Exhibit
2.1
PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENT
by and among
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES
LIMITED,
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES
IMAGING HOLDING (LABUAN) CORPORATION,
OTHER SELLERS
and
MARVELL
TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD.
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY LTD.
Dated as of February 17,
2006
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
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2
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1.1
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Definitions
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1.2
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Rules of Construction
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ARTICLE II PURCHASE, SALE AND ASSUMPTION
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2.1
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Purchase and
Sale of Purchased Assets and Purchased Subsidiary Interests
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2.2
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Assumption by
Purchaser of Certain Liabilities; Retention by the Other Sellers of Remaining
Liabilities
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2.3
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Transfer of
Purchased Assets; Assumed Liabilities and Purchased Subsidiary Interests
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2.4
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Approvals and
Consents
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6
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2.5
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Novation and
Assignment
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2.6
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Consent to Real
Property Assignments and Sublease
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8
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2.7
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Missing Consents
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ARTICLE III PURCHASE PRICE AND ADJUSTMENTS
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9
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3.1
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Purchase Price
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3.2
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Closing Date Payment
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10
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3.3
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Earnout Amount
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12
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3.4
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Allocation of Purchase Price
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
AND THE OTHER SELLERS
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4.1
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Corporate Existence
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4.2
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Corporate Authority
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4.3
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Capitalization
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4.4
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Governmental Approvals and Consents
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4.5
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Title to Purchased Assets
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4.6
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Contracts
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4.7
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Litigation
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20
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4.8
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Business Intellectual Property Rights
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4.9
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Finders; Brokers
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4.10
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Tax Matters
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4.11
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Employment and Benefits
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4.12
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Non-U.S. Benefit Plans
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4.13
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Compliance with Laws
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4.14
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Labor Matters
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4.15
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Environmental Matters
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4.16
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Financial Information; Undisclosed Liabilities
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4.17
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Equity Interests
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4.18
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Absence of Changes
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4.19
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Related Party Transactions
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27
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4.20
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Sufficiency of Assets
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4.21
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Location of Assets
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4.22
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Restrictions on Business Activities
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4.23
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Insurance
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4.24
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Customer Relationship
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4.25
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Suppliers
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4.26
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Products
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4.27
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No Other Representations or Warranties
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS OF PURCHASER
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5.1
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Corporate Existence
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5.2
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Corporate Authority
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5.3
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Governmental Approvals and Consents
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5.4
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Financial Capacity
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5.5
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Finders; Brokers
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5.6
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Purchase for Investment
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5.7
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No Other Representations or Warranties
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ARTICLE VI AGREEMENTS OF PURCHASER AND SELLER
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6.1
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Operation of the Business
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6.2
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Investigation of Business; Confidentiality
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6.3
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Necessary Efforts; No Inconsistent Action
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6.4
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Public Disclosures
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6.5
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Access to Records and Personnel
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6.6
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Employee Relations and Benefits
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6.7
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Non-U.S. Employees
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6.8
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Other Arrangements
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6.9
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Non-Competition
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6.10
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Non-Solicitation
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6.11
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Intellectual Property License Agreement
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6.12
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[Reserved]
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6.13
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Insurance Matters
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6.14
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Tax Matters
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6.15
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Mail Handling
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6.16
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[Reserved]
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6.17
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Shared Contracts
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6.18
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Licenses
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6.19
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NDAs
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6.20
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Patents Licensed Non-exclusively to the Purchaser
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ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
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7.1
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Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Purchaser, Seller and the
Other Sellers
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7.2
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Conditions Precedent to Obligation of Seller and the Other Sellers
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7.3
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Conditions Precedent to Obligation of Purchaser
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ARTICLE VIII CLOSING
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8.1
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Closing Date
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8.2
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Purchaser Obligations
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8.3
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Seller Parent, the Other Sellers and Seller Obligations
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ARTICLE IX INDEMNIFICATION
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9.1
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Indemnification
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9.2
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Certain Limitations
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9.3
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Procedures for Third-Party Claims and Excluded Liabilities
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9.4
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Certain Procedures
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9.5
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Remedies Exclusive
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ARTICLE X TERMINATION
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10.1
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Termination Events
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10.2
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Effect of Termination
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ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
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11.1
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Dispute Resolution
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11.2
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Notices
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11.3
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Bulk Transfers
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11.4
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Severability
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11.5
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Purchaser Parent Guarantee
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11.6
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Further Assurances; Further Cooperation
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11.7
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Counterparts
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11.8
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Expenses
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11.9
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Assignment
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11.10
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Amendment; Waiver
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11.11
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Specific Performance
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11.12
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Third Parties
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11.13
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Governing Law
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11.14
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Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
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11.15
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Disclosure Letter
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11.16
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Entire Agreement
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11.17
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Time is of the Essence
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11.18
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Section Headings; Table of Contents
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EXHIBIT A
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Bill of Sale
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EXHIBIT B
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Assignment and
Assumption Agreement
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EXHIBIT C
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Local Asset Transfer
Agreement
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EXHIBIT D
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Master Separation
Agreement
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EXHIBIT E
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Intellectual Property
License Agreement
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EXHIBIT F
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Excluded Assets
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EXHIBIT G
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Trademark License
Agreement
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EXHIBIT H
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Purchased Assets
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EXHIBIT I
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Joinder
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PURCHASE
AND SALE AGREEMENT
This Purchase and Sale Agreement is dated as of February
17, 2006 (the Agreement), by and among Avago Technologies Limited, a
company organized under the laws of Singapore (Seller Parent), Avago
Technologies Imaging Holding (Labuan) Corporation, a company organized under
the laws of Labuan (Seller),
each Subsidiary or Affiliate of Seller (including the IPL Owners) that is
transferring assets and will execute a joinder to this Agreement prior to the
Closing (collectively, the Other Sellers), Marvell Technology
Group Ltd., a Bermuda corporation (Purchaser Parent), and Marvell
International Technology Ltd., a Bermuda corporation (Purchaser)
(each, a Party and collectively, the Parties).
W I
T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
Seller Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers and certain direct and indirect
Subsidiaries of Seller Parent are engaged in, among other things, the Business
(as defined below);
WHEREAS, Purchaser
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Purchaser Parent;
WHEREAS,
the Other Sellers desire to sell, transfer and assign, and Purchaser desires to
purchase and assume, the Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities of the
Business upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in this
Agreement;
WHEREAS,
Seller Parent, through certain indirect wholly owned subsidiaries (the IPL
Owners), owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock (the IPL
Capital Stock) of Avago Technologies India Private Limited, a company
organized under the laws of India (IPL);
WHEREAS,
Seller owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock (the IPC
Capital Stock) of Avago Technologies Imaging IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a
company organized under the laws of Singapore (IPC);
WHEREAS,
Seller owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock (the U.S.
R&D Capital Stock, and together with the IPL Capital Stock and the IPC
Capital Stock, the Purchased Subsidiary Interests) of Avago
Technologies Imaging (U.S.A.) Inc., a Delaware corporation (U.S. R&D,
and together with IPL and IPC, the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries); and
WHEREAS,
Purchaser wishes to purchase from Seller Parent and Seller, and Seller Parent
and Seller wish to sell, or cause to be sold, to Purchaser, the Purchased
Subsidiary Interests upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in
this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
1.1 Definitions.
Unless otherwise provided herein, capitalized terms
used in this Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them by definition in this
Agreement or in Annex A.
1.2 Rules
of Construction.
(a) This
Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule
requiring construction or interpretation against the Party drafting or causing
any instrument to be drafted.
(b) The
words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import when used
in this Agreement will refer to this Agreement as a whole (including any
annexes, exhibits and schedules to this Agreement) and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement, and section and subsection references are to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified. The words include, including, or includes
when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words without
limitation or words having similar import. The headings and table of contents
in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and will not
limit or otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The
meanings given to terms defined herein will be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE, SALE AND ASSUMPTION
2.1 Purchase
and Sale of Purchased Assets and Purchased Subsidiary Interests. Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the
Closing:
(a) Seller
Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers shall, and shall cause their Subsidiaries
to, sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to Purchaser or, if instructed
by Purchaser in writing prior to the Closing Date, to one of Purchasers
Affiliates, and Purchaser shall, or shall cause one of its Affiliates to,
purchase, acquire and accept from the Seller Parties, all of the Seller Parties
respective right, title and interest in and to the Purchased Assets.
(b) Seller
shall, and Seller Parent shall cause the IPL Owners to, sell, assign, transfer,
convey and deliver to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall purchase, acquire and
accept from Seller and the IPL Owners, all right, title and interest to the
Purchased Subsidiary Interests. Prior to the Closing, Seller Parent, Seller and
the Other Sellers shall, and shall cause their Subsidiaries to, transfer to the
Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, all of the Transferred Business Intellectual Property
and the Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights, including the right
to pursue past damages based on third-party infringement of the Transferred
Business Intellectual Property and the Transferred Business Intellectual
Property Rights, and also including the goodwill of the Business appurtenant to
trademarks included in the Transferred Business Intellectual Property,
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subject to the terms of any licenses granted to third
parties existing as of the date of this Agreement or any licenses granted after
the date hereof not in violation of this Agreement with respect to such
Transferred Business Intellectual Property and Transferred Business
Intellectual Property Rights, and subject to the rights granted to Seller in
the Intellectual Property License Agreement. The Parties agree and acknowledge
that none of the assets of the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries or the Purchased
Assets shall include any accounts receivable of the Business.
2.2 Assumption
by Purchaser of Certain Liabilities; Retention by the Other Sellers of
Remaining Liabilities.
(a) Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the
Closing, Purchaser shall assume, pay, perform and discharge when due any and
all liabilities, obligations, guarantees (including lease guarantees),
commitments, damages, losses, debts, claims, demands, judgments or settlements
of any nature or kind, whether known or unknown, fixed, accrued, absolute or
contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, (collectively, Liabilities)
of Seller Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers to the extent (but only to the
extent) arising out of or relating to the Business, the Purchased Assets, the
Transferred Business Intellectual Property or the Transferred Business
Intellectual Property Rights, whether arising on, prior to or after the Closing
Date, other than the Excluded Liabilities (the Assumed Liabilities). Without
in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, except to the extent any
such Liability is an Excluded Liability, the Assumed Liabilities shall include
the following:
(i) all
Liabilities of Seller Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers arising on, prior to
or after the Closing Date under the Transferred Contracts;
(ii) all
Liabilities arising on, prior to or after the Closing Date for any infringement
or alleged infringement to the extent (but only to the extent) relating to the
Business of (A) the rights of any other Person relating to Technology or
Intellectual Property Rights, or (B) any right of any other Person
pursuant to any license, sublicense or agreement relating to Technology or
Intellectual Property Rights;
(iii) all
Liabilities of Seller Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers and their
Subsidiaries to the extent (but only to the extent) relating to the Printer
Products sold by the Business at any time, including Liabilities for refunds,
adjustments, allowances, repairs, exchanges, returns and warranty,
merchantability and other claims arising on, prior to or after the Closing
Date;
(iv) except
as provided in Section 2.2(b)(v) or as otherwise provided herein, all
Liabilities of the Seller and the Other Sellers relating to any Transferred
Employee;
(v) all
Business Environmental Liabilities;
(vi) all
Liabilities of Seller Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers relating to or
arising under or in connection with Proceedings to the extent (but only to the
extent) relating to the Business, the Purchased Assets or the other Assumed
Liabilities, whether such Proceeding is brought prior to, on or after the
Closing Date;
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(vii) all
other Liabilities to the extent (but only to the extent) arising out of or
relating to or incurred primarily in connection with the Business, including
(A) the operation of the Business after the Closing Date, (B) the use of any of
the Business Intellectual Property Rights by Purchaser or permissible licensees
and (C) any condition arising on or prior to or after the Closing Date with respect
to the Purchased Assets; and
(viii) all
current Liabilities of the Business set forth on Schedule 2.2(a)(viii).
(b) Any
other provision of this Agreement notwithstanding, Purchaser shall not be
obligated to assume, pay, perform, discharge or be responsible for any of the
following Liabilities of Seller Parent, Seller, Other Sellers or any of their
Subsidiaries or Affiliates (collectively, the Excluded Liabilities):
(i) any
and all Liabilities in respect of accounts payable due to third parties incurred
in connection with the operation of the Business prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) any
Liability to the extent arising out of or relating to the operation or conduct
by Seller Parent, Seller, the Other Sellers or any of their Affiliates of any
Retained Business or of any business other than the Business;
(iii) subject
to the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6 hereof, any Liability to the
extent arising out of or relating to any Excluded Asset;
(iv) any
Liability in respect of Taxes that are to be borne by Seller Parent, Seller or
any of their Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.14, and any Liability in
respect of deferred Taxes (from an accounting perspective);
(v) except
as provided for in Section 6.6 or 6.7, all Liabilities to or in respect of any
current or former employees of Seller Parent, Seller or any of their
Subsidiaries other than Transferred Employees;
(vi) except
as provided for in Section 6.6 and 6.7, (A) all Liabilities under any
Seller Plans, including any pension or retirement plan, severance plan,
retention plan, workers compensation, medical, life insurance, disability or
other welfare plan, expenses and benefits incurred or claimed in respect of any
Transferred Employee or other current or former employee of Seller Parent, Seller
or any of their Subsidiaries, and any claims by such Transferred Employees,
their covered dependents, or any other current or former employees of Seller
Parent, Seller or any of their Subsidiaries, for benefits or claims arising on
or prior to the Closing Date and (B) all Liabilities under any Seller
Plans arising out of or relating to any period prior to the Closing Date that
would be required to be reflected on a balance sheet of the Business as of
Closing prepared in accordance with GAAP, excluding accrued flexible time off (FTO)
for Transferred Employees, which shall be an Assumed Liability;
(vii) any
costs or expense or any Liability of Seller Parent or any of its Affiliates,
incurred before, on or after the Closing Date to the extent arising out of the
Restructuring (other than Liabilities which would otherwise have been Assumed
Liabilities in the absence of the Restructuring);
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(viii) any
Indebtedness;
(ix) any
Liability arising out of any Environmental Claim other than the Business
Environmental Liabilities;
(x) Leases
other than the Assigned Leases and the Sublease;
(xi) any
Liability to any broker, finder or agent for any investment banking or
brokerage fees, finders fees or commission and any other fees and expenses
payable by Seller Parent or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 11.8
with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(xii) any
Liability to Seller Parent, Seller, the Other Sellers or any of their Subsidiaries
other than pursuant to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents;
(xiii) any
Liability that would be required to be reflected as a current liability on a
balance sheet of the Business as of the Closing prepared in accordance with GAAP
other than those set forth in Schedule 2.2(a)(viii); and
(xiv) except
as provided in Sections 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 6.6 or 6.7 any Liabilities with respect
to Contracts other than Transferred Contracts.
2.3 Transfer
of Purchased Assets; Assumed Liabilities and Purchased Subsidiary Interests.
(a) The
Purchased Assets and the Purchased Subsidiary Interests shall be sold,
conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered, and the Assumed Liabilities
shall be assumed, pursuant to transfer and assumption agreements and such other
instruments in such form as may be necessary or appropriate to effect a
conveyance of the Purchased Assets and the Purchased Subsidiary Interests and
an assumption of the Assumed Liabilities in the jurisdictions in which such
transfers are to be made. In addition, Intellectual Property Rights under
certain computer assisted design (CAD) tool software licenses (CAD Licenses)
will be assigned or sublicensed to Purchaser to the extent provided in Section
6.18 hereof. Such transfer and assumption agreements shall be jointly prepared
by the Parties and shall include:
(i) a bill of sale in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A (the Bill of Sale), (ii) an assignment and assumption agreement
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the Assignment
and Assumption Agreement), (iii) local asset transfer agreements for each
jurisdiction other than the United States in which Purchased Assets,
Transferred Business Intellectual Property, Transferred Intellectual Property
Rights or Assumed Liabilities are located in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit C with only such deviations therefrom as are required
by local Law (the Local Asset Transfer Agreements), (iv) the stock
certificates evidencing the Purchased Subsidiary Interests and (v) such other
agreements as may reasonably be required to effect the purchase and assignment
of the Purchased Assets, the Transferred Business Intellectual Property, the
Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights, Assumed Liabilities and the
Purchased Subsidiary Interests (collectively, clauses (i)(v), the Ancillary
Agreements) and shall be executed no later than at or as of the Closing by
the Seller Parties, as appropriate and Purchaser.
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(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing and unless otherwise stated in the Master Separation Agreement,
promptly following the Closing Date, Purchaser will: (i) at Purchasers cost and expense, prepare
such Purchased Assets located at any facilities currently occupied by the Other
Sellers which are not to be purchased, assigned, subleased, transferred to or
otherwise occupied by Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement or the Master
Separation Agreement (each such facility, a Seller Facility) for
relocation and relocate such Purchased Assets from the relevant Seller
Facility; (ii) be responsible for all data transfer, delivery,
transmission and reformatting costs and expenses related to the acquisition of
assets to the extent provided in the Master Separation Agreement, and
(iii) indemnify, defend and reimburse the respective Other Seller all
Seller Losses arising out of any damage to any Seller Facility or any injury
suffered by any Person arising out of or related to Purchasers removal,
detachment, disconnection, or transportation of the Purchased Assets. Subject
to the terms of this Section 2.3(b), each of Seller Parent, Seller and the
Other Seller agrees to, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts (as
defined for purposes of this Agreement in Schedule 2.3(b)) to cause Angel
to, cooperate with Purchaser and provide Purchaser all assistance reasonably
requested by Purchaser in connection with the planning and implementation of
the transfer of Purchased Assets or any portion of any of them to such location
as Purchaser shall designate. Purchased Assets shall be transported by or on
behalf of Purchaser, and until all of the Purchased Assets are removed from a
Seller Facility, Seller Parent, Seller or the Other Sellers, respectively, will
and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause Angel to, permit
Purchaser and its authorized agents or representatives, upon prior notice, to
have reasonable access to the Seller Facility to the extent necessary to
disconnect, detach, remove, package and crate the Purchased Assets for
transport. Purchaser shall be responsible for disconnecting and detaching all
fixtures and equipment that are Purchased Assets from the floor, ceiling and
walls of a Seller Facility so as to be freely removed from a Seller Facility by
Purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for packaging and loading the
Purchased Assets for transporting to and reinstalling the Purchased Assets at
such location(s) as Purchaser shall determine. All risk of loss as to the
Purchased Assets shall be borne by, and shall pass to, the Purchaser as of the
Effective Time.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, but subject to the Intellectual Property License Agreement, the
Other Sellers and Seller and its Subsidiaries shall have no obligation to
prosecute any Patents or Trademarks included in the Transferred Business
Intellectual Property after the Closing Date, even if such Patents or
Trademarks are the subject of any pending litigation relating to such Patents
or Trademarks, and their obligations with respect to transfer of all such
Patents or Trademarks shall be limited to the delivery of complete files
relating thereto upon the reasonable request of Purchaser from time to time and
the delivery of Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights Assignments
pursuant to Section 2.3(a).
2.4 Approvals
and Consents.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, and subject to the
provisions of Sections 2.5 and 2.6, to the extent that the sale, conveyance,
transfer, assignment or delivery or attempted sale, conveyance, transfer,
assignment or delivery to Purchaser of any Purchased Asset would result in a
violation of any applicable Law, or would require any Consent or waiver of any
Governmental Authority or third party and such Consent or waiver shall not have
been obtained prior to the Closing, this Agreement shall not constitute a sale,
conveyance, transfer, assignment or delivery, or an attempted sale, conveyance,
transfer,
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assignment or delivery thereof if any of the foregoing
would constitute a breach of applicable Law, any Contract or the rights of any
third party; provided, however, that, subject to the satisfaction or
waiver of the conditions contained in Article VII, the Closing shall occur
notwithstanding the foregoing without any adjustment to the Purchase Price on
account of such required authorization. Following the Closing, the Parties
shall use commercially reasonable efforts, and shall cooperate with each other,
to obtain promptly such Consent or waiver; provided, further,
however, that neither Party nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to
pay any consideration therefor.
(b) Once
such Consent or waiver is obtained, Seller Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers
shall, and shall cause their Subsidiaries to, or if applicable, use their
commercially reasonable efforts to cause Angel to, sell, assign, transfer,
convey and license such Purchased Asset and the Purchased Subsidiary Interests,
as applicable, to Purchaser for no additional consideration. Applicable
Transfer Taxes in connection with such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance
or license shall be paid in accordance with Section 6.14.
(c) To
the extent that any Purchased Asset cannot be provided to Purchaser following
the Closing pursuant to this Section 2.4, Purchaser and Seller Parent,
Seller or any Other Seller, as applicable, shall or shall cause its
Subsidiaries to, or shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause Angel
to, use commercially reasonable efforts to, enter into such arrangements
(including subleasing, sublicensing or subcontracting) to provide to the
parties the economic (taking into account Tax costs and benefits) and, to the
extent permitted under applicable Law, operational equivalent of obtaining such
Consent or waiver and the performance by Purchaser of its obligations
thereunder. To the extent permitted under applicable Law, Seller Parent, Seller
or any Other Seller, as applicable, shall, or shall cause its Subsidiaries to,
or shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause Angel to, hold in trust
for and pay to Purchaser promptly upon receipt thereof, such Purchased Assets
and all income, proceeds and other monies received by such party to the extent
related to any such Purchased Asset in connection with the arrangements under
this Section 2.4. Such party shall be permitted to set off against such
amounts all direct costs associated with the retention and maintenance of such
Purchased Assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such party shall have no
obligation whatsoever to retain any portion of the Business, other than any
individual asset or Contract (but only until such time as the transfer thereof
may be effected in accordance with this Agreement), in order to obtain any such
Consent or waiver referred to in this Section 2.4 or elsewhere in this
Agreement. Nothing in this Section 2.4 applies (i) to any Consent or
waiver required under any Antitrust Regulations, which Consents and waivers
shall be governed by Section 6.3 or (ii) to Consents or releases with
respect to the Assigned Real Property and the Subleased Real Property, such
Consents and releases to be obtained pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.6.
2.5 Novation
and Assignment.
(a) Each
Party shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, and Seller
Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause Angel to, use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain or to cause to be obtained any
Consent, substitution, or amendment required to novate (including with respect to
any federal governmental contract) or assign all rights and obligations under
Transferred Contracts and other obligations or liabilities of any nature
whatsoever that constitute the Assumed Liabilities or to obtain in writing the
unconditional release of all parties
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to such arrangements, so that, in any case, Purchaser
will be solely responsible for such rights and Assumed Liabilities from and
after the Closing Date, provided, however, that neither Party nor
any of its Subsidiaries shall be obligated to pay any consideration therefor to
any third party from whom such Consents, substitutions and amendments are
requested.
(b) If
either Party or any of its Subsidiaries is unable to obtain, or to cause to be
obtained, any such required Consent, release, substitution or amendment, (i)
Seller Parent, Seller or any Other Seller, as applicable, shall, or shall cause
its Subsidiary to, or shall use reasonable commercial efforts to cause Angel
to, continue to be bound by such Transferred Contracts and other obligations
and, (ii) unless not permitted by the terms thereof or applicable Law,
Purchaser shall, as agent or subcontractor for the Other Seller or Seller or
Seller Parent or their Subsidiaries, as applicable, pay, perform and discharge
fully, or cause to be paid, transferred or discharged all the obligations or
other Liabilities such Party thereunder from and after the Closing Date (except
to the extent expressly otherwise provided herein or in the other Transaction
Documents). Such Party shall, without further consideration, pay and remit, or
cause to be paid or remitted, to Purchaser promptly all money, rights and other
consideration received by it in respect of such performance. If and when any
such consent, approval, release, substitution or amendment shall be obtained or
such agreement, lease, license or other rights or obligations shall otherwise
become assignable or able to be novated, Seller Parent, Seller or any Other Seller, as applicable, shall, or shall
cause its Subsidiaries to thereafter assign, or cause to be assigned, all its
rights, obligations and other liabilities thereunder to Purchaser without
receipt of further consideration and Purchaser shall, without the payment of
any further consideration, assume such rights and obligations. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 2.5 shall not apply to Consents
or releases with respect to the Assigned Real Property and the Subleased Real
Property, such Consents and releases to be obtained pursuant to the provisions
of Section 2.6.
(c) To
the extent reasonably required in order to perfect Purchasers or its
Affiliates chain of title to the Transferred Business Intellectual Property as
recorded at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), or a
corresponding office in a foreign country, upon Purchasers reasonable request
Seller Parent or Seller shall, and shall cause its applicable Affiliates to,
use commercially reasonable efforts (but not including payment or the transfer
of other consideration to any third party) to provide, obtain, or cause to be
obtained, documents sufficient to evidence the chain of title conferring
ownership of such Transferred Business Intellectual Property in Purchaser in a
form suitable for recordation with the USPTO, or a corresponding office in a
foreign country, and to provide said documents to the Purchaser for filing and
recordation by it, or, in the sole discretion of the Seller, to record, or to
cause to be recorded, said documents.
2.6 Consent
to Real Property Assignments and Sublease.
(a) Promptly following the execution of this
Agreement, with respect to each Assigned Real Property and the Subleased Real
Property, Seller shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the
consent of the relevant Landlord to the assignment (whether by direct
assignment or in connection with the sale to Purchaser or one of its Affiliates
of the Purchased Subsidiary Interests) or sublease, as the case may be, of each
Assigned Real Property and the Subleased Real Property on terms reasonably
acceptable to Purchaser and Seller
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(collectively, the Landlord
Consents), but shall not be required to commence judicial proceedings
for a declaration that any Landlord Consent has been unreasonably withheld or
delayed, pay any consent fees or agree to any change in the Assigned Leases or
the Corvallis Lease (other than those conditioned upon the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby), or provide or maintain any security or
guaranty to any Landlord following the Closing.
(b) Purchaser shall cooperate with Seller in
attempting to obtain the Landlord Consents, including without limitation: (i) providing financial statements and
references as may be reasonably requested by any Landlord, (ii) agreeing to any
amendments to the Assigned Leases or the Sublease as may be reasonably
requested by the relevant Landlord; provided such amendments could not
reasonably be expected to increase the liability of Purchaser as tenant or
subtenant, as the case may be, or decrease the Purchasers rights as tenant or
subtenant, as the case may be, thereunder, (iii) executing and delivering (and
agreeing to execute and deliver) a guarantee by the ultimate parent of Purchaser
(or other subsidiary of the ultimate parent) of the obligations under the
relevant Assigned Lease or the Sublease, as the case may be, and (iv) with
respect to the Subleased Real Property, entering into a direct lease of the
Subleased Real Property with the Landlord, if reasonably requested by the
Landlord, on terms that are not materially more adverse to Purchaser in
comparison to those of the existing Lease or otherwise acceptable to Purchaser
in its reasonable discretion.
