Exhibit 10.9


 


INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY AGREEMENT


 


This INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
AGREEMENT, dated as of ______, 2016 (this “Agreement”), is by and between WestRock Company, a Delaware
corporation (“Parent”), and Ingevity Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“SpinCo”). Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Section 1 or the Separation
Agreement. SpinCo and Parent may be individually referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.


 


R E C I T A L S


 


WHEREAS, Parent and
SpinCo have entered into that certain Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, (the “Separation
Agreement”);


 


WHEREAS, the Separation
Agreement sets forth the principal corporate transactions required to effect the Separation;


 


WHEREAS, Parent and
SpinCo desire to enter into this Agreement to set forth the terms and conditions pertaining to the allocation of ownership and
other rights associated with certain Intellectual Property; and


 


WHEREAS, this Agreement
is deemed to be an Ancillary Agreement under the Separation Agreement.


 


NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:


 


1.           DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:


 


1.1          “Mill
Recovery Technology/Intellectual Property” shall mean all Technology, Software and Intellectual Property directed to
mill-based recovery processes that generate biorefinery materials.


 


1.2          “Common
Information” shall mean that Information that is related to, but not dedicated to, the SpinCo Assets, the SpinCo Liabilities,
the SpinCo Business or the Transferred Entities.


 


1.3          “Control”
or “Controlled” means, with respect to Intellectual Property, that SpinCo or a member of the SpinCo Group owns
such Intellectual Property, in whole or in part, and/or has the right to grant a license to Parent with respect to such Intellectual
Property as set forth herein and without incurring any financial or other obligations to any other Person, subject, in each case,
to the terms of any license or other agreement to which SpinCo or any of the SpinCo Group is a party that relates to any such Intellectual
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1.4          “Improvements”
means any improvements, derivative works, enhancements, refinements, advances or other modifications
with respect to any Licensed SpinCo IP (whether or not patentable or reduced to practice).


 


1.5          “Intellectual
Property” shall mean all of the following whether arising under the Laws of the United States or of any other foreign
or multinational jurisdiction: (a) patents, patent applications (including patents issued thereon) and statutory invention registrations,
including reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations in part, substitutions, renewals, extensions and reexaminations of
any of the foregoing, and all rights in any of the foregoing provided by international treaties or conventions, (b) trademarks,
service marks, trade names, service names, trade dress, logos and other source or business identifiers, including all goodwill
associated with any of the foregoing, and any and all common law rights in and to any of the foregoing, registrations and applications
for registration of any of the foregoing, all rights in and to any of the foregoing provided by international treaties or conventions,
and all reissues, extensions and renewals of any of the foregoing, (c) Internet domain names, accounts with Facebook, LinkedIn,
Twitter and similar social media platforms, registrations and related rights, (d) copyrightable works, copyrights, moral rights,
mask work rights, database rights and design rights, in each case, other than Software, whether or not registered, and all registrations
and applications for registration of any of the foregoing, and all rights in and to any of the foregoing provided by international
treaties or conventions, (e) confidential and proprietary information, including trade secrets, invention disclosures, processes
and know-how and (f) any other intellectual property rights, in each case, other than Software. The items listed in subsections
(b) and (c) of this Section 1.5 are referred to herein as “Trademark-Related IP”.


 


1.6          “Licensed
SpinCo IP” means (i) the SpinCo Intellectual Property (excluding Trademark-Related IP), the SpinCo Software, and the
SpinCo Technology, and (ii) all rights, interests and claims of either Party or any of the members of its Group as of the Effective
Time with respect to Information that is exclusively related to the items of the aforementioned clause (i), in each case subject
to the limitations set forth herein, and to the extent Controlled by SpinCo or any member of the SpinCo Group as of the Effective
Time (including as a result of the assignments made by this Agreement). Licensed SpinCo IP shall exclude SpinCo Intellectual Property,
SpinCo Software, SpinCo Technology, and Intellectual Property: (a) directed to chemically activated carbon products or any processes
for manufacturing chemically activated carbon products (including, for the avoidance of doubt, activated carbon sheets); (b) directed
to ex-mill processes for purifying crude tall oil and for isolating, purifying and derivatizing lignin from black liquor or any
products created using any such processes; (c) licensed to Alberdingk Boley, Inc. (“ABI”),
except to the extent outside the “Field,” as that term is defined in the “License Agreement” dated
February 3, 2006, by and between MeadWestvaco Corporation and ABI; (d) owned by Purification Cellutions, LLC, a joint venture
between MeadWestvaco Corporation and Applied Ceramics, Inc.; (e) directed to any products utilizing specialty chemicals derived
from co-products of the kraft pulping process sold by SpinCo into the paper or packaging field or any processes for manufacturing
such products (including, for the avoidance of doubt, paper sizing); (f) owned by a third party (including for these purposes
any joint venture or partnership or similar business entity of which SpinCo is a member or in which SpinCo has an ownership interest)
and not sublicensable to Parent or any member of the Parent Group by SpinCo or any member of the SpinCo Group.


 




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1.7          “Other
IP” shall mean all Intellectual Property, other than Registrable IP, that is owned by either Party or any member of its
Group as of the Effective Time.


 


1.8          “Parent
Field” shall mean the businesses (whether or not such businesses are or have been terminated, divested or discontinued)
conducted at any time prior to the Effective Time, or actively pursued at the Effective Time,
by the Parent or any member of the Parent Group, outside the SpinCo Field.


 


1.9          “Parent
IP Liabilities” means all Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from exploitation by, or on behalf of
the Parent Group, of: (i) Intellectual Property, Software, Technology owned by Parent Group (“Parent IP Assets”);
(ii) the Information that is exclusively related to the items of the aforementioned clause (i); and (iii) all Liabilities arising
from the use by the Parent Group of Common Information.


 


1.10        “Parent
Name and Parent Marks” shall mean the names, marks, trade dress, logos, monograms, domain names and other source or business
identifiers of either Party or any member of its Group using or containing “WestRock”, “MeadWestvaco” or
“RockTenn” or their ticker symbols “WRK,” “MWV,” or “RKT”, either alone or in combination
with other words or elements, and all names, marks, trade dress, logos, monograms, domain names and other source or business identifiers
confusingly similar to or embodying any of the foregoing either alone or in combination with other words or elements, together
with the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing.


