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Exhibit
10.1
STOCK AND ASSET
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
AND
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
INC.
June 9, 2008
| ARTICLE I |
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PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS; ASSUMPTION OF |
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LIABILITIES |
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1 |
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1.1 |
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Transactional
Overview; Purchase and Sale of Assets |
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1 |
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1.2 |
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Retained
Assets |
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4 |
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1.3 |
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Agreement to
Assume |
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5 |
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1.4 |
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Retained
Liabilities |
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6 |
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1.5 |
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Liabilities of
the Transferred Entities |
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7 |
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1.6 |
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Purchase
Price |
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7 |
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1.7 |
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Purchase Price
Adjustment and Treatment of Cash of Transferred
Entities |
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8 |
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| ARTICLE II |
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CLOSING; CLOSING DELIVERIES |
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8 |
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2.1 |
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Closing
Date |
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8 |
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2.2 |
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Effectiveness |
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9 |
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2.3 |
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Closing
Deliveries |
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9 |
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2.4 |
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Allocation of
Purchase Price |
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11 |
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| ARTICLE III |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
HONEYWELL |
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12 |
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3.1 |
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Due
Organization |
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12 |
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3.2 |
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Authority |
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12 |
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3.3 |
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Transferred
Entities; Title to Equity Interests |
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13 |
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3.4 |
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No Conflict;
Government Authorizations and Third Party Approvals |
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13 |
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3.5 |
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Financial
Statements |
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14 |
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3.6 |
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Absence of
Certain Changes; Undisclosed Liabilities |
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15 |
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3.7 |
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Taxes |
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16 |
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3.8 |
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Intellectual
Property |
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18 |
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3.9 |
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Legal
Proceedings |
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19 |
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3.10 |
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Compliance with
Laws; Permits |
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20 |
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3.11 |
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Environmental
Matters |
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21 |
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3.12 |
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Employee
Matters and Benefit Plans |
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23 |
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3.13 |
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Material
Contracts |
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24 |
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3.14 |
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Customers and
Suppliers |
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25 |
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3.15 |
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Real
Properties |
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25 |
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3.16 |
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Title to
Personal Property and Inventory |
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26 |
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3.17 |
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Sufficiency of
Assets |
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26 |
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3.18 |
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Labor |
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26 |
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3.19 |
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Insurance |
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27 |
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3.20 |
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Finder’s
Fee |
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27 |
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3.21 |
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Warranties |
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27 |
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3.22 |
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Product
Liability |
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27 |
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3.23 |
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Related Parties
Transactions |
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28 |
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3.24 |
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Receivables |
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28 |
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3.25 |
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Investment
Purpose |
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28 |
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3.26 |
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Status of
Shares; Limitations on Transfer and Other Restrictions |
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28 |
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3.27 |
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Disclaimer of
Other Representations and Warranties |
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28 |
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| ARTICLE IV |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PURCHASER |
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28 |
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4.1 |
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Corporate
Status |
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29 |
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4.2 |
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Authority |
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29 |
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4.3 |
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No Conflict;
Required Filings |
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29 |
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4.4 |
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Legal
Proceedings |
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30 |
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4.5 |
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Sufficient
Funds |
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30 |
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4.6 |
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No
Reliance |
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30 |
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4.7 |
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Finder’s
Fee |
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31 |
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4.8 |
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SEC Filings;
Financial Statements |
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31 |
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4.9 |
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Financing |
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32 |
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4.10 |
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Absence of
Certain Changes |
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33 |
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4.11 |
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Compliance with
Laws |
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34 |
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4.12 |
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Valid Issuance
of Shares |
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34 |
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4.13 |
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Vote
Required |
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34 |
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4.14 |
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Disclaimer of
Other Representations and Warranties |
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34 |
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| ARTICLE V |
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CERTAIN COVENANTS |
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34 |
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5.1 |
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Conduct of
Business |
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34 |
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5.2 |
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Confidentiality; Access to Information |
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35 |
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5.3 |
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Publicity |
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36 |
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5.4 |
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Books and
Records |
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36 |
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5.5 |
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Required
Approvals; Consents |
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37 |
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5.6 |
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Further
Action |
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38 |
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5.7 |
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Expenses |
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39 |
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5.8 |
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Employees and
Employee Benefit Plans |
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39 |
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5.9 |
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Intercompany
Accounts |
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46 |
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5.10 |
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Non-Solicitation of Employees |
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46 |
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5.11 |
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Non-Competition |
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47 |
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5.12 |
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Confidential
Information |
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49 |
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5.13 |
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Payments
Received |
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49 |
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5.14 |
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Sellers’
Marks |
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50 |
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5.15 |
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Tax
Matters |
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51 |
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5.16 |
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Bulk Sales
Laws |
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57 |
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5.17 |
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Notice of
Developments |
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57 |
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5.18 |
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Purchaser’s Financing |
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57 |
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5.19 |
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Sellers’
Assistance with Financing |
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58 |
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5.20 |
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Delivery of
Financial Information |
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59 |
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5.21 |
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Conduct of
Purchaser’s Business |
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60 |
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5.22 |
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Conduct of
Incidents Subject to Parent Insurances |
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61 |
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5.23 |
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Supply
Agreement Pricing |
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61 |
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| ARTICLE VI |
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CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER |
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62 |
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6.1 |
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Absence of
Injunction |
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62 |
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6.2 |
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Certificates of
Sellers |
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62 |
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6.3 |
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No
Breach |
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62 |
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6.4 |
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Antitrust Law
Clearances; Certain Litigation |
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62 |
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6.5 |
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No Business
Material Adverse Effect |
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63 |
| ARTICLE VII |
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CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF SELLERS |
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63 |
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7.1 |
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Absence of
Injunction |
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63 |
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7.2 |
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Purchase Price;
Certificates of Purchaser |
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63 |
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7.3 |
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No
Breach |
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63 |
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7.4 |
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Antitrust Law
Clearances; Certain Litigation |
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63 |
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7.5 |
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No Purchaser
Material Adverse Effect |
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64 |
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64 |
| ARTICLE
VIII |
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TERMINATION; EFFECT OF TERMINATION |
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8.1 |
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Termination |
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64 |
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8.2 |
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Effect of
Termination |
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64 |
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| ARTICLE IX |
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SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION |
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64 |
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9.1 |
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Survival of
Representations, Warranties and Agreements |
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65 |
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9.2 |
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Indemnification |
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65 |
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9.3 |
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Indemnification
Procedures |
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66 |
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9.4 |
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Indemnification
Limitations |
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67 |
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9.5 |
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No Rights of
Offset |
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69 |
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| ARTICLE X |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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69 |
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10.1 |
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Notices |
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69 |
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10.2 |
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Certain
Definitions; Interpretation |
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70 |
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10.3 |
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Severability |
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82 |
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10.4 |
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Entire
Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries |
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83 |
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10.5 |
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Amendment;
Waiver |
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83 |
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10.6 |
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Binding Effect;
Assignment |
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83 |
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10.7 |
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Disclosure
Schedule |
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83 |
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10.8 |
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Specific
Performance |
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83 |
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10.9 |
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Governing
Law |
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83 |
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10.10 |
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Dispute
Resolution; Mediation; Jurisdiction |
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84 |
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10.11 |
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Construction |
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85 |
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10.12 |
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Counterparts |
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85 |
STOCK AND ASSET
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS STOCK AND ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement ”)
is made this 9th day of June 2008, by and between B/E Aerospace,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Purchaser ”), on behalf of itself and the entities listed
on Schedule A1
and Honeywell International Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“ Honeywell ”),
on behalf of itself and the entities listed on
Schedule A2 (Honeywell and each such entity is referred to
herein individually as a “ Seller ” and
collectively as “ Sellers ”).
WHEREAS, Sellers and the Transferred
Entities (as defined below) are engaged through Honeywell’s
“Consumables Solutions” division in the Business (as
defined below).
WHEREAS, Sellers conduct the Business
through the entities listed on Schedule B (the
“ Transferred
Entities ”) and
through the use of certain assets held directly by
Sellers.
WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions contained in this Agreement, Purchaser desires to
acquire from Sellers, and Sellers desire to sell and assign to
Purchaser, all of Sellers’ ownership interest in the
Transferred Entities.
WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions contained in this Agreement, Purchaser desires to
acquire from Sellers the Purchased Assets and assume the Assumed
Liabilities, and Sellers desire to sell and assign to Purchaser the
Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual promises, covenants and agreements herein contained, and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
PURCHASE AND SALE OF
ASSETS;
ASSUMPTION OF
LIABILITIES
1.1
Transactional Overview; Purchase and Sale of
Assets .
(a)
France – Share Transfer . France –
Share Transfer .
Sellers’ ownership interest in Honeywell Consumables
Solutions S.A.S., a French company (“ HCS France ”), will be transferred to M&M Aerospace Hardware
SARL, a French company, or its assignee, another French company
(“ M&M
France ”) pursuant to
the sale by Honeywell Holding France SAS, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Honeywell, of its Equity Interests in HCS France to M&M
France in accordance with the other Sections of this
Agreement.
(b)
Germany – Share Transfer . Sellers’ ownership interest in Honeywell
Consumables Solutions GmbH, a German company (“
HCS Germany ”), will be transferred to M&M Aerospace
Hardware GmbH, a German company, or its assignee, another German
company (“ M&M
Germany ”) pursuant to
the sale by Honeywell Deutschland GmbH, an indirectly wholly owned
subsidiary of Honeywell, of its Equity Interests in HCS Germany to
M&M Germany in accordance with the other Sections of this
Agreement.
(c)
Asset
Transfers . Sellers’
ownership interest in certain other Purchased Assets representing
the UK Business will be transferred to M&M Aerospace Hardware
Ltd., a UK limited company, or its assignee, another UK limited
company (“ M&M
UK ”) pursuant to the
sale by Honeywell UK Limited, a UK limited company (“
Honeywell UK ”) to M&M UK and Sellers’
ownership interest in all other Purchased Assets will be
transferred to Purchaser by Honeywell in accordance with the other
Sections of this Agreement.
(d)
Purchased Assets .
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the
Closing (as defined below), in exchange for a payment by Purchaser
to Sellers of the Purchase Price and Purchaser’s assumption
of the Assumed Liabilities, Sellers shall sell, assign, transfer,
convey and deliver, or cause to be sold, assigned, transferred,
conveyed and delivered, to Purchaser, free and clear of all
Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances), all of
Sellers’ right, title and interest in and to all of the
assets, property and rights primarily used or held for use by
Sellers in the conduct of the Business as of the Closing Date,
including all of the assets, property and rights set forth or
described below, but excluding the Retained Assets (collectively,
the “ Purchased
Assets ”):
(i)
the
Equity Interests in the Transferred Entities;
(ii)
the
goodwill of Sellers relating to the Business;
(iii)
all
Inventory (including all Products);
(iv)
all
Personal Property;
(v)
the Intellectual Property and Software used primarily in
the conduct of the Business, including without limitation the
Registered Intellectual Property and Software set forth on
Schedule 1.1(d)(v)
(collectively, the “
Transferred Intellectual
Property); together with all
rights to sue and recover damages for past, present and future
infringement, dilution, misappropriation on other violation thereof
or conflict therewith;
(vi)
all IT Assets;
(vii)
all Contracts primarily relating to the Business, including
without limitation the Contracts set forth on Schedule 1.1(d)(vii) , except for the Retained Contracts (collectively, the
“ Assumed
Contracts ”);
(viii)
the real
property leases set forth on Schedule 1.1(d)(viii) (the “ Assumed
Real Property Leases ”);
(ix)
all Permits used primarily in the conduct of the Business
and held by Sellers to the extent the same, or a right to use the
same, can be transferred to Purchaser;
(x)
all of Sellers’ customer and vendor lists to the
extent relating to the Business, all of Sellers’ files and
documents (including credit information) to the extent relating to
customers and vendors of the Business; including all of
Sellers’ equipment maintenance data, accounting records, Tax
records (including Tax Returns, but only to the extent relating
specifically to the Business or to the Transferred Entities, and
excluding VAT records relating to
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the UK Business)
inventory records, sales and sales promotional data, package
inserts, instruction manuals, owner’s manuals, labels,
advertising materials, cost and pricing information, business
plans, reference catalogs and any other such data and records,
however stored, in each case to the extent relating to the
Business; provided, however, that Sellers shall be entitled to
retain copies of any such materials which are necessary for, and
may use such copies solely in connection with, their Tax,
accounting or legal purposes, provided that such copies and all
information contained therein shall be Confidential Information
subject to the provisions of Section 5.12 and
shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of
Section 5.4(b)
;
(xi)
all
refunds or credits for Taxes arising out of the Business for all
Tax periods or portions thereof beginning on or after the Closing
Date;
(xii)
to the
extent transferable, all claims, causes of action, choses in
action, rights of recovery and rights of setoff of any kind, rights
to proceeds actually received under third party insurance policies
in respect of claims made against such policies prior to Closing
and rights under and pursuant to all warranties, representations,
indemnities and guarantees made by suppliers of products, materials
or equipment, or components thereof to the extent related to the
Business (but excluding all such claims, causes of action, choses
in action, rights of recovery and rights of setoff to the extent
related to the Retained Assets);
(xiii)
all
trade accounts receivable and trade notes receivable of the
Business, whether recorded or unrecorded; and
(xiv)
all
prepaid expenses and deposits relating primarily to the Business to
the extent such prepaid expenses and deposits will accrue to the
benefit of Purchaser in respect of the Business on and following
the Closing Date.
