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EXHIBIT 10 AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT

Joint Venture JV Agreement

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Title: EXHIBIT 10 AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 2/9/2005
Industry: Personal and Household Prods.     Law Firm: Procter & Gamble Company     Sector: Consumer/Non-Cyclical

EXHIBIT 10  AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT, Parties: clorox co /de/ , glad products company , procter & gamble company
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EXHIBIT 10

AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2003

BETWEEN

THE GLAD PRODUCTS COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES IDENTIFIED HEREIN

AND

THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATE IDENTIFIED

HEREIN

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JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

 

 

1

 

Section 1.1

 

Defined Terms.

 

 

2

 

Section 1.2

 

Other Definitions.

 

 

14

 

Section 1.3

 

Other Definitional Provisions; Interpretation.

 

 

16

 

ARTICLE II CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS OF INTEREST

 

 

16

 

Section 2.1

 

Closing of Joint Venture.

 

 

16

 

Section 2.2

 

Clorox Contribution and Related Matters.

 

 

17

 

Section 2.3

 

Contribution by P&G and Related Matters.

 

 

19

 

Section 2.4

 

Nature of JV Interest

 

 

20

 

Section 2.5

 

Initial Allocations of Interest and Capital Accounts.

 

 

20

 

Section 2.6

 

Additional Capital Calls and Parent Loans.

 

 

21

 

Section 2.7

 

P&G Option.

 

 

23

 

Section 2.8

 

Rights with Respect to Capital.

 

 

24

 

Section 2.9

 

Capital Accounts.

 

 

24

 

ARTICLE III ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

 

25

 

Section 3.1

 

Allocation of Net Profits and Losses.

 

 

25

 

Section 3.2

 

Special Allocations.

 

 

26

 

Section 3.3

 

Section 704(c) Allocation.

 

 

28

 

Section 3.4

 

Distributions of Available Cash Flow.

 

 

29

 

Section 3.5

 

Distributions of IP Related Amounts.

 

 

31

 

ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

32

 

Section 4.1

 

Representations and Warranties of all the Parties.

 

 

32

 

Section 4.2

 

Representations and Warranties of the Clorox Parties.

 

 

33

 

Section 4.3

 

Representations and Warranties of P&G.

 

 

39

 

Section 4.4

 

Survival of Representations and Warranties.

 

 

39

 

ARTICLE V GOVERNANCE

 

 

40

 

Section 5.1

 

Board of Managers.

 

 

40

 

Section 5.2

 

Meetings of the Board.

 

 

42

 

Section 5.3

 

P&G Veto Rights.

 

 

43

 

Section 5.4

 

Business Plan, Budget and Reports to the Board.

 

 

45

 

Section 5.5

 

Additional Items for Board Approval.

 

 

46

 

ARTICLE VI TRANSFERS OF INTEREST; TERM AND TERMINATION

 

 

46

 

Section 6.1

 

General; Restrictions on Transfers.

 

 

46

 

Section 6.2

 

Effect of Transfers on Distributions among JV Partners.

 

 

47

 

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Section 6.3

 

Term of Joint Venture.

 

 

47

 

Section 6.4

 

P&G Put Rights.

 

 

48

 

Section 6.5

 

Clorox Purchase of P&G JV Interest.

 

 

49

 

Section 6.6

 

Tag-Along Rights.

 

 

51

 

Section 6.7

 

Drag Along Rights.

 

 

51

 

Section 6.8

 

Services Termination Amount.

 

 

52

 

ARTICLE VII CERTAIN AGREEMENTS

 

 

53

 

Section 7.1

 

Personnel; Provision of Services.

 

 

53

 

Section 7.2

 

Non-Competition.

 

 

54

 

Section 7.3

 

Confidentiality; Non-Disclosure.

 

 

55

 

Section 7.4

 

Non-Solicitation.

 

 

57

 

Section 7.5

 

Agreement to Cooperate; Further Assurances; Other Matters.

 

 

57

 

Section 7.6

 

Public Statements.

 

 

59

 

Section 7.7

 

Conduct of Business.

 

 

59

 

Section 7.8

 

International Relationships.

 

 

61

 

Section 7.9

 

Sublicenses of P&G Intellectual Property.

 

 

61

 

ARTICLE VIII CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING

 

 

62

 

Section 8.1

 

Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations.

 

 

62

 

Section 8.2

 

Conditions to the Closing Obligations of the Clorox Parties.

 

 

62

 

Section 8.3

 

Conditions to the Closing Obligations of the P&G Parties.

 

 

63

 

ARTICLE IX ACCOUNTING; TAX MATTERS

 

 

64

 

Section 9.1

 

Accounting.

 

 

64

 

Section 9.2

 

Tax Matters.

 

 

65

 

ARTICLE X INDEMNIFICATION

 

 

66

 

Section 10.1

 

Indemnification by Clorox Partners.

 

 

66

 

Section 10.2

 

Indemnification by P&G Partners.

 

 

66

 

Section 10.3

 

Third-Party Claims.

 

 

67

 

Section 10.4

 

Limitation on Losses and Expenses.

 

 

68

 

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

68

 

Section 11.1

 

Amendments and Waivers.

 

 

68

 

Section 11.2

 

Successors, Assigns and Transferees.

 

 

68

 

Section 11.3

 

Notices.

 

 

68

 

Section 11.4

 

Integration.

 

 

69

 

Section 11.5

 

Severability.

 

 

69

 

Section 11.6

 

Counterparts.

 

 

70

 

Section 11.7

 

Governing Law.

 

 

70

 

Section 11.8

 

Arbitration.

 

 

70

 

Section 11.9

 

Injunctive Relief.

 

 

71

 

Section 11.10

 

Expenses.

 

 

71

 

Section 11.11

 

No Third Party Beneficiaries.

 

 

71

 

Section 11.12

 

Guarantees by Clorox and P&G.

 

 

72

 

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Section 11.13

 

Effectiveness of Amendment and Restatement, Representations, Warranties and Agreements.

 

 

73

 

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

P&G License Agreement

 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

P&G Services Agreement

 

 

 

Exhibit C

 

Description of P&G Equipment

 

 

 

Exhibit D

 

Preliminary Business Plan

 

 

 

Exhibit E

 

Preliminary Budget

 

 

 

Exhibit F

 

Clorox Services

 

 

 

Exhibit G

 

Terms of International Relationships

 

 

 

Exhibit H

 

JV Accounting Principles

 

 

 

Exhibit I

 

Form of JV Sublicense Agreement

 

 

 

Exhibit J

 

Form of Amended Glad License Agreement

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AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT

     This Amended and Restated Joint Venture Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of the 31st day of January, 2003 by and between The Glad Products Company, a Delaware corporation, Glad Manufacturing Company, a Delaware corporation, Clorox Services Company, a Delaware corporation, The Clorox Sales Company, a Delaware corporation, Clorox International Company, a Delaware corporation (collectively the “ Clorox Parties ”), and The Clorox Company, a Delaware corporation (“ Clorox ”), and The Procter & Gamble Company, an Ohio corporation (“ P&G ”) and Procter & Gamble RHD Inc., an Ohio corporation (“ P&G Sub ” and collectively with P&G, the “ P&G Parties ”) (each, a “ Party ” and collectively, the “ Parties ”).

BACKGROUND

     WHEREAS, the Clorox Parties currently operate the Glad Business (as defined below);

     WHEREAS, the P&G Parties have certain intellectual property and proprietary technologies that the P&G Parties and the Clorox Parties wish to use in the Glad Business;

     WHEREAS, the Clorox Parties and the P&G Parties desire that P&G Sub acquire an undivided participation interest in the Glad Business and participate in the management of such business, as provided for herein;

     WHEREAS, the Clorox Parties and the P&G Parties have previously entered into a Joint Venture Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2002 (the “ Original Date ”) with respect to the Glad Business (the “ Original Agreement ”);

     WHEREAS, the Clorox Parties and the P&G Parties wish to amend and restate in its entirety the Original Agreement in accordance with the further provisions of this Agreement;

     WHEREAS, the Parties intend for their contractual relationship established by this Agreement with respect to the Glad Business to be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes; and

     WHEREAS, the Clorox Parties and the P&G Parties wish to set forth, and be bound by their mutual agreement as to certain significant terms and conditions regarding the foregoing and related matters;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

     For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified or

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referred to in this Section 1:

     Section 1.1 Defined Terms .

     As used in this Agreement:

     “ Adjustment Amount ” means an amount equal to (a) ten percent (10%) of the aggregate Capital Contributions made or deemed made by all JV Partners after the Closing Date and on or prior to the closing of the exercise of the P&G Option, minus (b) ten percent (10%) of the aggregate distributions to the JV Partners with respect to distributions of Available Cash Flow (other than distributions made under Section 3.4(c)(ii) hereof) consisting of the net cash proceeds of any sale, transfer or other disposition of any business or assets of the Glad Business outside the ordinary course of business of the Glad Business after the Closing Date and on or prior to the closing of the P&G Option, minus (c) the aggregate distributions under Section 3.4(c)(ii) and Section 3.5(b)(ii) made prior to the closing of the P&G Option (which for the avoidance of doubt will not include any amounts included in the following clause (d)), minus (d) the cumulative amount of Distribution Shortfalls owed or previously paid to the holder of the Class A JV Interest under Section 3.4(c)(v) hereof.

      “ Affiliate ” means with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, or as trustee or executor, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or credit arrangement or otherwise. For purposes of clarification, the Parties agree that Henkel KGaA, an entity organized under the laws of Germany, will not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Clorox Party.

     “ Affiliate Loans ” with respect to any International Licensee shall have the meaning set forth in the JV Sublicense Agreement to which such International Licensee is a party.

