EXHIBIT 4.4
EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT
(Dated as of December 13, 1999)
EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT
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ARTICLE I ALLOCATION OF EMPLOYEES...................................................................................... 2
1.1 Identification of Sedco Forex Employees........................................................................ 2
1.2 Transfer of Employees.......................................................................................... 2
1.3 Certain Employees.............................................................................................. 2
ARTICLE II BENEFITS OBLIGATIONS FOLLOWING THE DISTRIBUTION DATE........................................................ 3
2.1 In General..................................................................................................... 3
2.2 Sedco Forex Participation In Schlumberger Plans................................................................ 4
2.3 Employee Stock Purchase Plans.................................................................................. 5
2.4 Continued Eligibility for Certain Schlumberger Benefits........................................................ 6
2.5 Service Accrual for Benefit Eligibility under Schlumberger Plans............................................... 7
2.6 Local Law And Union Exceptions................................................................................. 7
2.7 Sedco Forex Plan Sponsorship................................................................................... 7
2.8 Administrative Obligations..................................................................................... 7
2.9 Certain Taxes.................................................................................................. 8
ARTICLE III DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN ACCRUED SCHLUMBERGER BENEFITS....................................................... 8
3.1 Discounted Stock Purchase Plan................................................................................. 8
3.2 Deferred Medical Plan.......................................................................................... 9
3.3 IS Plans....................................................................................................... 9
3.4 Sedco Forex Resources Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Sedco Forex Profit Sharing Plan for
Citizens of the United States of America Employed Abroad...................................................... 9
3.5 Qualified Plans............................................................................................... 10
3.6 Foreign Pension or Savings Plans.............................................................................. 10
3.7 Schlumberger Incentive Compensation Plan for 1999............................................................. 10
ARTICLE IV STOCK OPTIONS.............................................................................................. 11
4.1 Vested Options................................................................................................ 11
4.2 Non-Vested Options............................................................................................ 11
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ARTICLE V ALLOCATION OF LIABILITIES................................................................................... 12
5.1 Liabilities Assumed By Sedco Forex............................................................................ 12
5.2 Liabilities Retained By Schlumberger.......................................................................... 13
ARTICLE VI GENERAL................................................................................................... 14
6.1 Cooperation.................................................................................................. 14
6.2 Payment of and Accounting Treatment for Balance Sheet Amounts................................................ 14
6.3 Plan Audits.................................................................................................. 14
6.4 Requests For Internal Revenue Service Rulings And United States Department Of Labor Opinions................. 15
6.5 Consent Of Third Parties..................................................................................... 15
6.6 Effect If Distribution Does Not Occur........................................................................ 16
6.7 Relationship Of Parties...................................................................................... 16
6.8 Affiliates................................................................................................... 16
6.9 Survival..................................................................................................... 16
6.10 Notices...................................................................................................... 16
6.11 Interpretation............................................................................................... 17
6.12 Governing Law................................................................................................ 18
6.13 No Assignment................................................................................................ 18
6.14 No Right To Continued Employment............................................................................. 18
6.15 No Third Party Beneficiaries; No Amendment Limitation........................................................ 18
6.16 Indemnification.............................................................................................. 18
6.17 Entire Agreement............................................................................................. 18
6.18 Counterparts................................................................................................. 18
6.19 Headings..................................................................................................... 19
6.20 Severability................................................................................................. 19
6.21 Amendment.................................................................................................... 19
6.22 Waiver....................................................................................................... 19
ARTICLE VII DEFINITIONS.............................................................................................. 19
Agreement.......................................................................................................... 19
Benefits Maintenance Period........................................................................................ 19
COBRA.............................................................................................................. 19
Contribution Period............................................................................................... 19
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Covered Countries................................................................................................. 20
CSI Plan.......................................................................................................... 20
CTI Plan.......................................................................................................... 20
Distribution...................................................................................................... 20
Distribution Agreement............................................................................................ 20
Distribution Date................................................................................................. 20
DM Plan........................................................................................................... 20
DSPP.............................................................................................................. 20
Employed Abroad Plan.............................................................................................. 20
Excluded Plans.................................................................................................... 21
Final Employee List............................................................................................... 21
French Sedco Forex Employees...................................................................................... 21
Home Country National............................................................................................. 21
IS Pension Plan................................................................................................... 21
IS Plans.......................................................................................................... 21
IS Profit Sharing Plan............................................................................................ 21
Liabilities....................................................................................................... 21
New Options....................................................................................................... 21
Non-Vested Options................................................................................................ 21
Plan.............................................................................................................. 21
Proposed Final Employee List...................................................................................... 22
Schlumberger...................................................................................................... 22
Schlumberger Common Stock......................................................................................... 22
Schlumberger Employees............................................................................................ 22
Schlumberger Funded Plan.......................................................................................... 22
Schlumberger Group................................................................................................ 22
Schlumberger Liabilities.......................................................................................... 22
Schlumberger Plans................................................................................................ 22
Sedco Forex....................................................................................................... 23
Sedco Forex Employees............................................................................................. 23
Sedco Forex Group................................................................................................. 23
Sedco Forex Liabilities........................................................................................... 23
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Shared Resources Employees........................................................................................ 23
Transocean........................................................................................................ 23
Transocean 423 Plan............................................................................................... 24
US Employee Profit Sharing Plans.................................................................................. 24
US Plan........................................................................................................... 24
Vested Options.................................................................................................... 24
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EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Schlumberger and Sedco Forex have entered into a Distribution
Agreement (the "Distribution Agreement") dated as of July 12, 1999 pursuant to
which Schlumberger has agreed to spin off the Sedco Forex Business (as defined
in the Distribution Agreement) by distributing the capital stock of Sedco Forex
to Schlumberger's shareholders; and
WHEREAS, Schlumberger, Sedco Forex and Transocean have entered into an
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") dated as of July 12, 1999
pursuant to which a wholly owned subsidiary of Transocean will merge with and
into Sedco Forex directly following the spin-off (the "Merger"); and
WHEREAS, as provided in the Distribution Agreement, Schlumberger,
Transocean and Sedco Forex (collectively, the "Parties") are entering into this
Agreement for the purpose of allocating current and former employees and assets,
liabilities and responsibilities with respect to employee compensation, benefits
and other matters; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement is intended to embody and formalize the "Terms
of Employee Matters Agreement" attached as Exhibit A to the Distribution
Agreement and to supercede such terms in their entirety;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein and in the Distribution Agreement, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
ALLOCATION OF EMPLOYEES
1.1 IDENTIFICATION OF SEDCO FOREX EMPLOYEES
Schlumberger has previously provided Transocean a schedule of
projected Sedco Forex Employees. Transocean and Schlumberger shall consult and
mutually agree with respect to the headquarters or division staff employees of
Schlumberger (known as "Shared Resources" employees at Schlumberger, and
hereinafter referred to as "Shared Resources Employees") who shall be Sedco
Forex Employees. Such mutual agreement shall take into account the staffing
needs of both Transocean and Schlumberger following the Merger. Any unresolved
disputes regarding the identification of Shared Resources Employees as Sedco
Forex Employees shall be resolved by referral to the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Transocean and the Vice Chairman of Schlumberger. Not
later than 15 days prior to the Distribution Date, Schlumberger shall provide a
final projected list of Sedco Forex Employees (a "Proposed Final Employee List")
to Transocean, which list shall be consistent with the mutual agreement
described above.
