Execution Version
AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT VENTURE CONTRIBUTION
AND FORMATION AGREEMENT
by and among
CITIGROUP INC.,
MORGAN STANLEY
and
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY HOLDINGS
LLC
Dated as of May 29, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FORMATION OF VENTURE; CLOSING;
RELATED TRANSACTIONS
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Transactions Prior to the
Closing
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Time and Place of the
Closing
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Deliveries and Other Actions at the
Closing
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Contributions on Self-Clearing
Dates
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Delayed Contribution
Businesses
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Delayed Distribution
Businesses
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Exclusions from
Contributions
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Self-Clearing Balance
Sheets
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Final Post-Closing Purchase Price
Adjustment
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Representations and Warranties of
Citigroup
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Representations and Warranties of
Morgan Stanley
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CERTAIN INTERIM AND OTHER
COVENANTS
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Conduct of Business Prior to
Closing
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Consents; Conditions; Further
Assurances
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Termination of Agreements
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Contributed Real Property
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Conditions to Citigroup’s
Obligations
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Conditions to Morgan Stanley’s
Obligations
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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Other Indemnification
Provisions
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Procedures for Non-Party Claims
other than Ordinary Course Customer Claims
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Ordinary Course Customer
Claims
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Replacement of Guarantees
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Termination Prior to
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Termination After Closing
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Amendment or Modification
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Third-Party Beneficiaries
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Non-Assignability; Binding
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Submission to
Jurisdiction
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule
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Description
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Schedule 1.1(a)(1)
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Citigroup Contributed
Assets
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Schedule 1.1(a)(2)
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Financial Statements of the
Citigroup Managed Futures Business
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Schedule 1.1(a)(3)
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Citigroup Delayed Contribution
Businesses
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Schedule 1.1(a)(4)
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Citigroup Delayed Distribution
Businesses
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Schedule 1.1(a)(5
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Citigroup Self-Clearing Assets and
Liabilities
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Schedule 1.1(a)(6)
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Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution
Businesses
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Schedule 1.1(a)(7)
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Morgan Stanley Delayed Distribution
Businesses
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Schedule 1.1(a)(8)
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Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing Assets
and Liabilities
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Schedule 1.1(a)(9)
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Transaction Documents
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Schedule 1.1(a)(10)
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FID Inventory
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Schedule 1.1(b)(1)
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Citigroup Contributed
Subsidiaries
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Schedule 1.1(b)(2)
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Morgan Stanley Contributed
Subsidiaries
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Schedule 1.1(c)(1)
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Citigroup Excluded Assets
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Schedule 1.1(c)(2)
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Morgan Stanley Excluded
Assets
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Schedule 1.1(d)(1)
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Citigroup Contributed Leased Real
Property
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Schedule 1.1(d)(2)
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Morgan Stanley Contributed Leased
Real Property
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Schedule 1.1(e)(1)
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Citigroup Contributed Real
Property
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Schedule 1.1(f)(1)
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Financial Statements of the
Citigroup Contributed Business
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Schedule 1.1(f)(2)
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Financial Statements of the Morgan
Stanley Contributed Business
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Schedule 2.2(a)
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Citigroup Contributed Subsidiaries
that are Domestic Corporations, Former Members of a Consolidated
Group, or Foreign Corporations with a U.S. Trade or
Business
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Schedule 2.2(b)
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Morgan Stanley Contributed
Subsidiaries that are Domestic Corporations, Former Members of a
Consolidated Group, or
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SCHEDULES
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Foreign Corporations with a U.S.
Trade or Business
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Schedule 3.1(e)
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Citigroup Governmental Approvals and
Third Party Approvals
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Schedule 3.1(f)
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Financial Statements, Undisclosed
Liabilities, No Material Adverse Effect
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Schedule 3.1(j)(i)
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Citigroup Contributed Subsidiaries
that are Corporations
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Schedule 3.2(e)
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Morgan Stanley Governmental
Approvals and Third Party Approvals
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Schedule 3.2(j)(i)
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Morgan Stanley Contributed
Subsidiaries that are Corporations
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Schedule 4.1(1)
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Citigroup Conduct of Business Prior
to Closing
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Schedule 4.5(h)(1)
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Certain Morgan Stanley Transaction
Steps
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Schedule 4.5(h)(2)
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Certain Citigroup Transaction
Steps
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Schedule 4.5(h)(3)
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Certain Transfers to Citi Smith
Barney Pty Ltd.
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Schedule 4.10(c)(1)
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Citigroup Intercompany
Agreements
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Schedule 4.10(c)(2)
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Morgan Stanley Intercompany
Agreements
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Schedule 5.1(d)
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Governmental Approvals Required for
Closing
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Schedule 7.4
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
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Description
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Exhibit A
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Terms with Respect to the
IIG/IFG/CCI Business
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Exhibit B
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Form of Deposit Sweep
Agreement
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Exhibit C-1
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Form of Citigroup Distribution
Agreement
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Exhibit C-2
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Form of Morgan Stanley Distribution
Agreement
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Exhibit D
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Form of Employee Matters
Agreement
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Exhibit E-1
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Form of Citigroup Futures Clearing
Agreement
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Exhibit E-2
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Form of Morgan Stanley Futures
Clearing Agreement
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Exhibit F-1
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Form of Citigroup General Transition
Services Agreement
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Exhibit F-2
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Form of Morgan Stanley General
Transition Services Agreement
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Exhibit G
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Form of Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Agreement
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Exhibit H-1
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Form of Citigroup Order Flow
Agreement
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Exhibit H-2
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Form of Morgan Stanley Order Flow
Agreement
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Exhibit I-1
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Form of Citigroup Research
Agreement
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Exhibit I-2
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Form of Morgan Stanley Research
Agreement
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Exhibit J
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Form of Tax Matters
Agreement
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Exhibit K
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Terms and Conditions Concerning
Contribution of Contributed Real Property and Contributed Leased
Real Property
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AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT VENTURE
CONTRIBUTION AND FORMATION AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT VENTURE
CONTRIBUTION AND FORMATION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement
”) is made as of May 29, 2009, by and among Citigroup Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“ Citigroup ”), Morgan
Stanley, a Delaware corporation (“ Morgan Stanley
”), and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (the “ Company
”).
RECITALS
A. Citigroup, through
Subsidiaries (defined terms used in these recitals have the
meanings given to them in Section 1.1) and otherwise, is engaged in
the Citigroup Contributed Business, and Morgan Stanley, through
Subsidiaries and otherwise, is engaged in the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Business;
B. The Parties desire
to contribute their respective Contributed Businesses to the
Company;
C. Citigroup and
Morgan Stanley have entered into a Joint Venture Contribution and
Formation Agreement, dated as of January 13, 2009 (the “
Original Agreement ”);
D. On the date
hereof, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup have entered into an Escrow
Agreement pursuant to which (i) Morgan Stanley has deposited into
escrow $2.75 billion and (ii) each of Morgan Stanley and Citigroup
has deposited into escrow an amount equal to the amount of its debt
funding obligation pursuant to Section 2 of Schedule 3.7 to the LLC
Agreement (with respect to each of Morgan Stanley and Citigroup,
its “ Closing Date Cash Funding Amount ”), in
the case of each of (i) and (ii), pursuant to the terms of the
Escrow Agreement;
E. Pursuant to
Section 9.3 of the Original Agreement, the Original Agreement may
be amended by an instrument in writing signed by each of the
parties to the Original Agreement;
F. Citigroup and
Morgan Stanley desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement
as set forth below in light of, among other things, a modification
of the transaction structure to provide for an “introducing
broker” structure for a period of time after the Closing;
and
G. In consideration
of the mutual covenants, agreements and promises herein contained,
the Parties do hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Defined
Terms . In this Agreement, except where the context
otherwise requires:
“ Accounts Payable ” means
all accounts and notes payable to the extent related to the
Contributed Businesses, including those of the type reflected on
the balance sheet included in either the Financial Statements of
the Citigroup Contributed Business or the Financial Statements of
the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business, as applicable, as payable
to customers, vendors or others.
“ Accounts Receivable ” means
all accounts and notes receivable to the extent related to the
Contributed Businesses, including those of the type reflected on
the balance sheet included in either the Financial Statements of
the Citigroup Contributed Business or the Financial Statements of
the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business, as applicable, as due from
customers, brokers, dealers, clearing organizations or
others.
“ Advisers Act ” means the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Affiliate ” means with
respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such other
Person, including but not limited to such Person’s
Subsidiaries; and “ control ” (including, with
correlative meanings, the terms “ controlled by
” and “ under common control with ”), as
used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise. Unless otherwise specifically stated, the
term “ Affiliate ” does not
include: (x) the Company Entities when used with respect
to any Party, any Citigroup Entity or any Morgan Stanley Entity,
and (y) the Citigroup Entities or the Morgan Stanley Entities when
used with respect to any Company Entity. “
Affiliated ” and “ Affiliation ”
shall have correlative meanings.
“ Agreement ” has the meaning
set forth in the preamble hereto.
“ Applicable Service Transfer Time
” has the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters
Agreement.
“ Applicable Taxes ” means
(i) entity-level Taxes imposed on the Company Entities with respect
to a Contributed Business and (ii) without duplication of amounts
described in clause (i), non-income Taxes (other than Transfer
Taxes) imposed with respect to Contributed Assets transferred to
the Company or a Company Entity.
“ ARS ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.2(c)(i).
“Assumption Agreement” means that
certain Assumption Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2009, among
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, certain other affiliates of
Morgan Stanley, and the Company.
“ Benefit Plan ” has the
meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.
“ Borrowed Security ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.9(b).
“ Business Day ” means a day
ending at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time), other than a Saturday, a
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York
are authorized or obligated by Law or executive order to
close.
“ Certificate of Formation ”
means the Certificate of Formation of the Company to be filed prior
to Closing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in
order to create the Company in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to each of Morgan Stanley and Citigroup.
“ CGMI ” means Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
“ Change of Control ” means,
with respect to any Person, (i) any merger, consolidation or
business combination of such Person as a result of which both (x)
holders of the voting securities of such Person immediately prior
to the consummation of the transaction hold, directly or
indirectly, immediately following the consummation of the
transaction, securities or other equity interests in the ultimate
parent of the surviving entity in such transaction possessing less
than a majority of the outstanding equity and voting power of the
ultimate parent of the surviving entity and (y) individuals who
constituted the board of directors of such Person immediately prior
to the execution and delivery of definitive documentation with
respect to the transaction cease to represent at least a majority
of the board of directors of the ultimate parent entity of the
surviving entity of such transaction; (ii) any other transaction,
including the sale by such Person of new shares of capital stock or
new equity interests or a transfer of existing shares of capital
stock or existing equity interests of such Person, the result of
which is that any Person or group of related persons directly or
indirectly acquires (a) beneficial ownership (as defined under
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder) of securities or other equity interests
representing a majority of the outstanding voting power or (b) a
majority of the assets of the relevant entity or (iii) the
bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution, winding-up, general assignment
for the benefit of creditors or receivership of such Person or
other similar proceeding or event.
“ Citigroup ” has the meaning
set forth in the preamble hereto.
“ Citigroup ARS Loans ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(c)(i).
“ Citigroup Clearing Agreements
” means each of the Citigroup Securities Clearing Agreement
and the Futures Clearing Agreement of Citigroup.
