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Title: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT
Date: 8/5/2009
Industry: Consumer Financial Services     Sector: Financial

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EXHIBIT 10.3 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN EQUIFAX INC. AND CERTEGY INC. JUNE 30, 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS............................................................................... 3 Section 1.1. Definitions..................................................................... 3 ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN ASSETS; ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES.......................... 8 Section 2.1. Transferred Equifax Assets...................................................... 8 Section 2.2. Transferred Certegy Assets...................................................... 8 Section 2.3. Assumption of Liabilities....................................................... 9 Section 2.4. Completion of Transactions...................................................... 9 ARTICLE III THIRD PARTY AGREEMENTS.................................................................. 10 Section 3.1. Third Party Agreements.......................................................... 10 Section 3.2. Required Consents............................................................... 11 Section 3.3. Discharge of Liabilities........................................................ 12 ARTICLE IV LICENSED MATERIALS....................................................................... 12 Section 4.1. Grant of Licenses by Equifax.................................................... 12 Section 4.2. Ownership of Enhancements by Certegy............................................ 15 Section 4.3. License to Marks................................................................ 15 Section 4.4. Grant of License by Certegy..................................................... 16 Section 4.5. Ownership of Enhancements by Equifax............................................ 18 Section 4.6. Data............................................................................ 19 Section 4.7. Mutual Obligations.............................................................. 19 ARTICLE V THE CLOSING............................................................................... 21 Section 5.1. Equifax Deliverables............................................................ 21 Section 5.2. Certegy Deliverables............................................................ 21 ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES........................................................... 22 ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION......................................................................... 22 Section 7.1. Certegy Indemnification of the Equifax Group.................................... 22 Section 7.2. Equifax Indemnification of the Certegy Group.................................... 23 Section 7.3. Insurance and Third Party Obligations........................................... 23 ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION PROCEDURES............................................................. 23 Section 8.1. Notice and Payment of Claims.................................................... 23 Section 8.2. Notice and Defense of Third Party Claims........................................ 23 ARTICLE IX CONFIDENTIALITY.......................................................................... 25 Section 9.1. Exclusions...................................................................... 25 Section 9.2. Confidentiality................................................................. 25 Section 9.3. Employee Confidentiality Agreements............................................. 26

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Section 9.4. Rights and Remedies............................................................. 27 Section 9.5. Competitive Activities.......................................................... 27 Section 9.6. No Implied Rights............................................................... 27 ARTICLE X CONTINUED ASSISTANCE...................................................................... 28 Section 10.1. Continued Assistance and Transition............................................. 28 Section 10.2. Records and Documents........................................................... 28 Section 10.3. Litigation Cooperation.......................................................... 29 ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS............................................................................ 29 Section 11.1. Expenses........................................................................ 29 Section 11.2. Notices......................................................................... 29 Section 11.3. Amendment and Waiver............................................................ 30 Section 11.4. Entire Agreement................................................................ 30 Section 11.5. Parties in Interest............................................................. 31 Section 11.6. Further Assurances and Consents................................................. 31 Section 11.7. Severability.................................................................... 31 Section 11.8. Governing Law................................................................... 31 Section 11.9. Counterparts.................................................................... 31 Section 11.10. Disputes........................................................................ 32 Section 11.11. Force Majeure................................................................... 32 Section 11.12. Documentation................................................................... 32 Section 11.13. Headings........................................................................ 32

EXHIBIT A - CERTEGY GROUP EXHIBIT B - TRANSFERRED EQUIFAX ASSETS EXHIBIT C - EQUIFAX THIRD PARTY AGREEMENTS - TRANSFERS EXHIBIT E - TRANSFERRED CERTEGY ASSETS EXHIBIT F - CERTEGY THIRD PARTY AGREEMENTS - TRANSFERS EXHIBIT G - CERTEGY THIRD PARTY AGREEMENTS - RIGHTS GRANTED EXHIBIT H - SPECIFIED EQUIFAX LIABILITIES EXHIBIT I - SPECIFIED CERTEGY LIABILITIES EXHIBIT J - LICENSED EQUIFAX MATERIALS EXHIBIT K - LICENSED CERTEGY MATERIALS EXHIBIT L - UTILITY SOFTWARE PROGRAMS EXHIBIT M - OTHER IP ASSETS EXHIBIT N - PROJECTED MIPS 2 EXHIBIT 99.5 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT THIS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), dated as of June 30, 2001, is entered into by Equifax Inc., a Georgia corporation ("Equifax"), and Certegy Inc., a Georgia corporation ("Certegy"). BACKGROUND A. Certegy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Equifax formed among other reasons for the purpose of taking title to the intellectual property assets and assuming the associated liabilities related to the business operations of the Certegy Group (as defined below). B. The Board of Directors of Equifax has determined that it is in the best interests of Equifax and its shareholders to transfer, assign and/or license to, or acquire on behalf of, Certegy and Designated Certegy Members (defined below), as part of the contribution to the capital of Certegy, certain intellectual property assets used in the business operations of the Certegy Group as described herein and currently utilized to operate the Certegy Business (as defined below), and to receive in exchange therefor the consideration described in the Distribution Agreement (as defined below). C. The Board of Directors of Certegy has determined that it is in the best interests of Certegy and its shareholders to transfer, assign and/or license to, or acquire on behalf of, Equifax and Designated Equifax Members (defined below) certain intellectual property assets. D. The parties intend that the Distribution (as defined in the Distribution Agreement) not be taxable to Equifax or its shareholders pursuant to Section 355 of the Code (as defined below). E. Equifax and its Affiliates (defined below) own certain intellectual property that is used in, or may be useful in, the conduct of the business operations of the Equifax Group (defined below) and/or the Certegy Group. Equifax and Certegy have determined that subject to the terms herein: (1) ownership of certain of such intellectual property shall be transferred to the entity specified in this Agreement on or before the Distribution Date (defined below); (2) certain intellectual property owned by Equifax and/or its Affiliates shall be licensed to the entity(ies) specified in this Agreement on or before the Distribution Date; and (3) the respective rights and obligations of Equifax and/or its Affiliates under certain Third Party Agreements (defined below) shall be acquired, assumed or otherwise transferred to the entity(ies) specified in this Agreement, subject to the consent of the applicable Third Party Provider (defined below). F. The parties have determined that it is necessary and desirable to describe the principal transactions required to effect the allocation of their respective intellectual property rights in conjunction with the Distribution and to set forth other agreements that will govern certain other matters regarding the parties' respective intellectual property rights following the Distribution. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the mutual agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement, and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS Section 1.1. Definitions As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Action" means any claim, suit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any court, governmental or other regulatory or administrative agency or commission or any other tribunal. (b) "Affiliate" means, with respect to Equifax, any Person, which, whether directly or indirectly, is Controlled by or is under common Control with Equifax prior to the Distribution Date. (c) "Certegy Business" means the businesses conducted by the members of the Certegy Group as of the Distribution Date. (d) "Certegy Continued Use Materials" means any and all IP Assets (other than Transferred Assets) owned and/or held by a member of the Equifax Group that satisfy each of the following criteria: (i) such IP Assets were used in the Certegy Business during the twelve (12) calendar months prior to the Distribution Date and for which a continuing business requirement exists on the Distribution Date, and (ii) such IP Assets or the services, information or deliverables produced with such IP Assets (A) are not made commercially available by the Equifax Group to third parties on the Distribution Date, and (B) are not made available to the Certegy Group after the Distribution Date pursuant to the Intercompany Data Purchase Agreement or the Transition Support Agreement. (e) "Certegy Enhancements" means software and/or associated documentation created by or for any member of the Certegy Group on or after the Closing Date, that provides processing capabilities, functionality or efficiencies, maintenance, bug fixes or updates not contained in the Transferred Equifax Assets as of the Closing Date and which is intended for use with and requires a portion of the Transferred Equifax Assets in order to function properly. (f) "Certegy Group" means the entities set forth on Exhibit A and any of their respective subsidiaries. 2 (g) "Certegy Indemnitees" has the meaning given in Section 7.2. (h) "Certegy Liabilities" means all unsatisfied Liabilities, whether arising before, on or after the Distribution Date, based upon or arising out of the ownership, use or possession by the Certegy Group of the Transferred Equifax Assets, the Licensed Equifax Materials or the Equifax Marks. (i) "Certegy Third Party Use Rights" means the rights granted to or secured for Equifax or one or more Designated Equifax Members pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(ii). (j) "Closing Date" means the Effective Time, as defined in the Distribution Agreement. (k) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (l) "Company Information" means collectively the Proprietary Information and the Confidential Information of the disclosing party. Company Information also includes information that has been disclosed to Equifax or any of its Affiliates prior to the Distribution Date, or to any member of either Group after the Distribution Date, by a third party subject to an obligation to treat such information as confidential or secret. (m) "Confidential Information" means any and all confidential business information of the disclosing party that does not constitute Proprietary Information and that is the subject of efforts by the disclosing party that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy and confidentiality, including without limitation, the existence and nature of the relationship between the parties, employees of the disclosing party, and any and all additional information disclosed by the disclosing party to the receiving party as a result of the receiving party's access to and presence at the disclosing party's facilities. (n) "Control" means the ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting shares of an entity, or other possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity, or the power to veto major policy decisions of any such entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities by contract, or otherwise. (o) "Derivative Work" means a work based on one or more pre-existing works, including without limitation, a condensation, transformation, expansion or adaptation, that would constitute a copyright infringement if prepared without authorization of the owner of the copyright of such pre-existing work. (p) "Designated Certegy Member" means a member of the Certegy Group, as designated by Certegy in its sole discretion. (q) "Designated Equifax Member" means a member of the Equifax Group, as designated by Equifax in its sole discretion. (r) "Disputes" has the meaning given in the Distribution Agreement. 3 (s) "Distribution Agreement" means that certain Distribution Agreement entered into on or prior to the Distribution Date between Equifax and Certegy, as amended from time to time. (t) "Distribution Date" means the day as of which the Distribution shall be effective, as determined by the Board of Directors of Equifax, or such committee of such Board of Directors as shall be designated by the Board of Directors of Equifax. (u) "Divested Business" means the sale or other transfer of a member of either Group, or a portion of the business operations of any such member, to an unrelated third party after the Distribution Date. (v) "Equifax Business" means the businesses now or formerly conducted by Equifax and its present and former Affiliates, other than the Certegy Business. (w) "Equifax Continued Use Materials" means any and all IP Assets (other than Transferred Assets) owned and/or held by a member of the Certegy Group that satisfy each of the following criteria: (i) such IP Assets were used in the Equifax Business during the twelve (12) calendar months prior to the Distribution Date and for which a continuing business requirement exists on the Distribution Date, and (ii) such IP Assets or the services, information or deliverables produced with such IP Assets (A) are not made commercially available by the Certegy Group to third parties on the Distribution Date, and (B) are not made available to the Equifax Group after the Distribution Date pursuant to the Intercompany Data Purchase Agreement or the Transition Support Agreement. (x) "Equifax Enhancements" means software and/or associated documentation created by or for any member of the Equifax Group on or after the Closing Date, that provides processing capabilities, functionality or efficiencies, maintenance, bug fixes or updates not contained in the Transferred Certegy Assets on the Closing Date and which is intended for use with and requires a portion of the Transferred Certegy Assets in order to function properly. (y) "Equifax Group" means Equifax and its Affiliates existing on the Distribution Date and as modified from time to time thereafter, excluding all members of the Certegy Group. (z) "Equifax Indemnitees" has the meaning given in Section 7.1. (aa) "Equifax Liabilities" means all unsatisfied Liabilities, whether arising before, on or after the Distribution Date, based upon or arising out of the ownership, use or possession by the Equifax Group of the Transferred Certegy Assets or the Licensed Certegy Materials. (bb) "Equifax Marks" mean the Marks owned by Equifax or its Affiliates. (cc) "Equifax Third Party Use Rights" means the rights granted to or secured for Certegy or one or more Designated Certegy Members pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii). (dd) "Group" means the Certegy Group and/or the Equifax Group. (ee) "Indemnifiable Losses" has the meaning given in Section 7.1. 4 (ff) "Indemnified Party" has the meaning given in Section 8.1. (gg) "Indemnifying Party" has the meaning given in Section 8.1. (hh) "Intercompany Data Purchase Agreement" means that certain Intercompany Data Purchase Agreement entered into on or prior to the Distribution Date between Equifax and Certegy, as amended from time to time. (ii) "IP Assets" means all intellectual property rights in and to any ideas, trade secrets, specifications, designs, masks, mask works, copyrights, patents, Marks and other proprietary rights, of every kind and description, wherever located, including without limitation, all electronic circuit designs, works of authorship, databases, compositions of matter, computer software (whether such computer software constitutes custom software, firmware or systems created by, or for the exclusive use of either party, or otherwise), algorithms, and works of authorship expressing such algorithms. (jj) "Liabilities" means any and all claims, debts, liabilities and obligations, absolute or contingent, matured or not matured, liquidated or unliquidated, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown, whenever arising, with respect to a specified object, matter, contract, commitment or undertaking, including without limitation, all claims, debts, liabilities and obligations arising under any law, rule, regulation, action, order or consent decree of any governmental entity or any award of any arbitrator of any kind, related thereto or arising under any contract, commitment or undertaking relating to such specified object, matter, contract, commitment or undertaking. (kk) "Licensed Certegy Materials" means those IP Assets identified on Exhibit K and the Equifax Continued Use Materials. (ll) "Licensed Equifax Materials" means those IP Assets identified on Exhibit J and the Certegy Continued Use Materials. (mm) "Licensed Materials" means the Licensed Certegy Materials and/or Licensed Equifax Materials. (nn) "Marks" means trademarks, service marks, domain names, tradenames, and other slogans, designs and distinctive advertising, whether or not registered or filed with any governmental agency. (oo) "Person" means an individual, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, limited liability company, trust or any other legal entity. (pp) "Proprietary Information" means all non-public information whether tangible or intangible related to the services or business of the disclosing party that (i) derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to or readily ascertainable by another Person who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and (ii) is the subject of efforts by the disclosing party that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy, including without limitation, (A) marking any information reduced to tangible form clearly and conspicuously with a legend identifying its confidential or proprietary nature; (B) identifying any 5 oral communication as confidential immediately before, during, or after such oral communication; or (C) otherwise treating such information as confidential or secret. Assuming the criteria in clauses (i) and (ii) above are met, Proprietary Information includes information, without regard to form, including, but not limited to, technical and nontechnical data, databases, formulas, patterns, designs, compilations, computer programs and software, devices, inventions, methods, techniques, drawings, processes, financial data, financial plans, product plans, lists of actual or potential customers and suppliers (which are not commonly known by or available to the public), research, development, and existing and future products. (qq) "Related Agreements" means all of the written agreements, instruments, understandings, assignments or other arrangements entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (other than this Agreement), including without limitation, the Distribution Agreement, Intercompany Data Purchase Agreement and Transition Support Agreement. (rr) "Representatives" means, individually and collectively, officers, directors, employees, agents, and/or independent contractors of each member of the Group. (ss) "Required Consents" means any consents or approvals required to be obtained (i) to allow the transfer of any assets to and the assumption of the obligations attendant therewith by a party and release of the transferring party from such obligations; (ii) to allow a party to assume financial, support, operational, management and/or administrative responsibility for the Third Party Rights utilized in the operation of the Equifax Business or Certegy Business, respectively; (iii) for the licensing, acquiring, transfer and/or grant of the rights to the Equifax Group or Certegy Group, respectively, to use the Third Party Rights as contemplated by this Agreement; and/or (iv) for a party to have access to and use of the space, equipment, software and/or third party services provided under the Third Party Agreements entered into by the other party as contemplated by this Agreement. (tt) "Third Party Agreements" means agreements, contracts or arrangements between Equifax and/or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and a Third Party Provider, on the other. (uu) "Third Party Claim" has the meaning given in Section 8.2. (vv) "Third Party Provider" means a Person other than a member of either Group that provides products, software, services, maintenance and/or support to Equifax or one or more of its Affiliates. (ww) "Third Party Rights" means rights granted to Equifax and/or its Affiliates pursuant to a Third Party Agreement, including (i) all service, support and maintenance rights related thereto or attendant therewith, and (ii) all contractual rights, commitments, undertakings and obligations (including service, data processing, support and maintenance rights and obligations) attendant therewith or directly related thereto. (xx) "Third Party Use Rights" means the respective Equifax Third Party Use Rights and Certegy Third Party Use Rights. 6 (yy) "Transferred Assets" means the Transferred Equifax Assets and Transferred Certegy Assets. (zz) "Transferred Equifax Assets" means the assets to be acquired on behalf of, or transferred to, Certegy or one or more Designated Certegy Members as described in Section 2.1. (aaa) "Transferred Equifax Third Party Agreements" means the Third Party Agreements, the rights and obligations of which are to be acquired on behalf of, or transferred to, Certegy or one or more Designated Certegy Members pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(i). (bbb) "Transferred Certegy Assets" means the assets to be acquired on behalf of, or transferred to, Equifax or the one or more Designated Equifax Members as described in Section 2.2. (ccc) "Transferred Certegy Third Party Agreements" means the Third Party Agreements, the rights and obligations of which are to be acquired on behalf of, or transferred to, Equifax or one or more Designated Equifax Members pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(i). (ddd) "Transferred Third Party Agreements" means the respective Transferred Equifax Third Party Agreements and/or the Certegy Transferred Third Party Agreements. (eee) "Transition Support Agreement" means that certain Transition Support Agreement entered into on or prior to the Distribution Date between Equifax and Certegy, as amended from time to time. (fff) "Utility Software Programs" means the software programs set forth on Exhibit L. ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN ASSETS; ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES Section 2.1. Transferred Equifax Assets. Effective as of the Closing Date, and subject to Sections 2.3 and 2.4 and Article III hereof, Equifax agrees, at its expense, to transfer, or cause to be transferred, to Certegy or to a Designated Certegy Member all right, title and interest held by Equifax and/or its Affiliates as of the Closing Date in and to each of the assets identified on Exhibit B hereto, subject to the retained rights described therein. Except as set forth on Exhibit B, no other assets (other than Transferred Equifax Third Party Agreements) are being transferred by Equifax (or a member of the Equifax Group) pursuant to this Agreement. Section 2.2. Transferred Certegy Assets. Effective as of the Closing Date, and subject to Sections 2.3 and 2.4 and Article III hereof, Certegy agrees to transfer, or cause to be transferred, to Equifax or to a Designated Equifax Member all right, title and interest held by the members of the Certegy Group as of the Closing Date in and to each of the assets identified on Exhibit E, subject to the retained rights 7 described therein. Except as set forth on Exhibit E, no other assets (other than Transferred Certegy Third Party Agreements) are being transferred by Certegy (or a member of the Certegy Group) pursuant to this Agreement. The expenses payable to third parties that are not members of either Group to effect such transfers shall be the financial responsibility of Equifax. Section 2.3. Assumption of Liabilities. (a) As of the Closing Date, Equifax shall, or shall cause the respective Designated Equifax Member to, assume all payment and performance obligations attendant with the Transferred Certegy Assets and the Equifax Liabilities, including, without limitation, the Liabilities identified on Exhibit H. (b) As of the Closing Date, Certegy shall, or shall cause the respective Designated Certegy Member to, assume all payment and performance obligations attendant with the Transferred Equifax Assets and the Certegy Liabilities, including, without limitation, the Liabilities identified on Exhibit I. Section 2.4. Completion of Transactions. (a) In the event that any conveyance of a Transferred Asset, Transferred Third Party Agreement, or the provision of a Third Party Right or Third Party Use Right, or assumption of any Liability, required by this Agreement is not effected on or before the Closing Date, the obligation to transfer such Transferred Asset or Transferred Third Party Agreement, provide such Third Party Right or Third Party Use Right, and assume such Liability shall continue past the Closing Date and shall be effected by the parties as soon thereafter as practicable; provided, however, that neither party shall be obligated under this paragraph to transfer any Transferred Third Party Agreement and/or provide Third Party Use Rights that either (i) did not exist as of the Closing Date or (ii) are no longer required by the party who is the intended transferee of the respective Third Party Agreement or is entitled to receive the Third Party Use Rights for the continued operation of such party's business. (b) If any Transferred Asset or Transferred Third Party Agreement may not be transferred or acquired by reason of a requirement to obtain a Required Consent or any other approval of any third party and such Required Consent or other approval has not been obtained by the Closing Date, then such Transferred Asset or Transferred Third Party Agreement shall not be transferred or acquired until such Required Consent or other approval has been obtained. Equifax and Certegy shall, and as the case may be, shall cause the member of its respective Group which is the holder of such Transferred Asset or Transferred Third Party Agreement prior to transfer, to use all reasonable efforts to provide to the applicable member of the other Group all the rights and benefits under such Transferred Asset or Transferred Third Party Agreement and to cause such holder to enforce such Transferred Asset or Transferred Third Party Agreement for the benefit of such member of the other Group; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation shall not, in any way, require Equifax, Certegy or any member of a respective Group to breach any Transferred Third Party Agreement or incur or suffer any liability with respect to any Transferred Third Party Agreement. Moreover, if any transfer of a Transferred Asset or Transferred Third Party Agreement or provision of a Third Party Right or Third Party Use Right, is not completed by the Closing Date in accordance with this Agreement for any reason, each of 8 Equifax and Certegy shall, and shall cause the members of its Group to, cooperate in achieving a reasonable alternative arrangement for the affected members of the Groups to obtain the economic and operational equivalent of the intended transfer of such Transferred Asset or Third Party Agreement and/or provision of such Third Party Right or Third Party Use Right, and assumption of the attendant Liabilities, with minimum interference to such members' business operations until such transfer of such Transferred Asset or Third Party Agreement, and/or provision of such Third Party Right or Third Party Use Right, is completed. The costs payable to third parties that are not members of either Group to achieve any such reasonable alternative arrangement shall be the financial responsibility of Equifax. (c) From time to time on and after the Closing Date, each party shall promptly transfer, and cause the appropriate members of its Group promptly to transfer, to the other party, or the designated member of the other party's Group, any property and other benefits received by such party, or the members of its Group, that are intended to be or are a Transferred Asset or Transferred Third Party Agreement of the other party under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, funds received by a member of either Group that belong to a member of the other Group (whether by payment of accounts receivable, credits, rebates or other amounts, however described) shall be delivered to the other Group by wire transfer not more than five (5) business days after receipt of such payment. ARTICLE III THIRD PARTY AGREEMENTS Section 3.1. Third Party Agreements. (a) Effective as of the Closing Date, Equifax shall (i) transfer, or cause to be transferred, to Certegy or a Designated Certegy Member, or acquire on Certegy's behalf, the rights and obligations of Equifax and its Affiliates in and to the Third Party Agreements identified on Exhibit C (including all Third Party Rights related thereto) and (ii) grant rights to or secure rights (including rights as an "authorized user") for Certegy or a Designated Certegy Member under the Third Party Agreements identified on Exhibit D, in each case, subject to the respective payment obligations or other terms set forth on Exhibit C and Exhibit D. (b) Effective as of the Closing Date, Certegy shall (i) transfer, or cause to be transferred, to Equifax or a Designated Equifax Member, or acquire on Equifax's behalf, the rights and obligations of the members of the Certegy Group in and to the Third Party Agreements identified on Exhibit F (including all Third Party Rights related thereto) and (ii) grants rights to or secure rights (including rights as an "authorized user") for Equifax or a Designated Equifax Member under the Third Party Agreements identified on Exhibit G, in each case, subject to the respective payment obligations or other terms set forth on Exhibit F and Exhibit G. (c) Unless as expressly provided hereunder, neither party shall have any obligation to transfer, have transferred or acquire any Third Party Rights or Third Party Use Rights for or on behalf of the other party. 9 (d) Without limiting each party's specific obligations pursuant hereto (or in any separate agreement) with respect to Third Party Rights and Third Party Use Rights, each of Certegy and Equifax agrees to, in connection with its use of, exploitation of and performance pursuant to any Third Party Rights or Third Party Use Rights, including, without limitation, such party's rights to use, copy, exploit, distribute, display, copy and sublicense any software secured for or granted to such party pursuant to such Third Party Rights or Third Party Use Rights, comply with the terms, scope, restrictions and provisions (including, without limitation, usage limitations) of any Third Party Rights or Third Party Agreements that govern such Third Party Rights or Third Party Use Rights. A failure to comply with this paragraph shall constitute a breach of this Agreement. Section 3.2. Required Consents. (a) Equifax with respect to Transferred Equifax Third Party Agreements and Equifax Third Party Use Rights, and Certegy with respect to Transferred Certegy Third Party Agreements and Certegy Third Party Use Rights, shall, or shall cause the appropriate member of its respective Group to, use its reasonable commercial efforts to obtain the grant to the applicable member of the other Group, the Required Consents from the Third Party Providers under such respective Third Party Agreements as necessary to effect the provisions of this Agreement. Each party will provide the other party with advice on its experience and agreements with the Third Party Providers with regard to obtaining any Required Consent under such Third Party Agreements. Equifax and Certegy will each have management and administrative responsibilities for obtaining all Required Consents required as of the Closing Date to which a member of its respective Group is a party. Equifax shall have the right of prior approval of the terms upon which all Required Consents are obtained. (b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.1 and the exhibits referenced therein, Equifax shall bear the costs payable to third parties that are not members of either Group, if any, of obtaining all Required Consents, including without limitation, all charges and fees related to obtaining the Required Consents for the Transferred Third Party Agreements and Third Party Use Rights. (c) Equifax and Certegy shall use reasonable commercial efforts to obtain all Required Consents with regard to Transferred Third Party Agreements and Third Party Use Rights within one hundred eighty (180) days after the Closing Date, unless otherwise agreed by the parties in writing. Until all Required Consents are obtained, Equifax and Certegy shall each periodically publish a list setting forth the status of each Required Consent for which a member of its respective Group is the contracting party immediately prior to the Closing Date. Equifax and Certegy shall timely cooperate with each other in order to facilitate the proper and timely publication of such periodic Required Consents list. If any Required Consent is not obtained with respect to any of the Third Party Agreements or Third Party Use Rights, the parties shall cooperate with each other in achieving a reasonable alternative arrangement for the affected Group to continue to process its work with minimum interference to its business operations until such Required Consents are obtained, including without limitation, implementing the provisions of Section 2.4(b). Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.1 and the exhibits referenced therein, the cost payable to third parties that are not members of either Group of achieving such 10 reasonable alternative arrangements with respect to Third Party Rights that are a part of the Transferred Assets or Transferred Third Party Agreements shall be borne by Equifax. (d) The financial obligations of Equifax under Sections 3.2(b) and (c) for Required Consents and alternative arrangements, shall terminate with respect to all such Required Consents and alternative arrangements not identified by the parties to each other in a writing within twelve (12) months after the Closing Date, and for all Required Consents and alternative arrangements identified thereafter, all such financial obligations shall be borne by the party needing the Required Consent or alternative arrangement to operate under or take assignment of the Third Party Agreement or to obtain such Third Party Right for which such Required Consent or alternative arrangement is required. (e) For all periods after the Closing Date, except as set forth in Sections 3.2(b) and 3.2(c) for Required Consents and alternative arrangements, Equifax and Certegy shall each bear financial responsibility and pay the Third Party Providers, under all Transferred Third Party Agreements transferred to its respective Group pursuant to Sections 3.1(a)(i) and 3.1(b)(i) above. Section 3.3. Discharge of Liabilities. (a) Certegy agrees that on and after the Closing Date it will timely pay, perform and discharge, or cause to be timely paid, performed and discharged, all of the Certegy Liabilities. (b) Equifax agrees that on and after the Closing Date it will timely pay, perform and discharge, or cause to be timely paid, performed and discharged, all of the Equifax Liabilities. ARTICLE IV LICENSED MATERIALS Section 4.1. Grant of Licenses by Equifax. (a) Equifax hereby grants, and will cause the other members of the Equifax Group to grant, to Certegy a fully paid, non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, non-transferable license to use, modify, copy, improve, create Derivative Works and Certegy Enhancements from, and sublicense the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) solely for use in the Certegy Business and as that business may evolve and change in the future, subject to the following: (i) Certegy shall not sublicense, or otherwise disclose or distribute, or permit any Person to use, the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs), except in accordance with Section 4.1(b); (ii) Certegy shall hold the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) in strict confidence; will not remove or destroy any proprietary markings of the Equifax Group on or contained in the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility 11 Software Programs); and will include the copyright and patent notices of the licensor as specified from time to time by the licensor for the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) on and in all copies of the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs); (iii) Certegy shall not export or re-export the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) without the appropriate United States or foreign government licenses; and (iv) all sublicenses from Certegy to members of the Certegy Group (A) shall contain the rights and restrictions set forth in this Section 4.1(a) with respect to the license granted to Certegy and comply with Sections 4.1(b) through (d) hereof and (B) shall be diligently enforced by Certegy. (b) The sublicense rights granted to Certegy pursuant to Section 4.1(a) include the right for Certegy to grant sublicenses to the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) to the members of the Certegy Group, which sublicenses may include the right to further sublicense such Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) to such Group member's customers solely for each such customer's internal business purposes to the extent related to the Certegy Business. All sublicensing by Certegy and other members of the Certegy Group to any one of their customers shall be pursuant to written agreements with such customer, executed before or at the time of furnishing each copy of the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) to such customer, and which provide at a minimum that such customer: (i) receives only a personal, non-transferable and nonexclusive right to use such copy of the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs); (ii) receives no title in the intellectual property contained in the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs); (iii) will not copy the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs), except as necessary to use such Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) in accordance with the license grant and to make one archival copy; (iv) will not export or re-export the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) without the appropriate United States or foreign government licenses; (v) will hold the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) in confidence; will not reverse compile or disassemble the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility 12 Software Programs); will not remove or destroy any proprietary markings of the licensor on or contained in the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs), and will include the copyright and patent notices of the licensor as specified from time to time by the licensor for the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) on and in all copies of the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs); and (vi) will not sublicense, assign or otherwise transfer the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) to any other Person. (c) In the event any member of the Certegy Group sublicenses any portion of the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) to any third party pursuant to Section 4.1(a) and (b) above, Certegy agrees to ensure that such member shall diligently enforce the terms and conditions of all sublicenses granted pursuant to this Section 4.1. (d) In the event that Certegy, or another member of the Certegy Group, shall enter into a Divested Business transaction with respect to the Certegy Group, and the scope of permitted use or other terms applicable to the Licensed Equifax Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) under the license or sublicenses granted in this Section 4.1 are required to be modified to effect such transaction, Equifax will, or will cause the sublicensor under the applicable sublicense to, agree to such modifications to the extent (i) required for the transaction to be effected and (ii) not materially detrimental to the interests of the Equifax Group. Such modifications shall not be effective until the Divested Business or the acquiror thereof, as required by Equifax, has entered into a license agreement with the appropriate member of the Equifax Group incorporating the terms of Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 and such other terms as Equifax reasonably deems appropriate for the protection of its interests in the Licensed Equifax Materials. (e) Without limiting the foregoing, Equifax hereby grants, and will cause the other members of the Equifax Group to grant, to Certegy a fully paid, non- exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, transferable license to use, modify, improve, create Derivative Works from, and sublicense, the Utility Software Programs (in both object and source code format) identified on Exhibit L as being owned by Equifax or a member of the Equifax Group for any and all fields of use and to any and all Persons. (f) The Licensed Equifax Materials may be marketed under such name and in such manner as Certegy chooses, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. (g) Except for the Certegy Group's rights described in Section 4.1(a), (b) and (e) above, the Equifax Group's rights in and to the Licensed Equifax Materials shall be and remain the exclusive property of Equifax or the members of the Equifax Group, and their respective successors and assigns. 13 Section 4.2. Ownership of Enhancements by Certegy. (a) Unless Exhibit J provides otherwise, Certegy, or the respective Designated Certegy Member, shall own all the modifications and improvements to, and the Certegy Enhancements and/or Derivative Works made from, the Licensed Equifax Materials developed by any member of the Certegy Group, or by any party other than a member of the Equifax Group at the expense of the Certegy Group. Equifax hereby assigns, and shall cause each member of the Equifax Group to assign, to Certegy, or the respective Designated Certegy Member, all right, title and interest it may hold in and to such modifications, improvements, Certegy Enhancements and Derivative Works. Certegy shall, or shall cause the respective Designated Certegy Member to, have the right to make and file all applications and other documents required to register the copyright(s) and file for patents for such modifications, improvements, Certegy Enhancements and Derivative Works in its discretion and at its sole cost and expense. (b) Should Certegy elect to file any application for the registration, perfection or protection of any modifications, improvements, Certegy Enhancements or Derivative Works described in Section 4.2(a), under any copyright, patent or other law of any country or jurisdiction, Equifax will, at the request and expense of Certegy, do all things and sign all documents or instruments reasonably necessary in the opinion of Certegy to assist in the registration of such claims, file such applications, and obtain, defend and enforce such copyright, patent, mask work and other rights. (c) Subject to the license rights granted in Section 4.1, as between the parties. the Licensed Equifax Materials shall be and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Equifax Group and the members of the Equifax Group may make any internal use and may commercially exploit any enhancements to the Licensed Materials made or caused to be made by members of the Equifax Group, as they shall deem appropriate without any obligation to any member of the Certegy Group or other restriction. The Equifax Group may in particular distribute and manufacture, or cause to be manufactured or distributed by any third party, any such enhancements and/or the Licensed Equifax Materials. Section 4.3. License to Marks. (a) Equifax hereby grants, and will cause each member of the Equifax Group to grant, to Certegy and each member of the Certegy Group a fully paid, non- exclusive, worldwide, non-transferable right to continue to use the Equifax Marks employed in the Certegy Business, but only to the extent such Equifax Marks were displayed by the Certegy Group prior to the Distribution Date (i) on the Transferred Equifax Assets, (ii) on premises jointly occupied with Equifax, and (iii) on letterhead, product and services documentation, invoices, software programs, packaging and similar materials used by the members of the Certegy Group, and such Equifax Marks are used in accordance with the guidelines for usage of the Equifax Marks published and amended by Equifax from time to time. Certegy will terminate the use of such Equifax Marks as soon as commercially practical but in any event within twelve (12) months after the Closing Date. (b) Certegy hereby grants, and will cause each member of the Certegy Group to grant, to Equifax and each member of the Equifax Group a fully paid, non- exclusive, worldwide, non- 14 transferable right to continue to use the Marks that were owned immediately prior to the Distribution Date by a member of the Certegy Group and employed in the Equifax Business, but only to the extent such Marks were displayed by the Equifax Group prior to the Distribution Date (i) on assets owned by Equifax or any member of the Equifax Group (other than the Transferred Assets), (ii) on premises jointly occupied with one or more members of the Certegy Group, and (iii) on letterhead, product and services documentation, invoices, software programs, packaging and similar materials used by the members of the Equifax Group, and such Marks are used in accordance with the same guidelines for usage as the Equifax Marks as described in subsection (a) above. Equifax will terminate the use of such Marks as soon as commercially practical but in any event within twelve (12) months after the Distribution Date. Section 4.4. Grant of License by Certegy. (a) Certegy hereby grants, and will cause the other members of the Certegy Group to grant, to Equifax a fully paid, non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, non-transferable license to use, modify, copy, improve, create Derivative Works and Equifax Enhancements from, and sublicense the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) solely for use in the Equifax Business and as that business may evolve and change in the future, subject to the following: (i) Equifax shall not sublicense, or otherwise disclose or distribute, or permit any Person to use, the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs), except in accordance with Section 4.4(b); (ii) Equifax shall hold the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) in strict confidence; will not remove or destroy any proprietary markings of the Certegy Group on or contained in the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs); and will include the copyright and patent notices of the licensor as specified from time to time by the licensor for the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) on and in all copies of the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs); (iii) Equifax shall not export or re-export the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) without the appropriate United States or foreign government license; and (iv) all sublicenses from Equifax to members of the Equifax Group (A) shall contain the rights and restrictions set forth in this Section 4.4(a) with respect to the license granted to Equifax and comply with Sections 4.4(b) through (d) hereof and (B) shall be diligently enforced by Equifax. (b) The sublicense rights granted to Equifax pursuant to Section 4.4(a) include the right for Equifax to grant sublicenses to the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility 15 Software Programs) to the members of the Equifax Group, which sublicenses may include the right to further sublicense such Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) to such Group member's customers solely for each such customer's internal business purposes to the extent related to the Equifax Business. All sublicensing by Equifax and other members of the Equifax Group to any one of their customers shall be pursuant to written agreements with such customer, executed before or at the time of furnishing each copy of the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) to such customer, and which provide at a minimum that such customer: (i) receives only a personal, non-transferable and nonexclusive right to use such copy of the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs); (ii) receives no title in the intellectual property contained in the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs); (iii) will not copy the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs), except as necessary to use such Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) in accordance with the license grant and to make one archival copy; (iv) will not export or re-export the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) without the appropriate United States or foreign government licenses; (v) will hold the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs) in confidence; will not reverse compile or disassemble the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs); will not remove or destroy any proprietary markings of the licensor on or contained in the Licensed Certegy Materials (excluding the Utility Software Programs); and will include the copyright and patent notices of the licenso


 
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