 


1.11        “Permitted
Party” shall mean a third party (a) in which Parent or other member of the Parent Group has an ownership interest of
greater than fifteen percent (15%); (b) with respect to whom SpinCo has provided its consent to be a sublicensee under the Licensed
SpinCo IP, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; or (c) who conducts business, operations, or activities within the Parent
Field on behalf of Parent or other member of the Parent Group.


 


1.12        “Pre-applied
Adhesive Technology/Intellectual Property” shall mean all Technology, Software and Intellectual Property relating to
the methods and processes of applying adhesives to cellulose based materials (e.g., paper, paper board, liner board and
corrugated materials) and packaging, including without limitation, related machine and press manufacturing processes, and
the use of such cellulose based materials with adhesives applied thereon. Pre-applied Adhesive Technology/Intellectual Property
does not include (a) the chemical formulations of adhesives; (b) the chemical formulations of tackifying resins, dilutents,
and plasticizers used in such adhesives; or (c) any process Technology for making adhesives.


 


1.13        “Registrable
IP” shall mean all patents, patent applications, statutory invention registrations, registered trademarks, registered
service marks, trademark and service mark applications, registered Internet domain names and copyright registrations.


 


1.14        “Software”
shall mean any and all (a) computer programs, including any and all software implementation of algorithms, models and methodologies,
whether in source code, object code, human readable form or other form, (b) databases and compilations, including any and all data
and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, (c) descriptions, flow charts and other work products used to design,
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foregoing, (d) screens,
user interfaces, report formats, firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons and (e) documentation, including
user manuals and other training documentation, relating to any of the foregoing.


 


1.15        “SpinCo
Field” shall mean the businesses (whether or not such businesses
are or have been terminated, divested or discontinued) conducted at any time prior to the Effective Time, or actively pursued
at the Effective Time, by SpinCo or any member of its Group, outside the
Parent Field.


 


1.16        “SpinCo
Intellectual Property” shall mean (a) the Registrable IP set forth on Schedule 1.16 and (b) all Other IP owned
by, licensed by or to, or sublicensed by or to either Party or any member of its Group as of the Effective Time that is dedicated
to the SpinCo Business, including any Other IP set forth on Schedule 1.16; provided, however, that SpinCo
Intellectual Property does not include any Registrable IP or Other IP that comprises (i) Mill Recovery Technology/Intellectual
Property, or (ii) Pre-applied Adhesives Technology/Intellectual Property.


 


1.17        “SpinCo
IP Assets” means all (i) SpinCo Intellectual Property, SpinCo Software, SpinCo Technology, and SpinCo IP Contracts, and
(ii) all rights, interests and claims of either Party or any of the members of its Group as of the Effective Time with respect
to Information that is exclusively related to the items of the aforementioned clause (i) or the SpinCo IP Liabilities.


 


1.18        “SpinCo
IP Contracts” shall mean the following contracts and agreements to which either Party or any member of its Group is a
party or by which it or any member of its Group or any of their respective Intellectual Property is bound, whether or not in writing;
provided, that SpinCo IP Contracts shall not include any contract or agreement that is expressly contemplated to be retained
by Parent or any member of the Parent Group from and after the Effective Time pursuant to any provision of the Separation Agreement,
this Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement:


 


		(a)	any vendor contracts or agreements with a Third Party pursuant to which such Third Party (i) grants
or receives a license, permission or use right to Intellectual Property, any covenant not to sue under any Intellectual Property,
or access and use rights to information technology (for example, software as a service agreements), or (ii) undertakes an obligation
to assign, or has a right to be assigned, Intellectual Property to or by either Party or any member of its Group exclusively for
use or in connection with the SpinCo Business as of the Effective Time;



 


		(b)	any contract or agreement pertaining primarily to Intellectual Property that is otherwise expressly
contemplated pursuant to this Agreement, the Separation Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements to be assigned to, or be a
contract or agreement in the name of, SpinCo or any member of the SpinCo Group;



 


		(c)	any other contract or agreement exclusively related to the SpinCo IP Assets; and



 




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		(d)	any contracts, agreements or settlements specifically set forth on Schedule 1.18, including
the right to recover any amounts under such contracts, agreements or settlements.



 


1.19        “SpinCo
IP Liabilities” means all Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from exploitation by, or on behalf of
the SpinCo Group, of: (i) the SpinCo Intellectual Property, SpinCo Software, SpinCo Technology, and SpinCo IP Contracts; (ii) the
Information that is exclusively related to the items of the aforementioned clause (i); and (iii) all Liabilities arising from the
use by the SpinCo Group of Common Information.


 


1.20        “SpinCo
Name and SpinCo Marks” shall mean the names, marks, trade dress, logos, monograms, domain names and other source or
business identifiers of SpinCo or any member of its Group using or containing “Ingevity” or its symbol “NGVT”,
either alone or in combination with other words or elements, and all names, marks, trade dress, logos, monograms, domain names
and other source or business identifiers confusingly similar to or embodying any of the foregoing either alone or in combination
with other words or elements, together with the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing.


 


1.21        “SpinCo
Software” shall mean all Software owned or licensed by either Party or member of its Group dedicated for use in the SpinCo
Business as of the Effective Time; provided, however, that SpinCo Software does not include (i) any Software directed
to Mill Recovery Technology/Intellectual Property, or (ii) any Software directed to Pre-applied Adhesive Technology/Intellectual
Property.


 


1.22        “SpinCo
Technology” shall mean all Technology owned or licensed by either Party or any member of its Group dedicated for use
in the SpinCo Business as of the Effective Time; provided, however, that SpinCo Technology does not include any Technology
that is (i) Mill Recovery Technology/Intellectual Property, or (ii) Pre-applied Adhesive Technology/Intellectual Property.


 


1.23        “Technology”
shall mean all technology, designs, formulae, algorithms, procedures, methods, discoveries, processes, techniques, ideas, know-how,
research and development, technical data, tools, materials, specifications, processes, inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable
and whether or not reduced to practice), apparatus, creations, improvements, works of authorship in any media, confidential, proprietary
or nonpublic information, and other similar materials, and all recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses and other writings,
and other tangible embodiments of the foregoing in any form whether or not listed herein, in each case only to the extent in existence
as of the Effective Time, and, other than Software.