“ Citigroup Contributed Assets
” means all assets (real, personal, mixed, tangible or
intangible) of Citigroup or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case
that are utilized, or held
for use, primarily in the conduct of
the Citigroup Contributed Business, other than any such asset the
use of which is expressly being provided after the Closing pursuant
to a Transaction Document (other than the Citigroup Clearing
Agreements), which shall include, in any event, the
following:
(i) all assets (real,
personal, mixed, tangible or intangible) reflected on the Final
Balance Sheet of the Citigroup Contributed Business;
(ii) the Citigroup
Contributed Equity Interests;
(iii) Citigroup’s
Contributed Real Property;
(iv) Citigroup’s
Contributed Real Property Leases, including any security deposits
paid thereunder;
(v) Citigroup’s
Contributed IP Licenses and the Citigroup Contributed
IP;
(vi) all furniture,
fixtures, equipment (including but not limited to telephones,
telephone numbers, switches, servers, computers, printers,
scanners, and data processing equipment), machinery, automobiles,
office supply inventories, and other tangible personal property
utilized primarily in the Citigroup Contributed
Business;
(vii) all contracts and
agreements between Citigroup or one of its Subsidiaries, on the one
hand, and any customer of the Citigroup Contributed Business, on
the other, pursuant to which services of the Citigroup Contributed
Business are to be delivered to such customer, including any assets
or rights (including any funds or securities and any commodity
positions) of customers that are held by Citigroup and its
Subsidiaries pursuant to any such contract or agreement, including
for distribution or payment or as collateral;
(viii) all margin and
other customer debit balances of Citigroup and its Subsidiaries
related to the Citigroup Contributed Business to the extent
reflected on the Final Balance Sheet of the Citigroup Contributed
Business;
(ix) the Citigroup
Contributed Contracts;
(x) copies of all of
the books and records in any form or medium of Citigroup and its
Subsidiaries to the extent related to the Citigroup Contributed
Business (including personnel records, customer records,
transaction histories, correspondence files and other records
relating to dealings with customers of the Citigroup Contributed
Business), other than (A) books and records (or copies thereof) to
the extent they relate to the Citigroup Excluded Businesses (it
being understood that books and records that relate both to the
Citigroup Contributed Business and the Citigroup Excluded
Businesses shall be copied and a copy thereof shall be included
within the Citigroup Contributed Assets) and (B) any income Tax
Returns of any Citigroup Entity or any group of entities that
includes a Citigroup Entity;
(xi) all rights,
claims, credits, causes of action, rights of recovery and rights of
set-off of any kind to the extent relating to the Citigroup
Contributed Assets, including any unliquidated rights under
manufacturers’ and vendors’ warranties;
(xii) all Accounts
Receivable to the extent reflected on the Final Balance Sheet of
the Citigroup Contributed Business, including but not limited to
employee loans;
(xiii) all customer
accounts of the Citigroup Contributed Business and the customer
relationships and goodwill relating thereto;
(xiv) all federal,
state, municipal, foreign and other Permits held or used by
Citigroup and any of its Affiliates primarily in connection with
the Citigroup Contributed Business, to the extent
transferable;
(xv) Citigroup
Transferred Plans and the assets set aside in respect thereof
(whether in separate funding vehicles or denominated for the
funding of benefits thereof on the books and records of Citigroup
or any of its Subsidiaries), assets related to Citigroup
Contributed Subsidiary Benefit Plans in addition to those held by
Citigroup Contributed Subsidiaries or pursuant to trusts, insurance
policies or other funding vehicles which are transferred to, or
assumed by, the Company or one of the Company Entities by virtue of
the contribution to the Company of the Citigroup Contributed
Subsidiaries, and those contracts and agreements of Citigroup or
its Subsidiaries primarily relating to any Citigroup Transferred
Plan (but only if the Company has expressly agreed to administer
such Citigroup Transferred Plan pursuant to the terms of any
Transaction Document);
(xvi) all securities
held for investment or resale in connection with the Citigroup
Contributed Business;
(xvii) all customer lists
and prospective customer lists, customer information, finding
broker lists, databases, trading models, and policies and
procedures, in each case primarily utilized or prepared in
connection with the Citigroup Contributed Business;
(xviii) all credits,
prepaid expenses, deferred charges, advance payments, security
deposits and prepaid items to the extent that the underlying assets
related thereto are Citigroup Contributed Assets;
(xix) all cash, bank
accounts and deposits with clearing organizations, depositories and
similar organizations which primarily relate to the Citigroup
Contributed Business;
(xx) manuals and
marketing materials (in any form or medium), including, without
limitation, advertising matter, brochures, catalogues, price lists,
mailing lists, distribution lists, photographs, production data,
and sales and promotional materials which primarily relate to or
were prepared primarily in connection with the Citigroup
Contributed Business;
(xxi) all rights,
privileges and claims to the extent relating to any of the other
Citigroup Contributed Assets or the Citigroup Contributed
Business;
(xxii) Tax documentation
obtained from customers (such as IRS Forms W-8, W-9 or similar
forms under federal, state, local or foreign Law) or such other
forms, certifications or information (including, electronic
records) that a contributing party, as payor, is permitted to rely
on (collectively, “ Citigroup Tax Documentation
”), such Citigroup Tax Documentation to be contributed or
made available to the Company in such a manner that, to the extent
possible after the use of commercially reasonable efforts, permits
the Company to rely on such Citigroup Tax Documentation under
applicable Law;
(xxiii) those assets
identified on Schedule 1.1(a)(1); and
(xxiv) the IIG/IFG/CCI
Business and the Managed Futures Business;
provided , however , that the Citigroup
Contributed Assets shall in each case exclude all Citigroup
Excluded Assets.
“ Citigroup Contributed Business
” means (i) the business reflected in the Financial
Statements of the Citigroup Contributed Business, which includes
Citigroup’s retail brokerage and futures business operated
under the name “Smith Barney” in the United States and
Australia and operated under the name “Quilter” in the
United Kingdom, Ireland and the Channel Islands, and (ii) the
IIG/IFG/CCI Business and the Managed Futures Business;
provided , however , that the Citigroup Contributed
Business shall exclude all Citigroup Excluded Assets, Citigroup
Excluded Liabilities and the Citigroup Excluded
Businesses.
“ Citigroup Contributed Business
Benefit Plan ” has the meaning set forth in the Employee
Matters Agreement.
“ Citigroup Contributed Business
Individuals ” has the meaning set forth in the Employee
Matters Agreement.
“ Citigroup Contributed Contracts
” means any contracts or agreements, other than any Benefit
Plan, to which Citigroup or any of its Subsidiaries is a party that
relate primarily to the conduct of the Citigroup Contributed
Business.
“ Citigroup Contributed Equity
Interests ” means the limited liability company
interests, stock or other equity interests of the Citigroup
Contributed Subsidiaries.
“ Citigroup Contributed IP ”
means all Intellectual Property that is (i) owned by Citigroup or a
Subsidiary of Citigroup (including the Citigroup Contributed
Subsidiaries) and (ii) primarily used or held for use with respect
to the Citigroup Contributed Business, including in any event the
Trademark “Smith Barney” and “Quilter”, but
shall not include, in any event, the Trademark
“Citigroup”.
“ Citigroup Contributed Liabilities
” means the following: (i) all free credit and
other customer balances of Citigroup and its Subsidiaries related
to the Citigroup Contributed Business, including but not limited to
amounts withheld on customer transactions and payable to
Governmental Authorities, to the extent such free credit and other
customer balances are reflected on the Final Balance Sheet of the
Citigroup Contributed Business; (ii) all obligations of Citigroup
and its Subsidiaries under the Citigroup Contributed Contracts,
Citigroup’s Contributed Real Property Leases,
Citigroup’s Contributed IP Licenses and the other contracts
and agreements constituting part of the Citigroup Contributed
Assets, in each case to the extent arising from the operation of
the Citigroup Contributed Business or the ownership of the
Citigroup Contributed Assets following the Closing; (iii)
liabilities to the extent relating to the Citigroup Contributed
Business, to the extent they are reflected on the Final Balance
Sheet of the Citigroup Contributed Business; (iv) all liabilities
of the Citigroup Contributed Subsidiaries arising under the
Transaction Documents; (v) those liabilities of Citigroup and/or
its Subsidiaries agreed to be assumed or retained by the Company
Entities under the Employee Matters Agreement or in respect of the
Citigroup Contributed Subsidiary Benefit Plans and all liabilities
in respect of other contracts and agreements of Citigroup or its
Subsidiaries primarily relating to any Citigroup Transferred Plan;
(vi) all Accounts Payable of the Citigroup Contributed Business to
the extent they are reflected on the Final Balance Sheet of the
Citigroup Contributed Business; (vii) the obligation to repurchase
securities sold under repurchase agreements and not yet repurchased
and attributable to the Citigroup Contributed Business to the
extent they are reflected on the Final Balance Sheet of the
Citigroup Contributed Business; and (viii) liabilities to the
extent relating to the IIG/IFG/CCI Business the Managed Futures
Business.
“ Citigroup Contributed Research ."
means all Intellectual Property or other proprietary rights to the
extent owned by Citigroup or its Subsidiaries and included or
otherwise embodied in Research (as defined in the Citigroup
Research Agreement) and Models (as defined in the Citigroup
Research Agreement) created prior to the Closing Date by the
Citigroup Research Employees (as defined in the Employee Matters
Agreement), including but not limited to the following
publications: the “PCG Equity Model Portfolio”, the
“PCG Small & Mid-Cap Equity Model Portfolio”, the
“PCG ETF Model Portfolio”, the “PCG International
ETF Focus List”, the “PCG Pan European Model
Portfolio”, the “PCG Asia Focus List” and the
“Current Outlook”.
“ Citigroup Contributed
Subsidiaries ” means the Subsidiaries of Citigroup listed
on Schedule 1.1(b)(1).
“ Citigroup Contributed Subsidiary
Benefit Plan ” has the meaning set forth in the Employee
Matters Agreement.
“ Citigroup Delayed Contribution
Assets ” means the Citigroup Contributed Assets of the
business described on Schedule 1.1(a)(3) .
“ Citigroup Delayed Contribution
Business ” means Citigroup Delayed Contribution Assets
and the related Citigroup Delayed Contribution
Liabilities.
“ Citigroup Delayed Contribution
Liabilities ” means the Citigroup Contributed Liabilities
of the business described on Schedule 1.1(a)(3) .
“ Citigroup Delayed Distribution
Assets ” means the Citigroup Excluded Assets of the
business described on Schedule 1.1(a)(4) .
“ Citigroup Delayed Distribution
Business ” means Citigroup Delayed Distribution Assets
and the Citigroup Delayed Distribution Liabilities.
“ Citigroup Delayed Distribution
Liabilities ” means the Citigroup Excluded Liabilities of
the business described on Schedule 1.1(a)(4) .
“ Citigroup Disclosure Letter
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
“ Citigroup Employment Agreements
” has the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters
Agreement.
“ Citigroup Entities ” means
Citigroup and its Subsidiaries other than the Citigroup Contributed
Subsidiaries and other than the Company Entities.
“ Citigroup Equity Awards ”
means the option, restricted stock and other equity grants made to
the Citigroup Transferees prior to the Service Transfer
Date.
“ Citigroup Excluded Assets ”
means (i) any asset listed on Schedule 1.1(c)(1), (ii) any asset
not utilized, or held for use, primarily in the conduct of the
Citigroup Contributed Business that is not otherwise contemplated
to be contributed to the Company pursuant to any Transaction
Document, (iii) any asset otherwise expressly contemplated by any
provision of this Agreement or any Transaction Document not to be
contributed to the Company and that is not reflected on the Final
Balance Sheet of the Citigroup Contributed Business, and (iv) all
membership and trading privileges held or used by Citigroup and any
of its Affiliates.
“ Citigroup Excluded Businesses
” means the businesses, activities and operations of
Citigroup and its Subsidiaries other than the Citigroup Contributed
Business.
“ Citigroup Excluded Employment
Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in the Employee
Matters Agreement.
“ Citigroup Excluded Liabilities
” means any liability, obligation or duty of Citigroup or any
of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, whether or not related to the
Citigroup Contributed Business, that is not expressly contemplated
by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to be a
Citigroup Contributed Liability, including but not limited to
Excluded Claims, Citigroup Excluded Employment Liabilities and
Citigroup Excluded Taxes.
“ Citigroup Excluded Taxes ”
means any liability, obligation or commitment, whether or not
accrued, assessed or currently due and payable: (i) for any Taxes
imposed on or payable by the Citigroup Entities or with respect to
the Citigroup Excluded
Businesses, Citigroup Excluded
Assets or Citigroup Excluded Liabilities for any taxable period;
provided , however , that in the case of any
Citigroup Delayed Distribution Business this clause (i) shall apply
solely with respect to Pre-Closing Tax Periods; (ii) for any Taxes
imposed on or payable by the Citigroup Contributed Subsidiaries or
with respect to the Citigroup Contributed Business, the Citigroup
Contributed Assets or the Citigroup Contributed Liabilities with
respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period; (iii) for any Taxes of or
imposed on any of the Citigroup Contributed Subsidiaries as a
result of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6(a) (or any similar
provision of state, local or foreign Law) as a result of having
been a member of any consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated
group prior to the Closing; (iv) for any Taxes resulting from any
extraordinary transaction outside the ordinary course of business
undertaken by Citigroup or any of its Affiliates in anticipation of
the Closing, including (x) Taxes with respect to the Citigroup
Reorganization (other than Transfer Taxes required to be borne by
Morgan Stanley pursuant to Section 4.5(h)) and (y) Taxes with
respect to the transactions contemplated by Section 4.10(d); (v)
for any obligation or other liability of a Citigroup Contributed
Subsidiary to indemnify any other Person in respect of or relating
to Taxes or to pay an amount pursuant to a Tax sharing or Tax
allocation agreement (other than any obligation or liability
arising under an agreement entered into by a Citigroup Contributed
Subsidiary after the Closing); and (vi) for any Transfer Taxes to
the extent required to be borne by Citigroup pursuant to Section
4.5(h).
“ Citigroup Introducing Assets
” means the Citigroup Contributed Assets, but excluding the
Citigroup Self-Clearing Assets and Citigroup Delayed Contribution
Assets. For the avoidance of doubt, Citigroup
Introducing Assets shall include margin loans relating to the
Citigroup Contributed Business conducted in Australia.
“ Citigroup Introducing Business
” means the Citigroup Contributed Business, but excluding the
Citigroup Self-Clearing Business and the Citigroup Delayed
Contribution Business (and, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding
the Citigroup Delayed Distribution Business).
“ Citigroup Introducing Liabilities
” means the Citigroup Contributed Liabilities, but excluding
the Citigroup Self-Clearing Liabilities and the Citigroup Delayed
Contribution Liabilities.
“ Citigroup Introducing Tangible Book
Value ” means, as of the Closing Date, (i) the total
assets minus goodwill and other intangibles (excluding COLI) minus
total liabilities of the Citigroup Introducing Business and
Citigroup Delayed Contribution Business (excluding the IIG/IFG/CCI
Business and the Managed Futures Business), in each case based on
the respective amounts shown on the Final Closing Balance Sheet of
the Citigroup Introducing Business and Citigroup Delayed
Contribution Business, as determined in accordance with Section
2.10, minus (ii) the amount of the Class A Preferred Interests,
valued at the Liquidation Preference thereof, issued on the Closing
Date pursuant to Section 2.4(b).
“ Citigroup Key Contributed Business
Individual ” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.1(b)(v).
“ Citigroup Reorganization ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
“ Citigroup Securities Clearing
Agreement ” means the Fully Disclosed Clearing Agreement
by and between Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley
Smith Barney LLC, dated as of May 1, 2009, as amended by Amendment
No. 1 dated May 12, 2009, as it may be further amended from time to
time.
