EXHIBIT (10)(i)
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
VOUGHT AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES,
INC.
AND
BCACSC, INC.
Dated as of July 6,
2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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1
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Section 1.1
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Definitions
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1
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Section 1.2
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Construction
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ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS AND
ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES
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20
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Section 2.1
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Purchase of
Assets and Assumption of Certain Liabilities
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20
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Section 2.2
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Purchased and
Excluded Assets
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20
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Section 2.3
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Assumed and
Excluded Liabilities
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24
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ARTICLE III AGGREGATE CONSIDERATION AND
CLOSING
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Section 3.1
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Closing
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Section 3.2
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Aggregate
Consideration
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Section 3.3
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Estimated
Aggregate Consideration Adjustment
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Section 3.4
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Aggregate
Consideration Adjustment
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27
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Section 3.5
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Allocation of
Aggregate Consideration
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28
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
SELLER
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Section 4.1
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Organization
and Qualification
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Section 4.2
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Authorization;
Enforceability
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30
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Section 4.3
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No
Conflicts
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Section 4.4
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Financial
Information
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Section 4.5
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Absence of
Certain Developments
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Section 4.6
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Absence of
Undisclosed Liabilities
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Section 4.7
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Title;
Sufficiency and Condition of Assets
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Section 4.8
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Inventory
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Section 4.9
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Real
Property
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Section 4.10
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Intellectual
Property
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Section 4.11
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Contracts
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Section 4.12
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Litigation
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38
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Section 4.13
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Permits;
Compliance with Laws
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Section 4.14
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Environmental,
Health and Safety Laws
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40
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Section 4.15
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Tax
Matters
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42
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Section 4.16
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Employee
Benefit Plans; Employment Matters
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Section 4.17
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Suppliers
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45
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Section 4.18
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Insurance
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45
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Section 4.19
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Certain
Transactions
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46
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Section 4.20
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Broker’s
Fees
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46
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Section 4.21
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Security
Clearance
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46
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Section 4.22
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Site
Development and Incentive Agreement; FILOT Agreement
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46
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
BUYER
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47
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Section 5.1
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Organization
and Qualification
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47
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Section 5.2
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Authority;
Enforceability
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47
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Section 5.3
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No
Conflicts
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47
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Section 5.4
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Broker’s
Fees
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48
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Section 5.5
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Litigation
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48
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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS
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48
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Section 6.1
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Appropriate
Actions; Further Assurances
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48
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Section 6.2
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Conduct of
Business by Seller Until Closing
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49
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Section 6.3
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Consents and
Governmental Authorizations
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51
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Section 6.4
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Access and
Information
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Section 6.5
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Exclusivity
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54
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Section 6.6
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Public
Announcements
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54
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Section 6.7
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Transaction
Expenses
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54
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Section 6.8
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Notices of
Certain Matters
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55
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Section 6.9
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Confidentiality
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Section 6.10
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Non-Solicitation
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56
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Section 6.11
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Intracompany
Work Orders
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57
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Section 6.12
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Purchased
Intellectual Property
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Section 6.13
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Insurance
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58
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Section 6.14
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Litigation
Support
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58
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Section 6.15
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Transfer of
Governmental Authorizations
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59
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Section 6.16
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787 Supply
Agreement
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59
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Section 6.17
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Delivery of
Financial Information
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59
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Section 6.18
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Cash
Management
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Section 6.19
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Title
Insurance
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60
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Section 6.20
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Letters of
Credit; Surety Bond
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60
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Section 6.21
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Lender
Waiver
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ARTICLE VII TAX MATTERS
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Section 7.1
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Liability for
Taxes
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Section 7.2
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Tax Return
Filing
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Section 7.3
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Tax Contests;
Audit Responsibilities
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Section 7.4
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Cooperation
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Section 7.5
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Transfer
Taxes
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ARTICLE VIII EMPLOYEE MATTERS
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Section 8.1
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Employment
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Section 8.2
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Non-Union
Employees
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Section 8.3
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Union
Employees
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66
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Section 8.4
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Workers’
Compensation Claims
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Section 8.5
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WARN Act
Notification
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Section 8.6
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Employee
Benefits
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Section 8.7
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No Right to
Employment
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Section 8.8
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Code Section
409A
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ARTICLE IX CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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Section 9.1
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Conditions to
Obligations of Buyer
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Section 9.2
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Conditions to
Obligations of Seller
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ii
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ARTICLE X TERMINATION
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Section 10.1
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Termination
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Section 10.2
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Effect of
Termination
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ARTICLE XI INDEMNIFICATION
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Section 11.1
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Survival
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Section 11.2
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Indemnification
by Seller
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75
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Section 11.3
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Indemnification
by Buyer
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80
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Section 11.4
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Third Party
Claims
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Section 11.5
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Limitations on
Indemnification Liability
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Section 11.6
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Treatment of
Indemnification Payments
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Section 11.7
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Exclusive
Remedy
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ARTICLE XII GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Section 12.1
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Notices
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Section 12.2
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Severability;
Specific Enforcement
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Section 12.3
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Amendments
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Section 12.4
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Assignment;
Beneficiaries
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86
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Section 12.5
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Counterparts;
Facsimiles
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86
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Section 12.6
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Descriptive
Headings
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86
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Section 12.7
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Governing Law;
Forum Selection
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86
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Section 12.8
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WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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86
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Section 12.9
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Entire
Agreement
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87
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Section 12.10
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Waivers
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87
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Section 12.11
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NO ADDITIONAL
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTIES
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87
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Section 12.12
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Disclosure
Schedules
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87
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Section 12.13
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No
Recourse
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EXHIBITS
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Form of
Termination and Mutual Release Agreement
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Form of Bill of
Sale, Assignment and Assumption Agreement
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Form of
Intellectual Property Assignment
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Form of
Intellectual Property License Agreement
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Form of
Engineering Services Agreement
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Exhibit F
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Form of
Transition Services Agreement
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Exhibit G
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Form of SOW
