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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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Page
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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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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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90
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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
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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
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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
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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 Section 7.8(b), the term
" Taxes " shall include (i) all amounts described in the
definition of Taxes in Section 1.1, (ii) any amounts described in
clause (i) for which a party may be liable by virtue of the
application of a statute or regulation imposing joint or several
liability for taxes on members of a consolidated, combined,
affiliated or unitary group of taxpayers and (iii) any amounts
described in clauses (i) or (ii) for which a party is liable
pursuant to a tax sharing agreement, tax indemnity agreement or
other similar agreement.
(a) Transferred
Subsidiaries . Buyer agrees, except to the extent it has
received Seller’s express written consent, to not make (and
to cause each of
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