PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN CORROSION CONTROL CORPORATION, GARLOCK (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED, GARLOCK GmbH, ENPRO LUXEMBOURG HOLDING COMPANY and COLTEC INDUSTRIES PACIFIC PTE LTD (the “Buyer Entities”) AND PIPELINE SEAL AND INSULATOR, INC., TEXAS...
Exhibit 2.1
BY AND BETWEEN
CORROSION CONTROL CORPORATION,
XXXXXXX (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED,
GARLOCK GmbH,
ENPRO LUXEMBOURG HOLDING COMPANY
and
COLTEC INDUSTRIES PACIFIC PTE LTD
(the “Buyer Entities”)
XXXXXXX (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED,
GARLOCK GmbH,
ENPRO LUXEMBOURG HOLDING COMPANY
and
COLTEC INDUSTRIES PACIFIC PTE LTD
(the “Buyer Entities”)
AND
PIPELINE SEAL AND INSULATOR, INC.,
TEXAS PLASTICOTE, INC.,
GPP GLOBAL PIPELINE PRODUCTS LTD,
CPI COMMERCIAL PLASTIC INDUSTRIES LTD,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX
and
XXXXX XXXXXXX
(the “Seller Parties”)
TEXAS PLASTICOTE, INC.,
GPP GLOBAL PIPELINE PRODUCTS LTD,
CPI COMMERCIAL PLASTIC INDUSTRIES LTD,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX
and
XXXXX XXXXXXX
(the “Seller Parties”)
DATED AS OF JANUARY 28, 2011
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SECTION 1. PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS; TERMS OF PAYMENT AND CLOSING |
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1.1 Purchase of Purchased Assets |
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1.2 Seller Excluded Assets |
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1.3 Procedures for Non-Transferable Assets |
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1.4 Purchase of Seller Equity Interests |
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1.5 Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Assets |
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1.6 U.S. Seller Liabilities |
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1.7 Seller Foreign Entity Assumed Liabilities |
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1.8 Closing |
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1.9 Purchase Price; Manner of Payment |
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1.10 Closing Obligations |
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1.11 Closing Net Working Capital |
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1.12 Post-Closing Payments |
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1.13 Purchase Price Allocation |
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1.14 Ad Valorem Taxes |
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1.15 Transfer Taxes; Filing Fees |
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1.16 Treatment of Cash; Payment of Outstanding Checks; Deposits |
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1.17 Escrow |
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SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS RELATING TO THE SELLER PARTIES AND THE SELLER FOREIGN ENTITIES |
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2.1 Organization; Good Standing |
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2.2 Authority; Enforceability |
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2.3 Consents and Approvals; No Violation |
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2.4 Seller Equity Interests |
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2.5 Books and Records |
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2.6 Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities |
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2.7 Absence of Certain Changes or Events |
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2.8 Taxes and Tax Returns |
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2.9 Litigation |
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2.10 Permits |
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2.11 Compliance with Law |
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2.12 Environmental Matters |
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2.13 Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA |
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2.14 Employees, Contractors and Consultants; Labor Matters |
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2.15 Insurance |
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2.16 Assets |
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2.17 Real Property |
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2.18 Bank Accounts |
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2.19 Accounts Receivable |
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2.20 Proprietary Rights |
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2.21 Contracts |
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2.22 Inventory |
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2.23 Products and Warranties |
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2.24 Customers; Suppliers |
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2.25 Transactions with Affiliates |
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2.26 Powers of Attorney |
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2.27 Thunderline S.A |
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2.28 Brokers |
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2.29 No Agreement to Sell |
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2.30 Disclaimer |
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SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS RELATING TO THE OWNERS |
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3.1 Authority; Enforceability |
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3.2 Consents and Approvals; No Violation |
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3.3 Litigation |
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3.4 Brokers |
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SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS RELATING TO THE BUYER ENTITIES |
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4.1 Organization |
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4.2 Authority; Enforceability |
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4.3 Consents and Approvals; No Violation |
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4.4 Litigation |
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4.5 Brokers |
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4.6 Funds Available |
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4.7 Financial Status |
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4.8 Investment Representation |
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4.9 Disclaimer |
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SECTION 5. COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS |
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5.1 Access to Information |
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5.2 Operation of the Business |
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5.3 Approvals and Consents |
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5.4 Efforts to Satisfy Closing Conditions |
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5.5 Notification |
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5.6 Exclusivity |
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5.7 Employees of the U.S. Sellers |
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5.8 Employees of Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, GPP and Pipeline Seal U.K.; Independent Contractors |
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5.9 Undertaking regarding Business Name |
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5.10 Accounts Receivable |
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5.11 Taxes and the Tax Returns |
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5.12 Transfer of Assets of GPP and Mavei |
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5.13 Warranty Work |
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5.14 Cooperation |
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5.15 Waiver of Bulk Sale Laws |
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5.16 Environmental Compliance |
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5.17 Canusa Settlement Agreement |
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5.18 U.K. Lease |
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5.19 Malaysian JV |
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5.20 Certain Liabilities Relating to Accrued Vacation/Holiday and Sick Days |
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SECTION 6. CLOSING CONDITIONS |
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6.1 Mutual Conditions |
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6.2 Seller Parties’ Conditions |
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6.3 Buyer Entities’ Conditions |
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SECTION 7. INDEMNIFICATION |
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7.1 Seller Parties’ Agreement to Indemnify |
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7.2 Buyer’s Agreement to Indemnify |
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7.3 Liability Limitations |
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7.4 Procedure for Indemnification — Third-Party Claims |
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7.5 Indemnification Procedure — Direct Claims |
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7.6 Survival |
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7.7 Interest |
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7.8 Escrow Amounts |
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7.9 [Intentionally Deleted] |
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7.10 Exclusion of Damages |
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7.11 Subrogation |
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7.12 Calculation of Damages |
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7.13 Exclusive Remedy |
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SECTION 8. TERMINATION |
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8.1 Termination |
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8.2 Procedure and Effect of Termination |
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SECTION 9. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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9.1 Construction |
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9.2 Expenses |
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9.3 Amendment and Modification |
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9.4 Waiver of Compliance; Consents |
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9.5 Sellers’ Representative |
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9.6 Buyer’s Representative |
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9.7 Notices |
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9.8 Publicity |
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9.9 Assignment; No Third-Party Rights |
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9.10 Governing Law; Jurisdiction |
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9.11 Further Assurances; Records |
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9.12 Severability |
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9.13 Currency; Exchange Rate |
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9.14 Counterparts |
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9.15 Electronic Signatures |
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9.16 Entire Agreement |
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Definitions Appendix |
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Schedules |
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Exhibits |
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This PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of January 28, 2011 (as amended in accordance with the terms
hereof, this “Agreement”), is between Corrosion Control Corporation, a Colorado corporation
(the “Buyer”), Xxxxxxx (Great Britain) Limited, a United Kingdom company (the “U.K.
Buyer”), Garlock GmbH, a German company (the “German Buyer”), EnPro Luxembourg Holding
Company, a Luxembourg company (the “Luxembourg Buyer”) and Coltec Industries Pacific PTE
LTD, a Singapore company (the “Singapore Buyer”), on the one hand, and Pipeline Seal and
Insulator, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“PSI”), Texas Plasticote, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(“TPI;” together with PSI, the “U.S. Sellers”), GPP Global Pipeline Products Ltd,
an Irish company (“GPP;” and together with PSI and TPI, the “Sellers”), CPI
Commercial Plastic Industries Ltd, an Irish company (“Commercial Plastics”), and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, an individual resident of Nevada (“Xxxxxxx;” and collectively with PSI, GPP and
Commercial Plastics, the “Selling Shareholders”), and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, an individual resident
of Nevada (“Xxxxxxx;” and together with Xxxxxxx, the “Owners”), on the other hand.
Xxxxxx Industries Corp., a Nevada corporation and the sole shareholder of Commercial Plastics and
GPP (“Xxxxxx”), is a party to this Agreement solely for purposes of providing
indemnification jointly and severally with the Seller Parties pursuant to Section 7 hereof. As
used in this Agreement, the term “Buyer Entities” means, collectively, the Buyer, the U.K.
Buyer, the German Buyer, the Luxembourg Buyer and the Singapore Buyer, and the term “Seller
Parties” means collectively, PSI, TPI, GPP, Commercial Plastics, Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx.
Background Statement
The Sellers and the Seller Foreign Entities are engaged in the design, manufacture, packaging,
sale and distribution of sealing and related products, pipeline accessories, and signage systems
including for use in the oil and gas and water/wastewater treatment industries (the
“Business”). The Owners own, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding equity of each
of the Sellers. The Sellers desire to sell, and the Buyer desires to purchase, the assets,
properties, rights and business owned by the Sellers and used in the Business. In addition, the
parties desire that all of the issued and outstanding equity interests owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Selling Shareholders in the Seller Foreign Entities be acquired by the Buyer
Entities as further set forth herein. The purpose of this Agreement is to set forth the terms and
conditions of these transactions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined in the
text hereof have the meanings given to them in the Definitions Appendix hereto.
Statement of Agreement
The parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Purchase Transactions; Terms of Payment and Closing.
1.1 Purchase of Purchased Assets. On the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, effective at the Effective Time, the U.S. Sellers agree to sell, assign,
transfer and deliver, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances, to the Buyer,
and the Buyer agrees to purchase, all of the Purchased Assets. The “Purchased Assets” are
all of
the assets, properties, rights and business of the U.S. Sellers, real, personal, tangible and
intangible, wherever located, and all of the U.S. Sellers’ rights related thereto, in each case
other than the Seller Equity Interests sold pursuant to Section 1.4 and the Seller Excluded Assets,
as of the Effective Time. The Purchased Assets include, without limitation, all of the U.S.
Sellers’ legal and beneficial right, title and interest, as of the Effective Time, to and in each
of the following:
(a) all tangible assets owned, leased or otherwise used by the U.S. Sellers, including
machines, equipment, tools, spare parts, computer hardware, data processing and telecommunications
equipment, furniture, office equipment, vehicles and other equipment, and all contract rights
(including any express or implied warranties) with respect thereto;
(b) all Accounts Receivable of the U.S. Sellers other than Intercompany Accounts Receivable
(the “Seller Accounts Receivable”);
(c) all inventories of the U.S. Sellers;
(d) all Permits used by the U.S. Sellers related to the Business that are transferable
pursuant to their terms;
(e) all Proprietary Rights of the U.S. Sellers (the “Seller Proprietary Rights”),
including all telephone, telecopy and e-mail addresses and listings of the U.S. Sellers; and all
domain names and subdomain names of the U.S. Sellers;
(f) all Software of the U.S. Sellers;
(g) all Seller Contracts of the U.S. Sellers except for those that are Seller Excluded
Contracts (the “Seller Purchased Contracts”), all rights arising out of all Seller
Purchased Contracts, and all copies of Seller Purchased Contracts and of correspondence related
thereto held by the U.S. Sellers, provided, that the U.S. Sellers shall be permitted to
retain copies of same for their records;
(h) all insurance benefits of the U.S. Sellers relating to the Purchased Assets and the
Assumed Liabilities;
(i) all files, books and records, documents, plans, proposals and other recorded knowledge of
the U.S. Sellers, including client and customer records, research and development records,
production reports and records, warranty records, equipment logs, operating guides and manuals,
financial and accounting records, training materials, advertising, promotional, and marketing
materials, and other similar documents and records and, subject to Law, copies of all personnel and
other records of the U.S. Sellers that are described in Section 1.2(d);
(j) all claims and rights of the U.S. Sellers related to the Business, including all claims
and rights of the U.S. Sellers against third parties related to the Business, and all rights of the
U.S. Sellers for deposits and prepaid expenses, claims for refunds (other than Taxes) and rights of
offset of the U.S. Sellers related to the Business; and
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(k) the Business as a going concern and all of the goodwill associated with such Business.
1.2 Seller Excluded Assets. Notwithstanding anything in Section 1.1 to the contrary,
the Purchased Assets do not include the following assets of the U.S. Sellers (the “Seller
Excluded Assets”; and collectively with the Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Assets set forth in
Section 1.5, the “Excluded Assets”), all of which will be retained by the U.S. Sellers:
(a) the rights arising under the Seller Contracts listed on Schedule 1.2(a) (collectively, the
“Seller Excluded Contracts”);
(b) all cash and cash equivalents, except to the extent necessary to fund Outstanding Checks
as of the Effective Time;
(c) all corporate minute books, corporate seals, stock records and Tax Returns of the U.S.
Sellers;
(d) all records of the U.S. Sellers that the U.S. Sellers, pursuant to Law, are required to
retain in their possession;
(e) all claims and rights to Tax refunds, Tax credits, and Tax deposits (excluding ad valorem
taxes) of the U.S. Sellers, but in each case only to the extent such refunds, claims, credits or
deposits relate to a period ending at or prior to Closing;
(f) all Intercompany Accounts Receivable;
(g) all assets and rights of the U.S. Sellers with respect to the Seller Employee Plans and
Seller Benefit Obligations; and
(h) the assets, rights and properties of the U.S. Sellers specifically set forth in Schedule
1.2(h).
1.3 Procedures for Non-Transferable Assets. If any Material Contracts or any property
or rights included in the Purchased Assets are not assignable or transferable either by virtue of
the provisions thereof or under Law without the Consent of any Person that has not been obtained as
of the Closing, (i) this Agreement and the related instruments of transfer shall not constitute an
assignment or transfer thereof and the Buyer Entities shall not assume the obligations of the U.S.
Sellers or the Seller Foreign Entities with respect thereto, and (ii) the Seller Parties will use
their commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain, as soon as possible after the Closing, any
such Consents requested by a Buyer Entity and assign such Material Contracts or other property or
rights to the Buyer or one of the other Buyer Entities (as determined by the Buyer) on the
effective date for any such Consent obtained. With respect to any Material Contract, property or
right for which a necessary Consent has not previously been obtained, if requested by a Buyer
Entity, the Seller Parties will enter into any reasonable arrangement with the Buyer Entities that
is designed to give the Buyer Entities the practical benefits of such Contract, property or right,
without any additional xxxx-up or other cost to the Buyer Entities.
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1.4 Purchase of Seller Equity Interests.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, effective as of
the Effective Time, (i) Xxxxxxx agrees to sell, assign, transfer and deliver to the U.K. Buyer, and
the U.K. Buyer agrees to purchase, all of the Equity Interests in Pipeline Seal U.K., (ii) PSI
agrees to sell, assign, transfer and deliver to the Luxembourg Buyer, and the Luxembourg Buyer
agrees to purchase, all of PSI’s Equity Interests in the Italian JV, (iii) PSI agrees to sell,
assign, transfer and deliver to the Singapore Buyer, and the Singapore Buyer agrees to purchase,
all of PSI’s Equity Interests in the Japanese JV, (iv) GPP agrees to sell, assign, transfer and
deliver to the Singapore Buyer, and the Singapore Buyer agrees to purchase, all of GPP’s Equity
Interests in the Malaysian JV, and (v) Commercial Plastics agrees to sell, assign, transfer and
deliver to the German Buyer, and the German Buyer agrees to purchase, all of the Equity Interests
in Xxxxxxx Plastik, in each case, free and clear of all Liens.
(b) Each Selling Shareholder declares that for so long as it remains the registered holder of
any of the Seller Equity Interests transferred pursuant to this Section 1.4 after Closing, it shall
(i) hold such Equity Interests and the dividends and other distributions of profits or surplus or
other assets declared, paid or made in respect of them after Closing and all rights arising out of
or in connection with them, in trust for the Buyer Entities and any successors in title to the
Buyer Entities, and (ii) deal with and dispose of such Equity Interests and all such dividends,
distributions and rights as are described in this Section 1.4(b) as the Buyer Entities or any such
successor may direct. The Selling Shareholders appoint the Buyer Entities as their lawful
attorneys for the purpose of signing any written resolution (or receiving notices of and attending
and voting at all meetings) of the Equity Interest holders of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries,
Pipeline Seal U.K. and the Seller Foreign JVs from Closing to the day on which the Buyer Entities
or their nominees are entered in the register of Equity Interest holders of the relevant Seller
Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K. and the Seller Foreign JVs as the holder of such Equity
Interests.
1.5 Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Assets. The parties agree that, immediately prior
to the Effective Time, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. shall distribute the
following assets to the Selling Shareholders (collectively, the “Seller Foreign Entity Excluded
Assets”) and shall transfer to the Selling Shareholders valid and legal title to such assets,
pursuant to such instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance and assignment as the Selling
Shareholders reasonably determine are necessary to transfer, convey and assign such assets
(provided that the Selling Shareholders shall provide such documentation to the Buyer for its
approval prior to the Closing, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld):
(a) all cash and cash equivalents of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K.,
except to the extent necessary to fund Outstanding Checks as of the Effective Time;
(b) those Seller Foreign Entity Contracts, if any, set forth on Schedule 1.5(b) (collectively,
the “Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Contracts”) and the rights arising thereunder;
(c) the Intercompany Accounts Receivable of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal
U.K.; and
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(d) the assets, rights and properties of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal
U.K., if any, specifically set forth on Schedule 1.5(d).
1.6 U.S. Seller Liabilities. On the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement, the Buyer Entities will assume only the following obligations and liabilities of the
U.S. Sellers, effective as of the Effective Time (the “Assumed Liabilities”):
(a) the current account payable liabilities of the type set forth on Schedule 1.6(a) (other
than Intercompany Accounts Payable) (the “Trade Accounts Payable”) of the U.S. Sellers and
liabilities for accrued vacation/holiday for Transferred Employees, in each case only to the extent
incurred by the U.S. Sellers in connection with their operation of the Business in the Ordinary
Course and only to the extent that such liabilities both exist as of the Effective Time and are
included in the calculation of Closing Net Working Capital (except for accrued vacation/holiday not
required by the terms of this Agreement to be included in the calculation of Closing Net Working
Capital); and
(b) the obligations of the U.S. Sellers arising after the Effective Time under the Seller
Purchased Contracts, except for liabilities (i) for breaches thereof occurring at or before the
Effective Time, (ii) under Seller Purchased Contracts that are required by the terms of Section
2.21(a) to be listed on Schedule 2.21(a), but that are not so listed, and (iii) related to
products, goods, or services manufactured, sold or provided prior to the Effective Time.
Except for the Assumed Liabilities (and the Seller Foreign Entity Assumed Liabilities as set
forth in Section 1.7), the Buyer Entities and their Affiliates will not assume or be liable for any
liabilities or obligations of any kind or nature, whether absolute, contingent, accrued, known or
unknown, of the Business as conducted prior to the Effective Time by the Seller Parties, the Seller
Foreign Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal U.K. (all liabilities that are not Assumed Liabilities or
Seller Foreign Entity Assumed Liabilities, collectively, the “Excluded Liabilities”). The
Excluded Liabilities include, without limitation, (i) any Environmental Liabilities of the Sellers,
the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal U.K., (ii) any liabilities of the Sellers, the
Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. for Taxes (including, without limitation, any
Taxes incurred pursuant to Section 1.5, any Taxes related to the release of intercompany
liabilities on or before the Closing Date and any VAT related to transactions occurring prior to
the Effective Time, other than the Closing VAT Amount which shall be paid pursuant to Section
1.12(b) and the liability for which shall constitute a Seller Foreign Entity Assumed Liability),
(iii) any liability related to the employment of the employees of the Sellers, the Seller Foreign
Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal U.K., including any Change of Control Payments (except for the
Assumed Liabilities expressly referenced in Section 1.6(a) and the Seller Foreign Entity Assumed
Liabilities expressly referenced in Section 1.7(a)), (iv) any Seller Transaction Expenses, (v) any
Closing Indebtedness, (vi) any Warranty Liability or Product Liability, (vii) any liabilities
relating to the Mavei Business prior to Closing (except for Seller Foreign Entity Assumed
Liabilities expressly referenced in Section 1.7(a)), and (viii) any Seller Foreign Entity Excluded
Liabilities. The Seller Parties will pay and perform and will cause their Affiliates to pay and
perform, when due, all Excluded Liabilities.
1.7 Seller Foreign Entity Assumed Liabilities. The parties agree that, upon the
transfer of the Seller Equity Interests to the Buyer Entities as of the Effective Time, only the
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following liabilities shall remain liabilities of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline
Seal U.K. (the “Seller Foreign Entity Assumed Liabilities”):
(a) the current Trade Accounts Payable (other than Intercompany Accounts Payable) of the
Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. and liabilities for accrued vacation/holiday and
sick days (including accrued vacation/holiday and sick days relating to the Mavei Business) for
employees of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and accrued vacation/holiday for employees of Pipeline
Seal U.K., in each case, who remain employees of such Persons immediately following the Effective
Time, and in each case only to the extent incurred by the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline
Seal U.K. in connection with their operation of the Business in the Ordinary Course and only to the
extent that such liabilities both exist as of the Effective Time and are included in the
calculation of Closing Net Working Capital (except for such accrued vacation/ holiday and sick days
not required by the terms of this Agreement to be included in the calculation of Closing Net
Working Capital), and excluding any trade accounts payable liabilities relating to the Mavei
Business; and
(b) the obligations of each Seller Foreign Subsidiary and Pipeline Seal U.K. arising after the
Effective Time under the Seller Foreign Entity Contracts (other than the Seller Foreign Entity
Excluded Contracts), except for liabilities (i) for breaches thereof occurring at or before the
Effective Time, (ii) under Seller Foreign Entity Contracts that are required by the terms of
Section 2.21(a) to be listed on Schedule 2.21(a) but that are not so listed, and (iii) related to
products, goods or services manufactured, sold or provided prior to the Effective Time.
The Seller Parties shall pay and perform, on or before the date due, all liabilities and
obligations of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. of any kind or nature,
whether absolute, contingent, accrued, known or unknown, relating to the period prior to the
Effective Time that are not Seller Foreign Entity Assumed Liabilities (all liabilities of the
Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. that are not Seller Foreign Entity Assumed
Liabilities are, collectively, the “Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Liabilities”), and
neither the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries nor Pipeline Seal U.K. shall be subject to or liable after
the Closing for any of the Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Liabilities. To the extent that such
Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Liabilities are capable of being paid or performed prior to the
Closing Date (including, without limitation, payment of payroll through the Closing Date for
employees of the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K.), such Seller
Foreign Entity Excluded Liabilities shall be paid or performed by the Seller Parties, the
applicable Seller Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. prior to the Closing Date. With respect
to any Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Liabilities that remain unpaid on or after the Closing Date,
the Seller Parties agree (i) to the extent that such Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Liabilities
have not been paid by the Buyer Entities, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal U.K.
after the Closing Date, to discharge directly such Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Liabilities then
due within 15 days after the Sellers’ Representative receives from a Buyer Entity (a) evidence in
writing reasonably satisfactory to the Sellers’ Representative of the existence of such liability
and (b) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Sellers’ Representative that such liability is a
Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Liability; and (ii) to the extent that such Seller Foreign Entity
Excluded Liabilities have been paid by the Buyer Entities, a Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline
Seal U.K. or any of their Affiliates after the Closing Date, to reimburse the Buyer Entities, the
applicable Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K. or the applicable Affiliate thereof for
such
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payments within 15 days after the Sellers’ Representative receives from a Buyer Entity (a)
evidence in writing of the existence of such liability and the payment therefor by a Buyer Entity,
the applicable Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K. or any of their Affiliates, such
evidence to be reasonably satisfactory to the Sellers’ Representative, and (b) evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Sellers’ Representative that such liability is a Seller Foreign Entity Excluded
Liability.
1.8 Closing. The closing (the “Closing”) of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement will take place at the offices of the Buyer on the date that is two Business Days
after the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set forth in Section 6 (other than those
that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing) or such other location and date as mutually
agreed by the parties. The Closing will be effective as of 11:59 p.m. on the Closing Date (the
“Effective Time”), and all actions scheduled in this Agreement to take place at the Closing
shall be deemed to occur simultaneously at such time.
1.9 Purchase Price; Manner of Payment.
(a) In exchange for the sale of the Purchased Assets to the Buyer and the sale of the Seller
Equity Interests to the Buyer Entities, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Buyer will pay to the Sellers and the other Selling Shareholders an aggregate amount equal to
$100,000,000 (the “Purchase Price”), minus the amount, if any, by which the final
Closing Net Working Capital as determined pursuant to Section 1.11 is less than the Target Net
Working Capital.
(b) Omitted.
(c) Closing Payment. At the Closing, the Buyer Entities (or their Affiliates) will
make the following payments (together, the “Closing Payment”):
(i) $5,000,000 (the “Escrow Amount”) will be deposited with Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
National Association (the “Escrow Agent”), to be held pursuant to the terms of an
escrow agreement in the form of Exhibit A (the “Escrow Agreement”), entered into by
the Buyer, the Sellers’ Representative, and the Escrow Agent;
(ii) $95,000,000, less the sum of (v) the amount of Closing Indebtedness, (w) the
amount of any Change of Control Payments, (x) the amount of Seller Transaction Expenses, (y)
the amount of Unpaid 2010 Bonuses and Commissions, and (z) if required pursuant to Section
5.8(b), the Eiber Estimated Settlement Amount, will be paid to the Sellers’ Representative
(for the benefit of the Seller Parties) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
an account designated in writing by the Sellers’ Representative;
(iii) the amount of the Closing Indebtedness shall be paid to the Sellers’ Lenders in
accordance with the instructions set forth in the Payoff Letters;
(iv) the Seller Transaction Expenses shall be paid to each provider of services set
forth in the Payoff Letters;
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(v) the Change of Control Payments shall be paid to the parties required to receive
such payments as set forth on Schedule 1.9(c)(v); and
(vi) the Unpaid 2010 Bonuses and Commissions shall be paid to the parties entitled to
receive such payments as set forth on Schedule 1.9(c)(vi).
The Seller Parties will deliver to the Buyer evidence of receipt of the Closing Payment
(including the amount of the Closing Indebtedness, the Seller Transaction Expenses, the Change of
Control Payments) and of payment of the Unpaid 2010 Bonuses and Commissions, and evidence of the
payment of any payroll amounts owed to employees of the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries
and Pipeline Seal U.K. on account of any period ending on or prior to the Closing Date, in each
case, reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer.
1.10 Closing Obligations. At the Closing:
(a) The Seller Parties shall deliver to the Buyer:
(i) A Xxxx of Sale in the form of Exhibit B, executed by the U.S. Sellers (the
“U.S. Xxxx of Sale”).
(ii) An Assignment and Assumption Agreement in the form of Exhibit C (the
“Assignment and Assumption Agreement”), executed by the U.S. Sellers.
(iii) A Non-Competition, Nondisclosure, and Nonsolicitation Agreement in the Form of
Exhibit D (the “Seller Noncompete”), executed by each of the Seller Parties.
(iv) A Consulting Agreement in the form of Exhibit E, executed by Xxxxxxx (the
“Xxxxxxx Consulting Agreement”).
(v) A Consulting Agreement in the form of Exhibit F, executed by Xxxxx Xxxx (the
“Best Consulting Agreement”; and together with the Xxxxxxx Consulting Agreement, the
“Consulting Agreements”).
(vi) Omitted.
(vii) The Escrow Agreement, executed by the Sellers’ Representative and the Escrow
Agent.
(viii) An assignment of the Seller Proprietary Rights substantially in the form of
Exhibit G executed by the U.S. Sellers and the Owners (the “Seller IP Assignment”).
(ix) Omitted.
(x) Omitted.
(xi) A lease in the form of Exhibit H, executed by Lapeer Properties, Inc. (the
“Houston Lease”).
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(xii) A lease in the form of Exhibit I executed by St. Neots Properties Limited (the
“U.K. Lease”).
(xiii) An estoppel certificate in the form of Exhibit J executed by each holder of
Equity Interests in the Seller Foreign JVs (the “JV Estoppel Certificates”).
(xiv) Omitted.
(xv) A General Release in the form of Exhibit K executed by the Seller Parties and
their Affiliates (the “General Release”).
(xvi) Subject to Section 5.19, to the extent the Seller Equity Interests are
certificated, certificates representing the Seller Equity Interests, duly endorsed (or
accompanied by duly executed stock powers or such other documents of transfer sufficient to
transfer such Equity Interests under Law) to the applicable Buyer Entity.
(xvii) To the extent the Seller Equity Interests are not certificated (or as otherwise
required by Law or requested by the Buyer Entities), assignments or other documents of
transfer in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer, executed by the
applicable Selling Shareholder, sufficient to transfer such Equity Interests to the
applicable Buyer Entity under Law (the “Equity Transfer Documents;” and collectively
with the U.S. Xxxx of Sale, the Seller Noncompete, the Consulting Agreements, the Escrow
Agreement, the Houston Lease, the U.K. Lease, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and
the Seller IP Assignment, the “Primary Transaction Agreements”).
(xviii) Individual payoff letters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Buyer (collectively, the “Payoff Letters”) from (i) each lender of Closing
Indebtedness (the “Sellers’ Lenders”) (all of which are set forth on Schedule
1.10(a)(xviii)) indicating that upon payment of a specified amount, such lender shall
release its Liens and other security interests in, and agree to execute or authorize the
execution of Uniform Commercial Code termination statements or similar filings in foreign
jurisdictions necessary to release of record its Liens and other security interests in, the
assets and properties of the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal
U.K., and (ii) each provider of services giving rise to a Seller Transaction Expense.
(xix) Omitted.
(xx) Evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer of termination of that certain
License Agreement dated as of February 28, 2003 between PSI and GPP.
(xxi) GPP Waiver Agreements executed by each of Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx X’Xxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxx, in the forms attached as Exhibit L.
(xxii) Termination Agreement of Link-Seal License and Technical Assistance Agreement in
the form of Exhibit M.
