EXHIBIT 10.5
HAL as Service
Provider
TRANSITION SERVICES
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES,
INC.
and
KBR, INC.
Dated November 20,
2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page No.
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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1
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SECTION 1.1
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Definitions
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1
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ARTICLE II SERVICES
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2
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SECTION 2.1
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Services
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2
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SECTION 2.2
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Service
Coordinators
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3
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SECTION 2.3
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Additional
Services
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3
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SECTION 2.4
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Third Party
Services
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3
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SECTION 2.5
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Standard of
Performance; Limitation of Liability
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4
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SECTION 2.6
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Service
Boundaries and Scope
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5
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SECTION 2.7
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Cooperation
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5
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SECTION 2.8
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Transitional
Nature of Services; Changes
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5
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ARTICLE III SERVICE CHARGES
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5
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SECTION 3.1
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Compensation
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5
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SECTION 3.2
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Performance
under Ancillary Agreements
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6
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ARTICLE IV PAYMENT
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6
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SECTION 4.1
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Payment
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6
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SECTION 4.2
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Payment
Disputes
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7
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SECTION 4.3
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Error
Correction
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7
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SECTION 4.4
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Taxes
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7
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SECTION 4.5
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Records;
Audits
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8
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ARTICLE V TERM
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8
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SECTION 5.1
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Term
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8
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ARTICLE VI DISCONTINUATION OF
SERVICES
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9
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SECTION 6.1
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Discontinuation
of Services
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9
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SECTION 6.2
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Procedures Upon
Discontinuation or Termination of Services
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9
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ARTICLE VII DEFAULT
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9
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SECTION 7.1
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Termination for
Default
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9
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ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION
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10
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SECTION 8.1
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Personal
Injury
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10
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SECTION 8.2
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Property
Damage
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10
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SECTION 8.3
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Waiver of
Consequential Damages
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10
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SECTION 8.4
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Services
Received
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10
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ARTICLE IX CONFIDENTIALITY
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12
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SECTION 9.1
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Confidentiality
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12
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ARTICLE X FORCE MAJEURE
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12
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SECTION 10.1
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Performance
Excused
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12
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SECTION 10.2
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Notice
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12
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SECTION 10.3
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Cooperation
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ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
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12
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SECTION 11.1
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Construction
Rules
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12
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SECTION 11.2
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Notices
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12
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SECTION 11.3
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Assignment,
Binding Effect
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13
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SECTION 11.4
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No Third Party
Beneficiaries
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13
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SECTION 11.5
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Amendment
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13
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SECTION 11.6
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Waiver
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13
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SECTION 11.7
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Severability
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SECTION 11.8
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Counterparts
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14
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SECTION 11.9
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Governing
Law
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14
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SECTION 11.10
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Arbitration
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14
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SECTION 11.11
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Relationship of
Parties
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14
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SECTION 11.12
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Further
Assurances
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14
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SECTION 11.13
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Regulations
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14
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SECTION 11.14
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Survival
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14
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SECTION 11.15
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English
Language Governs
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14
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SECTION 11.16
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Conflicting
Agreements; Entire Agreement
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14
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SECTION 11.17
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Software
License
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Exhibits:
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Exhibit A:
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Form of
Software License
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Schedules
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Tier 1
Services
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Tier 2
Services
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Schedule 1:
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Communications
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Schedule 11:
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Information
Technology (RCTS)
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Schedule 2:
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Real Estate
Services
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Schedule 12:
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Human
Resources
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Schedule 3:
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Information
Technology
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Schedule 13:
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Internal Audit
Services
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Schedule 4:
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Accounting
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Schedule
14
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Information
Technology
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Schedule 5:
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Legal
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Schedule 15:
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Tax
Accounting
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Schedule 6:
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Government
Services
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Schedule 16:
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Tax
(Talisman)
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Schedule 7:
Schedule 8:
Schedule 9:
Schedule 10:
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Risk Management
Legal Software
International
Consulting
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Schedule 17:
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SAP and Other Software Developed by
Halliburton and Used by KBR
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Schedule 18:
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Legal
Software
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Schedule 19:
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Legal
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Schedule 20:
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1993 Stock Plan
Services
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Schedule 21:
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Tax
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Schedule 22:
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Travel
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Schedule 23:
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International
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Schedule 24:
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Investment Fund
Trust
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Schedule 25:
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Risk
Management
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ii
TRANSITION SERVICES
AGREEMENT
This TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT
(the “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of the
20th day of November, 2006 by and between Halliburton Energy
Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ HESI
”), and KBR, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ KBR
”).
