EXHIBIT 2.2
FORM OF
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
X. X. XXXXX & CO.
X. X. XXXXX & CO.-CONN,
AND
GRACE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC.
(to be renamed "X. X. Xxxxx & Co.")
DATED AS OF [ ], 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
I. Definitions...................................... 2
1.01 General................................. 2
1.02 References to Time...................... 17
II. Certain Transactions Prior to the
Distribution Date.............................. 18
2.01 Transfer of Packco Assets; Assumption
of Packco Liabilities................. 18
2.02 Certain Foreign Transfers............... 20
2.03 Certificate of Incorporation;
By-laws; Rights Plan.................. 23
2.04 Issuance of Stock....................... 23
2.05 Other Agreements; Shared Facilities .... 23
2.05 Financing............................... 24
2.06 Grace Recapitalization.................. 26
2.07 Registration and Listing................ 27
2.09 Grace and New Grace Boards.............. 28
2.10 Transfers Not Effected Prior to the
Distribution; Transfers Deemed
Effective as of the Distribution
Date.................................. 28
2.11 Intercompany Accounts and
Distribution Payments................. 29
III. The Distribution................................. 29
3.01 Record Date and Distribution Date....... 29
3.02 The Agent............................... 29
3.03 Delivery of Share Certificates to the
Agent................................. 29
3.04 The Distribution........................ 30
IV. Survival and Indemnification..................... 30
4.01 Survival of Agreements.................. 30
4.02 Indemnification......................... 30
4.03 Procedures for Indemnification for
Third-Party Claims.................... 31
4.04 Remedies Cumulative..................... 33
TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED)
V. Certain Additional Covenants..................... 34
5.01 Notices to Third Parties................ 34
5.02 Licenses and Permits.................... 34
5.03 Intercompany Agreements................. 34
5.04 Guarantee Obligations................... 35
5.05 Further Assurances...................... 36
5.06 Environmental Claims Cooperation........ 36
VI. Access to Information............................ 36
6.01 Provision of Corporate Records.......... 36
6.02 Access to Information................... 37
6.03 Production of Witnesses................. 39
6.04 Retention of Records.................... 39
6.05 Confidentiality......................... 40
6.06 Cooperation with Respect to
Government Reports and Filings........ 40
VII. No Representations or Warranties................. 41
7.01 No Representations or Warranties........ 41
VIII. Miscellaneous.................................... 42
8.01 Conditions to Obligations............... 42
8.02 Use of Grace Name and Xxxx.............. 43
8.03 Complete Agreement...................... 44
8.04 Expenses................................ 44
8.05 Governing Law........................... 45
8.06 Notices................................. 45
8.07 Amendment and Modification.............. 46
8.08 Successors and Assigns; No Third-Party
Beneficiaries......................... 46
8.09 Counterparts............................ 46
8.10 Interpretation.......................... 46
8.11 Severability............................ 47
8.12 References; Construction................ 47
8.13 Termination............................. 47
8.14 SAC Reasonable Consent.................. 47
SIGNATURES.............................................. 48
Schedules to Distribution Agreement
Exhibit A Form of Employee Benefits Allocation Agreement
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Exhibit B Form of Tax Sharing Agreement
Exhibit C Form of New Grace Certificate of Incorporation
[to be provided prior to signing of this
Agreement]
Exhibit D Form of New Grace Bylaws [to be provided prior
to signing of this Agreement]
Exhibit E Form of New Grace Preferred Share Purchase
Rights Plan [to be provided prior to signing
of this Agreement]
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
This DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"),
dated as of [ ], 1997, by and among X. X. Xxxxx &
Co., a Delaware corporation ("Grace"), X. X. Xxxxx & Co.-
Conn., a Connecticut corporation and a wholly owned
subsidiary of Grace ("Grace-Conn.") and Grace Specialty
Chemicals, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned
subsidiary of Grace ("New Grace").
RECITALS
A. The Merger Agreement. Grace and Sealed Air
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("SAC"), have entered
into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 14,
1997 (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which, at the Ef-
fective Time (as defined therein), a wholly owned subsidiary
of Grace will merge with and into SAC, with SAC being the
surviving corporation (the "Merger"), and Grace being renamed
"Sealed Air Corporation".
B. The Distribution Agreement. This Agreement
and the Other Agreements (as defined herein) set forth
certain transactions that SAC has required as a condition to
its willingness to consummate the Merger, and the purpose of
this Agreement is to make possible the Merger by divesting
Grace of the businesses and operations to be conducted by New
Grace and its subsidiaries, including Grace-Conn.
C. The Contribution. Prior to the Effective
Time, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, Grace intends to cause the transfer to a
wholly owned subsidiary of Grace-Conn. ("Packco") of certain
assets and liabilities of Grace and its subsidiaries
predominantly related to the Packaging Business (the
"Contribution"), as contemplated by this Agreement and the
Other Agreements.
D. Financing. It is the intention of the
parties hereto that, prior to the Distribution: (i) Grace
and/or Packco shall enter into new financing arrangements and
shall make, or cause to be made, the New Grace Capital
Contribution (as defined herein); and (ii) the parties shall
cooperate with one another with respect to the foregoing.
E. The Distribution. Following the Contribution
and prior to the Effective Time, subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement, (i) the capital stock of Packco
will
be distributed to Grace (the "Intragroup Spinoff"), (ii) the
capital stock of Grace-Conn. will be contributed to New Grace
and (iii) all of the issued and outstanding shares of the
common stock of New Grace (together with the New Grace
Rights, "New Grace Common Stock") will be distributed on a
pro rata basis (the "Distribution") to the holders as of the
Record Date of the common stock of Grace, par value $.01 per
share ("Grace Common Stock"), other than shares held in the
treasury of Grace.
F. The Recapitalization. Following the
Distribution and immediately prior to the Effective Time,
Grace intends to consummate the Recapitalization in which
each holder of a share of Grace Common Stock shall hold,
immediately thereafter, the Per Share Common Consideration
and the Per Share Preferred Consideration.
G. Intention of the Parties. It is the
intention of the parties (i) to this Agreement that, for
United States federal income tax purposes, the Contribution
and associated transactions shall qualify as a tax-free
transaction under Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "Code"), the Contribution and the
Intragroup Spinoff (and associated transactions) shall
qualify as a tax-free transaction under Sections 355 and 368
of the Code, the Distribution and associated transactions
shall qualify as a tax-free transaction under Sections 355
and 368 of the Code, and the Recapitalization shall be tax-
free to Grace and its shareholders under the Code, and (ii)
to this Agreement and the Merger Agreement that the Merger
shall qualify as a "reorganization" within the meaning of
Section 368 of the Code and the Merger will be tax free under
the Code to Grace, SAC and their respective shareholders.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and
of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements
set forth herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 GENERAL. As used in this Agreement,
the following terms shall have the following meanings (such
meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plu-
ral forms of the terms defined):
Adjusted Foreign Transfer Taxes: as defined in Sec-
tion 2.02(c) hereof.
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Affiliate: with respect to any specified Person, a
Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more in-
termediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such specified Person; provided, however, that,
for purposes of this Agreement, no member of either Group shall
be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the other Group.
Agent: the distribution agent to be appointed by
Grace to distribute the shares of New Grace Common Stock pursu-
ant to the Distribution.
Agreement: as defined in the preamble to this Agree-
ment.
Asset: any and all assets and properties, tangible
or intangible, including, without limitation, the following:
(i) cash, notes and accounts and notes receivable (whether cur-
rent or non-current); (ii) certificates of deposit, banker's
acceptances, stock, debentures, evidences of indebtedness, cer-
tificates of interest or participation in profit-sharing agree-
ments, collateral-trust certificates, preorganization certifi-
xxxxx or subscriptions, transferable shares, investment con-
tracts, voting-trust certificates, fractional undivided inter-
ests in oil, gas or other mineral rights, puts, calls, strad-
dles, options and other securities of any kind; (iii) intan-
gible property rights, inventions, discoveries, know-how, Unit-
ed States and foreign patents and patent applications, trade
secrets, confidential information, registered and unregistered
trademarks, service marks, service names, trade styles and
trade names and associated goodwill; statutory, common law and
registered copyrights; applications for any of the foregoing,
rights to use the foregoing and other rights in, to and under
the foregoing; (iv) rights under leases, contracts, licenses,
permits, distribution arrangements, sales and purchase agree-
ments, other agreements and business arrangements; (v) real
estate and buildings and other improvements thereon; (vi)
leasehold improvements, fixtures, trade fixtures, machinery,
equipment (including transportation and office equipment),
tools, dies and furniture; (vii) office supplies, production
supplies, spare parts, other miscellaneous supplies and other
tangible property of any kind; (viii) computer equipment and
software; (ix) raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods,
consigned goods and other inventories; (x) prepayments or pre-
paid expenses; (xi) claims, causes of action, choses in action,
rights under express or implied warranties, rights of recovery
and rights of setoff of any kind; (xii) the right to receive
mail, payments on accounts receivable and other communications;
(xiii) lists of customers, records pertaining to customers and
accounts, personnel records, lists and records pertaining to
customers, suppliers and agents, and books, ledgers, files and
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business records of every kind; (xiv) advertising materials and
other printed or written materials; (xv) goodwill as a going
concern and other intangible properties; (xvi) employee con-
tracts, including any rights thereunder to restrict an employee
from competing in certain respects; and (xvii) licenses and
authorizations issued by any governmental authority.
Benefits Agreement: the Employee Benefits Allocation
Agreement to be entered into prior to the Distribution between
Grace and New Grace, substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto, with such changes as are acceptable to Grace, New
Grace, Grace-Conn. and SAC.
Business: the New Grace Business or the Packaging
Business.
Code: as defined in the Recitals to this Agreement.
Contribution: as defined in the Recitals to this
Agreement.
Debt Costs: as defined in Section 2.06(b) hereof.
Deemed Foreign Tax Credits: as defined in Section
2.02(c) hereof.
Deemed Repatriations: as defined in Section 2.02(c)
hereof.
Distribution: as defined in the Recitals to this
Agreement.
Distribution Date: the date as of which the Dis-
tribution shall be effected, to be determined by, or under the
authority of, the Board of Directors of Grace consistent with
this Agreement and the Merger Agreement.
Effective Time: as defined in the Merger Agreement.
Environmental Law: as defined in the Merger Agree-
ment.
Excess Short-Term Payables: as defined in Section
2.02(c) hereof.
Excess Shares: as defined in Section 2.07(b) hereof.
Exchange Act: the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
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Exchange Agent: the exchange agent to be retained in
connection with effecting the Recapitalization (which may also
be the Exchange Agent with respect to the Merger and/or the
Agent).
Foreign Exchange Rate: with respect to any currency
other than United States dollars as of any date, the rate on
such date at which such currency may be exchanged for United
States dollars as quoted in The Wall Street Journal.
Foreign New Grace Subsidiaries: as defined in the
Tax Sharing Agreement.
Foreign NOLs: as defined in Section 2.02(c) hereof.
Foreign Packco Subsidiaries: as defined in the Tax
Sharing Agreement.
Foreign Tax Credits: as defined in Section 2.02(c)
hereof.
Foreign Transfer Taxes: as defined in Section
2.02(c) hereof.
Foreign Transfers: as defined in Section 2.02(a)
hereof.
Grace: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Grace Certificate of Incorporation: as defined in
the Merger Agreement.
Grace Common Stock: as defined in the Recitals to
this Agreement.
Grace-Conn.: as defined in the preamble to this
Agreement.
Grace-Conn. Assets: all of the Assets owned by Grace
or its Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Distribution, oth-
er than any Packco Assets.
Grace-Conn. Liabilities: all of the Liabilities of
Grace or its Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Distribu-
tion, other than Packco Liabilities.
Grace-Conn. Public Debt: (i) the outstanding indebt-
edness of Grace-Conn. under its 8.0% Notes Due 2004, 7.4% Notes
Due 2000 and 7.75% Notes Due 2002 (other than any such indebt-
edness owned by Grace-Conn. or another member of the New Grace
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Group) and (ii) with respect to any indebtedness described in
clause (i), any amendments, modifications, refinancings, exten-
sions, renewals, refundings or replacements of, or indebtedness
exchanged for, such indebtedness which in each case is xxxxxx-
xxxx by Xxxxx (other than any such indebtedness owned by Grace-
Conn. or another member of the New Grace Group).
