Exhibit 10.5
EMPLOYEE MATTERS
AGREEMENT
between
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING,
INC.
and
BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS,
INC.
Dated as of March 29,
2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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Section
1.1
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.2
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General
Interpretive Principles
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ARTICLE
II
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GENERAL
PRINCIPLES
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8
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Section
2.1
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Assumption and
Retention of Liabilities; Related Assets
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8
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Section
2.2
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Cessation of
Broadridge Participation in ADP Benefit Plans
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9
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Section
2.3
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Comparable
Compensation and Benefits
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10
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Section
2.4
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Service
Recognition
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10
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ARTICLE
III
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THE ADP PENSION
PLAN
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10
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Section
3.1
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Status of
Broadridge Employees
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10
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Section
3.2
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ADP Retention
of Liabilities With Respect to Broadridge Employees
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10
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ARTICLE
IV
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TAX-QUALIFIED
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN
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11
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Section
4.1
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The ADP Savings
Plan
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11
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Section
4.2
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Contributions
as of the Distribution Date
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12
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ARTICLE
V
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HEALTH, WELFARE
AND SIMILAR PLANS
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12
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Section
5.1
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Plans
Maintained by ADP Prior to the Distribution Date
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12
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Section
5.2
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ADP
VEBA
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14
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Section
5.3
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Time-Off
Benefits
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14
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ARTICLE
VI
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SUPPLEMENTAL
OFFICERS RETIREMENT PLAN
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14
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Section
6.1
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Establishment
of Broadridge Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan
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Section
6.2
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ADP
Plan
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ARTICLE
VII
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DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN
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Section
7.1
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Broadridge FY07
Deferred Compensation Plan
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Section
7.2
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Continuation of
Elections
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ARTICLE VIII
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EQUITY
AWARDS
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Section
8.1
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Treatment of
Outstanding ADP Options Held by Broadridge Employees
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Section
8.2
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Treatment of
Outstanding Shares of ADP Restricted Stock Held by Broadridge
Employees
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(i)
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ARTICLE
IX
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ADDITIONAL
COMPENSATION MATTERS; SEVERANCE
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Section
9.1
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Broadridge
Assumption of Annual Incentive and Bonus Liability
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Section
9.2
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Severance
Policies
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Section
9.3
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Workers’
Compensation Liabilities
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ARTICLE
X
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GENERAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE
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Section
10.1
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Sharing of
Information
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Section
10.2
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Reasonable
Efforts/Cooperation
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Section
10.3
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Employer
Rights
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Section
10.4
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Non-Termination
of Employment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries
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Section
10.5
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Consent of
Third Parties
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Section
10.6
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Access to
Employees
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Section
10.7
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Beneficiary
Designation/Release of Information/Right to
Reimbursement
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Section
10.8
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Not a Change in
Control
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ARTICLE
XI
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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Section
11.1
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Complete
Agreement; Representations
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Section
11.2
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Costs and
Expenses
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Section
11.3
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Governing
Law
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Section
11.4
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Notices
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Section
11.5
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Amendment,
Modification or Waiver
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Section
11.6
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No Assignment;
Binding Effect
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Section
11.7
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Counterparts
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Section
11.8
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Negotiation
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Section
11.9
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Specific
Performance
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Section
11.10
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New York
Forum
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Section
11.11
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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Section
11.12
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Interpretation;
Conflict With Ancillary Agreements
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Section 11.13
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Severability
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SCHEDULE A
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ADP
Health, Welfare and Similar Plans
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EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT dated as
of March 29, 2007 (this “ Agreement ”)
between Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“ ADP ”), and Broadridge Financial Solutions,
Inc., a Delaware corporation whose sole shareholder is ADP (“
Broadridge ” and, together with ADP, each, a “
Party ” and collectively, the “ Parties
”).
WHEREAS, as of the date of this
Agreement, the ADP affiliated group includes Broadridge and its
subsidiaries;
WHEREAS, the Parties (or their
predecessors-in-interest) have entered into the Separation and
Distribution Agreement (as defined below), pursuant to which ADP
has contributed to Broadridge the stock and assets associated with
the Broadridge Business (as defined below) in exchange for shares
of common stock of Broadridge, cash and the assumption by
Broadridge of certain liabilities related to the Broadridge
Business;
WHEREAS, ADP intends to distribute
on a pro rata basis to its shareholders all of the shares of stock
of Broadridge (the “ Distribution ”);
WHEREAS, the Parties believe the
Distribution will provide greater flexibility for management,
capital requirements and growth of the Broadridge Business while
ensuring that ADP senior management can focus its time and
resources on the development of the ADP retained businesses;
and
WHEREAS, in connection with
effecting the Distribution, ADP and Broadridge have agreed to enter
into this Agreement, for the purpose of allocating assets,
liabilities and responsibilities with respect to certain employee
benefit plans and programs between and among them.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the Parties
(each on behalf of itself and each of its Affiliates) hereby agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions . As
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth below:
“ Action ” means
any claim, demand, action, cause of action, suit, countersuit,
arbitration, litigation, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or
before any Governmental Authority or any arbitration or mediation
tribunal or authority.
“ ADP Benefit Plan
” means any Benefit Plan sponsored, maintained or contributed
to by ADP or any of its Affiliates.
“ ADP Common Stock
” means shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of
ADP.
“ ADP Employee ”
means any individual who, immediately following the Distribution
Date, will be employed by ADP or any member of the ADP Group in a
capacity considered by ADP to be common law employment, including
active employees and employees on vacation and approved leave of
absence (including maternity, paternity, family, sick, short-term
or long-term disability leave, qualified military service under the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994,
and leave under the Family Medical Leave Act and other approved
leaves).
“ ADP FY07 DCP ”
means the Automatic Data Processing, Inc. FY07 Deferred
Compensation Program.
“ ADP Group ”
means ADP and each of its Affiliates and Subsidiaries, and any
corporation or other entity that may become part of such Group from
time to time, other than the Broadridge Group.
“ ADP Option ”
means an option to purchase ADP Common Stock issued under the ADP
Stock Option Plans.
“ ADP Pension Plan
” means the Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Pension
Retirement Plan.
“ ADP Post-Distribution
Stock Value ” means the official NYSE only “regular
way” first trade price of ADP Common Stock on April 2,
2007 as reported by the NYSE.
“ ADP Pre-Distribution
Stock Value ” means the official NYSE only “regular
way” closing price of ADP Common Stock on March 30, 2007
as reported by the NYSE.
“ ADP Restricted Stock
” means restricted shares of ADP Common Stock outstanding
under the Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Key Employees’
Restricted Stock Plan.
“ ADP Savings Plan
” means the Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and
Savings Plan.
“ ADP Severance Policy
” means the Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Severance Pay
Policy.
“ ADP SORP ”
means the Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Supplemental Officers
Retirement Plan.
“ ADP Stock Option
Plans ” means, collectively, the Automatic Data
Processing, Inc. 1990 Key Employees’ Stock Option Plan and
the Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2000 Stock Option
Plan.
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“ ADP VEBA ”
means the Automatic Data Processing Inc. and Subsidiaries Employee
Welfare Benefit Trust.
“ Affiliate ”
means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such
specified Person; provided , however , that for
purposes of this Agreement, no member of either Group shall be
deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the other Group. As used
herein, “ control ” means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such entity, whether
through ownership of voting securities or other interests, by
contract or otherwise.
“ Benefit Plan ”
means, with respect to an entity, each plan, program, arrangement,
agreement or commitment that is an employment, consulting,
non-competition or deferred compensation agreement, or an executive
compensation, incentive bonus or other bonus, employee pension,
profit-sharing, savings, retirement, supplemental retirement, stock
option, stock purchase, stock appreciation rights, restricted
stock, other equity-based compensation, severance pay, salary
continuation, life, health, hospitalization, sick leave, vacation
pay, disability or accident insurance plan, corporate-owned or
key-man life insurance or other employee benefit plan, program,
arrangement, agreement or commitment, including any “employee
benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA),
sponsored or maintained by such entity (or to which such entity
contributes or is required to contribute).
“ Broadridge Benefit
Plan ” means any Benefit Plan sponsored, maintained or
contributed to by any member of the Broadridge Group on or after
the Distribution Date.
“ Broadridge Business
” means the business and operations conducted by the
Broadridge Group from time to time, whether prior to, at or after
the Effective Time, including, without duplication, (i) the
Brokerage Services and Securities Clearing and Outsourcing Services
Businesses conducted by ADP prior to the Restructuring and
(ii) the business and operations conducted by the Broadridge
Group, as more fully described in the Information
Statement.
“ Broadridge Common
Stock ” means common stock of Broadridge, par value $0.01
per share.
“ Broadridge Employee
” means any individual who, immediately following the
Distribution Date, will be employed by Broadridge or any member of
the Broadridge Group in a capacity considered by Broadridge to be
common law employment, including active employees and employees on
vacation and approved leave of absence (including maternity,
paternity, family, sick, short-term disability leave, qualified
military service under the Uniformed Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, and leave under the Family Medical
Leave Act and other approved leaves).
“ Broadridge Group
” means Broadridge and each of its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates and any corporation or other entity that may become part
of such Group from time to time.
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“ Broadridge Option
” means an option to purchase shares of Broadridge Common
Stock.
“ Broadridge Option Price
Ratio ” means the quotient obtained by dividing the
Broadridge Stock Value by the ADP Pre-Distribution Stock
Value.
“ Broadridge Option Share
Ratio ” means the quotient obtained by dividing the ADP
Pre-Distribution Stock Value by the Broadridge Stock
Value.
“ Broadridge
Participant ” means any individual who, immediately
following the Distribution Date, is a Broadridge Employee, or a
beneficiary, dependent or alternate payee thereof.
“ Broadridge Restricted
Stock Share Ratio ” means the quotient obtained by
dividing the ADP Post-Distribution Stock Value by the Broadridge
Stock Value.
“ Broadridge Stock Plan
” means the Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 2007 Omnibus
Award Plan.
“ Broadridge Stock
Value ” means the official NYSE only “regular
way” first trading price of Broadridge Common Stock on
April 2, 2007 as reported by the NYSE.
“ Brokerage Services and
Securities Clearing and Outsourcing Services Businesses ”
means all of the ADP Brokerage Services’ and Securities
Clearing and Outsourcing Services’ business and operations,
as more fully described in ADP’s Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2006.
“ Canadian
Restructuring ” means the transfer of the Brokerage
Services and Securities Clearing and Outsourcing Services
Businesses conducted, directly or indirectly, by ADP Canada Co., a
Canadian corporation, to a new Canadian company that will be
transferred to Broadridge in a transaction intended to qualify as a
tax-free spin-off pursuant to Sections 368(a)(1)(D) and 355 of the
Code.
“ COBRA ” means
the continuation coverage requirements for “group health
plans” under Title X of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, and as codified in Code
Section 4980B and Sections 601 through 608 of ERISA, and
any similar state group health plan continuation Law, together with
all regulations and proposed regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“ Code ” means
the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Distribution Date
” means the date on which the Distribution shall be
effected.
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“ DOL ” means the
Department of Labor.
“ Dutch Restructuring
” means the transfer of the Brokerage Services and Securities
Clearing and Outsourcing Services Businesses conducted by the
subsidiaries of ADP Nederland BV, a Dutch corporation, to a new
Dutch company that will be transferred to a second Dutch company
that will be a subsidiary of Broadridge in a transaction intended
to qualify as a tax-free split-off pursuant to Sections
368(a)(1)(D) and 355 of the Code.
“ Effective time
” means the time at which the Distribution occurs on the
Distribution Date.
“ ERISA ” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“ Former ADP Employee
” means, as of the Distribution Date, any former employee of
ADP or an Affiliate, including retired, deferred vested, non-vested
and other inactive terminated individuals, whose most recent active
employment with ADP or an Affiliate was with a member of the ADP
Group, but in all events excluding any person who is a Broadridge
Employee.
“ Former Broadridge
Employee ” means, as of the Distribution Date:
(a) any former employee of ADP or an
Affiliate, including retired, deferred vested, non-vested and other
inactive terminated individuals, whose most recent active
employment with ADP or an Affiliate was with a member of the
Broadridge Group and such active employment has ended before the
Distribution Date,
(b) any individual who, as of the
Distribution Date, is on long-term disability leave and whose most
recent active employment with ADP or an Affiliate prior to the
Distribution Date was with a member of the Broadridge Group,
and
(c) any former service provider
(including any individual who was an independent contractor,
temporary employee, temporary service worker, consultant,
freelancer, agency employee, leased employee, on-call worker,
incidental worker, or nonpayroll worker of ADP or an Affiliate)
with respect to whom (x) such service provider’s
employment, non-employment, retainer arrangement, or relationship
with ADP or an Affiliate ended before the Distribution Date and
(y) such service provider’s most recent employment,
non-employment, retainer arrangement, or relationship prior to the
Distribution Date was with a member of the Broadridge
Group.
“ Governmental
Authority ” means any federal, state, local, foreign or
international court, government, department, commission, board,
bureau or agency, or any other regulatory, self-regulatory,
administrative or governmental organization or authority, including
the NYSE.
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“ Group ” means
the ADP Group and/or the Broadridge Group, as the context
requires.
“ HIPAA ” means
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as
amended.
“ Information ”
means all information of either the ADP Group or the Broadridge
Group, as the context requires, whether or not patentable or
copyrightable, in written, oral, electronic or other tangible or
intangible forms, stored in any medium, including non-public
financial information, studies, reports, records, books,
accountants’ work papers, contracts, instruments, surveys,
discoveries, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, designs,
specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes,
samples, flow charts, data, computer data, disks, diskettes, tapes,
computer programs or other Software (as defined in the definition
of “Intellectual Property”), marketing plans, customer
data, communications by or to attorneys, memos and other materials
prepared by attorneys and accountants or under their direction
(including attorney work product), and other technical, financial,
legal, employee or business information or data.
“ Information Statement
” means the information statement and any related
documentation to be distributed to holders of ADP Common Stock in
connection with the Distribution, including any amendments or
supplements thereto.
“ Intellectual Property
” means all intellectual property and other similar
proprietary rights in any jurisdiction, whether owned or held for
use under license, whether registered or unregistered, including
such rights in and to: (i) trademarks, trade dress, service
marks, certification marks, logos, and trade names, and the
goodwill associated with the foregoing (collectively, “
Trademarks ”); (ii) patents and patent
applications, and any and all divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, reissues, continuing patent applications,
reexaminations, and extensions thereof, any counterparts claiming
priority therefrom, utility models, patents of
importation/confirmation, certificates of invention, certificates
of registration, design registrations or patents and like rights
(collectively, “ Patents ”); inventions,
invention disclosures, discoveries and improvements, whether or not
patentable; (iii) writings and other works of authorship
(“ Copyrights ”); (iv) trade secrets
(including, those trade secrets defined in the Uniform Trade
Secrets Act and under corresponding foreign statutory Law and
common law), Information, business, technical and know-how
information, business processes, non-public information,
proprietary information and confidential information and rights to
limit the use or disclosure thereof by any Person (collectively,
“ Trade Secrets ”); (v) software, including
data files, source code, object code, application programming
interfaces, databases and other software-related specifications and
documentation (collectively, “ Software ”);
(vi) domain names and uniform resource locators;
(vii) moral rights; (viii) privacy and publicity rights;
(ix) any and all technical information, Software,
specifications, drawings, records, documentation, works of
authorship or other creative works, ideas, knowledge, invention
disclosures or other data, not including works subject to
Copyright, Patent or Trademark protection (“
Technology ”); (x) advertising and promotional
materials, whether or not copyrightable; and (xi) claims,
causes of action and defenses relating to the enforcement of any of
the foregoing; in each case, including any registrations of,
applications to register, and renewals and extensions of, any of
the foregoing with or by any Governmental Authority in any
jurisdiction.
“ IRS ” means the
Internal Revenue Service.
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“ Law ” means any
applicable foreign, federal, national, state, provincial or local
law (including common law), statute, ordinance, rule, regulation,
code or other requirement enacted, promulgated, issued or entered
into, or act taken, by a Governmental Authority.
“ Liabilities ”
means all debts, liabilities, obligations, responsibilities,
response actions, Losses, damages (whether compensatory, punitive,
consequential, treble or other), fines, penalties and sanctions,
absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or
unliquidated, foreseen or unforeseen, on- or off-balance sheet,
joint, several or individual, asserted or unasserted, accrued or
unaccrued, known or unknown, whenever arising, including those
arising under or in connection with any Law, or other
pronouncements of Governmental Authorities constituting an Action,
order or consent decree of any Governmental Authority or any award
of any arbitration tribunal, and those arising under any contract,
guarantee, commitment or undertaking, whether sought to be imposed
by a Governmental Authority, private party, or a Party, whether
based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict
liability, criminal or civil statute, or otherwise, and including
any costs, expenses, interest, attorneys’ fees, disbursements
and expense of counsel, expert and consulting fees, fees of third
party administrators, and costs related thereto or to the
investigation or defense thereof.
“ NYSE ” means
the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
“ Participating Company
” means ADP and any Affiliate or any other entity (other than
an individual) participating in an ADP Benefit Plan.
“ Person ” means
any natural person, corporation, general or limited partnership,
limited liability company or partnership, joint stock company,
joint venture, association, trust, bank, trust company, land trust,
business trust or other organization, whether or not a legal
entity, and any governmental authority.
“ Restructuring ”
means, collectively, the Dutch Restructuring, the U.S.
Restructuring, the Canadian Restructuring, the Swiss Restructuring
and the U.S. Contribution.
“ Separation and
Distribution Agreement ” means the Separation and
Distribution Agreement, as amended from time to time, by and
between ADP and Broadridge (or their predecessors-in-interest)
dated as of March 20, 2007.
“ Subsidiary ”
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which a
Person (either alone or through or together with any other
Subsidiary of such Person) owns, directly or indirectly, a majority
of the stock or other equity interests the
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holders of which are generally entitled to vote
for the election of the board of directors or other governing body
of such corporation or other legal entity.
“ Swiss Restructuring
” means the transfer of the Brokerage Services and Securities
Clearing and Outsourcing Services Businesses conducted by ADP
Suisse S.A., a Swiss company, to a new Swiss company that will be
transferred to Broadridge.
“ U.S. Contribution
” means the contribution by ADP to Broadridge of the U.S.
Subsidiaries of ADP Atlantic, Inc., a Delaware corporation, that
conduct the Brokerage Services and Securities Clearing and
Outsourcing Services Businesses.
“ U.S. Restructuring
” means the transfer by ADP Atlantic, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“ ADP Atlantic ”), to ADP of the
U.S. Subsidiaries of ADP Atlantic that conduct the Brokerage
Services and Securities Clearing and Outsourcing Services
Businesses, in a transaction intended to qualify as tax-free
pursuant to Section 332 of the Code.
Section 1.2 General Interpretive
Principles . (a) Words in the singular shall include the plural
and vice versa, and words of one gender shall include the other
gender, in each case, as the context requires, (b) the words
“ hereof ,” “ herein ,”
“ hereunder ,” and “ herewith
” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated,
be construed to refer to this Agreement and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement, and references to Article, Section,
paragraph, exhibit and schedule are references to the Articles,
Sections, paragraphs, exhibits and schedules to this Agreement
unless otherwise specified, (c) the word “
including ” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall mean “including, without
limitation,” unless otherwise specified and (d) any
reference to any federal, state, local or non-U.S. statute or Law
shall be deemed to also refer to all rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, unless the context otherwise
requires.
ARTICLE II
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Section 2.1 Assumption and
Retention of Liabilities; Related Assets .
(a) As of the Effective Time, except
as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement, ADP shall,
or shall cause one or more members of the ADP Group to, assume or
retain, as applicable, and ADP hereby agrees to pay, perform,
fulfill and discharge, in due course in full (i) all
Liabilities under all ADP Benefit Plans, (ii) all Liabilities
with respect to the employment, service, termination of employment
or termination of service of all ADP Employees, Former ADP
Employees, their dependents and beneficiaries, and other service
providers (including any individual who is, or was, an independent
contractor, temporary employee, temporary service worker,
consultant, freelancer, agency employee, leased employee, on-call
worker, incidental worker, or nonpayroll worker of any member of
the ADP Group or in any other employment, non-employment, retainer
arrangement, or relationship with any member of the ADP
Group),
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in each case to the extent arising in connection
with or as a result of employment with or the performance of
services for any member of the ADP Group, (iii) all
Liabilities with respect to the employment, service, termination of
employment or termination of service of all Former Broadridge
Employees, their dependents and beneficiaries and (iv) any
other Liabilities or obligations expressly assigned to ADP or any
of its Affiliates under this Agreement. For purposes of
clarification, the Liabilities assumed or retained by the ADP Group
as provided for in this Section 2.1(a) are intended to be ADP
Liabilities as such term is defined in the Separation and
Distribution Agreement.
(b) As of the Effective Time, except
as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement, Broadridge
shall, or shall cause one or more members of the Broadridge Group
to, assume and Broadridge hereby agrees to pay, perform, fulfill
and discharge, in due course in full (i) all Liabilities under
all Broadridge Benefit Plans, (ii) all Liabilities with
respect to the employment, service, termination of employment or
termination of service of all Broadridge Employees, their
dependents and beneficiaries and other persons who provide services
to the Broadridge Group (including any individual who is an
independent contractor, temporary employee, temporary service
worker, consultant, freelancer, agency employee, leased employee,
on-call worker, incidental worker, or nonpayroll worker of any
member of the Broadridge Group or in any other employment,
non-employment, or retainer arrangement, or relationship with any
member of the Broadridge Group), and (iii) any other
Liabilities or obligations expressly assigned to Broadridge or any
of its Affiliates under this Agreement. For purposes of
clarification, the Liabilities assumed by the Broadridge Group as
provided for in this Section 2.1(b) are intended to be
Broadridge Liabilities as such term is defined in the Separation
and Distribution Agreement.
(c) From time to time after the
Distribution, Broadridge shall promptly reimburse ADP, upon
ADP’s reasonable request and the presentation by ADP of such
substantiating documentation as Broadridge shall reasonably
request, for the cost of any obligations or Liabilities satisfied
by ADP or its Affiliates that are, or that have been made pursuant
to this Agreement, the responsibility of Broadridge or any of its
Affiliates.
(d) From time to time after the
Distribution, ADP shall promptly reimburse Broadridge, upon
Broadridge’s reasonable request and the presentation by
Broadridge of such substantiating documentation as ADP shall
reasonably request, for the cost of any obligations or Liabilities
satisfied by Broadridge or its affiliates that are, or that have
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