     “ Available Cash Flow ” means, with respect to any Fiscal Quarter or other period, the sum of all cash receipts during such Fiscal Quarter or other period attributed to the Joint Venture from any and all sources other than the cash proceeds of any Indebtedness, plus all Reserves as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding Fiscal Quarter or other period, plus interest on such Reserves at Clorox’s 30-day commercial paper borrowing rate (or, if Clorox is unable to obtain commercial paper, Clorox’s short term cost of borrowing) minus all cash disbursements attributed to the Joint Venture for any and all purposes during such Fiscal Quarter or other period (including loan repayments (other than Parent Loans), interest payments (other than in respect of Parent Loans), capital improvements and replacements but excluding (x) disbursements funded by the cash proceeds of any Indebtedness (other than Parent Loans)), (y) guaranteed payments made under Section 3.5(a) and 3.5(b) for such Fiscal Quarter, and (z) a reasonable allowance as of the last day of such Fiscal Quarter or other period for Reserves, contingencies and anticipated obligations as deined by the Board, determined in accordance with the JV Accounting Principles, minus distributions made pursuant to Section 3.5 hereof for such Fiscal Quarter (other than the guaranteed payments described in Sections 3.5(a) and 3.5(b) hereof).

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     “ Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, federal or New York holiday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

     “ Capital Call ” means a call by the Board pursuant to Section 2.6 hereof to the JV Partners for additional contributions of capital to be attributed to the Joint Venture.

     “ Capital Contribution ” means the total amount of cash and the [*   *   *] fair market value [*   *   *] of all of the assets to be attributed to the Joint Venture as contributed by a JV Partner, including the Clorox Contribution and the P&G Contribution.

     “ Carrying Value ” means, with respect to any Property, the Property’s [*   *   *] except that the Carrying Value of all Properties may be adjusted to equal their [*   *   *] in accordance with the [*   *   *] immediately prior to: (i) the date of the acquisition of any additional interest in the Joint Venture by any new or existing JV Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis capital contribution; or (ii) the date of the distribution of more than a de minimis amount of Property (other than a pro rata distribution) to a JV Partner. The Carrying Value of any Property distributed to any JV Partner will be adjusted immediately prior to such distribution to equal its fair market value. The Carrying Value of any Property contributed by any JV Partner will be adjusted immediately prior to such contribution to equal its fair market value. In the case of any asset that has a Carrying Value that differs from its [*   *   *] Carrying Value will be adjusted by the amount of depreciation calculated for purposes of the definition of “Net Profits and Net Loss” rather than the amount of depreciation calculated for [*   *   *]. For purposes of clarification, Clorox and P&G have agreed on the initial contributions and the [*   *   *] as reflected in the initial Capital Accounts.

     “ Change of Control ” of any Person (the “ Relevant Person ”) means the occurrence of either (i) the acquisition by any Person or group of Persons acting in concert (other than a JV Partner or its Affiliates) of direct or indirect (through the ownership of a majority of the voting power of a parent corporation of otherwise) beneficial ownership (as defined under Section 13(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of securities of the Relevant Person such that following such acquisition such Person or group of Persons acting in concert beneficially own a majority of the voting power of all outstanding voting securities of such Relevant Person or (ii) any merger, consolidation or share exchange of the Relevant Person with or into any other Person, unless the equity holders of the Relevant Person immediately prior to any such transaction are holders of a majority of the voting power of the surviving entity or its parent company immediately thereafter.

     “ Class A Interest ” means the undivided Class A participation interest in the Joint Venture, which shall entitle the JV Partner holding such Class A interest to receive allocations and distributions from time to time as provided in this Agreement.

     “ Class A Royalty Amount ” means, with respect to any Fiscal Quarter, royalty payments attributable to the Joint Venture received under the Glad License Agreements in an amount equal to [*   *   *] percent ([*   *   *]%) of the aggregate Distributable Local Cash Flow for the International Licensees for such Fiscal Quarter, less Deemed Withholding Taxes on such royalty payments.

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     “ Class B Interest ” means the undivided Class B participation interest in the Joint Venture, which shall entitle the JV Partner holding such Class B interest to receive allocations and distributions from time to time as provided in this Agreement.

     “ Class C Interest ” means the undivided Class C participation interest in the Joint Venture, which shall entitle the JV Partner holding such Class C interest to receive allocations and distributions from time to time as provided in this Agreement.

     “ Clorox Disclosure Schedule ” means a schedule dated as of the Original Date delivered by Clorox to P&G, which identifies exceptions and other matters with respect to the representations and warranties of the Clorox Parties contained in Sections 4.1 and 4.2.

     “ Clorox Partners ” means the Clorox Parties and any Permitted Transferees of any Clorox Parties that have been Transferred all or any part of the JV Interest held by such Clorox Parties.

      “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any corresponding provision or provisions of any succeeding law).

      “ Contribution Allocation Statement ” means the allocation of the Clorox Contribution among the Clorox Parties to be prepared by Clorox in good faith.

      “ Deemed Withholding Taxes ” means an amount of withholding taxes deemed to have been imposed under the definition of “Class A Royalty Amount.” The amount of withholding taxes deemed to have been imposed will be determined based on the aggregate amount of withholding taxes that would have been imposed on payments made under the Glad License Agreements had royalty payments in an aggregate amount equal to the Class A Royalty Amount been paid in such Fiscal Quarter by the International Licensees pro rata in accordance with the total royalty payments actually made by the International Licensees under the Glad License Agreements for such Fiscal Quarter.

      “ Distributable Cash Flow ” means, with respect to any Fiscal Quarter or other period, Available Cash Flow for such Fiscal Quarter or other Period minus any payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.4(d) hereof.

      “ Distributable Local Cash Flow ” for any International Licensee has the meaning set forth in the JV Sublicense Agreement to which such International Licensee is a party.

      “ Environmental Laws ” means any and all laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, guidelines, codes, decrees, or other legally enforceable requirement (including common law) of any foreign government, the United States, or any state, local, municipal or other Governmental Authority, regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of the environment or of human health, or employee health and safety.

      “ Exclusive Field ” means the [*   *   *] of bags, wraps, straws and covered containers primarily [*   *   *].

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     “ Fair Market Value ” means, except to the extent otherwise expressly provided herein:

      (i) with respect to a Party’s Ordinary JV Interest, “Fair Market Value” will be calculated as [*   *   *]. “Fair Market Value” for all outstanding Ordinary JV Interests will be determined by agreement of the Parties or, if the Parties are unable to so agree within [*   *   *] through good faith negotiation, then the Parties will agree upon [*   *   *] to determine such valuation, provided that if the Parties are unable to so agree [*   *   *]. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent “Fair Market Value” is being determined for purposes of Section 6.6 or 6.7 hereof, “Fair Market Value” for purposes of the foregoing clause (y) will be determined by reference to the [*   *  *] as applicable. For example, [*   *   *]. If, in either of the examples provided in the two immediately preceding sentences, there were $[*   *   *] outstanding, the Fair Market Value of all outstanding Ordinary JV Interests would have equaled $[*   *   *] rather than $[*   *   *] (i.e. the value of all of the Ordinary JV Interests would equal the value of the[*   *   *]). The [*   *   *] in any such transaction will include the [*   *   *] are not attributable to the Joint Venture. The intent of the immediately preceding four sentences is to make it clear that Fair Market Value under those circumstances will be derived solely from the [*   *   *].

      (ii) with respect to a Glad Local Business, “Fair Market Value” will be equal to [*   *   *]. “Fair Market Value” of the Glad Local Business will be determined by agreement of the Parties or, if the Parties are unable to so agree within [*   *   *] through good faith negotiation, then the [*   *   *] will determine such valuation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent “Fair Market Value” is being determined [*   *   *] “Fair Market Value” will be determined by reference to the [*   *   *]. For example, if [*   *   *]. If, in the example provided in the immediately preceding sentence, there were $[*   *   *] of Affiliate Loans outstanding, the Fair Market Value of all outstanding Ordinary JV Interests would have equaled $[*   *   *] rather than $[*   *   *] (i.e. the value would equal the value of [*   *   *]). The [*   *   *] in any such transaction will include the [*   *   *]. The intent of the immediately preceding three sentences is to make it clear that Fair Market Value under those circumstances will be derived solely from [*   *   *]. In the event of any transaction involving the [*   *   *], to the extent the P&G Partners believe in good faith that the [*   *   *] in such transaction [*   *   *] represents, the Parties will negotiate in good faith to agree upon the appropriate allocation and, if the Parties are unable to so agree within [*   *   *] through good faith negotiation, then the [*   *   *] will determine such allocation;

      (iii) with respect to each of the Class A Interest and the Class C Interest, individually, “Fair Market Value” will be deemed to be an amount equal to [*   *   *] of the aggregate Fair Market Value of the [*   *   *];

      (iv) with respect to the P&G Option, (A) during the Option Exercise Period, if the P&G Option is not yet exercised, the greater of [*   *   *] with respect to the Ordinary JV Interest and [*   *   *] the then-applicable Option Price; and (B) after the Option Exercise Period, [*   *   *]; and

      (v) in the event “Fair Market Value” is being determined in connection with a

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Clorox Change of Control, the [*   *   *] will determine the Fair Market Values of the Ordinary JV Interests held by the Clorox Partners (taking into account the existence of the P&G Option if such option has not been previously exercised or terminated) and the Glad Local Businesses [*   *   *]. Once the [*   *   *] has determined the Fair Market Values of the Ordinary JV Interests held by the Clorox Partners and the Glad Local Businesses, it will then determine the “Fair Market Values” of [*   *   *]. For example, assuming the P&G Option has been exercised, if a third party buyer acquires [*   *   *]. If, in the example provided in the immediately preceding sentence, there were [*   *   *] the Or dinary JV Interests would have equaled [*   *   *] (i.e. the value of all of the Ordinary JV Interests would equal [*   *   *] the Glad Local Businesses would have equaled $[*   *   *]. The [*   *   *]. This determination in connection with a Clorox Change of Control will be made by the [*   *   *] based on the [*   *   *], and for avoidance of doubt it is expected in determining such relative values that [*   *   *] as the case may be). The [*   *   *] will be directed to determine Fair Market Value based on [*   *   *].