(c) Purchaser shall not communicate directly with
any Landlord without the prior written consent of Seller, such consent not to
be unreasonably withheld.
2.7 Missing
Consents.
Not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the
Closing, Seller shall deliver a supplement to the Disclosure Letter, which
supplement shall identify the Consents with respect to the Transferred Material
Contracts, the Assigned Real Property or the Subleased Real Property that to
Sellers knowledge have not been obtained and are subject to the provisions of
Sections 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6 hereof; provided, that such supplement will have no effect on
any representation or warranty or the exceptions thereto.
ARTICLE III
PURCHASE PRICE AND ADJUSTMENTS
3.1 Purchase
Price.
The purchase price in respect of the purchase and sale
transactions hereunder (the Purchase Price) shall be (a) the sum of (i) an
amount in cash equal to Two Hundred Forty Million Dollars and no cents ($240,000,000),
as adjusted pursuant to Section 3.2, plus (ii) any
payments required to be made by Purchaser pursuant to Section 3.3, and (b) the
assumption of the Assumed Liabilities, which comprises the aggregate of the
respective purchase prices to be paid for the Purchased Subsidiary Interests,
the Purchased Assets and the covenant not to compete contained in Section 6.9
in each respective jurisdiction as provided in the Allocation Schedule.
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3.2 Closing
Date Payment.
(a) On
the Closing Date, Purchaser shall, or shall cause one of its Affiliates to, pay
to Seller (for its own account and as agent for any Other Seller unless
otherwise provided in any Local Asset Transfer Agreement) an amount equal to
(i) Two Hundred Forty Million Dollars and no cents ($240,000,000), and (ii)
plus or minus, as applicable, the difference between the Estimated Inventory
(as defined in section 3.2(b)) at the opening of business on the Closing Date
(without giving effect to the Closing) and the Base Inventory. Such amount
provided for in the immediately preceding sentence shall be payable in United
States dollars in immediately available federal funds to such bank account or
accounts as shall be designated in writing by Seller no later than the second
Business Day prior to the Closing, and furthermore, shall be inclusive of any
amounts paid or to be paid under any Local Asset Transfer Agreements.
(b) For
purposes of this Agreement, Estimated Inventory shall be an
amount based on Sellers estimate of projected Final Inventory (as defined in
Section 3.2(c)) as of the opening of business on the Closing Date (without
giving any effect to the Closing or any step up or step down in value for
financial reporting purposes as a result of the closing of the transactions
contemplated by the Semiconductor Business Purchase Agreement) prepared on a
basis consistent with past accounting practice of the Business as estimated in
good faith by Seller and set forth in a certificate delivered by Seller to
Purchaser, together with reasonable supporting documentation for the
calculation thereof, not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing
Date, it being agreed that at the time of the delivery of such certificate and
continuing thereafter Seller shall provide a reasonable opportunity for
Purchaser to review such supporting documentation and discuss it in good faith
with responsible representatives of Seller.
(c) Purchaser
and Seller agree that to the extent that the Final Inventory exceeds the
Estimated Inventory, Purchaser shall pay to Seller (on behalf of itself and as
agent for any Other Seller) such excess (the Inventory
Excess Amount), and to the extent that the Final Inventory is less
than the Estimated Inventory , Seller (on behalf of itself and as agent for any
Other Seller) shall pay to Purchaser such shortfall (the Inventory
Deficiency Amount), in each case pursuant to the terms of this
Section 3.2. For purposes of this Agreement, Final
Inventory shall mean Inventory as of the opening of business on the
Closing Date (without giving any effect to the Closing or any step up or step
down in value for financial reporting purposes as a result of the closing of
the transactions contemplated by the Semiconductor Business Purchase Agreement)
prepared on a basis consistent with past accounting practice of the Business as
determined pursuant to this Section 3.2. As used herein, Inventory
means all inventory of the Business as calculated and prepared in accordance
with the past accounting practices of the Business.
(d) As
promptly as practicable following the Closing, but in no event later than 45
days following the Closing Date, Seller shall: (i) prepare and deliver to
Purchaser (A) a calculation of Final Inventory (the Final
Closing Statement of Inventory) and (B) a calculation of the
Inventory Excess Amount or the Inventory Deficiency Amount, if any, and (ii)
make available to Purchaser all relevant books and records relating to the
Final Closing Statement of Inventory. Purchaser shall cooperate with Seller in
the preparation of the Final Closing Statement of Inventory and the calculation
of the Inventory Excess Amount or the Inventory Deficiency Amount, if any, as
the case may be. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Purchaser
shall provide Seller and its representatives with reasonable access, during
normal
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business
hours, to the facilities, personnel and accounting records of the Business
acquired by Purchaser, to the extent reasonably necessary to permit Seller to
prepare the Final Closing Statement of Inventory.
(e) During
the 30-day period following Purchasers receipt of the Final Closing Statement
of Inventory (the Inventory Review Period), Purchaser and its
representatives, including its independent auditors, shall be afforded the
opportunity to review the Final Closing Statement of Inventory and related
supporting documentation.
(f) If
Purchaser does not agree with the Final Closing Statement of Inventory,
Purchaser shall deliver to Seller, prior to the expiration of the Inventory
Review Period, a proposed adjustment notice (Inventory
Proposed Adjustment Notice) which shall contain, in reasonable
detail, the alleged error and support for such belief and the adjustment
thereof. If the Inventory Proposed Adjustment Notice is not delivered to Seller
prior to the expiration of the Inventory Review Period, the Final Closing
Statement of Inventory shall become final, binding and conclusive on all
Parties.
(g) If
an Inventory Proposed Adjustment Notice is delivered within the period set
forth in Section 3.2(e), Purchaser and Seller shall negotiate in good faith to
resolve such dispute for a 30-day period (the Inventory
Discussion Period), commencing on the date Seller receives the
Inventory Proposed Adjustment Notice, to resolve such dispute. If Purchaser and
Seller cannot resolve such dispute within such 30-day period, Purchaser and
Seller shall retain a mutually acceptable accounting firm to act as the
arbitrator (the Inventory Arbitrator) of such dispute. The
Parties shall retain the Inventory Arbitrator no later than five (5) Business
Days following the expiration of the Inventory Discussion Period. In the event
of a failure to retain the Inventory Arbitrator during such time period, either
Party, acting individually, shall have the right to retain the Inventory
Arbitrator on behalf of both Parties. Any arbitration shall be conducted in San
Mateo County, California, and such proceedings shall be in English. The
Inventory Arbitrator shall act promptly to resolve any dispute in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, it being understood that the sole issues for
the Inventory Arbitrator shall be whether the Final Closing Inventory Statement
is correct. The Inventory Arbitrator shall issue its written decision as
promptly as practicable and in any event within 30 days after the appointment
of such Inventory Arbitrator, which decision shall be final, binding and
conclusive on both Purchaser and Seller. Purchaser and Seller shall cooperate
with the Inventory Arbitrator in connection with this Section 3.2(g). Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, Purchaser and Seller shall each
promptly provide, or cause to be provided, to the Inventory Arbitrator all
information, and to make available at the arbitration proceeding all personnel,
as are reasonably necessary to permit the Inventory Arbitrator to resolve any
disputes pursuant to this Section 3.2(g). The expenses of the Inventory
Arbitrator in resolving any disputes under this Section 3.2(g) shall be borne
equally by Purchaser and Seller.
(h) If the Final
Closing Statement of Inventory, as may be adjusted pursuant to this Section 3.2(g),
results in a Inventory Deficiency Amount, then Seller shall pay to an account
designated by Purchaser in immediately available funds an amount equal to the
Inventory Deficiency Amount. If the Final Closing Statement of Inventory, as
may be adjusted pursuant to Section 3.2(g), results in an Inventory Excess
Amount, then Purchaser shall pay to an account designated by Seller in
immediately available funds an amount equal to the Inventory Excess
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Amount. All
payments under this Section 3.2(g) shall be made within five (5) Business Days
of the Final Closing Statement of Inventory becoming final and binding in
accordance with this Section 3.2(g). The payment of any amounts pursuant to
this Section 3.2(g) shall not be subject to any set-offs, hold-backs, escrows
or other reductions or restrictions.
3.3 Earnout
Amount.
(a) For
purposes of this Agreement:
(i) Applicable Revenues shall mean all
revenues from end customer sales of products, licenses and services to The
Hewlett-Packard Company (including sales to contract manufacturers in
connection with the manufacture of products on behalf of The Hewlett-Packard
Company) and its worldwide subsidiaries, determined pursuant to the principles
and methodologies set forth on Schedule 3.3(a)(i), earned (x) from the Business
by Seller Parent and its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing during FY2006
(excluding revenues from sales among Seller Parent and its consolidated
subsidiaries), (y) by Purchaser Parent and its Subsidiaries from the Business from
and after the Closing during FY2006 (excluding revenues from sales among
Purchaser Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries), and (z) by Purchaser
Parent and its Subsidiaries from the Business during FY2007 (excluding revenues
from sales among Purchaser Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries); and
(ii) Seller Fiscal Years shall mean (A)
the fiscal year of Seller ending October 31, 2006 (FY2006); and (B)
the fiscal year of Seller ending October 31, 2007 (FY2007).
(b) Subject
to Section 3.3(d) below, Purchaser shall pay to Seller, in cash by wire
transfer to the account number referred to in Section 3.2(a): (i) an amount equal
to the excess (if any) of: (y) the Applicable Revenues for FY2006; over (z) the
FY2006 Target Amount set forth on Schedule 3.3(b)(i) (it being understood that
the maximum aggregate amount payable to Seller by the Purchaser pursuant to
this Section 3.3(b)(i) shall be equal to the Maximum FY2006 Payout set forth on
Schedule 3.3(b)(i)); and (ii) an amount equal to the excess (if any) of: (y)
the Applicable Revenues for FY2007; over (z) the FY2007 Target Amount set forth
on Schedule 3.3(b)(ii) (it being understood that the maximum aggregate amount
payable to Seller by the Purchaser pursuant to this Section 3.3(b)(ii) shall be
Maximum FY2007 Payout set forth on Schedule 3.3(b)(ii)).
(c) Purchaser
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to operate the Business in the
ordinary course of business. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Agreement, in the event that prior to the last day of (A) FY2006,
Purchaser directly or indirectly sells or transfers in one or more transactions
10% or more of the value of the Business, other than the sale of inventory or
work in process in the ordinary course of business or transfers to consolidated
subsidiaries of Purchaser Parent, then prior to or contemporaneously with the
consummation of such sale Purchaser shall pay to Seller the sum of the Maximum
FY2006 Payout and the Maximum FY2007 Payout in cash by wire transfer to the
account number referred to in Section 3.2(a), or (B) FY2007, Purchaser directly
or indirectly sells or transfers in one or more transactions 10% or more of the
value of the Business, other than the sale of inventory or work in process in
the ordinary course of business or transfers to consolidated
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subsidiaries of Purchaser Parent, then prior to or
contemporaneously with the consummation of such sale Purchaser shall pay to
Seller, in cash by wire transfer to the account number referred to in Section
3.2(a), an amount equal to the sum of:
(i) the Maximum FY2007 Payout; plus (ii) the
aggregate amounts, if any, owed and not yet paid under Section 3.3(b)(i).
(d) Dispute
Resolution.
(i) As promptly
as practicable following the last day of each Seller Fiscal Year, but in no
event later than 45 days following the last day of each Purchaser Fiscal year,
Purchaser shall: (i) prepare and deliver to Seller a statement
(the Applicable Revenues Statement)
setting forth the Applicable Revenues for such Seller Fiscal Year through the
last day of such Seller Fiscal Year (and its method of calculating such
Applicable Revenues), and (ii) make available to Seller all relevant books
and records relating to such Applicable Revenues Statement as well as the
personnel of Purchaser involved in the preparation of the Applicable Revenues
Statement. Seller shall cooperate with Purchaser in the preparation of the
Applicable Revenues Statement and the calculation of Applicable Revenues earned
by the Seller Parties prior to the Closing Date. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, Seller shall provide Purchaser and its
representatives with reasonable access, during normal business hours, to the
personnel and accounting records of the Business, to the extent reasonably
necessary to permit Purchaser to prepare the Applicable Revenues Statement.
(ii) During
the 30-day period following Sellers receipt of the Applicable Revenues
Statement (the Earnout Review Period), Seller and its
representatives, including its independent auditors, shall be afforded the
opportunity to review such Applicable Revenues Statement and related supporting
documentation and to discuss such materials with Purchaser and its representatives.
(iii) If
Seller does not agree with the Applicable Revenues Statement for a given Seller
Fiscal Year, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser, prior to the expiration of the
applicable Earnout Review Period, a proposed adjustment notice (Earnout
Proposed Adjustment Notice) which shall contain, in reasonable
detail, the alleged error and support for such belief and the adjustment
thereof. If an Earnout Proposed Adjustment Notice is not delivered to Seller
prior to the expiration of applicable Earnout Review Period, the Applicable
Revenues Statement for such Seller Fiscal Year shall become final, binding and
conclusive on all Parties.
(iv) If
an Earnout Proposed Adjustment Notice is delivered within the period set forth
in Section 3.3(d)(ii), Purchaser and Seller shall negotiate in good faith to
resolve such dispute for a 30-day period (the Earnout
Discussion Period), commencing on the date Purchaser receives the
Earnout Proposed Adjustment Notice, to resolve such dispute. If Purchaser and
Seller cannot resolve such dispute within such 30-day period, Purchaser and
Seller shall retain a mutually acceptable accounting firm to act as the
arbitrator (the Earnout Arbitrator) of such dispute. The
Parties shall retain the Earnout Arbitrator no later than five (5) Business
Days following the expiration of the Earnout Discussion Period. In the event of
a failure to retain the Earnout Arbitrator during such time period, either
Party, acting individually, shall have the right to retain the Earnout
Arbitrator on
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behalf of both Parties. Any arbitration shall be
conducted in San Mateo County, California, and such proceedings shall be in
English. The Earnout Arbitrator shall act promptly to resolve any dispute in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, it being understood that the sole
issues for the Earnout Arbitrator shall be whether the Applicable Revenues Statement
for the relevant Seller Fiscal Year is correct. The Earnout Arbitrator shall
issue its written decision as promptly as practicable and in any event within
30 days after the appointment of such Earnout Arbitrator, which decision shall
be final, binding and conclusive on both Purchaser and Seller. Purchaser and
Seller shall cooperate with the Applicable Revenues Arbitrator in connection
with this Section 3.3(d)(iv). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Purchaser and Seller shall each promptly provide, or cause to be provided, to
the Earnout Arbitrator all information, and to make available at the
arbitration proceeding all personnel, as are reasonably necessary to permit the
Earnout Arbitrator to resolve any disputes pursuant to this 3.3(d)(iv). The
expenses of the Earnout Arbitrator in resolving any disputes under this Section
3.3(d)(iv) shall be borne equally by Purchaser and Seller.
(v) Upon the
final determination of the Applicable Revenues for a given Seller Fiscal Year
in accordance with this Section 3.3(d), Purchaser shall make any payment
required to be made for such Seller Fiscal Year pursuant to Section 3.3(b) no
later than five Business Days after such final determination. The payment of
any amounts pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall not be subject to any set-offs,
hold-backs, escrows or other reductions or restrictions.
3.4 Allocation
of Purchase Price.
(a) Seller,
the Other Sellers and Purchaser agree to allocate the Purchase Price (and all
other capitalizable costs) among the Purchased Assets, the Purchased Subsidiary
Interests, Transferred Business Intellectual Property (not held by the
Purchased Seller Subsidiaries), the Transferred Business Intellectual Property
Rights (not held by the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries) the covenant not to
compete contained in Section 6.9, and the rights granted under the Intellectual
Property License Agreement and the Trademark License Agreement for all purposes
(including financial accounting and Tax purposes (except as otherwise required
by generally accepted accounting principles)) in accordance with an allocation
schedule (the Allocation Schedule) prepared jointly by Seller on
behalf of itself and as agent to the Other Sellers and Purchaser. Seller and
Purchaser agree to revise the Allocation Schedule to reflect any adjustment to
the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 3.2(h) or Section 3.3. Seller and
Purchaser agree to cooperate with each other in the preparation of, and to
negotiate in good faith to resolve any dispute with respect to, the Allocation
Schedule and revisions thereto; provided, however, that in the event
that Seller and Purchaser cannot reach agreement with respect to the Allocation
Schedule within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date (it being
understood that the Parties will use commercially reasonable efforts to agree
to reach agreement on the Allocation Schedule prior to the Closing Date) or any
revisions to the Allocation Schedule as a result of an adjustment to the
Purchase Price pursuant to Section 3.2(h) or Section 3.3 within 10 days after
payment is made pursuant to such section, an internationally recognized
accounting firm mutually agreed upon by Purchaser and Seller shall prepare the
Allocation Schedule. If an accounting
firm prepares the initial Allocation Schedule or the revised Allocation
Schedule in accordance with the previous sentence, such schedule shall be
prepared prior to the Closing Date, in the case of
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the initial Allocation
Schedule, or within 30 days after payment is made pursuant to Section 3.2(h) or
Section 3.3, in the case of the revised Allocation Schedule. The costs
related to having the accounting firm prepare the Allocation Schedule shall be
borne equally by Purchaser and Seller.
(b) Purchaser,
Seller Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers shall be bound by such Allocation
Schedule and shall file all Tax Returns and reports with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all
federal, state and local Tax Returns) on the basis of such allocation. In
addition, Purchaser, Seller Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers shall act in
accordance with the Allocation Schedule in the course of any Tax audit, Tax
review or Tax litigation relating thereto, and take no position and cause their
affiliates to take no position inconsistent with the Allocation Schedule for
income Tax purposes, including United States federal and state income Tax and
foreign income Tax, unless otherwise required pursuant to a determination
within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER AND THE OTHER SELLERS
Seller Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers represent
and warrant to Purchaser, subject to the principles, disclosures and exceptions
set forth in the disclosure letter delivered by Seller Parent, Seller and the
Other Sellers to Purchaser on the date hereof and attached hereto (the Disclosure
Letter), as follows:
4.1 Corporate
Existence.
Seller Parent, Seller and
each of the Other Sellers is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Seller Parent,
Seller and each Other Seller has the requisite corporate, partnership or
similar power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each of
the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to carry on the Business as
the same is now being conducted.
4.2 Corporate
Authority.
(a) This
Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the other agreements, instruments and
documents to be executed and delivered in connection herewith, including the
Master Separation Agreement, (collectively with this Agreement, the Transaction
Documents) to which any Seller Party is (or becomes) a party and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby involving such
Persons have been duly authorized by such Seller Parties, as applicable, and
will be duly authorized by each such Seller Party by all requisite corporate,
partnership or other action prior to Closing and no other proceedings on the
part of such Seller Party or their stockholders are (and no other proceedings
on the part of any Purchased Seller Subsidiary or any of its equity holders
will be) necessary for any Seller Party to authorize the execution or delivery
of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or to perform any
of their obligations hereunder or thereunder. Each Seller Party that is a party
to the Transaction Documents has, and each Seller Party will have at or prior
to the Closing, full
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corporate or other organizational (as applicable)
power and authority to execute and deliver the other Transaction Documents to
which it is a party and to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller Parent, the Other
Sellers and Seller, and the other Transaction Documents will be duly executed
and delivered by the Seller Parties party thereto and this Agreement
constitutes, and the other Transaction Documents when so executed and delivered
will constitute, a valid and legally binding obligation of the Seller Parties
party thereto, enforceable against it or them, as the case may be, in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be affected by
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and
other similar Laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally, and general
equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(b) Except
(i) for required filings under the HSR Act, and any other applicable Laws
or regulations relating to antitrust or competition (collectively, Antitrust
Regulations) and (ii) if determined to be necessary by Seller, the
filing of this Agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC),
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents by the applicable Seller Parties, the performance by the applicable
Seller Parties of their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and the
consummation by the Seller Parties of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby do not and will not (A) violate or conflict with any provision of
the respective certificates of incorporation or by-laws or similar
organizational documents of any Seller Party, (B) result in any material
violation or material breach of, or constitute any material default (with or
without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of
termination, cancellation or acceleration of any material obligation or a loss
of a material benefit under, require that any Consent be obtained or result in
the creation of any Lien under, any material Contract, including material
Transferred Contracts, to which any Seller Party is a party or to which any
assets of any Seller Party is subject, or (C) materially violate, conflict
with or result in any breach under any provision of any material Law applicable
to any Seller Party or any of its respective properties or assets.
4.3 Capitalization.
(a) All
of the assets and liabilities related to the Business, including those acquired
by Seller Parent and its Subsidiaries from Angel, are held by Seller Parent directly
and/or by its direct and indirect Subsidiaries.
(b) Section
4.3(b) of the Disclosure Letter sets forth with respect to each of the
Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, its jurisdiction of organization, the amount of
its authorized and outstanding equity interests and the record owners of such
outstanding equity interests. Each of the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization. Each Purchased Seller Subsidiary has the
requisite corporate or similar power and authority to carry on the Business as
the same is now being conducted by such Purchased Seller Subsidiary. All the
issued and outstanding equity interests of the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries,
are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of
any preemptive rights in respect thereto. There are no outstanding
(i) securities convertible into or exchangeable for the equity interests
of the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, (ii) options, warrants or other
rights to purchase or subscribe for equity interests in the Purchased Seller
Subsidiaries, or (iii) Contracts or understandings of any kind relating to
the
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issuance, transfer, repurchase, redemption,
reacquisition or voting of any equity interests in the Purchased Seller
Subsidiaries, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such
options, warrants or rights, pursuant to which, in any of the foregoing cases,
the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, is subject or bound.
(c) Upon
consummation of the Closing, Purchaser will own the Purchased Subsidiary
Interests, in each case free and clear of any Liens, other than Liens created
by Purchaser or its Affiliates.
(d) No
Purchased Seller Subsidiary has conducted any business following its formation,
other than the Business. No Purchased Seller Subsidiary will at the Closing (i)
have any Liabilities that do not constitute Assumed Liabilities or (ii) have
any assets other than Purchased Assets, Transferred Business Intellectual
Property or Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights.
4.4 Governmental
Approvals and Consents.
Except as set forth in Section 4.4 of the Disclosure
Letter, no material Consent, order, or license from, material notice to or
material registration, declaration or filing with, any United States,
supranational or foreign, federal, state, provincial, municipal or local
government, government agency, court of competent jurisdiction, administrative
agency or commission or other governmental or regulatory authority or
instrumentality (Governmental Authority), is required on the part of
any Seller Party in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of
this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, other than requirements under
any Antitrust Regulations. Each of the Seller
Parties is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is
in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary,
except for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Seller
Material Adverse Effect.
4.5 Title
to Purchased Assets.
(a) Seller or one or more of the Other Sellers
has, or at the Closing will have, and Purchaser will at the Closing acquire,
good and valid title to the Purchased Assets, free and clear of all Liens,
except Permitted Liens and Liens arising out of any actions of Purchaser and
its Subsidiaries.
(b) The
only real property interests to be transferred to Purchaser (whether by
assignment of the relevant Lease, sublease or sale to Purchaser or one of its
Affiliates of the Purchased Seller Subsidiary that possesses such real property
interest) are as follows: (i) U.S.
R&Ds leasehold estate in certain real property located at 6074 N.
Discovery Way, Boise, ID 83713 pursuant to that certain Office Lease dated
April 15, 2000 by and between Brighton Investments, LLC, as landlord, and
Angel, as predecessor in interest to Seller, as tenant (the Boise Lease),
(ii) IPLs leasehold estate in certain real property located at 77A, IFFCO
Road, Sector 18, Gurgaon, India pursuant to that certain Lease Deed dated
December 16, 2005 by and between Mr. Raj Singh Yadov, as landlord, and Seller,
as tenant (the India Lease), (iii) Seller Parents leasehold estate in
certain real property located at No. 18, Jiafeng Road, Xin
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Development Bank Building, Shanghai, Peoples Republic
of China pursuant to that certain Lease Contract dated November ,
2005 by and between Shanghai Waigoaqiao Free Trade Zone Xin Development Co.,
Ltd., as landlord, and Seller, as tenant (the China Lease, and
collectively with the Boise Lease and the India Lease sometimes referred to
herein as the Assigned Leases), and (iv) a subleasehold interest (the Sublease)
in certain real property located at 4238 SW Research Way, Corvallis, OR 97333
pursuant to that certain Lease Agreement dated April 21, 2000 by and between
Owyhee River LLC, as landlord, and Angel, as predecessor in interest to U.S.
R&D, as tenant (the Corvallis Lease). A true and complete copy of
each of the Assigned Leases and the Corvallis Lease has been delivered, or made
available, to Purchaser or its counsel. For purposes of this Agreement, the
premises subject to each of the Assigned Leases is herein referred to as the Assigned
Real Property, and the premises subject to the Sublease is herein referred
to as the Subleased Real Property.
No Seller Party has received a written notice from the Landlord of any
default (or condition or event which, after the notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute a default) under any such Lease relating to the Assigned
Real Property or the Subleased Real Property.
(c) The China Lease and the India Lease each are,
and to Sellers knowledge the Boise Lease and the Corvallis Lease each are, in
full force and effect without modification or amendment from the form
delivered, or made available, to Purchaser or its counsel and is valid, binding
and enforceable in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be
affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar Laws relating to or affecting creditors rights
generally, and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law). The Seller Parties party to each Assigned Lease and the
Corvallis Lease have performed all material obligations required to be
performed by them to date under such Leases, and are not (with or without the
lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both) in material breach or material
default thereunder and, to the knowledge of Seller, no other party to such
Leases is (with or without the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both)
in material breach or material default thereunder. Except pursuant to
documentation delivered, or made available, to Purchaser or its counsel, no
Seller Party party to any Assigned Lease or the Corvallis Lease has assigned
its interest under such Lease, or entered into any subleases for all or a part
of the space demised thereby, to any third party.
(d) The
Assigned Real Property and the Subleased Real Property together with other
arrangements between the Parties constitute all of the real property necessary
to enable Purchaser to conduct the Business in all material respects.
