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EXHIBIT 10.4
NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF _____________, 2001,
AMONG
KPMG CONSULTING, LLC,
KPMG CONSULTING, INC.
AND
KPMG LLP
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NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT
THIS NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of
__________, 2001, is among KPMG LLP, a Delaware registered limited liability
partnership (the "Partnership"), KPMG CONSULTING, INC., a Delaware corporation
("Consulting, Inc."), and KPMG CONSULTING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company ("LLC," and together with Consulting, Inc.,
"Consulting").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Partnership has separated its Consulting Business
(as hereinafter defined) from its accounting and tax businesses;
WHEREAS, the Partnership formed Consulting, Inc. and LLC in
connection with the transfer to LLC of certain of the operating assets,
properties, personnel and liabilities related to the Consulting Business held by
the Partnership and certain Subsidiaries of the Partnership so that from and
after the Effective Date the Consulting Business was held by Consulting;
WHEREAS, the Partnership and Consulting desire to clearly
distinguish the types of professional services that will be provided by each of
the Partnership and Consulting;
WHEREAS, the Partnership and Consulting entered into the
Division of Services Agreement dated as of January 31, 2000 (the "Original
Agreement") which shall remain in effect until the earlier of the occurrence of
an IPO or a Change in Control (each as defined herein); and
WHEREAS, the Partnership and Consulting desire to amend and
restate the terms of the non-competition provisions contained in the Original
Agreement, such amendment and restatement to be effective only upon the earlier
of the occurrence of an IPO or a Change in Control.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Partnership and Consulting each hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND EFFECTIVENESS
Section 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings set forth below.
"BMP" means the Partnership's proprietary Business Measurement
Process methodology used in connection with assurance services.
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"CHANGE IN CONTROL" shall mean:
(i) a sale or transfer to a non-affiliated third party of all
or substantially all of the assets of Consulting on a consolidated basis in any
transaction or series of related transactions;
(ii) any merger, consolidation or reorganization in which
Consulting is a party, except for a merger, consolidation or reorganization in
which Consulting is the surviving corporation and, after giving effect to such
merger, consolidation or reorganization, the holders of Consulting's outstanding
equity (on a fully diluted basis) immediately prior to the merger, consolidation
or reorganization will own in the aggregate immediately following the merger,
consolidation or reorganization Consulting's outstanding equity (on a fully
diluted basis) either (i) having the ordinary voting power to elect a majority
of the members of Consulting's Board of Directors to be elected by the holders
of Common Stock and any other class which votes together with the Common Stock
as a single class or (ii) representing at least 50% of the equity value of
Consulting as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors; or
(iii) any Person, other than the Partnership or its
affiliates, acquires beneficial ownership of 50% or more of the outstanding
equity of Consulting generally entitled to vote on the election of directors.
"CONSULTING" has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
"CONSULTING BUSINESS" means the business of Consulting, which
shall consist of the provision of the Consulting Services and the Consulting
Supporting Services.
"CONSULTING, INC." has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
"CONSULTING, LLC" has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
"CONSULTING SERVICES" means those services provided by
Consulting and the Transferred Subsidiaries to their clients immediately
following the Effective Date, which consists of the Systems Integration and
Integrated Solutions Services, and in particular those services listed on
Appendix A hereto identified as Consulting Services, and any New Consulting
Services.
"CONSULTING SUPPORTING SERVICES" shall mean those Consulting
Services that are necessary or advisable to be provided in connection with or
related to the provision of any of the Partnership Services to be provided to
any client of the Partnership Business.
"DISPUTE" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
"EFFECTIVE DATE" means January 31, 2000.
"IPO" shall mean the initial public offering of the common
stock of Consulting, Inc. registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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"NEW CONSULTING SERVICE" shall mean a service related to the
Consulting Services that is not currently provided by the Partnership or
Consulting but which the Parties agree, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, shall constitute a Consulting Service.
"NEW PARTNERSHIP SERVICE" shall mean a service related to the
Partnership Services that is not currently provided by the Partnership or
Consulting but which the Parties agree, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, shall constitute a Partnership Service.
"NEW SERVICE" shall mean a New Consulting Service or a New
Partnership Service.
