Exhibit 2.1
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
By and Between
INTEL CORPORATION
and
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD.
Dated as of June 26, 2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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1.01 |
Definitions |
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1 |
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1.02 |
Index of Other Defined Terms |
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10 |
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ARTICLE II TRANSFER OF ASSETS |
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13 |
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2.01 |
Transferred Assets |
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13 |
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2.02 |
Excluded Assets |
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14 |
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2.03 |
Assumed Liabilities |
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15 |
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2.04 |
Excluded Liabilities |
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16 |
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2.05 |
Transferred Sub |
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17 |
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2.06 |
Assignment of Contracts and Rights |
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17 |
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2.07 |
Consideration |
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18 |
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2.08 |
Closing |
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19 |
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER |
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19 |
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3.01 |
Existence and Good Standing |
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20 |
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3.02 |
Authorization and Enforceability |
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20 |
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3.03 |
Governmental or Other Authorization |
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20 |
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3.04 |
Non-Contravention |
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20 |
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3.05 |
Personal Property |
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21 |
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3.06 |
Real Property |
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21 |
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3.07 |
Litigation |
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21 |
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3.08 |
Assumed Contracts |
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21 |
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3.09 |
Material Contract Consents |
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21 |
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3.10 |
Compliance with Applicable Laws |
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22 |
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3.11 |
Advisory Fees |
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22 |
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3.12 |
Tax Matters |
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22 |
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3.13 |
Intellectual Property |
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22 |
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3.14 |
Employee Matters |
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23 |
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3.15 |
Financial Information |
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24 |
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3.16 |
Absence of Certain Changes |
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25 |
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3.17 |
Environmental Matters |
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25 |
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3.18 |
Product Warranties |
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26 |
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3.19 |
Transferred Assets |
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26 |
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3.20 |
Customers |
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26 |
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3.21 |
Investor Representations |
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26 |
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3.22 |
Complete Copies |
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27 |
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3.23 |
Representations Regarding Transferred Sub and Transferred Shares |
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27 |
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3.24 |
Disclaimer of Warranties |
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28 |
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER |
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29 |
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4.01 |
Existence and Good Standing |
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29 |
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4.02 |
Authorization and Enforceability |
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29 |
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4.03 |
Governmental or Other Authorization |
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30 |
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4.04 |
Non-Contravention |
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30 |
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4.05 |
SEC Documents; Buyer Financial Statements |
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30 |
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4.06 |
Absence of Certain Changes |
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31 |
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4.07 |
Litigation |
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31 |
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4.08 |
Compliance with Applicable Laws |
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32 |
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4.09 |
No Undisclosed Liabilities |
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32 |
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4.10 |
Cash |
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32 |
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4.11 |
Representations Related to the Issuance of Buyer Common Stock |
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32 |
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4.12 |
Advisory Fees |
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33 |
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4.13 |
Export Compliance |
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33 |
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS |
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34 |
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5.01 |
Access to Information |
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34 |
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5.02 |
Additions to and Modification of Schedules |
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35 |
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5.03 |
Compliance with Terms of Governmental Approvals and Consents |
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36 |
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5.04 |
Use of Marks |
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37 |
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5.05 |
Cooperation |
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37 |
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5.06 |
Assignments |
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38 |
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5.07 |
Consents and Filings; Further Assurances |
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38 |
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5.08 |
Public Announcements |
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38 |
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5.09 |
Allocation of Expenses; Tax Matters |
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39 |
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5.10 |
Allocation of Consideration |
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44 |
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5.11 |
Accounts Receivable |
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44 |
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5.12 |
Accounts Payable |
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45 |
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5.13 |
Operation of the Business Prior to Closing |
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45 |
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5.14 |
Employee Information and Access |
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46 |
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5.15 |
Employees |
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46 |
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5.16 |
Protection of Privacy |
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48 |
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5.17 |
Cash Consideration |
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48 |
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5.18 |
Stock Consideration |
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48 |
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5.19 |
Release of Liens |
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49 |
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5.20 |
Exclusive Dealing |
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49 |
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5.21 |
Satisfaction of Warranty Obligations |
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49 |
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5.22 |
Further Assurances |
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49 |
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5.23 |
Export Compliance |
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50 |
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ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS TO CLOSING |
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50 |
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6.01 |
Conditions to Obligations of Buyer |
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50 |
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6.02 |
Conditions to Obligations of Seller |
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51 |
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ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION |
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52 |
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7.01 |
Survival |
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52 |
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7.02 |
Indemnification |
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52 |
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7.03 |
Manner of Indemnification |
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54 |
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7.04 |
Third-Party Claims |
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54 |
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7.05 |
Exclusive Remedy |
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55 |
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7.06 |
Subrogation |
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56 |
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7.07 |
Damages |
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56 |
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ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION |
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56 |
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8.01 |
Grounds for Termination |
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56 |
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8.02 |
Effect of Termination |
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57 |
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS |
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57 |
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9.01 |
