Exhibit (10) CC.
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
between
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
and
ONEX HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC.
Dated as of January 9, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND TERMS
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Section
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1.1
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Certain
Definitions
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1
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Section
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1.2
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Other
Terms
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18
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Section
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1.3
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Other
Definitional Provisions
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18
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ARTICLE II
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PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE
BUSINESS
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Section
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2.1
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Purchase and
Sale of Assets
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19
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Section
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2.2
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Excluded
Assets
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20
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Section
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2.3
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Assumption of
Liabilities
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22
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Section
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2.4
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Excluded
Liabilities
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23
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Section
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2.5
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Purchase
Price
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24
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Section
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2.6
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Closing
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25
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Section
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2.7
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Deliveries by
Buyer
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26
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Section
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2.8
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Deliveries by
Seller
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27
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Section
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2.9
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Intracompany
Arrangements
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29
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Section
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2.10
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Non-Assignability of Assets
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30
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Section
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2.11
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Obtaining
Consents and Approvals
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31
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Section
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2.12
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Intellectual
Property Agreement
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31
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Section
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2.13
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IRR
Payment
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31
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Section
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2.14
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Deferred
Closings
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37
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ARTICLE III
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
SELLER
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Section
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3.1
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Organization
and Qualification
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38
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Section
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3.2
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Subsidiaries
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39
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Section
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3.3
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Corporate
Authorization
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40
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Section
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3.4
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Consents and
Approvals
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40
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Section
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3.5
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Non-Contravention
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40
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Section
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3.6
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Binding
Effect
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41
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Section
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3.7
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Financial
Statements
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41
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Section
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3.8
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Litigation and
Claims
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42
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Section
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3.9
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Taxes
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42
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Section
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3.10
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Employee
Benefits
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43
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Section
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3.11
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Labor
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45
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-i-
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Section
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3.12
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Compliance
with Laws
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45
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Section
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3.13
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Environmental
Matters
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45
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Section
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3.14
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Intellectual
Property
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46
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Section
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3.15
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Contracts
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47
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Section
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3.16
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Absence of
Changes
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48
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Section
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3.17
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Sufficiency of
Assets
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48
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Section
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3.18
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Title to
Property
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48
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Section
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3.19
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Real
Property
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49
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Section
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3.20
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Warranties/Product Liability
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50
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Section
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3.21
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Insurance
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50
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Section
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3.22
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Finders’
Fees
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51
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Section
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3.23
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Customers and
Suppliers
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51
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Section
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3.24
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Affiliated
Transactions
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51
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Section
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3.25
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No Other
Representations or Warranties
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51
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ARTICLE IV
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
BUYER
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Section
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4.1
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Organization
and Qualification
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52
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Section
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4.2
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Corporate
Authorization
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52
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Section
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4.3
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Consents and
Approvals
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52
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Section
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4.4
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Non-Contravention
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53
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Section
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4.5
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Binding
Effect
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53
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Section
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4.6
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Finders’
Fees
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53
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Section
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4.7
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Financing
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53
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Section
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4.8
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Litigation and
Claims
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54
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Section
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4.9
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No Other
Representations or Warranties
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54
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Section
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4.10
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Subsidiaries
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54
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Section
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4.11
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Business of
Buyer
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54
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ARTICLE V
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COVENANTS
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Section
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5.1
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Access and
Information
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55
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Section
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5.2
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Conduct of
Business
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56
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Section
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5.3
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Commercially
Reasonable Efforts
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60
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Section
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5.4
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Tax
Matters
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62
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Section
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5.5
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Employee
Matters
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69
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Section
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5.6
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Ancillary
Agreements
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77
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Section
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5.7
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Transfer and
Assignment of Assets of Transferred Subsidiary
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77
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Section
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5.8
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Transfer of
Excluded Assets
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78
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Section
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5.9
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Non-Solicitation
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78
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Section
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5.10
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Further
Assurances
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78
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Section
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5.11
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Trademarks
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79
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Section
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5.12
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Confidentiality
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79
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Section
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5.13
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Non-Competition
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80
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Section
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5.14
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Contractual
Arrangements
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84
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Section
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5.15
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Real Estate
Matters
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84
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Section
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5.16
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Financing
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87
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Section
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5.17
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Financial
Information
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89
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Section
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5.18
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Kodak-Trophy
SAS Name Change
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90
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Section
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5.19
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Certificates
of Delivery
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90
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Section
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5.20
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GECC
Arrangements
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90
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Section
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5.21
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Certain
Accounts Payable
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90
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Section
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5.22
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Closing and
Deferred Closings
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Section
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5.23
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Exclusivity
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91
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Section
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5.24
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Right of First
Offer on Kodak Colorado Sensitizing and Polyester
Operation
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91
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Section
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5.25
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Indemnification by Buyer
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93
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Section
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5.26
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Execution of
Ancillary Agreements
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93
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Section
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5.27
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Consents
Regarding Certain Leased Real Property
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93
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ARTICLE VI
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CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
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Section
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6.1
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Conditions to
the Obligations of Buyer and Seller
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94
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Section
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6.2
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Conditions to
the Obligations of Buyer
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95
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Section
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6.3
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Conditions to
the Obligations of Seller
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96
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ARTICLE VII
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SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION; CERTAIN
REMEDIES
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Section
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7.1
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Survival
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96
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Section
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7.2
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Indemnification by Seller
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97
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Section
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7.3
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Indemnification by Buyer
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98
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Section
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7.4
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Third-Party
Claim Indemnification Procedures
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99
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Section
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7.5
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Environmental
Indemnity Claims
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100
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Section
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7.6
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Consequential
Damages
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101
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Section
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7.7
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Payments
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101
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Section
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7.8
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Adjustments to
Losses
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101
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Section
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7.9
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Characterization of Indemnification
Payments
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102
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Section
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7.10
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Mitigation
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102
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Section
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7.11
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Remedies
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102
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Section
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7.12
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Specific
Performance
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103
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ARTICLE VIII
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TERMINATION
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Section
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8.1
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Termination by
Mutual Consent
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103
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Section
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8.2
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Termination by Either Buyer or Seller
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103
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Section
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8.3
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Effect of Termination
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103
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ARTICLE IX
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
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9.1
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Notices
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104
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Section
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9.2
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Amendment;
Waiver
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105
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Section
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9.3
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No Assignment
or Benefit to Third Parties
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105
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Section
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9.4
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Entire
Agreement
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106
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Section
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9.5
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Fulfillment of
Obligations
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106
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Section
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9.6
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Public
Disclosure
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106
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Section
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9.7
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Expenses
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106
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Section
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9.8
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Interpretation
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106
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Section
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9.9
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Bulk
Sales
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107
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Section
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9.10
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Governing Law;
Submission to Jurisdiction; Selection of Forum; Waiver of Trial by
Jury
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107
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Section
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9.11
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Dispute
Resolution
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107
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Section
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9.12
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Counterparts
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108
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Section
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9.13
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Headings
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108
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Section
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9.14
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Precedence
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108
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Section
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9.15
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Severability
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108
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E XHIBITS AND
S CHEDULES
(i) EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
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Ancillary
Agreement
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A
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Form of
Diagnostic Films and Emulsions, Photo Chemicals Supply Agreement
– Kodak to Buyer
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B
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Form of
Tolling Agreement – Kodak to Buyer
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C
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Form of
Equipment Components Supply Agreement – Kodak to Buyer
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D
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Form of
Technical Services Agreement – Kodak to Buyer
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E
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Form of
Transition Services Agreement – Kodak to Buyer
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F
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Form of
Intellectual Property Agreement
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G
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Form of
Transitional Trademark Use Agreement
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H
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Form of
Trademark License Agreement
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I
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Form of
Lease Agreement
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J
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Form of
Sublease
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K
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Form of
Master License Agreement (re: Leased and Owned Properties) –
Kodak to Buyer
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L
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Kodak
Park Building 12 Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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M
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Kodak
Park Building 14 Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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N
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Kodak
Park Building 35 Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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O
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Kodak
Park Building 42 Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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P
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Kodak
Park Building 117 Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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Q
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Kodak
Park Building 81 Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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R
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Kodak
Park Building 82C Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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S
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Kodak
Park Building 6 Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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T
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Kodak
Colorado Building C15 Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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U
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Kodak de
Mexico (Warehouse) Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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V
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Kodak de
Mexico (Manufacturing) Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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W
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Kodak
Park Building 28 Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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X
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Kodak
Park Building 320 Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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Y
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Kodak
Park Building 605 (Warehouse) Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as
Landlord)
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Z
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Stuttgart (Germany) Sublease Term Sheet
(Kodak as Landlord)
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AA
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Chalon
(France) Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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BB
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Kodak
Park Building 214 Lease Term Sheet (Buyer as Landlord)
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CC
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Haicang,
China Manufacturing Plant Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as
Landlord)
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DD
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Moriya
Warehouse – Japan Sublease Term Sheet (Kodak as
Sublandlord)
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EE
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Kodak
Colorado Building C20 Lease Term Sheet (Buyer as Landlord)
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FF
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Kodak
Office Building 20 Lease Term Sheet (Buyer as Landlord)
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GG
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Kodak
Colorado Building C42 Lease Term Sheet (Buyer as Landlord)
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HH
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Kodak
Colorado Building C20 Lease Term Sheet (Buyer as Landlord)
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II
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Kodak
Office Building 20 Parking Agreement Term Sheet (Lot
“D”)
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Exhibit
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Ancillary Agreement
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JJ
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Utility
Services Agreement (and related agreements) Term Sheet for Building
214 at Kodak Park and Building 20 at Kodak Office
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KK
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Utility
Services Agreement (and related agreements) Term Sheet for KCD
Plant Site
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LL
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Form of Bill
of Sale
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MM
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Form of
General Conveyance Assignment Agreement
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NN
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Form of Site
Access Agreement – Buyer to Kodak
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OO
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Form of
Technical Services Agreement – Buyer to Kodak
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PP
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Form of
Tolling Agreement – Buyer to Kodak (re: Windsor,
Colorado)
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QQ
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Form of
Tolling Agreement – Buyer to Kodak (re: White City,
Oregon)
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RR
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Form of
Transition Services Agreement – Buyer to Kodak
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SS
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Form of Manaus
Wide Roll Supply Agreement – Buyer to Kodak
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TT
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Fotochemische
Werke GmbH (Berlin) Lease Term Sheet (Kodak as Landlord)
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(ii) SCHEDULES
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Schedule
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Title
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Definition and Terms
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1.1(a)(i)
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Assigned Leases
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1.1(a)(ii)
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Leased
Transferred Subsidiary Real Property
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1.1(b)
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Employees
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1.1(c)
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Knowledge
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1.1(d)
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Material Adverse Effect
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1.1(e)
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Owned
Real Property
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1.1(f)
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Title
Matters
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1.1(g)
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Scheduled Intellectual Property
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1.1(h)
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Designated Executives
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2.1
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Purchase and Sale of Assets
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Excluded Assets
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2.2(d)
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Insurance Policies Exception
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2.2(i)
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Contracts
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2.2(j)
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Fixtures and Equipment
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2.2(l)
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Ancillary Agreements Exception
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2.2(o)
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Books
and Records
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2.2(p)
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Inventory
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2.2(s)
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Other
Excluded Assets
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2.4
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Excluded Liabilities
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2.8(q)
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Estoppel Certificates
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2.9(d)
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Intracompany Arrangements
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2.14
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Deferred Closing
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Subsidiaries
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3.2(a)
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Transferred Subsidiaries List
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3.2(d)
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Transferred Subsidiary Capital Stock
Ownership
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Seller Consents and Approvals
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3.4(a)
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Seller
Required Approvals
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3.4(b)
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Seller
Consents
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3.7
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Financial Statements
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3.7(c)
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Undisclosed Liability
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3.8
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Litigation and Claims
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3.9
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Taxes
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Employee Benefits
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3.10(a)
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U.S. Benefit and
Compensation Plans
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3.10(d)
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Funding
Waiver Reportable Events
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3.10(g)
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Certain
U.S. Benefit Plans
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Labor
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3.11(a)(i)
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Material U.S. Labor Agreements
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3.11(a)(ii)
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Material Foreign Labor Agreements
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Schedule
|
Title
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3.11(c)
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Fair
Labor Practices
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3.12(a)
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Compliance with Laws
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3.13
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Environmental Matters
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3.14
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Intellectual Property
|
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3.15
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Contracts
|
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3.16
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Absence of Changes
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3.17
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Sufficiency of Assets
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3.18(b)
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Title to Property
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f3.19
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Real
Property
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3.20
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Warranties/Product Liability
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3.21
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Insurance
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3.23
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Customers and Suppliers
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3.24
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Affiliated Transactions
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Buyer Consents and Approvals
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4.3(a)
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Buyer
Required Approvals
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4.3(b)
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Buyer
Consents
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4.10
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Buyer Subsidiaries
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4.11
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Business of Buyer
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5.2
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Conduct of Business
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Commercially Reasonable Efforts
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5.3(b)
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Commercially
Reasonable Efforts (re: Business Books and Records)
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5.4
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Tax
Matters
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Employee Matters
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5.5(c)
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Countries with Seller Retained Post Retirement
Welfare Benefits
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5.5(d)
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Individual Severance Arrangements
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5.5(o)
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U.S.
and Non-U.S. Pension Replacement Plan Requirements
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5.5(p)(i)
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Non-U.S. Jurisdictions with Defined Benefit
Pension Plans to Transfer, by Country and Plan
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5.5(p)(ii)
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Non-U.S. Pension Plan Asset Transfer and Other
Guidelines,
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5.5(p)(iii)
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Actuarial Method and Assumptions for Valuation
of Actuarial Liability of Pension Plans, by
Country
and Plan
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5.14
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Contractual Arrangements
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5.27
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Consents Regarding Certain Leased Real Property
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Conditions to the Obligations of Buyer
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6.2(i)
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Resignations of Directors and Officers of the
Transferred Subsidiaries
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6.2(j)
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Consents Obtained and Delivered to Buyer
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of January
9, 2007, is entered into by and between Eastman Kodak Company, a
New Jersey corporation (“ Seller ”), and Onex
Healthcare Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Buyer ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Seller and its Affiliates are engaged
worldwide in the manufacturing, marketing, selling, distributing,
service and support operations of, and research and development
activities related to, medical and dental products and services,
comprised of the Medical Business, the Dental Business and the
Molecular Imaging Systems Business (collectively, the “
Business ”); and
WHEREAS, Buyer is a subsidiary of Onex
Corporation, an Ontario corporation; and
WHEREAS, Seller and its Affiliates desire to
sell, transfer, assign, license and lease to Buyer, and Buyer
desires to purchase, license, lease and assume from Seller and its
Affiliates, certain assets and liabilities of the Business, as more
particularly set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, in connection with such transfers, the
parties or their Affiliates will upon the Closing enter into the
Ancillary Agreements.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and
undertakings contained herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound,
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND TERMS
Section 1.1 Certain Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings set forth below:
“ AA
Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.13(c)(v).
“ Accounts Payable and Other Current
Liabilities ” means, other than Intracompany Payables,
all trade accounts, deferred service revenue, accrued vacation and
all other current liabilities incurred by Seller or its Affiliates
as of the opening of business on the Closing Date to the extent
Related to the Business, determined in accordance with GAAP and on
a basis consistent with the Unaudited Interim Pro Forma Transaction
Balance Sheet.
“
Accounts Receivable ” means, other than Intracompany
Receivables, all trade accounts and notes receivable and other
miscellaneous receivables of Seller or its Affiliates as of the
opening of business on the Closing Date arising out of the sale or
other disposition of goods or services of the Business, determined
in accordance with GAAP and on a basis consistent with the
Unaudited Interim Pro Forma Transaction Balance Sheet.
“ Acquired Rights ” means
(a) Council Directive 2001/23/EC or any directive replacing or
amending the same and the implementing Laws in the relevant
countries and (b) other applicable Laws which provide for the
automatic transfer of employees and their rights in the event of
the sale of a business or other undertaking.
“ Affiliate ” means, with
respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such
other Person as of the date on which, or at any time during the
period for which, the determination of affiliation is being made.
For purposes of this definition, the term “control”
(including the correlative meanings of the terms “controlled
by” and “under common control with”), as used
with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management policies of such Person, whether through the ownership
of voting securities or by contract or otherwise. However, for
purposes of Section 5.3(e) and Section 5.3(f) (other than the first
reference to the term Affiliate in Section 5.3(f)), the term
“Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in this
definition, except that the term “control” (including
the correlative meanings of the terms “controlled by”
or “under common control with”) shall mean only a
relationship that would cause the “controlled” Person
to be a Subsidiary of the “controlling”
Person.
“
Affiliated Person ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.24.
“ Agreement ” means this
Asset Purchase Agreement, as the same may be amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof.
“
Alternative Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.23.
“ Ancillary Agreements ”
means, collectively, those agreements set forth in Exhibits A-TT
attached hereto, to be executed as of the Closing between Buyer
and/or its Affiliates and Seller and/or its Affiliates,
substantially in the forms so attached and finalized by mutual
agreement of Buyer and Seller as contemplated by Section
5.26.
“
Ancillary Economic Terms ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 5.24(a).
“
Antitrust Filings ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3(d).
“
Applicable Employees ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.5.
“ Asset Transferring Subsidiary
” means those Subsidiaries of Seller, other than the
Transferred Subsidiaries, that have title to any Transferred
Assets.
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“ Assigned Leases ” means
those leases and subleases listed on Schedule 1.1(a), pursuant to
which Seller or any of its Affiliates (but specifically excluding
any Transferred Subsidiary) has been granted and holds the right to
use and occupy the real property demised thereunder, which real
property is used by Seller or any of its Affiliates (but
specifically excluding any Transferred Subsidiary) in the operation
of the Business, together with all amendments, modifications,
extensions, renewals and restatements thereof.
“
Assumed Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3.
“ Audited Carve-Out Financial
Statements ” means the combined statement of earnings,
combined statement of financial position, combined statement of
invested equity and comprehensive income (loss) and combined
statement of cash flows for the Business (excluding Non-Destructive
Testing and Personal Monitoring), as of, and for the fiscal years
ended, respectively, 2004 and 2005.
“
Benefit Plans ” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.10(a).
“ Books and Records ” means
all books, ledgers, files, reports, plans, records, correspondence,
lists, plats, architectural plans, drawings, specifications,
creative materials, advertising and promotional materials, studies,
manuals, maps and engineering data, tests, and other similar
materials of Seller and its Affiliates.
“ Building 214 Facility ”
means Building 214 located at Kodak Park, 1041 Ridge Road West,
Rochester, New York 14652, together with approximately 26 acres of
land under and surrounding such building, as depicted on the
drawing thereof attached hereto and made a part of Schedule
1.1(e).
“
Business ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ Business Books and Records
” means all Books and Records (in any form or medium as it
currently exists or in such other form as reasonably determined by
Seller in consultation with Buyer) relating to the Business, but
excluding any Books and Records that are (i) corporate minutes and
records of Seller and its Affiliates (other than the Transferred
Subsidiaries) or (ii) governing instruments of Seller and its
Affiliates (other than the Transferred Subsidiaries). Business
Books and Records shall not include any Tax Returns or Tax-related
Books and Records, including tax accrual work papers, related to
any Tax Returns of Seller or any of its Affiliates, other than the
following (which shall be included in “Business Books and
Records”): (a) Tax Returns and related Books and Records of
any Transferred Subsidiary which does not file such Tax Return on
an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar basis
with Seller or any of its Affiliates that is not a Transferred
Subsidiary for all taxable periods for which the statute of
limitations remains open as of the Closing Date, and (b) in the
case of any Transferred Subsidiary which does file any Tax Returns
on an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar basis
with Seller or any of its Affiliates that is not a Transferred
Subsidiary, copies of the portion of such Tax Returns that relate
solely to such Transferred Subsidiary for all taxable periods for
which the statute of limitations remains open as of the Closing
Date.
