SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 572900 10 8 Page ____ of ____ Pages
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY IRS NO. 14-0689340
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ]
(b) [X]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
NA
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [X]
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
NEW YORK
7 SOLE VOTING POWER
29,278,284 (SEE ITEM 6)
8 SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH --
REPORTING PERSON WITH
9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
29,278,284 (SEE ITEM 6)
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
--
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
29,278,284
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES [ ]
CERTAIN SHARES*
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
13.1%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
CO
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
(Name of Issuer)
COMMON STOCK
$1.00 PAR VALUE
(Title of Class of Securities)
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572900 10 8
(CUSIP Number)
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Name of Persons Filing Statement)
ROBERT E. HEALING
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, CT 06431
Tel. No.: 203-373-2243
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of
Person Authorized to Receive Notices
and Communications)
October 31, 1997
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of
this Statement)
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If the filing person has previously filed a statement on
Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule
13D, and is filing this statement because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check
the following: [ ]
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GE hereby amends and supplements the Statement on Schedule 13D
filed on April 12, 1993 (the "Original Statement") as amended on August 29,
1994 ("Amendment No. 1") with respect to the common stock, $1.00 par value per
share, of Lockheed Martin Corporation, a Maryland corporation and the
successor of Martin Marietta Corporation ("Lockheed Martin"), held by GE and
certain of its subsidiaries as set forth in this Amendment No. 2.
Unless otherwise indicated, each capitalized term used but not
defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Original
Statement.
Item 1. Security and Company.
The response set forth in Item 1 of the Original Statement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
The class of equity securities to which this statement relates
is the common stock, $1.00 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of
Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin is the successor of Martin Marietta
Corporation and Lockheed Corporation which combined their businesses in March
1995. The principal executive offices of Lockheed Martin are located at 6801
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20817.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
The response set forth in Item 1 of the Original Statement is
hereby incorporated herein by reference and is amended and supplemented by the
following:
The name, business address, present principal occupation or
employment, and citizenship of each director and executive officer of GE is
set forth on Schedule A.
Except as set forth on Schedule B, during the last five years,
neither GE, nor any subsidiary of GE nor any other person controlling GE nor,
to the best of its knowledge, any of the persons listed on Schedule A attached
hereto, has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic
violations or similar misdemeanors) or has been a party to a civil proceeding
of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result
of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order
enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject
to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to
such laws.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
The response set forth in Item 4 of the Original Statement is
hereby incorporated herein by reference and is amended and supplemented by the
following:
On October 31, 1997 GE and certain of its subsidiaries entered
into an Exchange Agreement (the "Exchange Agreement") with Lockheed Martin and
LMT Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Lockheed Martin ("LMT Sub"). The following summary of certain terms of the
Exchange Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of
the Exchange Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 99(f), which Agreement is
incorporated herein by reference.
Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, on terms and subject to
the conditions set forth therein, Lockheed Martin will exchange all of the
issued and outstanding capital stock of LMT Sub for all of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock par value $1.00 per share (the "Preferred Stock")
(or Common Stock or a combination thereof) of Lockheed Martin owned by GE and
certain of its subsidiaries. In addition, pursuant to the Exchange Agreement,
GE and certain of its subsidiaries have agreed that, prior to November 28,
1997, they shall not deliver a conversion notice for the conversion of
Preferred Stock into Common Stock. Upon consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Exchange Agreement, GE and all of its subsidiaries will
have disposed of their entire equity interest in Lockheed Martin.
Under the Standstill Agreement, GE currently has two designees
on Lockheed Martin's Board of Directors. In connection with the Exchange
Agreement, at the Closing, the Standstill Agreement will be terminated and
pursuant to a letter agreement dated October 31, 1997 (the "Letter Agreement")
with Lockheed Martin, GE will, as of the Closing under the Exchange Agreement,
subject to certain conditions, retain the right to propose for nomination one
member of Lockheed Martin's Board of Directors. The foregoing description of
certain terms of the Letter Agreement is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the copy of the Letter Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit
99(g), which Agreement is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Company.
The response set forth in Item 5 of the Original Statement is
hereby incorporated herein by reference and is amended and supplemented by the
following:
(a) GE and certain of its subsidiaries have acquired and, for
the purpose of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the "Exchange Act"), beneficially own 29,278,284 shares of Common Stock,
representing (based upon Lockheed Martin's most recent Form 10-Q)
approximately 13.1% of the outstanding Common Stock of Lockheed Martin
(assuming conversion of all shares of Preferred Stock).
(b) Subject to the terms of the Standstill Agreement, GE and
certain of its subsidiaries have the sole power to vote and to dispose of
29,278,284 shares of Common Stock.
(c) Information concerning transactions involving shares of
Common Stock of Lockheed Martin since July 30, 1997 is set forth on Schedule C.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or
Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
The response set forth in Item 6 of the Original Statement as
amended by Amendment No. 1 is hereby incorporated herein by reference and is
amended and supplemented by the following:
On October 31, 1997, Lockheed Martin and LMT Sub, entered into
a Contribution and Assumption Agreement (the "Contribution Agreement"). The
following summary of certain terms of the Contribution Agreement is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the copy of the Contribution Agreement,
attached hereto as Exhibit 99(e), which Agreement is incorporated herein by
reference.
The Contribution Agreement provides for the contribution to LMT
Sub of substantially all of the assets used or held for use primarily in the
conduct of two of Lockheed Martin's businesses along with a certain number of
shares of common stock of Globalstar Telecommunications Limited and an amount
in cash. Under this arrangement, LMT Sub will assume certain liabilities
associated with the transferred businesses. If requested by Lockheed Martin
after the closing, LMT Sub has agreed to make a loan or loans to Lockheed
Martin pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Contribution Agreement.
Simultaneously with the execution of the Contribution and
Assumption Agreement, GE and certain of its subsidiaries entered into the
Exchange Agreement pursuant to which, on terms and subject to the conditions
set forth therein, Lockheed Martin will exchange all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of LMT Sub for all of the Preferred Stock (or Common
Stock or a combination thereof) of Lockheed Martin owned by GE and certain of
its subsidiaries. The Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock with a
market value of approximately $2.8 billion as of the close of business on
October 31, 1997. As of the closing of such exchange, LMT Sub will hold
two operating businesses, an equity interest and an amount in cash
necessary to equalize the value of such exchange. Upon consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement, GE and all of its
subsidiaries will have disposed of their entire equity interest in Lockheed
Martin, and the Standstill Agreement will be terminated.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
The response set forth in Item 7 of the Original Statement, as
amended by Amendment No. 1, is hereby incorporated herein by reference and is
hereby amended and supplemented by the following:
Exhibit 99(e): Contribution and Assumption Agreement dated
October 31, 1997 between Lockheed Martin Corporation and LMT Sub Inc.
Exhibit 99(f): Exchange Agreement dated October 31, 1997 among
General Electric Company, GE Investments, Inc., GE Government Services, Inc.,
Client Business Services, Inc., Lockheed Martin Corporation and LMT Sub Inc.
Exhibit 99(g): Letter Agreement dated October 31, 1997 between
General Electric Company and Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Exhibit 99(h): Power of Attorney for Robert E. Healing and
Eliza W. Fraser dated July 31, 1997.
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief
of the undersigned, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth
in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: November 4, 1997
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
By: /s/ Robert E. Healing
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Name: Robert E. Healing
Title: Corporate Counsel
SCHEDULE A
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
The name, business address, title, present principal occupation
or employment of each of the directors and executive officers of GE are set
forth below. If no business address is given, the director's or officer's
business address is GE's address. Unless otherwise indicated, each occupation
set forth opposite an individual's name refers to GE. Unless otherwise
indicated below, all of the persons listed below are citizens of the United
States of America.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name Present Business Address Present Principal Occupation
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<S> <C> <C>
D.W. Calloway PepsiCo, Inc. Retired Director and
700 Anderson Hill Road Chairman of the Board,
Purchase, NY 10577 Pepsico, Inc.
J.I. Cash, Jr. Harvard Business School Professor of Business
Baker Library 187 Administration-Graduate
Soldiers Field School of Business
Boston, MA 02163 Administration, Harvard
University
S.S. Cathcart 222 Wisconsin Avenue Retired Chairman,
Suite 103 Illinois Tool Works
Lake Forest, IL 60045
D.D. Dammerman General Electric Company Senior Vice President--
3135 Easton Turnpike Finance, General Electric
Fairfield, CT 06431 Company
P. Fresco General Electric Company Vice Chairman of the
(U.S.A.) Board and Executive Officer,
3 Shortlands, Hammersmith General Electric Company
London, W6 8BX, England
C.X. Gonzalez Kimberly-Clark de Mexico, Chairman of the Board
S.A. de C.V. and Chief Executive Officer,
Jose Luis Lagrange 103, Kimberly-Clark de Mexico,
Tercero Piso S.A. de C.V.
Colonia Los Morales
Mexico, D.F. 11510, Mexico
G.G. Michelson Federated Department Stores Former Member of the
151 West 34th Street Board of Directors,
New York, NY 10001 Federated Department Stores
E.F. Murphy General Electric Company Vice Chairman of the Board
3135 Easton Turnpike and Executive Officer
Fairfield, CT 064321
S. Nunn King & Spalding Partner, King & Spalding
191 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
J.D. Opie General Electric Company Vice Chairman of the
3135 Easton Turnpike Board and Executive
Fairfield, CT 06431 Officer
R.S. Penske Penske Corporation Chairman of the Board
13400 Outer Drive, West and President,
Detroit, MI 48239-4001 Penske Corporation
B.S. Prieskel Suite 3125 Former Senior Vice
60 East 42nd Street President, Motion Picture
New York, NY 10165 Associations of America
F.H.T. Rhodes Cornell University President Emeritus
3104 Snee Building Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
A.C. Sigler Champion International Retired Chairman of the
Corporation Board and CEO and
1 Champion Plaza former Director,
Stamford, CT 06921 Champion International
Corporation
D.A. Warner III J. P. Morgan & Co., Inc. Chairman of the Board,
& Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. President, and Chief
60 Wall Street Executive Officer,
New York, NY 10260 J.P. Morgan & Co.
Incorporated and Morgan
Guaranty Trust Company
J.F. Welch, Jr. General Electric Company Chairman of the Board
3135 Easton Turnpike and Chief Executive
Fairfield, CT 06431 Officer, General
Electric Company
</TABLE>
Citizenship
C. X. Gonzalez Mexico
P. Fresco Italy
All Others U.S.A.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name Present Business Address Present Principal Occupation
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<S> <C> <C>
J.F. Welch, Jr. General Electric Company Chairman of the Board and
3135 Easton Turnpike Chief Executive Officer
Fairfield, CT 06431
P. Fresco General Electric Company Vice Chairman of the Board
(U.S.A.) Board and Executive Officer
3 Shortlands, Hammersmith
London, W6 8BX, England
P.D. Ameen General Electric Company Vice President and
3135 Easton Turnpike Comptroller
Fairfield, CT 06431
J.R. Bunt General Electric Company Vice President and Treasurer
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, CT 06431
D.L. Calhoun General Electric Company Senior Vice President--GE
Nela Park Lighting
Cleveland, OH 44122
W.J. Conaty General Electric Company Senior Vice President--Human
3135 Easton Turnpike Resources
Fairfield, CT 06431
D. M. Cote General Electric Company Senior Vice President--GE
3135 Easton Turnpike Appliances
Fairfield, CT 06431
D.D. Dammerman General Electric Company Senior Vice President--
3135 Easton Turnpike Finance
Fairfield, CT 06431
L.S. Edelheit General Electric Company Senior Vice President--
P. O. Box 8 Corporate
Schenectady, NY 12301 Research and Development
B.W. Heineman, Jr. General Electric Company Senior Vice President--
3135 Easton Turnpike General
Fairfield, CT 06431 Counsel and Secretary
J. R. Immelt General Electric Company Senior Vice President--GE
P.O. Box 414 Medical Systems
Milwaukee, WI 53201
W.J. Lansing General Electric Company Vice President--Corporate
3135 Easton Turnpike Business Development
Fairfield, CT 06431
G. S. Malm General Electric Company Senior Vice President--Asia
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, CT 06431
W.J. McNerney, Jr. General Electric Company Senior Vice President--GE
1 Neumann Way Aircraft Engines
Cincinnati, OH 05215
E.F. Murphy General Electric Company Vice Chairman of the Board
3135 Easton Turnpike and Executive Officer
Fairfield, CT 06431
R.L. Nardelli General Electric Company Senior Vice President--GE
1 River Road Power Systems
Schenectady, NY 12345
R.W. Nelson General Electric Company Vice President--Corporate
3135 Easton Turnpike Financial Planning and
Fairfield, CT 06431 Analysis
J.D. Opie General Electric Company Vice Chairman of the Board
3135 Easton Turnpike and Executive Officer
Fairfield, CT 06431
G.M. Reiner General Electric Company Senior Vice President--
3135 Easton Turnpike Chief Information Officer
Fairfield, CT 06431
J.G. Rice General Electric Company Vice President--GE
2901 East Lake Road Transportation Systems
Erie, PA 16531
G.L. Rogers General Electric Company Senior Vice President--GE
1 Plastics Avenue Plastics
Pittsfield, MA 01201
J.W. Rogers General Electric Company Vice President--GE Motors
1635 Broadway
Fort Wayne, IN 46801
L.G. Trotter General Electric Company Vice President--GE
41 Woodford Avenue Electrical Distribution
Plainville, CT 06062 and Control
</TABLE>
Citizenship
P. Fresco Italy
G. S. Malm Sweden
All Others U.S.A.
SCHEDULE B
PROCEEDINGS
1. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution v. IGE Medical Systems
Limited (St. Albans Magistrates Court, St. Albans, Hertsfordshire, England,
Case No. 04/00320181).
In April, 1994, GEMS' U.K. subsidiary, IGE Medical Systems Limited
(IGEMS) discovered the loss of a radioactive barium source at the Radlett,
England facility. The lost source, used to calibrate nuclear camera
detectors, emits a very low level of radiation. IGEMS immediately reported
the loss as required by the U.K. Radioactive Substances Act. An ensuing
investigation, conducted in cooperation with government authorities, failed
to locate the source. On July 21, 1994, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of
Pollution (HMIP) charged IGEMS with violating the Radioactive Substances
Act by failing to comply with a condition of registration. The Act
provides that a registrant like IGEMS, which "does not comply with a
limitation or condition subject to which (it) is so registered ... shall be
guilty of (a criminal) offense." Condition 7 of IGEMS' registration states
that it "shall so far as is reasonably practicable prevent ... loss of any
registered source."
At the beginning of trial on February 24, 1995, IGEMS entered a
guilty plea and agreed to pay a fine of 5,000 Pound Sterling and assessed
costs of 5,754 Pound Sterling. The prosecutors presentation focused
primarily on the 1991 change in internal IGEMS procedures and, in
particular, the source logging procedure. The prosecutor complimented
IGEMS' investigation and efforts to locate the source and advised the court
that IGEMS had no previous violations of the Radioactive Substances Act.
He also told the court that the Radlett plant had been highlighted as an
exemplary facility to HMIP inspectors as part of their training. In
mitigation, IGEMS emphasized the significant infrastructure and expense
undertaken by IGEMS to provide security for radiation sources and the
significant effort and expense incurred in attempting to locate the missing
source.
2. Except for the foregoing, GE has not and, to the best of GE's
knowledge, none of the directors and executive officers of GE has been,
during the last five years, convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding
traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
3. GE has not and, to the best of GE's knowledge, none of the
directors and executive officers of GE has been, during the last five
years, a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body
of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is
subject to a judgment, decree, or final order enjoining future violations
of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state
securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
SCHEDULE C
TRANSACTIONS IN COMMON STOCK
OF LOCKHEED MARTIN SINCE JULY 30, 1997
BY GE OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES
I. All of the purchases of Common Stock of Lockheed Martin set
forth below were made by Employers Reinsurance Corporation, a wholly owned
subsidiary of GE.
Number of
Date of Common Stock Nature Price Aggregate
Transaction Purchased of Purchases Per Share Purchase Price
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9/4/97 22,200 open market $107.003 $2,375,466
9/8/97 8,600 open market 106.625 916,975
9/9/97 10,000 open market 106.869 919,073
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40,800 $4,211,514
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EXHIBIT 99(e)
CONTRIBUTION AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
dated
OCTOBER 31, 1997
between
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
and
LMT SUB INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
Section 1.01. Definitions.............................................2
ARTICLE 2
Transactions at Closing
Section 2.01. Contribution of the Transferred Assets and Assumption
of the Assumed Liabilities...........................2
Section 2.02. Contribution of the LM Cash Contribution
Amount...............................................2
Section 2.03. Issuance of Company Capital Stock.......................2
Section 2.04. Contribution Closing....................................3
Section 2.05. LM Estimate of Net Worth; Closing Balance
Sheets...............................................3
Section 2.06. Adjustments to LM Cash Contribution Amount..............5
Section 2.07. Excluded Liabilities....................................7
Section 2.08. License to Intellectual Property Rights.................7
Section 2.09. Delivery of Transfer Documents..........................8
Section 2.10. Assignment of Contracts and Rights......................8
Section 2.11. Conduct of the Businesses on the Closing Date...........9
ARTICLE 3
Representations and Warranties of LM
Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties of LM...................10
ARTICLE 4
Covenants of the Parties
Section 4.01. Conduct of the Businesses Until the Closing............10
Section 4.02. Confidentiality........................................11
Section 4.03. Retention of Assets....................................11
Section 4.04. Change of Lockbox Accounts.............................12
Section 4.05. Maintenance and Enforcement of Insurance
Policies............................................12
Section 4.06. Transitional Services Agreement........................14
Section 4.07. Thrust Reverser Business...............................14
Section 4.08. Agreement with Sun.....................................16
Section 4.09. Loan...................................................16
Section 4.10. Protection of Businesses; Non-Solicitation.............16
Section 4.11. Baltimore Facility Lease...............................18
Section 4.12. Pratt and Whitney Claims...............................18
Section 4.13. Certain LM Arrangements................................19
Section 4.14. Customer Introductions.................................20
Section 4.15. Financial Support Arrangements.........................20
Section 4.16. No Inconsistent Positions..............................22
Section 4.17. Equity Securities......................................22
Section 4.18. Certain Contribution...................................22
ARTICLE 5
Tax Matters
Section 5.01. Tax Matters............................................23
ARTICLE 6
Employment and Employee Benefit Matters
Section 6.01. Employment and Employee Benefit Matters................23
ARTICLE 7
Survival; Indemnification
Section 7.01. Survival...............................................23
Section 7.02. Indemnification........................................24
Section 7.03. Indemnification of Company by LM for Certain Assumed
Liabilities.........................................25
Section 7.04. Procedures for Third Party Claims......................26
Section 7.05. Procedures for Direct Claims...........................30
Section 7.06. Indemnification of the Company by LM for Certain Product
Matters.............................................30
ARTICLE 8
Miscellaneous
Section 8.01. Miscellaneous..........................................32
Section 8.02. Termination............................................32
EXHIBITS
Exhibit I -- Definitions
Exhibit II -- Representations and Warranties of LM
Exhibit III -- Tax Matters
Exhibit IV -- Employment and Employee Benefit Matters
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A -- [Intentionally Omitted]
Attachment B -- Terms for Technical Consulting Agreement
Attachment C -- Terms for Loan(s)
Attachment D -- Terms for Baltimore Facility Lease
Attachment E -- Terms and Conditions of Company Preferred Stock
Attachment F -- Form of Tax Assurance Agreement
Attachment G -- Balance Sheets
CONTRIBUTION DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
Section 4.13 -- Certain LM Arrangements
Section I.01 -- LM Knowledge Standard
Section II.03 -- Government Authorization
Section II.04 -- Noncontravention
Section II.05 -- Ownership of the Equity Securities; Access Graphics
Foreign Subsidiaries
Section II.06 -- Consents
Section II.08 -- Absence of Certain Changes
Section II.09 -- Sufficiency of and Title to the Transferred Assets
Section II.10 -- No Undisclosed Material Liabilities
Section II.11 -- Litigation; Contract-Related Matters
Section II.12 -- Material Contracts and Bids; Backlog
Section II.15 -- Environmental Compliance
Section II.16 -- Compliance with Laws
Section II.17 -- Government Contracts
Section II.18 -- Intellectual Property
Section III.02 -- Tax Matters
Section IV.02 -- ERISA Representations
Section IV.03 -- Employees and Offers of Employment
CONTRIBUTION AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made this 31st day of October, 1997, between
Lockheed Martin Corporation, a Maryland corporation and the parent corporation
of the Company ("LM"), and LMT Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), with reference to the following background.
A. Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, General
Electric Company, a New York corporation ("GE"), GE Investments, Inc., a
Nevada corporation ("GEII"), GE Government Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("GEGS"), Client Business Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("CBSI", and together with GE, GEII and GEGS, the "GE Entities"), LM and the
Company are entering into an Exchange Agreement dated October 31, 1997 (the
"Exchange Agreement") pursuant to which LM desires to exchange with the GE
Entities, and the GE Entities desire to exchange with LM, all of the
outstanding capital stock of the Company for all of the preferred stock (or
common stock or a combination thereof) of LM owned by the GE Entities (the
"Exchange").
B. LM, among other things, directly and through the Transferor
Subsidiaries, conducts the Thrust Reverser Business and the Access Graphics
Business (each, a "Business" and together, the "Businesses").
C. Under the Exchange Agreement, it is a condition precedent to
the obligations of the GE Entities to consummate the Exchange that LM
contribute all of the assets used or held for use primarily in the conduct of
the Businesses (other than the Excluded Assets), the Equity Securities and an
amount in cash to the Company, and the Company assume certain liabilities
associated with the Businesses.
D. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement, LM desires to, or desires to cause the Transferor Subsidiaries
to, contribute all of the assets used or held for use primarily in the
conduct of the Businesses (other than the Excluded Assets), the Equity
Securities and an amount in cash to the Company, and the Company desires to
assume certain liabilities associated with the Businesses.
E. LM and the Company are entering into this Agreement and the
Exchange Agreement as a plan of reorganization intended to qualify under
Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code.
F. LM and the Company intend that each of the various steps
of the Internal Restructuring will be tax-free either as a reorganization
qualifying under Section 368(a)(1) of the Code, a liquidation qualifying
under Section 332(a) of the Code, or a transfer qualifying under Section
351(a) of the Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
Section 1.01. Definitions. Defined terms used in this
Agreement shall have the meanings specified in this Agreement or in Exhibit I.
ARTICLE 2
Transactions at Closing
Section 2.01. Contribution of the Transferred Assets and
Assumption of the Assumed Liabilities. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Contribution Closing (i) LM
agrees to, or will cause the Transferor Subsidiaries to, transfer, assign and
deliver to the Company all of the right, title and interest of LM and the
Transferor Subsidiaries in, to and under the Transferred Assets as further
described in Section 2.04 below, and (ii) the Company agrees to accept all of
the right, title and interest of LM and the Transferor Subsidiaries in, to and
under all of such Transferred Assets, and the Company agrees to assume, pay,
perform and discharge promptly and in full when due, all of the Assumed
Liabilities (clauses (i) and (ii) and the Cash Contribution, collectively, the
"Contribution and Assumption").
(b) LM and the Company agree that the aggregate fair market
value of the Businesses is not less than $771,300,000 (before giving effect
to the adjustments contemplated by Section 2.06).
Section 2.02. Contribution of the LM Cash Contribution Amount.
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at
the Contribution Closing LM agrees to contribute the LM Cash Contribution
Amount to the Company (the "Cash Contribution").
Section 2.03. Issuance of Company Capital Stock. Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the
Contribution Closing and in consideration for the Contribution and Assumption,
the Company agrees to issue to LM an appropriate number of shares of Company
Common Stock and the number of shares of Company Preferred Stock determined
under Section 2.01(b) of the Exchange Agreement.
Section 2.04. Contribution Closing. The closing (the
"Contribution Closing") of the Contribution and Assumption shall take place at
the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New
York, on the same day as, but immediately prior to, the closing of the
Exchange (the "Closing"). The parties agree that at the Contribution Closing:
(a) (i) LM shall transfer, assign and deliver, or cause the
Transferor Subsidiaries to transfer, assign and deliver, to the Company all of
the right, title and interest of LM and the Transferor Subsidiaries in, to and
under the Transferred Assets, in the case of the Transferred Assets (other
than the Equity Securities and the capital stock of the Access Graphics
Foreign Subsidiaries), free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens
and, in the case of the Equity Securities and the capital stock of the Access
Graphics Foreign Subsidiaries, as described in Section 2.04(b), and (ii) the
Company shall assume and pay, perform and discharge promptly and in full when
due all of the Assumed Liabilities.
(b) LM shall deliver to the Company (i) certificates for the
Equity Securities to be delivered by LM pursuant to this Agreement and (ii)
certificates for all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each of
the Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiaries, in each case, free and clear of
all Liens, preemptive or similar rights or any other limitation or
restriction (other than limitations on offers and sales under foreign,
federal and state securities laws), duly endorsed or accompanied by stock
powers duly endorsed in blank, with any required transfer stamps affixed
thereto.
(c) LM shall deliver to the Company the LM Cash Contribution
Amount in immediately available funds by wire transfer to an account of the
Company at a bank designated in writing by the Company at least two Business
Days prior to the Contribution Closing.
(d) The Company shall issue to LM an appropriate number of
shares of Company Common Stock and the number of shares of Company
Preferred Stock determined under Section 2.01(b) of the Exchange Agreement,
in such denominations as LM shall designate in writing to the Company not
less than two Business Days prior to the Contribution Closing.
Section 2.05. LM Estimate of Net Worth; Closing Balance Sheets.
(a) Not less than three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, LM will
deliver to GE LM's calculations of the Estimate of Thrust Reverser Closing Net
Worth and the Estimate of Access Graphics Closing Net Worth.
(b) As promptly as practicable, but no later than 60 days
after the Closing Date, the Company (with the assistance of LM to the
extent requested by the Company) will cause to be prepared and delivered to
LM the Closing Balance Sheets (as defined below) and certificates based on
the Closing Balance Sheets setting forth the Company's calculations of
Thrust Reverser Closing Net Worth and Access Graphics Closing Net Worth.
The Closing Balance Sheets (the "Closing Balance Sheets") will consist of
(i) a balance sheet of the Transferred Assets and Assumed Liabilities of
the Thrust Reverser Business as of the close of business on the Closing
Date (the "Thrust Reverser Closing Balance Sheet") and (ii) a balance sheet
of the Transferred Assets and Assumed Liabilities of the Access Graphics
Business as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the "Access
Graphics Closing Balance Sheet") and, in each case, will present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of the Transferred Assets and
Assumed Liabilities of each of the Businesses as of the close of business
on the Closing Date in conformity and on a basis consistent with the
Transaction Accounting Principles, and include line items substantially
consistent with those in the Thrust Reverser Balance Sheet and the Access
Graphics Balance Sheet, as the case may be. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, assets not constituting Transferred Assets,
liabilities not constituting Assumed Liabilities, the Equity Securities and
the LM Cash Contribution Amount shall be excluded from the calculations of
Thrust Reverser Closing Net Worth and Access Graphics Closing Net Worth.
Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the Closing
Balance Sheets shall reflect, and the Balance Sheets shall be adjusted to
reflect, the actual amount of any deferred tax asset or liability. In
addition, if in connection with the preparation of the Closing Balance
Sheets or the calculations of Thrust Reverser Closing Net Worth or Access
Graphics Closing Net Worth, any errors are discovered that affect the value
of the Transferred Assets or the amount of Assumed Liabilities set forth on
the Balance Sheets, except as otherwise provided in the Transaction
Accounting Principles and in Section 7.08 of the Exchange Agreement, the
Balance Sheets shall be adjusted to correct for the effect of such errors.
(c) If LM disagrees with the Company's calculation of Thrust
Reverser Closing Net Worth or Access Graphics Closing Net Worth delivered
pursuant to Section 2.05(b) or with any assertion by the Company that there
were errors that affect the value of the Transferred Assets or the amount
of the Assumed Liabilities set forth on the Balance Sheets, LM may, within
30 days after delivery of the documents referred to in Section 2.05(b),
deliver a notice to the Company disagreeing with the Company's calculation
of Thrust Reverser Closing Net Worth or Access Graphics Closing Net Worth
or any such asserted errors. Any such notice of disagreement shall specify
those items or amounts as to which LM disagrees, and LM shall be deemed to
have agreed with all other items and amounts contained in the Closing
Balance Sheets and the Company's calculations of Thrust Reverser Closing
Net Worth and Access Graphics Closing Net Worth delivered pursuant to
Section 2.05(b).
(d) If a notice of disagreement shall be duly delivered
pursuant to Section 2.05(c), the Company and LM shall, during the 30 days
following such delivery, consult with each other to determine if any such
disputed items or amounts may be resolved to the mutual written
satisfaction of the Company and LM in order to determine Thrust Reverser
Closing Net Worth and Access Graphics Closing Net Worth. If any such
disputed items or amounts shall not have been resolved to the mutual
written satisfaction of the Company and LM within such 30-day period, the
Company and LM shall promptly thereafter retain a nationally recognized
accounting firm (the "Accounting Referee") other than KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
or Ernst & Young LLP to promptly review this Agreement and the disputed
items or amounts. In resolving any such disputed items or making any
calculation of Thrust Reverser Closing Net Worth and Access Graphics
Closing Net Worth, the Accounting Referee shall consider only those items
or amounts in the Balance Sheets or the Closing Balance Sheets or the
Company's calculations of Thrust Reverser Closing Net Worth and Access
Graphics Closing Net Worth as to which LM has disagreed and, in considering
such items and amounts, shall apply the Transaction Accounting Principles
and Section 7.08 of the Exchange Agreement. The Accounting Referee shall
deliver to the Company and LM, as promptly as practicable, a report setting
forth each such determination and such calculation. Such report shall be
final and binding upon the Company and LM. The cost of such review and
report shall be borne equally by the Company and LM.