(a) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Proposed Final Employee List
shall not be considered final until it is reconciled against the Sedco
Forex Employee payroll as of the Distribution Date, so as to determine that
all individuals listed in the Proposed Final Employee List were actively
employed in the Sedco Forex Business immediately preceding the Distribution
Date. For this purpose, (i) any person on long-term disability shall not be
considered an "active" employee and (ii) any person listed on Exhibit A,
which exhibit shall be delivered by Schlumberger to Transocean not later
than 15 days prior to the Distribution Date, who takes "Special Early
Retirement" under the Sedco Forex Resources, Inc. Pension Plan between
December 10, 1999 and the Distribution Date shall be treated as an "active"
employee on the Sedco Forex Employee payroll as of the Distribution Date
and as actively employed in the Sedco Forex Business immediately preceding
the Distribution Date. Upon reconciliation against the payroll as described
above, the Proposed Final Employee List shall be final (the "Final Employee
List").
1.2 TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES
Effective on or prior to the Distribution Date, Schlumberger shall
transfer all employees on the Final Employee List to Sedco Forex or its
Subsidiaries (to the extent such employees are not previously employed by Sedco
Forex or its Subsidiaries) and Sedco Forex shall transfer all Schlumberger
Employees then employed by Sedco Forex or any of its Subsidiaries to
Schlumberger or its Subsidiaries (excluding Sedco Forex and its Subsidiaries).
1.3 CERTAIN EMPLOYEES
Effective as of the Distribution Date, all persons who have taken
Special Early Retirement as described in Section 1.1(b) shall be offered
employment by Sedco Forex.
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ARTICLE II
BENEFITS OBLIGATIONS FOLLOWING THE DISTRIBUTION DATE
2.1 IN GENERAL
During the Benefits Maintenance Period, Sedco Forex shall provide
benefits to or in respect of Sedco Forex Employees that, in the aggregate, are
substantially comparable to the benefits provided to or in respect of Sedco
Forex Employees under Schlumberger Plans as in effect on July 12, 1999,
excluding benefits provided under the CTI Plan, the CSI Plan, the DM Plan and
the DSPP (provided, however, that the DSPP benefits shall be excluded for the
determination of "substantial comparability" only in countries other than the
Covered Countries and, subject to Section 2.3, France) (together, the "Excluded
Plans"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for a period of six months following
the Distribution Date, Sedco Forex shall provide severance benefits for each
Sedco Forex Employee that are not less than the employer-provided severance
benefits applicable to such employee immediately prior to the Distribution Date,
excluding benefits under the Excluded Plans.
In addition, Sedco Forex shall, from and after the Distribution Date:
(a) grant Sedco Forex Employees credit for service with Schlumberger
and its Subsidiaries during periods on or before the Distribution Date (or
the date that the employee transfers to employment by Sedco Forex or one of
its Subsidiaries, if later) for purposes of eligibility and vesting (but
not benefit accrual) under all Plans of Sedco Forex and its Subsidiaries
(including vacation and severance) in which such employees are eligible to
participate, including any Schlumberger Plan that Sedco Forex adopts
pursuant to Section 2.2;
(b) waive any limitations regarding pre-existing conditions of each
Sedco Forex Employee and his or her eligible dependents under any welfare
or other Plans in which they participate after the Distribution Date
(except to the extent that such limitations would have applied under the
corresponding Plan of the employee's employer immediately prior to the
Distribution Date); and
(c) provide that any expenses incurred by or on behalf of any Sedco
Forex Employee, on or before the Distribution Date (or the date that the
employee transfers to employment by Sedco Forex or one of its Subsidiaries,
if later) and during the coverage period including the applicable such
date, shall be taken into account under the Plans referred to in
subparagraph (b) above for purposes of satisfying applicable deductible,
coinsurance and maximum out-of-pocket provisions.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.2 and Section 2.3, Sedco Forex may elect,
in its sole discretion, the means by which to provide all benefits contemplated
by this Section 2.1 during the Benefits Maintenance Period, including adoption
of Schlumberger Plans as contemplated by Section 2.2.
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2.2 SEDCO FOREX PARTICIPATION IN SCHLUMBERGER PLANS
(a) PARTICIPATION IN IS PENSION PLAN AND IS PROFIT SHARING PLAN:
Effective as of the Distribution Date, Sedco Forex shall adopt the IS Plans
as a participating employer for the benefit of all eligible Sedco Forex
Employees (including those who are participating in such Plans immediately
prior to the Distribution Date). Sedco Forex shall maintain its status as a
participating employer in the IS Plans, including all rights and
responsibilities associated with such status, through December 31, 2000,
and shall terminate its participation effective January 1, 2001, or in the
case of the IS Profit Sharing Plan, the earlier of January 1, 2001 or the
effective date pay harmonization is otherwise achieved. During the time
Sedco Forex continues to be a participating employer in the IS Profit
Sharing Plan, the profit-sharing contribution to be made by Sedco Forex
shall be determined by Sedco Forex in its sole discretion to reflect the
performance of the Sedco Forex business. Treatment of benefits accrued as
of December 31, 2000 under such plans is addressed in Article III. For the
avoidance of doubt, no person who commences employment with the Sedco Forex
Group on or after the Distribution Date, other than a Sedco Forex Employee,
shall be eligible to participate in any IS Plan, unless otherwise
determined in the sole discretion of Sedco Forex.
(b) PARTICIPATION IN OTHER SCHLUMBERGER PLANS: Effective as of the
Distribution Date, Sedco Forex shall continue to participate in each of the
Schlumberger Plans set forth in Schedule 1 hereto for the benefit of Sedco
Forex Employees, including the IS Plans as described in Section 2.2(a).
Sedco Forex shall cease participation effective as of the Merger Date for
those Schlumberger Plans listed in Schedule 2. Subject to the requirements
of this Section 2.2, with respect to those Schlumberger Plans listed in
Schedule 1 and not listed in Schedule 2, Sedco Forex may maintain status as
a participating employer, including all rights and responsibilities
associated with such status, through December 31, 2000, or such earlier
date as it may determine, subject to Schlumberger receiving at least 30
days' prior written notice of such earlier date, and shall in all events
terminate its participation in such Schlumberger Plans effective January 1,
2001. Nothing in this paragraph (b) shall reduce the obligations otherwise
applicable to Sedco Forex under Section 2.1.