Supply Agreement
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Exhibit H
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Form of
Facilities Bill of Sale, Assignment and Assumption
Agreement
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Exhibit I
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Form of North
Charleston Sublease Assumption
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Exhibit J
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Form of GA
Sublease Assumption
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Exhibit K
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Form of SOW
Side Letter
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Exhibit L
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Form of 747
Amendment
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Exhibit M
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Form of 767
Amendment
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Exhibit N
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Form of 777
Amendment
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Exhibit O
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Form of SOW
Warranty Agreement
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Exhibit P
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Form of SOW
Administrative Agreement
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Appendix A
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Adjusted Net
Investment Worksheet
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DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULES
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Schedule 1.1A
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Background
Inventions of Seller
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Schedule 1.1B
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Background
Proprietary Information of Seller
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Schedule 1.1C
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Outstanding
Encumbrances
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Schedule 1.1D
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Permitted
Encumbrances
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Schedule 1.1E
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Retained
Employees
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Schedule 2.2(a)(i)
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Purchased
Contracts
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Schedule 2.2(a)(ii)
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Tangible
Personal Property
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Schedule 2.2(b)(viii)
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Governmental
Authorizations
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Schedule 2.2(b)(xvii)
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Certain Real
Property
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Schedule 2.2(b)(xix)
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Excluded
Tangible Property
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Schedule 2.3(a)(ii)
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Assumed
Employee Liabilities
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Schedule 4.3(a)
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Required
Consents
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Schedule 4.3(b)
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No
Conflicts
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Schedule 4.4
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Financial
Information
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Schedule 4.5
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Absence of
Certain Developments
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Schedule 4.6
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Undisclosed
Liabilities
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Schedule 4.7
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Title,
Sufficiency and Condition of Assets
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Schedule 4.8
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Inventory
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Schedule 4.10(a)
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Intellectual
Property
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Schedule 4.10(b)
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Inbound License
Agreements
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Schedule 4.10(c)
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Infringement
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Schedule 4.10(d)
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Confidentiality
and Assignment Agreements
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Schedule 4.10(e)
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Software
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Schedule 4.10(f)
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Information
Technology Systems
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Schedule 4.11(a)(i)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.11(a)(ii)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.11(a)(iii)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.11(a)(iv)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.11(a)(v)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.11(a)(vi)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.11(a)(vii)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.11(a)(viii)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.11(a)(ix)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.11(a)(x)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.11(a)(xi)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.11(a)(xii)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.11(b)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.11(c)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.11(e)
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Material
Contracts
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Schedule 4.12
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Litigation
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Schedule 4.13
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Material
Governmental Authorizations
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Schedule 4.14(a)
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On-Site Waste
Disposal Activities and Operations; On-Site Sale, Treatment,
Processing, Recycling or Disposal of Hazardous Waste
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Schedule 4.14(b)
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Underground
Storage Tanks, Sumps or Wells
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Schedule 4.14(c)
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Compliance with
Environmental Laws
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Schedule 4.14(d)
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Environmental
Permits and Environmental Disclosure Reports
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Schedule 4.14(e)
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Release or
Threatened Release of Hazardous Material
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Schedule 4.14(f)
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Hazardous
Material Emanating from Property or Purchased Assets
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Schedule 4.14(g)
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Environmental
Claims
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Schedule 4.14(h)
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Environmental
Restrictions on the Use of Property
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Schedule 4.15
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Tax
Matters
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Schedule 4.15(g)
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Partnership
Interests
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Schedule 4.16(a)
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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Schedule 4.16(c)
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Retiree Medical
or Other Welfare Benefits
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Schedule 4.16(d)
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Pension and
Multiemployer Plans
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Schedule 4.16(f)
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Employees on
Leave
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Schedule 4.16(h)
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Employee
Controversies
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Schedule 4.16(i)
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Collective
Bargaining Agreements
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Schedule 4.16(m)
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Participating
Employees
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Schedule 4.17
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Suppliers
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Schedule 4.18
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Insurance
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Schedule 4.19
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Affiliate
Transactions
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Schedule 4.20
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Broker’s
Fees
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Schedule 4.21
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Security
Clearances
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Schedule 5.3
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No
Conflicts
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Schedule 5.4
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Brokers’
Fees
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Schedule 6.2(a)
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Conduct of
Business
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Schedule 6.2(b)(i)
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Exceptions to
Conduct of Business
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Schedule 6.2(b)(ii)
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Exceptions to
Conduct of Business
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Schedule 6.2(b)(iii)
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Exceptions to
Conduct of Business
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Schedule 6.2(b)(iv)
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Exceptions to
Conduct of Business
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Schedule 6.2(b)(v)
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Exceptions to
Conduct of Business
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Schedule 6.2(b)(vi)
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Exceptions to
Conduct of Business
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Schedule 6.2(b)(vii)
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Exceptions to
Conduct of Business
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Schedule 6.2(b)(viii)
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Exceptions to
Conduct of Business
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Schedule 6.2(b)(ix)
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Exceptions to
Conduct of Business
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Schedule 6.2(b)(x)
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Exceptions to
Conduct of Business
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Schedule 6.2(b)(xi)
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Exceptions to
Conduct of Business
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Schedule 6.2(b)(xii)
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Exceptions to
Conduct of Business
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Schedule 6.10(c)(i)
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Seller
Engineering Employees
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Schedule 6.10(c)(ii)
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Excluded
Engineering Employees
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Schedule 6.20
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Guarantees
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Schedule 7.5
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Transfer
Taxes
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Schedule 8.1(a)(i)
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Employees of
the Business
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Schedule 8.1(a)(ii)
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Seller
Employees Who Are No Longer Employees
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Schedule 8.4
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Open
Workers’ Compensation Claims
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Schedule 11.4(e)
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Settlements
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vi
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated
as of July 6, 2009 (this “ Agreement ”), is
entered into by and between Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“ Seller ”), and BCACSC,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Buyer
”).
WHEREAS, Seller is engaged in the
business (the “ Business ”) of designing
(including initial design, design related to build, certification,
and testing), manufacturing (including procurement, fabrication,
and assembly (including structures assembly, systems assembly, and
integration)), and supporting aft fuselage sections 47 and 48 and
the aft 48 (in each case, including spare parts) for the 787
program (the “ 787 Program ”) of The Boeing
Company, a Delaware corporation and the parent corporation of Buyer
(“ Boeing ”), pursuant to the General Terms
Agreement, BCA-65572-0026, and Special Business Provisions,
MS-65572-0030, between Seller and Boeing, dated as of July 7,
2005, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of
November 15, 2006, as further amended by Amendment No. 2
dated as of November 30, 2006, as further amended by Amendment
No. 3 dated as of June 24, 2009, as further amended by
Amendment No. 4 dated as of November 13, 2007, as further
amended by Amendment No. 5 dated as of July 1, 2008, as
further amended by Amendment No. 8 dated as of April 17,
2009, and as otherwise further amended from time to time in
accordance with its terms (the “ 787 Supply Agreement
”); and
WHEREAS, this Agreement contemplates
a transaction in which (i) Buyer will acquire all of the
business, assets and operations used in the Business (other than
the Excluded Assets, as specified herein), and will assume the
liabilities of the Business (other than the Excluded Liabilities,
as specified herein), all on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, and (ii) pursuant to
and on the terms set forth in the Termination and Mutual Release
Agreement, each of Boeing and Seller, on behalf of themselves and
each of their respective Subsidiaries, will terminate the 787
Supply Agreement and release Claims and resolve any and all rights
and obligations owed to each other related to the 787 Supply
Agreement as described therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the value, receipt and sufficiency of which are
acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions . For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings
set forth below:
“ 401(k) Plan ”
is defined in Section 4.16(b) of this
Agreement.
“ 747 Amendment ”
is defined in Section 9.1(e)(xiii) of this
Agreement.
“ 767 Amendment ”
is defined in Section 9.1(e)(xiv) of this
Agreement.
“ 777 Amendment ”
is defined in Section 9.1(e)(xv) of this
Agreement.
“ 787 Design Build
Guide ” is defined in the definition of Required by
Boeing in Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
“ 787 Program ”
is defined in the Recitals to this Agreement.
“ 787 Supply Agreement
” is defined in the Recitals to this Agreement.
“ Absent Employees
” is defined in Section 8.2(b) of this
Agreement.
“ Accounts Receivable
” is defined in Section 2.2(a)(v) of this
Agreement.
“ Acquisition Proposal
” is defined in Section 6.5 of this
Agreement.
“ Additional Restricted
Employees ” means all Persons employed by the Business
after the Closing Date (other than any Transferred
Employees).
“ Adjusted Net Investment
Amount ” means, as of any date, (i)(A) the aggregate
amount (without duplication) of all investments made and expenses
incurred or accrued by Seller and its Subsidiaries in connection
with the 787 Program at any time as of such date, minus
(B) the sum of, without duplication, (u) the aggregate
amount of payments and advances made on or prior to such date by
Buyer or its Affiliates to Seller pursuant to the 787 Supply
Agreement, (v) grants made to Seller by the State of South
Carolina under the Site Development and Incentive Agreement on or
prior to such date, (w) the accounts payable of Seller in
respect of amounts referred to above in clause (i)(A) that
constitute Assumed Liabilities as of such date, (x) to the
extent included in the amount in clause (i)(A) above, the
Milledgeville direct labor and Milledgeville capex line items on
Appendix A , (y) to the extent included in the amount
in clause (i)(A) above, the Dallas IT equipment line item on
Appendix A , and (z) to the extent included in the
amount in clause (i)(A) above, the corporate G&A line item on
Appendix A through March 29, 2009, in the case of each
of the foregoing clauses, determined and calculated in accordance
with the calculation of the Adjusted Net Investment Amount
estimated as of March 29, 2009, set forth on
Appendix A , and determined in accordance with the
Agreed Methodology, plus (ii) fifty percent (50%) of the
amount of the G&A Costs properly allocable to the Business;
provided, that in no event shall the amount determined pursuant to
the foregoing clause (ii) exceed the G&A Cost
Cap.
“ Affiliate ”
means with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is
Controlled by, or is under common Control with such Person or
entity.
“ Aggregate
Consideration ” is defined in Section 3.2 of
this Agreement.