 


		2.	THE SEPARATION



 


2.1          Matters
Governed Exclusively by this Agreement. This Agreement shall exclusively govern the allocation of Assets and Liabilities
that are comprised of Intellectual Property of the Parent Group or the SpinCo Group. In the case of any conflict between the Separation
Agreement and this Agreement in relation to any matters addressed herein, this Agreement shall prevail.


 




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2.2         Transfer
of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities.


 


(a)          On
or prior to the Effective Time, but in any case, prior to the Distribution, in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization:


 


(i)          Transfer
and Assignment of SpinCo IP Assets. Parent shall, and shall cause the applicable members of its Group to, contribute, assign,
transfer, convey and deliver to SpinCo, or to the applicable SpinCo Designees, and SpinCo shall, and shall cause such SpinCo Designees
to, accept from Parent and the applicable members of the Parent Group, all of Parent’s and such Parent Group member’s
respective direct or indirect right, title and interest in and to all of the SpinCo IP Assets (it being understood that if any
SpinCo IP Asset shall be held by a Transferred Entity or a wholly owned Subsidiary of a Transferred Entity, such SpinCo IP Asset
may be assigned, transferred, conveyed and delivered to SpinCo as a result of the transfer of all of the equity interests in such
Transferred Entity from Parent or the applicable members of the Parent Group to SpinCo or the applicable SpinCo Designee); and


 


(ii)         Acceptance
and Assumption of SpinCo IP Liabilities. SpinCo shall, and shall cause the applicable SpinCo Designees to, accept, assume and
agree faithfully to perform, discharge and fulfill all the SpinCo IP Liabilities in accordance with their respective terms. SpinCo
shall, and shall cause such SpinCo Designees to, be responsible for all SpinCo IP Liabilities, regardless of when or where such
SpinCo IP Liabilities arose or arise, or whether the facts on which they are based occurred prior to or subsequent to the Effective
Time, regardless of where or against whom such SpinCo IP Liabilities are asserted or determined (including any SpinCo IP Liabilities
arising out of claims made by Parent’s or SpinCo’s respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries
or Affiliates against any member of the Parent Group or the SpinCo Group) or whether asserted or determined prior to the date hereof,
and regardless of whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation
by any member of the Parent Group or the SpinCo Group, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries
or Affiliates.


 


2.3          Approvals
and Notifications.


 


(a)          Approvals
and Notifications for SpinCo IP Assets. To the extent that the transfer or assignment of any SpinCo IP Asset or the assumption
of any SpinCo IP Liability requires Approvals or Notifications, the Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain or make such Approvals or Notifications as soon as reasonably practicable; provided, however, that, except
to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement or as otherwise agreed in writing between Parent and SpinCo, neither Parent
nor SpinCo shall be obligated to contribute capital or pay any consideration in any form (including providing any letter of credit,
guaranty or other financial accommodation) to any Person in order to obtain or make such Approvals or Notifications.


 


(b)          Delayed
SpinCo Transfers. If and to the extent that the valid, complete and perfected transfer or assignment to the SpinCo Group of
any SpinCo IP Asset or assumption by the SpinCo Group of any SpinCo IP Liability would be a violation of applicable Law or require
any Approvals or Notifications in connection with the Separation that has not been obtained or made by the Effective Time, then,
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in writing, the transfer
or assignment to the SpinCo Group of such SpinCo IP Assets or the assumption by the SpinCo Group of such SpinCo IP Liabilities,
as the case may be, shall be automatically deemed deferred and any such purported transfer, assignment or assumption shall be null
and void until such time as all legal impediments are removed or such Approvals or Notifications have been obtained or made. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any such SpinCo IP Assets or SpinCo IP Liabilities shall continue to constitute SpinCo IP Assets and SpinCo IP Liabilities
for all other purposes of this Agreement.


 


(c)          Treatment
of Delayed SpinCo IP Assets and Delayed SpinCo IP Liabilities. If any transfer or assignment of any SpinCo IP Asset (or a portion
thereof) or any assumption of any SpinCo IP Liability (or a portion thereof) intended to be transferred, assigned or assumed hereunder,
as the case may be, is not consummated on or prior to the Effective Time, whether as a result of the provisions of Section 2.3(b)
or for any other reason (any such SpinCo IP Asset (or a portion thereof), a “Delayed SpinCo IP Asset” and any
such SpinCo IP Liability (or a portion thereof), a “Delayed SpinCo IP Liability”), then, insofar as reasonably
possible and subject to applicable Law, the member of the Parent Group retaining such Delayed SpinCo IP Asset or such Delayed SpinCo
IP Liability, as the case may be, shall thereafter hold such Delayed SpinCo IP Asset or Delayed SpinCo IP Liability, as the case
may be, for the use and benefit of the member of the SpinCo Group entitled thereto (at the expense of the member of the SpinCo
Group entitled thereto). In addition, the member of the Parent Group retaining such Delayed SpinCo IP Asset or such Delayed SpinCo
IP Liability shall, insofar as reasonably possible and to the extent permitted by applicable Law, treat such Delayed SpinCo IP
Asset or Delayed SpinCo IP Liability in the ordinary course of business in accordance with past practice and take such other actions
as may be reasonably requested by the member of the SpinCo Group to whom such Delayed SpinCo IP Asset is to be transferred or assigned,
or which will assume such Delayed SpinCo IP Liability, as the case may be, in order to place such member of the SpinCo Group in
a substantially similar position as if such Delayed SpinCo IP Asset or Delayed SpinCo IP Liability had been transferred, assigned
or assumed as contemplated hereby and so that all the benefits and burdens relating to such Delayed SpinCo IP Asset or Delayed
SpinCo IP Liability, as the case may be, including use, non-abandonment, avoidance from contribution to the public domain, risk
of loss, potential for gain, and dominion, control and command over such Delayed SpinCo IP Asset or Delayed SpinCo IP Liability,
as the case may be, and all costs and expenses related thereto, shall inure from and after the Effective Time to the SpinCo Group.


 


(d)          Transfer
of Delayed SpinCo IP Assets and Delayed SpinCo IP Liabilities. If and when the Approvals or Notifications, the absence of which
caused the deferral of transfer or assignment of any Delayed SpinCo IP Asset or the deferral of assumption of any Delayed SpinCo
IP Liability pursuant to Section 2.3(b), are obtained or made, and, if and when any other legal or other impediments for
the transfer or assignment of any Delayed SpinCo IP Asset or the assumption of any Delayed SpinCo IP Liability have been removed,
the transfer or assignment of the applicable Delayed SpinCo IP Asset or the assumption of the applicable Delayed SpinCo IP Liability,
as the case may be, shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or the applicable Ancillary Agreement
as soon as reasonably practicable.


 


(e)          Costs
for Delayed SpinCo IP Assets and Delayed SpinCo IP Liabilities. Any member of the Parent Group retaining a Delayed SpinCo IP
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deferral of the assumption
of such Delayed SpinCo IP Liability, as the case may be, shall not be obligated, in connection with the foregoing, to expend any
money unless the necessary funds are advanced (or otherwise made available) by SpinCo or the member of the SpinCo Group entitled
to the Delayed SpinCo IP Asset or Delayed SpinCo IP Liability, other than reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, attorneys’ fees
and recording or similar fees, all of which shall be promptly reimbursed by SpinCo or the member of the SpinCo Group entitled to
such Delayed SpinCo IP Asset or Delayed SpinCo IP Liability.


 


2.4          Novation
of SpinCo IP Liabilities.


 


(a)          Except
as set forth in Schedule 2.4(a), each of Parent and SpinCo, at the request of the other, shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, as soon as reasonably practicable, any consent, substitution, approval or amendment
required to novate or assign all SpinCo IP Liabilities and obtain in writing the unconditional release of each member of the Parent
Group that is a party to any such arrangements, so that, in any such case, the members of the SpinCo Group shall be solely responsible
for such SpinCo IP Liabilities; provided, however, that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement
or any of the Ancillary Agreements, neither Parent nor SpinCo shall be obligated to contribute any capital or pay any consideration
in any form (including providing any letter of credit, guaranty or other financial accommodation) to any third Person from whom
any such consent, substitution, approval, amendment or release is requested.


 


(b)          If
Parent or SpinCo is unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required consent, substitution, approval, amendment
or release as set forth in Section 2.4(a) and the applicable member of the Parent Group continues to be bound by such
agreement, lease, license or other obligation or Liability (each, an “Unreleased SpinCo IP Liability”), SpinCo
shall, to the extent not prohibited by Law, as indemnitor, guarantor, agent or subcontractor for such member of the Parent Group,
as the case may be, (i) pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of such member of the Parent
Group that constitute Unreleased SpinCo IP Liabilities from and after the Effective Time and (ii) use its commercially reasonable
efforts to effect such payment, performance or discharge prior to any demand for such payment, performance or discharge is permitted
to be made by the obligee thereunder on any member of the Parent Group. If and when any such consent, substitution, approval, amendment
or release shall be obtained or the Unreleased SpinCo IP Liabilities shall otherwise become assignable or able to be novated, Parent
shall promptly assign, or cause to be assigned, and SpinCo or the applicable SpinCo Group member shall assume, such Unreleased
SpinCo IP Liabilities without exchange of further consideration.


 


2.5          Disclaimer
of Representations and Warranties. EACH OF PARENT (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH MEMBER OF THE PARENT GROUP) AND SPINCO (ON
BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH MEMBER OF THE SPINCO GROUP) UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN THE
SEPARATION AGREEMENT, NO PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE, IS REPRESENTING OR WARRANTING IN ANY WAY AS TO THE ASSETS, BUSINESSES
OR LIABILITIES TRANSFERRED OR ASSUMED AS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, AS TO ANY CONSENTS OR APPROVALS REQUIRED IN CONNECTION
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OF, OR ANY OTHER MATTER
CONCERNING, ANY ASSETS OF SUCH PARTY, OR AS TO THE ABSENCE OF ANY DEFENSES OR RIGHT OF SETOFF OR FREEDOM FROM COUNTERCLAIM WITH
RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM OR OTHER ASSET, INCLUDING ANY ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, OF ANY PARTY, OR AS TO THE LEGAL SUFFICIENCY OF ANY ASSIGNMENT,
DOCUMENT OR INSTRUMENT DELIVERED HEREUNDER TO CONVEY TITLE TO ANY ASSET OR THING OF VALUE UPON THE EXECUTION, DELIVERY AND FILING
HEREOF OR THEREOF. EXCEPT AS MAY EXPRESSLY BE SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN THE SEPARATION AGREEMENT, ALL SUCH ASSETS ARE BEING TRANSFERRED
ON AN “AS IS,” “WHERE IS” BASIS AND THE RESPECTIVE TRANSFEREES SHALL BEAR THE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL RISKS
THAT (I) ANY CONVEYANCE WILL PROVE TO BE INSUFFICIENT TO VEST IN THE TRANSFEREE GOOD AND MARKETABLE TITLE, FREE AND CLEAR OF ANY
SECURITY INTEREST, AND (II) ANY NECESSARY APPROVALS OR NOTIFICATIONS ARE NOT OBTAINED OR MADE OR THAT ANY REQUIREMENTS OF
LAWS OR JUDGMENTS ARE NOT COMPLIED WITH.


 


3.          LICENSES


 


3.1          License
Grant to Parent. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, SpinCo hereby grants to each individual member of
the Parent Group, on behalf of itself and the other members of the SpinCo Group, and shall cause the other members of the SpinCo
Group to grant to each individual member of the Parent Group, a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid-up,
royalty-free right and license, for use in the Parent Field, to (i) use, reproduce, distribute, display, perform, make Improvements
and exploit the Licensed SpinCo IP, and (ii) make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell and import any goods and services incorporating,
embodying or utilizing the Licensed SpinCo IP. The foregoing license shall be transferable or sublicensable by Parent Group solely
to a Permitted Party, and, subject to the restrictions herein, with any sale or transfer of a Parent business that utilizes the
Licensed SpinCo IP. Any such transfer or sublicense shall require the Permitted Party or, in the case of a sale or transfer of
a Parent business, the transferee, to agree pursuant to a written agreement to maintain any trade secrets and Information included
in the Licensed SpinCo IP in strict confidence. Such agreement shall prohibit any further sublicensing or transfer of rights by
the Permitted Party, or, in the case of a sale or transfer of a Parent business, the transferee, or any use of the Licensed SpinCo
IP outside the scope of the license granted to Parent herein. Parent shall remain responsible and liable for the Permitted
Parties’ exercise of any rights sublicensed hereunder and any use of the Licensed SpinCo IP by such Permitted Party outside
of the permitted scope of the license. Parent shall enforce material breaches of the terms of any such sublicense of rights and
notify SpinCo of any material violation thereof by a Permitted Party. If Parent enters an agreement to transfer the license granted
to it under this Section 3.1 in connection with any sale or transfer of a Parent business, then SpinCo and members of the
SpinCo Group shall be made third party beneficiaries under such transfer agreement to enforce breaches of the license.


 


3.2          License
Grant to SpinCo. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Parent hereby grants to each individual member of the
SpinCo Group, on behalf of itself and the other members of the Parent Group, and shall cause the other members of the Parent Group
to grant to each individual member of the SpinCo Group, a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid-up, royalty-free
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use, reproduce, distribute,
display, perform, make improvements and exploit Intellectual Property owned or controlled by Parent or a member of the Parent
Group and currently used in the SpinCo Business, and (ii) make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell and import any goods and services
incorporating, embodying or utilizing such Intellectual Property currently used in the SpinCo Business. Such license shall be
transferrable subject to the foregoing restriction with any sale or transfer of a SpinCo business that utilizes such Intellectual
Property, but, for the avoidance of doubt, such license shall not otherwise be sublicensable or transferable. Any transfer by
SpinCo or a member of its Group shall require the transferee to agree pursuant to a written agreement to maintain any trade secrets
and Information included in the transferred Intellectual Property in strict confidence. Such agreement shall prohibit any further
transfer of rights by such party or any use of the transferred Intellectual Property outside the scope of the license granted
to SpinCo herein. If SpinCo enters an agreement to transfer the license granted to it under this Section 3.2 in connection
with any sale or transfer of a SpinCo business, then Parent and members of the Parent Group shall be made third party beneficiaries
under such transfer agreement to enforce breaches of the license.


 


3.3          Neither
Party shall make a trade secret of the other Party public or otherwise destroy or impair the trade secret status of such trade
secret without the express, advance, written consent of the other Party. Any agreement by which a trade secret is transferred or
sublicensed shall be subject to the same confidentiality requirements as stated herein.


 


3.4          No
Implied Rights. As between the Parties, all right, title and interest in and to all Licensed SpinCo IP shall be owned by SpinCo
and the other members of the SpinCo Group, and Parent shall not acquire, and nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring,
by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or other right, title or interest in or to such Licensed SpinCo IP or any other
Intellectual Property owned by SpinCo or of any of its Group, except for the license granted to Parent pursuant to Section 3.1.


 


3.5          Improvements.
For the avoidance of doubt, as between the Parties, Parent shall own all right, title and interest in and to any and all Improvements
authored, developed, invented, reduced to practice or otherwise created by Parent or any member of the Parent Group and all Intellectual
Property rights therein and thereto.


 


3.6          Enforcement
of Licensed IP.


 


(a)          Control
of Enforcement IP Actions. Except as may otherwise be mutually agreed by the Parties, as between the Parties, SpinCo shall
have the right to enforce the Licensed SpinCo IP as follows:


 


(i)          SpinCo
shall have the right, but not the obligation (through itself and/or through its designee), to control the initiation, conduct and,
subject to this Section 3.6, settlement or other resolution, at its cost and expense and in its sole discretion, of any
enforcement claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil or criminal or in law or in equity (each, an “IP
Action”) relating to the Licensed SpinCo IP, including the right to communicate any objection or other form of challenge
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(ii)         if
SpinCo does not initiate such an IP Action itself or through its designee with respect to infringement, misappropriation or other
violation of any Licensed SpinCo IP within the Parent Field by a Third Party within ninety (90) days after receipt of a written
request from Parent to assume control over the enforcement of such violation of such Licensed SpinCo IP inside the Parent Field,
then Parent shall have, with the prior consent of SpinCo, which will not be unreasonably withheld, the right, but not the obligation,
to bring and to control such IP Action (provided that if Parent does not do so within thirty (30) days after the end of such original
ninety (90) day-deadline, the right to initiate and control an IP Action shall revert back to SpinCo and shall again be subject
to the terms set forth above). For avoidance of doubt, Parent shall not have any right to initiate any IP Action with respect to
infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Licensed SpinCo IP by a Third Party except within the Parent Field.


 


(b)          Enforcement
Action Process.


 


(i)          The
Party initiating or otherwise controlling any enforcement IP Action hereunder (the “Enforcing Party”),
including the right to communicate any objection or other form of challenge to any Third Party, shall, as between the Parties,
have the right to select counsel for any IP Action initiated by it or its designee pursuant to this Section 3.6. The
Party that is not the Enforcing Party (the “Non-Enforcing Party”) shall, to the extent it is a necessary party
to the IP Action (or is otherwise reasonably requested by the enforcing Party), join the Enforcing Party (and/or, if applicable,
its designee(s)) at the Enforcing Party’s expense and agree to be represented by counsel for the Enforcing Party in any infringement
or other IP Action commenced by the Enforcing Party (or its designee) and shall, upon request of the Enforcing Party, execute such
documents and perform such other acts as may be reasonably required and requested by the Enforcing Party at the Enforcing Party’s
expense in connection with such enforcement IP Action; provided, that the Non-Enforcing Party shall have the right to engage,
at its cost and expense, independent counsel of its choice to advise such Non-Enforcing Party in connection with such assistance
to the Enforcing Party.


 


(ii)         The
Non-Enforcing Party shall cooperate with, and provide reasonable assistance to, the Enforcing Party (and its designees) in connection
with any IP Action brought by the Enforcing Party (or its designee) hereunder to the extent relating to the Licensed SpinCo IP,
as may be reasonably requested by the Enforcing Party, including by providing access to relevant documents and other evidence (provided
that the Parties shall enter into a joint defense agreement with respect to the common interest privilege protecting such communications
in a form reasonably acceptable to the Parties) and making its employees available, subject to the other Party’s reimbursement
of any costs and expenses incurred by the Non-Enforcing Party in providing such assistance. The Enforcing Party shall keep the
Non-Enforcing Party reasonably informed of any determinations or significant developments in any IP Action initiated by it pursuant
to this Section 3.6 and, if the Non-Enforcing Party is SpinCo, then the Parent shall reasonably consult with the SpinCo
and take into consideration input provided to Parent by SpinCo to the extent reasonable and provided in a timely manner.


 


(c)          Allocation
of Costs and Recoveries. Unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties, (i) the costs and expenses relating to any enforcement
IP Action commenced pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall be borne by the Enforcing Party; and (ii) any settlement payments
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damages or other monetary
awards (“Recoveries”) recovered in any IP Action by the Enforcing Party, itself or through its designee, pursuant
to this Section 3.6, whether by judgment or settlement, shall be allocated in the following order: (A) to reimburse the
Enforcing Party for any costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Enforcing Party and/or its designee(s) with respect
to such IP Action, (B) to reimburse the Non-Enforcing Party for any costs and expenses incurred by such Party with respect to such
IP Action to the extent the Non-Enforcing Party participated in an IP Action pursuant to this Section 3.6 (and has not already
been reimbursed by the Enforcing Party), including if it joins such IP Action (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the cost
of any counsel employed by the Non-Enforcing Party), and (C) the remainder shall be allocated to the Enforcing Party.


 


(d)          Settlement
of Enforcement IP Action. The Enforcing Party shall not settle, or enter into a voluntary consent judgment with respect to,
any enforcement IP Action under this Section 3.6 in a manner that would include any admissions of invalidity or unenforceability
against the Non-Enforcing Party, or wrongdoing by the Non-Enforcing Party or any of its Group, or imposes any liability or payment
or other obligation on the Non-Enforcing Party or any of its Group, without the Non-Enforcing Party’s written consent (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and in any event, without notifying the Non-Enforcing Party of
any such proposed settlement or voluntary consent judgment. For the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting the foregoing, as
between the Parties, the Enforcing Party shall have the sole and exclusive right to settle, or enter into a voluntary consent judgment
with respect to, any enforcement IP Action under this Section 3.6. For the avoidance of doubt, Parent shall not settle or
enter into a voluntary consent judgment or enter into any other agreement that shall in any way impair the rights of SpinCo with
respect to its Intellectual Property outside the Parent Field without SpinCo’s consent, which may be withheld in its sole
option.


 


3.7          Bankruptcy.
In the event that this Agreement is terminated or rejected by SpinCo, a member of the SpinCo Group or its receiver or trustee under
applicable bankruptcy laws due to such Party’s bankruptcy, then all rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to this
Agreement by SpinCo to Parent are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 365(n) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
(the “Code”) and any similar laws in any other country, licenses of rights to “intellectual property”
as defined under the Code for purposes of Section 365(n). The Parties agree that all intellectual property rights licensed hereunder,
including, without limitation, any patents or patent applications in any country of SpinCo or a member of SpinCo Group covered
by the license grants under this Agreement, are part of the “intellectual property” as defined under the Code for purposes
of Section 365(n) subject to the protections afforded the non-terminating Party under Section 365(n) of the Code, and any similar
law or regulation in any other country.


 


3.8          Trademark
Disclaimer. Neither Parent nor SpinCo nor any member of the Parent Group or SpinCo Group grants any right or license to the
other to use any Parent Name or Parent Mark or SpinCo Name or SpinCo Mark in any manner including, without limitation, use in commerce
as a trade name, trademark or other designation of origin. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood that signage, letterhead,
invoices, business cards, promotional materials and similar items may reference the Parent Name or Parent Mark “MeadWestvaco”
and “MWV” in the same manner as used by SpinCo prior to the Effective Time, during a twelve-month phase out period
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4.          MUTUAL
RELEASES; INDEMNIFICATION


 


4.1          Release
of Pre-Distribution Claims.


 


(a)          SpinCo
Release of Parent. Except as provided in Sections 4.1(c) and 4.1(d), effective as of the Effective Time, SpinCo
does hereby, for itself and each other member of the SpinCo Group, and their respective successors and assigns, and, to the extent
permitted by Law, all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time have been shareholders, directors, officers, agents or
employees of any member of the SpinCo Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), remise, release and forever
discharge (i) Parent and the members of the Parent Group, and their respective successors and assigns, and (ii) all Persons
who at any time prior to the Effective Time are or have been shareholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member
of the Parent Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, and (iii) all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time are or have been shareholders, directors,
officers, agents or employees of a Transferred Entity and who are not, as of immediately following the Effective Time, directors,
officers or employees of SpinCo or a member of the SpinCo Group, in each case from (A) all SpinCo IP Liabilities and (B) all
Liabilities arising from or in connection with actions, inactions, events, omissions, conditions, facts or circumstances occurring
or existing prior to the Effective Time (whether or not such Liabilities cease being contingent, mature, become known, are asserted
or foreseen, or accrue, in each case before, at or after the Effective Time), in each case to the extent relating to, arising out
of or resulting from the SpinCo IP Assets or the SpinCo IP Liabilities.


 


(b)          Parent
Release of SpinCo. Except as provided in Sections 4.1(c) and 4.1(d), effective as of the Effective Time, Parent
does hereby, for itself and each other member of the Parent Group, and their respective successors and assigns, and, to the extent
permitted by Law, all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time have been shareholders, directors, officers, agents or
employees of any member of the SpinCo Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), remise, release and forever
discharge (i) SpinCo and the members of the SpinCo Group, and their respective successors and assigns, and (ii) all Persons
who at any time prior to the Effective Time are or have been shareholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member
of the SpinCo Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, and (iii) all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time are or have been shareholders, directors,
officers, agents or employees of a Transferred Entity and who are not, as of immediately following the Effective Time, directors,
officers or employees of SpinCo or a member of the SpinCo Group, in each case from (A) all Parent IP Liabilities and (B) all
Liabilities arising from or in connection with actions, inactions, events, omissions, conditions, facts or circumstances occurring
or existing prior to the Effective Time (whether or not such Liabilities cease being contingent, mature, become known, are asserted
or foreseen, or accrue, in each case before, at or after the Effective Time), in each case to the extent relating to, arising out
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(c)          Obligations
Not Affected. Nothing contained in Section 4.1(a) or Section 4.1(b)
shall impair any right of any Person to enforce this Agreement. Nothing contained in Section 4.1(a) or Section
 4.1(b) shall release any Person from:


 


(i)          any
Liability, contingent or otherwise, assumed, transferred, assigned or allocated to the Group of which such Person is a member in
accordance with, or any other Liability of any member of any Group under, this Agreement;


 


(ii)         any
Liability that the Parties may have with respect to indemnification or contribution or other obligation pursuant to this Agreement
for claims brought against the Parties by third Persons, which Liability shall be governed by the provisions of the Separation
Agreement; or


 


(iii)        any
Liability the release of which would result in the release of any Person other than a Person released pursuant to this Section
4.1.


 


In addition, nothing
contained in Section 4.1(a) or Section 4.1(b) shall release any member of the Parent Group from honoring its existing obligations to indemnify
any director, officer or employee of SpinCo who was a director, officer or employee of any member of the Parent Group on or prior
to the Effective Time, to the extent such director, officer or employee becomes a named defendant in any Action (as defined in
the Separation Agreement) with respect to which such director, officer or employee was entitled to such indemnification pursuant
to such existing obligations; it being understood that, if the underlying obligation giving rise to such Action is a SpinCo IP
Liability, SpinCo shall indemnify Parent for such Liability (including Parent’s costs to indemnify the director, officer
or employee) in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Section 4.


 


(d)          No
Claims. Neither Parent nor SpinCo shall make, and shall not permit any member of the Parent Group or SpinCo Group, as the
case may be, to make, any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution
or any indemnification, against the other Party or any other member of the Parent Group or SpinCo Group, as the case may be, or
any other Person released pursuant to Section 4.1(a) or Section 4.1(b), with respect to any Liabilities released
pursuant to Section 4.1(a) or Section 4.1(b).


 


(e)          Execution
of Further Releases. At any time at or after the Effective Time, at the request of either Party, the other Party shall cause
each member of its respective Group to execute and deliver releases reflecting the provisions of this Section 4.1.


 


4.2          Indemnification.
Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, SpinCo shall, and shall cause
the other members of the SpinCo Group to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Parent Indemnitees from and against any and all
Liabilities of the Parent Indemnitees relating to, arising out of or resulting from, directly or indirectly, (a) any SpinCo IP
Liability, and (b) any failure of SpinCo, any other member of the SpinCo Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise
promptly discharge any SpinCo IP Liabilities in accordance with their terms, whether arising prior to, on or after the Effective
Time. Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, Parent shall, and shall
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Group to, indemnify,
defend and hold harmless the SpinCo Indemnitees from and against any and all Liabilities of the Parent Indemnitees relating to,
arising out of or resulting from, directly or indirectly, (a) any Parent IP Liability, and (b) any failure of Parent, any other
member of the Parent Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any Parent IP Liabilities in accordance
with their terms, whether arising prior to, on or after the Effective Time.


 


4.3          Other
Terms and Conditions Incorporated by Reference. Each Party acknowledges and agrees that with respect to the
indemnification obligations set forth in Section 4.2 above, the terms and conditions of Section 4.4
(Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts) through Section 4.10 (Survival of
Indemnities) of the Separation Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference and shall apply to such indemnification
obligations.


 


5.          EXCHANGE
OF INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY


 


5.1          Agreement
for Transfer and Exchange of Information.


 


(a)          Each
of Parent and SpinCo, on behalf of itself and each member of its Group, acknowledges and agrees that, with respect to
Information that it will own as a result of the Separation, each is entitled to physical possession of Information that
exists in tangible and intangible form, including Software, Technology, or electronic data that may exist on hard-drives, or
other electronic storage means (“Tangible/Intangible Information”). Subject to subsections (i)-(iii) of
this Section 5.1(a), each Party agrees that prior to the date that is six (6) months after  the Effective Time
(“Delivery Date”), it will deliver possession of any Tangible/Intangible Information of the other Party
that is in its possession or control to the other Party, without retaining any copies.


 


(i)          To
the extent that any Tangible/Intangible Information of SpinCo is in the possession of Parent, is comingled, and separation is
not commercially reasonable, Parent will make such Tangible/Intangible Information available to SpinCo to separate at its own expense.
If SpinCo chooses to separate such Tangible/Intangible Information, then Parent will deliver possession to SpinCo of any such separated
Tangible/Intangible Information within one (1) month after such separation, without retaining any copies.


 


(ii)         To
the extent that any Tangible/Intangible Information of Parent is in the possession of SpinCo, is comingled, and separation is
not commercially reasonable, SpinCo shall, at its option, (x) separate such comingled Tangible/Intangible Information at its own
expense and deliver possession to Parent of any such separated Tangible/Intangible Information by the Delivery Date, without retaining
any copies or (y) deliver possession of all of such comingled Tangible/Intangible Information to Parent by the Delivery Date, without
retaining any copies.


 


(iii)        To
the extent Parent is in possession of any comingled Tangible/Intangible Information, that is not separated by SpinCo pursuant
to Section 5.1(a)(i), then Parent shall be entitled to maintain possession of such Tangible/Intangible Information, but
(A) shall provide reasonable access to SpinCo upon SpinCo’s request, including the opportunity to make extracts or copies,
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comingled Tangible/Intangible
Information that is the property of SpinCo, and shall retain such Tangible/Intangible Information in confidence as set forth in
the Section 6.9 of the Separation Agreement. To the extent practical, SpinCo shall be entitled to redact or obscure any of SpinCo’s
Tangible/Intangible Information that is so retained by Parent.


 


(b)          Subject
to the applicable confidentiality obligations of the Separation Agreement, each of Parent and SpinCo, on behalf of itself and each
member of its Group, agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to provide or make available, or cause to be provided or made
available, to the other Party and the members of such other Party’s Group, at any time before, on or after the Effective
Time, as soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor, any Information (or a copy thereof) in the possession or
under the control of such Party or its Group which the requesting Party or its Group requests, in good faith in order to evaluate
or use such Information for commercial purposes within the Parent Field or SpinCo Field, as appropriate, to the extent that (i) such
Information relates to any SpinCo IP Asset or SpinCo IP Liability, if SpinCo is the requesting Party; (ii) such Information
is necessary for Parent or any member of Parent Group to exercise its rights under the license granted in Section 3.1 of
this Agreement, if Parent is the requesting Party, (iii) such Information is required by the requesting Party to comply with its
obligations under this Agreement; or (iv) such Information is required by the requesting Party to comply with any obligation
imposed by any Governmental Authority; provided, however, that, for any of the foregoing (i) – (iv), in the
event that the Party to whom the request has been made determines that any such provision of Information could be detrimental to
the Party providing the Information, violate any Law or agreement, or waive any privilege available under applicable Law, including
any attorney-client privilege, then the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to permit compliance with such obligations
to the extent and in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence.  The Party providing Information pursuant to this
Section 5.1(b) shall only be obligated to provide such Information in the form, condition and format in which it then exists,
and in no event shall such Party be required to perform any improvement, modification, conversion, updating or reformatting of
any such Information, and nothing in this Section 5.1 shall expand the obligations of a Party under Section 5.4.


 


5.2          Ownership
of Information. The provision of any Information pursuant to Section 5.1 shall not affect the ownership of such
Information (which shall be determined solely in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Separation Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements), or constitute a grant of rights in or to any such Information (such grant of rights, to the extent they
exist, are expressly addressed elsewhere in this Agreement). For the avoidance of doubt, no Party shall be required to provide
to the other Party any updates, improvements, or additions to any Intellectual Property that it owns after the Effective Time.


 


5.3          Compensation
for Providing Information. The Party requesting Information pursuant to Section 5.1(b)
above agrees to reimburse the other Party for the reasonable costs, if
any, of creating, gathering, copying, transporting and otherwise complying with the request with respect to such Information (including
any reasonable costs and expenses incurred in any review of Information for purposes of protecting the Privileged Information of
the providing Party or in connection with the restoration of backup media for purposes of providing the requested Information).
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any other Ancillary Agreement
or any other agreement between the Parties, such costs shall be computed in accordance with the providing Party’s standard
methodology and procedures.


 


5.4          Other
Rights and Obligations. The rights and obligations of the Parties under Section 6.4 (Record Retention), Section 6.5 (Limitation
of Liability), Section 6.6 (Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information), Section 6.7 (Production of Witnesses; Records;
Cooperation), Section 6.8 (Privileged Matters), Section 6.9 (Confidentiality), and Section 6.10 (Protective Arrangements) of the
Separation Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Section 5 as if fully set forth herein. To the extent (a) Parent,
or any member of the Parent Group, receives from SpinCo, or any member of the SpinCo Group, or (b) SpinCo, or any member of the
SpinCo Group receives from Parent, or any member of the Parent Group, any Information that is trade secret under applicable law,
the five (5) year confidentiality period of Section 6.9(a) of the Separation Agreement with respect to such Information shall
be extended until such time as the received Information is no longer trade secret.


 


6.          FURTHER
ASSURANCES AND ADDITIONAL COVENANTS


 


6.1          Further
Assurances.


 


(a)          In
addition to the actions specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, each of the Parties shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts, prior to, on and after the Effective Time, to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done,
all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws, regulations and agreements to consummate and make
effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.


 


(b)          Without
limiting the foregoing, prior to, on and after the Effective Time, each Party hereto shall cooperate with the other Party, and
without any further consideration, but at the expense of the requesting Party, to execute and deliver, or use its reasonable best
efforts to cause to be executed and delivered, all instruments, including instruments of conveyance, assignment and transfer, and
to make all filings with, and to obtain all Approvals or Notifications of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person under
any permit, license, agreement, indenture or other instrument (including any consents or Governmental Approvals), and to take all
such other actions as such Party may reasonably be requested to take by the other Party from time to time, consistent with the
terms of this Agreement, in order to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the transfers of the SpinCo IP
Assets and the assignment and assumption of the SpinCo IP Liabilities and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.


 


(c)          On
or prior to the Effective Time, Parent and SpinCo in their respective capacities as direct and indirect shareholders of the members
of their Groups, shall each ratify any actions which are reasonably necessary or desirable to be taken by Parent, SpinCo or any
of the members of their respective Groups, as the case may be, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.


 


7.          TERMINATION


 


7.1          Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time by Parent, in its sole and absolute discretion, without
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any other Person, including
SpinCo. After the Effective Time, this Agreement may not be terminated except by an agreement in writing signed by a duly authorized
officer of each of the Parties.


 


7.2          Effect
of Termination. In the event of any termination of this Agreement prior to the Effective Time, no Party (nor any of its directors,
officers, employees or agents) shall have any Liability or further obligation to the other Party by reason of this Agreement.


 


8.          MISCELLANEOUS


 


8.1          Counterparts;
Entire Agreement; Corporate Power.


 


(a)          This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and shall become
effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered to the other Party.


 


(b)          This
Agreement and the Separation Agreement and the Exhibits, Schedules and appendices hereto and thereto contain the entire agreement
between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all previous agreements, negotiations, discussions,
writings, understandings, commitments and conversations with respect to such subject matter, and there are no agreements or understandings
between the Parties with respect to this Agreement.


 


(c)          Parent
represents on behalf of itself and each other member of the Parent Group, and SpinCo represents on behalf of itself and each other
member of the SpinCo Group, as follows:


 


(i)          each
such Person has the requisite corporate or other power and authority and has taken all corporate or other action necessary in order
to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and


 


(ii)         this
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of it enforceable in accordance
with the terms thereof.


 


(d)          Each
Party acknowledges that it and each other Party may execute this Agreement by facsimile, stamp or mechanical signature, and that
delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement (whether executed by manual, stamp or mechanical
signature) by facsimile or by email in portable document format (PDF) shall be effective as delivery of such executed counterpart
of this Agreement. Each Party expressly adopts and confirms each such facsimile, stamp or mechanical signature (regardless of whether
delivered in person, by mail, by courier, by facsimile or by email in portable document format (PDF))
made in its respective name as if it were a manual signature delivered in person, agrees that it will not assert that any
such signature or delivery is not adequate to bind such Party to the same extent as if it were signed manually and delivered in
person and agrees that, at the reasonable request of the other Party at any time, it will as promptly as reasonably practicable
cause this Agreement to be manually executed (any such execution to be as of the date of the initial date thereof) and delivered
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8.2          Other
Incorporated Miscellaneous Terms. The terms and conditions set forth in Section 10.2 (Governing Law) through Section 10.19
(Mutual Drafting) of the Separation Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Section 8 as if fully set forth herein.


 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused
this Intellectual Property Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.


 


	 	WESTROCK COMPANY
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name:	 
	 	 	Title:	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	INGEVITY CORPORATION
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name:	 
	 	 	Title: