Micronas Semiconductor Holding
AG , Technoparkstrasse 1,
8005 Zurich, Switzerland
Trident Microsystems,
Inc. , 3408 Garrett
Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054-2803, USA,
(solely with respect to the joint and several undertaking on the
signature page hereto and
Sections 3.4, 4.3, 4.6.2, 4.6.3(d), 6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 11 and
13-20)
Trident
Microsystems (Far East) Ltd. , Ugland House, South Church Street, Grand
Cayman, Cayman Islands, B.W.I.
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Definitions
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Sale and
Purchase
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2.1
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Assets
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2.2
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Sale and
Purchase of Assets
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2.3
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Transfer
Agreements
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2.4
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Excluded
Liabilities
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2.5
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Excluded
Assets
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2.6
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Transfer of
Title, Possession and Risk of Loss
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2.7
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Transfer of
Employees
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2.8
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Transfer of
Contracts to be performed in the Name of Seller
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2.9
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Licensed
IP
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3.
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Consideration
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3.1
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Shares and
Warrants
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3.2
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Delivery of
Consideration Shares and Warrants
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3.3
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Payment of Cash
Consideration
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3.4
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Delivery of
Stockholders Agreement
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3.5
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Allocation
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4.
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Closing and
Conditions Precedent
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4.1
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Closing
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4.2
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Conditions
Precedent to Closing
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4.3
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Reasonable Best
Efforts to Close
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4.4
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Right to
Terminate this Agreement
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4.5
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Reserved
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4.6
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Closing
Actions
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4.7
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Intercompany
Financial Relationships
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4.8
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Guarantees
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5.
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Representations
and Warranties of Seller
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5.1
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Ownership of
Shares and Corporate Existence
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5.2
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No
Conflicts
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5.3
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Consents and
Approvals
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5.4
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Subsidiaries
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5.5
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The Annual
Accounts
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5.6
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Sold
Assets
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5.7
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Material
Contracts
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5.8
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Intellectual
Property
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5.9
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Reserved
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5.10
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Absence of
Certain Changes
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5.11
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Environmental
Compliance, Public Health and Workplace Safety
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5.12
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Compliance with
Laws
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5.13
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Permits and
Authorizations
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5.14
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Personnel
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5.15
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Litigation
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5.16
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Insurance
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5.17
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Tax and Social
Security Matters
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5.18
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Proxies
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5.19
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Full
Disclosure
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5.20
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No Other
Warranties
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6.
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Representations
and Warranties of TMI and Purchaser
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6.1
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Organization,
Good Standing and Qualification
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6.2
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SEC
Reports
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6.3
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Financial
Statements
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6.4
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No
TMI/Purchaser MAC
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6.5
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Authorization;
Enforceable Agreement
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6.6
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Valid Issuance
of Consideration Shares and Warrants
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6.7
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Capitalization
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6.8
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Compliance with
Other Instruments
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6.9
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Registration
Rights; Voting Rights
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6.10
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Compliance with
Laws
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6.11
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Litigation
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6.12
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Taxes
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6.13
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Environmental
Matters
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6.14
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Purchaser Due
Diligence
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Breach of
Warranties
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7.1
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Indemnification
by Seller
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7.2
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Limitation of
Liability
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7.3
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Third Party
Claims
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7.4
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Indemnification
by Purchaser
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8.
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Covenants until
Closing
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8.1
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General
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8.2
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Access to
Seller and the Product Lines
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8.3
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Restricted
Actions
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8.4
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Maintenance of
Insurance Policies
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8.5
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Resignation of
Directors
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8.6
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Regulatory
Filings
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8.7
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Nasdaq Notice;
Listing of Shares
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8.8
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Applicable
Securities Laws
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8.9
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Reservation of
Common Stock; Issuance of Shares of Common Stock
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Covenant Not to
Compete and Non-Solicitation of Employees
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10.
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Transitory
Arrangements and Post Closing Covenants
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10.1
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Post Closing
Services; Termination of Inter-Company Agreements
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10.2
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The Micronas
Name and Domain Name
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10.3
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Insurance
Matters
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10.4
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Assistance with
respect to information and documents
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10.5
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Tax Matters;
Preparation of Tax Returns and Audits
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10.6
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Additional
Seller Covenant
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11.
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Confidentiality
and Publicity
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12.
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Reserved
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13.
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Expenses and
Transfer Taxes
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13.1
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Expenses
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13.2
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Transfer
Taxes
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Notices
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Invalidity
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Waiver
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Entire
Agreement
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Governing
Law
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Arbitration
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Interpretation
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Schedule
A:
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Additional Transferred Employees
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Schedule
B:
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Schedule
C:
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Dataroom Index of Diligence Documents
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Schedule
D:
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Press Release, dated 5
February 2009
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Schedule
E:
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Schedule 2.1.1
a):
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Schedule 2.1.1
b)(A):
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Schedule 2.1.1
b)(B):
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Schedule 2.1.1
b)(C):
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Schedule
2.1.4:
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Schedule 2.3
a):
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Form of Share Purchase Agreement for Transferred
Company
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Schedule 2.3
b):
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Form of Local Asset Purchase
Agreement
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Schedule 2.3
c):
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Form of Local Patent Assignment
Agreement
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Schedule 2.3
d):
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Form of Local Copyright Assignment
Agreement
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Schedule 2.3
e):
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Form of Local Trademark Assignment
Agreement
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Schedule 2.3
f):
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Form of Local Know-How Assignment
Agreement
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Schedule 2.3
g):
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Form of Local Domain Name Assignment
Agreement
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Schedule
2.7.1:
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Collective Bargaining Agreements
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Schedule
2.9:
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Schedule
3.1:
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Schedule
3.4:
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Form of Stockholders Agreement
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Schedule
3.5:
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Schedule 4.2
c):
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Applicable Merger Control Laws
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Schedule 4.2
d):
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Applicable Governmental Permits
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Schedule
4.6.1:
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Board Members of Transferred
Companies
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Schedule
4.6.2:
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Form of Opinion of Purchaser Counsel
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Schedule 4.6.3
a):
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Form of Sublease for Munich Site
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Schedule 4.6.3
b):
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Schedule
4.8:
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Schedules for
Section 5:
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Seller Disclosure Schedules
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Schedule
10.1:
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A.
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Seller and its Affiliates are
engaged in the design, manufacture, marketing, sale and
distribution of cutting-edge integrated circuit and sensor system
solutions for consumer and automotive electronics industries; the
shares of Seller are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
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B.
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Purchaser and its Affiliates design,
develop and market digital television system-on-chip
(SOC) solutions for the rapidly growing consumer electronics
markets in digital television (LCD, PDP, High Definition, Digital
CRT, Micro Display Projection) and AV Multimedia PCs; the shares of
TMI are listed on NASDAQ.