4.6 Contracts.
(a) Except
as set forth on Section 4.6(a) of the Disclosure Letter, no Transferred
Contract with respect to the Business in effect as of the date of this
Agreement constitutes (any Contract specified in Section 4.6(a) of
the Disclosure Letter is referred to as a Transferred Material Contract):
(i) any
Contract to which Seller Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller or the Purchased
Seller Subsidiaries is a party limiting in any material respect the right of
Seller Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller, the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries to
engage in any
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material line of business
or to compete with any Person, in each case which would apply to the activities
of Purchaser after the Closing with respect to the Business;
(ii) a
lease, sublease or similar Contract with any Person under which (A) Seller
Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller or the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries is
lessee of, or holds or uses, any machinery, equipment, vehicle or other
tangible personal property owned by any Person or (B) Seller Parent, the Other
Sellers, Seller, or Purchased Seller Subsidiaries is a lessor or sublessor of,
or makes available for use by any Person, any machinery, equipment, vehicle or
other tangible personal property owned or leased by Seller Parent, the Other
Sellers, Seller or the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries in any such case that has
an aggregate future liability or receivable, as the case may be, in any fiscal
year in excess of $1,000,000 and is not terminable by Seller Parent, the Other
Sellers, Seller or the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries by notice of not more than
60 days for a cost of less than $1,000,000;
(iii) (A)
a continuing Contract for the future purchase by Seller Parent, the Other
Sellers, Seller or the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries of materials, supplies,
equipment or services (other than purchase orders for inventory (i.e., raw
materials, work in process and finished goods) in the ordinary course of
business), (B) a management, consulting or other similar Contract for services
to be provided to Seller Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller or the Purchased
Seller Subsidiaries or (C) an advertising agreement or arrangement, in any such
case that has an aggregate future liability in any fiscal year to any Person in
excess of $1,000,000 and is not terminable by Seller Parent, the Other Sellers,
Seller or the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries by notice of not more than 60 days
for a cost of less than $1,000,000;
(iv) a
Contract (including any take-or-pay or keepwell agreement) under which (A) any
Person has guaranteed indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of Seller
Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller or the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries or (B)
Seller Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller or the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries
has guaranteed indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of any other Person (in
each case other than endorsements for the purpose of collection in the ordinary
course of business), in each case in excess of $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000
in the aggregate;
(v) a
Contract under which Seller Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller or the Purchased
Seller Subsidiaries has, directly or indirectly, made any advance, loan,
extension of credit or capital contribution to, or other investment in, any
Person (other than extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of
business and loans to employees in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice not in excess of $100,000 per employee) in excess of $1,000,000
individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate;
(vi) a
Contract granting a Lien upon any property (tangible or intangible) used in
connection with the Business or any other Purchased Asset which Lien secures an
obligation in excess of $1,000,000, other than Permitted Liens;
(vii) a
Contract with (A) any Seller Party or (B) any shareholder, officer,
director, employee or Affiliate of any Seller Party;
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(viii) a
Contract providing for the services of any dealer, distributor, sales
representative, franchise or similar representative that involved the payment
or receipt in the fiscal year ended October 31, 2005 in excess of $1,000,000 by
the Other Sellers, Seller or the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, other than such
contracts (including with original equipment manufacturers) entered into in the
ordinary course of business; or
(ix) a
Contract to which Seller Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller or the Purchased
Seller Subsidiaries is a party pertaining to the Business that is material to
the Business and not made in the ordinary course of business.
(b) All
Transferred Material Contracts are valid, binding and in full force and effect
with respect to Seller Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller or the Purchased
Seller Subsidiaries party thereto, and have not been amended or modified in any
material respect except as set forth therein. Seller Parent, the Other Sellers,
Seller or the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, as applicable, have made available
to Purchaser or its counsel true and correct copies of all Transferred Material
Contracts as in effect on the date hereof. Seller Parent, the Other Sellers,
Seller or the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries party thereto has performed all
material obligations required to be performed by it under the Transferred
Material Contracts, and it is not (with or without the lapse of time or the
giving of notice, or both) in material breach or material default thereunder
and, to the knowledge of Seller, no other party to any Transferred Material
Contract is (with or without the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or
both) in material breach or material default thereunder.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 4.6 shall not apply to
Business Intellectual Property Rights (which are addressed in Section 4.8),
Seller Plans (which are addressed in Section 4.11), and Non-U.S. Benefit
Plans (which are addressed in Section 4.12).
4.7 Litigation.
None of Seller Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller, the
Purchased Seller Subsidiaries or any Seller Party is subject to any order,
judgment, stipulation, injunction, decree or agreement with any Governmental
Authority, which would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially
interfere with or delay the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents or would reasonably be expected to
have a Seller Material Adverse Effect. No Proceeding is pending or, to the
knowledge of Seller, threatened against Seller Parent, the Other Sellers,
Seller, the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries or any Seller Party which would
reasonably be expected to prevent or materially interfere with or delay the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or by any of the other
Transaction Documents. Except as set forth on Section 4.7 of the
Disclosure Letter, there are no Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of
Seller, threatened against Seller Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller or the
Purchased Seller Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates in respect of the
Purchased Subsidiary Interests, the Business, the Purchased Assets, the
Business Intellectual Property Rights or the Seller Plans, except for (a) any
pending or threatened Proceeding that (i) seeks less than $500,000 in
damages (excluding any class or similar representative actions or any instance
in which a Proceeding involving the same or similar allegations represent
aggregate damages in excess of such amount) and (ii) does not seek injunctive
or other similar relief, or (b) Proceedings commenced following
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the date hereof which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
4.8 Business
Intellectual Property Rights.
(a) Section
4.8(a) of the Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all material Business
Intellectual Property Licenses entered into by any Seller Party or identified
to Seller by Angel as of the date hereof. Seller and Purchaser shall reasonably
cooperate to prepare a revised list of Business Intellectual Property Licenses
prior to the Closing Date, with the intention that such list shall be as
complete and accurate as is practicable under the circumstances. To the
knowledge of Seller, (i) the Business Intellectual Property Licenses set
forth in Section 4.8(a) of the Disclosure Letter are valid and in full
force and effect and (ii) no Seller Party is in material default or
material breach thereunder, except as enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally, by
general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) or by the implied covenant of
good faith and fair dealing.
(b) Seller
Parent, Seller or the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries owns the Transferred Business
Intellectual Property free and clear of any Liens.
(c) No
Proceedings have been instituted, pending or threatened against any Seller
Party or, to the knowledge of Seller, against Angel, which challenge the rights
of any Seller Party with respect to use or ownership of the Transferred
Business Technology, Transferred Business Intellectual Property or Transferred
Business Intellectual Property Rights.
(d) None
of the Transferred Business Technology, Transferred Business Intellectual
Property, or Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights is subject to
any outstanding judgment, decree, order, writ, award, injunction or
determination of an arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority
affecting the rights of Seller Parent, any Seller Party or the Purchased Seller
Subsidiaries with respect thereto.
(e) To
the knowledge of Seller, neither Seller nor any Seller Party, nor the use by Seller
Parent, the Seller Parties and Angel of the Transferred Business Technology,
Transferred Business Intellectual Property or Transferred Business Intellectual
Property Rights, has not, in connection with the Business, infringed or
violated in any material respects the valid Intellectual Property Rights of any
third party, and no other term of this Agreement shall be interpreted to be
inconsistent with the foregoing.
(f) As
of the date hereof, none of Seller Parent or the Seller Parties has received
any notice of, and there is no pending litigation, to which Seller Parent, the
Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, the Other Sellers, Seller or any Seller Party is
a party, alleging (i) that Seller Parents, the Seller Parties or the
Purchased Seller Subsidiaries use of the Transferred Business Technology,
Transferred Business Intellectual Property or Transferred Business Intellectual
Property Rights violates any valid Intellectual Property Right of any third
party material to the Business, (ii) invalidity of the Transferred Business
Intellectual Property, or (iii) ownership of
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the Transferred Business Intellectual Property or
Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights by a third party.
(g) To
the knowledge of Seller, there is no material unauthorized use,
misappropriation or infringement of any material Transferred Business
Intellectual Property by any third party, including by any employee or former
employee of any Seller Party.
(h) The
Seller Parties and the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries have taken commercially
reasonable steps to preserve the confidentiality of their Trade Secrets that
relate to the Business. The Seller Parties or any of the Purchased Seller
Subsidiaries are not under any obligation to disclose its material proprietary
software of the Business in source code form, except to parties that have agreed
to preserve the confidentiality of such source code. The Seller Parties have
not intentionally incorporated any disabling device or mechanism in the Printer
Products.
(i) None
of the Seller Parties or any of the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries has received
any notice nor is there any pending litigation alleging that any Seller Party
or any of the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries is obligated to indemnify a third
party for alleged infringements or violations of Intellectual Property Rights
of any other third party, except for any such infringements or violations which
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Seller Material Adverse Effect.
4.9 Finders;
Brokers.
None of the Seller Parties has employed any finder or
broker in connection with the Purchase who would have a valid claim for a fee
or commission from Purchaser in connection with the negotiation, execution or
delivery of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
4.10 Tax
Matters.
(a) Each
Purchased Seller Subsidiary has timely filed with the appropriate taxing
authorities all material Tax Returns required to be filed through the date
hereof, and each such Tax Return is complete and accurate in all material
respects. Neither Purchased Seller Subsidiary is the beneficiary of any
extension of time within which to file any material Tax Return.
(b) (i) None
of the Seller Parties is currently engaged or has been engaged during the three
year period ending on the Closing Date, in any material disputes with any
Governmental Authority with respect to Taxes attributable to the Purchased
Assets or the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, and (ii) no Governmental
Authority has proposed to make or has made any material adjustment with respect
to Taxes attributable to the Purchased Assets or the Purchased Seller
Subsidiaries.
(c) There
is no material liability for any unpaid Taxes of the Purchased Seller
Subsidiaries or in respect of the Purchased Assets.
(d) None
of the Purchased Assets or assets of the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries
(i) is property that is required to be treated for Tax purposes as being
owned by any other Person; (ii)
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is tax-exempt bond financed property or tax-exempt
use property, each within the meaning of Section 168 of the Code; or
(iii) directly or indirectly secures any debt the interest on which is tax
exempt under Section 103(a) of the Code.
(e) After
the Closing Date, neither Purchased Seller Subsidiary will be bound by any Tax-sharing
agreements or similar arrangements or have any liability thereunder for amounts
due in respect of periods prior to the Closing Date.
(f) Each
of the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries has withheld and paid all Taxes required
to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any
employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder or other third party.
(g) Neither
Purchased Seller Subsidiary is or has, during any year for which the applicable
statute of limitations with respect to the payment of federal income taxes has
not yet expired, been a member of an affiliated group of corporations within
the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code or of any group that has filed a
combined consolidated or unitary state or local return.
(h) After
the Closing Date, neither Purchased Seller Subsidiary will have any actual or
contingent Liability for Transfer Taxes arising out of or attributable to the
acquisition of the Business by Seller Parent, Seller or the Other Sellers from
Angel.
4.11 Employment
and Benefits.
(a) Section
4.11(a) of the Disclosure Letter sets forth a correct and complete list of
each material Angel Plan and each material Seller Plan.
(b) With
respect to each material Angel Plan or material Seller Plan, Seller has
provided or made available to Purchaser or its counsel (i) a current
summary plan description with respect to any such plan subject to ERISA and
(ii) a current summary description or plan document with respect to any such
plans not subject to ERISA.
(c) The
Seller Plans are in compliance in all respects with all applicable requirements
of ERISA, the Code, and other applicable Laws of the United States and have
been administered in material accordance with their terms and such Laws, except
where the failure to so comply has not had and would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(d) There
are no pending or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened claims or litigation
with respect to any Seller Plans, other than ordinary and usual claims for
benefits by participants and beneficiaries, that would, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(e) None
of Seller, any Subsidiary of Seller, or any ERISA Affiliate of Seller
contributes to, or has in the past contributed to, any multiemployer plan, as
defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
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(f) No
unsatisfied liability or withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA has been
or is expected to be incurred by Seller with respect to any ongoing, frozen or
terminated single-employer plan, within the meaning of
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, currently or formerly maintained by either
Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or any entity which is considered one
employer with Seller under Section 414 of the Code (an ERISA
Affiliate) that would reasonably be expected to have a Seller Material
Adverse Effect.
(g) The
consummation of the transactions described in this Agreement, in and of
themselves, will not (A) other than as provided in Section 6.6, accelerate
the time of payment or vesting or trigger any payment or funding (through a
trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, or materially increase
the amount payable or create any other material obligation pursuant to, any of
the Seller Plans or (B) result in payments under any of the Seller Plans which
would not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code.
(h) Each
individual falling within the definition of Business Employee performs all or
substantially all of his or her services for Seller and its Subsidiaries for or
on behalf of the Business.
4.12 Non-U.S.
Benefit Plans.
This Section 4.12
shall apply to Non-U.S. Benefit Plans and Non-U.S. Angel Plans.
(a) With
respect to each material Non-U.S. Benefit Plan, Seller has provided or made
available to Purchaser or its counsel a current summary description thereof. As
soon as practicable following the date hereof, Seller will deliver to Purchaser
copies of all documents governing the material Non-U.S. Benefit Plans with
respect to which Purchaser shall incur or have a reasonable likelihood of
incurring any Liability after the Closing and copies of all material documents
governing the other Non-U.S. Benefit Plans with respect to which Purchaser
shall incur or have a reasonable likelihood of incurring any Liability after
the Closing, including any financing vehicles underlying the Non-U.S. Benefit
Plans, and a list of each material insurance policy with respect to any of such
Non-U.S. Benefit Plans with respect to which Purchaser shall incur or have a
reasonable likelihood of incurring any Liability after the Closing.
(b) Each
of the Non-U.S. Benefit Plans has been maintained, operated and administered in
material compliance with its terms and the provisions of applicable Law.
(c) Each
Non-U.S. Benefit Plan which must be registered or qualified in the country in
which it is maintained has received or timely applied for such registration or
qualification, and, to Sellers knowledge, such Non-U.S. Benefit Plan has not
been amended since the date of its most recent registration or qualification
(or application therefor) in a manner that would require a new registration or
qualification, except where the failure to so comply has not had and would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Seller
Material Adverse Effect.
(d) There
are no pending or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened claims, litigation or
arbitration proceedings with respect to any Non-U.S. Benefit Plans, other than
ordinary and usual claims for benefits by participants and beneficiaries, that
have not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
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All contributions, premiums, expenses and other
payments required to be made by Seller or its Affiliates in connection with the
Non-U.S. Benefit Plans by the Closing Date have been made, except where the
failure to make such payment would not reasonably be expected to have a Seller
Material Adverse Effect.
(e) The
consummation of the transactions described in this Agreement, in and of
themselves, will not, other than as provided by Law, accelerate the time of
payment or vesting or trigger any payment or funding (through a trust or
otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, or materially increase the amount
payable or create any other material obligation pursuant to, any of the Non-U.S.
Benefit Plans or any other of Sellers employee benefit plans that provide
benefits to the Non-U.S. Employees other than Retirement Benefits.
4.13 Compliance
with Laws.
The Business is being and has been conducted by the Seller
Parties and the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries in material compliance with the
Laws applicable thereto. The Other Sellers, Seller and the Purchased Seller
Subsidiaries each have all material permits, licenses, registrations,
certificates, franchises, variances, exemptions, orders and other governmental
authorizations, consents and approvals (collectively, Permits)
necessary to conduct the Business as presently conducted.
4.14 Labor
Matters.
Except as set forth in Section 4.14 of the Disclosure
Letter, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Seller Parties or the
Purchased Seller Subsidiaries is (a) a party to any collective bargaining
agreement in respect of the Business in the United States, Singapore, Malaysia,
India or China, (b) subject to a legal duty to bargain (exclusive of any
notification and consultation obligations) with any trade union on behalf of
the Business Employees in the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, India or
China, or (c) to the knowledge of Seller, the object of any attempt to organize
the Business Employees for collective bargaining purposes or presently
operating under an expired collective bargaining agreement in the United
States, Singapore, Malaysia, India or China. As of the current time and within
the last 24 months, none of Seller Parent, Seller or any Other Seller in
respect of the Business is not or has not been a party to or subject to any
material strike, work stoppage, organizing attempt, picketing, boycott or
similar activity.
4.15 Environmental
Matters.
The Seller Parties, the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries
and their Affiliates in respect of the Business, Assigned Real Property, the
Purchased Assets and the Hazardous Materials Activities relating to the Assigned
Real Property (a) are and have been in material compliance with all
Environmental Laws, including the possession of, and the compliance with, all
material Permits required under Environmental Laws; (b) to the knowledge of
Seller, there has not been any Release of Hazardous Materials at or from the Assigned
Real Property in violation of Environmental Laws or in a manner that would
reasonably be expected to give rise to a material liability under any
Environmental Laws; (c) none of the Seller Parent, Other Sellers, Seller
and the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries has received any Environmental Claim
relating to the Business
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or the Assigned Real Property, and to the knowledge of Seller Parent,
the Other Sellers and Seller, there are no Environmental Claims threatened
against the Business; (d) each of the Seller Parent, Other Sellers, Seller
and the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries has, to its knowledge, delivered to
Purchaser, or has otherwise made available to Purchaser or its counsel, true,
complete and correct copies of all material environmental reports, studies,
assessments, audits, sampling data, correspondence alleging any violation of
Environmental Laws and other Environmental Claims in their possession relating
to the Purchased Assets, the Assigned Real Property and the Business; and
(e) no Person with an indemnity or contribution obligation to Seller
Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller or the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries relating
to compliance with or liability under Environmental Law is in material default
with respect to any such material obligation relating to the Business or the Assigned
Real Property.
4.16 Financial
Information; Undisclosed Liabilities.
(a) Section
4.16 of the Disclosure Letter contains a statement setting forth specified
purchased net assets as of October 31, 2005 (the Statement of Purchased Net
Assets) and a statement of operating revenues and expenses for the twelve-month
period ended October 31, 2005 (the Statement of Operating Revenue and
Expenses and, together with the Statement of Purchased Net Assets, the Business
Financial Statements). Neither of the Business Financial Statements has
been audited. The Business Financial Statements (i) have been prepared in
accordance with the accounting principles and procedures set forth in the notes
to the Business Financial Statements, (ii) are derived from the Audited
Semiconductor Business Financial Statements, and (iii) fairly present in
all material respects the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, Purchased Assets and
Assumed Liabilities as of the date of such Business Financial Statements and
the results of operations of the Business for the period covered by the
Business Financial Statements in accordance with the accounting principles and
procedures set forth in the notes to the Business Financial Statements.
(b) The
Assumed Liabilities do not include any Liabilities of a nature required by GAAP
to be reflected in a consolidated corporate balance sheet or the notes thereto,
except Liabilities that (i) are reflected in the Statement of Purchased Net
Assets or the Statement of Operating Revenues and Expenses, (ii) were incurred
in the ordinary course of business since October 31, 2005, or (iii) have not
had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
4.17 Equity
Interests.
The
Purchased Assets do not include, and the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries do not
own, any capital stock or other equity interests or convertible notes in any
corporation, partnership or other entity.
4.18 Absence
of Changes.
Except as otherwise disclosed in this Agreement or the
exhibits or schedules hereto, since October 31,
2005, Seller, the Other Sellers and the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries have
conducted the Business in all material respects in the ordinary course of
business, and other than in the ordinary course of business have not: (a) sold, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or
otherwise transferred any of the Purchased Assets, other than such sales,
assignments, pledges,
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hypothecations or other
transfers in the ordinary course of business; (b) suffered any material damage,
destruction or other casualty loss (not covered by insurance) on or prior to
the date of this Agreement; (c) increased the compensation payable or to become
payable by the Other Sellers, the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries and Seller to
any Business Employee, (d) increased the level of benefits under any employee
benefit plan, payment or arrangement for any Business Employee; (e) cancelled,
compromised, released or assigned any material indebtedness owed to the
Business or any material claims held by the Business, (f) sold, transferred,
licensed or otherwise conveyed or disposed of any Purchased Seller Subsidiary,
(g) changed any method of accounting or accounting practice with respect to the
Business except for any such change after the date hereof required by reason of
a concurrent change in GAAP, (h) granted any allowances or discounts outside
the ordinary course of business or sold inventory materially in excess of
reasonably anticipated consumption for the near term outside the ordinary
course of business, or (i) entered into an agreement to do any of the
foregoing. Since October 31, 2005 through the date hereof, the Business
has not suffered any Material Adverse Effect.
4.19 Related
Party Transactions.
Section 4.19
of the Disclosure Letter lists all material agreements, contracts, or other
arrangements between the Business and any of the Seller Parties or any other
subsidiary of Seller Parent.
4.20 Sufficiency
of Assets.
The transfer of the
Purchased Assets and the Purchased Subsidiary Interests together with the
Licensed Business Intellectual Property Rights, Licensed Business Technology,
the Transferred Business Intellectual Property, the Transferred Intellectual
Property Rights, the Assigned Real Property and the Subleased Real Property and
the other rights, licenses, services and benefits to be provided pursuant to
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, constitute all of the assets,
properties and rights owned, leased or licensed by the Other Sellers and Seller
necessary to conduct the Business in all material respects as currently
conducted other than (A) the
Excluded Assets described in Exhibit F, (B) any Contracts or other assets
or rights that pursuant to Section 2.4, 2.5 or 2.6 are not transferred to
Purchaser, (C) the assets, properties and rights used to perform the
services that are the subject of the Master Separation Agreement and (D) as provided in Section 4.20
of the Disclosure Letter.
4.21 Location
of Assets.
Section 4.21(a)
of the Disclosure Letter lists all of the material tangible assets in the
possession of the Seller Parties that are included in the Purchased Assets or
are in the possession of the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries. Prior to the
Closing, the Seller Parties will deliver a list of the locations of the
Purchased Assets in the possession of the Seller Parties and the locations of any
material tangible assets in the possession of any third party that are included
in the Purchased Assets or are owned by the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries.
4.22 Restrictions
on Business Activities.
There is no Contract to which the Purchased Seller
Subsidiaries or the Seller Parties or any of their Subsidiaries is a party or
is otherwise subject limiting in any material respect the
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right of the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries or the Seller Parties or any
of their Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business or to compete with any
Person, in each case which would apply to the activities of Purchaser after the
Closing with respect to the Business.
4.23 Insurance.
Section 4.23
of the Disclosure Letter lists all insurance policies of the Seller Parties
covering the Business as of the date hereof. All such policies are in full
force and effect and Seller as of the date hereof, being provided insurance
benefits thereunder, has complied in all material respects with the provisions
of such policies and as of the date hereof no Seller Party has received any
written notice from any of its insurance brokers or carriers for such policies
that such broker or carrier will not be willing or able to renew its existing
coverage.
4.24 Customer
Relationship.
As of the date hereof, none of Seller Parent, Seller
or any of their Subsidiaries has received written notification that The
Hewlett-Packard Company intends to terminate or materially adversely change its
relationship with the Business.
4.25 Suppliers.
Section 4.25
of the Disclosure Letter sets forth the ten (10) largest suppliers of goods and
services to the Business for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2005. As of
the date hereof, none of Seller Parent, Seller or any of their Subsidiaries has
received written notification that any such supplier intends to terminate or
materially adversely change its relationship with the Business.
4.26 Products.
The Printer Products constitute all of the products
currently manufactured, sold or being developed by the Business and such
changes in products as have occurred in the ordinary course of business after
December 31, 2004.
4.27 No
Other Representations or Warranties.
Except for the representations and warranties
contained in this Article IV or in the other Transaction Documents (or any
certificates delivered by Seller Parent, Seller or any of the Other Sellers to
Purchaser at the Closing), Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that none of the
Other Sellers, Seller, any Subsidiaries or Affiliates of the Other Sellers or
Seller nor any other Person makes any other express, implied or statutory
representation or warranty with respect to the Purchased Subsidiary Interests,
the Business, the Purchased Assets, Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, the Assumed
Liabilities or otherwise, including any implied warranties of merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose, title, enforceability or non-infringement,
including as to (a) the physical condition or usefulness for a particular
purpose of the real or tangible personal property included in the Purchased
Assets, (b) the use of the Purchased Assets and Purchased Seller
Subsidiaries, and the operation of the Business by Purchaser after the Closing
in any manner other than as used and operated by the Other Sellers, Seller or
the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, or (c) the probable success or
profitability of the ownership, use or operation of the Business by Purchaser
after the Closing. Except for the
representations and
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warranties contained in this Article IV or in the
other Transaction Documents, all Purchased Assets are conveyed on an AS IS
and WHERE IS basis. Except for the representations and
warranties contained in this Article IV or in the other Transaction Documents (or
any certificates delivered by Seller Parent, Seller or any of the Other Sellers
to Purchaser at the Closing), and the indemnification obligations set forth in
Article IX hereof, the Other Sellers, Seller or any other Person will not have
or be subject to any liability or indemnification obligation to Purchaser or
any other Person for any information provided to the Purchaser or its
representatives relating to the Business or otherwise in expectation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any information, document, or
material made available to Purchaser or its counsel or other representatives in
Purchasers due diligence review, including in certain data rooms (electronic
or otherwise) or management presentations. The representations, warranties,
covenants and obligations of Purchaser, and the rights and remedies that may be
exercised by Purchaser shall not be limited or otherwise affected by or as a
result of any information furnished to, or any investigation made by or
knowledge of, Purchaser or any of its representatives.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS OF PURCHASER
Purchaser Parent and Parent represent and warrant to
Seller Parent, the Other Sellers and Seller, subject to the disclosures and
exceptions set forth in the disclosure letter delivered by Purchaser to the
Seller Parent, Other Sellers and Seller on the date hereof and attached hereto
(the Purchaser Disclosure Letter), as follows:
5.1 Corporate
Existence.
Each of Purchaser Parent and Purchaser is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization, and has the requisite power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which
it is a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. Each of
Parent and Purchaser has the requisite corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate the Purchased Assets and the Business Intellectual Property
Rights and to assume the Assumed Liabilities, and to carry on the Business in
substantially the same manner as the same is now being conducted by the Other
Sellers, Seller and the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries.
5.2 Corporate
Authority.