(e) The Company and LM agree that they will, and, to the
extent reasonably required, will cause their respective independent
accountants to, cooperate and assist in the preparation of the Closing
Balance Sheets and the calculation of Closing Net Worth and in the conduct
of the matters referred to in this Section 2.05, including, without
limitation, except as may be deemed appropriate to ensure compliance with
any Applicable Laws (including, without limitation, any requirements with
respect to security clearances) and subject to any applicable privileges
(including, without limitation, the attorney-client privilege), making
available to the extent reasonably required, the books, records and work
papers of the internal and external accountants and personnel of the
Company and LM and, to the extent appropriate, their Affiliates.
Section 2.06. Adjustments to LM Cash Contribution Amount. (a)
The LM Cash Contribution Amount shall be subject to adjustment as follows:
(i) Thrust Reverser. If Thrust Reverser Closing Net
Worth, as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.05, is less than the
Estimate of Thrust Reverser Closing Net Worth, then LM shall pay to the
Company as an adjustment to the LM Cash Contribution Amount, in the
manner provided in Section 2.06(b), an amount equal to the sum of (A)
the amount of such difference plus (B) an amount computed in the manner
of interest as described in Section 2.06(c) on the amount referred to in
clause (A) above. If Thrust Reverser Closing Net Worth, as finally
determined pursuant to Section 2.05, is greater than the Estimate of
Thrust Reverser Closing Net Worth, then the Company shall pay to LM as
an adjustment to the LM Cash Contribution Amount, in the manner provided
in Section 2.06(b), an amount equal to the sum of (C) the amount of such
difference plus (D) an amount computed in the manner of interest as
described in Section 2.06(c) on the amount referred to in clause (C).
(ii) Access Graphics. If Access Graphics Closing Net
Worth, as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.05, is less than the
Estimate of Access Graphics Closing Net Worth, then LM shall pay to the
Company as an adjustment to the LM Cash Contribution Amount, in the
manner provided in Section 2.06(b), an amount equal to the sum of (E)
the amount of such difference plus (F) an amount computed in the manner
of interest as described in Section 2.06(c) on the amount referred to in
clause (E). If Access Graphics Closing Net Worth, as finally determined
pursuant to Section 2.05 is greater than the Estimate of Access Graphics
Closing Net Worth, then the Company shall pay to LM as an adjustment to
the LM Cash Contribution Amount, in the manner provided in Section
2.06(b), an amount equal to the sum of (G) the amount of such difference
plus (H) an amount computed in the manner of interest as described in
Section 2.06(c) on the amount referred to in clause (G).
(b) Any payment pursuant to Section 2.06(a) shall be made at a
mutually convenient time and place, within five Business Days after Thrust
Reverser Closing Net Worth and Access Graphics Closing Net Worth have been
finally determined pursuant to Section 2.05, by delivery by LM or the Company,
as the case may be, of immediately available funds by wire transfer to an
account of the Company or LM, as the case may be, at a bank designated by the
Company or LM, as the case may be, by notice to LM or the Company, as the case
may be, not later than two Business Days prior to the payment date. A single
payment will be made pursuant to Section 2.06(a), the amount of which payment
will, if applicable, be determined by netting the amounts described in
Sections 2.06(a)(i) and 2.06(a)(ii).
(c) The amounts referred to in clauses (B), (D), (F) and (H) of
Section 2.06(a) shall be calculated in the manner of interest from and
including the Closing Date to but excluding the date of payment at a rate per
annum equal to the one month London Interbank Offered Rate as published in the
Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition, in effect from time to time during the
period from the Closing Date to the date of payment, calculated daily on the
basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed.
Section 2.07. Excluded Liabilities. The parties agree that the
Company does not hereby agree to, and shall not otherwise, assume or be
responsible for any of the Excluded Liabilities.
Section 2.08. License to Intellectual Property Rights. (a) In
consideration of the grant described in Section 2.08(b), pursuant to an
Intellectual Property License (the "Intellectual Property License") to be
negotiated prior to Closing consistent with the provisions of this Section
2.08, LM shall, and shall cause the Transferor Subsidiaries and any of their
Affiliates to, grant to the Company (with the right of the Company to extend
such license to its Affiliates for so long as they remain Affiliates),
effective as of the Closing Date, a fully paid-up, worldwide, non-exclusive
license in respect of all Intellectual Property Rights owned by LM, any
Transferor Subsidiary or any of their Affiliates other than the LM Trademarks
and Trade Names (as defined in the Exchange Agreement) that are available to,
and used or currently planned for use by, the Businesses (but not constituting
Transferred Assets) on or prior to the Closing Date, to continue such use or
currently planned use in the Businesses with respect to substantially similar
products, services or activities of the Businesses.
(b) In consideration of the grant described in Section 2.08(a),
pursuant to the Intellectual Property License, the Company shall grant to LM
(with the right of LM to extend such license to its Affiliates for so long as
they remain Affiliates), effective as of the Closing Date, a fully paid-up,
worldwide, non-exclusive license in respect of all Intellectual Property
Rights constituting Transferred Assets, for use by LM and its Affiliates in
making, using or selling products, providing services or in conducting other
business activities, subject to Section 4.10(a); provided, that no license
shall be granted with respect to the manufacture or sale of commercial thrust
reversers and parts thereof.
(c) The Company acknowledges and agrees that it shall hold all
Intellectual Property Rights constituting part of the Transferred Assets
subject to any licenses thereof granted by LM, any Transferor Subsidiary or
their Affiliates prior to the Closing Date.
(d) Subject to Section 2.08(b), the transfer of Intellectual
Property Rights to the Company shall not affect LM's or the Transferor
Subsidiaries' right to use, disclose or otherwise freely deal with any
know-how, trade secrets and other technical information that is resident on
the Closing Date at businesses of LM, the Transferor Subsidiaries or any of
their Affiliates other than the Businesses. However, with respect to
documented technical information relating to the Thrust Reverser Business that
is a Transferred Asset and resides at LM, any Transferor Subsidiary or any of
their Affiliates at Closing and is maintained as proprietary by LM, any
Transferor Subsidiary or any of their Affiliates at Closing, LM shall use the
care and caution it affords its other proprietary data to protect such
technical information from disclosure to third parties, unless provided to a
third party pursuant to an agreement providing for like protection by the
recipient, for a period of five years from the Closing Date or until such
technical information is in the public domain through no fault of LM,
whichever first occurs.
Section 2.09. Delivery of Transfer Documents. Subject to
Section 2.10, at the Contribution Closing, LM shall deliver, or cause the
Transferor Subsidiaries to deliver, to the Company such deeds (which, in the
case of real property, shall be bargain and sale deeds without covenants and
warranties), bills of sale, endorsements, consents, assignments and other good
and sufficient instruments of conveyance and assignment as the parties and
their respective counsel shall deem reasonably necessary or appropriate to
vest in the Company all of LM's and the Transferor Subsidiaries' right, title
and interest in, to and under the Transferred Assets.
Section 2.10. Assignment of Contracts and Rights. (a)
Anything in this Agreement or the Exchange Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, neither this Agreement nor the Exchange Agreement shall
constitute an agreement to assign any Transferred Asset or any claim or right
or any benefit arising under such Transferred Asset or resulting therefrom if
such assignment, without the consent of a third party thereto, would
constitute a breach or other contravention of such Transferred Asset, be
ineffective with respect to any party thereto or in any way adversely affect
the rights of the Company or LM with respect to such Transferred Asset. LM
and the Company shall use their best efforts (including, for purposes hereof,
the obligation to expend funds to obtain such consents to the same extent as
GE would have been so obligated under Section 2.03 of the Transfer Agreement
dated November 22, 1992, as amended as of March 28, 1993 among GE, Martin
Marietta Corporation and LM) to obtain the consent of the other parties to any
such Transferred Asset or any claim or right or any benefit arising under any
such Transferred Asset for the assignment of such Transferred Asset to the
Company as the Company may request.
(b) If any such consent is not obtained, or if an attempted
assignment of any Transferred Asset would be ineffective or would adversely
affect the rights of the Company with respect to any such Transferred Asset so
that the Company would not in fact receive all such rights, as among the
parties hereto, the Company will obtain the claims, rights and benefits of LM
or its Subsidiary, as applicable, and assume the obligations under such
Transferred Asset in accordance with this Agreement, and LM will enforce for
the benefit of the Company, with the Company assuming LM's or such Subsidiary's
obligations (excluding any Excluded Liability), any and all claims, rights and
benefits of LM or such Subsidiary, against a third party to such Transferred
Asset. In such event, LM and the Company shall, to the extent the benefits
therefrom and obligations under any such Transferred Asset have not been
provided by alternate arrangements satisfactory to LM and the Company,
negotiate in good faith an amount to be paid by LM to the Company or by the
Company to LM, as the case may be.
(c) LM will promptly pay to the Company when received all monies
received by LM with respect to any Transferred Asset or any claim or right or
any benefit arising under any Transferred Asset, except to the extent the same
represents an Excluded Asset.
(d) The Company will promptly pay to LM when received all
monies received by the Company with respect to any Excluded Asset or any
claim or right or any benefit arising under any Excluded Asset, except to
the extent the same represents a Transferred Asset.
Section 2.11. Conduct of the Businesses on the Closing Date.
The Company agrees that, from the Closing until the close of business on
the Closing Date, it shall operate the Businesses in accordance with the
historical and customary operating practices relating to the conduct of the
Businesses and, without limiting the foregoing, the Company agrees that it
will not engage in any transaction, other than in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices of the Business, that would have an
adverse effect on the Thrust Reverser Closing Net Worth or the Access
Graphics Closing Net Worth.
ARTICLE 3
Representations and Warranties of LM
Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties of LM. LM
represents and warrants to the Company as set forth in Exhibit II.
ARTICLE 4
Covenants of the Parties
Section 4.01. Conduct of the Businesses Until the Closing.
Except as otherwise provided herein, from the date of this Agreement until the
Closing, LM shall, and shall cause each Transferor Subsidiary to, conduct the
Businesses in accordance with the historical and customary operating practices
relating to the conduct of the Businesses. In addition, from the date of this
Agreement through the Closing Date, subject to any exceptions deemed
appropriate to ensure compliance with Applicable Laws, without the Company's
prior consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, LM will not, and will
cause each of the Transferor Subsidiaries not to, take or commit to take any
of the following actions:
(i) capital expenditure, or group of related capital
expenditures, relating to the Businesses or the Transferred
Assets in excess of $2,000,000, individually, or $5,000,000,
in the aggregate;
(ii) sale or other disposal of assets (other than
Inventory) with a value in excess of $2,000,000 that would
constitute Transferred Assets if owned, held or used by LM or
any Transferor Subsidiary on the Closing Date;
(iii) amendment of, or modification to, any Contract
where the effect of such amendment or modification would be a
decrease in the backlog value of the relevant Contract of at
least $10,000,000;
(iv) submission of any Bid which, if accepted, would
result in a fixed price Contract that would constitute a
Transferred Asset with a backlog value in excess of
$10,000,000 or a Loss Contract;
(v) permit the Businesses to enter into or engage in a
line of business not conducted by the Businesses on the date
of this Agreement; or
(vi) directly or indirectly through an Affiliate, execution
of a Contract or entering into of a commitment with Airbus
relating to the A340-500/600 on terms materially less
favorable to the Thrust Reverser Business than those in the
proposal delivered to Airbus by LM on or about October 1,
1997.
Section 4.02. Confidentiality. LM agrees that, except as
otherwise provided in Section 7.03 of the Exchange Agreement, all
confidential non-public information provided pursuant to this Agreement or
the Exchange Agreement to LM or any of its Representatives, and, from and
after the Closing, all confidential non-public information relating to the
Company, the Businesses, the Transferred Assets and Assumed Liabilities,
will be held in confidence, except to the extent that such information (i)
can be shown to have become generally known to the public other than as a
result of disclosure by LM, any of its Affiliates or any of its
Representatives, or (ii) is disclosed to LM, any of its Affiliates or any
of its Representatives on a non-confidential basis from a source other than
the Company, any of its Affiliates or any of its Representatives, provided
that such source is not known by LM, any of its Affiliates or any if its
Representatives to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other
obligation of secrecy to, the Company. In the event that LM or any of its
Affiliates becomes legally compelled (by deposition, interrogatory, request
for documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or any law, rule,
regulation or stock exchange requirement or otherwise) to disclose any such
information, LM agrees to provide the Company with prompt notice of such
requirement so that the Company may seek a protective order or other
appropriate remedy. In the event that such protective order or remedy is
not obtained, LM agrees that it will furnish, and will cause any such
Affiliate to furnish, only that portion of such information which LM is
advised by counsel is legally required and to cooperate in the Company's
efforts to obtain assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded
such information.
Section 4.03. Retention of Assets. From and after the date
of this Agreement, LM shall ensure that no assets of any Business are
distributed or otherwise transferred (by dividend, intercompany or
intracompany loan or otherwise, other than by intercompany or intracompany
loan that is consistent with past cash management practices) to LM or any
Affiliate of LM (other than in the ordinary course consistent with past
practices for payments to or allocated to LM or any Affiliate of LM
relating to (i) materials or services used in the Businesses, (ii) costs
advanced to or on behalf of the Businesses or (iii) allocations of
corporate overhead costs). For purposes of the foregoing, LM shall treat
each Business as if it were a separate, incorporated Subsidiary of LM. To
the extent that, from and after the day after the Balance Sheet Date but
prior to the Closing Date, more than a de minimis amount of assets
(including, without limitation, cash) of any Business has been so
distributed or otherwise transferred (by dividend or otherwise) to LM or
any Affiliate of LM, LM shall, and shall cause any such Affiliate of LM to,
prior to the Contribution Closing, to cause such assets (or an equivalent
amount in cash) to be contributed or otherwise transferred to such
Business. Any intercompany or intracompany loans made from and after the
date of this Agreement to or from any of the Businesses consistent with
past cash management practices shall be repaid at or prior to the Closing.
Section 4.04. Change of Lockbox Accounts. Immediately after
the Closing, LM shall take, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to
take, such steps as the Company may reasonably request, to cause the
Company or any other Person, as determined by the Company, to be
substituted as the sole party having control over any lockbox or similar
bank account to which customers of LM or any of its Subsidiaries directly
make payments related to the Businesses.
Section 4.05. Maintenance and Enforcement of Insurance
Policies. (a) On and after the date of this Agreement (including after
the Closing Date), LM shall not, and shall not permit any Transferor
Subsidiary to, take or fail to take any action if such action or inaction,
as the case may be, would adversely affect the applicability of any
insurance (including reinsurance and any established reserves under any
self-insurance or deductible programs) in effect on the date of this
Agreement that covers all or any part of the Transferred Assets, the
Businesses or the Transferred Employees in respect of periods ending as of
the Closing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither LM nor any Transferor
Subsidiary shall have any obligation to maintain the effectiveness of any
such insurance policy on or after the Closing Date or to make any monetary
payment (other than with respect to reserves under self-insurance or
deductible programs) in connection with any such policy.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this
Agreement, this Section 4.05(b) shall constitute the parties' agreement
regarding the allocation of insurance proceeds with respect to claims for
Environmental Liabilities that relate to the operation of the Businesses prior
to, or the condition of the Transferred Assets on, the Closing Date
("Environmental Insurance Claims"). The Company acknowledges that insurance
carriers of LM and its predecessor corporations have generally denied
coverage, that LM is diligently pursuing recovery from such carriers and that
LM has a substantial interest in maximizing its recovery from such carriers.
LM shall control the Environmental Insurance Claims and shall have the right
to compromise or settle any Environmental Insurance Claims. LM will act in
good faith and with reasonable prudence to maximize recovery with respect to
Environmental Insurance Claims and will allocate a portion of any recovery
received with respect to such Environmental Insurance Claims as follows:
(i) LM shall first deduct its costs to collect such
recovery and all net tax costs related to such recovery.
(ii) LM shall then deduct any amounts it owes to a
Governmental Authority, prime contractor or subcontractor
pursuant to a Government Contract in respect of such
Environmental Liabilities.
With respect to any recovery remaining after the amounts
specified in clauses (i) and (ii) have been deducted (the "Remaining
Recovery"):
(A) if the recovery applies to Environmental
Liabilities that are Assumed Liabilities and to
Environmental Liabilities that are not Assumed
Liabilities, and the recovery was not designated as
arising from specific Environmental Liabilities (e.g., a
global settlement with a carrier), LM will pay the
Company an amount equal to the Remaining Recovery
multiplied by X multiplied by (one minus Y); where X
equals the total of the Environmental Insurance Claims
(estimated as of the date of recovery) under said
insurance policies divided by the total environmental and
toxic tort claims by LM under said insurance policies;
and Y equals LM's past expenditures on said Environmental
Liabilities divided by the total estimated expenditures
in respect of said Environmental Liabilities (estimated
as of the Closing Date), or
(B) if the recovery was designated as arising from a
specific Environmental Liability that is an Assumed
Liability, LM will pay the Company the Remaining Recovery
multiplied by (one minus Y).
Any obligations assumed in such compromise or settlement will be
apportioned between LM and the Company in the same proportion as a recovery
would be allocated pursuant to this Section 4.05(b).
(c) The Company agrees that all insurance policies covering the
Transferred Assets, the Businesses and the Transferred Employees (but with
respect to workers compensation insurance, subject to Exhibit IV) maintained
by or on behalf of LM or any Transferor Subsidiary may be terminated or may
terminate by their terms as of the Closing and that, from and after the Closing
Date, LM and each of the Transferor Subsidiaries shall have no obligation of
any kind to maintain any form of insurance (other than reserves for
self-insurance and deductible programs) covering all or any part of the
Transferred Assets, the Businesses or the Transferred Employees.
Section 4.06. Transitional Services Agreement. From and after
the Closing and until the third anniversary of the Closing Date, (i) LM shall,
or shall cause its Subsidiaries to, provide to the Company certain transitional
services to the Businesses and (ii) the Company shall provide to LM certain
transitional services to the VLS Business and the other LM affiliated entities
co-located at the Baltimore Facility, namely, the Lockheed Martin Federal
Credit Union, Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems, LMC Properties,
Inc. and Lockheed Martin Unmanned Systems Division, in each case, pursuant to
a transitional services agreement (the "Transitional Services Agreement") to
be negotiated prior to the Closing. Such services shall be provided by the
providing party using the cost methodology currently used by LM or the
applicable Subsidiary of LM to assess to the applicable Business the same or
similar services, and if there is no such current assessment, then at the
actual cost of the providing party. Except as provided in Exhibit IV, the
Company or LM may elect to terminate any particular service provided to it
upon 180 days' notice to the other party and in the event of a conflict between
this Section and Exhibit IV, the provisions of Exhibit IV will control.
Section 4.07. Thrust Reverser Business. (a) Technical
Consulting Agreement. From and after the Closing Date, (i) LM shall, or shall
cause its Subsidiaries to, provide certain research, development and
engineering support services to the Thrust Reverser Business, and (ii) the
Company shall cause the Thrust Reverser Business to provide certain research,
development and engineering support services to LM, in each case, pursuant to
a Technical Consulting Agreement (the "Technical Consulting Agreement") to be
negotiated prior to the Closing on terms and subject to conditions set forth in
Attachment B.
(b) Option to Purchase Northrop Grumman Thrust Reverser Business.
For a period of six months (the "Option Period") after LM completes its
acquisition of Northrop Grumman Corporation ("Northrop Grumman"), the Company
shall have the option (the "Northrop Grumman Option") to acquire the Northrop
Grumman Commercial Thrust Reverser Business. The Company may exercise the
Northrop Grumman Option at any time during the Option Period by delivery of
written notice to LM. If the Company elects to exercise the Northrop Grumman
Option, the purchase price for the Northrop Grumman Commercial Thrust Reverser
Business (the "Northrop Grumman Purchase Price") shall be an amount equal to
the product of (A) the 1996 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization of the Northrop Grumman Commercial Thrust Reverser Business
multiplied by (B) 11.3. During the Option Period, upon written notice by the
Company to LM and provided that the Company has entered into a customary
confidentiality agreement with LM, for a three-week period, LM will, and will
cause each Subsidiary of LM to, (i) give the Company and its Representatives
reasonable access to the offices, properties, books and records of LM and such
Subsidiary relating to the Northrop Grumman Commercial Thrust Reverser
Business, (ii) furnish to the Company and its Representatives such financial
and other operating data and other information relating to the Northrop
Grumman Commercial Thrust Reverser Business as the Company may reasonably
request and (iii) instruct its employees and Representatives to cooperate with
the Company in its investigation of the Northrop Grumman Commercial Thrust
Reverser Business, in each case, except as may be deemed appropriate to ensure
compliance with Applicable Laws (including, without limitation, any
requirements with respect to security clearances) and subject to any
applicable privileges (including, without limitation, the attorney-client
privilege). If the Northrop Grumman Option is exercised during the Option
Period, from the date of exercise of the Northrop Grumman Option through the
closing of the acquisition by the Company of the Northrop Grumman Commercial
Thrust Reverser Business, LM will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, comply
again with the provisions of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above. The closing
of the acquisition by the Company of the Northrop Grumman Commercial Thrust
Reverser Business will be subject to representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements consistent with this Agreement and the Exchange Agreement and
closing conditions consistent with the Exchange Agreement with such
adjustments as are appropriate to reflect the expected tax treatment of the
transaction and restrictions applicable to employee benefit plans.
(c) Survival of Certain Rights and Obligations. The parties
hereby acknowledge and agree that the 1993 Thrust Reverser Agreement and
any and all implementing agreements related thereto (including, without
limitation, the related License Agreement and the Thrust Reverser Product
Support Agreement) constitute Transferred Assets and that, with the
exceptions set forth in the next sentence, the liabilities and obligations
of LM associated with the 1993 Thrust Reverser Agreement that otherwise
meet the definition of "Assumed Liabilities" in Exhibit I and which are not
Excluded Liabilities constitute Assumed Liabilities. Notwithstanding the
foregoing or anything to the contrary in Article XXVII of the 1993 Thrust
Reverser Agreement, from and after the Closing, LM shall continue to be
bound only by the obligations set forth in the third and fourth sentences
of Article VIII A, and paragraphs B - E of Article VIII (Information and
Data) and Article XX (Release of Information) of the 1993 Thrust Reverser
Agreement as provided therein, and the provisions of Article XXIX
(Miscellaneous) thereof shall continue to apply with respect to such
obligations.
(d) Parts Manufacturing Authorization. From and after the
Closing, LM shall not exercise its rights under any parts manufacturing
authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration issued to LM for the
Products (as such term is defined in the 1993 Thrust Reverser Agreement).
Section 4.08. Agreement with Sun. From the date of this
Agreement until the Closing, LM shall use best efforts to cause Access
Graphics (i) to enter into a master reseller agreement with Sun
Microsystems Computer Company ("Sun") effective not later than January 1,
1998 (the "Sun Master Reseller Agreement") that contains terms
substantially similar to those contained in the master reseller agreement
relating to the 1998 calendar year executed by Access Graphics, a copy of
which was provided to GE, pursuant to which Sun agrees to permit Access
Graphics or its Affiliates to sell returned goods and to continue to sell
goods directly to LM and its Affiliates and (ii) to obtain the assignment
of the rights and obligations of Access Graphics under any existing
contract with Sun and such Sun Master Reseller Agreement to the Company.
Section 4.09. Loan. The Company shall provide to LM, (i) on or
after the third calendar day following the Closing Date but prior to the
payment of any adjustment to the LM Cash Contribution Amount pursuant to
Section 2.06, loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 90.0% of
the LM Cash Contribution Amount as of the Closing Date and (ii) on or after
the Closing Date, after the payment of any adjustment to the LM Cash
Contribution Amount pursuant to Section 2.06, loans in an aggregate principal
amount (including the principal amount of any loan provided pursuant to clause
(i)) not to exceed the LM Cash Contribution Amount as adjusted pursuant to
Section 2.06, in either case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in Attachment C; provided, that the Company shall not be obligated to
provide any such loan to LM, in the case of clause (i), unless the Company
receives a notice in writing from LM requesting such a loan not later than 45
Business Days following the Closing Date and, in the case of clause (ii), not
later than 45 Business Days following the payment of any adjustment to the LM
Cash Contribution Amount pursuant to Section 2.06, or in the event that there
is no such adjustment, not later than 45 Business Days following the parties'
agreement on the Closing Balance Sheets.
Section 4.10. Protection of Businesses; Non-Solicitation.
(a) In consideration of the benefits of this Agreement to LM and in order
to induce the Company to enter into this Agreement, LM hereby covenants and
agrees that, from and after the Closing and until the fourth anniversary of
the Closing Date, LM shall not, directly or indirectly, engage anywhere in
the world in any activities that compete, in any material respect, with any
of the Businesses as conducted on the Closing Date (a "Competing
Business"); provided, that this Section 4.10 shall not (i) prevent LM or
any of its Affiliates from engaging anywhere in the world in any activity
that LM or any of its Affiliates is engaged in on the Closing Date after
the transfer of the Businesses, (ii) apply to investments by LM or any of
its Affiliates in securities of another entity which constitute, in the
aggregate, less than 5% of the outstanding shares of such entity entitled
to vote generally in the election of directors or similar persons, (iii)
prohibit the acquisition (by merger or otherwise) of the securities or
assets of a business where the gross revenues of such business attributable
to Competing Businesses constitute less than 15% of the total gross
revenues of such business and where the entry into Competing Businesses is
not the principal purpose of such acquisition, (iv) in any manner limit the
ability of LM to consummate the acquisition of Northrop Grumman and to own
and operate the business of Northrop Grumman as conducted on the closing
date of LM's acquisition of Northrop Grumman, provided that (A) LM and its
Affiliates (including Northrop Grumman and its Affiliates after LM's
acquisition of Northrop Grumman) may not, directly or indirectly, until the
fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, engage anywhere in the world in the
commercial thrust reverser business with respect to engines with thrust in
excess of 30,000 pounds, other than with respect to commercial derivatives
of Northrop Grumman's C-17 military engine or contracts for any products
(including thrust reversers and components) with The Boeing Company,
provided that LM shall not, directly or indirectly, bid in response to any
requests for proposals of The Boeing Company for any such products issued
to two or more suppliers, (B) if the Company exercises the Northrop Grumman
Option, LM shall not, directly or indirectly, until the fourth anniversary
of the Closing Date, engage anywhere in the world in the commercial thrust
reverser business, other than with respect to commercial derivatives of
Northrop Grumman's C-17 military engine or contracts for any products
(including thrust reversers and components) with The Boeing Company,
provided that LM shall not, directly or indirectly, bid in response to any
requests for proposals of The Boeing Company for any such products issued
to two or more suppliers, and (C) if, at the time of the closing of LM's
acquisition of Northrop Grumman, Northrop Grumman has, directly or
indirectly, acquired since the date of this Agreement any business that
competes anywhere in the world with the Access Graphics Business, the
Company shall have an option, exercisable at any time during the 90-day
period following such closing, to acquire such business at its fair market
value or (v) in any manner limit the ability of LM or any of its
Subsidiaries to dispose of real property and related personalty.
(b) From and after the date of this Agreement until the second
anniversary of the Closing Date, LM shall not, without prior written approval
of the Company, directly or indirectly solicit any person who is an employee of
any of the Businesses (or the Northrop Grumman Commercial Thrust Reverser
Business if the Company exercises the Northrop Grumman Option) at any time on
or after the date of this Agreement to terminate his or her relationship with
any of the Businesses (or the Northrop Grumman Commercial Thrust Reverser
Business if the Company exercises the Northrop Grumman Option); provided, that
the foregoing shall not apply to persons hired as a result of the use of an
independent employment agency (so long as the agency was not directed to
solicit such person) or as a result of the use of a general solicitation (such
as an advertisement) not specifically directed to employees of the Businesses
(or the Northrop Grumman Commercial Thrust Reverser Business if the Company
exercises the Northrop Grumman Option). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Company exercises the Northrop Grumman Option, the Company agrees that, if LM
requests the Company's approval to solicit certain employees of the Northrop
Grumman Commercial Thrust Reverser Business, the Company will not unreasonably
withhold its written approval.
(c) If any provision contained in this Section 4.10 shall for
any reason be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other
provisions of this Section 4.10, but this Section 4.10 shall be construed
as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been
contained in this Section 4.10. It is the intention of the parties that if
any restriction or covenant contained in this Section 4.10 is held to cover
a geographic area or to be for a length of time that is not permitted by
Applicable Law, or is in any way construed to be too broad or to any extent
invalid, such provision shall not be construed to be null, void and of no
effect, but to the extent such provision would be valid or enforceable
under Applicable Law, a court of competent jurisdiction shall construe and
interpret or reform this Section 4.10 to provide for a covenant having the
maximum enforceable geographic area, time period and other provisions (not
greater than those contained in this Section 4.10) as shall be valid, legal
and enforceable under such Applicable Law. LM acknowledges that the
Company would be irreparably harmed by any breach of this Section 4.10 and
that there would be no adequate remedy at law or in damages to compensate
the Company for any such breach. LM agrees that the Company shall be
entitled to injunctive relief requiring specific performance by LM of this
Section 4.10, and LM consents to the entry of such injunctive relief.
Section 4.11. Baltimore Facility Lease. On the Closing Date,
LMC Properties, Inc. and the Company shall enter into a lease agreement (the
"Baltimore Facility Lease") relating to the Premises (as defined in Attachment
D) on terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Attachment D.
Section 4.12. Pratt and Whitney Claims. LM, as the
Indemnifying Party, shall be entitled to settle in accordance with Section
7.04(b)(iv) all claims referred to in clause (j) of the definition of Excluded
Liabilities; provided, that LM has not agreed and shall not agree, as a part
of or in connection with such settlement, to any settlement terms that would
affect the remaining performance, as of the Closing Date, of the P&W Agreement
in a manner that would be adverse to the interests of the Company or any of its
Affiliates arising under such contract.