(e)
Assets of the Transferred Entities .
(i)
The
parties agree that none of the assets, properties or rights of HCS
France or HCS Germany shall be transferred pursuant to
Section 1.1(d)
or shall be considered Purchased Assets
for the purposes of Section
1.1 hereof and that such
assets, properties and rights shall be held by HCS France or HCS
Germany, as the case may be, in the same manner before and after
the Closing Date without any change therein as a result of the
transactions contemplated hereunder , except that
Purchaser (or its designee) shall be the holder of the Equity
Interests.
(ii)
The
following assets shall be transferred from each Transferred Entity
to a Seller (or an Affiliate) prior to the Closing (the
“ Transferred Entities
Retained Assets ”):
(A)
all cash
on hand in each Transferred Entity’s bank and lock box
accounts, plus all marketable securities owned by such Transferred
Entity, in each case as of the close of business on the day
preceding the Closing Date;
(B)
except
as otherwise provided in Section 5.8 or as
required by local law and the Acquired Rights Directive, all assets
in or related to a Transferred Entity’s participation in or
sponsorship of any Foreign Benefit Plan; and
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(C)
any
rights of such Transferred Entity to reimbursements,
indemnification, hold-harmless or similar rights relating to any
Retained Liabilities.
(f)
Assignment of Assets .
(i)
Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, this Agreement
shall not constitute an agreement to assign any claim, right,
benefit, Contract, lease, license or other agreement to which
Honeywell, any Seller or any Transferred Entity is a party
(including the Material Contracts) (collectively, the
“ Interests
”), if such Interest is not
capable of being sold, conveyed, transferred or assigned without
any third-party consent which has not been obtained by (or does not
remain in full force and effect at) the Closing, unless and until
such third-party consent with respect to such Interest (a
“ Retained
Interest ”) is
obtained, at which time such Retained Interest shall be deemed to
be sold, conveyed, transferred and assigned in accordance
with Section
1.1(d) and shall cease to be
a Retained Interest.
(ii)
To the
extent the third-party consents necessary to sell, convey, transfer
or assign any Interest has not been obtained (or does not remain in
full force and effect) as of the Closing, Sellers and Purchaser
shall, while such Interest remains a Retained Interest, use their
commercially reasonable best efforts to (A) cooperate in any
reasonable and lawful arrangements designed to provide the benefits
of such Retained Interest to Purchaser, subject to the terms of and
to the extent permitted by such Interest and Purchaser shall
promptly pay or satisfy the corresponding liabilities and
obligations to the extent Purchaser would have been responsible
therefor if such third-party consent had been obtained, and such
Retained Interest had been transferred to Purchaser as of the
Closing, but only to the extent Purchaser obtains the benefits of
such Retained Interest; and (B) enforce, at the request of
Purchaser, and subject to Purchaser’s prompt reimbursement of
Sellers’ out of pocket costs, any rights of Sellers arising
from such Retained Interest against the issuer thereof or the other
party or parties thereto (including the right to elect to terminate
any such Retained Interest in accordance with the terms thereof
upon the advice of Purchaser). The failure of any third-party
consent under any Contract, lease, license or other agreement to
which Honeywell, any Seller or any Transferred Entity is a party to
be obtained or any circumstances resulting therefrom shall not,
individually or in the aggregate, constitute a Business Material
Adverse Effect or a breach by any Seller of any representation,
warranty, condition, covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement (other than, if breached, Sections 3.4 and 5.5(b)
), except with respect to the condition
set forth in Section
6.4 .
1.2
Retained
Assets . The “
Retained Assets
” shall consist of all of each
Seller’s rights, title and interest in all assets of every
kind and description that are not expressly identified as Purchased
Assets, and shall include, but not be limited to, the
following:
(a)
all cash
on hand in each Seller’s bank and lock box accounts, plus all
marketable securities owned by any Seller, in each case as of the
close of business on the day preceding the Closing Date;
(b)
all
checkbooks, canceled checks and bank accounts of each
Seller;
(c)
all
Contracts and Permits which are not legally
transferable;
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(d)
all
rights in and benefits arising from claims and litigation to the
extent related to the Retained Assets or Retained
Liabilities;
(e)
all
rights of Sellers and their Affiliates under this Agreement and
each Seller’s corporate charter or formation documents,
minute and stock record books, corporate seal and Tax records
(including VAT records relating to the UK Business and including
Tax Returns except Tax Returns relating specifically to the
Business or the Transferred Entities);
(f)
all
insurance policies and rights thereunder, including the benefit of
any deposits or prepayments and any insurance proceeds covering any
portion of any Retained Liabilities, other than proceeds of third
party insurance policies in respect of claims made against such
policies prior to Closing;
(g)
any
rights of any Seller or their respective Affiliates to
reimbursements, indemnification, hold-harmless or similar rights to
the extent relating to any Retained Liabilities;
(h)
all
Excluded Intellectual Property and Seller Marks;
(i)
the
Contracts identified on Schedule 1.2(i) (the
“ Retained
Contracts ”);
(j)
all
refunds or credits for Taxes arising out of the Business for all
Tax periods or portions thereof ending prior to the Closing
Date;
(k)
except
as otherwise provided in Section 5.8 , all
rights of Sellers and their respective Affiliates in or under, and
in all assets related to all U.S. Benefit Plans or Foreign Benefit
Plans;
(l)
any
employee data which relates to employees who are not Transferred
Employees or which Sellers are prohibited by Law or agreement from
disclosing or delivering to Purchaser; and
(m)
the
assets set forth on Schedule
1.2(m) .
1.3
Agreement to Assume . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at
the Closing, Purchaser shall assume and agree to discharge and
perform when due all Liabilities of each Seller to the extent
incurred in the conduct of the Business or the ownership of any
Purchased Assets by each Seller or their respective Affiliates,
whether arising before or after the Closing (but excluding the
Retained Liabilities, which shall be retained by Sellers)
(collectively, the “ Assumed Liabilities ”), including without limitation the following
Liabilities:
(a)
all
Liabilities as of the Closing of the type set forth on a balance
sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP as modified by the Specified
Accounting Policies;
(b)
all
Liabilities of any Seller or Transferred Entity arising under the
Assumed Contracts;
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(c)
all
Liabilities of any Seller arising under the Assumed Real Property
Leases and of any Transferred Entity arising under any real
property lease listed on the attached Schedule 1.3(c) ;
(d)
all
Liabilities for allowances, credits or adjustments to which
customers of the Business may be entitled;
(e)
all
Liabilities relating to warranty of any Product or Product
Liability Claims;
(f)
all
Liabilities relating to pending claims or litigation to the extent
related to the conduct of the Business or the ownership of any
Purchased Assets by each Seller or their respective
Affiliates;
(g)
all
Liabilities relating to the Transferred US Employees and the
Transferred Non-US Employees that are specifically assumed by
Purchaser pursuant to Section
5.8 or as required by local
law and the Acquired Rights Directive;
(h)
all
Liabilities relating to Taxes that are specifically assumed by, or
allocated to, Purchaser pursuant to Section 5.15;
(i)
all
Liabilities related to the possession, occupation, operation, or
maintenance of the real properties subject to the Assumed Real
Property Leases, whether arising or accruing before, on
or after the Closing Date, and whether such Liabilities relate to
conditions that existed before, on, or after the Closing Date;
and
(j)
all
Liabilities that relate to any Environmental Claim or Environmental
Law arising out of any action, omission, condition or circumstance
that occurs or exists, or fails to occur or exist whether before,
on or after the Closing Date, irrespective of whether such claim is
brought before, on or after the Closing Date, other than any
Liability that relates to any Environmental Claim or Environmental
Law with respect to the Shared Real Property or with respect to any
Materials of Environmental Concern on, in , under or migrating form
any real property previously owned, leased or used by the Business
that is not included in the Purchased Assets (collectively, the
“ Excluded
Environmental Matters ”).
Notwithstanding anything contained in
this Agreement to the contrary, Purchaser does not assume or agree
to discharge or perform, and will not be deemed by virtue of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or any document delivered
at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement, or as a result of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to
have assumed, or to have agreed to discharge or perform, any
liability, obligation or indebtedness of Sellers, whether primary
or secondary, direct or indirect, other than the Assumed
Liabilities.
1.4
Retained
Liabilities . The Retained
Liabilities shall consist of the following:
(a)
all
Liabilities relating to Retained Taxes;
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(b)
all
Liabilities to the extent related to the Retained Assets, including
all Liabilities relating to any business of Sellers other than the
Business;
(c)
all
Liabilities to the extent related to the Transferred Entities
Retained Assets;
(d)
any
Indebtedness of any Seller or any Transferred Entity or any
Liability relating to any interest rate swap agreements, interest
rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements, interest rate
insurance agreements, foreign exchange contracts, currency swap or
option agreements, forward contracts, commodity swap, purchase or
option agreements, other commodity price hedging arrangements or
any other similar Contract designed to alter the risks arising from
fluctuations in interest rates, currency values or commodity prices
of any Seller or Transferred Entity;
(e)
except
as otherwise provided in Section 5.8 or as
required by local law and the Acquired Rights Directive, any
Liabilities arising in connection with or relating to any U.S.
Benefit Plan or Foreign Benefit Plan; and
(f)
all
Liabilities that relate to any Environmental Claim or Environmental
Law arising out of any action, omission, condition or circumstance
that occurs or exists, or fails to occur or exist whether before,
on or after the Closing Date, irrespective of whether such claim is
brought before, on or after the Closing Date, to the extent related
to the Shared Real Property or Excluded Environmental
Matters.
1.5
Liabilities of the Transferred Entities
. The parties agree that none of the
Liabilities of the Transferred Entities shall be assumed by
Purchaser pursuant to Section
1.3 and that, except to the
extent specifically referenced in Section 1.4 , none
of the Liabilities of the Transferred Entities shall be allocated
to Sellers pursuant to Section 1.4 , but
that such Liabilities shall be retained by the respective
Transferred Entity in the same manner before and after the Closing
Date without any change therein as a result of the transactions
contemplated hereunder, except as otherwise set forth
herein; provided
that at the Closing Sellers will assume
and agree to discharge and perform when due all Liabilities (if
any) of the Transferred Entities that do not relate to the
Business.