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C.
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Seller and its Affiliates wish to
sell, transfer and assign to Purchaser and its Affiliates, and
Purchaser and its Affiliates wish to acquire, all right, title and
interest in and to the Product Lines all for the consideration and
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this
Agreement.
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1.
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Definitions
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Unless the context expressly
requires otherwise, the following terms, where capitalized in this
Agreement, have the following meanings:
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shall mean all
obligations with respect to accounts payable and notes payable
created or arising in respect of the Product Lines.
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shall mean all
trade accounts receivable, and all notes receivable or evidences of
indebtedness payable, created or arising in respect of the sale of
products from the Product Lines.
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Additional
Transferred Employees
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shall mean the
employees of Micronas Semiconductor R&D (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.,
Shanghai, China; Micronas Taiwan Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan; Micronas
South East Asia Holding PTE Ltd., Singapore; Micronas Korea Ltd.,
Seoul, Republic of Korea; Micronas Semiconductors Inc., San Diego,
Cali-
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fornia and
Schaumberg, Illinois, USA; and Micronas Japan K.K., Tokyo, Japan,
all as listed in Schedule A and who are actually
employed by such entities at Closing, and provided such employees
do not refuse to be transferred and are employed by the applicable
Seller Subsidiary at Closing.
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shall mean with
respect to any specified Person, any other Person which directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with such specified
Person.
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shall mean this
Purchase Agreement including the Schedules hereto.
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shall mean the
annual accounts prepared in accordance with Seller Accounting
Principles for each of the Transferred Companies as per
December 31, 2008 as set out in Schedule B
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shall mean
Micronas GmbH, Freiburg, Germany; Micronas Semiconductor R&D
(Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China; Micronas Taiwan Ltd., Taipei,
Taiwan; Micronas South East Asia Holding PTE Ltd., Singapore;
Micronas Korea Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea; Micronas
Semiconductors Inc., San Diego, California and Schaumberg,
Illinois, USA; and Micronas Japan K.K., Tokyo, Japan.
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shall mean any
day on which banks in Zurich, Switzerland, are open for transaction
of normal commercial business.
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shall mean all
information (i) disclosed in this Agreement including its
Schedules and
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(ii) provided
in Seller’s virtual dataroom according to the index in
Schedule C .
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shall mean
frame rate converter as currently produced by the Seller and its
Affiliates.
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shall mean
(a) all issued patents, reissued or reexamined patents,
revivals of patents, utility models, certificates of invention,
registrations of patents and extensions thereof, regardless of
country or formal name (collectively, Issued Patents );
(b) all published or unpublished nonprovisional and
provisional patent applications, reexamination proceedings,
invention disclosures and records of invention (collectively
Patent Applications and, with the Issued Patents, the
Patents ); (c) all copyrights, copyrightable works,
semiconductor topography and mask work rights, including all rights
of authorship, use, publication, reproduction, distribution,
performance transformation, moral rights and rights of ownership of
copyrightable works, semiconductor topography works and mask works,
and all rights to register and obtain renewals and extensions of
registrations, together with all other interests accruing by reason
of international copyright, semiconductor topography and mask work
conventions (collectively, Copyrights ); (d) all
trademarks, registered trademarks, applications for registration of
trademarks, service marks, registered service marks, applications
for registration of service marks, trade names, registered trade
names and applications for registrations of trade names
(collectively, Trademarks ) and domain name registrations;
(e) all technology, ideas, inventions, designs, proprietary
information, data, manufacturing
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and operating
specifications, know-how, formulae, trade secrets, technical data,
hardware, software and processes (collectively, Know-How );
and (f) all other intangible assets, properties and rights
(whether or not appropriate steps have been taken to protect, under
applicable law.
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shall mean any
federal, state, cantonal, provincial, local or national statute,
law, regulation, rule, code, order or other requirement or rule of
law.
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shall mean any
debt, obligation, duty, loss, damages, cost, expense (including
reasonable attorney’s fees), or liability of any nature
(including any unknown, undisclosed, unmatured, unaccrued,
unasserted, contingent, indirect, conditional, implied, vicarious,
derivative, joint, several or secondary liability), regardless of
whether such debt, obligation, duty or liability would be required
to be disclosed on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and regardless of whether
such debt, obligation, duty or liability is immediately due and
payable.
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shall mean a
material adverse effect on (a) the condition (financial or
otherwise) of properties, assets, Liabilities, business, operations
or results of operations of Seller, the Asset Seller Companies, the
Transferred Companies or the Product Lines, individually or in the
aggregate, all as related to the Product Lines; or (b) the
ability of Seller and its Affiliates to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise perform their
obligations under this Agreement, other than in each
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case of
(a) and (b) an Excluded Matter. Excluded Matter
means any one or more of the following: (i) the effect of any
change in the United States or European or other relevant economies
or securities or financial markets in general; (ii) the effect
of any change that generally affects any industry in which Seller,
the Asset Seller Companies or the Transferred Companies operate;
(iii) the effect of any change arising in connection with
earthquakes, hostilities, acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or
military actions or any escalation or material worsening of any
such hostilities, acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or military
actions existing or underway as of the date hereof; (iv) the
effect of any action taken by Purchaser or its Affiliates with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(v) the effect of any changes relating to the press release of
February 5, 2009 as attached in Schedule D ;
(vi) the effect of any changes in applicable Laws; or
(vii) any effect resulting from the announcement of this
Agreement, compliance with terms of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
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shall mean
Micronas GmbH, Hans-Bunte-Strasse 19, 79108 Freiburg im Breisgau,
Germany.
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shall mean the
premises located at Frankenthaler Strasse, Munich, Germany rented
by Micronas GmbH, an Affiliate of Seller, but only as such premises
(and Transferred Employees and assets) relate to the Product Lines;
and such definition shall expressly exclude the SOC Product
Line.
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shall mean the
Nasdaq Global Select Market.
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Ordinary
Course of Business
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or similar
phrases, shall mean the ordinary course of business prior to the
announcement by Seller on February 5, 2009, pursuant to which
Seller announced the closing and/or potential sale of its and its
Affiliates’ consumer electronics business, as set forth in
the press release of February 5, 2009 attached in
Schedule D .
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shall mean the
parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that with respect to
TMI, TMI shall only be considered a “Party” with
respect to the joint and several undertaking on the signature page
hereto and Sections 3.4, 4.3, 4.6.2, 4.6.3(d), 6, 8.7, 8.8,
8.9, 11 and 13-20.
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shall mean any
individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association,
unincorporated organization or other entity.
