SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported) DECEMBER 18, 1996
ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 0-14770 22-2452609
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission (IRS Employer
incorporation) File Number) ID Number)
ONE ANCHOR PLAZA, 4343 ANCHOR PLAZA PARKWAY, TAMPA, FL 33634-7513
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number,
including area code: (813) 884-0000
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5. OTHER EVENTS
On December 18, 1996, the Registrant entered into an asset purchase
agreement (the "Agreement") with Consumers Packaging Inc., a corporation
organized under the federal laws of Canada("Consumers"), and Owens-Brockway
Glass Container Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware ("OI"). Pursuant to the Agreement, OI will acquire specified assets of
the Registrant and Consumers will acquire substantially all of the remaining
assets of the Registrant for an aggregate purchase price of (i) $333.6 million
in cash at closing, subject to adjustment as set forth in the Agreement, (ii)
490,000 shares of common stock of a new corporation to be formed by Consumers
under the laws of the State of Delaware ("New Anchor") to which Consumers will
assign all of its rights under the Agreement and which will assume all of
Consumers' liabilities and obligations under the Agreement, and (iii) 1,876,000
shares of 10% convertible preferred stock of New Anchor which will be
convertible into approximately 7,816,666 shares of New Anchor common stock. Such
shares of common stock and convertible preferred stock will represent
approximately 34% of the fully-diluted equity of New Anchor. In addition, each
of Consumers and OI will assume specified liabilities of the Registrant.
The Agreement is subject to several conditions, including compliance
with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (filings of Notification
and Report Forms having been made by all parties) and consummation of Consumers'
financing arrangements as described in its bank commitment letters. The
Agreement also is conditioned on the Registrant's qualified defined benefit
pension plans (the "Pension Plans") not being terminated by the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation (the "PBGC"). The Registrant has been informed by the PBGC
that, although the PBGC has not made a final decision, it currently intends to
terminate the Pension Plans; accordingly, there can be no assurance that this
condition will be satisfied.
On December 20, 1996, the Agreement and the transactions contemplated
thereby were approved pursuant to a sale order issued by the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. A copy of the sale order is filed
as an exhibit to this Report.
The foregoing description of the Agreement is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the complete text of the Agreement which is filed as an
exhibit to this Report.
Item 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
AND EXHIBITS
2.1 Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 18, 1996
among the Registrant, Consumers and OI.
99.1 Sale order issued by the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the District of Delaware on December 20, 1996.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION
By: /s/ MARK A. KIRK
Name: Mark A. Kirk
Title: Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer
Dated: December 31, 1996
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
2.1 Asset Purchase Agreement,
dated as of December 18, 1996
among the Registrant, Consumers
and OI.
99.1 Sale order issued by the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the
District of Delaware on
December 20, 1996.
Exhibit 2.1
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AMONG
ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION
AND
CONSUMERS PACKAGING INC.
AND
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS ...................................................- 2 -
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE .............................................- 7 -
2.01. PURCHASE AND SALE...............................- 7 -
2.02. EXCLUDED ASSETS.................................- 9 -
2.03. ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES.......................- 9 -
2.04. EXCLUDED LIABILITIES...........................- 11 -
2.05. ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACTS AND RIGHTS.............- 11 -
2.06. PURCHASE PRICE; ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PRICE...- 12 -
2.07. CLOSING........................................- 14 -
2.08. CLOSING BALANCE SHEET..........................- 15 -
2.09. ADJUSTMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE...................- 17 -
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER ......................- 18 -
3.01. AUTHORITY......................................- 18 -
3.02. NO CONFLICTS; CONSENTS.........................- 18 -
3.03. SUFFICIENCY OF AND TITLE TO THE PURCHASED
ASSETS.......................................- 19 -
3.04. ORGANIZATION AND STANDING; BOOKS AND
RECORDS......................................- 19 -
3.05. SEC DOCUMENTS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS;
UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES......................- 20 -
3.06. CONTRACTS......................................- 21 -
3.07. ABSENCE OF CHANGES OR EVENTS...................- 23 -
3.08. LITIGATION.....................................- 25 -
3.09. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND COURT ORDERS..........- 25 -
3.10. EMPLOYEES......................................- 25 -
3.11. PROPERTIES.....................................- 26 -
3.12. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS..........................- 29 -
3.13. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS.........................- 31 -
3.14. LICENSES AND PERMITS...........................- 35 -
3.15. INSURANCE COVERAGE.............................- 35 -
3.16. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY..........................- 35 -
3.17. CUSTOMERS......................................- 36 -
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYERS ......................- 36 -
4.01. AUTHORITY-CONSUMERS............................- 36 -
4.02. NO CONFLICTS; CONSENTS-CONSUMERS...............- 37 -
4.03. ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS, ETC...................- 37 -
4.04. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS..........................- 38 -
4.06. AUTHORITY-OI...................................- 41 -
4.07. NO CONFLICTS; CONSENTS-OI......................- 41 -
4.08. ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS, ETC.-OI...............- 42 -
4.09. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS-OI.......................- 42 -
ARTICLE 5
COVENANTS OF SELLER ...........................................- 43 -
5.01. CONDUCT OF THE BUSINESS........................- 43 -
5.02. ACCESS TO INFORMATION..........................- 43 -
5.03. NOTICES OF CERTAIN EVENTS......................- 45 -
5.04. ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS........................- 46 -
5.05. BANKRUPTCY COURT APPROVAL......................- 46 -
5.06. USE OF THE ANCHOR NAME.........................- 46 -
ARTICLE 6
COVENANTS OF BUYERS ...........................................- 47 -
6.01. CONFIDENTIALITY................................- 47 -
6.02. NO ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS..................- 47 -
6.03. SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE........................- 47 -
6.04. ACCESS.........................................- 47 -
6.05. ASSIGNMENT TO NEW ANCHOR.......................- 48 -
6.06. FINANCINGS.....................................- 48 -
6.07. COMPOSITION OF NEW ANCHOR BOARD................- 48 -
6.08. STOCK MARKET LISTING...........................- 48 -
6.09. EXCHANGE ACT REGISTRATION......................- 49 -
6.10. AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS.........................- 49 -
ARTICLE 7
COVENANTS OF ALL PARTIES .....................................- 49 -
7.01. BEST EFFORTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES..............- 49 -
7.02. CERTAIN FILINGS...............................- 50 -
7.03. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS..........................- 50 -
7.04. WARN ACT......................................- 50 -
ARTICLE 8
TAX MATTERS ..................................................- 51 -
8.01. TAX DEFINITIONS...............................- 51 -
8.02. TAX MATTERS...................................- 51 -
8.03. TAX COOPERATION; ALLOCATION OF TAXES..........- 52 -
ARTICLE 9
EMPLOYEES ...................................................- 53 -
9.01. RETIREMENT PLANS.............................- 53 -
9.02. OTHER EMPLOYEE PLANS AND BENEFIT
ARRANGEMENTS...............................- 55 -
9.03. EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS......................- 56 -
9.04. THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES....................- 56 -
9.05. UNION EMPLOYEES..............................- 56 -
9.06. NON-UNION EMPLOYEES..........................- 57 -
ARTICLE 10
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING ......................................- 57 -
10.01. CONDITIONS TO BUYERS' OBLIGATIONS..........- 57 -
10.02. CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER........- 63 -
10.03. FRUSTRATION OF CONDITIONS..................- 65 -
ARTICLE 11
SURVIVAL ...................................................- 65 -
11.01. SURVIVAL...................................- 65 -
ARTICLE 12
TERMINATION ................................................- 65 -
12.01. GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION....................- 65 -
12.02. EFFECT OF TERMINATION......................- 66 -
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS ..............................................- 66 -
13.01. NOTICES....................................- 66 -
13.02. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS.....................- 68 -
13.03. FEES AND EXPENSES..........................- 68 -
13.04. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.....................- 69 -
13.05. GOVERNING LAW..............................- 69 -
13.06. COUNTERPARTS; EFFECTIVENESS................- 69 -
13.07. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; THIRD PARTY
BENEFICIARIES.............................- 69 -
13.08. BULK SALES LAWS............................- 69 -
13.09. CAPTIONS...................................- 69 -
13.10. SEVERABILITY...............................- 70 -
13.11. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION....................- 70 -
13.12. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.......................- 71 -
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of December 18, 1996 among Anchor Glass Container
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Seller"), Consumers Packaging Inc., a
corporation organized under the federal laws of Canada ("Consumers"), and
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., a Delaware corporation ("OI"), Consumers
and OI being sometimes collectively referred to as the "Buyers."
W I T N E S E T H:
WHEREAS, Seller and its subsidiaries conduct a business which
manufactures, sells and distributes a diverse line of glass containers of
various types, designs and sizes, which are sold principally to customers in the
food and beverage industries (the "Business");
WHEREAS, OI desires to purchase from Seller certain of the assets of
the Business described on Appendix A (the "OI Assets"), and Seller desires to
sell the OI Assets to OI, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
hereinafter set forth;
WHEREAS, Consumers desires to purchase substantially all of the assets
of the Business (other than the OI Assets) and Seller desires to sell
substantially all of the assets of the Business to Consumers (other than the OI
Assets) upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth;
WHEREAS, on September 13, 1996, Seller filed a voluntary petition (the
"Petition") for reorganization relief pursuant to Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the
United States Code, 11 U.S.C. Sections 301 et seq. (the "Bankruptcy Code") in
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and such case is
presently pending under Case No. 96-1434 PJW;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. DEFINITIONS. (a) The following terms,
as used herein, have the following meanings:
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with
such other Person.
"Balance Sheet Date" means June 30, 1996.
"Bankruptcy Court" means the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the District of Delaware.
"Citicorp" means Citicorp Leasing, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the
current holder of the Citicorp Loan.
"Citicorp Loan" means the loan evidenced and secured by the Renewal
First Mortgage Note dated as of June 16, 1992 by Landlord to Citicorp, the
Amended and Restated Mortgage and Security Agreement dated as of June 16, 1992
by Landlord to Citicorp and the Amended Assignment of Leases and Rents dated as
of June 16, 1992 by Landlord to Citicorp.
"Closing Balance Sheet" means a statement of the Purchased Assets and
the Assumed Liabilities as at the close of business on the Closing Date (or on
the date otherwise specified in Section 2.08(a)), together with the notes
thereto, prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.08 and Exhibit
A hereto.
"Closing Date" means the date of the Closing.
"Closing Net Assets" means the excess of the value of the Purchased
Assets over the amount of the Assumed Liabilities as reflected on the Closing
Balance Sheet.
"Excluded Contracts" means (i) (A) all purchase or supply agreements of
Seller or any of its subsidiaries, (B) all agreements relating to the
disposition of assets of Seller or any of its subsidiaries, the consummation of
which has occurred prior to the date hereof, and (C) all agreements of Seller or
any of its subsidiaries relating to indebtedness for borrowed money, in each
case, other than those designated in writing by Buyers to Seller within 10 days
of the date hereof and (ii) all other contracts, agreements or instruments of
Seller or any of its subsidiaries that are designated in writing by Buyers to
Seller within 10 days of the date hereof as "Excluded Contracts" pursuant to
Section 2.01(iv).
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"Final June 30 Net Assets" means the June 30 Net Assets as the same may
be adjusted and finally determined pursuant to Section 2.08.
"Final Post-Filing Trade Payables" means the trade payables of Seller
incurred subsequent to the filing of the Petition and in existence on the
Closing Date, as the same is finally determined pursuant to Section 2.08.
"Final Net Assets" means Closing Net Assets (i) as shown in Buyers'
calculation delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(a) if no notice of disagreement
with respect thereto is delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(b) or (ii) if such a
notice of disagreement is delivered, (A) as agreed by the parties pursuant to
Section 2.08(c) or (B) in the absence of such agreement, as shown in the
Accounting Referee's calculation delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(c); provided
that Final Net Assets shall not in any event be less than Buyers' calculation of
Closing Net Assets delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(a) nor more than Seller's
calculation of Closing Net Assets delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(c).
"Financing Letters" means the letter of Bankers Trust Company dated
December 2, 1996, the letter of BT Securities Corporation dated December 2,
1996, the letter of BT Commercial Corporation dated December 2, 1996, the letter
of PNC Capital Markets, Inc. dated November 22, 1996 and the letter of The
Toronto-Dominion Bank dated November 26, 1996.
"Headquarters Lease" means the Lease dated March 31, 1988 between
Landlord and Seller, as modified by the First Amendment to Lease dated June 16,
1992, the Letter Agreement dated as of April 27, 1992 attached as Schedule 1 to
said First Amendment to Lease, the Agreement dated as of June 16, 1992 attached
as Schedule 1 to the First Amendment to Building Option Agreement, the Second
Amendment to Lease dated as of September 30, 1993 and the Third Amendment to
Lease dated as of February 22, 1995, that certain Agreement dated as of March
31, 1996 among Seller, Landlord and Citicorp Leasing, Inc., which provided for
the waiver of the default under the Lease pursuant to Section 9(a)(13) of the
Lease (the "Lease Default") through September 15, 1996, and that certain Amended
and Restated Agreement dated as of September 12, 1996 among Seller, Landlord and
Citicorp Leasing, Inc., which provided for the waiver of the Lease Default
through January 15, 1997, and the Memorandum of Lease, the Building Option
Agreement (as modified by Amendment No. 1 to Building Option Agreement), the
Memorandum of Building Option Agreement, the Land Option Agreement, the
Memorandum of Land Option Agreement, the Option Agreement for Parking Easement
and Memorandum of Option for Parking Agreement (referred to therein).
"HSR Act" means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of
1976, as amended.
"Included Insurance Policies" means the policies of Seller and its
subsidiaries maintained under or in connection with any Benefit Arrangement or
Employee Plan, to the extent (i) the Seller's obligations under such Benefit
Arrangement or Employee Plan are an Assumed Liability, (ii) such policies have
been identified to Buyers pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.13(n) and
(iii) Buyers will have, within 10 days from the date hereof, expressly
identified such policies as "Included Insurance Policies" by written notice to
Seller.
"June 30 Net Assets" means the excess of the value of the Purchased
Assets over the amount of the Assumed Liabilities as reflected on the Reference
Balance Sheet.
"June 30 Trade Payables" means the trade payables of Seller and its
subsidiaries at June 30, 1996 as agreed to by Buyers and Seller or as finally
determined pursuant to Section 2.06(i).
"Landlord" means Fountain Associates I, Ltd., a Florida limited
partnership and the current holder of the landlord's interest under the
Headquarters Lease.
"Lenders" means Bankers Trust Company, BT Securities
Corp., BT Commercial Corporation, PNC Capital Markets, Inc. and The
Toronto-Dominion Bank, as lenders pursuant to the Financing Letters.
"Lien" means, with respect to any property or asset, any mortgage,
lien, pledge, charge, security interest, encumbrance or other adverse claim of
any kind in respect of such property or asset. For the purposes of this
Agreement, a person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any property or
asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or
lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title
retention agreement relating to such property or asset.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), business, assets or results of operations of
the Business, taken as a whole.
"New Anchor" means the subsidiary of Consumers to be formed under
Delaware law, to which Consumers shall assign its interest and obligations under
this Agreement.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association,
trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political
subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
"Purchase Option" has the meaning assigned to it in
the Headquarters Lease.
"Reference Balance Sheet" means the pro forma adjusted statement of the
Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities, and the notes thereto, as of June 30,
1996 and attached hereto as Exhibit A.
"Renewal Option" has the meaning assigned to it in the Headquarters
Lease.
"Residual Value Guaranty Amount" has the meaning assigned to it in the
Headquarters Lease.
"Sale Order" means an order issued by the Bankruptcy Court
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, authorizing the assumption of
this Agreement and approving this Agreement and all of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
"Seller Defined Benefit Plans" means the Anchor Glass Container
Corporation Service Retirement Plan, the Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of
Latchford Glass Company and Associated Companies, the Anchor Glass Container
Corporation Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees, and the Retirement Plan for
Salaried Employees of Latchford Glass Company and Associated Companies.
"Seller Defined Contribution Plans" means the Anchor Glass Container
Corporation Salaried Employees Savings Plan and the Anchor Glass Container
Corporation Hourly Employees Supplemental Retirement Plan.
"Termination Option" has the meaning assigned to it in
the Headquarters Lease.
(b) Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth
opposite such term:
TERM SECTION
Accounting Referee 2.06
Actual Balance Sheet 3.05
Allocation Statement 2.06
Apportioned Obligations 8.03
Assumed Liabilities 2.03
Bankruptcy Code Preamble
Benefit Arrangement 3.13
Books and Records 5.02
Business Preamble
Business Union Employees 9.05
CERCLA 3.12
Closing 2.07
Code 8.01
Confidentiality Agreements 6.01
Contracts 3.06
Coors 10.01
Employee Plan 3.13
Environmental Laws 3.12
ERISA 3.13
ERISA Affiliate 3.13
Estimated Final Net Assets 2.06
Estimated Purchase Price 2.06
Estimated Post-Filing Trade Payables 2.06
Exchange Act 3.02
Excluded Assets 2.02
Excluded Liabilities 2.04
Fee Properties 3.11
Governmental Entity 10.01
Hazardous Substances 3.12
Headquarters Property 3.11
Included Contracts 2.01
Intellectual Property Rights 3.16
Interim Order 5.05
Leased Properties 3.11
Multiemployer Plan 3.13
OI Assets Preamble
OI Assumed Obligations 2.03
Permit 3.14
Permitted Lien 3.11
Petition Preamble
Petty Cash 2.01
Post-Closing Tax Period 8.03
Pre-Closing Tax Period 8.01
Predecessor Entity 3.05
Purchased Assets 2.01
Purchase Price 2.06
Real Properties 3.11
Real Property Leases 3.06
SEC 3.05
SEC Documents 3.05
Securities Act 3.05
Seller Products and Services 3.17
Shares 2.06
Strohs 10.01
Tax 8.01
Vitro 3.06
Vitro Agreement 10.01
WARN Act 7.04
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ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.01. PURCHASE AND SALE. Except as otherwise provided below, upon the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Buyers agree (OI's
undertaking being limited to the OI Assets) to purchase from Seller and Seller
agrees to sell, transfer, assign and deliver, or cause to be sold, transferred,
assigned and delivered, to Buyers (OI's interest being limited to the OI Assets)
at Closing, free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, all of
Seller's and its subsidiaries' right, title and interest in, to and under the
assets, properties and business, of every kind and description, wherever
located, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, owned, held or used
primarily in the conduct of the Business by Seller and its subsidiaries as the
same shall exist on the Closing Date, including all assets shown on the
Reference Balance Sheet and not disposed of in the ordinary course of business,
and all assets of the Business thereafter acquired by Seller and its
subsidiaries (the "Purchased Assets"), and including, without limitation, all
right, title and interest of Seller in, to and under:
(i) all real property and leases of, and other interests in,
real property used or owned or held for use in the conduct of the
Business, in each case together with all buildings, fixtures, and
improvements erected thereon, including without limitation the items
listed on Schedule 3.11(b), but excluding all residential real property
leases;
(ii) all personal property and interests therein, including
machinery, equipment, furniture, office equipment, communications
equipment, vehicles, storage tanks, spare and replacement parts, fuel
and other tangible property;
(iii) all raw materials, work-in-process,
finished goods, supplies and other inventories;
(iv) all rights under (A) all collective bargaining
agreements, employment and severance agreements, leases (other than all
residential real property leases), non-governmental licenses or
franchises, sales agreements, joint venture agreements, sales and
purchase orders, and the Included Insurance Policies, and (B) all other
contracts, agreements and instruments of Seller or any of its
subsidiaries (other than Excluded Contracts) relating to the Purchased
Assets or the Business, including without limitation the items listed
on Schedule 3.06(a), other than those contracts, agreements or
instruments in this Clause B that are designated in writing by Buyers
to Seller within 10 days of the date hereof as "Excluded Contracts"
(the items referred to in clauses (A) and (B), collectively, the
"Included Contracts");
(v) all accounts, notes and other receivables;
(vi) all prepaid expenses, including but not
limited to ad valorem taxes, leases and rentals;
(vii) all petty cash located at operating
facilities of the Business ("Petty Cash");
(viii) all of Seller's and its subsidiaries' rights, claims,
credits, causes of action or rights of set-off against third parties
relating to the Purchased Assets, including, without limitation,
unliquidated rights under manufacturers' and vendors warranties and
rebates;
(ix) all 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 intangible property, in each case
owned or licensed by Seller or any Affiliate of Seller and used or held
for use in the Business, and any applications for the same, including
without limitation the items listed on Schedule 3.16(a);
(x) all transferable licenses, permits or other governmental
authorization affecting, or relating in any way to, the Business,
including without limitation the transferable items listed on Schedule
3.14(a);
(xi) all books, records, files and papers, whether in hard
copy or computer format, used in the Business, including, without
limitation, 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, and any information relating to Tax imposed on
the Purchased Assets;
(xii) all computer software programs and data
used in connection with the Business;
(xiii) all goodwill associated with the Business or the
Purchased Assets, together with the right to represent to third parties
that Buyers are the successors to the Business;
(xiv) all employee salary or bonus deferrals under any
employee benefit plan the obligations under which are an Assumed
Liability, to the extent the amount of such deferrals have not, as of
the Closing Date, been disbursed in accordance with such plan,
contributed to an employee benefit trust or paid as an insurance
premium; and
(xv) all air emissions Seller has, is entitled to or applied
for, including any air emissions where Seller has credit for or has
banked, applied to bank or agreed to sell or trade.
2.02. EXCLUDED ASSETS. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein or otherwise, Buyers expressly understand and agree that the following
assets and properties of Seller (the "Excluded Assets") shall be excluded from
the Purchased Assets:
(i) all of Seller's cash and cash equivalents
on hand and in banks except for Petty Cash;
(ii) insurance policies, other than the
Included Insurance Policies;
(iii) the Excluded Contracts;
(iv) capital stock of subsidiaries of Seller;
(v) minute and stock books of Seller and its subsidiaries;
(vi) any Purchased Assets sold or otherwise disposed of in
the
ordinary course of business and not in violation of any provisions of
this Agreement during the period from the date hereof until the Closing
Date; and
(vii) claims and causes of action to recover preferences,
fraudulent conveyances, to avoid liens and other similar rights under
the Bankruptcy Code belonging to Seller and its subsidiaries.