1.6
Purchase
Price . The aggregate
purchase price (the “ Purchase Price ”) to be paid for the Purchased Assets acquired by
Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, as may be adjusted pursuant
to Section 1.7
, shall be (a) $800,000,000 in cash
(the “ Cash
Consideration ”) and
(b) that number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
shares of common stock of Purchaser (the “
Shares ”) (rounded down to the nearest whole share)
equal to the quotient determined by dividing $250,000,000 by the
Issuance Price (the “ Stock Consideration ”). “ Issuance Price ” means the VWAP Price during the 10 consecutive
trading days ending on (and including) the date that is two (2)
trading days prior to the Closing Date (such 10-day period, the
“ VWAP Measurement
Period ”);
provided , however , that
Purchaser shall have the right, at Purchaser’s option, which
shall be communicated to Honeywell in writing no later than one
Business Day prior to the Closing Date, to substitute cash for a
portion of the Stock Consideration; provided, further that in no
event may Purchaser pay a number of shares of common stock of the
Purchaser that is less than 6,000,000 shares of common stock of
Purchaser; however, less than 6,000,000
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shares may be
delivered so that the value of the shares delivered (as determined
above) will equal $250,000,000. At the Closing, Purchasers shall
(i) deliver the Cash Consideration to Sellers by wire transfer of
immediately available funds pursuant to the wire transfer
instructions provided by Sellers no later than three (3) days prior
to the Closing Date, (ii) deliver the Stock Consideration to
Sellers, and (iii) assume the Assumed Liabilities; such Cash
Consideration and Stock Consideration to be allocated to Sellers in
accordance with Sections
2.4(a) and
2.4(b) .
1.7
Purchase
Price Adjustment and Treatment of Cash of Transferred
Entities. At least five (5)
Business Days prior to the Closing, Honeywell shall provide
Purchaser with an estimated statement of cash and cash equivalents
of the Transferred Entities as of the Effective Time (such amount,
the “ Estimated
Transferred Cash ”).
Honeywell shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to cause
the cash and cash equivalents of the Transferred Entities as of the
Effective Time to be distributed from the Transferred Entities to a
Seller (or any Affiliate of a Seller) prior to Closing; however
such distribution shall not be in violation of applicable Law.
Prior to the Closing, Sellers and Purchaser shall cooperate in good
faith to resolve any disputes as to such amount of the Estimated
Transferred Cash. At the Closing, the Cash Consideration shall be
increased by the amount of any Estimated Transferred Cash. During
the thirty (30) day period following the Closing, Honeywell and
Purchasers shall cooperate in good faith to determine the actual
amount of cash and cash equivalents of the Transferred Entities as
of the Effective Time (such amount, the “
Actual Transferred Cash
”). The parties will submit to
each other such supporting documentation as necessary to determine
the amount of the Actual Transferred Cash. Following the final
determination of Actual Transferred Cash, (i) if the Estimated
Transferred Cash exceeds the Actual Transferred Cash, Sellers shall
refund such excess amount to Purchaser in cash, and (ii) if the
Estimated Transferred Cash is less than the Actual Transferred
Cash, Purchasers shall pay such shortfall amount to Sellers in
cash, in each case, within three (3) Business Days by wire transfer
of immediately available funds to an account indicated by the
applicable party. Any amounts paid pursuant to this
Section 1.7 shall be treated as adjustments to the Purchase
Price.
ARTICLE
II
CLOSING; CLOSING
DELIVERIES
2.1
Closing
Date . The closing of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “
Closing ”) shall take place at 10:00 a.m., local time,
at the offices of Bingham McCutchen LLP, 399 Park Avenue, New York,
New York on the third business day after all conditions to the
obligations of Purchaser and Sellers under Articles VI and VII
of this Agreement shall have been
satisfied or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waived
(other than those conditions that by their nature are to be
satisfied at Closing, but subject to their satisfaction or waiver),
or at such other place and time as the parties may agree (the
“ First Eligible
Closing Date ”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the option of Purchaser (the
“ Purchaser Closing
Option ”) the Closing
may take place on a date that is the earlier of (a) a business day
on or after the First Eligible Closing Date during the Marketing
Period to be specified by Purchaser on no less than three business
days notice to Honeywell and (b) the final day of the Marketing
Period; provided that Purchaser
shall not be obligated to close the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement on or before August 15, 2008 so long as the
Purchaser has used its commercially reasonable best efforts to
pursue the Alternate Financing through July 7, 2008 and Purchaser
is using its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the
Financing. The date on which the Closing
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occurs is referred
to herein as the “ Closing Date ”. “ Marketing Period ” shall mean the first period of 20 Business Days
after the Initiation Date; provided, that the Marketing Period
shall not include any period that includes any of the period from
August 16, 2008 through and including September 1, 2008, provided
further, that the Marketing Period shall end on any earlier date
that is the date on which the Financing is consummated.
“ Initiation
Date ” shall mean the
day that is the later of (i) ten (10) days following the date of
receipt by Purchaser of the Audited Financial Statements or (ii)
five (5) days following receipt by Purchaser of the Marketing
Interim Financial Statements for the quarterly period ended March
29, 2008.
2.2
Effectiveness . The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
shall be deemed to take place at 12:01 a.m. local time on the
Closing Date (the “ Effective Time ”).
2.3
Closing
Deliveries . At the
Closing,
(a)
Sellers
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Purchaser the
following:
(i)
An
executed copy of the Stockholder Agreement;
(ii)
An
executed copy of an assignment and assumption agreement providing
for the assumption of Assumed Liabilities by Purchaser (the
“Assignment and Assumption Agreement);
(iii)
Such
bills of sale, certificates of title and other instruments of
transfer and conveyance as are reasonably necessary to transfer (or
record with any Governmental Authority the transfer of) the
Purchased Assets to Purchaser in accordance herewith;
(iv)
An
executed copy of the Transition Services Agreement;
(v)
An
executed copy of the Supply Agreement;
(vi)
An
executed copy of the Intellectual Property License
Agreement;
(vii)
An
executed copy of the Sublease;
(viii)
Subject
to Section 1.1(f)
, executed assignment and assumption
agreements, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G ,
with respect to each Assumed Real Property Lease (collectively, the
“ Real Property Lease
Assignments ”);
(ix)
Executed stock transfer agreements, asset transfer
agreements and/or other instruments of conveyance with respect to
the transfer of any portion of the Purchased Assets outside the
United States (including, without limitation, Equity Interests in
entities organized in jurisdictions outside the United States, in
forms reasonably acceptable to Purchaser; it being understood that
such agreements and/or other instruments of conveyance are intended
solely to formalize such foreign transfers in order to comply with
any local Laws pertaining thereto) (“ Foreign Transfer Agreements ”);
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(x)
Certificates representing the Equity Interests, duly
endorsed in blank or accompanied with appropriate stock powers and
with all stock transfer Tax stamps affixed if stock, or duly
executed assignments of such Equity Interests which are not held in
the form of stock, or Sellers shall have taken such other actions
as may be necessary under applicable Laws to transfer ownership of
such Equity Interests to Purchaser;
(xi)
A
certificate from each Seller, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Purchaser, establishing that the transfer of the
Purchased Assets is exempt from withholding under Section 1445 of
the Code;
(xii)
Required
documentation in connection with Transfer Taxes, if any, including,
any valid VAT invoice;
(xiii)
Resignations of those officers and directors of any
Transferred Entity who are not employees of such Transferred Entity
which Purchaser shall request in writing before the
Closing;
(xiv)
Books
and records of the Transferred Entities, including for each, the
corporate minute book, seal (where applicable) and stock ledger
book; and
(xv)
an
executed copy of a termination notice in substantially the form
attached hereto as Schedule
2.3(a)(xv) given by
Honeywell Deutschland GmbH to HCS Germany with regard to the
domination and profit transfer agreement ( Beherrschungs-und
Gewinnabführungsvertrag ) in place between such parties, including a confirmation
of receipt of such notice by HCS Germany.
(b) Purchaser shall deliver to Sellers the
following:
(i)
the Cash
Consideration pursuant to Section 1.6 ;
(ii)
Certificates representing the Stock Consideration
registered in the name of Honeywell (or one or more of its
designated Affiliates), which certificate(s) may be legended as
provided in the Stockholder Agreement;
(iii)
Executed
copies of the Stockholder Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, the Supply Agreement,
the Intellectual Property License Agreement, the Real Property
Lease Assignments, and the Sublease
(iv)
An
opinion of counsel as to the valid issuance of the Stock
Consideration;
(v)
Required documentation in connection with Transfer Taxes,
if any, including but not limited to completed resale certificates
for each state in which Inventory transferred pursuant to this
Agreement is located for purposes of the respective state’s
sales and use taxes; and
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(vi)
All such other documents and instruments of assumption as
shall be reasonably necessary for Purchaser to assume the Assumed
Liabilities in accordance herewith.
2.4
Allocation of Purchase Price .
(a)
The
portion of the Purchase Price allocated to the Equity Interests in
each of the Transferred Entities and to the Purchased Assets (net
of Assumed Liabilities) of Honeywell UK shall be as set forth on
Exhibit A1; provided, however, in the event that the payment of the
Stock Consideration according to the existing allocation in Exhibit
A1 has a material adverse consequence to one or more of the
Purchasers individually or in the aggregate, then the parties shall
revise the amounts set forth under the Cash and Purchaser's Stock
columns in Exhibit A1 prior to Closing to allocate the Stock
Consideration to the Purchased Assets of Honeywell and the Cash
Consideration to the Equity Interests and the Purchased Assets of
Honeywell UK to the extent necessary to reduce or eliminate such
adverse consequence. This allocation shall be binding on the
parties for federal, state, local, foreign and other Tax reporting
purposes, and no party will assert or maintain a position
inconsistent with this allocation. The amounts set forth for the
Transferred Entities on Exhibit A1 shall be revised to reflect any
Purchase Price adjustments made under Section 1.7.
(b)
The
balance of the Purchase Price as also set forth on
Exhibit A1 plus those Assumed Liabilities of Honeywell that
constitute liabilities for federal income tax purposes (the
“ Gross US Purchase
Price ”) shall be
allocated among the Purchased Assets of Honeywell in the manner
required by section 1060 of the Code as shown on an allocation
schedule to be prepared by Purchaser as soon as practicable after
the Closing Date. The template of the allocation schedule is
attached hereto as Exhibit
A2 . Purchaser shall provide
Honeywell with such allocation schedule and Purchaser shall make
such revisions or changes to such schedule as shall be reasonably
requested by Honeywell and approved by Purchaser, each acting in
good faith. In the event Purchaser and Honeywell are unable to
agree on the allocation of the Gross US Purchase Price in such
manner, then each (acting reasonably and in good faith) shall be
free to do its own allocation of the Gross US Purchase Price. In
the event Purchaser and Honeywell do agree on the allocation of the
Gross US Purchase Price, then such allocation shall be binding on
them for federal, state, local and other Tax reporting purposes,
including filings on Internal Revenue Service Form 8594, and
neither of them will assert or maintain a position inconsistent
with such allocation.
