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EXHIBIT 10.1

 

 

SEPARATION AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

HEIDELBERGCEMENT AG

 

and

 

HANSON BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED

 

Dated as of [·], 201[·]

 

 

 

SEPARATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS SEPARATION AGREEMENT, dated as of [·], 201[·], is by and between HeidelbergCement AG, a German Aktiengesellschaft (“HeidelbergCement”), and Hanson Building Products Limited, a Jersey public limited company (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Article I hereof.

 

R E C I T A L S

 

WHEREAS, HeidelbergCement has determined that it is in its and its shareholders’ best interests to separate the Building Products Business from the other businesses conducted by HeidelbergCement and its Subsidiaries;

 

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the foregoing, on or before [·], 201[·] (the “Contribution Date”), members of HeidelbergCement Group transferred the share capital and equity interests of the Transferred Entities (which then held substantially all of the Building Products Assets and had previously assumed the Building Products Liabilities, all as more fully described in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements) and, in exchange therefor, the Company issued Company Ordinary Shares to members of the HeidelbergCement Group;

 

WHEREAS, following the Contribution, HeidelbergCement BP Limited, an indirect subsidiary of HeidelbergCement and the owner of 100% of the Company Ordinary Shares, will offer and sell to the public Company Ordinary Shares, which will take place pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (the “IPO”);

 

WHEREAS, it is appropriate and desirable to set forth the principal corporate transactions required to effect the Contribution, the IPO, and certain other agreements that will govern certain matters relating thereto (collectively, the “Transactions”), and the relationship of HeidelbergCement, the Company and their respective Subsidiaries following the IPO.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained in this Agreement, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

SECTION 1.01                                 Certain Definitions. For the purpose of this Agreement the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Action” means any demand, action, suit, countersuit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any federal, state, local, foreign or international Governmental Authority or any arbitration or mediation tribunal.

 

“Additional Company Transfer Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06.

 

 

“Additional HeidelbergCement Transfer Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06.

 

“Additional Transfer Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06.

 

“Affiliate” of any Person means a Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. As used herein, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such entity, whether through ownership of voting securities or other interests, by contract or otherwise. It is expressly agreed that, from and after the Effective Date, solely for purposes of this Agreement (1) no member of the Company Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the HeidelbergCement Group and (2) no member of the HeidelbergCement Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the Company Group.

 

“Agreement” means this Separation Agreement, including all of the schedules and exhibits hereto.

 

“Ancillary Agreements” means the Transition Services Agreements, the Supply Agreements, the Tax Receivable Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Trademark License Agreement, the Additional Transfer Documents and other agreements related thereto.

 

“Annual Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(e).

 

“Applicable Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02.

 

“Assets” means assets, properties, claims and rights (including goodwill), wherever located (including in the possession of vendors or other third parties or elsewhere), of every kind, character and description, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible, intangible or contingent, in each case whether or not recorded or reflected or required to be recorded or reflected on the books and records or financial statements of any Person, including the following:

 

(a)                                 all accounting and other legal and business books, records, ledgers and files and all personnel records, in each case, whether printed, electronic, contained on storage media or written, or in any other form;

 

(b)                                 all apparati, computers and other electronic data processing and communication equipment, telephone and facsimile numbers, fixtures, machinery, furniture, office equipment, automobiles, motor vehicles and other transportation equipment, special and general tools, test devices, prototypes and models and other tangible personal property;

 

(c)                                  all inventories of materials, parts, ingredients, raw materials, supplies, work-in-process and finished goods and products;

 

(d)                                 all interests in real property of whatever nature, including easements, whether as owner, mortgagee, lessor, sublessor, lessee, sublessee or otherwise;

 

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(e)                                  all interests in any share capital or other equity interests of any Person, all bonds, notes, debentures or other securities issued by any Person, all loans, advances or other extensions of credit or capital contributions to any Person and all other investments in any Person;

 

(f)                                   all leases of personal property, open purchase orders for active pharmaceutical ingredients, raw materials, supplies, parts or services and unfilled orders for the manufacture and sale of products;

 

(g)                                  all deposits, letters of credit and performance and surety bonds;

 

(h)                                 all Intellectual Property;

 

(i)                                     all cost information, sales and pricing data, customer prospect lists, supplier records, customer and supplier lists, customer and vendor data, correspondence and lists, product data, Marketing Materials, quality records and reports and other books, records, studies, surveys, reports, plans and documents;

 

(j)                                    all prepaid expenses, trade accounts and other accounts and notes receivable;

 

(k)                                 all Contracts and rights thereunder, all claims or rights against any Person arising from the ownership of any Asset, all rights in connection with any bids or offers and all claims, choices in action and similar rights, whether accrued or contingent;

 

(l)                                     all employee contracts, including the right thereunder to restrict an employee thereunder from competing in certain respects;

 

(m)                             all rights under insurance policies and all rights in the nature of insurance, indemnification, recovery or contribution;

 

(n)                                 all licenses, permits, approvals, consents, registrations and authorizations, including, without limitation, marketing authorizations for any products requiring such to be sold, which have been issued by or obtained from any Governmental Authority;

 

(o)                                 all cash or cash equivalents, certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and other investment securities of any form or maturity and all bank accounts, lock boxes and other deposit arrangements and all brokerage accounts;

 

(p)                                 all receivables from Tax authorities; and

 

(q)                                 all interest rate, currency, commodity or other swap, collar, cap or other hedging or similar agreements or arrangements.

 

“Building Products Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a).

 

“Building Products Business” means the business of manufacturing a diversified range of concrete and clay building products business in the United States, Eastern Canada and

 

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the United Kingdom as described in the IPO Registration Statement and as conducted as of the Effective Date, but excluding all of the other products, services or businesses of HeidelbergCement or any of its Affiliates.

 

“Building Products Contracts” means the following Contracts to which HeidelbergCement or any of its Affiliates is a party or by which it or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective Assets is bound, whether or not in writing, except for any such Contract that is expressly contemplated to be retained by HeidelbergCement or any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement:

 

(r)                                    any Contract (including any customer, distribution, supply or vendor contracts or agreements and any joint venture agreements) that relates exclusively to the Building Products Business (excluding any IP Contracts);

 

(s)                                   any guarantee, indemnity, representation, warranty or other Liability of any Person in the Company Group or the HeidelbergCement Group in respect of any other Building Products Contract, any Building Products Liability or the Building Products Business (including guarantees of financing incurred by customers or other third parties in connection with purchases of products or services from the Building Products Business);

 

(t)                                    Building Products IP Contracts; and

 

(u)                                 any Contract that is otherwise expressly contemplated pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements to be assigned to the Company or any other Person in the Company Group.

 

“Building Products Disclosure Matters” means all information and material set forth in, or incorporated by reference into, any Disclosure Document (including the IPO Registration Statement) to the extent relating to (i) the Company Group, (ii) the Building Products Business or (iii) the Transactions.

 

“Building Products Intellectual Property” means:

 

(a)                                 the Patent Rights set forth on Schedule 1.01(a);

 

(b)                                 the Trademarks set forth on Schedule 1.01(b);

 

(c)                                  the Copyrights (i) set forth on Schedule 1.01(c) or (ii) in Marketing Materials exclusively used or held for use in the Building Products Business; and

 

(d)                                 the Product Know-How exclusively used and held for use for the Building Products Business.

 

“Building Products IP Contracts” means the IP Contracts exclusively used and held for use in the Building Products Business.

 

“Building Products Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).

 

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“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by Law to be closed in New York, New York.

 

“CMS” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07.

 

“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Company Auditors” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

 

“Company Balance Sheet” means the combined balance sheet of the Building Products Business of HeidelbergCement as of [·], 201[·] as set forth in the IPO Registration Statement.

 

“Company Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

“Company Books and Records” means originals or true and complete copies thereof, including electronic copies (if available), of (a) all minute books, corporate charters and bylaws or comparable constitutive documents, records of share issuances and related corporate records of each member of the Company Group, (b) all books and records exclusively relating to (i) Company Employees, (ii) the purchase of materials, supplies and services for the Building Products Business and (iii) dealings with customers of the Building Products Business and (c) all files relating exclusively to any Action the Liability with respect to which is a Building Products Liability.

 

“Company Debt Obligations” means all Indebtedness of the Company or any member of the Company Group, including without limitation Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Company Financing Arrangements.

 

“Company Employee” has the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.

 

“Company Financing Arrangements” means the Term Loans, the Revolving Lines of Credit, the participation by members of the Company Group in the HeidelbergCement Group supply chain financing program and surety bond program and the usage by members of the Company Group of HeidelbergCement Group corporate guarantees and of letters of credit issued under the HeidelbergCement Group syndicated credit facility and the arrangements listed on Schedule 1.01(d).

 

“Company Group” means the Company, each Transferred Entity, each other Subsidiary of the Company and each other Person that either (x) is controlled directly or indirectly by the Company immediately after the Effective Date or (y) becomes controlled by the Company following the Effective Date.

 

“Company Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03.

 

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“Company Non-Voting Shares” means any class or series of the Company’s share capital, and any warrant, option or right in such shares, other than Company Voting Shares.

 

“Company Ordinary Shares” means ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.01.

 

“Company Public Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(h).

 

“Company Voting Shares” means all shares of all classes of the share capital of the Company entitled to vote generally with respect to the election of directors.

 

“Consents” means any consents, waivers or approvals from, or notification requirements to, any third parties.

 

“Contract” means any written or oral commitment, contract, subcontract, agreement, lease, sublease, license, understanding, sales order, purchase order, instrument, indenture, note or other commitment that is binding on any Person or any part of its property under applicable Law.

 

“Contribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).

 

“Contribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

“Copyrights” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Intellectual Property.”

 

“Deconsolidation Date” means the date on which HeidelbergCement ceases to consolidate the Company Group’s financial statements with its financial statements under IFRS.

 

“Disclosing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.09(a).

 

“Disclosure Documents” shall mean any form, statement, schedule or other material filed with or furnished to the Commission or any other Governmental Authority by or on behalf of any party or any of its controlled Affiliates, and also any information statement, prospectus, offering memorandum, offering circular or similar disclosure document (including in connection with the IPO) and any schedule thereto or document incorporated therein by reference, whether or not filed with or furnished to the Commission or any other Governmental Authority.

 

“Effective Date” means the date of the closing of the IPO.

 

“Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of [·], 201[·], by and between HeidelbergCement and the Company.

 

“Environmental Law” means any Law relating to (A) human or occupational health and safety; (B) pollution or protection of the environment (including ambient air, indoor air, water vapor, surface water, groundwater, wetlands, drinking water supply, land surface or subsurface strata, biota and other natural resources); or (C) Hazardous Materials including any Law relating to exposure to, or use, generation, manufacture, processing, management,

 

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treatment, recycling, storage, disposal, emission, discharge, transport, distribution, labeling, presence, possession, handling, Release or threatened Release of, any Hazardous Material and any Law relating to recordkeeping, notification, disclosure, registration and reporting requirements respecting Hazardous Materials.

 

“Environmental Liabilities” means all Liabilities (including all removal, remediation, cleanup or monitoring costs, investigatory costs, response costs, natural resources damages, property damages, personal injury damages, costs of compliance with any product take back requirements or with any settlement, judgment or other determination of Liability and indemnity, contribution or similar obligations and all costs and expenses, interest, fines, penalties or other monetary sanctions in connection therewith) relating to, arising out of or resulting from any (a) actual or alleged (i) compliance or noncompliance with any Environmental Law, (ii) generation, use, storage, manufacture, processing, recycling, labeling, handling, possession, management, treatment, transportation, distribution, emission, discharge or disposal of any Hazardous Material, or (iii) presence, Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material (including any exposure of any HeidelbergCement Employee, Company Employee, Former Company Employee, Inactive Company Employee (as each is defined herein or in the Employee Matters Agreement) or any individual who is, or was, an independent contractor, temporary employee, temporary service worker, consultant, freelancer, agency employee, on-call worker, incidental worker, or non-payroll worker of HeidelbergCement or any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group or the Company or any Person in the Company Group, as the case may be, to Hazardous Materials, except for claims that arise under, or are covered or barred by, workers’ compensation laws and/or workers’ compensation, disability or other insurance providing medical care and/or compensation to injured workers) or (b) contract, agreement, or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which Liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

“Escalation Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(a).

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Excluded Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(b).

 

“Excluded Environmental Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b)(iii)(D).

 

“Excluded Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b).

 

“Financial Statements” means the Annual Financial Statements and Quarterly Financial Statements collectively.

 

“Former Company Employee” means any former employee of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company whose employment has been terminated prior to the IPO.

 

“GAAP” means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, applied on a basis consistent within the Financial Statements.

 

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“Government Official” means (a) any elected or appointed governmental official, (b) any employee or person acting for or on behalf of a governmental official, agency or enterprise performing a governmental function, (c) any candidate for public office, political party officer, employee or person acting for or on behalf of a political party or candidate for public office or (d) any person otherwise categorized as a Government Official under local Law. As used in this definition, “Government” is meant to include all levels and subdivisions of foreign governments (i.e., local, regional or national and administrative, legislative or executive).

 

“Governmental Approvals” means any notices, reports or other filings to be made, or any consents, registrations, approvals, licenses, permits or authorizations to be obtained from, any Governmental Authority.

 

“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state, municipality or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity, body, agency, commission, department, board, bureau, court, tribunal or other instrumentality, whether federal, state, local, domestic, foreign or multinational, exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, administrative or other similar functions of, or pertaining to, government and any executive official thereof.

 

“Group” means either the Company Group or the HeidelbergCement Group, as the context requires.

 

“Guarantee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(a).

 

“Hazardous Material” means (A) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, toxic mold, radon, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials in any form, lead-based paint, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); and (B) any chemicals, materials, substances, compounds, mixtures, products or byproducts, biological agents, living or genetically modified materials, pollutants, contaminants or wastes that are now or hereafter become defined or characterized as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous wastes,” “restricted hazardous wastes,” “special waste,” “toxic substances,” “pollutants,” “contaminants,” “toxic,” “dangerous,” “corrosive,” “flammable,” “reactive,” “radioactive,” or words of similar import, under any Environmental Law.

 

“HeidelbergCement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“HeidelbergCement Annual Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(e).

 

“HeidelbergCement Auditors” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(b).

 

“HeidelbergCement Books and Records” means originals or true and complete copies thereof, including electronic copies (if available) of (a) minute books, corporate charters and bylaws or comparable constitutive documents, records of share issuances and related corporate records, of the HeidelbergCement Group; (b) all books and records relating to (i) HeidelbergCement Employees, (ii) the purchase of materials, supplies and services for the HeidelbergCement Business and (iii) dealings with customers of the HeidelbergCement

 

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Business; and (c) all files relating to any Action the Liability with respect to which is an Excluded Liability.

 

“HeidelbergCement Business” means any business or operations of the HeidelbergCement Group (whether conducted independently or in association with one or more third parties through a partnership, joint venture or other mutual enterprise) other than the Building Products Business.

 

“HeidelbergCement Employee” means an employee other than a Company Employee who, as of the IPO, is actively employed by, or on leave of absence from, any member of the HeidelbergCement Group.

 

“HeidelbergCement Group” means HeidelbergCement, each Subsidiary of HeidelbergCement involved in the Transactions and each other Person that either (x) is controlled directly or indirectly by HeidelbergCement immediately after the Effective Date or (y) becomes controlled by HeidelbergCement following the Effective Date; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any other member of the Company Group shall be members of the HeidelbergCement Group.

 

“HeidelbergCement Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02.

 

“HeidelbergCement Public Filings” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(l).

 

“HeidelbergCement Transferee” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.06.

 

“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted by the European Union.

 

“Inactive Company Employee” means any Company Employee who is on leave of absence from the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company at the time of the IPO.

 

“Indebtedness” of any Person means (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, (f) all indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, or other encumbrance on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (g) all guarantees by such Person of indebtedness of others, (h) all capital lease obligations of such Person and (i) all securities or other similar instruments convertible or exchangeable into any of the foregoing, but excluding daily cash overdrafts associated with routine cash operations.

 

“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(a).

 

“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(a).

 

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“Indemnity Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(a).