2.03. ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Agreement, Buyers agree, OI's obligations being limited to
the assumption of the liabilities listed on Appendix B hereto (the "OI Assumed
Liabilities"), effective at the time of Closing, to assume the following
liabilities (the "Assumed Liabilities"):
(i) all liabilities of the types set forth on
the Reference Balance Sheet to the extent (except as
otherwise provided herein) included or reflected on
the Closing Balance Sheet;
(ii) all liabilities and obligations of Seller arising from
and after the Closing Date under all Included Contracts (other than
liabilities or obligations attributable to any failure by Seller to
comply with the terms thereof);
(iii) all liabilities and obligations under the Anchor Glass
Container Corporation Executive/Key Employee Retention Plan as such
Plan is in effect on the date hereof (other than liabilities and
obligations arising under such Plan prior to the Closing, which shall
remain liabilities and obligations of Seller);
(iv) all liabilities under Seller Defined Benefit Plans (but
excluding any and all liabilities for excise tax or related taxes or
penalties to the Internal Revenue Service arising out of the failure of
Seller to contribute to Seller Defined Benefit Plans) and all
liabilities to the PBGC in connection with Seller Defined Benefit
Plans, which liabilities shall be paid by the applicable Buyer in full
on the Closing Date to the extent due and owing on the Closing Date;
(v) all environmental liabilities relating to the Purchased
Assets or Business (but excluding any liabilities resulting from or
arising out of any (i) claim, action, suit, investigation, proceeding
or judgment relating to property disposed of by Seller or any of its
subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date or (ii) asbestos-related claims,
actions, suits, investigations, proceedings or judgments arising out of
any event or condition existing on or occurring prior to the Closing
Date);
(vi) trade payables of Seller which have arisen
after the filing of the Petition and which are in
existence on the Closing Date;
(vii) accrued expenses relating to workers'
compensation claims;
(viii) all liabilities and obligations of Seller
arising under, related to or in connection with the
Headquarters Lease; and
(ix) all liabilities and expenses in the aggregate relating to
insurance claims arising out of workers' compensation, general
liability, products liability, and automobile liability policies issued
to Seller by The Travelers Indemnity Company and its Affiliates
including The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company (or any predecessor)
for periods prior to January 1, 1997; provided, however, that the
amount of all such liabilities and expenses in the aggregate shall not
exceed the sum of all amounts shown on the Reference Balance Sheet for
all such insurance liabilities and expenses.
2.04. EXCLUDED LIABILITIES. Notwithstanding any provision in this
Agreement or any other writing to the contrary, Buyers are assuming only the
Assumed Liabilities (OI's obligations being limited to the OI Assumed
Liabilities) and are not assuming any other liability or obligation of Seller
(or any predecessor owner of all or part of its business and assets) of whatever
nature whether presently in existence or arising hereafter, including, without
limitation, except as set forth in clause (v) of Section 2.03, any liability for
any claim, action, suit or proceeding pending against, or judgment against,
Seller or any of its subsidiaries (including the Purchased Assets) as of the
Closing Date. All such other liabilities and obligations shall be retained by
and remain obligations and liabilities of Seller (all such liabilities and
obligations not being assumed being herein referred to as the "Excluded
Liabilities").
2.05. ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACTS AND RIGHTS. Anything in this Agreement to
the contrary notwithstanding, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement
to assign any Purchased Asset or any claim or right or any benefit arising
thereunder or resulting therefrom if an attempted assignment thereof, without
the consent of a third party thereto, would constitute a breach or other
contravention thereof or in any way adversely affect the rights of Buyers or
Seller thereunder. Seller and the applicable Buyer will use their best efforts
(but without any payment of money by Seller or Buyers) to obtain the consent of
the other parties to any such Purchased Asset or any claim or right or any
benefit arising thereunder for the assignment thereof to the applicable Buyer as
such Buyer may request. If such consent is not obtained, or if an attempted
assignment thereof would be ineffective or would adversely affect the rights of
Seller thereunder so that such Buyer would not in fact receive all such rights,
Seller and such Buyer will cooperate in a mutually agreeable arrangement under
which such Buyer would obtain the benefits and assume the obligations thereunder
in accordance with this Agreement, including sub-contracting, sub-licensing, or
sub-leasing to the applicable Buyer, or under which Seller would enforce for the
benefit of such Buyer, with such Buyer assuming Seller's obligations, any and
all rights of Seller against a third party thereto. Seller will promptly pay to
the applicable Buyer when received all monies received by Seller under any
Purchased Asset intended to be acquired hereunder by such Buyer or any claim or
right or any benefit arising thereunder, except to the extent the same
represents an Excluded Asset.
2.06. PURCHASE PRICE; ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PRICE. (a) The purchase
price for the Purchased Assets (the "Purchase Price") is (i) an amount in cash
equal to (A) $333.6 million, of which Consumers shall pay $208.6 million and OI
shall pay $125.0 million, plus (B) the June 30 Trade Payables minus (C) the
Final Post-Filing Trade Payables and (ii) 490,000 shares of New Anchor common
stock and 1,876,000 shares of New Anchor 10% preferred stock (collectively, the
"Shares") (the terms of such 10% preferred stock being set forth on Appendix C)
which Consumers shall cause New Anchor to issue and deliver to Seller. Seller
and Consumers each hereby acknowledge and agree that OI has and shall have no
liability or obligation with respect to the Shares. The Purchase Price shall be
subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.09, and shall be paid as provided
in Section 2.07. On the Closing Date, Buyers shall pay to Seller as provided in
Section 2.07 an aggregate amount in cash (the "Estimated Purchase Price") equal
to (i) $333.6 million (in the proportion specified in the first sentence of this
Section 2.06(a)) plus (ii) the June 30 Trade Payables minus (iii) the Estimated
Post-Filing Trade Payables plus or minus (iv) the amount set forth in Section
2.06(b) below as the adjustment to the Estimated Purchase Price, and Consumers
shall cause New Anchor to issue and deliver to Seller certificates representing
the Shares. If the June 30 Trade Payables exceed the Estimated Post-Filing Trade
Payables, the amount of such excess shall be paid by the Buyers in such
proportion as they may jointly specify to Seller; provided that if Buyers fail
to so specify, Buyers shall be jointly liable for the payment of the full amount
of such excess.
(b) Not less than three business days prior to the Closing
Date, Seller shall deliver to Buyers a certificate, signed by the chief
financial officer of Seller, setting forth Seller's good faith estimate
of trade payables incurred subsequent to filing of the Petition and
estimated to be in existence on the Closing Date (the "Estimated
Post-Filing Trade Payables"), together with reasonable information
supporting such estimate. Not less than three business days prior to
the Closing Date, Seller shall deliver to Buyers a certificate signed
by the Chief Financial Officer of Seller, setting forth Seller's good
faith estimate of Final Net Assets of Seller using Seller's December
31, 1996 Balance Sheet ("Estimated Final Net Assets"). If June 30 Net
Assets exceed Estimated Final Net Assets, the amount otherwise payable
to Seller by Buyers at the Closing shall be reduced (to be allocated
between them in accordance with their joint instructions), as an
adjustment to the Estimated Purchase Price, the amount of such excess.
If Estimated Final Net Assets exceed June 30 Net Assets, the applicable
Buyer or Buyers (in such proportion as Buyers shall jointly specify to
Seller; provided that if Buyers fail to so specify, Buyers shall be
jointly liable for the full amount of such excess) shall pay to Seller,
as an adjustment to the Estimated Purchase Price, the amount of such
excess.
(c) As soon as practicable after the Closing, Buyers shall
deliver to Seller a statement (the "Allocation Statement"), setting
forth the value of the Purchased Assets, which shall be used for the
allocation of the Purchase Price (together with the Assumed
Liabilities) among the Purchased Assets; provided that prior to the
Closing Date, if required as the result of transfer or similar taxes,
Buyers and Seller shall agree as to the allocation for Fee Properties.
(d) Seller shall have a period of 45 days after the delivery
of the Allocation Statement to present in writing to Buyers notice of
any objections Seller may have to the allocation set forth in the
Allocation Statement. Unless Seller timely objects, the Allocation
Statement shall be binding on the parties without further adjustment,
(e) If Seller shall raise any objections within the 45 day
period, Buyers and Seller shall negotiate in good faith and use their
best efforts to resolve such dispute. If the parties fail to agree
within 15 days after the delivery of the notice, then the disputed
items shall be resolved by Price Waterhouse LLP, or if such firm
declines to act in such capacity, by such other firm of independent
nationally recognized accountants chosen and mutually accepted by the
parties (the "Accounting Referee"). The Accounting Referee shall
resolve the dispute within 30 days of having the items referred to it.
The costs, fees and expenses of the Accounting Referee shall be borne
equally by Seller on the one hand and Buyers on the other.
(f) Any adjustment made with respect to the Purchase Price
pursuant to Section 2.09 of this Agreement shall be allocated in
accordance with the determination mutually agreed by Seller and Buyers.
In the event that an agreement is not reached within 15 days after the
determination of Final Net Assets pursuant to Section 2.09(a), the
disputed item(s) shall be resolved pursuant to Section 2.06(e) hereof.
(g) Seller and Buyers each agree to report an allocation of
such Purchase Price among the Purchased Assets in a manner entirely
consistent with the Allocation Statement (including any adjustment made
pursuant to Section 2.06(f) hereof), and agree to act in accordance
with such Allocation Statement in the filing of all tax returns
(including, without limitation, filing Form 8594 with its Federal
income tax return for the taxable year that includes the date of the
Closing) and in the course of any tax audit, tax review or tax
litigation relating thereto.
(h) Not later than 10 days prior to the filing of their
respective Form 8594 relating to this transaction, each party shall
deliver to the other parties a copy of its Form 8594.
2.07. CLOSING. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the sales and purchases of the Purchased
Assets and the assumptions of the Assumed Liabilities contemplated hereby shall
take place at a closing (the "Closing") to be held at the offices of Stroock &
Stroock & Lavan, Seven Hanover Square, New York, New York 10004 at 9:00 A.M.,
New York City time, on the later to occur of (i) the date on which the
conditions to Closing set forth in Article 10 shall have been satisfied or
waived and (ii) the first business day following the day that is ten days after
the entry of the Sale Order, or at such other time or place as Buyers and Seller
may agree. At the Closing,
(a) Each Buyer shall deliver to Seller certified or official
bank checks payable to the order of Seller in an amount as to which
Buyers shall jointly notify Seller, which amounts together shall equal
the Estimated Purchase Price, or shall wire transfer such amounts to an
account designated in writing by Seller to Buyers not less than two
days prior to the Closing Date. Consumers shall cause New Anchor to
deliver to Seller certificates representing the Shares, which
certificates will be dated the Closing Date and will be issued and
registered in the name of the Seller, or in the name of such designees
of Seller as Seller so directs in a writing delivered to Consumers not
less than two days prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Seller and each Buyer shall enter into an assignment and
assumption agreement (OI's obligations being limited to the OI Assumed
Obligations) and Seller shall deliver to the applicable Buyer (or
permitted assignees as Buyers shall jointly instruct Seller) such
special warranty deeds (or local equivalents), 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 applicable Buyer all right, title and interest in, to and
under the Purchased Assets being acquired by such Buyer.
2.08. CLOSING BALANCE SHEET. (a) As promptly as practicable,
but no later than 90 days, after the Closing Date, Buyers will cause to be
prepared and delivered to Seller (a) the Closing Balance Sheet and (b) the Final
Post- Filing Trade Payables, together with an unqualified report of Arthur
Andersen L.L.P. thereon, and a certificate based on such Closing Balance Sheet
setting forth Buyers' calculation of Closing Net Assets and Final Post-Filing
Trade Payables. The Closing Balance Sheet shall include the Purchased Assets and
Assumed Liabilities as at the close of business on the Closing Date presented
fairly in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles through the
application of the accounting methods and such other procedures applied in the
preparation of the Reference Balance Sheet and without giving effect to any
writedown of non-current assets to reflect the sale of the Purchased Assets
pursuant to this Agreement otherwise required by generally accepted accounting
principles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the
Closing Date shall occur on or after January 10, 1997, the Closing Balance Sheet
with respect to the calculation of Closing Net Assets and Final Net Assets only
shall include the Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities as at the close of
business on January 10, 1997, but in all other respects shall be prepared on the
basis set forth above. In preparing the Closing and Reference Balance Sheets,
consistent account definitions, analytical procedures, and valuation methods
should be applied in determining the account balances. Except as provided below
for accruals for pension and other post-retirement benefit obligations, if, in
connection with the preparation of the Closing Balance Sheet or the calculation
of Closing Net Assets, any errors are discovered that affect the value of the
Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities set forth on the Reference Balance
Sheet, the Reference Balance Sheet shall be adjusted to correct for the effect
of such errors. With regard to accruals for pension and other post-retirement
benefit obligations, if an error is discovered in the Reference Balance Sheet
that remains applicable at the Closing Balance Sheet date, then the Closing
Balance Sheet only, not the Reference Balance Sheet, shall be adjusted to
correct for the effect of such errors. For purposes of this Section 2.08, in
determining whether any corrections are to be made as a result of errors or
inconsistencies, corrections will not be made unless an individual item exceeds
$50,000 and the aggregate net amount of all such items exceeds $500,000. In
preparing the Reference Balance Sheet certain "excess" reserves were applied and
reallocated to cover reserve requirements for other accounts. Attached as part
of Exhibit A is the final June 30, 1996 reserve allocation of Seller. In the
preparation of the Closing Balance Sheet, the reallocation of such "excess"
reserves shall be applied consistent with Exhibit A. Exhibit A sets forth the
Reference Balance Sheet including explanatory notes as to the use of the
Reference Balance Sheet in the determination of Purchased Assets and Assumed
Liabilities, and in determining a purchase price adjustment (if any), pursuant
to the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) If Seller disagrees with Buyers' calculation of Closing Net Assets
or Final Post-Filing Trade Payables delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(a),
Seller may, within 45 days after delivery of the documents referred to in
Section 2.08(a), deliver a notice to Buyers disagreeing with such calculations
and setting forth Seller's calculations of such amounts. Any such notice of
disagreement shall specify those items or amounts as to which Seller disagrees
and the basis for such disagreement, and Seller shall be deemed to have agreed
with all other items and amounts contained in the Closing Balance Sheet and
Final Post-Filing Trade Payables and the calculation of Closing Net Assets and
Final Post-Filing Trade Payables delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(a).
(c) If a notice of disagreement shall be duly delivered pursuant to
Section 2.08(b), Buyers and Seller shall, during the 15 days following such
delivery, use their best efforts to reach agreement on the disputed items or
amounts in order to determine, as may be required, the amounts of Closing Net
Assets and Final Post-Filing Trade Payables, which amounts shall not be less
than the amounts thereof shown in Buyers' calculations delivered pursuant to
Section 2.08(a) nor more than the amounts thereof shown in Seller's calculations
delivered pursuant to Section 2.09(b). If during such period, Buyers and Seller
are unable to reach such agreement, they shall promptly thereafter cause the
Accounting Referee promptly to review this Agreement and the disputed items or
amounts for the purpose of calculating Closing Net Assets and Final Post-Filing
Trade Payables. In making such calculations, the Accounting Referee shall
consider only those items or amounts as to which Seller has disagreed. The
Accounting Referee shall deliver to Seller and Buyers, as promptly as
practicable, a report setting forth such calculations. Such report shall be
final and binding upon the parties hereto. The cost of such review and report
shall be borne (i) by Buyers if the difference between Final Net Assets and
Closing Net Assets as set forth in Buyers' calculation of Closing Net Assets
delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(a) is greater than the difference between
Final Net Assets and Closing Net Assets as set forth in Seller's calculation of
Closing Net Assets delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(b), (ii) by Seller if the
first such difference is less than the second such difference and (iii)
otherwise one-half by Seller and one-half by Buyers.
(d) Buyers and Seller agree that they will, and agree to cause their
respective independent accountants and actuaries to, cooperate and assist in the
preparation of the Closing Balance Sheet and the calculation of Closing Net
Assets and Final Post-Filing Trade Payables and in the conduct of the audits and
reviews referred to in this Section 2.08, including without limitation, the
making available to the extent necessary of books, records, work papers and
personnel.
2.09. ADJUSTMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE. (a) If Estimated Final Net
Assets exceed Final Net Assets, Seller shall pay to Buyers (to be allocated
between them in accordance with their joint instructions), as an adjustment to
the Purchase Price, in the manner and with interest as provided in Section
2.09(c), the amount of such excess. If Final Net Assets exceed Estimated Final
Net Assets, the applicable Buyer or Buyers (in such proportion as Buyers shall
jointly specify to Seller; provided that if Buyers fail to so specify, Buyers
shall be jointly liable for the payment of the full amount of such excess) shall
pay to Seller, as an adjustment to the Purchase Price, in the manner and with
interest as provided in Section 2.09(c), the amount of such excess.
(b) If Final Post-Filing Trade Payables exceeds Estimated Post-Filing
Trade Payables, Seller shall pay to Buyers (to be allocated between them in
accordance with their joint instructions), as an adjustment to the Purchase
Price, in the manner and with the interest as provided in Section 2.09(c), the
amount of such excess. If Estimated Post-Filing Trade Payables exceeds Final
Post-Filing Trade Payables, the applicable Buyer or Buyers (in such proportion
as Buyers shall jointly specify to Seller; provided that if Buyers fail to so
specify, Buyers shall be jointly liable for the payment of the full amount of
such excess) shall pay to Seller, as an adjustment to the Purchase Price, in the
manner and with interest as provided in Section 2.09(c), the amount of such
excess.
(c) METHOD OF PAYMENT. Any payments pursuant to Sections 2.09(a) or (b)
shall be added together or netted against each other, as appropriate, and shall
be made at a mutually convenient time and place within 10 days after the same
have been determined. Any payments pursuant to this Section 2.09 shall be made
by delivery by the applicable Buyer or Buyers, or Seller, as the case may be, of
certified or official bank checks payable to the appropriate party or by wire
transfer of such funds to an account designated by such party or by causing such
payment to be credited to such account of such other parties as may be
designated by such party. The amount of any payment to be made pursuant to this
Section 2.09 shall bear interest from and including the Closing Date to but
excluding the date of payment at a rate per annum equal to the rate publicly
announced from time to time by Citibank, N.A. in New York City as its prime rate
in effect from time to time during the period from the Closing Date to the date
of payment. Such interest shall be payable at the same time as the payment to
which it relates and shall be calculated daily on the basis of a year of 365
days and the actual number of days elapsed.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Seller hereby represents and warrants to Buyers as follows:
3.01. AUTHORITY. Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Seller
has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to
perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. Subject to approval by the Bankruptcy Court, (a) all
corporate and stockholder acts and other proceedings required to be taken by
Seller to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and
properly taken and (b) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
Seller and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller,
enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms.
3.02. NO CONFLICTS; CONSENTS. (a) Except as set forth in Schedule
3.02(a), the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Seller do not, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with the
terms hereof will not, conflict with, or result in any violation of or default
(with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a
right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation under, or
loss of a benefit relating to the Business under, or result in the creation of
any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of the Purchased Assets under,
any provision of (i) the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of Seller or
any of its subsidiaries, (ii) assuming the obtaining of all required consents,
any agreement or obligation to which Seller or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or by which any of the Purchased Assets are bound or (iii) any applicable
judgment, injunction, order or decree, or statute, law, ordinance, rule or
regulation, in each case other than such as, individually or in the aggregate,
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No material consent, approval, license, permit, order or
authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental
Entity is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to Seller or any of
its subsidiaries in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,
other than (i) compliance with and filings under the HSR Act, if applicable,
(ii) compliance with and filings under Section 13(a) or 15(d), as the case may
be, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
(iii) compliance with and filings and notifications under applicable
Environmental Laws, (iv) compliance with any notices, motions, orders or
approvals required by the Bankruptcy Court or the Bankruptcy Code and the rules
thereunder, (v) those set forth on Schedule 3.02(a) and (vi) those that may be
required solely by reason of Buyers' participation in the transactions
contemplated hereby.
3.03. SUFFICIENCY OF AND TITLE TO THE PURCHASED ASSETS.
(a) The Purchased Assets constitute, and on the Closing Date will
constitute, all of the assets or property used or held for use primarily in the
Business, except for the Excluded Assets.
(b) Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, Buyers
will have acquired good and marketable title (which in the case of Fee
Properties are insurable at regular rates by a reputable title company) in and
to, or a valid leasehold interest in, each of the Purchased Assets to be
acquired by each of them, respectively, free and clear of all Liens, except for
Permitted Liens.
3.04. ORGANIZATION AND STANDING; BOOKS AND RECORDS. All subsidiaries of
Seller and their respective jurisdictions of incorporation are set forth on
Schedule 3.04(a). Each of Seller's subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.04(b), each of Seller and its
subsidiaries has full corporate power and authority and possesses all
governmental franchises, licenses, permits, authorizations and approvals
necessary to enable it to own, lease or otherwise hold its assets and to carry
on its business as presently conducted, other than such the lack of which would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of
Seller and its subsidiaries is duly qualified and in good standing to do
business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the conduct or
nature of its business or the ownership, leasing or holding of its properties
makes such qualification necessary, except such jurisdictions where the failure
to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Seller has prior to the execution of this Agreement delivered to Buyers
true and complete copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws, each
as amended to date and as currently in effect, of Seller and each of its
subsidiaries. The minute books of Seller and each of its subsidiaries (which
have been made available for inspection by Buyers prior to the date hereof) are
true and complete in all material respects.
3.05. SEC DOCUMENTS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES. (a)
Seller (and any entity to which it is a successor issuer for purposes of Rule
12g-3 under the Exchange Act, each such entity being a "Predecessor Entity") has
filed all required reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") since June 30, 1993 (the
"SEC Documents"). Seller has delivered to Buyers (i) Seller's annual reports on
Form 10-K for its fiscal years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993, (ii) its
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarters ended March 31, 1996 and
June 30, 1996, and (iii) all of the other SEC Documents filed since December 31,
1995. The audited consolidated balance sheets of Seller and its subsidiaries
(including the notes thereto) set forth in the most recent SEC Document of
Seller filed prior to the date hereof on Form 10-K, as updated or modified by
the consolidated balance sheet and the notes thereto set forth in the June 30,
1996 Form 10-Q filed subsequently thereto, shall be hereinafter referred to as
the "Actual Balance Sheet." As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents
complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the Exchange Act, as the case may
be, applicable to such SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The financial statements of Seller and each Predecessor Entity
included in the SEC Documents comply as to form in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of
the SEC with respect thereto, were prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods
involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly present
the consolidated financial position of Seller and its subsidiaries and of each
Predecessor Entity and its subsidiaries, as the case may be, as of the dates
thereof and the consolidated results of operations and statements of cash flows
of Seller and its subsidiaries and of each Predecessor Entity and its
subsidiaries, as the case may be, for the periods then ended (subject, in the
case of any unaudited statements, to the absence of footnotes and to normal
year-end audit adjustments).
(b) There are no material liabilities or obligations relating to the
Purchased Assets or the Business of any nature (whether accrued, absolute,
contingent or unasserted), except (1) as disclosed, reflected or fully reserved
against in the Actual Balance Sheet, (2) for items set forth in Schedule 3.05
and (3) for other liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice since the Balance Sheet Date which,
individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the Purchased Assets and
the Business taken as a whole.