(a) This
Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the other Transaction Documents to
which Purchaser Parent and/or Purchaser are parties, and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby involving Purchaser Parent or
Purchaser have been duly authorized by Purchaser Parent or Purchaser, as
applicable, by all requisite corporate, partnership or other action. Each of
Purchaser Parent and Purchaser has full power and authority to execute and
deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to perform its
obligations thereunder. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
each of Purchaser Parent and Purchaser, and the other Transaction Documents
will be duly executed and delivered by Purchaser Parent or Purchaser, as
applicable. This Agreement constitutes, and the other
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Transaction Documents when so executed and delivered will constitute,
valid and legally binding obligations of Purchaser Parent and Purchaser,
enforceable against each of them in accordance with their terms except as enforceability
may be affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws relating to or affecting
creditors rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered
in a proceeding in equity or at Law) and the implied covenant of good faith and
fair dealing.
(b) Except for
the required filings under the applicable Antitrust Regulations, the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by Purchaser
Parent and Purchaser, the performance by each of Purchaser Parent and Purchaser
of their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation
by Purchaser Parent and Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, do not and will not (A) violate or conflict with any provision of
the respective certificate of incorporation or by-laws or similar
organizational documents of Purchaser Parent or Purchaser, (B) result in
any violation or breach or constitute any default (with or without notice or
lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination,
cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or to the loss of a material
benefit under, or result in the creation of any Lien under any contract,
indenture, mortgage, lease, note or other agreement or instrument to which
Purchaser Parent or Purchaser is subject or is a party, or (C) violate,
conflict with or result in any breach under any provision of any Law applicable
to Purchaser Parent or Purchaser or any of its properties or assets, except, in
the case of clauses (B) and (C), to the extent that any such default,
violation, conflict, breach or loss would not reasonably be expected to have a
Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.
5.3 Governmental
Approvals and Consents.
Purchaser Parent or
Purchaser is not subject to any order, judgment, decree, stipulation,
injunction or agreement with any Governmental Authority which would prevent or
materially interfere with or delay the consummation of this Agreement or
would be reasonably likely to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect. No
claim, legal action, suit, arbitration, governmental investigation, action or
other legal or administrative proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge of
Purchaser Parent or Purchaser, threatened against Purchaser Parent or Purchaser
which would prevent or materially interfere with or delay the consummation of
this Agreement. Except for any requirements under any Antitrust Regulations, no
consent, approval, order or authorization of, license or permit from, notice to
or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority, is
required on the part of Purchaser Parent or Purchaser in connection with the
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any of the other
Transaction Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby except for such consents, approvals, orders or
authorizations of, licenses or permits, filings or notices which have been
obtained and remain in full force and effect and those with respect to which
the failure to have obtained or to remain in full force and effect would not
have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Purchaser Parent
and Purchaser, there are no filings of the nature contemplated by Section 4.2(b)
required to be made by Purchaser Parent or Purchaser in connection with this
Agreement or the other transactions contemplated hereby on account of the
business or operations of Purchaser Parent or Purchaser, other than the filings
expressly contemplated by Section 4.2 read together with the Disclosure
Letter and, if determined to be necessary by Purchaser, applicable filings with
the SEC.
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5.4 Financial
Capacity.
Purchaser has possession of sufficient funds to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement.
5.5 Finders;
Brokers.
With the exception of fees and expenses payable to
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, for which Purchaser shall be solely
responsible, none of Purchaser nor any of its Affiliates has employed any
finder or broker in connection with this Agreement who would have a valid claim
for a fee or commission from any Other Seller, Seller or an of their respective
Affiliates in connection with the negotiation, execution or delivery of this
Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the consummation of any
of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
5.6 Purchase
for Investment.
With respect to the Purchased Subsidiary Interests, Purchaser
Parent and Purchaser are aware that such Purchased Subsidiary Interests were
not registered under the Securities Act, or any other applicable securities
Laws, and were issued pursuant to exemptions therefrom. Purchaser is purchasing
the Purchased Subsidiary Interests solely for investment, with no present
intention to distribute any such Purchased Subsidiary Interests to any Person,
and Purchaser will not sell or otherwise dispose of such Purchased Subsidiary
Interests except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption
provisions under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, or any other applicable securities Laws.
5.7 No
Other Representations or Warranties.
Except for the representations and warranties
contained in this Article V, none of Purchaser Parent, Purchaser or any
other Person makes any other express or implied representation or warranty on
behalf of Purchaser Parent or Purchaser.
ARTICLE VI
AGREEMENTS OF PURCHASER AND SELLER
6.1 Operation
of the Business.
Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or
as disclosed in Section 6.1 of the Disclosure Letter, Seller
Parent, each Other Seller and Seller covenants that, in respect of the Business
(it being understood that nothing in this Section 6.1 shall in any way limit
Seller Parent, any Other Seller or Seller or any of their Subsidiaries
operation of the Retained Business), from the date of this Agreement until the
Closing they will, and will cause their Affiliates to, use commercially
reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve intact the Business in all material
respects and to maintain in all material respects the ordinary and customary
relationships of the Business with their suppliers, customers and others having
business relationships with them with a view toward preserving for Purchaser
after the Closing Date the Business, the Purchased Assets, Transferred Business
Intellectual Property, Transferred Business Intellectual Property
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Rights, the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries and the goodwill associated
therewith. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or as disclosed in Section 6.1
of the Disclosure Letter, from the date of this Agreement until the Closing,
without the prior written approval of Purchaser (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Seller Parent, each Other
Seller and Seller shall, and shall cause their Subsidiaries in respect of the
Business to, continue to operate and conduct the Business in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice. Except as otherwise
contemplated by this Agreement or as disclosed in Section 6.1 of
the Disclosure Letter, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Seller Parent, each Other Seller and Seller, from the date of this Agreement
until the Closing, shall not and shall cause their Affiliates not to, without
the prior written approval of Purchaser (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), take any of the following
actions with respect to the Purchased Assets, Transferred Business Intellectual
Property, Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights, the Purchased
Seller Subsidiaries or the Business:
(a) transfer,
sell, lease, license or otherwise convey or dispose of, or subject to any Lien
(other than Permitted Liens) on, any of the Purchased Assets, Transferred
Business Intellectual Property, Transferred Business Intellectual Property
Rights, or any assets of the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, the Assigned Real
Property or the Subleased Real Property, other than (i) sales of inventory
in the ordinary course of business, (ii) other transfers, leases, licenses
and dispositions made in the ordinary course of business, or (iii) Permitted
Liens or in the case of the Assigned Real Property or the Subleased Real
Property, leases or licenses which will not interfere with the performance of
Seller Parent and its Subsidiaries of their obligations to Purchaser with
respect thereto under the Transaction Documents;
(b) issue,
grant, deliver or sell or authorize or propose the issuance, grant, delivery or
sale of, or purchase or propose the purchase of, the capital stock of any
Purchased Seller Subsidiary or any securities convertible into, exercisable or
exchangeable for, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire, or
other agreements or commitments of any character obligating any of them to
issue or purchase any such shares or other convertible securities to any Person
other than Seller;
(c) grant
any increase in the compensation or benefits arrangements of a Business
Employee or under any Seller Plan, except for increases in the compensation or
benefits of such employees: (A) in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices (excluding
severance or bonuses, in either case payable by any Other Seller or Seller upon
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, for Business
Employees covered by parts (i) and (iii), but not part (ii) of such definition),
(B) as a result of collective bargaining or other agreements with such
employees as in effect on the date hereof, or (C) as required by applicable Law
from time to time in effect or by any employee benefit plan, program or
arrangement sponsored by Seller Parent, any Other Seller or Seller or one of
their Subsidiaries as in effect on the date hereof or hire new Business
Employees other than in the ordinary course of business;
(d) cancel,
compromise, release or assign any Indebtedness owed to the Business or any
claims held by the Business, other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice and in any event not in excess of $250,000;
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(e) enter
into, terminate (other than by expiration) or amend or modify (other than by
automatic extension or renewal if deemed an amendment or modification of any
such contract) in any material respect the terms of any Transferred Material
Contract or the Assigned Real Property or the Subleased Real Property other
than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(f) enter
into any Contract containing a covenant not to compete or any other covenant
restricting the development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of the products
and services of the Business or amend or extend in a manner adverse to the
Business any such covenant in any existing Contract of the Business;
(g) acquire
by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of the
assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation,
partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof or
otherwise acquire any assets (other than Inventory) that are material,
individually or in the aggregate, to the Business;
(h) institute,
settle or agree to settle any Proceeding relating to or affecting the Business
or the Purchased Assets before any court of other Governmental Authority (other
than settlements of Proceedings (1) not involving Intellectual Property matters,
(2) involving solely the payment of money damages and (3) not involving an
admission of liability) or (ii) waive or surrender any rights related to any
pending or threatened litigation to the extent relating to or affecting the
Business or the Purchased Assets;
(i) sell,
transfer, license or otherwise convey or dispose of, or incur or suffer the
imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on, any Purchased Seller
Subsidiary Interests, Purchased Assets, Transferred Business Intellectual
Property or Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights, other than non-exclusive
licenses in connection with sales or licenses of products in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice;
(j) enter
into any material financing or guarantee arrangement, agreement or undertaking
with any customer of the Business or any financial institution, leasing company
or similar business that permits recourse to Purchaser or any of its
Subsidiaries which would constitute an Assumed Liability;
(k) grant
any allowances or discounts outside the ordinary course of business or sell
inventory materially in excess of reasonably anticipated consumption for the
near term outside the ordinary course of business; or
(l) agree
or commit to do any of the foregoing.
Not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the
Closing, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser a supplement to Section 4.6
of the Disclosure Letter, which shall identify those Contracts with respect the
Business entered into by the Seller Parties or their Subsidiaries after the
date of this Agreement not in violation of the terms hereof which would have
constituted Transferred Material Contracts if such Contracts had been in
effect as of the date hereof, and such Contracts identified on such supplement
to Section 4.6 of the Disclosure Letter shall be deemed Transferred
Material Contracts for all purposes hereof so long as such Contracts were
entered into in accordance with the terms hereof.
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6.2 Investigation
of Business; Confidentiality.
(a) From
the date of this Agreement until the Closing, Seller Parent, the Other Sellers
and Seller shall, and shall cause their Affiliates to, permit Purchaser and its
authorized agents or representatives and financing sources to have reasonable
access to the properties, books, records, Contracts and such financial
(including working papers) and operating data of the Business and the Business
Employees as Purchaser may reasonably request, at reasonable hours to review information
and documentation and ask questions relative to the properties, books,
contracts, commitments and other records of the Business and to conduct any
other reasonable investigations; provided, that such investigation shall
only be upon reasonable notice and shall not unreasonably disrupt the personnel
and operations of Seller Parent, the Other Sellers and Seller, shall comply
with the reasonable security and insurance requirements of Seller Parent, the
Other Sellers and Seller and shall be at Purchasers sole risk and expense. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Seller Parent, the Other Sellers and Seller shall have no
obligation to disclose any information the disclosure of which is subject to a
confidentiality obligation in favor of any third party; provided that
Seller Parent, the Other Sellers and Seller shall use their reasonable
commercial efforts to obtain waivers under such agreements or implement
requisite procedures to enable the provision of reasonable access to such
information without violating such obligations. All requests for access to the
offices, properties, books and records of the Business shall be made to such
representatives of Seller Parent, the Other Sellers and Seller as such party
shall designate, who shall be solely responsible for coordinating all such
requests and all access permitted hereunder. It is further agreed that neither
Purchaser nor any of its Affiliates, agents or representatives shall contact
any of the employees, customers (including dealers and distributors), suppliers,
joint venture partners or other Subsidiaries or Affiliates of Seller Parent,
the Other Sellers or Seller in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby, whether in person or by telephone, electronic or other mail or other
means of communication, without the specific prior authorization of such
representatives of Seller Parent, the Other Sellers or Seller, which shall not
be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Seller Parent,
the Other Sellers or Seller shall be required to provide access to or disclose
information where such access or disclosure would waive the attorney-client
privilege of Seller Parent, the Other Sellers and Seller or contravene any Law
or binding agreement entered into prior to the date of this Agreement. The
relevant parties shall make appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements
under the circumstances in which the restrictions of the preceding sentence
apply.
(b) The
Parties expressly acknowledge and agree that this Agreement and its terms and
all information, whether written or oral, furnished by either Party to the
other Party or any Affiliate of such other Party in connection with the
negotiation of this Agreement or pursuant to Section 6.5 (Confidential
Information) shall be treated as confidential information under that
certain Confidential Disclosure Agreement, as amended, between the Parties.
(c) Upon
reasonable request and during normal business hours, Purchaser Parent,
Purchaser, Seller Parent, Seller and Other Sellers shall cooperate with each
other, and shall cause their respective representatives and Subsidiaries to
cooperate with each other, after the Closing to ensure the orderly transition
of the Business from Seller Parent, Seller and Other Sellers to Purchaser and
its Affiliates and to minimize any disruption to the Business and the other
respective businesses of Seller Parent and its Affiliates and Purchaser and its
Affiliates that might result from the transactions contemplated hereby.
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6.3 Necessary
Efforts; No Inconsistent Action.
(a) Subject
to Section 6.3(b) and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement,
Seller Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller and Purchaser agree, and each of
Seller Parent, the Other Sellers and Seller agree to cause their Subsidiaries,
to use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be
taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper
or advisable under applicable Law to consummate and make effective the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and to use its
reasonable commercial efforts to cause the conditions to each Partys
obligation to close the transactions contemplated hereby as set forth in
Article VII to be satisfied, including all actions necessary to obtain
(i) all licenses, certificates, permits, approvals, clearances,
expirations, waivers or terminations of applicable waiting periods,
authorizations, qualifications and orders (each a Consent) of any
Governmental Authority required for the satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 7.1(b), and (ii) all other Consents (it being
understood that the failure to obtain any such Consents contemplated by this
clause (ii) shall not, by itself, cause the condition set forth in
Section 7.3(a) to be deemed not to be satisfied and it being further
understood that neither Party nor any of their respective Subsidiaries shall be
required to expend any money other than for filing fees or expenses or de minimus costs or expenses or agree to any restrictions in
order to obtain any Consents) necessary in connection with the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; provided,
however, that in no event shall Seller or any of its Subsidiaries be required
or expected to retain any of the Purchased Assets or any assets of the
Purchased Seller Subsidiaries (including assets that would be Purchased Assets
but for the inability to obtain a Consent). Each of Seller and Purchaser agree
that each Party will be given prior notice of and a reasonable opportunity to
consult with the other Party regarding contacts with Governmental Authorities
regarding Antitrust Regulations or related matters. The Parties shall cooperate
fully with each other to the extent necessary in connection with the foregoing.
(b) In
connection with the efforts referenced in Section 6.3(a), Purchaser and the
Seller Parties shall timely and promptly make all filings which may be required
for the satisfaction of the condition set forth in Section 7.1(b) by each
of them in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each of Seller
and Purchaser shall file Notification and Report Forms under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act), or any
other similar filings under Antitrust Regulations in the United States, any
state thereof, any foreign country or the European Union as promptly as
practicable following the date of this Agreement and in any event no later than
(i) fifteen (15) Business Days following the date of this Agreement, in
the case of Notification and Report Forms under the HSR Act, and (ii) the
time prescribed by applicable law in the case of requirements under other
applicable Antitrust Regulations to the extent a time is prescribed and, if no
time is prescribed, as promptly as reasonably practicable. In addition,
Purchaser, Seller Parent and Seller agree, and each of Seller Parent and Seller
shall cause its Subsidiaries, to cooperate and to use their reasonable best
commercial efforts and take all actions necessary to: obtain any Consents from
Governmental Authorities required for the Closing contemplated by Section
6.3(a)(i) above (including through compliance with the HSR Act and any
applicable foreign governmental reports, applications or notifications required
by the Antitrust Regulations), to respond as promptly as practicable to any
requests for information from any Governmental Authority, and to avoid and/or
overcome any
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action, including any legislative, administrative or
judicial action, and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any
judgment, injunction or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or
permanent) that restricts, prevents or prohibits, or could restrict, prevent or
prohibit, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided,
however, that in no event shall Seller or any of its Subsidiaries be required
or expected to retain any of the Purchased Assets or any assets of the
Purchased Seller Subsidiaries (including assets that would be Purchased Assets
but for the inability to obtain a Consent) in order to comply with its obligations in respect of the
foregoing; and provided, further, that in no event shall
Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries be required to take any actions which
would, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
Business following the Closing in order to comply with its obligations in
respect of the foregoing. Each Party shall furnish to the other such necessary
information and assistance as the other Party may reasonably request in
connection with the preparation of any necessary filings or submissions by it
to any Governmental Authority. Except as prohibited or restricted by Law or any
Antitrust Regulations, each Party or its attorneys shall provide the other
Party or its attorneys the opportunity to make copies of all correspondence,
filings or communications (or memoranda setting forth the substance thereof)
between such Party or its representatives, on the one hand, and any
Governmental Authority, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement, the
Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Without
in any way limiting the foregoing, the Parties will consult and cooperate with
one another, and consider in good faith the views of one another, in connection
with any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments,
opinions and proposals made or submitted by or on behalf of any Party in
connection with proceedings under or relating to the HSR Act or any other
Antitrust Regulation.
(c) Each
of Purchaser, Seller Parent and Seller shall notify and keep the other advised
as to (i) any material communication from the Federal Trade Commission
(the FTC), the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of
Justice (the DOJ) or any other Governmental Authority regarding any of
the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any litigation or
administrative proceeding pending and known to such Party, or to its knowledge
threatened, which challenges, or would challenge, the transactions contemplated
hereby and (iii) any event or circumstance which, to its knowledge, would
constitute a breach of its respective representations and warranties in this
Agreement or, with respect to Seller Parent, in the Semiconductor Business
Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that the failure of
Seller, Seller Parent or Purchaser to comply with this Section 6.3(c)
shall not subject Seller, Seller Parent or Purchaser to any liability hereunder
in respect of any claim asserted after the relevant expiration date for the
relevant representation or warranty; and provided further, that
Purchaser may not separately recover pursuant to Article IX or otherwise for
both a breach of this Section 6.3(c) and any related breach of the
relevant representation or warranty. Subject to the provisions of Article X
hereof, Seller, Seller Parent, the Other Seller Parties and Purchaser shall not
take any action inconsistent with their obligations under this Agreement or,
without prejudice to Purchasers rights under this Agreement, which would
materially hinder or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
6.4 Public
Disclosures.
Unless otherwise required by Law or the rules and
regulations of any stock exchange or quotation services on which such Partys
stock is traded or quoted, prior to the Closing Date, no
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news release or other
public announcement pertaining to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement will be made by or on behalf of any Party or its Affiliates without
the prior written approval of the other Party (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). If in the judgment of either
Party such a news release or public announcement is required by Law or the
rules or regulations of any stock exchange on which such Partys stock is
traded, the Party intending to make such release or announcement shall to the
extent practicable use reasonable commercial efforts to provide prior written
notice to the other Party of the contents of such release or announcement and
to allow the other Party reasonable time to comment on such release or
announcement in advance of such issuance.
6.5 Access
to Records and Personnel.
(a) Exchange
of Information. After the execution of this Agreement, to the extent
permissible under applicable Law, Seller and Seller Parent agree to provide, or
cause to be provided, to Purchaser, as soon as reasonably practicable after
written request therefor and at Purchasers sole expense, (x) reasonable access
(including using reasonable commercial efforts to give access to third parties
possessing information), during normal business hours, to Sellers and Seller
Parents employees and (y) such information that Purchaser reasonably
needs to comply with its obligations under Section 6.6(a)(ii) of this
Agreement. After the Closing, each Party agrees to provide, or cause to be
provided, to each other, as soon as reasonably practicable after written
request therefor and at the requesting Partys sole expense, reasonable access
(including using reasonable commercial efforts to give access to third parties
possessing information), during normal business hours, to the other Partys
employees and to any books, records, documents, files and correspondence in the
possession or under the control of the other Party that the requesting Party
reasonably needs (i) to comply with reporting, disclosure, filing or other
requirements imposed on the requesting Party (including under applicable
securities Laws) by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the
requesting Party, (ii) for use in any other judicial, regulatory,
administrative or other proceeding or in order to satisfy Tax, audit,
accounting, claims, regulatory, litigation or other similar requirements or
(iii) to comply with its obligations under this Agreement; provided,
however, that no Party shall be required to provide access to or disclose
information where such access or disclosure would violate any Law or agreement,
or waive any attorney-client or other similar privilege, and each Party may
redact information regarding itself or its Subsidiaries or otherwise not
relating to the other Party and its Subsidiaries, and, in the event such
provision of information could reasonably be expected to violate any Law or
agreement or waive any attorney-client or other similar privilege, the Parties
shall take all reasonable measures to permit the compliance with such
obligations in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence.
(b) Financial
and Other Information. After the Closing, each Party shall provide, or
cause to be provided, as soon as reasonably practicable after written request
therefor, to the other Party such financial and other data and information
reasonably available and in its possession (in such form as is reasonably
available to it) as is reasonably requested by the other Party and reasonably
necessary in order for such other Party to prepare required financial
statements and reports or filings, including Tax Returns, to be provided to any
third party or filed with any Governmental Authority; provided that the
out-of-pocket cost to prepare any financial statements after the Closing except
those specifically provided for in Section 6.16 shall be borne solely by
Purchaser.
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(c) Ownership
of Information. Any information owned by a party that is provided to a
requesting party pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be deemed to remain
the property of the providing party. Unless specifically set forth herein,
nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or
conferring rights of license or otherwise in any such information.
(d) Record
Retention. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Party agrees to use
its commercially reasonable efforts to retain the books, records, documents,
instruments, accounts, correspondence, writings, evidences of title and other
papers relating to the Business, the Purchased Assets, the Transferred Business
Intellectual Property and the Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights
and the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries (the Books and Records) in their
respective possession or control for a commercially reasonable period of time,
as set forth in their regular document retention policies, following the
Closing Date or for such longer period as may be required by Law or as may be
reasonably requested in writing by any Party, or until the expiration of the
relevant representation or warranty under any of the Transaction Documents and
any related claim of indemnification related thereto. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any Party may destroy or otherwise dispose of any Books and Records
not in accordance with its retention policy, provided that, prior to
such destruction or disposal (i) such Party shall provide no less than 90 nor
more than 120 days prior written notice to the other Party of any such
proposed destruction or disposal (which notice shall specify in detail which of
the Books and Records is proposed to be so destroyed or disposed of), and (ii)
if a recipient of such notice shall request in writing prior to the scheduled
date for such destruction or disposal that any of the information proposed to
be destroyed or disposed of be delivered to such recipient, such Party
proposing the destruction or disposal shall, as promptly as practicable,
arrange for the delivery of such of the Books and Records as was requested by
the recipient (it being understood that all reasonable out of pocket costs
associated with the delivery of the requested Books and Records shall be paid
by such recipient).
(e) Limitation
of Liability. No Party shall have any liability to any other Party in the
event that any information exchanged or provided pursuant to this Section 6.5
is found to be inaccurate. No Party shall have any liability to any other Party
if any information is destroyed or lost after reasonable commercial efforts by
such Party to comply with the provisions of Section 6.5(d).
(f) Other
Agreements Providing For Exchange of Information. The rights and
obligations granted under this Section 6.5 are subject to any specific
limitations, qualifications or additional provisions on the sharing, exchange
or confidential treatment of information set forth in this Agreement.
(g) Production
of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation. In the case of a legal or other
proceeding between one Party and a third party relating to the Business,
Purchased Assets, the Transferred Business Intellectual Property, the
Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights, the Purchased Seller
Subsidiaries, Licensed Business Intellectual Property Rights, Licensed Business
Technology, Assumed Liabilities, Excluded Liabilities, this Agreement
(including any matters subject to indemnification hereunder) or the
transactions contemplated hereby, or any other Transaction Documents, each
Party shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to make available to the
other Party (and Seller Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts
to cause Angel to make available to Purchaser), upon written request, the
former (to the extent
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practicable), current (to the extent practicable) and
future officers, employees, other personnel and agents of such Party (or Angel)
as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its control or
which it otherwise has the ability to make available (other than materials
covered by the attorney-client privilege), to the extent that any such Person
(giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers,
employees, other personnel and agents) or books, records or other documents may
reasonably be required in connection with any legal, administrative or other
proceeding in which the requesting Party may from time to time be involved,
regardless of whether such legal, administrative or other proceeding is a
matter with respect to which indemnification may be sought hereunder. The
requesting Party shall bear all out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection
with the foregoing. The foregoing shall not limit any of rights of the Parties
in respect of the foregoing under Section 9.4.
(h) Confidential
Information. Nothing in this Section 6.5 shall require either Party to
violate any agreement with any third parties regarding the confidentiality of
confidential and proprietary information; provided, however, that in the
event that either Party is required under this Section 6.5 to disclose any
such information, that Party shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to
seek to obtain such third partys consent to the disclosure of such information
and implement requisite procedures to enable the disclosure of such
information.
6.6 Employee
Relations and Benefits.
(a) The
Parties intend that there shall be continuity of employment with respect to all
Business Employees as follows:
(i) Automatic
Transferred Employees shall not be terminated upon Closing and the rights,
powers, duties, liabilities and obligations of Seller (or the relevant
Subsidiary of Seller) to the employees in respect of the material terms of
employment with the employees in force immediately before Closing shall be
transferred to Purchaser in accordance with local employment Laws.
(ii) For
non-Automatic Transferred Employees, Purchaser shall offer employment to each
Business Employee effective on the Closing Date, each such offer to be at the
same general location and substantially the same terms and conditions of
employment, including (A) the same or superior base salary or base wage rate,
(B) substantially the same position, and (C) cash bonus and other non-equity
based incentive compensation opportunities substantially similar in the
aggregate as those provided to such employees by Seller or its Subsidiaries
immediately prior to the Closing Date (unless otherwise required by local Law,
in which case such offer shall comply with local law) (the Current
Employment Terms). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, all offers
pursuant to this Section 6.6(a)(ii) to employees in jurisdictions outside the
United States will be on such terms as are necessary to avoid giving rise to
any severance or similar Liabilities of Seller and its Subsidiaries as a result
of any requirements of applicable local Law.