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shall mean the
following product lines of Seller and its Affiliates, including the
business of designing, manufacturing, marketing, sale and
distribution of the products of the following product lines as
conducted on the date hereof: (i) FRC product line comprising
integrated circuit products with frame-rate-converter function
using motion-estimation, motion-compensation technology for use in
consumer TV, (ii) demodulator (DRX) product line
comprising integrated circuit products for demodulation of
analog/digital terrestrial and cable TV signals), and
(iii) product line comprising integrated circuit products
demodulating audio broadcast IF signals and/or performing audio
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coding, audio
baseband processing for TVs receiving analog and/or digital
broadcast signals, and integrated circuit products implementing
universal serial bus (USB) compliant audio converters (CODEC);
provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the product line set
forth in clause (iii) of this definition shall include,
without limitation, the audio products sold by Seller and its
Affiliates to Logitech International S.A. and its
affiliates.
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shall mean all
reports, returns (including information returns, estimates and
amended returns), declarations, claims for refund, statements or
other information required to be supplied to a taxing authority in
connection with Taxes.
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shall mean the
actual knowledge of the Board of Directors of Seller and of
Seller’s senior executive management comprising Wolfgang
Kalsbach, Manfred Häner, Hans Jürgen Desor, Tim Vehling,
and Dirk Wieberneit, after reasonable inquiry.
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shall mean the
date on which this Agreement has been signed by both
Parties.
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Seller
Accounting Principles
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shall mean the
accounting principles applied by for the Product Lines which are
based on and in compliance with the International Financial
Reporting Standard (IFRS).
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shall mean the
system-on-chip product line of Seller and its
Affiliates.
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shall mean with
respect to any Person of which such Person, either directly or
through or together with any other Subsidi-
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Person, owns more than 50% of the voting power.
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shall mean all
taxes, levies, duties, charges, fees, assessments and withholdings
of any nature together with any interest and any penalties or
additions to tax imposed by any taxing authority with respect
thereto, including any payments to be made under the applicable
social security laws.
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shall mean a
material adverse effect on (a) the condition (financial or
otherwise) of properties, assets, Liabilities, business, operations
or results of operations of TMI or Purchaser, individually or in
the aggregate; or (b) the ability of TMI and Purchaser to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
otherwise perform their obligations under this Agreement, other
than in each case of (a) and (b) TMI/Purchaser Excluded
Matter. TMI/Purchaser Excluded Matter means any one or more of the
following: (i) the effect of any change in the United States
or European or other relevant economies or securities or financial
markets in general; (ii) the effect of any change that
generally affects any industry in which TMI or Purchaser operate;
(iii) the effect of any change arising in connection with
earthquakes, hostilities, acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or
military actions or any escalation or material worsening of any
such hostilities, acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or military
actions existing or underway as of the date hereof; (iv) the
effect of any action taken by Seller or its Affiliates with respect
to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (v) the
effect of any changes in applicable Laws; or
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(vi) any effect
resulting from the announcement of this Agreement, compliance with
terms of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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shall mean the
actual knowledge of the Board of Directors of TMI or Purchaser and
of TMI’s and Purchaser’s respective senior executive
management comprising Sylvia Summers Couder and Pete Mangan, after
reasonable inquiry.
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shall mean any
of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock of
TMI is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the
NYSE Alternext, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global
Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock
Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the
foregoing).
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shall mean all
employees of Micronas GmbH listed in Schedule E and whose
employment relationships shall be transferred to Purchaser, or a
designee, in connection with the transfer of the Assets and the
Product Lines, provided such employees do not refuse to be
transferred and are employed by Micronas GmbH at
Closing.
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shall mean
Trident Microsystems, Inc., 3408 Garrett Drive, Santa Clara, CA
95054-2803, USA, the owner of 100% of the shares of
Purchaser.
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shall mean, for
any trading day, the price determined by the first of the following
clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock of TMI is then
listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted
average price of the Common Stock of TMI for such date (or the
nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common
Stock of TMI is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P.
(based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02
p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if the OTC Bulletin Board is
not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock of TMI for such date (or the nearest preceding date)
on the OTC Bulletin Board, (c) if the Common Stock of TMI is
not then listed or quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and
if prices for the Common Stock of TMI are then reported in the
“Pink Sheets” published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a
similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of
reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the
Common Stock of TMI so reported, or (d) in all other cases,
the fair market value of a share of Common Stock of TMI as
determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by
the Board of Di-rectors of TMI.
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Sale and Purchase
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2.1
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Assets
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2.1.1
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For
the purpose of this Agreement, the Sold Assets shall refer
to:
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all
equipment, fixtures and tooling owned by Seller and/or the Asset
Seller Companies, wherever located, exclusively or primarily used
in or necessary
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for
the conduct of the Product Lines ( Equipment ), including,
without limitation, the equipment, fixtures and tooling listed in
Schedule 2.1.1 a) , which schedule Seller has made
reasonable best efforts to make accurate in all material respects
(provided, that Seller shall, prior to Closing, provide an updated
Schedule 2.1.1 a), which updated schedule shall be
subject to the reasonable satisfaction of Purchaser, to correctly
reflect the Equipment);
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all
Intellectual Property relating exclusively to the Product Lines
owned by Seller, the Asset Seller Companies, the Transferred
Companies and/or any other Seller Affiliate, which Intellectual
Property shall include, the Issued Patents and Patent Applications,
in particular those set forth in Schedule 2.1.1 b)(A) ,
the Copyrights, in particular those set forth on
Schedule 2.1.1 b)(B) , the Trademarks, in particular
those set forth on Schedule 2.1.1 b)(C) and the
Know-How ( Transferred IP ). To the extent that a transfer
of Intellectual Property is not possible (e.g. German copyrights),
Seller grants Purchaser a sole and exclusive, worldwide, perpetual,
irrevocable, fully assignable, royalty-free license including the
right to grant sublicenses trough multiple tiers to use such
Intellectual Property for all purposes in connection with the
Product Lines. Such rights that cannot be transferred by virtue of
law but only be licenses will also be deemed to constitute
Transferred IP. For the avoidance of doubt, any Intellectual
Property of Seller and its Affiliates which is not exclusively used
for the Product Lines shall not be deemed to be Transferred IP;
and
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all
business and financial records relating to the Product Lines,
including all sales materials, customer files, service records,
product defect and traceability records, equipment certification
and calibration records, pricing information, historical and
ongoing business plans, development roadmap documents, training
materials, forms and all other documentation related to the Product
Lines ( Files );
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excluding, for avoidance of doubt,
the Excluded Assets.