 

“Information” means information in written, oral, electronic or other tangible or intangible forms, stored in any medium, including studies, reports, records, books, Contracts, instruments, surveys, discoveries, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, designs, specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes, samples, flow charts, data, computer data, disks, diskettes, tapes, computer programs or other software, marketing plans, customer names, communications by or to attorneys (including attorney-client privileged communications), memoranda and other materials prepared by attorneys or under their direction (including attorney work product), and other technical, financial, employee or business information or data but excluding the Company Books and Records and the HeidelbergCement Books and Records.

 

“Insurance Proceeds” means those monies:

 

(a)                                 received by an insured from a third party insurance carrier;

 

(b)                                 paid by a third party insurance carrier on behalf of the insured; or

 

(c)                                  received (including by way of setoff) from any third party in the nature of insurance, contribution or indemnification in respect of any Liability;

 

in each such case net of any applicable premium adjustments (including reserves and retrospectively rated premium adjustments), net of any costs or expenses incurred in the collection thereof, net of any deductibles and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, proceeds from any self-insurance, captive insurance or similar program.

 

“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property throughout the world, including all U.S. and foreign (i) patents, invention disclosures, and all related continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, provisionals, renewals, reissues, re-examinations, additions, extensions (including all supplementary protection certificates), and all applications and registrations therefor (“Patent Rights”), (ii) trademarks, service marks, names, corporate names, trade names, domain names, logos, slogans, trade dress, design rights, and other similar designations of source or origin and all applications and registrations therefor, together with the goodwill symbolized by any of the foregoing (“Trademarks”), (iii) copyrights and copyrightable subject matter and all applications and registrations therefor (“Copyrights”), and (iv) any and all trade secrets, confidential data and technical information, including practices, techniques, methods, processes, inventions, developments, specifications, formulations, manufacturing processes, structures and regulatory information (“Know-How”).

 

“Intercompany Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

 

“IP Contracts” means all Contracts pursuant to which a party hereto or any of its Affiliates grants or obtains any rights to use Intellectual Property (other than Contracts in which such Intellectual Property is incidental to such Contracts).

 

“IPO” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

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“IPO Registration Statement” means the registration statement on Form S-l (File No. 333-198736) filed under the Securities Act, pursuant to which the Company Ordinary Shares to be sold in the IPO will be registered, together with all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act).

 

“Know-How” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Intellectual Property.”

 

“Law” means any United States or non-United States federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, local or similar law (including common law), statute, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, order, treaty, license, permit, authorization, registration, approval, consent, decree, injunction, judgment, notice of liability, request for information, binding judicial or administrative interpretation or other requirement, in each case, enacted, promulgated, issued, entered or otherwise put into effect by a Governmental Authority.

 

“Liabilities” means any and all indebtedness, claims, debts, Taxes, liabilities, demands, causes of actions, Actions and obligations, whether accrued, fixed or contingent, mature or inchoate, known or unknown, reflected on a balance sheet or otherwise, including, without limitation, those arising under any Law, Action or any judgment of any court of any kind or any award of any arbitrator of any kind, and those arising under any Contract, commitment or undertaking.

 

“Lien” means any mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien, charge, claim, option, right to acquire, voting or other restriction, right-of-way, covenant, condition, easement, encroachment, restriction on transfer, or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever.

 

“Losses” means any and all damages, losses, deficiencies, Liabilities, Taxes, obligations, penalties, judgments, settlements, claims, payments, fines, charges, interest, costs and expenses, whether or not resulting from third party claims, including the costs and expenses of any and all Actions and demands, assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto and the costs and expenses of attorneys’, accountants’, consultants’ and other professionals’ fees and expenses incurred in the investigation or defense thereof or the enforcement of rights hereunder.

 

“Marketing Materials” means all labeling, marketing, promotional materials and inserts.

 

“Person” means an individual, a general or limited partnership, a corporation, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, a limited liability entity, any other entity and any Governmental Authority.

 

“Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or any successor thereto or other major money center commercial bank agreed to by the parties hereto) as its prime rate in effect from time to time at its principal office in New York City.

 

“Privilege” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.11(a).

 

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“Product Know-How” means Know-How to the extent related to the properties, manufacture or use of any products.

 

“Quarterly Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(d).

 

“Receiving Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.09(a).

 

“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, pumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the indoor or outdoor environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata, soil and sediments) or into, through, or within any property, building, structure, fixture or equipment.

 

“Revolving Lines of Credit” means the revolving lines of credit to be provided by HeidelbergCement to Hanson Pipe & Precast LLC, Hanson Brick Limited and Hanson Building Products Limited, U.K., in connection with the Transactions, in each case, as may be amended, modified, restated or replaced at any time.

 

“Section 111 Report” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Services” has the meaning set forth in the Transition Services Agreements.

 

“Shared Contract Liability” means any Liability related to, arising out of or resulting from a Shared Contract.

 

“Shared Contracts” means each Contract entered into prior to the Effective Date which is between HeidelbergCement or any of its Subsidiaries (including any member of the Company Group), on the one hand, and one or more third parties, on the other hand, that has benefits or imposes obligations on the Building Products Business, but does not exclusively relate to the Building Products Business.

 

“Shareholders Agreement” means the Shareholders Agreement, dated as of [·], 201[·], by and between HeidelbergCement and the Company.

 

“Subsidiary” means, when used with respect to any Person, (a) a corporation in which such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, directly or indirectly, owns share capital having a majority of the total voting power in the election of directors of all outstanding shares of all classes and series of share capital of such corporation entitled generally to vote in such election; and (b) any other Person (other than a corporation) in which such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, directly or indirectly, has (i) a majority ownership interest or (ii) the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the members of the governing body of such first-named Person provided that except as otherwise indicated neither the Company nor

 

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any other member of the Company Group shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to be a Subsidiary of HeidelbergCement or of any other member of the HeidelbergCement Group.

 

“Supply Agreements” means the Cement Supply Agreement, dated as of [·], 201[·], by and between Lehigh Cement Company, LLC and Hanson Pipe & Precast LLC, the Cement Supply Agreement, dated as of [·], 201[·], by and between Hanson Cement (a trading name of Castle Cement Limited) and Hanson Building Products Limited, U.K., and the Aggregates Supply Agreement, dated as of [·], 201[·], by and between Hanson Quarry Products Europe Limited and Hanson Building Products Limited, U.K.

 

“Tax Receivable Agreement” means the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of [·], 201[·], by and between Lehigh Hanson, Inc. and [·].

 

“Tax Return” has the meaning set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement.

 

“Taxes” has the meaning set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement.

 

“Term Loans” means the term loans pursuant to (i) the USD 50,000,000.00 note, dated [·], 201[·], issued by Hanson Brick America, Inc., as borrower, to HeidelbergCement UK Holding II Limited, as lender, (ii) the CAD 45,000,000.00 note, dated November 19, 2014, issued by Hanson Brick Limited, as borrower, to Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited, as lender, (iii) the CAD 110,000,000.00 note, dated November 19, 2014, issued by Hanson Pipe & Precast Limited, as borrower, to Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited, as lender, and (iv) the GBP 95,000,000.00 note dated [·], 201[·], issued by Hanson Building Products Limited, U.K., as borrower, to Hanson Packed Products Limited, as lender, in each case, as may be amended, modified, restated or replaced at any time.

 

“Third Party Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.05(a).

 

“Trademark License Agreement” means the Trademark License Agreement, dated as of [·], 201[·], by and between HeidelbergCement, Lehigh Hanson, Inc., Hanson Building Materials Limited and the Company.

 

“Trademarks” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Intellectual Property.”

 

“Transactions” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

“Transferred Entities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a)(v).

 

“Transition Services Agreements” means the UK Transition Services Agreement, dated as of [·], 201[·] and the North American Transition Services Agreement, dated as of [·], 201[·], in each case, by and between HeidelbergCement and the Company.

 

“Underwriters” means the underwriters for the IPO.

 

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“Underwriting Agreement” means the underwriting agreement by and among the Company, HeidelbergCement BP Limited, HeidelbergCement and the Underwriters with respect to the IPO.

 

ARTICLE II

 

THE SEPARATION

 

SECTION 2.01                                 Transfer of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities.

 

(a)                                 Subject to Section 2.04, on or before the Contribution Date (i) members of the HeidelbergCement Group contributed, assigned, transferred, conveyed and delivered or caused to be contributed, assigned, transferred, conveyed and delivered to the Company Group, and members of the Company Group acquired or caused to be acquired from such members of the HeidelbergCement Group, all of the HeidelbergCement Group’s right, title and interest in all Building Products Assets, and (ii) members of the Company Group assumed, agreed to pay, perform, satisfy, discharge or otherwise defend or caused to be assumed and paid, performed, satisfied, discharged or otherwise defended on a timely basis all of the Building Products Liabilities in accordance with their respective terms, regardless of (A) when or where such Liabilities arose or arise, (B) whether the facts on which they are based occurred on, prior to or subsequent to the Contribution Date, (C) when, where or against whom such Liabilities are asserted or determined, (D) whether asserted or determined on, prior to or subsequent to the Contribution Date or (E) whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation by any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group or the Company Group, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates (the “Contribution”). In exchange for the Contribution, the Company issued Company Ordinary Shares to members of the HeidelbergCement Group.

 

(b)                                 In furtherance and not in limitation of Section 2.01(a) to the extent not completed prior to the Effective Date, but subject to Section 2.04 and Section 6.01:

 

(i)                                     HeidelbergCement shall contribute, assign, transfer, convey and deliver, and cause its applicable Subsidiaries to contribute, assign, transfer, convey and deliver, to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company designated by the Company and reasonably acceptable to HeidelbergCement, and the Company and such Subsidiaries shall acquire from HeidelbergCement or its applicable Subsidiary, all of HeidelbergCement’s and such Subsidiaries’ respective right, title and interests in all Building Products Assets (it being understood that if any Building Products Asset shall be held by a Transferred Entity, this Section 2.01(b) shall be deemed satisfied in respect of such Building Products Asset as a result of the transfer of the share capital or other equity interests of such Transferred Entity from HeidelbergCement or its applicable Subsidiaries to the Company or its applicable Subsidiaries).

 

(ii)                                  The Company or one of its Subsidiaries designated by the Company and reasonably acceptable to HeidelbergCement shall assume, and agree to pay, perform, satisfy, discharge or otherwise defend on a timely basis all of the Building Products Liabilities in accordance with their respective terms, regardless of (A) when or

 

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where such Liabilities arose or arise, (B) whether the facts on which they are based occurred on, prior to or subsequent to the Effective Date, (C) when, where or against whom such Liabilities are asserted or determined, (D) whether asserted or determined on, prior to or subsequent to the Effective Date, or (E) whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation by any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group or Company Group, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates (it being understood that if any Building Products Liabilities shall be held by a Transferred Entity, this Section 2.01(b) shall be deemed satisfied in respect of such Building Products Liability as a result of the transfer of the share capital or other equity interests of such Transferred Entity from HeidelbergCement or its applicable Subsidiaries to the Company or its applicable Subsidiaries).

 

(c)                                  The Company hereby waives compliance by each and every member of the HeidelbergCement Group with the requirements and provisions of any “bulk-sale” or “bulk-transfer” Laws of any jurisdiction that may otherwise be applicable with respect to the transfer or sale of any or all of the Building Products Assets to any member of the Company Group.

 

(d)                                 For a period of seven (7) years following the Effective Date, in the event that at any time or from time to time, any party hereto (or Person in such party’s respective Group), shall receive or otherwise possess any Asset or Liability, as applicable, that is allocated to any other Person pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, such party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly transfer, or cause to be transferred, such Asset or Liability, as applicable, to the Person so entitled thereto. Prior to any such transfer, the Person receiving or possessing such Asset or Liability shall hold such Asset or Liability in trust for any such other Person.

 

SECTION 2.02                                 Building Products Assets. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, “Building Products Assets” shall mean all of HeidelbergCement’s and its Subsidiaries’ right, title and interest as of the Contribution Date, in and to:

 

(i)                                     any and all Assets (excluding any Intellectual Property) of HeidelbergCement and its Subsidiaries that are used exclusively and/or held for use exclusively in the Building Products Business, except as expressly otherwise contemplated in this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements;

 

(ii)                                  all Building Products Intellectual Property, except as expressly otherwise contemplated in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement;

 

(iii)                               all Building Products Contracts;

 

(iv)                              all Assets reflected as assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the Company Balance Sheet, other than any such Assets disposed of subsequent to the date of the Company Balance Sheet;

 

(v)                                 all issued and outstanding share capital and other equity interests of the entities set forth on Schedule 2.02(a)(v) and each of their Subsidiaries (the “Transferred Entities”); and

 

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(vi)                              any and all Assets (A) that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (including any schedule or exhibit hereto or thereto) as Assets to be transferred to the Company or any other member of the Company Group (excluding any Intellectual Property) or (B) listed or described on Schedule 2.02(a)(vi).

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Building Products Assets shall not in any event include any Assets that are included in the Excluded Assets referred to in Section 2.02(b).

 

(b)                                 For the purposes of this Agreement, “Excluded Assets” shall mean (without duplication):

 

(i)                                     the Assets listed or described on Schedule 2.02(b)(i);

 

(ii)                                  all Intellectual Property of HeidelbergCement and its Affiliates that is not Building Products Intellectual Property;

 

(iii)                               any and all Assets that are contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (including any schedule or exhibit hereto or thereto) as Assets to be retained by HeidelbergCement or any other Person in the HeidelbergCement Group;

 

(iv)                              the share capital and other equity interests of each of HeidelbergCement’s Subsidiaries other than the Company and the Transferred Entities;

 

(v)                                 all Contracts to which HeidelbergCement or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which they or any of their respective Assets are bound and any rights or claims (whether accrued or contingent) of HeidelbergCement or any of its Subsidiaries arising thereunder, other than Building Products Contracts;

 

(vi)                              subject to Section 2.08, all rights under Shared Contracts;

 

(vii)                           any collateral securing any Excluded Liability existing immediately prior to the Effective Date; and

 

(viii)                        all other Assets of HeidelbergCement and its Subsidiaries that are not Building Products Assets.

 

SECTION 2.03                                 Building Products Liabilities. (a) For the purposes of this Agreement, “Building Products Liabilities” shall mean (without duplication with Section 2.03(b)):

 

(i)                                     any and all Liabilities that are (A) expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (or any other schedules hereto or thereto) as Liabilities to be retained, assumed or retired by the Company or any Person in the Company Group (including any Transferred Entity), and all agreements, obligations and Liabilities of any Person in the Company Group under this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements or (B) listed or described on Schedule 2.03(a)(i);

 

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(ii)                                  any and all Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Building Products Assets;

 

(iii)                               any and all Liabilities, including any Environmental Liabilities (other than the Excluded Environmental Liabilities), relating to, arising out of or resulting from:

 

(A)                               the conduct and operation of the Building Products Business, at any time prior to, on or after the Effective Date (including any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any director, officer, manager, member, employee or agent of any member of the HeidelbergCement Group or Company Group (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Person’s authority));

 

(B)                               the conduct and operation of any other business conducted by any Person in the Company Group at any time after the Effective Date (including any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any director, officer, manager, member, employee or agent of any member of the Company Group (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Person’s authority));

 

(C)                               the ownership, operation or use of any Building Products Assets (including any Building Products Contracts and any real property and leasehold interests);

 

(D)                               any warranty or similar obligation entered into, created or incurred in the course of business of the Building Products Business with respect to its products or services; and

 

(E)                                any product liability claims or other claims of third parties relating to any product developed, manufactured, marketed, distributed, leased or sold by the Building Products Business.

