Exhibit 2.1
SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT
by and between
FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
and
JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION
Dated as of July 31,
2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I.
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DEFINITIONS
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2
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1.1
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General
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ARTICLE II.
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THE CONTRIBUTION
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2.1
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Contribution
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2.2
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Conditions Precedent to
Completion of the Contribution
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2.3
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Transfers Not Effected Prior to
the Separation; Transfers Deemed Effective at the Assumption
Time
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2.4
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Ancillary Agreements
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2.5
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Certificate of Incorporation;
By-laws; Rights Plan
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2.6
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Dividend and Cash
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2.7
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Pension Asset
Transfers
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2.8
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Foreign Exchange Forward
Instruments
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ARTICLE III.
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THE DISTRIBUTION
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3.1
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Record Date and Distribution
Date
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3.2
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The Agent
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3.3
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Delivery of Shares to the
Agent
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3.4
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Actions Prior to the
Distribution
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3.5
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The Distribution
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3.6
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Conditions to
Obligations
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ARTICLE IV.
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SURVIVAL AND
INDEMNIFICATION
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4.1
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Survival of Agreements
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4.2
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Indemnification
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4.3
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Procedures for Indemnification
for Third-Party Actions
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4.4
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Additional Matters
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4.5
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Survival of
Indemnities
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4.6
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Remedies Cumulative
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ARTICLE V.
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CERTAIN ADDITIONAL
COVENANTS
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5.1
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Cooperation; Notices to Third
Parties
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5.2
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Intercompany Agreements and
Accounts
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5.3
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Guarantee Obligations
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5.4
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Qualification as Tax-Free
Distribution
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5.5
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Non-Solicitation and
Non-Hire
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ARTICLE VI.
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION
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6.1
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Agreement for Exchange of
Information
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6.2
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Ownership of
Information
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6.3
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Compensation for Providing
Information
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6.4
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Record Retention
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6.5
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Limitation of
Liability
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6.6
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Confidentiality
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6.7
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Protective
Arrangements
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ARTICLE VII.
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NO REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES
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7.1
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No Representations or
Warranties
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ARTICLE VIII.
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TERMINATION
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8.1
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Termination by Mutual
Consent
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8.2
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Effect of Termination
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ARTICLE IX.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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9.1
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Complete Agreement; Corporate
Power
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9.2
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Expenses
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9.3
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Governing Law
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9.4
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Notices
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9.5
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Amendment and
Modification
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9.6
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Successors and Assigns; No
Third-Party Beneficiaries
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9.7
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Counterparts
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9.8
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Interpretation
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9.9
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Severability
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9.10
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References;
Construction
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9.11
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Specific Performance
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9.12
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Conflict with Ancillary
Agreements
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9.13
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Joint Defense Cost Sharing
Agreement
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9.14
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Insurance Sharing
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ARTICLE X.
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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10.1
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Dispute Resolution
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Schedules to Separation and
Distribution Agreement
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Schedule 1.1(a)
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Equity Interests
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Schedule 1.1(b)
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Other Assets
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Schedule 1.1(c)
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Excluded Assets
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Schedule 1.1(d)-(2)
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Discontinued and Closed
Businesses
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Schedule 1.1(d)-(3)
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Environmental
Liabilities
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Schedule 1.1(d)-(6)
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Claims
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Schedule 2.1(b)
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Intellectual Property
Rights
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Schedule 9.2
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Allocation of Expenses
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Exhibits to
Separation and Distribution Agreement
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Exhibit A
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Form of Tax Sharing
Agreement
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Exhibit B
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Form of Transition Services
Agreement
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Exhibit C
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Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation
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Exhibit D
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Amended and Restated
Bylaws
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Exhibit E
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Form of Preferred Share Purchase
Rights Agreement
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Exhibit F
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Form of Trademark License
Agreement
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Exhibit G
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Form of Trademark Assignment and
Coexistence Agreement
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Exhibit H
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Forms of Subleases
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Exhibit I
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Forms of Distributor
Agreements
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Exhibit J
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After Tax Operating Cash Flow
Methodology and Dividend Amount Methodology
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SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT
This SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of
July 31, 2008, is by and between FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
, a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), and
JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation
and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Spinco
”) (each of Parent and Spinco, a “ Part y”
and together, the “ Parties ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of
Parent has determined that it is in the best interests of Parent
and its stockholders to separate Parent’s existing businesses
into two independent companies (the “ Separation
”), pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, to effect the Separation,
Parent intends to cause the transfer to Spinco of certain assets of
Parent and its subsidiaries, and the assumption by Spinco of
certain liabilities of Parent and its subsidiaries associated with
the assets being transferred, all of which are primarily related to
the Spinco Business (the “ Contribution ”) as
contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements;
WHEREAS, in connection with the
Separation, the Board of Directors of Parent has determined that it
would be advisable and in the best interests of Parent and its
stockholders for Parent to distribute to the holders of the issued
and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of Parent (the “ Parent Common Stock ”) as of
the Record Date 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Spinco (the “ Spinco
Common Stock ”), together with the associated preferred
stock purchase rights (each share of such stock, together with the
associated preferred stock purchase right, a “Spinco
Share ”), on the basis of 0.216 Spinco Shares for
every share of Parent Common Stock (the “ Distribution
”);
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the
parties to this Agreement that, for United States federal income
tax purposes, the Distribution shall qualify as a tax-free spin-off
under Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended;
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of
Parent and Spinco have each determined that the Separation, the
Contribution, the Distribution and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements are in
furtherance of and consistent with their respective business
strategies and are in the best interests of their respective
companies and stockholders and have approved this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate and
desirable to set forth the principal corporate transactions
required to effect the Separation and certain other agreements that
will govern certain matters relating to the Separation, the
Contribution, the Distribution and the relationship of Parent and
Spinco and their respective subsidiaries following the Separation
and the Distribution.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises, and of the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements set forth in this Agreement, the Parties hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 General . As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
Action: any claim, demand, action, lawsuit, countersuit,
arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any
governmental or regulatory authority or any arbitration or
mediation tribunal.
After Tax Operating Cash
Flow: the sum of, based
on Parent’s financial reporting system for the period from
and including January 1, 2008 to and including the close of
business on the Distribution Date, with all business transactions
accounted for according Parent’s established cut-off,
accounting and reporting procedures and protocols, the Net
Operating Income of the Spinco Business’s continuing
operations, plus or minus each of the following (as specified
below):
(1) plus,
Net Operating Income of Spinco’s discontinued
businesses,
(2) plus,
Spinco’s incremental corporate staff expense, after
tax,
(3) plus
the decrease or minus the increase in Spinco’s capital
employed for its continuing operations, excluding cash and cash
equivalents,
(4) plus
the decrease or minus the increase in Spinco’s capital
employed for its discontinued operations, excluding cash and cash
equivalents,
(5) plus
or minus, as applicable, the correcting adjustment for foreign
exchange translation related to Spinco’s capital employed for
both its continuing and discontinued operations,
(6) plus
the increase or minus the decrease in Spinco’s liability for
current and deferred income taxes and deferred tax
assets,
(7) plus
or minus, as applicable, the correcting adjustment for the foreign
exchange translation adjustment related to Spinco’s liability
for current and deferred income taxes and deferred tax
assets,
(8) plus
restatement gains or minus restatement losses, net of
tax,
(9) plus
impact of OCI, deferred derivative gains (losses) and
other,
(10) plus,
provisions for defined benefit retirement plans,
pre-tax,
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(11) less,
amortization expense in 2008 related to the 2006 restricted stock
equity award, pre-tax,
(12) plus the
increase or minus the decrease in Spinco’s health care
reserves, and
(13) plus the
increase or minus the decrease in Spinco’s insurance
reserves.
Parent and Spinco agree to make such
other adjustments as the parties determine necessary to fairly
state the After Tax Operating Cash Flow and the Dividend Amount.
Examples may include adjustments required for the impact on tax
reserves of intercompany interest income or expense and prior
year(s) taxes paid in 2008. Exhibit J includes an example of
the calculation methodology for After Tax Operating Cash
Flow.
Ancillary Agreements:
the Tax Sharing Agreement, the
agreements relating to the transfers and assumptions contemplated
by Section 2.3 , the Transition Services Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit B , the Trademark
License Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F ,
the Trademark Assignment and Coexistence Agreement substantially in
the form of Exhibit G , the Distributor Agreements
substantially in the forms attached as Exhibit I , the
Sublease Agreements substantially in the forms attached as
Exhibit H and the other agreements entered into or to be
entered into in connection with the Separation as contemplated by
Article II of this Agreement.
Assets: any and all assets, properties and rights
(including goodwill), whether accrued, contingent or otherwise,
whether now existing or hereafter acquired, wheresoever situated,
and in each case whether or not recorded or reflected or required
to be recorded or reflected on the books and records or financial
statements of any Person, including the following:
(1) all
cash, cash equivalents, notes, accounts receivable, notes
receivable and mortgages receivable (whether current or
non-current);
(2) all
interests in any capital stock or other equity interests, all
rights as a partner or joint venturer or participant, certificates
of deposit, banker’s acceptances, bonds, notes, debentures,
evidences of indebtedness, certificates of interest or
participation in profit-sharing agreements, all puts, calls and
options and all other securities of any kind;
(3) all
Intellectual Property Rights;
(4) all
rights, title and interests in, to and under leases, subleases,
contracts, licenses, permits, registrations, certifications,
distribution arrangements, open purchase orders for raw materials,
supplies, parts or services, unfilled orders for the manufacture
and sale of products, other sales and purchase agreements,
confidentiality agreements, and other agreements and business
arrangements;
(5) all
rights, title and interests in, to and under real property of
whatever nature, including all easements and rights of way,
servitudes, leases, subleases, permits, licenses, options and other
real property rights and interests, as an owner, mortgagee
or
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holder of a security interest in
real property, lessor, sublessor, lessee, sublessee or otherwise,
and all rights, title and interests in and to all buildings,
fixtures and improvements thereon;
(6) all
leasehold improvements, fixtures, trade fixtures, machinery,
equipment (including transportation and office equipment), tools,
dies, furniture and furnishings;
(7) all
fixtures, machinery, equipment, tools, other inventories of
supplies and spare parts, vehicles and transportation equipment,
miscellaneous supplies, models, prototypes, test devices and other
tangible assets or properties of any kind;
(8) all
computers and other electronic data processing and computer
equipment and all computer applications, programs and other
software, including design tools, systems documentation and
instructions;
(9) all
written technical information, data, specifications, research and
development information, engineering drawings, operating and
maintenance manuals, and materials and analyses prepared by
consultants and other third parties;
(10) all raw
materials, parts, work-in-process, supplies, finished goods,
consigned goods, products and other inventories;
(11) all
deposits, letters of credit, performance and surety bonds,
prepayments and prepaid or advanced payments and expenses, trade
accounts and other accounts and notes receivable;
(12) all
rights to causes of action, lawsuits, judgments, claims, causes in
action, all rights under express or implied warranties, all claims
or rights against any Person arising from the ownership of any
Asset, all rights in connection with any bids or offers, all rights
of recovery and all rights of setoff of any kind and demands of any
nature, in each case whether mature, contingent or otherwise,
whether in tort, contract or otherwise, whether arising by way of
counterclaim or otherwise;
(13) all
rights to receive mail, payments on accounts receivable and other
communications;
(14) all
rights under insurance policies and all rights in the nature of
insurance, indemnification or contribution;
(15) all
accounting and other files, records and data, including schematics,
books, manuals, technical information and engineering data,
programming information, computerized data, books of account,
ledgers, employment records, lists and files relating to customers,
vendors, suppliers and agents, quality records and reports,
research records, cost information, pricing data, market surveys
and marketing know-how, mailing lists, purchase and sale records
and correspondence, advertising and marketing records, of every
kind;
(16) all
goodwill as a going concern and other intangible
properties;
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(17) all
rights under employee contracts;
(18) all tax
assets (including carryforwards) described in the Tax Sharing
Agreement; and
(19) all
permits, approvals, orders, authorizations, consents, licenses,
certificates, franchises, exemptions of, or filings or
registrations with or issued by, any governmental or regulatory
authority in any jurisdiction, and all pending applications
therefor.
Assumption Time:
12:01 a.m. on the Distribution
Date.
Contribution:
as defined in the Recitals
hereto.
Distribution:
as defined in the Recitals
hereto.
Distribution Date:
the date as of which the
Distribution shall be effected, to be determined by, or under the
authority of, the Board of Directors of Parent consistent with this
Agreement.
Dividend Amount:
an amount equal to:
(1) $200,000,000,
plus
(2) the
aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents (as such term is
defined in the footnotes to the financial statements included in
Parent’s most recent Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission) of Spinco as of 11:59 p.m. on the
Distribution Date, minus
(3) the
amount of any Spinco indebtedness for borrowed money to the extent
the creditor is not Parent, Spinco or any of their respective
affiliates, minus
(4) the
value of the After Tax Operating Cash Flow of the Spinco Business
for the period from and including January 1, 2008 to and
including 11:59 p.m. on the Distribution Date, if that amount is
positive, plus
(5) the
absolute value of the After Tax Operating Cash Flow of the Spinco
Business for the period from and including January 1, 2008 to
and including 11:59 p.m. on the Distribution Date, if such After
Tax Operating Cash Flow amount is negative, minus
(6) the
after-tax offset for excess assets left in Parent’s Brazilian
pension plan, which is estimated at $463,737 (66% of
$702,632).
Exhibit J includes an illustration of the calculation
methodology for the Dividend Amount, including the identification
of the accounts to be used to determine the After Tax Operating
Cash Flow for the applicable period.
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Group: the Parent Group or the Spinco Group.
Guarantees:
as defined in
Section 5.3 hereof.
Indemnifiable Losses:
all Liabilities suffered (and not
actually reimbursed by insurance proceeds, provided that it is
understood that any amount paid by a third party administrator that
is within a self-insured retention shall not be considered to have
been reimbursed by insurance proceeds) by an Indemnitee, including
any reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs or expenses of enforcing
any indemnity hereunder; provided that “Indemnifiable
Losses” shall not include:
(1) any
special, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential damages
whatsoever of any indemnitee, including damages for lost profits
and lost business opportunities, arising in connection with any
Action other than any Action by any Person (including any
governmental or regulatory authority) who is not a party to this
Agreement or an affiliate or subsidiary of such a party;
or
(2) any
such Liability caused by, resulting from or arising out of the
gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud of such
indemnitee.
Information:
all records, books, contracts,
instruments, computer data and other data and
information.
Information Statement:
as defined in
Section 3.4 hereof.
Intellectual Property
Rights:
(1) all
inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not
reduced to practice), all improvements thereto, and all patents,
patent applications, and patent disclosures, together with all
reissuances, continuations, continuations-in-part, revisions,
extensions, and reexaminations thereof;
(2) all
Marks, whether registered or unregistered Marks, and all
applications, registrations, and renewals in connection with the
Marks;
(3) all
copyrightable works, all copyrights, and all applications,
registrations, and renewals in connection therewith, all computer
software (including data and related documentation), all websites
as well as supporting HTML coding and source code, all mask works
and all applications, registrations, and renewals in connection
therewith;
(4) all
trade secrets and confidential information, including ideas,
research and development, know-how, proprietary processes and
formulas, compositions, manufacturing and production processes and
techniques, technical data, designs, drawings, specifications,
customer and supplier lists, pricing and cost information, and
business and marketing plans and proposals;
(5) any
income, royalties and payments which accrue as of the Distribution
Date or thereafter with respect to any of the foregoing items,
including payments for past, present or future infringements or
misappropriation thereof, the right to sue and recover for past
infringements or misappropriation thereof;
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(6) any
goodwill associated with any of the foregoing;
(7) all
other proprietary rights; and
(8) all
copies and tangible embodiments thereof (in whatever form or
medium).
Liabilities:
losses, damages, Actions, judgments,
payments, debts, commissions, duties, costs, fees, expenses,
settlements, salaries, performance or delivery penalties,
liabilities, warranty liabilities (whether implicit or explicit or
whether granted orally or in writing) and obligations (whether
pecuniary or not, including obligations to perform or forebear from
performing acts or services), fines or penalties, of any kind or
nature (including all reasonable out-of-pocket costs, fees and
expenses, whether legal, accounting or otherwise), whether accrued
or fixed, absolute or contingent, matured or un-matured, determined
or determinable, known or unknown.
Marks : all trademarks, service marks, trade dress,
logos, trade names, and corporate names, together with all
translations, adaptations, derivation, and combinations thereof and
including all goodwill associated therewith.
Parent: as defined in the Recitals hereto.
Parent Assets:
all of the Assets owned by Parent or
its subsidiaries, other than the Spinco Assets.
Parent Business:
all businesses and operations
(including related joint ventures and alliances) of Parent, other
than the Spinco Business.
Parent Common Stock:
as defined in the Recitals
hereto.
Parent Group:
Parent and its subsidiaries other
than members of the Spinco Group.
Parent Indemnitees:
Parent, each affiliate of Parent and
each of their respective Representatives and each of the heirs,
executors, successors and assigns of any of the
foregoing.
Parent Liabilities:
all of the Liabilities of Parent and
its subsidiaries, other than the Spinco Liabilities.
Person: an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a
corporation, a limited liability company, a trust, an
unincorporated organization or a government or any department or
agency thereof.
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Record Date:
the close of business on the date to
be determined by the Board of Directors of Parent as the record
date for determining shareholders of Parent entitled to receive
shares of Spinco Common Stock in the Distribution.
Registration Statement
: Spinco’s final registration
statement on Form 10 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission in connection with the Distribution.
Representative:
with respect to any Person, any of
such Person’s directors, officers, employees, agents,
consultants, advisors, accountants, attorneys and
representatives.
Separation:
as defined in the Recitals to this
Agreement.
Spinco: as defined in the Recitals hereto.
Spinco Assets:
except as expressly provided in this
Agreement or in the Ancillary Agreements,
(1) all
Assets reflected on the Spinco Balance Sheet as set forth in the
Registration Statement or the accounting records supporting the
Spinco Balance Sheet and all Assets of either the Parent Group or
the Spinco Group acquired between December 31, 2007 and the
Assumption Time that would have been included on the Spinco Balance
Sheet had they been owned on December 31, 2007, excluding any
Assets sold or otherwise disposed of on or prior to the Assumption
Time;
(2) all
Assets primarily related to or used by the Spinco Business that are
owned, leased, licensed or held by any member of either Group at
the Assumption Time;
(3) all
equity interests in any of Spinco’s subsidiaries and other
equity interests and similar arrangements primarily related to the
Spinco Business, including those shares of capital stock and other
interests listed on Schedule 1.1(a) ;
(4) all
hedge and option arrangements entered into by Parent in respect of
the Spinco Business;
(5) all
rights held of Spinco set forth in Section 9.14 ;
and
(6) all
of the Assets listed on Schedule 1.1(b) ; provided
that:
(a) Intellectual
Property Rights shall be Spinco Assets only in the form and to the
extent provided in Section 2.1(b) ;
(b) cash
shall be a Spinco Asset only to the extent set forth in
Section 2.6 hereof;
(c) the
leased real property at 200 E. Randolph Drive, Suite 6600, Chicago,
Illinois shall not be a Spinco Asset or a Spinco Liability, but the
Parties shall enter into a sublease agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit H with respect to such leased
property;
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(d) pension
assets shall be transferred to Spinco only in the amounts, to the
extent and in the manner set forth in Section 2.7;
and
(e) Spinco
Assets shall not include the Assets set forth on Schedule
1.1(c) .
Spinco Balance Sheet:
the audited combined balance sheet
of Spinco as of December 31, 2007, and the notes thereto, as
set forth in the Registration Statement.
Spinco Business:
all businesses, operations or
products (including related joint ventures and alliances) of the
FoodTech and Airport Systems businesses of Parent and its
subsidiaries and affiliates (whether or not currently owned, used
or occupied by the Parent and its subsidiaries or
affiliates).
Spinco Common Stock:
as defined in the Recitals to this
Agreement.
Spinco Group:
Spinco and its
subsidiaries.
Spinco Indemnitees:
Spinco, each affiliate of Spinco and
each of their respective Representatives and each of the heirs,
executors, successors and assigns of any of the
foregoing.
Spinco Liabilities:
all Liabilities related to or
arising out of the Spinco Assets or the Spinco Business or
otherwise specified as Spinco Liabilities in this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreement, including:
(1) except
as expressly provided in the Ancillary Agreements, all Liabilities
reflected on the Spinco Balance Sheet as set forth in the
Registration Statement or the accounting records supporting such
Spinco Balance Sheet and all Liabilities of either Group incurred
or arising between December 31, 2007 and the Assumption Time
which would have been included on the Spinco Balance Sheet had they
been incurred or arisen on or prior to December 31, 2007,
excluding those Liabilities (or portions thereof) that have been
satisfied, paid or discharged prior to the Assumption
Time;
(2) all
Liabilities of any discontinued or closed business, operation or
product that would have been part of the Spinco Business as of
December 31, 2007 if such business, operation or product had
not been discontinued or closed prior to such time; provided that,
notwithstanding such general rule, any discontinued or closed
business, operation or product listed on Schedule 1.1(d)-(2)
shall be the obligation and liability of Spinco and/or Parent
as specified on such Schedule 1.1(d)-(2) ;
(3) all
environmental Liabilities primarily related to the Spinco Business
or any environmental Liability to the extent arising out of or
resulting from the use by Spinco Business of any property owned,
operated, used or leased in the course of operating any Spinco
Business at any time or any other property where the Spinco
Business contracted or arranged for disposal at any time; provided
that, notwithstanding such general rule, environmental Liabilities
for the facilities set forth on Schedule 1.1(d)-(3)
shall be the obligation and liability of Spinco and/or Parent
as specified on such Schedule 1.1(d)-(3) . With respect to
environmental Liabilities arising from any facility
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that was jointly used by Spinco and
Parent, except as otherwise specified on Schedule 1.1(d)-(3)
, if one party was the primary or predominant user of the property,
that party shall be responsible to administer any Action related
thereto, including providing any required defense, and the other
party shall cooperate in the administration and defense.
Liabilities associated with any such Action shall be shared equally
by Parent and Spinco unless there is another allocation methodology
that more accurately and reasonably reflects the appropriate
allocation of responsibility as between Parent and Spinco
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, a reasonable estimation of
relative fault or cause of the Liabilities);
(4) all
Liabilities related to or incurred in the manufacture of products
of the Spinco Business sold to third parties by any member of
either the Parent Group or the Spinco Group;
(5) Liabilities
for Taxes specifically allocated to Spinco under the Tax Sharing
Agreement; and
(6) all
Liabilities with respect to the various claims and potential claims
set forth on Schedule 1.1(d)-(6) .
To the extent any third party has
purchased products or services from business units of the Energy
Processing or Energy Production divisions of Parent prior to the
Distribution Date through (i) formal or informal distribution
arrangements between the FoodTech or Airport Systems businesses, on
the hand, and any such Energy Processing or Energy Production
business units, on the other hand, or (ii) contracts executed
by legal entities operating as FoodTech or Airport Systems
businesses whose ownership is transferred to Spinco in the
Contribution, any Liabilities resulting from such arrangements are
Parent Liabilities and will not be considered to be Spinco
Liabilities; provided that, to the extent that any such Liability
arises out of or relates to the actions or inactions of Spinco or
any person acting on behalf of Spinco or the FoodTech or Airport
Businesses in a manner inconsistent with the applicable arrangement
with the Energy Processing or Energy Production divisions of
Parent, such Liabilities shall be Spinco Liabilities.
Tax: as defined in the Tax Sharing
Agreement.
Tax Sharing Agreement:
the Tax Sharing Agreement between
Parent and Spinco, substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto.
Trademark License
Agreement: the Trademark
License Agreement between Parent and Spinco, substantially in the
form of Exhibit F .
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ARTICLE II
THE CONTRIBUTION
SECTION 2.1 Contribution
.
(a) On
or prior to the Assumption Time, Parent shall assign and transfer
to a member of the Spinco Group to be selected by Spinco, all of
Parent’s and its subsidiaries’ respective rights, title
and interests in all Spinco Assets except as otherwise specified in
this Agreement. Except to the extent of any later transfers
described in Section 2.3 , the transfers described in
this Section will become effective at the Assumption Time. In
partial consideration for the transfers described above, Spinco
shall deliver to Parent all of the shares of Spinco Common
Stock.
(b) Effective
as of the Assumption Time, Spinco shall assume and discharge in due
course all of the Spinco Liabilities in accordance with their
respective terms.
(i)
Separation of Assets . The Spinco Assets (other than
Intellectual Property Rights, which will be licensed or assigned
only as set forth in Section 2.1(b)(ii) ) shall, to the
extent reasonably practicable (including taking into account the
costs of any actions taken), be separated from the Parent Assets so
that members of the Spinco Group will own and control the Spinco
Assets at the Assumption Time and members of the Parent Group will
own and control the Parent Assets at the Assumption Time. Such
separation shall be effected in a manner that does not unreasonably
disrupt either the Spinco Business or the Parent Business and
minimizes, to the extent practicable, current and future costs (and
losses of Tax or other economic benefits) of the respective
businesses. With respect to any Asset that cannot reasonably be
separated or otherwise allocated as provided above (A) all
right, title and interest of the Parent Group shall be allocated to
the party as to which such Asset is primarily used or held for use
or primarily relates and (B) the other party shall have a
right to use such Asset in its business in a manner consistent with
past practice for a period which is coterminous with the life of
the Asset described in (A) (and the obligation to pay its
allocable share of any costs or expenses related to such Asset
based on the methodology historically used by Parent);
provided that if any Ancillary Agreement provides a more
specific allocation or methodology with respect to any such Asset,
the more specific treatment provided in the Ancillary Agreement
shall prevail. To the extent the separation of Assets cannot be
achieved in a reasonably practicable manner, the parties will enter
into appropriate arrangements regarding such shared
Asset.
(ii)
Intellectual Property. In connection with the Contribution,
any Intellectual Property Rights of Parent or any of its
subsidiaries shall be licensed or assigned to Spinco, as the case
may be, as follows:
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With respect to
Intellectual Property Rights (other than any Intellectual Property
Rights described in the Trademark License Agreement, which shall
remain assets of Parent other than as set forth in the Trademark
License Agreement) used or held for use primarily in connection
with the Spinco Business (“ Spinco Group IP ”),
including the Intellectual Property Rights listed in Schedule
2.1(b) , Spinco shall have full ownership (to the extent of
Parent’s rights therein) of such rights.
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Except as otherwise provided in
Schedule 2.1(b) , with respect to Spinco Group IP used or
held for use in both the Spinco Business and the Parent Business on
or before the Assumption Time, the Parent
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Group shall have a non-exclusive,
worldwide, fully-paid, perpetual, royalty-free license, with the
right to grant sublicenses in the ordinary course of an on-going
business, to all rights therein only to the extent it was used or
held for use by the Parent Business at or before the Assumption
Time. Parent and Spinco shall jointly determine the most
cost-efficient means of obtaining and using software that is used
by the Parent corporate staff prior to the Assumption Time and
shall evenly divide the cost of obtaining new licenses for or
copies of existing software that both Groups will require to
operate their respective corporate staffs.
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Except as
otherwise provided in Schedule 2.1(b) , with respect to
Intellectual Property Rights other than Spinco Group IP that are
used or held for use in both the Spinco Business and the Parent
Business on or before the Assumption Time, title to such rights
shall be owned by the Parent Group, and the Spinco Group shall have
a non-exclusive, worldwide, fully-paid, perpetual, royalty-free
license, with the right to grant sublicenses in the ordinary course
of an ongoing business, to all rights in the Intellectual Property
Rights only to the extent it was used or held for use by the Spinco
Business on or before the Assumption Time; provided that to
the extent any such Intellectual Property Rights are of the kind
covered by the Trademark License Agreement or the Trademark
Assignment and Coexistence Agreement in substantially the form set
forth on Exhibit G , the terms of the Trademark License
Agreement or Trademark Assignment and Coxistence Agreement, as
applicable, shall prevail and the license rights described in this
paragraph shall not apply.
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The licenses
specified in this Section shall not restrict the subsequent
transfer or license by the licensee (within the applicable field of
use) of the Intellectual Property Rights, other than as specified
in the Trademark License Agreement.
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Intellectual
Property Rights described in the Trademark Assignment and
Coexistence Agreement in substantially the form set forth on
Exhibit G shall be transferred to Spinco only to the extent
set forth in such agreement, and the terms of such agreement shall
prevail with respect to any Intellectual Property Rights described
in such agreement.
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SECTION 2.2 Conditions Precedent
to Completion of the Contribution .
The obligations of the parties to
complete the Contribution shall be conditioned on the satisfaction,
or waiver by Parent, of the following conditions:
(a) Final
approval of the Contribution shall have been given by the Board of
Directors of Parent in its sole discretion; and
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(b) The
conditions to the completion of the Distribution set forth in
Section 3.6 hereof shall have been satisfied or waived
pursuant to such Section 3.6 .
SECTION 2.3 Transfers Not
Effected Prior to the Separation; Transfers Deemed Effective at the
Assumption Time .
To the extent that any transfers
contemplated by this Article II shall not have been
completed at the Assumption Time, the parties shall cooperate and
use reasonable efforts to effect such transfers as promptly
following the Assumption Time as shall be practicable. Nothing in
this Agreement shall be deemed to require the transfer of any
Assets or the assumption of any Liabilities which by their terms or
operation of law cannot be transferred or assumed; provided
, however , that Parent and Spinco shall cooperate and use
reasonable efforts to obtain any necessary consents or approvals
for the transfer of all Assets and Liabilities contemplated to be
transferred pursuant to this Article II . In the event that
any such transfer of Assets or Liabilities has not been completed
effective as of and after the Assumption Time, the party retaining
such Asset or Liability shall thereafter hold such Asset for the
use and benefit of the party entitled thereto (at the expense of
the party entitled thereto) and retain such Liability for the
account of the party by whom such Liability is to be assumed
pursuant hereto, and take such other action as may be reasonably
requested by the party to which such Asset is to be transferred, or
by whom such Liability is to be assumed, as the case may be, in
order to place such party, insofar as reasonably possible, in the
same position as would have existed had such Asset or Liability
been transferred as contemplated by this Agreement. As and when any
such Asset or Liability becomes transferable, such transfer shall
be effected promptly. The parties agree that, at the Assumption
Time, each Party shall be deemed to have acquired complete and sole
beneficial ownership over all of the Assets, together with all
rights, powers and privileges incident thereto, and shall be deemed
to have assumed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement all
of the Liabilities, and all duties, obligations and
responsibilities incident thereto, which such party is entitled to
acquire or required to assume pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
SECTION 2.4 Ancillary
Agreements .
Parent and Spinco shall, on or prior
to the Assumption Time, enter into the Ancillary Agreements in
connection with the Separation, including (i)(A) such bills of
sale, stock powers, capital contribution agreements, certificates
of title, assignments of contracts and other instruments of
transfer and assignment as and to the extent necessary to evidence
the transfer and assignment of all of Parent’s and its
respective subsidiaries’ right, title and interest in and to
the Spinco Assets to Spinco or any subsidiary thereof and
(B) such bills of sale, stock powers, capital contribution
agreements, certificates of title, assumptions of contracts and
other instruments of assumption as and to the extent necessary to
evidence the valid and effective assumption of the Spinco
Liabilities by Spinco or any subsidiary thereof, and
(ii) agreements with respect to (A) transition services
(including shared facilities) pursuant to the Transition Services
Agreement between Parent and Spinco, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B , (B) intellectual property licenses as
contemplated by Section 2.1(b) , (C) each other
Ancillary
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Agreement and (D) other matters as may be
advisable. The Ancillary Agreements (or, in the case of the forms
of agreement attached hereto, any amendments thereto) shall be on
terms reasonably acceptable to Parent and Spinco.
SECTION 2.5 Certificate of
Incorporation; By-laws; Rights Plan .
Prior to the completion of the
Distribution, Parent and Spinco shall take all action necessary so
that (i) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
and the Amended and Restated By-laws, each as previously finalized
as set forth on Exhibits C and D , respectively,
shall remain in full force and effect on the Distribution Date, and
(ii) the Preferred Share Purchase Rights Agreement of Spinco,
in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto, shall become
effective upon the Distribution.
SECTION 2.6 Dividend and Cash
.
(a) On or before the Distribution
Date,
(i) Spinco
shall cause to be received from the Credit Agreement and the Note
Purchase Agreement, each dated on or before the Distribution Date,
in substantially the forms reviewed by Parent prior to the
Distribution Date, an amount not less than that necessary to enable
Spinco to pay the Initial Dividend Amount to Parent on or before
the Distribution Date
(ii) Spinco
and Parent shall jointly determine the Initial Dividend Amount,
which amount shall be based on the parties’ best estimate of
the expected pro forma accounts of the Spinco Business as of the
Distribution Date; and
(iii) Spinco
shall cause to be paid to Parent an amount equal to the estimate of
the Dividend Amount (such amount actually paid to Parent on or
before the Distribution Date, the “Initial Dividend
Amount”).
(b) Unless otherwise specified in
this Agreement or any exhibit or schedule hereto, for purposes of
calculating the Initial Dividend Amount, the Final Dividend Amount
and the After Tax Operating Cash Flow of the Spinco Business, those
certain one time expenses, restructuring expenses (including tax
costs associated with foreign transfers) and deal related costs
specified in Section 9.2 are to be paid by Parent,
including reimbursement to Spinco for any such costs
incurred.
(c) Settlement of inter-company
loans will not create any third party indebtedness for borrowed
money.
(d) Within 60 days after the
Distribution Date, Spinco shall determine the final Dividend Amount
(such amount, subject to adjustment for any dispute settled as set
forth in this Section 2.6(d), the “Final Dividend
Amount”) and shall deliver to Parent the calculation of the
Final Dividend Amount, along with all relevant documents used to
determine the Final Dividend Amount. At Parent’s reasonable
request, Spinco shall promptly deliver or make available to Parent
all books and records used or useful in Parent’s review of
the Final Dividend Amount. Parent shall have 30 days to review the
Final Dividend Amount delivered by Spinco, and shall bring any
dispute to Spinco’s attention by written notice within such
30 day review period. If
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Parent agrees to the Final Dividend Amount and
such amount is less than the Initial Dividend Amount, Parent shall
pay the difference to Spinco not later than 10 business days after
Parent’s written agreement to such amount (or 10 business
days after the expiration of the 30-day review period, if earlier).
If the Final Dividend Amount is greater than the Initial Dividend
Amount, Spinco shall pay the excess to Parent not later than 10
business days after Spinco’s delivery of the Final
D