(c)
The
portion of the Purchase Price allocated on Exhibit A1 to
the Purchased Assets (net of Assumed Liabilities) of Honeywell UK
plus the Assumed Liabilities of Honeywell UK (the “
Gross UK Purchase Price
”) shall be allocated among the
Purchased Assets of Honeywell UK as shown on an allocation schedule
to be prepared by Purchaser as soon as practicable after the
Closing Date. The template of the allocation schedule is attached
hereto as Exhibit
A3 . Purchaser shall provide
Honeywell UK with such allocation schedule and Purchaser shall make
such revisions or changes to such schedule as shall be reasonably
requested by Honeywell UK and approved by Purchaser, each acting in
good faith. In the event Purchaser and Honeywell UK are unable to
agree on the allocation of the Gross UK Purchase Price in such
manner, then each (acting reasonably and in good faith) shall be
free to do its own allocation of the Gross UK Purchase Price. In
the event Purchaser and Honeywell UK do agree on the
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allocation of the
Gross UK Purchase Price, then such allocation shall be binding on
them for all Tax reporting purposes, and neither of them will
assert or maintain a position inconsistent with such
allocation.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
HONEYWELL
Honeywell hereby represents and
warrants to Purchaser that, except as set forth on the disclosure
schedule delivered by Honeywell to Purchaser concurrently herewith
(the “ Disclosure
Schedule ”; which
Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in sections corresponding to
the numbered and lettered sections of this Article III ,
and any information disclosed in any such section of the Disclosure
Schedule shall be deemed to be disclosed only for purposes of the
corresponding section of this Article III , unless
it is reasonably apparent on the face of the disclosure contained
in such section of the Disclosure Schedule that such disclosure is
applicable to another section of this Article III ):
3.1
Due
Organization . Each of the
Sellers and the Transferred Entities is a legal entity of the type
described in Section
3.1 of the Disclosure
Schedule, duly organized, validly existing and, with respect to
entities organized within the United States and any other
jurisdiction outside the United States in which the concept of good
standing or its functional equivalent is applicable, in good
standing or its functional equivalent under the Laws of the
jurisdiction indicated in Section 3.1 of the
Disclosure Schedule. Sellers and the Transferred Entities (a) have
all requisite power and authority to conduct the Business as it is
now being conducted, and (b) are duly qualified or otherwise
authorized to do business in each of the jurisdictions in which the
ownership, operation or leasing of the Purchased Assets and the
conduct of the Business requires such entity to be so qualified or
otherwise authorized, except to the extent that the failure to be
so licensed, qualified, or otherwise authorized or in good standing
would not result in material Liability to the Business.
3.2
Authority . Each of
the Sellers has the requisite corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its respective obligations under this
Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, the Supply Agreement,
the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Intellectual Property
License Agreement, the Sublease, the Real Property Lease
Assignments and the other documents and agreements contemplated
hereby and thereby to which such Seller is a party (collectively,
the “ Transaction
Documents ”) and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The
execution, delivery and performance by each of the Sellers of the
Transaction Documents to which such Seller is a party and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action on
the part of the applicable Seller, and no other corporate or other
proceedings on the part of Honeywell or any Seller are necessary to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance by Honeywell and
each Seller of this Agreement or to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby. This Agreement has been, and upon
their execution the Transaction Documents shall have been, duly
executed and delivered by Sellers, and, assuming due authorization
and delivery by Purchaser, this Agreement constitutes, and upon
their execution the Transaction Documents shall constitute, a valid
and binding obligation of Sellers, enforceable against Sellers in
accordance with their respective terms, except (i) as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws
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now or hereafter in
effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally
or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law),
and (ii) that specific performance may not be available in certain
jurisdictions outside the United States (collectively, the
“ Enforceability
Exceptions ”).
3.3
Transferred Entities; Title to Equity Interests
. The copies (and, where only a
translation has been provided, the translation) of the
organizational documents of the Transferred Entities, which have
been Made Available to Purchaser, are true, accurate and complete
(except in the case of the translations, which are true, accurate
and complete in all material respects). For each Transferred
Entity, Section
3.3 of the Disclosure
Schedule sets forth (i) the nature of the equity interest held by
Sellers or other Transferred Entities and, if applicable, the par
value thereof, (ii) the holder of such equity interests, (iii) the
number of such equity interests that are outstanding, and (iv) the
percentage of the outstanding equity interests held by Sellers or
other Transferred Entities (each such equity interest held by a
Seller or Transferred Entity, an “ Equity Interest ”). (i) The Equity Interests constitute, and on the
Closing Date will constitute, all of the issued and outstanding
equity of each Transferred Entity, (ii) Sellers and the Transferred
Entities are not, and prior to the Closing Date will not become, a
party to or subject to any contract or obligation wherein any third
party has, or will have, a right, option or warrant to purchase or
acquire any rights in any additional capital stock or other equity
securities of the Transferred Entities and (iii) there are no
shareholder agreements, voting trusts or proxies or other
agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting
of the Equity Interests. All Equity Interests have been duly issued
and are fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to any
Encumbrances, except for Encumbrances arising in connection with
this Agreement and those imposed by Purchaser. None of the issued
Equity Interests was issued in violation of any preemptive rights.
Each Seller which holds an Equity Interest has good title thereto
and full beneficial ownership thereof and upon delivery of such
Equity Interest against payment therefor pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement, Purchaser will receive good title thereto, free and
clear of all Encumbrances.
3.4
No
Conflict; Government Authorizations and Third Party
Approvals .
(a)
Except
as provided in Section
5.5(a) with respect to the
HSR Act and required foreign antitrust filings and/or notices and
subject to Section
7.4 , the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents does
not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby will not (with or without notice or lapse of time, or
both), conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of or
default under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation
or acceleration of any obligation or to loss of a benefit under, or
result in the creation of any Encumbrance (except for Permitted
Encumbrances) upon any of the Purchased Assets under, any provision
of (i) any Material Contract or any Assumed Real Property Lease or
lease listed on Schedule
1.3(c) or (ii) any
organizational documents of any Seller or Transferred Entity, or
(iii) any material Permit, any material Governmental Order or,
subject to the matters described in Section 3.4(b) , any
Law applicable to the Purchased Assets, except, in the case of
clause (iii), to the extent that such conflicts, breaches, defaults
or other matters would not (x) materially and adversely affect the
ability of Sellers to carry out their obligations under, and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents or (y) result in material Liability to
the Business or any material adverse change in or material adverse
effect on the
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ability of Sellers
to perform their obligations under this Agreement or to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b)
Except
as provided in Section
5.5(a) with respect to the
HSR Act and required foreign antitrust filings and/or notices, and
subject to Section
7.4 , no material consent
of, or registration, declaration, notice or filing with, any
Governmental Authority or third party under a Material Contract is
required to be obtained or made by any of the Sellers in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, other than those
that, if not made or obtained, individually or in the aggregate
would not result in material Liability to the Business or any
material adverse change in or material adverse effect on the
ability of Sellers to perform their obligations under this
Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby.
3.5
Financial Statements .
(a)
Sellers
have Made Available to Purchaser true and complete copies of the
unaudited historical internal income and cash flow statements of
the Business for the calendar years ended December 31, 2007, December 31, 2006 and December 31,
2005 and the unaudited
historical internal balance sheets of the Business, as of December
31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 (collectively, the “
Year-End Financial
Statements ”), and
(ii) the unaudited historical internal income and cash flow
statements of the Business for the period from January 1, 2008
through March 29, 2008 (the “ Interim Income and Cash Flow Statements
”) and the unaudited historical
internal balance sheets of the Business as of March 29, 2008 (the
“ Interim Statements of
Net Assets ” and,
together with the Interim Income and Cash Flow Statements, the
“ Interim Financial
Statements ”). The
Interim Financial Statements and the Year-End Financial Statements
are together referred to as the “ Financial Statements ”.
(b)
The
Financial Statements were and the Audited Financial Statements and
the Marketing Interim Financial Statements will be, prepared from
the books and records of Sellers and the Transferred Entities. The
Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position, cash flows and operating results of the
Business as of the dates thereof and for the periods covered
thereby, in accordance with GAAP, in all cases as modified by the
Specified Accounting Policies, consistently applied, subject in the
case of the Interim Financial Statements to year-end adjustments
which are not material in the aggregate. The Audited Financial
Statements will present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position, cash flows and operating results of the
Business as of the date thereof and for the period covered thereby,
in accordance with GAAP.
(c)
The
internal controls over financial reporting (“
Internal Controls
”) utilized by Sellers with
respect to the Business are designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for Honeywell. To the Knowledge
of Honeywell, there are no material weaknesses or significant
deficiencies in the design or operations of the Internal Controls
utilized by Honeywell with respect to the Business. Honeywell has
implemented disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure
that material information relating to the Business is made known to
the management of the Business by others within the
Business.
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(d)
Sellers
have Made Available to Purchaser true and complete copies of all
auditors’ reports, management letters, and internal audit
reports related to the Business and delivered to Honeywell in the
last three (3) years.
3.6 Absence of Certain Changes; Undisclosed
Liabilities .
(a) Except as required by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, since December 31, 2007 to the date hereof,
Honeywell has operated the Business in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice in all material respects,
and no Seller (but only as it relates to the Business) or any
Transferred Entity has:
(i)
permitted or allowed any of the Purchased Assets to be
subjected to any Encumbrance, other than Permitted Encumbrances and
Encumbrances that will be released at or prior to the Closing
Date;
(ii)
adopted
a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation,
dissolution, restructuring, merger, consolidation, restructuring,
recapitalization or other reorganization of the
Business;
(iii)
(A)
entered into any Material Contract or materially amended or
modified or consented to the termination of any Material Contract
(including Contracts with any officer, director or Affiliate of the
Business) or waived or released any of Sellers’ material
rights thereunder, in each case, other than in the ordinary course
of business, or (B) increased the benefits under any bonus,
incentive, insurance, deferred compensation, profit sharing,
pension or other employee benefit plan or otherwise made or granted
any general wage or salary increase with respect to the Business,
other than with respect to this clause (B) in the ordinary course
of business or pursuant to existing agreements or commitments or
benefit plans or as required by Law;
(iv)
entered
into or consummated any transaction involving the acquisition of
the business, stock, assets or other properties of any other Person
for consideration in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate (other
than purchases of Inventory in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice);
(v)
sold, transferred, pledged, mortgaged, encumbered, disposed
of or otherwise granted any rights in a material amount of the
Purchased Assets, other than pursuant to existing Contracts or the
sale of Products in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice;
(vi)
written down or written up (or failed to write down or up
in accordance with GAAP, in all cases as modified by the Specified
Accounting Policies consistent with past practice) the value of any
Inventories or receivables or revalued any of the Purchased Assets
other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice and in accordance with GAAP, in all cases as modified by
the Specified Accounting Policies;
(vii)
made any accounting changes except as required by GAAP, in
all cases as modified by the Specified Accounting
Policies;
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(viii)
changed
the organizational documents of the Transferred Entities, or
changed the authorized or issued capital stock of the Transferred
Entities;
(ix)
cancelled (without replacing) any existing policies or
binders of insurance maintained in respect of the
Business;
(x)
amended, terminated, cancelled or compromised any
material claims of Sellers (related to the Business) or waived any
other rights of substantial value to the Sellers (related to the
Business) other than in the ordinary course of business;
or
(xi)
agreed,
whether in writing or otherwise, to take any of the actions
specified in this Section
3.6(a) , except as expressly
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents.
(b)
Since
December 31, 2007 to the date hereof, there has not been a Business
Material Adverse Effect.
(c)
Other
than (x) as and to the extent reflected or reserved for on the
Interim Statement of Net Assets, or (y) Liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the
date of the Interim Statement of Net Assets, there are no
Liabilities associated with the Business, except for (i)
Liabilities disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or as to which no
disclosure is required pursuant to any Section of the Disclosure
Schedule because the Liability involves an amount which is less
than the specific dollar threshold above which disclosure on such
Section of the Disclosure Schedule is required, (ii) Liabilities
under Contracts of the Business (other than with respect to a
breach or default), (iii) the Retained Liabilities, (iv)
Liabilities and obligations arising from or relating to any
warranty or Product Recall claim or Product Liability Claim of the
Business, and (iv) other Liabilities that do not individually
exceed $15,000,000 or in the aggregate exceed $30,000,000.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the representations and warranties
contained in this Section
3.6(c) are not intended to
limit or expand the scope of any other specific representation or
warranty contained in this Agreement, including without limitation
the representations contained in Sections 3.7 (Taxes), 3.8 (Intellectual
Property) (other than the last sentence of 3.8(c)),
3.11 (Environmental Matters) (other than 3.11(b)),
3.12 (Employee Matters and Benefit Plans), 3.18 (Labor), 3.19 (Insurance), 3.21 (Warranties)
and 3.22
(Product Liability) and no Liabilities
with respect to the subject matters of such representations shall
be a breach of this Section
3.6(c).
3.7
Taxes .
(a)
Sellers
and the Transferred Entities have duly and timely filed (or have
had filed on their behalf) all Tax Returns relating to the Business
required to be filed by or with respect to them (taking into
account all validly obtained extensions) with the appropriate
Taxing Authority. All such Tax Returns are complete, true and
correct in all material respects and all Taxes shown as due on such
Returns have been paid. Sellers and the Transferred Entities have
paid or caused to be paid (whether to a Taxing Authority or another
Person) on a timely basis, or have accrued, all material Taxes
relating to the Business.
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(b)
There
are no material Encumbrances for Taxes upon any of the Purchased
Assets or any of the assets of the Transferred Entities, except for
any Encumbrances for Taxes not yet due and payable and for which
adequate reserves have been maintained.
(c)
There
are no current or pending audits, examinations or other
administrative or court proceedings for the assessment, adjustment
or collection of Taxes specifically relating to the Business, and
none of the Sellers nor any of the Transferred Entities has
received, within the past five years, any written notice of any
claims, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations for the
assessment, adjustment or collection of Taxes specifically relating
to the Business that have not been withdrawn, settled or paid in
full.
(d)
There
are no outstanding written requests, agreements, consents or
waivers to extend the statutory period of limitations applicable to
the assessment or collection of any Taxes or Tax deficiencies
specifically relating to the Business.
(e)
Sellers,
with respect to the Business, and the Transferred Entities are in
material compliance with all applicable information reporting and
Tax withholding requirements under U.S. federal, state and local
Tax Laws, and foreign Tax Laws.
(f)
No claim
has been made by a Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where a
Seller or a Transferred Entity does not file Tax Returns that it is
or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction with respect to
the Business.
(g)
(A) None
of Sellers nor any of the Transferred Entities with respect to the
Business has engaged in any “listed transaction” as
defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011 -4(b), (B) no
Transferred Entity is party to or bound by any Tax allocation,
indemnity or sharing agreement or arrangement (except where all
other parties to any such agreement or arrangement are Affiliates
of Sellers) and (C) no Transferred Entity will be required to
include any material item of income in, or exclude any material
item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or
portion thereof) beginning after the Closing Date as a result of
any transaction (including any adjustment pursuant to Section
481(a) of the Code or any comparable provisions of foreign law) the
economic benefit of which has been realized prior to the Closing or
by virtue of any closing agreement with any Taxing
Authority.
(h)
Since
December 31, 2007, no Transferred Entity has made (other than in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or
changed any material Tax election, Tax Return or method of Tax
accounting, settled or compromised any material Tax liability,
consented to any material claim or assessment relating to Taxes,
surrendered any right to claim a refund in a material amount for
Taxes, obtained any Tax ruling, waived the statute of limitations
for any such material claim or assessment relating to Taxes or
agreed to any extension of time with respect to an assessment or
deficiency for a material amount of Taxes.
(i)
Sellers
have Made Available to Purchaser and its representatives all
federal and other material Tax Returns, examination reports, and
statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by the
Sellers or any of the Transferred Entities specifically relating to
the Business for the periods beginning after December 31,
2004.
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(j)
The
applicable Seller has wholly owned, directly or indirectly, each
Transferred Entity for at least seven (7) years. None of the
Transferred Entities has any liability for any Taxes of any Person
(except for Affiliates of Seller) as a result of being a member of
a consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated group that includes
any other Person or otherwise joining in a fiscal unity, or by
reason of transferee or successor liability, whether imposed by
Law, contractual arrangement or otherwise.
(k)
None of
Sellers that is not a United States person within the meaning of
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code is transferring under this
Agreement any United States real property interest within the
meaning of Sections 897 and 1445 of the Code. None of the
Transferred Entities is or has been a passive foreign investment
company within the meaning of Section 1296 of the Code.
(l)
All
documents (other than those which have ceased to have any legal
effect) (A) to which any Seller is a party, (B) which relate to the
UK Business, (C) in the enforcement of which the Purchaser may be
interested and (D) which are required to be stamped or adjudicated
in order to be enforceable, have been duly stamped and adjudicated
(as the case may be).
(m)
None of
the Purchased Assets related to the UK Business is a capital item,
the input tax on which could be subject to adjustment in accordance
with the provisions of Part XV of the UK Value Added Tax
Regulations 1995.
(n)
Honeywell UK is registered for VAT under VAT No.
452876421.
(o)
Honeywell UK has not operated, and has not agreed with any
United Kingdom Taxing Authority to operate, any special arrangement
(being an arrangement which is not based on relevant legislation or
published practice) with respect to Tax relating to the UK
Business.
(p)
All
Purchased Assets located in the United Kingdom will be sold or
otherwise transferred by Honeywell UK, none of such assets will be
sold by Honeywell and the Purchased Assets of Honeywell UK are less
then substantially all of its assets.
3.8
Intellectual Property .
(a)
Section 3.8(a) of
the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of the
Registered Transferred Intellectual Property. The Registered
Transferred Intellectual Property includes all Registered
Intellectual Property owned by Sellers and used primarily in the
operation of the Business as currently conducted and the Registered
Transferred Intellectual Property has not been adjudged invalid or
unenforceable.
(b)
Sellers
own or have rights by a license or sublicense to use all
Transferred Intellectual Property subject only to the terms of the
license agreements set forth in Section 3.8(b) of the
Disclosure Schedule. The Transferred Intellectual Property owned by
Sellers is free of any Encumbrances except for Encumbrances that
would not result, in the aggregate, in material Liability to the
Business or Permitted Encumbrances.
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(c)
As of
the date hereof, to the Knowledge of Honeywell, the conduct of the
Business does not infringe or otherwise misappropriate the
Intellectual Property of any third Person. As of the date hereof,
there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending against Sellers
alleging that the conduct of the Business infringes or otherwise
misappropriates Intellectual Property of any third Person and, to
the Knowledge of Honeywell, no such actions, suits or proceedings
are threatened.
(d)
Sellers
own all right, title and interest to or have a license to use and
access all material IT Assets. The IT Assets, in all material
respects, operate and perform in accordance with their
documentation and functional specifications. The IT Assets that are
material to the operation of the Business have not materially
malfunctioned or failed within the past three (3) years and, to
Honeywell’s Knowledge, do not contain any viruses, worms,
trojan horses, bugs, faults or other devices, errors, contaminants
or effects that materially disrupt or materially and adversely
affect the functionality of any IT Assets or other Software or
systems (other than periodic down-time experienced by the Business
in the ordinary course and ordinary course delays incurred in the
implementation of new Software functionality and/or additional
memory installation and upgrades).
(e)
To the
Knowledge of Honeywell no third Person is infringing any Registered
Transferred Intellectual Property in any material
respect.
(f)
For
purposes of this Agreement, “ Intellectual Property ” means all (i) U.S. and foreign patents and
applications therefor and all provisional applications,
divisionals, reissues, re-examinations, extensions, continuations
and continuations-in-part thereof (“ Patents ”), (ii) U.S. and foreign trademarks, trade dress,
service marks, trade names, domain names, whether registered or
unregistered, and pending applications to register the same,
including all renewals thereof and all goodwill associated
therewith (“ Trademarks ”),
(iii) U.S. and foreign copyright, whether registered or
unregistered, and pending applications to register the same,
renewals and extensions in connection any such registrations,
together with all translations thereof (“
Copyrights ”), (iv) know-how, (v) trade secrets, and (vi)
mask works, utility and industrial models and applications
therefor.
3.9
Legal
Proceedings. As of the date
hereof, there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings
pending against or, to the Knowledge of Honeywell, threatened
against, any Seller relating to the Business, any Transferred
Entity or any of the Purchased Assets by or before any Governmental
Authority that are reasonably likely to result in monetary damages
in excess of $500,000 or which seek equitable relief by or against
any Seller relating to the Business, any Transferred Entity or any
of the Purchased Assets. Since December 31, 2005 to the date
hereof, no Seller (as it relates to the Business), any Transferred
Entity or any of the Purchased Assets have been subject to any
material Governmental Order, and to the Knowledge of Honeywell,
there are no such material Governmental Orders threatened to be
imposed. Since December 31, 2005 to the date hereof, there have
been no formal or informal material governmental inquiries or
investigations or internal material investigations or
whistle-blower complaints pending or, to the Knowledge of
Honeywell, threatened relating to, affecting or involving the
Business or which could affect the legality, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby. This representation and warranty does not apply
to
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environmental
matters, which are the subject of Section 3.11 , or
Intellectual Property matters, which are the subject of
Section 3.8 .
3.10
Compliance with Laws; Permits .
(a)
Since
December 31, 2005, the Business has been conducted and continues to
be conducted in compliance in all material respects with all Laws
and Governmental Orders applicable to the Business, any Seller (as
it relates to the Business), any Transferred Entity or any of the
Purchased Assets, and no Seller or any Transferred Entity has
received to the Knowledge of Honeywell, any written notice of any
material violation or alleged material violation of any such Law or
Governmental Order.
(b)
Without
limiting the generality of Section 3.10(a) ,
all exports and “deemed exports” for the Business have
been made in all material respects in accordance with U.S. export
controls rules (including the Export Administration Regulations and
the International Traffic in Arms Regulations), and, to the
Knowledge of Honeywell, no investigation has been initiated by any
Governmental Authority that is currently pending or threatened in
connection with any export transaction or relating to any audit,
examination or investigation of any export activities of the
Business except as would not result, in the aggregate, in material
Liability to the Business or would result in any suspension of any
activities of the Business that would be material to the Business.
The Business is not subject to any Governmental Order, nor to the
Knowledge of Honeywell is any Governmental Order threatened, that
would bar it from exporting or otherwise limit its exporting
activities as currently conducted, and there is no unresolved
investigation or unpaid fine or penalty assessed by any
Governmental Authority arising out of or related to the export
transactions of the Business except as would not result, in the
aggregate, in material Liability to the Business or would result in
any suspension of any activities of the Business that would be
material to the Business.
(c)
Without
limiting the generality of Section 3.10(a) , no
Seller, Transferred Entity or, to the Knowledge of Honeywell, any
of their respective directors, officers, agents, representatives or
employees (in their capacity as directors, officers, agents,
representatives or employees) has, with respect to the Business:
(i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment
or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity in
respect of the Business; (ii) directly or indirectly, paid or
delivered any fee, commission or other sum of money or item of
property, however characterized, to any finder, agent, or other
party acting on behalf of or under the auspices of a governmental
official or Governmental Authority, in the United States or any
other country, which is in any manner illegal under any Law of the
United States or any other country having jurisdiction; or (iii)
made any payment to any customer or supplier of the Seller or any
officer, director, partner, employee or agent of any such customer
or supplier for an unlawful reciprocal practice, or made any other
unlawful payment or given any other unlawful consideration to any
such customer or supplier or any such officer, director, partner,
employee or agent, in respect of the Business, except as would not
result, in the aggregate, in material Liability to the
Business.
(d)
Sellers
and the Transferred Entities have all material Permits that are
necessary to the conduct the Business as presently being conducted.
Sellers and the Transferred Entities are in compliance with, and
for the past three years have been in compliance with,
all
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such material
Permits in all material respects. All such material Permits are in
full force and effect. To the Knowledge of Honeywell, the Business
is not being conducted in material violation or material default of
such Permits, and no Seller or any Transferred Entity has received
any written notification from any Governmental Authority
threatening to revoke any such Permit.
(e)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the representations and
warranties contained in this Section 3.10 do not
apply to Taxes, Intellectual Property, Environmental Laws,
employee, labor and benefit plan matters, which subject matters are
covered in their entirety and exclusively under
Sections 3.7 , 3.8 ,
3.11 , 3.12
and 3.18 ,
respectively.
3.11
Environmental Matters.
(a)
Sellers,
in connection with the Business, and the Transferred Entities are,
and for the past four (4) years have been, in compliance with
applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits in all
material respects and all past non-compliance has been resolved
without any ongoing obligations to any Governmental Authority or
capital costs that have not been incurred or accrued and set forth
in the Interim Statement of Net Assets.
(b)
As of
the date hereof, there is no Environmental Claim pending or, to the
Knowledge of Honeywell, threatened against any Seller or
Transferred Entity that specifically relates to the Business that
would result in material Liability to the Business.
(c)
There is
no condition on any Leased Real Property for which any Seller or
Transferred Entity has an obligation to undertake any material
Remedial Action pursuant to Environmental Laws or that would be
expected to result in material Liability to the Business. There are
no Materials of Environmental Concern present on, in, under or
migrating from or, to the Knowledge of Honeywell, to the Leased
Real Property, except as may be present at or used at the Leased
Real Property in the ordinary course of business (including any
building materials or equipment that may contain Materials of
Environmental Concern that have not been Released to the
environment and that are maintained in accordance with applicable
Environmental Laws), and no disposal, Release or treatment of
Materials of Environmental Concern has occurred from, on, in or
under the Leased Real Property during the lease of such property by
any Seller or any Transferred Entity, in each case, that would be
expected to result in material Liability to the
Business.
(d)
No
Transferred Entity has engaged in the disposal, Release or
treatment of Materials of Environmental Concern that would be
expected to result in material Liability to the
Business.
(e)
No
Transferred Entity is conducting any Remedial Action relating to
any Release or threatened Release, and no Seller is conducting any
Remedial Action relating to any Release or threatened Release at
the Leased Real Property or relating to the operations of the
Business, in each case, either voluntarily or pursuant to the order
of any Governmental Authority or the requirements of any
Environmental Law or Environmental Permit.
(f)
None of
the Leased Real Property is listed or, to the Knowledge of
Honeywell, is proposed for listing or, to the Knowledge of
Honeywell, adjoins any other
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property that is
listed or proposed for listing, on the National Priorities List or
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Information System under the federal Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or any
analogous federal, state or local list.
(g)
Sellers
have Made Available to Purchaser copies of (i) any environmental
assessment or audit reports or other similar studies or analyses
relating to the Business or the Leased Real Property, and (ii) all
insurance policies issued at any time that may provide coverage to
Sellers or the Business for environmental matters.
(h)
Except
as set forth in Section
3.11 of the Disclosure
Schedule, neither the execution of this Agreement nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will require
any Remedial Action or notice to or consent of Governmental
Authorities or third parties pursuant to any applicable
Environmental Law or Environmental Permit.
For purposes of this
Agreement, (i) “ Environmental Claims ” means any claim, cause of action, investigation,
proceeding, consent order, consent agreement, or notice by any
person or entity alleging potential Liability arising out of, based
on or resulting from (A) the presence, or release into the
environment of, or exposure to, any Material of Environmental
Concern at any location, or (B) circumstances forming the basis of
any violation, or alleged violation, of any Environmental Law, (ii)
“ Environmental
Laws ” means all
federal, interstate, state, local and foreign Laws relating to
pollution or protection of human health, safety, the environment or
natural resources damages, including Laws relating to emissions,
discharges, releases or threatened releases of Materials of
Environmental Concern, or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, discharge, generation, treatment,
storage, disposal, transport or handling of Materials of
Environmental Concern, (iii) “ Materials of Environmental Concern ” means any “hazardous
substance” and any “pollutant or contaminant” as
those terms are defined in the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601,
et seq.); any “hazardous waste” as that term is defined
in the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901, et seq.);
and any “hazardous material” as that term is defined in
the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 1801,
et seq.), as amended (including as those terms are further defined
in rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to the foregoing
statutes), and including without limitation any petroleum product,
breakdown product or byproduct, solvent, radioactive material,
toxic mold or asbestos, (iv) “ Release ”
means any spilling, leaking, pumping, emitting, emptying,
discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing
of Materials of Environmental Concern into the environment, (v)
“ Remedial
Action ” means all
action to (A) clean up, remove, treat or handle in any other way
Materials of Environmental Concern in the environment; (B) restore
or reclaim the environment or natural resources, including the
payment of natural resource damages; (C) prevent the Release of
Materials of Environmental Concern so that they do not migrate,
endanger or threaten to endanger public health or the environment,
except for actions taken in the ordinary course of business to
prevent the Release of Materials of Environmental Concern as they
are used or stored in the ordinary course of business; or (D)
perform remedial investigations, feasibility studies, corrective
actions, closures and postremedial or postclosure studies,
investigations, operations, maintenance and monitoring on, about or
in any Leased Real Property, and (vi) “ Environmental Permit ” means any permit, approval, identification
number, license or other authorization required under any
applicable Environmental Law.
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3.12
Employee
Matters and Benefit Plans .
(a)
Each
material employment, deferred compensation, stock option, stock
purchase, stock appreciation right, equity-based compensation,
incentive, bonus, tuition reimbursement, pension, savings,
profit-sharing, retirement, medical, vacation, retiree medical,
dental, life, disability, death benefit, group insurance, severance
pay plan, other material agreement (including any severance, change
in control or similar agreement) or material fringe benefit plan or
arrangement (including any “employee benefit plan”
within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is maintained or
sponsored by a Seller or a Transferred Entity and that affects or
covers any Employee in the United States Business (other than
statutory plans) has been listed on Section 3.12(a) of
the Disclosure Schedule (each a “ U.S. Benefit Plan ” and collectively, the “ U.S. Benefit Plans ”). To the Knowledge of Honeywell, a complete and
accurate copy of each U.S. Benefit Plan and the current summary
plan description, if any of each U.S. Benefit Plan has been Made
Available to Purchaser. Neither the Seller nor any Transferred
Entity has any commitment, to create, incur liability with respect
to, or cause to exist, any employee benefit plans, programs or
arrangements which would constitute U.S. Benefit Plans.
(b)
Each
material employment, deferred compensation, stock option, stock
purchase, stock appreciation right, equity-based compensation,
incentive, bonus, tuition reimbursement, pension, savings,
profit-sharing, retirement, medical, vacation, retiree medical,
dental, life, disability, death benefit, group insurance, severance
pay plan, other material agreement (including any severance, change
in control or similar agreement) or material fringe benefit plan or
arrangement that is maintained or sponsored by a Seller or a
Transferred Entity and that affects or covers any Employee employed
in the Non-United States Business has been listed on
Section 3.12(b)
of the Disclosure Schedule (other than
statutory plans) (each a “ Foreign Benefit Plan ” and collectively, the “ Foreign Benefit Plans ”). To the Knowledge of Honeywell, a complete
and accurate copy of each Foreign Benefit Plan has been Made
Available to Purchaser. Neither the Seller nor any Transferred
Entity has any commitment to create, incur liability with respect
to, or cause to exist, any employee benefit plan, program or
arrangement which would constitute a Foreign Benefit
Plan.
(c)
Neither
Honeywell nor any Affiliate has incurred any liability which
reasonably could be expected to subject the Purchaser to any
material liability or obligation: (i) under Code Section 412 or
Title IV of ERISA with respect to any “single employer
plan” (as defined in ERISA Section 4001(a)(15); or (B) under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to any “multiemployer
plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA)).
(d)
None of
the U.S. Benefits Plans or Foreign Benefit Plans provide for the
payment of separation, severance, termination or similar-type
benefits to any Employee or obligates Sellers to pay separation,
severance, termination or similar-type benefits to any Employee
solely as a result of any transaction contemplated by this
Agreement or as a result of a “change in control”,
within the meaning of such term under Section 280G of the
Code.
(e)
Neither
Honeywell nor any Affiliate has incurred any liability which
reasonably could be expected to subject the Purchaser to any
material liability or obligation to provide continuing benefits or
coverage under any welfare plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA) for any participant or any beneficiary of a participant
after such participant’s termination
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of employment,
except as may be required by Section 4980B of the Code or Section
601 ( et
seq .) of ERISA (“ COBRA ”) or
under any applicable state Law or National Law.
(f)
Each
U.S. Benefit Plan and Foreign Benefit Plan complies in all material
respects with any applicable Law governing such U.S. Benefit Plan
or Foreign Benefit Plan, including ERISA and the Code, and is
maintained in all material respects in accordance with its terms
and the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement to
the extent consistent with all such requirements of Law.
(g)
Section 3.12(g) of
the Disclosure Schedule lists, as of the date hereof, all employees
of the Business and designates those employees employed by a
Transferred Entity.
(h)
Section 3.12(h) of
the Disclosure Schedule lists the names and the sites of employment
or facilities of those individuals who suffered an
“employment loss” (as defined in the WARN Act) at any
site of employment or facility of the Business within the United
States during the 90-day period prior to the date hereof, together
with the date of each such employment loss. With respect to each
such “employment loss,” the Sellers complied in all
material respects with the notice requirements contained in the
WARN Act.
3.13
Material
Contracts .
(a)
Except
as set forth in Section
3.13 of the Disclosure
Schedule, as of the date hereof, there are no Contracts included in
the Purchased Assets (i) containing covenants that limit or purport
to limit the ability of a Seller or Transferred Entity to compete
in any line of business or with any Person, industry or
geographical area or during any period of time, that relates to the
Business; (ii) which expressly creates a partnership or joint
venture or similar arrangement that relates to the operation of the
Business; (iii) for the sale or exclusive license of any material
assets of the Business other than Inventory or Products or for the
furnishing of services by a Seller or Transferred Entity other than
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(iv) which is a collective bargaining agreement, employee
association agreement or other agreement with any labor union,
employee representative group, works council or similar collection
of employees; (v) between or among a Seller or Transferred Entity,
on the one hand, and one or more Affiliates of a Seller (other than
another Seller or Transferred Entity), on the other hand; (vi)
under which the Business has made payments in excess of $2,000,000
in the last fiscal year or anticipate making payments in excess of
$2,000,000 in the current fiscal year (other than purchase orders
or invoices entered into in the ordinary course of business and
ordinary course trade payables and trade receivables negotiated on
an arms’ length basis); (vii) involves the sale, development,
use or license of any Intellectual Property that is primarily used
in the conduct of and material to the Business other than
non-exclusive licenses entered into in the ordinary course of
business; (viii) under which the Business received payments in
excess of $2,000,000 in the last fiscal year or anticipates
receiving payments in excess of $2,000,000 in the current fiscal
year (other than sales orders or invoices entered into in the
ordinary course of business); or (ix) containing any
“take-or-pay” or “requirements” provision
requiring any Seller (relating to the Business) or any Transferred
Entity to make a minimum payment for or purchase a minimum quantity
of goods and services from third party suppliers irrespective of
usage, except for Contracts under this clause (ix) which
require
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payments by or to
the Business of less than $1,000,000 per annum. Each such contract
described in clauses (i)-(ix) is referred to herein as a
“ Material
Contract .”
(b)
As of
the date hereof (i) Each Seller and Transferred Entity is not in
material breach of or default under any Material Contract to which
such Seller or Transferred Entity is a party and, to the Knowledge
of Honeywell, no other party to any Material Contract is in breach
thereof or default thereunder, (ii) o the Knowledge of Honeywell,
neither any Seller nor any Transferred Entity has received any
written notice or claim of material default under any Material
Contract or, as of the date of this Agreement, any written notice
of an intention to terminate or challenge the validity or
enforceability of any Material Contract and to the Knowledge of
Honeywell, no such action is threatened, and (iii)
to the Knowledge of Honeywell, no event
has occurred that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both,
would result in a material breach or default under any Material
Contract by Honeywell. Sellers have Made Available to Purchaser
true and complete copies of each Material Contract, including all
material amendments, modifications, supplements, exhibits,
schedules, addenda and restatements thereto and thereof. Sellers
have not posted any surety bond or letter of credit with respect to
the Business.
(c)
Each
Material Contract is valid and binding on the applicable Seller
and/or Transferred Entity and, to the Knowledge of Sellers, on the
other parties thereto subject to the Enforceability
Exceptions.
3.14
Customers and Suppliers . Section
3.14 of the Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of (a) the top 15
third party customers of the Business (by revenue) during the last
fiscal year and for the current fiscal year to March 29 (the
“ Key
Customers ”), and (b)
the top 10 suppliers of the Business during the last fiscal year
and for the current fiscal year to March 29 (the “
Key Suppliers ”). Since December 31, 2007 to the date
hereof, no Key Customer or Key Supplier has canceled or otherwise
terminated its relationship with the Business, and, to the
Knowledge of Honeywell, the Business has not received any written
notice from any Key Customer or Key Supplier to the effect that any
such Key Customer or Key Supplier intends to terminate or
materially adversely modify its relationship with the Business.
Since December 31, 2007 to the date hereof, Sellers have not
granted any price decreases or rebates to any Key Customer, other
than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice.
3.15
Real
Properties .
(a)
Except
with respect to certain of the Shared Real Property, which are
partially held for use in the Business and is addressed in the
Transition Services Agreement, Sellers and the Transferred Entities
do not own any real property used or held for use primarily in the
conduct of the Business as it is currently being conducted. None of
the Purchased Assets and none of the assets of Transferred Entities
consists of owned real property.
(b)
With
respect to each Assumed Real Property Lease or any lease listed
on Schedule 1.3(c)
, (i) such lease is in full force and
effect, (ii) neither any Seller or Transferred Entity nor, to the
Knowledge of Honeywell, the landlord under such lease is in
material default thereunder, and (iii) to the Knowledge of
Honeywell, no condition exists which with notice or
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lapse of time or
both would constitute a material default by any Seller or
Transferred Entity under such lease.
3.16
Title to
Personal Property and Inventory .
(a)
A Seller
or Transferred Entity, as the case may be, has good and valid title
to all owned Personal Property and Inventory, free and clear of any
Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances.
(b)
Subject
to amounts reserved therefor on the Interim Statement of Net Assets
or as described in the Specified Accounting Policies, the values at
which all Inventories are carried on the Interim Statement of Net
Assets reflect the historical inventory valuation policy of the
Business of stating such Inventories at the lower of cost (as
determined on an actual lot basis) or market value. The Inventories
do not consist of any items held on consignment. No clearance or
extraordinary sale of the Inventories has been conducted since
December 31, 2007. Net of reserves in the Financial Statements and
Marketing Interim Statements, the Inventories are, in all material
respects, in good condition.
(c)
Items of
Inventory purchased by Sellers or the Transferred Entities since
January 1, 2000 are, in all material respects, (i) factory new,
(ii) duly certified by the original factory manufacturer with all
manufacturer certifications obtained or available and test reports
where required by a customer, (iii) in the case of Inventories to
be sold to aerospace or defense customers, fully traceable to the
manufacturer and (iv) in conformity in all material respects with
applicable industry standards or regulations set forth by Law, by
relevant Governmental Authorities or by the relevant customer
Contract to which such Inventories relate, and in the case of
Inventories to be sold to defense aerospace customers, in
compliance with any applicable Department of Defense rules and
regulations (including the Federal Acquisition Regulation and the
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement) incorporated
into Contracts awarded prior to the date hereof or with Federal
Aviation Administration rules and regulations.
3.17
Sufficiency of Assets . Except for the assets and services to be made available
pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement, the Intellectual
Property License Agreement and the Supply Agreement, the Retained
Interests and the assets and services set forth on
Section 3.17 of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Purchased Assets constitute all the assets
primarily used in the Business and necessary for the continued
conduct of the Business as currently conducted in all material
respects. Sellers have caused the Personal Property to be
maintained in all material respects in accordance with good
business practice, and all the Personal Property is, in the
aggregate, in good operating condition and repair in all material
respects (ordinary wear and tear excepted). Since December 31, 2007
to the date hereof, the Sellers have not suffered any casualty loss
or damage with respect to tangible Purchased Assets which in the
aggregate have a replacement cost of more than $1,000,000, whether
or not such loss or damage shall have been covered by
insurance
3.18
Labor .
(a)
Except,
with respect to national collective bargaining agreements and
European work councils, there are no collective bargaining
agreements or any other labor-related
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agreements with any
labor union or labor organization applicable to employees of the
Business nor is any such agreement currently being negotiated. From
May 31, 2007 through (but not including) the date hereof, no union
or association has been certified or recognized, or brought any
proceeding or petition seeking certification, as the collective
bargaining representative of any Employees, or, to the Knowledge of
the Sellers, has attempted to engage in negotiations regarding
terms and conditions of employment of any Employees.
(b)
No work
stoppage involving the Business is pending or, to the Knowledge of
Honeywell, threatened by any labor dispute which would result in
material Liability to the Business; and
(c)
The
Business is in compliance in all material respects with all Labor
Laws.
3.19
Insurance .
Section 3.19 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of
all current material insurance policies carried by or for the
benefit of Sellers relating to the Business and/or the Purchased
Assets as of the date hereof (collectively the “
Insurance Policies
”). Sellers have Made Available
to Purchaser complete copies of, or true and complete summaries of
the material terms of, all Insurance Policies. To the Knowledge of
Honeywell, all Insurance Policies are in full force and effect and
the applicable insured parties have complied in all material
respects with the provisions of such policies. To the Knowledge of
Honeywell, neither any Seller, any Transferred Entity nor their
respective Subsidiaries has received: (a) any written notice
regarding the cancellation or invalidation of any of the existing
Insurance Policies or regarding any actual or possible adjustment
in the amount of the premiums or deductibles payable with respect
to any such policies; or (b) any written notice regarding any
refusal of coverage under, or any rejection of any claim under, any
such policies. The insurance policies carried by or for the benefit
of Honeywell and the Business are specifically noted in
Section 3.19 of the Disclosure Schedule (collectively, the
“ Parent
Insurances ”), which,
for the avoidance of doubt, do not include any captive insurance
policies carried by or for the benefit of Honeywell and the
Business.
3.20
Finder’s Fee .
Except for fees payable to JP Morgan and other fees for which
Honeywell will be exclusively responsible, Sellers and the
Transferred Entities have not incurred any liability to any party
for any brokerage or finder’s fee or agent’s
commission, or the like, in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction
Documents.
3.21
Warranties . Set
forth in Section
3.21 of the Disclosure
Schedule is a true and correct copy of the terms of the standard
warranties provided by Sellers or the Transferred Entities with
respect to Products sold in connection with the Business as of the
date hereof. No Seller or Transferred Entity has provided any
warranty with respect to Products sold in connection with the
Business that materially deviates from the standard warranties set
forth in Section
3.21 of the Disclosure
Schedule. There are no claims pending or, to Honeywell’s
Knowledge, threatened against any Seller or Transferred Entity with
respect to the quality of or absence of defects in such Products or
services that would be expected to result in a material
Liability.
3.22
Product
Liability . Since December
31, 2006, no Seller or any Transferred Entity has incurred any
material Liability arising out of any Product Liability Claim or
any Product Recall with respect to any Product distributed or sold
by the Business.
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3.23
Related
Parties Transactions . None
of Sellers’ Affiliates owns, utilizes or has an interest in
any material assets of, performs any material services for, or on
behalf of, the Business.
3.24
Receivables . Set
forth in Section
3.24 of the Disclosure
Schedule is an aged list of the Receivables as of the date of the
Interim Statement of Net Assets. Except to the extent, if any,
reserved for on the Interim Statement of Net Assets or in the
accounting records of the Business, all Receivables reflected on
the Interim Statement of Net Assets arose from, and the Receivables
existing as of the Closing will have arisen from, the sale of
Inventory or services in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice and, except as reserved against on the Interim
Statement of Net Assets or in the accounting records of the
Business, to the Knowledge of Honeywell, constitute or will
constitute, as the case may be, only valid, undisputed claims of a
Seller or Transferred Entity not subject to valid claims of setoff
or other defenses or counterclaims other than normal cash discounts
and penalties associated with nonconforming or late deliveries
under customer Contracts, in each case accrued in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice. A summary of such
penalties incurred between January 1, 2008 and May 31, 2008, and
the Business’s accounting treatment for such items, is set
forth in Section
3.24 of the Disclosure
Schedule.
3.25
Investment Purpose. Sellers are accepting the Shares solely for the purpose of
investment and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in
connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of federal
securities laws.
3.26
Status
of Shares; Limitations on Transfer and Other
Restrictions. Sellers
acknowledge and understand that (i) the Shares have not been and
will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “ Securities
Act ”), or under any
state securities Laws (other than in accordance with the
Stockholder Agreement) and are being offered and sold in reliance
upon federal and state exemptions for transactions not involving
any public offering, (ii) such exemption depends in part upon, and
such Shares are being sold in reliance on, the representations and
warranties set forth in this Article III , (iii)
Sellers may have to bear the economic risk of all or a portion of
the Shares for an indefinite period of time because the Shares must
be held indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the
Securities Act and applicable state securities Laws or unless an
exemption from such registration is available, (iv) the Shares will
be subject to certain restrictions on transfer, as set forth in the
Stockholder Agreement, and (v) a restrictive legend in the form set
forth in the Stockholder Agreement shall be placed on all
certificates evidencing the Shares.
3.27
Disclaimer of Other Representations and
Warranties . Except as
expressly set forth in this Article III and the
Disclosure Schedule, Honeywell and Sellers do not make any
representation or warranty, express or implied, at law or in
equity, with respect to the Business or the past, present or future
condition of any of its assets, Liabilities or operations, or the
past, current or future profitability or performance, individually
or in the aggregate, of the Business or any other matter, and
Honeywell and each Seller specifically disclaims any such other
representations or warranties.
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ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PURCHASER
Purchaser hereby represents and
warrants to Sellers that, except as set forth on the disclosure
schedule delivered by Purchaser to Honeywell concurrently herewith
(the “ Purchaser
Disclosure Schedule ”;
which Purchaser Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in sections
corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections of this
Article IV , and any information disclosed in any such section of
the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to be disclosed
only for purposes of the corresponding section of this
Article IV , unless it is reasonably apparent on the face of the
disclosure contained in such section of the Purchaser Disclosure
Schedule that such disclosure is applicable to another section of
this Article IV
):
4.1
Corporate Status .
Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization. Purchaser (a) has all requisite power and authority
to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and (b) is
duly qualified or otherwise authorized to do business and is in
good standing in each of the jurisdictions in which the ownership,
operation or leasing of its properties and assets and the conduct
of its business requires it to be so qualified or otherwise
authorized, except where the failure to have to be so qualified or
otherwise authorized would not have a Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect.
4.2
Authority .
Purchaser has all requisite corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
the Purchaser, and no other corporate proceeding on the part of the
Purchaser is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by Purchaser of this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby. This Agreement has been, and upon their execution each of
the Transaction Documents shall have been, duly executed and
delivered by Purchaser, and, assuming due authorization and
delivery by Sellers, this Agreement constitutes, and upon their
execution each of the Transaction Documents shall constitute, a
valid and binding obligations of Purchaser, enforceable against
Purchaser in accordance with their terms, subject to the
Enforceability Exceptions.
4.3
No
Conflict; Required Filings .
(a)
Except
as provided in Section
5.5(a) with respect to the
HSR Act and required foreign antitrust filings and/or notices, the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents do not, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby will not (with or without notice or
lapse of time, or both), conflict with, or result in any violation
of or default under, or give rise to a right of termination,
cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or to loss of a
benefit under, or result in the creation of any material
Encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of Purchaser
under, any provision of (i) the certificate of incorporation,
by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of
Purchaser, (ii) any material Contract to which Purchaser is party
or by which it is bound or (iii) any Governmental Order or, subject
to the matters described in Section 4.3(b) , Law
applicable to Purchaser or its property or assets, other than, in
the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, any such
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conflicts,
violations, defaults, rights or Encumbrances that would not have a
Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.
(b)
Except
as provided in Section
5.5(a) with respect to the
HSR Act and required foreign antitrust filings and/or notices, no
material consent of, or registration, declaration, notice or filing
with, any Governmental Authority is required to be obtained or made
by Purchaser in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
other than those that, if not made or obtained, individually or in
the aggregate, would not materially hinder or materially delay the
Closing or result in a Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect.
4.4
Legal
Proceedings . There are no
claims, actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or,
to the Knowledge of Purchaser, threatened against Purchaser or any
of its Affiliates, their businesses or any of their respective
properties before any Governmental Authority properties which could
affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement,
the other Transaction Documents or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or that seek or are
reasonably likely to result in monetary damages or which seek
equitable relief by or against Purchaser or any of its Affiliates
or any of their respective properties, except as would not have a
Purchaser Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2005,
Purchaser or its Affiliates have not been subject to any
Governmental Order, and to the Knowledge of Purchaser, there are no
such Governmental Orders threatened to be imposed, which in either
case would have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect. Since December
31, 2005, there have been no formal or informal material
governmental inquiries or investigations or internal investigations
or whistle-blower complaints pending against or, to the Knowledge
of Purchaser, threatened relating to, affecting or involving
Purchaser’s business which would have a Purchaser Material
Adverse Effect.
4.5
Sufficient Funds .
The Purchaser will, on the Closing Date have sufficient funds to
enable it to pay the Purchase Price at the Closing as contemplated
herein. Immediately following the Closing after giving effect to
the transactions contemplated hereby, the Purchaser will be
Solvent. As used herein, “ Solvent ”
means with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such
date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater
than the total amount of liabilities, including, contingent
liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of
the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be
required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts
as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not
intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or
liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts
and liabilities as they mature and (d) such Person is not engaged
in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in
business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property
would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of
contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount
that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at
such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to
become an actual or matured liability.
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4.6
No
Reliance .
(a)
Purchaser is an informed and sophisticated purchaser and
has engaged expert advisors who are experienced in the evaluation
and purchase of the Purchased Assets, and has had such access to
the personnel and properties of Sellers and the Transferred
Entities (but only in so far as it relates to the Business) as it
deems necessary and appropriate to make such evaluation and
purchase.
(b)
Purchaser acknowledges that it has conducted, to its
satisfaction, an independent investigation and has agreed to
purchase the Purchased Assets based on its own inspection,
examination and determination with respect to all matters and
without reliance upon any representations, warranties,
communications or disclosures of any nature other than those
expressly set forth in Article III of this
Agreement and has had full and complete access to the assets,
properties and employees of the Business.
(c)
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, Purchaser, in entering
into this Agreement, is relying solely on the representations and
warranties set forth in this Agreement and, except as expressly set
forth in Article
III of this Agreement (as
modified by the Disclosure Schedule), neither Honeywell nor any
Seller makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, at
law or in equity, with respect to, and Purchaser expressly
disclaims any reliance on, (i) any information, written or oral and
in any form provided or Made Available (whether before or after the
date hereof) to it or any of its agents, advisors, employees or
representatives, including, without limitation, in “data
rooms” (including on-line data rooms), management
presentations, functional “break-out” discussions, oral
or written responses to questions submitted on behalf of it or
other communications between it or any of its agents, advisors,
employees or representatives, on the one hand, and Honeywell or any
of its agents, advisors, employees or representatives, on the other
hand, or on the accuracy or completeness of any such information;
(ii) any projections, estimates, business plans or budgets
delivered to or Made Available to it or any of its agents,
advisors, employees or representatives, or which is Made Available
to it or any of its agents, advisors, employees or representatives
after the date hereof, or future revenues, expenses or
expenditures, future results of operations (or any component
thereof), future cash flows or future financial condition (or any
component thereof) of the Business; (iii) the condition of any of
the Purchased Assets being transferred hereunder, which Purchaser
is purchasing on an “AS IS, WITH ALL FAULTS” basis
without any warranties or guarantees of any kind, express or
implied, from any Honeywell or any Seller (including any warranties
as merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular
purpose); (iv) the operation of the Business by Purchaser after
Closing in any manner; or (v) the probable success or profitability
of the ownership, use or operation of the Business by Purchaser
after the Closing.
4.7
Finder’s Fee .
Except for fees payable to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., UBS Loan
Finance LLC, Credit Suisse (Cayman Islands Branch), J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC and other fees, in each case for which Purchaser will be
exclusively responsible, Purchaser has not incurred any liability
to any party for any brokerage or finder’s fee or
agent’s commission, or the like, in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction
Documents.
4.8
SEC
Filings; Financial Statements .
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(a)
Purchaser has filed all forms, reports and documents
required to be filed by it with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “ SEC ”) since
December 31, 2006 (collectively, the “ Purchaser SEC Reports ”). The Purchaser SEC Reports (i) were prepared
in all material respects in accordance with either the requirements
of the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and (ii) did not, at the time they were
filed, or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment, contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. There are no SEC staff
comments with respect to the Purchaser’s public filings that
have not been made publicly available.
(b)
Each of
the consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, any
notes thereto) contained in the Purchaser SEC Reports was prepared
in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout
the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes
thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by
Form 10 Q of the SEC) and each fairly presents, in all material
respects, the consolidated financial position, results of
operations and cash flows of Purchaser and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and for the
respective periods indicated therein, except as otherwise noted
therein, (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal
and recurring year-end adjustments which have not had, and would
not be material in amount).
(c)
The
Internal Controls utilized by Purchaser are designed to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of Purchaser’s
financial reporting and the preparation of Purchaser’s
financial statements. To the Knowledge of Purchaser, there are no
material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the design or
operations of the Internal Controls utilized by Purchaser.
Purchaser has implemented disclosure controls and procedures
designed to ensure that material information relating to Purchaser
and its consolidated Subsidiaries is made known to
Purchaser’s management by others within Purchaser and its
consolidated Subsidiaries.
4.9
Financing .
Purchaser has delivered to the Company a complete executed copy of
the debt commitment letter (together with a copy of the fee letter)
relating to the financing contemplated by such debt commitment
letter, redacted to remove all pricing fees and other financial
information (but retaining any non-financial “market
flex” terms) (such copy being the “
Redacted Fee Letter
”), dated as of the date hereof,
by and among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., UBS Loan Finance LLC,
Credit Suisse (Cayman Islands Branch), J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.,
UBS Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and
Purchaser, pursuant to which the Initial Lenders party thereto have
committed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein,
to provide or cause to be provided, debt financing to Purchaser (up
to an aggregate amount of $1,550,000,000) in connection with the
transactions provided for herein (the “ Debt Commitment Letter ”). The Debt Commitment Letter has not been
amended or modified prior to the date hereof and the respective
commitments contained in the Debt Commitment Letter have not been
reduced, withdrawn or rescinded prior to the date hereof. The Debt
Commitment Letter constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Purchaser and, to the Knowledge of Purchaser,
the other parties thereto. The Debt Commitment Letter is subject to
no contingencies or conditions of any kind whatsoever related to
the funding of the full amount of
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the financing set
forth in the Debt Commitment Letter (including any “flex
provisions”), other than as set forth in the executed copies
thereof Made Available to Sellers, including in the Redacted Fee
Letter. No event has occurred which, with or without notice, lapse
of time or both, would result in a breach or violation or
constitute a default on the part of Purchaser under any term or
condition of the Debt Commitment Letter. Purchaser has fully paid
any and all commitment fees and other fees required by the Debt
Commitment Letter to be paid as of the date hereof and has
sufficient available funds to pay any commitment fees, funding fees
and all other fees required by the Debt Commitment Letter to be
paid on or prior to Closing. There are no conditions to funding the
Financing contained in the fee letter other payment of applicable
fees in connection with the Financing. Subject to the terms and
conditions of the Debt Commitment Letter set forth therein and this
Agreement, the aggregate proceeds to be disbursed pursuant to the
agreements contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter would provide
Purchaser with financing sufficient to consummate the Closing
according to the terms of the Agreement, including payment of the
Purchase Price and payment of all related fees and
expenses.
4.10
Absence
of Certain Changes.
(a)
Except
as required by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents,
since December 31, 2007 to the date hereof, Purchaser has operated
its business in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice in all material respects, and Purchaser has not (but
only as it related to its business):
(i)
adopted
a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation,
dissolution, restructuring, merger, consolidation, restructuring,
recapitalization or other reorganization of the Purchaser’s
business;
(ii)
entered
into or consummated any material acquisition of the business,
stock, assets or other properties of any other Person, or any
material divestiture, joint venture or other material business
transaction outside the ordinary course of business.
(iii)
made any
accounting changes except as required by GAAP or other body of
recognized accounting principles employed by Purchaser in keeping
its books and records;
(iv)
changed
the organizational documents of Purchaser, or changed the
authorized or issued capital stock of Purchaser (except for the
issuance of shares capital stock of Purchaser issuable pursuant to
options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights,
agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character obligating
Purchaser to issue any shares capital stock of Purchaser
outstanding on the date hereof);
(v)
failed to keep in full force and effect without material
modification any existing policies or binders of insurance
maintained in respect of the Purchaser’s business;
(vi)
amended, terminated, cancelled or compromised any material
claims of Purchaser (related to the Purchaser’s business) or
waived any other rights of substantial value to Purchaser (related
to the Purchaser’s business); or
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(vii)
agreed, whether in writing or otherwise, to take any of the
actions specified in this Section 4.10(a) ,
except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents.
(b) Since December 31, 2007, except as expressly
contemplated by this Agreement, or specifically disclosed in any
Purchaser SEC Report filed since December 31, 2007 and prior to the
date of this Agreement, there has not been any Purchaser Material
Adverse Effect.
4.11
Compliance with Laws . Except as would not have a Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect, since December 31, 2005, (a) Purchaser’s business has
been conducted and continues to be in compliance in all material
respects with all Laws and Governmental Orders applicable to
Purchaser and its business, and (b) Purchaser has not received, to
the Knowledge of Purchaser, any written notice of any violation or
alleged violation of any such Law or Governmental Order.
4.12
Valid
Issuance of Shares . The
Shares comprising the Stock Consideration that will be issued to
Sellers at Closing have been duly authorized, fully paid and are
nonassessable and will be issued in compliance with all applicable
federal and state securities laws. There is no outstanding option,
warrant, right (including conversion and preemptive rights and
rights of first refusal) of any Person with respect to the Shares.
The Shares comprising the Stock Consideration will have been
approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject to official notice of
issuance, prior to Closing.
4.13
Vote
Required. No vote of any
holders of any class or series of capital stock of or other equity
interests in Purchaser is necessary to approve the issuance of the
Shares.
4.14
Disclaimer of Other Representations and
Warranties . Except as
expressly set forth in this Article IV, Purchaser made no
representation or warranty, express or implied, at law or in
equity, with respect to Purchaser, its Subsidiaries, its businesses
or financial condition or any of its assets, liabilities or
operations or any other matter, and any such other representations
or warranties are hereby expressly disclaimed.
ARTICLE
V
CERTAIN COVENANTS
5.1
Conduct
of Business . During the
period from the date hereof until the Closing or earlier
termination of this Agreement, except (i) as otherwise contemplated
by this Agreement, (ii) as consented to in writing by Purchaser,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed, provided that failure by Purchaser to respond to any
request for consent within 5 business days of receiving such
request shall be deemed to constitute consent, and (iii) as set
forth in Schedule
5.1 , Sellers shall cause
the Transferred Entities to:
(a)
conduct
the Business and utilize the Purchased Assets in all material
respects in the ordinary course of business;
(b)
use
their commercially reasonable efforts consistent with past
practices to maintain the Business intact, to retain their
employees, and to preserve the good relations of their suppliers,
customers and others with whom they have business relations (it
being agreed that
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nothing herein shall
prohibit Sellers or the Transferred Entities
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