 

(iv)                              any and all Environmental Liabilities (other than the Excluded Environmental Liabilities) relating to, arising out of or resulting from:

 

(A)                               except as otherwise provided in Section 2.03(b)(iii)(B), researching, developing, manufacturing, finishing, marketing, distributing, leasing, selling or other operations associated with the Building Products Business as conducted by HeidelbergCement and its Subsidiaries, or the predecessors in interest of each in existence, at any time at or prior to the Effective Date, in any such case whether occurring or arising before, on or after the Effective Date;

 

(B)                               any real property that is a Building Products Asset, whether occurring or arising before, on or after the Effective Date, other than Environmental Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from operations conducted by HeidelbergCement or its Subsidiaries at certain real

 

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property set forth on Schedule 2.03(a)(iv)(B), occurring or arising after the Effective Date; or

 

(C)                               any real property that is an Excluded Asset, to the extent directly relating to, arising out of or resulting from operations conducted by the Company or its Subsidiaries at certain real property set forth on Schedule 2.03(b)(iii)(B), occurring or arising after the Effective Date;

 

(v)                                 any and all Liabilities, including any Environmental Liabilities (other than the Excluded Environmental Liabilities), relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the terminated, divested or discontinued businesses and operations of HeidelbergCement and its Subsidiaries that would have comprised part of, or related to, the Building Products Business had they not been terminated, divested or discontinued prior to the Effective Date;

 

(vi)                              any and all Liabilities, including any Environmental Liabilities (other than the Excluded Environmental Liabilities), reflected as liabilities or obligations of the Company in the Company Balance Sheet, subject to any discharge of such Liabilities subsequent to the date of the Company Balance Sheet;

 

(vii)                           any and all Liabilities relating to, resulting from or arising out of any Action relating to the Building Products Business;

 

(viii)                        any and all Liabilities arising out of claims made by the Company’s directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates against any member of the HeidelbergCement Group or the Company Group to the extent relating to the Building Products Business or the Contribution;

 

(ix)                              any and all Company Debt Obligations (whether incurred prior to, on, or after the Effective Date);

 

(x)                                 any and all Liabilities arising under Company Financing Arrangements;

 

(xi)                              any and all Shared Contract Liabilities allocated to the Company pursuant to Section 2.08; and

 

(xii)                           any and all Liabilities (including under applicable federal and state securities Laws) relating to, arising out of or resulting from (i) any Disclosure Document of a member of the Company Group and (ii) any Building Products Disclosure Matters contained in any other Disclosure Document, including any Liabilities arising from or based upon misstatements in or omissions from any such Disclosure Documents (in the case of clause (ii), solely to the extent relating to a Building Products Disclosure Matter) other than any misstatement in or omission from any Disclosure Document of a member of the Company Group in respect of information regarding any member of the HeidelbergCement Group solely to the extent such information was furnished in writing to the Company by HeidelbergCement expressly for use in a Disclosure Document.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Building Products Liabilities shall not in any event include any Liabilities that are included in the Excluded Liabilities referred to in Section 2.03(b).

 

(b)                                 For the purposes of this Agreement, “Excluded Liabilities” shall mean:

 

(i)                                     any and all Liabilities that are (A) expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (or any other schedule hereto or thereto) as Liabilities to be retained or assumed by HeidelbergCement or any other Person in the HeidelbergCement Group, and all agreements and obligations of any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group under this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements or (B) listed or described on Schedule 2.03(b)(i);

 

(ii)                                  any and all Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Excluded Assets, except as otherwise provided in (iii)(B) below;

 

(iii)                               any and all Environmental Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from:

 

(A)                               except as otherwise provided in Section 2.03(a)(iv)(B), researching, developing, manufacturing, finishing, marketing, distributing, leasing, selling or other operations associated with the HeidelbergCement Business (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Building Products Business) as conducted by HeidelbergCement or any of its Subsidiaries, or the predecessors in interest of each in existence, at any time at or prior to the Effective Date in any such case whether occurring or arising before, on or after the Effective Date;

 

(B)                               any real property that is an Excluded Asset, whether occurring or arising before, on or after the Effective Date, other than Environmental Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from operations conducted by the Company or its Subsidiaries at certain real property set forth on Schedule 2.03(b)(iii)(B), occurring or arising after the Effective Date;

 

(C)                               any real property that is a Building Products Asset, to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from operations conducted by HeidelbergCement or its Subsidiaries at certain real property set forth on Schedule 2.03(a)(iv)(B), occurring or arising after the Effective Date; or

 

(D)                               matters set forth or described on Schedule 2.03(b)(iii)(D) (the “Excluded Environmental Liabilities”);

 

(iv)                              any and all Shared Contract Liabilities that are allocated to HeidelbergCement pursuant to Section 2.08;

 

(v)                                 any and all Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Indebtedness of any member of the HeidelbergCement Group (whether incurred prior to, or after the Effective Date); and

 

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(vi)                              any and all other Liabilities of HeidelbergCement and its Subsidiaries that are not Building Products Liabilities.

 

SECTION 2.04                                 Transfers Not Effected on or Prior to the Contribution Date; Transfers Deemed Effective as of the Effective Date.

 

(a)                                 To the extent that any transfers of Assets (including the share capital or equity interests of any Transferred Entity) or assumptions of Liabilities contemplated by this Article II shall not have been consummated on, at or prior to the Contribution Date because of a necessary Consent or Governmental Approval or because a condition precedent to any such transfer had not been satisfied or any relevant fact related thereto had not been realized, the parties shall cooperate to effect such transfers or assumptions, as the case may be, as promptly following the Effective Date as shall be practicable. Without limiting anything in this Section 2.04, the parties agree that certain Assets will be transferred following the Effective Date as set forth and described on Schedule 2.04(a), unless expressly set forth therein. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the transfer of any Assets or the assumption of any Liabilities which by their terms or operation of Law cannot be transferred or assumed; provided, however, that the parties shall, and shall cause the respective members of their Groups to, cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to obtain any necessary Consents or Governmental Approvals for the transfer of all Assets and assumption of all Liabilities contemplated to be transferred or assumed pursuant to this Article II. In the event that any transfer of Assets or assumption of Liabilities contemplated by this Agreement has not been consummated at or prior to the Contribution Date, then from and after the Contribution Date (i) the party (or relevant member in its Group) retaining such Asset shall thereafter hold (or shall cause such member in its Group to hold) such Asset for the use and benefit of the party (or relevant member in its Group) entitled thereto (at the expense of the Person entitled thereto) and (ii) the party intended to assume such Liability shall, or shall cause the applicable member of its Group to, pay or reimburse the party (or the relevant member of its Group) retaining such Liability for all amounts paid or incurred in connection with the retention of such Liability. In addition, the party retaining such Asset or Liability (or relevant member of its Group) shall (or shall cause such member in its Group to) treat, insofar as reasonably possible and to the extent permitted by applicable Law, such Asset or Liability in the ordinary course of business in accordance with past practice and take such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the party to which such Asset or Liability is to be transferred or assumed in order to place such party, insofar as reasonably possible, in the same position as if such Asset or Liability had been transferred or assumed on or prior to the Contribution Date as contemplated hereby and so that all the benefits and burdens relating to such Asset or Liability, including possession, use, risk of loss, potential for gain, and dominion, control and command over such Asset or Liability, are to inure from and after the Contribution Date to the relevant member of the HeidelbergCement Group or the Company Group, as the case may be, entitled to the receipt of such Asset or Liability. In furtherance of the foregoing, the parties agree that, as of the Effective Date, each party shall be deemed to have acquired complete and sole beneficial ownership over all of the Assets, together with all rights, powers and privileges incident thereto, and shall be deemed to have assumed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement all of the Liabilities, and all duties, obligations and responsibilities incident thereto, which such party is entitled to acquire or required to assume pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or, as applicable, an Ancillary Agreement.

 

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(b)                                 With respect to the share capital or other equity interest of any Transferred Entity that will not be transferred on the Contribution Date, HeidelbergCement and the Company agree that from the Contribution Date until the earlier of (i) the time such share capital or other equity interests are conveyed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) 24 months following the Effective Date, HeidelbergCement, or the member of the HeidelbergCement Group that directly or indirectly owns such share capital or other equity interests, shall cause the applicable Transferred Entity not to declare or pay any dividends or other distributions, except as required by applicable Law, to HeidelbergCement or any other member of the HeidelbergCement Group and shall cause such Transferred Entity not to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire any of its share capital or other equity interests. In such case that the applicable Transferred Entity (i) shall so declare or pay any dividend or other distribution, HeidelbergCement or the member of the HeidelbergCement Group that directly or indirectly owns such Transferred Entity shall promptly pay the amount of such distribution received by HeidelbergCement or such member of the HeidelbergCement Group to the Company or the Subsidiary of the Company designated by the Company and reasonably acceptable to HeidelbergCement or (ii) shall so redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire any of its share capital or other equity interest, then HeidelbergCement or the member of the HeidelbergCement Group that directly or indirectly owns such Transferred Entity shall promptly pay any amount received thereon to the Company or the Subsidiary of the Company designated by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the HeidelbergCement.

 

(c)                                  If and when the Consents, Governmental Approvals and/or conditions or facts, the absence, non-satisfaction or existence of which caused the deferral of transfer of any Asset or assumption of any Liability pursuant to Section 2.04(a), are obtained, satisfied or realized, the transfer, assignment or novation of the applicable Asset or Liability shall be effected in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement and/or the applicable Ancillary Agreement as promptly as practicable after the receipt of such Consents, Governmental Approvals, satisfaction of such conditions or realization of such facts.

 

SECTION 2.05                                 Termination of Agreements. (a) Except as set forth in Section 2.05(b), in furtherance of the releases and other provisions of Section 4.01 hereof, the Company and each Person in the Company Group, on the one hand, and HeidelbergCement and each Person in the HeidelbergCement Group, on the other hand, hereby terminate any and all agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings (including all intercompany accounts payable or accounts receivable between a member of the HeidelbergCement Group, on the one hand, and a member of the Company Group, on the other hand (“Intercompany Accounts”) accrued as of the Effective Date), whether or not in writing, between or among the Company and any Person in the Company Group, on the one hand, and HeidelbergCement and any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group, on the other hand, effective as of the Effective Date. No such terminated agreement, arrangement, commitment, understanding or Intercompany Account (including any provision thereof which purports to survive termination) shall be of any further force or effect after the Effective Date. Each party shall, at the reasonable request of any other party, take, or cause to be taken, such other actions as may be necessary to effect the foregoing.

 

(b)                                 The provisions of Section 2.05(a) shall not apply to any of the following agreements, arrangements, commitments, understandings or Intercompany Accounts (or to any of the provisions thereof): (i) this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (and each other

 

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agreement or instrument expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement to be entered into by any of the parties hereto or any Person in their respective Groups); (ii) any agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings set forth or described on Schedule 2.05(b)(ii); (iii) any agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings (including any Shared Contracts) to which any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective Affiliates is a party; and (iv) any other agreements, arrangements, commitments, understandings or Intercompany Accounts that this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement expressly contemplates will survive the Effective Date.

 

SECTION 2.06                                 Documents Relating to Other Transfers of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities. In furtherance of the assignment, transfer and conveyance of Building Products Assets and the assumption of Building Products Liabilities set forth in Section 2.01(a) and (b) simultaneously with the execution and delivery hereof or as promptly as practicable thereafter, (i) HeidelbergCement shall execute and deliver, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to execute and deliver, such bills of sale, share powers, certificates of title, deeds, assignments of Contracts and other instruments of transfer, conveyance and assignment (collectively, the “Additional HeidelbergCement Transfer Documents”) as and to the extent necessary to evidence the transfer, conveyance and assignment of all of HeidelbergCement’s and its Subsidiaries’ right, title and interest in and to the Building Products Assets to the Company, and (ii) the Company shall execute and deliver, to HeidelbergCement and shall cause its Subsidiaries to execute and deliver, such bills of sale, share powers, certificates of title, assumptions of Contracts and other instruments of assumption (collectively, the “Additional Company Transfer Documents”, and together with the Additional HeidelbergCement Transfer Documents, the “Additional Transfer Documents”) as and to the extent necessary to evidence the valid and effective assumption of the Building Products Liabilities by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

SECTION 2.07                                 Other Ancillary Agreements. Each of HeidelbergCement and the Company will execute and deliver, and cause each of their applicable Subsidiaries to execute and deliver, as applicable, all Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party.

 

SECTION 2.08                                 Shared Contracts. (a)  Subject to Section 2.08(d) and other than with respect to the provision of Services under the Transition Services Agreements, from and after the Effective Date, HeidelbergCement may, in its sole discretion, make available to the Company Group the benefits and rights under Shared Contracts to the extent such benefits and rights have historically been and currently are provided to the Building Products Business. With respect to any Shared Contracts made available to the Company Group pursuant to this Section 2.08(a), (i) no Person in the Company Group shall take any action, or refrain from taking any action, if (A) such action or inaction is reasonably likely to or does result in a breach on the part of any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group under any Shared Contract and (B) such Person in the Company Group would otherwise be obligated to take or not take such action under the Shared Contract had such Person become severally liable under the Shared Contract at the Effective Date and (ii) each Person in the Company Group shall reasonably cooperate with HeidelbergCement and, at HeidelbergCement’s reasonable request, take such actions that are permissible and reasonably necessary or desirable to ensure that HeidelbergCement is able to perform its obligations constituting Shared Contract Liabilities under such Shared Contract.

 

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(b)                                 With respect to Shared Contract Liabilities pursuant to, under or relating to a given Shared Contract, such Shared Contract Liabilities shall be allocated, unless otherwise allocated pursuant to this Agreement or an Ancillary Agreement, between the parties as follows:

 

(i)                                     first, if a Liability is incurred exclusively in respect of a benefit received by one party or its Group, the party or Group receiving such benefit shall be responsible for such Liability and (ii) second, if a Liability cannot be exclusively allocated to one party or its Group under clause (i) above, such Liability shall be allocated among both parties and their respective Groups based on the relative proportions of total benefit received (over the term of the Shared Contract, measured as of the date of allocation) under the relevant Shared Contract. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party and its Group shall be responsible for any or all Liabilities arising out of or resulting from such party’s or Group’s breach of the relevant Shared Contract.

 

(c)                                  If HeidelbergCement or any member of the HeidelbergCement Group, on the one hand, or the Company or any member of the Company Group, on the other hand, receives any benefit or payment under any Shared Contract which was intended for the other party or its Group, HeidelbergCement, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, will use its respective commercially reasonable efforts, or will cause any member of its Group to use its commercially reasonable efforts, to deliver, transfer or otherwise afford such benefit or payment to the other party.

 

(d)                                 It shall be the responsibility of the Company to obtain the agreement of the third party that is the counterparty to each Shared Contract to enter into a new Contract effective as of the Effective Date pursuant to which the Company and its Affiliates will receive substantially the same benefits provided by the Shared Contract to the Building Products Business prior to the Effective Date. Except as expressly provided under the Transition Services Agreements, none of HeidelbergCement or any other member of the HeidelbergCement Group shall be obligated to make available to the Company Group the benefits and rights under any Shared Contracts. In no event shall HeidelbergCement be liable to the Company for (i) any Liabilities arising out of such new Contracts or (ii) Liabilities arising out of the failure of the Company to obtain any replacement contract.

 

SECTION 2.09                                 Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties. (a) EACH OF HEIDELBERGCEMENT (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH PERSON IN THE HEIDELBERGCEMENT GROUP) AND THE COMPANY (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH PERSON IN THE COMPANY GROUP) UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, NO PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE, IS REPRESENTING OR WARRANTING TO ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO OR THERETO IN ANY WAY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE ASSETS, BUSINESSES OR LIABILITIES TRANSFERRED OR ASSUMED AS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, AS TO ANY CONSENTS OR GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS REQUIRED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH, AS TO THE VALUE OR FREEDOM FROM ANY LIENS OF, OR ANY OTHER MATTER CONCERNING, ANY ASSETS OF SUCH PARTY, OR AS TO THE ABSENCE OF ANY DEFENSES OR RIGHT

 

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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, CERTIFICATE 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, ALL SUCH ASSETS ARE BEING TRANSFERRED ON AN “AS IS”, “WHERE IS” BASIS (AND, IN THE CASE OF ANY REAL PROPERTY, BY MEANS OF A QUITCLAIM OR SIMILAR FORM DEED OR CONVEYANCE WITHOUT WARRANTY) AND THE RESPECTIVE TRANSFEREES SHALL BEAR THE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL RISKS THAT (I) ANY CONVEYANCE SHALL PROVE TO BE INSUFFICIENT TO VEST IN THE TRANSFEREE GOOD AND MARKETABLE TITLE, FREE AND CLEAR OF ANY LIEN, ENCUMBRANCE, CHARGE, ASSESSMENT OR OTHER ADVERSE CLAIM, AND (II) ANY NECESSARY CONSENTS OR GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS ARE NOT OBTAINED OR THAT ANY REQUIREMENTS OF LAWS OR JUDGMENTS ARE NOT COMPLIED WITH, ALL WARRANTIES OF HABITABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, FUNCTION, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION, OPERATIONAL CONDITION, NON-INFRINGEMENT, VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES ARISING UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (OR SIMILAR FOREIGN LAWS) ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.