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(xxiii) Evidence of the transfer prior to the Closing of substantially all of the
assets of Mavei and GPP (other than the assets listed on Schedules 5.12(a) and 5.12(c)) in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer and evidence of the provision of
appropriate notices to any employees of Mavei and GPP regarding the Mavei Sale Transaction
and the GPP Sale Transaction;
(xxiv) A document, notarized in Germany, stating that PSI, as the potential owner of a
share in PSI Germany with the nominal value of 10,000 DEM and Xxxxxxx Plastik as the
possible current owner of this share, agree that Xxxxxxx Plastik is the actual owner of 100%
of the shares of PSI Germany and that PSI for reasons of precaution assigns any ownership
and other rights it may have in and to this share and any other possibly owned shares in PSI
Germany to Xxxxxxx Plastik without Xxxxxxx Plastik having to pay any consideration to PSI in
return therefor and that Xxxxxxx consents to this transaction;
(xxv) Evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer that the Business Contracts with
Affiliates of the Seller Parties listed on Schedule 2.25 have been terminated; and
(xxvi) Evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer that the authorized signatories of
the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. on the bank accounts of such Persons
have been changed to such person or persons as requested by the Buyer and termination of the
powers of attorney listed on Schedule 2.26 in favor of Xxxxx Xxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxx.
(b) The Buyer Entities shall deliver to the Sellers’ Representative (for the benefit of the
Seller Parties):
(i) Each payment required to be made by the Buyer Entities to the Sellers’
Representative at Closing pursuant to Section 1.9.
(ii) The Primary Transaction Agreements to be executed by the Buyer Entities, each as
executed by the applicable Buyer Entities.
(c) Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement at Closing, the
parties hereto shall execute a closing memorandum, in the form of Exhibit N, in which the Seller
Parties and the Buyer Entities confirm that the Closing has occurred and that the actions required
to take place at Closing have taken place (the “Closing Memorandum”).
1.11 Closing Net Working Capital.
(a) Within 30 days after the Closing, the Seller Parties will prepare and deliver to the Buyer
a calculation of Net Working Capital as of the Effective Time (the “Closing Net Working
Capital”). Each item included in the Closing Net Working Capital shall be calculated in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in its jurisdiction of
organization for each of the U.S. Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K.,
and past practices of the Business consistently applied in the same manner as in the Financial
Statements. The Closing Net Working Capital calculation will take into account appropriate
reserves as of the Effective Time and physical inventories of each of the U.S. Sellers, the Seller
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Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. as of January 29 and 30, 2011 (adjusted as
appropriate for changes in inventory occurring from and after January 30, 2011 through the
Effective Time based on the books and records of the Persons then respectively holding such
inventory), and shall be calculated in accordance with the principles and in a manner consistent
with the calculation of Net Working Capital as of the Balance Sheet Date attached as Schedule
1.11(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Closing does not occur on or prior to
February 18, 2011, the Closing Net Working Capital calculation will take into account physical
inventories of each of the U.S. Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K.
conducted instead as of the Closing Date. Subject to Section 5.1, representatives of the Buyer
shall have the right to be present at all physical inventories conducted pursuant to this Section
1.11(a).
(b) If the Buyer does not accept the Seller Parties’ calculation of the Closing Net Working
Capital, the Buyer will give written notice to the Sellers’ Representative prior to the 30th day
after delivery thereof, including therein a reasonably particularized statement of its objection
thereto. The Buyer will be deemed to have accepted the calculation of the Closing Net Working
Capital if written notice of objection is not delivered by such date. Any notice of objection will
set forth in reasonable detail the basis and the purported amount for each objection.
(c) The Buyer and the Sellers’ Representative shall attempt in good faith to resolve any
disagreement related to the calculation of Closing Net Working Capital within 30 days after
delivery of any notice of objection pursuant to Section 1.11(b). If the Buyer and the Sellers’
Representative are unable to resolve such disagreement within 30 days after delivery of the written
notice, the parties will jointly engage Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (the “Reviewing
Accountant”) to resolve the issues in dispute. The Reviewing Accountant will apply accounting
principles, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.11, to evaluate the issues at hand
and will not have the power to alter, modify, amend, add to or subtract from any term or provision
of this Agreement. The parties will instruct the Reviewing Accountant to render its decision
within 15 days of the engagement, and such decision will be binding on the parties. The fees,
costs and expenses of the Reviewing Accountant will be paid by the Seller Parties, on the one hand,
and the Buyer Entities, on the other hand, in the same proportion that the aggregate amount of the
disputed items submitted to the Reviewing Accountant that are unsuccessfully disputed by such
party, as finally determined by the Reviewing Accountant, bears to the aggregate amount of such
disputed items so submitted. The determination of the Reviewing Accountant will be final and
binding on the parties.
1.12 Post-Closing Payments.
(a) Within five Business Days after the calculation of Closing Net Working Capital is deemed
final pursuant to Section 1.11, if the Target Net Working Capital exceeds the final Closing Net
Working Capital, then the Seller Parties will pay to the Buyer Entities such excess directly by
wire transfer of immediately available funds (and not from the Escrow Amount) to an account
designated in writing by the Buyer for such purpose.
(b) Following the Closing, the parties shall calculate the amount of VAT that would be payable
by Xxxxxxx Plastik, PSI Germany and Pipeline Seal U.K. to the appropriate Tax
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authorities on account of the Accounts Receivable of such Persons as of the Effective Time to
the extent included in the Closing Net Working Capital (taking into account and applying any
offsets arising from the Trade Accounts Payable of such Persons as of the Effective Time included
in the Closing Net Working Capital), assuming for purposes of such determination that all such
Accounts Receivable were collected on the Closing Date and all such Trade Accounts Payable were
paid on the Closing Date (such amount, the “Closing VAT Amount”), and the Seller Parties
shall pay to the Buyer Entities the Closing VAT Amount within five Business Days after the
calculation of Closing Net Working Capital is deemed final pursuant to Section 1.11, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds (and not from the Escrow Amount) to an account designated
in writing by the Buyer for such purpose.
1.13 Purchase Price Allocation. An amount equal to the Purchase Price, plus the
amount of the Assumed Liabilities described in Section 1.6(a) hereof as reflected in the
calculation of the Closing Net Working Capital, will, subject to the terms of the last sentence of
this Section 1.13, be allocated among the Purchased Assets, on the one hand, and the Seller Equity
Interests, on the other hand, in accordance with Schedule 1.13. Following the payment of any
amount paid pursuant to Section 1.12, the parties will revise such allocation in a manner
consistent with the agreed-upon allocation set forth in Schedule 1.13. The allocation set forth in
such schedule is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 1060 of the Code. The Seller
Parties and the Buyer Entities agree to file all Tax Returns or reports, including IRS Form 8594,
for their respective taxable years in which the Closing occurs, to reflect the allocation described
in Schedule 1.13 (as such schedule may be revised in accordance with this Section 1.13) and agree
not to take any position inconsistent therewith before any Governmental Authority charged with the
collection of any Tax or in any other Proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to
the allocation of the amount of the Purchase Price allocated among the Purchased Assets of the U.S.
Sellers, the Seller Parties, on the one hand, and the Buyer Entities, on the other hand, shall
prepare all such Tax Returns and reports based on such allocation principles consistent with
Section 1060 of the Code as each separately deems appropriate in their sole judgment.
1.14 Ad Valorem Taxes. The Seller Parties will be responsible for, and as of the
Closing will have paid, all ad valorem Taxes on the Purchased Assets, the assets of the Seller
Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. and the Seller Equity Interests levied in years prior
to the year in which the Closing occurs. All ad valorem Taxes on the Purchased Assets and the
assets of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. for the year in which the Closing
occurs will be prorated per diem on a calendar-year basis. The Seller Parties will be responsible
for the prorated amount of such Taxes up to and including the Closing Date, and the Buyer Entities
will be responsible for the prorated amount of such Taxes after the Closing Date. If the amount of
any such Taxes is not known as of the Closing, the proration of such Taxes will be based on the Tax
bills for the immediately preceding year for which such Tax was paid or payable and payment of the
Seller Parties’ prorated amount will be paid to the Buyer Entities within 30 days after the
Closing. If, based on actual Tax bills for the year in which the Closing occurs, the Seller
Parties paid to the Buyer Entities pursuant to this Section 1.14 an amount that is either greater
or less than the aggregate amount of the ad valorem Taxes for which the Seller Parties are
responsible pursuant to this Section 1.14, the Buyer Entities will refund to the Sellers’
Representative, on behalf of the Seller Parties, the amount of such excess, and the Seller Parties
will pay to the Buyer Entities the amount of such deficiency, as applicable, in each case,
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promptly upon receipt of written notice, including any supporting documentation evidencing the
amount of such Taxes.
1.15 Transfer Taxes; Filing Fees. The Seller Parties will be liable for and will pay
any transfer taxes, federal and state sales taxes, stamp duties and all other Taxes or other like
charges payable upon and in connection with the sale or transfer of Purchased Assets at the Closing
that require a transfer of a certificate of title (i.e., motor vehicles and real estate). The
Buyer Entities will be liable for and will pay any transfer taxes, federal and state sales taxes,
stamp duties and all other Taxes or like charges payable on and in connection with the sale or
transfer of Purchased Assets at the Closing not requiring a transfer of a certificate of title and
the Seller Equity Interests to the Buyer Entities. The parties shall cooperate in filing a
manufacturing exemption certificate in lieu of tax if necessary in Texas and any other applicable
jurisdiction. Any filing fees or other fees payable to Governmental Authorities (except for Taxes,
but including the fee associated with the HSR Act filing and fees arising in connection with all
filings pursuant to European and German anti-competition Law) required to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be paid by the Buyer or its Affiliates unless
pursuant to reasonably established local customs, such fees would be allocated differently.
1.16 Treatment of Cash; Payment of Outstanding Checks; Deposits.
(a) Immediately prior to Closing, the Seller Parties shall distribute, or cause to be
distributed, all cash from the accounts of the U.S. Sellers, Pipeline Seal U.K. and the Seller
Foreign Subsidiaries (the “Seller Accounts”) in excess of the amount, if any, of all
Outstanding Checks written from the Seller Accounts. It is the intent of the parties that there
will be enough cash left by the Seller Parties in the Seller Accounts as of the Effective Time
sufficient to cover the amount of all Outstanding Checks. In the event there is insufficient cash
left by the Seller Parties in the Seller Accounts to cover the Outstanding Checks, the Seller
Parties shall reimburse the Buyer for such insufficiency on a dollar-for-dollar basis within 10
days of a written request by the Buyer. The Buyer shall pay to the Sellers’ Representative, for
the benefit of the Seller Parties, an amount equal to the cash in the Seller Accounts as of the
Effective Time in excess of the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Checks, on a dollar-for-dollar
basis within 10 days of receipt of a written request by the Sellers’ Representative.
(b) The parties acknowledge that Pipeline Seal U.K. has provided full cash cover deposits in
support of two performance bank guarantees issued by HSBC Bank PLC (“HSBC”) in the amount
of € 20,876 and £ 4,183 respectively (the “Performance Bonds”). Upon expiration or
termination of each such Performance Bond and upon return of such deposits to Pipeline Seal U.K.,
Pipeline Seal U.K. shall promptly pay such returned amounts to the Sellers’ Representative, on
behalf of the Seller Parties.
1.17 Escrow.
(a) The Escrow Amount will be held, invested and distributed in accordance with the terms of
the Escrow Agreement and this Agreement. Pursuant to and subject to the restrictions set forth in
the Escrow Agreement, the Sellers’ Representative will have sole authority to direct the investment
of the Escrow Amount to any investments with a level of risk appropriate for bank escrow accounts.
The Escrow Amount will be held by the Escrow Agent as partial security
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for the obligations of the Seller Parties under this Agreement, including, without limitation,
any obligations pursuant to Section 1.11 (Closing Net Working Capital), Section 5.10 (Accounts
Receivable) and Section 7.1 (Seller Parties’ Agreement to Indemnify).
(b) On the date that is nine months following the Closing Date (or the next Business Day
thereafter if such date is not a Business Day), an amount equal to (A) 50% of the Escrow Amount
minus (B) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of any asserted but unresolved claims made on
the Escrow Amount by the Buyer Entities (or a Buyer Indemnified Party) hereunder, and (ii) the
aggregate amount paid from the Escrow Amount on or before such date in satisfaction of any claims
by the Buyer Entities (or a Buyer Indemnified Party) hereunder, shall be paid to an account or
accounts designated in writing by the Sellers’ Representative on behalf of the Seller Parties. On
the date that is 18 months following the Closing Date (or the next Business Day thereafter if such
date is not a Business Day) (the “Second Escrow Release Date”), the remainder of the Escrow
Amount then held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, less the aggregate
amount of any asserted but unresolved claims made on the Escrow Amount by the Buyer Entities (or a
Buyer Indemnified Party) hereunder, if greater than zero, (the “Remaining Escrow Amount”)
will be paid to an account or accounts designated in writing by the Sellers’ Representative on
behalf of the Seller Parties; provided, however, if as of the Second Escrow Release
Date, a remediation plan has not been approved in writing by all applicable Governmental
Authorities with jurisdiction over environmental contamination at the Houston Facility, an amount
equal to the Remaining Escrow Amount less $1,000,000, if greater than zero, will be paid to an
account or accounts designated by the Sellers’ Representative for the benefit of the Seller
Parties. If, pursuant to the preceding sentence, any portion of the Escrow Amount remains in
escrow following the Second Escrow Release Date, the remainder of the Escrow Amount then held by
the Escrow Agent, less the aggregate amount of any asserted but unresolved claims made on the
Escrow Amount by the Buyer Entities (or a Buyer Indemnified Party) hereunder, if greater than zero,
shall be paid to an account or accounts designated by the Sellers’ Representative, for the benefit
of the Seller Parties following written approval of a remediation plan by all applicable
Governmental Authorities with jurisdiction over environmental contamination at the Houston
Facility.
Section 2. Representations Relating to the Seller Parties and the Seller Foreign
Entities. The Seller Parties represent and warrant to the Buyer, as of the date hereof and in the
event of Closing, as of the Closing Date, that:
2.1 Organization; Good Standing.
(a) Each U.S. Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the state of Nevada. Each U.S. Seller has the requisite corporate power and
authority to own, lease or use its properties and assets and to conduct the Business as presently
conducted. Each U.S. Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and is in good
standing in the jurisdictions set forth in Schedule 2.1(a), which are all of the jurisdictions in
which such qualification to do business is necessary, except, in each case, where the failure to be
so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Impact. No other jurisdiction has given notice to any U.S. Seller indicating that such U.S. Seller
should be qualified in any other jurisdiction in connection with the Business.
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(b) Each Seller Foreign Entity and GPP is a corporation, limited liability company or other
legal entity duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent
that good standing is a recognized legal principle in the applicable jurisdiction) under the laws
of its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation, which jurisdiction is set forth on Schedule
2.1(b). Each Seller Foreign Entity and GPP has full corporate or other applicable entity power and
authority to own or use the assets owned or used by it (other than Seller Foreign Entity Excluded
Assets and assets of GPP not transferred in the GPP Sale Transaction) and to conduct its business
as presently conducted; provided, however, that the foregoing representation and
warranty is, with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs, limited to the Sellers’ Knowledge. Each
Seller Foreign Entity and GPP is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing (to the
extent that good standing is a recognized legal principle in the applicable jurisdiction) in the
jurisdictions set forth on Schedule 2.1(b), which are all the jurisdictions in which either the
nature of the activities of such Seller Foreign Entity or GPP, or the ownership or use of the
Seller Foreign Entity Assets owned or used by such Seller Foreign Entity, or the ownership or use
by GPP of its assets, as applicable, makes such qualification necessary, except, in each case,
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Impact; provided, however, that the foregoing
representation and warranty is, with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs, limited to the Sellers’
Knowledge. No other jurisdiction has given notice to any Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal
U.K., GPP or to the Sellers’ Knowledge, any Seller Foreign JV, indicating that such Person should
be qualified in any other jurisdiction.
(c) The Seller Parties have delivered to the Buyer accurate and complete copies of the
articles of incorporation and bylaws of each U.S. Seller and of all similar organizational or
constitutional, as applicable, documents of each Seller Foreign Entity and GPP, as currently in
effect. No resolutions of any corporate body have been adopted nor have any other measures been
taken to amend these documents and no filings or applications to any commercial register, company
register, company’s book, registration court or another registration authority are pending in
respect to any Seller Foreign Subsidiary or GPP.
2.2 Authority; Enforceability.
(a) Each Seller and each Selling Shareholder has the requisite legal and beneficial right,
authority, power and capacity to (i) execute and deliver this Agreement and each certificate,
document and agreement to be executed by such Seller or Selling Shareholder in connection herewith
(collectively, with this Agreement, the “Seller Documents”) and (ii) perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Seller Documents and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly and validly authorized by each
such Seller or Selling Shareholder party thereto. This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by the Sellers and the Selling Shareholders and, assuming the due and valid
authorization, execution, and delivery of this Agreement by the Buyer Entities, will constitute a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Sellers and the Selling Shareholders, enforceable
against each Seller and each Selling Shareholder in accordance with its terms. Upon execution and
delivery by the Sellers and the other Selling Shareholders of each other Seller Document, assuming
the due and valid authorization, execution, and delivery of such Seller Document by the applicable
Buyer Entity or Buyer Entities party thereto, such Seller
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Document will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Seller and each
Selling Shareholder party thereto, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
(b) Each Seller Foreign Entity has the requisite right, authority, power and capacity to
execute and deliver each certificate, document and agreement to be executed by it in connection
herewith (collectively, the “Seller Foreign Entity Documents”) and to perform its
obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Seller Foreign Entity Documents and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly and validly authorized by each
Seller Foreign Entity party thereto, and no other proceedings on the part of any Seller Foreign
Entity are necessary to authorize, execute and deliver any Seller Foreign Entity Document or to
consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. Upon execution and delivery by each Seller
Foreign Entity of each Seller Foreign Entity Document to which it is a party, assuming the due and
valid authorization, execution, and delivery of such Seller Foreign Entity Document by the
applicable Buyer Entity or Buyer Entities party thereto, such Seller Foreign Entity Document shall
constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Seller Foreign Entity party thereto, in
each case enforceable against it in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.2(b) are, with respect
to the Seller Foreign JVs, limited to the Sellers’ Knowledge.
2.3 Consents and Approvals; No Violation.
(a) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.3(a), and except with respect to applicable
requirements, if any, of bulk sales laws, the requirements of the HSR Act or the German Act against
Restraints of Competition, no Permit is required in connection with (i) the execution or delivery
by any Seller or any Selling Shareholder of the Seller Documents, (ii) the execution or delivery
by any Seller Foreign Entity of the Seller Foreign Entity Documents, (iii) the performance by the
Sellers and the Selling Shareholders of their obligations under the Seller Documents, (iv) the
performance of the obligations of the Seller Foreign Entities under the Seller Foreign Entity
Documents, or (v) the consummation by the Sellers, the Selling Shareholders and the Seller Foreign
Entities of the transactions contemplated thereby; provided, however, that the
foregoing representations and warranties are, with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs, limited to
the Sellers’ Knowledge.
(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.3(b), and except with respect to applicable
requirements, if any, of bulk sales laws, the requirements of the HSR Act or the German Act against
Restraints of Competition, neither the execution and delivery of the Seller Documents by the
Sellers and the Selling Shareholders and the performance of such parties’ obligations thereunder,
nor the execution and delivery by the Seller Foreign Entities of the Seller Foreign Entity
Documents and the performance of the Seller Foreign Entities’ obligations thereunder, nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Seller Documents or the Seller Foreign Entity
Documents will: (i) conflict with or result in a breach, violation, or default of or under, (ii)
give any third party the right to modify, terminate or accelerate any liability or obligations
under, or charge any fee, penalty or similar payment under, (iii) result in the creation of any
Lien other than a Permitted Encumbrance on any assets used in the Business (including the Seller
Equity Interests and the Equity Interests in PSI Germany) or the Equity Interests of any Seller or
Selling Shareholder under or pursuant to, or (iv) require any Consent by or declaration or notice
to any third party or Governmental Authority pursuant to (A) the articles of
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incorporation, bylaws, or similar organizational or governance documents or resolutions of any
Seller, any Selling Shareholder, or any Seller Foreign Entity, (B) any Seller Contracts or Seller
Foreign Entity Contracts, or (C) any Law or Permit applicable to such Seller Party, Selling
Shareholder or Seller Foreign Entity; provided, however, that the foregoing
representations and warranties are, with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs, limited to the Sellers’
Knowledge.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owners make no representations or warranties in this
Section 2.3 with respect to themselves, the corresponding subject matter of which shall be covered
solely by Section 3.2 hereof.
2.4 Seller Equity Interests.
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 2.4(a), the Owners are the sole record and beneficial
owners and holders, free and clear of all Liens, of all of the Equity Interests of each U.S.
Seller, Xxxxxx, and Pipeline Seal U.K. The ownership of such Equity Interests is as set forth on
Schedule 2.4(a). Except as set forth in Schedule 2.4(a), no Person other than the Owners has any
right with respect to voting or the management or operation of the U.S. Sellers, Barham or Pipeline
Seal U.K. and no Person other than Xxxxxx has any such right with respect to Commercial Plastics
and GPP, and Schedule 2.4(a) lists all agreements, arrangements, voting trusts or proxies that
restrict or otherwise affect voting or transfer of any such Equity Interests.
(b) Schedule 2.4(b) sets forth the total authorized Equity Interests of each Seller Foreign
Entity (other than Pipeline Seal U.K. which is set forth on Schedule 2.4(a)), and GPP, the par
value (if any) of such Equity Interests, the number of such Equity Interests issued and
outstanding, the identity of the owners of all such Equity Interests issued and outstanding and the
number and percentage of such Equity Interests owned by each such owner, including the Sellers.
Except as set forth on Schedule 2.4(b), (i) Xxxxxx is the legal, record, and beneficial owner and
holder of all of the Equity Interests in Commercial Plastics and GPP, (ii) Commercial Plastics is
the legal, record and beneficial owner and holder of all of the Equity Interests in Xxxxxxx
Plastik, (iii) Xxxxxxx Plastik is the legal, record and beneficial owner and holder of all of the
Equity Interests in PSI Germany, (iv) PSI is the legal, record and beneficial owner and holder of
50% of the Equity Interests in the Japanese JV, (v) GPP is the legal, record and beneficial owner
and holder of 50% of the Equity Interests in the Malaysian JV, and (vi) PSI is the legal, record
and beneficial owner and holder of 18% of the Equity Interests in the Italian JV, in each case,
free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Encumbrances.
(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 2.4(c), each Selling Shareholder is entitled to sell and
transfer to the Buyer Entities the full legal and beneficial ownership of the Seller Equity
Interests held by it on the terms of this Agreement without the Consent of any other Person. No
legend or other reference to any purported Lien appears upon any certificate representing any such
Equity Interests (except as required under applicable securities laws). All such Equity Interests
have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid or credited as fully paid and
nonassessable (to the extent that such concepts are recognized under the applicable jurisdiction).
The Seller Equity Interests were not issued in violation of any Law.
(d) There are no outstanding warrants, options, agreements, convertible or exchangeable
securities or other commitments pursuant to which any Seller Party or Seller
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Foreign Entity (but only to the Sellers’ Knowledge with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs) is
or may become obligated to issue, sell, purchase, return or redeem any Equity Interests or other
securities giving rise to a right over the capital of any Seller or any Seller Foreign Entity, and
there are no Equity Interests of any of the Sellers, the Selling Shareholders or the Seller Foreign
Entities (but only to the Sellers’ Knowledge, with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs) reserved for
issuance for any purpose. There are no Liens, other than Permitted Encumbrances, on any of the
Seller Equity Interests or the Equity Interests of the Sellers or the Selling Shareholders or any
arrangements or obligations to create any such Liens, other than Permitted Encumbrances. There are
no agreements, arrangements or proxies that restrict or otherwise affect voting or transfer of any
of the Seller Equity Interests or the Equity Interests of any Seller Party.
(e) Other than the Seller Equity Interests and the Equity Interests in PSI Germany, neither
the Sellers, the Selling Shareholders (other than each of the Owners), the Seller Foreign
Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K. nor, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the Seller Foreign JVs, own,
directly or indirectly, nor do they have any Contract to acquire, any direct or indirect Equity
Interest in any Person.
(f) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.4(f), (i) no Seller Party, nor Pipeline Seal U.K. or any
Seller Foreign Subsidiary, has any obligation to make any capital contribution, investment, loan,
or other payment to any Seller Foreign JV, and (ii) no Seller Party, nor Pipeline Seal U.K. or any
Seller Foreign Subsidiary, has guaranteed any liability of a Seller Foreign JV, including, without
limitation, any liability for borrowed money, and no such Person is otherwise liable for the debts
or obligations of a Seller Foreign JV. Schedule 2.4(f) lists each distribution of cash or other
assets made by the Seller Foreign JVs to any Seller Party since January 1, 2010, including, without
limitation, any distributions for the payment of Taxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.4(f),
the Equity Interests in the Seller Foreign JVs are freely transferable by the Selling Shareholders
holding such Equity Interests without consent of or notice to any Person.
(g) Xxxxxx does not own any assets other than Equity Interests in Commercial Plastics and GPP.
Commercial Plastics does not own any assets other than Equity Interests in Xxxxxxx Plastik.
Neither Xxxxxx nor Commercial Plastics conducts any business operations other than holding such
Equity Interests. The Seller Parties and their Affiliates operate the Business only through the
Sellers and the Seller Foreign Entities and not through any other direct or indirect subsidiary or
Affiliate of any Seller Party. No Seller Party has owned or operated any other business directly
or through any Affiliate that is substantially similar to the Business through any Person other
than the Sellers and the Seller Foreign Entities in the last seven years. The Sellers and the
Seller Foreign Entities (other than the Italian JV and only to Sellers’ Knowledge with respect to
the Malaysian JV and the Japanese JV) have not owned or operated any business other than the
Business and have not held or owned any assets other than those used in the Business.
(h) No Seller Foreign Subsidiary is a party to any of profit and loss transfer and/or control
agreements (Ergebnisabführungs- und/oder Beherrschungsverträge), other enterprise agreements
(andere Unternehmensverträge) within the meaning of sections 291, 292 German Stock Corporation Act,
silent partnership agreements (stille Gesellschaften) or similar agreements which would entitle a
third party to participate in the profits or revenues of any Seller Foreign Subsidiary or to
exercise control over any Seller Foreign Subsidiary.
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2.5 Books and Records.
(a) The Seller Parties have made available to the Buyer the books of account and other books
and records of each Seller and each Seller Foreign Entity (other than the Seller Foreign JVs), and
such books and records are true and correct in all material respects.
(b) Each Seller, Pipeline Seal U.K., and each Seller Foreign Subsidiary has established and
maintained internal procedures sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that all material
financial information relating to such Persons is made known to the principal executive officers
and principal financial officers of such Persons. No Seller, Pipeline Seal U.K., Seller Foreign
Subsidiary, nor, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, any Seller Foreign JV, has been subject to any fraud
that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal accounting
controls of such Person.
2.6 Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities.
(a) The Seller Parties have delivered to the Buyer unaudited consolidating and consolidated
balance sheets of the Sellers and the Seller Foreign Entities as of December 31, 2008, 2009, and
2010 and unaudited consolidating and consolidated statements of income of the Sellers and the
Seller Foreign Entities for each of the fiscal years ending on such dates, together with any notes
thereto and accountants’ reports thereon (collectively, the “Financial Statements”). Such
balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 (the “Balance Sheet Date”) is referred to hereinafter
as the “Most Recent Balance Sheet”. The Financial Statements, together with the notes
thereto, (i) have been prepared in a manner consistent with the books and records of the Business,
and (ii) fairly present the results of operations and financial position of the Business for the
periods and as of the dates referred to in the Financial Statements. The items included in the
Most Recent Balance Sheet that would be included in a calculation of Closing Net Working Capital
pursuant to Section 1.11(a) have been computed for purposes of the Most Recent Balance Sheet in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in its jurisdiction of
organization for each of the U.S. Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K.,
and past practices of the Business consistently applied.
(b) No Seller, Seller Foreign Subsidiary nor Pipeline Seal U.K. has any obligation or
liability of any kind (known, unknown, contingent or otherwise) except for liabilities and
obligations that (i) are fully accrued or reserved against in the Most Recent Balance Sheet; (ii)
were incurred since the Balance Sheet Date in the Ordinary Course of such Person (none of which
relates to a violation of Law, breach of Contract, tort or infringement); or (iii) are obligations
set forth in and pursuant to the Seller Contracts or the Seller Foreign Entity Contracts, excluding
liabilities for breaches thereof or relating to any product warranty or any Product Liability
matter.
2.7 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.7 (or as
otherwise specifically noted in this Section 2.7), since January 1, 2010, the Sellers, the Seller
Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K and to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the Seller Foreign JVs have
conducted the Business only in the Ordinary Course and there has not been, with respect to the
Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K and, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the
Seller Foreign JVs, any:
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(a) Material Adverse Effect;
(b) change in any of the Equity Interests of the Seller Parties or the Seller Foreign Entities
or any declaration or payment of any distribution in respect of any such Equity Interests, or
issuance of any options or warrants or other commitments related to such Equity Interests;
(c) amendment or modification to the articles of incorporation or bylaws of any U.S. Seller or
to any similar organizational documents of any Seller Foreign Entity or GPP;
(d) loss or damage affecting any assets of the Business in excess of $25,000 individually or
$50,000 in the aggregate;
(e) payment or increase by any Seller or any Seller Foreign Entity of any compensation to any
equity holder, general partner, manager, director, officer or employee, contractor or consultant,
other than salary and bonus payments in the Ordinary Course, or termination or hiring of any
management employee of any Seller or any Seller Foreign Entity or promotion of any employee to a
management position;
(f) adoption, amendment, modification or termination, or increase out of the Ordinary Course
in the payments to or benefits under, any Seller Employee Plan;
(g) entry into, modification or amendment of, breach or transfer of, termination or notice of
termination of, or cancellation or waiver of, or material change in the terms of, any (A) Permit
material to the Business, (B) Material Contract, (C) transaction or group of related transactions
involving a total commitment to or by the Sellers and/or the Seller Foreign Entities, in each case
in excess of $50,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate, or (D) any Business Contract with
any current or former general partner, manager, director, officer, employee, owner or holder of
Equity Interests or Owner (or any of their Affiliates) whether for employment, severance or
otherwise;
(h) lease or other disposition of any property with a fair market value in excess of $10,000
individually or $25,000 in the aggregate (other than sales of inventory in the Ordinary Course) or
mortgage or imposition of any Lien, other than a Permitted Encumbrance, on any property of any
Seller or Seller Foreign Entity;
(i) purchase of any assets or other capital expenditure in excess of $50,000, individually,
and $100,000 in the aggregate, other than inventory and supply purchases in the Ordinary Course;
(j) loan or advance to, or investment in, any Person by any Seller or any Seller Foreign
Entity;
(k) delay or postponement by any Seller or any Seller Foreign Entity of the payment of
accounts payable and other liabilities of such Seller or Seller Foreign Entity or acceleration of
the collection of any account receivable outside the Ordinary Course;
(l) change in the annual accounting period or accounting methods used by any Seller or any
Seller Foreign Entity;
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(m) incurrence of any indebtedness for money borrowed by any Seller or any Seller Foreign
Entity (including pursuant to any notes, bonds or debt securities) or a guarantee of such
indebtedness of another person by any Seller or any Seller Foreign Entity, other than in the
Ordinary Course under credit facilities existing as of January 1, 2010, or waiver or cancellation
of any rights or claims with an aggregate financial value to any Seller or any Seller Foreign
Entity in excess of $50,000;
(n) creation of any Lien, other than Permitted Encumbrances, on any assets of any Seller or
any Seller Foreign Entity;
(o) sale or disposition of inventory in a manner that was not in the Ordinary Course or that
resulted in the Business having an inventory level that was inconsistent with Ordinary Course
inventory levels or deferral of inventory purchases not in the Ordinary Course or that resulted in
the Business having an inventory level that was inconsistent with the Ordinary Course inventory
levels; or
(p) agreement by any Seller or any Seller Foreign Entity to do any of the foregoing.
2.8 Taxes and Tax Returns.
(a) Each Seller and each Seller Foreign Entity has duly and timely filed all Tax Returns
required to be filed by it on or before the date hereof, and all such Tax Returns are true, correct
and complete in all material respects. Each Seller and each Seller Foreign Entity has duly paid
all Taxes that have been incurred and are due to any Tax authorities. Each Seller and each Seller
Foreign Entity has established on the Financial Statements reserves that are reasonably adequate
for the payment of all Taxes not yet due and payable. Since January 1, 2010, no Seller nor any
Seller Foreign Entity has incurred any liability for Taxes other than in the Ordinary Course. Other
than the filing extension provided to every German tax payer whose tax returns are prepared by a
certified tax advisor, granted by decree of the Tax authority regularly at the beginning of every
calendar year, no filing extensions for any Tax Return required to be filed by any Seller or any
Seller Foreign Entity are currently in effect. No Seller nor any Seller Foreign Entity has
consented to extend the time in which any Tax may be assessed or collected by any Tax authority.
(b) Other than a pending audit by the German Tax authorities relating to the 2006 German
Dividend Payments, there are no disputes pending in respect of, or claims asserted for, Taxes upon
any Seller or Seller Foreign Entity, nor, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, are there any pending or
threatened audits or investigations or outstanding matters under discussion with any Tax
authorities with respect to the payment of such Taxes, nor has any Seller or Seller Foreign Entity
been requested to give any currently effective waivers extending the statutory period of limitation
applicable to any Taxes for any period. In the last seven years, no claim by a Governmental
Authority has been received by any Seller or Seller Foreign Entity with respect to Taxes in a
jurisdiction where such Seller or Seller Foreign Entity does not file Tax Returns.
(c) There has been withheld or collected from each payment made to each employee of the
Sellers and the Seller Foreign Entities all required income, employment, unemployment, state and
local, payroll, and other wage Taxes. All required sales and use Taxes (and with
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respect to the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, any other Taxes) have been withheld from each
payment made by the Sellers to any Person. All such Taxes have been paid to the proper Tax
depositories or collecting authorities.
(d) None of the Sellers or Seller Foreign Entities has been a United States real property
holding company corporation within the meaning of Code § 897(c)(2) during the applicable period
specified in Code § 897(c)(1)(A)(ii).
(e) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.8(e), no Seller Party or Seller Foreign Entity is party
to any tax sharing agreement or similar arrangement and no Seller Foreign Subsidiary is party to a
fiscal unity for German corporate tax, trade tax and VAT purposes (Organschaft) and no such Person
is or may become liable for the Taxes of another Person. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.8(e),
no Seller Foreign Subsidiary shows an adjustment item resulting from a fiscal unity
(Organschaftlicher Ausgleichsposten).
(f) No Seller, Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K. or any Seller Foreign JV has been
(nor is it liable to be) assessed Taxes primarily chargeable against or attributable to another
Person. All documents in the enforcement of which each of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries,
Pipeline Seal U.K. and each Seller Foreign JV is or may be interested and all documents of title in
respect of the assets of GPP or which otherwise relate to the Business as conducted by GPP have
been duly stamped with all relevant stamp duties and all stamp duties, interest and penalties in
respect thereto have been paid in full. No Seller, Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K.,
nor any Seller Foreign JV has, in the period of six years ending on the date of this Agreement been
party to any non-arms length transaction or been party to or otherwise involved in any transaction,
series of transactions, scheme or arrangement the main purpose or one of the main purposes of which
was to evade Taxes. Each of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K. and the Seller
Foreign JVs is registered for and has complied with any regulations relating to value added tax in
its country of origin, if required, and is not registered (nor required to be registered) for local
value added tax or its equivalent in any jurisdiction other than its country of origin. None of
the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K. and the Seller Foreign JVs has
been a member of an affiliate group filing a consolidated Tax Return or has any liability for Taxes
for the Taxes of any other Person, as a transferee or successor, by contract, law, or otherwise,
including within the meaning of UK section 25 Corporation Tax Xxx 0000.
(g) Pipeline Seal U.K. has not exercised and is not otherwise bound by, any option to Tax made
pursuant to paragraph 2 of schedule 10 Value Added Tax Xxx 0000. No asset of Pipeline Seal U.K. is
a capital item, the input Tax on which could be subject to adjustment in accordance with the
provisions of Part XV of the Value Added Taxes Regulations 1995. None of the consideration for the
sale of Pipeline Seal U.K. to the U.K. Buyer will be treated as income in respect of which PAYE
and/or National Insurance will have to be accounted. No U.K. Employee holds or has any other right
or interest in or has any right to acquire, or at any time since 31 December 2009 has held, any
employment-related securities (within the meaning of section 421B ITEPA 2003) or employment-related
securities option (within the meaning of section 471 ITEPA 2003). In this Section 2.8(g) only,
“ITEPA” means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pension) Xxx 0000 and “U.K. Employee”
means an officer or employee of Pipeline Seal U.K., past or former officer or employee of Pipeline
Seal U.K. and (in relation to
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employment-related securities) any associated person within the meaning of section 421C ITEPA
2003.
(h) The Sellers Parties and Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. have applied
the appropriate rate of value-added Tax to supplies of goods and services made by the Sellers,
Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K.
(i) No Seller Foreign Subsidiary has obtained a binding ruling as to a material Tax issue with
any Tax authority.
(j) None of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries have entered into any transaction or have taken
any measure which lead to hidden profit distributions or adjustments pursuant to section 1 of the
German Foreign Tax Act (Außensteuergesetz). With respect to transactions between and measures
vis-à-vis affiliated legal entities or affiliated persons, in particular, the documentation
obligations are fulfilled and the transactions and measures are consistent with the arm’s length
requirements.
(k) No Seller Foreign Subsidiary has written down any assets to going concern value
(Teilwertabschreibung) within the last three full calendar years except as set out in Schedule
2.8(k).
(l) The Seller Foreign Subsidiaries have not deducted any losses from permanent establishments
which could lead to subsequent taxation pursuant to section 2a German Income Tax Act
(Einkommensteuergesetz) after the Closing Date.
(m) No Seller Foreign Subsidiary has been involved in any reorganization that could lead to
blocking periods or any other restrictions after the Closing Date including without limitation the
restrictions described in the former section 8b (4) of the German Corporate Income Tax Act
(Körperschaftsteuergesetz) or sections 15(2), 22, former sections 21 (2) and 26 of the
Transformation Tax Act (Umwandlungssteuergesetz).
(n) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the representations and warranties of
this Section 2.8 are, with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs, limited to the Sellers’ Knowledge.
2.9 Litigation. There are no Proceedings that have been commenced against any Seller
Party or any Seller Foreign Entity (or its respective partners, managers, officers, directors or
employees in such capacity) in the three years prior to the date hereof, or that are currently
pending against any such Person, or to the Sellers’ Knowledge that are threatened against any such
Person, including, but not limited to, any that challenge, or reasonably could be expected to
prevent or delay, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except as set forth on Schedule
2.9, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, no circumstance exists that is reasonably likely to give rise to
any such Proceeding. There are no Orders naming any Owner (relating to the Business), any other
Seller Party or any Seller Foreign Entity or to which any of the Business Assets are subject or, to
the Sellers’ Knowledge, that challenge or that may reasonably be expected to prevent or delay the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or that would reasonably be expected to affect the
enforceability of this Agreement. To the Sellers’ Knowledge, no partner, manager, officer,
director, agent, or employee of a Seller or a Seller Foreign Entity is subject to
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any Order that prohibits such Person from engaging in any activity relating to the Business.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owners makes no representations or warranties in this Section
2.9 with respect to themselves, the corresponding subject matter of which shall be covered solely
by Section 3.3 hereof. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the representations and
warranties of this Section 2.9 are, with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs, limited to the Sellers’
Knowledge.
2.10 Permits.
(a) Schedule 2.10(a) contains a complete and accurate list of the Permits held by or issued to
the Sellers and the Seller Foreign Entities (other than the Seller Foreign JVs) (the Permits set
forth or required to be set forth in Schedule 2.10(a) are referred to herein as the “Business
Permits”), and no other Permits are necessary for any Seller or any Seller Foreign Entity
(other than the Seller Foreign JVs) to lawfully conduct the Business as currently conducted or to
own, lease or use its assets, other than Permits the failure to obtain or maintain which would not
have a Material Impact. To the Sellers’ Knowledge, each of the Malaysian JV and the Japanese JV
have all Permits required to lawfully conduct the Business as currently conducted or to own, lease,
or use its assets. The Sellers have delivered to the Buyer a copy of each Business Permit.
(b) Each of the Business Permits (and to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the Permits held by the
Malaysian JV and the Japanese JV) is valid and in full force, and all required filings, including
renewals, with respect thereto have been made on a timely basis. To Sellers’ Knowledge, the
Business Permits shall remain in full force and effect immediately subsequent to the Closing and,
in the case of Business Permits held by the Sellers, are transferrable to the Buyer without any
cost to the Buyer and without any additional restriction or condition. No Seller Party, Seller
Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K. nor, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the Malaysian JV and the
Japanese JV has received any notice of, and is not in, any violation of or default under any
Business Permit (or with respect to the Malaysian JV and the Japanese JV, any Permits held by or
required to be held by such Person). The Seller Parties make no representations or warranties in
this Section 2.10 with respect to Environmental Laws or environmental matters, which shall be
covered solely by Section 2.12 hereof.
(c) Schedule 2.10(c) contains a correct and complete list of all public grants (Zuschüsse),
allowances, state aids (Beihilfen) and other subsidies (Subventionen) of whatever kind received by,
granted to or applied for by Seller Foreign Subsidiaries during a period of five (5) years prior to
the date hereof (“State Aids”). Unless indicated in Schedule 2.10(c), the Seller Foreign
Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with their obligations under the State Aids and (ii) are not
obliged to repay the State Aids received, or any material parts thereof, as a result of any failure
to comply with the terms and conditions of any such State Aid. No Proceedings regarding a
revocation or withdrawal or cancellation of a State Aid are pending or to the Sellers’ Knowledge
have been threatened and to the Sellers’ Knowledge, no circumstances exist that would justify such
a revocation, withdrawal or cancellation. No State Aid received or applied for by the Seller
Foreign Subsidiaries will have to be repaid in whole or in part due to the execution or performance
of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein. The Seller Foreign Subsidiaries are not
obliged under the terms of any State Aid received or applied for to maintain a certain level of
employees or to make any further specific investments.
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2.11 Compliance with Law.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.11(a), each Owner (in connection with the Business),
each other Seller Party and each Seller Foreign Entity is and has been in compliance with all Laws.
No Seller Party nor any Seller Foreign Entity is liable for the payment of any unpaid amounts for
a failure to comply with any such Laws. To the Sellers’ Knowledge, no event has occurred or
circumstance exists that is reasonably likely to result in a violation by a Seller or a Seller
Foreign Entity of, or any liability or cost to a Seller or a Seller Foreign Entity under, any Law.
No Seller Party nor any Seller Foreign Entity has received, within the past three (3) years, any
notice from any Governmental Authority or any other Person with respect to the Business regarding
(i) any actual, alleged or potential violation of, or liability under, any Law, or (ii) any actual,
alleged, or potential obligation of such Person to undertake or pay for any response action. The
Seller Parties make no representations or warranties in this Section 2.11 with respect to (i)
Environmental Laws or environmental matters, which shall be covered solely by Section 2.12 hereof
or (ii) Laws applicable to employment matters which shall be covered solely by Section 2.13 and
Section 2.14 hereof. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the representations and
warranties of this Section 2.11(a) are, with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs, limited to the
Sellers’ Knowledge.
(b) The Seller Parties and the Seller Foreign Entities and each of their officers, directors,
employees and agents have complied with the provisions of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act as
if its foreign payments provisions were fully applicable to such Persons and the provisions of the
anti-corruption laws of each jurisdiction in which any such Person is conducting or has conducted
business, including, without limitation, the U.K. Anti-Bribery Act. No such Person has paid,
offered to pay, or authorized or ratified the payment, directly or indirectly, of any monies or
anything of value to any Covered Person for the purpose of influencing any act or decision of such
Covered Person or a Governmental Authority, to obtain or retain business or direct business to any
Person, or to secure any other improper benefit or advantage, excluding ordinary course
facilitating payments to low-level government employees for the purpose of expediting or securing a
routine administrative action ordinarily performed by such employees; provided, the recipient of
such service or action is entitled to receive such service or action, and the payment is customary
and appropriate in the jurisdiction where made. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
the provisions of this Section 2.11(b) are, with respect to the Italian JV and the Japanese JV,
limited to the Sellers’ Knowledge.
2.12 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.12(a), each Seller Party (in connection with the
Business), each Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K., and each of the Landlords (with
respect to the Business Real Property and to the Sellers’ Knowledge), and to the Sellers’
Knowledge, each Seller Foreign JV (i) is, and has been, in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Laws, (ii) has not undertaken any act or omission that could establish liability
under any applicable Environmental Laws for response, remediation, or other costs, (iii) has not
received any communication that alleges that it is not, or at any time has not been, in such
compliance, or has liability under any applicable Environmental Law or has caused exposure of any
Person or the environment to any Hazardous Substance, (iv) has validly received all Permits and
submitted all filings and applications for Permits required by applicable Environmental Laws
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for the conduct of the Business (collectively, the “Environmental Permits”), and (v)
has not received any written claim, notice, or other information from any Person regarding
violation of or default under any Environmental Permits or regarding any alleged Environmental
Liabilities. To the Sellers’ Knowledge, the Environmental Permits shall remain in full force and
effect immediately subsequent to the Closing and, in the case of Environmental Permits held by the
Sellers, are transferrable to the Buyer without any cost to the Buyer and without any additional
restriction or condition. To the Sellers’ Knowledge, there are no facts or circumstances that are
reasonably likely to result in a violation by a Seller or Seller Foreign Entity of, or any
liability or cost to a Seller or Seller Foreign Entity under, any Environmental Law or to prevent
or increase the cost of compliance by the Business with applicable Environmental Laws or such
Permits.
(b) Schedule 2.12(b) identifies all Environmental Permits (other than those issued to the
Seller Foreign JVs) and, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, all material environmental reports, audits,
assessments, occupational health studies, inspection reports and correspondence to or from
regulatory authorities in connection with environmental matters, and all material documents
pertaining to underground and above-ground storage tanks, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
asbestos or presumed asbestos in any buildings or products, on-site or off-site disposal or
releases of Hazardous Substances, and all environmental consent orders, fines and penalties that
relate to any Seller, any Seller Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. or any property now or
previously owned, leased or operated by any such Person, including the Business Real Property and
the Improvements (the “Facilities”), and true and correct copies of all such items have
been delivered to the Buyer.
(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.12(c), there does not exist, is not occurring and, has
not occurred, any sale, use, presence, generation, treatment, transport, release, threatened
release or disposal of any Hazardous Substance on, under, to or from any Facility or by any Seller
or Seller Foreign Entity, in violation of any applicable Environmental Law or that is reasonably
likely to result in any liability of the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Entities, or the Buyer
Entities under any applicable Environmental Law. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.12(c), no
Seller Party (in connection with the Business), Seller Foreign Entity or Landlord (with respect to
the Business Real Property) has caused to occur any sale, use, presence, generation, storage,
treatment, transport, release, threatened release or disposal of any Hazardous Substance in
violation of any applicable Environmental Law or that is reasonably likely to result in any
liability or obligation of the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Entities, or the Buyer Entities under
any applicable Environmental Law. No Seller Party (in connection with the Business), Landlord
(with respect to the Business Real Property and to the Sellers’ Knowledge) or Seller Foreign Entity
has assumed, whether through contract or by operation of law, the obligations or liability of any
other Person arising in connection with Hazardous Substances or applicable Environmental Laws.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the representations and warranties set forth in
this Section 2.12(c) are, with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs, limited to the Sellers’
Knowledge.
(d) No Seller Party (in connection with the Business), Seller Foreign Entity or Landlord (with
respect to the Business Real Property) owns or operates, formerly owned or operated, or sent
Hazardous Substances to, a site that, pursuant to the federal statute commonly referred to as the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, or any other
applicable Law, (i) has been placed on the “National Priorities List,” the
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“CERCLIS” list or any other list of sites maintained or created by a Governmental Authority
which lists suspected or confirmed environmental problems, (ii) is subject to or the source of a
claim, administrative order or other demand to take response, removal or remedial action, or other
corrective action or payment under any applicable Environmental Law or (iii) is otherwise the
subject of any federal, state or other similar investigation relating to any applicable
Environmental Law. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 2.12(d) are, with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs, limited
to the Sellers’ Knowledge.
(e) Schedule 2.12(e) identifies (i) all on-site and off-site locations where a Seller Party
(in connection with the Business), any Seller Foreign Entity (but only to the Sellers’ Knowledge
with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs) or any Landlord (with respect to the Business Real Property
and to the Sellers’ Knowledge) has used, stored, disposed or arranged for the disposal of Hazardous
Substances, except for cleaning and pest control supplies held for use by the Seller Parties, the
Seller Foreign Entities or the Landlords in the Ordinary Course, (ii) all underground storage tanks
now or formerly located on any property owned, leased or otherwise occupied by a Seller Party (in
connection with the Business), any Seller Foreign Entity (but only to the Sellers’ Knowledge with
respect to the Seller Foreign JVs). or any Landlord (with respect to the Business Real Property and
to the Sellers’ Knowledge), (iii) all asbestos and presumed asbestos contained in or forming part
of any building or premises owned, leased or otherwise occupied by a Seller Party (in connection
with the Business), any Seller Foreign Entity (but only to the Sellers’ Knowledge with respect to
the Seller Foreign JVs) or any Landlord (with respect to the Business Real Property and to the
Sellers’ Knowledge), and (iv) all polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) used or stored at any property
owned, leased or otherwise occupied by a Seller Party (in connection with the Business), any Seller
Foreign Entity (but only to the Sellers’ Knowledge with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs) or any
Landlord (with respect to the Business Real Property and to the Sellers’ Knowledge).
(f) The Seller Parties, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K., as applicable,
have ceased using Trichloroethylene or any other chlorinated volatile organic compound on the
Business Real Property.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, this Section 2.12 contains the only
representations or warranties of the Seller Parties with respect to Environmental Laws and
environmental matters.
2.13 Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA.
(a) Schedule 2.13(a) lists each employee pension, retirement, profit sharing, bonus,
incentive, deferred compensation, hospitalization, medical, dental, vacation, insurance, sick pay,
disability, severance and other plan, trust, fund, program, policy, contract, arrangement or the
like, whether of an individual or a collective nature, that is a Plan maintained, participated in
or contributed to by any U.S. Seller, Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K. or any ERISA
Affiliate (each, a “Seller Employee Plan”). In addition, Schedule 2.13(a) lists (i) each
material obligation, arrangement, plan or customary practice that is an Other Benefit Obligation
maintained, participated in or contributed to by any U.S. Seller, and (ii) each obligation,
arrangement, plan or customary practice that is an Other Benefit Obligation maintained,
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participated in or contributed to by any Seller Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K.
(“Seller Benefit Obligation”). Schedule 2.13(a) also lists each ERISA Affiliate. The
terms “Seller Employee Plan” and “Seller Benefit Obligation” also include any Plan or Other Benefit
Obligation formerly maintained, participated in or contributed to by any U.S. Seller, Seller
Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. or a predecessor of a U.S. Seller, Seller Foreign
Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K. or any ERISA Affiliate (including with respect to such a
predecessor) or former ERISA Affiliate (including with respect to such a predecessor) if any U.S.
Seller, Seller Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. has any continuing liability with respect
thereto.
(b) Neither any U.S. Seller nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever (i) participated in, contributed
to or been required to contribute to, any “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA), or (ii) sponsored or maintained any pension plan subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(c) No U.S. Seller, Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K. nor any ERISA Affiliate has
incurred (nor has any event occurred that could result in any Seller, Seller Foreign Subsidiary,
Pipeline Seal U.K. or any ERISA Affiliate incurring) any liability in connection with any existing
or previously existing Seller Employee Plan or Seller Benefit Obligation that will become, on or
after the Closing Date, an obligation or liability of the Buyer.
(d) Schedule 2.13(d) sets forth all persons (i) currently enrolled in a Seller Employee Plan
or Seller Benefit Obligation under COBRA (or the foreign equivalent of same), or (ii) who have an
unexercised right to so enroll.
(e) The Seller Employee Plans have been duly administered, carried out in accordance with
their terms and are in compliance with applicable provisions of applicable Law. Except as set
forth on Schedule 2.13(e), the U.S. Sellers, Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K and any
ERISA Affiliates have complied with their obligations in connection with Seller Employee Plans, and
in particular have created accruals as required under applicable accounting standards, duly paid
any required contributions and provided for any required insolvency protection. Except as set
forth on Schedule 2.13(e), accruals created in relation to such Seller Employee Plans properly
reflect the financial obligations of the U.S. Sellers, Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal
U.K. and any ERISA Affiliate under the Seller Employee Plans.
2.14 Employees, Contractors and Consultants; Labor Matters.
(a) Schedule 2.14(a) sets forth all current employees of each U.S. Seller and each Seller
Foreign Entity (other than the Seller Foreign JVs), identifies any such employees who are on
temporary leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, or who are otherwise on long-term leave of
absence, long-term disability, hospitalized or other similar status, or have concluded an old-age
part-time contract in Germany, and indicates each employee’s job title, current hourly rate of
compensation or base salary and bonus structure, 401k or other retirement (including match)
participation and amount of accrued vacation and sick days and severance pay. There are no retired
employees (or dependents of such retirees) of any U.S. Seller, any Seller Foreign Subsidiary or
Pipeline Seal U.K. receiving benefits or scheduled to receive benefits in the future
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from any U.S. Seller, any Seller Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. Except as set forth
on Schedule 2.14(a), there is no Contract containing ongoing executory obligations on the part of
the U.S. Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal U.K. (i) with respect to the
employment of any individual; (ii) relating to any severance or termination payment or bonus to any
current or former employee or (iii) relating to any noncompetition, nonsolicitation or
nondisclosure covenants with respect to any current or former employee.
(b) Schedule 2.14(b) sets forth all current contractors, subcontractors and consultants of
each U.S. Seller and each Seller Foreign Entity (other than the Seller Foreign JVs) and indicates
for each such Person’s compensation structure and lists the Business Contract with such Person. No
U.S. Seller or Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K. nor to the Sellers’ Knowledge, any
Seller Foreign JV, is delinquent in payments to any employee, contractor or consultant. To the
Sellers’ Knowledge, no employee or consultant of a U.S. Seller, or a Seller Foreign Entity (other
than the Italian JV) is a party to any confidentiality, noncompetition, nonsolicitation or
proprietary rights agreement that adversely affects (i) the performance of his or her duties as an
employee or consultant of such U.S. Seller, or such Seller Foreign Entity or (ii) the ability of
such individual to assign to the U.S. Sellers or the Seller Foreign Entities, as applicable, any
rights under any invention, improvement or discovery.
(c) Schedule 2.14(c) specifies the aggregate number of employees terminated by each of the
U.S. Sellers and the Seller Foreign Entities (other than the Seller Foreign JVs) during the
24-month period prior to the date hereof. To the Sellers’ Knowledge, no employee, contractor or
consultant of a U.S. Seller or Seller Foreign Entity (other than the Italian JV) intends to
terminate his or her employment or terminate or materially reduce such Person’s relationship with
such Person.
(d) Schedule 2.14(d) sets forth the severance payment amounts due to each employee of the U.S.
Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K. and to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the
Japanese JV and the Malaysian JV, in case of termination of their employment as of the Closing and
also sets forth other payments (including retirement account payments) to be made to such employees
in connection with the Closing and the terms of such payments.
(e) Except as set forth in Schedule 2.14(e), no U.S. Seller or Seller Foreign Entity is, or
has been, a party to any collective bargaining agreement or other union or labor Contract. There
is not presently, and there has not been, any pending or existing or threatened (i) strike,
slowdown, picketing, work stoppage, labor organization drive, or employee grievance process, or
(ii) application for certification of a collective bargaining agent, for any of the U.S. Sellers’
or the Seller Foreign Entities’ employees. There is no lockout of any employees of any U.S. Seller
or any Seller Foreign Entity, and no such action is contemplated by any U.S. Seller or any Seller
Foreign Entity.
(f) The Seller Parties have delivered to the Buyer true and complete copies of all personnel,
payroll, and employment policies and manuals of the U.S. Sellers and the Seller Foreign Entities
(other than the Seller Foreign JVs). There are no loans or other obligations payable or owing by a
U.S. Seller or a Seller Foreign Entity to any partner, manager, officer, director or employee of
such Person. There are no loans or debts payable or owing by any such Persons or their Affiliates
to a U.S. Seller or a Seller Foreign Entity, nor has any U.S. Seller or
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Seller Foreign Entity guaranteed any of such Persons’ or their Affiliates’ respective loans or
obligations.
(g) Each Owner (in connection with the Business), each other Seller Party, and each Seller
Foreign Entity is and has been in compliance with all Laws applicable to employment matters.
Except as set forth on Schedule 2.14(g), there are no ongoing claims or Proceedings regarding
employment matters, including any Proceedings related to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission or employment discrimination claims, that have been commenced against any Seller or any
Seller Foreign Entity (or its respective general partner, manager, officers, directors or employees
in such capacity) in the five years prior to the date hereof, or that are currently pending against
any such Person, or to the Sellers’ Knowledge that are threatened against any such Person.
(h) The U.S. Sellers and the Seller Foreign Entities have properly verified the employment
eligibility of all of their employees in compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act
(IRCA), the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) and similar
immigration Laws, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, have retained a
fully completed and executed Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification Form) for each of their
employees. To the Sellers’ Knowledge, no Person the U.S. Sellers or the Seller Foreign Entities
employ has submitted faulty or unreliable documentation in the I-9 verification or similar foreign
process or is otherwise ineligible for employment.
(i) Schedule 2.14(i) contains for each Seller Foreign Subsidiary and Pipeline Seal U.K.
samples or forms (as applicable) of its standard employment agreements. The employment agreements
of employees actually concluded with such Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. are in
substantially the form set forth on such schedule.
(j) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 2.14 are, with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs, limited to the Sellers’
Knowledge.
2.15 Insurance.
(a) Schedule 2.15(a) lists each Seller’s and each Seller Foreign Entity’s current insurance
policies (other than with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs) with respect to the Business, and for
each policy, indicates the insurer’s name, policy number, expiration date and amount and type of
coverage. True and correct copies of all such policies have been provided to the Buyer. Further,
with respect to worker’s compensation, general and excess liability insurance covering each
Seller’s, each Seller Foreign Subsidiary’s and Pipeline Seal U.K.’s liability arising from its
products and completed operations, summary information is set forth on Schedule 2.15(a) including
the insurer’s name, policy number, expiration date, and amount and type of coverage for each of the
five preceding policy years. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.15(a), claims for occurrences
arising prior to Closing may be filed under such policies following the Closing without any change
to such existing policies or the purchase of tail insurance. Schedule 2.15(a) also describes any
self-insurance arrangement by any Owner (in connection with the Business), any other Seller Party
or Seller Foreign Entity (other than the Seller Foreign JVs), including any reserves established
thereunder.
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(b) All insurance policies set forth or required to be set forth in Schedule 2.15(a) are in
full force and effect and all premiums due have been paid. No Seller Party or Seller Foreign
Entity (but only to the Sellers’ Knowledge with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs) has received
with respect to any insurance policy set forth in Schedule 2.15(a) (i) any refusal of coverage or
notice that defense will be afforded with reservation of rights or (ii) any notice of cancellation
or indication that any insurance will not be renewed.
(c) Each Seller Party (in connection with the Business), and each Seller Foreign Entity (but
only to the Sellers’ Knowledge with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs) has given notice of all
existing claims related to the Business for claims with total incurred loss values greater than
fifty percent (50%) of the deductible or self-insured retention of the policy applicable to the
loss to the insurer providing coverage. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.15(c), no insurance
policy provides for any retrospective premium adjustment or other experienced-based liability on
the part of any Seller Party or any Seller Foreign Entity (but only to the Sellers’ Knowledge with
respect to the Seller Foreign JVs).
(d) Schedule 2.15(d) sets forth, by year, for the current policy year and each of the five
preceding policy years, a summary of the loss experience under each insurance policy of the
Business (other than as conducted by the Seller Foreign JVs) for claims with total incurred loss
values greater than fifty percent (50%) of the deductible or self-insured retention of the policy
applicable to the loss; (ii) a brief statement for each claim setting forth (A) the name of the
claimant and (B) the amount and a brief description of the claim; and (iii) summary of the loss
experience for all claims with incurred values greater than $10,000 that were self-insured. For
each of the five years preceding the earliest year covered under Schedule 2.15(d), the loss
experience under each insurance policy of the Business (other than as conducted by the Seller
Foreign JVs) did not materially differ from the summary loss experience provided on Schedule
2.15(d).
2.16 Assets.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.16(a), each U.S. Seller and each Seller Foreign Entity
(other than the Italian JV) owns good and marketable title to all Business Assets, whether tangible
or intangible, that it purports to own, including, with respect to PSI Germany, all of the assets
used in the Mavei Business prior to Closing and all of the assets used in the business of GPP prior
to Closing except for the assets listed or of the type listed on Schedule 2.16(d), including all of
the assets reflected on the Most Recent Balance Sheet (except for assets sold since the Balance
Sheet Date in the Ordinary Course), free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Encumbrances.
(b) Schedule 2.16(b) lists all equipment, vehicles, furniture, or other tangible personal
property owned by the U.S. Sellers and the Seller Foreign Entities (other than the Seller Foreign
JVs) with an individual book value in excess of $10,000 and the location thereof. To the Sellers’
Knowledge, the tangible personal property of the U.S. Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and
Pipeline Seal U.K., in each case with a book value in excess of $15,000, and owned or leased by a
U.S. Seller, a Seller Foreign Subsidiary, or Pipeline Seal U.K. including all equipment, fixtures,
vehicles and computers, is in a good state of repair, reasonable wear and tear
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excepted, and good working condition and is adequate for use in the Business for its intended
purposes.
(c) Schedule 2.16(c) lists each Business Asset that is leased by a U.S. Seller or a Seller
Foreign Entity (other than the Seller Foreign JVs) for which lease payments exceed $25,000 per
year. For each such leased asset, the Seller Parties have delivered to the Buyer true and complete
copies of all leases affecting such assets.
(d) The Business Assets constitute all of the assets used by the Seller Parties and the Seller
Foreign Entities (other than the Italian JV) in the Business, other than the Excluded Assets and
the Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Assets, as it is currently conducted. Except for the Excluded
Assets and the Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Assets, the Business Assets will be sufficient for
the continued conduct of the Business by the Buyer and its Affiliates after the Closing in the same
manner as conducted by the Sellers and the Seller Foreign Entities prior to the Closing. The
Business Assets include all of the assets used in the Mavei Business prior to Closing and all of
the assets used in the business of GPP prior to Closing, except for the assets listed or of the
type listed on Schedule 2.16(d).
2.17 Real Property. Schedule 2.17 lists all real property owned, leased, subleased,
occupied or operated by the Seller Parties (in connection with the Business) and the Seller Foreign
Entities (other than the Seller Foreign JVs) and indicates which such real property is owned and
which such real property is leased and which Seller or Seller Foreign Entity owns, leases or
operates such real property. Such real property and the improvements, buildings and structures
thereon (the “Improvements”) constitutes all of the real property owned, leased, subleased
or operated by the Sellers and the Seller Foreign Entities (other than the Seller Foreign JVs) in,
and all of the real property used in, the Business (other than as conducted by the Seller Foreign
JVs) (the “Business Real Property”). The Business Real Property and the Improvements
thereon are the only facilities now or previously owned or operated by the Sellers and the Seller
Foreign Entities (other than the Seller Foreign JVs). All of the Improvements are in good
condition, normal wear and tear excepted, and in compliance with all applicable zoning and other
applicable Laws. To the Sellers’ Knowledge, no Improvement encroaches on any other property or is
located in a flood hazard area. The Landlord under each of the Houston Lease and the U.K. Lease
has valid, good, insurable and marketable fee simple title to the underlying real property, free
and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Encumbrances. The applicable Seller or Seller Foreign
Entity has good and valid leasehold title to any leased Business Real Property, free of all Liens,
other than Permitted Encumbrances. The Seller Parties have delivered to the Buyer true and correct
copies of the leases and other instruments (whether or not recorded) by which the applicable Seller
or Seller Foreign Entity acquired the subject leased Business Real Property and copies of all title
insurance policies, opinions, abstracts and surveys in the possession of the Sellers or the Seller
Foreign Entities and relating to the leased Business Real Property. Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.17, the Business Real Property (including the Improvements) is not subject to any lease
or other occupancy agreement. There are no pending or, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, threatened,
condemnation, expropriation or other Proceedings affecting the Business Real Property. Neither the
Seller Parties, the Seller Foreign Entities, nor the Landlords own or hold, and no such Person is
obligated under or a party to, any option, right of first refusal or other contractual right to
purchase, or dispose of any interest in, the Business Real Property. All of the Business Real
Property is adequately accessible for the operation of the Business as currently
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conducted. To the Sellers’ Knowledge, all of the Business Real Property may be legally used
for the operation of the Business as currently conducted. The Houston Lease and the U.K. Lease
will grant to the Buyer Entity party thereto (i) the right to use and occupy the underlying real
property and the Improvements to the extent provided in such lease, and (ii) good, valid, insurable
and marketable leasehold title to such real property and Improvements, free of all Liens except for
Permitted Encumbrances.
2.18 Bank Accounts. Schedule 2.18 sets forth the name and location of each bank,
trust company or other institution in which a U.S. Seller or a Seller Foreign Subsidiary or
Pipeline Seal U.K. has an account, money on deposit or safety deposit box and the names of all
Persons authorized to draw thereon or to have access thereto.
2.19 Accounts Receivable. Set forth in Schedule 2.19 is a complete and accurate list
of all Accounts Receivable of the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K.,
excluding Intercompany Accounts Receivable, as of December 31, 2010, which list sets forth the
aging of such Accounts Receivable as of such date. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.19, the
Accounts Receivable of the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal
U.K., excluding Intercompany Accounts Receivable, represent valid and bona fide claims and were
acquired or arose in the Ordinary Course. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.19, there is no
contest, claim, or right of set off by any obligor of any Accounts Receivable of any Seller, Seller
Foreign Subsidiary, or Pipeline Seal U.K. relating to the amount or validity of such Accounts
Receivable. No Seller, Seller Foreign Subsidiary, or Pipeline Seal U.K. utilizes a lock box bank
account or similar arrangement in connection with the collection of Accounts Receivable.
2.20 Proprietary Rights.
(a) Ownership and Right to Use. The Business Proprietary Rights constitute all of the
Proprietary Rights used by the Seller Parties, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal
U.K., and to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the Japanese JV and the Malaysian JV (or any of their
respective Affiliates) in the Business, and the Seller Parties, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries or
Pipeline Seal U.K., as applicable, and to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the Japanese JV and the Malaysian
JV own or have the right to use all such Business Proprietary Rights. Schedule 2.20(a) sets forth
all registered Proprietary Rights used in the Business by the Sellers, the Seller Foreign
Subsidiaries, and Pipeline Seal U.K. Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.20(a), no Seller, Seller
Foreign Subsidiary, nor Pipeline Seal U.K. nor, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the Japanese JV or the
Malaysian JV has, and the Buyer will not have upon the Closing, (i) any contractual limitation or
restriction on its right to use any Business Proprietary Right, (ii) any obligation to pay any
royalty or other fee to any Person relating to any Business Proprietary Right or (iii) any
obligation to any other Person to register or protect any Business Proprietary Right. Except as
set forth on Schedule 2.20(a), there is no Business Contract of any Seller Party or Seller Foreign
Entity (other than the Italian JV and only to the Sellers’ Knowledge with respect to the Seller
Foreign JVs) that grants any Person a license in any Business Proprietary Right.
(b) Acquired Proprietary Rights. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.20(b), other than
with respect to the Purchased Software (as defined in paragraph (h) infra), no Business
Proprietary Right was created for the Seller Parties (for use by the Sellers or the Seller Foreign
Entities), the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K. or, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the
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Seller Foreign JVs by any Person other than an employee acting within the scope of the
employee’s duties for the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K. or the
Seller Foreign JVs.
(c) Marks, Trade Names and Domain Names. Schedule 2.20(c) lists each registered Xxxx
and registered Trade Name that is currently used by any Seller, Seller Foreign Subsidiary, or
Pipeline Seal U.K. and lists each application for registration that has been filed and each
registration that has been obtained by any Seller, Seller Foreign Subsidiary, or Pipeline Seal U.K.
with respect to any such Marks or Trade Name. Schedule 2.20(c) also lists each material domain
name currently used by a Seller, Seller Foreign Subsidiary, or Pipeline Seal U.K., the entity in
which such domain name is registered, the registration date, the expiration date, any renewal date,
name of registry and contact information for the registry (including its billing agent). All such
Marks, Trade Names and domain names are included in the Business Proprietary Rights. To the
Sellers’ Knowledge, the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, and Pipeline Seal U.K. have the
exclusive right to use each such Xxxx and Trade Name within the scope, and in the geographic area,
of its present use and have the right to continue to use each such domain name. To the Sellers’
Knowledge: (i) no other Person is using a similar Trade Name to describe a business that is
similar to the Business; (ii) no other Person is using a similar Xxxx to describe products or
services that are similar to the products and services of the Business; and (iii) no other Person
has registered or is currently using any Xxxx or Trade Name in a manner that would preclude the
Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal U.K. from using the Marks and Trade
Names included in the Business Proprietary Rights in their applicable jurisdictions of
registration. Schedule 2.20(c) also identifies any actions that must be taken within thirty (30)
days after the Closing for the purposes of obtaining, maintaining, perfecting or preserving or
renewing any Business Proprietary Rights of the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, or
Pipeline Seal U.K., including the payment of any registration, maintenance or renewal fees or the
filing of any responses to office actions, documents, applications or certificates.
(d) Patents. Schedule 2.20(d) lists each Patent owned or licensed by the Sellers, any
Seller Foreign Subsidiary, or Pipeline Seal U.K. and included in the Business Proprietary Rights,
specifies whether each such Patent is owned or licensed by the Sellers, any Seller Foreign
Subsidiary, or Pipeline Seal U.K. and lists each country in which each such issued Patent is valid.
Each claim of each issued Patent owned, used or licensed by the Sellers, the Seller Foreign
Subsidiaries, or Pipeline Seal U.K. is included in the Business Proprietary Rights and each such
Patent is valid and enforceable. Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.20(d), each Contract pursuant
to which a Seller, a Seller Foreign Subsidiary, or Pipeline Seal U.K. licenses any Patent grants
such Seller, such Seller Foreign Subsidiary, or Pipeline Seal U.K. the unrestricted right to carry
on any business within the scope of the invention covered by such Patent in the countries in which
the Patent is valid.
(e) Copyrights. Schedule 2.20(e) lists each Copyright that is registered with the
United States Copyright Office or the comparable agency of any other country and is owned or
licensed by the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, or Pipeline Seal U.K. and included in the
Business Proprietary Rights. For each such Copyright, Schedule 2.20(e) includes the number and
date of such registration or application by country, province and state. The Sellers, the
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Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, and Pipeline Seal U.K. own all rights in such Copyrights. To the
Sellers’ Knowledge, all Copyrights are valid and enforceable.
(f) Trade Secrets. Each Seller, each Seller Foreign Subsidiary and Pipeline Seal
U.K., and, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the Seller Foreign JVs, has taken efforts that are reasonable
under the circumstances to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of its Trade Secrets.
(g) German Employee Inventions. Each Seller and each Seller Foreign Subsidiary and
Pipeline Seal U.K. have, to the extent required by applicable law, agreement or otherwise,
complied with the provisions of the German Act on Employee Inventions
(Arbeitnehmererfindungsgesetz), to the extent applicable to such entity, and the relevant Law of
non-German jurisdictions relating to inventions made by employees which are covered by any of the
Patents, utility models or applications thereto registered or pending in the name of such entity.
In particular, each Seller and each Seller Foreign Subsidiary and Pipeline Seal U.K. have formally
correctly laid claim to all rights in service inventions (Diensterfindungen unbeschränkt in
Anspruch genommen) made by its employees which are covered by any of the Patents, utility models or
applications thereto registered or pending in the name of such entities, including, those for which
the corresponding Patents, utility models and applications thereto are identified in Schedule
2.20(g). Each Seller and each Seller Foreign Subsidiary and Pipeline Seal U.K. have paid all
remuneration or compensation to persons entitled thereto pursuant to the German Act on Employee
Inventions, to the extent applicable to such entity, the relevant laws of non-German jurisdictions
relating to inventions made by employees, or the relevant agreements with such persons.
(h) Software. Schedule 2.20(h) identifies all Software included in the Purchased
Assets or used by the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal U.K. (the
“Purchased Software”), and the Contracts pursuant to which such Software, other than with
respect to standard off-the-shelf Software, is licensed by the Sellers, the Seller Foreign
Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal U.K., as applicable (the “Software License Agreements”). The
Purchased Software includes all of the Software used in the Business. The Seller Parties have
provided the Buyer with true, correct and complete copies of all of the Software License
Agreements. None of the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries nor Pipeline Seal U.K. sells,
licenses, sublicenses, markets or otherwise provides Software to other Persons in connection with
the Business and no Business Contract grants any Person a license or sublicense in any Software or
any right to access or use any Software. None of the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries nor
Pipeline Seal U.K. has entered into any Contract that restricts the Sellers’ the Sellers Foreign
Subsidiaries’ or Pipeline Seal U.K.’s use of any Purchased Software or that obligates the Sellers,
the Sellers Foreign Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal U.K. to maintain, enhance, protect or otherwise
take any action with respect to any Purchased Software.
(i) No Infringement. None of the Seller Parties, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries,
Pipeline Seal U.K., nor, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the Seller Foreign JVs have interfered with,
infringed upon or misappropriated any Proprietary Right of any other Person and the continued
operation of the Business by the Buyer, in the manner that the Business is currently conducted,
will not interfere with, infringe upon or misappropriate any Proprietary Right of any other Person.
To the Sellers’ Knowledge, no Person is interfering with, infringing upon or misappropriating any
Purchased Proprietary Right. No claim has been received from any Person
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by any Seller Party, Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K., or to Sellers’ Knowledge,
the Seller Foreign JVs: (i) that such Person has any right, title or interest in or to any of the
Copyrights, Marks, Patents, Trade Names, Trade Secrets or Know-How included in the Business
Proprietary Rights; (ii) that such Person has the right to use any of the Marks, Trade Names or
domain names included in the Business Proprietary Rights; (iii) to the effect that any past,
present, or projected act or omission of any Seller Party or Seller Foreign Entity infringes any
Proprietary Right of such Person; or (iv) that challenges any Seller’s or any Seller Foreign
Entity’s right to use any of the Business Proprietary Rights.
2.21 Contracts.
(a) Schedule 2.21(a) (i) contains a complete and accurate list, as of the date hereof, of all
Business Contracts excluding (A) Contracts only for the purchase of materials and sales of
inventory in the Ordinary Course involving, in each case, payments not in excess of $50,000 per
year, (B) Contracts only to make capital expenditures or purchases or sales (other than purchases
of materials and sales of inventory in the Ordinary Course) entered into in the Ordinary Course
involving, in each case, payments not in excess of $50,000, (C) Contracts that are only leases or
rental agreements having, in each case, an aggregate payment of less than $25,000 and terms of one
year or less, and (D) Contracts between the Seller Foreign JVs and third parties (other than the
Seller Parties and the other Seller Foreign Entities), and (ii) sets forth each Contract (A)
between any Seller, Seller Foreign Subsidiary, or Pipeline Seal U.K. and any labor union or other
employee representative of a group of employees relating to wages, hours or other conditions of
employment, (B) involving a sharing of profits, losses, costs or liabilities by any Seller, any
Seller Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. with any other Person, (C) containing covenants
that in any way purport to restrict the business activity of any Seller, any Seller Foreign
Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. or limit the freedom of any Seller, any Seller Foreign Subsidiary
or Pipeline Seal U.K. to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person, (D) that is
a distributor agreement to which a Seller, Seller Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. is a
party, (E) that is a sales representative or agency agreement to which a Seller, Seller Foreign
Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. is a party, (F) that is a loan agreement, letter of credit,
performance or payment bond, guaranty or surety bond pursuant to which a Seller, a Seller Foreign
Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. is a party (specifically including any Contract pursuant to which
any Seller Party guarantees or is otherwise liable for the debts or obligations of any Seller or
Seller Foreign Entity), (G) that is a warehousing agreement to which a Seller, Seller Foreign
Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. is a party, and (H) that is a Contract between a Seller Foreign
JV, on the one hand, and a Seller Party, Seller Foreign Entity or an Affiliate of such Person, on
the other hand, and (iii) specifically identifies which Business Contracts are those of the
foregoing types. The Contracts or instruments required to be set forth in Schedule 2.21(a) are
referred to herein as the “Material Contracts.” The Seller Parties have delivered to the
Buyer true and complete copies of all written Material Contracts and written descriptions of the
material terms of all oral Material Contracts.
(b) Each of the Material Contracts is in full force and effect and constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of the Seller Party or the Seller Foreign Entity (but only to the Sellers’
Knowledge with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs) party thereto and, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the
other parties thereto, and is legally enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance,
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moratorium or other similar Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to
general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
(c) None of the Seller Parties nor any Seller Foreign Entity (but only to the Sellers’
Knowledge with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs) has breached or defaulted under any Material
Contract, and to the Sellers’ Knowledge, neither has any other party thereto. None of the Seller
Parties nor any Seller Foreign Entity (but only to the Sellers’ Knowledge with respect to the
Seller Foreign JVs) has given or received any notice of any (i) actual, alleged, or potential
breach of or default under any Material Contract or (ii) the election of any party to any Material
Contract to cancel, terminate or not renew any such Material Contract.
(d) Attached as Schedule 2.21(d) are copies of the standard terms and conditions of sale of
the Sellers and the Seller Foreign Entities (other than the Seller Foreign JVs).
2.22 Inventory. The inventory of the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, and
Pipeline Seal U.K. as of December 31, 2010 is set forth on Schedule 2.22(a). All inventory of the
Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. was acquired or produced in the
Ordinary Course. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.22(b), the Sellers, the Seller Foreign
Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. are not in possession of any inventories not owned by the
Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal U.K., including goods already sold and
there is no product of the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal U.K. in the
possession of customers or distributors of the Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries or Pipeline
Seal U.K. on consignment or on a similar basis. No Person has the right to return for credit or
refund items that, if returned, would be included in the Sellers’ and the Seller Foreign Entities’
(but only to the Sellers’ Knowledge with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs) inventories pursuant to
any agreement, understanding or practice of a Seller or a Seller Foreign Entity with respect to
taking back any product (other than with respect to defective products).
2.23 Products and Warranties.
(a) There are no defects in the design, construction, manufacturing, support or installation
of any of the products made, manufactured, distributed, sold, leased, supported or installed by the
Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K., and, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the
Seller Foreign JVs (collectively the “Products”). The Products have been designed and
manufactured in compliance with all regulatory, engineering, industrial and other codes reasonably
applicable thereto, but only to the Sellers’ Knowledge with respect to all components purchased
from third parties not affiliated with the Sellers and the Seller Foreign Entities, and, to the
Sellers’ Knowledge, there are no statements, citations or decisions by any Governmental Authority
or any product-testing laboratory that indicate that any Product is unsafe or fails to meet any
standards promulgated by such Governmental Authority or testing laboratory. The Seller Parties,
the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K., and, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, the Seller
Foreign JVs, have not recalled any Product or received notice of any defect in any Product, any
claim of personal injury, death, or property or economic damages in connection with any Product, or
any claim for injunctive relief in connection with any Product. To the Sellers’ Knowledge, there
are no facts that are reasonably likely to give rise to a
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recall of any Product or to give rise to a successful future claim of personal injury, death,
or property or economic damages, or a claim for injunctive relief in connection with any Product.
(b) No Seller or Seller Foreign Entity (but only to the Sellers’ Knowledge with respect to the
Seller Foreign JVs) has manufactured, sold, marketed, installed or distributed products containing
asbestos. No products made, manufactured, constructed, marketed, distributed, sold, leased,
supported or installed by the Sellers or the Seller Foreign Entities (but only to the Sellers’
Knowledge with respect to the Seller Foreign JVs) contain asbestos, asbestos-containing material,
mercury, mercury-containing material, PCBs or PCB-containing material.
(c) Schedule 2.23(c) contains a description or copies of the standard warranty terms and
conditions of sale for the Products, as in effect during the five-year period ending on the date
hereof. No other warranty terms and conditions are currently in force and effect for any products
sold by the Business. Schedule 2.23(c) also sets forth the warranty experience of the Sellers, the
Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, and Pipeline Seal U.K. for the five year period ending on the date
hereof.
(d) There is no agreement in effect between PSI Germany or its Affiliates and Canusa Systems
Limited (collectively, with its Affiliates, “Canusa”) or any customers of PSI Germany or
its Affiliates regarding Canusa’s Superseal sleeve (“Superseal”), other than as identified
on Schedule 2.23(d); however, the parties thereto have approved in principle a settlement agreement
substantially in the form of the Proposed Canusa Settlement Agreement. Neither the Seller Parties,
any Seller Foreign Subsidiaries nor Pipeline Seal U.K. have received notice of any failure of any
Superseal sold by PSI Germany or its Affiliates, and, to Sellers’ Knowledge, no installed Superseal
sold by PSI Germany or its Affiliates has required replacement following installation in the last
five years. No claims have been made to the Seller Parties or Seller Foreign Subsidiaries in
connection with Superseal or related to a failure or defect in Superseal. All inventory of the
Seller Parties, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. that was subject to the
recall by Canusa set forth in Canusa’s April 4, 2009 Marketing Technical Bulletin was either sold
to a customer or returned to Canusa on or before January 1, 2010 and, to the Sellers’ Knowledge,
all such inventory sold to a customer was installed on or before January 1, 2010. During the past
five years, the Seller Parties, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. had
insurance policies in full force and effect that cover damages related to product defects and
product liability, including such damages related to any such defect in or failure of the Superseal
product. No claim has been made by the Seller Parties, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries or Pipeline
Seal U.K. under such policies. All notices required by such policies to be provided to the insurer
regarding any claims or potential claims relating to Superseal products have been timely delivered.
2.24 Customers; Suppliers.
(a) Schedule 2.24(a) lists each customer or account representing sales by the Business in
excess of $50,000 in 2010 (the “Top Customers”). Except as set forth in Schedule 2.24(a),
to the Sellers’ Knowledge, (i) no Business Contract or account or relationship with any such
customer is being terminated or is being considered for termination or nonrenewal; and (ii) no Top
Customer is considering any material reduction or other material change in its
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commercial relationship with the Business. To the Sellers’ Knowledge, no Top Customer of the
Business has since January 1, 2010 notified the Seller Parties of its intent to terminate its
customer relationship with the Business, other than as a consequence of the termination of one or
more projects with respect to which it was making purchases from the Business, and no such customer
will, as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, terminate
or materially reduce its relationship with the Business.
(b) Schedule 2.24(b) lists each supplier of the Business representing purchases by the
Business in excess of $50,000 in 2010 (the “Top Suppliers”). Except as set forth in
Schedule 2.24(b), to the Sellers’ Knowledge, (i) no Business Contract or relationship with any such
supplier is being terminated or considered for termination or non-renewal, and (ii) no Top Supplier
is considering any material change in its commercial relationship with the Business. To the
Sellers’ Knowledge, no Top Supplier of the Business has since January 1, 2010 notified the Seller
Parties of its intent to terminate its supplier relationship with the Business, other than as a
consequence of the termination of one or more projects with respect to which it was supplying the
Business, and no such supplier will, as a result of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, terminate or materially reduce its relationship with the Business.
2.25 Transactions with Affiliates. Schedule 2.25 lists each instance where an Owner
(in connection with the Business), any other Seller Party or a Seller Foreign Entity (but only to
the Sellers’ Knowledge with respect to each Seller Foreign JV), or an Affiliate of any such Person,
or any of such Persons’ partners, managers, officers or directors, (i) has any interest in any
property used in the Business; (ii) has been a party to any Contract or arrangement with a Seller
Party or a Seller Foreign Entity, to the extent such transactions or other relationships were
entered into on other than an arms-length basis; (iii) has an outstanding claim or right against an
Owner (in connection with the Business), any other Seller Party or a Seller Foreign Entity; or (iv)
has an equity, financial or profit interest in a Person (except for a less than 1% equity interest
in any Person the stock of which is publicly traded) that has (A) had business dealings or a
material financial interest in any transaction with a Seller Party or a Seller Foreign Entity, or
(B) engaged in competition with a Seller Party or a Seller Foreign Entity.
2.26 Powers of Attorney. Schedule 2.26 sets forth the names of any Persons holding
powers of attorney from a Seller, a Seller Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. and a summary
of the material terms thereof.
2.27 Thunderline S.A. Thunderline S.A., a French corporation (“Thunderline
S.A.”), was dissolved and wound-up by the Owners. As a result of such dissolution, that certain
Link-Seal License and Technical Assistance Agreement, dated June 30, 1992, between Thunderline S.A.
and PSI Telecommunications, Inc., a Nevada corporation (as assignee of Thunderline Corporation, a
Michigan corporation), was terminated, and no post-termination covenants, rights, obligations or
liabilities thereunder were assigned to any third parties or are otherwise continuing to be
effective.
2.28 Brokers. No broker, finder or other Person is or will be entitled to any
brokerage fees, commissions or finder’s fees from a Seller Party, or a Seller Foreign Entity or by
reason of any action taken by a Seller Party or a Seller Foreign Entity and no lender to a Seller
Party, a
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Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K., or, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, a Seller Foreign
JV is or will be entitled to payment of any amendment or waiver fee as may be required in
connection with the amendment of any credit or finance facility, in either case in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby.
2.29 No Agreement to Sell. Except as contemplated by this Agreement, neither any
Seller Party, any Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K. nor, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, any
Seller Foreign JV has any legal obligation, absolute or contingent, to any other Person to sell
Equity Interests in any Seller Party or any Seller Foreign Entity or material assets or business of
a Seller Party or a Seller Foreign Entity or to effect any merger, consolidation, liquidation,
dissolution, recapitalization or other reorganization of a Seller Party or a Seller Foreign Entity
or to enter into any agreement with respect thereto.
2.30 Disclaimer. NONE OF THE SELLER PARTIES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES,
REPRESENTATIVES OR ADVISORS HAVE MADE, OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE, TO THE BUYER ENTITIES ANY
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE BUSINESS, THE ASSETS OF ANY SELLER PARTY OR ANY SUCH
AFFILIATE OR THE ASSUMED LIABILITIES, THE SELLER FOREIGN ENTITY ASSUMED LIABILITIES, THE EXCLUDED
LIABILITIES, OR THE SELLER FOREIGN ENTITY EXCLUDED LIABILITIES, OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY SET
FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 3. Representations Relating to the Owners. Each Owner represents and warrants
to the Buyer, as of the date hereof and, in the event of Closing, as of the Closing Date, that:
3.1 Authority; Enforceability. Each Owner has the requisite right, authority, power
and capacity to (i) execute and deliver this Agreement and each certificate, document and agreement
to be executed by such Owner in connection herewith (collectively, with this Agreement, the
“Owner Documents”) and (ii) perform his obligations hereunder and thereunder. Each Owner
Document has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Owner and, assuming the due and
valid authorization, execution, and delivery of such Owner Document by the applicable Buyer Entity
or Buyer Entities party thereto, such Owner Document will constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Owner, enforceable against such Owner in accordance with its terms.
3.2 Consents and Approvals; No Violation.
(a) No Permit is required in connection with (i) the execution or delivery by any Owner of the
Owner Documents, (ii) the performance of any Owner’s obligations under the Owner Documents or (iii)
consummation by any Owner of the transactions contemplated by the Owner Documents, except for
applicable requirements, if any, of bulk sales laws, the requirements of the HSR Act, and the
German Act against Restraints of Competition.
(b) Neither the execution and delivery of the Owner Documents by any Owner (including in such
Owner’s capacity as the Sellers’ Representative) nor the performance of any Owner’s obligations
thereunder nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
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will: (i) conflict with or result in a breach, violation, or default of or under, (ii) give
any third party the right to modify, terminate or accelerate any liability or obligations under, or
charge any fee, penalty or similar payment under, (iii) result in the creation of any Lien other
than a Permitted Encumbrance on any assets used in the Business (including the Seller Equity
Interests and the Equity Interests in PSI Germany) or the Equity Interests of any Seller or Selling
Shareholder under or pursuant to, or (iv) require any Consent by or declaration or notice to any
third party or Governmental Authority (other than the Seller Consents set forth on Schedule 6.3(c)
or as disclosed in Schedule 2.3(b)) pursuant to (A) any Contract to which such Owner or any other
holder of Seller Equity Interests is a party or any Material Contract, or (B) any Law or Permit.
3.3 Litigation. There are no Proceedings pending, commenced or, to Owners’ knowledge,
threatened against any Owner that could reasonably be expected to prevent or delay the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. No Owner is subject to any Order to which any of the Business
Assets or Seller Equity Interests are subject or that challenges or that could reasonably be
expected to affect the enforceability of this Agreement against such Owner or to prevent or delay
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.4 Brokers. No broker, finder, or other Person is or will be entitled to any
brokerage fees, commissions, or finder’s fees from the Owners by reason of any action taken by any
Owner in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby for which the Buyer Entities or their
Affiliates (including the Seller Foreign Entities following Closing) may become liable.
Section 4. Representations Relating to the Buyer Entities. The Buyer Entities
represent and warrant to the Seller Parties, as of the date hereof and, in the event of Closing, as
of the Closing Date, as follows:
4.1 Organization. The Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the state of Colorado. Each other Buyer Entity is a corporation,
limited liability company or other legal entity duly organized or incorporated, validly existing
and in good standing (to the extent that good standing is a recognized legal principle in the
applicable jurisdiction) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation. Each
Buyer Entity has the corporate or other applicable entity power and authority to own or use the
assets owned or used by it and to conduct its business as presently conducted.
4.2 Authority; Enforceability. Each Buyer Entity has the requisite right, authority,
power and capacity to (i) execute and deliver this Agreement and each certificate, document and
agreement to be executed by such Buyer Entity in connection herewith (collectively, with this
Agreement, the “Buyer Documents”) and (ii) perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Buyer Documents and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby have been duly and validly authorized by each Buyer Entity party
thereto. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Buyer Entities
and, assuming the due and valid authorization, execution, and delivery of this Agreement by the
applicable Seller Parties signatory hereto, will constitute a legal and binding obligation of such
Buyer Entities, enforceable against such Buyer Entities in accordance with its terms. Upon
execution and delivery by the Buyer Entities of each other Buyer Document, assuming the due and
valid authorization, execution, and delivery of such Buyer Document by the applicable
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Seller Parties party thereto, such Buyer Document will constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Buyer Entity, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
4.3 Consents and Approvals; No Violation.
(a) No Permit is required in connection with (i) the execution or delivery by the Buyer
Entities of the Buyer Documents, (ii) the performance by the Buyer Entities of the obligations of
the Buyer Entities under this Agreement or the other Buyer Documents or (iii) the consummation by
the Buyer Entities of the transactions contemplated thereby, except for applicable requirements, if
any, of bulk sales laws, the requirements of the HSR Act, and the German Act against Restraints of
Competition.
(b) Neither the execution and delivery of the Buyer Documents by the Buyer Entities nor the
performance of the obligations of the Buyer Entities thereunder nor the consummation by the Buyer
Entities of the transactions contemplated hereby will: (i) conflict with or result in a breach,
violation, or default of or under, (ii) give any third party the right to charge any fee, penalty
or similar payment under, or (iii) require any Consent by or declaration or notice to any third
party or Governmental Authority pursuant to (A) articles of incorporation, bylaws or similar
organizational documents of the Buyer Entities, (B) any Contract to which a Buyer Entity is a
party, or (C) any Law or Permit.
4.4 Litigation. There are no Proceedings pending, commenced, or, to the Buyer’s
Knowledge, threatened against the Buyer Entities that could reasonably be expected to prevent or
delay the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No Buyer Entity is subject to any Order
that could reasonably be expected to affect the enforceability of this Agreement against the Buyer
Entities or prevent or delay the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.5 Brokers. No broker, finder or other Person is or will be entitled to any
brokerage fees, commissions or finder’s fees from the Buyer Entities or by reason of any action
taken by the Buyer Entities in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.6 Funds Available. The Buyer Entities have (and at the Closing will have) access to
sufficient funds to enable them to pay the Purchase Price, and each Buyer Entity has sufficient
funds to enable it to pay and discharge when due the Assumed Liabilities and the Seller Foreign
Entity Assumed Liabilities assumed by it and otherwise to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
4.7 Financial Status. The Buyer Entities have the financial ability to consummate the
transactions contemplated in this Agreement on a timely basis without any financing contingency.
4.8 Investment Representation. Each Buyer Entity that is acquiring Seller Equity
Interests hereunder is acquiring such Seller Equity Interests for its own account, for investment
and without any view to resale or distribution of said Equity Interests or any portion thereof.
Each Buyer Entity acknowledges that the Seller Equity Interests have not been registered or
qualified under the provisions of the securities Laws of any country or jurisdiction and that the
Equity Interests may not be resold by such Buyer Entity except in compliance with all applicable
securities Laws.
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4.9 Disclaimer. NONE OF THE BUYER ENTITIES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES,
REPRESENTATIVES OR ADVISORS HAVE MADE, OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE, TO THE SELLER PARTIES OR
THE SELLER FOREIGN ENTITIES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN
THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 5. Covenants and Agreements.
5.1 Access to Information.
(a) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the Sellers shall, and the Selling
Shareholders shall cause the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. to (and shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Seller Foreign JVs to) give the Buyer Entities and
their employees, accountants, counsel, lenders and their respective representatives reasonable
access to the Sellers’ and the Seller Foreign Entities’ officers and other key personnel, and
properties (including, without limitation, the Business Real Property), records and other data, and
to the other holders of Equity Interests in the Seller Foreign JVs, which access shall include the
right to collect reasonable samples and conduct reasonable surveys; provided,
however, that the Buyer Entities shall in each instance give reasonable prior notice to the
Sellers and any such work shall be conducted during normal business hours under the supervision of
the Seller Parties’ personnel and in such a manner as to maintain the confidentiality of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not interfere unreasonably with the
Business; and, provided, further, that any such access shall not be required if it would violate
any Law, including, without limitation, the German Federal Data Protection Act
(Bundesdatenschutzgesetz), or the terms or conditions of any Contracts or adversely affect the
ability of any Seller Party or its Affiliates to assert attorney-client, attorney work product or
other similar privilege. In addition, the Seller Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts
to facilitate contacts between the Seller Parties’ attorneys, accountants and outside
representatives, and their counterparts representing the Buyer Entities, for the purpose of the
Buyer’s due diligence. The Buyer Entities and their representatives will be allowed access to the
books, records, contracts and financial records of the Business for the purpose of conducting due
diligence review through an electronic data room. In addition, representatives of the Buyer shall
have the right to be present at the physical inventory conducted by the Seller Parties pursuant to
Section 1.11(a), subject to any reasonable conditions imposed by the Seller Parties.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Buyer Entities, their respective Affiliates or
their respective employees, representatives or agents have any contact with any customer, supplier,
employee or agent of any Seller Party or their Affiliates with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, unless such contact is conducted in compliance with applicable Law
and is arranged through and specifically approved in advance by Xxxxxxx or Xxxxx Xxxx, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld and provided, however, that promptly following
execution of this Agreement, the parties shall cooperate in planning the announcement of the
transactions contemplated hereby to the employees, customers, suppliers and agents of the Sellers,
the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K., and representatives of the Buyer shall have
the right to be present and participate in such announcements and subsequent discussions regarding
the impact of such transaction. Without limiting the foregoing, Xxxx Xxxx or another
representative of the Buyer shall have the right, subject to any reasonable conditions imposed by
the Seller Parties, to participate in any discussions with the counterparties to the
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Contracts relating to the Seller Consents listed on Schedule 6.3(c) and the contract
amendments listed on Schedule 6.3(d). The Buyer Entities and their Affiliates shall cause any such
contact to comply with any reasonable restriction imposed by the Seller Parties, including the
requirement that a representative of the Seller Parties be present during any such communication.
(b) Any disclosure whatsoever during any investigation by any Buyer Entity or its
representatives shall not constitute an enlargement of or addition to the representations and
warranties of the Seller Parties and the Owners specifically set forth in Section 2 and Section 3,
respectively, of this Agreement.
(c) All information concerning the Business and/or the Seller Parties and their Affiliates
furnished or provided by any Seller Party or its Affiliates or their respective representatives to
the Buyer Entities or their Affiliates or their respective representatives (whether furnished
before, on or after the date of this Agreement), including the information contained in this
Agreement and the schedules hereto, shall be held until Closing by the Buyer Entities subject to
that certain Confidentiality Agreement dated June 3, 2010 between EnPro Industries, Inc. and
Pipeline Seal and Insulator, Inc. and any other confidentiality agreements, site access agreements
and the like entered into between the parties subsequently thereto which confidentiality and other
agreements will terminate immediately upon Closing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Buyer has
the right to make such filings, including filing of this Agreement, following execution and
delivery hereof as required by applicable securities Law.
5.2 Operation of the Business. Except as contemplated by this Agreement, during the
period from the date hereof to the Closing Date, the Sellers shall, and the Selling Shareholders
shall cause the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. to, (a) conduct the Business
(other than as conducted by the Seller Foreign JVs) in the Ordinary Course (giving reasonable
effect to the disruption the preparations for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement will have on such Business), (b) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve
their relationships with customers, suppliers and others with whom the Sellers and the Seller
Foreign Entities (other than the Seller Foreign JVs) deal, to keep available the services of their
officers and employees, to maintain their properties and assets in substantially the condition
currently existing and to otherwise preserve the Business intact, (c) not take any action
inconsistent with this Agreement, (d) confer reasonably with the Buyer concerning operational
matters of a material nature and (e) otherwise report periodically to the Buyer concerning the
business, operations and finances of the Business (other than as conducted by the Seller Foreign
JVs). Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement or with the prior written consent
of the Buyer, between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the Sellers shall not (and the Selling
Shareholders shall cause the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. not to) take any
action or fail to take any action within their control, that would be reasonably likely to result
in the occurrence of any of the changes or events listed in Section 2.7.
5.3 Approvals and Consents.
(a) As promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Seller Parties shall, and
shall cause the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. to (and shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Japanese JV and the Malaysian JV to), make all filings required by
Law to be made by them to consummate the transactions contemplated
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hereby. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Seller Parties shall,
and shall cause the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. to (and shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Japanese JV and the Malaysian JV to), (i) cooperate
with the Buyer Entities with respect to all filings that the Buyer Entities reasonably elect to
make or are required by Law to make in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and
(ii) cooperate with the Buyer Entities in obtaining all of the Buyer Consents. The Seller Parties
shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain promptly the Seller Consents.
(b) As promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Buyer Entities shall make
all filings required by Law to be made by them to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Buyer Entities shall (i) cooperate
with the Seller Parties and the Seller Foreign Entities with respect to all filings that the Seller
Parties and Seller Foreign Entities reasonably elect to make or are required by Law to make in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) cooperate with the Seller Parties and
the Seller Foreign Entities in obtaining all of the Seller Consents; provided that this
Agreement shall not require the Buyer or any other Buyer Entity or any of their Affiliates to
dispose of or make any change in any portion of its business or to incur any other burden to obtain
approval from a Governmental Authority, including under the HSR Act, the German Act against
Restraints of Competition, or similar anti-competition laws.
(c) The Seller Parties and the Buyer Entities shall promptly provide to the requesting agency
or Person any additional information reasonably requested of them by the Federal Trade Commission,
the Department of Justice, the German Federal Cartel Office or other Governmental Authorities in
connection with the fillings required under the HSR Act, the German Act against Restraints of
Competition, and other similar anti-competition Laws. Each party shall keep the other apprised of
the status of any communications with, and any inquiries or requests for additional information
from, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.4 Efforts to Satisfy Closing Conditions.
(a) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, each of the Seller Parties shall, and shall
cause each Seller Foreign Subsidiary and Pipeline Seal U.K. to (and use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause each Seller Foreign JV to), (i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause
the conditions in Section 6.1 and Section 6.3 to be satisfied on or before January 31, 2011 or in
any event before the Closing Date, and (ii) not take any action or omit to take any action within
its reasonable control that could reasonably be expected to result in a breach by any of them of
this Agreement or in any representation or warranty made by any of them and contained in this
Agreement being inaccurate as of the Closing Date.
(b) Subject to the proviso contained in the last sentence in Section 5.3(b), between the date
hereof and the Closing Date, each Buyer Entity shall (i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the conditions in Section 6.1 and Section 6.2 to be satisfied on or before January 31, 2011
or in any event before the Closing Date, and (ii) not take any action or omit to take any action
within its reasonable control that could reasonably be expected to result in a breach by it of this
Agreement or in any representation or warranty made by any of them and contained in this Agreement
being inaccurate as of the Closing Date.
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5.5 Notification.
(a) Sellers. Prior to the Closing Date, each Seller Party shall promptly notify the
Buyer in writing if it becomes aware of (i) any fact or condition that causes or constitutes a
breach of any representation or warranty set forth in Section 2 or Section 3 (or would have caused
or constituted a breach had such representation or warranty been made as of the date of the
occurrence of such fact or condition) or (ii) the occurrence of any breach of any covenant of any
Seller Party contained in this Agreement or of the occurrence of any event that may make the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1 or 6.3 impossible or unlikely.
(b) Buyer. Prior to the Closing Date, the Buyer shall promptly notify the Sellers’
Representative in writing if the Buyer becomes aware of any fact or condition (i) that causes or
constitutes a breach of any representation or warranty set forth in Section 4 (or would have caused
or constituted such a breach had such representation or warranty been made as of the date of such
fact or condition), or (ii) the occurrence of any breach of any covenant of any Buyer Entity
contained in this Agreement or of the occurrence of any event that may make the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Sections 6.1 or 6.2 impossible or unlikely.
5.6 Exclusivity. Each of the Seller Parties shall not, and shall cause the Seller
Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. and each of its and their respective officers,
directors, employees, Affiliates, agents and representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (a)
solicit, initiate, seek, knowingly encourage, engage in negotiations or discussions about, enter
into an agreement with respect to, or provide information with respect to, any inquiry or proposal
(an “Acquisition Proposal”) relating to (i) the possible direct or indirect acquisition of
all or any portion of the Business, whether through the acquisition of Equity Interests or assets
(including the Business Assets) or otherwise (other than sales of inventory in the Ordinary
Course), (ii) any business combination with any Seller or any Seller Foreign Entity or their
respective Affiliates or (iii) any new debt or equity financing for, or recapitalization of, any
Seller or any Seller Foreign Entity, or (b) discuss or disclose this Agreement (except as may be
required by Law, or is necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby), with any
Person other than the Buyer or its Affiliates or representatives without the prior written consent
of the Buyer.
5.7 Employees of the U.S. Sellers.
(a) The parties will cooperate to effect an orderly transfer of employment of substantially
all Persons who are employees of the U.S. Sellers immediately prior to the Closing, to the extent
such Persons are set forth on Schedule 2.14(a), excluding any Inactive Employees (the “Active
Employees”), from the U.S. Sellers to the Buyer, effective as of the Effective Time. In order
to facilitate such transfer, the Buyer or an Affiliate of the Buyer will offer “at-will” employment
to the Active Employees, effective as of Closing, at a level of wages, overall compensation, and
benefits, in the aggregate, which are substantially similar to the Active Employees’ level of
wages, overall compensation, and benefits provided by the U.S. Sellers, in the aggregate, as of the
Closing. Such offers of employment will be made consistent with the Buyer’s practices with respect
to confidentiality, non-disclosure and drug testing. The employees who accept the Buyer’s offer of
employment described above are the “Transferred Employees.” The U.S. Sellers will use
commercially reasonable efforts to encourage each of the U.S. Sellers’ employees to accept
employment with the Buyer or its Affiliates as contemplated
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by this Section 5.7. The U.S. Sellers will terminate or cause the termination of the
employment of the Transferred Employees by the U.S. Sellers effective as of the Effective Time.
(b) The Buyer will give credit to each Transferred Employee for unused but accrued vacation to
the extent included in the calculation of Closing Net Working Capital. Following Closing, the
Transferred Employees will begin to accrue vacation and sick days in accordance with the Buyer’s
then-existing vacation and sick pay policy with respect to similarly situated employees and will be
given credit with respect thereto for their prior service with the Sellers.
(c) Prior to the Closing, the U.S. Sellers will pay all obligations owed by them to their
employees, including salary, wages, bonuses and commissions (including any commissions or bonuses
payable or customarily payable to such employees with respect to calendar year 2010 or any prior
period), and will make any applicable 401k retirement plan matching contributions with respect to
their employees, in each case, without regard to any end of period requirements or plan
requirements that such payments are not due until later in 2011.
(d) As relates to the Transferred Employees, the U.S. Sellers and the Buyer will give any
notices required by Law of such party and take whatever other actions with respect to the plans,
programs and policies described in this Section 5.7 as reasonably may be necessary to carry out the
arrangements described in this Section 5.7. The U.S. Sellers and the Buyer will provide each other
with such information as may be reasonably required to carry out the arrangements described in this
Section 5.7, but excluding all personal information protected by Law regarding the Transferred
Employees. If any of the arrangements described in this Section 5.7 are determined by the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service or other Governmental Authority to be prohibited by Law, the U.S. Sellers
and the Buyer will modify such arrangements to as closely as possible reflect their expressed
intent and retain the allocation of economic benefits and burdens to the parties contemplated in
this Section 5.7 in a manner that is not prohibited by Law.
5.8 Employees of Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, GPP and Pipeline Seal U.K.; Independent
Contractors.
(a) Subject to Section 5.8(b), all Persons who are employees of the Seller Foreign
Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. immediately prior to the Closing shall continue to be employed
by the respective Seller Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. at unchanged terms and conditions
of employment following the Effective Date. For the avoidance of doubt the rights of the Seller
Foreign Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal U.K. to terminate any employment relationship shall remain
unaffected. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the Closing, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries
and Pipeline Seal U.K. will pay all obligations owed by them to their employees, including salary,
wages, bonuses and commissions (including any commissions or bonuses payable or customarily payable
to such employees with respect to calendar year 2010 or any prior period), other than accrued
vacation to the extent such accrued vacation is included in the calculation of Closing Net Working
Capital (but excluding accrued vacation for employees associated prior to Closing with the Mavei
Business), and will make any applicable retirement plan matching contributions with respect to
their employees, without regard to any end of period requirements.
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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.8(a), the employment of Xxxxx Xxxxx with PSI
Germany and Xxxxxxx Plastik shall be terminated by PSI Germany and Xxxxxxx Plastik prior to the
Effective Time. The Seller Parties agree to exert their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
prior to the Closing (i) a Consulting Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit O, executed by
Xx. Xxxxx and (ii) a Termination Agreement regarding the termination of Xx. Xxxxx’x employment with
Xxxxxxx Plastik and any of its Affiliates, including PSI Germany, , with effect immediately prior
to the Effective Time, in substantially the form of Exhibit P (the “Eiber Termination
Agreement”), executed by Xx. Xxxxx. In the event Xx. Xxxxx fails to enter into the Eiber
Termination Agreement prior to Closing, (i) the employment of Xx. Xxxxx with PSI Germany and
Xxxxxxx Plastik shall be terminated by notice of termination delivered prior to the Effective Time
(Kundigungserklarung) with effect to the next permissible date (i.e., December 31, 2011), (ii) Xx.
Xxxxx shall be released from his duty to work (freigestellt) with effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time, and (iii) the Buyer shall withhold an amount equal to €220,000 (the “Eiber
Estimated Settlement Amount”) from the Closing Payment as set forth in Section 1.9(c)(ii). The
Buyer shall use the Eiber Estimated Settlement Amount to pay Xx. Xxxxx any amounts owed to him
pursuant to his employment agreement with Xxxxxxx Plastik, any other employment relationship with
its Affiliates, including PSI Germany, or applicable Law as a result of the termination of his
employment. All costs and liabilities relating to Xx. Xxxxx’x employment, termination of
employment (including, without limitation, pursuant to the Eiber Termination Agreement) and/or
retirement (but only in excess of the Eiber Estimated Settlement Amount to the extent it is
withheld from the Closing Payment) shall be paid by the Seller Parties, and the Seller Parties
shall indemnify the Buyer Entities and their Affiliates from any Damages related thereto,
including, without limitation, any Damages related to any employment agreement between Xx. Xxxxx
and Xxxxxxx Plastik or its Affiliates (including PSI Germany). In the event that the Eiber
Estimated Settlement Amount is withheld from the Closing Payment and, as of March 31, 2012, the
amounts paid (or scheduled to be paid) to Xx. Xxxxx or claimed by Xx. Xxxxx on account of Xxxxxxx
Plastik’s or PSI Germany’s obligations related to Xx. Xxxxx’x termination (collectively, the
“Actual Termination Amount”) is less than the Eiber Estimated Settlement Amount, the Buyer
shall promptly pay to the Sellers’ Representative, on behalf of the Seller Parties, the difference
between the Eiber Estimated Settlement Amount and the Actual Termination Amount.
(c) The parties agree that the sale of GPP’s core assets to PSI Germany prior to Closing is
one to which the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings)
Regulations 2003 are likely to apply. The parties acknowledge that the employees of GPP (the
“GPP Employees”) are likely to be assigned to the organized grouping of resources that are
subject to such relevant transfer such that their employment would automatically transfer from GPP
to PSI Germany and their contracts of employment would take effect as if made between said GPP
Employees and PSI Germany. Prior to effectuation of the GPP Sale Transaction, the Seller Parties
shall obtain written confirmation from the GPP Employees in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Buyer (the “GPP Waiver Agreements”) that such GPP Employees do not wish
to be employed by PSI Germany and have voluntarily waived all rights under the aforementioned
regulations and all other applicable employment Law (both statutory and common law) and have
further waived all and any potential claims arising thereunder against GPP, PSI Germany and all
related companies and Affiliates. Insofar as any such confirmation and waiver is not effective to
prevent the automatic transfer of the GPP Employees to PSI Germany or its Affiliates, the Seller
Parties shall indemnify and agree to keep
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indemnified the Buyer Entities and their Affiliates from any and all Damages arising therefrom
howsoever and whensoever arising.
(d) Prior to the Closing, the Buyer or its Affiliates may offer employment effective as of the
Effective Time to the independent contractors of the Business set forth on Schedule 5.8(c). The
Seller Parties, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K., as applicable, will use
commercially reasonable efforts to encourage such independent contractors to accept such offers of
employment.
5.9 Undertaking regarding Business Name. Each Seller will, within 15 Business Days
after the Closing, change its corporate name to a name in which the locutions “Pipeline Seal and
Insulator,” “PSI,” or “Plasticote” or any similar words do not form a part. From and after such a
name change, no Seller Party, directly or indirectly, will use the locutions “Pipeline Seal and
Insulator,” “PSI,” or “Plasticote” or any substantive part thereof or any similar locutions as part
of their corporate or business names or Marks in connection with any business similar to the
Business.
5.10 Accounts Receivable.
(a) After the Closing, the Buyer will attempt to collect the Seller Accounts Receivable that
were included in the Purchased Assets and the Accounts Receivable of the Seller Foreign
Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. properly included in the calculation of Closing Net Working
Capital (the “Seller Foreign Accounts Receivable”), all in accordance with the reasonable
past collection practices and procedures of the Business (but without resort to litigation or the
use of collection agencies or similar efforts). If an account debtor of the Business specifies
that any one or more of the payments made by such account debtor is being made with respect to a
particular outstanding Account Receivable of such account debtor to the Buyer (either in writing or
upon follow-up telephone conversations between the Buyer and the debtor), such payment will be
applied against such Account Receivable so specified. In the absence of such specification, any
payments made by account debtors to the Buyer with respect to the Accounts Receivable shall be
applied first to the then-oldest outstanding Account Receivable from such account debtor. Upon the
Buyer’s written request from and after the date 180 days after the Closing Date, either (i) the
Seller Parties will pay the Buyer (by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
specified by the Buyer) an amount equal to (A) the uncollected amount of the Seller Accounts
Receivable and the Seller Foreign Accounts Receivable less (B) the amount of any reserve
for doubtful accounts reflected in the calculation of Closing Net Working Capital (the “Net A/R
Amount”), or (ii) the Buyer and the Sellers’ Representative (on behalf of the Seller Parties)
shall direct the Escrow Agent to pay to the Buyer the Net A/R Amount from the Escrow Amount and
upon receipt of the foregoing payment from the Seller Parties or the Escrow Agent, the Buyer will
assign to the Seller Parties all uncollected Seller Accounts Receivable and Seller Foreign Accounts
Receivable (together with all claims associated therewith). The Buyer, on the one hand, and the
Seller Parties, on the other, will promptly forward to the other any amounts received by such party
as payment of Accounts Receivable owned by the other hereunder.
(b) Without derogating from the generality of the last sentence of Section 5.10(a), each of
the Sellers will remit to a bank account of the Buyer, as designated by the Buyer for this
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purpose to the Seller in writing within three Business Days after the Closing Date, any
payment from a customer of the Business received after the Closing in any bank account maintained
by said Seller, within five Business Days of its receipt thereof.
5.11 Taxes and the Tax Returns.
(a) The Sellers shall timely pay all Taxes that relate to the Purchased Assets or otherwise to
the Sellers in connection with the Business that were incurred in or are attributable to all
taxable periods (or portions thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5.11(a) shall not apply to the Taxes described in
Sections 1.14 and 1.15.
(b) The Seller Parties shall timely pay or, if paid by the Buyer Entities, a Seller Foreign
Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. after the Closing, promptly reimburse the Buyer Entities, such
Seller Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. for all Taxes of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries or
Pipeline Seal U.K. that were incurred in or are attributable to all taxable periods (or portions
thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date. For the purpose of apportioning the Taxes of the
Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. for a taxable period beginning on or before the
Closing Date and ending after the Closing Date, the portion of such Taxes related to the period
ending on the Closing Date shall be the amount that would be payable if the relevant period ended
as of the close of business on the Closing Date.
(c) The Seller Parties shall promptly reimburse the Buyer Entities, the Seller Foreign
Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal U.K. after Closing for an amount equal to (i) any liability of the
Seller Foreign Subsidiaries or Pipeline Seal U.K. for Taxes arising or assessed as a consequence of
the failure of any Seller Party or their Affiliate at any time to pay Taxes; and (ii) any liability
of any Seller Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. for Taxes which would have arisen and in
respect of which the Seller Parties would have been liable under Section 5.11(b) but for (X) the
transfer of that liability for Taxes, or the income, profits or gains giving rise to it, to a Buyer
Entity or its Affiliate and/or (Y) the setting off of a New Relief against that liability for Taxes
or against the income profits or gains which would have given rise to it.
(d) The Seller Parties shall prepare (and the Buyer or its Affiliates shall file) all Tax
Returns due on or after the Closing Date with respect to Taxes of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries
and Pipeline Seal U.K. for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing Date and the Buyer
and its Affiliates shall prepare and file all Tax Returns due on or after the Closing Date with
respect to Taxes of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. for all taxable periods
that include the Closing Date, but that end after the Closing Date; provided, that the
preparing party shall deliver all such Tax Returns to the other party for its review at least 60
days before they are required to be filed and such Tax Returns shall not be filed without the
consent of the Seller’s Representative, for Tax Returns prepared by the Buyer and its Affiliates,
or without the consent of the Buyer for Tax Returns prepared by the Seller Parties, in each case
which shall not be withheld unreasonably. All such Tax Returns shall be prepared and filed in
accordance with all applicable Law. The Seller Representative, on the one hand, and the Buyer, on
the other hand, shall be entitled to provide comments and suggested revisions to the Tax Returns
reviewed by such Person and to confer with the preparing party regarding such comments and
revisions. The Seller Parties or the Buyer, as applicable, shall be deemed to have accepted the
Tax Returns
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prepared by the other party at 5.00 p.m. Charlotte, North Carolina time on the 30th day after
delivery thereof if the reviewing party has not by then given the preparing party timely written
notice of objection.
(e) The Seller Parties shall not be liable under Sections 5.11(b) or 5.11(c) above in respect
of a liability of Pipeline Seal UK:
(i) to the extent such liability arises or is increased as a result of any increase in
rates of Taxation, any change in law, rule, regulation or published practice of Tax
Authorities or any withdrawal of any extra-statutory concession by a Taxation authority made
after the date of the Sale Agreement; or
(ii) to the extent that such liability arises as a result of a change after Closing in
any accounting practice or principles or accounting policy of any Buyer Affiliate save to
the extent that such change is required under generally accepted accounting principles; or
(iii) to the extent that such liability arises directly or indirectly as a result of:
(A) the payment of any unusual or abnormal dividend by Pipeline Seal U.K. after
Closing;
(B) the change of the date to which Pipeline Seal U.K. makes up its accounts
after Closing; or
(C) the cessation of, or any change in the nature or conduct of, any business
carried on by Pipeline Seal U.K. occurring after Closing; or
(iv) to the extent that such liability is attributable to Pipeline Seal U.K. ceasing to
be entitled to the small companies’ rate of corporation tax whether by virtue of an increase
in the level of profits for the accounting period during which Closing takes place that are
attributable to the period following Closing or by virtue of an increase in the number of
associated companies of Pipeline Seal U.K. after Closing; or
(v) to the extent that such liability would not have arisen but for an act, omission or
transaction by or on behalf of any Buyer Affiliate or any of its directors effected after
Closing, other than in the case of Pipeline Seal U.K., any such act, omission or transaction
carried out or effected under a legally binding commitment created on or before Closing or
carried out or effected in the ordinary course of business of Pipeline Seal U.K. as carried
on at Closing; or
(vi) to the extent that such liability arises by virtue of any claim, election,
surrender or disclaimer made or notice or consent given after Closing by or on behalf of any
Buyer Affiliate or any of its directors (including the disclaimer of the whole or part of
any Relief) other than where the making, giving or doing of such thing was taken into
account in the preparation of the financial statements; or
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(vii) to the extent that such liability would not have arisen or would have been
reduced but for a failure or omission by or on behalf of any Buyer Affiliate or any of its
directors after Closing to make any election, claim, surrender or disclaimer, or give any
notice or consent in relation to Taxation, the anticipated making giving or doing of which
was taken into account in computing any provision or reserve for Taxation or otherwise in
preparing the financial statements and details of such election, claim, surrender or
disclaimer have been provided in writing to the Buyer Entities at least 15 Business Days
prior to the expiry of any time limit that such election, claim, surrender or disclaimer is
required to be filed with any Taxation authority.
(f) If the party reviewing Tax Returns prepared by the other party hereto as set forth in
Section 5.11(d) does not consent to the filing of such Tax Returns in accordance with Section
5.11(d), the reviewing party shall give written notice to the Buyer or the Sellers’ Representative,
as applicable, within 30 days after delivery thereof. Any notice of dispute shall set forth in
detail the basis for the reviewing party’s objections. If the Sellers’ Representative and the
Buyer are unable to resolve the disagreement within 10 days after delivery of the written dispute
notice, the parties shall engage the Reviewing Accountant to resolve the issues in dispute. The
scope of review by the Reviewing Accountant shall be limited to the matters in dispute. The
decision of the Reviewing Accountant shall be rendered within 20 days of the engagement and shall
be binding on the parties. The Seller Parties, on the one hand, and the Buyer, on the other, shall
each pay one-half of the cost of the Reviewing Accountant.
(g) The Seller Parties and the Buyer Entities shall, and the Buyer Entities shall cause the
Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K., after the Closing to, (i) cooperate, as
reasonably requested (including, without limitation, the right to provide reasonable comments and
to make reasonable revisions to the UK returns as requested), in connection with the preparation
and filing of any Tax Returns relating to the Purchased Assets, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries,
Pipeline Seal U.K. or the Business; and (ii) preserve and make available to each other, as
reasonably requested, information, records and documents with respect to Tax matters pertinent to
the Purchased Assets, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K. or the Business for
taxable periods ending on or before or after, but including, the Closing Date.
(h) All Tax sharing or similar arrangements (with respect to the current year, future years or
past years) to which any Seller Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. is a party shall be
terminated as of the Closing Date, and after the Closing Date, no Seller Foreign Subsidiary nor
Pipeline Seal U.K. shall be bound thereby or have any rights or obligations thereunder.
(i) If Pipeline Seal U.K. has obtained a Saving (as defined below), the relevant Buyer Entity
will as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter repay to the Seller Parties the lesser of:
(A) The amount of the Saving (as so determined); and
(B) the aggregate amount (if any) paid by the Seller Parties in respect of the
liability for Taxes which has resulted in the Saving in question less any part of
that amount previously repaid to the Seller Parties under any provision of this
Agreement or otherwise.
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(j) If the amount mentioned in Section 5.11(i)(A) exceeds the amount mentioned in Section
5.11(i)(B), the amount of the excess shall be carried forward and set off against (and so shall
reduce and eliminate) any Liability of the Seller Parties under Section 5.11(b) and 5.11(c) then
outstanding or which arises after such determination, in the latter case as and when such liability
arises.
(k) In determining whether Pipeline Seal U.K. has obtained a Saving in Section 5.11(i), the
relevant auditors will act as experts and not as arbitrators and their determination will (in the
absence of manifest error) be conclusive and binding on the parties. For the purposes of Section
5.11(i), a “Saving” means the credit or other reduction or elimination of any liability of Pipeline
Seal U.K. to make an actual payment of Tax in respect of which the Seller Parties would not have
been liable by use of any relief arising wholly as a result of a liability for Tax in respect of
which the Seller Parties have made payment under Sections 5.11(b) or 5.11(c). For the avoidance of
doubt, Pipeline Seal U.K. shall not be regarded as having obtained a Saving for the purposes of
this Section 5.11(k) until the date on which Pipeline Seal U.K. would have been liable to make an
actual payment of Tax but for the use of credit, reduction or elimination of liability.
(l) If Pipeline Seal U.K. or the Buyer Entities or any Buyer Affiliate (on behalf of Pipeline
Seal U.K.) receives any refund or other repayment of Taxes which relates to a period or portion
thereof ending prior to Closing and which has not been taken into account in the financial
statements, including without limitation both an actual repayment and a credit to be offset against
any other liability to Taxes, the relevant Buyer Entity will as soon as is reasonably practicable
thereafter repay to the Seller Parties the lesser of:
(i) the amount of the repayment of Taxes to Pipeline Seal U.K.; and
(ii) the aggregate amount (if any) paid by the Seller Parties in respect of any Tax
liabilities in connection with Pipeline Seal U.K. under Section 5.11(b) or 5.11(c) less any
part of that amount previously paid to the Seller Parties under any provision of this
Agreement or otherwise.
(m) If upon receipt of a repayment of Taxes pursuant to Section 5.11(l) the amount mentioned
in Section 5.11(l)(i) exceeds the amount mentioned in Section 5.11(l)(ii) the excess will be set
off against (and so will reduce or eliminate) any liability of Pipeline Seal U.K. under Section
5.11(b) or 5.11(c) then outstanding or which arises after such determination, in the latter case as
and when such liability arises.
(n) Indemnification by the Buyer Entities in Respect of Certain Tax Matters.
(i) The Buyer Entities hereby covenant to pay to the Seller Parties an amount equal to
any Tax paid by the Seller Parties pursuant to section 710, section 713 or section 716 of
the U.K. Corporation Tax Act 2010 in circumstances where the tax payer company or the
transferred company (as referred to therein) is Pipeline Seal U.K., provided that the Buyer
Entities shall have no obligation to make any payment under this section to the extent that
the Tax so payable by the Seller Parties:
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(A) is a liability for Tax in respect of which any of the Buyer Entities has or
will have a claim against the Seller Parties but no actual payment has been made by
the Seller Parties; or
(B) has been recovered by the Seller Parties under section 717(2) of the
Corporation Tax Act 2010 (and the Seller Parties shall procure that no such recovery
is sought to the extent that payment is made by the Buyer Entities hereunder).
(ii) The covenant in Section 5.11(l)(i) shall extend to any costs reasonably or
properly incurred by the Seller Parties in connection with any such Tax or the relevant
claim under this Section 5.11(n).
(o) The Seller Parties and the Buyer Entities believe that Xxxxxxx Plastik is entitled to a
tax credit resulting from withholding tax (Kapitalertragsteuer) paid by PSI Germany prior to the
date hereof with respect to dividend payments received by Xxxxxxx Plastik from PSI Germany in
December 2010 (the “FP Tax Credit”), and that Xxxxxxx Plastik is entitled to credit the FP
Tax Credit against its German corporate income tax liability. The Buyer Entities shall cause
Xxxxxxx Plastik, as soon as practicable from and after the Closing, to make all filings with the
applicable tax authorities reasonably requested by the Seller Parties and to take all other actions
necessary, reasonable or appropriate as reasonably requested by the Seller Parties to perfect
Xxxxxxx Plastik’s right to receive a credit or credits in the amount of the FP Tax Credit against
German corporate income tax otherwise payable by Xxxxxxx Plastik to the German tax authorities. As
and when the FP Tax Credit is applied after the Closing as an offset against the German corporate
income tax liability of Xxxxxxx Plastik, the Buyer Entities shall procure payment to the Seller’s
Representative, on behalf of the Seller Parties, of the amount of the FP Tax Credit exceeding the
2010 corporate income Tax liability (less the amount of any prepayments made prior to the Effective
Time) of Xxxxxxx Plastik.
(p) In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of Section 1.12(b) and the
provisions of this Section 5.11, the provisions of Section 1.12(b) shall control for all purposes
of this Agreement.
5.12 Transfer of Assets of GPP and Mavei.
(a) Prior to Closing, GPP will sell, transfer and properly assign (with the consent of any
necessary third party) to PSI Germany and PSI Germany will purchase all of the assets of GPP, other
than the assets listed on Schedule 5.12(a) (the “GPP Sale Transaction”). PSI Germany shall
not assume any liabilities of GPP pursuant to the GPP Sale Transaction other than liabilities that
will be Seller Foreign Entity Assumed Liabilities pursuant to Section 1.7. As an incident to such
transaction, GPP shall, for a period not to exceed thirty days from the Closing Date, employ its
own two-person clerical staff and use its own facilities, at no cost to the Buyer Entities, in
assisting the Buyer Entities in invoicing customers of the business of GPP with respect to
transactions occurring prior to the consummation of the GPP Sale Transaction and providing any
other services provided by GPP to the Seller Parties and their Affiliates prior to Closing, as and
to the extent reasonably requested and directed by the Buyer Entities.
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(b) The parties hereto have assumed that German VAT applies to the GPP Sale Transaction, and,
accordingly, GPP, PSI Germany and Xxxxxx will prior to the Closing enter into that certain
Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit Q (the “German VAT Agreement”). The parties hereto
agree, as provided in Section 2 of the German VAT Agreement, that Xxxxxx will settle the purchase
price for the GPP Assets and PSI Germany will settle the related German VAT amount (the “GPP
Sale VAT”) as stated in any proper invoices issued by GPP to PSI Germany with respect to the
GPP Sale Transaction. The GPP Sale VAT is in principle deductible as input-VAT by PSI Germany and
results in a VAT refund claim of PSI Germany if and to the extent the input VAT exceeds the VAT
liabilities of PSI Germany for the respective assessment period. In order to settle the GPP Sale
VAT, the Seller Parties will cause PSI Germany to assign to GPP such VAT refund claim in accordance
with sec. 46 German Fiscal Code (Abgabenordnung) pursuant to the terms of the German VAT Agreement.
The Buyer Entities will cause PSI Germany to pay to GPP any portion of such GPP Sale VAT not deemed
paid by this assignment in immediately available funds by wire transfer into GPP’s bank account as
designated by the Seller’s Representative promptly upon PSI Germany becoming aware that such
portion will not be deemed paid by this assignment but in any case subject to the compliance of the
invoice issued by GPP with sec. 14, 14a German VAT Act (Umsatzsteuergesetz). The parties hereto
agree that any such liability of PSI Germany shall not have any impact on the Purchase Price. The
Buyer Entities shall cause PSI Germany to comply from and after the Closing with its obligations
under the German VAT Agreement. If the GPP Sale Transaction qualifies as a non-VATable sale of an
independent part of a business (sec. 1 para 1a German VAT Act), the Sellers Parties shall procure
that the GPP Sale VAT is refunded to PSI Germany by the Sellers Parties as provided for in Section
4 of the German VAT Agreement, and the Buyer Entities shall cause PSI Germany to cooperate
reasonably with the Seller Parties in this process.
(c) Prior to Closing, Mavei will sell, transfer and properly assign (including with the
consent of the lessor under the real property lease to which Mavei is party as lessee (the
“Mavei Lease”) to PSI Germany and PSI Germany will purchase all of the assets of Mavei,
other than the assets listed on Schedule 5.12(c) (the “Mavei Sale Transaction”). In
connection with such transaction, PSI Germany shall offer to employ and use commercially reasonable
efforts to hire all of the employees of Mavei (but shall not hire or offer to employ Xxxxxxx
Quooss) at a level of wages, overall compensation and benefits substantially similar to those
provided by Mavei immediately prior to consummation of the Mavei Sale Transaction. PSI Germany
shall not assume any liabilities of Mavei relating to the period prior to the closing of the Mavei
Sale Transaction; provided, that, in the event the lessor under the Mavei Lease so
requires, PSI Germany shall assume the liabilities of the lessee under the Mavei Lease relating to
the period prior to the closing of the Mavei Sale Transaction, and, in that event, such liabilities
shall be Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Liabilities and the Seller Parties shall indemnify PSI
Germany from any Damages related to the assumption of such liabilities (to the extent not
reimbursed by Mavei) incurred by PSI Germany.
(d) If any of the assets of GPP or Mavei described in Sections 5.12(a) and 5.12(c) have not
been transferred to PSI Germany prior to Closing because such assets are not assignable or
transferable either by virtue of the provisions thereof or under Law or without the Consent of any
Person that has not been obtained prior to Closing, the Seller Parties will use their commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain, as soon as practicable after Closing, any such required
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Consents and assign or transfer such assets to PSI Germany. With respect to any Contract,
property or right that has not been transferred or assigned prior to Closing, the Seller Parties
will enter into any reasonable arrangement (or cause Mavei to enter into such arrangement, as the
case may be) with PSI Germany that is designed to give PSI Germany the practical benefits of such
Contract, property or right without any additional xxxx-up or other cost to PSI Germany.
(e) Any liabilities of GPP or Mavei to such Person’s creditors resulting from, respectively,
the GPP Sale Transaction or the Mavei Sale Transaction, shall be the sole responsibility of the
Seller Parties, and the Seller Parties shall indemnify the Buyer Entities and their Affiliates from
any Damages related thereto.
5.13 Warranty Work. The Buyer agrees to perform, or to cause Pipeline Seal U.K. or
one of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries to perform following Closing, any warranty work required by
any warranty with respect to any products made, manufactured, constructed, distributed, sold,
leased, supported or installed by the Sellers, Pipeline Seal U.K. or the Seller Foreign
Subsidiaries at or prior to the Effective Time. With respect to any such warranty work performed
by the Buyer, Pipeline Seal U.K. or a Seller Foreign Subsidiary following Closing, the Seller
Parties agree to reimburse the Buyer, Pipeline Seal U.K. or such Seller Foreign Subsidiary for its
actual costs in performing such work (including reasonable allocations of overhead for all claims
in the aggregate exceeding $10,000) within 15 days of receiving an invoice from the Buyer, Pipeline
Seal U.K. or such Seller Foreign Subsidiary with respect to such work.
5.14 Cooperation. The parties hereto shall generally cooperate with each other and do
such other acts and things in good faith as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to
effectuate timely the intent and purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
5.15 Waiver of Bulk Sale Laws. The Buyer Entities and the Seller Parties hereby waive
compliance with any applicable bulk sale or bulk transfer law or other analogous legislation in
force in any jurisdiction of the United States or Europe in which the Purchased Assets are located.
As between the parties, the Seller Parties shall be responsible for any liability resulting from
the failure of the Sellers to comply with any such bulk sale or bulk transfer law (or other
analogous legislation).
5.16 Environmental Compliance. Prior to the Closing, the Seller Parties shall remove
or cause the removal of all containers, machinery and equipment on the Business Real Property
currently or previously using or containing Trichloroethylene or any other chlorinated volatile
organic compound, including, but not limited to, vapor degreasers and shall report any
environmental contamination on the Business Real Property as required by applicable Law to all
applicable Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over such contamination. The Seller
Parties will provide the Buyer with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer that the actions
required by this Section 5.16 have been completed by the Seller Parties prior to Closing.
5.17 Canusa Settlement Agreement. To the extent the parties thereto have not prior to
the Closing executed and delivered the Agreement between Isoplus Fernwarmetechnik GmbH
(“Isoplus”), Canusa — CPS, a division of Shawcor Ltd, Canusa Systems Limited and PSI
Germany in the form attached as Exhibit R hereto (the “Proposed Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxx”), XXX Xxxxxxx shall have the right after the Closing to continue to
negotiate such agreement and to make reasonable accommodations therein as requested by Isoplus and
enter into such an agreement, as so modified (the “Canusa Settlement Agreement”), and any
obligations of PSI Germany and its Affiliates pursuant to such Canusa Settlement Agreement shall be
considered Canusa Product Liability for purposes of Section 7.1(c).
5.18 U.K. Lease. The Seller Parties shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Buyer Entities and their Affiliates for any Damages arising out of the Lease between Artisan (UK)
Developments Limited and Pipeline Seal U.K. relating to Xxxx 0X, 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Business
Park, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire and any related written or oral agreements including, without
limitation, the Underlease between Pipeline Seal U.K. and Lees Mohawk (UK) Limited (collectively
the “Unit 1A Leases”). Any such Damages shall be net of amounts received by Pipeline Seal
U.K. from Lees Mohawk (UK) to the extent such amounts are not otherwise payable to the ultimate
lessor of the property underlying the Unit 1A Leases. Further, the Seller Parties hereby covenant
that they will use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the parties to such Unit 1A
Leases (other than Pipeline Seal U.K.), or their successors in interest, if any, as soon as
possible following the date hereof, to consent to an assignment of Pipeline Seal U.K.’s interests
in each such Unit 1A Lease to a third party or to a cancellation of such Unit 1A Leases, and to
effectuate such assignment or cancellation, with each such party in either case releasing Pipeline
Seal U.K. in writing from any further liability thereunder; provided, that in any event,
the Seller Parties shall obtain such consents, assignments or cancellations, and releases, within
90 days following the Closing. The Buyer and its Affiliates shall cooperate with the Seller
Parties as reasonably requested by such Seller Parties in obtaining the consents, assignments,
cancellations and releases required by this Section 5.18.
5.19 Malaysian JV. In the event the Seller Parties are unable to obtain the
certificate(s) evidencing all of GPP’s Equity Interests in the Malaysian JV as referenced in
Section 1.10(a)(xvi) prior to the Closing, the Seller Parties shall deliver such certificate(s) as
soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing and in any event, no later than the date that
is 14 days following the Closing. The Seller Parties shall indemnify the Buyer and its Affiliates
for any Damages related to or arising from the failure to deliver such certificate(s) at the
Closing.
5.20 Certain Liabilities Relating to Accrued Vacation/Holiday and Sick Days. With
respect to liabilities of the U.S. Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K.
for accrued vacation/holiday and sick days for their employees as of the Effective Time, to the
extent such liabilities are Excluded Liabilities, the parties hereto agree to negotiate in good
faith, from and after the Closing, a reasonable mechanism whereby the Seller Parties may discharge
all such liabilities in a single payment to the Buyer.
Section 6. Closing Conditions.
6.1 Mutual Conditions. The respective obligations of each party to consummate the
transactions required to be consummated by it at the Closing shall be subject to the fulfillment of
the following conditions:
(a) No party to this Agreement shall be subject on the Closing Date to any Order that enjoins
or prohibits the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
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Primary Transaction Agreements, nor shall there be any Proceeding pending or threatened by any
Person (other than a party to this Agreement or any of such Person’s Affiliates) that challenges,
or seeks Damages or other relief in connection with, the transactions contemplated hereby, or that
may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal, or otherwise interfering with any of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) No Law shall have been adopted or promulgated as of the Closing Date having the effect of
making the transactions contemplated herein illegal or otherwise prohibiting consummation of, or
making void or voidable, the transactions contemplated herein.
(c) Any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act, the German Act against Restraints of
Competition or similar anti-competition Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby shall
have expired or been terminated.
6.2 Seller Parties’ Conditions. The obligations of the Seller Parties to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby at the Closing shall be subject to the fulfillment of the
following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Sellers’ Representative:
(a) All representations and warranties (individually and collectively) of the Buyer Entities
in this Agreement and all other documents and certificates required to be delivered hereby shall
be, if specifically qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects and, if not so
qualified, shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case on the date hereof and
as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date, but without giving effect to any supplement
to any Disclosure Schedule to this Agreement delivered following the date hereof. The Buyer
Entities shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements
and conditions (individually and collectively) contained in this Agreement required to be performed
and complied with by them at or prior to the Closing Date.
(b) The Buyer shall have delivered to the Seller Parties a certificate certifying as to the
matters set forth in Section 6.2(a) executed by its an authorized officer of the Buyer.
(c) The Buyer shall have delivered each document required to be delivered, and made each
payment required to be paid, pursuant to Section 1.10(b).
(d) The Buyer shall have delivered to the Seller Parties a certificate from the secretary or
an assistant secretary of the Buyer certifying (i) that attached thereto is a true and complete
copy of the resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Buyer authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and (ii) as to
the incumbency and signatures of any of the Buyer’s officers who will execute documents at the
Closing or who have executed this Agreement.
(e) The Buyer shall have delivered to the Seller Parties a current certificate of existence,
dated as of a date not more than 10 days prior to the date hereof, of the Buyer from the state of
Colorado.
6.3 Buyer Entities’ Conditions. The obligations of the Buyer Entities to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby at the Closing shall be subject to the fulfillment of the
following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Buyer (in whole or in part):
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(a) All representations and warranties (individually and collectively) of the Seller Parties
in this Agreement and all other documents and certificates required to be delivered hereby shall
be, if specifically qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects and, if not so
qualified, shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case on the date hereof and
as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date, but without giving effect to any supplement
to the Disclosure Schedules delivered after the date hereof. The Seller Parties shall have
performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions
(individually and collectively) contained in this Agreement required to be performed and complied
with by them at or prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Each Seller and each Selling Shareholder (other than Xxxxxxx) shall have delivered to the
Buyer a certificate certifying the matters set forth in Section 6.3(a) with respect to itself
executed by its President or Chief Executive Officer and each Owner shall have delivered to the
Buyer a certificate certifying the matters set forth in Section 6.3(a) with respect to himself.
(c) The Seller Parties shall have delivered to the Buyer the Seller Consents set forth on
Schedule 6.3(c), and each such Seller Consent shall be in full force and effect.
(d) The Seller Parties shall have delivered to the Buyer amendments to the distribution
agreements listed on Schedule 6.3(d), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer.
(e) The Seller Parties shall have delivered each document required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 1.10(a), duly executed by each of the applicable Seller Parties.
(f) Since September 14, 2010, no change, event, occurrence or condition shall have occurred
that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) The Seller Parties shall have delivered to the Buyer a certificate from the secretary of
each Seller Party (other than the Owners), each Seller Foreign Subsidiary and Pipeline Seal UK
certifying (i) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of such Person’s articles of
incorporation or other comparable organizational document and all amendments thereto, as certified
by the appropriate Governmental Authority of such Person’s jurisdiction of formation (except in the
case of PSI Germany, to the extent that such certification is not reasonably obtainable from the
applicable German commercial registry due to the age of the records, in which case, the Seller
Parties shall deliver such documents without such certification), (ii) that attached thereto is a
true and complete copy of the bylaws or other comparable organizational document of each such
Person, as then in effect, and (iii) solely with respect to each Seller Party (other than the
Owners), that (x) attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the resolutions adopted by such
Seller Party’s board of directors and shareholders authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and (y) as to the
incumbency and signatures of any of each such Seller Party’s officers who will execute documents at
the Closing or who have executed this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the corporate
laws applicable to a Seller Foreign Subsidiary do not contemplate an office equivalent to
secretary, the aforementioned documents may be provide by a notary in certified copy.
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(h) The Seller Parties shall have delivered to the Buyer a current certificate of existence, a
current certificate of corporate good standing (to the extent such is generally obtainable in the
applicable jurisdiction) or other comparable document of each Seller Party (other than the Owners),
the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K., dated as of a date not more than 10
Business Days prior to the Closing, from the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation.
(i) The Seller Parties shall have delivered to the Buyer evidence satisfactory to the Buyer
that prior to or substantially concurrent with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (i) all of the Closing Indebtedness shall have been paid in full and all Liens,
other than Permitted Encumbrances, and other security interests in the properties and assets of the
Sellers, the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. shall have been released and
terminated, (ii) all Seller Transaction Expenses shall have been paid in full, (iii) all Change of
Control payments shall have been made and (iv) the Unpaid 2010 Bonuses and Commissions shall have
been paid in full.
(j) The Seller Parties shall have delivered to the Buyer a certificate (to the extent that
such is generally obtainable in the applicable jurisdiction) as to the tax good standing status of
each Seller Party (other than the Owners) dated as of a date no more than 10 Business Days prior to
the Closing from the jurisdiction of its formation.
(k) The Buyer shall have received a legal opinion from counsel to the Seller Parties, dated as
of the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit S.
(l) The Seller Parties shall have delivered to the Buyer the resignations, effective as of the
Effective Time, of the directors and executive officers (or the equivalent positions) of each of
the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. and of any directors or officers of the
Seller Foreign JVs appointed by the Selling Shareholders, including with respect to any positions
held by Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx or Xxxxx Xxxxx, evidence of the termination of the respective
employment or service contract and all rights to employment effective prior to the Effective Time.
In the case of Xx. Xxxxx, (i) a resignation (Niederlegung) of any such position may be substituted
with a shareholders’ resolution removing him from his office as managing director of Xxxxxxx
Plastik and PSI Germany with effect immediately prior to the Effective Time (Abberufung), and (ii)
the delivery of evidence of the termination of his employment or service contract effective prior
to the Effective Time may be substituted with evidence that a notice of termination with regard to
Xx. Xxxxx’x employment terminating such relationship with effect to the next permissible date
(i.e., December 31, 2011) and releasing Xx. Xxxxx from his duty to work effective immediately prior
to the Effective Time has been received by Xx Xxxxx prior to the Effective Time.
(m) The Seller Parties shall ensure that the person specified in Schedule 6.3(m) is appointed
as managing director of Xxxxxxx Plastik and PSI Germany with effect as from the Effective Time and
shall have delivered to the Buyer evidence in this regard.
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Section 7. Indemnification.
7.1 Seller Parties’ Agreement to Indemnify. Subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 7.3 and elsewhere in this Section 7, each Seller Party and Xxxxxx, jointly and severally,
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Buyer Entities and their respective Affiliates
(including, without limitation, the Seller Foreign Entities after Closing) and their respective
successors and assigns, managers, officers, directors, equity holders, employees and agents
(collectively, the “Buyer Indemnified Parties”) for, and will pay to such Persons or
reimburse such Persons for, any and all Damages arising or resulting from or in connection with:
(a) any breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty of any Seller Party contained
in this Agreement, or in any agreement or certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this
Agreement or the Primary Transaction Agreements;
(b) any breach or nonfulfillment of any covenant or agreement of any Seller Party contained in
this Agreement;
(c) any Excluded Liability including, without limitation, any Canusa Product Liability;
(d) any Environmental Liability of or related to any Seller Party, Seller Foreign Subsidiary,
Pipeline Seal U.K., the Business (other than as conducted by the Seller Foreign JVs) or the
Facilities arising during or relating to the period prior to the Effective Time; and
(e) any Closing Indebtedness, Change of Control Payments, Seller Transaction Expenses and
Unpaid 2010 Bonuses and Commissions existing on the date hereof and not satisfied in full from the
Closing Payment pursuant to Section 1.9.
7.2 Buyer’s Agreement to Indemnify. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section
7.3 and elsewhere in this Section 7, each Buyer Entity, jointly and severally, shall indemnify and
hold harmless the Seller Parties and their respective Affiliates and their managers, officers,
directors, equity holders, employees and agents for, and will pay to such Persons or reimburse such
Persons for, any and all Damages arising or resulting from or in connection with:
(a) any breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty of any Buyer Entity contained
in this Agreement, or in any agreement or certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this
Agreement or the Primary Transaction Agreements;
(b) any breach or nonfulfillment of any covenant or agreement of the Buyer Entities contained
in this Agreement;
(c) any Assumed Liability; and
(d) any Seller Foreign Entity Assumed Liability.
7.3 Liability Limitations. Notwithstanding anything set forth in Section 7.1 or
Section 7.2 to the contrary:
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(a) No party hereto will have liability under Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.2(a), as applicable,
until the aggregate amount of Damages under such subsection exceeds $500,000, at which point the
Indemnifying Party will be obligated to indemnify for the full amount of Damages in excess of
$250,000; provided, that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to claims based on fraud
or intentional misrepresentation, or breach of the Seller Fundamental Representations or the Buyer
Fundamental Representations, for which, in each case, the Indemnifying Party shall be obligated to
indemnify for the full amount of Damages.
(b) No party hereto will have liability under Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.2(a), as applicable,
to the extent the total Damages exceeds $30,000,000; provided, however, that the
foregoing limitation shall not apply to claims based on fraud or intentional misrepresentation or
breach of the Seller Fundamental Representations or the Buyer Fundamental Representations; and the
amount of Damages for which the Seller Parties and Xxxxxx shall be collectively liable based on
breaches or inaccuracies of the representations or warranties of the Seller Parties related to the
Seller Foreign JVs, to the extent that such representations or warranties are qualified by
“Sellers’ Knowledge”, shall not exceed an aggregate of $500,000.
(c) No indemnification will be required by any party hereto under Section 7.1(a) or Section
7.2(a), as applicable, unless the Sellers’ Representative or the Buyer (as applicable) has received
notice of a claim on or before the date that is eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date;
provided that such limitation will not apply to (i) any breach or inaccuracy of any
representation or warranty contained in Section 2.8 (Taxes and Tax Returns), for which indemnity
will be required as long as the Sellers’ Representative receives notice of a claim with respect
thereto on or before the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations for such claim (it
being understood and agreed that with respect to Taxes of a German Governmental Authority, the
expiration of the applicable statute of limitations for such claims shall be the date six months
after the respective Tax became un-appealable and final (formell and materiell bestandskraftig),
(ii) any breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 2.23(d), for
which indemnity will be required as long as the Sellers’ Representative receives notice of a claim
with respect thereto on or before the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date, and (iii) claims for
fraud or intentional misrepresentation or for breach or inaccuracy of the other Seller Fundamental
Representations or Buyer Fundamental Representations, for which indemnification shall be required
without limitation.
7.4 Procedure for Indemnification — Third-Party Claims.
(a) If any Person claims indemnification hereunder arising from any claim or demand of a third
party, the party seeking indemnification (the “Indemnified Party”) will promptly notify the
party from whom indemnification is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing of the
basis for such claim or demand setting forth the nature of the claim or demand in reasonable
detail. The failure of the Indemnified Party to so notify the Indemnifying Party will not relieve
the Indemnifying Party of any obligation hereunder except to the extent the Indemnifying Party
demonstrates that the defense of such claim or demand is materially prejudiced by the failure to
give such notice.
(b) If any Proceeding is brought by a third party against an Indemnified Party and the
Indemnified Party gives notice to the Indemnifying Party pursuant to Section 7.4(a), the
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Indemnifying Party will, unless the underlying claim involves Taxes (other than withholding
Tax on dividend payments made by Xxxxxxx Plastik to Commerical Plastics in 2006 (the “2006
German Dividend Payments”)), be entitled to assume the defense of such Proceeding, if (i) the
Indemnifying Party provides written notice to the Indemnified Party that the Indemnifying Party
intends to undertake such defense, and by such notice it will be established that the Indemnifying
Party shall indemnify the Indemnified Party against claims for indemnification resulting from such
third-party claim as provided in this Section 7.4, (ii) the Indemnifying Party provides to the
Indemnified Party evidence acceptable to the Indemnified Party that the Indemnifying Party has the
financial resources to defend against the third-party claim and to fulfill its indemnification
obligations hereunder, (iii) the Indemnifying Party conducts the defense of the third-party claim
actively and diligently with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, and (iv) if
the Indemnifying Party is a party to the proceeding, the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying
Party have not determined in good faith that joint representation would be inappropriate. If the
Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of a Proceeding, no compromise or settlement of such claims
may be effected by the Indemnifying Party without the Indemnified Party’s consent unless (A) there
is no finding or admission of any violation of law or any violation of the rights of any Person and
no effect on any other claims that may be made against the Indemnified Party and (B) the sole
relief provided is monetary damages that are paid in full by the Indemnifying Party.
(c) If (i) notice is given by the Indemnified Party to the Indemnifying Party of the
commencement of any third-party Proceeding and the Indemnifying Party does not, within 30 days
after the Indemnified Party’s notice is given, give notice to the Indemnified Party of its election
to assume the defense of such Proceeding, or (ii) any of the conditions set forth in clauses (i) —
(iv) of Section 7.4(b) above become unsatisfied, the Indemnified Party will (upon notice to the
Indemnifying Party) have the right to undertake the defense, compromise or settlement of such claim
and the Indemnifying Party will remain responsible for any indemnifiable amounts to the extent
provided in this Section 7.
(d) For purposes of Section 7.1(a) and Section 7.2(a), a “breach” of a representation or
warranty will include allegations in a Proceeding brought by a third-party against an Indemnified
Party alleging facts that, if true, would constitute a breach of such representation or warranty.
(e) For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto expressly acknowledge that the provisions
of this Section 7.4 shall be fully applicable to all claims, demands and Proceedings relating to
the potential imposition by the German tax authorities of withholding Tax on the 2006 German
Dividend Payments.
7.5 Indemnification Procedure — Direct Claims. If an Indemnified Party claims
indemnification hereunder for any claim other than third-party claims, then the parties are free to
pursue any remedy available in equity or at law (subject to the terms of this Agreement, including
Section 7.13).
7.6 Survival. Subject to Section 7.3(c) all representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements made by the parties hereto in this Agreement, the Disclosure Schedules and the
documents to be executed in connection with this Agreement and the Primary Transaction
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Agreements, will survive the Closing. A party’s consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby will not limit or affect its rights to recover under this Section 7.6.
7.7 Interest. Interest will accrue on the unpaid amount of all indemnification
obligations hereunder at the Prime Rate, such interest to be calculated based on the actual number
of days elapsed from the date each indemnification obligation becomes due and owing until paid in
full and will be based on a 365-day year.
7.8 Escrow Amounts. The Sellers’ Representative will instruct the Escrow Agent to
release to the Buyer pursuant to the Escrow Agreement any amount owed by a Seller Party to a Buyer
Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 7, but the Escrow Amount will not be the Buyer
Indemnified Parties’ sole recourse.
7.9 [Intentionally Deleted].
7.10 Exclusion of Damages. In no event shall any party be liable for loss of profits,
punitive or consequential damages incurred by an Indemnified Party hereunder; it being understood
that the Indemnifying Parties shall only be liable for such Damages (subject to the limitations on
liability set forth in this Section 7) to the extent loss of profits, punitive or consequential
damages are incurred or suffered by a third party and payable by the Indemnified Party with respect
to a claim made by such third party.
7.11 Subrogation. Upon making any payment to an Indemnified Party for any
indemnification claim under this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated, to the
extent of such payment (an “Indemnification Payment”), to any rights which the Indemnified
Party or its Affiliates may have (a) against any Governmental Authority (b) against a third-party
insurance company under insurance policies held by the Seller Parties and the Seller Foreign
Entities immediately prior to the Closing, in each case with respect to the subject matter
underlying such indemnification claim, or (c) against any Person with respect to Environmental
Liabilities underlying such indemnification claim. The Indemnified Party and its Affiliates shall
reasonably cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in the pursuit of such rights and shall promptly
turn over to the Indemnifying Party any payments (up to the amount of the Indemnification Payment)
received in respect of such rights.
7.12 Calculation of Damages. For purposes of this Section 7, the amount of any
Damages shall be computed net of any insurance proceeds actually received by Buyer or its
Affiliates after the Closing from a third party insurance company under an insurance policy held by
the Seller Parties or the Seller Foreign Entities immediately prior to Closing.
7.13 Exclusive Remedy. Except for claims of fraud or intentional misrepresentation,
the indemnification provided in this Section 7 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy after the
Closing for breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement by the parties hereto;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent any party from pursuing
remedies of specific performance or injunctive relief, declaratory judgment or any other
non-monetary equitable remedies available to it under applicable Law. All amounts payable by one
party in indemnification of the other shall be considered an adjustment in the dollar amount
thereof to the Purchase Price, and the parties will make all reasonable efforts to effectuate and
appropriately
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document same, including, without limitation, by means of making appropriate filings with
applicable Governmental Authorities.
Section 8. Termination.
8.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:
(a) by mutual written consent of the Sellers’ Representative and the Buyer;
(b) by the Sellers’ Representative by written notice to the Buyer, if the Closing has not
occurred for any reason, other than a breach by any Seller Party or its Affiliates of any provision
of this Agreement, by February 28, 2011;
(c) by the Buyer, by written notice to the Sellers’ Representative, if the Closing has not
occurred for any reason, other than the breach by any Buyer Entity or its Affiliates of any
provision of this Agreement, by February 28, 2011;
(d) by the Sellers’ Representative, if any Buyer Entity materially breaches any provision of
this Agreement and such breach remains uncured for a period of 30 days after the Buyer receives
written notice of such breach; or
(e) by the Buyer, if any Seller Party materially breaches any provision of this Agreement and
such breach remains uncured for a period of 30 days after the Sellers’ Representative receives
notice of such breach.
8.2 Procedure and Effect of Termination. In the event of a termination of this
Agreement by any Person pursuant to Section 8.1:
(a) The terminating party shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other parties, and
the transactions contemplated hereby shall be abandoned, without further action by any of the
parties hereto.
(b) All further obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate, except that the
obligations in this Section 8.2, and Section 9 (General Provisions) hereof shall survive.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each of the parties to this Agreement
shall be entitled to any remedy to which such party may be entitled in equity or at law for the
violation or breach by any other party of any agreement, covenant, representation or warranty
contained in this Agreement.
(c) All filings, applications and other submissions relating to the transactions contemplated
herein shall, to the extent practicable, be withdrawn from the agency or other Person to which
made.
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Section 9. General Provisions.
9.1 Construction.
(a) Unless the context requires otherwise, the word “including” and variations thereof mean
including without limitation, the words “hereof” and “herein,” and similar terms refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not any particular section, and any reference to a Law will include,
unless otherwise stated, any amendment or successor thereto and any rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
(b) The parties acknowledge that they and their attorneys have reviewed this Agreement and
have had the opportunity to negotiate fully all of its provisions, and that any rule of
construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party, or
any similar rule operating against the drafter of an agreement, will not be applicable to the
construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
(c) Each representation, warranty and covenant set forth herein will have independent
significance.
(d) Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding any specific reference to the disclosure of
any matter pursuant to any Disclosure Schedule attached hereto, all disclosures made pursuant to
any Section hereunder or on the Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed made for all other Sections to
which such disclosure may apply to the extent its relevance to such other Sections is reasonably
apparent on its face, and any headings or captions on any Section or Disclosure Schedule herein or
therein are for convenience of reference only.
9.2 Expenses. Subject to the last sentence of Section 1.15, the Buyer (with respect
to the Buyer Entities) on the one hand, and the Seller Parties (with respect to the Seller Parties
and the Seller Foreign Entities) on the other hand, shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by
such Persons in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
9.3 Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented only by an agreement in writing signed by each party against whom such amendment,
modification or supplement is sought to be enforced, except that the Sellers’ Representative will
be entitled to amend, modify or supplement this Agreement on behalf of itself and all of the Seller
Parties and the Buyer will be entitled to amend, modify or supplement this Agreement on behalf of
itself and all of the Buyer Entities. Any such writing must refer specifically to this Agreement.
9.4 Waiver of Compliance; Consents. The rights and remedies of the parties are
cumulative and not alternative and may be exercised concurrently or separately. No failure or
delay by any party in exercising any right or privilege under this Agreement will operate as a
waiver of such right or privilege. No waiver of any breach or default hereunder shall be
considered valid unless in writing and signed by the party giving such waiver (or if the party
giving such waiver is a Seller Party, by the Sellers’ Representative), and no such waiver shall be
deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default of the same or similar nature. Any consent
required or permitted by this Agreement is binding only if in writing.
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9.5 Sellers’ Representative. Each Seller Party hereby irrevocably appoints Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx (the “Sellers’ Representative”) as his or its true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution or resubstitution, to act solely and exclusively on behalf
of such Seller Party for all purposes hereunder (including any decision relating to termination,
waiver or indemnification) and for the purpose of delivering and receiving notices, including
service of process. All action required to be taken by the Seller Parties under this Agreement
may, to the extent contemplated herein, be taken by the action of the Sellers’ Representative, and
each Buyer Entity will be entitled to rely on all such actions taken or authorized by the Sellers’
Representative as being the binding acts of the Seller Parties.
9.6 Buyer’s Representative. Each Buyer Entity hereby irrevocably appoints the Buyer
as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution or
resubstitution, to act solely and exclusively, on behalf of such Buyer Entity for all purposes
hereunder (including any decision relating to termination, waiver, or indemnification) and for the
purpose of delivering and receiving notices, including service of process. All action required to
be taken by the Buyer Entities under this Agreement may, to the extent contemplated herein, be
taken by the action of the Buyer and each Seller Party shall be entitled to rely on all such
actions taken or authorized by the Buyer as being the binding acts of the Buyer Entities.
9.7 Notices. All notices, consents, waivers and other communications hereunder will
be in writing and will be (i) delivered by hand, or, in the case of the recipient being the
Seller’s Representative, transmitted by electronic mail, (ii) sent by facsimile transmission, or
(iii) sent certified mail or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, charges
prepaid, to the address set forth below (or such other address for a party as will be specified by
like notice):
(a) If to the Seller Parties, care of the Sellers’ Representative:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxx Xx.
Xxxx, Xxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Email: x000000@xx.xxx
0000 Xxxxxxx Xx.
Xxxx, Xxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Email: x000000@xx.xxx
with a copy to:
The Law Offices of Xxxx Xxxxxx
00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
and a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, LLP
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
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(b) If to the Buyer Entities, to:
Corrosion Control Corporation
c/o EnPro Industries, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxx, Vice President, Legal
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
c/o EnPro Industries, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxx, Vice President, Legal
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.A.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxx XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxx XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Notice sent to the Sellers’ Representative pursuant to this Section 9.7 will have the same
force and effect as if delivered to each Seller Party. Each such notice or other communication
will be deemed to have been duly given and to be effective (x) if delivered by hand or transmitted
by electronic mail, immediately upon delivery or transmission, respectively, if delivered or
transmitted on a Business Day during normal business hours and, if otherwise, on the next Business
Day; (y) if sent by facsimile transmission, immediately upon machine confirmation that such
transmission has been successfully transmitted on a Business Day before or during normal business
hours and, if otherwise, on the Business Day following such confirmation, or (z) if sent by a
nationally recognized overnight delivery service, on the day of delivery by such service or, if not
a Business Day, on the first Business Day after delivery. Notices and other communications sent
via facsimile must be followed within two Business Days by notice delivered by hand, nationally
recognized delivery services or by United States mail.
9.8 Publicity. Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Buyer and the
Sellers’ Representative shall cooperate with respect to the prompt issuance of a press release
announcing the transactions contemplated hereby. Any other public announcement or similar
publicity with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby will be issued at
such a time and in such a manner as the Buyer determines, subject to the reasonable approval of the
Sellers’ Representative, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Otherwise,
no party hereto will issue any public announcement or similar publicity of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Buyer.
9.9 Assignment; No Third-Party Rights. This Agreement and all of the provisions
hereof will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns, but neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or
obligations hereunder will be assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the
other party; provided that the Buyer Entities will have the right to assign their rights hereunder
to any of their Affiliates without such consent. Except as expressly set forth in
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Section 7.1 and Section 7.2, this Agreement and its provisions are for the sole benefit of the
parties to this Agreement and their successors and permitted assigns and will not give any other
Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim.
9.10 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. The execution, interpretation and performance of
this Agreement, and any disputes with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
will be governed by the internal laws and judicial decisions of the State of Delaware. If any
party commences a lawsuit or other proceeding relating to or arising from this Agreement, the
parties hereto submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any federal court located within the
states of Delaware or Texas for purposes of all such proceedings. The parties agree that such
courts shall be proper venue for any such lawsuit or judicial proceeding and waive any objection to
such venue. Each party hereto, to the fullest extent permitted by law, hereby irrevocably waives
any right to trial by jury of any claim, demand, action, or cause of action arising under this
Agreement.
9.11 Further Assurances; Records. Each party will cooperate and use commercially
reasonable efforts to take such actions, and execute all such further instruments and documents, at
or subsequent to the Closing, as another party or other parties may reasonably request in order to
effect the transactions contemplated by and the terms and purposes of this Agreement, including,
without limitation the execution of additional documents evidencing the assignment of Business
Proprietary Rights. Each party will provide the other party or parties with access to all relevant
documents and other information pertaining to the Business that are needed by such other party or
parties for the purposes of preparing Tax Returns or responding to an audit by any Governmental
Authority. Each Seller Party agrees to cooperate with and provide assistance to, the Buyer and its
Affiliates in connection with any Proceedings or other investigation relating to the Business, in
which, in the reasonable judgment of Buyer’s counsel, the assistance or cooperation of such Person
is needed. The Buyer shall reimburse such Person(s) for reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred in
connection with such assistance.
9.12 Severability. If any provision contained in this Agreement is for any reason
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability will not affect any other provision of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be
construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein,
unless the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any such provision substantially deprives
any party of the practical benefits intended to be conferred by this Agreement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any provision of this Agreement held invalid, illegal or unenforceable only in part
or degree will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, and the determination that any provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or
unenforceable as applied to particular circumstances will not affect the application of such
provision to circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable.
9.13 Currency; Exchange Rate. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all references to
dollar amounts in this Agreement are expressed in U.S. dollars. All conversions from another
currency into U.S. dollars used in determination of Closing Net Working Capital and the related
adjustment pursuant to Section 1.12 hereof shall be based on a conversion rate equal to €1.33 per
U.S. Dollar and £1.55 per U.S. Dollar.
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9.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of
which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same
instrument.
9.15 Electronic Signatures. The exchange of copies of this Agreement and of signature
pages by facsimile transmission (whether directly from one facsimile device to another by means of
a dial-up connection or whether mediated by the worldwide web), by electronic mail in “portable
document format” (“.pdf”) form, or by any other electronic means intended to preserve the original
graphic and pictorial appearance of a document, or by combination of such means, shall constitute
effective execution and delivery of this Agreement as to the parties and may be used in lieu of the
original Agreement for all purposes. Signatures of the parties to this Agreement and the Primary
Transaction Agreements, transmitted by facsimile shall be deemed to be their original signatures
for all purposes.
9.16 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the Exhibits hereto and the
Disclosure Schedules, constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in
respect of the subject matter hereof. The Exhibits hereto and the Disclosure Schedules are an
integral part of this Agreement and are incorporated by reference herein. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, promises, representations and statements between
the parties and their representatives with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, whether written or oral, including the letter agreement entered into between PSI and
EnPro Industries, Inc. dated September 14, 2010 (which is hereby terminated in its entirety,
including the Binding Provisions (as defined therein)), but excluding the Confidentiality Agreement
dated June 3, 2010 between EnPro Industries, Inc. and Pipeline Seal and Insulator, Inc., which
shall survive until Closing and terminate at Closing.
[signatures on following page]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Purchase Agreement as of the date first
written above.
BUYER ENTITIES: CORROSION CONTROL CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
XXXXXXX (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Director |
XXXXXXX GmbH |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
ENPRO LUXEMBOURG HOLDING COMPANY |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Manager |
COLTEC INDUSTRIES PACIFIC PTE LTD |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Director |
[Signature Page to Purchase Agreement]
SELLER PARTIES: PIPELINE SEAL AND INSULATOR, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: |
TEXAS PLASTICOTE, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | ||||
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
[Signature Page to Purchase Agreement]
PRESENT WHEN THE COMMON
SEAL of GPP Global Pipeline Products
Limited was affixed hereto:-
SEAL of GPP Global Pipeline Products
Limited was affixed hereto:-
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | ||||
Xxxxx Xxxx | ||||
PRESENT WHEN THE COMMON
SEAL of CPI Commercial Plastic
Industries Limited was affixed hereto:-
SEAL of CPI Commercial Plastic
Industries Limited was affixed hereto:-
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | ||||
Xxxxx Xxxx | ||||
[Signature Page to Purchase Agreement]
Solely with respect to the indemnification obligations set forth with respect to the undersigned in Section 7 hereof: XXXXXX INDUSTRIES CORP. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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DEFINITIONS APPENDIX
“Accounts Receivable” means all trade accounts receivable and all other accounts or
notes receivable, including accounts receivable from Affiliates, officers, directors, owners,
partners, members or managers of any Person and any claim and right related to any of the
foregoing.
“Affiliate” means with respect to any Person, each of the Persons that directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, owns or controls, is controlled by or is under
common control with, such Person. An Affiliate of a natural Person shall also include any natural
Person who is a grandparent, a descendant of any grandparent, a spouse, or a child of a spouse of
such Person, any natural Person who resides with such Person, and any Person controlled by any of
them. For the purpose of this Agreement, “control” means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Xxxxxx” means Xxxxxx Industries Corp., a Nevada corporation.
“Business Assets” means the Purchased Assets and the Seller Foreign Entity Assets.
“Business Contracts” means all Seller Contracts, Seller Foreign Entity Contracts and
any other Contracts entered into by a Seller Party or any Affiliate of such Persons (excluding the
Italian JV) in connection with the Business.
“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in Charlotte, North Carolina are generally closed for business.
“Business Proprietary Rights” means all of the Seller Proprietary Rights and all of
the Seller Foreign Entity Proprietary Rights as well as any Proprietary Rights of the Seller
Parties used by the Sellers or Seller Foreign Entities in the Business.
“Buyer Consents” means the Consent of any Person (other than the Buyer Entities or
their Affiliates) required to be obtained by the Buyer prior to the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
“Buyer Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties of the
Buyer set forth in Sections 4.1 (Organization), 4.2 (Authority; Enforceability), 4.3 (Consents and
Approvals; No Violation) and 4.5 (Brokers).
“Buyer’s Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of Xxxxxx XxXxxx and Xxxx Xxxxx.
“Canusa Product Liability” means liability for Damages incurred by PSI Germany or its
Affiliates as a result of warranty claims or Product Liability related to any sale of Superseal by
PSI Germany or its Affiliates prior to the Effective Time, and specifically including any liability
or obligations under the Canusa Settlement Agreement or any warranty related thereto.
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“Capital Lease” with respect to any Person, means any lease of property by such Person
as lessee that is or is required to be, in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting
principles, recorded as a capital lease on such Person’s balance sheet.
“Change of Control Payments” means all (a) change of control or other sale or
transaction bonuses payable to employees, officers or directors of any Seller Party, any Seller
Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. (or, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, any Seller Foreign JV) as
a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (b) severance obligations owed by
any Seller Party, any Seller Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. (or, to the Sellers’
Knowledge, any Seller Foreign JV) to employees, officers or directors thereof triggered as a result
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including with respect to clauses (a) and (b)
the employer portion of any payroll Taxes.
“Closing Date” means the date of the Closing.
“Closing Indebtedness” means, as of the Effective Time, (a) all outstanding principal,
interest, fees, expenses and other amounts and liabilities incurred or owed by the Sellers,
Pipeline Seal U.K. or the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, (i) in respect of borrowed money (including
the current portion thereof), (ii) in respect of Capital Leases, (iii) under any reimbursement
obligation relating to a letter of credit, bankers’ acceptance or note purchase agreement, (iv)
evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar instrument (including a purchase money obligation),
(v) for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade
payables), including any “earnout” or similar payments or any non-compete payments, or (vi) under
interest rate swap, hedging or similar agreements or (b) any liability of others described in the
preceding clause (a) that the Sellers, Pipeline Seal U.K. or any Seller Foreign Subsidiary has
guaranteed that is recourse to the Sellers, Pipeline Seal U.K., any Seller Foreign Subsidiary or
any of their assets or that is otherwise any of their legal liability or that is secured in whole
or in part by any of their assets. For purposes of this Agreement, Closing Indebtedness includes
(A) any and all accrued interest, success fees, prepayment premiums, make-whole premiums or
penalties and fees or expenses actually incurred (including lender’s attorneys’ fees) associated
with the prepayment of any Closing Indebtedness, (B) all Outstanding Checks, to the extent not
covered by immediately available funds in the accounts upon which drawn, and (C) cash, book or bank
account overdrafts.
“COBRA” means the U.S. Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including all
regulations and other authoritative Governmental Authority guidance issued with respect thereto.
“Consent” means any approval, consent, ratification, waiver, or other authorization.
“Contract” means any agreement, contract, promise or undertaking (whether oral or
written and whether express or implied).
“Copyright” means the legal right provided by the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, as
amended, to the expression contained in any work of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of
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expression together with any similar rights arising in any other country as a result of
statute or treaty.
“Covered Person” means any employee or official of a Governmental Authority, any
officer or employee of any directly or indirectly government-owned or controlled entity, and any
officer or employee of a public international organization, as well as any person acting in an
official capacity for or on behalf of any such Governmental Authority, department, agency,
instrumentality or for or on behalf of a public international organization and any political party
or candidate for political office.
“Damages” means damages, loss, liability, claim, expense (including cost of
investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) and diminution of value, whether or not involving a
third-party claim.
“Disclosure Schedule” means any schedule to this Agreement containing disclosure of
information delivered to the Buyer by the Seller Parties concurrently with the execution of this
Agreement.
“Environmental Laws” means any U.S. federal Law that relates to the generation,
storage, handling, discharge, emission, transportation, treatment, release, threatened release or
disposal of Hazardous Substances or to the protection of human health and the environment, in each
case as amended, the regulations implementing such acts, and the applicable foreign, state and
local equivalents of such acts and regulations, including common law.
“Environmental Liabilities” means all liabilities, obligations, responsibilities,
response, remedial and removal costs, investigation costs, capital costs, operation and maintenance
costs, losses, damages, including damages for diminution of the value of land, property damages,
natural resource damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), fines,
penalties and sanctions incurred as a result of or related to:
(a) any Proceeding by any Person against any Owner (in connection with the Business), any
other Seller Party or any Seller Foreign Entity under any Environmental Laws;
(b) any environmental matter or condition arising under or related to any Environmental Laws;
(c) any release or threatened release or presence of any Hazardous Substances whether on, at,
in, under, from or about or in the vicinity of any real or personal property; or
(d) the treatment, storage, handling, disposal, discharge, transportation or emission of any
Hazardous Substances, including the transportation or disposal of any Hazardous Substances by or on
behalf of any Seller Party, or any Seller Foreign Entity to any off-site facility.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, the capital stock, shares,
limited liability company interests, membership interests, partnership interests or other equity
interests of such Person.
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“ERISA” means the U. S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
including all regulations and other authoritative Governmental Authority guidance issued with
respect thereto.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that is a
member of a group of corporations or of trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) that
along with a U.S. Seller are treated as a single employer under and for any of the purposes
specified in Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or that is a member of a controlled group
within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA that includes a Seller.
“Xxxxxxx Plastik” means Xxxxxxx Plastik GmbH, a German company.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof, any municipal, local, city or county government, any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled by any of the foregoing.
“Hazardous Substance” includes each substance identified or designated as a hazardous
substance, hazardous material or solid waste under any Environmental Law as well as any other
substance or material meeting any one or more of the following criteria: (i) it is or contains a
substance designated as a solid or hazardous waste, hazardous substance, hazardous material,
pollutant, contaminant or toxic substance under any Environmental Law, (ii) it is explosive, toxic,
reactive, corrosive, ignitable, infectious, radioactive or otherwise hazardous or (iii) it is or
contains, without limiting the foregoing, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead based paint, petroleum
hydrocarbons, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, or explosive ordnance remnants.
“Houston Facility” means the facilities located at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xx. Xxxxxxx, XX.
00000, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xx. Xxxxxxx, XX. 00000, 0000 Xxxxxx Xx. Xxxxxxx, XX. 00000, 0000 Xxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxx, XX. 00000 and 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX. 00000, as leased by the Buyer following the
Closing.
“HSR Act” means the U.S. Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended.
“Inactive Employees” means all individuals who were actively employed by a Seller in
the Business but as of the Closing are on leave from their jobs (except for individuals on leave
for jury duty or vacation) or who are unable, with or without reasonable accommodation, to perform
the essential functions of their jobs.
“Intercompany Accounts Payable” means all accounts payable or other payables owed to
any Seller Party, Pipeline Seal U.K., any Seller Foreign Subsidiary or any other Person owned or
controlled by a Seller Party (other than the Seller Foreign JVs) by any Seller Party, Pipeline Seal
U.K., any Seller Foreign Subsidiary or any other Person owned or controlled by a Seller Party
(other than the Seller Foreign JVs).
“Intercompany Accounts Receivable” means all Accounts Receivable and other rights to
payment owed by any Seller Party, Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K. or any other
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Person owned or controlled by a Seller Party (other than the Seller Foreign JVs) to a Seller
Party, Pipeline Seal U.K, a Seller Foreign Subsidiary or any other Person owned or controlled by a
Seller Party (other than the Seller Foreign JVs).
“Italian JV” means Alpha Engineering SRL, an Italian company.
“Japanese JV” means Nihon Xxxxx Shiiru K.K. [Trans. - Link Seal Japan Ltd], a Japanese
company.
“Know-How” means ideas, designs, concepts, compilations of information, methods,
techniques, methodologies, procedures, processes, algorithms and formulas, whether or not
patentable.
“Landlords” means, collectively, the landlord(s) under the U.K. Lease and the
landlord(s) under the Houston Lease.
“Law” means, with respect to any Person, any foreign, federal, state, provincial,
local or similar statute, treaty, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, Order, judgment,
requirement or rule of law (including common law) of any Governmental Authority to which such
Person or any of its assets or properties is or was subject.
“Liens” means any and all mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, claims,
liens, security interests, pledges, escrows, charges, options, easements, leases, other occupancy
agreements, restrictions and other encumbrances.
“Malaysian JV” means PSI (SEA) SDN. BHD., a Malaysian company.
“Xxxx” means any word, name, symbol or device used by a Person to identify its goods
or services, whether or not registered, all goodwill associated therewith, and any right that may
exist to obtain a registration with respect thereto from any Governmental Authority and any rights
arising under any such application. As used in this Agreement, the term “Xxxx” includes
all of the foregoing, including trademarks and service marks.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event, occurrence or condition which has
had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the financial condition,
results of operations, assets, business, properties, prospects or liabilities of the Business,
taken as a whole, or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller Parties to consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Material Adverse
Effect shall not include (i) changes in general domestic or international economic or financial
market conditions to the extent such events do not effect the Business in a materially
disproportionate manner (in the aggregate), (ii) any action taken or failed to be taken by any
Seller Party (or any of its Affiliates or their respective representatives) at the written request
of the Buyer (or any of its Affiliates or their respective representatives) or that is required or
contemplated by this Agreement, or (iii) seasonal reductions in revenues and/or earnings of the
Business in the ordinary course of business.
“Material Impact” means an effect on the financial condition, results of operation,
assets, business, properties, prospects or liabilities of the Business reasonably expected to have
an
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adverse impact of $10,000 or greater, in the aggregate, as it relates to a breach of the
representations and warranties in any Section of this Agreement.
“Mavei” means Mavei GmbH, a German company.
“Mavei Business” means the business operated by Mavei immediately prior to the
Closing.
“Net Working Capital” means the Accounts Receivable of the U.S. Sellers, the Seller
Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. (other than Intercompany Accounts Receivable, any
Accounts Receivable attributable to the Mavei Business and any Accounts Receivable from a Tax
authority attributable to VAT amounts paid or payable to a supplier), along with any relevant VAT
component thereof receivable from a customer, plus, (ii) the inventory of the U.S. Sellers,
the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. (other than any inventory attributable to
the Mavei Business), minus (iii) Trade Accounts Payable of the U.S. Sellers, the Seller
Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. (other than Intercompany Accounts Payable and any Trade
Accounts Payable associated with the Mavei Business), and solely with respect to the calculation of
Closing Net Working Capital, minus (iv) (A) accrued vacation/holiday of the U.S. Sellers
relating to Transferred Employees, (B) accrued vacation/holiday of Pipeline Seal U.K. relating to
employees of Pipeline Seal U.K who remain employees of Pipeline Seal U.K. immediately following the
Effective Time, and (C) accrued vacation/holiday and sick days of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries
(including accrued vacation/holiday and sick days relating to the Mavei Business) relating to
employees of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries (including employees associated with the Mavei
Business) who remain employees of such Persons following the Effective Time, but only to the extent
that (1) such accrued vacation/holiday of the U.S. Sellers and Pipeline Seal U.K. is, in the
aggregate, materially greater than, or not of a type, set forth on Schedule 2.14(a), and (2) such
accrued vacation/holiday and sick days of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries (including employees
associated with the Mavei Business) exceeds $104,744.
“New Relief” means: (a) any Relief of any Buyer Entity and/or any of their
Affiliates; and (b) any Relief of a Seller Foreign Subsidiary or Pipeline Seal U.K. which arises in
respect of any period commencing on or after, or as a result of anything occurring after, Closing.
“Order” means any award, decision, injunction, judgment, order, ruling, subpoena or
verdict entered, issued, made or rendered by any court, administrative agency, other Governmental
Authority or by any arbitrator.
“Ordinary Course” means an action that is taken by a Person in connection with its
business operations that: (i) is consistent with the past practices of such Person and is taken in
the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day operations of such Person; (ii) is not required to be
authorized by the board of directors, general partners, or managers of such Person (or by any
Person or group exercising similar authority) or by its equity holders; and (iii) is similar in
nature and magnitude to actions customarily taken, without any authorization by the board of
directors, general partners, or managers (or by any Person or group exercising similar authority),
in the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day operations of such Person.
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“Other Benefit Obligations” means all obligations, arrangements, plans or customary
practices, whether or not legally enforceable, to provide benefits, other than salary or wages, as
compensation (whether taxable or not) for services rendered, to present or former directors,
employees, or agents, other than obligations, arrangements, plans or customary practices that are
Plans, including consulting agreements, sabbatical and leave policies, severance policies, stock
option and other stock compensation plans, fringe benefits within the meaning of Section 132 of the
Code and cafeteria plans under Section 125 of the Code.
“Outstanding Checks” means all checks, electronic payments or debits of any kind
issued or authorized by the U.S. Sellers, Pipeline Seal U.K. or the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries
prior to the Effective Time, but not yet debited from their respective bank accounts as of the
Effective Time.
“Patent” means any patent granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office or
by the comparable agency of any other country, and any renewal thereof, and any rights arising
under any patent application filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the
comparable agency of any other country and any rights that may exist to file any such application.
“Permit” means any Consent issued, granted, given or otherwise made available by or
under the authority of any Governmental Authority or pursuant to any Law.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means (i) statutory liens for Taxes (including Tax
assessments) not yet delinquent; (ii) mechanics’, materialmen’s carriers’, workers’, repairmen’s
and other similar liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to
charges not yet due and payable; (iii) statutory liens incurred in the ordinary course of business
in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, or other forms of governmental
insurance or benefits with respect to charges not yet due and payable; (iv) easements, covenants,
conditions, rights of way, encroachments, reservations, restrictions and similar matters or
conditions affecting or burdening real property which do not materially interfere with the
beneficial use and enjoyment of such real property or the ingress thereto or egress therefrom as
currently used in connection with the Business; (v) zoning, building, fire, health, environmental
and pollution control Laws, ordinances, rules and safety regulations and other similar legal
requirements which do not materially interfere with the beneficial use and enjoyment of real
property or the ingress thereto or egress therefrom as currently used in connection with the
Business; and (vi) the interests of lessors and purchase money security interest holders in
equipment as described on Schedule 2.16(c) that is the subject of (a) an equipment lease that is
not a Capital Lease, or (b) a purchase money security interest arrangement, in each case as entered
into the Ordinary Course of the Person so leasing or purchasing such equipment.
“Person” means any corporation, association, joint venture, partnership, limited
liability company, organization, business, individual, trust, Governmental Authority or other legal
entity.
“Pipeline Seal U.K.” means Pipeline Seal & Insulator Co. Limited, a U.K. company.
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“Plan” means an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3.1(1) of
ERISA, an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3.1(2) of ERISA or a plan
that is both.
“Prime Rate” means a variable per annum rate, as of any date of determination, equal
to the rate from time to time published in the “Money Rates” section of The Wall Street
Journal as being the “Prime Rate.” The Prime Rate will change as of the date of publication in
The Wall Street Journal of a Prime Rate that is different from that published on the
preceding Business Day.
“Proceeding” means any action, arbitration, audit, hearing, investigation, litigation
or suit (whether civil, commercial, labor, criminal, administrative, investigative or informal)
commenced, brought, conducted, or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator.
“Product Liability” means liability resulting from any manufacturing, design,
construction, support, installation or other defect in products made manufactured, constructed,
distributed, sold, leased, supported or installed by the Sellers, Pipeline Seal U.K. or any Seller
Foreign Subsidiary at or prior to the Effective Time and includes any liability associated with any
recall by the Buyer, Pipeline Seal U.K. or any Seller Foreign Subsidiary following the Effective
Time related to any such products.
“Proprietary Rights” means, with respect to a Person, all registered and material
unregistered Copyrights, registered and material unregistered Marks, Trade Names, Trade Secrets,
Patents, registered and unregistered design rights, intellectual property rights in inventions and
discoveries, intellectual property rights in internet web sites and internet domain names and
intellectual property rights in Know-How, owned or used by such Person.
“PSI Germany” means PSI Products GmbH, a German company.
“Relief” means any loss, relief, allowance, exemption, set-off, deduction, credit,
right to repayment, or other relief available in relation for Taxes or to the computation of income
profits or gains for the purposes of Taxes.
“Seller Consent” means a Consent of any party (other than a Seller, Pipeline Seal
U.K., or a Seller Foreign Subsidiary) to any Material Contract required by the terms of such
Contract or under Law as a condition to the assignment and transfer to the Buyer Entities of the
rights of the Seller, Pipeline Seal U.K., and the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries thereunder.
“Seller Contracts” means all Contracts under which any Seller has any right,
obligation, or liability, or by which any Seller is bound.
“Seller Equity Interests” means the Equity Interests in the Seller Foreign Entities
held by the Selling Shareholders.
“Seller Foreign Entities” means, collectively, Pipeline Seal U.K., the Seller Foreign
JVs and the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries.
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“Seller Foreign Entity Assets” means all right, title and interest of the Seller
Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K. and the Malaysian JV and Japanese JV in and to the assets,
rights, and properties owned, used or useable by the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal
U.K., the Malaysian JV and the Japanese JV, except for the Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Assets.
“Seller Foreign Entity Contracts” means all Contracts under which any Seller Foreign
Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K., the Malaysian JV and the Japanese JV has any right, obligation or
liability or by which a Seller Foreign Subsidiary, Pipeline Seal U.K., the Malaysian JV and the
Japanese JV is bound, and shall include any Contract to which a Selling Shareholder is a party,
relating to the organization, governance, or Equity Interests of a Seller Foreign Subsidiary,
Pipeline Seal U.K., the Malaysian JV and the Japanese JV or otherwise relating to the Business as
conducted by the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K., the Malaysian JV and the Japanese
JV.
“Seller Foreign Entity Proprietary Rights” means all of the Proprietary Rights that
are owned, used, or useable by the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries, Pipeline Seal U.K., the Japanese JV
and the Malaysian JV.
“Seller Foreign JVs” means the Malaysian JV, the Japanese JV and the Italian JV.
“Seller Foreign Subsidiaries” means Xxxxxxx Plastik and PSI Germany.
“Seller Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties of the
Sellers and Owners set forth in Sections 2.1 (Organization; Good Standing), 2.2 (Authority;
Enforceability), 2.3 (Consents and Approvals; No Violation), 2.4 (Seller Equity Interests), 2.8
(Taxes and Tax Returns), 2.12 (Environmental Matters), 2.16(a) (Title), 2.27 (Brokers), 3.1
(Authority; Enforceability); and 3.2 (Consents and Approvals; No Violation).
“Sellers’ Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of any Owner, Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxx Proessler, Xxx Xxxxxxx and Xxx Xxxx, and the knowledge Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, and, as to
each of their respective Purviews only, Xxxxxx Proessler, Xxx Xxxxxxx and Xxx Xxxx reasonably
should have in the exercise of such Person’s duties with the Sellers and the Sellers Foreign
Entities; provided that as applied to the Seller Foreign JVs, “Sellers’ Knowledge” shall mean the
actual knowledge of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxx. For purposes of this definition,
“Purview” shall mean, (x) with respect to Ms. Proessler, matters relating to the U.S.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the marketing aspects of the Business, and contracts to which PSI
Germany and Xxxxxxx Plastik are party, (y) with respect to Xx. Xxxxxxx, matters relating to the
U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and to the marketing and sales aspects of the Business, and (z)
with respect to Xx. Xxxx, matters relating to the operations of PSI’s and TPI’s plant in Houston,
Texas.
“Seller Transaction Expenses” means all costs, fees and expenses of outside
professionals or advisors incurred by the Sellers or the Seller Foreign Entities in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including all investment banking, broker, legal,
tax and accounting fees, costs and expenses.
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“Selling Shareholders” means (i) Commercial Plastics, as the holder of Equity
Interests in Xxxxxxx Plastik, (ii) Xxxxxxx, as the holder of Equity Interests in Pipeline Seal
U.K., (iii) PSI, as the holder of the Equity Interests in the Italian JV and the Japanese JV, and
(iv) GPP, as the holder of the Equity Interests in the Malaysian JV.
“Software” means, with respect to a Person, all types of computer software programs
owned or used by such Person, including operating systems, application programs and software
imbedded in equipment, including both object code and source code versions thereof. The term
“Software” also includes all written or electronic materials that explain the structure or
use of the Software or that were used in the development of the Software, including logic diagrams,
flow charts and procedural diagrams.
“Target Net Working Capital” shall mean $10,225,000.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means any federal, state, local, or foreign income, gross
receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall
profits, environmental, (including Taxes under Section 59A of the Code), customs duties, capital
stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability,
real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, valued added, alternative,
add-on minimum, estimated, or other Tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalty, or
addition thereto, whether disputed or not and including any obligations to indemnify or otherwise
assume or succeed to the Tax liability of any other Person.
“Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information
return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including
any amendment thereof.
“Trade Names” means any words, names or symbols used by a Person to identify its
business.
“Trade Secrets” means business or technical information of any Person including, but
not limited to, customer lists, marketing data and Know-How, that is not generally known to other
Persons who are not subject to an obligation of nondisclosure and that derives actual or potential
commercial value from not being generally known to other Persons.
“Unpaid 2010 Bonuses and Commissions” means any bonuses, commissions or other payments
payable to or customarily payable to employees or independent contractors of the Business with
respect to calendar year 2010 or any prior period (whether customarily payable or otherwise due to
be paid prior to the end of 2010 or at some later date following the end of 2010), that have not
been paid by the Seller Parties or their Affiliates as of the Closing Date.
“Warranty Liability” means any liability related to a warranty of the Sellers,
Pipeline Seal U.K. or the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business
pursuant to warranties described on Schedule 2.23(c) in connection with any product made,
manufactured, constructed, distributed, sold, leased, supported or installed by any such Person at
or prior to the Effective Time.
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Cross Reference Table. Certain terms used in this Agreement have the meanings given
them in the following Sections:
Term | Section | |
2006 German Dividend Payments
|
7.4 | |
Acquisition Proposal
|
5.6 | |
Active Employees
|
5.7(a) | |
Actual Termination Amount
|
5.8(b) | |
Agreement
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Assignment and Assumption Agreement
|
1.10(a)(ii) | |
Assumed Liabilities
|
1.6 | |
Balance Sheet Date
|
2.6(a) | |
Xxxxxx
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Best Consulting Agreement
|
1.10(a)(v) | |
Business
|
Background Statement | |
Business Permits
|
2.10(a) | |
Business Real Property
|
2.17 | |
Buyer
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Buyer Documents
|
4.2 | |
Buyer Entities
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Buyer Indemnified Parties
|
7.1 | |
Canusa
|
2.23(d) | |
Canusa Settlement Agreement
|
5.17 | |
Closing
|
1.8 | |
Closing Memorandum
|
1.10(c) | |
Closing Net Working Capital
|
1.11(a) | |
Closing Payment
|
1.9(c) | |
Closing VAT Amount
|
1.12(b) | |
Commercial Plastics
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Consulting Agreements
|
1.10(a)(v) | |
Effective Time
|
1.8 | |
Eiber Estimated Settlement Amount
|
5.8(b) | |
Eiber Termination Agreement
|
5.8(b) | |
Environmental Permits
|
2.12(a) | |
Equity Transfer Documents
|
1.10(a)(xvii) | |
Escrow Agent
|
1.9(c)(i) | |
Escrow Agreement
|
1.9(c)(i) | |
Escrow Amount
|
1.9(c)(i) | |
Estimated Net Working Capital
|
1.9(b) | |
Excluded Assets
|
1.2 | |
Excluded Liabilities
|
1.6 | |
Facilities
|
2.12(b) | |
Financial Statements
|
2.6(a) | |
FP Tax Credit
|
5.11(o) | |
General Release
|
1.10(a)(xv) | |
German Buyer
|
Introductory Paragraph |
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Term | Section | |
German VAT Agreement
|
5.12(a) | |
GPP
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
GPP Employees
|
5.8(c) | |
GPP Sale Transaction
|
5.12(a) | |
GPP Sale VAT
|
5.12(b) | |
GPP Waiver Agreements
|
5.8(c) | |
Houston Lease
|
1.10(a)(xi) | |
HSBC
|
1.16(b) | |
Improvements
|
2.17 | |
Indemnification Payment
|
7.11 | |
Indemnified Party
|
7.4(a) | |
Indemnifying Party
|
7.4(a) | |
Isoplus
|
5.17 | |
ITEPA
|
2.8(g) | |
JV Estoppel Certificates
|
1.10(a)(xiii) | |
Luxembourg Buyer
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Material Contracts
|
2.21(a) | |
Mavei Sale Transaction
|
5.12(c) | |
Mavei Lease
|
5.12(c) | |
Most Recent Balance Sheet
|
2.6(a) | |
Net A/R Amount
|
5.10 | |
Xxxxxxx
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Xxxxxxx Consulting Agreement
|
1.10(a)(iv) | |
Owner Documents
|
3.1 | |
Owners
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Payoff Letters
|
1.10(a)(xviii) | |
Performance Bonds
|
1.16(b) | |
Primary Transaction Agreements
|
1.10(a)(xii) | |
Products
|
2.23(a) | |
Proposed Canusa Settlement Agreement
|
5.17 | |
PSI
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Purchase Price
|
1.9(a) | |
Purchased Assets
|
1.1 | |
Purchased Software
|
2.20(h) | |
Remaining Escrow Amount
|
1.17(b) | |
Reviewing Accountant
|
1.11(c) | |
Savings
|
5.11(k) | |
Second Escrow Release Date
|
1.17(b) | |
Seller Accounts
|
1.16 | |
Seller Accounts Receivable
|
1.1(b) | |
Seller Benefit Obligation
|
2.13(a) | |
Seller Documents
|
2.2(a) | |
Seller Employee Plan
|
2.13(a) | |
Seller Excluded Assets
|
1.2 | |
Seller Excluded Contracts
|
1.2(a) |
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Term | Section | |
Seller Foreign Accounts Receivable
|
5.10 | |
Seller Foreign Entity Assumed Liabilities
|
1.7 | |
Seller Foreign Entity Documents
|
2.2(b) | |
Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Assets
|
1.5 | |
Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Contracts
|
1.5(b) | |
Seller Foreign Entity Excluded Liabilities
|
1.7(b) | |
Seller IP Assignment
|
1.10(a)(viii) | |
Seller Noncompete
|
1.10(a)(iii) | |
Seller Parties
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Seller Proprietary Rights
|
1.1(e) | |
Seller Purchased Contracts
|
1.1(g) | |
Sellers
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Sellers’ Lenders
|
1.10(a)(xviii) | |
Sellers’ Representative
|
9.5 | |
Selling Shareholders
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Singapore Buyer
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Software License Agreements
|
2.20(h) | |
State Aids
|
2.10(c) | |
Xxxxxxx
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Superseal
|
2.23(d) | |
Thunderline S.A.
|
2.27 | |
Top Customers
|
2.24(a) | |
Top Suppliers
|
2.24(b) | |
TPI
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Trade Accounts Payable
|
1.6(a) | |
Transferred Employees
|
5.7(a) | |
U.K. Buyer
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
U.K. Employee
|
2.8(g) | |
U.K. Lease
|
1.10(a)(xii) | |
U.S. Xxxx of Sale
|
1.10(a)(i) | |
U.S. Sellers
|
Introductory Paragraph | |
Unit 1A Lease
|
5.18 |
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First Amendment to Purchase Agreement
This First Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated as of February 11, 2011 (this
“Amendment”) is by and between Corrosion Control Corporation, a Colorado corporation (the
“Buyer”), Xxxxxxx (Great Britain) Limited, a United Kingdom company (the “U.K.
Buyer”), Xxxxxxx GmbH, a German company (the “German Buyer”), EnPro Luxembourg Holding
Company, a Luxembourg company (the “Luxembourg Buyer”), and Coltec Industries Pacific PTE
LTD, a Singapore company (the “Singapore Buyer”), on the one hand, and Pipeline Seal and
Insulator, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“PSI”), Texas Plasticote, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(“TPI;” together with PSI, the “U.S. Sellers”), GPP Global Pipeline Products Ltd,
an Irish company (“GPP;” and together with PSI and TPI, the “Sellers”), CPI
Commercial Plastic Industries Ltd, an Irish company (“Commercial Plastics”), and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, an individual resident of Nevada (“Xxxxxxx;” and collectively with PSI, GPP and
Commercial Plastics, the “Selling Shareholders”), and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, an individual resident
of Nevada (“Xxxxxxx;” and together with Xxxxxxx, the “Owners”), on the other hand,
and amends that certain Purchase Agreement between the parties dated as of January 28, 2011 (the
“Initial Purchase Agreement;” and as amended pursuant to the terms hereof, the
“Purchase Agreement”). Xxxxxx Industries Corp., a Nevada corporation and the sole
shareholder of Commercial Plastics and GPP (“Xxxxxx”), is a party to this Amendment solely
for purposes of confirming its obligation to provide indemnification jointly and severally with the
Seller Parties pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Purchase Agreement, and appointing the Sellers’
Representative pursuant to Section 4 of this Amendment. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
Background Statement
The Initial Purchase Agreement requires the Seller Parties to deliver to the Buyer (x) the
Seller Consents set forth on Schedule 6.3(c) to the Purchase Agreement and (y) the certificates
representing the Seller Equity Interests in the Seller Foreign Entities (including, without
limitation, the Japanese JV) held by the Selling Shareholders to the extent such interests are
certificated, as conditions to the Buyer Entities’ obligations to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Purchase Agreement. As of the date hereof, the Seller Parties have been unable
to obtain, among other things, certain of such consents and the certificate(s) representing the
Seller Equity Interests held by PSI in the Japanese JV (the “Japanese JV Certificate”), and
the Buyer Entities have agreed to waive receipt at the Closing of, among other things as described
herein, the consents set forth on Schedule I attached to this Amendment and the Japanese JV
Certificate, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
Statement of Agreement
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Section 7.1 of the Initial Purchase Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(a) subsection (d) of such section shall be amended by deleting the word “and” from the end of
such subsection;
(b) subsection (e) of such section shall be amended by deleting the period at the end of such
subsection and adding a semicolon at the end of such subsection;
(c) a new subsection (f) shall be added thereto as follows: “(f) any failure of the Seller
Parties to deliver to the Buyer the Seller Consents set forth on Schedule 6.3(c) or the contract
amendments set forth on Schedule 6.3(d);”;
(d) a new subsection (g) shall be added thereto as follows: “(g) any failure of the Seller
Parties to remove, prior to the Closing, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, or Xxxxx Xxxxx, as
authorized signatories on the bank accounts of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and/or Pipeline Seal
U.K.; and”; and
(e) a new subsection (h) shall be added thereto as follows: “(h) any claim relating to the
Malaysian JV that would have been estopped had the Seller Parties delivered a fully executed JV
Estoppel Certificate for the Malaysian JV at Closing as required pursuant to Section
1.10(a)(xiii).”
2. Section 5.19 of the Initial Purchase Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(a) the heading to such section shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following: “Malaysian JV and Japanese JV Certificates”; and
(b) The following shall be inserted at the end of such section: “In the event the Seller
Parties are unable to obtain the certificate(s) evidencing all of PSI’s Equity Interests in the
Japanese JV as referenced in Section 1.10(a)(xvi) prior to the Closing, the Seller Parties shall
either deliver such certificate(s) or take any actions reasonably required to confirm the transfer
to the Singapore Buyer of title to such Equity Interests without such certificate(s) within 45 days
following the Closing. The Seller Parties shall indemnify the Buyer and its Affiliates for any
Damages relating to or arising from the failure to deliver such certificates at the Closing. If,
as a result of the failure to deliver any such certificates at the Closing as described in this
Section 5.19, title to the Equity Interests evidenced by such certificates cannot be transferred at
the Effective Time pursuant to applicable Law, the Seller Parties shall cooperate with the Buyer
Entities in a lawful and reasonable arrangement under which the Seller Parties shall treat the
Singapore Buyer as the beneficial owner of such Equity Interests and, specifically, (i) PSI (with
respect to the Equity Interests of the Japanese JV) and GPP (with respect to the Equity Interests
of the Malaysian JV), as applicable, shall vote their Equity Interests in such Seller Foreign JVs
pursuant to written instructions of the Singapore Buyer, and (ii) the Singapore Buyer will be
entitled to the economic claims, rights and benefits with respect to the operation of the Malaysian
JV or the Japanese JV, as the case may be, during the period from the Effective Time until such
time as title to such Equity Interests therein is transferred pursuant to applicable Law. The
Seller Parties shall execute and deliver such additional documents as are reasonably required by
the Buyer to provide the Singapore Buyer with the rights relating to the Equity Interests set forth
in the preceding sentence, including, without limitation, any power of attorney. In addition, the
Seller Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to the Buyer a fully
executed JV Estoppel Certificate for the Malaysian JV within 10 days following the Closing.”
3. Schedule 1.2(a) to the Initial Purchase Agreement (Seller Excluded Contracts) shall be amended
to add the following in proper sequential order at the end thereof: “5. The real property leases
of PSI and TPI located in Houston, Texas listed on Schedule 2.17.”
4. Section 9.5 of the Initial Purchase Agreement shall be amended to include the words “and Xxxxxx”
after each instance therein of the phrases “Seller Party” or “Seller Parties”.
5. Schedule 5.12(a) to the Initial Purchase Agreement (GPP Excluded Assets) shall be amended to add
the following at the end thereof: “Distribution Contract, dated as of January 1, 2004, between GPP
and Artech Rubber BV. [To be terminated as of the Closing]”; and Schedule 6.3(d) (Amended
Contracts) to the Initial Purchase Agreement shall be amended by replacing in its entirety the text
across from “1.” with “Omitted.”.
6. Subject to the terms and conditions herein, the Buyer Entities hereby waive the receipt of (a)
the Seller Consents and the contract amendments set forth on Schedule I attached hereto, (b) the
Japanese JV Certificate, (c) the Payoff Letters from each provider of services giving rise to a
Seller Transaction Expense (as required pursuant to Section 1.10(a)(xviii)(ii) of the Initial
Purchase Agreement), and (d) the JV Estoppel Certificate related to the Malaysian JV, as conditions
to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.
7. Section 1.9(c) of the Initial Purchase Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(a) by deleting the text of Section 1.9(c)(ii)(w) and Section 1.9(c)(ii)(x) in their entirety
and deleting “(v)” in Section 1.9(c)(ii) and replacing it with “(x)”;
(b) by deleting the text of Section 1.9(c)(iv) up to the semicolon at the end thereof and
replacing it with “Omitted”;
(c) by deleting the text of Section 1.9(c)(v) up to “; and” and replacing it with “Omitted”;
and
(d) by deleting the last paragraph thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:
“The Seller Parties will deliver to the Buyer evidence of receipt of the Closing Payment
(including the amount of Closing Indebtedness) and payment of the Unpaid 2010 Bonuses and
Commissions, in each case, reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer. The Seller Parties shall pay the
Change of Control Payments prior to the Closing and shall pay the Seller Transaction Expenses as
and when due.”
8. Section 1.16 of the Initial Purchase Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(a) by deleting the text of Section 1.16(a) in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:
“(a) Immediately prior to the Closing, the Seller Parties shall distribute, or cause to be
distributed, all cash from the bank accounts of the U.S. Sellers, Pipeline Seal U.K. and the
Seller Foreign Subsidiaries (the “Seller Accounts”) in excess of the amount, if any,
of (i) all Outstanding Checks written from the Seller Accounts, plus (ii) with
respect to the Seller Accounts of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K.,
the amount of payroll payable to employees of such Persons for the period up to and
including the Closing Date (the “Seller Foreign Payroll Amount”). It is the intent
of the parties that there will be enough cash left by the Seller Parties in the Seller
Accounts as of the
Effective Time sufficient to cover the amount of all Outstanding Checks and the Seller
Foreign Payroll Amount. In the event there is insufficient cash left by the Seller Parties
in the Seller Accounts to cover the Outstanding Checks and the Seller Foreign Payroll
Amount, the Seller Parties shall reimburse the Buyer for such insufficiency on a
dollar-for-dollar basis within 10 days of a written request therefor by the Buyer. The
Buyer shall pay to the Sellers’ Representative, for the benefit of the Seller Parties, an
amount equal to the cash in the Seller Accounts as of the Effective Time in excess of the
aggregate amount of all Outstanding Checks and the Seller Foreign Payroll Amount, on a
dollar-for-dollar basis, within 10 days of receipt of a written request therefor by the
Sellers’ Representative.”
(b) By adding a new Section 1.16(c) as follows:
“(c) The provisions of this Section 1.16(c) shall apply only if the Closing occurs on
February 11, 2011. The U.S. Sellers shall pay the regular payroll for employees of the U.S.
Sellers on the Closing Date (the “Closing Date Payroll Payment”), which payroll will
cover (i) wages and other amounts owed in the ordinary course to hourly employees of the
U.S. Sellers for periods ended (and including) February 6, 2011, and (ii) wages and other
amounts owed in the ordinary course to salaried employees of the U.S. Sellers for the period
ended (and including) February 15, 2011. On or before February 18, 2011, the U.S. Sellers
will pay the regular payroll for hourly employees of the U.S. Sellers (which employees may
become Transferred Employees following the Closing) covering wages and other amounts owed in
the ordinary course to such employees for the period commencing February 7, 2011 and ending
on (and including) the Closing Date. The pro rata amount of the Closing Date Payroll
Payment attributable to ordinary course payroll for salaried employees of the U.S. Sellers
for the period commencing February 12, 2011 and ending on (and including) February 15, 2011
(which amount shall not exceed $3000) shall be paid by the Buyer to the Sellers’
Representative, on behalf of the Seller Parties, at such time following the Closing as the
payments required pursuant to Section 1.16(a) hereof are made (or if no such payments are
required, within 10 days following the Closing).
9. Section 5.7(c) of the Initial Purchase Agreement shall be amended by adding “subject to Section
1.16(c),” after the phrase “Prior to the Closing,” in the first sentence thereof.
10. Section 5.8(a) of the Initial Purchase Agreement shall be amended by adding the following
sentence at the end of such section: “Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Closing Date is not a
previously scheduled payroll date for the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K., the
Seller Parties may elect to cause cash in the amount of the Seller Foreign Payroll Amount to remain
in the bank accounts of the Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. in lieu of payment
by such Persons of such amounts to their employees prior to the Closing pursuant to this Section
5.8(a), in which case, such Seller Foreign Subsidiaries and Pipeline Seal U.K. shall remit such
amounts to such employees on the next regularly scheduled payroll date following the Closing.”
11. Section 1.8 of the Initial Purchase Agreement shall be amended by adding “(Houston, Texas
time)” immediately after “11:59 p.m.” as it occurs in the last sentence thereof.
12. As expressly amended hereby, the Purchase Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in
accordance with the provisions thereof on the date hereof. As used in the Purchase Agreement,
“hereinafter,” “hereto,” “hereof,” and words of similar import shall, unless the context otherwise
requires, mean the Purchase Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
13. This Amendment shall become effective upon its execution and mutual delivery by the parties
hereto. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
14. The exchange of copies of this Amendment and of signature pages by facsimile transmission
(whether directly from one facsimile device to another by means of a dial-up connection or whether
mediated by the worldwide web), by electronic mail in “portable document format” (“.pdf”) form, or
by any other electronic means intended to preserve the original graphic and pictorial appearance of
a document, or by combination of such means, shall constitute effective execution and delivery of
this Amendment as to the parties and may be used in lieu of the original Amendment for all
purposes. Signatures of the parties to this Amendment transmitted by facsimile shall be deemed to
be their original signatures for all purposes.
15. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without
giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.
(signatures on following page)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this First Amendment to Purchase Agreement as of
the date first written above.
THE BUYER, on behalf of itself and the buyer entities: CORROSION CONTROL CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
THE SELLERS’ REPRESENTATIVE, individually and on behalf of the seller parties: |
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Solely with respect to the indemnification obligations set forth with respect to the undersigned in Section 7.1 of the Purchase Agreement and to appoint the Sellers’ Representative as set forth in Section 4 of this Amendment: XXXXXX INDUSTRIES CORP. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
Schedule I
Seller Consents
1. | Agreement, dated as of May 1, 1989, between DSI Dieter Spezialisolierungen GmbH and Secoher, S.A. |
2. | Vereinbarung, dated as of 17.11.1977, between DSI Dieter Spezialisolierungen GmbH and P.J.B. Xxxxxx NV. |
3. | Vereinbarung, dated as of October 17, 1984, between DSI Dieter Spezialisolierungen GmbH and COBALCH Agents-Industrial Trading, as amended through Letter from GPP dated January 2008. |
Contract Amendments:
1. | Letter Agreement dated as of April 5, 2007, between GPP and Canusa Systems Limited. |