Notices |
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9.02 |
Amendments; Waivers |
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58 |
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9.03 |
Expenses |
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59 |
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9.04 |
Successors and Assigns |
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59 |
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9.05 |
Governing Law |
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59 |
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9.06 |
Counterparts; Effectiveness |
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59 |
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9.07 |
Entire Agreement |
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59 |
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9.08 |
Captions |
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60 |
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9.09 |
Severability |
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60 |
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9.10 |
Construction |
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60 |
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9.11 |
Dispute Resolution |
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60 |
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9.12 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial |
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61 |
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9.13 |
Notice of Change of Control |
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61 |
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9.14 |
Meaning of Include and Including |
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62 |
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9.15 |
Knowledge of Breach; Schedules |
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62 |
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9.16 |
Third Party Beneficiaries |
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62 |
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9.17 |
Specific Performance |
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62 |
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9.18 |
No Presumption Against Drafting Party |
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A. Assignment and Assumption Agreement
Exhibit B. Bill of Sale
Exhibit C. Form of Copyright Assignment
Exhibit D. Form of Patent Assignment
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES
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Schedule 1.01(a) |
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Buyer Designees |
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Schedule 1.01(b) |
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Excluded Employees |
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Schedule 1.01(c) |
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Individuals with Seller Knowledge |
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Schedule 1.01(d) |
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Individuals with Buyer Knowledge |
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Schedule 1.01(e) |
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Products |
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Schedule 1.01(f) |
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Transferred Patents |
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Schedule 2.01(b) |
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Equipment |
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Schedule 2.01(c) |
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Assumed Contracts |
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Schedule 2.01(d) |
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Leased Real Property Contracts that are transferred assets |
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Schedule 2.02(n) |
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Other Excluded Assets |
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Schedule 2.03(d) |
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Foreign Business Employees |
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Schedule 2.05(a) |
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Excluded Assets and Liabilities of Transferred Sub |
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Schedule 2.06 |
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Contracts for Potential Discussion |
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Schedule 3.03 |
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Seller Government Approvals |
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Schedule 3.06 |
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Leased Real Property |
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Schedule 3.07 |
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Proceedings |
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Schedule 3.08 |
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Material Contracts |
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Schedule 3.09 |
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Material Contract Consents |
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Schedule 3.12 |
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Tax Matters |
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Schedule 3.13(a) |
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Exclusive Ownership of Transferred Intellectual Property |
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Schedule 3.13(b) |
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Infringement and Misappropriation |
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Schedule 3.13(c) |
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Protection of Transferred Trade Secrets |
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Schedule 3.13(d) |
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Proceedings, Settlement Agreements or Stipulations Restricting the Use, Transfer or Licensing of the Transferred Intellectual Property or Products |
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Schedule 3.13(f) |
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Government Funding |
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Schedule 3.13(g) |
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Open Source |
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Schedule 3.14(c) |
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Business Employees |
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Schedule 3.14(d) |
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Liabilities of Transferred Sub Under Employee Plans or Employee Agreements That Will Not Survive Closing |
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Schedule 3.19 |
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Sufficiency of Transferred Assets |
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Schedule 3.20 |
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Top 10 Customers |
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Schedule 3.23 |
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Ownership of Transferred Sub |
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Schedule 3.23(c) |
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Transferred Sub Liabilities |
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Schedule 3.23(e) |
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Transferred Sub Tax Matters |
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Schedule 5.07 |
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Obligations In Connection With Consents and Approvals |
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Schedule 5.13 |
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Operation of the Business Prior to Closing |
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Schedule 5.16 |
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Seller Privacy Policy |
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Schedule 6.01(e) |
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Required Consents |
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CONFIDENTIAL
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of June 26, 2006 (the Agreement), is by and between INTEL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the Seller), and MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD., a Bermuda corporation (the Buyer). Seller and Buyer are sometimes referred to as the Parties and each individually as a Party. All capitalized terms have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Article I or as otherwise defined herein.
RECITALS
A. Seller desires to sell to Buyer, and Buyer desires to acquire from Seller, the Transferred Assets, and Buyer is willing to assume the Assumed Liabilities, all upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
B. In connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Buyer and Seller also are entering into, or intend to enter into, certain other Ancillary Agreements, including the Transition Services Agreement, the Intellectual Property Agreements and the Development Agreement.
C. Sellers Subsidiaries identified on Schedule 3.23, (collectively, the Subsidiary Sellers) own 10,011 Ordinary Shares of DSPC Technologies Ltd., a corporation formed under the laws of Israel (the Transferred Sub), which represent all of the issued and outstanding shares of Transferred Sub (the Transferred Shares).
D. Seller desires to cause the Subsidiary Sellers to sell to Buyer, and Buyer desires to acquire from the Subsidiary Sellers, the Transferred Shares, all upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
Accounts Payable means all accounts payable owing by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Business for raw materials or supplies received by or services rendered to Seller or any of its Subsidiaries on or prior to the Closing Date.
Accounts Receivable means all accounts receivable, notes receivable and other current rights to payment of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, together with any unpaid interest or fees accrued thereon or other amounts due with respect thereto, and any claim, remedy or other right related to any of the foregoing.
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Acquisition Documents means this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and any other document or agreement executed in connection with any of the foregoing, together with any exhibits and schedules thereto, and in each case as modified, amended, supplemented, restated or renewed from time to time.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such other Person.
Ancillary Agreements means the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Bill of Sale, the Intellectual Property Agreements, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Copyright Assignment, the Non-Compete Agreement, the Patent Assignment, the Development Agreement, the Supply Agreement, and the Transition Services Agreement, together with any exhibits and schedules thereto, and in each case as modified, amended, supplemented, restated or renewed from time to time.
Applicable Law means, with respect to any Person, any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule, administrative interpretation, regulation, order, writ, injunction, directive, judgment, decree or other requirement of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Person or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective properties, assets, officers, directors, employees, consultants or agents.
Assignment and Assumption Agreement means the Assignment and Assumption Agreement to be entered into by Buyer and/or one or more Buyer Designees, on the one hand, and the applicable Selling Parties, on the other hand, as of the Closing Date in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Bill of Sale means the Bill of Sale to be executed by the applicable Selling Party in favor of Buyer and/or one or more Buyer Designees as of the Closing Date in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
Business means the Selling Parties and Transferred Subs development, sale and support of the Products as of the date hereof.
Business Day means each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in San Francisco, California are authorized or required by law to close.
Buyer Designee means an Affiliate of Buyer to which specified Transferred Assets and/or Transferred Shares will be transferred as identified in Schedule 1.01(a), as may be revised after the date hereof and prior to the Closing with the consent of Seller.
Buyer Common Stock means Buyers common stock, $0.002 par value per share.
