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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 1994
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
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Commission file number 1-7367
PAINE WEBBER GROUP INC.
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 13-2760086
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(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10019
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 713-2000
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No
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On November 3, 1994, the Registrant had outstanding 75,509,518 shares of
common stock of $1 par value, which is the Registrant's only class of common
stock.
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PAINE WEBBER GROUP INC.
FORM 10-Q
SEPTEMBER 30, 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION Page
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Item 1. Financial Statements.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(unaudited) for the Three Months and
Nine Months Ended September 30, 1994 and 1993. 2
Consolidated Statements of Financial
Condition (unaudited) at September 30, 1994
and December 31, 1993. 3
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited) for the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 1994 and 1993. 4
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited). 5-10
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of
Operations. 11-14
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 1. Legal Proceedings. 15
Item 5. Other Information. 15
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K. 15
Signature 16
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
PAINE WEBBER GROUP INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
(In thousands of dollars except share and per share amounts)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
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1994 1993 1994 1993
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REVENUES
Commissions $ 220,677 $ 248,522 $ 742,062 $ 730,633
Principal transactions 110,965 209,933 386,526 594,438
Investment banking 64,864 100,886 221,598 299,172
Asset management 87,084 83,438 268,056 234,193
Other 35,775 33,912 102,814 86,297
Interest 420,684 366,559 1,203,790 984,154
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Total revenues 940,049 1,043,250 2,924,846 2,928,887
Interest expense 350,235 306,495 1,003,989 808,919
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Net revenues 589,814 736,755 1,920,857 2,119,968
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NON-INTEREST EXPENSES
Compensation and benefits 362,284 419,374 1,138,727 1,203,252
Office and equipment 56,620 54,462 168,445 156,694
Communications 32,521 31,908 97,542 92,449
Business development 19,616 25,510 63,167 67,208
Professional services 17,976 17,855 58,777 47,013
Brokerage, clearing & exchange fees 19,499 19,898 61,965 59,200
Other 47,403 68,381 247,350 181,367
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Total non-interest expenses 555,919 637,388 1,835,973 1,807,183
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Earnings before taxes 33,895 99,367 84,884 312,785
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Provision for income taxes:
Federal 9,262 28,702 15,214 85,801
State, local and foreign 4,296 11,542 18,740 37,676
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13,558 40,244 33,954 123,477
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NET EARNINGS $ 20,337 $ 59,123 $ 50,930 $ 189,308
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Earnings applicable to common shares $ 20,337 $ 58,590 $ 50,930 $ 187,709
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Earnings per common share:
Primary $ 0 .27 $ 0.75 $ 0.67 $ 2.36
Fully diluted $ 0 .26 $ 0.72 $ 0.67 $ 2.22
Weighted average common shares:
Primary 78,798,202 79,527,437 79,320,442 79,541,724
Fully diluted 80,203,754 84,695,097 80,725,994 87,539,738
Dividends declared per common share $ 0.12 $ 0.10 $ 0.36 $ 0.28
</TABLE>
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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PAINE WEBBER GROUP INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (UNAUDITED)
(In thousands of dollars except share and per share amounts)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
September 30, December 31,
1994 1993
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ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 249,621 $ 241,038
Cash and securities segregated and on deposit for
Federal and other regulations 329,554 327,172
Securities inventory, at market value 8,792,481 14,847,229
Securities borrowed or purchased under agreements to resell 21,477,707 16,190,818
Receivables:
Clients 4,132,408 3,417,093
Brokers and dealers 471,823 908,468
Dividends and interest 163,316 205,296
Fees and other 181,252 155,289
Office equipment and leasehold improvements, net
of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $235,984
at September 30, 1994 and $209,738 at December 31, 1993 250,404 228,441
Other assets 851,472 506,065
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$36,900,038 $37,026,909
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Short-term borrowings $ 1,265,922 $ 2,779,213
Securities sold but not yet purchased, at market value 6,725,179 7,365,877
Securities loaned or sold under agreements to repurchase 20,323,238 19,029,553
Payables:
Clients 3,528,841 2,745,209
Brokers and dealers 338,230 664,260
Dividends and interest 173,203 265,975
Other liabilities and accrued expenses 583,559 693,947
Income taxes 22,182 62,174
Accrued compensation and benefits 274,213 289,572
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33,234,567 33,895,780
Long-term borrowings 2,440,339 1,936,082
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35,674,906 35,831,862
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Commitments and contingencies
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common stock, $1 par value, 200,000,000 shares
authorized; issued 84,100,780 shares at September 30, 1994;
83,603,262 shares at December 31, 1993 84,101 83,603
Additional paid-in capital 574,428 568,487
Retained earnings 744,593 721,115
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1,403,122 1,373,205
Common stock held in treasury, at cost:
8,531,744 shares at September 30, 1994;
6,568,433 shares at December 31, 1993 (145,489) (112,390)
Unamortized cost of restricted stock (35,071) (60,980)
Foreign currency translation adjustment 2,570 (4,788)
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1,225,132 1,195,047
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$36,900,038 $37,026,909
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</TABLE>
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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PAINE WEBBER GROUP INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
(In thousands of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
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1994 1993
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net earnings $ 50,930 $ 189,308
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to cash provided by
(used for) operating activities:
Noncash items included in net earnings:
Depreciation and amortization 29,978 22,805
Deferred income taxes (20,785) (36,204)
Amortization of deferred charges 85,026 51,466
Other 26,560 43,573
(Increase) decrease in operating receivables:
Clients (718,757) (585,276)
Brokers and dealers 436,645 (57,876)
Dividends and interest 41,980 (20,513)
Fees and other (25,963) 42,076
Increase (decrease) in operating payables:
Clients 783,632 113,327
Brokers and dealers (326,030) 96,556
Dividends and interest (92,772) 20,108
Other (178,270) 181,886
(Increase) decrease in:
Securities inventory 6,054,748 (5,448,549)
Securities borrowed or purchased under agreements to resell (6,261,608) (3,156,001)
Cash and securities on deposit (2,382) 89,927
Other assets (384,389) (136,164)
Increase (decrease) in:
Securities sold but not yet purchased (640,698) 1,838,272
Securities loaned or sold under agreements to repurchase 4,799,029 1,673,282
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Cash provided by (used for) operating activities 3,656,874 (5,077,997)
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net proceeds from (payments on):
Short-term borrowings (1,513,291) 1,407,428
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase,
net of securities purchased under agreements to resell (2,530,625) 3,393,901
Proceeds from:
Issuance of long-term borrowings 623,030 729,451
Employee stock transactions 10,710 20,679
Payments for:
Settlement of long-term borrowings (120,040) (218,023)
Repurchases of common stock (39,546) (108,728)
Repurchase of Preferred Stock - (75,862)
Dividends (27,453) (23,300)
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Cash (used for) provided by financing activities (3,597,215) 5,125,546
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Payments for:
Office equipment and leasehold improvements (51,076) (67,578)
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Cash used for investing activities (51,076) (67,578)
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Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 8,583 (20,029)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 241,038 282,990
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 249,621 $ 262,961
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</TABLE>
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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PAINE WEBBER GROUP INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
(In thousands of dollars except share and per share amounts)
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Paine Webber
Group Inc. ("PWG") and its wholly owned subsidiaries, including its principal
subsidiary, PaineWebber Incorporated ("PWI"), (collectively the "Company").
All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The
financial information as of and for the periods ended September 30, 1994 and
1993 is unaudited. However, in the opinion of management of the Company, such
information includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring
accruals, necessary for a fair presentation. These financial statements should
be read in conjunction with the most recent annual report and previously issued
quarterly reports. Certain reclassifications have been made in prior year
financial statements to conform to current year presentations. The Company's
principal line of business is to serve the investment and capital needs of
individual, corporate, institutional and public agency clients.
SECURITIES INVENTORY
Securities inventory and securities sold but not yet purchased, which consist
of the Company's trading accounts, are recorded at market value and are
comprised of:
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<CAPTION>
September 30, December 31,
1994 1993
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Securities inventory:
U.S. government and agency obligations $5,244,740 $ 8,453,431
First mortgage notes held for resale 446,820 3,125,445
State and municipal obligations 673,622 719,008
Commercial paper and other short-term debt 825,075 652,636
Corporate debt securities 933,692 864,293
Corporate equity securities 668,532 1,032,416
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$8,792,481 $14,847,229
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Securities sold but not yet purchased:
U.S. government and agency obligations $5,654,546 $ 6,395,861
State and municipal obligations 41,533 25,653
Corporate debt securities 429,136 177,611
Corporate equity securities 599,964 766,752
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$6,725,179 $ 7,365,877
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</TABLE>
SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS
The Company meets its short-term financing needs by obtaining bank loans on
either a secured or unsecured basis; by issuing commercial paper and
medium-term notes; by entering into repurchase agreements, whereby securities
are sold with a commitment to repurchase at a future date; and through
securities lending activity.
Included in short-term borrowings at September 30, 1994 and December 31, 1993
were the following:
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<CAPTION>
September 30, December 31,
1994 1993
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Commercial paper $ 732,181 $1,083,483
Bank loans 473,741 1,670,730
Medium-Term Notes 60,000 25,000
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$1,265,922 $2,779,213
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
LONG-TERM BORROWINGS
Long-term borrowings at September 30, 1994 and December 31, 1993 consisted of
the following :
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<CAPTION>
September 30, December 31,
1994 1993
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Fixed Rate Notes Due 1995-2014 $ 1,191,880 $ 998,156
Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes Due 2002 174,302 174,236
Medium-Term Senior Notes 618,475 331,975
Medium-Term Subordinated Notes 358,150 298,650
Bank Term Loans 30,000 70,000
Convertible Debentures 19,277 15,435
Other 48,255 47,630
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$2,440,339 $1,936,082
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</TABLE>
As of September 30, 1994, the Company had $976,625 of Medium-Term Senior and
Subordinated Notes outstanding, with maturities of one year to thirty years
from the date of issuance, at a weighted average interest rate of 6.35%.
Total interest payments relating to repurchase agreements, short-term
borrowings, stock loans and long-term borrowings were $1,120,250 and $788,811
for the nine months ended September 30, 1994 and 1993, respectively.
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE-SHEET RISK AND CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT
RISK
Market Risk
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into transactions in a
variety of financial instruments as part of the Company's market risk
management, trading and financing activities, and to facilitate client
transactions. These financial instruments include forward and futures
contracts, option contracts, interest rate swaps and other contracts committing
the Company to purchase or deliver other instruments at specified future dates
and prices, or to make or receive payments based on notional amounts and
specified rates or indices.
These financial instruments involve varying degrees of off-balance-sheet market
risk. Market risk is the potential change in value of the financial instrument
caused by unfavorable changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange
rates or the market values of the securities underlying the instruments. The
Company monitors its exposure to market risk through a variety of control
procedures, including review of trading positions and hedging strategies, and
establishing limits by the Risk Management Committee.
These contracts are valued at market, and unrealized gains and losses are
reflected in the financial statements. The gross contract or notional amounts
of the financial instruments, which are not reflected in the Consolidated
Statements of Financial Condition, are set forth in the following table and
provide only a measure of the Company's involvement in these contracts at
September 30, 1994 and December 31, 1993. They do not represent amounts
subject to market risks and, in many cases, serve to reduce the Company's
overall exposure to market and other risks.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
September 30, December 31,
1994 1993
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Long Short Long Short
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Mortgage-backed securities forward contracts and
options written $9,927,271 $11,650,215 $22,477,910 $32,325,798
Foreign exchange forward contracts, futures contracts
and options written 817,817 3,704,041 444,796 2,374,267
Securities contracts including futures, forwards
and options written 2,851,907 10,954,058 680,205 7,151,901
Interest rate swaps, caps and floors 47,800 230,000 0 408,583
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE-SHEET RISK AND CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT
RISK (CONTINUED)
Market Risk (continued)
In addition to forwards, futures, options and swap contracts, the Company
enters into agreements to sell securities, at predetermined prices, which have
not yet been purchased. To satisfy the obligation, the Company must acquire
the securities at market prices, which may exceed the values reflected on the
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.
Credit Risk in Proprietary and Client Transactions
Counterparties to the Company's proprietary trading, hedging, financing and
arbitrage activities are primarily financial institutions including brokers and
dealers, banks and institutional clients. Credit losses could arise should
counterparties fail to perform and the value of any collateral obtained proves
inadequate. The Company manages credit risk by monitoring net exposure to
individual counterparties on a daily basis, monitoring credit limits and
requiring additional collateral where appropriate.
Derivative credit exposures are calculated, aggregated and compared to
established limits by the credit department. Credit reserve requirements are
determined by senior management in conjunction with the Company's continuous
credit monitoring procedures. Reserve requirements arising from instruments
with off-balance-sheet risk have not been material.
Beginning in 1994, Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 39,
"Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts" requires companies to
present, separately on the balance sheet, unrealized gains as assets and
unrealized losses as liabilities for off-balance-sheet financial instruments.
Netting is permitted only when a legal right of offset exists with the same
counterparty under a master netting agreement. The effect of compliance with
FASB Interpretation No. 39 in 1994 was not material to the Company's
consolidated financial condition.
The Company's risk of loss in the event of counterparty default is typically
limited to the cost of replacing over-the-counter financial instruments on
which the Company has recorded an unrealized gain or, for purchased options,
the net realizable value. With respect to forward contracts and interest rate
swaps, caps and floors, the unrealized gain amounted to $106,163 at September
30, 1994. The net realizable value of options purchased amounted to $265,836
at September 30, 1994. Transactions in futures contracts are conducted through
regulated exchanges which guarantee performance of counterparties and are
settled in cash on a daily basis, thereby, minimizing credit risk.
Receivables and payables with brokers and dealers, and agreements to resell and
repurchase securities are generally collateralized by cash, government and
government-agency securities, and letters of credit. The market value of the
initial collateral received is, at a minimum, equal to the contract value.
Additional collateral is requested when considered necessary.
Client transactions are entered into on either a cash or margin basis. In a
margin transaction, the Company extends credit to a client for the purchase of
securities, using the securities purchased and/or other securities in the
client's account as collateral for amounts loaned. Amounts loaned are limited
by margin regulations of the Federal Reserve Board and other regulatory
authorities and are subject to the Company's credit review and daily monitoring
procedures. Market declines could, however, reduce the value of any collateral
below the principal amount loaned, plus accrued interest, before the collateral
can be sold.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE-SHEET RISK AND CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT
RISK (CONTINUED)
Credit Risk in Proprietary and Client Transactions (continued)
Client transactions include positions in commodities and financial futures,
securities sold but not yet purchased and written options. The risk to the
Company's clients in these transactions can be substantial, principally due to
price volatility which can reduce the clients' ability to meet their
obligations. Margin deposit requirements pertaining to commodity futures and
options transactions are generally lower than those for exchange traded
securities. To the extent clients are unable to meet their commitments to the
Company and margin deposits are insufficient to cover outstanding liabilities,
the Company may take market action and credit losses could be realized.
Trades are recorded on a settlement date basis. Should either the client or
broker fail to perform, the Company may be required to complete the transaction
at prevailing market prices. Trades pending at September 30, 1994 were settled
without adverse effect on the Company's financial statements, taken as a whole.
The Company may pledge clients' securities as collateral in support of
securities loaned and bank loans, or to satisfy margin requirements at clearing
organizations. The amounts loaned or pledged are limited to the extent
permitted by applicable margin regulations. Should the counterparty fail to
return the clients' securities, the Company may be required to replace them at
prevailing market prices. At September 30, 1994, the market value of client
securities loaned to other brokers approximated the amounts due or collateral
obtained.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
As a major securities firm, the Company's activities are executed primarily
with and on behalf of other financial institutions, including brokers and
dealers, banks and other institutional clients. Concentrations of credit risk
can be affected by changes in economic, industry or geographic factors. The
Company seeks to control its credit risk and the potential for risk
concentration through a variety of reporting and control procedures described
in the preceding discussion of credit risk.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company is contingently liable as guarantor of certain partnerships'
obligations for $22,218 and unsecured letters of credit totaling $248,601. In
addition, certain of the Company's subsidiaries are contingently liable as
issuer of $106,405 of notes payable to managing general partners of various
limited partnerships pursuant to Internal Revenue Service guidelines. The fair
value of these contingent liabilities is not considered material to the
Company's financial condition or liquidity. In the opinion of management of
the Company, these contingencies will have no material adverse effect on the
Company's financial statements, taken as a whole. The Company has conditional
commitments of $6,933 to contribute capital to investment partnerships.
The Company has been named as defendant in numerous legal actions in the
ordinary course of business. While the outcome of such matters cannot be
predicted with certainty, in the opinion of management of the Company, after
consultation with various counsel handling such matters, these actions will be
resolved with no material adverse effect on the Company's financial statements,
taken as a whole.
As of September 30, 1994, securities with a market value of $813,733 had been
loaned or pledged as collateral for securities borrowed of approximately equal
market value.
In meeting the financing needs of certain of its clients, PWI has issued
standby letters of credit which amounted to $8,261 at September 30, 1994. The
standby letters of credit are fully collateralized.
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
As of September 30, 1994, the Company had 26,242,072 authorized shares of
common stock reserved for issuance in connection with stock option and stock
award plans.
On October 20, 1994, the Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash
dividend on the Company's common stock of $0.12 per share payable on January 4,
1995 to stockholders of record on December 5, 1994.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
PWI is subject to the Securities and Exchange Commission Uniform Net Capital
Rule and the New York Stock Exchange Growth and Business Reduction capital
requirements. Under the method of computing capital requirements adopted by
PWI, minimum net capital shall not be less than 2% of combined aggregate debit
items arising from client transactions, plus excess margin collected on
securities purchased under agreements to resell, as defined. A reduction of
business is required if net capital is less than 4% of such aggregate debit
items. Business may not be expanded if net capital is less than 5% of such
aggregate debit items. As of September 30, 1994, PWI's net capital of $771,253
was 20% of aggregate debit balances and its net capital in excess of the
minimum required was $693,638.
INCOME TAXES
The reconciliation of income tax computed at the U.S. federal statutory tax
rates to income tax expense is as follows:
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<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
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1994 1993 1994 1993
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Tax at U.S. statutory rates 35.0% 35.0% 35.0% 35.0%
State, local and foreign income taxes,
net of federal tax benefit 4.3 5.5 5.0 5.5
Foreign rate differential 2.2 (1.0) 0.7 (1.0)
Nontaxable dividends & interest (2.0) (1.2) (3.0) (0.8)
Other, net 0.5 2.2 2.3 0.8
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40.0% 40.5% 40.0% 39.5%
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Income taxes paid were approximately $72,332 and $103,693 for the nine months
ended September 30, 1994 and 1993, respectively.
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
Earnings per common share is computed by dividing net earnings applicable to
common shares, adjusted for any interest savings, by the weighted average
common and common equivalent shares outstanding during each period presented.
Common equivalent shares include common shares issuable under the Company's
stock option and award plans, the conversion of convertible debentures and
preferred equities, and restricted stock outstanding.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 1994, the Company computed
its earnings per common share under the modified treasury stock method in
accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 15. The modified
treasury stock method is used when the number of shares obtainable upon
exercise of outstanding options, warrants and their equivalents exceeds 20% of
the Company's outstanding common stock. Under this method, all options,
warrants and their equivalents are assumed to have been exercised, whether or
not dilutive, and the aggregate proceeds used to repurchase up to 20% of the
outstanding shares. Any remaining proceeds are then used to reduce short-term
or long-term borrowings.
In 1993, the Company computed its earnings per common share under the treasury
stock method which assumes the aggregate proceeds obtainable upon exercise of
dilutive options, warrants and their equivalents were used to repurchase
outstanding shares.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On October 17, 1994, the Company entered into an agreement with General
Electric Company ("GE") to purchase certain assets of Kidder, Peabody Group
Inc. ("Kidder"), GE's brokerage unit, for an aggregate price of approximately
$670,000. Under the agreement, the Company will acquire Kidder's retail, asset
management, investment banking, equity research, international fixed income,
residential and commercial mortgages and listed domestic futures businesses.
GE will retain Kidder's other businesses, which the Company will have the right
to review and acquire. GE has agreed to indemnify the Company with respect to
all of Kidder's existing liabilities.
In exchange, GE will receive 21,500,000 shares of the Company's common stock
valued at approximately $320,000 as of October 14, 1994, $100,000 in 20-year 6%
Convertible Preferred Stock convertible at $18.13 per share, and $250,000 in
20-year 9% Redeemable Preferred Stock. As a result of this transaction, GE
will own approximately 25% of the Company on a fully diluted basis. The
transaction is expected to close by January 1995.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
GENERAL
The Company's principal business activities are, by their nature, affected by
many factors, including general economic and financial conditions, the level
and volatility of interest rates, currency and security valuations, competitive
conditions, counterparty risk, transactional volume and market liquidity. As a
result, revenues and profitability have been in the past, and are likely to
continue to be, subject to fluctuations reflecting the impact of these factors.
At the beginning of 1994, the favorable trends in the U.S. securities markets
continued. Beginning in early February, the Federal Reserve Board shifted to a
more restrictive monetary policy due to inflationary fears, and increased the
short-term interest rates five times from February through August. The advance
in interest rates triggered declines in the prices of stocks and bonds, and a
slowdown in institutional and retail client activity. The liquidity of certain
securities markets has been negatively impacted by the rise in rates,
particularly the mortgage-backed markets. Volume on the three primary U.S.
equity markets did show signs of improvement in August and September. However,
the better news was tempered by a significantly lower volume of and fees on
underwriting activities.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Quarter Ended September 30, 1994 compared to Quarter Ended September 30, 1993
The Company's net earnings for the quarter ended September 30, 1994 were $20.3
million or $0.27 per primary share ($0.26 per fully diluted share), as compared
to the $59.1 million or $0.75 per primary share ($0.72 per fully diluted share)
earned during the third quarter of 1993. Total revenues of $940.0 million were
9.9% lower than those reported for the third quarter of 1993, while revenues,
net of interest expense, decreased $146.9 million to $589.8 million. The
decrease in revenues is primarily attributable to reduced client demand for
fixed income products, particularly in the mortgage and corporate debt
businesses, in response to the changing interest rate environment.