3.06. CONTRACTS. Except as set forth in Schedule
3.06(a), with respect to the Business neither the Seller nor any of its
subsidiaries is a party to or bound by:
(a) (i) any lease of real property ("Real Property Leases")
under which Seller or any subsidiary of Seller uses or occupies or has
the right to use or occupy, now or in the future, any real property, in
each case providing for annual rentals of more than $90,000 per annum
or $1,000,000 in the aggregate or (ii) any lease of personal property
under which Seller or any subsidiary of Seller uses or has the right to
use, now or in the future, any personal property, in each case
providing for annual rentals of more than $50,000 per annum or $100,000
in the aggregate;
(b) any agreement for the purchase of materials, supplies,
goods, services, equipment or other assets that provides for either (i)
annual payments by Seller and its subsidiaries of $500,000 or more or
(ii) aggregate payments by Seller and its subsidiaries of $500,000 or
more, or any agreement for the purchase of real property;
(c) any sales, distribution or other similar agreement
providing for the sale by Seller or any of its subsidiaries of
materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or other assets that
provides for either (i) annual payments to Seller and its subsidiaries
of $5,000,000 or more or (ii) aggregate payments to Seller and its
subsidiaries of $10,000,000 or more, or any agreement for the sale of
real property or granting to a third party an option to purchase or
lease, or a right of first refusal to purchase or lease, any real
property of Seller or any of its subsidiaries;
(d) any partnership, joint venture or other similar agreement
or arrangement;
(e) any agreement relating to the acquisition or disposition
of any business that provides for aggregate payments by or to Seller or
any of its subsidiaries of $10,000,000 or more (whether by merger, sale
of stock, sale of assets or otherwise);
(f) any option, license, franchise or similar agreement that
provides for either (i) annual payments by Seller and its subsidiaries
of $100,000 or more or (ii) aggregate payments by Seller and its
subsidiaries of $200,000 or more;
(g) any agency, dealer, sales representative, marketing,
distribution or other similar agreement that provides for either (i)
annual payments by Seller and its subsidiaries of $500,000 or more or
(ii) aggregate payments by Seller and its subsidiaries of $1,000,000 or
more;
(h) any agreement that limits the freedom of Seller or any of
its subsidiaries to compete in any line of business or with any person
or in any area or to own, operate, sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise
dispose of or encumber any Purchased Asset or which would so limit the
freedom of Buyers after the Closing Date;
(i) any agreement with or for the benefit of (i) any
stockholder, officer or director of Seller or any of its subsidiaries,
(ii) Vitro, S.A. or any of its subsidiaries ("Vitro") or (iii) any
employee of Seller or any of its subsidiaries (other than Seller and
its subsidiaries), other than, (x) in each case, agreements set forth
on Schedule 3.13(b), and (y) with respect to clause (iii) compensatory
arrangements with employees in general and agreements entered into in
the ordinary course of Business; or
(j) any other agreement or commitment not made in the ordinary
course of business that is material to the Business taken as a whole.
Except as set forth in Schedule 3.06(b), all such agreements listed in such
Schedule (collectively, the "Contracts") are valid and binding agreements of
Seller or one of its subsidiaries and are in full force and effect in all
material respects. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.06(c), each of Seller and
its subsidiaries has performed all material obligations required to be performed
by it to date under the Contracts and it is not in breach or default in any
material respect thereunder; to the knowledge of Seller, no condition exists
that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a material default
thereunder; and, to the knowledge of Seller, no other party to any of the
Contracts is in material breach or default thereunder. Seller has delivered or
made available true and complete copies of each of the Contracts (including all
modifications, amendments and supplements) to Consumers and to OI, those
specific Contracts requested by OI, prior to the date hereof.
3.07. ABSENCE OF CHANGES OR EVENTS. Except as set forth in Schedule
3.07(a), since the Balance Sheet Date, the Business has been conducted in the
ordinary course substantially consistent with past practices; provided that
since the filing of the Petition, Seller has been required to subject certain
transactions to Bankruptcy Court approval, has been precluded from paying
pre-petition liabilities except as otherwise authorized by the Bankruptcy Court,
has been granted authority to incur new and replacement liens in favor of its
debtor-in- possession lenders and certain other secured creditors, and has been
subject to set-off, recoupment and reclamation claims by creditors, and to the
alteration of normal trade credit terms by many suppliers. As a result of the
Petition, Seller is in default in many of its obligations to creditors, which
creditors are stayed from proceeding on their claims. In addition, prior to and
after the filing of the Petition, Seller experienced liquidity constraints which
caused it to alter certain normal business practices as set forth on Schedule
3.07(a). The existence of the constraints described herein are acknowledged by
Buyers. Except as set forth above, there has not been:
(a) any material adverse change in the condition
of the plant, property and equipment that constitutes
part of the Purchased Assets;
(b) any creation or assumption by Seller or any of its
subsidiaries of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any Purchased
Asset other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practices;
(c) any making of any loan, advance or capital contribution to
or investment in any Person other than loans, advances or capital
contributions to or investments in wholly-owned subsidiaries of Seller;
(d) any damage, destruction or other casualty loss (whether or
not covered by insurance) or condemnation or other governmental taking
or sale in lieu thereof affecting the Business or any Purchased Asset
which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (it being understood for
purposes of this clause (d) that a material adverse change in the
operations of any operating manufacturing plant shall constitute a
Material Adverse Effect);
(e) any transaction or commitment made, or any contract or
agreement entered into, by Seller or any of its subsidiaries relating
to the Business or any Purchased Asset (including the acquisition or
disposition of any such assets) or any relinquishment by Seller or any
of its subsidiaries of any contract or other right, in any such case,
that is material to the Business, taken as a whole;
(f) any change in any method of accounting or accounting
practice (including consistent application) by Seller or any of its
subsidiaries with respect to the Business;
(g) any (i) individual employment, deferred compensation,
severance, retirement or other similar agreement entered into with any
director, officer or employee of Seller or any of its subsidiaries (or
any amendment to any such existing agreement), (ii) grant of any
severance or termination pay to any director, officer or employee of
Seller or any of its subsidiaries, or (iii) change in compensation or
other benefits payable to any director, officer or employee of Seller
or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any severance or retirement
plans or policies thereof, except in the case of clauses (ii) and
(iii), such grants or changes as may have been on a Seller-wide or
subsidiary-wide basis pursuant to a written Seller or subsidiary policy
concurrently in effect, or in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices;
(h) any labor dispute, other than routine individual
grievances, or any activity or proceeding by a labor union or
representative thereof to organize any employees of the Business, which
employees were not subject to a collective bargaining agreement at the
Balance Sheet Date, or any lockouts, strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages
or threats thereof by or with respect to such employees; or
(i) any capital expenditure, or commitment for a capital
expenditure, for additions or improvements to property, plant and
equipment in excess of that set forth on the budget used in connection
with Seller's debtor-in-possession financing previously furnished by
Seller to Buyers.
3.08. LITIGATION. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.08(a) or
in the most recent SEC Document of Seller filed prior to the date hereof on Form
10-K, there are no (i) outstanding judgments, orders, injunctions or decrees of
any Governmental Entity or arbitration tribunal against Seller or any of its
subsidiaries or any Purchased Asset which, individually or in the aggregate,
have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or
which would restrain, prohibit, alter or materially delay the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) actions, suits, investigations or
proceedings pending against, or to the knowledge of Seller, threatened against
or affecting, the Business or any Purchased Asset before any court or arbitrator
or any Governmental Entity which, if determined or resolved adversely in
accordance with the plaintiff's demands, would, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which in
any manner challenge or seek to restrain, prohibit, alter or materially delay
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The provisions of this Section
do not apply to Environmental Laws, which are covered elsewhere in this
Agreement.
3.09. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND COURT ORDERS. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.09(a), neither Seller nor any of its subsidiaries is in
violation of, and has not since January 1, 1994 violated, any law, rule,
regulation, judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to the Purchased
Assets or the conduct of the Business in any respect that, individually or in
the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. The provisions of this Section do not apply to Environmental
Laws, which are covered elsewhere in this Agreement.
3.10. EMPLOYEES. Schedule 3.10(a) sets forth a true and
complete list as of a recent date of the names, titles and annual salaries and
cash bonuses of all officers of Seller and its subsidiaries and all other
employees of the Business whose annual base salary exceeds $100,000. Except as
set forth in Schedule 3.10(b), to the actual knowledge of the executive officers
of Seller none of such employees has indicated to Seller or its subsidiaries
that he intends to resign or retire as a result of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or otherwise within one year after the Closing Date.
3.11. PROPERTIES. (a) (1) As of the date hereof, Seller and
its subsidiaries have (i) good and valid title to all material tangible
Purchased Assets (other than the Real Properties which are covered below)
reflected on the Actual Balance Sheet or acquired after the Balance Sheet Date
(except for property sold or otherwise disposed of since the Balance Sheet Date
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices), (ii) good
and valid fee simple title (which is insurable at regular rates by a reputable
title company) to the Fee Properties, and (iii) valid leasehold interests in the
Leased Properties, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iii) above, free
and clear of all Liens, except for the following:
(v) Liens in favor of Seller Defined Benefit Plans for failure
to make required contributions to Seller Defined Benefit Plans which
arose by operation of law on September 16, 1996;
(w) Those matters relating to each Fee Property and Leased
Property set forth on Schedule 3.11(a);
(x) Liens disclosed on the Actual Balance Sheet or the notes
thereto;
(y) Liens for taxes not yet due or being contested in good
faith or which, though due, may be paid without interest or penalty, in
each case for which adequate accruals or reserves have been established
on the Reference Balance Sheet; or
(z) In the case of the Real Properties, Liens that do not
secure any monetary obligations and that do not materially
(individually or in the aggregate with all other matters) detract from
the value of the property to which they relate as now used or adversely
affect the continued use of the property to which they relate in the
conduct of the business of Seller or its subsidiaries currently
conducted thereat, or in the case of personal property, Liens that do
not secure any monetary obligations and that do not materially
(individually or in the aggregate with all other matters) detract from
the value of the property to which they relate, as now used or
adversely affect the continued use of such assets in the conduct of the
business of Seller or its subsidiaries as currently utilized.
(2) As of the Closing Date, Seller and its subsidiaries shall
have (I) good and valid title to all material tangible Purchased Assets (other
than Real Properties which are covered below) reflected on the Reference Balance
Sheet or acquired after the Balance Sheet Date (except for property sold or
otherwise disposed of since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices), (II) good and valid fee simple title
(which is insurable at regular rates by a reputable title company) to the Fee
Properties and (III) valid leasehold interests in the Leased Properties, in the
case of each of clauses (I) through (III) above, free and clear of all Liens,
except for the following (collectively, "Permitted Liens"):
(A) Liens set forth on Schedule 3.11(a) that are in effect as
of the Closing Date and affect the property to which they relate, do
not secure any monetary obligation and do not, individually or in the
aggregate with all other matters, materially detract from the value of
the property to which they relate as now used or materially adversely
affect the continued use of the property to which they relate in the
conduct of the business of Seller or its subsidiaries currently
conducted thereat;
(B) Liens disclosed on the Reference Balance Sheet and in
effect as of the Closing Date; or
(C) Liens referred to in paragraphs (v), (y) and (z) of
Section 3.11(a)(1) and in effect as of the Closing Date.
Without limiting the foregoing, the items on Schedule 3.11(a) marked "not a
Permitted Lien" shall not be Permitted Liens for purposes of this Agreement.
(b) Schedule 3.11(b) identifies all of the real properties
owned (the "Fee Properties") or leased (the "Leased Properties") by Seller and
its subsidiaries (the Fee Properties and the Leased Properties being
collectively referred to as the "Real Properties").
(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11(c), to the knowledge
of Seller, the buildings and structures constituting part of the Fee Properties
and the Leased Property covered by the Headquarters Lease (the "Headquarters
Property") and related equipment, are in good operating condition and repair and
have been reasonably maintained in a manner consistent with standards generally
followed in the industry (giving due account to the age and length of use of
same, ordinary wear and tear excepted and damage by fire and other casualty
covered by insurance excepted), are structurally sound.
(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11(d), the buildings and
structures constituting part of each of the Fee Properties and the Headquarters
Property currently have access to (i) public roads or valid easements over
private streets or private property for such ingress to and egress from such
property and (ii) water supply, storm and sanitary sewer facilities, telephone,
gas and electrical connections, fire protection, drainage and other public
utilities, in each case as is reasonably necessary for the current use of such
properties.
(e) The installation and construction of the buildings and
structures located on the Fee Properties and the Headquarters Property have been
completed in material compliance with all laws, rules, regulations, judgments,
orders, permits, licenses and other requirements of and agreements with all
Governmental Entities applicable to such properties; and all building permits,
certificates of occupancy, licenses and other authorizations required for
current uses of such properties have been obtained, other than those the failure
of which to obtain would not materially adversely affect the continued use of
the relevant property as now used, and true and complete copies thereof (to the
extent in Seller's or any of its subsidiaries' possession) have been provided to
Buyers. The provisions of this Section do not apply to the requirements under
Environmental Laws, which are covered elsewhere in this Agreement.
(f) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.02(a) or Schedule
3.11(f), (i) each Real Property Lease is in full force and effect and has
not been amended, modified or supplemented, (ii) all rent and other sums and
charges payable under each Real Property Lease are current, (iii) no notice of a
material default on the part of the tenant or termination notice has been served
under any Real Property Lease which remains outstanding, (iv) other than as may
exist as of the date hereof (but not as of the Closing Date) by reason of filing
of the Petition, no uncured material default or termination event exists (and no
condition exists which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both
would constitute a material default or termination event) under any Real
Property Lease and (v) the consummation of the transactions provided for herein
will not constitute a material default under any Real Property Lease or grounds
for the termination thereof.
(g) There is no underlying Lien affecting the Seller's
Headquarters Lease (other than arising under the Citicorp Loan) which is
superior to the interest of the tenant under such lease.
(h) There are no encroachments or other facts or conditions
affecting any of the Fee Properties or the Headquarters Property that would be
revealed by an accurate survey or inspection thereof which would, individually
or in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of such property as now
used or materially adversely affect the continued use of such property in the
conduct of the business of the Seller or its subsidiaries as currently utilized.
None of the material buildings and structures on the Fee Properties or the
Headquarters Property materially encroaches upon real property of another person
or upon the area of any easement (other than encroachments on utility easements
to the extent such encroachments would not, individually or in the aggregate,
materially detract from the value of such property as now used or materially
adversely affect the continued use of such property in the conduct of the
business of Seller and its subsidiaries as currently utilized) affecting the Fee
Properties or Headquarters Property.
3.12. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. (a) For purposes of
this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth below:
(i) "Environmental Laws" means any applicable federal, state,
local and foreign law, treaty, regulation, rule, judicial decision,
judgment, order, decree, injunction, permit or agreement as in effect
on the date hereof relating to human health and safety, the environment
or to pollutants, contaminants, wastes or chemicals or toxic,
radioactive, ignitable, corrosive, reactive or otherwise hazardous
substances, wastes or materials;
(ii) "Hazardous Substances" means any pollutant, contaminant
or waste or any toxic, radioactive, ignitable, corrosive, reactive or
otherwise hazardous substance, waste or material, including petroleum,
its derivatives, by-products and other hydrocarbons, and any substance,
chemical or material regulated under Environmental Laws; and
(iii) For purposes of this Section 3.12, "Seller" and
"subsidiary" shall include any entity which is, in whole or in part, a
predecessor of Seller or any subsidiary of Seller.
(b) Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.12, to the actual
knowledge (without any independent investigation) of any of Seller's executive
officers, plant managers, corporate environmental personnel or plant personnel
with supervisory responsibility for environmental matters (if any):
(i) except for matters that have been resolved with no
obligation, whether monetary or otherwise, remaining on the part of the
Seller or any of its subsidiaries, no notice, notification, demand,
request for information, citation, summons or order has been issued,
and no complaint has been filed, no penalty has been assessed, no
investigation, action, claim, suit, proceeding or review is pending or
threatened by any Governmental Entity or other person with respect to
any matters relating to Seller or any subsidiary of Seller and relating
to or arising out of any Environmental Law;
(ii) no Hazardous Substance has been discharged, disposed of,
dumped, injected, pumped, deposited, spilled, leaked, emitted or
released at, on or under any property now or previously owned, leased
or operated by Seller or any subsidiary of Seller except in accordance
with Environmental Laws;
(iii) there are no liabilities of Seller or any subsidiary of
Seller of or relating to the Purchased Assets or the Business arising
under or relating to any Environmental Law;
(iv) no property now or previously owned, leased or operated
by Seller or any subsidiary of Seller nor any property to which Seller
or any subsidiary of Seller has, directly or indirectly, transported or
arranged for the transportation of any Hazardous Substances is listed
or proposed for listing, on the National Priorities List promulgated
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), on CERCLIS (as defined in CERCLA) or
on any similar federal, state or foreign list of sites requiring
investigation or cleanup (excluding any state lists of leaking
underground storage tanks); and
(v) Seller and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all
Environmental Laws and have obtained all permits, licenses and
authorizations of Governmental Entities relating to or required by
Environmental Laws and necessary or proper for the business of Seller
or any subsidiary of Seller as currently conducted.
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(c) There has been no written environmental assessment,
investigation, study or audit conducted which Seller has in its possession in
relation to the current or prior business of Seller or any subsidiary of Seller
or any property or facility now or previously owned, leased or operated by
Seller or any subsidiary of Seller which has not been made available to Buyers.
3.13. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS.
(a) For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall
have the meanings set forth below:
"Benefit Arrangement" means any employment, severance or
similar contract or arrangement (whether or not written) or any plan,
policy, fund, program or contract or arrangement (whether or not
written) providing for compensation, bonus, profit-sharing, stock
option, or other stock related rights or other forms of incentive or
deferred compensation, vacation benefits, insurance coverage (including
any self-insured arrangements), health or medical benefits, disability
benefits, worker's compensation, supplemental unemployment benefits,
severance benefits and post-employment or retirement benefits
(including compensation, pension, health, medical or life insurance or
other benefits) that (i) is not an Employee Plan, (ii) is entered into,
maintained, administered or contributed to, as the case may be, by
Seller or any of its subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliate and (iii) covers
any employee or former employee of Seller or any of its subsidiaries by
virtue of the individual's employment with Seller or any of its
subsidiaries.
"Employee Plan" means any material "employee benefit plan", as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that (i) is subject to any provision
of ERISA, (ii) is maintained, administered or contributed to by Seller
or any of its subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliate and (iii) covers any
employee or former employee of Seller or any of its subsidiaries by
virtue of the individual's employment with Seller or any of its
subsidiaries.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"ERISA Affiliate" of any entity means any other entity which,
together with such entity, would be treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
"Multiemployer Plan" means any plan that is a multiemployer
plan, as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
(b) Schedule 3.13(b) lists each Employee Plan. Prior to the
execution of this Agreement, Seller has delivered or made available to
Buyers complete and accurate copies of the Employee Plans (and, if
applicable, related trust agreements) and all amendments thereto and
written interpretations thereof (including any summary plan description
and summary of material modifications) together with (i) the most
recent annual report prepared in connection with any Employee Plan
(Form 5500 including, if applicable, Schedule B thereto) and (ii) if
applicable, the most recent actuarial valuation report prepared in
connection with any Employee Plan. Seller has provided or made
available to Buyers complete actuarial data (including age, salary,
service and related data) for employees of Seller and its subsidiaries
as of the most recent practicable date.
(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13(c), neither Seller
nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred, or reasonably expects to
incur prior to the Closing, any liability under Title IV of ERISA
arising in connection with the termination of, or complete or partial
withdrawal from, any plan covered or previously covered by Title IV of
ERISA that is likely to become, after the Closing Date, an obligation
of either Buyer or any of their ERISA Affiliates. Except as disclosed
in Schedule 3.13(c), no condition exists that is likely to constitute
grounds for termination by the PBGC of any Employee Plan subject to
Title IV of ERISA that is maintained solely by Seller or any of its
ERISA Affiliates. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13(c), no
"reportable event", within the meaning of Section 4043(c)(5), (6) or
(10) of ERISA, has occurred in connection with any Employee Plan
subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(d) Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.13(d), none of the
Employee Plans is a Multiemployer Plan. To Seller's knowledge, no
Employee Plan which is a Multiemployer Plan is or is reasonably
expected to become "insolvent" or in "reorganization," as such terms
are defined for purposes of Title IV of ERISA. Between the date of this
Agreement and the Closing Date, Seller will use reasonable efforts to
determine the aggregate amount of withdrawal liability which would be
incurred if Seller were to incur a complete withdrawal from any of the
scheduled Multiemployer Plans on or before the Closing Date.
(e) Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.13(e), each Employee
Plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code
has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue
Service that it is so qualified and, to Seller's knowledge, no event
has occurred since the date of such determination letter to adversely
affect the qualified status of such Plan. Prior to the execution of
this Agreement, Seller has furnished or made available to Buyers the
most recent determination letter of the Internal Revenue Service
relating to each such Employee Plan for which such a letter has been
received. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13(e), each Employee Plan
(other than a Multiemployer Plan) has been maintained in compliance
with its terms and with the requirements prescribed by any and all
applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including ERISA and
the Code, except where failure to so maintain would not be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Schedule 3.13(f) lists each Benefit Arrangement. Prior to
the execution of this Agreement, Seller has furnished or made available
to Buyers copies or descriptions of each Benefit Arrangement. Each
Benefit Arrangement has been maintained in compliance with its terms
and with the requirements prescribed by any and all applicable
statutes, orders, rules and regulations other than where the failure to
so maintain would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Except as disclosed by Seller in writing to Buyers prior
to the date hereof or as set forth on Schedule 3.13(g), there has been
no amendment to, written interpretation of or announcement (whether
written or not written) by Seller or any of its ERISA Affiliates
relating to, or change in employee participation or coverage under, any
Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement which would increase materially
the expense of maintaining such Plan or Arrangement above the level of
the expense incurred in respect thereof for the most recent fiscal
year. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.13(g), neither Seller nor any
Affiliate or employee of Seller has taken any action or made any
statement that could preclude or interfere with the right of Seller or
its successor to reduce or eliminate any post-retirement welfare
benefits provided under any Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement.
(h) The accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations as of
June 30, 1996, in accordance with the principles of Financial
Accounting Standard No. 106, is fairly presented in the Reference
Balance Sheet, subject to the adjustments and assumptions set forth on
Exhibit A.
(i) Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.13(i), no legal action,
suit or claim is pending or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened,
with respect to any Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement (other than
claims for benefits in the ordinary course). Except as disclosed in
Schedule 3.13(i), no employee of Seller or any of its subsidiaries will
become entitled to any retirement, severance or other benefit solely as
a result of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) The obligation for unfunded pension obligations as of June
30, 1996, calculated in accordance with the principles of Financial
Accounting Standard No. 87, under all defined benefit plans maintained
by Seller is fairly presented on the Reference Balance Sheet, subject
to the adjustments and assumptions set forth on Exhibit A.