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of
Halliburton Company (“ Halliburton ”) has
determined that it is in the best interests of Halliburton and its
stockholders to make an initial public offering (“ IPO
”) of shares of KBR common stock, par value $0.001 per
share;
WHEREAS, in order to effectuate the
foregoing, Halliburton and KBR have entered into a Master
Separation Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “
Separation Agreement ”), which provides, among other
things, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, for the
Separation, the IPO, and the execution and delivery of certain
other agreements, including this Agreement, in order to facilitate
and provide for the foregoing; and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure an
orderly transition under the Separation Agreement it will be
necessary for Halliburton, through its subsidiary HESI and other
members of the Halliburton Group, to provide to KBR certain
services described herein for a transitional period.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions .
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the respective meanings assigned to them in this Article I or in
the Separation Agreement (as defined above):
“ Additional Services
” has the meaning given such term in
Section 2.3.
“ Agreement ” has
the meaning given such term in the Preamble.
“ Distribution ”
means a tax-free distribution under Section 355 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any corresponding
provision of any successor statute of all or any portion of the KBR
Common Stock beneficially owned by Halliburton to Halliburton
stockholders by way of a dividend, exchange or
otherwise.
“ Extension Period
” has the meaning given such term in
Section 2.3.
“ Fee Memorandum
” has the meaning given such term in
Section 4.1.
“ Force Majeure Event
” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
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“ Halliburton ”
has the meaning given such term in the Preamble.
“ HESI ” has the
meaning given such term in the Preamble.
“ Initial Services
” has the meaning given such term in
Section 2.1.
“ Invoice ” has
the meaning given such term in Section 4.1.
“ KBR ” has the
meaning given such term in the Preamble.
“ reasonable best
efforts ” means a party’s best efforts consistent
with reasonable commercial practice and without the incurrence of
unreasonable expense or hardship, or the requirement to engage in
litigation.
“ Separation Agreement
” has the meaning given such term in the Recitals.
“ Service Coordinator
” has the meaning given such term in
Section 2.2.
“ Services ” has
the meaning given such term in Section 2.1.
“ Tax ” has the
meaning given such term in Section 4.4.
“ Tier 1 Deadline
” has the meaning given such term in Article V.
“ Tier 1 Services
” are those Services listed on Schedules 1 - 10, together
with such Additional Services as the parties may agree pursuant to
Section 2.3 hereof and designate as Tier 1
Services.
“ Tier 2 Services
” are those Services listed on Schedules 11 - 25, together
with such Additional Services as the parties may agree pursuant to
Section 2.3 hereof and designate as Tier 2
Services.
ARTICLE II
SERVICES
SECTION 2.1 Services
.
(a) Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, HESI, acting through its and/or its
Affiliates and their respective employees, agents, contractors or
independent third parties, agrees to provide or cause to be
provided to the KBR Group the services set forth in Schedules 1-25
hereto (the “ Initial Services ”, which together
with any Additional Services provided pursuant to Section 2.3
are collectively referred to herein as the “ Services
”).
(b) At all times during the
performance of the Services, all Persons performing such Services
(including agents, temporary employees, independent third parties
and consultants) shall be construed as being independent from the
KBR Group and such Persons shall not be considered or deemed to be
an employee of any member of the KBR Group nor entitled to any
employee benefits of KBR as a result of this
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Agreement. KBR acknowledges and
agrees that, except as may be expressly set forth herein as a
Service (including such agreed Additional Services to be provided
pursuant to Section 2.3 below) or otherwise expressly set
forth in the Separation Agreement, an Ancillary Agreement or other
binding definitive agreement, no member of the Halliburton Group
shall be obligated to provide, or cause to be provided, any service
or goods to any member of the KBR Group.
(c) HESI and members of the
Halliburton Group shall not be required to perform Services
hereunder that conflict with or violate any applicable law,
contract, license, authorization, certification or permit. HESI
will use reasonable best efforts to secure all necessary consents
and/or approvals of vendors, lessors and licensors relating to the
Services.
SECTION 2.2 Service
Coordinators . Each party will nominate in writing a
representative to act as the primary contact with respect to the
provision of the Services and the resolution of disputes under this
Agreement (each such person, a “ Service Coordinator
”). The initial Service Coordinators shall be the Chief
Accounting Officers (or their designated delegates) for each of
Halliburton and KBR. Unless HESI and KBR otherwise agree in
writing, HESI and KBR agree that all notices and communications
relating to this Agreement other than those day to day
communications and billings relating to the actual provision of the
Services shall be directed to the Service Coordinators in
accordance with Section 11.2 hereof. The Service Coordinators
shall meet as expeditiously as possible to resolve any dispute
hereunder; any dispute that is not resolved by the Service
Coordinators within forty-five (45) days shall be resolved in
accordance with the dispute resolution and arbitration procedures
set forth in Article VII of the Separation Agreement.
SECTION 2.3 Additional
Services .
(a) From the date hereof until
ninety (90) days following the IPO Closing Date (the “
Extension Period ”), from time to time KBR may request
additional Services from HESI by providing written notice. The cost
of such additional Services shall be determined in accordance with
the general principles described in Section 3.1(a). Upon the
mutual written agreement as to the nature, cost, duration and scope
of such additional Services, HESI and KBR shall supplement in
writing the Schedules hereto to include such additional Services
(such agreed services, the “ Additional Services
”).
(b) HESI shall be obligated to
provide to KBR and the members of the KBR Group any Additional
Service inadvertently or unintentionally omitted from the list of
Initial Services that was provided by the Halliburton Group to the
KBR Group immediately prior to the IPO Closing Date or was included
in the 2006 budget of Halliburton—KBR intercompany services.
HESI, in its sole discretion, may decline to provide any Additional
Service requested by KBR which does not meet the criteria of the
preceding sentence.
SECTION 2.4 Third Party
Services . HESI shall have the right to hire third party
subcontractors to provide all or part of any Services hereunder so
long as such subcontracting is consistent with past practices and
the practice applied by Halliburton generally
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from time to time within its own organization.
If subcontracting for a Service is not consistent with past
practices and the practice applied by Halliburton generally from
time to time within its own organization, then HESI shall give
notice of its intent to subcontract such Service to KBR and KBR
shall have sixty (60) days to determine, in its sole
discretion, whether to permit such subcontracting or whether to
cancel such Service in accordance with Article VI
hereof.
SECTION 2.5 Standard of
Performance; Limitation of Liability .
(a) The Services to be provided
hereunder shall be performed with the same general degree of care,
at the same general level and at the same general degree of
accuracy and responsiveness, as when performed within the
Halliburton organization prior to the date of this Agreement. It is
understood and agreed that HESI and the members of the Halliburton
Group are not professional providers of the types of services
included in the Services and that Halliburton personnel performing
Services have other responsibilities, and will not be dedicated
full-time to performing Services.
(b) In the event HESI or any member
of the Halliburton Group fails to provide, or cause to be provided,
the Services in accordance herewith, the sole and exclusive remedy
of KBR shall be to, at KBR’s sole discretion, within ninety
(90) days from the date that HESI or such member of the
Halliburton Group first fails to provide such Service either
(i) have the Service reperformed, or (ii) not pay for
such Service, or if payment has already been made, receive a refund
of the payment made for such defective service; provided that in
the event HESI defaults in the manner described in
Section 7.1(ii) or (iii), KBR shall have the further rights
set forth in Section 7.1.
(c) EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN
THIS SECTION 2.5, NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
IMPLIED OR EXPRESSED, ARE MADE BY HESI OR ANY MEMBER OF THE
HALLIBURTON GROUP WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT
AND ALL SUCH REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY WAIVED AND
DISCLAIMED. KBR HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT KBR OR ANY MEMBER
OF THE KBR GROUP MAY OTHERWISE HAVE FOR ANY LOSSES, TO ENFORCE
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OR TO PURSUE ANY OTHER REMEDY AVAILABLE IN
CONTRACT, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY IN THE EVENT OF ANY NON-PERFORMANCE,
INADEQUATE PERFORMANCE, FAULTY PERFORMANCE OR OTHER FAILURE OR
BREACH BY HESI OR ANY MEMBER OF THE HALLIBURTON GROUP UNDER OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, NOTWITHSTANDING THE NEGLIGENCE (WHETHER
SOLE, JOINT OR CONCURRENT OR ACTIVE OR PASSIVE) OF HESI OR ANY
MEMBER OF THE HALLIBURTON GROUP OR ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER
AND WHETHER DAMAGES ARE ASSERTED IN CONTRACT OR TORT, UNDER
FEDERAL, STATE OR NON U.S. LAWS OR OTHER STATUTE OR OTHERWISE;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE FOREGOING WAIVER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO
COVER, AND HESI SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, SUCH LOSSES CAUSED BY THE
GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF HESI, ANY MEMBER OF THE
HALLIBURTON GROUP OR ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER
HEREUNDER.
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SECTION 2.6 Service Boundaries
and Scope . Except as provided in a Schedule for a specific
Service: (a) HESI shall be required to provide, or cause to be
provided, the Services only at the locations such Services are
being provided by any member of the Halliburton Group for any
member of the KBR Group immediately prior to the IPO Closing Date;
and (b) the Services shall be available only for purposes of
conducting the business of the KBR Group substantially in the
manner it was conducted immediately prior to the IPO Closing Date.
Except as provided in a Schedule for a specific Service, in
providing, or causing to be provided, the Services, HESI shall not
be obligated to: (i) maintain the employment of any specific
employee or hire additional employees; (ii) purchase, lease or
license any additional equipment (including, without limitation,
computer equipment, software, furniture, furnishings, fixtures,
machinery, vehicles, tools and other tangible personal property)
that it would not acquire in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) make modifications to its existing systems; or
(iv) pay any costs related to the transfer or conversion of
data of any member of the KBR Group.
SECTION 2.7 Cooperation .
HESI and KBR shall cooperate with one another and shall provide
such further assistance as the other party may reasonably request
in connection with the provision of Services hereunder.
SECTION 2.8 Transitional Nature
of Services; Changes . The parties acknowledge the transitional
nature of the Services and that HESI may make changes from time to
time in the manner of performing the Services if Halliburton is
making similar changes in performing similar services for members
of its own Group and if HESI furnishes to KBR substantially the
same notice Halliburton shall provide members of its own Group
respecting such changes.
ARTICLE III
SERVICE CHARGES
SECTION 3.1 Compensation
.
(a) General Principles Relating
to Charges for Services . Subject to the specific terms of this
Agreement, the Services will be charged and paid for on the same
general basis as has been heretofore in effect, with the intent
that such charges shall approximate the fully allocated direct and
indirect costs of providing and discontinuing the Services, but
without any element of profit. It is the further intent of the
parties that the fully allocated direct and indirect costs incurred
by Halliburton and its subsidiaries in providing Services under
this Agreement will be charged on a basis that allocates such costs
on a fair and nondiscriminatory basis. The parties shall use good
faith efforts to discuss any situation in which the actual charge
for a Service is expected significantly to exceed the estimated
charge set forth on a Schedule for a particular Service; provided,
however, that charges incurred in excess of any such estimate shall
not justify ceasing the provision of, or payment for, Services
under this Agreement.
(b) Service Fees . In
consideration for the provision of a Service, each member of the
KBR Group receiving Services shall pay to HESI or the member of the
Halliburton Group providing such Services, as applicable, either
(i) a mutually agreed fixed fee for such Service or
(ii) a reimbursement for all reasonable, out-of-pocket
cash
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costs that are incurred to provide
such Service, including, as applicable, one-time set-up costs for
Services. The Service fees in effect from the date hereof until
December 31, 2006 are set forth on the attached Schedules. The
Service fees to be charged for each succeeding calendar year shall
be determined annually in connection with the KBR and Halliburton
annual planning process or otherwise as the parties may agree. From
time to time, the Service Coordinators may, in accordance with the
general principles described in Section 3.1(a), agree in
writing to update, modify or amend any Service fee set forth on a
Schedule or agreed in connection with the annual planning process
or otherwise by the parties. The Service Coordinators may agree on
any such update, modification or amendment for any reason,
including, but not limited to, error in the Schedule or incorrect
estimates, rates, fees or prices in the underlying budget data from
which the Service fee was derived.
SECTION 3.2 Performance under
Ancillary Agreements . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
containe