Section 4.13. Certain LM Arrangements. (a) On the Closing
Date, LM will enter into agreements with the Company, effective as of the
Closing Date, such that:
(i) until the second anniversary of the Closing Date, LM
will
(A) continue in all material respects the purchasing
agreements (including, without limitation, the assignment
to the Company of the master purchase order) and
relationships with the Access Graphics Business existing
as of the date of this Agreement whereby LM, on behalf of
itself and certain of its Subsidiaries for its or their
internal use only, purchases a substantial portion of
LM's and such Subsidiaries' requirements for purchase of
Sun, Silicon Graphics, Inc. and other Unix-based products
and related services (including, without limitation, Help
Desk services), on terms no less favorable to the Company
(or its Affiliates providing such products or services)
than the terms in existence on the date of this Agreement
and at levels consistent with purchases of such products
and services during calendar year 1997, provided, that
(x) LM shall be required to purchase Sun products and
services from the Company only to the extent the Company
is permitted by Sun to sell such products and services to
LM, and (y) following LM's acquisition of Northrop
Grumman, this clause shall not apply to any similar
requirements of Northrop Grumman, and
(B) purchase from the Company (or its Affiliates)
all requirements for products and services currently
procured under Intra Lockheed Martin Work Transfer
Agreements existing as of the date of this Agreement or
as contemplated in the Aerostructures 1998 Long Range
Plan and set forth in Section 4.13 of the Contribution
Disclosure Schedule,
provided, that the obligations of LM pursuant to clauses (A)
and (B) shall continue during such two-year period for so long
as the cost, quality and schedule requirements generally
prevailing on the date of this Agreement are met, and provided
further, that LM shall be afforded terms no less favorable
than historically provided to LM for such products and
services and the profit margins charged on products and
services of the Thrust Reverser Business purchased from the
Company shall be no different than those assumed for such
products and services in the Aerostructures 1998 Long Range
Plan; and
(ii) for a period of three years following the second
anniversary of the Closing Date, LM shall afford the Company
(and its Affiliates) the opportunity to bid to provide any of
the products or services referred to in clauses (A) and (B) of
clause (i) above, provided, that, with respect to any bids for
such products or services having an aggregate value in excess
of $1,000,000, in the case of the Thrust Reverser Business,
$2,000,000, in the case of services provided by the Access
Graphics Business, and $5,000,000, in the case of products
provided by the Access Graphics Business, the Company shall
have the right to match the offer of any other Person to
supply such products or services to LM and its Subsidiaries
and, so long as the terms on which the Company (or such
Affiliate) offers to provide such products or services are at
least as favorable to LM and its Subsidiaries on the basis of
cost, schedule and quality as any offer received from such
other Person with respect to such products and services, LM
shall accept the Company's (or such Affiliate's) offer in
priority to the offer of such other Person.
(b) From and after the Closing until the third anniversary of
the Closing Date, LM agrees that if it or any of its Subsidiaries purchases
CF6-80C engines for re-engining with respect to C5M aircraft, LM or such
Subsidiary will purchase the thrust reverser for such engines on terms
consistent with the pricing and other standards set forth in GE's September
29, 1997 proposal provided to LM.
Section 4.14. Customer Introductions. From and after the
Closing until the second anniversary of the Closing Date, LM shall, and
shall cause each Transferor Subsidiary to, upon the request of the Company,
to the extent reasonably practicable, introduce the Company, or arrange for
a personal introduction of the Representatives of the Company, to customers
of the Businesses for the purpose of ensuring good customer relationships
following the Closing.
Section 4.15. Financial Support Arrangements. (a) The Company
agrees that not later than July 31, 1998 (the "Release Date"), and in a manner
reasonably satisfactory to LM, the Company will assume, or otherwise ensure
that LM, each Transferor Subsidiary and their Affiliates are released from all
obligations of LM, such Transferor Subsidiary or any of their Affiliates under
all letters of credit, surety bonds and other financial support arrangements
maintained as of the Closing Date by LM, such Transferor Subsidiary or any of
their Affiliates in connection with the Businesses (collectively, the
"Financial Support Arrangements"). As promptly as practicable after the
Closing Date, LM shall provide the Company with a list of such Financial
Support Arrangements to the extent not listed in Section II.10 of the
Contribution Disclosure Schedule.
(b) LM will use best efforts to cause each Financial Support
Arrangement to remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms
until the earliest of (i) the Release Date on which the Company assumes, or
otherwise ensures that LM, each Transferor Subsidiary and their Affiliates
are released from, all obligations of LM, each Transferor Subsidiary and
their Affiliates under such Financial Support Arrangement in accordance
with Section 4.15(a), (ii) July 31, 1998 and (iii) the date such Financial
Support Arrangement terminates in accordance with its terms. After the
Closing Date and prior to the Release Date for any such Financial Support
Arrangement, LM will not, and will not permit any Transferor Subsidiary to,
waive any requirements of or agree to amend such Financial Support
Arrangement without the prior written consent of the Company. Upon the
receipt of a written (i) will cause (or, if the consent of another party is
required, will endeavor to cause) the principal or stated amount, as
applicable, of such Financial Support Arrangement to be increased or
decreased as requested and (ii) will cause other provisions thereof to be
modified or amended as requested.
(c) If, after the Closing Date, (i) any amounts are drawn on or
paid under any Financial Support Arrangement where LM, each Transferor
Subsidiary or their Affiliates are obligated to reimburse the Person making
such payment or otherwise to make payment in accordance with the Financial
Support Arrangement or (ii) LM, each Transferor Subsidiary or their Affiliates
pay any fees, costs or expenses relating to any Financial Support Arrangement,
the Company shall pay LM, the applicable Transferor Subsidiary or applicable
Affiliate such amounts promptly after receipt from LM of notice thereof
accompanied by written evidence of the underlying payment obligation.
(d) In the event that the Company fails to assume, or otherwise
ensure that LM, each Transferor Subsidiary and their Affiliates are released
from, all obligations of LM, each Transferor Subsidiary and their Affiliates
under the Financial Support Arrangements not later than July 31, 1998, the
Company shall (i) promptly deposit with LM or the applicable Transferor
Subsidiary or applicable Affiliate cash in an amount equal to the aggregate
principal or stated amount, as may be applicable, of the Financial Support
Arrangements with respect to which the Release Date has not occurred or (ii)
subject to the prior approval of the Treasurer of LM, provide back-up letters
of credit in form and substance satisfactory to the Treasurer of LM with
respect to such Financial Support Arrangements. Any cash deposited with LM or
the applicable Transferor Subsidiary or applicable Affiliate in accordance
with clause (i) shall be held by LM or the applicable Transferor Subsidiary or
applicable Affiliate in a segregated account, shall be used by LM or the
applicable Transferor Subsidiary or applicable Affiliate solely to satisfy its
payment obligations in respect of such Financial Support Arrangements and the
unused portion of such cash relating to a Financial Support Arrangement shall
be returned to the Company promptly after the occurrence of the Release Date
with respect to such Financial Support Arrangement.
Section 4.16. No Inconsistent Positions. LM and the Company
covenant and agree not to, and to cause their Affiliates not to, take any
position after the Closing inconsistent with the fair market value of the
Businesses on the Closing Date being not less than the amount stated in
paragraph (85) of the Officers' Certificate of Marcus C. Bennett and John E.
Montague referred to in Section 8.02(d)(i) of the Exchange Agreement or in
paragraph (c) of the Officer's Certificate of Dennis D. Dammerman referred to
in Section 8.03(b)(i) of the Exchange Agreement.
Section 4.17. Equity Securities. (a) At Closing, LM shall
deliver to the Company certificates for the Equity Securities, free and clear
of all Liens, preemptive rights or any other limitation or restriction (other
than any applicable limitations on offers and sales under federal and state
securities laws, it being understood that the terms of this parenthetical
clause do not limit or affect LM's obligations under clauses (b) and (c) of
this Section 4.17), duly endorsed or accompanied by stock powers duly endorsed
in blank, with any required transfer stamps fixed thereto, together with the
most recent Warrant Share Offering Prospectus provided by Globalstar to LM
with respect to the Globalstar S-3.
(b) Prior to the Closing Date, LM shall provide a notice to
Globalstar indicating that LM is distributing its Warrant Shares (as such term
is defined in the Warrant Acceleration and Registration Rights Agreement) to
the Company effective on the Closing Date pursuant to the plan of distribution
in the Globalstar S-3.
(c) Prior to the Closing Date, LM shall use best efforts to
(i) deliver to the Company at Closing the Equity Securities on a basis that
such securities are freely transferable under the federal and state
securities laws, and certificates for the Equity Securities without any
restrictive legend of any kind whatsoever, and (ii) assuming compliance
with Sections 4(f) and 8(c) of the Warrant Acceleration and Registration
Rights Agreement, assign to the Company its rights and obligations as a
Warrant Holder under the Warrant Acceleration and Registration Rights
Agreement effective as of the Closing.
Section 4.18. Certain Contribution. Prior to the Closing, LM
shall cause the approximately $66,000,000 payable by Access Graphics B.V.
(Netherlands) to LM to be contributed to the capital of Access Graphics
B.V. (Netherlands). LM agrees that in the event that such contribution
has not been made prior to or at the Contribution Closing, such amount
shall be an Excluded Liability.
ARTICLE 5
Tax Matters
Section 5.01. Tax Matters. The parties agree as to Tax matters
as set forth in Exhibit III.
ARTICLE 6
Employment and Employee Benefit Matters
Section 6.01. Employment and Employee Benefit Matters. The
parties agree as to employment and employee benefit matters as set forth in
Exhibit IV.
ARTICLE 7
Survival; Indemnification
Section 7.01. Survival. (a) None of the covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties of the parties contained in this Agreement or
the certificates to be delivered pursuant to Sections 8.02(a)(iii) and
8.03(a)(iii) of the Exchange Agreement shall survive the Closing except for
those contained in Articles 2, 4 (other than Sections 4.01, 4.03, 4.08, 4.11
and 4.17) and 7, Sections 8.01, II.01 (other than with respect to the
qualification to do business in any state other than Maryland), II.02,
II.03(a), II.04 (with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) thereof), II.05, Exhibit
III and Exhibit IV (other than Section IV.01), and those covenants and
agreements which, by their terms, are to have effect after the Closing Date
(each, a "Surviving Representation or Covenant"). It is understood and agreed
that, except as explicitly provided in this Agreement, after the Closing there
shall be no liability or obligation under this Agreement in respect of a
breach or alleged breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement contained in this Agreement or such certificates. It is further
understood and agreed that none of the representations and warranties that
have been made by any of the parties in any other Transaction Document shall
survive the Closing, except to the extent the survival thereof is expressly
provided for in any Transaction Document.
(b) Except with respect to the Excluded Liabilities and except as
otherwise provided in the Transaction Documents, the Company for itself, its
Affiliates and their respective Representatives, effective as of the Closing,
release and discharge LM, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives
from any and all claims, demands, debts, liabilities, accounts, obligations,
costs, expenses, liens, actions, causes of action (whether in law, in equity or
otherwise), rights of subrogation and contribution and remedies of any nature
whatsoever, known or unknown, relating to or arising out of Environmental
Liabilities or Environmental Laws, in either case, arising in connection with
or in any way relating to the Businesses or the Transferred Assets.
Section 7.02. Indemnification. (a) Effective as of the
Closing, LM hereby indemnifies the Company and its Affiliates and, to the
extent actually indemnified by the Company or any such Affiliate from time to
time, their respective Representatives against and agrees to hold each of them
harmless on an after-Tax basis from any and all Damages incurred or suffered
by any of them arising out of or related in any way to:
(i) any misrepresentation or breach of (A) any Surviving
Representation or Covenant made or to be performed by LM or
any Transferor Subsidiary pursuant to this Agreement, other
than Section 2.01(b) or 4.16, or (B) subject in each case to
Section 9.02(b) of the Exchange Agreement, the Tax Assurance
Agreement or Section 2.01(b) or 4.16 of this Agreement; or
(ii) any Excluded Liability (including, without
limitation, LM's or any Transferor Subsidiary's failure to
perform or in due course pay and discharge any Excluded
Liability).
(b) Effective as of the Closing, the Company hereby indemnifies LM
and its Affiliates and, to the extent actually indemnified by LM or any such
Affiliate from time to time, their respective Representatives against and
agrees to hold each of them harmless on an after-Tax basis from any and all
Damages incurred or suffered by any of them arising out of or related in any
way to:
(i) any misrepresentation or breach of (A) any Surviving
Representation or Covenant made or to be performed by the
Company after the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement,
other than Section 2.01(b) or 4.16, or (B) subject to Section
9.02(d) of the Exchange Agreement, the Tax Assurance Agreement
or Section 2.01(b) or 4.16 of this Agreement; or
(ii) subject to Sections 7.03 and 7.06, any Assumed
Liability (including, without limitation, any failure by the
Company to perform or in due course pay and discharge any
Assumed Liability).
Section 7.03. Indemnification of Company by LM for Certain
Assumed Liabilities. (a) LM hereby indemnifies the Company and its Affiliates
and, to the extent actually indemnified by the Company or such Affiliate from
time to time, each of their respective directors, officers, employees and
agents, against and agrees to hold them harmless on an after-Tax basis from:
(i) in the case of any Matter described in clause
7.03(b)(ii), Actual Net Expenditures; and
(ii) in the case of any Matter described in clause
7.03(b)(i), Actual Net Expenditures and Economic Harm (without
duplication),
in each case only to the extent such Actual Net Expenditures were made by
or such Economic Harm was actually realized by any of them before the tenth
anniversary of the Closing Date; provided, however, that LM shall not have
any obligation to indemnify with respect to any such Matter until the
amount of such Actual Net Expenditures made or Actual Net Expenditures made
and Economic Harm realized, as the case may be, exceeds $15,000,000 (each,
an "Excess Amount"); and further, provided, that LM shall have received (A)
notice from the Company specifying such Excess Amount and (B) evidence
reasonably satisfactory to LM that the Company has made such Actual Net
Expenditures or suffered such Economic Harm. Promptly after receipt of
such notice and evidence, LM shall pay any Excess Amount in cash or by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to such account of the Company as
the Company shall specify in a written notice. Any notice made pursuant to
this Section 7.03(a) may not be delivered later than sixty days after the
tenth anniversary of the Closing Date.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement and the Exchange Agreement, a
single matter ("Matter") shall consist of:
(i) Environmental Liabilities which arise out of a
common root cause and which relate to the operation of the
Businesses prior to, or the condition of the Transferred
Assets as of, the Closing Date; or
(ii) liabilities to the U.S. Government arising out of a
common root cause, related to Government Contracts, and based
upon allegations of knowing or intentional misconduct on the
part of LM employees which occurred prior to the Closing Date
in connection with the operation of the Businesses.
(c) No Person shall be entitled to payment of any Excess
Amount if, without LM's prior written consent, the Company (i) other than
in good faith, rejected a settlement proposal in respect of such Matter or
failed to settle such Matter for an amount that would have resulted in
Actual Net Expenditures of less than $15,000,000 in respect of such Matter;
(ii) settled any such Matter, or consented to the entry of judgment in
respect of such Matter, where such settlement or judgment resulted in an
Excess Amount; or (iii) did not allow LM to participate in a substantial
manner with the Company in the defense of such Matter (substantially in the
manner contemplated by Section 7.04(b)(ii)).
Section 7.04. Procedures for Third Party Claims. (a) Notice.
The party or parties seeking indemnification under Section 7.02 or the Company
under Section 7.06 (the "Indemnified Parties") agrees to give prompt notice to
the parties against whom indemnity is sought (the "Indemnifying Parties") of
the assertion of any third party claim, or the commencement of any suit, action
or proceeding in respect of which indemnity may be sought under Section 7.02
or 7.06 (the "Third Party Claims"). The failure by any Indemnified Party so
to notify the Indemnifying Parties shall not constitute a waiver of any
Indemnified Party's claims to indemnification in the absence of material
prejudice to the Indemnifying Parties. Any such notice shall be accompanied
by a copy of any papers theretofore served on the Indemnified Party in
connection with the applicable Third Party Claim.
(b) Defense and Settlement of Claims.
(i) Assumption of Defense by LM. Except as provided in
Sections 7.04(b)(ii) and (v), upon receipt of notice from any
Indemnified Party with respect to any Third Party Claim as to
which indemnity is available pursuant to Section 7.02(a) or as
to which indemnity may be available to the Company pursuant to
Section 7.06(a), LM will, subject to the provisions of Section
7.04(b)(ii), (iii), (iv), (vi) and (vii) assume the defense
and control of such Third Party Claim but shall allow the
Indemnified Parties a reasonable opportunity to participate in
the defense thereof with their own counsel and at their own
expense. LM shall select counsel, contractors and consultants
of recognized standing and competence after consultation with
the Company, shall take all steps necessary in the defense or
settlement thereof, and shall at all times diligently and
promptly pursue the resolution thereof. In conducting the
defense thereof, LM shall at all times act as if all Damages
or Product Damages, as the case may be, relating to such Third
Party Claim were for its own account and shall act in good
faith and with reasonable prudence to minimize Damages or
Product Damages, as the case may be, therefrom. The Company
shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates, directors,
officers, employees, and agents to, cooperate fully with LM in
the defense of any Third Party Claim defended by LM.
(ii) Assumption of Defense by the Company. Except as
provided in Section 7.04(b)(i) or 7.04(b)(v), upon receipt of
notice from any Indemnified Party with respect to any Third
Party Claim as to which indemnity is available pursuant to
Section 7.02(b), the Company will, subject to the provisions
of Section 7.04(b)(iii), (iv), (vi) and (vii), assume the
defense and control of such Third Party Claim, but shall allow
the Indemnified Parties a reasonable opportunity to
participate in the defense thereof with their own counsel and
at their own expense. Notwithstanding Section 7.04(b)(i), the
Company may retain the defense and control of any Third Party
Claim to the extent it relates to a Product Matter; provided
that (A) the amount of potential Product Damages in respect of
such claim is less than $5,000,000, and (B) the Company, in
good faith, expects that the resolution of the Product Matter
to which such claim relates will not result in Product Damages
in excess of $15,000,000; and provided further that the
Company shall allow LM a reasonable opportunity to participate
in the defense thereof with its own counsel and at its own
expense. The Company shall select counsel, contractors and
consultants of recognized standing and competence after
consultation with LM, shall take all steps necessary in the
defense or settlement thereof, and shall at all times act as
if all Damages or Product Damages, as the case may be,
relating to such Third Party Claim were for its own account
and shall act in good faith and with reasonable prudence to
minimize Damages or Product Damages, as the case may be,
therefrom. LM shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates,
directors, officers, employees, and agents to, cooperate fully
with the Company in the defense of any Third Party Claim
defended by the Company.
(iii) Continuing Notice of Certain Claims. Each
Indemnifying Party conducting a defense pursuant to Section
7.04(b)(i) or 7.04(b)(ii) shall give prompt and continuing
notice to the Indemnified Parties in respect of such Third
Party Claim that the Indemnifying Party reasonably believes
may: (A) result in the assertion of criminal liability on the
part of the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates,
directors, officers, employees or agents; (B) adversely
affect the ability of the Indemnified Party to do business in
any jurisdiction or with any customer; or (C) materially
affect the reputation of the Indemnified Party or any of its
Affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents.
(iv) Settlement of Claims. Except as provided in
Section 7.04(b)(v) or Section 4.12, the Indemnifying Party
shall be authorized to consent to a settlement of, or the
entry of any judgment arising from any Third Party Claim,
without the consent of any Indemnified Party; provided, that
the Indemnifying Party shall (A) pay or cause to be paid all
amounts arising out of such settlement or judgment
concurrently with the effectiveness thereof; (B) shall not
encumber any of the assets of any Indemnified Party or agree
to any restriction or condition that would apply to such
Indemnified Party or to the conduct of that party's business;
and (C) shall obtain, as a condition of any settlement or
other resolution, a complete release of each Indemnified
Party.
(v) Tax Claims. Sections 7.04(b)(i) through
7.04(b)(iv), 7.04(b)(vi) and 7.04(b)(vii) shall not be
applicable to any Third Party Claim relating to income or
franchise taxes. Each of LM and the Company shall keep the
other fully advised with respect to, and shall grant the other
full rights of consultation in connection with, any such Third
Party Claim and the defense or other handling of any audit,
litigation or other proceeding involving the tax treatment of
the Contemplated Transactions.
(vi) Shared Defense. Each party may elect to share the
defense of a Third Party Claim the defense of which has been
assumed or retained by the other party pursuant to Section
7.04(b)(i) or (ii). In that event, the Indemnified Party will
so notify the other party in writing. Thereafter, the Company
and LM shall participate on an equal basis in the defense,
management and control of any such claim. LM and the Company
shall select mutually satisfactory counsel, contractors and
consultants to conduct the defense or settlement thereof, and
shall at all times diligently and promptly pursue the
resolution thereof. LM and the Company shall each be
responsible for one-half of all Damages or Product Damages, as
the case may be, incurred after the Indemnified Party has
provided notice as specified herein, including costs of
defense and investigation, with respect to such claim,
provided, that (A) the Company's Actual Net Expenditures and
Economic Harm with respect to any Matter governed by Section
7.03 shall in no event exceed $15,000,000, (B) the Company's
liability pursuant to Section 7.06(a) shall in no event exceed
the amount set forth therein and (C) the election by the
Company to share in the defense of a Third Party Claim as to
which indemnity is available pursuant to Section 7.06(a) shall
not increase LM's liability under such Section 7.06(a).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall manage all
Remedial Actions conducted with respect to facilities which
constitute Transferred Assets, provided, that LM and its
Representatives shall have the right, consistent with the
Company's right to manage such Remedial Actions as aforesaid,
to participate fully in all decisions regarding any Remedial
Action, including reasonable access to sites where any
Remedial Action is being conducted, reasonable access to all
documents, data, reports or information regarding the Remedial
Action, reasonable access to employees and consultants of the
Businesses with knowledge of relevant facts about the Remedial
Action and the right to attend all meetings with any
government agency or third party regarding the Remedial
Action.
(vii) Dispute Resolution. If LM and the Company are
unable to agree with respect to a procedural matter arising
under Section 7.04(b)(vi), LM and the Company shall, within
ten days after notice of disagreement given by either party,
agree upon a third-party referee ("Third Party Referee"), who
shall be an attorney and who shall have the authority to
review and resolve the disputed matter. The parties shall
present their differences in writing (each party
simultaneously providing to the other a copy of all documents
submitted) to the Third Party Referee and shall cause the
Third Party Referee promptly to review any facts, law or
arguments either LM or the Company may present. The Third
Party Referee shall be retained to resolve specific
differences between the parties within the range of such
differences. Either party may request that all oral arguments
presented to the Third Party Referee by either party be in
each other's presence. The decision of the Third Party
Referee shall be final and binding unless both LM and the
Company agree otherwise. The parties shall share equally all
costs and fees of the Third Party Referee.
(viii) Defense of Criminal/Civil Matters. LM, as the
Indemnifying Party, shall, subject to the obligations set
forth in Section 7.04(b)(iii) and (iv), assume the defense and
control of any claim arising out of any alleged criminal
violation, as referred to in clause (h) of the definition of
"Excluded Liabilities" in Exhibit I ("Criminal Claim"), but
shall allow the Indemnified Parties a reasonable opportunity
to participate in the defense of the claim with their own
counsel and at their own expense. In defending a Criminal
Claim, LM shall select counsel, contractors and consultants of
recognized standing and competence after consultation with the
Company, shall take all steps necessary in the defense or
settlement of the claim, and shall at all times diligently and
promptly pursue the resolution of the claim. LM shall defend
such claim with the same diligence and effort as if the claim
were asserted directly against it and any Damages were sought
directly from it, and LM shall act prudently and in good faith
to minimize such Damages. The Company shall, and shall cause
each of its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and
agents to, cooperate fully with LM in the defense of any
Criminal Claim defended by LM. In the event that any civil
action arises out of the Criminal Claim, or arises out of the
facts underlying the Criminal Claim, as referred to in clause
(h) of the definition of "Excluded Liabilities" in Exhibit I
("Civil Claim"), the Company shall assume the defense and
control of such Civil Claim. LM shall, and shall cause each
of its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents
to cooperate fully with the Company in the defense of any
Civil Claim defended by the Company.
Section 7.05. Procedures for Direct Claims. In the event any
Indemnified Party should have a claim for indemnity against any Indemnifying
Party that does not involve a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall
deliver notice of such claim with reasonable promptness to the Indemnifying
Party. The failure by any Indemnified Party so to notify the Indemnifying
Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability that it may
have to such Indemnified Party with respect to any claim made pursuant to this
Section 7.05 in the absence of material prejudice to the Indemnifying Party.
The Indemnifying Party shall use best efforts to notify the Indemnified Party
within 30 calendar days following its receipt of such notice whether the
Indemnifying Party disputes or accepts its liability to the Indemnified Party
under this Article 7; provided, that the failure by the Indemnifying Party to
so notify the Indemnified Party shall not create any presumption that the
Indemnifying Party has accepted its liability to the Indemnified Party under
this Article 7. If the Indemnifying Party accepts its liability to the
Indemnified Party under this Article 7, the Indemnifying Party shall pay the
amount of such liability to the Indemnified Party on demand or, in the case of
any notice in which the amount of the claim (or any portion of the claim) is
estimated, on such later date when the amount of such claim (or such portion
of such claim) becomes finally determined. If the Indemnifying Party has
disputed its liability with respect to such claim as provided above, the
Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall proceed in good faith to
negotiate a resolution of such dispute and, if not resolved through
negotiations, such dispute shall be resolved by litigation.
Section 7.06. Indemnification of the Company by LM for
Certain Product Matters. (a) Effective as of the Closing, LM hereby
indemnifies the Company and its Affiliates and, to the extent actually
indemnified by the Company or such Affiliate from time to time, each of
their respective Representatives against and agree to hold them harmless on
an after-Tax basis from any and all Product Damages arising out of or
related in any way to a Product Matter (as defined below), but only if the
event (other than the common root cause, including, by way of example, an
accident involving a commercial aircraft while in service but not including
design of a product incorporated in the aircraft) giving rise to such
Product Matter occurs before the tenth anniversary of the Closing Date;
provided, that LM shall not have any obligation to indemnify the Company or
its Affiliates with respect to any Product Matter unless the aggregate
amount of Product Damages arising out of or related in any way to such
Product Matter exceeds $15,000,000 (such amount exceeding $15,000,000, the
"Product Matter Excess Amount") and in that event such obligation to
indemnify with respect to such Product Matter shall equal 75% of the
Product Matter Excess Amount. Product Damages shall not be increased as a
result of (i) action by the Company after the Closing to amend, modify or
waive any provision of a contract or agreement relating to a Product or
(ii) any work performed after the Closing by the Company as a concession to
a customer granted after the Closing. With respect to each such Product
Matter, the Company shall be obligated to pay (or cause to be paid) the
first $15,000,000 of all Product Damages and 25% of the Product Matter
Excess Amount.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement a Product Matter shall
consist of:
(i) Personal and Property Claims which arise out of a
common root cause; or
(ii) Product Liability Claims which arise out of a
common root cause;
provided, that if a particular common root cause gives rise to liabilities
or claims under both clauses (i) and (ii) above, all such liabilities or
claims arising out of such common root cause shall be deemed to constitute
a single Product Matter for purposes of determining whether Product Damages
exceed $15,000,000.
(c) The Company shall provide written notice (a "Product Matter
Indemnity Notice") to LM promptly after becoming aware of any Product Matter,
together with the Company's good faith assessment of whether the Product
Matter will likely result in more than $15,000,000 in Product Damages. In the
event that either the Company or LM becomes aware of any third party claim, or
the commencement of any suit, action or proceeding, in respect of a Product
Matter, the Company or LM, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the other
party of such claim, which shall be treated as a Third Party Claim for
purposes of Section 7.04.
(d) Any party seeking reimbursement of Product Damages from
the other party in accordance with Section 7.06(a) shall notify the other
party specifying the amount so claimed, together with evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the notified party that the notifying party has actually
incurred such Product Damages and is entitled to payment in accordance with
the allocation of Product Damages set forth in Section 7.06(a). Promptly
after receipt of such notice and evidence, the notified party shall pay any
amount due in cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
such account of the notifying party as the notifying party shall specify in
a written notice.
ARTICLE 8
Miscellaneous
Section 8.01. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Article 11 of
the Exchange Agreement are incorporated into this Agreement by reference.
Section 8.02. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon
the termination of the Exchange Agreement in accordance with Article 10
thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective authorized officers on the day and year first
above written.
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
By: /s/ John E. Montague
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Name: John E. Montague
Title: Vice President, Financial Strategies
LMT SUB INC.
By: /s/ Stephen M. Piper
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Name: Stephen M. Piper
Title: Vice President
EXHIBIT I
Definitions
I.01. Definitions. (a) The following terms, as used in any
Transaction Document, have the following meanings:
"Access Graphics" means Access Graphics, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"Access Graphics Business" means the business that LM conducts
through Access Graphics (directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries)
that distributes computer hardware, software and services through independent
resellers to a wide variety of end users by providing "channel integration"
services, which allow hardware manufacturers, software publishers and service
providers to outsource various functions for the management and support of
their indirect sales channels.
"Access Graphics Closing Net Worth" means the excess of (i) the
book value of the Transferred Assets of the Access Graphics Business over (ii)
the amount of the Assumed Liabilities of the Access Graphics Business, in each
case as shown on the Access Graphics Closing Balance Sheet.
"Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiaries" means Access Graphics
S.A. de C.V. (Mexico), Access Graphics (U.K.) Limited, Access Graphics Canada
Inc. and Access Graphics B.V. (Netherlands).
"Access Graphics Initial Net Worth" means the excess of (i)
the book value of the Transferred Assets of the Access Graphics Business over
(ii) the amount of the Assumed Liabilities of the Access Graphics Business, in
each case as shown on the Access Graphics Balance Sheet.
"Actual Net Expenditures" means the actual expenditures made by
a Person (net of any resulting tax benefit and net of any refund or
reimbursement of any portion of such actual expenditures, including, without
limitation, reimbursement by way of insurance, third party indemnification or
the inclusion of any portion of such actual expenditures as a cost under
Government Contracts) in respect of any Matter.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control
with such other Person. It is understood that a Person's Affiliates do not
include its employee benefit and compensation plans or any related trusts or
plan funding mechanisms and it is further understood that the Company is an
Affiliate of LM prior to the Closing and is an Affiliate of GE at and after
the Closing.