(c) HOME COUNTRY NATIONALS: Subject to the provisions of any applicable
legal requirements, Sedco Forex (i) may assume sponsorship of each of the
Schlumberger Plans covering Home Country Nationals, a list of which is
attached as Schedule 3 hereto, with respect to areas or jurisdictions in
which Schlumberger Employees do not continue to be covered by any such plan
following the Distribution Date, or (ii) may elect in lieu of such
assumption of sponsorship to provide the same or better benefits during the
Benefit Maintenance Period. In areas or jurisdictions where Schlumberger
Employees continue to be covered by such plans following the Distribution
Date, Sedco Forex shall adopt each such Schlumberger Plan covering Home
Country Nationals as a participating employer for the benefit of all
eligible Home Country Nationals. On or before the Distribution Date,
Schlumberger shall provide Transocean a list of the areas or jurisdictions,
if any, on Schedule 3 in which Schlumberger Employees will not continue to
be covered by the plans listed for such areas or jurisdictions following
the Distribution
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Date. Sedco Forex shall have 60 days following the Distribution Date in
which to elect to assume sponsorship of the listed plans in such areas or
jurisdictions, if any. For the period from the Distribution Date through
such election Sedco Forex shall adopt each of the listed plans in such
areas or jurisdictions as a participating employer, and Schlumberger shall
maintain its sponsorship of such plans. If Sedco Forex assumes the
sponsorship of a Schlumberger Plan pursuant to this paragraph, Schlumberger
and its affiliates shall have no further interest in any such plan. If
Sedco Forex adopts a Schlumberger Plan pursuant to this paragraph, it shall
maintain its status as a participating employer, including all rights and
responsibilities associated with such status, through the Benefits
Maintenance Period and shall end its participation upon the expiration of
the Benefits Maintenance Period.
(d) SEDCO FOREX'S GENERAL OBLIGATIONS AS PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER: With
respect to any Schlumberger Plan (other than the IS Pension Plan) in which
Sedco Forex participates after the Distribution Date pursuant to this
Section 2.2, Sedco Forex shall be responsible for and shall timely pay the
employer and employee contributions or costs required under the Plans
attributable to the Sedco Forex Employees for the Contribution Period as
required under the terms of the applicable Plan document. With respect to
the IS Pension Plan, Sedco Forex shall be responsible for and shall timely
pay the employer contributions or costs required under the plan
attributable to the Sedco Forex Employees for the Contribution Period as
required to fund the normal cost of providing plan benefits, after taking
into consideration employee contributions. To the extent that Sedco Forex
is a participating employer in any Schlumberger Plans, Schlumberger shall
invoice Sedco Forex for its contributions and costs relating to such plan
participation, on a monthly basis, with such invoice providing adequate
disclosure for the calculation of the amount invoiced. Sedco Forex shall
perform with respect to its participation in the Schlumberger Plans, and
shall cause each other member of the Sedco Forex Group that is a
participating employer in any Schlumberger Plan to perform, the duties of a
participating employer as set forth in such Plans or any procedures adopted
pursuant thereto, but Sedco Forex shall have no responsibility for
administration of any Schlumberger Plan.
2.3 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLANS
Effective as of January 1, 2000 or the date of the Merger, whichever
is later, Transocean shall permit Sedco Forex Employees employed in countries in
which the employee stock purchase plan maintained by Transocean pursuant to
Internal Revenue Code Section 423 (the "Transocean 423 Plan") is offered to
Transocean employees generally, currently the United States, the United Kingdom
and Norway (the "Covered Countries"), to participate in the Transocean 423 Plan
to the extent such persons would be eligible to participate in such plan
pursuant to the terms thereof were such persons employees of Transocean.
Transocean shall amend the terms of the Transocean 423 Plan to permit
participating Sedco Forex Employees to elect that refunded DSPP contributions
for the DSPP plan year commencing July 1, 1999 be deposited in the Transocean
423 Plan for the plan year beginning January 1, 2000, subject to applicable plan
limitations and Section 3.1.
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Subject to approval of the French securities regulatory authorities
and any other applicable regulatory authorities, Transocean shall offer to Sedco
Forex Employees who are residents of France for French income tax purposes the
opportunity to participate in the Transocean 423 Plan, including the ability to
deposit refunded DSPP contributions as described in the preceding paragraph. As
soon as practicable, Transocean shall make such filings and take such other
actions as may be required in order to seek such approval from such regulatory
authorities, and shall make the Transocean 423 Plan available to such Sedco
Forex Employees as promptly as practicable after such approval is obtained.
Transocean agrees that any liability incurred by Schlumberger as a
result of payroll deductions from Sedco Forex Employees for Transocean 423 Plan
contributions that arises solely as a result of any failure of the Transocean
423 Plan to meet any applicable legal requirement shall be a Sedco Forex
Liability.
2.4 CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN SCHLUMBERGER BENEFITS
Following the Distribution Date, Schlumberger shall continue to make
certain benefits under the DM Plan, the CTI Plan and the CSI Plan available to
eligible Sedco Forex Employees, to the extent provided below:
(a) DEFERRED MEDICAL PLAN: Sedco Forex Employees who, on or before
December 31, 1999, have attained age 50 and are credited with at least 15
years of service with Schlumberger or any Schlumberger Subsidiary, shall
continue to be eligible for the benefits provided under the DM Plan. Each
such employee shall be eligible to continue to accrue benefits in
accordance with the terms of the DM Plan during employment with Sedco Forex
or any Sedco Forex Subsidiary through December 31, 2000, but shall not be
entitled to accrue any further benefit with respect to such employment
following December 31, 2000. On or before December 1, 1999, Schlumberger
shall provide appropriate notices to affected Sedco Forex Employees
regarding their continued eligibility for benefits under the DM Plan.
(b) CTI PLAN AND CSI PLAN: Each Sedco Forex Employee who, on the
Distribution Date (or, if later, the date of transfer to employment by
Sedco Forex or any of its Subsidiaries) is eligible for benefits under the
CTI Plan or the CSI Plan, shall continue to be eligible to receive CTI Plan
or CSI Plan benefits, as applicable, while employed by Sedco Forex or any
of its Subsidiaries. Each such employee shall also be eligible to continue
to accrue benefits in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan
during employment with Sedco Forex or any Sedco Forex Subsidiary through
December 31, 2000, but shall not be entitled to accrue any further benefit
for such Sedco Forex service following December 31, 2000. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, solely for purposes of eligibility for conversion of accrued
CTI Plan or CSI Plan benefits to pension benefits as provided for under the
applicable plan, each such employee shall be credited with service with
Sedco Forex or any of its Subsidiaries as though such service were service
with Schlumberger. On or before December 31, 1999, Schlumberger shall
provide appropriate notices to affected Sedco Forex Employees regarding
their continued eligibility under the CSI Plan or the CTI Plan, as
applicable. Sedco Forex shall pay
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Schlumberger for the accrual of additional benefits by Sedco Forex
Employees under the CTI Plan or the CSI Plan between the Distribution Date
and December 31, 2000 at the rate of 4% of Total Payroll (salary plus
coefficient, if any) for the CTI Plan and 3.5% of Admissible Compensation
(salary plus coefficient plus Performance Incentive Program payments) for
the CSI Plan. If any applicable law requires the payment of mandatory
severance benefits to any Sedco Forex Employee who is covered under the CSI
or CTI Plans, to the extent that such applicable law requires payment of
mandatory severance that is not satisfied by CSI or CTI Plan payments to
such employees, such mandatory severance for such employees shall be a
Sedco Forex Liability.