“ Agreed Methodology
” means the practices, policies and methodologies set forth
on Annex I to Appendix A (including methodologies,
consistently applied, in allocating general and administrative and
other indirect costs) that were used by Seller in determining and
calculating the estimated amount of the Adjusted Net Investment
Amount as of March 29, 2009, which estimate is reflected on
Appendix A (it being acknowledged that (i) the
purpose of the
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adjustment to the Closing Payment Amount
pursuant to Section 3.4 is to ensure an accurate
calculation of the Closing Adjusted Net Investment Amount,
consistent with the calculation of the estimated Adjusted Net
Investment Amount as of March 29, 2009, as reflected on
Appendix A , rather than to change or challenge the
practices, policies or methodologies set forth on Annex I to
Appendix A , (ii) for purposes of calculating the
Closing Adjusted Net Investment Amount, indirect costs of the 787
Program for the period between March 29, 2009 and the Closing
will be limited to the categories of indirect costs listed in or
reflected on Appendix A , which shall be allocated
using the same practices, policies and methodologies set forth on
Annex I to Appendix A , and (iii) for the avoidance of
doubt, direct costs, expenses and investments reflected in the
Adjusted Net Investment Amount shall be limited to such costs,
expenses and investments made or incurred by Seller for the 787
Program).
“ Agreement ” is
defined in the Preamble to this Agreement.
“ Allocation Statement
” is defined in Section 3.5(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Anti-Bribery Laws
” is defined in Section 4.13(c) of this
Agreement.
“ Apportioned Tax
” means any Tax relating to any Purchased Asset (including
any additional Tax determined subsequent to the Closing Date) that
is due or becomes due without acceleration for any Straddle Period;
provided , however , that any Tax that is an Assumed
Liability will not be an Apportioned Tax.
“ Apportioned Taxes
Claim ” is defined in Section 7.3(c) of this
Agreement.
“ Arbitrator ” is
defined in Section 11.5(b) of this
Agreement.
“ Assets ” means
all assets, properties and rights of every kind (whether tangible
or intangible), including real and personal property.
“ Assumed Liabilities
” is defined in Section 2.3(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Background
Invention(s) ” is defined in the 787 Supply Agreement
and, with respect to Seller, includes those inventions listed on
Schedule 1.1A .
“ Background Proprietary
Information ” is defined in the 787 Supply Agreement and,
with respect to Seller, includes that proprietary information
listed on Schedule 1.1B .
“ Base Adjusted Net
Investment Amount ” is Four Hundred Seventy-Six Million
Dollars ($476,000,000.00).
“ BCA ” is
defined in Section 6.10(c) of this
Agreement.
“ Bill of Sale, Assignment
and Assumption Agreement ” is defined in
Section 9.1(e)(ii) of this Agreement.
“ BIS ” is
defined in Section 6.3(c) of this Agreement.
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“ Boeing ” is
defined in the Recitals to this Agreement.
“ Boeing Guaranty
” means that certain Guaranty, executed as of the date
hereof, by Boeing in favor of and for the benefit of
Seller.
“ Business ” is
defined in the Recitals to this Agreement.
“ Business Books and
Records ” is defined in Section 2.2(a)(xi) of
this Agreement.
“ Business Day ”
means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on
which banks are required or authorized by Law to be closed in New
York City, New York.
“ Buyer ” is
defined in the Preamble to this Agreement.
“ Buyer Cure Period
” is defined in Section 10.1(b)(ii) of this
Agreement.
“ Buyer 401(k) Plan
” is defined in Section 8.6(b) of this
Agreement.
“ Buyer Indemnified
Person ” is defined in Section 11.2(a) of
this Agreement.
“ CERCLA ” is
defined in the definition of Environmental Laws in
Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
“ Chosen Courts ”
is defined in Section 12.7 of this
Agreement.
“ Claims ” means
any and all claims (including any cross-claim or counterclaim),
causes of action, suits, charges, complaints, litigation,
arbitration, proceeding (including any civil, criminal,
administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding) and
disputes, whenever or however arising.
“ Closing ” is
defined in Section 3.1 of this Agreement.
“ Closing Adjusted Net
Investment Amount ” is defined in
Section 3.4(a) of this Agreement.
“ Closing Date ”
is defined in Section 3.1 of this Agreement.
“ Closing Payment
Amount ” is defined in Section 3.2 of this
Agreement.
“ COBRA ” is
defined in Section 4.16(c) of this
Agreement.
“ Code ” means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and all Laws
promulgated pursuant thereto or in connection therewith.
“ Collective Bargaining
Agreement ” means any collective bargaining agreement or
labor agreement with the Union representing Transferred Employees,
including any amendments, supplements, letters and memoranda of
understanding.
“ Confidential
Information ” is defined in Section 6.9(a) of
this Agreement.
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“ Confidentiality and
Assignment Agreements ” is defined in
Section 4.10(d) of this Agreement.
“ Consent ” means
any approval, consent, permission, waiver or authorization from any
Person other than a Governmental Entity.
“ Contract ”
means any contract, agreement, commitment or undertaking (whether
written or oral).
“ Control ”
(including the terms “ Controlled by ” and
“ under common Control with ”) means, as used
with respect to any Person, possession of power or authority
(directly or indirectly or as a trustee or executor) to direct or
cause the direction of management or policies of such Person
(whether through ownership of voting securities, as trustee or
executor, by Contract or otherwise).
“ Copyrights ”
means any and all of the following, and all rights arising out of
or associated therewith, in each case, in any jurisdiction in the
world: original works of authorship (whether copyrightable or not);
copyrights, including unregistered and common law rights therein;
moral or economic rights of authors; copyright registrations; and
applications to register copyrights.
“ Covered Product
” means any product that is the same type of product as a
Product that was designed, manufactured or sold by Seller or a
supplier of Seller pursuant to or in contemplation of the 787
Supply Agreement prior to the Closing (a “ Pre-Closing
Product ”) including (y) a product that was designed
by Seller or a supplier of Seller prior to the Closing pursuant to
or in contemplation of the 787 Supply Agreement and manufactured or
sold after the Closing, and (z) a product manufactured or sold
after the Closing that uses a method or process of design or
manufacture that was created prior to the Closing by Seller or a
supplier of Seller pursuant to or in contemplation of the 787
Supply Agreement for the same type of product as a Pre-Closing
Product, in each case regardless of whether such product or type of
product had been manufactured or sold prior to the Closing;
provided , however , that (i) any product
designed prior to the Closing will not constitute a Covered Product
following any change to the specifications or design of such
product made following the Closing to the extent (A) prior to
the Closing, the manufacture, sale or use of such product did not
result in, or would not, if such product had been manufactured,
sold or used at such time, have resulted in, the infringement or
unlawful use of any Intellectual Property right and (B) the
manufacture, sale or use of such product following such change
results in the infringement or unlawful use of any Intellectual
Property right and such infringement or unlawful use would not have
occurred but for such change, and (ii) any product
manufactured prior to the Closing will not, following any change
made following the Closing to a method or process used in
connection with the manufacture of such product prior to the
Closing, constitute a Covered Product to the extent (A) prior
to the Closing, the manufacture, sale or use of such product did
not result in, or would not, if such product had been manufactured,
sold or used at such time, have resulted in, the infringement or
unlawful use of any Intellectual Property right and (B) the
manufacture, sale or use of such product following such change
results in the infringement or unlawful use of any Intellectual
Property right and such infringement or unlawful use would not have
occurred but for such change. For the purpose of the foregoing, a
product is the “same type of product as a Pre-Closing
Product” if
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such product is (i) manufactured, used and
sold as, on or in connection with a Program Aircraft and
(ii) such product and any Pre-Closing Product have the same
specifications, design, form, fit and function; provided ,
however , that such product shall continue to constitute the
“same type of product as a Pre-Closing Product”
notwithstanding any post-Closing change to the specifications,
design, form, fit or function or method or process of manufacturing
such product unless (A) prior to the Closing, the manufacture,
sale or use of such product did not result in, or would not, if
such product had been manufactured, sold or used at such time, have
resulted in, the infringement or unlawful use of any Intellectual
Property right and (B) the manufacture, sale or use of such
product following such change results in the infringement or
unlawful use of any Intellectual Property right and such
infringement or unlawful use would not have occurred but for such
change.
