Exhibit 10.01
TAX ALLOCATION AGREEMENT
among
METAVANTE HOLDING
COMPANY,
METAVANTE CORPORATION,
NEW M&I CORPORATION
and
MARSHALL & ILSLEY
CORPORATION
Dated as of April 3,
2007
TAX ALLOCATION
AGREEMENT
TAX ALLOCATION AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreement ”), dated as of April 3, 2007,
among Metavante Holding Company, a Wisconsin corporation and, as of
the date hereof, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MI Corp. (“
MVT Holding ”), Metavante Corporation, a Wisconsin
corporation and, as of the date hereof, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of MI Corp. (“ MVT Corp. ”) (MVT Holding and MVT
Corp., collectively, the “ MVT Parties ”),
Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation
(“ MI Corp. ”), and New M&I Corporation, a
Wisconsin corporation (“ New MI Corp. ”) (MI
Corp. and New MI Corp., collectively, the “ MI Parties
”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, MI Corp. is the common
parent of an affiliated group of corporations within the meaning of
Section 1504(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “ Code ”), which currently files
consolidated federal Income Tax Returns (the “ Affiliated
Group ”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Separation
Agreement dated as of the date hereof between the MVT Parties and
the MI Parties (as may be amended from time to time in accordance
with its terms, the “ Separation Agreement ”)
and the Investment Agreement (as defined below), MVT Holding will
distribute all of the issued and outstanding shares of New MI Corp.
common stock (“ New MI Corp. Common Stock ”) on
a pro rata basis to holders of record of MVT Holding Common Stock
(as defined in the Investment Agreement) (as described more fully
in the Separation Agreement, the “ Distribution
”);
WHEREAS, the MVT Parties, Montana
Merger Sub Inc., a Wisconsin corporation and, as of the date
hereof, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MVT Holding (“ Merger
Sub ”), and the MI Parties have entered into an
Investment Agreement, dated as the date hereof (the “
Investment Agreement ”) with WPM, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (“ Investor ”) pursuant to
which, prior to the Distribution, MI Corp. will undertake the MI
Merger, the MI Conversion, the MVT Distribution, the MI LLC
Contribution and the MI Cash Contribution, and Investor will make
the Equity Investment (as defined in the Separation
Agreement);
WHEREAS, in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement, one or more
of the members of the MVT Group (as defined below) will incur
approximately $1.75 billion of indebtedness (the “ Debt
Financing ”);
WHEREAS, the parties to this
Agreement intend that (i) the MI Merger and the MI Conversion
will qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(F) of
the Code, (ii) following the MI Merger and the MI Conversion,
MVT Holding will become the common parent of the Affiliated Group;
(iii) the MI Contribution (as defined in the Investment
Agreement) followed by the Distribution will qualify as a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(D) of
the Code; and (iv) the Distribution will qualify as a
distribution eligible for nonrecognition under Sections 355(a) and
361(c) of the Code;
WHEREAS, after the Distribution, no
member of the MI Group (as defined below) will be a member of the
Affiliated Group for federal income tax purposes and MI Corp. will
be disregarded as an entity separate from New MI Corp. for U.S.
federal income tax purposes;
WHEREAS, after the Distribution the
Affiliated Group will continue and MVT Holding will be treated as
the common parent of the Affiliated Group for federal income tax
purposes; and
WHEREAS, the MVT Group and the MI
Group desire on behalf of themselves and their successors to set
forth their rights and obligations with respect to Taxes due for
periods before, on and after the Distribution Date.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and of the respective agreements and covenants
contained in this Agreement, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01.
General . Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have
the meanings set forth in this Agreement, or, when not so defined,
in the Separation Agreement or the Investment Agreement. As used in
this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
“ Affiliate ” has
the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“ Affiliated Group
” has the meaning set forth in the first recital.
“ Agreement ”
means this Tax Allocation Agreement as the same may be amended from
time to time.
“ Applicable Federal
Rate ” means the federal short-term rate under
Section 1274(d) of the Code, compounded quarterly.
“ Audit ” means
any audit, assessment of Taxes, other examination by any
Governmental Entity (as defined in the Investment Agreement),
proceeding, or appeal of such a proceeding relating to Taxes,
whether administrative or judicial, including proceedings relating
to competent authority determinations.
“ Code ” has the
meaning set forth in the first recital.