2.5 SERVICE ACCRUAL FOR BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY UNDER SCHLUMBERGER PLANS
Except as provided in Section 3.2, following the Distribution Date,
all benefit-related liabilities under Schlumberger Funded Plans with respect to
Sedco Forex Employees shall be calculated based upon employment and compensation
through the Distribution Date with vesting and eligibility for such benefits
calculated based upon combined employment with Schlumberger and its
Subsidiaries, Sedco Forex and its Subsidiaries and with Transocean and its
Subsidiaries (without regard to whether Sedco Forex Employees participate in any
such Plan after the Distribution Date).
2.6 LOCAL LAW AND UNION EXCEPTIONS
To the extent that any provision of this Article II is inconsistent
with any local law or regulation as it applies to any Sedco Forex Employee, the
inconsistent provision shall not apply. To the extent any provision of this
Article II is contrary to the provisions of any applicable collective bargaining
agreement to which Schlumberger or any affiliate of Schlumberger is a party, as
it applies to any Sedco Forex Employee, the terms of such collective bargaining
agreement shall prevail. The parties shall work together in order to
disassociate for purposes of all collective bargaining agreements as soon as
practicable following the Distribution Date.
2.7 SEDCO FOREX PLAN SPONSORSHIP
Except as otherwise agreed in writing by Schlumberger and Transocean
prior to the Distribution Date, all Schlumberger Funded Plans that are sponsored
by Sedco Forex or its Subsidiaries shall be transferred to the sponsorship of
Schlumberger prior to the Distribution Date.
2.8 ADMINISTRATIVE OBLIGATIONS
(a) FOR SCHLUMBERGER PLANS: Schlumberger shall provide or make
available all administrative or professional services (including services
involving the payment of premiums and benefits) required for the operation
of any Schlumberger Plan that Sedco Forex adopts pursuant to Section 2.2(a)
through (c) above for the Benefits Maintenance Period, and Sedco Forex
shall promptly reimburse Schlumberger for the reasonable cost of any such
services to the extent such services are not payable by the applicable
employee benefit plans or employee benefit arrangements.
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(b) COBRA AND HIPAA: Schlumberger shall be responsible for
administering compliance with the continuation coverage requirements for
"group health plans" under Title X of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended ("COBRA"), and the portability
requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
of 1996 with respect to Sedco Forex Employees whose coverage under the
Schlumberger group health plans terminates, regardless of whether such
termination takes place prior or subsequent to the Distribution Date. Sedco
Forex shall be responsible for administering compliance under COBRA and
HIPAA for those Sedco Forex Employees who terminate subsequent to their
becoming eligible to participate in the group health plans of Transocean
Sedco Forex. The parties agree that no "qualifying event" within the
meaning of COBRA shall occur by reason of the transfer of employees between
the parties as described herein in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Distribution Agreement or the Merger Agreement.
(c) Workers' Compensation Program: Workers' compensation liability for
all Sedco Forex Employees shall be assessed by Sedco Forex at and following
the Distribution Date. Schlumberger shall administer workers' compensation
and/or job related personal injury claims for a period of five years
following the Distribution Date with respect to injuries incurred by Sedco
Forex Employees resulting from an accident or other event that occurred
prior to the Distribution Date; provided, however, that Sedco Forex may
terminate such administration upon 30 days' written notice to Schlumberger.
Sedco Forex shall pay (or reimburse Schlumberger) for all Liabilities
(including expenses) for workers' compensation relating to payments that
become due after the Distribution Date. In determining any such Liabilities
and expenses, Schlumberger shall give Sedco Forex credit for any Liability
reimbursed through insurance or otherwise on behalf of Sedco Forex
Employees relating to payments that become due after the Distribution Date.
Sedco Forex shall be entitled to review the status of workers' compensation
claims with Schlumberger periodically and to participate in the annual
review of self-insured reserves with respect to workers' compensation. No
individual workers' compensation claim relating to a Sedco Forex Employee
shall be settled for more than $50,000 without Sedco Forex's prior written
approval.
2.9 CERTAIN TAXES
Certain personal income taxes in respect of Sedco Forex Employees
shall be paid as described in Exhibit B hereto.
ARTICLE III
DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN ACCRUED SCHLUMBERGER BENEFITS
3.1 DISCOUNTED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Each Sedco Forex Employee who is a participant in the Schlumberger
Discounted Stock Purchase Plan ("DSPP") for the plan year commencing July 1,1999
shall be permitted to elect, as soon as practicable following the date of the
Merger but effective as of January 1, 2000
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or the date of the Merger, whichever is later, (a) to receive a refund of his or
her contributions to the DSPP for the 1999 plan year, together with interest as
provided for under the DSPP or (b) if employed in a Covered Country or, subject
to Section 2.3, in France, to direct a transfer of all or any part of such
refunded contributions and interest to the Transocean 423 Plan, subject to
applicable plan limitations, which contribution shall be treated as any other
employee contribution to the Transocean 423 Plan for the 2000 plan year and
which funds shall be paid directly by Schlumberger (and not by any employees) to
Transocean as soon as practicable following interest allocation to DSPP
accounts, which allocation is anticipated to occur during February 2000.
3.2 DEFERRED MEDICAL PLAN
Each Sedco Forex Employee who has not, as of December 31, 1999, both
attained age 50 and been credited with at least 15 years of Schlumberger
service, shall be entitled to a refund of his or her contributions to the DM
Plan, together with accrued interest. On or before December 31, 1999,
Schlumberger shall provide appropriate notices to affected Sedco Forex Employees
regarding their termination of participation and scheduled refunds under the DM
Plan.
3.3 IS PLANS
Sedco Forex presently is a participating employer in the IS Pension
Plan and the IS Profit Sharing Plan (together, the "IS Plans") and shall
continue to be a participating employer in the IS Plans through December 31,
2000, as provided in Section 2.2(a). However, service by Sedco Forex Employees
with Schlumberger and its Subsidiaries, Sedco Forex and its Subsidiaries and
Transocean and its Subsidiaries (without regard to whether Sedco Forex Employees
participate in any such Plan after the Distribution Date) shall be considered in
calculating service for the purpose of vesting and benefit eligibility in
accordance with Section 2.5 of this Agreement. Effective as of January 1, 2001,
Sedco Forex and Schlumberger, as appropriate, shall cause Sedco Forex to
withdraw as a participating employer in the IS Plans and amend the IS Plans to
provide no future accruals to Sedco Forex Employees. From and after January 1,
2001, Sedco Forex shall have no interest in, responsibility for, or Liability
with respect to the IS Plans, except for the contributions and costs
contemplated by Section 2.2(d) that are accrued and unpaid as of that date.
Schlumberger agrees to cause each Sedco Forex Employee to have a fully vested
and nonforfeitable interest in each such employee's accrued benefit or account
balance in the applicable IS Plan as of January 1, 2001. Schlumberger agrees to
cause the IS Pension Plan to permit participants who are employees of Sedco
Forex as of January 1, 2001 to elect to receive a distribution of their accrued
benefit in the IS Pension Plan as soon as practicable after January 1, 2001.
3.4 SEDCO FOREX RESOURCES SAVINGS AND PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND SEDCO FOREX
PROFIT SHARING PLAN FOR CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EMPLOYED ABROAD
Sedco Forex presently is a participating employer in the Sedco Forex
Resources Savings and Profit Sharing Plan (the "US Plan") and the Sedco Forex
Profit Sharing Plan for Citizens of the United States Employed Abroad (the
"Employed Abroad Plan") (together, the
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"US Employee Profit Sharing Plans"). Sedco Forex shall continue to be a
participating employer in the Employed Abroad Plan through December 31, 2000.
Effective as of January 1, 2000, Sedco Forex and Schlumberger, as appropriate,
shall cause Sedco Forex to withdraw as a participating employer in the US Plan
and amend the US Plan to provide no future accruals to Sedco Forex Employees.
Effective as of January 1, 2001, Sedco Forex and Schlumberger, as appropriate,
shall cause Sedco Forex to withdraw as a participating employer in the Employed
Abroad Plan and amend the Employed Abroad Plan to provide no future accruals to
Sedco Forex Employees. From and after the applicable date of withdrawal, Sedco
Forex shall have no interest in, responsibility for, or Liability with respect
to the US Employee Profit Sharing Plans, except for the contributions and costs
contemplated by Section 2.2(d) that are accrued and unpaid as of the applicable
withdrawal date. Schlumberger agrees to cause each Sedco Forex Employee to have
a fully vested and nonforfeitable interest in each such employee's accrued
benefit or account balance in the US Employee Profit Sharing Plans as of the
applicable withdrawal date. Schlumberger agrees to cause the US Employee Profit
Sharing Plans to permit participants who are employees of Sedco Forex as of the
applicable withdrawal date to elect to receive a distribution of their accrued
benefit in the US Employee Profit Sharing Plans as soon as practicable after
such date. Sedco Forex agrees to permit Sedco Forex Employees to make rollovers
(including direct rollovers) of their account balances in the US Plan to a Sedco
Forex Plan to the extent that the distributions of such account balances
constitute "eligible rollover distributions" as described in Section 402(c) of
the Code.
3.5 QUALIFIED PLANS
To the extent that Sedco Forex elects to adopt any Schlumberger Plan
that is a pension plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code for
calendar year 2000, the provisions of Section 3.3 shall apply equally to such
plan. Otherwise, the provisions of Section 3.3 (starting with the third
sentence) shall apply to such plan, but substituting the words "the Distribution
Date" for "January 1, 2001" each place such date appears.
3.6 FOREIGN PENSION OR SAVINGS PLANS
All pension credits and/or account balances (both Liabilities and
related plan assets, if applicable) credited to Sedco Forex Employees under any
pension or savings type employee benefit plan that is not addressed in Section
3.3, 3.4 or 3.5 shall remain in such plan, each of which is listed on Schedule 4
hereto. The Liability for payment of benefits thereunder shall be (a) a Sedco
Forex Liability if Sedco Forex assumes sponsorship of such plan as contemplated
by Section 2.2(c) and (b) a Schlumberger Liability if Sedco Forex does not
assume sponsorship of such plan as contemplated by Section 2.2(c).
3.7 SCHLUMBERGER INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR 1999
At the time and on the terms and conditions otherwise applicable under
the Schlumberger Incentive Compensation Plan for 1999, Schlumberger shall make
payments thereunder to Sedco Forex Employees based on (1) the number of days
elapsed in the 1999 performance period as of the Distribution Date (or the date
that the employee transfers to
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employment by Sedco Forex or one of its subsidiaries, if later) and (2) the
extent to which performance goals are actually achieved as of December 31, 1999.
ARTICLE IV
STOCK OPTIONS
4.1 VESTED OPTIONS
Any vested options held by Sedco Forex Employees to purchase common
stock of Schlumberger shall lapse, in accordance with their provisions,
following the Distribution Date.
4.2 NON-VESTED OPTIONS
(a) At the Distribution Date all nonvested options (the "Nonvested
Options") held by Sedco Forex Employees to purchase Schlumberger common
stock shall terminate.
(b) As of the Effective Time, fully vested options to purchase
Transocean Ordinary Shares ("New Options") shall be granted to Sedco Forex
Employees, as follows:
(i) The number of Transocean Ordinary Shares for which the New
Options shall be issued shall be the number of shares of Schlumberger
common stock subject to the Nonvested Option times a fraction, the
numerator of which is the closing price of Schlumberger common stock at the
close of trading on the day immediately prior to the Distribution Date
(determined without regard to the distribution of Sedco Forex) and the
denominator of which is the price of a Transocean Ordinary Share at the
close of trading on the day immediately prior to the Distribution Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the number of Transocean Ordinary Shares
that may be purchased upon exercise of a New Option shall not include any
fractional share and, upon exercise of such New Options, a cash payment
shall be made in lieu of delivery of any fractional share.
(ii) The exercise price of each New Option shall be the price of
a Transocean Ordinary Share at the close of trading on the day immediately
prior to the Distribution Date times a fraction, the numerator of which is
the exercise price of the Nonvested Option for a share of Schlumberger
common stock and the denominator of which is the price of Schlumberger
common stock at the close of trading on the day immediately prior to the
Distribution Date (determined without regard to the distribution of Sedco
Forex).
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IV to
the contrary, Sedco Forex Employees who hold outstanding Nonvested Options
to acquire Schlumberger stock and who are residents of France for French
income tax purposes ("French Sedco Forex Employees") shall receive New
Options determined as follows:
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(A) the outstanding Nonvested Options of each French Sedco Forex
Employee shall be valued according to the Black Scholes valuation method
(with respect to Schlumberger common stock, valued as of the
Distribution Date); and
(B) New Options shall be granted to each French Sedco Forex
Employee which have an equivalent value to the amount determined in (A)
above, when based on an exercise price equal to the fair market value of
Transocean Ordinary Shares on the date the New Options are granted.
(c) Each New Option shall be subject generally to the same terms and
conditions applicable under the Transocean Long-Term Incentive Plan, except that
the provisions of the Transocean Long-Term Incentive Plan relating to issuance
of options at a below-market exercise price shall not be applicable and the New
Options shall have the same remaining term as remained under the applicable
Nonvested Options.
ARTICLE V
ALLOCATION OF LIABILITIES
5.1 LIABILITIES ASSUMED BY SEDCO FOREX
Sedco Forex hereby assumes, effective on the Distribution Date, and
agrees to pay, perform, fulfill and discharge, in accordance with their
respective terms, all Liabilities to or in respect of Sedco Forex Employees that
are not expressly retained by or allocated to Schlumberger pursuant to Section
5.2, regardless of when or where such Liabilities arose or arise or were or are
incurred (collectively, the "Sedco Forex Liabilities"), including but not
limited to:
(a) All severance benefits Liability that arises after the
Distribution Date with respect to Sedco Forex Employees, excluding
Liability under the CTI Plan or the CSI Plan under Section 2.4(b).
(b) All Liability related to worker's compensation for Sedco
Forex Employees to the extent that payments become due after the
Distribution Date under Section 2.8(c).
(c) All Liability related to the performance of, or the failure
to perform, the obligations assigned to Sedco Forex under Section 2.8.
(d) Liabilities in the form of any contributions required of
Sedco Forex under Section 2.2(d) or Section 2.4(b) of this Agreement.
(e) Liabilities assigned to Sedco Forex under Section 3.6 with
respect to plans it assumes.
(f) All Liability with respect to New Options.
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(g) Liability assigned to Sedco Forex under Section 2.3 related
to the Transocean 423 Plan.
5.2 LIABILITIES RETAINED BY SCHLUMBERGER
The following Liabilities shall be retained by Schlumberger, and
Schlumberger agrees to pay, perform, fulfill and discharge, in accordance with
their respective terms, all of such Liabilities, regardless of when or where
such Liabilities arose or arise or were or are incurred ("Schlumberger
Liabilities"):
(a) All Liabilities to or in respect of Schlumberger Employees,
including Liabilities under the Schlumberger Plans.
(b) All Liabilities under Schlumberger Funded Plans, other than the DM
Plan, the CTI Plan and the CSI Plan, which are addressed in Section 5.2(d)
below, with respect to Sedco Forex Employees when:
(i) the Liabilities for accrued benefits are calculated based
upon employment and compensation through the Distribution Date, with
vesting and eligibility for such benefits calculated based upon combined
employment with Schlumberger and its Subsidiaries and with Transocean
and its Subsidiaries, without regard to whether Sedco Forex Employees
participate in any such Plan after the Distribution Date; and
(ii) with respect to Schlumberger Plans in which Sedco Forex
participates after the Distribution Date and as to which Sedco Forex has
fulfilled its obligations to pay employer contributions and costs as
provided in Article II, the accrued benefits referred to in subsection
(i) above are calculated through the earlier of (A) the end of the
Contribution Period or (B) the date that the Sedco Forex Employee
terminates employment with Transocean and its Subsidiaries.
(c) Any Liabilities incurred by Schlumberger or its Subsidiaries with
respect to Sedco Forex Employees for severance or termination benefits
arising as a result of actions required to structure Sedco Forex and its
Subsidiaries prior to the Distribution Date to effectuate the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.
(d) All Liabilities under the CTI Plan and the CSI Plan, subject to
receipt of required payments from Sedco Forex as expressly provided for
under Section 2.4(b).
(e) All Liabilities under the DM Plan.
(f) Liability for payments under the Schlumberger Incentive Compensation
Plan for 1999 to the extent provided under Section 3.7.
(g) Liabilities in the form of accrued and unpaid employer
contributions, if any, through the Distribution Date with respect to Sedco
Forex Employees for all Schlumberger Funded Plans.
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(h) All Liability related to workers' compensation for Sedco Forex
Employees to the extent that payments become due before the Distribution
Date.
(i) Liabilities assigned to Schlumberger under Section 3.6.
(j) All liability related to the performance of, or the failure to
perform, the obligations assigned to Schlumberger under Section 2.8.
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL
6.1 COOPERATION
(a) The parties to this Agreement shall cooperate with each other (and
shall cause their Subsidiaries and Affiliates to so cooperate) in carrying
out the terms of this Agreement. Each party shall exchange such information
with the other party as may be requested by the other party with respect to
the matters addressed in this Agreement. On at least an annual basis, Sedco
Forex and Transocean shall provide Schlumberger with a written list of the
Sedco Forex Employees who have separated from service with Sedco Forex and
Transocean. Schlumberger and Sedco Forex and their respective authorized
agents shall, subject to applicable laws on confidentiality, be given
reasonable and timely access to, and may make copies of, all information
relating to the subjects of this Agreement in the custody of the other
party (including, but not limited to, plan documents and records), to the
extent necessary for administration of the matters addressed in this
Agreement. The parties shall endeavor in good faith to amend, modify and/or
terminate existing Plans, and/or create new Plans, to accomplish the
successful transition of Sedco Forex Employees as contemplated by this
Agreement and to accomplish the transactions contemplated by the
Distribution Agreement and the Merger Agreement in a manner consistent with
the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) Schlumberger shall provide employee personnel and employment records
for all Sedco Forex Employees as defined by this Agreement and those
employees who were employed by Sedco Forex at the time of their
termination. Schlumberger shall also provide access to or copies of
compensation and payroll records of the above-defined Sedco Forex Employees
as required in the normal course of business.
6.2 PAYMENT OF AND ACCOUNTING TREATMENT FOR BALANCE SHEET AMOUNTS
The Sedco Forex Liabilities shall be reflected as liabilities on the
Sedco Forex balance sheet in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles.
6.3 PLAN AUDITS
(a) AUDIT RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO THE ALLOCATION OR TRANSFER OF PLAN
ASSETS: The allocation of Schlumberger Funded Plan assets and Liabilities,
if any, pursuant to this Agreement shall, at the election of Sedco Forex,
be audited on behalf of both
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Schlumberger and Sedco Forex by such actuarial and benefit consulting firm
as may be mutually selected by the parties. The actuarial and benefit
consulting firm shall provide its written report to both Schlumberger and
Sedco Forex. Each of Schlumberger and Sedco Forex, and their respective
advisors and consultants, shall have the right to make such presentations
and present such information to such actuarial and benefit consulting firm
as each deems appropriate. Sedco Forex and Schlumberger shall equally pay
or shall be responsible for the payment of the costs of such audit. To the
extent such audit recommends a change to the value of assets allocated to a
Plan of Sedco Forex, such recommendation shall be conclusive and binding on
Sedco Forex and Schlumberger.
(b) AUDIT RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO INFORMATION PROVIDED:
(i) Each of Schlumberger and Sedco Forex, and their duly
authorized representatives, shall have the right to conduct audits at
any time upon reasonable prior notice, at its own expense, with respect
to all information provided to it or to any Plan record keeper or third
party administrator by the other party; provided that audits with
respect to the allocation or transfer of Plan assets and Liabilities
shall be subject only to Section 6.3(a). The auditing party shall have
the right to make copies of any records at its expense, subject to the
confidentiality provisions set forth in the Distribution Agreement,
which are incorporated by reference herein. The party being audited
shall provide the auditing party's representatives with reasonable
access during normal business hours to its operations, computer systems
and paper and electronic files, and provide work space to its
representatives. After any audit is completed, the party being audited
shall have the right to review a draft of the audit findings and to
comment on those findings in writing within five business days after
receiving such draft.
(ii) The auditing party's audit rights under this Section 6.3(b)
shall include the right to audit, or participate in an audit facilitated
by the party being audited, of any Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the
party being audited and of any benefit providers and third parties with
whom the party being audited has a relationship, or agents of such
party, to the extent any such persons are affected by or addressed in
this Agreement. The party being audited shall, upon written request from
the auditing party, provide an individual (at the auditing party's
expense) to supervise any audit of any such benefit provider or third
party. The auditing party shall be responsible for supplying, at its
expense, additional personnel sufficient to complete the audit in a
reasonably timely manner.
6.4 REQUESTS FOR INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE RULINGS AND UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF LABOR OPINIONS
Sedco Forex and Schlumberger shall cooperate on any issue relating to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for which Schlumberger or Sedco
Forex elects to seek a determination letter or private letter ruling from the
Internal Revenue Service or an advisory opinion from the United States
Department of Labor.
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6.5 CONSENT OF THIRD PARTIES
If any provision of this Agreement is dependent on the consent of any
third party (such as a union) and such consent is withheld, Schlumberger and
Sedco Forex shall use their reasonable best efforts to implement the applicable
provisions of this Agreement to the full extent practicable. If any provision
of this Agreement cannot be implemented due to the failure of such third party
to consent, Schlumberger and Sedco Forex shall negotiate in good faith to
implement the provision in a mutually satisfactory manner. The phrase
"reasonable best efforts" as used in this Agreement shall not be construed to
require any party to incur any non-routine or unreasonable expense or liability
or the waiver of any right.
6.6 EFFECT IF DISTRIBUTION DOES NOT OCCUR
If the Distribution does not occur, then all actions and events that
are, under this Agreement, to be taken or occur effective as of the Distribution
Date, immediately after the Distribution Date, or otherwise in connection with
the Distribution, shall not be taken or occur except to the extent specifically
agreed by Sedco Forex and Schlumberger.
6.7 RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES
Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed by the parties
or any third party as creating the relationship of principal and agent,
partnership or joint venture between the parties, it being understood and agreed
that no provision contained herein, and no act of the parties, shall be deemed
to create any relationship between the parties other than the relationship set
forth herein.
6.8 AFFILIATES
Each of Schlumberger and Sedco Forex shall cause to be performed, and
hereby guarantees the performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations
set forth in this Agreement to be performed by members of the Schlumberger Group
or members of the Sedco Forex Group and their Affiliates, respectively, where
relevant.
6.9 SURVIVAL
This Agreement shall survive the Distribution Date.
6.10 NOTICES
Any notice, demand, claim or other communication under this Agreement
shall be deemed to have been duly given and made if in writing and: (a) if
served by personal delivery upon the party for whom it is intended, on the day
so delivered; (b) if mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, on the third Business Day following such mailing; (c) if deposited
for delivery by a reputable courier service, on the business day following
deposit with such courier; or (d) if sent by electronic facsimile transmission,
on the day the facsimile is transmitted electronically, or if not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day; provided that the facsimile transmission
is promptly confirmed by telephone confirmation thereof, to the
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person at the address set forth below, or such other address as may be
designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such person:
if to Schlumberger:
Schlumberger
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxx & Xxxxx, LLP
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: J. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Jr., Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
if to Transocean:
Transocean
0 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx, LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxx, III, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
6.11 INTERPRETATION
Words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice
versa, words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender as the
context requires, and words denoting natural persons shall include corporations
and partnerships and vice versa. The terms "hereof," "herein," and "herewith"
and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to
refer to this Agreement as a whole (including all Exhibits hereto) and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement. The word "including" and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall mean "including, without
limitation," unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise
specified. The word "or" shall not be exclusive.
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6.12 GOVERNING LAW
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York without regard to its rules of conflict of
laws.
6.13 NO ASSIGNMENT
This Agreement may not be assigned by either party (except by
operation of law) without the written consent of the other, and shall bind and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto (including each member of the
Schlumberger Group and the Sedco Forex Group and each Affiliate of Schlumberger
or Sedco Forex) and their respective successors and permitted assignees.
6.14 NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT
Nothing contained in this Agreement or the Distribution Agreement
shall confer on any Sedco Forex Employee or Schlumberger Employee any right to
continued employment.
6.15 NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES; NO AMENDMENT LIMITATION
No provision in this Agreement or in the Distribution Agreement shall
confer upon any person other than the signatories hereto any rights, remedies,
obligations or liabilities with respect to the employment, compensation,
benefits or other terms or conditions of employment of any persons, or
otherwise. Nothing herein shall prevent Sedco Forex from amending or
terminating any Plan after the Benefit Maintenance Period or as otherwise
permitted hereunder.
6.16 INDEMNIFICATION
Indemnification by any party to this Agreement for Schlumberger
Liability or Sedco Forex Liability, as the case may be, shall be in accordance
with the procedure set forth in the Distribution Agreement.
6.17 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters.
6.18 COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed by the Parties hereto in one or more
counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered shall be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof each
signed by less than all, but together signed by all of the Parties hereto.
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6.19 HEADINGS
Headings used in this Agreement are for the convenience of the parties
only and shall be given no substantive or interpretive effect whatsoever.
6.20 SEVERABILITY
Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid
or unenforceable the remaining terms of the Agreement or affecting the validity
or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any
other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be
unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is
enforceable.
6.21 AMENDMENT
The Agreement may not be amended except by a written instrument signed
on behalf of each of the parties hereto.
6.22 WAIVER
The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision hereunder
shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any prior or subsequent breach
of the same or any other provision hereunder.
ARTICLE VII
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms used herein shall
have the following respective meanings:
AGREEMENT
means this Employee Matters Agreement and all attachments hereto.
BENEFITS MAINTENANCE PERIOD
means a period beginning on the day following the Distribution Date
and ending on December 31, 2000.
COBRA
has the meaning given in Section 2.8.
CONTRIBUTION PERIOD
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means the period following the Distribution Date that Sedco Forex
participates in a Schlumberger Plan pursuant to Article II hereof, but in no
event longer than the Benefits Maintenance Period.
COVERED COUNTRIES
has the meaning given in Section 2.3.
CSI PLAN
means the Schlumberger International Cash Separation Indemnity Plan,
as in effect on the Distribution Date or as thereafter amended.
CTI PLAN
means the Schlumberger International Cash Termination Indemnity Plan,
as in effect on the Distribution Date or as thereafter amended.
DISTRIBUTION
means distribution of all issued and outstanding shares of Sedco Forex
Common Stock as contemplated by the Distribution Agreement.
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
means the Distribution Agreement related to the Agreement and Plan of
Merger of Schlumberger Limited, Sedco Forex Holdings Limited and Transocean
Offshore, Inc., dated as of July 12, 1999.
DISTRIBUTION DATE
means the date and time as of which the Distribution shall be
effected, to be determined by, or under the authority of, the Board of Directors
of Schlumberger consistent with the Distribution Agreement and as provided for
in the Merger Agreement.
DM PLAN
means the Schlumberger Deferred Medical Plan, as in effect on the
Distribution Date or as thereafter amended.
DSPP
means the Schlumberger Discounted Stock Purchase Plan, as in effect on
the Distribution Date or as thereafter amended.
EMPLOYED ABROAD PLAN
has the meaning given in Section 3.4.
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EXCLUDED PLANS
has the meaning given in Section 2.1.
FINAL EMPLOYEE LIST
has the meaning given in Section 1.1.
FRENCH SEDCO FOREX EMPLOYEES
has the meaning given in Section 4.2.
HOME COUNTRY NATIONAL
means a Sedco Forex Employee who is a citizen of, and employed in, a
country other than the United States of America if Transocean employs no other
citizens of that country in such country on the Distribution Date.
IS PENSION PLAN
means the Sedco Forex International Staff Pension Plan.
IS PLANS
means the IS Pension Plan and the IS Profit Sharing Plan.
IS PROFIT SHARING PLAN
means the Sedco Forex International Staff Profit Sharing Plan.
LIABILITIES
means all employment- or benefit-related debts, liabilities and
obligations, whether absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or
unliquidated, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown, whenever arising, whether
arising under a Plan, an individual employment contract or similar agreement or
otherwise, and whether or not the same would properly be reflected on a balance
sheet.
NEW OPTIONS
has the meaning given in Section 4.2(b).
NON-VESTED OPTIONS
has the meaning given in Section 4.2(a).
PLAN
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means any plan, policy, program, payroll practice, ongoing arrangement
contract, trust, insurance policy or other agreement or funding vehicle, whether
written or unwritten, providing compensation or benefits to employees, or former
employees, of the Sedco Forex Group or the Schlumberger Group.
PROPOSED FINAL EMPLOYEE LIST
has the meaning given in Section 1.1.
SCHLUMBERGER
means Schlumberger Limited, a company organized under the laws of the
Netherlands Antilles.
SCHLUMBERGER COMMON STOCK
means the common stock of Schlumberger, par value U.S. $.01 per share.
SCHLUMBERGER EMPLOYEES
means all employees and former employees of Schlumberger and its
Subsidiaries other than Sedco Forex Employees. In addition, any Sedco Forex
Employees who, between the period commencing on the day following the
Distribution Date and ending 120 days following the Distribution Date, are
transferred to Schlumberger pursuant to mutual agreement of Schlumberger and
Sedco Forex shall be considered Schlumberger Employees for all purposes of this
Agreement, except with respect to compensation payable and welfare benefits
incurred with respect to the period of employment with Sedco Forex after the
Distribution Date.
SCHLUMBERGER FUNDED PLAN
means any Schlumberger Plan that is funded through employer or
employee contributions and as to which a trust or other funding vehicle is
maintained to provide part or all of the benefits pursuant to such plan, each of
which is listed on Schedule 1 hereto.
SCHLUMBERGER GROUP
means Schlumberger and all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of
Schlumberger immediately after the Distribution Date.
SCHLUMBERGER LIABILITIES
has the meaning given in Section 5.3.
SCHLUMBERGER PLANS
means all benefit and compensation plans, including Schlumberger
Funded Plans, employment and benefit arrangements which cover any Sedco Forex
Employee or former
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employee of the Sedco Forex Business, as set forth in Schedule 6.11 of the Sedco
Forex Disclosure Letter dated as of July 12, 1999.
SEDCO FOREX
means Sedco Forex Holdings Limited, a company organized under the laws
of the British Virgin Islands, prior to the Merger, and Transocean Sedco Forex
Inc., a Cayman Islands company, following the Merger.
SEDCO FOREX EMPLOYEES
means all persons who are on the Final Employee List prepared
pursuant to Article I, provided that (i) such persons are employed by Sedco
Forex or its Subsidiaries on the Distribution Date or have taken Special Early
Retirement as described in Section 1.1(b), (ii) each such person who is on an
approved leave of absence or short-term disability on the Distribution Date
shall only be a Sedco Forex Employee if such person returns to the active
employment of the Sedco Forex Business within 120 days following the
Distribution Date and (iii) any such person who is transferred to employment by
Schlumberger after the Distribution Date as contemplated by the definition of
"Schlumberger Employees" shall not be considered a Sedco Forex Employee except
with respect to compensation payable and benefits incurred with respect to the
period of employment with Sedco Forex or a Sedco Forex Subsidiary after the
Distribution Date. In addition, any Schlumberger Employee who, between the
period commencing on the day following the Distribution Date and ending 120 days
following the Distribution Date, is transferred to Sedco Forex pursuant to
mutual agreement of Schlumberger and Sedco Forex shall be considered a Sedco
Forex Employee for all purposes of this Agreement, except with respect to
compensation payable and benefits incurred with respect to the period of
employment with Schlumberger after the Distribution Date. "Sedco Forex
Employees" shall not include any persons who are employees of independent
contractors that provide services for the Sedco Forex Business or that perform
work on any of the drilling units owned or operated by the Sedco Forex Business.
SEDCO FOREX GROUP
means Sedco Forex and all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of Sedco
Forex immediately after the Distribution Date.
SEDCO FOREX LIABILITIES
has the meaning given in Section 5.2.
SHARED RESOURCES EMPLOYEES
has the meaning given in Section 1.1.
TRANSOCEAN
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means Transocean Offshore Inc., a Cayman Islands company, prior to the
Merger, and Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a Cayman Islands company, following the
Merger.
TRANSOCEAN 423 PLAN
has the meaning given in Section 2.3.
US EMPLOYEE PROFIT SHARING PLANS
has the meaning given in Section 3.4.
US PLAN
means the Sedco Forex Resources Savings and Profit Sharing Plan.
VESTED OPTIONS
means all options to purchase Schlumberger Common Stock held by Sedco
Forex Employees to the extent that such options are exercisable on the
Distribution Date.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are used with
the meaning given thereto in the Distribution Agreement or the Merger Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Employee Matters
Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
SCHLUMBERGER LIMITED
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice Chairman
SEDCO FOREX HOLDINGS LIMITED
By /s/ M.I. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: President S.F.H.L.
TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE INC.
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