With respect to any determination of “Fair Market Value” hereunder, the [*   *   *] by the Clorox Partners (collectively), and each of the Clorox Partners (collectively) and the P&G Partners (collectively) will have the right to make a presentation with respect to the calculation of Fair Market Value to the [*   *   *] making the determination.

      “ Field ” means, collectively, the Exclusive Field and the Non-Exclusive Field.

      “ Fiscal Quarter ” means each three (3) calendar month period ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, or in the case of the first Fiscal Quarter of the Joint Venture, the period from the Closing Date through March 31, 2003.

      “ Fiscal Year ” means (i) each 12-month period ending on June 30, or in the case of the first Fiscal Year of the Joint Venture, the period from the Closing Date through June 30, 2003, or (ii) if after the date of this Agreement the taxable year is required by the Code to be a period other than the period described in clause (i), then each 12-month period that is the taxable year of the Joint Venture determined in accordance with the requirements of the Code; (iii) the period from the day after the end of the most recently ended Fiscal Year until the date the Term ends, and (iv) for purposes of making allocations of Net Profits and Net Loss, Fiscal Year means any portion of a taxable year of the Joint Venture to the extent required to comply with Section 706 of the Code.

      “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States (or such other jurisdiction as may be specified herein) consistently applied.

      “ General Technology ” means any technology of general utility not specific [*   *   *], including but not limited to technology that can be used [*   *   *] and/or [*   *   *] or [*   *   *] or [*   *   *]. Any technology that is not General Technology is Specific Technology.

      “ Glad Balance Sheet ” means the balance sheet of the Glad Business as of June 30, 2002, attached to Section 1.1 to the Clorox Disclosure Schedule.

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     “ Glad Business ” means the business conducted by Clorox and its Subsidiaries within the Field and any other business that the Board determines to enter into without violating Section 5.3(a), including any expansion of such business into a New Country that is structured in the manner set forth in Section 7.8(b) hereof, provided that such business will not include (i) any business, operations, properties, assets or Liabilities of the Glad Licensed Business or (ii) any equity interest in any Subsidiary of Clorox conducting the Glad Licensed Business.

     “ Glad Existing International Business ” means the business in the Field conducted by Clorox and its Subsidiaries in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the People’s Republic of China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Costa Rica, South Korea and South Africa.

     “ Glad Financial Statements ” means the Glad Balance Sheet and the related statements of earnings and cash flows of the Glad Business previously delivered to P&G.

     “ Glad Global Business ” means the Glad Business and the Glad Licensed Business as conducted during the Term.

     “ Glad License Agreements ” means the license agreements between The Glad Products Company and each of the International Licensees, entered into as of the Closing Date substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit J hereto, which license agreements provide for a royalty payment calculated based on the net sales of such International Licensee, and such other comparable new or amended license agreements that may be entered into during the Term with respect to intellectual property of Clorox Affiliates for the Glad Business, which license agreements are between The Glad Products Company (or another Affiliate on behalf of Clorox) and an International Licensee with respect to New Countries in connection with an expansion structured in the manner set forth in Section 7.8(a).

     “ Glad License Termination Amount ” means, under any Glad License Agreement, an amount equal to [*   *   *] percent ([*   *   *]%) of the Fair Market Value of the Glad Local Business for the Territory (as defined in such Glad License Agreement).

     “ Glad Licensed Business ” means (x) the Glad Existing International Business and (y) any expansion of the business conducted by Clorox and its Subsidiaries in the Field into a New Country that is structured in the manner set forth in Section 7.8(a) hereof.

     “ Glad Local Business ”, with respect to any International Licensee, shall have the meaning set forth in the JV Sublicense Agreement to which such International Licensee is a party.

     “ Glad Parties ” means, collectively, the Clorox Parties and the International Licensees and “Glad Party” means any one such Person.

      “ Governmental Authority ” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.

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      “ Improvements ” means any and all Intellectual Property rights in and to any update, modification, customization, translation, upgrade, improvement, enhancement and/or derivative work.

      “ Indebtedness ” means all obligations for borrowed money, including guarantees, and all reimbursement obligations in respect of outstanding letters of credit (measured assuming such letters of credit are drawn in full).

      [*   *   *] shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of [*   *   *].

      “ Industrial Packaging ” means [*   *   *] used as packaging for products, which packaging is (i) [*   *   *], (ii) sold to [*   *   *] for their use as the packaging for their products, and (iii) [*   *   *]. For the avoidance of doubt, Industrial Packaging shall exclude any [*   *   *] and used as packaging [*   *   *], and which packaging is (A) [*   *   *] and (B) sold to [*   *   *] for their use as the packaging for their products.

      “ Infringe ” means to infringe, misappropriate, dilute, impair or otherwise violate.

      “ Institutional Channel ” means sales of products to commercial, educational and/or governmental institutions and organizations including, without limitation, hospitals, restaurants, janitorial service providers, universities, schools, hotels and caterers (collectively, “ Institutions ”), as well as sales of products to [*   *   *].

      “ Intellectual Property ” means any and all intellectual property, including, without limitation, patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, software, trade secrets, technology, inventions, specifications, know-how, processes, formulae, product descriptions and specifications and other technical or proprietary information, and all registrations and applications therefor.

      “ International Acquisition ” means, with respect to any International Licensee, the sale, disposition or other transfer to a Third Party of all or substantially all of the equity interests of such International Licensee or of all or substantially all the business, assets and properties of such International Licensee used in the Glad Local Business of such International Licensee, but excluding any transaction in which the JV Interests of the P&G Partners are purchased pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 or 6.7.

      “ International Licensee ” means each of Clorox Australia Pty. Ltd., The Clorox Company of Canada Ltd., Clorox de Centro America, S.A., Clorox China (Guangzhou) Ltd., Clorox Hong Kong Limited, Clorox New Zealand Limited, Clorox International Philippines, Inc., Clorox Africa (Pty) Ltd. and Clorox Korea Limited and any other Person that becomes a party to a JV Sublicense Agreement as a licensee thereunder.

      “ IP Acquisition ” means, in connection with an International Acquisition, a grant of a [*   *   *] the Related Local Intellectual Property (or other disposition of all substantial rights to all such Related Local Intellectual Property) of the applicable International Licensee, which license is granted to a Third Party licensee on behalf of the Joint Venture in exchange for a

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[*   *   *] to the Joint Venture from the new licensee of such Related Local Intellectual Property.

     “ IP Allocation Amount ” means, in the case of any International Acquisition in which there is an IP Acquisition, an amount equal to [*   *   *] percent ([*   *   *]%) of the Fair Market Value of the relevant Glad Local Business.

     “ IP Acquisition Price ” means, in the case of any International Acquisition in which there is a related IP Acquisition, the amount paid to acquire the license of or rights to the Related Local Intellectual Property by the new licensee of such Related Local Intellectual Property.

     “ Joint Venture ” means the contractual relationship between the JV Partners created by this Agreement, which will be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes, and will include all interests attributed to such Joint Venture in accordance with the terms of this Agreement with respect to any business, asset, right, property or Liability, including without limitation the Clorox Contribution and the P&G Contribution.

     “ JV Interest ” means an Ordinary JV Interest, Class A Interest, Class B Interest or Class C Interest.

     “ JV Sublicense Agreements ” means (i) the sublicense agreements to be dated and executed as of the Closing Date in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I between The Glad Products Company and each International Licensee, providing for the sublicense to the International Licensee of certain Intellectual Property rights licensed under the P&G License Agreement, pursuant to the terms thereof, and (ii) such other license agreements which may be entered into on behalf of the Joint Venture during the Term with respect to New Countries pursuant to Section 7.8(a).

     “ JV Sublicense Termination Amount ” means, under any JV Sublicense Agreement, an amount equal to [*   *   *] percent ([*   *   *]%) of the Fair Market Value of the Glad Local Business to which such JV Sublicense Agreement relates.

     “ JV Partners ” means any Person that holds a JV Interest in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. As of the Closing Date, the JV Partners will consist of each of the Clorox Parties and P&G Sub.

     “ Know How ” means any and all proprietary information, knowledge or expertise known to P&G [*   *   *]; and may include, without limitation, any know how, copyrights, software, trade secrets, technology, inventions, specifications, processes, formulae, product descriptions and specifications and other technical or proprietary information, if any, owned or held by P&G [*   *   *] (as defined in the P&G License Agreement).

      “ Liabilities ” means, as to any Person, all debts, liabilities and obligations, direct, indirect, absolute or contingent of such Person, whether accrued, vested or otherwise, whether known or unknown and whether or not actually reflected, or required by GAAP to be reflected, in such Person’s balance sheet.

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      “ Knowledge ” or “ knowledge ” of a Party means to the actual knowledge after reasonable inquiry (i) of those employees of such Party and its Affiliates who prior to the execution of the Original Agreement participated in the preparation or negotiation of the Original Agreement or any of the Related Agreements or the due diligence investigations relating to the PWC Report or the transactions contemplated by the Original Agreement and the Related Agreements or (ii) of those employees of such Party and its Affiliates who have been consulted prior to the execution of the Original Agreement by the employees specified in clause (i) with respect to the Original Agreement or any of the Related Agreements or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

      “ Liens ” means any adverse claims, liens, security interests, charges, leases, licenses or sublicenses and other encumbrances of any kind and nature.