“ Controlling Party
” means the party described as the Controlling Party in
accordance with Section 3.01 .
“ Covered Group ”
means, in the case of any Covered Group Taxes, the group of Persons
that join in the filing of the consolidated, combined or unitary
Tax Return upon which such Covered Group Taxes are
reported.
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“ Covered Group Taxes
” means any federal, state, local or foreign Taxes reportable
on a consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return for a group that
includes any member of the MI Group, on the one hand, and any
member of the MVT Group, on the other hand.
“ Covered Group Year
” means, in the case of any Covered Group, any Taxable year
of such Covered Group that ends prior to or includes the
Distribution Date.
“ Debt Financing
” has the meaning set forth in the fourth recital.
“ Distribution ”
has the meaning set forth in the second recital.
“ Distribution Date
” has the meaning set forth in the Separation
Agreement.
“ Filing Party ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08 .
“ Final Determination
” means with respect to any issue (a) a decision,
judgment, decree or other order by any court of competent
jurisdiction, which decision, judgment, decree or other order has
become final and not subject to further appeal, (b) a closing
agreement (whether or not entered into under Section 7121 of
the Code) or any other binding settlement agreement (whether or not
with the IRS) entered into in connection with or in contemplation
of an administrative or judicial proceeding, or (c) the
completion of the highest level of administrative proceedings if a
judicial contest is not or is no longer available.
“ GAAP ” has the
meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.
“ Income Tax ”
means any franchise Tax and any federal, state, local or foreign
Tax measured by or imposed on gross receipts or net income or
profits. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Income
Tax” shall not include any sales or use Tax.
“ Income Tax Return
” means any Tax Return with respect to Income
Taxes.
“ Indemnifiable Losses
” has the meaning set forth in the Separation
Agreement.
“ Independent Firm
” has the meaning set forth in Article VI .
“ Information ”
has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“ Investment Agreement
” has the meaning set forth in the third recital.
“ Investor ” has
the meaning set forth in the third recital.
“ Investor Factual
Representation ” means the representations of Investor
set forth in Section 4.1 of the Investment Agreement
and any factual representation provided by Investor in writing in
connection with the Tax Opinion described in
Section 7.1(f)(ii) of the Investment
Agreement.
“ IRS ” means the
United States Internal Revenue Service.
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“ Liable Party ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08 .
“ MI Corp. ” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“ MI Compensation
Payments ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.06(a) .
“ MI Group ” has
the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“ MI Parties ”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“ MI Specified Refunds
” means any refunds or credits relating to (i) the
transactions described in the complaint filed on March 2,
2007, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Wisconsin, (ii) the “Tempest” transactions
currently in appeals, and (iii) the amended tax returns filed
in connection with securitizations involving auto loans.
“ MI Subsidiary ”
has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“ MI Taxes ”
means any Taxes (excluding Restructuring Taxes) that are treated as
MI Taxes under Section 2.05 of this
Agreement.
“ New MI Corp. ”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“ New MI Corp. Common
Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the second
recital.
“ MVT Corp. ” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“ MVT Compensation
Payments ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.06(a) .
“ MVT Group ” has
the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“ MVT Holding ”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“ MVT Parties ”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“ MVT Restructuring Tax
Audit ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.02(a) .
“MVT Separate Group
Basis ” means, in
the case of any Covered Group Taxes for a Covered Group Year, the
amount of such Covered Group Taxes for such Covered Group Year that
would have been due if the underlying Covered Group consisted
solely of members of the MVT Group and did not include any members
of the MI Group and computed (i) by taking into account
elections and accounting methods actually used in computing such
Covered Group Taxes for such Covered Group Year, (ii) with
appropriate adjustments to take into account the application of
Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-13 or similar provisions
of state and local Tax law to any intercompany transactions between
members of the MVT Group (on one hand) and members of the MI Group
(on the other hand), (iii) consistent with past practice
(including past practice of allocating state and local unitary
Taxes and expenses to an entity if that entity caused the filing of
a combined, consolidated or unitary Tax Return) and (iv) with
such other adjustments as are contemplated by this Agreement;
provided , however , that Tax liability for an entity
with nexus in a combined return state shall be based on that
entity’s relative apportionment percentage of the total
apportionment percentage of the actual combined group.
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“ MVT Subsidiary
” has the meaning set forth in the Separation
Agreement.