(k) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.13 (k), (i) neither
Seller nor any subsidiary of Seller is a party to any collective
bargaining agreement or other material labor union contract applicable
to any employee thereof; (ii) there are no material grievances
outstanding against Seller or any of its subsidiaries under any such
agreement or contract; (iii) there are no unfair labor practice charges
or complaints pending against Seller or any of its subsidiaries before
the National Labor Relations Board or any similar state agency; and
(iv) there are no strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages, lockouts, union
organizational campaigns or other protected concerted activity under
the National Labor Relations Act or, to Seller's knowledge, threats
thereof, by or with respect to any employees of Seller or any of its
subsidiaries which are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(l) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.13(l), neither Seller
nor any of its subsidiaries employs any person outside the United
States, and no Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement is maintained
principally for employees of Seller or its subsidiaries outside the
United States.
(m) The Purchased Assets include sufficient equipment, books,
records (including personnel and employment records), computer software
programs and data, rights under contracts and other assets necessary to
administer the Benefit Arrangements and Employee Plan without
interruption on and after the Closing Date.
(n) Seller has provided Buyers with a list of each insurance
policy of Seller or its subsidiaries maintained under or in connection
with any Benefit Arrangement or Employee Plan.
3.14. LICENSES AND PERMITS. Schedule 3.14(a) correctly
describes each material license, franchise, permit or other similar
authorization affecting, or relating to, the Purchased Assets or Business and
issued by a Governmental Entity (collectively, the "Permits"), together with the
name of the Governmental Entity issuing such Permit. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.14(b) and except for matters which would not be reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect, such Permits are valid and in full force and
effect and neither Seller nor any subsidiary of Seller is in default under, and
no condition exists that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a
default under, any such Permit. In general, the Permits are not transferable by
Seller and all or substantially all of the Permits will be terminated or
impaired or become terminable as a result of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. The provisions of this Section do not apply to the requirements
under Environmental Laws, which are covered elsewhere in this Agreement.
3.15. INSURANCE COVERAGE. All material tangible Purchased
Assets and risks of Seller are covered by currently effective insurance policies
or binders of insurance or programs of self-insurance in such types and amounts
as are consistent with customary practices and standards of companies engaged in
businesses and operations similar to the Business. Seller has furnished or made
available to Buyers true and complete copies of all insurance policies and
fidelity bonds relating to the Purchased Assets, the operation of the Business
and the employees, officers and directors of Seller or its subsidiaries. Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.15, to the knowledge of Seller, there is no material
claim by Seller or any subsidiary of Seller pending under any of such policies
or bonds relating to the Purchased Assets, the operation of the Business or the
employees, officers or directors of Seller and its subsidiaries.
3.16. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. (a) Schedule 3.16(a) contains a
list of all trademarks, service marks, trade names, service names, inventions,
patents, trade secrets, know-how, copyright (including any registration or
applications for registration of any of the foregoing) or any other similar type
of proprietary intellectual property right, in each case which is owned or
licensed by Seller or any of its Affiliates and used or held for use primarily
in the Business (collectively, the "Intellectual Property Rights"). Schedule
3.06(a) lists all licenses, sublicenses and other agreements to which Seller or
any of its Affiliates is a party and pursuant to which any Person is authorized
to use such Intellectual Property Rights.
(b) (i) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.16(b), neither
Seller nor any of its subsidiaries has been named as a defendant in any pending
action, suit, investigation or proceeding relating to, or otherwise has been
notified in writing of, any alleged claim of material infringement of any
patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks, service names, or copyrights of
any third party and (ii) Seller has no knowledge of any continuing material
infringement by any other person of any Intellectual Property Right. No
Intellectual Property Right is subject to any outstanding judgment, injunction,
order or decree restricting the use thereof by Seller or any of its subsidiaries
or restricting the licensing thereof by Seller or any of its subsidiaries to any
Person.
3.17. CUSTOMERS. Listed on Schedule 3.17 are the names of each
customer of Seller or any subsidiary of Seller that ordered products, goods or
services from Seller or a subsidiary of Seller (the "Seller Products and
Services") with an aggregate value of $5,000,000 or more during the twelve-month
period ended July 31, 1996. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.17, as of the date
hereof to the actual knowledge of the executive officers of the Seller, Seller
has not received any notice from any such customer that it has (i) ceased or is
planning to cease using the Seller Products and Services or (ii) within the past
30 days substantially reduced, or will substantially reduce, the amount of the
Seller Products and Services to be purchased in the future.
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYERS
Consumers represents and warrants to Seller as follows in
Sections 4.01 through 4.05, inclusive:
4.01. AUTHORITY-CONSUMERS. Consumers is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal laws of
Canada and has all corporate powers and all material governmental licenses,
authorizations, permits, consents and approvals required to carry on its
business as now conducted. Consumers has all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated by
Consumers. All corporate and stockholder (or equivalent) acts and other
proceedings required to be taken by Consumers to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated by Consumers have been duly
and properly taken. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
Consumers and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Consumers,
enforceable against Consumers in accordance with its terms.
4.02. NO CONFLICTS; CONSENTS-CONSUMERS. (a) The execution and
delivery of this Agreement do not, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby to be consummated by Consumers and compliance with the terms
hereof to be complied with by Consumers shall not, conflict with, or result in
any violation of or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both)
under, (i) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of Consumers or other
comparable governing instruments of Consumers, as the case may be, or the
comparable governing instruments of any subsidiary of Consumers, (ii) any
agreement or obligation to which Consumers or any subsidiary of Consumers is a
party or by which any of their respective assets are bound, or (iii) any
judgment, injunction, order, or decree, or statute, law, ordinance, rule or
regulation applicable to Consumers or any subsidiary of Consumers or their
respective assets, in each case other than such as in the aggregate would not
have a material adverse effect on the ability of Consumers to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated by Consumers.
(b) No material consent, approval, license, permit, order or
authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental
Entity is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to Consumers or any
of its subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, other than (i) compliance with and filings
under the HSR Act, if applicable, (ii) compliance with and filings under Section
13(a) or 15(d), as the case may be, of the Exchange Act, (iii) compliance with
and filings and notifications under applicable Environmental Laws, (iv) any
notices, motions, orders or approvals required by the Bankruptcy Court or the
Bankruptcy Code and the rules thereunder and (v) those that may be required
solely by reason of Seller's participation in the transactions contemplated
hereby.
4.03. ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS, ETC. There are no (a)
outstanding judgments, orders, injunctions or decrees of any Governmental Entity
or arbitration tribunal against Consumers or any of its respective Affiliates,
(b) lawsuits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Consumers,
threatened against Consumers or any of its Affiliates, or (c) investigations by
any Governmental Entity which are, to the knowledge of Consumers, pending or
threatened against Consumers or any of its Affiliates, and which, in the case of
each of clauses (a), (b) and (c), have a material adverse effect on the ability
of Consumers to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby to be
consummated by Consumers.
4.04. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. Consumers has cash available or
existing borrowing facilities or firm commitments which together are sufficient
to enable New Anchor to purchase the portion of the Purchased Assets to be
acquired by it and otherwise consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement to be consummated by Consumers.
4.05. NEW ANCHOR.
(a) New Anchor will be a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and
will have all corporate powers and all material governmental licenses,
authorizations, permits, consents and approvals necessary or required to enable
it to own, lease or otherwise hold the Purchased Assets to be purchased by
Consumers hereunder and to carry on its business. New Anchor will have all
requisite corporate power and authority to assume the rights, obligations and
liabilities of Consumers under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby to be consummated by Consumers. Prior to Closing, Consumers
shall have assigned to New Anchor all of Consumers' rights, and New Anchor shall
have assumed all of Consumers' obligations, under this Agreement as provided in
Section 6.05 hereof and, upon such assignment and assumption, this Agreement
shall constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of New Anchor, as
successor by assignment to Consumers, enforceable in accordance with its terms
(which assignment and assumption shall not relieve Consumers of its obligations
hereunder). All corporate and stockholder (or equivalent) acts and other
proceedings required to be taken by New Anchor to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby to be consummated by Consumers will be duly and properly
taken. New Anchor will be duly qualified and in good standing to do business as
a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the conduct or nature of its
business or the ownership, leasing or holding of the Purchased Assets being
purchased by Consumers hereunder make such qualification necessary.
(b) New Anchor shall adopt and file with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware prior to Closing a Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") which shall provide the terms
set forth on Appendix C with respect to the 10% Convertible Preferred Stock of
New Anchor and the terms set forth on Appendix D with respect to the 8% Junior
Preferred Stock and which Certificate of Incorporation shall be the certificate
of incorporation of New Anchor in effect at the Closing until thereafter amended
as provided by law and the Certificate of Incorporation. Not less than seven
days prior to the Closing, New Anchor shall furnish to Seller copies of the
Certificate of Incorporation and copies of the by-laws of New Anchor to be in
effect at the Closing until thereafter amended as provided by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation and such by-laws (the "By-laws") which shall be
reasonably satisfactory to Seller and New Anchor.
(c) The authorized capital of New Anchor will
consist immediately prior to the Closing of:
(i) 20,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value
$25.00 per share, of which 2,160,000 shares will be issued and
designated 10% Convertible Preferred Stock, and 2,960,000
shares will be issued and designated 8% Junior Convertible
Preferred Stock, all of which will be issued to Consumers
prior to Closing for an aggregate cash purchase price of
$74,000,000. The rights, privileges and preferences of the 10%
Convertible Preferred Stock and the 8% Junior Convertible
Preferred Stock will be as stated in the Certificate of
Incorporation; and
(ii) 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value
$.10 per share, of which 490,000 shares shall be issued to
Seller at Closing pursuant to this Agreement and 200,000
shares will be issued to Consumers prior to Closing for an
aggregate cash purchase price of $1,000,000.
(d) The Shares, when issued and delivered in accordance with
the terms hereof, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and will be free of any liens, claims, charges, security
interests, pledges, voting or stockholder agreements, encumbrances or equities
of any kind whatsoever, will not be issued in violation of any preemptive rights
and will vest in Seller full rights with respect thereto, including the right to
vote such Shares on all matters properly presented to the stockholders of New
Anchor or to consent to the taking of certain actions, all to the extent to be
set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws. The shares of 8%
Junior Convertible Preferred Stock and Common Stock to be issued and outstanding
on the Closing Date will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable The Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the 10% Convertible
Preferred Stock will have been duly and validly reserved for issuance and, upon
issuance in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation, will
be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will be
free of any liens, claims, charges, security interests, pledges, voting or
stockholder agreements, encumbrances or equities of any kind whatsoever, will
not be issued in violation of any preemptive rights and will vest in Seller full
rights with respect thereto, including the right to vote such Shares on all
matters properly presented to the stockholders of New Anchor or to consent to
the taking of certain actions, all to the extent to be set forth in the
Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws. Except for (i) the issuances of
Common Stock, 10% Convertible Preferred Stock and 8% Junior Convertible
Preferred Stock contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) the issuance of Common
Stock upon conversion of the 10% Convertible Preferred Stock and the 8% Junior
Convertible Preferred Stock and (iii) the issuance of Warrants (and Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants) to the Lenders as contemplated in the
Financing Letters, on the Closing Date there will be no outstanding options,
warrants, rights (including preemptive rights), calls, commitments, conversion
rights, rights of exchange, plans or other agreements of any character providing
for the purchase, issuance or sale of any shares of the capital stock of New
Anchor or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for,
or evidencing the right to subscribe for any such shares of capital stock or
other equity interests of New Anchor or obligating New Anchor to grant, extend
or enter into any such subscription, option, warrant, call or right.
(e) At the Closing, New Anchor will have no assets, business
or liabilities other than the Purchased Assets being purchased by Consumers
pursuant to this Agreement, the rights of Consumers under this Agreement and the
ancillary agreements contemplated by this Agreement, the liabilities and
obligations of Seller to be assumed by Consumers pursuant to this Agreement and
the ancillary agreements and the liabilities contemplated in the Financing
Letters and the cash consideration received from Consumers in exchange for the
shares of capital stock subscribed for by Consumers pursuant to this Section
4.05(c)(i-ii).
(f) The assignment to New Anchor of the rights of Consumers
under this Agreement and the assumption by New Anchor of the liabilities and
obligations to be assumed by Consumers pursuant to this Agreement shall not
conflict with, or result in any violation of or default and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby to be then consummated by New Anchor and
the compliance with the terms hereof to be then complied with by New Anchor
(with or without the notice or lapse of time, or both) under, (i) the
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of New Anchor or (ii) any judgment,
injunction, order, or decree, or statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation
applicable to New Anchor or its assets, in each case other than such as in the
aggregate would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of New Anchor
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(g) No material consent, approval, license, permit, order or
authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental
Entity is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to New Anchor or
its affiliates in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, other than (i) compliance with and filings and
notifications under applicable environmental laws, (ii) any notices, motions,
orders or approvals required by the Bankruptcy Court or the Bankruptcy Code and
the rules thereunder and (iii) those that may be required solely by reason of
Seller's participation in the transactions contemplated hereby.
OI represents and warrants to Seller as follows in Sections
4.06 through 4.09, inclusive:
4.06. AUTHORITY-OI. OI is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
and has all corporate powers and all material governmental licenses,
authorizations, permits, consents and approvals required to carry on its
business as now conducted. OI has all requisite corporate power and authority to
enter into this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated by OI. All
corporate and stockholder (or equivalent) acts and other proceedings required to
be taken by OI to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby to be
consummated by OI have been duly and properly taken. This Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by OI and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of OI, enforceable against OI in accordance with its terms.
4.07. NO CONFLICTS; CONSENTS-OI. (a) The execution and
delivery of this Agreement do not, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby to be consummated by OI and compliance with the terms hereof
to be complied with by OI shall not, conflict with, or result in any violation
of or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, (i) the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of OI or other comparable governing
instruments of OI, as the case may be, or the comparable governing instruments
of any subsidiary of OI, (ii) any agreement or obligation to which OI or any
subsidiary of OI is party or by which any of their respective assets are bound,
or (iii) any judgment, injunction, order, or decree, or statute, law, ordinance,
rule or regulation applicable to OI or any subsidiary of OI or their respective
assets, in each case other than such as in the aggregate would not have a
material adverse effect on the ability of OI to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby to be consummated by OI.
(b) No material consent, approval, license, permit, order or
authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental
Entity is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to OI or any of its
subsidiaries or its Affiliates in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, other than (i) compliance with and filings under the HSR
Act, if applicable, (ii) compliance with and filings under Section 13(a) or
15(d), as the case may be, of the Exchange Act, (iii) compliance with and
filings and notifications under applicable Environmental Laws, (iv) any notices,
motions, orders or approvals required by the Bankruptcy Court or the Bankruptcy
Code and the rules thereunder and (v) those that may be required solely by
reason of Seller's participation in the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.08. ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS, ETC.-OI. There are no (a)
outstanding judgments, orders, injunctions or decrees of any Governmental
Entity or arbitration tribunal against OI or any of its Affiliates, (b)
lawsuits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of OI, threatened
against OI or any of its Affiliates, or (c) investigations by any Governmental
Entity which are, to the knowledge of OI, pending or threatened against OI or
any of its Affiliates, and which, in the case of each of clauses (a), (b) and
(c), have a material adverse effect on the ability of OI to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated by OI.
4.09. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS-OI. OI has cash available or has
existing borrowing facilities or firm commitments which together are sufficient
to enable it to purchase the portion of the Purchased Assets to be acquired by
it and otherwise consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to
be consummated by OI.
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ARTICLE 5
COVENANTS OF SELLER
Seller agrees that:
5.01. CONDUCT OF THE BUSINESS. From the date hereof until the
Closing Date, subject to the requirements and restrictions of the Bankruptcy
Court proceedings, Seller shall conduct the business in the ordinary course
consistent with past practice and use its best efforts to preserve intact the
business organizations and relationships with third parties and to keep
available the services of the present employees of the Business. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, from the date hereof until the Closing
Date, Seller will not:
(a) with respect to the Business acquire a material amount
of assets from any other Person;
(b) sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of (i) property,
plant or equipment constituting part of the Purchased Assets or (ii)
any Purchased Assets (other than property, plant or equipment) other
than in the case of this clause (ii) (A) pursuant to existing contracts
or commitments and (B) in the ordinary course consistent with past
practice; or
(c) agree or commit to do any of the foregoing.
Seller will not (i) take or agree or commit to take any action that would make
any representation and warranty of Seller hereunder inaccurate in any respect
at, or as of any time prior to, the Closing Date or (ii) omit or agree or commit
to omit to take any action necessary to prevent any such representation or
warranty from being inaccurate in any respect at any such time.
5.02. ACCESS TO INFORMATION. (a) Subject to the restrictions
contained in the Confidentiality Agreement, from the date hereof until the
Closing Date, Seller (i) will give Buyers, their counsel, financial advisors,
auditors and other authorized representatives access to the offices, properties,
books and records of Seller relating to the Business, (ii) will furnish to
Buyers, their counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized
representatives such financial and operating data and other information relating
to the Business as such Persons may reasonably request and (iii) will instruct
the employees, counsel and financial advisors of Seller to cooperate with Buyers
in their investigation of the Business; provided that no investigation by Buyers
or other information received by Buyers shall operate as a waiver or otherwise
affect any representation, warranty or agreement given or made by Seller
hereunder. Any investigation pursuant to this Section shall be conducted in such
manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of
Seller. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyers shall not have access to personnel
records of Seller relating to individual performance or evaluation records,
medical histories or other information which in Seller's good faith opinion is
sensitive or the disclosure of which could subject Seller to risk of liability.
(b) After the Closing Date, the parties agree that they will
each cooperate with and make available to the other parties, during normal
business hours, all books of account and other financial records (including,
without limitation, accountant's work papers) pertaining to the Business
(collectively, "Books and Records"), information and employees (without
substantial disruption of employment) retained and remaining in existence after
the Closing Date which are necessary or useful in connection with any inquiry
relating to Taxes or any audit, investigation or dispute, any litigation or
investigation or any other matter requiring any such Books and Records,
information or employees for any reasonable business purpose. The party
requesting any such Books and Records, information or employees shall bear all
of the out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees, but excluding reimbursement for general overhead, salaries and
employee benefits) reasonably incurred in connection with providing such Books
and Records, information or employees. Seller may require certain financial
information relating to the Business for periods prior to the Closing Date for
the purpose of filing federal, state, local and foreign Tax Returns and other
governmental reports, and Buyers agree to furnish such information to Seller at
Seller's request and expense.
(c) After the Closing, Seller will hold, and will use its best
efforts to cause its Affiliates and its and their respective officers,
directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents to
hold, in confidence, unless required to disclose by judicial or administrative
process or by other requirements of law or if reasonably necessary in connection
with any disputes arising in connection with this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby, all confidential documents and information concerning the
Business, except to the extent that such information can be shown to have been
(A) in the public domain through no fault of Seller or (B) later lawfully
acquired by Seller from sources other than those related to Seller's prior
ownership of the Business and the Purchased Assets. The obligation of Seller and
its Affiliates to hold any such information in confidence shall be satisfied if
they exercise the same care with respect to such information as they would take
to preserve the confidentiality of their own similar information.
5.03. NOTICES OF CERTAIN EVENTS. (a) Seller
shall promptly notify Buyers of:
(i) any notice or communication from any Person alleging that
the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(ii) any notice or other communication from any governmental
or regulatory agency or authority in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;
(iii) any actions, suits, claims, investigations or
proceedings commenced or, to its knowledge threatened against, relating
to or involving or otherwise affecting Seller or the Business that, if
pending on the date of this Agreement, would have been required to have
been disclosed pursuant to Section 3.08 or that relate to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) the damage or destruction by fire or other casualty of
any Purchased Asset or part thereof or in the event that any Purchased
Asset or part thereof becomes the subject of any proceeding or, to the
knowledge of Seller, threatened proceeding for the taking thereof or
any part thereof or of any right relating thereto by condemnation,
eminent domain or other similar governmental action;
(v) any material changes of the type represented in Section
3.17 which occur from the date hereof until the Closing Date with
respect to customers listed on Schedule 3.17; and
(vi) any item that would have been required to be described on
Schedule 3.12 if Seller had knowledge of such item on or prior to the
date hereof and any adverse change in any of the items described on
Schedule 3.12.
(b) Seller shall promptly notify Buyers of, and furnish Buyers
any information either of them may reasonably request with respect to, the
occurrence to Seller's knowledge of any event or condition or the existence to
Seller's knowledge of any fact that would cause any of the conditions to Buyers'
obligations to consummate the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets not to
be fulfilled. If between the Balance Sheet Date and the Closing Date, any of the
matters referenced in Section 5.03(a)(iv) shall have occurred, then Seller, at
its option, shall either repair any damage or casualty at its expense or deliver
to Buyers on the Closing Date any insurance proceeds (including but not limited
to condemnation insurance proceeds), or rights to receive insurance proceeds,
with respect thereto or the Purchase Price shall be reduced by such amount.
5.04. ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS. Prior to Seller's providing any
documents or other information to the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection, the Connecticut Commissioner of Environmental Protection or any
other federal or state environmental agency with respect to this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby, Seller shall afford Consumers the
opportunity to review the form and substance of any such documents and other
information.
5.05. BANKRUPTCY COURT APPROVAL. (a) [Omitted]
(b) Seller agrees to pay a $3 million break-up fee to
Ball-Foster Glass Container Co., L.L.C. upon the terms and conditions contained
in the Interim Order dated October 15, 1996.
(c) Seller shall promptly make any filings, take all actions
and use its best efforts to obtain any and all other approvals and orders
necessary or appropriate for the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, subject to its obligations to comply with any order of the Bankruptcy
Court.
(d) In the event an appeal is taken from the Sale Order,
Seller shall immediately notify Buyers of such appeal and shall within one
business day provide Buyers with copies of the related notice of appeal. Seller
shall also provide Buyers with written notice of any motion or application filed
in connection with any appeal from such order.
5.06. USE OF THE ANCHOR NAME. After the Closing Date, neither
Seller nor any of its subsidiaries shall use the name or mark "Anchor" or
"Anchor Glass" or any derivative thereof, except that during the pendency of
Seller's bankruptcy case (Case No. 96-1434 PJW), Seller shall be permitted to
use the name "Anchor Glass Container Corporation" as its corporate name in
connection with all matters relating to such case, but for no other purpose.
Upon consummation of a plan of reorganization of Seller and its subsidiaries,
Seller and its subsidiaries shall promptly file with the applicable Governmental
Entities all documents necessary to delete from their names the name "Anchor" or
any derivative thereof and shall do or cause to be done all other acts,
including the payment of any fees required in connection therewith, to cause
such documents to become effective.