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“ Business Day ” means any
day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks in New
York City are authorized or obligated by Law or executive order to
close.
“
Buyer ” has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
“ Buyer Disclosure Schedule
” means the Buyer Disclosure Schedule attached
hereto.
“ Buyer
Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.2(a).
“ Buyer Plans ” means,
collectively, the employee benefit plans, agreements, programs,
policies and arrangements of Buyer, whether existing as of the date
hereof or established by Buyer or one of its Affiliates in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
“ Buyer Required Approvals ”
means all consents, approvals, waivers, authorizations,
registrations, notices and filings from or with any Government
Entity or Self-Regulatory Organization that are required to be
listed on Schedule 4.3(a) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule (without
regard to the qualification as to Knowledge in Section
4.3(a)).
“
Closing ” means the closing of the
Transaction.
“
Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.6.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“ Confidential Information ”
means information, knowledge and data that a party knows, or should
reasonably expect, to be of a confidential or proprietary nature.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
Confidential Information does not include information that the
receiving party can demonstrate (i) was or becomes publicly
available other than as result of any disclosure by the receiving
party, (ii) is lawfully acquired by the receiving party from a
source not under any obligation to the disclosing party regarding
disclosure of such information or (iii) in the case where the
receiving party is Buyer, is developed by or on behalf of the
receiving party by individuals who have not received confidential
information hereunder. For purposes of this definition, Seller
shall be deemed to be the “receiving party” with
respect to information, knowledge and data of the Business that was
in existence any time prior to the Closing, and the activities of
the Business prior to the Closing shall not be deemed to be
activities of Seller as “receiving party”.
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“ Confidentiality Agreement
” means the letter agreement between Seller and Onex Partners
Manager LP, dated May 12, 2006.
“ Consent Certificates ”
means certificates evidencing the consent of third parties that are
required in order to effectuate a legally binding assignment,
transfer or sublease of the Assigned Leases or leased Transferred
Subsidiary Real Property in compliance with the terms of the
applicable Assigned Lease, lease for any of the leased Transferred
Subsidiary Real Property or by applicable Law.
“
Consideration ” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.4(k).
“
Continuation Period ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.5(c).
“ Contracts ” means all
legally binding agreements, contracts, leases and subleases,
purchase orders, tenders, arrangements, understandings,
instruments, commitments and licenses (other than this Agreement,
the Ancillary Agreements, and those governing Seller Leased
Property) that are Related to the Business as of the Closing, or to
which any of the Transferred Assets or assets of the Transferred
Subsidiaries are subject, or to which any of the Transferred
Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound, except to the
extent included in Excluded Assets.
“ Current Employment Terms ”
means (i) the same or substantially similar position and work
location (within a 50 mile radius), (ii) aggregate total cash
compensation (consisting of salary or wages, and bonus
opportunities, including variable and other incentives) at least
equal and (iii) other benefits (but excluding any stock-based
benefits, “pension benefits” as defined below and
post-retirement welfare benefits) and material employment terms
that are substantially similar in the aggregate, to those provided
to an Employee by Seller and its Affiliates immediately prior to
the Closing Date (or, with respect to any STD Employee, provided by
Seller and its Affiliates immediately prior to the date the
relevant leave commenced), including, but not limited to, pursuant
to any contract entered into in the ordinary course covering such
Employee previously provided to Buyer or as required by applicable
local law; provided , however, that for Employees who are
deemed to be “executives” of Seller as of the date
hereof, the Current Employment Terms with respect to each such
Employee’s bonus and equity incentive opportunities and other
benefits shall instead be comparable in the aggregate (while still
excluding any “pension benefits” and post-retirement
welfare benefits as defined below and recognizing that equity
incentives, if any, provided by Buyer may be with respect to a
non-public illiquid security); provided further that for the
Designated Executives, the terms set forth in a written employment
agreement between Buyer and a Designated Executive shall supersede
any definition of Current Employment Terms as set forth herein with
respect to such Designated Executive; provided further that
the exclusion of “pension benefits” shall apply only to
the extent Buyer provides the benefits required to be provided
pursuant to Sections 5.5(o) and (p) hereof and the exclusion for
post-retirement welfare benefits shall apply only if consistent
with applicable Law and if such exclusion would not provide an
Employee a claim for severance or termination benefits. For
purposes of this definition, “pension benefits” means
only those benefits provided pursuant to a “defined benefit
pension plan” within the meaning of FAS87, but does not
include a benefit under a cash balance or similar feature of a
defined benefit pension plan.
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“ Debt
Financing ” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.7.
“ Debt
Financing Commitments ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.7.
“
Delayed Closing Payment ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5(c).
“ Dental Business ” means
that portion of the Business consisting of (i) Dental Film
Products, including Film, Screens, Cassettes and Chemistry and
Anesthetics, (ii) Dental Digital Products, including Digital
Radiography, Computed Radiography, Digital Photographic and Video
Cameras, Dental CAD and Imaging Software, (iii) Dental Practice
Management Software, including Dental Software, Oral Surgery
Software, Orthodontic Software and E-Services, and (iv) all service
and services associated with the foregoing.
“ Designated Executives ”
means those senior management Employees with whom Buyer intends to
enter into written employment agreements, effective as of the
Closing Date, as listed on Schedule 1.1(h).
“
Divesting Business Offer ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 5.13(a).
“ Divesting Business Offer Period
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.13(a).
“
Divestiture Deadline ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.13(a).
“ Divisible Contracts ”
means all contracts that serve several business activities of
Seller, including the Business, pursuant to which rights and
obligations of Seller are partially assigned to Buyer, to the
extent of such partial assignment, in accordance with the terms and
conditions of such Divisible Contracts. Schedule 5.14 sets forth
the Divisible Contracts.
“ EC Merger Regulation ”
means Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 of January 20,
2004.
“ Employees ” means, as of
the Closing Date, (i) all current employees of Seller or any of its
Affiliates (including those employees who are on the active payroll
of Seller or any of its Affiliates but who are not actively at work
on the Closing Date, such as employees on vacation or similar
leave, on a regularly scheduled day off from work, on temporary
leave for purposes of jury or annual national service/military
duty, on maternity, paternity or adoption leave, on leave under the
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (or any similar state or local
Law), on leave under the Kodak Family Medical
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Leave Plan, or on other nonmedical leave of absence, and
including all employees on military leave with veteran’s
reemployment rights under applicable Law whether or not such
employees are on the active payroll of Seller or any of its
Affiliates on the Closing Date) who are identified by Seller as
allocated to the Business, as set forth on Schedule 1.1(b), which
schedule shall include (1) the name of such employee and (2) where
no employee has been designated prior to the date hereof, a
description of the job function to be filled prior to Closing with
Buyer’s consent (such Schedule to be amended at least 15 days
prior to the Closing Date to include the employee names agreed upon
for such positions), (ii) all current and former employees of the
Transferred Subsidiaries and (iii) such other individuals as are
mutually agreed on in good faith by Seller and Buyer at any time.
Any Employees described in clauses (i) and (iii) of the immediately
preceding sentence who are on leave on the Closing Date and have
been receiving short-term disability pay or workers compensation
supplement pay as of the date hereof shall be referred to as
“STD Employees”.
“ Encumbrance ” means any
lien (including environmental and Tax liens), pledge, charge,
claim, encumbrance, security interest, option, put, preferential
arrangement, right of first refusal, mortgage, deed of trust, title
retention device, conditional sale or other security arrangement,
collateral assignment, easement, imperfection of title,
encroachment, or other restriction of any kind (including any
restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income or
other exercise of any attribute of ownership) or other similar
encumbrance.
“ Environmental Law ” means
any Law concerning the protection of human health as it relates to
Hazardous Substances exposure, the environment, worker safety as it
relates to Hazardous Substance exposure, or the use, storage,
recycling, treatment, generation, transportation, arrangement for
transportation, processing, handling, labeling, management, release
or disposal of any Hazardous Substance.
“ Equity
Financing ” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.7.
“ Equity Financing Commitments
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
“ ERISA ” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.10(c).
“
Estimated IRR Payment ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.13(b).
“ EU
” means the European Union.
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
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“
Excluded Assets ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2.
“
Excluded Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4.
“ Excluded Trademarks ”
means all Trademarks included in the Excluded Assets.
“
Financing ” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.7.
“
Financing Commitments ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.7.
“ Fixtures and Equipment ”
means all furniture, furnishings, vehicles, equipment, computers,
tools and other tangible personal property (other than Inventory)
Related to the Business, wherever located, including any of the
foregoing purchased subject to any conditional sales or title
retention agreement in favor of any other Person, except to the
extent included in Excluded Assets.
“ Funding Waiver Reportable Event
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10(d).
“ GAAP ” means United States
generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect from time to
time, consistently applied.
“ Goodwill ” means the
goodwill associated with the reputation of Seller and its
Affiliates as well as any amounts required by GAAP to be included
on the balance sheets of Seller to the extent Related to the
Business, but shall not include rights to any Trademarks or refer
to any goodwill associated therewith.
“ Government Antitrust Entity
” means any Government Entity with jurisdiction over the
enforcement of any U.S. Antitrust Law, EU competition Law or other
similar Law.
“ Government Entity ” means,
other than a Self-Regulatory Organization, any federal, state,
local, provincial or regional court, arbitrator, administrative
body, government, political subdivision or other governmental or
quasi-governmental entity, or any agency or instrumentality of any
such court, arbitrator, administrative body, government, political
subdivision or other governmental or
quasi-governmental entity.
“ Governmental Authorizations
” means all licenses, permits, certificates, consents,
orders, registrations, variances, franchises, concessions and other
authorizations and approvals required to carry on the Business as
currently conducted under applicable Laws and issued by or obtained
from a Government Entity or Self-Regulatory
Organization.
“ Hazardous Substance ”
means any substance that is listed, defined, designated or
classified as hazardous, toxic or otherwise harmful or as a
pollutant or contaminant under applicable Environmental Laws
including petroleum products and byproducts, asbestos-containing
material, polychlorinated biphenyls and radon.
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“ Healthcare Field ” has the
meaning set forth in the Intellectual Property
Agreement.
“ Historical Carve-Out Financial
Statements ” means, collectively, the Audited Carve-Out
Financial Statements and Unaudited Carve-Out Financial
Statements.
“ HSR Act ” means the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended.
“ Indebtedness ” means (i)
all Liabilities for borrowed money, whether current or funded, or
secured or unsecured, (ii) all Liabilities evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments, or under any interest
rate swap agreements, (iii) all Liabilities in respect of
mandatorily redeemable or purchasable capital stock or securities
convertible into capital stock, (iv) all Liabilities created or
arising under any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement with respect to property acquired (even though the rights
and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the
event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such
property), (v) all Liabilities involving deferred payment plans
negotiated outside of the Ordinary Course of Business, contingent
or otherwise, as obligor or otherwise, including any Liability
(whether earn-outs, indemnity payments, non-compete payments,
consulting payments or other similar payment, or, other than the
Selected Compensation Payments, retention bonuses or severance
payments) that may be payable as a result of or in connection with
any acquisition of, or investments in, or sale to another Person or
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby
(other than trade payables), (vi) all Liabilities in respect of any
lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which liabilities are
required to be classified and accounted for under GAAP as capital
leases, (vii) all Liabilities for the reimbursement of any obligor
on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar
credit transaction securing obligations of a type described in
clauses (i) through (vii) above to the extent of the obligation
secured, and all Liabilities as obligor, guarantor, or otherwise,
to the extent of the obligation secured, and (viii) all cash, book
or bank account overdrafts.
“
Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.2(a).
“
Indemnifying Party ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.4(a).
“
Initial Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5(a).
“ Intellectual Property ”
means (i) trademarks, service marks, Internet domain names, trade
dress, logos, trade names, corporate names, d/b/a’s and other
indicia of origin, applications and registrations for the
foregoing, and all goodwill associated therewith and symbolized
thereby (collectively, “ Trademarks ”); (ii)
inventions and discoveries, whether patentable or not, and patents,
registrations, invention disclosures
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and applications therefor, including divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, reexaminations and renewal applications, and
including renewals, extensions and reissues; (iii) confidential and
proprietary information, including trade secrets and know-how
(collectively, “ Trade
Secrets ”); (iv)
published and unpublished original works of authorship (including
software and databases), copyrights therein and thereto,
applications and registrations therefor, and renewals, extensions,
restorations and reversions thereof; and (v) any other intellectual
property or proprietary rights, in each case to the extent entitled
to legal protection as such.
“ Intellectual Property Agreement
” means the Intellectual Property Agreement between Seller
and Buyer substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
F.
“ Intracompany Agreements ”
means all agreements between Seller or any of its Affiliates, on
the one hand, and Seller or any of its Affiliates, on the other
hand, related to the Business (including, for the avoidance of
doubt, any tax grouping and group tax payment
arrangements).
“ Intracompany Payables ”
means all account, note or loan payables recorded on the books of
the Business for goods or services purchased by or provided to the
Business, or advances (cash or otherwise) or any other extensions
of credit to the Business from Seller or any Subsidiary, including
amounts recorded on the Historical Carve-Out Financial Statements,
whether current or non-current, as either intracompany, affiliate
or related party payables, on a gross or net basis.
“ Intracompany Receivables ”
means all account, note or loan receivables recorded on the books
of the Business for goods or services sold or provided by the
Business to Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or advances (cash or
otherwise) or any other extensions of credit made by the Business
to Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, including amounts recorded on
the Historical Carve-Out Financial Statements, whether current or
non-current, as either intracompany, affiliate or related party
receivables, on a gross or net basis.
“ Inventory ” means all
inventory Related to the Business, wherever located, including raw
materials, wrapping, supply and packaging items, purchased goods,
work in process, supplies (including storeroom supplies), service
parts and finished goods, whether held at any location or facility
of Seller or any of its Affiliates or in transit to Seller or any
of its Affiliates, in each case as of the opening of business on
the Closing Date, except to the extent included in Excluded Assets,
determined in accordance with GAAP and on a basis consistent with
the Unaudited Interim Pro Forma Transaction Balance
Sheet.
“ Knowledge ” or any similar
phrase means, as to Seller, the actual knowledge, following
reasonable inquiry, of any of the Persons listed in Schedule
1.1(c)(i), and as to Buyer, the actual knowledge, following
reasonable inquiry, of any of the Persons listed on Schedule
1.1(c)(ii). The foregoing standard of reasonable inquiry shall be
limited to making reasonable inquiry of those Persons who report
directly to any of the Persons named above.
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“ Kodak Colorado Sensitizing and
Polyester Operation ” means the chemical making, coating
and polyester operation and supporting infrastructure in buildings
C40, C41, C42, C43, C46 and C48A, C48B, C48C and C50 at the Kodak
Windsor, Colorado site.
“ Kodak Colorado Sensitizing and
Polyester Operation Offer ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.24(a).
“ Law ” means any law,
statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order, judgment,
injunction or decree enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or
entered by a Government Entity or Self-Regulatory
Organization.
“ Leased Real Property ”
means all real property together with all buildings, structures and
improvements located thereon and all fixtures attached thereto,
together with all easements, rights-of-way, appurtenances and other
rights benefiting such real property, in each case, if any, that is
demised under the Assigned Leases.
“ Liabilities ” means any
and all debts, liabilities, commitments and obligations of any
kind, whether fixed, contingent or absolute, matured or unmatured,
liquidated or unliquidated, accrued or not accrued, asserted or not
asserted, known or unknown, determined, determinable or otherwise,
whenever or however arising (including, whether arising out of any
contract or tort based on negligence or strict liability) and
whether or not the same would be required by GAAP to be reflected
in financial statements or disclosed in the notes
thereto.
“
Losses ” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.2(a).
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
means any change, circumstance or effect that, individually or
together with any other change, circumstance or effect, is, or is
reasonably likely to be, materially adverse to the Business, the
Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities or the condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations of the Business,
taken as a whole; provided that none of the following (or
the results thereof) shall be taken into account: (i) any change in
GAAP or other accounting standards which the Business would be
required to adopt under applicable authoritative accounting
pronouncements or (ii) any change, impact or effect to or on any
Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability (but any related effect on the
Business, the Transferred Assets and the Assumed Liabilities shall
be taken into account); (iii) circumstances, changes or effects
that generally affect the industries in which the Business operates
(including legal and regulatory changes), to the extent such
circumstances, changes or effects do not affect the Business in a
disproportionately adverse manner; (iv) general economic or
political conditions or events, circumstances, changes or effects
affecting the securities markets generally, to the extent such
conditions or events, circumstances, changes or effects do not
affect the Business in a disproportionately adverse manner; (v) any
adverse effect that
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Seller reasonably demonstrates
resulted directly from the execution of this Agreement or the
announcement of the transactions contemplated hereby or the
identity of Buyer; (vi) acts of God or national or international
political or social conditions, including the engagement by the
United States 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, or any of
its territories, possessions, or diplomatic or consular offices or
upon any military installation, equipment or personnel of the
United States, to the extent not affecting the Business in a
disproportionately adverse manner relative to other businesses in
the United States; or (vii) any event, occurrence or circumstance
set forth in Schedule 1.1(d).
“
Material Contract ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.15(a).
“ Medical Business ” means
that portion of the Business consisting of (i) Medical Film
Products, including Radiology Systems, Digital Output Systems,
Mammography Solutions and Personal Monitoring, (ii) Medical Digital
Capture Solutions, including Computed Radiography, Digital
Radiography, Oncology Solutions and Non-Destructive Testing, (iii)
Medical Healthcare Information Solutions, including Computer-Aided
Detection and Other Clinical Applications, Picture Archiving and
Communications Systems, Radiology Information Systems, Information
Management Solutions and Professional Services, and (iv) all
service and services associated with the foregoing.
“ Molecular Imaging Business
” means that portion of the Business consisting of (i) MIS
Film Products, (ii) MIS Digital Products, (iii) MIS Digital Imaging
Probes, and (iv) all service and services associated with the
foregoing.
“ Newco Formation ” means
any transactions undertaken by Seller in order to create a
newly-formed entity which is a Transferred Subsidiary.
“ Newco Entities ” means
those Transferred Subsidiaries created for purposes of the
Transaction, which are set forth on Schedule 3.2(a).
“ Non-Governmental Authorizations
” means all licenses, permits, certificates, consents,
orders, registrations, variances, franchises, concessions and other
authorizations and approvals other than Governmental Authorizations
that are (i) held by Seller or any of its Affiliates and (ii)
Related to the Business.
“ Non-U.S. Competition Law ”
means any and all national or supra-national statutes, rules,
regulations, orders, decrees, administrative and judicial
doctrines, and other Laws that are designed or intended to
prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect
of monopolization or restraint of trade in all jurisdictions which
have or may claim jurisdiction over the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or by the Ancillary Agreements other than the
United States of America.