"ORIGINAL AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
"PARTNERSHIP SERVICES" means those services provided by the
Partnership or its Retained Subsidiaries immediately following the Effective
Date, which consists of the assurance and tax services currently provided by the
Partnership, other than Consulting Services, including without limitation,
attestation and verification services, business risk and technology risk
management services, and other services utilizing BMP as a platform for the
delivery of such services, including but not limited to those services
identified on Appendix A attached hereto as Assurance Services, and the New
Partnership Services.
"PARTNERSHIP SUPPORTING SERVICES" shall mean those Partnership
Services that are necessary or advisable to be provided in connection with or
related to the provision of any of the Consulting Services to clients of the
Consulting Business.
"PARTY" means the Partnership, Consulting, Inc. or LLC.
"PERSON" means an individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, unincorporated syndicate, unincorporated
organization, trust, trustee, executor, administrator or other legal
representative, governmental authority or agency, or any group of Persons acting
in concert.
"RETAINED SUBSIDIARIES" means any Subsidiary of the
Partnership at any time after the Effective Date, but excluding Consulting and
the Transferred Subsidiaries.
"SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AND INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS SERVICES" means
services related to the installation and implementation of hardware and software
products, electronic commerce and other internet-based solutions and related
information technology services, including without limitation, software
development, resale, distribution and evaluation of third-party products,
strategic and operations advice and assistance, including without limitation,
operational or process redesign, operations improvement of a client's internal
processes or the information flows required to support those operations;
provided, that such services shall be subject to any limitations set forth in
Appendix A.
"SUBSIDIARY" means, when used with reference to any Party, any
corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, a majority
of the outstanding voting power of which is owned directly or indirectly by such
Party.
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"TRANSFERRED SUBSIDIARIES" means any Subsidiary which relates
to the Consulting Business and which is transferred to Consulting or a
Subsidiary of Consulting.
Section 1.2. Rules of Construction. In this Agreement, unless
a clear contrary intention appears:
(1) singular numbers includes the plural and vice versa;
(2) reference to any gender includes the other gender;
(3) reference to any Section means such Section of this
Agreement and references in any Section or definition to any clause
means such clause of such Section or definition;
(4) "herein", "hereunder", "hereof", "hereto", and words of
similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular Section or other provision hereof
or thereof;
(5) "including" (and with correlative meaning "include") means
including without limiting the generality of any description
preceding such term;
(6) relative to the determination of any period of time,
"from" means "from and including," "to" means "to but excluding"
and "through" means "through and including;" and
(7) headings contained in this Agreement have been inserted
for convenience of reference only and are not to be used in
construing this Agreement.
Section 1.3. Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement
shall become effective upon the earlier to occur of (i) the consummation of an
IPO, or (ii) the consummation of a Change in Control. Prior to the effectiveness
of this Agreement, the Original Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
ARTICLE II
NON-COMPETITION
Section 2.1. (a) Non-Competition. From and after the Effective
Date, Consulting may provide the Consulting Services and shall not, directly or
through any Person controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect
common control with Consulting, engage in the provision of any Partnership
Services.
(b) From and after the Effective Date, the Partnership may
provide the Partnership Services and shall not, directly or through any Person
controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with the
Partnership, engage in the provision of any Consulting Services.
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Section 2.2. New Services. The Partnership and Consulting
acknowledge that each of the Partnership Business and the Consulting Business
will, in the future, involve the provision of services not currently provided by
either the Partnership or Consulting and each agrees that it is advisable and in
the best interests of each of the Parties to provide a mechanism to evaluate the
appropriate Party to provide such services during the term of this Agreement. In
furtherance thereof, the Partnership and Consulting hereby agree that any New
Service shall become part of the business with respect to which such service
most closely relates at the time. To facilitate this agreement, each Party
shall, upon the written request of the other Party, but in any event no later
than March 31 and September 30 of each year during the term of this Agreement,
provide the other Party with information describing in reasonable detail New
Services which have been made available by the Party since the last report. The
Party offering such New Service shall have the exclusive right to do so and such
service shall be included within the definition of the services provided by such
Party as set forth herein unless the other Party sends written notice of its
objection thereto within 30 days of receipt of written notification. Any such
objection shall be considered a Dispute and shall be resolved in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 2.3. (a) Additional Considerations and Agreements.
Nothing in this Agreement shall limit the right of either Party to hire the
personnel needed to provide the services to be provided by such Party consistent
with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) During the term of this Agreement, Consulting shall not
become a licensed certified public accounting firm and the personnel of
Consulting shall not hold themselves out as certified public accountants or
provide any advice or interpretation of any accounting standards, literature or
rules and the interpretation thereof as promulgated by the applicable standard
setting bodies, including without limitation, the Financial Accounting Standards
Board, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Securities
and Exchange Commission, or the successors thereto, in any manner or by any
means. The Partnership shall not become a systems integrator.
(c) Each Party shall have the right to determine the
appropriate titles for its personnel, based on market acceptance and demand.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Partnership and Consulting each agree that,
during the term of this Agreement, it is advisable and in the best interests of
each of the Parties to limit the competition between the Partnership Business
and the Consulting Business with respect to the recruitment of personnel and in
that regard the Partnership hereby agrees to use all reasonable efforts to avoid
the use of the term "consultant" in connection with its recruiting efforts.
(d) The Partnership shall have the right to develop technology
tools to support and facilitate the delivery of the Partnership Services. The
Partnership may, but shall not be required to, utilize the services of
Consulting, other joint venture or alliance partners or any third party vendor
or contractor in connection with such development. The Partnership shall have
the right to enter into other joint ventures or alliances, or to use any third
party vendors or contractors in the development and/or delivery of
non-technology tools and Partnership Services.
(e) To the extent any client engagement as of the Effective
Date involved the
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services of both the Partnership and Consulting, the Parties agree to negotiate
in good faith the appropriate arrangements necessary to continue such engagement
following the Effective Date if the Parties so desire in a prime/subcontractor
relationship with fees payable by the client for such contract work.
(f) The Partnership and Consulting each agree that it is
advisable and in the best interests of the Parties to provide a mechanism to
avoid a situation in which the Partnership and Consulting each submit a proposal
to a client to provide similar services to such client. If either Party obtains
information or otherwise becomes aware that the Partnership and Consulting each
intend to submit a proposal to a client with respect to the same potential
engagement, the Party with such information (the "Notifying Party") shall send
written notice to the other Party (the "Receiving Party") setting forth the name
of the client and a description of the services to be provided in connection
with such engagement. Within five (5) business days of receipt of such notice
the Receiving Party shall send the Notifying Party a response indicating whether
it intends to submit a proposal with respect to such engagement and, if so, why
it believes it is the appropriate Party to submit the proposal. Within two (2)
business days of receipt of a response indicating the Receiving Party's
intention to submit a proposal, the Notifying Party will send the Receiving
Party written notice of objection if the Receiving Party also intends to submit
a proposal and such objection shall be considered a Dispute and shall be
resolved in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(g) (i) The Partnership and Consulting each agree that nothing
set forth herein shall prohibit the Partnership from acquiring, purchasing or
otherwise combining with, and following such acquisition, purchase or
combination, actively engaging in, any business that has a subsidiary, division,
group, franchise or segment that is engaged in any Consulting Services, and
termination of this Agreement shall not occur, so long as such the Partnership
divests itself or causes the divestiture of such subsidiary, division, group,
franchise or segment within six months of the date of such acquisition, purchase
or combination.
(ii) This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the
Parties hereunder shall terminate in the event the Partnership enters into a
merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination involving the
Partnership or KPMG International which results in the Partnership (either
directly or through any other Person controlling, controlled by, or under direct
or indirect common control with the Partnership) providing consulting services
comparable to those offered by Consulting if the Partnership fails to divest as
required pursuant to Section 2.3(g)(i).
(iii) In the event that this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Section 2.3(g)(ii), Partnership shall pay to Consulting any damages
suffered by Consulting as a result of an event described in Section 2.3(g)(ii).
The Parties shall negotiate in good faith for a period of 30 days to determine
the amount of any such damages, and if the Parties are unable to agree within
such 30 day period, the matter shall be resolved as a Dispute under Article IV.
(h) (i) The Partnership and Consulting each agree that nothing
set forth herein shall prohibit Consulting from acquiring, purchasing or
otherwise combining with, and following such acquisition, purchase or
combination, actively engaging in, any business that has a
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subsidiary, division, group, franchise or segment that is engaged in any
Partnership Services, and termination of this Agreement shall not occur so long
as Consulting divests itself or causes the divestiture of such subsidiary,
division, group, franchise or segment within six months of the date of such
acquisition, purchase or combination.
(ii) This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the
Parties hereunder shall terminate in the event Consulting enters into a merger,
consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination involving Consulting
which results in Consulting (either directly or through any other Person
controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with
Consulting) providing assurance or tax services comparable to those offered by
the Partnership if Consulting fails to divest as required pursuant to Section
2.3(h)(i).
(iii) In the event that this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Section 2.3(h)(ii), Consulting shall pay to the Partnership any
damages suffered by the Partnership as a result of an event described in Section
2.3(h)(ii). The Parties shall negotiate in good faith for a period of 30 days to
determine the amount of any such damages, and if the Parties are unable to agree
within such 30 day period, the matter shall be resolved as a Dispute under
Article IV.
(i) The Parties agree that each of them may, but shall be
under no obligation to, refer clients to one another. In no event shall the
Parties pay referral fees, commissions or other compensation for any such
referrals to each other or to any subsidiary, affiliate, partner, principal,
employee or agent of the other entity.
(j) The Parties agree that they will not enter into any
co- or joint marketing, advertising or similar agreements or arrangements which
(i) are inconsistent with the agreements in Section 2.3(i), and (ii) do not
clearly state that the Partnership and Consulting are separate firms.
ARTICLE III
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Section 3.1. Escalation. Except as provided in Section 4.2
hereof, if a dispute, claim or controversy arises out of or arises in connection
with this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the termination or validity
hereof (a "Dispute"), the Partnership and Consulting agree to use the following
procedures, in lieu of either Party initially pursuing other available remedies,
to resolve the Dispute. The Parties agree that they will first attempt to settle
any Dispute arising out of this Agreement through good faith negotiations in the
spirit of mutual cooperation between business executives with authority to
resolve the Dispute. Prior to taking action as provided in Section 3.2, the
Parties shall first submit the Dispute to an appropriate corporate officer or
partner of each Party for resolution, and if such corporate officer and partner
are unable to resolve such Dispute, either Party may request that their
respective chief executive officers, or their respective delegees, attempt to
resolve such Dispute. The officers or delegees to whom any such claim or
controversy is submitted shall attempt to resolve the Dispute through good faith
negotiations over a reasonable period, not to exceed 30 days in the aggregate
unless otherwise
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agreed. Such 30-day period shall be deemed to commence on the date of a notice
from either Party describing the particular Dispute.
Section 3.2. Submission to Mediation. If, within 30 days after
such meeting of officer and partner or delegees, the Parties have not succeeded
in negotiating a resolution of the Dispute, the Partnership and Consulting agree
to refer the matter to a panel consisting of one (1) senior partner or the
delegee thereof from the Partnership and one (1) executive officer or the
delegee thereof from Consulting (which individuals or delegees shall not have
been, as much as practicable, directly involved in the Dispute) for review and
resolution. These individuals are referred to herein as the "Senior Executives."
Upon such referral, the Senior Executives shall review the following materials
provided by the Partnership and Consulting: a copy of the terms of this
Agreement and a concise (less than 10 page) summary of the basis of each party's
contentions, including the relevant facts and areas of disagreement. If the
Dispute cannot be resolved by the Senior Executive panel pursuant to this
Section 3.2 within 30 days of the referral of such Dispute, the Partnership and
Consulting may then pursue the remedies contemplated by Section 3.3 and 3.4.
Section 3.3. Arbitration. Any dispute that is not resolved by
negotiations pursuant to Section 3.2 will, upon written notice by either Party
to the other Party involved in the Dispute, be resolved by binding arbitration
administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") in accordance with
its Commercial Arbitration Rules. Within ten (10) business days after the
commencement of arbitration, each Party shall select one person to act as
arbitrator and the two arbitrators so selected shall select a third arbitrator
within ten (10) business days of their appointment. If the arbitrators selected
by the Parties are unable or fail to agree upon the third arbitrator within such
time period, the third arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA within the (10)
business days following a written request by any of the parties to the AAA. The
place of arbitration shall be New York, New York, and the language of the
arbitration shall be English. It is understood and agreed by the Parties that
money damages might not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this Agreement,
and that, notwithstanding anything else set forth in this Section 3.3 concerning
the arbitration of disputes and the procedure for such arbitration, and pending
the outcome of any such arbitration, the Parties shall be entitled to seek and
obtain injunctive relief as a provisional remedy for any such breach, which
shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedy for any such breach but shall be
in addition to all other provisional remedies available at law or equity. The
prevailing Party in the arbitration shall be entitled, in addition to such other
relief as may be granted, to its reasonable attorney's fees and other costs
reasonably incurred in such arbitration. The Parties specifically agree to be
bound by the decisions rendered by the arbitration panel provided for herein and
agree not to submit a dispute subject to this Section 3.3 to any national,
federal, state, provincial, local or other court or arbitration association
except as may be necessary to enforce the decision rendered by the arbitrators.
The Parties hereby agree that the existence of a Dispute and the details thereof
shall be considered confidential information, and each Party agrees not to
disclose such information to any other Person except those of its personnel that
have a need to know such information for purposes of attempting to resolve the
Dispute.
Section 3.4. Injunctive Relief. Nothing contained in this
Article III shall prevent either Party from resorting to judicial process, in
accordance with Section 4.2 if injunctive or other equitable relief from a court
is necessary to prevent serious and irreparable injury to one Party or to
maintain the status quo before, during or after the commencement of the
mediation process set forth in this Article III. The use of arbitration
procedures will not be construed under the doctrine of laches, waiver or
estoppel to affect adversely either Party's right to assert any claim or
defense.
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ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 4.1. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the
only agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof,
there being no prior written or oral promises or representations not
incorporated herein or therein.
Section 4.2. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed
by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, as though all acts and omissions related hereto occurred in New York. Any
lawsuit arising from or related to this Agreement shall only be brought, to the
extent permitted by Section 3.3 and 3.4, in the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York or in any state court in the State of New
York. To the extent permissible by law, the Parties hereby consent to the
jurisdiction and venue of such courts. Each Party hereby waives, releases and
agrees not to assert, and agrees to cause its Affiliates to waive, release and
not assert, any rights such Party or its Affiliates may have under any foreign
law or regulation that would be inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement as
governed by New York law.
Section 4.3. Amendment; Waiver. No amendment or modification
of the terms of this Agreement shall be binding on any Party unless reduced to
writing and signed by an authorized representative of the Party to be bound. The
waiver by any Party of any particular default by the other Party shall not
affect or impair the rights of the Party so waiving with respect to any
subsequent default of the same or a different kind; nor shall any delay or
omission by either Party to exercise any right arising from any default by the
other Party affect or impair any rights which the non-defaulting Party may have
with respect to the same or any future default.
Section 4.4. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement
is held invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity shall not affect
the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, and the Parties
shall substitute for the invalid provision a valid provision which most closely
approximates the intent and economic effect of the invalid provision. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any provision of this Agreement
shall be determined, under applicable law, to be overly broad in duration,
geographical coverage or substantive scope, such provision shall be deemed
narrowed to the broadest term permitted by applicable law and shall be enforced
as so narrowed.
Section 4.5. Counterparts. For convenience of the Parties,
this Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original for all purposes.
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Section 4.6. Beneficiaries. This Agreement is solely for the
benefit of the Parties and their respective Affiliates, successors and permitted
assigns and shall not confer upon any other Person any remedy, claim, liability,
reimbursement or other right in excess of those existing without reference to
this Agreement.
Section 4.7. Notices. All notices which either Party may be
required or desire to give to the other Party shall be in writing and shall be
given by personal service, telecopy, registered mail or certified mail (or its
equivalent), or overnight courier to the other Party at its respective address
or telecopy telephone number set forth below. Mailed notices and notices by
overnight courier shall be deemed to be given upon actual receipt by the Party
to be notified. Notices delivered by telecopy shall also be confirmed in writing
by the sending Party by overnight courier and shall be deemed to be given upon
actual receipt by the Parties to be notified.