ARTICLE 6
COVENANTS OF BUYERS
Each Buyer individually agrees that:
6.01. CONFIDENTIALITY. Such Buyer acknowledges that the
information being provided to it in connection with the purchase and sale of the
Purchased Assets and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated
hereby is subject to the terms of a confidentiality agreement dated as of May 9,
1996 as to OI, and as to Consumers, the agreements dated July 1, 1996, September
10, 1996 and October 14, 1996 (collectively, the "Confidentiality Agreements"),
the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. Effective upon, and
only upon, the Closing, the Confidentiality Agreements shall terminate.
6.02. NO ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS. Such Buyer acknowledges
and agrees that none of Seller or any other person has made any representation
or warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby, Seller and its subsidiaries or their assets, liabilities and business,
the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding Seller and its
subsidiaries furnished or made available to such Buyer and its representatives,
except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
6.03. SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE. Such Buyer shall promptly after
the occurrence thereof notify Seller of, and furnish Seller any information it
may reasonably request with respect to, the occurrence to the knowledge of such
Buyer of any event or condition or the existence to such Buyer's knowledge of
any fact that would cause any of the conditions to Seller's obligation to
consummate the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets not to be fulfilled.
6.04. ACCESS. On and after the Closing Date, each Buyer will
afford promptly to Seller and its agents reasonable access to Seller's former
properties, books, records, employees and auditors to the extent necessary to
permit Seller to determine any matter relating to its rights and obligations
hereunder or relating to the continuing administration of Seller's Chapter 11
case, or to any period ending on or before the Closing Date; provided that any
such access by Seller shall not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the
business of such Buyer. Seller will hold, and will use its best efforts to cause
its officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors
and agents to hold, in confidence, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or
administrative process or by other requirements of law, all confidential
documents and information concerning such Buyer or the Business provided to it
pursuant to this Section.
6.05. ASSIGNMENT TO NEW ANCHOR. Prior to the Closing,
Consumers shall have assigned to New Anchor all of its rights under this
Agreement and shall have caused New Anchor to assume all of the liabilities and
obligations of Consumers under this Agreement. Such assignment and assumption
shall not relieve Consumers of its liabilities and obligations under this
Agreement.
6.06. FINANCINGS. Consumers shall use reasonable commercial
efforts to consummate the financing arrangements described in the Financing
Letters, including the satisfaction of all conditions precedent to such
financing arrangements.
6.07. COMPOSITION OF NEW ANCHOR BOARD. Consumers will take
such corporate action as is necessary and appropriate such that, upon the
Closing, the Board of Directors of New Anchor (the "Board") will consist of nine
persons serving three year terms and shall include (i) four persons designated
by the Seller (as the holder of the Shares), who will serve as directors of New
Anchor until their successors are duly elected and qualified (each, a "Seller
Director"), and (ii) five persons designated by Consumers, who will serve as
directors of New Anchor until their successors are duly elected and qualified
(each, a "Consumers Director"). Should any director be unwilling or unable to
continue to serve, or otherwise cease to serve (including by reason of their
removal or at the expiration of any applicable term of office), then the
resulting vacancies on the Board shall be filled by the holders of Shares, in
the case of vacancies of the Seller Directors, and by Consumers, in the case of
vacancies of Consumers Directors. At all times prior to three years after the
Closing Date, (i) the holders of the Shares shall be exclusively entitled to
nominate successors to all Seller Directors and (ii) Consumers shall be
exclusively entitled to nominate successors to all Consumers Directors. The
Board shall meet at least once each quarter.
6.08. STOCK MARKET LISTING. Promptly, but in any event prior
to consummation of Seller's plan of reorganization, Consumers will cause New
Anchor to list on a nationally recognized U.S. stock exchange or on the National
Market tier of the Nasdaq Stock Market subject to official notice of issuance,
the Common Stock and the 10% Convertible Preferred Stock to be distributed to
Seller pursuant to this Agreement.
6.09. EXCHANGE ACT REGISTRATION. Consumers will cause New
Anchor to promptly, but in any event prior to the consummation of Seller's plan
of reorganization, register the Shares on a Form 10 Registration Statement filed
with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act.
6.10. AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS. For so long as the Seller or its
designees and assignees (including the present holders of unsecured claims
against Seller) own at least 25% of the Shares, New Anchor shall not enter into
any transaction or series of related transactions with Consumers or any
Affiliate of Consumers, and Consumers shall not enter into any transaction or
series of related transactions with New Anchor, unless such transaction or
series of related transactions is previously approved by the Board and is on
terms that are no less favorable to New Anchor than those that would have been
obtainable by New Anchor at the time of such transaction or series of related
transactions in a comparable transaction (or series of comparable related
transactions) with an unrelated Person. Immediately after the Closing Date, New
Anchor shall enter into a management agreement with John Ghaznavi, and a
consulting contract with G&G Investments, Inc., a corporation owned entirely by
John Ghaznavi, which contracts, on an aggregate basis, will not result in
payments by New Anchor in excess of $3,000,000 per annum for a period of three
years after the Closing Date.
ARTICLE 7
COVENANTS OF ALL PARTIES
Buyers and Seller agree that:
7.01. BEST EFFORTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES. (a) Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, Buyers and Seller will each use their
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 and regulations
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Seller and Buyers
each agree to execute and deliver such other documents, certificates, agreements
and other writings and to take such other actions as may be necessary or
desirable in order to consummate or implement expeditiously the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and to vest in each Buyer good and marketable
title to the portion of the Purchased Assets to be acquired by such Buyer.
(b) Seller hereby constitutes and appoints, effective as of
the Closing Date, each Buyer and its successors and assigns as the true and
lawful attorney of Seller with full power of substitution in the name of such
Buyer or in the name of Seller, but for the benefit of such Buyer (i) to collect
for the account of such Buyer any items of Purchased Assets acquired by such
Buyer and (ii) to institute and prosecute all proceedings which such Buyer may
in its sole discretion deem proper in order to assert or enforce any right,
title or interest in, to or under the Purchased Assets acquired by such Buyer,
and to defend or compromise any and all actions, suits or proceedings in respect
of the Purchased Assets acquired by such Buyer. Such Buyer shall be entitled to
retain for its own account any amounts collected pursuant to the foregoing
powers, including any amounts payable as interest in respect thereof.
7.02. CERTAIN FILINGS. Seller and Buyers shall cooperate with
one another (a) in determining whether any action by or in respect of, or filing
with, any Governmental Entity is required, or any actions, consents, approvals
or waivers are required to be obtained from parties to any material contracts,
in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and (b) in taking such actions or making any such filings, furnishing
information required in connection therewith and seeking timely to obtain any
such actions, consents, approvals or waivers.
7.03. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS. The parties agree to consult with
each other before issuing any press release or making any public statement with
respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and, except as
may be required by applicable law or any listing agreement with any national
securities exchange, will not issue any such press release or make any such
public statement prior to such consultation.
7.04. WARN ACT. The parties agree to cooperate in good faith
to determine whether any notification may be required under the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the "WARN Act") or any similar state
or local law as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In
accordance with the WARN Act, or any similar state or local law, (i) Seller will
be responsible for providing any notification that may be required under the
WARN Act or any similar state or local law with respect to any employees of the
Business up to and including the Closing and (ii) the applicable Buyer will be
responsible for providing any notification that may be required under the WARN
Act or any similar state or local law with respect to any employees of the
Business after the Closing;
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ARTICLE 8
TAX MATTERS
8.01. TAX DEFINITIONS. The following terms, as used herein,
have the following meanings:
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Pre-Closing Tax Period" means any Tax period (or portion thereof)
ending on or before the close of business on the Closing Date.
"Tax" means any net income, alternative or add-on minimum tax, gross
income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, franchise, capital, paid-up
capital, profits, greenmail, license, withholding, payroll, employment, excise,
severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, environmental or windfall
profit tax, custom, duty or other tax, governmental fee or other like assessment
or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest or any penalty,
addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any governmental authority
(domestic or foreign) responsible for the imposition of any such tax.
8.02. TAX MATTERS. Seller hereby represents and
warrants to Buyers that:
(a) Seller has timely paid all Taxes, and all interest and
penalties due thereon, payable by it for the Pre-Closing Tax Period which will
have been required to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date, the non-payment
of which would result in a Lien on any Purchased Asset, would otherwise
adversely affect the Business or would result in either Buyer becoming liable or
responsible therefor.
(b) Seller has established, in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of
preceding periods, adequate reserves for the payment of, and will timely pay all
Tax liabilities, assessments, interest and penalties which arise from or with
respect to the Purchased Assets or the operation of the Business and are
incurred in or attributable to the Pre- Closing Tax Period, the non-payment of
which would result in a Lien on any Purchased Asset, would otherwise adversely
affect the Business or would result in either Buyer becoming liable therefor.
(c) The Closing Balance Sheet will reflect accrued and unpaid
real and personal property Taxes on all Purchased Assets using a ratable daily
accrual method. Seller will furnish Buyers with an analysis of this amount
itemized by property and jurisdiction.
8.03. TAX COOPERATION; ALLOCATION OF TAXES. (a)
Buyers and Seller agree to furnish or cause to be furnished to each other,
upon request, as promptly as practicable, such information and assistance
relating to the Purchased Assets and the Business as is reasonably necessary for
the filing of all Tax returns, and making of any election related to Taxes, the
preparation for any audit by any taxing authority, and the prosecution or
defense of any claim, suit or proceeding relating to any Tax return. Seller and
Buyers shall cooperate with each other in the conduct of any audit or other
proceeding related to Taxes involving the Business and each shall execute and
deliver such documents as are necessary to carry out the intent of this
paragraph (a) of Section 8.03.
(b) All real property taxes, personal property taxes and
similar AD VALOREM obligations levied with respect to the Purchased Assets for a
taxable period which includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date
(collectively, the "Apportioned Obligations") shall be apportioned between
Seller and Buyers as of the Closing Date based on the number of days of such
taxable period included in the Pre-Closing Tax Period and the number of days of
such taxable period after the Closing Date (such period, the "Post-Closing Tax
Period"). Seller shall be liable for the proportionate amount of such taxes that
is attributable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period, and Buyers shall be liable for
the proportionate amount of such taxes that is attributable to the Post- Closing
Tax Period. Within 90 days after the Closing, Seller and Buyers shall each
present a statement to the other setting forth the amount of reimbursement to
which each is entitled under this Section 8.03(b) together with such supporting
evidence as is reasonably necessary to calculate the proration amount. The
proration amount shall be paid by the party owing it to the other within 10 days
after delivery of such statement. Thereafter, Seller shall notify Consumers or
OI, as appropriate, upon receipt of any bill for real or personal property taxes
relating to the portion of the Purchased Assets, part or all of which is
attributable to the Post-Closing Tax Period, and shall promptly deliver such
bill to Consumers or OI, as appropriate, who shall pay the same to the
appropriate taxing authority, provided that if such bill covers the Pre- Closing
Tax Period, Seller shall also remit prior to the due date of assessment to
Consumers or OI, as appropriate, payment for the proportionate amount of such
bill that is attributable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period. In the event that
either Seller or Consumers or OI, as appropriate, shall thereafter make a
payment for which it is entitled to reimbursement under this Section 8.03(b),
the other party shall make such reimbursement promptly but in no event later
than 30 days after the presentation of a statement setting forth the amount of
reimbursement to which the presenting party is entitled along with such
supporting evidence as is reasonably necessary to calculate the amount of
reimbursement. Any payment required under this Section and not made within 10
days of delivery of the statement shall bear interest at the rate per annum
determined, from time to time, under the provisions of Section 6621(a)(2) of the
Code for each day until paid.
(c) Any transfer, documentary, sales, use or other Taxes
assessed upon or with respect to the transfer of the Purchased Assets to Buyers
and any recording or filing fees with respect thereto shall be paid by Seller.
ARTICLE 9
EMPLOYEES
9.01. RETIREMENT PLANS. (a) Effective as of the Closing Date, Consumers
will cause New Anchor to assume sponsorship of the Seller Defined Benefit Plans,
(and shall assume the liability for any required contributions with respect
thereto accrued but not paid as of or prior to the Closing Date) and the Seller
Defined Contribution Plans, as well as the trusts maintained in connection with
such plans. New Anchor shall be entitled to receive from Seller, within a
reasonable time after the Closing Date, such pertinent data or information as
New Anchor may reasonably require to determine the service and accrued benefits
(or account balances, as the case may be) of participants and former
participants in the Seller Defined Benefit Plans and the Seller Defined
Contribution Plans.
(b) Effective as of the Closing Date, Consumers will cause New
Anchor to assume sponsorship of the Anchor Glass Container Corporation
Non-Qualified Additional Credited Service and ERISA Excess Plan and the Diamond
Bathhurst Inc. Preferred Compensation Plan, as well as the "rabbi trust"
maintained in connection therewith. New Anchor shall be entitled to receive from
Seller, within a reasonable time after the Closing Date, such pertinent data or
information as New Anchor may reasonably require to determine the service and
accrued benefits of participants and former participants in such Plans.
(c) Seller contributes to the Multiemployer Plans listed on
Schedule 3.13(d). In connection with their assumption of the collective
bargaining agreements, OI will assume and Consumers will cause New Anchor to
assume, in such proportions as Buyers shall jointly advise Seller, effective as
of the Closing Date, Seller's obligations to contribute to the Multiemployer
Plans. Accordingly, to avoid the imposition of any withdrawal liability on
Seller, OI or New Anchor, as the case may be, shall, in the aggregate:
(A) contribute to each Multiemployer Plan for
substantially the same number of contribution base units for
which Seller has an obligation to contribute prior to the
Closing Date;
(B) provide to each Multiemployer Plan for a period
of five plan years commencing with the first plan year
beginning after the Closing Date, a bond to be obtained by
each Buyer or New Anchor issued by a corporate surety
corporation, or a sum to be provided by each Buyer or New
Anchor held in escrow by a bank or similar financial
institution, or an irrevocable letter of credit to be obtained
by each Buyer or New Anchor, equal to the greater of (I) the
average annual contribution required to be made by Seller
under the Multiemployer Plans for the three plan years
preceding the plan year in which the Closing Date occurs or
(II) the annual contribution that Seller was required to make
under each Multiemployer Plan for the last plan year prior to
the plan year in which the Closing Date occurs, or shall
obtain a waiver of the requirements to provide any of the
foregoing or shall comply with alternatives acceptable to the
Multiemployer Plan or Plans, in order to ensure compliance
with Section 4204 of ERISA. Each Buyer and New Anchor shall
cooperate with Seller to obtain a waiver of the bond, escrow
or letter of credit requirement set forth above. If at any
time during the first five plan years beginning after the
Closing Date, the applicable Buyer or New Anchor withdraws
from, or fails to make a required contribution to one of the
Multiemployer Plans, the bond, escrow, or letter of credit
obtained by such Buyer or New Anchor with respect to such
Multiemployer Plan, if any, shall be paid to such
Multiemployer Plan.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the obligations of
each Buyer and New Anchor under this Section 9.01(c) are limited to the extent
necessary to comply with Section 4204 of ERISA. If a Buyer or New Anchor effects
a complete or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan during the first five
plan years following the Closing Date and such Buyer or New Anchor fails to make
any withdrawal liability payment to the Multiemployer Plan when due, then Seller
shall be secondarily liable to the Multiemployer Plan for any unpaid withdrawal
liability to the extent that Seller would have incurred such liability following
the Closing Date had such Buyer or New Anchor not agreed to the provisions of
this Section. Seller's obligations set forth in this paragraph shall continue
with respect to events that occurred prior to the last day of the five plan year
period referred to in this Section 9.01(c) (regardless of when notice of such
liability is received by any of the Buyers, New Anchor or Seller). Any of the
Buyers, New Anchor or Seller shall promptly notify the other parties of any
demand for payment of withdrawal liability received by any of the Buyers, New
Anchor or Seller within five years from the Closing Date. Buyers and Seller
agree to take, and Consumers agrees to cause New Anchor to take, all such
further action as may be necessary to satisfy the sale of assets exception
requirements set forth in Section 4204 of ERISA.
9.02. OTHER EMPLOYEE PLANS AND BENEFIT ARRANGEMENTS.
(a) Effective as of the Closing Date, Consumers will cause New
Anchor to assume sponsorship of (i) all Employee Plans and Benefit Arrangements
which provide post-retirement life insurance and health benefits, (ii) any and
all Employee Plans and Benefit Arrangements required to be maintained under or
pursuant to currently existing collective bargaining agreements, (iii) the
Anchor Glass Container Corporation Executive/Key Employee Retention Plan, (iv)
the Anchor Glass Container Corporation Health Care Flexible Spending Account
Plan, (v) the Anchor Glass Container Corporation Dependent Care Flexible
Benefits Plan, (vi) the Anchor Glass Container Medical and Dental Cafeteria
Plan, (vii) the Anchor Glass Container Health Care Flexible Spending Account
Plan for AFGWU Hourly Employees, (viii) the Anchor Glass Container Medical and
Dental Cafeteria Plan for AFGWU and GMP Hourly Employees and (ix) Seller's
short-term and long-term disability plans (but New Anchor may, in its sole
discretion, limit participation therein to persons who are disabled as of the
Closing Date and who remain continuously disabled thereafter). New Anchor shall
be entitled to receive from Seller, within a reasonable time after the Closing
Date, such pertinent data or information as New Anchor may reasonably require to
determine the benefits of participants and former participants in the Employee
Plans and Benefit Arrangements to be assumed by New Anchor pursuant to this
Section 9.02(a).
(b) Except as expressly provided in Sections 9.01 and 9.02(a),
neither Buyer is obligated to assume (nor is Consumers obligated to cause New
Anchor to assume) the sponsorship of any Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement;
provided that either Buyer, in its sole discretion, may elect to assume (and
Consumers may elect to cause New Anchor to assume) the sponsorship of Employee
Plans or Benefit Arrangements in addition to those subject to Sections 9.01 and
9.02(a) by furnishing written notice thereof to Seller not less than 15 days
prior to the Closing Date.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Consumers, in
its sole discretion, may direct the Seller, by written notice furnished not less
than 15 days prior to the Closing Date, to amend any or all of (i) the Anchor
Glass Container Corporation Health Care Flexible Spending Account Plan, (ii) the
Anchor Glass Container Corporation Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
Plan, (iii) the Anchor Glass Container Corporation Flexible Benefits Plan and
(iv) the Anchor Glass Container Medical and Dental Cafeteria Plan, in each case
so as to amend, modify or terminate, effective as of the Closing Date, any
benefit under such Plans other than a "flexible spending account" within the
meaning of Proposed Treasury Regulation 1.125-2, Q&A 7(c).
9.03. EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS. Seller and
Buyers shall each use their best efforts to cooperate in making any
required communications with employees of Seller as they relate to any employee
benefits or other matters described in this Article 9.
9.04. THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. No provision of this
Agreement shall create any third party beneficiary rights in any employee or
former employee of Seller or Buyers (including any beneficiary or dependent
thereof) in respect of continued employment or resumed employment, and no
provision of this Agreement shall create any rights in any such persons in
respect of any benefits that may be provided, directly or indirectly, under any
employee benefit plan or arrangement.
9.05. UNION EMPLOYEES. Employees of the Seller and its
subsidiaries who are covered by collective bargaining agreements are referred to
herein as "Business Union Employees." Effective as of the Closing, OI shall and
Consumers shall cause New Anchor to, subject to Section 10.01(h), (i) assume all
of the currently existing collective bargaining agreements with respect to the
Purchased Assets to be acquired by each such Buyer and (ii) employ all of the
Business Union Employees under said collective bargaining agreements. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, Business Union Employees shall be
given credit, for all purposes under their currently existing collective
bargaining agreements and all Employee Plans, Benefit Arrangements and Included
Insurance Policies pursuant thereto, for their service with Seller or its
subsidiaries before the Closing to the same extent such service was credited by
Seller or its subsidiaries.
9.06. NON-UNION EMPLOYEES. Effective as of the Closing,
employees of the Business (other than Business Union Employees) shall continue
to be employed on an "at will" basis (other than those who are employed under an
employment agreement listed in Schedule 3.06(a)). For any people who continue to
be so engaged, each Buyer agrees (and Consumers shall cause New Anchor to
agree), with respect to those persons employed by it, to provide such employees
with salaries and benefits generally comparable, in the aggregate, to those in
effect for such employees as of the Closing Date for a period of at least nine
months after the Closing Date; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing,
neither Buyers nor New Anchor shall be required to continue in effect any
Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement after the Closing Date in order to fulfill
the requirements of this Section 9.06. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the applicable Buyer or New Anchor, as the case may be, shall give
such employees credit for their service with Seller or its subsidiaries before
the Closing Date, to the same extent that such service was credited by Seller or
its subsidiaries, for all purposes under all employee benefit plans and
arrangements maintained by the applicable Buyer or New Anchor, as the case may
be, for its respective employees or assumed by such Buyer or New Anchor, as the
case may be, pursuant to this Agreement including, but not limited to, for
purposes of determining severance, vacation, eligibility, participation, and
vesting; and provided that neither Buyer nor New Anchor shall not be obligated
to recognize service rendered after December 31, 1994 under any plan (other than
the Anchor Glass Container Corporation Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees
and the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of Latchford Glass Company and
Associated Companies) for purposes of pension accruals, including early
retirement subsidies, pre-retirement death benefits, disability benefits, or any
other pension benefits which may increase with service and shall not be
obligated to recognize service rendered after December 31, 1994 for purposes of
calculating the amount of accrued benefit under the Anchor Glass Container
Corporation Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees and the Retirement Plan for
Salaried Employees of Latchford Glass Company and Associated Companies (in
accordance with their terms as of the date hereof).
ARTICLE 10
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
10.01. CONDITIONS TO BUYERS' OBLIGATIONS. The
obligations of each Buyer to consummate the Closing are subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver by the applicable Buyer, without further notice to
parties in interest or approval by the Bankruptcy Court) of the following
conditions:
(a) Except for the representations and warranties contained in
Section 3.12, the representations and warranties of Seller made in this
Agreement that are qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse
Effect shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date as though made
as of such time, except to the extent such representations and
warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such
representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all
material respects on and as of such earlier date). The representations
and warranties of Seller made in this Agreement that are not qualified
as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct
in all material respects as of the time of the Closing as though made
as of such time, except to the extent such representations and
warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such
representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all
material respects on and as of such earlier date). Seller shall have
performed or complied in all material respects with all obligations and
covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with
by Seller by the Closing Date. Seller shall have delivered to each
Buyer a certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by the chief
executive officer or chief financial officer of Seller confirming the
foregoing.