Grace Credit Agreement: the credit agreement or oth-
er financing agreements or arrangements to be entered into by
Grace and/or Packco prior to the Distribution Date to fund the
New Grace Capital Contribution and fees and expenses of Packco
(or Grace) in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby and to provide Packco with working capital.
Group: the Packco Group or the New Grace Group.
Indemnifiable Losses: all losses, Liabilities, dam-
ages, claims, demands, judgments or settlements of any nature
or kind, including all reasonable costs and expenses (legal,
accounting or otherwise as such costs are incurred) relating
thereto, suffered (and not actually reimbursed by insurance
proceeds) by an Indemnitee, including any reasonable costs or
expenses of enforcing any indemnity hereunder.
Indemnifying Party: a Person who or which is obli-
gated under this Agreement to provide indemnification.
Indemnitee: a Person who or which may seek indem-
nification under this Agreement.
Indemnity Payment: an amount that an Indemnifying
Party is required to pay to or in respect of an Indemnitee pur-
suant to Article IV.
Information: all records, books, contracts, instru-
ments, computer data and other data and information.
Intragroup Spinoff: as defined in Recital E to this
Agreement.
Joint Proxy Statement: as defined in the Merger
Agreement.
Liabilities: all debts, liabilities and obligations,
whether absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liqui-
dated or unliquidated, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown,
whenever arising, and whether or not the same would properly be
reflected on a balance sheet.
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Litigation Matters: actual, threatened or future
litigations, investigations, claims or other legal matters that
have been or may be asserted against, or otherwise adversely
affect, Grace and/or New Grace (or members of either Group).
Merger: as defined in the Recitals to this Agree-
ment.
Merger Agreement: as defined in the Recitals to this
Agreement.
Net Benefit Amount: the amount (whether positive or
negative) equal to (i) minus (ii), where (i) is the sum of the
U.S. Plan Assets and the Foreign Plan Assets (each as defined
below) and (ii) is the sum of the U.S. Benefit Plan Liabilities
and the Foreign Benefit Plan Liabilities (each as defined be-
low).
"U.S. Plan Assets" means the aggregate fair market
value, as of the Distribution Date, of the assets of the
Union Retirement Plan (as defined in the Benefits Agree-
ment) and the assets that will be transferred to the
Packco Hourly Non-Union Retirement Plan (as defined in the
Benefits Agreement) pursuant to Section 4.01(d) of the
Benefits Agreement, in each case as reasonably determined
by Actuarial Sciences Associates ("ASA"). "Foreign Plan
Assets" means the aggregate fair market value, as of the
Distribution Date, of the assets that will be, pursuant to
the Foreign Plans Agreement (as defined in the Benefits
Agreement), transferred from a Noninsured Foreign Pension
Plan (as defined in the Benefits Agreement) that is a New
Grace Benefit Plan (as defined in the Benefits Agreement)
(a "Transferring New Grace Foreign Plan") to a Packco Ben-
efit Plan or retained by a Noninsured Foreign Pension Plan
that is a Packco Benefit Plan (a "Retained Grace Foreign
Plan"), in each case as reasonably determined by the Local
Actuary (as defined in the Benefits Agreement) for the
relevant Transferring New Grace Foreign Plan or Retained
Grace Foreign Plan.
"U.S. Benefit Plan Liabilities" means the sum of
the Accrued Benefit Obligation, calculated in accordance
with FAS 87 ("ABO"), for (i) benefits of Packco Partici-
pants (as defined in the Benefits Agreement) under the
Union Retirement Plan and (ii) benefits of Packco Partici-
pants under the Hourly Non-Union Retirement Plan (as de-
fined in the Benefits Agreement) that are assumed by the
Packco Hourly Non-Union Retirement Plan pursuant to Sec-
tion 4.01(d) of the Benefits Agreement. "Foreign Benefit
Plan Liabilities" means the greater of (i) the sum of the
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ABOs for the Assumed Foreign Benefits (as defined below)
plus $10 million and (ii) the sum of the Projected Benefit
Obligations, calculated in accordance with FAS 87 ("PBO"),
for the Assumed Foreign Benefits. The "Assumed Foreign
Benefits" means the aggregate amount of the retirement
benefits of Packco Participants under each Noninsured For-
eign Pension Plan that are, pursuant to the Foreign Bene-
fits Agreement, either assumed by a Packco Benefit Plan
from a Transferring New Grace Foreign Plan or retained by
a Retained Grace Foreign Plan.
The determination of U.S. Benefit Plan Liabilities
shall be made by ASA in accordance with the actuarial and other
assumptions set forth on Schedule 1.01(f). The determination
of the ABOs and PBOs for the Assumed Foreign Benefits shall in
each case be made by AON Consulting ("AON") as of the Distribu-
tion Date based upon the actuarial and other assumptions used
by AON to determine the ABO or PBO (as applicable) of the rel-
evant Transferring New Grace Foreign Plan or Retained Grace
Foreign Plan for purposes of Grace's fiscal 1996 year-end fi-
nancial disclosures, if such ABO or PBO is reported thereon,
which actuarial and other assumptions are set forth on Schedule
1.01(f), provided, in the case of the assumptions relating to
each Noninsured Foreign Pension Plan, that such assumptions are
reasonable. To the extent that the ABO or PBO for a particular
Transferring New Grace Foreign Plan or Retained Grace Foreign
Plan was not so reported, such assumptions shall be reasonable
assumptions developed by AON in the manner most typically used
by AON to develop assumptions for determining ABO or PBO for
FAS 87 purposes for substantially similar plans in the appli-
cable jurisdiction.
ASA, the Local Actuaries and AON (collectively, the
"Actuaries") shall initially make the determinations called for
by this definition on a good-faith estimated basis not later
than December 31, 1997 or such other date as the parties hereto
shall request. In making such initial determinations, the lo-
cal Actuaries shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of
Grace and New Grace with respect to the anticipated terms and
conditions of the Foreign Plans Agreement (if it has not yet
been signed) and the manner in which its terms and conditions
will be implemented. Final determinations shall be made by the
Actuaries as and when the asset transfers and assumptions of
liabilities contemplated by the Foreign Plans Agreement and
Section 4.01(d) of the Benefits Agreement are completed, and
the New Grace Capital Contribution shall be adjusted as neces-
sary to reflect the Net Benefit Amount as so finally deter-
mined. Grace and New Grace agree to cooperate in supplying the
Actuaries with all information reasonably requested by them in
connection with making such determinations, including, without
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limitation, information concerning Plan participants, assets
and benefits. Grace, New Grace and SAC shall be entitled to
review and comment on the Actuaries' analyses as the Actuaries
are in the process of making their determinations.
New Grace: as defined in the preamble to this Agree-
ment.
New Grace Business: all of the businesses and opera-
tions conducted by Grace and its Subsidiaries at any time,
whether prior to, on or after the Distribution Date, other than
the Packaging Business.
New Grace Capital Contribution: the capital contri-
bution, distribution or other transfer to be received by Grace-
Conn. at or shortly prior to the Distribution, in the aggregate
amount of:
(a) $1,200,000,000;
plus (b) the aggregate amount of cash held by Packco or
any Packco Subsidiaries immediately prior to the
Distribution;
minus (c) the amount by which
(i) the aggregate amount of (x) withholding
Taxes that would be imposed by foreign ju-
risdictions on a deemed distribution to
Packco by each Foreign Packco Subsidiary
immediately following the Distribution, of
an amount of cash equal to the excess of
(I) the amount of cash held by such Foreign
Packco Subsidiary immediately prior to the
Distribution over (II) the sum of (A) the
amount of debt that may be repaid without
penalty plus current accrued but unpaid
Taxes of such Subsidiary as of the Distri-
bution Date and (B) Excess Short-Term Pay-
xxxxx of such Subsidiary; provided, how-
ever, that such amount of cash shall be
determined taking into account the prin-
ciples, as applied to Packco, set forth in
the proviso in Section 2.02(c)(v), and (y)
Taxes that would be imposed by the United
States or any political subdivision thereof
in excess of the Foreign Tax Credits of
Packco in respect of Taxes paid by Packco
or deemed paid by Packco as a result of
such deemed distributions of such cash;
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exceeds (ii) the aggregate amount of Packco Repatriation
Tax Costs;
plus (d) the Net Benefit Amount; and
plus (e) the aggregate amount of Transaction Costs, if
any, payable by Grace to New Grace pursuant to
Section 8.04 of this Agreement, as of the Dis-
tribution Date.
New Grace Common Stock: as defined in the Recitals
to this Agreement.
New Grace Group: New Grace, Grace-Conn. and the oth-
er New Grace Subsidiaries.
New Grace Group Excess Cash: as defined in Section
2.02(c) hereof.
New Grace Indemnitees: New Grace, each Affiliate of
Grace-Conn. (other than members of the Packco Group) and each
of their respective Representatives and each of the heirs, ex-
ecutors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing.
New Grace Repatriation Tax Costs: as defined in Sec-
tion 2.02(c) hereof.
New Grace Rights: the preferred share purchase
rights of New Grace.
New Grace Subsidiaries: all direct and indirect Sub-
sidiaries of Grace, including foreign subsidiaries of Grace-
Conn. to be formed pursuant to the Tax Sharing Agreement or
Section 2.02 hereof, other than Packco and any Packco Subsid-
iary.
Newco Common Stock: the shares of common stock, par
value $.10 per share, of Grace.
Newco Convertible Preferred Stock: the Series A Con-
vertible Preferred Stock of Grace, par value $.10 per share,
the terms of which are described in Exhibit E to the Merger
Agreement.
NYSE: New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Other Agreements: the Benefits Agreement, the Tax
Sharing Agreement, an insurance procedures agreement, an intel-
lectual property license agreement, an interim services agree-
ment, the shared facilities agreements and the other agreements
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entered into or to be entered into in connection with the Dis-
tribution as contemplated by Article II of this Agreement.
Packaging Business: all of the worldwide packaging
businesses, operations and investments conducted or owned by
Grace and its Subsidiaries at any time, whether prior to, on or
after the Distribution Date, including Cryovac Registered
flexible plastic packaging systems, Omicron Registered rigid
plastic cups and tubs for dairy foods and Formpac Registered
foam trays for supermarket and institutional food service,
provided that the Packaging Business shall not include the
worldwide businesses, operations and investments at or prior to
the Distribution Date conducted or owned by Grace and its Sub-
sidiaries of its container business group (which was, until
1996, operated as a separate business unit known as Grace Con-
tainer Products and any extensions of such former business unit
since such time and through the Distribution Date), including,
without limitation, Darex Registered container sealants and
coatings.
Packco: as defined in the Recitals to this Agree-
ment.
Packco Assets: collectively and except as otherwise
provided in any of the Other Agreements, (i) all of the right,
title and interest immediately prior to the time of the Distri-
bution of Grace and its Subsidiaries in all Assets that are
predominantly used or held for use in or predominantly relating
to or to the extent arising from the Packaging Business; (ii)
the rights to use shared Assets as provided in Article II;
(iii) all other Assets of Grace and its Subsidiaries to the
extent specifically assigned to or retained by any member of
the Packco Group pursuant to this Agreement or any Other Agree-
ment; (iv) the capital stock of Packco and all Packco Subsid-
iaries; and (v) the Assets set forth on Schedule 1.01(a)
hereto; provided that
(a) all cash and marketable securities held by
any member of the Packco Group immediately prior to
the Distribution shall be Grace-Conn. Assets;
(b) intellectual property rights shall be Pack-
co Assets in the form and to the extent provided in
Section 2.01(d);
(c) with respect to leased or owned real prop-
erty included in the Packco Assets that is not used
exclusively by the Packaging Business, Packco Assets
shall include only real property used or held for use
in the Packaging Business as of the Distribution Date
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and shall not include any vacant or unoccupied prop-
erty otherwise owned or leased by Grace or any of its
Subsidiaries (except in the case of vacant or unoc-
cupied property (I) on a site that is engaged pre-
dominantly in the Packaging Business, to provide a
reasonable buffer area for such operations, to the
extent practicable or (II) that is used or held for
use in the Packaging Business);
(d) other than as provided herein or in the
Other Agreements, Packco Assets shall not include any
general corporate or corporate service operations of
Grace conducted in its Boca Raton, Florida headquar-
ters and the other locations set forth on Schedule
1.01(b) hereto;
(e) all right, title and interest of Grace and
its Subsidiaries in the real property identified on
Schedule 1.01(a) shall be Packco Assets; and
(f) Packco Assets shall not include (I) the
Woburn, MA Grace facility or the Scuffletown Rd.,
South Carolina facility previously used by the Pack-
aging Business (or any Assets located at or relating
to such facilities); (II) Assets relating to any di-
vested business or product line of Grace or any of
its Subsidiaries (including rights to payment and
indemnification thereunder, but Packco Assets shall
include rights to indemnification relating to amounts
paid by the Packco Group pursuant to clause (a)(II)
of the definition of Packco Liabilities); (III) any
interim service or tolling agreements entered into in
connection with any divestiture by Grace or any of
its Subsidiaries prior to the Distribution Date; and
(IV) the Assets set forth on Schedule 1.01(c).
Packco Group: Grace, Packco and the Packco Subsid-
iaries.
Packco Group Excess Cash: as defined in Section
2.02(c) hereof.
Packco Indemnitees: Grace, Packco, each Affiliate of
Packco and each of their respective Representatives and each of
the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the
foregoing.
Packco Liabilities: collectively, and in each case
except to the extent otherwise provided in any Other Agreement,
(i) all Liabilities of Grace and its Subsidiaries to the extent
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relating to or arising from the Packaging Business or the
Packco Assets; (ii) all Liabilities of Grace and its Subsid-
iaries to the extent assigned to or assumed by Grace and Packco
under this Agreement or any Other Agreement; (iii) all Liabil-
ities of Grace and/or Packco under the Grace Credit Agreement;
and (iv) all Liabilities set forth on Schedule 1.01(d) hereto,
provided that Packco Liabilities shall not, in any event, in-
clude:
(a) Liabilities of Grace and its Subsidiaries
(I) arising under any Environmental Law relating to
any facility or Asset that was used or held for use
in the Packaging Business prior to but not on or af-
ter the Distribution Date (including formerly owned
or leased facilities and former offsite disposal fa-
cilities) or (II) relating to any business or product
line that was part of, or any facility or Asset that
was used or held for use in, the Packaging Business
that, in each case, has been divested prior to the
Distribution Date; provided that, except as otherwise
provided below, 25% of such Liabilities described in
this clause not to exceed $10 million in the aggre-
gate shall be Packco Liabilities;
(b) Liabilities arising under any Environmental
Law relating to or arising from the Woburn, MA Grace
facility or the Scuffletown Road, SC facility;
(c) Liabilities for any indebtedness, other
than indebtedness under the Grace Credit Agreement
and indebtedness to unaffiliated persons outstanding
on the date hereof;
(d) Liabilities of Grace or any of its Subsid-
iaries relating to or arising from any interim ser-
vice or tolling agreements entered into in connection
with any divestiture by Grace or any of its Subsid-
iaries;
(e) Liabilities, whether such Liabilities re-
late to events, occurrences or circumstances occur-
ring or existing, or whether such Liabilities arise,
before, on or after the Distribution Date, relating
to asbestos or asbestos-containing materials manufac-
tured and/or sold (collectively, "Asbestos Activi-
ties") by Grace, Grace-Conn. or any of their respec-
tive Subsidiaries, affiliates or predecessors (but
this clause shall not include such Liabilities to the
extent relating to Asbestos Activities, if any, con-
ducted after the Distribution Date of any member of
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the Packco Group or any of their Affiliates after the
Distribution Date);
(f) Liabilities relating to or arising from any
violation or alleged violation on or prior to the
Distribution Date by Grace, Grace-Conn. or any of
their respective Subsidiaries, affiliates or prede-
cessors of any federal, state or foreign securities
laws; and
(g) Liabilities relating to or arising from any
breach or alleged breach of fiduciary duties by any
director or executive officer of Grace, Grace-Conn.
or any of their respective Subsidiaries, affiliates
or predecessors prior to the Distribution Date.
Packco Repatriation Tax Costs: as defined in Section
2.02(c) hereof.
Packco Subsidiaries: all direct and indirect Sub-
sidiaries of Grace to be transferred to or formed by Packco in
connection with the Contribution or the Foreign Transfers (in-
cluding any such Subsidiary to be formed pursuant to the Tax
Sharing Agreement or Section 2.02).
Per Share Common Consideration: the shares (or frac-
tion of a share) of Newco Common Stock issuable in the Recapi-
talization per share of Grace Common Stock outstanding as of
the Record Date, such amount to be determined by dividing (a)
the amount equal to (I) 40,895,000, increased by the product,
if any, of (x) 1.7027 and (y) the net increase in outstanding
Sealed Air Common Shares between August 14, 1997 and the Dis-
tribution Date, minus (II) the Net Option Number, by (b) the
aggregate number of shares of Grace Common Stock outstanding as
of the Record Date, the result being rounded to the nearest
one-thousandth (or, in the event there is no nearest number,
rounded up to the next one-thousandth). "Net Option Number"
means
(i) the aggregate number of shares of Newco
Common Stock into which all outstanding
options to purchase shares of Grace Common
Stock outstanding as of the Distribution
Date and held by Packco Employees are or
may be exercisable (whether or not then
exercisable) immediately after the Effec-
tive Time (such number calculated as pro-
vided in the Benefits Agreement, the "Newco
Options"), multiplied by the amount by
which:
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(I) the average of the arithmetic mean
between the highest and lowest sales
prices of a share of Newco Common
Stock on the New York Stock Exchange
Composite Tape on each of the five
trading days beginning on the ex-
dividend date for the Distribution
(the "SAC Stock Price")
exceeds (II) the weighted average per-share exer-
cise price for the Newco Options, cal-
culated as provided in the Benefits
Agreement;
divided by (ii) the SAC Stock Price.
Fractional shares otherwise issuable to a Grace shareholder
shall be treated as provided in Section 2.07(b). In the event
that shares of Grace Common Stock are issued between the Record
Date and the Effective Time, including pursuant to the exercise
of stock options granted by Grace (but not including issuances
in the Recapitalization), such Consideration shall be appro-
priately adjusted.
Per Share Preferred Consideration: the shares (or
fraction of a share) of Newco Convertible Preferred Stock issu-
able in the Recapitalization per share of Grace Common Stock
outstanding as of the Record Date, such amount to be calculated
by dividing 36,000,000 by the aggregate number of shares of
Grace Common Stock outstanding as of the Record Date, the re-
xxxx being rounded to the nearest one-thousandth (or, in the
event there is no nearest number, rounded up to the next one-
thousandth). Fractional shares otherwise issuable to a Grace
shareholder shall be treated as provided in Section 2.07(b).
In the event that shares of Grace Common Stock are issued be-
tween the Record Date and the Effective Time, including pursu-
ant to the exercise of stock options granted by Grace (but not
including issuances in the Recapitalization), such Consider-
ation shall be appropriately adjusted.
Person: an individual, a partnership, a joint ven-
ture, a corporation, a limited liability company, a trust, an
unincorporated organization or a government or any department
or agency thereof.
Pre-Distribution Period: as defined in the Tax Shar-
ing Agreement.
Privileged Information: with respect to either
Group, Information regarding a member of such Group, or any of
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its operations, Assets or Liabilities (whether in documents or
stored in any other form or known to its employees or agents)
that is or may be protected from disclosure pursuant to the
attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine or other
applicable privileges, that a member of the other Group may
come into possession of or obtain access to pursuant to this
Agreement or otherwise.
Recapitalization: as defined in Section 2.07 hereof.
Record Date: the close of business on the date to be
determined by the Board of Directors of Grace as the record
date for determining shareholders of Grace entitled to receive
the Distribution and the Recapitalization, which date shall be
the day of, or the business day immediately preceding the day
of, the Effective Time.
Registration Statements: a registration statement on
Form 10 (or, if such form is not appropriate, the appropriate
form pursuant to the Securities Act) to be filed by New Grace
with the SEC to effect the registration of the New Grace Common
Stock and the New Grace Rights pursuant to the Exchange Act
(or, if applicable, pursuant to the Securities Act) and the
registration statement to be filed by Grace with the SEC in
connection with the Recapitalization and the Merger pursuant to
the Securities Act.
Representative: with respect to any Person, any of
such Person's directors, officers, employees, agents, consult-
ants, advisors, accountants, attorneys and representatives.
SAC: as defined in the Recitals to this Agreement.
SEC: the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act: the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
Severance Costs: as defined in Section 8.04 hereof.
Shared Facilities: other than Shared Regional Head-
quarters, any production, manufacturing, sales office or other
facility (whether owned or leased) of Grace or any of its sub-
sidiaries in which operations of both the Packaging Business
and the New Grace Business are conducted as of the Distribution
Date, including the facilities listed on Schedule 1.01(e) here-
to.
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Shared Regional Headquarters: regional headquarters
of Grace in which services are provided, as of the Distribution
Date, to both the Packaging Business and the New Xxxxx Xxxx-
xxxx.
Subsidiary: with respect to any specified Person,
any corporation or other legal entity of which such Person or
any of its subsidiaries controls or owns, directly or indi-
rectly, more than 50% of the stock or other equity interest
entitled to vote on the election of members to the board of
directors or similar governing body.
Subsidiary Excess Cash: as defined in Section
2.02(c) hereof.
Tax: as defined in the Tax Sharing Agreement.
Tax Benefit: as defined in the Tax Sharing Agree-
ment.
Tax Sharing Agreement: the Tax Sharing Agreement to
be entered into prior to the Distribution between Grace and New
Grace, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, with such
changes as are acceptable to Grace, New Grace, Grace-Conn. and
SAC.
Third-Party Claim: any claim, suit, derivative suit,
arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before
any court, any governmental or other regulatory or adminis-
trative agency or commission or any arbitration tribunal as-
serted by a Person who or which is neither a party hereto nor
an Affiliate of a party hereto.
Transaction Agreements: as defined in the Merger
Agreement.
Transaction Costs: as defined in Section 8.04
hereof.
Withholding Taxes: as defined in Section 2.02(c)
hereof.
SECTION 1.02 REFERENCES TO TIME. All references in
this Agreement to times of the day shall be to New York City
time.
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ARTICLE II
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS PRIOR TO THE DISTRIBUTION DATE
SECTION 2.01 TRANSFER OF PACKCO ASSETS; ASSUMPTION
OF PACKCO LIABILITIES. (a) Prior to the Distribution Date but
subject to Section 2.02, Grace shall transfer, or cause to be
transferred to Packco or, at Packco's option, to a Packco Sub-
sidiary effective as of the Distribution Date all of the Packco
Assets. Immediately prior to the Distribution, the capital
stock of Packco shall be distributed to Grace. Grace shall
also transfer, or cause to be transferred, the capital stock of
any Subsidiary such that, as of the Distribution Date, the
Packco Subsidiaries shall be wholly owned (except for shares
held by directors or officers to comply with applicable law) by
a member of the Packco Group and the New Grace Subsidiaries
shall be wholly owned (except for shares held by directors or
officers to comply with applicable law) by a member of the New
Grace Group. Effective as of the Distribution Date, the trans-
fers described in this Section will result in Packco or another
member of the Packco Group obtaining all of the rights, title
and interests of Grace and its Subsidiaries in the Packco As-
sets, subject to Sections 2.05 and 2.10.
(b) Effective as of the Distribution Date and sub-
ject to Section 2.02, Packco shall, or shall cause a Packco
Subsidiary to, assume, pay, perform, and discharge in due
course all of the Packco Liabilities.
(c) Separation of Assets. The Packco Assets and
Grace-Conn. Assets (including Assets that are, or are contained
in, the Shared Facilities) shall, to the extent reasonably
practicable (including taking into account the costs of any
actions taken), be severed, divided or otherwise separated from
each other so that a member of the respective Group will own
and control their respective Assets as of the Distribution
Date, provided that neither Grace nor New Grace shall be obli-
gated to make significant expenditures to effect such separa-
tion prior to the Distribution Date. Actions taken and expen-
ditures incurred to separate the Shared Facilities shall be
subject to the agreement of Grace, New Grace and SAC. Such
separation may include subdivision of real property, subleasing
or other division of shared buildings or premises and alloca-
tion of shared working capital, equipment and other Assets.
Such separation shall be effected in a manner that does not
unreasonably disrupt either the Packaging Business or the New
Grace Business and minimizes, to the extent practicable, cur-
rent and future costs (and losses of tax or other economic ben-
efits) of the respective Businesses. With respect to any Asset
that cannot reasonably be separated or otherwise allocated as
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provided above, (i) all right, title and interest of Grace and
its Subsidiaries shall be allocated to the Group as to which
such Asset is predominantly used or held for use or predomi-
nantly relates and (ii) the other Group shall have a right to
use such Assets in its Business in a manner consistent with
past practice for a period which is coterminous with the life
of the Asset described in (i) (and the coextensive obligation
to pay its allocable share of any costs or expenses related to
such Asset pursuant to the last sentence of this Section
2.01(c)). To the extent the separation of Assets cannot be
achieved in a reasonably practicable manner, the parties will
enter into appropriate arrangements regarding the shared Asset.