Buyer Material Adverse Effect means, with respect to Buyer, any event, change or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate with all other such events, changes or circumstances, results in a material adverse effect on, or material adverse change in, the operations, financial condition, earnings, results of operations, assets or Liabilities of Buyer or any event, change or circumstance that is materially adverse to the ability of Buyer and the Buyer Designees,
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collectively, to perform their obligations under this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to which Buyer or a Buyer Designee is or will be a Party or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than such changes, effects or circumstances reasonably attributable to: (a) economic, capital market or political conditions generally in the United States or foreign economies in any locations where Buyer has material operations or sales, provided the changes, effects or circumstances do not have a materially disproportionate effect (relative to other industry participants) on Buyer; (b) conditions generally affecting the industry in which Buyer operates, provided the changes, effects or circumstances do not have a materially disproportionate effect (relative to other industry participants) on Buyer; (c) the outbreak of hostilities or war, acts of terrorism or acts of God; or (d) any decrease in the market price or trading volume of Buyer Common Stock.
Buyer Stock Market Price means an amount equal to the average closing price of the Buyer Common Stock on Nasdaq for the ten (10) trading day period ending on the date which is the sixth (6th) trading day immediately prior to the Closing Date (with the closing price for each day being the last reported sales price or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices, in either case on Nasdaq) or, if not listed and admitted to trading on Nasdaq, on the principal national securities exchange on which such securities are listed and admitted to trading, or if not quoted on a principal national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices in the over-the-counter market as furnished by any exchange member firm selected from time to time by Buyer for that purpose, or if such Buyer Common Stock is no longer publicly-traded, the price as is determined to be the fair market value as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of Buyer following the principle of reasonable valuation methods consistently applied under the guidelines of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(5)(iv)(B).
Cash and Cash Equivalents means all cash on hand and cash equivalents of Seller and its Subsidiaries (whether or not related to the Business), including currency and coins, negotiable checks, bank accounts, marketable securities, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, treasury bills, surety bonds and money market funds.
Cash Consideration means the cash consideration paid by Buyer pursuant to Section 2.07 subject to Section 5.09(j).
Change of Control of Buyer shall mean the occurrence of (or any public announcement of, or entry into any agreement by Buyer or any Buyer Subsidiary to engage in or effect, a transaction that would result in) any of the following events or circumstances, whether accomplished directly or indirectly, or in one or a series of related transactions:
(A) any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule l3d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the outstanding capital stock of Buyer;
(B) Buyer merges with or into, or consolidates with, or consummates any reorganization or similar transaction with, another Person and, immediately after giving
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effect to such transaction, less than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the surviving or resulting Person is beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) in the aggregate by the shareholders of Buyer immediately prior to such transaction;
(C) Buyer (including through one or more of its Subsidiaries and including through any liquidation or dissolution, other than a liquidation or dissolution in connection with a reorganization or similar transaction in which the holders of the voting stock of Buyer immediately prior to such transaction continue to represent more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the surviving entity immediately after giving effect to such transaction) sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of the assets and properties (including capital stock of Subsidiaries) of Buyer, but excluding sales, assignments, conveyances, transfers, leases or other dispositions of assets and properties (including capital stock of Subsidiaries) by Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries to any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Buyer; or
(D) Individuals who as of the date hereof constituted the members of the Board of Directors of Buyer (together with any new or replacement directors whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of Buyer was approved by a vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office who either were members of the Board of Directors as of the date hereof or whose election or nomination was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Buyer then in office.
Closing Date means the date of the Closing.
Contract means each contract, agreement, option, lease, license, sale and purchase order, commitment and other instrument of any kind, whether written or oral, to which Seller or its Subsidiaries is a party or is otherwise bound.
Conveyance Documents means the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, Bill of Sale, the Copyright Assignment, and the Patent Assignment, each in the form as attached hereto, together with any exhibits and schedules thereto.
Copyright Assignment means the Copyright Assignment Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, to be executed by Buyer and/or one or more Buyer Designees, on the one hand, and the applicable Selling Parties, on the other hand, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
Core Seller Products shall mean for any product other than the Products: (a) any Seller Chipset, Seller Processor, or substantial portion thereof; and (b) any software or firmware capable of running on or interoperating with a Seller Chipset or Seller Processor; and (c) any product that is bus or pin compatible with an Seller Bus.
Development Agreement means the Development Agreement entered into by Buyer and/or a Buyer Designee and Seller simultaneously herewith.
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Dollars means United States Dollars.
Effective Time means, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, 12:01 a.m., in each relevant location of the Selling Party and Transferred Assets or Transferred Sub, as applicable, on the Closing Date, or where conflicting, 12:01 a.m., Pacific Time.
Employee Agreement means each management, employment, severance, consulting, relocation, repatriation, expatriation or other agreement or Contract between Seller or any of its Subsidiaries and any Business Employee directly relating to such Business Employees terms or conditions of employment.
Employee Plan means any plan, program, policy, practice, agreement or other arrangements providing for compensation, severance, termination pay, pension benefits, retirement benefits, deferred compensation, performance awards, stock or stock-related awards, fringe benefits (including health, dental, vision, life, disability, sabbatical, accidental death and dismemberment benefits), or other employee benefits or remuneration of any kind, whether written, unwritten or otherwise, funded or unfunded, including each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, excluding any Employee Agreement, which is or has been maintained by Seller or its Affiliates for the benefit of any Business Employee.
Environmental Laws mean any Applicable Laws of any Governmental Authority in effect as of the date hereof relating to pollution or protection of the environment, natural resources or public and occupational health and safety relating to hazardous or toxic substances.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Excluded Employees means employees of Seller and its Subsidiaries who work with the Transferred Assets but will remain employees of Seller or one of its Subsidiaries (other than the Transferred Sub) after the Closing as set forth on Schedule 1.01(b).
Excluded Equipment means all machinery, tools and other fixed assets of Seller and its Subsidiaries not included on Schedule 2.01(b), including that manufacturing and technology development equipment used in connection with Sellers development of the Products.
Excluded Seller Product shall mean (a) any product of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries (including revisions of such product) that is marketed or sold by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date other than the Products, (b) any product planned to be marketed or sold by Seller as of the Closing Date other than the Products, or (c) any product that contains substantially different functionality from any Product. For purposes of clarification and not limitation, Excluded Seller Product shall include any product of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries implementing fixed or mobile wireless technology (including WiMAX, WiFi, RAN-LTE, or personal area network technologies) other than the Products.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America applied on a consistent basis as in effect as of the date hereof.
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Governmental Approval means an authorization, consent, approval, permit or license issued by, or a registration or filing with, or notice to, or waiver from, any Governmental Authority.
Governmental Authority means any foreign or domestic federal, territorial, state or local governmental authority, quasi-governmental authority, instrumentality, court, government or self-regulatory organization, commission, tribunal or organization or any regulatory, administrative or other agency, or any political or other subdivision, department or branch of any of the foregoing.
HSR Act means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, as amended.
Indebtedness means all obligations of Seller and it Subsidiaries for borrowed money, including (a) any capital lease obligation, (b) any obligation (whether fixed or contingent) to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid or payable under a standby letter of credit, (c) any guarantee with respect to indebtedness for borrowed money (of the kind otherwise described in this definition) of another Person, and (d) any factored or sold receivables.
Intellectual Property means intellectual property rights arising from or in respect of the following, whether protected, created or arising under the laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction: (a) copyrights and registrations and applications therefor (collectively, Copyrights); (b) know-how, inventions, discoveries, concepts, ideas, methods, processes, designs, formulae, technical data, source code, drawings, specifications, data bases and other proprietary and confidential information, including customer lists, in each case excluding any rights in respect of any of the foregoing that comprise or are protected by Copyrights, mask work rights or Patents (collectively, Trade Secrets); (c) patents and applications therefor, including continuation, divisional, continuation-in-part, reexamination, or reissue patent applications and patents issuing thereon (collectively, Patents); and (d) trademarks and registrations and applications therefor (collectively, Trademarks).
Intellectual Property Agreements means the Patent License Agreement and the Trade Secrets and Copyright License Agreement.
Inventory means all raw materials, work-in-progress, finished goods, supplies, packaging materials and other inventories owned by Seller or its Subsidiaries.
IRS means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States.
Knowledge means, with respect to any Person, the actual knowledge of such Person; provided, however, that with respect to Seller, actual knowledge shall be deemed to be solely the actual knowledge of the individuals identified on Schedule 1.01(c) and that with respect to Buyer, actual knowledge shall be deemed to be solely the actual knowledge of the individuals identified on Schedule 1.01(d).
Liability means, with respect to any Person, any liability or obligation of such Person of any kind, character or description, whether known or unknown, absolute or contingent, asserted or unasserted, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, joint or several, due or to become due, vested or unvested, absolute, contingent, executory, determined,
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determinable or otherwise and whether or not the same is required to be accrued on the financial statements of such Person.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, title defect or objection, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, encumbrance or hypothecation in respect of such asset; provided, however, that any license of Intellectual Property shall not be considered a Lien on such Intellectual Property.
Multiemployer Plan means any employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA that is a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
Nasdaq means the Nasdaq National Market.
Non-Compete Agreement means the Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement entered into by Buyer and Seller simultaneously herewith to become effective upon the Closing as of the Effective Time.
Patent Assignment means the Patent Assignment Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, to be executed by Buyer and/or one or more Buyer Designees, on the one hand, and the applicable Selling Parties, on the other hand, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
Patent License Agreement means the Patent License Agreement in favor of Buyer or one or more Buyer Designees entered into by Buyer and/or one or more Buyer Designees, on the one hand, and the applicable Selling Parties, on the other hand, simultaneously herewith to become effective upon the Closing as of the Effective Time.
Permitted Liens means (a) Liens for Taxes or governmental assessments, charges or claims the payment of which is not yet due or which are being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings and set forth in Schedule 3.12, (b) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairers and other similar Persons and other Liens imposed by Applicable Law incurred in the ordinary course of business which are either for sums not yet delinquent or are immaterial in amount or are being contested in good faith, (c) zoning, entitlement, conservation restriction and other land use and Environmental Laws and (d) other easements, charges, rights-of-way, imperfections of title or other encumbrances, if any, which imperfections or encumbrances do not in any material respect impair the ability to transfer the Transferred Shares or use the Transferred Assets in the manner in which they are currently used by the Selling Parties.
Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, trust, estate or other similar business entity or organization, including a Governmental Authority.
Post-Closing Tax Period means any Tax period beginning on or after the Closing Date and the portion of any other Tax period ending on or after the Closing Date beginning on the Closing Date.
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Pre-Closing Tax Period means any Tax period (or portion thereof) ending before the Closing Date.
Prepayments means all prepaid items and deposits paid by a Selling Party in connection with the Business, and any claim, remedy or other right related to any of the foregoing.
Product Obligations means (a) obligations arising in respect of product support or maintenance obligations related to Products sold or licensed prior to the Closing and required to be performed after Closing, which obligations arise under any Assumed Contract or Transferred Sub Contract, provided that the cost of these obligations shall be borne by Seller as an Excluded Liability and (b) Liabilities relating to any product liability, warranty, refund or similar claims or returns, adjustments, allowances, repairs or returns made with respect to Products sold on or after the Closing Date.
Products means, collectively, all applications processors and communications processors, in each case, as described on Schedule 1.01(e).
PTO means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Registration Rights Agreement means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, to be entered into by Buyer on the one hand and Seller and/or Subsidiary Sellers on the other hand in the event Seller and/or Subsidiary Sellers receive any Stock Consideration in accordance with Section 2.07 hereof, in substantially the form to be agreed by the Parties.
Securities Act means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Seller Bus shall mean a proprietary bus or other data path first introduced by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries that: (a) is capable of transmitting and/or receiving information within an integrated circuit or between two or more integrated circuits, together with the set of protocols defining the electrical, physical, timing and functional characteristics, sequences and control procedures of such bus or data path; and (b) to which neither Seller nor its Subsidiaries (during any time such Subsidiary has met the requirements of being a Subsidiary of Seller) has granted a license or committed to grant a license through its participation in a government sponsored, industry sponsored, or contractually formed group or any similar organization that is dedicated to creating publicly available standards or specifications.
Seller Chipset means any single product, other than the Products, consisting of an integrated circuit(s), that alone or together are capable of electrically interfacing directly (with or without buffering or pin re-assignment) with any portion of a Seller Bus or a Seller Processor, to form the connection between such microprocessor and any other device (or group of devices) including microprocessors, input/output devices, networks, and memory.
Seller Material Adverse Effect means, with respect to the Transferred Assets or Transferred Sub, any event, change or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate with all other such events, changes or circumstances, results in a material adverse effect on, or material adverse change in, the Transferred Assets and Transferred Sub, taken as a whole, or any event, change or circumstance that is materially adverse to the ability of the Selling Parties to perform
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their collective obligations under this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to which the Selling Parties and Transferred Sub are or will be a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than such changes, effects or circumstances reasonably attributable to: (a) economic, capital market or political conditions generally in the United States or foreign economies in any locations where the Business has material operations or sales, provided the changes, effects or circumstances do not have a materially disproportionate effect (relative to other industry participants) on Sellers applications and communications processor business or the Business, respectively; (b) conditions generally affecting the industry in which Sellers applications and communications processor business or the Business operate, provided the changes, effects or circumstances do not have a materially disproportionate effect (relative to other industry participants) on Sellers applications and communications processor business or the Business, respectively; (c) the outbreak of hostilities or war, acts of terrorism or acts of God; (d) changes and effects attributable to the execution, announcement or performance of this Agreement; or (e) any action taken by a Selling Party with the prior written consent of Buyer.
Seller Processor shall mean a microprocessor first developed by, for or with substantial participation by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, or the design of which has been purchased or otherwise acquired by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Seller® 8086, 80186, 80286, 80386, 80486, Celeron®, Pentium®, Xeon, StrongARM, XScale®, Itanium®, MXP, IXP, 80860 and 80960 microprocessor families, and the 8087, 80287, and 80387 math coprocessor families.
Selling Party means Seller and any Subsidiary of Seller that owns or possesses any Transferred Asset and/or any of the Transferred Shares (collectively, the Selling Parties), and for purposes of clarification, excludes Transferred Sub.
Stock Consideration means the consideration paid by Buyer pursuant to Section 2.07 in the form of shares of Buyer Common Stock.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation, limited liability company or other similar entity as to which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding capital stock or other securities having voting rights or power is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person and/or by one or more of such Persons direct or indirect subsidiaries and (b) any partnership, joint venture or other similar relationship between such Person and any other Person.
Supply Agreement means the Supply Agreement entered into by Buyer and/or a Buyer Designee and Seller simultaneously herewith to become effective upon the Closing as of the Effective Time.
Taxes means (a) all foreign, federal, state, local and other net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, intangible, unitary, capital gain, transfer, franchise, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, backup withholding, payroll, employment, estimated, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, prohibited transactions, windfall or excess profits or other taxes of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto, (b) any Liability for payment of amounts described in clause (a) whether as a result of transferee Liability,
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of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period, or otherwise through operation of law and (c) any Liability for the payment of amounts described in clause (a) or (b) as a result of any tax sharing, tax indemnity or tax allocation agreement or any other express or implied agreement to indemnify any other Person for Taxes; and the term Tax means any one of the foregoing Taxes.
Tax Returns means all returns, declarations, reports, statements, information statements, forms or other documents filed or required to be filed with respect to any Tax.
Trade Secrets and Copyright License Agreement means the Copyright and Trade Secrets License Agreement in favor of Buyer and/or one or more Buyer Designees entered into by Buyer and /or one or more Buyer Designees, on the one hand, and the applicable Selling Parties, on the other hand, simultaneously herewith to become effective upon the Closing as of the Effective Time.
Transferred Copyrights means the Copyrights owned by a Selling Party as of the Closing Date that are embodied in the Products and used exclusively in the Business and not embodied or used in or with any other current product or service or planned product or service of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries.
Transferred Employees means the Business Employees who (i) accept an offer of employment from Buyer and who begin their employment with Buyer immediately upon Closing as of the Effective Time or (ii) are employees of Transferred Sub as of the Effective Time.
Transferred Intellectual Property means, collectively, the Transferred Copyrights and Transferred Trade Secrets.
Transferred Patents means those Patents identified on Schedule 1.01(f).
Transferred Shares means all of the issued and outstanding share capital and any other outstanding equity interests of Transferred Sub.
Transferred Trade Secrets means any Trade Secrets owned by the Selling Parties as of the Closing Date that are embodied in the Products and used exclusively in the Business and not embodied or used in or with any other current product or service or planned product or service of Seller or its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such term shall not include any rights in Trade Secrets that are described within a Patent issuing after the Closing Date related to a patent application that was filed prior to the Closing Date.
Transition Services Agreement means the Transition Services Agreement entered into by Buyer and/or a Buyer Designee and Seller simultaneously herewith to become effective upon the Closing as of the Effective Time.
1.02 Index of Other Defined Terms. In addition to those terms defined in Section 1.01, the following terms shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the sections indicated below:
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Buyer Disclosure Schedules |
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Article IV |
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Buyer Indemnitees |
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Section 7.02(a) |
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Buyer Preferred Stock |
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Section 4.11(a) |
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Buyer Sales Tax |
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Section 5.09(f) |
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Buyer SEC Documents |
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Section 4.05(a) |
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Section 4.01 |
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Claims |
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Section 2.01(l) |
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Excluded Claims |
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The Transferred Intellectual Property (including the assets identified in clauses (e) through (g) above) and Intellectual Property assets of Transferred Sub shall be subject to any (i) licenses retained by Seller or granted to Seller pursuant to any Ancillary Agreement, (ii) licenses and Contracts with use restrictions existing on the date hereof granted to or by Seller or its Subsidiaries (other than those licenses, if any, which Seller was required to disclose hereunder as an Assumed Contract or Transferred Sub Contract or Contracts with use restrictions that Seller was required to disclose hereunder but failed to so disclose as of the date hereof or as provided in Section 5.02) and (iii) licenses or Contracts with use restrictions entered into by a Seller or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of the Business not in violation of this Agreement prior to the Closing Date.
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For purposes of this Section 2.07, each determination with respect to Buyer Common Stock shall be based upon the Buyer Stock Market Price.
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2.08 Closing. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Transferred Assets and Transferred Shares hereunder (the Closing) shall take place at the offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 1881 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 on the date that is five (5) days after satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article VI or at such other place or in such manner as the Parties may agree. At the Closing:
Subject to such exceptions that are (i) disclosed in the disclosure schedules dated as of the date hereof and delivered with this Agreement (Seller Disclosure Schedules) or (ii) disclosed
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pursuant to Section 5.02 (but without limiting Buyers indemnification rights with respect to such supplements or amendments as provided in Section 5.02(a)), Seller hereby represents and warrants to Buyer as follows:
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Transferred Assets or the Transferred Shares, or (iii) constitute a breach, default or violation of any commitment, judgment, injunction or decree.
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THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE ACT), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATES, THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM.
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Subject to such exceptions that are (i) disclosed in the disclosure schedules dated as of the date hereof and delivered with this Agreement (the Buyer Disclosure Schedules) or (ii) disclosed pursuant to Section 5.02 (but without limiting Sellers indemnification rights with respect to such supplements or amendments as provided in Section 5.02(a)) and except as set forth in the Buyer SEC Documents (as defined below) filed by Buyer with the SEC on or before the date of the making of these representations, Buyer hereby represents and warrants to Seller, as follows:
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(i) Each of Buyer and Seller will promptly notify the other in writing upon receipt of notice of any pending or threatened audits or assessments with respect to Taxes of Transferred Sub for which such other Party (or such other Partys Affiliates) may be liable hereunder. Seller shall assume responsibility for and control the conduct of any audit related to Taxes of Transferred Sub for any taxable period the majority of the days of which occur prior to the Closing. In connection with any such audit involving the Israeli Tax Authority (or any similar or successor Governmental Authority) and for which Seller has responsibility, Buyer agrees to appoint or cause to be appointed as representatives for Transferred Sub, working on behalf of Seller, KPMG Somekh Chaikin (or such other firm of accountants or lawyers nationally recognized in Israel as Seller determines). The Party that is (or whose Affiliates are) in control of an audit of Transferred Sub shall not enter into any compromise or agree to settle any claim for Taxes that would adversely affect the other Party or its Affiliates without the written consent of such other Party, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
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(ii) Seller shall be responsible for the following Taxes: (i) Taxes imposed on Transferred Sub with respect to taxable periods ending before the Closing Date, (ii) with respect to taxable periods beginning before the Closing Date and ending on or after the Closing Date, Taxes imposed on Transferred Sub which are allocable, pursuant to Section 5.09(h)(iv) hereof, to the Pre-Closing Tax Period, and (iii) Taxes arising on the Closing Date that arise out of the ordinary course of business of Transferred Sub as a result of actions taken by or at the request of Seller or its Affiliates; provided, however, that if there is an adjustment to a Tax Return for a Pre-Closing Tax Period that results in a Tax benefit with respect to a Post-Closing Tax Period, Sellers obligation with respect to such adjustment shall be reduced by such Tax benefit; provided, further, that Seller shall be responsible for Taxes to the extent described in Section 5.09(h)(vi)(A), but not for Taxes described in Section 5.09(h)(vi)(B). Seller shall be treated as having paid any such amounts that are paid in respect of any such Taxes by Transferred Sub, Seller or Sellers Affiliates prior to the Closing Date. Buyer and Transferred Sub shall be responsible for Taxes imposed on Transferred Sub arising on the Closing Date, except to the extent of (A) Sales Taxes imposed on Transferred Sub arising on the Closing Date for which Seller is responsible as provided in Section 5.09(f), and (B) Taxes (other than Sales Taxes) imposed on Transferred Sub arising on the Closing Date that arise out of the ordinary course of business of Transferred Sub as a result of actions taken by or at the request of Seller or its Affiliates; provided, further, that Buyer and Transferred Sub shall be responsible for Taxes to the extent described in Section 5.09(h)(vi)(B), but not for Taxes described in Section 5.09(h)(vi)(A). Buyer and Transferred Sub shall also be responsible for all Taxes of Transferred Sub attributable to Post-Closing Tax Periods, other than such Taxes that are the responsibility of Seller pursuant to this Section 5.09(h)(ii). Seller shall prepare or cause to be prepared all Tax Returns of Transferred Sub for taxable periods ending prior to the Closing Date, and Buyer shall prepare or cause to be prepared all Tax Returns of Transferred Sub for taxable periods including and ending on or after the Closing Date. To the extent Seller cannot file such Tax Returns under Applicable Law, Seller shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) such Tax Returns to Buyer before the due date (including extensions) for the filing thereof, and Buyer shall sign and file or cause to be signed and filed such Tax Returns no later than such due date. All such Tax Returns shall be prepared in a manner consistent with past practice of Transferred Sub except as otherwise required by Applicable Law. To the extent permitted or required by Applicable Law or administrative practice, the taxable year of Transferred Sub that includes the Closing Date shall be closed as of the end of the day prior to (or at the beginning of) the Closing Date. If any Party is liable hereunder for any portion of the Tax shown due on any Tax Return required to be filed by any other Party, the Party preparing such Tax Return will deliver a copy of the relevant portions of such Tax Return to the Party so liable for its review and approval not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which such Tax Return is due to be filed (taking into account any applicable extensions), together with a statement showing the other Partys obligations for Taxes relating to such Tax Return, which shall be paid no later than the due date of such Taxes (or, if later, fifteen (15) days following receipt of such Tax Return), and shall accrue interest if not timely paid, as provided in Section 5.09(c). If the Parties disagree as to any item reflected on any such Tax Return, the Parties will jointly request a third party accounting firm to resolve any issue in dispute as promptly as possible. The decision of such third party accounting firm will be final and binding on the parties, and the expenses of such accounting firm will be shared equally by Seller and Buyer.
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(iii) Neither Seller nor Buyer shall, nor shall Seller or Buyer cause or permit the Transferred Sub or its Affiliates to, amend, refile, or otherwise modify any Tax Return relating to Transferred Sub with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period if such amendment, refiling or modification could adversely affect Seller.
(iv) In the case of Taxes of Transferred Sub that are payable with respect to a taxable period that begins before and ends on or after the Closing Date, the portion of any such Tax that is allocable to the portion of the period ending on the day before the Closing Date shall be:
(A) in the case of Taxes that are either (x) based upon or related to income, sales, receipts, payroll or other items of income or expense, or (y) imposed in connection with any sale or other transfer or assignment of property (real or personal, tangible or intangible), deemed equal to the amount which would be payable if the taxable year ended at the close of business on the day before the Closing Date; and
(B) in the case of Taxes imposed on a periodic basis with respect to the assets of Transferred Sub, or otherwise measured by the level of any item, deemed to be the amount of such Taxes for the entire period (or, in the case of such Taxes determined on an arrears basis, the amount of such Taxes for the immediately preceding period), multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of calendar days in the period ending the day before the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of calendar days in the entire period.
(v) Seller shall be entitled to any refund of, or credit for, Taxes to the extent such refund represents a refund of Taxes paid with respect to a Pre-Closing Tax Period, such credit arises as a result of Taxes paid with respect to a Pre-Closing Tax Period, or such Tax represents a Sales Tax that was the responsibility of Seller pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that if any such refund or credit results in a correlative Tax detriment to Buyer or its Affiliates with respect to a Post-Closing Tax Period, Buyers obligation with respect to such refund or credit shall be reduced by such Tax detriment. Buyer shall pursue such refund or credit as reasonably requested by Seller, provided that Seller shall reimburse Buyer for its reasonable out of pocket costs (including any Taxes arising from the receipt of such refund, net of any Tax benefit of the payment thereof to Seller hereunder).
(vi) (A) Seller shall be responsible for Taxes imposed on Transferred Sub on or following the Closing Date to the extent such Taxes constitute the recapture of Tax incentives that reduced the liability of Transferred Sub for Taxes with respect to Pre-Closing Tax Periods, but only to the extent such recapture is a direct result of the failure of the Investment Center to approve the transfer of the Transferred Shares to Buyer or Buyer Designee pursuant to this Agreement; provided, that Buyer has complied with its obligations under Section 5.03 with respect to obtaining such approval and has not taken or refrained from taking action that prevented such approval; and (B) Buyer and Transferred Sub shall be responsible for all other Taxes attributable to the recapture of Tax incentives received by Transferred Sub.
(i) Exclusivity of Tax Provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement (including Article VII) this Section 5.09 contains the exclusive provisions governing the liability of the parties for Taxes, and no claim for indemnification may be made under any other provision hereof with respect to matters pertaining to Taxes. In the event of a
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conflict between the provisions of this Section 5.09 and any other section of this Agreement, this Section 5.09 shall govern and control.
(j) Adjustment to Cash Consideration. The parties shall treat all indemnification payments made under this Agreement as an adjustment to the Cash Consideration for applicable Tax purposes.
(k) Tax Treatment; Section 338 Election. The Parties acknowledge and agree that, for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, the purchase of the Transferred Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated as a purchase of the assets of the Transferred Sub for an amount equal to the sum of (A) the Subsidiary Sellers Cash Consideration, (B) the fair market value as of the Closing Date of the Subsidiary Sellers Stock Consideration, and (C) each liability or other item of the Transferred Sub to the extent treated as an amount realized for U.S. federal income Tax purposes. If requested in writing by Seller, Buyer shall cause to be made, without cost or obligation to Seller, a protective election under Section 338 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to the purchase of the Transferred Shares hereby, as and when requested by Seller.
(l) Israeli Tax Ruling. Buyer has been informed that Subsidiary Sellers intend to prepare and file with the Israeli Tax Authority an application for a ruling determining the tax consequences to Subsidiary Sellers of the sale of the Transferred Shares, specifically with respect to deferral of Israeli taxation on any Subsidiary Sellers Stock Consideration received by Subsidiary Sellers in such sale (the Israeli Tax Ruling). Buyer agrees to, and agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its outside counsel, advisors and accountants to, cooperate as Subsidiary Sellers reasonably request for the purpose of procuring the Israeli Tax Ruling.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, between the date hereof and the Closing Date, subject to Section 2.05, Seller and its Subsidiaries may transfer from the Transferred Sub (i) the assets set forth on Schedule 2.05(a), (ii) all Cash, Accounts Receivable and Inventory, and (iii) all other Contracts, employees and other assets and Liabilities, in each case, that are not exclusively related to the Business.
(i) Subject to Applicable Law, Buyer shall make offers of employment to each Business Employee who is not an Excluded Employee to be effective as of the Closing. The offers of employment for each such Business Employee who is not an Excluded Employee will (i) subject to requirements of Applicable Law for the jurisdiction in which the Business Employee is located, include employment terms reasonably determined by Buyer but that, in all events, are substantially similar to and at least as favorable to such Business Employee as his or her existing cash compensation, and also at least as favorable with respect to his or her equity compensation, and
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including participation in all compensation and benefit programs made available to similarly situated employees of Buyer at levels which are in the aggregate substantially equivalent to the value of their compensation and benefits under Sellers programs, and (ii) supersede any prior agreements regarding the terms and conditions of employment with such Business Employee as in effect prior to the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, in no event shall any prior agreement with respect to Intellectual Property be superseded, except that all Transferred Employees shall be permitted to disclose to Buyer all information in their possession or otherwise known by them which is directly related to the Transferred Assets and Assumed Liabilities after the Closing, but not related to the Excluded Assets or other confidential information of Seller. For purposes of clarification, prior to the Closing, Buyer shall not cause any Business Employee to disclose to Buyer confidential information related to the Business, except as permitted by Seller.
(ii) To the greatest extent permitted by Applicable Law, Buyer shall provide service credit for all periods of service by the Transferred Employees under Buyers employee policies and plans except to the extent such service credit would result in the duplication of benefit accrual for the same period of service. Buyer shall be responsible for all Liabilities, salaries, benefits and similar employer obligations that arise after Closing under Buyers compensation and benefit plans and policies for all Transferred Employees or pursuant to Section 2.03(d) and as may be agreed by the Parties pursuant to Section 2.05(c). In particular, Buyer shall be responsible for Liabilities with respect to the termination of any Transferred Employees by Buyer after the Closing, including health care continuation coverage with respect to plans established or maintained by Buyer after the Closing to the extent that the Transferred Employees participate therein, and damages or settlements arising out of any claims of wrongful or illegal termination by Buyer following the Closing, and for complying with the requirements of all Applicable Laws with respect to any such termination by Buyer after the Closing.
(iii) Except with respect to Transferred Employees who are employees of the Transferred Sub, subject to Applicable Law, Seller shall be solely responsible for (i) any liabilities or obligations with respect to the Business Employees including the Transferred Employees, that arise prior to the Closing, (ii) any liabilities or obligations with respect to any Business Employees who do not become Transferred Employees, and (iii) subject to Section 2.03(d), any liabilities or obligations with respect to Transferred Employees under the Employee Plans or the Employee Agreements that arise following the Closing.
(iv) Subject to Applicable Law, Seller shall permit the Transferred Employees who are participants in Sellers SERP Profit Sharing Plan and 401(k) Plan to make direct roll-overs of their plan accounts to a designated Buyer tax qualified retirement plan.
(v) With respect to Transferred Employees who are employees of the Transferred Sub, subject to Applicable Law, Buyer shall provide continuity of comparable benefits coverage for such Transferred Employees, including contributions to existing employee accounts or to accounts established by Buyer. Seller and Buyer shall cooperate to identify all amounts relating to accrued benefits under Employee Plans that are held by third parties, such as insurance companies and pension funds. To the extent that such amounts held by third parties are less than the Liabilities of the Employee Plans to which they relate for such Transferred Employees, Seller shall identify and obtain an alternative funding mechanism for such Liabilities in compliance with
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Applicable Law. As of the Closing, the Transferred Sub shall employ only Transferred Employees.
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authorized to settle any such claim without the consent of Buyer, provided, however, that without the consent of Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld): (a) Seller shall not be authorized to encumber any assets of Buyer (including the Transferred Assets or Transferred Shares or assets related exclusively to the Business of Transferred Sub) or agree to any restriction that would apply to Buyer or the conduct of Buyers business; (b) Seller shall have paid or caused to be paid any amounts arising out of such settlement; and (c) a condition to any such settlement shall be a complete release of Buyer Indemnitees with respect to such third party claim. Buyer or other applicable Buyer Indemnitee shall be entitled to participate in (but, subject to the succeeding sentence, not control) the defense of any third party claim, with its own counsel and at its own expense; provided, that Seller shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) firm of outside counsel (and not any fees and expenses allocated to any internal counsel) employed by the Buyer Indemnitees for any period during which Seller has not assumed the defense thereof following the date which is ten (10) days after delivery of such notice (other than during any period in which Buyer shall have failed to give notice of the third party claim) or to the extent that counsel to the Buyer Indemnitee concludes that representation of such Indemnitee by the counsel retained by Seller would be inappropriate due to actual or potential conflicts of interest between the Seller and any other party represented by such counsel in such Proceeding. Buyer shall cooperate fully with Seller in the defense of any third party claim. If Seller does not assume the defense of any third party claim in accordance with the provisions hereof, Buyer may defend such third party claim in a commercially reasonable manner and may settle such third party claim after giving written notice of the terms thereof to Seller.
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INTEL CORPORATION |
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2200 Mission College Boulevard |
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Santa Clara, CA 95054 |
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Fax: (408) 653-8050 |
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Attention: General Counsel |
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INTEL CORPORATION |
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2200 Mission College Boulevard |
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Santa Clara, CA 95054 |
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Attention: Treasurer |
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Fax: (408) 765-6038 |
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP |
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1881 Page Mill Road |
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Palo Alto, CA 94304 |
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Russell C. Hansen, Esq. |
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Lisa A. Fontenot, Esq. |
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Fax: (650) 849-5333 |
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MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD. |
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c/o Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. |
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5488 Marvell Lane, M.S. 5.2.589 |
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Santa Clara, CA 95054 |
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Attention: Vice President and General Counsel |
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Fax: (408) 222-9177 |
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP |
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50 Fremont Street |
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San Francisco, CA 94105 |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties here caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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/s/ Arvind Sodhani |
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[Signature Page to Taurus / Marvell Asset Purchase Agreement]