"Aggregate Shares of Globalstar Common Stock" means 5,022,380.
"Aggregate Shares of LM Common Stock" means the sum of (i) the
aggregate number of shares of LM Common Stock into which any of the 20,000,000
shares of LM Preferred Stock outstanding as of the Closing Date is convertible
as of such date and (ii) to the extent that any of the 20,000,000 shares of LM
Preferred Stock have been converted into LM Common Stock prior to the Closing
Date, the aggregate number of shares of LM Common Stock into which any of such
shares of LM Preferred Stock have been converted.
"Applicable Law" means, with respect to any Person, any
domestic or foreign, federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance, rule,
administrative interpretation, regulation, order, writ, injunction, directive,
judgment, decree or other requirement of any Governmental Authority (including
any Environmental Law) applicable to such Person or any of its Affiliates or
any of their respective properties, assets or Representatives (in connection
with such Representative's activities on behalf of such Person or any of its
Affiliates).
"Assumed Liabilities" means all debts, obligations, contracts,
and liabilities of LM or any of its Affiliates to the extent arising out of
the conduct of the Businesses of any kind, character or description, whether
known or unknown, accrued, absolute, contingent, determined, determinable, or
otherwise, whether presently in existence or arising hereafter, including,
without limitation, to the same extent, the following:
(a) all liabilities set forth on, or referred to in, the
Balance Sheets;
(b) all liabilities and obligations of LM or any of its
Affiliates arising under or relating to Contracts and Bids (other
than Contracts or Bids entered into or made after the date of
this Agreement in violation of this Agreement or the Exchange
Agreement), including, without limitation, obligations arising
from progress billings;
(c) all obligations and liabilities arising from any action,
suit, investigation, or proceeding relating to or arising out of
the Businesses or the Transferred Assets against LM or any
Transferor Subsidiary or any Transferred Asset before or with any
court or arbitrator or any Governmental Authority;
(d) all liabilities and obligations relating to any products
designed, manufactured or sold, or services rendered, by the
Businesses on or prior to the Closing Date, including, without
limitation warranty obligations and product liabilities;
(e) all deferred income relating primarily to the
Businesses;
(f) all Environmental Liabilities;
(g) all liabilities and obligations with respect to the
Transferred Employees, the Employee Plans and the Benefit
Arrangements, to the extent assumed by the Company as provided in
Exhibit IV; and
(h) all liabilities and obligations under the Financial
Support Agreements;
provided, that in no event shall Assumed Liabilities include any Excluded
Liability.
"Baltimore Facility" means the premises located at 103
Chesapeake Park Plaza, Baltimore, Maryland consisting of approximately
1,481,813 square feet and used by LM primarily for the Thrust Reverser
Business.
"best efforts" by any party to this Agreement or any other
agreement incorporating by reference the definitions in this Agreement means
those efforts that would be made by a reasonable businessperson consistent
with ordinary commercial practice, taking into account the magnitude of the
cost, risk or other consequences both to such party and to the other party or
parties to this Agreement or such other agreement (and to the Affiliates of
such parties), as the case may be, as if borne by such party, were such
efforts not made. Best efforts do not require any party to propose or agree
to any material change in the nature or composition of the Transferred Assets,
or to undertake any action that is impractical or unduly burdensome. If
efforts that are (or otherwise would be) best efforts require a party to incur
any material out-of-pocket costs (other than any cost otherwise required to be
incurred by such party), then (i) such party will provide the other party or
parties to this Agreement or such other agreement, as the case may be, written
notice of the character and a good faith estimate of the amount of such costs,
(ii) each notified party will promptly instruct the notifying party in writing
whether or not such notified party desires that such costs be incurred at the
expense of such notified party, (iii) if the notified party or parties so
instruct(s), the notifying party will undertake such efforts and the notified
party or parties will reimburse such party for such costs, and (iv) in the
absence of instructions from a notified party to incur such costs, best
efforts shall not require such costs.
"Bid" means any written quotation, bid or proposal made by LM
or any Transferor Subsidiary in connection with the Businesses that, if
accepted or awarded, would lead to a Contract with the U.S. Government or any
other Person for the design, manufacture and sale of products or the provision
of services by the Businesses.
"Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or
required by law to close.
"CERCLA" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and any rules or
regulations promulgated under such Act.
"CF6 Products" means all products and associated spare parts
manufactured, assembled, sold, distributed, overhauled, repaired or retrofitted
by the Thrust Reverser Business pursuant to the 1993 Thrust Reverser Agreement.
"Closing Date" means the date of the Closing as defined in the
Exchange Agreement.
"Closing Price of LM Common Stock" means the average closing
price of LM Common Stock as traded on the New York Stock Exchange for the 10
consecutive trading days preceding the third Business Day prior to the Closing
Date.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Company Capital Stock" means the Company Common Stock and the
Company Preferred Stock.
"Company Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $.01
per share, of the Company.
"Company Preferred Stock" means preferred stock, par value $.01
per share, of the Company having the terms and preferences set forth in
Attachment E.
"Confidentiality Agreement" means the Confidentiality Agreement
dated June 19, 1997 between GE and LM.
"Consolidated Subsidiaries" means as to any Person each
Subsidiary of such Person the financial statements of which would be
consolidated with the financial statements of such Person in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles.
"Contemplated Transactions" means the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, the Internal
Restructuring).
"Contracts" means all contracts, agreements, leases,
licenses, commitments, sales and purchase orders, internal work orders
(with respect to work by or for other LM businesses) and other instruments
of any kind, whether written or oral, that relate primarily to the
Businesses, other than any contracts, agreements or other arrangements or
instruments of any kind relating to Tax.
"Contribution Disclosure Schedule" means the Disclosure
Schedule relating to this Agreement.
"Damages" means all demands, claims, actions or causes of
action, assessments, losses, damages, costs, expenses, liabilities, judgments,
awards, fines, sanctions, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement,
including, without limitation, costs, fees and expenses of attorneys, experts,
accountants, appraisers, consultants, witnesses, investigators and any other
agents or representatives of such Person (with such amounts to be determined
net of any resulting Tax benefit and net of any refund or reimbursement of any
portion of such amount, including, without limitation, reimbursement by way of
insurance, third party indemnification or the inclusion of any portion of such
amounts as a cost under Government Contracts).
"Economic Harm" means the loss of a revenue producing facility
caused by an action of LM or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing,
provided, that the Company and each of its Affiliates at all times after the
Closing take reasonable management actions to minimize such Economic Harm, and
provided further, that the Company shall have at all times after the Closing
honored LM's right to participate in any and all actions undertaken by the
Company in connection with the events giving rise to such Economic Harm to the
extent provided in Article 7 of this Agreement or Article 9 of the Exchange
Agreement (with such amounts to be determined net of any resulting Tax benefit
and net of any refund or reimbursement of any portion of such amounts,
including, without limitation, reimbursement by way of insurance, third party
indemnification or the inclusion of any portion of such amounts as a cost
under Government Contracts).
"Environmental Laws" means any and all past, present or
future (except where otherwise noted) federal, state, local and foreign
statutes, laws (including case or common law), regulations, ordinances,
rules, judgments, orders, decrees, codes, plans, injunctions, permits,
concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or any other
restrictions relating to human health, safety, the environment or to
emissions, discharges or releases of or exposures to pollutants,
contaminants, Hazardous Substances or wastes into the environment
including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water,
facilities, structures or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport,
handling of pollutants, contaminants, Hazardous Substances or wastes or the
investigation, clean-up or other remediation thereof. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, "Environmental Laws" include: (i) The
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.;
(ii) The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, 26 U.S.C. Section 4611 and 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.
("CERCLA"); (iii) The Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of
1984; (iv) The Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.; (v)
The Ctolean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.; (vi) The Safe
Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 300f et seq.; and (vii) the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C.A. Section 651, and
all rules, regulations, standards, requirements, orders, guidance and
permits promulgated thereunder.
"Environmental Liabilities" means all liabilities to the extent
arising in connection with or in any way relating to the Businesses or LM's or
its Affiliates' use or ownership thereof, whether vested or unvested,
contingent or fixed, actual or potential, which arise under or relate to
Environmental Laws including, without limitation, (i) Remedial Actions,
(ii) personal injury, wrongful death, economic loss or property damage
claims, (iii) claims for natural resource damages, (iv) violations of law or
(v) any other cost, loss or damage with respect thereto.
"Environmental Permits" means all permits, licenses,
franchises, certificates, approvals and other similar authorizations of any
Governmental Authority relating to or required by Environmental Laws and
affecting, or relating in any way to, the Businesses.
"Equity Securities" means the 5,022,380 shares of common
stock, par value $1.00 per share, of Globalstar, beneficially owned by LM
as of the date hereof, and any other securities or consideration which the
holder thereof receives or is entitled to receive as a result of any
dividend, distribution, subdivision, split, combination, consolidation,
merger, reclassification or other similar transaction, it being understood
that the term Equity Securities shall not include any other shares of such
common stock held by LM or any of its Affiliates as security for the
obligations of Loral Space & Communications, Ltd.
"Estimate of Access Graphics Closing Net Worth" means a good
faith estimate of LM of the excess of (i) the book value of the Transferred
Assets of the Access Graphics Business over (ii) the amount of the Assumed
Liabilities of the Access Graphics Business, in each case as of the Closing
Date.
"Estimate of Thrust Reverser Closing Net Worth" means a good
faith estimate of LM of the excess of (i) the book value of the Transferred
Assets of the Thrust Reverser Business over (ii) the amount of the Assumed
Liabilities of the Thrust Reverser Business, in each case as of the Closing
Date.
"Excluded Assets" means:
(a) all original books and records that LM or any of its
Affiliates is required to retain pursuant to any Applicable Law
(in which case copies of such books and records shall be provided
to the Company), or that contain information relating to any
business or activity of LM or any of its Affiliates not forming a
part of, or any employee of LM or any of its Affiliates not
primarily employed in connection with, the Businesses or the
Transferred Assets;
(b) any rights to receive refunds with respect to any and all
Taxes of LM or any of its Affiliates attributable to any Pre-
Closing Tax Period, including, without limitation, interest
payable with respect thereto;
(c) all assets of LM and its Affiliates not used primarily in
connection with the Businesses (other than the Equity Securities,
the securities of the Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiaries and
the LM Cash Contribution Amount);
(d) all assets of LM or any of its Affiliates held or used in
connection with the provision of services, or the sale of goods,
to the Businesses;
(e) the Baltimore Facility, including, without limitation,
that portion of the land and buildings located at the Baltimore
Facility that is used primarily in connection with the Thrust
Reverser Business, which portion of such land and buildings shall
be leased to the Company pursuant to the Baltimore Facility Lease
as referred to in Section 4.11 of this Agreement;
(f) all rights of LM under any of the Transaction Documents
and the agreements and instruments delivered to LM by GE, the
other GE Entities or the Company pursuant to any of the
Transaction Documents; and
(g) any assets of any Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement
retained by LM or any of its Affiliates pursuant to Exhibit IV.
"Excluded Liabilities" means:
(a) all debts, obligations, contracts and liabilities of LM
or any of its Affiliates not arising primarily out of the conduct
of the Businesses, except as otherwise specifically provided in
the Transaction Documents;
(b) all Indebtedness for Borrowed Money;
(c) any liability or obligation relatin exclusively any
Excluded Asset;
(d) any liability whether presently in existence or arising
after the date of this Agreement in respect of accounts payable
to or allocated to LM or any Affiliate of LM, except for
practices relating to (i) materials or services used in the
businesses, (ii) costs advanced to or on behalf of the Businesses
and (iii) allocations of corporate overhead costs;
(e) Environmental Liabilities of the Thrust Reserver
Business, other than any such Environmental Liabilities expressly
assumed by the Company pursuant to the Baltimore Facility Lease;
(f) all liabilities or obigations for all Taxes referred to
in Section III.02(b);
(g) any obligation or liability retained by LM or any of its
Affiliates pursuant to Exhibit IV or relating to any employee of
the Businesses who is not a Transferred Employee;
(h) any liability or obligation whether presently in
existence or arising after the date of this Agreement arising out
of any criminal violation or alleged criminal violation of
occurring or existing prior to the Closing, other than any of,
relating to or in conection with any such liability or
obligation;
(i) any liability or obligation whether presently in
existence or arising after the date of this Agreement relating to
fees, commissions or expenses owed to any broker, finder,
investment banker, accountant, attorney or other intermediary or
advisor employed by LM, any Transferor Subsidiary or any of their
Affiliates in connection with the Contemplated Transactions;
(j) the existing claim (and all liabilities and obligations
related thereto) by Pratt & Whitney against LM (including
liabilities under any settlement arrangement relating thereto)
which relates to late deliveries of Fan Thrust Reversers for use
in connection with PW4000-powered Airbus Industrie Model A330
aircraft;
(k) any liability relating to periods prior to the 1998
calendar year arising as a result of any price adjustments under
or related to Government Contracts;
(l) any liability or obligation relating to or arising from
the Lease Agreement among LM and EBC Enterprises AFC. Inc. dated
September 9, 1997 relating to the property located at Suite 13,
Atlanta Financial Center, 3333 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA
30326 and the Lease Agreement among LM and Overseas Partners
(AFC), Inc. dated September 18, 1997 relating to the property
located at Suite 150, Atlanta Financial Center, 3333 Peachtree
Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30326, and any costs (whether previously
incurred and not paid in full or incurred from and after the date
of this Agreement) associated with the planned relocation of a
portion of the Access Graphics Business to Atlanta; and
(m) any liability whether in existence on the date of this
Agreement or arising after such date in connection with the
operations of the Businesses (prior to the Closing or after the
Closing) to the extent that LM, any Subsidiary of LM or any of
their Affiliates receives reimbursement for or payment of such
liability under any insurance policy (subject to Section 4.05) or
established reserves under any self-insurance or deductible
programs.
"Globalstar" means Globalstar Telecommunications Limited, a
Bermuda corporation.
"Globalstar Common Stock Closing Price" means the average
closing price of the common stock of Globalstar, as traded on the Nasdaq
National Market for the 10 consecutive trading days preceding the third
Business Day prior to the Closing.
"Globalstar S-3" means the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of
Globalstar, No. 333-22063, containing a "Rights Offering Prospectus" and a
"Warrant Share Offering Prospectus", as amended.
"Governmental Authority" means any foreign, domestic, federal,
territorial, state or local governmental authority, quasi-governmental
authority, instrumentality, court, government or self-regulatory organization,
commission, tribunal or organization or any regulatory, administrative or
other agency, or any political or other subdivision, department or branch of
any of the foregoing.
"Government Contract" means any prime contract, subcontract,
teaming agreement or arrangement, joint venture, basic ordering agreement,
letter contract, purchase order, delivery order, change order, Bid or other
arrangement of any kind in writing relating exclusively to the Businesses
between LM or any Transferor Subsidiary and (i) the U.S. Government (acting
on its own behalf or on behalf of another country or international
organization), (ii) any prime contractor of the U.S. Government where LM is
acting as subcontractor to the prime contractor on the Government Contract at
issue or (iii) any subcontractor with respect to any contract described in
clauses (i) or (ii) above.
"Hazardous Substances" means any pollutant, contaminant, waste
or chemical or any toxic, radioactive, ignitable, corrosive, reactive or
otherwise hazardous substance, waste or material or any substance, waste or
material having any constituent elements displaying any of the foregoing
characteristics including, without limitation, petroleum, its derivatives,
by-products and other hydrocarbons, and any substance, waste or material
regulated under any Environmental Law.
"HSR Act" means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements
Act of 1976, as amended.
"Indebtedness for Borrowed Money" means all obligations for
borrowed money, including (a) any obligation owed for all or any part of
the purchase price of property or other assets or for services or for the
cost of property or other assets constructed or of improvements to such
property or other assets, other than trade accounts payable included in
liabilities and incurred in respect of property or services purchased in
the ordinary course of business, (b) any capital lease obligation, (c) any
obligation (whether fixed or contingent) to reimburse any bank or other
Person in respect of amounts paid or payable under a standby letter of
credit (other than obligations under standby letters of credit securing
performance under Contracts or Bids), (d) any guarantee with respect to
indebtedness for borrowed money (of the kind otherwise described in this
definition) of another Person, (e) any factored or sold receivables and (f)
negative cash and cash-in-transit; provided, that Financial Support
Arrangements shall not constitute Indebtedness for Borrowed Money.
"Intellectual Property Right" means patents, copyrights,
trademarks, trade names, service marks, service names, technology, know-how,
processes, trade secrets, inventions, proprietary data, formulae, research and
development data, computer software programs and other intellectual property
(other than the LM Trademarks and Tradenames) and applications for the same
owned by LM or the Transferor Subsidiaries on the Closing Date.
"Inventory" means all items of inventory notwithstanding how
classified in LM's or any Transferor Subsidiary's financial records, including
all raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods.
"Lien" means, with respect to any property or asset, any
mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind
in respect of such property or asset.
"LM Cash Contribution Amount" means $1,781,464,467 adjusted as
follows: (i) if the Estimate of Thrust Reverser Closing Net Worth is less than
the Thrust Reverser Initial Net Worth, increased by an amount equal to the
amount of such difference, (ii) if the Estimate of Thrust Reverser Closing Net
Worth is greater than the Thrust Reverser Initial Net Worth, decreased by an
amount equal to the amount of such difference, (iii) if the Estimate of Access
Graphics Closing Net Worth is less than the Access Graphics Initial Net Worth,
increased by an amount equal to the amount of such difference, (iv) if the
Estimate of Access Graphics Closing Net Worth is greater than the Access
Graphics Initial Net Worth, decreased by an amount equal to the amount of such
difference, (v) if the LM Common Stock Closing Price is greater than
$102.7625, increased by an amount equal to (A) the Aggregate Shares of LM
Common Stock multiplied by (B) the difference between the LM Common Stock
Closing Price and $102.7625 multiplied by (C) 0.937, (vi) if the LM Common
Stock Closing Price is less than $102.7625, decreased by an amount equal to
(A) the Aggregate Shares of LM Common Stock multiplied by (B) the difference
between $102.7625 and the LM Common Stock Closing Price multiplied by (C)
0.937, (vii) if the Globalstar Common Stock Closing Price is greater than
$52.1565, decreased by an amount equal to (A) the difference between the
Globalstar Common Stock Closing Price and $52.1565 multiplied by (B) the
Aggregate Shares of Globalstar Common Stock multiplied by (C) 0.96, and (viii)
if the Globalstar Common Stock Closing Price is less than $52.1565, increased
by an amount equal to (A) the difference between $52.1565 and the Globalstar
Common Stock Closing Price multiplied by (B) the Aggregate Shares of
Globalstar Common Stock multiplied by (C) 0.96, and (ix) increased by an
amount equal to the LM Preferred Stock Adjustment Factor; provided, that if at
any time during the period between the date of this Agreement and the Closing
Date, any change in the outstanding shares of capital stock of LM or
Globalstar shall occur, including by reason of any reclassification,
recapitalization, stock split or combination, exchange or readjustment of
shares, or any stock dividend thereon with a record date during such period,
the items in clauses (v) through (viii) shall be adjusted appropriately.
"LM Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $1.00 per
share, of LM.
"LM Common Stock Closing Price" means the average closing price
of LM Common Stock as traded on the New York Stock Exchange for the 10
consecutive trading days preceding the third Business Day prior to the Closing
Date; provided, that (i) if such average closing price is greater than 110% of
the LM Common Stock Reference Price, the LM Common Stock Closing Price shall
be deemed to be a price equal to 1.1 multiplied by the LM Common Stock
Reference Price and (ii) if such average closing price is less than 90% of the
LM Common Stock Reference Price, the LM Common Stock Closing Price shall be
deemed to be a price equal to 0.9 multiplied by the LM Common Stock Reference
Price.
"LM Common Stock Reference Price" means the average of (i)
$102.7625, which is the average closing price of LM Common Stock as traded on
the New York Stock Exchange for the 10 consecutive trading days ending on and
including October 24, 1997, and (ii) the average closing price of LM Common
Stock as traded on the New York Stock Exchange for the 10 consecutive trading
days beginning on and including October 27, 1997.
"LM Preferred Stock" means the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of LM.
"LM Preferred Stock Adjustment Factor" means the product of
(i) $164,383.56 multiplied by (ii) the number of calendar days from but not
including the date of the latest calendar quarter end to and including the
earlier of (A) the Closing Date and (B) the date on which all or a portion of
the LM Preferred Stock is converted into LM Common Stock; provided, that if
less than all of the LM Preferred Stock is converted into LM Common Stock, the
product shall be increased by an amount equal to (I) $164,383.56 multiplied by
(II) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of LM Preferred
Stock outstanding after such portion of the LM Common stock has been converted
into LM Common Stock and the denominator of which is 20,000,000, multiplied by
(III) the number of calendar days from but not including the date on which
such portion of the LM Common Stock was converted into LM Common Stock to and
including the Closing Date.
"Loss" means, with respect to any Contract, the excess, if any,
of the (x) sum of the projected direct costs to be incurred by LM and the
Transferor Subsidiaries in the performance of such Contract and the projected
selling, general and administrative costs to be allocated by LM and the
Transferor Subsidiaries to the performance of such Contract over (y) total
projected revenues to be derived from the performance of such Contract.
"Loss Contract" means any Contract with respect to which, at
the time of submission or acceptance (but only to the extent that LM has the
right to withdraw such Contract at the time of acceptance), LM knew would
result in a Loss at the mid-point conservatism.
"Material Adverse Effect" means (i) with respect to the
Businesses, an effect with respect to the Businesses or Transferred Assets, in
either case, taken as a whole, that is of such seriousness and significance
that a reasonable businessperson would not proceed with the Contemplated
Transactions on the basis of the terms set forth in the Transaction Documents,
(ii) with respect to the Company, an effect with respect to the assets or
businesses of the Company, in either case, taken as a whole, that is of such
seriousness and significance that a reasonable businessperson would not
proceed with the Contemplated Transactions on the basis of the terms set forth
in the Transaction Documents or (iii) with respect to GE or the GE Entities,
an effect with respect to the assets or business of GE or the GE Entities, in
either case taken as a whole, that is of such seriousness and significance
that a reasonable businessperson would not proceed with the Contemplated
Transactions on the basis of the terms set forth in the Transaction Documents.
"Nacelle Major Components" means all products and associated
spare parts manufactured, assembled, sold, distributed, overhauled, repaired or
retrofitted by the Thrust Reverser Business (or by the Company after the
Closing) pursuant to the P&W Agreement.
"1993 Thrust Reverser Agreement" means the Thrust Reverser
Agreement dated as of November 1, 1993 between GE and Martin Marietta
Corporation (the predecessor of LM), as amended.
"Northrop Grumman Commercial Thrust Reverser Business" means
Northrop Grumman's commercial aircraft division's nacelle systems business
producing nacelle systems for business jet engines and thrust reverser
components for high-bypass engines as currently conducted at Northrop
Grumman's Stuart, Florida and Milledgeville, Georgia facilities, but excluding
any contracts for any products (including thrust reversers and components) with
The Boeing Company.
"P&W Agreement" means the Growth PW4000 Nacelle Participation
Agreement between United Technologies Corporation Pratt & Whitney Group
Commercial Engine Business and Martin Marietta Corporation dated as of July
25, 1990, as amended.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization,
including a Governmental Authority.
"Personal and Property Claims" means all liabilities and claims
arising from or relating to an event resulting in or giving rise to any
personal injury or death, and any property damage or loss resulting from such
event or any other event involving a commercial aircraft while in service,
where such event is attributable to (i) the material or workmanship of any
Product (A) completely manufactured or assembled, (B) completely overhauled,
repaired or retrofitted, or (C) sold or provided as a replacement (other than
sourced parts sold or distributed as spare parts), in each case prior to the
Closing, or (ii) the design (as the same exists at the Closing) of any Nacelle
Major Component manufactured, assembled, sold or provided as a replacement,
and as the same may be or have been overhauled, repaired or retrofitted (it
being understood that the Person performing any overhaul, repair or retrofit
shall be responsible for liabilities and claims attributable to its own
defective workmanship or its use of defective materials in connection
therewith), if such Product was completely manufactured, assembled, sold or
provided as a replacement prior to the Closing or during the two-year period
following the Closing.
"Product Damages" means (i) in the case of any Product Matter
described in clause (i) of Section 7.06(b) of the Contribution Agreement or
Section 9.06(b) of the Exchange Agreement, Damages determined without regard
to any refund or reimbursement of any amount by way of insurance and (ii) in
the case of any Product Matter described in clause (ii) of Section 7.06(b) of
the Contribution Agreement or Section 9.06(b) of the Exchange Agreement,
Damages.
"Product Liability Claims" means all liabilities and claims
(other than Personal and Property Claims) arising (i) directly under the terms
and conditions of the Contracts relating to the Products, (ii) indirectly as
a result of the failure, if any, to disclaim warranties arising under
Applicable Law or (iii) notwithstanding the contractual terms, as a result of
the imposition of warranties under Applicable Law or other obligations arising
as a matter of Applicable Law (in each of clause (i) through (iii), taking
into account the terms and conditions of such Contracts in effect as of the
Closing), in each case, attributable to (A) the material or workmanship of any
Product (I) completely manufactured or assembled, (II) completely overhauled,
repaired or retrofitted, or (III) sold or provided as a replacement (other
than sourced parts sold or distributed as spare parts), in each case prior to
Closing, or (B) the design (as the same exists at the Closing) of any Nacelle
Major Component manufactured, assembled, sold or provided as a replacement,
and as the same may be or have been overhauled, repaired or retrofitted (it
being understood that the Person performing any overhaul, repair or retrofit
shall be responsible for liabilities and claims attributable to its own
defective workmanship or its use of defective materials in connection
therewith), if such Product was completely manufactured, assembled, sold or
provided as a replacement prior to the Closing or during the one-year period
following the Closing.
"Products" means CF6 Products, Nacelle Major Components and
products designated by GE before the Closing in accordance with Section
9.06(e) of the Exchange Agreement, if any.
"Remedial Action(s)" means the investigation, removal, clean-up
or remediation of contamination, environmental degradation or damage caused by,
related to or arising from the generation, use, handling, treatment, storage,
transportation, disposal, discharge, release, or emission of Hazardous
Substances, including, without limitation, investigations, response and
remedial actions under CERCLA, corrective action under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. sections 3004(u), 3004(v), 3008(h)
and 7003, and cleanup requirements under similar Environmental Laws.
"Representatives" means with respect to any Person, the
officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors
and agents of such Person.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Securities Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation
or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests having
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
Persons performing similar functions are at the time directly or indirectly
owned by such Person.
"Tax Allocation Agreement" means the Tax Allocation Agreement
dated as of October 31, 1997 among each of the GE Entities, LM and the Company.
"Tax Assurance Agreement" means the Tax Assurance Agreement
between LM and the Company, substantially in the form of Attachment F.
"Thrust Reverser Business" means the business that LM conducts
through the division of LM commonly referred to as Middle River Aerostructures
at the Baltimore Facility that (i) (A) manufactures, sells and distributes
CF6 Products and Nacelle Major Components and associated spare parts, (B)
manufactures aerostructure detail parts for various customers, including among
others, The Boeing Company, Bell Helicopter and Affiliates of LM and (C)
operates aircraft maintenance centers that overhaul CF6 Products and TF-39
thrust reversers, (ii) but excluding the VLS Business and the other LM
affiliated entities co-located at the Baltimore Facility, namely, the Lockheed
Martin Federal Credit Union, Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems,
LMC Properties, Inc. and Lockheed Martin Unmanned Systems Division.
"Thrust Reverser Closing Net Worth" means the excess of (i)
the book value of the Transferred Assets of the Thrust Reverser Business over
(ii) the amount of the Assumed Liabilities of the Thrust Reverser Business,
in each case as shown on the Thrust Reverser Closing Balance Sheet.
"Thrust Reverser Initial Net Worth" means the excess of (i)
the book value of the Transferred Assets of the Thrust Reverser Business over
(ii) the amount of the Assumed Liabilities of the Thrust Reverser Business,
in each case as shown on the Thrust Reverser Balance Sheet.
"to the best of the knowledge of LM" (or any similar phrase)
means, except as otherwise explicitly provided, to the best of the knowledge
of the individuals whose names are set forth on Section I.01 of the
Contribution Disclosure Schedule.
"Transaction Accounting Principles" means generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied, taking into account (i) the
accounting policies within generally accepted accounting principles and (ii)
the exceptions to generally accepted accounting principles, in each case,
accompanying the Balance Sheets attached as Attachment G.
"Transaction Documents" means this Agreement, the Exchange
Agreement, the Intellectual Property License, the Transitional Services
Agreement, the Technical Consulting Agreement, the Baltimore Facility Lease,
the Tax Assurance Agreement and the Tax Allocation Agreement.
"Transferor Subsidiaries" means any Subsidiary or Affiliate of
LM that owns, leases or is otherwise in possession of any of the Transferred
Assets or is liable or obligated in respect of any of the Assumed Liabilities,
and prior to the Closing, unless the context requires otherwise, the Company;
provided, that for purposes of Exhibit II of this Agreement and Exhibit I of
the Exchange Agreement, the Transferor Subsidiaries shall not include the
Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiaries.