Any costs related to the use of a shared Asset that is not sep-
arated as of the Distribution Date shall be allocated, with
respect to the two-year period beginning immediately after the
Distribution Date, based on the methodology historically used
by Grace, and, for any period thereafter, using such reasonable
manner as agreed by New Grace and Grace.
(d) Intellectual Property. Notwithstanding the
foregoing or anything else contained herein, any intellectual
property rights of Grace or any of its Subsidiaries that are
Packco Assets shall be licensed to or transferred to Packco, as
the case may be, as follows. With respect to intellectual
property rights used or held for use solely in connection with
the Packaging Business, Packco shall have full ownership (to
the extent of Grace's rights therein) of such rights. Except
as otherwise provided in Schedule 2.01(d), with respect to in-
tellectual property rights that are used or held for use in
both the Packaging Business and the New Grace Business, title
to such rights shall be owned by the New Grace Group and the
Packco Group shall have an exclusive, worldwide, fully paid,
perpetual, royalty-free license to use the intellectual prop-
erty rights for the field of use described in the next sentence
hereof. The field of use shall be (i) the businesses engaged
in by Packco and the Packco Group as of the Distribution Date
and the businesses of SAC as of the Distribution Date, includ-
ing, in each case, reasonable extensions thereof, provided,
however, that such field of use shall not include the field
described in the proviso to the definition of "Packaging Busi-
ness" as well as (to the extent not described in such proviso)
the business of (A) closures, closure sealant compositions and
multifunctional can ends which are used on or with rigid con-
tainers and (B) coatings, sealants, compositions and equipment
used or held for use in the manufacture of cans and other rigid
containers, in each case including reasonable extensions
thereof; and (ii) notwithstanding (i), with respect to reason-
able extensions referred to in the first part of clause (i)
that overlap with the reasonable extensions described in the
proviso in clause (i), the field of use shall include such
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overlap but the license therefor shall be non-exclusive and the
New Grace Group shall also have title to use such intellectual
property in the area of overlap. Such licenses shall not un-
duly restrict the subsequent transfer or license (within the
applicable field of use) of the intellectual property. Such
arrangements shall not restrict or limit in any way the rights
of SAC to use any intellectual property that is not a Packco
Asset.
(e) The costs (and other out-of-pocket losses) at-
tributable to the separation of the Assets, including, without
limitation, the Shared Facilities, shall be allocated pursuant
to Section 8.04.
SECTION 2.02 CERTAIN FOREIGN TRANSFERS. (a) Prior
to the Distribution Date, Grace shall use its reasonable best
efforts to effect the legal separation of the Packco Assets and
Packco Liabilities, on the one hand, from the Grace-Conn. As-
sets and Grace-Conn. Liabilities, on the other hand, that are
located in jurisdictions outside the United States. Such sepa-
ration may include asset transfers, stock transfers, spin-offs,
mergers, reorganizations, consolidations or other transfers
which may be effected before, simultaneously with or after the
Distribution (collectively, the "Foreign Transfers"). Any For-
eign Transfer that occurs after the Distribution shall be ef-
fected pursuant to a binding commitment in existence prior to
the Distribution Date.
(b) The Adjusted Foreign Transfer Taxes shall be
allocated between the New Grace Group and the Packco Group as
provided in Section 8.04. Each party shall reimburse the other
to the extent that such other party pays Foreign Transfer Taxes
in excess of the amount of Adjusted Foreign Transfer Taxes al-
locable to such other party pursuant to Section 8.04. Such
payment shall, for Tax purposes, be characterized as an adjust-
ment of the New Grace Capital Contribution.
(c) (i) "Adjusted Foreign Transfer Taxes" shall
mean the excess, if any, of (I) the sum of the Foreign Transfer
Taxes, Packco Repatriation Tax Costs and New Grace Repatriation
Tax Costs over (II) the present value using a discount rate of
5% (or, in the case of value added taxes, the gross value) of
any Tax Benefits (including foreign tax credits for United
States federal income tax purposes ("Foreign Tax Credits")
other than Foreign Tax Credits attributable to Foreign Transfer
Taxes or Withholding Taxes that in the aggregate do not exceed
the Tax imposed by the United States and any political subdivi-
sion thereof on the Deemed Repatriation) that may or would
arise as a result of the Foreign Transfers, the payment of the
Foreign Transfer Taxes or the Deemed Repatriations. Such Tax
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Benefits shall be presumed to be utilized in the first year in
which they arise (or are deemed to arise). All amounts relat-
ing to the calculation of Adjusted Foreign Transfer Taxes and
the amount calculated pursuant to clause (c) of the definition
of "New Grace Capital Contribution" shall be calculated in lo-
cal currency and translated into U.S. Dollars at the Foreign
Exchange Rate for such currency as of the Distribution Date.
(ii) "Foreign Transfer Taxes" shall mean net Taxes
that may be imposed by any jurisdiction other than the United
States or any political subdivision thereof in connection with
the Foreign Transfers (and any Tax net of associated foreign
tax credits imposed by the United States or a political
subdivision thereof on the Foreign Transfer in Venezuela) on
any member of the New Grace Group or the Packco Group;
provided, however, that the Foreign NOLs shall be taken into
account in calculating the amount of Foreign Transfer Taxes.
(iii) "Packco Repatriation Tax Costs" and "New Grace
Repatriation Tax Costs", respectively, shall mean the sum of
the (I) withholding Taxes that would be imposed by a foreign
jurisdiction on a deemed distribution of Packco Group Excess
Cash to Packco or of New Grace Group Excess Cash to New Grace,
respectively (the "Deemed Repatriations"), on the day immedi-
ately following the Distribution ("Withholding Taxes") and (II)
Taxes that would be imposed by the United States or any politi-
cal subdivision thereof on a Deemed Repatriation (without tak-
ing into account any net operating loss or other deduction) in
excess of the Foreign Tax Credits of Packco or Grace-Conn.,
respectively, in respect of Taxes paid or deemed paid by Packco
or Grace-Conn., respectively, as a result of such Deemed Repa-
triation ("Deemed Foreign Tax Credits").
(iv) "Packco Group Excess Cash" and "New Grace Group
Excess Cash", respectively, shall mean the sum of the amount of
Subsidiary Excess Cash for all Foreign Packco Subsidiaries or
Foreign New Grace Subsidiaries.
(v) "Subsidiary Excess Cash" shall mean the cash
transferred to a Foreign Packco Subsidiary or Foreign New Grace
Subsidiary pursuant to a Foreign Transfer in excess of the sum
of (I) the amount of debt that may be repaid without penalty
plus current accrued unpaid Taxes of such Subsidiary as of the
Distribution Date and (II) the excess of trade and other short-
term payables over trade and other short-term receivables of
such Subsidiary ("Excess Short-Term Payables"); provided, how-
ever, that each party shall take steps (including causing the
Subsidiary to loan cash to an Affiliate organized in a foreign
jurisdiction to the extent that such Affiliate can use such
cash to repay its debt or to pay current accrued unpaid Taxes
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and Excess Short-Term Payables) and cooperate in good faith to
minimize the amount of Subsidiary Excess Cash, taking into ac-
count Tax and financial considerations as if each party were
bearing the full amount of its respective Repatriation Tax
Cost.
(vi) The "Foreign NOLs" shall mean net operating
losses for German income tax purposes of Grace GmbH and Grace
Multiflex GmbH, and net operating losses for other foreign in-
come tax purposes of any other Foreign Packco Subsidiary, at-
tributable to the Pre-Distribution Period to the extent, in
either case, that such net operating losses would be an Overall
Tax Benefit (or Hypothetical Pre-Distribution Overall Tax Ben-
efit), calculated without regard to any Tax Item arising on the
Foreign Transfer involving such Subsidiary, that does not ex-
ceed the amount of income or gain arising, for purposes of the
applicable foreign income tax, on the Foreign Transfer involv-
ing such Subsidiary.
(d) In connection with the Foreign Transfers, cer-
tain Assets (including cash) or Liabilities that, without the
agreement of the parties as required by this Section 2.02(d),
would be Grace-Conn. Assets or Grace-Conn. Liabilities, as the
case may be, may be retained by Packco or a Packco Subsidiary
(or Assets or Liabilities that, without the agreement of the
parties as required by this Section 2.02(d), would be Packco
Assets or Packco Liabilities, may be retained by New Grace or a
New Grace Subsidiary) if agreed between Grace and New Grace and
reasonably satisfactory to SAC.
(e) Neither SAC nor any member of the Packco Group
or the New Grace Group shall take any action, or fail or omit
to take any action where the taking of such action or the fail-
ure or omission to take such action would disturb the tax
treatment assumed by the parties in calculating the Foreign
Transfer Taxes and cause any Indemnifiable Loss to a member of
the other Group, including an increase in the amount of Ad-
justed Foreign Transfer Taxes borne by the other Group. Grace
agrees to indemnify and hold the Grace-Conn. Indemnitees harm-
less, and Grace-Conn. agrees to indemnify and hold the Packco
Indemnitees harmless, from and against any such Indemnifiable
Loss without regard to any limitation contained in Section
8.04.
(f) Adjusted Foreign Transfer Taxes shall be recal-
culated upon any audit adjustment, Final Determination or any
other change (i) of a Foreign Transfer Tax or another foreign
Tax or Tax Item that would change the amount of Deemed Foreign
Tax Credit or otherwise alter Packco Repatriation Tax Costs or
New Grace Repatriation Tax Costs or (ii) that changes the
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amount of a Foreign NOL. Appropriate payment shall be made
between the parties such that Foreign Transfer Taxes, as so
redetermined, and Adjusted Foreign Transfer Taxes, as so recal-
culated, are shared according to the principles of Section
2.02(b).
SECTION 2.03 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION; BY-LAWS;
RIGHTS PLAN. (a) Prior to the Distribution Date, Grace shall
contribute the capital stock of Grace-Conn. to New Grace, as
well as the capital stock of any other Subsidiary of Grace
formed in connection with the Foreign Transfers that is not a
Packco Subsidiary. In addition, prior to the Distribution
Date, the parties hereto shall take all action necessary so
that, at the Distribution Date, New Grace's name shall be
"X. X. Xxxxx & Co."
(b) Prior to the Distribution Date, Grace and New
Grace shall take all action necessary so that the certificate
of incorporation and by-laws of New Grace and the preferred
share purchase rights plan of New Grace shall be in effect as
specified by New Grace, each in the form of Exhibits C, D and E
hereto, respectively (with such changes as Grace and New Grace
may find appropriate).
(c) Prior to the Distribution Date, Grace and Packco
shall take all action necessary so that the certificate of in-
corporation and by-laws of Packco shall be substantially simi-
lar to the customary form of certificate of incorporation and
by-laws for a wholly owned Delaware subsidiary and reasonably
acceptable to SAC.
SECTION 2.04 ISSUANCE OF STOCK. Prior to the Dis-
tribution Date, the parties hereto shall take all steps neces-
sary so that the number of shares of New Grace Common Stock
outstanding and held by Grace shall equal the number of shares
of Grace Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date.
SECTION 2.05 OTHER AGREEMENTS; SHARED FACILITIES.
(a) Each of Grace and New Grace shall, prior to the Distribu-
tion Date, enter into, or cause the appropriate members of the
Group of which it is a member to enter into, the Other Agree-
ments in connection with the Distribution, including, without
limitation, agreements with respect to (i) insurance proce-
dures, (ii) interim services (including, without limitation,
services to be provided by the Shared Regional Headquarters
consistent with current operations of the respective Busi-
nesses, and services to be provided by country organizations to
operations of the other Business consistent with past prac-
xxxx), which shall be charged at allocated cost based on
Grace's historical methodology, subject to applicable tax laws
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in any jurisdiction, (iii) intellectual property licenses as
contemplated by Section 2.01, (iv) and other matters as may be
advisable. The Other Agreements (or, in the case of the forms
of agreement attached hereto, any amendments thereto) shall be
on terms reasonably acceptable to Grace, New Grace and SAC.
Agreements regarding interim services (including country ser-
vices) shall generally have a term not to exceed 24 months
(subject to earlier termination on six months' notice (or such
shorter period as does not impose additional costs on the pro-
viding party) by the party receiving the services) and will
provide, in the case of agreements pursuant to which Packco is
to provide services to New Grace, for services at least as ex-
tensive as any obligations contained in interim service and
tolling agreements entered into prior to the Distribution Date
between Grace and a third party. Such Agreements regarding
interim services (including country services) will also provide
that any value added taxes imposed on such services shall be
paid and borne, as between the parties, by the party receiving
such services. The parties shall use reasonable efforts to
conclude the Other Agreements prior to the time the other con-
ditions to the Distribution have been satisfied.
(b) The parties acknowledge and agree that operation
by members of the Packco Group or New Grace Group of the Shared
Facilities after the Distribution Date may continue to require
the joint occupation or use by the parties of certain related
premises or facilities (such as waste disposal, utilities, se-
curity and other matters). The parties shall enter into ap-
propriate arrangements regarding cost allocation and service
provision with respect to these matters, which allocation shall
be as described in Section 2.01(c) and 2.05(a), as applicable.
The agreements described in this paragraph (b) shall be in-
cluded in the Other Agreements.
SECTION 2.06 FINANCING. (a) Prior to the Distri-
bution Date, Grace and/or Packco shall enter into the Grace
Credit Agreement, which shall be on terms reasonably acceptable
to Grace and SAC, and Grace and/or Packco shall contribute, or
cause to be contributed, the New Grace Capital Contribution to
Grace-Conn., all as described in this Section. No member of
the New Grace Group shall have any Liability or obligation with
respect to the Grace Credit Agreement. At the election of New
Grace and subject to the consent of Grace and SAC, which will
not be unreasonably withheld, a portion of the New Xxxxx Xxxx-
tal Contribution may be contributed to foreign Subsidiaries of
New Grace. It is contemplated that the New Grace Capital Con-
tribution shall be effected as follows; provided, however, that
Packco shall not borrow an amount in excess of the tax basis,
for U.S. federal income tax purposes, of Grace-Conn. in the
stock of Packco: (i) each of Grace and Packco shall borrow
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agreed-upon amounts; (ii) Packco distributes a portion of the
New Grace Capital Contribution to Grace-Conn. which uses such
funds to pay creditors; (iii) the Intragroup Spinoff occurs;
(iv) Grace contributes the remaining amount of the New Grace
Capital Contribution to New Grace as well as the capital stock
of Grace-Conn.; and (v) New Grace loans the amount described in
clause (iv) to Grace-Conn. in the form of a security.
(b) Prior to the Distribution, Grace-Conn. may con-
summate a cash tender offer in accordance with applicable secu-
rities laws for any and all Grace-Conn. Public Debt. Grace-
Conn. may also elect, in its discretion, to defease or other-
wise acquire any portion of the Grace-Conn. Public Debt. To
the extent that upon consummation of the Distribution, there
remains outstanding (other than to the extent owned by Grace-
Conn. or New Grace) in excess of $50 million in principal
amount of the Grace-Conn. Public Debt, New Grace or Grace-Conn.
shall obtain an "evergreen" letter of credit, with an initial
expiration date no sooner than 364 days after the Effective
Time, from a financial institution or group of financial insti-
tutions reasonably acceptable to Grace and SAC for the benefit
of Grace with respect to such outstanding amount from time to
time in excess of $50 million.
The letter of credit shall be in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to SAC and shall entitle Grace to draw
thereunder if Grace shall be required to make (and makes) any
payment pursuant to the terms of its guarantee of any Grace-
Conn. Public Debt. The expiration date of such letter of
credit shall be automatically extended for successive 364-day
periods, with an absolute expiration date on the date that is
the 91st day after the date on which the outstanding principal
amount of the Grace-Conn. Public Debt shall have been reduced
to no more than $50 million, unless, prior to such 91st day,
any payments shall have been made that are subject to avoidance
pursuant to a bankruptcy or similar proceeding, in which case
such letter of credit shall be extended (with respect to the
applicable payments) until such payments are no longer subject
to such avoidance, unless notice of termination is given by the
issuing bank or banks, in which case Grace shall be entitled to
draw thereunder (whether or not any demand for payment in re-
spect of its guarantee shall have been made), provided that, to
the extent such funds are not used to make payments on the
Grace-Conn. Public Debt, Grace shall hold such proceeds sepa-
rate in an interest-bearing escrow account with a financial
institution and pursuant to escrow arrangements reasonably ac-
ceptable to Grace-Conn. To the extent that the amount held in
such escrow account is greater than (i) the outstanding Grace-
Conn. Public Debt minus (ii) $50 million, Grace shall remit
such excess amount to Grace-Conn. The amount of the letter of
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credit may be reduced from time to time, but shall not at any
time be less than the amount by which the outstanding principal
amount of the Grace-Conn. Public Debt (other than such debt
owned by a member of the New Grace Group) exceeds $50 million.
"Debt Costs" shall mean the costs incurred by Grace
or Grace-Conn. in connection with a tender offer, defeasance,
retirement or other acquisition of Grace-Conn. Public Debt,
which costs shall consist of (i) any incremental costs, fees,
expenses and payments incurred in connection with such action,
and in the case of a tender offer shall include all costs,
fees, expenses and payments incurred in connection with a ten-
der offer that are, in the aggregate, in excess of the out-
standing principal amount and accrued interest of the Grace-
Conn. Public Debt so acquired; plus (ii) any costs associated
with terminating or re-negotiating any related interest rate
swap agreements with respect to the amount of Grace-Conn. Pub-
lic Debt acquired, defeased or retired; and plus (iii) the
costs of the letter of credit described above.
SECTION 2.07 GRACE RECAPITALIZATION. (a) Imme-
diately prior to the Effective Time, Grace shall consummate a
recapitalization of the Grace Common Stock, such that each
share of Grace Common Stock outstanding as of the Record Date
shall be exchanged for the Per Share Common Consideration and
the Per Share Preferred Consideration (the "Recapitalization").
Options to purchase shares of Grace Common Stock previously
granted by Grace or a predecessor and outstanding as of the
time of the Recapitalization shall be treated as provided in
the Benefits Agreement. In connection with the Recapitaliza-
tion and the Merger, the Grace Certificate of Incorporation
shall be amended so that the par value of the Newco Common
Stock will be $.10 per share, as well as otherwise provided in
the Merger Agreement. Grace shall retain an Exchange Agent or
transfer agent as appropriate and take other appropriate ac-
tions to effect the Recapitalization, including customary pro-
cedures with respect to the exchange of share certificates.
(b) No fractional shares of Newco Common Stock or
Newco Convertible Preferred Stock shall be issued in the Re-
capitalization. In lieu of any such fractional shares, each
person who would otherwise have been entitled to a fraction of
a share of Newco Common Stock or Newco Convertible Preferred
Stock upon surrender of former shares of Grace Common Stock for
exchange pursuant to the Recapitalization shall be paid an
amount in cash (without interest) equal to such holder's pro-
portionate interest in the net proceeds from the sale or sales
in the open market by the Exchange Agent, on behalf of all such
holders, of the aggregate fractional shares of Newco Common
Stock or Newco Convertible Preferred Stock issued pursuant to
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this paragraph. As soon as practicable following the Distribu-
tion Date, the Exchange Agent shall determine the excess of (i)
the number of full shares of Newco Common Stock or Newco Con-
vertible Preferred Stock, as the case may be, delivered to the
Exchange Agent over (ii) the aggregate number of full shares of
Newco Common Stock or Newco Convertible Preferred Stock to be
distributed in respect of Grace Common Shares (such excess, the
"Excess Shares"), and the Exchange Agent, as agent for the
former holders of such Grace Common Shares, shall sell the Ex-
cess Shares at the prevailing prices on the open market. The
sale of the Excess Shares by the Exchange Agent shall be ex-
ecuted on a public exchange through one or more firms and shall
be executed in round lots to the extent practicable. Grace
shall pay all commissions, transfer taxes and other out-of-
pocket transaction costs, including the expenses and compensa-
tion of the Exchange Agent, incurred in connection with such
sale of Excess Shares. Until the net proceeds of such sale or
sales have been distributed, the Exchange Agent shall hold such
proceeds in trust for such former stockholders. As soon as
practicable after the determination of the amount of cash to be
paid in lieu of any fractional interests, the Exchange Agent
shall make available in accordance with this Agreement such
amounts to such former stockholders.
SECTION 2.08 REGISTRATION AND LISTING. Prior to the
Distribution Date:
(a) The parties shall take such efforts regarding
the Registration Statements and the Joint Proxy Statement as is
provided in the Merger Agreement. After such Registration
Statements become effective, Grace shall cause the Joint Proxy
Statement and the information statement (or prospectus, as the
case may be) for the New Grace Common Stock forming a part of
the Registration Statement for New Grace to be delivered to all
holders of record of Grace Common Stock as of the record date
for the meeting of Grace shareholders to which the Joint Proxy
Statement relates.
(b) The parties hereto shall use reasonable efforts
to take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate un-
der state securities and blue sky laws in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) New Grace and Grace shall prepare, and New Grace
and Grace shall file and seek to make effective, an application
for the listing of the New Grace Common Stock on the NYSE, and
an application for the listing on the NYSE of the Newco Common
Stock and the Newco Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued in
connection with the Recapitalization and the Merger, in each
case subject to official notice of issuance.
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(d) The parties hereto shall cooperate in preparing,
filing with the SEC and causing to become effective any regis-
tration statements or amendments thereto which are necessary or
appropriate in order to effect the transactions contemplated
hereby or to reflect the establishment of, or amendments to,
any employee benefit plans contemplated hereby or by the Em-
ployee Benefits Agreement requiring registration under the Se-
curities Act.
SECTION 2.09 GRACE AND NEW GRACE BOARDS. The par-
ties hereto shall take all steps necessary so that, effective
immediately after the Distribution, the Board of Directors of
each of Grace and New Grace, so long as the common stock of
such company is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange
Act, shall at all times be comprised of a majority of indepen-
dent directors (other than due to temporary vacancies).
SECTION 2.10 TRANSFERS NOT EFFECTED PRIOR TO THE
DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFERS DEEMED EFFECTIVE AS OF THE DISTRIBUTION
DATE. To the extent that any transfers contemplated by this
Article II shall not have been consummated on the Distribution
Date, including, without limitation, any Foreign Transfers, the
parties shall cooperate to effect such transfers as promptly
following the Distribution Date as shall be practicable. Noth-
ing herein shall be deemed to require the transfer of any As-
sets or the assumption of any Liabilities which by their terms
or operation of law cannot be transferred or assumed; provided,
however, that Grace and New Grace and their respective Subsid-
iaries shall cooperate to obtain any necessary consents or ap-
provals for the transfer of all Assets and Liabilities con-
templated to be transferred pursuant to this Article II. In
the event that any such transfer of Assets or Liabilities has
not been consummated, effective as of and after the Distribu-
tion Date, the party retaining such Asset or Liability shall
thereafter hold such Asset in trust for the use and benefit of
the party entitled thereto (at the expense of the party enti-
tled thereto) and retain such Liability for the account of the
party by whom such Liability is to be assumed pursuant hereto,
and take such other action as may be reasonably requested by
the party to which such Asset is to be transferred, or by whom
such Liability is to be assumed, as the case may be, in order
to place such party, insofar as reasonably possible, in the
same position as would have existed had such Asset or Liability
been transferred as contemplated hereby. As and when any such
Asset or Liability becomes transferable, such transfer shall be
effected forthwith. The parties agree that, as of the Distri-
bution Date, each party hereto shall be deemed to have acquired
complete and sole beneficial ownership over all of the Assets,
together with all rights, powers and privileges incident there-
to, and shall be deemed to have assumed in accordance with the
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terms of this Agreement all of the Liabilities, and all duties,
obligations and responsibilities incident thereto, which such
party is entitled to acquire or required to assume pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.11 INTERCOMPANY ACCOUNTS AND DISTRIBUTION
PAYMENTS. After the Distribution Date, the parties shall be
obligated to pay only those intercompany accounts between mem-
bers of the New Grace Group and members of the Packco Group
that arose in connection with transfers of goods and services
in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past prac-
tices (which the parties shall use reasonable efforts to settle
prior to the Distribution Date), and all other intercompany
accounts shall be settled without transfer of non-financial
assets as of the Distribution Date.
ARTICLE III
THE DISTRIBUTION
SECTION 3.01 RECORD DATE AND DISTRIBUTION DATE.
Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sec-
tion 8.01(a), the Board of Directors of Grace, in its sole dis-
cretion and consistent with the Merger Agreement, shall estab-
lish the Record Date and the Distribution Date and any appro-
priate procedures in connection with the Distribution.
SECTION 3.02 THE AGENT. Prior to the Distribution
Date, New Grace shall enter into an agreement with the Agent
providing for, among other things, the payment of the Distri-
bution to the holders of Grace Common Stock in accordance with
this Article III.
SECTION 3.03 DELIVERY OF SHARE CERTIFICATES TO THE
AGENT. Prior to the Distribution Date, Grace shall deliver to
the Agent a share certificate representing (or authorize the
related book-entry transfer of) all of the outstanding shares
of New Grace Common Stock to be distributed in connection with
the payment of the Distribution. After the Distribution Date,
upon the request of the Agent, New Grace shall provide all cer-
tificates for shares (or book-entry transfer authorizations) of
New Grace Common Stock that the Agent shall require in order to
effect the Distribution.
SECTION 3.04 THE DISTRIBUTION. Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, New Grace shall instruct the
Agent to distribute, as of the Distribution Date, one share of
New Grace Common Stock in respect of each share of Grace Common
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Stock held by holders of record of Grace Common Stock on the
Record Date.
ARTICLE IV
SURVIVAL AND INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 4.01 SURVIVAL OF AGREEMENTS. All covenants
and agreements of the parties hereto contained in this Agree-
ment shall survive the Distribution Date.
SECTION 4.02 INDEMNIFICATION. (a) Except as spe-
cifically otherwise provided in the Other Agreements, the New
Grace Group shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Pack-
co Indemnitees from and against (i) all Indemnifiable Losses
arising out of or due to the failure or alleged failure of any
member of the New Grace Group (x) to pay any Grace-Conn. Lia-
bilities (including, without limitation, all Liabilities spe-
cifically excluded from the definition of Packco Liabilities
herein), whether such Indemnifiable Losses relate to events,
occurrences or circumstances occurring or existing, or whether
such Indemnifiable Losses are asserted, before or after the
Distribution Date, or (y) to perform any of its obligations
under this Agreement (including the obligation to effect the
transfers as provided in the last sentence of Section 2.01(a));
(ii) all Indemnifiable Losses arising out of or based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact, or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
required to be stated, in the Registration Statements or the
Joint Proxy Statement or any preliminary or final form thereof
or any amendment thereto, or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except that such indemnifications shall
not apply to any Indemnifiable Losses that arise out of or are
based upon any statement or omission, or alleged statement or
omission, in any of the portions of the Registration Statements
or the Joint Proxy Statement, or any preliminary or final form
thereof or any amendment thereto, solely with respect to infor-
mation relating to SAC supplied by SAC specifically for use in
the preparation thereof or relating to Newco after the Merger;
and (iii) all Indemnifiable Losses arising from or relating to
all existing litigation brought by pre-Merger shareholders of
Grace acting in such capacity and all litigation to be brought
by pre-Merger shareholders of Grace acting in such capacity and
relating to any events or transactions occurring prior to the
Effective Time or to the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreements.
(b) Except as specifically otherwise provided in the
Other Agreements, the Packco Group shall indemnify, defend and
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hold harmless the New Grace Indemnitees from and against (i)
all Indemnifiable Losses arising out of or due to the failure
or alleged failure of any member of the Packco Group to pay any
Packco Liabilities or to perform any of its obligations under
this Agreement after the Distribution Date; and (ii) all Indem-
nifiable Losses arising out of or based upon any untrue state-
ment or alleged untrue statement of a material fact, or omis-
sion or alleged omission to state a material fact required to
be stated, in any portion of the Registration Statements or the
Joint Proxy Statement (or any preliminary or final form thereof
or any amendment thereto) solely with respect to information
relating to SAC supplied by SAC specifically for use in the
preparation thereof or relating to Newco after the Merger (in-
cluding the pro forma financial information relating to Newco
contained in the Registration Statements (other than the his-
torical information relating to Grace and the Packaging Busi-
ness)), or necessary to make the statements therein not mis-
leading.
(c) If any Indemnity Payment required to be made
hereunder or under any Other Agreement is denominated in a cur-
rency other than United States dollars, such payment shall be
made in United States dollars and the amount thereof shall be
computed using the Foreign Exchange Rate for such currency de-
termined as of the date on which such Indemnity Payment is
made.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set
forth herein, indemnification relating to any arrangements be-
tween any member of the Packco Group and any member of the New
Grace Group for the provision after the Distribution of goods
and services in the ordinary course shall be governed by the
terms of such arrangements and not by this Section or as other-
wise set forth in this Agreement and the Other Agreements.
SECTION 4.03 PROCEDURES FOR INDEMNIFICATION FOR
THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS. (a) Grace shall, and shall cause the oth-
er Packco Indemnitees to, notify New Grace in writing promptly
after learning of any Third-Party Claim for which any Packco
Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification from New Grace under
this Agreement. New Grace shall, and shall cause the other New
Grace Indemnitees to, notify Grace in writing promptly after
learning of any Third-Party Claim for which any New Grace In-
demnitee intends to seek indemnification from Grace under this
Agreement. The failure of any Indemnitee to give such notice
shall not relieve any Indemnifying Party of its obligations
under this Article except to the extent that such Indemnifying
Party or its Affiliate is actually prejudiced by such failure
to give notice. Such notice shall describe such Third-Party
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Claim in reasonable detail considering the Information provided
to the Indemnitee.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of
this Section, an Indemnifying Party may, by notice to the In-
demnitee and to Grace, if New Grace is the Indemnifying Party,
or to the Indemnitee and New Grace, if Grace is the Indemnify-
ing Party, at any time after receipt by such Indemnifying Party
of such Indemnitee's notice of a Third-Party Claim, undertake
(itself or through another member of the Group of which the
Indemnifying Party is a member) the defense or settlement of
such Third-Party Claim. If an Indemnifying Party undertakes
the defense of any Third-Party Claim, such Indemnifying Party
shall thereby admit its obligation to indemnify the Indemnitee
against such Third-Party Claim, and such Indemnifying Party
shall control the investigation and defense or settlement
thereof, and the Indemnitee may not settle or compromise such
Third-Party Claim, except that such Indemnifying Party shall
not (i) require any Indemnitee, without its prior written con-
sent, to take or refrain from taking any action in connection
with such Third-Party Claim, or make any public statement,
which such Indemnitee reasonably considers to be against its
interests, nor (ii) without the prior written consent of the
Indemnitee and of Grace, if the Indemnitee is a Packco Indemni-
tee, or the Indemnitee and of New Grace, if the Indemnitee is a
New Grace Indemnitee, consent to any settlement that does not
include as a part thereof an unconditional release of the In-
demnitees from liability with respect to such Third-Party Claim
or that requires the Indemnitee or any of its Representatives
or Affiliates to make any payment that is not fully indemnified
under this Agreement or to be subject to any non-monetary rem-
edy; and subject to the Indemnifying Party's control rights, as
specified herein, the Indemnitees may participate in such in-
vestigation and defense, at their own expense. Following the
provision of notices to the Indemnifying Party, until such time
as an Indemnifying Party has undertaken the defense of any
Third-Party Claim as provided herein, such Indemnitee shall
control the investigation and defense or settlement thereof,
without prejudice to its right to seek indemnification here-
under.
(c) If an Indemnitee reasonably determines that
there may be legal defenses available to it that are different
from or in addition to those available to its Indemnifying Par-
ty which make it inappropriate for the Indemnifying Party to
undertake the defense or settlement thereof, then such Indemni-
fying Party shall not be entitled to undertake the defense or
settlement of such Third-Party Claim; and counsel for the In-
demnifying Party shall be entitled to conduct the defense of
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such Indemnifying Party and counsel for the Indemnitee (se-
lected by the Indemnitee) shall be entitled to conduct the de-
fense of such Indemnitee, it being understood that both such
counsel shall cooperate with each other to conduct the defense
or settlement of such action as efficiently as possible. The
above provisions of this paragraph (c) shall not apply to
Third-Party Claims relating to asbestos claims described in the
proviso to the definition of Packco Liabilities. Rather, with
respect to such asbestos claims, with the consent of Grace-
Conn., which shall not be unreasonably withheld, counsel for
the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to conduct the defense
of such Third-Party Claim to the extent the legal defenses
available to the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnitee are sub-
stantially similar, but counsel for the Indemnitee shall be
entitled to assert and conduct its own defense to the extent,
but only to the extent, of any additional legal defenses avail-
able to it.
(d) In no event shall an Indemnifying Party be li-
able for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all
Indemnitees (in addition to its own counsel, if any) in connec-
tion with any one action, or separate but similar or related
actions, in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same gen-
eral allegations or circumstances.
(e) New Grace shall, and shall cause the other New
Grace Indemnitees to, and Grace shall, and shall cause the
other Packco Indemnitees to, make available to each other,
their counsel and other Representatives, all information and
documents reasonably available to them which relate to any
Third-Party Claim, and otherwise cooperate as may reasonably be
required in connection with the investigation, defense and set-
tlement thereof, subject to the terms and conditions of a mutu-
ally acceptable joint defense agreement. Any joint defense
agreement entered into by New Grace or Grace with any third
party relating to any Third-Party Claim shall provide that New
Grace or Grace may, if requested, provide information obtained
through any such agreement to the New Grace Indemnitees and/or
the Packco Indemnitees.
SECTION 4.04 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. The remedies pro-
vided in this Article IV shall be cumulative and shall not pre-
clude assertion by any Indemnitee of any other rights or the
seeking of any other remedies against any Indemnifying Party.
However, the procedures set forth in Section 4.03 shall be the
exclusive procedures governing any indemnity action brought
under this Agreement, except as otherwise specifically provided
in any of the Other Agreements.
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ARTICLE V
CERTAIN ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
SECTION 5.01 NOTICES TO THIRD PARTIES. In addition
to the actions described in Section 5.02, the members of the
Packco Group and the members of the New Grace Group shall coop-
erate to make all other filings and give notice to and obtain
consents from all third parties that may reasonably be required
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
the Merger Agreement and the Other Agreements.
SECTION 5.02 LICENSES AND PERMITS. Each party here-
to shall cause the appropriate members of its Group to prepare
and file with the appropriate licensing and permitting authori-
ties applications for the transfer or issuance, as may be nec-
xxxxxx or advisable in connection with the transactions contem-
plated by this Agreement, the Other Agreements and the Merger
Agreement, to its Group of all material governmental licenses
and permits required for the members of its Group to operate
its Business after the Distribution Date. The members of the
New Grace Group and the members of the Packco Group shall coop-
erate and use all reasonable efforts to secure the transfer or
issuance of the licenses and permits.
SECTION 5.03 INTERCOMPANY AGREEMENTS. All con-
tracts, licenses, agreements, commitments or other arrange-
ments, formal or informal, between any member of the Packco
Group, on the one hand, and any member of the New Grace Group,
on the other hand, in existence as of the Distribution Date,
pursuant to which any member of either Group makes payments in
respect of Taxes to any member of the other Group or provides
to any member of the other Group goods or services (including,
without limitation, management, administrative, legal, xxxxx-
cial, accounting, data processing, insurance or technical sup-
port), or the use of any Assets of any member of the other
Group, or the secondment of any employee, or pursuant to which
rights, privileges or benefits are afforded to members of ei-
ther Group as Affiliates of the other Group, shall terminate as
of the close of business on the day prior to the Distribution
Date, except as specifically provided herein or in the Other
Agreements. From and after the Distribution Date, no member of
either Group shall have any rights under any such contract,
license, agreement, commitment or arrangement with any member
of the other Group, except as specifically provided herein or
in the Other Agreements.
SECTION 5.04 GUARANTEE OBLIGATIONS. (a) Grace and
New Grace shall cooperate, and shall cause their respective
Groups to cooperate, to terminate, or to cause a member of the
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Packco Group to be substituted in all respects for any member
of the New Grace Group in respect of, all obligations of any
member of the New Grace Group under any Packco Liabilities for
which such member of the New Grace Group may be liable, as
guarantor, original tenant, primary obligor or otherwise. If
such a termination or substitution is not effected by the Dis-
tribution Date, (i) Grace shall indemnify and hold harmless the
New Grace Indemnitees for any Indemnifiable Loss arising from
or relating thereto, and (ii) without the prior written consent
of the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or any Assistant
Treasurer of New Grace, from and after the Distribution Date,
Grace shall not, and shall not permit any member of the Packco
Group or any of its Affiliates to, renew or extend the term of,
increase its obligations under, or transfer to a third party,
any loan, lease, contract or other obligation for which any
member of the New Grace Group is or may be liable unless all
obligations of the New Grace Group with respect thereto are
thereupon terminated by documentation reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
or any Assistant Treasurer of New Grace, provided that the lim-
itations in clause (ii) shall not apply in the event that a
member of the Packco Group obtains a letter of credit from a
financial institution reasonably acceptable to New Grace and
for the benefit of New Grace with respect to such obligation of
the New Grace Group.
(b) Grace and New Grace shall cooperate, and shall
cause their respective Groups to cooperate, to terminate, or to
cause a member of the New Grace Group to be substituted in all
respects for any member of the Packco Group in respect of, all
obligations of any member of the Packco Group under any Grace-
Conn. Liabilities for which such member of the Packco Group may
be liable, as guarantor, original tenant, primary obligor or
otherwise. The foregoing sentence does not apply to the Grace-
Conn. Public Debt, which is governed by Section 2.06. If such
a termination or substitution is not effected by the Distribu-
tion Date, (i) New Grace shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Packco Indemnitees for any Indemnifiable Loss arising from or
relating thereto, and (ii) without the prior written consent of
the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or any Assistant Trea-
surer of Grace, from and after the Distribution Date, New Grace
shall not, and shall not permit any member of the New Grace
Group to, renew or extend the term of, increase its obligations
under, or transfer to a third party, any loan, lease, contract
or other obligation for which any member of the Packco Group is
or may be liable unless all obligations of the Packco Group
with respect thereto are thereupon terminated by documentation
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of Grace,
provided that the limitations contained in clause (ii) shall
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not apply in the event that a member of the New Grace Group
obtains a letter of credit from a financial institution rea-
sonably acceptable to Grace and for the benefit of Grace with
respect to such obligation of the Packco Group.
SECTION 5.05 FURTHER ASSURANCES. In addition to the
actions specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement,
each of the parties hereto shall use reasonable efforts to
take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to
be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable
under applicable laws, regulations and agreements to consummate
and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agree-
ment. Without limiting the foregoing, each party hereto shall
cooperate with the other party, and execute and deliver, or use
reasonable efforts to cause to be executed and delivered, all
instruments, and to make all filings with, and to obtain all
consents, approvals or authorizations of, any governmental or
regulatory authority or any other Person under any permit, li-
cense, agreement, indenture or other instrument, and take all
such other actions as such party may reasonably be requested to
take by any other party hereto from time to time, consistent
with the terms of this Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the
Other Agreements, in order to effectuate the provisions and
purposes of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.06 ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIMS COOPERATION. With
respect to claims relating to Environmental Laws described in
clause (a) of the definition of Packco Liabilities, the New
Grace Group and the Packco Group shall cooperate to minimize
the costs incurred in connection with such claims and shall
generally cooperate and provide appropriate information to the
other party with respect to such claims. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, including Article IV, Grace
shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any such
claims but New Grace shall control the resolution of any such
claims; provided that New Grace shall not consent to entry of
any judgment or enter into any settlement without the approval
of Grace, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
ARTICLE VI
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
SECTION 6.01 PROVISION OF CORPORATE RECORDS. Prior
to or as promptly as practicable after the Distribution Date,
Grace shall retain complete and accurate copies but shall de-
liver to New Grace all corporate books and records of the New
Grace Group in its possession and copies of the relevant por-
tions of all corporate books and records of the Packco Group
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relating directly and predominantly to the Grace-Conn. Assets,
the New Grace Business, or the Liabilities of the New Grace
Group, including, in each case, all active agreements, active
litigation files and government filings. Grace shall also re-
tain complete and accurate copies but deliver to New Grace all
corporate board and committee minute books of Grace. From and
after the Distribution Date, all such books, records and copies
shall be the property of New Grace. Prior to or as promptly as
practicable after the Distribution Date, New Grace shall de-
liver to Grace all corporate books and records of the Packco
Group in its possession and copies of the relevant portions of
all corporate books and records of the New Grace Group relating
directly and predominantly to the Packco Assets, the Packaging
Business, or the Liabilities of the Packco Group, including, in
each case, all active agreements, active litigation files and
government filings. From and after the Distribution Date, all
such books, records and copies shall be the property of Grace.
The costs and expenses incurred in the provision of records or
other information to a party shall be paid for (including xxxx-
bursement of costs incurred by the providing party) by the re-
questing party.
SECTION 6.02 ACCESS TO INFORMATION. From and after
the Distribution Date, each of Grace and New Grace shall afford
to the other and to the other's Representatives reasonable ac-
cess and duplicating rights during normal business hours to all
Information within the possession or control of such party's
Group relating to the other party's Group's pre-Distribution
business, Assets or Liabilities or relating to or arising in
connection with the relationship between the Groups on or prior
to the Distribution Date, insofar as such access is reasonably
required for a reasonable purpose, subject to the provisions
below regarding Privileged Information. Without limiting the
foregoing, Information may be requested under this Section 6.02
for audit, accounting, claims, litigation and Tax purposes, as
well as for purposes of fulfilling disclosure and reporting
obligations.
In furtherance of the foregoing:
(a) Each party hereto acknowledges that: (i) Each
of Grace and New Grace (and the members of the Packco
Group and the New Grace Group, respectively) has or may
obtain Privileged Information; (ii) there are a number of
Litigation Matters affecting each or both of Grace and New
Grace; (iii) both Grace and New Grace have a common legal
interest in Litigation Matters, in the Privileged Informa-
tion and in the preservation of the confidential status of
the Privileged Information, in each case relating to the
pre-Distribution business of the Packco Group or the New
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Grace Group or relating to or arising in connection with
the relationship between the Groups on or prior to the
Distribution Date; and (iv) both Grace and New Grace in-
tend that the transactions contemplated hereby and by the
Merger Agreement and the Other Agreements and any transfer
of Privileged Information in connection therewith shall
not operate as a waiver of any potentially applicable
privilege.
(b) Each of Grace and New Grace agrees, on behalf of
itself and each member of the Group of which it is a mem-
ber, not to disclose or otherwise waive any privilege at-
taching to any Privileged Information relating to the pre-
Distribution business of the New Grace Group or the Packco
Group, respectively, or relating to or arising in connec-
tion with the relationship between the Groups on or prior
to the Distribution Date, without providing prompt written
notice to and obtaining the prior written consent of the
other, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld
and shall not be withheld if the other party certifies
that such disclosure is to be made in response to a likely
threat of suspension or debarment or similar action; pro-
vided, however, that Grace and New Grace may make such
disclosure or waiver with respect to Privileged Informa-
tion if such Privileged Information relates solely to the
pre-Distribution business of the Packco Group in the case
of Grace or the New Grace Group in the case of New Grace.
In the event of a disagreement between any member of the
Packco Group and any member of the New Grace Group con-
cerning the reasonableness of withholding such consent, no
disclosure shall be made prior to a resolution of such
disagreement by a court of competent jurisdiction, pro-
vided that the limitations in this sentence shall not ap-
ply in the case of disclosure required by law and so cer-
tified as provided in the first sentence of this para-
graph.
(c) Upon any member of the Packco Group or any mem-
ber of the New Grace Group receiving any subpoena or other
compulsory disclosure notice from a court, other govern-
mental agency or otherwise which requests disclosure of
Privileged Information, in each case relating to pre-Dis-
tribution business of the New Grace Group or the Packco
Group, respectively, or relating to or arising in connec-
tion with the relationship between the Groups on or prior
to the Distribution Date, the recipient of the notice
shall promptly provide to the other Group (following the
notice provisions set forth herein) a copy of such notice,
the intended response, and all materials or information
relating to the other Group that might be disclosed. In
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the event of a disagreement as to the intended response or
disclosure, unless and until the disagreement is resolved
as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, the parties
shall cooperate to assert all defenses to disclosure
claimed by either party's Group, and shall not disclose
any disputed documents or information until all legal de-
fenses and claims of privilege have been finally deter-
mined.
SECTION 6.03 PRODUCTION OF WITNESSES. Subject to
Section 6.02, after the Distribution Date, each of Grace and
New Grace shall, and shall cause each member of the Packco
Group and the New Grace Group, respectively, to make available
to New Grace or Grace or any member of the New Grace Group or
of the Packco Group, as the case may be, upon written request,
such Group's directors, officers, employees and agents as wit-
nesses to the extent that any such Person may reasonably be
required in connection with any Litigation Matters, adminis-
trative or other proceedings in which the requesting party may
from time to time be involved and relating to the pre-Distri-
bution business of the Packco Group or the New Grace Group or
relating to or in connection with the relationship between the
Groups on or prior to the Distribution Date.
SECTION 6.04 RETENTION OF RECORDS. Except as other-
wise agreed in writing, or as otherwise provided in the Other
Agreements, each of Grace and New Grace shall, and shall cause
the members of the Group of which it is a member to, retain all
Information in such party's Group's possession or under its
control relating directly and predominantly to the pre-Distri-
bution business, Assets or Liabilities of the other party's
Group until such Information is at least ten years old or until
such later date as may be required by law, except that if, pri-
or to the expiration of such period, any member of either par-
ty's Group wishes to destroy or dispose of any such Information
that is at least three years old, prior to destroying or dis-
posing of any of such Information, (a) the party whose Group is
proposing to dispose of or destroy any such Information shall
provide no less than 30 days' prior written notice to the other
party, specifying the Information proposed to be destroyed or
disposed of, and (b) if, prior to the scheduled date for such
destruction or disposal, the other party requests in writing
that any of the Information proposed to be destroyed or dis-
posed of be delivered to such other party, the party whose
Group is proposing to dispose of or destroy such Information
promptly shall arrange for the delivery of the requested In-
formation to a location specified by, and at the expense of,
the requesting party.
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SECTION 6.05 CONFIDENTIALITY. Subject to Section
6.02, which shall govern Privileged Information, from and after
the Distribution Date, each of Grace and New Grace shall hold,
and shall use reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates and
Representatives to hold, in strict confidence all Information
concerning the other party's Group obtained by it prior to the
Distribution Date or furnished to it by such other party's
Group pursuant to this Agreement or the Other Agreements and
shall not release or disclose such Information to any other
Person, except its Affiliates and Representatives, who shall be
bound by the provisions of this Section 6.05, and each party
shall be responsible for a breach by any of its Affiliates or
Representatives; provided, however, that any member of the
Packco Group or the New Grace Group may disclose such Informa-
tion to the extent that (a) disclosure is compelled by judicial
or administrative process or, in the opinion of such Person's
counsel, by other requirements of law, or (b) such party can
show that such Information was (i) available to such Person on
a nonconfidential basis (other than from a member of the other
party's Group) prior to its disclosure by the other party's
Group, (ii) in the public domain through no fault of such Per-
son or (iii) lawfully acquired by such Person from another
source after the time that it was furnished to such Person by
the other party's Group, and not acquired from such source sub-
ject to any confidentiality obligation on the part of such
source known to the acquiror. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
each of Grace and New Grace shall be deemed to have satisfied
its obligations under this Section 6.05 with respect to any
Information (other than Privileged Information) if it exercises
the same care with regard to such Information as it takes to
preserve confidentiality for its own similar Information.
SECTION 6.06 COOPERATION WITH RESPECT TO GOVERNMENT
REPORTS AND FILINGS. Grace, on behalf of itself and each mem-
ber of the Packco Group, agrees to provide any member of the
New Grace Group, and New Grace, on behalf of itself and each
member of the New Grace Group, agrees to provide any member of
the Packco Group, with such cooperation and Information as may
be reasonably requested by the other in connection with the
preparation or filing of any government report or other govern-
ment filing contemplated by this Agreement or in conducting any
other government proceeding relating to the pre-Distribution
business of the Packco Group or the New Grace Group, Assets or
Liabilities of either Group or relating to or in connection
with the relationship between the Groups on or prior to the
Distribution Date. Such cooperation and Information shall in-
clude, without limitation, promptly forwarding copies of appro-
priate notices and forms or other communications received from
or sent to any government authority which relate to the Packco
Group, in the case of the New Grace Group, or the New Grace
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Group, in the case of the Packco Group. Each party shall make
its employees and facilities available during normal business
hours and on reasonable prior notice to provide explanation of
any documents or Information provided hereunder.
ARTICLE VII
NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES
SECTION 7.01 NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES. Ex-
cept as expressly set forth herein or in any other Transaction
Agreement (including Article II and Sections 4.01, 4.02 and
5.05), New Grace and Grace-Conn. understand and agree that no
member of the Packco Group is, in this Agreement or in any
other agreement or document, representing or warranting to New
Grace or any member of the New Grace Group in any way as to the
Grace-Conn. Assets, the New Grace Business or the Grace-Conn.
Liabilities, it being agreed and understood that New Grace and
each member of the New Grace Group shall take all of the Grace-
Conn. Assets "as is, where is." Except as expressly set forth
herein or in any other Transaction Agreement and subject to
Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 5.05, New Grace and each member of the
New Grace Group shall bear the economic and legal risk that the
Grace-Conn. Assets shall prove to be insufficient or that the
title of any member of the New Grace Group to any Grace-Conn.
Assets shall be other than good and marketable and free from
encumbrances. Except as expressly set forth herein or in any
other Transaction Agreement (including Article II and Sections
4.01, 4.02 and 5.05), Grace understands and agrees that no mem-
ber of the New Grace Group is, in this Agreement or in any
other agreement or document, representing or warranting to
Grace or any member of the Packco Group in any way as to the
Packco Assets, the Packaging Business or the Packco Liabili-
ties, it being agreed and understood that Grace, Packco and
each other member of the Packco Group shall take all of the
Packco Assets "as is, where is." Except as expressly set forth
herein or in any other Transaction Agreement and subject to
Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 5.05, Grace and each member of the
Packco Group shall bear the economic and legal risk that the
Packco Assets shall prove to be insufficient or that the title
of any member of the Packco Group to any Packco Assets shall be
other than good and marketable and free from encumbrances. The
foregoing shall be without prejudice to any rights under Ar-
ticle II, Section 4.01, Section 4.02 or Section 5.05 or to the
covenants otherwise contained in this Agreement or any other
Transaction Agreement.
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ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 8.01 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS. (a) The
obligations of the parties hereto to consummate the payment of
the Distribution are subject to the satisfaction of each of the
following conditions:
(i) the transactions contemplated hereby (including
the Distribution, the Recapitalization, the Merger, the
amendment to the Grace Certificate of Incorporation and
otherwise as required by applicable law and stock exchange
regulations) shall have been duly approved by Grace share-
holders;
(ii) all conditions to the Merger set forth in the
Merger Agreement (other than that the Distribution be con-
summated) shall have been satisfied or waived;
(iii) all third-party consents and governmental ap-
provals required in connection with the transactions con-
templated hereby shall have been received, except where
the failure to obtain such consents or approvals would not
have a material adverse effect on either (A) the ability
of the parties to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, the Other Agreements or the Merger
Agreement or (B) the business, assets, liabilities, xxxxx-
cial condition or results of operations of Grace-Conn. or
Packco and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a
whole;
(iv) the transactions contemplated by Article II
shall have been consummated in all material respects, to
the extent required to be consummated prior to the Distri-
bution;
(v) the shares of New Grace Common Stock to be is-
sued in the Distribution, and the shares of Newco Common
Stock and the Newco Convertible Preferred Stock to be is-
sued in the Recapitalization and the Merger, as the case
may be, shall have been authorized for listing on the
NYSE, in each case subject to official notice of issuance;
(vi) the Board of Directors of New Grace, composed as
contemplated by Section 2.09, shall have been duly elect-
ed;
(vii) the Registration Statements shall have been de-
clared effective under the Exchange Act or the Securities
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Act, as the case may be, by the SEC and no stop order sus-
pending the effectiveness of either of the Registration
Statements shall have been issued by the SEC and, to the
knowledge of Grace and New Grace, no proceeding for that
purpose shall have been instituted by the SEC;
(viii) the applicable parties shall have entered into
each of the Other Agreements;
(ix) (A) the Board of Directors of Grace shall have
received customary opinions of a nationally recognized
investment banking or appraisal firm in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to such Board to the effect that,
after giving effect to the transactions set forth in Ar-
ticle II hereof, neither Grace nor New Grace and Grace--
Conn. will be insolvent (such opinions to be dated as of
the date of the Merger Agreement, the date the Board of
Directors of Grace declares the Distribution and the Dis-
tribution Date) and (B) the financial condition of each of
Grace and Grace-Conn. satisfies the requirements of Sec-
tion 170 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and Sec-
tion 33-687 of the Connecticut Business Corporation Act,
respectively, such that the distribution of the common
stock of Packco to Grace by Grace-Conn. and the Distribu-
tion may be effected without violating such Sections, and
the Board of Directors of Grace and the Board of Directors
of Grace-Conn. shall in good faith have determined that
such requirements have been satisfied; and
(x) the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in
compliance with all applicable federal and state securi-
ties laws.
(b) Any determination made by the Board of Directors
of Grace or Grace-Conn. on behalf of such party hereto prior to
the Distribution Date concerning the satisfaction or waiver of
any or all of the conditions set forth in this Section shall be
conclusive.
SECTION 8.02 USE OF GRACE NAME AND XXXX. Xxxxx ac-
knowledges that Grace-Conn. shall own all rights in the "Grace"
name and logo and related tradenames and marks. Effective at
the Distribution Date, Grace shall change its name to a name
that does not use the word "Grace" or any variation thereof and
shall itself, and shall cause each member of the Packco Group
to, cease all use of the "Grace" name as part of any corporate
name. As promptly as practicable after the Distribution Date,
Grace shall, and shall cause each member of the Packco Group
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to, cease all other use of the "Grace" name and logo and re-
lated tradenames and marks, provided that Grace may use inven-
tory including any such name, logo, tradenames or marks in ex-
istence as of the Distribution Date. Grace shall cause the
Packco Group to use such names, logos and marks during such
transition period only to the extent consistent with past prac-
xxxx and as Grace reasonably believes is appropriate, and dur-
ing the period of such usage Grace shall cause the Packco Group
to maintain the same standards of quality with respect to such
names, logos and marks as previously exercised. No such mate-
rial shall be used by the Packco Group after the six-month an-
niversary of the Distribution Date.
SECTION 8.03 COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This Agreement,
the Exhibits and Schedules hereto and the agreements and other
documents referred to herein shall constitute the entire agree-
ment between the parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter hereof (other than the Merger Agreement and the sched-
ules and exhibits thereto) and shall supersede all previous
negotiations, commitments and writings with respect to such
subject matter.
SECTION 8.04 EXPENSES. Except as otherwise specifi-
cally provided herein or in any other Transaction Agreement,
New Grace shall bear all costs and expenses (including all Debt
Costs, Adjusted Foreign Transfer Taxes, Severance Costs and
losses of benefits) incurred by Grace, New Grace and/or any
members of their respective Groups (collectively, the "Transac-
tion Costs") in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the Other Agreements (including the Con-
tribution (and the related transfers, separations and/or al-
locations of Assets and Liabilities), the Intragroup Spinoff,
the Distribution and the Recapitalization)); provided that
Grace (for the account of Newco after the Merger) agrees to
bear: (i) the lesser of $50 million and 37% of the aggregate
amount of all Debt Costs, Adjusted Foreign Transfer Taxes and
Severance Costs; (ii) the lesser of $10 million and 37% of all
other Transaction Costs (excluding any Debt Costs, Adjusted
Foreign Transfer Taxes, Severance Costs and costs and expenses
payable by New Grace or Grace pursuant to Section 6.12 of the
Merger Agreement) and (iii) the fees and costs incurred in con-
nection with the Grace Credit Agreement. "Severance Costs"
means the costs associated with the termination in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merg-
er) of employment of employees of Grace and Grace-Conn. located
at the Grace corporate headquarters. To the extent Transaction
Costs are not included in the New Grace Capital Contribution,
Newco or New Grace shall promptly pay its share of any such
costs upon receipt of reasonable documentation relating to such
costs. Appropriate payment shall be made between the parties
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in respect of Adjusted Foreign Transfer Taxes on the Distribu-
tion Date so that Adjusted Foreign Transfer Taxes are borne in
the proportions described above in this Section 8.04. Ap-
propriate payment shall be made between the parties in respect
of Adjusted Foreign Transfer Taxes and the amount calculated
pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of "New Grace Capital
Contribution" to the extent that such amounts estimated as of
the Distribution Date may be recalculated in a more accurate
manner. New Grace agrees that it shall pay, or cause Grace-
Conn. to pay, all amounts payable by New Grace pursuant to Sec-
tion 6.12(a) of the Merger Agreement. Any amount paid by one
party to the other under this Agreement in respect of Transac-
tion Costs shall be treated, for tax purposes, as an adjustment
to the portion of the New Grace Capital Contribution contrib-
uted from Grace to New Grace.
SECTION 8.05 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Delaware (other than the laws regarding choice of laws
and conflicts of laws that would apply the substantive laws of
any other jurisdiction) as to all matters, including matters of
validity, construction, effect, performance and remedies.
SECTION 8.06 NOTICES. All notices, requests,
claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been
duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by standard
form of telecommunications, by courier, or by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, ad-
dressed as follows:
If to Grace or any member of the Packco Group:
Sealed Air Corporation
Park 00 Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: President
Fax: (000) 000-0000
and
Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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If to New Grace or any member of the New Grace Group:
X. X. Xxxxx & Co.
Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Secretary
Fax: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Xxxxx & Xxxx
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Fax: (000) 000-0000
or to such other address as any party hereto may have furnished
to the other parties by a notice in writing in accordance with
this Section.
SECTION 8.07 AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION. This
Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only by a
written agreement signed by all of the parties hereto and sub-
ject to the reasonable consent of SAC.
SECTION 8.08 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; NO THIRD-PARTY
BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their successors and permitted assigns, but neither
this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests and obligations
hereunder shall be assigned by any party hereto without the
prior written consent of the other parties. Except for the
provisions of Sections 4.02 and 4.03 relating to indemnities,
which are also for the benefit of the Indemnitees, this Agree-
ment is solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and their
Subsidiaries and Affiliates and is not intended to confer upon
any other Persons any rights or remedies hereunder.
SECTION 8.09 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
SECTION 8.10 INTERPRETATION. (a) The Article and
Section headings contained in this Agreement are solely for the
purpose of reference, are not part of the agreement of the par-
ties hereto and shall not in any way affect the meaning or in-
terpretation of this Agreement.
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(b) The parties hereto intend that the Distribution
shall be a distribution pursuant to the provisions of Section
355 of the Code, so that no gain or loss shall be recognized
for federal income tax purposes as a result of such transac-
tion, and all provisions of this Agreement shall be so inter-
preted. The parties hereto do not intend to submit the Distri-
bution to the Internal Revenue Service for a private letter
ruling with respect to such nonrecognition, and any ultimate
ruling or decision that any gain or loss should be recognized
for federal income tax purposes shall not permit a rescission
or reformation of this Agreement or transactions contemplated
hereby.
SECTION 8.11 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this
Agreement or the application thereof to any person or circum-
stance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions here-
of, or the application of such provision to persons or circum-
stances other than those as to which it has been held invalid
or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and
shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby,
so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions
contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner adverse to
any party.
SECTION 8.12 REFERENCES; CONSTRUCTION. References
to any "Article," "Exhibit," "Schedule" or "Section," without
more, are to Articles, Exhibits, Schedules and Sections to or
of this Agreement. Unless otherwise expressly stated, clauses
beginning with the term "including" set forth examples only and
in no way limit the generality of the matters thus exemplified.
SECTION 8.13 TERMINATION. Notwithstanding any pro-
vision hereof, following termination of the Merger Agreement,
this Agreement may be terminated and the Distribution abandoned
at any time prior to the Distribution Date by and in the sole
discretion of the Board of Directors of Grace without the ap-
proval of any other party hereto or of Grace's shareholders.
In the event of such termination, no party hereto or to any
Other Agreement shall have any Liability to any Person by rea-
son of this Agreement or any Other Agreement.
SECTION 8.14 SAC REASONABLE CONSENT. The parties
hereto agree that any actions to be taken by Grace or New Grace
under this Agreement that are not specifically required herein
and that relate to Packco or the Packaging Business (including,
without limitation, the transactions described in Article II)
must be reasonably satisfactory to SAC.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused
this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above
written.
X. X. XXXXX & CO.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
X. X. XXXXX & CO.-CONN.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
GRACE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC.
(to be renamed X. X. Xxxxx & Co.)
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
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