If to the Partnership:
KPMG LLP
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Chairman
with a copy to:
KPMG LLP
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General Counsel
If to Consulting:
KPMG Consulting, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
XxXxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
with a copy to:
KPMG Consulting, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
XxXxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
A Party may change its address or addresses set forth above by giving the other
Party notice of such change in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
Section 4.8. Termination. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the
Parties hereunder shall terminate on the earliest to occur of (i) the mutual
agreement of the Parties or (ii) the fifth anniversary of the closing of the
earlier of the IPO or a Change in Control or (iii) the date of a termination
pursuant to Section 2.3.
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Section 4.9. Section Headings. All Section headings are for
convenience only and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or
provisions hereof.
Section 4.10. Schedules and Exhibits. All Schedules and
Exhibits referred to herein are intended to be and hereby are specifically made
a part of this Agreement.
Section 4.11. Performance. Each Party shall cause to be
performed, and hereby guarantee the performance of, all actions, agreements and
obligations set forth herein to be performed by any Subsidiary or Affiliate of
such Party.
Section 4.12. Limitation. The Parties understand and
acknowledge that this Agreement is among the Partnership, Consulting, Inc. and
LLC and that their respective partners, principals, officers, directors,
shareholders and members are not liable hereunder in their capacity as such.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties hereto have caused
this Agreement to be signed by its authorized representatives as of the date
first above written.
KPMG LLP
By:
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Name:
Title:
KPMG CONSULTING, LLC
By:
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Name:
Title:
KPMG CONSULTING, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Signature Page
to the
Non-Competition Agreement
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APPENDIX A TO THE NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT
NON-COMPETITION BETWEEN ASSURANCE AND CONSULTING
This document is Attachment A to the Non-Competition Agreement and is intended
to describe the division of services between Assurance and Consulting.
SERVICE ASSURANCE CONSULTING
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SYSTEMS INTEGRATION SERVICES Performs none. Provides all such services.
ATTESTATION SERVICES Performs all. This applies to Performs none.
attestation services related to
financial and non financial
information, including the
authentication/auditing of
electronic and digital
transactions.
ACCOUNTING SERVICES Provides all accounting, and Performs information tasks in
bookkeeping services (including conjunction with and as a part of
accounting issue resolution, financial systems implementations and
compilations and compilation program management of large scale
assistance, accounting record programs. This is not provided as a
reconstruction, reconciliation discrete service offering.
assistance, account analysis and
regulatory compliance reviews)
CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS, including:
o Valuation Services o Performs none. o Performs all.
o Transaction Services o Performs all. o Performs none.
o Corporate Recovery o Performs all. o Performs none.
o Corporate Finance o Performs all. o Performs none.
o Merger and Integration o Provides as to o Provides as to Consulting
Services Partnership Services Services
ACTUARIAL SERVICES Performs all. Performs none.
MANAGEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES Performs all. Performs none.
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SERVICE ASSURANCE CONSULTING
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SERVICES
LITIGATION AND FORENSICS Performs all, including: Not a discrete service. May provide
expert testimony as requested by
o Litigation Support clients.
o Intellectual Property
Management
o Integrity Management and
Ethics
o Forensics and Fraud
Detection and Prevention
o Channel Management
EXECUTIVE SEARCH Performs none. Performs none in the US.
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING OUTSOURCING Provides functional design and Provides technology solution and
workforce to operate outsourced support for systems and networks
processes, and manages supporting engagements. Consulting is
engagements. expected to be the solution provider.
FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT Financial Risk Management Provides none
includes services that assist a
client in understanding its
financial risks, designing
mechanisms to control and
mitigate risks, and analyzing the
implications of those risks.
Financial risks include
derivative risks, credit risks,
treasury risks and other
financial instrument risks.
BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT Provides evaluative, diagnostic Provides technology integration
and solution services for all services in business risk engagements.
areas of business risk.
INTERNAL CONTROLS Performs assessments, designs and Implements technology solutions.
implements solutions related to
internal controls and as further
defined under Information Risk
Management below. Explicitly
performs assessment, design and
implementation of internal
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SERVICE ASSURANCE CONSULTING
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controls around information
security and privacy. Provides
reports on the adequacy of
systems of internal controls.