(b) No provision of any applicable statute, rule, regulation,
executive order, decree, temporary restraining order, judgment,
preliminary or permanent injunction or other order enacted, entered,
promulgated, enforced or issued by any Federal, state, local or foreign
government or any court of competent jurisdiction, administrative
agency or commission or other governmental authority or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign (a "Governmental Entity") shall be
in effect that (x) prevents the sale and purchase of the Purchased
Assets or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
(y) would adversely affect or interfere with the operation of the
Business as currently conducted after the Closing, or (z) would require
the applicable Buyer or any of its Affiliates to sell or otherwise
dispose of, hold separate or otherwise divest itself of, or operate in
any particular manner, any of the Purchased Assets to be acquired by
such Buyer or any of the assets, properties or business of such Buyer
or any of its Affiliates.
(c) There shall not be pending or threatened by any
Governmental Entity any suit, action or proceeding, (i) challenging or
seeking to restrain, prohibit, alter or materially delay the sale and
purchase of the Purchased Assets or any of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, or seeking to obtain from the
applicable Buyer or any of its Affiliates in connection with the sale
and purchase of the Purchased Assets to be acquired by such Buyer, any
material damages or (ii) seeking to prohibit the applicable Buyer or
any of its Affiliates from effectively controlling or operating a
material portion of the Business or the Purchased Assets to be acquired
by the applicable Buyer.
(d) The waiting period under the HSR Act relating to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have expired or been
terminated.
(e) Since the date hereof, there shall not have been any
material adverse change in the condition or operation of the property,
equipment or any plant of Seller.
(f) Vitro S.A. and Buyers shall have entered into a mutually
satisfactory agreement (the "Vitro Agreement") and the conditions to
the effectiveness thereof shall have been satisfied or waived and
assuming the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the Vitro Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
(g) The Bankruptcy Court shall have issued the Sale Order on
or prior to December 20, 1996, and the Sale Order shall not be subject
to any stay.
(h) (i) The provisions of the master and local collective
bargaining agreements covering employees of Seller and its subsidiaries
relating to work rules shall have been amended to reflect prevailing
industry standards and (ii) any retroactive (but not prospective)
payments of wage increases forfeited in prior periods under such
agreements as a result of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby shall have been waived or the Bankruptcy Court
shall have issued an order, not subject to stay, that Seller may assign
and the applicable Buyer may assume such collective bargaining
agreements without any acceleration of the deferred wage increases
negotiated under the current agreements.
(i) Buyers shall have obtained the consent of Coors Brewing
Company ("Coors"), and the parties (other than Seller) to the
agreements listed on Schedule 10.01, or the Bankruptcy Court shall have
issued an order, that Seller's supply agreement with Coors and the
agreements listed on Schedule 10.01, will not be terminated or
materially altered as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) [OMITTED]
(k) Each Buyer, at its expense, shall have
received for each of the Fee Properties to be acquired
by such Buyer:
(I) an ALTA (or local equivalent) owner's extended
coverage policy of title insurance issued by a title
company satisfactory to such Buyer and dated the
Closing Date insuring the Company's or its
subsidiaries' title to such Fee Property in an amount
not exceeding the allocated portion of the Purchase
Price applicable thereto and free and clear of all
Liens and other exceptions to or exclusions from
coverage other than Permitted Liens. Without limiting
the foregoing, no such title insurance policy shall
create an exception for or exclusion from the
coverage of such policy or from the liability of the
title company on account of acts or omissions of
Seller or its subsidiaries or facts known to the
insured (or to its or their current or former
directors, stockholders, partners, officers, agents
or employees) where such acts or omissions occurred
prior to the Closing Date. Each such title insurance
policy shall contain, where obtainable in the
particular jurisdiction, ALTA (or local equivalent)
zoning, comprehensive, survey, contiguity (where
appropriate), nonimputation and public-street access
endorsements and otherwise be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to counsel for such Buyer;
and
(II) a survey of such Fee Property dated no earlier
than six months prior to the date hereof, prepared in
insurable form in accordance with standards
applicable to registered and licensed land surveyors
making surveys in the jurisdiction in which the Fee
Property is located. Each survey shall be certified
to the applicable Buyer and the title company and
shall show (A) the courses and distances of all
boundary lines of the Fee Property (including
appurtenant easements), (B) the location of all
improvements situated on or above such parcel and on
or above any easements or rights of way affecting the
Fee Property, (C) all encroachments of adjoining
improvements onto such Fee Property, (D) all
encroachments of improvements onto any adjoining
property, (E) the location of all easements and other
rights burdening the Fee Property and all
encroachments of improvements onto the areas of such
easements, (F) the location of all roadways, alleys,
rights of way and the like affecting the Fee
Property, (G) all accessways from the Fee Property to
public streets and (H) such other facts and
conditions affecting the Fee Property as are
appropriate, or as may have been reasonably requested
by the applicable Buyer, to be shown on such survey.
Each such survey shall otherwise be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the
such Buyer.
(l) [OMITTED]
(m) The Bankruptcy Court shall have issued an
order not subject to any stay providing for the
assignment to each Buyer of all of the leases
relating to the Leased Property to be acquired and
assumed by such Buyer.
(n) As of the Closing Date, (i) there shall be no
material liabilities of Seller and its subsidiaries
(including any of their respective predecessors) or
of or relating to the Purchased Assets or the
Business arising under or relating to any
Environmental Law, except as disclosed on Schedule
3.12, and (ii) there shall have been no material
adverse change in the items (or the related
liabilities) disclosed on Schedule 3.12, taken as a
whole.
(o) Consumers shall have received in respect of
each Fee Property and Leased Property located in the
State of New Jersey, evidence of compliance by Seller
with the requirements of the New Jersey Industrial
Site Recovery Act, which evidence shall be
satisfactory to Consumers in its sole discretion and
shall not impose upon Consumers any obligations or
liabilities to which Consumers shall not have
consented in writing prior to the Closing.
(p) Consumers shall have received in respect of
each Fee Property and Leased Property located in the
State of Connecticut, a Connecticut Transfer Form
from Seller, which form shall be satisfactory to
Consumers in its sole discretion and shall not impose
upon Consumers any obligations or liabilities to
which Consumers shall not have consented in writing
prior to the Closing.
(q) Without limiting any conditions set forth in
Sections 10.01(o) and 10.01(p), Seller shall have
complied with all applicable environmental
notification statutes, laws and regulations unless
failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(r) Consumers shall have received an agreement or
agreements among Seller, Consumers, Landlord and
Citicorp with respect to the Headquarters Lease that
acknowledges and provides that (i) Seller has assumed
the Headquarters Lease, cured all defaults thereunder
and satisfied all of its obligations thereunder
pursuant to the Letter Agreement dated as of April
27, 1992 attached as Schedule 1 to the First
Amendment to Lease; (ii) the Headquarters Lease is
modified (A) to provide that the Purchase Option and
the Termination Option may be exercised at any time
to and including April 17, 1997 or 60 days after the
Closing Date (whichever is later), that the purchase
price under the Purchase Option is the unpaid
principal amount of the Citicorp Loan and that the
Liens securing the Citicorp Loan will be released
upon closing and payment of the purchase price under
the Purchase Option, (B) to provide that the
expiration date of the Headquarters Lease and the
date of payment of the Residual Value Guaranty Amount
will be June 16, 1997 or 150 days after the Closing
Date (whichever is later), (C) to provide that
Seller, Consumers and Landlord do not need to
negotiate the renewal terms pursuant to the Renewal
Option and (D) to delete from the Lease the events of
default in subparagraphs (12), (13), (14) and (15)
and any other covenants, events of default and
provisions that are personal to Seller; (iii) the
Headquarters Lease, as so modified, is assigned to
Consumers or its designee; (iv) Consumers or its
designee assumes Seller's obligations under the Lease
(including the obligation to pay monthly rent) after
the Closing Date; and (v) Landlord and Citicorp
consent to the foregoing amendment, assignment and
assumption of the Headquarters Lease. The agreement
or agreements required under this clause (r) shall be
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Consumers. Except for Consumers' legal fees and
expenses, Consumers shall not be required to make any
monetary payments to Landlord or Citicorp or
otherwise in order to obtain such agreement or
agreements.
(s) Consumers shall have consummated
the financing arrangements described in the
Financing Letters.
(t) The PBGC shall not have terminated
all of the Seller Defined Benefit Plans.
(u) Consumers or New Anchor shall have received
written assurance from the PBGC that the PBGC will
not terminate the Seller Defined Benefit Plans after
the Closing Date solely by reason of the assumption
of such Plans by New Anchor nor by reason of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
10.02. CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER. The
obligations of Seller to consummate the Closing are subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver by Seller, without further notice to parties in interest
or approval by the Bankruptcy Court) of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of Buyers
made in this Agreement that are qualified as to
materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true
and correct as of the Closing Date as though made as
of such time, except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an
earlier date (in which case such representations and
warranties shall be true and correct in all material
respects on and as of such earlier date). The
representations and warranties of Buyers made in this
Agreement that are not qualified as to materiality or
Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in
all material respects as of the time of the Closing
as though made as of such time, except to the extent
such representations and warranties expressly relate
to an earlier date (in which case such
representations and warranties shall be true and
correct in all material respects on and as of such
earlier date). Each Buyer shall have performed or
complied in all material respects with all
obligations and covenants required by this Agreement
to be performed or complied with by such Buyer by the
Closing Date. Each Buyer shall have delivered to
Seller a certificate dated the Closing Date and
signed by the chief financial officer of such Buyer
confirming the foregoing.
(b) No provision of any applicable statute, rule,
regulation, executive order, decree, temporary
restraining order, judgment, preliminary or permanent
injunction or other order enacted, entered,
promulgated, enforced or issued by any Governmental
Entity shall be in effect that prevents the sale and
purchase of the Purchased Assets or any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) There shall not be pending or threatened by
any Governmental Entity any suit, action or
proceeding, (i) challenging or seeking to restrain,
prohibit, alter or materially delay the sale and
purchase of the Purchased Assets or any of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
seeking to obtain from Seller or any of its
subsidiaries in connection with the sale and purchase
of the Purchased Assets any material damages.
(d) The waiting period under the HSR Act relating
to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
shall have expired or been terminated.
(e) The Bankruptcy Court shall have issued the
Sale Order on or prior to December 19, 1996, and the
Sale Order shall not be subject to any stay.
(f) The PBGC shall not have terminated
all of the Seller Defined Benefit Plans.
(g) The conditions to the effectiveness of the
Vitro Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived
and assuming the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Vitro Agreement
shall be in full force and effect.
(h) New Anchor shall adopt and file with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware prior to
Closing the Certificate of Incorporation. Not less
than seven days prior to the Closing, New Anchor
shall furnish to Seller copies of the Certificate of
Incorporation and copies of the By-laws which shall
be reasonably satisfactory to Seller and New Anchor.
10.03. FRUSTRATION OF CONDITIONS. Neither Buyers nor Seller
may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in Section 10.01 or 10.02,
respectively, to be satisfied if such failure was caused by such party's failure
to act in good faith or to use its reasonable efforts to cause the Closing to
occur, as provided in this Agreement.
ARTICLE 11
SURVIVAL
11.01. SURVIVAL. The covenants, agreements, representations
and warranties of the parties hereto contained in this Agreement or in any
certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith
shall not survive the Closing except for the covenants and agreements contained
herein which contemplate or specifically provide for performance after the
Closing Date.
ARTICLE 12
TERMINATION
12.01. GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION. This Agreement
may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:
(i) by mutual written agreement of Seller
and Buyers;
(ii) by either Seller or Buyers if the
Closing shall not have been consummated on or before
January 31, 1997;
(iii) by either Seller or Buyers if there shall be
any law or regulation that makes the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise prohibited or if consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby would violate any nonappealable
final order, decree or judgment of any court or governmental body
having competent jurisdiction;
(iv) [OMITTED]
(v) by Buyers if the Sale Order shall not
have been entered on or prior to December 20, 1996;
(vi) by Buyers or Seller if any Governmental
Entity shall have commenced litigation seeking to
enjoin consummation of the transaction; and
(vii) by Buyers or Seller if the Bankruptcy Court
shall have approved a sale of the Purchased Assets or Business (or the
stock of Seller) to a Person other than Buyers.
The party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to
clauses (ii), (iii), (vi) or (vii) shall give notice of such termination to the
other parties.
12.02. EFFECT OF TERMINATION. If this Agreement is terminated
as permitted by Section 12.01, such termination shall be without liability
of any party (or any stockholder, director, officer, employee, agent, consultant
or representative of such party) to the other parties to this Agreement;
PROVIDED that if such termination shall result from the willful failure of any
party to fulfill a condition to the performance of the obligations of another
party, failure to perform a covenant of this Agreement or breach by any party to
this Agreement of any representation or warranty or agreement contained herein,
such party shall be fully liable for any and all losses incurred or suffered by
the other parties as a result of such failure or breach. The provisions of
Sections 6.01 and 13.03 shall survive any termination hereof pursuant to Section
12.01.
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
13.01. NOTICES. All notices or other communications required
or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered by
hand or sent by confirmed fax or sent, postage prepaid, by registered, certified
or express mail or reputable overnight courier service and shall be deemed given
when so delivered by hand, confirmed faxed or if mailed, three days after
mailing (one business day in the case of express mail or overnight courier
service), as follows (or to such other address or telecopy number as the
applicable party shall have notified the other parties in writing in accordance
with this Section):
(i) if to Consumers,
Consumers Packaging Inc.
401 The West Mall
Suite 900
Etobicoke, Ontario M9C 5J7
Attention: Chairman
Telecopy: (416) 232-3635
with copies to:
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Marc S. Kirschner, Esquire
Telecopy: (212) 755-7306
and
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
42nd Floor - 600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Attention: C. Kent May, Esquire
Telecopy: (412) 566-6099
(ii) if to OI,
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
One SeaGate
Toledo, Ohio 43666
Attention: Thomas L. Young
Telecopy: (419) 247-2226
with a copy to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Attention: Lillian E. Kraemer, Esquire
Telecopy: (212) 455-2502
(iii) if to Seller,
Anchor Glass Container Corporation
4343 Anchor Plaza Parkway
Tampa, FL 33634
Attention: Mark A. Kirk, CFO
Carl H. Young, III,
General Counsel
Telecopy: (813) 882-7859
with a copy to:
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Seven Hanover Square
New York, NY 10004
Attention: Robin E. Keller, Esq.
Telecopy: (212) 806-6006
13.02. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. (a) Any provision of this
Agreement may be amended or waived prior to the Closing Date if, but only if,
such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an
amendment, by each party to this Agreement, or in the case of a waiver, by the
party against whom the waiver is to be effective.
(b) No failure or delay by any party in
exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of
any rights or remedies provided by law.
13.03. FEES AND EXPENSES. (a) Except as
otherwise provided herein, all costs and expenses incurred in connection
with this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense.
(b) Seller shall pay all fees or
commissions of any investment banker, broker or finder retained by it and
approved by the Bankruptcy Court that has acted for Seller in connection with
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) Consumers shall pay all fees or
commissions of Rothschild, Inc., which Consumers represents is the only
investment banker, broker or finder that has acted for Consumers which might be
entitled to any fee or commission in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby. OI represents that no investment banker,
broker or finder has acted for it in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
13.04. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. The provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns; provided that no party may assign,
delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement without the consent of each other party hereto except that, subject to
Section 6.05, either Buyer may transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time
in part, to one or more of its Affiliates, the right to purchase all or a
portion of the Purchased Assets, but no such transfer or assignment will relieve
such Buyer of its obligations hereunder.
13.05. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement 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. All references
to dollars or $ in this Agreement are to United States dollars.
13.06. COUNTERPARTS; EFFECTIVENESS. This Agreement may be
signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with
the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same
instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall
have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other parties hereto.
13.07. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This
Agreement, the Confidentiality Agreements and the documents referred to herein
and therein constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to
the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings,
both written and oral, between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
No representation, inducement, promise, understanding, condition or warranty not
set forth herein has been made or relied upon by any party hereto. Neither this
Agreement nor any provision hereof is intended to confer upon any Person other
than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder.
13.08. BULK SALES LAWS. Buyers and Seller each
hereby waive compliance by Seller with the provision of the "bulk sales,"
"bulk transfer" or similar laws of any state.
13.09. CAPTIONS. The captions herein are
included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the
construction or interpretation hereof.
13.10. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement (or
any portion thereof) or the application of any such provision (or any portion
thereof) to any Person or circumstance shall be held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision
hereof (or the remaining portion thereof) or the application of such provision
to any other Persons or circumstances.
13.11. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. Each party hereto irrevocably
submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of (a) the Supreme Court of the State of
New York, New York County, (b) the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York, and (c) to the extent applicable, the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware for the purposes of any action,
suit or other proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement, or any
transaction contemplated hereby but for no other purpose. Each party hereto
agrees to commence any action, suit or proceeding relating hereto either in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or if such
suit, action or other proceeding may not be brought in such court for
jurisdictional reasons, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York
County or, to the extent applicable, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
District of Delaware. Each party hereto further agrees that service of any
process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to such party's
respective address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any
action, suit or proceeding in New York with respect to any matters to which it
has submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 13.11. Each party hereto
irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of
any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby in (i) the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York
County, (ii) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York or (iii) to the extent applicable, the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the District of Delaware, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally
waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action,
suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum. Consumers also hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives to the
extent not prohibited by applicable law, and agrees not to assert, by way of
motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such action, suit or proceeding, any
claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named
courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that
the venue of any such action, suit or proceeding brought in one of the
above-named courts is improper, or that this Agreement, or the transactions
contemplated hereby may not be enforced in or by such court.
13.12. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER DOCUMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the
day and year first above written.
CONSUMERS PACKAGING INC.
By:/S/JOHN GHAZNAVI
Title: Chairman
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC.
By:/S/ G.J. LEMIEUX
Title: Vice President
ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION
By:/S/CARL H. YOUNG, III
Title: Vice President
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APPENDIX A
OI ASSETS
1. All of the Purchased Assets located at or associated with
Seller's plants at Antioch, California and Hayward, California (the "Plants")
(other than Excluded Assets), including, without limitation, any and all sales
or supply agreements that are not Excluded Contracts and accounts receivable
attributable to sales by Seller of products manufactured at the Plants.
2. Seller's general partnership interest in the Rocky Mountain
Bottle Company, a general partnership created under the terms of a Partnership
Agreement dated March 24, 1995 between Seller and Coors Brewing Company, as
amended (the "Partnership").
3. Accounts receivable attributable to sales by
Seller of products manufactured by the Partnership.
4. Seller's rights under a certain Supply Agreement dated as
of January 1, 1995 between Seller and Coors Brewing Company (the "Supply
Agreement") and all molds, customer drawings, specifications, packaging
materials and other similar assets related directly to the
production covered by the Supply Agreement.
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APPENDIX B
OI ASSUMED LIABILITIES
All Assumed Liabilities that are associated directly with the
OI Assets, including, without limitation, all Seller's liabilities under
directly associated agreements (other than Excluded Contracts) and all pension
liabilities associated with the active employees at the Seller's plants at
Antioch, California (the "Plants") and Hayward, California, but excluding any
pension liabilities, including those described in Sections 2.03(iii) and (iv),
associated with any of Seller's retirees or any employees of Seller who are not
current active employees at the Plants.
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APPENDIX C
NEW ANCHOR
10.0% CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
TERM SHEET
Issuer: New Anchor ("Anchor")
Security: 10.0% Convertible Preferred Stock
Amount: $54.0 million
Par Value: $25.00 per share
Total Shares: 2.2 million shares
Dividend: 10.0% cumulative dividend, payable quarterly in cash.
A scheduled cash dividend payment for the 10.0% Convertible
Preferred Stock cannot be postponed in order to pay a
scheduled cash dividend payment on the 8.0%
Junior Convertible Preferred Stock.
Voting: Non-voting unless scheduled cash dividend payments
are postponed for 12 consecutive quarters (3
years), at which time these shares as a class will
be allowed to nominate three board members.
Mandatory
Redemption: 12 years after issuance at par plus accrued and unpaid
dividends.
Optional Redemption: After 3 years, Anchor can redeem the 10.0% Convertible
Stock at par plus accrued and
unpaid dividends if Anchor's Common shares trade
above $6.00 per share (based on an initial price
of $5.00 per Common Share) for more than 60
consecutive days.
Convertibility: Convertible at the holders' option into Anchor Common
Shares at the Conversion Ratio.
Conversion Premium: 20.0%
Conversion Ratio: Each share of 10.0% Convertible Preferred
Stock will be convertible into 4.17 Anchor Common
Stock (based on an initial price of $5.00 per
Common Share).
Seniority: The 10.0% Convertible Preferred Stock will rank
ahead of all other Anchor equity instruments
including the 8.0% Junior Convertible Preferred
Stock and the Common Shares.
Registration: The 10.0% Convertible Preferred Stock will be registered
securities and freely tradeable on a nationally recognized
U.S. exchange or National Market.
Anti-Dilution: The 10.0% Convertible Preferred Stock and the 8.0% Junior
Convertible Preferred Stock will contain identical
anti-dilution provisions of a nature reasonably consistent
with similar provisions in similar securities. The
aforementioned anti-dilution provisions will not apply to
the warrants exercisable for nominal consideration into 10%
of the fully-diluted Common Shares of Anchor issuable to
Bankers Trust Company, its affiliates and/or
investors in Anchor's debt securities as contemplated by
the Financing Letters.
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APPENDIX D
NEW ANCHOR
8.0% JUNIOR CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
TERM SHEET
Issuer: New Anchor ("Anchor")
Security: 8.0% Junior Convertible Preferred Stock
Amount: $74.0 million
Par Value: $25.00 per share
Total Shares: 3.0 million shares
Dividend: 8.0% cumulative dividend, payable quarterly,
payable-in-kind for three years at Anchor's option
and in cash thereafter. A scheduled cash dividend
payment for the 8.0% Junior Convertible Preferred
Stock cannot be made unless all accrued and unpaid
dividends on the 10.0% Convertible Preferred Stock
are paid in full.
Voting: Non-voting unless scheduled cash dividend payments
are postponed for 12 consecutive quarters (3
years), at which time these shares as a class will
be allowed to nominate three board members.
Mandatory Redemption: None.
Optional Redemption: After 3 years, Anchor can redeem the
8.0% Convertible Stock if Anchor's Common Shares
trade above $5.50 per share (based on an initial
price of $5.00 per Common Share) for more than 60
consecutive days. Anchor cannot redeem the 8.0%
Junior Convertible Preferred Stock if the 10.0%
Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding.
Convertibility: Convertible at the holders' option into Anchor
Common Shares at the Conversion Ratio.
Conversion Premium: 10.0%
Conversion Ratio: Each share of 8.0% Junior Convertible
Preferred will be convertible into 4.55 Anchor
Common Shares (based on an initial price of $5.00
per Common Share).