"Transferred Assets" means all of the assets, properties,
rights, licenses, Permits, Contracts, Bids, causes of action and business of
every kind and description as the same shall exist on the Closing Date,
wherever located, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, owned by,
leased by or in the possession of LM or any Transferor Subsidiary, whether or
not reflected in the books and records thereof, and held or used primarily in
the conduct of the Businesses as the same shall exist on the Closing Date,
including but not limited to all assets reflected on the Balance Sheets and
not disposed of in the ordinary course of business or as permitted or
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and all assets of the Businesses
acquired by LM or any Transferor Subsidiary, on or prior to the Closing Date
and not disposed of as permitted or contemplated by the Transaction Documents,
and including, without limitation, all right, title and interest of LM, any
Transferor Subsidiary or any of their Affiliates in, to and under:
(a) all real property and leases, whether
capitalized or operating, of, and other interests in, real
property, owned by LM, any Transferor Subsidiary or any of their
Affiliates that are used primarily in the Businesses, in each
case together with all buildings, fixtures, easements, rights of
way, and improvements thereon and appurtenances thereto, but
excluding the Baltimore Facility;
(b) all personal property and interests therein,
including machinery, equipment, furniture, office equipment,
software (to the extent transferable), communications equipment,
vehicles, storage tanks, spare and replacement parts, fuel and
other tangible personal property (and interests in any of the
foregoing) owned by LM, any Transferor Subsidiary or any of their
Affiliates that are used primarily in connection with the
Businesses;
(c) all raw materials, work-in-process, finished
goods, supplies and other inventories that are owned by LM, any
Transferor Subsidiary or any of their Affiliates and held for
sale, use or consumption primarily in the Businesses;
(d) all Contracts (including, without limitation,
the 1993 Thrust Reverser Agreement and all implementing
agreements relating thereto) and the Warrant Acceleration and
Registration Rights Agreement;
(e) all Bids (with any Contracts awarded to LM, any
Transferor Subsidiary or any of their Affiliates on or before the
Closing Date in respect of such Bids to be deemed Contracts);
(f) all accounts, notes and other receivables
(including, without limitation, intercompany receivables relating
to commercial goods and services), together with any unpaid
interest or fees accrued on such accounts, notes and other
receivables or other amounts due with respect to such accounts,
notes and other receivables, of LM, any Transferor Subsidiary or
any of their Affiliates that relate primarily to the Businesses,
and any security or collateral for any of the foregoing;
(g) all expenses that have been prepaid by LM, any
Transferor Subsidiary or any of their Affiliates to the extent
relating primarily to the operation of the Businesses, including
but not limited to ad valorem taxes, lease and rental payments;
(h) (i) working capital held in the form of cash
in an amount of $21,300,000 reflected on the Access Graphics
Balance Sheet and all cash and cash equivalents of LM and any
Transferor Subsidiary arising out of or relating to the operation
of the Businesses after the Balance Sheet Date, including all
petty cash located at the operating facilities of the Businesses,
and (ii) cash on the Balance Sheets in an amount equal to the
amount to be transferred by LM pursuant to Section IV.10(e) of
Exhibit IV relating to the Forfeited Options;
(i) all assets transferred from the Spinoff Plans
to the Successor Plans pursuant to Exhibit IV;
(j) all of LM's, any Transferor Subsidiary's or any
of their Affiliates' rights, claims, credits, causes of action or
rights of set-off against third parties relating primarily to the
Businesses or the Transferred Assets, including, without
limitation, unliquidated rights under manufacturers' and vendors'
warranties;
(k) all Intellectual Property Rights administered
by and used primarily in the Businesses;
(l) all transferable Permits owned by, or granted
to, or held or used by LM, any Transferor Subsidiary or any of
their Affiliates and primarily affecting the Businesses;
(m) all business books, records, files and papers,
whether in hard copy or computer format, of LM, any Transferor
Subsidiary or any of their Affiliates, used primarily in the
Businesses, including, without limitation, bank account records,
books of account, invoices, engineering information, sales and
promotional literature, manuals and data, sales and purchase
correspondence, lists of present and former suppliers, lists of
present and former customers, personnel and employment records of
present and former employees, documentation developed or used for
accounting, marketing, engineering, manufacturing, or any other
purpose relating to the conduct of the Businesses at any time
prior to the Closing;
(n) LM's, any Transferor Subsidiary's or any of
their Affiliates' interests in partnerships and joint ventures
where such ownership relates primarily to the Businesses or the
Transferred Assets;
(o) all goodwill primarily associated with the
Businesses or the Transferred Assets, together with the right to
represent to third parties that the Company is the successor to
the Businesses;
(p) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock
of the Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiaries; and
(q) the Equity Securities;
provided, that in no event shall Transferred Assets include any Excluded
Asset.
"U.S. Government" means the United States Government and all
agencies, instrumentalities and departments of the United States Government.
"VLS Business" means the business conducted by the division of
LM commonly referred to as Vertical Launching Systems or Naval Launching
Systems which is responsible for the design, development and production of the
MK41Vertical Launching Systems, a shipboard fixed, vertical multi-missile
storage and firing system ("VLS"), as well as new missile integration and life
cycle support under contracts with the U.S. Navy and eight international
navies. Management reporting for VLS moved to Lockheed Martin Electronics
Sector under Government Electronics Systems in Moorestown, New Jersey in
January 1997, however, program management, engineering and production
operations are co-located with the Thrust Reverser Business at the Baltimore
Facility.
"Warrant Acceleration and Registration Rights Agreement" means
the Warrant Acceleration and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of
February 12, 1997 among Globalstar Telecommunications Limited, Globalstar,
L.P., Loral/Qualcomm Satellite Services, L.P., Loral Space & Communications
Ltd., Space Systems/Loral, Inc., Lockheed Martin Tactical Systems, Inc.,
QUALCOMM China, Inc. and DASA Globalstar Limited Partner, Inc.
(b) Each of the following terms is defined in the Section
set forth opposite such term:
Term Section
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Access Graphics Balance Sheet 2.05(b)
Access Graphics Closing Balance Sheet 2.05(b)(ii)
Accounting Referee 2.05(d)
Aerospace Plan IV.02(l)
Affiliate Plan IV.01
Anniversary Date IV.10(e)
Balance Sheets II.07(a)
Balance Sheet Date II.07(a)
Baltimore Facility Lease 4.11
Benefit Arrangement IV.01
Business preamble
Businesses preamble
Cash Contribution 2.02
CBSI preamble
Civil Claim 7.04(b)
Closing 2.04
Closing Balance Sheets 2.05(b)
Code III.01
Company preamble
Company Entities III.01
Company Savings Plans IV.07(a)
Competing Business 4.10(a)
Contribution and Assumption 2.01(a)(ii)
Contribution Closing 2.04
Criminal Claim 7.04(b)
Direct Rollover IV.07(a)
Disagreement IV.06(i)
Employee Plan IV.01
Employee Plan Documentation IV.02(a)
Encumbrances II.09(b)
Environmental Insurance Claims 4.05(b)
ERISA IV.01
Excess Amount 7.03(a)
Exchange preamble
Exchange Agreement preamble
Final Determination III.01
Final Pension Transfer Amount IV.06(b)
Financial Support Arrangements 4.15(a)
Forfeited Options IV.10(e)
GE preamble
GE Entities preamble
GEGS preamble
GEII preamble
Government Bid II.17(a)
Government Claim IV.06(i)
Indemnified Parties 7.04(a)
Indemnifying Parties 7.04(a)
Initial Pension Transfer Amount IV.06(b)
Intellectual Property License 2.08(a)
Internal Restructuring III.01
LM preamble
LM Assumptions IV.06(b)
LM Savings Plan IV.07(a)
Matter 7.03(b)
Northrop Grumman 4.07(b)
Northrop Grumman Option 4.07(b)
Northrop Grumman Purchase Price 4.07(b)
Option Period 4.07(b)
Payment IV.10(e)
PBO IV.06(b)(i)
Permits II.13
Permitted Liens II.09(b)
Post-Closing Tax Period III.01
Pre-Closing Tax Period III.01
Product Matter 7.06(b)
Product Matter Excess Amount 7.06(a)
Product Matter Indemnity Notice 7.06(c)
Release Date 4.15(a)
Remaining Recovery 4.05(b)(ii)
Required Consents II.06
RIP I IV.02(b)
RIP II IV.02(l)
Spinoff Plans IV.06(a)
Successor Plan IV.06(a)
Sun 4.08
Sun Master Reseller Agreement 4.08
Surviving Representation or Covenant 7.01
Tax III.01
Taxpayer III.05(a)
Technical Consulting Agreement 4.07(a)
Third Party Claims 7.04(a)
Third Party Referee 7.04(b)
Thrust Reverser Balance Sheet II.07(a)
Thrust Reverser Closing Balance Sheet 2.05(b)(i)
Transferred Employees IV.01
Transitional Services Agreement 4.06
Trustees IV.06(b)
WARN IV.03(b)
EXHIBIT II
Representations and Warranties of LM
LM hereby represents and warrants to the Company as of the date
of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date that:
II.01. Corporate Existence and Power. Each of LM and each
Transferor Subsidiary is a corporation or other entity duly incorporated or
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, has all corporate or other
similar powers and all governmental licenses, authorizations, permits,
consents and approvals required to carry on the Businesses as now conducted,
except where the failure to have such licenses, authorizations, consents and
approvals has not had, and may not reasonably be expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect on the Businesses. Each of LM and each Transferor Subsidiary
is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction
where the character of the property owned or leased by it or the nature of its
activities make such qualification necessary to carry on the Businesses as now
conducted, except where the failure to be so qualified has not had, and may
not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the
Businesses.
II.02. Corporate Authorization. Except as otherwise disclosed
to the Company prior to the date of this Agreement, the execution, delivery and
performance by LM and each Transferor Subsidiary of the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions
are within its corporate or other similar powers and have been (or, in the
case of the Transferor Subsidiaries, by the Closing, will be) duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of LM and such Transferor
Subsidiary. Each Transaction Document to which LM or any Transferor
Subsidiary is a party constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of LM
or such Transferor Subsidiary, enforceable against LM or such Transferor
Subsidiary in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect and to
general principles of equity, including concepts of materiality,
reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of whether in a
proceeding in equity or at law). There is no vote or other approval of any
stockholders of LM required to permit consummation of the Contemplated
Transactions.
II.03. Governmental Authorization. (a) Except as set forth
in Section II.03 of the Contribution Disclosure Schedule, the execution,
delivery and performance by LM and each Transferor Subsidiary of the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the
Contemplated Transactions require no action by or in respect of, or consent or
approval of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority other than (i)
compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act; (ii) compliance
with any applicable foreign antitrust regulatory approvals; (iii) compliance
with any applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act; (iv)
compliance with any applicable requirements of any relevant state
environmental laws; (v) any necessary approvals of the U.S. Government,
including, without limitation, the Department of Defense, the United States
Air Force or any agencies, departments or instrumentalities thereof; and (vi)
any actions, consents, approvals or filings otherwise expressly referred to in
this Agreement.
(b) To LM's knowledge, there are no facts relating to the
identity or circumstances of LM or any of its Affiliates, that would
prevent or materially delay obtaining any of the consents referred to above
in Section II.03(a), it being understood that LM has been, and currently
is, involved in a number of disputes with the U.S. Government.
II.04. Noncontravention. Except as set forth in Section II.04
of the Contribution Disclosure Schedule, the execution, delivery and
performance by LM and each Transferor Subsidiary of the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions
do not and will not (i) violate the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or
other organizational documents of LM or such Transferor Subsidiary, (ii)
assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section II.03, violate any
Applicable Law, (iii) assuming the obtaining of all Required Consents,
constitute a default under or give rise to any right of termination,
cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation of LM or such
Transferor Subsidiaries or any Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiary or to a loss
of any benefit relating primarily to the Businesses to which LM or such
Transferor Subsidiary or any Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiary is entitled
under, any provision of any agreement, contract or other instrument binding
upon LM or such Transferor Subsidiary or any Access Graphics Foreign
Subsidiary and relating primarily to the Businesses or by which any of the
Transferred Assets is or may be bound or any license, franchise, permit or
similar authorization held by LM or such Transferor Subsidiary or any Access
Graphics Foreign Subsidiary relating primarily to the Businesses or (iv)
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Transferred Asset,
other than Permitted Liens, except for such violation referred to in clause
(ii), default, termination, cancellation, acceleration or loss referred to in
clause (iii) or creation or imposition of any Lien on any Transferred Asset
referred to in clause (iv), that could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Businesses.
II.05. Ownership of the Equity Securities. LM is the
beneficial and record owner of the Equity Securities and, except as set forth
in Section II.05 of the Contribution Disclosure Schedule, LM owns such
securities free and clear of any Lien and any other limitation or restriction
(including any restriction on the right to vote, transfer, sell or otherwise
dispose of such securities, other than limitations on offers and sales under
foreign, federal and state securities laws). Section II.05 of the
Contribution Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of the
Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiaries, all of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by Access Graphics.
Upon consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, the Company shall be the
owner of the Equity Securities and all of the issued and outstanding capital
stock of each of the Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiaries, in each case, free
and clear of all Liens, preemptive or similar rights or any other limitation
or restriction (other than limitations on offers and sales under foreign,
federal and state securities laws). LM has registration rights under the
Warrant Acceleration and Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the
Equity Securities.
II.06. Consents. Section II.06 of the Contribution Disclosure
Schedule sets forth each material agreement, contract or other instrument
binding upon LM, any Transferor Subsidiary or any Access Graphics Foreign
Subsidiary or any Permit requiring a consent or other action by any Person as
a result of the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction
Documents and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions (the "Required
Consents"), except for such consents or actions which, if not received or
taken by the Closing, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Businesses.
II.07. Financial Statements. The unaudited pro forma balance
sheets as of June 29, 1997, in the case of the Thrust Reverser Business, and
June 30, 1997, in the case of the Access Graphics Business (each such date for
the relevant Business, the "Balance Sheet Date") for each of the Thrust
Reverser Business (the "Thrust Reverser Balance Sheet") and the Access Graphics
Business (the "Access Graphics Balance Sheet" and, together with the Thrust
Reverser Balance Sheet, the "Balance Sheets"), and the related statements of
income for the six months then ended present fairly, in all material respects,
in conformity with the Transaction Accounting Principles, the financial
position of the Transferred Assets and Assumed Liabilities of each of the
Thrust Reverser Business and the Access Graphics Business, as the case may be,
as of the date thereof and their respective results of operation for the
period then ended (subject to normal year-end adjustments). True and correct
copies of the Balance Sheets are set forth in Attachment G to this Agreement.
II.08. Absence of Certain Changes. Since the Balance Sheet
Date and except as set forth in Section II.08 of the Contribution Disclosure
Schedule, the Businesses have been conducted in all material respects in the
ordinary course consistent with past practices and there has not been:
(a) any event, occurrence, development or state of
circumstances or facts that has had a Material Adverse Effect on the
Businesses, other than those resulting from changes, whether actual or
prospective, in general conditions applicable to the industries in which
the Businesses are involved or general economic conditions;
(b) any incurrence, assumption or guarantee by LM or any
Transferor Subsidiary of any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money that is an
Assumed Liability and that is material to the Businesses taken as a whole,
other than in the ordinary course of business;
(c) any damage, destruction or other casualty loss affecting
the Businesses or any Transferred Asset that has had a Material Adverse
Effect on the Businesses;
(d) any transaction or commitment made, or any Contract
entered into by LM or any Transferor Subsidiary relating primarily to the
Businesses or any Transferred Asset (including the acquisition or
disposition of any assets) or any relinquishment by LM or any Transferor
Subsidiary of any contract or other right relating primarily to the
Businesses, in either case, material to the Businesses taken as a whole,
other than transactions and commitments in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices and the Contemplated Transactions; or
(e) except as permitted under Section 4.03, any distribution
or transfer of any assets of any Business (by dividend, intercompany or
intracompany loan or otherwise, other than by intercompany or intracompany
loan that is consistent with past cash management practices) to LM or any
Affiliate of LM (other than in the ordinary course consistent with past
practices for payments to or allocated to LM or any Affiliate of LM
relating to (i) materials or services used in the Businesses, (ii) costs
advanced to or on behalf of the Businesses or (iii) allocations of
corporate overhead costs).
II.09. Sufficiency of and Title to the Transferred Assets.
(a) The Transferred Assets, together with the rights and services to be
provided to the Company pursuant to the Intellectual Property License, the
Transitional Services Agreement, the Technical Consulting Agreement and the
Baltimore Facility Lease, constitute and on the Closing Date will constitute,
all of the assets and services that are necessary to permit the operation of
the Businesses in substantially the same manner as such operations have
heretofore been conducted.
(b) Upon consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, the
Company will have acquired good and marketable title in and to, or a valid
leasehold interest in, each of the Transferred Assets that are necessary to
permit the operation of the Businesses in substantially the same manner as
operations have heretofore been conducted, free and clear of all Liens, except
for (i) Liens, title defects, easements, restrictions and invalidities of
leasehold interests (collectively, "Encumbrances") that have not had, and may
not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the
Businesses, (ii) Liens for taxes not yet due or being contested in good faith,
(iii) Encumbrances in favor of the U.S. Government arising in the ordinary
course of business, (iv) rights and licenses granted to others in Intellectual
Property Rights and (v) Encumbrances disclosed in Section II.09 of the
Contribution Disclosure Schedule or on the Balance Sheets. Liens and
Encumbrances included or referred to in clauses (i) through (v) of this
Section II.09(b) are herein referred to as "Permitted Liens".
II.10. No Undisclosed Material Liabilities. There are no
liabilities of LM or any Transferor Subsidiary relating to the Businesses that
constitute Assumed Liabilities or liabilities of any Access Graphics Foreign
Subsidiary, in each case, of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent,
absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise other than:
(a) liabilities disclosed or provided for in the Balance
Sheets;
(b) liabilities (i) disclosed in Section II.10 of the
Contribution Disclosure Schedule, (ii) related to any Contract disclosed in
the Contribution Disclosure Schedule or (iii) related to any Employee Plan
or Benefit Arrangement disclosed in Section IV.02 of the Contribution
Disclosure Schedule;
(c) Environmental Liabilities;
(d) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business
since the Balance Sheet Date consistent with past practices and not in
violation of this Agreement or the Exchange Agreement which in the
aggregate have not had, and may not reasonably be expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect on the Businesses; and
(e) liabilities other than those referred to in the foregoing
clauses (a)-(d) that have not had, and may not reasonably be expected to have,
a Material Adverse Effect on the Businesses.
II.11. Litigation; Contract-Related Matters. (a) Except as
set forth in Section II.11 of the Contribution Disclosure Schedule or referred
to in the Balance Sheets, there is no action, suit, investigation or
proceeding (except for actions, suits or proceedings referred to in Section
II.11(b)) pending against, or to the best of the knowledge of LM, threatened
against or affecting, the Businesses or any Transferred Asset before any
Governmental Authority as to which there is a substantial likelihood of a
determination or resolution adverse to the Businesses and which, if so
adversely determined or resolved, may reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Businesses or which in any manner challenges or
seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or materially delay the Contemplated
Transactions.
(b) Except as set forth in Section II.11 of the Contribution
Disclosure Schedule or referred to in the Balance Sheets, there is no action,
suit, investigation or proceeding relating to any Government Contract or Bid,
or relating to any proposed suspension or debarment of LM or any Transferor
Subsidiary or any of their employees, pending against, or to the best of the
knowledge of LM, threatened against or affecting, the Businesses or any
Transferred Asset before any Governmental Authority as to which there is a
substantial likelihood of a determination or resolution adverse to the
Businesses and which, if so adversely determined or resolved, may reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Businesses.
II.12. Material Contracts and Bids; Backlog. (a) Except
as set forth in Section II.12 of the Contribution Disclosure Schedule and
except for inaccuracies in the following clauses (i) and (ii) which,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect on the Businesses, all Government Contracts and
Bids with a backlog value in excess of $10,000,000 in the case of fixed
price Government Contracts (and Bids for such Contracts) and $10,000,000 in
the case of "cost plus" Government Contracts (and Bids for such Contracts)
(i) are being performed or were submitted, as the case may be, in the
ordinary course of business and (ii) are or would be, as the case may be,
capable of performance in accordance with their terms without loss
(determined in accordance with LM's accounting principles consistently
applied), if LM retained the Transferred Assets and made all currently
planned expenditures therefor.
(b) Except as set forth in Section II.12 of the Contribution
Disclosure Schedule, all cost or pricing data submitted or certified in
connection with Bids and Government Contracts are current, accurate and
complete in accordance with the Truth in Negotiation Act, as amended, and the
rules and regulations thereunder, except any failures to be current, accurate
and complete which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Businesses. The total
funded backlog of the Businesses in respect of awarded Government Contracts as
of September 30, 1997 was in excess of $14,000,000.
(c) Except as set forth in Section II.12 of the Contribution
Disclosure Schedule, each Government Contract and each other material Contract
relating to the Businesses is a legal, valid and binding obligation of LM or a
Transferor Subsidiary and, to the best of the knowledge of LM, each other
party to such Contract, enforceable against LM or such Transferor Subsidiary
and, to the best of the knowledge of LM, each such other party in accordance
with its terms (except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors' rights generally, including the effect of statutory and other laws
regarding fraudulent conveyances and preferential transfers, and subject to
the limitations imposed by general equitable principles regardless of whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity), and
neither LM nor such Transferor Subsidiary nor, to the best of the knowledge of
LM, any other party to such Contract is in material default or has failed to
perform any material obligation under such Contract, and there does not exist
any event, condition or omission which would constitute a material breach or
material default (whether by lapse of time or notice or both), except for any
such default, failure or breach as has not had, and may not reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Businesses.
II.13. Licenses and Permits. LM, the Transferor Subsidiaries
and the Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiaries have all licenses, franchises,
permits and other similar authorization affecting, or relating in any way to,
the Businesses (the "Permits") required by law to be obtained by LM, any
Transferor Subsidiary or any Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiary to permit LM,
any Transferor Subsidiary or any Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiary to conduct
the Businesses in substantially the same manner as the Businesses have
heretofore been conducted, except where the failure to obtain any such
licenses, franchises, permits or authorizations could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Businesses.
II.14. Finders' Fees. Other than Goldman Sachs & Co. and
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., whose fees will be paid by LM, there is no
investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary which has been
retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of LM or the Transferor
Subsidiaries who might be entitled to any fee or commission from the
Company in connection with the Contemplated Transactions.
II.15. Environmental Compliance. (a) Except as set forth in
Section II.15 of the Contribution Disclosure Schedules or referred to in the
Balance Sheets, there are no Environmental Liabilities (other than Excluded
Liabilities) arising under Environmental Laws in effect and applicable to the
Businesses or Transferred Assets as of the date of this Agreement that have
had or may reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Businesses.
(b) Except as set forth in Section II.15 of the Contribution
Disclosure Schedule, none of the Transferred Assets is located in New Jersey or
Connecticut.
II.16. Compliance with Laws. Except as set forth in Section
II.16 of the Contribution Disclosure Schedule, except for violations or
infringements of Environmental Laws or Applicable Laws, orders, writs,
injunctions or decrees relating to Contracts or Bids, and except for
violations or infringements as have not had, and may not reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Businesses, the operation
of the Businesses and condition of the Transferred Assets have not violated or
infringed, and do not violate or infringe, in any material respect any
material Applicable Law or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any
Governmental Authority.
II.17. Government Contracts. (a) Except as set forth in
Section II.17 of the Contribution Disclosure Schedule, and except for
inaccuracies in the following as have not had, and may not reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Businesses, with respect to
each fixed price Government Contract with a backlog value in excess of
$10,000,000, each "cost plus" Government Contract with a backlog value in
exceeds of $10,000,000 and each Bid which, if accepted, would result in such a
Government Contract (a "Government Bid") to which LM or any Transferor
Subsidiary is a party with respect to the Businesses, (i) LM or any such
Transferor Subsidiary has complied with all material terms and conditions of
such Government Contract or Government Bid, including all clauses, provisions
and requirements incorporated expressly, by reference or by operation of law
therein; (ii) LM or any Transferor Subsidiary has complied with all
requirements of all material Applicable Laws or agreements pertaining to such
Government Contract or Government Bid; (iii) all representations and
certifications executed, acknowledged or set forth in or pertaining to such
Government Contract or Government Bid were complete and correct as of their
effective date, and LM or any Transferor Subsidiary has complied in all
material respects with all such representations and certifications; (iv)
neither the U.S. Government nor any prime contractor, subcontractor or other
Person has notified LM or any Transferor Subsidiary that LM or any such
Transferor Subsidiary has breached or violated any Applicable Law,
certification, representation, clause, provision or requirement pertaining to
such Government Contract or Government Bid where there is a substantial
likelihood that the matter notified to LM or any such Transferor Subsidiary
will be resolved in a manner adverse to LM or any such Transferor Subsidiary,
(v) no termination for convenience, termination for default, cure notice or
show cause notice is currently in effect pertaining to such Government
Contract or Government Bid; (vi) to the best of the knowledge of LM, no cost
incurred by LM or any Transferor Subsidiary pertaining to such Government
Contract or Government Bid has been questioned or challenged, is the subject
of any investigation or has been disallowed by the U.S. Government where, with
respect to any question, challenge or investigation, there is a substantial
likelihood of a determination adverse to LM or any such Transferor Subsidiary;
and (vii) to the best of the knowledge of LM, no money due to LM or any
Transferor Subsidiary pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid
has been (or has attempted to be) withheld or set off where there is a
substantial likelihood that LM or any such Transferor Subsidiary will not
ultimately be deemed to be entitled to such money.
(b) Except as set forth in Section II.17 of the
Contribution Disclosure Schedule: (i) to the best of the knowledge of LM,
none of LM's or any Transferor Subsidiary's respective employees,
consultants or agents is (or during the last year has been) under
administrative, civil or criminal investigation, indictment or information
by any Governmental Authority, or any audit or investigation by LM or any
Transferor Subsidiary with respect to any alleged irregularity,
misstatement or omission arising under or relating to any Government
Contract or Government Bid; and (ii) during the last year, LM or any
Transferor Subsidiary has not conducted or initiated any internal
investigation or, to the best of the knowledge of LM, had reason to
conduct, initiate or report any internal investigation, or made a voluntary
disclosure to the U.S. Government, with respect to any alleged
irregularity, misstatement or omission arising under or relating to a
Governmental Contract or Government Bid. Neither LM nor any Transferor
Subsidiary has any knowledge or reason to know of any irregularity,
misstatement or omission arising under or relating to any Government
Contract or Government Bid that has led or could reasonably be expected to
lead, either before or after the Closing Date, to any of the consequences
set forth in clauses (i) or (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence or
any other material damage, penalty assessment, recoupment of payment or
disallowance of cost.
(c) Except as set forth in Section II.17 of the Contribution
Disclosure Schedule, or as has not had, and may not reasonably be expected to
have, a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Businesses, there exist
(i) no outstanding claims against LM or any Transferor Subsidiary, either by
the U.S. Government or by any prime contractor, subcontractor, vendor or other
third party, arising under or relating to any Government Contract or
Government Bid referred to in Section II.17(a) where there is a substantial
likelihood of a determination adverse to LM or any such Transferor Subsidiary
and (ii) no disputes between LM or any Transferor Subsidiary and the U.S.
Government under the Contract Disputes Act or any other Federal statute or
between LM or any Transferor Subsidiary and any prime contractor,
subcontractor or vendor arising under or relating to any such Government
Contract or Government Bid where there is a substantial likelihood of a
determination adverse to LM or any Transferor Subsidiary. LM has no knowledge
or reason to know of any fact which could reasonably be expected to result in
a claim or a dispute under clause (i) or (ii) of the immediately preceding
sentence.
(d) Except as set forth in Section II.17 of the Contribution
Disclosure Schedule, neither LM nor any Transferor Subsidiary (with respect to
the Businesses), nor to the best of the knowledge of LM, any employees,
consultants or agents of any of the Businesses, is (or during the last five
years has been) suspended or debarred from doing business with the U.S.
Government or is (or during such period was) the subject of a finding of a
nonresponsibility or ineligibility for U.S. Government contracting. LM does
not know or have any reason to know of any facts or circumstances that would
warrant the suspension or debarment, or the finding of nonresponsibility or
ineligibility, on the part of LM or any Transferor Subsidiary or any employees,
consultants or agents of any of the Businesses.
(e) Except as set forth in Section II.17 of the Contribution
Disclosure Schedule, and except for any of the following as has not had, and
may not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the
Businesses, all material test and inspection results LM or any Transferor
Subsidiary has provided to the U.S. Government pursuant to any Government
Contract referred to in Section II.17(a) or to any other Person pursuant to
any such Government Contract or as a part of the delivery to the U.S.
Government pursuant to any such Government Contract of any article designed,
engineered or manufactured in the Businesses were complete and correct in all
material respects as of the date so provided. Except as set forth in Section
II.17 of the Contribution Disclosure Schedule, and except for any of the
following as has not had, and may not reasonably be expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect on the Businesses, LM or any Transferor Subsidiary has
provided all material test and inspection results to the U.S. Government
pursuant to any such Government Contract as required by Applicable Law and the
terms of the applicable Government Contracts.
(f) Except for any of the following as has not had, and may
not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the
Businesses, no statement, representation or warranty made by LM or any
Transferor Subsidiary in any Government Contract, any exhibit thereto or in
any certificate, statement, list, schedule or other document submitted or
furnished to the U.S. Government in connection with any Government
Contract or Government Bid (i) contained on the date so furnished or
submitted any untrue statement of a material fact, or failed to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light
of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading or (ii)
contains on the date hereof any untrue statement of a material fact, or
fails to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained
therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not
misleading, except in the case of both clauses (i) and (ii) any untrue
statement or failure to state a material fact that would not result in any
material liability to the Businesses as a result of such untrue statement
or failure to state a material fact.
II.18. Intellectual Property. With respect to Intellectual
Property Rights that constitute Transferred Assets, except as set forth in
Section II.18 of the Contribution Disclosure Schedule:
(a) LM, the Transferor Subsidiaries or any Access Graphics
Foreign Subsidiaries own, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted
Liens, all right, title and interest in such Intellectual Property Rights.