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2.1.2
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In
addition, Seller owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued
shares of each of the following companies ( Transferred
Companies ):
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Micronas Holland Holding B.V.,
Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and
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Micronas Holland B.V., Nijmegen, the
Netherlands.
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The
capitalization and the shareholders of the Transferred Companies
are set out in Schedule 5.1 .
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Assumed Contracts
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For
purposes of this Agreement, Assumed Contracts shall refer to
all rights and benefits of Seller and its Affiliates in existence
as of the Closing under the contracts exclusively related to the
Product Lines, including those contracts set forth on
Schedule 2.1.4 , but excluding any Licensed IP
Rights. The Sold Assets, the Transferred Companies, the Munich Site
and the Assumed Contracts are hereinafter also referred to
collectively as the Assets .
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2.2
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Sale and Purchase of
Assets
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Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, and with effect as of the Closing Date, Seller
agrees to sell, transfer, assign, convey, deliver, license or
sublicense (as provided in Section 4.6.3b) to Purchaser (or
Purchaser’s designee), or shall cause to be sold,
transferred, assigned, conveyed, delivered, licensed or sublicensed
(as provided in Section 4.6.3b) to Purchaser (or
Purchaser’s designee), and Purchaser (directly or through a
designee) agrees to purchase and acquire, all of Seller’s
right, title and interest in and to the Assets.
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Transfer Agreements
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The
sale and transfer of the Assets shall be effected through the
following transfer agreements, which are all subject to the Closing
( Transfer Agreements ):
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a)
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local share purchase agreement
between Seller in its own name and Purchaser or its designee
regarding the transfer of 100% of the shares of Micronas Holland
Holding B.V., Nijmegen, the Netherlands, referred to in
Schedule 5.1 to be signed and executed at the Closing
substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 2.3 a)
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b)
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one
or more local asset purchase agreement(s) between Seller in its own
name, the Asset Seller Companies and Purchaser or its designee
regarding the transfer of the Assets, the Assumed Liabilities and
the Transferred Employees and Additional Transferred Employees to
be signed and executed at the Closing substantially in the form set
forth in Schedule 2.3 b) ;
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c)
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one
or more patent assignment agreement(s) between Seller in its own
name, the Asset Seller Companies and Purchaser or its designee
regarding the transfer of the Patents as set forth in
Schedule 2.1.1(b)(A) to be signed and executed at
Closing substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 2.3
c) ;
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one
or more copyright assignment agreement(s) between Seller in its own
name, the Asset Seller Companies and Purchaser or its designee
regarding the transfer of the Copyrights as set forth in
Schedule 2.1.1(b)(B) to be signed and executed at
Closing substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 2.3
d) ;
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one
or more trademark assignment agreement(s) between Seller in its own
name, the Asset Seller Companies and Purchaser or its designee
regarding the transfer of the Trademarks as set forth in
Schedule 2.1.1(b)(C) to be signed and executed at
Closing substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 2.3
e);
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one
or more Know-How assignment agreement(s) between Seller in its own
name, the Asset Seller Companies and Purchaser or its designee
regarding the transfer of the Know How to be signed and executed at
Closing substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 2.3
f) ; and
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one
or more domain name assignment agreement(s) between Seller in its
own name, the Asset Seller Companies and Purchaser or its designee
regarding the transfer of the domain names as described in
Section 10.2 to be signed and executed at Closing
substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 2.3 g)
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2.4
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Excluded Liabilities
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Except for Liabilities related to
the Assets, but only to the extent such Liabilities arise from any
event, circumstance or condition occurring after the Closing Date
(the Assumed Liabilities ), Purchaser shall not assume by
virtue of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby,
and shall have no Liability for, any Liabilities of Seller or any
of Seller’s Affiliates (including, without limitation, those
related to the Product Lines) of any kind, character or description
whatsoever (the Excluded Liabilities ). Seller shall, and
shall cause its Affiliates to, discharge in a timely manner or
shall make adequate provision for all of the Excluded Liabilities
that affect the Product Lines, Assets or Assumed Liabilities,
provided that Seller have the ability to contest, in good faith,
any such claim of Liability asserted in respect thereof by any
Person. Excluded Liabilities shall include, without limitation:
(a) Taxes of any nature whatsoever of the Asset Seller
Companies arising from the operation of the Product Lines or the
ownership of the Assets for any period (or portion of any period)
ending on or prior to the Closing and any Taxes that will arise as
a result of the purchase,
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sale or
transfer of the Assets pursuant to this Agreement other than as
described in Section 13.2; and (b) all Accounts Payable
arising on or prior to the Closing Date.
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Excluded Assets
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Purchaser hereby acknowledges that
neither Seller nor its Affiliates are transferring hereunder any
assets, rights or interest of Seller or its Affiliates not
specifically set forth in Section 2.1 (the Excluded
Assets ), including, without limitation: (i) the SOC
Product Line; (ii) all Accounts Receivable arising on or prior
to the Closing Date; (iii) all Intellectual Property not
exclusively used for the Product Lines; (iv) the inventory
relating to the Product Lines; and (v) the Licensed IP
Rights.
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2.6
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Transfer of Title, Possession and
Risk of Loss
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2.6.1
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Title to, possession and risk of
loss of the Assets shall pass and transfer from Seller to Purchaser
upon Closing. In particular, all Accounts Receivable and Accounts
Payable as well as all rights and obligations relating to services
and/or supplies with respect to the Product Lines (i) rendered
to or by the Seller, the Transferred Companies or the Asset Seller
Companies on or prior to the Closing Date shall remain with Seller
or its Affiliates and (ii) rendered to or by Purchaser, its
Affiliates or the Transferred Companies after the Closing Date
shall be on behalf of and for the account of Purchaser or its
Affiliates.
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For
the avoidance of doubt the Parties confirm that pension Liabilities
regarding services rendered by Transferred Employees up to the
Closing Date remain with Micronas GmbH and pension Liabilities
regarding services rendered by Transferred Employees as from the
Closing Date shall be borne by Purchaser or its
designee.
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For
the avoidance of doubt the Parties confirm that Seller or its
Affiliates shall pay before the Closing Date all remuneration to
the Transferred Employees and Additional Transferred Employees owed
for the periods up to the Closing Date. Purchaser shall be
responsible for the remuneration for employee inventions related
exclusively to the Transferred IP accrued and payable following the
Closing, whether or not such payments relate to inventions made
before or after the Closing Date.
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Transfer of Employees
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2.7.1
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All
Transferred Employees and Additional Transferred Employees will be
transferred and become employees of Purchaser or its designee as
from the Closing. The Parties are aware that the employees could
refuse to be transferred to Purchaser or its designee; provided,
however, that the Parties shall use their reasonable best
efforts
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to ensure that
all Transferred Employees and Additional Transferred Employees do
not object to the transfer of employment to Purchaser or its
designee. The collective bargaining agreements applicable to the
Transferred Employees as set out in Schedule 2.7.1 are
acknowledged by Purchaser.