Seniority: The 8.0% Convertible Preferred will rank junior
in liquidation, winding-up or other dissolution
of Anchor to the 10.0% Convertible Preferred Stock
and will rank senior to the Common Shares.
Registration: The 8.0% Junior Convertible Preferred Stock will
have registration rights.
Anti-Dilution: The 10.0% Convertible Preferred Stock and the 8.0%
Convertible Preferred Stock will contain identical
anti-dilution provisions of a nature
reasonably consistent with similar provisions in
similar securities. The aforementioned
anti-dilution provisions will not apply to the
warrants exercisable for nominal consideration
into 10% of the fully-diluted Common
Shares of Anchor issuable to Bankers Trust
Company, its affiliates and/or
investors in Anchor's debt securities as
contemplated by the Financing Letters.
Exhibit 99.1
IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
In re: ) Chapter 11
)
ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER ) Case Nos. 96-1434
CORPORATION, ET AL. ) and 96-1516 (PJW)
) (Jointly Administered)
Debtors. )
ORDER UNDER 11 U.S.C. SS.SS. 105, 363, AND 365
APPROVING (I) ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE DEBTOR, AND CONSUMERS PACKAGING INC, AND
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC. WHICH
PROVIDES FOR A SALE OF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL ASSETS OF
THE DEBTOR FREE AND CLEAR OF CERTAIN LIENS, CLAIMS,
INTERESTS AND ENCUMBRANCES, AND (II) ASSUMPTION
AND ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN RELATED EXECUTORY CONTRACTS
Upon the motion (the "Motion") of Anchor Glass Container Corporation
("Anchor") dated October 4, 1996, for an order (the "Order") under 11 U.S.C.
ss.ss. 105, 363, and 365 authorizing the Debtor to sell, subject to the receipt
of higher or better offers ("Competitive Bids"), substantially all of its assets
and the assets of its subsidiary, Anchor Recycling Corporation ("Recycling", and
collectively with Anchor, the "Debtor"), also a Chapter 11 Debtor before this
Court, free and clear of all liens, claims, interests, and encumbrances other
than Permitted Liens and Assumed Liabilities to (a) Ball-Foster Glass Container
Co., L.L.C. ("Ball-Foster") pursuant to the terms and conditions of an Asset
Purchase Agreement dated October 4, 1996 between the Debtor and Ball-Foster (the
"Ball-Foster Asset Purchase Agreement"), or (b) that entity or entities making a
Competitive Bid that is determined to be the highest and/or best bid, and
authorizing the assumption and assignment by the Debtor to the successful
purchaser of certain related executory contracts and unexpired leases (the
"Executory Contracts"); and
Upon this Court's order dated October 15, 1996, as amended, scheduling a
hearing with respect to the sale of the Purchased Assets, prescribing the form
and manner of notice thereof, approving bidding procedures related to the sale
(the "Bidding Procedures"), authorizing payment to Ball-Foster of the break-up
fee and performance of Section 5.05 of the Ball-Foster Asset Purchase Agreement
(the "Scheduling Order"); and
Due notice of the proposed sale, the Motion, the Order, the Scheduling
Order, the Hearing (as defined below), the list of proposed Executory Contracts
to be assumed and assigned together with a list of cure costs to be paid in
order to assume said Executory Contracts (the "Assumption Notices") having been
given to all parties entitled thereto under the Scheduling Order, as evidenced
by the affidavits of service and publication previously filed with this Court;
and
A Competitive Bid having been received on December 2, 1996 jointly from
Consumers Packaging Inc. ("Consumers") and Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
("Owens") (the "Consumers-Owens Joint Bid") in accordance with the terms of the
Scheduling Order, seeking to purchase the Purchased Assets1; and following the
auction held pursuant to the Scheduling Order, during which Ball-Foster did not
offer to increase its bid, the Debtor, in consultation with the Official
Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Anchor (the "Creditors' Committee"), having
selected Consumers and Owens (collectively, the "Purchasers"; sometimes referred
to individually as a "Purchaser") as the bidder submitting the highest and best
offer; and
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1 Unless defined herein, capitalized terms not otherwise defined shall
have the meaning ascribed to them in the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase
Agreement.
The Debtor and the Purchasers having documented the Consumers-Owens Joint
Bid in an Asset Purchase Agreement dated December 18, 1996, which is
substantially similar to the Ball-Foster Asset Purchase Agreement except as
otherwise indicated on the record at the Hearing (the "Consumers-Owens Asset
Purchase Agreement") and various related agreements; and
A hearing having been held before this Court on December 12, 1996 at which
hearing the Debtor announced its acceptance of the Consumers-Owens Joint Bid;
and a supplemental notice of the key terms of the Consumers-Owens Joint Bid
having been sent by telecopy or Federal Express to those parties having filed a
notice of appearance in these cases (the "2002 List"), all known bidders for the
Debtor's assets, and all parties having filed objections to, or responses or
comments on the Motion; and
Hearings having been held before this Court on December 18, 1996 and
December 20, 1996 to approve a sale of the Purchased Assets pursuant to the
Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement and to approve the assumption and
assignment of certain Executory Contracts to Consumers or Owens, as applicable
(collectively, the "Hearing"), at which time all parties-in-interest were
afforded an opportunity to be heard; and the Court having heard testimony and
received evidence in support of approval of the sale of the Purchased Assets to
Consumers and Owens, as applicable, and the assumption and assignment of the
Executory Contracts to Consumers or Owens, as applicable, effective as of the
Closing Date;
NOW, THEREFORE, based upon all of the pleadings previously filed by the
Debtor and other interested parties in connection with the sale, the evidence
proffered or adduced at the Hearing, memoranda, objections and arguments of
counsel in connection with the Hearing; and upon the entire record of the
Hearing; and after due deliberation thereon; and good cause appearing therefor;
IT IS HEREBY FOUND AND DETERMINED THAT:2
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2 Findings of fact shall be construed as conclusions of
law and conclusions of law shall be construed as
findings of fact when appropriate. SEE Bankruptcy
Rule 7052.
1. This Court has jurisdiction to hear and
determine the Motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ss.ss. 157 and 1134 and the "Standing
Order of Referral of Cases to Bankruptcy Judges" by the District Court for the
District of Delaware dated July 23, 1984.
2. Venue of these cases in this district is
proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ss. 1409(a).
3. Determination of the Motion is a core proceeding under 28
U.S.C. ss. 157(b)(2)(A) and (N). The statutory predicates for the relief
requested herein are sections 105, 363 and 365 of the United States Bankruptcy
Code, 11 U.S.C.ss. 101 ET SEQ., as amended (the "Bankruptcy Code"), and Federal
Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the "Bankruptcy Rules") 2002, 6004, and 6006.
4. The Debtor has followed the procedures for
notice of the Motion and the Hearing on the sale of the
Purchased Assets set forth in the Scheduling Order.
5. The Consumers-Owens Joint Bid complies with the Bidding
Procedures and the Joint Bid is the highest and best bid received for the
Purchased Assets in that it exceeds the amount of the Ball-Foster bid by more
than $8.0 million, which was the minimum initial overbid amount established by
the Bidding Procedures.
6. Proper, timely, adequate and sufficient notice of the
Motion, the Hearing and the sale of the Purchased Assets has been provided in
accordance with section 102(1) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules 2002,
6004, and 6006 and the Scheduling Order, and no other or further notice of the
Motion, the Hearing, or of the entry of this Order is required.
7. A reasonable opportunity to object or be heard regarding
the relief requested in the Motion has been afforded to all interested persons
and entities, including (a) all parties who claim interests in or Liens upon the
Purchased Assets, (b) all parties to Executory Contracts to
be assumed and assigned to Consumers or Owens, as applicable, who have received
Assumption Notices from the Debtor, (c) all governmental taxing authorities who
have, or as a result of the sale of the Purchased Assets may have, claims,
contingent or otherwise, against the Debtor, (d) all parties on the 2002 List,
(e) all creditors, (f) all interested governmental, pension and environmental
entities, and (g) all competitive bidders for the Purchased Assets.
8. The Debtor has demonstrated good and sufficient business
justification for the sale of the Purchased Assets pursuant to section 363(b) of
the Bankruptcy Code outside of a plan of reorganization and for the assumption
and assignment of the Executory Contracts, in that, among other things:
a. An expeditious sale of the Purchased Assets in accordance
with the procedures followed by the Debtor will maximize the value recoverable
by creditors from the Debtor's assets, and absent a prompt sale, it is likely
that the value of the Purchased Assets would precipitously decline due to
deteriorating market conditions, the Debtor's inadequate liquidity for necessary
operating and capital expenditures, and uncertainty about the Debtor's ability
to preserve its market share;
b. Claims against the Debtor's estate will be
minimized as a result of the prompt consummation of a sale of the Purchased
Assets and the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities and the concomitant
assumption and assignment of the Executory Contracts to the Purchasers, as
applicable; and
c. More employees of the Debtor will retain their jobs
and related benefits, and more retirees will retain their pensions and health
benefits, than would be the case absent a prompt sale of the Purchased Assets or
if the Debtor were liquidated.
d. Each Purchaser will provide adequate assurance
of future performance on Assumed Executory Contracts.
9. The sale of the Purchased Assets outside of a plan of
reorganization pursuant to the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement does not
impermissibly restructure the rights of the Debtor's creditors or impermissibly
dictate the terms of a liquidating plan of reorganization for the Debtor.
10. The Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement represents
the highest and best offer for the Purchased Assets received following a fair
and equitable structured auction process in accordance with the Scheduling
Order. The Purchase Price for the Purchased Assets is fair and reasonable, and
constitutes reasonably equivalent value under the Bankruptcy Code and applicable
state law. Approval of the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement and the sale
of the Purchased Assets in accordance therewith at this time are in the best
interests of the Debtor, its creditors, and its estate.
11. The Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement provides for
the sale, transfer, assignment, and delivery to the Purchasers of the Purchased
Assets (Owens' interest being limited to the OI Assets) as set forth in Section
2.01 of the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement and the assumption of the
Assumed Liabilities by the Purchasers (Owens' obligations being limited to the
assumption of the OI Assumed Liabilities) as set forth in Section 2.03 of the
Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement.
12. Based on the testimony and other statements in the record
at the Hearing, there is (a) an agreement between the Debtor, the Committee and
The Travelers Indemnity Company and its affiliates including The Aetna Casualty
and Surety Company ("Travelers/Aetna") evidenced by that certain letter between
the parties dated December 18, 1996, (the "Travelers/Aetna Agreement") whereby
Travelers/Aetna will provide valuable cash consideration to the estate and make
other accommodations to facilitate the sale in exchange for the assumption of
various insurance-related liabilities owed to Travelers/Aetna; and (b) a
supplemental agreement with Vitro to provide $8.4 million in cash to the estate
(the agreement to pay said $8.4 million is reflected in paragraph 9.A of the
agreement between Vitro and Consumers, on behalf of itself and New Anchor) and
to pay a $1.1 million IRS penalty claim against Anchor upon the conditions
specified in the aforesaid paragraph 9.A (the "Supplemental Vitro Agreement").
13. In accordance with Section 2.06 of the Consumers-Owens
Asset Purchase Agreement, 1,876,000 shares of New Anchor 10% preferred stock and
490,000 shares of New Anchor common stock are to be issued (the "New Anchor
Securities"). The Debtor contemplates distributing the New Anchor Securities and
cash under a liquidating plan of reorganization in exchange for and in
compromise of the claims of the Debtor's creditors.
14. The Debtor may sell the Purchased Assets free and clear of
all Liens, claims, interests, and encumbrances (other than Permitted Liens);
(PROVIDED, that a portion of the Purchase Price shall be paid to the Senior
Lenders (as defined below), as provided in decretal paragraph 6 below), because,
as required by section 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Purchase Price to be
paid for the Purchased Assets exceeds the aggregate amount of all Liens on the
Purchased Assets, with such Liens (other than Permitted Liens) attaching to the
proceeds of the sale of the Purchased Assets consistent with the requirements of
section 363(e) of the Bankruptcy Code. As a condition to the sale of the
Purchased Assets, the Purchasers require that (i) the Purchased Assets be sold
free and clear of all Liens, claims, interests, and encumbrances except for
Permitted Liens and the Assumed Liabilities and (ii) the Purchasers,
individually or collectively, have no liability for any of the Excluded
Liabilities. The Purchasers would not enter into the Consumers-Owens Asset
Purchase Agreement and consummate the sale, thus adversely affecting the
Debtor's estate and its reorganization efforts, if the sale to the Purchasers
were not free and clear of all Liens, claims, interests and encumbrances of the
Debtor, other than Permitted Liens and Assumed Liabilities, or if the Purchasers
were or would be liable for any of the Excluded Liabilities.
15. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the non-Debtor party
to an Executory Contract, and each Purchaser, that Purchaser which is the
assignee specified on the First List of Contracts (as defined below) with
respect to each Executory Contract shall be the sole entity to whom such
Executory Contract has been assigned pursuant to section 365(f) of the
Bankruptcy Code and the other Purchaser shall not have any liability in respect
of any such Executory Contract for which it is not the specified assignee.
16. The amounts (the "Cure Amounts") reflected on the "First
Consolidated List of Contracts and Leases to be Assigned to Consumers or Owens"
submitted to the Court at the Hearing (the "First List of Contracts"),
constitute the sole amounts necessary under sections 365(b)(1)(A) and (B) and
365(f)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, to (i) cure all defaults, if any, under the
Executory Contracts and (ii) pay all actual or pecuniary losses that have
resulted from such defaults. As to those parties to Executory Contracts who have
not yet reached agreement with the Debtor on their Cure Amounts, this Court
shall schedule an appropriate hearing date on request of such parties and the
Debtor to determine their Cure Amounts. Accordingly, the Debtor has satisfied
the requirements of sections 365(b)(1)(A) and (B) and section 365(f)(2)(A) of
the Bankruptcy Code.
17. Each Purchaser, as applicable, has provided adequate
assurance of its future performance under the Executory Contracts being assigned
to it within the meaning of sections 365(b)(1)(C) and (f)(2)(B) of the
Bankruptcy Code.
18. The assumption and assignment of the Executory Contracts
is integral to the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement and is in the best
interests of the Debtor, its creditors and its estate and represents the
exercise of the Debtor's prudent business judgment.
19. The Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement was
negotiated, proposed and entered into by the parties in good faith, from arm's
length bargaining positions and without collusion. Neither Consumers nor Owens
is an "insider" or "affiliate" of the Debtor (as each such term is defined in
the Bankruptcy Code). None of the Debtor, Consumers or Owens has engaged in any
conduct that would prevent the application of section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy
Code or cause the application of section 363(n) of the Bankruptcy Code to these
transactions. Consequently, each of Consumers and Owens, individually and
collectively, is a good faith purchaser under section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy
Code and, as such, is entitled to the protections afforded thereby.
20. In the absence of a stay pending appeal, if any, each of
Consumers and Owens will be acting in good faith within the meaning of section
363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code in closing the transactions contemplated by the
Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement, including assumption and assignment of
the Executory Contracts, at any time after the entry of this Order.
21. Effective as of the Closing Date, the transfer of the
Purchased Assets and the assignment of the Executory Contracts (a) are or will
be legal, valid and effective transfers of property of the Debtor's estate to
each Purchaser, as expressly set forth in the Consumers- Owens Asset Purchase
Agreement, (b) are or will be valid assumptions and assignments of each
Executory Contract to the applicable Purchaser, and (c) vest or will vest each
Purchaser with all right, title, and interest of the Debtor in and to the
Purchased Assets being purchased by such Purchaser and in and to the Executory
Contracts being assumed by the Debtor and assigned by such Purchaser free and
clear of all interests, including all Liens, claims, and encumbrances (except
for Assumed Liabilities and Permitted Liens being assumed by each Purchaser, as
expressly provided in the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement, the
assumption of which liabilities shall be valid and binding), under sections
363(f) and 105 of the Bankruptcy Code.
22. The transfer of the Purchased Assets and the assignment of
the Executory Contracts do not and will not subject the Purchasers to any
liability for claims against the Debtor (other than those expressly assumed as
Assumed Liabilities) by reason of such transfer under the laws of the United
States, any state, territory or possession thereof or the District of Columbia
applicable to such transactions.
23. All of the provisions of this Order are
nonseverable and mutually dependent.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED,
AND DECREED THAT:
1. The Motion be, and it hereby is, granted.
2. All objections to the Motion or the relief
requested therein that have not been withdrawn, waived, or settled, including
all reservations of rights included therein which are not otherwise provided for
by this Order are overruled on the merits.
3. The terms and conditions of the Consumers- Owens Asset
Purchase Agreement are hereby approved, the sale of the Purchased Assets to
Consumers and Owens pursuant to the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement is
hereby authorized under section 363(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and the
assumption of the Assumed Liabilities by Consumers and Owens is hereby approved.
4. By the issuance of this Order, the Debtor is authorized and
directed to execute and deliver, and empowered to fully perform under,
consummate and implement, the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement, together
with all additional instruments and documents that may be reasonably necessary
or desirable to implement that Agreement, and to take all further actions as may
be reasonably requested by the Purchasers, or either of them, for the purpose of
assigning, transferring, granting, conveying and conferring to each Purchaser,
as applicable, or reducing to possession, any or all of the Purchased Assets, or
as may be necessary or appropriate to the performance of the obligations of the
Debtor under the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement.
5. Pursuant to sections 105(a), 363(b) and 363(f)(3) of the
Bankruptcy Code, on the Closing Date, the Purchased Assets shall be transferred
to each Purchaser, in accordance with the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase
Agreement and, except as specified in such Agreement, shall be free and clear of
all Liens, including, but not limited to, any restriction on the use, transfer,
receipt of income or other exercise of any attributes of ownership of the
Purchased Assets and all debts arising in any way in connection with any acts of
the Debtor, claims (as that term is defined in the Bankruptcy Code),
obligations, demands, guaranties, options, rights, contractual commitments,
restrictions, interests and matters of any kind and nature, whether arising
prior to or subsequent to the commencement of these cases, whether arising in
connection with the transactions authorized by this Order, and whether imposed
by agreement, understanding, law, equity or otherwise (the foregoing
collectively referred to as "Claims" herein), with all such Liens and Claims
released, terminated and discharged as to the Purchased Assets and with all such
Liens attaching to the proceeds of the sale of the Purchased Assets, in the
order of their priority, with the same validity, force and effect which they now
have as against the Purchased Assets.
6. Upon receipt of the Purchase Price, the Debtor is
authorized and directed on the Closing Date to pay a portion of the net proceeds
from the sale of the Purchased Assets to Foothill Capital Corporation, as a
Lender3 and as Agent for the Lender Group, and Congress Financial Corporation,
as a Lender and as Co-Agent for the Lender Group (collectively, the "Senior
Lenders"), in full and final payment of all outstanding loans, advances and
other indebtedness, whether arising pre-petition or post-petition, including,
without limitation, all interest, fees, including legal fees and disbursements,
costs and expenses, due by the Debtor to the Senior Lenders (collectively, the
"Senior Lender Indebtedness") in satisfaction of the first priority liens and
security interests held by the Senior Lenders ("Senior Liens") in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the ORDER PURSUANT TO SECTION 364(C) OF THE
BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE AUTHORIZING DEBTOR TO OBTAIN PERMANENT POST- PETITION
FINANCING, GRANTING SENIOR LIENS AND PRIORITY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE STATUS,
MODIFYING THE AUTOMATIC STAY, AUTHORIZING THE DEBTOR TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS
WITH FOOTHILL CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT AND LENDER, AND CONGRESS FINANCIAL
CORPORATION, AS CO-AGENT AND LENDER, AND THE GRANTING OF ADEQUATE PROTECTION IN
FAVOR OF THE NOTEHOLDERS, dated November 15, 1996 (the "Final Financing Order")
and the accompanying Loan Agreement and other Financing Agreements, as amended.
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3 Capitalized terms used in this paragraph 6 and in paragraphs 7 and 8 of
this Order which are not otherwise defined, shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Final Financing Order.
7. Upon the full and final payment of all Senior Lender
Indebtedness due by the Debtor to the Senior Lenders, each of the Senior
Lenders, individually and collectively, in accordance with the terms of the
Final Financing Order, shall release and discharge the Debtor, and its officers,
directors, agents and employees and its or their respective successors and
assigns, from any and all claims, obligations, demands, debts, accounts,
liabilities, actions, duties, responsibilities and causes of action, whether
known or unknown, present or future that the Senior Lenders may at any time have
had or may have against the Debtor and its successors and assigns pursuant to
the terms and conditions of the pre-petition and post-petition financing
arrangements as set forth in the Final Financing Order, the Loan Agreement and
the other Financing Agreements, as amended, between the Debtor and the Senior
Lenders, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, in the event any payment made to the Senior Lenders,
from or on behalf of the Debtor, is voided, rescinded, set aside, or must
otherwise be returned or repaid by the Senior Lenders, the indebtedness to be
repaid thereby and the Senior Liens securing such indebtedness shall be
reinstated against the proceeds of the sale without any further action by the
Senior Lenders in accordance with the terms of the Final Financing Order, and
provided further, that with respect to the calculation of the Final Amount of
the Senior Lender Indebtedness due and payable on the Closing Date, this release
shall not extend to claims of the Senior Lenders arising from accounting errors
or underpayments, or preclude the Senior Lenders from making appropriate
accounting adjustments or receiving such underpayments, if any. The Senior
Lenders further agree to execute and deliver, on the Closing Date at Debtor's
sole cost and expense, all documentation reasonably necessary to release the
Senior Liens against the Purchased Assets.
8. Upon the full and final payment of all Senior Lender
Indebtedness due by the Debtor to the Senior Lenders, the Debtor, in accordance
with the terms of the Final Financing Order, shall release and discharge each of
the Senior Lenders, their officers, directors, agents and employees and any of
their respective successors and assigns, from any and all claims, obligations,
demands, debts, accounts, liabilities, actions, duties, responsibilities and
causes of action, whether in law or in equity, known or unknown, present or
future that the Debtor at any time had, has or may have against the Senior
Lenders and their successors and assigns arising out of or relating to the terms
and conditions of the pre-petition and post-petition financing arrangements as
set forth in the Final Financing Order, the Loan Agreements and the other
Financing Agreements, as amended, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, with respect to the
calculation of the final amount of the Senior Lender Indebtedness due and
payable on the Closing Date, that this release shall not extend to claims of the
Debtor arising from accounting errors or overpayments or preclude the Debtor
from making appropriate accounting adjustments or recovering such overpayments,
if any.
9. Upon the payment in full of all indebtedness owed to the
Senior Lenders and upon termination of the Loan Agreement, the Senior Lenders
and the Debtor shall be entitled to all releases of claims provided for in the
applicable provisions of the Final Financing Order, and such provisions are
hereby ratified.
