense,
of the Party by whom such Liability should have been assumed or accepted
pursuant to this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and take
such other action as may be reasonably requested by the Party to which such
Asset should have been transferred or conveyed, or by whom such Liability should
have been assumed or accepted, as the case may be, in order to place such Party,
insofar as reasonably possible, in the same position as would have existed had
such Asset or Liability been transferred, conveyed, accepted or assumed (as
applicable) as contemplated by this Agreement or the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement. As and when any such Asset or Liability becomes
transferable, the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to promptly effect
such transfer, conveyance, acceptance or assumption (as
applicable). Any transfer, conveyance, acceptance or assumption made
pursuant to this Section 2.01(d) shall be treated by the Parties for all
purposes as if it had occurred immediately prior to the
Distribution.
(e) After
the First AOL LLC Distribution and until the Distribution, TWX shall cause AOL
LLC not to engage in any business or conduct any activities unrelated to the
Separation or the Distribution, and during such period TWX shall not, and shall
cause TWA LLC not to, take any affirmative action to change or remove any
officers or directors of AOL LLC, in each case unless AOL consents (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld).
SECTION 2.02. Certain Matters Governed Exclusively by Ancillary
Agreements. Each of TWX and AOL agrees on behalf of itself
and its Subsidiaries that, except as explicitly provided in this Agreement or
any Ancillary Agreement, (i) the TMA shall exclusively govern all matters
relating to Taxes between such parties, (ii) the EMA shall exclusively govern
the allocation of Assets and Liabilities related to employee and employee
benefits-related matters (except for those matters involving the Payables
Transactions which are governed by Schedule IV hereto), including the existing
equity plans with respect to employees and former employees of members of both
the TWX Group and the AOL Group, (iii) the Transition Services Agreement shall
exclusively govern all matters relating to the provision of certain services
identified therein to be provided by each Party to the other on a transitional
basis following the Distribution, and (iv) the IPA shall exclusively govern all
matters relating to the mutual licensing of certain intellectual property
identified therein between members of the TWX Group and the AOL
Group.
SECTION 2.03. Termination of
Agreements. (a) Except
as set forth in Section 2.03(b) or as otherwise provided by the steps
constituting the Internal Transactions, in furtherance of the releases and other
provisions of Section 6.01, effective as of the Distribution, AOL and each other
member of the AOL Group, on the one hand, and TWX and each other member of the
TWX Group, on the other hand, hereby terminate any and all agreements,
arrangements, commitments and understandings, oral or written, including all
intercompany accounts payable or accounts receivable (“Intercompany
Accounts”), between such parties and in effect or accrued as of the
Distribution. 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. Each Party shall, at the reasonable request of
the other Party, take, or cause to be taken, such other actions as may be
necessary to effect the foregoing.
(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 any other
member of its Group), (ii) any existing written agreements, arrangements,
commitments or understandings to provide services between a member of the AOL
Group, on the one hand, and a member of the TWX Group, on the other hand, that
have been entered into in the ordinary course of business on an arm’s-length
basis, including outstanding operational intercompany trade receivables or
payables incurred on such basis but excluding Qualified Intercompany
Accounts and (iii) any other agreements, arrangements, commitments,
understandings or Intercompany Accounts that this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement expressly contemplates will survive the Distribution
Date.
SECTION 2.04. Disclaimer of Representations and
Warranties. Each of TWX (on behalf of itself and each
other member of the TWX Group) and AOL (on behalf of itself and each other
member of the AOL Group) understands and agrees that, except as expressly set
forth herein, no Party to this Agreement or any other agreement or document
contemplated by this 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, 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.
ARTICLE
III
Credit
Facilities
SECTION 3.01. Replacement of Credit
Support. (a) AOL shall use reasonable best
efforts to arrange, at its sole cost and expense and effective as early as
possible prior to the Distribution Date, the replacement of all guarantees,
covenants, indemnities, surety bonds, letters of credit or similar assurances or
credit support (“Credit Support
Instruments”) provided by or through TWX or any other member of the TWX
Group for the benefit of AOL or any other member of the AOL Group (“TWX Credit Support
Instruments”) with alternate arrangements that do not require any credit
support from TWX or any other member of the TWX Group, and shall use reasonable
best efforts to obtain from the beneficiaries of such Credit Support Instruments
written releases (which in the case of a letter of credit or bank guarantee
would be effective upon surrender of the original TWX Credit Support Instrument
to the originating bank and such bank’s confirmation to TWX of cancelation
thereof) indicating that TWX or such other member of the TWX Group will,
effective upon the consummation of the Distribution, have no liability with
respect to such Credit Support Instruments, in each case reasonably satisfactory
to TWX; provided, however, that in the
event that AOL shall not have obtained all such releases on or prior to the
Distribution Date, the terms of the Credit Support Agreement shall govern all
such unreleased TWX Credit Support Instruments.
(b) TWX
shall use reasonable best efforts to arrange, at its sole cost and expense and
effective on or prior to the Distribution Date, the replacement of all Credit
Support Instruments provided by AOL or any other member of the AOL Group for the
benefit of TWX or any other member of the TWX Group with alternate arrangements
that do not require any credit support from AOL or any other member of the AOL
Group, and shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain from the beneficiaries of
such Credit Support Instruments written releases indicating that AOL or such
other member of the AOL Group will, effective upon the consummation of the
Distribution, have no liability with respect to such Credit Support Instruments,
in each case reasonably satisfactory to AOL; provided, however, that in the
event that TWX shall not have obtained all such releases on or prior to the
Distribution Date, TWX shall provide AOL with letters of credit or guarantees,
in each case issued by a bank reasonably acceptable to AOL, against losses
arising from all such Credit Support Instruments, or if AOL agrees in writing,
cash collateralize the full amount of any outstanding Credit Support Instrument
with respect to which such release has not been obtained.
(c) TWX
and AOL shall provide each other with written notice of all Credit Support
Instruments a reasonable period prior to the Distribution.
ARTICLE
IV
Actions Pending the
Distribution
SECTION 4.01. Actions Prior to the
Distribution. (a) Subject to the conditions
specified in Section 4.02 and subject to Section 5.03, TWX and AOL shall use
reasonable best efforts to consummate the Distribution. Such actions
shall include those specified in this Section 4.01.
(b) Prior
to the Distribution, TWX shall mail the Information Statement to the holders of
TWX Common Stock as of the Record Date.
(c) AOL
shall prepare, file with the Commission and use its reasonable best efforts to
cause to become effective any registration statements or amendments thereto
required to effect the establishment of, or amendments to, any employee benefit
and other plans necessary or appropriate in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements.
(d) TWX
and AOL shall take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate under the
securities or blue sky laws of the states or other political subdivisions of the
United States or of other foreign jurisdictions in connection with the
Distribution.
(e) AOL
shall prepare and file, and shall use reasonable best efforts to have approved
prior to the Distribution, an application for the listing of the AOL Common
Stock to be distributed in the Distribution on the NYSE, subject to official
notice of distribution.
(f) Prior
to the Distribution, the existing directors of AOL shall duly elect the
individuals listed as members of the AOL board of directors in the Information
Statement, and such individuals shall be the members of the AOL board of
directors effective as of immediately after the Distribution; provided, however, that to the
extent required by any Law or requirement of the NYSE or any other national
securities exchange, as applicable, one independent director shall be appointed
by the existing board of directors of AOL and begin his or her term prior to the
Distribution and shall serve on AOL’s audit and finance committee.
(g) Prior
to the Distribution, TWX shall deliver or cause to be delivered to AOL
resignations, effective as of immediately after the Distribution, of each
individual who will be an employee of any member of the TWX Group after the
Distribution and who is an officer or director of any member of the AOL Group
immediately prior to the Distribution.
