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