“ MVT Tainting Act
” means:
(a) any action (or failure to take
any reasonably available action) by any of the MVT Parties or any
Affiliate of the MVT Parties after the Distribution Date other than
an action contemplated by the Investment Agreement or any of the
Transaction Agreements;
(b) any inaccuracy of any Investor
Factual Representation;
(c) any acquisition or other
transaction involving the equity of any of the MVT Parties or any
Affiliate of the MVT Parties (other than the distribution of the
New MI Corp. Common Stock in the Distribution or the Equity
Investment); or
(d) any Prohibited Act performed by
any of the MVT Parties or any Affiliate of the MVT Parties after
the Distribution Date.
“ MVT Taxes ”
means any Taxes (excluding Restructuring Taxes) that are treated as
MVT Taxes under Section 2.05 of this
Agreement.
“ Past Practice ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(e)
.
“ Person ” has
the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.
“ Post-Distribution
Period ” means any Taxable year or other Taxable period
beginning after the Distribution Date and, in the case of any
Taxable year or other Taxable period that begins on or before and
ends after the Distribution Date, that part of the Taxable year or
other Taxable period that begins at the beginning of the day after
the Distribution Date.
“ Pre-Distribution
Period ” means any Taxable year or other Taxable period
that ends on or before the close of the Distribution Date and, in
the case of any Taxable year or other Taxable period that begins on
or before and ends after the Distribution Date, that part of the
Taxable year or other Taxable period through the close of the
Distribution Date.
“ Private Letter Ruling
” has the meaning set forth in the Investment
Agreement.
“ Prohibited Acts
” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a)
.
“ Restricted Period
” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a)
.
“ Restructuring Taxes
” means any Taxes (and other liabilities, including liability
to stockholders and the costs of defending against the imposition
of such Taxes and other liabilities) of any member of the MVT Group
or the MI Group arising from or attributable to one or more of the
Transactions (as defined in the Investment Agreement), including
but not limited to (a) any failure of the Distribution to
constitute a distribution eligible for nonrecognition
under
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Sections 355(a) and 361(c), (b) any failure
of the MI Contribution (as defined in the Investment Agreement)
followed by the Distribution to qualify as a reorganization within
the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, or
(c) any failure of any stock of New MI Corp. to be treated as
“qualified property” within the meaning of
Section 355(c)(2) or Section 361(c)(2) of the Code
because of the application of Section 355(d) or
Section 355(e) of the Code to the Distribution;
provided , however , that Restructuring Taxes shall
not include any Taxes imposed on the MVT Dividend or any
distributions of cash from Subsidiaries to fund the MVT Dividend
(which Taxes are governed by Section 2.04(d)
).
“ Separation Agreement
” has the meaning set forth in the second recital.
“ Shared Return ”
means a Tax Return described in clause (a) of
Section 2.01 .
“ Subsidiary ”
has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“ Tax ” (and,
with correlative meaning, “Taxes” and
“Taxable”) has the meaning set forth in the Investment
Agreement.
“ Tax Carryover
Attribute ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.07 .
“ Tax Item ”
means any item of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit, or other
attribute that may have the effect of increasing or decreasing any
Tax.
“ Tax Opinion ”
means the tax opinion described in Section 7.1(f)(ii)
of the Investment Agreement.
“ Tax Return ”
has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.
“ Transaction
Agreements ” has the meaning set forth in the Investment
Agreement.
“ Transaction Taxes
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(b)
.
ARTICLE II
TAX RETURNS, TAX PAYMENTS AND TAX
SHARING OBLIGATIONS
SECTION 2.01.
Obligations to File Tax
Returns .
(a) From and after the Distribution
Time, New MI Corp. shall prepare and timely file or cause to be
timely filed all original Income Tax Returns with respect to any
member of the MVT Group for any Taxable year ending on or before
December 31, 2007 (including any original Income Tax Return
for any Covered Group Taxes for any Taxable year ending on or
before December 31, 2007), whether or not such Income Tax
Return includes any member of the MI Group. To the extent a member
of the MI Group is legally unable to sign any such Income Tax
Return, MVT Holding shall sign or cause to be signed such Income
Tax Return. The MVT Parties shall reimburse New MI Corp. for any
Costs (as defined in Section 3.01 ) incurred by MI
Corp. in preparing any Income Tax Return to the extent such Cost is
attributable to the portion of such Income Tax Return relating to
any member of the MVT Group.