“ DOJ ” means the
United States Department of Justice.
“ Dollars ” and
the symbol “ $ ” each means the lawful currency
of the United States.
“ Employee Benefit
Plans ” is defined in Section 4.16(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Employees ”
means those individuals employed by Seller in North Charleston,
South Carolina (as reflected in Seller’s payroll system for
the North Charleston Facility) who are employed primarily in
connection with the Business as of the Closing Date and are set
forth on Schedule 8.1(a)(i) (as updated pursuant to this
Agreement), including individuals stationed with or assigned to
subcontractors of the Business (including field service,
surveillance and quality control personnel) or assigned to
Buyer’s manufacturing facilities, other than the Retained
Employees. Employees shall also include the employees of Seller set
forth on Schedule 6.10(c)(ii) and any employees hired by
Seller in the normal course of business, in compliance with this
Agreement, to serve in North Charleston, South Carolina primarily
in connection with the Business during the period beginning on the
date hereof and ending on the Closing Date.
“ Encumbrance ”
means any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance (including, in the
case of real property, easements, rights of way, covenants, leases,
licenses, zoning and setback requirements and other variances),
security interest, deed of trust, option, encroachment, order,
decree, judgment lien, charge or other third-party rights of any
kind, including in the case of Intellectual Property, license
rights or ownership interests other than those arising pursuant to
a Purchased Contract.
“ Engineering Services
Agreement ” is defined in Section 9.1(e)(v)
of this Agreement.
“ Environmental Claim
” means any Claim, or any written notice of violation,
citation or other similar written communication alleging a
violation of or Liability under any Environmental Law, any
government-mandated investigative, enforcement, cleanup, removal,
containment, remedial, or other governmental or regulatory action
or proceeding threatened in writing, instituted or completed
pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law, against Seller and/or
the Business with respect to any condition, use or activity of the
Purchased Assets or at the North Charleston Real Property and/or
the North Charleston Facility and any Claim, or any written
allegation, demand, suit, tender, recovery or contribution action
threatened or made by any person against Seller or against or with
respect to the Purchased Assets, including any
condition,
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use or activity of the Purchased Assets or at
the North Charleston Real Property and/or the North Charleston
Facility relating to Losses resulting from or in any way arising in
connection with any Hazardous Material or breach of Environmental
Law during Seller’s use or occupancy of the North Charleston
Real Property and/or the North Charleston Facility.
“ Environmental Insurance
Policy ” is defined in Section 6.13(c) of
this Agreement.
“ Environmental Laws
” means any Law or Order that pertains to pollution control
or natural resource or environmental protection, including Laws and
Orders relating to (i) the manufacture, processing, use,
distribution, treatment, storage, disposal, generation or
transportation of Hazardous Materials; (ii) air, surface,
ground, water or noise pollution; (iii) any Release;
(iv) the protection of wildlife, endangered species, wetlands
or other natural resources; and (v) the protection of the
health and safety of employees; including the following statutes
and regulations adopted thereunder: (A) the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended
by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 42
U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (“ CERCLA ”);
(B) the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource
Conservation Recovery Act and the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq. (“
RCRA ”); (C) the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C. §
1251 et seq.; (D) the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
§ 7401 et seq.; (E) the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15
U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. (“ TSCA ”);
(F) the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f
through 300j; (G) the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act,
49 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq. (“ HMTA ”);
(H) the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et
seq.; (I) the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.; and (J) the Occupational
Safety and Health Act, 19 U.S.C. § 6251 et seq.
“ Environmental Permit
” is defined in Section 4.14(d) of this
Agreement.
“ ERISA ” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
and all Laws promulgated pursuant thereto or in connection
therewith.
“ ERISA Affiliate
” means any trade or business that is treated as a single
employer with Seller under Sections 414(b), (c) or (m) of
the Code or that must be aggregated with Seller under
Section 414(o) of the Code.
“ Estimated Adjusted Net
Investment Amount ” is defined in
Section 3.3(a) of this Agreement.
“ Estimated Preliminary
Statement ” is defined in Section 3.3(a) of
this Agreement.
“ Excluded Assets
” is defined in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement.
“ Excluded Contracts
” is defined in Section 2.2(b)(vi) of this
Agreement.
“ Excluded Liabilities
” is defined in Section 2.3(b) of this
Agreement.
“ Facilities ”
means all plants, offices, manufacturing facilities, stores,
warehouses, administration buildings and related facilities and
fixtures owned or leased on the date hereof (and those owned or
leased after the date hereof but on or before the Closing) by
Seller and
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located on the North Charleston Real Property;
provided that the term “Facilities” shall not
include any plants, offices, manufacturing facilities, stores,
warehouses, administration buildings and related facilities and
fixtures located on the Pad Premises, as such term is defined in
the GA Sublease and more particularly described in Exhibit B of the
GA Sublease.
“ Facilities Bill of Sale,
Assignment and Assumption Agreement ” is defined in
Section 9.1(e)(ix) of this Agreement.
“ FILOT Agreement
” means that certain Fee Agreement by and among Charleston
County, South Carolina, Seller, GA and Boeing, which was authorized
by Ordinance of Charleston County, South Carolina passed and
approved as of December 19, 2006.
“ Final Statement
” is defined in Section 3.4(c) of this
Agreement.
“ Financial Information
” is defined in Section 4.4 of this
Agreement.
“ Force Majeure Event
” is defined in the definition of Material Adverse Effect in
Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
“ FTC ” means the
United States Federal Trade Commission.
“ G&A Cost Cap
” means two million five hundred thousand Dollars
($2,500,000.00) plus an amount equal to (i) two million
five hundred thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00) multiplied by
(ii) the number of days elapsed between June 28, 2009 and
the Closing Date, divided by 92.
“ G&A Costs ”
means the corporate general and administrative costs and costs
associated with shared services incurred by Seller and/or its
Subsidiaries during the period beginning on (and including)
March 30, 2009 and ending on (and including) the Closing Date
and allocated to the Business conducted at the North Charleston
Facility, in each case in accordance with the Agreed
Methodology.
“ GA ” means
Global Aeronautica, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
“ GAAP ” means
United States generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied.
“ GA Sublease ”
means that certain Pad Sublease by and between Seller and GA,
effective as of August 25, 2006, pursuant to which GA
subleases a portion of the North Charleston Real Property from
Seller, as more specifically defined and set forth
therein.
“ GA Sublease
Assumption ” is defined in Section 9.1(e)(xi)
of this Agreement.
“ Governmental
Authorization ” means any permit, consent, license,
certificate, franchise, permission, variance, clearance,
registration, qualification, authorization or approval issued,
granted, given or otherwise made available by or under the
authority of any Governmental Entity or pursuant to any Law,
including any Environmental Permit.
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“ Governmental Entity
” means the United States, any state or other political
subdivision thereof and any other foreign or domestic Person
exercising or having the authority to exercise executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government, including any government authority,
agency, department, board, commission or instrumentality of the
United States or any foreign Person, any state of the United States
or any other political subdivision of any of the
foregoing.
“ Ground Lease ”
means that certain Charleston International Airport Ground Lease
Agreement by and between the Charleston County Aviation Authority,
as lessor, and SCPR, as lessee, dated as of August 25,
2006.
“ Guarantees ” is
defined in Section 6.20 of this Agreement.
“ Hazardous Material
” means each and every element, compound, chemical mixture,
contaminant, pollutant, material or other substance that is
defined, determined or identified as hazardous or toxic under any
Environmental Law or the Release of which is prohibited or
regulated under any Environmental Law, including (i) any
“hazardous substance,” “extremely hazardous
substance” or “pollutant or contaminant” as those
terms are defined in CERCLA; (ii) any “hazardous
waste” as that term is defined in RCRA; (iii) any
“hazardous material” as that term is defined in the
HMTA; (iv) any “chemical substance or mixture” as
that term is defined in TSCA; (v) petroleum and petroleum
products and byproducts; (vi) asbestos; and
(vii) radioactive or explosive materials.
“ Hire Date ” is
defined in Section 8.2 of this Agreement.
“ HMTA ” is
defined in the definition of Environmental Laws in
Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
“ Inbound License
Agreement ” means each Purchased Contract (other than a
Material Contract) pursuant to which Seller receives a license to
Intellectual Property.
“ Income Tax ” or
“ Income Taxes ” means any income, alternative
minimum, accumulated earnings, personal holding company, franchise,
capital, single business, net worth, gross receipts or similar
taxes, including any estimated tax, interest, penalties or
additions to tax or additional amounts in respect to the foregoing,
including any transferee or secondary liability for any such tax
and any Liability assumed by agreement or arising as a result of
being or ceasing to be a member of any affiliated group, or being
included or required to be included in any Income Tax Return
relating thereto.
“ Income Tax Return
” means, with respect to any Income Tax, any information
return for such Income Tax, and any return, report, statement,
declaration, claim for refund or document filed or required to be
filed under the Law for such Income Tax.
“ Indebtedness ”
means, with respect to a Person, all Liabilities and obligations of
such Person (i) for borrowed money (including all accrued and
unpaid interest and all prepayment penalties or premiums in respect
thereof) or issued in substitution for or exchange of indebtedness
for borrowed money; (ii) for any indebtedness evidenced by
notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments (including
all accrued and unpaid interest and all prepayment
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penalties or premiums in respect thereof);
(iii) under any conditional sale, title retention or similar
arrangement, or with respect to any deferred purchase price of any
Assets or services (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);
(iv) to reimburse any obligor on any letter of credit or
similar credit transaction securing obligations of any Person, to
the extent such letter of credit or similar obligation has been
drawn; (v) to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of
real or personal property that is required to be classified or
accounted for as a capital lease in accordance with GAAP;
(vi) constituting a guarantee of any Liabilities or
obligations of any other Persons of the type described in the
foregoing clauses (i) through (v); and (vii) any
liability or obligation of the type described in the foregoing
clauses (i) through (v) of any other Person, secured by
an Encumbrance on any of such Person’s Assets.
“ Indemnified Persons
” is defined in Section 11.3(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Indemnifying Person
” is defined in Section 11.4(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Initial Restricted
Employees ” means the Transferred Employees.
“ Intellectual Property
” means any and all of the following, and all rights arising
out of or associated therewith, in each case in any jurisdiction in
the world: (i) Patents; (ii) Copyrights,
(iii) Trademarks; (iv) Trade Secrets; (v) Software;
(vi) rights to use the names, likenesses and other personal
characteristics of any individual, including rights of privacy and
publicity; and (vii) all other intellectual property or
industrial property rights.
“ Intellectual Property
Assignments ” is defined in
Section 9.1(e)(iii) of this Agreement.
“ Intellectual Property
License Agreement ” is defined in
Section 9.1(e)(iv) of this Agreement.
“ Interim Financial
Information ” is defined in Section 6.17 of
this Agreement.
“ Inventory ” is
defined in Section 2.2(a)(iii) of this
Agreement.
“ IRS ” means the
U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
“ Joint SBP Activity
Invention(s) ” is defined in the 787 Supply
Agreement.
“ Joint SBP Activity
Proprietary Information ” is defined in the 787 Supply
Agreement.
“ Knowledge ”
means, with respect to Seller, the actual knowledge of
(i) Kevin McGlinchey, Keith Howe, Jeff McRae, Ron Muckley,
Susie Kent, Joy Romero, Tom Mann, Casey Litaker and Ron Vuz for all
purposes hereunder; (ii) for purposes of
Section 4.10 only, Bryan Tutor, Seturah Foxx and Tom
Stubbins; (iii) for purposes of
Section 4.9(c)(iii) only, Jerry Edmondson;
(iv) for purposes of Sections 4.9 and 4.11 only,
Randy Smith, (v) for purposes of Section 4.11
only, Pat Russell, George Briggs, Cliff Collier and Tom Stubbins;
(vi) for purposes of Section 4.12 only, Seturah
Foxx; (vii) for purposes of Section 4.13 only,
Jerry Edmondson, (viii) for purposes of
Section 4.14 only, Joanne Romano; (ix) for
purposes of Section 4.15 only, Bob Roofner;
(x) for purposes of Sections 2.3(a)(ii) ,
2.3(b)(ii) and 4.16 only, Cliff Collier
and
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Seturah Foxx; and (xi) for purposes of
Section 4.18 only, Doug McLean, and, with respect to
Buyer, the actual knowledge of Bryan Gerard, Henry Knies, Anthony
Fisher, Joseph Lower and Edward Neveril.
“ Laws ” means
all foreign, federal, state, regional, county and local
constitutions, statutes, laws (including common laws), ordinances,
regulations, rules, resolutions, Orders, tariffs, writs,
injunctions, awards (including awards of any arbitrator), judgments
and decrees of any and all Governmental Entities and the terms of
any Governmental Authorizations.
“ Legal Proceeding
” means any Claim commenced, brought, conducted or heard by
or before, any court or other Governmental Entity or any arbitrator
or arbitration panel.
“ Lender Waiver ”
is defined in Section 6.21 of this
Agreement.
“ Liability ”
means any and all debts, liabilities, guarantees, assurances,
commitments and obligations, whether asserted or unasserted,
matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, known or unknown,
due or to become due.
“ Licensed Intellectual
Property ” means Intellectual Property licensed to Seller
pursuant to a Purchased Contract.
“ LOI ” means
that certain letter of intent dated as of April 17, 2009 by
and between Seller and Boeing.
“ Losses ” means
any and all losses, Liabilities, Claims, damages (including
consequential, special, punitive, exemplary and incidental
damages), penalties, fines, amounts paid in settlement, taxes,
liens, costs and expenses (including interest, penalties,
reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and
disbursements and all amounts paid in investigation, defense or
settlement of any of the foregoing) or diminution of value, of any
nature whatsoever, including any of the foregoing or portion
thereof that may occur after the Closing but relate to the period
prior to the Closing.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means any effect that (i) is, or is
reasonably likely to be, materially adverse to the operations,
properties, assets, Liabilities, financial condition or results of
operations of the Business, taken as a whole, or (ii) would be
reasonably expected to materially impede or delay Seller’s
ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement in accordance with its terms and applicable Laws or
otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder; provided
that, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii) above,
any effect to the extent resulting from any of the following shall
not be taken into account in determining whether any Material
Adverse Effect has occurred or whether a Material Adverse Effect
would be reasonably likely to occur: (A) changes in economic,
business, financial or political conditions that affect the
industries in which the Business operates so long as such changes
do not have a materially disproportionate effect on the Business,
(B) acts of terrorism or war, (C) any adverse effect,
event, occurrence, development, circumstance, change or condition
to the extent relating to or arising out of (I) the design,
manufacture, production, sale, operation and support of the 787
aircraft program by any Person other than Seller, (II) any actual
or alleged breach of the 787 Supply Agreement or any Seller Supply
Agreement (other than those arising from bad faith or willful
misconduct of Seller) or (III) any customer, supplier, contractor
or
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sub-contractor (in each case, other than Seller)
or supplier contract, subcontract agreement or raw materials
relating to the 787 aircraft program or (D) any Excluded
Liability to the extent not impairing the Business from and after
the Closing. In connection with determining whether any Material
Adverse Effect has occurred or would be reasonably likely to occur
as a result (in whole or in part) of Seller or the Purchased Assets
suffering a Force Majeure Event, the effects resulting from such
Force Majeure Event shall be taken into account notwithstanding the
limitations set forth in clause (C) above. For purposes of
this definition, “ Force Majeure Event ” means
any act of God, flood, fire, hurricane or other casualty,
earthquake, or any other events or circumstances not within the
reasonable control of Seller that are substantially similar to any
of the foregoing (other than any matter described in clause
(A) and (B)), in each case occurring after the date of this
Agreement.
“ Material Contract
” is defined in Section 4.11(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Minimum Terms and
Conditions of Employment ” is defined in
Section 8.2(a) of this Agreement.