“ Citigroup Self-Clearing Assets
” means the Citigroup Contributed Assets of the business
reflected in Schedule 1.1(a)(5) .
“ Citigroup Self-Clearing Business
” means the Citigroup Self-Clearing Assets and the Citigroup
Self-Clearing Liabilities.
“ Citigroup Self-Clearing Date
” means each date on which the conversion of Customer
Accounts as determined by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and the
Company pursuant to either (i) Section 13.03 of the Citigroup
Securities Clearing Agreement or (ii) Section 13.03 of the Futures
Clearing Agreement of Citigroup is actually effected to render such
accounts fully self-cleared (as such term is used in the definition
of Customer Account in the Citigroup Securities Clearing Agreement
and in the definition of Customer Futures Account in the Futures
Clearing Agreement of Citigroup).
“ Citigroup Self-Clearing
Liabilities ” means the Citigroup Contributed Liabilities
of the business reflected in Schedule 1.1(a)(5) , but
excluding the Citigroup Delayed Contribution
Liabilities.
“ Citigroup Self-Clearing Tangible Book
Value ” means (i) the total assets minus goodwill and
other intangibles (excluding COLI) minus total liabilities of the
Citigroup Self-Clearing Business (excluding the IIG/IFG/CCI
Business and the Managed Futures Business), in each case based on
the respective aggregate amounts shown on all of the Final
Self-Clearing Balance Sheet(s) of the Citigroup Self-Clearing
Business, as determined in accordance with Section 2.11, minus (ii)
the aggregate amount of the Class A Preferred Interests, valued at
the Liquidation Preference thereof, issued on the Self-Clearing
Dates pursuant to Section 2.5(a).
“ Citigroup Transferees ” has
the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.
“ Citigroup Transferors ”
means Citigroup and each Subsidiary of Citigroup that owns (or, in
the case of Citigroup Contributed Liabilities, is responsible for),
as of January 13, 2009 or as of the Closing Date, any Citigroup
Self-Clearing Date, or any Delayed Contribution Date, as
applicable, (i) any equity interest in any Citigroup Contributed
Subsidiary, (ii) any Citigroup Contributed Assets or (iii) any
Citigroup Contributed Liabilities.
“ Citigroup Transferred Plan
” has the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters
Agreement.
“ Claim ” means any and all
actions, suits, litigation, complaints, demands, claims or
counterclaims or legal, administrative or arbitral proceedings,
information requests or investigations or Orders.
“ Class A Preferred Interests
” has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
“ Clearing Firm ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 7.5.
“ Closing ” has the meaning
and consists of the transactions set forth in Section
2.3.
“ Closing Date ” means May
31, 2009.
“ Closing Date Cash Funding Amount
” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Company ” has the meaning
set forth in the preamble hereto.
“ Company Entities ” means
the Company and, from time to time, its Subsidiaries, giving effect
to the Closing.
“ Compliance Requirements ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(k).
“ Compliance Ruling ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.5(k).
“ Confidentiality Agreement ”
means the letter agreement, dated as of December 3, 2008, by and
between Citigroup and Morgan Stanley, as it may be amended from
time to time.
“ Consent ” means any consent
(including any “negative consent”), approval,
authorization, waiver, grant, franchise, concession, agreement,
license, exemption or other Permit or Order of, registration,
declaration or filing with, or report or notice to, any
Person.
“ Contributed Assets ” means
the Citigroup Contributed Assets or the Morgan Stanley Contributed
Assets, or both, as the context requires.
“ Contributed Business Individuals
” has the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters
Agreement.
“ Contributed Businesses ”
means the Citigroup Contributed Business and the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Business, or either of them, as the context
requires.
“ Contributed IP Licenses ”
means, with respect to a Party, any license, consent, royalty or
other agreement concerning any Intellectual Property licensed to
such Party or a Subsidiary of such Party and used or held for use
primarily with respect to such Party’s Contributed
Business.
“ Contributed Leased Real Property
” means, with respect to Citigroup, the real property
occupied or used by Citigroup or one of its Subsidiaries or other
Affiliates pursuant to a Contributed Real Property Lease located at
the addresses set forth on Schedule 1.1(d)(1) and, with respect to
Morgan Stanley, the real property occupied or used by Morgan
Stanley or one of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates pursuant to
a Contributed Real Property Lease located at the addresses set
forth on Schedule 1.1(d)(2), in each case to the extent set forth
on the applicable Schedule.
“ Contributed Liabilities ”
means the Citigroup Contributed Liabilities or the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Liabilities, or both, as the context
requires.
“ Contributed Real Property ”
means, with respect to Citigroup, the real property owned in fee by
Citigroup or one of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates described
on Schedule 1.1(e)(1).
“ Contributed Real Property Lease
” means any lease or sublease (or allocable portion thereof)
by or under which Citigroup or one of its Subsidiaries or other
Affiliates or Morgan Stanley or one of its Subsidiaries or other
Affiliates holds a leasehold interest or uses or occupies or has
the right to use or occupy any Contributed Leased Real Property or
any portion thereof or interest therein.
“ Contributed Subsidiary ”
means a Citigroup Contributed Subsidiary or a Morgan Stanley
Contributed Subsidiary, as the context requires.
“ Controlling Party ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.6(b)(i).
“ Controlling Tax Party ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(b)(iv).
“ CPA Firm ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.10(b).
“ Customer Accounts ” has the
meaning, as applicable, (i) given to such term in the Citigroup
Securities Clearing Agreement or the Morgan Stanley Securities
Clearing Agreement, or (ii) given to “Customer Futures
Accounts” in the Futures Clearing Agreements.
“ Deductible ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.3(a)(ii).
“ Delayed Contribution Business
” means a Citigroup Delayed Contribution Business and a
Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution Business, or either of them, as
the context requires.
“ Delayed Contribution Date ”
means, with respect to a Citigroup Delayed Contribution Business or
Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution Business, the third Business
Day following the date on which all of the Delayed Contribution
Conditions for such Citigroup Delayed Contribution Business or
Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution Business are satisfied, or such
other date as may be mutually agreed by Citigroup and Morgan
Stanley; provided that the Delayed Contribution Date for the
Citigroup Contributed Research shall be the Transfer Date (as such
term is defined in the Research
Agreement of Citigroup) and that the
Delayed Contribution Date for the Morgan Stanley Contributed
Research shall be the Transfer Date (as such term is defined in the
Research Agreement of Morgan Stanley).
“ Delayed Contribution Conditions
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).
“ Delayed Distribution Date ”
means, with respect to a Citigroup Delayed Distribution Business or
Morgan Stanley Delayed Distribution Business, the third Business
Day following the date on which all of the Delayed Distribution
Conditions for such Citigroup Delayed Distribution Business or
Morgan Stanley Delayed Distribution Business, respectively, are
satisfied, or such other date as may be mutually agreed by
Citigroup and Morgan Stanley.
“ Delayed Distribution Conditions
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).
“ Delayed Transfer Individuals
” has the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters
Agreement.
“ Delivering Party ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).
“ De Minimis Loss ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.3(a)(i).
“ Deposit Sweep Agreement ”
means the agreement in the form of Exhibit B hereto, to be entered
into pursuant to Section 2.4, as it may be amended from time to
time.
“ Designated Representatives
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).
“ Distribution Agreements ”
means agreements in the forms of Exhibits C-1 and C-2 hereto, to be
entered into pursuant to Section 2.4, as they may be amended from
time to time.
“ EMEA GSPS and ESOP Business
” means the business of providing stock plan related services
to non-US corporations or the representatives or agents of such
corporations and the current and former employees of the
corporation who participate in the stock plan(s) of the
corporation, and certain support services to US corporations or the
representatives or agents of such corporations in respect
of current or former employees of such corporations residing
outside the US.
“ Employee Benefit Plan ” has
the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.
“ Employee Matters Agreement
” means the agreement in the form of Exhibit D hereto, to be
entered into pursuant to Section 2.4, as it may be amended from
time to time.
“ Employment Agreement ” has
the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.
“ ERISA ” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Escrow Agreement ” means
the Escrow Agreement dated as of the date hereof among Citigroup,
Morgan Stanley and The Bank of New York, as Escrow Agent (the
“Escrow Agent”), as it may be amended from time to
time.
“ Excess Flow-Through Income
” shall mean the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of income
required to be included by a member with respect to a Contributed
Subsidiary that is treated, for federal income tax purposes, as a
partnership or as a “controlled foreign corporation”
(within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code) with respect to
a taxable year of such Contributed Subsidiary that includes (but
does not end on) the Closing Date, over (ii) the amount of income
that would have been required to be included by such member with
respect to such Contributed Subsidiary if the taxable year of such
Contributed Subsidiary had ended on the Closing Date and the
taxable income of such Contributed Subsidiary through the end of
the Closing Date had been determined based on a “closing of
the books.”
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Excluded Businesses ” means
the Citigroup Excluded Businesses or the Morgan Stanley Excluded
Businesses, or both, as the context requires.
“ Excluded Claims ” means,
with respect to either Party, Losses arising in connection with or
relating to a Claim asserted against the other Party, the Company,
any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, any Contributed
Subsidiary or with respect to any Contributed Assets or the
Contributed Business of that Party, in any case which arise from or
in connection with an action, omission to act, condition or event
(or series of related actions, omissions, conditions or events)
that first occurred at or prior to the Closing, including but not
limited to litigation referred to in Section 6.6(g), unless such
action, omission, condition or event (or series of related actions,
omissions, conditions or events) continues for more than one year
after the Closing (in which case such Claim and any Losses arising
therefrom shall be an Excluded Claim only to the extent relating to
any pre-Closing period).
“ Excluded Liabilities ”
means, in the case of Citigroup, the Citigroup Excluded
Liabilities, and, in the case of Morgan Stanley, the Morgan Stanley
Excluded Liabilities, or both of them, as the context
requires.
“ FID Inventory ” means all
of, and to the extent of, the right, title and interest of Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated in the securities and other assets
and short obligations referred to on Schedule 1.1(a)(10)
hereto relating to the Morgan Stanley fixed income trading business
within Global Wealth Management.
“ Final Balance Sheet ” means
the “Final Closing Balance Sheet” in the case of
Introducing Assets and Liabilities, and the “Final
Self-Clearing Balance Sheet” in the case of Self-Clearing
Assets and Self Clearing Liabilities.
“ Final Closing Balance Sheet
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b).
“ Final Self-Clearing Balance Sheet
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(d).
“ Financial Statements of the Citigroup
Contributed Business ” means the consolidated unaudited
balance sheet of the Citigroup Contributed Business (excluding the
IIG/IFG/CCI Business and the Managed Futures Business) as of
November 30, 2008 and the consolidated unaudited statements of
income of the Citigroup Contributed Business for the twelve-month
period ending on December 31, 2008, which are attached to this
Agreement as Schedule 1.1(f)(1).
“ Financial Statements of the Morgan
Stanley Contributed Business ” means the consolidated
unaudited balance sheet of the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business
as of November 30, 2008 and the consolidated unaudited statements
of income of the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business for the
twelve-month period ending on December 31, 2008, which are attached
to this Agreement as Schedule 1.1(f)(2).
“ FINRA ” means the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority.
“ Futures Clearing Agreements
” means agreements in the forms of Exhibits E-1 and E-2
hereto, to be entered into pursuant to Section 2.4, as they may be
amended from time to time.
“ GAAP ” means generally
accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States
from time to time.
“ General Transition Services
Agreements ” means the agreements in the forms of
Exhibits F-1 and F-2 hereto, to be entered into pursuant to Section
2.4, as they may be amended from time to time.
“ Governmental Approval ”
means any Consent of, with or to any Governmental Authority, and
includes any applicable waiting periods associated with any
Governmental Approvals.
“ Governmental Authority ”
means any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof, any entity, authority or body exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government, including, without
limitation, any government authority, agency, department, board,
body, commission or instrumentality of the United States or foreign
nation, or any state or other political subdivision thereof, and
any court, tribunal or arbitrator, and any self-regulatory
organization (including FINRA or any national securities
exchange).
“ Guaranty ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 7.4.
“ HSR Act ” means the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ IIG/IFG/CCI Business ”
means the business conducted by the financial advisors of the
Institutional Fixed Income Group and Institutional Investor Group
and the Corporate Cash Investment Group hired by the Company
pursuant to the terms set forth on Exhibit A .
“ Indemnitees ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.2.
“ Indemnitor ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.2.
“ Infringe ” means, with
respect to Intellectual Property, to infringe, impair, dilute or
otherwise violate. “ Infringement ”
shall have a correlative meaning.
“ Initial Citigroup Member ”
means any directly or indirectly Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of
Citigroup to become a member of the Company at the
Closing.
“ Initial Members ” means, in
the case of Citigroup, each Initial Citigroup Member, and, in the
case of Morgan Stanley, each Initial Morgan Stanley Member, or both
the Initial Citigroup Members and the Initial Morgan Stanley
Members, as the context requires.
“ Initial Morgan Stanley Member
” means any directly or indirectly Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of
Morgan Stanley to become a member of the Company at the
Closing.
“ Intellectual Property ”
means all intellectual property rights under any Law, including,
without limitation: (a) (i) inventions, discoveries, processes,
designs, techniques, and related improvements, whether or not
patented or patentable; (ii) trademarks, trade dress, service
marks, service names, trade names, brand names, logos, Internet
domain names, business symbols, or other source indicators, and all
goodwill associated therewith and all common law rights relating
thereto (collectively, “ Trademarks ”); (iii)
copyrights and works of authorship in any media; (iv) know-how,
trade secrets, customer lists and confidential or proprietary
information and data; and (v) rights of publicity and privacy,
“name and likeness” rights and other similar rights;
(b) all applications, registrations, patents, certifications, and
recordings related thereto; (c) all rights to obtain renewals,
extensions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues,
divisions or similar legal protections related thereto; and (d) all
rights to bring an action at law or in equity for the Infringement
of the foregoing before the Closing Date, including the right to
receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
“ Introducing Assets and
Liabilities ” means the Citigroup Introducing Assets and
Citigroup Introducing Liabilities, and the Morgan Stanley
Introducing Assets and Morgan Stanley Introducing Liabilities, as
applicable.
“ IRS ” means the Internal
Revenue Service of the United States Department of
Treasury.
“ Law ” means any law
(including but not limited to common law), constitution, treaty,
statute, code, rule, regulation, ordinance or other pronouncement
of a Governmental Authority having a similar effect and any
Order.
“ LIBOR ” means the rate
per annum appearing on Telerate Page 3750 (or any successor
page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S.
dollars having a maturity of one month at 11:00 a.m. (London time)
two Business Days prior to the date of payment.
“ Lien ” means any lien,
security interest, pledge, charge, encumbrance, claim or similar
right.
“ LLC Agreement ” means the
agreement in the form of Exhibit G hereto, to be entered into
pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof, as it may be amended from time to
time.
“ Loss ” and “
Losses ” have the meanings set forth in Section
6.2.
“ Managed Futures Balance Sheet
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13.
“ Managed Futures Business ”
means the managed futures business reflected in the Managed Futures
Financial Statements.
“ Managed Futures Contribution Date
” means the date on which the Managed Futures Business is
contributed to the Company in accordance with Section 2.6(h)
hereof.
“ Managed Futures Financial
Statements ” means (i) the Managed Futures Balance Sheet
and (ii) the consolidated unaudited statement of income of the
Managed Futures Business for the twelve-month period ended on
December 31, 2008 which is attached to this Agreement as Schedule
1.1(a)(2).
“ Managed Futures SLAs ”
means any agreements or understandings relating to the Managed
Futures Business (whether written or unwritten) to which any
Citigroup Entity is a party and which, following the contribution
of the Managed Futures Business in accordance with Section 2.6(h)
hereof, would bind or purport to bind any Company
Entity.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
means (x) with respect to a Person, a material and adverse effect
on the business, operations, financial condition or results of
operations of such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or (y) with respect to a Contributed Business, a material adverse
effect on such Contributed Business or the business, operations,
financial condition or results of operations of such Contributed
Business, taken as a whole; provided , however ,
that, in the case of clause (x) or (y), to the extent such change,
event, development, condition, occurrence or effect results from
any of the following, it shall not in and of itself constitute or
be taken into account in determining whether there has been a
Material Adverse Effect: (i) changes in the general
economy or securities markets of the United States or elsewhere,
including but not limited to market price and trading volume
fluctuations and changes in interest rates and exchange rates, (ii)
changes in the financial services business generally or the
portions thereof in which
the Contributed Businesses operate
generally, (iii) any effects or conditions caused by the
announcement or performance of this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document
and the identity of the Parties or their Affiliates, including,
without limitation, the impact thereof on relationships with
employees (including financial advisors) and customers of the
Contributed Business, (iv) any changes or developments in any
political conditions in the United States or elsewhere, including
any outbreak of major hostilities in which the United States is
involved, any act of terrorism within the United States or
elsewhere or any declaration of war, (v) any changes that result
from natural disasters, except to the extent directly impacting the
assets or properties of the applicable Person or the applicable
Contributed Business, (vi) any changes in (A) any Law
(including any interpretation or enforcement thereof by any
Governmental Authority) or (B) GAAP or regulatory accounting
or capital requirements applicable to U.S. banking, brokerage or
financial services organizations generally, (vii) any failure of
the financial or operating performance of either Party’s
Contributed Business to meet any internal projections or budgets or
any estimates of revenues or earnings for any period of time prior
to, on or after the date of this Agreement, provided that
the underlying cause of any failure by such Contributed Business to
meet any internal projections or budgets or any estimates of
revenues or earnings and its impact on the financial condition,
businesses or results of operations of such Contributed Business
may be considered in determining whether there has been a Material
Adverse Effect (to the extent not otherwise excluded hereunder),
and (viii) any effects or conditions caused by or resulting from
any action taken or omitted to be taken that (A) is required to be
taken or omitted by either Party or its Subsidiaries under this
Agreement or (B) is by or at the written request or with the
written consent of the other Party ( provided ,
however , that such matters in the case of clauses (i), (ii)
and (iv) shall be taken into account in determining whether there
has been a Material Adverse Effect to the extent of any
disproportionate impact on the applicable Person or applicable
Contributed Business, as the case may be, taken as a whole,
relative to the other participants operating in the same industries
and geographic markets as such Person or Contributed Business, as
the case may be). For the avoidance of doubt, no change
or development in the business, operations, financial condition,
results of operations, or credit, financial strength or other
ratings, of a Party or any of its Affiliates (other than the
Contributed Business of such Party) (any such event, a “
Parent Event ”) shall be deemed to constitute a
Material Adverse Effect on such Party's Contributed Business, nor
shall any such Parent Event be taken into account in determining
whether a Material Adverse Effect on such Party's Contributed
Business has occurred or is reasonably like to occur, except to the
extent that such Parent Event (or the underlying cause of such
Parent Event) directly and adversely affects the business,
operations, financial condition or results of operations of such
Party's Contributed Business, taken as a whole, subject to the
limitations set forth above in this definition.
“ Material Contracts ” means,
with respect to a Party, each of the following to which such Party
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and that relate primarily to
its Contributed Business, or by which its Contributed Assets or
Contributed Subsidiaries are bound:
(i) agreements with a
Third Party (other than distribution, sub-advisory, IT consulting
and other similar arrangements entered into in the ordinary course)
for the purchase of services, materials, supplies, merchandise or
equipment (A) in an aggregate amount for the unexpired term thereof
equal to or greater than $10 million or (B) providing for the
payment (or potential liability for payment) of a penalty
(including but not limited to any early termination fee, prepayment
penalty or similar charge), fee or any other amount during or after
the unexpired term thereof equal to or greater than $5
million;
(ii) broker’s or
finder’s agreements as to which the total fees payable
thereunder could reasonably be expected to exceed
$1,000,000;
(iii) agreements under
which administrative and other services are provided to or on
behalf of a Third Party (other than advisory agreements entered
into in the ordinary course) and which provide for an aggregate
payment for the unexpired term thereof in excess of $10
million;
(iv) reimbursement
agreements, non-financial repurchase agreements and equipment
leases with a Third Party providing for aggregate payments in
excess of $10,000,000;
(v) Contributed Real
Property Leases having an unexpired lease term of more than five
years and an annual rent in excess of $10,000,000;
(vi) agreements
prohibiting or materially restricting the ability of a Party or any
of its Subsidiaries or key employees to conduct its Contributed
Business, operate its Contributed Business in any geographical area
or compete with any Person in its Contributed Business or
containing exclusivity, preferred provider, most favored nation,
take-or-pay or similar restrictions;
(vii) agreements which
require the referral of any business or require such Party’s
Contributed Subsidiaries or such Party’s Contributed Business
to make available investment or other business opportunities or
products or services on a priority, equal or exclusive
basis;
(viii) agreements, any of
the benefits of which will be reduced, increased, accelerated,
delayed or otherwise modified by virtue of the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby in any respect material to the
Company Entities as a whole; and
(ix) agreements which
(or the violation of which) would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
“ Membership Interests ” has
the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
“ Morgan Stanley ” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“ Morgan Stanley Clearing
Agreements ” shall mean each of the Morgan Stanley
Securities Clearing Agreement and the Futures Clearing Agreement of
Morgan Stanley.
“ Morgan Stanley Contributed Assets
” means all assets (real, personal, mixed, tangible or
intangible) of Morgan Stanley or any of its Subsidiaries, in each
case that are utilized, or held for use, primarily in the conduct
of the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business, other than any such
asset the use of which is expressly being provided after the
Closing pursuant to a Transaction Document (other than the Morgan
Stanley Clearing Agreements), which shall include, in any event,
the following:
(i) all assets (real,
personal, mixed, tangible or intangible) reflected on the Final
Balance Sheet of the Morgan Stanley Contributed
Business;
(ii) the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Equity Interests;
(iii) Morgan
Stanley’s Contributed Real Property;
(iv) Morgan
Stanley’s Contributed Real Property Leases, including any
security deposits paid thereunder;
(v) Morgan
Stanley’s Contributed IP Licenses and the Morgan Stanley
Contributed IP;
(vi) all furniture,
fixtures, equipment (including but not limited to telephones,
telephone numbers, switches, servers, computers, printers,
scanners, and data processing equipment), machinery, automobiles,
office supply inventories, and other tangible personal property
utilized primarily in the Morgan Stanley Contributed
Business;
(vii) all contracts and
agreements between Morgan Stanley or one of its Subsidiaries, on
the one hand, and any customer of the Morgan Stanley Contributed
Business, on the other, pursuant to which services of the Morgan
Stanley Contributed Business are to be delivered to such customer,
including any assets or rights (including any funds or securities
and any commodity positions) of customers that are held by Morgan
Stanley and its Subsidiaries pursuant to any such contract or
agreement, including for distribution or payment or as
collateral;
(viii) all margin and
other customer debit balances of Morgan Stanley and its
Subsidiaries related to the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business to
the extent reflected on the Final Balance Sheet of the Morgan
Stanley Contributed Business;
(ix) the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Contracts;
(x) copies of all of
the books and records in any form or medium of Morgan Stanley and
its Subsidiaries to the extent related to the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Business (including personnel records, customer
records, transaction histories, correspondence files and other
records relating to dealings with customers of the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Business), other than (A) books and records (or copies
thereof) to the extent they relate to the Morgan Stanley Excluded
Businesses (it being understood that
books and records that relate both
to the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business and the Morgan Stanley
Excluded Businesses shall be copied and a copy thereof shall be
included within the Morgan Stanley Contributed Assets) and (B) any
income Tax Returns of any Morgan Stanley Entity or any group of
entities that includes a Morgan Stanley Entity;
(xi) all rights,
claims, credits, causes of action, rights of recovery and rights of
set-off of any kind to the extent relating to the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Assets, including any unliquidated rights under
manufacturers’ and vendors’ warranties;
(xii) all Accounts
Receivable to the extent reflected on the Final Balance Sheet of
the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business, including but not limited
to employee loans;
(xiii) all customer
accounts of the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business and the
customer relationships and goodwill relating thereto;
(xiv) all federal,
state, municipal, foreign and other Permits held or used by Morgan
Stanley and any of its Affiliates primarily in connection with the
Morgan Stanley Contributed Business, to the extent
transferable;
(xv) Morgan Stanley
Transferred Plans and the assets set aside in respect thereof
(whether in separate funding vehicles or denominated for the
funding of benefits thereof on the books and records of Morgan
Stanley or any of its Subsidiaries), assets related to Morgan
Stanley Contributed Subsidiary Benefit Plans in addition to those
held by Morgan Stanley Contributed Subsidiaries or pursuant to
trusts, insurance policies or other funding vehicles which are
transferred to, or assumed by, the Company or one of the Company
Entities by virtue of the contribution to the Company of the Morgan
Stanley Contributed Subsidiaries, and those contracts and
agreements of Morgan Stanley or its Subsidiaries primarily relating
to any Morgan Stanley Transferred Plan (but only if the Company has
expressly agreed to administer such Morgan Stanley Transferred Plan
pursuant to the terms of any Transaction Document);
(xvi) all securities
held for investment or resale in connection with the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Business;
(xvii) all customer lists
and prospective customer lists, customer information, finding
broker lists, databases, trading models, and policies and
procedures, in each case primarily utilized or prepared in
connection with the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business;
(xviii) all credits,
prepaid expenses, deferred charges, advance payments, security
deposits and prepaid items to the extent that the underlying assets
related thereto are Morgan Stanley Contributed Assets;
(xix) all cash, bank
accounts and deposits with clearing organizations, depositories and
similar organizations which primarily relate to the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Business;
(xx) manuals and
marketing materials (in any form or medium), including, without
limitation, advertising matter, brochures, catalogues, price lists,
mailing lists, distribution lists, photographs, production data,
and sales and promotional materials which primarily relate to or
were prepared primarily in connection with the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Business;
(xxi) all rights,
privileges and claims to the extent relating to any of the other
Morgan Stanley Contributed Assets or the Morgan Stanley Contributed
Business;
(xxii) Tax documentation
obtained from customers (such as IRS Forms W-8, W-9 or similar
forms under federal, state, local or foreign Law) or such other
forms, certifications or information (including, electronic
records) that a contributing party, as payor, is permitted to rely
on (collectively, “ Morgan Stanley Tax Documentation
”), such Morgan Stanley Tax Documentation to be contributed
or made available to the Company in such a manner that, to the
extent possible after the use of commercially reasonable efforts,
permits the Company to rely on such Morgan Stanley Tax
Documentation under applicable Law;
(xxiii) a 100%
participation interest in existing BusinesScape loans and loan
commitments, including all payments received pursuant to any
existing referral agreements with third-party lenders, held by
Morgan Stanley Commercial Financial Services, Inc.; and
(xxiv) the FID
Inventory;
provided , however , that the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Assets shall in each case exclude all Morgan Stanley
Excluded Assets.
“ Morgan Stanley Contributed
Business ” means the business reflected in the Financial
Statements of the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business, which
includes Morgan Stanley’s global wealth management and
private wealth management businesses; provided ,
however , that the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business shall
exclude all Morgan Stanley Excluded Assets, Morgan Stanley Excluded
Liabilities and the Morgan Stanley Excluded Businesses.
“ Morgan Stanley Contributed Business
Benefit Plan ” has the meaning set forth in the Employee
Matters Agreement.
“ Morgan Stanley Contributed Business
Individuals ” has the meaning set forth in the Employee
Matters Agreement.
“ Morgan Stanley Contributed
Contracts ” means any contracts or agreements, other than
any Benefit Plan, to which Morgan Stanley or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party that relate primarily to the conduct of the
Morgan Stanley Contributed Business.
“ Morgan Stanley Contributed Equity
Interests ” means the limited liability company
interests, stock or other equity interests of the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Subsidiaries.
“ Morgan Stanley Contributed IP
” means all Intellectual Property that is (i) owned by Morgan
Stanley or a Subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (including the Morgan
Stanley Contributed Subsidiaries) and (ii) primarily used or held
for use with respect to the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business
including in any event the Trademark “Dean Witter”, but
shall not include, in any event, the Trademark “Morgan
Stanley”.
“ Morgan Stanley Contributed
Liabilities ” means the following: (i) all
free credit and other customer balances of Morgan Stanley and its
Subsidiaries related to the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business,
including but not limited to amounts withheld on customer
transactions and payable to Governmental Authorities, to the extent
such free credit and other customer balances are reflected on the
Final Balance Sheet of the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business;
(ii) all obligations of Morgan Stanley and its Subsidiaries under
the Morgan Stanley Contributed Contracts, Morgan Stanley’s
Contributed Real Property Leases, Morgan Stanley’s
Contributed IP Licenses and the other contracts and agreements
constituting part of the Morgan Stanley Contributed Assets, in each
case to the extent arising from the operation of the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Business or the ownership of the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Assets following the Closing; (iii) liabilities to the
extent relating to the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business, to the
extent they are reflected on the Final Balance Sheet of the Morgan
Stanley Contributed Business; (iv) all liabilities of the Morgan
Stanley Contributed Subsidiaries arising under the Transaction
Documents; (v) those liabilities of Morgan Stanley and/or its
Subsidiaries agreed to be assumed or retained by the Company
Entities under the Employee Matters Agreement or in respect of the
Morgan Stanley Contributed Subsidiary Benefit Plans and all
liabilities in respect of other contracts and agreements of Morgan
Stanley or its Subsidiaries primarily relating to any Morgan
Stanley Transferred Plan; (vi) all Accounts Payable of the Morgan
Stanley Contributed Business to the extent they are reflected on
the Final Balance Sheet of the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business;
(vii) the obligation to repurchase securities sold under repurchase
agreements and not yet repurchased and attributable to the Morgan
Stanley Contributed Business to the extent they are reflected on
the Final Balance Sheet of the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business;
and (viii) the Repo-Related Obligation.
“ Morgan Stanley Contributed
Research ” means all Intellectual Property or other
proprietary rights to the extent owned by Morgan Stanley or its
Subsidiaries and included or otherwise embodied in Research (as
defined in the Research Agreement of Morgan Stanley) and Models (as
defined in the Research Agreement of Morgan Stanley) created prior
to the Closing Date by the Morgan Stanley Research Employees (as
defined in the Employee Matters Agreement).
“ Morgan Stanley Contributed
Subsidiaries ” means the Subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley
listed on Schedule 1.1(b)(2).
“ Morgan Stanley Contributed Subsidiary
Benefit Plan ” has the meaning set forth in the Employee
Matters Agreement.
“ Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution
Assets ” means the Morgan Stanley Contributed Assets of
the business described on Schedule 1.1(a)(6) .
“ Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution
Business ” means Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution
Assets and the related Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution
Liabilities.
“ Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution
Liabilities ” means the Morgan Stanley Contributed
Liabilities of the business described on Schedule 1.1(a)(6)
.
“ Morgan Stanley Delayed Distribution
Assets ” means the Morgan Stanley Excluded Assets of the
business described on Schedule 1.1(a)(7) .
“ Morgan Stanley Delayed Distribution
Business ” means Morgan Stanley Delayed Distribution
Assets and the Morgan Stanley Delayed Distribution
Liabilities.
“ Morgan Stanley Delayed Distribution
Liabilities ” means the Morgan Stanley Excluded
Liabilities of the business described on Schedule 1.1(a)(7)
.
“ Morgan Stanley Disclosure Letter
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
“ Morgan Stanley Employment
Agreements ” has the meaning set forth in the Employee
Matters Agreement.
“ Morgan Stanley Entities ”
means Morgan Stanley and its Subsidiaries other than the Morgan
Stanley Contributed Subsidiaries and other than the Company
Entities.
“ Morgan Stanley Equity Awards
” means the option, restricted stock and other equity grants
made to the Morgan Stanley Transferees prior to the Service
Transfer Date.
“ Morgan Stanley Excluded Assets
” means (i) any asset listed on Schedule 1.1(c)(2), (ii) any
asset not utilized, or held for use, primarily in the conduct of
the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business that is not otherwise
contemplated to be contributed to the Company pursuant to any
Transaction Document, (iii) any asset otherwise expressly
contemplated by any provision of this Agreement or any Transaction
Document not to be contributed to the Company and that is not
reflected on the Final Balance Sheet of the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Business and (iv) all membership and trading privileges
held or used by Morgan Stanley and any of its
Affiliates.
“ Morgan Stanley Excluded
Businesses ” means the businesses, activities and
operations of Morgan Stanley and its Subsidiaries other than the
Morgan Stanley Contributed Business.
“ Morgan Stanley Excluded Employment
Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in the Employee
Matters Agreement.
“ Morgan Stanley Excluded
Liabilities ” means any liability, obligation or duty of
Morgan Stanley or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, whether or
not related to the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business, that is not
expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document to be a Morgan Stanley Contributed
Liability, including but not limited
to Excluded Claims, Morgan Stanley Excluded Employment Liabilities
and Morgan Stanley Excluded Taxes.
“ Morgan Stanley Excluded Taxes
” means any liability, obligation or commitment, whether or
not accrued, assessed or currently due and payable: (i) for any
Taxes imposed on or payable by the Morgan Stanley Entities or with
respect to the Morgan Stanley Excluded Businesses, Morgan Stanley
Excluded Assets or Morgan Stanley Excluded Liabilities for any
taxable period; provided , however , in the case of
any Morgan Stanley Delayed Distribution Business this clause (i)
shall apply solely with respect to Pre-Closing Tax Periods; (ii)
for any Taxes imposed on or payable by the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Subsidiaries or with respect to the Morgan Stanley
Contributed Business, the Morgan Stanley Contributed Assets or the
Morgan Stanley Contributed Liabilities with respect to any
Pre-Closing Tax Period; (iii) for any Taxes of or imposed on any of
the Morgan Stanley Contributed Subsidiaries as a result of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1502-6(a) (or any similar provision of state,
local or foreign Law) as a result of having been a member of any
consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated group prior to the
Closing; (iv) for any Taxes resulting from any extraordinary
transaction outside the ordinary course of business undertaken by
Morgan Stanley or any of its Affiliates in anticipation of the
Closing, including (x) Taxes with respect to the Morgan Stanley
Reorganization (other than Transfer Taxes required to be borne by
Citigroup pursuant to Section 4.5(h)) and (y) Taxes with respect to
the transactions contemplated by Section 4.10(d); (v) for any
obligation or other liability of a Morgan Stanley Contributed
Subsidiary to indemnify any other Person in respect of or relating
to Taxes or to pay an amount pursuant to a Tax sharing or Tax
allocation agreement (other than any obligation or liability
arising under an agreement entered into by a Morgan Stanley
Contributed Subsidiary after the Closing); and (vi) for any
Transfer Taxes to the extent required to be borne by Morgan Stanley
pursuant to Section 4.5(h).
“ Morgan Stanley Introducing Assets
” means the Morgan Stanley Contributed Assets, but excluding
the Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing Assets and the Morgan Stanley
Delayed Contribution Assets. For the avoidance of doubt,
Morgan Stanley Introducing Assets shall include Morgan Stanley
Contributed Assets relating to the fixed income trading business
within Global Wealth Management, as referenced on Schedule
4.10(c)(2)(i).
“ Morgan Stanley Introducing
Business ” means the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business,
but excluding the Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing Business and the
Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution Business (and, for the
avoidance of doubt, excluding the Morgan Stanley Delayed
Distribution Business).
“ Morgan Stanley Introducing
Liabilities ” means the Morgan Stanley Contributed
Liabilities, but excluding the Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing
Liabilities and Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution
Liabilities. For the avoidance of doubt, Morgan Stanley
Introducing Liabilities shall include Morgan Stanley Contributed
Liabilities relating to the fixed income trading business within
Global Wealth Management, as referenced on Schedule
4.10(c)(2)(i).
“ Morgan Stanley Introducing Tangible
Book Value ” means, as of the Closing Date, (i) the total
assets (including $60 million in cash funded by the Morgan Stanley
Entities to the Company Entities prior to the Closing) minus
goodwill and other intangibles minus total liabilities of the
Morgan Stanley Introducing Business and Morgan Stanley Delayed
Contribution Business, in each case based on the respective amounts
shown on the Final Closing Balance Sheet of the Morgan Stanley
Introducing Business and Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution
Business, as determined in accordance with Section 2.10, minus (ii)
the amount of the Class A Preferred Interests, valued at the
Liquidation Preference thereof, issued on the Closing Date pursuant
to Section 2.4(c).
“ Morgan Stanley Key Contributed
Business Individual ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(b)(v).
“ Morgan Stanley Reorganization
” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(b).
“ Morgan Stanley Securities Clearing
Agreement ” means the Fully Disclosed Clearing Agreement
by and between Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Morgan
Stanley Smith Barney LLC, dated as of May 1, 2009, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 dated May 12, 2009, as it may be further amended
from time to time.
“ Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing
Assets ” means the Morgan Stanley Contributed Assets of
the business reflected in Schedule 1.1(a)(8) .
“ Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing
Business ” means the Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing Assets
and the Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing Liabilities.
“ Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing Date
” means each date on which the conversion of Customer
Accounts as determined by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and
the Company pursuant to either (i) Section 13.03 of the Morgan
Stanley Securities Clearing Agreement or (ii) Section 13.03 of the
Futures Clearing Agreement of Morgan Stanley is actually effected
to render such accounts fully self-cleared (as such term is used in
the definition of Customer Account in the Morgan Stanley Securities
Clearing Agreement and in the definition of Customer Futures
Account in the Futures Clearing Agreement of Morgan
Stanley).
“ Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing
Liabilities ” means the Morgan Stanley Contributed
Liabilities of the business reflected in Schedule 1.1(a)(8)
, but excluding the Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution
Liabilities.
“ Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing Tangible
Book Value ” means (i) the total assets minus goodwill
and other intangibles minus total liabilities of the Morgan Stanley
Self-Clearing Business, in each case based on the respective
aggregate amounts shown on all of the Final Self-Clearing Balance
Sheet(s) of the Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing Business, as
determined in accordance with Section 2.11, minus (ii) the
aggregate amount of the Class A Preferred Interests, valued at the
Liquidation Preference thereof, issued on the Self-Clearing Dates
pursuant to Section 2.5(b).
“ Morgan Stanley Transferees
” has the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters
Agreement.
“ Morgan Stanley Transferors
” means Morgan Stanley and each Subsidiary of Morgan Stanley
that owns (or, in the case of Morgan Stanley Contributed
Liabilities, is responsible for), as of January 13, 2009 or as of
the Closing Date, any Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing Date, or any
Delayed Contribution Date with respect to a Morgan Stanley Delayed
Contribution Business, as applicable, (i) any equity interest in
any Morgan Stanley Contributed Subsidiary, (ii) any Morgan Stanley
Contributed Assets or (iii) any Morgan Stanley Contributed
Liabilities.
“ Morgan Stanley Transferred Plan
” has the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters
Agreement.
“ Morgan Stanley VAT Group ”
means the VAT group under VAT reference GB 524 2526 68 of which
Morgan Stanley UK Group is the representative member.
“ Non-Controlling Tax Party ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(b)(iv).
“ Non-Party Claim ” and
“ Non-Party Claims ” have the meanings set forth
in Section 6.6.
“ NYSE ” means the New York
Stock Exchange.
“ Objection ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.10(b).
“ Order ” means any order,
writ, judgment, stipulation, decree, injunction, award or decision
of, or Consent agreement or similar arrangement with, any
Governmental Authority.
“ Order Flow Agreements ”
means the agreements in the forms of Exhibits H-1 and H-2 hereto,
to be entered into pursuant to Section 2.4.
“ Ordinary Course Customer Claim
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.7.
“ Original Agreement ” has
the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“ Parent ” means each of
Citigroup and Morgan Stanley.
“ Party ” means Citigroup,
Morgan Stanley and, other than for purposes of Section 2.4(a), 2.5,
6.2(a) and 7.1, the Company; and “ Parties ”
means each such Party.
“ Permits ” means all (x)
licenses, permits, orders, consents, approvals, registrations,
authorizations, qualifications and filings issued by, and other
Governmental Approvals of, any Governmental Authority and (y)
memberships in securities exchanges, commodities exchanges, boards
of trade, clearing organizations, trade associations and similar
organizations offering membership or trading privileges.
“ Permitted Liens ” means (i)
Liens for Taxes or other governmental charges which are not yet due
and payable or the amount or validity of which are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate
reserves have been made on the Financial Statements or the Final
Balance Sheet of the Citigroup Contributed Business or the
Financial Statements or the Final Balance Sheet of the Morgan
Stanley Contributed Business, as the case may be, (ii) Liens of
carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen or other similar
Persons or otherwise imposed by Law arising or incurred in the
ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which
adequate reserves have been made on the Financial Statements or the
Final Balance Sheet of the Citigroup Contributed Business or the
Financial Statements or the Final Balance Sheet of the Morgan
Stanley Contributed Business, as the case may be, (iii) zoning,
entitlement, building, land use and similar governmental
restrictions, (iv) covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements,
rights-of-way and other matters shown in public records and (v)
Liens that, individually and in the aggregate with all other
Permitted Liens, do not and will not materially detract from the
value of any of the Contributed Assets or materially interfere with
the use of any of the Contributed Assets as currently used or
contemplated to be used.
“ Person ” means an
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, unincorporated organization or
other entity or a Governmental Authority.
“ Pre-Closing Litigation ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(g).
“ Pre-Closing Tax Period ”
means any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or before
the Closing Date.
“ Preliminary Citigroup Closing Balance
Sheet ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.10(a)(i).
“ Preliminary Citigroup Self-Clearing
Balance Sheet ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.11(a).
“ Preliminary Closing Balance
Sheets ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.10(a)(ii).
“ Preliminary Morgan Stanley Closing
Balance Sheet ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.10(a)(ii).
“ Preliminary Morgan Stanley
Self-Clearing Balance Sheet ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.11(b).
“ Preliminary Self-Clearing Balance
Sheets ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.11(b).
“ Preparing Party ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b).
“ Property Taxes ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a)(v).
“ Real Property Transfer Documents
” means the conveyance deeds and assignments, leases and
subleases to be entered into pursuant to Section 4.6, as the same
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“ Receiving Party ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b).
“ Relevant MS VAT Group Members
” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.5(m)(ii)(A).
“ Relevant Transaction ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(m)(iii).
“ Repo-Related Obligation ”
means the liabilities and obligations, not to exceed $500 million,
of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated with respect to certain
repurchase agreement transactions assumed by Morgan Stanley Smith
Barney LLC pursuant to the Assumption Agreement.
“ Repo-Related Secured Note ”
means a promissory note of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC secured
by all or a portion of the FID Inventory or other assets of the
Company.
“ Requesting Party ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).
“ Research Agreements ” means
the agreements in the forms of Exhibits I-1 and I-2 hereto, to be
entered into pursuant to Section 2.4, as they may be amended from
time to time.
“ SEC ” means the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ Self-Clearing Assets ”
means the Citigroup Self-Clearing Assets and the Morgan Stanley
Self-Clearing Assets.
“ Self-Clearing Date ” means
a Citigroup Self-Clearing Date or a Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing
Date, as applicable.
“ Self-Clearing Liabilities ”
means the Citigroup Self-Clearing Liabilities and the Morgan
Stanley Self-Clearing Liabilities.
“ Service Transfer Date ”
means 12:01 a.m., New York time, as of the date immediately
following the Closing Date.
“ Settlements ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a).
“ Straddle Period ” means any
taxable period ending after the Closing Date that includes the
Closing Date.
“ Subsequently Acquired Security
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(b).
“ Subsidiary ” means, with
respect to any Person, any corporation fifty percent (50%) or more
of whose stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such
corporation is at the time owned by such Person, directly or
indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries, and any other Person,
including but not limited to a joint venture, a general or limited
partnership or a limited liability company, in which such Person,
directly or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries, at the
time owns at least fifty percent (50%) or more of the ownership
interests entitled to vote in the election of managing partners,
managers or trustees thereof (or other Persons performing such
functions) or acts as the general partner, managing member, trustee
(or Persons performing similar functions) of such other Person;
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
Entities shall not be deemed a Subsidiary of any Morgan Stanley
Entity or Citigroup Entity on or after the Closing.
“ Tax Contest ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.5(b)(i).
“ Tax Documentation ” means
the Citigroup Tax Documentation or the Morgan Stanley Tax
Documentation, or both, as the context requires.
“ Tax Equivalent Amount ”
means the product of (i) 35% and (ii) the amount of Excess
Flow-Through Income, provided that, if Excess Flow-Through Income
is attributable to a Contributed Subsidiary that is a
“controlled foreign corporation” (within the meaning of
Section 957(a) of the Code) and, with respect to a member, such
Excess Flow-Through Income includes the amount determined under
Section 78 of the Code, the Tax Equivalent Amount with respect to
such member shall be reduced by the foreign income Taxes deemed
paid by such member with respect to such Excess Flow-Through Income
(determined in accordance with Sections 960(a) and 902(a) of the
Code).
“ Tax Matters Agreement ”
means the agreement in the form of Exhibit J, to be entered into
pursuant to Section 2.4, as it may be amended from time to
time.
“ Tax Return ” means any
return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information
return or statement relating to Taxes filed or required to be filed
with a Governmental Authority, including any schedule or attachment
thereto, and including any amendment thereof.
“ Taxes ” means any taxes,
assessments, duties, imposts, fees, levies or other governmental
charges, including, without limitation, all federal, state, local
and foreign and other income, franchise, profits, capital gains,
capital stock, transfer, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, goods
and services, occupation, property, excise, gross receipts, stamp,
license, employment, unemployment, withholding, alternative or
minimum tax and other taxes of any kind whatsoever, together with
any interest, penalties, and additions to tax imposed with respect
thereto.
“ Terms and Conditions Concerning
Contribution of Contributed Real Property and Contributed Leased
Real Property ” means the agreement in the form of
Exhibit K, as it may be amended from time to time.
“ Third Party ” means any
Person that is neither a Party or a Company Entity nor an Affiliate
of either a Party or a Company Entity.
“ Third Party Approval ”
means any Consent of, with or to any Person other than any
Governmental Authority.
“ Transaction Documents ”
means this Agreement, the LLC Agreement, the Distribution
Agreements, the Deposit Sweep Agreement, the General Transition
Services Agreements, the Order Flow Agreements, the Futures
Clearing Agreements, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Real
Property Transfer Documents, the Research Agreements, the Tax
Matters Agreement and each of the other agreements set forth on
Schedule 1.1(a)(9) and any other agreements entered into
from time to time pursuant to or in connection with the foregoing,
in each case as may be amended from time to time.
“ Transfer Pricing Adjustment
” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.5(m)(iii).
“ Transfer Taxes ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.5(h).
“ 2006/2007 Quilter Agreement
” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.5(m)(i)(A).
“ VAT ” means within the
European Union such Taxes as may be levied in accordance with (but
subject to derogations from) Council Directive 2006/112/EC and
outside the European Union any Taxes levied by reference to added
values or sales.
“ Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ”
of a Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, all of the issued
and outstanding shares (other than directors’ qualifying
shares) of the capital stock or other ownership interests,
including but not limited to limited liability company interests,
of which shall at the time be owned by such Person and/or one or
more of such Person’s Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE 2
FORMATION OF VENTURE; CLOSING;
RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Section 2.1 Formation of
Company . The Company has been formed as a direct or
indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary by filing the Certificate of
Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and
any other required documents with such other applicable
Governmental Authorities as Morgan Stanley has determined after
consultation with Citigroup. Prior to the Closing,
Morgan Stanley will cause the Company to take, and following the
Closing the Company will take, all actions reasonably requested by
a Party to the extent necessary in order to permit such Party to
comply with any applicable regulatory or legal requirements,
subject to reimbursement by the requesting Party of any costs
imposed on the Company (or, prior to the Closing, Morgan Stanley)
by such actions.
Section 2.2 Transactions
Prior to the Closing . Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, prior to Closing, the Self-Clearing Date(s) or
the Delayed Contribution Date(s), as applicable:
(a) Subject to the
receipt of all necessary Governmental Approvals the failure of
which to obtain would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on Citigroup or, after the Closing, the Company,
Citigroup shall or shall cause its Affiliates to carry out a
reorganization (the “ Citigroup Reorganization
”) such that pursuant thereto and upon completion thereof,
subject to Section 4.3(f), the Citigroup Introducing Assets
(including the Citigroup Contributed Equity Interests, if any, that
are Citigroup Introducing Assets) and the Citigroup Introducing
Liabilities shall be transferred to and acquired by the Company or
a Company Entity at the Closing, the Citigroup Self-Clearing Assets
(including the Citigroup Contributed Equity Interests, if any, that
are Citigroup Self-Clearing Assets) and the Citigroup Self-Clearing
Liabilities shall be transferred to and acquired by the Company or
a Company Entity at the Self-Clearing Date(s), and the Citigroup
Delayed Contribution Assets (including the Citigroup Contributed
Equity Interests, if any, that are Citigroup Delayed Contribution
Assets) and the Citigroup Delayed Contribution Liabilities shall be
transferred to and acquired by the Company or a Company Entity at
the Delayed Contribution Date(s); provided that, (i) except
for assets or liabilities that may not be extracted, assigned or
removed as a matter of Law, and for which, in the case of
liabilities, Citigroup would have an obligation to fully indemnify
Morgan Stanley, the Company Entities and the other indemnified
parties hereunder, the Citigroup Contributed Subsidiaries shall not
own or be obligated in respect of any assets or liabilities other
than the Citigroup Contributed Assets and the Citigroup Contributed
Liabilities and such as may arise pursuant to, or as may be
permitted by, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby (including the Citigroup Delayed Distribution Assets and
Citigroup Delayed Distribution Liabilities), (ii) without the prior
written consent of Morgan Stanley (not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed), except for the entities set forth on Schedule
2.2(a) , neither Citigroup nor any of its Affiliates shall
transfer to the Company, directly or indirectly, (A) any Citigroup
Contributed Subsidiary that is characterized, for federal income
tax purposes, as a domestic corporation, (B) any entity that, at
any time prior to its transfer to the Company, was a member of a
consolidated federal income tax return group (or any successor to
such entity by reason of a conversion or merger of such entity),
provided that no consent shall be required with respect to
any transfer described in this clause (B) if the aggregate fair
market value of all entities described in this clause (B) does not
exceed $50 million, or (C) any entity that is characterized, for
federal income tax purposes, as a foreign corporation and conducts
a trade or business within the United States.
(b) Subject to the
receipt of all necessary Governmental Approvals the failure of
which to obtain would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on Morgan Stanley or, after the Closing, the
Company, Morgan Stanley shall or shall cause its Affiliates to
carry out a reorganization (the “ Morgan Stanley
Reorganization ”) such that pursuant thereto and upon
completion thereof, subject to Section 4.3(f), the Morgan Stanley
Introducing Assets (including the Morgan Stanley Contributed Equity
Interests, if any, that are Morgan Stanley Introducing Assets) and
the Morgan Stanley Introducing Liabilities shall be
transferred to and acquired by the
Company or a Company Entity at the Closing, the Morgan Stanley
Self-Clearing Assets (including the Morgan Stanley Contributed
Equity Interests, if any, that are Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing
Assets) and the Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing Liabilities shall be
transferred to and acquired by the Company or a Company Entity at
the Self-Clearing Date(s), and the Morgan Stanley Delayed
Contribution Assets (including the Morgan Stanley Contributed
Equity Interests, if any, that are Morgan Stanley Delayed
Contribution Assets) and the Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution
Liabilities shall be transferred to and acquired by the Company or
a Company Entity at the Delayed Contribution Date(s); provided
that, (i) except for assets or liabilities that may not be
extracted, assigned or removed as a matter of Law, and for which,
in the case of liabilities, Morgan Stanley would have an obligation
to fully indemnify Citigroup, the Company Entities and the other
indemnified parties hereunder, the Morgan Stanley Contributed
Subsidiaries shall not own or be obligated in respect of any assets
or liabilities other than the Morgan Stanley Contributed Assets and
the Morgan Stanley Contributed Liabilities and such as may arise
pursuant to, or as may be permitted by, this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby (including the Morgan Stanley
Delayed Distribution Assets and Morgan Stanley Delayed Distribution
Liabilities), (ii) without the prior written consent of Citigroup
(not to be unreasonably withheld), except for the entities set
forth on Schedule 2.2(b) , neither Morgan Stanley nor any of
its Affiliates shall transfer to the Company, directly or
indirectly, (A) any Morgan Stanley Contributed Subsidiary that is
characterized, for federal income tax purposes, as a domestic
corporation, (B) any entity that, at any time prior to its transfer
to the Company, was a member of a consolidated federal income tax
return group (or any successor to such entity by reason of a
conversion or merger of such entity), provided that no consent
shall be required with respect to any transfer described in this
clause (B) if the aggregate fair market value of all entities
described in this clause (B) does not exceed $50 million, and (C)
any entity that is characterized, for federal income tax purposes,
as a foreign corporation and conducts a trade or business within
the United States.
(c) Morgan Stanley
shall not take any action that would cause the Company to be
treated as a corporation for federal income tax
purposes.
(d) Between the date
hereof and the Closing, the Parties shall cooperate to evaluate
whether it would be beneficial to transfer certain or all of the
Contributed Subsidiaries that are organized under the Laws of a
jurisdiction other than the United States, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia, to a jointly-owned holding company that is
treated as a foreign partnership or foreign corporation for federal
income tax purposes; provided that, for the avoidance of
doubt, this Section 2.2(d) shall not obligate either Party to make
any such transfer unless such Party expressly agrees to such a
transfer.
(e) Except with
respect to Bank Morgan Stanley AG or as otherwise agreed in
connection with a structure to be implemented pursuant to Section
2.2(d), the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
effect the transfer of each Contributed Subsidiary that is
organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than the United
States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, such that,
immediately after the transfer of such Contributed Subsidiary to
the Company, such Contributed Subsidiary is treated as a
“disregarded entity” for federal income tax
purposes.
Section 2.3 Time and Place
of the Closing . Subject to the provisions of
Article 5, the closing (the “ Closing ”) of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall take place at the offices of
Davis Polk & Wardwell on the Closing Date. The date
on which the Closing occurs is herein called the “ Closing
Date .” The Closing shall commence at 11:56
p.m., New York time, on the Closing
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the closing of the
Contributed Business conducted in Australia shall take place and be
effective at 11:58 p.m. Sydney time on Sunday, May 31,
2009.
Section 2.4 Deliveries and
Other Actions at the Closing .
(a) At the Closing,
each Party shall execute and deliver, and cause its Initial Members
to execute and deliver, the LLC Agreement;
(b) At 11:56 p.m. New
York time on the Closing Date, Citigroup shall, and shall cause
each of the Citigroup Transferors to, transfer, assign and deliver
to the Company, as a capital contribution to the Company, all of
their respective right, title and interest in and to the Citigroup
Introducing Assets (other than the EMEA GSPS and ESOP Business,
which will be transferred to the Company at 11:58 p.m. New York
time on such date), free and clear of all Liens, other than
Permitted Liens and Liens created pursuant to the Transaction
Documents, and in consideration therefor, the Company shall issue
Membership Interests and Class A Preferred Interests, in accordance
with Sections 1 and 2 of Schedule 3.7 to the LLC Agreement, to the
Initial Citigroup Member(s);
(c) At 11:56 p.m. New
York time on the Closing Date, Morgan Stanley shall, and shall
cause each of the Morgan Stanley Transferors to, transfer, assign
and deliver to the Company, as a capital contribution to the
Company, all of their respective right, title and interest in and
to the Morgan Stanley Introducing Assets (other than the shares
of Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management Ltd. and
Morgan Stanley’s PWM Germany business, which will be
transferred to the Company at 11:57 p.m. New York time and 11:58
p.m. New York time, respectively, on such date), free and clear of
all Liens, other than Permitted Liens and Liens created pursuant to
the Transaction Documents, and in consideration therefor, the
Company shall issue Membership Interests and Class A Preferred
Interests, in accordance with Sections 1 and 2 of Schedule 3.7 to
the LLC Agreement, to the Initial Morgan Stanley
Member(s);
(d) At the Closing,
Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and the Company and each of their
Subsidiaries that are a party thereto, if any, shall execute and
deliver each of the Transaction Documents (it being agreed that if
the full terms and conditions of any Transaction Documents cannot
be agreed prior to Closing, the terms set forth in the applicable
Exhibit associated with any such Transaction Document shall be
deemed to be the full terms and conditions of such Transaction
Document and shall be binding from and after the Closing unless and
until superseded by a full agreement mutually agreed by the Parties
with respect to such Transaction Document);
(e) At the Closing,
the Parties and the Company shall, and shall cause their respective
applicable Subsidiaries to, execute and deliver such additional
instruments of
assignment and conveyance as are
necessary and appropriate to convey the Citigroup Introducing
Assets and the Morgan Stanley Introducing Assets;
(f) Effective at the
Closing, each of Morgan Stanley and Citigroup for and on behalf of
themselves and their respective Affiliates, hereby irrevocably
waives and releases any and all rights and Claims (whether absolute
or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, known or unknown,
determined or determinable or otherwise) that any of the foregoing
may have against any other Party, any of its respective Affiliates
or any of their respective officers, directors, partners, employees
and other representatives, whether in law or in equity, to the
extent relating to the Citigroup Contributed Business or Morgan
Stanley Contributed Business, except (i) as may arise under the
terms of or in connection with this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby and (ii) for Claims for fraud or bad faith on the part of
any party hereto or thereto. The rights and Claims waived
hereby include Claims for contribution or other rights of recovery
arising out of or relating to Claims for breach of contract, breach
of representation or warranty, negligent misrepresentation and all
other Claims for breach of duty.
(g) At the Closing,
the Parties and the Company shall execute and deliver such
additional assignments and instruments of assumption as may be
appropriate for the assumption by the Company of all of the
Citigroup Introducing Liabilities and all of the Morgan Stanley
Introducing Liabilities;
(h) At the Closing,
Citigroup shall deliver to both the Company and Morgan Stanley a
duly executed certificate of non-foreign status of CGMI,
substantially in the form of the sample certification contained in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(b)(2)(iv)(B);
(i) The Parties shall
execute and deliver any other agreement mutually agreed by the
Parties to be executed on the Closing Date;
(j) At 11:56 p.m. New
York time on the Closing Date, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley shall
cause the Escrow Agent to release from escrow for the account of
the Company an amount equal to the Closing Date Cash Funding
Amounts of Citigroup and Morgan Stanley pursuant to the terms of
the Escrow Agreement;
(k) At 11:56 p.m. New
York time on the Closing Date, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley shall
cause the Escrow Agent to release from escrow for the account of
each of Citigroup and Morgan Stanley an amount equal to the
interest earned on the Closing Date Cash Funding Amounts of
Citigroup and Morgan Stanley, respectively, pursuant to the terms
of the Escrow Agreement.
(l) (i) At 12:01
a.m. New York time on the day following the Closing Date, Citigroup
shall transfer, or cause to be transferred, in exchange for the
payment provided by Section 2.4(l)(ii), a number of Membership
Interests held by CGMI, as an Initial Citigroup Member such that
following such transfer Morgan Stanley shall own, directly or
indirectly, fifty one percent (51%) of all Membership
Interests issued and outstanding and
Citigroup shall own, directly or indirectly, forty-nine percent
(49%) of all Membership Interests issued and
outstanding;
(ii) At 4:00 p.m. New York time on the day
following the Closing Date, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley shall
cause the Escrow Agent, (x) on behalf of the Initial Morgan Stanley
Member(s) that are purchasers of the Membership Interests
transferred pursuant to this Section 2.4(l)(ii), to release from
escrow for the account of CGMI, as an Initial Citigroup Member that
are sellers of the Membership Interests transferred pursuant to
this Section 2.4(l), the amount of $2.7 billion pursuant to the
terms of the Escrow Agreement and (y) release from escrow for the
account of CGMI an additional amount of $50 million pursuant to the
terms of the Escrow Agreement ; and
(iii) At 4:00 p.m. New York time on the day
following the Closing Date, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley shall
cause the Escrow Agent to release from escrow for the account of
Morgan Stanley an amount equal to the interest earned on $2.75
billion of the funds deposited in escrow pursuant to the terms of
the Escrow Agreement.
(m) (i) At or before 3:55 p.m. New York time on
the day following the Closing Date, (x) Morgan Stanley
& Co. Incorporated shall wire transfer to Morgan Stanley Smith
Barney LLC in immediately available funds an amount (not to exceed
the maximum permitted borrowing amount under the Repo-Related
Secured Note) in cash equal to or greater than the aggregate amount
of the Repo-Related Obligations and (y) in respect thereof Morgan
Stanley Smith Barney LLC shall issue to Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated the Repo-Related Secured Note and shall execute the
related pledge agreement.
(ii) At or before 4:00 p.m. New York time on the
day following the Closing, subject to the occurrence of the events
referred to in clause (i) above, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
shall wire transfer to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated in
immediately available funds an amount in cash equal to the amount
of the Repo-Related Obligations in full satisfaction and discharge
of the Company’s obligations under the Assumption
Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of
this Section 2.4, with respect to Citigroup Contributed Assets,
Morgan Stanley Contributed Assets, Citigroup Contributed
Liabilities and Morgan Stanley Contributed Liabilities relating to
any Citigroup Transferred Plan, Morgan Stanley Transferred Plan,
Citigroup Contributed Subsidiary Benefit Plan or Morgan Stanley
Contributed Subsidiary Benefit Plan, as the case may be,
“Closing” shall mean “Applicable Service Transfer
Time.”
Section 2.5 Contributions
on Self-Clearing Dates .
(a) On each Citigroup
Self-Clearing Date, Citigroup shall, and shall cause each of the
Citigroup Transferors to, consistent with the provisions of the
Citigroup Clearing Agreements, transfer, assign and deliver to the
Company all of their respective right, title and
interest in and to the Citigroup
Self-Clearing Assets, whether relating to the Customer Accounts and
other Citigroup Self-Clearing Assets that may be migrated to the
Company’s self-clearing platform on such Self-Clearing Date,
or otherwise migrating to the Company in accordance with the
Citigroup Clearing Agreements on such date, free and clear of all
Liens, other than Permitted Liens and Liens created pursuant to the
Transaction Documents. In addition, on each such
Self-Clearing Date, (i) Citigroup and the Company shall, and shall
cause their respective applicable Subsidiaries to, execute and
deliver such additional instruments of assignment and conveyance as
are necessary and appropriate to convey the Citigroup Self-Clearing
Assets that are to be transferred pursuant to the foregoing
sentence, and (ii) Citigroup and the Company shall execute and
deliver such additional assignments and instruments of assumption
as may be appropriate for the assumption by the Company of the
Citigroup Self-Clearing Liabilities which relate to the Citigroup
Self-Clearing Assets and Customer Accounts that are transferred by
Citigroup (or its Subsidiaries) to the Company on such
Self-Clearing Date. To the extent that less than all of
the Citigroup Self-Clearing Assets or related Customer Accounts are
being transferred on a Self Clearing Date, only the Citigroup
Self-Clearing Liabilities related to such transferred Self-Clearing
Assets or Customer Accounts will be assumed on such
date. A portion of the foregoing transfers on each
Citigroup Self-Clearing Date shall be in respect of the Membership
Interests issued to the Initial Citigroup Members on the Closing
Date (and no new Membership Interests will be issued) and a portion
shall be in exchange for an additional issuance of Class A
Preferred Interests, in each case as provided by Sections 3 and 4
of Schedule 3.7 to the LLC Agreement.
(b) On each Morgan
Stanley Self-Clearing Date, Morgan Stanley shall, and shall cause
each of the Morgan Stanley Transferors to, consistent with the
provisions of the Morgan Stanley Clearing Agreements, transfer,
assign and deliver to the Company all of their respective right,
title and interest in and to the Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing
Assets, whether relating to the Customer Accounts and other Morgan
Stanley Self-Clearing Assets that may be migrated to the
Company’s self-clearing platform on such Self-Clearing Date,
or otherwise migrating to the Company in accordance with the Morgan
Stanley Clearing Agreements on such date, free and clear of all
Liens, other than Permitted Liens and Liens created pursuant to the
Transaction Documents. In addition, on each such
Self-Clearing Date, (i) Morgan Stanley and the Company shall, and
shall cause their respective applicable Subsidiaries to, execute
and deliver such additional instruments of assignment and
conveyance as are necessary and appropriate to convey the Morgan
Stanley Self-Clearing Assets that are to be transferred pursuant to
the foregoing sentence, and (ii) Morgan Stanley and the Company
shall execute and deliver such additional assignments and
instruments of assumption as may be appropriate for the assumption
by the Company of the Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing Liabilities
which relate to the Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing Assets and
Customer Accounts that are transferred by Morgan Stanley (or its
Subsidiaries) to the Company on such Self-Clearing
Date. To the extent less than all the Morgan Stanley
Self-Clearing Assets or related Customer Accounts are being
transferred on a Self Clearing Date, only the Morgan Stanley
Self-Clearing Liabilities related to such transferred Self-Clearing
Assets or Customer Accounts will be assumed on such
date. A portion of the foregoing transfers on each
Morgan Stanley Self-Clearing Date shall be in respect of the
Membership Interests issued to the Initial Morgan Stanley Members
on the Closing Date (and no new Membership Interests will be
issued) and a portion shall be in exchange for an additional
issuance of Class A Preferred Interests, in each case as provided
by Sections 3 and 4 of Schedule 3.7 to the LLC Agreement
Section 2.6 Delayed
Contribution Businesses .
(a) Schedule
1.1(a)(3) hereto lists the Citigroup Delayed Contribution
Businesses as well as the condition(s) that must be satisfied for
such businesses to be transferred to the Company or a Company
Entity, and Schedule 1.1(a)(6) hereto lists the Morgan
Stanley Delayed Contribution Businesses as well as the condition(s)
that must be satisfied for such businesses to be transferred to the
Company or a Company Entity (in each case, “ Delayed
Contribution Conditions ”).
(b) On each Delayed
Contribution Date with respect to a Citigroup Delayed Contribution
Business, Citigroup shall, and shall cause each of the Citigroup
Transferors to, transfer, assign and deliver to the Company or a
Company Entity all of their respective right, title and interest in
and to such Citigroup Delayed Contribution Business, free and clear
of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens and Liens created pursuant
to the Transaction Documents. In addition, on such
Delayed Contribution Date, (i) Citigroup and the Company shall, and
shall cause their respective applicable Subsidiaries to, execute
and deliver such additional instruments of assignment and
conveyance as are necessary and appropriate to convey the Citigroup
Delayed Contribution Assets that are to be transferred pursuant to
the foregoing sentence, and (ii) Citigroup and the Company shall
execute and deliver such additional assignments and instruments of
assumption as may be appropriate for the assumption by the Company
or a Company Entity of the Citigroup Delayed Contribution
Liabilities which relate to the Citigroup Delayed Contribution
Assets that are transferred by Citigroup (or its Subsidiaries) to
the Company or a Company Entity on such Delayed Contribution
Date. To the extent that less than all of the Citigroup
Delayed Contribution Assets are being transferred on a Delayed
Contribution Date, only the Citigroup Delayed Contribution
Liabilities related to such transferred Citigroup Delayed
Contribution Assets will be assumed on such date.
(c) On each Delayed
Contribution Date with respect to a Morgan Stanley Delayed
Contribution Business, Morgan Stanley shall, and shall cause each
of the Morgan Stanley Transferors to, transfer, assign and deliver
to the Company or a Company Entity all of their respective right,
title and interest in and to such Morgan Stanley Delayed
Contribution Business, free and clear of all Liens, other than
Permitted Liens and Liens created pursuant to the Transaction
Documents. In addition, on such Delayed Contribution
Date, (i) Morgan Stanley and the Company shall, and shall cause
their respective applicable Subsidiaries to, execute and deliver
such additional instruments of assignment and conveyance as are
necessary and appropriate to convey the Morgan Stanley Delayed
Contribution Assets that are to be transferred pursuant to the
foregoing sentence, and (ii) Morgan Stanley and the Company shall
execute and deliver such additional assignments and instruments of
assumption as may be appropriate for the assumption by the Company
or a Company Entity of the Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution
Liabilities which relate to the Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution
Assets that are transferred by Morgan Stanley (or its Subsidiaries)
to the Company or a Company Entity on such Delayed Contribution
Date. To the extent that less than all of the Morgan
Stanley Delayed Contribution Assets are being transferred on a
Delayed Contribution Date, only the Morgan Stanley Delayed
Contribution Liabilities related to such transferred Morgan Stanley
Delayed Contribution Assets will be assumed on such
date.
(d) Until a Delayed
Contribution Business is transferred to the Company or a Company
Entity, (i) the transferring party (or its relevant Subsidiaries)
will continue to own and operate such business, (ii) income earned
and losses incurred with respect to such business shall be earned
or incurred by the transferring party and, for the avoidance of
doubt, such income and losses will not be transferred to, or
assumed by, the Company, and (iii) except with respect to the
Managed Futures Business, Section 7.3 of the LLC Agreement (as
amended by the Tax Matters Agreement) shall govern the special
allocation of Company profits to offset income earned and losses
incurred with respect to such business by its owner until it is
transferred to the Company or a Company Entity.
(e) The specific
transaction steps necessary to transfer ownership of a Delayed
Contribution Business to the Company or a Company Entity shall be
determined by the transferring Parent on a case-by-case basis,
subject to the consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld,
delayed or conditioned) of the Company and the non-transferring
Parent and the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and
the LLC Agreement. For example, subject to the foregoing
consent, a Delayed Contribution Business may be transferred to the
Company by way of a contribution of assets and liabilities or the
relevant Parent (or one of its Subsidiaries) may contribute cash to
the Company at or after the Closing to enable the Company or a
Company Entity to acquire a Delayed Contribution Business by way of
purchase; provided that (i) no Membership Interests shall be
issued in respect of such cash contributions and (ii) such cash
contributions shall not be deemed to satisfy any funding obligation
of the contributing Parent pursuant to Section 3.7 of the LLC
Agreement.
(f) In the event that
any Citigroup Delayed Contribution Business or Morgan Stanley
Delayed Contribution Business has not been transferred to the
Company or a Company Entity prior to the earliest to occur of (i)
the date that is three years (or in the case of the Morgan Stanley
Delayed Contribution Business in India and Saudi Arabia, six years)
from the Closing Date, (ii) an IPO, (iii) the sale of all of the
Membership Interests held by the Morgan Stanley Members to a Person
or group of Persons that is not a Morgan Stanley Entity and (iv)
any sale of the Company or merger of the Company with a third
party, then Citigroup or Morgan Stanley, as applicable, shall make
a cash payment to the Company, equal to the Sale Value (as defined
in the LLC Agreement); provided that such Sale Value shall
be determined in accordance with the process set forth in Section
8.6(b) of the LLC Agreement (with references therein to
“FMV” being replaced with references to “Sale
Value”)), determined as of the earliest to occur of the
events described in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and
(iv), of such Citigroup Delayed Contributed Business or Morgan
Stanley Delayed Contribution Business, respectively, and Citigroup
and Morgan Stanley shall thereafter have no obligations to transfer
such Citigroup Delayed Contribution Business or Morgan Stanley
Delayed Contribution Business to the Company.
(g) Each of Citigroup
and Morgan Stanley shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect
the transfer of its Delayed Contribution Businesses to the Company
as provided herein as soon as possible after the Closing
Date. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the provisions of Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4(c) and
4.4(d) of this Agreement shall continue to apply to each Delayed
Contribution Business after the Closing until such time as such
Delayed Contribution Business has been transferred to the Company
(with each reference therein to the Citigroup Contributed Business
or the Morgan Stanley Contributed Business being
deemed to be a reference to the
applicable Delayed Contribution Business and with each reference
therein to the Closing Date being deemed to be a reference to
Delayed Closing Date). In addition, prior to such time
as any Morgan Stanley Delayed Contribution Business or Citigroup
Delayed Contribution Business has been transferred to the Company,
Citigroup and Morgan Stanley shall have the rights set forth in
Section 4.12(a) of the LLC Agreement with respect to such Delayed
Contribution Business (with (x) the reference to the Company in the
lead-in paragraph of such Section 4.12(a) being deemed to be a
reference to Morgan Stanley in the case of a Morgan Stanley Delayed
Contribution Business and Citigroup in the case of the Citigroup
Delayed Contribution Business and (y) references to the Company in
clause (i) through clause (ix) of such Section 4.12(a) being deemed
to be references to such Delayed Contribution Business).
(h) (i) Subject to the
receipt of necessary Governmental Approvals and Third Party
Approvals, (A) Citigroup shall transfer its Managed Futures
Business to the Company in exchange for Membership Interests, and
(B) on the following day, Morgan Stanley shall, or shall cause one
of its Affiliates to purchase for a net cash payment of
$214,200,000 such number of Membership Interests from Citigroup or
one of its Affiliates such that following such transfer, Morgan
Stanley shall own, directly or indirectly, the same percentage of
Membership Interests issued and outstanding as it did prior to the
transfer of the Managed Futures Business to the
Company. In the event the structure contemplated by this
Section 2.6(h) cannot be implemented without adversely impacting
the Parties, the Parties shall cooperate to achieve another
tax-efficient mechanism for transferring the Managed Futures
Business to the Company.
(ii) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in any of the Transaction
Documents, any Managed Futures SLAs shall be subject to the terms
of the Master SLA Assignment Agreement to be entered into as of May
31, 2009 by and between the Company and Citigroup, including but
not limited to the 60-day review period of Section 2.04 thereof
(which 60-day period, for the avoidance of doubt, will commence on
the Managed Futures Contribution Date).
(iii) On the Managed
Futures Contribution Date, Citigroup will fund the Managed Futures
Business with the amount of common equity capital that satisfies
the SEC Broker Dealer regulatory capital guidelines as they apply
to the standalone Assets and Liabilities of the Managed Futures
Business to be contributed to the U.S. Broker-Dealer subsidiary of
the Company, calculated based on the Managed Futures Business
contributed to the Company on the Managed Futures Contribution
Date. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the net
assets of the Managed Futures Business shall be credited against
the amount of the common equity funding obligation of Citigroup
under this Section 2.6(h)(iii) and Citigroup shall not be obligated
to contribute cash to the Company in respect of its funding
obligation under this Section 2.6(h)(iii) if such net assets are at
least equal to the amount of such funding obligation (it being
understood that this shall not limit any payment obligation of
Citigroup pursuant to Section 2.13(e) of this
Agreement). In addition to the foregoing requirement, in
the event there are any Assets or Liabilities of the Managed
Futures Business, or any proprietary trading position or fund
equity stake acquired pursuant to clause (iv) below, which are not
contributed to the U.S. Broker-Dealer subsidiary of the Company
(any such Assets or Liabilities, proprietary trading position or
fund equity stake, the “Non-B/D Managed Futures
Contributions”), the BHC Basel 1 regulatory capital
guidelines shall be applied to the Standalone Balance Sheet (as
defined in
Schedule 3.7 to the LLC Agreement)
immediately after giving effect to the contribution of all Non-B/D
Managed Futures Contributions, and Citigroup will fund any such
amount of additional common equity capital as may be necessary to
satisfy such guidelines. For the avoidance of doubt, any
funding of common equity capital required by this clause (iii)
shall be additional equity in respect of Membership Interests
already issued, and no Membership Interests or other equity
interests in the Company shall be issued in respect
thereof.
(iv) The Company shall
have the option to purchase, no later than the Managed Futures
Contribution Date, at book value, proprietary trading positions
associated with the Managed Futures Business. In order
to exercise such option (which may be exercised in whole or in part
with respect to such positions), the Company must provide
reasonable prior notice to Citigroup.
Section 2.7 Delayed
Distribution Businesses .
(a) Schedule
1.1(a)(4) hereto lists the Citigroup Delayed Distribution
Businesses as well as the condition(s) that must be satisfied for
such businesses to be transferred by the Company or a Company
Entity to Citigroup or a Citigroup Entity, and Schedule
1.1(a)(7) hereto lists the Morgan Stanley Delayed Distribution
Businesses as well as the condition(s) that must be satisfied for
such businesses to be transferred by the Company or a Company
Entity to Morgan Stanley or a Morgan Stanley Entity (in each case,
“ Delayed Distribution Conditions ”).
(b) On each Delayed
Distribution Date with respect to a Citigroup Delayed Distribution
Business, the Company shall, and shall cause each of the Company
Entities to, transfer, assign and deliver to Citigroup or a
Citigroup Entity all of their respective right, title and interest
in and to such Citigroup Delayed Distribution Business, free and
clear of all Liens, other than Liens that existed as of the Closing
Date and Liens primarily attributable to the Citigroup Delayed
Distribution Business. In addition, on such Delayed
Distribution Date, (i) Citigroup and the Company shall, and shall
cause their respective applicable Subsidiaries to, execute and
deliver such additional instruments of assignment and conveyance as
are necessary and appropriate to convey the Citigroup Delayed
Distribution Assets that are to be transferred pursuant to the
foregoing sentence, and (ii) Citigroup and the Company shall
execute and deliver such additional assignments and instruments of
assumption as may be appropriate for the assumption by Citigroup or
a Citigroup Entity of the Citigroup Delayed Distribution
Liabilities which relate to the Citigroup Delayed Distribution
Assets that are transferred by the Company (or its Subsidiaries) to
Citigroup or a Citigroup Entity on such Delayed Distribution
Date. To the extent that less than all of the Citigroup
Delayed Distribution Assets are being transferred on a Delayed
Distribution Date, only the Citigroup Delayed Distribution
Liabilities related to such transferred Citigroup Delayed
Distribution Assets shall be required to be assumed on such
date.
(c) On each Delayed
Distribution Date with respect to a Morgan Stanley Delayed
Distribution Business, the Company shall, and shall cause each of
the Company Entities to, transfer, assign and deliver to Morgan
Stanley or a Morgan Stanley Entity all of their respective right,
title and interest in and to such Morgan Stanley Delayed
Distribution Business, free and clear of all Liens, other Liens
that existed as of the Closing Date and Liens primarily
attributable to the Morgan Stanley Delayed Distribution
Business. In addition, on such Delayed Distribution
Date, (i) Morgan Stanley and the Company shall, and shall cause
their respective
applicable Subsidiaries to, execute
and deliver such additional instruments of assignment and
conveyance as are necessary and appropriate to convey the Morgan
Stanley Delayed Distribution Assets that are to be transferred
pursuant to the foregoing sentence, and (ii) Morgan Stanley and the
Company shall execute and deliver such additional assignments and
instruments of assumption as may be appropriate for the assumption
by Morgan Stanley or a Morgan Stanley Entity of the Morgan Stanley
Delayed Distribution Liabilities which relate to the Morgan Stanley
Delayed Distribution Assets that are transferred by the Company (or
its Subsidiaries) to Morgan Stanley or a Morgan Stanley Entity on
such Delayed Distribution Date. To the extent that less
than all of the Morgan Stanley Delayed Distribution Assets are
being transferred on a Delayed Distribution Date, only the Morgan
Stanley Delayed Distribution Liabilities related to such
transferred Morgan Stanley Delayed Distribution Assets shall be
required to be assumed on such date.
(d) Until a Delayed
Distribution Business is transferred by the Company or a Company
Entity to Morgan Stanley, a Morgan Stanley Entity, Citigroup or a
Citigroup Entity, as the case may be, (i) the Company (or its
relevant Subsidiaries) will continue to own and operate such
business, (ii) income earned and losses incurred with respect to
such business shall be earned or incurred by the Company or a
Company Entity, as the case may be, and, for the avoidance of
doubt, such income and losses will not be transferred to, or
assumed by, either Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries,
and (iii) Section 7.3 of the LLC Agreement (as amended by the Tax
Matters Agreement) shall govern the special allocation of Company
profits to offset income earned and losses incurred with respect to
such business by the Company or a Company Entity until it is
transferred to Morgan Stanley, a Morgan Stanley Entity, Citigroup
or a Citigroup Entity, as the case may be.
(e) The specific
transaction steps necessary to transfer ownership of a Delayed
Distribution Business from the Company or a Company Entity to
Morgan Stanley, a Morgan Stanley Entity, Citigroup or a Citigroup
Entity, as the case may be, shall be determined by the transferee
Parent on a case-by-case basis, subject to the consent (which shall
not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) of the
non-transferring Parent and the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement and the LLC Agreement.
(f) Morgan Stanley
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Citigroup,
Citigroup’s Affiliates and the Company Entities and their
respective Affiliates from and against, without duplication, any
Losses (other than Taxes, which shall be governed by Section
4.5(a)(i) of this Agreement) that arise out of (i) the ownership
and operation by a C