10. All amounts to be paid by the Debtor pursuant to the
Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement, including all amounts payable by the
Debtor pursuant to the Post- Closing Adjustment obligations as set forth in
Sections 2.06 and 2.09 and all amounts payable by the Debtor pursuant to Section
5.03(b) of such Agreement, constitute administrative expenses under sections
503(b) and 507(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code and are payable immediately if and
when the Debtor's obligations arise under the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase
Agreement without further order of the Court, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
payment of amounts which are in dispute by the Debtor shall be subject to the
further order of the Court.
11. Except as to Assumed Liabilities, which include but are
not limited to (i) all benefits provided pursuant to (a) the Anchor Glass
Container Corporation Nonqualified Additional Credited Service and ERISA Excess
Plan, (b) the Diamond-Bathurst Inc. Preferred Compensation Plan and (c) each of
the Life Annuity Benefit Agreements dated December 15, 1992 between Anchor and
Irma Landesfeind, Gordon Westby and Harry J. Susla, respectively, (ii) Anchor's
share of environmental clean-up costs at the Whitehouse Site and the Picketville
Site (as such terms are defined in the objection filed by the City of
Jacksonville, the Jacksonville Electric Authority and the Duval County School
Board) and (iii) Anchor's share of the clean-up costs and other related
environmental liabilities at the OII Site (as such term is defined in the
objection filed by The Operating Industries, Inc. Steering Committee), and
Permitted Liens under the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement, all persons
and entities holding Liens or Claims of any kind and nature with respect to the
Purchased Assets are hereby barred and enjoined from asserting such Liens and
Claims of any kind and nature against the Purchasers, or either of them, their
respective successors or assigns, or the Purchased Assets.
12. If and to the extent Riley Manufacturing Co. ("Riley")
establishes an ownership interest or other proprietary rights in certain of the
Purchased Assets as set forth in the First Amended Verified Complaint for
Injunctive Relief and Damages pending in the United States District Court for
the District of Kansas, Case No. 96-2-309-KHV (the "Kansas Litigation"), then
the appropriate Purchaser shall cooperate with the return to Riley of such
Assets and shall be subject to any orders protecting such proprietary rights,
and the Debtor and Purchasers shall preserve all applicable rights and claims
against each other under the Consumers- Owens Asset Purchase Agreement. The
status of Riley's rights to establish its asserted claims, property rights and
interests as set forth in the Kansas Litigation is preserved, subject to the
automatic stay.
13. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a hearing will be held
prior to the Closing Date to establish ownership of the equipment and inventory
(the "Equipment") listed on Exhibit A annexed to Emhart Glass Manufacturing
Company (US), Inc. and Emhart Powers, Powers Manufacturing Division's ("Emhart")
objection to the Sale Motion. If and to the extent Emhart establishes that the
Equipment is owned by Emhart, the Equipment will be promptly turned over to
Emhart prior to the Closing Date.
14. The sale of the Purchased Assets shall be without
prejudice to the rights of Cap Gemini America, Inc. ("Cap Gemini") to establish
a basis for its asserted claims, property rights and interests as such claims
are asserted in the lawsuit currently pending against the Debtor in the Supreme
Court of New York, Index No. 112443-96.
15. Nothing in this Order shall be construed to affect in any
way the respective rights, titles and interests of Bacardi International Limited
and its affiliates ("Bacardi") in and to the molds used by and/or in the
possession or control of the Debtor as set forth in the Strategic Supply
Agreement between the Debtor and Bacardi provided that Bacardi shall continue to
pay the applicable Purchaser for the molds in accordance with the Strategic
Supply Agreement between Bacardi and Anchor.
16. The Debtor is hereby authorized and directed in accordance
with section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code to (a) assume and assign to the
applicable Purchaser each of the Executory Contracts set forth on the First List
of Contracts, pursuant to the provisions of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code,
in each case free and clear of all Liens and Claims (other than Assumed
Liabilities and Permitted Liens), and (b) execute and deliver to the applicable
Purchaser such documents or other instruments as may be necessary to assign and
transfer the Executory Contracts on the First List of Contracts to be assumed
and assigned to the applicable Purchaser pursuant to the Consumers-Owens Asset
Purchase Agreement.
17. The Debtor is hereby authorized and empowered to pay all
Cure Amounts due on the Executory Contracts as set forth on the First List of
Contracts, or as may otherwise be agreed between the Debtor and the non-Debtor
party to the Executory Contract or as may be ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, by
paying or reserving for payment all such Cure Amounts from the proceeds of sale
or other available cash of the Debtor as soon as practicable after the Closing
Date.
18. Subject to paragraph 17 above, other than the Cure Amount
relating to each Executory Contract as set forth in the First List of Contracts,
and except for such post- petition, pre-Closing Date Cure Amounts as may be
payable by the Debtor to the parties enumerated in paragraph 18 hereof, there
are no other amounts due on the Executory Contracts listed on the First List of
Contracts, required to be paid under sections 365(b)(1)(A) and (B) and 365(f)(2)
of the Bankruptcy Code other than post-petition, pre-Closing Date amounts
payable in the ordinary course, which shall be paid when due by the Debtor.
19. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Cure
Amount to be paid by the Debtor relating to the Executory Contract between the
Debtor and each of (i)(a) the Hayward Landlord, (b) Clifford Jones, and (c) DMI
Distribution, Inc., ET AL. shall also include all liquidated amounts necessary
to cure undisputed, post-petition defaults, if any, which occur after the
Hearing but prior to the Closing Date, and (ii) to (a) NationsBank and (b)
Heller Financial shall also include those reasonable post-petition, pre-Closing
Date attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by them in connection with enforcing
such entities' leases with the Debtor and which are expressly permitted by the
provisions of that certain Master Lease Agreement dated as of October 11, 1990
between the Debtor and Sun Financial Group, Inc.
20. Each Executory Contract shall, upon assignment to the
applicable Purchaser, be deemed to be valid and binding on the Purchaser to whom
such Executory Contract is assigned and in full force and effect and enforceable
in accordance with its terms, and following such assignment, except for payment
of the Cure Amounts and other amounts referred to in paragraphs 16-18 hereof,
the Debtor shall be relieved pursuant to section 365(k) of the Bankruptcy Code,
from any further liability with respect to any breach of the Executory Contracts
after such assignment.
21. Each non-Debtor party to an Executory Contract which was
served with an Assumption Notice is hereby barred and enjoined from asserting
against the Debtor, or the Debtor's estate (a) any default existing as of the
date of the Hearing if such default was not raised or asserted in a timely
manner prior to the entry of this Order or (b) any objection to the assumption
and assignment of such non-Debtor party's Executory Contract or the Cure Amount,
as the latter may have been amended, of which the non-Debtor party was given
notice prior to the Hearing. The assignment of each Executory Contract to the
applicable Purchaser will not cause a default or otherwise allow the non-Debtor
party thereto to terminate or adversely affect such Purchaser's rights
thereunder. In no event shall Purchasers be liable for any Cure Amounts or
pre-Closing Date liabilities arising from or related to the Executory Contracts
with the exception of any Assumed Liabilities.
22. Each Purchaser may, subsequent to the Hearing, but no
later than 10 days following the signing of the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase
Agreement, identify additional executory contracts and unexpired leases
("Additional Executory Contracts") to be assumed and assigned to such Purchaser
in connection with the sale as of the Closing Date, and the Debtor shall then
provide notice to the non-Debtor party to the Additional Executory Contract of
the intended assumption and assignment (the term "Assumption Notice" to be
applicable to such notice). Each such non-Debtor party shall have five (5) days
to object to the assumption and assignment and to the Cure Amount identified in
the Assumption Notice, and must state in its objection with specificity what the
proper Cure Amount should be and provide sufficient documentation in support
thereof. In the event a non-Debtor party to an Additional Executory Contract
asserts or raises an objection to the assumption and assignment of such party's
Executory Contract and/or to the Cure Amount which is not resolved by the
parties, a hearing will be scheduled before the Court at a date and time to be
established. If no timely objection is received by the Court, the Debtor and
each Purchaser, the Cure Amount shall be determined to be the amount listed in
the notice, and the Court may enter an order without a hearing approving the
assumption and assignment of the Additional Executory Contract and the related
Cure Amount. The assignment of each such Additional Executory Contract to the
applicable Purchaser will not cause a default or otherwise allow the non-Debtor
party thereto to terminate or adversely affect such Purchaser's rights
thereunder.
23. Each non-Debtor party to an executory contract or
unexpired lease which has been served no later than five (5) business days prior
to the Closing Date by hand or facsimile transmission with a written notice
withdrawing a previous Assumption Notice (a "Notice of Withdrawal") which does
not file with the Court and serve on the Debtor and the Purchasers by hand or
facsimile transmission within two (2) business days after receipt of such Notice
of Withdrawal an objection stating with specificity its opposition to the Notice
of Withdrawal, shall be barred and enjoined from asserting any such objection.
In the event a non-Debtor party timely asserts such an objection, which is not
resolved by the parties, a hearing will be scheduled before the Court at a date
and time to be established. Neither the Debtor nor the Purchasers shall have any
liability to any party resulting from the filing and service of such a Notice of
Withdrawal or the non-assumption of any executory contract; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the foregoing shall not limit or restrict the Debtor's estate from
liability for any claim for damages asserted under the Bankruptcy Code due to
rejection of any executory contract in the amount of such claim as may be
ultimately allowed by the Court.
24. In the event the Debtor serves Sun Financial Group, Inc.
("Sun Financial") with a Notice of Withdrawal indicating that the Debtor does
not seek to assume and assign to the Purchasers one or more of the Lease Orders
executed by the Debtor and Sun Financial related to that certain Master Lease
Agreement dated as of October 11, 1990, Sun Financial shall have three (3)
business days after receipt of such Notice of Withdrawal to file with the Court
and serve on the Debtor and the Purchasers an objection stating with specificity
its objection to the Debtor's assumption and assignment to Purchasers of less
than all of the Lease Orders. In the event Sun Financial timely asserts such an
objection, which is not resolved by the parties, a hearing will be scheduled
before the Court at a date and time to be established. A copy of such Notice of
Withdrawal shall also be served by hand or facsimile upon Sun Financial's
counsel of record in these proceedings.
25. Except for (i) the Rocky Mountain Bottle Company
Partnership Agreement, (ii) the Supply Agreement effective as of January 1, 1995
between Coors Brewing Company ("Coors") and Anchor, (iii) the Technology License
Agreement dated June 30, 1995 between Coors, Anchor and Rocky Mountain Bottle
Company ("RMBC") and (iv) the Second Amendment to the TALA (as defined below),
the Executory Contracts to be assigned to Consumers or Owens, as applicable,
under the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement are assignable, under section
365 of the Bankruptcy Code, notwithstanding any provisions contained in any
Executory Contract to the contrary. All necessary consents, including those of
Coors, have been obtained with respect to the Executory Contracts described in
clauses (i) through (iv) of this paragraph.
26. On the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent for the Debtor's
senior secured notes is authorized and directed to execute such documents and
take all other actions as may be reasonably necessary to release Liens or Claims
against the Purchased Assets and shall be promptly paid or reimbursed without
further order of the Court by the Debtor.
27. Except for the holders of Permitted Liens and Assumed
Liabilities (Owens' obligations being limited to the OI Assumed Liabilities and
Permitted Liens, if any, against the OI Assets), all persons holding Claims and
Liens of any kind as against the Debtor or its property, including all Executory
Contracts and Additional Executory Contracts, are hereby restrained from
asserting such Claims and Liens against Purchasers or the Purchased Assets.
28. This Order (a) is and shall be effective as a
determination that, on the Closing Date, all Liens which are not Permitted Liens
(the "non-Assumed Liens") and Claims existing as to the Purchased Assets prior
to the Closing have been and hereby are unconditionally released, discharged and
terminated as to the Purchased Assets, and that the conveyance described in this
Order has been effected, (b) is and shall be effective to cause all such
non-Assumed Liens to attach to and be perfected in the proceeds of the sale of
the Purchased Assets, in the order of their priority, with the same validity,
force and effect which they now have as against the Purchased Assets, without
the need to file any financing statements or other evidence of perfection, and
(c) is and shall be binding upon and govern the acts of all entities including
without limitation, all filing agents, filing officers, title agents, title
companies, recorders of mortgages, recorders of deeds, registrars of deeds,
administrative agencies, governmental departments, secretaries of state,
federal, state, and local officials, and all other persons and entities who may
be required by operation of law, the duties of their office, or contract, to
accept, file, register or otherwise record or release any documents or
instruments, or who may be required to report or insure any title or state of
title in or to any of the Purchased Assets. Each and every federal, state, and
local governmental agency or department hereby is directed to accept for filing
or recording this Order and any and all documents and instruments necessary and
appropriate to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Consumers-Owens
Asset Purchase Agreement.
29. To the extent that the ad valorem tax liens of Navarro
County, Navarro Central Taxing Authority and the Corsicana Independent School
District (the "Texas Taxing Authorities") which attached to the Debtor's
property on January 1, 1996 are valid and enforceable and/or represent
administrative expense claims against the Debtor's estate and the Closing Date
occurs after January 31, 1997, the Debtor shall pay such portion of the taxes
owing for the 1996 calendar year on or before January 31, 1997. To the extent
the Closing Date occurs prior to January 31, 1997, the Debtor and the Purchasers
shall pay such ad valorem tax claims of the Texas Taxing Authorities in
accordance with Article 8 of the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement.
30. Nothing in this Order shall impair the rights of the Texas
Taxing Authorities with regard to the ad valorem tax liens arising (i) on the
Debtor's property prior to the Closing Date, and (ii) on the Purchased Assets on
and after the Closing Date, within the respective taxing jurisdictions of each
of the Texas Taxing Authorities.
31. If any person or entity that has filed financing
statements, mortgages, deeds of trust, or other documents or agreements
evidencing non-Assumed Liens or Claims on or interests in the Purchased Assets
shall not have delivered to the Debtor prior to the Closing Date, in proper form
for filing or recording and executed by the appropriate parties, termination
statements, instruments of satisfaction or releases of all Liens or other
interests which the person or entity has with respect to the Purchased Assets,
the Debtor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and file such
statements, instruments, releases and other documents on behalf of the person or
entity with respect to the Purchased Assets.
32. All entities who are presently, or on the Closing Date may
be, in possession of some of the Purchased Assets are hereby directed to
surrender possession of said Purchased Assets to either Purchaser on the Closing
Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Hartness International need not release and
deliver the equipment which is the subject of the parties' contract until
Hartness receives confirmation that the Cure Amount has been paid or that
arrangements have been made for such amount to be paid.
33. As of the Closing Date (a) the Executory Contracts and
Additional Executory Contracts shall be assigned to the Purchasers,
notwithstanding any restriction on the assignment of such Executory Contracts
contained therein pursuant to section 365(f)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, and (b)
all agreements (other than the Executory Contracts and Additional Executory
Contracts) and all orders of this Court entered prior to the date hereof shall
be deemed amended or modified solely to the extent required to permit the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Consumers-Owens Asset
Purchase Agreement.
34. Except as to Assumed Liabilities and Permitted Liens or as
otherwise expressly provided in the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement or
related instruments or as otherwise provided in this Order (Owens' obligations
in any event being limited to the OI Assigned Liabilities), the Purchasers,
individually or collectively, shall not have any liability or responsibility
whatsoever for any liability or other obligation of the Debtor other than for
payment of the Purchase Price, as set forth in Section 2.06 of the
Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement.
35. The Debtor will have taken steps necessary to protect and
preserve the record with respect to claims asserted by the reclamation claimants
by preserving inventory lists of the Purchased Assets purportedly subject to the
claims of such reclamation creditors, prior to the transfer of the Purchased
Assets.
36. The Debtor will reserve sufficient funds from the proceeds
of the sale to pay in full all valid reclamation claims and all valid bailment
claims, if any, in respect of the Purchased Assets, as administrative expenses
of the Debtor's estate pursuant to sections 503(b), 507(a)(1) and 546(c)(2) of
the Bankruptcy Code. The holder of reclamation claims shall have no rights in
any of the Purchased Assets or against the Purchasers.
37. Effective on and after the Closing Date, all persons and
entities holding Liens or Claims of any kind and nature which constitute Assumed
Liabilities, Permitted Liens, or post-Closing Date obligations under Executory
Contracts, are hereby barred and enjoined from asserting such Liens and Claims
against the Debtor.
38. This Court retains jurisdiction (i) to enforce and
implement the terms and provisions of the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase
Agreement, all amendments thereto, any waivers and consents thereunder, and of
each of the agreements executed in connection therewith, (ii) to compel delivery
of the Purchased Assets to the Purchasers, (iii) to resolve any disputes arising
under or related to the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement and related
agreements, except as otherwise provided therein, (iv) to resolve any disputes
arising under or related to the assumption and assignment of Executory Contracts
and Cure Amounts, and the assumption and assignment of Additional Executory
Contracts, (v) to enjoin the assertion of any Claims or Liens against the
Purchasers or the Purchased Assets which do not constitute Permitted Liens or
Assumed Liabilities in accordance with the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase
Agreement, and (vi) to interpret, implement and enforce the provisions of this
Order.
39. Pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, the New
Anchor Securities to be issued by Consumers to the Debtor and thereafter
distributed by the Debtor to creditors of the Debtor's estate in exchange for
and in compromise of such creditors' claims under any reorganization (or
liquidation) plan for the Debtor, are exempt from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (and the regulations pertaining
thereto).
40. Nothing contained (i) in any plan of reorganization (or
liquidation) confirmed in these cases, (ii) the order of confirmation confirming
any plan of reorganization (or liquidation), (iii) any order dismissing these
cases or converting them to a Chapter 7 liquidation or (iv) any order appointing
an examiner in either of these cases shall conflict with or derogate from the
provisions of the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement or the terms of this
Order.
41. In the absence of a stay pending appeal, if any, if the
Purchasers elect to close under the Consumers- Owens Asset Purchase Agreement at
any time after entry of this Order, then, with respect to the Consumers-Owens
Asset Purchase Agreement, including the assumption and assignment of the
Executory Contracts and Additional Executory Contracts, each of Consumers and
Owens, as Purchasers in good faith of the Purchased Assets, shall be entitled to
the protections of section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code if this Order or any
authorization contained herein is reversed or modified on appeal.
42. The terms and provisions of the Consumers- Owens Asset
Purchase Agreement, together with the terms and provisions of this Order, shall
be binding in all respects upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the Debtor
and its estate, Consumers, Owens, and their respective affiliates, successors
and assigns, notwithstanding any subsequent appointment of an examiner or any
trustee for the Debtor under any chapter of the Bankruptcy Code, as to which
examiner or trustee such terms and provisions likewise shall be binding in all
respects.
43. The terms and provisions of this Order shall be binding
upon the Debtor, its estate, and its creditors, Consumers, Owens, and their
respective affiliates, successors and assigns, and any affected third parties
including but not limited to (a) each non-Debtor party to an Executory Contract
or an Additional Executory Contract, which party shall be bound to the
assumption and assignment of such party's Executory Contract or Additional
Executory Contract to the Purchasers and to continue to perform under the terms
and conditions of such Executory Contract or Additional Executory Contract, and
(b) persons asserting a claim against or interest in the Debtor's estate or any
of the Purchased Assets to be sold to the Purchasers pursuant to the
Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement.
44. The failure specifically to include any particular
provisions of the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement in this Order shall
not diminish or impair the effectiveness of such provision, it being the intent
of the Court that the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement be
authorized and approved in its entirety.
45. The Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement and any
related agreements, documents or other instruments may be modified, amended or
supplemented by the parties thereto in accordance with the terms thereof without
further order of the Court, provided that any such modification, amendment or
supplement is not material.
46. The transfer of the OI Assets to Owens and the balance of
the Purchased Assets to Consumers, and the making, execution, delivery or
recordation of any deed, termination or modification of any lease or other
instrument of transfer, or assignment executed in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated in connection with the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase
Agreement or to its schedules is not subject to taxation under any state or
local law imposing a stamp, transfer or other similar tax in accordance with
section 1146(c) and section 105 of the Bankruptcy Code.
47. Effective as of the Closing Date, and conditioned upon the
occurrence of the Closing, the Debtor shall be deemed to have rejected, pursuant
to section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, all its right, title and interest in,
to and under the Technical Assistance and License Agreement, dated as of August
9, 1989, as heretofore amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (the "TALA"),
between Owens-Illinois Glass Container Inc. and C. Holdings Corp. If the Closing
Date shall not occur for any reason, the TALA shall be unaffected by this Order.
Owens shall be entitled to assert (i) a pre-petition, general unsecured claim
for fees and expenses in connection with unpaid technical advisory services
pursuant to paragraphs 2 or 3 of the TALA or royalty payments and other amounts
payable pursuant to paragraph 6 of the TALA ("TALA Obligations") relating to
technical advisory services provided or sales of Licensed Products prior to the
Petition Date, and (ii) an administrative expense claim pursuant to section
503(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code for unpaid TALA Obligations relating to
technical advisory services provided or sales of Licensed Products on or after
the Petition Date. Except as expressly set forth in the immediately preceding
sentence, Owens shall not assert any claim against the Debtor on account of the
rejection of the TALA. The Court retains jurisdiction to resolve any dispute
between or among Owens, the Debtor and the Creditors' Committee as to the amount
of the claims described in this paragraph.
48. Notwithstanding paragraph 47 above, Debtor's right, title
and interest in, to and under the Second Amendment To Technical Assistance and
License Agreement, effective June 30, 1995, among Debtor, Owens, C. Holdings and
Coors (the "Second Amendment to the TALA") shall continue in full force and
effect and shall be, effective as of the Closing Date and, conditioned upon the
occurrence of the Closing, assumed and assigned to Owens pursuant to section 365
of the Bankruptcy Code.
49. The Travelers/Aetna Agreement and the Supplemental Vitro
Agreement are binding upon the parties thereto, but only in accordance with the
terms and upon the conditions thereof.
50. As provided by Bankruptcy Rule 7062, this Order
shall be effective and enforceable immediately upon entry.
51. The Debtor, Consumers or Owens, and any agent or
representative of any of them, are each hereby authorized and empowered to serve
upon all filing and recording officers a notice when filing or recording any
instruments of transfer (including, without limitation, deeds, leases, and
assignments, modifications and terminations of leases) in accordance with this
Order and the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement to evidence and implement
this paragraph of the Order. All filing and recording officers are hereby
directed to accept, file and record all instruments of transfer including,
without limitation, deeds, leases, and assignments, modifications and
terminations of leases to be filed and recorded pursuant to and in accordance
with this Order or the Consumers-Owens Asset Purchase Agreement and the various
documents related thereto, without the payment of any such taxes. The Court
retains jurisdiction to enforce this direction.
Dated: Wilmington, Delaware
December 20, 1996
/S/ PETER J. WALSH
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE
