Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
ASSET AND EQUITY PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
TRONOX PIGMENTS
(SAVANNAH) INC.
TRONOX PIGMENTS
(NETHERLANDS) B.V.,
TRONOX WESTERN AUSTRALIA PTY
LTD,
HUNTSMAN AUSTRALIA R&D
COMPANY PTY LTD
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1.
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DEFINITIONS
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2
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2.
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PURCHASE AND
SALE
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30
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(a)
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Purchase and
Sale of Acquired Assets
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30
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(b)
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Assumption of
Assumed Liabilities
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31
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(c)
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Purchase and
Sale of Target Interests
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31
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(d)
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Treatment of
Intercompany Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
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31
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(e)
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Consideration
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31
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(f)
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Closing
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33
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(g)
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Deliveries at
Closing
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33
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(h)
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Purchase Price
Adjustments
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37
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(i)
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Allocation
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41
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(j)
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Non-Assignment
of Assumed Contracts
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41
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3.
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SELLERS’
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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41
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(a)
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Organization of
Sellers and Target Companies; Good Standing
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42
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(b)
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Authorization
of Transaction
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43
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(c)
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Noncontravention
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44
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(d)
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Capitalization
of Target Companies
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44
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(e)
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Title to Assets
of the Acquired Business
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45
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(f)
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SEC Documents;
Financial Statements; Accounts Receivable; Inventory
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45
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(g)
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Contracts
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47
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(h)
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Intellectual
Property
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50
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(i)
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Legal
Compliance
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50
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(j)
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Litigation
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51
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(k)
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Environmental,
Health and Safety Matters
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51
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(l)
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Sufficiency of
Assets of the Acquired Business
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52
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(m)
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Employees and
Employment Matters
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52
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(n)
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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53
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(o)
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Australian
Superannuation
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54
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(p)
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Real
Property
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55
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(q)
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Permits
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57
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(r)
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Tiwest Joint
Venture Interests
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57
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(s)
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Conduct in the
Ordinary Course of Business; Absence of Certain Changes, Events and
Conditions
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58
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(t)
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Tax
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58
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(u)
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Target
Companies; Books and Records
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59
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(v)
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Insurance
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59
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(w)
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Brokers’
Fees
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60
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(x)
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Information
Technology
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60
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(y)
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Products
Liability
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60
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(z)
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Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act
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60
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(aa)
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No Other
Representations or Warranties; Disclosed Materials
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61
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4.
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BUYERS’
AND GUARANTOR’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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61
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(a)
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Organization of
Buyers and Guarantor
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61
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(b)
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Authorization
of Transaction
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62
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(c)
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Noncontravention
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62
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(d)
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Litigation
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62
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(e)
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Brokers’
Fees
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63
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(f)
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Financial
Capacity
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63
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(g)
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Investment
Representation
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63
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(h)
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Interested
Stockholders
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63
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(i)
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Condition of
the Business
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63
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(j)
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GST
Law
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64
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5.
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PRE-CLOSING
COVENANTS
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64
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(a)
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Reasonable Best
Efforts; Cooperation
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64
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(b)
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Notices and
Consents
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65
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(c)
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Bankruptcy
Approval
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68
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(d)
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Conduct of
Business
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71
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(e)
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Information and
Consultation
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73
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(f)
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Notice of
Developments
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74
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(g)
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Access
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74
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(h)
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Press Releases
and Public Announcements
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74
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(i)
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Bulk Transfer
Laws
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75
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(j)
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Cure
Amounts
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75
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(k)
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Replacement
Bonding Requirements
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77
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(l)
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Competing
Transaction
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77
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(m)
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Pre-Closing
Assistance
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78
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(n)
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Indebtedness of
Target Companies
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80
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(o)
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Transfer of
Excluded Subsidiaries
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80
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(p)
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Target
Companies’ Asset Sales
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81
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(q)
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Insurance
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82
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(r)
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PBGC
Release
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82
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(s)
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Election to
Purchase Tronox Netherlands
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83
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(t)
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Covered
Employees
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83
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(u)
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Employee
Layoffs
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83
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(v)
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Seller Retained
Employees
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83
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6.
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OTHER
COVENANTS
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84
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(a)
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Cooperation
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84
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(b)
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Further
Assurances
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84
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(c)
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Litigation
Support
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84
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(d)
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Run-Off
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84
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(e)
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Prorations
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85
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(f)
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Availability of
Business Records
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86
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(g)
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Offers of
Employment to Covered Employees
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86
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(h)
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Transfer
Taxes
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87
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(i)
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GST
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88
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(j)
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Wage
Reporting
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89
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(k)
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Acknowledgements
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89
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(l)
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Provisions
Relating to Excluded Environmental Liabilities
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89
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(m)
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Assumed
Employee Benefit Plans
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90
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(n)
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Removal of
Certain Equipment
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91
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(o)
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Continuation of
Coverage
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91
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(p)
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Bankruptcy
Release
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92
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(q)
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Confidentiality
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93
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(r)
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Tronox
Netherlands Tax Filing
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93
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(s)
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WARN
Obligations
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93
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(t)
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Survey for
Henderson Real Property
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93
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(u)
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Assistance with
Comfort Letter
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94
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7.
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CONDITIONS TO
OBLIGATION TO CLOSING
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94
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(a)
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Conditions to
Buyers’ Obligations
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94
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(b)
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Conditions to
Sellers’ Obligations
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95
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(c)
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No Frustration
of Closing Conditions
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97
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8.
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TERMINATION
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97
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(a)
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Termination of
Agreement
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97
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(b)
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Procedure Upon
Termination
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99
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(c)
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Effect of
Termination; Break-Up Fee
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99
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9.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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101
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(a)
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Expenses
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101
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(b)
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Entire
Agreement
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102
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(c)
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Incorporation
of Annexes, Exhibits and Disclosed Materials
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102
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(d)
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Amendments and
Waivers
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102
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(e)
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Succession and
Assignment
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102
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(f)
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Notices
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102
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(g)
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Governing Law;
Jurisdiction
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104
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(h)
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Consent to
Service of Process
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104
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(i)
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Waivers of Jury
Trial
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104
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(j)
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Specific
Performance
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105
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(k)
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Severability
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105
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(l)
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No Third Party
Beneficiaries
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105
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(m)
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No Survival of
Representations, Warranties and Agreements
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105
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(n)
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Construction
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105
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(o)
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Computation of
Time
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106
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(p)
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Mutual
Drafting
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106
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(q)
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Disclosed
Materials
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106
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(r)
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Headings; Table
of Contents
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106
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(s)
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Counterparts;
Facsimile and Email Signatures
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107
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(t)
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Time of
Essence
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107
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(u)
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Guaranty
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107
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EXHIBITS, ANNEXES AND
SCHEDULES
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Exhibit A
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-
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Form of Bidding
Procedures
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Exhibit B
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-
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Exhibit C
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-
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Exhibit D
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-
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Copy of Deposit
Escrow Agreement
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Exhibit E
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-
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Exhibit F
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-
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Forms of
Assignment and Assumption Agreement
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Exhibit G
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-
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Form of Patent
Assignment Agreement
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Exhibit H
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-
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Form of
Trademark Assignment Agreement
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Exhibit I
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-
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Form of
Copyright Assignment Agreement
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Exhibit J
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-
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Exhibit K
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-
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List of
Required Third Party Consents
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Exhibit L
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-
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Form of Special
Warranty Deed
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Exhibit M
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-
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Form of Net
Working Capital Escrow Agreement
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Exhibit N
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-
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Form of COBRA
Escrow Agreement
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Exhibit O
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-
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Form of Target
Company APA
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Exhibit P
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-
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Henderson Lease
Term Sheet
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Exhibit Q
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-
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Western
Australia Transfer of Land Form
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Exhibit R
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-
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Western
Australia Transfer of Lease Form
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Annex
A
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-
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Excluded
Intellectual Property
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Annex
B
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-
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Annex
C
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-
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Annex
D
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-
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Annex
E
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-
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Annex
F
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-
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Annex
G
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Net Working
Capital Guidelines
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Annex
H
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-
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Assumed
Employee Benefit Plans
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Annex
I
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-
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Annex
J
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Retained
Intercompany Balances
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Annex
K
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Tiwest and
Henderson Adjustments to Target Working Capital Amount
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Annex
L
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Acquired
Henderson Intellectual Property
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Disclosure
Schedule
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ASSET AND EQUITY PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This ASSET AND
EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”)
is entered into as of August 28, 2009, by and among Tronox
Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“ Tronox
Incorporated ”), Tronox LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ Tronox LLC ”), Tronox Pigments
(Savannah) Inc., a Georgia corporation (“ Tronox
Pigments ”), Tronox Worldwide LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“ Tronox Worldwide ” and
together with Tronox Incorporated, Tronox LLC and Tronox Pigments,
the “ U.S. Sellers ,” and each individually, a
“ U.S. Seller ”), Tronox Western Australia Pty
Ltd (ACN 009 331 195), a Western Australia company (“
Tronox Australia ” and, together with U.S. Sellers,
the “ Asset Sellers ” and, each individually, an
“ Asset Seller ”), Tronox Pigments (Netherlands)
B.V., a Dutch limited liability company (“ Tronox
Netherlands ” and, together with Tronox Australia, the
“ Non-U.S. Sellers ,” and, each individually, a
“ Non-U.S. Seller ”; U.S. Sellers and Non-U.S.
Sellers are referred to in this Agreement collectively as “
Sellers ,” and, each individually, a “
Seller ”), Huntsman Pigments LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“ U.S. Buyer ”), and Huntsman
Australia R&D Company Pty Ltd (ACN 181 080 113), an Australian
company (“ Australia Buyer ”, and, together with
U.S. Buyer, “ Buyers ”), and Huntsman
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Guarantor
”). Sellers and Buyers are referred to collectively herein as
the “ Parties .” Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them
in Section 1 .
WHEREAS, Tronox
Incorporated indirectly owns all of the outstanding equity
interests of each of (i) Tronox Pigments (Holland) B.V., a
Dutch private company with limited liability (“ Tronox
Holland ”), (ii) Tronox Pigments Ltd., a Bahamian
international business company (“ Tronox Pigments Bahama
Islands ”), and (iii) Tronox Pigments (Singapore)
Pte Ltd., a Singaporean private limited company (“ Tronox
Singapore ” and, together with Tronox Holland and Tronox
Pigments Bahama Islands, “ Target Companies ,”
and, each individually, a “ Target Company
”);
WHEREAS, Tronox
Australia directly owns the Tiwest Joint Venture
Interests;
WHEREAS, Sellers
and the Target Companies engage, directly and through their
respective Subsidiaries, (i) worldwide, in the business of
developing, researching, processing, manufacturing, distributing,
marketing and selling the Products (as defined below), and
(ii) in Australia, in the business of mining of, and
exploration for, raw materials required to produce the Products
(such businesses, collectively, the “ Business
”);
WHEREAS, U.S.
Sellers and certain of their respective Affiliates filed for relief
under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code
Sections 101-1330 (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”)
on January 12, 2009 (the “ Chapter 11 Cases
”), which cases are pending in the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the Southern District of New York (the “
Bankruptcy Court ”);
WHEREAS,
(i) the U.S. Sellers wish to sell to U.S. Buyer, and U.S.
Buyer wishes to purchase from the U.S. Sellers, the Acquired Assets
(other than the Acquired Australian Assets) as of the Closing,
(ii) U.S. Buyer wishes to assume from the U.S. Sellers the
Assumed Liabilities (other than the Assumed Tronox Australia
Liabilities) as of the Closing, (iii) Tronox Australia wishes
to sell to Australia Buyer, and Australia Buyer wishes to purchase
from Tronox Australia,
the Acquired
Australian Assets as of the Closing, (iv) Australia Buyer
wishes to assume from Tronox Australia the Assumed Tronox Australia
Liabilities as of the Closing, and (v) Non-U.S. Sellers,
Tronox LLC and Tronox Worldwide, as applicable, wish to sell to
U.S. Buyer, and U.S. Buyer wishes to purchase from Non-U.S.
Sellers, Tronox LLC and Tronox Worldwide, as applicable, all of the
Target Interests owned by Non-U.S. Sellers, Tronox LLC and Tronox
Worldwide, as applicable, as of the Closing, in the case of clauses
(i) through (v) inclusive, on the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth herein and in accordance with sections
105, 363 and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code;
WHEREAS, it is the
express intention of the Parties that Buyers and Guarantor will not
in any way assume or become liable or otherwise responsible for any
Excluded Liabilities (including any Excluded Environmental
Liabilities), and Sellers acknowledge that Buyers and Guarantor
would not enter into this Agreement nor seek to acquire the
Acquired Assets but for the clear understanding that Buyers and
Guarantor will not assume, or become liable or otherwise
responsible for, any Excluded Liabilities; and
WHEREAS, each
Buyer is an indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Guarantor, and
Guarantor wishes to irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee to
Sellers the due and punctual payment of the Purchase Price and
certain other payment obligations of Buyers hereunder on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual promises herein made, and in
consideration of the representations, warranties and covenants
herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by the
Parties and Guarantor, the Parties and Guarantor agree as
follows:
1.
Definitions . Except as otherwise set forth in this
Agreement (or in any Schedule or Exhibit hereto), the following
terms shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in this
Section 1 .
“ 2007
Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(f)(iii) .
“ 2008
Preliminary Selected Financial Data ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 3(f)(ii) .
“
Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 5(l) .
“
Accounts Receivable ” means (a) all trade
accounts receivable and other rights to payment from customers of
the Asset Sellers, (b) all other accounts receivable or notes
receivable of the Asset Sellers, and (c) any security
interest, claim, remedy or other right of the Asset Sellers related
to any of the foregoing, in each case, arising out of the operation
of the Acquired Business prior to the Closing. For purposes of
Section 3(f)(v) , Accounts Receivable shall also
include such items set forth in preceding clauses (a) through
(c) inclusive with respect to the Target Companies.
“
Acquired Assets ” means all of the Asset
Sellers’ right, title and interest in, to and under all of
Asset Sellers’ properties, assets, claims and rights of every
nature, kind and description, tangible and intangible (including
goodwill), whether real, personal or mixed, whether accrued,
contingent or otherwise, existing as of the Closing, in each case,
that are used or held for use in
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the operation
of the Business, including the following existing as of the
Closing: (a) all Inventory of the Asset Sellers (including the
Acquired Savannah Inventory); (b) all Furnishings and
Equipment of the Asset Sellers; (c) all Records of the Asset
Sellers used or held for use in the operation of the Business,
provided that the Asset Sellers shall have the right to make
(or, following the Closing, obtain from Buyers) copies of any of
such Records that the Asset Sellers are required by applicable law
to retain, or that Sellers determine are necessary or reasonably
required to retain, including Tax Returns, taxpayer and other
identification numbers, financial statements and corporate or other
entity filings, in connection with (i) the wind-down of the
estates of the U.S. Sellers and certain of their Affiliates and
(ii) the Excluded Assets and Excluded Liabilities (but in no
case shall any Asset Seller have a right to make copies or retain
Records disclosing or embodying proprietary manufacturing or
processing know-how or trade secrets included in the Acquired
Intellectual Property); (d) all Acquired Intellectual
Property; (e) all Owned Real Property and Third Party Leases,
in each case, of the Asset Sellers; (f)(i) all Contracts to which
Tronox Australia is a party (except for Contracts related to any
Excluded Liability) and (ii) those Leases (and the related
Leased Real Property) and those other Contracts, in each case, of
the other Asset Sellers set forth on Annex B hereto (in the
case of this clause (ii), as the same may be modified or
supplemented after the date hereof in accordance with
Section 5(j) ) (all Contracts contemplated by this
clause (f), collectively, the “ Assumed Contracts
”); (g) all assets of the Asset Sellers related to or
under an Assumed Employee Benefit Plan; (h) all of the Asset
Sellers’ Accounts Receivable (including the Acquired Savannah
Accounts Receivable); (i) all Deposits and Similar Amounts;
(j) all Permits of the Asset Sellers (i) used or held for
use in the ownership or operation of the Business or
(ii) relating to any Acquired Asset, in the case of
sub-clauses (i) and (ii) above, that are transferable in
accordance with their terms or by operation of law, but excluding
all Permits exclusively related to any Excluded Asset (all Permits
contemplated as included by this clause (j), collectively, the
“ Acquired Permits ”); (k) all of the
rights of the Asset Sellers to the extent associated with any
Assumed Liability; (l) all claims, causes of action, rights of
recovery and rights of setoff of any kind (including rights to
insurance proceeds and rights under and pursuant to all warranties,
representations, indemnities and guarantees made by suppliers of
products, materials or equipment, or components thereof, and rights
under and pursuant to all indemnity arrangements with third
parties) of the Asset Sellers to the extent relating to the
Acquired Business or the Acquired Assets (but, for the avoidance of
doubt, not to the extent relating exclusively to the Excluded
Assets or Excluded Liabilities) pertaining to, arising out of and
inuring to the benefit of any Asset Seller; (m) all Avoidance
Claims of the Asset Sellers against the Target Companies, the
Retained Employees and Tiwest; (n) the Acquired Savannah
Equipment and the Acquired Soda Springs Assets; (o) the
Acquired Cash; (p) all IT Systems of the Asset Sellers;
(q) the Tiwest Joint Venture Interests, to the extent that
such assets are not acquired by any Tiwest Joint Venture
Participant or any other Person other than Sellers by exercise of
such Person’s pre-emptive or other similar rights in
accordance with the Tiwest Joint Venture Documents; (r) the
Acquired Henderson Assets; (s) any Retained Intercompany
Balances; and (t) the Pre-Funded Uncleared Disbursement
Amounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the
Acquired Assets include any Excluded Asset.
“
Acquired Australian Assets ” means all of the Acquired
Assets of Tronox Australia.
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“
Acquired Business ” means the Business (including the
Acquired Assets, the Target Companies and their respective
Subsidiaries), but excluding the Excluded Assets, the Excluded
Liabilities, the Excluded German Subsidiaries and the Excluded
Danish Subsidiaries.
“
Acquired Business IP ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(h)(i) .
“
Acquired Cash ” means, collectively, (a) any
checks that relate to the Acquired Business that have been
deposited in any bank account or lockboxes of any Asset Seller but
have not yet cleared as of the Closing, (b) any checks that
have been deposited into any bank account of a Target Company but
have not yet cleared as of the Closing, (c) any petty cash
located at any Target Company as of the Closing, and (d)(i) any
Cash remaining in accounts of the U.S. Asset Sellers located
outside of the United States of America and (ii) any Cash
remaining in accounts of Tronox Australia, the Target Companies
and, only to the extent of Tronox Australia’s interest,
Tiwest, in each of subclauses (i) and (ii), as of the
Closing.
“
Acquired Current Assets ” means the current assets of
the Asset Sellers existing as of the Closing used or held for use
in, or otherwise to the extent arising out of, the operation of the
Acquired Business prior to the Closing, excluding, for the
avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Assets, and limited to the sum of
line items “Accounts Receivable (net of reserves for bad
debt)”, “Inventories (net of reserves)” and
“Deposits and Prepaids,” as determined in accordance
with the Net Working Capital Guidelines; provided that in
determining total Acquired Current Assets hereunder, all
Intercompany accounts receivable and current and deferred income
Taxes shall be disregarded.
“
Acquired Henderson Assets ” means all of the Asset
Sellers’ right, title and interest in, to and under all
Acquired Henderson Plant and Equipment.
“
Acquired Henderson Intellectual Property ” means all
Acquired Intellectual Property set forth on Annex L
.
“
Acquired Henderson Plant and Equipment ” means all of
the equipment and machinery of the Asset Sellers that are used or
held for use for the operation of the facility located at the U.S.
Sellers’ Henderson, Nevada site.
“
Acquired Intellectual Property ” means all of the
Asset Sellers’ right, title and interest in, to and under all
Intellectual Property which is used or held for use in the
Business, including all Intellectual Property set forth in
Section 3(h)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule and the
Intellectual Property used or held for use in the operation of the
U.S. Sellers’ Savannah, Georgia site, including for licensing
to third parties by any Asset Seller. Acquired Intellectual
Property shall include: (a) all Intellectual Property relating
to or arising from (i) the production of titanium dioxide;
(ii) finishing technology used to treat, coat or modify
titanium dioxide; (iii) the use of titanium dioxide in
applications; (iv) the manufacture of co-products arising from
the processing of titanium dioxide; and (v) the manufacture
and sale of electrolytic manganese dioxide, sodium chlorate, boron
trichloride, or elemental boron; and (b) all causes of action
(either in law or equity) for all past, present, and future
infringement and misappropriation of the foregoing rights, and the
right to collect and retain all damages for such infringement and
misappropriation;
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provided , however , the Acquired Intellectual
Property does not include the Excluded Intellectual
Property.
“
Acquired Permits ” has the meaning set forth in the
definition of Acquired Assets.
“
Acquired Savannah Accounts Receivable ” means all
Accounts Receivable resulting from all finished goods Inventory
previously owned by Tronox Pigments that were produced at a
facility of the Asset Sellers (other than Tronox Pigments) or the
Target Companies.
“
Acquired Savannah Equipment ” means all of the Asset
Sellers’ right, title and interest in, to and under all of
the Asset Sellers’ installed and spare chlorinators,
oxidizers and TiCl 4 condensation equipment and any directly
connected equipment in which proprietary Intellectual Property is
held or which U.S. Buyer reasonably considers following its access
visit referred to in Section 6(n)(ii) may comprise
valuable Intellectual Property, in each case, located at the U.S.
Sellers’ Savannah, Georgia site.
“
Acquired Savannah Inventory ” means all finished goods
Inventory owned by Tronox Pigments that was produced at a facility
of the Asset Sellers (other than Tronox Pigments) or the Target
Companies.
“
Acquired Soda Springs Assets ” means all of the Asset
Sellers’ right, title and interest in, to and under all of
Asset Sellers’ assets (including the Acquired Soda Springs
Plant and Equipment), claims and rights of every nature, kind and
description, tangible and intangible (including goodwill), whether
personal or mixed, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise,
existing as of the Closing, in each case, that are used or held for
use in the operation of the Business at the U.S. Sellers’
Soda Springs, Idaho site, other than Excluded Soda Springs
Assets.
“
Acquired Soda Springs Plant and Equipment ” means all
of the equipment and machinery of the Asset Sellers that are used
or held for use for the operation of the facility located at the
U.S. Sellers’ Soda Springs, Idaho site.
“
Acquired Tiwest Joint Venture Interests ” means all
Tiwest Joint Venture Interests other than the Excluded Tiwest Joint
Venture Interests.
“
Acquisition Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(c)(v) .
“
Adjustment ” has the meaning ascribed to it in the GST
Law.
“
Adjustment Determination Effective Time ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(h)(iii) .
“
Adjustment Note ” has the meaning ascribed to it in
the GST Law.
“
Affiliate ” when used with reference to another Person
means any Person, directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control
with, such other Person.
“
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
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“
Antitrust Division ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(b)(iv) .
“
Applicable Assumption Deadline ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5(j)(ii) .
“ Asset
Sale Option ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(p)(i) .
“ Asset
Sellers ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
Assignment and Assumption Agreements ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2(g)(i)(B) .
“
Assumable Contract ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(j)(i) .
“ Assumed
Accounts Receivable Rebate Liabilities ” means all
Liabilities of the Asset Sellers existing as of the Closing arising
out of customer rebate and similar incentive programs of the Asset
Sellers in connection with any Accounts Receivable outstanding as
of the Closing.
“ Assumed
Contract ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of
Acquired Assets.
“ Assumed
Current Liabilities ” means, without duplication,
(a) accounts payable (other than contra-accounts related to
uncleared disbursements recorded as accounts payable) under any
Assumed Contract, (b) the Sellers PBGC Amount, if any,
(c) the Assumed Accounts Receivable Rebate Liabilities, and
(d) all other current Assumed Liabilities of the Asset
Sellers, excluding any Buyer Environmental Liability, in each case,
existing as of the Closing and as determined in accordance with the
Net Working Capital Guidelines; provided that, in
determining Assumed Current Liabilities hereunder, (i) all
Intercompany accounts payable and current and deferred income
Taxes, (ii) all Cure Amounts, (iii) all Transfer Taxes
allocated to Buyers pursuant to Section 6(h) ,
(iv) the Assumed Sales Rebate Liabilities, and (v) the
Assumed Vacation Liabilities shall be disregarded. For the
avoidance of doubt, all Assumed Sales Rebate Liabilities (and the
components thereof) will be calculated in accordance with the Net
Working Capital Guidelines.
“ Assumed
Employee Benefit Plan ” means each Employee Benefit Plan
assumed by a Buyer referenced in Section 6(m)
.
“ Assumed
Liabilities ” means, collectively:
(a) the
following Liabilities of the Asset Sellers to the extent arising
out of or relating to the Business or the Acquired Assets from and
after the Closing and that do not, except as specifically noted,
arise out of or relate to the operation of the Business or the
Acquired Assets on or prior to the Closing: (i) except with
respect to Environmental Liabilities, all Liabilities of the Asset
Sellers relating to or arising out of the ownership or operation of
the Acquired Business or the Acquired Assets, including all
Liabilities under the Assumed Contracts (including, with respect to
Assumed Contracts, all executory Liabilities arising prior to the
Closing) and the Acquired Permits, and all Liabilities for personal
injury of customers and Retained Employees; (ii) all Liabilities
for product returns or replacements or relating to or arising under
any product warranties, claims of product liability, obligations to
indemnify or similar claims, in each case, related to the Acquired
Business or the Acquired Assets; and (iii) all Liabilities
relating to
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payroll,
vacation, sick leave, parental leave, workers’ compensation
and unemployment benefits of the Retained Employees;
(b) all Buyer
Environmental Liabilities;
(c) all
Assumed Tronox Australia Liabilities;
(d) (i) all
Liabilities for Transfer Taxes that do not arise in the United
States of America, and (ii) all other Taxes specifically
identified and included in the computation of Tax Amount but only
to the extent included in the determination of the Conclusive Net
Working Capital Statement;
(f) all
Assumed Accounts Receivable Rebate Liabilities;
(g) all
Assumed Sales Rebate Liabilities;
(h) all
Liabilities relating to amounts required to be paid by Buyers
hereunder;
(i) all
Liabilities arising under or in connection with each Assumed
Employee Benefit Plan, including all Liabilities accrued prior to
the Closing;
(j) all
Retained Intercompany Balances;
(k) Assumed
Vacation Liabilities;
(l) accounts
payable (other than contra-accounts related to uncleared
disbursements recorded as accounts payable) under any Assumed
Contract; and
(m) the
Sellers PBGC Amount, if any.
provided , however , that, notwithstanding the
foregoing or anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary,
the Assumed Liabilities shall not include any Excluded
Liabilities.
“ Assumed
Sales Rebate Liabilities ” means all Liabilities of the
Asset Sellers and the Target Companies relating to the Acquired
Business existing as of the Closing arising out of customer rebate
and similar incentive programs of the Asset Sellers and the Target
Companies in connection with sale transactions that have been paid
in full as of the Closing. For purposes of Section 1
and Section 2(h) , the amount of the Assumed Sales
Rebate Liabilities shall be determined net of any vendor and other
supplier rebates receivable by or otherwise due to the Asset
Sellers as of the Closing in connection with purchase transactions
under Contracts assumed or conveyed to Buyers that have been paid
in full.
“ Assumed
Tronox Australia Liabilities ” means all Liabilities of
Tronox Australia, including Environmental Liabilities, relating to
the Tiwest Joint Venture, Tiwest or the Tiwest Joint Venture
Interests; provided , however , that the Assumed
Tronox Australia Liabilities shall not include any Excluded Tronox
Australia Liabilities.
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“ Assumed
Vacation Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(g) .
“
Australia Buyer ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
Avoidance Claims ” shall mean any rights, claims,
causes of action, avoiding powers, suits and proceedings to avoid a
transfer of property or an obligation incurred by Sellers pursuant
to any applicable section of the Bankruptcy Code, including
sections 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 553 and 724(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code.
“
Bankruptcy Code ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“
Bankruptcy Court ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“ Bidding
Incentives ” means, collectively, the Break-Up Fee and
the Reimbursable Expenses.
“ Bidding
Procedures ” means the bidding procedures approved by the
Bankruptcy Court pursuant to the Bidding Procedures Order,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto.
“ Bidding
Procedures Motion ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(c)(i) .
“ Bidding
Procedures Order ” means an order of the Bankruptcy Court
approving the Bidding Procedures and the Bidding Incentives,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
.
“ Bills
of Sale ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(g)(i)(A) .
“ Bonding
Requirements ” means standby letters of credit,
guarantees, indemnity bonds and other credit support instruments
issued by third parties on behalf of any Asset Seller or any of
their respective Subsidiaries regarding the Acquired Business
(other than any letters of credits, guarantees, indemnity bonds or
other support instruments issued for workers’ compensation or
any other insurance purposes).
“
Break-Up Fee ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8(c)(iii) .
“
Business ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“
Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a
Sunday, July 24, or a day on which banks located in New York,
New York shall be authorized or required by law to close; provided,
however, that the Closing Date shall also not include any day on
which banks located in Sydney and Perth, Australia, or Amsterdam,
The Netherlands shall be authorized or required by law to
close.
“ Buyer
Environmental Liabilities ” means all Environmental
Liabilities (a) to the extent (but only to the extent)
relating to or arising out of facts or circumstances, caused or
occurring from and after the Closing at the Owned Real Property,
the JV Leased Real Property and any Leased Real Property leased
pursuant to any Leases that are Assumed Contracts (including the
Henderson Lease but excluding any Excluded Assets) or (b) to
the extent (but only to the extent)
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relating to or
arising out of the conduct of the Acquired Business from and after
Closing or the acts or omissions of Buyers or their respective
Representatives from and after the Closing.
“ Buyer
Master Data Description ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(m)(i)(D) .
“
Buyers ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
Carve-Out Financial Statements ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5(m)(i)(A) .
“
Cash ” means cash and cash equivalents as defined in
accordance with GAAP.
“
Chapter 11 Cases ” has the meaning set forth in
the recitals.
“
Closing ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(f) .
“ Closing
Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(f) .
“ Coal
Act ” means the United States Coal Industry Retiree
Health Benefit Act of 1992.
“ Coal
Act Liabilities ” means all Liabilities of the Asset
Sellers and their respective Affiliates relating to the Coal Act,
including any Liability (a) to provide retiree health benefits
to eligible beneficiaries and their dependents pursuant to
Section 9711 of the Coal Act, (b) to pay the annual
prefunding premium and the monthly per beneficiary premium required
pursuant to Sections 9712(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the Coal Act,
(c) to provide security to the UMWA 1992 Benefit Plan pursuant
to Section 9712(d)(1)(C) of the Coal Act and any other
Liability related to the UMWA 1992 Benefit Plan, and
(d) related to the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund.
“
COBRA ” means Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of
ERISA, Section 4980B of the IRC, and any similar state
law.
“ COBRA
Escrow Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(e)(iv) .
“ COBRA
Escrow Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(e)(iv) .
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
“
Colorado River Commission Contracts ” means the
following six contracts:
(a) that certain
Contract No. P05-70 between Colorado River Commission and
Tronox LLC f/k/a Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC (successor to Kerr-McGee
Chemical Corporation) for the Sale of Electric Power from the
Parker Davis Project, dated March 1, 1988, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 to Contract P-05-70, dated June 8, 1994
and Renewal Contract No. P05-70R between the Colorado River
Commission of Nevada and Tronox LLC for the Sale of Electric Power
from the Parker-Davis Project effective as of May 1, 2006 (the
“ Parker-Davis PPA ”);
(b) Contract
No. P05-50 between the Colorado River Commission of Nevada and
Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation for the Sale of Electric Power from
the Boulder Canyon Project effective as of January 1, 1987, as
amended by Contract No. P05-50A1
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between the
Colorado River Commission of Nevada and Tronox LLC for the sale of
Electric Power from the Boulder Canyon Project effective as of
June 23, 1994 (the “ Boulder Canyon PPA
”);
(c) Contract
No. P05-65 between the Colorado River Commission of Nevada and
Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC for Transmission Service effective as of
August 14, 2001 (the “ Transmission Service
Contract ”);
(d) Operational
Agreement No. P20-55R3 by and among the Colorado River
Commission of Nevada, American Pacific Corporation, Basic Water
Company, Chemical Lime Company of America, Southern Nevada Water
Authority, Titanium Metals Corporation and Tronox LLC effective as
of October 1, 2006 (the “ Operational Agreement
”);
(e) Agreement to
Advance Funds for Parker-Davis Project Generation Facilities,
Contract No. P20-77 among the Colorado River Commission and
Certain Electric Service Contractors, including Kerr-McGee
Chemical, LLC, effective as of October 1, 1998 (the “
P-D Generation Funding Agreement ”); and
(f) Agreement to
Share Costs of Implementation of Lower Colorado River Multi-Species
Conservation Program, Contract No. P20-49 among the Colorado
River Commission and Certain Electric Service Contractors,
including Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC, effective as of an unspecified
CRC approval date (the “ Conservation Program Funding
Agreement ”).
“
Competing Transaction ” means any transaction or
series of related transactions involving: (a) any merger,
amalgamation, share exchange, recapitalization, consolidation,
liquidation or dissolution of Sellers, Target Companies and Tiwest;
(b) any direct or indirect acquisition (by asset purchase,
stock purchase, merger, or otherwise) by any Person or
“group” (as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange
Act) of all or substantially all of the Acquired Business or the
Acquired Assets (including any capital stock of or ownership
interest in any Target Companies), or any license, lease or
long-term supply agreement having a similar economic effect; or
(c) any direct or indirect acquisition of beneficial ownership
(as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) by any Person
or “group” of all or substantially all of the voting
stock of Sellers or any tender or exchange offer that if
consummated would result in any Person or group beneficially owning
all or substantially all of the voting stock of Sellers. For the
avoidance of doubt, the exercise of any rights to purchase the
Tiwest Joint Venture Interests by the Tiwest Joint Venture
Participants arising out of the Tiwest Joint Venture Documents do
not and shall not constitute a Competing Transaction.
“
Competition/Investment Law ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 3(c) .
“
Conclusive Net Working Capital Statement ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(h)(v) .
“
Conclusive Rebate Amount ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2(h)(v) .
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“
Confidentiality Agreement ” means that certain letter
agreement, dated as of February 26, 2009, by and between Tronox
Incorporated and Huntsman International, LLC, an Affiliate of each
Buyer, as supplemented by that certain Clean Team Confidentiality
Agreement Addendum, dated as of July 13, 2009, and as amended
by the certain Amendment dated as of the date hereof (as the same
from time to time may be amended, supplemented or replaced),
regarding the terms and conditions on which Tronox Incorporated
would make available certain information.
“
Contract ” means any written or oral agreement,
contract, lease (including the Leases), sublease, indenture,
mortgage, instrument, guaranty, loan or credit agreement, note,
bond, customer order, purchase order, sales order, franchise,
dealer and distributorship agreement, supply agreement, development
agreement, joint venture agreement, promotion agreement, license
agreement, contribution agreement, partnership agreement or other
arrangement, understanding, permission or commitment that, in each
case, is legally binding.
“
Contract Indemnitees ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(q)(ii) .
“
Control ” means, when used with reference to any
Person, the power to direct the management or policies of such
Person, directly or indirectly, by or through stock or other equity
ownership, agency or otherwise, or pursuant to or in connection
with any Contract; and the terms “ Controlling ”
and “ Controlled ” shall have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
“
Controlled Group Liability ” means any and all
Liabilities (a) under Title IV of ERISA, (b) under
Section 302 of ERISA, (c) under Sections 412 and
4971 of the IRC, (d) resulting from a violation of the
continuation coverage requirements of Section 601 et
seq . of ERISA and Section 4980B of the IRC or the group
health plan requirements of Sections 9801 et seq . of
the IRC and Sections 701 et seq . of ERISA, and
(e) under the Coal Act.
“
Cooljarloo JVA ” has the meaning set forth in the
definition of Tiwest Joint Venture.
“ Covered
Employee ” means any officer or employee of any Asset
Seller or Target Company or Tiwest whose duties relate exclusively
or primarily to the operation or management of the Business and who
is employed by (a) a U.S. Seller at the Asset Sellers’
Hamilton, Mississippi site, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma sites,
Henderson, Nevada site or Soda Springs, Idaho site, (b) Tronox
Holland, (c) Tronox Australia, (d) Tronox Pigments Bahama
Islands, (e) Tronox Singapore or (f) Tiwest, in each case,
immediately prior to the Closing.
“ Cure
Amount ” with respect to any Contract shall be the cash
amounts required to cure any monetary defaults on the part of U.S.
Sellers pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, as
ultimately determined by the Bankruptcy Court.
“ Data
Room ” means that certain “TRXTriton” virtual
data room operated by Merrill Corporation and made available to
Buyers and their Representatives.
“ Debt
Financing ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(a) .
“
Debtors ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(r) .
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“
Decree ” means any judgment, decree, ruling,
injunction, assessment, attachment, undertaking, award, charge,
writ, code, regulation, rule, executive order, administrative order
or any other restriction or any other order of any Governmental
Entity.
“
Deposit ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(e)(ii) .
“ Deposit
Escrow Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(e)(ii) .
“
Deposits and Similar Amounts ” means marketable
securities, prepaid expenses, advance payments, surety accounts,
deposits and other similar prepaid items, checks in transit and
undeposited checks, in each case, to the extent exclusively or
primarily related to any Assumed Contract.
“
Development Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
the definition of Tiwest Joint Venture.
“
Disclosed Materials ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3 .
“
Disclosure Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3 .
“
Disputed Item ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(h)(v) .
“
Easements ” means those easements, servitudes, surface
use rights and rights-of-way appurtenant to the Land and used in
connection with the Acquired Business as it is currently being
conducted, together with all pipelines, utility assets and other
facilities situated thereon.
“
Employee Benefit Plan ” means any “employee
benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA) and any other benefit or compensation plan, program,
agreement, arrangement or understanding of any kind in each case,
maintained or contributed to by any Seller or Target Company,
Tiwest or any of their respective Subsidiaries or in which any
Seller or Target Company, Tiwest or any of their respective
Subsidiaries participates or participated and that provides
benefits to Covered Employees or with respect to which any Seller
or Target Company, Tiwest or any of their respective Subsidiaries
has or could have any Liabilities.
“ End
Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8(a)(vii) .
“
Enterprise ” has the meaning ascribed to it in the GST
Law.
“
Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements ” means
all applicable domestic, foreign federal, provincial, state,
supranational and local administrative, civil and criminal laws,
Permits, rules having the force and effect of law, statutes,
regulations, ordinances, codes, decrees, directives, legally
binding judicial and administrative orders, and all common law (at
law or in equity), in each case, concerning or relating to
workplace health and safety or to pollution, preservation,
remediation or the protection of the environment or natural
resources, or the emission of greenhouse gases.
“
Environmental Liabilities ” means any direct,
indirect, pending or threatened liability, claim, loss, damage,
fine, penalty, cost, expense, deficiency, obligation or
responsibility, whether
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known or
unknown, arising under or relating to any Environmental, Health and
Safety Requirements or any Release of Hazardous Materials, whether
based on negligence, strict liability or otherwise, including costs
and liabilities for investigation, removal, remediation,
restoration, abatement, monitoring, personal injury, property
damage, natural resource damages, court costs, and reasonable
attorneys’ fees.
“
ERISA ” means the United States Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974.
“ Escrow
Agent ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(e)(ii) .
“
Estimated Net Working Capital Amount ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2(h)(iii) .
“
Estimated Net Working Capital Statement ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(h)(iii) .
“
Estimated Rebate Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(h)(iii) .
“
Estimated Rebate Statement ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2(h)(iii) .
“
Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
“
Excluded Assets ” means, collectively, all of the
Asset Sellers’ or any of their respective Affiliates’
right, title and interest in, to and under the following:
(a) all properties, assets and rights of every nature, kind
and description, tangible and intangible (including goodwill),
whether real, personal or mixed, whether accrued, contingent or
otherwise, in each case, that are not used or held for use in the
operation of the Business, (i) other than the Retained
Intercompany Balances and (ii) except for such assets of the
Target Companies, Tiwest or Tronox Australia; (b) all
certificates of incorporation and other organizational documents,
qualifications to conduct business as a foreign entity,
arrangements with registered agents relating to foreign
qualifications, taxpayer and other identification numbers, seals,
minute books, stock transfer books, stock certificates and other
documents relating to the organization, maintenance and existence
of any Asset Seller or any of its Affiliates (other than the Target
Companies’ or Tiwest’s) as a corporation, limited
liability company or other entity, other than those of the Target
Companies or Tiwest; (c) all Records related to Taxes paid or
payable by any Asset Seller or any of its Affiliates (other than
the Target Companies or Tiwest) not used or held for use in the
operation of the Business or the Acquired Assets, except for such
Records of the Target Companies or Tiwest; (d) all Records
related to any Asset Seller or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, in each case, to the extent such Records are not used
or held for use in the operation of the Acquired Business or the
Acquired Assets, except for such Records of the Target Companies or
Tiwest; (e) all assets with respect to any Taxes (other than
the Transfer Taxes allocated to Buyers pursuant to
Section 6(h) ) due and payable or accrued prior to the
Closing Date and paid by any Asset Seller or any of its Affiliates
(other than the Target Companies or Tiwest), whether or not
relating to the Business; (f) all equity securities of any
Asset Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the equity
interests of the Target Companies, equity interests held by the
Target Companies or Tronox Australia (including the Tiwest Shares)
or the Tiwest Joint Venture Interests; (g) all of the Asset
Sellers’ and their respective Affiliates’ Cash
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Purchase Price) other
than the Deposits and Similar Amounts, the Acquired Cash and the
Pre-Funded Uncleared Disbursement Amounts; (h) all
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Excluded
Contracts; (i) all of the Asset Sellers’ and their
respective Affiliates’ (other than the Target
Companies’, Tiwest’s or Tronox Australia’s)
insurance policies and binders and all claims, refunds and credits
from insurance policies or binders due or to become due with
respect to such policies or binders, except to the extent of any
coverage under the policies that relates to any Acquired Assets or
Assumed Liabilities; (j) all of the Asset Sellers’ and
their respective Affiliates’ bank accounts and lock-boxes
(other than collection accounts and lockboxes of the Asset Sellers
relating to the Acquired Business and any and all bank accounts and
lockboxes of the Target Companies or Tiwest); (k) all current
assets of the Asset Sellers and any of their respective Affiliates,
other than the Target Companies, Tiwest, Tronox Australia or their
respective Subsidiaries, and all other instruments, prepaid assets
and deposits, letters of credit proceeds, unbilled costs and fees,
tax assets and accounts, in each case, to the extent not relating
to the Acquired Business; (l) all rights (including rights of
set-off and rights of recoupment), refunds, claims, counterclaims,
demands, causes of action and rights to collect damages on behalf
of the Asset Sellers or any of their respective Affiliates, other
than the Target Companies, Tiwest, Tronox Australia or their
respective Subsidiaries, against third parties, including all such
claims relating to the creation and formation of Sellers as a
spin-off from Kerr-McGee Corporation, including all claims against
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Kerr-McGee Corporation and their
respective past or present parents, Subsidiaries, Affiliates,
predecessors, successors, directors, officers or representatives,
including all such claims that have been, could have been or could
be asserted in civil action Tronox Worldwide LLC & Tronox
LLC v. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, et al. (Case No.
09-01198), including all such items relating to Taxes, including
all Avoidance Claims or causes of action arising under the
Bankruptcy Code or applicable state law, including all rights and
Avoidance Claims of U.S. Sellers arising under Chapter 5 of
the Bankruptcy Code other than, in each case, those Avoidance
Claims, rights (including rights of set-off and rights of
recoupment), refunds, claims, counterclaims, demands, causes of
action and rights to collect damages included in the Acquired
Assets; (m) any loans or notes payable to any Asset Seller or
any of its Affiliates (other than the Target Companies, Tiwest or
Tronox Australia) from any employee of any Asset Seller or any of
its Affiliates other than any Retained Employee, other than
employee advances in the Ordinary Course of Business; (n) any
(i) confidential personnel and medical Records pertaining to
any Covered Employee to the extent the disclosure of such
information is prohibited by applicable law and (ii) other
Records that the Asset Sellers are required by law to retain,
taxpayer and other identification numbers, financial statements and
corporate or other entity filings; provided that Buyers
shall have the right to make copies of any portions of such
retained Records to the extent that such portions relate to the
Business or any Acquired Asset; (o) any documents and
agreements relating to the Chapter 11 Cases or to the sale or
disposition of the Business, the Acquired Assets or any other asset
of any Asset Seller or any of its Affiliates (other than the Target
Companies or Tiwest); (p) the Intellectual Property set forth
on Annex A hereto or any other Intellectual Property
exclusively owned by the Excluded German Subsidiaries (such
Intellectual Property, the “ Excluded Intellectual
Property ”); (q) all Permits other than the Acquired
Permits; (r) all insurance policies, indemnification or
reimbursement rights and all other rights or remedies (including
any such item relating to the United States Department of Energy),
whether arising under contract, statute or common law, relating to
the Henderson Legacy Contamination or any other Excluded
Environmental Liabilities; (s) the sponsorship of and all assets
maintained pursuant to or in connection with any Employee Benefit
Plan that is not an Assumed Employee
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Benefit Plan;
(t) the Excluded Savannah Assets; (u) the Excluded Soda
Springs Assets; (v) the Excluded Henderson Assets; and
(w) all assets set forth on Annex D attached
hereto.
“
Excluded Contract ” means any Contract other than an
Assumed Contract.
“
Excluded Cure Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(j)(v) .
“
Excluded Danish Subsidiaries ” means, collectively,
Tronox Denmark International ApS (Denmark) and its
Subsidiaries.
“
Excluded Environmental Liabilities ” means all
Environmental Liabilities with respect to the past or current
operations (including through the Closing), properties or
facilities of the Business other than the Buyer Environmental
Liabilities, including (a) any Environmental Liabilities
relating to or arising from the Business or the Acquired Assets
with respect to (i) any real property owned or operated by the
Asset Sellers or any of their respective Affiliates or their
respective predecessors in connection with the Business prior to
the Closing other than the Owned Real Property or Leased Real
Property; (ii) the offsite disposal or arrangement for offsite
disposal of Hazardous Materials or wastes by the Asset Sellers or
any of their respective Affiliates or their respective predecessors
in connection with the Business (including any such materials,
substances or wastes produced or generated for offsite disposal
prior to the Closing in connection with operations upon the Owned
Real Property or Leased Real Property); (iii) any fines,
penalties or other sanctions imposed by a Governmental Entity in
connection with any actual or alleged violation of or failure to
comply with Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements by the
Asset Sellers or their Affiliates, or otherwise with respect to the
Acquired Assets prior to the Closing; or (b) any Liabilities
(including Environmental Liabilities) arising from or relating to
the Henderson Legacy Contamination; except, in each of the
foregoing cases, to the extent, and only to the extent, that the
facts or circumstances underlying such Environmental Liabilities
are materially exacerbated by the conduct of the Acquired Business
or the acts or omissions of Buyers or their respective
Representatives after the Closing.
“
Excluded Henderson Assets ” means all of U.S.
Sellers’ right, title and interest in and to all real
property, and buildings located on such real property, owned or
leased by the U.S. Sellers at the U.S. Sellers’ Henderson,
Nevada site.
“
Excluded Henderson Liabilities ” means all Liabilities
(including Environmental Liabilities other than the Buyer
Environmental Liabilities) of the Asset Sellers which arise out of
or relate to the Excluded Henderson Assets.
“
Excluded Liabilities ” means, subject to
Section 6(g) , all Liabilities of the Asset Sellers and
any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Target Companies
and Tiwest) other than the Assumed Liabilities. The Excluded
Liabilities include the following: (a) all Liabilities of the
Asset Sellers for indebtedness for borrowed money (which, for
avoidance of doubt, includes net finance leases and capital leases,
except to the extent of any Cure Amounts under any Assumed
Contracts) other than any Retained Intercompany Balances;
(b) all Liabilities of the Asset Sellers under this Agreement
or any other Related Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby; (c) all Excluded Environmental Liabilities;
(d) all Liabilities for Taxes arising from or related to
periods (or portions thereof) on or prior to the Closing Date,
other than the Transfer
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Taxes that do
not arise out of the United States of America; (e) all
Liabilities of the Asset Sellers arising out of or relating to the
Excluded Assets; (f) all Liabilities of the Asset Sellers for
tort claims arising from the operation of the Business prior to the
Closing; (g) all Liabilities of the Asset Sellers in
connection with the Covered Employees who do not become Retained
Employees; (h) the Excluded Savannah Liabilities; (i) the
Excluded Soda Springs Liabilities; (j) the Excluded Henderson
Liabilities; (k) the Coal Act Liabilities; and (l) all
Liabilities of the U.S. Sellers (and, if Buyers do not elect to
purchase the equity interests of Tronox Netherlands pursuant to
Section 5(s) , then also of Tronox Netherlands) for
uncleared checks as of the Closing.
“
Excluded German Subsidiaries ” means, collectively,
Tronox GmbH (Germany) and its Subsidiaries.
“
Excluded Intellectual Property ” has the meaning set
forth in the definition of Excluded Assets.
“
Excluded IT Systems ” means the IT Systems as set
forth on Annex I hereto.
“
Excluded Savannah Assets ” means all of U.S.
Sellers’ right, title and interest in and to all properties,
assets and rights of every nature, kind and description, tangible
and intangible (including goodwill but not including Intellectual
Property), whether real, personal or mixed, whether accrued,
contingent or otherwise, including all Inventory produced at the
U.S. Sellers’ Savannah, Georgia site, in each case, existing
as of the Closing and that are used or held for use exclusively in
the operation of the Business at the U.S. Sellers’ Savannah,
Georgia site, other than the Acquired Savannah Accounts Receivable,
the Acquired Savannah Equipment and the Acquired Savannah
Inventory.
“
Excluded Savannah Liabilities ” means all Liabilities
(including Environmental Liabilities) of U.S. Sellers which arise
out of or relate to the operation of the Business at the Asset
Sellers’ Savannah, Georgia site.
“
Excluded Soda Springs Assets ” means all of U.S.
Sellers’ right, title and interest in and to all real
property, and the buildings located on such real property, owned or
leased by the U.S. Sellers at the U.S. Sellers’ Soda Springs,
Idaho site.
“
Excluded Soda Springs Liabilities ” means all
Liabilities (including Environmental Liabilities) of U.S. Sellers
which arise out of or relate to the operation of the Business at
the U.S. Sellers’ Soda Springs, Idaho site.
“
Excluded Tiwest Joint Venture Interests ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(h)(i) .
“
Excluded Tronox Australia Liabilities ” means all
Liabilities of Tronox Australia (a) for Transfer Taxes arising out
of the transfer of Tronox Australia from Kerr-McGee Corporation in
March 2006; (b) for Transfer Taxes arising out of any
other corporate restructuring of Tronox Australia consummated prior
to the Closing; (c) owed to any employee or contractor for any
event arising on or prior to the Closing Date; (d) that are
not related to the Tiwest Joint Venture, including Environmental
Liabilities; and (e) for any income Taxes of Tronox Australia
which accrued prior to the Closing.
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“
Exxaro ” means Exxaro Resources Limited, a public
company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of South
Africa.
“ Exxaro
Joint Venture Interest ” means all of the Tiwest Joint
Venture Participants’ rights, title and undivided interest in
and under the joint venture arrangements referred to in the
definition of Tiwest Joint Venture, being a fifty percent undivided
interest.
“ Exxaro
Sands ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of
Tiwest Joint Venture.
“
FCPA ” means the United States Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977.
“ Final
Order ” means any order of the Bankruptcy Court or any
other court of competent jurisdiction after all opportunities for
rehearing, reargument, petition for certiorari and appeal are
exhausted or expired and any requests for rehearing have been
denied, and that has not been stayed, enjoined, set aside,
annulled, reversed, remanded or superseded, with respect to which
any required waiting period has expired, and to which all
conditions to effectiveness prescribed therein or otherwise by law
or order have been satisfied.
“
Financial Statements ” means the consolidated balance
sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows of
Tronox Incorporated and consolidated Subsidiaries included in the
Tronox Filed SEC Documents.
“ Foreign
Plan ” means an employee benefit plan, program or
arrangement maintained by Tronox Australia, the Target Companies or
Tiwest primarily for the benefit of employees located outside the
United States of America; provided that Foreign Plan shall
not include any employee benefit plan or arrangement required to be
maintained or contributed to pursuant to applicable law.
“ FTC
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b)(iv)
.
“
Fund ” means any complying superannuation fund in
Australia to which Tronox Australia or Tiwest makes superannuation
contributions for the benefit of their respective
employees.
“
Furnishings and Equipment ” means tangible personal
property of any kind (other than Inventory and Intellectual
Property) and wherever located, including machinery, equipment,
computers, furniture, automobiles, trucks, railcars, tractors and
trailers, in each case, that is used or held for use in the
operation of the Business.
“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States of America.
“
Governmental Entity ” means any United States or
non-United States federal, state, national, supranational, regional
or local governmental or regulatory authority, agency, commission,
court, body or other governmental entity.
“ GST
” has the meaning ascribed to it in the GST Law.
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“ GST
Group ” has the meaning ascribed to it in the GST
Law.
“ GST
Law ” means the Australian A New Tax System (Goods and
Services Tax) Act of 1999.
“
Guarantied Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9(u) .
“
Guarantor ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
Hazardous Materials ” means any pollutant,
contaminant, solid waste, petroleum or petroleum product, dangerous
or toxic substance, hazardous or extremely hazardous substance or
chemical, or otherwise hazardous material or waste regulated under
applicable Environmental, Health and Safety
Requirements.
“
Henderson Amount ” means an amount equal to
$32,500,000.
“
Henderson Lease Agreement ” means a lease agreement
reflecting the terms and conditions set forth in
Exhibit P and otherwise reasonably acceptable to U.S.
Sellers and U.S. Buyer.
“
Henderson Legacy Contamination ” means the presence or
Release of Hazardous Materials at or emanating from the Owned Real
Property, Leased Real Property or other real property currently or
previously owned or operated by any Seller or their respective
corporate predecessors located in Henderson, Nevada, and in
existence as of the Closing Date, including all soil and
groundwater contamination (a) as documented in the documents
set forth on the Henderson Environmental Documentation Schedule,
(b) resulting from any leaching, seeping, migration or other
expansion of any such contamination after the Closing except for
such leaching, seeping, or migration arising from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the U.S. Buyer or its
Representatives after the Closing, and (c) discovered after
the Closing but attributable to or resulting from operations
conducted at the Henderson site prior to the Closing; except that,
for avoidance of doubt, Henderson Legacy Contamination shall not
include any conditions of soil or groundwater contamination to the
extent caused by, materially exacerbated by or directly arising
from the actions of the Acquired Business or either Buyer or any of
their respective Representatives after the Closing.
“ HSR
Act ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(c) .
“ Initial
Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(e)(i) .
“ Input
Tax Credits ” has the meaning ascribed to it in the GST
Law.
“
Insurance Policies ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(v) .
“
Intellectual Property ” means any and all of the
following in any jurisdiction throughout the world:
(a) patents and patent applications, together with all
reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals,
extensions and reexaminations in connection therewith and utility
models; (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos,
slogans, trade names and Internet domain names and all
applications, registrations and renewals in connection
therewith,
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and all
goodwill associated with any of the foregoing; (c) copyrights,
database rights and all applications, registrations and renewals in
connection therewith; (d) all moral or similar rights,
(e) trade secrets and confidential or proprietary information,
including confidential or proprietary processes, compositions,
formulas, customer information, operational data, processing
quality control procedures, research and development studies,
engineering information, pricing information, and other know-how,
whether or not patentable or capable of being registered; and (f)
all computer software (including object code and source code) and
databases.
“
Intellectual Property Assignments ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2(g)(i)(C) .
“
Intercompany ” means, with respect to accounts
receivable and accounts payable of any Seller or Target Company,
any accounts receivable or accounts payable, as applicable,
reflecting the result of transactions between any Seller or Target
Company or any Affiliate of any Seller or Target Company (other
than Tiwest and the Tiwest Joint Venture), on the one hand, and any
other Seller or Target Company or any other Affiliate of any Seller
or Target Company, on the other hand.
“ Interim
Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(f)(iv) .
“
Inventory ” means all inventories of any kind or
nature, whether or not prepaid, and wherever located, held or owned
(including inventory to be sold on consignment or in transit),
including fuels, raw materials and supplies, consumables
manufactured, spare and purchased parts, goods and work in process,
semi-finished and finished goods, goods for release, stores, loose
tools, spare parts and fittings and packaging materials, catalysts
(whether in service, in storage or spent) and other similar items,
in each case, that are used or held for use in the operation of the
Acquired Business.
“ IRC
” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
“ IT
Clean Team ” means the IT Clean Team as defined in the
Confidentiality Agreement.
“ IT
Systems ” means (a) hardware, (b) software,
(c) networks infrastructure, and (d) all other information
technology (including any such technology embedded, contained, or
used in connection with any plant, machinery and equipment), in
each of clauses (a) through (d), used or held for use in the
operation of the Acquired Business, other than the Excluded IT
Systems.
“ Jurien
Exploration JVA ” has the meaning set forth in the
definition of Tiwest Joint Venture.
“ JV
Leased Real Property ” means any Lease or Third Party
Lease relating to the Tiwest Joint Venture to which only Tronox
Australia and the Tiwest Joint Venture Participant and no other
Seller or Target Company is party.
“ JV
Owned Real Property ” means any of the Owned Real
Property relating to the Tiwest Joint Venture which is owned only
by Tronox Australia and the Tiwest Joint Venture Participant and no
other Seller or Target Company.
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“ JV Real
Property ” means, collectively, the JV Owned Real
Property and the JV Leased Real Property.
“
Knowledge ” of a Person (and other words of similar
import) means the actual knowledge after reasonable inquiry of,
(a)(i) with respect to Sellers, Dennis Wanlass, Michael Foster,
John Hatmaker, Nik Pottala, John Romano, David Marshall or Gary
Barton, (ii) with respect to each site operated by any Seller
or Target Company, the plant or operations manager of such site if
such Person is an employee of any Seller or Target Company,
provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), such Person’s
knowledge after reasonable inquiry shall be limited to the conduct
of business and operations at such site, (iii) with respect
solely to Sellers’ and the Target Companies’ IT
Systems, Nik Pottala, and (iv) with respect to Tiwest, the
Tiwest Joint Venture, the Tiwest Joint Venture Participants and
Tronox Australia, each of the individuals listed in subclause
(i) above, Robert Kirton or William Snider, and (b) with
respect to Buyers, Peter Huntsman, Kimo Esplin, Sam Scruggs, Simon
Turner or Sean Douglas.
“
Land ” means all of the real property owned (including
owned jointly or as tenants in common) by any Seller or Target
Company which is used or held for use in connection with the
operation of the Business, including the real property described on
Annex E hereto, but excluding the Excluded Henderson Assets,
the Excluded Savannah Assets and the Excluded Soda Springs
Assets.
“ Leased
Real Property ” means all of the land, buildings,
structures, improvements, fixtures or other real property interests
in which any Seller, Target Company or Tiwest holds an interest
(including held jointly) pursuant to the Leases.
“
Leases ” means all of the leases, subleases, licenses,
sublicenses, concessions and other Contracts, including all
amendments, extensions, renewals, guaranties and other agreements
with respect thereto, pursuant to which any Seller, Target Company
or Tiwest holds any interest in real property that is used or held
for use in connection with the operation of the
Business.
“
Liability ” means any liability, indebtedness,
guaranty, claim, loss, damage, deficiency, assessment,
responsibility or obligation of whatever kind or nature (whether
known or unknown, whether asserted or unasserted, whether absolute
or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or
unliquidated, whether due or to become due, whether determined or
determinable, whether choate or inchoate, whether secured or
unsecured, whether matured or not yet matured).
“
Lien ” means any mortgage, deed of trust,
hypothecation, contractual restriction, pledge, lien, encumbrance,
interest, charge, security interest, put, call, other option, right
of first refusal, right of first offer, servitude, right of way,
easement, lease, license, tenancy, occupancy, covenant, condition,
restriction, royalty, conditional sale or installment contract,
finance lease involve substantially the same effect, security
agreement or other encumbrance or restriction on the use, transfer
or ownership of any property of any type (including real property,
tangible property and intangible property, including Intellectual
Property). For the avoidance of doubt, the definition of Lien shall
not be deemed to include the grant of any license by any Seller or
Target Company of Intellectual Property.
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“
Litigation ” means any dispute, action, cause of
action, suit, claim, investigation, mediation, audit, demand,
hearing or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
arbitral, whether at law or in equity and whether before any
Governmental Entity or arbitrator.
“ LPC
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b)(vi)
.
“ LPC JV
Agreement ” means that certain Joint Venture Agreement,
dated as of October 18, 1993, by and between Tioxide Americas
Inc. and Kronos Louisiana, Inc.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” means, when used with
respect to a Person or the Business, any state of facts, change,
event, effect or occurrence (when taken together with all other
states of fact, changes, events, effects or occurrences), that is
or could reasonably be expected to be (a) materially adverse
to the financial condition, results of operations, properties,
assets or liabilities of the Person and its Subsidiaries (taken as
a whole) or the Business or the Acquired Assets, as appropriate;
provided , however , that no state of facts, change,
event, effect or occurrence arising or related to any of the
following shall be deemed to constitute, and none of the following
shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been a
“Material Adverse Effect” (unless in the case of the
following clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), such state of
facts, change, event, effect or occurrence disproportionately
affects in any material respect such Person or the Acquired
Business as compared to other Persons or businesses in the industry
in which the Acquired Business operates): (i) national or
international business, economic or political conditions, including
the engagement by the United States of America, The Netherlands or
Australia in hostilities, whether or not pursuant to the
declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of
any military or terrorist attack upon the United States of America,
The Netherlands or Australia or any of their respective
territories, possessions or diplomatic or consular offices or upon
any military installation, equipment or personnel of the United
States of America, The Netherlands or Australia;
(ii) financial, banking or securities markets (including any
disruption thereof or any decline in the price of securities
generally or any market or index); (iii) increases in energy,
electricity, natural gas, oil, steel, aluminum or other raw
materials or operating costs; (iv) changes in GAAP or law;
(v) the taking of any action required by this Agreement or any
other Related Agreement; (vi) changes as a result of the
negotiation, announcement, pendency or performance of this
Agreement or any other Related Agreement, including by reason of
the identity of either Buyer or Guarantor or any communication by
either Buyer, Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates of
their plans or intentions regarding the operation of the Acquired
Business; or (vii) in the case of Sellers, the Target
Companies or the Acquired Business, (A) the failure to meet or
exceed any projection or forecast (it being understood, however,
that the underlying circumstances giving rise to such failure may
be taken into account unless otherwise excluded in this definition)
or (B) changes in the business or operations of Sellers or any
of their respective Affiliates (including any Target Company)
authorized by the Bankruptcy Court prior to the date hereof arising
as a result of or in connection with U.S. Sellers’ and
certain of their respective Affiliates’ status as debtors
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, or
(b) materially adverse to the ability of such Person to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or other
Related Agreements on a timely basis.
“
Material Contract ” or “ Material
Contracts ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(g)(i) .
“
NDEP ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(u) .
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“ Net
Working Capital ” means (i) the Acquired Current
Assets minus the Assumed Current Liabilities, each calculated in
accordance with the Net Working Capital Guidelines, plus
(ii) the Target Companies’ Net Working Capital minus the
Tax Amount; provided , however , that if (A) a
Tiwest Joint Venture Participant or any other Person acquires any
or all of the Excluded Tiwest Joint Venture Interests and/or
(B) Buyers exercise their right to not purchase the Acquired
Henderson Assets and the Acquired Henderson Intellectual Property
pursuant to Section 2(h)(ii) , then Net Working Capital
shall be adjusted pursuant to the guidelines set forth on Annex
K .
“ Net
Working Capital Escrow Agreement ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2(e)(iii) .
“ Net
Working Capital Escrow Amount ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2(e)(iii) .
“ Net
Working Capital Guidelines ” means the guidelines
attached hereto as Annex G .
“ Neutral
Arbitrator ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(h)(v) .
“
Non-Retiree Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(e)(iv) .
“
Non-Solicitation Period ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(c)(v) .
“
Non-U.S. Seller ” or “ Non-U.S. Sellers
” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“
Objecting Counterparty ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(j)(iv) .
“
Ordinary Course of Business ” means the ordinary
course of business consistent with past custom and practice of
Sellers, the Target Companies or the Tiwest Joint Venture,
including, for the avoidance of doubt, the custom and practice of
Sellers, the Target Companies and the Tiwest Joint Venture prior to
and following the commencement of the Chapter 11
Cases.
“ Owned
Real Property ” means the Land, together with all
buildings, structures, improvements and fixtures located thereon,
and all Easements and other rights and interests appurtenant
thereto.
“
Party ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
“ PBGC
Release ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(r).
“ Pension
Plans ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(r) .
“
Permit ” means any franchise, approval, permit,
license, order, registration, certificate, variance, consent,
authorization, exemption, emission allowance or similar right
issued, granted, given or otherwise obtained from or by any
Governmental Entity, under the authority thereof or pursuant to any
applicable law.
“
Permitted Liens ” means (a) Liens for Taxes not
yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves
specifically
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identified with
respect to such contested Taxes have been established in accordance
with GAAP; (b) with respect to any Acquired Asset, the terms
and conditions of the lease or license applicable thereto to the
extent constituting an Assumed Contract except for any such terms
or conditions that purport to limit, restrict or condition the
ability to assign any such Assumed Contract to either Buyer or that
purport to give rise to any default, acceleration, termination or
other rights to any Person that is a party to such Assumed Contract
as a result of the Closing and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; (c) with respect to the Target
Interests and the Acquired Tiwest Joint Venture Interests,
(i) mechanics’, materialmen’s, workmen’s,
laborers’, repairmen’s, warehousemen’s,
carrier’s, contractors’ or other similar Liens in the
Ordinary Course of Business, and (ii) purchase money security
interests arising in the Ordinary Course of Business; (d) with
respect to the Target Interests and the Acquired Tiwest Joint
Venture Interests, (i) Liens as may be created pursuant to
this Agreement, (ii) Liens created by either Buyer or any of
their respective Affiliates, (iii) Liens as may be set forth
in or granted pursuant to, (A) in the case of any Target
Company, the certificate of incorporation, by laws or other similar
governing documents of such Target Company, or (B) in the case
of any Tiwest Joint Venture Interest, Liens created under the
Tiwest Joint Venture Documents (including, for the avoidance of
doubt, any cross charges over the Tiwest Joint Venture Interests
and any Liens that Exxaro Sands or any of its Subsidiaries or that
Tronox Australia may have, in each case, with respect to the
accounts receivable of Tronox Pigments Bahama Islands) and the
Exxaro Joint Venture Interest, and (iv) any restrictions on
sales of securities under applicable securities laws; (e) with
respect to real property, zoning, building codes and other land use
laws regulating the use or occupancy of such real property or the
activities conducted thereon which are imposed by any Governmental
Entity having jurisdiction over such real property which are not
violated by (i) the current use or occupancy of such real
property or (ii) the operation of the Acquired Business,
except where any such violation would not reasonably be expected to
individually or in the aggregate materially impair the use,
occupancy or operation of the affected property or the conduct of
the Acquired Business thereon as it is currently being conducted;
(f) easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions and other
similar matters of record affecting title to real property that do
not or would not materially impair the use or occupancy of such
real property in the operation of the Acquired Business taken as a
whole, and other encroachments and title and survey defects that do
not or would not materially impair the use or occupancy of such
real property in the operation of the Business taken as a whole;
and (g) matters that are disclosed on an accurate survey of
the real property provided by Sellers to Buyer before the date
hereof.
“
Person ” means an individual, a partnership, a
corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint
stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated
organization or any other entity, including any Governmental Entity
or any group of any of the foregoing.
“
Post-Closing Net Working Capital Statement ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2(h)(iv) .
“
Post-Closing Rebate Statement ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2(h)(iv) .
“
Potential Purchaser ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(b)(vi) .
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“
Pre-Funded Uncleared Disbursement Amounts ” means Cash
sufficient to cover all uncleared disbursements of the Target
Companies and Tronox Australia outstanding as of the
Closing.
“
Processing JVA ” has the meaning set forth in the
definition of Tiwest Joint Venture.
“
Products ” means the products developed, researched,
manufactured (including mining and exploring for raw materials for
manufacture), distributed, marketed or sold by the Business,
including those set forth on Annex F hereto.
“
Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(e)(i) .
“
REACH ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(u)(iii) .
“ Real
Property ” means, collectively, the Owned Real Property,
the Easements and the Leased Real Property.
“ Rebate
Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(h)(iv) .
“
Recipient ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(i)(v) .
“
Records ” means, collectively, the books, records,
ledgers, files, invoices, documents, work papers, correspondence,
lists (including customer lists and supplier lists), all tangible
and digital or electronic copies of technology, designs, formulae,
software, copies of software, data bases, algorithms, procedures,
schedules, methods, discoveries, processes, techniques, ideas,
know-how, research and development, technical data, tools,
materials, specifications, information technology infrastructure,
inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not
reduced to practice) apparatuses, creations, improvements, works of
authorship in any media, confidential, proprietary or non-public
information, and other similar materials, and all recordings,
graphs, drawings, reports, analyses and other writings, and other
tangible embodiments of the foregoing in any form whether or not
listed herein, and all related technology, plans, drawings,
designs, specifications, product plans, creative materials,
advertising and promotional materials, marketing plans, studies,
reports, data and other printed materials, including all
engineering reports and studies, environmental reports and studies,
surveys, engineering, construction and design schematics, plans and
drawings, site plans, maps, blueprints, title reports, title
abstracts, title commitments and title policies (including copies
of documents relating to exceptions contained therein), zoning/use
restriction rulings or certifications, appraisals, bills, invoices
or receipts relating to any Taxes, all accounting, Tax records, Tax
Returns and vesting deeds relating to the Real Property in
Sellers’ possession or under Sellers’ reasonable
control.
“
Reimbursable Expenses ” means the reasonable,
documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by Buyers and
any their respective Affiliates (including, with respect to Buyers,
the fees and expenses incurred by MatlinPatterson Global
Opportunities Partners III L.P. and its Affiliates up to and
including July 2009) prior to termination of this Agreement in
connection with this Agreement, the Related Agreements, the Bidding
Procedures, the Sale Order and the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal
counsel, financial advisors, consultants and any other advisors
that either
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Buyer engages
in such Buyer’s reasonable discretion; provided that
the Reimbursable Expenses shall not exceed $3,000,000 in the
aggregate.
“ Related
Agreements ” means this Agreement, the Bills of Sale, the
Assignment and Assumption Agreements, the Deposit Escrow Agreement,
the Net Working Capital Escrow Agreement, the COBRA Escrow
Agreement, the Patent Assignment Agreement, the Trademark
Assignment Agreement, the Copyright Assignment Agreement, the
Services Agreement, the Target Company APA, the Henderson Lease
Agreement, and all other Contracts, schedules, certificates or
other documents being delivered pursuant to or in connection with
this Agreement.
“
Release ” means any discharge, emission, spilling,
leaking, pumping, pouring, injecting, dumping, burying, leaching,
migrating, abandoning, discarding or disposing into or through the
environment of any Hazardous Materials including the abandonment or
discarding of barrels, containers and other closed receptacles
containing any Hazardous Materials.
“
Released Claims ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(p) .
“
Released Matters ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(r) .
“
Released Parties ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(p) .
“
Releasing Parties ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(p) .
“
Remedial Action ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(l)(ii) .
“
Representative ” of a Person means such Person’s
Controlled Affiliates and the officers, directors, managers,
employees, advisors, representatives (including legal counsel,
financial advisors and accountants) and agents of such Person or
its Controlled Affiliates.
“
Representative Member ” has the meaning ascribed to it
in the GST Law.
“
Resolution Period ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(h)(v) .
“
Restructuring Transaction ” means (a) a
recapitalization transaction involving, in whole or in part,
Sellers and their existing security holders or creditors, or
(b) a transaction or series of transactions, including by way
of a plan of reorganization or plan of arrangement or compromise,
in connection with a liquidation or reorganization or other
continuation of the Business relating to all or any material
portion of the Acquired Assets.
“
Retained Employees ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(g) .
“
Retained Intercompany Balances ” means
(i) accounts receivable and accounts payable of any Target
Company’s Intercompany transactions related to post-petition
sale of pigment or allocated services, to the extent such amounts
are not in excess of customary month-end balances,
(ii) accounts receivable and accounts payable of any of
Sellers’ Intercompany transactions arising to or from
Sellers’ Hamilton, Mississippi site related to the
post-petition sale of pigment to Tronox Pigments, to the extent
such amounts are not in excess of customary month-end balances, and
(iii) pre-petition Intercompany advances or notes as set forth
on Annex
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J
, as such Annex may be updated
jointly by the Parties, each acting reasonably and in good faith,
from and after the date hereof until twenty days prior to the
Closing Date.
“ Retiree
COBRA Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(e)(iv) .
“ Sale
Motion ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(c)(i) .
“ Sale
Order ” means an order of the Bankruptcy Court entered in
the Chapter 11 Cases in substantially the form of
Exhibit B attached hereto.
“ Sales
Proceeds ” means an amount equal to
$415,000,000.
“ SEC
” means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“ SEC
Disclosures ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3 .
“
Securities Act ” means the United States Securities
Act of 1933.
“
Seller ” or “ Sellers ” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble.
“ Seller
Master Data ” means relevant and required information,
data and documentation used in Sellers’ order-to-cash process
and systems and that exists in Sellers’ information
technology systems or is otherwise within Sellers’ reasonable
control.
“ Seller
Retained Employees ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(v) .
“ Sellers
PBGC Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(r) .
“
Sellers’ Accounts ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(g)(ii)(J) .
“
Services Agreement ” means a Services Agreement to be
entered into by and between Tronox Incorporated and U.S. Buyer, to
be dated as of the Closing Date, pursuant to which U.S. Buyer will
provide certain post-Closing services to U.S. Sellers’ and
certain of their respective Affiliates’ estates as more
particularly described therein, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to each of Tronox Incorporated and U.S.
Buyer.
“
Straddle Period ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(e)(i) .
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or
other business entity of which (a) if a corporation, a
majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled
(without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in
the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the
time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or
one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a
combination thereof, or (b) if a limited liability company,
partnership, association or other business entity (other than a
corporation), a majority of partnership or other similar ownership
interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that
Person or a combination thereof and for this purpose, a Person or
Persons owns a majority ownership interest in such a
business
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entity (other
than a corporation) if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a
majority of such business entity’s gains or losses or shall
be or control any managing director or general partner of such
business entity (other than a corporation). The term
“Subsidiary” shall include all Subsidiaries of such
Subsidiary.
“
Supplier ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(i)(v) .
“ Target
Companies ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“ Target
Companies’ Assets ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(p)(i) .
“ Target
Companies’ Net Working Capital ” means, as of a
particular date, (a) the aggregate amount of the current
assets of the Target Companies minus (b) the aggregate amount
of the current liabilities of the Target Companies, in each case,
as determined in accordance with the Net Working Capital
Guidelines.
“ Target
Company APA ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(p)(i).
“ Target
Interests ” means all of the issued and outstanding
equity interests of the Target Companies.
“ Target
Working Capital Amount ” means an amount equal to
$304,565,000, as such amount may be adjusted pursuant to Footnote 7
of the Target Working Capital Schedule attached to the Net Working
Capital Guidelines; provided , however , that if
(i) a Tiwest Joint Venture Participant or any other Person
acquires any or all of the Excluded Tiwest Joint Venture Interests
and/or (ii) Buyers exercise their right to not purchase the
Acquired Henderson Assets and the Acquired Henderson Intellectual
Property pursuant to Section 2(h)(ii) , then the Target
Working Capital Amount shall be reduced pursuant to Annex K
.
“ Tax
” or “ Taxes ” means (a) all United
States federal, state or local or non-United States income, gross
receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp,
occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental (including
taxes under Section 59A of the IRC), customs duties, capital
stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or
similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal
property, ad valorem, escheat, sales, use, transfer, registration,
value added, GST, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated or other
tax of any kind whatsoever, whether computed on a separate or
consolidated, unitary or combined basis or in any other manner,
including any interest, penalty or addition thereto, whether or not
disputed, and (b) Liability for items within clause
(a) of any other Person by Contract, operation of law
(including Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6) or
otherwise.
“ Tax
Amount ” means all Taxes (a) allocated to Sellers
under Section 6(h) of this Agreement, (b) properly
accrued and unpaid with respect to any Tax period or portion
thereof ending prior to the Closing Date for any Target Company,
and (c) prorated to Sellers under Section 6(e)(i)
of this Agreement.
“ Taxing
Authority ” means, with respect to any Tax, a
Governmental Entity that imposes such Tax, and the agency (if any)
charged with the collection of such Tax for such entity,
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including,
without limitation, any Governmental Entity that imposes, or is
charged with collecting, Social Security or similar charges or
premiums.
“ Tax
Invoice ” has the meaning ascribed to it in the GST
Law.
“ Tax
Return ” means any return, declaration, report, claim for
refund or information return or statement relating to Taxes,
including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any
amendment thereof.
“ Taxable
Supply ” has the meaning ascribed to it in the GST Law,
excluding section 84-5 of the GST Law.
“ Third
Party Beneficiaries ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(r) .
“ Third
Party Leases ” means all of the leases, subleases,
licenses, sublicenses, concessions and other Contracts, including
all amendments, extensions, renewals, guaranties and other
agreements with respect thereto, pursuant to which any Seller,
Target Company or Tiwest grants a third party the right to use or
occupy all or any portion of any Owned Real Property.
“
Tiwest ” means Tiwest Pty Ltd, ACN 009 343 364, a
Western Australia company.
“ Tiwest
Amount ” means the amounts with respect to the Tiwest
Joint Venture Interests under each Tiwest Joint Venture Document,
as set forth on Exhibit J .
“ Tiwest
Joint Venture ” means the joint venture arrangement
governed by (a) that certain Cooljarloo Mining Joint Venture
Agreement, dated as of November 3, 1988, by and among Yalgoo
Minerals Pty. Ltd. (“ Yalgoo ”), Tronox
Australia and the other parties thereto, as amended by that certain
Amending Deed to the Cooljarloo Mining Joint Venture Agreement,
dated as of March 26, 1991, by and among Yalgoo, Tronox
Australia and the other parties thereto (the “ Cooljarloo
JVA ”); (b) that certain Processing Joint Venture
Agreement, dated as of November 3, 1988, by and among Yalgoo,
Tronox Australia and the other parties thereto, as amended by that
certain Amending Deed to the Processing Joint Venture Agreement,
dated as of March 26, 1991, by and among Yalgoo, Tronox
Australia and the other parties thereto as further amended by the
Supplemental Deed to Processing Joint Venture Agreement, dated
June 30, 2008, by and among Yalgoo, Tronox Australia, Exxaro
Australia Sands Pty Ltd (“ Exxaro Sands ”) and
the other parties (the “ Processing JVA ”);
(c) that certain Jurien Exploration Joint Venture Agreement,
dated as of March 9, 1989, by and among Exxaro Sands, Tific
Pty Ltd (“ Tific ”), Tronox Australia and the
other parties thereto (the “Jurien Exploration JVA”);
(d) that certain Co operation Deed, dated as of
November 3, 1988, by and among Exxaro Sands, Tronox Australia
and the other parties thereto; (e) that certain Operations
Management Agreement, dated as of December 16, 1988, by and
among Yalgoo, Tronox Australia and the other parties thereto, as
amended by that certain Supplemental Deed to the Operations
Management Agreement dated as of July 23, 2008 by and among
Yalgoo, Tronox Australia and the other parties thereto;
(f) that certain Development Agreement, dated March 25,
2008, by and among Tronox LLC, Tronox Australia, Yalgoo, Exxaro
Sands and other parties thereto (the “ Development
Agreement ”); (g) that certain Mineral Sands
(Cooljarloo) Mining and Processing Agreement, dated
November 8, 1988 by and among the State of Western Australia
Yalgoo Tronox Australia and other parties
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thereto;
(h) those certain other documents, agreements and amendments
entered into from time and time in connection with any of the
foregoing agreements; pursuant to which agreements the parties
operate a chloride process titanium dioxide plant located in
Kwinana, Western Australia, a mining venture in Cooljarloo, Western
Australia, and a mineral separation plant and a synthetic rutile
processing facility in Muchea, Western Australia; (i) those
certain other documents relating to or concerning exploration
ventures at Jurien, Dongara and elsewhere in Western Australia; (j)
those certain other documents relating to or concerning an office
building in Bentley, Western Australia for the purpose of providing
certain corporate services; (k) that certain Bunbury Port
Authority Lease of Port Facilities Bunbury, dated October 1,
2004, by and between Bunbury Port Authority and Tiwest; and
(l) that certain Russell Park, Henderson Warehouse Lease,
dated November 3, 2007, by and between ISPT Pty Ltd and
Tiwest.
“ Tiwest
Joint Venture Interests ” means all of Tronox
Australia’s rights, title and interest in, to and under the
Tiwest Joint Venture, including the Tiwest Shares. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Tiwest Joint Venture Interests are a fifty
percent undivided interest as a tenant in common in the joint
venture arrangements referred to in the definition of Tiwest Joint
Venture (which fifty percent interest may be adjusted in accordance
with the Development Agreement).
“ Tiwest
Joint Venture Documents ” means the documents and
agreements referred to in the definition “Tiwest Joint
Venture,” together with all documents and agreements entered
into from time to time in connection with the Tiwest Joint Venture
and either referred to in any of those agreements or otherwise
relating or ancillary to the Tiwest Joint Venture.
“ Tiwest
Joint Venture Participants ” means Yalgoo, Senbar
Holdings Pty Limited (“ Senbar ”), a Western
Australian corporation, Synthetic Rutile Holdings Pty Limited
(“ SRH ”), a Western Australian corporation,
Pigment Holdings Pty Limited (“ PH ”), a Western
Australian corporation and Tific, a Western Australian corporation.
For the avoidance of doubt, Yalgoo and Senbar are collectively the
Tiwest Joint Venture Participant under the Cooljarloo JVA; Yalgoo,
SRH and PH are collectively the Tiwest Joint Venture Participant
under the Processing JVA; and Tific is the Tiwest Joint Venture
Participant under the Jurien Exploration JVA.
“ Tiwest
Shares ” means 50 B and 50 D ordinary fully paid shares
in the capital of Tiwest, representing fifty percent of all of the
ordinary fully paid issued shares in the capital of
Tiwest.
“
Transfer Tax ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(h)(i) .
“ Tronox
Australia ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“ Tronox
Filed SEC Documents ” means all documents required to be
filed by Tronox Incorporated with or to, as applicable, the SEC
pursuant to the Exchange Act that were filed prior to the date of
this Agreement and are publicly available.
“ Tronox
Holdings ” means Tronox Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
“ Tronox
Holland ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“ Tronox
Incorporated ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
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“ Tronox
LLC ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“ Tronox
Netherlands ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“ Tronox
Pigments ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“ Tronox
Pigments Bahama Islands ” has the meaning set forth in
the recitals.
“ Tronox
Singapore ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“ Tronox
Worldwide ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“ U.S.
Buyer ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“ U.S.
Seller ” or “ U.S. Sellers ” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble.
“
Yalgoo ” has the meaning set forth in the definition
of Tiwest Joint Venture.
“ WARN
Act ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(m)(i) .
“ Wet op
de vennootschapsbelasting 1969 ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6(r) .
(a)
Purchase and Sale of Acquired Assets .
(i) On the terms
and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and pursuant to the
Sale Order, at the Closing, (A) U.S. Buyer will purchase,
acquire and accept from the Asset Sellers, and the Asset Sellers
will sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver to U.S. Buyer or
its designee or assignee, free and clear of all Liens (other than
Permitted Liens), all of the Acquired Assets (other than the
Acquired Australian Assets), and (B) Australia Buyer will
purchase, acquire and accept from Tronox Australia, and Tronox
Australia will sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver to
Australia Buyer or its designee or assignee, free and clear of all
Liens (other than Permitted Liens), all of the Acquired Australian
Assets, in each case, for the consideration specified in
Section 2(e)(i) . Nothing contained herein shall be
deemed to sell, transfer, assign or convey the Excluded Assets to
Buyers, and the Asset Sellers shall retain all right, title and
interest to, in and under the Excluded Assets.
(ii) Buyers hereby
acknowledge and agree that the Tiwest Joint Venture Interests may
be subject to certain pre-emptive, first refusal or similar rights
pursuant to the Tiwest Joint Venture Documents and that each of
Yalgoo, Exxaro Sands and any other Person holding such pre-emptive
right, first refusal or similar rights in relation to Tiwest Joint
Venture Interests may have the right to exercise such rights in
accordance with the provisions of the Tiwest Joint Venture
Documents, and that, in the event of such exercise, neither Buyer
shall have any right, title or interest in any (i) Tiwest
Joint Venture Interest other than an Acquired Tiwest Joint Venture
Interest and (ii) consideration payable upon the exercise of
such rights.
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(b)
Assumption of Assumed Liabilities . On the terms and subject
to the conditions of this Agreement and pursuant to the Sale Order,
at the Closing, (i) U.S. Buyer will assume and become
responsible for the payment, performance or discharge of the
Assumed Liabilities (other than the Assumed Tronox Australia
Liabilities), and (ii) Australia Buyer will assume and become
responsible for the payment, performance or discharge of the
Assumed Tronox Australia Liabilities. Nothing herein shall be
deemed to cause either Buyer to assume, or in any way be liable or
responsible for any of the Excluded Liabilities, and Sellers shall
remain solely and exclusively liable with respect to all such
Excluded Liabilities.
(c)
Purchase and Sale of Target Interests . On the terms and
subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, U.S.
Buyer (or its designee or permitted assignee) will purchase from
Tronox Netherlands and Tronox Worldwide, as applicable, and Tronox
Netherlands and Tronox Worldwide, as applicable, will sell to U.S.
Buyer, the Target Interests, free and clear of all Liens (other
than Permitted Liens).
(d)
Treatment of Intercompany Accounts Receivable and Accounts
Payable . Other than the Retained Intercompany Balances, all
Intercompany accounts receivable, Intercompany accounts payable and
other obligations due and owing between any Seller or Target
Company or any Affiliate (as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing) of any Seller or Target Company, on the one hand, and any
other Seller or Target Company or any of their Affiliates, on the
other hand, shall be disregarded for purposes of the transactions
contemplated hereby and shall not be treated as Assumed
Liabilities, Acquired Assets, Excluded Assets or Excluded
Liabilities.
(i) The aggregate
consideration for the sale and transfer of the Acquired Assets, the
Target Interests and the Acquired Tiwest Joint Venture Interests
shall be (A) the Sales Proceeds, as adjusted prior to the
Closing pursuant to Section 2(h)(i) , Section
2(h)(ii) and Section 2(h)(iii) (such adjusted
amount, the “ Initial Purchase Price ,” and, if
and as further adjusted by the payments contemplated by Section
2(h)(vi) , the “ Purchase Price ”), which
Initial Purchase Price less each of the (1) Net Working
Capital Escrow Amount, (2) the COBRA Escrow Amount,
(3) the amount of liquidated damages payable pursuant to
Section 6(o)(iii) , if any, and (4) the amount of
any adjustments pursuant to Section 5(m)(iii) is
payable and deliverable to Sellers at the Closing in accordance
with Section 2(g)(ii)(J) , and (B) the assumption
by U.S. Buyer of the Assumed Liabilities (other than the Assumed
Tronox Australia Liabilities), and by Australia Buyer of the
Assumed Tronox Australia Liabilities.
(ii) Pursuant to
the terms of that certain Escrow Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof (the “ Deposit Escrow Agreement ”), by
and among U.S. Buyer, Tronox Incorporated and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, in its capacity as escrow agent (the “
Escrow Agent ”), a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit D , U.S. Buyer has deposited an amount in cash
equal to $12,450,000 by wire transfer of immediately available
funds (the “ Deposit ”), which Deposit shall be
released by the Escrow Agent and delivered to either U.S. Buyer or
Sellers in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Escrow
Agreement. Pursuant to the Deposit Escrow Agreement, the Deposit
and any accrued investment income or interest thereon shall be
distributed as follows:
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(A) if the Closing
shall occur, then (1) the Deposit shall be delivered at the
Closing to Sellers under Section 2(g)(ii)(I) , and
(2) all accrued investment income or interest on the Deposit
shall be delivered to U.S. Buyer at the Closing;
(B) if this
Agreement is terminated by Sellers pursuant to Section
8(a)(iii) (for failure by Buyers to satisfy conditions set
forth in Section 7(b)(i) or 7(b)(ii) ) or
8(a)(v) , then (1) the Deposit shall be delivered to
Sellers, and (2) all accrued investment income or interest on
the Deposit shall be delivered to U.S. Buyer, in each case, within
five Business Days of such termination; or
(C) if this
Agreement is terminated by Sellers or Buyers or both, as
applicable, pursuant to Section 8(a)(i) ,
8(a)(ii) , 8(a)(iii) (other than for failure by
Buyers to satisfy conditions set forth in Section 7(b)(i) or
7(b)(ii) ), 8(a)(iv) , 8(a)(vi) ,
8(a)(vii) , 8(a)(viii) , 8(a)(ix) ,
8(a)(x) , 8(a)(xi) , 8(a)(xii) or
8(a)(xiii) , then the Deposit, together with all accrued
investment income or interest thereon, shall be returned to U.S.
Buyer within five Business Days of such termination.
(iii) At the
Closing, U.S. Buyer shall deposit, pursuant to the terms of an
escrow agreement, to be dated the Closing Date (the “ Net
Working Capital Escrow Agreement ”), by and among U.S.
Buyer, Tronox Incorporated and the Escrow Agent, in substantially
the form of Exhibit M , an amount equal to $15,000,000
(as such amount may be increased pursuant to
Section 2(h)(iii) , the “ Net Working Capital
Escrow Amount ”), which amount shall continue to be held
by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the Net Working Capital
Escrow Agreement and be disbursed in accordance with the terms of
the Net Working Capital Escrow Agreement, to Sellers and/or U.S.
Buyer, as applicable, following the determination of the Conclusive
Net Working Capital Statement and the Conclusive Rebate
Statement.
(iv) At the
Closing, U.S. Buyer shall deposit, pursuant to the terms of an
escrow agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “
COBRA Escrow Agreement ”), by and among U.S. Buyer,
Tronox Incorporated and the Escrow Agent, in substantially the form
of Exhibit N, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the
product of $6,667 times the number of days between the Closing Date
and January 25, 2010 (the “ Retiree COBRA Amount
”), and (B) $1,500,000 (the “ Non-Retiree Amount
” and, together with the Retiree COBRA Amount, the “
COBRA Escrow Amount ”), which amount shall continue to
be held by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the COBRA Escrow
Agreement and be used to fulfill the obligations set forth in
Section 6(o) . For the avoidance of doubt, if the
Closing Date is on or after January 13, 2010, then the Retiree
COBRA Amount shall be zero. As soon as administratively practicable
after January 13, 2010, the Retiree COBRA Amount, together
with all accrued investment income or interest thereon, shall be
delivered to Sellers upon satisfaction of the obligations of
Sellers set forth in Section 6(o)(i) . If Sellers fail
to satisfy their obligations pursuant to
Section 6(o)(ii) , then the Non-Retiree Amount,
together with all accrued investment income or interest thereon,
shall be paid to U.S. Buyer, as soon as administratively
practicable, as Buyers’ sole remedy and liquidated damages.
If Sellers fulfill their obligations under
Section 6(o)(ii) , then, as soon as administratively
practicable after the earlier of (1) the date that all
applicable COBRA obligations are satisfied, or (2) the
date
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U.S. Sellers,
and any member of the controlled group of corporations or the group
of trades and businesses under common control that includes U.S.