“ Multiemployer Plan
” is defined in Section 4.16(d) of this
Agreement.
“ Neutral Auditor
” is defined in Section 3.4(c) of this
Agreement.
“ New Seller Engineering
Employees ” means the engineering employees who are first
employed by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries in Seller’s
Dallas, Texas facilities after the Closing Date (other than Seller
Engineering Employees).
“ Non-Assigned Contract
” is defined in Section 6.3(b) of this
Agreement.
“ Non-Disclosure
Agreement ” means that certain Non-Disclosure Agreement,
dated as of March 17, 2009, by and between Seller and
Boeing.
“ North Charleston
Facility ” means the Facilities in North Charleston,
South Carolina.
“ North Charleston Real
Property ” means the parcel of real property which is
subject to the North Charleston Sublease.
“ North Charleston
Sublease ” means that certain Ground Sublease by and
between Seller and South Carolina Public Railways (“
SCPR ”), dated as of August 25, 2006, pursuant to
which Seller subleases the parcel of real property on which the
North Charleston Facility is located.
“ North Charleston Sublease
Assumption ” is defined in Section 9.1(e)(x)
of this Agreement.
“ Objection Notice
” is defined in Section 3.4(b) of this
Agreement.
“ Offer ” is
defined in Section 8.1(a) of this Agreement.
“ Offer Consideration
Period ” is defined in Section 8.2(a) of this
Agreement.
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“ Open Source Software
” means Software that is “open source” or
“copyleft” as those terms are commonly understood in
the Software industry, including any Software that is:
(i) distributed pursuant to a license or other agreement that
requires licensees to disclose or otherwise make available the
source code for any software incorporating or using such licensed
software or developed using such licensed software, or to
distribute or make available such software on terms specified in
such license or agreement; (ii) subject to the GNU General
Public License (GPL) or the GNU Lesser General Public License
(LGPL) (in each case any version thereof) or any license approved
by the Open Source Initiative (as of the date hereof set forth at
http://opensource.org/licenses/index.html); or (iii) listed in
the Free Software Directory maintained by the Free Software
Foundation (in cooperation with the United Nations Education,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)) (as of the date
hereof set forth at http://directory.fsf.org/).
“ Order ” means
any award, final decision, injunction, judgment, order, decree,
ruling or verdict entered, issued, made or rendered by any court,
administrative agency or other Governmental Entity, or by any
arbitrator or arbitration panel.
“ Outstanding
Encumbrances ” means those Encumbrances identified on
Schedule 1.1C .
“ Party ” means,
individually, either of Buyer or Seller, and “ Parties
” means all of the foregoing collectively.
“ Patents ” means
any and all of the following, and all rights arising out of or
associated therewith, in each case, in any jurisdiction in the
world: patents and patent applications (including reissues,
re-examinations, divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals,
continuations and continuations-in-part); inventions (whether or
not patentable and whether or not reduced to practice); invention
disclosures; inventor’s certificates; moral or economic
rights of inventors; industrial designs; and all registrations and
applications thereof.
“ Pay-off Amount
” is defined in Section 9.1(d) of this
Agreement.
“ Pay-off Letter
” is defined in Section 9.1(d) of this
Agreement.
“ Permitted Encumbrance
” means (i) Encumbrances identified on Schedule
1.1D ; (ii) warehouse, mechanics’,
materialmen’s and similar liens imposed by Law arising in the
ordinary course of business, with respect to amounts not yet due
and payable or amounts being contested in good faith through
appropriate proceedings initiated after the date hereof in
compliance with this Agreement; (iii) liens for Taxes not yet
due and payable or being contested in good faith through
appropriate proceedings initiated after the date hereof in
compliance with this Agreement and for which adequate reserves have
been established in accordance with GAAP; (iv) with respect to
the North Charleston Real Property, (x) any easement,
covenant, condition, restriction or Encumbrance of record, which
exceptions are identified on or attached to Schedule 1.1D ,
(y) any conditions or defects that are shown on the survey
prepared by HGBD Surveyors, LLC dated May 18, 2009, and
(z) such other Encumbrances that do not impair the current use
or occupancy of the assets subject thereto; and (v) orders and
decrees that do not impair the current use or occupancy of the
assets subject thereto.
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“ Person ” means
an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
joint venture, trust, trustee, unincorporated organization or other
entity, including a Governmental Entity.
“ Post-Closing Period
” is defined in Section 7.1(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Preliminary Statement
” is defined in Section 3.4(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Pre-Closing Period
” is defined in Section 7.1(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Pre-Closing Product
” is defined in the definition of Covered Product in
Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
“ Product ” is
defined in the 787 Supply Agreement.
“ Program Aircraft
” means a (i) commercial transport aircraft having a
current model designation of 787 as of Closing and (ii) any
derivative thereof, as such term is commonly understood in the
commercial aircraft industry.
“ Purchased Assets
” is defined in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Purchased Contracts
” is defined in Section 2.2(a)(i) of this
Agreement.
“ Purchased Intellectual
Property ” means: (i) all of the Intellectual
Property listed on Schedule 4.10(a) that is identified on
Schedule 4.10(a) as Purchased Intellectual Property;
(ii) Seller’s rights in Joint SBP Activity Invention(s);
(iii) Seller’s rights in Joint SBP Activity Proprietary
Information; (iv) Vought SBP Activity Invention(s);
(v) Vought SBP Activity Proprietary Information; (vi) all
other Intellectual Property owned by Seller, as of the date hereof
or any time prior to the Closing, that was developed (or is being
developed) by or for Seller primarily for the Business (including
Seller’s engineering work and engineering resources,
certification work, design work and data of the Business developed
(or being developed) primarily for the Business); and
(vii) all rights associated with any of the foregoing,
including the right to sue and collect for past or future
infringement, misappropriation or other unauthorized use thereof,
any and all corresponding rights that, now or hereafter, may be
secured throughout the world and all copies and tangible
embodiments of any of the foregoing, and all goodwill associated or
arising in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case,
other than the Licensed Intellectual Property. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, “Purchased Intellectual
Property” shall also include all of the following due or
payable at Closing or thereafter (A) any income, royalties,
credits, prepaid expenses, deferred charges, advance payments,
security deposits, prepaid items, deposits and claims for refunds
or reimbursements, in each case, relating to any of the Purchased
Intellectual Property, (B) all Claims, rights and remedies of
Seller against any third parties arising out of or relating to any
of the Purchased Intellectual Property, and (C) all rights
under or pursuant to any warranties, representations and guarantees
made by suppliers, manufacturers, contractors or other Persons
under Purchased Contracts in connection with any products or
services provided to Seller with respect to any Purchased
Intellectual Property.
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“ Qualified
Representations ” means those representations and
warranties set forth in: the second sentence of
Section 4.3(a) ; Section 4.3(b) ;
Section 4.5(a) ; clause (b) of
Section 4.8 ; Section 4.11(a)(vi) ;
Section 4.11(e) ; the first and third sentences of
Section 4.13(b) ; Section 4.13(c) ; the
lead-in paragraph of Section 4.14 ;
Section 4.16(h) ; Section 4.16(l) ; clause
(iii) of Section 4.17 ; and the penultimate
sentence of Section 4.18 .
“ RCRA ” is
defined in the definition of Environmental Laws in
Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
“ Referenced Definition
” is defined in Section 1.2(f) of this
Agreement.
“ Release ” means
any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, discarding,
depositing, dispersing, migration, burying, abandoning or disposing
into the environment of any Hazardous Materials that is prohibited
under any applicable Environmental Law.
“ Representative
” means, with respect to a particular Person, any director,
manager, member, officer, employee, agent, consultant, advisor,
Affiliate, financing source or other representative of such Person,
including legal counsel, accountants and financial
advisors.
“ Required by Boeing
” means, for the purposes of Section 11.2(c) ,
any such specification (subject to paragraph (F) of
Section 11.2(c) ), design, design or specification
change or method or process of design or manufacturing (or any
change thereto) that was (i) expressly set forth in (A) a
written 787 loads, methods and allowables document issued by Boeing
or its Affiliates or (B) a written 787 common architecture
design guide (the “ 787 Design Build Guide ”)
issued by Boeing or its Affiliates, in each case as revised prior
to the Closing by Boeing or its Affiliates pursuant to subsequently
issued written versions of any such document or design guide,
(ii) expressly set forth in any written change order initiated
and issued by Boeing or its Affiliates, except to the extent that
(x) such change order is modified as a direct result of
collaboration with Seller and (y) the misappropriation,
infringement or unlawful use in question is attributable to the
modification to such change order that resulted from such
collaboration, or (iii) developed or adopted by a design or
configuration team chaired by a Boeing employee and comprised of
Boeing employees and employees of Seller and/or other 787 team
members and subsequently either (x) approved by a Design
Decision Board that included a Boeing employee, which approval was
documented in an issued written Program Design Decision Memorandum,
or (y) expressly set forth in any issued 787 Design Build
Guide.
“ Resolution Period
” is defined in Section 3.4(b) of this
Agreement.
“ Restricted Period
” in defined in Section 6.10(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Retained Employees
” means those individuals set forth on Schedule 1.1E
.
“ Retained Intellectual
Property ” is defined in Section 2.2(b)(xi)
of this Agreement.
“ Review Period ”
is defined in Section 3.4(b) of this
Agreement.
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“ SCPR ” is
defined in the definition of North Charleston Sublease in
Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
“ Seller ” is
defined in the Preamble to this Agreement.
“ Seller Contract
” means any Contract to which Seller is a party.
“ Seller Cure Period
” is defined in Section 10.1(b)(i) of this
Agreement.
“ Seller Engineering
Employees ” means the engineering employees who are
employed by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries in Seller’s
Dallas, Texas facilities as of the Closing Date and set forth on
Schedule 6.10(c)(i) (which Schedule will be updated at
Closing to reflect new hires) excluding the engineering employees
set forth on Schedule 6.10(c)(ii) .
“ Seller 401(k) Plan
” is defined in Section 8.6(b) of this
Agreement.
“ Seller Indemnified
Persons ” is defined in Section 11.3(a) of
this Agreement.
“ Seller Senior Credit
Agreement ” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as
of December 22, 2004, among Seller, as borrower, the several
lenders party thereto, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as
administrative agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication
agent and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as documentation
agent.
“ Seller Supply
Agreements ” means the supplier and sub-contractor
agreements entered into by Seller in connection with the
Business.
“ Site Development and
Incentive Agreement ” means (i) that certain Project
Emerald Confidential Site Development and Incentive Agreement by
and among Seller, on behalf of Project Emerald, the South Carolina
Department of Commerce, SCPR, Charleston County, South Carolina and
the Charleston County Airport District and (ii) that certain
Confidential Initial Site Development and Incentive Agreement
between Seller on behalf of itself and two other entities; the
South Carolina Department of Commerce; SCPR; Charleston County,
South Carolina and the Charleston County Airport District, dated
November 29, 2004.
“ Software ”
means any and all software of any type (including programs,
applications, middleware, utilities, tools, drivers, firmware,
microcode, scripts, batch files, JCL files, instruction sets and
macros) and in any form (including source code, object code and
executable code), databases and associated data and related
documentation, and all rights arising out of or associated with any
of the foregoing, in each case in any jurisdiction in the
world.
“ SOW Administrative
Agreement ” is defined in
Section 9.1(e)(xvii) of this Agreement.
“ SOW Side Letter
” is defined in Section 9.1(e)(xii) of this
Agreement.
“ SOW Supply Agreement
” is defined in Section 9.1(e)(viii) of this
Agreement.
“ SOW Warranty
Agreement ” is defined in Section 9.1(e)(xvi)
of this Agreement.
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“ Special Initiatives
Agreement ” means that certain special initiatives letter
agreement dated as of April 17, 2009 by and between Seller and
Boeing.
“ Straddle Period
” means any Tax year or period beginning on or before the
Closing Date and ending after the Closing Date.
“ Subsidiary ” or
“ Subsidiaries ” means, with respect to any
Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or
other legal entity of which such Person (either alone or through or
together with any other Subsidiary) owns, directly or indirectly,
more than fifty percent (50%) of the stock or other equity
interests the holder of which is generally entitled to vote for the
election of the board of directors or other governing body of such
corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other legal
entity.
“ Supplied Product
” is defined in Section 11.2(c) of this
Agreement.
“ Supplier Infringement
Claim ” is defined in Section 11.2(c) of this
Agreement.
“ Tangible Personal
Property ” is defined in Section 2.2(a)(ii)
of this Agreement.
“ Tax ” or
“ Taxes ” means a tax or taxes of any kind or
nature, or however denominated, including Liability for federal,
state, local or foreign sales, use, transfer, registration, ad
valorem, business and occupation, value added, excise, severance,
natural resources, environmental, stamp, premium, windfall profit,
customs, duties, real property, personal property, capital stock,
social security, unemployment, disability, payroll, license,
employee, fee in-lieu of a Tax or other withholding, or other tax,
of any kind whatsoever, whether disputed or not, including any
interest, penalties or additions to tax or additional amounts in
respect to the foregoing, including any transferee or secondary
Liability for a tax and any Liability assumed by agreement or
arising as a result of being or ceasing to be a member of any
affiliated group, or being included or required to be included in
any tax return relating thereto; provided , however ,
that “Tax” or “Taxes” shall not include any
Income Taxes or Transfer Taxes.
“ Tax Authority ”
means any Governmental Entity having the power to regulate, impose
or collect Taxes, including the IRS and any state department of
revenue.
“ Tax Benefit ”
is defined in Section 11.5(b) of this
Agreement.
“ Tax Benefit Objection
Notice ” is defined in Section 11.5(b) of
this Agreement.
“ Tax Returns ”
means, with respect to any Tax, any information return for such
Tax, and any return, report, statement, declaration, claim for
refund or document filed or required to be filed under the Law for
such Tax; provided , however, that “Tax Returns”
shall not include any “Income Tax Returns.”
“ Terminating Buyer
Breach ” is defined in Section 10.1(b)(ii) of
this Agreement.
“ Terminating Seller
Breach ” is defined in Section 10.1(b)(i) of
this Agreement.
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“ Termination and Mutual
Release Agreement ” is defined in
Section 6.16 of this Agreement.
“ Third Party Claim
” is defined in Section 11.4(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Trademarks ”
means any and all of the following, and all rights arising out of
or associated therewith, in each case, in any jurisdiction in the
world: trademarks; service marks; certification marks; trade names;
corporate names; domain names; logos; trade dress; and other
protectable indicia of source or origin, including unregistered and
common law rights in the foregoing; all translations, adaptations,
derivations and combinations of any of the foregoing; all goodwill
associated with each of the foregoing; and all registrations of and
applications to register any of the foregoing.
“ Trade Secrets ”
means any and all of the following, and all rights associated
therewith, in each case, in any jurisdiction in the world: trade
secrets; know-how; and other confidential or proprietary
information; in each case in any form or medium, and which in each
case may include research and development plans or results,
formulas, compositions, manufacturing and production processes and
techniques, manufacturing plans, setup methodologies, facilities
and process flow, technical data, designs, drawings,
specifications, customer and supplier lists, pricing and cost
information, financial reports and information, and business and
marketing plans and proposals.
“ Transaction Documents
” means, collectively, this Agreement, including the
Schedules and Exhibits to this Agreement, the Bill of Sale,
Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Intellectual Property
Assignments, the Transition Services Agreement, the Intellectual
Property License Agreement, the Engineering Services Agreement, the
SOW Supply Agreement, the Termination and Mutual Release Agreement,
the North Charleston Sublease Assumption, the GA Sublease
Assumption, the Facilities Bill of Sale, Assignment and Assumption
Agreement, the Boeing Guaranty, the SOW Side Letter, the SOW
Warranty Agreement, the SOW Administrative Agreement, the 747
Amendment, the 767 Amendment, the 777 Amendment and every other
Contract, certificate, instrument and document executed and
delivered at the Closing in accordance with Sections 9.1 and
9.2 hereof.