 

SECTION 2.10                                 Guarantees. (a) HeidelbergCement and the Company shall each use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause a member of the Company Group to be substituted in all respects for a member of the HeidelbergCement Group, as applicable, and for the members of the HeidelbergCement Group, as applicable, to be otherwise removed or released, effective as of the Deconsolidation Date, in respect of all obligations of any member of the Company Group under each guarantee, indemnity, surety bond, letter of credit and letter of comfort (each, a “Guarantee”), given or obtained by any member of the HeidelbergCement Group for the benefit of any member of the Company Group or the Building Products Business. If HeidelbergCement and the Company have been unable to effect any such substitution, removal, release and termination with respect to any such Guarantee as of the Deconsolidation Date then, following the Deconsolidation Date, the Company shall effect such substitution, removal, release and termination as soon as reasonably practicable after the Deconsolidation Date; provided that from and after Deconsolidation Date, the Company shall indemnify against, hold harmless and promptly reimburse the members of the HeidelbergCement Group for any payments made by members of the HeidelbergCement Group and for any and all Liabilities of the members of the HeidelbergCement Group arising out of, or in performing, in whole or in part, any performance obligation in accordance with the underlying obligation under any such Guarantee (except to the extent the performance obligation under any such Guarantee shall have been triggered solely by an act or failure to act of the applicable guarantor (rather than the underlying obligor)). On the Deconsolidation Date or at any time thereafter, if HeidelbergCement shall so request, the Company shall deliver to HeidelbergCement an irrevocable letter of credit in form and substance satisfactory to HeidelbergCement in support of the Company’s obligations pursuant to the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence.

 

(b)                                 HeidelbergCement and the Company shall each use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause a member of the HeidelbergCement Group to be substituted in all

 

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respects for a member of the Company Group, as applicable, and for the members of the Company Group, as applicable, to be otherwise removed or released, effective as of the Deconsolidation Date, in respect of all obligations of any member of the HeidelbergCement Group under each Guarantee, given or obtained by any member of the Company Group for the benefit of any member of the HeidelbergCement Group or the HeidelbergCement Business. If HeidelbergCement and the Company have been unable to effect any such substitution, removal, release and termination with respect to any such Guarantee by the Deconsolidation Date then, following the Deconsolidation Date, HeidelbergCement shall effect such substitution, removal, release and termination as soon as reasonably practicable after the Deconsolidation Date; provided that from and after Deconsolidation Date, HeidelbergCement shall indemnify against, hold harmless and promptly reimburse the members of the Company Group for any payments made by members of the Company Group and for the Liabilities of the members of the Company Group arising out of, or in performing, in whole or in part, any performance obligation in accordance with the underlying obligation under any such Guarantee (except to the extent the performance obligation under any such Guarantee shall have been triggered solely by an act or failure to act of the applicable guarantor (rather than the underlying obligor)).

 

SECTION 2.11                                 Novation of Building Products Liabilities. (a) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, as soon as practicable following the Effective Date, any consent, substitution, approval, release or amendment requested by HeidelbergCement required to novate or assign to the applicable Person in the Company Group all obligations under agreements, leases, licenses and other obligations or Liabilities of any nature whatsoever that constitute Building Products Liabilities (other than any Building Products Liability that constitutes a Shared Contract Liability), or to obtain in writing the unconditional release of all parties to such arrangements other than any Person in the Company Group, so that, in any such case, the Company and its Subsidiaries will be solely responsible for such Liabilities; provided, however, that neither HeidelbergCement nor the Company shall be obligated to pay any consideration therefor to any third party from whom such consents, approvals, substitutions, amendments and releases are requested; provided, further, however, that any legal fees or other administrative costs associated with obtaining such consents, approvals, substitution, amendments and releases shall be borne by the Company.

 

(b)                                 If the Company is unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required consent, substitution, approval, release or amendment, the applicable Person in the HeidelbergCement Group shall continue to be bound by such agreements, leases, licenses and other obligations that constitute Building Products Liabilities and, unless not permitted by Law or the terms thereof, the Company shall, as agent or subcontractor for HeidelbergCement or such other Person, as the case may be, pay, perform and discharge fully all such obligations or other Liabilities of HeidelbergCement or such other Person that constitute Building Products Liabilities, as the case may be, thereunder from and after the Effective Date. The Company shall indemnify each HeidelbergCement Indemnitee, and hold each of them harmless against any Liabilities arising in connection therewith. HeidelbergCement shall, without further consideration, pay or remit, or cause to be paid or remitted, to the Company promptly all money, rights and other consideration received by it or any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group in respect of such performance. If and when any such consent, approval, release, substitution or amendment shall be obtained or such agreement, lease, license or other rights or obligations shall otherwise become assignable or able to be novated, HeidelbergCement shall thereafter assign, or

 

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cause to be assigned, all its rights, obligations and other Liabilities thereunder or any rights or obligations of any Person in its Group to the Company without payment of further consideration and the Company shall, without the payment of any further consideration, assume such rights and obligations.

 

SECTION 2.12                                 Novation of Excluded Liabilities. (a)  HeidelbergCement shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, as soon as practicable following the Effective Date, any consent, substitution, approval, release or amendment requested by the Company required to novate or assign all obligations under agreements, leases, licenses and other obligations or Liabilities of any nature whatsoever that constitute Excluded Liabilities, or to obtain in writing the unconditional release of all parties to such arrangements other than any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group, so that, in any such case, the Persons in the HeidelbergCement Group will be solely responsible for such Liabilities; provided, however, that neither HeidelbergCement nor the Company shall be obligated to pay any consideration therefor to any third party from whom such consents, approvals, substitutions, amendments and releases are requested; provided, further, however, that any legal fees or other administrative costs associated with obtaining such consents, approvals, substitution, amendments and releases shall be borne by the HeidelbergCement.

 

(b)                                 If HeidelbergCement is unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required consent, substitution, approval, release or amendment, the applicable Person in the Company Group shall continue to be bound by such agreements, leases, licenses and other obligations and, unless not permitted by Law or the terms thereof, HeidelbergCement shall cause a Person in the HeidelbergCement Group, as agent or subcontractor for such Person in the Company Group, to pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of such Person in the Company Group thereunder from and after the Effective Date. HeidelbergCement shall indemnify each Company Indemnitee and hold each of them harmless against any Liabilities arising in connection therewith. The Company shall cause each Person in the Company Group without further consideration, to pay or remit, or cause to be paid or remitted, to HeidelbergCement or to another Person in the HeidelbergCement Group specified by HeidelbergCement promptly all money, rights and other consideration received by it or any Person in the Company Group in respect of such performance. If and when any such consent, approval, release, substitution or amendment shall be obtained or such agreement, lease, license or other rights or obligations shall otherwise become assignable or able to be novated, the Company shall thereafter assign, or cause to be assigned, all its rights, obligations and other Liabilities thereunder or any rights or obligations of any Person in the Company Group to HeidelbergCement or to another Person in the HeidelbergCement Group specified by HeidelbergCement without payment of further consideration and HeidelbergCement, without the payment of any further consideration shall, or shall cause such other Person in the HeidelbergCement Group to, assume such rights and obligations.

 

SECTION 2.13                                 Reserved.

 

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ARTICLE III

 

THE IPO AND ACTIONS PENDING THE IPO; OTHER TRANSACTIONS

 

SECTION 3.01                                 The IPO. The Company shall cooperate with, and take all actions reasonably requested by, HeidelbergCement in connection with the IPO. In furtherance thereof, to the extent not undertaken and completed prior to the execution of this Agreement:

 

(a)                                 The Company shall file the IPO Registration Statement, and such amendments or supplements thereto, as may be necessary in order to cause the same to become and remain effective as required by the Underwriting Agreement, the Commission and applicable Law, including federal, state or foreign securities Laws. The Company shall also cooperate in preparing, filing with the Commission and causing to become effective a registration statement registering the Company Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act, and any registration statements or amendments thereof that are required to reflect the establishment of, or amendments to, any employee benefit and other plans necessary or appropriate in connection with the IPO or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.

 

(b)                                 The Company shall enter into the Underwriting Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to HeidelbergCement and shall comply with their respective obligations thereunder.

 

(c)                                  The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate under state securities and blue sky laws of the United States (and any comparable Laws under any foreign jurisdictions) in connection with the IPO.

 

(d)                                 The Company shall participate in the preparation of materials and presentations as any of HeidelbergCement and the Underwriters shall deem necessary or desirable in connection with the IPO.

 

(e)                                  The Company will cooperate in all respects with HeidelbergCement and the Underwriters in connection with the pricing of the Company Ordinary Shares to be sold in the IPO and the timing of the IPO and will, at any such party’s request, promptly take any and all actions necessary or desirable to consummate the IPO as contemplated by the IPO Registration Statement and the Underwriting Agreement.

 

(f)                                   The Company shall prepare, file and use its commercially reasonable efforts to seek to make effective an application for listing of the Company Ordinary Shares sold in the IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

SECTION 3.02                                 Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. Prior to the effectiveness of the IPO Registration Statement, HeidelbergCement and the Company will each take all actions that may be required to provide for the adoption by the

 

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Company of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

MUTUAL RELEASES; INDEMNIFICATION

 

SECTION 4.01              Release of Pre-Closing Claims. (a) Except as provided in Section 4.01(c) and Section 4.03, effective as of the Effective Date, the Company does hereby, for itself and for each member of the Company Group as of the Effective Date and their respective successors and assigns and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Date, have been directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the Company Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), release and forever discharge HeidelbergCement and each member of the HeidelbergCement Group, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Date have been shareholders, directors, officers, managers, members, agents or employees of any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from any and all Liabilities whatsoever, whether at law or in equity (including any rights of contribution or recovery), whether arising under any Contract, by operation of Law or otherwise, existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed in each case on or before the Effective Date, including in connection with the transactions and all other activities to implement the Transactions and any of the other transactions contemplated hereunder, and under any of the Ancillary Agreements.

 

(b)                                 Except as provided in Section 4.01(c) and Section 4.02, effective as of the Effective Date, HeidelbergCement does hereby, for itself and for each member of the HeidelbergCement Group as of the Effective Date and their respective successors and assigns and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Date, have been directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the HeidelbergCement Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), remise, release and forever discharge the Company and each member of the Company Group as of the Effective Date, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Date have been shareholders, directors, officers, managers, members, agents or employees of any Person in the Company Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators successors and assigns, from any and all Liabilities whatsoever, whether at law or in equity (including any rights of contribution or recovery), whether arising under any Contract, by operation of Law or otherwise, including for fraud, existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed in each case on or before the Effective Date, including in connection with the transactions and all other activities to implement the Transactions and any of the other transactions contemplated hereunder, under any of the Ancillary Agreements.

 

(c)                                  Nothing contained in Section 4.01(a) or (b) shall (x) impair any right of any Person to enforce this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any Contracts that are specified in Section 2.05(b) or the applicable schedules thereto not to terminate as of the Effective Date, in each case in accordance with its terms or (y) release any Person from:

 

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(i)                                     any Liability provided in or resulting from any Contract among any Persons in the HeidelbergCement Group or the Company Group that is specified in Section 2.05(b) or the applicable schedules thereto as not to terminate as of the Effective Date, or any other Liability specified in such Section 2.05(b) as not to terminate as of the Effective Date;

 

(ii)                                  any Liability assumed or retained by, or transferred, assigned or allocated to the Group of which such Person is a member in accordance with, or any other Liability of any Person in any Group under, this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, including (A) with respect to the Company, any Building Products Liability and (B) with respect to HeidelbergCement, any Excluded Liability;

 

(iii)                               any Liability provided in or resulting from any Contract or understanding that is entered into after the Effective Date between a member of the HeidelbergCement Group, on the one hand, and a member of the Company Group, on the other hand;

 

(iv)                              any Liability that the parties may have with respect to claim for indemnification, recovery or contribution brought pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, which Liability shall be governed by the provisions of this Article IV or, if applicable, the appropriate provisions of the Ancillary Agreements; or

 

(v)                                 any Liability the release of which would result in the release of any Person other than a Person released pursuant to this Section 4.01.

 

In addition, nothing contained in Section 4.01(a) shall release HeidelbergCement from indemnifying any director, officer or employee of the Company who was a director, officer or employee of HeidelbergCement or any of its Affiliates on or prior to the Effective Date, to the extent such director, officer or employee is or becomes a named defendant in any Action with respect to which he or she was entitled to such indemnification pursuant to obligations existing prior to the Effective Date, it being understood that if the underlying obligation giving rise to such Action is a Building Products Liability, the Company shall indemnify HeidelbergCement for such Liability (including HeidelbergCement’s costs to indemnify the director, officer or employee) in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Article IV.

 

(d)                                 The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Person in the Company Group, to make any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution, recovery or any indemnification, against HeidelbergCement or any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group, or any other Person released pursuant to Section 4.01(a), with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 4.01(a). HeidelbergCement shall not, and shall not permit any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group, to make any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution, recovery or any indemnification against the Company or any Person in the Company Group, or any other Person released pursuant to Section 4.01(b), with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 4.01(b).

 

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(e)                                  It is the intent of each of HeidelbergCement and the Company, by virtue of the provisions of this Section 4.01, to provide for a full and complete release and discharge of all Liabilities existing or arising from all acts and events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur and all conditions existing or alleged to have existed in each case on or before the Effective Date, between or among the Company or any Person in the Company Group, on the one hand, and HeidelbergCement or any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group, on the other hand (including any contractual agreements or arrangements existing or alleged to exist between or among any such Persons on or before the Effective Date), except as expressly set forth in Section 4.01(c). At any time, at the request of any other party, each party shall cause each Person in its respective Group and to the extent practicable each other Person to execute and deliver releases reflecting the provisions hereof.

 

(f)                                   If any Person associated with either HeidelbergCement or the Company (including any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees) initiates an Action with respect to claims released by this Section 4.01, the party with which such Person is associated shall indemnify the other party against such Action in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Article IV.

 

SECTION 4.02              Indemnification by the Company. Except as provided in Section 4.04, the Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each member of the HeidelbergCement Group and each of their Affiliates and each member of the HeidelbergCement Group’s and their respective Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “HeidelbergCement Indemnitees”), from and against any and all Losses of the HeidelbergCement Indemnitees relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following items (without duplication and including any such Losses arising by way of setoff, counterclaim or defense or enforcement of any Lien):

 

(i)                                     all Building Products Liabilities;

 

(ii)                                  any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, with respect to all information contained in any Disclosure Document with respect to the IPO other than any such statement or omission in the Disclosure Document furnished by HeidelbergCement solely in respect of HeidelbergCement expressly for use in the Disclosure Document; and

 

(iii)                               any breach by the Company or any Person in the Company Group of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, unless such Ancillary Agreement expressly provides for separate indemnification therein, in which case, any such indemnification claims may be made thereunder.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event will any HeidelbergCement Indemnitee have the right to seek indemnification from any Person in the Company Group with respect to any claim or demand against any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group for the satisfaction of the Excluded Liabilities.

 

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SECTION 4.03              Indemnification by HeidelbergCement. Except as provided in Section 4.04, HeidelbergCement shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each member of the Company Group and each of their Affiliates and each member of the Company Group’s and their respective Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees and agents, and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Company Indemnitees”), from and against any and all Losses of the Company Indemnitees relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following items (without duplication and including any Losses arising by way of setoff, counterclaim or defense or enforcement of any Lien):

 

(i)                                     all Excluded Liabilities; and

 

(ii)                                  any breach by HeidelbergCement or any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, unless such Ancillary Agreement expressly provides for separate indemnification therein, in which case, any such indemnification claims may be made thereunder.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event will any Company Indemnitee have the right to seek indemnification from any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group with respect to any claim or demand against any Person in the Company Group for the satisfaction of the Building Products Liabilities.