BUSINESS MEASUREMENT AND INFORMATION Provides services related to the Provides technology integration
FLOWS technology integration evaluation services.
and/or attestation of services.
information flows, including
analyzing information in systems,
using analytics to understand this
information and measurement of
business achievements. Services
will focus on information
efficacy, privacy, reuse and
management, as well as
attestation of information flows.
STRATEGY CONSULTING Provides none Provides all
BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING Provides none Provides all
BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS Business Process Analysis Provides technology and integration
services are a natural extensions services to support Business Process
of the BMP methodology and Analysis engagements.
continuous improvement aspects of
the BMP methodology.
Business Process Analysis services
assists companies in understanding how
they produce financial information for
internal and external uses. Such
services include financial information
flows in the areas of the finance
function and operations.
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Business Process Analysis is
limited to:
o analyzing a business
process to understand its
objectives,
o understanding the
impediments to achievement
of those objectives, and
o making recommendations
to improve the controls to
mitigate risk and improve
the process.
Business Process Analysis does not
include integrating technology
solutions into the process.
Assurance can provide Business Process
Analysis services for all companies
with which KPMG LLP has a BMP based
attestation/verification relationship.
Assurance shall not perform Business
Process Analysis services for
companies with which KPMG LLP does not
have a BMP based
attestation/verification relationship
unless they are below the following
criteria or unless Consulting declines
to perform such engagements:
Commercial entities listed in
Fortune's 1,500 largest companies
based on revenues*
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Banks and Bank Holding Companies
listed in the American Bankers' Top 50
in Assets, and any other financial
services entity including insurance,
mortgage banking, brokerage, credit
card processors or other whose assets
are the same size as the 50 largest
Banks*
Health Care Providers in systems
that include 7 or more acute care
facilities*
Federal Government, State
Governments and the 10 Largest
Local Government units*
Top 100 Research Universities, all
state-wide University systems and all
major state and private University
medical hospitals*
REGULATORY SERVICES Provides all evaluative, Provides no regulatory services except
diagnostic and solution services for technology integration services to
for areas of regulatory risk. support regulatory services
Renders attest, compliance and engagements.
consultative reports in this area.
QUALITY REGISTRAR Provides all, including ISO Provides none
registrar services.
INFORMATION RISK MANAGEMENT
o Functional Solutions o Assurance is explicitly o Consulting may contract with
responsible for assessing assurance providers, whereby
the quality of Internal assurance providers will provide
Controls and for
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providing solutions functional internal controls
where improvements are design expertise on large scale
warranted or weaknesses systems integration service
exist. offerings including ERP,
e-Engineering and Supply Chain
type engagements.
o Implements technology
o Assurance provides a solutions to respond to BCM
range of Business Continuity issues.
Management (BCM) services
including Systems
Availability, Systems
Reliability, and Systems
Recoverability assessments.
o Technical Solutions Assurance will provide the Consulting provides technical
technology solutions that focus solutions to systems integration
on the Internal Controls engagements including Analysis,
Infrastructure. Design, Architecture, Implementation,
and Quality Assurance.
o Security Services Including Assurance provides these services Consulting provides these services
Privacy(1) from an internal controls from a systems integration perspective
perspective in response to demand in response to demand for security and
for security and privacy services privacy services as part of an overall
at an enterprise, departmental, information systems architecture or
or application level. systems integration engagement.
These services focus on assessment, Consulting may partner with assurance
strategy development, architecture, providers to provide functional
and implementation & monitoring services should internal controls
services, including the expertise be required.
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(1) This is an area that Assurance and Consulting will have in common. However,
each practice engages the market for these services from different perspectives.
Assurance from an internal controls perspective and Consulting from a systems
integration perspective.
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implementation of solutions such as
PKI, Single Sign-On, and Information
Security technologies.
Assurance may contract with consulting
providers to provide technical
services to ensure integration of
these services into the client's
overall technical and application
architecture where required.
o Systems Controls Assurance provides systems Consulting may contract with assurance
controls services to clients providers whereby assurance providers
implementing ERP or other large will provide functional systems
systems initiatives. control services on ERP and other
large systems integration projects.
These services tend to be functional
in nature and focus on internal
control issues such as data integrity,
security, operations, and business
controls.
Assurance may contract with consulting
providers should the implementation of
these controls require systems
integration support.