To the best of the knowledge of LM, the use of such Intellectual Property
Rights in connection with the operation of the Businesses as heretofore
conducted does not conflict with, infringe upon or violate any patent,
patent licenses, patent application, trademark, trade name, trademark or
trade name registration, copyright, copyright registration, service mark,
brand mark or brand name or any pending application relating thereto, or
any trade secret, know-how, programs or processes of any third person, firm
or corporation, except for conflicts, infringements or violations that have
not had and may not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Businesses;
(b) LM, the Transferor Subsidiaries or any Access Graphics
Foreign Subsidiaries have the right to use all inventions, processes,
computer programs, know-how, formulae, trade secrets, patents, chip design,
mask works, trademarks, trade names, brandnames and copyrights which are
used by the Businesses and which are necessary for the continued operation
of the Businesses in substantially the same manner as its operations have
heretofore been conducted except where the failure to have any such right
has not had, and may not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect on the Businesses; and
(c) Upon the consummation of the Closing, (A) the Company
will be vested with all of LM's, the Transferor Subsidiaries' and the
Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiaries' rights, title and interest in, and
LM's and the Transferor Subsidiaries' and the Access Graphics Foreign
Subsidiaries' rights and authority to use in connection with the
Businesses, all of the Intellectual Property Rights that constitute
Transferred Assets and (B) such Intellectual Property Rights together with
the Intellectual Property Rights licensed to the Company in accordance with
Section 2.08 and any other interests in intellectual property transferred
hereunder will collectively constitute such rights and interests in
intellectual property which are necessary for the continued operation of
the Businesses as a whole in substantially the same manner as its
operations have heretofore been conducted except where any inaccuracy of
clause (B) has not had, and may not reasonably be expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect on the Businesses.
EXHIBIT 99(f)
EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
dated
October 31, 1997
among
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,
GE INVESTMENTS, INC.,
GE GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.,
CLIENT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.,
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
and
LMT SUB INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
Definitions
Section 1.01. Definitions.............................................2
ARTICLE 2
Transactions at Closing
Section 2.01. Contemplated Transactions...............................3
Section 2.02. Exchange................................................4
Section 2.03. Closing.................................................4
ARTICLE 3
Representations and Warranties of LM
Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties of LM....................5
ARTICLE 4
Representations and Warranties of GE
Section 4.01. Representations and Warranties of GE....................5
ARTICLE 5
Covenants of LM
Section 5.01. Conduct of the Businesses Until the Closing.............5
Section 5.02. Access to Information...................................6
Section 5.03. Notices of Certain Events...............................7
Section 5.04. Access After Closing....................................8
Section 5.05. Retention of Assets.....................................8
Section 5.06. Tax Qualification.......................................8
Section 5.07. Customer Introductions..................................9
Section 5.08. LM Board Resolution.....................................9
Section 5.09. Company Preferred Stock.................................9
Section 5.10. Certain Information.....................................9
ARTICLE 6
Covenants of the GE Entities
Section 6.01. Confidentiality........................................10
Section 6.02. Access after Closing...................................10
Section 6.03. Tax Qualification......................................10
Section 6.04. Company Compliance.....................................11
Section 6.05. Conversion.............................................11
ARTICLE 7
Covenants of the Parties
Section 7.01. Further Assurances.....................................11
Section 7.02. Certain Filings and Consents...........................12
Section 7.03. Public Announcements...................................12
Section 7.04. Trademarks; Trade Names................................13
Section 7.05. HSR Act................................................13
Section 7.06. LM Preferred Stock....................................13
Section 7.07. Agreement of Fair Market Value.........................14
Section 7.08. Inventory Audit........................................14
ARTICLE 8
Conditions to Closing
Section 8.01. Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party............14
Section 8.02. Conditions to Obligations of the GE Entities...........15
Section 8.03. Conditions to Obligations of LM........................16
ARTICLE 9
Survival; Indemnification
Section 9.01. Survival...............................................17
Section 9.02. Indemnification........................................17
Section 9.03. Indemnification of GE Entities by LM for
Certain Assumed Liabilities............................20
Section 9.04. Procedures for Third Party Claims......................21
Section 9.05. Procedures for Direct Claims...........................24
Section 9.06. Indemnification of GE Entities by LM for
Certain Product Matters................................25
ARTICLE 10
Termination
Section 10.01. Grounds for Termination...............................26
Section 10.02. Effect of Termination.................................27
Section 10.03. Force Majeure.........................................28
Section 10.04. Opportunity to Provide Reasonable Cure................28
ARTICLE 11
Miscellaneous
Section 11.01. Notices...............................................29
Section 11.02. Amendments; No Waivers................................30
Section 11.03. Expenses..............................................30
Section 11.04. Successors and Assigns................................31
Section 11.05. Governing Law.........................................31
Section 11.06. Counterparts; Effectiveness...........................31
Section 11.07. Entire Agreement......................................31
Section 11.08. Jurisdiction..........................................32
Section 11.09. Captions..............................................32
EXHIBITS
Exhibit I -- Representations and Warranties of LM
Exhibit II -- Representations and Warranties of GE
ATTACHMENT
Attachment A -- Balance Sheets
EXCHANGE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
Section 2.02 -- Securities to be Exchanged
Section 7.04 -- Trademarks; Trade Names
Section I.03 -- Government Authorization
Section I.04 -- Noncontravention
Section I.05 -- Ownership of Company Common Stock, Company
Preferred Stock and the Equity Securities
Section I.06 -- Consents
Section I.08 -- Absence of Certain Changes
Section I.09 -- No Undisclosed Material Liabilities
Section I.10 -- Litigation; Contract-Related Matters
Section I.11 -- Compliance with Laws
EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made this 31st day of October, 1997, among
General Electric Company, a New York corporation ("GE"), GE Investments,
Inc., a Nevada corporation ("GEII"), GE Government Services, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("GEGS"), Client Business Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("CBSI" and together with GE, GEII and GEGS, the "GE
Entities"), Lockheed Martin Corporation, a Maryland corporation ("LM"), and
LMT Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of LM
(the "Company"), with reference to the following background.
A. LM, among other things, directly and through the Transferor
Subsidiaries, conducts the Thrust Reverser Business and the Access Graphics
Business (each, a "Business" and collectively, the "Businesses").
B. Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, LM and
the Company are entering into a Contribution and Assumption Agreement dated
October 31, 1997 (the "Contribution Agreement") pursuant to which LM will,
or will cause the Transferor Subsidiaries to, contribute all of the assets
used or held for use primarily in the conduct of the Businesses (other than
the Excluded Assets), the Equity Securities and an amount in cash to the
Company, and the Company will assume certain liabilities associated with
the Businesses.
C. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement, following consummation of the Contribution and Assumption as
contemplated by the Contribution Agreement, LM desires to exchange with the
GE Entities, and the GE Entities desire to exchange with LM, all of the
issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company for all of the LM
Preferred Stock (or LM Common Stock into which such LM Preferred Stock may
have been converted or a combination of such Preferred Stock and Common
Stock) owned by the GE Entities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
Section 1.01. Definitions. (a) The following terms, as
used herein, have the following meanings:
"Exchange Disclosure Schedule" means the Disclosure Schedule
relating to this Agreement and attached hereto.
"Globalstar" means Globalstar Telecommunications Limited, a
Bermuda corporation.
"Standstill Agreement" means the Standstill Agreement dated
April 2, 1993 between Parent Corporation, a Maryland corporation, and GE,
as amended.
(b) Each of the following terms is defined in the Section
set forth opposite such term:
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Access Graphics Balance Sheet I.07(a)
Balance Sheets I.07(a)
Business preamble
Businesses preamble
Cash Contribution 2.01(a)
CBSI preamble
Closing 2.03
Company preamble
Contribution Agreement preamble
Contribution and Assumption 2.01(a)
Divestiture Value 7.05
End Date 10.01(b)
Excess Amount 9.03(a)
Exchange 2.02
force majeure 10.03
frustrated party 10.03
GE preamble
GE Entities preamble
GEGS preamble
GEII preamble
Indemnified Parties 9.04(a)
Indemnifying Parties 9.04(a)
LM preamble
LM Trademarks and Trade Names 7.04
Product Matter 9.06(b)
Product Matter Excess Amount 9.06(a)
Product Matter Indemnity Notice 9.06(c)
Required Consents I.06
Surviving Representation or Covenant 9.01
Third Party Claims 9.04(a)
Third Party Referee 9.04(b)
Thrust Reverser Balance Sheet I.07(a)
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(c) Capitalized or other terms used and not defined in this
Agreement shall have the meanings specified in the Contribution Agreement
(including all Exhibits to the Contribution Agreement).
ARTICLE 2
Transactions at Closing
Section 2.01. Contemplated Transactions. Upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the parties
agree as follows:
(a) Prior to the Closing, in accordance with the terms of
the Contribution Agreement, (i) LM will, or will cause the Transferor
Subsidiaries to, (A) transfer, assign and deliver to the Company all of the
right, title and interest of LM and the Transferor Subsidiaries in, to and
under the Transferred Assets, and the Company will assume and pay, perform
and discharge promptly and in full when due all of the Assumed Liabilities
(together with the Cash Contribution, the "Contribution and Assumption"),
and (B) contribute an amount in cash (the "Cash Contribution") equal to the
LM Cash Contribution Amount to the Company and (ii) pursuant to the
Intellectual Property License, LM will, or will cause the Transferor
Subsidiaries or their Affiliates to, grant to the Company (with the right
of the Company to extend such license to its Affiliates for so long as they
remain Affiliates), effective as of the Closing Date, a fully paid-up,
worldwide, non-exclusive license in respect of all Intellectual Property
Rights owned by LM, any Transferor Subsidiary or any of their Affiliates
(other than the LM Trademarks and Tradenames) that are available to, and
used or currently planned for use by, the Businesses (but not constituting
Transferred Assets) on or prior to the Closing Date, to continue such use
or currently planned use in the Businesses with respect to substantially
similar products, services or activities of the Businesses.
(b) LM will cause the Company to have as of the Closing
such number of issued and outstanding shares of Company Preferred Stock,
and in such denominations, as directed by GE not less than two Business
Days prior to the Closing Date; provided, that such number shall be equal
to or less than 5,000,000.
(c) On the Closing Date, in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, LM will exchange all of the issued and outstanding Company
Capital Stock with the GE Entities for the 20,000,000 shares of the LM
Preferred Stock (or LM Common Stock into which such LM Preferred Stock has
been converted or a combination of such Preferred Stock and Common Stock)
owned in aggregate by the GE Entities.
Section 2.02. Exchange. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Agreement, LM agrees to exchange with each of the GE
Entities, and each of the GE Entities agrees to exchange with LM, the
securities set forth opposite such GE Entity's name in Section 2.02 of the
Exchange Disclosure Schedule (the "Exchange").
Section 2.03. Closing. The closing of the Exchange (the
"Closing") shall take place at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell, 450
Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, as soon as possible, but in no event
later than three Business Days, after satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions set forth in Article 8, or at such other time or place as GE and
LM may agree. The parties agree that at the Closing:
(a) The GE Entities shall deliver to LM certificates for
the shares of LM Preferred Stock or LM Common Stock to be delivered by the
GE Entities under this Agreement, free and clear of all Liens, preemptive
or similar rights or any other limitation or restriction (other than the
Standstill Agreement), duly endorsed or accompanied by stock powers duly
endorsed in blank, with any required transfer stamps affixed thereto.
(b) LM shall deliver to each of the GE Entities
certificates for the number of shares of the Company Common Stock or the
Company Preferred Stock, as the case may be, set forth opposite such GE
Entity's name in Section 2.02 of the Exchange Disclosure Schedule, free and
clear of all Liens, preemptive or similar rights or any other limitation or
restriction, duly endorsed or accompanied by stock powers duly endorsed in
blank, with any required transfer stamps affixed thereto.
(c) LM or the applicable Subsidiary of LM and the Company
shall enter into (i) the Intellectual Property License, (ii) the
Transitional Services Agreement, (iii) the Technical Consulting Agreement,
(iv) the Baltimore Facility Lease and (v) the Tax Assurance Agreement, in
each case, having terms and conditions consistent with those referred to in
the Contribution Agreement and such other terms and conditions as otherwise
may have been mutually agreed by LM, the Company and GE.
(d) The Standstill Agreement shall be terminated, and
without any further action being required by any party thereto, shall be of
no further force or effect.
(e) LM shall deliver to GE the resignations, effective as
of the Closing, of all of the directors and officers of the Company.
ARTICLE 3
Representations and Warranties of LM
Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties of LM. LM
represents and warrants to each of the GE Entities as set forth in Exhibit I.
ARTICLE 4
Representations and Warranties of GE
Section 4.01. Representations and Warranties of GE. GE, on
behalf of itself and the other GE Entities, represents and warrants to LM as
set forth in Exhibit II.
ARTICLE 5
Covenants of LM
Section 5.01. Conduct of the Businesses Until the Closing.
(a) From the date of this Agreement until the Closing, LM hereby agrees
not to, and to cause each Transferor Subsidiary not to, take any actions
with respect to the Company or any of the Businesses other than actions
expressly permitted by this Agreement or the Contribution Agreement
(including, without limitation, Section 4.01 of the Contribution
Agreement).
(b) LM hereby agrees to cause the Company not to take any
actions other than actions necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the
Contemplated Transactions. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.01 to
the contrary, LM agrees that prior to the Closing no consent of or waiver
or other affirmative action to be taken by the Company under the
Contribution Agreement shall be valid and effective without the express
prior approval of GE, provided, that to the extent any such consent of or
waiver or other affirmative action by the Company under the Contribution
Agreement is subject to a reasonableness standard, the prior approval of GE
under this Section 5.01(b) shall be subject to the same reasonableness
standard.
Section 5.02. Access to Information. Except as may be
deemed appropriate to ensure compliance with any Applicable Laws
(including, without limitation, any requirements with respect to security
clearances) and subject to any applicable privileges (including, without
limitation, the attorney-client privilege), from the date of this Agreement
until the Closing Date, LM will, and will cause each Subsidiary of LM to:
(a) give GE and its Representatives reasonable access to the
offices, properties, books and records of LM and such Subsidiary relating
to the Company, the Businesses, the Transferred Assets or the Assumed
Liabilities during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice;
(b) furnish to GE and its Representatives such financial and
operating data and other information relating to the Company and the
Businesses, as GE may reasonably request;
(c) instruct its employees and Representatives to cooperate
with GE in its investigation of the Company, the Businesses, the
Transferred Assets and the Assumed Liabilities (including, in each case,
any investigation of the accuracy and completeness of the representations
made in the Officers' Certificates referred to in Section 8.02(d)(i) and of
other matters reasonably related to the Tax consequences of the
Contemplated Transactions); and
(d) assist GE and its Representatives in conducting an
investigation of the materials and designs utilized for or the workmanship
related to any product or spare part (other than a CF6 Product or a Nacelle
Major Component) manufactured, assembled, sold, distributed, overhauled,
repaired or retrofitted by the Thrust Reverser Business.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, subject to
the limitations set forth in the first sentence of this Section 5.02, (i)
LM shall use its best efforts (which best efforts undertaking, if requested
by the Company, shall continue after the Closing Date) to enable GE and its
Representatives to conduct at GE's own expense business and financial
reviews, investigations, and studies as to the integration of the Business
and the GE businesses, including any Tax, operating or other efficiencies
which may be achieved through the segregation or consolidation of various
components of such businesses and (ii) subject to the limitations set forth
in the first sentence of this Section 5.02, from the date of this Agreement
to the Closing Date, LM shall give GE and its Representatives access to
information relating to the Businesses of the type, and with the same level
of detail, as in the ordinary course of business is made available to the
general managers of the Businesses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, GE will
not have access to personnel records of LM or any Subsidiary of LM relating
to individual performance or evaluation records, medical histories or other
information which in LM's good faith opinion is sensitive or the disclosure
of which could subject LM or any of the Transferor Subsidiaries to risk of
liability.
Section 5.03. Notices of Certain Events. As promptly as
practicable after the date of this Agreement, but in no event later than
ten days after the date of this Agreement, LM shall in writing notify the
individuals listed in Section I.01 of the Contribution Disclosure Schedule
of LM's obligations under this Section 5.03 and request that such Persons
promptly notify John E. Montague of any of the matters referred to in this
Section 5.03. LM shall, to the extent that any of Messrs. Coffman,
Bennett, Menaker or Montague has knowledge or becomes or is made aware of
any of the following matters, promptly notify the GE Entities of, and
provide copies of relevant materials associated with, any such matters:
(a) any changes or events which, individually or in the
aggregate, have had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company or the Businesses or to result in a material
decrease in the fair market value of the Businesses;
(b) any notice or other communication from any Person
alleging that the consent of such Person (which consent is material) is or
may be required in connection with the Contemplated Transactions;
(c) any notice or other communication that is material in
connection with the Contemplated Transactions from any Governmental
Authority; and
(d) any actions, suits, claims, investigations or
proceedings commenced, or to the best of the knowledge of LM, threatened,
against, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting the Company, the
Businesses or the Transferred Assets or the Assumed Liabilities that, if
pending on the date of this Agreement, would have been required to have
been disclosed pursuant to Exhibit I.10 or that relates to the consummation
of the Contemplated Transactions.
Section 5.04. Access After Closing. On and after the
Closing Date, except as may be deemed appropriate to ensure compliance with
any Applicable Laws (including, without limitation any requirements with
respect to security clearance), and subject to any applicable privileges
(including, without limitation, the attorney-client privilege), LM will
afford (and will cause its Subsidiaries to afford) to GE and its
Representatives reasonable access to the books and records of LM and its
Subsidiaries relating to any of the Businesses or the Equity Securities
(including, without limitation, LM's or any Subsidiary's employees and
auditors with knowledge of any of the Businesses or the Equity Securities)
during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice to permit GE
to determine any matter relating to its rights and obligations under any
Transaction Document or otherwise reasonably required by GE.
Section 5.05. Retention of Assets. From and after the date
of this Agreement, LM shall ensure that no assets of the Businesses are
distributed or otherwise transferred (by dividend, intercompany or
intracompany loan or otherwise, other than by intercompany or intracompany
loan that is consistent with past cash management practices) to LM or any
Affiliate of LM (other than in the ordinary course consistent with past
practices for payments to or allocated to LM or any Affiliate of LM
relating to (i) materials or services used in the Businesses, (ii) costs
advanced to or on behalf of the Businesses or (iii) allocations of
corporate overhead costs). For purposes of the foregoing, LM shall treat
each Business as if it were a separate, incorporated Subsidiary of LM. To
the extent that, from and after the day after the Balance Sheet Date but
prior to the Closing Date, more than a de minimis amount of assets
(including, without limitation, cash) of any Business has been so
distributed or otherwise transferred (by dividend or otherwise) to LM or
any Affiliate of LM, LM shall, and shall cause any such Affiliate of LM to,
prior to the Contribution Closing, cause such assets (or an equivalent
amount in cash) to be contributed or otherwise transferred to such
Business. Any intercompany or intracompany loans made from and after the
date of this Agreement to or from any of the Businesses consistent with
past cash management practices shall be repaid at or prior to the Closing.
Section 5.06. Tax Qualification. From and after the date
of this Agreement, LM shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to, use
its best efforts to avoid any action or omission that may reasonably be
expected to prevent the Contribution and Assumption and Exchange from
qualifying as a reorganization described in Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the
Code and a distribution described in Section 355(a) of the Code to which
Sections 355(d) and (e) of the Code do not apply. For purposes of Section
9.02(b), an action or omission will be considered a knowing breach of
Section 5.06 only if LM actually knows that such action or omission may
reasonably be expected to prevent the Contribution and Assumption and
Exchange from qualifying as a reorganization described in Section
368(a)(1)(D) of the Code and a distribution described in Section 355(a) of
the Code. For purposes of Section 9.02(b), an action or omission will be
considered an intentional breach of Section 5.06 only if LM intends that
such action or omission will prevent the Contribution and Assumption and
Exchange from qualifying as a reorganization described in Section
368(a)(1)(D) of the Code and a distribution described in Section 355(a) of
the Code.
Section 5.07. Customer Introductions. LM shall, and shall
cause each Transferor Subsidiary to, upon the request of GE at any time
from the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, to the extent
reasonably practicable, introduce GE, or arrange for a personal
introduction of the Representatives of GE, to customers and significant
vendors to the Businesses for the purpose of ensuring good customer and
vendor relationships following the Closing.
Section 5.08. LM Board Resolution. LM shall not take any
action to alter or repeal the resolution of LM's Board of Directors
currently in effect exempting any business combination with GE or LM or any
of their Affiliates from the provisions of Section 3-602 of the Maryland
General Corporation Law if such action would make such Section 3-602
applicable to the Contemplated Transactions.
Section 5.09. Company Preferred Stock. As soon as
practicable after the date of this Agreement, but in any event not later
than 10 Business Days prior to the Closing Date, LM shall cause the Company
to amend its charter to provide for not less than 5,000,000 shares of blank
check preferred stock.
Section 5.10. Certain Information. (a) From and after the
date of this Agreement, subject to Section 5.02, LM and its Affiliates shall
make reasonably available to GE and its Representatives such actuarial,
financial, personnel and related information as may be requested by GE or
such Representative with respect to any Employee Plan, Benefit Arrangement
or Transferred Employee, including, but not limited to, benefit records,
compensation and employment histories, policies, interpretations and other
records relating to Employee Plans and Benefit Arrangements.
(b) The parties acknowledge that, pursuant to Exhibits III
and IV of the Contribution Agreement, LM has represented or covenanted that
certain documents and information either have been provided or will be
delivered, furnished or made reasonably available or identified to the
Company. LM hereby agrees that any such documents or information have been
provided or will be delivered, furnished or made reasonably available or
identified to GE on the same basis and at the same time.
ARTICLE 6
Covenants of the GE Entities
Section 6.01. Confidentiality. Each of the GE Entities
agrees that all information provided to such GE Entity or any of its
Representatives as contemplated by this Agreement will be treated as if
provided under the Confidentiality Agreement (whether or not the
Confidentiality Agreement is in effect); provided, that the GE Entities'
obligation to keep confidential information relating to the Company, the
Businesses, the Transferred Assets and the Assumed Liabilities hereunder
and under the Confidentiality Agreement shall terminate as of the Closing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Section 6.01 shall
relieve any of the GE Entities from its obligations under Section 7.03.
Section 6.02. Access after Closing. Except as may be
deemed appropriate to ensure compliance with any Applicable Laws
(including, without limitation, any requirements with respect to security
clearances), on and after the Closing Date and subject to any applicable
privileges (including, without limitation, the attorney-client privilege),
the GE Entities will cause the Company to provide LM and its
Representatives reasonable access to the books and records of the Company
relating to any of the Businesses (including, without limitation, the
Company's employees and auditors with knowledge of any of the Businesses)
during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice to permit LM
to determine any matter relating to its rights and obligations under any
Transaction Document or Contracts or to permit LM to prepare and file any
and all tax reports or returns required to be filed by LM or any of its
Affiliates or otherwise reasonably required by LM. LM agrees that all
information provided to LM and its Representatives pursuant to this Section
6.02 will be treated in accordance with Section 4.02 of the Contribution
Agreement.
Section 6.03. Tax Qualification. From and after the date
of this Agreement, GE shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to, use
its best efforts to avoid any action or omission that may reasonably be
expected to prevent the Contribution and Assumption and Exchange from
qualifying as a reorganization described in Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the
Code and a distribution described in Section 355(a) of the Code to which
Sections 355(d) and (e) do not apply. For purposes of Section 9.02(d), an
action or omission will be considered a knowing breach of Section 6.03 only
if GE actually knows that such action or omission may reasonably be
expected to prevent the Contribution and Assumption and Exchange from
qualifying as a reorganization described in Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the
Code and a distribution described in Section 355(a) of the Code. For
purposes of Section 9.02(d), an action or omission will be considered an
intentional breach of Section 6.03 only if GE intends that such action or
omission will prevent the Contribution and Assumption and Exchange from
qualifying as a reorganization described in Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the
Code and a distribution described in Section 355(a) of the Code.
Section 6.04. Company Compliance. From and after the
Closing, GE will cause the Company to perform all of its obligations under
the Contribution Agreement, and GE and its Affiliates will use best efforts
to take all actions consistent with or avoid all actions inconsistent with
this undertaking.
Section 6.05. Conversion. Each of the GE Entities agrees
that, prior to November 28, 1997, it shall not deliver a conversion notice
pursuant to Section 4 of the charter provisions of the LM Preferred Stock.
In the event that on or after November 28, 1997 the GE Entities deliver
such a conversion notice, LM shall use best efforts to take, or cause to be
taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary or
desirable under Applicable Laws to permit the conversion of the LM
Preferred Stock into LM Common Stock as expeditiously as possible.
ARTICLE 7
Covenants of the Parties
Section 7.01. Further Assurances. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the Contribution Agreement, each party
shall use best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to
do, or cause to be done, all things necessary or desirable under Applicable
Laws to consummate the Contemplated Transactions as expeditiously as
possible. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the
Contribution Agreement, each party shall execute and deliver, or cause to
be executed and delivered, such other documents, certificates, agreements
and other writings and to take, or cause to be taken, such other actions as
may be necessary or desirable in order to consummate or implement
expeditiously the Contemplated Transactions. LM will use best efforts to
extinguish, or cause to be extinguished, all liens on real property
constituting part of the Transferred Assets. To the extent reasonably
requested by LM, GE will use best efforts to assist LM in connection with
LM's obligations under Section 4.08 of the Contribution Agreement.
Section 7.02. Certain Filings and Consents. The parties
shall cooperate with one another (a) in determining whether any action by
or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required,
or any actions, consents, approvals or waivers are required to be obtained
from parties to any material Contracts, in either case, in connection with
consummation of the Contemplated Transactions and (b) subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement and the Contribution Agreement, in taking
such actions or making any such filings, furnishing information required in
connection with taking such actions or making such filings and seeking
timely to obtain any such actions, consents, approvals or waivers.
Section 7.03. Public Announcements. The public disclosure
to be made by any of the parties accompanying the announcement of the
Contemplated Transactions, including, among other things, the initial press
release to be issued with respect to the Contemplated Transactions, the
description of the Contemplated Transactions for purposes of the
notification and report form to be filed pursuant to the HSR Act, the
description of the Contemplated Transactions for purposes of any filings to
be made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including, without
limitation, an amendment to GE's Schedule 13D relating to the LM Common
Stock, a Form 8-K relating to the Contemplated Transactions to be filed by
LM, together with the initial press release, and the initial joint proxy
statement and registration statement on Form S-4 to be filed by LM in
connection with its acquisition of Northrop Grumman) and certain public
statements to be made regarding the Contemplated Transactions, will be made
only as agreed by LM and GE, except as required by Applicable Law. Each of
GE and LM agrees that, except as required by Applicable Law, neither it nor
any of its Affiliates will issue any other press release or make any public
statement with respect to the Transaction Documents or the Contemplated
Transactions without the prior consent of the other, which consent will not
be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that no such consent shall be
required to the extent that such press release or public statement is
consistent with the public disclosure heretofore agreed. To the extent
that LM receives comments relating to the Contemplated Transactions from
the Securities and Exchange Commission on its joint proxy statement and
registration statement on Form S-4 to be filed by LM in connection with its
acquisition of Northrop Grumman, GE agrees to respond to any written
request from LM for GE's consent to additional or modified disclosure to be
made concerning the Contemplated Transactions within one Business Day
following GE's receipt of LM's written request, which shall include a copy
of the relevant comments and the proposed disclosure. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no provision of this Section 7.03 shall relieve any party from
its obligations under Section 4.02 of the Contribution Agreement or Section
6.01 of this Agreement, as the case may be.
Section 7.04. Trademarks; Trade Names. From and after the
Closing, the Company shall have the right, royalty-free, to sell inventory
and to use packaging, labeling, containers, supplies, advertising
materials, technical data sheets and any similar materials bearing any of
the marks or names set forth in Section 7.04 of the Exchange Disclosure
Schedule (collectively or individually as the context requires, the "LM
Trademarks and Trade Names") to the extent bearing any such mark or name as
of the Closing Date. The Company shall comply with Applicable Laws in any
use of packaging or labeling containing the LM Trademarks and Trade Names.
Section 7.05. HSR Act. Subject to the following sentence,
the parties shall take all reasonable actions necessary or appropriate to
cause the prompt expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period
under the HSR Act in respect of the Contemplated Transactions, including,
without limitation, complying as promptly as practicable with any requests
for additional information. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, if it is necessary in order to terminate the waiting period
under the HSR Act or otherwise to permit the Closing to take place, GE
agrees to divest assets, to hold assets separate pending such divestiture,
or to enter into a consent decree requiring it to divest assets, and to
take such further action in connection therewith as may be necessary to
enable the Closing to take place on or prior to December 31, 1997;
provided, that GE shall not be required to take any action pursuant to this
Section 7.05 if the taking of such action would have a Material Adverse
Effect on GE and the Businesses taken as a whole. In the event that GE
divests any Transferred Assets pursuant to this Section 7.05, the
difference (whether positive or negative) between the net (after taxes and
expenses) proceeds from such divestiture and the Divestiture Value of the
asset so divested shall be divided equally by GE and LM. For purposes of
this Section 7.05, the "Divestiture Value" of an asset shall be equal to
the product of (i) 20.0, in the case of assets of the Access Graphics
Business, and 14.0, in the case of assets of the Thrust Reversers Business,
and (ii) the average of the projected annual net earnings of the assets
divested (determined in the reasonable good faith judgment of GE and LM)
for the 1998, 1999 and 2000 fiscal years.
Section 7.06. LM Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding anything
in the charter provisions of the LM Preferred Stock to the contrary, LM and
the GE Entities agree that, until the earlier of (i) the Closing and (ii)
the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01, (x) as
of the date of this Agreement, the 20,000,000 shares of LM Preferred Stock
owned in aggregate by the GE Entities are convertible into 29,123,284
shares of LM Common Stock and (y) there shall be no further adjustment to
the conversion price of the LM Preferred Stock in the case of any of the
following: (A) LM shall issue shares of LM Common Stock or rights or
warrants or other securities convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for
shares of LM Common Stock in the ordinary course of business to any
employee of LM or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to either the exercise
of stock options granted with the approval of LM's Board of Directors or a
restricted stock, stock option or other stock incentive plan approved by
LM's Board of Directors; and (B) at any time LM or any Subsidiary thereof
shall repurchase in open market transactions any shares of LM Common Stock
in the ordinary course of business with the approval of LM's Board of
Directors.
Section 7.07. Agreement of Fair Market Value. LM and the
GE Entities agree that the aggregate fair market value of the Businesses is
not less than $771,300,000 (before giving effect to the adjustments
contemplated by Section 2.06 of the Contribution Agreement).
