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Current Report Filing (8-k)

19/12/2014 10:25pm

Edgar (US Regulatory)


 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (date of earliest event reported):  December 15, 2014

 

KLX Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-3661

 

47-1639172

(State or other
jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

1300 Corporate Center Way, Wellington, Florida
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

33414-2105
(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (561) 383-5100

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Agreements with B/E Aerospace in Connection with the Spin-Off

 

On December 16, 2014 (the “Distribution Date”), B/E Aerospace, Inc. (“B/E Aerospace”) completed the spin-off of KLX Inc. (“KLX”) by means of the transfer of B/E Aerospace’s Consumables Management Segment businesses to KLX and the subsequent distribution to B/E Aerospace stockholders of all of the outstanding shares of KLX common stock (the “Spin-Off”).  On December 15, 2014, KLX entered into several agreements with B/E Aerospace that govern the relationship of the parties following the Spin-Off, including a Separation and Distribution Agreement, a Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement, and an Employee Matters Agreement. On December 16, 2014, KLX entered into two additional agreements with B/E Aerospace – a Transition Services Agreement and an IT Services Agreement.

 

A summary of the material terms of these agreements can be found in the Information Statement, dated November 26, 2014 (the “Information Statement), filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, under “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Agreements with B/E Aerospace Related to the Spin-Off,” which summary is incorporated herein by reference.  The summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Separation and Distribution Agreement, Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement, Employee Matters Agreement, Transition Services Agreement and IT Services Agreement filed as Exhibits 2.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility

 

On the Distribution Date KLX also entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with a syndicate of lenders providing KLX with a $500.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”).  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. is the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement.

 

Unless terminated earlier or extended in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Revolving Credit Facility will mature five years from the Distribution Date.  The Credit Agreement provides an option for KLX to request (a) incremental term loan commitments or increases in the aggregate amount of any prior incremental term loan tranche and/or (b) additional revolving credit borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility, in an aggregate amount for all such requests not to exceed $500.0 million, in each case, upon the satisfaction of certain customary terms and conditions.  Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility will bear interest, at KLX’s option, at (x) a LIBOR-based rate or a base rate, plus (y) an applicable margin, which margin may be reduced after the first fiscal quarter end after the Distribution Date subject to KLX attaining certain total leverage ratio levels.  KLX’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by KLX’s wholly-owned material domestic subsidiaries and secured by liens on substantially all of KLX’s and such subsidiary guarantors’ domestic assets (including a pledge of a portion of the capital stock of certain foreign subsidiaries owned directly by KLX or a guarantor), subject to certain exceptions and thresholds.

 

The Credit Agreement contains customary conditions precedent to borrowing and affirmative and negative covenants with respect to KLX and its subsidiaries, including limitations on the incurrence of debt, limitations on liens, prohibitions on fundamental changes (including by way of merger, consolidation, amalgamation, sale, liquidation or dissolution), limitations on the sale or other disposition of assets, limitations on investments, loans and advances, limitations on declaration and payment of dividends, restrictions on transactions with affiliates, prohibitions on amendments to organizational documents or to documents relating to the Spin-Off in a manner materially adverse to the interests of the lenders and limitations on prepayment of other debt, in each case, subject to certain exceptions, materiality and/or threshold amounts.  In addition, the Credit Agreement contains financial maintenance covenants requiring KLX to maintain a maximum total leverage ratio and a minimum interest coverage ratio, in each case, during the term of the Credit Agreement.  The Revolving Credit Facility has no scheduled amortization or scheduled commitment reductions.  Amounts borrowed and outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility will, in certain circumstances, be required to be prepaid with (a) the proceeds from certain asset sales, subject to certain thresholds and reinvestment rights, (b) the proceeds from certain incurrences of indebtedness and (c) the proceeds from certain casualty and condemnation events, subject to certain thresholds and reinvestment rights.

 

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The Credit Agreement further provides for certain customary representations and warranties and events of default, including, among other things, the failure to pay interest, principal and other fees, the failure to observe or perform any material covenant contained in the Credit Agreement, cross-default to certain material indebtedness, a change of control of KLX and the institution of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings.

 

Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility will be used by KLX to finance the working capital needs and other general corporate purposes of KLX and its subsidiaries.

 

The preceding summary of the Credit Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Credit Agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information under the heading “Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility” in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The information set forth under Item 5.03 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant.

 

The information in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal year.

 

In connection with the Spin-Off, on December 15, 2014, KLX adopted its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”) and Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”).  This description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed as Exhibit 3.1 and the Amended and Restated Bylaws filed as Exhibit 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On December 15, 2014, KLX held an annual meeting of its stockholders.  At that meeting, B/E Aerospace, as the sole stockholder of KLX, voted all 100 shares held by it in favor of (a) the adoption of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, (b) electing the individuals listed in the Information Statement under “Management—Our Board of Directors,” which list is hereby incorporated by reference herein, to be members of the Board of Directors, and (c) the adoption of the Amended and Restated Bylaws.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

A copy of the press release issued by KLX on December 17, 2014 announcing completion of the Spin-Off is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                 Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Exhibit Description

2.1

 

Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2014, by and between B/E Aerospace, Inc. and KLX Inc.

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of KLX Inc.

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of KLX Inc.

10.1

 

Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2014, by and between B/E Aerospace, Inc. and KLX Inc.

10.2

 

Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2014, by and between B/E Aerospace, Inc. and KLX Inc.

10.3

 

Transition Services Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2014, by and between B/E Aerospace, Inc. and KLX Inc.

10.4

 

IT Services Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2014, by and between B/E Aerospace, Inc. and KLX Inc.

10.5

 

Credit Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2014, by and between KLX Inc., the several Lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as Administrative Agent), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA (as Syndication Agents) and Suntrust Bank, TD Bank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada, Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., MUFG Union Bank, N.A., PNC Bank, National Association and Santander Bank, N.A (as Documentation Agents).

99.1

 

Information Statement of KLX Inc., dated November 26, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to KLX Inc.’s Amendment No. 4 to Form 10 dated November 26, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 26, 2014 (File No. 001-36610)).

99.2

 

Press Release, dated December 17, 2014.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated:  December 19, 2014

 

 

KLX INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael F. Senft

 

 

Name: Michael F. Senft

 

 

Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit
Number

 

Exhibit Description

2.1

 

Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2014, by and between B/E Aerospace, Inc. and KLX Inc.

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of KLX Inc.

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of KLX Inc.

10.1

 

Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2014, by and between B/E Aerospace, Inc. and KLX Inc.

10.2

 

Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2014, by and between B/E Aerospace, Inc. and KLX Inc.

10.3

 

Transition Services Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2014, by and between B/E Aerospace, Inc. and KLX Inc.

10.4

 

IT Services Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2014, by and between B/E Aerospace, Inc. and KLX Inc.

10.5

 

Credit Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2014, by and between KLX Inc., the several Lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as Administrative Agent), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA (as Syndication Agents) and Suntrust Bank, TD Bank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada, Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., MUFG Union Bank, N.A., PNC Bank, National Association and Santander Bank, N.A (as Documentation Agents).

99.1

 

Information Statement of KLX Inc., dated November 26, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to KLX Inc.’s Amendment No. 4 to Form 10 dated November 26, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 26, 2014 (File No. 001-36610)).

99.2

 

Press Release, dated December 17, 2014.

 

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Exhibit 2.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

AMONG

 

B/E AEROSPACE, INC.,

 

AND

 

KLX INC.

 

Dated as of December 15, 2014

 



 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Page

 

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

2

Section 1.01

Certain Defined Terms

2

Section 1.02

Interpretation and Rules of Construction

16

 

 

 

ARTICLE II ASSET TRANSFERS; ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES; CONTRIBUTION

16

Section 2.01

Transfer of Assets

16

Section 2.02

Assumption and Satisfaction of Liabilities

18

Section 2.03

Intercompany Balances

18

Section 2.04

Transfers Not Effected on or Prior to the Effective Time; Transfers Deemed Effective as of the Effective Time

19

Section 2.05

Transfer Documents

21

Section 2.06

Further Assurances

21

Section 2.07

Contribution

21

Section 2.08

Replacement of Guarantors and Obligors

21

Section 2.09

Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties

22

 

 

 

ARTICLE III CERTAIN ACTIONS AT OR PRIOR TO THE DISTRIBUTION

23

Section 3.01

Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws

23

Section 3.02

Directors

23

Section 3.03

Resignations

23

Section 3.04

Ancillary Agreements

24

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV THE DISTRIBUTION

24

Section 4.01

The Distribution

24

Section 4.02

Fractional Shares

24

Section 4.03

Actions in Connection with the Distribution

25

Section 4.04

Distribution Date

26

Section 4.05

Conditions to Distribution

26

Section 4.06

Paydown of Existing B/E Debt

27

 

 

 

ARTICLE V CERTAIN COVENANTS

27

Section 5.01

Non-Solicitation of Employees

27

Section 5.02

Auditors and Audits; Annual Financial Statements and Accounting

28

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MATTERS

30

Section 6.01

B/E Names and Marks

30

Section 6.02

KLX Names and Marks

32

Section 6.03

Memorabilia

32

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION

32

Section 7.01

Release of Pre-Distribution Claims

32

Section 7.02

Indemnification by B/E

35

Section 7.03

Indemnification by KLX

35

Section 7.04

Procedures for Indemnification

36

 

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Section 7.05

Cooperation in Defense and Settlement

37

Section 7.06

Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds

37

Section 7.07

Characterization of Payments

38

Section 7.08

Additional Matters; Survival of Indemnities

39

Section 7.09

Tax Indemnity Matters

39

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII ACCESS TO RECORDS; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; LEGAL AND OTHER MATTERS

39

Section 8.01

Provision of Corporate Records

39

Section 8.02

Access to Information

40

Section 8.03

Disposition of Information

40

Section 8.04

Witness Services

40

Section 8.05

Reimbursement; Other Matters

41

Section 8.06

Confidentiality

41

Section 8.07

Privileged Matters

42

Section 8.08

Ownership of Information

43

Section 8.09

Other Agreements

44

Section 8.10

Control of Legal Matters

44

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX INSURANCE

46

Section 9.01

Insurance

46

 

 

 

ARTICLE X DISPUTE RESOLUTION

48

Section 10.01

Disputes

48

Section 10.02

Dispute Resolution

48

Section 10.03

Continuity of Service and Performance

49

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI TERMINATION

50

Section 11.01

Termination

50

Section 11.02

Effect of Termination

50

Section 11.03

Amendment

50

Section 11.04

Waiver

50

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS

50

Section 12.01

Limitation of Liability

50

Section 12.02

Expenses

50

Section 12.03

Certain Business Matters

51

Section 12.04

Notices

51

Section 12.05

Public Announcements

52

Section 12.06

Severability

52

Section 12.07

Entire Agreement

52

Section 12.08

Assignment

52

Section 12.09

Parties in Interest

53

Section 12.10

Currency

53

Section 12.11

Tax Matters

53

Section 12.12

Employee Matters

53

Section 12.13

Governing Law

53

 

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Section 12.14

Waiver of Jury Trial

53

Section 12.15

Survival of Covenants

54

Section 12.16

Counterparts

54

 

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1.01(a)

B/E Assets

Schedule 1.01(b)

B/E Group

Schedule 1.01(c)

B/E Liabilities

Schedule 1.01(d)

B/E Litigation Matters

Schedule 1.01(e)

Continuing Arrangements

Schedule 1.01(f)

Intercompany Balances

Schedule 1.01(g)

KLX Assets

Schedule 1.01(h)

KLX Group

Schedule 1.01(i)

KLX Liabilities

Schedule 1.01(j)

KLX Litigation Matters

Schedule 1.01(k)

KLX Transaction Costs

Schedule 2.01(a)

Internal Separation

Schedule 2.01(c)

Shared Contracts

Schedule 2.08(a)

KLX Guarantees and Obligations

Schedule 2.08(d)

B/E Guarantees and Obligations

Schedule 8.10(c)(i)

B/E Claims

Schedule 8.10(c)(ii)

KLX Claims

Schedule 8.10(c)(iii)

Joint B/E and KLX Claims

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit 1.01(a)

Form of Employee Matters Agreement

Exhibit 1.01(b)

Form of IT Services Agreement

Exhibit 1.01(c)

Form of Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement

Exhibit 1.01(d)

Form of Transition Services Agreement

 

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SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 15, 2014, by and between B/E AEROSPACE, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“B/E”), and KLX INC., a newly formed corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“KLX”) and directly wholly-owned by B/E. Each of B/E and KLX is sometimes referred to herein as a “Party” and together, as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS, B/E, directly and through its various Subsidiaries, is engaged in the Manufacturing Business and the CMS Business;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of B/E (the “Board”) has determined that it is in the best interests of B/E and its shareholders to separate B/E into two separate, publicly traded companies, which shall operate the Manufacturing Business and the CMS Business, respectively;

 

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the foregoing, the Board has determined that it is in the best interests of B/E to separate the Manufacturing Business from the CMS Business and that such separation is being carried out for valid and exigent corporate business purposes;

 

WHEREAS, in order to effect such separation, except as otherwise provided herein or in any Ancillary Agreement, B/E and certain of its Subsidiaries will participate in a series of transactions in the manner provided in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements whereby (i) B/E and/or one or more other members of the B/E Group will, collectively, retain or acquire beneficial ownership of all of the B/E Assets and Assume all of the B/E Liabilities and (ii) KLX and/or one or more other members of the KLX Group will, collectively, retain or acquire beneficial ownership of all of the KLX Assets and Assume all of the KLX Liabilities, as more fully described in this Agreement (such transactions (to the extent described on Schedule 2.01(a)), collectively, the “Internal Separation”);

 

WHEREAS, following the initial steps of the Internal Separation, B/E will transfer the CMS Business to KLX (the “Contribution”) in exchange for (i) additional KLX Common Stock and (ii) the Cash Proceeds (as such terms are defined below);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Contribution and the Distribution, B/E will repay certain indebtedness owed by B/E under B/E’s existing bonds in part with proceeds received in connection with the Contribution from KLX and borrowed by KLX through a bond offering (the “Debt Repayment”);

 

WHEREAS, following the Internal Separation and the Contribution, B/E currently intends that, on the Distribution Date, B/E will distribute to the holders of issued and outstanding B/E Shares on a pro rata basis (in each case without consideration being paid by such shareholders), through a spin-off, all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of KLX (the “KLX Common Stock”), as more fully described in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (the “Distribution”);

 

WHEREAS, (i) the Parties intend that the Contribution and the Distribution qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) in which no gain or loss is recognized by B/E, and (ii) this Agreement is

 



 

intended to be, and is hereby adopted as, a plan of reorganization under Section 368 of the Code with each of B/E and KLX as a party to the reorganization;

 

WHEREAS, the Distribution is intended to qualify for non-recognition of gain or loss to holders of B/E Shares under Section 355 of the Code;

 

WHEREAS, the Debt Repayment is intended to qualify as a transfer under Section 361(b) of the Code such that no gain is recognized upon the receipt of the Cash Proceeds by B/E in connection with the Contribution; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties have determined that it is necessary and desirable to set forth the principal corporate transactions required to effect the Separation Transaction and to set forth certain other agreements that will govern certain matters relating to the relationship of B/E, KLX and their respective Subsidiaries following the Distribution;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, B/E and KLX hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

Section 1.01                             Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement:

 

Action” means any demand, action, claim, counterclaim, dispute, suit, countersuit, arbitration, inquiry, subpoena, proceeding or investigation, of any nature (whether criminal, civil, legislative, administrative, regulatory, prosecutorial or otherwise), in each case, by or before any Governmental Entity or any arbitration or mediation tribunal.

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control”, when used with respect to any specified Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other interests, by Contract or otherwise.

 

Agent” means the distribution agent to be appointed by B/E to distribute to the Record Holders, pursuant to the Distribution, the shares of KLX Common Stock held by B/E.

 

Ancillary Agreements” means the Transfer Documents, the Transition Services Agreement, the IT Services Agreement, the Tax Sharing Agreement and the Employee Matters Agreement.

 

Assets” means, with respect to any Person, all assets, properties, claims and rights (including goodwill), wherever located (including in the possession of vendors or other Persons or elsewhere), of every kind, character and description, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, or accrued or contingent, in each case, whether or not recorded or

 

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reflected or required to be recorded or reflected on the Records or financial statements of such Person, including the following:

 

(i)                                     all accounting and other legal and business books, records, ledgers and files, whether printed, electronic or written;

 

(ii)                                  all apparatuses, computers and other electronic data processing and communications equipment, fixtures, machinery, equipment, furniture, office equipment, automobiles, trucks, vessels, motor vehicles, aircraft and other transportation equipment, special and general tools, test devices, prototypes and models and other tangible personal property;

 

(iii)                               all inventories of products, goods, materials, parts, raw materials, components, packaging, ingredients and supplies, in each case, whether finished or in process;

 

(iv)                              all interests in real property of whatever nature, including easements, whether as owner, mortgagee or holder of a Security Interest in real property, lessor, sublessor, lessee, sublessee or otherwise;

 

(v)                                 (A) all interests in any capital stock or other equity interests of any Subsidiary or any other Person, (B) all bonds, notes, debentures or other securities issued by any Subsidiary or any other Person, (C) all loans, advances or other extensions of credit or capital contributions to any Subsidiary or any other Person, and (D) all other investments in securities of any Person, and all rights as a partner, joint venturer or participant;

 

(vi)                              all Contracts, including leases of personal property, open purchase orders for raw materials, packaging, ingredients, supplies, parts or services, unfilled orders for the manufacture and sale of products and other Contracts or commitments and all rights arising thereunder;

 

(vii)                           all deposits, letters of credit and performance and surety bonds;

 

(viii)                        all written (including in electronic form) technical information, data, specifications, research and development information, engineering drawings and specifications, operating and maintenance manuals, and materials and analyses prepared by consultants and other third parties;

 

(ix)                              all Intellectual Property;

 

(x)                                 all Software;

 

(xi)                              all cost information, sales and pricing data, customer prospect lists, supplier records, customer and supplier lists, customer and vendor data, correspondence and lists, product data and literature, artwork, design, development and business process files and data, vendor and customer drawings, specifications, quality records and reports and other books, records, studies, surveys, reports, plans and documents;

 

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(xii)                           all prepaid expenses, trade accounts and other accounts and notes receivables;

 

(xiii)                        all claims, rights or benefits against any Person arising from the ownership of any Asset or pursuant to any Action, all rights in connection with any bids or offers and all claims, choses in action or similar rights, whether accrued or contingent, whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether arising by counterclaim or otherwise;

 

(xiv)                       all rights under insurance Policies and all rights in the nature of insurance, indemnification or contribution;

 

(xv)                          all licenses, permits, approvals and authorizations which have been issued by any Governmental Entity and all pending applications therefor;

 

(xvi)                       all cash or cash equivalents, bank accounts, lock boxes and other deposit arrangements, whether denominated in U.S. dollars or otherwise;

 

(xvii)                    all interest rate, currency, commodity or other swap, collar, cap or other hedging or similar Contracts or arrangements; and

 

(xviii)                 all goodwill as a going concern and other intangible properties.

 

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banks are required or authorized by Law to be closed in New York, New York.

 

B/E Assets” means:

 

(i)                                     the ownership interests in those Persons that are included in the definition of the B/E Group and all of the Assets owned or held by such Persons (other than any Assets that constitute KLX Assets);

 

(ii)                                  all B/E Contracts and any rights or claims arising thereunder;

 

(iii)                               any rights or claims or contingent rights or claims primarily relating to or arising from the Manufacturing Business;

 

(iv)                              any and all Assets reflected on the B/E Balance Sheet or the accounting records supporting such balance sheet and any Assets acquired by or for B/E or any member of the B/E Group subsequent to the date of such balance sheet which, had they been so acquired on or before such date and owned as of such date, would have been reflected on such balance sheet if prepared on a consistent basis, subject to any dispositions of any of such Assets subsequent to the date of such balance sheet; provided, however, that to the extent any Assets or Liabilities are Transferred by KLX or any member of the KLX Group to B/E or any member of the B/E Group or vice versa in connection with the Internal Separation and on or prior to the Distribution Date, such Assets and/or Liabilities shall be deemed to be included or excluded from the B/E Balance Sheet, as the case may be;

 

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(v)                                 subject to ARTICLE IX, any rights of any member of the B/E Group under any Policies, including any rights thereunder arising after the Distribution Date in respect of any Policies that are occurrence policies;

 

(vi)                              all B/E Claims and, to the extent relating to the Manufacturing Business, Joint B/E and KLX Claims; and

 

(vii)                           the Assets set forth in Schedule 1.01(a) and any and all Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement as Assets which have been or are to be Transferred to B/E or any other member of the B/E Group.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the B/E Assets shall not include any Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (or the Schedules hereto or thereto) as Assets to be retained by or Transferred to any member of the KLX Group.

 

B/E Balance Sheet” means the condensed consolidated balance sheet of the B/E Group, as of September 30, 2014, including the notes thereto, as filed with the SEC in B/E’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2014.

 

B/E Contracts” means the following Contracts to which B/E or any of its Affiliates is a party as of the date hereof or by which it or any of its Affiliates as of the date hereof or any of their respective Assets is bound:

 

(i)                                     any Contract that relates primarily to the Manufacturing Business; and

 

(ii)                                  any Contract or part thereof that is otherwise expressly contemplated pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 2.01(c)) or any of the Ancillary Agreements to be assigned to any member of the B/E Group.

 

B/E Disclosure Sections” means all information set forth in or omitted from the Form 10 or Information Statement to the extent relating to (a) the B/E Group, (b) the B/E Liabilities, (c) the B/E Assets or (d) the substantive disclosure set forth in the Form 10 relating to the Board’s consideration of the Separation Transaction and the Distribution, including the section entitled “The Spin-Off—Reasons for the Spin-Off”.

 

B/E Group” means B/E, each Person that will be a Subsidiary of B/E immediately following the Distribution, including the entities set forth on Schedule 1.01(b), and each Person that becomes a Subsidiary of B/E after the Distribution, including in each case any Person that is merged or consolidated with and into B/E or any Subsidiary of B/E.

 

B/E Indemnitees” means each member of the B/E Group and each of their respective directors, officers, employees and agents and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing, other than the KLX Indemnitees.

 

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B/E Liabilities” means:

 

(i)                                     any and all Liabilities that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (other than Taxes as provided for in the Tax Sharing Agreement) (or the Schedules hereto or thereto, including Schedule 1.01(c)) as Liabilities to be Assumed by any member of the B/E Group, and all obligations and Liabilities expressly Assumed by any member of the B/E Group under this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements (other than the Tax Sharing Agreement);

 

(ii)                                  any and all Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from:

 

(A)                               the operation or conduct of the Manufacturing Business prior to, on or after the Effective Time (including any such Liability to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any Representative (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Person’s authority) with respect to the Manufacturing Business);

 

(B)                               the operation or conduct of any business conducted by any member of the B/E Group at any time after the Effective Time (including any such Liability to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any Representative (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Person’s authority) with respect to the Manufacturing Business);

 

(C)                               any B/E Assets, whether arising before, on or after the Effective Time;

 

(D)                               any terminated or divested Person, business or operation formerly and primarily owned or managed by or associated with B/E or any Manufacturing Business;

 

(E)                                any indebtedness (including debt securities and asset-backed debt) of any member of the B/E Group or indebtedness (regardless of the issuer of such indebtedness) exclusively relating to the Manufacturing Business or any indebtedness (regardless of the issuer of such indebtedness) secured exclusively by any of the B/E Assets (including any Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from a claim by a holder of any such indebtedness, in its capacity as such); and

 

(F)                                 any B/E Litigation Matter, any Future B/E Litigation Matter and, to the extent relating to the Manufacturing Business, any Future Joint Litigation Matter; and

 

(iii)                               all Liabilities reflected as liabilities or obligations on the B/E Balance Sheet or the accounting records supporting such balance sheet, and all Liabilities arising or Assumed after the date of such balance sheet which, had they arisen or been Assumed on or before such date and been retained as of such date, would have been reflected on

 

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such balance sheet or such records if prepared on a consistent basis, subject to any discharge of such Liabilities subsequent to the date of the B/E Balance Sheet.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the B/E Liabilities shall not include any KLX Liabilities.

 

B/E Litigation Matters” means the Actions set forth in Schedule 1.01(d) and any other Actions primarily related to the B/E Assets or B/E Liabilities commenced on or before the Distribution Date.

 

B/E Senior Unsecured Notes” means (i) the 5.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022 issued by B/E and (ii) the 6.875% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2020 issued by B/E.

 

B/E Shares” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of B/E.

 

Cash Proceeds” means the cash proceeds received by B/E from KLX as partial consideration for the Contribution.

 

CMS Business” means the business of the distribution of aerospace fasteners and consumables and the provision of logistics and technical services, in each case to the airline, aerospace and energy services industries.

 

Confidential Information” means confidential or proprietary Information concerning a Party and/or any other member of such Party’s Group which, prior to or following the Effective Time, has been disclosed by a Party or any other member of such Party’s Group to another Party or any other member of such Party’s Group, in written, oral (including by recording), electronic, or visual form to, or otherwise has come into the possession of, the other Party or any other member of such Party’s Group, including pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.01, 8.02 or 8.03 or any other provision of this Agreement (except to the extent that such Information can be shown to have been (i) in the public domain through no fault of such Party or any other member of such Party’s Group or (ii) lawfully acquired from other sources by such Party or any other member of such Party’s Group to which it was furnished; provided, however, in the case of clause (ii) that, to the knowledge of the Party or other member of such Party’s Group to which such Information was furnished, such sources did not provide such Information in breach of any confidentiality obligations).

 

Consents” means any consents, waivers or approvals from, or notification requirements to, any Person other than a Governmental Entity, in each case, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Continuing Arrangements” means those arrangements set forth in Schedule 1.01(e) and such other commercial arrangements between the Parties that are intended to survive and continue following the Effective Time.

 

Contract” means any agreement, contract, obligation, covenant, license, indenture, instrument, lease, arrangement, commitment or undertaking (whether written or oral and whether express or implied).

 

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Disclosure Documents” means any registration statement or other document (including the Form 10) filed with the SEC by or on behalf of any Party or any of its controlled Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and also includes any information statement, prospectus, offering memorandum, offering circular (including any franchise offering circular or any similar disclosure statement), or similar disclosure document, whether or not filed with the SEC or any other Governmental Entity related to the transactions contemplated hereby, which offers for sale or registers the transfer or distribution of any security of such Party or any of its controlled Affiliates.

 

Distribution Date” means the date on which the Distribution occurs.

 

Distribution Record Date” means the close of business on the date to be determined by the Board as the record date for determining the B/E Shares in respect of which shares of KLX Common Stock will be distributed pursuant to the Distribution.

 

Effective Time” means 11:59 p.m., Eastern time, on the Distribution Date.

 

Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement between B/E and KLX, substantially in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit 1.01(a).

 

Employment Contract” means any written Contract between a Party or any member of its Group and a current or former employee of any such Party or member of its Group.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Existing B/E Indebtedness” means all of the outstanding indebtedness of B/E owed to third-party lenders as of the Distribution Date represented by the B/E Senior Unsecured Notes.

 

Final Determination” shall have the meaning set forth in the Tax Sharing Agreement.

 

Form 10” means the registration statement on Form 10 filed by KLX with the SEC to effect the registration of KLX Common Stock pursuant to the Exchange Act in connection with the Distribution, as such registration statement may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Governmental Approvals” means any notice or report to be submitted to, or other filing to be made with, or any consent, registration, approval, permit or authorization to be obtained from, any Governmental Entity, in each case in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Governmental Entity” means any nation or government, any state, municipality or other political subdivision thereof and any entity, body, agency, department, board, bureau, commission or court, whether domestic, foreign or multinational, exercising executive,

 

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legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any executive official thereof.

 

Group” means the B/E Group or the KLX Group, as the context may require.

 

Indemnifiable Loss” means any and all damages, losses, Liabilities, penalties, judgments, settlements, claims, payments, fines, interest, costs and expenses (including the costs and expenses of any and all Actions, assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto and the reasonable costs and expenses of attorneys’, accountants’, consultants’ and other professionals’ fees and expenses incurred in the investigation or defense thereof or the enforcement of rights hereunder), excluding special, consequential, indirect and punitive damages (other than special, consequential, indirect and/or punitive damages awarded to any third party against an indemnified party) and excluding Taxes.

 

Information” means all information, whether or not patentable, copyrightable or protectable as a trade secret, in written, oral, electronic, visual or other tangible or intangible form, stored in any medium now known or yet created, including studies, reports, Records, instruments, surveys, discoveries, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, designs, specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes, samples, flow charts, data, computer data, disks, diskettes, tapes, computer programs or other Software, marketing plans, customer names, communications by or to attorneys (including attorney-client privileged communications), memos and other materials prepared by attorneys or under their direction (including attorney work product), communications and materials otherwise related to or made or prepared in connection with or in preparation for any legal proceeding, and other technical, financial, employee or business information or data, documents, correspondence, materials and files.

 

Information Statement” means the Information Statement attached as an exhibit to the Form 10 to be sent to the holders of B/E Shares in connection with the Distribution, as such Information Statement may be amended from time to time.

 

Insurance Proceeds” means those monies (i) received by an insured (or its successor-in-interest) from an insurance carrier; (ii) paid by an insurance carrier on behalf of an insured (or its successor-in-interest); or (iii) received (including by way of set-off) from any third party in the nature of insurance, contribution or indemnification in respect of any Liability, in any such case net of any applicable premium adjustments (including reserves and retrospectively rated premium adjustments), net of any deductibles, retentions, or costs or expenses incurred in the collection thereof.

 

Intellectual Property” means (i) patents and patent applications; (ii) Trademarks; (iii) copyrights and design rights, including registrations and applications for registration thereof; (iv) database rights; and (v) confidential and proprietary information, including trade secrets and know-how.

 

Intercompany Balances” means all current ordinary course of business intercompany accounts receivable, accounts payable and corporate cross-charges balances (including amounts arising under any Continuing Arrangement), as of the date hereof, between

 

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any member of the KLX Group, on the one hand, and any member of the B/E Group, on the other hand, excluding those loans, interest accrued thereon and any other balances set forth in Schedule 1.01(f).

 

IT Services Agreement” means the IT Services Agreement between B/E and KLX, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.01(b).

 

KLX Assets” means:

 

(i)                                     the ownership interests in those Persons that are included in the definition of the KLX Group and all of the Assets owned or held by such Persons;

 

(ii)                                  all KLX Contracts and any rights or claims arising thereunder;

 

(iii)                               any rights or claims or contingent rights or claims primarily relating to or arising from the CMS Business;

 

(iv)                              any and all Assets reflected on the KLX Balance Sheet or the accounting records supporting such balance sheet and any Assets acquired by or for KLX or any member of the KLX Group subsequent to the date of such balance sheet which, had they been so acquired on or before such date and owned as of such date, would have been reflected on such balance sheet if prepared on a consistent basis, subject to any dispositions of any of such Assets subsequent to the date of such balance sheet; provided that to the extent any Assets or Liabilities are Transferred by B/E or any member of the B/E Group to KLX or any member of the KLX Group or vice versa in connection with the Internal Separation and on or prior to the Distribution Date, such Assets and/or Liabilities shall be deemed to be included or excluded from the KLX Balance Sheet, as the case may be;

 

(v)                                 subject to ARTICLE IX, any rights of any member of the KLX Group under any Policies, including any rights thereunder arising after the Distribution Date in respect of any Policies that are occurrence policies;

 

(vi)                              all KLX Claims and, to the extent relating to the CMS Business, Joint B/E and KLX Claims; and

 

(vii)                           the Assets set forth in Schedule 1.01(g) and any and all Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement as Assets which have been or are to be Transferred to KLX or any other member of the KLX Group.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the KLX Assets shall not include any Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (or the Schedules hereto or thereto) as Assets to be retained by or Transferred to any member of the B/E Group.

 

KLX Balance Sheet” means the condensed combined balance sheets of the KLX Group, including the notes thereto, as of September 30, 2014, as included in the Information Statement filed with the SEC.

 

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KLX Contracts” means the following Contracts to which any member of the B/E Group or any member of the KLX Group is a party or by which any member of the B/E Group or any member of the KLX Group or any of their respective Assets is bound:

 

(i)                                     any Contract that relates primarily to the CMS Business; and

 

(ii)                                  any Contract or part thereof that is otherwise expressly contemplated pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 2.01(c)) or any of the Ancillary Agreements to be assigned to any member of the KLX Group.

 

KLX Group” means KLX, each Person that will be a Subsidiary of KLX immediately prior to the Distribution, including the entities set forth on Schedule 1.01(h), and each Person that becomes a Subsidiary of KLX after the Distribution, including in each case any Person that is merged or consolidated with and into KLX or any Subsidiary of KLX.

 

KLX Indemnitees” means each member of the KLX Group and each of their respective directors, officers, employees and agents and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing, other than the B/E Indemnitees.

 

KLX Intellectual Property” means the all Intellectual Property owned by a member of the KLX Group and all Intellectual Property that a member of the KLX Group is licensed to use pursuant to a license from any other Person.

 

KLX Liabilities” means:

 

(i)                                     any and all Liabilities that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (other than Taxes as provided for in the Tax Sharing Agreement) (or the Schedules hereto or thereto, including Schedule 1.01(i)) as Liabilities to be Assumed by any member of the KLX Group, and all obligations and Liabilities expressly Assumed by any member of the KLX Group under this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements (other than the Tax Sharing Agreement);

 

(ii)                                  any and all Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from:

 

(A)                               the operation or conduct of the CMS Business prior to, on or after the Effective Time (including any such Liability to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any Representative (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Person’s authority) with respect to the CMS Business);

 

(B)                               the operation or conduct of any business conducted by any member of the KLX Group at any time after the Effective Time (including any such Liability to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any Representative (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Person’s authority) with respect to the CMS Business);

 

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(C)                               any KLX Assets, whether arising before, on or after the Effective Time;

 

(D)                               any terminated or divested Subsidiary or other Person (other than any individual), business or operation formerly and primarily owned or managed by or associated with KLX or any CMS Business;

 

(E)                                any indebtedness (including debt securities and asset-backed debt) of any member of the KLX Group or indebtedness (regardless of the issuer of such indebtedness) exclusively relating to the CMS Business or any indebtedness (regardless of the issuer of such indebtedness) secured exclusively by any of the KLX Assets (including any Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from a claim by a holder of any such indebtedness, in its capacity as such); and

 

(F)                                 any KLX Litigation Matter, Future KLX Litigation Matter and, to the extent relating to the CMS Business, any Future Joint Litigation Matter;

 

(iii)                               all Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, with respect to all information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the Form 10 and any other documents filed with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, other than with respect to the B/E Disclosure Sections; and

 

(iv)                              all Liabilities reflected as liabilities or obligations on the KLX Balance Sheet or the accounting records supporting such balance sheet, and all Liabilities arising or Assumed after the date of such balance sheet which, had they arisen or been Assumed on or before such date and been retained as of such date, would have been reflected on such balance sheet or such records if prepared on a consistent basis, subject to any discharge of such Liabilities subsequent to the date of the KLX Balance Sheet.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the KLX Liabilities shall not include any B/E Liabilities.

 

KLX Litigation Matters” means the Actions set forth in Schedule 1.01(j) and any other Actions primarily related to the KLX Assets or KLX Liabilities commenced on or before the Distribution Date.

 

KLX Names and Marks” means, collectively, any Trademark included in the KLX Intellectual Property and/or KLX Assets, any variation or acronym thereof, or any Trademark or other identifier of source or goodwill containing, incorporating or associated with any such Trademark.

 

KLX Transaction Costs” means the categories of out-of-pocket transaction costs and expenses incurred by B/E, KLX or any member of their respective Groups in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby set forth in Schedule 1.01(k).

 

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Law” means any applicable statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, judgment, rule of common law, order, decree, government approval, concession, grant, franchise, license, agreement, directive, guideline, policy, requirement or other governmental restriction or any similar form of decision of, or determination by, or any interpretation or administration of any of the foregoing by, any Governmental Entity, whether now or hereinafter in effect and, in each case, as amended.

 

Liabilities” means any and all claims, debts, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, damages, obligations, accruals, accounts payable, reckonings, bonds, indemnities and similar obligations, agreements, promises, guarantees, make-whole agreements and similar obligations, and other liabilities and requirements, including all contractual obligations, whether absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown, whenever arising, and including those arising under any Law, Action, threatened or contemplated Action or any award of any arbitrator or mediator of any kind, and those arising under any Contract (other than the Tax Sharing Agreement), including those arising under this Agreement, in each case, whether or not recorded or reflected or required to be recorded or reflected on the Records or financial statements of any Person. For the avoidance of doubt, Liabilities shall include attorneys’ fees, the costs and expenses of all assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises, and any and all other costs and expenses whatsoever reasonably incurred in connection with anything contemplated by the preceding sentence (including costs and expenses incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any such Actions or threatened or contemplated Actions).

 

Manufacturing Business” means the aircraft cabin interior equipment design, development, manufacturing, certification and direct sales business.

 

NASDAQ” means the registered national securities exchange operated by The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.

 

Person” means any natural person, firm, individual, corporation, trust, joint venture, association, company, limited liability company, general or limited partnership or other organization or entity, whether incorporated or unincorporated, or any Governmental Entity.

 

Policies” means insurance policies and insurance Contracts of any kind (other than life and benefits policies or Contracts), including primary, excess and umbrella policies, comprehensive general liability policies, director and officer liability, fiduciary liability, automobile, aircraft, property and casualty, workers’ compensation and employee dishonesty insurance policies, bonds and self-insurance and captive insurance company arrangements, together with the rights, benefits and privileges thereunder.

 

Pre-Separation Claims-Based Insurance Claim” means any claim made against the KLX Group or the B/E Group and reported to the applicable insurer(s) on or prior to the Distribution Date in respect of a wrongful act or omission occurring on or prior to the Distribution Date that results in a Liability under a “claims-made-based” insurance policy of the B/E Group in effect on or prior to the Distribution Date or any extended reporting period thereof.

 

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Pre-Separation Insurance Claim” means a (i) Pre-Separation Claims-Based Insurance Claim or (ii) Action (whether made prior to, on or following the Distribution Date) in respect of a Liability occurring on or prior to the Distribution Date under an “occurrence-based” insurance policy of any member of the B/E Group in effect on or prior to the Distribution Date.

 

Records” means any Contracts, documents, books, records or files.

 

Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, the employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, advisors, independent contractors and consultants of such Person.

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency thereto.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Security Interest” means any mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien, charge, claim, option, right to acquire, voting or other restriction, right-of-way, covenant, condition, easement, encroachment, restriction on transfer, or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever, excluding (i) restrictions on transfer under securities Laws and (ii) licenses of Intellectual Property.

 

Separation Transaction” means the Internal Separation and the Contribution.

 

Software” means all computer programs, applications and code (including source code and object code), and all media and documentation (including user manuals and training materials) relating to or embodying any of the foregoing or on which any of the foregoing are recorded.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (i) a corporation, 50% or more of the voting or capital stock of which is, as of the time in question, directly or indirectly owned by such Person and (ii) any other partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity in which such Person, directly or indirectly, owns 50% or more of the equity economic interest thereof or has the power to elect or direct the election of 50% or more of the members of the governing body of such entity or otherwise has control over such entity (e.g., as the managing partner of a partnership).

 

Tax” shall have the meaning set forth in the Tax Sharing Agreement.

 

Tax Return” shall have the meaning set forth in the Tax Sharing Agreement.

 

Tax Sharing Agreement” means the Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement between B/E and KLX, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.01(c).

 

Trademarks” means trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress and Internet domain names, and registrations and applications for registration thereof, together with the goodwill associated therewith.

 

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Transaction Costs” means all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by B/E, KLX or any member of their respective Groups in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, other than the KLX Transaction Costs.

 

Transfer Documents” means, collectively, the various Contracts and other documents heretofore entered into and to be entered into to effect the Transfer of Assets and the Assumption of Liabilities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, or otherwise relating to, arising out of or resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which may include one or more contribution agreements, which shall be, as applicable, in such form or forms as the applicable parties thereto agree.

 

Transition Services Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement between B/E and KLX, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.01(d).

 

The following terms have the meanings set forth in the Sections below:

 

Definition

 

Location

 

 

 

Agreement

 

Preamble

Agreement Disputes

 

10.01

Assume”, “Assumed” or “Assumption

 

2.02

Audited Party

 

5.02(c)

B/E

 

Preamble

B/E Claims

 

8.10(c)

B/E Names and Marks

 

6.01(a)

Board

 

Recitals

Code

 

Recitals

Contribution

 

Recitals

Corporate Name

 

6.01(b)

Debt Repayment

 

Recitals

Distribution

 

Recitals

Escalation Notice

 

10.02(a)

Existing Stock

 

6.01(d)

Future B/E Litigation Matter

 

8.10(b)(i)

Future Joint Litigation Matters

 

8.10(b)(iii)

Future KLX Litigation Matter

 

8.10(b)(ii)

Indemnifying Party

 

7.04(b)

Indemnitee

 

7.04(b)

Indemnity Payment

 

7.06(a)

Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments

 

5.02(b)

Internal Separation

 

Recitals

Joint B/E and KLX Claims

 

8.10(c)

KLX

 

Preamble

KLX Claims

 

8.10(c)

KLX Common Stock

 

Recitals

Memorabilia

 

6.03

Other Party’s Auditors

 

5.02(b)

 

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Party

 

Preamble

Record Holders

 

4.01(b)

Shared Contract

 

2.01(c)(i)

Third Party Claim

 

7.04(b)

Transfer” or “Transferred

 

2.01(a)(i)

 

Section 1.02                             Interpretation and Rules of Construction. In this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise provided or that the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)                                 when a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference is to an Article or Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated;

 

(b)                                 the table of contents and headings for this Agreement are for reference purposes only and do not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement;

 

(c)                                  whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

 

(d)                                 the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;

 

(e)                                  all terms defined in this Agreement have the defined meanings when used in any Ancillary Agreement, or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, unless otherwise defined therein;

 

(f)                                   the definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms; and

 

(g)                                  references to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns.

 

ARTICLE II

 

ASSET TRANSFERS; ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES; CONTRIBUTION

 

Section 2.01                             Transfer of Assets.

 

(a)                                 On or prior to the Effective Time and to the extent not already completed:

 

(i)                                     B/E shall, on behalf of itself and the other members of the B/E Group, as applicable, transfer, contribute, assign and convey or cause to be transferred, contributed, assigned and conveyed (“Transfer”) to KLX or another member of the KLX Group all of its and its Subsidiaries’ right, title and interest, if any and to the extent of such right, title and interest, in and to the KLX Assets owned or held by a member of the B/E Group immediately prior to the Distribution, including taking the actions necessary to consummate the transactions set forth in Schedule 2.01(a); and

 

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(ii)                                  B/E and KLX shall, on behalf of itself and the other members of the KLX Group, as applicable, Transfer (or cause to be Transferred) to B/E or another member of the B/E Group all of KLX’s and KLX’s Subsidiaries’ right, title and interest, if any and to the extent of such right, title and interest, in and to the B/E Assets owned or held by a member of the KLX Group immediately prior to the Distribution, including taking the actions necessary to consummate the transactions set forth in Schedule 2.01(a).

 

(b)                                 Unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, each of B/E and KLX shall be entitled to designate the Subsidiary or other Person within such Party’s respective Group to which any Assets are to be Transferred pursuant to this Section 2.01 or Section 2.04.

 

(c)                                  Without limiting the generality of the obligations set forth in Section 2.01(a) and 2.01(b):

 

(i)                                     Unless the Parties otherwise agree or the benefits of any Contract described in this Section 2.01(c) are expressly conveyed to the applicable Party pursuant to an Ancillary Agreement, to the extent any Contract is (1) a B/E Asset but inures in part to the benefit or burden of any member of the KLX Group or (2) a KLX Asset but inures in part to the benefit or burden of any member of the B/E Group, including those contracts listed in Schedule 2.01(c) (each, a “Shared Contract”), such Shared Contract shall be assigned in part to the applicable member(s) of the applicable Group, if so assignable, or appropriately amended prior to, on or after the Effective Time, so that each Party or the members of their respective Groups shall be entitled to the rights and benefits, and shall Assume the related portion of any Liabilities, inuring to their respective businesses; provided, however, that (x) in no event shall any member of any Group be required to assign (or amend) any Shared Contract in its entirety or to assign a portion of any Shared Contract (including any Policy) which is not assignable (or cannot be amended) by its terms (including any terms imposing consents or conditions on an assignment where such consents or conditions have not been obtained or fulfilled) and (y) if any Shared Contract cannot be so partially assigned by its terms or otherwise, or cannot be amended or if such assignment or amendment would impair the benefit the Parties thereto derive from such Shared Contract, the Parties shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, take such other reasonable and permissible actions to cause a member of the KLX Group or the B/E Group, as the case may be, to receive the benefit of that portion of each Shared Contract that relates to the CMS Business or the Manufacturing Business (to the extent so related) as if such Shared Contract had been assigned to (or amended to allow) a member of the applicable Group pursuant to this Section 2.01 and to bear the burden of the corresponding Liabilities (including any Liabilities that may arise by reason of such arrangement) as if such Liabilities had been Assumed by a member of the applicable Group pursuant to this Section 2.01.

 

(ii)                                  Each of B/E and KLX shall, and shall cause the respective members of its Group to, (A) treat for all Tax purposes the portion of each Shared Contract inuring to its respective businesses as Assets owned by, and/or Liabilities of, as applicable, such Party not later than the Effective Time and (B) neither report nor take any Tax position (on a Tax Return or otherwise) inconsistent with such treatment (in the case of clauses (A) and (B), unless required by Tax Law or any other Law or the good faith resolution of a

 

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contest or other proceeding relating to Taxes), in which case the Group holding the Shared Contract will be indemnified by the other Group for any Taxes of the holding Group attributable to the Asset or Liability arising after the Effective Time).

 

(iii)                               Nothing in this Section 2.01(c) shall require any member of any Group to make any payment (except to the extent advanced, Assumed or agreed in advance to be reimbursed by any member of the other Group), incur any obligation or grant any concession for the benefit of any member of any other Group in order to effect any transaction contemplated by this Section 2.01(c), in each case, other than an incidental payment, obligation or concession.

 

(d)                                 The Parties agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Transfer of the KLX Assets to KLX constitutes a transfer in a transaction which does not attract value-added tax (VAT) or similar taxes (a business as a going concern or similar exemption) for the purposes of the relevant legal provisions in each of the territories in which taxable supplies arise.

 

Section 2.02             Assumption and Satisfaction of Liabilities. Except as otherwise specifically set forth in any Ancillary Agreement, from and after the Effective Time, (a) B/E shall, or shall cause a member of the B/E Group to, accept, assume (or, as applicable, retain) and timely perform, discharge and fulfill, in accordance with their respective terms (“Assume”), all of the B/E Liabilities and (b) KLX shall, or shall cause a member of the KLX Group to, Assume all the KLX Liabilities, in each case, regardless of (i) when or where such Liabilities arose or arise, (ii) whether the facts upon which they are based occurred prior to, on or subsequent to the Effective Time, (iii) where or against whom such Liabilities are asserted or determined and (iv) whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation by any member of the B/E Group or the KLX Group, as the case may be, or any of their past or present respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

 

Section 2.03               Intercompany Balances.

 

(a)                                 All of the Intercompany Balances shall be settled by means of cash payments either prior to or after the Effective Time in the ordinary course of business.

 

(b)                                 All balances set forth on Schedule 1.01(f) shall be repaid, settled or otherwise eliminated at or prior to the Effective Time, by means of cash payments, a dividend, capital contribution, a combination of the foregoing or otherwise, as determined by B/E.

 

(c)                                  As between the Parties (and the other members of their respective Groups), all payments and reimbursements received after the Effective Time by any Party (whether received directly or indirectly through another member of such Party’s Group) that relate to a business, Asset or Liability of the other Party (or other member of its Group) shall be held by such Party in trust for the use and benefit of the Party entitled, directly or indirectly, thereto (at the expense of the Party so entitled) and, promptly upon receipt by such Party of any such payment or reimbursement, such Party shall pay or shall cause the applicable member of its Group to pay over to the applicable Party (or, at the direction, in writing, of the applicable Party,

 

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to another member of such Party’s Group) the amount of such payment or reimbursement without right of set-off, net of any costs, including Tax costs, to the Party making such payment.

 

Section 2.04                             Transfers Not Effected on or Prior to the Effective Time; Transfers Deemed Effective as of the Effective Time.

 

(a)                                 In the event that it is discovered after the Distribution that there was an omission of (i) the Transfer by KLX (or other member of the KLX Group) or the Assumption by B/E (or other member of the B/E Group) of any B/E Asset or B/E Liability, as the case may be, (ii) the Transfer by B/E (or other member of the B/E Group) or the Assumption by KLX (or other member of the KLX Group) of any KLX Asset or KLX Liability, as the case may be, or (iii) the Transfer by one Party (or any other member of its Group) to, or the Assumption by, the other Party (or any other member of its Group) of any Asset or Liability, as the case may be, that, had the Parties given specific consideration to such Asset or Liability prior to the Distribution, would have otherwise been so Transferred or Assumed, as the case may be, pursuant to this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly effect such Transfer or Assumption of such Asset or Liability. Any Transfer or Assumption made pursuant to this Section 2.04(a) shall be treated by the Parties for all purposes as if it had occurred immediately prior to the Distribution, except as otherwise required by applicable Law.

 

(b)                                 In the event that it is discovered after the Distribution that there was (i) a Transfer by KLX (or other member of the KLX Group) or the Assumption by B/E (or other member of the B/E Group) of any KLX Asset or KLX Liability, as the case may be, or (ii) a Transfer by B/E (or other member of the B/E Group) or the Assumption by KLX (or other member of the KLX Group) of any B/E Asset or B/E Liability, as the case may be, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly Transfer such Asset back to the Party (or other member of such Party’s Group) which made such erroneous Transfer or to rescind any Assumption of such Liability, as the case may be. Any Transfer made or Assumption rescinded pursuant to this Section 2.04(b) shall be treated by the Parties for all purposes as if such Asset or Liability had never been originally Transferred or Assumed, as the case may be, except as otherwise required by applicable Law.

 

(c)                                  To the extent that any Transfers contemplated by this Agreement (other than any Transfer contemplated by Section 2.01(c)) shall not have been consummated on or prior to the Effective Time, the Parties shall cooperate to effect such Transfers as promptly as practicable following the Effective Time. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Transfer of any Assets or the Assumption of any Liabilities which by their terms or operation of Law cannot be Transferred; provided, however, that the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts following the Distribution Date to seek to obtain any necessary Consents or Governmental Approvals for the Transfer of all Assets and the Assumption of all Liabilities contemplated to be Transferred and Assumed pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(d)                                 In the event that any such Transfer of Assets or Assumption of Liabilities has not been consummated, from and after the Effective Time (i) to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the Party whose Group retains such Asset shall thereafter hold, or cause the

 

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applicable member of its Group to hold, such Asset (at no net Tax cost to such Party or such member) for the use and benefit of the member of the other Group entitled thereto (at the expense of the member entitled thereto) to the extent related to such other Party’s business and (ii) to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the Party whose Group was intended to Assume such Liability shall, or shall cause the applicable member of its Group to, pay or reimburse the member of the other Group retaining such Liability (at no net Tax cost to such retaining member) for all amounts paid or incurred in connection with the retention of such Liability to the extent related to such other Party’s business. In addition, the Party whose Group retains such Asset or Liability shall, insofar as reasonably possible and to the extent permitted by applicable Law, treat such Asset or Liability in the ordinary course of business in accordance with past practice and take such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the Party to whose Group such Asset is to be Transferred or by the Party whose Group will Assume such Liability in order to place such Party, insofar as reasonably possible, in the same position as if such Asset or Liability had been Transferred or Assumed at the Effective Time and so that all the benefits and burdens relating to such Asset or Liability, including possession, use, risk of loss, potential for gain, and dominion, control and command over such Asset or Liability, are to inure from and after the Effective Time to the member or members of the B/E Group or the KLX Group entitled to the receipt of such Asset or required to Assume such Liability. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Parties agree that, as of the Effective Time, each Party shall be deemed to have acquired complete and sole beneficial ownership over all of the Assets, together with all rights, powers and privileges incident thereto, and shall be deemed to have Assumed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement all of the Liabilities, and all duties, obligations and responsibilities incident thereto, which such Party is entitled to acquire or required to Assume pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

(e)                                  If and when the Consents, Governmental Approvals and/or conditions, the absence or non-satisfaction of which caused the deferral of Transfer of any Asset or deferral of the Assumption of any Liability contemplated by Section 2.04(c), are obtained or satisfied, the Transfer, assignment, Assumption or novation of the applicable Asset or Liability shall be effected in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement and/or the applicable Ancillary Agreement.

 

(f)                                   The Person retaining any Asset or Liability due to any deferral of the Transfer of such Asset or any deferral of the Assumption of such contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement shall not be obligated, in connection with the foregoing, to expend any money unless the necessary funds are advanced, Assumed, or agreed in advance to be reimbursed by the Person entitled to such Asset or the Person intended to be subject to such Liability and at no net Tax cost to such retaining Person, other than reasonable attorneys’ fees and recording or similar fees, all of which shall be promptly reimbursed by the Person entitled to such Asset or the Person intended to be subject to such Liability.

 

(g)                                  Each of B/E and KLX shall, and shall cause the members of its respective Group to, (i) treat for all Tax purposes (A) the deferred Assets as Assets having been Transferred to and owned by the Party entitled to such Assets not later than the Effective Time and (B) the deferred Liabilities as Liabilities having been Assumed and owed by the Person intended to be subject to such Liabilities not later than the Effective Time and (ii) neither report nor take any Tax position (on a Tax Return or otherwise) inconsistent with such treatment (in the case of

 

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clauses (i) and (ii), unless required by a Tax Law or any other Law or good faith resolution of a contest or proceeding relating to Taxes).

 

Section 2.05                  Transfer Documents. In connection with, and in furtherance of, the Transfer of Assets and the acceptance and Assumption of Liabilities contemplated by this Agreement, to the extent necessary, the Parties shall execute or cause to be executed, on or prior to the Effective Time, the Transfer Documents reasonably necessary to evidence the valid and effective Assumption by the applicable Party or the other members of its Group of the B/E Liabilities or KLX Liabilities, as applicable, and the valid Transfer to the applicable Party or other member of such Party’s Group of all right, title and interest in and to the B/E Assets or the KLX Assets, as applicable, to be Transferred hereunder.

 

Section 2.06                  Further Assurances.

 

(a)                                 In addition to and without limiting the actions specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, including Section 2.04, each of the Parties shall cooperate with each other and use (and will cause their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates to use) commercially reasonable efforts, on and after the Effective Time, to take, or to cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or to cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary on its part under applicable Law or contractual obligations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.

 

(b)                                 Without limiting the foregoing, on and after the Effective Time, each Party shall cooperate with the other Party, and without any further consideration, but at the expense of the requesting Party from and after the Effective Time, to execute and deliver, or use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be executed and delivered, all instruments, including instruments of Transfer, and to make all filings with, and to obtain all Consents and/or Governmental Approvals, any permit, license, Contract, indenture or other instrument (including any Consents or Governmental Approvals), and to take all such other actions as such Party may reasonably be requested to take by the other Party from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, in order to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and the Transfers of the applicable Assets and the assignment and Assumption of the applicable Liabilities and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

Section 2.07                  Contribution. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (including this ARTICLE II), prior to the Distribution, B/E shall effect the Contribution. In consideration for the Contribution, KLX shall (a) issue to B/E 52,199,730 shares of KLX Common Stock and (b) pay to B/E the Cash Proceeds.

 

Section 2.08                  Replacement of Guarantors and Obligors.

 

(a)                                 KLX shall (with the reasonable cooperation of B/E) use its commercially reasonable efforts to have any member of the B/E Group removed as guarantor of or obligor for any KLX Liability, including in respect of those guarantees and obligations set forth in Schedule 2.08(a), to the extent that they relate to KLX Liabilities.

 

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(b)                                 On or prior to the Effective Time, to the extent required to obtain a release from a guaranty or obligation for any KLX Liability of any member of the B/E Group, the Parties shall cause a member of the KLX Group, as applicable, to either (i) execute a guaranty agreement in the form of the existing guaranty or such other form as is agreed to by the relevant parties to such guaranty agreement or (ii) execute an amendment to the agreement giving rise to such obligation in such form as is necessary to obtain such release, except to the extent that such existing guaranty or amendment contains representations, covenants or other terms or provisions either (1) with which KLX (or another member of the KLX Group, as applicable) would be reasonably unable to comply or (2) which would be reasonably expected to be breached.

 

(c)                                  If KLX is unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required removal as set forth in Section 2.08(a) and Section 2.08(b), KLX shall, and shall cause the relevant KLX Group beneficiary and the other members of the KLX Group to, indemnify and hold harmless the B/E Group guarantor or obligor for any Liabilities arising from or relating thereto (in accordance with the provisions of ARTICLE VII) and shall or shall cause one of its Affiliates, as agent or subcontractor for such guarantor or obligor, to timely pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of such guarantor or obligor thereunder.

 

(d)                                 B/E shall (with the reasonable cooperation of KLX) use its commercially reasonable efforts to have any member of the KLX Group removed as guarantor of or obligor for any B/E Liability, including in respect of the guarantees or obligations set forth in Schedule 2.08(d), to the extent that they relate to B/E Liabilities.

 

(e)                                  On or prior to the Effective Time, to the extent required to obtain a release from a guaranty or obligation for any B/E Liability of any member of the KLX Group, B/E shall cause a member of the B/E Group, as applicable, to either (i) execute a guaranty agreement in the form of the existing guaranty or such other form as is agreed to by the relevant parties to such guaranty agreement or (ii) execute an amendment to the agreement giving rise to such obligation in such form as is necessary to obtain such release, except to the extent that such guaranty or amendment contains representations, covenants or other terms or provisions either (1) with which B/E (or another member of the B/E Group, as applicable) would be reasonably unable to comply or (2) which would be reasonably expected to be breached.

 

(f)                                   If B/E is unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required removal as set forth in Section 2.08(d) and Section 2.08(e), B/E shall, and shall cause the relevant B/E Group beneficiary and the other members of the B/E Group to, indemnify and hold harmless the KLX Group guarantor or obligor for any Liabilities arising from or relating thereto (in accordance with the provisions of ARTICLE VII) and shall or shall cause one of its Affiliates, as agent or subcontractor for such guarantor or obligor, to timely pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of such guarantor or obligor thereunder.

 

Section 2.09                  Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties. EACH OF B/E (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH OTHER MEMBER OF THE B/E GROUP) AND KLX (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH OTHER MEMBER OF THE KLX GROUP) UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, IN ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR IN ANY CONTINUING ARRANGEMENT, NO PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT, ANY CONTINUING

 

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ARRANGEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS, ANY CONTINUING ARRANGEMENTS OR OTHERWISE, IS REPRESENTING OR WARRANTING IN ANY WAY AS TO THE ASSETS, BUSINESSES, INFORMATION OR LIABILITIES CONTRIBUTED, TRANSFERRED OR ASSUMED AS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, AS TO ANY CONSENTS OR GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS REQUIRED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH, AS TO THE VALUE OR FREEDOM FROM ANY SECURITY INTERESTS OF, OR ANY OTHER MATTER CONCERNING, ANY ASSETS OF SUCH PARTY (OR OTHER MEMBER OF SUCH PARTY’S GROUP), OR AS TO THE ABSENCE OF ANY DEFENSES OR RIGHT OF SET-OFF OR FREEDOM FROM COUNTERCLAIM WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR OTHER ASSET, INCLUDING ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, OF ANY PARTY (OR OTHER MEMBER OF SUCH PARTY’S GROUP), OR AS TO THE LEGAL SUFFICIENCY OF ANY CONTRIBUTION, ASSIGNMENT, DOCUMENT, CERTIFICATE OR INSTRUMENT DELIVERED HEREUNDER TO CONVEY TITLE TO ANY ASSET OR THING OF VALUE UPON THE EXECUTION, DELIVERY AND FILING HEREOF OR THEREOF. EXCEPT AS MAY EXPRESSLY BE SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR CONTINUING ARRANGEMENT, ALL SUCH ASSETS ARE BEING TRANSFERRED ON AN “AS IS”, “WHERE IS” BASIS (AND, IN THE CASE OF ANY REAL PROPERTY, BY MEANS OF A QUITCLAIM OR SIMILAR FORM DEED OR CONVEYANCE), AND THE RESPECTIVE TRANSFEREES SHALL BEAR THE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL RISKS THAT (I) ANY CONVEYANCE SHALL PROVE TO BE INSUFFICIENT TO VEST IN THE TRANSFEREE GOOD TITLE, FREE AND CLEAR OF ANY SECURITY INTEREST AND (II) ANY NECESSARY CONSENTS OR GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS ARE NOT OBTAINED OR THAT ANY REQUIREMENTS OF LAWS OR JUDGMENTS ARE NOT COMPLIED WITH.

 

ARTICLE III

 

CERTAIN ACTIONS AT OR PRIOR TO THE DISTRIBUTION

 

Section 3.01                  Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws. On or prior to the Distribution Date, all necessary actions shall be taken to adopt the form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws filed by KLX with the SEC as exhibits to the Form 10.

 

Section 3.02                  Directors. On or prior to the Distribution Date, B/E shall take all necessary actions to cause the board of directors of KLX to consist of the individuals identified in the Information Statement as directors of KLX; provided, however, that to the extent required by any Law or requirement of NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange, as applicable, one independent director shall be appointed by the existing board of directors of KLX and begin his or her term prior to the Distribution and shall serve on KLX’s audit committee, compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee.

 

Section 3.03                  Resignations. On or prior to the Distribution Date, (i) B/E shall cause all its employees and any employees of any member of the B/E Group (excluding any

 

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employees of any member of the KLX Group and except for Amin J. Khoury) to resign, effective as of no later than the Distribution Date, from all positions as officers or directors of any member of the KLX Group in which they serve and (ii) KLX shall cause all its employees and any employees of any member of the KLX Group (excluding Amin J. Khoury) to resign, effective as of the Distribution Date, from all positions as officers or directors of any members of the B/E Group.

 

Section 3.04                  Ancillary Agreements. On or prior to the Distribution Date, each of B/E and KLX shall enter into, and/or (where applicable) shall cause a member or members of their respective Group to enter into, the Ancillary Agreements and any other Contracts in respect of the Distribution reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

THE DISTRIBUTION

 

Section 4.01                  The Distribution.

 

(a)                                 KLX shall cooperate with B/E to accomplish the Distribution and shall, at the direction of B/E, promptly take any and all actions necessary or desirable to effect the Distribution. B/E shall select any investment bank or manager in connection with the Distribution, as well as any financial printer, distribution agent and financial, legal, accounting and other advisors for KLX. B/E or KLX, as the case may be, will provide, or cause the applicable member of its Group to provide, to the Agent all share certificates and any documentation or information required in order to complete the Distribution.

 

(b)                                 Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, (i) after completion of the transactions set forth in Schedule 2.01(a) and the Contribution and on or prior to the Distribution Date, for the benefit of and distribution to the holders of issued and outstanding B/E Shares (other than shares of restricted stock issued pursuant to B/E equity plans) as of the Distribution Record Date (“Record Holders”), B/E will deliver to the Agent all of the issued and outstanding shares of KLX Common Stock then owned by B/E and book-entry authorizations for such shares and (ii) on the Distribution Date, B/E shall instruct the Agent to distribute, by means of a pro rata dividend, to each Record Holder (or such Record Holder’s bank or brokerage firm on such Record Holder’s behalf) electronically, by direct registration in book-entry form, the number of shares of KLX Common Stock to which such Record Holder is entitled based on a distribution ratio to be determined by B/E in its sole discretion. The Distribution shall be effective at the Effective Time. On or as soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Agent will mail to each Record Holder an account statement indicating the number of shares of KLX Common Stock that have been registered in book-entry form in the name of such Record Holder.

 

Section 4.02                  Fractional Shares. Shareholders holding a number of shares of B/E Shares, on the Distribution Record Date, which would entitle such shareholders to receive less than one whole share of KLX Common Stock in the Distribution will receive cash in lieu of

 

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fractional shares. Fractional shares of KLX Common Stock will not be distributed in the Distribution nor credited to book-entry accounts. The Agent shall, as soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, (a) determine the number of whole shares and fractional shares of KLX Common Stock allocable to each Record Holder, (b) aggregate (as completely as possible) all such fractional shares into whole shares and sell the whole shares obtained thereby in open market transactions, in each case, at then-prevailing trading prices on behalf of holders who would otherwise be entitled to fractional share interests and (c) distribute to each such holder, or for the benefit of each beneficial owner, such holder’s or owner’s ratable share of the net proceeds of such sale, based upon the average gross selling price per share of KLX Common Stock after making appropriate deductions for any amount required to be withheld under applicable Tax Law and less any brokers’ charges, commissions or transfer Taxes. KLX shall bear the cost of brokerage fees incurred in connection with these sales of fractional shares, which sales shall occur as soon after the applicable Distribution Date as practicable and as determined by the Agent. None of B/E, KLX or the Agent will guarantee any minimum sale price for the fractional shares of KLX Common Stock. Neither B/E nor KLX will pay any interest on the proceeds from the sale of fractional shares. The Agent will have the sole discretion to select the broker-dealers through which to sell the aggregated fractional shares and to determine when, how and at what price to sell such shares. Neither the Agent nor the broker-dealers through which the aggregated fractional shares are sold will be Affiliates of B/E or KLX.

 

Section 4.03                  Actions in Connection with the Distribution.

 

(a)                                 KLX shall file such amendments and supplements to the Form 10 as B/E may reasonably request and such amendments as may be necessary in order to cause the same to become and remain effective as required by Law, including filing such amendments and supplements to the Form 10 as may be required by the SEC or applicable securities Laws. A member of the B/E Group, on behalf of KLX, shall mail to the Record Holders, at such time prior to the Distribution Date as B/E shall determine, the Information Statement included in the Form 10, as well as any other information concerning KLX, its business, operations and management, the transactions contemplated hereby and such other matters as B/E shall reasonably determine are necessary and as may be required by Law.

 

(b)                                 KLX shall cooperate with B/E in preparing, filing with the SEC and causing to become effective a registration statement or amendments thereof which are required to reflect the establishment of, or amendments to, any employee benefit and other plans necessary or appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements. Promptly after receiving a request from B/E, to the extent requested, KLX shall prepare and, in accordance with applicable Law, file with the SEC any such documentation that B/E determines is necessary or desirable to effectuate the Distribution, and B/E and KLX shall each use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary approvals from the SEC with respect thereto as soon as practicable.

 

(c)                                  KLX and B/E shall take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate under the securities or blue sky laws of the states or other political subdivisions of the United States or of other foreign jurisdictions in connection with the Distribution.

 

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(d)                                 KLX shall prepare and file, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have approved and made effective prior to the Distribution, an application for the listing of the KLX Common Stock to be distributed in the Distribution on NASDAQ, subject to official notice of issuance.

 

Section 4.04                  Distribution Date. The consummation of the transactions provided for in this ARTICLE IV shall only be effected after the Distribution has been declared by the Board and after all of the conditions set forth in Section 4.05 shall have been satisfied or waived by B/E. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to the Distribution, B/E, in its sole and absolute discretion, may determine not to consummate the Distribution or may change the terms of the Distribution, including by accelerating or delaying the timing of the consummation of all or part of the Distribution.

 

Section 4.05                  Conditions to Distribution. Subject to Section 4.04, the consummation of the Distribution shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions which satisfaction or waiver shall be determined by B/E in its sole discretion and which conditions are for the sole benefit of the B/E Group and shall not give rise to or create any duty on the part of B/E or the Board to waive or not waive any such condition:

 

(a)                                 The Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall have authorized and approved the transactions contemplated hereby (including the transactions set forth in Schedule 2.01(a)) and not withdrawn such authorization and approval, shall be satisfied that the Distribution will be made out of surplus in accordance with Section 170 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and shall have declared the dividend of KLX Common Stock to B/E shareholders;

 

(b)                                 Each Ancillary Agreement shall have been executed by each party thereto;

 

(c)                                  The Form 10 shall have been declared effective by the SEC, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Form 10 shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the SEC;

 

(d)                                 The KLX Common Stock to be delivered in the Distribution shall have been approved for listing on NASDAQ or another national securities exchange approved by B/E, subject to official notice of issuance;

 

(e)                                  The Internal Separation and the Contribution shall have been completed, including (i) the Transfer and Assumption of Assets and Liabilities referred to in Section 2.01 and Section 2.02, respectively, and (ii) the issuance and payment by KLX to B/E referred to in Section 2.07;

 

(f)                                   B/E shall have received the written opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, which shall remain in full force and effect at the time of the Distribution, to the effect that the Distribution, together with certain related transactions, will qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Sections 355 and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, and such opinion shall be in form and substance satisfactory to B/E in its sole discretion;

 

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(h)                                 KLX’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, each in the form filed as exhibits to the Form 10, shall be in effect;

 

(i)                                     KLX’s board of directors shall consist of the individuals identified in the Information Statement as directors of KLX;

 

(j)                                    arrangements shall have been made to ensure that, except for Amin J. Khoury, (A) no individual who will be an officer or employee of KLX or any other member of the KLX Group immediately following the Distribution will remain a director, officer or employee of B/E or any other member of the B/E Group immediately following the Distribution, and (B) no individual who will be an officer or employee of B/E or any other member of the B/E Group immediately following the Distribution will remain a director or officer of KLX or any other member of the KLX Group immediately following the Distribution;

 

(k)                                 The financing transactions described in the Information Statement as contemplated to occur prior to the Distribution shall have been consummated on or prior to the Distribution;

 

(l)                                     No order, injunction or decree that would prevent the consummation of the Distribution shall be in effect by any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction, no other legal restraint or prohibition preventing consummation of the Distribution shall be in effect and no other event outside the control of B/E shall have occurred or failed to occur that would prevent the consummation of the Distribution;

 

(m)                             Any Governmental Approvals and other material Consents necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect; and

 

(n)                                 There shall not have occurred an event or development prior to the Distribution that, in the judgment of the Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, would result in the Distribution having a material adverse effect on B/E or B/E’s shareholders.

 

Section 4.06                  Paydown of Existing B/E Debt. B/E agrees (a) pending the use of the Cash Proceeds to repay the Existing B/E Indebtedness in accordance with this Section 4.06, to maintain the Cash Proceeds in a separate account, (b) not to commingle the Cash Proceeds with any other assets owned by the B/E Group and (c) to, not later than ten (10) days following the Distribution Date, use all of the Cash Proceeds plus all earnings on any amounts held in such account solely to fund, in part, the repayment or discharge and extinguishment in full (not later than thirty (30) days after the Distribution Date) of the Existing B/E Indebtedness.

 

ARTICLE V

 

CERTAIN COVENANTS

 

Section 5.01                  Non-Solicitation of Employees. During the period ending on the 18-month anniversary of the Distribution Date, none of the Parties or any member of their respective Groups shall, directly or indirectly, solicit for employment or interfere with or attempt to interfere with any officers, employees, representatives or agents of any member of the other

 

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Group, or induce or attempt to induce any of them to leave the employ of the other Group or violate the terms of their contracts, or any employment arrangements, with the other Group; provided, however, that the foregoing will not prohibit (i) any advertising in publication or media of general circulation not directed at such officers, employees, representatives or agents, including trade journals or similar media, or hiring any officer, employee, representative or agent who responds to such advertisement or (ii) the soliciting or hiring of any officers, employees, representatives or agents of any member of the other Group who are offered a position following the termination of employment by the other Group.

 

Section 5.02                  Auditors and Audits; Annual Financial Statements and Accounting.

 

(a)                                 KLX shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its auditors to complete its audit for the year ending December 31, 2014, such that the auditor will date its opinion of the audited 2014 annual financial statements on the same date that B/E’s auditors date their opinion on B/E’s audited 2014 annual financial statements, such that B/E is able to meet its timetable for the printing, filing and public dissemination of B/E’s audited 2014 annual financial statements. In addition, KLX shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its auditors to comply with the processes and procedures required by the B/E Group’s auditors to permit the B/E Group’s auditors to opine on the audited 2014 annual financial statements of B/E.

 

(b)                                 Each Party shall provide, or provide access to the other Party on a timely basis, all information reasonably required to meet its schedule for the preparation, printing, filing, and public dissemination of its audited 2014 annual financial statements and for management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures and its internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Items 307 and 308, respectively, of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and, to the extent applicable to such Party, its auditor’s audit of its internal control over financial reporting and management’s assessment thereof in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the SEC’s and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s rules and auditing standards thereunder, if required (such assessments and audit being referred to as the “Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments”). Such information shall be provided in the form, time and manner reasonably requested by B/E, which shall not be materially different than the form, time and manner required by B/E prior to the Distribution Date pursuant to the B/E Year End Financial Reporting Instructions in effect as of the Distribution Date. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Party will provide all required financial and other information with respect to itself and its Subsidiaries to its auditors in a sufficient and reasonable time and in sufficient detail to permit its auditors to take all steps and perform all reviews necessary to provide sufficient assistance to the other Party’s auditors (each such other Party’s auditors, collectively, the “Other Party’s Auditors”) with respect to information to be included or contained in such other Party’s audited 2014 annual financial statements and to permit the Other Party’s Auditors and management to complete the Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments, if required.

 

(c)                                  Each Party shall authorize its respective auditors to make reasonably available to the Other Party’s Auditors both the personnel who performed or are performing the annual audits of such audited Party (each such Party with respect to its own audit, the “Audited Party”) and work papers related to the annual audits of such Audited Party, in all cases within a

 

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reasonable time prior to such Audited Party’s auditors’ opinion date, so that the Other Party’s Auditors are able to perform the procedures they reasonably consider necessary to take responsibility for the work of the Audited Party’s auditors as it relates to their auditors’ report on such other Party’s audited 2014 annual financial statements, all within sufficient time to enable such other Party to meet its timetable for the printing, filing and public dissemination of its audited 2014 annual financial statements. Each Party shall make reasonably available to the Other Party’s Auditors and management its personnel and Records in a reasonable time prior to the Other Party’s Auditors’ opinion date and other Party’s management’s assessment date so that the Other Party’s Auditors and other Party’s management are able to perform the procedures they reasonably consider necessary to conduct the Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments.

 

(d)                                 In order to enable the principal executive officer(s) and principal financial officer(s) (as such terms are defined in the rules and regulations of the SEC) of B/E to make any certifications required of them under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, KLX shall, within a reasonable period of time following a request from B/E in anticipation of filing such reports, cause its principal executive officer(s) and principal financial officer(s) to provide B/E with certifications of such officers in support of the certifications of B/E’s principal executive officer(s) and principal financial officer(s) required under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to B/E’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with respect to the fiscal quarter during which the Distribution Date occurs (unless such quarter is the fourth fiscal quarter), each subsequent fiscal quarter through the third fiscal quarter of the year in which the Distribution Date occurs and B/E’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with respect to the fiscal year during which the Distribution Date occurs. Such certifications shall be provided in substantially the same form and manner as such KLX officers provided prior to the Distribution (reflecting any changes in certifications necessitated by the the transactions contemplated hereby or any other transactions related thereto) or as otherwise agreed upon between B/E and KLX.

 

(e)                                  To the extent it relates to a pre-Distribution Date period, (i) each of the Parties shall give the other Party as much prior notice as is reasonably practicable of any changes in, or proposed determination of, its accounting estimates from those in effect as of immediately prior to the Distribution Date or of any other action with regard to its accounting estimates or previously reported financial results which may affect the other Party’s financial results, (ii) each of the Parties will consult with the other and, if requested by the Party contemplating such changes, with the Other Party’s Auditors and (iii) unless required by generally accepted accounting principles or a reasonable interpretation thereof by either Party’s auditors, Law or a Governmental Entity, neither Party shall make such determination or changes which would affect the other Party’s previously reported financial results without prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Further, each Party will give the other Party prompt notice of any amendments or restatements of accounting statements with respect to pre-Distribution Date periods and will provide the other Party with access as provided in Section 5.02(c) as promptly as possible such that the other Party will be able to satisfy its financial reporting requirements.

 

(f)                                   In the event either B/E or KLX is the subject of any SEC or other Governmental Entity’s comment, review or investigation (formal or informal) relating to a period prior to the Distribution Date and which in any way relates to the other Party or the other

 

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Party’s public filings, such Party shall, to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law and upon the execution by the Parties of a customary confidentiality agreement or other undertaking of confidentiality in respect thereof, provide the other Party with a copy of any comment or notice of such review or investigation and shall, to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, give the other Party a reasonable opportunity to be involved in responding to such comment, review or investigation, and such other Party shall reasonably cooperate with such Party in connection with responding to such comment, review or investigation.

 

(g)                                  Any Information exchanged pursuant to this Section 5.02 is subject to Section 8.06.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MATTERS

 

Section 6.01                  B/E Names and Marks.

 

(a)                                 KLX hereby acknowledges that all right, title and interest in and to the “B/E” and “B/E Aerospace” names, together with all variations and acronyms thereof and all Trademarks and other identifiers of source or goodwill containing or incorporating any of the foregoing (the “B/E Names and Marks”), are owned exclusively by the B/E Group, and that, except as expressly provided below, any and all right of the KLX Group to use the B/E Names and Marks shall terminate as of the Effective Time and shall immediately revert to the B/E Group, along with any and all goodwill associated therewith. KLX acknowledges that (i) the KLX Assets shall not include any B/E Names and Marks, and (ii) it has no rights, and is not acquiring any rights, to use the B/E Names and Marks, except as expressly provided herein.

 

(b)                                 KLX shall, as soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days after the expiration of the license provided in Section 6.01(c), cause each member of the KLX Group to file amended certificates of incorporation with the appropriate Governmental Entities changing its corporate name, “doing business as” name, trade name and any other similar corporate identifier (each, a “Corporate Name”) to a Corporate Name that does not contain any B/E Names and Marks and to supply promptly any additional information, documents and materials that may be requested by B/E with respect to such filings.

 

(c)                                  B/E, on behalf of itself and each other member of the B/E Group, hereby grants to KLX, and KLX hereby accepts, a non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive right and license to use the B/E Names and Marks solely in connection with KLX’s continued use of a Corporate Name incorporating any B/E Names and Marks in the operation of the CMS Business in the United States (including the continued provision of any goods and/or services bearing such Corporate Name and the shipment of goods from the United States to customers outside of the United States), until January 5, 2015. The license granted to KLX pursuant to this Section 6.01(c) shall automatically terminate on January 5, 2015, and, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, any and all rights in the B/E Names and Marks shall immediately revert to the B/E Group, along with any and all goodwill associated therewith. In exchange for

 

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the license granted pursuant to this Section 6.01(c), KLX shall pay to B/E a lump-sum license fee of $20,000, in immediately available funds on January 5, 2015 to an account designated by B/E.

 

(d)                                 The KLX Group shall, for a period of six (6) months after the Distribution Date, be entitled to use, solely in connection with the operation of the CMS Business as operated immediately prior to the Effective Time, all of their existing stocks of product packaging (“Existing Stock”) containing the B/E Names and Marks, after which six-month period KLX shall cause each member of the KLX Group to remove or obliterate all B/E Names and Marks from such Existing Stock or cease using such Existing Stock. The KLX Group shall, until January 1, 2015, be entitled to use, solely in connection with the operation of the CMS Business as operated immediately prior to the Effective Time, their existing signage containing the B/E Names and Marks, after which date KLX shall cause each member of the KLX Group to remove promptly (and in any event no later than January 15, 2015) all B/E Names and Marks from all such signage or to remove promptly (and in any event no later than January 15, 2015) all such signage entirely. The KLX Group shall, until January 15, 2015, be entitled to use, solely in connection with the operation of the CMS Business as operated immediately prior to the Effective Time, B/E Names and Marks on the KLX Group’s Internet and intranet websites and web pages (which may be hosted on B/E domains), subject to the use of a disclaimer that accompanies any such B/E Names and Marks clearly denoting that KLX is formerly part of B/E, and after which date all such B/E Names and Marks shall be removed immediately from all such Internet and intranet websites and web pages.

 

(e)                                  Following the Distribution Date, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, (i) no other right to use the B/E Names and Marks is granted by the B/E Group to KLX or the KLX Group, whether by implication or otherwise, and (ii) nothing hereunder permits KLX or any member of the KLX Group to use the B/E Names and Marks on or in connection with any documents, materials, products or services. KLX shall ensure that all use of the B/E Names and Marks by the KLX Group as provided in this Section 6.01 shall be only with respect to goods and services of a level of quality equal to or greater than the quality of goods and services with respect to which the B/E Names and Marks were used in the CMS Business prior to the Distribution Date. Any and all goodwill generated by the use of the B/E Names and Marks under this Section 6.01 shall inure solely to the benefit of the B/E Group. In no event shall KLX or any member of the KLX Group use the B/E Names and Marks in any manner that may damage or tarnish the reputation of the B/E Group, or the goodwill associated with the B/E Names and Marks.

 

(f)                                   KLX agrees that the B/E Group shall not have any responsibility for claims by third parties arising out of, or relating to, the use by the KLX Group of any B/E Names and Marks after the Distribution Date. KLX shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless B/E and its Affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns from any and all such claims that may arise out of the use of any B/E Names and Marks by KLX or any member of the KLX Group (i) in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Section 6.01, other than such claims that the B/E Names and Marks infringe the Intellectual Property rights of any third party, or (ii) in violation of or outside the scope permitted by this Section 6.01. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, including Section 10.02(f), KLX hereby acknowledges that B/E, in addition to any other remedies available to it for any breach or threatened breach of this Section 6.01, shall be entitled to seek a

 

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preliminary injunction, temporary restraining order or other equivalent relief restraining KLX and any member of the KLX Group from any such breach or threatened breach.

 

(g)                                  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, and without limiting the rights otherwise granted in this Section 6.01, KLX and the KLX Group shall have the right, at all times after the Distribution Date, to (i) keep records and other historical or archived documents containing or referencing the B/E Names and Marks to the extent relating to the CMS Business, (ii) use the B/E Names and Marks to the extent required by or permitted as a fair use under applicable Law, and (iii) refer to the historical fact that the KLX Group previously conducted the CMS Business under the B/E Names and Marks.

 

Section 6.02                  KLX Names and Marks.

 

(a)                                 Following the Distribution Date, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, (i) no right to use the KLX Names and Marks is granted by KLX or the KLX Group to the B/E Group, whether by implication or otherwise, and (ii) nothing hereunder permits the B/E Group to use the KLX Names and Marks on or in connection with any documents, materials, products or services.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the B/E Group shall have the right, at all times after the Distribution Date, to (i) keep records and other historical or archived documents containing or referencing the KLX Names and Marks, (ii) use the KLX Names and Marks to the extent required by or permitted as a fair use under applicable Law and (iii) refer to the historical fact that the members of the B/E Group previously conducted their respective businesses under the KLX Names and Marks.

 

Section 6.03                  Memorabilia. As of the Distribution Date, any and all photographs, artwork and similar objects and other physical assets owned by the KLX Group or the B/E Group that relate to the history or historical activities of the CMS Business (“Memorabilia”) shall be deemed to be owned, as between B/E and KLX, by (i) B/E to the extent located on the premises of any member of the B/E Group and (ii) KLX to the extent located on the premises of any member of the KLX Group. KLX hereby grants the B/E Group from the Distribution Date a worldwide, transferable, perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable (with right to sub-license), fully paid license to use any Memorabilia in documenting, memorializing and (if desired) use in marketing its history.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 7.01                  Release of Pre-Distribution Claims.

 

(a)                                 Except (i) as provided in Section 7.01(b), (ii) as may be otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement and (iii) for any matter with respect to which any Party is entitled to indemnification or contribution pursuant to this ARTICLE VII, each Party, on behalf of itself and each other member of its respective Group, its and their respective Affiliates and, to the extent it may legally do so, all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time were shareholders (other than the public shareholders of B/E),

 

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directors, officers, agents or employees of it or any other member of its Group (in their respective capacities as such), in each case do hereby remise, release and forever discharge the other Party and the other members of such other Party’s Group, their respective Affiliates and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time were shareholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of such other Party or other member of such other Party’s Group (in their respective capacities as such), in each case from any and all Liabilities whatsoever, whether at Law or in equity (including any right of contribution), whether arising under any Contract, by operation of Law or otherwise, existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or alleged to have failed to occur or any conditions, in each case existing on or before the Effective Time, including in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all other activities to implement the transactions contemplated hereby and under the Ancillary Agreements.

 

(b)                                 Nothing contained in Section 7.01(a) shall impair any right of any Person to enforce this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any Continuing Arrangements, in each case in accordance with its terms. Nothing contained in Section 7.01(a) shall release any Person from:

 

(i)                                     any Liability Assumed, Transferred or allocated to a Party or other member of such Party’s Group pursuant to or contemplated by, or any other Liability of any member of such Group arising under, this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement;

 

(ii)                                  any Liability for the sale or receipt of goods or property or services purchased, obtained or used in the ordinary course of business by a member of one Group from a member of the other Group prior to the Effective Time;

 

(iii)                               any Liability (other than the Intercompany Balances settled pursuant to Section 2.03) for unpaid amounts for products or services or refunds owing on products or services due for work done by a member of one Group at the request or on behalf of a member of the other Group;

 

(iv)                              any Liability provided in or resulting from any other Contract or understanding that is entered into after the Effective Time between a Party (and/or other member of such Party’s Group), on the one hand, and the other Party (and/or other member of such Party’s Group), on the other hand;

 

(v)                                 any Liability with respect to the Continuing Arrangements;

 

(vi)                              any Liability provided in or resulting from any Employment Contract;

 

(vii)                           any Liability that the Parties have with respect to indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise for claims brought against the Parties by third Persons, which Liability shall be governed by the provisions of this ARTICLE VII and, if applicable, the appropriate provisions of the Ancillary Agreements;

 

(viii)                        any Liability relating to any agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings to which any Person other than the Parties and their respective Affiliates is a party (it being understood that to the extent that the rights and obligations of the

 

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Parties and the other members of their respective Groups under any such Contracts constitute KLX Assets or KLX Liabilities or B/E Assets or B/E Liabilities, such Contracts shall be assigned or retained pursuant to ARTICLE II);

 

(ix)                              any Liability relating to agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings to which any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary of B/E or KLX, if any, as the case may be, is a party;

 

(x)                                 where such Person was an employee of a Party or any member of such Party’s Group at any time prior to the Effective Time, any Liability relating to (A) any such employee’s obligations to such Party or member of its Group concerning such Party’s or member of its Group’s Confidential Information and proprietary rights that survive such employee’s termination of employment, or (B) any claim of such Party or member of its respective Group for fraud or based on willful and intentional acts or omissions of any such employee, other than those taken in good faith and in a manner that such employee believed to be in or not opposed to the interests of such Party or relevant member of its Group, in each case proximately causing a financial restatement by such Party or relevant member of its Group; or

 

(xi)                              any Liability relating to any claims not waivable by such Party or member of its Group under applicable Law.

 

(c)                                  Neither Party shall permit any member of its Group to make any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or any indemnification, against the other Party or any member of the other Party’s Group, or any other Person released pursuant to Section 7.01(a), with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 7.01(a).

 

(d)                                 It is the intent of each Party, pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.01, to provide for a full and complete release and discharge of all Liabilities existing or arising from all acts and events occurring and all conditions existing on or before the Effective Time, whether known or unknown, between any Party (and/or other member of such Party’s Group), on the one hand, and the other Party (and/or other member of such Party’s Group), on the other hand (including any contractual agreements or arrangements existing or alleged to exist between or among any such members on or before the Effective Time), except as specifically set forth in Section 7.01(a) and Section 7.01(b) and except for the Ancillary Agreements and the Continuing Arrangements. At any time, at the reasonable written request of the other Party, each Party shall cause each member of its respective Group to execute and deliver releases reflecting the provisions hereof.

 

(e)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, neither Party shall have any Liability to the other Party in the event that any information exchanged or provided to the other Party pursuant to this Agreement (but excluding any such information included in a Disclosure Document) which is an estimate or forecast, or which is based on an estimate or forecast, is found to be inaccurate.

 

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Section 7.02                  Indemnification by B/E. Except as otherwise set forth in any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement, following the Effective Time, B/E shall, and shall cause the other members of the B/E Group to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the KLX Indemnitees from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the KLX Indemnitees to the extent arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with (i) the B/E Liabilities or alleged B/E Liabilities, (ii) any breach by any member of the B/E Group of any of the Shared Contracts, (iii) with respect to statements or omissions made or occurring after the Effective Time, any misstatement or alleged misstatement of a material fact contained in any document filed with the SEC by any member of the KLX Group pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only (A) to the extent that those Liabilities are caused by any misstatement or omission or alleged misstatement or omission in any information that is furnished in writing to any member of the KLX Group by any member of the B/E Group after the Effective Time, (B) if such member of the B/E Group has been informed in writing in advance that such information will be used in such filing, and (C) if the information used by a member of the KLX Group in any such filing is not materially different to the information furnished by a member of the B/E Group, or (iv) any breach by B/E or any member of the B/E Group of any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement unless such Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement expressly provides for separate indemnification therein, in which case any such indemnification claims shall be made thereunder.

 

Section 7.03                  Indemnification by KLX. Except as otherwise specifically set forth in any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement, following the Effective Time, KLX shall, and shall cause the other members of the KLX Group to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the B/E Indemnitees from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the B/E Indemnitees to the extent arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with (i) the KLX Liabilities or any alleged KLX Liabilities, (ii) any breach by any member of the KLX Group of any of the Shared Contracts, (iii) with respect to statements or omissions made or occurring after the Effective Time, any misstatement or alleged misstatement of a material fact contained in any document filed with the SEC by any member of the B/E Group pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only (A) to the extent that those Liabilities are caused by any misstatement or omission or alleged misstatement or omission in any information that is furnished in writing to any member of the B/E Group by any member of the KLX Group after the Effective Time, (B) if such member of the KLX Group has been informed in writing in advance that such information will be used in such filing, and (C) if the information used by a member of the B/E Group in any such filing is not materially different to the information furnished by a member of the KLX Group, or (iv) any breach by KLX or any member of the KLX Group of any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement unless such Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement expressly provides for separate indemnification therein, in which case any such indemnification claims shall be made thereunder.

 

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Section 7.04                  Procedures for Indemnification.

 

(a)                                 An Indemnitee shall give the Indemnifying Party notice of any matter that an Indemnitee has determined has given, or reasonably anticipates could give rise to, a right of indemnification under this Agreement (other than a Third Party Claim which shall be governed by Section 7.04(b)), within 30 days of such determination, stating the amount of the Indemnifiable Loss claimed, if known, and method of computation thereof, and containing a reference to the provisions of this Agreement in respect of which such right of indemnification is claimed by such Indemnitee or arises; provided, however, that the failure to provide such notice shall not release the Indemnifying Party from any of its obligations, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party shall have been actually materially prejudiced as a result of such failure.

 

(b)                                 If an Action is made against a B/E Indemnitee or a KLX Indemnitee (each, an “Indemnitee”) by any Person who is not a Party or otherwise a member of a Group of a Party (a “Third Party Claim”) as to which such Indemnitee is or may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, such Indemnitee shall notify the other Party which is or may be required pursuant to this ARTICLE VII or pursuant to any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement to make such indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and in reasonable detail, of the Third Party Claim promptly (and in any event within 30 days) after receipt by such Indemnitee of written notice of the Third Party Claim; provided, however, that the failure to provide notice of any such Third Party Claim pursuant to this sentence shall not release the Indemnifying Party from any of its obligations except to the extent the Indemnifying Party shall have been actually materially prejudiced as a result of such failure. Thereafter, the Indemnitee shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party, promptly after the Indemnitee’s receipt thereof (and in any event within fifteen (15) Business Days), copies of all notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnitee relating to the Third Party Claim.

 

(c)                                  Unless there is a reasonable probability that a Third Party Claim may materially and adversely affect the applicable Indemnitee, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, other than as a result of money damages or other money payments, an Indemnifying Party shall be entitled (but shall not be required) to assume and control the defense of any such Third Party Claim, at such Indemnifying Party’s own cost and expense and by such Indemnifying Party’s own counsel that is reasonably acceptable to the applicable Indemnitees, if it gives notice of its intention to do so to the applicable Indemnitees within 30 days of the receipt of notice of the Third Party Claim from such Indemnitees. After notice from an Indemnifying Party to an Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, such Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise, or settlement thereof, at its own expense and, in any event, shall cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in such defense and make available to the Indemnifying Party, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, all witnesses, pertinent Information and materials in such Indemnitee’s possession or under such Indemnitee’s control relating thereto as are reasonably required by the Indemnifying Party.

 

(d)                                 If an Indemnifying Party cannot pursuant to Section 7.04(c) or elects not to assume responsibility for defending a Third Party Claim, or fails to notify an Indemnitee of its election as provided in Section 7.04(c), such Indemnitee may defend such Third Party Claim at the cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnitee is conducting the defense

 

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against any such Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall cooperate with the Indemnitee in such defense and make available to the Indemnitee, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, all witnesses, pertinent Information and materials in such Indemnifying Party’s possession or under such Indemnifying Party’s control relating thereto as are reasonably required by the Indemnitee.

 

(e)                                  If the Indemnifying Party has assumed the defense of the Third Party Claim in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, no Indemnitee may settle or compromise any Third Party Claim without the consent of the Indemnifying Party.

 

(f)                                   In the case of a Third Party Claim, no Indemnifying Party shall consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement of the Third Party Claim without the consent of the Indemnitee; provided, however, that consent from the Indemnitee shall not be required if such settlement contains a full and unconditional release of the Indemnitee and does not permit any injunction, declaratory judgment, other order or other non-monetary relief (including, for the avoidance of doubt, debarment) to be entered, directly or indirectly, against any Indemnitee.

 

(g)                                  Except as may otherwise be specifically provided for in the Ancillary Agreements and except as set forth in Section 10.02(d) or Section 10.02(f) hereof, the indemnification provisions of this ARTICLE VII shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Parties for any failure by the other Party to perform and comply with any covenants and agreements in this Agreement and any other dispute, controversy or claim (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) that may arise out of or relate to, or arise under or in connection with, this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including all actions taken in furtherance of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby on or prior to the Effective Time), between or among any member of the B/E Group, on the one hand, and any member of the KLX Group, on the other hand.

 

Section 7.05                             Cooperation in Defense and Settlement. B/E and KLX agree that, from and after the Effective Time, if an Action is commenced by a third party with respect to which one or both Parties (or any other member of either Party’s respective Group) is a nominal defendant and/or such Action is otherwise not a Liability allocated to such named Party under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement, then the other Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such nominal defendant to be removed from such Action.

 

Section 7.06                             Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds.

 

(a)                                 Any Indemnifiable Loss subject to indemnification or contribution pursuant to this ARTICLE VII will be calculated net of Insurance Proceeds received by the Indemnitee that actually reduce the amount of the Indemnifiable Loss. If an Indemnitee receives a payment required by this Agreement from an Indemnifying Party in respect of any Indemnifiable Loss (an “Indemnity Payment”) and subsequently receives Insurance Proceeds, then the Indemnitee will pay to the Indemnifying Party an amount equal to the excess of the Indemnity Payment received over the amount of the Indemnity Payment that would have been due if the Insurance Proceeds had been received, realized or recovered before the Indemnity Payment was made.

 

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(b)                                 Any insurer that would otherwise be obligated to pay any claim shall not be relieved of the responsibility with respect thereto or, solely by virtue of the indemnification and contributions provisions hereof, have any subrogation rights with respect thereto. The Indemnitee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to collect or recover any third-party Insurance Proceeds (other than Insurance Proceeds under an arrangement where future premiums are adjusted to reflect prior claims in excess of prior premiums) to which the Indemnitee is entitled in connection with any Indemnifiable Loss for which the Indemnitee seeks contribution or indemnification pursuant to this ARTICLE VII (it being understood that the obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to collect or recover any third-party Insurance Proceeds shall not require the Indemnitee to commence any litigation proceedings against any such third party); provided, however, that the Indemnitee’s inability to collect or recover any such Insurance Proceeds shall not limit the Indemnifying Party’s obligations hereunder.

 

(c)                                  All Indemnity Payments under this Agreement shall be (i) increased to take account of any net Tax cost actually incurred by the Indemnitee arising from the receipt of Indemnity Payments hereunder (grossed up for such increase) and (ii) reduced to take account of any net Tax benefit actually realized by the Indemnitee arising from the incurrence or payment of any Indemnifiable Loss. In computing the amount of any such Tax cost or Tax benefit, the Indemnitee shall be deemed to recognize all other items of income, gain, loss deduction or credit before recognizing any item arising from the receipt of any Indemnity Payment hereunder or the incurrence or payment of any Indemnifiable Loss. For purposes of this Agreement, an Indemnitee shall be deemed to have “actually incurred” or “actually realized” a net Tax cost or a net Tax benefit, respectively, to the extent that, and at such time as, the amount of Taxes payable (including Taxes payable on an estimated basis) by such Indemnitee is increased above or reduced below, as the case may be, the amount of Taxes that such Indemnitee would be required to pay but for the receipt or accrual of the Indemnity Payment or the incurrence or payment of such amount indemnified against as the case may be. The Parties shall make any adjusting payment between each other as is required under this Section 7.06(c) within ten (10) days of the date an Indemnitee is deemed to have actually realized or actually incurred each net Tax benefit or net Tax cost, respectively. The amount of any increase or reduction hereunder shall be adjusted to reflect any Final Determination with respect to the Indemnitee’s liability for Taxes and any payments necessary to reflect such adjustment shall be made within ten (10) days of such determination.

 

Section 7.07                  Characterization of Payments. In each case to the extent permissible under applicable Tax Law, except for any interest for any period beginning after the Distribution Date, any amount payable by KLX to or for the benefit of a member of the B/E Group or by B/E to or for the benefit of a member of the KLX Group under this ARTICLE VII shall be treated for Tax purposes as a distribution or capital contribution, respectively, between KLX and B/E occurring immediately prior to the Distribution, and other payments made pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated as occurring immediately before the Distribution. Following the filing by a Party of a Tax Return consistent with such treatment, such Party shall not take any position inconsistent with such treatment before any taxing authority, except to the extent that a Final Determination by any taxing authority with respect to any Party causes any such payment to be treated otherwise.

 

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Section 7.08                  Additional Matters; Survival of Indemnities.

 

(a)                                 The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this ARTICLE VII shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnitee and (ii) any knowledge prior to the date hereof by the Indemnitee of Indemnifiable Losses for which it might be entitled to indemnification or contribution hereunder.

 

(b)                                 The rights and obligations of each Party and their respective Indemnitees under this ARTICLE VII shall survive the sale or other Transfer by any Party or its respective Subsidiaries of any Assets or businesses or the assignment by it of any Liabilities.

 

Section 7.09                  Tax Indemnity Matters. Notwithstanding anything in this ARTICLE VII to the contrary, the rights and obligations of the Parties with respect to the indemnification for any and all Tax matters shall be solely governed by the Tax Sharing Agreement and shall not be subject to the provisions of this ARTICLE VII.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

ACCESS TO RECORDS; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; LEGAL AND OTHER MATTERS

 

Section 8.01                  Provision of Corporate Records. Other than in circumstances in which indemnification is or may be sought pursuant to ARTICLE VII (in which event the provisions of such Article will govern), and subject to appropriate restrictions for privileged or Confidential Information:

 

(a)                                 After the Distribution Date until the earlier of (i) the seventh anniversary of the Distribution Date or (ii) the date on which B/E is entitled to destroy Information related to the period prior to the Distribution Date pursuant to its record retention policies, upon the prior written request by KLX for specific and identified Information which relates to (A) KLX (or other member of its Group) or the conduct of the CMS Business prior to the Distribution Date, or (B) any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement to which B/E and KLX (or any other member of their respective Groups) are parties, B/E shall provide, as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt of such request, appropriate copies of such documents (or the originals thereof if the Party making the request has a reasonable need for such originals) in the possession or control of B/E or any of its Subsidiaries, but only to the extent such items so relate and are not already in the possession or control of the requesting Party.

 

(b)                                 After the Distribution Date until the earlier of (i) the seventh anniversary of the Distribution Date or (ii) the date on which KLX is entitled to destroy Information related to the period prior to the Distribution Date pursuant to its record retention policies, upon the prior written request by B/E for specific and identified Information which relates to (A) B/E (or other member of its Group) or the conduct of the Manufacturing Business, prior to the Distribution Date, or (B) any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement to which KLX and B/E (or other member of their respective Groups) are parties, as applicable, KLX shall provide, as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt of such request, appropriate

 

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copies of such documents (or the originals thereof if the Party making the request has a reasonable need for such originals) in the possession or control of KLX or any of its Subsidiaries, but only to the extent such items so relate and are not already in the possession or control of the requesting Party.

 

Section 8.02                  Access to Information. Other than in circumstances in which indemnification is sought pursuant to ARTICLE VII (in which event the provisions of such Article will govern), from the Distribution Date and for so long as any access is required, each of B/E and KLX shall afford to the other and its authorized accountants, counsel and other designated Representatives reasonable access during normal business hours, upon reasonable advance notice, subject to appropriate restrictions for privileged or Confidential Information and to preserve the completeness and integrity of the Information, to the personnel, properties, and Information of such Party and its Subsidiaries insofar as such access is reasonably required by the other Party and relates to (i) such other Party or the conduct of its business prior to the Effective Time or (ii) any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement. Nothing in this Section 8.02 shall require any Party to violate any agreement with any third party regarding the confidentiality of Information relating to that third party or its business; provided, however, that in the event that a Party is required to disclose any such Information, such Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to obtain such third party’s consent to the disclosure of such Information.

 

Section 8.03                  Disposition of Information.

 

(a)                                 Each Party acknowledges that Information in its or in another member of its Group’s possession, custody or control as of the Effective Time may include Information owned by the other Party or a member of such Party’s Group and not related to (i) its Group or its business or (ii) any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement to which it or any member of its Group is a party.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding such possession, custody or control, such Information shall remain the property of such other Party or other member of such other Party’s Group. Each Party agrees (i) that any such Information is to be treated as Confidential Information of the Party to which it relates and handled in accordance with Section 8.06 (except that such Information will not be used for any purpose other than a purpose permitted under this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any Continuing Arrangement) and (ii) following a reasonable request from the other Party, subject to applicable Law, to use commercially reasonable efforts within a reasonable time to (1) purge such Information from its databases, files and other systems and not retain any copy of such Information (including, if applicable, by transferring such Information to the Party to which such Information belongs), or (2) if such purging is not practicable, to encrypt or otherwise make unreadable or inaccessible such Information.