(iii) Seller
Parent shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to (and shall not
encourage or assist its Affiliates to), engage in any activity intended to
discourage any Business Employee from accepting an offer of employment from
Purchaser and/or one of
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its Subsidiaries, and
Seller Parent shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to (and shall not
encourage or assist its Affiliates to), offer employment with any business of
Seller Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates (other than the
Business) after the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date (other than
Business Employees who have applied for a position with Seller Parent or one of
its Subsidiaries or Affiliates outside the Business prior to the date
hereof; provided, however, that
Seller Parent and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted to take any action they
are legally required to take in order to comply with local employment Laws.
(iv) Those
employees who are transferred to Purchaser and/or one of its Subsidiaries in
accordance with clause (i) above and those who accept the offer of
employment from Purchaser and/or one of its Subsidiaries in accordance with
clause (ii) above and, in each case, who commence employment with
Purchaser and/or one of its Subsidiaries shall be referred to herein as Transferred
Employees. For purposes hereof, the
date on which any Transferred Employee is deemed to commence employment shall
be the Closing Date.
(v) Except
as set forth in Section 6.6(a)(v) of the Disclosure Letter, starting on
the Closing Date and ending on the date one (1) year after the Closing Date or
any longer period as required under local employment Laws, each Transferred
Employee who remains employed by Purchaser and/or one of its Subsidiaries shall
be employed by Purchaser and/or one of its Subsidiaries on terms no less
favorable than the Current Employment Terms and participate in employee benefit
plans, agreements, programs, policies and arrangements of Purchaser and/or one
of its Subsidiaries (the Purchaser Plans) that are substantially
similar in the aggregate to the employee benefit plans, programs, policies and
arrangements in effect immediately prior to the Closing Date with respect to
such Transferred Employee and not inconsistent with the Current Employment
Terms, and shall be offered any other additional terms and conditions of
employment by Purchaser and/or one of its Subsidiaries required by local
employment Laws; provided, however, that nothing herein shall obligate
Purchaser or one of its Subsidiaries to provide the Transferred Employees with
any defined benefit pension plans; and provided, further, that
Purchaser shall provide U.S. Transferred Employees with the retiree medical benefits
described in Section 6.6(a)(v) of the Disclosure Letter.
(vi) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, starting on the Closing Date,
Purchaser shall, for a period ending on the date one (1) year after the Closing
Date, maintain a severance pay practice for the benefit of each Transferred
Employee that is no less favorable than the severance pay practice provided in Section 6.6(a)(vi)
of the Disclosure Letter. Purchaser shall assume and shall indemnify Seller and
its Subsidiaries against all liabilities and obligations to provide any
severance or similar payments to (A) any Automatic Transferred Employees,
(B) any Non-U.S. Employees who are entitled to severance or similar payments
under applicable local Laws due to Purchasers noncompliance with Sections
6.6 or 6.7, and (C) except as otherwise provided in Section 6.6(k)
or with respect to any payments under a Seller Plan, any Transferred Employee
whose employment is terminated by Purchaser or its Subsidiaries following the
Closing Date.
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(b) Seller
shall retain responsibility for and continue to pay all medical, life
insurance, disability and other welfare plan expenses and benefits for each
Transferred Employee with respect to claims incurred by such Transferred
Employees or their covered dependents prior to the Closing Date. Expenses and
benefits with respect to claims incurred by Transferred Employees or their
covered dependents on or after the Closing Date shall be the responsibility of
Purchaser. For purposes of this paragraph, a claim is deemed incurred: in the
case of medical or dental benefits, when the services that are the subject of
the claim are performed; in the case of life insurance, when the death occurs;
in the case of disability benefits, when the disability occurs; in the case of
workers compensation benefits, when the event giving rise to the benefits
occurs; and otherwise, at the time the Transferred Employee or covered
dependent becomes entitled to payment of a benefit (assuming that all
procedural requirements are satisfied and claims applications properly and
timely completed and submitted).
(c) With
respect to any plan that is a welfare benefit plan (as defined in
Section 3(1) of ERISA), or any plan that would be a welfare benefit plan
(as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) if it were subject to ERISA,
maintained by Purchaser, Purchaser shall (i) cause there to be waived any
pre-existing condition and waiting periods and (ii) give effect, in
determining any deductible and maximum out-of-pocket limitations, to claims
incurred and amounts paid by, and amounts reimbursed to, such employees during
the plan year of the applicable plan sponsored by Seller or one of its
Subsidiaries during which the Closing occurs with respect to similar plans
maintained by Seller and its Affiliates immediately prior to the Closing Date.
(d) Transferred
Employees shall be given credit for all service with Seller, any of its Subsidiaries,
and any predecessor employer for which Seller credited service, including
without limitation, Angel, Hewlett Packard or their Subsidiaries, to the same
extent as such service was credited for such purpose by Seller, under each
Purchaser Plan in which such Transferred Employees are eligible to participate
for purposes of eligibility, vesting and benefits accrual (other than under any
equity or quasi-equity compensation plan or under a defined benefit pension
plan either (A) in which no assets are transferred or for which no other
compensation, including an adjustment to the Purchase Price, is received by
Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement or (B) which would result in the
duplication of benefits accrual for the same period of service).
(e) Except
as required by applicable Law or as may be agreed to by Seller and Purchaser,
as of the Closing Date the Transferred Employees shall cease to accrue further
benefits under the employee benefit plans and arrangements maintained by Seller
and its Subsidiaries and shall commence participation in the Purchaser Plans. Seller
and Seller Parent shall take all necessary actions to allow such Transferred
Employees to rollover any associated loan notes to the extent permitted under
the Seller 401(k) plan. Purchaser shall take all steps necessary to permit each
such Transferred Employee who has received an eligible rollover distribution
(as defined in Section 402(c)(4) of the Code) from the Seller 401(k) Plan,
if any, to roll such eligible rollover distribution, including any associated
loans, as part of any lump sum distribution to the extent permitted by the
Seller 401(k) Plan into an account under a 401(k) plan maintained by Purchaser
(the Purchasers 401(k) Plan). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller
and Purchaser may mutually agree following the date hereof, but prior to the
Closing Date, to
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provide for a trust to trust transfer of the account
balances of Transferred Employees under the Seller 401(k) Plan to the Purchasers
401(k) Plan.
(f) Promptly
after the Closing, Seller shall transfer and Purchaser shall accept the
flexible spending account elections and accounts (maintained pursuant to Code
Sections 105 and 129) of the Transferred Employees under Sellers Section 125
plan flexible spending arrangement. Promptly after the Closing, Seller and
Seller Parent shall cause to be transferred to Purchaser the aggregate net cash
amount (determined immediately prior to the Closing) for contributions paid
(but not yet reimbursed or subject to a pending claim for reimbursement) by or
on behalf of the Transferred Employees under Sellers Section 125 plan flexible
spending arrangement.
(g) With
respect to any accrued but unused vacation time (including flexible time off and
sick pay) as of the Closing Date to which any Transferred Employee is entitled
pursuant to the vacation policy immediately prior to the Closing Date (the Vacation
Policy), to the extent permitted by law, Purchaser shall assume the
liability for such accrued but unused vacation time and allow such Transferred
Employee to use such accrued vacation; provided, however, that Purchaser
shall be liable for and pay in cash an amount equal to such accrued but unused
vacation time to any Transferred Employee whose employment terminates for any
reason subsequent to the Closing Date and Purchaser shall indemnify Seller for
an amount equal to such accrued but unused vacation time paid by Seller to any
Transferred Employee who is, or was, entitled to an accrued but unused vacation
time payout on termination from Angel or Seller under local Law and who elects,
or elected, not to transfer such accrued but unused vacation time from Angel or
Seller Parent.
(h) Purchaser
or its Affiliates shall pay or otherwise make arrangements for the payment of
each of the obligations described in Section 6.6(h) of the Disclosure Letter.
(i) Seller
shall retain full responsibility for compliance with those provisions of the
Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended (WARN
Act) or any comparable provision of state or local law that are binding
upon Seller under any such law and shall indemnify Purchaser for any
Liabilities and Losses related thereto.
(j) Purchaser
shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller and its Subsidiaries with respect to
any liability under COBRA or similar applicable Laws in the United States
arising from the actions (or inactions) of Purchaser or its Subsidiaries after
the Closing Date. Seller shall retain all liabilities, including with respect
to any qualifying event, (as defined under COBRA) and liabilities under
similar applicable Laws incurred on or prior to the Closing Date or arising as
a result of the transactions described herein.
(k) Purchaser
shall have no liabilities associated with any retention or severance plans
entered into by Seller or its Subsidiaries with regard to any Designated
Employee. Designated Employees are Business Employees who have been
chosen by Seller Parent, Seller and/or its Subsidiaries for retention or
dismissal under any current retention or severance plan of Seller prior to the
Closing Date, but either whose period of retention has not been completed prior
to the Closing Date or whose dismissal has not been carried out prior to the
Closing Date; provided, however, that Designated Employees shall not
include any employee chosen by Seller, after
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consultation with Purchaser, as a result of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Seller Parents and Sellers
liability with regard to Designated Employees is subject to the rules of the
retention and severance plans of Seller as in force prior to or on the Closing
Date.
(l) The
Parties acknowledge and agree that all provisions contained in this
Section 6.6 with respect to employees are included for the sole benefit of
the respective Parties and shall not create any right (i) in any other Person,
including, without limitation, any employees, former employees, any participant
in any Seller Plan or Angel Plan or any beneficiary thereof or (ii) to
continued employment with Seller or Purchaser.
6.7 Non-U.S.
Employees.
In addition to Section 6.6 as applicable to Non-U.S.
Employees, this Section 6.7 applies only to Non-U.S. Employees and certain
former non-U.S. Employees (Non-U.S. Former Employees).
(a) This
Section 6.7 shall contain covenants and agreements of the Parties on and
as of the Closing Date with respect to:
(i) the
Non-U.S. Employees; and
(ii) Non-U.S.
Benefit Plans listed in Section 6.7(a)(ii) of the Disclosure Letter, which
shall be provided to Purchaser within thirty (30) days following the date of
this Agreement, provided or covering such Non-U.S. Employees and Non-U.S.
Former Employees.
(b) Seller
Parent, Seller and Purchaser and their respective Subsidiaries shall comply
with all obligations either under the Transfer Regulations or other applicable
Laws to notify and/or consult with Non-U.S. Employees or employee
representatives, unions, works councils or other employee representative
bodies, if any, and shall provide such information to the other Party as is
required by that Party to comply with its notification and/or consultation
obligations. Seller Parent, Seller and Purchaser shall indemnify each other
against all Losses resulting from any failure of the other to notify and/or
consult or to provide such information in a timely manner.
(c) Seller
and its Subsidiaries will not, without Purchasers consent, make any material
changes to the working conditions of the Non-U.S. Employees that have not
either been announced or agreed to under a collectively bargained agreement
between the signing of this Agreement and the Closing Date.
(d) Seller
shall provide Purchaser with a supplemental schedule of collective bargaining
agreements in those countries that are not covered by Section 4.14
of the Disclosure Letter no later than 30 days prior to the Closing Date.
(e) The
Parties acknowledge and agree that all provisions contained in this
Section 6.7 with respect to employees are included for the sole benefit of
the respective Parties and shall not create any right (i) in any other Person,
including, without limitation, any
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employees, former employees, any participant in any
Seller Plan or any beneficiary thereof or (ii) to continued employment with
Seller or Purchaser.
(f) Seller
Parent, Seller and Purchaser agree that to the extent the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement would result in an acceleration of maturity of
amounts payable under obligations described in Section 6.7(f) of
the Disclosure Letter (the Section 6.7(f) Obligations), unless
otherwise required by Law, Seller Parent, Seller and their Subsidiaries and
Purchaser will waive any such acceleration and to the extent necessary will
amend or modify such Section 6.7(f) Obligations to provide for such
Section 6.7(f) Obligations when held by Purchaser after the Closing to
mature on the same terms as would have applied to such Section 6.7(f)
Obligations if the transactions contemplated hereby did not occur.
6.8 Other
Arrangements.
(a) At
the Closing, Seller or an Affiliate of Seller and Purchaser shall execute and
deliver a transition services agreement (the Master Separation Agreement)
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
(b) At
the Closing, Purchaser and Seller shall execute and deliver a trademark license
agreement with Angel in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G
(the Trademark License Agreement) with respect to the licensing of
certain Angel trademarks on inventory.
(c) The
Seller Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause Angel
to execute and deliver the Angel Intellectual Property License Agreement within
sixty (60) days following the Closing Date.
(d) Prior
to the Closing, the Seller Parties will identify which Purchased Assets will
not be owned by the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries and which Subsidiary of
Seller owns such Purchased Assets. Seller will cause each of such Subsidiaries
to execute a joinder to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
I (the Joinder).
6.9 Non-Competition.
(a) In
order that Purchaser may have and enjoy the full benefit of the Business, the
Other Sellers and Seller agree that for a period of three (3) years commencing
on the Closing Date, Seller Parent, the Other Sellers and Seller will not, and
will cause their Subsidiaries not to and any other Seller Party not to, without
the express written approval of Purchaser, engage, directly or indirectly, in a
Competing Business or acquire more than fifteen percent (15%) of the
outstanding equity interest in any Business Competitor, in each case other than
the Retained Business. Seller agrees, upon the reasonable request of Purchaser,
to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates to enforce
their rights for the benefit of Purchaser under the non-competition provisions
of the Asset Purchase Agreement between Angel and an Affiliate of Seller, dated
as of August 14, 2005, as amended (the Semiconductor Business Purchase
Agreement); provided that all costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the enforcement of such rights shall be borne exclusively by Purchaser. For
purposes of this Section 6.9: (i) Competing Business shall mean
developing, manufacturing, selling or servicing any of the Printer Products for
or to third parties and (ii) Business Competitor shall mean any
Person that derived more than 40% of its consolidated gross revenues from
Competing Businesses during the
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four fiscal quarters prior to the Seller Parent, Other
Sellers, Seller or any of their Subsidiaries entering into an agreement
providing for the investment in or acquisition of such Person, for which
financial statements are available. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Seller Parent, Other Sellers, Seller or
any of their Subsidiaries shall be precluded from: (a) engaging in those businesses that
are engaged in as of the date of the Closing through the Retained Business, and
reasonably expected or foreseeable extensions of those businesses and the
products manufactured or sold, and the services developed or provided in
connection therewith; (b) acquiring, merging with or consolidating with an
entity which, at the time of the parties agreement to enter into such
transaction is not a Business Competitor and extensions of any business of such
entity or its Subsidiaries; (c) being acquired by means of any business
combination (including an asset purchase, merger or consolidation) by any
Person; (d) engaging in any merger, consolidation or any other business
combination with any Person not subject to clause (c) if the stockholders of
the Seller Parent, Other Sellers or Seller immediately prior to consummation of
such transaction will own 50% or less of the outstanding common stock of the
resulting or surviving entity (or the parent thereof); (e) the development,
manufacture, supply, distribution, sale, support and maintenance of Printer
Products as a component of a product sold by, or incidental to, a Retained
Business, a reasonably expected or foreseeable extension of a Retained
Business, or any other business of the Other Sellers, Seller or their
Subsidiaries that is not itself a violation of Section 6.9; or (f) engaging in
any Competing Business engaged in by the Other Sellers, Seller or their
Subsidiaries as a result of any transaction contemplated by clause (b) or (d)
and any extensions of such Competing Business. Following any acquisition as
described in the foregoing clause (c), the provisions of this Section 6.9 shall
continue to apply solely to Seller Parent, Seller and their Subsidiaries, and
not to any other Affiliates of Seller. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
provisions of this Section 6.9 shall not restrict the Seller Parent, Other
Sellers and Seller or any of their Subsidiaries from acquiring and operating
any Business Competitor so long as (i) the Seller Parent, Other Sellers, Seller
or such Subsidiary divests all or a portion of the Competing Business conducted
by such Business Competitor within one year of such transaction such that an
acquisition by the Seller Parent, Other Sellers, Seller or such Subsidiary of
the retained portion of the Competing Business would be permissible under the
terms of the foregoing clause (b); and (ii) while owned, the Seller Parent,
Other Sellers and Seller and their Subsidiaries do not provide such Business
Competitor with any Licensed Business Technology or Licensed Business
Intellectual Property Rights held by the Other Sellers, Seller or their
Subsidiaries prior to the date of such acquisition.
(b) If
Seller Parent, Seller, or Other Seller or any of their Subsidiaries is acquired
by a Competing Business, or transfers or sells any or all of the Retained
Businesses to a third party, including an Affiliate (such acquiring or third
party buyer, the Successor) during the three-year term commencing on
the Closing Date, then Seller Parent, Seller or Other Seller or any of their
Subsidiaries will not grant the Successor a Patent license to make, have made,
import, offer to sell or sell Printer Products for the remainder of the
three-year non-competition period and will only transfer Licensed Business
Patents to a Successor subject to the license granted under the Intellectual
Property License Agreement and subject to a contractual restriction preventing
the Successor from exercising its rights under the transferred Licensed
Business Patents for the remainder of the three-year non-competition period.
(c) During
the three-year non-competition term, Seller Parent, Seller, the Other Sellers
and their Subsidiaries will not grant any license to make, have made, import,
offer to sell
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or sell Printer Products nor will Seller Parent,
Seller, the Other Sellers or their Subsidiaries provide the Licensed Business
Technology to any third party during such three-year non-competition period;
provided that the foregoing shall not apply to licenses or disclosures that are
incidental to the development or the sale of products and services of the
Retained Business or are specifically included in the definition of Retained
Business.
6.10 Non-Solicitation.
(a) Seller
Parent, the Other Sellers and Seller agree that for a period of two (2) years
from and after the Closing Date it shall not, and it shall cause each of their
Subsidiaries not to (and shall not encourage or assist any of its Affiliates
to), without the prior written consent of Purchaser, directly or indirectly,
solicit to hire (or cause or seek to cause to leave the employ of Purchaser or
any of its Subsidiaries) (i) any Transferred Employee or (ii) any other Person
employed by Purchaser who became known to or was identified to the Seller
Parent, Other Sellers or Seller or any of their Affiliates prior to the Closing
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, unless in
each case such Person ceased to be an employee of Purchaser or its Subsidiaries
prior to such action by the Seller Parent, Other Sellers or Seller or any of
their Affiliates, or, in the case of such Persons voluntary termination of
employment with Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries, at least three (3) months
prior to such action by the Seller Parent, Other Sellers or Seller or any of
their Affiliates. Seller Parent agrees, upon the reasonable request of
Purchaser, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates
to enforce their rights for the benefit of Purchaser under the non-solicitation
provisions of the Semiconductor Business Purchase Agreement; provided that all
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of such rights
shall be borne exclusively by Seller Parent.
(b) Purchaser
agrees that for a period of two (2) years from and after the Closing Date it
shall not, and it shall cause its Subsidiaries not to (and shall not encourage
or assist any of its Affiliates to), without the prior written consent of
Seller, directly or indirectly, solicit to hire (or cause or seek to cause to
leave the employ of the Other Sellers or Seller or any of their Affiliates) any
Person that it or they know to be employed by the Other Sellers or Seller or
any of their Affiliates as of the Closing Date unless such Person ceased to be
an employee of the Other Sellers or Seller or any of their Affiliates prior to
such action by Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries, or, in the case of such
Persons voluntary termination of employment with the Other Sellers or Seller
or any of their Affiliates, at least three (3) months prior to such action by
Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the restrictions set forth in Sections 6.10(a) and 6.10(b) shall
not apply to (i) bona fide public advertisements for employment placed by
any Party and not specifically targeted at the employees of any other Party, or
(ii) any employee who is not a manager or an individual contributor who is
engaged in the design of Printer Products or processes. Section 6.10(a)
shall not apply to any Person who is hired by the Other Sellers or Seller or
any of their Affiliates (A) pursuant to any existing agreement with
employee representatives (such as a works council agreement) by which the Other
Sellers or Seller or any of their Affiliates is bound or (B) as a result
of actions required to be taken by the Other Sellers or Seller or any of their
Affiliates in order to comply with local employment Laws.
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6.11 Intellectual
Property License Agreement.
At the Closing, Seller
Parent and Purchaser shall execute and deliver a license agreement (the Intellectual
Property License Agreement) in the form of the agreement attached hereto
as Exhibit E.
6.12 [Reserved].
6.13 Insurance
Matters.
Purchaser acknowledges that the policies and insurance
coverage that will be maintained on behalf of the Business are part of the
corporate insurance program maintained by Seller (the Seller Corporate
Policies), and such coverage will not be available or transferred to
Purchaser (except with respect to Assumed Liabilities for which claims have
been made by Seller Parent, Seller, the Other Sellers or any of their
respective Subsidiaries against third party insurers under such policies on or
prior to the Closing Date, subject to Purchasers paying any applicable
deductible with respect to such claim). In furtherance and not in limitation of
the foregoing, Purchaser agrees not to bring any claim for recovery under any
of the Seller Corporate Policies, whether or not Purchaser may be so entitled
in accordance with the terms of such Seller Corporate Policies.
6.14 Tax
Matters.
(a) Transfer
Taxes.
(i) For
purposes of this Agreement, the term Transfer Taxes shall mean all transfer,
filing, recordation, ad valorem,
value added, bulk sales, stamp duties, excise, GST, license or similar fees or
taxes. The liability for Transfer Taxes attributable to the transactions
occurring pursuant to this Agreement shall be borne one-half by Purchaser and
one-half by Seller; provided, however, that Purchaser shall diligently pursue
the recovery of any recoverable Transfer Taxes, and if Purchaser actually
receives any recoverable Transfer Taxes, Purchaser shall promptly, but in no
case later than twenty (20) days after such recovery, pay to Seller an amount
equal to one-half of such recovered Transfer Taxes. Seller and Purchaser shall
cooperate with each other in the provision of any information or preparation of
any documentation that may be necessary or useful for obtaining any available
mitigation, reduction or exemption from any Transfer Taxes. For the avoidance
of doubt, Purchaser shall have no Liability of any kind and shall be
indemnified against Transfer Taxes arising out of or attributable to the
acquisition of the Business from Angel or the transfer of any assets (including
the Transferred Business Intellectual Property and the Transferred Business
Intellectual Property Rights) to the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries.
(ii) Unless
the Parties mutually agree otherwise, any Tax Returns that must be filed in
connection with any Transfer Taxes shall be prepared by the Party that bears
the responsibility for such Transfer Taxes, as required by applicable Law. For
any Tax Return required by law to be filed by a Party (the Filing Party)
other than the Party that is responsible for preparing such Tax Return pursuant
to this Section 6.14 (the Preparing Party), the Filing Party shall pay the
Transfer Taxes shown on such Tax Return and shall
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collect the Preparing
Partys applicable share of the Transfer Tax from Preparing Party determined in
accordance with Section 6.14(a)(i) hereof. The Preparing Party shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to provide to the Filing Party any Tax Returns
which it is required to file at least ten days before such Tax Returns are due
to be filed. The Preparing Party shall make such changes to the applicable Tax
Return as reasonably requested by the Filing Party. Such Tax Returns shall be
consistent with the allocation of the Purchase Price as determined pursuant to
Section 3.4.
(b) Other
Tax Returns and Payment of Taxes.
(i) Except
as provided in Section 6.14(a), Seller and the Other Sellers, respectively,
shall be liable for and shall remit when due or cause to be remitted when due
any amount of Taxes owed by or attributable to the Purchased Seller
Subsidiaries, the Purchased Assets, the Transferred Business Intellectual
Property or the Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights for any
taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date. Seller or the Other
Sellers shall duly file or cause to be duly filed any Tax Return required to be
filed in respect of any Tax which it is required to pay pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence. Such Tax Returns shall be subject to the review
and approval of Purchaser, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
(ii) Purchaser
shall be liable for and shall remit when due or cause to be remitted when due
any amount of Taxes due in connection with the Purchased Assets and the
Purchased Seller Subsidiaries for any taxable period beginning after the
Closing Date. Purchaser shall duly file or cause to be duly filed any Tax
Return required to be filed in respect of any Tax which it is required to pay
pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.
(iii) Purchaser
shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file or cause to be filed any Tax
Returns with respect to the Purchased Assets and the Purchased Seller
Subsidiaries for taxable periods that begin before the Closing Date and end
after the Closing Date (a Straddle Period). Seller or the applicable Other
Seller, as applicable, shall pay to Purchaser within five days after the date
on which Taxes are paid with respect to a Straddle Period an amount equal to
the portion of such Taxes which relates to the portion of such Straddle Period
ending on the Closing Date. For purposes of this Section 6.14(b)(iii), in
the case of any Taxes that are imposed on a periodic basis and are payable for
a Straddle Period, the portion of such Tax that relates to the portion of such
taxable period ending on the Closing Date shall (x) in the case of any
Taxes other than Taxes based upon or related to income or receipts, be deemed
to be the amount of such Tax for the entire taxable period multiplied by a
fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the taxable period
ending on and including the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the
number of days in the entire taxable period, and (y) in the case of any
Tax based upon or related to income or receipts be deemed to be equal to the
amount which would be payable if the relevant taxable period ended on and
included the Closing Date. Any credits relating to a Straddle Period shall be
taken into account as though the relevant taxable period ended on the Closing
Date.
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(iv) If,
after the Closing, Purchaser or any of its Affiliates receives any refund that
relates to a Pre-Closing Tax Period of the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries or
that is an Excluded Asset or utilizes the benefit of any overpayment or
prepayment of Taxes of a Purchased Seller Subsidiary that relates to a
Pre-Closing Tax Period or that otherwise are Excluded Assets, Purchaser shall,
or shall cause such Affiliate to, promptly remit or cause to be remitted to
Seller or the applicable Other Seller, as the case may be, the entire amount of
the refund or overpayment (including any interest paid by the Governmental
Authority paying the refund or the overpayment, but net of any Taxes that may
be due on such refund or interest amount after giving effect to any deductions
in respect of the payment of such amounts to Seller or the applicable Other
Subsidiary, as applicable) received or utilized by Purchaser or such Affiliate.
If any such refund or benefit is subsequently reduced as a result of an
adjustment required by any Governmental Authority, this Section 6.14(c)
shall take such adjusted refund or benefit into account. If Purchaser or any of
its Affiliates pays any amount to Seller or an Other Seller pursuant to this
Section 6.14(c) prior to such adjustment, Seller or the applicable Other
Seller shall repay the difference between the amount paid and the adjusted
amount of the refund or benefit, as the case may be, to Purchaser, if the
adjusted amount is less than the amount paid by Purchaser or such Affiliate to
Seller or an Other Seller pursuant to this Section 6.14(c), and Purchaser
shall pay the difference between the adjusted amount of the refund or benefit
and the amount paid by Purchaser or such Affiliate to Seller or the applicable
Other Seller if the amount paid by Purchaser or such Affiliate to Seller or the
applicable Other Seller is less than the adjusted amount.
(c) Cooperation
and Assistance.
(i) The
Parties shall cooperate with each other in the filing of any Tax Returns and
the conduct of any audit or other proceeding. They each shall execute and
deliver such powers of attorney and make available such other documents as are
reasonably necessary to carry out the intent of this Section 6.14.
(ii) If
(A) any party is liable under this Section
6.14, including amounts due to Section 6.14(b), for any portion of a Tax
shown due on any Tax Return required to be filed by the other Party pursuant to
this Section 6.14, subject to Section 6.14(a)(ii), the Party obligated to file
such Tax Return pursuant to this Section 6.14 shall deliver a copy of the
relevant portions of such Tax Return to the liable Party for such Partys
review and comment within 30 days prior to the due date for filing such Tax
Return (taking into account any extensions, if applicable). Subject to Section
6.14(a)(ii), the Party who is required to file such Tax Return will make such changes
to the Applicable Tax Return as reasonably requested by the other Party. If the
Parties disagree as to the treatment of any item shown on such Tax Return or
with respect to any calculation with respect to any Tax Return to be filed
pursuant to this Section 6.14, an internationally recognized accounting firm
mutually agreed upon by Purchaser and Seller or the applicable Other Seller, as
the case may be, shall determine how the disputed item is to be treated on such
Tax Return. Any payments made by a Party to another Party pursuant to this
Section 6.14 shall be made no later than the later of 10 days prior to the due
date of the applicable Tax Return and 5 business days after the receipt of the
applicable Tax Return by the Party from whom payment is required.
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(iii) Upon
request or upon payment, each Party shall deliver to the tax director of the
other Party certified copies of all receipts for any foreign Tax with respect
to which such other Party or any of its Affiliates could claim a foreign tax
credit and any supporting documents required in connection with claiming or
supporting a claim for such a foreign tax credit.
(iv) The
Parties shall retain records, documents, accounting data and other information
in whatever form that are necessary for the preparation and filing, or for any
Tax audit, of any and all Tax Returns with respect to any Taxes that relate to
taxable periods that do not begin after the Closing Date. Such retention shall
be in accordance with the record retention policy of the respective Party, but
in no event shall any Party destroy or otherwise dispose of such records,
documents, accounting data and other information prior to the expiration of the
applicable statute of limitations (including extensions) and without first
providing the other Party with a reasonable opportunity to review and copy the
same. Each Party shall give any other Party reasonable access to all such
records, documents, accounting data and other information as well as to its
personnel and premises to the extent necessary for a reasonable review or a Tax
audit of such Tax Returns and relevant to an obligation under this
Section 6.14.
(v) Seller
and the Other Sellers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to
provide Purchaser with a clearance certificate or similar document(s) which may
be required by any taxing authority to relieve Purchaser of any obligation to
withhold any portion of the payments to Seller or the Other Sellers pursuant to
this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, the Intellectual Property License
Agreement or the Trademark License Agreement.
(vi) Upon
reasonable request by a Party, the other Party shall cooperate in good faith to
effectuate modifications to this Agreement that are otherwise economically
neutral to the other Party in order to better accommodate the business and
financial goals of the requesting Party.
(d) Tax
Controversies. A Party shall promptly notify the other Party in writing
promptly upon (but in no event later than 30 days after) (a Notification)
receipt of notice of any pending or threatened audits or assessments with
respect to Taxes for which such other Party (or any of its Affiliates) is
liable under Section 6.14. Failure to give such Notification shall not
relieve the indemnifying party from liability under Section 6.14, except if and
to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced thereby. Each
Party shall be entitled to take control of the complete defense of any tax
audit or administrative or court proceeding (a Tax Claim) relating to Taxes
for which it may be liable, and to employ counsel of its choice at its expense;
provided, that Seller or the applicable Other Subsidiary and Purchaser shall
jointly control the defense of any Tax Claim relating to Taxes with respect to
a Straddle Period for which Taxes are allocated to both Seller or the
applicable Other Subsidiary, as the case may be, and Purchaser under Section
6.14(b)(iii) of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence,
each Party shall be entitled to take control of the complete defense of any Tax
Claim relating to Taxes for which it is obligated to file a Tax Return (but
does not have any indemnification obligation hereunder) under this
Section 6.14 (or by Law), and to employ counsel of its choice at its
expense; provided, that such Party unconditionally releases in writing
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the other Party from its indemnification obligation
hereunder with respect to such Tax Claim; provided further, that such Party
shall take control of such Tax Claim within 60 days of the earlier of
(x) the date on which such Notification is provided or (y) the date
such Notification is due pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 6.14(d).
If one Party takes control of any such audit or proceeding, the other Party
shall be entitled to participate, at its expense, in the defense of such audit
or proceeding, and the Party controlling such audit or proceeding shall
consider in good faith any suggestions made or points raised by the other Party.
The Parties may not agree to settle any
claim for Taxes for which the other may be liable without the prior written
consent of such other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. This
Section 6.14(d) shall govern to the extent it would otherwise be
inconsistent with Section 9.3(a).
(e) Indemnification.
The Seller Parties shall indemnify, save and hold the Purchaser Indemnified
Parties harmless from and against any and all Purchaser Losses incurred in
connection with, arising out of, resulting from or incident to (i) any Taxes of
any of the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries or with respect to the Purchased
Assets, Transferred Business Intellectual Property or Transferred Business
Intellectual Property Rights for any Tax year or portion thereof ending on or
before the Closing Date (or for any Straddle Period, to the extent allocable to
the portion of such period beginning before and ending on the Closing Date,
determined accordance with 6.14(b)(iii)), (ii) any failure of any representation or
warranty of Seller or the Other Sellers set forth in Section 4.10 to be true
and correct; (iii) any Taxes arising out of or attributable to the acquisition
of the Business from Angel; (iv) any withholding Taxes (whenever arising)
attributable to the payment of the Purchase Price; and (v) the unpaid Taxes of
any Person (other than either of the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries) under
Treasury regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local
or foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise.
6.15 Mail
Handling.
(a) To
the extent that Purchaser and/or any of its Subsidiaries receives any mail or
packages addressed to any Seller Parent, any Other Seller or Seller or its
Subsidiaries and delivered to Purchaser not relating to the Business, the
Purchased Subsidiary Interests, the Purchased Assets, the Transferred Business
Intellectual Property, the Transferred Intellectual Property Rights or the
Assumed Liabilities, Purchaser shall promptly deliver such mail or packages to
Seller. After the Closing Date, Purchaser may deliver to Seller any checks or
drafts made payable to Seller Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller or its
Subsidiaries that constitutes a Purchased Asset, and Seller shall promptly
deposit such checks or drafts, and, upon receipt of funds, reimburse Purchaser
within five Business Days for the amounts of all such checks or drafts, or, if
so requested by Purchaser, endorse such checks or drafts to Purchaser for collection.
To the extent any Seller Parent, any Other Seller, Seller or its Subsidiaries
receives any mail or packages addressed and delivered to Seller Parent, any
Other Seller, Seller or its Subsidiaries but relating to the Business, the
Purchased Subsidiary Interests, the Purchased Assets or the Assumed
Liabilities, Seller shall promptly deliver such mail or packages to Purchaser. After
the Closing Date, to the extent that Purchaser receives cash or checks or
drafts made payable to Purchaser that constitutes an Excluded Asset, Purchaser
shall promptly use such cash to, or deposit such checks or drafts and upon
receipt of funds from such checks or drafts, reimburse Seller within five
Business days for such amount received, or, if so requested by Seller, endorse
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such checks or drafts to Seller for collection. The
Parties may not assert any set-off, hold-back, escrow or other restriction
against any payment described in this Section 6.15.
6.16 [Reserved].
6.17 Shared
Contracts.
Seller Parent and Seller agree to use their reasonable
commercial efforts to seek the consent, if requested by Purchaser, of the
counterparty to any Contract which is used primarily in the Business but is not
included within Transferred Contracts to partially assign or otherwise separate
for the benefit of Purchaser the portion of such Contract relating to the
Business. Seller Parent and Seller will use their commercially reasonable
efforts to identify such Contracts to Purchaser as soon as practicable
following the execution of this Agreement.
6.18 Licenses.
(a) With
respect to the CAD Licenses that prior to the Closing Date are used in the
Business, but that are not used exclusively in the Business, Seller and
Purchaser shall cooperate diligently prior to the Closing Date to obtain the
consent of the respective licensors of such CAD Licenses (the CAD Licensors)
to a partial assignment, or grant of a sublicense by Seller or of a new license
to Purchaser by the CAD Licensor, as the case may be, of Sellers rights
thereunder applicable to the Business. Purchaser acknowledges that any rights
to be sublicensed to it may be limited as set forth in such CAD Licenses; that
the terms of any new license to be granted to it by the CAD Licensors may be
different from the terms of Sellers existing licenses; and that Seller cannot
control and is not responsible for the actions of any of the CAD Licensors. Seller
and Purchaser further agree that any division of rights, responsibilities and
credits (including credits for pre-paid fees) between them under the existing
CAD Licenses or any successors thereto shall be in proportion to the actual
usage (by seat count) of such licenses by the Business prior to the Closing
Date, compared to the usage of such licenses by the Retained Business prior to
the Closing Date or as set forth on Schedule 6.18.
6.19 NDAs.
The Parties agree that with respect to the
confidentiality and proprietary development agreements to which the Seller
Parent, Other Sellers, Seller or their Subsidiaries is a party with the
Business Employees of Seller Parent or any of its Affiliates (the NDAs),
Seller Parent, the Other Sellers, Seller or an Affiliate, as applicable, will enter into a partial
assignment with respect to such NDAs, assigning that portion of the NDAs
relating to the Business to Purchaser.
6.20 Patents
Licensed Non-exclusively to the Purchaser.
In the event that a Seller Party transfers any Patent
that is licensed on a non-exclusive basis to Purchaser pursuant to the
Intellectual Property License Agreement, such Seller Party shall upon execution
of a definitive agreement for transfer of such Patent, give notice of such
transfer to Purchaser and shall, upon request by Purchaser within ten (10) days
after the giving of notice, use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
access to the Seller Party patent files pertaining to the Patent to be
transferred.
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ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
7.1 Conditions
Precedent to Obligations of Purchaser, Seller and the Other Sellers.
The respective obligations of the Parties to
consummate and cause the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Party for
whose benefit such condition exists) on or prior to the Closing Date of each of
the following conditions:
(a) No
Injunction, etc. No Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall
have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law which is in
effect on the Closing Date which has or would have the effect of prohibiting,
enjoining or restraining the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement to occur on the Closing Date or otherwise making such
transactions illegal; and
(b) Regulatory
Authorizations. (i) All material Consents of any Governmental
Authorities shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect, and
(ii) the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act shall have expired or
been terminated.
7.2 Conditions
Precedent to Obligation of Seller and the Other Sellers.
The obligation of Seller Parent, Seller and the Other
Sellers to consummate and cause the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver
by Seller Parent, Seller or the Other Sellers) on or prior to the Closing Date
of each of the following conditions:
(a) Accuracy
of Purchasers Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of Purchaser contained in this Agreement (i) that are qualified as
to Purchaser Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct on the date of
this Agreement and on the Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date
(except to the extent such representations and warranties by their terms speak
as of an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such
date); and (ii) that are not qualified as to Purchaser Material Adverse Effect
shall be true and correct on the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date
(except to the extent such representations and warranties by their terms speak
as of an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such
date), except for such failures to be true and correct which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect; and
Seller shall have received a certificate signed by an authorized officer of
Purchaser to such effect.
(b) Covenants
of Purchaser. Purchaser shall have complied in all material respects with
all covenants contained in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to be performed by it prior to the Closing; and Seller shall have received a
certificate dated as of the Closing Date and signed by an authorized officer of
Purchaser to such effect.
(c) Ancillary
Agreements. Purchaser shall have executed and delivered the Ancillary
Agreements and other agreements and documents contemplated by Section 2.3(a)
to the extent a
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party thereto, and each such agreement and document
shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been breached in any
material respect by Purchaser.
(d) License
Agreements. Purchaser shall have executed and delivered the Intellectual
Property License Agreement, and such agreement shall be in full force and
effect and shall not have been breached in any material respect by Purchaser.
7.3 Conditions
Precedent to Obligation of Purchaser.
The obligation of Purchaser to consummate and cause
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be
subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by Purchaser) on or prior to the Closing
Date of each of the following conditions:
(a) Accuracy
of Representations and Warranties of Seller and the Other Sellers. The
representations and warranties of Seller Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers
contained in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (i) that are
qualified as to Seller Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct on
the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date as though made on the
Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties by their
terms speak as of an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct
as of such date); and (ii) that are not qualified as to Seller Material
Adverse Effect shall be true and correct on the date of this Agreement and on
the Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties by
their terms speak as of an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct
as of such date), except for such failures to be true and correct which would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Seller Material Adverse Effect;
and Purchaser shall have received a certificate signed by an authorized officer
of Seller Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers to such effect.
(b) Covenants
of Seller and the Other Sellers. Seller Parent, Seller and the Other
Sellers shall have complied in all material respects with all covenants
contained in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to be performed
by it prior to the Closing; and Purchaser shall have received a certificate
dated as of the Closing Date and signed by an authorized officer of Seller
Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers to such effect.
(c) Ancillary
Agreements. Seller Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers shall have executed
and delivered or caused each of the relevant Purchased Seller Subsidiary to
execute and deliver, the Ancillary Agreements and other agreements and
documents contemplated by Section 2.3(a) to the extent a party thereto,
and each such agreement and document shall be in full force and effect and
shall not have been breached in any material respect by the Other Sellers,
Seller, Seller Parent or the relevant Purchased Seller Subsidiary, as the case
may be.
(d) License
Agreements. Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. shall have
executed and delivered the Intellectual Property License Agreement and the
Trademark License Agreement and each such agreement shall be in full force and effect
and shall not have been breached in any material respect by General IP.
(e) Consents.
(i) Each of the Consents set forth on Section 7.3(e) of the Disclosure Letter
shall have been obtained in a form reasonably acceptable to Purchaser and shall
be in full force and effect, and (ii) all other Consents required to be
obtained in connection with the
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transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have
been obtained and shall be in full force and effect, except in the case of
clause (ii) where the failure to obtain any such Consents has not had and could
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Seller
Material Adverse Effect.
(f) No
Seller Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement there
shall have been no event, condition, change or development, worsening of any
existing event, condition, change or development (except as relates to Excluded
Assets, the failure to transfer to Purchaser the Excluded Assets or any failure
to obtain a consent with respect to CAD Licenses to the extent provided in
Section 6.18 hereto) that, individually or in combination with any other event,
condition, change, development or worsening thereof, has had or would
reasonably be expected to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(g) FIRPTA
Certificate. Purchaser shall have duly received certifications, duly
executed and acknowledged, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Purchaser, certifying that the transactions contemplated hereunder are exempt
from withholding under Section 1445 of the Code.
ARTICLE VIII
CLOSING
8.1 Closing
Date.
Unless this Agreement shall have been terminated
pursuant to Article X hereof, the closing of the sale and transfer of the
Purchased Assets and the other transactions hereunder (the Closing)
shall take place at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, 135 Commonwealth
Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025 at 7:00 a.m.,
local time, and in such other places as are necessary to effect the
transactions to be consummated at the Closing, on the second Business Day
immediately following the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted, waiver of
all of the conditions in Article VII (other than those conditions which by
their nature are to be satisfied or, to the extent permitted, waived at the
Closing but subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted, waiver of
such conditions), or at such other time, date and place as shall be fixed by
mutual agreement of the Parties (such date of the Closing being herein referred
to as the Closing Date). The effective time (Effective Time)
of the Closing for tax, operational and all other matters shall be deemed to be
12:01 a.m., local time in each jurisdiction in which the Business is conducted,
on the Closing Date.
8.2 Purchaser
Obligations.
At the Closing, Purchaser
shall (i) deliver to Seller the payments required to be made on the Closing
Date, as provided in Section 3.2(a), and (ii) execute and deliver to Seller the
following in such form and substance as are reasonably acceptable to the Other
Sellers and Seller:
(a) the
documents described in Section 7.2;
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(b) such
instruments of conveyance with respect to the Purchased Assets, the Transferred
Business Intellectual Property, the Transferred Business Intellectual Property
Rights, Purchased Seller Subsidiaries and Assumed Liabilities as are referred
to in Section 2.3(a) and such other assignment and conveyance documents as
shall be necessary to convey the Purchased Assets, the Transferred Business
Intellectual Property, the Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights
and the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries and consummate the other transactions
contemplated hereby in each jurisdiction; and
(c) such
other documents and instruments as counsel for Purchaser and Seller mutually
agree to be reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions described
herein.
8.3 Seller
Parent, the Other Sellers and Seller Obligations.
At the Closing, Seller Parent, the Other Sellers and
Seller, as applicable, shall execute and deliver to Purchaser, and Seller
Parent and Seller shall cause such of its Subsidiaries as are party thereto to
execute and deliver to Purchaser, the following in such form and substance as
are reasonably acceptable to Purchaser:
(a) the
documents described in Section 7.3;
(b) such
instruments of conveyance with respect to the Purchased Assets, the Transferred
Business Intellectual Property, the Transferred Business Intellectual Property
Rights, Purchased Seller Subsidiaries and Assumed Liabilities as are referred
to in Section 2.3(a) and such other assignment and conveyance documents as
shall be necessary to convey the Purchased Assets, the Transferred Business
Intellectual Property and the Transferred Business Intellectual Property
Rights, and consummate the other transactions contemplated hereby including the
sublicense, transfer or acquisition of the sublicense of CAD licenses as and to
the extent provided in Section 6.18; and
(c) such
other documents and instruments as counsel for Purchaser and Seller mutually
agree to be reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions described
herein.
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 Indemnification.
(a) Following
the Closing and subject to the terms and conditions of this Article IX, Seller
Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Purchaser, its Affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees,
stockholders, assigns and successors (each, a Purchaser Indemnified Party)
from and against, and shall compensate and reimburse each Purchaser Indemnified
Party for, all Losses imposed upon or incurred by such Purchaser Indemnified
Party (Purchaser Losses), with respect to (i) any failure of any
representation or warranty of Seller set forth in this Agreement (other than
Section 4.10, indemnification for the breach of which is covered by Section 6.14(e))
or in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.2(a) to be true and
correct, (ii) any breach of any covenant or agreement of Seller herein or
(iii) any Excluded Liabilities, it being understood that each
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Purchaser Loss shall be calculated net of any Tax Benefit
realized by such Purchaser Indemnified Party, as set forth more fully in
Section 9.3(c). Seller shall act as agent for Seller Parent and the Other
Sellers in connection with this Article IX. Purchaser shall not be entitled to
recover more than once for the same Purchaser Loss.
(b) Following
the Closing and subject to the terms and conditions provided in this Article
IX, Purchaser shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Other Sellers,
Seller and their Affiliates and their respective officers, directors,
employees, stockholders, assigns and successors (each, a Seller Indemnified
Party) from and against, and shall compensate and reimburse each Seller
Indemnified Party for, all Losses imposed upon or incurred by such Seller
Indemnified Party (Seller Losses), with respect to (i) the
failure of any representation or warranty of Purchaser set forth in this
Agreement or in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.3(a) to be true
and correct, (ii) any breach of any covenant or agreement of Purchaser
herein, or (iii) any of the Assumed Liabilities, it being understood that
each Seller Loss shall be calculated net of any Tax Benefit realized by such
Seller Indemnified Party, as set forth more fully in Section 9.3(c). The Other
Sellers and Seller shall not be entitled to recover more than once for the same
Seller Loss.
(c) For
purposes of the foregoing Sections 9.1(a)(i) and 9.1(b)(i), in determining the
amount of any Purchaser Losses or Seller Losses, as the case may be, no effect
shall be given to any qualification in the relevant representations and
warranties as to materiality or Seller Material Adverse Effect (other than for
purposes of clause (b) of Section 4.7, Section 4.8(i), Section 4.16(b) and
the last sentence of Section 4.18, none of which shall be subject to this
Section 9.1(c)); provided that full effect shall be given to all such
qualifications for purposes of determining the existence of a breach of any
representation or warranty.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Purchaser Losses and Seller Losses shall not include, and in no
event shall any Purchaser Loss or Seller Loss be recoverable under the terms of
this Agreement to the extent it consists of, punitive, special or exemplary
damages, except to the extent such punitive, special or exemplary damages are
awarded against any Purchaser Indemnified Party or Seller Indemnified Party, as
the case may be, in a third-party claim.
9.2 Certain
Limitations.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, Seller Parent, Seller and Other
Sellers shall not be obligated to indemnify Purchaser Indemnified Parties for
aggregate Purchaser Losses under this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(a)(i)
in excess of $24,000,000; provided, however, that such limitation shall
not apply with respect to a breach of a representation or warranty made by
Seller (its Subsidiaries or the Other Sellers) in Section 4.1, 4.2(a), 4.3,
4.5, 4.9 or 4.10. In addition, Seller Parent, Seller and the Other Sellers
shall not be obligated to indemnify Purchaser Indemnified Parties for aggregate
Purchaser Losses under this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 9.1(a)(ii),
9.1(a)(iii) or 6.13(e)) in excess of an amount equal to the Purchase Price.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, Seller Parent, Seller and the Other
Sellers shall not be obligated to indemnify Purchaser Indemnified Parties under
this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(a)(i), (x) with respect to any individual Purchaser
Loss
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or series of related Purchaser Losses of less than
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) (the Minimum Amount) and (y) unless
and until the aggregate Purchaser Losses (excluding individual Purchaser Losses
or related Purchaser Losses less than the Minimum Amount) subject to such
indemnification collectively exceed one percent (1.0%) of the Purchase Price
(the Threshold), whereupon such indemnification shall be made by
Seller only with respect to the amount of such Purchaser Losses (excluding
individual Purchaser Losses or related Purchaser Losses less than the Minimum
Amount) in excess of the Threshold; provided, however, that the
Threshold shall not apply to any breach of a representation or warranty made by
Seller in Sections 4.1, 4.2(a), 4.3, 4.5, 4.9 or 4.10.
(c) The
representations and warranties of the Seller Parties and Purchaser contained in
Article IV and Article V, respectively, of this Agreement shall survive
the Closing until September 15, 2007; provided that the representations
and warranties set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.2(a), 4.3, 4.5, 4.9, 5.1, 5.2(a)
and 5.5 shall survive indefinitely and the representations and warranties set
forth in Section 4.10 shall survive until the expiration of the applicable
statute of limitations. The covenants and agreements contained in this
Agreement shall survive the Closing until the date or dates explicitly
specified therein or, if not so specified, until the expiration of the
applicable statute of limitations with respect to the matters contained
therein.
(d) The
obligations to indemnify and hold harmless a Party pursuant to Sections 6.14(e), 9.1(a)(i),
9.1(a)(ii), 9.1(b)(i) or 9.1(b)(ii) shall terminate when the applicable
representation, warranty or covenant terminates pursuant to Section 9.2(c); provided,
however, that such obligations to indemnify and hold harmless shall not
terminate with respect to any item as to which the Seller Indemnified Party or
Purchaser Indemnified Party, as the case may be, to be indemnified (each, an Indemnified
Party) shall have, before the expiration of the applicable survival
period, previously made a claim by delivering a written notice (stating in
reasonable detail the basis of such claim) to the Indemnifying Party.
9.3 Procedures
for Third-Party Claims and Excluded Liabilities.
(a) General
Procedures. Promptly (but in no event later than ten (10) days) after the
receipt by any Indemnified Party of a notice of any Proceeding by any third
party that may be subject to indemnification under this Article IX, including
any Proceeding relating to any Excluded Liability or Assumed Liability, such
Indemnified Party shall give written notice of such Proceeding to the
indemnifying Party hereunder (the Indemnifying Party), stating in
reasonable detail the nature and basis of each claim made in the Proceeding and
the amount thereof, to the extent known, along with copies of the relevant
documents received by the Indemnified Party evidencing the Proceeding and the
basis for indemnification sought. Failure of the Indemnified Party to give such
notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from liability on account of
this indemnification, except if and only to the extent that the Indemnifying
Party is actually prejudiced thereby. Thereafter, the Indemnified Party shall
deliver to the Indemnifying Party, promptly after the Indemnified Partys
receipt thereof, copies of all notices and documents (including court papers)
received by the Indemnified Party relating to the Proceeding. The Indemnifying
Party shall have the right to assume the defense of the Indemnified Party
against the third party claim upon written notice to the Indemnified Party
delivered within thirty (30) days after receipt of the particular notice from
the Indemnified Party; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party
shall not have the right to assume the defense of
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the third party claim if it (x) seeks as a remedy the
imposition of an equitable remedy that is binding upon Purchaser or the
Business or (y) the amounts of Losses could be reasonably expected to exceed
the amounts for which the Indemnifying Party is obligated to indemnify. So long
as the Indemnifying Party has assumed the defense of the third party claim in
accordance herewith and notified the Indemnified Party in writing thereof,
(i) the Indemnified Party may retain separate co-counsel at its sole cost
and expense and participate in the defense of the third party claim, it being
understood that the Indemnifying Party shall pay all reasonable costs and
expenses of counsel for the Indemnified Party after such time as the
Indemnified Party has notified the Indemnifying Party of such third party claim
and prior to such time as the Indemnifying Party has notified the Indemnified
Party that it has assumed the defense of such third party claim, (ii) the
Indemnified Party shall not file any papers or consent to the entry of any
judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to the third party claim
without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party (not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and (iii) the Indemnifying
Party will not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement with respect to the third party claim (other than a judgment or
settlement that is solely for money damages in an amount less than the remaining
balance of the limitations on indemnity set forth in Section 9.2 and is
accompanied by a release of all indemnifiable claims against the Indemnified
Party) without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Whether or not the Indemnifying
Party shall have assumed the defense, such Indemnifying Party shall not be
obligated to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Party hereunder for
any settlement entered into without the Indemnifying Partys prior written
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 9.3(a)
shall not apply to any claim with respect to Taxes, which shall be governed solely
by Section 6.14.
(b) Equitable
Remedies. In the case of any third party claims where the Indemnifying
Party reasonably believes that it would be appropriate to settle such claim
using equitable remedies (i.e., remedies involving the future activity and
conduct of the Business), the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party
shall work together in good faith to agree to a settlement; provided,
however, that no Party shall be under any obligation to agree to any such
settlement.
(c) Treatment
of Indemnification Payments; Insurance Recoveries. Any payment made
pursuant to the indemnification obligations arising under this Agreement shall
be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price. Any indemnity payment under
this Agreement shall be decreased by any amounts actually recovered by the
Indemnified Party under third party insurance policies with respect to such
Loss (net of any premiums paid by such Indemnified Party under the relevant
insurance policy), each Party agreeing (i) to use all reasonable efforts to
recover all available insurance proceeds and (ii) to the extent that any
indemnity payment under this Agreement has been paid by the Indemnifying Party
to the Indemnified Party prior to the recovery by the Indemnified Party of such
insurance proceeds, such amounts actually recovered by the Indemnified Party
shall be promptly paid to the Indemnifying Party. If the amount of any Loss for
which indemnification is provided under this Agreement (an Indemnity Claim)
gives rise to a current deduction to the Indemnified Party making the claim,
the indemnity payment shall be reduced by the amount of the Tax Benefit of such
current deduction available to the Indemnified Party making the claim. Tax
Benefit means, with respect to any indemnity
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payment, the excess, if any, of (i) the
Indemnified Partys pro forma tax Liability for the taxable year in which it
accrues the indemnity payment, calculated on the basis of the facts and
circumstances actually pertaining to the Indemnified Party, but assuming for
purposes of this calculation that the Indemnified Party had not suffered the
loss giving rise to the Indemnification Claim or accrued the indemnity payment,
over (ii) the Indemnified Partys Adjusted Actual Tax Liability for such
taxable year in each case as calculated in good faith by the Indemnified Party.
The Adjusted Actual Tax Liability is the actual Tax Liability of the
Indemnified Party, taking into account the items excluded from the calculation
in clause (i).
9.4 Certain
Procedures.
(a) The
Indemnified Party shall notify the Indemnifying Party promptly of its discovery
of any matter that may give rise to a claim for indemnification pursuant hereto.
The Indemnified Party shall cooperate and assist the Indemnifying Party in
determining the validity of any claim for indemnity by the Indemnified Party
and in otherwise resolving such matters. Subject to the provisions of Section
9.3, in connection with any actual or threatened claims by, or actual or threatened
litigation or other disputes with, third parties relating to Assumed
Liabilities or Excluded Liabilities, any such claims, litigation and disputes
being referred to as claims for purposes of this Section 9.4, the
Indemnified Party shall cooperate in the defense by the Indemnifying Party of
such claim (and the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party agree with
respect to all such claims that a common interest privilege agreement exists
between them), including, (i) permitting the Indemnifying Party to discuss
the claim with such officers, employees, consultants and representatives of the
Indemnified Party as the Indemnifying Party reasonably requests,
(ii) permitting the Indemnifying Party to have reasonable access to the
properties, books, records, papers, documents, plans, drawings, electronic
mail, databases and computers of the Indemnified Party at reasonable hours to
review information and documentation relative to the properties, books,
records, papers, documents, plans, drawings, electronic mail, databases and
computers, contracts, commitments and other records of the Indemnified Party,
(iii) providing to the Indemnifying Party copies of documents and samples
of Printer Products as the Indemnifying Party reasonably requests in connection
with defending such claim, (iv) permitting the Indemnifying Party to
conduct privileged interviews and witness preparation of officers, employees
and representatives of the Indemnified Party as the Indemnifying Party
reasonably requests, (v) preserving all properties, books, records,
papers, documents, plans, drawings, electronic mail and databases of the
Business relating to matters relating to Excluded Liabilities (in the case of
the Purchaser) and Assumed Liabilities (in the case of the Other Sellers) in
accordance with such Partys corporate documents retention policies, or longer
to the extent reasonably requested by the other Party in connection with any
actual or threatened action that would reasonably be expected to result in a
claim for indemnification hereunder, (vi) promptly collecting documents
and extracting information from documents for the Indemnifying Partys review
and use, as the Indemnifying Party reasonably requests, or allowing the
Indemnifying Partys representatives to do the same, (vii) notifying the
Indemnifying Party promptly of receipt by the Indemnified Party of any subpoena
or other third party request for documents or interviews and testimony,
(viii) providing to the Indemnifying Party copies of any documents produced
by the Indemnified Party in response to or compliance with any subpoena or
other third party request for documents, and (ix) permitting the
Indemnifying Party to conduct such other reasonable investigations and studies,
and take such other actions, as are reasonably necessary in connection with the
Indemnifying Partys defense or
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investigation of such claim. In connection with any
claims, except to the extent inconsistent with the Indemnified Partys
obligations under applicable Law and except to the extent that to do so would
subject the Indemnified Party or its employees, agents or representatives to
criminal or civil sanctions, (1) unless ordered by a court to do
otherwise, the Indemnified Party shall not produce documents to a third party
until the Indemnifying Party has been provided a reasonable opportunity to
review, copy and assert privileges covering such documents, (2) the
transfer to the Indemnified Party by the Indemnifying Party of documents covered
by the Indemnifying Partys attorney/client or work product privileges shall
not constitute a waiver of such privileges, (3) unless otherwise ordered
by a court, the Indemnified Party shall withhold from production to any third
party any documents as to which the Indemnifying Party asserts a privilege,
(4) the Indemnified Party shall defend in court any such privilege
asserted by the Indemnifying Party and (5) the Indemnified Party shall
permit the Indemnifying Party to prepare any employees of the Indemnified Party
required or requested to testify or otherwise be deposed or interviewed in
connection with any claim and to be present during any such testimony or
interviews.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement or in any Local Asset Transfer Agreement to the
contrary, Purchaser shall not make any claim for indemnification or otherwise
in any circumstances whatsoever against any Other Seller other than by means of
a claim against Seller as agent for such Subsidiary or Other Seller pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement unless Seller fails to satisfy its obligations
under this Article IX, and Purchaser shall indemnify Seller on its own behalf
and as agent for the Other Sellers against any claim for indemnification made
against the Other Seller contrary to this Section 9.4(b).
9.5 Remedies
Exclusive.
Following the Closing, with the exception of remedies
based on fraud or Section 6.14(e), the remedies set forth in this Article IX
shall constitute the sole and exclusive remedy for money damages and shall be in
lieu of any other remedies for money damages that may be available to the
Indemnified Parties under any other agreement or pursuant to any statutory or
common law (including Environmental Law) with respect to any Losses of any kind
or nature incurred directly or indirectly resulting from or arising out of any
of this Agreement, the Business, the Purchased Assets, the Assumed Liabilities
or the Excluded Liabilities (it being understood that nothing in this Section 9.5
or elsewhere in this Agreement shall affect the Parties rights to specific
performance or other similar non-monetary equitable remedies with respect to
the covenants referred to in this Agreement to be performed after the Closing).
The Other Sellers, Seller Parent, Seller and Purchaser each hereby waive any
provision of any applicable Law to the extent that it would limit or restrict
the agreement contained in this Section 9.5.
ARTICLE X
TERMINATION
10.1 Termination
Events.
Without prejudice to other remedies which may be
available to the Parties by Law or this Agreement, this Agreement may be
terminated and the transactions contemplated herein may be abandoned:
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(a) by
mutual consent of the Parties;
(b) after
April 18, 2006 (the Outer Date), by any Party by notice to the other
Party if the Closing shall not have been consummated on or prior to the Outer
Date; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement
under this Section 10.1(b) shall not be available to any Party whose
failure or whose Affiliates failure to perform in all material respects any of its obligations
under this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the
Closing to occur on or before such date;
(c) by
any Party by notice to the other Party, if (i) a final, non-appealable order,
decree or ruling enjoining or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement to occur on the Closing Date has
been issued by any federal or state court in the United States having
jurisdiction (unless such order, decree or ruling has been withdrawn, reversed
or otherwise made inapplicable) or any U.S. federal or state Law has been
enacted that would make the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement to occur on the Closing Date illegal.
10.2 Effect
of Termination.
In the event of any termination of this Agreement as
provided in Section 10.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become wholly
void and of no further force and effect, all further obligations of the parties
under this Agreement shall terminate and there shall be no liability on the
part of any Party (or any stockholder, director, officer, employee, agent,
consultant or representative of such Party) to any other Party (or such other
persons or entities), except that the provisions of Sections 6.2(b), 6.4
and Article XI of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and the
Parties shall remain bound by and continue to be subject to the provisions
thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 10.2
shall not relieve either party of any liability for willful breach of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
11.1 Dispute
Resolution.
Except as otherwise set forth herein, resolution of any
and all disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement, whether
based on contract, tort, or otherwise (collectively, Disputes), shall
be exclusively governed by and settled in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 11.1.
(a) Negotiation.
The Parties shall make a good faith attempt to resolve any Dispute arising out
of or relating to this Agreement through negotiation. Within 30 days after
notice of a Dispute is given by either Party to the other Party, each Party
shall select a first tier negotiating team comprised of director or general
manager level employees of such Party and shall meet and make a good faith
attempt to resolve such Dispute and shall continue to negotiate in good faith
in an effort to resolve the Dispute or renegotiate the applicable Section or
provision without the necessity of any formal proceedings. If the first tier
negotiating teams are unable to agree within
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30 days of their first meeting, then each Party shall
select a second tier negotiating team comprised of vice president level
employees of such Party and shall meet within 30 days after the end of the
first 30 day negotiating period to attempt to resolve the matter. During the
course of negotiations under this Section 11.1, all reasonable requests
made by one Party to the other for information, including requests for copies
of relevant documents, will be honored. The specific format for such
negotiations will be left to the discretion of the designated negotiating teams
but may include the preparation of agreed upon statements of fact or written
statements of position furnished to the other Party. All negotiations between
the Parties pursuant to this Section 11.1(a) shall be treated as
compromise and settlement negotiations. Nothing said or disclosed, nor any
document produced, in the course of such negotiations that is not otherwise
independently discoverable shall be offered or received as evidence or used for
impeachment or for any other purpose in any current or future litigation.
(b) Failure
to Resolve Disputes. In the event that any Dispute arising out of or
related to this Agreement is not settled by the Parties within 15 days after
the first meeting of the second tier negotiating teams under Section 11.1(a),
the Parties may seek any remedies to which they may be entitled in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Proceedings.
Nothing herein, however, shall prohibit either Party from initiating litigation
or other judicial or administrative proceedings if such Party would be
substantially harmed by a failure to act during the time that such good faith
efforts are being made to resolve the Dispute through negotiation. In the event
that litigation is commenced under this Section 11.1(c), the Parties agree
to continue to attempt to resolve any Dispute according to the terms of
Section 11.1(a) during the course of such litigation proceedings under
this Section 11.1(c).
(d) Pay
and Dispute. Except as provided herein, in the event of any dispute regarding
payment of a third-party invoice (subject to standard verification of receipt
of products or services), the Party named in a third partys invoice must make
timely payment to such third party, even if the Party named in the invoice
desires to pursue the dispute resolution procedures outlined in this
Section 11.1. If the Party that paid the invoice is found pursuant to this
Section 11.1 to not be responsible for such payment, such paying Party
shall be entitled to reimbursement, with interest accrued at an annual rate of
the Prime Rate, from the Party found responsible for such payment.
11.2 Notices.
All communications provided for hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to be given when delivered in person, upon receipt
by the sender of answer-back confirmation when telefaxed, or on the next
Business Day when sent by overnight courier, and
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If to Purchaser:
Marvell International
Technology Ltd.
c/o Marvell
Semiconductor, Inc.
5488 Marvell Lane, MS-
5.2.589
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Attention: Vice President
and General Counsel
Fax: (408) 222-9177
with a copy to: Pillsbury
Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
50 Fremont Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Attention: Nathaniel
M. Cartmell III, Esq.
Stanton D. Wong, Esq.
Fax: (415) 983-1200
If to Seller Parent or the Other Sellers:
Avago Technologies Limited
c/o Avago Technologies US
Inc.
350 West Trimble Road
Building 90
San Jose, CA 95131
Attention: Rex S. Jackson, Esq.
Fax: (408) 435-6050
with a copy to: Latham
& Watkins LLP
135
Commonwealth Drive
Menlo
Park, CA 94025
Attention:
Peter F. Kerman, Esq.
Christopher Kaufman, Esq.
Fax: (650) 463-2600
or to such other address
as any such Party shall designate by written notice to the other Party.
11.3 Bulk
Transfers.
Purchaser waives compliance with the provisions of all
applicable Laws relating to bulk transfers in connection with the transfer of
the Purchased Assets.
11.4 Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared
by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable,
all other provisions of this Agreement and the application of such provision to
other persons or circumstances other than those which it is determined to be illegal, void or unenforceable, shall
not be impaired or otherwise affected and
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shall remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable Law, and the Other Sellers, Seller and Purchaser shall negotiate
in good faith to replace such illegal, void or unenforceable provision with a
provision that corresponds as closely as possible to the intentions of the
Parties as expressed by such illegal, void or unenforceable provision.
11.5 Purchaser
Parent Guarantee.
Purchaser Parent does hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally guarantee the performance by Purchaser of each and every
obligation of Purchaser under this Agreement, including the obligation to make
all payments which become due from Purchaser hereunder. In addition, Purchaser
Parent shall be responsible for the accuracy of each and every representation
and warranty made by Purchaser under this Agreement. The guaranty set forth in
this Section 11.5 shall in all respects be a continuing, absolute and unconditional
guaranty, and shall remain in full force until all guaranteed obligations are
performed in full. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser Parent shall be
entitled to assert any defenses to payment or performance that would be
available to Purchaser in any action commenced by any Seller Party to enforce
the foregoing guaranty
11.6 Further
Assurances; Further Cooperation.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including
Section 6.3), each of the Parties agrees to use commercially reasonable
efforts to execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all
documents and to take, or cause to be taken, all actions that may be reasonably
necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for Seller and
Purchaser, to effectuate the provisions of this Agreement, provided that
all such actions are in accordance with applicable Law. From time to time,
whether at or after the Closing, the Seller Parties (as appropriate) will
execute and deliver such further instruments of conveyance, transfer and
assignment and take such other action, at Purchasers sole expense, as
Purchaser may reasonably require to more effectively convey and transfer to
Purchaser any of the Purchased Assets, the Transferred Business Intellectual
Property, the Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights or the
Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, including documentation necessary to permit
Purchaser to record the transfer of the Transferred Business Intellectual
Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and Purchaser will
execute and deliver such further instruments and take such other action, at the
Seller Parties sole expense, as the Seller Parties may reasonably require to
more effectively assume the Assumed Liabilities.
11.7 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument. Copies of executed
counterparts transmitted by telecopy, telefax or other electronic transmission
service shall be considered original executed counterparts for purposes of this
Section 11.7.
11.8 Expenses.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, whether
or not the Closing occurs, the Parties shall each pay their respective expenses
(such as legal, investment banker and accounting
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fees) incurred in connection with the negotiation and execution of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
11.9 Assignment.
This Agreement shall not be assigned by either Party
without the prior written consent of the other Party, and any attempted
assignment, without such consent, shall be null and void; provided,
however, Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights and obligations under
this Agreement to any wholly-owned (other than director qualifying shares)
direct or indirect Subsidiary of Purchaser (provided that no such
assignment shall release Purchaser from any obligation under this Agreement) or
to a lender of Purchaser as collateral for bona fide indebtedness for money
borrowed or in connection with a merger, consolidation, conversion or sale of
assets of Purchaser. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be
binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the Parties and
their respective successors and permitted assigns.
11.10 Amendment;
Waiver.
This Agreement may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified only by a written instrument executed by both Parties. No
waiver by either Party of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective
unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the Party so waiving. Except
as provided in the preceding sentence, no action taken pursuant to this
Agreement, including any investigation by or on behalf of any Party, or a
failure or delay by any Party in exercising any power, right or privilege under
this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the Party taking such
action of compliance with any representations, warranties, covenants, or
agreements contained herein, and in any documents delivered or to be delivered
pursuant to this Agreement and in connection with the Closing hereunder. The
waiver by any Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not
operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.
11.11 Specific
Performance.
The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur
if any provision of this Agreement was not performed in accordance with the
terms hereof and thereof and that the Parties shall be entitled (without the
requirement to post a bond or other security) to an injunction or injunctions
to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and
provisions of this Agreement in addition to any other remedy to which they are
entitled at law or in equity. The rights and remedies of the Parties shall be
cumulative (and not alternative).
11.12 Third
Parties.
This Agreement does not create any rights, claims or
benefits inuring to any Person that is not a Party nor create or establish any
third party beneficiary hereto (including with respect to any Business
Employee) other than the provisions of Article IX hereof with respect to
indemnification.
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11.13 Governing
Law.
This Agreement and all claims arising out of this
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of
the State of California, without regard to any conflicts of law principles that
would result in the application of any law other than the law of the State of
California.
11.14 Consent
to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
Each Party irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the United States District Court located in Santa Clara County,
California, or if such court does not have jurisdiction, the superior courts of
the State of California located in Santa Clara County, for the purposes of any
suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any
transaction contemplated hereby. Each of the Parties, further agrees that
service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to
such Partys respective address set forth in Section 11.2 shall be
effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in California
with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction as set
forth above in the immediately preceding sentence. Each of the Parties,
irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of
any action, suit or proceeding set forth above arising out of this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby, and hereby further irrevocably and
unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that
any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought
in an inconvenient forum. The Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
waive trial by jury in any legal action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and for any
counterclaim with respect thereto.
11.15 Disclosure
Letter.
Disclosures included in the Disclosure Letter shall be
considered to be made for purposes of all other sections to the Disclosure
Letter to the extent that the relevance of any disclosure to any such other
section of the Disclosure Letter is reasonably apparent. Inclusion of any
matter or item in the Disclosure Letter does not imply that such matter or item
would, under the provisions of this Agreement, have to be included in the
Disclosure Letter or that such matter or item is otherwise material.
11.16 Entire
Agreement.
The Confidentiality Agreement, the Transaction
Documents, Annex A, the Disclosure Letter and the Exhibits hereto and any
other agreements between Purchaser and the Seller Parties entered into on the
date hereof set forth the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to
the subject matter hereof and there are no agreements, understandings,
representations or warranties between the Parties or their respective
Subsidiaries other than those set forth or referred to herein or therein. In
the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and any
other Transaction Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.
11.17 Time
is of the Essence.
Time
is of the essence with respect to the performance of this Agreement.
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11.18 Section
Headings; Table of Contents.
The section headings contained in this Agreement and
the Table of Contents to this Agreement are for reference purposes only and
shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Purchase and
Sale Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
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ANNEX A
Adjusted
Actual Tax Liability shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.3(c).
Affiliate
of a Person means a Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
the first mentioned Person. For purposes of this definition, control, when
used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities or by contract or
otherwise, and the terms controlling and controlled by have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
Angel
shall mean Agilent Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Angel
Plans shall mean each employee benefit plan in which the Business
Employees participated, as an employee of Angel or its Subsidiaries,
immediately prior to the close of the Semiconductor Business Purchase
Agreement.
Agreement
shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals to the Agreement.
Allocation
Schedule shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
Ancillary
Agreements shall have the meaning as set forth in Section 2.3.
Antitrust
Regulations shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b).
Applicable
Revenues shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a)(i).
Applicable
Revenues Statement shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.3(d)(i).
Assigned
Leases shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(b).
Assigned
Real Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(b).
Assignment
and Assumption Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3(a).
Assignment
Consent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(a).
Assumed
Liabilities shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
Audited
Semiconductor Business Financial Statements shall mean the audited
combined balance sheets of the Semiconductor Products Business of Angel for the
fiscal years ended October 31, 2005 and October 31, 2004 and the related
audited combined statements of operations, of invested equity and of
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended October
31, 2005.
Automatic
Transferred Employees shall mean those Business Employees where local
employment Laws, including but not limited to the Transfer Regulations, provide
for an
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automatic transfer of employees
upon the transfer of a business as a going concern and such transfer occurs by
operation of Law.
Base
Inventory shall means Thirteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars
($13,700,000).
Bill of
Sale shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
Boise
Lease shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(c).
Books and
Records shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(d).
Business
means the business of the design, development, research, manufacture, supply,
distribution, sale, support and maintenance of Printer Products.
Business
Competitor shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.9.
Business
Day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks
in New York City are permitted or required by Law to close.
Business
Employee shall mean (i) the employees of Seller Parent, the Other
Sellers, Seller, Angel and their Subsidiaries set forth in Section A of
the Disclosure Letter, including (A) any such employees on temporary leave
for purposes of jury or annual two-week national service/military duty,
employees on vacation and employees on a regularly scheduled day off from work
and (B) any such employees who on the Closing Date are on maternity or
paternity leave, education leave, military leave with veterans re-employment
rights under federal Law, leave under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 or
equivalent provisions in other jurisdictions, approved personal leave, short-term
disability leave or medical leave but, unless otherwise required under local
employment Laws, excluding any such employees on long-term disability or whose
employment with Seller Parent and its Subsidiaries has terminated prior to the
Closing, (ii) each additional employee of the Other Sellers, Seller,
Seller Parent and their Subsidiaries hired by the Business between the date
hereof and the Closing Date in the ordinary course of business or hired by the
Other Sellers, Seller, Seller Parent, Angel and their Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business to replace employees identified in Section A
of the Disclosure Letter who have terminated employment or taken leave between the
date hereof and the Closing Date and (iii) each other employee of the
Other Sellers, Seller, Seller Parent and their Subsidiaries that Seller and
Purchaser have mutually agreed to prior to the Closing Date or whose transfer
to Purchaser and its Subsidiaries is required under local Law.
Business
Environmental Liabilities means any liability, obligation, judgment,
penalty, fine, cost or expense, of any kind or nature, or the duty to
indemnify, defend or reimburse any Person with respect to: (i) the presence at
any time of any Hazardous Materials as of, prior to or following the Closing
Date in the soil, groundwater, surface water, air or building materials of the
Assigned Real Property (Business Contamination); (ii) the migration at
any time as of, prior to or after the Closing Date of Business Contamination to
any other real property, or the soil, groundwater, surface water, air or
building materials thereof; (iii) any Hazardous Materials Activity
conducted on the Assigned Real Property at any time as of, prior to or
following the Closing Date (Business Hazardous Materials Activities);
(iv) the exposure of any person to
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Hazardous Materials in the
course of or as a consequence of any Business Hazardous Materials Activities or
to Business Contamination, without regard to whether any health effect of the
exposure has been manifested as of the Closing Date; (v) the violation of any
Environmental Laws to the extent (but only to the extent) arising out of or
relating to the Business or the Purchased Assets or in connection with any
Business Hazardous Materials Activities; and (vi) any actions or proceedings
brought or threatened by any third party with respect to any of the foregoing.
Business
Financial Statements shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.16(a).
Business
Intellectual Property Licenses shall mean any agreement under which (i) a
third party has licensed any Business Intellectual Property Rights to a Seller
Party or General IP that is used exclusively in the Business, or (ii) a
Seller Party or General IP has licensed any Business Intellectual Property
Rights to any third party, other than Customer Contracts and Supplier
Contracts.
Business
Intellectual Property Rights means Intellectual Property Rights in and to
Business Technology and Intellectual Property Rights owned or used in the
Business.
Business
Technology means any Technology that is used in the conduct of the
Business as of the Closing.
CAD
Licenses shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
CAD
Licensor shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.18(a).
China
Lease shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(b).
Closing
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.
Closing
Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.
COBRA
means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.
Code
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Competing
Business shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.9.
Confidential
Information shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(b).
Confidentiality
Agreement shall mean that certain letter agreement dated January 30, 2006
by and between Seller Parent and Purchaser Parent.
Contract
means any written or oral commitment, contract, subcontract, license,
sublicense, lease, understanding, instrument, indenture, note or legally
binding commitment or undertaking of any nature.
Corvallis
Lease shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(b).
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Current
Employment Terms shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(a)(ii).
Customer
Contract means any Contract between any of the Seller Parties or any of
their Subsidiaries on the one hand and a customer, distributor or dealer of
Seller or any of its Subsidiaries on the other hand for the purchase, sale,
distribution, marketing, servicing, support or manufacturing (or similar
matters) of Printer Products.
Designated
Employees shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(k).
Disclosure
Letter shall have the meaning set forth in the first sentence of
Article IV.
Disputes
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.
DOJ
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(c).
Dollars
or $, when used in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document,
shall mean United States dollars unless otherwise stated.
Earnout
Arbitrator shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(d)(iv).
Earnout
Discussion Period shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.3(d)(iv).
Earnout
Proposed Adjustment Notice shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.3(d)(iii).
Earnout
Review Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(d)(ii).
Effective
Time shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.
Environmental
Claim shall mean any written claim, proceeding, suit, complaint, or notice
of violation alleging violation of, or liability under, any Environmental Laws.
Environmental
Laws shall mean any applicable foreign, federal, state or local Laws,
statutes, regulations, codes, ordinances, permits, decrees, orders or common
law relating to, or imposing standards regarding the protection or clean-up of
the environment, any Hazardous Material Activity, the preservation or protection
of waterways, groundwater, drinking water, air, wildlife, plants or other
natural resources, or the exposure of any individual to Hazardous Materials,
including without limitation protection of health and safety of employees. Environmental
Laws shall include, without limitation, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide
Rodenticide Act, Resource Conservation & Recovery Act, Clean Water Act,
Safe Drinking Water Act, Atomic Energy Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act,
Toxic Substance Control Act, Clean Air Act, Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act, Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and all analogous or
related foreign, federal state or local law, each as amended.
ERISA
Affiliate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.11(f).
Estimated
Inventory shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(b).
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Excluded
Assets shall mean the assets of Seller and its Subsidiaries other than the
Purchased Assets and the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, including those assets
identified on Exhibit F.
Excluded
Liabilities shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).
Filing
Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.14(a)(ii).
Final
Closing Statement of Inventory shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(d).
Final
Inventory shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c).
FTC
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(c).
FY2006
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a)(ii).
FY2007
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a)(ii).
GAAP
means United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time to time applied consistently with the principles used in preparing the
Audited Semiconductor Business Financial Statements.
Governmental
Authority shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.
Hazardous
Materials shall mean any infectious, carcinogenic, radioactive, toxic or
hazardous chemical or chemical compound, or any pollutant, contaminant or
hazardous substance, material or waste, in each case, whether solid, liquid or
gas, including, without limitation, petroleum, petroleum products, by-products
or derivatives and asbestos and any other substance, material or waste that is
subject to regulation, control or remediation under any Environmental Law.
Hazardous
Materials Activity means the transportation, transfer, recycling, storage,
use, disposal, arranging for disposal, treatment, manufacture, removal,
remediation, release, exposure of others to, sale, or distribution of any
Hazardous Material or any product or waste containing a Hazardous Material, or
product manufactured with Ozone depleting substances, including, without
limitation, any required labeling, payment of waste fees or charges (including
so-called e-waste fees) and compliance with any product take-back or product
content requirements.
HSR Act
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(b).
Indebtedness
means (i) all outstanding obligations for senior debt and subordinated debt and
any other outstanding obligation for borrowed money, including that evidenced
by notes, bonds, debentures or other instruments (and including all outstanding
principal, prepayment premiums, if any, and accrued interest, fees and expenses
related thereto), (ii) any outstanding obligations under capital leases and
purchase money obligations (other than as included in Accounts Payable), (iii)
any amounts owed with respect to drawn letters of credit and
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(iv) any outstanding guarantees
of obligations of the type described in clauses (i) through (iii) above.
Indemnified
Party shall mean a Purchaser Indemnified Party or a Seller Indemnified
Party, as the case may be.
Indemnifying
Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(a).
Indemnity
Claim shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(c).
India
Lease shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(b).
Industry-Wide
Plan means any scheme, plan, fund or arrangement, which provides
Retirement Benefits to or in respect of Automatic Transfer Employees in which
employers may participate even if they are not within the same corporate group
as the other participating employers.
Intellectual
Property License Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.11.
Intellectual
Property Rights means the rights associated with the following: (a) United States and foreign patents
and applications therefor (including any continuations, continuations in part,
divisionals, reissues, renewals, extensions or modifications for any of the
foregoing) (Patents);
(b) trade secret rights and all other rights in or to confidential
business or technical information (Trade
Secrets); (c) copyrights, copyright registrations and
applications therefor and all other rights corresponding thereto (Copyrights); (d) trademarks,
trade names, service marks, service names, trade dress rights and similar
designation of origin and rights therein, and all goodwill symbolized thereby
and associated therewith (Trademarks);
(e) Uniform Resource Locators, Web site addresses and domain names (Internet Properties); (f)
industrial design rights and any registrations and applications therefore (Industrial
Designs); (g) rights in databases and data collections (including
knowledge databases, customer lists and customer databases) under the laws of
the United States or any other jurisdiction, whether registered or
unregistered, and any applications for registration thereof (Database
Rights); (h) mask works, and mask work registrations and applications
therefor (Mask Works);
and (i) any similar, corresponding or equivalent rights to any of the
foregoing any where in the world. Intellectual Property Rights specifically
excludes contractual rights (including license grants) and also excludes the
tangible embodiment of any of the foregoing.
Inventory
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c).
Inventory
Arbitrator shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(g).
Inventory
Deficiency Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c).
Inventory
Discussion Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(g).
Inventory
Excess Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c).
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Inventory
Proposed Adjustment Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(f).
Inventory
Review Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(e).
IPC
shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals to the Agreement.
IPC
Capital Stock shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals to the
Agreement.
IRS
shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.
IT
Infrastructure means all IT systems; network or telecommunications
equipment and software; desktop computer software; accounting, finance and
database software; general software development and control systems; and tools,
environments and other general IT functionality used in the operation of both
the Retained Business and the Business but excluding Transferred IT
Infrastructure. For the avoidance of doubt, IT Infrastructure does not
include any data or other information with respect to the Business contained in
such software, systems, tools, or environments.
Joinder
shall mean a joinder agreement substantially in form of Exhibit I.
To the
knowledge of a Party shall mean, with respect to Seller, actual knowledge
of Richard Chang, Adam Clammer, Ken Hao, Tony Ling, James Stewart, Kathy Breidenbach,
Floyd Anderson and Rex Jackson, and with respect to Purchaser, the actual
knowledge of George Hervey and Matthew Gloss.
Landlord
shall mean a landlord, sublandlord, licensor or other party granting the right
to use or occupy real property.
Landlord
Consent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).
Law
means any law, treaty, statute, ordinance, rule, principle of common law or
equity, code or regulation of a Governmental Authority or judgment, decree,
order, writ, award, injunction or determination of an arbitrator or court or
other Governmental Authority.
Lease
shall mean a lease, sublease, license or other agreement permitting the use or
occupancy of real property, including any amendments, modifications,
supplements, renewals, extensions and guaranties related thereto.
Liabilities
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
Licensed
Business Intellectual Property Rights means Business Intellectual Property
Rights which as of the Closing Date are owned by Seller or any Subsidiary, or
to which Seller or any Subsidiary has the right to grant licenses to Purchaser
of the scope granted in the Intellectual Property License Agreement without the
payment of royalties or other consideration to third parties, in each case other
than Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights.
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Licensed
Business Technology means Business Technology that as of the Closing Date
is owned by Seller or any Affiliate, or to which Seller or any Affiliate has
the right to grant licenses to Purchaser of the scope granted in the
Intellectual Property License Agreement without the payment of royalties or
other consideration to third parties, in each case other than Transferred
Business Technology.
Liens
shall mean any mortgage, easement, lease, sublease, right of way, trust or
title retention agreement, pledge, lien (including any lien for unpaid Taxes),
charge, security interest, option or any restriction or other encumbrance of
any kind.
Local
Asset Transfer Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3.
Losses
means any and all losses, damages, liabilities, costs (including reasonable out-of-pocket
costs of investigation) and expenses, including interest, penalties, settlement
costs, judgments, awards, fines, costs of mitigation, losses in connection with
any Environmental Law (including any clean-up or remedial action), court costs
and fees (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses).
Master
Separation Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.8(a).
Minimum
Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(b).
NDAs
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.19.
Non-U.S.
Angel Plans means employee benefit plan in which the non-U.S Employees
participated, as an employee of Angel or its Subsidiaries, immediately prior to
the close of the Semiconductor Business Purchase Agreement.
Non-U.S.
Benefit Plans means each plan, scheme, fund or arrangement of Seller and
its Subsidiaries within the Business operated outside the United States which
provides Retirement Benefits to or in respect of Non-U.S. Employees, including
any such plan, scheme, fund or arrangement which has not been disclosed to
Purchaser, but not including any mandatory government or social security
pension arrangements, or any other plans, funds or arrangements operated
entirely within the United States or primarily for the benefit of employees of
Seller and its Subsidiaries who are not Non-U.S. Employees.
Non-U.S.
Employees means each Business Employee employed other than in the United
States by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, other than any employees
considered to be U.S. expatriates by Seller.
Non-U.S.
Former Employees shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.7.
Notification
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.14(d).
ordinary
course of business means in the ordinary course of the operation of the
Business, consistent with past practices of the Business.
Other
Sellers shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
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Outer Date
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b).
Party
and Parties shall have the respective meanings set forth in the
Recitals to this Agreement.
Parent
shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Permits
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.13.
Permitted
Liens shall mean (i) Liens for Taxes, assessments and other
governmental charges not yet due and payable or, if due, either (A) not
delinquent or (B) being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, (ii) mechanics, workmens, repairmens, warehousemens,
carriers or other similar Liens, including all statutory Liens, arising or
incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iii) protective filings
related to operating leases with third parties entered into in the ordinary
course of business, (iv) Liens that do not materially affect the ownership
or use of the underlying Purchased Asset or Purchased Seller Subsidiaries for
the purpose it is being utilized for by Seller or its Subsidiaries on the
Closing Date, and (v) for purposes of Sections 4.5 and 6.8, Liens which
would not, take together with all other Liens described in clauses (i) through
(iv) above, reasonably be expected to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
Person
means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
association, trust, incorporated organization, other entity or group (as
defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
Preparing
Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.14(a).
Prime Rate
shall mean the rate of interest as announced from time to time by JPMorgan
Chase at its principal office in New York City as its prime lending rate, the
Prime Rate to change when and if such prime lending rate changes.
Printer
Products means digital CMOS application specific integrated circuits (ASICs)
and systems on chips (SOCs) specifically designed for image processing
associated with inkjet and laser jet printer systems. For each of the above, Printer
Products includes the board level designs for, and the software and firmware
incorporated with, such Printer Products. Printer Products do not include
ASICs or SOCs for analog signal processing, optoelectronic functionality,
motion control or navigation purposes or other electronic components for
driving motors, or pens and toner cartridges.
Proceeding
means any claim, action, arbitration, audit, hearing, inquiry, examination,
proceeding, investigation, litigation or suit (whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative) commenced, brought, conducted, or heard by or
before, or otherwise involving any Governmental Authority or arbitrator.
Purchase
Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
Purchased
Assets shall mean the assets set forth in Exhibit H and all of the
goodwill associated therewith.
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Purchased
Seller Subsidiaries shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals to
the Agreement.
Purchased
Subsidiary Interests shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals to
the Agreement.
Purchaser
shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals to the Agreement.
Purchaser
Disclosure Letter shall have the meaning set forth in ARTICLE V.
Purchaser
Indemnified Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(a).
Purchaser
Losses shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(a).
Purchaser
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on the ability of
Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and any documents
delivered or entered into in connection herewith.
Purchaser
Parent shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Purchaser
Plans shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(a)(v).
Purchasers
401(k) Plan shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(e).
Release
shall be defined as that term is defined in 42 U.S.C. § 9601 (22).
Restructuring
shall mean the formation of any Subsidiaries or Affiliates of Seller Parent and
the transfer, assignment, conveyance of assets and rights from Seller Parent or
Seller to such Affiliates and the assumption of Liabilities by such Affiliates
from Seller Parent or Seller.
Retained
Business means the design, manufacture and sale of semi-conductor products
by Seller and its Affiliates other than the Business.
Retirement
Benefits means any pension, lump sum, gratuity or similar benefit provided
or to be provided on or after retirement (including early retirement), death or
disability in respect of an Employees employment, but excluding benefits
provided under an arrangement, the sole purpose of which is to provide benefits
on the accidental injury or death of an Automatic Transfer Employee.
SEC shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b).
Section
6.7(f) Obligations shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.7(f).
Securities
Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Seller
shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
Seller
Corporate Policies shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.13.
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Seller
Facility shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
Seller
Fiscal Years shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a)(ii).
Seller
Indemnified Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(a).
Seller
Losses shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(a).
Seller
Material Adverse Effect means any change, circumstance, event or effect
that is materially adverse to the Purchased Assets or to the business,
operations, financial condition or results of operations of the Business, in
each case taken as a whole, provided that none of the following shall be
deemed, either alone, or in combination, to constitute a Seller Material
Adverse Effect: any change,
circumstance, event or effect resulting
from or arising out of (a) the public announcement of the entering into of
this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the pendency of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) except for the transactions
contemplated by Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3, the performance by Seller or any
Other Seller of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents, (c) general economic conditions, including prevailing interest
rates, (d) general conditions in the industry in which the Business is
conducted, (e) any change related to the Excluded Assets that does not
materially adversely affect the Business, the Purchased Assets, the Transferred
Business Intellectual Property, the Transferred Business Intellectual Property
Rights or the Purchased Seller Subsidiaries, (f) any change in the
relationship between any of the Seller Parties and The Hewlett-Packard Company
(including (i) any decision by The Hewlett-Packard Company to refuse to give
any Consent under any Transferred Contract in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents or to assert
any infringement claims against the Seller Parties or Purchaser as a result of
the transfer of the Business pursuant to this Agreement, or (ii) any indication
by The Hewlett-Packard Company of its intention to terminate or otherwise
materially adversely change its relationship with the Business), (g) any
natural disaster or any act of terrorism, sabotage, military action or war
(whether or not declared) or any escalation or worsening thereof unless, in the
case of the foregoing clauses (c),(d) and (g), such changes, circumstances,
events or effects referred to therein materially disproportionately impact the
Business relative to the industry in which the Business competes as a whole; provided
that in determining whether a Seller Material Adverse Effect has occurred with
respect to changes, circumstances, events or effects resulting from or arising
out of one or more Contracts, it shall be taken into consideration whether such
alternatives or replacements to such Contracts are commercially available on
comparable terms without disruption to the Business.
Seller
Parent shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
Seller
Parties shall mean Seller Parent, Seller and all Affiliates of Seller
Parent and Seller that own, lease, license or hold any Purchased Assets,
Transferred Business Intellectual Property and Transferred Business
Intellectual Property Rights, or operates any portion of the Business.
Seller
Plans shall mean each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended (ERISA)),
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and each severance, change in
control, retention or employment plan, program or agreement, and vacation,
incentive, bonus, stock option, stock purchase, and restricted stock plan,
program or policy under which any employee or former employee of the Business
has any present or future right to benefits and under which Seller Parent,
Seller or any of their ERISA Affiliates has had or has any present or future
liability.
Semiconductor
Business Purchase Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.9(a).
Statement
of Operating Revenue and Expenses shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.16(a).
Statement
of Purchased Net Assets shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.16.
Straddle
Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.14(b)(iii).
Sublease
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(b).
Subleased
Real Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(b).
Subsidiary
or Subsidiaries of Purchaser, Seller or any other Person means any
corporation, partnership or other legal entity of which Purchaser, Seller or
such other Person, as the case may be (either alone or through or together with
any other Subsidiary), owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the stock
or other equity interests the holder of which is generally entitled to vote for
the election of the board of directors or other governing body of such
corporation or other legal entity.
Supplier
Contract means any Contract between the Seller Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries on the one hand and a supplier of Seller Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries on the other hand for the purchase or sale of components,
subsystems, complete systems or other materials used in the manufacture of the
Printer Products or to the extent relating to the Business, and agreements or
arrangements with regard to purchase or return of inventory of such components,
subsystems, complete systems, materials or Printer Products.
Tax
or Taxes shall mean any and all U.S. federal, state, local and
non-U.S. taxes, assessments and other governmental charges, duties, impositions
and liabilities, including taxes based upon or measured by gross receipts, income,
profits, sales, use and occupation, and value added, ad valorem, GST, transfer,
franchise, withholding, payroll, recapture, employment, excise and property
taxes, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect
to such amounts.
Tax
Benefit shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(c).
Tax Claim
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.14(d).
Tax Return
shall mean any return, declaration, report, election, disclosure, form,
estimated return and information statement relating to Taxes, including any
schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.
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Technology
means tangible embodiments, whether in electronic, written or other media, of
technology, including designs, design and manufacturing documentation (such as
bill of materials, build instructions and test reports), schematics,
algorithms, routines, formulae, software, databases, lab notebooks,
specifications, development and lab equipment, processes, prototypes, know-how
and devices. Technology does not include Intellectual Property Rights,
including any Intellectual Property Rights in any of the foregoing.
Threshold
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(b).
Trademark
License Agreement shall mean a license agreement substantially in the form
of Exhibit G.
Transaction
Documents shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).
Transfer
Regulations means the Council Directive 77/187/EEC of 14 February 1977 on
the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding
of employees rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or
parts of businesses (and its amendments) (collectively referred to as Acquired
Rights Directive) and the legislation and regulations of any EU Member State
implementing such Acquired Rights Directive.
Transfer
Taxes shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.14(a)(i).
Transferred
Business Intellectual Property means (i) the Patents listed on Schedule
1 hereto with such changes as may be further agreed to in writing prior to
the Closing Date, the Trademarks listed on Schedule 2 hereto, and
the Internet Properties listed on Schedule 3 hereto, and
(ii) those Trade Secrets, Copyrights, Industrial Designs, Database Rights
and Mask Works incorporated in the Transferred Business Technology that are
owned by the Seller Parties as of the Closing Date.
Transferred
Business Intellectual Property Assignment shall have the meaning set forth
on Exhibit F.
Transferred
Business Intellectual Property Rights means all rights relating to the
Transferred Business Intellectual Property and all Intellectual Property Rights
(other than Patents, Trademarks and Internet Properties) incorporated in the
Transferred Business Technology and in the tangible embodiments thereof.
Transferred
Business Technology means the Business Technology pertaining exclusively
to the Business.
Transferred
Contracts shall mean the Contracts described on Exhibit H.
Transferred
Employees shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(a)(iv).
Transferred
IT Infrastructure means:
(a) at
the Assigned Real Property and the Subleased Real Property, all desktop
computers and or laptops used by Transferred Employees and all servers, printers
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and other such hardware
for which 80% or more of their usage is for the benefit of Transferred
Employees; and
(b) to
the extent not included in (a) above, all IT systems; network or telecommunications
equipment and software; desktop computer software; accounting, finance and
database software; general software development and control systems; and tools,
environments and other general IT functionality; in each case which is used
exclusively in the operation of the Business;
in each
case, to the extent such Transferred IT Infrastructure is transferable
(including upon receipt of a third-party consent to such transfer) and, with
respect to any Transferred IT Infrastructure that is leased or licensed from a
third party, subject to the terms of such lease or license and the inclusion in
the Assumed Liabilities of the obligations of Seller and its Subsidiaries under
such lease or license to the extent (but only to the extent) related to such
Transferred IT Infrastructure.
Transferred
Material Contracts shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(a).
U.S.
R&D shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals to the Agreement.
U.S.
R&D Capital Stock shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals to
the Agreement.
Vacation
Policy shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(g).
WARN Act
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(i).
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EXHIBIT A
Bill of Sale
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EXHIBIT B
Assignment and Assumption Agreement
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EXHIBIT C
Local Asset Transfer Agreement
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EXHIBIT D
Master Separation Agreement
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EXHIBIT E
Intellectual Property
License Agreement
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EXHIBIT F
Transferred Business Intellectual Property
Assignment
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EXHIBIT F
Excluded Assets
The Excluded
Assets include the following:
(a) cash, bank accounts, certificates of
deposit and other cash equivalents;
(b) any and all accounts receivable with
third parties due in connection with the Business;
(c) except as provided for in Section
6.13, all insurance policies and any rights, claims or chooses in action under
such insurance policies;
(c) all rights to refunds of any Tax
payments, or prepayments or overpayments of any Tax, with respect to periods
prior to the Closing, including recoverable payments of VAT or similar Taxes;
(d) notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, (i) all Intellectual Property Rights other than the
Transferred Business Intellectual Property, Transferred Business Intellectual
Property Rights and Intellectual Property Rights held by the Purchased Seller
Subsidiaries, (ii) any Business Technology that is owned by a third party that
Seller and its Subsidiaries do not have the right to provide to Purchaser
hereunder and (iii) any Intellectual Property Rights under non-transferable
portfolio cross-licenses;
(e) enterprise-deployed, centrally
managed computer software and hardware used by Seller or its Subsidiaries prior
to the Closing, including any such computer software or hardware that is used
by or for the Business prior to or as of the Closing, and all licenses or other
agreements with third parties concerning the use thereof other than the
hardware and software included in the Transferred IT Infrastructure and other
than CAD Licenses to the extent provided in Section 6.18;
(f) all of Sellers enterprise-wide
procurement contracts;
(g) fixtures and leasehold improvements
at all locations; and office furniture and office equipment at all locations
other than the Assigned Real Property and the Subleased Real Property;
(h) all IT
Infrastructure;
(i) all interests in
real property other than the Assigned Real Property and the Subleased Real
Property;
(j) assets and Contracts relating to any
Seller Plan or Non-U.S. Benefits Plan, except as expressly provided in Sections 6.6
and 6.7 or Schedule 6.7 of the Disclosure Letter;
(k) all equity or other ownership
interests in any Person other than the Purchased Subsidiary Interests and the
Subsidiaries of IPC set forth in Section 4.17 of the Disclosure Letter;
(l) all assets and other rights sold or
otherwise transferred or disposed of between the date of this Agreement and the
Closing not in violation of the terms of this Agreement;
(m) all rights of Seller and its
Subsidiaries under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents;
(n) all books, records and other
information prepared by Seller and its Subsidiaries in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby; and
(o) all rights arising from Excluded
Liabilities.
EXHIBIT G
Trademark License Agreement
EXHIBIT H
Purchased Assets
Purchased
Assets consist of the following assets related to the Business:
(a) Any fixtures,
leasehold improvements, machinery, equipment and tangible personal property
attached to or located on the Assigned Real Property or the Subleased Real
Property that (i) relate primarily to or are used or held for use primarily in
connection with the Business, or (ii) that relate exclusively to or are held
for use exclusively by the Business and are located in those portions of the
Assigned Real Property or the Subleased Real Property that are occupied by or
shared with the Retained Business and excluding any facility equipment shared
by the Business and the Retained Business such as air handling units, chillers
and similar items;
(b) all inventories to the
extent used or held primarily for use in the Business (including raw materials,
purchased goods, parts, containers, recycled materials, work in process,
supplies, finished goods and demo and consignment inventory) on the books of
the Seller Parties or their Subsidiaries, held by vendors or which otherwise
are used or primarily held for use in the Business;
(c) to the extent not of
a category or type described in clause (a) above, all machinery, equipment,
vehicles, furniture, fixtures, tools, instruments, spare parts, supplies
(including storeroom supplies), pallets, office and laboratory equipment,
testing facilities, materials, fuel and other personal property, owned or
leased, not normally included in inventory, that are used or held primarily for
use in connection with the Business
(collectively, the Personal Property) other than Personal
Property that is part of the Seller Parties centralized services for information
technology or other matters, which shall be Excluded Assets;
(d) except as otherwise
specifically provided in the Agreement, all transferable warranties,
guarantees, claims, rights, credits, causes of action, or rights of setoff,
against third parties to the extent relating to or arising from any of the
Business, the Purchased Assets, the Transferred Business Intellectual Property
or the Transferred Business Intellectual Property Rights;
(e) all transferable
permits, certificates, licenses (excluding licenses relating to Intellectual
Property Rights), orders, franchises, registrations, variances, Tax abatements,
approvals and other similar rights or authorizations of any Governmental
Authority exclusively related to the ownership, maintenance and operation of
the Business;
(f) all customers
files, credit information, supplier lists, parts lists, vendor lists, business
correspondence, business lists, sales literature, promotional literature and
other selling and advertising materials and all other assets and rights
primarily related to the distribution, sale or marketing of the Printer
Products; provided, however, that to the extent any such
materials also relate to or arise from or are used in connection with the
Retained Business, or any such information is commingled with information used
in the
Retained Business, Seller shall have the right to use and license
others to use such materials and information (provided such use and
licenses to use are not in violation of or otherwise inconsistent with the
terms of Section 6.9 of this Agreement, the Intellectual Property License
Agreement or the Master Separation Agreement), and the original version of all
such materials and of all tangible embodiments of such information shall not be
a Purchased Asset and shall be retained by the Seller Parties with accurate and
complete copies thereof to be provided to Purchaser at Closing;
(g) to the extent
transferable (assuming receipt of a third-party consent to such transfer), all
right, title or interest of the Seller Parties and their Subsidiaries in or
to: (A) the Business Intellectual
Property Licenses and (B) the Customer Contracts, Supplier Contracts, the
maintenance or service agreements, purchase orders for materials and other
services, dealer and distributorship agreements, advertising and promotional
agreements, equipment leases, licenses (but excluding licenses relating to
Intellectual Property Rights other than Business Intellectual Property
Licenses), joint ventures, partnership agreements or other Contracts (including
any agreements of the Seller Parties or its Subsidiaries with suppliers, sales
representatives, distributors, agents, lessees of Personal Property, licensors,
licensees, consignors and consignees specified therein (but excluding licenses
related to Intellectual Property Rights other than Business Intellectual
Property Licenses)) in each case in this clause (B) that are exclusively
related to the Business and any utility, electricity, gas, water, sanitary,
sewer and similar property-specific Contracts exclusively related to the
Assigned Real Property and the Subleased Real Property (collectively, the Transferred
Contracts), and with respect to (x) any of the foregoing types or
categories of Contracts in clause (B) that are primarily but not exclusively
related to the Business, the portion thereof relating to the Business to the
extent the Seller Parties obtain the consent of the counterparty thereto to
assign in part or otherwise divide such Contracts between Purchaser and Seller
or its Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.17 hereof and upon
receipt of such consent such portion thereof shall become a Transferred
Contract;
(h) all Transferred
Business Technology and all Transferred IT Infrastructure;
(i) all marketing,
personnel, financial and other books and all other documents, microfilm and
business records and correspondence wherever located, primarily related to the
Business; provided, however, that to the extent any such documents also
relate to or arise from or are used in connection with the Retained Business,
or any such information is commingled with information used in the Retained
Business, the original version of such information shall not be a Purchased
Asset (and Seller shall have the right to use such information, provided
such use and licenses to use are not in violation of or otherwise inconsistent
with the terms of Sections 6.9 or 6.10 of this Agreement, the Intellectual
Property License Agreement or the Master Separation Agreement) and shall be
retained by Seller with accurate and complete copies thereof to be provided to
Purchaser at Closing; provided, however, upon reasonable request, the
Seller Parties will provide the Purchaser with reasonable access to the
foregoing information that relates to the Business but does not primarily
relate to the Business;
(j) all automobiles
and other vehicles owned by the Seller Parties and their Subsidiaries and used
exclusively by Transferred Employees, and, to the extent transferable,
leasehold interests in all leases of automobiles and other vehicles leased by
the Seller Parties or their Subsidiaries and used exclusively by Transferred
Employees;
(k) any and all assets
associated with or allocated to Transferred Employees in accordance with
Section 6.6 or 6.7;
(l) Section 6.7(g)
Obligations;
(m) the China Lease and the
Sublease; and
(n) all other assets and
rights of Seller and its Subsidiaries to the extent such assets are used
primarily in the Business, are not Excluded Assets identified on Exhibit F and
are not of a category or type described in the foregoing clauses (a) through
(m).
With respect to the Purchased Assets identified in foregoing clauses
(a), (b) and (c), to the extent such Purchased Assets are leased or licensed
from a third party, the transfer to Purchaser will be subject to the terms of
such lease or license and the inclusion in the Assumed Liabilities of the
obligations of Seller and its Subsidiaries under such lease or license to the
extent (but only to the extent) related to such Purchased Assets.
For an asset to be deemed to be primarily used or held for use by the
Business, 80% or more of its usage must be for the benefit of the Business.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, (i) the Purchased Assets will not include any Excluded
Assets and (ii) all transfers, deliveries or transmissions of information
included in the Purchased Assets pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs (g) and
(j) shall be made pursuant to the terms of the Master Separation Agreement.