Sellers, cease to sponsor or maintain any group health plan, the
Non-Retiree Amount, together with all accrued investment income or
interest thereon and less any amounts paid or eligible for payment
out of the Non-Retiree Amount pursuant to the COBRA Escrow
Agreement, shall be paid to U.S. Buyer; provided that the
amount that shall be paid to U.S. Buyer shall be limited to an
amount equal to U.S. Buyer’s good faith estimate of the
amount necessary to satisfy any remaining COBRA obligations with
respect to individuals intended to be covered by the Non-Retiree
Amount, and the balance of the Non-Retiree Amount remaining after
such payment to U.S. Buyer, if any, shall be delivered to U.S.
Sellers as soon as administratively practicable
thereafter.
(f)
Closing . The closing of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall take
place at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, located at 601
Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (or such other location
as shall be mutually agreed upon by Sellers and Buyers) commencing
at 11:00 a.m. local time on the date that is the third
Business Day after the date on which all conditions to the
obligations of Sellers and Buyers to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby set forth in Section 7 (other than
conditions with respect to actions Sellers and/or Buyers will take
at the Closing itself, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of
those conditions) have been satisfied or waived, or at such other
time or on such other date as shall be mutually agreed upon by
Sellers and Buyers prior thereto (such date, the “ Closing
Date ”). The Closing shall be deemed to have occurred at
11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the Business Day prior to the
Closing Date.
(g)
Deliveries at Closing .
(i) At the
Closing, Sellers will deliver to U.S. Buyer or Australia Buyer, as
applicable, the following documents and other items, duly executed
by Sellers, the Tiwest Joint Venture Participants, and in the case
of Section 2(g)(i)(N) and 2(g)(i)(T) , any other
Person, in each case as applicable and in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to U.S. Buyer or Australia Buyer, as
applicable:
(A) bills of sale
substantially in the form of Exhibits E-1 and E-2
attached hereto (the “ Bills of Sale
”);
(B) assignment and
assumption agreements substantially in the form of Exhibits
F-1 and F-2 attached hereto (the “ Assignment
and Assumption Agreements ”);
(C) instruments of
assignment substantially in the forms of Exhibit G ,
Exhibit H and Exhibit I attached hereto for
each patent, registered trademark and registered copyright,
respectively, transferred or assigned hereby and for each pending
application therefor (collectively, the “ Intellectual
Property Assignments ”);
(D) the
Services Agreement;
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(E) the Deposits
and Similar Amounts, the Acquired Cash and the Pre-Funded Uncleared
Disbursement Amounts in a manner reasonably acceptable to
Buyers;
(F) a certified
copy of the Bidding Procedures Order and the Sale Order;
(G) with respect
to each parcel of Owned Real Property (other than the Owned Real
Property located in Western Australia), a special warranty or
trustee’s deed in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit L , with such changes thereto as may be
necessary to conform such deed to the requirements of the relevant
jurisdiction;
(H) with respect
to each parcel of Owned Real Property located in Western Australia
a transfer of land form in favor of Australia Buyer substantially
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit Q ;
(I) with respect
to each Lease of real property registered in Western Australia, a
transfer of registered lease form in favor of Australia Buyer
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit R
;
(J) transfers in
registrable form in accordance with the Western Australian Mining
Act 1978 (WA), transferring the interests in the mining tenements
comprising the Acquired Tiwest Joint Venture Interests in favor of
Australia Buyer;
(K) a certificate
signed by an authorized officer of Tronox Incorporated to the
effect that each of the conditions specified in
Section 7(a)(i) and Section 7(a)(ii) is
satisfied in all respects;
(L) with respect
to each U.S. Seller, a non-foreign affidavit dated as of the
Closing Date, sworn under penalty of perjury and in form and
substance required under Treasury Regulations issued pursuant to
Section 1445 of the IRC stating that no U.S. Seller is a
“foreign person” as defined in Section 1445 of the
IRC, and with respect to each Non-U.S. Seller, a statement dated as
of the Closing Date, sworn under penalty of perjury, and in form
and substance required under Treasury Regulations
Sections 1.1445-2(c)(3) and 1.897-2(h) stating that such
Seller is not conveying a United States real property interest as
defined in Section 897(c)(1) of the IRC;
(M) certificates
(to the extent applicable) representing the Target Interests and
all necessary transfer documents with respect thereto;
(N) certificates
(to the extent applicable) representing the Acquired Tiwest Joint
Venture Interests, if any, and all documents (A) reasonably
requested by Australia Buyer to transfer the Acquired Tiwest Joint
Venture Interests to Australia Buyer, or (B) reasonably
required or contemplated by the Tiwest Joint
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Venture
Documents in connection with the transfer of the Acquired Tiwest
Joint Venture Interests in accordance with this
Agreement;
(O) a copy of each
Seller’s, Target Company’s and Tiwest’s
certificate of incorporation or other organizational document,
certified as of a date on or soon before the Closing Date by the
Secretary of State (or comparable governmental officer) of the
relevant jurisdiction of such Seller’s incorporation or
organization;
(P) to the extent
applicable, a copy of a certificate of good standing of each
Seller, Target Company and Tiwest issued as of a date on or soon
before the Closing Date by the Secretary of State (or comparable
governmental officer) of the relevant jurisdiction of such
Seller’s or Target Company’s or Tiwest’s
incorporation or organization;
(Q) the Net
Working Capital Escrow Agreement;
(R) the COBRA
Escrow Agreement;
(S) subject to
Section 2(h)(ii) , the Henderson Lease Agreement
(together with any other deliverables identified on
Exhibit P ); and
(T) all other
documents, instruments and certificates, in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to Buyers, as may be reasonably requested by
Buyers or as otherwise may be necessary to give effect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the
conveyance of the Acquired Assets and the Target Company Interests
to Buyers.
(ii) At the
Closing, U.S. Buyer or Australia Buyer, as applicable, will deliver
and, in the case of Section 2(g)(ii)(I) , will cause
the Escrow Agent to deliver, to Sellers or the Escrow Agent, as the
case may be, the following documents, cash amounts and other items,
duly executed by U.S. Buyer or Australia Buyer, as applicable, and
in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Sellers:
(B) the Assignment
and Assumption Agreements;
(C) the
Intellectual Property Assignments;
(D) the Services
Agreement;
(E) a certificate
signed by an authorized officer of each Buyer to the effect that
each of the conditions specified in Section 7(b)(i) and
Section 7(b)(ii) is satisfied in all respects;
(F) a copy of U.S.
Buyer’s, Australia Buyer’s and Guarantor’s
certificate of incorporation or other organizational document
certified as of a date
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on or soon
before the Closing Date by the Secretary of State (or comparable
governmental officer) of the respective jurisdictions of U.S.
Buyer’s, Australia Buyer’s and Guarantor’s
incorporation or organization;
(G) evidence
reasonably acceptable to Sellers of the approval of U.S.
Buyer’s and Australia Buyer’s board of directors (or
comparable governing body) with respect to the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Related
Agreements;
(H) to the extent
applicable, a copy of a certificate of good standing of each Buyer
and Guarantor issued as of a date on or soon before the Closing
Date by the Secretary of State (or comparable officer) of the
respective jurisdictions of U.S. Buyer’s, Australia
Buyer’s and Guarantor’s incorporation or
organization;
(I) the Deposit in
accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement, by wire transfer
of immediately available funds to one or more bank accounts set
forth in the Escrow Agreement;
(J) the Initial
Purchase Price, less each of (1) the Deposit, (2) the Net
Working Capital Escrow Amount, (3) the COBRA Escrow Amount,
(4) the amount of liquidated damages payable pursuant to
Section 6(o)(iii) , if any, and (5) the amount of any
adjustments pursuant to Section 5(m)(iii) , by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to one or more bank
accounts designated by Sellers in writing to Buyers no less than
two Business Days prior to the Closing (the “
Sellers’ Accounts ”);
(K) the Net
Working Capital Escrow Amount by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the bank account designated by the Escrow Agent
in writing to Buyers;
(L) the COBRA
Escrow Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
the bank account designated by the Escrow Agent in writing to
Buyers;
(M) the Net
Working Capital Escrow Agreement;
(N) the COBRA
Escrow Agreement;
(O) subject to
Section 2(h)(ii) , the Henderson Lease Agreement
(together with any other deliverables identified on
Exhibit P );
(P) evidence
reasonably acceptable to Sellers of U.S. Buyer’s payment of
all Cure Amounts under the Assumed Contracts as ordered by the
Bankruptcy Court; and
(Q) all other
documents, instruments and certificates, in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to Sellers, as may be reasonably requested
by
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any Seller or
as otherwise may be necessary to give effect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(iii) At the
Closing, unless U.S. Buyer exercises its rights to convert to an
asset sale in The Netherlands pursuant to Section 5(p)
, the shares in the capital of Tronox Holland shall be transferred
to U.S. Buyer, at U.S. Buyer’s sole cost and expense, through
the execution by Tronox Netherlands and U.S. Buyer of a deed of
transfer before a Dutch civil law notary.
(h) Purchase
Price Adjustments .
(i) Pre-Closing
Adjustment for Excluded Tiwest Joint Venture Interests . If a
Tiwest Joint Venture Participant or any other Person acquires any
or all Tiwest Joint Venture Interests pursuant to the exercise by
such Person of its pre-emptive, first refusal or similar rights in
accordance with the Tiwest Joint Venture Documents prior to the
Closing (such acquired Tiwest Joint Venture Interests, the “
Excluded Tiwest Joint Venture Interests ”), then the
Initial Purchase Price payable by Buyers at the Closing shall be
reduced by an amount in cash equal to the Tiwest Amount with
respect to the Excluded Tiwest Joint Venture Interests.
(ii)
Pre-Closing Adjustment for Acquired Henderson Assets and
Acquired Henderson Intellectual Property . If U.S. Sellers fail
to obtain those certain consents from the Colorado River Commission
with respect to the assignments to U.S. Buyer of the Colorado River
Commission Contracts at least ten Business Days prior to the
Closing Date, then U.S. Sellers shall provide written notice of
such failure to U.S. Buyers. U.S. Buyer shall have the right, by
delivering a written notice to U.S. Sellers not later than five
Business Days after receipt of the notice referred to in the
previous sentence, (A) to not acquire the Acquired Henderson
Assets, (B) to not acquire the Acquired Henderson Intellectual
Property, and (C) to not enter into the Henderson Lease
Agreement, in each case, at the Closing. If U.S. Buyer delivers
such election notice to U.S. Sellers within the time period set
forth in the preceding sentence, then (1) the Acquired
Henderson Assets and the Acquired Henderson Intellectual Property
shall constitute Excluded Assets for all purposes of this
Agreement, (2) neither U.S. Buyer nor U.S. Sellers shall enter
into (or be required to enter into) the Henderson Lease Agreement,
and (3) the Initial Purchase Price shall be reduced by the
Henderson Amount, as contemplated by Section 2(e)(i)
and Section 2(g)(ii)(J) . For the avoidance of doubt,
if U.S. Buyer fails to deliver such election notice to U.S. Sellers
within the time period set forth above or U.S. Buyer waives its
right to make such election, then the Initial Purchase Price
otherwise payable shall not be reduced by the Henderson
Amount.
(iii)
Pre-Closing Net Working Capital and Rebate Adjustment . For
the purpose of determining the Initial Purchase Price, no less than
fifteen Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Sellers shall
prepare and deliver to U.S. Buyer (A) a statement (such
statement, the “ Estimated Net Working Capital
Statement ”) setting forth Sellers’ good faith
estimate of the Net Working Capital as of 12:01 a.m. (Eastern
Standard Time) on the Closing Date (such effective date and time,
the “ Adjustment Determination Effective Time ,”
and such estimated amount, the “ Estimated Net Working
Capital Amount ”), and a
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worksheet
showing the components and calculation thereof as of the Adjustment
Determination Effective Time as well as supporting documentation
for such Estimated Net Working Capital Amount, including a
reasonably detailed reconciliation of the Assumed Current
Liabilities with respect to the Assumed Contracts, and (B) a
statement (such statement, the “ Estimated Rebate
Statement ”) setting forth Sellers’ good faith
estimate of the dollar amount of the Assumed Sales Rebate
Liabilities as of the Adjustment Determination Effective Time
determined in accordance with GAAP and the Net Working Capital
Guidelines (the “ Estimated Rebate Amount ”). In
connection with the delivery of the Estimated Net Working Capital
Statement, Sellers shall deliver to U.S. Buyer a certificate
executed by the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer
or Controller of Tronox Incorporated certifying that the Estimated
Net Working Capital Statement was prepared and calculated in
conformance with the Net Working Capital Guidelines. The Estimated
Net Working Capital Statement and the Estimated Rebate Statement
shall be subject to the review of U.S. Buyer and, during the period
of such review prior to the Closing Date, (1) Sellers shall
give U.S. Buyer and its Representatives reasonable access to all
Records, facilities and personnel of the Business as reasonably
necessary to undertake such review and (2) U.S. Buyer may in
good faith dispute any items set forth on the Estimated Net Working
Capital Statement (or specific calculations or methods contemplated
thereby) or the Estimated Rebate Statement. If U.S. Buyer in good
faith disputes the Estimated Net Working Capital Amount or the
Estimated Rebate Amount, as applicable, then U.S. Buyer and Sellers
shall reasonably cooperate and negotiate in good faith to resolve
any dispute regarding the Estimated Net Working Amount or the
Estimated Rebate Amount, as applicable, prior to the Closing (the
results of any such resolution to be reflected on a new Estimated
Net Working Capital Statement or Estimated Rebate Statement, as
applicable, which shall be considered the Estimated Net Working
Capital Statement or Estimated Rebate Statement, as applicable, for
all further purposes); provided that if any item of dispute
regarding the Estimated Net Working Capital Statement or Estimated
Rebate Statement, as applicable, is not resolved by agreement in
writing between U.S. Buyer and Sellers on the date that is at least
two Business Days prior to the Closing, then Sellers’
estimate of such disputed item shall be deemed final for purposes
of Closing absent manifest error; provided that the Net
Working Capital Escrow Amount shall be increased by the amount of
any aggregate unresolved difference between Sellers’ estimate
and U.S. Buyer’s estimate of the Estimated Net Working
Capital Amount and/or the Estimated Rebate Amount. To the extent
that the Estimated Net Working Capital Amount exceeds the Target
Net Working Capital Amount, the Initial Purchase Price payable at
the Closing shall be increased by the amount of the excess, and to
the extent that the Estimated Net Working Capital Amount is less
than the Target Net Working Capital Amount, the Initial Purchase
Price shall be reduced by the amount of such deficiency. To the
extent the Estimated Rebate Amount is greater than $0, the Initial
Purchase Price shall be reduced by the amount of the Estimated
Rebate Amount.
(iv)
Post-Closing Net Working Capital Statement . Within thirty
Business Days after the Closing Date, U.S. Buyer shall cause to be
prepared and delivered to Sellers (A) a statement (the “
Post-Closing Net Working Capital Statement ”) setting
forth the Net Working Capital as of the Adjustment Determination
Effective Time, and a worksheet showing the components and
calculation thereof as of the Adjustment
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Determination
Effective Time as well as supporting documentation for such
Post-Closing Net Working Capital Statement and (B) a statement (the
“ Post-Closing Rebate Statement ”) setting forth
the dollar amount of the Assumed Sales Rebate Liabilities as of the
Adjustment Determination Effective Time determined in accordance
with GAAP (the “ Rebate Amount ”). In connection
with the delivery of the Post-Closing Net Working Capital
Statement, U.S. Buyer shall deliver to Sellers a certificate
executed by the Chief Financial Officer of Guarantor certifying
that the Post-Closing Net Working Capital Statement was prepared
and calculated in conformance with the Net Working Capital
Guidelines.
(v)
Determination of Conclusive Net Working Capital Statement .
Sellers will have fifteen Business Days following the receipt of
the Post-Closing Net Working Capital Statement and the Post-Closing
Rebate Statement to review the Post-Closing Net Working Capital
Statement and the Post-Closing Rebate Statement and, during such
time, (A) U.S. Buyer shall give Sellers and their
Representatives reasonable access to all Records, facilities and
personnel of U.S. Buyer (including the Business) as is reasonably
necessary to undertake such review and (B) Sellers may dispute
any items set forth on the Post-Closing Net Working Capital
Statement or the Post-Closing Rebate Statement, as applicable
(including the specific calculations and methods contemplated
thereby). Unless Sellers deliver written notice(s) to U.S. Buyer of
dispute thereof on or prior to the fifteenth Business Day after
Sellers’ receipt of the Post-Closing Net Working Capital
Statement, Sellers will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to
the Post-Closing Net Working Capital Statement and such statement
(or specific calculations or methods contemplated thereby) will be
final, binding and conclusive. Unless Sellers deliver written
notice(s) to U.S. Buyer of a dispute of the Rebate Amount prior to
the fifteenth Business Day after Sellers’ receipt of the
Post-Closing Rebate Statement, Sellers will be deemed to have
accepted and agreed to the Rebate Amount and such Rebate Amount
will be final, binding and conclusive. If Sellers notify U.S. Buyer
in writing of disputed items contained in the Post-Closing Net
Working Capital Statement (or specific calculations or methods
contemplated thereby) or that Sellers dispute the Rebate Amount
within such fifteen Business Day-period, then for ten Business Days
following delivery of such notice by Sellers to U.S. Buyer (the
“ Resolution Period ”), U.S. Buyer and Sellers
shall attempt in good faith to resolve their differences with
respect to the disputed items (the “ Disputed Items
”). Any resolution by U.S. Buyer and Sellers during the
Resolution Period as to any Disputed Items shall be set forth in
writing and will be final, binding and conclusive. If U.S. Buyer
and Sellers do not resolve all Disputed Items by the end of the
Resolution Period, then all Disputed Items remaining in dispute
shall be submitted within ten calendar days after the expiration of
the Resolution Period to an international independent accounting
firm mutually acceptable to U.S. Buyer and Sellers (the “
Neutral Arbitrator ”). The Neutral Arbitrator shall
act as an arbitrator to determine only those Disputed Items
remaining in dispute as of the end of the Resolution Period. In
resolving such Disputed Items, the Neutral Arbitrator may not
assign a value to any Disputed Item greater than the greatest value
for such Disputed Item claimed by any Party or less than the lowest
value for such Disputed Item claimed by any Party upon presentment
to the Neutral Arbitrator. All fees and expenses relating to the
work, if any, to be performed by the Neutral Arbitrator will be
allocated between U.S. Buyer and Sellers in the same proportion
that the aggregate amount of the Disputed Items so submitted to the
Neutral Arbitrator that is
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unsuccessfully
disputed by each such Party (as finally determined by the Neutral
Arbitrator) bears to the total amount of such Disputed Items so
submitted. In addition, U.S. Buyer and Sellers shall submit to the
Neutral Arbitrator any supporting materials and calculations
relating to the Disputed Items. In the event U.S. Buyer or Sellers
shall participate in teleconferences or meetings with or make
presentations to the Neutral Arbitrator, the other Party shall be
entitled to participate in such teleconferences, meetings or
presentations except as otherwise required by the Neutral
Arbitrator. U.S. Buyer and Sellers shall use their reasonable best
efforts to cause the Neutral Arbitrator to deliver to U.S. Buyer
and Sellers a written determination (such determination to include
a work sheet setting forth all material calculations and methods
used in arriving at such determination) of the Disputed Items
submitted to the Neutral Arbitrator within ten calendar days of
receipt of such Disputed Items, which determination will be final,
binding and conclusive and upon which judgment may be entered. The
final, binding and conclusive Post-Closing Net Working Capital
Statement based either upon agreement or deemed agreement by U.S.
Buyer and Sellers or the written determination delivered by the
Neutral Arbitrator in accordance with this
Section 2(h)(v) will be the “ Conclusive Net
Working Capital Statement .” The final, binding and
conclusive Rebate Amount based either upon agreement or deemed
agreement by U.S. Buyer and Sellers or the written determination
delivered by the Neutral Arbitrator in accordance with this
Section 2(h)(v) will be the “ Conclusive
Rebate Amount .”
(vi)
Post-Closing Adjustment . If (a) the Net Working
Capital on the Conclusive Net Working Capital Statement plus the
Estimated Rebate Amount exceeds (b) the Estimated Net Working
Capital Amount plus the Conclusive Rebate Amount, then U.S. Buyer
shall pay Sellers the amount of such excess by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to Sellers’ Accounts. If
(a) the Estimated Net Working Capital Amount plus the
Conclusive Rebate Amount exceeds (b) the Net Working Capital
on the Conclusive Net Working Capital Statement plus the Estimated
Rebate Amount, then Sellers shall, and Sellers and U.S. Buyer shall
provide written instructions to the Escrow Agent to, remit to U.S.
Buyer the amount of such excess out of the Net Working Capital
Escrow Amount and, in the event such excess, if any, exceeds the
Net Working Capital Escrow Amount held in the Escrow Account, then
Sellers shall pay U.S. Buyer the amount of such excess by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account
designated by U.S. Buyer in writing at least three Business Days
prior to the date of such payment. All payments to be made pursuant
to this Section 2(h)(vi) shall be made no later than
the second Business Day following the date on which U.S. Buyer and
Sellers agree, or are deemed to have agreed to, or the Neutral
Arbitrator delivers, the Conclusive Net Working Capital Statement
and the Conclusive Rebate Amount. Following the determination of
the Conclusive Net Working Capital Statement and the Conclusive
Rebate Amount and the payment of any amount required pursuant to
this Section 2(h)(vi) , the Parties shall cause the
Escrow Agent to remit to Sellers the remaining balance, if any, of
the Net Working Capital Escrow Amount remaining under the Net
Working Capital Escrow Agreement ( i.e. , the remaining Net
Working Capital Escrow Amount, if any, together with all accrued
investment income or interest on the Net Working Capital Escrow
Amount), all in accordance with the provisions of the Net Working
Capital Escrow Agreement.
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(i)
Allocation . Within thirty calendar days after the Closing
Date, Buyers shall prepare an allocation of the Purchase Price as
determined for applicable Tax purposes among the Acquired Assets,
the Target Interests, the Henderson Lease Agreement and the
Acquired Tiwest Joint Venture Interests in accordance with
Section 1060 of the IRC and the Treasury regulations
thereunder (and any similar provision of United States state or
local or non-United States law, as appropriate). Sellers shall have
thirty calendar days to review and consent to such allocation which
consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Buyers and Sellers shall report, act and file Tax Returns
(including Internal Revenue Service Form 8594 and any other
applicable non-United States Tax Returns required to be filed in
connection with any asset or equity sale) in all respects and for
all purposes consistent with any agreed upon allocation. None of
Buyers or Sellers shall take any position (whether in audits, Tax
Returns or otherwise) which is inconsistent with such allocation
unless required to do so by applicable law.
(j)
Non-Assignment of Assumed Contracts . Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, (i) this Agreement
shall not constitute an agreement to assign any Contract if, after
giving effect to the provisions of sections 363 and 365 of the
Bankruptcy Code, an attempted assignment thereof, without obtaining
a required consent, waiver, confirmation, novation or approval of
any third party, would constitute a breach thereof or in any way
negatively affect the rights of Sellers or either Buyer, as the
assignee of such Contract, and (ii) no breach of this
Agreement shall have occurred by virtue of such non-assignment
unless the failure to assign any Contracts would reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on the Acquired Business. If, after giving effect to
the provisions of sections 363 and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, such
consent, waiver, confirmation, novation or approval is required but
not obtained prior to the Closing, Sellers shall use their
reasonable best efforts to obtain as expeditiously as possible the
written consent, waiver, confirmation, novation or approval, as
applicable, of the other party or parties to such Contract
necessary for the assignment thereof to either Buyer post-Closing.
Unless and until any such consent, waiver, confirmation, novation
or approval is obtained, Seller shall reasonably cooperate with
Buyers in any reasonable arrangement satisfactory to Buyers
designed to provide to Buyers the claims, rights, benefits and
obligations of or under any such Contract, including by means of
any subcontracting, sublicensing or subleasing arrangement and
enforcement for the benefit of Buyers, with Buyers assuming and
agreeing to pay Sellers’ obligations, of any and all rights
of Sellers against a third party thereto. In such event, (i)
Sellers will hold in trust for and promptly pay to the applicable
Buyer, when received, all moneys received by them under any such
Contract or any claim, right or benefit arising thereunder and (ii)
Buyers will promptly pay, perform or discharge, when due, any and
all obligations and Liabilities arising thereunder. Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Section 2(j) , nothing in
this Section 2(j) shall (A) require any Seller to
make any more than immaterial expenditure or incur any more than
immaterial obligation on its own or on either Buyer’s behalf
unless one of Buyers agrees to fully reimburse such Seller promptly
or (B) prohibit any Seller from ceasing operations or winding
up its affairs following the Closing. Contracts covered by this
Section 2(j) shall not be deemed to constitute Excluded
Assets solely by virtue of this Section 2(j) .
3.
Sellers’ Representations and Warranties . Subject to
Bankruptcy Court approval of this Agreement, evidenced by entry of
the Sale Order, Sellers severally but not jointly represent and
warrant to Buyers that the statements contained in this
Section 3 are true and correct, except (x) as
disclosed in the Tronox Filed SEC Documents filed on or after
March 14,
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2008 (other
than the risk factors and forward looking information disclosed
therein or the exhibits thereto) to the extent that a Person
reading the Tronox Filed SEC Documents would reasonably conclude
that a disclosure in the Tronox Filed SEC Documents is relevant to
one or more representations in this Section 3 (the
“ SEC Disclosures ”), and (y) as set forth
in the disclosure schedule accompanying this Agreement (the “
Disclosure Schedule ” and, together with the SEC
Disclosures, the “ Disclosed Materials
”).
(a)
Organization of Sellers and Target Companies; Good Standing
.
(i) Tronox
Incorporated is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has
all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own,
lease and operate its assets and to carry on its business as
presently conducted and, following its filing for relief pursuant
to sections 1107 and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code and the orders of
the Bankruptcy Court, has all requisite corporate or similar power
and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and to carry on
its business as a debtor-in-possession.
(ii) Tronox
Pigments is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Georgia and has all
requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease
and operate its assets and to carry on its business as presently
conducted and, following its filing for relief pursuant to sections
1107 and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code and the orders of the
Bankruptcy Court, has all requisite corporate or similar power and
authority to own, lease and operate its assets and to carry on its
business as a debtor-in-possession.
(iii) Each of
Tronox LLC and Tronox Worldwide is a limited liability company duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of Delaware and has all requisite limited liability
company or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate
its assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and,
following its filing for relief pursuant to sections 1107 and 1108
of the Bankruptcy Code and the orders of the Bankruptcy Court, has
all requisite limited liability company or similar power and
authority to own, lease and operate its assets and to carry on its
business as a debtor-in-possession.
(iv) Tronox
Australia is a proprietary limited company duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of Western Australia and the
Commonwealth of Australia and has all requisite corporate or
similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets
and to carry on its business as presently conducted. (A) No
administrator, receiver or administrative receiver or any
equivalent officer has been appointed in respect of Tronox
Australia or in respect of any part of the assets or undertakings
of Tronox Australia; and (B) no petition has been presented,
no order has been made, no resolution has been passed and no
meeting has been convened for the winding up of Tronox Australia or
for an administration order or the equivalent in the relevant
jurisdiction of incorporation of Tronox Australia.
(v) Tiwest is a
proprietary limited company duly organized and validly existing
under the laws of Western Australia and the Commonwealth of
Australia and has
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all requisite
corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate
its assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted.
(A) No administrator, receiver or administrative receiver or
any equivalent officer has been appointed in respect of Tiwest or
in respect of any part of the assets or undertakings of Tiwest; and
(B) to Sellers’ Knowledge, no petition has been
presented, no order has been made, no resolution has been passed
and no meeting has been convened for the winding up of Tiwest or
for an administration order or the equivalent in the relevant
jurisdiction of incorporation of Tiwest.
(vi) Each of
Tronox Netherlands and Tronox Holland is a Besloten
Vennootschap , a private company with limited liability, duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of The Netherlands
and has all requisite limited liability company or similar power
and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and to carry on
its business as presently conducted. Neither Tronox Netherlands nor
Tronox Holland has been (A) declared bankrupt ( failliet
verklaard ), (B) granted a temporary or definitive
moratorium of payments ( surseance van betaling ),
(C) made subject to any insolvency or reorganization
proceedings or (D) involved in negotiations with any one or
more of its creditors or taken any other step with a view to the
readjustment or rescheduling of all or part of its debts, nor has,
to the Knowledge of Sellers, any third party applied for a
declaration of bankruptcy or any such similar arrangement for
either Tronox Netherlands or Tronox Holland under the laws of any
applicable jurisdiction.
(vii) Tronox
Pigments Bahama Islands is an international business company duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of the Bahama Islands
and has all requisite limited liability company or similar power
and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and to carry on
its business as presently conducted.
(viii) Tronox
Singapore is a private limited company duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of Singapore and has all requisite limited
liability company or similar power and authority to own, lease and
operate its assets and to carry on its business as presently
conducted.
(b)
Authorization of Transaction . Subject to the Sale Order
becoming a Final Order:
(i) each Seller
has full corporate or limited liability company, as applicable,
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all
other agreements contemplated hereby to which it is a party and to
perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder;
(ii) the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all other
agreements contemplated hereby to which a Seller is a party have
been duly authorized by such Seller; and
(iii) this
Agreement constitutes, and all other agreements contemplated hereby
to which any Seller is a party will constitute, at or prior to the
Closing, the valid and legally binding obligation of each Seller,
enforceable against such Seller in accordance
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with its terms
and conditions, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors’
rights and general principles of equity.
(c)
Noncontravention . Neither the execution and delivery of
this Agreement or any Related Agreement, nor the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the
assignments and assumptions referred to in Section 2 ),
will, subject to the Sale Order becoming a Final Order,
(i) conflict with or result in a breach of the certificate of
incorporation, certificate of formation, by-laws, limited liability
company operating agreement or other organizational documents of
any Seller or Target Company, (ii) violate any law or Decree
to which any Seller or Target Company is, or its respective assets
or properties are, subject, or (iii) conflict with, result in
a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration
of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify
or cancel, result in the loss of a material benefit under, or
require any notice under any Contract or Permit to which any Seller
or Target Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which
any of the Acquired Assets is subject, except, in the case of
either clause (ii) or (iii), for such conflicts, breaches,
defaults, accelerations, rights or failures to give notice as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Business. Subject to
the Sale Order becoming a Final Order, none of Sellers or Target
Companies is required to give any notice to, make any filing with,
or obtain any authorization, consent or approval of any
Governmental Entity or other Person in order for the Parties to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any
Related Agreement, (i) except where the failure to give
notic
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