Exhibit 10.3
ROCKWOOD HOLDINGS, INC.
ROCKWOOD SPECIALTIES GROUP, INC.
ROCKWOOD SPECIALTIES GROUP GMBH
SACHTLEBEN CHEMIE GMBH
DEUKALION EINHUNDERTVIERUNDZWANZIGSTE
VERMÖGENSVERWALTUNGS-GMBH
WHITE PIGMENTS HOLDINGS OY
KEMIRA PIGMENTS OY
KEMIRA GERMANY GMBH
KEMIRA OYJ
AGREEMENT REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE TITANIUM DIOXIDE JOINT VENTURE
Table of Contents
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Section
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Page
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1.
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Preamble
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15
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2.
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Sale and Transfer
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18
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3.
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Consideration
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19
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4.
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Kemira Oberhausen Assets
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23
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5.
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Intellectual Property Rights
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26
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6.
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Shareholding in Pohjolan Voima Oy
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28
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7.
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Business Documents
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29
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8.
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Transitional Services
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30
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9.
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Warranties
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31
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10.
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Supplementary Provisions Regarding the
Warranties
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47
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11.
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Remedies
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48
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12.
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Tax Warranties and Remedies
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50
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13.
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Environmental Warranties and Remedies
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53
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14.
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Further Indemnities and Carve-Out of Closed
Landfills
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57
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15.
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Third-Party Claims
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60
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16.
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Locked-Box Concept
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62
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17.
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Transfer of Employees
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63
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18.
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Trademarks and Company Name
“Kemira”
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67
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19.
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Confidentiality
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67
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20.
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Miscellaneous
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68
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21.
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Authorized Agent
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71
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22.
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Severability
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72
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List of Annexes
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Annex 2.1(a)
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Short-form purchase and transfer agreement
regarding TiO2 Shares;
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Annex 2.1(e)
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Form of US Transfer Agreement
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Annex 4.1(a)
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List of Kemira Oberhausen Assets;
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Annex 4.1(b)(ii)
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List of excluded assets;
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Annex 4.1(d)(i)
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List of liabilities;
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Annex 4.3
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Transferred Contracts
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Annex 5.1.3(a)
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List of Nanotechnology IP Rights
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Annex 5.2.1(a)
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List of Oberhausen IP Rights;
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Annex 5.2.2
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Form of Oberhausen IP Rights Transfer
Agreement;
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Annex 5.3.1
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Form of license to certain other IP Rights
and Know-How not transferred;
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Annex 5.3.2-1
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Form of back-license agreement;
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Annex 5.3.2-2
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IP Rights subject to back-license;
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Annex 8.1-1
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Term sheets for the transitional services to be
provided by Kemira to Kemira TiO2;
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Annex 9.2.6
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List of participations in the
Company;
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Annex 9.2.7
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List of interests held by the
Company;
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Annex 9.4.2-1
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List of security interests, charges,
encumbrances of third parties in Assets;
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Annex 9.4.2-2
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List of obligations to grant security interests,
charges, encumbrances;
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Annex 9.5.1-1
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List of Owned Properties;
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Annex 9.5.1-2
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List of Used Properties;
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Annex 9.5.2-1
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List of security interests, charges etc. in
Owned Properties;
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Annex 9.5.2-2
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List of obligations to grant security interests,
charges etc. in Owned Properties;
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Annex 9.5.3-1
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List of particulars of all Leases;
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Annex 9.5.3-2
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Description of default payments or other
obligations under the Leases;
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Annex 9.6.2
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List of Registered IP Rights;
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Annex 9.6.4
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List of Licensed IP Rights;
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Annex 9.6.5
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List of Challenged IP Rights;
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Annex 9.6.7
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Employee invention compensations;
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Annex 9.7.2
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List of claims for defective
products;
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Annex 9.9.1
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List of subsidies;
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Annex 9.10.1
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List of service contracts of managing directors,
supervisory board and holders of a registered commercial power of
representtation, additional agreements and benefits;
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Annex 9.10.2
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List of executives and foreign
employees;
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Annex 9.10.3-1
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List of employees laid off;
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Annex 9.10.3-2
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List of liabilities towards retired members of
corporate bodies and employees;
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Annex 9.10.4
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List of agreements or promises regarding special
rights in regard of a change of shareholders;
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Annex 9.10.5
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List of membership of employers’
associations and collective bargaining agreements;
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Annex 9.10.6-1
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List of shop agreements;
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Annex 9.10.6-2
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List of reconcilements of interests and social
plans;
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Annex 9.10.7
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List of agreements and promises regarding
benefits from pension scheme;
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Annex 9.10.8
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List of obligations based on customary business
practice;
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Annex 9.10.9
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List of collective and individual promises,
agreements, plans, schemes, regulations, arrangements that restrict
the right of termination beyond statutory regulation;
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Annex 9.10.10
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List of stock options;
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Annex 9.10.12
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List of court, arbitration, public authority
proceedings regarding employment matters;
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Annex 9.10.13
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Employee benefit plans;
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Annex 9.10.18
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List of benefit payments;
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Annex 9.11.1
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List of Material Agreements;
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Annex 9.12
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List of ten largest suppliers and customers in
2007, list of suppliers without alternative;
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Annex 9.13.1-1
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List of Insurance Policies;
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Annex 9.13.1-2
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List of Insurance Policies that must be replaced
after the consummation of the Transaction;
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Annex 9.13.2
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Notices of termination or cancellation of
Insurance Policies, effects of consummation of the Transaction on
Insurance Policies;
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Annex 9.13.3
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Outstanding claims under Insurance
Policies;
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Annex 9.14
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List of court, arbitration or public authority
proceedings the Company is party to;
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Annex 9.15.2
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Trading with certain designated
countries;
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Annex 10.1-1
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List of Company’s consolidated
Affiliates;
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Annex 10.1-2
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List of Company’s non-consolidated
Affiliates;
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Annex 12.2.4
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List of Tax audits, assessments or deficiencies
pending against the Company;
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Annex 14.1.1-1
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Description of Sachtleben Landfills;
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Annex 14.1.1-2
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Description of Kemira Closed
Landfills;
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Annex 14.1.2
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Description of transfer of Sachtleben and Kemira
Closed Landfill;
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Annex 14.1.4
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Services for Kemira Closed Landfill;
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Annex 17.1(a)
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List of Oberhausen Transferred
Employees;
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Annex 17.1(b)
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List of Sales Network Employees;
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Annex 17.7.2
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Information letter pursuant to sec. 613a BGB;
and
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Annex 17.11
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US Transition Services Agreement.
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5
DEFINITIONS
In this Agreement
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“ Accounting Principles
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.3.1;
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“ Affected Party ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 11.1;
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“ Affiliate “
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shall have the meaning given to it in section
4.2.2;
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“ Agreement ”
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shall mean this agreement;
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“ Asset ” and “
Assets ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.4.1;
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“ Audited Annual Accounts
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.3.1;
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“ Balance Sheet Date
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.3.1;
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“ Breaching Party
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 11.1;
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“ Breach of the No
Leakage Provisions”
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shall have the meaning given to it in section
16.1(a);
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“ Business ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in section
9.1(d)(ii);
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“ Business Day ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 4.2.1;
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“ Business Documents
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 7.1;
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“ Closed Landfills
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 13.1;
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“ Closing Date ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 2.2;
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“ Company ” and “
Companies ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in the deed
caption;
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“ Comprehensive
Environmental Permit ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 13.5;
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“ Covenants ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 16.1(a)(i);
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“ Effective Date ”
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shall have the meaning given to in
section 2.2;
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“ Energy Agreements
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shall have the meaning given to in
section 6.2;
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“ Environmental
Contamination ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 13.1;
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“ Environmental Laws
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 13.1;
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“ Environmental Liabilities
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 13.6;
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“ Environmental Matters
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 13.1;
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“ ERISA ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in section
9.10.13;
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“ Exit Event ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 11.6;
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“ Financial Information and
Valuation”
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shall have the meaning given to it in section
8.2(c);
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“ Finnish HoldCo ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in the deed
caption;
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“ Former Sites ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 13.8;
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“ Functional Additive
Business ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.1;
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“ G6 Shares ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 6.1;
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“ Insurance Policy ” and
“ Insurance Policies ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.13.1;
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“ IP Rights ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 5.1.1;
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“ IRC ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.10.13;
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“ JV Agreement ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.2;
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“ JV Europe ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in the deed
caption;
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“ JV Europe Share
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shall have the meaning given to in
section 1.3(a);
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“ JV Europe Share A
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shall have the meaning given to in
section 1.5(c)(i);
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“ JV Europe Share B
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shall have the meaning given to in
section 1.5(c)(ii);
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“ JV Europe Share Transfer
Receivable ”
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shall have the meaning given to in
section 3.3;
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“ JV Group Company ” and
“ JV Group Companies ”
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shall have the meaning given to in
section 4.2.2(a);
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“ JV US ”
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shall have the meaning given to in
section 1.3(g)(i);
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“ JV US Benefit Plans
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 17.10;
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“ JV US Interests
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shall have the meaning given to in
section 1.3(g)(i);
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“ Kemira ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in the deed
caption;
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“ Kemira Germany ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in the deed
caption;
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“ Kemira Closed Landfill
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 14.1.1;
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“ Kemira Inc. ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.3(g)(ii);
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“ Kemira Inc. Shares
”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.3(g)(ii);
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“ Kemira Oberhausen
Assets ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.3(f);
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“ Kemira Share Transfer
Receivable ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 3.1.1;
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“ Kemira TiO2 ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in the deed
caption;
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“ Kemira TiO2 Pigments
Business ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.1;
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“ Kemira TiO2 Shares
”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.3(e);
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“ Kemira Trademarks
”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 18.1;
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“ Know-How ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 5.1.2;
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“ Landfills ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 13.1;
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“ Law ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 7.1(b);
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“ Lease ” and “
Leases ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.5.3;
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“ Master Agreement
”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.2;
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“ Material Agreements
”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.11.1;
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“ Material IP Rights
”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.6.1;
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“ Maybrook ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.3(g)(ii);
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“ Maybrook Shares
”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.3(g)(ii);
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“ Nanotechnology IP
Rights ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 5.1.3;
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“ Nanotechnology Know
How ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 5.1.3(b);
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“ Oberhausen Business
Unit ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.3(f);
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“ Oberhausen IP Rights
”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 5.2.1;
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“ Oberhausen IP Rights
Transfer Agreement ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 5.2.2
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“ Oberhausen Transfer
Receivable ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 3.1.2;
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“ Oberhausen Transferred
Employees ”
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shall have the meaning given to in
section 17.1(a);
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“ Owned Properties
”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.5.1;
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“ Party ” and “
Parties ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in the deed
caption;
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“ Permits ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.8.1;
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“ Permitted Liens
”
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shall have the meaning given to it in section
9.4.2;
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“ Pori Landfill ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in section
13.1
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“ PPV ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 6.1;
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“ Pre-Effective-Date Period
”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 12.3.2;
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“ Properties ” and “
Property ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.5.1;
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“ PVO ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 6.1;
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“ Registered IP Rights
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.6.2;
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“ Rockwood ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in the deed
caption;
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“ Rockwood Germany
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shall have the meaning given to it in the deed
caption;
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“ Rockwood Holdings
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shall have the meaning given to it in the deed
caption;
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“ Rockwood TiO2
Pigments Business ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.1;
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“ Rockwood Water
Business ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.1;
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“ Sachtleben ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in the deed
caption;
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“ Sachtleben Closed
Landfill ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 14.1.1;
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“ Sachtleben Corp
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.1;
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“ Sachtleben Corp Shares
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shall have the meaning given to it in section
1.3(g)(i);
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“ Sachtleben Shares
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 2.1(c);
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“ Sachtleben Share Transfer
Receivable ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 3.2.1(a);
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“ Sachtleben Water
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.4;
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“ Sales Network
Employees ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 17.1(b);
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“ Subordinated Note
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 3.2.2;
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“ Subordinated Note
Amount ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 3.2.1(b);
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“ Tax ” or “
Taxes ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 12.1;
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“ TiO2 Pigments
Business ” and “ TiO2 Pigments Businesses
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.1;
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“ Third Party Claim
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 15.1;
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“ Transaction ”
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shall mean the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
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“ Transferred Company
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shall have the meaning given to in section
9.1(d)(iii);
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“ Transferred Employees
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shall have the meaning given to in
section 17.2;
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“ Transferred Liabilities
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shall refer to the liabilities listed in
section 4.4;
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“ Transitional Service
Agreements ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 8.1;
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“ US Benefit Plans
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shall have the meaning given to it in section
9.10.13;
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“ US Company ”
and “ US Companies ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.3(g)(ii);
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“ US Transfer Agreement
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 2.1(e);
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“ US Transferred
Company ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in section
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“ US Transferred
Employees ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 17.10;
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“ US Transition Services
Agreement ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 17.11;
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“ Used Properties
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.5.1;
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“ VAT ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 12.3.6;
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“ Warranty ” and “
Warranties ”
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 9.1;
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“ Warranting Party
”
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shall have the meaning given to it in section
9.1(d)(v); and
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“ Water Carve-Out
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shall have the meaning given to it in
section 1.4.
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12
SHARE AND ASSET PURCHASE AND
TRANSFER AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE ON 21 MAY 2008
BY AND AMONG
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(a)
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Rockwood Holdings Inc., 100 Overlook Center,
Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
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hereinafter referred to as “ Rockwood
Holdings ”;
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(b)
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Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., 100
Overlook Center, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
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hereinafter referred to as “
Rockwood ”;
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(c)
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Rockwood Specialties Group GmbH,
Königsberger Straße 1, 60487 Frankfurt am Main, Germany,
registered in the commercial register of the lower court of
Frankfurt am Main under registration number HR B 5 79 24
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hereinafter referred to as “ Rockwood
Germany ”;
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Sachtleben Chemie GmbH,
Dr.-Rudolf-Sachtleben-Straße 4, 47189 Duisburg, Germany,
registered in the commercial register of the lower court of
Duisburg under registration number HR B 1 96 69
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hereinafter referred to as “
Sachtleben ”;
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(e)
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Deukalion Einhundertvierundzwanzigste
Vermögensverwaltungs-GmbH, Königsberger Straße 1,
60487 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, registered in the commercial
register of the lower court of Frankfurt am Main under registration
number HR B 8 05 60, to be renamed after signing into White
Pigments Holdings GmbH
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hereinafter referred to as “ JV
Europe ”;
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(f)
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White Pigments Holding Oy, a limited liability
company under establishment, Finland,
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hereinafter referred to as “ Finnish
HoldCo ”;
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(g)
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White Pigments LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company with business address at 100 Overlook Center, Princeton, NJ
08540, USA,
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hereinafter referred to as “ JV US
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(h)
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Kemira Pigments Oy, Porkkalankatu 3, FI-00180
Helsinki, Finland with business identification number
0948159-2
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hereinafter referred to as “ Kemira
TiO2 ”;
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Kemira Germany GmbH, Marie-Curie-Straße 10,
51377 Leverkusen, Germany, registered in the commercial register of
the lower court of Cologne under registration number
HR B 57319
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hereinafter referred to as “ Kemira
Germany ”;
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and
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(j)
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Kemira Oyj, Porkkalankatu 3, FI-00101 Helsinki,
Finland, with business identification number 0109823-0
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hereinafter referred to as “ Kemira
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Rockwood Holdings, Rockwood, Rockwood Germany,
Sachtleben, JV Europe, Finnish HoldCo, Kemira TiO2, Kemira Germany
and Kemira each a “ Party ” and collectively the
“ Parties ” (Kemira TiO2 and JV Europe are also
each referred to hereinafter as a “ Company ”
and collectively the “ Companies ”).
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED
1.
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PREAMBLE
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1.1
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Rockwood and
Kemira are both companies active in a variety of business fields in
the specialty chemicals sector. Both Parties are, amongst other
businesses, engaged in the titanium dioxide business (i.e. the sale
and manufacturing of titanium dioxide and related co-products and
services), provided that (i) Rockwood’s titanium dioxide
business also includes the manufacturing of barium-based and
zinc-based inorganic fine white pigments and additives (the
“ Functional Additive
Business ”) but excludes
the manufacturing of polyaluminium chloride and polyaluminium
nitrate-based flocculants (collectively the “
Rockwood Water Business ”) as currently
conducted by Sachtleben and Sachtleben Corporation (“
Sachtleben Corp ”) (Rockwood’s
titanium dioxide business so defined, the “
Rockwood TiO2 Pigments
Business ”); and
(ii) Kemira’s titanium dioxide business also
includes sales and manufacturing of certain other than
titanium dioxide based products and services to the cosmetics
industry (the “ Kemira
TiO2 Pigments Business ”). The Rockwood TiO2
Pigments Business and the Kemira TiO2 Pigments Business are each
also referred to as a “ TiO2 Pigments Business ” and collectively as
the “ TiO2 Pigments Businesses
”.
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1.2
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In order to
jointly pursue future business opportunities in the field of the
production and marketing of pigments, the Parties intend to combine
their respective TiO2 Pigments Businesses by forming a joint
venture. In connection therewith, Rockwood Holdings, Rockwood,
Rockwood Germany, Sachtleben, JV Europe, Sachtleben Corp, Finnish
HoldCo, JV US, Kemira, Kemira TiO2, Kemira Inc. (as defined below)
and Kemira Germany have today entered into a master agreement (the
“ Master
Agreement ”) and a shareholders
and joint venture agreement (the “ JV Agreement ”) regarding the
titanium dioxide joint venture.
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1.3
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The TiO2 Pigments
Businesses include the following shareholdings and assets owned
(directly or indirectly) by Rockwood and Kemira,
respectively:
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(a)
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Rockwood Germany
owns all shares in JV Europe (“ JV Europe Share ”).
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(b)
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Rockwood Germany
owns all shares in Sachtleben.
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(c)
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Sachtleben
owns
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(i)
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a share in the
nominal amount of EUR 12,800.00 in Alberti & Co GmbH,
Germany, registered in the commercial register of the lower court
of Göttingen under HR B 120005, representing 25 per cent of
the entire share capital;
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(ii)
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a share in the
nominal amount of EUR 51,129.19 in Pigment-Chemie GmbH,
Germany, registered in the commercial register of the lower court
of Duisburg under HR B 7018, representing 100 per cent of the
entire share capital;
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(iii)
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a limited
partnership interest in the amount of EUR 576,000.00 in
Deutsche Baryt-Industrie Dr. Rudolf Alberti GmbH &
Co. KG, Germany, registered in the commercial register of the lower
court of Göttingen under HR A 121227;
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(iv)
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a share in the
nominal amount of RMB 54,900,000.00 in Guangzhou Huali
Sachtleben Chemicals Company, Limited, 238 Nangang West Rd.,
Huangpu District, Guangzhou 510760, China, registered with the
National Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau of the
People’s Republic of China for the Guangdong Province under
the license number 004714, representing 40 per cent of the entire
share capital; and
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(v)
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a share in the
nominal amount of RMB 3,000,000.00 in Sachtleben Trading (Shanghai)
Company Limited, 2272 Hongqiao Road, Shanghai 200336, China,
registered with the National Industrial and Commercial
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Administration
Bureau of the People’s Republic of China for Shanghai under
the license number 1137603 representing 100 per cent of the entire
share capital.
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(d)
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JV Europe owns
all shares in Finnish HoldCo.
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(e)
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Kemira owns
8,300,000 issued and outstanding shares representing 100 per cent
of the issued and outstanding shares in Kemira TiO2 (“
Kemira TiO2 Shares
”).
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Kemira Germany
owns and operates the Oberhausen Technology Center business unit
(the “ Oberhausen
Business Unit ”), which consists of
the assets and intellectual property rights as further defined in
section 4.1 (the “ Kemira Oberhausen Assets ”).
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(g)
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Furthermore,
Rockwood and Kemira hold the following shareholdings and limited
liability interests in certain companies in the US:
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Rockwood owns all
issued and outstanding shares in Sachtleben Corporation (the
“ Sachtleben Corp
Shares ”) and all of the
limited liability interests in White Pigments LLC, a newly-formed
Delaware limited liability company (all limited liability company
interests in JV US, the “ JV US Interests ”); and
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Kemira owns all
issued and outstanding shares in Kemira Specialty, Inc.
(“ Kemira Inc.
”, the
shares in Kemira Inc., the “ Kemira Inc. Shares ”), having its
principal place of business at 151 Veterans Drive, Northvale, NJ
07647, USA. Kemira Inc. owns all issued and outstanding shares in
Maybrook, Inc. (the “ Maybrook Shares ”), having its
principal place of business at 570 Broadway, Lawrence,
Massachusetts, USA (“ Maybrook ”, and together with
Kemira Inc. and, together with Sachtleben Corp, collectively, the
“ US Companies
” and each
a “ US Company
”).
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1.4
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The Rockwood
Water Business will be carved out prior to the Closing Date into a
company held by Rockwood Germany outside the joint venture (such
company “ Sachtleben
Water ”) as further set out
in the Master Agreement, after an existing profit and loss transfer
agreement between MIWAC Mitteldeutsche Wasserchemie GmbH and
Sachtleben has been terminated (“ Water Carve-Out ”).
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1.5
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Pursuant to the
Master Agreement, the Parties have agreed that
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(a)
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Kemira shall
transfer the Kemira TiO2 Shares to Finnish HoldCo;
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(b)
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Kemira shall
transfer or cause the transfer of the Kemira Oberhausen Assets to
JV Europe;
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(c)
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the share in JV
Europe representing 100 per cent of JV Europe’s entire share
capital shall be split into,
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(i)
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one share with
the nominal value of EUR 15,250.00, representing 61 per
cent of JV Europe’s entire share capital (“
JV Europe Share A
”);
and
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(ii)
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one share with
the nominal value of EUR 9,750.00, representing 39 per
cent of JV Europe’s entire share capital (“
JV Europe Share B
”), which
will be transferred by Rockwood Germany to Kemira pursuant to this
Agreement;
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following which
(i) Rockwood Germany will own 61 per cent of the shares in
JV Europe; and (ii) Kemira will own 39 per cent of the
shares in JV Europe; and
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(d)
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additionally,
with respect to the joint venture in the United States
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(i)
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Rockwood shall
transfer the Sachtleben Corp Shares and Kemira shall transfer the
Kemira Inc. Shares to JV US,
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(ii)
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in exchange
for
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(1)
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Rockwood
receiving 61 per cent of the limited liability interest in JV
US; and
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(2)
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Kemira receiving
a combination of 39 per cent of the limited liability interest
in JV US and an Intercompany Receivable (as defined in the Master
Agreement) in a principal amount of approximately
EUR 6,400,000.00 against JV US;
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following which
(i) Rockwood will own 61 per cent of the issued and
outstanding limited liability interest in JV US; and
(ii) Kemira will own 39 per cent of the issued and outstanding
limited liability interest in JV US.
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2.
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SALE AND TRANSFER
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2.1
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Upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement,
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(a)
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Kemira hereby
sells and transfers ( tritt ab ) the Kemira TiO2 Shares to
Finnish HoldCo which transfer shall further be subject to the terms
of a short-form share purchase and transfer agreement regarding the
TiO2 Shares attached as Annex
2.1(a) between Kemira and Finnish
HoldCo (for Finnish transfer tax
filing purposes), and Finnish HoldCo hereby accepts such sale and
transfer;
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(b)
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Kemira Germany
hereby sells and transfers ( tritt ab ) the Kemira
Oberhausen Assets to JV Europe and JV Europe hereby accepts such
sale and transfer;
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(c)
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Rockwood Germany
hereby sells and transfers ( tritt ab ) all of the issued
and outstanding shares in Sachtleben (“ Sachtleben Shares ”) to JV Europe and JV
Europe hereby accepts such sale and transfer;
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(d)
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Rockwood Germany
hereby sells and transfers ( tritt ab ) the JV Europe Share
B to Kemira and Kemira hereby accepts such sale and transfer;
and
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(e)
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Rockwood hereby
undertakes to transfer on the Closing Date (as defined below) the
Sachtleben Corp Shares and Kemira hereby undertakes to transfer on
the Closing Date the Kemira Inc. Shares to JV US in each case with
effect as of the Closing Date, pursuant to a local transfer
agreement substantially in the form of Annex 2.1(e) (the “
US Transfer Agreement
”), and to
combine the businesses of the US Companies into a single business
operation to be operated by JV US.
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2.2
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The transfers
pursuant to section 2.1 shall (i) be made with economic
effect ( wirtschaftlicher Wirkung) as of
31 December 2007 / 1 January 2008 (the
“ Effective Date
”), unless
otherwise expressly set forth herein; and (ii) be subject to
the condition precedent ( aufschiebende Bedingung ) of the
Closing (as defined in the Master Agreement) occurring (the day on
which the Closing occurs, the “ Closing Date ”).
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3.
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CONSIDERATION
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3.1
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Purchase Price
for Kemira TiO2 Business
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3.1.1
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The purchase
price for the sale and transfer of the Kemira TiO2 Shares pursuant
to section 2.1(a) amounts to a fixed amount of
EUR 168,900,000.00 (the “ Kemira Share Transfer Receivable
”). The
Kemira Share Transfer Receivable has been determined on the basis
of an enterprise value of Kemira TiO2 of EUR 222,700,000.00 by
deducting (i) the amount of the Existing Intercompany
Receivable (as defined in the Master Agreement) of
EUR 51,700,000.00 as described in
section 2.2.1(b) of the Master Agreement and
(ii) the amount of the Kemira Dividend of
EUR 2,100,000.00 as described in section 2.2.1(d) of
the Master Agreement. The Kemira Share Transfer
Receivable shall not be due and payable in cash but shall be
settled pursuant to sections 3.4.1 to 3.4.5 through a payment into
the capital reserves.
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3.1.2
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The purchase
price for the sale and transfer of the Kemira Oberhausen Assets
pursuant to section 2.1(b) amounts to a fixed amount of a
net amount of EUR 2,300,000.00 (plus applicable transfer
taxes, if any) (the net amount the “ Oberhausen Transfer Receivable
”).
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The Oberhausen Transfer Receivable shall not be
due and payable in cash but shall be settled pursuant to
sections 3.4.1 to 3.4.5 through a payment into the capital
reserves of JV Europe.
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3.2
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Purchase Price
for Rockwood TiO2 Business
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3.2.1
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The purchase price for the sale and transfer of
the Sachtleben Shares pursuant to section 2.1(c) amounts
a fixed amount equal to the aggregate amount of
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(a)
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EUR 180,000,000.00 (the
“ Sachtleben Share
Transfer Receivable ”) which amount has
been determined on the basis of an enterprise value of Sachtleben
of EUR 363,000,000.00 by deducting the amount of the Existing
Intercompany Receivable of EUR 183,000,000.00 as described in
section 2.2.2(a) of the Master Agreement; and
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(b)
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an additional
amount of EUR 2,900,000.00 (the “ Subordinated Note Amount ”) .
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3.2.2
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The Sachtleben Share Transfer Receivable shall
not be due and payable in cash but shall be settled pursuant to
sections 3.4.1 to 3.4.5 through a payment into the capital
reserves of JV Europe. The Subordinated Note Amount shall not be
due and payable in cash but shall be automatically converted into a
subordinated note issued by Sachtleben to Rockwood Germany (the
“ Subordinated Note ”) which note shall bear
interest at the net interest rate applicable under the Refinancing
(as defined in the Master Agreement), interest to be accrued and
repaid together with the principal amount at the later of
(i) 31 December 2010 and (ii) repayment being
permitted under the Refinancing commitments.
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3.3
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Purchase Price
for Rockwood TiO2 Business
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The purchase price for the sale and transfer of
the JV Europe Share B pursuant to
section 2.1(d) amounts to a fixed amount of
EUR 11,661.00 (the “ JV Europe Share Transfer
Receivable ”) and shall be due and payable by Kemira to
Rockwood Germany in cash on the Closing Date.
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3.4
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Settlement
Actions
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Subject to the
condition precedent ( aufschiebende Bedingung ) of Closing
occurring:
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3.4.1
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Kemira Germany
hereby assigns ( tritt ab ) to Kemira the Oberhausen Asset
Transfer Receivable in the amount of EUR 2,300,000.00 and
Kemira hereby accepts such assignment.
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3.4.2
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Kemira hereby
assigns ( tritt ab ) to JV Europe the Oberhausen Transfer
Receivable in the amount of EUR 2,300,000.00 which shall be
recorded as a contribution into the capital reserve ( Einzahlung
in die Kapitalrücklage ) of JV Europe pursuant to
section 272 para. 2 no. 4 German Commercial Code ( HGB
). JV Europe hereby accepts such assignment and takes note of (
nimmt zur Kenntnis ) the payment into its capital
reserve.
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3.4.3
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Kemira hereby
assigns ( tritt ab ) to Finnish HoldCo, and Finnish HoldCo
hereby accepts such assignment, a fraction of the Kemira Share
Transfer Receivable equal to
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(a)
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EUR 112,700,000.00;
and
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(b)
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(i)
plus the amount by which the aggregate amount of Existing
Intercompany Receivables as defined in the Master Agreement
(including the receivable resulting from the Kemira Dividend but
excluding the Existing Intercompany Receivable owed by Kemira Inc.
to JV US pursuant to section 2.2.1(c) of the Master Agreement)
exceeds EUR 53,800,000.00; or (ii) minus the
amount by which the aggregate amount of Existing Intercompany
Receivables as defined in the Master Agreement (including the
receivable resulting from the Kemira Dividend but excluding the
Existing Intercompany Receivable owed by Kemira Inc. to JV US
pursuant to section 2.2.1(c) of the Master Agreement) falls
short of EUR 53,800,000.00 , as the case may be.
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By way of
example, if the Existing Intercompany Receivables amounted to
EUR 54,000,000.00, then the resulting amount under this
section 3.4.3(b) would be EUR 112,700,000.00 less
EUR 53,800,000.00 plus EUR 54,000,000,
i.e. EUR 112,900,000.00.
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The fraction of the Kemira Share
Transfer Receivable so assigned shall be recorded as a contribution
into the capital reserve ( Einzahlung in die
Kapitalrücklage ) of JV Europe pursuant to
section 272 para. 2 no. 4 German Commercial Code ( HGB
). JV Europe hereby accepts such assignments and takes note of (
nimmt zur Kenntnis ) the payment into its capital
reserve.
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For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby set
forth that, as a result of the adjustment of the fraction of the
Kemira Share Transfer Receivable to be assigned pursuant to
section 3.4.3(b), the aggregate amount of (i) the
Existing Intercompany Receivables of Kemira against
Kemira TiO2 immediately after the Closing; and (ii) the
remaining fraction of the Sachtleben Share Transfer Receivable
against Finnish HoldCo retained by Kemira shall together always
equal EUR 110,000,000.00.
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3.4.4
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Rockwood Germany
hereby assigns ( tritt ab ) to JV Europe the Sachtleben
Share Transfer Receivable in the amount of EUR 180,000,000.00,
which shall be recorded as a contribution into the capital reserve
( Einzahlung in die Kapitalrücklage ) of JV Europe
pursuant to section 272 para. 2 no. 4 German Commercial Code (
HGB ). JV Europe hereby accepts such assignment and takes
note of ( nimmt zur Kenntnis ) the payment into its capital
reserve.
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3.4.5
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As consideration
for the shares of Kemira Inc. under the US Transfer Agreement
Kemira shall receive an intercompany receivable against JV US in
the amount of (i) EUR 7,000,000.00 less
(ii) the Existing Intercompany Receivable described in section
2.2.1(c) (in such amount that is outstanding under this
Existing Intercompany Receivable at Closing), representing the
difference in valuation between its 39 per cent limited liability
interest in JV US and the value of the Kemira Inc. Shares
contributed by it, thus resulting in a total Intercompany
Receivable of EUR 7,000,000.00 by Kemira against JV US and
Kemira Inc.
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3.5
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Situation after
Implementation Actions
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Following the Closing having
occurred, the US Transfer Agreement and the Master Agreement on the
Closing Date and as further described in the Master
Agreement,
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Rockwood
Germany’s Intercompany Receivables will consist
of
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an Intercompany Receivable in the
amount of EUR 183,000,000.00 (being the result of a waiver of the
exceeding part of the Existing Intercompany Receivable under the
Master Agreement); and
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the Subordinated Note in the
amount of EUR 2,900,000.00;
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Kemira’s
Intercompany Receivables will total EUR 117,000,000.00; of
which
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EUR 7,000,000.00 will be against
JV US and Kemira Inc.; and
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the remaining
EUR 110,000,000.00 will comprise of (x) the Existing
Intercompany Receivables of Kemira against Kemira TiO2
immediately after the Closing; and (y) the remaining fraction
of the Sachtleben Share Transfer Receivable against Finnish HoldCo
retained by Kemira as it is going to be determined pursuant to
section 3.4.3;
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JV Europe’s intercompany
receivables will amount to a total of EUR 0.00 (in words:
zero) as a result of the transaction pursuant to section 3.4.3 and
the JV Europe Share Transfer Receivable having been settled in
cash.
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For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Master
Agreement if, for whatever reason, the amount of intercompany
receivables of the Parties against the JV Group Companies will
deviate from what has been outlined in this section 3.5, the
Parties shall take all such actions and make or receive all such
declarations in order to provide a situation which is, from an
economical point of view, identical to the situation outlined in
this section 3.5.
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4.
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KEMIRA OBERHAUSEN ASSETS
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4.1
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Assets Subject to
Transfer
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The Kemira Oberhausen Assets subject to the
transfer pursuant to section 2 shall include
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the tangible assets, other movable property,
stocks and including contracts and contract offers listed in
Annex 4.1(a) ;
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such other tangible assets, other movable
property, stocks, contracts and contract offers owned by or
acquired by or on behalf of the Oberhausen Business Unit, or
otherwise supplied to the Oberhausen Business Unit from the
Effective Date and until the Closing Date, except where
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a predominant use of such asset
was made by Kemira Affiliates (as defined below) outside the
Oberhausen Business Unit and the continued use of such asset is
either procured under a Transitional Service Agreement or otherwise
provided free of charge to the TiO2 Pigments Business to the same
extent such asset was used prior to the date hereof or will be used
in line with current planning;
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such asset is listed in
Annex 4.1(b)(ii) ;
or
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such assets pursuant to
Annex 4.1(b)(ii) include contracts and contract offers
which are not included in Annex 4.1(a); or
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such contracts relate to Insurance
Policies (as defined below).
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the Oberhausen IP Rights as defined in
section 5.2.1; and
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(d)
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liabilities
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specifically listed in
Annex 4.1(d)(i) (without prejudice to
employment-related liabilities, which shall solely be governed by
section 17.6); and
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earn-out payments owed to Gerd
Dahms payable after the Closing Date in an amount of up to EUR
233,333.00, provided, however, that Kemira Germany shall remain
liable for any prior periods and exceeding payments;
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provided,
however, that
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in respect of each of (a) to (d) and
in order to avoid a double consideration of items, such items shall
be deemed removed or added from or to the Kemira Oberhausen Assets,
as the case may be, if and to the extent these items
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have been sold and transferred,
added, incurred or created between the Effective Date and the
Closing Date other than through a Breach of the No Leakage
Provisions (as defined below); or
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(ii)
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have been sold and transferred,
added, incurred or created between the Effective Date and the
Closing Date as a result of a Breach of the No Leakage Provisions
if and to the extent such breach will be compensated pursuant to
section 16; or
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(iii)
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have resulted in an actual
adjustment of the Shareholding Split under the Master
Agreement.
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Any material changes shall be
notified to Rockwood until five days before the Closing
Date.
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4.2
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Provisions
relating to the Kemira Oberhausen Assets
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4.2.1
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To the extent
there is a reservation of title in favor of third parties attached
to Kemira Oberhausen Assets (other than IP Rights and Know-How) or
there has been a transfer of ownership of such assets by way of
security ( Sicherungsübereignung ), the performance
obligation in relation to the third party remains with the
respective Kemira Affiliate. If the Kemira Affiliate fails to
fulfill this obligation on or before the Closing Date, Kemira may,
with the consent of JV Europe, do so (or procure that the Affiliate
does so) no later than five days on which banks in Frankfurt am
Main, Germany, and Helsinki, Finland, are generally open for
business (a “ Business
Day ”) following the
Closing Date, provided that Kemira shall provide evidence of such
fulfillment to JV Europe without undue delay (
unverzüglich ).
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4.2.2
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As used in this
Agreement, with respect to a person or entity, “
Affiliate ” shall have the
meaning given in section 15 et seq. of the German Stock
Corporation Act ( AktG ), but
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with respect to
Rockwood Holdings, Rockwood, Rockwood Germany and Kemira shall
exclude JV Group Companies (“ JV Group Companies ” defined as
including
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only JV Europe,
Sachtleben, Finnish HoldCo, Kemira TiO2, JV US, Sachtleben Corp,
Kemira Inc. and Maybrook, Sachtleben Trading (Shanghai) Company
Limited, each a “ JV
Group Company ”) as well as JV
Europe’s direct and indirect subsidiaries and shareholdings;
and
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with respect to
the JV Group Companies shall exclude Rockwood Holdings, Rockwood,
Rockwood Germany and Kemira and their Affiliates.
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4.3
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Transfer of
Contracts and Contract Offers
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Kemira hereby undertakes vis-à-vis JV
Europe with effect as of the Closing Date to assign or secure the
assignment of the contracts listed in Annex 4.3 to JV
Europe (or at JV Europe’s election to any JV Group
Company).
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4.4
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Transfer of
Liabilities
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To the extent the Kemira Oberhausen
Assets include liabilities (collectively, the “
Transferred Liabilities ”)
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(a)
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JV Europe hereby
undertakes to the obligor under such liability (i.e. Kemira or
Kemira Germany) to assume such liability with effect as of the
Closing Date and with a discharging effect.
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Kemira and JV
Europe jointly endeavor (and will cause their Affiliates to
endeavor) to obtain the consent of those third parties who are
creditors of the Transferred Liabilities. If it is not possible to
obtain such consent or if this is not expedient (in the opinion of
both Kemira and JV Europe), Kemira and/or Kemira’s Affiliate,
as applicable, and JV Europe will – to the extent legally
permissible – conduct themselves and treat each other
inter se as if JV Europe had validly assumed the relevant
liability with effect as of the Closing Date. In this case, Kemira
and/or Kemira’s Affiliate, as applicable, will remain the
nominal debtor in relation to third parties, but will internally
fulfill the liability for the account of and on the instructions of
JV Europe.
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4.5
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Each of Kemira and Kemira Germany and JV Europe,
as the case may be, hereby accept any transfers or declarations as
set out in section 4.
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4.6
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The Parties shall cooperate in good faith on the
transfer or migration of any other services required by the
Oberhausen Assets after the Closing Date, including, for the
avoidance of doubt, IT services and payroll services.
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5.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS
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5.1
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Definitions
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5.1.1
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“
IP Rights ” shall be defined as
patents, utility models, domain names and trademarks as well as
rights of use and enjoyment and rights of exploitation of works
protected by copyright (including computer programs), of
compilations ( Sammelwerke ) and data base works protected
by copyright like independent works, as well as of industrial
property and copyright protection rights (
Leistungsschutzrechte ) (including rights to data bases
protected by copyright), including all rights acquired to
identification marks through use, and the rights to the relevant
applications for registration, irrespective of whether any such
rights are registered and licenses thereto.
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5.1.2
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“
Know How ” shall be defined as
the inventions, trade secrets, procedures, formulae and all
technical, operational and commercial know-how (including
machine-readable data) and other immaterial assets, irrespective of
whether or not they can be registered, including all embodiments,
such as drawings, notes, or documentation, and licenses
thereto.
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5.1.3
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“
Nanotechnology IP Rights
” shall be
defined as
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the IP Rights listed in
Annex 5.1.3(a) ; and
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(b)
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the Know-How developed by Kemira Germany
primarily relating to nanoemulsions and nanodispersions and the
production thereof as well as related to the IP Rights pursuant to
section 5.1.3(a) (the “ Nanotechnology Know How
”).
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5.2
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Transfer of IP
Rights
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5.2.1
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The IP Rights and Know-How which transfer as
part of the Kemira Oberhausen Assets (the “
Oberhausen IP Rights ”) pursuant to sections 2 and 4
shall include
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(a)
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the IP Rights and Know-How listed in Annex
5.2.1(a) ; and
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(b)
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the IP Rights (if any) and Know-How owned or
licensed by Kemira Germany that was used primarily by or relate
primarily to the Kemira TiO2 Pigments Business in the year
preceding the date of this Agreement.
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