Commission revenues decreased $27.8 million or 11.2% in the third quarter of
1994 from the $248.5 million earned during the prior year period. Commissions
from listed securities decreased $12.5 million or 9.7%, mutual fund commissions
decreased $6.4 million or 14.7%, commissions from commodities decreased $4.0
million or 31.6%, options commissions decreased $3.0 million or 15.6% and
commissions from over-the-counter securities decreased $2.6 million or 13.9%.
Principal transactions revenues decreased $99.0 million or 47.1% from the third
quarter of 1993, reflecting lower results in mortgage and corporate debt
obligations. These declines were partially offset by better results in U.S.
government and corporate equity securities.
Investment banking revenues were $64.9 million as compared to $100.9 million
for the prior year quarter, reflecting a lower number of corporate and
municipal offerings.
Asset management fees, which are largely recurring in nature, increased $3.6
million over the third quarter of 1993 as average client assets in managed or
wrap accounts increased approximately 26% and average assets in trust accounts
increased approximately 37%. In addition, average assets in money market
accounts under management increased approximately 6%, resulting in increased
advisory fees. These gains were partially offset by lower distribution of 12b-1
fees earned on long-term mutual funds as average assets in long-term mutual
funds decreased approximately 8% from the third quarter of 1993.
Net interest increased $10.4 million or 17.3% due to improved spreads on higher
client margin balances and expanded stock lending activity.
Other income increased 5.5% to $35.8 million primarily due to increased fees on
Individual Retirement Accounts ("IRA's") and the Company's Resource Management
Accounts ("RMA's"), as the total number of IRA's and RMA's increased 9.6% and
7.1%, respectively, since September 30, 1993.
Compensation and benefits decreased $57.1 million to $362.3 primarily due to
lower revenue driven compensation to retail and institutional investment
executives and lower performance based incentives. These decreases were
partially
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
Quarter Ended September 30, 1994 compared to Quarter Ended September 30, 1993
(continued)
offset by salary increases, higher costs associated with employee benefit plan
enhancements, and a change in pension assumptions.
All other operating expenses decreased $24.4 million or 11.2% in the third
quarter of 1994 as compared to the prior year period. Lower business
development expenses are a result of reduced travel and promotional costs.
Other expenses, including training, bank charges, office supplies and
litigation related expenses, also declined. Increases in office and equipment
and communications expenses relate to costs associated with technology
initiatives.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 1994 compared to Nine Months Ended September
30, 1993
Net earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 1994, before giving effect
to the second quarter non-recurring charge related to the PaineWebber
Short-Term U.S. Government Income Fund (the "Fund"), was $85.1 million or
$1.10 per primary share ( $1.09 per fully diluted share) as compared to the
$189.3 million or $2.36 per primary share ( $2.22 per fully diluted share )
earned during the first nine months of 1993. Net earnings, including the
charge, were $50.9 million or $0.67 per primary and fully diluted share.
Revenues, net of interest expense, decreased 9.4% to $1,920.9 million. The
decrease in revenues is primarily attributable to reduced client demand for
fixed income products.
Results for the nine months ended September 30, 1994 were adversely affected by
a non-recurring after-tax charge in the second quarter of approximately $34
million ($57 million pre-tax) relating to the reimbursement of the Fund, a
mutual fund managed by the Company's investment subsidiary, Mitchell Hutchins
Asset Management Inc., for losses and other expenses attributable to
mortgage-derivative securities owned by the Fund. The Fund's performance was
adversely affected by the rapid and substantial decline in the mortgage-backed
securities market which was triggered by rising interest rates. Beyond these
unusual market conditions, however, certain of the Fund's securities, known as
Non-Planned Amortization Class (non-PAC) interest only and principal only ("I/O
and P/O") securities contributed about $0.06 of the decline in the Fund's per
share net asset value ("NAV") during the period. As a result of the decline in
the Fund's NAV due to the non-PAC I/O and P/O securities, payments
were made for the benefit of shareholders. These payments reflect the losses
incurred by the Fund by reason of its investments in those non-PAC I/O and P/O
securities and were made to the Fund or directly to shareholders participating
in the class action settlement. In addition, the Company purchased all of the
Fund's remaining I/O and P/O securities and purchased two structured floating
rate securities from the Fund for an aggregate price of approximately $235
million.
During the nine months ended September 30, 1994, commission revenues improved
$11.4 million or 1.6% over the prior year period. Insurance commissions
increased $25.1 million or 37.3%, options commissions increased $6.4 million or
12.2% and mutual fund commissions increased $6.1 million or 5.1%. These gains
were partially offset by lower commissions earned from commodities and listed
securities.
Principal transactions revenues were $386.5 million as compared to $594.4
million for the first nine months of 1993. This decrease is due to lower
results in mortgage and corporate debt securities reflecting the difficult
fixed income market during the first nine months of 1994. These declines were
partially offset by higher results in U.S. government and equity securities.
Investment banking revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 1994
decreased $77.6 million to $221.6 million reflecting a lower number of
corporate and municipal underwritings.
Asset management fees increased $33.9 million or 14.5% over the first nine
months of 1993 due to increased advisory, wrap and distribution fees on a
higher volume of average assets.
Net interest increased $24.6 million or 14.0% to $199.8 million primarily due
to increased margin lending to clients and growth in stock lending. These
increases were offset by a lower spread on a lower volume of U.S. government
securities.
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
Nine Months Ended September 30, 1994 compared to Nine Months Ended September
30, 1993 (continued)
Other income increased $16.5 million to $102.8 million due to increased IRA and
RMA fees, higher transaction and account fees, and increased proxy income.
Compensation and benefits decreased $64.5 million to $1,138.7 million primarily
due to lower performance based incentives. These decreases were partially
offset by strategic hirings, salary increases, higher costs related to employee
benefit plan enhancements, and changes in pension plan assumptions. Employee
compensation as a percentage of net revenues was 59.3% as compared to 56.8%
during the first nine months of 1993.
All other operating expenses increased $93.3 million during the first nine
months of 1994 as compared to the first nine months of 1993. Other expenses
increased $66.0 million primarily due to charges related to the Fund. Increased
litigation related expenses are included in other expenses and professional
services. Higher office and equipment, and communication expenses reflect
increased costs associated with technology initiatives.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The primary objectives of the Company's funding policies are to ensure ample
liquidity at all times and a strong capital base. These objectives are met by
maximization of self-funded assets, diversification of funding sources,
maintenance of prudent liquidity and capital ratios, and contingency planning.
Cash flows provided by operating activities were approximately $3.7 billion for
the nine months ended September 30, 1994, primarily the result of a net decline
in securities inventory. The increased level of cash was offset by an
approximately equal amount of cash used for financing activities, reflecting
payments of short-term borrowings and securities sold under agreements to
repurchase, net of securities purchased under agreement to resell.
Liquidity
The Company maintains a highly liquid balance sheet with the majority of assets
consisting of inventories, securities borrowed or purchased under agreements to
resell, and receivables from clients, and brokers and dealers, which are
readily convertible into cash. The nature of the Company's business as a
securities dealer results in its carrying significant levels of securities
inventories in order to meet its client and proprietary trading needs. The
Company's total assets may fluctuate from period to period as a result of
changes in the level of trading positions held to facilitate client
transactions, the volume of resale and repurchase transactions, and proprietary
trading strategies. These fluctuations depend significantly upon economic and
market conditions, and transactional volume.
The Company's total assets at September 30, 1994 were $36.9 billion, relatively
unchanged from $37.0 billion at December 31, 1993. The composition of the
assets did change, however, reflecting decreases primarily in U.S. government
inventory positions and first mortgage notes held for resale offset by growth
in securities borrowed and securities purchased under agreements to resell.
The majority of the Company's assets are financed by daily operations such as
securities sold under agreements to repurchase, free credit balances in client
accounts and securities lending activity. Additional financing sources are
available through bank loans and commercial paper, committed and uncommitted
lines of credit, and the issuance of long-term senior and subordinated debt.
The Company maintains committed and uncommitted credit facilities from a
diverse group of banks. The Company has a committed revolving credit agreement
with a group of banks to provide $225.0 million through March 1995 and a $275.0
million revolving credit facility which expires in March 1995 with provisions
for renewal through November 1996. At September 30, 1994, there were no
outstanding borrowings under these facilities. Additionally, the Company had
more than $5.0 billion in uncommitted lines of credit at September 30, 1994.
The Company maintains public debt shelf registrations with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Company issued $200.0 million of 7 5/8%
Senior Notes in the first quarter of 1994 and $480.0 million of Medium-Term
Senior and Subordinated Notes, with varying rates of interest, during the nine
months ended September 30,
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES (CONTINUED)
1994 under these registration statements.
Capital Resources and Capital Adequacy
The Company's total capital base at September 30, 1994, which includes
long-term borrowings and stockholders' equity, was $3.7 billion, an increase of
$534.3 million from December 31, 1993. The additions to capital reflect
increases in both long-term borrowings and stockholders' equity of $504.2
million and $30.1 million, respectively.
The increase in long-term borrowings from December 31, 1993 primarily reflects
the issuance of $200.0 million of 7 5/8% Senior Notes in the first quarter
of 1994 and the net issuance of $346.0 million of Medium-Term Senior and
Subordinated Notes. Offsetting these increases were the maturities of two bank
term loans in May 1994 and July 1994, totaling $40.0 million.
The increase in stockholders' equity from December 31, 1993 is primarily the
result of the Company's net earnings for the nine months of $50.9 million, the
issuance of common stock in connection with employee stock programs of $13.7
million and net amortization of restricted stock awards of $25.2 million. This
increase was offset by the repurchase of 2.3 million shares of the Company's
common stock for $39.5 million and common stock dividends declared of $27.5
million. As of September 30, 1994, the Company had authorization to repurchase
up to 9.1 million additional shares of its common stock.
PWI is subject to the net capital requirements of the SEC, the New York Stock
Exchange and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, which are designed to
measure the financial soundness and liquidity of broker-dealers. PWI has
consistently maintained net capital in excess of the minimum requirements as
imposed by these agencies. In addition, the Company has other banking and
securities subsidiaries, both domestic and foreign, which have also
consistently maintained net regulatory capital in excess of requirements.
Merchant Banking, Highly Leveraged and Structured Securities Transactions
In connection with its merchant banking activities, the Company has provided
financing and made investments in companies, some of which are involved in
highly leveraged transactions. Positions taken or commitments made by the
Company may involve credit or market risk from any one issuer or industry.
At September 30, 1994, the Company had investments in merchant banking
transactions which were affected by liquidity, reorganization or restructuring
issues of $57.8 million, net of reserves, compared to $52.1 million, net of
reserves, at December 31, 1993. These investments have not had a material
effect on the Company's results of operations. Included in the portfolio at
September 30, 1994 is an investment of $49.6 million in a limited partnership
which specializes in investments in corporate restructurings and special
situations.
The Company's trading activities include market-making transactions in
high-yield debt securities. These securities generally involve greater risks
than investment-grade corporate debt securities because these issuers usually
have high levels of indebtedness and lower credit ratings and are, therefore,
more vulnerable to general economic conditions. At September 30, 1994, the
Company held in long and short inventory approximately $105.4 million and $44.2
million, respectively, of high-yield debt securities, which accounted for
approximately 1.0% of gross inventory positions. No one issuer accounted for
more than 8.5% of the total amount. Historically, the Company's high-yield
portfolio has not been material to the Company's financial condition. The
Company continually monitors its risk positions associated with high-yield debt
securities and establishes limits with respect to overall market exposure,
industry group and individual issuer. The Company accounts for these positions
at market value, with unrealized gains and losses reflected in revenues. For
the nine months ended September 30, 1994, the Company recorded pre-tax trading
losses of $7.6 million on transactions in high-yield debt securities.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
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The Company is involved in a number of proceedings concerning matters arising
in connection with the conduct of its business. Certain actions in which
compensatory damages of $122.5 million or more appear to be sought, and in
which there have been material developments during the quarter, are described
below. The Company is also involved in numerous proceedings in which
compensatory damages of less than $122.5 million appear to be sought, or in
which punitive or exemplary damages, together with the apparent compensatory
damages alleged, appear to exceed $122.5 million. The Company has denied, or
believes it has legitimate defenses and will deny, liability in all significant
cases pending against it, and intends to defend vigorously each such case. The
following development has occurred in the indicated case, which was previously
reported in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1993 and in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months
ended June 30, 1994.
Arizona State Carpenters Pension Trust Fund, et al. v. Mitchell Hutchins
Institutional Investors, et al.
On November 2, 1994, the Court approved the settlement entered into between all
the parties to resolve all claims in the subject litigation.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
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As of October 17, 1994, the Company, General Electric Company ("GE") and Kidder,
Peabody Group Inc. ("Kidder") executed an Asset Purchase Agreement and related
documents providing for the Company's purchase of specified Kidder businesses
including Kidder's asset management, retail brokerage, investment banking,
international fixed income, equity research, residential and commercial
mortgages, listed domestic futures and certain other business activities as may
be determined by the Company. The consideration to be issued by the Company
for the Kidder businesses to be acquired will be (i) 21.5 million shares of
Common Stock of the Company, (ii) $100 million in 20-year 6% Convertible
Preferred Stock convertible at $18.13 per share and (iii) $250 million in
20-year 9% Redeemable Preferred Stock.(1) The assets being acquired include
net liquid assets of $580 million including up to $20 million of physical
capital assets. The Company will only assume liabilities on a closing balance
sheet and liabilities arising after the closing date.
The Asset Purchase Agreement provides that closing of the transaction is
subject to certain governmental and regulatory approvals. As a result of this
transaction GE will own approximately 25% of the common stock of the Company on
a fully diluted basis. GE has agreed to certain "standstill" arrangements
which will continue for the earlier of (i) 15 years and (ii) 3 years after the
GE companies sell all of the Company voting securities. GE's ability to
transfer the Company's Common Stock and Convertible Preferred Stock will be
subject to various restrictions. GE will also be entitled to elect one
director to the Company's Board of Directors so long as the GE companies hold
10% of the total voting power of the Company.
(1) The Company has retained the option to require the Redeemable Preferred
Stock to be exchanged for a different, series of redeemable preferred stock
having different call features and a different cumulative dividend rate.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
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(a) The following exhibits are filed herewith:
Exhibit 10.1 - Asset Purchase Agreement between Paine Webber
Group Inc., General Electric Company and
Kidder, Peabody Group Inc.
Exhibit 11 - Computation of Earnings Per Common Share
Exhibit 12 - Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
Charges
(b) Reports on Form 8-K:
The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 24, 1994
relating to a press release issued by the Company reporting the
acquisition of certain assets of Kidder, Peabody Group, Inc. from
General Electric Company. The item reported on such Current Report
was "Item 5 - Other Events".
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
Paine Webber Group Inc.
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(Registrant)
Date: November 11, 1994 By:/s/ Regina A. Dolan
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Regina A. Dolan
Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 10.1 - Asset Purchase Agreement between Paine Webber
Group Inc., General Electric Company and
Kidder, Peabody Group Inc.
Exhibit 11 - Computation of Earnings Per Common Share
Exhibit 12 - Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
Charges
Exhibit 27 - Financial Data Schedule
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Exhibit 10.1
PAINE WEBBER GROUP INC.,
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
AND
KIDDER, PEABODY GROUP INC.
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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for the Purchase and Sale
of
Certain Assets of
KIDDER, PEABODY GROUP INC.
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Dated as of October 17, 1994
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Definitions
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SECTION 1.01. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ARTICLE II
Purchase of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities
SECTION 2.01. Purchase and Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 2.02. Transfer of Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 2.03. Subsequent Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 2.04. Asset Transfers Requiring Consent . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 2.05. Assumption of Certain Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 2.06. Excluded Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 2.07. Return of Selected Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 2.08. Exclusion of Selected Securities . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 2.09. Return of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 2.10. The LM Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
ARTICLE III
Purchase Price; Closing; Additional Assets
SECTION 3.01. Purchase Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 3.02. Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 3.03. Additional Acquired Liquid Assets To Be Transferred . . 27
SECTION 3.04. Post-Closing Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 3.05. Deferred Purchase Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Closing; Risk of Loss
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SECTION 4.01. Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 4.02. Risk of Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ARTICLE V
Representations and Warranties of the Seller
and the Parent
SECTION 5.01. Corporate Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 5.02. Qualification To Do Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 5.03. Authorization and Validity of Transaction Documents . . 32
SECTION 5.04. No Conflict or Violation; Consents . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 5.05. Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 5.06. Tax Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 5.07. Real Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 5.08. Intellectual Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 5.09. Litigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 5.10. Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 5.11. Benefit Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 5.12. Investment Purpose; Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 5.13. Title to Acquired Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 5.14. Assets Necessary to Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 5.15. Absence of Certain Changes or Events . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 5.16. Brokers or Finders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 5.17. No Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 5.18. Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
ARTICLE VI
Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser
SECTION 6.01. Corporate Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 6.02. Qualification To Do Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 6.03. Authorization and Validity of Transaction Documents . . 40
SECTION 6.04. No Conflict or Violation; Consents . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 6.05. Capital Stock and Related Matters . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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SECTION 6.06. Common Stock Consideration; Convertible Preferred
Stock; Redeemable Preferred Stock . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 6.07. Brokers or Finders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 6.08. 1934 Act Filings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
ARTICLE VII
Covenants of the Parent and the Seller
SECTION 7.01. Actions and Conduct of Acquired Businesses Before
the Closing Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 7.02. Consents and Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 7.03. Access to Properties and Records . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 7.04. Further Assurances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 7.05. Reasonable Efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 7.06. 1940 Act; Advisers Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 7.07. Information To Be Furnished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 7.08. No Other Bids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 7.09. Advise of Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 7.10. Collection of Receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 7.11. Change of Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 7.12. Certain Fund Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 7.13. Insurance Proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 7.14. Agreement Not to Compete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 7.15. Ordinary Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
ARTICLE VIII
Covenants of the Purchaser
SECTION 8.01. Actions Before the Closing Date . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 8.02. Consents and Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 8.03. Reasonable Efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 8.04. Access to Records and Information . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 8.05. Certificates of Designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 8.06. Purchaser Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 8.07. Return of Excluded Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 8.08. Ordinary Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 8.09. Information To Be Furnished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Additional Agreements of the Parties
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SECTION 9.01. Additional Acquired Businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 9.02. Allocation of Purchase Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 9.03. Bulk Transfer Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 9.04. Sales of Physical Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 9.05. Off-Balance-Sheet Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
ARTICLE X
Employee Matters
SECTION 10.01. Seller Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 10.02. Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
ARTICLE XI
Tax Matters
SECTION 11.01. Taxable Periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SECTION 11.02. Tax Allocation Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SECTION 11.03. Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 11.04. Treatment of Closing Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 11.05. FIRPTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 11.06. Transfer Taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 11.07. Consistent Tax Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
ARTICLE XII
Indemnification
SECTION 12.01. Indemnification by the Seller and the Parent . . . . . 62
SECTION 12.02. Indemnification by the Purchaser . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 12.03. Procedures for Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 12.04. Tax Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 12.05. Losses Net of Insurance, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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SECTION 12.06. Survival of Representations and Warranties . . . . . . 69
ARTICLE XIII
Conditions Precedent to Performance
by the Parent and the Seller
SECTION 13.01. Performance of the Obligations of the Purchaser . . . . 69
SECTION 13.02. HSR Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 13.03. No Violation of Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 13.04. Governmental Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 13.05. Other Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
ARTICLE XIV
Conditions Precedent to Performance
By the Purchaser
SECTION 14.01. Performance of the Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 14.02. HSR Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 14.03. No Violation of Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 14.04. Governmental Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 14.05. Absence of Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
SECTION 14.06. Other Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
ARTICLE XV
Termination
SECTION 15.01. Conditions of Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
SECTION 15.02. Effect of Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
ARTICLE XVI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 16.01. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 16.02. Governing Law; Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SECTION 16.03. Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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SECTION 16.04. Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SECTION 16.05. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 16.06. Amendments; Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 16.07. Public Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SECTION 16.08. Entire Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SECTION 16.09. Parties in Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SECTION 16.10. Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SECTION 16.11. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Exhibit A Certificate of Designation for Convertible Preferred Stock
Exhibit B Certificate of Designation for Redeemable Preferred Stock
Exhibit C Form of Stockholders Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Tax Allocation Agreement
Schedule 5.05 Financial Statements
Schedule 5.06 Tax Matters
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of October
17, 1994, among PAINE WEBBER GROUP INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "Purchaser"), GENERAL ELECTRIC
COMPANY, a New York corporation (the "Parent"), and
KIDDER, PEABODY GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation
(the "Seller").
WHEREAS the Purchaser desires to purchase certain assets from
the Seller and certain of its subsidiaries, and the Seller desires to sell, and
to cause such subsidiaries to sell, such assets to the Purchaser, in each case
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS the parties recognize the importance to the Acquired
Businesses (as defined below) of their respective key employees.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the respective covenants
and agreements hereinafter contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Accounts Receivable" shall mean all accounts and notes
receivable of each member of the Seller Group, including credit balances and
security and commodity balances, outstanding on the Closing Date and arising
out of the conduct of any Acquired Business, other than any Excluded Asset.
"Acquired Assets" shall mean (a) the Acquired Liquid Assets
and (b) the Acquired Operating Assets.
"Acquired Businesses" shall mean, subject to the Restructuring
Agreement, the business activities and operations of the Seller Group generally
described by the following names, other than any Excluded Business:
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(a) Asset Management;
(b) Mortgages, including Single Family Whole Loan Trading,
Commercial/Multi-Family Whole Loan Trading, Mortgage Finance, Real
Estate Finance (including REIT underwriting and sales and real estate
advisory), Research and Contract Finance;
(c) Equity Research;
(d) Investment Banking, including High Yield and Emerging
Markets;
(e) International Fixed Income; provided, however, that (i)
the Seller has advised the Purchaser that the International Fixed
Income business is currently conducted principally through the Seller
Group's London office and is also conducted through certain other
foreign offices, (ii) the operations and business defined in this
clause (e) shall include the related sales force, wherever located,
and (iii) without limiting clause (ii) above, except to the extent
otherwise specified pursuant to clause (j) below, the operations and
business defined in this clause (e) shall include only the London
office;
(f) Listed Domestic Futures, including sales and marketing of
futures and futures option contracts traded on United States futures
exchanges and related support functions;
(g) Matched Book, consisting of (i) matched repurchase and
reverse repurchase and borrowing transactions collateralized by U.S.
government and agency Securities, mortgaged-backed Securities or whole
loans (conducted in New York) and (ii) such transactions
collateralized by foreign government Securities and Eurobond
Securities (conducted in London);
(h) Investment Services (retail brokerage);
(i) Fixed Income (sales force only); and
(j) any other business activities and operations of the Seller
Group (or any portion thereof) specified by the Purchaser pursuant to
Section 9.01.
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"Acquired Liquid Assets" shall mean (i) the cash reflected on
the Closing Balance Sheet, (ii) subject to Section 2.09, all Securities held as
of the Closing Date by any member of the Seller Group in connection with the
conduct of any Acquired Business, other than any Excluded Asset, (iii) the cash
and U.S. Government Securities delivered to the Purchaser pursuant to Section
3.03(b) and (iv) subject to Section 2.07(b), the Other Liquid Assets.
"Acquired Operating Assets" shall mean (a) all the assets,
rights, properties, claims, contracts, goodwill and business of every kind and
description, whether tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed, owned
directly or indirectly by any member of the Seller Group and used primarily in
the conduct of any Acquired Business, including Assigned Contracts, including
customer account agreements, Exchange Memberships, Intellectual Property,
Leased Real Property, Licenses and Permits and Owned Real Property, other than
any Equipment and Machinery, (b) the Equipment and Machinery, (c) if mutually
agreed between the Purchaser and the Seller, the stock of any member of the
Seller Group, other than the Seller, any foreign member, or any member that
directly or indirectly owns stock in a foreign member, that the Purchaser
identifies to the Seller in writing prior to the Closing, (d) the Books and
Records and (e) any hedges and derivatives included within the Acquired Assets
pursuant to Section 9.05, other than, in each case, any Excluded Asset, any
Security and any Other Liquid Asset.
"Advisers Act" shall mean the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
"Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to a specified person, a
person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries,
controls, or is controlled by or is under common control with, the person
specified and when used with respect to the Parent or the Seller, shall include
the members of the Seller Group.
"aggregate market value", when used in Section 2.08, has the
meaning specified in Section 2.08(b)(i).
"Applicable Law" shall mean all applicable provisions of all
(a) constitutions, treaties, statutes, laws (including the common law), rules,
regulations, ordinances, codes or orders of any Governmental Authority, and (b)
orders, decisions, injunctions, judgments, awards
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and decrees of or agreements with any Governmental Authority.
"Assigned Contracts" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.07(c).
"Assumed Liabilities" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.05.
"Assumption Agreement" shall mean the assumption agreement
dated as of the Closing Date by the Purchaser in favor of the members of the
Seller Group, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the parties,
pursuant to which the Purchaser shall assume the Assumed Liabilities in
accordance with this Agreement.
"Balance Sheet" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05.
"Balance Sheet Principles" shall mean (a) including no assets
other than Acquired Assets, (b) containing separate line items for cash,
Securities (other than U.S. Government Securities), U.S. Government Securities,
Physical Capital and Other Liquid Assets, (c) valuing all Securities and
Exchange Seats at fair market value as of the date of the applicable balance
sheet, (d) including no Excluded Liabilities specified in clauses (ii) through
(xii) of Section 2.06 and (e) otherwise in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, on a basis consistent with the Seller's past practice.
"Benefit Plans" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.11.
"Books and Records" shall mean all books of account, records,
files and invoices used primarily in the Acquired Businesses, including all
customer files, customer account records, production data, equipment
maintenance data, employee files relating to Continuing Employees, accounting
records, inventory records, sales and sales promotional data, advertising
materials, customer lists, cost and pricing information, supplier lists,
business plans, reference catalogs, Tax records and Returns and any other
similar records and data, other than any Excluded Asset.
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"Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or other legal holiday in New York City or a day on which the NYSE does
not conduct regular trading.
"CFTC" shall mean the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
"Closing" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01.
"Closing Balance Sheet" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.04.
"Closing Balance Sheet Report" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.04.
"Closing Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01.
"Closing Securities Listing" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.09.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Stock" shall mean the Purchaser's Common Stock, par
value $1 per share.
"Common Stock Consideration" shall mean 21,500,000 shares of
Common Stock.
"Commonly Controlled Entity" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.11.
"Confidentiality Agreement" shall mean the two letter
agreements between the Purchaser and the Seller relating to confidentiality.
"Continuing Employee" shall mean any employee of the Seller
Group (including an employee who is absent due to illness, injury, military
service or other authorized absence, but not including an employee who is
retired or who is disabled within the meaning of any applicable long-term
disability plan) who accepts an offer of employment from the Purchaser that
takes effect at the Closing (or, in the case
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of an absent employee, following his or her return to service).
"Contract" shall mean any contract, agreement or other
instrument or arrangement, excluding any Security and any such item relating to
any off-balance sheet hedge or derivative.
"Conversion Plan" has the meaning specified in the
Restructuring Agreement.
"Convertible Preferred Stock" shall mean 1,000,000 shares of
6% Convertible Preferred Stock of the Purchaser having the terms set forth in
Exhibit A.
"Conveyancing Documents" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.02.
"Covered Taxes" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.06.
"Deferred Purchase Price" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.05.
"Delayed Asset" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.
"Delayed Liability" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.
"DRD" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05.
"Equipment and Machinery" shall mean all the equipment,
machinery, furniture, fixtures and improvements, supplies and vehicles owned or
leased by any member of the Seller Group and used exclusively in the operation
of any Acquired Business.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974.
"Exchange Membership" shall mean each membership in any
securities or commodities exchange held by or on behalf of any member of the
Seller Group primarily in connection with its conduct of any Acquired Business
and any agreements relating thereto, other than (i) any Excluded Asset and (ii)
any such item that confers a particular status on the applicable member of the
Seller Group if the
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Purchaser or any relevant subsidiary of the Purchaser possesses such status.
"Exchange Seat" shall mean each seat on any securities or
commodities exchange held by or on behalf of any member of the Seller Group
primarily in connection with its conduct of any Acquired Business, other than
any Excluded Asset.
"Excluded Assets" shall mean all right, title and interest of
the members of the Seller Group in (a) any Securities known as collateralized
mortgage obligations, (b) any assets (other than Securities, Physical Capital,
Contracts and Other Liquid Assets) and any Exchange Seats described in any
notice of assets to be excluded delivered by the Purchaser to the Seller from
time to time prior to the Closing (provided that any asset identified to the
Purchaser pursuant to Section 7.03(b) may only be excluded pursuant to this
clause (b) in a notice delivered by the Purchaser to the Seller within 30 days
of delivery to the Purchaser of such writing), (c) the Securities inventory of
any Excluded Business, (d) any Securities excluded pursuant to Section 2.08,
(e) each other asset of any member of the Seller Group not used primarily (or
in the case of Equipment and Machinery, exclusively) in the conduct of any
Acquired Business, (f) the "GE" and "General Electric Company" marks and names
and any derivatives thereof, (g) the Excluded Documents, (h) any Books and
Records that the Seller is required to retain under Applicable Law (including
applicable Tax law and regulations), (i) any rights attributable to any
Excluded Asset or Excluded Business (including any Contract forming part of the
Excluded Assets or the performance of which is an Excluded Liability), (j) any
off-balance sheet hedges and derivatives and related assets, other than those
included within the Acquired Assets pursuant to Section 9.05, (k) any right to
refunds of Excluded Taxes, (l) any Contract not assigned in accordance with
Section 2.07(c) and (m) any asset returned to the Seller pursuant to Section
2.07(a) or 2.07(b).
"Excluded Businesses" shall mean the business activities and
operations of the Seller Group (or any portion thereof) neither listed in
clauses (a) through (i) of the definition of "Acquired Business" nor specified
by the Purchaser pursuant to Section 9.01.
"Excluded Documents" shall mean any Books and Records or other
material created in connection with or in
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anticipation of any suit, action, proceeding, arbitration, mediation, inquiry
or investigation, whether or not created or maintained by counsel, and whether
or not subject to the attorney-client privilege, the work product immunity, or
any other applicable privilege.
"Excluded Liabilities" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.06.
"Excluded Taxes" shall mean (i) all Taxes imposed upon the
Seller or any present or former Affiliate of the Seller or any other person
that is or ever has been affiliated with any Included Subsidiary (in each case
other than any Included Subsidiary or any present or former Affiliate of the
Purchaser) for any taxable period, (ii) all Taxes related to the Excluded
Assets or the Excluded Businesses for any taxable period, (iii) all Taxes
relating to or arising under any Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnity
obligation or similar agreement, arrangement or practice in effect with respect
to the Seller, any Included Subsidiary or any present or former Affiliate of
the Seller or of any Included Subsidiary during the Pre-Closing Tax Period, and
(iv) all Taxes related to the Acquired Assets accruing, under the principles of
Sections 11.01 and 11.04, during the Pre-Closing Tax Period; provided, however
that Excluded Taxes shall in no event include the Assumed Liabilities for Taxes
described in Sections 2.05(d) and 2.05(e).
"fair market value" of an individual Security or any
individual Exchange Seat, as of any date, shall mean the net price to the
Seller of such Security or Exchange Seat that would be realized in an arm's
length sale transaction on such date between a willing buyer and a willing
seller, neither under any compulsion to buy or sell, as the case may be.
"Financial Statements" has the meaning set forth in Section
5.05.
"Funds" shall mean the registered investment companies for
which any member of the Seller Group acts as investment adviser or, in the case
of open-end funds, principal underwriter.
"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied.
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"Governmental Authority" shall mean any government, or any
commission, authority, board, agency, division, subdivision or any court or
tribunal, of the government of the United States or of any state, territory,
city, municipality, county or town thereof or of the District of Columbia, or
of any foreign jurisdiction, including the employees or agents thereof.
"HSR Act" shall mean the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976.
"Included Subsidiary" shall mean any subsidiary of the Seller
the stock of which forms part of the Acquired Assets.
"Independent Accounting Firm" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.04(a).
"Intellectual Property" shall mean (a) patents (including
domestic and foreign patents and applications), trademarks and service marks
(including registrations and applications therefor), trade names, brands,
private labels, copyrights (including registrations and applications therefor),
know-how, proprietary processes (whether or not patentable), trade secrets and
computer software (including all applications, operating systems, and interface
software, in object and source code form); (b) tapes, disks and other
electronic or print media embodying or containing any software; (c)
enhancements, improvements, modifications and derivative versions of software;
(d) all documentation related to the software and any modifications thereof,
including all commentary relating to source codes, user manuals, programmers'
manuals, diagrams, flow charts, and maintenance records); and (e) all licenses
and rights with respect to the foregoing; in each case that any member of the
Seller Group owns or possesses the right to use and that is used primarily in
the conduct of any Acquired Business, including all the right, title and
interest of each member of the Seller Group in the names "Kidder" and "Kidder
Peabody", and all extensions, contractions and abbreviations thereof and
derivations therefrom, other than any Excluded Asset.
"Interim Balance Sheet" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.03.
"Interim Net Book Value Statement" has the meaning set forth
in Section 3.03.
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"LM Expert" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(c).
"Leased Real Property" has the meaning set forth in Section
5.07.
"Licenses and Permits" shall mean the governmental permits,
franchises, authorizations, licenses and other rights granted to any member of
the Seller Group by any Governmental Authority and applicable to or used
primarily in the conduct of any Acquired Business and all certificates of
convenience or necessity, immunities, privileges, easements, consents, grants,
ordinances and other rights of any character used primarily in the conduct of,
or required or necessary for the lawful ownership or operation of, any Acquired
Business, other than (i) any Excluded Asset and (ii) any such item that confers
a particular status on the applicable member of the Seller Group if the
Purchaser or any relevant subsidiary of the Purchaser possesses such status.
"Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other) or conditional sale agreement.
"Liquid and Marketable", when used with respect to any
Security, shall mean (a) capable of being converted within a reasonable period
of time into cash without significant loss of value, (b) able to be sold in a
secondary market that has the ability to absorb a reasonable amount of buying
and selling activity (in light of the size of such Security) without excessive
price volatility and (c) for which there exists a ready secondary market
characterized by multiple bona fide bids and offers, reasonable trading volume
(in light of the size of such Security) and prompt and orderly settlement of
transactions in securities.
"Loss" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.01.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean a material adverse effect
on the business, assets, properties, condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, results of operations or prospects of the Acquired Businesses taken
as a whole.
"NASD" shall mean the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.
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"Net Book Value of Tangible Liquid Assets" shall mean the
excess of (a) the sum of (i) the Acquired Liquid Assets and (ii) up to a
maximum of $20 million in net book value of Physical Capital, in each case as
reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet, as finally determined pursuant to
Section 3.04(a), over (b) the Assumed Liabilities, as reflected on the Closing
Balance Sheet, as finally determined pursuant to Section 3.04(a).
"1940 Act" shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940.
"1934 Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
"1933 Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933.
"NYSE" shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.
"Opening Securities Listing" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.09.
"Owned Real Property" has the meaning set forth in Section
5.07.
"Other Liquid Assets" shall mean (a) all Accounts Receivable
(other than those receivable from the Parent or any of its Affiliates
(including any Included Subsidiary) and other than any employee forgivable
loan) that the Seller reasonably believes will be paid in full within 90 days
of the Closing Date, (b) all other intangible assets (other than Accounts
Receivable and Securities) owned directly or indirectly by any member of the
Seller Group and used primarily in the conduct of any Acquired Business and
that represents the right to receive cash on deposit or other cash or
Securities and that the Seller reasonably believes will be reduced to cash in
accordance with its terms within 90 days of the Closing Date (other than, in
the case of this clause (b), any such item that will need to be replaced by the
Purchaser following its reduction to cash) and (c) any Exchange Seat, to the
extent transferrable and reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet (in accordance
with the Balance Sheet Principles) as having value.
"person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or Governmental Authority.
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"Physical Capital" shall mean (a) the equipment, machinery,
furniture and fixtures owned by any member of the Seller Group used exclusively
in and necessary in the operation of any Acquired Business and (b) the cash
proceeds of any insurance claim attributable to loss of or damage to any item
described in clause (a) above, to the extent such proceeds are remitted to the
Purchaser pursuant to Section 7.03, but not in excess of what would have been
the net book value of such item on the Closing Balance Sheet in the absence of
such loss or damage.
"Post-Closing Tax Period" shall mean all taxable periods
beginning on or after the Closing Date and the portion beginning on the Closing
Date of any taxable period that includes (but does not begin on) such day.
"Pre-Closing Tax Period" shall mean all taxable periods
ending before the Closing Date and the portion ending on the day before the
Closing Date of any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) such
day.
"Property Taxes" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a).
"Purchase Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01.
"Purchaser" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
"Purchaser Indemnitees" shall mean the Purchaser and its
subsidiaries (including the Included Subsidiaries) and their respective
officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors.
"Redeemable Preferred Stock" shall mean 2,500,000 shares of 9%
Redeemable Preferred Stock of the Purchaser having the terms set forth in
Exhibit B.
"Required Consent" shall mean the consent of any person
necessary for the sale, conveyance, transfer or assignment of any Acquired
Asset or the assumption of any Assumed Liability.
"Restructuring Agreement" shall mean the Restructuring
Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Purchaser, the Parent and the
Seller.
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"Restructuring Payment" has the meaning set forth in Section
12.05(b).
"Retail Brokerage Business" shall mean a full service retail
brokerage business such as the retail brokerage businesses being conducted by
each of the Seller and the Purchaser on the date of this Agreement.
"Retail Brokerage Conversion Agreement" shall mean such
agreement or agreements, which may include a conversion agreement and a
clearing agreement, dated as of the Closing Date between the Seller and the
Purchaser, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and
the Seller, covering the transfer of assets and businesses related to the
retail brokerage operations of the Seller Group, as contemplated by the
Restructuring Agreement and this Agreement.
"Return" or "Returns" shall mean all returns, declarations,
reports, estimates, information returns and statements with respect to Taxes,
including any related or supporting information with respect to any of the
foregoing, filed or required to be filed with any Taxing Authority.
"SEC Documents" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.08.
"Securities" shall mean any stock, note, bond, debenture,
collateral-trust certificate or transferrable share and any put, call,
straddle, option on or warrant or purchase right with respect to any of the
foregoing or with respect to any group or index of the foregoing (including any
interest therein or based upon the value thereof), including whole loans,
mortgage loans and participations therein.
"Seller Group" shall mean the Seller and its subsidiaries.
Any reference to a "member of the Seller Group" shall be a reference to the
Seller or any of its subsidiaries.
"Seller Indemnitees" shall mean the Parent and the members of
the Seller Group (other than any Included Subsidiary) and their respective
officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors.
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"Stockholders Agreement" shall mean a stockholders agreement
dated as of the Closing Date among the Parent, the Seller and the Purchaser, in
the form of Exhibit C.
"Straddle Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01.
"subsidiary" shall mean, with respect to any person (herein
referred to as the "parent"), any corporation, partnership, association or
other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests
representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary
voting power are, at the time any determination is being made, owned,
controlled or held, or (b) that is, at the time any determination is being
made, otherwise controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the
parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
"Tax" or "Taxes" shall mean all Federal, state, local, foreign
and other governmental taxes, assessments, duties, fees, levies or similar
charges of any kind, including all sales, payroll, employment and other
withholding taxes, and including all obligations under any tax sharing
agreement, tax indemnity obligation or similar written or unwritten agreement,
arrangement or practice, and including all interest, penalties and additions
imposed with respect to such amounts.
"Tax Allocation Agreement" has the meaning set forth in
Section 11.02.
"Tax Claim" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.04.
"Tax Rate" has the meaning set forth in 3.05.
"Taxing Authority" shall mean any governmental or
quasi-governmental body exercising any Taxing authority or Tax regulatory
authority.
"Third Party Claim" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.03.
"Transaction Documents" shall mean this Agreement, the
Confidentiality Agreement, the Conveyancing Documents, the Assumption
Agreement, the Restructuring Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement, the Tax
Allocation Agreement and the
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Retail Brokerage Conversion Agreement and any other ancillary agreements among
the parties executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
"Transfer Taxes" shall mean all transfer, documentary, sales,
use, registration, value-added and other similar Taxes (including all
applicable real estate transfer Taxes and real property transfer gains Taxes)
and related amounts (including any penalties, interest and additions to Tax)
incurred in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including any transfer of
assets to the Seller pursuant to Section 2.07 or 3.04(d).
"U.S. Government Securities" shall mean direct obligations of,
or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally
guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the
extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States of America), excluding interest-only or principal-only stripped
securities.
"value", when used in Section 2.08, has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.08(b)(i).
SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally. The definitions in Section
1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. "Include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed
by "without limitation" whether or not they are in fact followed by such words
or words of like import. "Writing", "written" and comparable terms refer to
printing, typing, lithography or other means of reproducing words in a visible
form. Any agreement or instrument or any law, rule or regulation of any
Governmental Authority defined or referred to in Section 1.01 means such
agreement or instrument or such law, rule or regulation as from time to time
amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with the terms thereof,
including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and
(in the case of such law, rule or regulation) by succession of any comparable
successor law, rule or regulation and includes (in the case of agreements or
instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated
therein. References to a person are also to its permitted successors and
assigns. Any term defined below by reference to any agreement or instrument or
any law, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority has such meaning
whether or not such agreement, instrument
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or law, rule or regulation is in effect. "Agreement", "hereof", "herein",
"hereunder" and comparable terms refer to this Agreement (including all
exhibits and schedules hereto) and not to any particular article, section,
clause or other subdivision hereof or attachment hereto. References to any
gender include, unless the context otherwise requires, references to all
genders, and references to the singular include, unless the context otherwise
requires, references to the plural and vice versa. References in this
Agreement to "Article", "Section", "Clause" or another subdivision or to an
attachment are, unless the context otherwise requires, to an article, section,
clause or subdivision of or attachment to this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
Purchase of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities
SECTION 2.01. Purchase and Sale. Upon the terms and subject
to the conditions herein set forth, the Seller shall sell, convey, transfer,
assign and deliver, or cause to be sold, conveyed, transferred, assigned and
delivered, to the Purchaser (or its designee), and the Purchaser (or its
designee) shall purchase and accept from the Seller and the other members of
the Seller Group, on the Closing Date, all right, title and interest of the
Seller and the other members of the Seller Group in and to the Acquired Assets,
wherever located.
SECTION 2.02. Transfer of Assets. The sale, conveyance,
transfer, assignment and delivery by the members of the Seller Group of the
Acquired Assets to the Purchaser shall be effected on the Closing Date by
deeds, bills of sale, endorsements, stock powers, assignments and other
instruments of transfer and conveyance satisfactory in form and substance to
counsel for the Purchaser (the "Conveyancing Documents").
SECTION 2.03. Subsequent Documentation. The Seller shall
(and shall cause the other members of the Seller Group to), at any time and
from time to time after the Closing Date, upon the request of the Purchaser and
at the expense of the Seller (but excluding fees of the Purchaser's counsel),
do, execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be done, executed,
acknowledged and delivered, all such further deeds, assignments, transfers and
other
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instruments of transfer and conveyance as may be required for the better
assigning, transferring, granting, conveying and confirming to the Purchaser or
its successors and assigns, or for aiding and assisting in collecting and
reducing to possession, any of or all the Acquired Assets (any such document,
upon its execution and delivery, becoming a Conveyancing Document).
SECTION 2.04. Asset Transfers Requiring Consent. (a) The
parties recognize that the transfer of certain Acquired Assets to the Purchaser
as contemplated hereby cannot be effected without Required Consents. To the
extent that any Required Consent with respect to any Acquired Asset has not
been obtained on or prior to the Closing Date, such Acquired Asset (a "Delayed
Asset") shall not be transferred as an Acquired Asset hereunder, and any
related liability that would, but for the absence of such Required Consent,
constitute an Assumed Liability (a "Delayed Liability") shall not be assumed by
the Purchaser as an Assumed Liability hereunder, unless and until such Required
Consent has been obtained. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Required
Consent is not obtained, the Seller shall, at the request of the Purchaser and
at the expense of the Seller, implement any lawful arrangement designed to
provide to the Purchaser the benefits under or of the applicable Acquired
Asset; provided, however, that the Purchaser assumes and agrees to pay and
perform all liabilities relating to such Acquired Asset that would otherwise
constitute Assumed Liabilities.
(b) At such time and on each occasion after the Closing Date
that a Required Consent shall be obtained with respect to any Delayed Asset,
such Delayed Asset shall forthwith be transferred and assigned to the Purchaser
hereunder, and all related Deferred Liabilities shall be simultaneously assumed
by the Purchaser hereunder, whereupon (i) such Delayed Asset shall constitute
an Acquired Asset for all purposes hereunder and (ii) such Deferred Liabilities
shall constitute Assumed Liabilities for all purposes hereunder.
(c) In the event that the shareholders of a Fund do not
approve the transfer of the appropriate Contracts to the Purchaser and the
Seller Group subsequently sells such Contracts, they shall forthwith remit the
proceeds of such sales to the Purchaser.
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(d) Should a Delayed Asset be transferred or a Delayed
Liability be assumed pursuant to this Section after the Closing Date (i) but
prior to the final determination of the Closing Balance Sheet, such Delayed
Asset or Delayed Liability shall be deemed transferred or assumed, as the case
may be, at the Closing, or (ii) after the final determination of the Closing
Balance Sheet, an appropriate cash payment shall be made by the Purchaser or
the Seller, as applicable, calculated as if such Delayed Asset or Delayed
Liability had been transferred or assumed, as the case may be, at the Closing
and been included in the Closing Balance Sheet.
(e) The parties recognize that the transfer of certain
Exchange Memberships and Licenses and Permits may not be permitted under
Applicable Law. With respect to any such Exchange Membership or License and
Permit, (i) the Seller shall at its expense cooperate with the Purchaser in
applying for a replacement therefor, (ii) the Seller shall at its expense use
reasonable efforts to convey, to the extent permitted under Applicable Law, the
benefits thereof to the Purchaser pending the grant to the Purchaser of a
replacement therefor and (iii) if the absence thereof would have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Purchaser to conduct any Acquired Business
then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Purchaser
shall not be required to purchase the Acquired Assets or assume the Assumed
Liabilities relating to such Acquired Business until a replacement therefor
shall have been granted.
(f) The parties recognize that certain Exchange Memberships,
Exchange Seats and Licenses and Permits (other than those covered by Section
2.04(e)) that would otherwise be Acquired Assets are necessary to the conduct
by a member of the Seller Group of an Excluded Business. The Purchaser and the
Seller shall cooperate to provide such benefits as are necessary to both
parties in respect of any such Exchange Membership, Exchange Seat or License
and Permit.
SECTION 2.05. Assumption of Certain Liabilities. Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Documents,
from and after the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall assume and agree to pay,
perform and discharge when due the following liabilities and obligations to the
extent arising out of the Acquired Businesses, other than any Excluded
Liabilities (the "Assumed Liabilities"):
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(a) liabilities outstanding on the Closing Date of any member
of the Seller Group that at the Closing Date finance Securities
forming part of the Acquired Liquid Assets, but only to the extent
such liabilities are reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet, as
finally determined pursuant to Section 3.04(a);
(b) (i) liabilities to the extent directly related to the
Acquired Assets and (ii) liabilities for amounts owed to any
Continuing Employee, pursuant to any Benefit Plan or otherwise, or any
customer of any Acquired Business, but, in each case, only to the
extent and in the amount reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet, as
finally determined pursuant to Section 3.04(a);
(c) liabilities and obligations under Assigned Contracts and
off-balance sheet hedges and derivatives included within the Acquired
Assets pursuant to Section 9.05, but, in each case, only to the extent
the due date for payment or performance thereof is after the Closing
Date;
(d) all Taxes related to the Acquired Assets accruing under
the principles of Sections 11.01 and 11.04 during the Post-Closing Tax
Period;
(e) any Transfer Taxes borne by the Purchaser pursuant to
Section 11.06; or
(f) any liability or obligation expressly allocated to the
Purchaser pursuant to the Restructuring Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
any liability for Taxes described in Section 2.05(d) or 2.05(e) shall not be an
Excluded Liability.
SECTION 2.06. Excluded Liabilities. Notwithstanding clauses
(a) through (c) and clause (f) of Section 2.05, the Purchaser shall not assume
or become liable to pay, perform or discharge any of the following liabilities
or obligations, whether known or unknown,
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absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise (collectively, the "Excluded
Liabilities"):
(i) any liability or obligation of any member of the Seller
Group not specifically described in clauses (a) through (f) of Section
2.05;
(ii) any Excluded Taxes;
(iii) any liability or obligation that is attributable to any
Excluded Asset or Excluded Business;
(iv) any liability or obligation relating to the Acquired
Assets or Acquired Businesses arising out of any event or condition
occurring or existing prior to the Closing (except any liability or
obligation specifically described in clauses (a) through (f) of
Section 2.05);
(v) any liability or obligation of any member of the Seller
Group arising out of (A) any suit, action, proceeding, arbitration,
mediation, inquiry or investigation pending or threatened as of, or
arising out of any event or condition occurring or existing prior to,
the Closing or (B) any actual or alleged breach of Applicable Law
prior to the Closing;
(vi) any liability or obligation (A) of the Parent or any
member of the Seller Group to any present or former employee of the
Parent or any member of the Seller Group or (B) with respect to any
Benefit Plan, except, in any case, for any liability expressly
assumed by the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.05(b);
(vii) any liability or obligation of any member of the Seller
Group under any Assigned Contract or off-balance sheet hedge or
derivative included in the Acquired Assets pursuant to Section 9.05,
in each case to the extent (A) attributable to any actual or alleged
breach of or non-performance thereunder prior to the Closing Date or
(B) accruing with respect to any period prior to the Closing Date;
(viii) any liability or obligation of any member of the Seller
Group to the Parent or any other member of the Seller Group or any of
their respective Affiliates (other than to an Included Subsidiary);
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(ix) any liability or obligation of any member of the Seller
Group not incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practices;
(x) any liability or obligation pursuant to an Assigned
Contract incurred in connection with obtaining any applicable Required
Consent;
(xi) any liability or obligation of any member of the Seller
Group described in any notice of liabilities to be excluded delivered
by the Purchaser to the Seller from time to time prior to the Closing
(provided that any liability or obligation pursuant to any Contract
may only be excluded pursuant to this clause (xi) if such Contract is
not an Assigned Contract);
(xii) any Transfer Taxes borne by the Seller pursuant to
Section 11.06; and
(xiii) any liability or obligation expressly allocated to the
Parent or the Seller pursuant to the Restructuring Agreement.
SECTION 2.07. Return of Selected Assets. (a) With respect
to any Acquired Asset other than Securities, Other Liquid Assets, Physical
Capital and Contracts, the Purchaser may, within 90 days after the Closing
Date, elect by notice in writing to the Seller to return such Acquired Asset to
the Seller. Upon giving of such notice and the execution by the Purchaser of
any appropriate instrument of transfer, such Acquired Asset shall thereafter be
an Excluded Asset for all purposes under the Transaction Documents, including
for the purpose of determining the Assumed Liabilities.
(b) With respect to any Other Liquid Asset, the Purchaser may
at any time after 90 days after the Closing Date and prior to the delivery of
the Closing Balance Sheet elect by notice in writing to the Seller to return to
the Seller such Other Liquid Asset not paid in full or otherwise reduced to
cash at the time of such notice. Upon giving of such notice and the execution
by the Purchaser of any appropriate instrument of transfer, such Other Liquid
Asset (or, to the extent such Other Liquid Asset has been paid in part or not
reduced to cash, such remaining unpaid or other portion thereof) shall be
deemed to have been an Excluded Asset as of the Closing Date.
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(c) The Purchaser shall have the right to review Contracts to
which any member of the Seller Group is a party and arising out of or used
primarily by such Seller Group member in the conduct of any Acquired Business
and to determine whether or not to assume any of such Contracts. Any Contracts
that are expressly assumed in writing by the Purchaser or that are not
described in a notice of Contracts to be excluded delivered by the Purchaser to
the Seller within 30 days after identification of such Contract to the
Purchaser pursuant to Section 7.03(b) (together, "Assigned Contracts") shall be
assigned to and assumed by the Purchaser. Any Contracts that are not Assigned
Contracts shall be Excluded Assets.
SECTION 2.08 Exclusion of Selected Securities. (a) As
soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, but in no event later
than October 19, 1994, the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser true and
complete, detailed securities inventory position information (the "Opening
Securities Listing") as of the close of business on October 14, 1994, for each
of the businesses of the Seller Group specified in the definition of "Acquired
Businesses". The Opening Securities Listing shall contain detailed descriptive
information of the type available in the Seller Group's management information
systems, including holdings, dates of acquisition, carrying cost and market
value and other descriptive information necessary for the Purchaser to make its
determinations under this Section.
(b) On or before November 5, 1994 (such date to be extended to
the extent the Opening Securities Listing is not delivered to the Purchaser by
October 19, 1994), the Purchaser may notify the Seller of:
(i) any Security on the Opening Securities Listing that the
Purchaser does not wish to acquire, whereupon such Security shall
become an Excluded Asset; provided, however, that the Purchaser may
not exclude pursuant to this clause Securities having a value
(determined by reference to market value, as specified in the Opening
Securities Listing) ("value") in the aggregate in excess of 10% of the
aggregate market value (as specified in the Opening Securities
Listing) of the Securities on the Opening Securities Listing (the
aggregate market value"); and
(ii) any Security or class of Securities on the Opening
Securities Listing that the Purchaser
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reasonably believes in good faith not to be Liquid and Marketable,
taking into account all relevant matters, including the aging of such
Security (considered in light of the relevant business), the size of
the holdings of the Seller Group of such Security or class, existing
forward sales commitments with respect to such Security or class,
recent sales by the Seller Group of identical Securities, the ability
of the Seller Group to enter into repurchase transactions with respect
to such Security or Securities of such class and each market in which
such Security or Securities of such class can be sold (including the
pricing characteristics of such market, the narrowness of the bid/ask
spread in such market, historical and recent trading volumes, the
depth, breadth and resiliency of such market, the number of buyers,
sellers and market-makers participating in such market on a regular
basis, the transparency of pricing in such market, the age and history
of such market, the existence of any formal, regulated market or
exchange, the amount of capital committed to such market and current
conditions prevailing in such market).
(c) With respect to any Security or class identified by the
Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.08(b)(ii), the Purchaser and the Seller shall
discuss whether such Security or the Securities of such class is or is not
Liquid and Marketable. If, within 10 days of the delivery by the Purchaser of
its notice pursuant to Section 2.08(b), the Purchaser and the Seller are unable
to agree on whether any Security or the Securities of any class identified by
the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.08(b)(ii) is or is not Liquid and
Marketable, the parties shall request that Goldman, Sachs & Co., or such other
person or persons with expertise in trading Securities and acceptable to the
Purchaser and the Seller (the "LM Expert"), determine whether such Security or
the Securities of such class are in its judgment "liquid and marketable" and,
to the extent that the LM Expert determines that such Security or the
Securities of such class are in its judgment not "liquid and marketable", such
Security or all the Securities of such class, as the case may be, shall become
Excluded Assets; provided, however, that, if, but for this proviso, the LM
Expert would have been requested to make determinations with respect to
Securities with a value in excess of 20% of the aggregate market value, then
(i) the Purchaser shall select Securities as to which the Purchaser and the
Seller cannot agree with a value equal to 50% of such excess, whereupon
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such Securities shall become Excluded Assets, (ii) following such selection by
the Purchaser, the Seller shall select Securities as to which the Purchaser and
the Seller cannot agree with a value equal to 50% of such excess, whereupon
such Securities shall become Excluded Assets, and (iii) the balance of such
Securities shall be the subject of determination by the LM Expert. If any
Security or the Securities of any class identified by the Purchaser pursuant to
Section 2.08(b)(ii) are determined pursuant to this Section 2.08(c) not to be
Liquid and Marketable, such Security or the Securities of such class, as the
case may be, shall become Excluded Assets.
(d) If the Purchaser shall specify pursuant to Section 9.01
that it wishes to acquire any additional business of the Seller Group, the
procedures set forth above in this Section shall be repeated with respect to
the Securities inventory of such additional business except that the October
14, 1994, date shall be the most recent practicable date prior to the selection
by the Purchaser of such additional business pursuant to Section 9.01, and the
November 5 date shall be 15 days thereafter (but in no event later than
December 3, 1994).
SECTION 2.09. Return of Securities. (a) Within three
Business Days after the Closing, the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser true
and complete, detailed securities inventory position information (the "Closing
Securities Listing") as of the close of business on the Closing Date for each
of the Acquired Businesses. The Closing Securities Listing shall conform as to
content and format to the Opening Securities Listing.
(b) Within 15 days after the delivery to the Purchaser of the
Closing Securities Listing, the Purchaser may elect by notice in writing to the
Seller to transfer to the Seller any Securities on the Closing Securities
Listing forming part of a class of Securities to the extent the aggregate
carrying cost (as specified in the Closing Securities Listing) for all
Securities of such class on the Closing Securities Listing exceeds the last
target inventory level for such class established pursuant to Section 7.01(d).
(c) With respect to any Security that was acquired by the
Seller Group after October 14, 1994, the Purchaser may, within 15 days after
the delivery to the Purchaser of the Closing Securities Listing, notify the
Seller if the
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Purchaser reasonably believes in good faith that such Security is not Liquid
and Marketable, taking into account all relevant matters, including those
specified in Section 2.08(b)(ii). With respect to any Security so identified
by the Purchaser, the Purchaser and the Seller shall discuss whether such
Security is or is not Liquid and Marketable. If, within 10 days of the
delivery by the Purchaser of such notice, the Purchaser and the Seller are
unable to agree on whether such Security is or is not liquid and Marketable,
the parties shall request that the LM Expert determine whether such Security is
in its judgment "liquid and marketable" and, to the extent that the LM Expert
determines that such Security is in its judgment not "liquid and marketable",
the Purchaser shall transfer such Security to the Seller; provided, however,
that, if, but for this proviso, the LM Expert would have been requested to make
determinations pursuant to this Section with respect to Securities with a value
(determined by reference to market value, as specified in the Closing
Securities Listing) in the aggregate market value in excess of 20% of the
aggregate carrying cost (as specified in the Closing Securities Listing) of all
Securities on the Closing Securities Listing acquired after October 14, 1994,
then (A) the Purchaser shall select Securities as to which the Purchaser and
the Seller cannot agree with a value (determined by reference to market value,
as specified in the Closing Securities Listing) equal to 50% of such excess,
whereupon the Purchaser shall transfer such Security to the Seller, (ii) the
Seller shall select Securities as to which the Purchaser and the Seller cannot
agree with a value (determined by reference to market value, as specified in
the Closing Securities Listing) equal to 50% of such excess, whereupon the
Purchaser shall transfer such Securities to the Seller, and (iii) the balance
of such Securities shall be the subject of determination by the LM Expert. If
any Security identified by the Purchaser is determined pursuant to this Section
2.09(c) not to be Liquid and Marketable, the Purchaser shall transfer such
Security to the Seller.
(d) If the Purchaser shall have specified pursuant to Section
9.01 that it shall acquire any additional business of the Seller Group, the
references to October 14, 1994, in Section 2.09(c) shall, with respect to the
Securities inventory of such additional business, be deemed a reference to the
date of the opening securities listing for such additional business pursuant to
Section 2.08(d).
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(e) In the event of the transfer of any Security to the Seller
pursuant to this Section, upon the execution by the Purchaser of any
appropriate instrument of transfer, such Security shall be deemed to have been
an Excluded Asset as of the Closing Date for all purposes under the Transaction
Documents, including for the purposes of determining the Assumed Liabilities.
SECTION 2.10. The LM Expert. The parties shall jointly
instruct the LM Agent to make all its determinations under Sections 2.08 and
2.09 as promptly as practicable and in any event within time periods consistent
with the other time periods set forth in those Sections. The Purchaser and the
Seller shall jointly engage the LM Expert, share equally the fees and expenses
of the LM Expert arising out of its services as LM Expert and jointly indemnify
the LM Expert against liability arising out of its services as LM Expert.
ARTICLE III
Purchase Price; Closing; Additional Assets
SECTION 3.01. Purchase Price. (a) The purchase price for
the Acquired Assets (the "Purchase Price") shall consist of the following:
(i) the Common Stock Consideration;
(ii) the Convertible Preferred Stock;
(iii) the Redeemable Preferred Stock;
(iv) the assumption by the Purchaser of the Assumed
Liabilities; and
(v) the Deferred Purchase Price.
(b) The Purchase Price shall be payable and deliverable in
accordance with Sections 3.02, 3.03, 3.04 and 3.05 and shall be subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 3.04.
SECTION 3.02. Closing. (a) At the Closing, upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Documents, the
Purchaser shall:
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(i) issue the Common Stock Consideration, the Convertible
Preferred Stock and the Redeemable Preferred Stock to the members of
the Seller Group who are transferring the Acquired Assets to the
Purchaser (which members shall be identified in writing to the
Purchaser at least ten Business Days prior to the Closing) and deliver
or cause to be delivered to the applicable members certificates,
registered in the appropriate names), therefor; and
(ii) deliver to the Seller the Assumption Agreement, duly
executed by the Purchaser.
(b) At the Closing, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Transaction Documents, the Seller shall transfer to
the Purchaser (or its designee) the Acquired Assets by delivering the
Conveyancing Documents, duly executed by the applicable members of the Seller
Group.
(c) At the Closing, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Transaction Documents:
(i) the Purchaser and the Seller shall execute and deliver the
Retail Brokerage Conversion Agreement (including an agreement for
clearing services); and
(ii) the Purchaser, the Parent and the Seller shall execute
and deliver the Stockholder Agreement.
SECTION 3.03. Additional Acquired Liquid Assets To Be
Transferred. (a) On the date three Business Days before the Closing Date, the
Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser (i) an estimated balance sheet as of the
Closing Date (the "Interim Balance Sheet") prepared in accordance with the
Balance Sheet Principles, (ii) a schedule based on the Interim Balance Sheet
detailing the calculation of the estimated Net Book Value of Tangible Liquid
Assets to be delivered on the Closing Date (the "Interim Net Book Value
Statement") and (iii) a listing of the Securities held as of the most recent
practicable date by any member of the Seller Group in connection with the
conduct of any Acquired Business, other than any Excluded Asset. For the
purposes of the Interim Balance Sheet, Securities shall be valued at their fair
market value as of the close of business on the most recent practicable date
(but in no event earlier than the fifth Business Day prior to the Closing
Date).
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(b) To the extent, if any, the estimated Net Book Value of
Tangible Liquid Assets as reflected on the Interim Net Book Value Statement is
less than $580,000,000, the Parent shall deliver to the Purchaser on the
Closing Date, at the Parent's option, cash or U.S. Government Securities with a
fair market value equal to the excess of (i) $580,000,000 over (ii) the
estimated Net Book Value of Tangible Liquid Assets as reflected on the Interim
Net Book Value Statement.
SECTION 3.04. Post-Closing Delivery. (a) Within 120 days
after the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller (i) a balance
sheet as of the Closing Date (the "Closing Balance Sheet"), prepared in
accordance with the Balance Sheet Principles, (ii) a schedule based on the
Closing Balance Sheet detailing the calculation of the Net Book Value of
Tangible Liquid Assets delivered on the Closing Date (including any cash or
U.S. Government Securities delivered pursuant to Section 3.03(b)) (the "Final
Net Book Value Statement") and (iii) a schedule based on the Final Net Book
Value Statement setting forth the amount, if any, owed by the Purchaser or the
Seller, as the case may be, to the other, together with a statement from Ernst
& Young confirming that they have reviewed the Balance Sheet Principles and
agree with the Closing Balance Sheet. The Closing Balance Sheet and the Final
Net Book Value Statement shall be examined by the Seller, who shall, not later
than 30 days after receipt of the Closing Balance Sheet, render a report
thereon (the "Closing Balance Sheet Report"). The Closing Balance Sheet Report
shall list those items, if any, as to which the Seller asserts the Closing
Balance Sheet did not comply with the Balance Sheet Principles and those items,
if any, as to which the Seller does not agree in the Final Net Book Value
Statement and the Purchaser's proposed adjustment for such items and shall be
accompanied by a statement from KMPG Peat Marwick confirming that they have
reviewed the Balance Sheet Principles, the Closing Balance Sheet and the Final
Net Book Value Statement and agree with the Closing Balance Sheet Report. If
the Seller fails to deliver to the Purchaser the Closing Balance Sheet Report
within 30 days following delivery of the Closing Balance Sheet, the Seller
shall be deemed to have accepted the Closing Balance Sheet and the Final Net
Book Value Statement for all purposes, including for the purpose of determining
the additional cash or U.S. Government Securities to be delivered pursuant to
Section 3.04(b). If the Purchaser does not give the Seller notice within 30
days following receipt of the Closing Balance Sheet Report, the
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Purchaser shall be deemed to have accepted the Closing Balance Sheet and the
Final Net Book Value Statement as adjusted by the Seller for all purposes,
including for the purpose of determining the additional cash or U.S. Government
Securities to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.04(b). If the Purchaser gives
the Seller notice of objections to the Closing Balance Sheet Report, and if the
Purchaser and the Seller are unable, within 15 days after receipt by the Seller
of the notice by the Purchaser of objections, to resolve the disputed
objections, such disputed objections shall be referred to Price Waterhouse (the
"Independent Accounting Firm"); provided, however, that any disputes with
respect to the fair market value of any Securities shall be resolved pursuant
to Section 3.04(c) and not by the Independent Accounting Firm. The Independent
Accounting Firm shall, within 60 days following its selection, deliver to the
Seller and the Purchaser a written report determining whether the matters that
are the subject of the disputed objections complied with the Balance Sheet
Principles or were appropriately reflected in the Final Net Book Value
Statement and, if not, the adjustments that would be required to cure such
items. Such determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties
hereto for all purposes, including for the purpose of any Purchase Price
adjustment under Section 3.04(b), and the Closing Balance Sheet and the Final
Net Book Value Statement shall be so adjusted. The fees and disbursements of
the Independent Accounting Firm acting under this Section shall be shared
equally by the Purchaser and the Seller. The parties shall cooperate with one
another and with each other's representatives in order to resolve any and all
matters in dispute as quickly as practicable.
(b) Within two Business Days following the final
determination, pursuant to Section 3.04(a), of the Closing Balance Sheet and
the Final Net Book Value Statement (including the calculations of fair market
value contemplated by Section 3.04(c)), and based upon such final
determination, and taking into account any payment pursuant to Section 3.03(b),
(i) to the extent the Net Book Value of Tangible Liquid Assets as reflected on
the Final Net Book Value Statement is less than $580,000,000, the Parent shall
deliver to the Purchaser, at the Parent's option, additional cash or U.S.
Government Securities with a fair market value (determined as of the date of
delivery) equal to the excess of (A) $580,000,000 over (B) the Net Book Value
of Tangible Liquid Assets as reflected on the Final Net Book Value Statement
and (ii) to the extent, if any, the Net Book Value
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of Tangible Liquid Assets as reflected on the Final Net Book Value Statement is
greater than $580,000,000, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller assets
with a fair market value (determined as of the date of delivery) equal to the
excess of (A) the net worth as reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet over (B)
$580,000,000. Any payment made pursuant to this Section 3.04(b) shall include
interest on such excess at an annual rate equal to the 30-day LIBOR rate plus
0.25% from the Closing Date to the date of actual delivery. Any payment by the
Purchaser pursuant to this Section 3.04(b) shall be, at the Purchaser's option,
in cash or U.S. Government Securities except to the extent the amount due
exceeds the total amount of cash and U.S. Government Securities delivered by
the Seller or the Parent to the Purchaser at the Closing, in which case the
Purchaser, at its option, may elect to pay in Securities (other than U.S.
Government Securities) forming part of the Acquired Liquid Assets having a fair
market value (determined as of the date of delivery) equal to the amount of
such excess.
(c) For the purposes of the Closing Balance Sheet, the Final
Net Book Value Statement and the payments pursuant to Section 3.04(b), (i) any
Securities (other than any U.S. Government Securities) shall be valued at fair
market value and, if the Purchaser and the Seller are unable to agree on fair
market value within 60 days of the Closing Date, the fair market value of such
Securities shall be determined by Goldman, Sachs & Co. or such other person or
persons with expertise in valuing Securities and acceptable to the Purchaser
and the Seller and (ii) U.S. Government Securities shall be valued at fair
market value.
SECTION 3.05. Deferred Purchase Price. In consideration for
the transfer of all the right, title and interest of each member of the Seller
Group in the names "Kidder" and "Kidder Peabody", the Purchaser shall pay to
the Seller additional amounts (the "Deferred Purchase Price"), payable on each
March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15, equal to (a) the difference
between (i) one and (ii) the product of (A) the Tax Rate and (B) the difference
between one and the DRD, multiplied by (b) the weighted average number of
shares of Redeemable Preferred Stock outstanding during the preceding quarter
multiplied by (c) $0.1875 divided by (d) the difference between one and the Tax
Rate; provided, however, that if there is a final determination (including the
execution of a Form 870-AD or successor form) to the effect that any payments
of the Deferred Purchase Price are to be treated as dividends with
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respect to which the Seller or an Affiliate of the Seller is entitled to the
dividends received deduction under Section 243 of the Code for Federal income
Tax purposes, then the amounts of such payments required under this Section
shall be equal to the product of clause (b) above multiplied by clause (c)
above, and any excess amounts paid by the Purchaser prior to such final
determination shall be repaid by the Seller to the Purchaser, together with
interest at the rate provided under Section 6621(a)(1) of the Code as in effect
from time to time. For the purposes of this Section, the "Tax Rate" means the
maximum Federal and state income tax rate (expressed as a decimal) applicable
to corporations for the taxable period in which the applicable payment is paid,
and the "DRD" is the percentage (expressed as a decimal) specified in Sections
243(a) and 243(c) of the Code that applies to dividends paid during such
taxable period on the shares of Redeemable Preferred Stock held by the Seller
during such taxable period.
ARTICLE IV
Closing; Risk of Loss
SECTION 4.01. Closing. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver
by the appropriate party of all the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the
closing hereunder (the "Closing") shall take place at the offices of Cravath,
Swaine & Moore at 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10019 at 10:00 a.m. on
the second Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver of the last of the
conditions set forth in Sections 13.02, 13.04, 14.02 and 14.04 shall have been
satisfied, or waived by the appropriate party, or at such other place and time
as may be mutually agreed to by the parties hereto, but in no event shall the
Closing take place earlier than January 2, 1995 (the date the Closing occurs
being referred to herein as the "Closing Date").
SECTION 4.02. Risk of Loss. Until the Closing, any loss of
or damage to the Acquired Assets from fire, casualty or any other occurrence
shall be the responsibility of the Parent and the Seller.
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ARTICLE V
Representations and Warranties of the Parent and the Seller
The Parent and the Seller hereby represent and warrant,
jointly and severally, to the Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing Date, as follows:
SECTION 5.01. Corporate Organization. Each of the Parent and
each member of the Seller Group is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its
properties and assets (including the Acquired Assets) and to conduct its
businesses (including the Acquired Businesses) as now conducted. Prior to the
Closing, the Seller will have delivered to the Purchaser true and complete
copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws, or other constitutive
documents, of the Parent and each member of the Seller Group.
SECTION 5.02. Qualification To Do Business. The Parent and
each member of the Seller Group is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the
character of the properties owned or leased by it or the nature of the business
conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to
be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.03. Authorization and Validity of Transaction
Documents. Each of the Parent and each member of the Seller Group has full
corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents
to which it is, or is specified to be, a party and to carry out its obligations
thereunder. As of the Closing Date, the execution and delivery of the
Transaction Documents to which the Parent or any member of the Seller Group is,
or is specified to be, a party and the performance of its obligations
thereunder will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by
its Board of Directors and stockholders, and no other corporate proceedings on
its part are necessary to authorize such execution, delivery and performance.
This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Parent and
the Seller and constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms. On the Closing Date, each other
Transaction Document to which the Parent or
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any member of the Seller Group is, or is specified to be, a party will have
been duly executed and delivered by it and will constitute its valid and
binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 5.04. No Conflict or Violation; Consents. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Parent and the members of the Seller
Group of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (i) do not and will
not violate or conflict with any provision of the certificate of incorporation
or by-laws (or equivalent documents) of the Parent or any member of the Seller
Group and (ii) do not and 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
or to loss of a material benefit under, or to increased, additional,
accelerated or guaranteed rights or entitlements of any person under, or result
in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Parent
or any member of the Seller Group under, any provision of (A) assuming receipt
of all Required Consents, and except as previously disclosed in writing to the
Purchaser, any contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Parent or
any member of the Seller Group is a party or by which it is bound or to which
any of its properties or assets is subject or (B) any Applicable Law applicable
to the Parent or any member of the Seller Group or their respective properties
or assets, other than, in the case of clauses (A) and (B) above, any such items
that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. The execution, delivery and performance by the Parent and each member
of the Seller Group of the Transaction Documents to which it is, or is
specified to be, a party and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated thereby do not require the consent or approval of, or filing with,
any Governmental Authority except (I) as required pursuant to the HSR Act; (II)
approvals and authorizations of the NYSE and other self-regulatory
organizations in the securities and commodities field; (III) as may be required
under the 1986 Supplement to the Banking Act of 1948 of New Jersey; (IV)
compliance with and filings under the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act
and applicable state securities laws; and (V) such consents, approvals and
filings, as to which the failure to obtain or make would not, individually or
in the aggregate, materially impair the ability of the Parent and the Seller to
perform their obligations under the Transaction Documents.
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SECTION 5.05. Financial Statements. Set forth in Schedule
5.05 are (i) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Seller Group as of
December 31, 1993, and the consolidated audited statements of profit and loss
and cash flows of the Seller Group for the year then ended, together with the
notes to such financial statements and the report of the independent auditors
thereon (the financial statements described above, together with the notes to
such financial statements, collectively, the "Financial Statements", and the
audited consolidated balance sheet of the Seller Group as of December 31, 1993,
the "Balance Sheet"), and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the
Seller Group as of September 29, 1994, and the unaudited consolidated income
statement of the Seller Group for the nine months then ended. Except as
otherwise previously disclosed to the Purchaser in writing, (A) the Financial
Statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP (except as indicated in
the notes thereto) and fairly present the consolidated financial condition and
consolidated results of operations of the Seller Group as of the date thereof
and for the period then ended and (B) the unaudited financial statements have
been prepared from the books and records of the Seller Group in accordance with
GAAP (except for the absence of notes) and present fairly the consolidated
financial condition as of the date thereof and the consolidated results of
operations of the Seller Group as of the date thereof and for the periods than
ended.
SECTION 5.06. Tax Matters. Except as set forth in Schedule
5.06 (which need not be provided with respect to any Included Subsidiary prior
to the agreement of the parties to the acquisition of such Included
Subsidiary):
(a) Each Included Subsidiary has timely filed or caused to be
filed, within the time and in the manner prescribed by law, with the
appropriate Taxing Authorities, all material separate Returns required to be
filed by or on behalf of it and each such Return was complete and correct in
all material respects at the time of filing.
(b) All material Taxes required to be shown on a separate
return (i) of each Included Subsidiary or (ii) which are or could become after
the Closing Date charged as a material encumbrance or Lien upon any Acquired
Asset, any Acquired Business or the assets or properties of any Included
Subsidiary (except for statutory Liens for Taxes not yet due and Taxes for
which an Included Subsidiary could become liable under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.1502-6 or
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any similar principle of state, local or foreign Tax law) (collectively,
"Covered Taxes") have been duly and timely paid.
(c) No material Liens for Taxes exist with respect to any
assets or properties of any Included Subsidiary, except for statutory Liens for
Taxes not yet due.
(d) No material separate Returns with respect to Covered
Taxes are under audit or examination by any Taxing Authority, and no written or
unwritten notice of such an audit or examination has been received by the
Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller (including any member of the Seller
Group). Each material deficiency resulting from any audit or examination
relating to Covered Taxes by any Taxing Authority has been paid, except for
deficiencies being contested in good faith. No material issues were raised in
writing by the relevant Taxing Authority during any audit or examination
relating to Covered Taxes, and no issues which could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect during a Post-Closing Tax Period were raised in
writing by any Taxing Authority during any audit or examination relating to
other Taxes attributable to the Acquired Assets or the Acquired Businesses.
(e) Schedule 5.06 lists each state, county, local, municipal
or foreign jurisdiction in which any Included Subsidiary files, has ever filed,
is required to file or has been required to file a material Return or is or has
been liable for any material Tax on a "nexus" basis.
(f) There is no agreement or other document extending, or
having the effect of extending, the period of assessment or collection of any
material amount of Covered Taxes and no power of attorney with respect to any
material amount of Covered Taxes has been executed or filed with any Taxing
Authority.
(g) Schedule 5.06 lists each non-federal consolidated,
combined, unitary or affiliated group for purposes of filing Returns or paying
Taxes of which any Included Subsidiary is or has been a member, the
jurisdiction in which such consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated group
has filed or has been required to file a Return that includes any Included
Subsidiary or the income, assets or activities of any Included Subsidiary, and
the
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parent corporation and/or other person that is or was responsible for filing
such Returns.
(h) Each Included Subsidiary is a member of the consolidated
group, within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.1502-1(h), of which the
Parent is the common parent and which includes the Seller.
(i) For any Post-Closing Tax Period, no Included Subsidiary
is a party to or is bound by any Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnity
obligation or similar agreement, arrangement or practice with respect to Taxes
(including any Tax sharing agreements with the Seller or any of its other
Affiliates or with any Taxing Authority).
(j) No Included Subsidiary shall be required to include in a
Post-Closing Tax Period taxable income attributable to income that accrued in a
Pre-Closing Tax Period but was not recognized in any Pre-Closing Tax Period as
a result of the installment method of accounting, the completed contract method
of accounting, the long-term contract method of accounting, the cash method of
accounting or Section 481 of the Code or comparable provisions of state, local
or foreign Tax law.
SECTION 5.07. Real Property. The Seller or another member of
the Seller Group has (i) good and insurable fee title to all material real
property owned in fee simple and included in the Acquired Assets ("Owned Real
Property") and (ii) good and valid title to the leasehold estates in all
material real property leased and included in the Acquired Assets ("Leased Real
Property"), in each case free and clear of all Liens, leases, assignments,
subleases, easements, covenants, rights-of-way and other similar restrictions
of any nature whatsoever, except (A) leases, subleases and similar agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business, (B) zoning, building and other
similar restrictions and (C) unrecorded easements, covenants, rights-of-way and
other similar restrictions, none of which items, individually or in the
aggregate, materially impairs the continued use and operation of the property
to which they relate as heretofore used and operated by the Seller Group in the
conduct of the Acquired Businesses.
SECTION 5.08. Intellectual Property. All the registered
trademarks and service marks, registered copyrights and patents, and all
applications for any of the
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foregoing, included in the Intellectual Property and required in order to
conduct the Acquired Business as currently conducted are owned by or validly
licensed to the Seller or another member of the Seller Group. The Seller or
another member of the Seller Group owns or has the right to use all material
Intellectual Property required in order to conduct the Acquired Business as
heretofore conducted. The Seller or another member of the Seller Group has the
full right to use the names "Kidder" and "Kidder Peabody" in each jurisdiction
in which the Seller Group currently carries on business and has not authorized
any person in any jurisdiction, either within or outside the United States, to
use any such name.
SECTION 5.09. Litigation. Except as previously disclosed to
the Purchaser in writing, there are no claims, actions, suits, proceedings,
arbitrations, mediations, labor disputes or investigations or inquiries pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Seller, threatened, before any arbitration or
other tribunal, or any federal or state court or regulatory or self-regulatory
organization brought by or against the Seller or any other member of the Seller
Group or any Funds that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 5.10. Contracts. (a) As of the Closing Date, (i)
each material Assigned Contract will be a valid and binding obligation of the
parties thereto and in full force and effect, and (assuming receipt of any
Required Consent) will continue in full force and effect following the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in each case without any material
breach of any terms or conditions thereof or the forfeiture or impairment of
any rights thereunder, (ii) the applicable member of the Seller Group will have
performed all material obligations required to be performed by it prior to the
Closing Date under each Assigned Contract and will not be (with or without the
lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both) in breach or default in any
material respect thereunder and (iii) to the best knowledge of the Seller, each
other party to each Assigned Contract will have performed all material
obligations required to be performed by it to date under the Assigned
Contracts, and will not be (with or without the lapse of time or the giving of
notice, or both) in breach or default in any material respect thereunder.
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(b) None of the members of the Seller Group is a party to or
bound by any Contract that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.11. Benefit Plans. With respect to each "employee
pension benefit plan" (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), "employee welfare
benefit plan" (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), stock option, stock
purchase, deferred compensation plan or arrangement, and other employee fringe
benefit plan or arrangement maintained, contributed to or required to be
maintained or contributed to by the Parent or any member of the Seller Group or
any other person or entity that, together with the Company, is treated as a
single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code (each, a
"Commonly Controlled Entity") for the benefit of any present or former
officers, employees, directors or independent contractors of the Seller Group
or any Commonly Controlled Entity (all the foregoing being herein called
"Benefit Plans"), there are no liabilities or obligations associated with such
Benefit Plan that could constitute a liability or obligation of the Purchaser
following the Closing Date, except to the extent and in the amount reflected on
the Closing Balance Sheet or as otherwise provided for in the Restructuring
Agreement.
SECTION 5.12. Investment Purpose. The Seller is acquiring
the Common Stock Consideration, the Convertible Preferred Stock and the
Redeemable Preferred Stock for its own account for the purpose of investment
and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof
and not with a view to acquiring control of the Purchaser.
SECTION 5.13. Title to Acquired Assets. The Seller or
another member of the Seller Group has good title to all the Acquired Assets
free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens that, individually or in the
aggregate, do not materially detract from, or impair the value or interfere
with the use of, any of the Acquired Assets, (ii) Assumed Liabilities and (iii)
Excluded Liabilities. At the Closing, the Purchaser shall acquire the Acquired
Assets free and clear of all Liens, except as described in clauses (i) and (ii)
above. This Section does not relate to Owned Real Property, Leased Real
Property or Intellectual Property.
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SECTION 5.14. Assets Necessary to Business. The Acquired
Assets, together with the Purchaser's rights under the Transaction Documents,
constitute all the assets, properties, rights and goodwill necessary to carry
on the Acquired Businesses substantially as heretofore conducted and no part of
the Acquired Businesses is conducted by or through any corporation or entity
other than the members of the Seller Group; provided, however, that this
Section shall be deemed not be have been breached if the reason that it would
have been breached, but for this proviso, is the exclusion of assets by the
Purchaser pursuant to clause (b), (d), (j) or (m) of the definition of
"Excluded Assets" or the failure of the Purchaser to assume any Contract
following its identification to the Purchaser pursuant to Section 7.03(b).
SECTION 5.15. Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except
as previously disclosed to the Purchaser in writing, since September 29, 1994,
the members of the Seller Group have conducted their respective businesses only
in the ordinary course, and there has not been any sale, transfer or other
disposition by any member of the Seller Group of, or any imposition of any Lien
on, any material asset or group of assets, in each case other than inventory
sold for fair value, or Liens to secure financing created, in the ordinary
course of business.
SECTION 5.16. Brokers or Finders. Except for Goldman, Sachs
& Co., the fees and expenses of whom will be paid by the Parent, no agent,
broker, investment banker or other firm or person is or will be entitled to any
broker's or finder's fee or any other commission or similar fee in connection
with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based on
arrangements made by or on behalf of the Parent or any of its Affiliates.
SECTION 5.17. No Restraints. Neither Parent nor Seller is
aware of any event or circumstance which is reasonably likely to result in an
order of the Commission, any authority of any state or territory of the United
States, or of the District of Columbia, primarily responsible for the
regulation or registration of persons engaged in the securities business, the
NYSE, the NASD or any court prohibiting or limiting the ability of the
Purchaser to hire at least 75% of the retail brokers employed by the Seller
Group on the date hereof.
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SECTION 5.18 Securities. As of the Closing Date, except
to the extent otherwise expressly agreed in writing by the Purchaser prior to
Closing, all Securities forming part of the Acquired Assets will be Securities
that the Seller believes in good faith are Liquid and Marketable; provided,
however, that this representation and warranty will not be deemed to have been
breached by delivery of Securities at Closing that are determined to be Liquid
and Marketable in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.09.
ARTICLE VI
Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser
The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Parent and
the Seller, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:
SECTION 6.01. Corporate Organization. The Purchaser is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, and has all requisite corporate power and
authority to own its properties and assets and to conduct its businesses as now
conducted. Prior to the Closing, the Purchaser has delivered to Seller true
and complete copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the
Purchaser.
SECTION 6.02. Qualification To Do Business. The Purchaser is
duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing
in every jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased
by it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification
necessary.
SECTION 6.03. Authorization and Validity of Transaction
Documents. The Purchaser has full corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is, or is specified to be, a
party and to carry out its obligations thereunder. As of the Closing Date, the
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which the Purchaser is,
or is specified to be, a party and the performance of its obligations
thereunder will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by
the Board of Directors of the Purchaser, and no other corporate proceedings on
the part of the Purchaser
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will be necessary to authorize such execution, delivery and performance (other
than (i) filing the Certificates of Designation for the Convertible Preferred
Stock and the Redeemable Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware and (ii) the approval of the shareholders of the Purchaser to
the issuance of Common Stock upon conversion or redemption of the Convertible
Preferred Stock). This Agreement has been, and on the Closing Date the other
Transaction Documents to which the Purchaser is, or is specified to be, a party
will have been, duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and will
constitute its valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in
accordance with their terms.
SECTION 6.04. No Conflict or Violation; Consents. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents (i) do not and will not violate or conflict with
any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Purchaser
and (ii) do not and 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 or to
loss of a material benefit under, or to increased, additional, accelerated or
guaranteed rights or entitlements of any person under, or result in the
creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Purchaser
under (A) any contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Purchaser is
a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is
subject or (B) violate any provision of Applicable Law applicable to the
Purchaser or its properties or assets, other than, in the case of clauses (A)
and (B) above, any such items that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, properties, condition
(financial or otherwise), operations, results of operations or prospects of the
Purchaser. The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of the
Transaction Documents to which it is, or is specified to be, a party and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby do not require the
consent or approval of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority except (I)
as may be required to transfer any Licenses and Permits; (II) as required
pursuant to the HSR Act; (III) approvals and authorizations of the NYSE and
other self-regulatory organizations in the securities and commodities field;
(IV) as may be required under the 1986 Supplement to the Banking Act of 1948 of
New Jersey; (V) filing the Certificates of Designation for the
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Convertible Preferred Stock and the Redeemable Preferred Stock with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; (VI) compliance with and filings
under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act and applicable
state securities laws; (VII) filings required by any exercise of registration
rights pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement; and (VIII) such consents,
approvals and filings, as to which the failure to obtain or make would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the ability
of the Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.
SECTION 6.05. Capital Stock and Related Matters. As of the
date hereof, (a) the authorized capital stock of the Purchaser consists of
20,000,000 shares of series preferred stock, par value $20 per share, and
200,000,000 shares of Common Stock, (b) the outstanding capital stock of the
Purchaser consists of 75,569,937 shares of Common Stock, all of which shares
are duly authorized, validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
nonassessable and have not been issued in violation of, and are not subject to,
any preemptive or subscription rights and (c) there are not any outstanding
warrants, options, rights, "phantom" stock rights, agreements, convertible or
exchangeable securities or other commitments (i) pursuant to which the
Purchaser is or may become obligated to issue, sell, purchase, return or redeem
any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Purchaser or (ii) that
give any person the right to receive any benefits or rights similar to any
rights enjoyed by or accruing to the holders of shares of capital stock of the
Purchaser, other than as set forth in the SEC Documents and other than the
purchase rights held by Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company. There are not
any outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness having the right
to vote on any matters on which stockholders of the Purchaser generally may
vote.
SECTION 6.06. Common Stock Consideration; Convertible
Preferred Stock; Redeemable Preferred Stock. When issued, the Common Stock
Consideration, the Convertible Preferred Stock and the Redeemable Preferred
Stock will have been duly authorized, will be validly issued and outstanding,
fully paid and nonassessable and will not have been issued in violation of, and
will not be subject to, any preemptive or subscription rights, and the issuance
of the Common Stock upon conversion or redemption of the Convertible Preferred
Stock will have been duly authorized (subject to shareholder approval). When
issued, the
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Convertible Preferred Stock and the Redeemable Preferred Stock will rank prior
in right of payment to each other series or class of capital stock of Purchaser
then outstanding.
SECTION 6.07. Brokers or Finders. Other than Gleacher & Co.
Inc., The Blackstone Group and J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated, the fees and
expenses of whom will be paid by the Purchaser, no agent, broker, investment
banker or other firm or person is or will be entitled to any broker's or
finder's fee or any other commission or similar fee in connection with any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based on arrangements made by
or on behalf of the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates.
SECTION 6.08. 1934 Act Filings. The Purchaser has filed, as
and when required, all required reports, schedules, forms, statements and other
documents with the Commission since December 31, 1993 (the "SEC Documents").
As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, as the case
may be, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder
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. Except to the extent that information contained in any SEC
Document has been revised or superseded by a later filed SEC Document, none of
the SEC Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state any 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 the Purchaser 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, have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles (except, in the case of unaudited statements, as
permitted by Form 10-Q of the Commission) 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 the Purchaser and its
consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended
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(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit
adjustments).
ARTICLE VII
Covenants of the Parent and the Seller
The Parent and the Seller, jointly and severally, covenant as
follows:
SECTION 7.01. Actions and Conduct of Acquired Businesses
Before the Closing Date. (a) Neither the Parent nor the Seller shall take,
nor shall either of them permit any other member of the Seller Group to take,
any action that would, or could reasonably be expected to, cause the Parent or
any member of the Seller Group to be in material breach of any representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements contained in any Transaction Document. The
Parent and the Seller shall use all reasonable efforts to perform and satisfy
all conditions to Closing to be performed or satisfied by either of them under
this Agreement as soon as possible.
(b) Except as otherwise required or expressly permitted by
this Agreement or the Restructuring Agreement or otherwise permitted by the
prior written consent of the Purchaser, the Seller shall conduct, and shall
cause the other members of the Seller Group to conduct, the Acquired Businesses
in, and the Seller shall not take any action and shall cause the other members
of the Seller Group not to take any action relating to the Acquired Businesses
(other than relating solely to any Excluded Asset) except in, the ordinary
course consistent with past practice. Prior to the Closing, the Seller shall
confer with the Purchaser, through designated liaison employees, on a regular
basis and report on significant operational matters, corporate actions and
business transactions relating to the Seller Group and consult with the
Purchaser, through such employees, concerning transitional planning for
operation of the Acquired Businesses after the Closing.
(c) The Parent and the Seller shall use all reasonable
efforts to preserve for Purchaser intact the present business organization of
the Acquired Businesses, keep available the services of the present officers
and employees and preserve the relationships of the Acquired Businesses with
employees, business suppliers, creditors,
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customers, and others transacting business with the Acquired Businesses.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as otherwise required
or expressly permitted by this Agreement or the Restructuring Agreement or
otherwise permitted by the prior written consent of the Purchaser, prior to the
Closing the Seller shall not, and shall cause the other members of the Seller
Group not to: (i) (A) change the commission payout schedule for its registered
representatives; (B) enter into any new or amended Benefit Plan without the
prior consent of the Purchaser, which shall not be unreasonably withheld; (C)
forgive any promissory note made by any registered representative except
pursuant to the terms of loans existing on the date of this Agreement; or (D)
establish, adopt, enter into or amend any collective bargaining agreement; or
(ii) until the expiration of the 30 day period referred to in Section 9.01,
with respect to any business, and from such expiration to the Closing, with
respect to any Acquired Business (other than relating solely to any Excluded
Asset), (A) change its accounting methods, principles or practices in any
material respect; (B) revalue any of the assets included in the Acquired
Assets, including writing off any Accounts Receivable other than in the
ordinary course of business, except in accordance with the Restructuring
Agreement; (C) except as required by Applicable Law, change any tax accounting
method, principle or practice, which change would materially adversely affect
any Included Subsidiary and which change would not materially benefit the
Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller; or (D) sell or transfer any material
amount of assets, other than inventory sold in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices.
(d) Until the Closing, the Purchaser may periodically
establish (in consultation with appropriate employees of the Seller Group)
target levels, by classes of Securities, for the Securities inventory
portfolios of the Acquired Businesses (other than any class that contains only
Excluded Assets); provided, however, that the last such target shall not be
established any later than 30 days prior to the scheduled Closing Date from
time to time. The Seller shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to
reduce the Seller Group's inventory portfolios of each class of Securities by
the Closing Date to (or, at the option of the Seller, below) the targeted
levels for such class of Securities. The Seller shall provide to the Purchaser
weekly reports stating the then current inventory levels, by class of
Securities, for the Acquired Businesses and
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describing in reasonable detail the programs in place to reduce such inventory
levels to the then applicable target level. The Seller shall (i) use its best
efforts to cause the traders employed in the Acquired Businesses not to acquire
any Securities that are not Liquid and Marketable (other than any Securities
that constitute Excluded Assets) and (ii) establish such internal monitoring
procedures as shall be necessary to ensure that the Securities that form part
of the Acquired Assets at the Closing are Liquid and Marketable.
SECTION 7.02. Consents and Approvals. Each of the Parent and
the Seller shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain (and to cooperate with
the Purchaser in obtaining) all necessary consents, waivers, authorizations and
approvals of all Governmental Authorities and of all other persons required to
be obtained by the Parent or the Seller in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by it of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
SECTION 7.03. Access to Properties and Records. (a) Each of
the Parent and the Seller shall afford to the Purchaser, and to the
accountants, counsel and representatives of the Purchaser, reasonable access
throughout the period prior to the Closing Date to all properties, assets,
books and records, and employees of the Seller Group and the management of the
Parent with responsibility for the Seller Group and the independent accountants
for the Seller Group, and shall authorize access by the Purchaser's independent
auditors to the working papers of the Seller's independent auditors to the
extent they relate to the Seller Group (but only, in the case of access after
the expiration of the 30-day period referred to in Section 9.01, to the extent
related to the Acquired Business). Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Parent and the Seller shall provide the Purchaser and its
accountants, counsel and representatives access to the books and records of the
Seller Group relating to litigation, real property, compliance with laws,
Contracts, environmental matters, employee compensation and benefits and
intellectual property.
(b) From time to time prior to the Closing, the Parent or the
Seller shall provide to the Purchaser lists of subsidiaries, investments,
equity interests, litigation, real property, Contracts, environmental
violations, Benefit
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Plans and intellectual property rights and such other asset and liability
listings as the Purchaser shall reasonably request, to the extent such lists
are available or can be prepared without undue burden, or copies of relevant
documents in lieu of such lists. All such lists, and any disclosure by
delivery of documents in lieu of lists, shall be coordinated through designated
employees of the Purchaser and the Seller and shall be pursuant to mutually
agreed procedures such that such designated employees have clear records of the
lists, and documents in lieu of lists, delivered pursuant to this Section
7.03(b) clearly identifying the material disclosed.
(c) Following the Closing, the Seller shall permit the
Purchaser reasonable access during normal business hours to, and grant to the
Seller the right to make copies of, all documents, contracts, books, records
and data constituting part of the Excluded Assets but relating to the Acquired
Businesses. The Seller shall maintain the confidentiality of all such
contracts, books, records, data and other documents, except as otherwise
required by Applicable Law.
(d) Nothing in this Section shall authorize or permit access
to any Excluded Documents that are subject to the attorney-client privilege,
the work product immunity or any other applicable privilege.
SECTION 7.04. Further Assurances. (a) At any time and from
time to time after the Closing Date, the Seller shall forthwith execute and
deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such further instruments and
take such further actions as the Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably
request to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement, including executing and
delivering appropriate instruments of transfer (which shall also constitute
"Conveyancing Documents") for the transfer of any Acquired Asset not
transferred to the Purchaser at the Closing.
(b) If any Contract in effect on the Closing Date to which
any member of the Seller Group is a party and arising out of or used primarily
by such Seller Group member in the conduct of any Acquired Business shall not
have been identified pursuant to Section 7.03(b) to the Purchaser prior to the
Closing, the Purchaser may, within 90 days after the Closing Date (or, if
later, 90 days after the discovery by the Purchaser of such Contract), elect by
notice in writing to the Seller to assign and assume such
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Assigned Contract. Upon giving of such notice and the execution by the
Purchaser of any appropriate instrument of transfer, such Contract shall
thereafter be an Assigned Contract for all purposes under the Transaction
Documents, including for the purposes of determining the Assumed Liabilities.
SECTION 7.05. Reasonable Efforts. Each of the Parent and the
Seller shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all
action, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or
advisable consistent with Applicable Law to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby in accordance with the terms hereof.
SECTION 7.06. 1940 Act; Advisers Act. (a) With respect to
each Fund for which any member of the Seller Group acts as investment adviser
or distributor, the Seller (i) shall cause to be convened a meeting of the
board of trustees/directors of such Fund to consider a new investment advisory
contract or distribution contract, as applicable, (ii) shall recommend to the
board of trustees/directors of each Fund, including in each case a majority of
trustees/directors who are not parties to the investment advisory contracts of
such Fund or "interested persons" (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of
any such party (the "Non- Interested Directors") (as such term is defined in
the 1940 Act) that they approve a new investment advisory contract or
distribution contract, as applicable, with an Affiliate of the Purchaser acting
as investment adviser or distributor, as applicable, of such Fund, and (iii)
assuming that such approval by the board and a majority of the Non-Interested
Directors is granted, shall use reasonable efforts to cause such Fund to
solicit its shareholders as promptly as practicable with regard to the approval
of such new investment advisory contract or distribution contract, as
applicable, to be effective on or as promptly as reasonably practicable after
the Closing, in each case pursuant to and consistent with all requirements of
the 1940 Act applicable thereto; provided, however, that such contracts are
identical in all material respects to the existing contracts other than the
identity of the adviser or distributor, as applicable, and the term of the
contract. The Seller shall use reasonable efforts to ensure, prior to or as
soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing Date, the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 15(f) of the 1940 Act with respect to each
Fund.
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(b) As promptly as practicable, the Seller shall cause the
noninvestment company advisory clients of the Asset Management business of the
Seller Group to be informed of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and shall give such clients an opportunity to terminate their advisory
contracts. The Seller may satisfy this obligation insofar as it relates to
noninvestment company advisory clients by providing them with the notice
contemplated by the first sentence of this Section 7.06(b) and obtaining such
clients' consent in the form of actual or implied consent by way of the
continued receipt of advisory services after receiving at least 60 days' notice
of the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 7.07. Information To Be Furnished. (a) The Seller
shall furnish the Purchaser all information required for inclusion in any
application or filing made by the Purchaser in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(b) Upon request, the Seller shall provide to the Purchaser
prior to the Closing (i) complete and correct copies of all Returns filed by or
on behalf of any Included Subsidiary (limited in the case of consolidated,
combined or unitary Returns to the portions relating to the Included
Subsidiary), for taxable periods ending after December 31, 1988, and for all
other taxable periods for which the statute of limitations has not yet run,
(ii) complete and correct copies of any portions of all ruling requests,
private letter rulings, revenue agent reports, information document requests
and responses thereto, notices of proposed deficiencies, deficiency notices,
applications for changes in method of accounting, protests, petitions, closing
agreements, settlement agreements, and any similar Tax documents submitted or
received with respect to such taxable periods which relate to any Included
Subsidiary and (iii) information relating to the Tax position of each Included
Subsidiary for any taxable period for which a Return with respect to such Tax
has not been filed and (iv) information relating to any Tax Lien on the
Acquired Assets or the Acquired Businesses.
SECTION 7.08. No Other Bids. From the date hereof through
the end of the 30-day period set forth in Section 9.01, neither the Parent nor
the Seller shall, nor shall it authorize or permit any other member of the
Seller Group or any officer, director or employee of or any investment banker,
attorney, accountant or other
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representative retained by any of the foregoing to, solicit or encourage
(including by way of furnishing information), or take any other action to
facilitate, any inquiries or the making of any proposal which constitutes, or
may reasonably be expected to lead to, any takeover proposal, or agree to
endorse any takeover proposal relating to any member of the Seller Group.
After the 30-day period set forth in Section 9.01 has expired, the restriction
contained in the foregoing sentence shall apply only to takeover proposals
relating to the Acquired Businesses. The Seller shall promptly advise the
Purchaser orally and in writing of any such inquiries or proposals. Without
limiting the foregoing, it is understood that any violation of the restrictions
set forth in the preceding sentences by any representative of the Parent, any
member of the Seller Group or any other Affiliate of the Parent, whether or not
such person is purporting to act on behalf of the Parent, any member of the
Seller Group or any other Affiliate of the Parent or otherwise, shall be deemed
to be a breach of this Section by the Seller. As used in this Section,
"takeover proposal" shall mean any proposal for a merger or other business
combination involving any member of the Seller Group or any proposal to acquire
in any manner any equity securities or any significant amount of assets of any
member of the Seller Group, other than in the ordinary course of business and
other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 7.09. Advice of Changes. The Seller shall promptly
advise the Purchaser orally and in writing of any change or event having, or
which, insofar as can reasonably be foreseen, would have, a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 7.10 Collection of Receivables. From and after the
Closing Date and until such time as they may become Excluded Assets pursuant to
Section 2.07(b), the Purchaser shall have the right and authority to collect
for its own account all Accounts Receivable that are included in the Acquired
Assets and to endorse with the name of any member of the Seller Group any
checks or drafts received with respect to any Accounts Receivable, and the
Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser any cash or other property received
directly or indirectly by it or any of its Affiliates with respect to such
Accounts Receivable, including any amounts payable as interest.
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SECTION 7.11. Change of Name. Within two years after the
Closing Date, each member of the Seller Group, to the extent required, shall
file with the applicable Governmental Authorities an amendment to its
certificate of incorporation to delete from its name the words "Kidder" and
"Kidder Peabody", 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 amendment to become effective. For two years
following the Closing Date, each member of the Seller Group shall have a
non-transferable royalty-free license right to use the names "Kidder" and
"Kidder Peabody", or any derivative thereof, but only to the extent reasonably
necessary to effect the disposition, dissolution or winding down of the
Excluded Businesses.
SECTION 7.12. Certain Fund Directors. At the Purchaser's
request after the transfer of management of any Fund to the Purchaser, the
Seller shall request that directors of such Fund who are employees of the
Seller resign as directors of such Fund.
SECTION 7.13. Insurance Proceeds. If prior to the Closing
Date any Acquired Business shall suffer any loss that is covered by insurance
carried by the Seller or any of its Affiliates, the Seller shall, or shall
cause such Affiliate to, make a claim under its insurance policy for recovery
in respect of such loss and to pursue such claim actively. If the Seller or
such Affiliate, as the case may be, receives insurance proceeds in respect of
such loss, the Seller shall, or cause such Affiliate to, remit promptly such
proceeds to the Purchaser.
SECTION 7.14. Agreement Not to Compete. Each of the Parent
and the Seller understand that the Purchaser shall be entitled to protect and
preserve the going concern value of the business related to the Acquired
Businesses to the extent permitted by law and that the Purchaser would not have
entered into this Agreement absent the provisions of this Section and,
therefore, agrees that it will not, and will not permit any of its Affiliates
to, (i) prior to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, directly or
indirectly, acquire more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of any
person the principal business of which is the Retail Brokerage Business,
provided that (1) if the Parent, the Seller or any Affiliate (the "Acquiring
Person") acquires 100% of the outstanding voting securities of a person (the
"Acquired Person") engaged in the Retail
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Brokerage Business not as its principal business, the Acquiring Person shall
offer, or cause the Acquired Person to offer, to sell to the Purchaser the
Retail Brokerage Business of the Acquired Person for an amount in cash equal to
that portion of the purchase price paid by the Acquiring Person that is
attributable to the Retail Brokerage Business of the Acquired Person, and (2)
if such acquisition is of more than 50% but less than 100% of the outstanding
voting securities of the Acquired Person, the Acquiring Person's obligation
shall be to use reasonable efforts consistent with its fiduciary duties to
cause the Acquired Person to make such an offer; (ii) prior to the fifth
anniversary of the Closing Date, directly or indirectly induce any employee of
the Purchaser or any of its subsidiaries to leave such employ, or to accept any
other position or employment or assist any other person in hiring such
employee; and (iii) at any time communicate or divulge any material secret or
confidential information, knowledge or data used primarily in any Acquired
Business (except to the extent required by Applicable Law). For purposes of
this Section, the phrase "directly or indirectly engage in" shall include
having a direct or indirect ownership interest (other than ownership of 50% or
less of the outstanding voting securities of a person in any Person which
engages primarily in the Retail Brokerage Business. Nothing in this Section
shall prevent any member of the Financial Services Group from engaging in any
business conducted by any member of the Financial Services Group on the Closing
Date (other than the Retail Brokerage Business conducted by the Seller Group on
the Closing Date). Except as specifically provided in the first sentence of
this Section, nothing in this Section is intended to restrict in any way the
ability of the Financial Services Group to sell or otherwise distribute
Securities, annuities or insurance products, or other financial instruments,
products, or services. In the event that any member of the Financial Services
Group desires to arrange with a third party engaged in the Retail Brokerage
Business to sell or otherwise distribute material amounts of such financial
instruments, products, or services, such member shall, either in advance
thereof or simultaneously, give the Purchaser a reasonable opportunity to make
an offer to enter into such an arrangement.
SECTION 7.15. Ordinary Conduct. To the extent that the
Seller or an Affiliate of the Seller is in control of an Included Subsidiary on
the Closing Date, the Seller shall cause the business of such Included
Subsidiary to be
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conducted on the Closing Date in the ordinary course and in a manner
substantially consistent with past practice.
ARTICLE VIII
Covenants of the Purchaser
The Purchaser covenants as follows:
SECTION 8.01. Actions Before the Closing Date. The Purchaser
shall not take any action that would, or could reasonably be expected to, cause
it to be in breach of any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements
contained in any Transaction Document. The Purchaser shall use all reasonable
efforts to perform and satisfy all conditions to Closing to be performed or
satisfied by the Purchaser under this Agreement as soon as possible.
SECTION 8.02. Consents and Approvals. The Purchaser shall
use all reasonable efforts to obtain (and to cooperate with the Parent and the
Seller in obtaining) all necessary consents, waivers, authorizations and
approvals of all Governmental Authorities and of all other persons required to
be obtained by the Purchaser in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by it of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
SECTION 8.03. Reasonable Efforts. The Purchaser shall use
all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action, and to do, or
cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable consistent with
Applicable Law to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance
with the terms hereof; provided, however, that the Purchaser's obligations
under this Section shall not limit or impair the Purchaser's rights under this
Agreement to deliver notices of assets and liabilities to be excluded.
SECTION 8.04. Access to Records and Information. Following
the Closing, the Purchaser shall permit the Seller reasonable access during
normal business hours to, and grant to the Seller the right to make copies of,
all documents, contracts, books, records and data constituting part of the
Acquired Assets. The Seller shall maintain the
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confidentiality of all such contracts, books, records, data and other
documents, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law.
SECTION 8.05. Certificates of Designation. On or prior to
the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall amend its Certificate of Incorporation to
include as a part thereof Certificates of Designation for the Convertible
Preferred Stock and the Redeemable Preferred Stock substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibits A and B.
SECTION 8.06. Purchaser Securities. Prior to the Closing
Date, the Purchaser shall not take any action that would have resulted in an
adjustment to the conversion price of the Convertible Preferred Stock had the
Convertible Preferred Stock been outstanding at the time of such action.
SECTION 8.07. Return of Excluded Documents. Should the
Purchaser receive any Excluded Documents, the Purchaser shall promptly return
such Excluded Documents to the Seller.
SECTION 8.08. Ordinary Conduct. To the extent that the
Purchaser or an Affiliate of the Purchaser is in control of an Included
Subsidiary on the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall cause the business of such
Included Subsidiary to be conducted on the Closing Date in the ordinary course
and in a manner substantially consistent with past practice.
SECTION 8.09. Information To Be Furnished. The Purchaser
shall furnish the Seller all information required for inclusion in any
application or filing made by the Seller in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
ARTICLE IX
Additional Agreements of the Parties
SECTION 9.01. Additional Acquired Businesses. The Purchaser,
in its sole discretion, may within 30 days of the date hereof elect from time
to time during such period to acquire as part of the acquisition pursuant to
this Agreement additional businesses of the Seller Group and, upon such
election, such businesses shall constitute "Acquired Businesses". If and to
the extent the Purchaser
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shall make any determination not to acquire any particular additional business,
the Purchaser shall promptly advise the Seller of such determination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the representations and warranties set forth in
Article V shall apply to the Acquired Assets included within such Additional
Businesses only from and after 45 days following the date hereof. In addition,
the Seller shall have the right, by notice to the Purchaser at any time on or
before the expiration of such 45-day period, to amend, modify or supplement any
representation or warranty set forth in Article V with respect to such
additional Acquired Businesses (and the related Acquired Assets). If the
Seller shall amend, modify or supplement in any material respect any
representation or warranty with respect thereto, the parties shall negotiate in
good faith alternative provisions with respect to any such additional Acquired
Assets. If the parties are unable to agree with respect to such alternative
provisions within ten Business Days, such businesses shall, at the option of
the Purchaser (exercised within five Business Days from the expiration of such
ten Business Day period), not constitute "Acquired Businesses".
SECTION 9.02. Allocation of Purchase Price. (a) The Seller
and the Purchaser agree that the aggregate of the value of the Redeemable
Preferred Stock and the value of the right to receive the Deferred Purchase
Price shall equal the aggregate liquidation preference of the Redeemable
Preferred Stock, the value of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall equal its
liquidation preference, and the value of the Common Stock Consideration shall
equal 21,500,000 multiplied by the mean of the high and low per-share prices
at which the Common Stock trades on the NYSE on the Closing Date. The
Purchaser and the Seller shall agree prior to the Closing Date on estimated
allocations of the Purchase Price to the extent necessary to permit the making
of timely Transfer Tax filings. In addition, as soon as practicable after the
Closing Date, but in no event later than the date 30 days prior to the due date
of the Form 8594 referred to in Section 9.02(c), the Purchaser shall provide to
the Seller proposed statements (the "Allocation Statements") allocating the
total of the Purchase Price and any other payments properly treated as
additional Purchase Price for Tax purposes made by the Purchaser pursuant to
this Agreement to the different items of Acquired Assets, including the
Acquired Assets held by any Included Subsidiary, pursuant to the rules of
Section 1060 of the Code and the regulations thereunder. The Seller and the
Purchaser shall agree on the method of applying such rules
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with respect to any assets or liabilities of an Included Subsidiary. Such
allocations shall be based on valuations (i) of any Acquired Liquid Assets in
accordance with their treatment on the Closing Balance Sheet and pursuant to
the method articulated in Section 3.04(c), (ii) of any Accounts Receivable at
their face amount less any reserve attributable thereto on the Closing Balance
Sheet, and (iii) of all other assets at the value agreed by the Seller and the
Purchaser (the "Allocation Principles"). Within 30 days following delivery to
the Seller of the proposed Allocation Statements, the Seller may propose
changes to the proposed allocations in accordance with the Allocation
Principles, together with a reasonably detailed explanation of the reasons
therefor. Within 15 days following delivery to the Purchaser of such proposed
changes in accordance with the Allocation Principles, the Purchaser shall
deliver to the Seller a statement of objections (if any) to such proposed
changes, in accordance with the Allocation Principles, together with a
reasonably detailed explanation of the reasons therefor. If the Purchaser and
the Seller are unable, within 15 days after receipt by the Seller of the
Purchaser's statement of objections, to resolve the disputed objections, such
disputed objections shall be referred to the Independent Accounting Firm. The
Independent Accounting Firm shall, within 60 days following its selection,
deliver to the Seller and the Purchaser a written report determining whether
the matters that are the subject of the disputed objections complied with the
Allocation Principles and, if not, the adjustments that would be required to
cure such items. Such determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the
parties hereto for all purposes, and the Allocation Statements shall be so
adjusted. The fees and disbursements of the Independent Accounting Firm acting
under this Section shall be shared equally by the Purchaser and the Seller.
The parties shall cooperate with one another and with each other's
representatives in order to resolve any and all matters in dispute as quickly
as practicable.
(b) The Allocation Statements shall be revised from time to
time to reflect any adjustment to Purchase Price for Tax purposes required by
Section 12.05 or otherwise by Applicable Law.
(c) The Purchaser and the Seller shall file and cause to be
filed all Returns, and execute such other documents as may be required by any
Taxing Authority, in a manner consistent with the Allocation Statements as
revised from time to time. The Purchaser shall prepare the
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Form 8594 under Section 1060 of the Code relating to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement based on the Allocation Statements and deliver
such Form to the Seller within 30 calendar days after finalization of the
Allocation Statements as provided above. The Purchaser and the Seller shall
file, or cause the filing of, such Form with each relevant Taxing Authority,
and refrain, and cause their Affiliates to refrain, from taking any position
inconsistent with such Allocation Statements as revised from time to time with
any Taxing Authority unless otherwise required by Applicable Law.
SECTION 9.03. Bulk Transfer Laws. The Seller and the
Purchaser hereby waive compliance with the provisions of any so-called "bulk
transfer law" of any jurisdiction in connection with the sale of the Acquired
Assets to the Purchaser.
SECTION 9.04. Sales of Physical Capital. To the extent the
Purchaser sells or transfers any Physical Capital forming part of the Acquired
Operating Assets during the 18 month period following the Closing, the
Purchaser shall pay to the Seller in cash an amount equal to the excess of (i)
the sum of (A) the net after-tax proceeds realized by the Purchaser on such
sale or transfer plus (B) the aggregate amounts, if any, previously realized by
the Purchaser upon all prior sales or transfers of any other such assets plus
(C) the net book value as reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet of all such
remaining assets held by the Purchaser over (ii) $20,000,000. The Purchaser
and the Seller shall agree on the bookkeeping methods to be utilized under this
Section.
SECTION 9.05. Off-Balance Sheet Positions. (a) As promptly
as practicable, and in any event not later than 30 days prior to the Closing,
the parties shall work together to develop or ratify, or both, a hedging
strategy or strategies relating to the different classes of Securities forming
part of the inventories of the Acquired Businesses. Not later than 15 Business
Days prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall notify the Purchaser in
writing of all off-balance sheet hedges and derivatives relating to the
Acquired Businesses. Within five Business Days of such notice, the Purchaser
shall notify the Seller of any hedges and derivatives that the Purchaser is
willing to accept, in accordance with the following rules: (i) if such
strategy or strategies are reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser, any such
hedge or derivative established or
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entered into by the Seller Group in accordance with such strategy or strategies
shall be accepted, (ii) any such hedge or derivative inconsistent with any
agreed strategy or strategies shall be accepted only if satisfactory to the
Purchaser and (iii) any such hedge or derivative established or entered into in
accordance with any strategy not reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser shall
be accepted only if satisfactory to the Purchaser. Any such hedge or
derivative so accepted, and any Securities related thereto, shall constitute
Acquired Assets. Any such hedge or derivative not so accepted, and all
Securities related thereto, shall constitute Excluded Assets.
(b) Within three Business Days after the Closing, the Seller
shall notify the Purchaser in writing of all off-balance sheet hedges and
derivatives established or entered into by the Purchaser less than 15 Business
Days prior to the Closing. Within five Business Days of receipt of notice, the
Purchaser shall notify the Seller of any such hedges or derivatives that the
Purchaser is willing to accept in accordance with the principles set forth in
Section 9.05(a).
(c) No other off-balance sheet hedge or derivative of any
member of the Seller Group shall be included in the Acquired Assets (other than
any hedges or derivatives relating to the derivatives business of the Seller
Group, which will be included in the Acquired Assets only if the Purchaser
elects pursuant to Section 9.01 to acquire such business).
ARTICLE X
Employee Matters
SECTION 10.01. Seller Plans. Except as otherwise provided in
the Restructuring Agreement or as set forth in Section 2.05(b), all assets and
liabilities associated with each Benefit Plan shall be retained by the Seller.
SECTION 10.02. Cooperation. The parties shall provide each
other with access to such information regarding employees and former employees
of the Seller Group as may be reasonably necessary to administer their
respective benefit and compensation programs.
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ARTICLE XI
Tax Matters
SECTION 11.01. Taxable Periods. (a) In the case of any
taxable period that includes but does not end on the day before the Closing
Date (a "Straddle Period"):
(i) real, personal and intangible property Taxes ("Property
Taxes") for the Pre-Closing Tax Period shall be equal to the amount of
such Property Taxes for the entire Straddle Period multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the
Straddle Period that are in the Pre-Closing Tax Period and the
denominator of which is the number of days in the Straddle Period; and
(ii) all Taxes (other than Property Taxes) for the
Pre-Closing Tax Period shall be computed based on an actual closing of
the books as if such taxable period ended as of the close of business
on the Closing Date and, in the case of any Taxes attributable to the
ownership of any equity interest in any partnership or other "flow
through" entity, based on an actual closing of the books as if the
taxable period of such partnership or other "flow through" entity
ended as of the close of business on the Closing Date.
(b) In the case of any taxable period other than a Straddle
Period, all income, deductions, and other items shall be allocated between the
Pre-Closing Tax Period and the Post-Closing Tax Period based on an actual
closing of the books of Seller and the Included Subsidiaries on the day before
the Closing Date.
(c) In the case of any taxable period, if the Closing Date
occurs on a date other than the first day of a fiscal month of Seller, all
income, deductions, and other items for such month (other than amounts
attributable to transactions not in the ordinary course of business and other
than closing adjustments and other similar adjustments) will be prorated on a
daily basis.
SECTION 11.02. Tax Allocation Agreement. At the Closing, an
agreement (the "Tax Allocation Agreement") in the form of Exhibit D shall be
executed with respect to the Included Subsidiaries.
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SECTION 11.03. Cooperation. The Seller, each of the Included
Subsidiaries and the Purchaser shall reasonably cooperate, and shall cause
their respective Affiliates, officers, employees, agents, auditors and
representatives reasonably to cooperate, in preparing and filing all Returns,
including maintaining and making available to each other all books and records
necessary in connection with Taxes and in resolving all disputes and audits
with respect to all taxable periods relating to Taxes and in all other Tax
matters, and to keep each party advised as to any issue relating to Taxes which
could have a bearing on such other party's responsibility under this Agreement
or the Tax Allocation Agreement. At the Purchaser's request, the Seller shall
provide the Purchaser with, or cause to be provided to the Purchaser, copies of
Returns in its possession (or in the possession of its Affiliates), or the
relevant portions of such Returns, to the extent such Returns relate to Covered
Taxes. The Purchaser and the Seller recognize that the Seller and its
Affiliates shall need access, from time to time, after the Closing Date, to
certain accounting and Tax records and information held by, and certain
employees of, the Purchaser and the Included Subsidiaries to the extent such
records and information pertain to, or have information or knowledge of, events
occurring on or prior to the Closing Date; therefore, the Purchaser shall, and
shall cause each of the Included Subsidiaries to, (i) properly retain and
maintain such records for 10 years from the Closing Date (or for such longer
period as the Seller requests in writing) and (ii) allow the Seller and its
agents and representatives (and agents or representatives of any of its
Affiliates), at times and dates reasonably acceptable to the parties, to
inspect, review and make copies of such records, and have access to such
employees, as the Seller may deem necessary or appropriate from time to time,
such activities to be conducted during normal business hours. At the end of
the 10-year period described in clause (i), the Purchaser shall either (A)
transfer such records (or cause such records to be transferred) to the Seller,
or (B) on 90 days' written notice to the Seller, destroy or otherwise dispose
of such records. If the Seller or an Affiliate of the Seller shall claim a
deduction for any indemnity payment under this Agreement or otherwise under the
Transaction Documents or any Restructuring Payment, and if the Internal Revenue
Service or other Taxing Authority shall provide written notice to the Seller or
any Affiliate of the Seller that such Taxing Authority may assert that such
deduction was improperly claimed (which written notice shall include an
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Information Document Request or similar written request for information
relating to such deduction), the Seller shall promptly notify the Purchaser
and, notwithstanding Sections 11.07 and 12.05(c), the Purchaser or any
Affiliate of the Purchaser may file a protective refund claim or take similar
action reasonably designed to protect its ability to claim a deduction therefor
in the event that the deduction claimed by the Seller or its Affiliate is
disallowed.
SECTION 11.04. Treatment of Closing Date. The Purchaser and
the Seller shall file, or cause to be filed, all relevant Returns, including
the Returns of any Included Subsidiary, and execute, or cause to be executed,
such other documents as may be required by any Taxing Authority, on the basis
that the purchase and sale contemplated by Article II shall occur for Tax
purposes as of the close of business on the day before the Closing Date and
refrain from taking any position inconsistent with such basis with any Taxing
Authority unless the relevant Taxing Authority will not accept a Return filed
on that basis, or unless otherwise required under Applicable Law after a final
determination thereof.
SECTION 11.05. FIRPTA. The Seller shall deliver to the
Purchaser at the Closing a duly executed certificate in the form specified in
Treas. Reg. Section 1.1445-2(b)(2)(iii).
SECTION 11.06. Transfer Taxes. The Seller and the Purchaser
shall cooperate in timely making and filing all filings, Tax Returns, reports
and forms as may be required to comply with the provisions of any Transfer Tax
laws. To the extent legally able to do so, the Purchaser shall deliver to the
Seller exemption certificates satisfactory in form and substance to the Seller
with respect to Transfer Taxes if such delivery would reduce the amount of
Transfer Taxes that would otherwise be so imposed. All Transfer Taxes shall be
borne equally by the Seller and the Purchaser; provided, however, that the
maximum amount of Transfer Taxes so borne by the Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement and the Tax Allocation Agreement shall be $4,000,000, with any excess
being borne by Seller.
SECTION 11.07. Consistent Tax Reporting. Unless there has
been a final determination (including the execution of a Form 870-AD or
successor form) to the contrary, neither the Purchaser nor any Affiliate of the
Purchaser shall claim any Tax deduction in respect of
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expenses or other obligations incurred with respect to Continuing Employees, or
other items for which the Seller or its Affiliates are responsible, whether
under the Restructuring Agreement or otherwise, for which a deduction is
claimed by the Seller or an Affiliate of the Seller.
ARTICLE XII
Indemnification
SECTION 12.01. Indemnification by the Seller and the Parent.
The Seller and the Parent shall, jointly and severally, indemnify and fully
defend, save and hold each Purchaser Indemnitee harmless from any losses,
damages, liabilities, claims, costs, expenses, fines, penalties, amounts paid
in settlement and reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses (collectively,
"Losses") suffered by such Purchaser Indemnitee, as incurred (payable quarterly
upon written request), for or on account of or arising from or in connection
with or otherwise with respect to:
(a) any breach of any representation or warranty of the Parent
or any member of the Seller Group made in any Transaction Document or
in any certificate or other document delivered pursuant to any
Transaction Document;
(b) any failure of the Parent or any member of the Seller
Group duly to perform or observe any of its covenants or agreements
contained in any Transaction Document;
(c) any Excluded Liability;
(d) the termination of any Contract forming part of the
Excluded Assets; and
(e) each Contract forming part of the Excluded Assets that the
Seller is required pursuant to the Restructuring Agreement to keep in
effect to implement the Conversion Plan.
SECTION 12.02. Indemnification by the Purchaser. The
Purchaser shall indemnify and fully defend, save and hold each Seller
Indemnitee harmless from any Loss suffered by such Seller Indemnitee, as
incurred (payable quarterly
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upon written request), for or on account of or arising from or in connection
with or otherwise with respect to:
(a) any breach of any representation or warranty of the
Purchaser made in any Transaction Document or in any certificate or
other document delivered pursuant to any Transaction Document;
(b) any failure of the Purchaser duly to perform or observe
any of the Purchaser's covenants or agreements contained in any
Transaction Document; or
(c) any Assumed Liability.
SECTION 12.03. Procedures for Indemnification. (a) In order
for a party to be entitled to any indemnification provided for under this
Agreement in respect of, arising out of or involving a claim or demand made by
any person against the indemnified party (a "Third Party Claim"), such
indemnified party must notify the indemnifying party of the Third Party Claim
reasonably promptly after receipt by such indemnified party of written notice
of the Third Party Claim; provided, however, that failure to give such
notification shall not affect the indemnification provided hereunder except to
the extent the indemnifying party shall have been actually prejudiced as a
result of such failure. Thereafter, the indemnified party shall deliver to the
indemnifying party, reasonably promptly after the indemnified party's receipt
thereof, copies of all notices and documents (including court papers) received
by the indemnified party relating to the Third Party claim, other than those
notices and documents (including court papers) separately addressed to the
indemnifying party; provided, however, that failure to deliver any such notice
or document shall not affect the indemnification provided hereunder, except to
the extent the indemnifying party shall have been actually prejudiced as a
result of such failure.
(b) If a Third Party Claim is made against an indemnified
party, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in the defense
thereof and, if it so chooses at its sole cost and upon written notice to the
indemnified party acknowledging its obligation to indemnify the indemnified
party therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to assume the
defense thereof with counsel selected by the indemnifying party; provided,
however, that such counsel is reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party.
Should the indemnifying party so elect to assume the
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defense of a Third Party Claim, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to
the indemnified party for legal expenses subsequently incurred by the
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof; provided, however,
that (i) if the indemnifying party assumes such defense, the indemnified party
shall have the right to participate in the defense thereof and to employ
counsel, at its own expense, separate from the counsel employed by the
indemnifying party, it being understood that the indemnifying party shall
control such defense and (ii) the indemnified party shall be entitled to employ
separate counsel, at the expense of the indemnifying party, and to participate
in the defense of such Third Party Claim if in the opinion of counsel to such
indemnified party a conflict or potential conflict exists between such
indemnified party and the indemnifying party that would make such separate
representation advisable (provided that the indemnified party shall only be
responsible under this clause (ii) for the fees of one counsel for all
indemnified parties). The indemnifying party shall be liable for the fees and
expenses of counsel employed by the indemnified party for any period during
which the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense thereof.
(c) If the indemnifying party so elects to assume the defense
of any Third Party Claim, the indemnified parties shall cooperate with the
indemnifying party in the defense thereof. Such cooperation shall include the
retention and (upon the indemnifying party's reasonable request) the provision
to the indemnifying party of records and information that are reasonably
relevant to such Third Party Claim, and making employees available on a
mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of
any material provided hereunder. If the indemnifying party shall have assumed
the defense of a Third Party Claim, the indemnified party shall agree to any
settlement, compromise or discharge of a Third Party Claim which the
indemnifying party may recommend and which by its terms obligates the
indemnifying party to pay the full amount of the liability in connection with
such Third Party Claim, which releases the indemnified party completely in
connection with such Third Party Claim and which would not otherwise
significantly adversely affect the indemnified party. The indemnified party
shall not admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise or
discharge, any Third Party Claim the defense of which shall have been assumed
by the indemnifying party in accordance with the terms hereof. The indemnified
party shall have the right to
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admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, any
Third Party Claim the defense of which shall not have been assumed by the
indemnifying party.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party
shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel incurred by the
indemnified party in defending any Third Party Claim if such Third Party Claim,
if successful, is likely to result in a judgment, decree or order of injunction
or other equitable relief or relief for other than money damages against the
indemnified party.
(e) In the event any indemnified party should have a claim
for indemnity against any indemnifying party that does not involve a Third
Party Claim being asserted against or sought to be collected from such
indemnified party, the indemnified party shall deliver notice of such claim
with reasonable promptness to the indemnifying party. The failure by any
indemnified party so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the
indemnifying party from any liability which it may have to such indemnified
party under this Article, except to the extent that the indemnifying party
shall have been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure. If the
indemnifying party does not notify the indemnified party within 20 calendar
days following its receipt of such notice that the indemnifying party disputes
its liability to the indemnified party under this Article, such claim specified
by the indemnified party in such notice shall be conclusively deemed a
liability of the indemnifying party under this Article, and the indemnifying
party shall pay the amount of such liability to the indemnified party on demand
or, in the case of any notice in which the amount of the claim (or any portion
thereof) is estimated, on such later date when the amount of such claim (or
such portion thereof) becomes finally determined. If the indemnifying party
has timely disputed its liability with respect to such claim, as provided
above, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall proceed in good
faith to negotiate a resolution of such dispute and, if not resolved through
negotiations, such dispute shall be resolved by litigation in an appropriate
court of competent jurisdiction.
(f) This Section shall not apply to any claim for
indemnification with respect to any Tax Claim.
SECTION 12.04. Tax Claims. (a) (1) The Purchaser shall
promptly notify the Seller in writing of any
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claim or potential claim made by any Taxing Authority that, if successful,
would result in an indemnity payment to any Purchaser Indemnitee pursuant to
Section 12.01 or pursuant to the Tax Allocation Agreement (a "Tax Claim"); the
Purchaser shall notify the Seller in writing within 30 days of receipt of any
communication to the Purchaser or any Affiliate of the Purchaser from any
Taxing Authority, or the making of any communication to any Taxing Authority by
the Purchaser or any Affiliate of the Purchaser, with respect to any Tax Claim;
and the Purchaser shall notify the Seller in writing at least 15 days prior to
the date it intends to make payment of any Tax claimed pursuant to any Tax
Claim; provided, however, that the failure to give any such notice under this
paragraph (1) shall not affect the indemnification provided hereunder except to
the extent Seller has been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure.
(2) The Seller shall promptly notify the Purchaser in writing
of any claim or potential claim made by any Taxing Authority that, if
successful, would result in an indemnity payment to any Seller Indemnitee
pursuant to Section 12.02 or pursuant to the Tax Allocation Agreement (also a
"Tax Claim"); the Seller shall notify the Purchaser in writing within 30 days
of receipt of any communication to the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller
from any Taxing Authority, or the making of any communication to any Taxing
Authority by the Seller of any Affiliate of the Seller, with respect to any Tax
Claim; and the Seller shall notify the Purchaser in writing at least 15 days
prior to the date it intends to make payment of any Tax claimed pursuant to any
Tax Claim; provided, however, that the failure to give any such notice under
this paragraph (2) shall not affect the indemnification provided hereunder
except to the extent the Purchaser has been actually prejudiced as a result of
such failure.
(b) (1) With respect to any Tax Claim described in Section
12.04(a)(1), the Seller shall control all proceedings and may make all
decisions taken in connection with such Tax Claim (including selection of
counsel) and, without limiting the foregoing, may in its sole discretion pursue
or forego any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and
conferences with any Taxing Authority with respect thereto, and may, in its
sole discretion, either pay the Tax claimed and sue for a refund where
applicable law permits such refund suits or contest the Tax Claim in any
permissible manner; provided, however,
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that the Seller shall first consult in good faith with the Purchaser with
respect to the conduct of the defense of a Tax Claim.
(2) With respect to any Tax Claim described in Section
12.04(a)(2), the Purchaser shall control all proceedings and may make all
decisions taken in connection with such Tax Claim (including selection of
counsel) and, without limiting the foregoing, may in its sole discretion pursue
or forego any or all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and
conferences with any Taxing Authority with respect thereto, and may, in its
sole discretion, either pay the Tax claimed and sue for a refund where
Applicable Law permits such refund suits or contest the Tax Claim in any
permissible manner; provided, however, that the Purchaser shall first consult
in good faith with the Seller with respect to the conduct of the defense of a
Tax Claim.
(c) The Seller and the Purchaser shall jointly control and
participate in all proceedings taken in connection with any Tax Claim relating
to Taxes for a Straddle Period. Neither the Seller nor the Purchaser shall
settle any such Tax Claim without the prior written consent of the other.
(d) The Purchaser, each Included Subsidiary and each of their
respective Affiliates on the one hand, and the Seller and its respective
Affiliates on the other, shall cooperate in contesting any Tax Claim, which
cooperation shall include the retention and, upon request, the provision to the
requesting person of records and information which are reasonably relevant to
such Tax Claim, and in making employees available on a mutually convenient
basis to provide additional information or explanation of any material provided
hereunder or to testify at proceedings relating to such Tax Claim.
SECTION 12.05. Losses Net of Insurance, etc. (a) The amount
of any Loss for which indemnification is provided under this Article or
otherwise under the Transaction Documents shall be net of any amounts recovered
by the indemnified party under insurance policies with respect to such Loss and
shall be (i) increased to take account of any net Tax cost incurred by the
indemnified party hereunder (grossed up for such increase) and (ii) reduced to
take account of any net Tax benefit realized by the indemnified party arising
from the incurrence or
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payment of any such Loss. In computing the amount of any such Tax cost or Tax
benefit, the indemnified party shall be deemed to recognize all other items of
income, gain, loss, deduction or credit before recognizing any item arising
from the receipt of any indemnity payment hereunder or the incurrence or
payment of any indemnified Loss. Any indemnification payment hereunder shall
initially be made without regard to this Section and shall be increased or
reduced to reflect any such net Tax cost (including gross-up) or net Tax
benefit only after the indemnified party has actually realized such cost or
benefit. For purposes of this Agreement, an indemnified party shall be deemed
to have "actually realized" a net Tax cost or a net Tax benefit to the extent
that, and at such time as, the amount of Taxes payable by such indemnified
party is increased above or reduced below, as the case may be, the amount of
Taxes that such indemnified party would be required to pay but for the receipt
of the indemnity payment and the incurrence or payment of such Loss. The
amount of any increase or reduction hereunder shall be adjusted to reflect any
final determination (including the execution of Form 870-AD or successor form)
with respect to the indemnified party's liability for Taxes and payments
between the Seller and the Purchaser to reflect such adjustment shall be made
if necessary. Any indemnity payment under this Agreement or otherwise under
the Transaction Documents and any Restructuring Payment (other than a
Restructuring Payment for which a deduction is claimed by Seller) shall be
treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price for Tax purposes, unless a final
determination (which shall include the execution of a Form 870-AD or successor
form) with respect to the indemnified party or any of its Affiliates causes any
such payment not to be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price for
United States Federal income Tax purposes.
(b) The amount of any payment by Seller or any Affiliate of
Seller pursuant to the Restructuring Agreement or in connection with the
Restructuring (as defined in the Restructuring Agreement) (a "Restructuring
Payment") made to Purchaser or to an Affiliate of Purchaser shall be (i)
increased to take account of any net Tax cost incurred by the payee (grossed up
to reflect such increase) and (ii) reduced to take account of any net Tax
benefit realized by the payee arising from the incurrence or payment of any
amount in respect of which the Restructuring Payment is made.
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(c) If a Restructuring Payment is made to an employee of
Purchaser or of an Affiliate of Purchaser (or otherwise to any person other
than Purchaser or an Affiliate of Purchaser), then Purchaser shall pay to
Seller the amount of any net Tax benefit realized by the Purchaser or any
Affiliate of the Purchaser by reason of such Restructuring Payment (grossed up
to reflect such payment).
(d) In determining the amount and timing of any payment due
under paragraph (b) or (c), the principles of paragraph (a) shall apply.
SECTION 12.06. Survival of Representations and Warranties.
The representations and warranties in the Transaction Documents and in any
certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the
Closing.
ARTICLE XIII
Conditions Precedent to Performance
by the Parent and the Seller
The obligations of the Parent and the Seller to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment, on
or before the Closing Date, of the following conditions, any one or more of
which may be waived by the Seller in its sole discretion:
SECTION 13.01. Performance of the Obligations of the
Purchaser. The Purchaser shall have performed in all material respects all
material obligations required under the Transaction Documents to be performed
by it on or before the Closing Date, and the Seller shall have received a
certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by the President or any Vice
President of the Purchaser to the foregoing effect.
SECTION 13.02. HSR Act. The waiting period under the HSR Act
shall have expired or been terminated.
SECTION 13.03. No Violation of Orders. No preliminary or
permanent injunction or other order issued by any Governmental Authority nor
any statute, rule or regulation, promulgated or enacted by any Governmental
Authority that prevents the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be in effect.
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SECTION 13.04. Governmental Approvals. Any consents and
approvals of the Commission, the NYSE, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
the NASD and the CFTC to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall
have been obtained, except where the failure to obtain any such consent or
approval would not materially impair the ability of the Parent or the Seller to
perform their obligations under the Transaction Documents.
SECTION 13.05. Other Approvals. The Transaction Documents
and the transactions contemplated thereby shall have been approved by the Board
of Directors of the Parent.
ARTICLE XIV
Conditions Precedent to the Performance by the Purchaser
The obligations of the Purchaser to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment, on
or before the Closing Date, of the following conditions, any one or more of
which may be waived by the Purchaser in its sole discretion:
SECTION 14.01. Performance of the Obligations. The Parent
and each member of the Seller Group shall have performed in all material
respects all material obligations required under the Transaction Documents to
be performed by it on or before the Closing Date, and the Purchaser shall have
received a certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by the President and
any Vice President of the Parent and by the chief executive officer and the
chief financial officer of the Seller to the foregoing effect.
SECTION 14.02. HSR Act. The waiting period under the HSR Act
shall have expired or been terminated.
SECTION 14.03. No Violation of Orders. No preliminary or
permanent injunction or other order issued by any Governmental Authority nor
any statute, rule or regulation, promulgated or enacted by any Governmental
Authority that prevents the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, shall be in effect.
SECTION 14.04. Governmental Approvals. Any consents and
approvals of the Commission, the NYSE, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
the NASD and the CFTC required to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby
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shall have been obtained, except where the failure to obtain any such consent
or approval would not materially impair the ability of the Purchaser to conduct
any material portion of the Acquired Businesses.
SECTION 14.05. Absence of Restraint. No event shall have
occurred nor shall any circumstance exist which is reasonably likely to result
in an order of the Commission, any authority of any state or territory of the
United States, or of the District of Columbia, primarily responsible for the
regulation or registration of persons engaged in the securities business, the
NYSE, the NASD or any court prohibits the Purchaser hiring, or limits the
ability of the Purchaser to hire, at least 75% of the retail brokers employed
by the Seller on the date hereof.
SECTION 14.06. Other Approvals. The Transaction Documents
and the transactions contemplated thereby shall have been approved by the Board
of Directors of the Purchaser.
ARTICLE XV
Termination
SECTION 15.01. Conditions of Termination. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement may be terminated at
any time before the Closing:
(a) by mutual consent of the Seller and the Purchaser;
(b) by either the Purchaser or the Seller if the Closing shall
not have occurred by February 28, 1995; provided, however, that (i) if
the Closing shall not have occurred by such date due to the failure to
satisfy the condition described in Sections 13.03 and 14.03 because of
an injunction or order, neither the Purchaser nor the Seller may
terminate this Agreement unless the applicable injunction or order
preventing the satisfaction of such condition is final and
nonappealable and (ii) this Agreement may not be terminated pursuant
to this clause (b) by any party if such party or one of its Affiliates
is in material breach of its obligations under any Transaction
Document;
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(c) by either the Purchaser or the Seller if the other, or any
Affiliate of the other, is in material breach of its obligations under
any Transaction Document;
(d) by the Purchaser if prior to November 5, 1995, the
Purchaser discovers facts, which existed at the date of this
Agreement, of such seriousness and significance that, had such facts
been known at such date, a reasonable businessperson would not have
entered into this Agreement;
(e) by the Seller if the Purchaser has not obtained the
approval of its Board of Directors of the Transaction Documents and
the transactions contemplated thereby on or before October 21, 1994;
and
(f) by the Purchaser if the Parent has not obtained the
approval of its Board of Directors of the Transaction Documents and
the transactions contemplated thereby on or before October 21, 1994.
SECTION 15.02. Effect of Termination. In the event of
termination pursuant to Section 15.01, this Agreement shall become null and
void and have no effect, with no liability on the part of the Parent, the
Seller or the Purchaser, or their directors, officers, agents or stockholders,
with respect to this Agreement, except for (i) the liability of a party for
expenses pursuant to Section 16.03; and (ii) liability for breach of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE XVI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 16.01. Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement and except for an assignment by the Purchaser to one
of its Affiliates, no party hereto shall assign this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party
hereto, and any such attempted assignment without such prior written consent
shall be void and of no force and effect; provided, however, that no such
assignment shall reduce or otherwise vitiate any of the obligations of any
other party hereunder. This Agreement shall inure to
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the benefit of and shall be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns
of the parties hereto.
SECTION 16.02. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. (a) This
Agreement shall be construed, performed and enforced in accordance with, and
governed by, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the
principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
(b) Each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of (i) the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York
County, and (ii) the United States District Court for the Southern District of
New York, for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out
of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby. Each party 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 reasons of
subject matter jurisdiction, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New
York County. Each party 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 (A) the Supreme Court of
the State of New York, New York County, or (B) the United Sates District Court
for the Southern District of New York, 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.
SECTION 16.03. Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall pay its own expenses in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including any legal and accounting fees, whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby are consummated.
SECTION 16.04. Severability. In the event that any part of
this Agreement is declared by any court or other judicial or administrative
body to be null, void or unenforceable, said provision shall survive to the
extent it is not so declared, and all of the other provisions of this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect and the parties shall negotiate in good
faith to replace the part hereof declared null, void or unenforceable with an
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alternative provision that preserves for the parties the benefits of this
Agreement.
SECTION 16.05. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and
other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given: (i) on the date of service if served personally
on the party to whom notice is to be given; (ii) on the day of transmission if
sent via facsimile transmission to the facsimile number given below, and
telephonic confirmation of receipt is obtained promptly after completion of
transmission; (iii) on the Business Day after delivery to Federal Express or a
similar overnight courier or the Express Mail service maintained by the United
States Postal Service; or (iv) on the fifth day after mailing, if mailed to the
party to whom notice is to be given, by first class mail, registered or
certified, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party, as follows:
If to the Seller:
Kidder, Peabody Group, Inc.
10 Hanover Square
New York, New York 10005
Attn: John M. Liftin
Telecopy: (212) 510-4920
Copies to:
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
One Liberty Plaza
New York, New York 10006
Attn: Alan L. Beller
Telecopy: (212) 225-3999
and to the Parent
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If to the Parent:
General Electric Company
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, Connecticut 06431
Attn: Senior Counsel for Transactions
Telecopy: (203) 373-3008
Copy to:
Davis Polk & Wardwell
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attn: Dennis S. Hersch
Telecopy: (212) 450-4800
If to the Purchaser:
Paine Webber Group Inc.
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
Attn: General Counsel
Telecopy: (212) 713-2114
Copy to:
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attn: David G. Ormsby
Telecopy: (212) 474-3700
Any party may change its address for the purpose of this
Section by giving the other party written notice of its new address in the
manner set forth above.
SECTION 16.06. Amendments; Waivers. This Agreement may be
amended or modified, and any of the terms, covenants, representations,
warranties or conditions hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument
executed by the parties hereto or, in the case of a waiver, by the party
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waiving compliance. Any waiver by any party of any condition, or of the breach
of any provision, term, covenant, representation or warranty contained in this
Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall not be deemed to be nor
construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such condition, or of the
breach of any other provision, term, covenant, representation or warranty of
this Agreement.
SECTION 16.07. Public Announcements. Until the earlier of
the Closing and the termination of this Agreement, no party shall make any
press release or public announcement concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement without prior consent of the other parties hereto.
SECTION 16.08. Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents
contain the entire understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and supersede and replace all
prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with regard to such
transactions.
SECTION 16.09. Parties in Interest. Nothing in this
Agreement is intended to confer any rights or remedies under or by reason of
this Agreement on any persons other than the Parent, the Seller and the
Purchaser and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Nothing in
this Agreement is intended to relieve or discharge the obligations or liability
of any third persons to the Seller or the Purchaser. Except as set forth in
Article XII with respect to Seller Indemnitees and Purchaser Indemnitees, no
provision of this Agreement shall give any third persons any right of
subrogation or action over or against the Seller or the Purchaser.
SECTION 16.10. Headings. The table of contents and section
and paragraph headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and
shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
SECTION 16.11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
shall constitute the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the date first above written.
PAINE WEBBER GROUP INC.,
by
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Name:
Title:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,
by
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Name:
Title:
KIDDER, PEABODY GROUP INC.,
by
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT 11
PAINE WEBBER GROUP INC.
COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
(In thousands of dollars except share and per share amounts)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------
1994 1993 * 1994 1993 *
------------ -------------- -------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PRIMARY:
Weighted average common shares outstanding 70,473,606 68,917,397 70,995,846 66,177,944
Equivalent shares outstanding for:
Stock options, stock awards and
6.5% Convertible Debentures 8,324,596 8,990,842 8,324,596 7,574,643
Participating Preferred Stock - 1,619,198 - 5,789,137
---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total weighted average common and common 78,798,202 79,527,437 79,320,442 79,541,724
equivalent shares ========== ========== ========== ==========
Net earnings $ 20,337 $ 59,123 $ 50,930 $ 189,308
Preferred dividend requirements - (533) - (1,599)
Interest savings 615 818 2,498 -
---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Earnings applicable for common shares $ 20,952 $ 59,408 $ 53,428 $ 187,709
========== ========== ========== ==========
Earnings per common share $ 0.27 $ 0.75 $ 0.67 $ 2.36
========== ========== ========== ==========
FULLY DILUTED:
Weighted average common shares outstanding 70,473,606 68,917,397 70,995,846 66,177,944
Equivalent shares outstanding for:
Stock options, stock awards and
6.5% Convertible Debentures 8,324,596 9,485,401 8,324,596 10,060,529
Participating Preferred Stock - 1,619,198 - 5,789,137
Assumed conversion of 8% Convertible Debentures
and $1.375 Preferred Stock 1,405,552 4,673,101 1,405,552 5,512,128
---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total weighted average common and common 80,203,754 84,695,097 80,725,994 87,539,738
equivalent shares ========== ========== ========== ==========
Net earnings $ 20,337 $ 59,123 $ 50,930 $ 189,308
Interest savings 820 1,727 2,935 5,219
---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Earnings applicable for common shares $ 21,157 $ 60,850 $ 53,865 $ 194,527
========== ========== ========== ==========
Earnings per common share $ 0.26 $ 0.72 $ 0.67 $ 2.22
========== ========== ========== ==========
</TABLE>
* Common share and per share amounts have been retroactively adjusted to
reflect a three-for-two common stock split in the form of a 50% stock
dividend, effective March 10, 1994 to stockholders of record on February
17, 1994.
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EXHIBIT 12
PAINE WEBBER GROUP INC.
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(In thousands of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Years Ended December 31,
Ended September 30, ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Earnings (loss) before taxes $ 84,884 $ 407,576 $ 339,115 $ 226,247 $(102,633) $ 82,568
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Fixed charges:
Interest 1,003,989 1,130,712 879,242 1,056,124 1,242,151 1,198,640
Interest factor in rents 38,391 50,133 45,962 43,804 42,223 40,360
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total fixed charges 1,042,380 1,180,845 925,204 1,099,928 1,284,374 1,239,000
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Earnings before taxes
and fixed charges $1,127,264 $1,588,421 $1,264,319 $1,326,175 $1,181,741 $1,321,568
========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ==========
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.2 * 1.1
========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ==========
</TABLE>
For purposes of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, "earnings"
consist of earnings (loss) before taxes and fixed charges. "Fixed charges"
consist of interest expense incurred on securities sold under agreements to
repurchase, short-term borrowings, long-term borrowings and that portion of
rental expense estimated to be representative of the interest factor.
* Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges and would have had to
increase approximately $102,633 in order to cover the deficiency.
<TABLE> <S> <C>
<ARTICLE> BD
<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PAINE WEBBER GROUP INC. FOR THE PERIOD ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
<S> <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1994
<PERIOD-START> JAN-01-1994
<PERIOD-END> SEP-30-1994
<CASH> 579,175
<RECEIVABLES> 4,948,799
<SECURITIES-RESALE> 12,451,002
<SECURITIES-BORROWED> 9,026,705
<INSTRUMENTS-OWNED> 8,792,481
<PP&E> 250,404
<TOTAL-ASSETS> 36,900,038
<SHORT-TERM> 1,265,922
<PAYABLES> 4,623,833
<REPOS-SOLD> 17,495,992
<SECURITIES-LOANED> 2,827,246
<INSTRUMENTS-SOLD> 6,725,179
<LONG-TERM> 2,440,339
<COMMON> 84,101
0
0
<OTHER-SE> 1,141,031
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 36,900,038
<TRADING-REVENUE> 386,526
<INTEREST-DIVIDENDS> 1,203,790
<COMMISSIONS> 742,062
<INVESTMENT-BANKING-REVENUES> 221,598
<FEE-REVENUE> 268,056
<INTEREST-EXPENSE> 1,003,989
<COMPENSATION> 1,138,727
<INCOME-PRETAX> 84,884
<INCOME-PRE-EXTRAORDINARY> 50,930
<EXTRAORDINARY> 0
<CHANGES> 0
<NET-INCOME> 50,930
<EPS-PRIMARY> 0.67
<EPS-DILUTED> 0.67
</TABLE>