 

SECTION 4.04              Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts. (a) The parties intend that any Loss subject to indemnification or reimbursement pursuant to this Article IV will be net of Insurance Proceeds that actually reduce the amount of the Loss. Accordingly, the amount which any party (an “Indemnifying Party”) is required to pay to any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder (an “Indemnitee”) will be reduced by any Insurance Proceeds theretofore actually recovered by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in respect of the related Loss. If an Indemnitee receives a payment (an “Indemnity Payment”) required by this Agreement from an Indemnifying Party in respect of any Loss and subsequently receives Insurance Proceeds, then the Indemnitee will pay to the Indemnifying Party an amount equal to the excess of the Indemnity Payment received over the amount of the Indemnity Payment that would have been due if the Insurance Proceeds had been received, realized or recovered before the Indemnity Payment was made.

 

(b)                                 An insurer who would otherwise be obligated to pay any claim shall not be relieved of the responsibility with respect thereto or, solely by virtue of the indemnification provisions hereof, have any subrogation rights with respect thereto, it being expressly understood and agreed that no insurer or any other third party shall be entitled to a “wind-fall” (i.e., a benefit such insurer or other third party would not be entitled to receive in the absence of the indemnification provisions) by virtue of the indemnification provisions hereof. Nothing contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement shall obligate any Person in any Group to seek to collect or recover any Insurance Proceeds.

 

(c)                                  Any Indemnity Payment made by the Company shall be increased as necessary so that after making all payments in respect to Taxes imposed on or attributable to such Indemnity Payment, each HeidelbergCement Indemnitee receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such Taxes been imposed. Any Indemnity Payment made by

 

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HeidelbergCement shall be increased as necessary so that after making all payments in respect to Taxes imposed on or attributable to such Indemnity Payment, each Company Indemnitee receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such Taxes been imposed.

 

(d)                                 If an indemnification claim is covered by the indemnification provisions of an Ancillary Agreement, the claim shall be made under the Ancillary Agreement to the extent applicable and the provisions thereof shall govern such claim. In no event shall any party be entitled to double recovery from the indemnification provisions of this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement.

 

SECTION 4.05              Procedures for Indemnification of Third Party Claims. (a) If an Indemnitee shall receive notice or otherwise learn of the assertion by a Person (including any Governmental Authority) who is not a Person in the HeidelbergCement Group or the Company Group of any claim or of the commencement by any such Person of any Action with respect to which an Indemnifying Party may be obligated to provide indemnification to such Indemnitee pursuant to Section 4.02 or Section 4.03, or any other Section of this Agreement (collectively, a “Third Party Claim”), such Indemnitee shall give such Indemnifying Party written notice thereof as promptly as practicable (and in any event within forty-five (45) days) after becoming aware of such Third Party Claim. Any such notice shall describe the Third Party Claim in reasonable detail. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of any Indemnitee or other Person to give notice as provided in this Section 4.05(a) shall not relieve the related Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Article IV, except to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure to give notice.

 

(b)                                 An Indemnifying Party may elect (but shall not be required) to defend, at such Indemnifying Party’s own expense and by such Indemnifying Party’s own counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee), any Third Party Claim; provided that the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to defend and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of one separate counsel for all Indemnitees if the claim for indemnification relates to or arises in connection with any criminal action, indictment or allegation. Within forty-five (45) days after the receipt of notice from an Indemnitee in accordance with Section 4.05(a) (or sooner, if the nature of such Third Party Claim so requires), the Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnitee of its election whether the Indemnifying Party will assume responsibility for defending such Third Party Claim, which election shall specify any reservations or exceptions to its defense. After notice from an Indemnifying Party to an Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, such Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise, or settlement thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be the expense of such Indemnitee; provided, however, in the event that (i) the Indemnifying Party has elected to assume the defense of the Third Party Claim but has specified, and continues to assert, any reservations or exceptions in such notice or (ii) the Third Party Claim involves injunctive or equitable relief, then, in any such case, the reasonable fees and expenses of one separate counsel for all Indemnitees shall be borne by the Indemnifying Party.

 

(c)                                  If an Indemnifying Party elects not to assume responsibility for defending a Third Party Claim, or fails to notify an Indemnitee of its election as provided in Section 4.05(b), such Indemnitee may defend such Third Party Claim at the cost and expense of the

 

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Indemnifying Party. Any legal fees and expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with defending such claim shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party at the then applicable regular rates charged by counsel, without regard to any flat fee or special fee arrangement otherwise in effect between such counsel and the Indemnitee.

 

(d)                                 Unless the Indemnifying Party has failed to assume the defense of the Third Party Claim in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, no Indemnitee may settle or compromise any Third Party Claim without the consent of the Indemnifying Party. If an Indemnifying Party has failed to assume the defense of the Third Party Claim within the time period specified in clause (b) above, it shall not be a defense to any obligation to pay any amount in respect of such Third Party Claim that the Indemnifying Party was not consulted in the defense thereof, that such Indemnifying Party’s views or opinions as to the conduct of such defense were not accepted or adopted, that such Indemnifying Party does not approve of the quality or manner of the defense thereof or that such Third Party Claim was incurred by reason of a settlement rather than by a judgment or other determination of liability.

 

(e)                                  In the case of a Third Party Claim, no Indemnifying Party shall consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement of the Third Party Claim without the consent of the Indemnitee if the effect thereof is (i) to permit any injunction, declaratory judgment, other order or other non-monetary relief to be entered, directly or indirectly, against any Indemnitee or (ii) to ascribe any fault on any Indemnitee in connection with such defense.

 

(f)                                   Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnifying Party shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, settle or compromise any Third Party Claim or consent to the entry of any judgment which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the delivery by the claimant or plaintiff to the Indemnitee of a written release from all Liability in respect of such Third Party Claim.

 

SECTION 4.06              Additional Matters. (a) Any claim on account of a Loss which does not result from a Third Party Claim shall be asserted by written notice given by the Indemnitee to the related Indemnifying Party. Such Indemnifying Party shall have a period of thirty (30) days after the receipt of such notice within which to respond thereto. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such 30-day period, such Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have refused to accept responsibility to make payment. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such 30-day period or rejects such claim in whole or in part, such Indemnitee shall be free to pursue such remedies as may be available to such Indemnitee as contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 In the event of payment by or on behalf of any Indemnifying Party to any Indemnitee in connection with any Third Party Claim, such Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated to and shall stand in the place of such Indemnitee as to any events or circumstances in respect of which such Indemnitee may have any right, defense or claim relating to such Third Party Claim against any claimant or plaintiff asserting such Third Party Claim or against any other Person. Such Indemnitee shall cooperate with such Indemnifying Party in a reasonable manner, and at the cost and expense of such Indemnifying Party, in prosecuting any subrogated right, defense or claim.

 

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(c)                                  In the event of an Action in which the Indemnifying Party is not a named defendant, if either the Indemnitee or Indemnifying Party shall so request, the parties shall endeavor to substitute the Indemnifying Party for the named defendant or otherwise hold the Indemnifying Party as party thereto, if at all practicable. If such substitution or addition cannot be achieved for any reason or is not requested, the named defendant shall allow the Indemnifying Party to manage the Action as set forth in this Section, and the Indemnifying Party shall fully indemnify the named defendant against all costs of defending the Action (including court costs, sanctions imposed by a court, attorneys’ fees, experts fees and all other external expenses), the costs of any judgment or settlement, and the cost of any interest or penalties relating to any judgment or settlement with respect to such Third Party Claim.

 

SECTION 4.07              Medicare Reporting. The Parties acknowledge that the resolution of any Third Party Claim (subject to this Agreement) by way of a settlement, judgment, award or other payment to or on behalf of a Medicare beneficiary where medical expenses are claimed or released may impose reporting obligations pursuant to Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (MMSEA), and the regulations and program guidance then in effect (“Section 111 Report”). Accordingly, so that the Indemnitee can timely and effectively investigate and discharge its reporting obligations, if any, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), the Indemnifying Party agrees to:

 

(a)                                 Notify the Indemnitee no later than ten (10) days after making a settlement or payment of any award to or on behalf of a Medicare beneficiary and provide and/or confirm information that the Indemnitee will require to meet its Section 111 reporting obligation.

 

(b)                                 Notify the Indemnitee prior to the settlement of any claim or payment of any award to a plaintiff or claimant in this matter for the purpose of providing Indemnitee identifying information on the proposed plaintiff or claimant-recipient, and such other information as may be required, to enable the Indemnitee to ascertain whether a Section 111 Report will be required. If Medicare’s interests are implicated by the terms of the proposed settlement, judgment, award or other payment, the Indemnitee shall also have the right to suggest proposed terms and processes for the expected payment that will address and protect the Indemnitee’s interests under Section 111 and the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.

 

(c)                                  Subject to the terms of this Article IV, indemnify, defend, repay and hold harmless the Indemnitee for any Liabilities (including double damages) for delayed or defective reporting to CMS under Section 111 in the event that the Indemnifying Party fails to timely provide the notice set forth in this Section 4.07.

 

SECTION 4.08              Remedies Cumulative. The remedies provided in this Article IV shall be cumulative and, subject to the provisions of Article VI, shall not preclude assertion by any Indemnitee of any other rights or the seeking of any and all other remedies against any Indemnifying Party.

 

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regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnitee; and (ii) the knowledge by the Indemnitee of Liabilities for which it might be entitled to indemnification or contribution hereunder. The rights and obligations of each of HeidelbergCement and the Company and their respective Indemnitees under this Article IV shall survive the merger or consolidation of any party, the sale or other transfer by any party of any Assets or businesses or the assignment by it of any Liabilities, or the change of form or change of control of any party.

 

SECTION 4.10              Special Damages. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY OR ANY OF ITS GROUP MEMBERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, COLLATERAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS SUFFERED BY AN INDEMNIFIED PARTY, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DAMAGES ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT TO THE EXTENT AN INDEMNIFIED PARTY IS REQUIRED TO PAY ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, COLLATERAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT A MEMBER OF EITHER GROUP IN CONNECTION WITH A THIRD PARTY CLAIM, SUCH DAMAGES WILL CONSTITUTE DIRECT DAMAGES AND NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATION SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 4.10.

 

ARTICLE V

 

CERTAIN BUSINESS MATTERS

 

SECTION 5.01              No Restriction on Competition. It is the explicit intent of each of the parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement shall not include any non-competition or other similar restrictive arrangements with respect to the range of business activities which may be conducted by the parties hereto. Accordingly, each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that nothing set forth in this Agreement shall be construed to create any explicit or implied restriction or other limitation on (i) the ability of any party hereto to engage in any business or other activity which competes with the business of any other party hereto or (ii) the ability of any party to engage in any specific line of business or engage in any business activity in any specific geographic area.

 

SECTION 5.02              No Solicitation of Employees. From the Effective Date through the Deconsolidation Date, none of HeidelbergCement, the Company or any member of their respective Groups will, without the prior written consent of the other applicable party, either directly or indirectly, on their own behalf or in the service or on behalf of others, solicit, aid, induce or encourage any employee at the level of Director or higher of any other party’s respective Group to leave his or her employment; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.02 shall restrict or preclude the rights of HeidelbergCement, the Company or any member of their respective Groups from soliciting or hiring (i) any employee who responds to a general solicitation or advertisement that is not specifically targeted or focused on the employees employed by any other party’s respective Group (and nothing shall prohibit such generalized searches for employees through various means, including, but not limited to, the use of advertisements in the media (including trade media) or the engagement of search firms to engage

 

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in such searches); provided that the applicable party has not encouraged or advised such firm to approach any such employee; (ii) any employee whose employment has been terminated by the other party’s respective Group; or (iii) any employee whose employment has been terminated by such employee after sixty (60) days from the date of termination of such employee’s employment. In the event there is any conflict between this Section 5.02 and the Transition Service Agreements, the Transition Service Agreements shall govern.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY

 

SECTION 6.01              Provision of Corporate Records. As soon as practicable after the Effective Date, subject to the provisions of this Section 6.01, HeidelbergCement and the Company shall discuss and negotiate in good faith to agree to a plan to transition (i) to the Company all Company Books and Records in the possession of HeidelbergCement or any member of the HeidelbergCement Group, and (ii) to HeidelbergCement all HeidelbergCement Books and Records in the possession of the Company or any member of the Company Group. The foregoing shall be limited by the following:

 

(a)                                 The transition of books and records shall require only deliveries of (i) specific and discrete books and records or a reasonably limited class of items requested by the other party and (ii) specific and discrete books and records identified by either party in the ordinary course of business and determined by such party to be material to the other’s business. Without limiting any express delivery requirements under any other provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, neither party shall be required to conduct any general search or investigation of its files.

 

(b)                                 Each party may retain copies of books and records delivered to the other, subject to holding in confidence in accordance with Section 6.09 information contained in such books and records.

 

(c)                                  Each party may in good faith refuse to furnish any books and records under this Section 6.01 if it reasonably believes in good faith that doing so could materially adversely affect its ability to successfully assert a claim of Privilege.

 

(d)                                 Neither party shall be required to deliver to the other books and records or portions thereof which are subject to any Law or confidentiality agreements which would by their terms prohibit such delivery; provided, however, that if requested by the other party, such party shall use reasonable best efforts to seek a waiver of or other relief from such confidentiality restriction.

 

SECTION 6.02              Agreement for Exchange of Information; Archives. (a) Each of HeidelbergCement and the Company, on behalf of its respective Group, agrees to provide, or cause to be provided, to the other Group, at any time before or after the Effective Date, as soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor, access to any Information in the possession or under the control of such respective Group that can be retrieved without unreasonable disruption to its business which the requesting party reasonably needs (i) to comply with reporting, disclosure, filing, record retention or other requirements imposed on the

 

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requesting party (including under applicable securities or tax Laws) by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the requesting party, (ii) for use in any other judicial, regulatory, administrative, tax or other proceeding or in order to satisfy audit, accounting, regulatory, litigation, environmental, tax or other similar requirements, in each case other than claims or allegations that one party to this Agreement or any member of its Group has against the other party or any member of its Group, or (iii) subject to the foregoing clause (ii), to comply with its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 After the Effective Date, each of the HeidelbergCement Group on the one hand, and the Company Group on the other hand, shall provide to such other Group access during regular business hours (as in effect from time to time) to Information that relates to the business and operations of such Group that are located in archives retained or maintained by such other Group (or, if such Information does not exclusively relate to a party’s business, to the portions of such Information that so exclusively relate), subject to appropriate restrictions for proprietary, privileged or confidential information and to the requirements of an applicable state and/or federal regulation such as a Code of Conduct or Standard of Conduct, to the personnel, properties and information of such party and its Subsidiaries, and only insofar as such access is reasonably required by the other party for legitimate business reasons, and only for the duration such access is required, and relates to such other party or the conduct of the business prior to the Effective Date. The Company or HeidelbergCement, as applicable, may obtain copies (but not originals) at their own expense of such Information for bona fide business purposes. The Company or HeidelbergCement, as applicable, shall pay the applicable fee or rate per hour for archives research services (subject to increase from time to time to reflect rates then in effect) for the providing party generally. Nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict the access of the providing party to any Information or to impose any liability on the providing party if any such Information is not maintained or preserved by such party.

 

(c)                                  After the Effective Date, without limiting the parties’ rights and obligations in Section 6.02 hereof, each of HeidelbergCement and the Company (i) shall maintain in effect at its own cost and expense adequate systems and controls to the extent necessary to enable the Persons in the other Group to satisfy their respective reporting, accounting, audit and other obligations, and (ii) shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the other party (in such form as the providing party retains such Information for its own use) all financial and other data and Information in such party’s possession or control as such requesting party determines necessary or advisable in order to prepare its financial statements and reports or filings with any Governmental Authority.

 

(d)                                 After the Effective Date, without limiting the parties’ rights and obligations in Section 6.02 hereof, upon reasonable written notice, the parties shall furnish or cause to be furnished to each other and their employees, counsel, auditors and representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours, to such Information and assistance relating to the Building Products Business, the Building Products Assets and the Building Products Liabilities as is required by applicable Law, including Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or is reasonably necessary for financial reporting and accounting matters (including with respect to the preparation of any financial statements), letters of representation, reports or forms, the preparation and filing of any Tax Returns or the defense of any Tax claim or assessment. Each party shall reimburse the other for reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in

 

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assisting the other pursuant to this Section 6.02(d). Neither party shall be required by this Section 6.02(d) to take any action that would unreasonably interfere with the conduct of its business or unreasonably disrupt its normal operations.

 

(e)                                  In the event any party reasonably determines that any such provision of Information could be commercially detrimental, violate any Law or Contract, or result in the waiver any Privilege, the parties shall take all commercially reasonable measures to permit the compliance with such obligations in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence.

 

SECTION 6.03              Ownership of Information. Any Information owned by one Group that is provided to a requesting party pursuant to Section 6.01 shall be deemed to remain the property of the providing party. Unless expressly set forth in this Agreement, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring any right, title or interest (whether by license or otherwise) in, to or under any such Information.

 

SECTION 6.04              Compensation for Providing Information. The party requesting access to Information agrees to reimburse the other party for the reasonable costs, if any, of providing such access, including costs of salaries and benefits of employees who are involved in providing access to the Information or any pro rata portion of overhead or other costs of employing such employees which would have been incurred by such employees’ employer regardless of the employees’ service as providing the access to Information and the costs incurred in creating, gathering and copying such Information, to the extent that such costs are incurred for the benefit of the requesting party.

 

SECTION 6.05              Record Retention. To facilitate the possible exchange of Information pursuant to this Article VI and other provisions of this Agreement after the Effective Date, the parties agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to retain all Information in their respective possession or control on the Effective Date in accordance with the policies of HeidelbergCement as in effect from time to time or such other policies as may be reasonably adopted by the appropriate party after the Effective Date. For the avoidance of doubt, such policies shall be deemed to apply to any Information in a party’s possession or control on the Effective Date relating to the other party or members of its Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent such Information relates to Environmental Liabilities, such retention period shall be extended to the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (giving effect to any extensions thereof).

 

SECTION 6.06              Limitations of Liability. Except as otherwise provided in this Article VI, no party shall have any liability to any other party in the event that any Information, other than Information provided under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, exchanged or provided pursuant to this Agreement is found to be inaccurate or the requested Information is not provided, in the absence of willful misconduct by the party requested to provide such Information. No party shall have any liability to any other party if any Information is destroyed after commercially reasonable efforts by such party to comply with the provisions of Section 6.05.

 

SECTION 6.07              Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information. The rights and obligations granted under this Article VI are subject to any specific limitations,

 

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qualifications or additional provisions on the sharing, exchange, retention, rights to use, or confidential treatment of Information set forth in any Ancillary Agreement.

 

SECTION 6.08              Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation. (a)           After the Effective Date, except in the case of any Action involving or relating to a conflict or dispute between any member of the HeidelbergCement Group, on the one hand, and any member of the Company Group, on the other hand, each party hereto will use its commercially reasonable efforts to make available to each other party, upon written request, the then current directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents of the Person in its respective Group as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its control or which it otherwise has the ability to make available, to the extent that any such Person (giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with any Action in which indemnification is or may reasonably be expected to be sought that the requesting party may from time to time be involved. The requesting party shall bear all costs and expenses in connection therewith.

 

(b)                                 If an Indemnifying Party or Indemnitee chooses to defend or to seek to compromise or settle any Third Party Claim, the other party shall make available to such Indemnifying Party or Indemnitee, as applicable, upon written request then current directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents of the Persons in its respective Group as witnesses and any Information within its control or possession, to the extent that any such Person (giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with such defense, settlement or compromise, or such prosecution, evaluation or pursuit, as the case may be, and shall otherwise reasonably cooperate in such defense, settlement or compromise, or such prosecution, evaluation or pursuit, as the case may be.

 

(c)                                  Without limiting the foregoing, the parties shall cooperate and consult to the extent reasonably necessary with respect to any Actions in which indemnification is or may reasonably be expected to be sought.

 

(d)                                 The obligation of the parties to provide witnesses pursuant to this Section 6.08 is intended to be interpreted in a manner so as to facilitate cooperation and shall include the obligation to provide as witnesses employees and other officers without regard to whether the witness or the employer of the witness could assert a possible business conflict (subject to the exception set forth in the first sentence of Section 6.08(a)).

 

(e)                                  In connection with any matter contemplated by this Section 6.08 the parties will enter into a mutually acceptable joint defense agreement so as to maintain to the extent practicable any applicable attorney-client privilege or work product immunity of any Person in any Group.

 

SECTION 6.09              Confidentiality. (a) Subject to Section 6.10, each of HeidelbergCement and the Company (each, a “Receiving Party”), on behalf of itself and each Person in its respective Group, agree to hold, and to cause its respective directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives to hold in strict

 

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confidence, with at least the same degree of care that applies to the confidential and proprietary information of HeidelbergCement pursuant to policies in effect as of the Effective Date, all Information with respect to HeidelbergCement, solely concerning the Building Products Business (for which the Company shall be the “Disclosing Party”) and with respect to the Company, concerning the HeidelbergCement Business (for which HeidelbergCement shall be the “Disclosing Party”) that is accessible to it, in its possession (including Information in its possession prior to the Effective Date) or furnished by the Disclosing Party or any Person in its respective Group, or accessible to, in the possession of, or furnished to the Company’s respective directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives at any time pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, except, in each case, to the extent that such Information (i) is or becomes part of the public domain through no breach of this Agreement by the Receiving Party or any of its Group, its respective directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives, (ii) information that was independently developed following the Effective Date by employees or agents of the Receiving Party or any Person in its respective Group, its respective directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives who have not accessed or otherwise received the applicable Information; provided that such independent development can be demonstrated by competent, contemporaneous written records of the Receiving Party or any Person in its respective Group, or (iii) becomes available to the Receiving Party or any Person in its respective Group following the Effective Date on a non-confidential basis from a third party who is not bound directly or indirectly by a duty of confidentiality to the Disclosing Party.

 

(b)                                 Each party acknowledges that it and the other members of its Group may have in their possession confidential or proprietary Information of third parties that was received under confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements with such third party prior to the Effective Date. Such party will hold, and will cause the other members of its Group and their respective representatives to hold, in strict confidence the confidential and proprietary information of third parties to which they or any other member of their respective Groups has access, in accordance with the terms of any agreements entered into prior to the Effective Date between one or more members of such party’s Group (whether acting through, on behalf of, or connection with, the separated businesses) and such third parties.

 

(c)                                  Upon the written request of a party, the other party shall promptly destroy any copies of such confidential or proprietary Information (including any extracts therefrom) specifically identified by the requesting party to be destroyed. Upon the written request of such requesting party, the other party shall cause one of its duly authorized officers to certify in writing to such requesting party that the requirements of the preceding sentence have been satisfied in full.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VI, (i) to the extent that an Ancillary Agreement or other Contract pursuant to which a party hereto or a Person in its respective Group is bound or its confidential Information is subject provides that certain Information shall be maintained confidential on a basis that is more protective of such Information or for a longer period of time than provided for herein, then the applicable provisions contained in such Ancillary Agreement or other Contract shall control with respect thereto and (ii) a Party and the Persons in its respective Group shall have no right to use any

 

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Information of the Disclosing Party unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement, an Ancillary Agreement or Contract between the Parties or a Person in its respective Group.

 

SECTION 6.10              Protective Arrangements. In the event that the Receiving Party or any Person in its Group either determines on the advice of its counsel that it is required to disclose any Information pursuant to applicable Law (including the rules and regulations of the Commission or any stock exchange) or receives any request or demand from any Governmental Authority to disclose or provide Information of the Disclosing Party (or any Person in the Disclosing Party’s Group) that is subject to the confidentiality provisions hereof, such party shall notify the other party prior to disclosing or providing such Information and shall cooperate at the expense of such other party in seeking any reasonable protective arrangements (including by seeking confidential treatment of such Information) requested by such other party. Subject to the foregoing, the Person that received such a request or determined that it is required to disclose Information may thereafter disclose or provide Information to the extent required by such Law (as so advised by counsel) or requested or required by such Governmental Authority; provided, however, that such Person provides the other party, to the extent legally permissible, upon request with a copy of the Information so disclosed.

 

SECTION 6.11              Preservation of Legal Privileges. (a) HeidelbergCement and the Company recognize that the members of their respective groups possess and will possess information and advice that has been previously developed but is legally protected from disclosure under legal privileges, such as the attorney-client privilege or work product exemption and other concepts of legal protection (“Privilege”). Each party recognizes that they shall be jointly entitled to the Privilege with respect to such privileged information and that each shall be entitled to maintain, preserve and assert for its own benefit all such information and advice, but both parties shall ensure that such information is maintained so as to protect the Privileges with respect to the other party’s interest. To that end, neither party will knowingly waive or compromise any Privilege associated with such information and advice without the prior written consent of the other party. In the event that privileged information is required to be disclosed to any arbitrator or mediator in connection with a dispute between the parties, such disclosure shall not be deemed a waiver of Privilege with respect to such information, and any party receiving it in connection with a proceeding shall be informed of its nature and shall be required to safeguard and protect it.

 

(b)                                 The rights and obligations created by this Section 6.11 shall apply to all information relating to the Building Products Business as to which, but for the Contribution, either party would have been entitled to assert or did assert the protection of a Privilege, including (i) any and all information generated prior to the Effective Date but which, after the Contribution, is in the possession of either party and (ii) all information generated, received or arising after the Effective Date that refers to or relates to information described in the preceding clause (i).

 

(c)                                  Upon receipt by either party of any subpoena, discovery or other request that may call for the production or disclosure of information that is the subject of a Privilege, or if a party obtains knowledge that any current or former employee of a party has received any subpoena, discovery or other request that may call for the production or disclosure of such information, such party shall provide the other party a reasonable opportunity to review the

 

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information and to assert any rights it may have under this Section 6.11 or otherwise to prevent the production or disclosure of such information. Absent receipt of written consent from the other party to the production or disclosure of information that may be covered by a Privilege, each party agrees that it will not produce or disclose any information that may be covered by a Privilege unless a court of competent jurisdiction has entered a final, nonappealable order finding that the information is not entitled to protection under any applicable Privilege.

 

(d)                                 HeidelbergCement’s transfer of Company Books and Records and other Information to the Company, HeidelbergCement’s agreement to permit the Company to obtain Information existing prior to the Effective Date, the Company’s transfer of HeidelbergCement Books and Records and other Information and the Company’s agreement to permit HeidelbergCement to obtain Information existing prior to the Effective Date are made in reliance on HeidelbergCement’s and the Company’s respective agreements, as set forth in, Section 6.09, Section 6.10 and this Section 6.11, to maintain the confidentiality of such Information and to take the steps provided herein for the preservation of all Privileges that may belong to or be asserted by HeidelbergCement or the Company, as the case may be. The access to Information being granted pursuant to Section 6.02 hereof, the agreement to provide witnesses and individuals pursuant to Section 6.08 hereof and the disclosure to HeidelbergCement and the Company of Privileged Information relating to the Building Products Business or HeidelbergCement Business pursuant to this Agreement in connection with the Contribution shall not be asserted by HeidelbergCement or the Company to constitute, or otherwise deemed, a waiver of any Privilege that has been or may be asserted under this Section 6.11 or otherwise. Nothing in this Agreement shall operate to reduce, minimize or condition the rights granted to HeidelbergCement and the Company in, or the obligations imposed upon the parties by, this Section 6.11.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

FINANCIAL AND OTHER COVENANTS

 

SECTION 7.01              Disclosure and Financial Controls. The Company agrees that, for so long as HeidelbergCement is required to consolidate the results of operations, cash flows and financial position of the Company and any other members of the Company Group or to account for its investment in the Company under the equity method of accounting (determined in accordance with IFRS and consistent with reporting requirements applicable to HeidelbergCement):

 

(a)                                 Maintenance of Financial Controls. The Company will, and will cause each other member of the Company Group to, maintain, as of and after the Effective Date, disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15; the Company will cause each of its principal executive and principal financial officers to sign and deliver certifications to the Company’s periodic reports and will include the certifications in the Company’s periodic reports, as and when required pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14 and Item 601 of Regulation S-K; the Company will cause its management to evaluate the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting (including any change in internal control over financial reporting) as and when required pursuant to

 

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Exchange Act Rule 13a-15; the Company will disclose in its periodic reports filed with the Commission information concerning the Company management’s responsibilities for and evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting (including, without limitation, the annual management report and attestation report of the Company’s independent auditors relating to internal control over financial reporting) as and when required under Items 307 and 308 of Regulation S-K and other applicable Commission rules; and, without limiting the general application of the foregoing, the Company will, and will cause each other member of the Company Group to, maintain as of and after the Effective Date internal systems and procedures that will provide reasonable assurance that (A) the Financial Statements are reliable and timely prepared in accordance with GAAP and applicable Law, (B) all transactions of members of the Company Group are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of the Financial Statements, (C) the receipts and expenditures of members of the Company Group are authorized at the appropriate level within the Company, and (D) unauthorized use or disposition of the assets of any member of the Company Group that could have a material effect on the Financial Statements is prevented or detected in a timely manner.

 

(b)                                 Fiscal Year. The Company will maintain, and will cause each member of the Company Group to maintain, (i) a fiscal year that commences and ends on the same calendar days as HeidelbergCement’s fiscal year commences and ends and (ii) monthly accounting periods that commence and end on the same calendar days as HeidelbergCement’s monthly accounting periods commence and end.

 

(c)                                  Monthly and Quarterly Financial Information. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates will deliver to HeidelbergCement an income statement, statement of cash flows and balance sheet on a monthly basis in accordance with Schedule 7.01(c) in such format and detail as HeidelbergCement may request. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates will deliver to HeidelbergCement an income statement, statement of cash flows and balance sheet and other necessary disclosures on a quarterly basis in accordance with Schedule 7.01(c) in such format and detail as HeidelbergCement may request. The Company will be responsible for reviewing its results and data and for informing HeidelbergCement immediately of any post-closing adjustments that come to its attention. The Company must provide final sign-off of its results, using HeidelbergCement materiality, no later than seven (7) Business Days after the quarterly close period end for the income statement and no later than fourteen (14) Business Days after the quarterly close period end for the balance sheet and supplemental data. A certification will be provided by the Controller and Chief Financial Officer and President of the Company pertaining to the quarter financials and internal controls no later than five (5) Business Days prior to HeidelbergCement’s publication of its quarterly financial statements.

 

(d)                                 Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as practicable, in accordance with Schedule 7.01(d), the Company will deliver to HeidelbergCement drafts of (A) the consolidated financial statements of the Company Group (and notes thereto) for such periods and for the period from the beginning of the current fiscal year to the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form for each such fiscal quarter of the Company the consolidated figures (and notes thereto) for the corresponding quarter and

 

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periods of the previous fiscal year and all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation S-X and GAAP, and (B) a discussion and analysis by management of the Company Group’s financial condition and results of operations for such fiscal period, including, without limitation, an explanation of any material period-to-period change and any off-balance sheet transactions, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with Item 303(b) of Regulation S-K; provided, however, that the Company will deliver such information at such earlier time upon HeidelbergCement’s written request with thirty (30) days’ notice resulting from HeidelbergCement’s determination to accelerate the timing of the publication of its financial statements. The information set forth in (A) and (B) above is referred to in this Agreement as the “Quarterly Financial Statements.” No later than five (5) Business Days prior to the date the Company publicly files the Quarterly Financial Statements with the Commission or otherwise makes such Quarterly Financial Statements publicly available, the Company will deliver to HeidelbergCement the final form of the Company Quarterly Financial Statements and certifications thereof by the principal executive and financial officers of the Company in substantially the forms required under Commission rules for periodic reports and in form and substance satisfactory to HeidelbergCement; provided, however, that the Company may continue to revise such Quarterly Financial Statements prior to the filing thereof in order to make corrections and non-substantive changes which corrections and changes will be delivered by the Company to HeidelbergCement as soon as practicable, and in any event within eight (8) hours of making any such corrections or changes; provided, further, that HeidelbergCement’s and the Company’s financial representatives will actively consult with each other regarding any changes (whether or not substantive) which the Company may consider making to its Quarterly Financial Statements and related disclosures during the five (5) Business Days immediately prior to any anticipated filing with the Commission, with particular focus on any changes which would have an effect upon HeidelbergCement’s financial statements or related disclosures. In addition to the foregoing, no Quarterly Financial Statement or any other document which refers, or contains information not previously publicly disclosed with respect to the ownership of the Company by HeidelbergCement or the Transactions, will be filed with the Commission or otherwise made public by any Company Group member without the prior written consent of HeidelbergCement, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.01(d), the Company will not file its Quarterly Financial Statements with the Commission prior to the time that HeidelbergCement publishes its quarterly financial statements unless otherwise required by applicable Law.

 

(e)                                  Annual Financial Statements. On an annual basis, in accordance with Schedule 7.01(e), the Company will deliver to HeidelbergCement an income statement and balance sheet and supplemental data related to cash flows and other necessary disclosures for such period in such format and detail as HeidelbergCement may request. The Company will be responsible for reviewing its results and data and for informing HeidelbergCement immediately of any post-closing adjustments in excess of $10 million pre-tax that come to its attention and of any adjustments below $10 million within eight (8) hours of its awareness. The Company must provide final sign-off of its results, using HeidelbergCement materiality, no later than seven (7) Business Days after the annual close period end for the income statement and no later than fourteen (14) Business Days

 

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after the annual close period end for the balance sheet and supplemental data. A certification will be provided by the Controller and Chief Financial Officer and President of the Company pertaining to the financials and internal controls no later than seven (7) Business Days prior to HeidelbergCement’s publication of its audited annual financial statements (the “HeidelbergCement Annual Statements”). As soon as practicable, and in any event no later than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the date on which HeidelbergCement has notified the Company that HeidelbergCement intends to publish its annual report or other document containing annual financial statements, the Company will deliver to HeidelbergCement (A) any financial and other information and data with respect to the Company Group and its business, properties, financial position, results of operations and prospects as is reasonably requested by HeidelbergCement in connection with the preparation of HeidelbergCement’s financial statements and annual report. As soon as practicable, and in any event no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the date on which the Company is required (or would be required absent foreign private issuer status) to file an annual report on Form 10-K or other document containing its Annual Financial Statements (as defined below) with the Commission, the Company will deliver to HeidelbergCement (A) drafts of the consolidated financial statements of the Company Group (and notes thereto) for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the consolidated figures (and notes thereto) for the previous fiscal years and all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X and GAAP and (B) a discussion and analysis by management of the Company Group’s financial condition and results of operations for such year, including, without limitation, an explanation of any material period-to-period change and any off-balance sheet transactions, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with Items 303(a) and 305 of Regulation S-K. The information set forth in (A) and (B) above is referred to in this Agreement as the “Annual Financial Statements.” The Company will deliver to HeidelbergCement all revisions to such drafts as soon as any such revisions are prepared or made. No later than five (5) Business Days prior to the date the Company publicly files the Annual Financial Statements with the Commission or otherwise makes such Annual Financial Statements publicly available, the Company will deliver to HeidelbergCement the final form of its annual report on Form 10-K and certifications thereof by the principal executive and financial officers of the Company in substantially the forms required under Commission rules for periodic reports and in form and substance satisfactory to HeidelbergCement; provided, however, that the Company may continue to revise such Annual Financial Statements prior to the filing thereof in order to make corrections and non-substantive changes which corrections and changes will be delivered by the Company to HeidelbergCement as soon as practicable, and in any event within eight (8) hours of making any such corrections or changes; provided, further, that HeidelbergCement and the Company financial representatives will actively consult with each other regarding any changes (whether or not substantive) which the Company may consider making to its Annual Financial Statements and related disclosures during the three (3) Business Days immediately prior to any anticipated filing with the Commission. In addition to the foregoing, no Annual Financial Statement or any other document which refers, or contains information not previously publicly disclosed with respect to the ownership of the Company by HeidelbergCement or the Transactions will be filed with the Commission or otherwise made public by any Company Group member without the prior

 

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written consent of HeidelbergCement. Beginning with the 2015 fiscal year, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to deliver to HeidelbergCement, no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the date on which HeidelbergCement has notified the Company that HeidelbergCement intends to publish the HeidelbergCement Annual Statements, the final form of the Annual Financial Statements accompanied by an opinion thereon by the Company’s independent certified public accountants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.01(e), the Company will not file its Annual Financial Statements with the Commission prior to the time that HeidelbergCement publishes the HeidelbergCement Annual Statements unless otherwise required by applicable Law.

 

(f)                                   Affiliate Financial Statements. The Company will deliver to HeidelbergCement all quarterly financial statements and annual financial statements of any Company Affiliate which is itself required to file financial statements with the Commission or otherwise make such financial statements publicly available, with such financial statements to be provided in the same manner and detail and on the same time schedule as Quarterly Financial Statements and Annual Financial Statements required to be delivered to HeidelbergCement pursuant to this Section 7.01.

 

(g)                                  Conformance with HeidelbergCement Financial Presentation. All information provided by any Company Group member to HeidelbergCement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 7.01(c) through (f) inclusive will be consistent in terms of format and detail and otherwise with HeidelbergCement’s policies and practices in effect on the Effective Date with respect to the provision of such financial information by such Company Group member to HeidelbergCement (and, where appropriate, as presently presented in financial reports to HeidelbergCement’s Managing Board), with such changes therein as may be requested by HeidelbergCement from time to time.

 

(h)                                 Company Reports Generally. The Company shall, and shall cause each Company Group member that files information with the Commission, to deliver to HeidelbergCement: (A) substantially final drafts, as soon as the same are prepared, of (x) all reports, notices and proxy and information statements to be sent or made available by such Company Group member to its respective security holders, (y) all regular, periodic and other reports to be filed or furnished under Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the Exchange Act (including reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and annual reports to shareholders), and (z) all registration statements and prospectuses to be filed by such Company Group member with the Commission or any securities exchange pursuant to the listed company manual (or similar requirements) of such exchange (collectively, the documents identified in clauses (x), (y) and (z) are referred to in this Agreement as “Company Public Documents”), and (B) as soon as practicable, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days (other than with respect to Form 8-Ks) prior to the earliest of the dates the same are printed, sent or filed, current drafts of all such Company Public Documents and, with respect to Form 8-Ks, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than three (3) Business Days prior to the earliest of the dates the same are printed, sent or filed in the case of planned Form 8-Ks and as soon as practicable, but in no event less than 2 hours in the case of unplanned Form 8-Ks; provided, however, that the Company may continue to revise such Company Public Documents prior to the filing thereof in

 

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order to make corrections and non-substantive changes which corrections and changes will be delivered by the Company to HeidelbergCement as soon as practicable, and in any event within eight (8) hours of making any such corrections or changes; provided, further, that HeidelbergCement and the Company financial representatives will actively consult with each other regarding any changes (whether or not substantive) which the Company may consider making to any of its Company Public Documents and related disclosures prior to any anticipated filing with the Commission, with particular focus on any changes which would have an effect upon HeidelbergCement’s financial statements or related disclosures. In addition to the foregoing, no Company Public Document or any other document which refers, or contains information not previously publicly disclosed with respect to the ownership of the Company by HeidelbergCement or the Transactions will be filed with the Commission or otherwise made public by any Company Group member without the prior written consent of HeidelbergCement.

 

(i)                                     Budgets and Financial Projections. The Company will, as promptly as practicable, deliver to HeidelbergCement copies of all annual budgets and financial projections (consistent in terms of format and detail mutually agreed upon by the parties) relating to the Company on a consolidated basis and will provide HeidelbergCement an opportunity to meet with management of the Company to discuss such budgets and projections.

 

(j)                                    Other Information. The Company will continue to comply with all HeidelbergCement internal management reporting requirements and will supply to HeidelbergCement directly all reports and analyses which are requested pursuant to a format and reporting schedule communicated by HeidelbergCement to the Company. In addition, with reasonable promptness, the Company will deliver to HeidelbergCement such additional financial and other information and data with respect to the Company Group and their business, properties, financial positions, results of operations and prospects as from time to time may be reasonably requested by HeidelbergCement.

 

(k)                                 Press Releases and Similar Information. The Company and HeidelbergCement will consult with each other as to the timing of their annual and quarterly earnings releases and any interim financial guidance for a current or future period and will give each other the opportunity to review the information therein relating to the Company Group and to comment thereon. HeidelbergCement and the Company will make reasonable efforts to issue their respective annual and quarterly earnings releases at approximately the same time on the same date. HeidelbergCement and the Company shall coordinate the timing of their respective earnings release conference calls such that the Company shall be permitted to hold such calls prior to those of HeidelbergCement. No later than eight (8) hours prior to the time and date that a party intends to publish its regular annual or quarterly earnings release or any financial guidance for a current or future period, such party will deliver to the other party copies of substantially final drafts of all related press releases and other statements to be made available by any member of that party’s Group to employees of any member of that party’s Group or to the public concerning any matters that could be reasonably likely to have a material financial impact on the earnings, results of operations, financial condition or prospects of any Company Group member. In addition, prior to the issuance of any

 

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such press release or public statement that meets the criteria set forth in the preceding two sentences, the issuing party will consult with the other party regarding any changes (other than typographical or other similar minor changes) to such substantially final drafts. Immediately following the issuance thereof, the issuing party will deliver to the other party copies of final drafts of all press releases and other public statements. Prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall consult with HeidelbergCement prior to issuing any press releases or otherwise making public statements with respect to the Transactions or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby and prior to making any filings with any Governmental Authority with respect thereto.

 

(l)                                     Cooperation on HeidelbergCement Filings. The Company will cooperate fully, and cause Company Auditors to cooperate fully, with HeidelbergCement to the extent requested by HeidelbergCement in the preparation of HeidelbergCement’s public earnings or other press releases, quarterly reports, annual reports, ad-hoc reports and any other statements, reports, notices, prospectuses and any other filings or publications by HeidelbergCement (collectively, the “HeidelbergCement Public Filings”). The Company agrees to provide to HeidelbergCement all information that HeidelbergCement reasonably requests in connection with any HeidelbergCement Public Filings or that, in the judgment of HeidelbergCement’s Legal Division, is required to be disclosed or incorporated by reference therein under any Law, rule or regulation. The Company will provide such information in a timely manner on the dates requested by HeidelbergCement (which may be earlier than the dates on which the Company otherwise would be required hereunder to have such information available) to enable HeidelbergCement to prepare, print and release all HeidelbergCement Public Filings on such dates as HeidelbergCement will determine but in no event later than as required by applicable Law. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause Company Auditors to consent to any reference to them as experts in any HeidelbergCement Public Filings required under any Law, rule or regulation. If and to the extent requested by HeidelbergCement, the Company will diligently and promptly review all drafts of such HeidelbergCement Public Filings and prepare in a diligent and timely fashion any portion of such HeidelbergCement Public Filing pertaining to the Company. Prior to any printing or public release of any HeidelbergCement Public Filing, an appropriate executive officer of the Company will, if requested by HeidelbergCement, certify that the information relating to any Company Group member or the Building Products Business in such HeidelbergCement Public Filing is accurate, true, complete and correct in all material respects. Unless required by Law, rule or regulation, the Company will not publicly release any financial or other information which conflicts with the information with respect to any Company Group member or the Building Products Business that is included in any HeidelbergCement Public Filing without HeidelbergCement’s prior written consent. Prior to the release or filing thereof, HeidelbergCement will provide the Company with a draft of any portion of a HeidelbergCement Public Filing containing information relating to the Company Group and will give the Company an opportunity to review such information and comment thereon; provided that HeidelbergCement will determine in its sole and absolute discretion the final form and content of all HeidelbergCement Public Filings.

 

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SECTION 7.02              Auditors and Audits; Annual Statements and Accounting. The Company agrees that for so long as HeidelbergCement is required to consolidate the results of operations and financial position of the Company and any other members of the Company Group or to account for its investment in the Company under the equity method of accounting (determined in accordance with IFRS and consistent with reporting requirements applicable to HeidelbergCement) (an “Applicable Period”); provided that the Company’s obligations pursuant to Section 7.02(e) and (f) shall continue beyond an Applicable Period to the extent any amendments to, or restatements or modifications of, HeidelbergCement Public Filings are necessary with respect to any such Applicable Period:

 

(a)                                 Selection of Company Auditors. Unless required by Law, the Company will not select a different accounting firm than Ernst & Young LLP (or its affiliate accounting firms) (unless so directed by HeidelbergCement in accordance with a change by HeidelbergCement in its accounting firm) to serve as its (and the Company Affiliates’) independent certified public accountants (“Company Auditors”) without HeidelbergCement’s prior written consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld); provided, however, that, to the extent any such Company Affiliates are currently using a different accounting firm to serve as their independent certified public accountants, such Company Affiliates may continue to use such accounting firm provided such accounting firm is reasonably satisfactory to HeidelbergCement.

 

(b)                                 Audit Timing. Beginning with the 2015 fiscal year, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to enable Company Auditors to complete their audit such that they will date their opinion on the Annual Financial Statements on the same date that HeidelbergCement’s independent certified public accountants (“HeidelbergCement Auditors”) date their opinion on the HeidelbergCement Annual Statements, and to enable HeidelbergCement to meet its timetable for the printing, filing and public dissemination of the HeidelbergCement Annual Statements, all in accordance with Section 7.01(a) hereof and as required by applicable Law.

 

(c)                                  Quarterly Review. Beginning with the 2015 fiscal year, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to enable HeidelbergCement Auditors to complete their quarterly review procedures on the Quarterly Financial Statements on the same date that HeidelbergCement Auditors complete their quarterly review procedures on HeidelbergCement’s quarterly financial statements.

 

(d)                                 Information Needed by HeidelbergCement. The Company will provide to HeidelbergCement on a timely basis all information that HeidelbergCement reasonably requires to meet its schedule for the preparation, printing, filing, and public dissemination of the HeidelbergCement Annual Statements in accordance with Section 7.01(a) hereof and as required by applicable Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will provide all required financial information with respect to the Company Group to Company Auditors in a sufficient and reasonable time and in sufficient detail to permit Company Auditors to take all steps and perform all reviews necessary to provide sufficient assistance to HeidelbergCement Auditors with respect to information to be included or contained in the HeidelbergCement Annual Statements.

 

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(e)                                  Access to Company Auditors. The Company will authorize Company Auditors to make available to HeidelbergCement Auditors both the personnel who performed, or are performing, the annual audit and quarterly reviews of the Company and work papers related to the annual audit and quarterly reviews of the Company, in all cases within a reasonable time prior to Company Auditors’ opinion date, so that HeidelbergCement Auditors are able to perform the procedures they consider necessary to take responsibility for the work of Company Auditors as it relates to HeidelbergCement Auditors’ report on HeidelbergCement’s statements, all within sufficient time to enable HeidelbergCement to meet its timetable for the printing, filing and public dissemination of the HeidelbergCement Annual Statements.

 

(f)                                   Access to Records. If HeidelbergCement determines in good faith that there may be some inaccuracy in a Company Group member’s financial statements or deficiency or inadequacy in a Company Group member’s internal accounting controls or operations that could materially impact HeidelbergCement’s financial statements or a breach of Section 7.03(d), at HeidelbergCement’s request, the Company will provide HeidelbergCement’s internal auditors with access to the Company Group’s books and records so that HeidelbergCement may conduct reasonable audits relating to the financial statements provided by the Company under this Agreement as well as to the internal accounting controls and operations of the Company Group.

 

(g)                                  Notice of Changes. Subject to Section 7.01(g), the Company will give HeidelbergCement as much prior notice as reasonably practicable of any proposed determination of, or any significant changes in, the Company’s accounting estimates or accounting principles from those in effect on the Effective Date. The Company will consult with HeidelbergCement and, if requested by HeidelbergCement, the Company will consult with HeidelbergCement Auditors with respect thereto. The Company will not make any such determination or changes without HeidelbergCement’s prior written consent if such a determination or a change would be sufficiently material to be required to be disclosed in the Company’s or HeidelbergCement’s financial statements or otherwise publicly disclosed.

 

(h)                                 Accounting Changes Requested by HeidelbergCement. Notwithstanding clause (g) above, the Company will make any changes in its accounting estimates or accounting principles that are requested by HeidelbergCement in order for the Company’s accounting practices and principles to be consistent with those of HeidelbergCement.

