TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.29
TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) dated as of August 4, 2020, between Xxxxxxxx Group Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, (“RGHI”), and Xxxxxx Packaging Company Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the “Company” or “GPC”). Each Party or any of its Affiliates providing services hereunder shall be a “Provider,” and each Party or any of its Affiliates receiving services hereunder shall be a “Recipient.”
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
A. The Company was a wholly owned subsidiary of RGHI and an indirect subsidiary of Xxxxxxxx Group Holdings Limited, a company organized under the laws of New Zealand (“RGHL”).
B. The GPC Group has obtained financing separate from the RGHL Group to allow the GPC Group and the RGHL Group to better operate as standalone businesses.
C. The separate financing of the GPC Group and the RGHL Group facilitates the legal separation of the two businesses at some future date should the GPC Group cease to be a subsidiary of RGHL.
D. In connection with the above, the Parties wish to memorialize the provision of certain services by RGHI or its Affiliates to the GPC Group and the provision of services by the GPC Group to RGHI or its Affiliates.
E. On and from the date hereof (the “Commencement Date”), (i) RGHI will provide, or cause its Affiliates to provide, certain services to the GPC Group, and (ii) GPC Group will provide, or cause its Affiliates to provide, certain services to RGHI and its Affiliates, on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. The following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below throughout this Agreement:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to RGHI, any member of the RGHL Group, and with respect to GPC, any member of the GPC Group.
“Applicable Rate” means the average of the daily “prime rate” (expressed rate per annum) published in The Wall Street Journal for each of the days in the applicable period, plus two percent (2%).
“Business” means the manufacture and sale of value-added, custom rigid plastic containers for the food, beverage and consumer products markets by the GPC Group and activities ancillary thereto.
“Business Day” means any day that is not (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday, or (c) any other day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law to be closed in the City of New York.
“Change” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c).
“Commencement Date” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Confidential Information” means any information of a Party, its Affiliates, members, licensors, consultants, service providers, advisors or agents that is confidential or proprietary, however recorded or preserved, whether written or oral. Confidential Information includes trade secrets, pricing data, employee information, customer information, cost information, supplier information, financial and tax matters, third-party contract terms, inventions, know-how, processes, methods, models, technical information, schedules, code, ideas, concepts, data, software and business plans (regardless of whether such information is identified as confidential).
“Dispute Negotiations” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(b).
“Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
“Force Majeure Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
“Governmental Authority” means governmental or quasi-governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal) or (iii) body exercising, or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory or taxing authority or power of any nature, including any arbitral tribunal.
“GPC Group” means GPC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.
“Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
“IT License Usage Agreement” means the agreement entered into by and between GPC, RGHL, and Rank Group Limited dated as of August 4, 2020, pursuant to which GPC will continue to receive usage rights under certain key information technology license and contractual agreements.
“Law” means a law, statute, order, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, injunction, order, or decree.
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“Litigation” means any action, cease and desist letter, demand, suit, arbitration proceeding, administrative or regulatory proceeding, citation, summons or subpoena of any nature, civil, criminal, regulatory or otherwise, in law or in equity.
“Losses” means any and all damages, liabilities, losses, obligations, claims of any kind, interest and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys).
“Migration Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).
“Migration Services” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).
“Multi-party Contract” means a contract with a customer or supplier pursuant to which both GPC and RGHI or any of its Affiliates provides a benefit to or receives a benefit from a third party, excluding contracts covered by the IT License Usage Agreement and insurance arrangements covering Property Damage and Business Interruption, Sabotage and Terrorism, Crime, Corporate Travel, Marine Cargo/Transit, Employment Practices Liability, General Liability, and Foreign Voluntary Workers’ Compensation.
“Party” means RGHI or the Company, as applicable (collectively, the “Parties”).
“Personnel” means, with respect to any Party, (i) the employees, officers and directors of such Party or its Affiliates or (ii) agents, accountants, attorneys, independent contractors and other third parties engaged by such Party or its Affiliates.
“Provider” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Recipient” has the meaning set forth in the preamble
“Reverse Transition Services” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
“RGHL Group” means RGHL and its subsidiaries excluding the GPC Group.
“Sale and Services Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5.
“Security Incident” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
“Security Regulations” means a Party’s and its Affiliates’ system security policies, procedures and requirements, as amended from time to time.
“Service Coordinator” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a).
“Service Standard” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).
“Services” means the Transition Services and the Reverse Transition Services, unless the context requires otherwise.
“Systems” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
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“Tax” means any federal, state, local or foreign income, alternative, minimum, accumulated earnings, personal holding company, franchise, capital stock, profits, windfall profits, gross receipts, sales, use, value added, transfer, registration, stamp, premium, excise, customs duties, severance, environmental (including taxes under section 59A of the Code), real property, personal property, ad valorem, occupancy, license, occupation, employment, payroll, social security, disability, unemployment, workers’ compensation, withholding, estimated or other similar tax, duty, fee, assessment or other governmental charge or deficiencies thereof (including all interest and penalties thereon and additions thereto).
“Terminating Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.
“Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Transition Services” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“TSA Records” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).
ARTICLE II
SERVICES AND INTERNAL CONTROLS
Section 2.1 Services.
(a) In accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and upon the request of GPC, RGHI shall provide, or shall cause its Affiliates or, subject to Section 2.2, third parties to provide, to the GPC Group (in connection with the conduct of the Business) the services described on Exhibit A hereto (the “Transition Services”) during the applicable Term of any Service. Notwithstanding the content of Exhibit A, RGHI agrees to consider in good faith any reasonable request by the Company for access to any additional service that is necessary for the operation of the Business, at fees to be agreed upon after good faith negotiation between the Parties. RGHI will not be in breach of this Agreement if RGHI declines to provide a requested additional service for any good faith reason, including the failure of the Parties to agree to the scope, term, and fee for the additional service. Any such additional services so provided by RGHI shall constitute Services hereunder and be subject in all respects to the provisions of this Agreement as if fully set forth on Exhibit A as of the date hereof.
(b) During the applicable Term of any Service, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall, upon the request of RGHI, provide, or shall cause its Affiliates or, subject to Section 2.2, third parties to provide, to RGHI or one or more of its Affiliates, the services described on Exhibit B hereto (the “Reverse Transition Services”).
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(c) In addition to the Services described on Exhibit A hereto, the RGHL Group shall undertake the segregation and extraction required to separate the IT systems, data, records and processes of the Company, or thereafter created in the conduct of the Business from RGHI’s IT environment or infrastructure, and migrate them to GPC’s, or any of its Affiliates’, IT environment or infrastructure (collectively, the “Migration Services”). For the avoidance of doubt, Migration Services apply to services only and do not include the acquisition or supply of any hardware, software, license (except where RGHI, at the request of GPC, acquires such hardware, software, or license at GPC’s cost), or ongoing operational support service for the operating environment(s) (except as otherwise contemplated by Exhibit A). The costs of such Migration Services shall be paid by GPC, including any out-of-pocket costs incurred by the RGHL Group in connection with such Migration Services and for the time spent by the RGHL Group or its Personnel in providing such Migration Services. RGHI will also provide to GPC any available reasonable documentation around the systems implementation, configuration documents, process maps, or any other documentation related to the systems that are part of the separation. RGHI and GPC shall work together in good faith to develop a detailed plan for migrating GPC’s IT systems, data, records and processes to its IT environment or infrastructure (the “Migration Plan”).
Section 2.2 Performance by Affiliates or Subcontractors. Either Party may, in its sole discretion, engage, or cause one of their Affiliates to engage, one or more parties (including other third parties or Affiliates) to provide some or all of the Services; provided, (i) such Party is using such Affiliate or third party to perform the same Services for itself and its Affiliates (to the extent applicable), (ii) such arrangement would not increase the cost to the Recipient for such Services, and (iii) if such third party is not already engaged with respect to such Service as of the date hereof, the Provider shall obtain the prior written consent of the Recipient (not to be unreasonably withheld). The Provider shall (x) be responsible for the performance or non-performance of any such parties and (y) in all cases remain responsible for ensuring that obligations with respect to the standards of Services set forth in Article III of this Agreement are satisfied with respect to any Services provided by such Affiliate or third party.
Section 2.3 Scope of Services. Other than as expressly set forth on Exhibit A, Section 2.1, Exhibit B, or as agreed by the Parties in writing, in no event shall the Provider be obligated to provide any Service to the Recipient for any purpose other than to facilitate, on a transitional basis, the Recipient’s ability to conduct business as conducted immediately preceding the date hereof.
Section 2.4 Internal Controls and Procedures. In addition to the requirements of Article III and Article VII herein, with respect to the Services provided by RGHI and its Affiliates providing Services hereunder, certain of the Services may involve processes that directly or indirectly support financial information that the Company includes within its consolidated financial reports. The Company has an obligation to ensure that it has internal controls over financial reporting and must also ensure that its external auditors can complete their necessary evaluation of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with applicable auditing standards. The Company and RGHI and such Affiliates shall use reasonable commercial efforts to agree (i) what key controls over financial reporting will be performed by RGHI and such Affiliates within the processes that directly or indirectly support financial information that the Company includes within its consolidated financial reports; (ii) the frequency as to the performance of the agreed key controls; and (iii) the form of documentation required to evidence the effective performance of the agreed key controls. RGHI and such Affiliates will perform the agreed key controls and evidence such performance in the agreed format. The
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Company shall have the right, in a manner to avoid unreasonable interruption to RGHI’s or its Affiliates’ business, to (1) evaluate the effectiveness of the key controls; and (2) upon at least thirty (30) days’ written notice to RGHI, perform (through its external auditor) audit procedures over RGHI’s internal controls and procedures for the Services provided under this Agreement; provided that such right to audit shall exist solely to the extent reasonably required by the Company’s external auditors. The Company shall pay or reimburse all of RGHI’s expenses and costs arising from such audit. The performance of the agreed key controls, preparation of documentation, providing access to the Company or its delegate and the Company’s auditors will be billed at the agreed rates as set forth on Exhibit A.
ARTICLE III
SERVICE LEVELS; SERVICE COORDINATORS; TSA COMMITTEE
Section 3.1 Quality of Services.
(a) A Provider shall perform the Services (i) at a level of quality substantially similar in all material respects to that at which such Services were performed or enjoyed during the twelve (12) month period prior to the date hereof and (ii) in accordance with applicable Law (collectively, (i) and (ii), the “Service Standard”). Subject to Section 3.1(c), internal controls of a Provider and its Affiliates with respect to the Service Standard shall remain materially the same in effect throughout the term of this Agreement. Each Party acknowledges that the other Party and their Affiliates are not professional service providers of the Services.
(b) In the event of any material failure of a Provider to perform the Services, as applicable, in accordance with the Service Standards, the Recipient shall provide the Provider with written notice of such material failure, and the Provider will use commercially reasonable efforts to remedy such failure as soon as reasonably possible and in the same manner that the Provider would remedy such a failure for their other businesses undergoing such a material failure.
(c) A Provider may, from time to time: (i) reasonably supplement, modify, upgrade, substitute or otherwise alter (“Change”) any Service in a manner consistent with Changes made with respect to similar services provided by a Provider on their own behalf or to their Affiliates, including taking any physical or information security measures with respect to such Service, in a manner that does not (x) adversely affect in any material respect the quality or availability of such Service or (y) materially increase the fees payable in connection with such Changed Service; provided that to the extent that any such Change is reasonably likely to modify, substitute or otherwise alter the receipt or use of such Service, a Provider shall provide the Recipient with reasonable advance written notice of the implementation of the Change to the extent practicable under the circumstances; provided, further, that the Service Standard shall continue to apply to such Service following any Change. If a Change is required by applicable Law or is in response to a threatened Security Incident, a Provider may make any and all changes to the Service necessary to comply with applicable Law and any changes thereto or to respond to such threatened Security Incident in a manner consistent with responses made by a Provider on its own behalf or in respect of their Affiliates; provided that the Provider shall provide the
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Recipient such reasonable advance written notice of the implementation of any such Change as may be practicable under the circumstances; and (ii) with reasonable advance written notice to the Recipient, temporarily suspend the provision of a Service as necessary to conduct Systems maintenance or patching without such suspension constituting a breach of the Service Standard.
(d) A Provider need not provide any Service if it is not permitted to do so by applicable Law. To the extent that any Service is not permitted pursuant to applicable Law, the Parties will cooperate in good faith to enter into arrangements reasonably acceptable to each of the Parties under which the Recipient would obtain the benefit of such Service to the same extent (or as nearly as practicable) as if such Service were permitted by applicable Law.
Section 3.2 Policies. Each Party shall, and shall cause any of its Affiliates or third parties providing or receiving Services (as the case may be) to, follow the reasonable policies, procedures and practices of the other Party and its Affiliates applicable to the Services that are known or made known to such Party. A failure of a Recipient to act in accordance with this Section 3.2 that prevents a Provider from providing a Service hereunder shall, upon reasonable advance written notice to the Recipient (where practicable), relieves the Provider of its obligations under the Service until such time as the failure has been cured.
Section 3.3 Service Coordinators and Dispute Resolution.
(a) RGHI and the Company shall each nominate a representative to act as the primary contact person with respect to the performance of the Services (each, a “Service Coordinator”). Unless otherwise agreed upon by the Parties, the Parties shall direct all initial communications relating to this Agreement and the Services to the Service Coordinators. The initial Service Coordinators for RGHI and the Company, including their contact information, are set forth on Exhibit C. Either Party may replace its Service Coordinator at any time by providing notice and contact information for the newly designated Service Coordinator in accordance with Section 10.5. The Service Coordinators shall oversee the implementation and ongoing operation of this Agreement. The Parties shall ensure that their respective Service Coordinators shall meet in person or telephonically at such times as are reasonably requested by RGHI or the Company to review and discuss the status of, and any issues arising in connection with, the Services or this Agreement.
(b) In the event a dispute arises between the Parties under this Agreement, telephonic negotiations shall be conducted between the Parties’ respective Service Coordinators within ten (10) days following a written request from any Party (“Dispute Negotiations”). If the Service Coordinators are unable to resolve the dispute within ten (10) days after the Parties have commenced Dispute Negotiations, then either RGHI or the Company, by written request to the other Party, may request that such dispute be referred for resolution to the respective presidents (or similar position) of the divisions implicated by the matter for the Parties, or more senior executive of a Party if such Party so designates, which presidents (or other executives) will have fifteen (15) days to resolve such dispute. If the presidents of the relevant divisions (or other executives) for each Party do not agree to a resolution of such dispute within fifteen (15) days after the reference of the matter to them, or if the dispute is not otherwise resolved in a friendly manner as set forth in this Section 3.3, then any unresolved dispute may be resolved pursuant to Section 10.8.
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Section 3.4 Limitation of Services Provided. Except to the extent required to meet the Service Standards, in providing the Services, the Parties are not obligated to: (i) hire any additional employees; (ii) maintain the employment of any specific employee; (iii) purchase, lease or license any additional equipment or software; or (iv) make any capital investment to provide or continue providing the Services. The Parties have no responsibility to verify the correctness of any information given to them on behalf of the other Party for the purposes of providing the Services.
Section 3.5 Third Party Licenses and Consents. The Parties will cooperate and assist each other, and use commercially reasonable efforts, to obtain, or direct its Affiliates to obtain, any third party consents required under the terms of any agreement between a Party or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and a third party, on the other hand, in order for a Party or its Affiliates to provide the Services during the Term. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the provision of any Service as contemplated by this Agreement requires the consent, license or approval of any third party not previously obtained, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts, to obtain as promptly as possible after the Commencement Date, any third party consents, permits, licenses and approvals required under the terms of any third party agreement in order for the Provider to provide the Services hereunder. The cost of obtaining any consent, permit, license or approval with respect to any Service shall be borne by the Recipient of the relevant Services. If any such consent, permit, license or approval is not obtained, the Parties will cooperate in good faith to enter into reasonably acceptable arrangements under which the Recipient would obtain the benefit of such Service to the same extent (or as nearly as practicable) as if such consent were obtained (at the Recipient’s cost), and each Party will continue to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any such required consent or amendment. The Parties acknowledge that it may not be practical to try to anticipate and identify every possible legal, regulatory, and logistical impediment to the provision of Services hereunder. Accordingly, each Party will promptly notify the other Party if it reasonably determines that there is a legal, regulatory, or logistical impediment to the provision of any Service, and the Parties shall each use commercially reasonable efforts to overcome such impediments so that the Services may be provided otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. All computer systems or software (“Systems”), data, facilities and other resources owned by a Party, its Affiliates or third parties used in connection with the provision or receipt of the Services, as applicable, shall remain the property of such Party, its Affiliates or third parties.
ARTICLE IV
SECURITY; SYSTEMS
Section 4.1 Security Breaches. If any Party discovers (a) any material breach of the Security Regulations or of the systems used to provide the Services or (b) any breach or threatened breach of the Security Regulations that involves or may reasonably be expected to involve unauthorized access, disclosure or use of the other Party’s or its Affiliates’ Confidential Information (each of (a) and (b), a “Security Incident”), such Party shall, at the cost of the Party responsible for the Security Incident, (i) promptly (both orally, if practicable, and in any event in writing) notify the other Party of the Security Incident and (ii) reasonably cooperate with the other Party (1) to take commercially reasonable measures necessary to control and contain the security
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of such Confidential Information, (2) to remedy any such Security Incident, including using commercially reasonable efforts to identify and address any root causes for such Security Incident, (3) to furnish full details of the Security Incident to the other Party and keep such other Party advised of all material measures taken and other developments with respect to such Security Incident, (4) in any litigation or formal action with third parties or in connection with any regulatory, investigatory or other action of any Governmental Authority and (5) in notifying the other Party’s or its Affiliates’ customers and Personnel and other persons of the Security Incident to the extent reasonably requested by the other Party.
Section 4.2 Systems Security.
(a) If RGHI, the Company, their Affiliates or their respective Personnel receive access to any of RGHI’s, the Company’s, or their respective Affiliates’, as applicable, Systems in connection with the Services, the accessing Party or its Personnel, as the case may be, shall comply with all of such other Party’s and its Affiliates’ reasonable Security Regulations known to such accessing Party or its Personnel or made known to such accessing Party or its Personnel in writing, and will not tamper with, compromise or circumvent any security, Security Regulations or audit measures employed by such other Party or its relevant Affiliate.
(b) Each Party shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, as required by applicable Law, (i) ensure that only those of its Personnel who are specifically authorized to have access to the Systems of the other Party or its Affiliates gain such access and (ii) prevent unauthorized access, use, destruction, alteration or loss of information contained therein, including by notifying its Personnel regarding the restrictions set forth in this Agreement and establishing appropriate policies designed to effectively enforce such restrictions.
(c) Each Party shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, access and use only those Systems of the other Party and its Affiliates, and only such data and information within such Systems, to which they have been granted the right to access and use. Any Party and its Affiliates shall have the right to deny the Personnel of the other Party or its Affiliates access to such first Party’s or its Affiliates’ Systems, after prior written notice and consultation with the other Party, in the event the Party reasonably believes that such Personnel pose a security concern.
Section 4.3 Viruses. The Provider and the Recipient shall each use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its past practices to prevent the introduction or coding of viruses or similar items into the Systems of the other Party. Without limiting the rights and remedies of any Party hereunder, in the event a virus or similar item is introduced into the Systems of a Party, whether or not such introduction is attributable to the other Party (including such other Party’s failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement), the other Party shall, as soon as practicable, use its commercially reasonable efforts to assist such Party in reducing the effects of the virus or similar item, and if the virus or similar item causes a loss of operational efficiency or loss of data, upon such Party’s request, work as soon as practicable to contain and remedy the problem and to restore lost data resulting from the introduction of such virus or similar item.
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Section 4.4 Providers’ Software. Except as authorized by this Agreement or by the Provider’s express written consent, the Recipient shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, copy, modify, reverse engineer, decompile or in any way alter any software of the Provider or any of its Affiliates.
Section 4.5 System Upgrades. No Provider shall be required to purchase, upgrade, enhance or otherwise modify any Systems used by any Recipient as of the date hereof in connection with the business of any Party, or to provide any support or maintenance services for any Systems that have been upgraded, enhanced or otherwise modified from the Systems that are used in connection with the business of any Party as of the date hereof.
ARTICLE V
FEES
Section 5.1 Fees. The Recipient shall pay the Provider (i) the fee for each Service set forth on Exhibit A or Exhibit B, (ii) the Providers’ and their Affiliates’ reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing the Services, including the third-party fees and expenses that are charged to the Recipient or their Affiliates in connection with provision of the Services (including any fees and expenses charged by subcontractors permitted to provide the Services under Section 2.2) but excluding payments made to employees of the Provider or any of their Affiliates pursuant to Section 5.2, and (iii) any other fees as agreed to by the Parties in writing (collectively, the “Fees”).
Section 5.2 Responsibility for Wages and Fees. Any employees of the Provider or any of their Affiliates providing Services to the Recipient under this Agreement will remain employees of the Provider or such Affiliate and shall not be deemed to be employees of the Recipient for any purpose. The Provider or such Affiliate shall be solely responsible for the payment and provision of all wages, bonuses and commissions, employee benefits, including severance and worker’s compensation, and the withholding and payment of applicable Taxes relating to such employment.
Section 5.3 Invoices. The Provider shall submit or cause to be submitted to the Recipient in writing, within 15 days after the end of each month, an invoice setting forth the Fees for the Services provided to the Recipient during such month in reasonable detail, as applicable, due under such invoice.
Section 5.4 Payment. The Recipient shall pay, or cause to be paid, the Fees shown on an invoice no later than the last business day of the month the Recipient received such invoice unless disputed in accordance with Section 5.7. Any amount not received from the invoiced Party within such period shall bear interest at the Applicable Rate, from and including the last date of such period to, but excluding, the date of payment.
Section 5.5 Sales Tax, Etc. The Provider shall be entitled to invoice and collect from the Recipient any additional amounts required for state, local and foreign sales Tax, value added Tax, goods and services Tax or similar Tax with respect to the provision of the Services hereunder, as applicable (“Sale and Services Taxes”). Notwithstanding the previous sentence, if the Recipient is exempt from liability for such Sale and Services Taxes, it shall provide the Provider with a certificate (or other proof) evidencing an exemption from liability for such Sale and Services Taxes.
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The Provider shall be responsible for any losses (including any deficiency, interest and penalties) imposed as a result of a failure to timely remit such Sale and Services Taxes to the applicable tax authority to the extent the Recipient timely remits such Sale and Services Taxes to the Provider or the Provider’s failure to do so results from the Provider’s failure to timely charge or invoice such Sale and Services Taxes. The Recipient shall be entitled to any refund of any such Sale and Services Taxes paid in excess of liability as determined at a later date. The Provider shall promptly notify the Recipient of any deficiency claim or similar notice by a tax authority with respect to Sale and Services Taxes payable hereunder, and of any pending audit or other proceeding that could lead to the imposition of Sales and Services Taxes payable hereunder.
Section 5.6 No Offset. The Recipient shall not withhold any payments due under this Agreement in order to offset payments due (or to become due) to the Recipient pursuant to this Agreement unless such withholding is mutually agreed to by the Parties in writing or is provided for in the final ruling of a court. Any required adjustment to payments due hereunder will be made as a subsequent invoice.
Section 5.7 Invoice Disputes. In the event of an invoice dispute, the disputing Party shall deliver a written statement to the other Party no later than the date payment is due on the disputed invoice listing all disputed items and providing a reasonably detailed description of each disputed item. Amounts not so disputed shall be deemed accepted and shall be paid, notwithstanding disputes on other items, within the period set forth in Section 5.4. The Parties shall seek to resolve all such disputes expeditiously and in good faith. The Provider shall continue performing the Services in accordance with this Agreement pending resolution of any dispute.
Section 5.8 Audit. At the request of the Recipient, the Provider shall provide to the Recipient and its Affiliates reasonable access to the Provider’s applicable Personnel and records with respect to the amount charged in connection with any Service so that the Recipient may confirm that the pass through costs incurred by the Provider or, to the extent such Service is provided on an hourly basis, information related to hours worked in connection with such Service, are commensurate with the amount charged to the Recipient for such Service. In the event that the Recipient believes that the amount charged to the Recipient materially exceeds the pass through costs actually incurred by the Provider or hours charged in connection with such Service, the Parties shall review such matter in good faith.
ARTICLE VI
TERM AND TERMINATION
Section 6.1 Term of Services. With respect to each of the Services, the term thereof will be for a period commencing as of the date hereof, unless a different date is specified as the commencement date for any applicable Service on Exhibit A or Exhibit B (either, a “Commencement Date”), and shall continue until 24 months following the Commencement Date unless (i) such other date as is specified as the termination date for any applicable Service in this Agreement or on Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable (the “Term”) or (ii) earlier terminated pursuant to this Agreement (a “Termination Date”).
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Section 6.2 Termination of Services. Except as agreed by the Parties in writing or as otherwise stated in the Exhibits, the Company may terminate for convenience any Transition Service, and RGHI may terminate for convenience any Reverse Transition Service, upon 30 days’ prior written notice of such termination; provided, (a) that, with respect to the Services described in Section G1.1 and Section G1.2 of Exhibit A, unless otherwise indicated therein, those Services may not be terminated independently except in accordance with an agreed Migration Plan and, (b) any unamortized costs associated with a Provider’s purchase of any license or other costs incurred specifically for the purpose of providing the Services hereunder will be passed through to the Terminating Party. Upon termination of any Service pursuant to this Section 6.2, the Terminating Party’s obligation to pay for such Service will cease except any sums accrued or due as of the date of such early termination for Services rendered (which shall include (i) any amounts contemplated by 6.2(b), plus (ii) a pro rata portion of any fees applicable to the current period in which such Services are being performed if the applicable fee is determined on a period by period basis as set forth on Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable). The provisions of this Section 6.2 shall apply mutatis mutandis with respect to any assignment of this Agreement subject to Section 10.10(b) and the Parties will negotiate in good faith regarding fee allocations and, if necessary, early termination or partial termination of any Services.
Section 6.3 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement shall terminate when the Termination Date has occurred for all Services. In addition, this Agreement may be terminated by either Party (the “Terminating Party”) upon written notice to the other Party (which notice, in case of material breach, shall specify the basis for such claim for breach), if:
(a) the other Party or its Affiliates materially breaches this Agreement and such breach is not cured, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Terminating Party, within thirty (30) days of written notice thereof, it being understood that a good-faith dispute over an invoice or Service shall not constitute a material breach of this Agreement; or
(b) the other Party files for bankruptcy or similar proceeding, is the subject of an involuntary filing for bankruptcy or similar proceeding (not dismissed within sixty (60) days), makes a general assignment of all or substantially all of its assets for the benefit of creditors, becomes or is declared insolvent, becomes the subject of any proceedings (not dismissed within sixty (60) days) related to its liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy or the appointment of a trustee or a receiver, takes any corporate action for its winding up or dissolution, or a court approves reorganization proceedings on such Party.
Section 6.4 Effect of Termination. Upon any termination or expiration of this Agreement or any Service provided hereunder:
(a) each Party shall, and shall cause its applicable Affiliates to, as soon as practicable, return to the other Party any equipment, books, records, files and other property, not including current or archived copies of computer files, of the other Party, its applicable Affiliates and their respective third-party service providers, that is in the Party’s or its Affiliates’ possession or control (and, in case of termination of one or more specific Services, only the equipment, books, records, files and other property, not including current or archived copies of computer files, that are used in connection with the provision or receipt solely of such Services and of no other Services); and
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(b) the intellectual property license granted by Section 8.2 shall terminate; provided, however, that in the case of termination of a specific Service, such license shall terminate only to the extent such license was necessary for the provision or receipt of such Service and is not necessary for any other Service that has not yet terminated.
Section 6.5 Survival. The following Articles and Sections shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement, including the rights and obligations of each Party thereunder: Article I; Article V; this Article VI; Article VII; Article VIII; Article IX; and Article X.
ARTICLE VII
BOOKS AND RECORDS
Section 7.1 TSA Books and Records.
(a) The Parties shall, and shall cause each of their respective Affiliates to, take reasonable steps to maintain books and records of all material transactions pertaining to, and all data used by it, in the performance of the Services (the “TSA Records”). The TSA Records shall be maintained (a) in a format substantially similar to the format such books and records are maintained as of the date hereof, (b) in accordance with any and all applicable Laws and (c) in accordance with the maintaining Party’s business record retention policies.
(b) Each Party shall make the TSA Records it maintains available to the other Party and its Affiliates and their respective auditors or other representatives, and in any event to any Governmental Authority, during normal business hours on reasonable prior notice (it being understood that TSA Records that are not stored on a Party’s regular business premises will require additional time to retrieve), for review, inspection, examination and, at the reviewing Party’s reasonable expense, reproduction. Access to such TSA Records shall be exercised by a Party and its Affiliates and their authorized representatives in a manner that shall not interfere unreasonably with the normal operations of the Party maintaining the TSA Records. In connection with such review of TSA Records, and upon reasonable prior notice, a reviewing Party and its Affiliates shall have the right to discuss matters relating to the TSA Records with the employees of the Party or its Affiliates who are maintaining the relevant TSA Records and providing the Services, as applicable, during regular business hours and without undue disruption of the normal operations of such maintaining and providing Party or its Affiliates. Neither Party shall have access to any TSA Records, and neither Party shall be required to provide access or disclose information, when such access or disclosure would jeopardize any attorney-client privilege or violate any applicable Law (provided that such party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide such access or share such information in a manner that would not jeopardize any such privilege or violate any such Law). Each Party’s rights under this Section 7.1(b) shall continue for so long as TSA Records are required to be maintained by the other Party under Section 7.1(a).
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Section 7.2 Access to Information; Books and Records.
(a) On and after the Commencement Date, RGHI shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, until the 7th anniversary of the Commencement Date, afford to GPC and its employees and authorized representatives during normal business hours reasonable access to its books of account, financial and other records (including accountant’s work papers), information, employees and auditors at the Company’s expense to the extent necessary or useful for the Company in connection with any audit, investigation, or dispute or Litigation (other than any Litigation involving a dispute between the Parties) or any other reasonable business purpose relating to the Business; provided that any such access by GPC shall not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the business of RGHI and its Affiliates.
(b) On and after the Commencement Date, GPC shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, until the 7th anniversary of the Commencement Date (i) afford to RGHI and its employees and authorized representatives during normal business hours reasonable access to GPC’s employees and auditors, (ii) retain all books of accounts, financial and other records (including accountant’s work papers), and other information and documents pertaining to the Business in existence on the Commencement Date, and (iii) make available for inspection and copying by RGHI (at RGHI’s expense) during normal business hours, in each case so as not to unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the Business, such information (A) as may be required by any Governmental Authority, including pursuant to any applicable Law or regulatory request or to prepare or file any Tax related documentation, (B) as may be necessary for RGHI or its Affiliates in connection with their ongoing financial reporting, accounting or other purpose related to RGHI and the Company’s affiliation immediately prior to the Commencement Date, or (C) as may be necessary for RGHI or its Affiliates to perform their respective obligations pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with any Litigation (other than any Litigation involving a dispute between the parties), in each case subject to compliance with all applicable privacy Laws.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.2, the Party granting access under Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.2(b) may withhold any document (or portions thereof) or information (i) that is subject to the terms of a non-disclosure agreement with a third party (provided that such party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to share such information in a manner that would not violate any such obligation), (ii) that may constitute privileged attorney-client communications or attorney work product and the transfer of which, or the provision of access to which, as reasonably determined by such Party’s counsel, constitutes a waiver of any such privilege (provided that such party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to share such information in a manner that would not jeopardize any such privilege), or (iii) if the provision of access to such document (or portion thereof) or information, as determined by such Party’s counsel, would reasonably be expected to conflict with applicable Laws.
Section 7.3 Non-Disclosure Agreements. To the extent that any third-party proprietor of information or software to be disclosed or made available to a Recipient in connection with performance of the Services requires a specific form of non-disclosure agreement as a condition of such third party’s consent to use the same for the benefit of the Recipient or to permit the Recipient access to such information or software, each Party shall, or shall cause its relevant Affiliate to, as a condition to the receipt of such portion of the Services, execute (and shall cause its Personnel to execute, if reasonably required) any such form.
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Section 7.4 Confidential Information.
(a) Each Party agrees to take the necessary steps to protect any Confidential Information of the other Party with at least the same degree of care that the receiving Party uses to protect its own confidential or proprietary information of like kind, but not less than reasonable care. Neither Party shall use the other Party’s Confidential Information other than to perform Services pursuant to this Agreement or pursuant to Section 7.2 herein. The obligation of confidentiality hereunder shall not apply to information that (i) was already in the possession of the receiving Party without restriction on its use or disclosure prior to the receipt of the information from the disclosing Party, (ii) is or becomes available to the general public through no act or fault of the receiving Party, (iii) is rightfully disclosed to the receiving Party by a third party without restriction on its use or disclosure, (iv) is independently developed by employees and/or consultants of the receiving Party who have not had access to the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, (v) is disclosed to the receiving Party after the receiving Party properly gave notice to the disclosing Party that the receiving Party no longer desired to receive any additional Confidential Information from the disclosing Party, or (vi) is required to be disclosed pursuant to judicial or governmental decree or order, provided that the disclosing Party is, where permitted, given prompt written notice of and the opportunity to defend against disclosure pursuant to such decree or order.
(b) Upon any termination or expiration of this Agreement, at the written request of the other Party, each Party shall, and shall cause any of its Affiliates or third-party vendors used in connection with the provision or receipt of the Services to, deliver to the other Party (i) all records and data (including backup tapes, records and related information) received, computed, developed, processed and stored by it hereunder in a readable format reasonably acceptable to the other Party, and (ii) all other Confidential Information of such other Party, but excluding, in each case, (1) any information stored electronically in a back-up file pursuant to the receiving Party’s customary electronic back-up practices which may be retained by such Party solely for archival purposes and subject to the continuing confidentiality obligations set forth herein, and (2) any information obtained pursuant to Section 7.2 herein; provided that, in lieu of delivering all of the foregoing to the other Party, the relevant delivering Party may confirm in writing that it has destroyed, or has caused RGHI or the Company, as the case may be, to destroy, all of the foregoing.
ARTICLE VIII
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Section 8.1 Ownership of Intellectual Property. Any intellectual property owned by a Party, its Affiliates or third-party vendors and used in connection with the provision or receipt of the Services, as applicable, shall remain the property of such Party, its Affiliates, or third-party vendors.
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Section 8.2 License. Each Party grants, and shall cause its Affiliates to grant, to the other Party and its Affiliates, a royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide license, during the Term, to use the intellectual property owned by such Party or its Affiliates (but excluding any trademarks) only to the extent necessary for the other Party and its Affiliates to provide or receive the Services, as applicable. Other than the license granted to a Party and its Affiliates pursuant to the preceding sentence, neither Party nor its Affiliates shall have any right, title or interest in the intellectual property owned by the other Party or its Affiliates.
ARTICLE IX
REMEDIES
Section 9.1 Indemnification. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article IX, each Party (the “Indemnifying Party”) agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party and its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and permitted assigns (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against all Losses imposed upon or incurred by an Indemnified Party to the extent arising out of or resulting from the Indemnifying Party’s or its Affiliates’ material breach of this Agreement, except to the extent that such Losses are primarily caused by the Indemnified Party.
Section 9.2 Exclusive Remedy. The indemnities provided for in Section 9.1 shall be the sole and exclusive monetary remedy of the Parties hereto and their Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, successors and permitted assigns for any breach of or inaccuracy in any representation or warranty or any breach, nonfulfillment or default in the performance of any of the covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement, and the Parties shall not be entitled to a rescission of this Agreement or to any further indemnification rights or claims of any nature whatsoever in respect thereof (including any common law rights of contribution), all of which the Parties hereto hereby waive.
Section 9.3 Disclaimer. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, (A) NO PARTY MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE MATERIALS AND SERVICES, AS APPLICABLE, PROVIDED HEREUNDER, AND ALL SUCH MATERIALS AND SERVICES, AS APPLICABLE, ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS AND (B) EACH PARTY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Section 9.4 Limitations.
(a) IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS OR LOST REVENUES THAT THE OTHER PARTY MAY INCUR BY REASON OF ITS HAVING ENTERED INTO OR RELIED UPON THIS AGREEMENT, OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER OR THE FAILURE THEREOF, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION IN WHICH SUCH DAMAGES ARE ASSERTED, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE SAME OTHER THAN TO THE EXTENT AWARDED IN A THIRD PARTY CLAIM.
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(b) EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO A MATERIAL BREACH CONSTITUTING WILLFUL MISCONDUCT BY A PROVIDER, REPEAT PERFORMANCE OF A SERVICE BY THE PROVIDER OR REFUND OF THE FEES PAID FOR A SERVICE SHALL BE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR BREACH OF THE SERVICES STANDARD FOR SUCH SERVICE.
(c) IN NO EVENT SHALL A PARTY’S LIABILITY IN RELATION TO SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT EXCEED THE FEES PAID TO IT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR THE SPECIFIC SERVICE THAT RESULTED IN THE LOSS.
Section 9.5 Insurance. Each Party shall obtain and maintain, for the Term (i) commercial general liability insurance with a single combined liability limit of at least $5,000,000 per occurrence, (ii) workers compensation/employer’s liability insurance with a liability limit of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence or, if greater, the statutory minimum, and (iii) “all risk” property insurance on a replacement cost basis adequate to cover all assets and business interruption Losses that a Party may suffer in connection with or arising out of this Agreement, subject to policy limits, and in the case of the policies described in clause (i) above, naming the other Party as an additional insured thereunder. Upon request, each Party shall provide the other Party a certificate of insurance as proof of insurance coverage.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1 Force Majeure. In the event that a Party is wholly or partially prevented from, or delayed in, providing one or more Services, or one or more Services are interrupted or suspended, by reason of events beyond their reasonable control, which by their nature were not foreseen, or, if it was foreseen, was not reasonably avoidable, including acts of God, act of Governmental Authority, act of the public enemy or due to fire, explosion, accident, floods, embargoes, epidemics, pandemics, war, acts of terrorism, nuclear disaster, civil unrest or riots, civil commotion, insurrection, severe or adverse weather conditions, lack of or shortage of adequate electrical power, malfunctions of equipment or software (each, a “Force Majeure Event”), such Party shall promptly give notice of any such Force Majeure Event to the other Party and shall indicate in such notice the effect of such event on their ability to perform hereunder and the anticipated duration of such event. The Party whose performance is affected by the Force Majeure Event shall not be obligated to deliver or cause to be delivered the affected Services during such period, and the applicable Party shall not be obligated to pay during such period for any affected Services not delivered. During the duration of a Force Majeure Event, the Party whose performance is affected by the Force Majeure Event shall, and shall cause their relevant Affiliates to, minimize to the extent practicable the effect of the Force Majeure Event on their obligations hereunder and use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or remove such Force Majeure Event and to resume delivery of the affected Services with the least delay practicable.
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Section 10.2 Authority. A Provider shall not be permitted to bind a Recipient or any of its Affiliates or enter into any agreements (oral or written), contracts, leases, licenses or other documents (including the signing of checks, notes, bills of exchange or any other document, or accessing any funds from any bank accounts of a Recipient or any of its Affiliates) on behalf of a Recipient or any of its Affiliates except with the express prior written consent of the Recipient, which consent may be given from time to time as the need arises and for such limited purposes as expressed therein.
Section 10.3 Specific Performance. The Parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction to prevent actual or threatened breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall prevent a Party from seeking damages (to the extent permitted herein) in the event that specific performance is not available.
Section 10.4 Status of Parties. This Agreement is not intended to create, nor will it be deemed or construed to create, any relationship between the RGHL Group, on the one hand, and the GPC Group, on the other hand, other than that of independent entities contracting with each other solely for the purpose of effecting the provisions of this Agreement. Neither the RGHL Group, on the one hand, nor the GPC Group, on the other hand, shall be construed to be the agent of the other.
Section 10.5 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by delivery in person, via email (followed by overnight courier), or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the other Party hereto as follows:
if to the Company,
Xxxxxx Packaging Company Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxxxxx XX 00000-0000,
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Email: xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
if to RGHI,
Xxxxxxxx Group Holdings Inc.
0000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Email: xxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
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or such other address or email as such Party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the other Party hereto. All such notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00 p.m. on a Business Day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day in the place of receipt. Notwithstanding the foregoing, normal business communications with respect to the Services may be given by the Parties by whatever means are usual and appropriate for such types of communications.
Section 10.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including all Exhibits, constitute the sole and entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements, understandings and representations, both written and oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
Section 10.7 Waivers and Amendments; Non-Contractual Remedies; Preservation of Remedies. No amendment, modification or discharge of this Agreement, and no waiver hereunder, shall be valid or binding unless set forth in writing and duly executed by the Party against whom enforcement of the amendment, modification, discharge or waiver is sought. Any such waiver shall constitute a waiver only with respect to the specific matter described in such writing and shall in no way impair the rights of the Party granting such waiver in any other respect or at any other time. Neither the waiver by any of the Parties hereto of a breach of or a default under any of the provisions of this Agreement, nor the failure by any of the Parties, on one or more occasions, to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or to exercise any right or privilege hereunder, shall be construed as a waiver of any other breach or default of a similar nature, or as a waiver of any of such provisions, rights or privileges hereunder. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and none is exclusive of any other, or of any rights or remedies that any Party may otherwise have at law or in equity.
Section 10.8 Governing Law, etc.
(a) This Agreement shall be governed in all respects, including as to validity, interpretation and effect, by the Laws of the State of Illinois, without giving effect to its principles or rules of conflict of laws, to the extent such principles or rules are not mandatorily applicable by statute and would permit or require the application of the Laws of another jurisdiction. Each of the Parties hereto submits to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in Lake County, Illinois, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, agrees to bring all claims under any theory of liability in respect of such action or proceeding exclusively in any such court and agrees not to bring any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any other court. Each of the Parties hereto waives any defense of inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any action or proceeding so brought and waives any bond, surety or other security that might be required of any other party with respect thereto. Each Party hereto agrees that service of summons and complaint or any other process that might be served in any action or proceeding may be made on such Party by sending or delivering a copy of the process to the Party to be served at the address of the Party and in the manner provided for the giving of notices in Section 10.5. Nothing in this Section 10.8, however, shall affect the right of any Party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Law. Each Party hereto agrees that a final, non-appealable judgment in any action or proceeding so brought shall be conclusive and may be enforced by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law.
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(b) The Parties each hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any right to trial by jury of any claim, demand, action, or cause of action (i) arising under this Agreement or (ii) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties hereto in respect of this Agreement or any of the transactions related hereto, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising, and whether in contract, tort, equity, or otherwise. The Parties to this Agreement each hereby agree and consent that any such claim, demand, action, or cause of action shall be decided by court trial without a jury and that the parties to this Agreement may file an original counterpart of a copy of this Agreement with any court as written evidence of the consent of the Parties hereto to the waiver of their right to trial by jury.
Section 10.9 Further Assurances. Each Party covenants and agrees that, without any additional consideration, it shall execute and deliver, or shall cause its Affiliates to execute and deliver, such documents and other papers and shall take, or shall cause its Affiliates to take, such further actions as may be reasonably required to carry out the provisions of this Agreement and give effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 10.10 Assignment. No Party may assign this Agreement, or any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement (whether by operation of Law or otherwise), without the prior written consent of the other Party; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may assign any or all of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the other Party to: (a) its Affiliates, (b) a purchaser of: (i) one or more of its Affiliates that is a Provider or Recipient under this Agreement; (ii) all or substantially all of the business or assets of one or more of its Affiliates that is a Provider or Recipient under this Agreement; or (iii) all or substantially all of such Party’s business or assets, or (c) its financing sources solely for collateral purposes, in each case so long as the assignee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. Any permitted assignment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective heirs, successors and permitted assigns. Any attempted assignment of this Agreement, or the rights or obligations herein, not in accordance with the terms of this Section 10.10 shall be void. If an RGHI Affiliate Provider is no longer affiliated with RGHI due to the sale of all or substantially all of the business or assets of such Affiliate to a third party, RGHI shall cause such Affiliate to agree to continue providing the Services that it is providing at the time of such transaction consistent with the terms of this Agreement for the remaining Term.
Section 10.11 Multi-party Contracts. The Company and RGHI will use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain within 24 months following the Commencement Date, from the counterparty to each Multi-party Contract any needed consent to separate the portion of such contract that relates to the goods or services purchased from or supplied to the Business under such Multi-party Contract (including but not limited to assignment or partial assignment of such contracts to the Company or RGHI or its Affiliates) except for those Multi-party Contracts the Parties agree no action is required. The contract constituting the separated portion of any Multi-party Contract that relates to the Business as described in the preceding sentence shall be assumed by and become the responsibility of the Company. Each Party making purchases or receiving services under any Multi-party Contract shall indemnify and hold harmless the other Party and its Affiliates for any claims, damages, etc. arising out of such purchases or receipt of services.
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Section 10.12 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon any such determination, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
Section 10.13 Interpretation.
(a) The Parties acknowledge and agree that, except as specifically provided herein, they may pursue judicial remedies at law or equity in the event of a dispute with respect to the interpretation or construction of this Agreement.
(b) This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with the provisions hereof without the aid of any canon, custom or rule of law requiring or suggesting constitution against the Party causing the drafting of the provision in question.
Section 10.14 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Other than the rights granted to the Indemnified Parties under Section 9.1, nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the Parties hereto, their successors and permitted novates, transferees and assigns, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.
Section 10.15 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement via email shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Agreement.
Section 10.16 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
Section 10.17 Order of Precedence. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of any Exhibit and the other provisions of this Agreement, the other provisions of this Agreement shall govern, except to the extent that the relevant provision of the Exhibit expressly identifies the provision of this Agreement it supersedes and expressly indicates that such provision is being superseded or this Agreement expressly indicates that the Exhibit governs.
[Signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
Xxxxxxxx Group Holdings Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Title: | Vice President | |
Xxxxxx Packaging Company Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Title: | Vice President |
EXHIBIT A
Transition Services
Section G1: IT Services1
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G1.1 | IT Service Category: Major Applications – Hosting and Infrastructure Support | |||||||
Hosting – shared and dedicated environments | Provision of hosting services at RGHI’s data center for shared hardware and hardware dedicated to GPC’s systems. Services include:
• Access to and use of the noted applications groups
• Disaster Recovery
• Administration
• Security management
• Backup/restore management
Service also includes provision of equivalent access to this set of GPC applications in alternative data center(s) upon migration to GPC’s new operating environment(s), and/or equivalent services from alternative providers, managed under this Agreement by RGHI. |
All services in group 24 months from the Commencement Date
Termination can only be as per an agreed Migration Plan |
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G1.1.1 | Autosys | Job Scheduling and Monitoring System. | $4,082 per month | |||||
G1.1.2 | Citrix/Virtual Desktops | VDI environment for remote application routing and access. | $2,252 per month | |||||
G1.1.3 | Collaboration – Email, Instant Messaging & Teams | MS Exchange email Service, Outlook integration, MS Teams, and Skype for Business Instant Messaging/Collaboration, Power BI. #Tenant Management | $21,467 per month | |||||
G1.1.4 | CRM | GPC’s instance of the MS Dynamics Customer Relationship Management System. | $2,649 per month |
1 | Where reference is made to RGHI’s data center, this means either (1) the Lincolnshire facility at 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, (2) the Lake Forest backup data center at 0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, or (3) the Cloud Service provider selected to house certain infrastructure operations from time to time during the Term and migration. |
A-2
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G1.1.5 | Hyperion/HFM | Hyperion Financial Management system for consolidation and reporting. | $1,633 per month | |||||
G1.1.6 | RightFax | Electronic fax messaging system. | $3,104 per month | |||||
G1.1.7 | RPA/AA | Automation Anywhere ecosystem for Robotic Process Automation. | $5,059 per month | |||||
G1.1.8 | SharePoint | MS SharePoint environment for collaboration, file-sharing and intranet delivery. | $5,682 per month | |||||
G1.1.9 | SAP Hosting | SAP, MII, EWM, Ariba, BW | $22,963 per month | |||||
G1.2 | IT Service Category: Support Services | |||||||
General support services | Overall services associated with delivery of general support from RGHI to GPC, including components such as:
• Administration of vendors
• Procurement
• Network management
• Infrastructure administration and management |
All services in group 24 months from the Commencement Date
Termination can only be as per an agreed Migration Plan |
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G1.2.1 | Desktop & Site Management | Centralized management services for facility environments: patching, backup, package delivery, imaging, RF/Mobile device support. | $16,885 per month | |||||
G1.2.2 | Field Site Support Services | Management of provisioning of local site network and desktop environment field support services, including management of the PC assets, entailing upgrades, replacements and obsolescence, desktop imaging, technical support of the local site network and local desktop and server environment. | $15,549 per month | |||||
G1.2.3 | IT Security Provisioning | Management of security provisioning for all applications and access, including SSO and AD. | $4,082 per month |
A-3
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G1.2.4 | IT Service Desk and Incident Management Services | Provision of IT service desk and incident management services, including: the issue of tickets; ticket-logging; assignment of incident for serving; follow-up; escalation; communication to user; ticket resolution; user survey and ticket closure; and associated services. The cost of the EasyVista helpdesk tool in included in this service. | $36,195 per month | |||||
G1.2.5 | LAN & WAN Management | Provisioning, monitoring, troubleshooting and administration of long distance and local network facilities, including AT&T (and other) MPLS, DMVPN, Routers and Switches, VOIP, and Wi-Fi APs. | $22,092 per month | |||||
G1.2.6 | Governance | Overall management of services delivered under this Agreement. | $18,713 per month | |||||
G1.2.7 | SQL Management | Management of environments for miscellaneous MS SQL databases/systems. | $12,245 per month | |||||
G1.2.8 | Base Infrastructure | All management and administration of core datacenter environments in support of all centralized applications and utility delivery, including all services associated with the Lincolnshire Data Center, Cloud Hosting environments, third party administration and support services. | $51,248 per month | |||||
G1.3 | IT Service Category: General Pass-thru / Variable Costs | |||||||
Variable and Pass-thru costs | Service fees for consumption or license maintenance as levied by vendors to RGHI based on GPC utilization of such services or licenses | All services in group 24 months from the Commencement Date | ||||||
G1.3.1 | WAN Services – Site Network | Vendor (AT&T and other) costs for usage of MPLS and ISP services. | Fee covered under IT License Usage Agreement |
A-4
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G1.3.2 | Voice and Cellular Phone Service | Local, Long Distance, & Mobile usage costs. | Pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service (other than as covered under the IT License Usage Agreement) | |||||
G1.3.3 | Multi-function device (MFD) Services | Lexmark usage and consumables costs. | Pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | |||||
G1.3.4 | Hosting – Microsoft | O365 – Microsoft usage | Fee covered under IT License Usage Agreement | |||||
G1.3.5 | Licensing—Microsoft | Microsoft license maintenance (SA) and subscriptions. | Fee covered under IT License Usage Agreement | |||||
G1.3.6 | Licensing – SAP | SAP license maintenance – R/3 | Fee covered under IT License Usage Agreement | |||||
G1.3.7 | Licensing—SAP BI/MII | SAP license maintenance – BI (Hana), MII (IFP) | Fee covered under IT License Usage Agreement | |||||
G1.3.8 | Licensing—Oracle/HFM | Oracle license maintenance for Hyperion Financial Manager. | Fee covered under IT License Usage Agreement |
A-5
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G1.3.9 | Licensing – GEP | GE Procurement system license fees. | Pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | |||||
G1.3.10 | Domain Names | Domain name annual registration fees. | Pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | |||||
G1.3.11 | IT Procurement – Fees | Hardware/Software/Services procured on behalf of GPC. | Pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | |||||
G1.3.12 | Licensing – Other | KnowBe4, plus other miscellaneous minor licenses maintenance fees. | Pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | |||||
G1.3.13 | DD&A | Depreciation & Amortization | Pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G1.4 | IT Service Category: Project Management / IT Consulting | |||||||
G1.4.1 | Discretionary Enhancements | Any system changes or enhancements to the technical operating environment requested by GPC during the Term require agreement between RGHI and GPC. Provision of this Service is subject to the availability of internal resource within RGHI and agreement between the Parties regarding the scope of the changes/enhancements.
Where this Service is used, the rates will be as follows:
• Senior Engineer at $200 / hour
• Junior Engineer at $150 / hour |
All services in group 24 months from the Commencement Date | Quoted hourly rate with respect to the particular service to be provided
Plus the pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | ||||
G1.4.2 | IT Consulting Services | Provision of advice, guidance and recommendations on new services, new technical solutions related to applications and infrastructure, etc.
Provision of this Service is subject to availability of internal resource within RGHI and agreement between the Parties. Where this Service is used, the rates will be as follows:
• IT Consulting Services at $200 / hour |
Quoted hourly rate with respect to the particular service to be provided
Plus the pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G1.4.3 | Project Management Services | Provision of Project Management services to deliver projects agreed between RGHI and GPC.
Provision of this Service is subject to availability of internal resource within RGHI and agreement between the Parties. Where this Service is used, the rates will be as follows:
• Project Manager at $150 / hour
• Senior Project Manager at $200 / hour
Any costs for engaging external resources will be passed through to GPC. |
Quoted hourly rate with respect to the particular service to be provided
Plus the pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | |||||
G1.4.4 | Migration Services | Project services to manage and execute the extraction of IT operations from the RLS managed environment(s) and enable GPC to exit this TSA, as defined in the TSA Migration Services in Section 2.1.(c).
For the avoidance of doubt, this service includes all internal RGHI labor and third-party costs associated with execution of all separation activities, and any license or technology acquisitions required to facilitate the establishment of GPC’s new, stand-alone IT environment and the handover of same to GPC for future management.
This Service cannot be terminated until such time as separation has concluded to the satisfaction of RGHI and GPC.
Where this Service is used, the rates will be as follows:
• Senior Engineer at $200 / hour
• Junior Engineer at $150 / hour |
Quoted hourly rate with respect to the particular service to be provided
Plus the pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Section G2: HR Services
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G2.1 | Health and Welfare Benefits Services | In order for RGHI to provide health and welfare benefits services to GPC, GPC must maintain or replicate, adopt, and become the plan sponsor for the same plans currently maintained, with current vendors for the following:
• EAP (US)— ComPsych
• H&W Administration – Empyrean
• Pharmacy – Express Scripts
• Great West (Canada)
• Voya
• VSP
• JDIMI (Canada)
RGHI will support vendor changes by providing employee data as needed, attending meetings, and transition vendor relationships to GCP. GPC will be responsible for transition communication, transition projects, and data feeds required in order to provide the health and welfare benefits services.
Enrollment and Eligibility Processing: RGHI will provide services to enroll newly hired employees into the health and welfare benefits plans outlined above, including processing status changes, during the Term. GPC will process open enrollment for 2021 during the 2020 open enrollment as required. RGHI will transmit eligibility data to carriers during the Term.
Tax Filings:
Health and Welfare: Except as indicated herein, GPC (or its applicable vendor) will prepare and file government and other tax filings associated with the health and welfare benefits beginning with plan year 2019; provided that the preparation of 2019 tax filings shall be at RGHI’s expense.
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December 31, 2020 | $175 per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
General Plan and Vendor Administration. RGHI will continue to provide general plan and vendor administration services with regard to Empyrean and COBRA administration as applicable in each country.
Other plan year filings (1095 reporting, P-XXXX tax filings, etc): GPC will be responsible for filings beginning with the 2019 plan year. RGHI will assist GPC in creating a calendar for such reports and in obtaining the appropriate forms.
GPC are responsible for invoices, funding and any other financial transactions with the vendors. RGHI will provide training and support to the key stakeholders on how the processes are handled currently.
RGHI will be available to provide transition of support and agreements and provide support for meetings to share information and answer any questions with current vendors regarding current practices, including but not limited to support for separation of H&W plans. |
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G2.2 | Payroll Services – Systems and Support | Provision of payroll services comprising:
• Management of the relationship and contract with ADP
• Ongoing support of interface files with ADP and third-party vendors consistent with current practices, including management and oversight of existing vendor feeds
• Access to ADP so that GPC may undertake:
• Processing salaried and hourly payrolls
• New hire reporting
• Year-end tax reporting and preparation for employees (if applicable)
• Payroll tax return preparation
• Access to HRIS reporting capabilities (where applicable and with existing vendors/feeds)
GPC will be responsible for generating their own reports from the payroll systems. RGHI and its Affiliates will not permit the payroll provider to create any additional programmed reports that are not part of the menu of standard reports available to RGHI. |
24 months from the Commencement Date | $3,445 per month
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G2.3 | Ancillary HR Services | Provision of ancillary services comprising:
• ADP application and administrative support services
• Continued access to and use of existing applications including:
• SmartRecruiters
• Harvest Compensation/Harvest Performance Management |
$2,230 per month Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Section G3: Financial and Treasury Services
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G3.1 | Financial Services – Technical Accounting | Provision of support and handover services for technical accounting including: • Assistance with accounting guidance in relation to specific transactions (i.e. lease review, casualty loss, customer contract review, restructures, etc.), including research (consistent with past practices) for review by GPC management and auditors |
12 months from the Commencement Date | $125 per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | ||||
G3.2 | Financial Services – Lease Administration | Provision of support and handover services for lease administration including:
• Lease accounting and lease administration services consistent with current practices and procedures, including but not limited to:
• Mass data uploads leveraging ETL templates into Costar system (10+ lease records)
• Upload of discount rates (as prepared by GPC)
• Preparation of monthly and quarterly reports
• System controls in relation to RGHI instance of Costar, backup, exchange rates review, facilitation of user security review, cost center/hierarchy maintenance, etc.
• Assistance with system issue resolution
• Copies of all records, standard reports, and schedules, etc. from the Costar system for purposes of adoption of the lease accounting standard
• Reasonable assistance to GPC in establishing its own instance of Costar |
The earlier of (i) 12 months from the Commencement Date or (ii) the date GPC obtains its own instance of Costar | $125 per person / per hour
$4,000 per month for Costar
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | ||||
G3.3 | Financial Services – Treasury Administration Handover Services | Reasonable provision of treasury administration handover services, including:
• Assistance with transition of administration of letters of credit and any other assumed indebtedness
• Models and historical cash management reports/materials |
12 months from the Commencement Date | $95 per person / per hour Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
• Assistance with cash settlements, movements related to trade balances, intercompany loans, dividends, cash forecasting, and banking platforms
• Assistance with development of daily cash report preparation processes
• Assistance with development of escheatment reporting and filing processes
• Training on review of bank-generated reports
• Assistance with transition of wire transfer administration (i.e. authorization for tokens)
• Backup assistance with wire transfer administration and approvals
• Support for day to day cash management activities consistent with past practices |
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G3.4 | Financial Services – Reporting Applications Support Services | Provision of access to and/or application support services for FIS Integrity, Cambridge, and Trident. Service is subject to ability to apply security so GPC cannot view or access RGHI data in those systems. | 12 months from the Commencement Date | Integrity: $3,610 per month
Cambridge: No fixed fee
Trident: $180 per month
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | ||||
G3.5 | Treasury Services – FBAR Reporting | Provision of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (“FBAR”) reporting services. | 12 months from the Commencement Date | $80
per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G3.6 | Treasury Services – Hedging | Provision of support and handover services related to commodity hedging activities, including:
• Determining hedge quantities and timing
• Execution of hedging trades in Kiodex
• Tracking open hedge positions
• Facilitate provision of month-end journal entries |
12 months from the Commencement Date | $100 per person / per hour
$4,750 per month for Kiodex
$1,000 flat fee per trade placed following the Commencement Date
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Section G4: Internal Audit and Tax Services
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G4.1 | Audit and IT Audit Handover Services | Provision of audit handover services, including information relating to internal audit and IT internal audit processes and procedures of GPC.
Reasonable provision of:
• Training of new GPC staff and existing documentation for all relevant processes
• Assistance, related to the services included in this section
• Transition handover support as required |
12 months from the Commencement Date | $175 per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | ||||
G4.2 | Tax Services – Direct (US) | Provision of support services for tax accounting and direct tax filings, including preparation and filing of federal and state tax returns. For the avoidance of doubt, preparation and filing of returns may be completed by a third-party service provider consistent with current practice.
Reasonable handover tax services, including:
• The transfer by Sellers of any and all historical information and explanations necessary for GPC to completely and accurately prepare and file the tax returns related to post-Closing period.
• Identification of all information sources, including information gathering formats, for the collection of information required for GPC to prepare and file the tax returns related to post-Closing periods.
• Providing continued support in providing historical documentation and explanations in relation to tax audits currently in process.
• Providing working papers and support related to accounting for income taxes.
• Providing historical transfer pricing studies and working papers.
• Assistance with registrations and/or electronic payment registrations as needed. |
24 months from the Commencement Date | August Fee: $41,479
September Fee:
$59,203
October Fee:
$44,924
November Fee:
$36,311
December Fee:
$48,956
Fees for 2021 will be determined consistent with past practices in approximately Q4 of 2020
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G4.3 | Tax Services – Audit Support | Provision of support for state and federal and international income tax audits, including:
• Providing documentation and explanations to the examiners
• Preparing necessary paperwork related to any filings or settlements |
24 months from the Commencement Date | $175 per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | ||||
G4.4 | Tax Services – International Income Tax Support | Provision of support and handover services for international income tax. | 24 months from the Commencement Date | $140 per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | ||||
G4.5 | Tax Services – Transfer Pricing Consulting Services | Provision of support and handover services for transfer pricing compliance and other matters related to GPC worldwide transactions and sales services, including in connection with audits and Country by Country (CbC) and customs reporting. | The earlier of (i) 24 months from the Commencement Date or (ii) the cessation of current Director of Transfer Pricing’s employment | $140 per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Section G5: Procurement Services
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G5.1 | Procurement – Support and Handover Services | Provision of support and handover services to assist GPC (consistent with past practices) in obtaining supply and or service agreements, including assisting with negotiations (which shall not include legal advice) in relation to:
• Small parcel freight (UPS, FedEx)
• ISN
• Energy
• IT multifunction devices (printers, etc.)
• Raw materials – resin
• IT procurement |
12 months from the Commencement Date | $100 per person / per hour
Plus the pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Section G6: Travel and Expense Services
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G6.1 | Travel and Expense Services –Travel Booking Assistance | Provision of:
• Access to discounted airline, hotel, and rental car rates
• Services relating to travel booking assistance and ticket issuance by FCM
For the avoidance of doubt, RGHI may from time to time identify alternative service providers and will provide GPC with reasonable advance notice of any changes. |
12 months from the Commencement Date | No fee |
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Section G7: Trade Compliance
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G7.1 | Trade Compliance Handover Services | Provision of access to RGHI’s trade compliance team who will provide ongoing support, background information and handover support services for the current trade compliance function, including:
• Assistance in data handover of historical import and export transactions and classification databases
• Trade compliance procedures, in particular:
• Export controls
• Transition supplier communication regarding Importer Security Filings
• Reporting and filing services, but will not require Sellers to carry out reporting or filing on behalf of the GPC
• Understanding of current issues, including routine filings, prior disclosures, protests, remediations and assistance declarations
• Coordination of shipments with brokers (import and export)
• Classifications
• Preparation of customs documentation
• Denied party screening
• Monthly import and export reports
• FTA support |
August 31, 2020 | $100 per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | ||||
G7.2 | Trade Compliance Systems | Provision of continued access to and use of shared trade compliance databases (EY and Descartes) to allow GPC to carry out tasks related to free trade agreements, classifications, CTPAT, denied party screening, and trade analysis. | 24 months from the Commencement Date | Pass-through of actual third-part costs incurred in providing the service |
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Section G8: Legal and Other Regulatory Support Services
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G8.1 | General Services – Contract Management Database | Provision of access to and use of RGHI’s contract management database (Conga Novatus). | March 7, 2021 | Pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service | ||||
G8.2 | General Services – Intellectual Property | Provision of access to and use of shared IP databases and service providers to enable GPC to carry out the following:
• Facilitation of ongoing portfolio maintenance (i.e. renewal decisions and required filings)
• Management and oversight of patent and trademark prosecution activities (i.e. office action responses)
• Filing new registrations and applications consistent with past practices
IP databases and service providers include:
• IP Manager
• IPAN
• Derwent Innovation
• TrademarkNow
For the avoidance of doubt, RGHI may from time to time select alternative databases and/or service providers, and will provide GPC with reasonable advance notice of any changes. |
24 months from the Commencement Date | $100 per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service (i.e. external legal firm fees to compile data for GPC, fees for IP databases and service providers) | ||||
G8.3 | General Services – Database Separation | Provision of support services related to separation of IP databases (IP Manager and IPAN). | December 31, 2020 | $1,150 per month
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
G8.4 | General Services – Corporate Secretarial | Provision of corporate secretarial duties and government filing assistance for GPC international locations consistent with past practices, including support for liquidations, consolidations, and restructures, subject to the availability of RGHI resources. | 24 months from the Commencement Date | $100 per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service (i.e. external Co-Sec/legal firm fees, Diligent Entities fees) | ||||
G8.5 | General Services – Legal Support | Provision of support and handover services with respect to all legal services provided by RGHI and its Affiliates, including:
• Information, relevant documents, and knowledge transfer related to employment and labor relations
• Ongoing information and assistance in connection with all other matters for which employees of RGHI or its Affiliates were providing legal services prior to the Commencement Date |
12 months from the Commencement Date | $190 per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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EXHIBIT B
Reverse Transition Services
Section GR1: IT
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
GR1.1 | Voice and Cellular Phone Support | General provisioning and management of land line services and CRU mobility with vendors to RGHI. | 24 months from the Commencement Date | $2,797 per month | ||||
GR1.2 | IT Procurement | Handling of procurement activities for venders, including contract management, SOW completion, PR and PO processing for RGHI. | 24 months from the Commencement Date | $2,501 per month | ||||
GR1.3 | GPC HFM | Business support for RGHI in their use of the GPC instance of HFM. | 12 months from the Commencement Date | No Fee | ||||
GR1.4 | DocuSign | Provision of access to and use of DocuSign pursuant to GPC renewal order effective November 15, 2019, consistent with current practices. | The earlier of (i) November 14, 2020 or (ii) the use of all 5,500 envelopes within current DocuSign renewal order | No fee |
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Section GR2: HR
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
GR2.1 | General HR –Employment Services (Xxxxxxxx) | Employment of current Director, Supplier Product and Process Quality – Europe & Asia, including, without limitation, provision of human resources support, payroll processing, and benefits coverage. | The earlier of (i) the cessation of the current Director’s employment or (ii) February 4, 2022 | Pass-through of actual costs and third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Section GR3: Finance Services
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
GR3.1 | General Services – Finance and Support Services | Handover and transition support services to retained CSI businesses in Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina, including support for treasury, historical matters, and provision of training and consulting services as may be reasonably requested. | 12 months from the Commencement Date | $75 per person / per hour | ||||
GR3.2 | General Services – AP Support | Provision of accounts payable support and handover services to the Evergreen business unit, consistent with past practice. | 12 months from the Commencement Date | $75 per person / per hour | ||||
GR3.3 | Financial Services – Reporting Applications Support Services | Provision of access to and/or application support services for Blackline. Service is subject to ability to apply security so RGHI cannot view or access GPC data in those systems. | April 1, 2022 | No fee |
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Section GR4: Procurement
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
GR4.1 | Procurement Handover Services | GPC will assist divested CSI business to obtain supply or service agreements, including assisting with negotiations (which shall not include legal advice) in relation to:
• Logistics
• Freight – small parcel (UPS, FedEx)
• IT multifunctional devices (printers, etc.) |
December 20, 2020 | $100
per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Section GR5: Trade Compliance
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
GR5.1 | Trade Compliance Handover Services | Provision of access to GPC’s trade compliance team who will provide background information and handover support services for the current trade compliance function, including:
• Assistance in data handover of historical import and export transactions and classification databases
• Familiarization with trade compliance procedures, in particular:
• Export controls
• Transition supplier communication regarding Importer Security Filings
• Reporting and filing services, but will not require Sellers to carry out reporting or filing on behalf of the GPC
• Understanding of current issues, including routine filings, prior disclosures, protests, remediations and assistance declarations
• Coordination of shipments with brokers (import and export)
• Classifications
• Preparation of customs documentation
• Denied party screening
• Monthly import and export reports
• FTA support |
12 months from the Commencement Date | $100 per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Section GR6: Legal Support Services
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
GR6.1 | General Services – Intellectual Property – Support Services | Provision of support services related to Transferred Entities’ intellectual property, including:
• Facilitation of ongoing portfolio maintenance (i.e. renewal decisions and required filings)
• Management and oversight of patent and trademark prosecution activities (i.e. office action responses)
• Filing new registrations and applications consistent with past practices |
To the earlier of (i) December 20, 2020 or (ii) the cessation of current Global Intellectual Property Manager’s employment | $100 per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service |
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Section GR7: Travel and Expense Services
Service Name |
Description of Service |
Term |
Fee (USD) | |||||
GR7.1 | Travel and Expense Services – Concur & Travel Booking Assistance | Provision of access to and use of the Concur system for travel booking, filing expense reports, processing and payment of expense reports, and reimbursement for cash expenses (Bambora). | To the earlier of (i) the transfer of Evergreen employees to the RGHI instance of Concur or (ii) 12 months from the Commencement Date | $75 per person / per hour
Plus pass-through of actual third-party costs incurred in providing the service2 |
2 | Concur invoices quarterly and charges are based on number of reports utilized during that timeframe, consistent with past practices. |
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EXHIBIT C
Service Coordinators
To be designated in writing from time to time by each party.
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