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Except as otherwise provided for in
this Agreement, including as provided in Section 2.7.4 and
Section 2.7.5, Seller or any of its Affiliates shall have no
Liability for any claims asserted by any employee employed by any
Transferred Company or Asset Seller Company as of Closing to the
extent such claims are based on actions taken by Purchaser or its
Affiliates after the Closing Date and/or relating to a fact or
event in relation to or arising out of his employment after the
Closing Date, and Purchaser shall indemnify and hold Seller and its
Affiliates harmless against any such claims (including reasonable
attorney’s fees and other expenses incurred as a result
hereof). The same indemnification and hold harmless obligations
shall apply mutatis mutandis to Seller and any of its
Affiliates (except for the Transferred Companies) for the claims
and Liabilities asserted by any employee employed by any
Transferred Company or Asset Seller Company or other Affiliate of
Seller based on actions taken by Seller or such entities on or
prior to the Closing Date, even if such claims or Liabilities are
brought after the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, but except
as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, including as provided
in Section 2.7.4 and Section 2.7.5, should any employee
other than a Transferred Employee or an Additional Transferred
Employee pass to Purchaser or Purchaser’s Affiliates, as the
case may be, or should any other individual assert claims against
Purchaser or Purchaser’s Affiliates based upon the allegation
that his/her employment relationship has passed to Purchaser or
Purchaser’s Affiliates, such claims shall be handled by, and
at costs of, Purchaser or Purchaser’s Affiliates, as the case
may be.
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Purchaser will be responsible for
compliance after the Closing Date with the requirements of all
applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules or regulations of any
governmental authority pertaining to employment termination or any
applicable plant closing notification or similar law of any
governmental authority related to the Transferred Employees and
Additional Transferred Employees, and agrees to indemnify and
defend Seller and its Affiliates from and against any and all
Liability incurred by or assessed against Seller or its Affiliates
arising out of, or due to, claims, suits, penalties and other forms
of Liability filed administratively, judicially, or otherwise
relating to a violation committed by Purchaser of any such statue,
law, ordinance, rule or regulation and occurred after the Closing
Date. The same shall apply mutatis mutandis to Seller for
the time prior to the Closing Date, provided that such obligations
shall cover any and all employees of any Transferred Company or
Asset Seller Company or other Affiliate of Seller, even if such
claims, etc. are brought after the
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Closing. For
the avoidance of doubt, but except as otherwise provided for in
this Agreement, including as provided in Section 2.7.4 and
Section 2.7.5, should any employee other than a Transferred
Employee or an Additional Transferred Employee pass to Purchaser or
Purchaser’s Affiliates, as the case may be, or should any
other individual assert claims against Purchaser or
Purchaser’s Affiliates based upon the allegation that his/her
employment relationship has passed to Purchaser or
Purchaser’s Affiliates, such claims shall be handled by, and
at costs of, Purchaser or Purchaser’s Affiliates, as the case
may be.
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Should employees terminated by
Seller or its Affiliates (e.g., employees not hired by Purchaser as
Transferred Employees or Additional Transferred Employees) make
claims against Purchaser and/or the Assets or Product Lines prior
to the expiration of the period during which such employees can
either accept or reject the severance payment offered by Seller or
its Affiliates, and such employees succeed in their claims, or
Purchaser settles such claims, then Seller and its Affiliates shall
indemnify and hold Purchaser and its Affiliates harmless against
such claims for an amount of up to the severance money that would
have otherwise been paid to such employees by Seller or its
Affiliates; provided that Seller’s and its Affiliates’
indemnification obligation under this Section 2.7.4 shall not
be subject to the limitation on Seller’s Liability under
Section 7.2.1 of this Agreement.
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a) Micronas
GmbH currently intends to negotiate with the works councils in
Freiburg and Munich for Micronas GmbH an operational change
(Betriebsänderung) pursuant to Section 111 sentence 3
Works Constitution Act (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) which includes
(i) a balance of interests and social plan and (ii) an
additional option for all Micronas GmbH consumer business employees
to transfer into a transfer company ( TC ) no later than
May 1, 2009 (hereinafter IA/SP ) and which would allow
(iii) the Transferred Employees to be transferred to Purchaser
or Purchaser’s Affiliates and (iv) Micronas GmbH to
close its remaining consumer division in Germany.
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It
is the further understanding that immediately upon signature by
each of the Parties of this Agreement, Purchaser or
Purchaser’s Affiliates will contact the Transferred Employees
as listed in Schedule E and will offer them employment with
Purchaser’s new German company ( German NewCo ), to be
effective upon, and subject to, Closing, subject to their
acceptance of the employment offer by no later than April 22, 2009.
Purchaser and German NewCo will use commercially reasonable efforts
to offer employment on competitive terms to the Transferred
Employees in order to induce the acceptance of such offers by the
Transferred Employees. Transferred Employees receiving these offer
letters will then have two options:
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accept such offer, in which case they will not be entitled to
severance under the IA/SP from Micronas GmbH and they will receive
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commitment from
Purchaser to be protected under equivalent terms as the IA/SP for
the first year of employment with German NewCo and on a pro rata
basis for the succeeding consecutive three years; or
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to
reject such offer, in which case they will be terminated by
Micronas GmbH or offered the opportunity to be transferred into the
TC, in either event being entitled to severance under the
IA/SP.
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In
the event that as of April 22, 2009, less than (85)% of each
of the Product Line personnel comprising Group One and/or less than
(70)% of each of the Product Line personnel comprising Group Two of
the Transferred Employees as listed in Schedule E have
accepted the offer of employment by German NewCo, Purchaser shall
have the right to terminate this Agreement, and the provisions of
Section 4.4 shall apply. Seller agrees that in the event this
Agreement is terminated in accordance with this Section 2.7.5,
it will transfer to TC each of those Transferred Employees who had
previously accepted the offer to join German NewCo and grant them
severance pursuant to the IA/SP. This obligation will explicitly
survive termination of this Agreement.
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In
the event that employees listed on Schedule E who are offered
employment with German NewCo do not accept such offer on or before
April 22, 2009 ( Non-Accepting Employees ), Purchaser
or Purchaser’s Affiliates (including German NewCo )
agree that for a grace period of six (6) months commencing as
of May 1, 2009, if German NewCo hires any Non-Accepting
Employees, Purchaser will reimburse Seller an amount equal to the
severance payment paid by Micronas GmbH to such Non-Accepting
Employee pursuant to the terms of the IA/SP.