 

Section 8.04                  Witness Services. At all times from and after the Distribution Date, each of B/E and KLX shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make available to the other, upon reasonable written request, its and any other member of its Group’s officers, directors, employees and agents as witnesses to the extent that (i) such persons may reasonably be required to testify in connection with the prosecution or defense of any Action in which the

 

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requesting Party may from time to time be involved (except for Actions between members of each Group) and (ii) there is no conflict of interest in the underlying Action between the requesting Party and B/E and KLX, as applicable; provided, however, that the existence of a claim for indemnification under ARTICLE VII shall not in and of itself be deemed a conflict of interest. A Party providing a witness to the other Party under this Section 8.04 shall be entitled to receive from the recipient of such services, upon the presentation of invoices therefor, payments for such amounts, relating to disbursements and other out-of-pocket expenses (which shall not include the costs of salaries and benefits of employees who are witnesses or any pro rata portion of overhead or other costs of employing such employees which would have been incurred by such employees’ employer regardless of the employees’ service as witnesses), as may be reasonably incurred and properly payable under applicable Law.

 

Section 8.05                  Reimbursement; Other Matters. Except to the extent otherwise provided by this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any Continuing Arrangement, a Party providing Information or access to Information to the other Party under this ARTICLE VIII shall be entitled to receive from the recipient, upon the presentation of invoices therefor, payments for such amounts, relating to supplies, disbursements and other out-of-pocket expenses, as may be reasonably incurred in providing such Information or access to such Information.

 

Section 8.06                  Confidentiality. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the Parties shall hold, and shall cause each of the other members of their respective Groups to hold, and shall each cause their respective Representatives (including those of each other member of their respective Groups) to hold, in strict confidence, and not to disclose or release or use, without the prior written consent of the other Party, any and all Confidential Information concerning the other Party (or any other member of such Party’s Group) or its respective business; provided, however, that the Parties may disclose, or may permit disclosure of, Confidential Information (i) to their respective auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, bankers and other appropriate consultants and advisors who have a need to know such Information and are informed of their obligation to hold such Information confidential to the same extent as is applicable to the Parties and in respect of whose failure to comply with such obligations, the applicable Party will be responsible, (ii) if the Parties or any other member of their respective Groups are required or compelled to disclose any such Confidential Information by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law or stock exchange rule, (iii) as required in connection with any legal or other proceeding by one Party against the other Party, or (iv) as necessary in order to permit a Party to prepare and disclose its financial statements, Tax Returns or other required disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any demand or request for disclosure of Confidential Information is made pursuant to clause (ii) above, each Party shall, to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, promptly notify the other of the existence of such request or demand and shall provide the other a reasonable opportunity to seek an appropriate protective order or other remedy, which such Parties will reasonably cooperate in obtaining, at the sole cost of the Party seeking such order or other remedy. In the event that such appropriate protective order or other remedy is not obtained, the Party whose Confidential Information is required to be disclosed shall or shall cause the other Party to furnish, or cause to be furnished, only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required to be disclosed and shall use commercially reasonable efforts, at the sole cost and expense of the Party whose Confidential Information is required to be disclosed, to ensure that confidential treatment is accorded such Information. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,

 

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including Section 10.02(f), each Party hereby acknowledges that the other Party, in addition to any other remedies available to it for any breach or threatened breach of this Section 8.06, shall be entitled to seek a preliminary injunction, temporary restraining order or other equivalent relief restraining such Party and any member of such Party’s Group from any such breach or threatened breach.

 

Section 8.07                  Privileged Matters.

 

(a)                                 The Parties recognize that certain legal and other professional services (both internal and external) have been and will be provided prior to and after the Distribution Date and have been and will be rendered for the collective benefit of each of the members of the B/E Group and the KLX Group, and that each of the members of the B/E Group and the KLX Group should be deemed to be the client with respect to such services for the purposes of asserting all privileges which may be asserted under applicable Law; provided, however, that with respect to such services the Parties agree as follows:

 

(i)                                     the Parties shall not be entitled to assert privilege with respect to such legal and other professional services provided prior to the Distribution Date against the other Party or any other member of the other Party’s Group;

 

(ii)                                  B/E shall be entitled, on behalf of itself or any member of the B/E Group, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with privileged information to the extent relating to the Manufacturing Business, whether or not the privileged information is in the possession of or under the control of B/E or KLX. B/E shall also be entitled, on behalf of itself or any other member of the B/E Group, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with privileged information that relates solely to the subject matter of any claims constituting B/E Liabilities, now pending or which may be asserted in the future, in any lawsuits or other proceedings initiated against or by any member of the B/E Group, whether or not the privileged information is in the possession of or under the control of B/E or KLX;

 

(iii)                               KLX shall be entitled, on behalf of itself or any other member of the KLX Group, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with privileged information to the extent relating to the CMS Business, whether or not the privileged information is in the possession of or under the control of B/E or KLX. KLX shall also be entitled, on behalf of itself or any other member of the KLX Group, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with privileged information that relates solely to the subject matter of any claims constituting KLX Liabilities, now pending or which may be asserted in the future, in any lawsuits or other proceedings initiated against or by any member of the KLX Group, whether or not the privileged information is in the possession of or under the control of B/E or KLX; and

 

(iv)                              the Parties shall have a shared privilege, with equal right to assert or waive, subject to the restrictions in this Section 8.07, with respect to all privileges not allocated pursuant to the terms of Section 8.07(a)(ii) and 8.07(a)(iii). All privileges relating to any claims, proceedings, litigation, disputes, or other matters which involve members of both the B/E Group and the KLX Group in respect of which such Parties

 

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retain any responsibility or Liability under this Agreement, shall be subject to a shared privilege among them.

 

(b)                                 No Party may waive any privilege which could be asserted under any applicable Law, and in which the other Party has a shared privilege, without the prior written consent of the other Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, or as provided in Section 8.07(c) or Section 8.07(d) below.

 

(c)                                  In the event of any litigation or dispute between the Parties, or any other members of their respective Groups, either Party may waive a privilege in which the other Party or member of such Group has a shared privilege, without obtaining the consent of the other Party; provided that such waiver of a shared privilege shall be effective only as to the use of Information with respect to the litigation or dispute between the relevant Parties and/or the applicable members of their respective Group’s, and shall not operate as a waiver of the shared privilege with respect to third parties.

 

(d)                                 If a dispute arises between the Parties, or any other member of their respective Groups, regarding whether a privilege should be waived to protect or advance the interest of either Party, each Party agrees that it shall negotiate in good faith, shall endeavor to minimize any prejudice to the rights of the other Party, and shall not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay consent to any request for waiver by the other Party. Each Party specifically agrees that it will not withhold consent to waiver for any purpose except to protect its own legitimate interests.

 

(e)                                  Upon receipt by any Party or by any other member of a Party’s Group of any subpoena, discovery, court order or other request which arguably calls for the production or disclosure of Information subject to a shared privilege or as to which another Party has the sole right hereunder to assert a privilege, or if any Party obtains knowledge that any of its or any other member of its Group’s current or former directors, officers, agents or employees have received any subpoena, discovery or other requests which arguably calls for the production or disclosure of such privileged Information, such Party shall promptly notify the other Party of the existence of the request and shall provide the other Party a reasonable opportunity to review the Information and to assert any rights it or they may have under this Section 8.07 or otherwise to prevent the production or disclosure of such privileged Information.

 

Section 8.08                  Ownership of Information.

 

(a)                                 Any Information owned by one Party or any other member of such Party’s Group that is provided to a requesting Party pursuant to this ARTICLE VIII 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.

 

(b)                                 Any Information provided by or on behalf of or made available by or on behalf of the other Party pursuant to this ARTICLE VIII shall be on an “as is”, “where is” basis and no Party is making any representation or warranty with respect to such Information or the accuracy or completeness thereof.

 

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Section 8.09                  Other Agreements. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.06, the provisions of Sections 8.01 through 8.08 and Section 8.10 shall not apply with respect to Information, Records, Actions and other matters relating to Tax matters, all of which shall be governed by the Tax Sharing Agreement.

 

Section 8.10                  Control of Legal Matters.

 

(a)                                 General. (i) On or prior to the Distribution Date, B/E shall assume (or, as applicable, retain), or cause the applicable member of the B/E Group to assume (or, as applicable, retain) control of each of the B/E Litigation Matters, and B/E shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have a member of the B/E Group substituted for any member of the KLX Group to the extent it is named as a defendant in any such B/E Litigation Matters; provided, however, that no member of the B/E Group shall be required to make any such effort if the removal of any member of the KLX Group would, in the reasonable judgment of B/E, jeopardize insurance coverage or rights to indemnification from third parties applicable to such B/E Litigation Matters or otherwise cause B/E to Assume a Liability at the parent level that was originally a Liability of another member of the B/E Group.

 

(ii)                                  On or prior to the Distribution Date, KLX shall assume (or, as applicable, retain), or cause the applicable member of the KLX Group to assume (or, as applicable, retain) control of each of the KLX Litigation Matters, and KLX shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have a member of the KLX Group substituted for any member of the B/E Group to the extent it is named as a defendant in any such KLX Litigation Matters; provided, however, that no member of the KLX Group shall be required to make any such effort if the removal of any member of the B/E Group would, in the reasonable judgment of KLX, jeopardize insurance coverage or rights to indemnification from third parties applicable to such KLX Litigation Matters or otherwise cause KLX to Assume a Liability at the parent level that was originally a Liability of another member of the KLX Group.

 

(b)                                 Actions Commenced After the Distribution Date. Except as provided in Section 8.10(a), after the Distribution Date, the Parties agree that with respect to all Actions commenced against any member of the B/E Group, any member of the KLX Group or members of both Groups relating to events that take place before, on or after the Distribution Date, such Actions shall be controlled by:

 

(i)                                     a member of the B/E Group, if such Action relates solely to the B/E Assets, B/E Liabilities or Manufacturing Business (as the Manufacturing Business is conducted after the Distribution Date) (a “Future B/E Litigation Matter”), and B/E shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have a member of the B/E Group substituted for any member of the KLX Group to the extent it may be named as a defendant in such Future B/E Litigation Matter; provided, however, that no member of the B/E Group shall be required to make any such effort if the removal of any member of the KLX Group would, in the reasonable judgment of B/E, jeopardize insurance coverage or rights to indemnification from third parties applicable to such Future B/E Litigation Matter;

 

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(ii)                                  a member of the KLX Group, if such Action relates solely to the KLX Assets, KLX Liabilities or CMS Business (as the CMS Business is conducted after the Distribution Date) (a “Future KLX Litigation Matter”), and KLX shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have a member of the KLX Group substituted for any member of the B/E Group to the extent it may be named as a defendant in such Future KLX Litigation Matter; provided, however, that no member of the KLX Group shall be required to make any such effort if the removal of any member of the B/E Group would, in the reasonable judgment of KLX, jeopardize insurance coverage or rights to indemnification from third parties applicable to such Future KLX Litigation Matter; and

 

(iii)                               except as provided in Section 8.10(b)(i) or Section 8.10(b)(ii), or as may be otherwise agreed by KLX and B/E, a member of each of the KLX Group and the B/E Group jointly if (A) members of both Groups jointly operate or operated at the relevant time the business to which such Action relates or such Action relates to both the B/E Assets, B/E Liabilities or Manufacturing Business and the KLX Assets, KLX Liabilities or CMS Business, (B) an Action arises from or relates to any Disclosure Document or any other document filed with any Governmental Entity (including the SEC) at or prior to the Distribution Date by B/E or KLX in connection with the Distribution, (C) an Action is brought by or on behalf of the current or former shareholders of B/E or KLX and relates to any filing by B/E or KLX with the SEC other than those described in clause (B), or (D) an Action is brought by any Person against B/E or KLX with respect to the Distribution (the matters in clauses (A) through (D) being “Future Joint Litigation Matters”); provided, however, that no member of either Group may settle a Future Joint Litigation Matter without the prior written consent of the members of the other Group named or involved in such Future Joint Litigation Matter, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided further that either Party may settle a Future Joint Litigation matter if such settlement is for money only and provides a full release from any Liability under such Future Joint Litigation Matter for the other Party and, as applicable, the members of the other Party’s Group (including any Liability for any payment of any kind in connection with such settlement).

 

(c)                                  Claims Against Third Parties. Actions by any member of either Group against third parties, and any proceeds or other benefits that may be received as a result of such Actions and any Liabilities arising out of or resulting from such Actions, that are (i) listed in Schedule 8.10(c)(i) or that relate to the Manufacturing Business and not to the CMS Business shall be the property of the applicable member of the B/E Group (“B/E Claims”), (ii) listed in Schedule 8.10(c)(ii) or that relate to the CMS Business and not to the Manufacturing Business shall be the property of the applicable member of the KLX Group (“KLX Claims”), and (iii) listed in Schedule 8.10(c)(iii) or that relate to both the Manufacturing Business and the CMS Business shall be the property of, and shall be shared by, B/E and KLX in proportion to their respective interests (“Joint B/E and KLX Claims”).

 

(d)                                 Retention of Counsel. The Parties agree that attorneys who have worked for any member of the B/E Group prior to the Distribution Date are not conflicted from representing any members of the KLX Group subsequent to the Distribution Date, except to the extent such representation on any specific matter will be adverse (whether actually or potentially) to a member of the B/E Group.

 

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(e)                                  Notice to Third Parties; Service of Process; Cooperation.

 

(i)                                     To the extent necessary to effectuate the provisions in this Agreement, each Party shall, and shall cause the other members of their respective Groups to, promptly notify their respective agents for service of process and all other necessary parties, including plaintiffs and courts, and shall provide instructions for proper service of legal process and other documents.

 

(ii)                                  Each Party shall, and shall cause the other members of their respective Groups to, attempt in good faith to not accept service on behalf of any member of the other Party’s Group, and shall, and shall cause the other members of their respective Groups to, use their commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to each other any legal process or other documents incorrectly delivered to them or their agents as soon as possible following receipt.

 

(f)                                   Indemnity. Nothing in this Section 8.10 shall affect in any way the indemnification provisions in ARTICLE VII or the allocation of Liabilities between the Parties under this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

INSURANCE

 

Section 9.01                  Insurance.

 

(a)                                 Until and including the Distribution Date, B/E shall (i) cause the members of the KLX Group and their respective employees, officers and directors to continue to be covered as insured parties under B/E’s policies of insurance in a manner which is no less favorable than the coverage provided for the B/E Group and (ii) permit the members of the KLX Group and their respective employees, officers and directors to submit claims arising from or relating to facts, circumstances, events or matters that occurred on or prior to the Distribution Date to the extent permitted under such policies. With respect to policies currently procured by KLX for the sole benefit of the KLX Group, KLX shall continue to maintain such insurance coverage through the Distribution Date in a manner no less favorable than currently provided. Without limiting any of the rights or obligations of the parties pursuant to Section 9.01(b), B/E and KLX acknowledge that, as of immediately after the Distribution Date, B/E intends to take such action as it may deem necessary or desirable to remove the members of the KLX Group and their respective employees, officers and directors as insured parties under any policy of insurance issued to any member of the B/E Group by any insurance carrier. The KLX Group will not be entitled following the Distribution Date, absent mutual written agreement otherwise, to make any claims for insurance thereunder to the extent such claims are based upon facts, circumstances, events or matters occurring after the Distribution Date or to the extent any claims are made pursuant to any B/E “claims-made” policies after the Distribution Date. No member of the B/E Group shall be deemed to have made any representation or warranty as to the availability of any coverage under any such insurance policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, B/E shall, and shall cause the other members of the B/E Group to, use commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as are necessary to cause all insurance policies of the B/E Group that immediately prior

 

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to the Effective Time provide coverage to or with respect to the members of the KLX Group and their respective employees, officers and directors to continue to provide such coverage with respect to acts, omissions or events occurring prior to the Effective Time or claims made prior to the Effective Time in accordance with their terms as if the Distribution had not occurred and B/E shall provide, and shall cause other members of the B/E Group to provide, such cooperation as is reasonably requested by KLX in order for KLX to have in effect after the Distribution Date such new “claims-made” policies as KLX deems appropriate with respect to claims made after the Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall B/E be required, at its own expense or with any detriment to B/E, to extend or maintain coverage under “claims-made” policies with respect to any claims first made against a member of the KLX Group or first reported to the insurer after the Distribution Date.

 

(b)                                 After the Distribution Date, the members of the KLX Group shall have the right to participate with B/E to resolve Pre-Separation Insurance Claims under the applicable B/E insurance policies up to the full extent of the applicable and available limits of Liability of such policy. B/E or KLX, as the case may be, shall have primary control over those Pre-Separation Insurance Claims for which the B/E Group or the KLX Group, respectively, bears the underlying loss, subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant policy of insurance governing such control. If a member of the KLX Group is unable to assert a Pre-Separation Insurance Claim because it is no longer an “insured” under a B/E insurance policy, then B/E shall assert such claim in its own name and deliver the Insurance Proceeds to KLX. Any Insurance Proceeds received by any member of the B/E Group for members of the KLX Group shall be for the benefit of the KLX Group. Any Insurance Proceeds received for the benefit of both the B/E Group and the KLX Group shall be distributed pro rata based on the respective share of the underlying loss.

 

(c)                                  With respect to Pre-Separation Insurance Claims, whether or not known or reported on or prior to the Distribution Date, KLX shall, or shall cause the applicable member of the KLX Group to, report as soon as practicable such claims arising from the CMS Business to B/E, following which B/E shall report as soon as practicable such claims reported by such member of the KLX Group to the applicable insurer(s), and KLX shall, or shall cause the applicable member of KLX Group to, individually, and not jointly, assume and be responsible for the reimbursement Liability (i.e., deductible or retention) related to its portion of the Liability and/or any retrospective premium charges associated with the workers compensation, automobile and general liability claims so submitted by it to the extent such amounts payable by B/E after the Distribution Date are greater than they otherwise would have been if such amounts had been based on the most recent actuarial projections established for such claims immediately prior to the Distribution, unless otherwise agreed in writing by B/E. B/E shall, and shall cause each member of the B/E Group to, reasonably cooperate and assist the applicable member of the KLX Group with respect to such claims and shall arrange for the applicable member of the KLX Group to post any such collateral in respect of the reimbursement obligations as may reasonably be requested by the insurers. In addition, B/E shall, if requested, provide information to KLX on claims history including quarterly loss reports and annual actuarial claims reports for the previous five policy terms. B/E agrees that Pre-Separation Insurance Claims of members of the KLX Group shall receive the same priority as Pre-Separation Insurance Claims of members of the B/E Group and be treated equitably in all respects, including in connection with deductibles, retentions, coinsurance and retrospective premium charges.

 

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(d)                                 B/E shall not be liable to KLX for claims, or portions of claims, not reimbursed by insurers under any policy for any reason, including coinsurance provisions, deductibles, quota share deductibles, self-insured retentions, bankruptcy or insolvency of any insurance carrier(s), policy limitations or restrictions (including exhaustion of limits), any coverage disputes, any failure to timely file a claim by any member of the B/E Group or any member of the KLX Group or any defect in such claim or its processing. In the event that insurable claims of both B/E and KLX (or the members of their respective Groups) exist relating to the same occurrence, the Parties shall jointly defend and waive any conflict of interest necessary to the conduct of the joint defense and shall not settle or compromise any such claim without the consent of the other (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable insurance policy). Nothing in this Section 9.01 shall be construed to limit or otherwise alter in any way the obligations of the Parties, including those created by this Agreement, by operation of Law or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE X

 

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

Section 10.01           Disputes. Except as otherwise specifically provided in any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement (the terms of which, to the extent so provided therein, shall govern the resolution of disputes, controversies or claims that are the subject of such Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement), the procedures for discussion, negotiation and arbitration set forth in this ARTICLE X shall apply to all disputes, controversies or claims (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) that may arise out of or relate to, or arise under or in connection with, this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including all actions taken in furtherance of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby on or prior to the Effective Time), between or among any member of the B/E Group, on the one hand, and any member of the KLX Group, on the other hand (collectively, “Agreement Disputes”).

 

Section 10.02           Dispute Resolution.

 

(a)                                 B/E and KLX will use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to resolve expeditiously any Agreement Dispute on a mutually acceptable negotiated basis. In furtherance of the foregoing, any member of the KLX Group or the B/E Group involved in an Agreement Dispute may deliver a notice (an “Escalation Notice”) demanding an in-person meeting involving senior-level management representatives of B/E and KLX (or, if B/E and KLX agree, of the appropriate strategic business unit or division within each such entity). A copy of any such Escalation Notice shall be given to the General Counsel of each of B/E and KLX (which copy shall state that it is an Escalation Notice pursuant to this Section 10.02). Any agenda, location or procedures for such discussions or negotiations between B/E and KLX may be established by B/E and KLX from time to time; provided, however, that the representatives of B/E and KLX shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to meet within 30 days of the Escalation Notice.

 

(b)                                 If the senior level management representatives of B/E and KLX are not able to resolve the Agreement Dispute within 30 days after the date of receipt of the Escalation

 

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Notice (or such shorter time as is necessary to avoid immediate irreparable injury), then the Agreement Dispute shall be submitted to the General Counsel of B/E and the President and Chief Operating Officer of KLX.

 

(c)                                  If B/E and KLX are not able to resolve the Agreement Dispute through the processes set forth in Section 10.02(a) and Section 10.02(b) within 60 days after the date of the Escalation Notice, such Agreement Dispute shall be determined, at the request of either B/E or KLX, by arbitration, which shall be conducted (i) by three arbitrators, consisting of one arbitrator appointed by B/E, one arbitrator appointed by KLX and a third arbitrator appointed by the two arbitrators appointed by B/E and KLX or, if the arbitrators appointed by B/E and KLX cannot agree on a third arbitrator, the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the President of the American Arbitration Association, and (ii) in accordance with the Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association (except with respect to the selection of arbitrators) in effect at the time of filing of the demand for arbitration.

 

(d)                                 The decision of the arbitrators (which, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, may include an order to specifically perform any provision of this Agreement) shall be final and binding upon the Parties, and the expense of the arbitration (including the award of attorneys’ fees to the prevailing party) shall be paid as the arbitrators determine. The decision of the arbitrators shall be executory, and judgment thereon may be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction. The seat of the arbitration shall be Palm Beach County, Florida.

 

(e)                                  The existence of, and any discussions, negotiations, arbitrations or other proceedings relating to, any Agreement Dispute shall be considered by each Party as Confidential Information until such time as a judgment thereon is entered in a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(f)                                   Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, other than as set forth in Section 6.01(f) or Section 8.06, no member of the KLX Group and no member of the B/E Group shall have the right to institute judicial proceedings against the other Party or any Person acting by, through or under such other Party, in order to enforce the instituting Party’s rights hereunder, except that any such member shall be permitted to seek an injunction in aid of arbitration with respect to an Agreement Dispute to preserve the status quo during the pendency of any arbitration proceeding pursuant to Section 10.02(c). All judicial proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

 

Section 10.03           Continuity of Service and Performance. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the Parties will continue to provide service and honor all other commitments under this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement during the course of dispute resolution pursuant to the provisions of this ARTICLE X with respect to all matters not subject to such Agreement Dispute.

 

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ARTICLE XI

 

TERMINATION

 

Section 11.01           Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the Distribution may be abandoned at any time prior to the Distribution Date by and in the sole discretion of B/E.

 

Section 11.02           Effect of Termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.01, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no Liability on the part of either Party.

 

Section 11.03           Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except (a) by an instrument in writing signed by, or on behalf of, the Parties or (b) by a waiver in accordance with Section 11.04.

 

Section 11.04           Waiver. Either Party to this Agreement may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party and (b) waive compliance with any of the agreements of the other Party or conditions to such Party’s obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party to be bound thereby. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of either Party to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any of such rights.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 12.01           Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY MEMBER OF THE B/E GROUP OR THE KLX GROUP BE LIABLE TO ANY MEMBER OF THE KLX GROUP OR THE B/E GROUP, RESPECTIVELY, FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL NOT LIMIT EACH PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS FOR LIABILITIES TO THIRD PARTIES AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE VII.

 

Section 12.02           Expenses. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement to the contrary, all KLX Transaction Costs shall be borne by KLX and all Transaction Costs shall be borne by B/E.

 

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Section 12.03           Certain Business Matters.

 

(a)                                 B/E represents that, as of the date hereof, B/E management does not currently intend for the B/E Group to re-enter the business of the distribution of aerospace fasteners and consumables and the provision of logistics and technical services, in each case to the airline, aerospace and energy services industries.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding Section 12.03(a), following the Distribution Date and except as otherwise set forth in any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement, either Party may (i) engage in the same or similar activities or lines of business as the other Party is or in the future may be engaged and/or (ii) do business, or refrain from doing business, with any potential or actual supplier or customer of the other Party.

 

Section 12.04           Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by an internationally recognized overnight courier service, by facsimile (with confirmation of delivery) or registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 12.04):

 

(a)                                 if to B/E:

 

1400 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, FL 33414

Facsimile:              (561) 791-3966

Attention:              General Counsel

 

with copies to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

Facsimile:              (212) 848-7179

Attention:              Creighton O’M. Condon, Esq.

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

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(b)                                 if to KLX:

 

1300 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, FL 33414

Facsimile:              (561) 791-5497

Attention:              General Counsel

 

with copies to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

Facsimile:              (212) 848-7179

Attention:              Creighton O’M. Condon, Esq.

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

Section 12.05           Public Announcements. Following the Effective Time, neither Party to this Agreement shall make, or cause to be made, any press release or public announcement in respect of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party unless otherwise required by Law or applicable stock exchange regulation, and the Parties to this Agreement shall cooperate as to the timing and contents of any such press release or public announcement.

 

Section 12.06           Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any Law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect for so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

Section 12.07           Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the Continuing Arrangements constitute the entire agreement of the Parties and their Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

Section 12.08           Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Any purported assignment without such consent shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign this Agreement without consent in connection with (a) a merger transaction in which such Party is not the

 

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surviving entity and the surviving entity acquires or assumes all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets, or (b) the sale of all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets; provided, however, that such assignment shall be effective only if, and as of the time when, the assignee expressly assumes in writing all of the obligations of the assigning Party under this Agreement, and the assigning Party provides written notice and evidence of such assignment and assumption to the non-assigning Party. No assignment permitted by this Section 12.08 shall release the assigning Party from liability for the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 12.09           Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied (including the provisions of ARTICLE VII relating to indemnified parties), is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

Section 12.10           Currency. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein means United States dollars, and all payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

 

Section 12.11           Tax Matters. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, except for those tax matters specifically addressed herein, the Tax Sharing Agreement will be the exclusive agreement among the Parties with respect to all Tax matters, including indemnification in respect of Tax matters.

 

Section 12.12           Employee Matters. Except as otherwise provided herein and not inconsistent with the Employee Matters Agreement, this Agreement shall not govern any employee matters, which shall be exclusively governed by the Employee Matters Agreement.

 

Section 12.13           Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

 

Section 12.14           Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 12.14.

 

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Section 12.15           Survival of Covenants. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement, and Liability for the breach of any obligations contained herein or therein, shall survive the Distribution and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 12.16           Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission or portable document format (“.pdf”)) in counterparts, and by the different Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

B/E AEROSPACE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Amin J. Khoury

 

 

Name:

Amin J. Khoury

 

 

Title:

Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Separation and Distribution Agreement]

 



 

 

KLX INC.

 

 

 

By

/s/ Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

 

Name:

Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Operating Officer

 

[Signature Page to Separation and Distribution Agreement]

 



 

Exhibit 1.01(a)

 

Form of Employee Matters Agreement

 

(Attached)

 



 

EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

 

AMONG

 

B/E AEROSPACE, INC., AND

 

KLX INC.

 

Dated as of December 15, 2014

 



 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1

Section 1.01

Certain Defined Terms

1

Section 1.02

Interpretation and Rules of Construction

4

 

 

 

ARTICLE II ASSIGNMENT OF EMPLOYEES

5

Section 2.01

Active Employees

5

Section 2.02

Former Employees

7

Section 2.03

Employment Law Obligations

7

Section 2.04

Employee Records

7

 

 

 

ARTICLE III EQUITY AWARDS

9

Section 3.01

General Principles

9

Section 3.02

Establishment of Long-Term Incentive Plan

9

Section 3.03

Treatment of Outstanding B/E Equity Awards

10

Section 3.04

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

11

Section 3.05

Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; Code Section 162(m)

12

Section 3.06

Liabilities for Settlement of Awards

12

Section 3.07

Form S-8

12

Section 3.08

Tax Reporting and Withholding for Equity-Based Awards

12

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV CERTAIN U.S. WELFARE BENEFIT MATTERS

13

Section 4.01

Establishment of Welfare Plans

13

Section 4.02

Accrued Paid Time Off

14

Section 4.03

Flexible Spending Accounts

14

Section 4.04

COBRA and HIPAA

14

Section 4.05

Third Party Vendors

15

 

 

 

ARTICLE V NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS

15

Section 5.01

Deferred Compensation Plan

15

Section 5.02

Non-Employee Directors Deferred Compensation Plan

16

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI U.S. DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

16

Section 6.01

B/E Savings Plan

16

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLANS

16

Section 7.01

B/E Annual Incentive Plans

16

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII COMPENSATION MATTERS AND GENERAL BENEFIT AND EMPLOYEE MATTERS

17

Section 8.01

Restrictive Covenants in Employment and Other Agreements

17

Section 8.02

Termination of Participation

17

Section 8.03

Leaves of Absence

17

Section 8.04

Workers’ and Unemployment Compensation

18

Section 8.05

Preservation of Rights to Amend

18

 

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Section 8.06

Confidentiality

18

Section 8.07

Administrative Complaints/Litigation

18

Section 8.08

Reimbursement and Indemnification

18

Section 8.09

Fiduciary Matters

19

Section 8.10

Section 409A

19

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS

19

Section 9.01

Limitation of Liability

19

Section 9.02

Expenses

19

Section 9.03

Notices

20

Section 9.04

Public Announcements

20

Section 9.05

Severability

21

Section 9.06

Entire Agreement

21

Section 9.07

Amendment

21

Section 9.08

Waiver

21

Section 9.09

Assignment

21

Section 9.10

Parties in Interest

22

Section 9.11

Currency

22

Section 9.12

Tax Matters

22

Section 9.13

Governing Law

22

Section 9.14

Effect if Distribution Does Not Occur

22

Section 9.15

Waiver of Jury Trial

22

Section 9.16

Survival of Covenants

22

Section 9.17

Counterparts

23

 

SCHEDULES

 

 

 

Schedule 1.01

KLX Employees

Schedule 2.01(f)(i)

Employment Contracts

Schedule 2.01(f)(ii)

Employment Contracts

Schedule 4.01(a)

Welfare Benefits

Schedule 4.01(c)

Welfare Benefit Liabilities

 

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EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

 

EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 15, 2014, by and between B/E AEROSPACE, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“B/E”), and KLX INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“KLX”). Each of B/E and KLX is sometimes referred to herein as a “Party” and together, as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS B/E and KLX have entered into a Separation and Distribution Agreement as of the date hereof (the “Separation Agreement”) pursuant to which B/E shall separate into two separate, publicly traded companies, which shall operate the Manufacturing Business and the CMS Business, respectively, and distribute to the holders of issued and outstanding B/E Common Stock on a pro rata basis (in each case without consideration being paid by such shareholders), through a spin-off, all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of KLX; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Separation and Distribution, the Parties desire to enter into this Agreement as a complement to the Separation Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Separation Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, B/E and KLX hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I

 

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

Section 1.01                             Certain Defined Terms.

 

Unless otherwise defined herein, each capitalized term shall have the meaning specified for such term in the Separation Agreement. As used in this Agreement:

 

B/E Adjustment Ratio” means a fraction, the numerator of which is the B/E Pre-Distribution Stock Value and the denominator of which is the B/E Post-Distribution Stock Value.

 

B/E Annual Incentive Plan” means any annual incentive bonus or commission program maintained by B/E.

 

B/E Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of B/E.

 

B/E Deferred Compensation Plan” means the B/E Aerospace Inc. 2010 Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended.

 

B/E DSU” means any stock unit held by a non-employee member of the Board pursuant to the B/E NEDDSP.

 



 

B/E Employee” means any individual who shall be employed by a member of the B/E Group on and after the Distribution Date.

 

B/E ESPP” means the Amended and Restated 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.

 

B/E Equity Awards” means B/E RSAs, B/E RSUs, including any B/E Performance Award, and B/E DSUs.

 

B/E LTIP” means the B/E Aerospace, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended.

 

B/E NEDDSP” means the B/E Aerospace, Inc. Amended and Restated Non-Employee Directors Stock and Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended.

 

B/E Non-Employee Director” means any individual who shall be a non-employee member of the Board immediately after the Distribution Date.

 

B/E Performance Award” means the portion of any B/E RSA or RSU that is subject to performance-based vesting.

 

B/E Post-Distribution Stock Value” means the opening price per share of the B/E Common Stock trading on the first trading day following the Distribution Date during Regular Trading Hours.

 

B/E Pre-Distribution Stock Value” means the closing price per share of the B/E Common Stock trading regular way with due bills on the Distribution Date during Regular Trading Hours.

 

B/E Rabbi Trust” means the B/E Aerospace Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan Rabbi Trust.

 

B/E RSA” means the portion of any restricted stock awards issued under the B/E LTIP that is subject only to time-based vesting.

 

B/E RSU” means the portion of any RSUs issued under the B/E LTIP that is subject only to time-based vesting.

 

B/E Savings Plan” means the Amended and Restated B/E Aerospace Inc. Savings Plan, as amended.

 

B/E Welfare Plan” means any Welfare Plan sponsored or maintained by one or more members of the B/E Group as of immediately prior to the Distribution Date.

 

Benefit Plan” shall mean any plan, program, policy, agreement, arrangement or understanding that is an employment, consulting, deferred compensation, executive compensation, incentive bonus or other bonus, employee pension, profit sharing, savings, retirement, supplemental retirement, stock option, stock purchase, stock appreciation right,

 

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restricted stock, restricted stock unit, deferred stock unit, other equity-based compensation, severance pay, retention, change in control, salary continuation, life, death benefit, health, hospitalization, workers’ compensation, sick leave, vacation pay, disability or accident insurance or other employee benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement, including any “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) (whether or not subject to ERISA) sponsored or maintained by such entity or to which such entity is a party.

 

CMS Business Employee” means an individual whose employment duties primarily related to the CMS Business immediately prior to the Distribution Date.

 

COBRA” means the U.S. Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.

 

Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board

 

Employee Records” means all records pertaining to employment, including benefits, eligibility, training history, performance reviews, disciplinary actions, job experience and history and compensation history.

 

ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

HIPAA” shall mean the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

KLX Conversion Ratio” means a fraction, the numerator of which is the B/E Pre-Distribution Stock Value and the denominator of which is the KLX Post-Distribution Stock Value.

 

KLX Employee” means any individual who shall be employed by KLX or a member of the KLX Group on and after the date two days prior to the Distribution Date, except for those employees identified on Schedule 1.01, who shall transfer employment from B/E to KLX as of the Distribution Date, and excluding, for all purposes under this Agreement, the Chief Executive Officer of KLX.

 

KLX Equity Awards” means KLX RSAs and RSUs and any other awards to be granted under the KLX LTIP.

 

KLX Non-Employee Director” means any individual who shall be a non-employee member of the board of directors of KLX immediately after the Distribution Date and who is not a B/E Non-Employee Director.

 

KLX Post-Distribution Stock Value” means the opening price per share of the KLX Common Stock trading on the first trading day following the Distribution Date during Regular Trading Hours.

 

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Manufacturing Business Employee” means an individual whose employment duties primarily related to the Manufacturing Business immediately prior to the Distribution Date.

 

Regular Trading Hours” means the period beginning at 9:30 AM, New York City time, and ending at 4:00 PM, New York City time.

 

RSU” means a right to receive a share of common stock of B/E or KLX, as applicable, in the future.

 

Welfare Plan” means, where applicable, a “welfare plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) or a “cafeteria plan” under Section 125 of the Code, and any benefits offered thereunder, and any other plan offering health benefits (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and mental health and substance abuse), disability benefits, or life, accidental death and disability, and business travel insurance, pre-tax premium conversion benefits, dependent care assistance programs, employee assistance programs, paid time off programs, contribution funding toward a health savings account, flexible spending accounts, or cashable credits.

 

The following terms have the meanings set forth in the Sections set forth below:

 

Definition

 

Location

 

 

 

B/E

 

Preamble

Former B/E Employee

 

2.02(c)

Former KLX Employee

 

2.02(b)

FICA

 

2.01(e)

FSA Participation Period

 

4.04(a)

FUTA

 

2.01(e)

KLX

 

Preamble

KLX Deferred Compensation Plan

 

5.01(a)

KLX Deferred Compensation Obligations

 

5.01(d)

KLX DSU

 

3.03(c)

KLX ESPP

 

3.04

KLX FSA

 

4.03

KLX LTIP

 

3.02

KLX Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan

 

5.02

KLX Performance Award”

 

3.03(e)

KLX RSA

 

3.03(a)

KLX RSU

 

3.03(c)

KLX Welfare Plans

 

4.01(a)

Party

 

Preamble

Separation Agreement

 

Recitals

 

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Section 1.02                  Interpretation and Rules of Construction

 

In this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise provided or that the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)                                     when a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference is to an Article or Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated;

 

(ii)                                  the table of contents and headings for this Agreement are for reference purposes only and do not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement;

 

(iii)                               whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

 

(iv)                              the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;

 

(v)                                 all terms defined in this Agreement have the defined meanings when used in any Ancillary Agreement, or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, unless otherwise defined therein;

 

(vi)                              if there is any conflict between the provisions of the Separation Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall control with respect to the subject matter hereof; if there is any conflict between the provisions of the body of this Agreement and the Schedules hereto, the provisions of the body of this Agreement shall control unless explicitly stated otherwise in such Schedule;

 

(vii)                           the definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms; and

 

(viii)                        references to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns.

 

Article II

 

ASSIGNMENT OF EMPLOYEES

 

Section 2.01                  Active Employees.

 

(a)                                                                      Generally. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, effective not later than the Distribution Date, the employment of each Manufacturing Business Employee who is employed by a member of the KLX Group shall be assigned and transferred to B/E or a member of the B/E Group. The employment of each CMS Business Employee who is employed by a member of the B/E Group shall be assigned and transferred to KLX or a member of the KLX Group.

 

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member of the KLX Group or the B/E Group to continue the employment of any employee for any period of time following the Distribution Date or to change the employment status of any employee from “at will,” to the extent such employee is an “at will” employee under applicable Law.

 

(c)                                                                       Severance. The Distribution and the assignment, transfer or continuation of the employment of employees in connection therewith shall not be deemed a severance of employment of any employee for purposes of any plan, policy, practice or arrangement of any member of the B/E Group or KLX Group.

 

(d)                                                                      Not a Change of Control/Change in Control. Neither the consummation of the Distribution nor any transaction in connection with the Distribution shall be deemed a “change of control,” “change in control,” or term of similar import for purposes of Section 409A of the Code or any Benefit Plan of B/E Group or KLX Group.

 

(e)                                                                       Payroll and Related Taxes. With respect to the portion of the tax year occurring prior to the day immediately following the Distribution Date, B/E will (i) be responsible for all payroll obligations, tax withholding and reporting obligations and (ii) furnish a Form W-2 or similar earnings statement to all KLX Employees and Former KLX Employees for such period. With respect to the remaining portion of such tax year, KLX will (A) be responsible for all payroll obligations, tax withholding, and reporting obligations regarding KLX Employees and (B) furnish a Form W-2 or similar earnings statement to all KLX Employees. With respect to each KLX Employee, B/E and KLX shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to (to the extent permitted by applicable Law and practicable) (1) treat KLX (or the applicable member of the KLX Group) as a “successor employer” and B/E (or the applicable member of the B/E Group) as a “predecessor,” within the meaning of Sections 3121(a)(1) and 3306(b)(1) of the Code, to the extent appropriate, for purposes of taxes imposed under the United States Federal Insurance Contributions Act, as amended (“FICA”), or the United States Federal Unemployment Tax Act, as amended (“FUTA”), (2) cooperate with each other to avoid, to the extent possible, the restart of FICA and FUTA upon or following the Distribution Date with respect to each such KLX Employee for the tax year during which the Distribution Date occurs, and (3) file tax returns, exchange wage payment information, and report wage payments made by the respective predecessor and successor employer on separate IRS Forms W-2 or similar earnings statements to each such KLX Employee for the tax year in which the Distribution Date occurs, in a manner provided in Section 4.02(l) of Revenue Procedure 2004-53.

 

(f)                                                                        Employment Contracts. Effective as of the Distribution Date, KLX will assume and honor, or will cause a member of the KLX Group to assume and honor, the agreements to which any KLX Employee is party with any member of the B/E Group, that are set forth on Schedule 2.01(f)(i). B/E will similarly assume and honor, or will cause a member of the B/E Group to assume and honor, the agreements to which any B/E Employee is a party with any member of the KLX Group that are set forth on Schedule 2.01(f)(ii).

 

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Section 2.02                  Former Employees.

 

(a)                                                                      General Principle. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each former employee of the KLX Group or the B/E Group as of the Distribution Date will be considered a former employee of the business as to which his or her duties were primarily related immediately prior to his or her termination of employment with all of KLX, B/E and their respective Affiliates.

 

(b)                                                                      Former KLX Employees. Former employees of the KLX Group as of the Distribution Date shall be deemed to include all employees who, as of their last day of employment with all of KLX, B/E and their respective Affiliates, had employment duties primarily related to the CMS Business (collectively, the “Former KLX Employees”).

 

(c)                                                                       Former B/E Employees. Former employees of the B/E Group as of the Distribution Date shall be deemed to include all employees who, as of their last day of employment with all of KLX, B/E and their respective Affiliates, had employment duties primarily related to the Manufacturing Business (collectively, the “Former B/E Employees”).

 

Section 2.03                  Employment Law Obligations.

 

(a)                                                                      Compliance With Employment Laws. On and after the Distribution Date (i) the members of the KLX Group shall be responsible for adopting and maintaining any policies or practices, and for all other actions and inactions, necessary to comply with employment-related laws and requirements relating to the employment of the KLX Employees and (ii) the members of the B/E Group shall remain responsible for adopting and maintaining any policies or practices, and for all other actions and inactions, necessary to comply with employment-related laws and requirements relating to the employment of the B/E Employees and the treatment of the Former B/E Employees and Former KLX Employees in respect of their former employment with B/E.

 

Section 2.04                             Employee Records.

 

(a)                                                                      Employee Records Relating to KLX Employees and Former KLX Employees. All Employee Records and data in any form relating to KLX Employees and Former KLX Employees shall be the property of KLX, except that data pertaining to the KLX Employee or Former KLX Employee and relating to any period that to the KLX Employee or Former KLX Employee was employed by a member of the B/E Group prior to the Distribution shall be jointly owned by KLX and B/E.

 

(b)                                                                      Employee Records Relating to B/E Employees and Former B/E Employees. All Employee Records and data in any form relating to B/E Employees and Former B/E Employees shall be the property of B/E, except that data pertaining to the B/E Employee or Former B/E Employee and relating to any period that the B/E Employee or Former B/E Employee was employed by KLX, B/E or any of their respective Affiliates prior to the Distribution shall be jointly owned by KLX and B/E.

 

(c)                                                                       Sharing of Records. The Parties shall use their respective reasonable commercial efforts to provide each other such Employee Records and information only as

 

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necessary or appropriate to carry out their obligations under applicable Law (including, without limitation, any relevant privacy protection laws or regulations in any applicable jurisdictions), this Agreement or the Separation Agreement or the Transition Services Agreement, or for the purposes of administering their respective employee Benefit Plans and policies. Subject to applicable Law, all information and Employee Records regarding employment and personnel matters of (i) B/E Employees and Former B/E Employees shall be accessed, retained, held, used, copied and transmitted after the Distribution Date by B/E in accordance with all laws and policies relating to the collection, storage, retention, use, transmittal, disclosure and destruction of such records and (ii) KLX Employees and Former KLX Employees shall be accessed, retained, held, used, copied and transmitted after the Distribution Date by KLX in accordance with all laws and policies relating to the collection, storage, retention, use, transmittal, disclosure and destruction of such records. The Parties shall reimburse each other for any reasonable costs incurred in copying or transmitting any records requested pursuant to this Section 2.04.

 

(d)                                                                      Access to Records. To the extent consistent with applicable privacy protection laws or regulations, access to such Employee Records after the Distribution Date will be provided to KLX and B/E in accordance with the Separation Agreement. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, KLX shall retain reasonable access to those Employee Records retained by B/E necessary for KLX’s continued administration of any plans or programs on behalf of Employees after the Distribution Date, provided that such access shall be limited to individuals who have a job-related need to access such Employee Records. KLX shall also retain copies of all restrictive covenant agreements with any B/E Employee or Former B/E Employee in which KLX has a valid business interest.

 

(e)                                                                       Maintenance of Employee Records. With respect to retaining, destroying, transferring, sharing, copying and permitting access to all such information, KLX and B/E shall each comply with all applicable Laws, regulations and internal policies, and each Party shall indemnify and hold harmless the other Party from and against any and all liability, claims, actions, and damages that arise from a failure (by the indemnifying party or its agents) to so comply with all applicable Laws, regulations and internal policies applicable to such information.

 

(f)                                                                        No Access to Computer Systems. Except as set forth in the Separation Agreement or the Transition Services Agreement, no provision of this Agreement shall give either Party direct access to the computer systems of the other Party, unless specifically permitted by the owner of such systems.

 

(g)                                                                       Relation to Separation Agreement. The provisions of this Section 2.04 shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions of the Separation Agreement governing Confidential Information and access to and use of employees, Information and Records.

 

(h)                                                                      Confidentiality. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, all Employee Records and data relating to employees shall, in each case, be subject to the confidentiality provisions of the Separation Agreement.

 

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(i)                                                                          Cooperation. Each member of the B/E Group and KLX Group shall use reasonable commercial efforts to share, retain and maintain data and Employee Records that are necessary or appropriate to further the purposes of this Section 2.04 and for each other to administer their respective Benefit Plans to the extent consistent with this Agreement and applicable Law. Except as provided under the Transition Services Agreement, neither B/E nor KLX shall charge the other any fee for such cooperation. The Parties agree to cooperate as long as is reasonably necessary to further the purposes of this Section 2.04.

 

Article III

 

EQUITY AWARDS

 

Section 3.01                  General Principles.

 

(a)                                                                      B/E and KLX shall take any and all reasonable actions as shall be necessary and appropriate to further the provisions of this ARTICLE III, including, to the extent practicable, providing written notice or similar communication to each employee who holds one or more awards granted under the B/E LTIP informing such employee of (i) the actions contemplated by this ARTICLE III with respect to such awards and (ii) whether (and during what time period) any “blackout” period shall be imposed upon holders of awards granted under the B/E Equity Plan during which time awards may not be exercised or settled, as the case may be.

 

(b)                                                                      From and after the Distribution, (i) a grantee who has outstanding awards under the B/E LTIP or the KLX LTIP shall be considered to have been employed by the applicable plan sponsor before and after the Distribution for purposes of (x) vesting and (y) determining the date of termination of employment as it applies to any such award and (ii) for purposes of determining whether any “change in control” has occurred with respect to any B/E Equity Award or KLX Equity Award, (A) a “change in control” shall only be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any award that is held by an B/E Employee upon a “change in control” of B/E and (B) a “change in control” shall only be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any award that is held by a KLX Employee upon a “change in control” of KLX.

 

(c)                                                                       No award described in this ARTICLE III, whether outstanding or to be issued, adjusted, substituted, assumed, converted or cancelled by reason of or in connection with the Distribution, shall be issued, adjusted, substituted, assumed, converted or cancelled until in the judgment of the administrator of the applicable plan or program such action is consistent with all applicable Laws, including federal securities Laws. Any period of exercisability will not be extended on account of a period during which such an award is not exercisable pursuant to the preceding sentence.

 

Section 3.02                  Establishment of Long-Term Incentive Plan. On or prior to the Distribution Date, KLX shall establish a long-term incentive plan for the benefit of eligible KLX Employees that is substantially similar to the B/E LTIP (the “KLX LTIP”), except that the KLX LTIP will also provide for the granting of the KLX RSAs, KLX RSUs, KLX DSUs and KLX Performance Awards to be granted pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof. Prior to the Distribution Date, B/E, as the sole stockholder of KLX, shall approve the KLX LTIP.

 

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Section 3.03                  Treatment of Outstanding B/E Equity Awards.

 

(a)                                                                      B/E RSAs held by KLX Employees and KLX Non-Employee Directors. Rather than participate in the Distribution, the B/E RSAs that are outstanding, unvested and held by a KLX Employee or KLX Non-Employee Director as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be assumed by KLX upon the Effective Time and the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, in replacement of his or her B/E RSAs, as soon as practicable following the Effective Time, a number of restricted shares of KLX Common Stock (“KLX RSAs”), which shall be equal to the number of shares subject to such B/E RSAs immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by the KLX Conversion Ratio and rounded down to the nearest whole share (with each separate vesting tranche of KLX RSAs comprising the holder’s aggregate number of KLX RSAs being rounded up or down to the nearest whole share). Each KLX RSA described in the preceding sentence shall be subject to substantially the same terms and conditions after the Effective Time as the terms and conditions applicable to the corresponding B/E RSA immediately prior to the Effective Time (including vesting); provided, however, that from and after the Effective Time the vesting of each KLX RSA shall be determined based upon continued service with the KLX Group.

 

(b)                                                                      B/E RSAs held by B/E Employees and B/E Non-Employee Directors. Rather than participate in the Distribution, the B/E RSAs that are outstanding, unvested and held by a B/E Employee, Former B/E Employee, B/E Director and Former KLX Employee as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, as soon as practicable following the Effective Time, be adjusted by multiplying the number of shares of B/E Common Stock subject to such B/E RSAs immediately prior to the Effective Time by the B/E Adjustment Ratio and rounding down to the nearest whole share (with each separate vesting tranche of B/E RSAs comprising the holder’s aggregate number of B/E RSAs being rounded up or down to the nearest whole share). Following the Effective Time, the adjusted B/E RSAs shall remain subject to the same terms and conditions as applicable to the B/E RSA prior to the Effective Time.

 

(c)                                                                       B/E RSUs and B/E DSUs held by KLX Employees and KLX Non-Employee Directors. The B/E RSUs or B/E DSUs that are outstanding and held by a KLX Employee or KLX Non-Employee Director, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be assumed by KLX and converted, as soon as practicable following the Effective Time, into an award of RSUs (“KLX RSUs”) or DSUs (“KLX DSUs”), as applicable, over KLX Common Stock equal to the number of shares subject to such B/E RSUs or B/E DSUs immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by the KLX Conversion Ratio and rounded down to the nearest whole share (with each separate vesting tranche of KLX RSUs comprising the holder’s aggregate number of KLX RSUs being rounded up or down to the nearest whole share). Each KLX RSU or KLX DSU described in the preceding sentence shall be subject to substantially the same terms and conditions after the Effective Time as the terms and conditions applicable to the corresponding B/E RSU or B/E DSU, as applicable, immediately prior to the Effective Time (including vesting); provided, however, that from and after the Effective Time the vesting of each KLX RSU shall be determined based upon continued service with the KLX Group.

 

(d)                                                                      B/E RSUs and B/E DSUs held by B/E Employees and B/E Non-Employee Directors. The B/E RSUs and B/E DSUs that are outstanding and held by a B/E Employee,

 

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B/E Non-Employee Director, Former B/E Employee, or Former KLX Employee, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be adjusted, as soon as practicable following the Effective Time, by multiplying the number of shares subject to such B/E RSUs or B/E DSUs immediately prior to the Effective Time by the B/E Adjustment Ratio and rounding down to the nearest whole share (with each separate vesting tranche of B/E RSUs comprising the holder’s aggregate number of B/E RSUs being rounded up or down to the nearest whole share). Following the Effective Time, all adjusted B/E RSUs and adjusted B/E DSUs shall remain subject to the same terms and conditions as applicable to the B/E RSU or B/E DSU prior to the Effective Time.

 

(e)                                                                       B/E Performance Awards held by KLX Employees. The B/E Performance Awards that are outstanding and held by a KLX Employee, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be assumed by KLX upon the Effective Time and converted into an award, subject to performance-based vesting, over KLX Common Stock (“KLX Performance Award”). The target number of shares of B/E Common Stock subject to each such B/E Performance Award shall be converted into a target number of shares of KLX Common Stock subject to each KLX Performance Award in the manner set forth above in Section 3.03(a) or 3.03(c), as applicable. The board of directors of KLX (or any duly authorized committee or representative thereof) will set new performance targets for the period following the Effective Time. Following the Effective Time, the KLX Performance Awards shall remain subject to the same terms and conditions as applicable to the corresponding B/E Performance Awards prior to the Effective Time (including the annual performance targets previously set by the Board, or any duly authorized committee or representative thereof, for the portion of the performance period prior to the Effective Time), except that the attainment of any annual performance target for the portion of the performance period after the Effective Time shall be determined by reference to the performance target set by the board of directors of KLX (or any duly authorized committee or representative thereof).

 

(f)                                                                        B/E Performance Awards held by B/E Employees. The B/E Performance Awards that are outstanding and held by a B/E Employee, shall be converted as of the Effective Time into an adjusted B/E Performance Award. The target number of shares of B/E Common Stock subject to each such B/E Performance Award prior to the Effective Time shall be adjusted in the manner set forth above in Section 3.03(b) or 3.03(d), as applicable. The Board (or any duly authorized committee or representative thereof) shall set new performance targets for the period following the Effective Time. Following the Effective Time, the B/E Performance Awards shall remain subject to the same terms and conditions as applicable to the B/E Performance Awards prior to the Effective Time (including the annual performance targets previously set by the Board, or any duly authorized committee or representative thereof, for the portion of the performance period prior to the Effective Time).

 

Section 3.04                  Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Effective as of the Distribution Date, KLX shall establish an employee stock purchase plan for the benefit of KLX Employees that is substantially similar to the B/E ESPP (the “KLX ESPP”). Prior to the Distribution Date, B/E, as the sole stockholder of KLX, shall approve the KLX ESPP.

 

(a)                                                                      Unless otherwise decided by the Committee in its sole discretion, all payroll deductions under the B/E ESPP shall cease following the last payroll payment date

 

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prior to the Distribution Date. The option period that would be in progress on the Distribution Date shall be shortened so that the exercise shall occur by the day prior to the Distribution Date. After such exercise, any residual amounts remaining in the B/E ESPP accounts of KLX Employees shall remain in such accounts until after the Distribution Date, at which point they shall be transferred to KLX for deposit in the appropriate individuals’ KLX ESPP accounts. In the event that a KLX Employee chooses not to participate in the KLX ESPP, that KLX Employee shall receive the appropriate residual amount following the Distribution Date.

 

Section 3.05                  Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; Code Section 162(m).

 

(a)                                                                      By approving the adoption of this Agreement, the respective Boards of Directors of each of B/E and KLX intend to exempt from the short-swing profit recovery provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, by reason of the application of Rule 16b-3 thereunder, all acquisitions and dispositions of equity incentive awards by non-employee directors and officers of each of B/E and KLX.

 

(b)                                                                      Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (including the treatment of deferred compensation plans, outstanding equity awards and annual incentive awards as described herein), B/E and KLX agree to negotiate in good faith regarding the need for any treatment different from that otherwise provided herein to ensure that a federal income tax deduction for the payment of such deferred compensation or equity award, annual incentive award or other compensation is, to the extent prescribed under the terms of the applicable plan and award agreement, not limited by reason of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

Section 3.06                  Liabilities for Settlement of Awards. Except as provided for pursuant to Section 3.08, from and after the Effective Time (a) B/E shall be responsible for all Liabilities associated with B/E Equity Awards, including share delivery, registration or other obligations related to the exercise, vesting or settlement of the B/E Equity Awards and (b) KLX shall be responsible for all Liabilities associated with KLX Equity Awards, including any option exercise, share delivery, registration or other obligations related to the exercise, vesting or settlement of the KLX Equity Awards.

 

Section 3.07                  Form S-8. Upon or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and subject to applicable Law, KLX shall prepare and file with the SEC one or several registration statements on Form S-8 (or another appropriate form) registering under the Securities Act the offering of a number of shares of KLX Common Stock at a minimum equal to the number of shares that are or may be subject to KLX Equity Awards. KLX shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such registration statement to be kept effective (and the current status of the prospectus or prospectuses required thereby to be maintained) as long as any KLX Equity Awards remain outstanding.

 

Section 3.08                  Tax Reporting and Withholding for Equity-Based Awards. A member of the B/E Group will be responsible for all income, payroll, or other tax reporting related to income of B/E Employees, B/E Non-Employee Directors, Former B/E Employees, or Former KLX Employees from B/E Equity Awards, and a member of the KLX Group will be responsible for all income, payroll, or other tax reporting related to income of KLX Employees and KLX Non-Employee Directors from KLX Equity Awards. Further, a member of the B/E

 

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Group shall be responsible for remitting applicable tax withholdings for B/E Employees, Former B/E Employees and Former KLX Employees to each applicable taxing authority, and a member of the KLX Group shall be responsible for remitting applicable tax withholdings for KLX Employees to each applicable taxing authority. B/E and KLX acknowledge and agree that the Parties will cooperate with each other and with third-party providers to effectuate withholding and remittance of taxes, as well as required tax reporting, in a timely, efficient, and appropriate manner.

 

Article IV

 

CERTAIN U.S. WELFARE BENEFIT MATTERS

 

Section 4.01                  Establishment of Welfare Plans.

 

(a)                                                                      On or prior to January 1, 2015, KLX shall establish and adopt Welfare Plans that will provide welfare benefits to each eligible KLX Employee who is, as of the Distribution Date, a participant in any of the B/E Welfare Plans (and their eligible spouses and dependents, as the case may be) under terms and conditions that are substantially similar to the B/E Welfare Plans (the “KLX Welfare Plans”). Coverage and benefits under the B/E Welfare Plans shall then be provided to the KLX Employees on an uninterrupted basis under the newly established KLX Welfare Plans which shall contain substantially the same terms and conditions as in effect under the corresponding B/E Welfare Plans immediately prior to the Distribution Date, unless otherwise noted on Schedule 4.01(a). KLX Employees shall cease to be eligible for coverage under the B/E Welfare Plans on January 1, 2015, unless otherwise noted on Schedule 4.01(a). For the avoidance of doubt, KLX shall not participate in any B/E Welfare Plans on or after January 1, 2015, and B/E Employees and Former B/E Employees shall not participate in any KLX Welfare Plans at any time. During the period, if any, after the Distribution Date and before January 1, 2015, coverage for KLX Employees under the B/E Welfare Plans shall be provided pursuant to the terms set forth in the Transition Services Agreement.

 

(b)                                                                      KLX shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all KLX Welfare Plans (to the extent not already waived or taken into account, as applicable, prior to the date hereof) to (i) waive all limitations as to preexisting conditions, exclusions, and service conditions with respect to participation and coverage requirements applicable to KLX Employees, other than limitations that were in effect with respect to such KLX Employees as of the Distribution Date under the B/E Welfare Plans, and (ii) waive any waiting period limitation or evidence of insurability requirement that would otherwise be applicable to a KLX Employee to the extent such KLX Employee had satisfied any similar limitation under the analogous B/E Welfare Plan as of the Distribution Date.

 

(c)                                                                       Unless otherwise noted on Schedule 4.01(c), B/E shall retain Liability and responsibility in accordance with the applicable B/E Welfare Plan for all reimbursement claims (such as medical and dental claims) for expenses incurred and for all non-reimbursement claims (such as life insurance claims) incurred by KLX Employees (and their dependents and beneficiaries) under such plans prior to January 1, 2015 and KLX shall retain Liability and responsibility in accordance with the KLX Welfare Plans for all

 

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reimbursement claims (such as medical and dental claims) for expenses incurred and for all non-reimbursement claims (such as life insurance claims) incurred by KLX Employees (and their dependents and beneficiaries) on or following January 1, 2015. For purposes of this Section 4.01, a benefit claim shall be deemed to be incurred as follows: (i) when the event giving rise to the benefit under the applicable plan has occurred as set forth in the governing plan documents, if it is clear based on the governing documents of both the B/E Welfare Plan and KLX Welfare Plans which plan should be responsible for the claim or, if not, as follows: (ii) (A) health, dental, vision, employee assistance program, education assistance program and prescription drug benefits (including in respect of any hospital confinement), upon provision of such services, materials or supplies; and (B) life, accidental death and dismemberment and business travel accident insurance benefits, upon the death, or other event giving rise to such benefits. The members of the B/E Group shall retain liability and responsibility in accordance with the applicable B/E Welfare Plan for all reimbursement claims (such as medical and dental claims) for expenses incurred and for all non-reimbursement claims (such as life insurance claims) for individuals who, immediately prior to January 1, 2015, are Former KLX Employees (and their dependents and beneficiaries), including any such employee on long-term disability on January 1, 2015.

 

(d)                                                                      Benefit Elections and Designations. As of January 1, 2015, KLX shall cause the KLX Welfare Plans to recognize and give effect to all elections and designations (including all coverage and contribution elections and beneficiary designations) made by each KLX Employee under, or with respect to, the corresponding B/E Welfare Plan for the plan year in which the Distribution occurs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 4.01 will prohibit KLX from soliciting or causing the solicitation of new election forms or beneficiary designations from KLX Employees to be effective under the KLX Welfare Plan as of January 1, 2015.

 

Section 4.02                  Accrued Paid Time Off. KLX shall credit each KLX Employee with the amount of accrued but unused vacation time, sick time and other time-off benefits as such KLX Employee had with the B/E Group as of January 1, 2015.

 

Section 4.03                  Flexible Spending Accounts. On or prior to January 1, 2015, KLX shall establish and adopt KLX Welfare Plans that will provide health care flexible spending account and dependent care flexible spending account benefits to KLX Employees (each a “KLX FSA”).

 

Section 4.04                  COBRA and HIPAA. B/E shall retain responsibility for compliance with the health care continuation coverage requirements of COBRA with respect to Former KLX Employees who, prior to the Distribution Date, were covered under a B/E Welfare Plan pursuant to COBRA. B/E shall be responsible for administering compliance with any certificate of creditable coverage requirements of HIPAA or Medicare applicable to the B/E Welfare Plans with respect to KLX Employees. The Parties agree that neither the Distribution nor any transfers of employment that occur in connection with and on or prior to the Distribution shall constitute a COBRA qualifying event for purposes of COBRA; provided, that, in all events, KLX shall assume, or shall have caused the KLX Welfare Plans to assume, responsibility for compliance with the health care continuation coverage requirements of COBRA with respect to

 

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KLX Employees who, on or after January 1, 2015 incur a qualifying event for purposes of COBRA.

 

Section 4.05                  Third Party Vendors. Except as provided below, to the extent any B/E Welfare Plan is administered by a third-party vendor, B/E and KLX will cooperate and use their reasonable commercial efforts to “clone” any contract with such third-party vendor for KLX and to maintain any pricing discounts or other preferential terms for both B/E and KLX. Neither party shall be liable for failure to obtain such pricing discounts or other preferential terms for KLX. Each party shall be responsible for any additional premiums, charges or administrative fees that such party may incur pursuant to this Section 4.05

 

Article V

 

NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS

 

Section 5.01                  Deferred Compensation Plan.

 

(a)                                                                      Prior to the Distribution Date, KLX shall establish a nonqualified deferred compensation plan that is identical in all material respects to the B/E Deferred Compensation Plan (the “KLX Deferred Compensation Plan”) for the benefit of each KLX Employee who is, immediately prior to the Distribution Date, a participant in the B/E Deferred Compensation Plan. KLX shall be responsible for any and all Liabilities and other obligations with respect to the KLX Deferred Compensation Plan, and KLX shall assume and fully perform, pay and discharge, all obligations of the B/E Deferred Compensation Plan relating to KLX Employees as of the Distribution Date.

 

(b)                                                                      Prior to the Distribution Date, KLX shall establish a trust in a form that is identical in all material respects to the B/E Rabbi Trust as in effect as of the Distribution Date (the “KLX Rabbi Trust”). In connection with the assumption of the Liabilities under the B/E Deferred Compensation Plan in respect of KLX Employees, B/E shall, prior to the Distribution Date, transfer Assets from the B/E Rabbi Trust to the KLX Rabbi Trust. The amount of Assets to be transferred to the KLX Rabbi Trust shall be determined by multiplying the value of the Liabilities to be transferred to the KLX Deferred Compensation Plan by a fraction, the numerator of which is the fair market value of the assets held in the B/E Rabbi Trust immediately prior to the transfer and the denominator of which is the amount of Liabilities of the B/E Deferred Compensation Plan immediately prior to the transfer. The valuation of Liabilities shall be calculated by the record keeper for the B/E Deferred Compensation Plan and the value of Assets shall be calculated by the Trustee of the B/E Rabbi Trust, and such valuations shall be approved by B/E and KLX.

 

(c)                                                                       To the extent consistent with the funding objectives of the transfer described in Section 5.01(b), above, B/E shall, in determining the types of Assets to transfer to the KLX Rabbi Trust, direct the trustee of the B/E Rabbi Trust to transfer life insurance policies with respect to which KLX Employees are the insureds. B/E and KLX may agree in writing to modify the amount of Assets to be transferred to the KLX Rabbi Trust, as calculated under the provisions of Section 5.01(b), if the cash value of the insurance policies naming the KLX Employees exceeds the amount calculated.

 

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(d)                                                                      Upon or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and subject to applicable Law, KLX shall prepare and file with the SEC one or several registration statements on Form S-8 (or another appropriate form) registering under the Securities Act the unsecured obligations of KLX to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the KLX Deferred Compensation Plan (the “KLX Deferred Compensation Obligations”). KLX shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such registration statement to be kept effective (and the current status of the prospectus or prospectuses required thereby to be maintained) as long as any KLX Deferred Compensation Obligations remain outstanding.

 

Section 5.02                  Non-Employee Directors Deferred Compensation Plan. On or prior to the Distribution Date, KLX shall establish a nonqualified deferred compensation plan for the benefit of the non-employee KLX Non-Employee Directors that is substantially similar to the B/E NEDDSP (the “KLX Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan”).

 

Article VI

 

U.S. DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

 

Section 6.01                  B/E Savings Plan.

 

(a)                                                                      On or prior to the Distribution Date, B/E and KLX shall take all necessary actions to convert the B/E Savings Plan to a multiple employer plan and add KLX as a sponsor to the B/E Savings Plan. On and after the Distribution Date, KLX Employees who participated in the B/E Savings Plan prior to the Distribution Date shall continue to participate on the B/E Savings Plan on the same terms and conditions as applied prior to the Distribution Date. On and after the Distribution Date, all contributions payable to the B/E Savings Plan with respect to KLX Employees, determined in accordance with the terms and provisions of the B/E Savings Plan, ERISA and the Code, shall be paid by KLX to the B/E Savings Plan.

 

(b)                                                                      The B/E Savings Plan shall provide, effective as of the Distribution Date, (i) for the establishment of a KLX Common Stock fund and (ii) that such KLX Common Stock fund shall receive a transfer of and hold all shares of KLX Common Stock distributed in connection with the Distribution in respect of shares of B/E Common Stock. All participants in the B/E Savings Plan will be prohibited from increasing their holdings in such KLX Common Stock fund under the B/E Savings Plan, and may elect to liquidate their holdings in such KLX Common Stock fund and invest those monies in any other investment fund offered under the B/E Savings Plan.

 

Article VII

 

ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLANS

 

Section 7.01                  B/E Annual Incentive Plans.

 

(a)                                                                      2014 Bonuses. B/E shall pay eligible KLX Employees a cash bonus payment equal to the full annual cash bonus amount earned by such KLX Employee for 2014, as determined by B/E, immediately prior to the Distribution Date. B/E shall be entitled to the

 

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benefit of any tax deduction in respect of the cash bonus payment made pursuant to this Section 7.01(a).

 

(b)                                                                      Future Annual Incentive Plans. Each of B/E and KLX are expected to implement their own annual incentive plans for calendar year 2015 in which B/E Employees and KLX Employees, respectively, will participate. KLX shall be solely responsible for funding, paying and discharging all obligations relating to any annual cash incentive awards that any KLX Employee is eligible to receive under any KLX annual incentive plan with respect to payments made on account of performance periods beginning at or after January 1, 2015, and B/E shall be solely responsible for funding, paying and discharging all obligations relating to any annual cash incentive awards that any B/E Employee is eligible to receive under any B/E Annual Incentive Plan with respect to payments made on account of performance periods beginning at or after January 1, 2015.

 

Article VIII

 

COMPENSATION MATTERS AND GENERAL BENEFIT AND EMPLOYEE MATTERS

 

Section 8.01                  Restrictive Covenants in Employment and Other Agreements. To the fullest extent permitted by the agreements described in this Section 8.01 and applicable Law, B/E shall assign, or cause an applicable member of the B/E Group to assign (including through notification to employees, as applicable), to KLX or a member of the KLX Group, as designated by KLX, all agreements containing restrictive covenants (including confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation provisions) between a member of the B/E Group and a KLX Employee, with such assignment to be effective as of the Distribution Date. To the extent that assignment of such agreements is not permitted, effective as of the Distribution Date, each member of the KLX Group shall be considered to be a successor to each member of the B/E Group for purposes of, and a third-party beneficiary with respect to, all agreements containing restrictive covenants (including confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation provisions) between a member of the B/E Group and a KLX Employee, such that each member of the KLX Group shall enjoy all the rights and benefits under such agreements (including rights and benefits as a third-party beneficiary), with respect to the business operations of the KLX Group; provided, however, that in no event shall B/E be permitted to enforce such restrictive covenant agreements against KLX Employees for action taken in their capacity as employees of a member of the KLX Group.

 

Section 8.02                  Termination of Participation. Except as otherwise provided under this Agreement, effective as of the Distribution Date, KLX Employees shall cease participation in each B/E Benefit Plan and shall no longer be eligible to participate in any B/E Benefit Plan.

 

Section 8.03                  Leaves of Absence. KLX will continue to apply the appropriate leave of absence policies applicable to inactive KLX Employees who are on an approved leave of absence as of the Distribution Date. Leaves of absence taken by KLX Employees prior to the Distribution Date shall be deemed to have been taken as employees of a member of the KLX Group.

 

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Section 8.04                  Workers’ and Unemployment Compensation. All workers’ compensation Liabilities relating to, arising out of, or resulting from any claim by a B/E Employee, Former B/E Employee, KLX Employee or Former KLX Employee that results from an accident, incident or event occurring, or from an occupational disease which becomes manifest, prior to the Distribution Date shall be retained by B/E. Effective as of the Distribution Date, KLX, acting through the member of the KLX Group employing each KLX Employee, will be responsible for (a) obtaining workers’ compensation insurance, including providing all collateral required by the insurance carriers and providing all notices to KLX Employees required by applicable workers’ compensation Laws and (b) establishing new or transferred unemployment insurance employer accounts, policies and claims handling contracts with the applicable government agencies.

 

Section 8.05                  Preservation of Rights to Amend. The rights of B/E or KLX to amend or terminate any plan, program, or policy referred to herein shall not be limited in any way by this Agreement.

 

Section 8.06                  Confidentiality. Each Party agrees that any information conveyed or otherwise received by or on behalf of a Party in conjunction herewith is confidential and is subject to the terms of the confidentiality provisions set forth in the Separation Agreement.

 

Section 8.07                  Administrative Complaints/Litigation. To the extent that any legal action relates to a putative or certified class of plaintiffs, which includes both B/E Employees (or Former B/E Employees) and KLX Employees (or Former KLX Employees) and such action involves employment or Benefit Plan related claims, reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Parties in responding to such legal action shall be allocated among the Parties equitably in proportion to a reasonable assessment of the relative proportion of B/E Employees (or Former B/E Employees) and KLX Employees (or Former KLX Employees) included in or represented by the putative or certified plaintiff class. The procedures contained in the indemnification and related litigation cooperation provisions of the Separation Agreement shall apply with respect to each Party’s indemnification obligations under this Section 8.07.

 

Section 8.08                  Reimbursement and Indemnification. To the extent provided for under this Agreement, each Party agrees to reimburse the other Party, within 30 days of receipt from the other Party of reasonable verification, for all costs and expenses which the other Party may incur on its behalf as a result of any of the respective Welfare Plans and other Benefit Plans. All Liabilities retained, assumed, or indemnified against by KLX pursuant to this Agreement, and all Liabilities retained, assumed, or indemnified against by B/E pursuant to this Agreement, shall in each case be subject to the indemnification provisions of the Separation Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, (i) no provision of this Agreement shall require any member of the KLX Group to pay or reimburse to any member of the B/E Group any benefit-related cost item that a member of the KLX Group has paid or reimbursed to any member of the B/E Group prior to the Effective Time; and (ii) no provision of this Agreement shall require any member of the B/E to pay or reimburse to any member of the KLX Group any benefit-related cost item that a member of the B/E Group has paid or reimbursed to any member of the KLX Group prior to the Effective Time.

 

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Section 8.09                  Fiduciary Matters. Each Party acknowledges that actions required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement may be subject to fiduciary duties or standards of conduct under ERISA or other applicable Law, and no Party shall be deemed to be in violation of this Agreement if it fails to comply with any provisions hereof based upon its good-faith determination (as supported by advice from counsel experienced in such matters) that to do so would violate such a fiduciary duty or standard. Each Party shall be responsible for taking such actions as are deemed necessary and appropriate to comply with its own fiduciary responsibilities and shall fully release and indemnify the other Party for any Liabilities caused by the failure to satisfy any such responsibility.

 

Section 8.10                  Section 409A. B/E and KLX shall cooperate in good faith so that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Separation Agreement will not result in adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code to any KLX Employee, KLX Non-Employee Director, Former KLX Employee, B/E Employee, B/E Non-Employee Director or Former B/E Employee, in respect of their respective benefits under any Benefit Plan. In the event the Parties determine that the actions described in this Agreement may result in any KLX Employee, KLX Non-Employee Director, Former KLX Employee, B/E Employee, B/E Non-Employee Director or Former B/E Employee becoming subject to additional taxes pursuant to Section 409A of the Code, the Parties agree to cooperate in good faith to modify the procedures described in this Agreement to prevent such KLX Employee, KLX Non-Employee Director, Former KLX Employee, B/E Employee, B/E Non-Employee Director or Former B/E Employee from becoming subject to such additional tax.

 

Article IX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 9.01                  Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY MEMBER OF THE B/E GROUP OR THE KLX GROUP BE LIABLE TO ANY MEMBER OF THE KLX GROUP OR THE B/E GROUP, RESPECTIVELY, FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL NOT LIMIT EACH PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS FOR LIABILITIES TO THIRD PARTIES AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE VII OF THE SEPARATION AGREEMENT.

 

Section 9.02                  Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement in this Agreement, the Separation Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, each Party shall pay its own expenses in fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the Separation Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement to the contrary, all KLX Transaction Costs shall be borne by KLX and all B/E Transaction Costs shall be borne by B/E.

 

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Section 9.03                  Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by an internationally recognized overnight courier service, by facsimile or registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties hereto at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 9.03):

 

(a) if to B/E:

 

1400 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, FL 33414

Facsimile: (561) 791-3966

Attention: Ryan Patch

 

with copies to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

Telecopy: (212) 848-7179

 

Attention:  Creighton O’M. Condon, Esq.

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

(b) if to KLX:

 

1300 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, FL 33414

Facsimile: (561) 791-5497

Attention: Roger Franks

 

with copies to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

Telecopy: (212) 848-7179

 

Attention:  Creighton O’M. Condon, Esq.

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

Section 9.04                  Public Announcements. Following the Effective Time, neither Party to this Agreement shall make, or cause to be made, any press release or public announcement in respect of this Agreement or the Separation Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Separation Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party unless otherwise required by Law or applicable stock exchange regulation, and

 

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the Parties to this Agreement shall cooperate as to the timing and contents of any such press release or public announcement.

 

Section 9.05      Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any Law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect for so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either Party hereto. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

Section 9.06      Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Distribution documents constitute the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations, both written and oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Irrespective of anything else contained herein, the Parties do not intend for this Agreement constitute the establishment or adoption of, or amendment to, any Benefit Plan, and no person participating in any such Benefit Plan shall have any claim or cause of action, under ERISA or otherwise, in respect of any provision of this Agreement as it relates to any such Benefit Plan or otherwise.

 

Section 9.07      Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except (a) by an instrument in writing signed by, or on behalf of, the Parties hereto or (b) by a waiver in accordance with Section 9.08.

 

Section 9.08      Waiver. Either Party to this Agreement may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party and (b) waive compliance with any of the agreements of the other Party or conditions to such Party’s obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party to be bound thereby. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of either Party hereto to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any of such rights.Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party. Any purported assignment without such consent shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign this Agreement without consent in connection with (a) a merger transaction in which such Party is not the surviving entity and the surviving entity acquires or assumes all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets, or (b) the sale of all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets; provided, however, that the assignee expressly assumes in writing all of the obligations of the assigning Party under this Agreement, and the assigning Party provides written notice and evidence of such assignment and assumption to the non-assigning Party. No assignment permitted by this Section

 

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9.08 shall release the assigning Party from liability for the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 9.10      Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

Section 9.11      Currency. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein means United States dollars, and all payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

 

Section 9.12      Tax Matters. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, except for those tax matters specifically addressed herein, the Tax Sharing Agreement will be the exclusive agreement among the Parties with respect to all Tax matters, including indemnification in respect of Tax matters.

 

Section 9.13      Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

 

Section 9.14      Effect if Distribution Does Not Occur. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Separation Agreement or Transition Services Agreement is terminated prior to the Distribution Date, this Agreement shall be of no further force and effect.

 

Section 9.15      Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.14.

 

Section 9.16      Survival of Covenants. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement, and Liability for the breach of any obligations contained herein or therein, shall survive the Distribution and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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Section 9.17      Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission or portable document format (“.pdf”)) in counterparts, and by the different Parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

B/E AEROSPACE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

KLX INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

[Signature Page to Employee Matters Agreement]

 



 

Exhibit 1.01(b)

 

Form of IT Services Agreement

 

(Attached)

 



 

IT SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

IT SERVICES AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 16, 2014, by and between B/E AEROSPACE, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“B/E”), and KLX INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“KLX”). Each of B/E and KLX is sometimes referred to herein as a “Party”, and together, as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS, the Parties entered into that certain Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2014 (the “Separation Agreement”; capitalized terms used in this Agreement but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Separation Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to and subject to the terms of the Separation Agreement, the Manufacturing Business will be separated from the CMS Business;

 

WHEREAS, prior to the date of this Agreement, members of the B/E Group have provided to members of the KLX Group, certain IT services necessary to conduct their respective businesses;

 

WHEREAS, it is contemplated under the terms of the Separation Agreement that, in connection with the Separation Transaction and the Distribution, for a limited period of time following the Distribution, B/E or one or more other members of the B/E Group will continue to provide certain of such IT services to members of the KLX Group; and

 

WHEREAS, B/E is willing to provide, or cause to be provided, and KLX is willing to receive, such IT services on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1            Definitions.

 

(a)           For the purposes of this Agreement:

 

Additional Service” means an IT service: (1) that was provided by B/E or another member of the B/E Group (or that was provided by a third party on behalf of B/E or another member of the B/E Group) to KLX or another member of the KLX Group as of the Distribution Date; and (2) that the recipient of such service reasonably believes (y) was inadvertently or unintentionally omitted from Schedule A and (z) is necessary or advisable for the conduct of the CMS Business.

 

Agreement” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

 



 

B/E” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

B/E Indemnified Person” has the meaning given in Section 10.2.

 

Change Request” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(c).

 

Change Request Proposal” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(c).

 

Equipment” has the meaning given in Section 4.5(a).

 

Fees” has the meaning given in Section 5.1(a).

 

Force Majeure Event” has the meaning given in Section 4.4(a).

 

Group” means, with respect to any Party, Service Provider or Service Recipient, such Party, Service Provider, or Service Recipient, respectively, and each of such Party’s, Service Provider’s or Service Recipient’s Affiliates, respectively.

 

IT Services” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(a).

 

KLX” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

KLX Indemnified Person” has the meaning given in Section 10.1.

 

Migration Assistance” has the meaning given in Section 2.6(a).

 

Party” and “Parties” have the meanings given in the Preamble.

 

Personnel” means, with respect to any Party, the Representatives of such Party, and the employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, advisors, independent contractors and consultants of any third parties engaged by such Party or the other members of such Party’s Group to provide a Third Party Service.

 

Records” has the meaning given in Section 6.5.

 

Representatives” means, with respect to any Party, the employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, advisors, independent contractors and consultants of (i) such Party and (ii) the other members of such Party’s Group.

 

Sales Taxes” has the meaning given in Section 5.3.

 

Security Regulations” has the meaning given in Section 6.4(a).

 

Separation Agreement” has the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Service Coordinator” has the meaning given in Section 2.2.

 

Service Provider” means a member of the B/E Group, when it is providing a B/E Service to a member of the KLX Group under the terms of this Agreement.

 

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Service Receiver Data” has the meaning given in Section 8.1(a).

 

Service Recipient” means a member of the KLX Group, when it is receiving an IT Service from a member of the B/E Group under the terms of this Agreement.

 

Systems” has the meaning given in Section 6.4(a).

 

Term” shall mean, with respect to each of the IT Services and Migration Assistance, the period of time beginning on the Distribution Date and expiring on the earlier of (i) the date set forth in Schedule A (or if not specified therein, such period as may be reasonably requested by the Service Recipient to which such IT Service or Migration Assistance is provided) or (ii) the last day of the twenty-fourth (24th) month following the date hereof, in each case unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 11.2, in each case, subject to any extension as provided in Section 11.1.

 

Terminating Party” has the meaning given in Section 11.2(a).

 

Terminating Third Party Service” has the meaning given in Section 11.2(c).

 

Third Party Service” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(b)(i).

 

(b)         In this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise provided or where the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)           when a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference is to an Article or Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated;

 

(ii)          the headings for this Agreement are for reference purposes only and do not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement;

 

(iii)         whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

 

(iv)         the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;

 

(v)          the definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms; and

 

(vi)         references to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns.

 

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ARTICLE II

SERVICES

 

Section 2.1        Services to be Provided to the KLX Group.

 

(a)         In General. During the applicable Term, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, B/E shall provide (or cause to be provided), or shall cause another member of the B/E Group to provide (or cause to be provided), to KLX or another member of the KLX Group: (1) the services described in Schedule A hereto; and (2) any Additional Services as may be requested in writing by KLX, identifying in reasonable detail the specifics of such service to be performed by a member of the B/E Group (each such service, an “IT Service”).

 

(b)         Third Party Services.

 

(i)           A Service Provider may, in its discretion and with prior written notice to the Service Recipient, engage, or cause another member of the Service Provider’s Group to engage, one or more third parties to provide some or all of the IT Services (any such IT Service provided by a third party, a “Third Party Service”).

 

(ii)          To the extent that any third party proprietor of information or software to be disclosed or made available to any Service Recipient in connection with the performance of IT Services hereunder requires the execution of a specific form of non-disclosure agreement, license agreement, use agreement or other terms and conditions as a condition of its consent to use of the same for the benefit of any member of the Service Recipient’s Group or to permit any member of the Service Recipient’s Group to access such information or software, the Service Recipient will execute, or will cause, as necessary, such other member of the Service Recipient’s Group or its or their respective Representatives to execute, such form or agreement.

 

(iii)         Nothing in this Section 2.1(b) shall in any way affect B/E’s obligation to provide (or cause to be provided) the IT Services pursuant to this Agreement, and B/E shall remain at all times during the applicable Term fully responsible for the performance of the IT Services.

 

(c)         Change Requests. A Service Recipient may request in writing a change to any IT Service, which request must include a description of the proposed change requested and, if any, the associated business specifications (each a “Change Request”). The Service Provider shall provide such Service Recipient with a written proposal for changing the applicable IT Service in accordance with the Change Request (a “Change Request Proposal”). Each such Change Request Proposal will include the estimated time and price of implementing the Change Request. A Service Provider may also identify impacts of the Change Request on the IT Service being provided by a Service Provider and fees related thereto. If the Parties agree in writing to a Change Request or a written variation thereof, this Agreement will be deemed amended to include the terms and conditions of such agreed-upon Change Request or written variation thereof. If the Parties do not agree upon a Change Request Proposal or a written variation thereof within ten (10) days after the date such Change Request Proposal is delivered to

 

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the Service Recipient, then the Change Request Proposal will expire, and neither Party shall have any obligation to implement the changes contemplated by such Change Request unless and until the Parties agree separately in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Service Provider shall not be obligated to change a Service if (A) the Service Provider is not able to provide the IT Service, as changed, due to capacity, performance, physical or technical limitations, or lack of sufficient resources, or (B) such change results from a change to a Service Recipient’s business or operations that is outside the ordinary course of business.

 

Section 2.2        Service Coordinators. B/E and KLX shall each nominate a representative to act as the primary contact person with respect to the performance of the Services (each, a “Service Coordinator”). Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications relating to the IT Services provided hereunder shall be directed to the Service Coordinators. The initial Service Coordinators for B/E and KLX, including relevant contact information, are set forth on Schedule B hereto. Either Party may replace its Service Coordinator at any time by providing prior written notice to the other Party of such replacement. Solely for the avoidance of doubt, any notice or other communications to be given or made pursuant to this Agreement, including any notice of replacement of a Service Coordinator pursuant to this Section 2.2, shall be given or made in accordance with the terms of Section 12.1, and no notice or other communication to any Service Coordinator shall be a proper notice or other communication for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 2.3        Standard of Performance. B/E shall (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Person performing IT Services on its behalf to) use commercially reasonable efforts, skill and judgment in providing IT Services hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, all IT Services shall be provided in a timely and workmanlike manner, consistent with the manner and level of care with which such IT Services were provided in the ordinary course prior to the Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Service Provider’s provision of the IT Services are subject to (a) the Service Provider’s applicable policies and procedures that are in effect on the date hereof, (b) the Service Provider’s capacity, performance, physical or technical limitations (including in respect of internet bandwidth, file server capacity and mailbox capacity) that were applicable to the Service Provider’s provision of the IT Services for the Service Recipients prior to the Distribution Date, and (c) in respect of systems or communications links that are shared between two or more businesses, capacity limitations to ensure that each of the Service Recipients’ and the Service Providers’ business receives reasonably sufficient use of such systems or links.

 

Section 2.4        Cooperation.

 

(a)         Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the other members of such Party’s Group and any third party providing Third Party Services on behalf of any member of such Party’s Group, to cooperate with the members of the other Party’s Group in all matters relating to the provision and receipt of IT Services and to minimize the expense, distraction and disturbance to the other Party’s Group’s business, and shall perform all obligations hereunder in good faith and in accordance with principles of fair dealing.

 

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(b)         Each Party will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide (and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each other member of such Party’s Group to provide) information and documentation sufficient for each Service Provider to perform (or cause to be performed) the IT Services in the manner and with the level of care they were provided in the ordinary course prior to the Distribution Date, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to make available, as reasonably requested in writing by a Service Provider, sufficient resources and timely decisions, approvals and acceptances in order that such Service Provider may perform (or cause to be performed) its obligations under this Agreement in a timely and efficient manner.

 

Section 2.5        Migration Assistance.

 

(a)         Prior to the end of the applicable Term, B/E shall provide (or cause to be provided) to KLX (and any other member of KLX’s Group) such reasonable support and assistance as is necessary to migrate the IT Services to KLX’s internal organization or to a third party provider of KLX or another member of KLX’s Group (such support and assistance, “Migration Assistance”), which may include, without limitation, (i) consulting, (ii) training, (iii) providing reasonable access to data and other information in the standard format and medium (whether electronic or otherwise) of the Service Provider and (iv) reasonable access to employees of the Service Provider. In the event KLX (or any other member of KLX’s Group) requires Migration Assistance, KLX’s Service Coordinator shall request such Migration Assistance from B/E’s Service Coordinator, and the two Service Coordinators shall discuss the anticipated scope and cost of such Migration Assistance and agree on such scope and cost in advance of such Migration Assistance commencing. The two Service Coordinators shall regularly discuss such Migration Assistance and any changes in anticipated scope and cost. In the event that B/E determines at any point in time that the cost of the requested Migration Assistance is expected to materially exceed that initially agreed between the two Service Coordinators, then B/E’s Service Coordinator shall promptly notify KLX’s Service Coordinator and the two Service Coordinators shall discuss and agree whether and how to proceed. KLX shall pay any actual costs incurred and documented by B/E (or another member of B/E’s Group) in connection with any Migration Assistance (other than Migration Assistance provided pursuant to Section 11.2(c)(iv)), requested by KLX, whether performed by Representatives of B/E or by an external service provider.

 

(b)         Representatives of B/E providing Migration Assistance shall be granted reasonable access to KLX’s facilities (or those of another member of KLX’s Group).

 

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ARTICLE III

[RESERVED]

 

ARTICLE IV

LIMITATIONS

 

Section 4.1        General Limitations.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Service Provider (nor any other member of the Service Provider’s Group) shall be required to (a) hire any third party service provider to provide any IT Service, (b) expand its facilities, incur long-term capital expenses, increase its employee headcount or maintain the employment of any specific employee in order to provide any IT Service, (c) purchase, upgrade, enhance or otherwise modify any computer hardware, software or network environment, (d) provide any support or maintenance services for any computer hardware, software or network environment that has been materially upgraded, enhanced or otherwise modified from the computer hardware, software or network environments in use as of the Distribution Date, or (e) provide IT Services hereunder that are greater in nature or scope than the comparable services provided in the conduct of the a Service Recipient’s business during the twelve (12) months immediately prior to the Distribution Date; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.1 shall in any way relieve any obligation of B/E to provide (or cause to be provided) the IT Services pursuant to this Agreement, and B/E shall remain, at all times during the Term, fully responsible for the performance of the IT Services.

 

Section 4.2        Third Party Limitations. Each Party acknowledges and agrees that any IT Services (including Third Party Services) provided using third party Intellectual Property are subject to the terms and conditions of any applicable agreements between the Service Provider and such third parties. With respect to such IT Services, B/E shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any other Service Provider thereof to) (a) obtain any necessary consent (including any necessary licenses) from such third parties in order to provide the IT Services or (b) if any such consent is not obtained, provide acceptable alternative arrangements to provide the relevant IT Services; provided, however, that, at the written request of B/E, KLX shall reimburse B/E for any reasonable and documented additional incremental costs incurred by B/E (or any other Service Provider) in carrying out its obligations under subsection (a) or (b), above. KLX shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist B/E in obtaining any such necessary consent or license.

 

Section 4.3        Compliance with Laws.

 

(a)         No Service Provider shall provide, or cause to be provided, nor shall any Service Provider be required to provide or cause to be provided, any IT Service to the extent that the provision of such IT Service would require such Service Provider, or any Representative of such Service Provider, to violate: (i) any applicable Law, (ii) any policies and/or procedures of such Service Provider designed to respond to applicable Law, or (iii) any other policies and/or procedures of such Service Provider in existence as of the Distribution Date, which policy or procedure, in the case of subparagraph (ii) or (iii) above, continues in effect at such Service Provider.

 

(b)         If B/E cannot provide (or cause to be provided) a IT Service due to Section 4.3(a), the Parties shall cooperate, in full compliance with Section 2.4(a), to identify a reasonably acceptable alternative arrangement to provide the affected IT Service; provided,

 

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however, that, at the written request of B/E, KLX shall reimburse B/E for any reasonable and documented additional incremental costs incurred by B/E in providing such IT Service under such alternative arrangement.

 

Section 4.4        Force Majeure.

 

(a)         B/E shall, at all times during the applicable Term, use commercially reasonable efforts to provide, or cause to be provided, the IT Services without interruption. In the event and to the extent that any Service Provider is wholly or partially prevented from, or delayed in, providing one or more IT Services, or one or more IT Services are interrupted or suspended, by reason of events beyond the reasonable control of such Service Provider or the other members of such Service Provider’s Group (including acts of God, acts of any Governmental Entity, acts of the public enemy or due to fire, explosions, accidents, floods, embargoes, epidemics, wars, acts of terrorism, nuclear disasters, labor difficulties, civil unrests and/or riots, civil commotions, insurrections, severe or adverse weather conditions, any lack of or shortage of electrical power, malfunctions of equipment or software programs or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Service Provider, the other members of the Service Provider’s Group or, in the case of any Third Party Services, the third party providing such Third Party Service on behalf of the Service Provider or another member of the Service Provider’s Group (each, a “Force Majeure Event”)), B/E shall not be obligated to deliver (or cause to be delivered) the affected IT Services during such period, and KLX shall not be obligated to make any payment for any reason hereunder in relation to any IT Services not delivered; provided, however that, during the duration of a Force Majeure Event, B/E shall use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or remove such Force Majeure Event, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to resume its performance under this Agreement with the least practicable delay.

 

(b)         In the event that any Service Provider has knowledge that the provision of any IT Service is or will be (or would reasonably be expected to be) affected by a Force Majeure Event, B/E shall, to the extent reasonably practicable, promptly provide, in writing, notice of such Force Majeure Event to KLX, describing in reasonable detail such Force Majeure Event, the affected IT Service, and B/E’s reasonable estimate of the scope and duration of such Force Majeure Event.

 

Section 4.5        Title to Equipment; Management and Control; Reservation of Rights.

 

(a)         Except as otherwise provided herein, all procedures, methods, systems, strategies, tools, equipment, facilities and other resources of any member of the Service Provider’s Group used by such member of the Service Provider’s Group in connection with the provision of IT Services (the “Equipment”) shall remain the property of such member of the Service Provider’s Group and shall at all times be under the sole direction and control of such member of the Service Provider’s Group.

 

(b)         In the event that any Service Provider is required to purchase Equipment in order to provide the IT Services or Migration Assistance hereunder, B/E shall notify KLX of the requirement to purchase such Equipment and the Parties shall discuss in good

 

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faith and agree which Party shall purchase such Equipment. In the event B/E (or another member of B/E’s Group) purchases such Equipment, KLX shall reimburse B/E for the cost of such Equipment promptly, but in any event no later than ninety (90) days, after the purchase thereof. At the end of the relevant Term, (i) in the event B/E (or another member of B/E’s Group) purchased and was reimbursed by KLX for such Equipment, B/E shall reimburse KLX (A) for applicable depreciation during the Term in respect of such Equipment and (b) to the extent B/E (or another member of B/E’s Group) receives some other benefit by using or retaining such Equipment during, or at the end of, the relevant Term, respectively, for the value of such benefit in an amount to be agreed by the Parties’ respective Service Coordinators; and (ii) in the event KLX purchased such Equipment, to the extent B/E (or another member of B/E’s Group) receives some other benefit by using or retaining such Equipment during, or at the end of, the relevant Term, respectively, B/E shall reimburse KLX for the value of such benefit in an amount to be agreed by the Parties’ respective Service Coordinators.

 

(c)         Except as otherwise provided herein, management of and control over the provision of the IT Services (including the determination or designation at any time of the Equipment, Personnel and other resources to be used in connection with the provision of the IT Services) shall reside solely with the Service Provider. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all labor matters relating to any employees of the Service Provider or the other members of the Service Provider’s Group shall be within the exclusive control of the Service Provider, and no member of the Service Recipient’s Group shall take any action with regard to such matters. B/E shall provide for and pay (or cause to be provided for and paid) the compensation and other benefits of its employees, including salary, health, accident and workers’ compensation benefits and all taxes and contributions which an employer is required to pay relating to the employment of employees. No member of the Service Recipient’s Group shall in any event be liable to the Service Provider or any other member of the Service Provider’s Group, or to any of their respective Personnel, for any failure on the part of any member of the Service Provider’s Group to perform any obligation on the part of such member of the Service Provider’s Group with regard to the compensation, benefits or taxation of its employees or other Personnel.

 

(d)         Nothing in this Section 4.5 shall in any way affect any right or obligation of any Party, or any allocation of any assets of any Party, as provided in the Separation Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement or pursuant to any Continuing Arrangement.

 

Section 4.6        Interim Basis Only.

 

Each Party acknowledges that the purpose of this Agreement is to provide the IT Services on an interim basis. Accordingly, at all times from and after the Distribution Date, each Party shall use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to make or obtain any approvals, permits or licenses, implement any computer systems and take, or cause to be taken, any and all other actions necessary or advisable for the Service Recipients to provide the IT Services for themselves as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE V

PAYMENT

 

Section 5.1        Fees.

 

(a)         In connection with each IT Service, KLX shall pay to B/E (i) the fees set forth in Schedule A with respect to such IT Service, or if not specified therein, fees for such IT Service as determined by the mutual agreement of both Parties, negotiated in good faith, and (ii) any reasonable and documented third party fees, costs and expenses which are charged to or incurred by the Service Provider or another member of the Service Provider’s Group in connection with provision of IT Services to the Service Recipient and which are not included in the fees set forth in the Schedules (collectively, the “Fees”).

 

(b)         It is the intent of the Parties that the Fees reasonably approximate the actual cost to the Service Provider of providing the IT Services, without any intent to cause the Service Provider to receive any profit or incur any loss with respect thereto. If at any time a Party reasonably believes that the Fees with respect to any IT Service are materially insufficient to compensate the Service Provider for the cost of providing such IT Service, or that the Fees with respect to any IT Service materially overcompensate the Service Provider for the cost of providing such IT Service, such Party shall promptly provide notice to the other Party of the same, identifying such IT Service and setting forth in reasonable detail its rationale for such belief, and shall include with such notice all available documentation with regard to the cost of providing such IT Service.

 

(c)         Upon the delivery of a notice pursuant to Section 5.1(b), the Parties shall cooperate, in full compliance with Section 2.4(a), to come to a mutually acceptable agreement with regard to the appropriate Fees for such IT Service.

 

Section 5.2        Billing and Payment Terms.

 

(a)         B/E shall invoice KLX on a monthly basis for any Fees, costs or other amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(b)         Each invoice delivered pursuant to Section 5.2(a) shall set forth a brief description of the IT Services and the Migration Assistance provided, and, with respect to any amounts payable other than Fees pursuant to Section 5.1(a)(i), reasonable documentation to support the charges thereon.

 

(c)         Each invoice delivered pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be payable within 30 days after the date of the invoice.

 

(d)         Payment of all invoices provided hereunder shall be made in United States dollars unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

 

(e)         If any invoice delivered pursuant to (and in compliance with) this Section 5.2 is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after the date of the invoice, interest shall accrue on the unpaid amount at the annual rate equal to the “Prime Rate” as reported on the thirtieth (30th) day after the date of the invoice in The Wall Street Journal (or, if such day is not a

 

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business day, the first business day immediately after such day), calculated on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty (360) days and the actual number of days elapsed between the end of the thirty (30)-day payment period and the actual payment date.

 

(f)          If there is an Agreement Dispute between the Parties regarding the amounts shown as billed to KLX on any invoice, B/E shall, upon the written request of KLX, furnish to KLX additional documentation reasonably necessary to substantiate the amounts billed including, but not limited to, listings of the dates, times and amounts of the IT Services in question where applicable and practicable.

 

Section 5.3        Sales Taxes.

 

All consideration under this Agreement is exclusive of any sales, transfer, value-added, goods or services tax or similar gross receipts based tax (including any such taxes that are required to be withheld, but excluding all other taxes including taxes based upon or calculated by reference to income, receipts or capital) imposed against or on IT Services or Migration Assistance (“Sales Taxes”) provided hereunder, and such Sales Taxes will be added to the consideration where applicable. Such Sales Taxes shall be separately stated on the relevant invoice. KLX shall be responsible for any such Sales Taxes and shall either (i) remit such Sales Taxes to B/E (and B/E shall remit such amounts to the applicable taxing authority) or (ii) provide B/E with a certificate or other acceptable proof evidencing an exemption from liability for such Sales Taxes.

 

Section 5.4        No Offset.

 

No Party shall withhold any payments to the other Party under this Agreement in order to offset payments due to such Party pursuant to this Agreement, the Separation Agreement or otherwise, unless such withholding is mutually agreed to, in advance, by the Parties.

 

ARTICLE VI

ACCESS AND SECURITY

 

Section 6.1        Access; Work Policy.

 

(a)         At all times during the Term, each Party shall provide, and shall cause the other member of its Group to provide, the other Party and its Personnel reasonable ingress to and egress from its facilities and premises, and reasonable access to its equipment and Personnel, for any purpose connected with the delivery or receipt of IT Services hereunder, the exercise of any right under this Agreement or the performance of any obligations required by this Agreement.

 

(b)         Each Party shall comply, and shall cause its respective Personnel to comply, with the other Party’s safety and security regulations applicable to each specific site or facility while working at such site or facility. Except as otherwise agreed to by the Parties, each Party shall cause its Personnel to observe the working hours, working rules, and holiday schedules of the other Party while working on the premises of the other Party.

 

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Section 6.2        Additional Security Measures.

 

Each Party acknowledges and agrees that any Service Provider may take physical or information security measures that affect the manner in which IT Services are provided, so long as the substance or overall functionality of any affected IT Services remains the same as it was as of the Distribution Date.

 

Section 6.3        Security Breaches.

 

In the event of a security breach that relates to the IT Services, the Parties shall, subject to any applicable Law, cooperate with each other in good faith regarding the timing and manner of (a) notification to their respective customers, potential customers, employees and/or agents concerning a breach or potential breach of security and (b) disclosures to appropriate Governmental Entities.

 

Section 6.4        Systems Security.

 

(a)         If any Party or its Personnel are given access to any computer systems or software of any member of the other Party’s Group (“Systems”) in connection with such Party’s performance or receipt of IT Services, such Party shall comply, and shall cause the other members of its Group and its Personnel to comply, with all of such other Party’s system security policies, procedures and requirements (as amended from time to time, the “Security Regulations”), and will not tamper with, compromise or circumvent any security or audit measures employed by such other Party.

 

(b)         Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that only those of its Personnel who are specifically authorized to have access to the Systems of the other Party gain such access, and to prevent unauthorized access, use, destruction, alteration or loss of information contained therein, including notifying its Personnel regarding the restrictions set forth in this Agreement and establishing appropriate policies designed to effectively enforce such restrictions.

 

(c)         If, at any time, either Party determines that the other Party or its Personnel has sought to circumvent, or has circumvented, its Security Regulations, that any unauthorized Personnel of the other Party has accessed its Systems or that the other Party or any of its Personnel has engaged in activities that may lead to the unauthorized access, use, destruction, alteration or loss of data, information or software, such Party shall immediately terminate any such Personnel’s access to the Systems and promptly notify the other Party.

 

(d)         Each Party shall access and use, and shall cause their respective Personnel to access and use, only those Systems, and only such data and information within such Systems, to which it or they have been granted the right to access and use. Any Party shall have the right to deny the Personnel of the other Party access to such Party’s Systems, after prior written notice and consultation with the other Party, in the event the Party reasonably believes that such Personnel pose a security concern.

 

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Section 6.5        Records and Inspection Rights.