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“ Non-U.S. Merger Clearances
” means approval of the Transaction by (i) the European
Commission pursuant to the EC Merger Regulation and, in the event
of referral pursuant to Article 9 of the EC Merger Regulation of
any aspect of the Transaction to any competent authority of a
member state of the European Union, approval by such competent
authority of the aspect that was so referred; and (ii) the relevant
competition authorities and/or public bodies responsible under the
merger control rules of the applicable Non U.S. Competition
Laws.
“
NYSE ” means the New York Stock Exchange,
Inc.
“ Ordinary Course ” or
“ Ordinary Course of Business ” means the
conduct of the Business in accordance with Seller’s and its
Affiliates’ normal day-to-day customs, practices and
procedures.
“ Owned Real Property ”
means only those parcels of real property listed on Schedule
1.1(e), including any and all buildings, plants, structures, and
improvements located thereon, fixtures attached thereto and all
easements, rights-of-way, appurtenances and other rights benefiting
such real property and all of Seller’s right, title and
interest, if any, in and to (a) all oil, gas and mineral rights
related to the foregoing and (b) any condemnation award or any
payment in lieu thereof for any taking thereof or for any change in
grade of any street, road or avenue adjacent thereto.
“ Permitted Encumbrances ”
means the following and no others: (i) Encumbrances reflected or
reserved against in the Unaudited Interim Pro Forma Transaction
Balance Sheet in accordance with GAAP; (ii) mechanics’,
materialmen’s, warehousemen’s, carriers’,
workers’, or repairmen’s liens or other similar common
law or statutory Encumbrances arising or incurred in the Ordinary
Course for sums not yet due and payable or which are being
contested by appropriate proceedings; (iii) liens for Taxes,
assessments and other governmental charges not yet due and payable
or due but not delinquent or being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves are
reflected on the Unaudited Interim Pro Forma Transaction Balance
Sheet; (iv) in the case of Real Property, (A) easements,
quasi-easements, licenses, covenants, rights-of-way, rights of
re-entry or other restrictions or Encumbrances (other than monetary
encumbrances, judgments and monetary liens), including any other
agreements, conditions or restrictions that are shown by a current
title report or other similar report or listing, copies of which
easements and other agreements and title reports have been, in each
case, provided or made available to Buyer prior to the date hereof,
exclusive of those title matters set forth on Schedule 1.1(f)
attached hereto, (B) any conditions that may be shown by a current
and accurate survey or physical inspection, provided that such
conditions, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably
be likely to materially adversely affect the operation of the
Business at the Owned Real Property affected thereby, (C) zoning,
building, subdivision, land use, environmental regulations or other
similar requirements or restrictions, (D) leases or other occupancy
agreements pursuant to which third parties unrelated to Seller or
its Affiliates occupy a portion of the Owned Real Property,
provided that Seller has
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disclosed such leases and agreements to Buyer in the schedules
attached hereto and further provided that complete and accurate
executed copies of such leases and agreements have been delivered
or made available to Buyer prior to the date hereof, (E) in the
case of Leased Real Property, Encumbrances (other than monetary
encumbrances, judgments and monetary liens) that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be likely to
materially adversely affect the operation of the Business, and (F)
in the case of Owned Real Property, Encumbrances (other than
monetary encumbrances, judgments and monetary liens) that would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be likely to
materially adversely affect the operation of the Business at the
Owned Real Property affected thereby; (v) Encumbrances incurred in
the Ordinary Course since the Unaudited Interim Pro Forma
Transaction Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2006; and (vi) with
respect to Intellectual Property, Encumbrances arising pursuant to
any license or other agreement relating thereto.
“ Person ” means an
individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a limited
liability company, a Government Entity, a trust or other entity or
organization.
“ Pre-Closing Tailoring Transfer
” means any transfer into any Transferred Subsidiary
(including any Newco Entity) prior to the Closing of any asset or
liability (which asset or liability would otherwise have been a
Transferred Asset or Assumed Liability).
“
Private Offer Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.24(a).
“ Real Property ” means,
collectively, the Leased Real Property and the Owned Real
Property.
“ Reasonably Required Confidential
Information ” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.3(d).
“ Registered ” means issued
by, registered with, renewed by or the subject of a pending
application before any Governmental Entity or domain name
registrar.
“ Reimbursable Value Added Tax
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(f).
“ Related to the Business ”
means primarily related to or used primarily in connection with,
the Business as conducted by Seller and its Affiliates prior to the
Closing.
“ Scheduled Intellectual Property
” means the Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 1.1(g),
which shall be completed as of the date hereof, except that
Schedule 1.1(g) shall be amended by mutual agreement of Seller and
Buyer in good faith to add any issuances, reissues, reexaminations,
divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, substitutions or
extensions which may arise with respect to any existing patent or
patent applications which appear on Schedule 1.1(g) on or prior to
the Closing Date. Seller and
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Buyer shall further amend
Schedule 1.1(g) to add any applications filed or invention
disclosures made after the date hereof and on or prior to the
Closing Date that are Related to the Business. Any representation
or warranty made with respect to such Schedule on or prior to the
Closing Date shall take into account that any such added items
would not have been in existence and may not be issued until after
the Closing Date.
“
SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“ Selected Compensation Payments
” means the unpaid compensation amounts, whether or not
earned as of the Closing Date, payable in the Ordinary Course
consistent with past practice and in accordance with the applicable
terms as in effect immediately prior to the Closing Date under
Seller’s and its Affiliates’ (A) sales
commission/incentive programs, (B) annual variable compensation
plans, (C) group or individual performance bonus programs and (D)
any individual letter agreement, in each case in respect of any
performance period commencing on or after January 1, 2007 and prior
to the Closing Date, to eligible Employees who shall become
Transferred Employees. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, the Selected Compensation Payments shall not include (1)
any amounts under the Kodak Executive Compensation for Excellence
and Leadership Plan (EXCEL) or the Kodak Wage Dividend Plans, (2)
any sales completion bonus amounts payable solely in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (3) any
stay bonus retention payments payable to certain eligible Employees
who shall become Transferred Employees (a list of such Employees
shall be provided separately to Buyer).
“ Self-Regulatory Organization
” means the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc,
the American Stock Exchange, the NYSE, any national securities
exchange (as defined in the Exchange Act), or any other similar
self-regulatory body or organization.
“
Seller ” has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
“ Seller Disclosure Schedule
” means the Seller Disclosure Schedule attached
hereto.
“ Second Divesting Business Offer
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.13(a).
“ Seller
Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.3.
“ Seller Leased Property ”
means those assets or rights not included in the Transferred Assets
that are to be leased, subleased, licensed or otherwise provided by
Seller and/or any of its Affiliates to Buyer and/or any of its
Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement,
excluding the Leased Real Property.
“ Seller Required Approvals
” means all consents, approvals, waivers, authorizations,
registrations, notices and filings from or with any Government
Entity or Self-Regulatory Organization that are required to be
listed on Schedule 3.4(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule
(without regard to the qualification as to Knowledge in Section
3.4(a)).
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“
Seller’s Business ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.12(a).
“
Special Representations ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1.
“ STD Employees ” has the
meaning set forth in the definition of
“Employees”.
“ Subsidiary ” of a Person
means any other Person (i) whose securities or other ownership
interests having by their terms the power to elect a majority of
the board of directors or other persons performing similar
functions are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the
first Person and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) whose
business and policies the first Person and/or one or more of its
Subsidiaries have the exclusive power to direct. When used without
reference to a specific Person, Subsidiary means Subsidiary of
Seller.
“ Target
Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.5(c).
“ Tax Returns ” means all
reports and returns required to be filed with respect to
Taxes.
“ Taxes ” means all U.S.
federal, state and local and all foreign taxes, including income,
gross receipts, windfall profits, value added, property,
production, sales, use, duty, license, excise, franchise,
employment, withholding or similar taxes, together with any
interest, additions or penalties with respect thereto and any
interest in respect of such additions or penalties.
“
Third-Party Buyer ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.24(a).
“
Third-Party Claim ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.4(a).
“ Third-Party Divesting Buyer
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.13(a).
“ Total
Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.5(a).
“ Trade Secrets ” has the
meaning set forth in the definition of “Intellectual
Property”.
“ Trademarks ” has the
meaning set forth in the definition of “Intellectual
Property”.
“ Transaction ” means the
purchase and sale of all of the issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Transferred Subsidiaries and the Transferred Assets,
the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities and the other
transactions contemplated by Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 hereof
pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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“
Transaction Transfer Taxes ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 5.4(f).
“
Transfer ” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.13(a).
“
Transfer Taxes ” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.4(f).
“
Transferred Assets ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1.
“
Transferred Employees ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.5(a)(ii).
“ Transferred Employees’
Records ” means all personnel records with respect to the
Transferred Employees to the extent the delivery to Buyer is
required by applicable Law, and the following current employment
and current personal information with respect to each Transferred
Employee, to the extent the delivery to Buyer is permitted by
applicable Law after giving effect to any consent or waiver given
by the Transferred Employee to which it relates: salary, wage
grade, job function, variable compensation targets and business and
personal mailing addresses and telephone numbers, including as
applicable, any “Kodak Employee Agreement”, FMLA (or
similar) records, Forms I-9 and “Kodak Employee Development
Plans” related to such Transferred Employee, provided
that unless otherwise required by Law, Transferred Employees’
Records shall not include any medical records (other than pursuant
to Section 5.5(r)) or performance counseling, performance appraisal
and/or Goal Setting and Appraisal documentation, other than the
most recent Goal Setting and Appraisal documentation.
“ Transferred Intellectual
Property ” means the Scheduled Intellectual Property,
Intellectual Property (other than issued patents and patent
applications and registered trademarks and applications therefor
and other than trademarks including KODAK, KODA or EKTA) owned by
Seller or its Affiliates (other than the Transferred Subsidiaries)
and used solely in the Business (or documented by Seller as of the
Closing Date as having potential application solely in the
Business), and Transferred Subsidiary Intellectual
Property.
“ Transferred Subsidiaries ”
means the Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 3.2(a).
“ Transferred Subsidiaries
Indebtedness ” means the aggregate amount necessary to
fully pay and retire all Indebtedness of the Transferred
Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date (including all interest,
prepayment penalties, premiums, fees and expenses and any other
payments to be incurred as a result of such payment).
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“ Transferred Subsidiary Intellectual
Property ” means the Intellectual Property owned by the
Transferred Subsidiaries.
“ Transferred Subsidiary Real
Property ” means all the real property owned or leased
from third parties by the Transferred Subsidiaries.
“ Transition Services Agreement
” means the Transition Services Agreement between Seller and
Buyer substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E (Kodak to
Buyer) and RR (Buyer to Kodak).
“ Transitional Trademark Use
Agreement ” means the Transitional Trademark Use
Agreement between Seller and Buyer substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit G.
“ Unaudited Carve-Out Financial
Statements ” means the unaudited combined statement of
earnings, combined statement of financial position, combined
statement of invested equity and comprehensive income (loss) and
combined statement of cash flows for the Business (excluding
Non-Destructive Testing and Personal Monitoring) as of, and for the
nine month periods, respectively, ended September 30, 2005 and
2006.
“ Unaudited Interim Pro Forma
Transaction Balance Sheet ” means the unaudited balance
sheet as of September 30, 2006 prepared to reflect Transferred
Assets, Excluded Assets, Assumed Liabilities and Excluded
Liabilities.
“ U.S. Antitrust Laws ”
means the Sherman Act, as amended, the Clayton Act, as amended, the
HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and all
other federal and state statutes, rules, regulations, orders,
decrees, administrative and judicial doctrines, and other Laws that
are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions
having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of
trade.
“
WARN ” means the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act.
“ Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ”
of a Person means any other Person whose equity securities or other
equity ownership interests (other than director’s qualifying
shares and similar interests) are owned only by the first Person
and/or its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.
Section 1.2 Other Terms . Other terms may be defined elsewhere in the
text of this Agreement and, unless otherwise indicated, shall have
such meaning throughout this Agreement.
Section 1.3 Other Definitional Provisions
. Unless the express context
otherwise requires:
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(a) the
words “hereof”, “herein”, and
“hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in
this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement;
(b) the
terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used
in the plural, and vice versa;
(c)
the terms “Dollars” and
“$” mean United States Dollars;
(d) references herein to a specific Section,
Subsection or Schedule shall refer, respectively, to Sections,
Subsections or Schedules of this Agreement;
(e) wherever the word “include”,
“includes”, or “including” is used in this
Agreement, it shall be deemed to be followed by the words
“without limitation”, unless already so followed;
and
(f)
references herein to any gender
include each other gender.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE
BUSINESS
Section 2.1 Purchase and Sale of Assets
. On the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, at the Closing, Seller shall, and
shall cause one or more of its Affiliates, as applicable, to, sell,
convey, transfer, assign and deliver to Buyer and its Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries (as designated by Buyer), and Buyer shall, and shall
cause its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (as designated by Buyer) to
purchase from Seller and its Affiliates (as applicable), free and
clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances), (i)
all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Transferred
Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 3.2(a) and listed thereon as a
“Top-Tier Transferred Subsidiary” and (ii) all of
Seller’s and each of its Affiliates’ (other than the
Transferred Subsidiaries’) right, title and interest in and
to all of the assets and properties of every kind Related to the
Business, whether tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed,
except for the Excluded Assets (collectively, the “
Transferred Assets ”), including all of such right,
title and interest in and to the following (in each case, except to
the extent included in the Excluded Assets and except that the
Transferred Assets described in Section 2.1(r) shall remain assets
of the applicable Transferred Subsidiary):
(a)
all Accounts Receivable;
(b)
Inventory;
(c)
Contracts;
(d)
Transferred Intellectual
Property;
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(e) Business Books and Records and Transferred
Employees’ Records;
(f)
Fixtures and Equipment;
(g)
Leased Real Property;
(h)
Goodwill;
(i)
Owned Real Property;
(j) all
causes of action, choses in action, lawsuits, judgments, claims and
demands of any nature available to or being pursued by Seller or
any of its Affiliates to the extent Related to the Business whether
arising by way of counterclaim or otherwise;
(k) all
credits, prepaid expenses, deferred charges, refunds, advance
payments, security deposits, rights of recovery, rights of set-off,
rights of recoupment, rights to proceeds of insurance and prepaid
items to the extent Related to the Business;
(l) to
the extent their transfer is permitted by Law, all Governmental
Authorizations Related to the Business and Non-Governmental
Authorizations and all applications therefor;
(m) all
guaranties, warranties, indemnities and similar rights in favor of
Seller or any of its Affiliates to the extent Related to the
Business;
(n)
Divisible Contracts;
(o) Intracompany Agreements, to the extent provided
in Section 2.9(d);
(p)
assets and rights to the extent
provided for in Section 5.5;
(q)
all assets set forth on Schedule
2.1; and
(r) all
assets and rights of a Transferred Subsidiary that would constitute
a Transferred Asset if held by Seller or any Affiliate of Seller
other than a Transferred Subsidiary.
Section 2.2 Excluded Assets . Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, from and after the Closing, Seller and its Affiliates
shall retain all of their existing right, title and interest in and
to, and there shall be excluded from the sale, conveyance,
assignment or transfer to Buyer hereunder, and the Transferred
Assets shall not include, the following (collectively, the “
Excluded Assets ”):
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(a) any
asset or class of assets excluded from the defined terms set forth
in Section 2.1 by virtue of the limitations expressly stated
therein;
(b) all
Tax assets (including refunds, credits, prepayments and loss
carryforwards, and any deferred tax assets recorded pursuant to
GAAP) of Seller or any of its Affiliates, which, for clarification,
does not include any Affiliate that is a Transferred Subsidiary,
and, for further clarification, Tax assets of Transferred
Subsidiaries shall be subject to the provisions of Section
5.4(h);
(c)
all assets and rights to the extent
provided for in Section 5.5;
(d) all
casualty insurance policies and rights thereunder (other than those
listed on Schedule 2.2(d)), including all insurance proceeds which
Seller or any of its Affiliates has a right to receive as of the
Closing and that relate to events, circumstances or occurrences
prior to the Closing, unless such proceeds are reflected in the
Historical Carve-Out Financial Statements or are received or
receivable from damage or casualty insurance policies relating to
any physical loss of or damage to any Leased Real Property, Owned
Real Property or Inventory, arising from any event, circumstance or
occurrence between the date hereof and the Closing Date, but only
to the extent any loss or damage or portion thereof is not actually
repaired or replaced by Seller;
(e) all
Intellectual Property (other than the Transferred Intellectual
Property) owned, used or held for use by Seller or any of its
Affiliates (other than the Transferred Subsidiaries);
(f) all
invoices, shipping documents, purchase orders and other preprinted
business forms that have any Trademark thereon other than those
Trademarks included in the Transferred Intellectual Property or
Transferred Subsidiary Intellectual Property or subject to a
license to be granted to Buyer;
(g) all
cash and cash equivalents of the Business, except to the extent (x)
a check is deposited but uncleared as of the Closing or (y)
representing proceeds of insurance not constituting an Excluded
Asset under Section 2.2(d);
(h) all
Intracompany Receivables and Intracompany Agreements, to the extent
provided in Section 2.9;
(i)
all Contracts listed on Schedule
2.2(i);
(j)
all Fixtures and Equipment listed
on Schedule 2.2(j);
(k) all
personnel records, other than the Transferred Employees’
Records;
(l) all
assets (other than Inventory) primarily used in the provision of
products or services to be provided pursuant to any Ancillary
Agreement in which Seller or one of its Affiliates is providing
products or services to Buyer or one of its Affiliates, other than
those items set forth on Schedule 2.2(l);
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(m) all
claims with respect to debtors or debtors-in-possession subject to
proceedings under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States
Bankruptcy Code to the extent such claims are subject to an order
entered by a United States Bankruptcy Court that would void or
otherwise materially affect the Transaction in the event any
relevant consent is not obtained from such Bankruptcy Court or the
relevant debtor or debtor-in-possession prior to the
Closing;
(n) all
claims, causes of action, lawsuits, judgments and demands related
to Eastman Kodak Company v. Agfa Gevaert N.V. and Agfa
Corp . (Case No. 6:02-CV-6564T);
(o) all
Business Books and Records (i) that are stored in Seller’s
enterprise systems, other than current, open or active data
necessary to make replicated systems operational for the Business,
(ii) that are not separable from those Books and Records that
relate to any Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities or relate to
any business of Seller or any of its Affiliates other than the
Business except as set forth on Schedule 2.2(o), despite
Seller’s use of commercially reasonable efforts pursuant to
Section 5.3(b), (iii) the transfer of which is prohibited by Law or
(iv) the transfer of which otherwise would subject Seller or any of
its Affiliates to any material liability;
(p)
all Inventory listed on Schedule
2.2(p);
(q) to
the extent their transfer is not permitted by law, all Governmental
Authorizations and Non-Governmental Authorizations;
(r)
all duty drawbacks in connection
with the Dental Business;
(s)
all assets set forth on Schedule
2.2(s); and
(t) all
assets and rights of any Transferred Subsidiary that would not
constitute a Transferred Asset if held by any Seller or any
Affiliate of Seller other than a Transferred Subsidiary.
Section 2.3 Assumption of Liabilities
. Except as otherwise specifically
set forth in Section 2.4 and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, at the Closing, Buyer agrees to assume the Liabilities of
Seller and its Affiliates set forth below (the “ Assumed
Liabilities ”), except that the Assumed Liabilities
described in Section 2.3(h) as they relate to the Transferred
Subsidiaries shall not be assumed and shall remain obligations of
the applicable Transferred Subsidiary:
(a) all
Liabilities of Seller or any of its Affiliates to the extent
relating to, arising out of or resulting from the conduct of the
Business on or prior to the Closing;
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(b) all
Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from the
conduct of the Business after the Closing;
(c)
all Liabilities for the Selected
Compensation Payments;
(d) all
Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from the
Contracts (other than those Contracts that are not assigned to
Buyer) and the Divisible Contracts (but only to the extent of
Buyer’s portion of the rights and obligations thereunder as
mutually agreed upon by Buyer and Seller in their reasonable
judgment in good faith between the date hereof and Closing based
upon the historical allocation of such rights and obligations
between the Business and Seller’s and its Affiliates’
businesses (other than the Business)), but excluding any Liability
related to any breach thereof occurring on or prior to the
Closing;
(e) all
Liabilities to the extent provided for in Section 5.4 or Section
5.5;
(f) all
Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting
from Intracompany Agreements, to the extent provided in Section
2.9(d);
(g)
all Accounts Payable and Other
Current Liabilities;
(h) all
Liabilities of a Transferred Subsidiary that would constitute an
Assumed Liability if they were Liabilities of Seller or any
Affiliate of Seller other than a Transferred Subsidiary.
Section 2.4 Excluded Liabilities . Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, Buyer shall not assume or in any way become liable for
any Liability of Seller or any of its Affiliates, of any nature
whatsoever, other than the Assumed Liabilities (all such
Liabilities, the “ Excluded Liabilities ”), and
all such Liabilities shall remain the sole responsibility of Seller
and its Affiliates and shall be retained, paid, performed and
discharged solely by Seller and its Affiliates. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, Excluded Liabilities shall
include:
(a) any
Liabilities of Seller or any of its Affiliates to the extent
relating to, arising out of or resulting from the ownership or
operation of the Excluded Assets or any business other than the
Business;
(b) all
Intracompany Payables and Liabilities to the extent relating to,
arising out of or resulting from Intracompany Agreements, to the
extent provided in Section 2.9;
(c)
all Indebtedness of Seller and its
Affiliates;
(d) all
Liabilities arising out of or relating to any claims made by a
Government Entity concerning (x) any soil and groundwater
conditions at Building 214 existing prior to the Closing and (y)
the Kodak Park Consent Decree and the matters which it addresses,
except to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of the
activities of Buyer in contravention of this Agreement, in either
case on or prior to the fifth anniversary of the Closing
Date;
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(e) all
Liabilities to the extent provided for in Section 5.4 or Section
5.5;
(f) any
Liability of Seller or any of its Affiliates to indemnify any
Person by reason of the fact that such Person was a director,
officer, employee, or agent of Seller or any of its Affiliates or
was serving at the request of any such entity as a partner,
trustee, director, officer, employee, or agent of another entity
(whether such indemnification is for judgments, damages, penalties,
fines, costs, amounts paid in settlement, losses, expenses, or
otherwise and whether such indemnification is pursuant to any
statute, charter document, bylaw, agreement, or
otherwise);
(g) any
Liability of Seller or any of its Affiliates (including any of the
Transferred Subsidiaries) for costs and expenses incurred in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, except to the extent otherwise explicitly agreed to herein,
any Ancillary Agreement or any other agreement;
(h)
all Liabilities set forth on
Schedule 2.4;
(i) any
Liability of Seller or any of its Affiliates for Taxes that have
been withheld or collected but not paid to the appropriate Taxing
Authority;
(j) any
Liability or obligation of Seller or any of its Affiliates under
this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements (or under any
other agreement between Seller or any of its Affiliates, on the one
hand, and Buyer or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand,
entered into on or after the date of this Agreement in connection
with the transactions contemplated herein); for the avoidance of
doubt, Transferred Subsidiaries are Affiliates of Buyer after the
Closing;
(k) all
Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from checks
and drafts issued by Seller or any of its Affiliates prior to the
Closing which are uncleared as of the Closing; and
(l) all
Liabilities of a Transferred Subsidiary that would constitute an
Excluded Liability if they were liabilities of Seller or any
Affiliate of Seller other than a Transferred
Subsidiary.”
Section 2.5 Purchase Price . (a) On the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, in consideration of the sale of the
Transferred Assets, at the Closing, in addition to the assumption
of the Assumed Liabilities and the payment, if any, called for by
Section 2.13, Buyer shall pay (or caused to be paid) to Seller (on
behalf of itself and its Affiliates) in the aggregate an amount in
cash equal to $2,350,000,000 (the “ Initial Purchase
Price ”), in the manner set forth in Section 2.5(b) and
Section 2.7(a) (the Initial Purchase Price, together with the
payment contemplated by Section 2.13, the “ Total Purchase
Price ”). The Initial Purchase Price does not include the
amount of any Transfer Taxes that may be due in respect of the
sale, which shall be handled separately in accordance with Section
5.4(f).
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(b) The
Initial Purchase Price shall be allocated among the Transferred
Assets in accordance with the allocation prepared in accordance
with Section 5.4(k) and the amount allocated to each jurisdiction
shall be paid directly to the entity identified by Seller (which
entity may be Seller, the transferor of the portion of the
Transferred Assets located in that jurisdiction, or another
Affiliate of Seller).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, in the event the Closing occurs after May 31, 2007 (the
“ Target Closing Date ”), at the Closing, Seller
shall pay to Buyer an amount equal to $6,400,000 for each calendar
month that elapses after the Target Closing Date until the Closing
Date; if the Closing occurs other than on the last day of a
calendar month, the portion of the Delayed Closing Payment
attributable to the calendar month in which the Closing occurs
shall be prorated based on the number of days elapsed in such month
through the Closing Date relative to the number of days in such
month (the aggregate amount of any such payment, the “
Delayed Closing Payment ”). However, no Delayed
Closing Payment shall become due or payable if Buyer has breached
in any material respect any of its covenants under this Agreement
in any manner that shall have proximately contributed to the
failure of the Closing to occur. No dispute between the parties as
to whether Buyer has breached in any material respect any of its
covenants under this Agreement shall serve as a basis to delay the
Closing; the parties shall enter into a reasonable escrow
arrangement in connection with any Delayed Closing Payment related
to any such dispute and shall resolve such dispute as soon as is
reasonably practicable. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Closing
does not occur, Seller shall have no obligation to make a Delayed
Closing Payment.
Section 2.6 Closing . (a) The Closing shall take place at the
offices of Kaye Scholer LLP, 425 Park Avenue, New York, New York
10022, New York City time, on the last calendar day of the month in
which the last of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other
than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at
the Closing but subject to the fulfillment or waiver of those
conditions) have been satisfied or waived, or at such other time
and place as the parties hereto may mutually agree; provided
, however, that the Closing shall be deemed effective as of the end
of the calendar day on which it occurs. The date on which the
Closing occurs is called the “ Closing Date ”.
All proceedings to be taken and all documents to be executed and
delivered by all parties at the Closing will be deemed to have been
taken and executed simultaneously, and no proceeding will be deemed
to have been taken nor documents executed or delivered until all
have been taken, executed and delivered.
(b) In the event that the last calendar day of
the month in which the last condition set forth in Article VI is
satisfied is not a Business Day, the parties shall,
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subject to the agreement of the
financing parties providing the Debt Financing, (i) enter into a
mutually agreeable escrow agreement to document, inter alia
, the arrangements set forth in this paragraph, (ii) in the case of
Buyer, enter into related arrangements to provide for (A) the
funding into escrow of the Equity Financing on the last Business
Day prior to the Closing, (B) the delivery at the Closing of an
irrevocable commitment of the financing parties to provide the Debt
Financing for the purpose of financing the payment of the Initial
Purchase Price and (C) the release to Seller of the Initial
Purchase Price on the first Business Day following the Closing and
(iii) in the case of Seller, enter into related arrangements to
provide for the funding into escrow of the $20,000,000 payment by
Seller required by the third sentence of Section 5.5(p)(iii) on the
last Business Day prior to the Closing and the release to Buyer of
such $20,000,000 payment on the first Business Day following the
Closing. Such escrow arrangements will provide (1) for the payment
to Buyer of any interest on the amount of the Equity Financing
accruing with respect to the period from the inception of the
escrow until, and including, the Closing Date, (2) for the payment
to Seller of any interest on the amount of the Equity Financing
accruing with respect to the period from but excluding the Closing
Date until the release of the escrow, (3) for the payment to Seller
of any interest on the $20,000,000 payment by Seller accruing with
respect to the period from the inception of the escrow until, and
including, the Closing Date and (4) for the payment to Buyer of any
interest on the $20,000,000 payment by Seller accruing with respect
to the period from but excluding the Closing Date until the release
of the escrow. On the first Business Day following the Closing
Date, Buyer shall pay (or cause to be paid) to Seller (on behalf of
itself and its Affiliates) an amount in cash equal to (i) an amount
equal to the Initial Purchase Price, less the amount of the
Equity Financing, multiplied by (ii) the number of days
between the Closing Date and the release of the escrow, divided
by (iii) 365, multiplied by (iv) the AA Rate.
Section 2.7 Deliveries by Buyer . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
at the Closing, Buyer shall deliver to Seller (or to the Person
otherwise indicated herein) the following:
(a) the
Initial Purchase Price in immediately available funds by one or
more wire transfers to those accounts which are designated by
Seller at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date
(subject to the escrow arrangement contemplated by Section 2.6 of
this Agreement, if applicable), with the portion of the Initial
Purchase Price being delivered to each account as designated by
Seller;
(b) such
instruments of assumption and other instruments or documents, in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to Buyer and Seller, as
may be necessary to effect Buyer’s assumption of the Assumed
Liabilities and the effective assignment of any Contracts,
Divisible Contracts or other Transferred Assets;
(c) a
duly executed counterpart by Buyer or its Affiliate(s) of each
Ancillary Agreement that is to be executed on the Closing
Date;
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(d) evidence of the
obtaining of, or the filing with respect to, the Buyer Required
Approvals that are obtained prior to the Closing;
(e) a
duly executed counterpart by Buyer or its Affiliate(s) of each of
the assignments of the Assigned Leases, and one or more sublease or
license agreements under which Seller or one or more of its
Affiliates (or its Transferees) shall sublet or license the real
property listed on Schedule 1.1(a), to Buyer or one of its
Affiliates, in each case in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to Buyer and Seller;
(f) the certificate to be
delivered pursuant to Section 6.3(d); and
(g) such
other customary instruments of transfer, assumptions, filings or
documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Seller,
as may be required to give effect to this Agreement.
Section
2.8 Deliveries by
Seller . Subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, Seller shall deliver,
or cause to be delivered, to Buyer the following:
(a) bills of sale or other appropriate documents of
transfer, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Buyer and
Seller, transferring the tangible personal property included in the
Transferred Assets to Buyer (including, to the extent required by
the financing parties providing the Debt Financing. with respect to
all Encumbrances arising under the Secured Credit Agreement dated
October 18, 2005 among Kodak, Kodak Graphic Communications Canada
Company, Citicorp USA, Inc., as Agent relating to the Transferred
Assets or the assets of the Transferred Subsidiaries, all
termination statements and other filings required to effect and
evidence the release of such Encumbrances);
(b) one
or more general assignments, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to Buyer, assigning to Buyer all rights of Seller and
its Affiliates in and to the Transferred Intellectual Property;
provided that, as between Buyer and Seller, Buyer shall be
responsible for preparing and filing any assignments required by
any Government Entity with which Seller’s or any of its
Affiliates’ rights to any Transferred Intellectual Property
have been filed (including any recordation necessary to evidence
the assignment of such Transferred Intellectual Property to Seller
or such Affiliate); provided , further , that Seller
shall reasonably cooperate with Buyer, at Buyer’s request and
expense, in the execution and filing of any such
assignments;
(c) a
duly executed counterpart of each of the assignments of the
Assigned Leases, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
Buyer and Seller;
(d) limited warranty deeds with covenant against
grantor’s acts (or comparable deeds) in recordable form and
sufficient to vest in Buyer good and marketable title to, and fee
simple ownership of, each parcel of Owned Real Property, free and
clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted
Encumbrances;
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(e) copies or, if related to Real Property,
originals in recordable form, of all instruments, certificates,
documents, releases and other filings necessary to release the
Transferred Assets and the assets of the Transferred Subsidiaries
from all Encumbrances, other than Permitted
Encumbrances;
(f) any
documents, affidavits (in respect of title), certificates or such
other information from Seller or its Affiliates, in a form
reasonably acceptable to Seller, that is customarily obtained and
which is sufficient to enable a nationally recognized title
insurance company to issue title insurance with respect to the
Owned Real Property as of the Closing insuring Buyer’s title
as owner thereof, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances, it being
understood and agreed that Buyer shall have the right in its
reasonable discretion to select such title insurance
company;
(g) stock certificates representing all of the
outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of
the Transferred Subsidiaries, duly endorsed or with stock powers
executed in blank or otherwise in form suitable for transfer,
designated as Top-Tier Transferred Subsidiaries on Schedule
3.2(a);
(h) a
duly executed counterpart of an assignment and assumption
agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Buyer and
Seller, assigning to Buyer all rights of Seller and its Affiliates
in and to all of the Contracts, exclusive of any Excluded
Liabilities, other than any Contracts that are the sole
responsibility of a Transferred Subsidiary;
(i) a
duly executed instrument operating as partial assignment and
assumption, as required under the terms and conditions of each of
the partially assigned Divisible Contracts, in a form and substance
reasonably acceptable to Buyer and Seller, assigning to Buyer the
agreed portion of the rights of Seller and its Affiliates in and to
such Divisible Contracts, exclusive of any Excluded
Liabilities;
(j) a
duly executed certificate (in the form provided for in Treasury
Regulations Section 1.1445-2) from Seller and each Affiliate of
Seller that will be transferring any Transferred Asset either that
such transferor is not a “foreign person” for U.S.
federal income tax purposes or that none of the assets being
transferred by that transferor is a “United States real
property interest” for U.S. federal income tax
purposes;
(k) a
duly executed counterpart of each Ancillary Agreement that is to be
executed on the Closing Date;
(l) evidence of the obtaining of, or with respect
to, the Seller Required Approvals that are obtained prior to the
Closing;
(m) the certificate to be
delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(h);
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(n) such
other customary instruments of transfer, assumptions, filings, and
documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer,
as may be required to give effect to this Agreement;
(o) the
Consent Certificates that are obtained by Seller prior to the
Closing;
(p) the
Consent Certificates required to be delivered by Seller pursuant to
Section 6.2(j) of this Agreement;
(q) estoppel certificates relating to the Real
Property, or any portion thereof, that are obtained by Seller prior
to the Closing from each of the Persons identified on Schedule
2.8(q) attached hereto;
(r) to
the extent available and practicable, a copy of the certificate of
incorporation (or equivalent organizational document) of each
Transferred Subsidiary, certified by the Secretary of State (or
similar official) of its jurisdiction of organization;
(s) to
the extent available and practicable, a certificate of good
standing of each Transferred Subsidiary as of a recent date by the
Secretary of State (or similar official) of its jurisdiction of
organization;
(t) a
certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each
Transferred Subsidiary, dated the Closing Date, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, as to (i) the lack of
amendments to the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent
organizational document) of such Transferred Subsidiary since the
date of the certificate referred to in Section 2.3(n) above; and
(ii) the bylaws (or equivalent organizational document) of each
Transferred Subsidiary;
(u) certified copies of resolutions of
Seller’s board of directors authorizing and approving this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby;
(v) the
Delayed Closing Payment, if any, payable in accordance with Section
2.5(c), in immediately available funds by one or more wire
transfers to those accounts which are designated by Buyer at least
two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date; and
(w) the
$20,000,000 payment required by the third sentence of Section
5.5(p)(iii), in immediately available funds by one or more wire
transfers to those accounts which are designated by Buyer at least
two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date (subject to the
escrow arrangement contemplated by Section 2.6 of this Agreement,
if applicable).
Section 2.9 Intracompany Arrangements
. (a) Seller shall cause each
Intracompany Payable that is between a Transferred Subsidiary, on
the one hand, and an entity that is not a Transferred Subsidiary,
on the other hand, and each Intracompany
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Receivable that is between a
Transferred Subsidiary, on the one hand, and an entity that is not
a Transferred Subsidiary, on the other hand, to be, at
Seller’s discretion, settled or cancelled, effective no later
than immediately prior to the Closing; (b) each Intracompany
Receivable and Intracompany Payable that is between two entities
that are Transferred Subsidiaries may remain outstanding as of the
Closing and such items shall not constitute an Excluded Asset or an
Excluded Liability; (c) each Intracompany Receivable and
Intracompany Payable that is between two entities that are not
Transferred Subsidiaries may remain outstanding as of the Closing
but such items shall constitute an Excluded Asset or an Excluded
Liability, as the case may be; and (d) except as set forth on
Schedule 2.9(d), Intracompany Agreements shall cease to be
effective as of the Closing; notwithstanding the foregoing, the
cessation of effectiveness of any Intracompany Agreement shall not
affect any balance due under any such Intracompany Agreement which
shall be covered by clause (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 2.9, as
applicable.
Section 2.10 Non-Assignability of Assets
. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, to the extent that the sale,
assignment, sublease, transfer, conveyance or delivery or attempted
sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery to Buyer of any
Transferred Asset (other than with respect to the Owned Real
Property, or any portion thereof, the non-transferability of which
is covered by Section 5.15 of this Agreement) or any claim or right
or any benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom is
prohibited by any applicable Law or would require any governmental
or third party authorizations, approvals, consents or waivers and
such authorizations, approvals, consents or waivers shall not have
been obtained prior to the Closing, this Agreement shall not
constitute a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery, or
any attempted sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery,
thereof. Following the Closing, Seller and Buyer shall use
commercially reasonable efforts, and Seller and Buyer shall
cooperate with each other, to obtain promptly such authorizations,
approvals, consents or waivers. Pending such authorization,
approval, consent or waiver, the parties shall cooperate with each
other in any reasonable and lawful arrangements designed to provide
to Buyer the full rights and benefits of use of each such
Transferred Asset (including enforcement for the benefit of Buyer
of any and all rights of Seller or any of its Affiliates against
any other party arising out of such Transferred Asset and, if
requested by Buyer, acting as an agent on behalf of Buyer or as
Buyer shall otherwise reasonably require, at Buyer’s expense)
and to provide Buyer or its Subsidiaries the benefits of the
transfer of such Transferred Asset (but solely to the extent that
Buyer receives the benefits of use of such Transferred Asset). Once
authorization, approval, consent or waiver for the sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery of any Transferred
Asset not sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed or delivered at the
Closing is obtained, Seller shall, or shall cause its Affiliates
to, as the case may be, assign, transfer, convey and deliver such
Transferred Asset to Buyer at no additional cost. To the extent
that any such Transferred Asset cannot be transferred or the full
rights and benefits of use of any such Transferred Asset cannot be
provided to Buyer following the Closing despite Seller’s use
of commercially reasonable efforts in accordance with this Section
2.10, then Buyer and Seller shall enter into such arrangements
(including subleasing or subcontracting if permitted) to provide to
Buyer the economic and operational
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equivalents, to the extent
permitted, and designed to provide Buyer with the rights and
benefits (including enforcement for the benefit of Buyer of any and
all rights of Seller or any of its Affiliates against any other
party arising out of such Transferred Asset and, if requested by
Buyer, acting as an agent on behalf of Buyer or as Buyer shall
otherwise reasonably require, at Buyer’s expense) of
obtaining such authorization, approval, consent or waiver and the
performance by Buyer of the obligations thereunder and Buyer shall
direct the operations of such Transferred Assets. With respect to
the provisions of this Section 2.10, Seller shall pay promptly to
Buyer, when received, all income, proceeds and other monies (other
than the Initial Purchase Price) received by Seller or any of its
Affiliates to the extent related to any Transferred Asset (net of
any Taxes (and any other costs) imposed upon Seller or any
Subsidiary in connection with the arrangements under this Section
2.10), with such Tax costs to be determined by assuming that such
Transferred Assets and related operations were taxable on a
stand-alone basis). If the Taxes (as so determined) and other costs
imposed upon Seller or any Subsidiary in respect of such
Transferred Asset exceed the monies received by Seller or any
Subsidiary in respect thereof, Buyer shall promptly reimburse
Seller or the applicable Subsidiary for such excess. To the extent
permitted under applicable Tax law, for all Tax purposes the
parties shall treat all such assets as having been transferred by
Seller to Buyer at the Closing.
Section 2.11 Obtaining Consents and Approvals
. In the event that any payment of
money or other consideration is required in connection with
obtaining any of the consents, approvals, waivers or authorizations
contemplated by Section 2.10, and Buyer determines that any such
payment should be made, Buyer and Seller shall each pay 50% of such
payment; provided , however , that neither Seller nor
Buyer shall be required to pay more than $2,500,000, respectively,
in the aggregate to obtain such consents, approvals, waivers or
authorizations.
Section 2.12 Intellectual Property Agreement
. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, at and following the Closing,
Buyer’s and the Transferred Subsidiaries’ right, title
and interest in and to the Transferred Intellectual Property and
Transferred Subsidiary Intellectual Property shall be subject in
all respects to the terms and conditions of the Ancillary
Agreements, including the Intellectual Property Agreement. Nothing
in this Section 2.12 shall limit the representations and warranties
of Seller in Article III or Seller’s obligations under
Article VII.
Section
2.13 IRR
Payment .
(a) If
the Closing has occurred and on the terms set forth in this
Agreement, in addition to the Initial Purchase Price payable at the
Closing in accordance with Section 2.5(a), upon the occurrence of
each IRR Payment Event, the IRR Payment, if any, resulting from
such IRR Payment Event shall be paid to Seller in accordance with
Section 2.13(b), provided that any IRR Payment otherwise
required hereunder shall be reduced to the extent necessary so that
the aggregate IRR Payments made hereunder do
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not exceed $200,000,000, and the
obligation to make any IRR Payment hereunder shall cease and
terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i) such time as the
aggregate IRR Payments made to Seller hereunder equal $200,000,000
and (ii) such time as (A) the Investors cease to hold any Investors
Equity Interests or any property or securities other than cash or
Readily Marketable Securities received by the Investors with
respect to, or as consideration or in exchange for, Investors
Equity Interests (such property or securities, the
“Non-Marketable Property”) and (B) all IRR Payments, if
any, required to be paid hereunder in connection with the IRR
Payment Event, if any, arising from the Investors’ ceasing to
hold any Investors Equity Interests or such property or securities
have been paid in full (the earlier to occur of such events, the
“ Termination Event ”).
(b) Subject to any adjustments that may be made in
accordance with Section 2.13(c), contemporaneously with the receipt
by the Investors of any Cash Inflow on any IRR Payment Event, Buyer
shall pay (or cause to be paid) to Seller (for the benefit of
itself and its Affiliates in accordance with Section 2.5(b)) its
good faith estimate of the IRR Payment (the “ Estimated
IRR Payment ”), if any, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds and, to the extent that the Cash Inflow from which
it results consists of any Readily Marketable Securities, by
transfer of Readily Marketable Securities. The percentage of any
IRR Payment that is made in the form of Readily Marketable
Securities shall be the same as the percentage of the Cash Inflow
in the IRR Payment Event from which such IRR Payment results that
consists of Readily Marketable Securities, and the portion of any
IRR Payment that consists of Readily Marketable Securities shall be
valued at the Fair Market Value thereof as of the date of the
related IRR Payment Event.
(c) (i)
No later than 10 days following the receipt by the Investors of any
Cash Inflow or the receipt by the Company of any Cash Outflow, (A)
in the case of a Cash Inflow, Buyer shall deliver, or cause to be
delivered, to Seller a statement that notifies Seller of such Cash
Inflow (if not previously so notified) and sets forth in reasonable
detail its calculation of IRR and IRR Payment, if any, as of the
date of such receipt (an “ IRR Statement ”), and
(B) in the case of a Cash Outflow, Buyer shall deliver, or cause to
be delivered, to Seller a statement that notifies Seller of such
Cash Outflow and sets forth in reasonable detail its calculation of
the Fair Market Value of any Non-Marketable Property included in
such Cash Outflow as of the date of receipt by the Company of such
Non-Marketable Property (an “ FMV Statement
”).
(ii) In the case of a Cash Inflow, if Seller
disagrees with the determination of IRR or IRR Payment, if any, in
such IRR Statement, Seller may, within 30 days after receipt of
such IRR Statement, deliver a notice (an “ IRR
Objection Notice ”) to Buyer setting forth in
reasonable detail its calculation of IRR and IRR
Payment.
(iii) In the case of a Cash Outflow, if Seller
disagrees with the determination of Fair Market Value in such FMV
Statement, Seller may, within 30 days after receipt of such FMV
Statement, deliver a notice (an “ FMV Objection Notice
”) to Buyer setting forth in reasonable detail its
calculation of Fair Market Value.
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(iv) If Seller does not deliver an IRR
Objection Notice or FMV Objection Notice to Buyer within 30 days
after receipt of the IRR Statement or the FMV Statement,
respectively, then Seller and Buyer will be deemed to have agreed
to the IRR Statement or the FMV Statement, respectively, and such
determinations shall be deemed to be finally determined as set
forth therein. Buyer and Seller shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to resolve any disagreements as to the computation of IRR,
IRR Payment or Fair Market Value, as the case may be, but if they
do not obtain a final resolution within 15 days after Buyer has
received an IRR Objection Notice or FMV Objection Notice, as the
case may be, Buyer and Seller shall jointly retain the New York
City office of an independent “Big Four” accounting
firm reasonably acceptable to both Seller and Buyer (the “
Firm ”) to resolve any remaining disagreements. Buyer
and Seller shall direct the Firm to render a determination within
15 days of its engagement, and Buyer and Seller and their
respective Affiliates and representatives shall cooperate with the
Firm during the terms of its engagement. The Firm will be directed
to consider only those items and amounts in the IRR Statement or
the FMV Statement, as the case may be, set forth in the IRR
Objection Notice or the FMV Objection Notice, as the case may be,
which Buyer and Seller are unable to resolve. Buyer and Seller
shall each make a submission to the Firm promptly (and in any event
within 10 days after the Firm’s engagement), which submission
shall contain such party’s determination of IRR, IRR Payment
or Fair Market Value, as the case may be, and all relevant
information, arguments, and support for such party’s
position. The Firm shall review such submissions and base its
determination solely on them. In resolving any disputed item, the
Firm may not assign a value to any item greater than the greatest
value for such item claimed by either party or less than the
smallest value for such item claimed by either party. The
Firm’s determination will be based on the definition of IRR,
IRR Payment or Fair Market Value, as the case may be, included
herein. The determination of the Firm will be conclusive and
binding upon Buyer and Seller. Seller and Buyer shall each bear 50%
of the costs and expenses of the Firm.
(v) The
IRR Payment, if any, as finally determined in accordance with this
Section 2.13(c) shall be referred to herein as the “
Actual IRR Payment .” If any Estimated IRR Payment is
made as of an IRR Payment Event pursuant to Section 2.13(b), and
such Estimated IRR Payment is less than the Actual IRR Payment as
of such IRR Payment Event, then Buyer shall pay (or cause to be
paid) to Seller (for the benefit of itself and its Affiliates in
accordance with Section 2.5(b)) an amount equal to such shortfall,
plus interest calculated at the bond rate for AA corporate bonds
with a maturity of one year, or, if a rate is not available for
that maturity, for the closest maturity for which such a rate is
available (the “ AA Rate ”) for bonds most
similar to such bonds) prevailing as of the date of such payment by
wire transfer of immediately available funds and, to
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the extent that the Cash Inflow
from which such IRR Payment results consists of any Readily
Marketable Securities, by transfer of Readily Marketable
Securities. If any Estimated IRR Payment is made as of an IRR
Payment Event pursuant to Section 2.13(b), and such Estimated IRR
Payment is greater than the Actual IRR Payment as of such IRR
Payment Event, then Seller shall pay (or cause to be paid) to Buyer
an amount equal to such excess plus interest calculated at the AA
Rate prevailing as of the date of such payment by wire transfer of
immediately available funds and, to the extent that the Cash Inflow
from which such IRR Payment results consists of any Readily
Marketable Securities, by transfer of Readily Marketable
Securities. The percentage of any Readily Marketable Securities to
be included in any such payment, if applicable, shall be determined
in accordance with the last sentence of Section 2.13(b).
(d) Buyer hereby covenants that during the period
commencing on the Closing Date and expiring on the occurrence of
the Termination Event:
(i) Buyer shall cause the Company and its
Subsidiaries not to enter into any agreement that would, by its
terms, or should reasonably be expected to, prohibit or restrict
the payment of any IRR Payment required by this Section 2.13,
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer, the Company
and its Subsidiaries may enter into or become subject to agreements
that restrict the making of payments which, if made, would directly
or indirectly constitute, create or result in, Cash
Inflows;
(ii) without the prior written consent of Seller
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed),
Buyer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
enter into any transaction with any of the Investors, other than
(A) such transactions pursuant to which Cash Inflows or Cash
Outflows are made, including the entry of any management agreement
or similar agreement providing for fees all of which would
constitute Cash Inflows and any subscription agreement, purchase
agreement or similar agreement that would result in Cash Outflows
or (B) the entry of any shareholders agreement, registration rights
agreement, voting agreement or other agreement related to the
rights or obligations related to the Investors Equity Interests and
which do not involve any Cash Inflows or Cash Outflows or any other
payments by Buyer or its Subsidiaries to any Investor;
and
(iii) Buyer shall not take any action for the purpose
of frustrating the intent of the parties, as reflected in this
Section 2.13, that if the Investors realize a
“cash-on-cash” IRR in excess of 25% on their investment
in Buyer, Seller will receive IRR Payments equal to 25% of the
excess return, but not exceeding $200,000,000 in the aggregate. The
parties intend that this Section 2.13 shall be interpreted by the
parties, any Firm, and any Governmental Entity to give maximum
effect to the intent of the parties, as reflected in this Section
2.13, that if the Investors realize a “cash-on-cash”
IRR in excess of 25% of their investment in Buyer, Seller will
receive IRR Payments equal to 25% of the excess return, but not
exceeding $200,000,000 in the aggregate.
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(e) The
right of Seller to receive any IRR Payment hereunder is solely a
contractual right and is not a security for purposes of any federal
or state securities laws, and Seller hereby acknowledges and agrees
that the obligations of the Company under this Section 2.13 shall
confer upon Seller only the rights of a general unsecured creditor
under applicable state law.
(f)
For purposes of this Section
2.13:
“ Cash
Inflow ” means the sum of:
(i) cash payments actually received by the
Investors from the Company or an Independent Third Party with
respect to, or as consideration or in exchange for, Investors
Equity Interests, including, without duplication, all cash payments
actually received by the Investors with respect to, or as
consideration or in exchange for, any property (other than Readily
Marketable Securities) received by the Investors with respect to,
or as consideration or in exchange for, Investors Equity Interests
and all cash dividends or other cash distributions received with
respect to Investors Equity Interests, net of documented
out-of-pocket costs and expenses payable or paid to Independent
Third Parties incurred by the Investors in connection with the
transactions in which such cash payments are received;
and
(ii) the Fair Market Value (determined as of
date on which Readily Marketable Securities are actually received
by the Investors) of all Readily Marketable Securities actually
received by the Investors from an Independent Third Party as
consideration or in exchange for Investors Equity Interests, or as
consideration or in exchange for, any property (other than
Investors Equity Interests or Readily Marketable Securities)
received by the Investors with respect to, or as consideration or
in exchange for, Investors Equity Interests, but excluding any
Readily Marketable Securities of the Company received by the
Investors by way of dividend, distribution or any subdivision or
combination with respect to or of Investors Equity Interests, net
of documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses payable or paid to
Independent Third Parties incurred by the Investors in connection
with the transactions in which such property or Readily Marketable
Securities are received.
In addition, all transaction,
advisory, consulting, management and similar fees paid by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Investors, in any
capacity, shall be treated as Cash Inflows.
“ Cash Outflows ” means the
aggregate amount of cash payments made, and the Fair Market Value
of property contributed, by the Investors to the Company or an
Independent Third Party to purchase or otherwise in exchange for
Investors Equity Interests, including, but not limited to, the
investment made by the Investors to acquire Investors Equity
Interests in connection with the Closing.
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“ Company ” means (i) either
Buyer or a Person holding 100% of the outstanding equity securities
of Buyer, (ii) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Buyer that acquired
capital stock of the Transferred Subsidiaries and Transferred
Assets pursuant to this Agreement or (iii) any successor to such a
Person by reason of a merger, consolidation or other business
combination.
“ Excess Cash Inflows ”
means, with respect to an IRR Payment Event, an amount equal to the
amount by which the Cash Inflow in such IRR Payment Event could be
reduced (but not below 0) without resulting in an IRR as of the
date of such Cash Inflow of 25% or less.
“ Fair Market Value ” means:
(i) with respect to any Readily Marketable Securities, as of any
date, the officially quoted closing price of such securities on the
stock exchange or automatic quotations systems on which such
securities are listed; and (ii) with respect to Non-Marketable
Property, as of such date on which any Cash Outflows are received
by the Company or an Independent Third Party in the form of
Non-Marketable Property, the price a willing buyer would pay a
willing seller in an arms’ length transaction, as determined
in accordance with Section 2.13(c).
“ Independent Third Party ”
means any Person who, immediately prior to the contemplated
transaction, is not an Investor or a Person within the definition
of the Company.
“
Investors ” means, collectively, Onex Partners II LP
and Onex Corporation and their respective Affiliates, excluding any
Person within the definition of the Company.
“ Investors Equity Interests
” means all capital stock or other equity securities of the
Company held by the Investors as of the Closing and at any time
thereafter, including any capital stock or other equity securities
of the Company issued to Investors directly or indirectly with
respect to Investors Equity Interests by way of dividend,
distribution or any subdivision or combination, but excluding any
Readily Marketable Securities taken into account pursuant to clause
(ii) of the definition of Cash Inflows.
“ IRR ” means the annual
interest rate (compounded annually), if any, which, when used to
calculate the net present value as of the Closing Date of all Cash
Inflows and all Cash Outflows through the date of determination,
causes such net present value of all Cash Inflows to equal such net
present value of all Cash Outflows.
“ IRR Payment ” means, with
respect to any IRR Payment Event, an amount equal to 25% of the
Excess Cash Inflow in such IRR Payment Event.
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An “ IRR Payment Event ”
occurs if an IRR in excess of 25% is achieved immediately after
giving effect to any Cash Inflow.
“ Readily Marketable Securities
” means readily marketable securities listed or quoted on a
U.S. national stock exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market or a major
international stock exchange or automatic quotation
system.
Section
2.14 Deferred
Closings .
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, in the event that all of the conditions to the
Closing set forth in Article VI have been satisfied (or waived in
writing) with respect to all of the countries in which the
Transferred Assets are physically located or from which the
Business derived revenues in 2005, other than one or more countries
which in the aggregate contributed less than ten (10) percent of
the Business’ 2005 revenues (the “ Deferred Closing
Countries ”), based on the allocation of the
Business’ 2005 revenues set forth on Schedule 2.14, the
Closing shall be effected, including the payment of the Initial
Purchase Price; provided , however , that the
evidence to be delivered in connection with the Closing pursuant to
Article VI shall be required only with respect to all of such
countries, other than the Deferred Closing Countries. One or more
subsequent closings (“ Deferred Closings ”)
shall occur as soon as practicable following the receipt of all of
the evidence to be delivered, with respect to each such Deferred
Closing Country. Until such time as a Deferred Closing occurs with
respect to a Deferred Closing Country, Seller shall, with any
necessary cooperation from Buyer, operate the portion of the
Business located in such Deferred Closing Country in trust for the
account of Buyer in a manner consistent with the terms of this
Agreement. In connection therewith, (i) Buyer and Seller shall net
out the costs and benefits associated with the portion of the
Business in each such Deferred Closing Country for the period
between the Closing Date and the date of the Deferred Closing for
such Deferred Closing Country on the date of the Deferred Closing
for such Deferred Closing Country, (ii) all assets that would be
Transferred Assets, but for the failure to receive the evidence to
be delivered in connection with the Closing, shall be regarded as
Transferred Assets for purposes of the calculations required under
Section 2.5(b), (iii) the Assumed Liabilities relating to such
Deferred Closing Country shall be deemed to have been assumed as of
the Closing for purposes of Section 2.5(b) and (iv) the parties
hereto shall use commercially reasonable efforts, and cooperate
with each other, to obtain promptly the remaining evidence to be
delivered to effectuate a Deferred Closing with respect to such
Deferred Closing Country. To the extent that Buyer is required to
pay any cash consideration for the Transferred Assets located in
any Deferred Closing Countries at a Deferred Closing, Seller shall
remit to Buyer, in immediately available funds, the amount of cash
consideration allocated to such Deferred Closing Country in
accordance with Section 5.4(k), and Buyer shall pay such
consideration at such Deferred Closing.
(b) Buyer and Seller shall use commercially
reasonable efforts between the date hereof and Closing to develop
and implement provisional arrangements for each potential Deferred
Closing Country, including engaging in the activities set forth in
Section 5.22.
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(c) In
the event that a Deferred Closing does not occur with respect any
Deferred Closing Country within 180 days after the Closing Date
(the “ Deferred Closing Deadline ”), either
Buyer or Seller may give notice to the other of its election to
terminate the arrangements set forth in this Section 2.14 with
respect to such Deferred Closing Country; if such notice is given,
(i) within five (5) Business Days after such notice, Seller shall
pay to Buyer such portion of the Initial Purchase Price allocable
to the Business conducted at such Deferred Closing Country, as set
forth on Schedule 5.4, together with interest thereon from the
Closing Date to the date of payment at the rate of interest borne
by Buyer and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries under the senior debt
included in the Debt Financing, (ii) the temporary arrangements
entered into prior to the Deferred Closing Deadline pursuant to
Section 2.14(a) in respect of such Deferred Closing Country shall
cease as of such time the payment contemplated in clause (i)
immediately foregoing is made to Buyer and (iii) at Seller’s
request, subject to Section 5.13, Seller and Buyer shall enter into
mutually agreeable, commercially reasonable arrangements to allow
Seller to continue to conduct the Business in such Deferred Closing
Country. However, a party that has breached in any material respect
any of its covenants under this Agreement in any manner that
proximately contributed to the failure of a Deferred Closing to
occur prior to the Deferred Closing Deadline with respect to a
Deferred Closing Country may not give a notice pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence with respect to such Deferred
Closing Country.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
SELLER
Seller represents and warrants to Buyer, as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing, except as set forth on the
Seller Disclosure Schedule (each of which disclosures shall clearly
indicate the Section, and, if applicable, the Subsections of this
Article III to which it relates), as follows:
Section 3.1 Organization and Qualification
. Seller is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
New Jersey and has all requisite corporate power and authority to
own, lease and operate its assets, and to carry on the Business as
currently conducted. Seller is duly qualified to do business and is
in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction
where the ownership or operation of the Transferred Assets or the
conduct of the Business requires such qualification, except for
failures to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may
be, that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 3.2
Subsidiaries .