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Seller agrees that, with respect to
up to ten (10) Micronas GmbH employees who have been
transferred into the TC or terminated by Micronas GmbH (such
employees hereinafter referred to as Claiming Employees )
and who file claims against Purchaser or Purchaser’s
Affiliates (including German NewCo) for employment during the first
three (3) months following the date on which such employees
were either transferred into the TC or terminated by Micronas GmbH
( Labor Claim ), Seller will indemnify and hold harmless
Purchaser and its Affiliates (including German NewCo), and any of
their respective directors, officers, employees, controlling
persons, agents and representatives from and against any and all
Liabilities associated with or related to (i) each such Labor
Claim and (ii) each such Claiming Employee (such Liabilities
hereinafter referred to as Claiming Employee Liabilities ).
Claiming Employee Liabilities shall include, without limitation,
(A) any severance pay, salary, employee benefits, bonuses, and
any other employment related expense associated with such Claiming
Employee, and (B) any Liabilities related to Labor Claims by
such Claiming Employee based upon the allegation that his/her
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has or should
have transferred to Purchaser or Purchaser’s Affiliates. In
the event a Claiming Employee becomes an employee of Purchaser or
an Affiliate of Purchaser as a result of the settlement or
resolution of such Claiming Employee’s Labor Claim (or as a
result of a decree, order or holding of a court, administrative
proceeding, arbitrator or other governmental entity relating to
such Claiming Employee’s Labor Claim), Purchaser and its
Affiliates shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate
the Claiming Employee Liabilities associated with or related to
such Claiming Employee. For the avoidance of doubt, Seller’s
indemnification obligations under this Section 2.7.5 shall not
be subject to the limitation on Seller’s Liability under
Section 7.2.1 of this Agreement and all such obligations shall
constitute “Excluded Liabilities” hereunder.
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Transfer of Contracts to be
performed in the Name of Seller
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2.8.1
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At
any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, at
Purchaser’s reasonable request and without further
consideration, Seller shall execute and deliver to Purchaser or its
designee such other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance,
assignment and confirmation, provide such materials and information
and take such other actions as Purchaser may reasonably deem
necessary in order more effectively to transfer, convey and assign
to Purchaser or its designee, and to confirm Purchaser’s or
its designee’s title to, all of the Assets, and, to the full
extent permitted by law, to put Purchaser or its designee in actual
possession and operating control of the Product Lines and the
Assets and to assist Purchaser or its designee in exercising all
rights with respect thereto, and otherwise to cause Seller to
fulfill its obligations under this Agreement. Without limiting the
foregoing, if, on or prior to the first anniversary of the Closing
Date, either Purchaser or Seller becomes aware that an asset or
property of Seller or Seller’s Affiliate that was used solely
or primarily in, or that was necessary for the conduct of, the
Product Lines on the Signing Date, was not transferred, assigned,
conveyed and delivered to Purchaser or its designee on the Closing
Date, then (A) if such asset or property was used solely in
the Product Lines on the date of this Agreement, Seller shall
promptly, or shall cause its Affiliate to promptly, transfer,
assign, convey and deliver such asset or property to Purchaser or
its designee, or (B) if such asset or property was used
primarily in, or was otherwise necessary for the conduct of, the
Product Lines on the Signing Date, Seller shall, or shall cause its
Affiliate to, either promptly transfer, assign, convey and deliver
such asset or property to Purchaser or its designee, or make such
asset or property available to Purchaser or its designee under a
perpetual, paid-up, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive
license, with the right to sublicense, in each case without any
additional consideration being due to Seller. For the avoidance of
doubt, any such asset or property described in sub-clause
(B) above consisting of Intellectual Property shall be
included in the cross-license agreement referenced in
Section 4.6.3 b).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
any of the Assets are not assignable or transferable, (each, a
Non-Assignable Asset ), without the approval, consent,
ratification, permission, waiver or authorization of a third party
(collectively, the Assignment Consents ), either as a result
of the provisions thereof or applicable legal requirements, and any
of such Assignment Consents are not obtained by Seller on or prior
to the Closing Date, Seller shall continue its efforts to obtain
the Assignment Consents after Closing and this Agreement and the
related instruments of transfer shall not constitute an assignment
or transfer of such Non-Assignable Assets, and Purchaser shall not
assume Seller’s rights or obligations under such
Non-Assignable Assets (and such Non-Assignable Assets shall not be
included in the Assets), except as provided below. If Seller
obtains any such Assignment Consents after the Closing Date, Seller
shall promptly thereafter assign to Purchaser or its designee such
Non-Assignable Assets. Upon any such assignment, such assets shall
be deemed Assets.
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Seller shall use its reasonable best
efforts to cooperate with Purchaser at its request for up to six
months following the Closing Date in endeavouring to obtain such
Assignment Consents promptly; provided, however, that such
efforts shall not require Seller to incur any expenses or
Liabilities or provide any financial accommodation or to remain
secondarily or contingently liable for any Asset to obtain any such
Assignment Consent unless Purchaser agrees to reimburse Seller for
the foregoing. To the extent that there are any Non-Assignable
Assets for which an Assignment Consent has not been obtained as of
the end of such six month period, then, subject to
Section 2.8.4, such Non-Assignable Assets shall not be
considered Assets and instead shall be considered Excluded Assets
for purposes of this Agreement.
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To
the extent permitted by applicable legal requirements and the terms
of the Non-Assignable Assets, in the event Assignment Consents
cannot be obtained, such Non-Assignable Assets shall be held by
Seller in trust for Purchaser and the covenants and obligations
thereunder shall be performed by Purchaser in Seller’s name
and all benefits and obligations existing thereunder shall be for
Purchaser’s account. Seller shall take, or cause to be taken,
at Purchaser’s expense, such actions in its name or otherwise
as Purchaser may reasonably request so as to provide Purchaser with
the benefits of the Non-Assignable Assets and to effect collection
of any money or other consideration that becomes due and payable
under the Non-Assignable Assets, and Seller shall promptly pay over
to Purchaser all money or other consideration received by it in
respect of all Non-Assignable Assets. As of and from the Closing
Date, Seller authorizes Purchaser, to the extent permitted by
applicable legal requirements and the terms of the Non-Assignable
Assets, at Purchaser’s expense, to perform all the
obligations and receive all the benefits of Seller under the
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Assignable
Assets and appoints Purchaser its attorney-in-fact to act in its
name on its behalf with respect thereto, and Purchaser agrees to
indemnify and hold Seller and its Affiliates, agents, successors
and assigns harmless from and against any and all Liabilities and
losses based upon, arising out of or relating to Purchaser’s
performance of, or failure to perform, such obligations under the
Non-Assignable Assets.
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In
individual cases, Seller and Purchaser may agree that Purchaser or
Purchaser’s Affiliates shall fulfill warranty and guaranty
liabilities of the Asset Seller Companies vis-à-vis
customers relating to services rendered prior to the Closing Date.
Such fulfillment shall be on behalf of and for the account of
Seller or the relevant Asset Seller Company.
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2.8.6
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Accounts Receivable relating to the
period prior to the Closing Date which are collected by Purchaser
or its Affiliates shall be promptly transferred to Seller or an
Affiliate of Seller as determined by Seller.
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2.9
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Licensed IP
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2.9.1
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For
purposes of this Agreement, Licensed IP Rights shall refer
to all of Seller’s, the Asset Seller Companies’, the
Transferred Companies’ and/or any other Seller
Affiliate’s rights under all Intellectual Property which such
entities have a right under contract to use and which are used in
the Product Lines, which Licensed IP Rights include, in particular,
the Licensed IP Rights listed on Schedule 2.9
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2.9.2
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The
Parties shall use their reasonable best efforts in order to obtain
the respective third party consent to the assignment and/or
transfer of Licensed IP Rights (with respect to the Product Lines).
In particular, as soon as practicable after the execution of this
Agreement, Seller and its applicable Affiliates shall submit to all
licensors (or a specific sub-set of licensors at the request of
Purchaser) written requests to consent to the assignment and/or
transfer of the Licensed IP Rights (with respect to the Product
Lines).
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2.9.3
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In
the event any such consents to assignment are not obtained by
Seller and/or Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date, Seller
shall continue to use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with
Purchaser, at its request, for up to six months following the
Closing Date in endeavouring to obtain such consents to assignment;
provided, however, that such efforts shall not require
Seller to incur any expenses or Liabilities or provide any
financial accommodation or to remain secondarily or contingently
liable for any Licensed IP Rights to obtain any such consent to
assignment unless
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Purchaser
agrees to reimburse Seller for the foregoing. In addition, nothing
in this Section 2.9.3 shall obligate Seller to renew any
Licensed IP Rights. If Seller obtains any such consent to
assignment after the Closing Date, Seller shall promptly thereafter
assign to Purchaser or its designee such Licensed IP Rights (with
respect to the Product Lines).
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To
the extent permitted by applicable legal requirements and the terms
of the Licensed IP Rights, in the event consents to assignment
cannot be obtained for Licensed IP Rights (with respect to the
Product Lines) (each a Non-Consented Licensed IP Right ),
Seller, the applicable Asset Seller Company and/or any other
applicable Seller Affiliate shall grant to Purchaser or its
designee, a perpetual, paid-up, irrevocable, royalty-free, license,
with the right to sublicense, for such Non-Consented Licensed IP
Right (with respect to the Product Lines) on the terms provided in
the cross-license agreement referenced in Section 4.6.3
b).
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3.
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Consideration
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3.1
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Shares and Warrants
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The
aggregate consideration ( Consideration ) for the Assets to
be paid by Purchaser and/or its designees shall be comprised of the
following:
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7,000,000 shares of TMI’s
Common Stock ( Consideration Shares );
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Warrants to acquire up to 3,000,000
shares of TMI’s Common Stock ( Warrants ), with such
Warrants to be in substantially the form set forth in
Schedule 3.1 , which Warrants provide that Seller shall
have the right to purchase up to 1,000,000 warrant shares on and
after the second anniversary of the Closing at an exercise price of
US$4.00 per share, an additional 1,000,000 warrant shares on and
after the third anniversary of the Closing at an exercise price of
US$4.25 per share and the remaining warrant shares on and after the
fourth anniversary of the Closing at an exercise price of US$4.50
per share, with an expiration date of 5 (five) years after the
Closing; and
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An
amount of cash equal to one percent (1%) of the aggregate value
allocated under Schedule 3.5 to the purchase of 100% of
the issued shares of all of the Transferred Companies.
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Delivery of Consideration Shares and
Warrants
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Delivery of the Consideration Shares
by Purchaser to Seller shall be made by the delivery by Purchaser
to Seller of one or more certificates representing the
Consideration Shares registered in the name of Seller, together
with all required stock transfer stamps affixed, if any. Delivery
of the Warrants by Purchaser to Seller shall be made by the
delivery by Purchaser to Seller of one or more duly executed
Warrants in the name of Seller.
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3.3
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Payment of Cash
Consideration
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The
payment to be made pursuant to Section 3.1 c) shall be made by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to be delivered to
such account as Seller shall have designated to Purchaser in
writing not less than 2 (two) Business Days prior to the
Closing Date.
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3.4
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Delivery of Stockholders
Agreement
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Delivery of a Stockholders Agreement
executed by TMI and the Seller governing Seller’s ownership
of TMI’s Common Stock, in substantially the form set forth in
Schedule 3.4 ( Stockholders Agreement ).
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3.5
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Allocation
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The
Consideration shall be allocated between Seller and the Asset
Seller Companies, and the Consideration and Assumed Liabilities
shall be allocated amongst the Sold Assets, the Transferred
Companies, the Munich Site and the Assumed Contracts as set out in
Schedule 3.5 .
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4.
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Closing and Conditions
Precedent
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4.1
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Closing
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The
completion of the sale and purchase of the Assets ( Closing
) shall take place within 10 (ten) Business Days after all
conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.2 have been
satisfied or waived by the Party whose performance is subject to
such condition, in any event not later than May 31, 2009 (
Long Stop Date ), provided this period can be extended by
agreement between the Parties which agreement shall not be
unreasonably refused if the Closing is delayed as a consequence of
any action or failure to act of any competent authority. The
Closing shall start at 10:00 a.m. local time (the Closing
Date ) at the offices of Meyer Lustenberger, Zurich,
Switzerland.
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4.2
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Conditions Precedent to
Closing
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The
respective obligations of the Parties hereto to effect the
transactions contemplated under this Agreement shall be subject to
the satisfaction or waiver by the Parties hereto, on or prior to
the Closing, of the following conditions:
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Transfer Agreements
. The Transfer
Agreements shall have been duly executed and delivered by and to
the Parties;
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Compliance with Nasdaq Requirements;
Approval for Listing . TMI shall have complied with all
Nasdaq requirements, if any, required in connection with the
issuance of the Consideration Shares, the Warrants, and Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and the Consideration
Shares and Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants
shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq.
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c)
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Merger Control Laws
. All approvals under
applicable merger control laws as set out in Schedule 4.2
c) shall have been obtained and any waiting period relating
thereto shall have expired or been terminated by the competent
authority;
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Governmental Permits, Authorization
and Notices . Any and all governmental,
regulatory or similar licenses, permits, concessions and
authorizations or notices necessary to the consummation or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to the conduct of
the Product Lines, as listed in Schedule 4.2 d) shall
have been obtained or given, in particular all notices to employee
representatives, unions, governmental agencies and corporate bodies
shall have been made;
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No Governmental or Other
Proceeding .
No action, order, injunction or decree of any court, administrative
body or arbitration tribunal shall be in effect on the Closing
Date, which seeks to enjoin, restrain, prohibit or make illegal the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated under this
Agreement or which could reasonably be expected to otherwise result
in a Material Adverse Effect, and there shall not be pending or
threatened on the Closing Date, any action or proceeding in, before
or by any court, administrative body or arbitration tribunal which
could reasonably be expected to result in the issuance of any such
action, order, injunction or decree which could enjoin, restrain,
prohibit or make illegal the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated under this Agreement or which could
reasonably be expected to otherwise result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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Representations and
Warranties .
Each of the representations and warranties of Seller, TMI and
Purchaser set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in
all material respects, in each case, as of the Closing Date as
though made on and as of the Closing Date or, in the case of
representations and warranties made as of a specified date earlier
than the Closing Date, on and as of such earlier date.
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g)
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No Material Adverse
Changes .
There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect and no
TMI/Purchaser MAC.
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Amendment to Rights
Agreement .
The Company shall have amended the Rights Agreement in
substantially the form of Exhibit 3 to the Stockholders
Agreement.
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4.3
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Reasonable Best Efforts to
Close
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The
Parties shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause
all necessary action to be taken in order to have all the
conditions precedent to Closing to be fulfilled as promptly as
practicable. The Parties shall inform each other forthwith upon
becoming aware of any fact or matter which could reasonably be
expected to constitute or lead to the non-fulfillment of any of the
conditions set out in Section 4.2. The Parties shall discuss
in good faith how best the Party whose performance hereunder is in
question can resolve the issue.
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4.4
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Right to Terminate this
Agreement
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4.4.1
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Should the conditions precedent to
Closing set forth in Section 4.2 not be met by the Long Stop
Date, or Seller fails to deliver or cause to be delivered to
Purchaser the items in Section 4.6.1 and 4.6.2, each Party may
terminate this Agreement unless such Party failed to use its
reasonable best efforts to procure the satisfaction of any such
condition;
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4.4.2
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If
this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 4.4.1 or
Section 2.7.5, such termination shall be without Liability of
one Party to the other Party; provided that if such
termination is made pursuant to Section 4.4.1 or
Section 2.7.5 and results from the willful failure of a Party
(i) to fulfill a condition to the performance of the
obligations of the other Party or (ii) to perform a covenant
of this Agreement, such Party shall, notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, be fully liable for any and all
damages incurred or suffered by the other Party as a result of such
failure or breach;
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If
this Agreement is terminated, all provisions of this Agreement
shall cease to be effective except for Section 2.7.5 c),
Section 4.4.2, Section 11 (Confidentiality and
Publicity), Section 13.1 (Expenses and Transfer Taxes),
Section 14 (Notices), Section 18 (Governing Law) and
Section 19 (Jurisdiction).
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Except as stated in this
Section 4.4, or as provided in Section 2.7.5, no Party
has the right to terminate this Agreement.
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4.5
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Reserved
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4.6
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Closing Actions
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At
the Closing the following actions shall occur, which actions shall
be deemed to occur simultaneously:
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4.6.1
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Closing Actions by Seller. At the
Closing, Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
Purchaser, as a condition to Purchaser’s obligations to
effect the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, each of
the following:
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execution copy of the Transfer
Agreements and the Stockholders Agreement;
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b)
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certificates representing the shares
of Micronas Holland Holding B.V., Nijmegen, the Netherlands duly
endorsed in blank or the equivalent under the local
jurisdictions;
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copies of the certificates
representing the shares of Micronas Holland B.V., Nijmegen, the
Netherlands, and the share register of the latter, showing Micronas
Holland Holding B.V., Nijmegen, the Netherlands as sole shareholder
of the Micronas Holland B.V., Nijmegen, the Netherlands, or the
equivalent under the local jurisdictions;
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resolution of the board of directors
of Micronas Holland Holding B.V., Nijmegen, the Netherlands that
(i) Purchaser or its designee has been approved as a
shareholder, and (ii) Purchaser or its designee is registered
as sole shareholder with voting rights in the share register of
Micronas Holland Holding B.V., Nijmegen, the
Netherlands;
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the
share register of Micronas Holland Holding B.V., Nijmegen, the
Netherlands with Purchaser or its designee being registered as sole
shareholder of
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Micronas Holland Holding B.V.,
Nijmegen, the Netherlands, or the equivalent under the local
jurisdiction;
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resignation letters of each of the
board members representing Seller as set forth in
Schedule 4.6.1 on the board of directors of the
Transferred Companies, each such resignation to be effective as of
the Closing Date and to include a statement of the resigning board
members that he has no claims against the respective Transferred
Company;
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g)
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a
certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer and/or Chief
Financial Officer of Seller stating that the conditions specified
in Section 4.2 (other than those in Section 4.2 b) or 4.2
h)) have been satisfied;
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h)
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confirmation of receipt of the
Consideration;
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updated Schedule 4.8
(guarantees and similar undertakings);
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j)
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physical handover of all Equipment,
Assets and Files; and
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k)
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further activities as determined by
the Parties.
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4.6.2
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Closing Actions by Purchaser. At the
Closing, TMI and Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to Seller, as a condition to Seller’s obligations to effect
the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, each of the
following:
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execution copy of the Transfer
Agreements and the Stockholders Agreement;
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b)
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the
Consideration;
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c)
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a
certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer and/or Chief
Financial Officer of TMI stating that the conditions specified in
Section 4.2 (other than those in Section 4.2 d) or 4.2
e)) have been satisfied;
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d)
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a
certificate executed by the President and/or a Director of
Purchaser stating that the conditions specified in Section 4.2
(other than those in Section 4.2 d) or 4.2 e)) have been
satisfied;
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e)
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an
opinion from DLA Piper, counsel to Purchaser and TMI, dated as of
the Closing, in the form attached hereto in
Schedule 4.6.2 ;
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copies of resolutions of the Board
of Directors of TMI approving the issuance of the Consideration
Shares, the Warrants and the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants;
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g)
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a
copy of the notice filed by TMI to list on Nasdaq the Consideration
Shares and the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants;
and
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further activities as determined by
the Parties.
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4.6.3
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Closing Actions by Seller
a
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