 

Each Party shall maintain, and shall cause the other members of such Party’s Group to maintain, accurate records of the receipts, invoices, reports and other documents relating to the IT Services (the “Records”) for the period applicable to such Records under B/E’s records retention policy in effect as of the date of this Agreement, following the expiration of the applicable Term, in order to provide the other Party the opportunity to verify the accuracy, completeness and appropriateness of the charges for the IT Services and that the IT Services are being provided in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and Schedule A. Upon reasonable written notice from KLX, B/E shall make available to KLX or its Representatives (at KLX’s sole cost and expense) reasonable access to, or at KLX’s sole cost and expense, copies of, the Records with respect to such IT Service during regular business hours.

 

ARTICLE VII

CONFIDENTIALITY

 

Section 7.1        Confidential Information.

 

(a)         Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the Parties shall hold, and shall cause each of the other members of their respective Groups to hold, and shall each cause their respective Representatives to hold, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause their respective other Personnel to hold, in strict confidence, and not to disclose or release or use, without the prior written consent of the other Party, any and all Confidential Information concerning the other Party (or any other member of such Party’s Group) or its respective business; provided, however, that the Parties may disclose, or may permit disclosure of, Confidential Information (i) to their respective auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, bankers and other appropriate consultants and advisors who have a need to know such Confidential Information and are informed of their obligation to hold such Confidential Information confidential to the same extent as is applicable to the Parties and in respect of whose failure to comply with such obligations, the applicable Party will be responsible, (ii) if the Parties or any other member of their respective Groups are required or compelled to disclose any such Confidential Information by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law or stock exchange rule, (iii) as required in connection with any legal or other proceeding by one Party against the other Party, or (iv) as necessary in order to permit a Party to prepare and disclose its financial statements, Tax Returns or other required disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any demand or request for disclosure of Confidential Information is made pursuant to clause (ii) above, each Party shall, to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, promptly notify the other of the existence of such request or demand and shall provide the other a reasonable opportunity to seek an appropriate protective order or other remedy, which such Parties will reasonably cooperate in obtaining, at the sole cost of the Party seeking such order or other remedy. In the event that such appropriate protective order or other remedy is not obtained, the Party whose Confidential Information is required to be disclosed shall or shall cause the other Party to furnish, or cause to be furnished, only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required to be disclosed and shall use commercially reasonable efforts, at the sole cost and expense of the Party whose Confidential Information is required to be disclosed, to ensure that confidential treatment is accorded such Confidential Information.

 

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(b)         Nothing in this Article VII shall in any way affect any right or obligation of any Party with regard to any Party’s Confidential Information as provided in the Separation Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement or pursuant to any Continuing Arrangement.

 

ARTICLE VIII

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DATA

 

Section 8.1        Ownership of Data and Intellectual Property.

 

(a)         KLX shall own all data (i) provided by any member of the KLX Group to any member of the B/E Group in connection with such member of the KLX Group’s receipt of IT Services or (ii) created by or for B/E or any other member of the B/E Group solely in relation to the provision of IT Services to KLX or another member of the KLX Group (collectively, “Service Receiver Data”).

 

(b)         Upon the written request of KLX, and at KLX’s sole cost and expense, any Service Receiver Data in possession of B/E or any other member of B/E’s Group shall be promptly provided to KLX in the format in which such Service Receiver Data is maintained as of the time of such request; provided, however, that B/E may retain the relevant Service Receiver Data and provide a copy thereof to KLX: (i) if necessary for B/E (or any other member of B/E’s Group) to comply with the requirements of Section 6.5, (ii) if necessary for B/E (or any other member of B/E’s Group) to continue to provide the IT Services during the Term; or (iii) if B/E (or any other member of B/E’s Group holding such Service Receiver Data) is unable to delete the Service Receiver Data from its archives using commercially reasonable efforts. After completion of the IT Services hereunder, neither B/E nor any other member of B/E’s Group shall retain any copy of Service Receiver Data (unless required by Law or if clause (i) or (iii) above applies), and B/E shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, upon the written request of KLX, within such time period as the Parties may reasonably agree, at the sole cost and expense of KLX, all Service Receiver Data in its possession (or in the possession of any other member of its Group) to KLX.

 

(c)         All other data, information and Intellectual Property provided by each Party (including each other member of such Party’s Group) and their respective licensors and information, content and software providers in connection with performance of the IT Services shall remain the property of such Party. No right or license with respect to any Intellectual Property is granted under this Agreement other than as is strictly necessary for B/E to perform, and KLX to receive and use, the IT Services as contemplated herein, and then only to the extent of the interest held by the Party granting such right.

 

Section 8.2        Licenses. From the date hereof until the termination of this Agreement, each Service Provider grants to the Service Recipients and their designees and suppliers a non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-transferable, non-sublicensable right and license to use such Service Provider’s Intellectual Property, solely and exclusively in order for the Service Recipients to receive the Services contemplated hereunder.

 

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ARTICLE IX

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

 

Section 9.1        Limitation of Liabilities.

 

(a)           EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF FRAUD, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY MEMBER OF THE B/E GROUP OR THE KLX GROUP BE LIABLE TO ANY MEMBER OF THE KLX GROUP OR THE B/E GROUP, RESPECTIVELY, FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL NOT LIMIT EACH PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE X.

 

Section 9.2        Disclaimer of Warranties.

 

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES, AND EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSITION SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO MERCHANTABILITY, OR SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR TRADE USAGE.

 

ARTICLE X

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 10.1      Indemnification of KLX.

 

Subject to the terms of this Article X, from and after the Distribution Date, B/E shall indemnify and hold harmless KLX and the other members of the KLX Group, and each of their respective Representatives (each, a “KLX Indemnified Person”), from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses incurred by such KLX Indemnified Person arising out of the undertaking, performance or completion by or on behalf of B/E or any other member of the B/E Group of an IT Service pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent such Indemnifiable Losses arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of the B/E Group, or any Representative of B/E.

 

Section 10.2      Indemnification of B/E.

 

Subject to the terms of this Article X, from and after the Distribution Date, KLX shall indemnify and hold harmless B/E and the other members of the B/E Group, and each of their respective Representatives (each, a “B/E Indemnified Person”), from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses incurred by such B/E Indemnified Person arising out of the undertaking,

 

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performance or completion by or on behalf of B/E or any other member of the B/E Group of an IT Service pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent such Indemnifiable Losses arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of the KLX Group, or any Representative of KLX.

 

Section 10.3      Indemnification Procedures.

 

The provisions of Section 7.04 (Procedures for Indemnification), Section 7.05 (Cooperation in Defense and Settlement), Section 7.06 (Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds) and Section 7.07 (Additional Matters; Survival of Indemnities) of the Separation Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Agreement and the Parties mutatis mutandis.

 

Section 10.4      Rights of the Parties.

 

The rights and obligations of the Parties provided in this Article X shall be in addition to (and not in lieu of) any rights or obligations with respect to indemnification provided pursuant to the Separation Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement, and nothing herein shall in any way limit the rights and obligations of any Party pursuant thereto.

 

ARTICLE XI

TERM AND TERMINATION

 

Section 11.1      Term of Agreement. The term of this Agreement shall become effective on the Distribution Date and shall remain in force until the earlier of (a) termination or expiration of all of the respective Terms and (b) termination in accordance with Section 11.2. The Term may be extended for a period of up to one (1) additional year by KLX in its sole discretion in respect of any IT Service. The obligation of any Party to make a payment for IT Services or Migration Assistance previously rendered shall not be affected by the termination of this Agreement or the expiration of the Term and shall continue until full payment is made.

 

Section 11.2      Termination.

 

(a)         Termination by B/E or KLX. This Agreement may be terminated by either Party (the “Terminating Party”) upon written notice to the other Party, if:

 

(i)           the other Party materially breaches this Agreement (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes any failure to make payment in full for IT Services or Migration Assistance, except in a case where there is a good faith dispute thereto) and such breach is not cured, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Terminating Party, within thirty (30) days of written notice thereof; or

 

(ii)          the other Party makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or becomes insolvent, or a receiver is appointed for, or a court approves reorganization or arrangement proceedings on, such Party.

 

(b)         Partial Termination. Except as otherwise described in the Schedules hereto: (i) KLX may, on sixty (60) days’ written notice to B/E, which notice may not

 

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be effective at any time before the date that is six (6) months after the date hereof, terminate its receipt of any specific IT Service set forth on any part of Schedule A; and (ii) upon receipt of any notice pursuant to Section 4.4(b), KLX may, upon written notice to B/E, immediately terminate its receipt of any IT Service affected by any Force Majeure Event described therein. Any termination notice delivered pursuant to this Section 11.2(b) shall specify in detail the IT Service or IT Services to be terminated, and the date on which such IT Service or IT Services is to be terminated.

 

(c)        Third Party Services. If any Service Provider receives notice from a third party that such third party intends to cease providing a Third Party Service (a “Terminating Third Party Service”) (and such intention is not the result of any action or inaction by B/E or any member of B/E’s Group), and the termination of such Third Party Service would thereby render such Service Provider incapable of providing the relevant IT Service:

 

(i)           B/E shall elect (in its sole discretion): (1) to obtain such Third Party Service from an alternate third party service provider; or (2) to terminate such IT Service, effective upon the termination of the Terminating Third Party Service.

 

(ii)          B/E shall promptly notify KLX of the third party’s impending termination of services and of B/E’s election under Section 11.2(c)(i), and shall include with such notice a copy of any correspondence received from such third party with regard to such Third Party Service, and a description, in reasonable detail, of the affected IT Service.

 

(iii)         In the event B/E elects to obtain such Third Party Service from an alternate third party service provider, such Third Party Service shall continue to be provided to the Service Recipient hereunder; provided, however, that KLX shall have the option to terminate such IT Service by written notice to B/E, effective upon the termination of the Terminating Third Party Service.

 

(iv)         In the event B/E elects to terminate such Third Party Service, such IT Service shall, effective upon the termination of such Terminating Third Party Service, terminate, and thereafter, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no member of B/E’s Group shall have any further obligation to provide such IT Service to any member of KLX’s Group; provided, however, that, in the event any Third Party Service is terminated pursuant to this Section 11.2(c)(iv), at the written request of KLX, B/E shall provide (or cause to be provided), at its sole cost and expense, Migration Assistance to the Service Recipient thereof.

 

Section 11.3      Effect of Termination.

 

In the event that this Agreement is terminated for any reason:

 

(a)         Each Party acknowledges and agrees that the obligations of B/E to provide the IT Services, or to cause the IT Services to be provided, hereunder shall immediately cease. Upon cessation of B/E’s obligation to provide (or cause to be provided) any IT Service, KLX shall, and shall cause any other Service Recipient to, stop using, directly or indirectly, such IT Service.

 

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(b)                                 Upon request, each Party shall, and shall cause the other members of its Group to, return to the other Party all tangible personal property and books, records or files owned by such other Party or its Affiliates and third parties and used in connection with the provision of IT Services that are in their possession as of the termination date.

 

(c)                                  The rights and obligations of each Party under Section 4.5(a) (Title to Equipment), Article V (Payment), Section 6.5 (Records and Inspection Rights), Article VII (Confidentiality), Article VIII (Intellectual Property and Data), Article IX (Limitation of Liability; Disclaimer of Warranties), Article X (Indemnification), Section 11.1 (Term of Agreement), Section 11.3 (Effect of Termination) and Article XII (Miscellaneous) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 12.1                  Notices.

 

All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, communications relating to the IT Services provided hereunder and directed to a Service Coordinator pursuant to Section 2.2) shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by an internationally recognized overnight courier service, by facsimile (with confirmation of delivery) or registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 12.1):

 

(i)                                     if to B/E:

 

1400 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, FL 33414

Facsimile:              (561) 791-3966

Attention:              General Counsel

 

with copies to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

Facsimile:              (212) 848-7179

Attention:              Creighton O’M. Condon, Esq.

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

(ii)                                  if to KLX:

 

1300 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, FL 33414

Facsimile:              (561) 791-5497

Attention:              General Counsel

 

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with copies to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

Facsimile:              (212) 848-7179

Attention:              Creighton O’M. Condon, Esq.

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

Section 12.2                  Severability.

 

If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any Law, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect for so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

Section 12.3                  Entire Agreement.

 

The Separation Agreement, this Agreement, the other Ancillary Agreements and the Continuing Arrangements constitute the entire agreement of the Parties and their Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

Section 12.4                  Amendment.

 

This Agreement may not be amended or modified except (a) by an instrument in writing signed by, or on behalf of, the Parties or (b) by a waiver in accordance with Section 12.5.

 

Section 12.5                  Waiver.

 

Either Party to this Agreement may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party and (b) waive compliance with any of the agreements of the other Party or conditions to such Party’s obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party to be bound thereby. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of either Party to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any of such rights.

 

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Section 12.6                  Assignment.

 

Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Any purported assignment without such consent shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign this Agreement without consent in connection with (a) a merger transaction in which such Party is not the surviving entity and the surviving entity acquires or assumes all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets, or (b) the sale of all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets; provided, however, that such assignment shall be effective only if, and as of the time when, the assignee expressly assumes in writing all of the obligations of the assigning Party under this Agreement, and the assigning Party provides written notice and evidence of such assignment and assumption to the non-assigning Party. No assignment permitted by this Section 12.6 shall release the assigning Party from liability for the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 12.7                  Parties in Interest.

 

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied (including the provisions of Article X relating to indemnified parties), is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

Section 12.8                  Currency.

 

Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein means United States dollars, and all payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

 

Section 12.9                  Governing Law.

 

This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

 

Section 12.10           Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER

 

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PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 12.10.

 

Section 12.11           Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission or portable document format (“.pdf”)) in counterparts, and by the different Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

Section 12.12           Relationship of the Parties.

 

Expect as specifically provided herein, neither Party shall act or represent or hold itself out as having authority to act as an agent or partner of the other Party or in any way bind or commit the other Party to any obligations or agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as creating a partnership, joint venture, agency, trust, fiduciary relationship or other association of any kind, each Party being individually responsible only for its obligations as set forth in this Agreement. The Parties’ respective rights and obligations hereunder shall be limited to the contractual rights and obligations expressly set forth herein on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

B/E AEROSPACE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

KLX INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

[Signature Page to IT Services Agreement]

 



 

TAX SHARING AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

BETWEEN

 

B/E AEROSPACE, INC.,

 

AND

 

KLX INC.

 

DATED AS OF DECEMBER 15, 2014

 



 

Table of Contents

 

Section 1.

Definition of Terms

6

 

(a)                       General

6

 

(b)                       Interpretation

16

Section 2.

Allocation of Tax Liabilities

16

2.1

General Rule

16

 

(a)                       B/E Liability

17

 

(b)                       KLX Liability

17

2.2

Allocation of United States Federal Income Tax and Federal Other Tax

17

 

(a)                       Allocation of Income Tax Relating to B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Returns

17

 

(b)                       Allocation of Income Tax Relating to Federal Separate Income Tax Returns

17

 

(c)                        Allocation of Federal Other Tax

17

2.3

Allocation of State Income and State Other Taxes

17

 

(a)                       Allocation of State Income Tax Relating to B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns

17

 

(b)                       Allocation of State Income Tax Relating to Separate Returns

17

 

(c)                        Allocation of State Other Tax

17

2.4

Allocation of Foreign Taxes

17

 

(a)                       Allocation of Foreign Income Tax Relating to B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns

17

 

(b)                       Allocation of Foreign Income Tax Relating to Separate Returns

18

 

(c)                        Allocation of Foreign Other Tax

18

2.5

Taxes Not Shown on a Tax Return

18

2.6

Certain Transaction and Other Taxes

18

 

(a)                       KLX Liability

18

 

(b)                       B/E Liability

18

 

(c)                        IP Sale Taxes

18

 

(d)                       Certain Transfer Taxes

19

Section 3.

Proration of Taxes for Straddle Periods

19

Section 4.

Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns

19

4.1

General

19

4.2

B/E’s Responsibility

20

 

(a)                       Federal Consolidated

20

 

(b)                       State Combined

20

 

(c)                        Separate

20

 

(d)                       Cooperation

20

4.3

KLX’s Responsibility

20

4.4

Tax Accounting Practices

20

 

(a)                       General Rule

20

 

(b)                       Reporting of Transactions

20

4.5

KLX Carrybacks and Claims for Refund

21

4.6

Apportionment of Earnings and Profits and Tax Attributes

21

 

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Section 5.

Tax Payments

22

5.1

Payment of Taxes with Respect to B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Returns, B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns, B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns

22

5.2

Payment of Taxes With Respect to IP Sales Taxes, Restructuring Taxes and Certain Returns of Other Taxes

22

 

(a)                       Computation and Payment of Tax Due

22

 

(b)                       Computation and Payment of Liability With Respect To Tax Due

22

 

(c)                        Adjustments Resulting in Underpayments

23

5.3

Payment of Separate Company Taxes

23

5.4

Indemnification Payments

23

5.5

Recomputations

23

Section 6.

Tax Benefits

23

6.1

Tax Benefits

23

 

(a)                       General

23

 

(b)                       Reimbursements

24

 

(c)                        Cooperation

24

6.2

B/E and KLX Income Tax Deductions in Respect of Certain Compensation

24

6.3

Protective Section 336(e) Election

25

Section 7.

Tax-Free Status

26

7.1

Tax Opinions and Representation Letters

26

 

(a)                       General

26

 

(b)                       Internal Restructuring

26

7.2

Restrictions on KLX

26

 

(a)                       General

26

 

(b)                       ATB

26

 

(c)                        Additional Restricted Actions

27

 

(d)                       Certain Issuances of KLX Capital Stock

27

 

(e)                        KLX Restructuring

28

 

(f)                         Distributions by Foreign KLX Subsidiaries

28

7.3

Restrictions on B/E

28

 

(a)                       General

28

 

(b)                       ATB

28

 

(c)                        Additional Restricted Actions

28

 

(d)                       Certain Issuances of B/E Capital Stock

29

7.4

Procedures Regarding Opinions and Rulings for Restricted Acts

29

 

(a)                       Notice by KLX

29

 

(b)                       Notice by B/E

29

 

(c)                        Control of Ruling Process

30

7.5

Liability for Tax-Related Losses

30

 

(a)                       KLX

30

 

(b)                       B/E

30

 

(c)                        Shared Losses

31

 

(d)                       Payments

31

Section 8.

Assistance and Cooperation

31

 

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8.1

Assistance and Cooperation

31

8.2

Tax Return Information

31

 

(a)                       General

31

 

(b)                       KLX Tax Package

31

8.3

Confidentiality

32

8.4

VAT

32

Section 9.

Tax Records

33

Section 10.

Tax Contests

33

10.1

Notice

33

10.2

Control of Tax Contests

33

 

(a)                       Separate Company Taxes

33

 

(b)                       B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return

33

 

(c)                        B/E State Combined Income Tax Return

33

 

(d)                       B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return

33

 

(e)                        Certain Other Returns

34

 

(f)                         Tax-Related Losses

34

 

(g)                        Settlement Rights

34

 

(h)                       Tax Contest Participation

35

 

(i)                           Power of Attorney

35

 

(j)                          Cooperation

35

Section 11.

Effective Date; Termination of Prior Tax Agreements

35

Section 12.

Survival

35

Section 13.

Treatment of Payments

36

 

(a)                       General

36

 

(b)                       After-Tax Basis

36

Section 14.

Disagreements

36

 

(a)                       General Procedures

36

 

(b)                       Tax Advisor Resolution

37

 

(c)                        High-Level Dispute

37

Section 15.

Late Payments

37

Section 16.

Expenses

37

Section 17.

General Provisions

37

17.1

Notices

37

17.2

Waiver

38

17.3

Severability

38

17.4

No Duplication of Payment

39

17.5

Counterparts

39

17.6

Governing Law

39

17.7

Assignment

39

17.8

Amendment

39

17.9

Subsidiaries

39

17.10

Parties in Interest

40

17.11

Currency

40

17.12

Waiver of Jury Trial

40

17.13

Limitation of Liability

40

 

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17.14

Public Announcements

40

 

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TAX SHARING AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

This TAX SHARING AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of December 15, 2014, between B/E Aerospace, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“B/E”), and KLX Inc., a Delaware corporation and a newly-formed, direct wholly-owned subsidiary of B/E (“KLX”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of B/E has determined that it would be appropriate and desirable to completely separate the CMS Business from B/E;

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, B/E is the common parent of an affiliated group of corporations within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code that has elected to file consolidated U.S. Federal income tax returns (“B/E Affiliated U.S. Tax Group”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement, B/E and KLX have agreed to separate the CMS Business from B/E by means of, among other actions, (i) various internal restructuring transactions largely involving B/E foreign subsidiaries in order to effect the separation of the entities conducting the CMS Business from the entities conducting the Manufacturing Business (the “Internal Restructuring”), the steps of which are described in Exhibit A to this Agreement; (ii) the Contribution; (iii) the Debt Repayment and (iv) the Distribution;

 

WHEREAS, B/E and KLX intend that with respect to the External Spin-Off, (i) the Contribution and the Distribution, taken together, qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code pursuant to which no gain or loss is recognized by B/E or KLX under Sections 357, 361 and 1032 of the Code and with each of B/E and KLX as a party to the reorganization; (ii) the Debt Repayment qualifies as a transfer under Section 361(b)(3) of the Code such that no gain is recognized by B/E upon the receipt of the Cash Proceeds in connection with the Contribution; and (iii) the Distribution qualifies for non-recognition of gain or loss under Sections 355 and 361 of the Code (collectively, the “Tax-Free Status”);

 

WHEREAS, as a result of the Distribution, KLX and certain of its subsidiaries will cease to be members of the B/E Affiliated U.S. Tax Group as of the Distribution Date;

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to provide for and agree upon the allocation between the parties of liabilities for Taxes arising prior to, as a result of, and subsequent to the Distribution, and to provide for and agree upon other matters relating to Taxes;

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.          Definition of Terms.

 

(a) General.           For purposes of this Agreement (including the recitals hereof), the following terms have the following meanings:

 

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Adjustment Request” means any claim or request filed with any Tax Authority for the adjustment, refund, or credit of Taxes, including (a) any adjustment pursuant to an amended Tax Return, and (b) any claim for a refund or credit of Taxes.

 

Affiliate” means any entity that is directly or indirectly “controlled” by either the person in question or an Affiliate of such person. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The term Affiliate shall refer to Affiliates of a person as determined at the relevant time for the determination, provided for the period from and after the Distribution, no member of the B/E Group shall be deemed an Affiliate of the KLX Group and no member of the KLX Group shall be deemed an Affiliate of the B/E Group.

 

Agreement” shall mean this Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement.

 

B/E” shall have the meaning set forth in the first sentence of this Agreement.

 

B/E Active Trade or Business” means the active conduct (as defined in Section 355(b)(2) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) by B/E and its “separate affiliated group” (as defined in Section 355(b)(3)(B) of the Code) of the Manufacturing Business as conducted immediately prior to the Distribution.

 

B/E Adjustment” means any proposed adjustment by a Tax Authority or claim for refund or credit asserted in a Tax Contest to the extent that, under this Agreement, B/E would be exclusively liable for any resulting Tax or exclusively entitled to receive any resulting Tax Benefit.

 

B/E Affiliated U.S. Tax Group” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

B/E Board Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(d) of this Agreement.

 

B/E Capital Stock” means all classes or series of stock of B/E, including (i) the B/E Common Stock, (ii) all options, warrants and other rights to acquire such stock and (iii) all instruments properly treated as stock in B/E for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

B/E Common Stock” means the single class of common stock of B/E authorized and outstanding on the Distribution Date.

 

B/E D/355 Certificate” means an officers’ certificate in which the B/E D/355 Representations are made or confirmed on behalf of B/E in connection with the issuance of the Tax Opinion relating to the Tax-Free Status of the External Spin-Off.

 

B/E D/355 Representations” means certain representations, statements, undertakings and covenants of B/E provided in connection with the issuance of the Tax Opinion relating to the Tax-Free Status of the External Spin-Off.

 

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B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return” means any United States Federal Income Tax Return for the B/E Affiliated U.S. Tax Group.

 

B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return” means a consolidated, combined unitary or other similar Foreign Income Tax Return or any Foreign Income Tax Return with respect to any profit and/or loss sharing group, group payment or similar group or fiscal unity that actually includes, by election or otherwise, one or more members of the B/E Group together with one or more members of the KLX Group (but not, for the absence of doubt, United Kingdom companies claiming group relief).

 

B/E Group” means B/E and its Affiliates, excluding any entity after the Distribution that is a member of the KLX Group.

 

B/E Group Percentage” means 100% minus the KLX Group Percentage.

 

B/E Separate Return” means any Separate Return of B/E or any member of the B/E Group.

 

B/E State Combined Income Tax Return” means a consolidated, combined unitary or other similar State Income Tax Return that actually includes, by election or otherwise, one or more members of the B/E Group together with one or more members of the KLX Group.

 

Business Day” has the meaning set forth in the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

CMS Business” has the meaning set forth in the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Compensation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

 

Contribution” means the contribution of the KLX Assets that comprise the CMS Business, including the stock of the KLX Subsidiaries and liabilities related to the CMS Business, by B/E to KLX in exchange for (i) KLX Common Stock, and (ii) cash in an amount up to $750 million representing a portion of the net loan proceeds borrowed by KLX in connection with the Contribution, which cash will be used to fund the Debt Repayment (“Cash Proceeds”).

 

Controlling Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(g) of this Agreement.

 

Debt Repayment” means the use by B/E of the Cash Proceeds to repay a portion of the 5.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022 and/or the 6.875% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2020 in connection with the Contribution and the Distribution.

 

Distribution” means the pro rata distribution by B/E, in respect of the B/E Common Stock, of all of the KLX Common Stock held by B/E to shareholders of B/E on the basis of one share of KLX Common Stock in respect of two shares of B/E Common Stock.

 

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Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

Employee Matters Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

External Spin-Off” means the Contribution, the Debt Repayment and the Distribution.

 

Federal Income Tax” means any Tax imposed by Subtitle A of the Code, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

Federal Other Tax” means any Tax imposed by the federal government of the United States of America other than any Federal Income Taxes, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term for purposes of Sections 355(d) and (e) of the Code.

 

Final Determination” means the final resolution of liability for any Income Tax or Other Tax for any Tax Period by or as a result of (1) a final and unappealable decision, judgment, decree or other order of a court of competent jurisdiction; (2) a final settlement, compromise or other agreement with the relevant Tax Authority, an agreement that constitutes a determination under Section 1313(a)(4) of the Code, an agreement contained in an IRS form 870-AD, a closing agreement or accepted offer in compromise under Section 7121 or 7122 of the Code, or a comparable agreement under State, local or foreign law; (3) the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations; or (4) payment of such Tax, if assessed by a Tax Authority, pursuant to an agreement in writing by B/E and KLX (or any of their Affiliates) to accept such assessment.

 

Foreign Income Tax” means any Tax imposed by any foreign country or any possession of the United States, or by any political subdivision of any foreign country or United States possession, which is an income tax as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.901-2, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

Foreign Other Tax” means any Tax imposed by any foreign country or any possession of the United States, or by any political subdivision of any foreign country or United States possession, other than any Foreign Income Taxes, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

Foreign Tax” means any Foreign Income Taxes and/or Foreign Other Taxes.

 

Group” means the B/E Group or the KLX Group, or both, as the context requires.

 

High-Level Dispute” means any dispute or disagreement (a) relating to liability under Section 7.5 of this Agreement or (b) in which the amount of liability in dispute exceeds $10 million.

 

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IP Sale” means the sale, license or other transfer (directly or indirectly and including through a cost sharing or similar arrangement) of the non-U.S. intellectual property relating to the CMS Business formerly held by B/E and other B/E Group members to one or more non-U.S. members of the KLX Group.

 

IP Sale Taxes” means any Taxes imposed on or otherwise payable by B/E or the other members of the B/E Group for any Tax Period (before, including and after the Distribution) arising from or otherwise attributable to the IP Sale, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any increase in Taxes resulting from a Final Determination.

 

Income Tax” means any Federal Income Tax, State Income Tax and/or Foreign Income Tax.

 

Intended Tax Treatment” means the tax treatment of any Restructuring Transaction as originally reported on the relevant Tax Return by the Responsible Company in a manner consistent with the relevant Tax Opinion.

 

Internal Restructuring” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

KLX” shall have the meaning set forth in the first sentence of this Agreement.

 

KLX Active Trade or Business” means the active conduct (as defined in Section 355(b)(2) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) by KLX and its “separate affiliated group” (as defined in Section 355(b)(3)(B) of the Code) of the aerospace consumables products distribution segment of the CMS Business as conducted immediately prior to the Distribution.

 

KLX Adjustment” means any proposed adjustment by a Tax Authority or claim for refund or credit asserted in a Tax Contest to the extent that, under this Agreement, KLX would be exclusively liable for any resulting Tax or exclusively entitled to receive any resulting Tax Benefit.

 

KLX Board Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(d) of this Agreement.

 

KLX Capital Stock” means all classes or series of stock of KLX, including (i) the KLX Common Stock, (ii) all options, warrants and other rights to acquire such stock and (iii) all instruments properly treated as stock in KLX for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

KLX Carryback” means any net operating loss, net capital loss, excess tax credit, or other similar Tax Attribute of any member of the KLX Group which may or must be carried from one Tax Period to another prior Tax Period under the Code or other applicable Tax Law.

 

KLX Common Stock” means the single class of authorized and outstanding common stock of KLX immediately after the Distribution.

 

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KLX D/355 Certificate” means an officers’ certificate in which the KLX D/355 Representations are made or confirmed on behalf of KLX in connection with the issuance of the Tax Opinion relating to the Tax-Free Status of the External Spin-Off.

 

KLX D/355 Representations” means certain representations, statements, undertakings and covenants of KLX provided in connection with the issuance of the Tax Opinion relating to the Tax-Free Status of the External Spin-Off.

 

KLX Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return” shall mean any United States Federal Income Tax Return for the affiliated group (as that term is defined in Section 1504 of the Code) of which KLX is the common parent.

 

KLX Group” means KLX and its Affiliates, as determined immediately after the Distribution, including the KLX Subsidiaries.

 

KLX Group Percentage” means the percentage determined by dividing (i) the simple average of the volume weighted average per share price of the KLX Common Stock trading on the trading days commencing with the first trading day following the Distribution Date and ending with the last trading day concurrent with or immediately preceding the thirtieth day following the Distribution Date, by (ii) the sum of (A) the amount determined in clause (i) and (B) the simple average of the volume weighted average per share price of the B/E Common Stock trading on the trading days commencing with the first trading day following the Distribution Date and ending with the last trading day concurrent with or immediately preceding the thirtieth day following the Distribution Date.

 

KLX Separate Return” means any Separate Return of KLX or any member of the KLX Group.

 

KLX Subsidiaries” means the entities listed on Exhibit 21.1 of Form 10 (as defined in the Separation and Distribution Agreement).

 

Manufacturing Business” shall have the meaning set forth in the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

Mitigation Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 of this Agreement.

 

Non-Controlling Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(g) of this Agreement.

 

Other Tax” means any Federal Other Tax, State Other Tax, and/or Foreign Other Tax.

 

Past Practices” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a) of this Agreement.

 

Payment Date” means (i) with respect to any B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, the due date for any required installment of estimated taxes determined under Section 6655 of the Code, the due date (determined without regard to extensions) for filing the Return determined under Section 6072 of the Code, and the date the Return is filed; and (ii) with respect to any other Tax Return, the corresponding dates determined under the applicable Tax Law.

 

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Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization or a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof, without regard to whether any entity is treated as disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

Post-Distribution Period” means any Tax Period beginning after the Distribution Date, and, in the case of any Straddle Period, the portion of such Straddle Period beginning the day after the Distribution Date.

 

Pre-Distribution Period” means any Tax Period ending on or before the Distribution Date, and, in the case of any Straddle Period, the portion of such Straddle Period ending on the Distribution Date.

 

Prime Rate” means the base rate on corporate loans charged JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. from time to time, compounded daily on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 (as applicable) days and actual days elapsed.

 

Proposed Acquisition Transaction” means a transaction or series of transactions (or any agreement, understanding or arrangement, within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7 to enter into a transaction or series of transactions), whether such transaction is supported by KLX or B/E, as applicable, management or shareholders, is a hostile or unsolicited acquisition, or otherwise, as a result of which B/E or KLX would merge or consolidate with any other Person or as a result of which any Person or any group of related Persons would (directly or indirectly) acquire, or have the right to acquire, from B/E or KLX and/or one or more holders of outstanding shares of B/E Capital Stock or KLX Capital Stock, as applicable and including through a stock offering or other issuance, a number of shares of B/E Capital Stock or KLX Capital Stock that would, when combined with any other changes in ownership of B/E Capital Stock or KLX Capital Stock pertinent for purposes of Section 355(e) of the Code, comprise 35% or more of (A) the value of all outstanding shares of B/E Capital Stock or KLX Capital Stock as of the date of such transaction, or in the case of a series of transactions, the date of the last transaction of such series, or (B) the total combined voting power of all outstanding shares of B/E Capital Stock or KLX Capital Stock as of the date of such transaction, or in the case of a series of transactions, the date of the last transaction of such series. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Proposed Acquisition Transaction shall not include (i) the adoption by B/E or KLX of a shareholder rights plan that meets the requirements of Revenue Ruling 90-11, (ii) issuances of stock by B/E or KLX that satisfy Safe Harbor VIII (relating to acquisitions in connection with a person’s performance of services) or Safe Harbor IX (relating to acquisitions by a retirement plan of an employer) of Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7(d) or (iii) transfers of stock on an established securities market that are described in Safe Harbor VII of Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7(d). For this purpose, any recapitalization, repurchase or redemption of B/E Common Stock or other Capital Stock or KLX Common Stock or other Capital Stock (as the case may be) and any amendment to the certificate of incorporation (or other organizational documents) of B/E or KLX (as the case may be) shall be treated as an indirect acquisition of such stock by any shareholder to the extent such shareholder’s percentage interest in interests that are treated as outstanding equity in B/E or (as the case may be) for U.S. federal income tax purposes increases by vote or value. This definition and the application thereof are intended to monitor compliance with Section 355(e) of the Code and shall be

 

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interpreted accordingly. Any clarification of, or change in, the statute or regulations promulgated under Section 355(e) of the Code shall be incorporated in this definition and its interpretation.

 

Representation Letters” means the representation letters delivered or deliverable by B/E and KLX (and their officers) in connection with the rendering by Tax Advisors of the Tax Opinions, including, with respect to the Tax Opinion relating to the Tax-Free Status of the External Spin-Off, the B/E D/355 Certificate, the KLX D/355 Certificate, and the Senior Management Representation Letter.

 

Responsible Company” means, with respect to any Tax Return, the Company having the primary responsibility for preparing and filing such Tax Return under this Agreement.

 

Restructuring Tax” means any Tax imposed as a result of or directly in connection with the Restructuring Transactions, including any Transfer Tax but excluding any IP Sale Tax and any Tax that is a Tax-Related Loss.

 

Restructuring Transactions” means the distributions, transfers, assignments, exchanges and other transactions contemplated by the Internal Restructuring as described on Exhibit A to this Agreement, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt, the External Spin-Off and the IP Sale.

 

Ruling” means a private letter ruling issued by the IRS to B/E to the effect that a transaction will not affect the Tax-Free Status or the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

Ruling Request” means any letter filed by B/E with the IRS requesting a Ruling (including all attachments, exhibits, and other materials submitted with such ruling request letter) and any amendment or supplement to such ruling request letter.

 

Section 336(e) Election” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3 of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.2(d) Acquisition Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions involving KLX that is not a Proposed Acquisition Transaction but would be a Proposed Acquisition Transaction if the percentage reflected in the definition of Proposed Acquisition Transaction were 20% instead of 35%.

 

Section 7.3(d) Acquisition Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions involving B/E that is not a Proposed Acquisition Transaction but would be a Proposed Acquisition Transaction if the percentage reflected in the definition of Proposed Acquisition Transaction were 20% instead of 35%.

 

Senior Management Representation Letter” means the certificate from the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of B/E (and, following the Distribution, the Executive Chairman of B/E and Chief Executive Office and Chairman of KLX) in which certain representations and statements are made in connection with the issuance of the Tax Opinion relating to the Tax-Free Status of the External Spin-Off.

 

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Separate Return” means (a) in the case of any Tax Return of any member of the KLX Group (including any consolidated, combined or unitary Return), any such Tax Return that does not include any member of the B/E Group and (b) in the case of any Tax Return of any member of the B/E Group (including any consolidated, combined or unitary Return), any such Tax Return that does not include any member of the KLX Group.

 

Separation and Distribution Agreement” means the Separation and Distribution Agreement between B/E and KLX dated as of December 15, 2014.

 

State Income Tax” means any Tax imposed by any State of the United States or by any political subdivision of any such State which is based upon, measured by, or calculated with respect to: (i) net income or profits or net receipts (including, but not limited to, any capital gains, minimum Tax, or any Tax on items of Tax preference, but not including sales, use, real or personal property, value added, escheat, excise or transfer or similar Taxes) or (ii) multiple bases (including franchise, doing business and occupation Taxes) if one or more bases upon which such Tax may be based, measured by, or calculated with respect to, is described in clause (i) together in each case with any interest, penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

State Other Tax” means any Tax imposed by any State of the United States or by any political subdivision of any such State other than any State Income Taxes, including, for the avoidance of doubt, sales, use, real or personal property, value added, excise, goods and services, customs, escheat and similar Taxes, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

State Tax” means any State Income Taxes and/or State Other Taxes.

 

Straddle Period” means any Tax Period that begins on or before and ends after the Distribution Date.

 

Tax” or Taxes” means any income, gross income, gross receipts, profits, capital stock, franchise, withholding, payroll, social security, workers compensation, unemployment, disability, property, ad valorem, stamp, excise, severance, occupation, service, sales, use, license, lease, transfer, import, export, value added, alternative minimum, estimated or other tax (including any fee, assessment, or other charge in the nature of or in lieu of any tax) imposed by any governmental entity or political subdivision thereof, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

Tax Adjustment” means an adjustment of any item of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit or other Tax Attribute.

 

Tax Advisor” means an independent tax counsel or an accounting firm of recognized national standing in the United States or other applicable jurisdiction that imposes the Tax in respect of which advice is rendered or an opinion is delivered, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, if acceptable to both Parties, the Tax Advisor for a matter can be the auditor of either Party.

 

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Tax Attribute” shall mean a net operating loss, net capital loss, unused investment credit, unused foreign tax credit, excess charitable contribution, general business credit or any other Tax Item that could reduce a Tax.

 

Tax Authority” means, with respect to any Tax, the governmental entity or political subdivision thereof that imposes such Tax, and the agency (if any) charged with the collection of such Tax for such entity or subdivision.

 

Tax Benefit” means any refund, credit, or other reduction in Taxes.

 

Tax Contest” means an audit, review, examination, or any other administrative or judicial proceeding with the purpose or effect of redetermining Taxes (including any administrative or judicial review of any claim for refund).

 

Tax-Free Status” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Tax Item” means, with respect to any Income Tax, any item of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit.

 

Tax Law” means the law of any governmental entity or political subdivision thereof relating to any Tax.

 

Tax Matters Dispute” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(a) of this Agreement.

 

Tax Materials” means the Representation Letters and any other materials delivered or deliverable by B/E, KLX or any other member of their respective Group in connection with the rendering by a Tax Advisor of the Tax Opinions.

 

Tax Opinions” means the (i) the opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP deliverable to B/E and relating to the Tax-Free Status of the External Spin-Off, and (ii) the opinions of one or more other Tax Advisors deliverable to B/E or KLX or another member of their respective Group in connection with the Internal Restructuring.

 

Tax Package” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(b) of this Agreement.

 

Tax Period” means, with respect to any Tax, the period for which the Tax is reported as provided under the Code or other applicable Tax Law.

 

Tax Records” means any Tax Returns, Tax Return workpapers, documentation relating to any Tax Contests, and any other books of account or records (whether or not in written, electronic or other tangible or intangible forms and whether or not stored on electronic or any other medium) required to be maintained under the Code or other applicable Tax Laws or under any record retention agreement with any Tax Authority.

 

Tax-Related Losses” means (i) all U.S. federal, state and local and foreign Taxes (including interest and penalties thereon) imposed pursuant to any settlement, Final Determination, judgment or otherwise; (ii) all accounting, legal and other professional fees, and

 

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court costs incurred in connection with such Taxes; and (iii) all costs, expenses and damages associated with stockholder litigation or controversies and any amount paid by B/E (or any B/E Affiliate) or KLX (or any KLX Affiliate) in respect of the liability of shareholders, whether paid to shareholders or to the IRS or any other Tax Authority, in each case, resulting from the failure of (x) the Contribution, the Debt Repayment or the Distribution to qualify for Tax-Free Status or (y) a transaction that is part of the Internal Restructuring to have its Intended Tax Treatment.

 

Tax Return” or Return” means any return or report of Taxes due, any claim for refund of Taxes paid, any information return with respect to Taxes, or any other similar return, report, statement, declaration, or document required to be filed under the Code or other Tax Law, including any attachments, exhibits, or other materials submitted with any of the foregoing, and including any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing.

 

Transfer Taxes” means all sales, use, transfer, recordation, documentary, stamp or similar Other Taxes.

 

Treasury Regulations” means the regulations promulgated from time to time under the Code as in effect for the relevant Tax Period.

 

Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion” means an unqualified “will” opinion of a Tax Advisor, which Tax Advisor is reasonably acceptable to B/E (if pursuant to Section 7.2) or KLX (if pursuant to Section 7.3), on which B/E and KLX may rely to the effect that a transaction will not affect the Tax-Free Status or the Intended Tax Treatment, as applicable. Any such opinion shall assume that the Contribution, the Debt Repayment and the Distribution would have qualified for Tax-Free Status, and the Internal Restructuring would have qualified for the Intended Tax Treatment, if the transaction in question did not occur and may assume the accuracy of, and may rely upon, customary assumptions, representations and undertakings reasonably satisfactory to B/E or KLX, as applicable, contained in a certificate delivered by an officer of B/E or KLX as the case may be.

 

VAT” means (a) any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and (b) any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph (a) above, or imposed elsewhere.

 

(b) Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement: (i) B/E and KLX are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Companies” or the “Parties” and, as the context requires, individually referred to herein as the “Company” or a “Party” and (ii) each of the term B/E Group and the KLX Group shall refer to their members for all Tax Periods whether before or after the Distribution Date. The provisions of Section 1.02 of the Separation and Distribution Agreement are incorporated by reference and shall apply to the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the parties hereto mutatis mutandis.

 

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Section 2.     Allocation of Tax Liabilities.

 

2.1       General Rule.

 

(a)         B/E Liability. B/E shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the KLX Group from and against any and all liability for, Taxes which are allocated to B/E under this Section 2 (including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination).

 

(b)         KLX Liability. KLX shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the B/E Group from and against any and all liability for, Taxes which are allocated to KLX under this Section 2 (including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination).

 

2.2       Allocation of United States Federal Income Tax and Federal Other Tax. Except as provided in Section 2.6, Federal Income Tax and Federal Other Tax shall be allocated as follows:

 

(a)         Allocation of Income Tax Relating to B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Returns. With respect to any B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, B/E shall be responsible for any and all Federal Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any such Income Tax Return.

 

(b)         Allocation of Income Tax Relating to Federal Separate Income Tax Returns. (i) B/E shall be responsible for any and all Federal Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any B/E Separate Return; and (ii) KLX shall be responsible for any and all Federal Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any KLX Separate Return.

 

(c)          Allocation of Federal Other Tax. B/E shall be responsible for any and all Federal Other Taxes attributable to the Manufacturing Business. KLX shall be responsible for any and all Federal Other Taxes attributable to the CMS Business.

 

2.3       Allocation of State Income and State Other Taxes. Except as provided in Section 2.6, State Income Tax and State Other Tax shall be allocated as follows:

 

(a)         Allocation of State Income Tax Relating to B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns. B/E shall be responsible for any and all State Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any B/E State Combined Income Tax Return.

 

(b)         Allocation of State Income Tax Relating to Separate Returns. (i) B/E shall be responsible for any and all State Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any B/E Separate Return; and (ii) KLX shall be responsible for any and all State Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any KLX Separate Return.

 

(c)          Allocation of State Other Tax. B/E shall be responsible for any and all State Other Taxes attributable to the Manufacturing Business. KLX shall be responsible for any and all State Other Taxes attributable to the CMS Business.

 

2.4       Allocation of Foreign Taxes. Except as provided in Section 2.6, Foreign Income Tax and Foreign Other Tax shall be allocated as follows:

 

(a)         Allocation of Foreign Income Tax Relating to B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns. B/E shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return.

 

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(b)         Allocation of Foreign Income Tax Relating to Separate Returns. (i) B/E shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any B/E Separate Return, including Foreign Income Tax of any member of the B/E Group imposed by way of withholding by a member of the KLX Group; and (ii) KLX shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any KLX Separate Return, including Foreign Income Tax of any member of the KLX Group imposed by way of withholding by a member of the B/E Group.

 

(c)          Allocation of Foreign Other Tax. B/E shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Other Taxes attributable to the Manufacturing Business. KLX shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Other Taxes attributable to the CMS Business.

 

2.5       Taxes Not Shown on a Tax Return. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Company and its respective Affiliates shall timely pay when due any Taxes not shown on a Tax Return filed by a member of a Group, such as Taxes invoiced by a Taxing Authority, for which such Company or Affiliate is liable under applicable Tax Law.

 

2.6       Certain Transaction and Other Taxes.

 

(a)         KLX Liability. KLX shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the B/E Group from and against any and all liability for:

 

(i)            100% of any IP Sale Taxes;

 

(ii)         50% of any Restructuring Taxes;

 

(iii)      Any Tax resulting from a breach by KLX of any covenant or representation in this Agreement, the Separation and Distribution Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; and

 

(iv)     Any Tax-Related Losses for which KLX is responsible pursuant to Section 7.5 of this Agreement.

 

(b)         B/E Liability. B/E shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the KLX Group from and against any and all liability for:

 

(i)            50% of any Restructuring Taxes;

 

(ii)         Any Tax resulting from a breach by B/E of any covenant or representation in this Agreement, the Separation and Distribution Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; and

 

(iii)      Any Tax-Related Losses for which B/E is responsible pursuant to Section 7.5 of this Agreement.

 

(c)          IP Sale Taxes. For purposes of determining IP Sale Income Taxes and amounts indemnified against by KLX on account of IP Sale Taxes, the Income Taxes with respect to the IP Sale shall be computed on a with or without basis by determining for each Tax Period the excess, if any, of the amount of Taxes actually payable by the B/E Group by taking into account

 

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the IP Sale over the amount of hypothetical Taxes payable by the B/E Group without taking into account the IP Sale for each Tax Period (by assuming that the IP Sale was implemented by the KLX Group after the Distribution Date with no Tax consequences for the B/E Group in any Tax Period) and KLX shall pay to B/E the amount of any such excess Taxes actually payable by B/E for each Tax Period (including on an estimated basis) in accordance with Section 5.2. At the request of either Party, the amount of IP Sale Taxes shall be computed or confirmed by a Tax Advisor mutually selected by B/E and KLX, and the costs of such accounting firm and any other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses related thereto shall be borne by KLX. The Parties shall cooperate and act in good faith in assisting the Tax Advisor in determining the scope of work and in computing or confirming IP Sale Taxes under this Agreement. At the request of either Party during the 180-day period following the Distribution Date, the Parties shall explore the treatment of the IP Sale as subject to the next day rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b)(1)(ii)(B) and shall jointly determine the reporting of the IP Sale for such purposes, provided if the Parties cannot agree, they shall follow the provisions of Section 14.

 

(d)         Certain Transfer Taxes. The Parties agree that any and all Transfer Taxes, imposed in connection with the transfer of the KLX Assets from B/E to KLX pursuant to the Contribution shall be borne equally by B/E and KLX. B/E shall determine the manner in which any Transfer Taxes and any corresponding transactions are reported for Tax purposes, including any position that no Transfer Taxes are due and payable and, unless otherwise required pursuant to a Final Determination, no member of the KLX Group shall take any action that is inconsistent with the manner in which such Transfer Taxes are reported. B/E shall file (or cause to be filed) all necessary documentation with respect to such Transfer Taxes on a timely basis; provided that KLX Group shall cooperate with the preparation of any such documentation and, to the extent required by applicable Tax law, will timely file such documentation.

 

Section 3.        Proration of Taxes for Straddle Periods. With respect to any Straddle Period, B/E and KLX shall treat, and elect to treat the close of the Distribution Date as the last day of the Tax Period. If no such election is permitted, the Taxes for the Straddle Period shall be allocated to the Pre-Distribution Period as follows: (i) in the case of real or personal property taxes, taxes based on capital, or a flat minimum amount tax, the total amount of such Taxes multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the partial period through and including the Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such Straddle Period; and (ii) in the case of all other Taxes, including Income Taxes, based upon an actual closing of the books methodology, as determined in accordance with the relevant books and records; provided that, if the Distribution Date is not on a date for which there is a closing of the financial accounting records for KLX, the closing of the books methodology will be applied to ratably allocate Tax Items for the month which includes the Distribution Date, except that any extraordinary Tax Items (based on the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-76(b)(2)(ii)(C)) shall be allocated to the Pre-Distribution and Post-Distribution Period, as applicable.

 

Section 4.        Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns.

 

4.1       General. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4, Tax Returns shall be prepared and filed when due (including extensions) by the Person obligated to file such Tax Returns under the Code or other applicable Tax Law.

 

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4.2       B/E’s Responsibility. B/E shall prepare and file, or to cause to be prepared and filed:

 

(a)         Federal Consolidated. B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Returns for Tax Periods ending on, before or after the Distribution Date;

 

(b)         State Combined. B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns and B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns for Tax Periods ending on, before or after the Distribution Date;

 

(c)          Separate. B/E Separate Returns for Tax Periods ending on, before or after the Distribution Date.

 

(d)         Cooperation. For any Tax Return described in this Section 4.2, KLX agrees to, and shall compel each other member of the KLX Group whose Tax information is included in any such Tax Return to (i) evidence agreement to be included in such Tax Return on the appropriate form and (ii) take such other action, including any elections or powers of attorney, as B/E in good faith determines to be reasonably necessary to prepare, complete and timely file such Tax Return (including the payment of any Taxes shown as due thereon) and to carry out the purposes and intent of this Section 4.2.

 

4.3       KLX’s Responsibility. KLX shall prepare and file, or shall cause to be prepared and filed, all Tax Returns required to be filed by or with respect to members of the KLX Group other than those Tax Returns which B/E is required to prepare and file under Section 4.2. The Tax Returns required to be prepared and filed by KLX under this Section 4.3 shall include (a) any KLX Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return for Tax Periods ending after the Distribution Date and (b) KLX Separate Returns required to be filed for Tax Periods ending on, before or after the Distribution Date.

 

4.4       Tax Accounting Practices.

 

(a)         General Rule. Except as provided in Section 4.4(b), with respect to any Tax Return described in Section 4.3 for a Pre-Distribution Period or any Straddle Period, such Tax Return shall be prepared in accordance with past practices, accounting methods, elections or conventions (Past Practices”) used with respect to the Tax Returns in question (unless there is no reasonable basis for the use of such Past Practices or unless there is no adverse effect to B/E), and to the extent any items are not covered by Past Practices (or in the event that there is no reasonable basis for the use of such Past Practices or there is no adverse effect to B/E), in accordance with reasonable Tax accounting practices selected by KLX. Except as provided in Section 4.4(b), B/E shall prepare any Tax Return which it has the obligation and right to prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, under Section 4.2, in accordance with reasonable Tax accounting practices selected by B/E, provided they are consistent with Past Practices or do not have a materially adverse Tax effect on KLX for Post-Distribution Periods, provided further, that the Parties may mutually agree in writing within 90 days after the External Spin-Off to change one or more of the tax accounting methods or practices related to KLX or the CMS Business.

 

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Companies shall agree on the Tax treatment to be reported on any Tax Return. For this purpose, the Tax treatment shall be determined by the Responsible Company with respect to such Tax Return and shall be agreed to by the other Company unless either (i) there is no reasonable basis for such Tax treatment, (ii) such Tax treatment is inconsistent with the Tax treatment contemplated in the Tax Opinions, or (iii) more favorable Tax treatment is available, as confirmed by an opinion of a Tax Advisor (which opinion and Tax Advisor shall be reasonably acceptable to the Responsible Party). Any dispute regarding such proper Tax treatment shall be referred for resolution pursuant to Section 14, sufficiently in advance of the filing date of such Tax Return (including extensions) to permit timely filing of the Tax Return.

 

4.5       KLX Carrybacks and Claims for Refund. KLX hereby agrees that, unless B/E consents in writing, (i) no Adjustment Request with respect to any B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns or any B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns (or any Return of Other Taxes described in clause (ii) of Section 5.2) shall be filed, and (ii) any available elections to waive the right to claim any KLX Carryback arising in a Post-Distribution Period to any Pre-Distribution Period with respect to any B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns or any B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns (or any Return of Other Taxes described in clause (ii) of Section 5.2) shall be made, and no affirmative election shall be made to claim any such KLX Carryback; provided, however, that the Parties agree that any such Adjustment Request shall be made with respect to any KLX Carryback, upon the reasonable request of KLX, if such KLX Carryback is necessary to prevent the loss of the Tax Benefit of such KLX Carryback and such Adjustment Request, based on B/E’s sole, reasonable determination, will cause no Tax detriment to the B/E Group or any member of the B/E Group (unless KLX agrees to reimburse B/E for the Tax detriment at no net cost to B/E). Any Adjustment Request which B/E consents to make under this Section 4.5 shall be prepared and filed by B/E or the applicable member of the B/E Group, and KLX shall be responsible for any out-of-pocket expenses with respect to such request and filing.

 

4.6       Apportionment of Earnings and Profits and Tax Attributes. As soon as reasonably practicable following the Distribution Date, B/E shall notify KLX in writing of the portion, if any, of any earnings and profits, overall foreign loss or other Tax Attribute from Pre-Distribution Periods, including consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Attributes, which B/E determines shall be allocated or apportioned to the KLX Group under applicable Tax Law. B/E shall provide reasonable timely updates to KLX of the allocation of Tax Attributes as B/E finalizes Tax Returns for the B/E Group and as adjustments, if any, are subsequently made to such Tax Returns. KLX and all members of the KLX Group shall prepare all Tax Returns in accordance with such written notice. In the event that any temporary or final amendments to Treasury Regulations are promulgated after the date of this Agreement that provide for any election to apply such regulations retroactively, then any such election shall be made only to the extent that B/E and KLX mutually agree to make such election. As soon as practicable after receipt of a written request from KLX, B/E shall provide copies of any studies, reports, and workpapers supporting the earnings and profits and other Tax Attributes allocable to KLX. Any dispute regarding the apportionment of such earnings and profits or any Tax Attribute shall be resolved pursuant to the provisions of Section 14 of this Agreement. All Tax Returns prepared by the B/E Group and the KLX Group shall be consistent with any allocation or apportionment as determined pursuant to this Section 4.6.

 

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Section 5.       Tax Payments.

 

5.1       Payment of Taxes with Respect to B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Returns, B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns, B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns. B/E shall pay to the IRS or other applicable Tax Authority any Tax due with respect to any B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns and B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns; provided that Section 5.2 shall apply with respect to any IP Sale Taxes and Restructuring Taxes.

 

5.2       Payment of Taxes With Respect to IP Sales Taxes, Restructuring Taxes and Certain Returns of Other Taxes. In the case of any (i) Return described in Section 5.1 or Section 5.3 for which IP Sale Taxes and/or Restructuring Taxes will be reported, and (ii) Return of Other Taxes reflecting both Taxes for which B/E is responsible under Section 2 and Taxes for which KLX is responsible under Section 2:

 

(a)         Computation and Payment of Tax Due. At least five Business Days prior to any Payment Date for any Tax Return, the Responsible Company shall compute the amount of IP Sale Taxes, Restructuring Taxes or Other Taxes, as the case may be, required to be paid to the applicable Tax Authority with respect to such Tax Return on such Payment Date. The Responsible Company shall pay such amount to such Tax Authority on or before such Payment Date (and provide notice and proof of payment to the other Company).

 

(b)         Computation and Payment of Liability With Respect To Tax Due. Within 30 days following the earlier of (i) the due date (including extensions) for filing any such Tax Return (excluding any Tax Return with respect to payment of estimated Taxes or Taxes due with a request for extension of time to file) or (ii) the date on which such Tax Return is filed, if B/E is the Responsible Company, then KLX shall pay to B/E the amount allocable to the KLX Group under the provisions of Section 2, and if KLX is the Responsible Company, then B/E shall pay to KLX the amount allocable to the B/E Group under the provisions of Section 2, in each case, plus interest computed at the Prime Rate on the amount of the payment based on the number of days from the earlier of (i) the due date of the Tax Return (including extensions) or (ii) the date on which such Tax Return is filed, to the date of payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing and Section 5.2(a), in the case of Income Taxes that are IP Sale Taxes, at B/E’s option, B/E shall be permitted to deliver to KLX a written computation in reasonable detail showing the increase in Income Taxes payable by the B/E Group (computed on a with and without basis in accordance with Section 2.6(c)) prior to the date required by Section 5.2(a), and KLX shall pay the amount of such increase in Income Taxes to B/E within twenty days of KLX’s receipt of such computation; provided KLX shall have the right to have such written computation confirmed by a Tax Advisor in accordance with Section 2.6(c) and, in such case, KLX shall not be required to make a payment to B/E until the amount is confirmed or otherwise determined by such Tax Advisor; provided further that if the payment by KLX occurs after the date the relevant Tax Return is filed or the payment of the relevant Taxes is made by B/E to a Tax Authority (including on an estimated basis), KLX shall also pay interest at the Prime Rate on the amount of the payment based on the number of days from the filing date or the Tax payment date by B/E to the date B/E is reimbursed by KLX for such increased Taxes.

 

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(c)          Adjustments Resulting in Underpayments. In the case of any adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination with respect to any such Tax Return, the Responsible Company shall pay to the applicable Tax Authority when due any additional Tax due with respect to such Return required to be paid as a result of such adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination. The Responsible Company shall compute the amount attributable to the KLX Group (or the B/E Group) in accordance with Section 2 and KLX shall pay to B/E any amount due B/E (or B/E shall pay KLX any amount due KLX) within 30 days from the later of (i) the date the additional Tax was paid by the Responsible Company or (ii) the date of receipt of a written notice and demand from the Responsible Company for payment of the amount due, accompanied by evidence of payment and a statement detailing the Taxes paid and describing in reasonable detail the particulars relating thereto. Any payments required under this Section 5.2(c) shall include interest computed at the Prime Rate based on the number of days from the date the additional Tax was paid by the Responsible Company to the date of the payment under this Section 5.2(c).

 

5.3       Payment of Separate Company Taxes. Each Company shall pay, or shall cause to be paid, to the applicable Tax Authority when due all Taxes owed by such Company or a member of such Company’s Group with respect to a Separate Return of Income Taxes and with respect to a Separate Return of Other Taxes, provided that (i) Separate Returns of Other Taxes described in Section 5.2 shall be governed by Section 5.2, and (ii) Section 5.2 shall apply with respect to any IP Sale Taxes and Restructuring Taxes.

 

5.4       Indemnification Payments. All indemnification payments under this Agreement shall be made by B/E directly to KLX and by KLX directly to B/E and shall be treated by B/E and KLX (and their respective Affiliates) in the manner set forth in Section 13; provided, however, that if the Companies mutually agree with respect to any such indemnification payment, any member of the B/E Group, on the one hand, may make such indemnification payment to any member of the KLX Group, on the other hand, and vice versa.

 

5.5               Recomputations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, if one Party makes a payment on account of Taxes to another Party under this Agreement, including with respect to a Tax indemnified against, and the amount of such payment, because of an amended Return, Tax Authority adjustment, Final Determination, carryover of a Tax Item or otherwise, would be increased or decreased if computed at a later date, at the written request of either Party, the Parties shall recompute such payment at such later date and an appropriate adjusting payment shall be made between the Parties promptly following such recomputation.

 

Section 6.       Tax Benefits.

 

6.1       Tax Benefits.

 

(a)         General. Except as set forth below, B/E shall be entitled to any refund (and any interest thereon received from the applicable Tax Authority) of Income Taxes and Other Taxes for which B/E is liable hereunder, KLX shall be entitled to any refund (and any interest thereon received from the applicable Tax Authority) of Income Taxes and Other Taxes for which KLX is liable hereunder and a Company receiving a refund (including by way of credit or offset) to which another Company is entitled hereunder shall pay over such refund (net of charges imposed

 

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on the Company receiving the refund) to such other Company within 30 days after such refund is received (together with interest computed at the Prime Rate based on the number of days from the date the refund was received to the date the refund was paid over).

 

(b)         Reimbursements. Subject to Section 6.3, if a member of the KLX Group actually realizes in cash any Tax Benefit as a result of an adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination to any Taxes for which a member of the B/E Group is liable hereunder (or to any Tax Attribute of a member of the B/E Group) and such Tax Benefit would not have arisen but for such adjustment (determined on a “with and without” basis (treating any such Tax Benefit as the last item claimed for the taxable year, including after the utilization of any available net operating loss carryforwards)), or if a member of the B/E Group actually realizes in cash any Tax Benefit as a result of an adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination to any Taxes for which a member of the KLX Group is liable hereunder (or to any Tax Attribute of a member of the KLX Group) and such Tax Benefit would not have arisen but for such adjustment (determined on a “with and without” basis (treating any such Tax Benefit as the last item claimed for the taxable year, including after the utilization of any available net operating loss carryforwards)), KLX or B/E, as the case may be, shall make a payment to either B/E or KLX, as appropriate, within 30 days following such actual realization of the Tax Benefit, in an amount equal to such Tax Benefit actually realized in cash (including any Tax Benefit actually realized as a result of the payment) plus interest on such amount computed at the Prime Rate based on the number of days from the date of such actual realization of the Tax Benefit to the date of payment of such amount under this Section 6.1(b). For the avoidance of doubt, a Tax Benefit is actually realized when the amount of Tax payable is reduced below the amount that would otherwise be payable without the Tax Benefit.

 

(c)          Cooperation. If as a result of an assessment by a Tax Authority, amended Return or otherwise, there is an increase in Taxes for which one Group is liable hereunder because of additional income, reduction in a Tax Attribute or otherwise, then the other Group shall at the request of the first Group file an amended Return or otherwise pursue any Tax Benefits claim available to the other Group as a result of the Tax adjustment to the first Group, provided that the first Group has furnished the other Group with (i) an opinion of a Tax Advisor reasonably satisfactory to the other Group to the effect that it is more likely than not that the other Group will prevail in obtaining Tax Benefits or otherwise reducing the Taxes of the other Group because of the Tax adjustment to the first Group, and (ii) an acknowledgement that the first Group will reimburse the other Group for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the other Group in connection with making such Tax Benefit claim.

 

6.2               B/E and KLX Income Tax Deductions in Respect of Certain Compensation. Solely a member of the B/E Group shall be entitled to claim any Income Tax deduction on its Tax Return arising from the payment of the 2014 cash bonuses, as described in Section 7.01(a) of the Employee Matters Agreement, and any vesting, exercise, disqualifying disposition, payment or other relevant taxable event occurring prior to the Effective Time with respect to any compensation, including, without limitation, salary, equity awards, incentive compensation and deferred compensation (“Compensation”). Solely a member of the B/E Group shall be entitled to claim any Income Tax deduction on its Tax Return arising from the vesting, exercise, disqualifying disposition, payment or other relevant taxable event with respect to any Compensation earned by any individual who has ceased to provide services to any member of

 

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either the B/E Group or the KLX Group prior to the Effective Time. Solely the member of the Group for which the relevant individual is currently employed at the time of the vesting, exercise, disqualifying disposition, payment or other relevant taxable event, occurring after the Effective Time (other than the payment of the 2014 cash bonuses, as described in Section 7.01(a) of the Employee Matters Agreement), as appropriate, in respect of Compensation shall be entitled to claim any Income Tax deduction arising from such Compensation on its respective Tax Return associated with such event. If, as a result of a Final Determination, the Group that claimed a deduction pursuant to this Section 6.2 is not allowed that deduction, in whole or in part, the other Group shall, upon request by such first Group, make a claim for such deductions if the taxable year to which such deductions would relate is not yet closed; provided, that the first Group has furnished the other Group (1) an opinion of a Tax Advisor reasonably satisfactory to the other Group that such deduction by the other Group is more likely than not to be sustained based on the Final Determination and (2) an acknowledgement that the first Group will reimburse the other Group for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the other Group in connection with claiming such deduction. The other Group shall pay the first Group an amount equal to the amount by which the Taxes of the other Group have been actually reduced, as reflected on an amended Tax Return or claim for a refund, as a result of such deduction in such taxable year, or any prior or future taxable year to which such deductions may be carried, (the “Mitigation Amount”) assuming that such deductions will be treated as used after any other Tax Attribute of the claiming Group; provided that, if such deduction by such other Group is not sustained in whole or in part in a Final Determination, the Group that received the Mitigation Amount shall return to the Group that paid the Mitigation Amount an amount equal to the reduction in the Mitigation Amount (if any) as a result of such Final Determination together with interest on the reduced amount for the period such amount was held by the returning Group; provided, further, that the other Group shall be required to pay the first Group in respect of any Tax Benefit realized in a future year only at the time when such benefit is actually realized (as determined under the principles of Section 6.1).

 

6.3               Protective Section 336(e) Election. Pursuant to Treasury Regulation Sections 1.336-2(h)(1)(i) and 1.336-2(j), B/E and KLX agree that B/E shall have the option to make a timely protective election under Section 336(e) of the Code and the Regulations issued thereunder for KLX and each KLX Subsidiary as identified by B/E with respect to the Distribution (a “Section 336(e) Election”). It is intended that a Section 336(e) Election will have no effect unless the Distribution is a “qualified stock disposition,” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.336-1(b)(6), either because (a) the Distribution is not a transaction described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.336-1(b)(5)(i)(B) or (b) Treasury Regulation Section 1.336-1(b)(5)(ii) applies to the Distribution. If B/E decides to make a Section 336(e) Election, (i) B/E shall notify KLX in writing within 180 days after the Distribution Date, the Companies shall enter into a binding, written agreement and KLX shall cooperate with B/E in making the Section 336(e) Election, including filing any statements, amending any Tax Returns or such other action B/E determines is reasonably necessary to carry out the Section 336(e) Election, and (ii) if the Section 336(e) Election becomes effective, no member of the KLX Group shall take any position inconsistent with the Section 336(e) Election except as may be required by a Final Determination. If and to the extent that a Section 336(e) Election is made by B/E and there is a failure of one or more of the Distribution, Contribution or Debt Repayment to qualify (in whole or in part) for the Tax-Free Status, and the resulting Taxes (including any Taxes attributable to the Section 336(e) Election) are borne by B/E (rather than KLX because of KLX’s indemnification obligations

 

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under this Agreement or otherwise), then, to that extent, B/E shall be entitled to quarterly payments from KLX equal to 85 percent of the actual Tax savings if, as and when realized (using the principles of Section 6.1) arising from the step up in Tax basis resulting from the Section 336(e) Election, determined on a “with and without” basis (treating any deductions or amortization attributable to the step up in tax basis resulting from the Section 336(e) Election as the last items claimed for any taxable year, including after the utilization of any available net operating loss carryforwards), and less a reasonable charge for administrative expenses and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses necessary to secure the Tax savings.

 

Section 7.                 Tax-Free Status.

 

7.1               Tax Opinions and Representation Letters.

 

(a)         General. Each of KLX and B/E hereby represents and agrees for itself and on behalf of its Affiliates that (A) it has or will review the Representation Letters and other Tax Materials and, subject to any qualifications therein, all information contained in such Representation Letters and other Tax Materials that concerns or relates to such Company or any member of its respective Group will be true, correct and complete, from the time presented or made through the Distribution Date and thereafter as relevant, (B) it is unaware of any fact or circumstance that is inconsistent with the Representation Letters, the other Tax Materials or the conclusions of the Tax Opinions, and (C) no member of its respective Group has any plan or intention to take any action or fail to take any action if such action or failure to act would be inconsistent with the Representation Letters and/or the other Tax Materials.

 

(b)         Internal Restructuring. KLX and B/E acknowledge that one or more of the Tax Opinions and the Representation Letters or other Tax Materials in respect of the Internal Restructuring have not yet been obtained or submitted or may not have been so submitted or obtained in final form. KLX and B/E shall use their commercially reasonable efforts and shall cooperate in good faith to finalize the Representation Letters or other Tax Materials for the Internal Restructuring as soon as possible hereafter and to cause the same to be submitted to the Tax Advisors, or other governmental authorities as B/E shall deem necessary or desirable and shall take such other commercially reasonable actions as may be necessary or desirable to obtain the Tax Opinions in order to confirm the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

7.2                  Restrictions on KLX.

 

(a)         General. KLX agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or permit any KLX Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action where such action or failure to act would be inconsistent with or cause to be untrue any information, statement, representation, undertaking or covenant in any Representation Letter, or in the other Tax Materials or in one or more of the Tax Opinions. KLX agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or permit any KLX Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action which prevents or could reasonably be expected to prevent or otherwise disqualify (A) the Tax-Free Status, or (B) the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

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Business for purposes of Section 355(b)(2) of the Code, taking into account Section 355(b)(3) of the Code.

 

(c)          Additional Restricted Actions. KLX agrees that, from the date hereof until the first day after the two-year anniversary of the Distribution Date, KLX will not (i) enter into any Proposed Acquisition Transaction or, to the extent KLX has the right to prohibit any Proposed Acquisition Transaction involving KLX, permit any Proposed Acquisition Transaction to occur or otherwise provide its approval or board of directors’ recommendation to a Proposed Acquisition Transaction involving KLX, (ii) merge or consolidate with any other Person or liquidate or partially liquidate, (iii) in a single transaction or series of transactions sell or transfer (other than sales or transfers of inventory in the ordinary course of business) all or substantially all of the assets that were transferred to KLX pursuant to the Contribution or sell or transfer 30% or more of the gross assets of the KLX Active Trade or Business or 30% or more of the consolidated gross assets of the KLX Group (such percentages to be measured based on fair market value as of the Distribution Date), (iv) redeem or otherwise repurchase (directly or through a KLX Affiliate) any KLX Capital Stock, except to the extent such repurchases satisfy Section 4.05(1)(b) of Revenue Procedure 96-30 (as in effect prior to the amendment of such Revenue Procedure by Revenue Procedure 2003-48), (v) amend its certificate of incorporation (or other organizational documents), or take any other action, whether through a stockholder vote or otherwise, affecting the voting rights of KLX Capital Stock (including, without limitation, through the conversion of one class of KLX Capital Stock into another class of KLX Capital Stock) or (vi) take any other action or actions which in the aggregate (and taking into account any other transactions described in this subparagraph (c)) would be reasonably likely to have the effect of causing or permitting one or more Persons (whether or not acting in concert) to acquire directly or indirectly stock representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest in KLX or otherwise jeopardize the Tax-Free Status for the External Spin-Off, unless prior to taking any such action set forth in the foregoing clauses (i) through (vi), (A) KLX shall have requested that B/E obtain a Ruling in accordance with Section 7.4 and B/E shall have received such a Ruling in form and substance satisfactory to B/E in its sole and absolute discretion (exercised in good faith solely to preserve the Tax-Free Status), (B) KLX shall provide B/E with an Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion in form and substance satisfactory to B/E in its sole and absolute discretion (exercised in good faith solely to preserve the Tax-Free Status) or (C) B/E shall have waived the requirement to obtain such Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion.

 

(d)         Certain Issuances of KLX Capital Stock. If KLX proposes to enter into any Section 7.2(d) Acquisition Transaction or, to the extent KLX has the right to prohibit any Section 7.2(d) Acquisition Transaction involving KLX, proposes to permit any Section 7.2(d) Acquisition Transaction to occur or otherwise proposes to provide its approval or board of directors’ recommendation to a Proposed Acquisition Transaction involving KLX, in each case, during the period from the date hereof until the first day after the two-year anniversary of the Distribution Date, KLX shall provide B/E, no later than ten days following the signing of any written agreement or public filing of any board of directors’ recommendation with respect to the Section 7.2(d) Acquisition Transaction, with a written description in reasonable detail of such transaction (including the type and amount of KLX Capital Stock to be issued in such transaction) and a certificate of the Board of Directors of KLX to the effect that the Section 7.2(d) Acquisition Transaction is not a Proposed Acquisition Transaction or any other transaction to which the requirements of Section 7.2(c) apply (a “KLX Board Certificate”).

 

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(e)          KLX Restructuring. KLX shall provide written notice to B/E describing in reasonable detail any internal restructuring (including by making or revoking any election under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3) involving the KLX Group or any contribution, sale or other transfer of any of the assets contributed to KLX as part of the Contribution that is proposed to be taken immediately following the Distribution and until the first day after the two-year anniversary of the Distribution Date and shall consult with B/E regarding any such proposed actions reasonably in advance of taking any such proposed actions and shall consider in good faith any comments from B/E relating thereto, and at the request of B/E, KLX shall obtain an Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion (in form and substance satisfactory to B/E in its sole discretion) that such internal restructuring will not affect or otherwise change the Tax-Free Status or the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

(f)            Distributions by Foreign KLX Subsidiaries. Until January 1st of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Distribution occurs, KLX shall neither cause nor permit any foreign subsidiary of KLX to enter into any transaction or take any action that would be considered under the Code to constitute the declaration or payment of a dividend (including pursuant to Section 304 of the Code) without obtaining the prior written consent of B/E (such prior written consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

7.3                               Restrictions on B/E.

 

(a)         General. B/E agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or permit any B/E Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action where such action or failure to act would be inconsistent with or cause to be untrue any information, statement, representation, undertaking or covenant in any Representation Letter, or in the other Tax Materials or in one or more of the Tax Opinions. B/E agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or permit any B/E Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action which prevents or could reasonably be expected to prevent or otherwise disqualify (A) the Tax-Free Status, or (B) the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

(b)         ATB. B/E agrees that, from the date hereof until the first day after the two-year anniversary of the Distribution Date, it will continue to be engaged in the B/E Active Trade or Business for purposes of Section 355(b)(2) of the Code, taking into account Section 355(b)(3) of the Code.

 

(c)          Additional Restricted Actions. B/E agrees that, from the date hereof until the first day after the two-year anniversary of the Distribution Date, B/E will not (i) enter into any Proposed Acquisition Transaction or, to the extent B/E has the right to prohibit any Proposed Acquisition Transaction involving B/E, permit any Proposed Acquisition Transaction to occur or otherwise provide its approval or board of directors’ recommendation to a Proposed Acquisition Transaction involving B/E, (ii) merge or consolidate with any other Person or liquidate or partially liquidate, (iii) in a single transaction or series of transactions sell or transfer (other than sales or transfers of inventory in the ordinary course of business) 30% or more of the gross assets of the B/E Active Trade or Business or 30% or more of the consolidated gross assets of the B/E Group (such percentages to be measured based on fair market value as of the Distribution Date), (iv) redeem or otherwise repurchase (directly or through a B/E Affiliate) any B/E Capital Stock, except to the extent such repurchases satisfy Section 4.05(1)(b) of Revenue Procedure 96-30 (as in effect prior to the amendment of such Revenue Procedure by Revenue Procedure 2003-48),

 

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(v) amend its certificate of incorporation (or other organizational documents), or take any other action, whether through a stockholder vote or otherwise, affecting the voting rights of B/E Capital Stock (including, without limitation, through the conversion of one class of B/E Capital Stock into another class of B/E Capital Stock) or (vi) take any other action or actions which in the aggregate (and taking into account any other transactions described in this subparagraph (c)) would be reasonably likely to have the effect of causing or permitting one or more Persons (whether or not acting in concert) to acquire directly or indirectly stock representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest in B/E or otherwise jeopardize the Tax-Free Status for the External Spin-Off, unless prior to taking any such action set forth in the foregoing clauses (i) through (vi), (A) B/E shall have obtained a Ruling in accordance with Section 7.4 in form and substance satisfactory to KLX in its sole and absolute discretion (exercised in good faith solely to preserve the Tax-Free Status), (B) B/E shall provide KLX with an Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to KLX in its discretion (exercised in good faith solely to preserve the Tax-Free Status) or (C) KLX shall have waived the requirement to obtain such Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion.

 

(d)         Certain Issuances of B/E Capital Stock. If B/E proposes to enter into any Section 7.3(d) Acquisition Transaction or, to the extent B/E has the right to prohibit any Section 7.3(d) Acquisition Transaction involving B/E, proposes to permit any Section 7.3(d) Acquisition Transaction to occur or otherwise proposes to provide its approval or board of directors’ recommendation to a Proposed Acquisition Transaction involving B/E, in each case, during the period from the date hereof until the first day after the two-year anniversary of the Distribution Date, B/E shall provide KLX, no later than ten days following the signing of any written agreement or public filing of any board of directors’ recommendation with respect to the Section 7.3(d) Acquisition Transaction, with a written description in reasonable detail of such transaction (including the type and amount of B/E Capital Stock to be issued in such transaction) and a certificate of the Board of Directors of B/E to the effect that the Section 7.3(d) Acquisition Transaction is not a Proposed Acquisition Transaction or any other transaction to which the requirements of Section 7.3(c) apply (a “B/E Board Certificate”).

 

7.4                               Procedures Regarding Opinions and Rulings for Restricted Acts.

 

(a)         Notice by KLX. If KLX notifies B/E that it desires to take one of the actions described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 7.2(c), B/E and KLX shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to attempt to obtain the Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion referred to in Section 7.2(c) as expeditiously as possible, unless B/E shall have waived the requirement to obtain such Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion. KLX shall reimburse B/E for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the B/E Group in connection with obtaining such a Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion requested by KLX within ten Business Days after receiving an invoice from B/E therefor.

 

(b)         Notice by B/E. If B/E notifies KLX that it desires to take one of the actions described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 7.3(c), B/E and KLX shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to attempt to obtain the Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion referred to Section 7.3(c) as expeditiously as possible, unless KLX shall have waived the requirement to obtain such Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion. B/E shall reimburse KLX for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the KLX Group

 

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in connection with obtaining such a Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion within ten Business Days after receiving an invoice from KLX therefor.

 

(c)          Control of Ruling Process. B/E shall have sole and exclusive control over the process of obtaining any Ruling; provided that (A) B/E shall keep KLX timely informed of the status and progress of the Ruling Request; (B) B/E shall (1) reasonably in advance of the submission of any Ruling Request documents provide KLX with a draft copy thereof, (2) reasonably consider KLX’s comments on such draft copy, and (3) provide KLX with a final copy; and (C) KLX shall have the right to attend any formally scheduled meetings with the IRS (subject to the approval of the IRS) that relate to such Ruling. Neither KLX nor any KLX Affiliate shall seek any guidance from the IRS or any other Tax Authority (whether written, verbal or otherwise) at any time concerning the External Spin-Off or the Internal Restructuring without the prior consent in writing of B/E (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

7.5                               Liability for Tax-Related Losses.

 

(a)         KLX. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Separation and Distribution Agreement to the contrary and regardless of whether KLX obtained a Ruling, Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion or waiver described in Section 7.2(c) with respect thereto, subject to Section 7.5(c), KLX shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless B/E and its Affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors and employees from and against, one hundred percent (100%) of any Tax-Related Losses that are attributable to or result from any one or more of the following: (A) the acquisition of all or a portion of KLX’s stock and/or it assets (and/or any of its Affiliate’s stock or assets) by any Person, (B) any negotiations, understandings, agreements or arrangements by or on behalf of KLX with respect to transactions or events (including stock issuances or option grants) or a series of transactions or events that cause the Distribution to be treated as part of a plan pursuant to which one or more Persons acquire directly or indirectly stock of KLX representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest therein, (C) any action or failure to act by KLX after the Distribution (including any amendment to KLX’s certificate of incorporation) affecting the voting rights of KLX stock, (D) any act or failure to act by KLX or any KLX Affiliate described in Section 7.2 (regardless, for the avoidance of doubt, whether such act or failure to act is covered by a Ruling, Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion or waiver described in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 7.2(c), a KLX Board Certificate described in Section 7.2(d) or a consent or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion described in Section 7.2(e) or Section 7.2(f)), or (E) any breach by KLX of its agreement and representation set forth in Section 7.1(a).

 

(b)         B/E. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Separation and Distribution Agreement to the contrary and regardless of whether B/E obtained a Ruling, Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion or waiver described in Section 7.3(c) with respect thereto, subject to Section 7.5(c), B/E shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless KLX and its Affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors and employees from and against, one hundred percent (100%) of any Tax-Related Losses that are attributable to, or result from any one or more of the following: (A) the acquisition of all or a portion of B/E’s stock and/or its assets (and/or any of its Affiliate’s stock or assets) by any Person, (B) any negotiations, agreements or arrangements by or on behalf of B/E with respect to transactions or events (including stock issuances or option grants) or a series of transactions or events that cause the

 

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Distribution to be treated as part of a plan pursuant to which one or more Persons acquire directly or indirectly stock of B/E representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest therein, (C) any action or failure to act by B/E after the Distribution (including any amendment to B/E’s certificate of incorporation) affecting the voting rights of B/E stock, (D) any act or failure to act by B/E or any B/E Affiliate described in Section 7.3 (regardless, for the avoidance of doubt, whether such act or failure to act is covered by a Ruling, Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion or waiver described in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 7.3(c) or a B/E Board Certificate described in Section 7.3(d)), or (E) any breach by B/E of its agreement and representation set forth in Section 7.1(a).

 

(c)          Shared Losses.

 

(i)              To the extent that any Tax-Related Loss is subject to indemnity under both Sections 7.5(a) and (b), responsibility for such Tax-Related Loss shall be shared by B/E and KLX according to relative fault.

 

(ii)           To the extent that any Tax-Related Loss is not subject to indemnity under either Section 7.5(a) or (b), responsibility for such Tax-Related Loss shall be shared by B/E and KLX according to the B/E Group Percentage and the KLX Group Percentage, respectively.

 

(d)         Payments. Payments of amounts for Tax-Related Losses under this Section 7.5 shall be paid by KLX or B/E, as applicable, to the other Company within two (2) Business Days after the date that such other Company pays the Tax-Related Losses to a Tax Authority or other third-party, and shall be treated in the manner set forth in Section 13.

 

Section 8.           Assistance and Cooperation.

 

8.1       Assistance and Cooperation. The Companies shall cooperate (and cause their respective Affiliates to cooperate) with each other and with each other’s agents, including accounting firms and legal counsel, in connection with Tax matters relating to the Companies and their Affiliates including (i) preparation and filing of Tax Returns, (ii) determining the liability for and amount of any Taxes due (including estimated Taxes) or the right to and amount of any refund of Taxes, (iii) examinations of Tax Returns, and (iv) any administrative or judicial proceeding in respect of Taxes assessed or proposed to be assessed.

 

8.2       Tax Return Information.

 

(a)         General. Each Company shall provide to the other Company information and documents relating to its Group required by the other Company to prepare Tax Returns, including information concerning any Tax Attributes that were allocated pursuant to this Agreement. Any information or documents that the Responsible Company requires to prepare such Tax Returns shall be provided in such form as the Responsible Company reasonably requests and in sufficient time for the Responsible Company to file such Tax Returns on a timely basis.

 

(b)         KLX Tax Package. Without limiting Section 8.2(a), the KLX Group shall provide to B/E in a format determined by B/E all information reasonably requested by B/E as necessary to

 

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prepare any B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, B/E State Combined Income Tax Return or B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return (each, a “Tax Package”). The Tax Package shall be prepared on a basis consistent with current practices of the B/E Group and the KLX Group, the relevant B/E State Combined Income Tax Return, the relevant B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return, the relevant B/E Separate Return and the relevant KLX Separate Return to which the Tax Package relates. KLX shall furnish to B/E the Tax Package for the relevant B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, B/E State Combined Tax Return, B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return, B/E Separate Return or KLX Separate Return in respect of a taxable year no later than 150 days after the close of the relevant taxable year or, in the case of a short taxable year, no more than 60 days after B/E requests KLX to complete such Tax Package. KLX shall also furnish B/E workpapers and other such information and documentation as is reasonably requested by B/E for Tax preparation purposes with respect to any member of the KLX Group.

 

8.3       Confidentiality. Any information or documents provided under this Section 8 shall be kept confidential by the Company receiving the information or documents, except as may otherwise be necessary in connection with the filing of Tax Returns or in connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings relating to Taxes. B/E or KLX shall not be required to be provide the other Company with any information and documentation requested under this Section 8 if the provision of such information or documentation would result in a waiver of attorney-client privilege or other applicable privilege or protection or would violate any Law.

 

8.4       VAT. The Parties agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the transactions contemplated by the Internal Restructuring and otherwise pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement are treated as transactions which do not attract VAT (a business as a going concern or similar) for the purposes of the relevant legal provisions in each of the territories in which taxable supplies arise. In the event that there is any uncertainty as to the applicability of VAT, B/E and KLX will seek to obtain an opinion as to the correct tax treatment from the Parties’ Tax Advisors and/or the relevant Tax Authorities where appropriate. In the event that VAT become chargeable in respect of one or more of such transactions, B/E shall issue the relevant paperwork in compliance with the obligations of each of the relevant territories in which the supplies take place and KLX shall pay such VAT to B/E, provided that to the extent that VAT cannot be reclaimed by a KLX Group member and subsequently refunded to the KLX Group member by the relevant Tax Authority, the Parties shall each bear one-half of such nonreclaimable VAT charges. If any amount paid by KLX to B/E in respect of VAT pursuant to this Agreement is subsequently found to have been paid in error, B/E shall, if it has not yet accounted for such VAT to the relevant Tax Authority, promptly repay such amount to KLX, and if it has already so accounted then it shall, at their joint expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain repayment thereof from the relevant Tax Authority. On receiving repayment of any such Taxes, B/E shall pay to KLX the amount repaid plus any further associated repayments received such as interest. The Parties shall cooperate (and cause their respective Affiliates to cooperate) with each other and with each other’s agents, including accounting firms and legal counsel, in connection with these VAT matters including (i) preparing proper invoices and other paperwork relating to the transfer of business assets, and (ii) determining the liability for the amount of any VAT due or the right to and amount of any refund of VAT.

 

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Section 9.          Tax Records. Each Company shall preserve and keep all Tax Records exclusively relating to the assets and activities of its Group for Pre-Distribution Periods, and B/E shall preserve and keep all other Tax Records relating to Taxes of the Groups for Pre-Distribution Periods, for so long as the contents thereof may become material in the administration of any matter under the Code or other applicable Tax Law, but in any event until the later of (i) the expiration of any applicable statutes of limitations, or (ii) seven years after the Distribution Date. After such later date occurs, each Company may dispose of such Tax Records upon 90 days’ prior written notice to the other Company. The notified Company shall have the opportunity, at its cost and expense, to copy or remove, within such 90-day period, all or part of such Tax Records.

 

Section 10.           Tax Contests.

 

10.1        Notice. Within ten (10) days after a Company becomes aware of the commencement of a Tax Contest that may give rise to Taxes for which the other Company is responsible pursuant to this Agreement, such Company shall notify the other Company of such Tax Contest. Such notice shall provide that the notifying Company may seek indemnification from the other Company under this Agreement and shall attach copies of the pertinent portion of any written communication from a Tax Authority and contain factual information (to the extent known) describing any asserted Tax liability in reasonable detail and shall be accompanied by copies of any notice and other documents received from any Tax Authority in respect of any such matters. A failure of a Company to comply with this Section 10.1 shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its indemnification obligation under this Agreement, except to the extent such failure materially prejudices the ability of the indemnifying party to contest the liability for the relevant Tax or increases the amount of such liability.

 

10.2        Control of Tax Contests.

 

(a)         Separate Company Taxes. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any Separate Return (other than a Separate Return of Other Taxes described in clause (ii) of Section 5.2), the Company having liability for the Tax shall have exclusive control over the Tax Contest, including exclusive authority with respect to any settlement of such Tax liability, subject to Sections 10.2(f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) below.

 

(b)         B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, B/E shall have exclusive control over the Tax Contest, including exclusive authority with respect to any settlement of such Tax liability, subject to Sections 10.2(f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) below.

 

(c)          B/E State Combined Income Tax Return. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any B/E State Combined Income Tax Return, B/E shall have exclusive control over the Tax Contest, including exclusive authority with respect to any settlement of such Tax liability, subject to Sections 10.2(f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) below.

 

(d)         B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return, B/E shall have exclusive control over

 

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the Tax Contest, including exclusive authority with respect to any settlement of such Tax liability, subject to Sections 10.2(f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) below.

 

(e)           Certain Other Returns. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any Return of Other Taxes described in clause (ii) of Section 5.2, (i) B/E shall control the defense or prosecution of the portion of the Tax Contest directly and exclusively related to any B/E Adjustment, including settlement of any such B/E Adjustment and (ii) KLX shall control the defense or prosecution of the portion of the Tax Contest directly and exclusively related to any KLX Adjustment, including settlement of any such KLX Adjustment, and (iii) B/E and KLX shall jointly control the defense or prosecution of adjustments for which B/E and KLX could each be liable and any and all administrative matters not directly and exclusively related to any B/E Adjustment or KLX Adjustment.

 

(f)             Tax-Related Losses. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.2, B/E and KLX shall be entitled to jointly control, compromise and settle any Tax Adjustment proposed, asserted or assessed pursuant to any Tax Contest relating to or involving (1) any Tax-Related Losses for which B/E notifies KLX in writing pursuant to Section 10.1, that B/E may seek indemnification from KLX under this Agreement, or (2) any Restructuring Tax or any IP Sale Tax, provided that B/E shall have exclusive control over any Tax Contest, including exclusive authority with respect to any settlement of any Tax liability, arising with respect to any such Taxes for which B/E notifies KLX in writing that B/E will waive indemnification from KLX.

 

(g)          Settlement Rights. For Tax Contests other than those that are jointly controlled by the Parties pursuant to Section 10.2(f), unless waived by the Non-Controlling Party in writing, in connection with any potential adjustment in a Tax Contest as a result of which adjustment the Non-Controlling Party may reasonably be expected to become liable to make any indemnification payment (or any payment under Section 6) to the Controlling Party under this Agreement: (i) the Controlling Party shall keep the Non-Controlling Party informed in a timely manner of all actions taken or proposed to be taken by the Controlling Party with respect to such potential adjustment in such Tax Contest; (ii) the Controlling Party shall provide the Non- Controlling Party copies of any written materials relating to such potential adjustment in such Tax Contest received from any Tax Authority; (iii) the Controlling Party shall timely provide the Non-Controlling Party with copies of any correspondence or filings submitted to any Tax Authority or judicial authority in connection with such potential adjustment in such Tax Contest; (iv) the Controlling Party shall consult with the Non-Controlling Party and offer the Non- Controlling Party a reasonable opportunity to comment before submitting any written materials prepared or furnished in connection with such potential adjustment in such Tax Contest; (v) the Controlling Party shall defend such Tax Contest diligently and in good faith; and (vi) the Controlling Party shall not settle or compromise such Tax Contest without the prior written consent of the Non-Controlling Party (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The failure of the Controlling Party to take any action specified in the preceding sentence with respect to the Non-Controlling Party shall not relieve the Non-Controlling Party of any liability and/or obligation which it may have to the Controlling Party under this Agreement except to the extent that the Non-Controlling Party was materially prejudiced by such failure. In the case of any Tax Contest described in Section 10.2(a), (b), (c) or (d), “Controlling Party” means the

 

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Company entitled to control the Tax Contest under such Section and “Non-Controlling Party” means the other Company.

 

(h)          Tax Contest Participation. Unless waived by the Non-Controlling Party in writing, the Controlling Party shall provide the Non-Controlling Party with written notice reasonably in advance of, and the Non-Controlling Party shall have the right to attend, any formally scheduled meetings with Tax Authorities or hearings or proceedings before any judicial authorities in connection with any potential adjustment in a Tax Contest pursuant to which the Non-Controlling Party may reasonably be expected to become liable to make any indemnification payment (or any payment under Section 6) to the Controlling Party under this Agreement. The failure of the Controlling Party to provide any notice specified in this Section 10.2(h) to the Non-Controlling Party shall not relieve the Non-Controlling Party of any liability and/or obligation which it may have to the Controlling Party under this Agreement except to the extent that the Non-Controlling Party was materially prejudiced by such failure.

 

(i)             Power of Attorney. Each member of the KLX Group shall execute and deliver to B/E (or such member of the B/E Group as B/E shall designate) any power of attorney or other similar document reasonably requested by B/E (or such designee) in connection with any Tax Contest (as to which B/E is the Controlling Party) described in this Section 10. Each member of the B/E Group shall execute and deliver to KLX (or such member of the KLX Group as KLX shall designate) any power of attorney or other similar document requested by KLX (or such designee) in connection with any Tax Contest (as to which KLX is the Controlling Party) described in this Section 10.

 

(j)             Cooperation. The parties will cooperate and act in good faith with each other in the conduct of Tax Contests as reasonably requested by either of them, including (i) the retention and provision on a timely basis of books, records, documentation or other information relating to such Tax Contest, (ii) the filing or execution of any document that may be necessary or reasonably helpful in connection with the Tax Contest, (iii) the use of commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any documentation from a governmental authority or a third party that may be necessary or helpful in connection with the Tax Contest and (iv) the making of its employees and facilities reasonably available on a mutually convenient basis to facilitate such cooperation.

 

Section 11. Effective Date; Termination of Prior Tax Agreements. This Agreement shall be effective as of the Distribution Date. As of the Distribution Date, (i) all prior intercompany Tax allocation agreements or arrangements shall be terminated, and (ii) any outstanding amounts due under such agreements shall be settled and no further payments shall be required. Any payments pursuant to such agreements shall be disregarded for purposes of computing amounts due under this Agreement; provided that to the extent appropriate, as reasonably determined by B/E in good faith, payments made pursuant to such agreements with respect to Taxes not yet due and payable shall be credited to KLX or B/E, respectively, in computing their respective obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 12. Survival. This Agreement shall remain in force and be binding so long as the applicable period for assessments or collections of Tax (including extensions) remains unexpired for any Taxes contemplated by, or indemnified against in, this Agreement plus two years;

 

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provided that to the extent a claim for indemnification is made prior to the expiration of this Agreement, this Agreement shall survive until such claim is finally resolved.

 

Section 13. Treatment of Payments.

 

(a)          General. In the absence of any change in Tax treatment under the Code or other applicable Tax Law, any indemnity payment made under Section 2.6, 5 or Section 7 and any Tax Benefit payment made under Section 6 shall be treated, for all Tax purposes, as made immediately before the Distribution as a distribution by KLX to B/E or as a contribution by B/E to KLX, as appropriate. To the extent one Company makes a payment of interest to another Company relating to a payment of Tax under this Agreement, the interest payment shall be treated as interest expense to the payor and as interest income by the recipient and the amount of such payment shall not be adjusted to take into account any associated Tax Benefit to the payor or increase in Tax to the recipient.

 

(b)          After-Tax Basis. All indemnity payments under this Agreement, including pursuant to Sections 2.6, 5 and 7, shall be (i) increased to take account of any net Tax cost actually incurred by the indemnified party arising from the receipt or accrual of indemnity payments (grossed up for such increase) and (ii) reduced to take account of any net Tax Benefit actually realized by the indemnified party arising from the incurrence or payment of any amount or other loss indemnified against. In computing the amount of any such Tax cost or Tax Benefit, the indemnified party shall be deemed to recognize all other items of income, gain, loss deduction or credit, including the utilization of any available net operating loss carryforwards, before recognizing any item arising from the receipt of any indemnity payment hereunder or the incurrence or payment of any amount or other loss indemnified against hereunder. For purposes of this Section 13(b), an indemnified party shall be deemed to have “actually incurred” or “actually realized” a net Tax cost or a net Tax Benefit to the extent that, and at such time as, the amount of Taxes payable (including Taxes payable on an estimated basis) by such indemnified party is increased above or reduced below, as the case may be, the amount of Taxes that such indemnified party would be required to pay but for the receipt or accrual of the indemnity payment or the incurrence or payment of such amount indemnified against as the case may be. The Companies shall make any adjusting payment between each other as is required under this Section 13(b) within ten (10) days of the date an indemnified party is deemed to have actually realized or actually incurred each net Tax Benefit or net Tax cost. The amount of any increase or reduction hereunder shall be adjusted to reflect any Final Determination with respect to the indemnified party’s liability for Taxes and any payments necessary to reflect such adjustment shall be made within ten (10) days of such determination.

 

Section 14.                           Disagreements.

 

(a)          General Procedures. The Companies will use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve in an amicable manner all disagreements and misunderstandings connected with their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement (including those, if any, relating to the interpretation, implementation or compliance with the provisions of this Agreement). In furtherance thereof, in the event of any dispute or disagreement with respect to this Agreement (other than a High-Level Dispute) (a “Tax Matters Dispute”) between any member of the B/E Group and any member of the KLX Group, the Tax departments of the Companies (and their

 

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advisers if requested) shall negotiate in good faith to resolve the Tax Matters Dispute. In the event that such good faith negotiations do not resolve the Tax Matters Dispute, the Parties shall agree as to whether such dispute shall be governed by the procedures set forth in Section 14.1(b) of this Agreement or in the Article X of the Separation and Distribution Agreement. If the Parties cannot agree as to which procedure will govern such dispute, such disagreement shall be resolved pursuant to Article X of the Separation and Distribution Agreement;

 

(b)          Tax Advisor Resolution. In the case of any Tax Matters Dispute governed by this Section 14.1(b), the Parties shall appoint a Tax Advisor to resolve such dispute. In this regard, the Tax Advisor shall make determinations with respect to the disputed items based solely on representations and factual submissions made by B/E and KLX and their respective representatives, and shall not conduct an independent review, and shall function only as an expert and not as an arbitrator and shall be required to make a determination in favor of one Party only. The Parties shall require the Tax Advisor to resolve any Tax Matters Dispute submitted no later than thirty Business Days after submission of such dispute to the Tax Advisor, but (unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties) in no event later than the due date for the payment of Taxes or the filing of the applicable Tax Return, if applicable, and agree that all decisions by the Tax Advisor with respect thereto shall be final and conclusive and binding on the Parties. The Tax Advisor shall resolve any and all Tax Matters Disputes in a manner consistent with this Agreement and, to the extent not inconsistent with this Agreement, in a manner consistent with Past Practices, except as otherwise required by applicable Tax Law. The Parties shall require the Tax Advisor to render all determinations in writing and to set forth, in reasonable detail, the basis for such determination. The fees and expenses of the Tax Advisor shall be paid by the non-prevailing Party. In the event the Tax Advisor cannot make a determination in favor of one Party only or otherwise determines the Tax Matters Dispute cannot be resolved in accordance with this Section 14(b), then the Tax Matters Dispute shall be resolved in accordance with Section 14(c).

 

(c)           High-Level Dispute. Any High-Level Dispute shall be resolved pursuant to the procedures set forth in Article X of the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

Section 15. Late Payments. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any amount owed by one Company to the other Company under this Agreement that is not paid when due shall bear interest from the due date until paid at the Prime Rate plus two percent, compounded semiannually.

 

Section 16. Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Company and its Affiliates shall bear their own expenses incurred in connection with preparation of Tax Returns, Tax Contests, and other matters related to Taxes under the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 17.                  General Provisions.

 

17.1 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by an internationally recognized overnight courier service, by facsimile (with confirmation of delivery) or registered or certified mail (postage

 

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prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 17.1):

 

if to B/E:

 

1400 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, FL 33414

Facsimile: (561) 791-3966

Attention: General Counsel

 

with copies to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

Telecopy: (212) 848-7179

Attention: Creighton O. Condon, Esq.

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

if to KLX:

 

1300 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, FL 33414

Facsimile: (561) 791-5497

Attention: General Counsel

 

with copies to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

Telecopy: (212) 848-7179

Attention: Creighton O. Condon, Esq.

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

17.2         Waiver. Either Company may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Company and (b) waive compliance with any of the agreements of the other Company or conditions to such Company’s obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Company to be bound thereby. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of either Company to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any of such rights.

 

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Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect for so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either Company. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Companies shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Companies as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

17.4         No Duplication of Payment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing in this Agreement shall require a Company to make any payment attributable to any indemnification for Taxes or payment of Taxes hereunder, or to any Tax Benefit, for which payment has previously been made by such Company hereunder.

 

17.5         Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission or portable document format (“.pdf”)) in counterparts, and by the Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

17.6         Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

 

17.7         Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Any purported assignment without such consent shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign this Agreement without consent in connection with (a) a merger transaction in which such Party is not the surviving entity and the surviving entity acquires or assumes all or substantially all of such Party’s assets, or (b) the sale of all or substantially all of such Party’s assets; provided, however, that such assignment shall be effective only if, and as of the time when, the assignee expressly assumes in writing all of the obligations of the assigning Party under this Agreement, and the assigning Party provides written notice and evidence of such assignment and assumption to the non-assigning Party. No assignment permitted by this Section 17.7 shall release the assigning Party from liability for the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement

 

17.8         Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except (a) by an instrument in writing signed by, or on behalf of, the Companies or (b) by a waiver in accordance with Section 17.2.

 

17.9         Subsidiaries. If, at any time, B/E or KLX acquires or creates one or more subsidiaries that are includable in the B/E Group or the KLX Group, as applicable, they shall be subject to this Agreement and all references to the B/E Group or the KLX Group herein shall thereafter include a reference to such subsidiaries. B/E and KLX shall each cause to be

 

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performed, and hereby guarantees the performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be performed by any Affiliate or subsidiary (direct or indirect) of such Company.

 

17.10             Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

17.11             Currency. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein means United States dollars, and all payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

 

17.12             Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 17.12

 

17.13             Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY MEMBER OF THE B/E GROUP OR THE KLX GROUP BE LIABLE TO ANY MEMBER OF THE KLX GROUP OR THE B/E GROUP, RESPECTIVELY, FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

17.14             Public Announcements. Following the Distribution Date, neither Party to this Agreement shall make, or cause to be made, any press release or public announcement in respect of this Agreement or the matters contemplated by this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party unless otherwise required by Law or applicable stock exchange regulation, and the Parties to this Agreement shall cooperate as to the timing and contents of any such press release or public announcement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by a duly authorized officer on the date first set forth above.

 

 

 

B/E AEROSPACE, INC., a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

Amin J. Khoury

 

 

Title:

Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

KLX INC., a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Operating Officer

 

[Signature Page to Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement]

 



 

Exhibit A

 

The steps that comprise the Internal Restructuring are set forth on Schedule 2.01(a) of the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 



 

Exhibit 1.01(d)

 

Form of Transition Services Agreement

 

(Attached)

 



 

TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 16, 2014, by and between B/E AEROSPACE, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“B/E”), and KLX INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“KLX”). Each of B/E and KLX is sometimes referred to herein as a “Party”, and together, as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS, the Parties entered into that certain Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2014 (the “Separation Agreement”; capitalized terms used in this Agreement but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Separation Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to and subject to the terms of the Separation Agreement, the Manufacturing Business will be separated from the CMS Business;

 

WHEREAS, prior to the date of this Agreement, members of the B/E Group have provided to members of the KLX Group, and members of the KLX Group (or their Representatives, as former Representatives of B/E) have provided to members of the B/E Group, certain services necessary to conduct their respective businesses;

 

WHEREAS, it is contemplated under the terms of the Separation Agreement that, in connection with the Separation Transaction and the Distribution, for a limited period of time following the Distribution, B/E or one or more other members of the B/E Group will continue to provide certain of such services to members of the KLX Group, and KLX or one or more other members of the KLX Group will continue to provide certain of such services to members of the B/E Group; and

 

WHEREAS, B/E and KLX are each willing to provide, or cause to be provided, such transition services on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1                                     Definitions.

 

(a)                                          For the purposes of this Agreement:

 

Additional Service” means a service: (1) that was provided by B/E or another member of the B/E Group (or that was provided by a third party on behalf of B/E or another member of the B/E Group) to KLX or another member of the KLX Group as of the Distribution Date or that was provided by KLX or another member of the KLX Group (or that was provided by a third party on behalf of KLX or another member of the KLX Group or any former

 



 

Representatives of B/E that are, following the Distribution Date, Representatives of KLX) to B/E or another member of the B/E Group as of the Distribution Date; and (2) that the recipient of such service reasonably believes (y) was inadvertently or unintentionally omitted from Schedule A or Schedule B and (z) is necessary or advisable for the conduct of the CMS Business or the Manufacturing Business, as the case may be.

 

Agreement” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

B/E” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

B/E Indemnified Person” has the meaning given in Section 10.2.

 

B/E Service” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(a)(i).

 

B/E Service Receiver Data” has the meaning given in Section 8.1(b).

 

Equipment” has the meaning given in Section 4.5(a).

 

Fees” has the meaning given in Section 5.1(a).

 

Force Majeure Event” has the meaning given in Section 4.4(a).

 

Group” means, with respect to any Party, Service Provider or Service Recipient, such Party, Service Provider, or Service Recipient, respectively, and each of such Party’s, Service Provider’s or Service Recipient’s Affiliates, respectively.

 

KLX” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

KLX Indemnified Person” has the meaning given in Section 10.1.

 

KLX Service” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(a)(ii).

 

KLX Service Receiver Data” has the meaning given in Section 8.1(a).

 

Migration Assistance” has the meaning given in Section 2.5(a).

 

Monthly License Fee” has the meaning given in Section 3.3.

 

Party” and “Parties” have the meanings given in the Preamble.

 

Party Provider” shall mean, in relation to any Service Provider, B/E (if such Service Provider is a member of the B/E Group) or KLX (if such Service Provider is a member of the KLX Group).

 

Party Recipient” shall mean, in relation to any Service Recipient, B/E (if such Service Recipient is a member of the B/E Group) or KLX (if such Service Recipient is a member of the KLX Group).

 

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Personnel” means, with respect to any Party, the Representatives of such Party, and the employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, advisors, independent contractors and consultants of any third parties engaged by such Party or the other members of such Party’s Group to provide a Third Party Service.

 

Records” has the meaning given in Section 6.5.

 

Representatives” means, with respect to any Party, the employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, advisors, independent contractors and consultants of (i) such Party and (ii) the other members of such Party’s Group.

 

Sales Taxes” has the meaning given in Section 5.3.

 

Security Regulations” has the meaning given in Section 6.4(a).

 

Separation Agreement” has the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Service Coordinator” has the meaning given in Section 2.2.

 

Service Provider” means (i) a member of the B/E Group, when it is providing a B/E Service to a member of the KLX Group under the terms of this Agreement; and (ii) a member of the KLX Group, when it is providing a KLX Service to a member of the B/E Group under the terms of this Agreement.

 

Service Receiver Data” means either KLX Service Receiver Data or B/E Service Receiver Data, as applicable.

 

Service Recipient” means (i) a member of the KLX Group, when it is receiving a B/E Service from a member of the B/E Group under the terms of this Agreement; and (ii) a member of the B/E Group, when it is receiving a KLX Service from a member of the KLX Group under the terms of this Agreement.

 

Shared Real Property” has the meaning given in Section 3.1.

 

Systems” has the meaning given in Section 6.4(a).

 

Term” shall mean, with respect to each of the Transition Services, Migration Assistance or the License granted under Article III, the period of time beginning on the Distribution Date and expiring on the earlier of (i) the date set forth in the applicable Schedule (or if not specified therein, such period as may be reasonably requested by the Service Recipient to which such Transition Service or Migration Assistance is provided or, in the case of the License granted under Article III, by KLX), or (ii) the last day of the twenty-fourth (24th) month following the date hereof, in each case unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 11.2.

 

Terminating Party” has the meaning given in Section 11.2(a).

 

Terminating Third Party Service” has the meaning given in Section 11.2(c).

 

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Third Party Service” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(b)(i).

 

Transition Services” means the B/E Services and the KLX Services.

 

(b)                                  In this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise provided or where the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)                                when a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference is to an Article or Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated;

 

(ii)                             the headings for this Agreement are for reference purposes only and do not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement;

 

(iii)                          whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

 

(iv)                         the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;

 

(v)                            the definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms; and

 

(vi)                         references to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns.

 

ARTICLE II

SERVICES

 

Section 2.1                                     Services to be Provided.

 

(a)                                  In General.

 

(i)                                     During the applicable Term, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, B/E shall provide (or cause to be provided), or shall cause another member of the B/E Group to provide (or cause to be provided), to KLX or another member of the KLX Group: (1) the services described in Schedule A hereto; and (2) any Additional Services as may be requested in writing by KLX, identifying in reasonable detail the specifics of such service to be performed by a member of the B/E Group (each such service, a “B/E Service”).

 

(ii)                                  During the applicable Term, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, KLX shall provide (or cause to be provided), or shall cause another member of the KLX Group to provide (or cause to be provided), to B/E or another member of the B/E Group: (1) the services described in Schedule B hereto; and (2) any Additional Services as may be requested in writing by B/E,

 

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identifying in reasonable detail the specifics of such service to be performed by a member of the KLX Group (each such service, a “KLX Service”).

 

(b)                                  Third Party Services.

 

(i)                                     A Service Provider may, in its discretion and with prior written notice to the Service Recipient, engage, or cause another member of the Service Provider’s Group to engage, one or more third parties to provide some or all of the Transition Services (any such Transition Service provided by a third party, a “Third Party Service”).

 

(ii)                                  To the extent that any third party proprietor of information or software to be disclosed or made available to any Service Recipient in connection with the performance of Transition Services hereunder requires the execution of a specific form of non-disclosure agreement, license agreement, use agreement or other terms and conditions as a condition of its consent to use of the same for the benefit of any member of the Service Recipient’s Group or to permit any member of the Service Recipient’s Group to access such information or software, the Party Recipient will execute, or will cause, as necessary, such other member of the Party Recipient’s Group or its or their respective Representatives to execute, such form or agreement.

 

(iii)                               Nothing in this Section 2.1(b) shall in any way affect any Party’s obligation to provide (or cause to be provided) the Transition Services pursuant to this Agreement, and the Parties shall remain at all times during the applicable Terms fully responsible for the performance of the Transition Services.

 

Section 2.2                                     Service Coordinators.

 

B/E and KLX shall each nominate a representative to act as the primary contact person with respect to the performance of the Services (each, a “Service Coordinator”). Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications relating to the Transition Services provided hereunder shall be directed to the Service Coordinators. Except as set forth on Schedule A or Schedule B, the initial Service Coordinators for B/E and KLX, including relevant contact information, are set forth on Schedule C hereto. Either Party may replace its Service Coordinator at any time by providing prior written notice to the other Party of such replacement. Solely for the avoidance of doubt, any notice or other communications to be given or made pursuant to this Agreement, including any notice of replacement of a Service Coordinator pursuant to this Section 2.2, shall be given or made in accordance with the terms of Section 12.1, and no notice or other communication to any Service Coordinator shall be a proper notice or other communication for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 2.3                                     Standard of Performance.

 

Each Party shall (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Person performing Transition Services on its behalf to) use commercially reasonable efforts, skill and judgment in providing Transition Services hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, all Transition Services shall be provided in a timely and workmanlike manner, consistent with the

 

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manner and level of care with which such Transition Services were provided in the ordinary course prior to the Distribution Date.

 

Section 2.4                                     Cooperation.

 

(a)                                  Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the other members of such Party’s Group and any third party providing Third Party Services on behalf of any member of such Party’s Group, to cooperate with the members of the other Party’s Group in all matters relating to the provision and receipt of Transition Services and to minimize the expense, distraction and disturbance to the other Party’s Group’s business, and shall perform all obligations hereunder in good faith and in accordance with principles of fair dealing.

 

(b)                                  Each Party will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide (and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each other member of such Party’s Group to provide) information and documentation sufficient for each Service Provider to perform (or cause to be performed) the Transition Services in the manner and with the level of care they were provided in the ordinary course prior to the Distribution Date, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to make available, as reasonably requested in writing by a Service Provider, sufficient resources and timely decisions, approvals and acceptances in order that such Service Provider may perform (or cause to be performed) its obligations under this Agreement in a timely and efficient manner.

 

Section 2.5                                     Migration Assistance.

 

(a)                                  Prior to the end of the applicable Term, each Party shall provide (or cause to be provided) to the other Party (and any other member of the other Party’s Group), upon written request, with such reasonable support and assistance as is necessary to migrate the Transition Services to such other Party’s internal organization or to a third party provider of such other Party or another member of such other Party’s Group (such support and assistance, “Migration Assistance”), which may include, without limitation, (i) consulting, (ii) training, (iii) providing reasonable access to data and other information in the standard format and medium (whether electronic or otherwise) of the Service Provider and (iv) reasonable access during normal business hours to employees of the Service Provider. Any written request for Migration Assistance shall include, in reasonable detail, the requesting Party’s estimate of the scope and cost of such Migration Assistance.

 

(b)                                  Upon the written request of the other Party, a Party receiving Migration Assistance pursuant to Section 2.5(a) shall pay any actual costs incurred and documented by such other Party (or another member of such other Party’s Group) in connection with any Migration Assistance (other than Migration Assistance provided pursuant to Section 11.2(c)(iv)), whether performed by Representatives of such other Party or by an external service provider; provided, however, that to the extent (i) any such costs materially exceed the estimate included in the written request for such Migration Assistance, or (ii) the scope of the Migration Assistance for which such costs were incurred materially exceeds the scope included in the written request for such Migration Assistance, the party receiving such Migration Assistance shall be under no obligation to pay such costs unless the incurrence of such costs or the increased

 

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scope of such Migration Assistance, as applicable, was consented to in writing by the Party receiving such Migration Assistance prior to the commencement of such Migration Assistance.

 

(c)                                   Representatives of the Party providing Migration Assistance shall be granted reasonable access to the respective facilities of the other Party (or another member of the other Party’s Group) during normal business hours.

 

Section 2.6                                     General Inquiries Assistance. In addition to the obligations set forth herein, for a period of eighteen (18) months after the date of this Agreement, each Party shall (and shall cause each other member of such Party’s Group to) provide general assistance to the other Party (and to the other members of such Party’s Group), by way of responding to reasonable inquiries (whether or not related to Transition Services).

 

ARTICLE III

REAL ESTATE

 

Section 3.1                                     KLX Group’s Occupancy Rights.

 

B/E hereby grants KLX and the other members of the KLX Group a limited, nontransferable and non-sublicenseable license for reasonable use and access to the space utilized by B/E (or any of its Affiliates) in the conduct of the CMS Business as of the date of this Agreement at each of the locations listed on Schedule D hereto (collectively, the “Shared Real Property”) for the sole purpose of transitioning the CMS Business and in accordance with the terms, covenants and conditions hereof. The KLX Group’s right to use and access the Shared Real Property shall be consistent with the use and access of such Shared Real Property in the conduct of the CMS Business as of the Distribution Date, and shall include the right to use and access the fixtures, improvements and furnishings located within the Shared Real Property consistent with the manner of such use and access as of the Distribution Date.

 

Section 3.2                                     Use.

 

KLX and the other members of the KLX Group shall use the Shared Real Property (and the fixtures, improvements and furnishings contained therein) for the same purpose as the Shared Real Property is utilized as of the Distribution Date and for no other purpose.

 

Section 3.3                                     License Fee.

 

KLX shall pay to B/E, in accordance with the provisions of Article V, a monthly gross license fee for each Shared Real Property as listed on Schedule D hereto (each, a “Monthly License Fee”).

 

Section 3.4                                     License Term.

 

The license granted under this Article III will be effective as of the date of this Agreement and will automatically expire on the date which is provided in Schedule D hereto with respect to each location.

 

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Section 3.5                                     Compliance with B/E and Landlord’s Policies.

 

To the extent they are or have previously been provided in writing by B/E to KLX, KLX shall (and shall cause the other members of the KLX Group to) comply with (i) the policies and procedures, security requirements and regulations of B/E’s (or such other member of the B/E Group that is lessee thereunder) landlord (whether provided in the relevant lease or otherwise) and (ii) the reasonable policies and procedures, security requirements and rules and regulations of B/E or such other member of the B/E Group, in each case with respect to each Shared Real Property and the KLX Group’s occupancy of the Shared Real Property.

 

Section 3.6                                     Surrender.

 

Upon the expiration or termination of the license granted under this Article III, KLX shall, at KLX’s sole cost and expense, (i) remove KLX’s personal property, equipment, trade fixtures and other goods and effects (including those of any other member of the KLX Group), and repair any damage to the Shared Real Property resulting from such removal, and (ii) otherwise quit and deliver up the Shared Real Property peaceably and quietly and in as good order and condition as the same were in on the date of this Agreement, reasonable wear and tear, and damage outside the reasonable control of the relevant member of the KLX Group by fire and the elements excepted; provided, however, that nothing herein shall require KLX (or any other member of the KLX Group) to repair, restore, or in any other way be responsible for any condition of the Shared Real Property not caused by KLX or another member of the KLX Group. In the event KLX fails to repair and perform the aforementioned facilities restoration and otherwise deliver the Shared Real Property as set forth above, B/E shall have the right to make said reasonable repairs and reasonably perform such facilities restoration, charge KLX the reasonable costs of such repairs and restoration, and KLX shall reimburse B/E within thirty (30) days of receipt of invoice. Any property left in the Shared Real Property after the expiration or termination of the license granted under this Article III, and not removed by KLX, shall be deemed to have been abandoned and to be the property of B/E to dispose of as B/E deems expedient and at KLX’s sole cost and expense.

 

Section 3.7                                     License Rights.

 

The rights granted herein in favor of the KLX Group are in the nature of a license and shall not create any leasehold or other estate or possessory rights in KLX or any other member of the KLX Group, and if the license granted under this Article III expires or is terminated, KLX and the other members of the KLX Group shall vacate the Shared Real Property, and any occupancy or activity of KLX or the other members of the KLX Group thereafter in the Shared Real Property shall be considered a trespass.

 

Section 3.8                                     Relocation.

 

B/E shall have the right, at B/E’s sole cost and expense, and only after receiving KLX’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), to relocate KLX and the other members of the KLX Group to other area(s) of each Shared Real Property by providing KLX reasonable prior written notice, provided that such relocation does not reduce the rights of KLX or increase the obligations of KLX under this

 

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Agreement or unreasonably interrupt the day-to-day operations of KLX or any other member of the KLX Group.

 

Section 3.9                                     Alterations.

 

No member of the KLX Group shall make any alterations, additions or improvements to the Shared Real Property without the prior written consent of B/E.

 

ARTICLE IV

LIMITATIONS

 

Section 4.1                                     General Limitations.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Party (nor any other member of either Party’s Group) shall be required to (a) hire any third party service provider to provide any Transition Service, (b) expand its facilities, incur long-term capital expenses, increase its employee headcount or maintain the employment of any specific employee in order to provide any Transition Service, (c) purchase, upgrade, enhance or otherwise modify any computer hardware, software or network environment, (d) provide any support or maintenance services for any computer hardware, software or network environment that has been materially upgraded, enhanced or otherwise modified from the computer hardware, software or network environments in use as of the Distribution Date, or (e) provide Transition Services hereunder that are greater in nature or scope than the comparable services provided in the conduct of the other Party’s business during the twelve (12) months immediately prior to the Distribution Date; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.1 shall in any way relieve any obligation of any Party to provide (or cause to be provided) the Transition Services pursuant to this Agreement, and the Parties shall remain, at all time during the Terms, fully responsible for the performance of the Transition Services.

 

Section 4.2                                     Third Party Limitations.

 

Each Party acknowledges and agrees that any Transition Services (including Third Party Services) provided using third party Intellectual Property are subject to the terms and conditions of any applicable agreements between the Service Provider and such third parties. With respect to such Transition Services, the Party Provider thereof shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any other Service Provider thereof to) (a) obtain any necessary consent (including any necessary licenses) from such third parties in order to provide the Transition Services or (b) if any such consent is not obtained, provide acceptable alternative arrangements to provide the relevant Transition Services; provided, however, that, at the written request of the Party Provider, the Party Recipient shall reimburse the Party Provider for any reasonable and documented additional incremental costs incurred by the Service Provider in carrying out its obligations under subsection (a) or (b), above. The Party Recipient shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Party Provider in obtaining any such necessary consent or license.

 

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Section 4.3                                     Compliance with Laws.

 

(a)                                  No Party shall provide, or cause to be provided, nor shall any Party be required to provide or cause to be provided, any Transition Service to the extent that the provision of such Transition Service would require such Party, any member of such Party’s Group, or any Representative of such Party, to violate: (i) any applicable Law, (ii) any policies and/or procedures of such Party designed to respond to applicable Law, or (iii) any other policies and/or procedures of such Party in existence as of the Distribution Date, which policy or procedure, in the case of subparagraph (ii) or (iii) above, continues in effect at such Party or another member of such Party’s Group which would otherwise provide such Transition Service.

 

(b)                                  If any Party cannot provide (or cause to be provided) a Transition Service due to Section 4.3(a), the Parties shall cooperate, in full compliance with Section 2.4(a), to identify a reasonably acceptable alternative arrangement to provide the affected Transition Service; provided, however, that, at the written request of the Party Provider, the Party Recipient shall reimburse the Party Provider for any reasonable and documented additional incremental costs incurred by the Service Provider in providing such Transition Service under such alternative arrangement.

 

Section 4.4                                     Force Majeure.

 

(a)                                  The Party Provider shall, at all times during the applicable Terms, use commercially reasonable efforts to provide, or cause to be provided, the Transition Services without interruption. In the event and to the extent that any Service Provider is wholly or partially prevented from, or delayed in, providing one or more Transition Services, or one or more Transition Services are interrupted or suspended, by reason of events beyond the reasonable control of such Service Provider or the other members of such Service Provider’s Group (including acts of God, acts of any Governmental Entity, acts of the public enemy or due to fire, explosions, accidents, floods, embargoes, epidemics, wars, acts of terrorism, nuclear disasters, labor difficulties, civil unrests and/or riots, civil commotions, insurrections, severe or adverse weather conditions, any lack of or shortage of electrical power, malfunctions of equipment or software programs or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Service Provider, the other members of the Service Provider’s Group or, in the case of any Third Party Services, the third party providing such Third Party Service on behalf of the Service Provider or another member of the Service Provider’s Group (each, a “Force Majeure Event”)), the Party Provider shall not be obligated to deliver (or cause to be delivered) the affected Transition Services during such period, and the Party Recipient shall not be obligated to make any payment for any reason hereunder in relation to any Transition Services not delivered; provided, however that, during the duration of a Force Majeure Event, the Party Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or remove such Force Majeure Event, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to resume its performance under this Agreement with the least practicable delay.

 

(b)                                  In the event that any Service Provider has knowledge that the provision of any Transition Service is or will be (or would reasonably be expected to be) affected by a Force Majeure Event, the Party Provider shall, to the extent reasonably practicable, promptly provide, in writing, notice of such Force Majeure Event to the Party Recipient,

 

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describing in reasonable detail such Force Majeure Event, the affected Transition Service, and the Service Provider’s reasonable estimate of the scope and duration of such Force Majeure Event.

 

Section 4.5                                     Title to Equipment; Management and Control; Reservation of Rights.

 

(a)                                  Except as otherwise provided herein, all procedures, methods, systems, strategies, tools, equipment, facilities and other resources of any member of the Service Provider’s Group used by such member of the Service Provider’s Group in connection with the provision of Transition Services (the “Equipment”) shall remain the property of such member of the Service Provider’s Group and shall at all times be under the sole direction and control of such member of the Service Provider’s Group.

 

(b)                                  Except as otherwise provided herein, management of and control over the provision of the Transition Services (including the determination or designation at any time of the Equipment, Personnel and other resources to be used in connection with the provision of the Transition Services) shall reside solely with the Service Provider. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all labor matters relating to any employees of the Service Provider or the other members of the Service Provider’s Group shall be within the exclusive control of the Service Provider, and no member of the Service Recipient’s Group shall take any action with regard to such matters. The Party Provider shall provide for and pay (or cause to be provided for and paid) the compensation and other benefits of its employees, including salary, health, accident and workers’ compensation benefits and all taxes and contributions which an employer is required to pay relating to the employment of employees. No member of the Service Recipient’s Group shall in any event be liable to the Service Provider or any other member of the Service Provider’s Group, or to any of their respective Personnel, for any failure on the part of any member of the Service Provider’s Group to perform any obligation on the part of such member of the Service Provider’s Group with regard to the compensation, benefits or taxation of its employees or other Personnel.

 

(c)                                   Nothing in this Section 4.5 shall in any way affect any right or obligation of any Party, or any allocation of any assets of any Party, as provided in the Separation Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement or pursuant to any Continuing Arrangement.

 

Section 4.6                                     Interim Basis Only.

 

Each Party acknowledges that the purpose of this Agreement is to provide the Transition Services on an interim basis. Accordingly, at all times from and after the Distribution Date, each Party shall use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to make or obtain any approvals, permits or licenses, implement any computer systems and take, or cause to be taken, any and all other actions necessary or advisable for the Service Recipients to provide the Transition Services for themselves as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE V

PAYMENT

 

Section 5.1                                     Fees.

 

(a)                                  In connection with each Transition Service, the Party Recipient shall pay to the Party Provider (i) the fees set forth in the applicable Schedule with respect to such Transition Service, or if not specified therein, fees for such Transition Service as determined by the mutual agreement of both Parties, negotiated in good faith, and (ii) any reasonable and documented third party fees, costs and expenses which are charged to or incurred by the Service Provider or another member of the Service Provider’s Group in connection with provision of Transition Services to the Service Recipient and which are not included in the fees set forth in the Schedules (collectively, the “Fees”).

 

(b)                                  It is the intent of the Parties that the Fees reasonably approximate the actual cost to the Service Provider of providing the Transition Services, without any intent to cause the Service Provider to receive any profit or incur any loss with respect thereto. If at any time a Party reasonably believes that the Fees with respect to any Transition Service are materially insufficient to compensate the Service Provider for the cost of providing such Transition Service, or that the Fees with respect to any Transition Service materially overcompensate the Service Provider for the cost of providing such Transition Service, such Party shall promptly provide notice to the other Party of the same, identifying such Transition Service and setting forth in reasonable detail its rationale for such belief, and shall include with such notice all available documentation with regard to the cost of providing such Transition Service.

 

(c)                                   Upon the delivery of a notice pursuant to Section 5.1(b), the Parties shall cooperate, in full compliance with Section 2.4(a), to come to a mutually acceptable agreement with regard to the appropriate Fees for such Transition Service.

 

Section 5.2                                     Billing and Payment Terms.

 

(a)                                  Each Party shall invoice the other Party on a monthly basis for any (i) Fees, costs or other amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement; and (ii) in the case of an invoice delivered by B/E, the Monthly License Fee payable with respect to any Shared Real Property.

 

(b)                                  Each invoice delivered pursuant to Section 5.2(a) shall set forth a brief description of the Transition Services and the Migration Assistance provided, and, with respect to any amounts payable other than Fees pursuant to Section 5.1(a)(i) or the Monthly License Fee, reasonable documentation to support the charges thereon. Any invoice delivered by B/E that includes a Monthly License Fee shall include the month of occupancy of each Shared Real Property to which such Monthly License Fee pertains.

 

(c)                                   Each invoice delivered pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be payable within 30 days after the date of the invoice.

 

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(d)                                 Payment of all invoices provided hereunder shall be made in United States dollars unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

 

(e)                                  If any invoice delivered pursuant to (and in compliance with) this Section 5.2 is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after the date of the invoice, interest shall accrue on the unpaid amount at the annual rate equal to the “Prime Rate” as reported on the thirtieth (30th) day after the date of the invoice in The Wall Street Journal (or, if such day is not a business day, the first business day immediately after such day), calculated on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty (360) days and the actual number of days elapsed between the end of the thirty (30)-day payment period and the actual payment date.

 

(f)                                   If there is an Agreement Dispute between the Parties regarding the amounts shown as billed to the Service Recipient on any invoice, the Party Provider shall, upon the written request of the Party Recipient, furnish to the Party Recipient additional documentation reasonably necessary to substantiate the amounts billed including, but not limited to, listings of the dates, times and amounts of the Transition Services in question where applicable and practicable.

 

Section 5.3                                    Sales Taxes.

 

All consideration under this Agreement is exclusive of any sales, transfer, value-added, goods or services tax or similar gross receipts based tax (including any such taxes that are required to be withheld, but excluding all other taxes including taxes based upon or calculated by reference to income, receipts or capital) imposed against or on Transition Services, Monthly License Fees or Migration Assistance (“Sales Taxes”) provided hereunder, and such Sales Taxes will be added to the consideration where applicable. Such Sales Taxes shall be separately stated on the relevant invoice. The Party Recipient shall be responsible for any such Sales Taxes and shall either (i) remit such Sales Taxes to the Party Provider (and the Party Provider shall remit such amounts to the applicable taxing authority) or (ii) provide the Party Provider with a certificate or other acceptable proof evidencing an exemption from liability for such Sales Taxes.

 

Section 5.4                                    No Offset.

 

No Party shall withhold any payments to the other Party under this Agreement in order to offset payments due to such Party pursuant to this Agreement, the Separation Agreement or otherwise, unless such withholding is mutually agreed to, in advance, by the Parties.

 

ARTICLE VI

ACCESS AND SECURITY

 

Section 6.1                                    Access; Work Policy.

 

(a)                                 At all times during the Term, each Party shall provide, and shall cause the other member of its Group to provide, the other Party and its Personnel reasonable ingress to and egress from its facilities and premises, and reasonable access to its equipment and Personnel, for any purpose connected with the delivery or receipt of Transition Services

 

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hereunder, the exercise of any right under this Agreement or the performance of any obligations required by this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Each Party shall comply, and shall cause its respective Personnel to comply, with the other Party’s safety and security regulations applicable to each specific site or facility while working at such site or facility. Except as otherwise agreed to by the Parties, each Party shall cause its Personnel to observe the working hours, working rules, and holiday schedules of the other Party while working on the premises of the other Party.

 

Section 6.2                                    Additional Security Measures.

 

Each Party acknowledges and agrees that any Service Provider may take physical or information security measures that affect the manner in which Transition Services are provided, so long as the substance or overall functionality of any affected Transition Services remains the same as it was as of the Distribution Date.

 

Section 6.3                                    Security Breaches.

 

In the event of a security breach that relates to the Transition Services, the Parties shall, subject to any applicable Law, cooperate with each other in good faith regarding the timing and manner of (a) notification to their respective customers, potential customers, employees and/or agents concerning a breach or potential breach of security and (b) disclosures to appropriate Governmental Entities.

 

Section 6.4                                    Systems Security.

 

(a)                                 If any Party or its Personnel are given access to any computer systems or software of any member of the other Party’s Group (“Systems”) in connection with such Party’s performance or receipt of Transition Services, such Party shall comply, and shall cause the other members of its Group and its Personnel to comply, with all of such other Party’s system security policies, procedures and requirements (as amended from time to time, the “Security Regulations”), and will not tamper with, compromise or circumvent any security or audit measures employed by such other Party.

 

(b)                                 Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that only those of its Personnel who are specifically authorized to have access to the Systems of the other Party gain such access, and to prevent unauthorized access, use, destruction, alteration or loss of information contained therein, including notifying its Personnel regarding the restrictions set forth in this Agreement and establishing appropriate policies designed to effectively enforce such restrictions.

 

(c)                                  If, at any time, either Party determines that the other Party or its Personnel has sought to circumvent, or has circumvented, its Security Regulations, that any unauthorized Personnel of the other Party has accessed its Systems or that the other Party or any of its Personnel has engaged in activities that may lead to the unauthorized access, use, destruction, alteration or loss of data, information or software, such Party shall immediately terminate any such Personnel’s access to the Systems and promptly notify the other Party.

 

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(d)                                 Each Party shall access and use, and shall cause their respective Personnel to access and use, only those Systems, and only such data and information within such Systems, to which it or they have been granted the right to access and use. Any Party shall have the right to deny the Personnel of the other Party access to such Party’s Systems, after prior written notice and consultation with the other Party, in the event the Party reasonably believes that such Personnel pose a security concern.

 

Section 6.5                                    Records and Inspection Rights.

 

Each Party shall maintain, and shall cause the other members of such Party’s Group to maintain, accurate records of the receipts, invoices, reports and other documents relating to the Transition Services (the “Records”) for the period applicable to such Records under B/E’s records retention policy in effect as of the date of this Agreement, following the expiration of the applicable Term, in order to provide the other Party the opportunity to verify the accuracy, completeness and appropriateness of the charges for the Transition Services and that the Transition Services are being provided in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the applicable Schedule. Upon reasonable written notice from the Party Recipient of any Transition Service, the Party Provider shall make available to the Party Recipient or its Representatives (at the Party Recipient’s sole cost and expense) reasonable access to, or at the Party Recipient’s sole cost and expense, copies of, the Records with respect to such Transition Service during regular business hours.

 

ARTICLE VII

CONFIDENTIALITY

 

Section 7.1                                    Confidential Information.

 

(a)                                 Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the Parties shall hold, and shall cause each of the other members of their respective Groups to hold, and shall each cause their respective Representatives to hold, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause their respective other Personnel to hold, in strict confidence, and not to disclose or release or use, without the prior written consent of the other Party, any and all Confidential Information concerning the other Party (or any other member of such Party’s Group) or its respective business; provided, however, that the Parties may disclose, or may permit disclosure of, Confidential Information (i) to their respective auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, bankers and other appropriate consultants and advisors who have a need to know such Confidential Information and are informed of their obligation to hold such Confidential Information confidential to the same extent as is applicable to the Parties and in respect of whose failure to comply with such obligations, the applicable Party will be responsible, (ii) if the Parties or any other member of their respective Groups are required or compelled to disclose any such Confidential Information by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law or stock exchange rule, (iii) as required in connection with any legal or other proceeding by one Party against the other Party, or (iv) as necessary in order to permit a Party to prepare and disclose its financial statements, Tax Returns or other required disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any demand or request for disclosure of Confidential Information is made pursuant to clause (ii) above, each Party shall, to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, promptly notify the other of the existence of such request or demand and shall provide the

 

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other a reasonable opportunity to seek an appropriate protective order or other remedy, which such Parties will reasonably cooperate in obtaining, at the sole cost of the Party seeking such order or other remedy. In the event that such appropriate protective order or other remedy is not obtained, the Party whose Confidential Information is required to be disclosed shall or shall cause the other Party to furnish, or cause to be furnished, only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required to be disclosed and shall use commercially reasonable efforts, at the sole cost and expense of the Party whose Confidential Information is required to be disclosed, to ensure that confidential treatment is accorded such Confidential Information.

 

(b)                                 Nothing in this Article VII shall in any way affect any right or obligation of any Party with regard to any Party’s Confidential Information as provided in the Separation Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement or pursuant to any Continuing Arrangement.

 

ARTICLE VIII

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DATA

 

Section 8.1                                    Ownership of Data and Intellectual Property.

 

(a)                                 KLX shall own all data and information (i) provided by any member of the KLX Group to any member of the B/E Group in connection with such member of the KLX Group’s receipt of Transition Services or (ii) created by or for B/E or any other member of the B/E Group solely in relation to the provision of Transition Services to KLX or another member of the KLX Group (collectively, “KLX Service Receiver Data”).

 

(b)                                 B/E shall own all data and information (i) provided by any member of the B/E Group to any member of the KLX Group in connection with such member of the B/E Group’s receipt of Transition Services or (ii) created by or for KLX or any other member of the KLX Group solely in relation to the provision of Transition Services to B/E or another member of the B/E Group (collectively, “B/E Service Receiver Data”).

 

(c)                                  Upon the written request of a Party, and at such Party’s sole cost and expense, any Service Receiver Data in possession of the other Party or any other member of the such other Party’s Group shall be promptly provided to the requesting Party in the format in which such Service Receiver Data is maintained as of the time of such request; provided, however, that such other Party may retain the relevant Service Receiver Data and provide a copy thereof to the requesting Party: (i) if necessary for the Party holding such Service Receiver Data (or any other member of such Party’s Group) to comply with the requirements of Section 6.5, (ii) if necessary for the Party holding such Service Receiver Data (or any other member of such Party’s Group) to continue to provide the Transition Services during the Term; or (iii) if the Party holding such Service Receiver Data (or any other member of such Party’s Group holding such Service Receiver Data) is unable to delete the Service Receiver Data from its archives using commercially reasonable efforts. After completion of the Transition Services hereunder, neither Party nor any other member of either Party’s Group shall retain any copy of Service Receiver Data of the other Party or any other member of the other Party’s Group (unless required by Law or if clause (i) or (iii) above applies), and each Party shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, upon the written request of the other Party, within such time period as the Parties may reasonably

 

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agree, at the sole cost and expense of the requesting Party, all Service Receiver Data of the requesting Party in its possession (or in the possession of any other member of its Group) to the requesting Party.

 

(d)                                 All other data, information and Intellectual Property provided by each Party (including each other member of such Party’s Group) and their respective licensors and information, content and software providers in connection with performance of the Transition Services shall remain the property of such Party. No right or license with respect to any Intellectual Property is granted under this Agreement other than as is strictly necessary for a Party to perform, and the other Party to receive and use, the Transition Services as contemplated herein, and then only to the extent of the interest held by the Party granting such right.

 

ARTICLE IX

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

 

Section 9.1                                    Limitation of Liabilities.

 

(a)                                 EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF FRAUD, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY MEMBER OF THE B/E GROUP OR THE KLX GROUP BE LIABLE TO ANY MEMBER OF THE KLX GROUP OR THE B/E GROUP, RESPECTIVELY, FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL NOT LIMIT EACH PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE X.

 

Section 9.2                                    Disclaimer of Warranties.

 

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES, AND EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSITION SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO MERCHANTABILITY, OR SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR TRADE USAGE.

 

ARTICLE X

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 10.1                             Indemnification of KLX.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the terms of this Article X, from and after the Distribution Date, B/E shall indemnify and hold harmless KLX and the other members of the KLX Group, and each of their respective Representatives (each, a “KLX Indemnified Person”),

 

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from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses incurred by such KLX Indemnified Person arising out of the undertaking, performance or completion by or on behalf of B/E or any other member of the B/E Group of a Transition Service pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent such Indemnifiable Losses arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of the B/E Group, or any Representative of B/E.

 

Section 10.2                             Indemnification of B/E.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the terms of this Article X, from and after the Distribution Date, KLX shall indemnify and hold harmless B/E and the other members of the B/E Group, and each of their respective Representatives (each, a “B/E Indemnified Person”), from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses incurred by such B/E Indemnified Person arising out of the undertaking, performance or completion by or on behalf of KLX or any other member of the KLX Group of a Transition Service pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent such Indemnifiable Losses arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of the KLX Group, or any Representative of KLX.

 

Section 10.3                             Indemnification Procedures.

 

The provisions of Section 7.04 (Procedures for Indemnification), Section 7.05 (Cooperation in Defense and Settlement), Section 7.06 (Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds) and Section 7.07 (Additional Matters; Survival of Indemnities) of the Separation Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Agreement and the Parties mutatis mutandis.

 

Section 10.4                             Rights of the Parties.

 

The rights and obligations of the Parties provided in this Article X shall be in addition to (and not in lieu of) any rights or obligations with respect to indemnification provided pursuant to the Separation Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement, and nothing herein shall in any way limit the rights and obligations of any Party pursuant thereto.

 

ARTICLE XI

TERM AND TERMINATION

 

Section 11.1                             Term of Agreement.

 

The term of this Agreement shall become effective on the Distribution Date and shall remain in force until the earlier of (a) termination or expiration of all of the respective Terms and (b) termination in accordance with Section 11.2. The obligation of any Party to make a payment for Transition Services or Migration Assistance previously rendered (or, in the case of KLX, to make a payment in respect of a Monthly License Fee previously accrued) shall not be affected by the termination of this Agreement or the expiration of the Term and shall continue until full payment is made.

 

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Section 11.2                             Termination.

 

(a)                                 Termination by B/E or KLX. This Agreement may be terminated by either Party (the “Terminating Party”) upon written notice to the other Party, if:

 

(i)                                     the other Party materially breaches this Agreement (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes any failure to make payment in full for Transition Services and Migration Assistance, or of any Monthly License Fee, except in a case where there is a good faith dispute thereto) and such breach is not cured, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Terminating Party, within thirty (30) days of written notice thereof; or

 

(ii)                                  the other Party makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or becomes insolvent, or a receiver is appointed for, or a court approves reorganization or arrangement proceedings on, such Party.

 

(b)                                 Partial Termination. Except as otherwise described in the Schedules hereto: (i) a Party Recipient may, on thirty (30) days’ written notice to the Party Provider, terminate its receipt of any specific Transition Service set forth on any part of Schedule A or Schedule B; and (ii) upon receipt of any notice pursuant to Section 4.4(b), the Party Recipient may, upon written notice to the Party Provider, immediately terminate its receipt of any Transition Service affected by any Force Majeure Event described therein. Any termination notice delivered pursuant to this Section 11.2(b) shall specify in detail the Transition Service or Transition Services to be terminated, and the date on which such Transition Service or Transition Services is to be terminated.

 

(c)                                  Third Party Services. If any Service Provider receives notice from a third party that such third party intends to cease providing a Third Party Service (a “Terminating Third Party Service”) (and such intention is not the result of any action or inaction by any member of the Party Provider or any member of the Party Provider’s Group), and the termination of such Third Party Service would thereby render such Service Provider incapable of providing the relevant Transition Service:

 

(i)                                     The Party Provider shall elect (in its sole discretion): (1) to obtain such Third Party Service from an alternate third party service provider; or (2) to terminate such Transition Service, effective upon the termination of the Terminating Third Party Service.

 

(ii)                                  The Party Provider shall promptly notify the Party Recipient of the third party’s impending termination of services and of the Party Provider’s election under Section 11.2(c)(i), and shall include with such notice a copy of any correspondence received from such third party with regard to such Third Party Service, and a description, in reasonable detail, of the affected Transition Service.

 

(iii)                               In the event the Party Provider elects to obtain such Third Party Service from an alternate third party service provider, such Third Party Service shall continue to be provided to the Service Recipient hereunder; provided, however, that the Service Recipient shall have the option to terminate such Transition Service by

 

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written notice to the Party Provider, effective upon the termination of the Terminating Third Party Service.

 

(iv)                              In the event the Party Provider elects to terminate such Third Party Service, such Transition Service shall, effective upon the termination of such Terminating Third Party Service, terminate, and thereafter, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no member of the Party Provider’s Group shall have any further obligation to provide such Transition Service to any member of the Party Recipient’s Group; provided, however, that, in the event any Third Party Service is terminated pursuant to this Section 11.2(c)(iv), at the written request of the Party Recipient thereof, the Party Provider shall provide (or cause to be provided), at its sole cost and expense, Migration Assistance to the Service Recipient thereof.

 

Section 11.3                             Effect of Termination.

 

In the event that this Agreement is terminated for any reason:

 

(a)                                 Each Party acknowledges and agrees that the obligations of the Parties to provide the Transition Services, or to cause the Transition Services to be provided hereunder, shall immediately cease. Upon cessation of any Party Provider’s obligation to provide (or cause to be provided) any Transition Service, the Party Recipient shall, and shall cause any other Service Recipient to, stop using, directly or indirectly, such Transition Service.

 

(b)                                 Upon request, each Party shall, and shall cause the other members of its Group to, return to the other Party all tangible personal property and books, records or files owned by such other Party or its Affiliates and third parties and used in connection with the provision of Transition Services that are in their possession as of the termination date.

 

(c)                                  The rights and obligations of each Party under Section 4.5(a) (Title to Equipment), Article V (Payment), Section 6.5 (Records and Inspection Rights), Article VII (Confidentiality), Article VIII (Intellectual Property and Data), Article IX (Limitation of Liability; Disclaimer of Warranties), Article X (Indemnification), Section 11.1 (Term of Agreement), Section 11.3 (Effect of Termination) and Article XII (Miscellaneous) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 12.1                             Notices.

 

All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, communications relating to the Transition Services provided hereunder and directed to a Service Coordinator pursuant to Section 2.2) shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by an internationally recognized overnight courier service, by facsimile (with confirmation of delivery) or registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 12.1):

 

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(i)                                     if to B/E:

 

1400 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, FL 33414

Facsimile:        (561) 791-3966

Attention:        General Counsel

 

with copies to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

Telecopy:         (212) 848-7179

Attention:        Creighton O’M Condon, Esq.

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

(ii)                                  if to KLX:

 

1300 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, FL 33414

Facsimile:          (561) 791-5497

Attention:          General Counsel

 

with copies to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

Telecopy:         (212) 848-7179

Attention:        Creighton O’M. Condon, Esq.

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

Section 12.2               Severability.

 

If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any Law, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect for so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

Section 12.3               Entire Agreement.

 

The Separation Agreement, this Agreement, the other Ancillary Agreements and the Continuing Arrangements constitute the entire agreement of the Parties and their Affiliates

 

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with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

Section 12.4               Amendment.

 

This Agreement may not be amended or modified except (a) by an instrument in writing signed by, or on behalf of, the Parties or (b) by a waiver in accordance with Section 12.5.

 

Section 12.5               Waiver.

 

Either Party to this Agreement may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party and (b) waive compliance with any of the agreements of the other Party or conditions to such Party’s obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party to be bound thereby. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of either Party to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any of such rights.

 

Section 12.6               Assignment.

 

Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Any purported assignment without such consent shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign this Agreement without consent in connection with (a) a merger transaction in which such Party is not the surviving entity and the surviving entity acquires or assumes all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets, or (b) the sale of all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets; provided, however, that such assignment shall be effective only if, and as of the time when, the assignee expressly assumes in writing all of the obligations of the assigning Party under this Agreement, and the assigning Party provides written notice and evidence of such assignment and assumption to the non-assigning Party. No assignment permitted by this Section 12.6 shall release the assigning Party from liability for the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 12.7               Parties in Interest.

 

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied (including the provisions of Article X relating to indemnified parties), is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

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Section 12.8               Currency.

 

Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein means United States dollars, and all payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

 

Section 12.9               Governing Law.

 

This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

 

Section 12.10        Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 12.10.

 

Section 12.11        Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission or portable document format (“.pdf”)) in counterparts, and by the different Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

Section 12.12        Relationship of the Parties.

 

Expect as specifically provided herein, neither Party shall act or represent or hold itself out as having authority to act as an agent or partner of the other Party or in any way bind or commit the other Party to any obligations or agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as creating a partnership, joint venture, agency, trust, fiduciary relationship or other association of any kind, each Party being individually responsible only for its obligations as set forth in this Agreement. The Parties’ respective rights and obligations hereunder shall be limited to the contractual rights and obligations expressly set forth herein on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

B/E AEROSPACE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

KLX INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

[Signature Page to Transition Services Agreement]

 




Exhibit 3.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

KLX INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Name and Introductory Matters

 

The name of the corporation is KLX Inc. (the “Corporation”). The Corporation was originally incorporated under the name KLX Services Corp. by the filing of its original certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 31, 2014. This amended and restated certificate of incorporation (this “Certificate of Incorporation”) was duly adopted in accordance with Section 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “General Corporation Law”).

 

ARTICLE II

 

Registered Office and Registered Agent

 

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation at such address is Corporation Service Company.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Corporate Purpose

 

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Capital Stock

 

(1)   The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 251,000,000, of which 250,000,000 shall be shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), and 1,000,000 shall be shares of Preferred Stock, at a par value of $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”).

 

(2)   The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) is hereby expressly authorized to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for the issuance of one or

 

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more series of Preferred Stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting such series and the designation of such series, the voting powers, if any, of the shares of such series, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series. The powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each series of Preferred Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding. The Corporation shall, from time to time and in accordance with applicable law, increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock if at any time the number of shares of Common Stock remaining unissued and available for issuance shall not be sufficient to permit the conversion of any series of Preferred Stock that, as provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (2) of Article IV, is otherwise convertible into Common Stock.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Board of Directors

 

(1)           The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law or this Certificate of Incorporation directed or required to be exercised or done by stockholders.

 

(2)           Subject to any limitation on the maximum or minimum number of directors of the Corporation as may be provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time solely by the Board.

 

(3)           The Board shall be divided into three classes (each such class, a “Class”), as nearly equal in number as possible, designated: Class I, Class II and Class III. As soon as practicable following the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation, and thereafter from time to time following any increase or decrease in the number of directors, the number of directors in each Class shall be apportioned by the Board to be as nearly equal as possible. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

(4)           Each director shall hold office until the end of the term provided for such director in paragraph (5) or (8) of this Article V, and thereafter until such director’s successor is elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

(5)           Except as provided in paragraph (8) of this Article V, each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the third annual meeting following the annual meeting at which such director was elected; provided, however, that each director initially appointed as a Class I director shall serve for an initial term expiring at the Corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation; each director initially appointed as a Class II director shall serve for an initial term expiring at the Corporation’s second annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation; and each director initially appointed as a Class III director shall

 

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serve for an initial term expiring at the Corporation’s third annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation.

 

(6)           Any director or the entire Board may be removed from office only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in any annual election of directors or Class of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

(7)           Vacancies occurring on the Board for any reason, including, without limitation, vacancies occurring as a result of the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of a director, or the creation of new directorships that increase the number of directors, shall solely be filled by a majority vote of the directors then in office, even if the number of such directors is less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or by the written consent of such directors as permitted by the General Corporation Law and as provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation, and shall not be filled by the stockholders.

 

(8)           Any director chosen to fill a vacancy pursuant to paragraph (7) of this Article V shall, at the time such director is chosen or as soon as practicable thereafter, be designated by the Board as either a Class I, Class II or Class III director, with such Class corresponding to the Class in which such vacancy existed. Such director shall serve for a term equal to the remainder of the term of the other directors of such Class in office at the time such vacancy was filled (or, if no other directors are a member of such Class at such time, for a term equal to the remainder of the term that a director of such Class would have served had such director been in office at the time of the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation and served continuously as a director until the time that such vacancy was filled).

 

(9)           At any meeting of stockholders at which directors are elected, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote on the election of directors and present in person or by proxy at the meeting. Elections of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot, except and to the extent provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

(10)         To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law as it now exists and as it may hereafter be amended, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. For the avoidance of all doubt, notwithstanding any other provision in this Certificate of Incorporation, no amendment to, modification of or repeal of this paragraph (10) shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.

 

(11)         Nothing in this Article V shall be deemed to affect or restrict (i) any rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors as provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV, or (ii) the ability of the Board to provide, pursuant to Article IV, for the preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the shares of any series of Preferred Stock, including with regard to those directors, if any, to be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock.

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

Interested Directors and Officers

 

(1)           No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of the Corporation’s directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because such director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or her vote are counted for such purpose, if (i) the material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board or the committee, and the Board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum, (ii) the material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board, a committee thereof, or the stockholders.

 

(2)           Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Stockholder Action

 

(1)           The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors of the Corporation, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before such meeting, shall be held at such place, date and time as shall be fixed by the Board in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

(2)           Except as otherwise required by law, or as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV with regard to the rights of holders of shares of one or more series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may only be called by (i) the Board, or (ii) the Chairman of the Board of the Corporation or the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.

 

(3)           Any previously scheduled meeting of the stockholders may be postponed to another date, time or place by resolution of the Board.

 

(4)           Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV with regard to the rights of holders of shares of one or more series of Preferred Stock, no action that is required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be effected by written consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting; provided, however, that the taking of any action that is required or permitted to

 

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be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be effected by written consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting if such action and the taking of such action by written consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting have each been expressly approved in advance by the Board.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Indemnification and Insurance

 

(1)           Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter, a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is an alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in another capacity for or at the request of the Corporation, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties, including under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to serve in the capacity which initially entitled such person to indemnity hereunder and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this Article VIII with respect to proceedings seeking to enforce rights to indemnification hereunder, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was specifically authorized by the Board. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article VIII shall be a contract right that vests upon a person becoming a director or officer of the Corporation or upon a person serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the General Corporation Law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer of the Corporation in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subsequent to an indictment of, or the filing of a civil complaint by a U.S. federal or state governmental enforcement agency against, a director or

 

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officer of the Corporation (in any capacity, including as an employee or agent of another enterprise and service to an employee benefit plan) entitled to or receiving advancement of expenses, the Corporation may, subject to applicable law (including to the extent indemnification is required under Section 145(c) of the General Corporation Law), terminate, reduce or place conditions upon any future advancement of expenses (including with respect to costs, charges, attorneys’ fees, experts’ fees and other fees) incurred by such director or officer relating to his or her defense thereof if (i) such director or officer does not prevail at trial, enters into a plea arrangement, agrees to the entry of a final administrative or judicial order imposing sanctions on such director or officer or otherwise admits, in a legal proceeding, to the alleged violation resulting in the relevant indictment or complaint, or (ii) if the Corporation initiates an internal investigation and a determination is made (x) by the disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum, or (y) if there are no disinterested directors or the disinterested directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-maker at the time such determination is made demonstrate that such director or officer acted in a manner that is not indemnifiable by the Corporation. Any future indemnification or similar agreement entered into by the Corporation with any director or officer of the Corporation and that addresses the advancement of expenses shall contain restrictions substantially similar to the immediately preceding sentence.

 

(2)           If a claim under paragraph (1) of this Article VIII is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety (90) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may, at any time thereafter, bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the General Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed or, in the case of a claim regarding advancement of expenses, the Corporation has terminated, reduced or placed conditions upon advancement of expenses in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Article VIII, but in each case, the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including the Board, a committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including the Board, a committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

(3)           The right to indemnification and the advancement and payment of expenses conferred in this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any law (common or statutory), provision of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, other bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

(4)           If this Article VIII or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each director or officer of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including

 

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attorneys’ fees, experts’ fees and other fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article VIII that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

 

(5)           For the avoidance of all doubt, notwithstanding any other provision in this Certificate of Incorporation, no amendment to, modification of or repeal of any provision of this Article VIII shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability, or any right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses, of any director or officer of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director or officer occurring prior to such amendment, except as otherwise consented to in writing by such director or officer.

 

(6)           The Board may, or may authorize one or more officers to, provide for the indemnification and/or advancement of expenses by the Corporation to any current or former employee or agent of the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s subsidiaries who would not otherwise have a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to this Article VIII and was or is made a party to or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved or threatened to be involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any proceeding, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was such an employee or agent or, while serving as an employee or agent, he or she is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or a partnership, joint venture, trust, nonprofit entity or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, of such scope and effect and subject to such terms as determined by the Board or such officer or officers, in each case, as and to the extent permitted by applicable law.

 

(7)           The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of itself and any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section 145 of the General Corporation Law.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Bylaws

 

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the General Corporation Law, the Board shall expressly have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. Any adoption, amendment or repeal of the Bylaws of the Corporation by the Board shall require the approval of a majority of the entire Board. The stockholders shall also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation, provided, however, that, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of the then-outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, repeal or adopt any provision of the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE X

 

Amendment

 

(1)           The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and all the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation and, except as expressly provided otherwise in this Certificate of Incorporation, all rights conferred on stockholders, directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation in this Certificate of Incorporation are subject to this reserved power.

 

(2)           Notwithstanding anything contained in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, and in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class of stock of the Corporation required by applicable law or this Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of the then-outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, repeal or adopt any provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with Article V, paragraphs (2) and (4) of Article VII, or this Article X of this Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate to be executed by its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer this   day of       , 2014.

 

 

KLX Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

Amin J. Khoury

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 




Exhibit 3.2

 

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

KLX INC.

 

 

 

 



 

Table of Contents

 

Section

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.01.

Offices

 

1

 

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

Section 2.01.

Annual Meetings

 

1

Section 2.02.

Special Meetings

 

1

Section 2.03.

Notice of Meetings

 

1

Section 2.04.

Waiver of Notice

 

2

Section 2.05.

Postponements and Adjournments

 

2

Section 2.06.

Quorum

 

2

Section 2.07.

Voting

 

2

Section 2.08.

Proxies

 

2

Section 2.09.

Nominations and Proposals

 

3

Section 2.10.

Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement

 

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ARTICLE III

BOARD

 

 

 

 

Section 3.01.

General

 

8

Section 3.02.

Number

 

8

Section 3.03.

Resignation

 

9

Section 3.04.

Meetings

 

9

Section 3.05.

Committees of the Board

 

10

Section 3.06.

Directors’ Consent in Lieu of Meeting

 

10

Section 3.07.

Action by Means of Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment

 

11

Section 3.08.

Compensation

 

11

 

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

 

 

 

 

Section 4.01.

Officers

 

11

Section 4.02.

Authority and Duties

 

11

Section 4.03.

Term of Office, Resignation and Removal

 

11

Section 4.04.

Vacancies

 

11

Section 4.05.

The Chairman

 

12

Section 4.06.

The Chief Executive Officer

 

12

Section 4.07.

The President

 

12

Section 4.08.

Vice Presidents

 

12

Section 4.09.

The Secretary

 

12

Section 4.10.

Assistant Secretaries

 

13

 

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Section 4.11.

The Treasurer

 

13

Section 4.12.

Assistant Treasurers

 

13

 

ARTICLE V

CHECKS, DRAFTS, NOTES, AND PROXIES

 

 

 

 

Section 5.01.

Checks, Drafts and Notes

 

13

Section 5.02.

Execution of Proxies

 

13

 

ARTICLE VI

SHARES AND TRANSFERS OF SHARES

 

 

 

 

Section 6.01.

Certificates Evidencing Shares

 

14

Section 6.02.

Stock Ledger

 

14

Section 6.03.

Transfers of Shares

 

14

Section 6.04.

Addresses of Stockholders

 

14

Section 6.05.

Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates

 

14

Section 6.06.

Regulations

 

15

Section 6.07.

Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record

 

15

 

ARTICLE VII

SEAL

 

 

 

Section 7.01.

Seal

 

15

 

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL YEAR

 

 

 

 

Section 8.01.

Fiscal Year

 

15

 

ARTICLE IX

CORPORATE DISPUTES

 

 

 

 

Section 9.01.

Costs, Fees and Expenses

 

15

 

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

 

 

 

 

Section 10.01.

Amendments

 

16

 

ARTICLE XI

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

 

 

 

Section 11.01.

Certain Definitions

 

16

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

KLX INC.

 

ARTICLE I
OFFICES

 

Section  1.01.  Offices.  In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, KLX Inc. (the “Corporation”) may also have an office or offices at any other place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may from time to time require.

 

ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section  2.01.  Annual Meetings.  The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors of the Corporation, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before such meeting, shall be held at such place, date and time as shall be fixed by the Board pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) and designated in the notice or waiver of notice of such annual meeting.

 

Section  2.02.  Special Meetings.  Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the Board or the Chairman of the Board of the Corporation (the “Chairman”) or the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation (the “Chief Executive Officer”), to be held at such place, date and time as shall be designated in the notice or waiver of notice thereof.

 

Section  2.03.  Notice of Meetings.  Except as otherwise provided by law, written notice of each annual or special meeting of stockholders stating the place, date and time of such meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is to be held, shall be given personally, by internationally recognized overnight courier service, or by first-class mail (airmail in the case of international communications) to each recordholder of shares entitled to vote thereat, no less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of such meeting.  If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears in the records of the Corporation.  If sent by internationally recognized courier service, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited with such courier service, carriage and

 

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delivery prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears in the records of the Corporation.  If, prior to the time of mailing, the Secretary shall have received from any stockholder a written request that notices intended for such stockholder are to be mailed to some address other than the address that appears in the records of the Corporation, notices intended for such stockholder shall be mailed to the address designated in such request.

 

Section  2.04.  Waiver of Notice.  Notice of any annual or special meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder who files a written waiver of notice with the Secretary, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after such meeting.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of any meeting of stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice thereof.  Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting, in person or by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the notice of such meeting was inadequate or improperly given.

 

Section  2.05.  Postponements and Adjournments.  Whenever an annual or special meeting of stockholders is postponed to another date, time or place by the Board, notice need not be given of the postponed meeting if a public announcement of such postponement is made prior to the original date of the meeting.  Whenever an annual or special meeting of stockholders is adjourned to another date, time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the date, time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.  If the postponement or adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the postponement or adjournment a new record date is fixed for the postponed or adjourned meeting, a notice of the postponed or adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat.  At any postponed or adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section  2.06.  Quorum.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the recordholders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders, whether annual or special.  If, however, such quorum shall not be present in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting or the stockholders present and entitled to vote thereat may, by the vote of the recordholders of a majority of the shares held by such present stockholders, adjourn the meeting from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof until a quorum shall be present in person or by proxy.

 

Section  2.07.  Voting.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question, and the vote of the recordholders of a majority of the shares constituting such quorum shall decide any question brought before such meeting.

 

Section  2.08.  Proxies.  Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy.  Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary before such meeting of stockholders, at such time as the

 

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Board may require.  No proxy shall be voted or acted upon more than three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

 

Section  2.09.  Nominations and Proposals. (a) At any annual meeting of the stockholders, only such nominations of persons for election to the Board and such other business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting.

 

(b)                                 Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting.

 

(c)                                  To be properly brought before an annual meeting of stockholders, nominations or such other business must be: (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder who is a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time notice of such meeting is given, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.09.  In addition, any proposal of business (other than the nomination of persons for election to the Board) must be a proper matter for stockholder action.

 

(d)                                 For business (including, but not limited to, director nominations) to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder or stockholders of record intending to propose the business (the “Proposing Stockholder”) must have given timely and proper notice thereof, in full compliance with this Section 2.09, in writing to the Secretary.

 

(e)                                  To be timely, a Proposing Stockholder’s notice of nominations or other business to be brought before an annual meeting must be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation:

 

(i)                               With regard to notice of nominations or other business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders to be held on a day that is not more than thirty (30) days in advance of the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting nor later than seventy (70) days after the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting, not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day, nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred and twentieth (120th) day in advance of the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting;

 

(ii)                            With regard to notice of nominations or other business proposed to be brought before any other annual meeting of stockholders, by the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the public announcement of the date of such meeting.

 

In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a meeting of stockholders commence a new notice time period (or extend any notice time period).

 

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(f)                                   To be proper, a Proposing Stockholder’s notice must include:

 

(i)                               as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (A) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (B) such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected, and (C) the information, written representation and agreement required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.10;

 

(ii)                            as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and

 

(iii)                         as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made:

 

(A)                               the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of (1) such beneficial owner (if any) and (2) each Associated Person (as defined below) of each such stockholder and such beneficial owner;

 

(B)                               the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, or by any Associated Person thereof;

 

(C)                               a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal between or among such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing;

 

(D)                               a description of any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such

 

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instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise, and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation (each of the foregoing, a “Derivative Instrument”), directly or indirectly owned or held beneficially by such stockholder, such beneficial owner, and/or any Associated Person thereof;

 

(E)                                a description of any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, and any Associated Person thereof, has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation;

 

(F)                                 a description of any short interest in any security of the Corporation held by such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, and any Associated Person thereof (for purposes of this Section 2.09(f), a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security);

 

(G)                               a description of any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, and any Associated Person thereof, that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation;

 

(H)                              a description of any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership or limited liability company in which such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, and any Associated Person thereof, is a general partner or manager, or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in such general partner or manager;

 

(I)                                   a description of any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, and any Associated Person thereof, is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice;

 

(J)                                   a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination;

 

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(K)                               a representation as to whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, is or will be part of a group which intends (1) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (2) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination; and

 

(L)                                any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

With regard to the information required by items (B)-(I) of this Section 2.09(f)(iii), such information shall include, without limitation, any such information with regard to any members of such shareholder’s immediate family sharing the same household.  The information required by this Section 2.09(f) shall be supplemented by such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, not later than ten (10) days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such information as of the record date.

 

For the purposes of this Section 2.09(f), an “Associated Person” of any stockholder or beneficial owner means (1) any affiliate or person acting in concert with such stockholder or beneficial owner in relation to the nomination or proposal, and (2) each director, officer, employee, general partner or manager of such stockholder or beneficial owner or any such affiliate or person with which such stockholder or beneficial owner is acting in concert in relation to the nomination or proposal.

 

(g)                                  The foregoing notice requirements of Section 2.09(f) shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business other than a nomination if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his, her or its intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.

 

(h)                                 In addition to the information required by the provisions of this Section 2.09, and the information, written representation and agreement required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.10, the Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation.

 

(i)                                     Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary: (i) no nominations shall be made and no business shall be conducted at any meeting of stockholders

 

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except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.09, and (ii) unless otherwise required by law, if the Proposing Stockholder does not provide the information required under this Section 2.09 to the Corporation (or any such information provided should be found to be materially inaccurate), or the Proposing Stockholder (or a qualified representative of the Proposing Stockholder) does not appear at the meeting to present the proposed business or nominations, such business or nominations shall not be considered, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such business or nominations may have been received by the Corporation.  For purposes of this Section 2.09, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

 

(j)                                    Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the power and duty (i) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.09 and (ii) if any proposed nomination or business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 2.09, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted.

 

(k)                                 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.09, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.09; provided, however, that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 2.09, and compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.09 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than matters brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, as may be amended from time to time). Nothing in this Section 2.09 shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors as provided for or fixed pursuant to any applicable provision of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section  2.10.  Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement.  To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation, a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under the applicable sections of Section 2.09 above) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written and signed questionnaire (in the form customarily used by the Corporation for its directors) with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person:

 

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(a)                                 is not and will not become a party to (i) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”), except as has been disclosed to the Board, or (ii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such persons’ ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law;

 

(b)                                 is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director of the Corporation, except as has been disclosed to the Board;

 

(c)                                  is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director of any public company (other than the Corporation), except as has been disclosed to the Board;

 

(d)                                 in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation;

 

(e)                                  is not and will not serve as a director on the boards of more than two (2) other public companies, unless the Board has determined in advance that such simultaneous service will not impair his ability to effectively serve on the Board; and

 

(f)                                   will promptly tender his resignation to the Board in the event that, at any time he or she is serving as a director of the Corporation, (i) any of the above representations are found by the Board to have been false at the time such representation was made, or (ii) any of the above representations are found by the Board to have become false thereafter.

 

ARTICLE III
BOARD

 

Section  3.01.  General.  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by stockholders.  Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation.

 

Section  3.02.  Number.  The total number of directors shall be not less than three (3) nor more than nine (9), as such shall be fixed within these limits from time to time by the Board.

 

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Section  3.03.  Resignation.  Any director may resign at any time by delivering his written resignation to the Board, the Chairman or the Secretary.  Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified in such notice or, if the time be not specified, upon receipt thereof by the Board, the Chairman or the Secretary, as the case may be.

 

Section  3.04.  Meetings.  (a)  Annual Meetings.  As soon as practicable after each annual election of directors by the stockholders, the Board shall meet for the purpose of organization and the transaction of other business, unless it shall have transacted all such business by written consent pursuant to Section 3.06 hereof.

 

(b)                                 Other Meetings.  Other meetings of the Board shall be held at such times as the Chairman, the Secretary or a majority of the Board shall from time to time determine.

 

(c)                                  Notice of Meetings.  The Secretary shall give written notice to each director of each meeting of the Board, which notice shall state the place, date, time and purpose of such meeting.  Notice of each such meeting shall be given to each director, if by mail, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, at least three (3) days before the day on which such meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to him at such place by telecopy, facsimile, electronic mail or other form of recorded communication, or be delivered personally or by an internationally recognized courier service or by telephone not later than the day before the day on which such meeting is to be held.  A written waiver of notice, signed by the director entitled to notice, whether before or after the time of the meeting referred to in such waiver, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of any meeting of the Board need be specified in any written waiver of notice thereof.  Attendance of a director at a meeting of the Board shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except as provided by law.

 

(d)                                 Place of Meetings.  The Board may hold its meetings at such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board or the Chairman may from time to time determine, or as shall be designated in the respective notices or waivers of notice of such meetings.

 

(e)                                  Quorum and Manner of Acting.  One-third of the total number of directors then in office shall be present in person at any meeting of the Board in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting, and the vote of a majority of those directors present at any such meeting at which a quorum is present shall be necessary for the passage of any resolution or act of the Board, except as otherwise expressly required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.  In the absence of a quorum for any such meeting, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present.

 

(f)                                   Organization.  At each meeting of the Board, one of the following shall act as chairman of the meeting and preside, in the following order of precedence:

 

(1)                                 the Chairman;

 

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(3)                                 any director chosen by a majority of the directors present.

 

The Secretary or, in the case of the Secretary’s absence, any person (who shall be an Assistant Secretary (as defined below), if an Assistant Secretary is present) whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint shall act as secretary of such meeting and keep the minutes thereof.

 

Section  3.05.  Committees of the Board.  The Board may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more directors.  The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee.  In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another director to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member; provided, however, that any director so appointed must be found by such committee to meet the qualifications, if any, for service on such committee, including any requirement of independence.  Any committee of the Board, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board designating such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; provided, however, that no such committee shall have such power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation (except that such a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board as provided in Section 151(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “General Corporation Law”), fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the Corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the increase or decrease of the shares of any series), adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation under Sections 251, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 263 or 264 of the General Corporation Law, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or the revocation of a dissolution, or amending these Bylaws; provided further, however, that, unless expressly so provided in the resolution of the Board designating such committee, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law.  Each committee of the Board shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when so requested by the Board.

 

Section  3.06.  Directors’ Consent in Lieu of Meeting.  Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all the members of the Board or such committee and such consent or electronic transmission is filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or such committee.  Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

 

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Section  3.07.  Action by Means of Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment.  Any one or more members of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

Section  3.08.  Compensation.  Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board may determine the compensation of directors.  In addition, as determined by the Board, directors may be reimbursed by the Corporation for their expenses, if any, in the performance of their duties as directors.  No such compensation or reimbursement shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS

 

Section  4.01.  Officers.  The officers of the Corporation shall be the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary and the Treasurer. Officers of the Corporation may include one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or more Assistant Treasurers (each as defined below) and such other officers as the Board may establish. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

 

Section  4.02.  Authority and Duties.  All officers shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as may be provided in these Bylaws or, to the extent not so provided, by resolution of the Board.

 

Section  4.03.  Term of Office, Resignation and Removal.  (a)  Each officer shall be appointed by the Board and shall hold office for such term as may be determined by the Board.  Each officer shall hold office until such officer’s successor has been appointed and qualified or such officer’s earlier death or resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided.  The Board may require any officer to give security for the faithful performance of such officer’s duties.

 

(b)                                 Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board, the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary.  Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified in such notice or, if the time be not specified, upon receipt thereof by the Board, the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary, as the case may be.

 

(c)                                  All officers and agents appointed by the Board shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by the Board.

 

Section  4.04.  Vacancies.  Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation, for any reason, shall be filled by action of the Board.  Unless earlier removed pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof, any officer appointed by the Board to fill any such vacancy shall

 

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serve only until such time as the unexpired term of such officer’s predecessor expires unless reappointed by the Board.

 

Section  4.05.  The Chairman.  The Chairman shall have the power to call special meetings of stockholders, to call special meetings of the Board and, if present, to preside at all meetings of stockholders and all meetings of the Board.  The Chairman shall perform all duties incident to the office of Chairman of the Board and all such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the Chairman by the Board or these Bylaws.

 

Section  4.06.  The Chief Executive Officer.  The Chief Executive Officer shall have general and active management and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect.  The Chief Executive Officer shall perform all duties incident to the office of the Chief Executive Officer and all such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the Chief Executive Officer by the Board or these Bylaws.

 

Section  4.07.  The President.  The President, subject to the authority of the Chief Executive Officer, shall have primary responsibility for, and authority with respect to, the management of the day-to-day business affairs of the Corporation, to the extent prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and all such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the President by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or these Bylaws.

 

Section  4.08.  Vice Presidents.  Vice Presidents of the Corporation (“Vice Presidents”), if any, in order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board, shall generally assist the President and perform such other duties as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President shall prescribe, and in the absence or disability of the President, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President.

 

Section  4.09.  The Secretary.  The Secretary of the Corporation (“Secretary”) shall, to the extent practicable, attend all meetings of the Board and all meetings of stockholders and shall record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform the same duties for any committee of the Board when so requested by such committee.  The Secretary shall give or cause to be given notice of all meetings of stockholders and of the Board, shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board, the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer, and shall act under the supervision of the Chairman.  The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and affix the same to any instrument that requires that the seal be affixed to it and which shall have been duly authorized for signature in the name of the Corporation and, when so affixed, the seal shall be attested by the Secretary’s signature or by the signature of the Treasurer of the Corporation (the “Treasurer”) or an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation.  The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the certificate books and stockholder records and such other books and records of the Corporation as the Board, the Chairman, or the Chief Executive Officer may direct and shall perform all other duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to the Secretary by the Board, the Chairman, or the Chief Executive Officer.

 

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Section  4.10.  Assistant Secretaries.  Assistant Secretaries of the Corporation (“Assistant Secretaries”), if any, in order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board, shall generally assist the Secretary and perform such other duties as the Board or the Secretary shall prescribe, and, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.

 

Section  4.11.  The Treasurer.  The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of all the funds of the Corporation and shall deposit such funds in such banks or other depositories as the Board, or any officer or officers, or any officer and agent jointly, duly authorized by the Board, shall, from time to time, direct or approve.  The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation under the direction of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer.  The Treasurer shall keep a full and accurate account of all moneys received and paid on account of the Corporation and shall render a statement of the Treasurer’s accounts whenever the Board, the Chairman, or the Chief Executive Officer shall so request.  The Treasurer shall perform all other necessary actions and duties in connection with the administration of the financial affairs of the Corporation and shall generally perform all the duties usually appertaining to the office of treasurer of a corporation.  When required by the Board, the Treasurer shall give bonds for the faithful discharge of the Treasurer’s duties in such sums and with such sureties as the Board shall approve.

 

Section  4.12.  Assistant Treasurers.  Assistant Treasurers of the Corporation (“Assistant Treasurers”), if any, in order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board, shall generally assist the Treasurer and perform such other duties as the Board or the Treasurer shall prescribe, and, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer.

 

ARTICLE V
CHECKS, DRAFTS, NOTES, AND PROXIES

 

Section  5.01.  Checks, Drafts and Notes.  All checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money, notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall be determined, from time to time, by resolution of the Board.

 

Section  5.02.  Execution of Proxies.  The Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President may authorize, from time to time, the execution and issuance of proxies to vote shares of stock or other securities of other corporations held of record by the Corporation and the execution of consents to action taken or to be taken by any such corporation.  All such proxies and consents, unless otherwise authorized by the Board, shall be signed in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President.

 

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ARTICLE VI
SHARES AND TRANSFERS OF SHARES

 

Section  6.01.  Certificates Evidencing Shares.  Shares may be evidenced by certificates in such form or forms as shall be approved by the Board.  Certificates shall be issued in consecutive order and shall be numbered in the order of their issue, and shall be signed by the Chairman, the President or any Vice President and by the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer.  If such a certificate is manually signed by one such officer, any other signature on the certificate may be a facsimile.  In the event any such officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to hold such office or to be employed by the Corporation before such certificate is issued, such certificate may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer had held such office on the date of issue.

 

Section  6.02.  Stock Ledger.  A stock ledger in one or more counterparts shall be kept by the Secretary, in which shall be recorded the name and address of each person, corporation or other entity owning the shares evidenced by each certificate evidencing shares issued by the Corporation, the number of shares evidenced by each such certificate, the date of issuance thereof and, in the case of cancellation, the date of cancellation.  Except as otherwise expressly required by law, the person in whose name shares stand on the stock ledger of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner and recordholder of such shares for all purposes.

 

Section  6.03.  Transfers of Shares.  Registration of transfers of shares shall be made only in the stock ledger of the Corporation upon request of the registered holder of such shares, or of his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary, and upon the surrender of the certificate or certificates evidencing such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a stock power duly executed, together with such proof of the authenticity of signatures as the Corporation may reasonably require.

 

Section  6.04.  Addresses of Stockholders.  Each stockholder shall designate to the Secretary an address at which notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be served or mailed to such stockholder, and, if any stockholder shall fail to so designate such an address, corporate notices may be served upon such stockholder by mail directed to the mailing address, if any, as the same appears in the stock ledger of the Corporation or at the last known mailing address of such stockholder.

 

Section  6.05.  Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates.  Each recordholder of shares shall promptly notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction or mutilation of any certificate or certificates evidencing any share or shares of which such recordholder is the recordholder.  The Board may, in its discretion, cause the Corporation to issue a new certificate in place of any certificate theretofore issued by it and alleged to have been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate or, in the case of loss, theft or destruction of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss, theft or destruction, and the Board may, in its discretion, require the recordholder of the shares evidenced by the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or such recordholder’s legal representative to give the Corporation a

 

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bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

 

Section  6.06.  Regulations.  The Board may make such other rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with these Bylaws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates evidencing shares.

 

Section  6.07.  Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.  In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to, or to dissent from, corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other such action.  A determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any postponement or adjournment of such meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the postponed or adjourned meeting.

 

ARTICLE VII
SEAL

 

Section  7.01.  Seal.  The Board may approve and adopt a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the full name of the Corporation, the year of its incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal Delaware”.

 

ARTICLE VIII
FISCAL YEAR

 

Section  8.01.  Fiscal Year.  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the thirty-first day of December of each year unless changed by resolution of the Board.

 

ARTICLE IX
CORPORATE DISPUTES

 

Section  9.01.  Costs, Fees and Expenses.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, in the event that (i) any current or former stockholder of the Corporation  (the “Claimant”) initiates, asserts, maintains or continues any litigation, claim or counter-claim (“Claim”) against the Corporation or any current or former director, officer, employee or agent thereof (including any Claim purportedly filed on behalf of or in the right of the Corporation or any current or former stockholder thereof), arising as a Corporate Dispute (as defined below) or (whether in whole or in part) out of or as part of any Corporate Dispute, and (ii) the Claimant does not obtain a judgment on the merits that substantially achieves, in substance and amount, the full remedy

 

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sought, then each Claimant, together with any other person who joins with the Claimant or offers substantial financial assistance to the Claimant in the prosecution of such Claim, or has a direct financial interest in the success of such Claim, shall be obligated jointly and severally to reimburse the Corporation or any such current or former director, officer, employee or agent for all fees, costs, charges and expenses of every kind and description (including, but not limited to, all reasonable attorneys’ fees, experts’ fees and other litigation fees and expenses) that the Corporation, or any such current or former director, officer, employee or agent, has incurred, respectively, in connection with such Claim. For the purposes of this Section 9.01, “Corporate Dispute” shall mean: (1) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (2) any action asserting a claim for breach of a fiduciary duty owed by a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (3) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation, or any current or former director, officer, employee or agent thereof, arising, directly or indirectly, pursuant to or under any provision of the General Corporation Law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or any provision of the federal securities laws or any regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, or (4) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine in relation to the internal affairs of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE X
AMENDMENTS

 

Section  10.01.  Amendments.  No Bylaw (including these Bylaws) may be altered, amended or repealed except by the requisite vote of the Board or the stockholders pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE XI
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

Section  11.01.  Certain Definitions. As used in these Bylaws, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this Section 11.01:

 

(a)                                 Public announcement” shall mean an announcement: (i) made by a press release posted on the Corporation’s website or reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or other national news service, or (ii) in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

(b)                                 Business day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

 

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(c)                                  Close of business” on any given date shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time on such date, or, if such date is not a business day, 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the next succeeding business day.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

TAX SHARING AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

BETWEEN

 

B/E AEROSPACE, INC.,

 

AND

 

KLX INC.

 

DATED AS OF DECEMBER 15, 2014

 



 

Table of Contents

 

Section 1.

Definition of Terms

6

 

(a)

General

6

 

(b)

Interpretation

16

Section 2.

Allocation of Tax Liabilities

17

2.1

General Rule

17

 

(a)

B/E Liability

17

 

(b)

KLX Liability

17

2.2

Allocation of United States Federal Income Tax and Federal Other Tax

17

 

(a)

Allocation of Income Tax Relating to B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Returns

17

 

(b)

Allocation of Income Tax Relating to Federal Separate Income Tax Returns

17

 

(c)

Allocation of Federal Other Tax

17

2.3

Allocation of State Income and State Other Taxes

17

 

(a)

Allocation of State Income Tax Relating to B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns

17

 

(b)

Allocation of State Income Tax Relating to Separate Returns

17

 

(c)

Allocation of State Other Tax

17

2.4

Allocation of Foreign Taxes

17

 

(a)

Allocation of Foreign Income Tax Relating to B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns

17

 

(b)

Allocation of Foreign Income Tax Relating to Separate Returns

18

 

(c)

Allocation of Foreign Other Tax

18

2.5

Taxes Not Shown on a Tax Return

18

2.6

Certain Transaction and Other Taxes

18

 

(a)

KLX Liability

18

 

(b)

B/E Liability

18

 

(c)

IP Sale Taxes

18

 

(d)

Certain Transfer Taxes

19

Section 3.

Proration of Taxes for Straddle Periods

19

Section 4.

Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns

19

4.1

General

19

4.2

B/E’s Responsibility

20

 

(a)

Federal Consolidated

20

 

(b)

State Combined

20

 

(c)

Separate

20

 

(d)

Cooperation

20

4.3

KLX’s Responsibility

20

4.4

Tax Accounting Practices

20

 

(a)

General Rule

20

 

(b)

Reporting of Transactions

20

4.5

KLX Carrybacks and Claims for Refund

21

4.6

Apportionment of Earnings and Profits and Tax Attributes

21

 

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Section 5.

Tax Payments

22

5.1

Payment of Taxes with Respect to B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Returns, B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns, B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns

22

5.2

Payment of Taxes With Respect to IP Sales Taxes, Restructuring Taxes and Certain Returns of Other Taxes

22

 

(a)

Computation and Payment of Tax Due

22

 

(b)

Computation and Payment of Liability With Respect To Tax Due

22

 

(c)

Adjustments Resulting in Underpayments

23

5.3

Payment of Separate Company Taxes

23

5.4

Indemnification Payments

23

5.5

Recomputations

23

Section 6.

Tax Benefits

23

6.1

Tax Benefits

23

 

(a)

General

23

 

(b)

Reimbursements

24

 

(c)

Cooperation

24

6.2

B/E and KLX Income Tax Deductions in Respect of Certain Compensation

24

6.3

Protective Section 336(e) Election

25

Section 7.

Tax-Free Status

26

7.1

Tax Opinions and Representation Letters

26

 

(a)

General

26

 

(b)

Internal Restructuring

26

7.2

Restrictions on KLX

26

 

(a)

General

26

 

(b)

ATB

26

 

(c)

Additional Restricted Actions

27

 

(d)

Certain Issuances of KLX Capital Stock

27

 

(e)

KLX Restructuring

28

 

(f)

Distributions by Foreign KLX Subsidiaries

28

7.3

Restrictions on B/E

28

 

(a)

General

28

 

(b)

ATB

28

 

(c)

Additional Restricted Actions

28

 

(d)

Certain Issuances of B/E Capital Stock

29

7.4

Procedures Regarding Opinions and Rulings for Restricted Acts

29

 

(a)

Notice by KLX

29

 

(b)

Notice by B/E

29

 

(c)

Control of Ruling Process

30

7.5

Liability for Tax-Related Losses

30

 

(a)

KLX

30

 

(b)

B/E

30

 

(c)

Shared Losses

31

 

(d)

Payments

31

Section 8.

Assistance and Cooperation

31

 

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8.1

Assistance and Cooperation

31

8.2

Tax Return Information

31

 

(a)

General

31

 

(b)

KLX Tax Package

31

8.3

Confidentiality

32

8.4

VAT

32

Section 9.

Tax Records

33

Section 10.

Tax Contests

33

10.1

Notice

33

10.2

Control of Tax Contests

33

 

(a)

Separate Company Taxes

33

 

(b)

B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return

33

 

(c)

B/E State Combined Income Tax Return

33

 

(d)

B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return

33

 

(e)

Certain Other Returns

34

 

(f)

Tax-Related Losses

34

 

(g)

Settlement Rights

34

 

(h)

Tax Contest Participation

35

 

(i)

Power of Attorney

35

 

(j)

Cooperation

35

Section 11.

Effective Date; Termination of Prior Tax Agreements

35

Section 12.

Survival

35

Section 13.

Treatment of Payments

36

 

(a)

General

36

 

(b)

After-Tax Basis

36

Section 14.

Disagreements

36

 

(a)

General Procedures

36

 

(b)

Tax Advisor Resolution

37

 

(c)

High-Level Dispute

37

Section 15.

Late Payments

37

Section 16.

Expenses

37

Section 17.

General Provisions

37

17.1

Notices

37

17.2

Waiver

38

17.3

Severability

38

17.4

No Duplication of Payment

39

17.5

Counterparts

39

17.6

Governing Law

39

17.7

Assignment

39

17.8

Amendment

39

17.9

Subsidiaries

39

17.10

Parties in Interest

40

17.11

Currency

40

17.12

Waiver of Jury Trial

40

17.13

Limitation of Liability

40

 

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17.14

 Public Announcements

40

 

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TAX SHARING AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

This TAX SHARING AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of December 15, 2014, between B/E Aerospace, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“B/E”), and KLX Inc., a Delaware corporation and a newly-formed, direct wholly-owned subsidiary of B/E (“KLX”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of B/E has determined that it would be appropriate and desirable to completely separate the CMS Business from B/E;

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, B/E is the common parent of an affiliated group of corporations within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code that has elected to file consolidated U.S. Federal income tax returns (“B/E Affiliated U.S. Tax Group”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement, B/E and KLX have agreed to separate the CMS Business from B/E by means of, among other actions, (i) various internal restructuring transactions largely involving B/E foreign subsidiaries in order to effect the separation of the entities conducting the CMS Business from the entities conducting the Manufacturing Business (the “Internal Restructuring”), the steps of which are described in Exhibit A to this Agreement; (ii) the Contribution; (iii) the Debt Repayment and (iv) the Distribution;

 

WHEREAS, B/E and KLX intend that with respect to the External Spin-Off, (i) the Contribution and the Distribution, taken together, qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code pursuant to which no gain or loss is recognized by B/E or KLX under Sections 357, 361 and 1032 of the Code and with each of B/E and KLX as a party to the reorganization; (ii) the Debt Repayment qualifies as a transfer under Section 361(b)(3) of the Code such that no gain is recognized by B/E upon the receipt of the Cash Proceeds in connection with the Contribution; and (iii) the Distribution qualifies for non-recognition of gain or loss under Sections 355 and 361 of the Code (collectively, the “Tax-Free Status”);

 

WHEREAS, as a result of the Distribution, KLX and certain of its subsidiaries will cease to be members of the B/E Affiliated U.S. Tax Group as of the Distribution Date;

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to provide for and agree upon the allocation between the parties of liabilities for Taxes arising prior to, as a result of, and subsequent to the Distribution, and to provide for and agree upon other matters relating to Taxes;

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Definition of Terms.

 

(a)   General. For purposes of this Agreement (including the recitals hereof), the following terms have the following meanings:

 

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“Adjustment Request” means any claim or request filed with any Tax Authority for the adjustment, refund, or credit of Taxes, including (a) any adjustment pursuant to an amended Tax Return, and (b) any claim for a refund or credit of Taxes.

 

“Affiliate” means any entity that is directly or indirectly “controlled” by either the person in question or an Affiliate of such person. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The term Affiliate shall refer to Affiliates of a person as determined at the relevant time for the determination, provided for the period from and after the Distribution, no member of the B/E Group shall be deemed an Affiliate of the KLX Group and no member of the KLX Group shall be deemed an Affiliate of the B/E Group.

 

“Agreement” shall mean this Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement.

 

“B/E” shall have the meaning set forth in the first sentence of this Agreement.

 

“B/E Active Trade or Business” means the active conduct (as defined in Section 355(b)(2) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) by B/E and its “separate affiliated group” (as defined in Section 355(b)(3)(B) of the Code) of the Manufacturing Business as conducted immediately prior to the Distribution.

 

“B/E Adjustment” means any proposed adjustment by a Tax Authority or claim for refund or credit asserted in a Tax Contest to the extent that, under this Agreement, B/E would be exclusively liable for any resulting Tax or exclusively entitled to receive any resulting Tax Benefit.

 

“B/E Affiliated U.S. Tax Group” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“B/E Board Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(d) of this Agreement.

 

“B/E Capital Stock” means all classes or series of stock of B/E, including (i) the B/E Common Stock, (ii) all options, warrants and other rights to acquire such stock and (iii) all instruments properly treated as stock in B/E for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

“B/E Common Stock” means the single class of common stock of B/E authorized and outstanding on the Distribution Date.

 

“B/E D/355 Certificate” means an officers’ certificate in which the B/E D/355 Representations are made or confirmed on behalf of B/E in connection with the issuance of the Tax Opinion relating to the Tax-Free Status of the External Spin-Off.

 

“B/E D/355 Representations” means certain representations, statements, undertakings and covenants of B/E provided in connection with the issuance of the Tax Opinion relating to the Tax-Free Status of the External Spin-Off.

 

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“B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return” means any United States Federal Income Tax Return for the B/E Affiliated U.S. Tax Group.

 

“B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return” means a consolidated, combined unitary or other similar Foreign Income Tax Return or any Foreign Income Tax Return with respect to any profit and/or loss sharing group, group payment or similar group or fiscal unity that actually includes, by election or otherwise, one or more members of the B/E Group together with one or more members of the KLX Group (but not, for the absence of doubt, United Kingdom companies claiming group relief).

 

“B/E Group” means B/E and its Affiliates, excluding any entity after the Distribution that is a member of the KLX Group.

 

“B/E Group Percentage” means 100% minus the KLX Group Percentage.

 

“B/E Separate Return” means any Separate Return of B/E or any member of the B/E Group.

 

“B/E State Combined Income Tax Return” means a consolidated, combined unitary or other similar State Income Tax Return that actually includes, by election or otherwise, one or more members of the B/E Group together with one or more members of the KLX Group.

 

“Business Day” has the meaning set forth in the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

“CMS Business” has the meaning set forth in the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Compensation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

 

“Contribution” means the contribution of the KLX Assets that comprise the CMS Business, including the stock of the KLX Subsidiaries and liabilities related to the CMS Business, by B/E to KLX in exchange for (i) KLX Common Stock, and (ii) cash in an amount up to $750 million representing a portion of the net loan proceeds borrowed by KLX in connection with the Contribution, which cash will be used to fund the Debt Repayment (“Cash Proceeds”).

 

Controlling Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(g) of this Agreement.

 

“Debt Repayment” means the use by B/E of the Cash Proceeds to repay a portion of the 5.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022 and/or the 6.875% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2020 in connection with the Contribution and the Distribution.

 

“Distribution” means the pro rata distribution by B/E, in respect of the B/E Common Stock, of all of the KLX Common Stock held by B/E to shareholders of B/E on the basis of one share of KLX Common Stock in respect of two shares of B/E Common Stock.

 

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“Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

“Employee Matters Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

“External Spin-Off” means the Contribution, the Debt Repayment and the Distribution.

 

“Federal Income Tax” means any Tax imposed by Subtitle A of the Code, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

“Federal Other Tax” means any Tax imposed by the federal government of the United States of America other than any Federal Income Taxes, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

“Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term for purposes of Sections 355(d) and (e) of the Code.

 

“Final Determination” means the final resolution of liability for any Income Tax or Other Tax for any Tax Period by or as a result of (1) a final and unappealable decision, judgment, decree or other order of a court of competent jurisdiction; (2) a final settlement, compromise or other agreement with the relevant Tax Authority, an agreement that constitutes a determination under Section 1313(a)(4) of the Code, an agreement contained in an IRS form 870-AD, a closing agreement or accepted offer in compromise under Section 7121 or 7122 of the Code, or a comparable agreement under State, local or foreign law; (3) the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations; or (4) payment of such Tax, if assessed by a Tax Authority, pursuant to an agreement in writing by B/E and KLX (or any of their Affiliates) to accept such assessment.

 

“Foreign Income Tax” means any Tax imposed by any foreign country or any possession of the United States, or by any political subdivision of any foreign country or United States possession, which is an income tax as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.901-2, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

“Foreign Other Tax” means any Tax imposed by any foreign country or any possession of the United States, or by any political subdivision of any foreign country or United States possession, other than any Foreign Income Taxes, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

“Foreign Tax” means any Foreign Income Taxes and/or Foreign Other Taxes.

 

“Group” means the B/E Group or the KLX Group, or both, as the context requires.

 

“High-Level Dispute” means any dispute or disagreement (a) relating to liability under Section 7.5 of this Agreement or (b) in which the amount of liability in dispute exceeds $10 million.

 

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“IP Sale” means the sale, license or other transfer (directly or indirectly and including through a cost sharing or similar arrangement) of the non-U.S. intellectual property relating to the CMS Business formerly held by B/E and other B/E Group members to one or more non-U.S. members of the KLX Group.

 

“IP Sale Taxes” means any Taxes imposed on or otherwise payable by B/E or the other members of the B/E Group for any Tax Period (before, including and after the Distribution) arising from or otherwise attributable to the IP Sale, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any increase in Taxes resulting from a Final Determination.

 

“Income Tax” means any Federal Income Tax, State Income Tax and/or Foreign Income Tax.

 

Intended Tax Treatment” means the tax treatment of any Restructuring Transaction as originally reported on the relevant Tax Return by the Responsible Company in a manner consistent with the relevant Tax Opinion.

 

“Internal Restructuring” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

“KLX” shall have the meaning set forth in the first sentence of this Agreement.

 

“KLX Active Trade or Business” means the active conduct (as defined in Section 355(b)(2) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) by KLX and its “separate affiliated group” (as defined in Section 355(b)(3)(B) of the Code) of the aerospace consumables products distribution segment of the CMS Business as conducted immediately prior to the Distribution.

 

“KLX Adjustment” means any proposed adjustment by a Tax Authority or claim for refund or credit asserted in a Tax Contest to the extent that, under this Agreement, KLX would be exclusively liable for any resulting Tax or exclusively entitled to receive any resulting Tax Benefit.

 

“KLX Board Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(d) of this Agreement.

 

“KLX Capital Stock” means all classes or series of stock of KLX, including (i) the KLX Common Stock, (ii) all options, warrants and other rights to acquire such stock and (iii) all instruments properly treated as stock in KLX for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

“KLX Carryback” means any net operating loss, net capital loss, excess tax credit, or other similar Tax Attribute of any member of the KLX Group which may or must be carried from one Tax Period to another prior Tax Period under the Code or other applicable Tax Law.

 

“KLX Common Stock” means the single class of authorized and outstanding common stock of KLX immediately after the Distribution.

 

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“KLX D/355 Certificate” means an officers’ certificate in which the KLX D/355 Representations are made or confirmed on behalf of KLX in connection with the issuance of the Tax Opinion relating to the Tax-Free Status of the External Spin-Off.

 

“KLX D/355 Representations” means certain representations, statements, undertakings and covenants of KLX provided in connection with the issuance of the Tax Opinion relating to the Tax-Free Status of the External Spin-Off.

 

“KLX Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return” shall mean any United States Federal Income Tax Return for the affiliated group (as that term is defined in Section 1504 of the Code) of which KLX is the common parent.

 

“KLX Group” means KLX and its Affiliates, as determined immediately after the Distribution, including the KLX Subsidiaries.

 

“KLX Group Percentage” means the percentage determined by dividing (i) the simple average of the volume weighted average per share price of the KLX Common Stock trading on the trading days commencing with the first trading day following the Distribution Date and ending with the last trading day concurrent with or immediately preceding the thirtieth day following the Distribution Date, by (ii) the sum of (A) the amount determined in clause (i) and (B) the simple average of the volume weighted average per share price of the B/E Common Stock trading on the trading days commencing with the first trading day following the Distribution Date and ending with the last trading day concurrent with or immediately preceding the thirtieth day following the Distribution Date.

 

“KLX Separate Return” means any Separate Return of KLX or any member of the KLX Group.

 

“KLX Subsidiaries” means the entities listed on Exhibit 21.1 of Form 10 (as defined in the Separation and Distribution Agreement).

 

“Manufacturing Business” shall have the meaning set forth in the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

“Mitigation Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 of this Agreement.

 

“Non-Controlling Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(g) of this Agreement.

 

“Other Tax” means any Federal Other Tax, State Other Tax, and/or Foreign Other Tax.

 

“Past Practices” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a) of this Agreement.

 

“Payment Date” means (i) with respect to any B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, the due date for any required installment of estimated taxes determined under Section 6655 of the Code, the due date (determined without regard to extensions) for filing the Return determined under Section 6072 of the Code, and the date the Return is filed; and (ii) with respect to any other Tax Return, the corresponding dates determined under the applicable Tax Law.

 

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“Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization or a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof, without regard to whether any entity is treated as disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

“Post-Distribution Period” means any Tax Period beginning after the Distribution Date, and, in the case of any Straddle Period, the portion of such Straddle Period beginning the day after the Distribution Date.

 

“Pre-Distribution Period” means any Tax Period ending on or before the Distribution Date, and, in the case of any Straddle Period, the portion of such Straddle Period ending on the Distribution Date.

 

“Prime Rate” means the base rate on corporate loans charged JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. from time to time, compounded daily on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 (as applicable) days and actual days elapsed.

 

“Proposed Acquisition Transaction” means a transaction or series of transactions (or any agreement, understanding or arrangement, within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7 to enter into a transaction or series of transactions), whether such transaction is supported by KLX or B/E, as applicable, management or shareholders, is a hostile or unsolicited acquisition, or otherwise, as a result of which B/E or KLX would merge or consolidate with any other Person or as a result of which any Person or any group of related Persons would (directly or indirectly) acquire, or have the right to acquire, from B/E or KLX and/or one or more holders of outstanding shares of B/E Capital Stock or KLX Capital Stock, as applicable and including through a stock offering or other issuance, a number of shares of B/E Capital Stock or KLX Capital Stock that would, when combined with any other changes in ownership of B/E Capital Stock or KLX Capital Stock pertinent for purposes of Section 355(e) of the Code, comprise 35% or more of (A) the value of all outstanding shares of B/E Capital Stock or KLX Capital Stock as of the date of such transaction, or in the case of a series of transactions, the date of the last transaction of such series, or (B) the total combined voting power of all outstanding shares of B/E Capital Stock or KLX Capital Stock as of the date of such transaction, or in the case of a series of transactions, the date of the last transaction of such series. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Proposed Acquisition Transaction shall not include (i) the adoption by B/E or KLX of a shareholder rights plan that meets the requirements of Revenue Ruling 90-11, (ii) issuances of stock by B/E or KLX that satisfy Safe Harbor VIII (relating to acquisitions in connection with a person’s performance of services) or Safe Harbor IX (relating to acquisitions by a retirement plan of an employer) of Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7(d) or (iii) transfers of stock on an established securities market that are described in Safe Harbor VII of Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7(d). For this purpose, any recapitalization, repurchase or redemption of B/E Common Stock or other Capital Stock or KLX Common Stock or other Capital Stock (as the case may be) and any amendment to the certificate of incorporation (or other organizational documents) of B/E or KLX (as the case may be) shall be treated as an indirect acquisition of such stock by any shareholder to the extent such shareholder’s percentage interest in interests that are treated as outstanding equity in B/E or KLX (as the case may be) for U.S. federal income tax purposes increases by vote or value. This definition and the application thereof are intended to monitor compliance with Section 355(e) of the Code and shall be

 

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interpreted accordingly. Any clarification of, or change in, the statute or regulations promulgated under Section 355(e) of the Code shall be incorporated in this definition and its interpretation.

 

“Representation Letters” means the representation letters delivered or deliverable by B/E and KLX (and their officers) in connection with the rendering by Tax Advisors of the Tax Opinions, including, with respect to the Tax Opinion relating to the Tax-Free Status of the External Spin-Off, the B/E D/355 Certificate, the KLX D/355 Certificate, and the Senior Management Representation Letter.

 

“Responsible Company” means, with respect to any Tax Return, the Company having the primary responsibility for preparing and filing such Tax Return under this Agreement.

 

“Restructuring Tax” means any Tax imposed as a result of or directly in connection with the Restructuring Transactions, including any Transfer Tax but excluding any IP Sale Tax and any Tax that is a Tax-Related Loss.

 

“Restructuring Transactions” means the distributions, transfers, assignments, exchanges and other transactions contemplated by the Internal Restructuring as described on Exhibit A to this Agreement, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt, the External Spin-Off and the IP Sale.

 

“Ruling” means a private letter ruling issued by the IRS to B/E to the effect that a transaction will not affect the Tax-Free Status or the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

“Ruling Request” means any letter filed by B/E with the IRS requesting a Ruling (including all attachments, exhibits, and other materials submitted with such ruling request letter) and any amendment or supplement to such ruling request letter.

 

“Section 336(e) Election” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3 of this Agreement.

 

“Section 7.2(d) Acquisition Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions involving KLX that is not a Proposed Acquisition Transaction but would be a Proposed Acquisition Transaction if the percentage reflected in the definition of Proposed Acquisition Transaction were 20% instead of 35%.

 

“Section 7.3(d) Acquisition Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions involving B/E that is not a Proposed Acquisition Transaction but would be a Proposed Acquisition Transaction if the percentage reflected in the definition of Proposed Acquisition Transaction were 20% instead of 35%.

 

Senior Management Representation Letter” means the certificate from the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of B/E (and, following the Distribution, the Executive Chairman of B/E and Chief Executive Office and Chairman of KLX) in which certain representations and statements are made in connection with the issuance of the Tax Opinion relating to the Tax-Free Status of the External Spin-Off.

 

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“Separate Return” means (a) in the case of any Tax Return of any member of the KLX Group (including any consolidated, combined or unitary Return), any such Tax Return that does not include any member of the B/E Group and (b) in the case of any Tax Return of any member of the B/E Group (including any consolidated, combined or unitary Return), any such Tax Return that does not include any member of the KLX Group.

 

“Separation and Distribution Agreement” means the Separation and Distribution Agreement between B/E and KLX dated as of December 15, 2014.

 

“State Income Tax” means any Tax imposed by any State of the United States or by any political subdivision of any such State which is based upon, measured by, or calculated with respect to: (i) net income or profits or net receipts (including, but not limited to, any capital gains, minimum Tax, or any Tax on items of Tax preference, but not including sales, use, real or personal property, value added, escheat, excise or transfer or similar Taxes) or (ii) multiple bases (including franchise, doing business and occupation Taxes) if one or more bases upon which such Tax may be based, measured by, or calculated with respect to, is described in clause (i) together in each case with any interest, penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

“State Other Tax” means any Tax imposed by any State of the United States or by any political subdivision of any such State other than any State Income Taxes, including, for the avoidance of doubt, sales, use, real or personal property, value added, excise, goods and services, customs, escheat and similar Taxes, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

“State Tax” means any State Income Taxes and/or State Other Taxes.

 

“Straddle Period” means any Tax Period that begins on or before and ends after the Distribution Date.

 

“Tax” or “Taxes” means any income, gross income, gross receipts, profits, capital stock, franchise, withholding, payroll, social security, workers compensation, unemployment, disability, property, ad valorem, stamp, excise, severance, occupation, service, sales, use, license, lease, transfer, import, export, value added, alternative minimum, estimated or other tax (including any fee, assessment, or other charge in the nature of or in lieu of any tax) imposed by any governmental entity or political subdivision thereof, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

“Tax Adjustment” means an adjustment of any item of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit or other Tax Attribute.

 

“Tax Advisor” means an independent tax counsel or an accounting firm of recognized national standing in the United States or other applicable jurisdiction that imposes the Tax in respect of which advice is rendered or an opinion is delivered, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, if acceptable to both Parties, the Tax Advisor for a matter can be the auditor of either Party.

 

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“Tax Attribute” shall mean a net operating loss, net capital loss, unused investment credit, unused foreign tax credit, excess charitable contribution, general business credit or any other Tax Item that could reduce a Tax.

 

“Tax Authority” means, with respect to any Tax, the governmental entity or political subdivision thereof that imposes such Tax, and the agency (if any) charged with the collection of such Tax for such entity or subdivision.

 

“Tax Benefit” means any refund, credit, or other reduction in Taxes.

 

“Tax Contest” means an audit, review, examination, or any other administrative or judicial proceeding with the purpose or effect of redetermining Taxes (including any administrative or judicial review of any claim for refund).

 

“Tax-Free Status” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Tax Item” means, with respect to any Income Tax, any item of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit.

 

“Tax Law” means the law of any governmental entity or political subdivision thereof relating to any Tax.

 

“Tax Matters Dispute” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(a) of this Agreement.

 

“Tax Materials” means the Representation Letters and any other materials delivered or deliverable by B/E, KLX or any other member of their respective Group in connection with the rendering by a Tax Advisor of the Tax Opinions.

 

“Tax Opinions” means the (i) the opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP deliverable to B/E and relating to the Tax-Free Status of the External Spin-Off, and (ii) the opinions of one or more other Tax Advisors deliverable to B/E or KLX or another member of their respective Group in connection with the Internal Restructuring.

 

“Tax Package” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(b) of this Agreement.

 

“Tax Period” means, with respect to any Tax, the period for which the Tax is reported as provided under the Code or other applicable Tax Law.

 

“Tax Records” means any Tax Returns, Tax Return workpapers, documentation relating to any Tax Contests, and any other books of account or records (whether or not in written, electronic or other tangible or intangible forms and whether or not stored on electronic or any other medium) required to be maintained under the Code or other applicable Tax Laws or under any record retention agreement with any Tax Authority.

 

“Tax-Related Losses” means (i) all U.S. federal, state and local and foreign Taxes (including interest and penalties thereon) imposed pursuant to any settlement, Final Determination, judgment or otherwise; (ii) all accounting, legal and other professional fees, and

 

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court costs incurred in connection with such Taxes; and (iii) all costs, expenses and damages associated with stockholder litigation or controversies and any amount paid by B/E (or any B/E Affiliate) or KLX (or any KLX Affiliate) in respect of the liability of shareholders, whether paid to shareholders or to the IRS or any other Tax Authority, in each case, resulting from the failure of (x) the Contribution, the Debt Repayment or the Distribution to qualify for Tax-Free Status or (y) a transaction that is part of the Internal Restructuring to have its Intended Tax Treatment.

 

“Tax Return” or “Return” means any return or report of Taxes due, any claim for refund of Taxes paid, any information return with respect to Taxes, or any other similar return, report, statement, declaration, or document required to be filed under the Code or other Tax Law, including any attachments, exhibits, or other materials submitted with any of the foregoing, and including any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing.

 

“Transfer Taxes” means all sales, use, transfer, recordation, documentary, stamp or similar Other Taxes.

 

“Treasury Regulations” means the regulations promulgated from time to time under the Code as in effect for the relevant Tax Period.

 

“Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion” means an unqualified “will” opinion of a Tax Advisor, which Tax Advisor is reasonably acceptable to B/E (if pursuant to Section 7.2) or KLX (if pursuant to Section 7.3), on which B/E and KLX may rely to the effect that a transaction will not affect the Tax-Free Status or the Intended Tax Treatment, as applicable. Any such opinion shall assume that the Contribution, the Debt Repayment and the Distribution would have qualified for Tax-Free Status, and the Internal Restructuring would have qualified for the Intended Tax Treatment, if the transaction in question did not occur and may assume the accuracy of, and may rely upon, customary assumptions, representations and undertakings reasonably satisfactory to B/E or KLX, as applicable, contained in a certificate delivered by an officer of B/E or KLX as the case may be.

 

“VAT” means (a) any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and (b) any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph (a) above, or imposed elsewhere.

 

(b)  Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement: (i) B/E and KLX are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Companies” or the “Parties” and, as the context requires, individually referred to herein as the “Company” or a “Party” and (ii) each of the term B/E Group and the KLX Group shall refer to their members for all Tax Periods whether before or after the Distribution Date. The provisions of Section 1.02 of the Separation and Distribution Agreement are incorporated by reference and shall apply to the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the parties hereto mutatis mutandis.

 

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Section 2. Allocation of Tax Liabilities.

 

2.1       General Rule.

 

(a)         B/E Liability. B/E shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the KLX Group from and against any and all liability for, Taxes which are allocated to B/E under this Section 2 (including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination).

 

(b)         KLX Liability. KLX shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the B/E Group from and against any and all liability for, Taxes which are allocated to KLX under this Section 2 (including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination).

 

2.2       Allocation of United States Federal Income Tax and Federal Other Tax. Except as provided in Section 2.6, Federal Income Tax and Federal Other Tax shall be allocated as follows:

 

(a)         Allocation of Income Tax Relating to B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Returns. With respect to any B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, B/E shall be responsible for any and all Federal Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any such Income Tax Return.

 

(b)         Allocation of Income Tax Relating to Federal Separate Income Tax Returns. (i) B/E shall be responsible for any and all Federal Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any B/E Separate Return; and (ii) KLX shall be responsible for any and all Federal Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any KLX Separate Return.

 

(c)          Allocation of Federal Other Tax. B/E shall be responsible for any and all Federal Other Taxes attributable to the Manufacturing Business. KLX shall be responsible for any and all Federal Other Taxes attributable to the CMS Business.

 

2.3       Allocation of State Income and State Other Taxes. Except as provided in Section 2.6, State Income Tax and State Other Tax shall be allocated as follows:

 

(a)         Allocation of State Income Tax Relating to B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns. B/E shall be responsible for any and all State Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any B/E State Combined Income Tax Return.

 

(b)         Allocation of State Income Tax Relating to Separate Returns. (i) B/E shall be responsible for any and all State Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any B/E Separate Return; and (ii) KLX shall be responsible for any and all State Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any KLX Separate Return.

 

(c)          Allocation of State Other Tax. B/E shall be responsible for any and all State Other Taxes attributable to the Manufacturing Business. KLX shall be responsible for any and all State Other Taxes attributable to the CMS Business.

 

2.4       Allocation of Foreign Taxes. Except as provided in Section 2.6, Foreign Income Tax and Foreign Other Tax shall be allocated as follows:

 

(a)         Allocation of Foreign Income Tax Relating to B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns. B/E shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return.

 

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(b)         Allocation of Foreign Income Tax Relating to Separate Returns. (i) B/E shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any B/E Separate Return, including Foreign Income Tax of any member of the B/E Group imposed by way of withholding by a member of the KLX Group; and (ii) KLX shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any KLX Separate Return, including Foreign Income Tax of any member of the KLX Group imposed by way of withholding by a member of the B/E Group.

 

(c)          Allocation of Foreign Other Tax. B/E shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Other Taxes attributable to the Manufacturing Business. KLX shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Other Taxes attributable to the CMS Business.

 

2.5       Taxes Not Shown on a Tax Return. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Company and its respective Affiliates shall timely pay when due any Taxes not shown on a Tax Return filed by a member of a Group, such as Taxes invoiced by a Taxing Authority, for which such Company or Affiliate is liable under applicable Tax Law.

 

2.6       Certain Transaction and Other Taxes.

 

(a)         KLX Liability. KLX shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the B/E Group from and against any and all liability for:

 

(i)             100% of any IP Sale Taxes;

 

(ii)          50% of any Restructuring Taxes;

 

(iii)       Any Tax resulting from a breach by KLX of any covenant or representation in this Agreement, the Separation and Distribution Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; and

 

(iv)      Any Tax-Related Losses for which KLX is responsible pursuant to Section 7.5 of this Agreement.

 

(b)         B/E Liability. B/E shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the KLX Group from and against any and all liability for:

 

(i)            50% of any Restructuring Taxes;

 

(ii)         Any Tax resulting from a breach by B/E of any covenant or representation in this Agreement, the Separation and Distribution Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; and

 

(iii)      Any Tax-Related Losses for which B/E is responsible pursuant to Section 7.5 of this Agreement.

 

(c)          IP Sale Taxes. For purposes of determining IP Sale Income Taxes and amounts indemnified against by KLX on account of IP Sale Taxes, the Income Taxes with respect to the IP Sale shall be computed on a with or without basis by determining for each Tax Period the excess, if any, of the amount of Taxes actually payable by the B/E Group by taking into account

 

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the IP Sale over the amount of hypothetical Taxes payable by the B/E Group without taking into account the IP Sale for each Tax Period (by assuming that the IP Sale was implemented by the KLX Group after the Distribution Date with no Tax consequences for the B/E Group in any Tax Period) and KLX shall pay to B/E the amount of any such excess Taxes actually payable by B/E for each Tax Period (including on an estimated basis) in accordance with Section 5.2. At the request of either Party, the amount of IP Sale Taxes shall be computed or confirmed by a Tax Advisor mutually selected by B/E and KLX, and the costs of such accounting firm and any other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses related thereto shall be borne by KLX. The Parties shall cooperate and act in good faith in assisting the Tax Advisor in determining the scope of work and in computing or confirming IP Sale Taxes under this Agreement. At the request of either Party during the 180-day period following the Distribution Date, the Parties shall explore the treatment of the IP Sale as subject to the next day rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b)(1)(ii)(B) and shall jointly determine the reporting of the IP Sale for such purposes, provided if the Parties cannot agree, they shall follow the provisions of Section 14.

 

(d)         Certain Transfer Taxes. The Parties agree that any and all Transfer Taxes, imposed in connection with the transfer of the KLX Assets from B/E to KLX pursuant to the Contribution shall be borne equally by B/E and KLX. B/E shall determine the manner in which any Transfer Taxes and any corresponding transactions are reported for Tax purposes, including any position that no Transfer Taxes are due and payable and, unless otherwise required pursuant to a Final Determination, no member of the KLX Group shall take any action that is inconsistent with the manner in which such Transfer Taxes are reported. B/E shall file (or cause to be filed) all necessary documentation with respect to such Transfer Taxes on a timely basis; provided that KLX Group shall cooperate with the preparation of any such documentation and, to the extent required by applicable Tax law, will timely file such documentation.

 

Section 3. Proration of Taxes for Straddle Periods. With respect to any Straddle Period, B/E and KLX shall treat, and elect to treat the close of the Distribution Date as the last day of the Tax Period. If no such election is permitted, the Taxes for the Straddle Period shall be allocated to the Pre-Distribution Period as follows: (i) in the case of real or personal property taxes, taxes based on capital, or a flat minimum amount tax, the total amount of such Taxes multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the partial period through and including the Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such Straddle Period; and (ii) in the case of all other Taxes, including Income Taxes, based upon an actual closing of the books methodology, as determined in accordance with the relevant books and records; provided that, if the Distribution Date is not on a date for which there is a closing of the financial accounting records for KLX, the closing of the books methodology will be applied to ratably allocate Tax Items for the month which includes the Distribution Date, except that any extraordinary Tax Items (based on the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-76(b)(2)(ii)(C)) shall be allocated to the Pre-Distribution and Post-Distribution Period, as applicable.

 

Section 4. Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns.

 

4.1 General. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4, Tax Returns shall be prepared and filed when due (including extensions) by the Person obligated to file such Tax Returns under the Code or other applicable Tax Law.

 

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4 2 B/E’s Responsibility. B/E shall prepare and file, or to cause to be prepared and filed:

 

(a)         Federal Consolidated. B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Returns for Tax Periods ending on, before or after the Distribution Date;

 

(b)         State Combined. B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns and B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns for Tax Periods ending on, before or after the Distribution Date;

 

(c)          Separate. B/E Separate Returns for Tax Periods ending on, before or after the Distribution Date.

 

(d)         Cooperation. For any Tax Return described in this Section 4.2, KLX agrees to, and shall compel each other member of the KLX Group whose Tax information is included in any such Tax Return to (i) evidence agreement to be included in such Tax Return on the appropriate form and (ii) take such other action, including any elections or powers of attorney, as B/E in good faith determines to be reasonably necessary to prepare, complete and timely file such Tax Return (including the payment of any Taxes shown as due thereon) and to carry out the purposes and intent of this Section 4.2.

 

4.3 KLX’s Responsibility. KLX shall prepare and file, or shall cause to be prepared and filed, all Tax Returns required to be filed by or with respect to members of the KLX Group other than those Tax Returns which B/E is required to prepare and file under Section 4.2. The Tax Returns required to be prepared and filed by KLX under this Section 4.3 shall include (a) any KLX Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return for Tax Periods ending after the Distribution Date and (b) KLX Separate Returns required to be filed for Tax Periods ending on, before or after the Distribution Date.

 

4.4 Tax Accounting Practices.

 

(a)         General Rule. Except as provided in Section 4.4(b), with respect to any Tax Return described in Section 4.3 for a Pre-Distribution Period or any Straddle Period, such Tax Return shall be prepared in accordance with past practices, accounting methods, elections or conventions (“Past Practices”) used with respect to the Tax Returns in question (unless there is no reasonable basis for the use of such Past Practices or unless there is no adverse effect to B/E), and to the extent any items are not covered by Past Practices (or in the event that there is no reasonable basis for the use of such Past Practices or there is no adverse effect to B/E), in accordance with reasonable Tax accounting practices selected by KLX. Except as provided in Section 4.4(b), B/E shall prepare any Tax Return which it has the obligation and right to prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, under Section 4.2, in accordance with reasonable Tax accounting practices selected by B/E, provided they are consistent with Past Practices or do not have a materially adverse Tax effect on KLX for Post-Distribution Periods, provided further, that the Parties may mutually agree in writing within 90 days after the External Spin-Off to change one or more of the tax accounting methods or practices related to KLX or the CMS Business.

 

(b)         Reporting of Transactions. The Tax treatment reported on any Tax Return that relates to the External Spin-Off and Restructuring Transactions shall be consistent with the treatment thereof in the relevant Tax Opinions. To the extent there is a Tax treatment relating to the External Spin-Off or Restructuring Transactions which is not covered by the Tax Opinions, the

 

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Companies shall agree on the Tax treatment to be reported on any Tax Return. For this purpose, the Tax treatment shall be determined by the Responsible Company with respect to such Tax Return and shall be agreed to by the other Company unless either (i) there is no reasonable basis for such Tax treatment, (ii) such Tax treatment is inconsistent with the Tax treatment contemplated in the Tax Opinions, or (iii) more favorable Tax treatment is available, as confirmed by an opinion of a Tax Advisor (which opinion and Tax Advisor shall be reasonably acceptable to the Responsible Party). Any dispute regarding such proper Tax treatment shall be referred for resolution pursuant to Section 14, sufficiently in advance of the filing date of such Tax Return (including extensions) to permit timely filing of the Tax Return.

 

4.5 KLX Carrybacks and Claims for Refund. KLX hereby agrees that, unless B/E consents in writing, (i) no Adjustment Request with respect to any B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns or any B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns (or any Return of Other Taxes described in clause (ii) of Section 5.2) shall be filed, and (ii) any available elections to waive the right to claim any KLX Carryback arising in a Post-Distribution Period to any Pre-Distribution Period with respect to any B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns or any B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns (or any Return of Other Taxes described in clause (ii) of Section 5.2) shall be made, and no affirmative election shall be made to claim any such KLX Carryback; provided, however, that the Parties agree that any such Adjustment Request shall be made with respect to any KLX Carryback, upon the reasonable request of KLX, if such KLX Carryback is necessary to prevent the loss of the Tax Benefit of such KLX Carryback and such Adjustment Request, based on B/E’s sole, reasonable determination, will cause no Tax detriment to the B/E Group or any member of the B/E Group (unless KLX agrees to reimburse B/E for the Tax detriment at no net cost to B/E). Any Adjustment Request which B/E consents to make under this Section 4.5 shall be prepared and filed by B/E or the applicable member of the B/E Group, and KLX shall be responsible for any out-of-pocket expenses with respect to such request and filing.

 

4.6 Apportionment of Earnings and Profits and Tax Attributes. As soon as reasonably practicable following the Distribution Date, B/E shall notify KLX in writing of the portion, if any, of any earnings and profits, overall foreign loss or other Tax Attribute from Pre-Distribution Periods, including consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Attributes, which B/E determines shall be allocated or apportioned to the KLX Group under applicable Tax Law. B/E shall provide reasonable timely updates to KLX of the allocation of Tax Attributes as B/E finalizes Tax Returns for the B/E Group and as adjustments, if any, are subsequently made to such Tax Returns. KLX and all members of the KLX Group shall prepare all Tax Returns in accordance with such written notice. In the event that any temporary or final amendments to Treasury Regulations are promulgated after the date of this Agreement that provide for any election to apply such regulations retroactively, then any such election shall be made only to the extent that B/E and KLX mutually agree to make such election. As soon as practicable after receipt of a written request from KLX, B/E shall provide copies of any studies, reports, and workpapers supporting the earnings and profits and other Tax Attributes allocable to KLX. Any dispute regarding the apportionment of such earnings and profits or any Tax Attribute shall be resolved pursuant to the provisions of Section 14 of this Agreement. All Tax Returns prepared by the B/E Group and the KLX Group shall be consistent with any allocation or apportionment as determined pursuant to this Section 4.6.

 

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Section 5. Tax Payments.

 

5.1       Payment of Taxes with Respect to B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Returns, B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns, B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns. B/E shall pay to the IRS or other applicable Tax Authority any Tax due with respect to any B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, B/E State Combined Income Tax Returns and B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns; provided that Section 5.2 shall apply with respect to any IP Sale Taxes and Restructuring Taxes.

 

5.2       Payment of Taxes With Respect to IP Sales Taxes, Restructuring Taxes and Certain Returns of Other Taxes. In the case of any (i) Return described in Section 5.1 or Section 5.3 for which IP Sale Taxes and/or Restructuring Taxes will be reported, and (ii) Return of Other Taxes reflecting both Taxes for which B/E is responsible under Section 2 and Taxes for which KLX is responsible under Section 2:

 

(a)         Computation and Payment of Tax Due. At least five Business Days prior to any Payment Date for any Tax Return, the Responsible Company shall compute the amount of IP Sale Taxes, Restructuring Taxes or Other Taxes, as the case may be, required to be paid to the applicable Tax Authority with respect to such Tax Return on such Payment Date. The Responsible Company shall pay such amount to such Tax Authority on or before such Payment Date (and provide notice and proof of payment to the other Company).

 

(b)         Computation and Payment of Liability With Respect To Tax Due. Within 30 days following the earlier of (i) the due date (including extensions) for filing any such Tax Return (excluding any Tax Return with respect to payment of estimated Taxes or Taxes due with a request for extension of time to file) or (ii) the date on which such Tax Return is filed, if B/E is the Responsible Company, then KLX shall pay to B/E the amount allocable to the KLX Group under the provisions of Section 2, and if KLX is the Responsible Company, then B/E shall pay to KLX the amount allocable to the B/E Group under the provisions of Section 2, in each case, plus interest computed at the Prime Rate on the amount of the payment based on the number of days from the earlier of (i) the due date of the Tax Return (including extensions) or (ii) the date on which such Tax Return is filed, to the date of payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing and Section 5.2(a), in the case of Income Taxes that are IP Sale Taxes, at B/E’s option, B/E shall be permitted to deliver to KLX a written computation in reasonable detail showing the increase in Income Taxes payable by the B/E Group (computed on a with and without basis in accordance with Section 2.6(c)) prior to the date required by Section 5.2(a), and KLX shall pay the amount of such increase in Income Taxes to B/E within twenty days of KLX’s receipt of such computation; provided KLX shall have the right to have such written computation confirmed by a Tax Advisor in accordance with Section 2.6(c) and, in such case, KLX shall not be required to make a payment to B/E until the amount is confirmed or otherwise determined by such Tax Advisor; provided further that if the payment by KLX occurs after the date the relevant Tax Return is filed or the payment of the relevant Taxes is made by B/E to a Tax Authority (including on an estimated basis), KLX shall also pay interest at the Prime Rate on the amount of the payment based on the number of days from the filing date or the Tax payment date by B/E to the date B/E is reimbursed by KLX for such increased Taxes.

 

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(c)          Adjustments Resulting in Underpayments. In the case of any adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination with respect to any such Tax Return, the Responsible Company shall pay to the applicable Tax Authority when due any additional Tax due with respect to such Return required to be paid as a result of such adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination. The Responsible Company shall compute the amount attributable to the KLX Group (or the B/E Group) in accordance with Section 2 and KLX shall pay to B/E any amount due B/E (or B/E shall pay KLX any amount due KLX) within 30 days from the later of (i) the date the additional Tax was paid by the Responsible Company or (ii) the date of receipt of a written notice and demand from the Responsible Company for payment of the amount due, accompanied by evidence of payment and a statement detailing the Taxes paid and describing in reasonable detail the particulars relating thereto. Any payments required under this Section 5.2(c) shall include interest computed at the Prime Rate based on the number of days from the date the additional Tax was paid by the Responsible Company to the date of the payment under this Section 5.2(c).

 

5.3       Payment of Separate Company Taxes. Each Company shall pay, or shall cause to be paid, to the applicable Tax Authority when due all Taxes owed by such Company or a member of such Company’s Group with respect to a Separate Return of Income Taxes and with respect to a Separate Return of Other Taxes, provided that (i) Separate Returns of Other Taxes described in Section 5.2 shall be governed by Section 5.2, and (ii) Section 5.2 shall apply with respect to any IP Sale Taxes and Restructuring Taxes.

 

5.4       Indemnification Payments. All indemnification payments under this Agreement shall be made by B/E directly to KLX and by KLX directly to B/E and shall be treated by B/E and KLX (and their respective Affiliates) in the manner set forth in Section 13; provided, however, that if the Companies mutually agree with respect to any such indemnification payment, any member of the B/E Group, on the one hand, may make such indemnification payment to any member of the KLX Group, on the other hand, and vice versa.

 

5.5              Recomputations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, if one Party makes a payment on account of Taxes to another Party under this Agreement, including with respect to a Tax indemnified against, and the amount of such payment, because of an amended Return, Tax Authority adjustment, Final Determination, carryover of a Tax Item or otherwise, would be increased or decreased if computed at a later date, at the written request of either Party, the Parties shall recompute such payment at such later date and an appropriate adjusting payment shall be made between the Parties promptly following such recomputation.

 

Section 6. Tax Benefits.

 

6.1       Tax Benefits.

 

(a)         General. Except as set forth below, B/E shall be entitled to any refund (and any interest thereon received from the applicable Tax Authority) of Income Taxes and Other Taxes for which B/E is liable hereunder, KLX shall be entitled to any refund (and any interest thereon received from the applicable Tax Authority) of Income Taxes and Other Taxes for which KLX is liable hereunder and a Company receiving a refund (including by way of credit or offset) to which another Company is entitled hereunder shall pay over such refund (net of charges imposed

 

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on the Company receiving the refund) to such other Company within 30 days after such refund is received (together with interest computed at the Prime Rate based on the number of days from the date the refund was received to the date the refund was paid over).

 

(b)         Reimbursements. Subject to Section 6.3, if a member of the KLX Group actually realizes in cash any Tax Benefit as a result of an adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination to any Taxes for which a member of the B/E Group is liable hereunder (or to any Tax Attribute of a member of the B/E Group) and such Tax Benefit would not have arisen but for such adjustment (determined on a “with and without” basis (treating any such Tax Benefit as the last item claimed for the taxable year, including after the utilization of any available net operating loss carryforwards)), or if a member of the B/E Group actually realizes in cash any Tax Benefit as a result of an adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination to any Taxes for which a member of the KLX Group is liable hereunder (or to any Tax Attribute of a member of the KLX Group) and such Tax Benefit would not have arisen but for such adjustment (determined on a “with and without” basis (treating any such Tax Benefit as the last item claimed for the taxable year, including after the utilization of any available net operating loss carryforwards)), KLX or B/E, as the case may be, shall make a payment to either B/E or KLX, as appropriate, within 30 days following such actual realization of the Tax Benefit, in an amount equal to such Tax Benefit actually realized in cash (including any Tax Benefit actually realized as a result of the payment) plus interest on such amount computed at the Prime Rate based on the number of days from the date of such actual realization of the Tax Benefit to the date of payment of such amount under this Section 6.1(b). For the avoidance of doubt, a Tax Benefit is actually realized when the amount of Tax payable is reduced below the amount that would otherwise be payable without the Tax Benefit.

 

(c)          Cooperation. If as a result of an assessment by a Tax Authority, amended Return or otherwise, there is an increase in Taxes for which one Group is liable hereunder because of additional income, reduction in a Tax Attribute or otherwise, then the other Group shall at the request of the first Group file an amended Return or otherwise pursue any Tax Benefits claim available to the other Group as a result of the Tax adjustment to the first Group, provided that the first Group has furnished the other Group with (i) an opinion of a Tax Advisor reasonably satisfactory to the other Group to the effect that it is more likely than not that the other Group will prevail in obtaining Tax Benefits or otherwise reducing the Taxes of the other Group because of the Tax adjustment to the first Group, and (ii) an acknowledgement that the first Group will reimburse the other Group for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the other Group in connection with making such Tax Benefit claim.

 

6.2            B/E and KLX Income Tax Deductions in Respect of Certain Compensation. Solely a member of the B/E Group shall be entitled to claim any Income Tax deduction on its Tax Return arising from the payment of the 2014 cash bonuses, as described in Section 7.01(a) of the Employee Matters Agreement, and any vesting, exercise, disqualifying disposition, payment or other relevant taxable event occurring prior to the Effective Time with respect to any compensation, including, without limitation, salary, equity awards, incentive compensation and deferred compensation (“Compensation”). Solely a member of the B/E Group shall be entitled to claim any Income Tax deduction on its Tax Return arising from the vesting, exercise, disqualifying disposition, payment or other relevant taxable event with respect to any Compensation earned by any individual who has ceased to provide services to any member of

 

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either the B/E Group or the KLX Group prior to the Effective Time. Solely the member of the Group for which the relevant individual is currently employed at the time of the vesting, exercise, disqualifying disposition, payment or other relevant taxable event, occurring after the Effective Time (other than the payment of the 2014 cash bonuses, as described in Section 7.01(a) of the Employee Matters Agreement), as appropriate, in respect of Compensation shall be entitled to claim any Income Tax deduction arising from such Compensation on its respective Tax Return associated with such event. If, as a result of a Final Determination, the Group that claimed a deduction pursuant to this Section 6.2 is not allowed that deduction, in whole or in part, the other Group shall, upon request by such first Group, make a claim for such deductions if the taxable year to which such deductions would relate is not yet closed; provided, that the first Group has furnished the other Group (1) an opinion of a Tax Advisor reasonably satisfactory to the other Group that such deduction by the other Group is more likely than not to be sustained based on the Final Determination and (2) an acknowledgement that the first Group will reimburse the other Group for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the other Group in connection with claiming such deduction. The other Group shall pay the first Group an amount equal to the amount by which the Taxes of the other Group have been actually reduced, as reflected on an amended Tax Return or claim for a refund, as a result of such deduction in such taxable year, or any prior or future taxable year to which such deductions may be carried, (the “Mitigation Amount”) assuming that such deductions will be treated as used after any other Tax Attribute of the claiming Group; provided that, if such deduction by such other Group is not sustained in whole or in part in a Final Determination, the Group that received the Mitigation Amount shall return to the Group that paid the Mitigation Amount an amount equal to the reduction in the Mitigation Amount (if any) as a result of such Final Determination together with interest on the reduced amount for the period such amount was held by the returning Group; provided, further, that the other Group shall be required to pay the first Group in respect of any Tax Benefit realized in a future year only at the time when such benefit is actually realized (as determined under the principles of Section 6.1).

 

6.3              Protective Section 336(e) Election. Pursuant to Treasury Regulation Sections 1.336-2(h)(1)(i) and 1.336-2(j), B/E and KLX agree that B/E shall have the option to make a timely protective election under Section 336(e) of the Code and the Regulations issued thereunder for KLX and each KLX Subsidiary as identified by B/E with respect to the Distribution (a “Section 336(e) Election”). It is intended that a Section 336(e) Election will have no effect unless the Distribution is a “qualified stock disposition,” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.336-1(b)(6), either because (a) the Distribution is not a transaction described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.336-1(b)(5)(i)(B) or (b) Treasury Regulation Section 1.336-1(b)(5)(ii) applies to the Distribution. If B/E decides to make a Section 336(e) Election, (i) B/E shall notify KLX in writing within 180 days after the Distribution Date, the Companies shall enter into a binding, written agreement and KLX shall cooperate with B/E in making the Section 336(e) Election, including filing any statements, amending any Tax Returns or such other action B/E determines is reasonably necessary to carry out the Section 336(e) Election, and (ii) if the Section 336(e) Election becomes effective, no member of the KLX Group shall take any position inconsistent with the Section 336(e) Election except as may be required by a Final Determination. If and to the extent that a Section 336(e) Election is made by B/E and there is a failure of one or more of the Distribution, Contribution or Debt Repayment to qualify (in whole or in part) for the Tax-Free Status, and the resulting Taxes (including any Taxes attributable to the Section 336(e) Election) are borne by B/E (rather than KLX because of KLX’s indemnification obligations

 

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under this Agreement or otherwise), then, to that extent, B/E shall be entitled to quarterly payments from KLX equal to 85 percent of the actual Tax savings if, as and when realized (using the principles of Section 6.1) arising from the step up in Tax basis resulting from the Section 336(e) Election, determined on a “with and without” basis (treating any deductions or amortization attributable to the step up in tax basis resulting from the Section 336(e) Election as the last items claimed for any taxable year, including after the utilization of any available net operating loss carryforwards), and less a reasonable charge for administrative expenses and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses necessary to secure the Tax savings.

 

Section 7. Tax-Free Status.

 

7.1               Tax Opinions and Representation Letters.

 

(a)         General. Each of KLX and B/E hereby represents and agrees for itself and on behalf of its Affiliates that (A) it has or will review the Representation Letters and other Tax Materials and, subject to any qualifications therein, all information contained in such Representation Letters and other Tax Materials that concerns or relates to such Company or any member of its respective Group will be true, correct and complete, from the time presented or made through the Distribution Date and thereafter as relevant, (B) it is unaware of any fact or circumstance that is inconsistent with the Representation Letters, the other Tax Materials or the conclusions of the Tax Opinions, and (C) no member of its respective Group has any plan or intention to take any action or fail to take any action if such action or failure to act would be inconsistent with the Representation Letters and/or the other Tax Materials.

 

(b)         Internal Restructuring. KLX and B/E acknowledge that one or more of the Tax Opinions and the Representation Letters or other Tax Materials in respect of the Internal Restructuring have not yet been obtained or submitted or may not have been so submitted or obtained in final form. KLX and B/E shall use their commercially reasonable efforts and shall cooperate in good faith to finalize the Representation Letters or other Tax Materials for the Internal Restructuring as soon as possible hereafter and to cause the same to be submitted to the Tax Advisors, or other governmental authorities as B/E shall deem necessary or desirable and shall take such other commercially reasonable actions as may be necessary or desirable to obtain the Tax Opinions in order to confirm the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

7.2                       Restrictions on KLX.

 

(a)         General. KLX agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or permit any KLX Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action where such action or failure to act would be inconsistent with or cause to be untrue any information, statement, representation, undertaking or covenant in any Representation Letter, or in the other Tax Materials or in one or more of the Tax Opinions. KLX agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or permit any KLX Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action which prevents or could reasonably be expected to prevent or otherwise disqualify (A) the Tax-Free Status, or (B) the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

(b)         ATB. KLX agrees that, from the date hereof until the first day after the two-year anniversary of the Distribution Date, it will continue to be engaged in the KLX Active Trade or

 

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Business for purposes of Section 355(b)(2) of the Code, taking into account Section 355(b)(3) of the Code.

 

(c)          Additional Restricted Actions. KLX agrees that, from the date hereof until the first day after the two-year anniversary of the Distribution Date, KLX will not (i) enter into any Proposed Acquisition Transaction or, to the extent KLX has the right to prohibit any Proposed Acquisition Transaction involving KLX, permit any Proposed Acquisition Transaction to occur or otherwise provide its approval or board of directors’ recommendation to a Proposed Acquisition Transaction involving KLX, (ii) merge or consolidate with any other Person or liquidate or partially liquidate, (iii) in a single transaction or series of transactions sell or transfer (other than sales or transfers of inventory in the ordinary course of business) all or substantially all of the assets that were transferred to KLX pursuant to the Contribution or sell or transfer 30% or more of the gross assets of the KLX Active Trade or Business or 30% or more of the consolidated gross assets of the KLX Group (such percentages to be measured based on fair market value as of the Distribution Date), (iv) redeem or otherwise repurchase (directly or through a KLX Affiliate) any KLX Capital Stock, except to the extent such repurchases satisfy Section 4.05(1)(b) of Revenue Procedure 96-30 (as in effect prior to the amendment of such Revenue Procedure by Revenue Procedure 2003-48), (v) amend its certificate of incorporation (or other organizational documents), or take any other action, whether through a stockholder vote or otherwise, affecting the voting rights of KLX Capital Stock (including, without limitation, through the conversion of one class of KLX Capital Stock into another class of KLX Capital Stock) or (vi) take any other action or actions which in the aggregate (and taking into account any other transactions described in this subparagraph (c)) would be reasonably likely to have the effect of causing or permitting one or more Persons (whether or not acting in concert) to acquire directly or indirectly stock representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest in KLX or otherwise jeopardize the Tax-Free Status for the External Spin-Off, unless prior to taking any such action set forth in the foregoing clauses (i) through (vi), (A) KLX shall have requested that B/E obtain a Ruling in accordance with Section 7.4 and B/E shall have received such a Ruling in form and substance satisfactory to B/E in its sole and absolute discretion (exercised in good faith solely to preserve the Tax-Free Status), (B) KLX shall provide B/E with an Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion in form and substance satisfactory to B/E in its sole and absolute discretion (exercised in good faith solely to preserve the Tax-Free Status) or (C) B/E shall have waived the requirement to obtain such Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion.

 

(d)         Certain Issuances of KLX Capital Stock. If KLX proposes to enter into any Section 7.2(d) Acquisition Transaction or, to the extent KLX has the right to prohibit any Section 7.2(d) Acquisition Transaction involving KLX, proposes to permit any Section 7.2(d) Acquisition Transaction to occur or otherwise proposes to provide its approval or board of directors’ recommendation to a Proposed Acquisition Transaction involving KLX, in each case, during the period from the date hereof until the first day after the two-year anniversary of the Distribution Date, KLX shall provide B/E, no later than ten days following the signing of any written agreement or public filing of any board of directors’ recommendation with respect to the Section 7.2(d) Acquisition Transaction, with a written description in reasonable detail of such transaction (including the type and amount of KLX Capital Stock to be issued in such transaction) and a certificate of the Board of Directors of KLX to the effect that the Section 7.2(d) Acquisition Transaction is not a Proposed Acquisition Transaction or any other transaction to which the requirements of Section 7.2(c) apply (a “KLX Board Certificate”).

 

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(e)          KLX Restructuring. KLX shall provide written notice to B/E describing in reasonable detail any internal restructuring (including by making or revoking any election under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3) involving the KLX Group or any contribution, sale or other transfer of any of the assets contributed to KLX as part of the Contribution that is proposed to be taken immediately following the Distribution and until the first day after the two-year anniversary of the Distribution Date and shall consult with B/E regarding any such proposed actions reasonably in advance of taking any such proposed actions and shall consider in good faith any comments from B/E relating thereto, and at the request of B/E, KLX shall obtain an Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion (in form and substance satisfactory to B/E in its sole discretion) that such internal restructuring will not affect or otherwise change the Tax-Free Status or the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

(f)            Distributions by Foreign KLX Subsidiaries. Until January 1st of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Distribution occurs, KLX shall neither cause nor permit any foreign subsidiary of KLX to enter into any transaction or take any action that would be considered under the Code to constitute the declaration or payment of a dividend (including pursuant to Section 304 of the Code) without obtaining the prior written consent of B/E (such prior written consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

7.3               Restrictions on B/E.

 

(a)         General. B/E agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or permit any B/E Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action where such action or failure to act would be inconsistent with or cause to be untrue any information, statement, representation, undertaking or covenant in any Representation Letter, or in the other Tax Materials or in one or more of the Tax Opinions. B/E agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or permit any B/E Affiliate to take or fail to take, any action which prevents or could reasonably be expected to prevent or otherwise disqualify (A) the Tax-Free Status, or (B) the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

(b)         ATB. B/E agrees that, from the date hereof until the first day after the two-year anniversary of the Distribution Date, it will continue to be engaged in the B/E Active Trade or Business for purposes of Section 355(b)(2) of the Code, taking into account Section 355(b)(3) of the Code.

 

(c)        Additional Restricted Actions. B/E agrees that, from the date hereof until the first day after the two-year anniversary of the Distribution Date, B/E will not (i) enter into any Proposed Acquisition Transaction or, to the extent B/E has the right to prohibit any Proposed Acquisition Transaction involving B/E, permit any Proposed Acquisition Transaction to occur or otherwise provide its approval or board of directors’ recommendation to a Proposed Acquisition Transaction involving B/E, (ii) merge or consolidate with any other Person or liquidate or partially liquidate, (iii) in a single transaction or series of transactions sell or transfer (other than sales or transfers of inventory in the ordinary course of business) 30% or more of the gross assets of the B/E Active Trade or Business or 30% or more of the consolidated gross assets of the B/E Group (such percentages to be measured based on fair market value as of the Distribution Date), (iv) redeem or otherwise repurchase (directly or through a B/E Affiliate) any B/E Capital Stock, except to the extent such repurchases satisfy Section 4.05(1)(b) of Revenue Procedure 96-30 (as in effect prior to the amendment of such Revenue Procedure by Revenue Procedure 2003-48),

 

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(v) amend its certificate of incorporation (or other organizational documents), or take any other action, whether through a stockholder vote or otherwise, affecting the voting rights of B/E Capital Stock (including, without limitation, through the conversion of one class of B/E Capital Stock into another class of B/E Capital Stock) or (vi) take any other action or actions which in the aggregate (and taking into account any other transactions described in this subparagraph (c)) would be reasonably likely to have the effect of causing or permitting one or more Persons (whether or not acting in concert) to acquire directly or indirectly stock representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest in B/E or otherwise jeopardize the Tax-Free Status for the External Spin-Off, unless prior to taking any such action set forth in the foregoing clauses (i) through (vi), (A) B/E shall have obtained a Ruling in accordance with Section 7.4 in form and substance satisfactory to KLX in its sole and absolute discretion (exercised in good faith solely to preserve the Tax-Free Status), (B) B/E shall provide KLX with an Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to KLX in its discretion (exercised in good faith solely to preserve the Tax-Free Status) or (C) KLX shall have waived the requirement to obtain such Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion.

 

(d)         Certain Issuances of B/E Capital Stock. If B/E proposes to enter into any Section 7.3(d) Acquisition Transaction or, to the extent B/E has the right to prohibit any Section 7.3(d) Acquisition Transaction involving B/E, proposes to permit any Section 7.3(d) Acquisition Transaction to occur or otherwise proposes to provide its approval or board of directors’ recommendation to a Proposed Acquisition Transaction involving B/E, in each case, during the period from the date hereof until the first day after the two-year anniversary of the Distribution Date, B/E shall provide KLX, no later than ten days following the signing of any written agreement or public filing of any board of directors’ recommendation with respect to the Section 7.3(d) Acquisition Transaction, with a written description in reasonable detail of such transaction (including the type and amount of B/E Capital Stock to be issued in such transaction) and a certificate of the Board of Directors of B/E to the effect that the Section 7.3(d) Acquisition Transaction is not a Proposed Acquisition Transaction or any other transaction to which the requirements of Section 7.3(c) apply (a “B/E Board Certificate”).

 

7.4             Procedures Regarding Opinions and Rulings for Restricted Acts.

 

(a)         Notice by KLX. If KLX notifies B/E that it desires to take one of the actions described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 7.2(c), B/E and KLX shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to attempt to obtain the Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion referred to in Section 7.2(c) as expeditiously as possible, unless B/E shall have waived the requirement to obtain such Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion. KLX shall reimburse B/E for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the B/E Group in connection with obtaining such a Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion requested by KLX within ten Business Days after receiving an invoice from B/E therefor.

 

(b)         Notice by B/E. If B/E notifies KLX that it desires to take one of the actions described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 7.3(c), B/E and KLX shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to attempt to obtain the Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion referred to Section 7.3(c) as expeditiously as possible, unless KLX shall have waived the requirement to obtain such Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion. B/E shall reimburse KLX for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the KLX Group

 

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in connection with obtaining such a Ruling or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion within ten Business Days after receiving an invoice from KLX therefor.

 

(c)          Control of Ruling Process. B/E shall have sole and exclusive control over the process of obtaining any Ruling; provided that (A) B/E shall keep KLX timely informed of the status and progress of the Ruling Request; (B) B/E shall (1) reasonably in advance of the submission of any Ruling Request documents provide KLX with a draft copy thereof, (2) reasonably consider KLX’s comments on such draft copy, and (3) provide KLX with a final copy; and (C) KLX shall have the right to attend any formally scheduled meetings with the IRS (subject to the approval of the IRS) that relate to such Ruling. Neither KLX nor any KLX Affiliate shall seek any guidance from the IRS or any other Tax Authority (whether written, verbal or otherwise) at any time concerning the External Spin-Off or the Internal Restructuring without the prior consent in writing of B/E (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

7.5 Liability for Tax-Related Losses.

 

(a)         KLX. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Separation and Distribution Agreement to the contrary and regardless of whether KLX obtained a Ruling, Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion or waiver described in Section 7.2(c) with respect thereto, subject to Section 7.5(c), KLX shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless B/E and its Affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors and employees from and against, one hundred percent (100%) of any Tax-Related Losses that are attributable to or result from any one or more of the following: (A) the acquisition of all or a portion of KLX’s stock and/or it assets (and/or any of its Affiliate’s stock or assets) by any Person, (B) any negotiations, understandings, agreements or arrangements by or on behalf of KLX with respect to transactions or events (including stock issuances or option grants) or a series of transactions or events that cause the Distribution to be treated as part of a plan pursuant to which one or more Persons acquire directly or indirectly stock of KLX representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest therein, (C) any action or failure to act by KLX after the Distribution (including any amendment to KLX’s certificate of incorporation) affecting the voting rights of KLX stock, (D) any act or failure to act by KLX or any KLX Affiliate described in Section 7.2 (regardless, for the avoidance of doubt, whether such act or failure to act is covered by a Ruling, Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion or waiver described in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 7.2(c), a KLX Board Certificate described in Section 7.2(d) or a consent or Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion described in Section 7.2(e) or Section 7.2(f)), or (E) any breach by KLX of its agreement and representation set forth in Section 7.1(a).

 

(b)         B/E. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Separation and Distribution Agreement to the contrary and regardless of whether B/E obtained a Ruling, Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion or waiver described in Section 7.3(c) with respect thereto, subject to Section 7.5(c), B/E shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless KLX and its Affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors and employees from and against, one hundred percent (100%) of any Tax-Related Losses that are attributable to, or result from any one or more of the following: (A) the acquisition of all or a portion of B/E’s stock and/or its assets (and/or any of its Affiliate’s stock or assets) by any Person, (B) any negotiations, agreements or arrangements by or on behalf of B/E with respect to transactions or events (including stock issuances or option grants) or a series of transactions or events that cause the

 

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Distribution to be treated as part of a plan pursuant to which one or more Persons acquire directly or indirectly stock of B/E representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest therein, (C) any action or failure to act by B/E after the Distribution (including any amendment to B/E’s certificate of incorporation) affecting the voting rights of B/E stock, (D) any act or failure to act by B/E or any B/E Affiliate described in Section 7.3 (regardless, for the avoidance of doubt, whether such act or failure to act is covered by a Ruling, Unqualified Supplemental Tax Opinion or waiver described in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 7.3(c) or a B/E Board Certificate described in Section 7.3(d)), or (E) any breach by B/E of its agreement and representation set forth in Section 7.1(a).

 

(c)          Shared Losses.

 

(i)         To the extent that any Tax-Related Loss is subject to indemnity under both Sections 7.5(a) and (b), responsibility for such Tax-Related Loss shall be shared by B/E and KLX according to relative fault.

 

(ii)                 To the extent that any Tax-Related Loss is not subject to indemnity under either Section 7.5(a) or (b), responsibility for such Tax-Related Loss shall be shared by B/E and KLX according to the B/E Group Percentage and the KLX Group Percentage, respectively.

 

(d)         Payments. Payments of amounts for Tax-Related Losses under this Section 7.5 shall be paid by KLX or B/E, as applicable, to the other Company within two (2) Business Days after the date that such other Company pays the Tax-Related Losses to a Tax Authority or other third-party, and shall be treated in the manner set forth in Section 13.

 

Section 8. Assistance and Cooperation.

 

8.1 Assistance and Cooperation. The Companies shall cooperate (and cause their respective Affiliates to cooperate) with each other and with each other’s agents, including accounting firms and legal counsel, in connection with Tax matters relating to the Companies and their Affiliates including (i) preparation and filing of Tax Returns, (ii) determining the liability for and amount of any Taxes due (including estimated Taxes) or the right to and amount of any refund of Taxes, (iii) examinations of Tax Returns, and (iv) any administrative or judicial proceeding in respect of Taxes assessed or proposed to be assessed.

 

8.2 Tax Return Information.

 

(a)         General. Each Company shall provide to the other Company information and documents relating to its Group required by the other Company to prepare Tax Returns, including information concerning any Tax Attributes that were allocated pursuant to this Agreement. Any information or documents that the Responsible Company requires to prepare such Tax Returns shall be provided in such form as the Responsible Company reasonably requests and in sufficient time for the Responsible Company to file such Tax Returns on a timely basis.

 

(b)         KLX Tax Package. Without limiting Section 8.2(a), the KLX Group shall provide to B/E in a format determined by B/E all information reasonably requested by B/E as necessary to

 

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prepare any B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, B/E State Combined Income Tax Return or B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return (each, a “Tax Package”). The Tax Package shall be prepared on a basis consistent with current practices of the B/E Group and the KLX Group, the relevant B/E State Combined Income Tax Return, the relevant B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return, the relevant B/E Separate Return and the relevant KLX Separate Return to which the Tax Package relates. KLX shall furnish to B/E the Tax Package for the relevant B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, B/E State Combined Tax Return, B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return, B/E Separate Return or KLX Separate Return in respect of a taxable year no later than 150 days after the close of the relevant taxable year or, in the case of a short taxable year, no more than 60 days after B/E requests KLX to complete such Tax Package. KLX shall also furnish B/E workpapers and other such information and documentation as is reasonably requested by B/E for Tax preparation purposes with respect to any member of the KLX Group.

 

8.3 Confidentiality. Any information or documents provided under this Section 8 shall be kept confidential by the Company receiving the information or documents, except as may otherwise be necessary in connection with the filing of Tax Returns or in connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings relating to Taxes. B/E or KLX shall not be required to be provide the other Company with any information and documentation requested under this Section 8 if the provision of such information or documentation would result in a waiver of attorney-client privilege or other applicable privilege or protection or would violate any Law.

 

8.4 VAT. The Parties agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the transactions contemplated by the Internal Restructuring and otherwise pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement are treated as transactions which do not attract VAT (a business as a going concern or similar) for the purposes of the relevant legal provisions in each of the territories in which taxable supplies arise. In the event that there is any uncertainty as to the applicability of VAT, B/E and KLX will seek to obtain an opinion as to the correct tax treatment from the Parties’ Tax Advisors and/or the relevant Tax Authorities where appropriate. In the event that VAT become chargeable in respect of one or more of such transactions, B/E shall issue the relevant paperwork in compliance with the obligations of each of the relevant territories in which the supplies take place and KLX shall pay such VAT to B/E, provided that to the extent that VAT cannot be reclaimed by a KLX Group member and subsequently refunded to the KLX Group member by the relevant Tax Authority, the Parties shall each bear one-half of such nonreclaimable VAT charges. If any amount paid by KLX to B/E in respect of VAT pursuant to this Agreement is subsequently found to have been paid in error, B/E shall, if it has not yet accounted for such VAT to the relevant Tax Authority, promptly repay such amount to KLX, and if it has already so accounted then it shall, at their joint expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain repayment thereof from the relevant Tax Authority. On receiving repayment of any such Taxes, B/E shall pay to KLX the amount repaid plus any further associated repayments received such as interest. The Parties shall cooperate (and cause their respective Affiliates to cooperate) with each other and with each other’s agents, including accounting firms and legal counsel, in connection with these VAT matters including (i) preparing proper invoices and other paperwork relating to the transfer of business assets, and (ii) determining the liability for the amount of any VAT due or the right to and amount of any refund of VAT.

 

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Section 9. Tax Records. Each Company shall preserve and keep all Tax Records exclusively relating to the assets and activities of its Group for Pre-Distribution Periods, and B/E shall preserve and keep all other Tax Records relating to Taxes of the Groups for Pre-Distribution Periods, for so long as the contents thereof may become material in the administration of any matter under the Code or other applicable Tax Law, but in any event until the later of (i) the expiration of any applicable statutes of limitations, or (ii) seven years after the Distribution Date. After such later date occurs, each Company may dispose of such Tax Records upon 90 days’ prior written notice to the other Company. The notified Company shall have the opportunity, at its cost and expense, to copy or remove, within such 90-day period, all or part of such Tax Records.

 

Section 10. Tax Contests.

 

10.1 Notice. Within ten (10) days after a Company becomes aware of the commencement of a Tax Contest that may give rise to Taxes for which the other Company is responsible pursuant to this Agreement, such Company shall notify the other Company of such Tax Contest. Such notice shall provide that the notifying Company may seek indemnification from the other Company under this Agreement and shall attach copies of the pertinent portion of any written communication from a Tax Authority and contain factual information (to the extent known) describing any asserted Tax liability in reasonable detail and shall be accompanied by copies of any notice and other documents received from any Tax Authority in respect of any such matters. A failure of a Company to comply with this Section 10.1 shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its indemnification obligation under this Agreement, except to the extent such failure materially prejudices the ability of the indemnifying party to contest the liability for the relevant Tax or increases the amount of such liability.

 

10.2 Control of Tax Contests.

 

(a)         Separate Company Taxes. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any Separate Return (other than a Separate Return of Other Taxes described in clause (ii) of Section 5.2), the Company having liability for the Tax shall have exclusive control over the Tax Contest, including exclusive authority with respect to any settlement of such Tax liability, subject to Sections 10.2(f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) below.

 

(b)         B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any B/E Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, B/E shall have exclusive control over the Tax Contest, including exclusive authority with respect to any settlement of such Tax liability, subject to Sections 10.2(f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) below.

 

(c)          B/E State Combined Income Tax Return. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any B/E State Combined Income Tax Return, B/E shall have exclusive control over the Tax Contest, including exclusive authority with respect to any settlement of such Tax liability, subject to Sections 10.2(f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) below.

 

(d)         B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any B/E Foreign Combined Income Tax Return, B/E shall have exclusive control over

 

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the Tax Contest, including exclusive authority with respect to any settlement of such Tax liability, subject to Sections 10.2(f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) below.

 

(e)          Certain Other Returns. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any Return of Other Taxes described in clause (ii) of Section 5.2, (i) B/E shall control the defense or prosecution of the portion of the Tax Contest directly and exclusively related to any B/E Adjustment, including settlement of any such B/E Adjustment and (ii) KLX shall control the defense or prosecution of the portion of the Tax Contest directly and exclusively related to any KLX Adjustment, including settlement of any such KLX Adjustment, and (iii) B/E and KLX shall jointly control the defense or prosecution of adjustments for which B/E and KLX could each be liable and any and all administrative matters not directly and exclusively related to any B/E Adjustment or KLX Adjustment.

 

(f)            Tax-Related Losses. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.2, B/E and KLX shall be entitled to jointly control, compromise and settle any Tax Adjustment proposed, asserted or assessed pursuant to any Tax Contest relating to or involving (1) any Tax-Related Losses for which B/E notifies KLX in writing pursuant to Section 10.1, that B/E may seek indemnification from KLX under this Agreement, or (2) any Restructuring Tax or any IP Sale Tax, provided that B/E shall have exclusive control over any Tax Contest, including exclusive authority with respect to any settlement of any Tax liability, arising with respect to any such Taxes for which B/E notifies KLX in writing that B/E will waive indemnification from KLX.

 

(g)         Settlement Rights. For Tax Contests other than those that are jointly controlled by the Parties pursuant to Section 10.2(f), unless waived by the Non-Controlling Party in writing, in connection with any potential adjustment in a Tax Contest as a result of which adjustment the Non-Controlling Party may reasonably be expected to become liable to make any indemnification payment (or any payment under Section 6) to the Controlling Party under this Agreement: (i) the Controlling Party shall keep the Non-Controlling Party informed in a timely manner of all actions taken or proposed to be taken by the Controlling Party with respect to such potential adjustment in such Tax Contest; (ii) the Controlling Party shall provide the Non- Controlling Party copies of any written materials relating to such potential adjustment in such Tax Contest received from any Tax Authority; (iii) the Controlling Party shall timely provide the Non-Controlling Party with copies of any correspondence or filings submitted to any Tax Authority or judicial authority in connection with such potential adjustment in such Tax Contest; (iv) the Controlling Party shall consult with the Non-Controlling Party and offer the Non- Controlling Party a reasonable opportunity to comment before submitting any written materials prepared or furnished in connection with such potential adjustment in such Tax Contest; (v) the Controlling Party shall defend such Tax Contest diligently and in good faith; and (vi) the Controlling Party shall not settle or compromise such Tax Contest without the prior written consent of the Non-Controlling Party (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The failure of the Controlling Party to take any action specified in the preceding sentence with respect to the Non-Controlling Party shall not relieve the Non-Controlling Party of any liability and/or obligation which it may have to the Controlling Party under this Agreement except to the extent that the Non-Controlling Party was materially prejudiced by such failure. In the case of any Tax Contest described in Section 10.2(a), (b), (c) or (d), “Controlling Party” means the

 

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Company entitled to control the Tax Contest under such Section and “Non-Controlling Party” means the other Company.

 

(h)         Tax Contest Participation. Unless waived by the Non-Controlling Party in writing, the Controlling Party shall provide the Non-Controlling Party with written notice reasonably in advance of, and the Non-Controlling Party shall have the right to attend, any formally scheduled meetings with Tax Authorities or hearings or proceedings before any judicial authorities in connection with any potential adjustment in a Tax Contest pursuant to which the Non-Controlling Party may reasonably be expected to become liable to make any indemnification payment (or any payment under Section 6) to the Controlling Party under this Agreement. The failure of the Controlling Party to provide any notice specified in this Section 10.2(h) to the Non-Controlling Party shall not relieve the Non-Controlling Party of any liability and/or obligation which it may have to the Controlling Party under this Agreement except to the extent that the Non-Controlling Party was materially prejudiced by such failure.

 

(i)            Power of Attorney. Each member of the KLX Group shall execute and deliver to B/E (or such member of the B/E Group as B/E shall designate) any power of attorney or other similar document reasonably requested by B/E (or such designee) in connection with any Tax Contest (as to which B/E is the Controlling Party) described in this Section 10. Each member of the B/E Group shall execute and deliver to KLX (or such member of the KLX Group as KLX shall designate) any power of attorney or other similar document requested by KLX (or such designee) in connection with any Tax Contest (as to which KLX is the Controlling Party) described in this Section 10.

 

(j)            Cooperation. The parties will cooperate and act in good faith with each other in the conduct of Tax Contests as reasonably requested by either of them, including (i) the retention and provision on a timely basis of books, records, documentation or other information relating to such Tax Contest, (ii) the filing or execution of any document that may be necessary or reasonably helpful in connection with the Tax Contest, (iii) the use of commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any documentation from a governmental authority or a third party that may be necessary or helpful in connection with the Tax Contest and (iv) the making of its employees and facilities reasonably available on a mutually convenient basis to facilitate such cooperation.

 

Section 11. Effective Date; Termination of Prior Tax Agreements. This Agreement shall be effective as of the Distribution Date. As of the Distribution Date, (i) all prior intercompany Tax allocation agreements or arrangements shall be terminated, and (ii) any outstanding amounts due under such agreements shall be settled and no further payments shall be required. Any payments pursuant to such agreements shall be disregarded for purposes of computing amounts due under this Agreement; provided that to the extent appropriate, as reasonably determined by B/E in good faith, payments made pursuant to such agreements with respect to Taxes not yet due and payable shall be credited to KLX or B/E, respectively, in computing their respective obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 12. Survival. This Agreement shall remain in force and be binding so long as the applicable period for assessments or collections of Tax (including extensions) remains unexpired for any Taxes contemplated by, or indemnified against in, this Agreement plus two years;

 

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provided that to the extent a claim for indemnification is made prior to the expiration of this Agreement, this Agreement shall survive until such claim is finally resolved.

 

Section 13. Treatment of Payments.

 

(a)         General. In the absence of any change in Tax treatment under the Code or other applicable Tax Law, any indemnity payment made under Section 2.6, 5 or Section 7 and any Tax Benefit payment made under Section 6 shall be treated, for all Tax purposes, as made immediately before the Distribution as a distribution by KLX to B/E or as a contribution by B/E to KLX, as appropriate. To the extent one Company makes a payment of interest to another Company relating to a payment of Tax under this Agreement, the interest payment shall be treated as interest expense to the payor and as interest income by the recipient and the amount of such payment shall not be adjusted to take into account any associated Tax Benefit to the payor or increase in Tax to the recipient.

 

(b)         After-Tax Basis. All indemnity payments under this Agreement, including pursuant to Sections 2.6, 5 and 7, shall be (i) increased to take account of any net Tax cost actually incurred by the indemnified party arising from the receipt or accrual of indemnity payments (grossed up for such increase) and (ii) reduced to take account of any net Tax Benefit actually realized by the indemnified party arising from the incurrence or payment of any amount or other loss indemnified against. In computing the amount of any such Tax cost or Tax Benefit, the indemnified party shall be deemed to recognize all other items of income, gain, loss deduction or credit, including the utilization of any available net operating loss carryforwards, before recognizing any item arising from the receipt of any indemnity payment hereunder or the incurrence or payment of any amount or other loss indemnified against hereunder. For purposes of this Section 13(b), an indemnified party shall be deemed to have “actually incurred” or “actually realized” a net Tax cost or a net Tax Benefit to the extent that, and at such time as, the amount of Taxes payable (including Taxes payable on an estimated basis) by such indemnified party is increased above or reduced below, as the case may be, the amount of Taxes that such indemnified party would be required to pay but for the receipt or accrual of the indemnity payment or the incurrence or payment of such amount indemnified against as the case may be. The Companies shall make any adjusting payment between each other as is required under this Section 13(b) within ten (10) days of the date an indemnified party is deemed to have actually realized or actually incurred each net Tax Benefit or net Tax cost. The amount of any increase or reduction hereunder shall be adjusted to reflect any Final Determination with respect to the indemnified party’s liability for Taxes and any payments necessary to reflect such adjustment shall be made within ten (10) days of such determination.

 

Section 14. Disagreements.

 

(a)         General Procedures. The Companies will use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve in an amicable manner all disagreements and misunderstandings connected with their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement (including those, if any, relating to the interpretation, implementation or compliance with the provisions of this Agreement). In furtherance thereof, in the event of any dispute or disagreement with respect to this Agreement (other than a High-Level Dispute) (a “Tax Matters Dispute”) between any member of the B/E Group and any member of the KLX Group, the Tax departments of the Companies (and their

 

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advisers if requested) shall negotiate in good faith to resolve the Tax Matters Dispute. In the event that such good faith negotiations do not resolve the Tax Matters Dispute, the Parties shall agree as to whether such dispute shall be governed by the procedures set forth in Section 14.1(b) of this Agreement or in the Article X of the Separation and Distribution Agreement. If the Parties cannot agree as to which procedure will govern such dispute, such disagreement shall be resolved pursuant to Article X of the Separation and Distribution Agreement;

 

(b)         Tax Advisor Resolution. In the case of any Tax Matters Dispute governed by this Section 14.1(b), the Parties shall appoint a Tax Advisor to resolve such dispute. In this regard, the Tax Advisor shall make determinations with respect to the disputed items based solely on representations and factual submissions made by B/E and KLX and their respective representatives, and shall not conduct an independent review, and shall function only as an expert and not as an arbitrator and shall be required to make a determination in favor of one Party only. The Parties shall require the Tax Advisor to resolve any Tax Matters Dispute submitted no later than thirty Business Days after submission of such dispute to the Tax Advisor, but (unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties) in no event later than the due date for the payment of Taxes or the filing of the applicable Tax Return, if applicable, and agree that all decisions by the Tax Advisor with respect thereto shall be final and conclusive and binding on the Parties. The Tax Advisor shall resolve any and all Tax Matters Disputes in a manner consistent with this Agreement and, to the extent not inconsistent with this Agreement, in a manner consistent with Past Practices, except as otherwise required by applicable Tax Law. The Parties shall require the Tax Advisor to render all determinations in writing and to set forth, in reasonable detail, the basis for such determination. The fees and expenses of the Tax Advisor shall be paid by the non-prevailing Party. In the event the Tax Advisor cannot make a determination in favor of one Party only or otherwise determines the Tax Matters Dispute cannot be resolved in accordance with this Section 14(b), then the Tax Matters Dispute shall be resolved in accordance with Section 14(c).

 

(c)          High-Level Dispute. Any High-Level Dispute shall be resolved pursuant to the procedures set forth in Article X of the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 

Section 15. Late Payments. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any amount owed by one Company to the other Company under this Agreement that is not paid when due shall bear interest from the due date until paid at the Prime Rate plus two percent, compounded semiannually.

 

Section 16. Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Company and its Affiliates shall bear their own expenses incurred in connection with preparation of Tax Returns, Tax Contests, and other matters related to Taxes under the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 17.           General Provisions.

 

17.1 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by an internationally recognized overnight courier service, by facsimile (with confirmation of delivery) or registered or certified mail (postage

 

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prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 17.1):

 

if to B/E:

 

1400 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, FL 33414

Facsimile: (561) 791-3966

Attention: General Counsel

 

with copies to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

Telecopy: (212) 848-7179

Attention:  Creighton O. Condon, Esq.

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

if to KLX:

 

1300 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, FL 33414

Facsimile: (561) 791-5497

Attention: General Counsel

 

with copies to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

Telecopy: (212) 848-7179

Attention:  Creighton O. Condon, Esq.

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

17.2 Waiver. Either Company may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Company and (b) waive compliance with any of the agreements of the other Company or conditions to such Company’s obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Company to be bound thereby. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of either Company to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any of such rights.

 

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Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect for so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either Company. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Companies shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Companies as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

17.4 No Duplication of Payment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing in this Agreement shall require a Company to make any payment attributable to any indemnification for Taxes or payment of Taxes hereunder, or to any Tax Benefit, for which payment has previously been made by such Company hereunder.

 

17.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission or portable document format (“.pdf”)) in counterparts, and by the Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

17.6 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

 

17.7 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Any purported assignment without such consent shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign this Agreement without consent in connection with (a) a merger transaction in which such Party is not the surviving entity and the surviving entity acquires or assumes all or substantially all of such Party’s assets, or (b) the sale of all or substantially all of such Party’s assets; provided, however, that such assignment shall be effective only if, and as of the time when, the assignee expressly assumes in writing all of the obligations of the assigning Party under this Agreement, and the assigning Party provides written notice and evidence of such assignment and assumption to the non-assigning Party. No assignment permitted by this Section 17.7 shall release the assigning Party from liability for the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement

 

17.8 Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except (a) by an instrument in writing signed by, or on behalf of, the Companies or (b) by a waiver in accordance with Section 17.2.

 

17.9 Subsidiaries. If, at any time, B/E or KLX acquires or creates one or more subsidiaries that are includable in the B/E Group or the KLX Group, as applicable, they shall be subject to this Agreement and all references to the B/E Group or the KLX Group herein shall thereafter include a reference to such subsidiaries. B/E and KLX shall each cause to be

 

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performed, and hereby guarantees the performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be performed by any Affiliate or subsidiary (direct or indirect) of such Company.

 

17.10              Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

17.11              Currency. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein means United States dollars, and all payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

 

17.12              Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 17.12

 

17.13              Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY MEMBER OF THE B/E GROUP OR THE KLX GROUP BE LIABLE TO ANY MEMBER OF THE KLX GROUP OR THE B/E GROUP, RESPECTIVELY, FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

17.14              Public Announcements. Following the Distribution Date, neither Party to this Agreement shall make, or cause to be made, any press release or public announcement in respect of this Agreement or the matters contemplated by this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party unless otherwise required by Law or applicable stock exchange regulation, and the Parties to this Agreement shall cooperate as to the timing and contents of any such press release or public announcement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by a duly authorized officer on the date first set forth above.

 

 

 

B/E AEROSPACE, INC., a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Amin J. Khoury

 

 

Name:

Amin J. Khoury

 

 

Title:

Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature page to Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement]

 



 

 

KLX INC., a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

 

Name:

Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Operating Officer

 

[Signature Page to Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement]

 



 

Exhibit A

 

The steps that comprise the Internal Restructuring are set forth on Schedule 2.01(a) of the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

 




Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

 

AMONG

 

B/E AEROSPACE, INC.,

 

AND

 

KLX INC.

 

Dated as of December 15, 2014

 



 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Page

 

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1

Section 1.01

Certain Defined Terms

1

Section 1.02

Interpretation and Rules of Construction

5

 

 

ARTICLE II ASSIGNMENT OF EMPLOYEES

5

Section 2.01

Active Employees

5

Section 2.02

Former Employees

7

Section 2.03

Employment Law Obligations

7

Section 2.04

Employee Records

7

 

 

ARTICLE III EQUITY AWARDS

9

Section 3.01

General Principles

9

Section 3.02

Establishment of Long-Term Incentive Plan

9

Section 3.03

Treatment of Outstanding B/E Equity Awards

10

Section 3.04

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

11

Section 3.05

Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; Code Section 162(m)

12

Section 3.06

Liabilities for Settlement of Awards

12

Section 3.07

Form S-8

12

Section 3.08

Tax Reporting and Withholding for Equity-Based Awards

12

 

 

ARTICLE IV CERTAIN U.S. WELFARE BENEFIT MATTERS

13

Section 4.01

Establishment of Welfare Plans

13

Section 4.02

Accrued Paid Time Off

14

Section 4.03

Flexible Spending Accounts

14

Section 4.04

COBRA and HIPAA

14

Section 4.05

Third Party Vendors

15

 

 

ARTICLE V NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS

15

Section 5.01

Deferred Compensation Plan

15

Section 5.02

Non-Employee Directors Deferred Compensation Plan

16

 

 

ARTICLE VI U.S. DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

16

Section 6.01

B/E Savings Plan

16

 

 

ARTICLE VII ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLANS

16

Section 7.01

B/E Annual Incentive Plans

16

 

 

ARTICLE VIII COMPENSATION MATTERS AND GENERAL BENEFIT AND EMPLOYEE MATTERS

17

Section 8.01

Restrictive Covenants in Employment and Other Agreements

17

Section 8.02

Termination of Participation

17

Section 8.03

Leaves of Absence

17

Section 8.04

Workers’ and Unemployment Compensation

18

Section 8.05

Preservation of Rights to Amend

18

 

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Section 8.06

Confidentiality

18

Section 8.07

Administrative Complaints/Litigation

18

Section 8.08

Reimbursement and Indemnification

18

Section 8.09

Fiduciary Matters

19

Section 8.10

Section 409A

19

 

 

ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS

19

Section 9.01

Limitation of Liability

19

Section 9.02

Expenses

19

Section 9.03

Notices

20

Section 9.04

Public Announcements

20

Section 9.05

Severability

21

Section 9.06

Entire Agreement

21

Section 9.07

Amendment

21

Section 9.08

Waiver

21

Section 9.09

Assignment

21

Section 9.10

Parties in Interest

22

Section 9.11

Currency

22

Section 9.12

Tax Matters

22

Section 9.13

Governing Law

22

Section 9.14

Effect if Distribution Does Not Occur

22

Section 9.15

Waiver of Jury Trial

22

Section 9.16

Survival of Covenants

22

Section 9.17

Counterparts

23

 

 

SCHEDULES

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1.01

KLX Employees

 

Schedule 2.01(f)(i)

Employment Contracts

 

Schedule 2.01(f)(ii)

Employment Contracts

 

Schedule 4.01(a)

Welfare Benefits

 

Schedule 4.01(c)

Welfare Benefit Liabilities

 

 

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EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

 

EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 15, 2014, by and between B/E AEROSPACE, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“B/E”), and KLX INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“KLX”). Each of B/E and KLX is sometimes referred to herein as a “Party” and together, as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS B/E and KLX have entered into a Separation and Distribution Agreement as of the date hereof (the “Separation Agreement”) pursuant to which B/E shall separate into two separate, publicly traded companies, which shall operate the Manufacturing Business and the CMS Business, respectively, and distribute to the holders of issued and outstanding B/E Common Stock on a pro rata basis (in each case without consideration being paid by such shareholders), through a spin-off, all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of KLX; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Separation and Distribution, the Parties desire to enter into this Agreement as a complement to the Separation Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Separation Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, B/E and KLX hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I

 

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

Section 1.01    Certain Defined Terms.

 

Unless otherwise defined herein, each capitalized term shall have the meaning specified for such term in the Separation Agreement. As used in this Agreement:

 

B/E Adjustment Ratio” means a fraction, the numerator of which is the B/E Pre-Distribution Stock Value and the denominator of which is the B/E Post-Distribution Stock Value.

 

B/E Annual Incentive Plan” means any annual incentive bonus or commission program maintained by B/E.

 

B/E Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of B/E.

 

B/E Deferred Compensation Plan” means the B/E Aerospace Inc. 2010 Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended.

 

B/E DSU” means any stock unit held by a non-employee member of the Board pursuant to the B/E NEDDSP.

 



 

B/E Employee” means any individual who shall be employed by a member of the B/E Group on and after the Distribution Date.

 

B/E ESPP” means the Amended and Restated 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.

 

B/E Equity Awards” means B/E RSAs, B/E RSUs, including any B/E Performance Award, and B/E DSUs.

 

B/E LTIP” means the B/E Aerospace, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended.

 

B/E NEDDSP” means the B/E Aerospace, Inc. Amended and Restated Non-Employee Directors Stock and Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended.

 

B/E Non-Employee Director” means any individual who shall be a non-employee member of the Board immediately after the Distribution Date.

 

B/E Performance Award” means the portion of any B/E RSA or RSU that is subject to performance-based vesting.

 

B/E Post-Distribution Stock Value” means the opening price per share of the B/E Common Stock trading on the first trading day following the Distribution Date during Regular Trading Hours.

 

B/E Pre-Distribution Stock Value” means the closing price per share of the B/E Common Stock trading regular way with due bills on the Distribution Date during Regular Trading Hours.

 

B/E Rabbi Trust” means the B/E Aerospace Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan Rabbi Trust.

 

B/E RSA” means the portion of any restricted stock awards issued under the B/E LTIP that is subject only to time-based vesting.

 

B/E RSU” means the portion of any RSUs issued under the B/E LTIP that is subject only to time-based vesting.

 

B/E Savings Plan” means the Amended and Restated B/E Aerospace Inc. Savings Plan, as amended.

 

B/E Welfare Plan” means any Welfare Plan sponsored or maintained by one or more members of the B/E Group as of immediately prior to the Distribution Date.

 

Benefit Plan” shall mean any plan, program, policy, agreement, arrangement or understanding that is an employment, consulting, deferred compensation, executive compensation, incentive bonus or other bonus, employee pension, profit sharing, savings, retirement, supplemental retirement, stock option, stock purchase, stock appreciation right,

 

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restricted stock, restricted stock unit, deferred stock unit, other equity-based compensation, severance pay, retention, change in control, salary continuation, life, death benefit, health, hospitalization, workers’ compensation, sick leave, vacation pay, disability or accident insurance or other employee benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement, including any “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) (whether or not subject to ERISA) sponsored or maintained by such entity or to which such entity is a party.

 

CMS Business Employee” means an individual whose employment duties primarily related to the CMS Business immediately prior to the Distribution Date.

 

COBRA” means the U.S. Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.

 

Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board

 

Employee Records” means all records pertaining to employment, including benefits, eligibility, training history, performance reviews, disciplinary actions, job experience and history and compensation history.

 

ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

HIPAA” shall mean the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

KLX Conversion Ratio” means a fraction, the numerator of which is the B/E Pre-Distribution Stock Value and the denominator of which is the KLX Post-Distribution Stock Value.

 

KLX Employee” means any individual who shall be employed by KLX or a member of the KLX Group on and after the date two days prior to the Distribution Date, except for those employees identified on Schedule 1.01, who shall transfer employment from B/E to KLX as of the Distribution Date, and excluding, for all purposes under this Agreement, the Chief Executive Officer of KLX.

 

KLX Equity Awards” means KLX RSAs and RSUs and any other awards to be granted under the KLX LTIP.

 

KLX Non-Employee Director” means any individual who shall be a non-employee member of the board of directors of KLX immediately after the Distribution Date and who is not a B/E Non-Employee Director.

 

KLX Post-Distribution Stock Value” means the opening price per share of the KLX Common Stock trading on the first trading day following the Distribution Date during Regular Trading Hours.

 

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Manufacturing Business Employee” means an individual whose employment duties primarily related to the Manufacturing Business immediately prior to the Distribution Date.

 

Regular Trading Hours” means the period beginning at 9:30 AM, New York City time, and ending at 4:00 PM, New York City time.

 

RSU” means a right to receive a share of common stock of B/E or KLX, as applicable, in the future.

 

Welfare Plan” means, where applicable, a “welfare plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) or a “cafeteria plan” under Section 125 of the Code, and any benefits offered thereunder, and any other plan offering health benefits (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and mental health and substance abuse), disability benefits, or life, accidental death and disability, and business travel insurance, pre-tax premium conversion benefits, dependent care assistance programs, employee assistance programs, paid time off programs, contribution funding toward a health savings account, flexible spending accounts, or cashable credits.

 

The following terms have the meanings set forth in the Sections set forth below:

 

Definition

 

Location

 

 

 

B/E

 

Preamble

Former B/E Employee

 

2.02(c)

Former KLX Employee

 

2.02(b)

FICA

 

2.01(e)

FSA Participation Period

 

4.04(a)

FUTA

 

2.01(e)

KLX

 

Preamble

KLX Deferred Compensation Plan

 

5.01(a)

KLX Deferred Compensation Obligations

 

5.01(d)

KLX DSU

 

3.03(c)

KLX ESPP

 

3.04

KLX FSA

 

4.03

KLX LTIP

 

3.02

KLX Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan

 

5.02

KLX Performance Award

 

3.03(e)

KLX RSA

 

3.03(a)

KLX RSU

 

3.03(c)

KLX Welfare Plans

 

4.01(a)

Party

 

Preamble

Separation Agreement

 

Recitals

 

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Section 1.02    Interpretation and Rules of Construction

 

In this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise provided or that the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)            when a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference is to an Article or Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated;

 

(ii)           the table of contents and headings for this Agreement are for reference purposes only and do not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement;

 

(iii)          whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

 

(iv)          the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;

 

(v)           all terms defined in this Agreement have the defined meanings when used in any Ancillary Agreement, or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, unless otherwise defined therein;

 

(vi)          if there is any conflict between the provisions of the Separation Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall control with respect to the subject matter hereof; if there is any conflict between the provisions of the body of this Agreement and the Schedules hereto, the provisions of the body of this Agreement shall control unless explicitly stated otherwise in such Schedule;

 

(vii)         the definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms; and

 

(viii)        references to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns.

 

Article II

 

ASSIGNMENT OF EMPLOYEES

 

Section 2.01    Active Employees.

 

(a)                         Generally. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, effective not later than the Distribution Date, the employment of each Manufacturing Business Employee who is employed by a member of the KLX Group shall be assigned and transferred to B/E or a member of the B/E Group. The employment of each CMS Business Employee who is employed by a member of the B/E Group shall be assigned and transferred to KLX or a member of the KLX Group.

 

(b)                         At Will Employment. Notwithstanding the above or any other provision of this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall create any obligation on the part of any

 

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member of the KLX Group or the B/E Group to continue the employment of any employee for any period of time following the Distribution Date or to change the employment status of any employee from “at will,” to the extent such employee is an “at will” employee under applicable Law.

 

(c)                         Severance. The Distribution and the assignment, transfer or continuation of the employment of employees in connection therewith shall not be deemed a severance of employment of any employee for purposes of any plan, policy, practice or arrangement of any member of the B/E Group or KLX Group.

 

(d)                         Not a Change of Control/Change in Control. Neither the consummation of the Distribution nor any transaction in connection with the Distribution shall be deemed a “change of control,” “change in control,” or term of similar import for purposes of Section 409A of the Code or any Benefit Plan of B/E Group or KLX Group.

 

(e)                          Payroll and Related Taxes. With respect to the portion of the tax year occurring prior to the day immediately following the Distribution Date, B/E will (i) be responsible for all payroll obligations, tax withholding and reporting obligations and (ii) furnish a Form W-2 or similar earnings statement to all KLX Employees and Former KLX Employees for such period. With respect to the remaining portion of such tax year, KLX will (A) be responsible for all payroll obligations, tax withholding, and reporting obligations regarding KLX Employees and (B) furnish a Form W-2 or similar earnings statement to all KLX Employees. With respect to each KLX Employee, B/E and KLX shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to (to the extent permitted by applicable Law and practicable) (1) treat KLX (or the applicable member of the KLX Group) as a “successor employer” and B/E (or the applicable member of the B/E Group) as a “predecessor,” within the meaning of Sections 3121(a)(1) and 3306(b)(1) of the Code, to the extent appropriate, for purposes of taxes imposed under the United States Federal Insurance Contributions Act, as amended (“FICA”), or the United States Federal Unemployment Tax Act, as amended (“FUTA”), (2) cooperate with each other to avoid, to the extent possible, the restart of FICA and FUTA upon or following the Distribution Date with respect to each such KLX Employee for the tax year during which the Distribution Date occurs, and (3) file tax returns, exchange wage payment information, and report wage payments made by the respective predecessor and successor employer on separate IRS Forms W-2 or similar earnings statements to each such KLX Employee for the tax year in which the Distribution Date occurs, in a manner provided in Section 4.02(l) of Revenue Procedure 2004-53.

 

(f)                          Employment Contracts. Effective as of the Distribution Date, KLX will assume and honor, or will cause a member of the KLX Group to assume and honor, the agreements to which any KLX Employee is party with any member of the B/E Group, that are set forth on Schedule 2.01(f)(i). B/E will similarly assume and honor, or will cause a member of the B/E Group to assume and honor, the agreements to which any B/E Employee is a party with any member of the KLX Group that are set forth on Schedule 2.01(f)(ii).

 

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Section 2.02     Former Employees.

 

(a)                         General Principle. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each former employee of the KLX Group or the B/E Group as of the Distribution Date will be considered a former employee of the business as to which his or her duties were primarily related immediately prior to his or her termination of employment with all of KLX, B/E and their respective Affiliates.

 

(b)                         Former KLX Employees. Former employees of the KLX Group as of the Distribution Date shall be deemed to include all employees who, as of their last day of employment with all of KLX, B/E and their respective Affiliates, had employment duties primarily related to the CMS Business (collectively, the “Former KLX Employees”).

 

(c)                          Former B/E Employees. Former employees of the B/E Group as of the Distribution Date shall be deemed to include all employees who, as of their last day of employment with all of KLX, B/E and their respective Affiliates, had employment duties primarily related to the Manufacturing Business (collectively, the “Former B/E Employees”).

 

Section 2.03     Employment Law Obligations.

 

(a)                         Compliance With Employment Laws. On and after the Distribution Date (i) the members of the KLX Group shall be responsible for adopting and maintaining any policies or practices, and for all other actions and inactions, necessary to comply with employment-related laws and requirements relating to the employment of the KLX Employees and (ii) the members of the B/E Group shall remain responsible for adopting and maintaining any policies or practices, and for all other actions and inactions, necessary to comply with employment-related laws and requirements relating to the employment of the B/E Employees and the treatment of the Former B/E Employees and Former KLX Employees in respect of their former employment with B/E.

 

Section 2.04     Employee Records.

 

(a)                         Employee Records Relating to KLX Employees and Former KLX Employees. All Employee Records and data in any form relating to KLX Employees and Former KLX Employees shall be the property of KLX, except that data pertaining to the KLX Employee or Former KLX Employee and relating to any period that to the KLX Employee or Former KLX Employee was employed by a member of the B/E Group prior to the Distribution shall be jointly owned by KLX and B/E.

 

(b)                         Employee Records Relating to B/E Employees and Former B/E Employees. All Employee Records and data in any form relating to B/E Employees and Former B/E Employees shall be the property of B/E, except that data pertaining to the B/E Employee or Former B/E Employee and relating to any period that the B/E Employee or Former B/E Employee was employed by KLX, B/E or any of their respective Affiliates prior to the Distribution shall be jointly owned by KLX and B/E.

 

(c)                          Sharing of Records. The Parties shall use their respective reasonable commercial efforts to provide each other such Employee Records and information only as

 

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necessary or appropriate to carry out their obligations under applicable Law (including, without limitation, any relevant privacy protection laws or regulations in any applicable jurisdictions), this Agreement or the Separation Agreement or the Transition Services Agreement, or for the purposes of administering their respective employee Benefit Plans and policies. Subject to applicable Law, all information and Employee Records regarding employment and personnel matters of (i) B/E Employees and Former B/E Employees shall be accessed, retained, held, used, copied and transmitted after the Distribution Date by B/E in accordance with all laws and policies relating to the collection, storage, retention, use, transmittal, disclosure and destruction of such records and (ii) KLX Employees and Former KLX Employees shall be accessed, retained, held, used, copied and transmitted after the Distribution Date by KLX in accordance with all laws and policies relating to the collection, storage, retention, use, transmittal, disclosure and destruction of such records. The Parties shall reimburse each other for any reasonable costs incurred in copying or transmitting any records requested pursuant to this Section 2.04.

 

(d)                         Access to Records. To the extent consistent with applicable privacy protection laws or regulations, access to such Employee Records after the Distribution Date will be provided to KLX and B/E in accordance with the Separation Agreement. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, KLX shall retain reasonable access to those Employee Records retained by B/E necessary for KLX’s continued administration of any plans or programs on behalf of Employees after the Distribution Date, provided that such access shall be limited to individuals who have a job-related need to access such Employee Records. KLX shall also retain copies of all restrictive covenant agreements with any B/E Employee or Former B/E Employee in which KLX has a valid business interest.

 

(e)                          Maintenance of Employee Records. With respect to retaining, destroying, transferring, sharing, copying and permitting access to all such information, KLX and B/E shall each comply with all applicable Laws, regulations and internal policies, and each Party shall indemnify and hold harmless the other Party from and against any and all liability, claims, actions, and damages that arise from a failure (by the indemnifying party or its agents) to so comply with all applicable Laws, regulations and internal policies applicable to such information.

 

(f)                          No Access to Computer Systems. Except as set forth in the Separation Agreement or the Transition Services Agreement, no provision of this Agreement shall give either Party direct access to the computer systems of the other Party, unless specifically permitted by the owner of such systems.

 

(g)                          Relation to Separation Agreement. The provisions of this Section 2.04 shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions of the Separation Agreement governing Confidential Information and access to and use of employees, Information and Records.

 

(h)                         Confidentiality. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, all Employee Records and data relating to employees shall, in each case, be subject to the confidentiality provisions of the Separation Agreement.

 

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(i)                           Cooperation. Each member of the B/E Group and KLX Group shall use reasonable commercial efforts to share, retain and maintain data and Employee Records that are necessary or appropriate to further the purposes of this Section 2.04 and for each other to administer their respective Benefit Plans to the extent consistent with this Agreement and applicable Law. Except as provided under the Transition Services Agreement, neither B/E nor KLX shall charge the other any fee for such cooperation. The Parties agree to cooperate as long as is reasonably necessary to further the purposes of this Section 2.04.

 

Article III

 

EQUITY AWARDS

 

Section 3.01      General Principles.

 

(a)                         B/E and KLX shall take any and all reasonable actions as shall be necessary and appropriate to further the provisions of this ARTICLE III, including, to the extent practicable, providing written notice or similar communication to each employee who holds one or more awards granted under the B/E LTIP informing such employee of (i) the actions contemplated by this ARTICLE III with respect to such awards and (ii) whether (and during what time period) any “blackout” period shall be imposed upon holders of awards granted under the B/E Equity Plan during which time awards may not be exercised or settled, as the case may be.

 

(b)                         From and after the Distribution, (i) a grantee who has outstanding awards under the B/E LTIP or the KLX LTIP shall be considered to have been employed by the applicable plan sponsor before and after the Distribution for purposes of (x) vesting and (y) determining the date of termination of employment as it applies to any such award and (ii) for purposes of determining whether any “change in control” has occurred with respect to any B/E Equity Award or KLX Equity Award, (A) a “change in control” shall only be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any award that is held by an B/E Employee upon a “change in control” of B/E and (B) a “change in control” shall only be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any award that is held by a KLX Employee upon a “change in control” of KLX.

 

(c)                          No award described in this ARTICLE III, whether outstanding or to be issued, adjusted, substituted, assumed, converted or cancelled by reason of or in connection with the Distribution, shall be issued, adjusted, substituted, assumed, converted or cancelled until in the judgment of the administrator of the applicable plan or program such action is consistent with all applicable Laws, including federal securities Laws. Any period of exercisability will not be extended on account of a period during which such an award is not exercisable pursuant to the preceding sentence.

 

Section 3.02       Establishment of Long-Term Incentive Plan. On or prior to the Distribution Date, KLX shall establish a long-term incentive plan for the benefit of eligible KLX Employees that is substantially similar to the B/E LTIP (the “KLX LTIP”), except that the KLX LTIP will also provide for the granting of the KLX RSAs, KLX RSUs, KLX DSUs and KLX Performance Awards to be granted pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof. Prior to the Distribution Date, B/E, as the sole stockholder of KLX, shall approve the KLX LTIP.

 

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Section 3.03        Treatment of Outstanding B/E Equity Awards.

 

(a)                          B/E RSAs held by KLX Employees and KLX Non-Employee Directors. Rather than participate in the Distribution, the B/E RSAs that are outstanding, unvested and held by a KLX Employee or KLX Non-Employee Director as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be assumed by KLX upon the Effective Time and the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, in replacement of his or her B/E RSAs, as soon as practicable following the Effective Time, a number of restricted shares of KLX Common Stock (“KLX RSAs”), which shall be equal to the number of shares subject to such B/E RSAs immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by the KLX Conversion Ratio and rounded down to the nearest whole share (with each separate vesting tranche of KLX RSAs comprising the holder’s aggregate number of KLX RSAs being rounded up or down to the nearest whole share). Each KLX RSA described in the preceding sentence shall be subject to substantially the same terms and conditions after the Effective Time as the terms and conditions applicable to the corresponding B/E RSA immediately prior to the Effective Time (including vesting); provided, however, that from and after the Effective Time the vesting of each KLX RSA shall be determined based upon continued service with the KLX Group.

 

(b)                          B/E RSAs held by B/E Employees and B/E Non-Employee Directors. Rather than participate in the Distribution, the B/E RSAs that are outstanding, unvested and held by a B/E Employee, Former B/E Employee, B/E Director and Former KLX Employee as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, as soon as practicable following the Effective Time, be adjusted by multiplying the number of shares of B/E Common Stock subject to such B/E RSAs immediately prior to the Effective Time by the B/E Adjustment Ratio and rounding down to the nearest whole share (with each separate vesting tranche of B/E RSAs comprising the holder’s aggregate number of B/E RSAs being rounded up or down to the nearest whole share). Following the Effective Time, the adjusted B/E RSAs shall remain subject to the same terms and conditions as applicable to the B/E RSA prior to the Effective Time.

 

(c)                          B/E RSUs and B/E DSUs held by KLX Employees and KLX Non-Employee Directors. The B/E RSUs or B/E DSUs that are outstanding and held by a KLX Employee or KLX Non-Employee Director, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be assumed by KLX and converted, as soon as practicable following the Effective Time, into an award of RSUs (“KLX RSUs”) or DSUs (“KLX DSUs”), as applicable, over KLX Common Stock equal to the number of shares subject to such B/E RSUs or B/E DSUs immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by the KLX Conversion Ratio and rounded down to the nearest whole share (with each separate vesting tranche of KLX RSUs comprising the holder’s aggregate number of KLX RSUs being rounded up or down to the nearest whole share). Each KLX RSU or KLX DSU described in the preceding sentence shall be subject to substantially the same terms and conditions after the Effective Time as the terms and conditions applicable to the corresponding B/E RSU or B/E DSU, as applicable, immediately prior to the Effective Time (including vesting); provided, however, that from and after the Effective Time the vesting of each KLX RSU shall be determined based upon continued service with the KLX Group.

 

(d)                          B/E RSUs and B/E DSUs held by B/E Employees and B/E Non-Employee Directors. The B/E RSUs and B/E DSUs that are outstanding and held by a B/E Employee,

 

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B/E Non-Employee Director, Former B/E Employee, or Former KLX Employee, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be adjusted, as soon as practicable following the Effective Time, by multiplying the number of shares subject to such B/E RSUs or B/E DSUs immediately prior to the Effective Time by the B/E Adjustment Ratio and rounding down to the nearest whole share (with each separate vesting tranche of B/E RSUs comprising the holder’s aggregate number of B/E RSUs being rounded up or down to the nearest whole share). Following the Effective Time, all adjusted B/E RSUs and adjusted B/E DSUs shall remain subject to the same terms and conditions as applicable to the B/E RSU or B/E DSU prior to the Effective Time.

 

(e)                          B/E Performance Awards held by KLX Employees. The B/E Performance Awards that are outstanding and held by a KLX Employee, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be assumed by KLX upon the Effective Time and converted into an award, subject to performance-based vesting, over KLX Common Stock (“KLX Performance Award”). The target number of shares of B/E Common Stock subject to each such B/E Performance Award shall be converted into a target number of shares of KLX Common Stock subject to each KLX Performance Award in the manner set forth above in Section 3.03(a) or 3.03(c), as applicable. The board of directors of KLX (or any duly authorized committee or representative thereof) will set new performance targets for the period following the Effective Time. Following the Effective Time, the KLX Performance Awards shall remain subject to the same terms and conditions as applicable to the corresponding B/E Performance Awards prior to the Effective Time (including the annual performance targets previously set by the Board, or any duly authorized committee or representative thereof, for the portion of the performance period prior to the Effective Time), except that the attainment of any annual performance target for the portion of the performance period after the Effective Time shall be determined by reference to the performance target set by the board of directors of KLX (or any duly authorized committee or representative thereof).

 

(f)                          B/E Performance Awards held by B/E Employees. The B/E Performance Awards that are outstanding and held by a B/E Employee, shall be converted as of the Effective Time into an adjusted B/E Performance Award. The target number of shares of B/E Common Stock subject to each such B/E Performance Award prior to the Effective Time shall be adjusted in the manner set forth above in Section 3.03(b) or 3.03(d), as applicable. The Board (or any duly authorized committee or representative thereof) shall set new performance targets for the period following the Effective Time. Following the Effective Time, the B/E Performance Awards shall remain subject to the same terms and conditions as applicable to the B/E Performance Awards prior to the Effective Time (including the annual performance targets previously set by the Board, or any duly authorized committee or representative thereof, for the portion of the performance period prior to the Effective Time).

 

Section 3.04       Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Effective as of the Distribution Date, KLX shall establish an employee stock purchase plan for the benefit of KLX Employees that is substantially similar to the B/E ESPP (the “KLX ESPP”). Prior to the Distribution Date, B/E, as the sole stockholder of KLX, shall approve the KLX ESPP.

 

(a)                          Unless otherwise decided by the Committee in its sole discretion, all payroll deductions under the B/E ESPP shall cease following the last payroll payment date

 

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prior to the Distribution Date. The option period that would be in progress on the Distribution Date shall be shortened so that the exercise shall occur by the day prior to the Distribution Date. After such exercise, any residual amounts remaining in the B/E ESPP accounts of KLX Employees shall remain in such accounts until after the Distribution Date, at which point they shall be transferred to KLX for deposit in the appropriate individuals’ KLX ESPP accounts. In the event that a KLX Employee chooses not to participate in the KLX ESPP, that KLX Employee shall receive the appropriate residual amount following the Distribution Date.

 

Section 3.05      Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; Code Section 162(m).

 

(a)                          By approving the adoption of this Agreement, the respective Boards of Directors of each of B/E and KLX intend to exempt from the short-swing profit recovery provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, by reason of the application of Rule 16b-3 thereunder, all acquisitions and dispositions of equity incentive awards by non-employee directors and officers of each of B/E and KLX.

 

(b)                          Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (including the treatment of deferred compensation plans, outstanding equity awards and annual incentive awards as described herein), B/E and KLX agree to negotiate in good faith regarding the need for any treatment different from that otherwise provided herein to ensure that a federal income tax deduction for the payment of such deferred compensation or equity award, annual incentive award or other compensation is, to the extent prescribed under the terms of the applicable plan and award agreement, not limited by reason of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

Section 3.06        Liabilities for Settlement of Awards. Except as provided for pursuant to Section 3.08, from and after the Effective Time (a) B/E shall be responsible for all Liabilities associated with B/E Equity Awards, including share delivery, registration or other obligations related to the exercise, vesting or settlement of the B/E Equity Awards and (b) KLX shall be responsible for all Liabilities associated with KLX Equity Awards, including any option exercise, share delivery, registration or other obligations related to the exercise, vesting or settlement of the KLX Equity Awards.

 

Section 3.07         Form S-8. Upon or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and subject to applicable Law, KLX shall prepare and file with the SEC one or several registration statements on Form S-8 (or another appropriate form) registering under the Securities Act the offering of a number of shares of KLX Common Stock at a minimum equal to the number of shares that are or may be subject to KLX Equity Awards. KLX shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such registration statement to be kept effective (and the current status of the prospectus or prospectuses required thereby to be maintained) as long as any KLX Equity Awards remain outstanding.

 

Section 3.08         Tax Reporting and Withholding for Equity-Based Awards. A member of the B/E Group will be responsible for all income, payroll, or other tax reporting related to income of B/E Employees, B/E Non-Employee Directors, Former B/E Employees, or Former KLX Employees from B/E Equity Awards, and a member of the KLX Group will be responsible for all income, payroll, or other tax reporting related to income of KLX Employees and KLX Non-Employee Directors from KLX Equity Awards. Further, a member of the B/E

 

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Group shall be responsible for remitting applicable tax withholdings for B/E Employees, Former B/E Employees and Former KLX Employees to each applicable taxing authority, and a member of the KLX Group shall be responsible for remitting applicable tax withholdings for KLX Employees to each applicable taxing authority. B/E and KLX acknowledge and agree that the Parties will cooperate with each other and with third-party providers to effectuate withholding and remittance of taxes, as well as required tax reporting, in a timely, efficient, and appropriate manner.

 

Article IV

 

CERTAIN U.S. WELFARE BENEFIT MATTERS

 

Section 4.01          Establishment of Welfare Plans.

 

(a)                          On or prior to January 1, 2015, KLX shall establish and adopt Welfare Plans that will provide welfare benefits to each eligible KLX Employee who is, as of the Distribution Date, a participant in any of the B/E Welfare Plans (and their eligible spouses and dependents, as the case may be) under terms and conditions that are substantially similar to the B/E Welfare Plans (the “KLX Welfare Plans”). Coverage and benefits under the B/E Welfare Plans shall then be provided to the KLX Employees on an uninterrupted basis under the newly established KLX Welfare Plans which shall contain substantially the same terms and conditions as in effect under the corresponding B/E Welfare Plans immediately prior to the Distribution Date, unless otherwise noted on Schedule 4.01(a). KLX Employees shall cease to be eligible for coverage under the B/E Welfare Plans on January 1, 2015, unless otherwise noted on Schedule 4.01(a). For the avoidance of doubt, KLX shall not participate in any B/E Welfare Plans on or after January 1, 2015, and B/E Employees and Former B/E Employees shall not participate in any KLX Welfare Plans at any time. During the period, if any, after the Distribution Date and before January 1, 2015, coverage for KLX Employees under the B/E Welfare Plans shall be provided pursuant to the terms set forth in the Transition Services Agreement.

 

(b)                          KLX shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all KLX Welfare Plans (to the extent not already waived or taken into account, as applicable, prior to the date hereof) to (i) waive all limitations as to preexisting conditions, exclusions, and service conditions with respect to participation and coverage requirements applicable to KLX Employees, other than limitations that were in effect with respect to such KLX Employees as of the Distribution Date under the B/E Welfare Plans, and (ii) waive any waiting period limitation or evidence of insurability requirement that would otherwise be applicable to a KLX Employee to the extent such KLX Employee had satisfied any similar limitation under the analogous B/E Welfare Plan as of the Distribution Date.

 

(c)                          Unless otherwise noted on Schedule 4.01(c), B/E shall retain Liability and responsibility in accordance with the applicable B/E Welfare Plan for all reimbursement claims (such as medical and dental claims) for expenses incurred and for all non-reimbursement claims (such as life insurance claims) incurred by KLX Employees (and their dependents and beneficiaries) under such plans prior to January 1, 2015 and KLX shall retain Liability and responsibility in accordance with the KLX Welfare Plans for all

 

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reimbursement claims (such as medical and dental claims) for expenses incurred and for all non-reimbursement claims (such as life insurance claims) incurred by KLX Employees (and their dependents and beneficiaries) on or following January 1, 2015. For purposes of this Section 4.01, a benefit claim shall be deemed to be incurred as follows: (i) when the event giving rise to the benefit under the applicable plan has occurred as set forth in the governing plan documents, if it is clear based on the governing documents of both the B/E Welfare Plan and KLX Welfare Plans which plan should be responsible for the claim or, if not, as follows: (ii) (A) health, dental, vision, employee assistance program, education assistance program and prescription drug benefits (including in respect of any hospital confinement), upon provision of such services, materials or supplies; and (B) life, accidental death and dismemberment and business travel accident insurance benefits, upon the death, or other event giving rise to such benefits. The members of the B/E Group shall retain liability and responsibility in accordance with the applicable B/E Welfare Plan for all reimbursement claims (such as medical and dental claims) for expenses incurred and for all non-reimbursement claims (such as life insurance claims) for individuals who, immediately prior to January 1, 2015, are Former KLX Employees (and their dependents and beneficiaries), including any such employee on long-term disability on January 1, 2015.

 

(d)                          Benefit Elections and Designations. As of January 1, 2015, KLX shall cause the KLX Welfare Plans to recognize and give effect to all elections and designations (including all coverage and contribution elections and beneficiary designations) made by each KLX Employee under, or with respect to, the corresponding B/E Welfare Plan for the plan year in which the Distribution occurs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 4.01 will prohibit KLX from soliciting or causing the solicitation of new election forms or beneficiary designations from KLX Employees to be effective under the KLX Welfare Plan as of January 1, 2015.

 

Section 4.02      Accrued Paid Time Off. KLX shall credit each KLX Employee with the amount of accrued but unused vacation time, sick time and other time-off benefits as such KLX Employee had with the B/E Group as of January 1, 2015.

 

Section 4.03      Flexible Spending Accounts. On or prior to January 1, 2015, KLX shall establish and adopt KLX Welfare Plans that will provide health care flexible spending account and dependent care flexible spending account benefits to KLX Employees (each a “KLX FSA”).

 

Section 4.04      COBRA and HIPAA. B/E shall retain responsibility for compliance with the health care continuation coverage requirements of COBRA with respect to Former KLX Employees who, prior to the Distribution Date, were covered under a B/E Welfare Plan pursuant to COBRA. B/E shall be responsible for administering compliance with any certificate of creditable coverage requirements of HIPAA or Medicare applicable to the B/E Welfare Plans with respect to KLX Employees. The Parties agree that neither the Distribution nor any transfers of employment that occur in connection with and on or prior to the Distribution shall constitute a COBRA qualifying event for purposes of COBRA; provided, that, in all events, KLX shall assume, or shall have caused the KLX Welfare Plans to assume, responsibility for compliance with the health care continuation coverage requirements of COBRA with respect to

 

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KLX Employees who, on or after January 1, 2015 incur a qualifying event for purposes of COBRA.

 

Section 4.05      Third Party Vendors. Except as provided below, to the extent any B/E Welfare Plan is administered by a third-party vendor, B/E and KLX will cooperate and use their reasonable commercial efforts to “clone” any contract with such third-party vendor for KLX and to maintain any pricing discounts or other preferential terms for both B/E and KLX. Neither party shall be liable for failure to obtain such pricing discounts or other preferential terms for KLX. Each party shall be responsible for any additional premiums, charges or administrative fees that such party may incur pursuant to this Section 4.05

 

Article V

 

NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS

 

Section 5.01     Deferred Compensation Plan.

 

(a)                          Prior to the Distribution Date, KLX shall establish a nonqualified deferred compensation plan that is identical in all material respects to the B/E Deferred Compensation Plan (the “KLX Deferred Compensation Plan”) for the benefit of each KLX Employee who is, immediately prior to the Distribution Date, a participant in the B/E Deferred Compensation Plan. KLX shall be responsible for any and all Liabilities and other obligations with respect to the KLX Deferred Compensation Plan, and KLX shall assume and fully perform, pay and discharge, all obligations of the B/E Deferred Compensation Plan relating to KLX Employees as of the Distribution Date.

 

(b)                          Prior to the Distribution Date, KLX shall establish a trust in a form that is identical in all material respects to the B/E Rabbi Trust as in effect as of the Distribution Date (the “KLX Rabbi Trust”). In connection with the assumption of the Liabilities under the B/E Deferred Compensation Plan in respect of KLX Employees, B/E shall, prior to the Distribution Date, transfer Assets from the B/E Rabbi Trust to the KLX Rabbi Trust. The amount of Assets to be transferred to the KLX Rabbi Trust shall be determined by multiplying the value of the Liabilities to be transferred to the KLX Deferred Compensation Plan by a fraction, the numerator of which is the fair market value of the assets held in the B/E Rabbi Trust immediately prior to the transfer and the denominator of which is the amount of Liabilities of the B/E Deferred Compensation Plan immediately prior to the transfer. The valuation of Liabilities shall be calculated by the record keeper for the B/E Deferred Compensation Plan and the value of Assets shall be calculated by the Trustee of the B/E Rabbi Trust, and such valuations shall be approved by B/E and KLX.

 

(c)                          To the extent consistent with the funding objectives of the transfer described in Section 5.01(b), above, B/E shall, in determining the types of Assets to transfer to the KLX Rabbi Trust, direct the trustee of the B/E Rabbi Trust to transfer life insurance policies with respect to which KLX Employees are the insureds. B/E and KLX may agree in writing to modify the amount of Assets to be transferred to the KLX Rabbi Trust, as calculated under the provisions of Section 5.01(b), if the cash value of the insurance policies naming the KLX Employees exceeds the amount calculated.

 

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(d)                          Upon or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and subject to applicable Law, KLX shall prepare and file with the SEC one or several registration statements on Form S-8 (or another appropriate form) registering under the Securities Act the unsecured obligations of KLX to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the KLX Deferred Compensation Plan (the “KLX Deferred Compensation Obligations”). KLX shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such registration statement to be kept effective (and the current status of the prospectus or prospectuses required thereby to be maintained) as long as any KLX Deferred Compensation Obligations remain outstanding.

 

Section 5.02          Non-Employee Directors Deferred Compensation Plan. On or prior to the Distribution Date, KLX shall establish a nonqualified deferred compensation plan for the benefit of the non-employee KLX Non-Employee Directors that is substantially similar to the B/E NEDDSP (the “KLX Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan”).

 

Article VI

 

U.S. DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

 

Section 6.01        B/E Savings Plan.

 

(a)                          On or prior to the Distribution Date, B/E and KLX shall take all necessary actions to convert the B/E Savings Plan to a multiple employer plan and add KLX as a sponsor to the B/E Savings Plan. On and after the Distribution Date, KLX Employees who participated in the B/E Savings Plan prior to the Distribution Date shall continue to participate on the B/E Savings Plan on the same terms and conditions as applied prior to the Distribution Date. On and after the Distribution Date, all contributions payable to the B/E Savings Plan with respect to KLX Employees, determined in accordance with the terms and provisions of the B/E Savings Plan, ERISA and the Code, shall be paid by KLX to the B/E Savings Plan.

 

(b)                          The B/E Savings Plan shall provide, effective as of the Distribution Date, (i) for the establishment of a KLX Common Stock fund and (ii) that such KLX Common Stock fund shall receive a transfer of and hold all shares of KLX Common Stock distributed in connection with the Distribution in respect of shares of B/E Common Stock. All participants in the B/E Savings Plan will be prohibited from increasing their holdings in such KLX Common Stock fund under the B/E Savings Plan, and may elect to liquidate their holdings in such KLX Common Stock fund and invest those monies in any other investment fund offered under the B/E Savings Plan.

 

Article VII

 

ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLANS

 

Section 7.01       B/E Annual Incentive Plans.

 

(a)                          2014 Bonuses. B/E shall pay eligible KLX Employees a cash bonus payment equal to the full annual cash bonus amount earned by such KLX Employee for 2014, as determined by B/E, immediately prior to the Distribution Date. B/E shall be entitled to the

 

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benefit of any tax deduction in respect of the cash bonus payment made pursuant to this Section 7.01(a).

 

(b)                          Future Annual Incentive Plans. Each of B/E and KLX are expected to implement their own annual incentive plans for calendar year 2015 in which B/E Employees and KLX Employees, respectively, will participate. KLX shall be solely responsible for funding, paying and discharging all obligations relating to any annual cash incentive awards that any KLX Employee is eligible to receive under any KLX annual incentive plan with respect to payments made on account of performance periods beginning at or after January 1, 2015, and B/E shall be solely responsible for funding, paying and discharging all obligations relating to any annual cash incentive awards that any B/E Employee is eligible to receive under any B/E Annual Incentive Plan with respect to payments made on account of performance periods beginning at or after January 1, 2015.

 

Article VIII

 

COMPENSATION MATTERS AND GENERAL BENEFIT AND EMPLOYEE

MATTERS

 

Section 8.01      Restrictive Covenants in Employment and Other Agreements. To the fullest extent permitted by the agreements described in this Section 8.01 and applicable Law, B/E shall assign, or cause an applicable member of the B/E Group to assign (including through notification to employees, as applicable), to KLX or a member of the KLX Group, as designated by KLX, all agreements containing restrictive covenants (including confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation provisions) between a member of the B/E Group and a KLX Employee, with such assignment to be effective as of the Distribution Date. To the extent that assignment of such agreements is not permitted, effective as of the Distribution Date, each member of the KLX Group shall be considered to be a successor to each member of the B/E Group for purposes of, and a third-party beneficiary with respect to, all agreements containing restrictive covenants (including confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation provisions) between a member of the B/E Group and a KLX Employee, such that each member of the KLX Group shall enjoy all the rights and benefits under such agreements (including rights and benefits as a third-party beneficiary), with respect to the business operations of the KLX Group; provided, however, that in no event shall B/E be permitted to enforce such restrictive covenant agreements against KLX Employees for action taken in their capacity as employees of a member of the KLX Group.

 

Section 8.02 Termination of Participation. Except as otherwise provided under this Agreement, effective as of the Distribution Date, KLX Employees shall cease participation in each B/E Benefit Plan and shall no longer be eligible to participate in any B/E Benefit Plan.

 

Section 8.03 Leaves of Absence. KLX will continue to apply the appropriate leave of absence policies applicable to inactive KLX Employees who are on an approved leave of absence as of the Distribution Date. Leaves of absence taken by KLX Employees prior to the Distribution Date shall be deemed to have been taken as employees of a member of the KLX Group.

 

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Section 8.04      Workers’ and Unemployment Compensation. All workers’ compensation Liabilities relating to, arising out of, or resulting from any claim by a B/E Employee, Former B/E Employee, KLX Employee or Former KLX Employee that results from an accident, incident or event occurring, or from an occupational disease which becomes manifest, prior to the Distribution Date shall be retained by B/E. Effective as of the Distribution Date, KLX, acting through the member of the KLX Group employing each KLX Employee, will be responsible for (a) obtaining workers’ compensation insurance, including providing all collateral required by the insurance carriers and providing all notices to KLX Employees required by applicable workers’ compensation Laws and (b) establishing new or transferred unemployment insurance employer accounts, policies and claims handling contracts with the applicable government agencies.

 

Section 8.05      Preservation of Rights to Amend. The rights of B/E or KLX to amend or terminate any plan, program, or policy referred to herein shall not be limited in any way by this Agreement.

 

Section 8.06      Confidentiality. Each Party agrees that any information conveyed or otherwise received by or on behalf of a Party in conjunction herewith is confidential and is subject to the terms of the confidentiality provisions set forth in the Separation Agreement.

 

Section 8.07      Administrative Complaints/Litigation. To the extent that any legal action relates to a putative or certified class of plaintiffs, which includes both B/E Employees (or Former B/E Employees) and KLX Employees (or Former KLX Employees) and such action involves employment or Benefit Plan related claims, reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Parties in responding to such legal action shall be allocated among the Parties equitably in proportion to a reasonable assessment of the relative proportion of B/E Employees (or Former B/E Employees) and KLX Employees (or Former KLX Employees) included in or represented by the putative or certified plaintiff class. The procedures contained in the indemnification and related litigation cooperation provisions of the Separation Agreement shall apply with respect to each Party’s indemnification obligations under this Section 8.07.

 

Section 8.08      Reimbursement and Indemnification. To the extent provided for under this Agreement, each Party agrees to reimburse the other Party, within 30 days of receipt from the other Party of reasonable verification, for all costs and expenses which the other Party may incur on its behalf as a result of any of the respective Welfare Plans and other Benefit Plans. All Liabilities retained, assumed, or indemnified against by KLX pursuant to this Agreement, and all Liabilities retained, assumed, or indemnified against by B/E pursuant to this Agreement, shall in each case be subject to the indemnification provisions of the Separation Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, (i) no provision of this Agreement shall require any member of the KLX Group to pay or reimburse to any member of the B/E Group any benefit-related cost item that a member of the KLX Group has paid or reimbursed to any member of the B/E Group prior to the Effective Time; and (ii) no provision of this Agreement shall require any member of the B/E to pay or reimburse to any member of the KLX Group any benefit-related cost item that a member of the B/E Group has paid or reimbursed to any member of the KLX Group prior to the Effective Time.

 

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Section 8.09      Fiduciary Matters. Each Party acknowledges that actions required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement may be subject to fiduciary duties or standards of conduct under ERISA or other applicable Law, and no Party shall be deemed to be in violation of this Agreement if it fails to comply with any provisions hereof based upon its good-faith determination (as supported by advice from counsel experienced in such matters) that to do so would violate such a fiduciary duty or standard. Each Party shall be responsible for taking such actions as are deemed necessary and appropriate to comply with its own fiduciary responsibilities and shall fully release and indemnify the other Party for any Liabilities caused by the failure to satisfy any such responsibility.

 

Section 8.10      Section 409A. B/E and KLX shall cooperate in good faith so that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Separation Agreement will not result in adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code to any KLX Employee, KLX Non-Employee Director, Former KLX Employee, B/E Employee, B/E Non-Employee Director or Former B/E Employee, in respect of their respective benefits under any Benefit Plan. In the event the Parties determine that the actions described in this Agreement may result in any KLX Employee, KLX Non-Employee Director, Former KLX Employee, B/E Employee, B/E Non-Employee Director or Former B/E Employee becoming subject to additional taxes pursuant to Section 409A of the Code, the Parties agree to cooperate in good faith to modify the procedures described in this Agreement to prevent such KLX Employee, KLX Non-Employee Director, Former KLX Employee, B/E Employee, B/E Non-Employee Director or Former B/E Employee from becoming subject to such additional tax.

 

Article IX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 9.01      Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY MEMBER OF THE B/E GROUP OR THE KLX GROUP BE LIABLE TO ANY MEMBER OF THE KLX GROUP OR THE B/E GROUP, RESPECTIVELY, FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL NOT LIMIT EACH PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS FOR LIABILITIES TO THIRD PARTIES AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE VII OF THE SEPARATION AGREEMENT.

 

Section 9.02      Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement in this Agreement, the Separation Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, each Party shall pay its own expenses in fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the Separation Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement to the contrary, all KLX Transaction Costs shall be borne by KLX and all B/E Transaction Costs shall be borne by B/E.

 

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Section 9.03      Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by an internationally recognized overnight courier service, by facsimile or registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties hereto at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 9.03):

 

(a)

if to B/E:

 

 

 

1400 Corporate Center Way

 

Wellington, FL 33414

 

Facsimile:

(561) 791-3966

 

Attention:

Ryan Patch

 

 

 

with copies to:

 

 

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

 

599 Lexington Avenue

 

New York, NY 10022-6069

 

Telecopy:

(212) 848-7179

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Creighton O’M. Condon, Esq.

 

 

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

 

(b)

if to KLX:

 

 

 

1300 Corporate Center Way

 

Wellington, FL 33414

 

Facsimile:

(561) 791-5497

 

Attention:

Roger Franks

 

 

 

with copies to:

 

 

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

 

599 Lexington Avenue

 

New York, NY 10022-6069

 

Telecopy:

(212) 848-7179

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Creighton O’M. Condon, Esq.

 

 

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

Section 9.04      Public Announcements. Following the Effective Time, neither Party to this Agreement shall make, or cause to be made, any press release or public announcement in respect of this Agreement or the Separation Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Separation Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party unless otherwise required by Law or applicable stock exchange regulation, and

 

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the Parties to this Agreement shall cooperate as to the timing and contents of any such press release or public announcement.

 

Section 9.05      Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any Law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect for so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either Party hereto. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

Section 9.06      Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Distribution documents constitute the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations, both written and oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Irrespective of anything else contained herein, the Parties do not intend for this Agreement constitute the establishment or adoption of, or amendment to, any Benefit Plan, and no person participating in any such Benefit Plan shall have any claim or cause of action, under ERISA or otherwise, in respect of any provision of this Agreement as it relates to any such Benefit Plan or otherwise.

 

Section 9.07      Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except (a) by an instrument in writing signed by, or on behalf of, the Parties hereto or (b) by a waiver in accordance with Section 9.08.

 

Section 9.08      Waiver. Either Party to this Agreement may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party and (b) waive compliance with any of the agreements of the other Party or conditions to such Party’s obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party to be bound thereby. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of either Party hereto to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any of such rights.Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party. Any purported assignment without such consent shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign this Agreement without consent in connection with (a) a merger transaction in which such Party is not the surviving entity and the surviving entity acquires or assumes all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets, or (b) the sale of all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets; provided, however, that the assignee expressly assumes in writing all of the obligations of the assigning Party under this Agreement, and the assigning Party provides written notice and evidence of such assignment and assumption to the non-assigning Party. No assignment permitted by this Section

 

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9.08 shall release the assigning Party from liability for the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 9.10      Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

Section 9.11      Currency. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein means United States dollars, and all payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

 

Section 9.12      Tax Matters. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, except for those tax matters specifically addressed herein, the Tax Sharing Agreement will be the exclusive agreement among the Parties with respect to all Tax matters, including indemnification in respect of Tax matters.

 

Section 9.13      Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

 

Section 9.14      Effect if Distribution Does Not Occur. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Separation Agreement or Transition Services Agreement is terminated prior to the Distribution Date, this Agreement shall be of no further force and effect.

 

Section 9.15      Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.14.

 

Section 9.16      Survival of Covenants. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement, and Liability for the breach of any obligations contained herein or therein, shall survive the Distribution and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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Section 9.17      Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission or portable document format (“.pdf”)) in counterparts, and by the different Parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

B/E AEROSPACE, INC.

 

 

 

By

/s/ Amin J. Khoury

 

 

Name:

Amin J. Khoury

 

 

Title:

Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Employee Matters Agreement]

 



 

 

KLX INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

 

Name:

Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Operating Officer

 

[Signature Page to Employee Matters Agreement]

 



 

Employee Matters Agreement

 

Schedule 1.01

 

KLX Employees

 

Thomas P. McCaffrey, President and Chief Operating Officer of KLX, shall become employed by KLX as of the Distribution Date.

 



 

Employee Matters Agreement

 

Schedule 2.01(f)(i)

 

Employment Contracts

 

Employment Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2012, by and between B/E and John A. Cuomo.

 

Employment Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2014, by and between B/E and Mark Hample.

 

Employment Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2012, by and between B/E and Terry Bond.

 

Any employment Contract between any member of the B/E Group and any KLX Employee in Australia, Canada, China, India, Spain and any other foreign countries.

 



 

Employee Matters Agreement

 

Schedule 2.01(f)(ii)

 

Employment Contracts

 

Any employment Contract between any member of the KLX Group and any B/E Employee in Italy, Hong Kong and any other foreign countries.

 



 

Employee Matters Agreement

 

Schedule 4.01(a)

 

Welfare Benefits

 

Per the Separation Agreement and Mutual Release, dated as of September 15, 2014, by and between Thomas P. McCaffrey and B/E, Mr. McCaffrey and his spouse shall be entitled to, for so long as each may live, those benefits provided by Sections 4(d)(i) and 4(d)(ii)of that certain Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2013, by and between B/E and Thomas P. McCaffrey, as amended (the “McCaffrey Employment Agreement”), for the remainder of their lives as if Mr. McCaffrey had experienced a Separation from Service (as defined in the McCaffrey Employment Agreement) as of the Distribution Date.

 



 

Employee Matters Agreement

 

Schedule 4.01(c)

 

Welfare Benefit Liabilities

 

B/E shall retain liability for all costs of coverage and for all expenses for and/or incurred by Thomas P. McCaffrey and his spouse in connection with the benefits as described in Schedule 4.01(a) to this Agreement.

 




Exhibit 10.3

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 16, 2014, by and between B/E AEROSPACE, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“B/E”), and KLX INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“KLX”). Each of B/E and KLX is sometimes referred to herein as a “Party”, and together, as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS, the Parties entered into that certain Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2014 (the “Separation Agreement”; capitalized terms used in this Agreement but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Separation Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to and subject to the terms of the Separation Agreement, the Manufacturing Business will be separated from the CMS Business;

 

WHEREAS, prior to the date of this Agreement, members of the B/E Group have provided to members of the KLX Group, and members of the KLX Group (or their Representatives, as former Representatives of B/E) have provided to members of the B/E Group, certain services necessary to conduct their respective businesses;

 

WHEREAS, it is contemplated under the terms of the Separation Agreement that, in connection with the Separation Transaction and the Distribution, for a limited period of time following the Distribution, B/E or one or more other members of the B/E Group will continue to provide certain of such services to members of the KLX Group, and KLX or one or more other members of the KLX Group will continue to provide certain of such services to members of the B/E Group; and

 

WHEREAS, B/E and KLX are each willing to provide, or cause to be provided, such transition services on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1                                     Definitions.

 

(a)                                          For the purposes of this Agreement:

 

Additional Service” means a service: (1) that was provided by B/E or another member of the B/E Group (or that was provided by a third party on behalf of B/E or another member of the B/E Group) to KLX or another member of the KLX Group as of the Distribution Date or that was provided by KLX or another member of the KLX Group (or that was provided by a third party on behalf of KLX or another member of the KLX Group or any former

 



 

Representatives of B/E that are, following the Distribution Date, Representatives of KLX) to B/E or another member of the B/E Group as of the Distribution Date; and (2) that the recipient of such service reasonably believes (y) was inadvertently or unintentionally omitted from Schedule A or Schedule B and (z) is necessary or advisable for the conduct of the CMS Business or the Manufacturing Business, as the case may be.

 

Agreement” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

B/E” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

B/E Indemnified Person” has the meaning given in Section 10.2.

 

B/E Service” has the meaning given in Section 2.l(a)(i).

 

B/E Service Receiver Data” has the meaning given in Section 8.1(b).

 

Equipment” has the meaning given in Section 4.5(a).

 

Fees” has the meaning given in Section 5.1(a).

 

Force Majeure Event” has the meaning given in Section 4.4(a).

 

Group” means, with respect to any Party, Service Provider or Service Recipient, such Party, Service Provider, or Service Recipient, respectively, and each of such Party’s, Service Provider’s or Service Recipient’s Affiliates, respectively.

 

KLX” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

KLX Indemnified Person” has the meaning given in Section 10.1.

 

KLX Service” has the meaning given in Section 2.1 (a)(ii).

 

KLX Service Receiver Data” has the meaning given in Section 8.1(a).

 

Migration Assistance” has the meaning given in Section 2.5(a).

 

Monthly License Fee” has the meaning given in Section 3.3.

 

Party” and “Parties” have the meanings given in the Preamble.

 

Party Provider” shall mean, in relation to any Service Provider, B/E (if such Service Provider is a member of the B/E Group) or KLX (if such Service Provider is a member of the KLX Group).

 

Party Recipient” shall mean, in relation to any Service Recipient, B/E (if such Service Recipient is a member of the B/E Group) or KLX (if such Service Recipient is a member of the KLX Group).

 

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Personnel” means, with respect to any Party, the Representatives of such Party, and the employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, advisors, independent contractors and consultants of any third parties engaged by such Party or the other members of such Party’s Group to provide a Third Party Service.

 

Records” has the meaning given in Section 6.5.

 

Representatives” means, with respect to any Party, the employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, advisors, independent contractors and consultants of (i) such Party and (ii) the other members of such Party’s Group.

 

Sales Taxes” has the meaning given in Section 5.3.

 

Security Regulations” has the meaning given in Section 6.4(a).

 

Separation Agreement” has the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Service Coordinator” has the meaning given in Section 2.2.

 

Service Provider” means (i) a member of the B/E Group, when it is providing a B/E Service to a member of the KLX Group under the terms of this Agreement; and (ii) a member of the KLX Group, when it is providing a KLX Service to a member of the B/E Group under the terms of this Agreement.

 

Service Receiver Data” means either KLX Service Receiver Data or B/E Service Receiver Data, as applicable.

 

Service Recipient” means (i) a member of the KLX Group, when it is receiving a B/E Service from a member of the B/E Group under the terms of this Agreement; and (ii) a member of the B/E Group, when it is receiving a KLX Service from a member of the KLX Group under the terms of this Agreement.

 

Shared Real Property” has the meaning given in Section 3.1.

 

Systems” has the meaning given in Section 6.4(a).

 

Term” shall mean, with respect to each of the Transition Services, Migration Assistance or the License granted under Article III, the period of time beginning on the Distribution Date and expiring on the earlier of (i) the date set forth in the applicable Schedule (or if not specified therein, such period as may be reasonably requested by the Service Recipient to which such Transition Service or Migration Assistance is provided or, in the case of the License granted under Article III, by KLX), or (ii) the last day of the twenty-fourth (24th) month following the date hereof, in each case unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 11.2.

 

Terminating Party” has the meaning given in Section 11.2(a).

 

Terminating Third Party Service” has the meaning given in Section 11.2(c).

 

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Third Party Service” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(b)(1).

 

Transition Services” means the B/E Services and the KLX Services.

 

(b)                                 In this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise provided or where the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)                                 when a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference is to an Article or Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated;

 

(ii)                              the headings for this Agreement are for reference purposes only and do not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement;

 

(iii)                           whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

 

(iv)                          the words “hereof, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;

 

(v)                             the definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms; and

 

(vi)                          references to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns.

 

ARTICLE II

SERVICES

 

Section 2.1                            Services to be Provided.

 

(a)                                 In General.

 

(i)                                 During the applicable Term, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, B/E shall provide (or cause to be provided), or shall cause another member of the B/E Group to provide (or cause to be provided), to KLX or another member of the KLX Group: (1) the services described in Schedule A hereto; and (2) any Additional Services as may be requested in writing by KLX, identifying in reasonable detail the specifics of such service to be performed by a member of the B/E Group (each such service, a “B/E Service”).

 

(ii)                              During the applicable Term, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, KLX shall provide (or cause to be provided), or shall cause another member of the KLX Group to provide (or cause to be provided), to B/E or another member of the B/E Group: (1) the services described in Schedule B hereto; and (2) any Additional Services as may be requested in writing by B/E,

 

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identifying in reasonable detail the specifics of such service to be performed by a member of the KLX Group (each such service, a “KLX Service”).

 

(b)                                  Third Party Services.

 

(i)                                 A Service Provider may, in its discretion and with prior written notice to the Service Recipient, engage, or cause another member of the Service Provider’s Group to engage, one or more third parties to provide some or all of the Transition Services (any such Transition Service provided by a third party, a “Third Party Service”).

 

(ii)                              To the extent that any third party proprietor of information or software to be disclosed or made available to any Service Recipient in connection with the performance of Transition Services hereunder requires the execution of a specific form of non-disclosure agreement, license agreement, use agreement or other terms and conditions as a condition of its consent to use of the same for the benefit of any member of the Service Recipient’s Group or to permit any member of the Service Recipient’s Group to access such information or software, the Party Recipient will execute, or will cause, as necessary, such other member of the Party Recipient’s Group or its or their respective Representatives to execute, such form or agreement.

 

(iii)                           Nothing in this Section 2.1(b) shall in any way affect any Party’s obligation to provide (or cause to be provided) the Transition Services pursuant to this Agreement, and the Parties shall remain at all times during the applicable Terms fully responsible for the performance of the Transition Services.

 

Section 2.2                            Service Coordinators.

 

B/E and KLX shall each nominate a representative to act as the primary contact person with respect to the performance of the Services (each, a “Service Coordinator”). Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications relating to the Transition Services provided hereunder shall be directed to the Service Coordinators. Except as set forth on Schedule A or Schedule B, the initial Service Coordinators for B/E and KLX, including relevant contact information, are set forth on Schedule C hereto. Either Party may replace its Service Coordinator at any time by providing prior written notice to the other Party of such replacement. Solely for the avoidance of doubt, any notice or other communications to be given or made pursuant to this Agreement, including any notice of replacement of a Service Coordinator pursuant to this Section 2.2, shall be given or made in accordance with the terms of Section 12.1, and no notice or other communication to any Service Coordinator shall be a proper notice or other communication for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 2.3                            Standard of Performance.

 

Each Party shall (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Person performing Transition Services on its behalf to) use commercially reasonable efforts, skill and judgment in providing Transition Services hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, all Transition Services shall be provided in a timely and workmanlike manner, consistent with the

 

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manner and level of care with which such Transition Services were provided in the ordinary course prior to the Distribution Date.

 

Section 2.4                            Cooperation.

 

(a)                                 Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the other members of such Party’s Group and any third party providing Third Party Services on behalf of any member of such Party’s Group, to cooperate with the members of the other Party’s Group in all matters relating to the provision and receipt of Transition Services and to minimize the expense, distraction and disturbance to the other Party’s Group’s business, and shall perform all obligations hereunder in good faith and in accordance with principles of fair dealing.

 

(b)                                 Each Party will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide (and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each other member of such Party’s Group to provide) information and documentation sufficient for each Service Provider to perform (or cause to be performed) the Transition Services in the manner and with the level of care they were provided in the ordinary course prior to the Distribution Date, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to make available, as reasonably requested in writing by a Service Provider, sufficient resources and timely decisions, approvals and acceptances in order that such Service Provider may perform (or cause to be performed) its obligations under this Agreement in a timely and efficient manner.

 

Section 2.5                            Migration Assistance.

 

(a)                                 Prior to the end of the applicable Term, each Party shall provide (or cause to be provided) to the other Party (and any other member of the other Party’s Group), upon written request, with such reasonable support and assistance as is necessary to migrate the Transition Services to such other Party’s internal organization or to a third party provider of such other Party or another member of such other Party’s Group (such support and assistance, “Migration Assistance”), which may include, without limitation, (i) consulting, (ii) training, (iii) providing reasonable access to data and other information in the standard format and medium (whether electronic or otherwise) of the Service Provider and (iv) reasonable access during normal business hours to employees of the Service Provider. Any written request for Migration Assistance shall include, in reasonable detail, the requesting Party’s estimate of the scope and cost of such Migration Assistance.

 

(b)                                 Upon the written request of the other Party, a Party receiving Migration Assistance pursuant to Section 2.5(a) shall pay any actual costs incurred and documented by such other Party (or another member of such other Party’s Group) in connection with any Migration Assistance (other than Migration Assistance provided pursuant to Section 11.2(c)(iv)), whether performed by Representatives of such other Party or by an external service provider; provided, however, that to the extent (i) any such costs materially exceed the estimate included in the written request for such Migration Assistance, or (ii) the scope of the Migration Assistance for which such costs were incurred materially exceeds the scope included in the written request for such Migration Assistance, the party receiving such Migration Assistance shall be under no obligation to pay such costs unless the incurrence of such costs or the increased

 

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scope of such Migration Assistance, as applicable, was consented to in writing by the Party receiving such Migration Assistance prior to the commencement of such Migration Assistance.

 

(c)                                  Representatives of the Party providing Migration Assistance shall be granted reasonable access to the respective facilities of the other Party (or another member of the other Party’s Group) during normal business hours.

 

Section 2.6                            General Inquiries Assistance. In addition to the obligations set forth herein, for a period of eighteen (18) months after the date of this Agreement, each Party shall (and shall cause each other member of such Party’s Group to) provide general assistance to the other Party (and to the other members of such Party’s Group), by way of responding to reasonable inquiries (whether or not related to Transition Services).

 

ARTICLE III

REAL ESTATE

 

Section 3.1                            KLX Group’s Occupancy Rights.

 

B/E hereby grants KLX and the other members of the KLX Group a limited, nontransferable and non-sublicenseable license for reasonable use and access to the space utilized by B/E (or any of its Affiliates) in the conduct of the CMS Business as of the date of this Agreement at each of the locations listed on Schedule D hereto (collectively, the “Shared Real Property”) for the sole purpose of transitioning the CMS Business and in accordance with the terms, covenants and conditions hereof. The KLX Group’s right to use and access the Shared Real Property shall be consistent with the use and access of such Shared Real Property in the conduct of the CMS Business as of the Distribution Date, and shall include the right to use and access the fixtures, improvements and furnishings located within the Shared Real Property consistent with the manner of such use and access as of the Distribution Date.

 

Section 3.2                            Use.

 

KLX and the other members of the KLX Group shall use the Shared Real Property (and the fixtures, improvements and furnishings contained therein) for the same purpose as the Shared Real Property is utilized as of the Distribution Date and for no other purpose.

 

Section 3.3                            License Fee.

 

KLX shall pay to B/E, in accordance with the provisions of Article V, a monthly gross license fee for each Shared Real Property as listed on Schedule D hereto (each, a “Monthly License Fee”).

 

Section 3.4                            License Term.

 

The license granted under this Article III will be effective as of the date of this Agreement and will automatically expire on the date which is provided in Schedule D hereto with respect to each location.

 

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Section 3.5                            Compliance with B/E and Landlord’s Policies.

 

To the extent they are or have previously been provided in writing by B/E to KLX, KLX shall (and shall cause the other members of the KLX Group to) comply with (i) the policies and procedures, security requirements and regulations of B/E’s (or such other member of the B/E Group that is lessee thereunder) landlord (whether provided in the relevant lease or otherwise) and (ii) the reasonable policies and procedures, security requirements and rules and regulations of B/E or such other member of the B/E Group, in each case with respect to each Shared Real Property and the KLX Group’s occupancy of the Shared Real Property.

 

Section 3.6                            Surrender.

 

Upon the expiration or termination of the license granted under this Article III, KLX shall, at KLX’s sole cost and expense, (i) remove KLX’s personal property, equipment, trade fixtures and other goods and effects (including those of any other member of the KLX Group), and repair any damage to the Shared Real Property resulting from such removal, and (ii) otherwise quit and deliver up the Shared Real Property peaceably and quietly and in as good order and condition as the same were in on the date of this Agreement, reasonable wear and tear, and damage outside the reasonable control of the relevant member of the KLX Group by fire and the elements excepted; provided, however, that nothing herein shall require KLX (or any other member of the KLX Group) to repair, restore, or in any other way be responsible for any condition of the Shared Real Property not caused by KLX or another member of the KLX Group. In the event KLX fails to repair and perform the aforementioned facilities restoration and otherwise deliver the Shared Real Property as set forth above, B/E shall have the right to make said reasonable repairs and reasonably perform such facilities restoration, charge KLX the reasonable costs of such repairs and restoration, and KLX shall reimburse B/E within thirty (30) days of receipt of invoice. Any property left in the Shared Real Property after the expiration or termination of the license granted under this Article III, and not removed by KLX, shall be deemed to have been abandoned and to be the property of B/E to dispose of as B/E deems expedient and at KLX’s sole cost and expense.

 

Section 3.7                            License Rights.

 

The rights granted herein in favor of the KLX Group are in the nature of a license and shall not create any leasehold or other estate or possessory rights in KLX or any other member of the KLX Group, and if the license granted under this Article III expires or is terminated, KLX and the other members of the KLX Group shall vacate the Shared Real Property, and any occupancy or activity of KLX or the other members of the KLX Group thereafter in the Shared Real Property shall be considered a trespass.

 

Section 3.8                            Relocation.

 

B/E shall have the right, at B/E’s sole cost and expense, and only after receiving KLX’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), to relocate KLX and the other members of the KLX Group to other area(s) of each Shared Real Property by providing KLX reasonable prior written notice, provided that such relocation does not reduce the rights of KLX or increase the obligations of KLX under this

 

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Agreement or unreasonably interrupt the day-to-day operations of KLX or any other member of the KLX Group.

 

Section 3.9                            Alterations.

 

No member of the KLX Group shall make any alterations, additions or improvements to the Shared Real Property without the prior written consent of B/E.

 

ARTICLE IV

LIMITATIONS

 

Section 4.1                            General Limitations.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Party (nor any other member of either Party’s Group) shall be required to (a) hire any third party service provider to provide any Transition Service, (b) expand its facilities, incur long-term capital expenses, increase its employee headcount or maintain the employment of any specific employee in order to provide any Transition Service, (c) purchase, upgrade, enhance or otherwise modify any computer hardware, software or network environment, (d) provide any support or maintenance services for any computer hardware, software or network environment that has been materially upgraded, enhanced or otherwise modified from the computer hardware, software or network environments in use as of the Distribution Date, or (e) provide Transition Services hereunder that are greater in nature or scope than the comparable services provided in the conduct of the other Party’s business during the twelve (12) months immediately prior to the Distribution Date; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.1 shall in any way relieve any obligation of any Party to provide (or cause to be provided) the Transition Services pursuant to this Agreement, and the Parties shall remain, at all time during the Terms, fully responsible for the performance of the Transition Services.

 

Section 4.2                            Third Party Limitations.

 

Each Party acknowledges and agrees that any Transition Services (including Third Party Services) provided using third party Intellectual Property are subject to the terms and conditions of any applicable agreements between the Service Provider and such third parties. With respect to such Transition Services, the Party Provider thereof shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any other Service Provider thereof to) (a) obtain any necessary consent (including any necessary licenses) from such third parties in order to provide the Transition Services or (b) if any such consent is not obtained, provide acceptable alternative arrangements to provide the relevant Transition Services; provided, however, that, at the written request of the Party Provider, the Party Recipient shall reimburse the Party Provider for any reasonable and documented additional incremental costs incurred by the Service Provider in carrying out its obligations under subsection (a) or (b), above. The Party Recipient shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Party Provider in obtaining any such necessary consent or license.

 

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Section 4.3                            Compliance with Laws.

 

(a)                                 No Party shall provide, or cause to be provided, nor shall any Party be required to provide or cause to be provided, any Transition Service to the extent that the provision of such Transition Service would require such Party, any member of such Party’s Group, or any Representative of such Party, to violate: (i) any applicable Law, (ii) any policies and/or procedures of such Party designed to respond to applicable Law, or (iii) any other policies and/or procedures of such Party in existence as of the Distribution Date, which policy or procedure, in the case of subparagraph (ii) or (iii) above, continues in effect at such Party or another member of such Party’s Group which would otherwise provide such Transition Service.

 

(b)                                 If any Party cannot provide (or cause to be provided) a Transition Service due to Section 4.3(a), the Parties shall cooperate, in full compliance with Section 2.4(a). to identify a reasonably acceptable alternative arrangement to provide the affected Transition Service; provided, however, that, at the written request of the Party Provider, the Party Recipient shall reimburse the Party Provider for any reasonable and documented additional incremental costs incurred by the Service Provider in providing such Transition Service under such alternative arrangement.

 

Section 4.4                            Force Majeure.

 

(a)                                 The Party Provider shall, at all times during the applicable Terms, use commercially reasonable efforts to provide, or cause to be provided, the Transition Services without interruption. In the event and to the extent that any Service Provider is wholly or partially prevented from, or delayed in, providing one or more Transition Services, or one or more Transition Services are interrupted or suspended, by reason of events beyond the reasonable control of such Service Provider or the other members of such Service Provider’s Group (including acts of God, acts of any Governmental Entity, acts of the public enemy or due to fire, explosions, accidents, floods, embargoes, epidemics, wars, acts of terrorism, nuclear disasters, labor difficulties, civil unrests and/or riots, civil commotions, insurrections, severe or adverse weather conditions, any lack of or shortage of electrical power, malfunctions of equipment or software programs or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Service Provider, the other members of the Service Provider’s Group or, in the case of any Third Party Services, the third party providing such Third Party Service on behalf of the Service Provider or another member of the Service Provider’s Group (each, a “Force Majeure Event”)), the Party Provider shall not be obligated to deliver (or cause to be delivered) the affected Transition Services during such period, and the Party Recipient shall not be obligated to make any payment for any reason hereunder in relation to any Transition Services not delivered; provided, however that, during the duration of a Force Majeure Event, the Party Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or remove such Force Majeure Event, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to resume its performance under this Agreement with the least practicable delay.

 

(b)                                 In the event that any Service Provider has knowledge that the provision of any Transition Service is or will be (or would reasonably be expected to be) affected by a Force Majeure Event, the Party Provider shall, to the extent reasonably practicable, promptly provide, in writing, notice of such Force Majeure Event to the Party Recipient,

 

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describing in reasonable detail such Force Majeure Event, the affected Transition Service, and the Service Provider’s reasonable estimate of the scope and duration of such Force Majeure Event.

 

Section 4.5                            Title to Equipment: Management and Control; Reservation of Rights.

 

(a)                                 Except as otherwise provided herein, all procedures, methods, systems, strategies, tools, equipment, facilities and other resources of any member of the Service Provider’s Group used by such member of the Service Provider’s Group in connection with the provision of Transition Services (the “Equipment”) shall remain the property of such member of the Service Provider’s Group and shall at all times be under the sole direction and control of such member of the Service Provider’s Group.

 

(b)                                 Except as otherwise provided herein, management of and control over the provision of the Transition Services (including the determination or designation at any time of the Equipment, Personnel and other resources to be used in connection with the provision of the Transition Services) shall reside solely with the Service Provider. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all labor matters relating to any employees of the Service Provider or the other members of the Service Provider’s Group shall be within the exclusive control of the Service Provider, and no member of the Service Recipient’s Group shall take any action with regard to such matters. The Party Provider shall provide for and pay (or cause to be provided for and paid) the compensation and other benefits of its employees, including salary, health, accident and workers’ compensation benefits and all taxes and contributions which an employer is required to pay relating to the employment of employees. No member of the Service Recipient’s Group shall in any event be liable to the Service Provider or any other member of the Service Provider’s Group, or to any of their respective Personnel, for any failure on the part of any member of the Service Provider’s Group to perform any obligation on the part of such member of the Service Provider’s Group with regard to the compensation, benefits or taxation of its employees or other Personnel.

 

(c)                                  Nothing in this Section 4.5 shall in any way affect any right or obligation of any Party, or any allocation of any assets of any Party, as provided in the Separation Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement or pursuant to any Continuing Arrangement.

 

Section 4.6                            Interim Basis Only.

 

Each Party acknowledges that the purpose of this Agreement is to provide the Transition Services on an interim basis. Accordingly, at all times from and after the Distribution Date, each Party shall use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to make or obtain any approvals, permits or licenses, implement any computer systems and take, or cause to be taken, any and all other actions necessary or advisable for the Service Recipients to provide the Transition Services for themselves as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE V

PAYMENT

 

Section 5.1                            Fees.

 

(a)                                 In connection with each Transition Service, the Party Recipient shall pay to the Party Provider (i) the fees set forth in the applicable Schedule with respect to such Transition Service, or if not specified therein, fees for such Transition Service as determined by the mutual agreement of both Parties, negotiated in good faith, and (ii) any reasonable and documented third party fees, costs and expenses which are charged to or incurred by the Service Provider or another member of the Service Provider’s Group in connection with provision of Transition Services to the Service Recipient and which are not included in the fees set forth in the Schedules (collectively, the “Fees”).

 

(b)                                 It is the intent of the Parties that the Fees reasonably approximate the actual cost to the Service Provider of providing the Transition Services, without any intent to cause the Service Provider to receive any profit or incur any loss with respect thereto. If at any time a Party reasonably believes that the Fees with respect to any Transition Service are materially insufficient to compensate the Service Provider for the cost of providing such Transition Service, or that the Fees with respect to any Transition Service materially overcompensate the Service Provider for the cost of providing such Transition Service, such Party shall promptly provide notice to the other Party of the same, identifying such Transition Service and setting forth in reasonable detail its rationale for such belief, and shall include with such notice all available documentation with regard to the cost of providing such Transition Service.

 

(c)                                  Upon the delivery of a notice pursuant to Section 5.1 (b), the Parties shall cooperate, in full compliance with Section 2.4(a), to come to a mutually acceptable agreement with regard to the appropriate Fees for such Transition Service.

 

Section 5.2                            Billing and Payment Terms.

 

(a)                                 Each Party shall invoice the other Party on a monthly basis for any (i) Fees, costs or other amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement; and (ii) in the case of an invoice delivered by B/E, the Monthly License Fee payable with respect to any Shared Real Property.

 

(b)                                 Each invoice delivered pursuant to Section 5.2(a) shall set forth a brief description of the Transition Services and the Migration Assistance provided, and, with respect to any amounts payable other than Fees pursuant to Section 5.1 (a)(i) or the Monthly License Fee, reasonable documentation to support the charges thereon. Any invoice delivered by B/E that includes a Monthly License Fee shall include the month of occupancy of each Shared Real Property to which such Monthly License Fee pertains.

 

(c)                                  Each invoice delivered pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be payable within 30 days after the date of the invoice.

 

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(d)                                 Payment of all invoices provided hereunder shall be made in United States dollars unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

 

(e)                                  If any invoice delivered pursuant to (and in compliance with) this Section 5.2 is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after the date of the invoice, interest shall accrue on the unpaid amount at the annual rate equal to the “Prime Rate” as reported on the thirtieth (30th) day after the date of the invoice in The Wall Street Journal (or, if such day is not a business day, the first business day immediately after such day), calculated on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty (360) days and the actual number of days elapsed between the end of the thirty (30)-day payment period and the actual payment date.

 

(f)                                   If there is an Agreement Dispute between the Parties regarding the amounts shown as billed to the Service Recipient on any invoice, the Party Provider shall, upon the written request of the Party Recipient, furnish to the Party Recipient additional documentation reasonably necessary to substantiate the amounts billed including, but not limited to, listings of the dates, times and amounts of the Transition Services in question where applicable and practicable.

 

Section 5.3                            Sales Taxes.

 

All consideration under this Agreement is exclusive of any sales, transfer, value-added, goods or services tax or similar gross receipts based tax (including any such taxes that are required to be withheld, but excluding all other taxes including taxes based upon or calculated by reference to income, receipts or capital) imposed against or on Transition Services, Monthly License Fees or Migration Assistance (“Sales Taxes”) provided hereunder, and such Sales Taxes will be added to the consideration where applicable. Such Sales Taxes shall be separately stated on the relevant invoice. The Party Recipient shall be responsible for any such Sales Taxes and shall either (i) remit such Sales Taxes to the Party Provider (and the Party Provider shall remit such amounts to the applicable taxing authority) or (ii) provide the Party Provider with a certificate or other acceptable proof evidencing an exemption from liability for such Sales Taxes.

 

Section 5.4                            No Offset.

 

No Party shall withhold any payments to the other Party under this Agreement in order to offset payments due to such Party pursuant to this Agreement, the Separation Agreement or otherwise, unless such withholding is mutually agreed to, in advance, by the Parties.

 

ARTICLE VI

ACCESS AND SECURITY

 

Section 6.1                            Access; Work Policy.

 

(a)                                 At all times during the Term, each Party shall provide, and shall cause the other member of its Group to provide, the other Party and its Personnel reasonable ingress to and egress from its facilities and premises, and reasonable access to its equipment and Personnel, for any purpose connected with the delivery or receipt of Transition Services

 

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hereunder, the exercise of any right under this Agreement or the performance of any obligations required by this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Each Party shall comply, and shall cause its respective Personnel to comply, with the other Party’s safety and security regulations applicable to each specific site or facility while working at such site or facility. Except as otherwise agreed to by the Parties, each Party shall cause its Personnel to observe the working hours, working rules, and holiday schedules of the other Party while working on the premises of the other Party.

 

Section 6.2                            Additional Security Measures.

 

Each Party acknowledges and agrees that any Service Provider may take physical or information security measures that affect the manner in which Transition Services are provided, so long as the substance or overall functionality of any affected Transition Services remains the same as it was as of the Distribution Date.

 

Section 6.3                            Security Breaches.

 

In the event of a security breach that relates to the Transition Services, the Parties shall, subject to any applicable Law, cooperate with each other in good faith regarding the timing and manner of (a) notification to their respective customers, potential customers, employees and/or agents concerning a breach or potential breach of security and (b) disclosures to appropriate Governmental Entities.

 

Section 6.4                            Systems Security.

 

(a)                                 If any Party or its Personnel are given access to any computer systems or software of any member of the other Party’s Group (“Systems”) in connection with such Party’s performance or receipt of Transition Services, such Party shall comply, and shall cause the other members of its Group and its Personnel to comply, with all of such other Party’s system security policies, procedures and requirements (as amended from time to time, the “Security Regulations”), and will not tamper with, compromise or circumvent any security or audit measures employed by such other Party.

 

(b)                                 Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that only those of its Personnel who are specifically authorized to have access to the Systems of the other Party gain such access, and to prevent unauthorized access, use, destruction, alteration or loss of information contained therein, including notifying its Personnel regarding the restrictions set forth in this Agreement and establishing appropriate policies designed to effectively enforce such restrictions.

 

(c)                                  If, at any time, either Party determines that the other Party or its Personnel has sought to circumvent, or has circumvented, its Security Regulations, that any unauthorized Personnel of the other Party has accessed its Systems or that the other Party or any of its Personnel has engaged in activities that may lead to the unauthorized access, use, destruction, alteration or loss of data, information or software, such Party shall immediately terminate any such Personnel’s access to the Systems and promptly notify the other Party.

 

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(d)                                 Each Party shall access and use, and shall cause their respective Personnel to access and use, only those Systems, and only such data and information within such Systems, to which it or they have been granted the right to access and use. Any Party shall have the right to deny the Personnel of the other Party access to such Party’s Systems, after prior written notice and consultation with the other Party, in the event the Party reasonably believes that such Personnel pose a security concern.

 

Section 6.5                            Records and Inspection Rights.

 

Each Party shall maintain, and shall cause the other members of such Party’s Group to maintain, accurate records of the receipts, invoices, reports and other documents relating to the Transition Services (the “Records”) for the period applicable to such Records under B/E’s records retention policy in effect as of the date of this Agreement, following the expiration of the applicable Term, in order to provide the other Party the opportunity to verify the accuracy, completeness and appropriateness of the charges for the Transition Services and that the Transition Services are being provided in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the applicable Schedule. Upon reasonable written notice from the Party Recipient of any Transition Service, the Party Provider shall make available to the Party Recipient or its Representatives (at the Party Recipient’s sole cost and expense) reasonable access to, or at the Party Recipient’s sole cost and expense, copies of, the Records with respect to such Transition Service during regular business hours.

 

ARTICLE VII

CONFIDENTIALITY

 

Section 7.1                            Confidential Information.

 

(a)                                 Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the Parties shall hold, and shall cause each of the other members of their respective Groups to hold, and shall each cause their respective Representatives to hold, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause their respective other Personnel to hold, in strict confidence, and not to disclose or release or use, without the prior written consent of the other Party, any and all Confidential Information concerning the other Party (or any other member of such Party’s Group) or its respective business; provided, however, that the Parties may disclose, or may permit disclosure of, Confidential Information (i) to their respective auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, bankers and other appropriate consultants and advisors who have a need to know such Confidential Information and are informed of their obligation to hold such Confidential Information confidential to the same extent as is applicable to the Parties and in respect of whose failure to comply with such obligations, the applicable Party will be responsible, (ii) if the Parties or any other member of their respective Groups are required or compelled to disclose any such Confidential Information by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law or stock exchange rule, (iii) as required in connection with any legal or other proceeding by one Party against the other Party, or (iv) as necessary in order to permit a Party to prepare and disclose its financial statements, Tax Returns or other required disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any demand or request for disclosure of Confidential Information is made pursuant to clause (ii) above, each Party shall, to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, promptly notify the other of the existence of such request or demand and shall provide the

 

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other a reasonable opportunity to seek an appropriate protective order or other remedy, which such Parties will reasonably cooperate in obtaining, at the sole cost of the Party seeking such order or other remedy. In the event that such appropriate protective order or other remedy is not obtained, the Party whose Confidential Information is required to be disclosed shall or shall cause the other Party to furnish, or cause to be furnished, only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required to be disclosed and shall use commercially reasonable efforts, at the sole cost and expense of the Party whose Confidential Information is required to be disclosed, to ensure that confidential treatment is accorded such Confidential Information.

 

(b)                                 Nothing in this Article VII shall in any way affect any right or obligation of any Party with regard to any Party’s Confidential Information as provided in the Separation Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement or pursuant to any Continuing Arrangement.

 

ARTICLE VIII

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DATA

 

Section 8.1                            Ownership of Data and Intellectual Property.

 

(a)                                 KLX shall own all data and information (i) provided by any member of the KLX Group to any member of the B/E Group in connection with such member of the KLX Group’s receipt of Transition Services or (ii) created by or for B/E or any other member of the B/E Group solely in relation to the provision of Transition Services to KLX or another member of the KLX Group (collectively, “KLX Service Receiver Data”).

 

(b)                                 B/E shall own all data and information (i) provided by any member of the B/E Group to any member of the KLX Group in connection with such member of the B/E Group’s receipt of Transition Services or (ii) created by or for KLX or any other member of the KLX Group solely in relation to the provision of Transition Services to B/E or another member of the B/E Group (collectively, “B/E Service Receiver Data”).

 

(c)                                  Upon the written request of a Party, and at such Party’s sole cost and expense, any Service Receiver Data in possession of the other Party or any other member of the such other Party’s Group shall be promptly provided to the requesting Party in the format in which such Service Receiver Data is maintained as of the time of such request; provided, however, that such other Party may retain the relevant Service Receiver Data and provide a copy thereof to the requesting Party: (i) if necessary for the Party holding such Service Receiver Data (or any other member of such Party’s Group) to comply with the requirements of Section 6.5, (ii) if necessary for the Party holding such Service Receiver Data (or any other member of such Party’s Group) to continue to provide the Transition Services during the Term; or (iii) if the Party holding such Service Receiver Data (or any other member of such Party’s Group holding such Service Receiver Data) is unable to delete the Service Receiver Data from its archives using commercially reasonable efforts. After completion of the Transition Services hereunder, neither Party nor any other member of either Party’s Group shall retain any copy of Service Receiver Data of the other Party or any other member of the other Party’s Group (unless required by Law or if clause (i) or (iii) above applies), and each Party shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, upon the written request of the other Party, within such time period as the Parties may reasonably

 

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agree, at the sole cost and expense of the requesting Party, all Service Receiver Data of the requesting Party in its possession (or in the possession of any other member of its Group) to the requesting Party.

 

(d)                                 All other data, information and Intellectual Property provided by each Party (including each other member of such Party’s Group) and their respective licensors and information, content and software providers in connection with performance of the Transition Services shall remain the property of such Party. No right or license with respect to any Intellectual Property is granted under this Agreement other than as is strictly necessary for a Party to perform, and the other Party to receive and use, the Transition Services as contemplated herein, and then only to the extent of the interest held by the Party granting such right.

 

ARTICLE IX

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

 

Section 9.1                            Limitation of Liabilities.

 

(a)                                 EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF FRAUD, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY MEMBER OF THE B/E GROUP OR THE KLX GROUP BE LIABLE TO ANY MEMBER OF THE KLX GROUP OR THE B/E GROUP, RESPECTIVELY, FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER. THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL NOT LIMIT EACH PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE X.

 

Section 9.2                            Disclaimer of Warranties.

 

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES, AND EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSITION SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO MERCHANTABILITY, OR SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR TRADE USAGE.

 

ARTICLE X

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 10.1                     Indemnification of KLX.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the terms of this Article X, from and after the Distribution Date, B/E shall indemnify and hold harmless KLX and the other members of the KLX Group, and each of their respective Representatives (each, a “KLX Indemnified Person”),

 

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from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses incurred by such KLX Indemnified Person arising out of the undertaking, performance or completion by or on behalf of B/E or any other member of the B/E Group of a Transition Service pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent such Indemnifiable Losses arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of the B/E Group, or any Representative of B/E.

 

Section 10.2                     Indemnification of B/E.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the terms of this Article X, from and after the Distribution Date, KLX shall indemnify and hold harmless B/E and the other members of the B/E Group, and each of their respective Representatives (each, a “B/E Indemnified Person”), from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses incurred by such B/E Indemnified Person arising out of the undertaking, performance or completion by or on behalf of KLX or any other member of the KLX Group of a Transition Service pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent such Indemnifiable Losses arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of the KLX Group, or any Representative of KLX.

 

Section 10.3                     Indemnification Procedures.

 

The provisions of Section 7.04 (Procedures for Indemnification), Section 7.05 (Cooperation in Defense and Settlement), Section 7.06 (Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds) and Section 7.07 (Additional Matters; Survival of Indemnities) of the Separation Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Agreement and the Parties mutatis mutandis.

 

Section 10.4                     Rights of the Parties.

 

The rights and obligations of the Parties provided in this Article X shall be in addition to (and not in lieu of) any rights or obligations with respect to indemnification provided pursuant to the Separation Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement, and nothing herein shall in any way limit the rights and obligations of any Party pursuant thereto.

 

ARTICLE XI

TERM AND TERMINATION

 

Section 11.1                     Term of Agreement.

 

The term of this Agreement shall become effective on the Distribution Date and shall remain in force until the earlier of (a) termination or expiration of all of the respective Terms and (b) termination in accordance with Section 11.2. The obligation of any Party to make a payment for Transition Services or Migration Assistance previously rendered (or, in the case of KLX, to make a payment in respect of a Monthly License Fee previously accrued) shall not be affected by the termination of this Agreement or the expiration of the Term and shall continue until full payment is made.

 

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Section 11.2                     Termination.

 

(a)                                 Termination by B/E or KLX. This Agreement may be terminated by either Party (the “Terminating Party”‘) upon written notice to the other Party, if:

 

(i)                                      the other Party materially breaches this Agreement (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes any failure to make payment in full for Transition Services and Migration Assistance, or of any Monthly License Fee, except in a case where there is a good faith dispute thereto) and such breach is not cured, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Terminating Party, within thirty (30) days of written notice thereof; or

 

(ii)                                   the other Party makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or becomes insolvent, or a receiver is appointed for, or a court approves reorganization or arrangement proceedings on, such Party.

 

(b)                                 Partial Termination. Except as otherwise described in the Schedules hereto: (i) a Party Recipient may, on thirty (30) days’ written notice to the Party Provider, terminate its receipt of any specific Transition Service set forth on any part of Schedule A or Schedule B: and (ii) upon receipt of any notice pursuant to Section 4.4(b), the Party Recipient may, upon written notice to the Party Provider, immediately terminate its receipt of any Transition Service affected by any Force Majeure Event described therein. Any termination notice delivered pursuant to this Section 11.2(b) shall specify in detail the Transition Service or Transition Services to be terminated, and the date on which such Transition Service or Transition Services is to be terminated.

 

(c)                                  Third Party Services. If any Service Provider receives notice from a third party that such third party intends to cease providing a Third Party Service (a “Terminating Third Party Service’”) (and such intention is not the result of any action or inaction by any member of the Party Provider or any member of the Party Provider’s Group), and the termination of such Third Party Service would thereby render such Service Provider incapable of providing the relevant Transition Service:

 

(i)                                 The Party Provider shall elect (in its sole discretion): (1) to obtain such Third Party Service from an alternate third party service provider; or (2) to terminate such Transition Service, effective upon the termination of the Terminating Third Party Service.

 

(ii)                              The Party Provider shall promptly notify the Party Recipient of the third party’s impending termination of services and of the Party Provider’s election under Section 11.2(c)(i), and shall include with such notice a copy of any correspondence received from such third party with regard to such Third Party Service, and a description, in reasonable detail, of the affected Transition Service.

 

(iii)                           In the event the Party Provider elects to obtain such Third Party Service from an alternate third party service provider, such Third Party Service shall continue to be provided to the Service Recipient hereunder; provided, however, that the Service Recipient shall have the option to terminate such Transition Service by

 

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written notice to the Party Provider, effective upon the termination of the Terminating Third Party Service.

 

(iv)                          In the event the Party Provider elects to terminate such Third Party Service, such Transition Service shall, effective upon the termination of such Terminating Third Party Service, terminate, and thereafter, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no member of the Party Provider’s Group shall have any further obligation to provide such Transition Service to any member of the Party Recipient’s Group; provided, however, that, in the event any Third Party Service is terminated pursuant to this Section 11.2(c)(iv), at the written request of the Party Recipient thereof, the Party Provider shall provide (or cause to be provided), at its sole cost and expense, Migration Assistance to the Service Recipient thereof.

 

Section 11.3                     Effect of Termination.

 

In the event that this Agreement is terminated for any reason:

 

(a)                                 Each Party acknowledges and agrees that the obligations of the Parties to provide the Transition Services, or to cause the Transition Services to be provided hereunder, shall immediately cease. Upon cessation of any Party Provider’s obligation to provide (or cause to be provided) any Transition Service, the Party Recipient shall, and shall cause any other Service Recipient to, stop using, directly or indirectly, such Transition Service.

 

(b)                                 Upon request, each Party shall, and shall cause the other members of its Group to, return to the other Party all tangible personal property and books, records or files owned by such other Party or its Affiliates and third parties and used in connection with the provision of Transition Services that are in their possession as of the termination date.

 

(c)                                  The rights and obligations of each Party under Section 4.5(a) (Title to Equipment), Article V (Payment), Section 6.5 (Records and Inspection Rights), Article VII (Confidentiality), Article VIII (Intellectual Property and Data), Article IX (Limitation of Liability; Disclaimer of Warranties), Article X (Indemnification). Section 11.1 (Term of Agreement), Section 11.3 (Effect of Termination) and Article XII (Miscellaneous) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 12.1                     Notices.

 

All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, communications relating to the Transition Services provided hereunder and directed to a Service Coordinator pursuant to Section 2.2) shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by an internationally recognized overnight courier service, by facsimile (with confirmation of delivery) or registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 12.1):

 

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(i)

 

if to B/E:

 

 

 

 

 

1400 Corporate Center Way

 

 

Wellington, FL 33414

 

 

Facsimile: (561) 791-3966

 

 

Attention: General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

with copies to:

 

 

 

 

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

 

 

599 Lexington Avenue

 

 

New York, NY 10022-6069

 

 

Telecopy: (212) 848-7179

 

 

Attention: Creighton O’M Condon, Esq.

 

 

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

 

 

(ii)

 

if to KLX:

 

 

 

 

 

1300 Corporate Center Way

 

 

Wellington, FL 33414

 

 

Facsimile: (561) 791-5497

 

 

Attention: General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

with copies to:

 

 

 

 

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

 

 

599 Lexington Avenue

 

 

New York, NY 10022-6069

 

 

Telecopy: (212) 848-7179

 

 

Attention: Creighton O’M. Condon, Esq.

 

 

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

Section 12.2                     Severability.

 

If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any Law, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect for so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

Section 12.3                     Entire Agreement.

 

The Separation Agreement, this Agreement, the other Ancillary Agreements and the Continuing Arrangements constitute the entire agreement of the Parties and their Affiliates

 

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with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

Section 12.4                  Amendment.

 

This Agreement may not be amended or modified except (a) by an instrument in writing signed by, or on behalf of, the Parties or (b) by a waiver in accordance with Section 12.5.

 

Section 12.5                  Waiver.

 

Either Party to this Agreement may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party and (b) waive compliance with any of the agreements of the other Party or conditions to such Party’s obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party to be bound thereby. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of either Party to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any of such rights.

 

Section 12.6                  Assignment.

 

Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Any purported assignment without such consent shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign this Agreement without consent in connection with (a) a merger transaction in which such Party is not the surviving entity and the surviving entity acquires or assumes all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets, or (b) the sale of all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets; provided, however, that such assignment shall be effective only if, and as of the time when, the assignee expressly assumes in writing all of the obligations of the assigning Party under this Agreement, and the assigning Party provides written notice and evidence of such assignment and assumption to the non-assigning Party. No assignment permitted by this Section 12.6 shall release the assigning Party from liability for the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 12.7                  Parties in Interest.

 

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied (including the provisions of Article X relating to indemnified parties), is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

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Section 12.8                  Currency.

 

Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein means United States dollars, and all payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

 

Section 12.9                  Governing Law.

 

This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

 

Section 12.10           Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 12.10.

 

Section 12.11           Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission or portable document format (“pdf’)) in counterparts, and by the different Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

Section 12.12           Relationship of the Parties.

 

Expect as specifically provided herein, neither Party shall act or represent or hold itself out as having authority to act as an agent or partner of the other Party or in any way bind or commit the other Party to any obligations or agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as creating a partnership, joint venture, agency, trust, fiduciary relationship or other association of any kind, each Party being individually responsible only for its obligations as set forth in this Agreement. The Parties’ respective rights and obligations hereunder shall be limited to the contractual rights and obligations expressly set forth herein on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEROF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

B/E AEROSPACE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Amin J. Khoury

 

 

Name:

Amin J. Khoury

 

 

Title:

Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Transition Services Agreement]

 



 

 

KLX INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

 

Name:

Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Operating Officer

 

[Signature Page to Transition Services Agreement]

 




Exhibit 10.4

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

IT SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

IT SERVICES AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 16, 2014, by and between B/E AEROSPACE, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“B/E”), and KLX INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“KLX”). Each of B/E and KLX is sometimes referred to herein as a “Party”, and together, as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS, the Parties entered into that certain Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2014 (the “Separation Agreement”; capitalized terms used in this Agreement but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Separation Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to and subject to the terms of the Separation Agreement, the Manufacturing Business will be separated from the CMS Business;

 

WHEREAS, prior to the date of this Agreement, members of the B/E Group have provided to members of the KLX Group, certain IT services necessary to conduct their respective businesses;

 

WHEREAS, it is contemplated under the terms of the Separation Agreement that, in connection with the Separation Transaction and the Distribution, for a limited period of time following the Distribution, B/E or one or more other members of the B/E Group will continue to provide certain of such IT services to members of the KLX Group; and

 

WHEREAS, B/E is willing to provide, or cause to be provided, and KLX is willing to receive, such IT services on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1                         Definitions.

 

(a)                      For the purposes of this Agreement:

 

Additional Service” means an IT service: (1) that was provided by B/E or another member of the B/E Group (or that was provided by a third party on behalf of B/E or another member of the B/E Group) to KLX or another member of the KLX Group as of the Distribution Date; and (2) that the recipient of such service reasonably believes (y) was inadvertently or unintentionally omitted from Schedule A and (z) is necessary or advisable for the conduct of the CMS Business.

 

Agreement” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

 



 

B/E” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

B/E Indemnified Person” has the meaning given in Section 10.2.

 

Change Request” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(c).

 

Change Request Proposal” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(c).

 

Equipment” has the meaning given in Section 4.5(a).

 

Fees” has the meaning given in Section 5.1(a).

 

Force Majeure Event” has the meaning given in Section 4.4(a).

 

Group” means, with respect to any Party, Service Provider or Service Recipient, such Party, Service Provider, or Service Recipient, respectively, and each of such Party’s, Service Provider’s or Service Recipient’s Affiliates, respectively.

 

IT Services” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(a).

 

KLX” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

KLX Indemnified Person” has the meaning given in Section 10.1.

 

Migration Assistance” has the meaning given in Section 2.6(a).

 

Party” and “Parties” have the meanings given in the Preamble.

 

Personnel” means, with respect to any Party, the Representatives of such Party, and the employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, advisors, independent contractors and consultants of any third parties engaged by such Party or the other members of such Party’s Group to provide a Third Party Service.

 

Records” has the meaning given in Section 6.5.

 

Representatives” means, with respect to any Party, the employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, advisors, independent contractors and consultants of (i) such Party and (ii) the other members of such Party’s Group.

 

Sales Taxes” has the meaning given in Section 5.3.

 

Security Regulations” has the meaning given in Section 6.4(a).

 

Separation Agreement” has the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Service Coordinator” has the meaning given in Section 2.2.

 

Service Provider” means a member of the B/E Group, when it is providing a B/E Service to a member of the KLX Group under the terms of this Agreement.

 

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Service Receiver Data” has the meaning given in Section 8.1(a).

 

Service Recipient” means a member of the KLX Group, when it is receiving an IT Service from a member of the B/E Group under the terms of this Agreement.

 

Systems” has the meaning given in Section 6.4(a).

 

Term” shall mean, with respect to each of the IT Services and Migration Assistance, the period of time beginning on the Distribution Date and expiring on the earlier of (i) the date set forth in Schedule A (or if not specified therein, such period as may be reasonably requested by the Service Recipient to which such IT Service or Migration Assistance is provided) or (ii) the last day of the twenty-fourth (24th) month following the date hereof, in each case unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 11.2, in each case, subject to any extension as provided in Section 11.1.

 

Terminating Party” has the meaning given in Section 11.2(a).

 

Terminating Third Party Service” has the meaning given in Section 11.2(c).

 

Third Party Service” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(b)(i).

 

(b)                           In this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise provided or where the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)                       when a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference is to an Article or Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated;

 

(ii)                    the headings for this Agreement are for reference purposes only and do not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement;

 

(iii)                 whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

 

(iv)                the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;

 

(v)                   the definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms; and

 

(vi)                references to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns.

 

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ARTICLE II

SERVICES

 

Section 2.1                         Services to be Provided to the KLX Group.

 

(a)                           In General. During the applicable Term, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, B/E shall provide (or cause to be provided), or shall cause another member of the B/E Group to provide (or cause to be provided), to KLX or another member of the KLX Group: (1) the services described in Schedule A hereto; and (2) any Additional Services as may be requested in writing by KLX, identifying in reasonable detail the specifics of such service to be performed by a member of the B/E Group (each such service, an “IT Service”).

 

(b)                      Third Party Services.

 

(i)                       A Service Provider may, in its discretion and with prior written notice to the Service Recipient, engage, or cause another member of the Service Provider’s Group to engage, one or more third parties to provide some or all of the IT Services (any such IT Service provided by a third party, a “Third Party Service”).

 

(ii)                    To the extent that any third party proprietor of information or software to be disclosed or made available to any Service Recipient in connection with the performance of IT Services hereunder requires the execution of a specific form of non-disclosure agreement, license agreement, use agreement or other terms and conditions as a condition of its consent to use of the same for the benefit of any member of the Service Recipient’s Group or to permit any member of the Service Recipient’s Group to access such information or software, the Service Recipient will execute, or will cause, as necessary, such other member of the Service Recipient’s Group or its or their respective Representatives to execute, such form or agreement.

 

(iii)                 Nothing in this Section 2.1(b) shall in any way affect B/E’s obligation to provide (or cause to be provided) the IT Services pursuant to this Agreement, and B/E shall remain at all times during the applicable Term fully responsible for the performance of the IT Services.

 

(c)                            Change Requests. A Service Recipient may request in writing a change to any IT Service, which request must include a description of the proposed change requested and, if any, the associated business specifications (each a “Change Request”). The Service Provider shall provide such Service Recipient with a written proposal for changing the applicable IT Service in accordance with the Change Request (a “Change Request Proposal”). Each such Change Request Proposal will include the estimated time and price of implementing the Change Request. A Service Provider may also identify impacts of the Change Request on the IT Service being provided by a Service Provider and fees related thereto. If the Parties agree in writing to a Change Request or a written variation thereof, this Agreement will be deemed amended to include the terms and conditions of such agreed-upon Change Request or written variation thereof. If the Parties do not agree upon a Change Request Proposal or a written variation thereof within ten (10) days after the date such Change Request Proposal is delivered to

 

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the Service Recipient, then the Change Request Proposal will expire, and neither Party shall have any obligation to implement the changes contemplated by such Change Request unless and until the Parties agree separately in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Service Provider shall not be obligated to change a Service if (A) the Service Provider is not able to provide the IT Service, as changed, due to capacity, performance, physical or technical limitations, or lack of sufficient resources, or (B) such change results from a change to a Service Recipient’s business or operations that is outside the ordinary course of business.

 

Section 2.2                         Service Coordinators. B/E and KLX shall each nominate a representative to act as the primary contact person with respect to the performance of the Services (each, a “Service Coordinator”). Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications relating to the IT Services provided hereunder shall be directed to the Service Coordinators. The initial Service Coordinators for B/E and KLX, including relevant contact information, are set forth on Schedule B hereto. Either Party may replace its Service Coordinator at any time by providing prior written notice to the other Party of such replacement. Solely for the avoidance of doubt, any notice or other communications to be given or made pursuant to this Agreement, including any notice of replacement of a Service Coordinator pursuant to this Section 2.2, shall be given or made in accordance with the terms of Section 12.1, and no notice or other communication to any Service Coordinator shall be a proper notice or other communication for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 2.3                         Standard of Performance. B/E shall (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Person performing IT Services on its behalf to) use commercially reasonable efforts, skill and judgment in providing IT Services hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, all IT Services shall be provided in a timely and workmanlike manner, consistent with the manner and level of care with which such IT Services were provided in the ordinary course prior to the Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Service Provider’s provision of the IT Services are subject to (a) the Service Provider’s applicable policies and procedures that are in effect on the date hereof, (b) the Service Provider’s capacity, performance, physical or technical limitations (including in respect of internet bandwidth, file server capacity and mailbox capacity) that were applicable to the Service Provider’s provision of the IT Services for the Service Recipients prior to the Distribution Date, and (c) in respect of systems or communications links that are shared between two or more businesses, capacity limitations to ensure that each of the Service Recipients’ and the Service Providers’ business receives reasonably sufficient use of such systems or links.

 

Section 2.4                         Cooperation.

 

(a)                           Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the other members of such Party’s Group and any third party providing Third Party Services on behalf of any member of such Party’s Group, to cooperate with the members of the other Party’s Group in all matters relating to the provision and receipt of IT Services and to minimize the expense, distraction and disturbance to the other Party’s Group’s business, and shall perform all obligations hereunder in good faith and in accordance with principles of fair dealing.

 

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(b)                      Each Party will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide (and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each other member of such Party’s Group to provide) information and documentation sufficient for each Service Provider to perform (or cause to be performed) the IT Services in the manner and with the level of care they were provided in the ordinary course prior to the Distribution Date, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to make available, as reasonably requested in writing by a Service Provider, sufficient resources and timely decisions, approvals and acceptances in order that such Service Provider may perform (or cause to be performed) its obligations under this Agreement in a timely and efficient manner.

 

Section 2.5                         Migration Assistance.

 

(a)                           Prior to the end of the applicable Term, B/E shall provide (or cause to be provided) to KLX (and any other member of KLX’s Group) such reasonable support and assistance as is necessary to migrate the IT Services to KLX’s internal organization or to a third party provider of KLX or another member of KLX’s Group (such support and assistance, “Migration Assistance”), which may include, without limitation, (i) consulting, (ii) training, (iii) providing reasonable access to data and other information in the standard format and medium (whether electronic or otherwise) of the Service Provider and (iv) reasonable access to employees of the Service Provider. In the event KLX (or any other member of KLX’s Group) requires Migration Assistance, KLX’s Service Coordinator shall request such Migration Assistance from B/E’s Service Coordinator, and the two Service Coordinators shall discuss the anticipated scope and cost of such Migration Assistance and agree on such scope and cost in advance of such Migration Assistance commencing. The two Service Coordinators shall regularly discuss such Migration Assistance and any changes in anticipated scope and cost. In the event that B/E determines at any point in time that the cost of the requested Migration Assistance is expected to materially exceed that initially agreed between the two Service Coordinators, then B/E’s Service Coordinator shall promptly notify KLX’s Service Coordinator and the two Service Coordinators shall discuss and agree whether and how to proceed. KLX shall pay any actual costs incurred and documented by B/E (or another member of B/E’s Group) in connection with any Migration Assistance (other than Migration Assistance provided pursuant to Section 11.2(c)(iv)), requested by KLX, whether performed by Representatives of B/E or by an external service provider.

 

(b)                           Representatives of B/E providing Migration Assistance shall be granted reasonable access to KLX’s facilities (or those of another member of KLX’s Group).

 

ARTICLE III

[RESERVED]

 

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ARTICLE IV

LIMITATIONS

 

Section 4.1                         General Limitations.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Service Provider (nor any other member of the Service Provider’s Group) shall be required to (a) hire any third party service provider to provide any IT Service, (b) expand its facilities, incur long-term capital expenses, increase its employee headcount or maintain the employment of any specific employee in order to provide any IT Service, (c) purchase, upgrade, enhance or otherwise modify any computer hardware, software or network environment, (d) provide any support or maintenance services for any computer hardware, software or network environment that has been materially upgraded, enhanced or otherwise modified from the computer hardware, software or network environments in use as of the Distribution Date, or (e) provide IT Services hereunder that are greater in nature or scope than the comparable services provided in the conduct of the a Service Recipient’s business during the twelve (12) months immediately prior to the Distribution Date; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.1 shall in any way relieve any obligation of B/E to provide (or cause to be provided) the IT Services pursuant to this Agreement, and B/E shall remain, at all times during the Term, fully responsible for the performance of the IT Services.

 

Section 4.2                         Third Party Limitations. Each Party acknowledges and agrees that any IT Services (including Third Party Services) provided using third party Intellectual Property are subject to the terms and conditions of any applicable agreements between the Service Provider and such third parties. With respect to such IT Services, B/E shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any other Service Provider thereof to) (a) obtain any necessary consent (including any necessary licenses) from such third parties in order to provide the IT Services or (b) if any such consent is not obtained, provide acceptable alternative arrangements to provide the relevant IT Services; provided, however, that, at the written request of B/E, KLX shall reimburse B/E for any reasonable and documented additional incremental costs incurred by B/E (or any other Service Provider) in carrying out its obligations under subsection (a) or (b), above. KLX shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist B/E in obtaining any such necessary consent or license.

 

Section 4.3                         Compliance with Laws.

 

(a)                           No Service Provider shall provide, or cause to be provided, nor shall any Service Provider be required to provide or cause to be provided, any IT Service to the extent that the provision of such IT Service would require such Service Provider, or any Representative of such Service Provider, to violate: (i) any applicable Law, (ii) any policies and/or procedures of such Service Provider designed to respond to applicable Law, or (iii) any other policies and/or procedures of such Service Provider in existence as of the Distribution Date, which policy or procedure, in the case of subparagraph (ii) or (iii) above, continues in effect at such Service Provider.

 

(b)                           If B/E cannot provide (or cause to be provided) a IT Service due to Section 4.3(a), the Parties shall cooperate, in full compliance with Section 2.4(a), to identify a reasonably acceptable alternative arrangement to provide the affected IT Service; provided,

 

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however, that, at the written request of B/E, KLX shall reimburse B/E for any reasonable and documented additional incremental costs incurred by B/E in providing such IT Service under such alternative arrangement.

 

Section 4.4                         Force Majeure.

 

(a)                           B/E shall, at all times during the applicable Term, use commercially reasonable efforts to provide, or cause to be provided, the IT Services without interruption. In the event and to the extent that any Service Provider is wholly or partially prevented from, or delayed in, providing one or more IT Services, or one or more IT Services are interrupted or suspended, by reason of events beyond the reasonable control of such Service Provider or the other members of such Service Provider’s Group (including acts of God, acts of any Governmental Entity, acts of the public enemy or due to fire, explosions, accidents, floods, embargoes, epidemics, wars, acts of terrorism, nuclear disasters, labor difficulties, civil unrests and/or riots, civil commotions, insurrections, severe or adverse weather conditions, any lack of or shortage of electrical power, malfunctions of equipment or software programs or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Service Provider, the other members of the Service Provider’s Group or, in the case of any Third Party Services, the third party providing such Third Party Service on behalf of the Service Provider or another member of the Service Provider’s Group (each, a “Force Majeure Event”)), B/E shall not be obligated to deliver (or cause to be delivered) the affected IT Services during such period, and KLX shall not be obligated to make any payment for any reason hereunder in relation to any IT Services not delivered; provided, however that, during the duration of a Force Majeure Event, B/E shall use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or remove such Force Majeure Event, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to resume its performance under this Agreement with the least practicable delay.

 

(b) In the event that any Service Provider has knowledge that the provision of any IT Service is or will be (or would reasonably be expected to be) affected by a Force Majeure Event, B/E shall, to the extent reasonably practicable, promptly provide, in writing, notice of such Force Majeure Event to KLX, describing in reasonable detail such Force Majeure Event, the affected IT Service, and B/E’s reasonable estimate of the scope and duration of such Force Majeure Event.

 

Section 4.5                         Title to Equipment; Management and Control; Reservation of Rights.

 

(a)                           Except as otherwise provided herein, all procedures, methods, systems, strategies, tools, equipment, facilities and other resources of any member of the Service Provider’s Group used by such member of the Service Provider’s Group in connection with the provision of IT Services (the “Equipment”) shall remain the property of such member of the Service Provider’s Group and shall at all times be under the sole direction and control of such member of the Service Provider’s Group.

 

(b)                           In the event that any Service Provider is required to purchase Equipment in order to provide the IT Services or Migration Assistance hereunder, B/E shall notify KLX of the requirement to purchase such Equipment and the Parties shall discuss in good

 

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faith and agree which Party shall purchase such Equipment. In the event B/E (or another member of B/E’s Group) purchases such Equipment, KLX shall reimburse B/E for the cost of such Equipment promptly, but in any event no later than ninety (90) days, after the purchase thereof. At the end of the relevant Term, (i) in the event B/E (or another member of B/E’s Group) purchased and was reimbursed by KLX for such Equipment, B/E shall reimburse KLX (A) for applicable depreciation during the Term in respect of such Equipment and (b) to the extent B/E (or another member of B/E’s Group) receives some other benefit by using or retaining such Equipment during, or at the end of, the relevant Term, respectively, for the value of such benefit in an amount to be agreed by the Parties’ respective Service Coordinators; and (ii) in the event KLX purchased such Equipment, to the extent B/E (or another member of B/E’s Group) receives some other benefit by using or retaining such Equipment during, or at the end of, the relevant Term, respectively, B/E shall reimburse KLX for the value of such benefit in an amount to be agreed by the Parties’ respective Service Coordinators.

 

(c)                            Except as otherwise provided herein, management of and control over the provision of the IT Services (including the determination or designation at any time of the Equipment, Personnel and other resources to be used in connection with the provision of the IT Services) shall reside solely with the Service Provider. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all labor matters relating to any employees of the Service Provider or the other members of the Service Provider’s Group shall be within the exclusive control of the Service Provider, and no member of the Service Recipient’s Group shall take any action with regard to such matters. B/E shall provide for and pay (or cause to be provided for and paid) the compensation and other benefits of its employees, including salary, health, accident and workers’ compensation benefits and all taxes and contributions which an employer is required to pay relating to the employment of employees. No member of the Service Recipient’s Group shall in any event be liable to the Service Provider or any other member of the Service Provider’s Group, or to any of their respective Personnel, for any failure on the part of any member of the Service Provider’s Group to perform any obligation on the part of such member of the Service Provider’s Group with regard to the compensation, benefits or taxation of its employees or other Personnel.

 

(d)                           Nothing in this Section 4.5 shall in any way affect any right or obligation of any Party, or any allocation of any assets of any Party, as provided in the Separation Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement or pursuant to any Continuing Arrangement.

 

Section 4.6                         Interim Basis Only.

 

Each Party acknowledges that the purpose of this Agreement is to provide the IT Services on an interim basis. Accordingly, at all times from and after the Distribution Date, each Party shall use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to make or obtain any approvals, permits or licenses, implement any computer systems and take, or cause to be taken, any and all other actions necessary or advisable for the Service Recipients to provide the IT Services for themselves as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE V

PAYMENT

 

Section 5.1                         Fees.

 

(a)                           In connection with each IT Service, KLX shall pay to B/E (i) the fees set forth in Schedule A with respect to such IT Service, or if not specified therein, fees for such IT Service as determined by the mutual agreement of both Parties, negotiated in good faith, and (ii) any reasonable and documented third party fees, costs and expenses which are charged to or incurred by the Service Provider or another member of the Service Provider’s Group in connection with provision of IT Services to the Service Recipient and which are not included in the fees set forth in the Schedules (collectively, the “Fees”).

 

(b)                      It is the intent of the Parties that the Fees reasonably approximate the actual cost to the Service Provider of providing the IT Services, without any intent to cause the Service Provider to receive any profit or incur any loss with respect thereto. If at any time a Party reasonably believes that the Fees with respect to any IT Service are materially insufficient to compensate the Service Provider for the cost of providing such IT Service, or that the Fees with respect to any IT Service materially overcompensate the Service Provider for the cost of providing such IT Service, such Party shall promptly provide notice to the other Party of the same, identifying such IT Service and setting forth in reasonable detail its rationale for such belief, and shall include with such notice all available documentation with regard to the cost of providing such IT Service.

 

(c)                            Upon the delivery of a notice pursuant to Section 5.1(b), the Parties shall cooperate, in full compliance with Section 2.4(a), to come to a mutually acceptable agreement with regard to the appropriate Fees for such IT Service.

 

Section 5.2                         Billing and Payment Terms.

 

(a)                           B/E shall invoice KLX on a monthly basis for any Fees, costs or other amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(b)                           Each invoice delivered pursuant to Section 5.2(a) shall set forth a brief description of the IT Services and the Migration Assistance provided, and, with respect to any amounts payable other than Fees pursuant to Section 5.1(a)(i), reasonable documentation to support the charges thereon.

 

(c)                            Each invoice delivered pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be payable within 30 days after the date of the invoice.

 

(d)                           Payment of all invoices provided hereunder shall be made in United States dollars unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

 

(e)                            If any invoice delivered pursuant to (and in compliance with) this Section 5.2 is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after the date of the invoice, interest shall accrue on the unpaid amount at the annual rate equal to the “Prime Rate” as reported on the thirtieth (30th) day after the date of the invoice in The Wall Street Journal (or, if such day is not a

 

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business day, the first business day immediately after such day), calculated on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty (360) days and the actual number of days elapsed between the end of the thirty (30)-day payment period and the actual payment date.

 

(f)                             If there is an Agreement Dispute between the Parties regarding the amounts shown as billed to KLX on any invoice, B/E shall, upon the written request of KLX, furnish to KLX additional documentation reasonably necessary to substantiate the amounts billed including, but not limited to, listings of the dates, times and amounts of the IT Services in question where applicable and practicable.

 

Section 5.3                         Sales Taxes.

 

All consideration under this Agreement is exclusive of any sales, transfer, value-added, goods or services tax or similar gross receipts based tax (including any such taxes that are required to be withheld, but excluding all other taxes including taxes based upon or calculated by reference to income, receipts or capital) imposed against or on IT Services or Migration Assistance (“Sales Taxes”) provided hereunder, and such Sales Taxes will be added to the consideration where applicable. Such Sales Taxes shall be separately stated on the relevant invoice. KLX shall be responsible for any such Sales Taxes and shall either (i) remit such Sales Taxes to B/E (and B/E shall remit such amounts to the applicable taxing authority) or (ii) provide B/E with a certificate or other acceptable proof evidencing an exemption from liability for such Sales Taxes.

 

Section 5.4                         No Offset.

 

No Party shall withhold any payments to the other Party under this Agreement in order to offset payments due to such Party pursuant to this Agreement, the Separation Agreement or otherwise, unless such withholding is mutually agreed to, in advance, by the Parties.

 

ARTICLE VI

ACCESS AND SECURITY

 

Section 6.1                         Access; Work Policy.

 

(a)                           At all times during the Term, each Party shall provide, and shall cause the other member of its Group to provide, the other Party and its Personnel reasonable ingress to and egress from its facilities and premises, and reasonable access to its equipment and Personnel, for any purpose connected with the delivery or receipt of IT Services hereunder, the exercise of any right under this Agreement or the performance of any obligations required by this Agreement.

 

(b)                           Each Party shall comply, and shall cause its respective Personnel to comply, with the other Party’s safety and security regulations applicable to each specific site or facility while working at such site or facility. Except as otherwise agreed to by the Parties, each Party shall cause its Personnel to observe the working hours, working rules, and holiday schedules of the other Party while working on the premises of the other Party.

 

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Section 6.2                         Additional Security Measures.

 

Each Party acknowledges and agrees that any Service Provider may take physical or information security measures that affect the manner in which IT Services are provided, so long as the substance or overall functionality of any affected IT Services remains the same as it was as of the Distribution Date.

 

Section 6.3                         Security Breaches.

 

In the event of a security breach that relates to the IT Services, the Parties shall, subject to any applicable Law, cooperate with each other in good faith regarding the timing and manner of (a) notification to their respective customers, potential customers, employees and/or agents concerning a breach or potential breach of security and (b) disclosures to appropriate Governmental Entities.

 

Section 6.4                         Systems Security.

 

(a)                           If any Party or its Personnel are given access to any computer systems or software of any member of the other Party’s Group (“Systems”) in connection with such Party’s performance or receipt of IT Services, such Party shall comply, and shall cause the other members of its Group and its Personnel to comply, with all of such other Party’s system security policies, procedures and requirements (as amended from time to time, the “Security Regulations”), and will not tamper with, compromise or circumvent any security or audit measures employed by such other Party.

 

(b)                           Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that only those of its Personnel who are specifically authorized to have access to the Systems of the other Party gain such access, and to prevent unauthorized access, use, destruction, alteration or loss of information contained therein, including notifying its Personnel regarding the restrictions set forth in this Agreement and establishing appropriate policies designed to effectively enforce such restrictions.

 

(c)                            If, at any time, either Party determines that the other Party or its Personnel has sought to circumvent, or has circumvented, its Security Regulations, that any unauthorized Personnel of the other Party has accessed its Systems or that the other Party or any of its Personnel has engaged in activities that may lead to the unauthorized access, use, destruction, alteration or loss of data, information or software, such Party shall immediately terminate any such Personnel’s access to the Systems and promptly notify the other Party.

 

(d)                           Each Party shall access and use, and shall cause their respective Personnel to access and use, only those Systems, and only such data and information within such Systems, to which it or they have been granted the right to access and use. Any Party shall have the right to deny the Personnel of the other Party access to such Party’s Systems, after prior written notice and consultation with the other Party, in the event the Party reasonably believes that such Personnel pose a security concern.

 

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Section 6.5                         Records and Inspection Rights.

 

Each Party shall maintain, and shall cause the other members of such Party’s Group to maintain, accurate records of the receipts, invoices, reports and other documents relating to the IT Services (the “Records”) for the period applicable to such Records under B/E’s records retention policy in effect as of the date of this Agreement, following the expiration of the applicable Term, in order to provide the other Party the opportunity to verify the accuracy, completeness and appropriateness of the charges for the IT Services and that the IT Services are being provided in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and Schedule A. Upon reasonable written notice from KLX, B/E shall make available to KLX or its Representatives (at KLX’s sole cost and expense) reasonable access to, or at KLX’s sole cost and expense, copies of, the Records with respect to such IT Service during regular business hours.

 

ARTICLE VII

CONFIDENTIALITY

 

Section 7.1                         Confidential Information.

 

(a)                           Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the Parties shall hold, and shall cause each of the other members of their respective Groups to hold, and shall each cause their respective Representatives to hold, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause their respective other Personnel to hold, in strict confidence, and not to disclose or release or use, without the prior written consent of the other Party, any and all Confidential Information concerning the other Party (or any other member of such Party’s Group) or its respective business; provided, however, that the Parties may disclose, or may permit disclosure of, Confidential Information (i) to their respective auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, bankers and other appropriate consultants and advisors who have a need to know such Confidential Information and are informed of their obligation to hold such Confidential Information confidential to the same extent as is applicable to the Parties and in respect of whose failure to comply with such obligations, the applicable Party will be responsible, (ii) if the Parties or any other member of their respective Groups are required or compelled to disclose any such Confidential Information by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law or stock exchange rule, (iii) as required in connection with any legal or other proceeding by one Party against the other Party, or (iv) as necessary in order to permit a Party to prepare and disclose its financial statements, Tax Returns or other required disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any demand or request for disclosure of Confidential Information is made pursuant to clause (ii) above, each Party shall, to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, promptly notify the other of the existence of such request or demand and shall provide the other a reasonable opportunity to seek an appropriate protective order or other remedy, which such Parties will reasonably cooperate in obtaining, at the sole cost of the Party seeking such order or other remedy. In the event that such appropriate protective order or other remedy is not obtained, the Party whose Confidential Information is required to be disclosed shall or shall cause the other Party to furnish, or cause to be furnished, only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required to be disclosed and shall use commercially reasonable efforts, at the sole cost and expense of the Party whose Confidential Information is required to be disclosed, to ensure that confidential treatment is accorded such Confidential Information.

 

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(b)                           Nothing in this Article VII shall in any way affect any right or obligation of any Party with regard to any Party’s Confidential Information as provided in the Separation Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement or pursuant to any Continuing Arrangement.

 

ARTICLE VIII

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DATA

 

Section 8.1                         Ownership of Data and Intellectual Property.

 

(a)                           KLX shall own all data (i) provided by any member of the KLX Group to any member of the B/E Group in connection with such member of the KLX Group’s receipt of IT Services or (ii) created by or for B/E or any other member of the B/E Group solely in relation to the provision of IT Services to KLX or another member of the KLX Group (collectively, “Service Receiver Data”).

 

(b)                           Upon the written request of KLX, and at KLX’s sole cost and expense, any Service Receiver Data in possession of B/E or any other member of B/E’s Group shall be promptly provided to KLX in the format in which such Service Receiver Data is maintained as of the time of such request; provided, however, that B/E may retain the relevant Service Receiver Data and provide a copy thereof to KLX: (i) if necessary for B/E (or any other member of B/E’s Group) to comply with the requirements of Section 6.5, (ii) if necessary for B/E (or any other member of B/E’s Group) to continue to provide the IT Services during the Term; or (iii) if B/E (or any other member of B/E’s Group holding such Service Receiver Data) is unable to delete the Service Receiver Data from its archives using commercially reasonable efforts. After completion of the IT Services hereunder, neither B/E nor any other member of B/E’s Group shall retain any copy of Service Receiver Data (unless required by Law or if clause (i) or (iii) above applies), and B/E shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, upon the written request of KLX, within such time period as the Parties may reasonably agree, at the sole cost and expense of KLX, all Service Receiver Data in its possession (or in the possession of any other member of its Group) to KLX.

 

(c)                            All other data, information and Intellectual Property provided by each Party (including each other member of such Party’s Group) and their respective licensors and information, content and software providers in connection with performance of the IT Services shall remain the property of such Party. No right or license with respect to any Intellectual Property is granted under this Agreement other than as is strictly necessary for B/E to perform, and KLX to receive and use, the IT Services as contemplated herein, and then only to the extent of the interest held by the Party granting such right.

 

Section 8.2                         Licenses. From the date hereof until the termination of this Agreement, each Service Provider grants to the Service Recipients and their designees and suppliers a non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-transferable, non-sublicensable right and license to use such Service Provider’s Intellectual Property, solely and exclusively in order for the Service Recipients to receive the Services contemplated hereunder.

 

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ARTICLE IX

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

 

Section 9.1                         Limitation of Liabilities.

 

(a)                           EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF FRAUD, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY MEMBER OF THE B/E GROUP OR THE KLX GROUP BE LIABLE TO ANY MEMBER OF THE KLX GROUP OR THE B/E GROUP, RESPECTIVELY, FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL NOT LIMIT EACH PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE X.

 

Section 9.2                         Disclaimer of Warranties.

 

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES, AND EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSITION SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO MERCHANTABILITY, OR SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR TRADE USAGE.

 

ARTICLE X

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 10.1                  Indemnification of KLX.

 

Subject to the terms of this Article X, from and after the Distribution Date, B/E shall indemnify and hold harmless KLX and the other members of the KLX Group, and each of their respective Representatives (each, a “KLX Indemnified Person”), from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses incurred by such KLX Indemnified Person arising out of the undertaking, performance or completion by or on behalf of B/E or any other member of the B/E Group of an IT Service pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent such Indemnifiable Losses arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of the B/E Group, or any Representative of B/E.

 

Section 10.2                  Indemnification of B/E.

 

Subject to the terms of this Article X, from and after the Distribution Date, KLX shall indemnify and hold harmless B/E and the other members of the B/E Group, and each of their respective Representatives (each, a “B/E Indemnified Person”), from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses incurred by such B/E Indemnified Person arising out of the undertaking,

 

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performance or completion by or on behalf of B/E or any other member of the B/E Group of an IT Service pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent such Indemnifiable Losses arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of the KLX Group, or any Representative of KLX.

 

Section 10.3                  Indemnification Procedures.

 

The provisions of Section 7.04 (Procedures for Indemnification), Section 7.05 (Cooperation in Defense and Settlement), Section 7.06 (Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds) and Section 7.07 (Additional Matters; Survival of Indemnities) of the Separation Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Agreement and the Parties mutatis mutandis.

 

Section 10.4                  Rights of the Parties.

 

The rights and obligations of the Parties provided in this Article X shall be in addition to (and not in lieu of) any rights or obligations with respect to indemnification provided pursuant to the Separation Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement, and nothing herein shall in any way limit the rights and obligations of any Party pursuant thereto.

 

ARTICLE XI

TERM AND TERMINATION

 

Section 11.1                  Term of Agreement. The term of this Agreement shall become effective on the Distribution Date and shall remain in force until the earlier of (a) termination or expiration of all of the respective Terms and (b) termination in accordance with Section 11.2. The Term may be extended for a period of up to one (1) additional year by KLX in its sole discretion in respect of any IT Service. The obligation of any Party to make a payment for IT Services or Migration Assistance previously rendered shall not be affected by the termination of this Agreement or the expiration of the Term and shall continue until full payment is made.

 

Section 11.2                  Termination.

 

(a)                      Termination by B/E or KLX. This Agreement may be terminated by either Party (the “Terminating Party”) upon written notice to the other Party, if:

 

(i)                       the other Party materially breaches this Agreement (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes any failure to make payment in full for IT Services or Migration Assistance, except in a case where there is a good faith dispute thereto) and such breach is not cured, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Terminating Party, within thirty (30) days of written notice thereof; or

 

(ii)                    the other Party makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or becomes insolvent, or a receiver is appointed for, or a court approves reorganization or arrangement proceedings on, such Party.

 

(b)                      Partial Termination. Except as otherwise described in the Schedules hereto: (i) KLX may, on sixty (60) days’ written notice to B/E, which notice may not

 

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be effective at any time before the date that is six (6) months after the date hereof, terminate its receipt of any specific IT Service set forth on any part of Schedule A; and (ii) upon receipt of any notice pursuant to Section 4.4(b), KLX may, upon written notice to B/E, immediately terminate its receipt of any IT Service affected by any Force Majeure Event described therein. Any termination notice delivered pursuant to this Section 11.2(b) shall specify in detail the IT Service or IT Services to be terminated, and the date on which such IT Service or IT Services is to be terminated.

 

(c)                       Third Party Services. If any Service Provider receives notice from a third party that such third party intends to cease providing a Third Party Service (a “Terminating Third Party Service”) (and such intention is not the result of any action or inaction by B/E or any member of B/E’s Group), and the termination of such Third Party Service would thereby render such Service Provider incapable of providing the relevant IT Service:

 

(i)                       B/E shall elect (in its sole discretion): (1) to obtain such Third Party Service from an alternate third party service provider; or (2) to terminate such IT Service, effective upon the termination of the Terminating Third Party Service.

 

(ii)                    B/E shall promptly notify KLX of the third party’s impending termination of services and of B/E’s election under Section 11.2(c)(i), and shall include with such notice a copy of any correspondence received from such third party with regard to such Third Party Service, and a description, in reasonable detail, of the affected IT Service.

 

(iii)                 In the event B/E elects to obtain such Third Party Service from an alternate third party service provider, such Third Party Service shall continue to be provided to the Service Recipient hereunder; provided, however, that KLX shall have the option to terminate such IT Service by written notice to B/E, effective upon the termination of the Terminating Third Party Service.

 

(iv)                In the event B/E elects to terminate such Third Party Service, such IT Service shall, effective upon the termination of such Terminating Third Party Service, terminate, and thereafter, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no member of B/E’s Group shall have any further obligation to provide such IT Service to any member of KLX’s Group; provided, however, that, in the event any Third Party Service is terminated pursuant to this Section 11.2(c)(iv), at the written request of KLX, B/E shall provide (or cause to be provided), at its sole cost and expense, Migration Assistance to the Service Recipient thereof.

 

Section 11.3                  Effect of Termination.

 

In the event that this Agreement is terminated for any reason:

 

(a)                           Each Party acknowledges and agrees that the obligations of B/E to provide the IT Services, or to cause the IT Services to be provided, hereunder shall immediately cease. Upon cessation of B/E’s obligation to provide (or cause to be provided) any IT Service, KLX shall, and shall cause any other Service Recipient to, stop using, directly or indirectly, such IT Service.

 

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(b)                           Upon request, each Party shall, and shall cause the other members of its Group to, return to the other Party all tangible personal property and books, records or files owned by such other Party or its Affiliates and third parties and used in connection with the provision of IT Services that are in their possession as of the termination date.

 

(c)                            The rights and obligations of each Party under Section 4.5(a) (Title to Equipment), Article V (Payment), Section 6.5 (Records and Inspection Rights), Article VII (Confidentiality), Article VIII (Intellectual Property and Data), Article IX (Limitation of Liability; Disclaimer of Warranties), Article X (Indemnification), Section 11.1 (Term of Agreement), Section 11.3 (Effect of Termination) and Article XII (Miscellaneous) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 12.1                  Notices.

 

All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, communications relating to the IT Services provided hereunder and directed to a Service Coordinator pursuant to Section 2.2) shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by an internationally recognized overnight courier service, by facsimile (with confirmation of delivery) or registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 12.1):

 

(i)             if to B/E:

 

1400 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, FL 33414

Facsimile: (561) 791-3966

Attention: General Counsel

 

with copies to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

Facsimile: (212) 848-7179

Attention: Creighton O’M. Condon, Esq.

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

(ii)          if to KLX:

 

1300 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, FL 33414

Facsimile: (561) 791-5497

Attention: General Counsel

 

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with copies to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

Facsimile: (212) 848-7179

Attention: Creighton O’M. Condon, Esq.

Robert M. Katz, Esq.

 

Section 12.2                  Severability.

 

If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any Law, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect for so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

Section 12.3                  Entire Agreement.

 

The Separation Agreement, this Agreement, the other Ancillary Agreements and the Continuing Arrangements constitute the entire agreement of the Parties and their Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

Section 12.4                  Amendment.

 

This Agreement may not be amended or modified except (a) by an instrument in writing signed by, or on behalf of, the Parties or (b) by a waiver in accordance with Section 12.5.

 

Section 12.5                  Waiver.

 

Either Party to this Agreement may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party and (b) waive compliance with any of the agreements of the other Party or conditions to such Party’s obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party to be bound thereby. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of either Party to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any of such rights.

 

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Section 12.6                  Assignment.

 

Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Any purported assignment without such consent shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign this Agreement without consent in connection with (a) a merger transaction in which such Party is not the surviving entity and the surviving entity acquires or assumes all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets, or (b) the sale of all or substantially all of such Party’s Assets; provided, however, that such assignment shall be effective only if, and as of the time when, the assignee expressly assumes in writing all of the obligations of the assigning Party under this Agreement, and the assigning Party provides written notice and evidence of such assignment and assumption to the non-assigning Party. No assignment permitted by this Section 12.6 shall release the assigning Party from liability for the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 12.7                  Parties in Interest.

 

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied (including the provisions of Article X relating to indemnified parties), is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

Section 12.8                  Currency.

 

Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein means United States dollars, and all payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

 

Section 12.9                  Governing Law.

 

This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

 

Section 12.10           Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER

 

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PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 12.10.

 

Section 12.11           Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission or portable document format (“.pdf”)) in counterparts, and by the different Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

Section 12.12           Relationship of the Parties.

 

Expect as specifically provided herein, neither Party shall act or represent or hold itself out as having authority to act as an agent or partner of the other Party or in any way bind or commit the other Party to any obligations or agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as creating a partnership, joint venture, agency, trust, fiduciary relationship or other association of any kind, each Party being individually responsible only for its obligations as set forth in this Agreement. The Parties’ respective rights and obligations hereunder shall be limited to the contractual rights and obligations expressly set forth herein on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

B/E AEROSPACE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Amin Khoury

 

 

Name:

Amin J. Khoury

 

 

Title:

Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to IT Services Agreement]

 



 

 

KLX INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

 

Name:

Thomas P. McCaffrey

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Operating Officer

 

[Signature Page to IT Services Agreement]

 




Exhibit 10.5

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

Dated as of December 16, 2014

 

KLX INC.

 

CERTAIN LENDERS

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. and
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
,
as Syndication Agents

 

and

 

SUNTRUST BANK,
TD BANK, N.A.,
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
,
 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
,
MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.,
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
SANTANDER BANK, N.A.
,
as Documentation Agents


 

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC and
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and as Joint Bookrunners

 

 

 

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 



 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Page

1.

Definitions

1

 

1.1

Defined Terms

1

 

1.2

Other Definitional Provisions

39

2.

Amount and Terms of Revolving Credit Commitments

40

 

2.1

Revolving Credit Commitments

40

 

2.2

Proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans

40

 

2.3

Issuance of Letters of Credit

41

 

2.4

Participating Interests

42

 

2.5

Procedure for Opening Letters of Credit

42

 

2.6

Payments in Respect of Letters of Credit

43

 

2.7

Swing Line Commitment

44

 

2.8

Participations

46

3.

Amount and Terms of Incremental Loans; Extension of Maturity Date

46

 

3.1

Requests for Incremental Loans

46

 

3.2

Ranking and Other Provisions

46

 

3.3

Notices; Lender Elections

47

 

3.4

Incremental Facility Amendment

47

 

3.5

Effective Date and Allocations

48

 

3.6

Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase

48

 

3.7

Effect of Incremental Facility Amendment

49

 

3.8

Revolving Credit Commitment Increases

49

 

3.9

Conflicting Provisions

50

 

3.10

Extension of Maturity Date

50

4.

[RESERVED]

53

5.

General Provisions Applicable to Loans and Letters of Credit

53

 

5.1

Procedure for Borrowing by the Company

53

 

5.2

Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

54

 

5.3

Conversion and Continuation Options

55

 

5.4

Changes of Commitment Amounts

56

 

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5.5

Optional Prepayments

56

 

5.6

Mandatory Prepayments

60

 

5.7

Interest Rates and Payment Dates

62

 

5.8

Computation of Interest and Fees

63

 

5.9

Commitment Fees

63

 

5.10

Certain Fees

64

 

5.11

Letter of Credit Fees

64

 

5.12

Letter of Credit Reserves

64

 

5.13

Further Assurances

66

 

5.14

Obligations Absolute

66

 

5.15

Assignments

66

 

5.16

Participations

67

 

5.17

Inability to Determine Interest Rate for Eurodollar Loans

67

 

5.18

Pro Rata Treatment and Payments

67

 

5.19

Illegality

69

 

5.20

Requirements of Law

70

 

5.21

Indemnity

72

 

5.22

Replacement of Lenders

72

 

5.23

Taxes

73

 

5.24

Defaulting Lenders

78

6.

Representations and Warranties

80

 

6.1

Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law

80

 

6.2

Corporate Power; Authorization

80

 

6.3

Enforceable Obligations

81

 

6.4

No Conflict With Law or Contractual Obligations

81

 

6.5

No Material Litigation

81

 

6.6

Investment Company Act

82

 

6.7

Federal Reserve Regulations

82

 

6.8

No Default

82

 

6.9

Taxes

82

 

6.10

Subsidiaries

83

 

6.11

Ownership of Property; Liens

83

 

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6.12

ERISA

83

 

6.13

Environmental Matters

83

 

6.14

Accuracy and Completeness of Financial Statements

84

 

6.15

Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities

85

 

6.16

No Material Adverse Change

85

 

6.17

Solvency

85

 

6.18

Intellectual Property

85

 

6.19

Creation and Perfection of Security Interests

85

 

6.20

Accuracy and Completeness of Disclosure

86

 

6.21

[Reserved]

87

 

6.22

Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions

87

 

6.23

Patriot Act

87

 

6.24

Spin-Off

87

7.

Conditions Precedent

88

 

7.1

Conditions to Effective Date

88

 

7.2

Conditions to All Loans and Letters of Credit

92

8.

Affirmative Covenants

92

 

8.1

Financial Statements

93

 

8.2

Certificates; Other Information

94

 

8.3

Payment of Other Obligations

96

 

8.4

Continuation of Business and Maintenance of Existence and Material Rights and Privileges

97

 

8.5

Compliance with All Applicable Laws and Regulations and Material Contractual Obligations

97

 

8.6

Maintenance of Property; Insurance

97

 

8.7

Maintenance of Books and Records

97

 

8.8

Right of the Lenders to Inspect Property and Books and Records

98

 

8.9

Notices

98

 

8.10

Subsidiary Guaranties and Collateral

99

 

8.11

Compliance with Environmental Laws

105

 

8.12

[Reserved]

105

 

8.13

Further Assurances

105

 

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8.14

Post-Closing Covenant

106

9.

Negative Covenants

106

 

9.1

Financial Condition Covenants

106

 

9.2

Indebtedness

106

 

9.3

Limitation on Liens

110

 

9.4

[Reserved]

112

 

9.5

Prohibition on Fundamental Changes

112

 

9.6

Prohibition on Sale of Assets

113

 

9.7

Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances

114

 

9.8

Amendments to Documents

117

 

9.9

Limitation on Dividends

117

 

9.10

Transaction with Affiliates

119

 

9.11

[Reserved]

119

 

9.12

Other Indebtedness

119

 

9.13

Fiscal Year

120

 

9.14

[Reserved]

120

 

9.15

Limitation on Guarantees

120

 

9.16

Independence of Covenants

120

10.

Events of Default

121

 

10.1

Events of Default

121

11.

The Syndication Agents; the Documentation Agents; the Administrative Agent; the Issuing Lender

124

 

11.1

Appointment

124

 

11.2

Delegation of Duties

125

 

11.3

Exculpatory Provisions

125

 

11.4

Reliance by Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents or Administrative Agent

125

 

11.5

Notice of Default

126

 

11.6

Non-Reliance on Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents, Administrative Agent and Other Lenders

126

 

11.7

Indemnification

127

 

11.8

Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent and Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity

127

 

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11.9

Successor Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent or Administrative Agent

128

 

11.10

Issuing Lender as Issuer of Letters of Credit

128

12.

Miscellaneous

128

 

12.1

Amendments and Waivers

128

 

12.2

Notices

130

 

12.3

No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

132

 

12.4

Survival of Representations and Warranties

132

 

12.5

Payment of Expenses; Indemnification

132

 

12.6

Successors and Assigns; Participations; Purchasing Lenders

135

 

12.7

Adjustments; Set-off; Cashless Settlement

139

 

12.8

Counterparts

141

 

12.9

Integration

141

 

12.10

GOVERNING LAW; NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS

141

 

12.11

SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS

142

 

12.12

Acknowledgements

143

 

12.13

Confidentiality

143

 

12.14

USA Patriot Act

145

 

12.15

Judgment Currency

145

 

12.16

Severability

145

 

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SCHEDULES:

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1A

Commitment Amounts

Schedule 1B

Existing Money Market Funds

Schedule 2.3

Existing Letters of Credit

Schedule 6.10(a)

Domestic Subsidiaries

Schedule 6.10(b)

Foreign Subsidiaries

Schedule 6.11

Leasehold Interests

Schedule 6.24

Spin-Off Approvals

Schedule 8.14

Post-Closing Obligations

Schedule 9.2(i)

Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 9.2(l)

Existing Contingent Obligations

Schedule 9.3

Existing Liens

Schedule 9.6

Permitted Asset Sales

Schedule 9.7

Investments, Loans and Advances

Schedule 9.10

Transaction with Affiliates

 

 

 

EXHIBITS:

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

Form of Pledge and Security Agreement

Exhibit B-1

Form of Company Closing Certificate (Secretary)

Exhibit B-2

Form of Company Closing Certificate (Officer)

Exhibit C-1

Form of Assignment and Acceptance

Exhibit C-2

Form of Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance

Exhibit D

[Reserved]

Exhibit E

[Reserved]

Exhibit F

[Reserved]

Exhibit G

Form of Subordination Terms and Conditions of Intercompany Note

Exhibit H

Form of Credit Party Accession Agreement

Exhibit I

Form of Guaranty

Exhibit J

Form of Solvency Certificate

Exhibit K

Form of Maturity Date Extension Request

Exhibit L

Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates

Exhibit M

Form of Discounted Prepayment Option Notice

Exhibit N

Form of Lender Participation Notice

Exhibit O

Form of Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 16, 2014 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time after the date hereof, this Agreement), among KLX INC., a Delaware corporation (the Company), the several Lenders from time to time parties hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. and GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as syndication agents for the Lenders, and SUNTRUST BANK, TD BANK, N.A., ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., MUFG UNION BANK, N.A., PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and SANTANDER BANK, N.A., as documentation agents for the Lenders.

 

As of the date of this Agreement, the Company (such term and each other capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein having the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1) is a wholly owned subsidiary of B/E Aerospace, Inc. (BEA).  As set forth in the Form 10, BEA intends to distribute all the issued and outstanding common stock of the Company on a pro rata basis to its shareholders in a tax-free transaction (the Spin-Off).

 

In connection with the Spin-Off, (a) the Company is entering into this Agreement and obtaining the revolving credit facilities established hereby, (b) the Company will issue and sell in a Rule 144A transaction or registered public offering an amount not to exceed $1,200,000,000 of its Senior Unsecured Notes (the Senior Notes), (c) the Company will pay a cash dividend to BEA immediately prior to the Spin-Off in an amount equal to $750,000,000 (the Effective Date Dividend), (d) all indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness described in Section 7.1(g)(iii)) will be repaid or canceled and (e) fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions described in clauses (a) through (d) will be paid.

 

The Company has requested that the Lenders extend credit in the form of Revolving Credit Commitments under which the Company may obtain Revolving Credit Loans in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit exceeding $500,000,000.  The proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans are to be used by the Company to finance the working capital needs and other general corporate purposes of the Company and its Subsidiaries following the Spin-Off.

 

The Lenders are willing to establish the credit facilities referred to in the preceding paragraph upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.  Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.                                      DEFINITIONS

 

1.1                               DEFINED TERMS

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

 



 

ABR means, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1.00%) equal to the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1.00% and (iii) Adjusted LIBOR for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%.  For purposes hereof:  Prime Rate means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMCB in connection with extensions of credit to debtors); and Federal Funds Effective Rate means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1.00%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1.00%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided, that, if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.  If for any reason the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate, for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms hereof, the ABR shall be determined without regard to clause (ii) of the first sentence of this definition, as appropriate, until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist.  Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the applicable LIBOR shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the applicable LIBOR, respectively.

 

ABR Loans means Loans whose interest rate is based on the ABR.

 

Acceptable Discount has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(b)(iii).

 

Acceptance Date has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(b)(ii).

 

Additional Collateral Documents has the meaning specified in Section 8.10(d).

 

Adjusted LIBOR means, with respect to Eurodollar Loans for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1.00%) equal to (a) the LIBOR for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

 

Administrative Agency Fee Letter means the letter dated December 16, 2014 between the Company and the Administrative Agent, setting forth the administrative agency fee for this Agreement.

 

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Administrative Agent means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Credit Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

 

Affiliate of any Person means (i) any Person (other than a Subsidiary) which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, or (ii) any Person who is a director or officer of (A) such Person, (B) any Subsidiary of such Person or (C) any Person described in clause (i) above.  For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, either (i) to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

 

Agents means a collective reference to the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

 

Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit means, at any particular time, the sum of (i) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit and (iii) the aggregate amount of Revolving L/C Obligations.

 

Alternate Currency means (i) Dollars, (ii) Euro, (iii) Pounds Sterling and (iv) any other currency (x) that is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars, (y) for which a LIBO Screen Rate is available in the Administrative Agent’s determination and (z) that is agreed to by the Administrative Agent and each of the Revolving Credit Lenders.

 

Agreement has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, and similar laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to any Credit Party or their respective Subsidiaries concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

 

Applicable Discount has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(b)(iii).

 

Applicable Level means, as of any day, Level I, Level II, Level III or Level IV below, whichever is applicable on such day, with each new Level to take effect on the day following the delivery to the Administrative Agent by the Company of the financial statements referred to in Section 8.1(a) or (b), as the case may be, and the related certificate of a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company referred to in Section 8.2(b) for any fiscal quarter indicating the Total Leverage Ratio for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the period covered by such financial statements:

 

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Applicable Level

 

Total Leverage Ratio

I

 

Greater than or equal to 3.25 to 1.00

II

 

Greater than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00 but less than 3.25 to 1.00

III

 

Greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 but less than 2.50 to 1.00

IV

 

Less than 2.00 to 1.00

 

provided, however, that:  (i) in the event that the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or 8.1(b) and the related certificate of a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company referred to in Section 8.2(b) are not delivered when due for any fiscal quarter, then during the period from the date upon which such financial statements and certificate were required to be delivered, until the date upon which they actually are delivered, the Applicable Level shall be Level I; (ii) in the event the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or 8.1(b) and the related certificates of a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company referred to in Section 8.2(b) for any fiscal quarter are proven to have been incorrect, then the Applicable Level for the relevant period shall be adjusted retroactively to reflect the level which would have applied for such period based on the corrected Total Leverage Ratio ending on the last day of the period covered by such financial statements, and any additional interest owing as a result of such readjustment shall be payable on demand; and (iii) at all times during which a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Applicable Level shall be Level I.

 

Applicable Margin means for each day (i) from the Effective Date until the date on which the Applicable Level is determined for the first fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date, 0.75% per annum in the case of ABR Loans (including all Swing Line Loans) and 1.75% per annum in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and (ii) thereafter, the rate per annum for the relevant Type of such Loan set forth below opposite the Applicable Level in effect on such day:

 

Applicable Level

 

Eurodollar Loans

 

ABR Loans

 

I

 

2.00

%

1.00

%

II

 

1.75

%

0.75

%

III

 

1.50

%

0.50

%

IV

 

1.25

%

0.25

%

 

The Applicable Margin for each Incremental Loan shall be determined in accordance with Article 3 of this Agreement.

 

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Asset Sale means any sale, sale-leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any of its property or assets, including the stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (except sales, sale-leasebacks, assignments, conveyances, transfers and other dispositions permitted by clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j) and (k) of Section 9.6).

 

Assignee has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(c).

 

Assignor has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(c).

 

Assignment and Acceptance means an Assignment and Acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto.

 

Available Amount means at any date the amount, if any, equal to the sum of (i) the Net Proceeds of one or more Qualifying Equity Issuances made after the Effective Date, (ii) Cumulative Excess Cash Flow and (iii) solely in the case of (x) amounts applied in determining the permissibility of Investments under Section 9.7(m) or (y) dividends and distributions under Section 9.9(e), $100,000,000, in each case that is Not Otherwise Applied.

 

Available Revolving Credit Commitment means, as to any Lender, at a particular time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time less (ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.1, (B) such Lender’s L/C Participating Interest in the aggregate amount available to be drawn at such time under all outstanding Letters of Credit, (C) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate outstanding amount of Revolving L/C Obligations and (D) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Swing Line Loans, provided that for purposes of calculating Available Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 5.9 the amount referred to in this clause (D) shall be zero; collectively, as to all the Lenders, the Available Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

Bankruptcy Event means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, but only so long as such ownership interest of a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof does not result in, or provide such Person with, immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets, or

 

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permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

 

BEA has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.

 

BEA Credit Agreement means the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 3, 2012, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, among, inter alios, BEA, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

Benefitted Lender has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(a) hereof.

 

Board means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

 

Borrowing Date means any Business Day specified in a notice pursuant to (i) Section 2.7 or 5.1 as a date on which the Company requests the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans or the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans or Incremental Loans hereunder or (ii) Section 2.5 as a date on which the Company requests the Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit hereunder.

 

Business Day means, when such term is used in connection with (i) a Eurodollar Loan, any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which (A) the London interbank market is open for general banking business and (B) banks in New York City are open for general banking business and (ii) an ABR Loan, any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks in New York City are open for general banking business.

 

Capital Expenditures means, for any period, all amounts (other than those arising from the acquisition or lease of businesses and assets which are permitted by Section 9.7) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be included as additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, excluding interest capitalized during construction, as the same are or would be set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period.

 

Capital Lease means, of any Person, any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee which would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such Person.

 

Cash Collateralize means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Lender and the Lenders, as collateral for the Revolving L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender.

 

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Cash Equivalents means (i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition, (ii) certificates of deposit and Eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any Lender or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000, (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (i) and (ii) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (ii) above, (iv) commercial paper issued by any Lender, the parent corporation of any Lender or any Subsidiary of such Lender’s parent corporation, and commercial paper rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition thereof, (v) money market funds that (A) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (B) are rated AA by S&P and Aa by Moody’s and (C) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000, (vi) money market funds existing on the Effective Date that are listed on Schedule 1B, and (vii) in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, investments that are substantially equivalent to the foregoing investments described in clauses (i) through (v) above that are available in the currency of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized.

 

Cash Management Agreement means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit, purchasing or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.

 

Cash Management Bank means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement or on the Effective Date, is a Lender or a Joint Lead Arranger or an Affiliate of a Lender or a Joint Lead Arranger, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.

 

Cash Management Obligation means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person under or in respect of a Cash Management Agreement.

 

Casualty means any casualty, loss, damage, destruction or other similar loss with respect to real or personal property or improvements.

 

CFC means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

 

CFC Holdco means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than direct or indirect equity and Indebtedness of one or more Subsidiaries that are CFCs.

 

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Change in Law means, with respect to any Lender, the adoption of any law, treaty, rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the issuance of any final rule, regulation or guideline by any regulatory agency having jurisdiction over such Lender or, in the case of Section 5.12(b) or 5.20(b), any corporation controlling such Lender, in each case, after the date such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following events after the Spin-Off:

 

(i)                                     any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) has become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an option right)), directly or indirectly, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of 35% or more (on a fully-diluted basis after giving effect to the conversion and exercise of all outstanding rights, warrants, options, convertible securities, exchangeable securities, indebtedness or other rights, in each case exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests of the Company or securities exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into Equity Interests of the Company, whether at the time of issuance or upon the passage of time or the occurrence of some future event (whether or not such securities are then currently convertible or exercisable and taking into account all such securities that such “person” or “group” has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right)) of the Equity Interests of the Company having ordinary power to vote in the election of members of the board of directors of the Company (irrespective of whether, at the time, Equity Interests of any other class or classes of the Company shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency);

 

(ii)                                  during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Company cease to be composed of individuals (A) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body at the time of the Spin-Off, (B) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (A) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (C) whose election or

 

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nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (A) and (B) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body; or

 

(iii)                               a change of control or comparable term in any Senior Note Document occurs.

 

Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

Collateral means all of the Collateral referred to in the Collateral Documents and all of the other property and assets that are or are required under the terms hereof or of the Collateral Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

Collateral Agent means JPMCB, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Parties, and its successor or successors in such capacity.

 

Collateral Documents means, collectively, the Pledge and Security Agreement, any Additional Collateral Documents, any additional pledges, security agreements, patent, trademark or copyright filings or mortgages that create or purport to create a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and any instruments of assignment, control agreements, lockbox letters or other instruments or agreements executed pursuant to the foregoing.

 

Commitment Fee has the meaning specified in Section 5.9(a).

 

Commitment Percentage means, with respect to any Lender, either of the (i) Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, or (ii) Incremental Term Loan Commitment Percentage, of such Lender, as the context shall require.

 

Commitments means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Swing Line Commitments and the Incremental Commitments, if any; individually, a Commitment.  On the Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments is $500,000,000.  The aggregate amount of all Incremental Commitments shall not exceed $500,000,000.

 

Commonly Controlled Entity means an entity, whether or not incorporated, which is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group which includes the Company and which is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

 

Company has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.

 

Company Materials has the meaning specified in Section 8.2.

 

Condemnation means any taking by a Governmental Authority of property or assets, or any part thereof or interest therein, for public or quasi-public use under the power of

 

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eminent domain, by reason of any public improvement or condemnation or in any other manner.

 

Condemnation Award means all proceeds of any Condemnation or transfer in lieu thereof.

 

Conduit Lender means any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument, subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (i) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Sections 5.12, 5.19, 5.20 or 5.21 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (ii) be deemed to have any Commitment.

 

Consenting Lender has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(a).

 

Consolidated Cash Interest Expense means, for any period, the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense paid or required to be paid in cash by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period.

 

Consolidated Current Assets means, at any particular date, all amounts which would, in conformity with GAAP, be reflected under current assets on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at such date, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents.

 

Consolidated Current Liabilities means, at any particular date, all amounts which would, in conformity with GAAP, be reflected under current liabilities on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at such date, excluding the current portion of any Indebtedness (including the Loans).

 

Consolidated EBITDA means, for any period for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, the sum of:

 

(i)                                     Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding therefrom any unusual or extraordinary items of gain or loss); plus

 

(ii)                                  without duplication, those amounts which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, have been deducted for:

 

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(A)                               Consolidated Interest Expense;

 

(B)                               provisions for Federal, state, local and foreign income, value added and similar taxes;

 

(C)                               depreciation, amortization (including, without limitation, amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets), impairment of goodwill and other non-cash charges or expenses (excluding any such non-cash charge or expense to the extent that it represents amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period);

 

(D)                               non-cash compensation expense, or other non-cash expenses or charges, arising from the granting of stock options, the granting of stock appreciation rights and similar arrangements (including any repricing, amendment, modification, substitution or change of any such stock option, stock appreciation rights or similar arrangements);

 

(E)                                any costs, fees, expenses or charges incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of, or in connection with, the Spin-Off;

 

(F)                                 any (x) financial advisory fees, underwriting fees, accounting fees, legal fees and other similar advisory and consulting fees and related out-of-pocket expenses, and (y) prepayment premiums, breakage costs and LIBOR indemnities, redeployment costs or funding costs, in each case incurred by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of, or in connection with, any issuance, incurrence, refinancing, redemption, repayment or prepayment of Indebtedness, to the extent permitted under this Agreement; and

 

(G)                               any (x) financial advisory fees, accounting fees, legal fees and other similar advisory and consulting fees and related out-of-pocket expenses, and (y) all cash and non-cash restructuring and integration charges, costs, and expenses, in each case incurred by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of any Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Foreign Acquisition and deducted from net income, and in the case of items describe in clause (y) above, which are factually supportable, identifiable and documented and which are not objected to by the Administrative Agent; minus

 

(iii)                               any amount which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, has been added for any non-cash income or non-cash gains, all as determined in accordance with GAAP; minus

 

(iv)                              the aggregate amount of cash payments made during such period in respect of any non-cash accrual, reserve or other non-cash charge or expense accounted for in a prior period which were added to Consolidated Net Income to determine

 

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Consolidated EBITDA for such prior period and which do not otherwise reduce Consolidated Net Income for the current period.

 

For purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a Measurement Period) pursuant to any determination of the Total Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio and the Interest Coverage Ratio, if during such period (or in the case of pro-forma calculations, during the period from the last day of such period to and including the date as of which such calculation is made) the Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have made an Asset Sale, a Permitted Acquisition or a Permitted Foreign Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving effect thereto on a pro-forma basis, giving effect to identifiable cost savings documented to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, taken or expected in good faith to be taken within 12 months following the last day of such period (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period).

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Consolidated EBITDA shall be deemed to be $103,141,000 for the fiscal quarter ended on March 31, 2014, $101,773,000 for the fiscal quarter ended on June 30, 2014, $103,165,000 for the fiscal quarter ended on September 30, 2014  and $97,821,000 for the fiscal quarter ended on December 31, 2014.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense means, for any period the sum of (i) the amount of interest expense, both expensed and capitalized (excluding amortization and write offs of debt discount and debt issuance costs and any other non-cash interest expense or accretions of discounts), net of interest income, of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, for such period and (ii) dividends paid in cash during such period on preferred stock issued by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that, for purposes of calculating Consolidated Interest Expense for any period for determining the Total Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio and the Interest Coverage Ratio, if during such period (or in the case of pro-forma calculations, during the period from the last day of such period to and including the date as of which such calculation is made) the Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have made an Asset Sale, made a Permitted Acquisition, made a Permitted Foreign Acquisition or incurred or discharged any Material Indebtedness, then Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect thereto on a pro-forma basis, giving effect to identifiable cost savings documented to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.

 

Consolidated Liquidity means, on any date, the sum of (i) the amount, if positive, of (A) the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments minus (B) the then aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Outstandings (excluding for this purpose only the aggregate face amount of all undrawn Letters of Credit then outstanding) plus (ii) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents owned by one or more Credit Parties on such date.

 

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Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, the net income (or net loss) after taxes of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period (i) the income (or loss) of any Person in which any other Person (other than the Company or any of its Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries) has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received in cash by the Company or such Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary in the form of dividends or other equity distributions during such period, (ii) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) the income of any Subsidiary of the Company to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary.

 

Consolidated Subsidiary means at any date any Subsidiary of the Company or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Company in its consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and Consolidated Subsidiaries means all of them, collectively.

 

Consolidated Total Assets means, at any date, the total consolidated assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (and excluding all intercompany items) as of the date of the most recent financial statements delivered in accordance with Section 8.1(a) or (b) of this Agreement.

 

Consolidated Total Indebtedness means, as of any date of determination, all Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding any obligations in respect of hedging arrangements.

 

Consolidated Total Secured Indebtedness means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans plus the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all other Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries which is secured by any Lien on any property or assets of the Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Consolidated Working Capital means, at any particular date, Consolidated Current Assets less Consolidated Current Liabilities.

 

Contingent Obligation means, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness (primary obligations) of any other Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent

 

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(i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Contingent Obligation shall not include (x) endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business and (y) any obligation resulting from the existence of deferred revenue, including customer deposits.  The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount (based on the maximum reasonably anticipated net liability in respect thereof as determined by the Company in good faith) of the primary obligation or portion thereof in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated net liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by the Company in good faith.

 

Contractual Obligation means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of the property owned by it is bound.

 

Credit Documents means the collective reference to this Agreement, the Notes, the Administrative Agency Fee Letter, the Guaranty (including any guarantee or Credit Party Accession Agreement executed and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 8.10 or 9.15 of this Agreement), the Collateral Documents and any Incremental Facility Amendment.

 

Credit Parties means the collective reference to the Company and each Subsidiary which is a party, or which at any time becomes a party, to a Credit Document.

 

Credit Party Accession Agreement means an accession agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, executed and delivered by a Subsidiary after the Effective Date, in accordance with Section 8.10 or Section 9.15 hereof.

 

Cumulative Excess Cash Flow means the sum of Excess Cash Flow (but not less than zero in any period) for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2014 and Excess Cash Flow for each succeeding completed fiscal year.

 

Debtor Relief Laws means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

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Declining Lender has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(a).

 

Default means any of the events specified in Article 10, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

 

Defaulting Lender means, subject to Section 5.24, any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans or (iii) pay over to any Finance Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Company or any Finance Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request in writing by the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender or any Issuing Lender, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Finance Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent entity that has, after the date hereof, become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

 

Designated Subsidiary means each wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary other than (a) a Restricted Subsidiary that is (i) a Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) a Foreign-Subsidiary Holding Company or (iii) a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or a Foreign-Subsidiary Holding Company, (b) a Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary, (c) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not permitted by law, regulation or contract existing on the Effective Date or on the date that any such Subsidiary is acquired (so long as any such contractual restriction is not incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary), to provide the Guaranty required by Section 8.10(a), or would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to provide such Guaranty, unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received, or for which the provision of such Guaranty would result in a material adverse tax consequence to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (including as a result of the operation of Section 956 of the Code or any similar law or regulation in any applicable jurisdiction) to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Company) and (d) any not-for-profit Subsidiaries, captive insurance Subsidiaries or other special purpose entities, if any; notwithstanding the foregoing, additional subsidiaries

 

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may be excluded from the guarantee requirements in circumstances where the Company and the Administrative Agent determine in good faith that the cost or burden of providing such a guarantee is excessive in relation to the value afforded to the Lenders thereby; provided that the term Designated Subsidiary shall include any Restricted Subsidiary described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition that is designated as a Designated Subsidiary in accordance with Section 8.10(b).

 

Discount Range has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(b)(ii).

 

Discounted Prepayment Option Notice has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(b)(ii).

 

Discounted Voluntary Prepayment has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(b)(i).

 

Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(b)(v).

 

Documentation Agents means, collectively, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Bank of Tokyo — Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and UBS Securities LLC, in their capacities as Documentation Agents with respect to the Commitments (each, a Documentation Agent).

 

Dollar Equivalent of any currency at any date shall mean (i) the amount of such currency if such currency is Dollars or (ii) the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars if such currency is an Alternate Currency, calculated on the basis of the Exchange Rate for such currency, on or as of the date of each request for the issuance, amendment renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit.

 

Dollars and $ mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

Domestic Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Effective Date means the date on which the conditions specified in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.1).

 

Effective Date Dividend has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.

 

Electronic Signature means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

 

Eligible Assignee means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 12.6 (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required thereunder).

 

Environmental Laws means any and all applicable Federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees or legally enforceable

 

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requirements of any Governmental Authority regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning human health as they relate to Materials of Environmental Concern or the protection of the environment, including without limitation, Materials of Environmental Concern, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.

 

Environmental Permit means any permit, approval, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.

 

Equity Interests means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

 

Equity Issuance means (i) any sale or issuance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Equity Interests and (ii) the receipt by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any cash capital contributions, whether or not paid in connection with any issuance of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, from any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

 

Eurodollar Lending Office means the office of each Lender which shall be making or maintaining its Eurodollar Loans.

 

Eurodollar Loans means Loans at such time as they are made and/or being maintained at a rate of interest based upon Adjusted LIBOR.

 

Event of Default means any of the events specified in Article 10, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

 

Excess Cash Flow means, for any period, Consolidated EBITDA for such period (i) plus, without duplication, any net decrease in the Consolidated Working Capital of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period and (ii) minus, without duplication, (A) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense during such period, (B) the principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans paid during such period to the extent such payment was accompanied by a permanent reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments in at least a like amount, and any scheduled payments or voluntary

 

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prepayments of principal on any Incremental Term Loans (provided that such payments shall not include mandatory prepayments of any such Incremental Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.6 of this Agreement or otherwise), (C) taxes measured by income accrued as an expense and paid in cash during such period, (D) amounts paid in cash during such period in respect of Capital Expenditures, Permitted Acquisitions or Permitted Foreign Acquisitions to the extent such Capital Expenditures, Permitted Acquisitions or Permitted Foreign Acquisitions are not financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness, Net Proceeds of Asset Sales, Insurance Proceeds, or net proceeds of one or more issuances of Equity Interests (in each case other than Net Proceeds of Asset Sales or Insurance Proceeds, if any, to the extent such proceeds were included in Consolidated Net Income for the applicable period), (E) the amount of any payments or prepayments made during such period of principal of any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) permitted under Section 9.2 of this Agreement made during such period, (F) any net increase in the Consolidated Working Capital of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, excluding for this purpose cash and short-term investments (including Cash Equivalents) and any borrowings under this Agreement and any other Indebtedness included in Consolidated Current Liabilities in determining Consolidated Working Capital for such period, (G) the aggregate amount of any dividends or distributions permitted under Section 9.9 of this Agreement actually paid in cash by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period and (H) the amount of cash payments made during such period by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with (without duplication) clauses (ii)(F) and (G) of the definition of Consolidated EBITDA.

 

Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Exchange Rate means, on any day, with respect to any Alternate Currency, the rate at which such Alternate Currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date on the Reuters screen (or another commercially available source providing quotations of such rate as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) for such currency (or to the extent applicable, the rate at which Dollars may be exchanged into such other currency). In the event that such rate does not appear on such applicable Reuters screen (or another commercially available source providing quotations of such rate as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time), the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available source providing quotations of such rate as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time), the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Company (or, with respect to calculations to be made by the relevant Issuing Lender, such Issuing Lender and the Company), or, in the absence of such an agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent (or, with respect to calculations to be made by the relevant Issuing Lender, such Issuing Lender) in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about such time as the Administrative Agent (or, with respect

 

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to calculations to be made by the relevant Issuing Lender, such Issuing Lender) shall elect after determining that such rates shall be the basis for determining the Exchange Rate, on such date for the purchase of Dollars for delivery two Business Days later; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent (or, with respect to calculations to be made by the relevant Issuing Lender, such Issuing Lender) may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

Excluded Foreign Subsidiary has the meaning specified in Section 8.2(b).

 

Excluded Taxes means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Company hereunder, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Company under this Agreement) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office or designates a Conduit Lender, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 5.23(b), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such recipient’s failure to comply with Section 5.23(g) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

Existing Letters of Credit has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(a).

 

Existing Maturity Date has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(a).

 

Extension Effective Date has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(a).

 

Extensions of Credit means the collective reference to Loans made and Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement.

 

Facility means each of (i) the Revolving Credit Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the Revolving Credit Facility), and (ii) the Incremental Commitments and Incremental Loans (if any) made thereunder.

 

FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions that are substantively similar) and any regulations thereunder or official

 

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interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate has the meaning assigned it in the definition of “ABR”.

 

Finance Document means (i) each Credit Document, (ii) each Swap Contract between one or more Credit Parties and a Hedge Bank evidencing Swap Obligations permitted hereunder and (iii) each Cash Management Agreement between any Credit Party and a Cash Management Bank, and Finance Documents means all of them, collectively.

 

Finance Obligations means, at any date, (i) all Obligations, (ii) all Swap Obligations of a Credit Party permitted hereunder owed or owing under any Swap Contract to any Hedge Bank and (iii) all Cash Management Obligations owing under any Cash Management Agreement to a Cash Management Bank.

 

Finance Party means the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender.

 

First Tier Foreign Subsidiary means a Foreign Subsidiary held directly by the Company or another Credit Party.

 

Foreign Lender means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Company is a resident for tax purposes.  For purposes of this definition, the United States, each state thereof, and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

 

Foreign Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(9) of the Code).

 

Foreign-Subsidiary Holding Company means any Restricted Subsidiary substantially all of whose assets consist of Equity Interests in Persons that are CFCs.

 

Form 10 means the registration statement on Form 10 filed by the Company with the SEC on August 29, 2014, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the SEC on October 10, 2014, and by Amendment No. 2 thereto filed with the SEC on November 13, 2014, and shall include any further amendment thereto filed with the SEC (but shall not include any such amendment after the Effective Date, to the extent that such amendments change the terms or structure of the Spin-Off or the transactions to occur in connection therewith in a manner that is adverse in any material respect to the Company or the Lenders and that shall not have been approved by the Joint Lead Arrangers (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)).

 

GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect on the date of this Agreement.

 

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Governmental Authority means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank) and any group or body charged with setting regulatory capital rules or standards (including, without limitation, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).

 

Guaranty means a Guaranty, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, made by one or more Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Secured Parties, together with each other guaranty or guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 8.10 or Section 9.15 of this Agreement.

 

Hedge Bank means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Swap Contract or on the Effective Date, is a Lender or a Joint Lead Arranger or an Affiliate of a Lender or a Joint Lead Arranger, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Contract.

 

Impacted Interest Period has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “LIBOR”.

 

Incremental Commitments has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

 

Incremental Commitments Effective Date has the meaning specified in Section 3.5.

 

Incremental Equivalent Debt has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(n).

 

Incremental Facility Amendment has the meaning specified in Section 3.4.

 

Incremental Facility Closing Date has the meaning specified in Section 3.6

 

Incremental Lender has the meaning specified in Section 3.3.

 

Incremental Loans has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

 

Incremental Revolving Credit Loans has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

 

Incremental Term Commitment has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

 

Incremental Term Loan Tranche has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

 

Incremental Term Loans has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

 

Indebtedness means, of any Person, at any particular date, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade payables or liabilities and deferred payment for services to employees or former employees incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices and other deferred compensation arrangements), (ii) the face amount of all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and,

 

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without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder, (iii) all liabilities (other than Lease Obligations) secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof, (iv) obligations of such Person under Capital Leases and (v) all indebtedness of such Person arising under acceptance facilities; but excluding (x) any obligation resulting from the existence of deferred revenue, including customer deposits and interest thereon in the ordinary course of business, (y) deferred rent, and (z) trade and other accounts and accrued expenses payable in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary trade terms and in the case of both clauses (x) and (z) above, which are not overdue for a period of more than 120 days or, if overdue for more than 120 days, as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of such Person.

 

Indemnified Person has the meaning specified in Section 12.5(a)(iv).

 

Indemnified Taxes means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.

 

Information has the meaning specified in Section 12.13(a).

 

Insolvency means, with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of such term as used in Section 4245 of ERISA.

 

Insurance Proceeds means all insurance proceeds (other than proceeds of business interruption insurance to the extent such proceeds constitute compensation for lost earnings), damages, awards, claims and rights of action with respect to any Casualty.

 

Interest Coverage Ratio has the meaning specified in Section 9.1(b).

 

Interest Payment Date means (i) as to ABR Loans, the last day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on the first such day to occur after any ABR Loans are made or any Eurodollar Loans are converted to ABR Loans, (ii) as to any Eurodollar Loan in respect of which the Company has selected an Interest Period of one, two or three months (or any shorter period as agreed by the Lenders), the last day of such Interest Period, (iii) as to any Eurodollar Loan in respect of which the Company has selected an Interest Period in excess of three months (as may be agreed by the Lenders), the day which is three months after the date on which such Eurodollar Loan is made or continued as a Eurodollar Loan or an ABR Loan is converted to such a Eurodollar Loan, the first day of any subsequent three-month period and the last day of such Interest Period and (iv) the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

 

Interest Period means, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan:

 

(i)                                     initially, the period commencing on, as the case may be, the Borrowing Date or conversion or continuation date with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter (or such shorter or longer periods as the Lenders of the applicable tranche of Loans may agree) as selected by the

 

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Company in its notice of borrowing as provided in Section 5.1 or its notice of conversion or continuation as provided in Section 5.3; and

 

(ii)                                  thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter (or such shorter or longer periods as the Lenders of the applicable tranche of Loans may agree) as selected by the Company by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 P.M. New York City time three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect to such Eurodollar Loan; provided that the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

 

(A)                               if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

 

(B)                               any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Revolving Credit Termination Date, shall end on the Revolving Credit Termination Date, or if the Revolving Credit Termination Date shall not be a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day;

 

(C)                               if the Company shall fail to give notice as provided above in clause (b), it shall be deemed to have selected a conversion of a Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan (which conversion shall occur automatically and without need for compliance with the conditions for conversion set forth in Section 5.3); and

 

(D)                               any Interest Period that begins on the last day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month.

 

Interpolated Rate means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the LIBO Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBO Screen Rate for the longest period for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBO Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.

 

Investment has the meaning specified in Section 9.7.

 

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Issuing Lender means JPMCB or any other Lender (or their respective Affiliates) which agrees to be an Issuing Lender and is designated by the Company and the Administrative Agent as an Issuing Lender, as issuer of Letters of Credit.

 

Joint Lead Arrangers means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.

 

JPMCB means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its successors.

 

Laws means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directives, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

 

L/C Application means a letter of credit application in the Issuing Lender’s then customary form for the type of letter of credit requested.

 

L/C Disbursement means a payment made by an Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

 

L/C Participating Interest means the Dollar Equivalent of an undivided participating interest in the face amount of each issued and outstanding Letter of Credit and the L/C Application relating thereto.

 

Lease Obligations means, of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as of the date of any determination thereof, the rental commitments of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis, if any, under Operating Leases (net of rental commitments from sub-leases thereof).

 

Leaseholds means, with respect to any Person, all of the right, title and interest of such Person as lessee or licensee in, to and under leases or licenses of land, improvements and/or fixtures.

 

Lender means each bank or other lending institution listed on Schedule 1A, each Eligible Assignee that becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 12.6(c), each Incremental Lender that becomes a Lender pursuant to Article 3 and their respective successors and shall include, as the context may require, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender in such capacities.

 

Lender Affiliate means (i) any Affiliate of any Lender, (ii) any Person that is administered or managed by any Lender and that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the

 

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ordinary course of its activities and (iii) with respect to any Lender which is a fund that invests in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor/manager as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender or investment advisor/manager.

 

Lender Participation Notice has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(b)(iii).

 

Lending Office means, with respect to any Lender, (i) with respect to its ABR Loans, the office of such Lender which will be making or maintaining its ABR Loans and (ii) with respect to its Eurodollar Loans, its Eurodollar Lending Office.

 

Letter of Credit means a letter of credit issued by an Issuing Lender pursuant to the terms of Section 2.3.

 

LIBOR means, for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for U.S. Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; in each case the LIBO Screen Rate) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement; provided further that if the Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an Impacted Interest Period) then LIBOR shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided that if any Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

 

LIBO Screen Rate has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “LIBOR”.

 

Lien means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement under the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction in respect of any of the foregoing, except for the filing of financing statements in connection with Lease Obligations to the extent that such financing statements relate to the property subject to such Lease Obligations).

 

Loans means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Loans, the Swing Line Loans and the Incremental Loans, if any; individually, a Loan.

 

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Material Adverse Effect means (i) a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, assets, or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) a material impairment of the ability of the Company and the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform any of its obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party, (iii) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Lenders under any Credit Document or (iv) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party of any Credit Documents to which it is a party.

 

Material Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a principal amount equal to or greater than $20,000,000.

 

Materials of Environmental Concern means any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, including, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation, medical waste and radioactive materials, in each case, as regulated by any applicable Environmental Laws.

 

Material Subsidiary means each Restricted Subsidiary (a) the Consolidated Total Assets of which equal 7.5% or more of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) the Consolidated EBITDA of which equals 7.5% or more of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as of the end of or for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or 8.1(b) (or, prior to the first delivery of any such financial statements, as set forth in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA for the fiscal quarters specified therein); provided that if, at the end of or for any such most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, the combined Consolidated Total Assets or combined Consolidated EBITDA of all Restricted Subsidiaries that under clauses (a) and (b) above would not constitute Material Subsidiaries shall have exceeded 7.5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or 7.5% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, respectively, then one or more of such excluded Restricted Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement be designated by the Company to be Material Subsidiaries, until such excess shall have been eliminated.

 

Maturity Date Extension Request means a request by the Company, in the form of Exhibit K hereto or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent, for the extension of the then-existing Revolving Credit Termination Date or the then-existing maturity date of any Incremental Term Loans as set forth in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment pursuant to Section 3.10.

 

Measurement Period has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.

 

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Moody’s means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors or, absent any such successor, such nationally recognized statistical rating organization as the Company and the Administrative Agent may select.

 

Mortgage means, in the case of owned real property interests, a mortgage or deed of trust, in a form to be reasonably agreed between the Company and the Administrative Agent, including any Credit Party, the Collateral Agent and one or more trustees, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Multiemployer Plan means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

Net Proceeds means:  (i) with respect to an Asset Sale, the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Asset Sale, and any cash payments received in respect of promissory notes or other non-cash consideration delivered to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of an Asset Sale, net of (without duplication) (A) the reasonable expenses (including legal fees and brokers’ and underwriters’ commissions paid to third parties which are not Affiliates or Subsidiaries of the Company) incurred in effecting such Asset Sale, (B) any taxes reasonably attributable to such Asset Sale and, in case of an Asset Sale in a foreign jurisdiction, any taxes reasonably attributable to the repatriation of the proceeds of such Asset Sale reasonably estimated by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to be actually payable, (C) any amounts payable to a Governmental Authority triggered as a result of any such Asset Sale, (D) any Indebtedness or Contractual Obligation of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Loans and other Obligations) required to be paid or retained in connection with such Asset Sale and (E) the aggregate amount of reserves required in the reasonable judgment of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to be maintained on the books of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with GAAP in order to pay contingent liabilities with respect to such Asset Sale; provided that amounts deducted from aggregate proceeds pursuant to clause (E) and not actually paid by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in liquidation of such contingent liabilities shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds and shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.6 at such time as such contingent liabilities shall cease to be obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (ii) with respect to any Qualifying Equity Issuance, the cash proceeds received from such Qualifying Equity Issuance, net of (A) attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, brokers and underwriters’ commissions, indemnity discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith, and (B) any taxes reasonably attributable to such Qualifying Equity Issuance.

 

Notes means the collective reference to any promissory notes evidencing Loans.

 

Not Otherwise Applied means, with reference to any amount of Net Proceeds of any Qualifying Equity Issuance or Excess Cash Flow, the proceeds of Condemnation Awards or any Insurance Proceeds, that such amount was not previously applied in determining the permissibility of a transaction under the Credit Documents where such permissibility

 

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was (or may have been) contingent on receipt of such amount or utilization of such amount for a specified purpose.

 

Obligations means the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company to the Agents or any Lenders (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, related to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, the Loans, the other Credit Documents, any Letter of Credit or L/C Application, or any other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agents or any Lender or any such Affiliate) or otherwise.

 

Offered Loans has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(b)(iii).

 

Operating Lease means, as applied to any Person, a lease (including leases which may be terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee which is not a Capital Lease.

 

Organization Documents means:  (i) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-United States jurisdiction); (ii) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (iii) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

 

Other Connection Taxes means, with respect to a Lender (including an Issuing Lender) or the Administrative Agent or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Company hereunder, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Credit Document).

 

Other Taxes means all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes or similar Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or under

 

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any other Credit Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, but excluding property or similar Taxes imposed in such circumstances as a result of the Company or other Credit Party being organized or resident in, maintaining an office in, conducting business in or maintaining property located in, the taxing jurisdiction imposing such property or similar Taxes.

 

Participant Register has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(b).

 

Participants has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(b).

 

Participating Lender means any Lender (other than the Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit) with respect to its L/C Participating Interest in each Letter of Credit.

 

PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).

 

Permitted Acquisitions means non-hostile acquisitions (by merger, purchase or otherwise) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of, or all of the shares of the capital stock or other Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person engaged in the same business as the Company and its Subsidiaries or in a related business, provided that immediately after giving effect thereto:  (i) except for Permitted Joint Ventures, 100% (less the amount of such capital stock or other Equity Interests, if any, not exceeding 5% in the aggregate thereof, attributable to director qualifying shares, shares required by the jurisdiction of organization of such Person to be held by management or other third party and such additional shares the current ownership of which, at the time of such Permitted Acquisition, cannot, after commercially reasonable efforts by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, be identified or acquired) of the outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interests of any acquired or newly formed corporation or other entity that acquires such Person, division or line of business is owned directly by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) any such capital stock or other Equity Interests acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be duly and validly pledged to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders (other than any capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, any Subsidiary that is not required to be so pledged pursuant to Section 8.10); (iii) the Company causes any such corporation or other entity to comply with Section 8.10 hereof, if such Section is applicable; (iv) any such corporation or other entity is not liable for and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries do not assume any Indebtedness (except for Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 9.2); (v) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate to such effect, together with all relevant financial information for such corporation or other entity or acquired assets; and (vi) at the time of any such acquisition (and after giving effect to loans, advances and investments in connection therewith or pursuant thereto) the Company would be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 9.1 as of the most recently completed

 

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period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to such acquisition for which the financial statements and certificates required by Section 8.1 and 8.2 have been delivered or for which comparable financial statements have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and to any other event occurring after such period as to which pro forma recalculation is appropriate (including any other transaction described in Sections 9.6 and 9.7 occurring after such period) as if such acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period.  All pro forma calculations required to be made pursuant to this definition shall (A) include only those adjustments that are based on reasonably detailed written assumptions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (B) be certified to by a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company as having been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions.

 

Permitted Encumbrances means (i) those liens, encumbrances and other matters affecting title to any mortgaged property listed in the title policies in respect thereof and found, on the date of delivery of any such title policy to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms hereof, reasonably acceptable by the Collateral Agent, (ii) zoning, building codes, land use and other similar Laws and municipal ordinances which are not violated in any material respect by the existing improvements and the present use by the mortgagor of the Premises (as defined in the respective Mortgage) and (iii) such other items to which the Collateral Agent may consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).

 

Permitted Foreign Acquisitions means non-hostile acquisitions (by merger, purchase or otherwise) by a Foreign Subsidiary of the Company that is a Restricted Subsidiary of all or substantially all of the assets of, or all of the shares of the capital stock or other Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person which is engaged in the same business as the Company and its Subsidiaries or in a related business; provided that immediately after giving effect thereto:  (i) such acquired Person or the Person directly owning such division, line of business or other assets shall be a Consolidated Subsidiary; (ii) 100% (less the amount of such capital stock or other Equity Interests, if any, not exceeding 5% in the aggregate thereof, attributable to director qualifying shares, shares required by the jurisdiction of organization of such Person to be held by management or other third party and such additional shares the current ownership of which, at the time of such Permitted Foreign Acquisition, cannot, after commercially reasonable efforts by the Company and its applicable Foreign Subsidiaries, be identified or acquired) of the outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interests of any acquired or newly formed corporation or other entity that acquires such Person, division or line of business is owned directly or indirectly by a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary; (iii) 65.0% of all outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interests of such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary shall be duly and validly pledged to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders; (iv) neither the applicable First Tier Foreign Subsidiary nor any such other corporation or other entity is liable for, and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries do not assume, any Indebtedness (except for Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 9.2(m)); (v) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the

 

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Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate to such effect, together with all relevant financial information for such corporation or other entity or acquired assets; and (vi) at the time of any such acquisition (and after giving effect to loans, advances and investments in connection therewith or pursuant thereto) the Company would be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 9.1 as of the most recently completed period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to such acquisition for which the financial statements and certificates required by Sections 8.1 and 8.2 have been delivered or for which comparable financial statements have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and to any other event occurring after such period as to which pro forma recalculation is appropriate (including any other transaction described in Sections 9.6 and 9.7 occurring after such period) as if such acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period.  All pro forma calculations required to be made pursuant to this definition shall (A) include only those adjustments that are based on reasonably detailed written assumptions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (B) be certified to by a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company as having been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions.

 

Permitted Joint Ventures means acquisitions (by merger, purchase, formation of partnership, joint venture or otherwise) by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary not constituting Permitted Acquisitions or Permitted Foreign Acquisitions of interests in any of the assets of, or shares of the capital stock of or other Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person engaged in the same business as the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in a related business, provided that immediately after giving effect thereto:  (i) any outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interests of any acquired or newly formed corporation or other entity owned directly by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor is duly and validly pledged to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders if and to the extent required to be so pledged pursuant to the definition of “Pledge and Security Agreement” or pursuant to Section 8.10; and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate to such effect, together with all relevant financial information for such corporation or other entity or acquired assets.

 

Permitted Liens means any Liens permitted under Section 9.3.

 

Permitted Loan Purchase has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(j).

 

Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender as an Assignor and the Company and/or any other Subsidiary of the Company, as an Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit C-2 or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Company (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

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Person means an individual, partnership, corporation, business trust, joint stock company, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.

 

Plan means any pension plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA and in respect of which the Company or a Commonly Controlled Entity is an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

 

Platform has the meaning specified in Section 8.2.

 

Pledge and Security Agreement means the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 16, 2014 among the Company, the Credit Parties from time to time party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with its terms from time to time.

 

Pledge and Security Agreements means the collective reference to the Pledge and Security Agreement and any other pledge agreement or security agreement entered into by a Credit Party and the Collateral Agent (on substantially the same terms as the Pledge and Security Agreement) in accordance with Section 8.10.

 

Pledged Collateral has the meaning specified for the term Collateral in the Pledge and Security Agreements.

 

Prime Rate has the meaning assigned it in the definition of “ABR”.

 

Properties means each parcel of real property currently or previously owned or operated by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(b)(ii).

 

Public Lender has the meaning specified in Section 8.2.

 

Qualifying Equity Issuance means any Equity Issuance if:  (i) after giving effect thereto, no Change of Control shall have occurred; (ii) the Equity Interests issued in such Equity Issuance shall be issued in a private placement exempt from registration under the Securities Act; and (iii) the Net Proceeds thereof shall be used (without duplication and only to the extent Not Otherwise Applied) only (A) to make Qualified Stock Repurchases pursuant to Section 9.9(d), (B) to make Investments pursuant to Section 9.7(m) and (C) to pay dividends and distributions under Section 9.9(e).

 

Qualifying Lenders has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(b)(iv).

 

Qualifying Loans has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(b)(iv).

 

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Qualified Stock Repurchases means, collectively, one or more open market or privately negotiated purchases by the Company for cash of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock if each share of common stock so purchased is retired and cancelled (and returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares) promptly following the consummation of such repurchase.

 

Real Property means, with respect to any Person, all of the right, title and interest of such Person in and to land, improvements and fixtures, including Leaseholds.

 

Refunded Swing Line Loans has the meaning specified in Section 2.7(b).

 

Register has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(d).

 

Regulation D, O, T, U or X means Regulation D, O, T, U or X, respectively, of the Board, as amended, or any successor regulation.

 

Related Document means any agreement, certificate, document or instrument relating to a Letter of Credit.

 

Related Parties has the meaning specified in Section 12.5(a)(iv).

 

Reorganization means, with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is in reorganization as such term is used in Section 4241 of ERISA.

 

Reportable Event means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations thereunder.

 

Required Lenders means, at a particular time, and subject to Section 5.24(b), Lenders that hold more than 50% of the sum of (i) the Revolving Credit Commitments or if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been cancelled, the sum of (A) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, plus (B) the L/C Participating Interests in the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit, plus (C) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of Revolving L/C Obligations, plus (D) the aggregate amount represented by the agreements of the Lenders in Sections 2.7(b) and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Loans then outstanding and (ii) from and after any applicable Incremental Facility Closing Date, the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the related Incremental Loans or, prior to any applicable Incremental Facility Closing Date and after the applicable Incremental Commitments Effective Date, the related Incremental Commitments.

 

Requirement of Law means, as to any Person, the Organization Documents of such Person, and any Law (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws), in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

 

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Responsible Officer means the chief executive officer or the chief operating officer of the Company or, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer, controller, vice president — finance or treasurer of the Company.

 

Restricted Subsidiary means each Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Revolving Credit Commitment means, as to any Lender, its obligations to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Company pursuant to Section 2.1, and to purchase its L/C Participating Interest in any Letter of Credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule 1A under the heading “Revolving Credit Commitment” and in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, as the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments may be reduced or adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, increases pursuant to Article 3); collectively, as to all the Lenders, the Revolving Credit Commitments.  On the Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments is $500,000,000.

 

Revolving Credit Commitment Increase has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

 

Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage means, as to any Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment constitutes of all of the Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have been terminated, the percentage of the outstanding Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and Swing Line Loans constituted by such Lender’s Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and participating interest in Swing Line Loans).

 

Revolving Credit Commitment Period means the period from and including the Effective Date to but not including the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

 

Revolving Credit Lenders means the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments and/or outstanding Revolving Credit Loans.

 

Revolving Credit Loan and Revolving Credit Loans has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a).

 

Revolving Credit Outstandings means, as to any Lender at a particular time, the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.1 (including any Incremental Revolving Credit Loans), (ii) such Lender’s L/C Participating Interest in the aggregate amount available to be drawn at such time under all outstanding Letters of Credit, (iii) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate outstanding amount of Revolving L/C Obligations and (iv) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Swing Line Loans

 

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Revolving Credit Termination Date means the earliest of (i) the date which is the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date; (ii) any other date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate hereunder; and (iii) the date that is six months prior to the earliest maturity of the Senior Notes or any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries consisting of debt securities issued pursuant to one or more public offerings or private offerings exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Revolving L/C Obligations means the obligations of the Company to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any payments made by an Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit that have not been reimbursed by the Company pursuant to Section 2.6.

 

Same Day Funds means immediately available funds.

 

Sanctions means applicable economic or financial sanctions, imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. Government, including those administered by the U. S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, or the U.S. Department of State including but not limited to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Trading with the Enemy Act, United Nations Participation Act, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act, Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and similar laws, executive orders and regulations concerning sanctions, (b) Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (c) the European Union, and any European Union member state, or (d) the United Nations Security Council.

 

Sanctioned Country means, at any time, a country or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (as of the Effective Date, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

 

Sanctioned Person means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, (b) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, (c) any Person organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, or (d) any Person that is 50% or more owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).

 

S&P means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of McGraw Hill Financial Inc., and any successor thereto.

 

Secured Leverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Secured Indebtedness as of such date to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the twelve months ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements required by Section 8.1(a) or (b), as applicable, have been delivered.

 

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Secured Parties means, collectively, the Lenders and any other Persons the obligations owing to which are or are purported to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral Documents.

 

Senior Notes has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.

 

Senior Note Documents means the Senior Notes, the related indentures and all other agreements, documents and instruments relating to the Senior Notes, in each case as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof and of this Agreement.

 

Single Employer Plan means any Plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan.

 

Solvent and Solvency mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (i) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (ii) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (iv) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital.  The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

 

Specified Representations has the meaning specified in Section 3.6(b).

 

Spin-Off has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.

 

Spin-Off Documents has the meaning specified in Section 7.1(g)(i).

 

Statutory Reserve Rate means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentage (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBOR, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board).  Such reserve percentage shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.  Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be

 

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adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

Subsidiary means, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership or other entity of which shares of capital stock or other Equity Interests having ordinary voting power (other than capital stock or other equity interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, directly or indirectly, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, or both, by such Person.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the term Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor means each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that from time to time shall or shall be required to deliver a Guaranty or a Credit Party Accession Agreement or other guaranty or guaranty supplement pursuant to Section 8.10 or 9.15.

 

Swap Contract means (i) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (ii) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a Master Agreement), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

 

Swap Obligation of any Person means all obligations (including, without limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to such Person, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim under any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law) of such Person in respect of any Swap Contract, excluding any amounts which such Person is entitled to set-off against its obligations under applicable law.

 

Swing Line Commitment means the Swing Line Lender’s obligation to make Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.7.

 

Swing Line Lender and Swing Line Lenders have the meaning specified in Section 2.7(a).

 

Swing Line Loan and Swing Line Loans have the meaning specified in Section 2.7(a).

 

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Syndication Agents means, collectively, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, in their capacities as Syndication Agents with respect to the Commitments (each, a Syndication Agent).

 

Taxes means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

Total Leverage Ratio has the meaning specified in Section 9.1(a).

 

Type means, as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

 

UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

 

Uniform Customs means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (1998 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500 (or any successor publication), as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Unmatured Surviving Obligations means, at any date, contingent indemnification or expense reimbursement claims which are not then due and payable or with respect to which no demand has been made.

 

Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents means cash and Cash Equivalents that are not, or are not required under the terms of any agreement or arrangement to be, (i) pledged to, subject to a Lien in favor of, or held in one or more accounts under the control (as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code) of, one or more creditors of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Collateral Documents), (ii) otherwise segregated from the general assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in one or more special accounts or otherwise, for the purpose of securing or providing a source of payment for Indebtedness that is or from time to time may be owed to one or more creditors of the Company or any Subsidiary or (iii) identified or identifiable on the balance sheet (or any footnote thereto) of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as restricted (or other like term) (other than cash or Cash Equivalents which are subject to a perfected security interest under the Collateral Documents).  It is agreed that cash and Cash Equivalents held in ordinary deposit or securities accounts of one or more Credit Parties and not subject to any existing or contingent restrictions on any such Credit Party’s transfer of such cash or Cash Equivalents will be deemed to constitute Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents notwithstanding any contingent and unexercised setoff rights created by law or by applicable account agreements in favor of depositary institutions.

 

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Unrestricted Subsidiaries means (a) any Subsidiary that is formed or acquired after the Effective Date and is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Company pursuant to Section 8.10(b) subsequent to the Effective Date and (b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.  As of the Effective Date, there are no Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

 

U.S. Person means a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate has the meaning specified in Section 5.23(g)(ii)(B)(III).

 

Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary means at any date a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company which is a Domestic Subsidiary at such date, and Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiaries means all of them, collectively.

 

Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary Guarantor means at any date a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary which is a Credit Party under and in compliance with all Collateral Documents at such date, and Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors means all of them, collectively.

 

Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary means at any date a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary which is a Restricted Subsidiary at such date, and Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries means all of them, collectively.

 

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person at any date, any Subsidiary of such Person all of the shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person.

 

1.2                               Other Definitional Provisions

 

(a)                                 Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any other Credit Document or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.

 

(b)                                 As used herein and in any other Credit Document and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, accounting terms relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1 to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.

 

(c)                                  The words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and section, Section, schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

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2.                                      AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS

 

2.1                               Revolving Credit Commitments

 

(a)                                 Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender agrees to extend credit, in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, to the Company from time to time on any Borrowing Date during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period by purchasing an L/C Participating Interest in each Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender and by making loans to the Company (Revolving Credit Loans) from time to time.  Revolving Credit Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall (i) any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Line Loan be made, or any Letter of Credit be issued, if, after giving effect to such making or issuance and the use of proceeds thereof as irrevocably directed by the Company, the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loans would exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments or if Section 2.7 would be violated thereby or (ii) any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Line Loan be made, or any Letter of Credit be issued, if the amount of such Loan to be made or any Letter of Credit to be issued would, after giving effect to the use of proceeds, if any, thereof, exceed the Available Revolving Credit Commitments.  During the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, the Company may use the Revolving Credit Commitments by borrowing, repaying the Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and/or by having the Issuing Lender issue Letters of Credit, having such Letters of Credit expire undrawn upon or if drawn upon, reimbursing the relevant Issuing Lender for such drawing, and having the Issuing Lender issue new Letters of Credit.

 

(b)                                 Each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of the lesser of (i) $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) the Available Revolving Credit Commitments, except that any borrowing of a Revolving Credit Loan to be used solely (x) to pay a like amount of Swing Line Loans may be in the aggregate principal amount of such Swing Line Loans or (y) to pay the like amount of an L/C Disbursement may be in the principal amount of such L/C Disbursement.

 

2.2                               Proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans

 

The Company shall use the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans solely for (i) making payments to an Issuing Lender to reimburse the Issuing Lender for drawings made under the Letters of Credit, (ii) repaying Swing Line Loans and Revolving Credit Loans and (iii) financing other working capital or general corporate purposes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the Spin-Off.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Credit Party will request any Loans, and no Credit Party shall use, and shall procure that their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and, to the knowledge of any Credit

 

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Party, agents, shall not use, the proceeds of any Loan (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

 

2.3                               Issuance of Letters of Credit

 

(a)                                 The Company may from time to time during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period request any Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to the Administrative Agent at its address specified in Section 12.2 and the Issuing Lender an L/C Application completed to the satisfaction of the Issuing Lender, together with the proposed form of the Letter of Credit (which shall comply with the applicable requirements of paragraph (b) below) and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the Issuing Lender may reasonably request; provided that if the Issuing Lender informs the Company that it is for any reason unable to open such Letter of Credit, the Company may request another Lender to open such Letter of Credit upon the same terms offered to the initial Issuing Lender and if such other Lender agrees to issue such Letter of Credit each reference to the Issuing Lender for purposes of the Credit Documents shall be deemed to be a reference to such Lender.  Letters of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars or in an Alternate Currency.  Each letter of credit listed on Schedule 2.3 (the Existing Letters of Credit) shall be deemed to constitute a Letter of Credit issued hereunder.

 

(b)                                 Each Letter of Credit issued hereunder shall, among other things, (i) be in such form requested by the Company as shall be acceptable to the Issuing Lender in its sole discretion and (ii) subject to paragraph (c) below, have an expiry date occurring not later than the earlier of (A) 365 days after the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit and (B) five days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date.  Each L/C Application and each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the Uniform Customs and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the laws of the State of New York.

 

(c)                                  If the Company so requests in the applicable L/C Application, the Issuing Lender may agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit); provided that (x) any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Issuing Lender to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a certain number of days prior to each anniversary of such Letter of Credit’s date of issuance (the Non-Extension Notice Date), such number of days to be agreed upon by the Company and the Issuing Lender at the time such Letter of Credit is issued and (y) such prior notice shall be deemed to have been given by the Issuing Lender on the effective date of its resignation as Issuing

 

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Lender in accordance with Section 11.9.  Unless otherwise directed by the Issuing Lender, the Company shall not be required to make a specific request to the Issuing Lender for any such extension.  Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Issuing Lender to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than five days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date; provided, however, that the Issuing Lender shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Issuing Lender has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.5 or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or the Company that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 7.2 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Issuing Lender not to permit such extension.

 

2.4                               Participating Interests

 

Effective in the case of each Letter of Credit opened by the Issuing Lender as of the date of the opening thereof, the Issuing Lender agrees to allot and does allot, to itself and each other Revolving Credit Lender, and each Revolving Credit Lender severally and irrevocably agrees to take and does take in such Letter of Credit and the related L/C Application, an L/C Participating Interest in a percentage equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage.  In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each such Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the account of the applicable Issuing Lender, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of each L/C Disbursement made by such Issuing Lender, in each case to the extent not reimbursed by the Company on the date due as provided in Section 2.6, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Company for any reason.

 

2.5                               Procedure for Opening Letters of Credit

 

Upon receipt of any L/C Application from the Company in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender will promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and the Administrative Agent will notify each Revolving Credit Lender.  The Issuing Lender will process such L/C Application, and the other certificates, documents and other papers delivered to the Issuing Lender in connection therewith, upon receipt thereof in accordance with its customary procedures and, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, shall promptly open such Letter of Credit by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof and by furnishing a copy thereof to the Company; provided that no such Letter of Credit shall be issued (i) if the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such requested Letter of Credit, together with the sum of (A) the Dollar Equivalent of the

 

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aggregate unpaid amount of Revolving L/C Obligations outstanding at the time of such request and (B) the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum aggregate amount available to be drawn under all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time, would exceed $50,000,000 or (ii) if Section 2.1 would be violated thereby.

 

2.6                               Payments in Respect of Letters of Credit

 

(a)                                 If the Issuing Lender shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Company shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such L/C Disbursement in Dollars, not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Company receives notice of such L/C Disbursement; provided that the Company may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.7 or 5.1 that such payment be financed with an ABR Loan, which is a Revolving Credit Loan, or a Swing Line Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Company’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Loan which is a Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Line Loan.

 

(b)                                 If an Issuing Lender shall make any L/C Disbursement, then, unless the Company shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement in full on the date such L/C Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such L/C Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Company reimburses such L/C Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Loans; provided that, if the Company fails to reimburse such L/C Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section, then, Section 5.7(c) shall apply.  Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the applicable Issuing Lender, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Lender shall be for the account of such Revolving Credit Lender to the extent of such payment.  If the Company fails to make such payment when due, then the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Issuing Lender and each other applicable Revolving Credit Lender of the applicable L/C Disbursement, the payment then due from the Company in respect thereof and such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage thereof.  Promptly following receipt of such notice, each applicable Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the payment then due from the Company (and Section 5.18(b) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Lender in Dollars the amounts so received by it from such Revolving Credit Lender.  Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Company pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Lender or, to the extent that Revolving Credit Lenders have

 

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made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Lender, then to such Revolving Credit Lenders and the applicable Issuing Lender as their interests may appear.  Any payment made by a Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse any Issuing Lender for any L/C Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Loans or a Swing Line Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse such L/C Disbursement.

 

(c)           Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Lender has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any other Revolving Credit Lender such other Revolving Credit Lender’s pro-rata share of the Revolving L/C Obligation arising therefrom, the Issuing Lender receives any reimbursement on account of such Revolving L/C Obligation or any payment of interest on account thereof, the Issuing Lender will distribute to such other Revolving Credit Lender, through the Administrative Agent, the Dollar Equivalent its pro-rata share thereof in like funds as received (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded); provided that, in the event that the receipt by the Issuing Lender of such reimbursement or such payment of interest (as the case may be) is required to be returned, such other Revolving Credit Lender will promptly return to the Issuing Lender, through the Administrative Agent, any portion thereof previously distributed by the Issuing Lender to it in like funds as such reimbursement or payment is required to be returned by the Issuing Lender.

 

2.7          Swing Line Commitment

 

(a)           Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, JPMCB (in such capacity, the Swing Line Lender) agrees to make swing line loans (individually, a Swing Line Loan; collectively, the Swing Line Loans) to the Company from time to time during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $25,000,000; provided that at no time may the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loans and the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments.  Amounts borrowed by the Company under this Section may be repaid and, through but excluding the Revolving Credit Termination Date, reborrowed.  The Swing Line Loans shall be denominated in Dollars and be ABR Loans, and shall not be entitled to be converted into Eurodollar Loans.  The Company shall give the Swing Line Lender irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time) on the requested Borrowing Date specifying the amount of each requested Swing Line Loan, which shall be in the minimum amount of $500,000 or a multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.  The proceeds of each Swing Line Loan will be made available by the Swing Line Lender to the Company by crediting the account of the Company designated by the Company with such proceeds by 4:00 P.M., New York City time; provided that Swing Line Loans used to finance the

 

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reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.6 shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Lender.  The proceeds of Swing Line Loans may be used solely for the purposes referred to in Section 2.2.

 

(b)           The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may, and on the fifth day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day) after the Borrowing Date with respect to any Swing Line Loans shall, on behalf of the Company (which hereby irrevocably directs the Swing Line Lender to act on its behalf), request each Revolving Credit Lender to make a Revolving Credit Loan (which shall be initially an ABR Loan) in an amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such Swing Line Loans (the Refunded Swing Line Loans) outstanding on the date such notice is given.  Unless any of the events described in Section 10.1(f) shall have occurred (in which event the procedures of paragraph (c) of this Section shall apply) each Revolving Credit Lender shall make the proceeds of its Revolving Credit Loan available to the Swing Line Lender for the account of the Swing Line Lender prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City time) in funds immediately available on the Business Day next succeeding the date such notice is given.  The proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans shall be immediately applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line Loans.

 

(c)           If prior to the making of a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section one of the events described in paragraph (f) of Article 10 shall have occurred, each Revolving Credit Lender will, on the date such Loan would otherwise have been made, purchase an undivided participating interest in the Refunded Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Refunded Swing Line Loans.  Each Revolving Credit Lender will immediately transfer to the Swing Line Lender, in Same Day Funds, the amount of its participation.

 

(d)           Whenever, at any time after the Swing Line Lender has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Revolving Credit Lender’s participating interest in a Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account thereof, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its participating interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded) in like funds as received; provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by the Swing Line Lender is required to be returned, such Revolving Credit Lender will return to the Swing Line Lender any portion thereof previously distributed by the Swing Line Lender to it in like funds as such payment is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender.

 

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2.8          Participations

 

Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section 2.4 and clauses (b) and (c) of Section 2.7 is absolute and unconditional as set forth in Section 5.16.

 

3.             AMOUNT AND TERMS OF INCREMENTAL LOANS; EXTENSION OF MATURITY DATE

 

3.1          Requests for Incremental Loans

 

Upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) at any time after the Effective Date but prior to the date falling 12 months prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, the Company may request (i) incremental term loan commitments or increases in the aggregate amount of any existing Incremental Term Commitments (each an Incremental Term Commitment and all of them, collectively, the Incremental Term Commitments) and (ii) additional revolving loan commitments or increases in the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Commitments (each such increase, a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and all of them, collectively, the Revolving Credit Commitments Increases and together with the Incremental Term Commitments, the Incremental Commitments); provided that after giving effect to any Incremental Commitment, the aggregate amount of Incremental Commitments that have been added pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall not exceed $500,000,000.  Any loans made in respect of any such Revolving Credit Commitments Increase (the Incremental Revolving Credit Loans) shall be made by increasing the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments with terms identical to those of the existing Revolving Credit Loans.  Any Loans made in respect of any Incremental Term Commitments (the Incremental Term Loans and, collectively with any Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, the Incremental Loans) shall be made by creating a new tranche of term loans under this Agreement (an Incremental Term Loan Tranche).

 

3.2          Ranking and Other Provisions

 

The Incremental Loans (i) shall have the same guarantees as, and rank pari passu or (in the case of Incremental Term Loans) junior in right of payment and in respect of lien priority as to the Collateral with the Obligations in respect of, the Revolving Credit Commitments, (ii) in the case of Incremental Term Loans, shall not have a weighted average life to maturity that is shorter than the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (iii) in the case of Incremental Term Loans, shall not mature earlier than the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (iv) with respect to any Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall be on terms and pursuant to documentation identical as, and treated substantially the same as, the Revolving Credit Loans and (v) with respect to any Incremental Term Loans and except as set forth in this Section 3.2, the terms and documentation thereof, to the extent not consistent with those of the Revolving Credit Loans, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  The Applicable Margin relating to any Incremental Term Loans shall be agreed between the Company and the applicable Incremental Lenders.

 

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3.3          Notices; Lender Elections

 

The notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the Incremental Commitments, which proposed terms shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of Section 3.2.  At the time of the sending of such notice, the Company (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders).  Incremental Loans (or any portion thereof) may be made by any existing Lender or by any other bank or financial institution (any such bank or other financial institution, an Incremental Lender), in each case on terms permitted in this Article 3 and otherwise on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, provided that the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender) shall have consented (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) to such Lender’s or Incremental Lender’s, as the case may be, making such Incremental Loans if such consent would be required under Section 12.6 for an assignment of Loans to such Lender or Incremental Lender, as the case may be.  No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Loans, unless it so agrees.  Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to provide an Incremental Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Commitment Percentage of such requested increase (which shall be calculated on the basis of the amount of the funded and unfunded exposure under all the Loans held by each Lender).  Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to provide an Incremental Commitment.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and each Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder.  To achieve the full amount of a requested increase, the Company may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Incremental Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

 

3.4          Incremental Facility Amendment

 

Incremental Commitments shall become Commitments (or in the case of any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase to be provided by an existing Revolving Credit Lender, an increase in such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment) under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an Incremental Facility Amendment) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Credit Documents, executed by the Company, each Lender agreeing to provide such Commitment, if any, each Incremental Lender, if any, and the Administrative Agent.  An Incremental Facility Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to any Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Article 3.

 

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3.5          Effective Date and Allocations

 

If any Incremental Commitments are added in accordance with this Article 3, the Administrative Agent and the Company shall determine the effective date (the Incremental Commitments Effective Date) and the final allocation of such Incremental Commitments.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of the final allocation of such Incremental Commitments and the Incremental Commitments Effective Date.

 

3.6          Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase

 

The effectiveness of any Incremental Facility Amendment shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, each Lender party thereto, if any, and the Incremental Lenders, if any, be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (the Incremental Facility Closing Date) of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)           the Administrative Agent shall have received on or prior to the Incremental Facility Closing Date each of the following, each dated the Incremental Facility Closing Date unless otherwise indicated or agreed to by the Administrative Agent and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:  (i) the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment; (ii) certified copies of resolutions of the board of directors of each Credit Party approving the execution, delivery and performance of the Incremental Facility Amendment; and (iii) a favorable opinion of counsel for the Credit Parties dated the Incremental Facility Closing Date, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and in form and substance and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(b)           (i) the conditions precedent set forth in Section 7.2 shall have been satisfied both before and after giving effect to such Incremental Facility Amendment and the additional Extensions of Credit provided thereby (it being understood that all references to “the obligation of any Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing” shall be deemed to refer to the effectiveness of the Incremental Facility Amendment on the Incremental Facility Closing Date) provided that, with respect to any Incremental Facility Closing Date of Incremental Term Loans, the proceeds of which are to be used to fund a Permitted Acquisition or a Permitted Foreign Acquisition, (x) the only representations and warranties the making and accuracy of which will be a condition to borrowing under Section 7.2(a) will be limited to the Specified Representations (as defined below) and customary specified acquisition agreement representations reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and (y) at the election of the Company, the certifications to be made by the Company with respect to financial covenant compliance and the existence of a payment or bankruptcy event of default (which shall be the only events of default, the absence of which (and the certifications with respect to which) shall be required in the event of a Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Foreign Acquisition) shall only be required to be made at the time of

 

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signing of the relevant acquisition agreement and not at the time of funding.  For purposes hereof, Specified Representations means the representations set forth in Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 (but only with respect to the Contractual Obligations of the Company under its organizational documents), 6.6, 6.7, 6.17, 6.19 (to the extent applicable to any new assets being acquired with the proceeds of the applicable Incremental Loans), 6.22, 6.23 and 6.24, (ii) all Incremental Loans provided by the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment shall be made on the terms and conditions provided for above and (iii) after giving effect thereto the Company shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 9.1, calculated on a pro-forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending on or immediately preceding the Incremental Facility Closing Date for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, giving effect to the full amount of the Incremental Loans contemplated by the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment as if they had been fully drawn on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter; and

 

(c)           there shall have been paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including any Person becoming a Lender as part of such Incremental Facility Amendment on the related Incremental Facility Closing Date), as applicable, all fees and expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) invoiced with reasonable supporting documentation that are due and payable on or before the Incremental Facility Closing Date.

 

3.7          Effect of Incremental Facility Amendment

 

On the Incremental Commitments Effective Date, each Lender or Eligible Assignee which is providing an Incremental Commitment (i) shall become a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and (ii) shall have an Incremental Commitment which shall become a Commitment hereunder.

 

3.8          Revolving Credit Commitment Increases

 

Upon each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase pursuant to this Article 3, (i) each Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each existing Lender, if any, and each Incremental Lender, if any, in each case providing a portion of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (each a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender), and each such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Credit Lender’s participation interests hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans such that, after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and each such deemed assignment and assumption of participation interests, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (A) participation interests hereunder in Letters of Credit and (B) participation interests hereunder in Swing Line Loans, in each case, held by each

 

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Revolving Credit Lender (including such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender) will equal such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage and (ii) if, on the date of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, there are any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall take those steps which it deems, in its sole discretion and in consultation with the Company, necessary and appropriate to result in each Revolving Credit Lender (including each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender) having a pro-rata share of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans based on each such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage immediately after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, provided that any prepayment made in connection with the taking of any such steps shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the Revolving Credit Loans being prepaid and any costs incurred by any Lender in accordance with Section 5.21.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro-rata borrowing and pro-rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to any transaction that may be effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.

 

3.9          Conflicting Provisions

 

The provisions of this Article 3 shall supersede any provision of Section 5.18 or 12.1 to the contrary.

 

3.10        Extension of Maturity Date

 

(a)           The Company may, by delivery of a Maturity Date Extension Request to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver a copy thereof to each of the Lenders) not less than 30 days prior to the then-existing Revolving Credit Termination Date or the then-existing maturity date of any Incremental Term Loans as set forth in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment (the Existing Maturity Date), request that the Lenders extend the Existing Maturity Date in accordance with this Section. Each Maturity Date Extension Request shall (i) specify the Commitments and/or Loans hereunder to be extended, (ii) specify the date to which the applicable Revolving Credit Termination Date or maturity date is sought to be extended, (iii) specify the changes, if any, to the Applicable Margin to be applied in determining the interest payable on the Loans of, and fees payable hereunder to, Consenting Lenders (as defined below) in respect of that portion of their Commitments and/or Loans extended to such new Revolving Credit Termination Date or maturity date and the time as of which such changes will become effective (which may be prior to the Existing Maturity Date) and (iv) specify any other amendments or modifications to this Agreement to be effected in connection with such Maturity Date Extension Request; provided that no such changes or modifications requiring approvals pursuant to the provisos to Section 12.1 shall become effective prior to the Existing Maturity Date unless such other approvals have been obtained. In the event a Maturity Date Extension Request shall have been delivered by the Company, each Lender shall have the right to agree to the extension of the Existing Maturity Date and other matters

 

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contemplated thereby on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (each Lender agreeing to the Maturity Date Extension Request being referred to herein as a Consenting Lender and each Lender not agreeing thereto being referred to herein as a Declining Lender), which right may be exercised by written notice thereof, specifying the maximum amount of the Commitment and/or Loans of such Lender with respect to which such Lender agrees to the extension of the Revolving Credit Termination Date or maturity date, delivered to the Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) not later than a day to be agreed upon by the Company and the Administrative Agent following the date on which the Maturity Date Extension Request shall have been delivered by the Company (it being understood and agreed that any Lender that shall have failed to exercise such right as set forth above shall be deemed to be a Declining Lender). If a Lender elects to extend only a portion of its then existing Commitment and/or Loans, it will be deemed for purposes hereof to be a Consenting Lender in respect of such extended portion and a Declining Lender in respect of the remaining portion of its Commitment and/or Loans, and the aggregate principal amount of each Type of Loans of such Lender shall be allocated ratably among the extended and non-extended portions of the Loans of such Lender based on the aggregate principal amount of such Loans so extended and not extended. If Consenting Lenders shall have agreed to such Maturity Date Extension Request in respect of Commitments and/or Loans held by them, then, subject to paragraph (d) of this Section, on the date specified in the Maturity Date Extension Request as the effective date thereof (the Extension Effective Date), (i) the Existing Maturity Date of the applicable Commitments and/or Loans shall, as to the Consenting Lenders, be extended to such date as shall be specified therein, (ii) the terms and conditions of the applicable Commitments and/or Loans of the Consenting Lenders (including interest and fees (including Letter of Credit fees) payable in respect thereof) shall be modified as set forth in the Maturity Date Extension Request and (iii) such other modifications and amendments hereto specified in the Maturity Date Extension Request shall (subject to any required approvals (including those of the Required Lenders) having been obtained) become effective.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have the right, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.22, at any time prior to the Existing Maturity Date, to replace a Declining Lender (for the avoidance of doubt, only in respect of that portion of such Lender’s Commitment and/or Loans subject to a Maturity Date Extension Request that it has not agreed to extend) with a Lender or other financial institution that will agree to such Maturity Date Extension Request, and any such replacement Lender shall for all purposes constitute a Consenting Lender in respect of the Commitment and/or Loans assigned to and assumed by it on and after the effective time of such replacement.

 

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(i)            solely in respect of a Maturity Date Extension Request that has become effective in respect of the Revolving Credit Commitments, not later than the fifth Business Day prior to the applicable Existing Maturity Date, the Company shall make prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans and shall Cash Collateralize its Revolving L/C Obligations, such that, after giving effect to such prepayments and such provision of cash collateral, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit as of such date will not exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of the Consenting Lenders extended pursuant to this Section (and the Company shall not be permitted thereafter to request any Revolving Credit Loan or any issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit if, after giving effect thereto, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit would exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments so extended);

 

(ii)           solely in respect of a Maturity Date Extension Request that has become effective in respect of the Revolving Credit Commitments, on the applicable Existing Maturity Date, the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Declining Lender shall, to the extent not assumed, assigned or transferred as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, terminate, and the Company shall repay all the Revolving Credit Loans of each Declining Lender, to the extent such Loans shall not have been so purchased, assigned and transferred, in each case together with accrued and unpaid interest and all fees and other amounts owing to such Declining Lender hereunder, it being understood and agreed that, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 7.2, such repayments may be funded with the proceeds of new Revolving Credit Loans made simultaneously with such repayments by the Consenting Lenders, which borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans shall be made ratably by the Consenting Lenders in accordance with their extended Revolving Credit Commitments; and

 

(iii)          solely in respect of a Maturity Date Extension Request that has become effective in respect of Revolving Credit Loans, on the Existing Maturity Date, the Company shall repay all the Loans of each Declining Lender, to the extent such Loans shall not have been so purchased, assigned and transferred, in each case together with accrued and unpaid interest and all fees and other amounts owing to such Declining Lender hereunder, it being understood and agreed that, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 7.2, such repayments may be funded with the proceeds of a borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans made simultaneously with such repayments by the Revolving Credit Lenders.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Maturity Date Extension Request shall become effective hereunder unless, on the Extension Effective Date, the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 shall be satisfied (with all references in such Section to a Borrowing being deemed to be references to such Maturity Date Extension

 

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Request) and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Company.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, it is hereby agreed that no extension of an Existing Maturity Date in accordance with the express terms of this Section, or any amendment or modification of the terms and conditions of the Commitments and the Loans of the Consenting Lenders effected pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to (i) violate any provision of this Agreement requiring the ratable reduction of Commitments or the ratable sharing of payments or (ii) require the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders under Section 12.1.

 

(f)            The Company, the Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders may enter into an amendment to this Agreement to effect such modifications as may be necessary to reflect the terms of any Maturity Date Extension Request that has become effective in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

 

4.             [RESERVED]

 

5.             GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

5.1          Procedure for Borrowing by the Company

 

(a)           The Company may borrow under the Commitments on any Business Day after the Effective Date.  The Company shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (i) 1:00 P.M., New York City time, three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date in the case of a proposed borrowing of Eurodollar Loans and (ii) 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the requested Borrowing Date if the borrowing is to be solely of ABR Loans; provided that any such notice of a borrowing of ABR Loans to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.6(a) may be given not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of the proposed borrowing) specifying (A) the amount of the borrowing, (B) whether such Loans are initially to be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, or a combination thereof, (C) if the borrowing is to be entirely or partly Eurodollar Loans, the length of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loans and (D) the amount of such borrowing to be constituted by Revolving Credit Loans and/or Incremental Loans.  Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender, which notice shall in any event be delivered to each Lender by 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on such date.  Not later than 2:00 PM, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in such notice, each Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 12.2 (or at such other location as the Administrative Agent may direct) in Dollars an amount in Same Day Funds equal to the amount of the Loan to be made by such Lender.  Subject to Section 2.7(b), loan proceeds received by the Administrative Agent

 

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hereunder shall promptly be made available to the Company by the Administrative Agent’s crediting the account of the Company designated by the Company, with the aggregate amount actually received by the Administrative Agent from the Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent; provided that Revolving Credit Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.6 shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Lender.

 

(b)                                 Any borrowing of Eurodollar Loans by the Company hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, (i) except as provided in Section 2.1(b), the aggregate principal amount of all Eurodollar Loans having the same Interest Period shall not be less than $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) no more than ten Interest Periods shall be in effect at any one time with respect to Eurodollar Loans.

 

5.2                               Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

 

(a)                                 The Company hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan and Swing Line Loan of such Lender on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Loans become due and payable pursuant to Article 10).  The Company hereby further agrees to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Section 5.7.

 

(b)                                 Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Company to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 12.6(d), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and each Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Company to each Lender hereunder and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Company and each Lender’s share thereof.

 

(d)                                 The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to Section 5.2(b) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Company therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account, or any

 

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error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Company to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to such Company by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

5.3                               Conversion and Continuation Options

 

(a)                                 The Company may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans into ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, at least three Business Days prior to the proposed conversion date, provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans shall only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto.  The Company may elect from time to time to convert all or a portion of the ABR Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) then outstanding to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, at least three Business Days prior to the proposed conversion date, specifying the Interest Period selected therefor, and, if no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such conversion shall be made on the requested conversion date or, if such requested conversion date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day.  Upon receipt of any notice pursuant to this Section 5.3, the Administrative Agent shall promptly, but in any event by 2:00 P.M., New York City time, notify each Lender thereof.  All or any part of the outstanding Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) may be converted as provided herein, provided that partial conversions of Loans shall be in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and the aggregate principal amount of the resulting Eurodollar Loans outstanding in respect of any one Interest Period shall be at least $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.

 

(b)                                 So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company may elect from time to time to continue Eurodollar Loans upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect to such Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, at least three Business Days prior to the end of such Interest Period, in each case specifying the new Interest Period selected therefor, provided that any such continuation shall only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto.  So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such continuation shall become effective on the last day of such Interest Period.  If the Company fails to timely deliver such notice with respect to a Eurodollar Loan, such Eurodollar Loan shall be continued into a Eurodollar Loan with a one month Interest Period on the last day of such Interest Period.

 

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5.4                               Changes of Commitment Amounts

 

(a)                                 The Company shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate or, from time to time, reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments subject to the provisions of this Section 5.4.  To the extent, if any, that the sum of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans, and Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding and the Dollar Equivalent of the amounts available to be drawn under outstanding Letters of Credit exceeds the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments as then reduced, the Company shall be required to make a prepayment equal to such excess amount, the proceeds of which shall be applied first, to payment of the Swing Line Loans then outstanding, second, to payment of the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, third, to payment of any Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding, and last, to Cash Collateralize any outstanding Letters of Credit on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  Any such termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be accompanied by prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding and by cash collateralization of any outstanding Letter of Credit on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  Upon termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments any Letter of Credit then outstanding which has been so Cash Collateralized shall no longer be considered a Letter of Credit, as defined in Section 1.1 and any L/C Participating Interests heretofore granted by the Issuing Lender to the Lenders in such Letter of Credit shall be deemed terminated (subject to automatic reinstatement in the event that such cash collateral is returned and the Issuing Lender is not fully reimbursed for any such Revolving L/C Obligations) but the Letter of Credit fees payable under Section 5.11 shall continue to accrue to the Issuing Lender (or, in the event of any such automatic reinstatement, as provided in Section 5.11) with respect to such Letter of Credit until the expiry thereof.

 

(b)                                 Interest accrued on the amount of any partial prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.4 to the date of such partial prepayment shall be paid on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date of such partial prepayment.  In the case of the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, interest accrued on the amount of any prepayment relating thereto and any unpaid Commitment Fee accrued hereunder shall be paid on the date of such termination.  Any such partial reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.

 

5.5                               Optional Prepayments

 

(a)                                 The Company may at any time and from time to time prepay Loans, in whole or in part, upon at least one Business Day’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent (to be received no later than 3:00 PM, New York City time, on such Business Day) in the case of ABR Loans and two Business Days’ irrevocable

 

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notice to the Administrative Agent (to be received no later than 3:00 PM, New York City time, on such Business Day) in the case of Eurodollar Loans and specifying the date and amount of prepayment; provided that Eurodollar Loans prepaid on any date other than the last day of any Interest Period with respect thereto shall be prepaid subject to the provisions of Section 5.21.  Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof.  If such notice is given, the Company shall make such prepayment, and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable, on the date specified therein.  Accrued interest on the amount of any Loans paid in full pursuant to this Section 5.5 shall be paid on the date of such prepayment.  Accrued interest on the amount of any partial prepayment shall be paid on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date of such partial prepayment.  Partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lesser of (A) $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and (B) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the applicable Loans, as the case may be.

 

(b)                                 (i)                                     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5.5(a), 5.18 or 5.20, the Company shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay Incremental Term Loans to the applicable Incremental Lenders at a discount to the par value of such Incremental Term Loans and on a non pro rata basis (each, a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment) pursuant to the procedures described in this Section 5.5(b), provided that (A) Discounted Voluntary Prepayments may only be made using Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, and (B) the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company stating (1) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment (after giving effect to any related waivers or amendments obtained in connection with such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment), (2) that each of the conditions to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment contained in this Section 5.5(b) has been satisfied and (3) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Term Loans so prepaid pursuant to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment.

 

(ii)                                  To the extent the Company seeks to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, the Company will provide written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit M hereto (each, a Discounted Prepayment Option Notice) that the Company desires to prepay Incremental Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount specified therein by the Company (each, a Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount), at a discount to the par value of such Incremental Term Loans as specified below.  The Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount of Incremental Term Loans shall not be less than $5,000,000.  The Discounted Prepayment Option Notice shall further specify with respect to the proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment:  (A) the

 

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Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount for Incremental Term Loans, (B) a discount range (which may be a single percentage) selected by the Company with respect to such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment equal to a percentage of par of the principal amount of Incremental Term Loans (the Discount Range), (C) the source of proceeds to be used to make such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and (D) the date by which Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment which shall be at least five Business Days following the date of the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice (the Acceptance Date).

 

(iii)                               Upon receipt of a Discounted Prepayment Option Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender holding Incremental Term Loans of the applicable Facility thereof.  On or prior to the Acceptance Date, each such Lender may specify by written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit N hereto (each, a Lender Participation Notice) to the Administrative Agent (A) a maximum discount to par (the Acceptable Discount) within the Discount Range (for example, a Lender specifying a discount to par of 20% would accept a purchase price of 80% of the par value of the Incremental Term Loans to be prepaid) and (B) a maximum principal amount (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent) of Incremental Term Loans held by such Lender with respect to which such Lender is willing to permit a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment at the Acceptable Discount (the Offered Loans).  Based on the Acceptable Discounts and principal amounts of Incremental Term Loans specified by the Lenders in the applicable Lender Participation Notice, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Company, shall determine the applicable discount for Incremental Term Loans (the Applicable Discount), which Applicable Discount shall be (A) the percentage specified by the Company if the Company has selected a single percentage pursuant to Section 5.5(b)(ii)) for the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment or (B) otherwise, the highest Acceptable Discount at which the Company can pay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount in full (determined by adding the principal amounts of Offered Loans commencing with the Offered Loans with the highest Acceptable Discount); provided, however, that in the event that such Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount cannot be repaid in full at any Acceptable Discount, the Applicable Discount shall be the lowest Acceptable Discount specified by the Lenders that is within the Discount Range.  The Applicable Discount shall be applicable for all Lenders who have offered to participate in the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and have Qualifying Loans (as defined below).  Any Lender with outstanding Incremental Term Loans whose Lender Participation Notice is not received by the Administrative Agent by the Acceptance Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Voluntary

 

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Prepayment of any of its Incremental Term Loans at any discount to their par value within the Applicable Discount.

 

(iv)                              The Company shall make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment by prepaying those Incremental Term Loans (or the respective portions thereof) offered by the Lenders (the Qualifying Lenders) that specify an Acceptable Discount that is equal to or greater than the Applicable Discount (the Qualifying Loans) at the Applicable Discount, provided that if the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would exceed the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the Company shall prepay such Qualifying Loans ratably among the Qualifying Lenders based on their respective principal amounts of such Qualifying Loans (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent).  If the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would be less than the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the Company shall prepay all Qualifying Loans.

 

(v)                                 Each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be made within five Business Days of the Acceptance Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree, given the time required to calculate the Applicable Discount and determine the amount and holders of Qualifying Loans), without premium or penalty (except as set forth in Section 5.21), upon irrevocable notice substantially in the form of Exhibit O hereto (each a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice), delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 P.M. Local time, three Business Days prior to the date of such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, which notice shall specify the date and amount of the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and the Applicable Discount determined by the Administrative Agent.  Upon receipt of any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.  If any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable to the applicable Lenders, subject to the Applicable Discount on the applicable Incremental Term Loans, on the date specified therein together with accrued interest (on the par principal amount) to but not including such date on the amount prepaid.

 

(vi)                              To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to procedures (including as to timing, rounding, minimum amounts, Type and Interest Periods and calculation of Applicable Discount in accordance with Section

 

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5.5(b)(iii) above) established by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Company.

 

(vii)                           Prior to the delivery of a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, (A) the Company may withdraw its offer to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Discounted Prepayment Option Notice and (B) any Lender may withdraw its offer to participate in a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Lender Participation Notice.

 

(viii)                        Any Discounted Voluntary Prepayments of the Incremental Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.5(b) shall be applied to reduce in inverse order the remaining installments thereof in reverse of maturity.

 

5.6                               Mandatory Prepayments

 

(a)                                 Following the consummation of any Asset Sale by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of cash proceeds, and following receipt of cash proceeds representing payments under notes or other securities received in connection with any non-cash consideration obtained in connection with such Asset Sale, an amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Asset Sale shall be applied by the Company on the date of receipt thereof to the prepayment of the Loans, provided that if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing at the time of such Asset Sale or at the proposed time of the application of such proceeds, such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds if (x) within 360 days of receipt of such proceeds, such proceeds are applied (or are committed to be applied) to replace or restore any properties in respect of which such proceeds are paid to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or such proceeds have been reinvested in productive assets of a kind then used or usable in the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or contractually committed to be so applied (and if so committed to be applied, so long as such reinvestment is actually completed within 180 days after the end of the initial 360 day period following receipt thereof) or (y) such proceeds do not exceed (I) $5 million in any single transaction or (II) $25 million in any fiscal year;

 

(b)                                 following the issuance of any Indebtedness (other than any issuance of Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.2) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, 100% of the Net Proceeds received by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries from the issuance of such Indebtedness shall be applied by the Company on the date of receipt thereof to the prepayment of the Loans;

 

(c)                                  following the occurrence of any Casualty or condemnation event with respect to any property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, 100% of all Casualty and condemnation proceeds in excess of amounts applied within 360 days of receipt of such proceeds to replace or restore any properties in respect of which such proceeds are paid to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (or

 

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contractually committed to be so applied (and if so committed to be applied, so long as such application is actually completed within 180 days thereafter)) shall be applied by the Company on the date of receipt thereof to the prepayment of the Loans;

 

(d)                                 Payments in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to this Section 5.6, first, shall be applied ratably (i) to reimburse the Issuing Lenders for all unreimbursed L/C Disbursements for which the Issuing Lenders have not received payment from the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to the third sentence of Section 2.6(b), (ii) to reimburse those Revolving Credit Lenders which, pursuant to the fourth sentence of Section 2.6(b), have previously made payments to an Issuing Lender pursuant to the third sentence of Section 2.6(b) and (iii) to repay Swing Line Loans which are not Refunded Swing Line Loans, second, shall be applied ratably to repay outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, and third, shall be used to Cash Collateralize all undrawn Letters of Credit then outstanding.

 

(e)                                  [Reserved.]

 

(f)                                   [Reserved.]

 

(g)                                  In the event and on such occasion that, other than by reason of currency fluctuations, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and Swing Line Loans exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (including after giving effect to any reductions in the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 5.4(a)), the Company shall prepay Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans (or, if no such Loans are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.  If the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and Swing Line Loans on the last Business Day of any week, solely by reason of currency fluctuations, shall exceed 105% of the total Revolving Credit Commitments (including after giving effect to any reductions in the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 5.4(a)), then the Company shall, not later than the next Business Day, prepay Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans in the amount necessary to eliminate such excess.

 

(h)                                 The Company shall give the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify each Lender) notice as specified in Section 5.5 of each prepayment pursuant to Section 5.5 setting forth the date and amount thereof.  Prepayments of Eurodollar Loans pursuant to this Section 5.6, if not on the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto, shall, at the Company’s option, as long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, be prepaid subject to the provisions of Section 5.21 or such prepayment (after application to any ABR Loans, in the case of prepayments by the Company) shall be deposited with the Collateral Agent as cash collateral for such Eurodollar Loans on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and thereafter shall be applied to the prepayment of the

 

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Eurodollar Loans on the last day of the respective Interest Periods for such Eurodollar Loans next ending most closely to the date of receipt of such Net Proceeds as contemplated by paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above.  After such application, any remaining interest earned on such cash collateral shall be paid to the Company.

 

(i)                                     Upon the Revolving Credit Termination Date the Company shall, with respect to each then outstanding Letter of Credit, if any, either (i) cause such Letter of Credit to be cancelled without such Letter of Credit being drawn upon or (ii) Cash Collateralize the Revolving L/C Obligations with respect to such Letter of Credit with a letter of credit issued by banks or a bank satisfactory to the Administrative Agent on terms satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

5.7                               Interest Rates and Payment Dates

 

(a)                                 Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBOR determined for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin.

 

(b)                                 Each ABR Loan shall bear interest for the period from and including the date thereof until maturity thereof on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.

 

(c)                                  While an Event of Default exists (and without limiting the rights of the Lenders under Article 10), the Company shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations at a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to (A) in the case of overdue principal, 2.00% above the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section (provided that for all purposes of determining the Applicable Margin for purposes of this paragraph (c), the Applicable Level for Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans shall be deemed to be Level I) or (B) in the case of overdue interest and fees, 2.00% above the rate described in paragraph (b) of this Section for Revolving Credit Loans which are ABR Loans (provided that for all purposes of determining the Applicable Margin for purposes of this paragraph (c), the Applicable Level for Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans shall be deemed to be Level I), in each case from the date of such nonpayment or Event of Default, as applicable, until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).

 

(d)                                 Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand by the Administrative Agent made at the request of the Required Lenders.

 

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5.8                               Computation of Interest and Fees

 

(a)                                 Interest in respect of ABR Loans at any time the ABR is calculated based on the Prime Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 365 or 366, as the case may be, day year for the actual days elapsed.  Interest in respect of Eurodollar Loans and ABR Loans at any time the ABR is not calculated based on the Prime Rate and all fees hereunder shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual days elapsed.  The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Company and the Lenders of each determination of Adjusted LIBOR.  Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change in the ABR becomes effective.  The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Company and the Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change.

 

(b)                                 Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error.  The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Company, deliver to the Company a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining the Adjusted LIBOR.

 

5.9                               Commitment Fees

 

(a)                                 The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a commitment fee (a Commitment Fee) in Dollars from and including the Effective Date until the date on which the Applicable Level is determined for the first fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date, on such Lender’s Available Revolving Credit Commitment outstanding from time to time, at a rate per annum for each day during the period for which payment is made equal to 0.30%.  Thereafter, the Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a Commitment Fee in Dollars on such Lender’s Available Revolving Credit Commitments outstanding from time to time, at a rate per annum for each day during the period for which payment is made, equal to the rate per annum set forth below opposite the Applicable Level in effect on such day:

 

Applicable Level

 

Rate per Annum

 

I

 

0.35

%

II

 

0.30

%

III

 

0.25

%

IV

 

0.25

%

 

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(b)                                 The Commitment Fee provided for in this Section 5.9 shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date with respect to the Available Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

5.10                        Certain Fees

 

The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account a non-refundable agent’s fee in the amount and payable on such dates as provided in the Administrative Agency Fee Letter (as the same may be amended, supplemented, and restated or otherwise modified from time to time).

 

5.11                        Letter of Credit Fees

 

(a)                                 In lieu of any letter of credit commissions and fees provided for in any L/C Application relating to Letters of Credit (other than standard administrative issuance, amendment and negotiation fees), the Company agrees to pay the Administrative Agent a Letter of Credit fee in Dollars, for the account of the Issuing Lender and the Participating Lenders, on the daily outstanding amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans which are Eurodollar Loans in effect on such day, whether or not there are any such Eurodollar Loans outstanding at such time, payable in arrears, on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

 

In addition, the Company shall pay to the Issuing Lender with respect to each Letter of Credit, in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments, a fee in Dollars to be agreed with the applicable Issuing Lender but not greater than 1/8 of 1% per annum on the average outstanding amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, solely for its own account as Issuing Lender of such Letter of Credit and not on account of its L/C Participating Interest therein.

 

(b)                                 In connection with any payment of fees pursuant to this Section 5.11, the Administrative Agent agrees to provide to the Company a statement of any such fees so paid; provided that the failure by the Administrative Agent to provide the Company with any such invoice shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to pay such fees.

 

5.12                        Letter of Credit Reserves

 

(a)                                 If any Change in Law after the date of this Agreement shall either (i) impose, modify, deem or make applicable any reserve, special deposit, assessment or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by the Issuing Lender or (ii) impose on the Issuing Lender any other condition regarding this Agreement or

 

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any Letter of Credit, and the result of any event referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above shall be to increase the cost to the Issuing Lender of issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (which increase in cost shall be the result of the Issuing Lender’s reasonable allocation of the aggregate of such cost increases resulting from such events), then, upon demand by the Issuing Lender, the Company shall immediately pay to the Issuing Lender, from time to time as specified by the Issuing Lender, additional amounts which shall be sufficient to compensate the Issuing Lender for such increased cost, together with interest on each such amount from the date demanded until payment in full thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin for ABR Loans.  A certificate submitted by the Issuing Lender to the Company concurrently with any such demand by the Issuing Lender, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, as to the amount thereof.

 

(b)                                 In the event that at any time after the date hereof any Change in Law with respect to the Issuing Lender shall, in the opinion of the Issuing Lender, require that any obligation under any Letter of Credit be treated as an asset or otherwise be included for purposes of calculating the appropriate amount of capital to be maintained by the Issuing Lender or any corporation controlling the Issuing Lender, and such Change in Law shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the Issuing Lender’s or such corporation’s capital, as the case may be, as a consequence of the Issuing Lender’s obligations under such Letter of Credit to a level below that which the Issuing Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into account the Issuing Lender’s or such corporation’s policies, as the case may be, with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by the Issuing Lender to be material, then from time to time following notice by the Issuing Lender to the Company of such Change in Law, within 15 days after demand by the Issuing Lender, the Company shall pay to the Issuing Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Issuing Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, for such reduction.  If the Issuing Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.12(b), it shall promptly notify the Company of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.  A certificate submitted by the Issuing Lender to the Company concurrently with any such demand by the Issuing Lender, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, as to the amount thereof.

 

(c)                                  The Company agrees that the provisions of the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) and the provisions of each L/C Application providing for reimbursement or payment to the Issuing Lender in the event of the imposition or implementation of, or increase in, any reserve, special deposit, capital adequacy or similar requirement in respect of the Letter of Credit relating thereto shall apply equally to each Participating Lender in respect of its L/C Participating Interest in such Letter of Credit, as if the references in such paragraphs and provisions referred to, where applicable, such Participating Lender or any corporation controlling such Participating Lender.

 

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5.13                        Further Assurances

 

The Company hereby agrees, from time to time, to do and perform any and all acts and to execute any and all further instruments reasonably requested by the Issuing Lender to effect more fully the purposes of this Agreement and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.  The Company further agrees to execute any and all instruments reasonably requested by the Issuing Lender in connection with the obtaining and/or maintaining of any insurance coverage applicable to any Letters of Credit.

 

5.14                        Obligations Absolute

 

The payment obligations of the Company under this Agreement with respect to the Letters of Credit shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including, without limitation, the following circumstances:

 

(a)                                 the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may have at any time against any beneficiary, or any transferee, of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Lender, any Agent or any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the Related Documents, any Credit Documents, the transactions contemplated herein, or any unrelated transaction;

 

(b)                                 any statement or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

 

(c)                                  payment by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, except where such payment constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender; or

 

(d)                                 any other circumstances or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, except for any such circumstances or happening constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender.

 

5.15                        Assignments

 

No Participating Lender’s participation in any Letter of Credit or any of its rights or duties hereunder shall be subdivided, assigned or transferred (other than in connection with a transfer of part or all of such Participating Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment in accordance with Section 12.6) without the prior written consent of the Issuing Lender, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.  Such consent may be given or withheld without the consent or agreement of any other Participating Lender. 

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participating Lender may subparticipate its L/C Participating Interest without obtaining the prior written consent of the Issuing Lender.

 

5.16                        Participations

 

Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to purchase participating interests pursuant to Sections 2.4 and 2.7(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation, (i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against the Issuing Lender, the Company, or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default; (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company; (iv) any breach of this Agreement by the Company or any other Lender; or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

 

5.17                        Inability to Determine Interest Rate for Eurodollar Loans

 

In the event that (i) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company) that by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank eurodollar market generally, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBOR for any Interest Period with respect to (A) proposed Loans that the Company has requested be made as Eurodollar Loans, (B) any Eurodollar Loans that will result from the requested conversion of all or part of ABR Loans into Eurodollar Loans or (C) the continuation of any Eurodollar Loan as such for an additional Interest Period, (ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBOR determined or to be determined for any Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lenders constituting the Required Lenders of making or maintaining their affected Eurodollar Loans during such Interest Period by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank eurodollar market generally or (iii) deposits in Dollars in the relevant amount and for the relevant period with respect to any such Eurodollar Loan are not available to any of the Lenders in their respective Eurodollar Lending Offices’ interbank eurodollar market, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice of such determination, confirmed in writing, to the Company and the Lenders at least one day prior to, as the case may be, the requested Borrowing Date, the conversion date or the last day of such Interest Period.  If such notice is given, (x) any requested Eurodollar Loans shall be made in Dollars as ABR Loans, (y) any ABR Loans that were to have been converted to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans, and (z) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be converted, on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, into ABR Loans.  Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made and no ABR Loans shall be converted to Eurodollar Loans.

 

5.18                        Pro Rata Treatment and Payments

 

(a)                                 Each borrowing of any Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) by the Company from the Lenders, each payment by the Company on account of any fee hereunder

 

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(other than as set forth in Sections 5.10 and 5.11) and any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments or Incremental Commitments of the Lenders hereunder shall be made pro-rata according to the Commitment Percentages of the Lenders.  Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Company on account of principal of and interest on the Loans (other than Swing Line Loans and other than as set forth in Sections 5.5(b), 5.6, 5.19, 5.20 and 5.21) shall be made pro-rata according to the Commitment Percentages of the Lenders.  All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Company on account of principal, interest and fees shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Administrative Agent’s office located at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, in Same Day Funds.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute such payments ratably to each Lender in like funds as received to the extent required by this Agreement.  If any payment hereunder (other than payments on Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.  If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.  All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.

 

(b)                                 Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a Borrowing Date (or with respect to an ABR Loan, on the Borrowing Date) that such Lender will not make the amount which would constitute its Commitment Percentage of the borrowing on such date available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such Borrowing Date in accordance with Section 5.1, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Company a corresponding amount.  If such amount is made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender on a date after such Borrowing Date, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate during such period as quoted by the Administrative Agent, times (ii) the amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such borrowing, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse from and including such Borrowing Date to the date on which such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such borrowing shall have become immediately available to the Administrative Agent and the denominator of which is 360.  A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 5.18(b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.  If such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of

 

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such borrowing is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans hereunder on demand, from the Company without prejudice to any rights which the Company or the Administrative Agent may have against such Lender hereunder.  Nothing contained in this Section 5.18(b) shall relieve any Lender which has failed to make available its ratable portion of any borrowing hereunder from its obligation to do so in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

(c)                                  The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it on any Borrowing Date shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on such Borrowing Date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on such Borrowing Date.

 

(d)                                 All payments and prepayments (other than mandatory prepayments as set forth in Section 5.6 and other than prepayments as set forth in Section 5.20 with respect to increased costs) of Eurodollar Loans hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of all Eurodollar Loans with the same Interest Period shall not be less than $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof.

 

5.19                        Illegality

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any Requirement of Law or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof occurring after the Effective Date shall make it unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans or to convert all or a portion of ABR Loans into Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be cancelled and such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall, if required by law and if such Lender so requests, be converted automatically to ABR Loans on the date specified by such Lender in such request.  To the extent that such affected Eurodollar Loans are converted into ABR Loans, all payments of principal which would otherwise be applied to such Eurodollar Loans shall be applied instead to such Lender’s ABR Loans.  The Company hereby agrees promptly to pay any Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender in making any conversion in accordance with this Section 5.19 including, but not limited to, any interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to make or maintain its Eurodollar Loans hereunder (such Lender’s notice of such costs, as certified to the Company through the Administrative Agent, to be conclusive absent manifest error).

 

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5.20                        Requirements of Law

 

(a)                                 In the event that, at any time after the date hereof, any Change in Law or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority:

 

(i)                                   does or shall subject any Agent or Lender (or its Lending Office) to any fee of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Note or any Eurodollar Loans made by it, or change the basis of imposition of any such fee;

 

(ii)                                does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge, liquidity or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender which are not otherwise included in the determination of the Adjusted LIBOR; or

 

(iii)                             does or shall impose on such Lender any other condition, cost or expense;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making, continuing, converting, renewing or maintaining advances or extensions of credit or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder, in each case, in respect of its Eurodollar Loans, then, in any such case, the Company, shall promptly pay such Lender, on demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such additional cost or reduced amount receivable as determined by such Lender with respect to such Eurodollar Loans together with interest on each such amount from the date demanded until payment in full thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans which are ABR Loans.

 

(b)                                 In the event that at any time after the date hereof any Change in Law with respect to any Lender shall, in the opinion of such Lender, require that any Commitment of such Lender be treated as an asset or otherwise be included for purposes of calculating the appropriate amount of capital or liquidity to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender, and such Change in Law shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital or liquidity, as the case may be, as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into account such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies, as the case may be, with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time following notice by such Lender to the Company of such Change in Law as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 5.20, within 15 days after demand by such Lender, the Company shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation, as the case may be,

 

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for such reduction.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be entitled to seek compensation under this Section 5.20(b) based on the occurrence of a Change in Law unless such Lender is generally seeking compensation from other borrowers in the United States loan market with respect to its similarly affected commitments, loans and/or participations under agreements with such borrowers having provisions similar to this Section 5.20(b).

 

(c)                                  If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.20, it shall promptly notify the Company through the Administrative Agent, of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.  The Company shall not be required to make any payments to any Lender for any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.20 unless such Lender has given written notice to the Company, through the Administrative Agent, of its intent to request such payments prior to or within 180 days after the date on which such Lender became entitled to claim such amounts.  If any Lender has notified the Company through the Administrative Agent of any increased costs pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 5.20, the Company at any time thereafter may, upon at least two Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and subject to Section 5.21, prepay or convert into ABR Loans all (but not a part) of the Eurodollar Loans then outstanding.  Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of paragraph (a) of this Section 5.20 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Company, and to the extent permitted by law or by the relevant Governmental Authority, endeavor in good faith to avoid or minimize the increase in costs or reduction in payments resulting from such event (including, without limitation, endeavoring to change its Lending Office); provided, however, that such avoidance or minimization can be made in such a manner that such Lender, in its sole determination, suffers no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage.  If any Lender has notified the Company, through the Administrative Agent, of any increased costs pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 5.20, the Company at any time thereafter may, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lender thereof), and subject to Section 5.21, reduce or terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with Section 5.4.

 

(d)                                 A certificate submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Company shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  The covenants contained in this Section 5.20 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and repayment of the outstanding Loans.

 

(e)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Section 5.20 shall not apply to any Taxes, which shall be governed solely by Section 5.23.

 

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5.21                        Indemnity

 

The Company agrees to indemnify each Lender and to hold such Lender harmless from any loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Company in payment of the principal amount of or interest on any Eurodollar Loans of such Lender, (b) default by the Company in making a borrowing of Eurodollar Loans after the Company has given a notice in accordance with Section 5.1 or in making a conversion of ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans after the Company has given notice in accordance with Section 5.3 or in continuing Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period after the Company has given a notice in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of Interest Period, (c) default by the Company in making any prepayment of Eurodollar Loans after the Company has given a notice in accordance with Section 5.5, (d) a payment or prepayment of a Eurodollar Loan or conversion of any Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan, in either case on a day which is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto or (e) any assignment of a Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 5.22; in each case including, but not limited to, any such loss or expense arising from interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to maintain its Eurodollar Loans hereunder.  This covenant shall survive termination of this Agreement and payment of the outstanding Obligations.  The Company shall not be required to make any payments to any Lender for any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.21 unless such Lender has given written notice to the Company, through the Administrative Agent, of its intent to request such payments prior to or within 180 days after the date on which such Lender became entitled to claim such amounts.  A certificate submitted by a Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Company as to an amount due under this Section 5.21 shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

 

5.22                        Replacement of Lenders

 

In the event any Lender (i) is a Defaulting Lender or a Declining Lender, (ii) exercises its rights pursuant to Section 5.19 or (iii) requests payments pursuant to Sections 5.20 or 5.23, the Company may require, at the Company’s expense and subject to Section 5.21, such Lender or the Issuing Lender to assign, at par plus accrued interest and fees, without recourse (in accordance with Section 12.6) all of its interests, rights and obligations hereunder (including all of its Revolving Credit Commitments and the Loans and other amounts at the time owing to it hereunder and its interest in the Letters of Credit) to a bank, financial institution or other entity specified by the Company; provided that (i) such assignment shall not conflict with or violate any law, rule or regulation or order of any court or other Governmental Authority, (ii) the Company shall have received the written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of an assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment, of the Issuing Lender and Swing Line Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, to such assignment, (iii) the Company shall have paid to the assigning Lender all monies other than principal owing hereunder to it and (iv) in the case of a required assignment by the Issuing Lender, the Letters of Credit shall be canceled and returned to the Issuing Lender.

 

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5.23                        Taxes

 

(a)                                 Defined Terms.  For purposes of this Section 5.23, the term applicable Law includes FATCA, the term Lender includes any Issuing Lender, and the term Withholding Agent means the Company and the Administrative Agent.

 

(b)                                 Payments Free of Taxes.  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Company under any Credit Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Law.  If any applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Company shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be,  receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

(c)                                  Payment of Other Taxes by the Company.  The Company shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

 

(d)                                 Indemnification by the Company.  The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, or any Lender, within 20 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes arising from any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Company under any Credit Document (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or are required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such person and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Company by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(e)                                  Indemnification by the Lenders.  Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 20 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Company has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Company to do so),

 

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(ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.6(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Credit Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Credit Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

 

(f)                                   Evidence of Payments.  As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes pursuant to this Section 5.23 by the Company to a Governmental Authority, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(g)                                  Status of Lenders.

 

(i)                                    Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Credit Document shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 5.23(g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

 

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(A)         any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

 

(B)                                any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent, but only if the Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(I)                                   in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Credit Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Credit Document, IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

(II)                              executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(III)                         in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Company within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or

 

(IV)                          to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax

 

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Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit L-2 or Exhibit L-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit L-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

(C)                               any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

(D)                if a payment made to a Lender under any Credit Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Company and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

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certification or promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(h)                                 Lending Office.  Any Lender claiming additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 5.23 agrees to use reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to change the jurisdiction of its Lending Office if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, the making of such change (i) would eliminate or reduce any such additional amounts payable to such Lender in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed out-of-pocket cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.

 

(i)                                     Treatment of Certain Refunds.  If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 5.23 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to Section 5.23(b)), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made or additional amounts paid under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (i) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (i), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (i) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

(j)                                    Survival.  Each party’s obligations under this Section 5.23 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Credit Document.

 

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5.24                        Defaulting Lenders

 

Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

 

(a)                                 Commitment Fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 5.9;

 

(b)                                 the Revolving Credit Commitments and the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages in outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 12.1); provided, that this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or of each Lender affected thereby;

 

(c)                                  if any amount outstanding in respect of Swing Line Loans or amount outstanding in respect of Letters of Credit exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:

 

(i)           all or any part of the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Defaulting Lender in Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages but only to the extent that (x) the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages in Revolving Credit Loans plus such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments and (y) the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 are satisfied at such time;

 

(ii)          if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Company shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Swing Line Loans and (y) second, Cash Collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Lender only the Company’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 10.1 for so long as such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit is outstanding;

 

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(iii)         if the Company Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Obligations pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Company shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 5.11 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit during the period such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit is Cash Collateralized;

 

(iv)         if the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.9 and Section 5.11 Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages; and

 

(v)          if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit is neither reallocated nor Cash Collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Lender or any other Lender hereunder, all Commitment Fees that otherwise would have been payable to such Defaulting Lender (solely with respect to the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment that was utilized by such Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit) and Letter of Credit Fees payable under Section 5.11 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit shall be payable to the Issuing Lender until and to the extent that such Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit is reallocated and/or Cash Collateralized; and

 

(d)                                 so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swing Line Lender shall not be required to fund any Swing Line Loan and the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in then outstanding Letters of Credit will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Company in accordance with Section 5.24(c), and participating interests in any newly made Swing Line Loan or any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 5.24(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

 

If the Swing Line Lender or the Issuing Lender has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swing Line Lender shall not be required to fund any Swing Line Loan and the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swing Line Lender or the Issuing Lender, as

 

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the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Company or such Lender, satisfactory to the Swing Line Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.

 

In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Company, the Swing Line Lender and the Issuing Lender each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swing Line Loans and L/C Participating Interest of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swing Line Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

6.                                      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and to induce the Issuing Lenders to issue, and the Participating Lenders to participate in, the Letters of Credit, the Company hereby represents and warrants to each Lender and each Agent, on and as of the Effective Date and on the date of each Loan made or Letter of Credit issued thereafter, that:

 

6.1                               Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law

 

Each Credit Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, (ii) has the corporate power and authority and the legal right to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, except to the extent that the failure to have such power, authority, or rights could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) is in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law (including, without limitation, occupational safety and health, health care, pension, certificate of need, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, any so-called “Superfund” or “Superlien” law, or any applicable federal, state, local or other statute, law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order or decree regulating, relating to, or imposing liability or legally enforceable standards of conduct concerning, any Materials of Environmental Concern and the Patriot Act), except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.2                               Corporate Power; Authorization

 

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corporate power and authority and legal right to borrow hereunder and to have Letters of Credit issued for its account hereunder.  Each Credit Party has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Company, to authorize the borrowings hereunder and the issuance of Letters of Credit for its account hereunder.  No consent or authorization of, or filing with, any Person (including, without limitation, any Governmental Authority) is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by any Credit Party, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of any Credit Document to the extent that it is a party thereto, other than any such consent or authorization which has been obtained or filing which has been made to the extent required hereunder, or the failure of which to obtain could have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.3                               Enforceable Obligations

 

Each of the Credit Documents has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Credit Party party thereto and each of such Credit Documents constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

6.4                               No Conflict With Law or Contractual Obligations

 

The performance of each Credit Document, and the use of the proceeds of the Loans and of drawings under the Letters of Credit will not violate any Requirement of Law or any material Contractual Obligation (including under such Credit Party’s organizational documents) applicable to or binding upon any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its properties or assets, and will not result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien (other than any Liens created pursuant to the Credit Documents) on any of its or their respective properties or assets pursuant to any Requirement of Law applicable to it or them, as the case may be, or any of its or their Contractual Obligations, except, in the case of any Contractual Obligations, for any such violations which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.5                               No Material Litigation

 

No litigation or investigation or proceeding of or by any Governmental Authority or any other Person is pending or has been overtly threatened against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (i) with respect to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any Credit Document, or with respect to the Loans made hereunder, the use of proceeds thereof or of any drawings under a Letter of Credit, and the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (ii) which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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6.6                               Investment Company Act

 

No Credit Party is required to register as an “investment company” (as such term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended).

 

6.7                               Federal Reserve Regulations

 

No part of the proceeds of any of the Loans or any drawing under a Letter of Credit will be used to “purchase” or “carry” “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board or for any other purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under said Regulation U.

 

6.8                               No Default

 

Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in default in the payment or performance of any of its or their Contractual Obligations in any respect which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in default under any order, award or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator binding upon or affecting it or them or by which any of its or their properties or assets may be bound or affected in any respect which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no such order, award or decree could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to carry on their businesses as presently conducted or the ability of any Credit Party to perform its obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party.

 

6.9                               Taxes

 

Each of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed or has timely requested an extension to file or has received an approved extension to file all Federal and all other material tax returns which are required to have been filed, and has paid all material Taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or extension requests or on any assessments made against it or any of its property and all other material Taxes imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than those the amount or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided in the books of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be); and no claims are being asserted in writing with respect to any such material Taxes (other than those the amount or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided in the books of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be).

 

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6.10                        Subsidiaries

 

The Subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule 6.10(a) constitute all of the Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company and the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 6.10(b) constitute all of the Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company, in each case, as of the Effective Date after the Spin-Off.

 

6.11                        Ownership of Property; Liens

 

Except as set forth in Schedule 6.11, the Company and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries has valid and subsisting Leasehold interests in all its respective material Real Property, and good title to or valid and subsisting Leasehold interests in all of its respective material other property, except, in each case, as such failure to have good and valid title or valid and subsisting Leasehold interests could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of such property is subject, except as permitted hereunder, to any Lien (including, without limitation, and subject to Section 9.3 hereof, Federal, state and other Tax liens).

 

6.12                        ERISA

 

No “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) or a failure to meet the minimum funding standard (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or Reportable Event (other than a Reportable Event with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred during the five years preceding each date on which this representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Single Employer Plan in each case the consequences of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The present value of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan maintained by the Company or a Commonly Controlled Entity (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan) did not, as of the most recent annual valuation date in respect of each such Plan, exceed the fair market value of the assets of the Plan (including for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) allocable to such benefits by an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The liability to which the Company would become subject under ERISA if the Company or any such Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date hereof could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No Multiemployer Plan is either in Reorganization or Insolvent in any case the consequences of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.13                        Environmental Matters

 

(a)                                 The Properties do not contain any Materials of Environmental Concern in concentrations which constitute a violation of, or could reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)                                 The Properties and all operations at the Properties are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, except for failure to be in compliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there is no contamination at, under or about the Properties that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)                                  Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has received any notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to the Properties that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor does the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary have knowledge that any such action is being contemplated, considered or threatened.

 

(d)                                 There are no judicial proceedings or governmental or administrative actions pending or threatened under any Environmental Law to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is or will be named as a party with respect to the Properties that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders under any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.14                        Accuracy and Completeness of Financial Statements

 

(a)                                 (i)  The audited combined balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries at December 31, 2013 and the related combined statements of earnings and comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal year ended on such date, reported on by Deloitte & Touche, LLP, in each case, as reflected in the Form 10, and (ii) the unaudited condensed combined balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2014, and the related consolidated statements of earnings and comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the six-month period ended on such date, in each case, as reflected in the Form 10, fairly present in all material respects (except, with respect to interim reports, for year-end adjustments and absence of detailed footnote disclosures) the combined financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the fiscal periods then ended and, in the case of the statements referred to in the foregoing clause (ii), the portion of the fiscal year through such date, in each case, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as noted therein).

 

(b)                                 The projections delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(c) hereof were prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were fair in light of the conditions existing at the time of delivery of such forecasts, and represented, at the time of delivery, the Company’s estimate of its future financial condition and performance.

 

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6.15                        Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities

 

Except as reflected in the Form 10 and except for the Loans, if any, incurred on the Effective Date, neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has or is subject to any liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), except liabilities or obligations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to constitute a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.16                        No Material Adverse Change

 

Since December 31, 2013, other than the Spin-Off or as otherwise reflected in the Form 10, there has not been any event, occurrence, fact, condition, change, development or effect which individually or in the aggregate has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.17                        Solvency

 

The Company is, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to the Spin-Off and the Effective Date Dividend, Solvent.  No Credit Party intends to, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, nor does it believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries has or will incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing of and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such Subsidiary and the timing of the amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such Subsidiary.

 

6.18                        Intellectual Property

 

The Company and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person.  To the best knowledge of the Company, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries infringes upon any rights held by any other Person.  No claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.19                        Creation and Perfection of Security Interests

 

(i)                                     Article 9 Collateral.  The Pledge and Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein to secure the Finance Obligations, and the

 

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Pledge and Security Agreement constitutes a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in such of the Collateral in which a security interest can be perfected under Article 9 of the UCC to secure the Finance Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, other than with respect to Permitted Liens.

 

(ii)                                  Intellectual Property.  The Pledge and Security Agreement, together with an intellectual property security agreement, in form and substance reasonably agreed by the Company and the Administrative Agent will, when filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the United States patents, trademarks, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights covered in such intellectual property security agreement to secure the Finance Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a lien on registered trademarks, trademark applications and copyrights acquired by the Credit Parties after the Effective Date).

 

(iii)                               Status of Liens.  The Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, will at all times have the Liens provided for in the Collateral Documents and, subject to the filing by the Collateral Agent of continuation statements to the extent required by the UCC, the Collateral Documents will at all times constitute valid and continuing liens of record and first priority perfected security interests in all the Collateral referred to therein to secure the Finance Obligations, except as priority may be affected by Permitted Liens.  As of the Effective Date, no filings or recordings are required in order to perfect the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, except for filings or recordings listed on Schedule IV to the Pledge and Security Agreement, all of which listed filings and recordings have been made.

 

6.20                        Accuracy and Completeness of Disclosure

 

The Company has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Credit Document (in each case as modified or supplemented by other information so

 

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furnished), taken as a whole, contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Company represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

 

6.21                        [Reserved]

 

6.22                        Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions

 

Each Credit Party has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by each Credit Party, their Subsidiaries, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions, and each Credit Party, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees and, to the knowledge of each Credit Party, its respective agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions in all material respects.  None of (a) each Credit Party, any Subsidiary, or, to the knowledge of each Credit Party, any of their respective officers, employees or directors, or (b) to the knowledge of each Credit Party, any agent of such Credit Party or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the Revolving Credit Facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.  No Loan, use of the proceeds or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement will violate any Anti-Corruption Laws or Sanctions.

 

6.23                        Patriot Act.

 

Each Credit Party is in compliance, in all material respects, with the Uniting And Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA Patriot Act of 2001).

 

6.24                        Spin-Off

 

The Spin-Off Documents constitute the legally valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by reorganization, bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors rights. The Spin-Off has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action, and will be consummated substantially concurrently with the consummation of the Effective Date transactions set forth in this Agreement, in accordance with the Spin-Off Documents and all applicable laws. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Spin-Off Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, require no action, permit, license, authorization, certification, consent, approval, concession or franchise by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental authority or any other Person, other than those that have been obtained by the Company or waived prior to the date hereof and described on Schedule 6.24 hereto. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.24 hereto, none of the conditions for the effectiveness of the Spin-Off contemplated by the Spin-Off Documents have been waived by any party and all such conditions have been satisfied, or

 

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will be satisfied, concurrently with the consummation of the Effective Date transactions set forth in this Agreement.

 

7.                                      CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

7.1                               Conditions to Effective Date

 

This Agreement and the obligation of each Lender to make its extensions of credit to be made hereunder on the Effective Date shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.1):

 

(a)                                 Deliverables.  The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals, telecopies or .pdf or similar electronic transmission (to be followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Credit Party, if applicable, each dated the Effective Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Effective Date) and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

 

(i)                                     This Agreement & Guaranty.  Executed counterparts of (i) this Agreement signed by the Lenders, the Company and the Agents and (ii) the Guaranty signed by the Company, the Guarantors thereunder and the Administrative Agent, or, in each case, written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or electronic transmission (including .pdf file) of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that each such party has signed a counterpart signature page of this Agreement or the Guaranty.

 

(ii)                                  Collateral Documents.  Subject to Section 8.10, executed counterparts of all Collateral Documents, together with:

 

(A)                               an executed original of each Note timely requested by a Lender hereunder;

 

(B)                               to the extent not on file with the appropriate Governmental Authority, appropriate financing statements (Form UCC-1 or such other financing statements or similar notices as shall be required by local Law) authenticated and authorized for filing under the UCC or other applicable local Law of each jurisdiction in which the filing of a financing statement or giving of notice may be required, or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, to perfect the security interests intended to be created by the Collateral Documents;

 

(C)                               copies of reports from CT Corporation or another independent search service reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent

 

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listing all effective financing statements, notices of tax, PBGC or judgment liens or similar notices that name any of the Company or any other Credit Party (under its present name and any previous name and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, under any trade names), as debtor or seller that are filed in the jurisdictions referred to in clause (ii)(B) above (regardless of whether or not financing statements are then on file) or in any other jurisdiction having files which must be searched in order to determine fully the existence of the UCC security interests, notices of the filing of federal tax Liens (filed pursuant to Section 6323 of the Code), Liens of the PBGC (filed pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA) or judgment Liens on any Collateral, together with copies of such financing statements, notices of tax, PBGC or judgment Liens or similar notices (none of which shall cover the Collateral except to the extent evidencing Permitted Liens or for which the Collateral Agent shall have received termination statements (Form UCC-3 or such other termination statements as shall be required by local Law) authenticated and authorized for filing);

 

(D)                               searches of ownership of intellectual property in the appropriate governmental offices and such patent, trademark and/or copyright filings as may be requested by the Collateral Agent to the extent necessary or reasonably advisable to perfect the Collateral Agent’s security interest in intellectual property Collateral;

 

(E)                                to the extent not previously delivered to the Collateral Agent, all of the Pledged Collateral, which Pledged Collateral shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, with signatures appropriately guaranteed, accompanied in each case by any required transfer tax stamps, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; and

 

(F)                                 evidence of the completion of all other filings and recordings of or with respect to the Collateral Documents and of all other actions as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect the security interests intended to be created by the Collateral Documents (including receipt of duly executed payoff letters, UCC-3 termination statements and landlords’ and bailees’ waiver and consent agreements).

 

(iii)                               Intellectual Property Security Agreements.  To the extent not on file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, a short form intellectual property security agreement, in form and substance reasonably agreed by the Company and the Administrative Agent, duly executed by each Credit Party, together

 

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with evidence that all action that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the Liens in intellectual property created under the Pledge and Security Agreement and under such short form assignments or grants of security interests has been taken.

 

(iv)                              Organization Documents.  To the extent not previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, true and correct copies of the Organization Documents of each Credit Party, certified as to authenticity by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each such Credit Party.

 

(v)                                 Corporate Documents.  Copies of certificates from the Secretary of State or other appropriate authority of such jurisdiction, evidencing good standing of each Credit Party in its jurisdiction of incorporation and in each state where the ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of business requires it to qualify as a foreign corporation except where the failure to so qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(vi)                              Legal Opinions.  Opinions addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders of (A) Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York counsel to the Company, (B) Roger Franks, general counsel to the Company and (C) Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Delaware counsel to the Company and the Guarantors, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  Such opinions shall also cover such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require.

 

(vii)                           Closing Certificates.  Closing certificates of the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibits B-1 and B-2 hereto, respectively, with appropriate insertions and attachments, satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, executed by (A) the President or any Vice President and (B) the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.

 

(viii)                        Solvency Certificate.  A solvency certificate in the form of Exhibit J hereto provided by the chief financial officer of the Company.

 

(b)                                 Evidence of Insurance.  The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of the insurance under all insurance policies to be maintained with respect to the properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries forming part of the Collateral, including endorsements naming the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders, as an additional insured or loss payee, as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company is unable to deliver such evidence of insurance and endorsements by the Effective Date after use of its commercially reasonable efforts, the Company shall deliver such evidence of insurance and endorsements following the Effective Date in accordance with Section 8.14.

 

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(c)                                  Financial Projections.  The Lenders shall have received (i) forecasts of the financial performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries on an annual basis, through 2017 satisfactory to the Lenders and (ii) pro-forma consolidated statements of income for the Company for the last fiscal year covered by the audited financial statements most recently delivered pursuant to the BEA Credit Agreement.

 

(d)                                 Fees.  The Administrative Agent shall have received, for the respective accounts of the Persons entitled to the same, all costs, expenses, fees and other compensation payable to the Lenders, the Agents and the Joint Lead Arrangers on or prior to the Effective Date, to the extent invoiced to the Company at least three Business Days prior to the Effective Date, including, without limitation, reasonable fees of one legal counsel to the Lenders and one local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and any and all fees due pursuant to the Administrative Agency Fee Letter.

 

(e)                                  Additional Matters.  All other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.  Any information submitted to any of the Lenders by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates shall be accurate and complete in all material respects.

 

(f)                                   Regulatory Authority Information.  The Company and each Subsidiary shall have provided the documentation and other information to the Lenders that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), in each case no later than three Business Days prior to the Effective Date to the extent reasonably requested by the Lenders at least seven Business Days in advance of the Effective Date.

 

(g)                                  Spin-Off.

 

(i)                                     The Lenders shall have received (i) a copy of the summary legal opinion delivered to BEA as to the tax-free nature of the transfer of BEA’s consumables business to the Company and the spin-off of the Company’s stock to BEA’s shareholders and (ii) executed copies of the Transition Services Agreement between the Company and BEA, the Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement between the Company and BEA, the Employee Matters Agreement between the Company and BEA and any other material agreement to be delivered in connection with the Spin-Off (collectively, the Spin-Off Documents).

 

(ii)                                  The Spin-Off shall have been consummated on terms consistent in all material respects with the information contained in the registration statement of the Company on Form 10 with respect to the Spin-Off.

 

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(iii)                               The Company shall have issued not less than $1,200,000,000 of its Senior Notes, the terms of the Senior Notes and all documentation and agreements related thereto shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Lenders, and after giving effect to the Spin-Off, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no Indebtedness or preferred stock other than (a) the Existing Letters of Credit, (b) the Senior Notes and (c) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (a), (c), (e), (i), (l)(i), (l)(iii), (l)(v) and (l)(vii) of Section 9.2.

 

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.

 

7.2                               Conditions to All Loans and Letters of Credit

 

The obligation of each Lender to make any Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan the proceeds of which are to be used to repay Refunded Swing Line Loans) and the obligation of each Issuing Lender to issue any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the relevant Borrowing Date:

 

(a)                                 Representations and Warranties.  Each of the representations set forth in Article 6, or which are contained in any other Credit Document shall, to the extent already qualified by materiality, be true and correct in all respects, and, if not so already qualified, shall be true and correct in all material respects, in any case on and as of the date such Loan is made (or such Letter of Credit is issued) as if made on and as of such date (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

(b)                                 No Default or Event of Default.  No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the Loan to be made or the Letter of Credit to be issued on such Borrowing Date.

 

(c)                                  Notice.  The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the applicable Issuing Lender or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a notice of borrowing request or credit extension in accordance with the requirements of Article 5 hereof.

 

Each borrowing by the Company hereunder and the issuance of each Letter of Credit by each Issuing Lender hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company as of the date of such borrowing or issuance that the conditions in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 7.2 have been satisfied.

 

8.                                      AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Company hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Loan or Revolving L/C Obligation remains outstanding and unpaid, any amount remains available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit or any other amount is owing to any

 

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Lender (other than Unmatured Surviving Obligations), any Agent or any Issuing Lender hereunder, it shall, and, in the case of the agreements contained in Sections 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, and 8.13 cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to:

 

8.1                               Financial Statements

 

Furnish to the Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for each Lender):

 

(a)                                 Audited Annual Financial Statements.  As soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, a copy of the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, reported on without a going concern or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing acceptable to the Required Lenders.

 

(b)                                 Quarterly Financial Statements.  As soon as available, but in any event not later than 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Company, commencing with the quarterly period ending March 31, 2015, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).

 

(c)                                  Annual Budget.  As soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Company to which such budget relates, an annual operating budget of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as adopted by the board of directors of the Company.

 

Following delivery of the information required pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) above (but not more frequently than quarterly), the Company will cause its and its Subsidiaries’ appropriate officers to participate in a conference call for Lenders to discuss the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the most recently-ended period for which financial statements have been delivered; provided that the requirement to participate in any such conference call for the applicable quarter shall be deemed satisfied if the Company conducts a customary public earnings call for such fiscal quarter.

 

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All financial statements shall be prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with GAAP in all material respects (provided that interim statements may be condensed and may exclude detailed footnote disclosure) applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as concurred in by such officer and disclosed therein and except that interim financial statements need not be restated for changes in accounting principles which require retroactive application, and operations which have been discontinued (as such term is used in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144) during the current year need not be shown in interim financial statements as such either for the current period or comparable prior period).  In the event the Company changes its accounting methods because of changes in GAAP, the Company shall also provide, if necessary for the determination of compliance with this Section 8.1 and Sections 5.6, 5.7, 5.9, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.7, 9.9, and 9.12, a statement of reconciliation conforming such financial statements to GAAP.

 

8.2                               Certificates; Other Information

 

Furnish to the Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for each Lender):

 

(a)                                 Auditors’ Certificate.  Concurrently with the delivery of the consolidated financial statements referred to in Section 8.1(a), a letter from the independent certified public accountants reporting on such financial statements stating that in making the examination necessary to express their opinion on such financial statements that there is no Default or Event of Default under any financial covenants hereunder, except as specified in such letter.

 

(b)                                 Compliance Certificate.  Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 8.1(a) and (b), a certificate of a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company:  (i) stating that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, the Company and its Subsidiaries have observed or performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every applicable condition, contained in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate; (ii) showing in detail as of the end of the related fiscal period the figures and calculations supporting such statement in respect of Section 9.1, clauses (f), (j) and (k) of Section 9.2, clauses (i) and (j) of Section 9.6, clauses (b), (k) and (m) of Section 9.7, clauses (c) and (d) of Section 9.9, and clauses (a) and (b) of Section 9.12; (iii) showing in detail as of the end of the related fiscal period for purposes of calculating the Applicable Level the Total Leverage Ratio and the calculations supporting such statement and if applicable, stating the Applicable Margin payable as a result of such ratio; (iv) showing in detail as of the end of the related fiscal period for purposes of calculating the Secured Leverage Ratio, the ratio of (A) Consolidated Total Secured Indebtedness to (B) Consolidated EBITDA, and the calculations supporting such statement; (v) if not specified in the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 8.1, specifying on a consolidated basis the aggregate amount of interest paid or accrued by the

 

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Company and its Subsidiaries, and the aggregate amount of depreciation, depletion and amortization charged on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries, during such accounting period; (vi) listing all Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder) in each case incurred since the date of the previous consolidated balance sheet of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or (b); (vii) setting forth in reasonable detail the reconciliation of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Net Income of the Company; (viii) with respect only to each certificate delivered concurrently with the financial statements referred to in Section 8.1(a), and then only to the extent that (A) any Credit Party shall have acquired any new, direct Foreign Subsidiaries after the Effective Date, and (B) under the terms of Section 8.10(f) of this Agreement, such Credit Parties were not required to enter into foreign law Pledge and Security Agreements with respect to the capital stock of any such newly-acquired Foreign Subsidiaries (which foreign law Pledge and Security Agreements would otherwise have been required under the terms of the Credit Documents, if not for the provisions of Section 8.10(f)) (each such Foreign Subsidiary, an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary), listing each Excluded Foreign Subsidiary and stating the fair market value of the assets of each such Excluded Foreign Subsidiary and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries as of the end of the related fiscal period (as reasonably determined by the Company); and (ix) setting forth (A) the aggregate amount of Permitted Loan Purchases made during the fiscal period then ended and (B) the aggregate amount of Incremental Term Loans purchased and cancelled by the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date of such Compliance Certificate.

 

(c)                                  Accountants’ Management Letters.  Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all final reports submitted to the Company by independent certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the books of the Company made by such accountants.

 

(d)                                 Reports to Holders of Debt Securities.  Promptly, after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to holders generally of any debt securities constituting Material Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or any other clause of this Section 8.2 and not otherwise filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its functions.

 

(e)                                  Other Information.  Promptly, such additional financial and other information as any Lender, through the Administrative Agent, may from time to time reasonably request.

 

Information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2 shall be deemed to have been delivered if such information shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which each Lender has been granted access.

 

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Information delivered pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2 may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

The Company hereby acknowledges that (i) the Administrative Agent and/or the Joint Lead Arrangers will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Company hereunder (collectively, Company Materials) by posting the Company Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the Platform) and (ii) certain of the Lenders (each, a Public Lender) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Company or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities.  The Company hereby agrees that so long as the Company is the issuer of any outstanding debt or equity securities that are registered or issued pursuant to a private offering or is actively contemplating issuing any such securities it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Company Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that:  (A) all such Company Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (B) by marking Company Materials “PUBLIC”, the Company shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lenders to treat such Company Materials as not containing any material non-public information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Company or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Company Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 12.13); (C) all Company Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information”; and (D) the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Company Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information”.

 

8.3                               Payment of Other Obligations

 

Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all of its obligations and liabilities of whatever nature, except (i) when the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be and (ii) for trade and other accounts payable in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary trade terms and which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days (or any longer period if longer payment terms are accepted in the ordinary course of business) or, if overdue for more than 60 days (or such longer period), as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be.

 

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8.4                               Continuation of Business and Maintenance of Existence and Material Rights and Privileges

 

Continue to engage in business of the same general type as now conducted by it or as contemplated by the Form 10 or the Spin-Off Documents, and preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, franchises, accreditations, certifications, authorizations, licenses, permits, approvals and registrations, necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business except for rights, privileges, franchises, accreditations, certifications, authorizations, licenses, permits, approvals and registrations the loss of which could reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as otherwise permitted by Sections 9.6, 9.7 and 9.9.

 

8.5                               Compliance with All Applicable Laws and Regulations and Material Contractual Obligations

 

Comply with all applicable Requirements of Law (including, without limitation, any and all Environmental Laws, tax, and ERISA laws) and Contractual Obligations except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Company (i) shall retire and cancel each share of its common stock repurchased in any Qualified Stock Repurchase promptly following the consummation of such repurchase and ensure that all such shares revert to the status of authorized and unissued shares and (ii) shall not sell, reissue, transfer, pledge or otherwise assign or dispose of any such shares to any other Person after such repurchase.

 

8.6                               Maintenance of Property; Insurance

 

Keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted), and maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and with only such deductibles as are usually maintained by, and against at least such risks as are usually insured against in the same general area by, companies engaged in the same or a similar business (in any event including general liability, contractual liability, personal injury, workers’ compensation, employers’ liability, automobile liability and physical damage coverage, all risk property, business interruption, fidelity and crime insurance); provided that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may implement programs of self-insurance in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with industry standards for a company of similar size so long as reserves are maintained in accordance with GAAP for the liabilities associated therewith.

 

8.7                               Maintenance of Books and Records

 

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financial statements to be prepared in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law.

 

8.8                               Right of the Lenders to Inspect Property and Books and Records

 

Permit representatives of any Lender upon reasonable notice during business hours and with a Responsible Officer present to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time and as often as may reasonably be desired upon reasonable notice, and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with officers and employees thereof, and with their independent certified public accountants; provided that, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise rights of the Lenders under this Section 8.8 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than one time during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default; provided, further, that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent (or any of its representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice, and any Lender (or any of its representatives or independent contractors) may accompany the Administrative Agent (or its representatives or independent contractors).  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall give the Company the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Company’s independent certified public accountants.

 

8.9                               Notices

 

Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

 

(i)            of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

 

(ii)           of any (A) default or event of default under any instrument or other agreement, guarantee or collateral document of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which default or event of default has not been waived and could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or any other default or event of default under any such instrument, agreement, guarantee or other collateral document which, but for the proviso to clause (e) of Section 10.1, would have constituted a Default or Event of Default under this Agreement, or (B) litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority, or receipt of any notice of any environmental claim or assessment against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Governmental Authority, which in any such case could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(iii)          of any litigation or proceeding affecting the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (A) in which more than $20,000,000 of the amount

 

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claimed is not covered by insurance or (B) in which injunctive or similar relief is sought which if obtained could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(iv)                              of the following events, as soon as practicable after, and in any event within 30 days after, the Company knows thereof:  (A) the occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Single Employer Plan which Reportable Event could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other action by PBGC, the Company or any Commonly Controlled Entity to terminate, withdraw from or partially withdraw from any Plan and, with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the Reorganization or Insolvency of such Plan, in each of the foregoing cases which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and in addition to such notice, deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender whichever of the following may be applicable:  (x) a certificate of a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company setting forth details as to such Reportable Event and the action that the Company or such Commonly Controlled Entity proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice of such Reportable Event that may be required to be filed with PBGC, or (y) any notice delivered by PBGC evidencing its intent to institute such proceedings or any notice to PBGC that such Plan is to be terminated, as the case may be;

 

(v)                                 of a failure or anticipated failure by the Company to make payment when due and payable on any Senior Notes; and

 

(vi)                              of a material adverse change known by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities, properties or results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

Each notice pursuant to this Section 8.9 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and (in the cases of clauses (i) through (v)) stating what action the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

8.10                        Subsidiary Guaranties and Collateral

 

(a)                                 Subsidiary Guarantors.  The Company will deliver, and will cause each Designated Subsidiary to deliver, either (i) a counterpart of the Guaranty duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person or (ii) in the case of any Person that becomes a Designated Subsidiary after the Effective Date, a supplement to the Guaranty in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person, together with opinions and documents of the type referred to in Sections 7.1(a), (b), (e) and (f) with respect to such Person.

 

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(b)                                 Additional Subsidiaries.  If any additional Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or otherwise becomes a Subsidiary) after the Effective Date, then the Company will, as promptly as practicable and, in any event, within 60 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably (and without any requirement for Lender consent), may agree to in writing (including electronic mail)) after such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the Administrative Agent (i) that the Company intends to designate such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in which case such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary from the date of its formation or acquisition for purposes of Section 9.7 or (ii) if the Subsidiary is a Restricted Subsidiary and such Subsidiary is not otherwise exempt from being a Designated Subsidiary pursuant to the definition thereof, that such Subsidiary is a Restricted Subsidiary that is also a Designated Subsidiary and, in the case of this clause (ii), the Company shall cause the requirements of this Section 8.10 to be satisfied with respect to such additional Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Credit Party.

 

(c)                                  Pledge of Equity Interests.  Each Credit Party shall pledge the capital stock, or other Equity Interests and intercompany indebtedness, owned by it (unless such a pledge is expressly not required by this Agreement or the Pledge and Security Agreements) pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreements, it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding anything that may be to the contrary herein (other than Section 9.6(i) and Section 9.7(k)), the Pledge and Security Agreement shall not require the Company or any Credit Party to pledge:

 

(i)           more than 65% of the outstanding voting capital stock of, or other voting equity interests in, any Subsidiary that is a CFC or CFC Holdco;

 

(ii)          any of the outstanding capital stock of, or other equity interests, in any Subsidiary where such pledge would (A) be prohibited by applicable law, (B) result in material adverse tax consequences to the Company or any Credit Party, (C) in the case of any non-wholly owned Subsidiary or joint venture existing on the Effective Date, result in a breach of a joint venture agreement, operating agreement or other similar document or agreement in the form existing on the Effective Date, (D) in the case of any non-wholly owned Subsidiary or joint venture created or acquired after the Effective Date, result in a breach of a joint venture agreement, operating agreement or other similar document or agreement, provided that the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all consents or take such other actions as may be necessary to enable the pledge of such capital stock or other equity interests, or (E) cause the Company to incur costs associated with such pledge that are excessive in comparison to the benefits afforded to the Lenders, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, and provided further that to the extent the Company or another Credit Party does not ultimately acquire 100% of the outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of any acquired or newly

 

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formed Subsidiary in any Permitted Acquisition, notwithstanding clause (iv)(D) above but except as provided in clauses (ii) or (iv)(A),(B) and (E) above, the Collateral Agent shall receive a pledge of all outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of such entity held by the Company or other Credit Parties.

 

(d)                                 Additional Security.  Each Credit Party will cause, (i) each parcel of its owned Real Property acquired after the Effective Date having a fair market value of $25,000,000 or more (except any such parcel as to which the costs of providing a Mortgage are excessive in relation to the benefit afforded to the parties secured thereby, as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent, without any requirement for Lender consent) and all of its personal property and (ii) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, all other assets and properties of such Credit Party as are not covered by the original Collateral Documents and as may be requested by the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders in their sole reasonable discretion, to be subject at all times to first priority (subject only to Permitted Liens), perfected and, in the case of owned Real Property, title insured Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents or such other security agreements, pledge agreements, mortgages or similar collateral documents as the Collateral Agent shall request in its sole reasonable discretion (collectively, the Additional Collateral Documents); provided that no Credit Party will be required to provide control agreements or any other means of perfection by control with respect to Collateral constituting deposit accounts, securities accounts or uncertificated securities unless pursuant to paragraph (f) or (g) of this Section 8.10.

 

In furtherance of the foregoing terms of this subparagraph (d), upon the acquisition of any owned Real Property referred to in the preceding paragraph by any Credit Party, if such owned Real Property, in the judgment of the Administrative Agent, shall not already be subject to a perfected first priority deed of trust or mortgage lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, then such Credit Party shall, at the Company’s expense:

 

(i)                                     within 30 days after such acquisition, furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the owned Real Property so acquired in detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(ii)                                  within 60 days after such acquisition, cause the applicable Credit Party to duly execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, flood notices and, if applicable, flood insurance, instruments of accession to the Collateral Documents and other security and pledge agreements, as specified by and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, securing payment of all the Finance Obligations of the applicable Credit Party under the Agreement and constituting Liens on all such owned Real Properties; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, without any

 

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requirement for Lender consent, extend such time period from 60 days up to a maximum of 90 days;

 

(iii)                               within 60 days after such acquisition, cause the applicable Credit Party to take whatever action (including the recording of mortgages, the filing of UCC financing statements, the giving of notices and the endorsement of notices on title documents) as may be necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Collateral Agent (or in any representative of the Collateral Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on such owned Real Property, enforceable against all third parties; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, without any requirement for Lender consent, extend such time period from 60 days up to a maximum of 90 days;

 

(iv)                              within 60 days after such acquisition, deliver to the Administrative Agent, upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, a signed copy of a favorable opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for the Credit Parties acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to the matters contained in clauses (ii) and (iii) above and as to such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, without any requirement for Lender consent, extend such time period from 60 days up to a maximum of 90 days;

 

(v)                                 as promptly as practicable after any acquisition of any such owned Real Property, deliver, upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to the Collateral Agent with respect to such owned Real Property title reports, surveys and engineering, soils and other reports, and environmental assessment reports, each in scope, form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, provided, however, that to the extent that any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall have otherwise received any of the foregoing items with respect to such owned Real Property, such items shall, promptly after the receipt thereof, be delivered to the Administrative Agent; and

 

(vi)                              deliver such proof of organizational authority, incumbency of officers, opinions of counsel and other documents as is consistent with those delivered by each Credit Party pursuant to Section 7.1 on the Effective Date or as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders shall have requested.

 

If, subsequent to the Effective Date, a Credit Party shall acquire any intellectual property, securities, instruments, chattel paper or other personal property required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent as Collateral hereunder or under any of the Collateral Documents, the Company shall promptly (and in any event within three

 

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Business Days after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party acquires knowledge of the same) notify the Collateral Agent of the same.  Each of the Credit Parties shall adhere to the covenants regarding the location of personal property as set forth in the Collateral Documents.

 

(e)                                  Real Property Appraisals.  If the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders determine that there is a Requirement of Law for them to have appraisals prepared in respect of the Real Property of the Company constituting Collateral, the Company shall provide to the Collateral Agent appraisals which satisfy the applicable requirements set forth in 12 C.F.R., Part 32 - Subpart C or any successor or similar statute, rule, regulation, guideline or order, and which shall be in scope, form and substance, and from appraisers, reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders and shall be accompanied by a certification of the appraisal firm providing such appraisals that the appraisals comply with such requirements.

 

(f)                                   Foreign Subsidiaries Security.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Credit Documents, the Credit Parties shall not be required to enter into foreign law Pledge and Security Agreements after the Effective Date with respect to capital stock of Foreign Subsidiaries which are otherwise required to be pledged under the Credit Documents to the extent the fair market value of the assets of a Foreign Subsidiary and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries is less than $25,000,000 at the time such Foreign Subsidiary is acquired or created; provided that if the Company shall reasonably determine that the fair market value of the assets of any Foreign Subsidiary and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries acquired or created after the Effective Date exceeds $40,000,000 as of the end of any fiscal year of the Company, then the relevant Credit Party shall be required to enter into a foreign law Pledge and Security Agreement with respect to the capital stock of such Foreign Subsidiary (to the extent otherwise required to be pledged pursuant to the Credit Documents) within 60 days following the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of the compliance certificate delivered concurrently with the financial statements for such fiscal year delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a), or such longer period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent (and without any requirement for Lender consent).

 

(g)                                  Certain Actions Following an Event of Default.  Upon the request of the Administrative Agent following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Company shall, at the Company’s expense:

 

(i)           within 30 days after such request, furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the real and personal properties of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries in detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(ii)          within 45 days after such request, duly execute and deliver, and cause each Credit Party (if it has not already done so) to duly execute and deliver, to the Administrative Agent deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt,

 

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mortgages, instruments of accession to the Collateral Documents and other security and pledge agreements, as specified by and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (including delivery of all Pledged Collateral), securing payment of all the Finance Obligations of the Credit Parties under the Credit Documents and constituting Liens on all such properties;

 

(iii)                               within 60 days after such request, take, and cause each Credit Party to take, whatever action (including the recording of mortgages, the filing of UCC financing statements, the giving of notices and the endorsement of notices on title documents) may be necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to vest in the Collateral Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, instruments of accession to the Collateral Documents and security and pledge agreements delivered pursuant to this Section 8.10, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms;

 

(iv)                              within 60 days after such request, deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in their sole discretion, a signed copy of a favorable opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for the Credit Parties acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to the matters contained in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, and as to such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and

 

(v)                                 as promptly as practicable after such request, deliver, upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to the Administrative Agent with respect to each parcel of Real Property owned or held by the Credit Parties, title reports, surveys and engineering, soils and other reports, and environmental assessment reports, each in scope, form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, provided, however, that to the extent that any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall have otherwise received any of the foregoing items with respect to such Real Property, such items shall, promptly after the receipt thereof, be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

(h)                                 Further Assurances.  At any time upon request of the Administrative Agent, promptly execute and deliver any and all further instruments and documents and take all such other action as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in obtaining the full benefits of, or (as applicable) in perfecting and preserving the Liens of, the Collateral Documents and any such guaranties, deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, instruments of accession to the Collateral Documents and other security and pledge agreements.

 

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(i)                                     Time for Taking Certain Actions.  The Company agrees that if no deadline for taking any action required by this Section 8.10 is specified herein, such action shall be completed as soon as possible, but in no event later than 30 days after such action is either requested to be taken by the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders or required to be taken by the company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of this Section 8.10.

 

8.11                        Compliance with Environmental Laws

 

Except, in each case, to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, comply, and cause all lessees and other Persons operating or occupying its properties to comply, with all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits; obtain and renew all Environmental Permits necessary for its operations and properties; and conduct any investigation, study, sampling and testing, and undertake any cleanup, removal, remedial or other action necessary to remove and clean up all Materials of Environmental Concern from any of its properties, in accordance with the requirements of all Environmental Laws; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to undertake any such cleanup, removal, remedial or other action to the extent that its obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and appropriate reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance with GAAP.

 

8.12                        [Reserved]

 

8.13                        Further Assurances

 

Promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, (i) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in any Credit Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation thereof, and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably require from time to time in order to (A) carry out more effectively the purposes of the Credit Documents, (B) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, subject any Credit Party’s properties, assets, rights or interests to the Liens now or hereafter intended to be covered by any of the Collateral Documents, (C) perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority of any of the Collateral Documents and any of the Liens intended to be created thereunder and (D) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm more effectively unto the Secured Parties the rights granted or now or hereafter intended to be granted to the Secured Parties under any Credit Document or under any other instrument executed in connection with any Credit Document to which any Credit Party is or is to be a party, and if and to the extent necessary, cause each of its Subsidiaries to do so.

 

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8.14                        Post-Closing Covenant

 

As promptly as practicable, and in any event within the time periods after the Effective Date specified in Schedule 8.14 or such later date as the Administrative Agent reasonably agrees to (and without any requirement for Lender consent), including to reasonably accommodate circumstances unforeseen on the Effective Date, deliver the documents or take the actions specified on Schedule 8.14.

 

9.                                      NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Company hereby agrees that it shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly so long as the Commitments remain in effect or any Loan or Revolving L/C Obligation remains outstanding and unpaid, any amount remains available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit or any other amount (other than any Unmatured Surviving Obligations) is owing to any Lender, any Agent or the Issuing Lenders hereunder (it being understood that each of the permitted exceptions to each covenant in this Article 9 is in addition to, and not overlapping with, any other of such permitted exceptions in such covenant except to the extent expressly provided):

 

9.1                               Financial Condition Covenants

 

(a)                                 Total Leverage Ratio.  Permit for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending at any time on or after the Effective Date the ratio (the Total Leverage Ratio) of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the end of such period to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for such period to exceed (A) for each Measurement Period ending in 2015, 4.5 to 1.0; (B) for each Measurement Period ending in 2016, 4.0 to 1.0; and (C) for each Measurement Period thereafter, 3.5 to 1.0.

 

(b)                                 Interest Coverage Ratio.  Permit for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending at any time on or after the Effective Date, the ratio (the Interest Coverage Ratio) of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (ii) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense to be less than 3.0 to 1.0.

 

9.2                               Indebtedness

 

Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation, except:

 

(a)                                 Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Letters of Credit, the Existing Letters of Credit and this Agreement;

 

(b)                                 Indebtedness of (i) the Company to any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that all such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Finance Obligations on the terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit G, and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Indebtedness referred to in this clause (b) evidences a loan or advance permitted under Section 9.7;

 

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(c)                                  Indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the Senior Notes;

 

(d)                                 Indebtedness in respect of non-speculative derivative contracts;

 

(e)                                  Indebtedness consisting of reimbursement obligations under surety, indemnity, performance, release and appeal bonds and guarantees thereof and letters of credit required in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the enforcement of rights or claims of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case to the extent a Letter of Credit supports in whole or in part the obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such bonds, guarantees and letters of credit;

 

(f)                                   Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including capital lease obligations, and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and any extension or renewal thereof, provided that (A) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this paragraph (f) shall not at any time exceed the greater of (x) $150,000,000 and (y) 3.00% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of determination for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable and (C) such Indebtedness is not incurred or assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Foreign Acquisition;

 

(g)                                  Indebtedness owed to a seller in a Permitted Acquisition, Permitted Foreign Acquisition or a Permitted Joint Venture or to a buyer in a disposition permitted under clause (e) or (f) of Section 9.6 that (i) relates to customary post-closing adjustments with respect to accounts receivable, accounts payable, net worth and/or similar items typically subject to post-closing adjustments in similar transactions, and are outstanding for a period of one (1) year or less following the creation thereof or (ii) relates to customary indemnities granted to the seller or buyer in the transaction;

 

(h)                                 other Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $150,000,000 and (y) 3% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of determination for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable;

 

(i)                                     Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the Effective Date and listed on Schedule 9.2(i) hereto including any extension or

 

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renewals or refinancing thereof, provided the principal amount thereof is not increased;

 

(j)                                    unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary: (i) the principal of which is not required to be repaid, in whole or in part, before the date that is the 90th day following the later of the Revolving Credit Termination Date or the final maturity date of any Incremental Loans, (ii) that is subordinated in right of payment to the Company’s indebtedness, obligations and liabilities to the Lenders under the Credit Documents pursuant to payment and subordination provisions satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent, (iii) is issued pursuant to credit documents having covenants and events of default that are no less favorable, including with respect to rights of acceleration, taken as a whole, to the Company than the terms hereof or are otherwise reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent, and (iv) if, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof and the application of the proceeds thereof on a pro forma basis, the Company is in compliance with Section 9.1;

 

(k)                                 senior unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary:  (i) the principal of which is not required to be repaid, in whole or in part, before the date that is the 90th day following the later of the Revolving Credit Termination Date or the final maturity date for any Incremental Loans; (ii) which is issued pursuant to documents having covenants and events of default that are no less favorable, including with respect to rights of acceleration, taken as a whole, to the Company than the terms hereof and the terms of the Senior Notes as in effect on the Effective Date;  and (iii) if, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof and the application of the proceeds thereof, (A) the Company is in compliance with Section 9.1 and (B) the Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 2.75 to 1.00, in each case calculated on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of the incurrence of any such senior unsecured Indebtedness for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, after giving effect to the incurrence of such senior unsecured Indebtedness as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter;

 

(l)                                     the following Contingent Obligations:

 

(i)

 

guarantees of obligations to third parties made in the ordinary course of business in connection with relocation of employees of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

 

 

(ii)

 

guarantees by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business for an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any one time; provided, however, that any such guarantee granted by a Restricted Subsidiary shall only be given in accordance with Section 9.15 hereof;

 

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(iii)

 

Contingent Obligations existing on the Effective Date and described in Schedule 9.2(l) including any extensions or renewals thereof;

 

 

 

(iv)

 

Contingent Obligations in respect of derivative contracts;

 

 

 

(v)

 

Contingent Obligations pursuant to the Credit Documents;

 

 

 

(vi)

 

guarantees by (i) the Company of Indebtedness of its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted under Section 9.2(g) and (ii) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of other obligations of Restricted Subsidiaries not prohibited hereunder; and

 

 

 

(vii)

 

guarantees by any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness and other obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the Indebtedness or obligations so guaranteed is either permitted pursuant to this Section 9.2 or not prohibited hereunder; and provided further that any such guarantees shall only be given in accordance with Section 9.15 hereof;

 

(m)                             Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in respect of netting services, overdraft protections, employee credit card programs, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time; and

 

(n)                                 Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of one or more series of secured notes or unsecured term loans or notes that are issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement, or a bridge financing in lieu of the foregoing that otherwise converts into permanent Incremental Equivalent Debt (as defined below), that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Commitments pursuant to an indenture or a note purchase agreement or otherwise (the Incremental Equivalent Debt); provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Equivalent Debt issued pursuant to this clause shall not, together with all Incremental Commitments, exceed $500,000,000, (ii) such notes or loans (i) do not mature prior to the date that is 91 days after the latest final stated maturity of, or have a shorter weighted average life to maturity than, the longest remaining weighted average life to maturity of, any then-outstanding Incremental Term Loan Facility, (iii) have covenants, events of default and other terms that are customary for similar indebtedness in light of the then prevailing market conditions and in any event are no more restrictive (excluding pricing and optional prepayment or redemption terms) than those under any Incremental Term Loan Facility (as reasonably determined by the Company in good faith) (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the latest final maturity date of such Incremental Term Loan Facility), (iii) do not require mandatory prepayments to be made except customary asset sale or change of control provisions, (iv) to the extent secured, shall not be secured by any lien on any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor that does not also secure

 

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the Revolving Credit Facility, or be guaranteed by any person other than the Subsidiary Guarantors and (v) to the extent secured, shall be subject to customary intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

9.3                               Limitation on Liens

 

Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets, income or profits, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or sign or file or suffer to exist under the UCC of any jurisdiction a financing statement that names the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as debtor, or assign any accounts or other right to receive income, except:

 

(a)                                 Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;

 

(b)                                 carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the use of any of the assets or properties of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or which are not overdue by more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;

 

(c)                                  pledges or deposits in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;

 

(d)                                 easements, right-of-way, zoning and similar restrictions and other similar encumbrances or title defects incurred, or leases or subleases or licenses granted to others, in the ordinary course of business, which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or do not interfere with or adversely affect in any material respect the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

(e)                                  Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Credit Documents and bankers’ liens arising by operation of law;

 

(f)                                   Liens on assets of entities or Persons which become Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company after the date hereof; provided that such Liens exist at the time such entities or Persons become Restricted Subsidiaries and are not created in anticipation thereof;

 

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(g)                                  Liens on documents of title and the property covered thereby securing Indebtedness in respect of the Letters of Credit;

 

(h)                                 Liens in existence on the Effective Date and described in Schedule 9.3 and renewals thereof in amounts not to exceed the amounts listed on such Schedule 9.3;

 

(i)                                     Liens on assets acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or a Permitted Foreign Acquisition; provided that such Liens (A) exist at the time of the Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Foreign Acquisition in question and are not created in anticipation thereof, and (B) are not extended to cover other assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(j)                                    any leases or licenses of any intellectual property or intangible assets or entering into any franchise agreement in the ordinary course of business;

 

(k)                                 deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, licenses, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(l)                                     Liens securing Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under Section 9.2(b)(ii);

 

(m)                             Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure only Indebtedness permitted by Section 9.2(f), (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets, (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and (v) such security interests shall not interfere with the security and priority of the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;

 

(n)                                 Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.2(h) if (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would exist after giving effect thereto, (ii) such Liens shall not attach to any Collateral or interfere with the security and priority of the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (iii) if the aggregate amount of obligations secured by Liens existing in reliance on this clause (n) is either (A) less than $25,000,000 or (B) if $25,000,000 or greater, then the Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 2.75 to 1.00 (calculated on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness for which the relevant financial

 

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information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, giving effect to the incurrence of such as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter);

 

(o)                                 judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 10.1(h);

 

(p)                                 Liens arising from precautionary UCC filings or similar filings relating to (x) Operating Leases and (y) sub-leasing and/or chartering arrangements relating to aircrafts;

 

(q)                                 Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

 

(r)                                    Liens on insurance proceeds securing the payment of financed insurance premiums (provided that such Liens extend only to such insurance proceeds and not to any other property or assets); and

 

(s)                                   Liens on (i) cash deposits made to secure the obligations of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries under corporate or employee credit card programs up to a maximum aggregate amount of deposits not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time, and (ii) assets of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries that were purchased using corporate or employee credit cards to secure the obligations of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries under programs pursuant to which such credit cards were issued, in each case pursuant to corporate or employee credit card programs entered into in the ordinary course of business.

 

No Liens shall be permitted to exist, directly or indirectly (i) on the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreements), other than Liens created under the Pledge and Security Agreements and under clause (a) above, or (ii) except as permitted under clauses (a), (f), (i) and (j) above, on material trademarks.

 

9.4                               [Reserved]

 

9.5                               Prohibition on Fundamental Changes

 

Enter into any transaction or acquisition of, or merger or consolidation or amalgamation with, any other Person (including any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any Subsidiary, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or engage in any type of business other than of the same general type now conducted by it or as contemplated by the Form 10 and the Spin-Off Documents and those reasonably related or incidental thereto, except for (a) any merger of any Subsidiary into (i) the Company provided the Company is the surviving entity or (ii)(A) any Domestic Subsidiary or (B) in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, into any other Foreign Subsidiary; provided, in each case, that if one of the parties of such merger is a Subsidiary Guarantor then, the

 

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surviving entity shall be or become a Subsidiary Guarantor; (b) any merger of any Domestic Subsidiary into a Foreign Subsidiary in connection with an Investment permitted under Section 9.7; (c) liquidation or dissolution of any Subsidiary, provided that all assets of such Subsidiary are transferred to the Company or to a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary Guarantor; (d) any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any non-Subsidiary Guarantor with a non-Subsidiary Guarantor; and (e) transactions otherwise expressly permitted under this Agreement.

 

9.6                               Prohibition on Sale of Assets

 

Convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets (including, without limitation, tax benefits, receivables and leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired except:

 

(a)                                 for the sale or other disposition of any tangible personal property that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, has become uneconomic, obsolete or worn out, and which is disposed of in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)                                 for sales or other dispositions of inventory made in the ordinary course of business and dispositions, assignments or abandonment of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c)                                  that any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Company, and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments permitted by Section 9.7;

 

(d)                                 that (i) any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or by merger, consolidation, transfer of assets, or otherwise) to the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Credit Party may sell or otherwise dispose of, or part control of any or all of, the capital stock of, or other equity interests in, any Subsidiary of the Company to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company, and (iii) any Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Credit Party may sell or otherwise dispose of, or part control of any or all of, the capital stock of, or other equity interests in, any Subsidiary of the Company to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company which is a Credit Party; provided that in any case such transfer shall not cause a Domestic Subsidiary to become a Foreign Subsidiary;

 

(e)                                  for the sale or other disposition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any assets described on Schedule 9.6 hereto consummated after the Effective Date, provided that (i) such sale or other disposition shall be made for fair value on an arm’s-length basis and (ii) the Net Proceeds from such sale or disposition shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.6;

 

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(f)                                   for the sale or other disposition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of other assets consummated after the Effective Date, provided that (i) such sale or other disposition shall be made for fair value on an arm’s-length basis, (ii) the consideration for such sale or other disposition consists of cash and Cash Equivalents, assets (other than capital stock and equity interests) which can be employed in the same business as the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged in or a related business and promissory notes and other debt obligations of the purchaser of the assets being sold or disposed of, provided that not more than 25% of the purchase price payable in connection with any such sale or disposition shall be in the form of promissory notes or other debt obligations of the purchaser of such assets; and (iii) the Net Proceeds from such sale or other disposition shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.6;

 

(g)                                  any leases or licenses of property in the ordinary course of business;

 

(h)                                 any leases or licenses of any intellectual property or intangible assets or entering into any franchise agreement in the ordinary course of business;

 

(i)                                     the transfer of inventory prior to the date that is 30 months after the Effective Date, up to a maximum aggregate amount of $275,000,000, from the Company to non-Subsidiary Guarantors in connection with the Company’s international tax initiatives;

 

(j)                                    sales, conveyances, transfers or other dispositions of personal property, leases and other assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not permitted under clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above, having an aggregate fair market value not exceeding $10,000,000 in each fiscal year (except that for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 the fair market value of assets sold, conveyed or otherwise disposed of prior to the Effective Date shall not be included); and

 

(k)                                 any disposition, transfer, sale or assignment permitted under Section 9.5 (other than any described in clause (e) of Section 9.5).

 

The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any material trademarks except as permitted by clauses (e), (g), (h) and (j) above.

 

9.7                               Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances

 

Make any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or purchase any stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or make or maintain any other investment (each an Investment and, collectively, Investments) in, any Person, except (subject to the final sentence of this Section 9.7) the following:

 

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the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for working capital needs so long as such loans or advances constitute Indebtedness of the primary obligor that is not subordinate to any other Indebtedness of such obligor and, if evidenced by a promissory note, instrument or other writing and owed to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent, and provided that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such loans, when aggregated with the aggregate amount of all Investments made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in its Subsidiaries pursuant to clause (b)(i) below, shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the Consolidated Total Assets, (iii) loans or advances to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor which are subordinated to the Finance Obligations on the terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit G and (iv) loans or advances by any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party to any other Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party;

 

(b)                                 (i) Investments by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company that are not Credit Parties in an aggregate amount, when taken together with the aggregate amount of all outstanding loans and advances made pursuant to clause (a)(ii) above, not exceeding five percent (5%) of the Consolidated Total Assets; (ii) Investments by the Company or a Domestic Subsidiary in Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate amount not exceeding $100,000,000 for all such Investments made or committed to be made from and after the Effective Date plus an amount equal to any returns of capital or sales proceeds actually received in cash in respect of any such Investments (which amount shall not exceed the amount of such investment valued at cost at the time such investment was made); and (iii) Investments by any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party in any other Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party;

 

(c)                                  Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company which are Credit Parties;

 

(d)                                 any Domestic Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Credit Party may make Investments in the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary (by way of capital contribution or otherwise), and any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company may make Investments in the Company or any other Foreign Subsidiary (by way of capital contribution or otherwise);

 

(e)                                  the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may invest in, acquire and hold cash and Cash Equivalents;

 

(f)                                   the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may make travel and entertainment advances and relocation loans in the ordinary course of business to officers, employees and agents of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(g)                                  the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may make payroll advances in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(h)                                 the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire and hold receivables owing to it, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms (provided that nothing in this clause (h) shall prevent the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from offering such concessionary trade terms, or from receiving such Investments in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of their respective suppliers or customers or the settlement of disputes with such customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business, as management deems reasonable in the circumstances);

 

(i)                                     the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments in connection with asset sales permitted by Section 9.6 or to which the Required Lenders consent;

 

(j)                                    Investments, loans and advances of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Effective Date and described on Schedule 9.7 hereto;

 

(k)                                 so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would exist after giving effect to such transaction, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Permitted Acquisitions, Permitted Foreign Acquisitions and Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures, provided that (i) after giving effect thereto the Company shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 9.1 (calculated on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the effective date of such Permitted Acquisition, Permitted Foreign Acquisition or other Investment for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition, Permitted Foreign Acquisition or Investment as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter); (ii) the Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 2.75 to 1.00 (calculated on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the effective date of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition or Investment as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter); (iii) if any Person shall become a Domestic Subsidiary of the Company by virtue of a Permitted Acquisition, then, unless all or substantially all of the assets of such Person are transferred to the Company (by merger of such Person with and into the Company or otherwise) within 90 days after the date such Person first become a Domestic Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall cause such Person to become a Credit Party and shall cause each such Person to comply with the requirements set forth in Section 8.10, (iv) immediately after giving effect thereto, Consolidated Liquidity shall not be less than $100,000,000 and (v) no Permitted Foreign Acquisition or Permitted Joint Venture may be made of, with or in

 

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consideration of any assets which before or after giving effect to such Investment are (or are required to be) Collateral other than as required under Section 8.10;

 

(l)                                     Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(m)                             additional Investments of the type contemplated by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 9.7 if after giving effect thereto:  (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred or would occur after giving effect thereto; (ii) the Company is in compliance with the Total Leverage Ratio and the Interest Coverage Ratio at the respective levels applicable thereto at such time in accordance with Section 9.1 and the Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 2.50 to 1.00, in each case calculated on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of each such Investment for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, giving effect to such Investment as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter; and (iii) each such Investment is funded solely with any then remaining Available Amount at the time such Investment is made; and

 

(n)                                 Investments permitted under Section 9.6(i).

 

9.8                               Amendments to Documents

 

No Credit Party will, nor will they permit any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries to, amend, modify or waive, (a) its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents or (b) any of the Spin-Off Documents, in each case if the effect of such amendment, modification or waiver would be materially adverse to the Lenders.

 

9.9                               Limitation on Dividends

 

Declare any dividends on any shares of any class of stock, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of any shares of any class of stock, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; except that:

 

(a)                                 the Company may pay the Effective Date Dividend;

 

(b)                                 Restricted Subsidiaries may pay dividends directly or indirectly to the Company or to Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiaries and Foreign Subsidiaries may pay dividends directly or indirectly to Foreign Subsidiaries which are directly or indirectly wholly-owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(c)                                  the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may pay or make dividends or distributions to any holder of its capital stock in the form of additional shares of capital stock of the same class and type;

 

(d)                                 the Company may effect one or more Qualified Stock Repurchases if (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred or would occur after giving effect thereto, (ii) the Company shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 9.1 in each case calculated on a pro-forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of such Qualified Stock Repurchase for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, giving effect to such cash dividend or distribution as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter and (iii) if at the time of any purchase the Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries equals or exceeds 2.75 to 1.00 (calculated on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of any such Qualified Stock Repurchase for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, giving effect to such Qualified Stock Repurchase as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter), the maximum aggregate consideration for all such purchases made pursuant to this clause (d) from and after the Effective Date shall not exceed $250,000,000 in the aggregate after the Effective Date, which amount shall be increased in the case of each such purchase if at the time such purchase is made the Secured Leverage Ratio (calculated as aforesaid) is less than 2.75 to 1.0, by any then remaining Available Amount; and

 

(e)                                  so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred or would occur after giving effect to such declaration or payment, the Company may declare and pay cash dividends or cash distributions to any holders of its Equity Interests, provided that, after giving effect thereto (i) the Company is in compliance with the Total Leverage Ratio and the Interest Coverage Ratio at the respective levels applicable thereto at such time in accordance with Section 9.1 and the Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 2.50 to 1.00 (in each case calculated on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the effective date of such cash dividend or distribution for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, giving effect to such cash dividend or distribution as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter and (ii) each such dividend or distribution is funded solely with any then remaining Available Amount at the time such dividend or distribution is made.

 

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9.10                        Transaction with Affiliates

 

Enter into after the date hereof any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate except (a) for transactions which are otherwise permitted under this Agreement and which are in the ordinary course of the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s business and which are upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than it would obtain in a hypothetical comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate, or (b) as permitted under Section 9.2(b) and (i), Section 9.3(l), Section 9.2(l)(i), (iii), (vi) and (vii), Section 9.5, Section 9.6(c), (d) and (i), Section 9.7 and Section 9.9, (c) transactions among the Company and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries not prohibited under this Agreement or (d) as set forth on Schedule 9.10; provided that nothing in this Section 9.10 shall prohibit the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries from engaging in the following transactions:  (x) the performance of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s obligations under any employment contract, collective bargaining agreement, employee benefit plan, related trust agreement or any other similar arrangement heretofore or hereafter entered into in the ordinary course of business, (y) the payment of compensation to employees, officers, directors or consultants in the ordinary course of business or (z) the maintenance of benefit programs or arrangements for employees, officers or directors, including, without limitation, vacation plans, health and life insurance plans, deferred compensation plans, and retirement or savings plans and similar plans, in each case, in the ordinary course of business.

 

9.11                        [Reserved]

 

9.12                        Other Indebtedness

 

(a)                                 Prepayments and Repayments of Indebtedness.  Prepay, redeem, purchase, acquire, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner, or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of, any Indebtedness, except for: (i) the repayment of the Obligations in accordance with this Agreement; (ii) the repayment to one or more Cash Management Banks of Cash Management Obligations in accordance with one or more Cash Management Agreements; (iii) the repayment to one or more Hedge Banks of Swap Obligations in accordance with one or more Swap Contracts; (iv) regularly scheduled or required repayments or redemptions of non-subordinated Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.2; and (v) the optional repayments and prepayments of an unlimited amount of Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.2 if, after giving effect thereto, (A) no Default or Event of Default has occurred or would occur after giving effect to such repayment or prepayment, and (B) the Company shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 9.1 in each case calculated on a pro-forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of such repayment or prepayment for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, giving effect to such repayment or prepayment

 

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as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter; provided, however, that if, at the time of such repayment or prepayment, the Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries equals or exceeds 2.75 to 1.00 (calculated on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately preceding the date of any such repayment or prepayment for which the relevant financial information has been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, giving effect to such repayment or prepayment as if it had been made on the first day of the Measurement Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter), then the total amount of all such payments and prepayments made from and after the Effective Date, shall not exceed $75,000,000.

 

(b)                                 Senior Notes Documents.  Waive or otherwise relinquish any of its rights or causes of action arising under or arising out of the terms of the Senior Notes or consent to any amendment, modification or supplement to the terms of the Senior Notes or the Senior Note Documents that is adverse to the interests of the Lenders except with the consent of the Required Lenders.

 

9.13                        Fiscal Year

 

Permit the fiscal year of the Company to end on a day other than December 31, unless the Company shall have given at least 45 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent.

 

9.14                        [Reserved]

 

9.15                        Limitation on Guarantees

 

The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly, or indirectly, incur or assume any guarantee of any Indebtedness of any other entity, unless such Restricted Subsidiary is already a Credit Party or contemporaneously therewith, effective provision is made to guarantee the Finance Obligations equally and ratably with (or on a senior secured basis to, if applicable) such other Indebtedness for so long as such other Indebtedness is so guaranteed.  Any guarantee required to be given under this Section 9.15 shall be pursuant to the Guaranty or another similar agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

9.16                        Independence of Covenants

 

All covenants contained herein shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that such action or condition would be permitted by an exception to, or otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

 

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10.                               EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

10.1                        Events of Default

 

Upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a)                                 the Company shall fail (i) to pay any principal of any Loan when due in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or to reimburse the Issuing Lender in accordance with Section 2.6 or (ii) to pay any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder within three Business Days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms thereof or hereof; or

 

(b)                                 any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Credit Party in any Credit Document or which is contained in any certificate, guarantee, document or financial or other statement furnished under or in connection with this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or

 

(c)                                  the Company shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, or Article 9 of this Agreement, provided that, with respect to any default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in Sections 8.2(c) through (e), 8.8 and 8.9(ii) through (vi), such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 10 days; or

 

(d)                                 any Credit Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other term, covenant, or agreement contained in any Credit Document, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days; or

 

(e)                                  the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) default in any payment of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans, the Revolving L/C Obligations and any intercompany debt (which, if any such intercompany debt consists of loans or advances to the Company or to one or more Subsidiary Guarantors, is subordinated to the Finance Obligations on the terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit G)) or in the payment of any Contingent Obligation, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation was created; or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Contingent Obligation (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity, any applicable grace period having expired, or such Contingent Obligation to become payable, any applicable grace

 

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period having expired, provided that the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness and Contingent Obligations which would then become due or payable as described in this Section 10.1(e) would equal or exceed $25,000,000; or

 

(f)                                   (i) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above which (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (i) there shall be commenced against the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets which results in the entry of an order for any such relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (ii) the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (iii) the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or

 

(g)                                  (i) any failure to meet the minimum funding standard (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Single Employer Plan, (ii) a Reportable Event (other than a Reportable Event with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) shall occur with respect to, or proceedings to have a trustee appointed shall commence with respect to, or a trustee shall be appointed to administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or institution of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders, likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, and, in the case of a Reportable Event, such Reportable Event shall continue unremedied for ten days after notice of such Reportable Event pursuant to Section 4043(a), (c) or (d) of ERISA is given and, in the case of the institution of proceedings, such proceedings shall continue for ten days after commencement thereof or (iii) any Single Employer Plan shall

 

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terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA; and in each case in clauses (i) through (iii) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions relating to such Single Employer Plans, if any, could reasonably be expected to subject the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any tax, penalty or other liabilities which, individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(h)                                 one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance or indemnity) of $25,000,000 or more to the extent that all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within the time required by the terms of such judgment; or

 

(i)                                     except as contemplated by this Agreement, any guarantee of this Agreement given pursuant to the terms hereof shall cease, for any reason, and in any material respect, to be in full force and effect or any Credit Party shall so assert in writing; or

 

(j)                                    except as contemplated by this Agreement or as provided in Section 12.1, any Credit Party shall breach any covenant or agreement contained in any Collateral Document with the effect that such Collateral Document shall cease to be in full force and effect or the Lien granted thereby shall cease to be a first priority Lien or any Collateral Document shall assert in writing that any Collateral Document is no longer in full force and or effect or the Lien granted thereby is no longer a first priority Lien; or

 

(k)                                 a Change of Control shall occur;

 

then, and in any such event, (i) if such event is an Event of Default with respect to the Company specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above, automatically (A) the Commitments and the Issuing Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit shall immediately terminate and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the Loans shall immediately become due and payable, (B) all obligations of the Company in respect of the Letters of Credit, although contingent and unmatured, shall become immediately due and payable and the Issuing Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit shall immediately terminate, and (C) the obligation of the Company to Cash Collateralize the Revolving L/C Obligations shall automatically become effective; and (ii) if such event is any other Event of Default, so long as any such Event of Default shall be continuing, either or both of the following actions may be taken:  (A) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Company declare the Commitments and the Issuing Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments and such obligation shall immediately terminate; and (B) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice of default to the Company (x) declare all or a

 

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portion of the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the Loans to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable, and (y) declare all or a portion of the obligations of the Company in respect of the Letters of Credit, although contingent and unmatured, to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable and/or demand that the Company discharge any or all of the obligations supported by the Letters of Credit by paying or prepaying any amount due or to become due in respect of such obligations.  All payments under this Article 10 on account of undrawn Letters of Credit shall be made by the Company directly to a cash collateral account established by the Administrative Agent for such purpose for application to the Company’s reimbursement obligations under Section 2.6 as drafts are presented under the Letters of Credit, with the balance, if any, to be applied to the Company’s obligations under this Agreement and the Loans as the Administrative Agent shall determine with the approval of the Required Lenders.  Except as expressly provided above in this Article 10, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived.

 

11.                               THE SYNDICATION AGENTS; THE DOCUMENTATION AGENTS; THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT; THE ISSUING LENDER

 

11.1                        Appointment

 

Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank, USA as the Syndication Agents of such Lender under this Agreement and acknowledges that the Syndication Agents, in their respective capacity as such, shall have no duties or liabilities under the Credit Documents.  Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Bank of Tokyo — Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and UBS Securities LLC as the Documentation Agents of such Lender under this Agreement and acknowledges that the Documentation Agents, in their respective capacity as such, shall have no duties or liabilities under the Credit Documents.  Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMCB as the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and irrevocably authorizes JPMCB as Administrative Agent for such Lender to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, none of the Agents shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into the Credit Documents or otherwise exist against any Agent.  The Company and each other Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that the Agents, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, the other Credit Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither any

 

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Agent nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Company or any other Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates.

 

11.2                        Delegation of Duties

 

The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may appoint any of its affiliates as its agent to perform the functions of the Administrative Agent hereunder relating to the advancing of funds to the Company and distribution of funds to the Lenders and to perform such other related functions of the Administrative Agent hereunder as are reasonably incidental to such functions.  None of the Agents shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care, except as otherwise provided in Section 11.3.

 

11.3                        Exculpatory Provisions

 

Neither any Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Affiliates or Subsidiaries shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with the Credit Documents (except for its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct to the extent determined by a final, nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction), or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in the Credit Documents or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with, the Credit Documents or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of the Credit Documents or for any failure of any Credit Party to perform its obligations thereunder.  None of the Agents shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, any Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party.

 

11.4                        Reliance by Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents or Administrative Agent

 

Any Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, electronic message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by any Agent.  The Agents may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Agents.  The Agents shall be fully justified

 

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in failing or refusing to take any action under any Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, where unanimous consent of the Lenders is expressly required hereunder, such Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.  The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under any Credit Document in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Notes.

 

11.5                        Notice of Default

 

None of the Agents shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless such Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Company referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a notice of default.  In the event that any Agent receives such a notice, such Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Lenders.  The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be directed by the Required Lenders; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or applicable law and (ii) unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

 

11.6                        Non-Reliance on Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents, Administrative Agent and Other Lenders

 

Each Lender expressly acknowledges that none of the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Credit Parties, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by such Agent to any Lender.  Each Lender represents to each Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Credit Parties and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder, issue and participate in the Letters of Credit and enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Credit Parties.  Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to

 

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be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, none of the Agents shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities, net assets, properties, results of operations, value, prospects and other condition or creditworthiness of the Credit Parties which may come into the possession of any Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

 

11.7                        Indemnification

 

The Lenders severally agree to indemnify each of the Agents in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Credit Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), ratably according to the respective amounts of their respective Commitments (or, to the extent such Commitments have been terminated, according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Loans and obligations, and whether as Issuing Lender or a Participating Lender, with respect to Letters of Credit), in each case determined as of the time the applicable unreimbursed expense, obligation, loss or other amount is sought, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including without limitation at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or the transactions contemplated hereby or any action taken or omitted by any Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that (a) no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting solely from any Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and (b) Lenders holding only Incremental Term Loans shall not be required to so indemnify in respect of matters relating to Letters of Credit (with such indemnity being provided solely by Lenders holding Revolving Credit Commitments).  The agreements contained in this Section 11.7 shall survive the payment of all amounts payable hereunder.

 

11.8                        Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent and Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity

 

The Agents and their Affiliates and Subsidiaries may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Credit Parties as though each Agent were not each Agent hereunder.  With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and any Letter of Credit issued by or participated in by it, each of the Agents shall have the same rights and powers, duties and liabilities under the Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent and the terms Lender and Lenders shall include each Agent in its individual capacities.

 

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11.9                        Successor Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent or Administrative Agent

 

Any Agent may resign as Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders.  The resignation of any Syndication Agent shall be effective without any further act or deed on the part of the former Syndication Agent.  The resignation of any Documentation Agent shall be effective without any further act or deed on the part of the former Documentation Agent.  If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders which successor agent shall be approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and which appointment shall be agreed by such successor agent, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent and the term Administrative Agent shall mean such successor agent effective upon its appointment, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement.  After any retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article 11 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under the Credit Documents.

 

Any resignation by JPMCB as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Lender and as the Swing Line Lender.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of JPMCB as a retiring Issuing Lender and as the Swing Line Lender, (ii) JPMCB, as a retiring Issuing Lender and as the Swing Line Lender, shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations in such capacities hereunder or under the other Credit Documents and (iii) a successor Issuing Lender shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, issued by JPMCB outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to JPMCB as a retiring Issuing Lender to effectively assume the obligations of JPMCB as issuer of such Letters of Credit.

 

11.10                 Issuing Lender as Issuer of Letters of Credit

 

Each Lender, each Syndication Agent and each Documentation Agent hereby acknowledges that the provisions of this Article 11 shall apply to the Issuing Lender, in its capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit, in the same manner as such provisions are expressly stated to apply to the Administrative Agent.

 

12.                               MISCELLANEOUS

 

12.1                        Amendments and Waivers

 

No Credit Document nor any terms thereof may be amended, supplemented, waived or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 12.1.  With the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the respective Credit

 

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Parties may, from time to time, enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications to any Credit Document for the purpose of adding any provisions to such Credit Document to which they are parties or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of any such Credit Party or any other Person thereunder or waiving, on such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of any such Credit Document or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that:

 

(i)                                     no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (A) extend the Revolving Credit Termination Date or the scheduled maturity of any Loan or scheduled installment of any Incremental Term Loan or extend the expiry date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving Credit Termination Date, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or change the method of calculating interest thereon, or reduce the amount or extend the time of payment of any fee payable to the Lenders hereunder, or reduce or forgive the principal amount thereof, or increase the amount of any Commitment of any Lender, without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, or (B) amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 12.1 or the definition of Required Lenders, or alter the manner in which payments of principal, interest, or other amounts hereunder shall be applied as among the Lenders in the respective Facility (in which case, the written consent of each Lender in the respective Facility shall be required), or change the percentage of the Lenders required to waive a condition precedent under Section 7.1 or waive or amend any other provision in any of the Credit Documents which by their terms require all Lenders’ consent or consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document, or release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of transactions, or release all or substantially all of the value of the guarantees granted (or required to be granted) pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without the written consent of each Lender (unless otherwise specified in clause (B) of this clause (i));

 

(ii)                                  no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall amend or waive (A) any mandatory prepayment of the Incremental Term Loans, if any, under Section 5.6 or (B) the provisions of this Section 12.1(ii) or the definition of “Required Term Lenders” in any Incremental Facility Amendment without in each case the written consent of the Required Term Lenders (as defined in such Incremental Facility Amendment);

 

(iii)                               no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall amend, modify or waive any provision of Article 11 without the written consent of the Agents and the Issuing Lender; and

 

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(iv)                              the Administrative Agent and the Company acting together may, without the consent of any other Person, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement and any other Credit Document to cure any typographical error, mistake or defect, to comply with local law or the advice of local counsel or to cause one or more Credit Documents to be consistent with other Credit Documents.

 

Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification described in this Section 12.1 shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon each Credit Party, the Lenders, each Agent and all future holders of the Loans.  No waiver, amendment, supplement or modification of any Letter of Credit shall extend the expiry date thereof without the written consent of the Participating Lenders.  In the case of any waiver, the Company, the Lenders and each Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the outstanding Loans, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

12.2                        Notices

 

(a)                                 All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when sent, confirmation of receipt received, addressed as follows in the case of each Credit Party and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth on its signature page hereto in the case of any Lender, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto and any future holders of the Loans:

 

The Company:

 

KLX Inc.

 

 

1300 Corporate Center Way

 

 

Wellington, FL 33414

 

 

Attn: Michael F. Senft

 

 

Email: mike.senft@klx.com

 

 

Telecopy: 561-791-5495

 

 

 

 

 

and

 

 

 

 

 

Attn: Roger Franks

 

 

Email: roger.franks@klx.com

 

 

Telecopy: 561-791-5497

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

 

 

599 Lexington Avenue

 

 

New York, NY 10022

 

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Attn: Maura O’Sullivan, Esq.

 

 

E-mail: mosullivan@shearman.com

 

 

Telecopy: (646) 848-7897

 

 

 

The Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Issuing Lender:

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 

 

500 Stanton Christiana Road, Ops 2

 

 

Floor 3

 

 

Newark, DE 19713-2107

 

 

Attn: Matthew Massie

 

 

Credit Risk Management

 

 

Email: scott.a.keane@jpmorgan.com

 

 

Telecopy: (302) 634-4250

 

 

 

With a copy of any notice sent to the Administrative Agent or to the Issuing Lender to:

 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP

 

 

601 Lexington Avenue, 31st Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10022

 

 

Attn: Valerie Jacob, Esq.

 

 

E-mail: Valerie.Jacob@freshfields.com

 

 

Telecopy: (646) 521-5726

 

provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.7, 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6 shall not be effective until received and provided, further that the failure to provide the copies of notices to the Company provided for in this Section 12.2 shall not result in any liability to any Agent or any Lender.

 

(b)                                 THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE.  THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMPANY MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE COMPANY MATERIALS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMPANY MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.  In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, Agent Parties) or any Indemnified Person or its Related Parties have any liability to the Company, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Credit Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s, an Indemnified Person’s or its Related

 

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Parties’ transmission of Company Materials through electronic telecommunications or other information transmission systems, except for direct or economic (as such term is used in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1030(g)) (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive) losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final an nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party, Indemnified Person or Related Party or (y) result from a claim brought by the Company or any other Credit Party against an Agent Party, an Indemnified Person or a Related Party for material breach of such Agent Party’s, Indemnified Person’s or Related Party’s obligations hereunder or under any other Credit Document in respect of Company Materials made available through electronic telecommunications or other information transmission systems, if the Company or such Credit Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party, Indemnified Person or Related Party have any liability to the Company, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to such direct or economic damages).

 

12.3                        No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

 

No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of any Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

 

12.4                        Survival of Representations and Warranties

 

All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Letters of Credit and the Loans.

 

12.5                        Payment of Expenses; Indemnification

 

(a)                                 The Company agrees:

 

(i)                                     to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, execution, delivery, administration, amendment, waiver and modification of, the Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith, and the consummation

 

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of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the syndication of the Loans under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and one counsel to the Lenders, subject to receipt of supporting documentation in reasonable detail;

 

(ii)                                  to pay or reimburse each Lender and each Agent for all their costs and expenses incurred in connection with, and to pay, indemnify, and hold each Agent and each Lender harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in connection with, the enforcement or preservation of any rights (including in any workout proceedings, restructuring, standstill or forbearance providing relief to the Credit Parties) under any Credit Document and any such other documents, including, without limitation, reasonable out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of counsel to each Agent and each Lender (including, but not limited to, reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel to the Lenders and one local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and expenses incurred in connection with travel, courier, reproduction, printing and delivery expenses), incurred in connection with the foregoing and in connection with advising the Administrative Agent with respect to its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement and the documentation relating thereto, subject to receipt of supporting documentation in reasonable detail (it being agreed that the Agents and the Lenders shall have the right to employ separate counsel and the Company shall bear the reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs, and expenses of such separate counsel if (A) the use of the selected counsel would present such counsel with a conflict of interest or (B) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the Company and the Agents and/or a Lender, and such Agent or Lender shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those available to the Company or any other such Person);

 

(iii)                               to pay, indemnify, and to hold each Agent and each Lender harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect thereto, or resulting from any delay in paying such recording and filing fees, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, any Credit Document and any such other documents; and

 

(iv)                              to pay, indemnify, and hold each Agent and each Lender (each, an Indemnified Person) and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, trustees, advisors and agents (the affiliates, officers, directors,

 

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employees, trustees, advisors and agents of any Indemnified Person are such Indemnified Person’s Related Parties) harmless from and against any and all other actual out-of-pocket liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including punitive damages), penalties, fines, claims (whether brought by a third party or by the Company or any other Credit Party or any of the Company’s or such Credit Party’s directors, shareholders or creditors, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto), actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, reasonable experts’ and consultants’ fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and third party claims for personal injury or real or personal property damage) which may be incurred by or asserted against any Agent, the Lenders or the Related Parties (x) arising out of or in connection with any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the proceeds of the Loans, or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, whether or not any Agent or any of the Lenders is a party thereto, (y) with respect to any environmental matters, any environmental compliance expenses and remediation expenses in connection with the presence, suspected presence, release or suspected release of any Materials of Environmental Concern in or into the air, soil, groundwater, surface water or improvements at, on, about, under, or within the Properties, or any portion thereof, or elsewhere in connection with the transportation of Materials of Environmental Concern to or from the Properties, or (z) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by reason of or in connection with the execution and delivery or transfer of, or payment or failure to make payments under, Letters of Credit (it being agreed that nothing in this Section 12.5(a)(iv) (z) is intended to limit the Company’s obligations pursuant to Section 2.6);

 

(all the foregoing, collectively, the indemnified liabilities), provided that the Company shall have no obligation hereunder with respect to indemnified liabilities of any Indemnified Person or its Related Parties arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or its Related Parties as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(b)                                 To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Credit Party shall assert, and each Credit Party hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnified Person and its Related Parties on any theory of liability for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.

 

(c)                                  The agreements in this Section 12.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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(d)                                 All amounts due under this Section 12.5 shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.

 

12.6                        Successors and Assigns; Participations; Purchasing Lenders

 

(a)                                 This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Lenders, the Agents, all future holders of the Loans, and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Company may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each Lender.

 

(b)                                 Any Lender other than any Conduit Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more banks or other financial institutions or Lender Affiliates (Participants) participating interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any participating interest of such Lender in the Letters of Credit, any Note held by such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender hereunder and under the other Credit Documents.  In the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Loan for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the Company and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; provided, however, that such Lender shall not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in Section 12.1(i) that affects such Participant.  The Company agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement and the Loans are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of setoff in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement and any Loan to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement or any Loan; provided that such Participant shall only be entitled to such right of setoff if it shall have agreed in the agreement pursuant to which it shall have acquired its participating interest to share with the Lenders the proceeds thereof, as provided in Section 12.7.  The Company also agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 5.12, 5.19, 5.20, 5.21 and 5.23 with respect to its participation in the Letters of Credit and in the Commitments and the Loans outstanding from time to time; provided that (x) no Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to such Sections than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender to such Participant had no such transfer occurred, (y) each Participant shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) of Section 5.20 and (z) a Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a

 

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Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.23 unless the Company is notified of the participation interest sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Company, to comply with Section 5.23(g) as though it were a Lender.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Company, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Credit Documents (the Participant Register); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitment, Loans, Notes or Letters of Credit or its other obligations under any Credit Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loans, Notes or Letters of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

 

(c)                                  Any Lender other than any Conduit Lender (an Assignor) may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, with the prior written consent of the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender (in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility), at any time sell to any Lender or any Affiliate or Lender Affiliate thereof (including any Affiliate or Subsidiary of such transferor Lender) and, with the prior written consent of the Company (subject to the penultimate sentence of this clause (c)) and the Administrative Agent (which in each case shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed), sell to one or more additional banks or financial institutions, as one or more assignees thereof (together, an Assignee), all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Credit Documents and, with respect to the Letters of Credit, such Lender’s L/C Participating Interest, pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance executed by such Assignee, such assigning Lender (and by the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender, to the extent their consent is required), and delivered to the Administrative Agent for its acceptance and recording in the Register; provided that (A) each such sale pursuant to this Section 12.6(c) of a Lender’s rights and obligations (I) to a Person which is not then a Lender or an Affiliate or Lender Affiliate of a Lender shall be of the entire remaining amount of the Assigning Lenders rights and obligations or, if less than such entire remaining amount, of Commitments and/or Loans of $5,000,000 (or in the case of any Incremental Term Loan Commitments  and Incremental Term Loans, $1,000,000) or more unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Administrative Agent; and (II) to a Person which is then a Lender or an Affiliate or Lender Affiliate of a Lender may be in any amount and shall not require the consent of the Company or the

 

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Administrative Agent, and (B) each Assignee which is a Foreign Lender shall comply with the provisions of Section 5.23(g) hereof; and provided, further that the foregoing shall not prohibit a Lender from selling participating interests in accordance with Section 12.6(b) in all or any portion of its Commitments and/or Loans (without duplication).  For purposes of clauses (A) and (B) of the first proviso contained in the preceding sentence, the amount described therein shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Lender Affiliates, if any.  Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date determined pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder with the Commitments and Loans as set forth therein, and (y) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest transferred, as reflected in such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such assigning Lender shall cease to be a party hereto).  Such Assignment and Acceptance shall be deemed to amend this Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of such Assignee and the resulting adjustment of Commitment Percentages arising from the purchase by such Assignee of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of such assigning Lender under this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (and to the extent permitted by law), after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default any Lender may sell all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign at any time to its designating Lender hereunder without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder and pursuant to its designation agreement and without regard to the limitations set forth in the first sentence of this Section 12.6(c).

 

(d)                                 The Administrative Agent acting on behalf of and as agent for the Company, shall maintain at the address of the Administrative Agent referred to in Section 12.2 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register (the Register) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, the principal amount of any Swing Line Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Incremental Term Loans, if any owing to, and if such Lender has any Revolving Credit Commitment, the L/C Participating Interests of, each Lender from time to time.  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loans or L/C Participating Interests recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.  No assignment shall be

 

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effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

 

(e)                                  Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee (and by the Company, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent to the extent required hereby), together with payment to the Administrative Agent of a registration and processing fee of $3,500 (which fee the Company shall have no obligation to pay and which fee may be waived by the Administrative Agent in its discretion), the Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and (ii) on the effective date determined pursuant thereto, record the information contained therein in the Register and give notice of such acceptance and recordation to the Lenders and the Company.

 

(f)                                   If, pursuant to this Section 12.6, any interest in this Agreement or any Loan or Letter of Credit is transferred to any Person (such Person, a Transferee) which would be a Foreign Lender upon the effectiveness of such transfer, the assigning Lender shall cause such Transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, (i) to represent to the assigning Lender (for the benefit of the assigning Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Company) that under applicable law and treaties no Taxes will be required to be withheld by the Administrative Agent, the Company or the assigning Lender with respect to any payments to be made to such Transferee in respect of the Loans or L/C Participating Interests, (ii) to furnish to the assigning Lender (and, in the case of any Assignee registered in the Register, the Administrative Agent and the Company) such Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be furnished pursuant to Section 5.23(g) and (iii) to agree (for the benefit of the assigning Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Company) to be bound by the provisions of Section 5.23(g).

 

(g)                                  For avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the provisions of this Section concerning assignments of Loans and Notes relate only to absolute assignments and that such provisions do not prohibit assignments creating security interests, including, without limitation, any pledge or assignment (i) by a Lender of any Loan or Note to any Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank in accordance with applicable law and (ii) by a Lender or a Lender Affiliate which is a fund to its trustee in support of its obligations to its trustee; provided that any transfer of Loans or Notes upon, or in lieu of, enforcement of or the exercise of remedies under any such pledge shall be treated as an assignment thereof which shall not be made without compliance with the requirements of this Section 12.6.

 

(h)                                 The Company, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (g) above.

 

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(i)                                     Each of the Company, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however (i) that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period forbearance and (ii) the foregoing shall not prohibit or limit the ability of any such Person to file claims against a Conduit Lender in connection with any such proceeding.

 

(j)                                    The Company and any other Subsidiary of the Company may purchase by way of assignment and become an Assignee with respect to Incremental Term Loans at any time, from Lenders in accordance with this Section 12.6(j) (Permitted Loan Purchases); provided that (A) Permitted Loan Purchases shall be made using Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, (B) in no event shall any proceeds of the Revolving Credit Facility be used to finance any Permitted Loan Purchase, (C) the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a financial officer of the Company stating (1) that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the Permitted Loan Purchase, (2) that each of the conditions contained in this Section 12.6(j) has been satisfied and (3) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Term Loans to be purchased (and the purchase price(s) paid therefore), (D) upon consummation of any such Permitted Loan Purchase, the Incremental Term Loans purchased pursuant thereto shall be deemed to be automatically and immediately cancelled and extinguished in accordance with the last sentence of this Section 12.6(j) and (E) in connection with any such Permitted Loan Purchase, the Company or the applicable other Subsidiary of the Company and the Assignor shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance (and for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be required to execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to Section 12.6(c)) and shall otherwise comply with the conditions to assignments under this Section 12.6.  Each Permitted Loan Purchase shall, for purposes of this Agreement be deemed to be an automatic and immediate cancellation and extinguishment of such Incremental Term Loans and the Company shall, upon consummation of any Permitted Loan Purchase, notify the Administrative Agent that the Register should be updated to record such event as if it were a prepayment of such Incremental Term Loans.

 

12.7                        Adjustments; Set-off; Cashless Settlement

 

(a)                                 Except to the extent that this Agreement expressly provides for payments to be allocated to a particular Lender or Lenders, if any Lender (a Benefitted Lender) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of any of its Revolving Credit Loans (other than payment of Swing Line Loans), Incremental Term Loans or

 

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L/C Participating Interests, as the case may be, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 10.1(f), or otherwise) in a greater proportion than any such payment to and collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans, Incremental Term Loans or L/C Participating Interests, as the case may be, or interest thereon, such Benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders such portion of each such other Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans, Incremental Term Loans or L/C Participating Interests, as the case may be, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.  The Company agrees that each Lender so purchasing a portion of another Lender’s Loans and/or L/C Participating Interests may exercise all rights of payment (including, without limitation, rights of set-off) with respect to such portion as fully as if such Lender were the direct holder of such portion.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly give the Company notice of any set-off, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off.

 

(b)                                 Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default specified in Section 10.1(a) or 10.1(f), each Agent and each Lender are hereby irrevocably authorized at any time and from time to time without notice to the Company, any such notice being hereby waived by the Company, to set off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Agent or such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Company or any part thereof in such amounts as such Agent or such Lender may elect, on account of the liabilities of the Company hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and claims of every nature and description of such Agent or such Lender against the Company in any currency, whether arising hereunder, or otherwise, under any other Credit Document as such Agent or such Lender may elect, whether or not such Agent or such Lender has made any demand for payment and although such liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured.  Each Agent and each Lender shall notify the Company promptly of any such setoff made by it and the application made by it of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.  The rights of each Agent and each Lender under this paragraph are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of setoff) which such Agent or such Lender may have.

 

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(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or rollover all or a portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Company, the Administrative Agent and such Lender.

 

12.8                        Counterparts

 

(a)                                 This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.  A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Company and the Administrative Agent.

 

(b)                                 Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include “Electronic Signatures”, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

12.9                        Integration

 

This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the entire agreement of the Credit Parties, the Agents and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof or thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.

 

12.10                 GOVERNING LAW; NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS

 

THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LOANS AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LOANS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  THIS AGREEMENT IS SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AND, EXCEPT AS SET

 

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FORTH IN SECTION 12.6, NO OTHER PERSONS SHALL HAVE ANY RIGHT, BENEFIT, PRIORITY OR INTEREST UNDER, OR BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF, THIS AGREEMENT.

 

12.11                 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS

 

(a)                                 EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY:

 

(i)                                     SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

 

(ii)                                  CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

 

(iii)                               AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 12.2 OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED PURSUANT THERETO; AND

 

(iv)                              AGREES THAT NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

 

(b)                                 EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO

 

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THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

12.12                 Acknowledgements

 

The Company hereby acknowledges that:

 

(i)                                     none of the Agents or any Lender has any fiduciary relationship to any Credit Party, and the relationship between the Agents and the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor; and

 

(ii)                                  no joint venture exists among the Lenders or among any Credit Parties and the Lenders.

 

12.13                 Confidentiality

 

(a)                                 Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (A) any Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (B) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction or securitization relating to the Company and its obligations, (vii) with the consent of the Company or (viii) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company.  In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this

 

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Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders.  For the purposes of this Section, Information means all information received from the Company relating to the Company or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company; provided that, in the case of information received from the Company after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential; provided, further, that, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) (other than in connection with routine regulatory examinations), unless specifically prohibited by applicable law, court order or the applicable regulatory authority, each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to notify the Company of any such non-public information prior to disclosure hereof.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

(b)                                 EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 12.13(a) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COMPANY AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

(c)                                  ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE COMPANY OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, THE CREDIT PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES.  ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE COMPANY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.

 

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12.14                 USA Patriot Act

 

Each Lender hereby notifies the Company that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the Patriot Act), it may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Company, which information includes the name and address of the Company and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Company in accordance with the Patriot Act.

 

12.15                 Judgment Currency.

 

If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from the Company hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein (for the purposes of this Section 12.15, the “specified currency”) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agent’s principal at 11:00 a.m. London time on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non-appealable judgment is given. The obligations of the Company in respect of any sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, the Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under Section 5.18, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to the Company.

 

12.16                 Severability.

 

If any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (i) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) the parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or

 

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unenforceable provisions.  The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

 

News Release

 

CONTACT:

Michael Perlman

Assistant Treasurer

KLX Inc.

(561) 383-5100

 

KLX INC. BEGINS TRADING TODAY ON NASDAQ
UNDER TICKER SYMBOL “KLXI”

 

WELLINGTON, Fla.,(BUSINESS WIRE)—December 17, 2014 — KLX Inc. (“KLX”) (NASDAQ: KLXI), the world’s leading distributor and value added service provider of aerospace fasteners and consumables, and a provider of services and products for the oil and gas industry, begins regular way trading today following its spin-off from B/E Aerospace, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAV).

 

Starting today, December 17, 2014, KLX common stock will trade on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “KLXI”.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. KLX’s actual experience and results may differ materially from the experience and results anticipated in such statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include those discussed in KLX’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which include its Registration Statement on Form 10 and will include its Proxy Statement, Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. For more information, see the section entitled “Special Note about Forward-Looking Statements” contained in KLX’s Registration Statement on Form 10 and in other filings. The forward-looking statements included in this news release are made only as of the date of this news release and, except as required by federal securities laws and rules and regulations of the SEC, KLX undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

About KLX Inc.

 

KLX Inc., through its two operating segments, provides mission critical products and complex logistical solutions to support its customers’ high value assets. KLX serves its customers in demanding environments that face high cost of downtime and require dependable, high quality just-in-time customer support. The Aerospace Solutions Group is the world’s leading distributor and value added service provider of aerospace fasteners and consumables offering the broadest range of aerospace hardware and consumables and inventory management services worldwide. The Energy Services Group provides services and products for the oil and gas industry. Principal services and related rental equipment include wireline and fishing (retrieval) services and equipment, pressure control and rental equipment including frac stacks, accommodations and surface rentals and other related components. For more information, visit the KLX website at www.klx.com.

 


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