“ Transaction Expenses
” means, as to a Party, the fees, costs and expenses incurred
by such Party and its Affiliates in connection with the
investigation, diligence, negotiation, preparation, execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, and
performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
including accounting, legal, consulting and other professional
service fees, expenses and disbursements of consultants, advisors,
financing sources (including any cost, expense, fee, premium or
penalty associated with the Lender Waiver) and other
Representatives, but excluding any Transfer Taxes.
“ Transfer Taxes
” means all transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp,
registration and other such similar Taxes and fees (including any
penalties and interest) incurred in connection with this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby; provided ,
however , that for the avoidance of doubt “Transfer
Taxes” shall not include any Income Taxes payable by reason
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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“ Transferred Employees
” is defined in Section 8.1 of this
Agreement.
“ Transferred Permits
” is defined in Section 2.2(a)(vii) of this
Agreement.
“ Transition Services
Agreement ” is defined in Section 9.1(e)(vi)
of this Agreement.
“ TSCA ” is
defined in the definition of Environmental Laws in
Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
“ UE Offer ” is
defined in Section 8.3(c) of this Agreement.
“ Union ” means
the District Lodge 96 of the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
“ Union Employees
” is defined in Section 8.2(f) of this
Agreement.
“ United States ”
and “ U.S. ” each means the United States of
America.
“ Vought SBP Activity
Invention(s) ” is defined in the 787 Supply
Agreement.
“ Vought SBP Activity
Proprietary Information ” is defined in the 787 Supply
Agreement.
“ WARN Act ”
means the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of
1988, as amended.
“ Wetlands Permit
” is defined in Section 6.3(d) of this
Agreement.
Section 1.2 Construction .
For purposes of this Agreement:
(a) Whenever the context requires,
the singular number will include the plural, and vice versa, the
masculine gender will include the feminine and neuter genders, the
feminine gender will include the masculine and neuter genders, and
the neuter gender will include masculine and feminine
genders.
(b) The words “include”
and “including,” and variations thereof, will not be
deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather will be deemed to be
followed by the words “without limitation.”
(c) Except as otherwise indicated,
all references in this Agreement to “Schedules,”
“Sections” and “Exhibits” are intended to
refer to Schedules, Sections and Exhibits to this
Agreement.
(d) The terms “hereof,”
“hereunder,” “herein” and words of similar
import will refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement.
(e) Each Party has participated in
the drafting of this Agreement, which each Party acknowledges is
the result of extensive negotiations between the Parties, and
consequently, this Agreement will be interpreted without reference
to any rule or precept of Law to the effect that any ambiguity in a
document be construed against the drafter.
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(f) To the extent any definition
provided in Section 1.1 refers to a definition in the
787 Supply Agreement (each, a “ Referenced Definition
”) and the applicable Referenced Definition has embedded in
it other definitions from the 787 Supply Agreement, then for
purposes of interpreting the Referenced Definition such embedded
definitions shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
787 Supply Agreement.
(g) For the avoidance of doubt,
“representations and warranties” will not be deemed to
be “agreements” between the Parties for purposes of
Sections 9.1(b) , 9.2(b) , 10.1(c) ,
11.2(a)(ii) and 11.3(a)(ii) .
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS AND
ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES
Section 2.1 Purchase of Assets
and Assumption of Certain Liabilities . Upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, on the Closing Date:
(a) Seller shall sell, assign,
transfer, convey and deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase and
acquire from Seller, the Purchased Assets, free and clear of all
Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances; and
(b) Buyer shall assume, and agree to
perform, pay and discharge, the Assumed Liabilities.
Section 2.2 Purchased and
Excluded Assets .
(a) The “ Purchased
Assets ” shall mean all of Seller’s right, title
and interest in and to the Assets that are owned, leased, licensed,
used or held for use by Seller in connection with the Business
(other than the Excluded Assets), in each case wherever located,
including the following:
(i) (A) the written Seller Contracts
relating to the Business that are both (1) in effect as of the
date hereof and (2) set forth on
Schedule 2.2(a)(i) and (B) any written Contract
primarily related to the Business entered into by Seller between
the date hereof and the Closing in compliance with this Agreement
(the “ Purchased Contracts ”);
(ii) all machinery, equipment,
equipment subassemblies, tools, spare and replacement parts,
packaging materials, storage and shipping materials, vehicles,
computer hardware and other hardware (including servers, routers,
desktops, laptops, peripherals and mobile computing devices), trade
fixtures, furniture, furnishings, office equipment and supplies,
telephone and communications equipment and any other fixed assets
or tangible personal property used or held for use in connection
with the Business, including in each case those items listed on
Schedule 2.2(a)(ii) , and including all of the
foregoing located at the North Charleston Facility (the “
Tangible Personal Property ”);
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(iii) all inventory, including raw
materials, work-in-process and finished goods inventories, tooling
and supplies used or held for use in connection with the Business
and including any of the foregoing held in consignment, bailment,
or other similar arrangement by any third party or Affiliates of
Seller in connection with the Business (the “
Inventory ”), in each case as in existence on the
Closing Date;
(iv) the North Charleston Facility
(including all buildings, structures and improvements thereon and
all fixtures attached thereto), but excluding the North Charleston
Real Property;
(v) all rights to payments arising
out of Purchased Contracts and all accounts and notes receivable of
the Business (except to the extent arising under any Excluded
Contract), however arising, including, in each case, all rights,
Claims and remedies relating thereto and any related deposits,
security and collateral therefor (“ Accounts
Receivable ”), in each case as in existence on the
Closing Date;
(vi) all of the Purchased
Intellectual Property;
(vii) except as set forth on
Schedule 2.2(b)(viii) , all Governmental Authorizations
used or held for use by Seller in connection with the operation of
the Business at the North Charleston Facility and all pending
applications therefor or renewals thereof (the “
Transferred Permits ”);
(viii) all credits, prepaid expenses
and other items, deferred charges, advance payments, security
(including with respect to any wetland permit) and other deposits
(including in respect of bonding obligations of the Business) and
claims for refunds or reimbursements, in each case, relating to the
Business or any of the Purchased Assets or Assumed Liabilities
(except to the extent arising under any Excluded
Contract);
(ix) all Claims, rights and remedies
of Seller against any third parties arising out of or relating to
any of the Purchased Assets or Assumed Liabilities;
(x) all rights under or pursuant to
any warranties, representations and guarantees made by suppliers,
manufacturers, contractors or other Persons in connection with any
products or services provided to Seller in connection with the
Business or with respect to any Purchased Asset (except to the
extent arising under any Excluded Contract);
(xi) all books, records, ledgers,
files, documents, correspondence, lists (including supplier lists
and records), files, plats, specifications, surveys, drawings,
advertising and promotional materials, reports (including
manufacturing, research and development and production reports and
records), testing results, certification materials, service and
warranty records, quality records related to Products delivered to
Boeing prior to the Closing Date, equipment logs, environmental,
safety and health plans, policies and procedures, copies of all
personnel records related to Transferred Employees (subject to
Buyer obtaining any releases required by applicable Law from the
Transferred Employees), and other materials and information (in
whatever medium) in each case, to the extent relating exclusively
to the Business or to any of the Assumed Liabilities, Purchased
Assets or Purchased Intellectual Property (the “ Business
Books and Records ”), in each case, as in existence as of
the Closing Date; provided that Seller may retain, subject
to Section 6.9 , copies of the foregoing;
and
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(xii) all goodwill associated or
arising in connection with the Business or any of the Purchased
Assets, and to the extent assignable, IP addresses, telephone and
fax numbers and listings for the (789) prefix.
(b) Excluded Assets .
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except to the extent of rights
expressly provided in the Transition Services Agreement, the
Engineering Services Agreement, the SOW Supply Agreement and the
Intellectual Property License Agreement, Seller will retain all
right, title and interest in and to, and the Purchased Assets will
not consist of, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in
and to the following assets, rights or properties (the “
Excluded Assets ”):
(i) except as set forth in
Section 6.13 , all cash or cash equivalents, including
all marketable securities, ce