Section 7.08. Inventory Audit. The parties hereby agree
that LM shall conduct an inventory audit, as of October 31, 1997, of the
Access Graphics Business. GE and its Representatives shall have the
opportunity to observe the inventory audit. Any adjustments resulting from
the inventory audit shall be taken into account in connection with the
preparation of the Access Graphics Closing Balance Sheet, but shall not be
taken into account in respect of the Access Graphics Balance Sheet (June
30, 1997).
ARTICLE 8
Conditions to Closing
Section 8.01. Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party.
The obligations of the parties to consummate the Closing are subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver in writing by both LM and GE) of the following
conditions:
(a) Any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act
relating to the Contemplated Transactions shall have expired or been
terminated.
(b) No provision of any Applicable Law or regulation and no
judgment, injunction, order or decree shall prohibit the consummation of
the Closing, and no action or proceeding shall be pending before any court,
arbitrator or Governmental Authority with respect to which counsel
reasonably satisfactory to LM and GE shall have rendered a written opinion
that there is a substantial likelihood of a determination that would
prohibit the Closing.
(c) All actions by or in respect of or filings with any
U.S. Governmental Authority required to permit the consummation of the
Closing shall have been obtained.
Section 8.02. Conditions to the Obligations of the GE
Entities. The obligations of the GE Entities to consummate the Closing
are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by GE) of the following further
conditions:
(a) (i) LM shall have performed in all material respects
all of its material obligations under this Agreement and the Contribution
Agreement required to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date,
(ii) the representations and warranties of LM contained in this Agreement
and the Contribution Agreement shall be accurate in all respects at and as
of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of such date, except for any
inaccuracies which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and may
not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company or the Businesses and (iii) the GE Entities shall have received a
certificate signed by an executive officer of LM to the foregoing effect.
(b) The Contribution and Assumption shall have been
consummated and the Intellectual Property License, the Transitional
Services Agreement, the Technical Consulting Agreement, the Baltimore
Facility Lease and the Tax Assurance Agreement shall have been entered into
and delivered by LM and the Company, in each case in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement or the Contribution Agreement, as the case may be.
(c) LM shall have received the Required Consents referred
to in Section 8.02(c) of the Exchange Disclosure Schedule in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to GE, and no such consent, authorization
or approval shall have been revoked.
(d) GE shall have received an opinion of its tax counsel,
Cahill Gordon & Reindel, substantially identical in all material respects
to the form of opinion provided to GE and LM on or prior to the date of
this Agreement, dated the Closing Date, which opinion shall be based on
appropriate representations of LM and GE that are in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to such counsel, as to the qualification of the
Exchange under Section 355 of the Code; provided, that such condition shall
not be applicable if (i) the Officers' Certificates delivered by LM at
Closing for purposes of the tax opinion are substantially identical in all
material respects to the form of Officers'Certificates delivered by LM on
or prior to the date of this Agreement and the statements and
representations contained therein are accurate and complete in all material
respects, (ii) there has been no significant event (including, without
limitation, any identification of significant undisclosed liabilities or
inability to transfer significant assets of the Businesses) subsequent to
the date of this Agreement resulting in or otherwise corresponding to a
decrease in the aggregate fair market value of the Businesses to an amount
that is less than $771,300,000; and (iii) GE shall have received an
opinion of King & Spalding, tax counsel to LM, substantially identical in
all material respects to the form of opinion of King & Spalding provided to
GE on or prior to the date of this Agreement, which opinion shall be based
on the Officers' Certificates referred to in clause (i) and the Officer's
Certificate referred to in Section 8.03(b)(i) (and not on any other
representations or assumptions). Clause (ii) of this Section 8.02(d) shall
be deemed satisfied if the mid-point of the range of fair market values
determined by an investment banking firm selected by LM and reasonably
satisfactory to GE for the aggregate fair market value of the Businesses as
of the Closing Date is not less than $771,300,000.
Section 8.03. Conditions to Obligations of LM. The
obligation of LM to consummate the Closing is subject to the satisfaction
(or waiver by LM) of the following further conditions:
(a) (i) The GE Entities shall have performed in all
material respects all of their respective material obligations under this
Agreement required to be performed by such entity on or prior to the
Closing Date, (ii) the representations and warranties of GE contained in
this Agreement shall be accurate at and as of the Closing Date, as if made
at and as of such date, except for inaccuracies which, individually or in
the aggregate, have not had and may not reasonably be expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect on GE or the GE Entities and (iii) LM shall have
received a certificate signed by an executive officer of GE to the
foregoing effect.
(b) LM shall have received an opinion of its tax counsel,
King & Spalding, substantially identical in all material respects to the
form of opinion provided to LM and GE on or prior to the date of this
Agreement, dated the Closing Date, which opinion shall be based on
appropriate representations of LM and GE that are in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to such counsel, as to the qualification of the
Exchange under Section 355 of the Code and the inapplicability of Sections
355(d) and (e) of the Code; provided, that such condition shall not be
applicable if (i) the Officer's Certificate delivered by GE at Closing for
purposes of the tax opinion is substantially identical in all material
respects to the form of Officer's Certificate delivered by GE on or prior
to the date of this Agreement and the statements and representations
contained therein are accurate and complete in all material respects and
(ii) LM shall have received an opinion of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, tax
counsel to GE, substantially identical in all material respects to the form
of opinion of King & Spalding provided to LM on or prior to the date of
this Agreement, which opinion shall be based on the Officer's Certificate
referred to in clause (i) and the Officers' Certificates referred to in
Section 8.02(d)(i) (and not on any other representations or assumptions).
ARTICLE 9
Survival; Indemnification
Section 9.01. Survival. None of the covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties of the parties contained in this Agreement
or the certificates to be delivered pursuant to Sections 8.02(a)(iii) and
8.03(a)(iii) shall survive the Closing except for those contained in
Articles 2, 5 (other than Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.05 and 5.07), 6, 7
(other than Sections 7.02 and 7.05), 9 and 11, Sections I.01 (other than
with respect to the qualification to do business in any state other than
Maryland), I.02, I.03(a), I.04 (with respect to clauses (i) and (ii)
thereof), I.05, I.14 (including the Officers' Certificates referred to in
Section 8.02(d)(i)), II.01 (other than with respect to the qualification to
do business in any state other than New York), II.02, II.03, II.04 (with
respect to clauses (i) and (ii) thereof), II.05 and II.08 (including the
Officer's Certificate referred to in Section 8.03(b)(i)), and those
covenants and agreements which, by their terms, are to have effect after
the Closing Date (each, a "Surviving Representation or Covenant"). It is
understood and agreed that, except as explicitly provided in this
Agreement, after the Closing there shall be no liability or obligation
under this Agreement in respect of a breach or alleged breach of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement
or such certificates. It is further understood and agreed that none of the
representations and warranties that have been made by any of the parties in
any other Transaction Document shall survive the Closing, except to the
extent the survival thereof is expressly provided for in any Transaction
Document.
Section 9.02. Indemnification. (a) Effective as of the
Closing, except as provided in Section 9.02(b), LM hereby indemnifies the
GE Entities and their Affiliates, and to the extent actually indemnified by
the GE Entities or any such Affiliate from time to time, their respective
Representatives, against and agrees to hold each of them harmless on an
after-Tax basis from any and all Damages incurred or suffered by any of
them arising out of or related in any way to:
(i) any misrepresentation or breach of any Surviving
Representation or Covenant made or to be performed by LM or any Transferor
Subsidiary pursuant to any of the Transaction Documents; or
(ii) any Excluded Liability (including, without
limitation, LM's or any Transferor Subsidiary's failure to perform or in
due course pay and discharge any Excluded Liability).
(b) Except in the case of fraud, the aggregate liability of
LM for Damages (determined without regard to Section 9.02(e)(ii)) resulting
from misrepresentation or breach of warranty under Section 7.07 or I.14
(including the Officers' Certificates referred to in Section 8.02(d)(i)),
breach of covenant under Section 5.06, or misrepresentation or breach of
warranty or obligation to provide indemnification under the Tax Assurance
Agreement will be limited as follows:
(i) if such misrepresentation or breach is knowing or
intentional, LM will be liable to the extent of (A) 33 1/3% of the excess
of such Damages (determined by applying Section 9.02(e)(ii)) over
$250,000,000, plus (B) interest on the amount determined under clause (A)
from March 15, 1998 at the rate designated from time to time under Section
6621(a)(2) of the Code, compounded on a daily basis;
(ii) if such misrepresentation or breach results from
failure of due inquiry or due care (and is not described in clause
9.02(b)(i)(A) above), LM will be liable to the extent such Damages
(determined by applying Section 9.02(e)(ii)) exceed $250,000,000, but only
to the extent of the lesser of (A) 33 1/3% of such excess, and (B)
$25,000,000; or
(iii) in all other cases, zero.
(c) Effective as of the Closing, except as provided in
Section 9.02(d), GE hereby indemnifies LM and its Affiliates, and to the
extent actually indemnified by LM or any such Affiliate from time to time,
their respective Representatives, against and agrees to hold each of them
harmless on an after-Tax basis from any and all Damages incurred or
suffered by any of them arising out of or related in any way to:
(i) any misrepresentation or breach of Surviving
Representation or Covenant made or to be performed by any of the GE
Entities pursuant to the Transaction Documents; or
(ii) subject to Sections 9.03 and 9.06, any Assumed
Liability (including, without limitation, the Company's failure to perform
or in due course pay and discharge any Assumed Liability);
provided, that GE's indemnification obligation under clause (ii) above
shall not become effective unless LM shall have provided the Company with
written notice of its breach in respect of an Assumed Liability and the
Company shall not have cured such breach within 20 Business Days following
receipt of such notice.
(d) Except in the case of fraud, the aggregate liability of
GE and the Company for Damages (determined without regard to Section
9.02(e)(ii)) resulting from misrepresentation or breach of warranty under
Section II.08 (including the Officer's Certificate referred to in Section
8.03(b)(i)), breach of covenant under Section 6.03, or misrepresentation or
breach of warranty or obligation to provide indemnification under the Tax
Assurance Agreement will be limited as follows:
(i) if such misrepresentation or breach is knowing or
intentional, GE will be liable to the extent of (A) 33 1/3% of the
excess of such Damages (determined by applying Section 9.02(e)(ii)) over
$15,000,000, plus (B) interest on the amount determined under clause (A)
from March 15, 1998 at the rate designated from time to time under Section
6621(a)(2) of the Code, compounded on a daily basis; or
(ii) if such misrepresentation or breach results from
failure of due inquiry or due care (and is not described in clause
9.02(d)(i) above), GE will be liable to the extent such Damages (determined
by applying Section 9.02(e)(ii)) exceed $15,000,000, but only to the extent
of the lesser of (A) 33 1/3% of such excess, and (B) $1,500,000; or
(iii) in all other cases, zero.
(e) (i) For purposes of Section 9.02(b) and 9.02(d), LM or
GE (as the case may be) will be deemed to have conducted due inquiry with
respect to the Officers' Certificates and Officer's Certificate referred to
in Section 8.02(d)(i) and 8.03(b)(i), respectively, and other written
information described in Section I.14 or II.08 if (A) each officer who
executes one of such certificates has received affirmative verification of
the accuracy and completeness of each material representation made in such
certificate from, in the case of LM, officers or executives of LM (or of
the relevant Business) responsible therefor, or, in the case of GE, an
officer or an executive of GE responsible therefor, and (B) no facts have
come to the attention of the officer or officers executing such certificate
to create any material doubt that any such representation is accurate,
complete, and consistent with such other written information.
(ii) For purposes of Section 9.02(b) and 9.02(d)
(except as explicitly provided therein), the amount of any Damages will be
determined without regard to any interest payable to any Tax authority.
(f) Any payment due from LM under this Section 9.02 or
Section 9.03 or 9.06 shall be made solely to the Company, except to the
extent that GE determines, in its reasonable judgment, that payment to any
Affiliate of the Company is necessary to carry out the intent of this
Section 9.02 or Section 9.03 or 9.06 and GE so notifies LM in writing, in
which case payment shall be made to such Affiliate. Any payment due from
LM under this Section 9.02 or Section 9.03 or 9.06 shall be made without
duplication of any payment made by LM under Section 7.02, 7.03 or 7.06 of
the Contribution Agreement in respect of the same claim.
Section 9.03. Indemnification of GE Entities by LM for
Certain Assumed Liabilities. (a) LM hereby indemnifies the GE Entities
and their Affiliates and, to the extent actually indemnified by the GE
Entities or any such Affiliate from time to time, each of their respective
Representatives against and agrees to hold them harmless on an after-tax
basis from:
(i) in the case of any Matter described in clause
7.03(b)(ii) of the Contribution Agreement, Actual Net Expenditures; and
(ii) in the case of any Matter described in clause
7.03(b)(i) of the Contribution Agreement, Actual Net Expenditures and
Economic Harm (without duplication),
in each case only to the extent such Actual Net Expenditures were made by
or such Economic Harm was actually realized by any of them before the tenth
anniversary of the Closing Date; provided, that LM shall not have any
obligation to indemnify with respect to any such Matter until the amount of
such Actual Net Expenditures made or Actual Net Expenditures made and
Economic Harm realized, as the case may be, exceeds $15,000,000 (each, an
"Excess Amount"); and further, provided, that LM shall have received (A)
notice from the Company specifying such Excess Amount and (B) evidence
reasonably satisfactory to LM that any GE Entity has made such Actual Net
Expenditures or suffered such Economic Harm. Promptly after receipt of
such notice and evidence, LM shall pay any Excess Amount in cash or by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to such account of such GE Entity
as such GE Entity shall specify in a written notice. Any notice made
pursuant to this Section 9.03(a) may not be delivered later than sixty days
after the tenth anniversary of the Closing Date.
(b) No Person shall be entitled to payment of any Excess
Amount if, without LM's prior written consent, any GE Entity (i) other than
in good faith, rejected a settlement proposal in respect of such Matter or
failed to settle such Matter for an amount that would have resulted in
Actual Net Expenditures of less than $15,000,000 in respect of such Matter;
(ii) settled any such Matter, or consented to the entry of judgment in
respect of such Matter, where such settlement or judgment resulted in an
Excess Amount; or (iii) did not allow LM to participate in a substantial
manner with such GE Entity in the defense of such Matter (substantially in
the manner contemplated by Section 9.04(b)(ii)).
Section 9.04. Procedures for Third Party Claims.
(a) Notice. The party or parties seeking indemnification
under Section 9.02 or the GE Entities under Section 9.06 (the "Indemnified
Parties") agree to give prompt notice to the parties against whom indemnity
is sought (the "Indemnifying Parties") of the assertion of any third-party
claim, or the commencement of any suit, action or proceeding in respect of
which indemnity may be sought under Section 9.02 or 9.06 (the "Third Party
Claims"). The failure by any Indemnified Party so to notify the
Indemnifying Parties shall not constitute a waiver of any Indemnified
Party's claims to indemnification in the absence of material prejudice to
the Indemnifying Parties. Any such notice shall be accompanied by a copy
of any papers theretofore served on the Indemnified Party in connection
with the applicable Third Party Claim.
(b) Defense and Settlement of Claims.
(i) Assumption of Defense by LM. Except as provided in
Sections 9.04(b)(ii) and 9.04(b)(v), upon receipt of notice from any
Indemnified Party with respect to any Third Party Claim as to which
indemnity is available pursuant to Section 9.02(a) or as to which indemnity
may be available to the GE Entities pursuant to Section 9.06(a), LM will,
subject to the provisions of Sections 9.04(b)(ii), (iii), (iv), (vi) and
(vii), assume the defense and control of such Third Party Claim but shall
allow the Indemnified Parties a reasonable opportunity to participate in
the defense thereof with their own counsel and at their own expense. LM
shall select counsel, contractors and consultants of recognized standing
and competence after consultation with GE, shall take all steps necessary
in the defense or settlement thereof, and shall at all times diligently and
promptly pursue the resolution thereof. In conducting the defense thereof,
LM shall at all times act as if all Damages or Product Damages, as the case
may be, relating to such Third Party Claim were for its own account and
shall act in good faith and with reasonable prudence to minimize Damages or
Product Damages, as the case may be, therefrom. GE shall, and shall cause
each of its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents to,
cooperate fully with LM in the defense of any Third Party Claim defended by
LM.
(ii) Assumption of Defense by GE. Except as provided in
Section 9.04(b)(i) or 9.04(b)(v), upon receipt of notice from any
Indemnified Party with respect to any Third Party Claim as to which
indemnity is available pursuant to Section 9.02(c), GE will, subject to the
provisions of Sections 9.04(b)(iii), (iv), (vi) and (vii), assume the
defense and control of such Third Party Claim, but shall allow the
Indemnified Parties a reasonable opportunity to participate in the defense
thereof with their own counsel and at their own expense. Notwithstanding
Section 9.04(b)(i), GE may retain the defense and control of any Third
Party Claim to the extent it relates to a Product Matter; provided that (A)
the amount of potential Product Damages in respect of such claim is less
than $5,000,000, and (B) GE, in good faith, expects that the resolution of
the Product Matter to which such claim relates will not result in Product
Damages in excess of $15,000,000; and provided further that GE shall allow
LM a reasonable opportunity to participate in the defense thereof with its
own counsel and at its own expense. GE shall select counsel, contractors
and consultants of recognized standing and competence after consultation
with LM, shall take all steps necessary in the defense or settlement
thereof, and shall at all times act as if all Damages or Product Damages,
as the case may be, relating to such Third Party Claim were for its own
account and shall act in good faith and with reasonable prudence to
minimize Damages or Product Damages, as the case may be, therefrom. LM
shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates, directors, officers,
employees, and agents to, cooperate fully with GE in the defense of any
Third Party Claim defended by GE.
(iii) Continuing Notice of Certain Claims. Each
Indemnifying Party conducting a defense pursuant to Section 9.04(b)(i) or
9.04(b)(ii) shall give prompt and continuing notice to the Indemnified
Parties in respect of such Third Party Claim that the Indemnifying Party
reasonably believes may: (A) result in the assertion of criminal liability
on the part of the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates, directors,
officers, employees or agents; (B) adversely affect the ability of the
Indemnified Party to do business in any jurisdiction or with any customer;
or (C) materially affect the reputation of the Indemnified Party or any of
its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents.
(iv) Settlement of Claims. Except as provided in
Section 9.04(b)(v), the Indemnifying Party shall be authorized to consent
to a settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from any Third
Party Claim, without the consent of any Indemnified Party; provided, that
the Indemnifying Party shall (A) pay or cause to be paid all amounts
arising out of such settlement or judgment concurrently with the
effectiveness thereof; (B) shall not encumber any of the assets of any
Indemnified Party or agree to any restriction or condition that would apply
to such Indemnified Party or to the conduct of that party's business; and
(C) shall obtain, as a condition of any settlement or other resolution, a
complete release of each Indemnified Party.
(v) Tax Claims. Sections 9.04(b)(i) through
9.04(b)(iv), 9.04(b)(vi) and 9.04(b)(vii) shall not be applicable to any
Third Party Claim relating to income or franchise taxes. Each of LM and GE
shall keep the other fully advised with respect to, and shall grant the
other full rights of consultation in connection with, any such Third Party
Claim and the defense or other handling of any audit, litigation or other
proceeding involving the tax treatment of the Contemplated Transactions.
(vi) Shared Defense. Each party may elect to share the
defense of a Third Party Claim the defense of which has been assumed or
retained by the other party pursuant to Section 9.04(b)(i) or 9.04(b)(ii).
In that event, the Indemnified Party will so notify the other party in
writing. Thereafter, GE and LM shall participate on an equal basis in the
defense, management and control of any such claim. LM and GE shall select
mutually satisfactory counsel, contractors and consultants to conduct the
defense or settlement thereof, and shall at all times diligently and
promptly pursue the resolution thereof. LM and GE shall each be
responsible for one-half of all Damages or Product Damages, as the case may
be, incurred after the Indemnified Party has provided notice as specified
herein, including costs of defense and investigation, with respect to such
claim, provided, that (A) GE's Actual Net Expenditures and Economic Harm
with respect to any Matter governed by this Section 9.04 shall in no event
exceed $15,000,000, (B) GE's liability pursuant to Section 9.06(a) shall
in no event exceed the amount set forth therein and (C) the election by GE
to share in the defense of a Third Party Claim as to which indemnity is
available pursuant to Section 9.06(a) shall not increase LM's liability
under such Section 9.06(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, GE shall manage
all Remedial Actions conducted with respect to facilities which constitute
Transferred Assets; provided, that LM and its Representatives shall have
the right, consistent with GE's right to manage such Remedial Actions as
aforesaid, to participate fully in all decisions regarding any Remedial
Action, including reasonable access to sites where any Remedial Action is
being conducted, reasonable access to all documents, data, reports or
information regarding the Remedial Action, reasonable access to employees
and consultants of GE with knowledge of relevant facts about the Remedial
Action and the right to attend all meetings with any government agency or
third party regarding the Remedial Action.
(vii) Dispute Resolution. If LM and GE are unable to
agree with respect to a procedural matter arising under Section
9.04(b)(vi), LM and GE shall, within ten days after notice of disagreement
given by either party, agree upon a third-party referee ("Third Party
Referee"), who shall be an attorney and who shall have the authority to
review and resolve the disputed matter. The parties shall present their
differences in writing (each party simultaneously providing to the other a
copy of all documents submitted) to the Third Party Referee and shall cause
the Third Party Referee promptly to review any facts, law or arguments
either LM or GE may present. The Third Party Referee shall be retained to
resolve specific differences between the parties within the range of such
differences. Either party may request that all oral arguments presented to
the Third Party Referee by either party be in each other's presence. The
decision of the Third Party Referee shall be final and binding unless both
LM and GE agree otherwise. The parties shall share equally all costs and
fees of the Third Party Referee.
Section 9.05. Procedures for Direct Claims. In the event
any Indemnified Party should have a claim for indemnity against any
Indemnifying Party that does not involve a Third Party Claim, the
Indemnified Party shall deliver notice of such claim with reasonable
promptness to the Indemnifying Party. The failure by any Indemnified Party
so to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying
Party from any liability that it may have to such Indemnified Party with
respect to any claim made pursuant to this Section 9.05 in the absence of
material prejudice to the Indemnifying Party. The Indemnifying Party shall
use best efforts to notify the Indemnified Party within 30 calendar days
following its receipt of such notice whether the Indemnifying Party
disputes or accepts its liability to the Indemnified Party under this
Article 9; provided, that the failure by the Indemnifying Party to so
notify the Indemnified Party shall not create any presumption that the
Indemnifying Party has accepted its liability to the Indemnified Party
under this Article 9. If the Indemnifying Party accepts its liability to
the Indemnified Party under this Article 9, the Indemnifying Party shall
pay the amount of such liability to the Indemnified Party on demand or, in
the case of any notice in which the amount of the claim (or any portion of
the claim) is estimated, on such later date when the amount of such claim
(or such portion of such claim) becomes finally determined. If the
Indemnifying Party has timely disputed its liability with respect to such
claim as provided above, the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party
shall proceed in good faith to negotiate a resolution of such dispute and,
if not resolved through negotiations, such dispute shall be resolved by
litigation in accordance with Section 11.08.
Section 9.06. Indemnification of GE Entities by LM for
Certain Product Matters. (a) Effective as of the Closing, LM hereby
indemnifies the GE Entities and their Affiliates and, to the extent
actually indemnified by the GE Entities or any such Affiliate from time to
time, each of their respective Representatives against and agree to hold
them harmless on an after-Tax basis from any and all Product Damages
arising out of or related in any way to a Product Matter (as defined
below), but only if the event (other than the common root cause, including,
by way of example, an accident involving a commercial aircraft while in
service but not including design of a product incorporated in the aircraft)
giving rise to such Product Matter occurs before the tenth anniversary of
the Closing Date; provided, that LM shall not have any obligation to
indemnify the GE Entities or their Affiliates with respect to any Product
Matter unless the aggregate amount of Product Damages arising out of or
related in any way to such Product Matter exceeds $15,000,000 (such amount
exceeding $15,000,000, the "Product Matter Excess Amount") and in that
event such obligation to indemnify with respect to such Product Matter
shall equal 75% of the Product Matter Excess Amount. Product Damages shall
not be increased as a result of (i) action by the Company after the Closing
to amend, modify or waive any provision of a contract or agreement relating
to a Product or (ii) any work performed after the Closing by the Company as
a concession to a customer granted after the Closing. With respect to each
such Product Matter, the GE Entities shall be obligated to pay (or cause to
be paid) the first $15,000,000 of all Product Damages and 25% of the
Product Matter Excess Amount.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement a Product Matter shall
consist of:
(i) Personal and Property Claims which arise out of a
common root cause; or
(ii) Product Liability Claims which arise out of a
common root cause;
provided, that if a particular common root cause gives rise to liabilities
or claims under both clauses (i) and (ii) above, all such liabilities or
claims arising out of such common root cause shall be deemed to constitute
a single Product Matter for purposes of determining whether Product Damages
exceed $15,000,000.
(c) GE shall provide written notice (a "Product Matter
Indemnity Notice") to LM promptly after any GE Entity becomes aware of any
Product Matter, together with GE's good faith assessment of whether the
Product Matter will likely result in more than $15,000,000 in Product
Damages. In the event that either the GE Entities or LM becomes aware of
any third party claim, or the commencement of any suit, action or
proceeding, in respect of a Product Matter, GE or LM, as the case may be,
shall promptly notify the other party of such claim, which shall be treated
as a Third Party Claim for purposes of Section 9.04(a).
(d) Any party seeking reimbursement of Product Damages from the
other party in accordance with Section 9.06(a) shall notify the other party
specifying the amount so claimed, together with evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the notified party that the notifying party has actually
incurred such Product Damages and is entitled to payment in accordance with
the allocation of Product Damages set forth in Section 9.06(a). Promptly
after receipt of such notice and evidence, the notified party shall pay any
amount due in cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
such account of the notifying party as the notifying party shall specify in
a written notice.
(e) If, as a result of the investigation permitted pursuant to
clause (iv) of the first sentence of Section 5.02, GE shall have concluded
prior to the Closing in its good faith reasonable judgment that liabilities
(which would be Assumed Liabilities) exist or are reasonably likely to
arise in the future with respect to materials, workmanship or design for
any product manufactured, assembled, sold, distributed, overhauled,
repaired or retrofitted by the Thrust Reverser Business (other than CF6
Products and Nacelle Major Components), which liabilities could reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Thrust Reverser
Business and which may result in Product Damages, then GE shall so notify
LM in writing, specifying in reasonable detail the basis therefor, and such
product (and any associated spare parts) shall be included in the
definition of "Products" for purposes of this Section 9.06 and Section 7.06
of the Contribution Agreement.
ARTICLE 10
Termination
Section 10.01. Grounds for Termination. This Agreement may
be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:
(a) by mutual written agreement of GE and LM;
(b) by either GE or LM if the Closing shall not have been
consummated by December 31, 1997 (the "End Date"); provided, that neither
GE nor LM may terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.01(b) if
the Closing shall not have been consummated by the End Date by reason of
the failure of such party or any of its Affiliates to perform in all
material respects any of its or their respective covenants or agreements
contained in this Agreement or, in the case of LM, the Contribution
Agreement; provided, further, that either GE or LM shall be entitled to
terminate this Agreement prior to the End Date, if such party shall
reasonably conclude that any condition to such party's obligations
hereunder (as set forth in Section 8.01 with respect to LM and GE, Section
8.02 with respect to GE, and Section 8.03 with respect to LM) cannot
reasonably be expected to be satisfied prior to the End Date; and provided,
further, that as a condition to the right of a party to elect to terminate
this Agreement pursuant to the immediately preceding proviso, the party
shall first provide ten Business Days prior notice to the other party
specifying in reasonable detail the nature of the condition that such party
has concluded will not be satisfied, and the other party shall be entitled
during such ten Business Day period to take any actions it may elect
consistent with the terms of the Transaction Documents such that such
condition could be reasonably expected to be satisfied prior to the
expiration of such time period; and
(c) by either GE or LM if there shall be any law or
regulation that makes consummation of the Contemplated Transactions illegal
or otherwise prohibited or if consummation of the Contemplated Transactions
would violate any nonappealable final order, decree or judgment of any
court or governmental body having competent jurisdiction; provided, that
the party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section
10.01(c) shall give notice of such termination to the other parties.
Section 10.02. Effect of Termination. (a) If this
Agreement is terminated as permitted by Section 10.01, such termination
shall be without liability of any party (or any Affiliate, shareholder or
Representative of such party) to any other party to any Transaction
Document, provided, that if the Contemplated Transactions fail to close as
a result of a breach of any Transaction Document by GE or LM, such party
shall be fully liable for any and all Damages incurred or suffered by any
other party as a result of all such breaches (determined without regard to
Section 9.02) in an amount not to exceed 5.0% of the total fair market
value of the consideration that would have been transferred to such party
(or, if greater, by such party) pursuant to this Agreement if the Closing
had occurred as contemplated. The provisions of Sections 6.01, 7.03,
10.02, 11.01, 11.03, 11.04, 11.05 and 11.08 shall survive any termination
of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.01.
(b) For the purposes of the provisions of Section 10.02(a),
the parties agree that LM shall be deemed not to have breached any of the
representations and warranties of LM set forth in Exhibit I of this
Agreement or Exhibit II of the Contribution Agreement unless, on the date
of this Agreement one or more of the following individuals: Marcus C.
Bennett, John E. Montague, Arnold Chiet, Stuart Goldstein, Marian S.
Block, Stephen M. Piper and Frank H. Menaker, Jr., had actual knowledge,
or would have known after due inquiry, that such representation and
warranty was untrue in any material respect, provided, that the knowledge
qualifier shall not apply to (A) (i) Section I.01; (ii) Section
I.02(a); (iii) Section I.02(b); (iv) clauses (i) and (ii) of the first
sentence of Section I.04; (v) the first sentence of Section I.05(a); (vi)
the first sentence of Section I.05(b); and (vii) Section I.13 of the
Exchange Agreement or (B) (i) Section II.01; (ii) Section II.02; (iii)
clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence of Section II.04; (iv) the
first sentence of Section II.05; and (v) Section II.14 of the Contribution
Agreement.