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(b) From and after the Distribution
Time, New MI Corp. shall in addition to the Income Tax Returns
described in clause (a), prepare and timely file or cause to be
timely filed any other Tax Return with respect to any member of the
MI Group.
(c) From and after the Distribution
Time, MVT Holding shall prepare and timely file or cause to be
timely filed any Tax Returns (other than an Income Tax Return
described in clause (a)) with respect to any member of the MVT
Group (including, but not limited to, the federal consolidated
Income Tax Return and state Income Tax Returns for the taxable year
beginning January 1, 2008).
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, the
provisions of this Section 2.01 apply only to the
preparation and filing of Tax Returns. Each party shall be
responsible for its own financial reporting, including but not
limited to calculating and booking provisions for Income Taxes for
GAAP purposes.
(e) All Income Tax Returns relating
to any member of the MVT Group for Taxable years or periods ending
on or before December 31, 2007 shall (to the extent permitted
by Applicable Laws) be prepared on a basis consistent with the
elections, methods of accounting, positions, conventions and
principles of taxation and the manner in which any Tax item or
other information is reported as reflected in comparable Income Tax
Returns filed before the date of this Agreement (the manner in
which so reported, “ Past Practice ”),
provided that a different method can be used (x) if it
would not increase Taxes for which the MVT Parties would be
responsible under this Agreement or (y) with the prior written
consent of MVT Holding (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld); provided further that if there is no Past
Practice with respect to a material Tax item or other information
to be reported on an Income Tax Return relating to any member of
the MVT Group for Taxable years or periods ending on or before
December 31, 2007, then New MI Corp. and MVT Holding shall
mutually agree on the manner in which such Tax item or other
information is reported. The preceding sentence shall not apply
(i) to the extent otherwise contemplated or required by the
Private Letter Ruling, or (ii) if there has been a change in
Applicable Laws. Consent shall not be considered unreasonably
withheld within the meaning of the second preceding sentence if
such different method would increase Taxes for which the MVT
Parties would be responsible under this Agreement and for which New
MI Corp. does not compensate the MVT Parties. New MI Corp. shall
(A) make available to MVT Holding any Shared Return it is
responsible for filing at least 10 calendar days prior to filing,
provided that MVT Holding shall supply New MI Corp. with all
information regarding any member of the MVT Group reasonably
necessary for preparing such Shared Return at least 100 calendar
days prior to the due date for filing such Shared Return, and
(B) make reasonable revisions to such Shared Returns that are
requested by MVT Holding.
SECTION 2.02.
Obligation to Remit
Taxes . Following the
Distribution Date, (a) New MI Corp. shall timely remit or
cause to be remitted any Taxes due in respect of any Tax Return it
or any member of the MI Group is required to file under applicable
law (without regard to this Agreement), and (b) MVT Holding
shall timely remit or cause to be remitted any Taxes due in respect
of any Tax Return it or any member of the MVT Group is required to
file under applicable law (without regard to this Agreement). To
the extent a remittance by New MI Corp. includes any MVT Taxes, MVT
Holding shall advance funds to New MI Corp. at least one
(1) day prior to the date New MI Corp. is required to make
such remittance, and to the extent a
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remittance by MVT Holding includes any MI Taxes,
New MI Corp. shall advance funds to MVT Holding at least one
(1) day prior to the date MVT Holding is required to make such
remittance. For the avoidance of doubt, this
Section 2.02 governs only the party responsible for
making the initial remittance to a Taxing Authority and shall not
govern the determination of whether the Taxes remitted are an MI
Tax or an MVT Tax.
SECTION 2.03.
Tax Indemnity; Prior Agreements;
Refunds .
(a) From and after the Distribution
Time, the MI Parties shall, in a manner consistent with the
principles of Section 4.03 of the Separation Agreement,
reimburse, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the MVT Indemnified
Parties from and against, any and all Indemnifiable Losses incurred
or suffered by one or more of the MVT Indemnified Parties in
connection with, relating to, arising out of, or due to, directly
or indirectly, (i) any MI Taxes (including, for the avoidance
of doubt, any MI Taxes arising from a redetermination thereof from
an audit or examination); and (ii) any amount for which New MI
Corp. is liable under Section 2.04 .
(b) From and after the Distribution
Time, the MVT Parties shall, in a manner consistent with the
principles of Section 4.02 of the Separation Agreement,
reimburse, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the MI Indemnified
Parties from and against, any and all Indemnifiable Losses incurred
or suffered by one or more of the MI Indemnified Parties in
connection with, relating to, arising out of, or due to, directly
or indirectly, (i) any MVT Taxes (including, for the avoidance
of doubt, any MVT Taxes arising from a redetermination thereof from
an audit or examination); and (ii) any amount for which MVT
Holding is liable under Section 2.04 .
(c) Any and all prior Tax sharing
agreements or practices between any member of the MVT Group, on the
one hand, and any member of the MI Group, on the other hand, shall
automatically be terminated as of the Distribution Date (other than
any such agreements set forth in the Transaction Agreements). Upon
termination of the existing tax allocation agreement between MI
Corp. and MVT Corp., MVT Corp. shall pay to MI Corp. $730,000 in
full satisfaction of any and all amounts due thereunder.
(d) From and after the Distribution
Time, the MVT Parties shall be entitled to any refund of or credit
for MVT Taxes, provided that the MI Parties shall be
entitled to receive and retain any refund of Taxes to the extent
such refund is attributable to a Tax Carryover Attribute of any
member of the MI Group. From and after the Distribution Time, the
MI Parties shall be entitled to any refund of or credit for Taxes
to which the MVT Parties are not entitled pursuant to the preceding
sentence.
(e) For the avoidance of doubt,
(i) any MI Specified Refunds are solely for the benefit of the
MI Parties, (ii) any payroll Tax refunds arising out of the
Supreme Court’s decision in CSX Corp. v. United States
shall be for the benefit of the MI Parties if a member of the MI
Group incurred the payroll expense and for the benefit of the MVT
Parties if a member of the MVT Group incurred the payroll expense,
and (iii) any sales or use Tax Refunds shall be for the
benefit of the MI Parties if a member of the MI Group incurred the
original sales or use Tax and for the benefit of the MVT Parties if
a member of the MVT Group incurred the original sales or use
Tax.
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SECTION 2.04.
Restructuring Taxes; Other Taxes
Relating to the Distribution .
(a) Except to the extent otherwise
provided in Section 2.04(b) , (i) the MVT Parties
shall be liable for any Restructuring Tax to the extent such
Restructuring Tax would not have been imposed but for an MVT
Tainting Act and (ii) the MI Parties shall be liable for any
other Restructuring Taxes.
(b) The MVT Parties shall be liable
for 50% and the MI Parties shall be liable for 50% of any sales,
transfer, value added or other similar Taxes or fees (including all
real estate, transfer Taxes and real estate recording fees but
excluding patent, copyright, and trademark recording fees and
similar items relating to patents, copyrights and trademarks (which
are governed by Section 6.6 of the Investment
Agreement)) payable in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Separation Agreement and the Investment
Agreement (the “ Transaction Taxes ”). The
parties agree to timely sign and deliver such certificates or forms
as are requested by the other party and may be necessary or
appropriate to enable such party to file promptly and timely the
Tax Returns for such Transaction Taxes with the appropriate Taxing
authorities and remit payment of the Transaction Taxes.
(c) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, the MI Parties shall be liable for all
Taxes arising from or attributable to (i) any excess loss
accounts or deferred intercompany transactions taken into account
under Section 1502 of the Code or Treasury Regulations issued
thereunder and any similar items (including but not limited to
“deferred intercompany stock accounts” for California
tax purposes) taken into account under state, local or foreign Tax
laws as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Separation
Agreement and the Investment Agreement (but not, for the avoidance
of doubt, any excess loss accounts created as a result of such
transactions that are not taken into account as a result of such
transactions), (ii) Sections 301(c)(3), 311(b) or 357(c) of
the Code and any similar provisions of state, local and foreign Tax
law as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Separation
Agreement or the Investment Agreement, and (iii) recapture of
any “dual consolidated losses” attributable to any
member of the MI Group within the meaning of Section 1503 of
the Code.
(d) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, the MI Parties shall be liable for all
Taxes imposed on the MVT Dividend or any distributions of cash from
Subsidiaries to fund the MVT Dividend; provided ,
however , that the MVT Parties shall be liable for any such
Taxes to the extent such Taxes would not have been imposed but for
any structural chan