      “ Material Adverse Effect ” means (i) with respect to the Clorox Parties, a material adverse effect upon the business, properties, financial condition or results of operations of the Glad Business and the Glad Existing International Business, taken as a whole (provided that for avoidance of doubt the Parties acknowledge that it is not a precondition that an adverse effect impact more than one country or market before it is possible for this standard to be satisfied) or on the ability of the Clorox Parties to perform their obligations under this Agreement or any of the Related Agreements and (ii) with respect to the P&G Parties, a material adverse effect on the ability of the P&G Parties to perform their obligations under this Agreement or any of the Related Agreements.

      “ Materials of Environmental Concern ” means any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation, asbestos, pollutants, contaminants, radioactivity, and any other substances of any kind, whether or not any such substance is defined as hazardous or toxic under any Environmental Law, that is regulated pursuant to or could give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.

      “ Net Income (Loss) ” means, for any period, the net income (loss) attributed to the Joint Venture in accordance with the JV Accounting Principles, excluding (a) any gains or loss resulting from the sale or other disposition of any property, plant or equipment attributed to the Joint Venture which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business; (b) any gains or loss resulting from the sale or other disposition of any equity interest in any Person; (c) any extraordinary gain or loss; (d) any one-time charges or expenses associated with the acquisition of any business or Person; and (e) any cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles.

      “ Net Profits ” and “ Net Loss ” mean, for each Fiscal Year or other period, an amount equal to the taxable income or loss attributed to the Joint Venture for such year or period, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) will be included in taxable income or loss) and with the accounting method used by the Joint Venture for federal income tax purposes, with the following adjustments:

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      (i)  any income attributed to the Joint Venture that is exempt from U.S. federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Profits or Net Loss will be added to such taxable income or loss;

      (ii)  any expenditures attributed to the Joint Venture described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704?1(b)(2)(iv)(i) and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Profits or Net Loss will be subtracted from such taxable income or loss;

      (iii)  if the Carrying Value of any Property differs from its adjusted tax basis for federal income tax purposes, any gain or loss resulting from a disposition of such asset will be calculated with reference to such Carrying Value;

      (iv) upon an adjustment to the Carrying Value of any Property (other than an adjustment in respect of depreciation) pursuant to the definition of Carrying Value, the amount of the adjustment will be included as gain or loss in computing such taxable income or loss;

      (v) if the Carrying Value of any Property differs from its adjusted tax basis for federal income tax purposes the amount of depreciation, amortization or cost recovery deductions with respect to such Property will for purposes of determining Net Profits and Net Loss be an amount which bears the same ratio to such Carrying Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deductions bears to such adjusted tax basis;

      (vi) notwithstanding any other provision of this definition, any items of income, gain, loss or deduction that are specially allocated pursuant to Section 3.2 will not be taken into account in computing Net Profits or Net Loss.

      “ Non-Exclusive Field ” means (i) [*   *   *] outside of the Exclusive Field of [*   *   *] products of the Glad Global Business in the Exclusive Field as of the Closing Date, including [*   *   *] of the Glad Global Business and/or the [*   *   *] and (ii) [*   *   *] branded with a Glad Global Business trademark sold to [*   *   *] Glad Global Business products [*   *   *].

      “ Ordinary JV Interest ” means, with respect to any JV Partner, its undivided participation interest in the Joint Venture (other than any participation interest represented by the Class A Interest, Class B Interest or Class C Interest, as applicable). The Ordinary JV Interest of each JV Partner will be expressed as a percentage of the aggregate Ordinary JV Interests of all JV Partners. The Ordinary JV Interests of the JV Partners may be adjusted from time to time as provided in this Agreement. The initial Ordinary JV Interest of each JV Partner as of the Closing will be as set forth in Section 2.5 hereof.

      “ P&G Disclosure Schedule ” means a schedule dated as of the Original Date delivered by P&G to Clorox, which identifies exceptions and other matters with respect to the representations and warranties of the P&G Parties contained in Sections 4.1 and 4.3.

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      “ P&G Equipment ” means the equipment described on Exhibit C hereto.

      “ P&G Equipment Transfer Documents ” means such instruments of transfer, with appropriate instruments of title, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Clorox, to effectively transfer the P&G Equipment as provided in Section 2.3 hereof.

      “ P&G License Agreement ” means the Intellectual Property License Agreement to be dated and executed as of the Closing Date in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A , providing for the license of certain Intellectual Property by P&G Sub.

      “ P&G Partners ” means P&G Sub and any Permitted Transferee of P&G Sub that has been Transferred all or any part of the JV Interest held by P&G.

      “ P&G Services Agreement ” means the Product Development and Services Agreement to be dated and executed as of the Closing Date in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B , providing for certain services to be provided by P&G.

      “ Permitted Liens ” means (i) Liens for Taxes that (x) are not yet due or delinquent or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (ii) statutory Liens or landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business; (iii) Liens incurred or deposits made in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security or similar benefits; (iv) Liens incurred or deposits made to secure the performance of tenders, bids, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, government contracts, performance bonds and other obligations of like nature; (v) as to any real property leases with respect to which the relevant entity is a lessee, any Lien effecting the interest of the landlord thereunder and (vi) Liens the existence of which do not and will not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

     “ Permitted Transfer ” means a Transfer of all or part of any JV Interest to a Permitted Transferee.

     “ Permitted Transferee ” means:

      (i)  in the case of the Clorox Parties and any Permitted Transferee of any Clorox Party: (A) Clorox, (B) any Subsidiary of Clorox, (C) any Person that, together with its Affiliates, has acquired all or substantially all of the Glad Global Business from the Clorox Parties or their Permitted Transferees, and (D) any other Person to the extent P&G has given its prior written consent to such Transfer; and

      (ii) in the case of P&G Sub and any Permitted Transferee of P&G Sub, (A) P&G, (B) any Subsidiary of P&G and (C) any other Person to the extent Clorox has given its prior written consent to such Transfer.

      “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, joint stock company, business trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other form of

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business or legal entity or Governmental Authority.

     “ Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by Citibank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York, New York; each change in the Prime Rate will be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

      “ Property ” means the assets attributed to the Joint Venture, both tangible and intangible.

      “ PWC Report ” means the report of PriceWaterhouse Coopers dated October 4, 2002 with respect to the Glad Business and the Glad Existing International Business previously provided by Clorox to P&G.

     “ Raw Material Technology ” means technology used in the production of [*   *   *] that can be used in the production of products [*   *   *].

      “ Regulations ” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the Treasury Department under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time. All references herein to a specific section of the Regulations will be deemed also to refer to any corresponding provisions of succeeding Regulations.

     “ Related Agreements ” means, collectively, (i) the P&G License Agreement, (ii) the P&G Services Agreement, (iii) the P&G Equipment Transfer Documents, (iv) the JV Sublicense Agreements and (v) the Glad License Agreements.

     “ Related Local Intellectual Property ” means, for any International Licensee, the Intellectual Property licensed to such International Licensee under the applicable Glad License Agreement and JV Sublicense Agreement.

      “ Reserves ” means cash funds set aside from Capital Contributions or gross cash revenues as reserves. Such “Reserves” will be maintained in amounts and upon such timing as is reasonably deemed necessary by the Board to finance any working capital requirements and/or to pay taxes, insurance, debt service, repairs, replacements, renewals, capital expenditures or other costs or expenses to be attributed to the Joint Venture in accordance with the JV Accounting Principles in the four Fiscal Quarters following the date such Reserves are being established that will not be funded from Available Cash Flow based on the then-current financial forecasts of the Joint Venture.

      “ Significant Contracts ” means any contract that would be required to be submitted to the board of directors of Clorox in accordance with the policies of Clorox for authorization and approval of contracts to which Clorox or its Subsidiaries are a party as such policies are in effect as of the Original Date.

      “ Specific Technology ” means any technology (as it may be modified with [*   *   *] for specific application [*   *   *]) that has specific application [*   *   *], including but not limited to technology that has a [*   *   *] or otherwise is of specific utility [*   *   *]. Any technology that

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is not Specific Technology is General Technology.

      “ Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other legal entity of which such Person (either alone or through or together with any other Subsidiary) owns or has the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the stock or other equity interests the holder of which is generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing body of such corporation or other legal entity.

      “ Taxes ” means all forms of taxation, duties, levies and imposts, whether of the United States or elsewhere including income, chargeable gains, alternative or add-on minimum, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, franchise, capital, paid-up capital, profits, greenmail, license, environmental (including taxes under Section 59A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, real or personal property, windfall profit, custom, duty or other tax, (including national insurance contributions) together with any interest or any penalty or addition to tax.

      “ Third Party ” means a Person other than the Clorox Parties, the P&G Parties or their respective Affiliates.

      “ Transfer ” means to transfer, sell, hypothecate, encumber or assign, directly or indirectly, provided that a Change of Control of Clorox will not be considered a Transfer of any JV Interest held by any Clorox Partner for purposes hereof, and a Change of Control of P&G will not be considered a Transfer of any JV Interest held by any P&G Partner for purposes hereof.

     Section 1.2 Other Definitions .