(c) For the purposes of the provisions of Section 10.02(a),
the parties agree that GE shall be deemed not to have breached any of the
representations and warranties of GE set forth in Exhibit II, unless, on
the date of this Agreement one or more of the following individuals:
Dennis D. Dammerman, Alberto F. Cerruti, John M. Samuels, Robert A.
Stevenson, Jerry Wald, Mark Nordstrom, Pamela Daley, and Cecilia Absher,
had actual knowledge, or would have known after due inquiry, that such
representation and warranty was untrue in any material respect, provided,
that the knowledge qualifier shall not apply to (i) Section II.01; (ii)
Section II.02; (iii) clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence of Section
II.04; (iv) Section II.05; and (v) Section II.07.
Section 10.03. Force Majeure. If, as a result of force
majeure, a party to this Agreement is unable to complete the performance of
any covenant or other obligation under this Agreement within the time
prescribed therefor, then such party (the "frustrated party") will give
prompt written notice of such inability to perform (together with a
reasonably detailed explanation of the reasons therefor) to the other party
to this Agreement. On receipt of such notice, such other party may, at its
election, either (a) terminate this Agreement, or (b) accept such
incomplete or delayed performance of such covenant or other obligation as
the frustrated party, through its best efforts, may be able to achieve. In
neither case, however, will the frustrated party be in breach of this
Agreement or otherwise liable for Damages due to its inability to complete
the performance of such covenant or other obligation as the result of force
majeure. For purposes hereof, "force majeure" means an act of God or other
facts and circumstances which, notwithstanding the best efforts of a party
to this Agreement, the party has been unable to control.
Section 10.04. Opportunity to Provide Reasonable Cure. (a)
A party will be treated as having failed to perform any covenant or other
obligation under this Agreement only if (i) there is an event that (without
regard to this Section 10.04 but taking into account Section 10.03) would
be a failure by such party to perform such a covenant or other obligation;
(ii) the other party notifies such party promptly after determining that
such event has occurred (or such party is not materially prejudiced by the
failure of the other party to so notify such party); and (iii) such party
fails to offer to cure such event in a manner that substantially preserves
the benefits of the Exchange to such other party or, having offered to cure
such event and having such offer accepted by such other party, such party
fails to cure such event in a way that substantially preserves the benefits
of the Exchange to such other party.
(b) To the extent that any representation or warranty of
any party shall have been untrue as of the date of this Agreement such that
the condition set forth in Section 8.02(a) or 8.03(a) would not be
satisfied, such party will not be treated as having been in breach of such
representation or warranty if such party has, as of the Closing, cured such
inaccuracy (including, without limitation, by the payment of money) such
that (i) the condition in Section 8.02(a) or 8.03(a), as the case may be,
is satisfied and (ii) the cure has been made in a way that substantially
preserves the benefits of the Exchange to the other party or parties.
ARTICLE 11
Miscellaneous
Section 11.01. Notices. All notices, requests and other
communications to any party under any Transaction Document shall be in
writing (including telecopy or similar writing) and shall be given,
if to LM or, prior to the Closing, the Company:
Lockheed Martin Corporation
6801 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20817
Attention: General Counsel
Telecopy: 301-897-6587
with a copy to:
Dewey Ballantine LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
Attention: William J. Phillips
Telecopy: 212-259-6333
if to any GE Entity or, after the Closing, the Company:
c/o General Electric Company
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, Connecticut 06431
Attention: Senior Counsel for Transactions
Telecopy: 203-373-3008
with a copy to:
Davis Polk & Wardwell
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attention: David L. Caplan
Telecopy: 212-450-4800
or to such other address or telecopy number and with such other copies, as
such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the other
parties. Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective
if given by telecopy, when such telecopy is transmitted to the telecopy number
specified in this Section.
Section 11.02. Amendments; No Waivers. (a) Any provision
of any Transaction Document may be amended or waived if, and only if, such
amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment,
by each party to such Transaction Document, or in the case of a waiver, by
the party against whom the waiver is to be effective. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any amendment to the Contribution Agreement or any waiver by the
Company of any term or condition of the Contribution Agreement shall, in
either case, require the prior written consent of GE.
(b) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any
right, power or privilege under any Transaction Document shall operate as a
waiver of such right, power or privilege nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further
exercise of such right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other
right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies provided under the
Transaction Documents shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights
or remedies provided by law.
Section 11.03. Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in
any Transaction Document, all costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the Contemplated Transactions shall be paid by the party incurring
such cost or expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, LM and the Company
shall equally bear all costs and expenses of the Company incurred prior to
the Closing in connection with the Contemplated Transactions.
Section 11.04. Successors and Assigns. The provisions of
the Transaction Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns;
provided, that no party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of
its rights or obligations under any Transaction Document without the
consent of each other party, except that any GE Entity may transfer or
assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more of its
Affiliates (other than the Company after the Closing), its rights under
this Agreement or under any other Transaction Document, but no such
transfer or assignment will relieve any GE Entity of its obligations under
this Agreement or under any other Transaction Document. No GE Entity may
transfer any shares of LM Preferred Stock or LM Common Stock from and after
the date of this Agreement until the earlier of (i) the consummation of the
Exchange or (ii) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with
Section 10.01; provided, that, for purposes hereof, the conversion of
shares of LM Preferred Stock into shares of LM Common Stock in accordance
with Section 6.05 shall not constitute a "transfer".
Section 11.05. Governing Law. Each Transaction Document
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State
of New York (without regard to the conflicts of law rules of such state).
Section 11.06. Counterparts; Effectiveness. Each
Transaction Document may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures were
upon the same instrument. Each Transaction Document shall become effective
when each party to such Transaction Document shall have received a
counterpart of such Transaction Document signed by the other parties to
such Transaction Document.
Section 11.07. Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents
(and any other agreements contemplated thereby) and the Confidentiality
Agreement (but only to the extent not otherwise limited by this Agreement)
constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the
subject matter of such documents and supersede all prior agreements,
understandings and negotiations, both written and oral, between the parties
with respect to the subject matter of such documents. No representation,
inducement, promise, understanding, condition or warranty not set forth in
any Transaction Document has been made or relied upon by any party to such
Transaction Document. No Transaction Document or any provision thereof is
intended to confer upon any Person other than the parties thereto any
rights or remedies thereunder.
Section 11.08. Jurisdiction. Any suit, action or
proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter
arising out of or in connection with any of the Transaction Documents or
the Contemplated Transactions may be brought against either party in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or any
state court sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, and each
party hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such court (and of
the appropriate appellate courts) in any such suit, action or proceeding
and waives any objection to venue laid therein. Process in any such suit,
action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world,
whether within or without the State of New York. Without limiting the
foregoing, each party agrees that service of process upon such party at the
address referred to in Section 11.01, together with written notice of such
service to such party, shall be deemed effective service of process upon
such party.
Section 11.09. Captions. The captions in this Agreement
are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the
construction or interpretation of the provisions of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers on the day and
year first above written.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
By: /s/Dennis D. Dammerman
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Name: Dennis D. Dammerman
Title: Senior Vice President --
Finance
GE INVESTMENTS, INC.
By: /s/Pamela Daley
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Name: Pamela Daley
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
GE GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/Pamela Daley
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Name: Pamela Daley
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
CLIENT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/Pamela Daley
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Name: Pamela Daley
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
By: /s/John E. Montague
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Name: John E. Montague
Title: Vice President, Financial Strategies
LMT SUB INC.
By: /s/Stephen M. Piper
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Name: Stephen M. Piper
Title: Vice President
EXHIBIT I
Representations and Warranties of LM
LM hereby represents and warrants to each of the GE Entities
as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date that:
I.01. Corporate Existence and Power. Each of LM, the
Company and each Transferor Subsidiary is a corporation or other entity
duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, has all
corporate or other similar powers and all governmental licenses,
authorizations, permits, consents and approvals required to carry on the
Businesses as now conducted, except where the failure to have such
licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals has not had, and may not
reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or
the Businesses. Each of LM, the Company and each Transferor Subsidiary is
duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction
where the character of the property owned or leased by it or the nature of
its activities make such qualification necessary to carry on the Businesses
as now conducted, except where the failure to be so qualified has not had,
and may not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company or the Businesses.
I.02. Corporate Authorization. (a) Except as otherwise
disclosed to GE prior to the date of this Agreement, the execution,
delivery and performance by LM, the Company and each Transferor Subsidiary
of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of
the Contemplated Transactions are within its corporate or other similar
powers and have been (or in the case of Transferor Subsidiaries, by the
Closing, will be) duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of LM, the Company and such Transferor Subsidiary. Each Transaction
Document to which LM, the Company or any Transferor Subsidiary is a party
constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of LM, the Company or such
Transferor Subsidiary, enforceable against LM, the Company or such
Transferor Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with its terms
(subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
fraudulent transfer and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity,
including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair
dealing, regardless of whether in a proceeding in equity or at law). There
is no vote or other approval of any stockholders of LM required to permit
consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.
(b) GE and its Affiliates are exempt from the provisions of
Section 3-602 of the Maryland General Corporation Law. LM's Board of
Directors has not taken any action, or resolved to take any action, to
alter or repeal the resolution of LM's Board of Directors exempting any
business combination with GE or LM or any of their Affiliates from the
provisions of Section 3-602 of the Maryland General Corporation Law. The
execution, delivery and performance by LM, the Company and each Transferor
Subsidiary of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the
consummation of the Contemplated Transactions are exempt under or not
subject to, the provisions of a "business combination", "control share
acquisition" or similar statute or regulation enacted under Maryland law,
or any provision of LM's charter and bylaws, that purports to limit or
restriction transactions between a corporation and a shareholder that would
otherwise be applicable to the Contemplated Transactions.
I.03. Governmental Authorization. (a) Except as set forth
in Section I.03 of the Exchange Disclosure Schedule, the execution,
delivery and performance by LM, the Company and each Transferor Subsidiary
of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of
the Contemplated Transactions require no action by or in respect of, or
consent or approval of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority other
than (i) compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act; (ii)
compliance with any applicable foreign antitrust regulatory approvals,
(iii) compliance with any applicable requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act; (iv) compliance with any applicable requirements of any
relevant state environmental laws; (v) any necessary approvals of the U.S.
Government, including, without limitation, the Department of Defense, the
United States Air Force or any agencies, departments or instrumentalities
thereof; and (vi) any actions, consents, approvals or filings otherwise
expressly referred to in this Agreement.
(b) To LM's knowledge, there are no facts relating to the
identity or the circumstances of LM or any of its Affiliates that would
prevent or materially delay obtaining any of the consents referred to above
in Section I.03(a), it being understood that LM has been, and currently is,
involved in a number of disputes with the U.S. Government.
I.04. Noncontravention. Except as set forth in Section
I.04 of the Exchange Disclosure Schedule, the execution, delivery and
performance by LM, the Company and each Transferor Subsidiary of the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the
Contemplated Transactions do not and will not (vii) violate the certificate
of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational documents of LM, the
Company or such Transferor Subsidiary, (viii) assuming compliance with the
matters referred to in Exhibit I.03, violate any Applicable Law, (ix)
assuming the obtaining of all Required Consents, constitute a default under
or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of
any right or obligation of LM, the Company, such Transferor Subsidiaries or
any Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiary or to a loss of any benefit relating
primarily to the Businesses to which LM, the Company, such Transferor
Subsidiary or any Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiary is entitled under, any
provision of any agreement, contract or other instrument binding upon LM,
the Company, such Transferor Subsidiary or any Access Graphics Foreign
Subsidiary and relating primarily to the Businesses or by which any of the
Transferred Assets is or may be bound or any license, franchise, permit or
similar authorization held by LM, the Company, such Transferor Subsidiary
or any Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiary relating primarily to the
Businesses or (x) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any
Transferred Asset, other than Permitted Liens, except for such violation
referred to in clause (ii), default, termination, cancellation,
acceleration or loss referred to in clause (iii) or creation or imposition
of any Lien on any Transferred Asset referred to in clause (iv), that could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company
or the Businesses.
I.05. Ownership of Company Common Stock, Company Preferred
Stock and the Equity Securities. (a) Upon consummation of the
Contemplated Transactions, each GE Entity shall be the record and
beneficial owner of the Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock,
as the case may be, as set forth opposite such GE Entity's name on Section
2.02 of the Exchange Disclosure Schedule, free and clear of all Liens,
preemptive or similar rights or any other limitation or restriction
(including any restriction on the right to vote, transfer, sell or
otherwise dispose of such Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock,
as the case may be, other than limitations on offers and sales under
federal and state securities laws). Such Company Common Stock and Company
Preferred Stock in the aggregate represent all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Company.
(b) LM is the beneficial and record owner of the Equity
Securities and, except as set forth in Section I.05 of the Exchange
Disclosure Schedule, LM owns such securities free and clear of any Lien and
any other limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right
to vote, transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of such securities, other than
limitations on offers and sales under foreign, federal and state securities
laws). Upon consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, the Company
shall be the owner of the Equity Securities and all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of each of the Access Graphics Foreign
Subsidiaries, in each case, free and clear of all Liens, preemptive or
similar rights or any other limitation or restriction (other than
limitations on offers and sales under foreign, federal and state securities
laws). LM has registration rights under the Warrant Acceleration and
Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the Equity Securities.
(c) Except as set forth in Section I.05 of the Exchange
Disclosure Schedule, LM represents as follows: (i) as of the date this
Agreement, LM beneficially owns 5,022,380 shares of the outstanding
Globalstar common stock and neither LM nor any of its Affiliates
beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) any other securities of Globalstar;
(ii) neither LM nor any of its Affiliates is a party to any agreement or
other understanding, written or oral, direct or indirect, with Globalstar,
any of its directors, officers or employees or any other stockholder of
Globalstar, which provides for the election of directors, the voting of
shares of Globalstar's common stock or with respect to any aspect of the
business, management or policies of Globalstar; (iii) no officer, director
or Affiliate of LM or any of its Affiliates is currently serving or has the
right to serve as a director or officer of Globalstar; (iv) neither LM nor
any of its Affiliates has an active role in the formation of the operating
policies, day-to-day operations, management or long-term strategic planning
of Globalstar; (vi) other than the Warrant and Registration Rights
Agreement, the Fee Agreement dated as of April 19, 1996 by and among
Globalstar L.P., Globalstar, Loral Corporation, DASA Globalstar Limited
Partner, Inc, Qualcomm Limited Partner, Inc. and Space Systems/Loral, Inc.,
the Guarantee dated as of April 23, 1996 for the benefit of the lenders
under Globalstar's credit facility, and the Restructuring, Financing and
Distribution Agreement dated as of January 7, 1996 among LM and certain
subsidiaries of Loral Corporation, neither LM nor any of its Affiliates has
any agreement or other understanding, written or oral, direct or indirect,
with Globalstar, any of its directors, officers or employees or any other
stockholder of Globalstar's common stock with respect to LM's investment in
Globalstar.
I.06. Consents. Section I.06 of the Exchange Disclosure
Schedule sets forth each material agreement, contract or other instrument
binding upon LM, any Transferor Subsidiary or any Access Graphics Foreign
Subsidiary or any Permit requiring a consent or other action by any Person
as a result of the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction
Documents and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions (the
"Required Consents"), except for such consents or actions as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company or the Businesses if not received or taken by the Closing.
I.07. Financial Statements. The unaudited pro forma
balance sheets as of June 29, 1997, in the case of the Thrust Reverser
Business, and June 30, 1997, in the case of the Access Graphics Business
(each such date for the relevant Business, the "Balance Sheet Date") for
each of the Thrust Reverser Business (the "Thrust Reverser Balance Sheet")
and the Access Graphics Business (the "Access Graphics Balance Sheet" and,
together with the Thrust Reverser Balance Sheet, the "Balance Sheets"), and
the related statements of income for the six months then ended present
fairly, in all material respects, in conformity with the Transaction
Accounting Principles, the financial position of the Transferred Assets and
Assumed Liabilities of each of the Thrust Reverser Business and the Access
Graphics Business, as the case may be, as of the date thereof and their
respective results of operation for the period then ended (subject to
normal year-end adjustments). True and correct copies of the Balance
Sheets are set forth in Attachment A to this Agreement.
I.08. Absence of Certain Changes. Since the Balance Sheet
Date and except as set forth in Section I.08 of the Exchange Disclosure
Schedule, the Businesses and the business of the Company have been
conducted in all material respects in the ordinary course consistent with
past practices and there has not been:
(a) any event, occurrence, development or state of
circumstances or facts that has had a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company or the Businesses, other than those resulting from changes, whether
actual or prospective, in general conditions applicable to the industries
in which the Businesses are involved or general economic conditions;
(b) (i) any incurrence, assumption or guarantee by the
Company or any of the Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiaries of any
Indebtedness for Borrowed Money or (ii) any incurrence, assumption or
guarantee by LM or any of the Transferor Subsidiaries, in either case that
is an Assumed Liability and that is material to the Businesses taken as a
whole, other than in the ordinary course of business;
(c) any damage, destruction or other casualty loss affecting
the Company, the Businesses or any Transferred Asset that has had a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the Businesses;
(d) any transaction or commitment made, or any Contract
entered into, by LM, the Company, any Transferor Subsidiary or any Access
Graphics Foreign Subsidiary relating primarily to the Businesses or any
Transferred Asset by LM, the Company, any Transferor Subsidiary or any
Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiary (including the acquisition or
disposition of any assets) or any relinquishment by LM, the Company, any
Transferor Subsidiary or any Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiary of any
contract or other right relating primarily to the Company or the
Businesses, in either case, material to the Company or the Businesses taken
as a whole, other than transactions and commitments in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practices and the Contemplated
Transactions; or
(e) except as permitted under Section 5.05, any distribution
of any assets of any Business (by dividend, intercompany or intracompany
loan or otherwise, other than by intercompany or intracompany loan that is
consistent with past cash management practices) to LM or any Affiliate of
LM (other than in the ordinary course consistent with past practices for
payments to or allocated to LM or any Affiliate of LM relating to (i)
materials or services used in the Businesses, (ii) costs advanced to or on
behalf of the Businesses or (iii) allocations of corporate overhead costs).
I.09. No Undisclosed Material Liabilities. There are no
liabilities of the Company or the Businesses that constitute Assumed
Liabilities or liabilities of any Access Graphics Foreign Subsidiary, in
each case, of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent, absolute,
determined, determinable or otherwise, other than:
(a) liabilities disclosed or provided for in the Balance
Sheets;
(b) liabilities (i) disclosed in Section I.09 of the
Exchange Disclosure Schedule, (ii) related to any Contract disclosed in the
Contribution Disclosure Schedule or (iii) related to any Employee Plan or
Benefit Arrangement disclosed in Section IV.02 of the Contribution
Disclosure Schedule;
(c) Environmental Liabilities;
(d) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business
since the Balance Sheet Date consistent with past practices and not in
violation of this Agreement or the Contribution Agreement which in the
aggregate have not had, and may not reasonably be expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the Businesses; and
(e) liabilities other than those referred to in the
foregoing clauses (a)-(d) that have not had, and may not reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the
Businesses.
I.10. Litigation; Contract-Related Matters. (a) Except
as set forth in Section I.10 of the Exchange Disclosure Schedule or
referred to in the Balance Sheets, there is no action, suit, investigation
or proceeding (except for actions, suits or proceedings referred to in
Section I.10(b)) pending against, or to the best of the knowledge of LM,
threatened against or affecting the Company, the Businesses or any
Transferred Asset before any Governmental Authority as to which there is a
substantial likelihood of a determination or resolution adverse to the
Company, the Businesses or any Transferred Asset and which, if so adversely
determined or resolved, may reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company or the Businesses or which in any manner
challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or materially delay the
Contemplated Transactions.
(b) Except as set forth in Section I.10 of the Exchange
Disclosure Schedule, there is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding
relating to any Government Contract or Bid, or relating to any proposed
suspension or debarment of LM, the Company or any Transferor Subsidiary or
any of their employees pending against, or to the best of the knowledge of
LM, threatened against or affecting the Company, the Businesses or any
Transferred Asset before any Governmental Authority as to which there is a
substantial likelihood of a determination or resolution adverse to the
Company, the Businesses or any Transferred Asset and which, if so adversely
determined or resolved, may reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company or the Businesses.
I.11. Compliance with Laws. Except as set forth in Section
I.11 of the Exchange Disclosure Schedule, except for violations or
infringements of Environmental Laws or Applicable Laws, orders, writs,
injunctions or decrees relating to Contracts or Bids, and except for
violations or infringements as have not had, and may not reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the
Businesses, the operation of the Company and the Businesses and condition
of the Transferred Assets have not violated or infringed, and do not
violate or infringe, in any material respect any material Applicable Law or
any order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority.
I.12. Certain Information. Each of the 1998 operating plan
data relating the Thrust Reverser Business and the Access Graphics
Business, true and correct copies of which have been delivered to GE prior
to the date of this Agreement, has been prepared in the ordinary course of
business and represents the reasonable belief of the general managers and
officers of the Businesses as to the prospects of the Businesses during the
periods covered by such data and the general managers and officers of the
Businesses are not aware of any facts or circumstances that would cause
such Persons to believe that any factual statements included in such data
are inaccurate in any material respect.
I.13. Finders' Fees. Other than Goldman, Sachs & Co. and
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., whose fees will be paid by LM, there is no
investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary which has been
retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of LM, the Company or the
Transferor Subsidiaries who might be entitled to any fee or commission from
the Company in connection with the Contemplated Transactions.
I.14. Tax Information. To the best of the knowledge of LM
after due inquiry, the Officers' Certificates and all other supporting
documentation provided by LM to Cahill Gordon & Reindel in connection with
the tax opinion described in Section 8.02(d)(i) are true, accurate and
complete. Solely for purposes of this Section I.14, "to the best of the
knowledge of LM" means to the best of the knowledge of the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief
Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any other officer of LM
having a comparable level of decision-making responsibility, the Vice
President and General Tax Counsel, and the Director of Tax Planning and
International Taxes of LM.
EXHIBIT II
Representations and Warranties of GE
GE, on behalf of itself and the other GE Entities,
represents and warrants to LM as of the date of this Agreement and as of
the Closing Date that:
II.01. Corporate Existence and Power. Each GE Entity is a
corporation duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization, has all corporate or other similar powers and all
governmental licenses, authorizations, permits, consents and approvals
required to carry on its business as now conducted, except where the
failure to have such licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals has
not had, and may not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect on GE or the GE Entities. Each GE Entity is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the character
of the property owned or leased by it or the nature of its activities make
such qualification necessary to carry on its business as now conducted,
except for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified has not
had, and may not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect
on GE or the GE Entities.
II.02. Corporate Authorization. The execution, delivery
and performance by each GE Entity of the Transaction Documents to which it
is a party and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions are within
the corporate powers of such GE Entity and have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of such GE Entity. Each Transaction
Document to which each GE Entity is a party constitutes a legal, valid and
binding agreement of such GE Entity, enforceable against such GE Entity in
accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect and to
general principles of equity, including concepts of materiality,
reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of whether in a
proceeding at equity or at law).
II.03. Governmental Authorization. The execution, delivery
and performance by each GE Entity of the Transaction Documents to which it
is a party and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions require no
action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency
or official other than (i) compliance with any applicable requirements of
the HSR Act; and (ii) compliance with any applicable foreign antitrust
regulatory approvals.
II.04. Noncontravention. The execution, delivery and
performance by each GE Entity of the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions do not and will
not (i) violate the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of such GE
Entity or (ii) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Exhibit
II.03, violate any Applicable Law, (iii) constitute a default under or give
rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any right
or obligation of any GE Entity or to a loss of any benefit to which such GE
Entity is entitled under any provision of any agreement, contract or other
instrument binding upon any GE Entity or any license, franchise, permit or
other similar authorization held by any GE Entity, except in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such violation, default, termination,
cancellation, acceleration or loss that would not materially delay or
prevent the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.
II.05. Ownership of LM Preferred Stock. As of the date
hereof, each of the GE Entities is the beneficial owner of the number of
shares of LM Preferred Stock set forth opposite its name in Section 2.02 of
the Exchange Disclosure Schedule. Upon consummation of the Contemplated
Transactions, LM shall be the record and beneficial owner of 20,000,000
shares of LM Preferred Stock (or the number of shares of LM Common Stock
into which such LM Preferred Stock is convertible, or a combination
thereof), free and clear of all Liens, preemptive or similar rights or any
other limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right to
vote, transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of such LM Preferred Stock),
other than limitations on offers and sales under federal and state
securities laws and LM's charter.
II.06. Litigation. There is no action, suit, investigation
or proceeding pending against, or to the knowledge of GE, threatened
against or affecting, any GE Entity before any Governmental Authority which
in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or materially
delay consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.
II.07. Finders' Fees. There is no investment banker,
broker, finder or other intermediary which has been retained by or is
authorized to act on behalf of any GE Entity who might be entitled to any
fee or commission in connection with the Contemplated Transactions.
II.08. Tax Information. To the best of the knowledge of GE
after due inquiry, the Officer's Certificate and all other supporting
documentation provided by GE to King & Spalding in connection with the tax
opinion described in Section 8.03(b)(i) are true, accurate and complete.
Solely for purposes of this Section II.08, "to the best of the knowledge of
GE" means to the best of the knowledge of the Chairman of the Board of
Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any
other officer having a comparable level of decision-making responsibility,
and the Vice President and Senior Counsel, Taxes, of GE and the Consultant
- - Federal Taxes in GE's Corporate Taxes organization.
II.09. Company Common and Preferred Stock. For purposes of
compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, each of the
GE Entities represents that it is transferring the LM Preferred Stock or LM
Common Stock, as the case may be, in exchange for the Company Common Stock
and Company Preferred Stock, as the case may be, for purposes of investment
only and not with a view to distribution or transfer of such Company Common
Stock or Company Preferred Stock, as the case may be, nor with any present
intention of distributing any such Common Stock or Preferred Stock. Each
of the GE Entities has the capacity to protect its own interest in
connection with the exchange of the Company Common Stock or Company
Preferred Stock, as the case may be, for its portion of the LM Preferred
Stock or LM Common Stock, as the case may be, as contemplated by this
Agreement.
II.10. Inspection. Each of the GE Entities is an informed
and sophisticated participant in the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. The GE Entities have undertaken an investigation
and have been provided with, have evaluated and have relied upon certain
documents and information to assist them in making an informed and
intelligent decision with respect to the execution of the Transaction
Documents. The GE Entities acknowledge that LM has made no representation
or warranty as to the prospects, financial or otherwise of the Businesses,
except as expressly set forth herein. The GE Entities shall accept the
Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock based upon the GE
Entities' inspection, examination and determination with respect thereto as
to all matters, and without reliance upon any express or implied
representations and warranties of any nature, whether in writing, orally or
otherwise, made by or on behalf of or imputed to LM except as expressly set
forth in the Transaction Documents. In connection with the Contemplated
Transactions, GE has acted on behalf of the other GE Entities and makes the
representations set forth in this Section II.10 on behalf of itself and the
other GE Entities.
EXHIBIT 99(g)
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, Connecticut 06431
October 31, 1997
Lockheed Martin Corporation
6801 Rockledge Drive
Mail Point 270
Bethesda, MD 20817
Attention: Mr. Marcus Bennett
Dear Marc:
Reference is made to (i) the Contribution and Assumption Agreement
dated October 31, 1997 between Lockheed Martin Corporation ("LM") and LMT
Sub Inc. (the "Contribution Agreement") and (ii) the Exchange Agreement
dated October 31, 1997 among General Electric Company ("GE"), GE
Investments, Inc., GE Government Services, Inc., Client Business Services,
Inc., LM and LMT Sub Inc. (the "Exchange Agreement"). All terms used and
not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the
Contribution Agreement.
This letter is intended to set forth certain agreements between LM
and GE in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and, for purposes
of the Transaction Documents, shall constitute an agreement contemplated by
the Transaction Documents.
1. GE and LM hereby agree that for so long as the aggregate
principal amount outstanding of the loans referred to in Section 4.09 of
the Contribution Agreement is at least $1,000,000,000, GE shall be
entitled, at its option, to propose to the nominating committee of the
Board of Directors of LM one individual for nomination as a director of LM,
subject to the approval of the nominating committee and the Board of
Directors of LM. LM will advise GE promptly of the approval or nonapproval
of any proposed nominee so that an alternative can be selected in the event
of nonapproval. In the event of nonapproval, GE and LM agree that a
representative of GE and a member of the nominating committee will discuss
and use their best efforts to agree upon an acceptable nominee. In the
event an acceptable nominee cannot be agreed upon in such discussions, LM
will identify as acceptable nominees three individuals who are directors or
senior executive officers of GE and from that group GE will select its
nominee. Once an acceptable nominee has been agreed upon, LM will use its
best efforts to cause the nomination and election of that person as a
director of LM and continue such person in office during the period
provided herein. As of the Closing, the person so designated by GE is
Eugene F. Murphy, Vice Chairman of GE and a current member of the LM Board
of Directors.
2. This letter agreement shall terminate upon the termination of the
Exchange Agreement in accordance with Article 10 thereof.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
By: /s/ Dennis D. Dammerman
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Name: Dennis D. Dammerman
Title: Senior Vice President --
Finance
Acknowledged and agreed:
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
By: /s/ John E. Montague
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Name: John E. Montague
Title: Vice President, Financial Strategies
EXHIBIT 99(h)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that General Electric Company ("GE")
constitutes and appoints each of Robert E. Healing and Eliza W. Fraser as its
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of GE and in GE's respective name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any Statements on Schedule 13D,
Schedule 14D, Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and any and all amendments to any thereof and other documents in
connection therewith (including, without limitation, any joint filing
agreement with respect to any Statement on Schedule 13D or 14D or amendment
thereto) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to
all intents and purposes as GE might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Dated: July 31, 1997
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
By: /s/ B.W. Heineman, Jr.
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Name: B.W. Heineman, Jr.
Title: Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
