NOV Group definition
Examples of NOV Group in a sentence
NOV shall have received the SpinCo Common Stock in connection with the Contribution and shall be satisfied in its sole discretion that, as of the Effective Time, it shall have no further Liability whatsoever under the SpinCo Financing Arrangements (including in connection with any guarantees provided by any member of the NOV Group).
NOV shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantees the performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set forth in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement to be performed by any member of the NOV Group.
For the avoidance of doubt, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the indemnifications provided for in this Article V are made only for purposes of allocating responsibility for Liabilities between the NOV Group, on the one hand, and the SpinCo Group, on the other hand, and are not intended to, and shall not, affect any obligations to, or give rise to any rights of, any third parties.
The parties agree that NOV shall be responsible for any third-party costs and expenses incurred on or prior to the Distribution Date by, and for reimbursement of such costs and expenses to, any member of the NOV Group or SpinCo Group associated with the SpinCo Financing Arrangements.
All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given only if delivered personally or by facsimile transmission or mailed (first class postage prepaid) to the Parties at the following addresses or facsimile numbers: If to NOV or any member of the NOV Group, to: National Oilwell Varco, Inc.
Each member of the NOV Group and the SpinCo Group shall cooperate fully with all reasonable requests from the other Party in connection with the preparation and filing of Tax Returns and Adjustment Requests, Tax Contests and other matters covered by this Agreement.
Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, effective not later than immediately prior to the Distribution Date, NOV or its applicable Subsidiary shall have taken such actions as are necessary to ensure that each individual who is intended to be an employee of the NOV Group following the Distribution (collectively, the “NOV Group Employees”) is employed by a NOV Entity immediately prior to the Distribution.
If and when any such consent, substitution, approval, amendment or release shall be obtained or the Unreleased Excluded Liabilities shall otherwise become assignable or able to be novated, SpinCo shall promptly assign, or cause to be assigned, and NOV or the applicable NOV Group member shall assume, such Unreleased Excluded Liabilities without exchange of further consideration.
Furthermore, unless expressly provided for in the Spinoff Agreements or required by applicable Law, no provision in this Agreement shall be construed to create any right to accelerate vesting or entitlements under any compensation arrangement or Benefit Plan on the part of or with respect to any NOV Group Employee, Former Employee, SpinCo Group Employee, or Post Distribution Transferred Employee.
With respect to the portion of the tax year ending on and including the day prior to the Transfer Date, SpinCo will (i) be responsible for all payroll obligations, tax withholding and reporting obligations and (ii) furnish a Form W-2 or similar earnings statement, to all Post Distribution Transferred Employees, if any, who were employed by any member of the NOV Group during such period.