(h) Immediately
prior to the Distribution, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
and By-laws of AOL, each in substantially the form filed as an exhibit to the
Form 10, shall be in effect.
(i) Prior
to the Distribution, AOL shall make capital and other expenditures and operate
its cash management, accounts payable and receivables collection systems in the
ordinary course consistent with prior practice; provided, however, that AOL may
take such actions as AOL deems appropriate to cause any excess Cash held by any
non-U.S. Subsidiary of AOL to be transferred to AOL or any Subsidiary of
AOL.
(j) TWX
and AOL shall, subject to Section 5.03, take all reasonable steps necessary and
appropriate to cause the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 to be satisfied
and to effect the Distribution on the Distribution Date.
SECTION 4.02. Conditions Precedent to Consummation of the
Distribution. Subject to Section 5.03, as soon as
practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Parties shall use reasonable
best efforts to satisfy the following conditions prior to the consummation of
the Distribution. The obligations of the Parties to consummate the
Distribution shall be conditioned on the satisfaction, or waiver by TWX, of the
following conditions:
(a) The
board of directors of TWX shall have authorized and approved the Separation and
Distribution and not withdrawn such authorization and approval, and shall have
declared the dividend of AOL Common Stock to TWX shareholders.
(b) Each
Ancillary Agreement shall have been executed by each party thereto.
(c) The
Form 10 shall have been declared effective by the Commission, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Form 10 shall be in effect, and no
proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the
Commission.
(d) The
AOL Common Stock shall have been accepted for listing on the NYSE or another
national securities exchange approved by TWX, subject to official notice of
issuance.
(e) TWX
shall have received the written opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP,
which shall remain in full force and effect, that each of the Transactions will
qualify for its Intended Tax Treatment.
(f) The
Internal Transactions shall have been completed.
(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 Distribution shall be in effect, and no other event outside the control
of TWX shall have occurred or failed to occur that prevents the consummation of
the Distribution.
(h) No
other events or developments shall have occurred prior to the Distribution that,
in the judgment of the board of directors of TWX, would result in the
Distribution having a material adverse effect on TWX or the shareholders of
TWX.
(i) The
actions set forth in Sections 4.01(b), (f), (g) and (h) shall have been
completed.
(j) AOL
shall have delivered to TWX a certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer
of AOL, dated as of the Distribution Date, certifying that AOL has complied with
Section 4.01(i).
The
foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of TWX and shall not give rise to
or create any duty on the part of TWX or the TWX board of directors to waive or
not waive such conditions or in any way limit the right of TWX to terminate this
Agreement as set forth in Article X or alter the consequences of any such
termination from those specified in such Article. Any determination
made by the TWX board of directors prior to the Distribution concerning the
satisfaction or waiver of any or all of the conditions set forth in this Section
4.02 shall be conclusive.
ARTICLE
V
The
Distribution
SECTION 5.01. The
Distribution. (a) AOL shall cooperate with TWX
to accomplish the Distribution and shall, at the direction of TWX, use its
reasonable best efforts to promptly take any and all actions necessary or
desirable to effect the Distribution. TWX shall select any investment
bank or manager in connection with the Distribution, as well as any financial
printer, distribution agent and financial, legal, accounting and other advisors
for TWX. TWX or AOL, 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, for the benefit of and distribution to the holders of TWX
Common Stock (other than shares of restricted stock issued pursuant to TWX
equity plans) as of the Record Date (“Record Holders”), TWX
will deliver to the Agent all of the issued and outstanding shares of AOL Common
Stock then owned by TWX or any other member of the TWX Group and book-entry
authorizations for such shares and (ii) on the Distribution Date, TWX 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, the number of shares of AOL Common Stock to which such Record Holder is
entitled based on a distribution ratio to be determined by TWX in its sole
discretion. The Distribution shall be effective at 11:59 p.m. New
York City time on the Distribution Date. On or as soon as practicable
after the Distribution Date, the Agent will mail an account statement indicating
the number of shares of AOL Common Stock that have been registered in book-entry
form in the name of each Record Holder.
SECTION 5.02. Fractional Shares. The Agent
and TWX shall, as soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, (a) determine
the number of whole shares and fractional shares of AOL Common Stock allocable
to each Record Holder, (b) aggregate all such fractional shares into whole
shares and sell the whole shares obtained thereby in open market transactions at
then prevailing 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 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 AOL Common Stock after making appropriate deductions for any
amount required to be withheld under applicable Tax Law and less any brokers’
charges, commissions or transfer Taxes. The Agent, in its sole discretion, will
determine the timing and method of selling such fractional shares, the selling
price of such fractional shares and the broker-dealer to which such fractional
shares will be sold; provided, however, that the
designated broker-dealer is not an Affiliate of TWX or AOL. Neither TWX nor AOL
will pay any interest on the proceeds from the sale of fractional
shares.
SECTION 5.03. Sole Discretion of TWX. TWX shall,
in its sole and absolute discretion, determine the Record Date, 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 below, TWX may at any time
and from time to time until 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
VI
Mutual Releases;
Indemnification
SECTION 6.01. Release of Pre-Distribution
Claims. (a) Except as provided in Section
6.01(c) or elsewhere in this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, effective as
of the Distribution, AOL does hereby, for itself and each other member of the
AOL Group, their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all Persons
who at any time on or prior to the Distribution Date have been shareholders,
directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the AOL Group (in each
case, in their respective capacities as such), remise, release and forever
discharge TWX and the other members of the TWX Group, their respective
Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time on or prior
to the Distribution Date have been shareholders, directors, officers, agents or
employees of any member of the TWX Group (in each case, in their respective
capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, from any and all AOL 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. This Section 6.01(a) shall not affect TWX’s
indemnification obligations under Article VI of its Bylaws, as in effect on the
date on which the event or circumstances giving rise to such indemnification
obligation occur.
(b) Except
as provided in Section 6.01(c) or elsewhere in this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements, effective as of the Distribution, TWX does hereby, for itself and
each other member of the TWX Group, their respective Affiliates, successors and
assigns, and all Persons who at any time on or prior to the Distribution Date
have been shareholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member
of the TWX Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), remise,
release and forever discharge AOL, the other members of the AOL Group, their
respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time
on or prior to the Distribution Date have been shareholders, directors,
officers, agents or employees of any member of the AOL Group (in each case, in
their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns, from any and all TWX 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 6.01(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, in each case in accordance with its
terms. Nothing contained in Section 6.01(a) or (b) shall release any
Person from:
(i) any
Liability provided in or resulting from any agreement among any members of the
TWX Group or the AOL Group that is specified in Section 2.03(b) as not to
terminate as of the Distribution, or any other Liability specified in such
Section 2.03(b) as not to terminate as of the Distribution;
(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 provided in or resulting from any other agreement or understanding
that is entered into after the Distribution between one Party (and/or a member
of such Party’s Group), on the one hand, and the other Party (and/or a member of
such Party’s Group), on the other hand;
(iv) any
Liability that the Parties may have with respect to indemnification or
contribution pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement for claims
brought against the Parties, the members of their respective Groups or any of
their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, by third Persons, which
Liability shall be governed by the provisions of this Article VI or, if
applicable, the appropriate provisions of the relevant Ancillary
Agreement;
(v) in
the case of AOL, any AOL LLC Liability; or
(vi) any
Liability the release of which would result in the release of any Person not
otherwise intended to be released pursuant to this Section 6.01.
(d) AOL
shall not make, and shall not permit any other member of the AOL 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 TWX or any
other member of the TWX Group, or any other Person released pursuant to Section
6.01(a), with respect to any AOL Liabilities released pursuant to Section
6.01(a). TWX shall not make, and shall not permit any other member of
the TWX 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 AOL or any other member of the AOL Group, or any other Person released
pursuant to Section 6.01(b), with respect to any TWX Liabilities released
pursuant to Section 6.01(b).
(e) It
is the intent of each of TWX and AOL, by virtue of the provisions of this
Section 6.01, 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 AOL or any other member of the AOL Group, on the one hand, and TWX or
any other member of the TWX 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 set forth in Section
6.01(c) or elsewhere in this Agreement. At any time, at the 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 6.02. Indemnification by
AOL. Subject to Section 6.05 and the exception in Section
6.02(d), AOL shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless TWX, each other member of
the TWX 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 “TWX Indemnitees”),
from and against any and all Liabilities of the TWX Indemnitees relating to,
arising out of or resulting from any of the following items (without
duplication):
(a) the
AOL Business, including the failure of AOL or any other member of the AOL Group
or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any
Liability relating to or arising out of or resulting from the AOL Business in
accordance with its terms, whether prior to or after the Distribution (but not
including the TWX Retained Assets and TWX Retained Liabilities);
(b) the
AOL Liabilities;
(c) any
breach by AOL or any other member of the AOL Group of this Agreement;
and
(d) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, with respect to all
information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the Form 10 and any
other documents filed with the Commission in connection with the Transactions or
as contemplated by this Agreement, other than with respect to the TWX Disclosure
Sections.
SECTION 6.03. Indemnification by
TWX. Subject to Section 6.05, TWX shall indemnify, defend
and hold harmless AOL, each other member of the AOL 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 “AOL
Indemnitees”), from and against any and all Liabilities of the AOL
Indemnitees relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following
items (without duplication):
(a) the
TWX Business, including the failure of TWX or any other member of the TWX Group
or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any
Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from the TWX Business in
accordance with its terms, whether prior to or after the
Distribution;
(b) the
TWX Retained Assets;
(c) the
TWX Liabilities;
(d) any
breach by TWX or any other member of the TWX Group of this Agreement;
and
(e) the
waiver by TWX of any conditions in Section 4.02.
SECTION 6.04. Indemnification of AOL Directors, Officers and
Employees. AOL LLC will
retain as TWX Retained Liabilities any obligation to indemnify
or advance funds, consistent with Delaware law, to any person who is or was a
director, officer or employee of the AOL Group (“Covered
Employees”) for liabilities arising out of
the AOL Actions and Investigations. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
AOL LLC and TWX shall not be required to make indemnification payments or
advance funds to the Covered Employees in excess of (i) the amount of funds in
the Escrow Account as of the Distribution, less (ii) any funds distributed from
the Escrow Account after the Distribution Date to individuals who are not
Covered Employees (such difference, the “TW Coverage
Amount”). AOL shall indemnify,
defend and hold harmless TWX from any obligation to indemnify or advance funds
to any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the AOL Group for
liabilities arising out of the AOL Actions and Investigations in excess of the
TW Coverage Amount. AOL LLC will retain as TWX Retained Assets
the agreements entered into by AOL LLC with Covered Employees with respect to
the obligation of such Covered Employees to repay amounts advanced on their
behalf if indemnification is not approved by the AOL LLC Board of
Managers.
SECTION 6.05. Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance
Proceeds and Third-Party Proceeds. (a) The
Parties intend that any Liability subject to indemnification or reimbursement
pursuant to this Agreement will be net of (i) Insurance Proceeds that actually
reduce the amount of, or are paid to the applicable Indemnitee in respect of,
such Liability or (ii) other amounts recovered from any third-party that
actually reduce the amount of, or are paid to the applicable Indemnitee in
respect of, such Liability (“Third-Party
Proceeds”). Accordingly, the amount that either Party (an
“Indemnifying
Party”) is required to pay to any Person entitled to indemnification or
reimbursement pursuant to this Agreement (an “Indemnitee”) will be
reduced by any Insurance Proceeds or Third-Party Proceeds theretofore actually
recovered by or on behalf of the Indemnitee from a third-party in respect of the
related Liability. If an Indemnitee receives a payment required by
this Agreement from an Indemnifying Party in respect of any Liability (an “Indemnity Payment”)
and subsequently receives Insurance Proceeds or Third-Party 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 or
Third-Party Proceeds had been received, realized or recovered before the
Indemnity Payment was made.
(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. Each
member of the TWX Group and AOL Group shall use reasonable best efforts to seek
to collect or recover any Insurance Proceeds and any Third-Party Proceeds to
which such Person is entitled in connection with any Liability for which such
Person seeks indemnification pursuant to this Article VI; provided, however, that such
Person’s inability to collect or recover any such Insurance Proceeds or
Third-Party Proceeds shall not limit the Indemnifying Party’s obligations
hereunder.
(c) The
calculation of any Indemnity Payments required by this Agreement shall be
subject to Section 6.04 of the TMA.
SECTION 6.06. 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 this Agreement, such Indemnitee shall give such
Indemnifying Party written notice thereof as soon as reasonably practicable, but
no later than 30 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 6.06(a)
shall not relieve the related Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this
Article VI, 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
and by such Indemnifying Party’s own counsel, any Third-Party
Claim. Within 30 days after the receipt of notice from an Indemnitee
in accordance with Section 6.06(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 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 (i) for any period during which
the Indemnifying Party has not assumed the defense of such Third-Party Claim
(other than during any period in which the Indemnitee shall have failed to give
notice of the Third-Party Claim in accordance with Section 6.06(a) or (ii) to
the extent that such engagement of counsel is as a result of a conflict of
interest, as reasonably determined by the Indemnitee acting in good
faith.
(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 6.06(b), such Indemnitee may defend such Third-Party Claim at the
cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party.
(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(s) shall, subject to
the terms of this Agreement, cooperate with the Indemnifying Party with respect
to the defense of 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; provided, however, that such
Indemnitee(s) shall be required to consent to such entry of judgment or to such
settlement that the Indemnifying Party may recommend if the judgment or
settlement (i) contains no finding or admission of any violation of Law or any
violation of the rights of any Person, (ii) involves only monetary relief which
the Indemnifying Party has agreed to pay and (iii) includes a full and
unconditional release of the Indemnitee. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in no event shall an Indemnitee be required to consent to any entry
of judgment or settlement 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 (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
SECTION 6.07. 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.
(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 relating to a Liability that has been allocated to an
Indemnifying Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement in which the Indemnifying Party is not a named defendant, if the
Indemnifying Party shall so request, the Parties shall endeavor to substitute
the Indemnifying Party for the named defendant 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, 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 6.08. Remedies Cumulative. The
remedies provided in this Article VI shall be cumulative and, subject to the
provisions of Article IX shall not preclude assertion by any Indemnitee of
any other rights or the seeking of any and all other remedies against any
Indemnifying Party.
SECTION 6.09. Survival of Indemnities. The
rights and obligations of each of TWX and AOL and their respective Indemnitees
under this Article VI shall survive the sale or other transfer by any Party or
its Affiliates of any Assets or businesses or the assignment by it of any
Liabilities.
SECTION 6.10. Limitation on
Liability. Except as may expressly be set forth in this
Agreement, none of TWX, AOL 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 TWX Indemnitee or AOL Indemnitee, as applicable, under
this Agreement (i) with respect to any matter to the extent that such Party
seeking indemnification has engaged in any knowing violation of Law or fraud in
connection therewith or (ii) for any indirect, special, punitive or
consequential damages, whether or not caused by or resulting from negligence or
breach of obligations hereunder and whether or not informed of the possibility
of the existence of such damages; provided, however, that the
provisions of this Section 6.10(ii) shall not limit an Indemnifying Party’s
indemnification obligations hereunder with respect to any Liability any
Indemnitee may have to any third-party not affiliated with any member of the TWX
Group or the AOL Group for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential
damages.
ARTICLE
VII
Access to Information;
Confidentiality
SECTION 7.01. Agreement for Exchange of Information;
Archives. (a) Except in the case of an adversarial
Action or threatened adversarial Action by either TWX or AOL or a Person or
Persons in its Group against the other Party or a Person or Persons in its
Group, and subject to Section 7.01(b), each of TWX and AOL, on behalf of its
respective Group, shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the other Party, at
any time before or after the Distribution, as soon as reasonably practicable
after written request therefor, any Information relating to time periods on or
prior to the Distribution Date in the possession or under the control of such
respective Group, which TWX or AOL, or any member of its respective Group, as
applicable, reasonably needs (i) to comply with reporting, disclosure, filing or
other requirements imposed on TWX or AOL, or any member of its respective Group,
as applicable (including under applicable securities laws), by any national
securities exchange or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over TWX
or AOL, or any member of its respective Group, as applicable, (ii) for use in
any other judicial, regulatory, administrative or other proceeding or in order
to satisfy audit, accounting, regulatory, litigation or other similar
requirements or (iii) to comply with its obligations under this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreement. The receiving Party shall use any Information
received pursuant to this Section 7.01(a) solely to the extent reasonably
necessary to satisfy the applicable obligations or requirements described in
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence.
(b) In
the event that either TWX or AOL determines that the exchange of any Information
pursuant to Section 7.01(a) could be commercially detrimental, violate any Law
or agreement or waive or jeopardize any attorney-client privilege or attorney
work product protection, such Party shall not be required to provide access to
or furnish such Information to the other Party; provided, however, that both
TWX and AOL shall take all commercially reasonable measures to permit the
compliance with Section 7.01(a) in a manner that avoids any such harm or
consequence. Both TWX and AOL intend that any provision of access to
or the furnishing of Information pursuant to this Section 7.01 that would
otherwise be within the ambit of any legal privilege shall not operate as waiver
of such privilege.
(c) TWX
and AOL each agree that it will only process personal data (as defined by EU
Directive 95/46/EC of 24 October 1995) provided to it by the other Group in
accordance with all applicable privacy and data protection law obligations and
will implement and maintain at all times appropriate technical and
organizational measures to protect such personal data against unauthorized or
unlawful processing and accidental loss, destruction, damage, alteration and
disclosure. In addition, each Party agrees to provide reasonable
assistance to the other Party in respect of any obligations under privacy and
data protection legislation affecting the disclosure of such personal data to
the other Party and will not knowingly process such personal data in such a way
to cause the other Party to violate any of its obligations under any applicable
privacy and data protection legislation.
SECTION 7.02. Ownership of Information. Any
Information owned by one Group that is provided to the requesting Party
hereunder shall be deemed to remain the property of the providing
Party. Except as specifically set forth herein, nothing herein shall
be construed as granting or conferring rights of license or otherwise in any
such Information.
SECTION 7.03. Compensation for Providing
Information. TWX and AOL shall reimburse each other for
the reasonable costs, if any, in complying with a request for Information
pursuant to this Article VII. Except as may be otherwise specifically
provided elsewhere in this Agreement, such costs shall be computed in accordance
with AOL’s or TWX’s, as applicable, standard methodology and
procedures.
SECTION 7.04. Record Retention. To facilitate
the possible exchange of Information pursuant to this Article VII and other
provisions of this Agreement, each of TWX and AOL shall use its reasonable best
efforts to retain all Information in accordance with its respective record
retention policy as in effect on the date hereof.
SECTION 7.05. Accounting
Information. Without limiting the generality of Section
7.01 but subject to Section 7.01(b):
(a) Until
the end of the first full fiscal year occurring after the Distribution Date (and
for a reasonable period of time afterwards as required by Law for TWX to prepare
consolidated financial statements or complete a financial statement audit for
any period during which the financial results of the AOL Group were consolidated
with those of TWX), AOL shall use its reasonable best efforts to enable TWX to
meet its timetable for dissemination of its financial statements and to enable
TWX’s auditors to timely complete their annual audit and quarterly reviews of
financial statements. As part of such efforts, to the extent
reasonably necessary for the preparation of financial statements or completing
an audit or review of financial statements or an audit of internal control over
financial reporting, (i) AOL shall authorize and direct its auditors to make
available to TWX’s auditors, within a reasonable time prior to the date of TWX’s
auditors’ opinion or review report, both (x) the personnel who performed or will
perform the annual audits and quarterly reviews of AOL and (y) work papers
related to such annual audits and quarterly reviews, to enable TWX’s auditors to
perform any procedures they consider reasonably necessary to take responsibility
for the work of AOL’s auditors as it relates to TWX’s auditors’ opinion or
report and (ii) until all governmental audits are complete, AOL shall provide
reasonable access during normal business hours for TWX’s internal auditors,
counsel and other designated representatives to (x) the premises of AOL and its
Subsidiaries and all Information (and duplicating rights) within the knowledge,
possession or control of AOL and its Subsidiaries and (y) the officers and
employees of AOL and its Subsidiaries, so that TWX may conduct reasonable audits
relating to the financial statements provided by AOL and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such
access shall not be unreasonably disruptive to the business and affairs of the
AOL Group.
(b) Until
the end of the first full fiscal year occurring after the Distribution Date (and
for a reasonable period of time afterwards or as required by Law), TWX shall use
its reasonable best efforts to enable AOL to meet its timetable for
dissemination of its financial statements and to enable AOL’s auditors to timely
complete their annual audit and quarterly reviews of financial
statements. As part of such efforts, to the extent reasonably
necessary for the preparation of financial statements or completing an audit or
review of financial statements or an audit of internal control over financial
reporting, (i) TWX shall authorize and direct its auditors to make available to
AOL’s auditors, within a reasonable time prior to the date of AOL’s auditors’
opinion or review report, both (x) the personnel who performed or will perform
the annual audits and quarterly reviews of TWX and (y) work papers related to
such annual audits and quarterly reviews, to enable AOL’s auditors to perform
any procedures they consider reasonably necessary to take responsibility for the
work of TWX’s auditors as it relates to AOL’s auditors’ opinion or report and
(ii) until all governmental audits are complete, TWX shall provide reasonable
access during normal business hours for AOL’s internal auditors, counsel and
other designated representatives to (x) the premises of TWX and its Subsidiaries
and all Information (and duplicating rights) within the knowledge, possession or
control of TWX and its Subsidiaries and (y) the officers and employees of TWX
and its Subsidiaries, so that AOL may conduct reasonable audits relating to the
financial statements provided by TWX and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such
access shall not be unreasonably disruptive to the business and affairs of the
TWX Group.
(c) In
order to enable the principal executive officer(s) and principal financial
officer(s) (as such terms are defined in the rules and regulations of the
Commission) of TWX to make any certifications required of them under Section 302
or 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, AOL shall, within a reasonable period
of time following a request from TWX in anticipation of filing such reports,
cause its principal executive officer(s) and principal financial officer(s) to
provide TWX with certifications of such officers in support of the
certifications of TWX’s principal executive officer(s) and principal financial
officer(s) required under Section 302 or 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002
with respect to TWX’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with respect to the
fiscal quarter during which the Distribution Date occurs (unless such quarter is
the fourth fiscal quarter), each subsequent fiscal quarter through the third
fiscal quarter of the year in which the Distribution Date occurs and TWX’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with respect to the fiscal year during which
the Distribution Date occurs. Such certifications shall be provided
in substantially the same form and manner as such AOL officers provided prior to
the Distribution (reflecting any changes in certifications necessitated by the
Separation, the Distribution or and any other transactions related thereto) or
as otherwise agreed upon between TWX and AOL.
SECTION 7.06. Limitations of
Liability. Neither TWX nor AOL 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 wilful
misconduct by the providing Person. Neither TWX nor AOL shall have
any Liability to the other Party if any Information is destroyed after
reasonable best efforts by AOL or TWX, as applicable, to comply with the
provisions of Section 7.04.
SECTION 7.07. Production of Witnesses;
Records; Cooperation. (a) After the
Distribution Date and until the third anniversary thereof, except in the case of
an adversarial Action or threatened adversarial Action by either TWX or AOL or a
Person or Persons in its Group against the other Party or a Person or Persons in
its Group, each of TWX and AOL shall take all reasonable steps to make
available, upon written request, the former, current and future directors,
officers, employees, other personnel and agents of the Persons in its respective
Group (whether as witnesses or otherwise) and any books, records or other
documents within its control or that it otherwise has the ability to make
available, to the extent that 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 or threatened or contemplated Action (including preparation for such
Action) in which TWX or AOL, as applicable, 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
bear all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection
therewith.
(b) Without
limiting the foregoing, TWX and AOL shall use their reasonable best efforts to
cooperate and consult to the extent reasonably necessary with respect to any
Actions or threatened or contemplated Actions, other than an adversarial Action
against the other Group.
(c) The
obligation of TWX and AOL to make available former, current and future
directors, officers, employees and other personnel and agents or provide
witnesses and experts pursuant to this Section 7.07 is intended to be
interpreted in a manner so as to facilitate cooperation and shall include the
obligation to make available employees and other officers without regard to
whether such individual or the employer of such individual could assert a
possible business conflict (subject to the exception set forth in the first
sentence of Section 7.07(a)). Without limiting the foregoing, each of
TWX and AOL agrees that neither it nor any Person or Persons in its respective
Group will take any adverse action against any employee of its Group based on
such employee’s provision of assistance or information to each other pursuant to
this Section 7.07.
(d) Upon
the reasonable request of TWX or AOL, in connection with any Action contemplated
by this Article VII, TWX and AOL will enter into a mutually acceptable common
interest 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 7.08. Confidential
Information. (a) Each of TWX and AOL, on behalf
of itself and each Person in its respective Group, shall hold, and cause its
respective directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and
other advisors and representatives to hold, in strict confidence and not release
or disclose, with at least the same degree of care, but no less than a
reasonable degree of care, that it applies to its own confidential and
proprietary information pursuant to policies in effect as of the Distribution
Date, all Information concerning the other Group or its business that is either
in its possession (including Information in its possession prior to the
Distribution) or furnished by the other Group or its respective directors,
officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and
representatives at any time pursuant to this Agreement, and shall not use any
such Information other than for such purposes as shall be expressly permitted
hereunder, except, in each case, to the extent that such Information is (i) in
the public domain through no fault of any member of the TWX Group or the AOL
Group, as applicable, or any of its respective directors, officers, employees,
agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives, (ii) later
lawfully acquired from other sources by any of TWX, AOL or its respective Group,
employees, directors or agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and
representatives, as applicable, which sources are not themselves bound by a
confidentiality obligation to the knowledge of any of TWX, AOL or Persons in its
respective Group, as applicable, (iii) independently generated without reference
to any proprietary or confidential Information of the TWX Group or the AOL
Group, as applicable, or (iv) required to be disclosed by Law; provided, however, that the
Person required to disclose such Information gives the applicable Person prompt,
and to the extent reasonably practicable, prior notice of such disclosure and an
opportunity to contest such disclosure and shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to cooperate, at the expense of the requesting Person, in seeking any
reasonable protective arrangements requested by such Person. In the
event that such appropriate protective order or other remedy is not obtained,
the Person that is required to disclose such Information shall furnish, or cause
to be furnished, only that portion of such Information that is legally required
to be disclosed and shall take commercially reasonable steps to ensure that
confidential treatment is accorded such Information. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, each of TWX and AOL may release or disclose, or permit to be
released or disclosed, any such Information concerning the other Group (x) to
their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel
and other advisors and representatives who need to know such Information (who
shall be advised of the obligations hereunder with respect to such Information),
and (y) to any nationally recognized statistical rating agency as it reasonably
deems necessary, solely for the purpose of obtaining a rating of securities upon
normal terms and conditions; provided, however, that the
Party whose Information is being disclosed or released to such rating agency is
promptly notified thereof.
(b) Without
limiting the foregoing, when any Information concerning the other Group or its
business is no longer needed for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement or
any Ancillary Agreement, each of TWX and AOL will, promptly after request of the
other Party, either return all Information in a tangible form (including all
copies thereof and all notes, extracts or summaries based thereon) or certify to
the other Party, as applicable, that it has destroyed such Information (and used
commercially reasonable efforts to destroy all such Information electronically
preserved or recorded within any computerized data storage device or component
(including any hard-drive or database)).
SECTION 7.09. AOL LLC Corporate
Records. Prior to the Distribution Date, AOL shall
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to TWX original copies of all of AOL LLC’s
corporate records; provided, however, that AOL may
retain copies of such records and, to the extent it does not keep copies, shall
have the right to request access to such corporate records in accordance with
the provisions of this Article VII.
ARTICLE
VIII
Insurance
SECTION 8.01. Insurance. (a) Until
and including the Distribution Date, TWX shall (i) cause the members of the AOL
Group and their respective employees, officers and directors to continue to be
covered as insured parties under TWX’s policies of insurance in a manner which
is no less favorable than the coverage provided for the TWX Group and (ii)
permit the members of the AOL Group and their respective employees, officers and
directors to submit claims arising from or relating to facts, circumstances,
events or matters that occurred at or prior to the Distribution Date to the
extent permitted under such policies. With respect to policies
currently procured by AOL for the sole benefit of the AOL Group, AOL shall
continue to maintain such insurance coverage through the Distribution Date in a
manner no less favorable than currently provided. Without limiting
any of the rights or obligations of the parties pursuant to Section 8.01(b), TWX
and AOL acknowledge that, as of immediately after the Distribution Date, TWX
intends to take such action as it may deem necessary or desirable to remove the
members of the AOL Group and their respective employees, officers and directors
as insured parties under any policy of insurance issued to any member of the TWX
Group by any insurance carrier effective immediately following the Distribution
Date, and that the AOL Group will not be entitled following the Distribution
Date, absent mutual agreement otherwise, to make any claims for insurance
thereunder to the extent such claims are based upon facts, circumstances, events
or matters occurring after the Distribution Date or to the extent any claims are
made pursuant to any TWX claims-made policies. No member of the TWX
Group shall be deemed to have made any representation or warranty as to the
availability of any coverage under any such insurance
policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, TWX shall, and shall cause the
other members of the TWX Group to, use reasonable best efforts to take such
actions as are necessary to cause all insurance policies of the TWX Group that
immediately prior to the Distribution provide coverage to or with respect to the
members of the AOL Group and their respective employees, officers and directors
to continue to provide such coverage with respect to acts, omissions and events
occurring prior to the Distribution in accordance with their terms as if the
Distribution had not occurred; provided, however, that in no
event shall TWX be required to extend or maintain coverage under claims-made
policies with respect to any claims first made against a member of the AOL Group
or first reported to the insurer after the Distribution Date.
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(b) After
the Distribution Date, the members of each of the TWX Group and the AOL Group
shall have the right to assert Pre-Separation Insurance Claims and the members
of the AOL Group shall have the right to participate with TWX to resolve
Pre-Separation Insurance Claims under the applicable TWX insurance policies up
to the full extent of the applicable and available limits of Liability of such
policy. TWX or AOL, as the case may be, shall have primary control
over those Pre-Separation Insurance Claims for which the TWX Group or the AOL
Group, respectively, bears the underlying loss, subject to the terms and
conditions of the relevant policy of insurance governing such
control. If a member of the AOL Group is unable to assert a
Pre-Separation Insurance Claim because it is no longer an “insured” under a TWX
insurance policy, then TWX shall assert such claim in its own name and deliver
the Insurance Proceeds to AOL. Any Insurance Proceeds received by the
TWX Group for members of the AOL Group shall be for the benefit of the AOL
Group. Any Insurance Proceeds received for the benefit of both the
TWX Group and the AOL Group shall be distributed pro rata based on the
respective share of the underlying loss.
(c) With
respect to Pre-Separation Insurance Claims, whether or not known or reported on
or prior to the Distribution Date, AOL shall, or shall cause the applicable
member of the AOL Group to, report as soon as practicable such claims arising
from the AOL Business directly to the applicable insurer(s) and to TWX, and AOL
shall, or shall cause the applicable member of AOL Group to, individually, and
not jointly, assume and be responsible for the reimbursement Liability (i.e., deductible or
retention) related to its portion of the Liability and/or any retrospective
premium charges associated with the workers compensation, automobile and general
liability claims so submitted by it to the extent such amounts payable by TWX
after the Distribution Date are greater than they otherwise would have been, if
such amounts had been based on the claim reserves established for such claims
immediately prior to the Distribution, unless otherwise agreed in writing by
TWX. TWX shall, and shall cause each member of the TWX Group to,
cooperate and assist the applicable member of the AOL Group with respect to such
claims and shall arrange for the applicable member of the AOL Group to post any
such collateral in respect of the reimbursement obligations as may reasonably be
requested by the insurers. TWX agrees that Pre-Separation Insurance
Claims of members of the AOL Group shall receive the same priority as
Pre-Separation Insurance Claims of members of the TWX Group and be treated
equitably in all respects, including in connection with deductibles, retentions,
coinsurance and retrospective premium charges.
(d) TWX
shall not be liable to AOL for claims, or portions of claims, not reimbursed by
insurers under any policy for any reason, including coinsurance provisions,
deductibles, quota share deductibles, self-insured retentions, bankruptcy or
insolvency of any insurance carrier(s), policy limitations or restrictions
(including exhaustion of limits), any coverage disputes, any failure to timely
file a claim by any member of the TWX Group or any member of the AOL Group or
any defect in such claim or its processing. In the event that
insurable claims of both TWX and AOL (or the members of their respective Groups)
exist relating to the same occurrence, the Parties shall jointly defend and
waive any conflict of interest necessary to the conduct of the joint defense and
shall not settle or compromise any such claim without the consent of the other
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed subject to the
terms and conditions of the applicable insurance policy). Nothing in
this Section 8.01 shall be construed to limit or otherwise alter in any way the
obligations of the Parties, including those created by this Agreement, by
operation of Law or otherwise.
(e) After
the Distribution Date, to the extent that any claims have been duly reported on
or before the Distribution Date under the directors and officers liability
insurance policies or fiduciary liability insurance policies (collectively,
“D&O
Policies”) maintained by members of the TWX Group, TWX shall not, and
shall cause the members of the TWX Group not to, take any action that would
limit the coverage of the individuals who acted as directors or officers of AOL
(or members of the AOL Group) on or prior to the Distribution Date under any
D&O Policies maintained by the members of the TWX Group. TWX
shall, and shall cause members of the TWX Group to, reasonably cooperate with
the individuals who acted as directors and officers of AOL (or members of the
AOL Group) on or prior to the Distribution Date in their pursuit of any coverage
claims under such D&O Policies which could inure to the benefit of such
individuals. TWX shall, and shall cause members of the TWX Group to,
allow AOL and its agents and representatives, upon reasonable prior notice and
during regular business hours, to examine and make copies of the relevant
D&O Policies maintained by TWX and members of the TWX Group pursuant to this
Section 8.01(e). TWX shall provide, and shall cause other members of
the TWX Group to provide, such cooperation as is reasonably requested by AOL in
order for AOL to have in effect after the Distribution Date such new D&O
Policies as AOL deems appropriate with respect to claims reported after the
Distribution Date.
(f) The
parties shall use reasonable best efforts to cooperate with respect to the
various insurance matters contemplated by this Section 8.01.
ARTICLE
IX
Further Assurances and
Additional Covenants
SECTION 9.01. Further
Assurances. (a) In addition to the actions
specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, each of the Parties
shall, subject to Section 5.03, use reasonable best 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.
(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 best efforts to execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and
delivered, all instruments, including any 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 effectuate the provisions and purposes of this
Agreement and any transfers of Assets or assignments and assumptions of
Liabilities hereunder and the other transactions contemplated
hereby.
(c) On
or prior to the Distribution Date, TWX and AOL, 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 AOL
or any other Subsidiary of TWX, as the case may be, to effectuate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) Prior
to the Distribution, if either Party identifies any commercial or other service
that is needed to ensure 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.
(e) As
soon as reasonably possible following the Distribution Date, the Parties agree
to determine and settle the final amounts of the Payables Transactions to the
extent such amounts have not previously been settled.
ARTICLE
X
Termination
SECTION 10.01. Termination. This Agreement
may be terminated by TWX at any time, in its sole discretion, prior to the
Distribution.
SECTION 10.02. Effect of Termination. In the
event of any termination of this Agreement prior to the Distribution, neither
Party (nor any of its directors or officers) shall have any Liability or further
obligation to the other Party under this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements.
ARTICLE
XI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 11.01. Counterparts; Entire Agreement; Corporate
Power. (a) This Agreement may be executed in
one or more counterparts, all of which counterparts shall be considered one and
the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts
have been signed by each Party hereto and delivered to the other
Party.
(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 and 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) TWX
represents on behalf of itself and each other member of the TWX Group, and AOL
represents on behalf of itself and each other member of the AOL 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 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 11.02. Governing Law;
Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of New York, regardless of
the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of
laws thereof, except to the extent the Laws of Delaware or any other
jurisdiction are mandatorily applicable to any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. Each Party irrevocably consents to the exclusive
jurisdiction, forum and venue of the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of
the State of New York, New York County and the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York over any and all claims, disputes,
controversies or disagreements between the Parties or any of their respective
subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns under or related to this
Agreement or any document executed pursuant to this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
SECTION 11.03. Assignability. Neither
this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this
Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or
otherwise by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party.
Any purported assignment without such consent shall be void. Subject
to the preceding sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the
benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors
and assigns. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, either Party may
assign this Agreement without consent in connection with (a) a merger
transaction in which such Party is not the surviving entity and the surviving
entity acquires or assumes all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets, or
(b) upon the sale of all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets; provided, however, that the
assignee expressly assumes in writing all of the obligations of the assigning
Party under this Agreement, and the assigning Party provides written notice and
evidence of such assignment and assumption to the non-assigning
Party. No assignment permitted by this Section 11.03 shall release
the assigning Party from liability for the full performance of its obligations
under this Agreement.
SECTION 11.04. Third-Party
Beneficiaries. Except for the indemnification rights under
this Agreement of any TWX Indemnitee or AOL Indemnitee in their respective
capacities as such, (a) the provisions of this Agreement are solely for the
benefit of the parties hereto and are not intended to confer upon any Person
except the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder and (b) there are no
third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement and this Agreement shall not 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.
SECTION 11.05. Notices. All notices or other
communications under this 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:
If to
TWX, to:
Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: General
Counsel
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
with a
copy to:
Cravath,
Swaine & Xxxxx LLP
Worldwide
Plaza
000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
If to AOL
to:
AOL
Inc.
000
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: General
Counsel
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Either
Party may, by notice to the other Party, change the address to which such
notices are to be given.
SECTION 11.06. Severability. If any
provision of this 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 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 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 11.07. Force Majeure. Neither Party
shall be deemed in default of this Agreement to the extent that any delay or
failure in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement results from
any cause beyond its reasonable control and without its fault or negligence,
such as acts of God, acts of civil or military authority, embargoes, epidemics,
war, riots, insurrections, fires, explosions, earthquakes, floods, unusually
severe weather conditions, labor problems or unavailability of parts, or, in the
case of computer systems, any failure in electrical or air conditioning
equipment. In the event of any such excused delay, the time for
performance shall be extended for a period equal to the time lost by reason of
the delay.
SECTION 11.08. Publicity. Each of TWX and
AOL shall consult with the other prior to issuing, and shall, subject to the
requirements of Section 7.08, provide the other Party the opportunity to review
and comment upon, any press releases or other public statements in connection
with the Distribution or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby and
prior to making any filings with any Governmental Authority or national
securities exchange with respect thereto (including the Parties’ respective
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with respect to the fiscal quarter during
which the Distribution Date occurs, or if such quarter is the fourth fiscal
quarter, the Parties’ respective Annual Reports on Form 10-K filed with respect
to the fiscal year during which the Distribution Date occurs (each such
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K, a “First Post-Distribution
Report”)). Each Party’s obligations pursuant to this Section 11.08 shall
terminate on the date on which such Party’s First Post-Distribution Report is
filed with the Commission.
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SECTION 11.09. 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 the Party incurring such fees or expenses, whether
or not the Distribution is consummated, or as otherwise agreed by the
Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, TWX shall bear the costs and
expenses directly related to the mailing of the Information Statement to TWX
shareholders and the fees and expenses of the Agent in connection with the
Distribution.
SECTION 11.10. Headings. The article, section
and paragraph headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes
only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
SECTION 11.11. Survival of Covenants. Except
as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the covenants in this Agreement and
the liabilities for the breach of any obligations in this Agreement shall
survive each of the Separation and the Distribution and shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 11.12. Waivers of Default. Waiver by
any Party hereto of any default by the other Party hereto of any provision of
this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver by the waiving Party of any
subsequent or other default.
SECTION 11.13. Specific Performance. Subject
to Section 5.03 and notwithstanding the procedures set forth in Article IX, in
the event of any actual or threatened default in, or breach of, any of the
terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement, the affected Party shall
have the right to specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief
of its rights under this 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 shall not oppose the granting of such
relief. The Parties to this Agreement agree that the remedies at law
for any breach or threatened breach hereof, 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 11.14. Amendments. No provisions of
this Agreement shall be deemed waived, amended, supplemented or modified by any
Party hereto, unless such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification is in
writing and signed by the authorized representative of each Party.
SECTION 11.15. 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 gender 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 as a whole (including all of the schedules, exhibits and appendices
hereto) and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement. Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule and Appendix
references are to the articles, sections, exhibits, schedules and appendices of
or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference herein
to this Agreement, unless otherwise stated, shall be construed to refer to this
Agreement as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, as
permitted by Section 11.14. The word “including” and words of similar
import when used in this Agreement shall mean “including, without limitation,”
unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise
specified. The word “or” shall not be exclusive.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Separation and Distribution
Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.
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by
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | ||
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Title:
Executive Vice President and
Chief
Financial Officer
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Internal
Transactions
The
Internal Transactions will take place in the following steps, all of which have
occurred or will occur prior to the Distribution in the following order, unless
otherwise determined by the Parties:
Step
1: Existing
AOL Inc. Name Change. On November 2, 2009, AOL Inc., a direct
wholly owned Subsidiary of AOL LLC, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State,
pursuant to Section 242 of the Delaware General Corporate Law, the documentation
necessary to change its name to “Original AOL Inc.” (the “Existing AOL Inc. Name
Change”).
Step
2: Conversion of AOL Holdings
to a Corporation. On November 2, 2009, AOL Holdings filed with
the Delaware Secretary of State, pursuant to Section 18-216 of the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act (the “DLLC Act”), the
documentation necessary to convert to a Delaware corporation and to change its
name to AOL Inc. (the “AOL
Conversion”).
Step
3: Conversion of TWA to a
Limited Liability Company. On November 5, 2009, TWA filed with the
Virginia Secretary of State, pursuant to Section 13.1-722.9 of the Virginia
Code, the documentation necessary to become a Virginia limited liability company
named TW AOL Holdings LLC (the “TWA
Conversion”).
Step
4: Distribution of AOL LLC
Assets and Assumption of Liabilities. AOL LLC will transfer
the AOL Assets to AOL (the “Asset Distribution”),
and AOL shall assume the AOL LLC Liabilities, pursuant to the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, TWX may
determine not to have AOL LLC transfer its shares in AOL Online India Private
Limited (the “AOL
Online Shares”) in the Asset Distribution.
Step
4A: Transfer of AOL Online
Shares. If the AOL Online Shares are not distributed to AOL
prior or pursuant to the Asset Distribution, following the Asset Distribution,
AOL LLC will transfer the AOL Online Shares to AOL Mauritius Services Ltd. (the
“AOL Online
Transfer”).
Step
5: AOL LLC
Name Change. AOL LLC will file with the Delaware Secretary of
State, pursuant to Sections 18-103 and 18-202 of the DLLC Act, the documentation
necessary to change its name to “Historic AOL LLC” (the “AOL LLC Name
Change”).
Step
6: First
AOL LLC Distribution. AOL will transfer all of the membership
interests in AOL LLC to TWX and TWA LLC, on a pro rata basis in respect
of the AOL Common Stock held by TWX and TWA LLC, respectively (the “First AOL LLC
Distribution”).
Step
7: Second
AOL LLC Distribution. TWA LLC will transfer all of its
membership interests in AOL LLC to TWX in respect of the membership interests of
TWA LLC held by TWX (the “Second AOL LLC
Distribution”).
Step
8: Internal
Distribution. TWA LLC will transfer all of the AOL Common
Stock that it owns to TWX in respect of the membership interests of TWA LLC held
by TWX (the “Internal
Distribution”).
Step
9: Payables
Transactions. TWX and AOL shall settle the Payables
Transactions.
Step
10: AOL
Share Recapitalization. Whether before, after or
simultaneously with Step 9 above, TWX will cause the recapitalization of AOL so
that the number of outstanding shares of AOL Common Stock will be equal to the
number of shares that will be distributed in the Distribution (the “Recapitalization”).
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Schedule
II
TWX Retained
Assets
1.
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Funding
Agreement between TWX and AOL LLC relating to the guarantees by AOL LLC of
the existing public and bank debt of TWX and its
Affiliates.
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2.
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Those
domain names listed on Schedule II-A
attached hereto.
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3.
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The
following United States patents and patent
applications:
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Patent/Application
No.
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Title
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6,351,776
6,985,927
7,171,472
7,337,207
7,496,578
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Shared
Internet Storage Resource, User Interface System,
And
Method (5 patents)
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6,496,855
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Web
Site Registration Proxy System
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7,237,024
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Cross-Site
Timed Out Authentication Management
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7,415,500
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Facilitating
Negotiations Between Users Of A Computer Network Through Messaging
Communications Enabling User Interaction
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7,415,718
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Receiving
and Processing Vertical Blanking Interval Data
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7,571,234
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Authentication
Of Electronic Data
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11/019,124
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System
And Method For Using A Streaming Protocol
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4.
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AOL LLC’s undivided percentage interest in the
following aircrafts:
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FAA
Registration No.
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Manufacturer
Serial No.
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Manufacturer/Model
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Installed
Engines
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N73RP
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529
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Gulfstream
Aerospace G-V
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2x
BMW Rolls Royce BR 700 Series Engines
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N74RP
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5058
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Gulfstream
Aerospace G550
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2x
Rolls Royce BR 700 Series Engines
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N75RP
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528
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Gulfstream
Aerospace G-V
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2x
BMW Rolls Royce BR 700 Series
Engines
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5.