     The following terms are defined in the Sections indicated:

 

 

 

Term

 

Section

Additional Amount

 

2.6(e)

Additional Contribution

 

2.6(f)

Agreement

 

Preamble

Arm’s Length Terms

 

5.3(a)(v)

Authorized Persons

 

7.3(b)(iii)

Board

 

5.1(a)

Call Right

 

6.5(b)

Capital Account

 

2.9(a)

Change of Control Notice

 

6.4(a)(i)

Class A Special Amount

 

3.4(c)(ii)

Class C Special Amount

 

3.4(c)(i)

Clorox

 

Preamble

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Term

 

Section

Clorox Contribution

 

2.2(a)(i)

Clorox Benefit Plans

 

4.2(o)

Clorox Excluded Assets

 

2.2(b)

Clorox Indemnified Parties

 

10.2

Clorox Parties

 

Preamble

Clorox Retained Liabilities

 

2.2(c)

Clorox Services

 

7.1(a)

Closing

 

2.1

Closing Date

 

2.1

Competing Business

 

7.2(c)

Confidential Information

 

7.3(b)

Deadlock Notice

 

6.5(b)(i)

Defined Benefit Plans

 

7.5(d)

Distribution Shortfall

 

3.4(c)(v)

Escalation

 

5.3(b)

Existing International Balance Sheets

 

4.2(a)(vii)

Existing Product

 

7.2(b)(vii)

FDA

 

4.2(h)

Glad Leadership Team

 

5.1(e)

HSR Act

 

7.5(a)

Indemnified Parties

 

10.2

Indemnifying Party

 

10.3

Initial Term

 

6.3(a)

IP Transferees

 

11.12(c)

JV Accounting Principles

 

9.1(a)

Leased Real Property

 

4.2(e)

Losses and Expenses

 

10.1

Negative Cash Flow

 

2.6(b)

New Country

 

7.8

Option Exercise Period

 

2.7(a)

Option Price

 

2.7(a)

Original Agreement

 

Recitals

Original Date

 

Recitals

Owned Real Property

 

4.2(e)

P&G

 

Preamble

P&G Sub

 

Preamble

P&G Contribution

 

2.3(a)(ii)

P&G Indemnified Parties

 

10.1

P&G Observers

 

5.1(b)

P&G Option

 

2.7(a)

P&G True-Up

 

2.6(c)

P&G Parties

 

Preamble

P&G Veto

 

5.3(b)

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Term

 

Section

Parent Loans

 

2.6(a)

Party

 

Preamble

Pro Rata Portion

 

7.5(d)

Prohibited License Amounts

 

3.4(b)

Purchaser Plan

 

7.5(d)

Put Right

 

6.4(a)

Resolution Period

 

5.3(b)

Revised Valuation

 

6.8(a)

Quarterly Financials

 

2.6(b)

SEC

 

4.2(a)(v)

SEC Documents

 

4.2(a)(v)

Supplemental Schedule

 

7.5(e)

Tag-Along Right

 

6.6(a)

Tax Matters Partner

 

9.2(b)

Third-Party Sale

 

6.7(a)

Term

 

6.3(a)

Working Capital

 

4.2(a)(ii)

     Section 1.3 Other Definitional Provisions; Interpretation .

     The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement will refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and section and subsection references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and will not limit or otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The phrases “the date of this Agreement,” “the date hereof” and terms of similar import, unless the context otherwise requires, will be deemed to refer to the date set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement. The meanings given to terms defined herein will be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. All matters to be agreed to by any Party hereunder must be agreed to in writing by such Party unless otherwise indicated herein.

ARTICLE II

CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS OF INTEREST

     Section 2.1 Closing of Joint Venture .

     Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VIII, the closing of the transactions contemplated by Sections 2.2 and 2.3 (the “ Closing ”) will take place as of the close of business Pacific Time on January 31, 2003 at the offices of Clorox in Oakland, California, or at such other time and place as may be mutually agreed to by the Parties (the “ Closing Date ”). The Parties agree that the actual exchange of any documents, certificates assets

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or any other object required to be delivered at Closing will take place at such other time and place either before or after the close of business Pacific Time on January 31, 2003, as the Parties reasonably determine.

     Section 2.2 Clorox Contribution and Related Matters .

      (a) From and after the Closing, the following interests and Liabilities of the Clorox Parties and their Subsidiaries will be attributed to, and for income Tax purposes will be deemed owned or assumed by, the Joint Venture, except as provided in Section 2.2(b) below with respect to Clorox Excluded Assets and Section 2.2(c) below with respect to Clorox Retained Liabilities:

      (i) the interest of the Clorox Parties and their respective Subsidiaries on the Closing Date in all of the businesses, assets, rights and properties (w) reflected in the Glad Balance Sheet except as set forth in Schedule 2.2(a)(i) hereto, (x) set forth in Section 2.2(a)(iii)(C) of the Clorox Disclosure Schedule (to the extent an asset), (y) subject to the JV Accounting Principles, to the extent and only to the extent utilized in or related to the Glad Business, not reflected in the Glad Balance Sheet, provided that the Joint Venture and the Glad Business shall continue to have the right to use (in the same manner, to the same extent and on the same terms) any businesses, assets, rights and properties of the Clorox Parties and their Subsidiaries that would have been included in this clause (y) but for the application of the JV Accounting Principles or (z) subject to the JV Accounting Principles, to the extent and only to the extent utilized in or related to the Glad Business, acquired after the date of such Glad Financial Statements and prior to the Closing and including, for the avoidance of doubt, the rights of the Clorox Parties under the Glad License Agreements as of the Closing and in the Intellectual Property licensed thereunder (collectively, the “ Clorox Contribution ”), and which Clorox Contribution will be allocated among the Clorox Parties as set forth in the Contribution Allocation Statement and for income Tax purposes will be deemed contributed to the Joint Venture;

      (ii) subject to the JV Accounting Principles, the interest of the Clorox Parties and their Subsidiaries in any business, asset, right or property acquired during the Term by the Clorox Parties to the extent and only to the extent utilized in or related to the Glad Business (for the avoidance of doubt, for income Tax purposes, such interests shall be deemed to be acquired by the Joint Venture rather than contributed by the Clorox Parties);

      (iii) all Liabilities of the Clorox Parties and their Subsidiaries to the extent and only to the extent (A) reflected in the Glad Balance Sheet except as set forth in Schedule 2.2(a)(iii) hereto, (B) incurred or assumed by the Glad Business in the ordinary course of business after the date of such Glad Balance Sheet and prior to the Closing that would be reflected as current Liabilities on a balance sheet of the Glad Business as of the Closing prepared in accordance with the JV Accounting Principles, but excluding any current Liabilities arising from third party litigation claims, (C) set forth in Section 2.2(a)(iii)(C) of the Clorox Disclosure Schedule (to the extent a Liability), (D) arising out of the conduct of the Glad Business or the ownership or possession of any business, assets, rights or property of the Glad Business during the Term or (E) assumed or incurred

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during the Term by the Clorox Parties or their Subsidiaries in accordance with the terms hereof with respect to the Glad Business, provided that Indebtedness will be attributed to the Joint Venture only to the extent that the provisions of Article V hereof with respect to approvals are complied with and the proceeds of such Indebtedness are utilized in the Glad Business to finance expenditures that cannot be financed by Distributable Cash Flow; and

      (iv) all Net Income and Net Loss and Available Cash Flow arising in respect of the foregoing and proceeds of any disposition thereof.

For avoidance of doubt, the interests in clauses (i) through (iv) above will not include any interests in the Glad Licensed Business other than the interests represented by the Glad License Agreements and no foreign Subsidiary of Clorox that conducts the Glad Licensed Business will be a JV Partner hereunder.

      (b) The following interests of the Clorox Parties and their Subsidiaries will be excluded from the Joint Venture and will not be attributed to the Joint Venture (collectively, the “ Clorox Excluded Assets ”), and from and after the Closing the Joint Venture will not include any interest in any of the following:

      (i) all rights of the Clorox Parties and their Subsidiaries under this Agreement;

      (ii) all interests in any business, asset, right or property sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of after the date of the Glad Financial Statements and prior to the Closing in the ordinary course of the Glad Business and not in violation of Section 7.7 hereof;

      (iii) all cash and cash equivalents as of the Closing other than petty cash with respect to the Glad Business;

      (iv) all refunds or credits with respect to any Taxes paid or incurred by Clorox or its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date, except to the extent reflected on the Glad Balance Sheet;

      (v) all refunds or credits with respect to any income Taxes of Clorox or its Subsidiaries other than refunds of non-U.S. income Taxes that were attributed to the Joint Venture pursuant to Section 2.2(c)(ii);

      (vi) all capital stock or other equity interests of Clorox and its Subsidiaries; and

      (vii) all rights of the Clorox Parties arising out of or in connection with any Retained Liabilities, including without limitation any cause of action, right of recovery, right of set-off or counterclaim.

      (c) From and after the Closing, none of the following Liabilities will be attributed to

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the Joint Venture (“ Clorox Retained Liabilities ”):

      (i) any Liability (A) arising out of or relating to the conduct of the Glad Business or the ownership or possession of any business, assets, rights or property of the Glad Business prior to the Closing Date or (B) assumed or incurred prior to the Closing Date by the Clorox Parties or their Subsidiaries, except for any Liabilities described in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 2.2(a)(iii);

      (ii) (A) any Liability with respect to income Taxes of the Clorox Parties and their Subsidiaries, except for income Taxes imposed by a Tax authority of a foreign jurisdiction in which the Joint Venture is conducting (or causing to be conducted) the Glad Business, and (B) any Liability of the Clorox Parties and their Subsidiaries with respect to Taxes resulting from effecting the Clorox Contribution at Closing;

      (iii) any Liability arising out of or relating to the Clorox Excluded Assets;

      (iv) any Liability with respect to the matters set forth in Section 2.2(c)(iv) of the Clorox Disclosure Schedule;

      (v) any Liability of the Clorox Parties to the P&G Parties arising out of or related to any breach of this Agreement or any Related Agreement by the Clorox Parties or their Subsidiaries, even if arising out of or related to conduct of the Glad Business or the ownership or possession of any business, asset, right or property of the Glad Business during the Term; and

      (vi) any Liability for which the Clorox Parties or their Subsidiaries have otherwise agreed to be liable and not have attributed to the Glad Business pursuant to this Agreement or any Related Agreement.

      Section 2.3 Contribution by P&G and Related Matters .

      (a) As of the Closing, the following interests of the P&G Parties will be attributed to, and for Tax purposes, will be deemed contributed to the Joint Venture:

      (i) a license to certain Intellectual Property rights licensed to the Clorox Parties as set forth in the P&G License Agreement; and

      (ii) all title, right and interest to the P&G Equipment, the title to which P&G Equipment will be conveyed to one or more Clorox Parties at the Closing, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens (collectively clauses (i) and (ii), the “ P&G Contribution ”).

      (b) From and after the Closing:

      (i) the rights of the Clorox Parties under the P&G License Agreement and the JV Sublicense Agreements will be attributed to the Joint Venture;

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      (ii) the right, title and interest of the Clorox Parties to the P&G Equipment will be attributed to the Joint Venture; and

      (iii) all Net Income and Net Loss and Available Cash Flow arising in respect of the foregoing and proceeds of any disposition thereof will also be attributed to the Joint Venture.

      (c) The P&G Parties will make the following deliveries on the Closing Date and during the Term in connection with the rights granted under the P&G License Agreement:

      (i) Within a reasonable time after the Closing Date, the P&G Parties will deliver to Clorox for use in the Glad Business all Know How included in the [*   *   *] medium on the Closing Date;

      (ii) On and after the Closing Date, the P&G Parties will deliver to Clorox for use in the Glad Business (A) all Know How [*   *   *], as promptly as commercially practicable after any such Know How [*   *   *]; and

      (iii) In the event that any Know How is necessary for the Clorox Parties’ use or practice of any P&G Technology, but does not, as of the Closing Date or any later date, [*   *   *] then the P&G Parties, at Clorox’s request, will promptly (x) provide the Clorox Parties with [*   *   *] to Clorox.

      Section 2.4 Nature of JV Interest

     An Ordinary JV Interest represents an undivided participation interest in the Glad Business and each JV Interest represents a right to receive income and losses, cash flow and proceeds with respect thereto, as described herein. A JV Interest does not represent, and will not be deemed to convey, a direct ownership interest in any of the properties, assets or other rights of the Glad Business, title to which will be held by the Clorox Parties, nor will it result in the assumption by the P&G Parties of any Liabilities of the Glad Business. For income Tax purposes only, a JV Interest represents a capital and profits interest in the Joint Venture.

      Section 2.5 Initial Allocations of Interest and Capital Accounts .

      (a) In consideration for the Clorox Contribution, at the Closing the Clorox Parties will have an aggregate initial Ordinary JV Interest of ninety percent (90%), the Class A Interest and the Class B Interest and an aggregate Capital Account balance as will be mutually agreed by the Parties prior to Closing. The JV Interests and Capital Account balance of each individual Clorox Party as of the Closing will be determined by Clorox in accordance with the Contribution Allocation Statement, but in no event will the aggregate JV Interests and Capital Accounts balances of the Clorox Parties as of the Closing exceed those provided in the first sentence of this Section 2.5(a).

      (b) In consideration for the P&G Contribution, at the Closing P&G Sub will have an initial Ordinary JV Interest of ten percent (10%), the Class C Interest and an aggregate Capital

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Account balance as will be mutually agreed by the Parties prior to Closing. All JV Interests and Capital Account balances of the P&G Parties as of the Closing will be deemed to be owned solely and exclusively by P&G Sub. P&G is a party to this Agreement for purposes of guaranteeing the performance of all obligations of P&G Sub and to perform directly certain obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

     Section 2.6 Additional Capital Calls and Parent Loans .

     (a) All additional capital contributions that will be attributed to the Joint Venture will be made in accordance with this Section 2.6. In the event additional funds are required to finance specific capital, acquisition or extraordinary expenditures of the Glad Business, such funds may be provided by the JV Partners as loans attributed to the Joint Venture (“ Parent Loans ”) or as additional contributions of capital, in each case as provided in this Section 2.6. The Board may, from time to time, issue Capital Calls, requesting the JV Partners to make additional contributions of capital in proportion to their respective Ordinary JV Interests in order to finance expenditures of the Glad Business if based on the then-current financial forecasts of the Joint Venture (i) such expenditures cannot be funded entirely out of Distributable Cash Flow for such Fiscal Quarter and (ii) if Parent Loans are used to finance such expenditures, the Available Cash Flow during the next [*   *   *] will be insufficient to repay in full all Parent Loans that would be outstanding immediately after such new Parent Loans are incurred. Each JV Partner agrees that Capital Calls issued to any JV Partner will be paid by the JV Partner at its election. The remedy for non-payment of any Capital Calls will be limited to the remedy set forth in this Section 2.6 and such non-payment will not be a breach of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 2.6(a). Except as otherwise required by law, no JV Partner will be required to make any additional contributions to the capital attributed to the Joint Venture. All capital contributions to be attributed to the Joint Venture will be paid by the JV Partners to the account of the Clorox Partner designated by Clorox to receive such capital contributions.

     (b) In the event that additional funds are required to finance specific capital, acquisition or extraordinary expenditures of the Glad Business, and the then-current financial forecasts of the Joint Venture indicate that (i) such expenditures can be funded entirely out of Distributable Cash Flow for that Fiscal Quarter or (ii) if Parent Loans are used to finance such expenditures, the Available Cash Flow during the next [*   *   *] will be sufficient to repay in full all Parent Loans that would be outstanding immediately after such new Parent Loans are incurred, the Clorox Partners will provide such additional funds as a Parent Loan having a term of [*   *   *]. In the event that Available Cash Flow for any Fiscal Quarter as set forth in the quarterly financial statements of the Joint Venture for such Fiscal Quarter to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(c) (the “ Quarterly Financials ”) is a negative number (such number, the “ Negative Cash Flow ”) (x) less than $[*   *   *] and the aggregate outstanding Parent Loans by the Clorox Partners would not exceed $[*   *   *] if the amount of such Negative Cash Flow were treated as a Parent Loan or (y) if Parent Loans are used to fund the Negative Cash Flow, the Available Cash Flow during the next [*   *   *] will be sufficient to repay in full all Parent Loans that would be outstanding immediately after such new Parent Loans are incurred, then the amount of the Negative Cash Flow will be treated as a Parent Loan by the Clorox Partners, which Parent Loan will be deemed to have been made as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter to

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which the Negative Cash Flow relates.

     (c) In the event that there is Negative Cash Flow for any Fiscal Quarter that will not be treated as a Parent Loan in accordance with Section 2.6(b), then within three (3) Business Days of delivery of the Quarterly Financials pursuant to Section 9.1(c), the Board will issue a Capital Call to P&G Sub in an amount (the “ P&G True-Up ”) equal to: (i) the aggregate amount of the Ordinary JV Interests held by the P&G Partners [*   *   *] (ii) the Negative Cash Flow. In the event the P&G Partners pay such Capital Call, (A) the proceeds thereof will be paid to the Clorox Partner designated by Clorox, (B) the P&G Partners will be deemed to have made a capital contribution to the Joint Venture in the amount of the P&G True-Up, (C) each of the Clorox Partners will be deemed to have made a capital contribution to the Joint Venture in the amount of (x) the amount of the Ordinary JV Interest held by such Clorox Partner [*   *   *] (y) the Negative Cash Flow and (D) the respective Ordinary JV Interests of the Parties will not be adjusted with respect to such capital contributions or such Capital Call paid by P&G Sub or deemed paid by the Clorox Partners. In the event the P&G Partners decline to pay such Capital Call, the Clorox Partners will be deemed to have advanced the amount of the Negative Cash Flow, which may be treated as a loan or a contribution by the Clorox Partners at their election as provided in Section 2.6(e) below.

     (d) All Parent Loans will bear interest calculated on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each day from the date such Parent Loan is made until it is paid in full at [*   *   *] plus [*   *   *] percent ([*   *   *]%) per annum payable on a quarterly basis, and payments with respect to any Parent Loans will be credited first to accrued interest. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.4(b)(iv), each Parent Loan will have a maturity date of the last day of the Term.

     (e) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.6(c) hereof, in the event of the failure of any P&G Partner to make full and timely payment of any additional capital contribution required by any Capital Call pursuant to this Section 2.6, the Clorox Partners will be deemed to have advanced to the Joint Venture the entire unpaid amount. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.6(c) hereof, such advance as well as any other amounts that would have been deemed paid by the Clorox Partner on its own behalf with respect to such Capital Call if the P&G Partners had paid such Capital Call in full (together with such advance, the “ Additional Amount ”) will, at the election of the advancing Clorox Partner, be treated in either of the following manners:

      (i) the Additional Amount may be treated as a Parent Loan; or

      (ii) the Additional Amount may be treated as a contribution by the Clorox Partner paying such Additional Amount attributed to the Joint Venture of all or any portion of such unpaid Capital Call.

     (f) Effective upon the making of an additional capital contribution by a Clorox Partner pursuant to Section 2.6(e)(ii) (an “ Additional Contribution ”), the Ordinary JV Interest of each JV Partner will be recalculated as that percentage equal to a fraction:

      (i) [*   *   *] of which is equal to the sum of (A) (x) the Ordinary JV Interest of such JV Partner prior to the Additional Contribution [*   *   *] by (y) the aggregate

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Fair Market Value of all Ordinary JV Interests prior to the Additional Contribution plus (B) the amount, if any, of the Additional Contribution made by such JV Partner, and

      (ii) [*   *   *] of which is equal to the sum of (A) the aggregate Fair Market Value of all Ordinary JV Interests prior to the Additional Contribution [*   *   *] (B) the aggregate amount of all Additional Contributions by all the JV Partners made at the same time as such Additional Contribution.

For purposes of this Section 2.6(f), prior to the three-year anniversary of the Closing Date, the Fair Market Value of all the Ordinary JV Interests will be no less than $[*   *   *] plus the aggregate amount of Additional Contributions made or deemed made prior to the date as of which such Fair Market Value is being determined.

By way of illustration, in the event the Ordinary JV Interests held by the JV Partners remain unchanged from the Closing Date and the P&G Option has not been exercised, and an Additional Contribution is made by a Clorox Partner in the amount of $[*   *   *] and the Fair Market Value for all Ordinary JV Interests prior to such Additional Contribution is equal to $[*   *   *] the Ordinary JV Interests held by the P&G Partners would be an aggregate of [*   *   *]% and the Ordinary JV Interests held by the Clorox Partners would be an aggregate of [*   *   *]%, calculated as follows:

     [*   *   *]% = [*   *   *]

     [*   *   *]% = [*   *   *]

     Section 2.7 P&G Option .

     (a) During the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on January 1, 2008 (the “ Option Exercise Period ”), the P&G Partners will have the option (the “ P&G Option ”) to acquire from the Clorox Partners all (but not less than all) of (x) a portion of the Clorox Partners’ Ordinary JV Interests equal to ten percent (10%) of the total Ordinary JV Interests as of the date of the closing of the exercise of the P&G Option and (y) the Class A Interest. The [*   *   *] price to be paid by P&G Sub to the Clorox Partners (the “ Option Price ”) will be determined as follows:

      (i) $[*   *   *] plus the Adjustment Amount, if any, in the event the P&G Option is exercised on or before January 1, 2004;

      (ii) $133 million plus the Adjustment Amount, if any, if the P&G Option is exercised after January 1, 2004 and on or before January 1, 2005;

      (iii) $[*   *   *] plus the Adjustment Amount, if any, if the P&G Option is exercised after January 1, 2005 and on or before January 1, 2006;

      (iv) $[*   *   *] plus the Adjustment Amount, if any, if the P&G Option is exercised after January 1, 2006 and on or before January 1, 2007; and

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      (v) $[*   *   *] plus the Adjustment Amount, if any, if the P&G Option is exercised after January 1, 2007 and on or before January 1, 2008.

     (b) If the P&G Partners wish to exercise the P&G Option, P&G will provide ten (10) Business Days prior written notice to Clorox. The closing with respect to any exercise of the P&G Option will take place on the tenth Business Day after exercise by the P&G Partners of the P&G Option, provided that if all orders, consents and approvals of Governmental Authorities legally required for the closing of such sale will not have been obtained or will not be in effect, or if any waiting period under the HSR Act will not have expired or been terminated, such closing will be delayed until the tenth Business Day after such orders, consents and approvals will be obtained and in effect and such waiting period, if any, will have expired or been terminated. Payment of the Option Price will be by immediately available funds to the accounts designated by Clorox.

     Section 2.8 Rights with Respect to Capital .

     (a) No JV Partner will have the right to withdraw, or receive any return of, its Capital Contribution, and no Capital Contribution may be returned in the form of property other than cash except as specifically provided herein.

     (b) Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no Capital Contribution of any JV Partner will bear any interest or otherwise entitle the contributing JV Partner to any compensation for use of the contributed capital.

     Section 2.9 Capital Accounts .

     (a) There will be established for each JV Partner on the books of the Joint Venture a capital account (“ Capital Account ”) that will be maintained in accordance with this Section 2.9.

     (b) In the event a JV Partner transfers a JV Interest in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee will succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent it relates to the transferred JV Interest.

     (c) The Capital Account of each JV Partner will be increased by:

      (i) such JV Partner's cash contributions attributed to and deemed contributed to the Joint Venture (including deemed cash contributions equal to the amount of organizational expenses incurred by such JV Partner on behalf of the Joint Venture);

      (ii) the Carrying Value of property attributed to and deemed contributed by such JV Partner (net of Liabilities secured by such contributed property that the Joint Venture is considered to have attributed to it or such property is subject to under Code Section 752);

      (iii) all items of Net Profits allocated to such JV Partner pursuant to Article III or other provisions of this Agreement, and

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      (iv) all items of income and gain specially allocated to such JV Partner pursuant to Section 3.2.

     (d) The Capital Account of each JV Partner will be decreased by:

      (i) the amount of cash distributed to such JV Partner as a distribution with respect to the Joint Venture;

      (ii) the Carrying Value of all actual and deemed distributions of Property made to such JV Partner as a distribution with respect to the Joint Venture pursuant to this Agreement (net of Liabilities secured by such distributed Property that the JV Partner is considered to assume or take subject to under Code Section 752);

      (iii) all items of Net Loss allocated to such JV Partner pursuant to Article III or other provisions of this Agreement; and

      (iv) all items of deduction, expense or loss specially allocated to such JV Partners pursuant to Section 3.2.

     (e) The provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), and will be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Regulations Section. To the extent such provisions are inconsistent with such Regulations Section or are incomplete with respect thereto, Capital Accounts will be maintained and adjustments thereto will be made in accordance with such Regulations Section; provided, however, that no such adjustment will have any effect on the amount distributable hereunder to any JV Partner.

ARTICLE III

ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

     Section 3.1 Allocation of Net Profits and Losses .

     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article III, Net Profits and Net Loss of the Joint Venture in each Fiscal Year will be allocated among the JV Partners in accordance with their respective Ordinary JV Interests.

     (b) Notwithstanding Section 3.1(a) above, Net Profits with respect to each of the first eight Fiscal Quarters of the Joint Venture will be allocated among the JV Partners as follows:

      (i) with respect to the first four Fiscal Quarters of the Joint Venture, Net Profits will be allocated one hundred percent (100%) to the Clorox Partners (pro rata in accordance with their respective Ordinary JV Interests); provided that, if P&G Sub exercises the P&G Option on or prior to the first day of any such Fiscal Quarter, Net Profits for such Fiscal Quarter will be allocated (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 2.6(f)) ninety percent (90%) to the Clorox Partners (pro rata in accordance with their respective JV Interests) and ten percent (10%) to the P&G Partners (pro rata in

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accordance with their respective Ordinary JV Interests);

      (ii) with respect to the fifth through eighth Fiscal Quarters of the Joint Venture, Net Profits will be allocated (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 2.6(f)) ninety-five percent (95%) to the Clorox Partners (pro rata in accordance with their respective Ordinary JV Interests) and five percent (5%) to the P&G Partners (pro rata in accordance with their respective Ordinary JV Interests); provided that, if P&G Sub exercises the P&G Option on or prior to the first day of any such Fiscal Quarter, Net Profits for such Fiscal Quarter will be allocated (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 2.6(f)) eighty-five percent (85%) to the Clorox Partners (pro rata in accordance with their respective Ordinary JV Interests) and fifteen percent (15%) to the P&G Partners (pro rata in accordance with their respective Ordinary JV Interests); and

      (iii) notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1(b)(i) and (ii) above, Net Profits with respect to any sale, transfer or other disposition of any business or assets of the Glad Business outside the ordinary course of the Glad Business during the first eight Fiscal Quarters will be allocated among the JV Partners pro rata in accordance with their respective Ordinary JV Interests.

     Section 3.2 Special Allocations .

           For purposes of the following provisions of this Section 3.2, the Clorox Partners will be regarded as a single JV Partner with a single Capital Account. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary:

     (a) If a JV Partner would at any time receive, but for this Section 3.2(a), an allocation of deduction, loss, or expenditure that would cause or increase a deficit balance in such JV Partner's Capital Account in excess of any amount of such deficit balance that the JV Partner is obligated to restore or deemed obligated to restore (as determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c)), then the portion of such allocation that would cause or increase such deficit Capital Account balance will be specially allocated to the other JV Partners, if any, with positive Capital Account balances in proportion to such balances. The loss limitation under this Section 3.2(a) is intended to comply with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), including the reductions described in subparagraphs (4), (5) and (6) therein.

     (b) If in any Fiscal Year a JV Partner receives an adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of Joint Venture income and gain will be specially allocated to each such JV Partner in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Treasury Regulations, the Capital Account deficit of such JV Partner as quickly as possible provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 3.2(b) will be made only if and to the extent that such JV Partner would have a Capital Account deficit after all other allocations provided for in this Article III have been tentatively made as if this Section 3.2(b) were not in the Agreement. This Section 3.2(b) is intended to qualify and be construed as a “qualified income offset” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and will be interpreted consistently therewith.

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      (c) If there is a net decrease in minimum gain attributed to the Joint Venture or JV Partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain (determined in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(d) and 1.704-2(i)) during any Joint Venture taxable year, the JV Partners will be allocated items of income and gain attributed to the Joint Venture for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to their respective shares of such net decrease during such year, determined pursuant to Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5). The items to be so allocated will be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(f). This Section 3.2(c) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirements in such Treasury Regulations and will be interpreted consistently therewith, including that no chargeback will be required to the extent of the exceptions provided in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(f) and 1.704-2(i)(4).

      (d) The allocation provisions set forth in this Article III and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b) and will be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Regulations; provided however that such provisions will not affect the economic rights of any JV Partner, including rights to distributions with respect to the Joint Venture.

      (e) Any special allocations of items of income, gain, loss or deductions pursuant to Sections 3.2(a), (b) and (c) will be taken into account in computing subsequent allocations pursuant to Section 3.1 and this Section 3.2, so that the net amount of any items so allocated will, to the extent possible, be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such JV Partner pursuant to the provisions of this Article III if such special allocations had not occurred.

      (f) In the event that any fees, interest, or other amounts paid to any JV Partner or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to this Agreement or any other agreement attributed to the Joint Venture with any JV Partner or Affiliate thereof providing for the payment of such amount, and deducted by the Joint Venture in reliance on Section 707(a) and/or 707(c) of the Code, are disallowed as deductions to the Joint Venture on its federal income tax return and are treated as Joint Venture distributions, then:

      (i) the Net Profits or Net Loss, as the case may be, for the Fiscal Year in which such fees, interest, or other amounts were paid will be increased or decreased, as the case may be, by the amount of such fees, interest, or other amounts that are treated as Joint Venture distributions; and

      (ii) there will be allocated to the JV Partner to which (or to whose Affiliate) such fees, interest, or other amounts were paid, prior to the allocations pursuant to Section 3.1, an amount of gross income for the Fiscal Year equal to the amount of such fees, interest, or other amounts that are treated as Joint Venture distributions.

      (g) Prior to the allocation of Net Profits and Net Losses pursuant to Section 3.1, the following allocations shall be made for each Fiscal Year:

      (i) The holder of the Class A Interest will be specially allocated royalty

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income attributable to royalty payments made under the Glad License Agreements for such Fiscal Year in an amount of royalty payments [*   *   *] to the aggregate amounts distributable to the holder of the Class A Interest under Section 3.5(b)(i) hereof (without regard to distributions treated as guaranteed payments under such Section) in each Fiscal Quarter in such Fiscal Year. Royalty income allocated to the Class A Interest hereunder will be allocated among the various sources of such royalty income in the same manner as withholding taxes are calculated under the definition of “Deemed Withholding Taxes”. The holder of the Class A Interest will also be specially allocated income for such Fiscal Year in an [*   *   *] of the IP Allocation Amounts with respect to IP Acquisitions for such Fiscal Year and will be specially allocated all income attributable to Glad License Termination Amounts paid for such Fiscal Year;

      (ii) After the allocations pursuant to Section 3.2(g)(i) are made, the holder of the Class B Interest will be specially allocated royalty income attributable to royalty payments made under the Glad License Agreements for such Fiscal Year in an amount [*   *   *] royalty payments received under the Glad License Agreements for such Fiscal Year, [*   *   *] the amount of royalty income allocated to the Class A Interest under Section 3.2(g)(i) for such Fiscal Year. The holder of the Class B Interest will also be specially allocated income for such Fiscal Year [*   *   *] IP Acquisition Prices with respect to IP Acquisitions, if any, for such Fiscal Year in excess of the aggregate IP Allocation Amounts included in the calculation of the Class A Special Amount and the Class C Special Amount for each Fiscal Quarter in such Fiscal Year;

      (iii) The holder of the Class C Interest will be specially allocated royalty income attributable to royalty payments made under the JV Sublicense Agreements in such Fiscal Year in an amount of royalty payments [*   *   *] royalty payments received under the JV Sublicense Agreements for such Fiscal Year. The holder of the Class C Interest will also be specially allocated income for such Fiscal Year in an amount [*   *   *] of the IP Allocation Amounts with respect to IP Acquisitions for such Fiscal Year and will be specially allocated [*   *   *] attributable to JV Sublicense Termination Amounts paid for such Fiscal Year;

      (iv) The Clorox Partners will be specially allocated all deductions arising from the payment of guaranteed payments pursuant to Section 3.5(a) and Section 3.5(b) hereof in such Fiscal Year and shall be specially allocated [*   *   *] attributable to Prohibited License Amounts received on behalf of the Joint Venture in such Fiscal Year; and

      (v) Each JV Partner will be specially allocated all deductions arising from the amortization of organizational expenses (within the meaning of Section 709(b) of the Code) incurred by such JV Partner on behalf of the Joint Venture.

      Section 3.3 Section 704(c) Allocation .

      (a) For income tax purposes only, each item of income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to any Property, the Carrying Value of which differs from its adjusted tax basis for federal income tax purposes, will be allocated in accordance with the principles of

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Section 704(c) of the Code so as to take into account the variation between the adjusted tax basis of such Property and its Carrying Value. For purposes of applying the principles of Section 704(c) of the Code, the Joint Venture will use the traditional method described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(b) or such other methods as the JV Partners unanimously agree.

      (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3(a), items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to be allocated for income tax purposes will be allocated for each Fiscal Year among the JV Partners in the same manner and on the same basis as Net Profits and Net Loss are allocated, taking into account special allocations made pursuant to Section 3.2.

      Section 3.4 Distributions of Available Cash Flow .

      (a) After making distributions of Distributable Cash Flow pursuant to Section 3.4(c) for any Fiscal Quarter, all remaining Distributable Cash Flow attributed to the Joint Venture for such Fiscal Quarter will be distributed by the Clorox Partners in accordance with this Section 3.4(a). If Available Cash Flow as shown in the Quarterly Financials for any Fiscal Quarter results in the Distributable Cash Flow for that Fiscal Quarter being a positive number, a distribution with respect to such Fiscal Quarter will be made by the Clorox Partners to the P&G Partners within three (3) Business Days after delivery of such Quarterly Financials and each Clorox Partner will be deemed to have received a distribution on that same date. All distributions made by the Clorox Partners pursuant to this Section 3.4 will be in [*   *   *] to the account designated by the P&G Partners to Clorox in writing. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.4 or Article VI, all distributions of Distributable Cash Flow from any Fiscal Quarter will be made to the JV Partners pro rata in accordance with their respective Ordinary JV Interests as of the last day of such Fiscal Quarter so that the amount distributed to the P&G Partners will equal its Ordinary JV Interest as of such day multiplied by the aggregate amount of Distributable Cash Flow.

      (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.4(a), after making distributions of Distributable Cash Flow pursuant to Section 3.4(c),

      (i) with respect to the first four Fiscal Quarters of the Joint Venture, the remaining Distributable Cash Flow will be distributed one hundred percent (100%) to the Clorox Partners (pro rata in accordance with their respective Ordinary JV Interests); provided that if the P&G Partners exercise the P&G Option on or prior to the first day of any such Fiscal Quarter, such Distributable Cash Flow for such Fiscal Quarter will be distributed (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 2.6(f)) ninety percent (90%) to the Clorox Partners (pro rata in accordance with their respective Ordinary JV Interests) and ten percent (10%) to the P&G Partners;

      (ii) with respect to the fifth through eighth Fiscal Quarters of the Joint Venture, the remaining Distributable Cash Flow will be distributed (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 2.6(f)) ninety-five percent (95%) to the Clorox Partners (pro rata in accordance with their respective Ordinary JV Interests) and five percent (5%) to the P&G Partners; provided that if the P&G Partners exercises the P&G Option on or prior to the first day of any such Fiscal Quarter, such Distributable Cash Flow for such Fiscal Quarter

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will be distributed (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 2.6(f)) eighty-five percent (85%) to the Clorox Partners (pro rata in accordance with their respective Ordinary JV Interests) and fifteen percent (15%) to P&G Partners; and

      (iii) notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.4(b)(i) and (ii) above, distributions of Distributable Cash Flow consisting of the net cash proceeds of any sale, transfer or other disposition of any business or assets of the Glad Business outside the ordinary course of the Glad Business during the first eight Fiscal Quarters will be made to the JV Partners pro rata in accordance with their respective Ordinary JV Interests as of the last day of such Fiscal Quarter.

      (c) Prior to any distributions of Distributable Cash Flow under Sections 3.4(a) or 3.4(b), Distributable Cash Flow for any Fiscal Quarter will be distributed in accordance with this Section 3.4(c) in the following order of priority:

      (i) In the event of one or more International Acquisitions that have related IP Acquisitions in a Fiscal Quarter, the holder of the Class C Interest will be entitled to a distribution with respect to such Fiscal Quarter of Distributable Cash Flow in an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate IP Allocation Amounts with respect to all such International Acquisitions in such Fiscal Year (the “ Class C Special Amount ”);

      (ii) In the event of one or more International Acquisitions that have related IP Acquisitions in a Fiscal Quarter, the holder of the Class A Interest will also be entitled to a distribution with respect to such Fiscal Quarter of Distributable Cash Flow equal to the sum of the aggregate IP Allocation Amounts with respect to all such International Acquisitions in such Fiscal Quarter (the “ Class A Special Amount ”);

      (iii) The holder of the Class B Interest will be entitled to a distribution with respect to each Fiscal Quarter of Distributable Cash Flow in an amount equal to the aggregate royalty payments received under the Glad License Agreements (net of withholding taxes imposed on such royalty payments) for such Fiscal Quarter, minus the amount distributable to the holder of the Class A Interest under Section 3.5(b)(i) for such Fiscal Quarter;

      (iv) The holder of the Class B Interest will be entitled to a special distribution with respect to each Fiscal Quarter of Distributable Cash Flow equal to the aggregate IP Acquisition Prices, if any, for such Fiscal Quarter, less the sum of the Class A Special Amount and the Class C Special Amount for such Fiscal Quarter; and

      (v) In the event there is insufficient Distributable Cash Flow in any Fiscal Quarter to pay the amounts otherwise distributable under this Section 3.4(c) (a “ Distribution Shortfall ”), there shall be a priority distribution of Distributable Cash Flow in the next succeeding Fiscal Quarter in the amount of such Distribution Shortfall (and all prior Distribution Shortfalls to the extent a distribution has not been made with respect to any such Distribution Shortfall under this Section 3.4(c)(v)) in the order of priority set forth in this Section 3.4(c) to the Parties who were the holders of the Class A Interest,

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