(a) Schedule 3.2(a) of the Seller Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of each
Transferred Subsidiary, including the Newco Entities, together with
its jurisdiction of organization and its authorized and outstanding
capital stock or other equity interests as of the date hereof. Each
Asset Transferring Subsidiary and each Transferred Subsidiary is
duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing or active
under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all
requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease
and operate its assets and to carry on its portion of the Business
as currently conducted and is duly qualified to do business and is
in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction where the ownership or operation of its assets or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for
failures to be so duly organized, validly existing, qualified or in
good standing that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. Seller has
heretofore delivered or made available to Buyer complete and
correct copies of the certificate of incorporation and the by-laws
(or similar organizational documents) of each of the Transferred
Subsidiaries as presently in effect. Seller or one or more of its
Affiliates owns all right, title and interest in and to all
outstanding stock and other equity interests of the Transferred
Subsidiaries. All of the outstanding stock and other equity
interests of the Transferred Subsidiaries have been duly
authorized, and are validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
(b) There are no preemptive or other
outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, stock
appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights,
agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character under
which the Transferred Subsidiaries are or may become obligated to
issue or sell, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or
acquire, or in any way dispose of, any shares of the capital stock
or other equity interests, or any securities or obligations
exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into any shares of
the capital stock or other equity interests, of the Transferred
Subsidiaries, and no securities or obligations evidencing such
rights are authorized, issued or outstanding. The outstanding stock
and other equity interests of the Transferred Subsidiaries are not
subject to any voting trust agreement or other contract, agreement
or arrangement restricting or otherwise relating to the voting,
dividend rights or disposition of such stock or other equity
interests. There are no phantom stock or similar rights providing
economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or
price of the stock or other equity interests of the Transferred
Subsidiaries.
(c) Seller or one or more of its Affiliates has
good and valid title to the outstanding stock and other equity
interests of the Transferred Subsidiaries, free and clear of all
Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances, and upon delivery
by Seller and/or any of its Affiliates of the outstanding stock and
other equity interests of the Transferred Subsidiaries at Closing,
good and valid title to the outstanding stock and other equity
interests of the Transferred Subsidiaries, free and clear of all
Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances and those resulting
from Buyer’s ownership, will pass to Buyer.
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(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.2(d), no
Transferred Subsidiary owns, directly or indirectly, any capital
stock or other equity interests of any Person (other than a
Transferred Subsidiary) or has any direct or indirect equity or
ownership interest in any business (other than a Transferred
Subsidiary), or is a member of or participant in any partnership,
joint venture or similar Person (other than a Transferred
Subsidiary).
Section 3.3 Corporate Authorization .
Seller has full corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to
which it is a party, and to perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of
this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it is
a party have been duly and validly authorized and no additional
corporate or shareholder authorization or consent is required in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Seller
of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements to which it is
a party. Each Affiliate of Seller has or prior to the Closing will
have full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver each
Ancillary Agreement or Closing document to which it is a party and
to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and
performance by each Affiliate of Seller of each Ancillary Agreement
or Closing document to which it is a party have been or prior to
the Closing will have been duly and validly authorized, and no
additional corporate or shareholder authorization or consent is or
will be required in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by any Affiliate of Seller of the Ancillary Agreements
or Closing documents to which such Affiliate is a party or
signatory.
Section 3.4 Consents and Approvals . (a)
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4(a), to the Knowledge of Seller,
no consent, approval, waiver, authorization, notice or filing is
required to be obtained by Seller or any of its Affiliates from, or
to be given by Seller or any of its Affiliates to, or made by
Seller or any of its Affiliates with, any Government Entity or
Self-Regulatory Organization, in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by Seller or any of its Affiliates of this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4(b), no
consent, approval, waiver, authorization, notice or filing is
required to be obtained by Seller or any of its Affiliates from, or
to be given by Seller or any of its Affiliates to, or made by
Seller or any of its Affiliates with, any Person which is not a
Government Entity or Self-Regulatory Organization in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by Seller or any of
its Affiliates of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements.
Section 3.5 Non-Contravention . The
execution, delivery and performance by Seller and its Affiliates of
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, do not and
will not (a) violate any provision of the certificate of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of Seller
or any of its Affiliates, (b) except as set forth on Schedule
3.4(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, conflict with, or result
in the breach
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of, or constitute a default
under, or result in the termination, right of cancellation,
modification or acceleration (whether after the filing of notice or
the lapse of time or both) of any right or obligation of Seller or
any of its Affiliates under, or result in a loss of any benefit to
which Seller or any of its Affiliates is entitled under, any
material Contract, or result in the creation of any material
Encumbrance upon any of the Transferred Assets or any of the assets
of the Transferred Subsidiaries, or (c) assuming the receipt of all
consents, approvals, waivers and authorizations and the making of
notices and filings set forth on Schedules 3.4(a) and 3.4(b) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedule, or required to be made or obtained by
Seller, violate or result in a breach of or constitute a default
under any Law to which Seller or any of its Affiliates is subject,
or under any material Governmental Authorization.
Section 3.6 Binding Effect . Each of
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, when executed and
delivered by Buyer and the other parties thereto, constitutes a
valid and legally binding obligation of Seller and each Affiliate
of Seller party to such agreements, enforceable against Seller and
each such Affiliate, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and
to general equity principles, in accordance with their respective
terms.
Section 3.7 Financial Statements .
Schedule 3.7 sets forth true and complete copies of the Historical
Carve-Out Financial Statements and the Unaudited Interim Pro Forma
Transaction Balance Sheet and:
(a) Except as described in the notes to the
Historical Carve-Out Financial Statements, the Historical Carve-Out
Financial Statements (i) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
(except for the absence of a five-year table as required by
Regulation S-K) consistently applied, and fairly present, in all
material respects, the financial position and results of operations
and cash flows of the Business as of the dates thereof or the
periods then ended and (ii) were derived from the books and records
of Seller and its affiliates;
(b) The Unaudited Interim Pro Forma Transaction
Balance Sheet has been prepared based on adjustments to the
Unaudited Carve-Out Financial Statements, such adjustments
representing management’s good faith estimate (determined
using reasonable judgment) of the Transferred Assets, Excluded
Assets, Assumed Liabilities and Excluded Liabilities, as
contemplated by this Agreement; and
(c) Except as specifically set forth on
Schedule 3.7(c), neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates has any
material Liabilities related to the Business, except (a) to the
extent accrued, reflected or reserved against in the Unaudited
Interim Pro Forma Transaction Balance Sheet or the unaudited
combined statement of financial position for the Business
(excluding Non-Destructive Testing and Personal Monitoring) as of
September 30, 2006; (b) Liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course
of Business since the date of the Unaudited Interim Pro Forma
Transaction Balance Sheet, none of which
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relates to a breach of contract
(other than customer write-offs, discounts or adjustments in the
Ordinary Course of Business consistent with past custom and
practice), breach of warranty, tort, violation of Law, any action,
suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, any proceeding
in eminent domain or other similar proceeding affecting any portion
of any real property), any writ, injunction, decree, order,
judgment or litigation affecting the ownership, lease, occupancy or
operation of any real property; (c) Liabilities relating to any of
the proceedings set forth on Schedule 3.8; (d) Liabilities under
the Contracts or Divisible Contracts, other than Liabilities for
breaches thereof; and (e) Liabilities under this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements. This Section 3.7(c) does not apply to any
Liabilities arising in connection with Intellectual Property which
is addressed exclusively in Section 3.14.
Section 3.8
Litigation and Claims . Except as set forth on Schedule
3.8:
(a) There is no material civil, criminal,
investigative, appellate or administrative action, suit, demand,
claim, hearing, proceeding or investigation pending, or to the
Knowledge of Seller threatened, against or relating to Seller or
any of its Affiliates in connection with the Transferred Assets,
any of the assets of the Transferred Subsidiaries, the Business or
the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) None of the Transferred Assets or any of
the assets of the Transferred Subsidiaries is subject to any
material order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree of any
court or governmental or regulatory authority of competent
jurisdiction or any arbitrator or arbitrators.
Section 3.9 Taxes . Except as set forth
on Schedule 3.9 or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, (a)
all Tax Returns with respect to the Business that are required to
be filed on or before the date of Closing (taking into account
extensions) and any other Tax Returns required to be filed by each
Transferred Subsidiary on or before the date of Closing (taking
into account extensions) have been or will have been duly filed and
all amounts shown to be due and owing thereon have been or will
have been duly and timely paid; (b) there is no outstanding audit
examination, deficiency or litigation with respect to material
Taxes involving any Transferred Subsidiary; (c) there is no request
for a ruling or determination in respect of any Tax pending between
any Transferred Subsidiary and any Taxing authority; (d) no
Transferred Subsidiary has been a member of a group that files any
Tax Return on a consolidated, combined, unitary or similar basis
with Seller or any of its Affiliates; (e) on the Closing Date, no
Transferred Subsidiary will be a party to any Tax sharing
agreement; (f) there is no outstanding waiver of the statute of
limitations with respect to Taxes relating to any Transferred
Subsidiary; (g) there is no lien for Taxes upon any of the
Transferred Assets or any of the assets of the Transferred
Subsidiaries other than liens for Taxes that are not yet due and
payable or for Taxes the validity or amount of which is being
contested by Seller or one of its Affiliates in good faith by
appropriate action; (h) no Taxing authority has asserted in writing
to any Transferred Subsidiary that such Transferred Subsidiary was
required to file a material Tax Return in any jurisdiction where
the Transferred Subsidiary has not
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filed a Tax Return; and (i) all
Taxes that are or were required to be withheld or collected with
respect to the Business or by any Transferred Subsidiary have been
duly withheld or collected and, to the extent required, have been
paid to the appropriate Taxing authority.
Section 3.10
Employee Benefits .
(a) All material benefit and compensation
plans, contracts, policies or arrangements covering Applicable
Employees, including any trust instruments and insurance contracts
forming a part thereof, any “employee benefit plans”
within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, any material deferred
compensation, stock option, stock purchase, stock appreciation
rights, stock based, incentive, bonus, workers’ compensation
supplement, short term disability, vacation and severance plans and
all material employment, severance and change in control
agreements, and all amendments thereto (the “ Benefit
Plans ”), other than Benefit Plans maintained outside of
the U.S. primarily for the benefit of Employees working outside of
the U.S. (such plans hereinafter referred to as “ Non-U.S.
Benefit Plans ”) and Benefit Plans that are individual
arrangements, are listed on Schedule 3.10(a). Benefit Plans other
than Non-U.S. Benefit Plans are hereinafter referred to as “
U.S. Benefit Plans ”. All Benefit Plans sponsored by
any Transferred Subsidiary for the benefit of Applicable Employees
are hereinafter referred to as “ Transferred Subsidiary
Benefit Plans ”; all U.S. Benefit Plans that are
Transferred Subsidiary Benefit Plans, if any, are identified as
such on Schedule 3.10(a) (the “ U.S. Transferred
Subsidiary Benefit Plans ”). Seller has delivered or made
available to Buyer (A) with respect to each U.S. Benefit Plan a
copy of, or a plan level summary describing the types of benefits
provided under, such U.S. Benefit Plan and any amendments thereto,
and, a copy of any summary plan descriptions and summaries of
material modifications to any such plan required to be prepared
under applicable Law, and (B) with respect to each U.S. Transferred
Subsidiary Benefit Plan: (i) if required to be prepared under ERISA
or the Code, a copy of the two most recent annual reports(including
all required attachments, schedules and financial statements), and
the two most recent actuarial reports; (ii) if the Benefit Plan is
funded through a trust or any third-party funding vehicle, a copy
of the trust or other funding agreement or document and the latest
statement of assets and/or financial statements thereof; and (iii)
a copy of the most recent favorable determination letter issued by
the IRS with respect to each Benefit Plan intended to be qualified
under Section 401(a) of the Code.
(b) (i) Each U.S. Transferred Subsidiary
Benefit Plan has been administered and complied in all material
respects with its terms and all applicable Laws, or to the extent
Section 409A of the Code applies to such plan, in reasonable good
faith compliance in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of Section 409A since January 1, 2005, (ii) no
actions, suit, claims, litigation or disputes are pending, or to
Seller’s Knowledge threatened, with respect to any U.S.
Benefit Plan that would be material to the Business, and no audits,
inquiries, reviews, proceedings or, to Seller’s Knowledge,
investigations, involving any U.S. Benefit Plan that would be
material to the Business are pending before the Internal Revenue
Service, the Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or any other Governmental Entity, (iii) each
U.S.
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Transferred Subsidiary Benefit
Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS
that it is so qualified, and, to Seller’s Knowledge, nothing
has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, that could
reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification, and
(iv) there are no outstanding liabilities for material taxes,
penalties or fees with respect to any U.S. Transferred Subsidiary
Benefit Plan.
(c) Neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates
has incurred or expects to incur any obligation to contribute to,
or any withdrawal liability under Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA
with respect to, any U.S. Benefit Plan that is a
“multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section
3(37) of ERISA under Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA (regardless of
whether based on contributions of any of its Affiliates under
Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414 of the Code (an “
ERISA Affiliate ”)).
(d) No notice of
a “reportable event”, within the meaning of Section
4043 of ERISA for which the 30 day reporting requirement has not
been waived or extended, other than pursuant to PBGC Reg. Section
4043.66 (“ Funding Waiver Reportable Event
”), has been required to be filed for any U.S. Benefit Plan
which is an “employee pension benefit plan” within the
meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA or by any ERISA Affiliate within
the 24 month period ending on the date hereof. Schedule 3.10(d)
contains a description of the facts concerning any Funding Waiver
Reportable Event.
(e) With respect to each of the U.S.
Transferred Subsidiary Benefit Plans, as of the date hereof, all
required contributions have been timely made and all obligations
have been properly accrued and reflected on the books and records
of the Business. As of the date hereof, none of the U.S. Benefit
Plans has any risk of incurring liability under Title IV or Section
302 of ERISA that would be material to the Business. No U.S.
Transferred Subsidiary Benefit Plan is a “multiemployer
plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of
ERISA.
(f) The U.S. Transferred Subsidiary Benefit
Plans have complied in all material respects with the requirements
of Section 4980B of the Code.
(g) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.10(g), no
U.S. Benefit Plan exists that, as a result of the execution of this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (whether alone
or in connection with any subsequent event(s)), could result in the
material increase, acceleration or provision of any payments,
benefits or other rights to any Transferred Employee, whether or
not any such payment, benefit or right would constitute a
“parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G
of the Code, or the immediate funding or financing of any
compensation or benefits.
(h) All Non-U.S. Benefit Plans comply in all
material respects with the applicable Laws of the relevant
jurisdiction (including any local regulatory or tax approval
requirements), and the governing provisions of the relevant
Non-U.S. Benefit Plan (hereinafter referred to as “
Applicable Local Law ”). As of the date hereof, there
is no pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened material
litigation relating to Non-U.S. Benefit Plans.
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All the Non-U.S. Benefit Plans
which are intended, to the extent allowable under Applicable Local
Law, to obtain tax exemption on contributions, benefits and/or
invested assets under Applicable Local Law now meet, and since
their inception have met, the requirements for such tax exemption
under Applicable Local Law except as would not reasonably be likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect. To Seller’s Knowledge, the
tax exemption of no Non-U.S. Benefit Plan is the subject of
examination by any Government Entity or pending cancellation. To
Seller’s Knowledge, no event has occurred that would subject
any party to the imposition of any material penalty with respect to
the administration of any Non-U.S. Benefit Plan so far as it
relates to Transferred Employees. With respect to each Non-U.S.
Benefit Plan, the benefits to be provided under such plan or in
respect of Transferred Employees which have accrued in accordance
with Applicable Local Law prior to the date hereof (but excluding
any severance or similar such benefits outside of the U.S.), have
been paid and/or properly reflected on the books and records and
other financial reports of Seller.
Section 3.11 Labor . Except as set forth
on Schedule 3.11(a)(i) with respect to the U.S. and except as set
forth on Schedule 3.11(a)(ii) for other jurisdictions, neither
Seller nor any of its Affiliates is a party to or bound by any
material labor agreement, union contract or collective bargaining
agreement respecting the Employees.
(a) There is no pending, or to the Knowledge of
Seller threatened, strike, walkout or other work stoppage or any
union organizing effort by any of the Employees.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11(c),
there is no unfair labor practice, charge or complaint against the
Business pending, or to Seller’s Knowledge threatened, before
the National Labor Relations Board or other Government
Entity.
Section 3.12 Compliance with Laws . (a)
Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.12(a), the Business has been
since January 1, 2004 and currently is being conducted in all
material respects in compliance with all applicable Laws, (b)
neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates has received any notice
alleging any material violation under any applicable Law, and (c)
the Business has all material Governmental Authorizations necessary
for the conduct of the Business as currently conducted.
Section 3.13 Environmental Matters .
Except for the matters set forth on Schedule 3.13:
(a) the Business as currently conducted and the
Real Property are in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable Environmental Laws;
(b) the Business possesses all material
permits, licenses, registrations, identification numbers,
authorizations and approvals required under applicable
Environmental Laws for the operation of the business as presently
conducted and the Real Property, as presently conducted is in
compliance in all material respects with all terms and conditions
of such permits and licenses and has timely filed any application
required for renewal of such material permits and
licenses;
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(c) during the past five years Seller has not
received from any Person any written notice, demand, claim, letter
or request for information, relating to any material violation or
alleged material violation of or liability under any Environmental
Law in connection with the Business;
(d) there are no writs, injunctions, decrees,
orders or judgments outstanding, or any actions, suits, proceedings
or investigations pending or, to Seller’s Knowledge,
threatened, relating to compliance with or liability under any
Environmental Law affecting the Business;
(e) there has been no transportation, release,
discharge or disposal of any Hazardous Substance at the Real
Property which has or is expected to result in material liability
under Environmental Laws; and
(f) Seller has made available to Buyer copies
of any material reports, studies and assessments in its possession
or control relating to the compliance with or liability under
Environmental Laws of the Business and the Real
Property.
Notwithstanding any other representation and
warranty in Article III, the representations and warranties
contained in this Section 3.13 constitute the sole representations
and warranties of Seller relating to any Environmental
Law.
Section 3.14 Intellectual Property .
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.14, in all material respects, (a)
Seller and/or its Affiliates own all the Scheduled Intellectual
Property, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted
Encumbrances, (b) to the Knowledge of Seller, the Scheduled
Intellectual Property is valid, subsisting and enforceable, (c) to
the Knowledge of Seller, Seller and its Affiliates have the right
to use the Transferred Intellectual Property and Transferred
Subsidiary Intellectual Property as such Intellectual Property is
currently used in the Business, (d) to the Knowledge of Seller,
neither the conduct of the Business nor any of the products sold or
services provided by Seller or any of its Affiliates in connection
therewith, infringes upon or otherwise violates the Intellectual
Property of any other Person, and no claim is pending or, to the
Knowledge of Seller, threatened in writing since January 1, 2004,
against Seller or any of its Affiliates alleging any of the
foregoing, (e) to the Knowledge of Seller, no Person is engaging in
any activity that infringes upon or otherwise violates in any
material respect any Transferred Intellectual Property or
Transferred Subsidiary Intellectual Property, (f) there is no
litigation, opposition, cancellation, proceeding, objection or
claim pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened in writing
since January 1, 2004, against Seller or any of its Affiliates
concerning the ownership, validity, registerability, enforceability
or use of any Transferred Intellectual Property or Transferred
Subsidiary Intellectual Property, and (g) Seller and its Affiliates
have taken reasonable measures to protect the secrecy,
confidentiality and value of the Trade Secrets that are included in
the Transferred Intellectual Property or Transferred Subsidiary
Intellectual Property.
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Section 3.15 Contracts . (a) Schedule
3.15 sets forth a complete and accurate list of all of the
following Contracts (each such Contract, a “ Material
Contract ”):
(i) any agreement involving annual
revenues during the year ended December 31, 2005 of the Business in
an amount in excess of $10,000,000;
(ii) any sales representative,
distribution or marketing agreement providing for annual payments
during the year ended December 31, 2005 by Seller or any of its
Affiliates relating to the Business of $10,000,000 or
more;
(iii) any agreement for the
purchase of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or
other assets involving annual payments during the year ended
December 31, 2005 by Seller or any of its Affiliates relating to
the Business of $7,500,000 or more;
(iv) any lease of personal property
providing for annual rental payments to or from Seller or its
Affiliates relating to the Business in excess of
$1,000,000;
(v) any partnership, joint venture
or other similar agreement or arrangement of Seller or its
Affiliates;
(vi) any agreement relating to the
acquisition or disposition of any interest in another entity
(whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or
otherwise);
(vii) any agreement that limits the
freedom of Seller or any of its Affiliates to compete in any line
of business or with any Person or in any area, in each case, that
would so limit the freedom of Buyer after the Closing
Date;
(viii) any Contract (or group of
related Contracts) under which Seller or any of its Affiliates has
created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed any Indebtedness related
to the Transferred Assets or Transferred Subsidiaries in excess of
$1,000,000 or under which it has imposed an Encumbrance (other than
a Permitted Encumbrance) on any of its assets, tangible or
intangible;
(ix) any Contract under which
Seller or any of its Affiliates has advanced or loaned any amount
to any of its directors, officers, and employees outside the
Ordinary Course of Business;
(x) any commitment of Seller or any
of its Affiliates to make a capital expenditure or to purchase any
capital asset in excess of $5,000,000 Related to the
Business;
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(xi) any license agreement
providing for annual payments during the year ended December 31,
2005 by Seller or its Affiliates relating to the Business in excess
of $3,000,000.
(b) Seller has delivered or made available to
Buyer a correct and complete copy of each Material Contract
(including all amendments thereto), except to the extent such
delivery would constitute a breach of such Material Contract, in
which event Seller has delivered to Buyer a true and correct
summary of the material terms and conditions thereof (other than
any material terms and conditions the summary of which would
constitute a breach of such Material Contract). Each of the
agreements, contracts, leases and subleases, purchase orders,
tenders, arrangements, understandings, instruments, commitments and
licenses set forth on Schedule 3.15 is in full force and effect and
is enforceable against each party thereto in accordance with the
express terms thereof. There does not exist under any Material
Contract any material violation, breach or event of default, or
alleged violation, breach or event of default, or event or
condition that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute a violation, breach or event of default thereunder on
the part of Seller or any of its Affiliates or, to the Knowledge of
Seller, any other party thereto. There are no material disputes
pending or threatened under any Material Contract.
Section 3.16 Absence of Changes .
Between October 1, 2006 and the date hereof, (a) Seller and its
Affiliates have conducted the Business only in the Ordinary Course;
and (b) the Business has not experienced any event or condition,
and to Seller’s Knowledge no event or condition is
threatened, that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or is
reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.16, since October 1, 2006, none of the actions
or events prohibited or circumscribed by Section 5.2 have been
taken or have occurred, except as expressly permitted by this
Agreement.
Section 3.17 Sufficiency of Assets .
Except for the services and assets set forth on Schedule 3.17, the
Transferred Assets and the assets of the Transferred Subsidiaries,
when taken together with any assets, services or rights to be
provided by Seller or its Affiliates pursuant to the Ancillary
Agreements, constitute all the assets that will be necessary for
Buyer to continue to operate and conduct the Business immediately
following the Closing in all material respects as currently
conducted. The tangible assets included in such assets have been
maintained substantially in accordance with normal industry
practice, are in good operating condition (subject to normal wear
and tear) and are suitable for the purposes for which they are
presently used.
Section 3.18 Title to Property . Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.18, Seller and its Affiliates have, and
at the Closing Seller and its Affiliates will transfer to Buyer or
its Affiliates, (a) good and marketable fee simple title to, or
subject to any required consents, a valid and binding leasehold
interest in, the Owned Real Property and Leased Real Property,
respectively, that are included in the Transferred Assets or any of
the assets of the Transferred Subsidiaries and (b) good and valid
title to the personal
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tangible property they own or
lease that is included in the Transferred Assets or any of the
assets of the Transferred Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear
of all Encumbrances, except Permitted Encumbrances.
Section 3.19 Real Property . Seller has
delivered to Buyer complete and accurate copies of each of the
Assigned Leases. Schedule 1.1(a)(i) lists all parcels of Leased
Real Property. Schedule 1.1(a)(ii) lists all parcels of leased
Transferred Subsidiary Real Property.
(b) Schedule 1.1(e) lists all parcels of Owned
Real Property, including a legal description thereof, except with
respect to the Building 214 Facility and the parcels of Owned Real
Property located in Windsor, Colorado, to the extent either such
legal description has not been obtained by Seller as of the date
hereof. Except as set forth or listed on Schedule 3.19, neither the
Owned Real Property (or any portion thereof) nor the owned
Transferred Subsidiary Real Property (or any portion thereof) is
subject to any written or oral lease, sublease, license, sublicense
or other occupancy agreement, and no Person other than Seller or
its Affiliates occupies or has the legal right to use the Owned
Real Property or the owned Transferred Subsidiary Real Property
except with respect to any such agreements that have been disclosed
to, and delivered to or made available to, Buyer.
(c) There are no pending or, to the Knowledge
of Seller, threatened appropriation, condemnation, eminent domain
or like proceedings relating to the Owned Real Property, the owned
Transferred Subsidiary Real Property or, to the Knowledge of
Seller, the Leased Real Property or the leased Transferred
Subsidiary Real Property, except as set forth on Schedule 3.19, or,
in respect of proceedings commencing from and after the date
hereof.
(d) None of the Owned Real Property, the
Transferred Subsidiary Real Property or the Leased Real Property
have suffered any material damage by fire or other casualty which
has not heretofore been repaired and restored in all material
respects, except as set forth on Schedule 3.19 or, with respect to
damage occurring from and after the date hereof, except for any
such damage that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Except for assessments occurring on a
regular basis or in accordance with applicable Laws or as a result
of the transactions described herein, to the Knowledge of Seller,
there is no contemplated reassessment of any parcel of Owned Real
Property that would materially adversely increase the real estate
tax assessment for such parcel.
(f) Neither Seller nor its Affiliates are
obligated under or a party to, any option, right of first refusal
or other contractual right or obligation to purchase, acquire, sell
or dispose of any portion of the Owned Real Property or any
interest therein.
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(g) Other than those of the following, the
breach of which would not reasonably be likely to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (i)
Seller or an Affiliate, as applicable, is in quiet, peaceful and
exclusive possession of the Leased Real Property and the leased
Transferred Subsidiary Real Property, except (solely with respect
to the exclusivity of Seller’s possession) for those
agreements, if any, that have been disclosed to and delivered or
made available to Buyer, (ii) each Assigned Lease and each lease
for any of the leased Transferred Subsidiary Real Property is in
full force and effect, (iii) all rent and other sums and charges
due and payable by Seller or its Affiliate, as lessee or sublessee
thereunder, are current, (iv) Seller or its Affiliate, as the case
may be, has complied in all material respects with the terms of
each Assigned Lease and lease for any of the leased Transferred
Subsidiary Real Property and (v) Seller or a Transferred Subsidiary
has not received any notice of default from any of the landlords
under any of the Assigned Leases or under a lease for any of the
leased Transferred Subsidiary Real Property.
Section 3.20 Warranties/Product
Liability . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.20, as reflected
or reserved against in the Historical Carve-Out Financial
Statements or incurred since the date of the Historical Carve-Out
Financial Statements in the Ordinary Course of Business and at a
level consistent with past experience, (a) there is no notice,
demand, claim, action, suit, inquiry, hearing, proceeding, notice
of violation or investigation from, by or before any Governmental
Entity relating to any product, including the packaging and
advertising related thereto, designed, formulated, manufactured,
processed, sold or placed in the stream of commerce by the Business
or any services provided by the Business (a “ Product
”), or claim or lawsuit involving a Product which is pending
or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened, by any Person, and (b)
there has not been, nor is there under consideration by the
Business, any Product recall or post-sale warning of a material
nature conducted by or on behalf of the Business concerning any
Product. All Products materially complied and comply with
applicable Governmental Authorizations, contractual commitments,
express and implied warranties and Laws, and there have not been
and there are no material defects or deficiencies in such Products.
The applicable standard terms and conditions of sale or lease of
products sold or provided by Seller or any of its Affiliates prior
to the Closing is generally not subject to any guaranty, standard
warranty, or other indemnity beyond a term of 18 months.
Section 3.21 Insurance . Schedule 3.21
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule lists all material insurance
policies covering the properties, assets, employees and operations
of the Business (including policies providing property, casualty,
liability, and workers’ compensation coverage), and a
description of each such policy, and also includes (a) a summary of
the loss experience since January 1, 2004 related to the Business
under each policy and (b) a statement describing each claim since
January 1, 2004, to the extent such claims can be identified as
being solely related to the Business. All of such policies or
renewals thereof are in full force and effect. All premiums with
respect to such policies that are currently due have been paid.
Neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates has within the past three
years (i) been in breach or default in any material
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respect (including with respect
to the payment of premiums or the giving of notices) with respect
to its obligations under any such insurance policies, and no event
has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time, would
constitute such a breach or default in any material respect, or
permit termination, modification or acceleration under such
policies, (ii) repudiated any provision of any such insurance
policies or (iii) been denied insurance coverage related to the
Business.
Section 3.22 Finders’ Fees . Except for Goldman, Sachs & Co. and
Lazard, Freres & Co., LLC, whose fees will be paid by Seller,
there is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary
that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of
Seller or any of its Affiliates who might be entitled to any fee or
commission from Seller or any of its Affiliates in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 3.23 Customers and Suppliers . Schedule 3.23 accurately sets forth a list of
the top ten (10) customers (the “ Top Customers
”) and suppliers (the “ Top Suppliers ”)
of the Business by dollar volume of sales and purchases,
respectively, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. Neither
Seller nor any of its Affiliates has received any written notice
from any Top Supplier to the effect that such supplier will stop,
decrease the rate of, or change the material terms (whether related
to payment, price or otherwise) with respect to, supplying
materials, products or services to the Business (whether as a
result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
or otherwise). Neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates has
received any written notice from any Top Customer to the effect
that such customer will stop, or materially decrease the rate of,
purchasing services and/or products of the Business (whether as a
result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
or otherwise).
Section
3.24 Affiliated
Transactions . Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.24, no Affiliated Person is party to any
Material Contract or has any interest in any material property,
asset or right used by, or necessary for, the Business or, since
January 1, 2006, has received any funds in excess of $250,000 from
or on behalf of the Business (other than compensation paid to
employees of the Business in the Ordinary Course of Business). For
purposes hereof, an “ Affiliated Person ” means
(a) any officer or director of Seller or any of its Affiliates or
any Person reporting directly to any officer or director of Seller
or any of its Affiliates and (b) any immediate family member of any
such Person, officer or director.
Section 3.25 No Other Representations or
Warranties . Except as
otherwise provided in this Article III, the Transferred Assets and
any of the assets of the Transferred Subsidiaries will be
transferred to Buyer “AS IS”, “WHERE IS”
and “WITH ALL FAULTS”, and Seller expressly disclaims
all other representations and warranties, express or implied, with
respect to the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement, the Business, the Transferred Assets or any of the
assets of the Transferred Subsidiaries or the Assumed Liabilities,
including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose and representations and warranties arising by course of
dealing or
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performance, custom or usage in
the trade or otherwise, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure
to Buyer or its representatives of any documentation or other
information with respect to any one or more of the
foregoing.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
BUYER
Buyer represents and warrants to Seller, as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing, except as set forth on the
Buyer Disclosure Schedule (each of which disclosures shall clearly
indicate the Section, and, if applicable, the Subsections of this
Article IV to which it relates), as follows:
Section 4.1 Organization and Qualification
. Buyer is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
Delaware. Buyer has all requisite corporate power and authority to
own and operate its respective properties and assets and to carry
on its respective business as currently conducted. Buyer is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction where the ownership or operation of its respective
properties and assets or the conduct of its respective business
requires such qualification, except for failures to be so qualified
or in good standing that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, materially impair or delay Buyer’s ability to
perform its obligations hereunder.
Section 4.2 Corporate Authorization . Buyer has full corporate power and authority
to execute and deliver this Agreement and each of the Ancillary
Agreements and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
The execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement
and each of the Ancillary Agreements has been duly and validly
authorized and no additional corporate, shareholder or similar
authorization or consent is required in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement or
any of the Ancillary Agreements.
Section 4.3 Consents and Approvals . (a) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.3(a),
to the Knowledge of Buyer, no consent, approval, waiver,
authorization, notice or filing is required to be obtained by Buyer
or any of its Affiliates from, or to be given by Buyer or any of
its Affiliates to, or made by Buyer or any of its Affiliates with,
any Government Entity or Self-Regulatory Organization, in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Buyer or
any of its Affiliates of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements or the conduct of the Business by Buyer and its
Affiliates immediately following the Closing.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.3(b), no
consent, approval, waiver, authorization, notice or filing is
required to be obtained by Buyer or any of its Affiliates from, or
to be given by Buyer or any of its Affiliates to, Buyer or any of
its Affiliates with, any Person which is not a Government Entity or
Self-Regulatory
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Organization, in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance by Buyer or any of its
Affiliates of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements.
Section 4.4 Non-Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by
Buyer of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements, and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, do not and will not (a) violate any provision of the
certificates of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational
documents of Buyer or any of its Affiliates, (b) except as set
forth on Schedule 4.3(b) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule, conflict
with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, or
result in the termination, right of cancellation, modification or
acceleration (whether after the filing of notice or the lapse of
time or both) of any right or obligation of Buyer or any of its
Affiliates under, or result in a loss of any benefit to which Buyer
or any of its Affiliates is entitled under, any material Contract,
or result in the creation of any material Encumbrance upon any of
the Transferred Assets or any of the assets of the Transferred
Subsidiaries, or (c) assuming the receipt of all consents,
approvals, waivers and authorizations and the making of notices and
filings set forth on Schedules 4.3(a) and 4.3(b) of the Buyer
Disclosure Schedule, or required to be made or obtained by Buyer,
violate or result in a breach of or constitute a default under any
Law to which Buyer or any of its Affiliates is subject, or under
any material Governmental Authorization.
Section 4.5 Binding Effect . This Agreement, when executed and delivered
by Seller, and each of the Ancillary Agreements, when executed and
delivered by Seller and its Affiliates parties thereto, will
constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of Buyer
enforceable against it, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and
to general equity principles, in accordance with its
terms.
Section 4.6 Finders’ Fees . Except for Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
LLC, whose fees will be paid by Buyer , there is no
investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary that has
been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of Buyer or any
Affiliate of Buyer who might be entitled to any fee or commission
from Buyer in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby.
Section 4.7 Financing . Buyer has delivered to Seller true and
correct copies of (a) the commitment letter dated January 9, 2007
from Credit Suisse, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Goldman
Sachs Credit Partners L.P. to Buyer (the “ Debt Financing
Commitments ”), pursuant to which the financing parties
thereto have agreed to lend the amounts set forth therein (the
“ Debt Financing ”), and (b) the equity
commitment letter dated January 9, 2007 from Onex Partners II LP to
Buyer (the “ Equity Financing Commitments ” and
together with the Debt Financing Commitments, the “
Financing Commitments ”), pursuant to which Onex
Partners II LP has committed to invest the amounts set forth
therein (the “ Equity Financing ” and together
with the Debt Financing, the “ Financing ”).
Each of the Financing Commitments is valid and in full force and
effect and the respective commitments contained therein have not
been
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withdrawn or rescinded in any
respect. There are no conditions precedent or other contingencies
related to the funding of the full amount of the Financing, other
than as expressly set forth in the Financing Commitments. Buyer has
fully paid any and all commitment fees or other fees required by
the Commitment Letters to be paid as of the date of this Agreement.
Subject to receipt in full of the financing contemplated by the
Financing Commitments, Buyer will have on the Closing Date the
financial ability to pay the aggregate purchase price payable by
Buyer to Seller pursuant to Section 2.5 and for Buyer to pay
Buyer’s fees and expenses in connection with the Transaction.
As of the date of this Agreement, Buyer does not have any reason to
believe, after due inquiry, that any of the conditions to the
Financing will not be satisfied or that the Financing will not be
available on the Closing Date, provided that no representation or
warranty is made as to any condition to the Financing or risk that
the Financing will not be available to the extent that such
condition or risk relates to the Business, the Transferred Assets
or Assumed Liabilities.
Section 4.8 Litigation and Claims . There are no civil, criminal or
administrative actions, suits, demands, claims, hearings,
proceedings or investigations pending or, to the Knowledge of
Buyer, threatened against Buyer or any of its Affiliates that,
individually or in the aggregate, would impair or delay the ability
of Buyer to effect the Closing. Neither Buyer nor any of its
Affiliates is subject to any order, writ, judgment, award,
injunction or decree of any court or governmental or regulatory
authority of competent jurisdiction or any arbitrator or
arbitrators that, individually or in the aggregate, would impair or
delay the ability of Buyer to effect the Closing. As of the date of
this Agreement, there are no administrative actions, suits,
demands, claims, hearings, proceedings or investigations by or
against Buyer or any of its Affiliates pending or, to the Knowledge
of Buyer, threatened, which would affect the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Financing Commitment.
Section 4.9 No Other Representations or
Warranties . Except for
the representations and warranties contained in this Article IV,
neither Buyer nor any other Person makes any other express or
implied representation or warranty on behalf of Buyer and Buyer
expressly disclaims all other representations and warranties,
express or implied, including representations and warranties
arising by course of dealing or performance, custom or usage in the
trade or otherwise, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to
Seller or its representatives of any documentation or other
information with respect to any one or more of the
foregoing.
Section 4.10 Subsidiaries . Set forth on Schedule 4.10 is a complete and
accurate list of each subsidiary, whether direct or indirect, of
Buyer, together with its jurisdiction of organization and its
authorized and outstanding capital stock or other equity interests
as of the date hereof.
Section 4.11 Business of Buyer . As of the date hereof, to the Knowledge of
Buyer, neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates derives any revenue
in the
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lines of business indicated in
the NAICS Codes listed in Schedule 4.11 or is party to, or is
negotiating, a contract to acquire a Person that derives revenue in
such lines of business.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
Section
5.1 Access and
Information .
(a) From
the date hereof until the Closing, subject to any applicable Laws,
Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to: (i) afford Buyer
and its representatives (including representatives of entities
providing or arranging financing for Buyer) reasonable access,
during regular business hours and upon reasonable advance notice,
to the Employees, the Business, Business Books and Records and
Transferred Assets, (ii) furnish, or cause to be furnished, to
Buyer any financial and operating data and other information that
is available with respect to the Business as Buyer from time to
time reasonably requests, (iii) instruct the Employees, its counsel
and financial advisors to cooperate with Buyer in its investigation
of the Business, and (iv) otherwise cooperate and assist, to the
extent reasonably requested by Buyer, with Buyer’s
investigation of the Business and the Transferred Assets;
provided , however , that in no event shall Buyer
have access to any data, information or documentation that (w)
based on reasonable advice of Seller’s counsel, would create
any potential Liability under applicable Laws, including U.S.
Antitrust Laws, Non-U.S. Competition Law or other similar Law, or
would destroy any legal privilege, (x) in the reasonable judgment
of Seller, would (A) result in the disclosure of any trade secrets
of third parties or (B) violate any obligation of Seller or any
Affiliate with respect to confidentiality or data protection Laws,
or (y) is data, information or documentation that (I) is excluded
from the definition of “Business Books and Records” set
forth in Section 1.1 or (II) relate solely to any Excluded Assets,
Excluded Liabilities or any business of Seller or any of its
Affiliates other than the Business; it being
understood that Buyer shall reimburse Seller promptly
for reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses it incurs in
complying with any such request by or on behalf of Buyer; and
it being further understood that any
access shall be at the risk of Buyer and its representatives and
agents, and in connection therewith, Buyer hereby agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Seller Indemnified Parties with
respect to any Losses resulting from or arising out of such access.
All requests made pursuant to this Section 5.1(a) shall be directed
to an officer of Seller or such Person or Persons as may be
designated by Seller. All information received pursuant to this
Section 5.1(a) shall be governed by the terms of the
Confidentiality Agreement.
(b) Following the Closing and until such time as
any applicable statute of limitations (including periods of waiver)
has run, Buyer and any of its Affiliates agree to retain all
Business Books and Records included in the Transferred Assets in
existence on the Closing Date, and to the extent permitted by Law
and subject to confidentiality obligations, grant to Seller and any
of its Affiliates and representatives, during regular
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business hours, upon reasonable
advance notice and subject to reasonable rules and regulations, the
right, at the expense of Seller (i) to inspect and copy the
Business Books and Records included in the Transferred Assets that
are in the possession of Buyer or any of its Affiliates or (ii) to
have personnel of Buyer or any of its Affiliates made available to
Seller or any of its Affiliates or have Buyer and any of its
Affiliates otherwise cooperate to the extent reasonably necessary,
including in connection with (A) preparing and filing Tax returns
and/or any Tax inquiry, audit, investigation or dispute or (B) any
litigation or investigation.
(c) Following the Closing, Seller and its
Affiliates shall retain all Business Books and Records included in
the Excluded Assets in existence on the Closing Date consistent
with its retention policies as in effect as of the date hereof.
Following the Closing and until such time as any applicable statute
of limitations (including periods of waiver) has run, Seller and
its Affiliates agree, to the extent permitted by Law and subject to
confidentiality obligations, to grant to Buyer and its
representatives, during regular business hours, upon reasonable
advance notice and subject to reasonable rules and regulations, the
right, at the expense of Buyer, (i) to inspect and copy any
Business Books and Records included in the Excluded Assets that are
in the possession of Seller or any of its Affiliates or (ii) to
have personnel of Seller or any of its Affiliates made available to
Buyer or have Seller and any of its Affiliates otherwise cooperate
to the extent reasonably necessary, including in connection with
(A) preparing and filing Tax returns and/or any Tax inquiry, audit,
investigation or dispute or (B) any litigation or investigation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent
Buyer requests in writing that Seller and its Affiliates retain
specified Business Books and Records for a specified period in
order to comply with any change in Law relating to the Business,
Seller and its Affiliates shall retain such Business Books and
Records for such period irrespective of Seller’s retention
policies as in effect as of the date hereof.
(d) For
the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending six (6) months
thereafter, Buyer shall have reasonable access to all technical
notebooks/ databases/experimental chemicals existing on the Closing
Date relating to the Business that are not included in the
Transferred Assets with a right to copy relevant portions of such
notebooks or use relevant portions of such databases and chemicals,
for the period commencing on the six-month anniversary of the
Closing and ending on the 12-month anniversary thereof, up to 10 of
Buyer’s employees shall be permitted reasonable access as set
forth above. Thereafter, such items existing on the Closing Date
shall be provided by Seller to Buyer’s employees upon
reasonable request of Buyer to Seller and Buyer shall reimburse
Seller for its reasonable costs in providing such
access.
Section 5.2 Conduct of Business . (a) During the period from the date hereof to
the Closing, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, as
set forth on Schedule 5.2 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule or as
Buyer otherwise agrees in writing in advance, Seller shall conduct,
and shall cause its Affiliates to conduct, the Business in the
Ordinary Course and use its commercially reasonable efforts, to
preserve intact the Business and its relationships with its
customers, suppliers, creditors and employees.
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Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, during the period from the date hereof to the
Closing, Seller shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates
to:
(i) operate the Business’ cash management in
the Ordinary Course in accordance with past practices, including
the payment of Indebtedness, collection of receivables, purchase of
inventory, provision of services, payment of payables and
incurrence of and payment or financing of capital
expenditures;
(ii) maintain the Transferred Assets and the assets
of the Transferred Subsidiaries in a state of repair and condition
consistent with the Ordinary Course;
(iii) maintain all Books and Records in the Ordinary
Course; and
(iv) diligently pursue effectuating the subdivision
of the Building 214 Facility in accordance with the drawing set
forth as part of Schedule1.1(e), provided that Buyer shall
reasonably cooperate with Seller in effectuating the
foregoing.
(b) During the period from the date hereof to the
Closing, except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or as Buyer shall otherwise
consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed
(except for subsections (ii), (iii), (vi), (vii), (x), (xiv), (xv)
and (xx) below, and with respect to the foregoing subsections only,
subsection (xxiii), for which Buyer may withhold its consent in its
sole discretion)) or as set forth on Schedule 5.2 of the Seller
Disclosure Schedule, Seller shall not, and shall cause each of its
Affiliates not to, except to the extent such failure would violate
applicable Law, with respect to the Business:
(i) incur, create or assume any Encumbrance on any
of its assets other than a Permitted Encumbrance;
(ii) sell, lease, license, transfer or dispose of
any assets with a fair market value in excess of $1,000,000 in the
aggregate, other than sales of inventory in the Ordinary Course of
Business and other than sales and dispositions of obsolete
Equipment;
(iii) sell, lease, sublease, license, transfer or
dispose of any portion of the Owned Real Property;
(iv) terminate, amend or modify in any manner any
Assigned Lease other than pursuant to its terms or in the Ordinary
Course of Business or enter into any new lease, sublease or
occupancy agreement except in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(v) enter into any contract, arrangement or
commitment that, had it been in place as of the date hereof would
have been a Material Contract, or
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terminate or materially amend
any Material Contract, or make any capital expenditure related to
the Business, in each case other than any expenditure, contract or
any extensions thereof which involve $5,000,000 or less and which
are entered into or modified in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(vi) amend in any material respect the certificate
of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of the
Transferred Subsidiaries;
(vii) issue, sell, pledge, transfer (other than to
Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller), dispose of or Encumber any
shares of the Transferred Subsidiaries’ capital stock or
securities convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares, or
any rights, warrants, options, calls or commitments to acquire any
such shares or other securities;
(viii) split, combine, subdivide, reclassify or
redeem, or purchase or otherwise acquire, any outstanding
securities of the Transferred Subsidiaries (other than any
acquisition by Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller);
(ix) (i) dispose of or permit to lapse any rights
in, to or for the use of any Transferred Intellectual Property or
Transferred Subsidiary Intellectual Property, other than in the
Ordinary Course of Business (subject to clause (ii) immediately
following) or as required by Law, or (ii) license, transfer, agree
not to assert or otherwise grant any rights in or with respect to
any Transferred Intellectual Property or Transferred Subsidiary
Intellectual Property, except as permitted under the Intellectual
Property Agreement as if such agreement had been in effect from and
after the date hereof;
(x) assume or enter into any labor or collective
bargaining agreement relating to the Business other than as
required by Law;
(xi) (i) increase the compensation of any of the
Employees, except in the Ordinary Course of Business or pursuant to
the terms of agreements or plans currently in effect and, as
applicable, listed on Schedule 3.10(a) of the Seller Disclosure
Schedule or (ii) hire any employee for the Business with annual
remuneration in excess of $300,000;
(xii) make any material loans, advances or capital
contributions to, or investments in, any other Person (other than
customary loans or advances to employees in amounts not material to
the maker of such loan or advance and other than to any Seller
Subsidiary in the Ordinary Course);
(xiii) settle any claims, actions, arbitrations,
disputes or other proceedings that would result in Seller or any of
its Affiliates being enjoined in any respect with respect to the
Transaction or the Business;
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(xiv) accelerate the delivery or sale of products or
the incurrence of capital expenditures or offer discounts on the
sale of products or premiums on the purchase of raw materials other
than in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(xv) permit any Transferred Subsidiary to adopt a
plan of complete or partial liquidation or authorize or undertake a
dissolution, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or
other reorganization to the extent, in each case, inconsistent with
the consummation of the Transaction, other than the liquidation or
dissolution of a Transferred Subsidiary that does not contain any
assets Related to the Business or an equity interest in any
Transferred Subsidiary that contains assets Related to the
Business;
(xvi) make or rescind any election relating to Taxes
of any Transferred Subsidiary in a manner that is inconsistent with
prior practice; or (ii) make any change in any Transferred
Subsidiary’s method of accounting, keeping of books of
account, accounting practices, or material method of Tax
accounting, unless required by GAAP (under applicable authoritative
accounting pronouncements) or applicable Law;
(xvii) acquire (by merger, consolidation or
acquisition of stock or assets) any corporation, partnership or
other business organization or division thereof or any equity
interest therein (other than any interest in a Transferred
Subsidiary);
(xviii) cancel or compromise any material debt or claim
or waive any rights of material value to the Business without the
Business receiving a realizable benefit of similar or greater
value, or voluntarily suffer any material loss;
(xix) create, incur or assume any Indebtedness that
will not be satisfied or discharged at or prior to the
Closing;
(xx) institute any material increase in, enter into,
adopt, terminate or materially amend any profit sharing, bonus,
incentive, deferred compensation, insurance, pension, retirement,
medical, hospital, disability, severance, termination, welfare or
other employee benefit plan with respect to employees of the
Business, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, as
required by any such existing plan, or pursuant to any existing
employment or collective bargaining agreement or by Law, provided,
that Seller and its Affiliates shall take all necessary action to
cause the Transferred Subsidiaries to terminate participation in
all applicable Benefit Plans other than the Transferred Subsidiary
Benefit Plans immediately prior to the Closing;
(xxi) change the manner in which Seller or any of its
Affiliates provides warranties, discounts, credits, accommodations
or other concessions to direct customers of the Business other than
in the Ordinary Course;
(xxii) terminate or permit the lapse of any material
insurance policies (unless replaced with a comparable insurance
policy); or
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(xxiii) authorize or enter into any agreement or
commitment with respect to any of the foregoing.
Section
5.3 Commercially
Reasonable Efforts .
(a) Seller and Buyer shall cooperate and use
commercially reasonable efforts to fulfill as promptly as
practicable the conditions precedent to the other party’s
obligations hereunder, including securing as promptly as
practicable all consents, approvals, waivers and authorizations
required in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, subject to
Section 2.11, neither Seller nor Buyer shall be required to pay any
money or to pay or agree to any other consideration or condition in
connection with obtaining the consent, approval, waiver or
authorization of any Person that is not a Governmental Entity. To
the extent that, as an accommodation to Buyer and with
Buyer’s prior written consent, Seller incurs costs that Buyer
otherwise would have to incur in order to secure any authorization,
consent, waiver, license or approval, Buyer shall promptly
reimburse Seller for any such costs that are invoiced by Seller to
Buyer.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
separate, to the extent reasonably practicable, prior to the
Closing the Business Books and Records from those Books and Records
that relate to any Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities or
relate to any business of Seller or any of its Affiliates other
than the Business. For the avoidance of doubt, Seller shall be
deemed to use “commercially reasonable efforts” for
purposes of the prior sentence if Seller engages in the separation
activities set forth on Schedule 5.3(b).
(c) Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Buyer and Seller will make all filings and submissions
required by U.S. Antitrust Laws and for the purpose of obtaining
the Non-U.S. Merger Clearances as soon as practicable after the
date of signing of this Agreement or, if applicable, after
determination by the parties, as soon as reasonably practicable
thereafter and promptly file any additional information requested
as soon as practicable after receipt of such request therefor and
promptly file any other information that is necessary, proper or
advisable to permit consummation of the Transaction. Buyer shall
pay the filing fee under the HSR Act.
(d) Seller and Buyer shall cooperate with each
other and shall furnish to the other party all information
necessary or desirable in connection with making any filing under
the HSR Act and for any application or other filing to be made
pursuant to U.S. Antitrust Laws and in connection with the Non-U.S.
Merger Clearances and in connection with resolving any
investigation or other inquiry by any Governmental Entity under any
competition Laws with respect to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (all such filings, the “ Antitrust
Filings ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent
that any such information consists of confidential information or
business secrets, the party otherwise required to furnish such
confidential information or business secrets in accordance with the
sentence immediately foregoing may withhold it and
notify
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the other party of the existence
of such confidential information or business secrets, describing in
reasonable detail the reason such confidential information or
business secrets are treated as such, and, to the extent that the
other party reasonably determines that such confidential
information or business secrets, or any portion thereof, must be
furnished to such other party because they will be required by such
other party in connection with making the Antitrust Filings (the
extent of such confidential information or business secrets, the
“ Reasonably Required Confidential Information
”), the furnishing party shall be required to furnish only
such Reasonably Required Confidential Information to the other
party’s outside antitrust counsel, but only if such outside
antitrust counsel enters into an agreement reasonably satisfactory
to the furnishing party to keep such Reasonably Required
Confidential Information confidential, not to disclose it to any
person (including its client and its client’s transactional
counsel (even if within the same law firm as antitrust counsel))
and to use such Reasonably Required Confidential Information solely
in connection with the Antitrust Filings. Each of the parties shall
promptly inform the other party of any communication with, and any
proposed understanding, undertaking or agreement with, any
Governmental Entity regarding any such filings or any such
transaction. Neither Seller nor Buyer shall participate in any
meeting or substantive conversation with any Governmental Entity in
respect of any such filings, investigation or other inquiry without
giving the other party prior notice of and reasonable opportunity
to participate in the meeting or substantive conversation unless
such Governmental Entity objects, provided, however that if a
Governmental Entity objects to the other party’s
participation in the meeting or substantive conversation, the party
that does participate in the meeting or substantive conversation
shall inform the other party that such a meeting or conversation
took place and provide a summary of such meeting or conversation.
The parties will consult and cooperate with one another in
connection with any analyses, appearances, presentations,
memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions and proposals made or
submitted by or on behalf of any party in connection with all
meetings, actions and proceedings under or relating to the HSR Act,
the Non-U.S. Merger Clearances or other competition Laws
(including, with respect to making a particular filing, by
providing copies of all such documents (which may be redacted to
exclude confidential information and business secrets) to the
non-filing party and their advisors prior to filing and, if
requested, giving due consideration to all reasonable additions,
deletions or changes suggested in connection therewith).
(e) During the period from the date hereof to the
Closing Date, Buyer agrees not to enter into, or permit any of its
Affiliates (excluding any Affiliate, other than Onex Corporation,
that has outstanding publicly-traded equity securities and the
Subsidiaries of such Affiliates) to enter into, any transaction, or
any contract to effect any transaction (including any merger or
acquisition), that would cause the representation and warranty set
forth in Section 4.11 not to be true and correct assuming such
representation and warranty is read without giving effect to the
words “As of the date hereof,” contained
therein.
(f) In
the event that Buyer or any of its Affiliates enters into any
transaction, or any contract to effect any transaction (including
any merger or acquisition)
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(i) before the date of this
Agreement that causes the representation and warranty contained in
Section 4.11 to be inaccurate (assuming such representation and
warranty is read without giving effect to the words “to the
Knowledge of Buyer” contained therein) or (ii) between the
date of this Agreement and the Closing that would cause the
representation and warranty contained in Section 4.11 to be
inaccurate (assuming that such representation and warranty were
made on the date of such contract or transaction and is read
without giving effect to the words “to the Knowledge of
Buyer” contained therein), and in either case entry into such
transaction or contract materially delays or prevents the
consummation of the Transaction under any antitrust, competition or
trade regulation or law, Buyer agrees to, and to cause all of its
Affiliates (excluding any Affiliate that controls Onex Corporation
and any Affiliate, other than Onex Corporation, that has
outstanding publicly-traded equity securities and the Subsidiaries
of such Affiliates) to take any and all steps necessary to avoid or
eliminate each and every impediment under any antitrust,
competition or trade regulation Law that may be asserted as a
result of such breach, so as to enable the parties hereto to close
the Transaction as promptly as possible, including proposing,
negotiating, committing to and effecting, by consent decree, hold
separate orders, or otherwise, the sale, divestiture or disposition
of such of its or its Affiliates’ (excluding any Affiliate
that controls Onex Corporation and any Affiliate, other than Onex
Corporation, that has outstanding publicly-traded equity securities
and the Subsidiaries of such Affiliates) assets, properties or
businesses or of the Transferred Assets to be acquired by it
pursuant hereto, and the entry into such other arrangements, as are
necessary or reasonably advisable in order to avoid the entry of
and the commencement of litigation seeking the entry of, or to
effect the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining
order or other order or decision in any suit or proceeding, in each
case, except as would (i) individually or in the aggregate result
in a Material Adverse Effect or materially impair the benefits of
the Transaction to be realized by Buyer or (ii) require Buyer to
hold separate a material portion of the Business. In addition,
Buyer shall use its reasonable efforts to defend through litigation
on the merits any claim asserted in court by any party in order to
avoid entry of, or to have vacated or terminated, any decree, order
or judgment (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that
would prevent the Closing from occurring as promptly as
practicable.
Section 5.4 Tax Matters . For purposes of this Section 5.4 and
Se