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AOL
LLC’s 2.882% undivided interest in one 2001 Raytheon Hawker 800XP aircraft
bearing manufacturer’s serial number 258543, together with two Xxxxxxx TFE
731-5BR engines bearing manufacturer’s serial numbers P107629 and P107631
(collectively, the “Aircraft”),
which is managed and operated within the fractional ownership program of
Flight Options, LLC and subject to common agreements governing a
consolidated undivided 37.5% interest in the Aircraft held by TWX, Time
Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc. and AOL
LLC.
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6.
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AOL
LLC’s interests in those securities that were distributed by AOL LLC to
its then sole member, TW AOL Holdings Inc., on April 4, 2006 (the “Minority
Investments”), and any and all rights and benefits of AOL LLC under
any and all agreements relating thereto (the “Investment
Agreements”). For the avoidance of doubt, Minority
Investments shall not include AOL LLC’s interests in Brightcove, Inc., 360
Intellectual Equity, LLC, Kayak Software Corporation, Lat34, LLC (f/k/a
Fusion Entertainment, LLC), Advanced Commerce Strategies, Inc. (ACSI), Orb
Networks, Inc., Cranberry Properties, LLC, Jonas-MGX JV and
Xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx Kabushiki-Xxxxxx.
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7.
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AOL
LLC’s rights and benefits under:
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(a) Sublease: Historic TW Inc.
and AOL LLC
(i)
Sublease Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2004, between Historic TW Inc. and
America Online, Inc. for floors 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 and 11 at the building
known
by the street numbers 00
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx and 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, XX, XX 00000;
(ii)
First Amendment of Sublease, dated as of January 25, 2005, between Historic TW
Inc. and America Online, Inc. for a portion of the sub-concourse
level
and a portion of the concourse
level at the building known by the streetnumbers 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx and 00
Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, XX, XX 00000;
(iii)
Second Amendment of Sublease, dated as of April 26, 2005, between Historic TW
Inc. (as successor to Time Warner Companies, Inc.) and America
Online, Inc. for a portion of the
8th floor (the screening room) and a portion of the 9th floor (the control room)
at the building known by the street numbers 00
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx and 00 Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx, XX, XX 00000; and
(iv)
Third Amendment of Sublease, dated as of January 20, 2006, between Historic TW
Inc. (as successor to Time Warner Companies, Inc.) and America Online,
Inc. floors 24 and 25 at the building known by the street numbers 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx and 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, XX, XX 00000, (collectively,
the “75 Rock
Sublease”)
(b) Sub-Sublease: AOL LLC and
NBC Universal, Inc.
(i)
Agreement of Sub-Sublease, dated January 30, 2008, between AOL LLC and NBC
Universal, Inc. for floors 5 and 6 at the building known by the
street
numbers 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx and
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, XX, XX 00000;
(ii)
First Amendment to Sub-Sublease, dated September 2008, between AOL LLC and NBC
Universal, Inc. for floors 3, 4, portion of 8, portion of 9, 10, 11,
24
and 25 and a portion of the
concourse level at the building known by the street numbers 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
and 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, XX, XX 00000;
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(iii)
That certain letter agreement by and between AOL LLC, NBC Universal, Inc. and
Historic TW Inc. dated August 11, 2009 related to the modified uses to
which the 8th floor
studio may be used by NBC Universal, Inc.; and
(iv) That
certain letter agreement by and between NBC Universal, Inc. and Historic TW Inc.
dated August 11, 2009 related to the air intake filter maintenance
that Historic TW Inc. agrees to
perform at the building, together
with the related furniture, fixtures, equipment and improvements (collectively,
the “75 Rock
Sub-
Sublease”).
8.
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As described in Section 6.04,
agreements entered into by AOL LLC with Covered Employees with respect to
the obligation of such Covered Employees to repay amounts advanced on
their behalf under certain circumstances.
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Schedule
II-A
Domain
Names
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14
Schedule
III
TWX Retained
Liabilities
1.
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Guarantees
by AOL LLC of the existing public and bank debt of TWX and its
Affiliates.
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2.
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AOL
LLC’s obligations under the Investment
Agreements.
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3.
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AOL
LLC’s obligations under the 75 Rock Sublease and the 75 Rock
Sub-Sublease.
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4.
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To
the extent required by Section 6.04, certain obligations to indemnify or
advance funds to certain directors, officers and employees of AOL
LLC.
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Schedule
IV
Payables
Transactions
The
Payables Transactions will take place in the following steps in such order as
specified below, unless otherwise determined by the Parties:
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1.
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Each
of TWX and AOL shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, take
all necessary actions to remove each of AOL’s Qualified Foreign
Subsidiaries from all Qualified Cash Pooling Arrangements to which it is a
party, and clear any related overdrafts in connection therewith, in each
case prior to the close of business on the business day immediately prior
to the Distribution Date.
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2.
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Each
of TWX and AOL shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to,
settle all Qualified Intercompany Loans by payment in full in Cash of all
principal, interest, guarantee fees or other amounts outstanding in
respect of such Qualified Intercompany Loans, and where applicable
terminate the loan agreements governing such Qualified Intercompany Loans,
in each case prior to the close of business on the business day
immediately prior to the Distribution
Date.
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3.
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AOL
shall (A) cause each of its Qualified Subsidiaries to (i) transfer to AOL
all Cash of such Qualified Subsidiary and (ii) assign, dividend or
otherwise transfer to AOL all of such Qualified Subsidiary’s right, title
and interest in and to any Qualified Intercompany Accounts that are
receivables owed by TWX or any Affiliate of TWX and (B) agree to discharge
(whether by assumption, capital contribution or otherwise) all of its
Qualified Subsidiaries’ Qualified Intercompany Accounts that are payables
owed to TWX or any Affiliate of TWX, in each case as of the close of
business on the business day immediately prior to the Distribution
Date.
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4.
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AOL
shall loan to TWX pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement dated as of
April 13, 2006, between AOL LLC, as lender, and TWA, as borrower (or each
of their permitted successors and assigns), or TWX shall loan to AOL
pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement dated as of April 13, 2006,
between TWA, as lender, and AOL LLC, as borrower (or each of their
permitted successors and assigns), as applicable, an amount of Cash such
that the amount of Cash that will be left at the AOL Group as of the close
of business on the business day immediately prior to the Distribution Date
shall equal $100 million.
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5.
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AOL
shall cause all Qualified Intercompany Accounts of AOL or any of its
Qualified Subsidiaries owed by or to TWX or any Affiliate of TWX
outstanding as of the close of business on the business day immediately
prior to the Distribution Date to be settled (whether by dividend to, or
capital contribution or assumption by, TWX or any Affiliate of TWX or
otherwise).
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For
purposes of this Schedule IV:
“Qualified Cash Pooling
Arrangement” shall mean all non-U.S. cash pooling arrangements to which
TWX or its Affiliates is a party;
“Qualified Foreign
Subsidiaries” shall mean all non-U.S. Subsidiaries of AOL;
“Qualified Intercompany
Accounts” shall mean all intercompany accounts receivable and accounts
payable (including (i) all accrued and unpaid expenses, (ii) the TWX Equity
Award Payable and (iii) the Deferred Compensation Payable) other than any
outstanding operational intercompany trade receivables or payables incurred in
the ordinary course of business on an arm’s-length basis;
“Qualified Intercompany
Loans” shall mean all non-U.S. intercompany loans between certain TWX
Affiliates and AOL or AOL’s Qualified Foreign Subsidiaries; and
“Qualified
Subsidiaries” shall mean all Subsidiaries of AOL other than: (i) any
non-U.S. subsidiary of AOL and (ii) AOL LLC.
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