 

(i)                                     Special Reports of Deficiencies or Violations. The Company will report in reasonable detail to HeidelbergCement the following events or circumstances promptly after any executive officer of the Company or any member of the Company Board becomes aware of such matter: (A) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; (C) any illegal act within the meaning of Section 10A(b) and (f) of

 

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the Exchange Act; and (D) any report of a material violation of Law that an attorney representing any Company Group member has formally made to any officers or directors of the Company pursuant to the SEC’s attorney conduct rules (17 C.F.R. Part 205).

 

SECTION 7.03              Other Covenants. In addition to the other covenants contained in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, for so long as HeidelbergCement beneficially owns at least a majority of the total voting power of all classes of then outstanding Company Voting Shares:

 

(a)                                 The Company will not, without the prior written consent of HeidelbergCement (which HeidelbergCement may withhold in its sole and absolute discretion), take, or cause to be taken, directly or indirectly, any action, including making or failing to make any election under the Law of any state, which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of restricting or limiting the ability of HeidelbergCement to freely sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of Company Ordinary Shares or would restrict or limit the rights of any transferee of HeidelbergCement as a holder of Company Ordinary Shares. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of HeidelbergCement (which HeidelbergCement may withhold in its sole and absolute discretion), (i) adopt or thereafter amend, supplement, restate, modify or alter any shareholder rights plan in any manner that would result in (A) an increase in the ownership of Company Ordinary Shares by HeidelbergCement causing the rights thereunder to detach or become exercisable and/or (B) HeidelbergCement and its transferees not being entitled to the same rights thereunder as other holders of Company Ordinary Shares or (ii) take any action, or take any action to recommend to its shareholders any action, which would among other things, limit the legal rights of, or deny any benefit to, HeidelbergCement as a the Company shareholder either (A) solely as a result of the amount of Company Ordinary Shares owned by HeidelbergCement or (B) in a manner not applicable to the Company shareholders generally.

 

(b)                                 The Company will not, without the prior written consent of HeidelbergCement (which it may withhold in its sole and absolute discretion), issue any shares of Company share capital or any rights, warrants or options to acquire the Company share capital (including, without limitation, securities convertible into or exchangeable for the Company share capital); provided, that in no case shall any such issuance, if after giving effect to such issuance and considering all of the shares of the Company share capital acquirable pursuant to such rights, warrants and options to be outstanding on the date of such issuance (whether or not then exercisable), result in HeidelbergCement owning directly or indirectly less than (i) a majority of the outstanding Company Ordinary Shares (on a fully-diluted basis) or (ii) 80% of the total voting power of all classes of the then outstanding Company Voting Shares (on a fully-diluted basis). The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of HeidelbergCement (which it may withhold in its sole and absolute discretion) issue any Company Non-Voting Shares.

 

(c)                                  To the extent that HeidelbergCement is a party to any Contracts that provide that certain actions or inactions of HeidelbergCement Affiliates (which for purposes of such Contract include any member of the Company Group) may result in

 

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HeidelbergCement being in breach of or in default under such Contracts and HeidelbergCement has advised the Company of the existence, and has furnished the Company with copies, of such Contracts (or the relevant portions thereof), the Company will not take or fail to take, as applicable, and the Company will cause the other members of the Company Group not to take or fail to take, as applicable, any actions that reasonably could result in HeidelbergCement being in breach of or in default under any such Contract. The parties acknowledge and agree that from time to time HeidelbergCement may in good faith (and not solely with the intention of imposing restrictions on the Company pursuant to this covenant) enter into additional Contracts or amendments to existing Contracts that provide that certain actions or inactions of HeidelbergCement Subsidiaries or Affiliates (including, for purposes of this Section 7.03(c), members of the Company Group) may result in HeidelbergCement being in breach of or in default under such Contracts. In such event, provided HeidelbergCement has notified the Company of such additional Contracts or amendments to existing Contracts, the Company will not thereafter take or fail to take, as applicable, and the Company will cause the other members of the Company Group not to take or fail to take, as applicable, any actions that reasonably could result in HeidelbergCement being in breach of or in default under any such additional Contracts or amendments to existing Contracts. HeidelbergCement acknowledges and agrees that the Company will not be deemed in breach of this Section 7.03(c) to the extent that, prior to being notified by HeidelbergCement of an additional Contract or an amendment to an existing Contract pursuant to this Section 7.03(c), a Company Group member already has taken or failed to take one or more actions that would otherwise constitute a breach of this Section 7.03(c) had such action(s) or inaction(s) occurred after such notification; provided that the Company does not, after notification by HeidelbergCement, take any further action or fail to take any action that contributes further to such breach or default. The Company agrees that any Information provided to it pursuant to this Section 7.03(c) will constitute Information that is subject to the Company’s obligations under Article VI.

 

(d)                                 For so long as the HeidelbergCement Group beneficially owns at least a majority of the total voting power of all classes of then outstanding Company Voting Shares and, for the duration of the Transition Services Agreements (but only to the extent that the Services provided by HeidelbergCement under the Transition Services Agreements relate to making payments on the Company’s behalf, maintenance of books and records, or otherwise present, in HeidelbergCement’s reasonable judgment, a potential risk to HeidelbergCement under any applicable anticorruption Law):

 

(i)                                     the Company will, and will cause each other member of the Company Group to, not take any action directly or indirectly to offer or pay, or authorize the offer or payment of, any money or anything of value in order to improperly or corruptly seek to influence any Government Official or any other person in order to gain an improper advantage, and has not accepted, and will not accept in the future such payment;

 

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HeidelbergCement’s compliance and ethics program, designed to prevent and detect violations of applicable anti-corruption Laws throughout its operations (including Subsidiaries) and the operations of its contractors and sub-contractors; and

 

(iii)                               the Company will, and will cause each other member of the Company Group to, implement, maintain and enforce, a system of adequate internal accounting controls designed to ensure the making and keeping of fair and accurate books, records and accounts.

 

SECTION 7.04              Covenants Regarding the Incurrence of Indebtedness.

 

(a)                                 The Company covenants and agrees that after the consummation of the IPO and for so long as HeidelbergCement beneficially owns at least a majority of the total voting power of all classes of then outstanding Company Voting Shares, the Company will not, and the Company will not permit any other member of the Company Group to, without HeidelbergCement’s prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), directly or indirectly, incur any Company Debt Obligations other than pursuant to the Company Financing Arrangements and such other unsecured and uncommitted lines of credit made available to members of the Company Group as of the Effective Date, unless the incurred Indebtedness is exclusively used to refinance existing Company Debt Obligations.

 

(b)                                 In order to implement this Section 7.04, the Company will notify HeidelbergCement in writing as promptly as practicable following the time it or any other member of the Company Group determines it wishes to incur Company Debt Obligations for which HeidelbergCement’s consent is required.

 

SECTION 7.05              Applicability of Rights in the Event of an Acquisition of the Company. In the event the Company merges into, consolidates, sells substantially all of its assets to or otherwise becomes an Affiliate of a Person (other than HeidelbergCement), pursuant to a transaction or series of related transactions in which HeidelbergCement or any member of the HeidelbergCement Group receives equity securities of such Person (or of any Affiliate of such Person) in exchange for Company Ordinary Shares held by HeidelbergCement or any member of the HeidelbergCement Group, all of the rights of HeidelbergCement set forth in this Article VII shall continue in full force and effect and shall apply to the Person the equity securities of which are received by HeidelbergCement pursuant to such transaction or series of related transactions (it being understood that all other provisions of this Agreement will apply to the Company notwithstanding this Section 7.05). The Company agrees that, without the consent of HeidelbergCement, it will not enter into any Contract which will have the effect set forth in the first clause of the preceding sentence, unless such Person agrees to be bound by the foregoing provision.

 

SECTION 7.06              Transfer of HeidelbergCement’s Rights Under Article VII. HeidelbergCement may transfer all or any portion of its rights under this Article VII to a transferee of any Company Ordinary Shares from any member of the HeidelbergCement Group (a “HeidelbergCement Transferee”) holding at least 10% of the voting power of all of the outstanding Company Ordinary Shares. HeidelbergCement shall give written notice to the Company of its transfer of rights under this Article VII no later than thirty (30) days after

 

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HeidelbergCement enters into a binding agreement for such transfer of rights. Such notice shall state the name and address of the HeidelbergCement Transferee and identify the amount of Company Ordinary Shares transferred and the scope of rights being transferred under this Article VII. In connection with any such transfer, the term “HeidelbergCement” as used in this Article VII shall, where appropriate to give effect to the assignment of rights and obligations hereunder to such HeidelbergCement Transferee, be deemed to refer to such HeidelbergCement Transferee. HeidelbergCement and any HeidelbergCement Transferee may exercise the rights under this Article VII in such priority, as among themselves, as they shall agree upon among themselves, and the Company shall observe any such agreement of which it shall have notice as provided above.

 

SECTION 7.07              HeidelbergCement Policies and Procedures. For so long as the HeidelbergCement Group beneficially owns at least a majority of the total voting power of all classes of then outstanding Company Voting Shares and, as applicable, for the duration of the Transition Services Agreements, the Company will consistently implement and maintain HeidelbergCement’s business practices and standards in accordance with the HeidelbergCement policies and procedures listed on Schedule 7.07, each of which HeidelbergCement may amend or supplement from time to time in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may apply materiality thresholds that are lower than those contained in any such HeidelbergCement policy and procedure.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

SECTION 8.01              Disputes. Except as otherwise specifically provided in any Ancillary Agreement, the procedures for discussion, negotiation and mediation set forth in this Article VIII shall apply to all disputes, controversies or claims (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) that may arise out of or relate to, or arise under or in connection with this Agreement, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including all actions taken in furtherance of the transactions contemplated hereby on or prior to the Effective Date, including the Contribution), or the commercial or economic relationship of the parties relating hereto or thereto, between or among any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group and the Company Group.

 

SECTION 8.02              Escalation; Mediation. (a) It is the intent of the parties to use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to resolve expeditiously any dispute, controversy or claim between or among them with respect to the matters covered by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement that may arise from time to time on a mutually acceptable negotiated basis. In furtherance of the foregoing, any party involved in a dispute, controversy or claim with respect to such matters (except any matters covered by the Transition Services Agreements) may deliver a notice (an “Escalation Notice”) demanding an in person meeting involving representatives of the parties at a senior level of management of the parties (or if the parties agree, of the appropriate strategic business unit or division within such entity). A copy of any such Escalation Notice shall be given to the General Counsel, or like officer or official, of each party involved in the dispute, controversy or claim (which copy shall state that it is an Escalation Notice pursuant to this Agreement). Any agenda, location or procedures for such discussions or negotiations between the parties may be established by the parties from time to

 

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(b)                                 If the parties are not able to resolve the dispute, controversy or claim (except those relating to Environmental Liabilities, which are addressed in Section 8.02(c) below) through the escalation process referred to above, then the matter shall be referred to mediation. The parties shall retain a mediator to aid the parties in their discussions and negotiations by informally providing advice to the parties. Any opinion expressed by the mediator shall be strictly advisory and shall not be binding on the parties, nor shall any opinion expressed by the mediator be admissible in any other proceeding. The mediator may be chosen from a list of mediators previously selected by the parties or by other agreement of the parties. Costs of the mediation shall be borne equally by the parties involved in the matter, except that each party shall be responsible for its own expenses. Mediation shall be a prerequisite to the commencement of any action by either party.

 

(c)                                  If the parties are not able to resolve any technical or factual dispute, controversy or claim relating to Environmental Liabilities through the escalation process referred to above, then the parties shall jointly retain a technical mediator, such as a third-party environmental consultant or other independent person with specific technical expertise in the general subject matter involved in the dispute, controversy or claim to aid the parties in their discussions and negotiations. The technical mediator shall provide informal advice to the parties and, if requested by both parties, shall also provide a written opinion letter or report summarizing the matter in dispute, identifying any significant assumptions or informational gaps underlying that summary, and setting forth the conclusions and recommendations of the technical mediator, including, if applicable, a proposed apportionment of liability. Unless mutually agreed by the parties in writing, any opinion expressed by the technical mediator shall be strictly advisory and shall not be binding on the parties, nor shall any opinion expressed or delivered by the technical mediator be admissible in any other proceeding. The technical mediator may be chosen from a list of experts previously selected by the parties or by other agreement of the parties. Costs related to the technical mediator’s work, including any investigation, data-gathering or sampling recommended by the technical mediator, shall be borne equally by the parties involved in the matter, except that each party shall be responsible for its own expenses. Technical mediation shall be a prerequisite to the commencement of any action by either party.

 

SECTION 8.03              Court Actions. (a) In the event that any party, after complying with the provisions set forth in Section 8.02 above, desires to commence an Action, such party, subject to Section 11.19, may submit the dispute, controversy or claim (or such series of related disputes, controversies or claims) to any court of competent jurisdiction as set forth in Section 11.19.

 

(b)                                 Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the parties will continue to provide service and honor all other commitments under this Agreement during the course of dispute resolution pursuant to the provisions of this Article VIII, except to the extent such commitments are the subject of such dispute, controversy or claim.

 

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ARTICLE IX

 

FURTHER ASSURANCES

 

SECTION 9.01              Further Assurances. (a) In addition to the actions specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, each of the parties hereto will cooperate with each other and shall use its (and will cause their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates to use) commercially reasonable efforts, prior to, on and after the Effective Date, 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 and the Ancillary Agreements.

 

(b)                                 Without limiting the foregoing, prior to, on and after the Effective Date, 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 commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be executed and delivered, all instruments, including instruments of conveyance, assignment and transfer (including any Additional Transfer Documents), and to make all filings with, and to obtain all consents, approvals or authorizations of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person under any permit, license, agreement, indenture, order, decree, financial assurance (including letter of credit) 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 such other party hereto from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, in order to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, the transfers of the Building Products Assets, the assignment and assumption of the Building Products Liabilities and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Except as otherwise specifically provided in any Ancillary Agreement and without limiting the foregoing and Section 2.09, each party will, at the reasonable request, cost and expense of the other party, take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to vest in the applicable Person title to the Assets allocated to such party under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.

 

(c)                                  On or prior to the Effective Date, HeidelbergCement and the Company in their respective capacities as direct and indirect shareholders of their respective Subsidiaries, shall each ratify any actions which are reasonably necessary or desirable to be taken by HeidelbergCement, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company or HeidelbergCement, as the case may be, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(d)                                 HeidelbergCement and the Company, and each of the Persons in their respective Groups, waive (and agree not to assert against any of the others) any claim or demand that any of them may have against any of the others for any Liabilities or other claims relating to or arising out of: (i) the failure of the Company or any Person in the Company Group, on the one hand, or of HeidelbergCement or any Person in the HeidelbergCement Group, on the other hand, to provide or make any notification, submission, filing or disclosure required under any state property transfer requirements or other Environmental Law in connection with the Contribution or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the transfer by any Person in any Group to any Person in the other Group of ownership or operational control of any Assets not previously owned or operated by such transferee and/or the transfer or securing of

 

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Governmental Approvals required under Environmental Law for such Assets or operations, or (ii) any inadequate, incorrect or incomplete notification, submission or filing or disclosure under any such state property transfer requirements or other Environmental Law by the applicable transferor. To the extent any Liability to any Governmental Authority or any third Person arises out of any action or inaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above, the transferee or owner of the applicable or relevant Asset hereby assumes and agrees to pay any such Liability.

 

ARTICLE X

 

TERMINATION

 

SECTION 10.01       Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time after the consummation of the IPO by mutual consent of HeidelbergCement and the Company.

 

SECTION 10.02       Effect of Termination. In the event of any termination of this Agreement, no party to this Agreement (or any of its directors, officers, members or managers) shall have any Liability or further obligation to any other party.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 11.01       Counterparts; Entire Agreement; Conflicting Agreements. (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. Execution of this Agreement or any other documents pursuant to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic copy of a signature shall be deemed to be, and shall have the same effect as, executed by an original signature.

 

(b)                                 This Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, the exhibits, the schedules and appendices hereto and thereto contain the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, 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 such subject matter other than those set forth or referred to herein or therein.

 

(c)                                  In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any Schedule hereto, the Schedule shall prevail. Subject to Section 4.04(d), in the event and to the extent that there shall be a conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any Ancillary Agreement, the Ancillary Agreement shall control with respect to the subject matter thereof, and this Agreement shall control with respect to all other matters.

 

SECTION 11.02       No Construction Against Drafter. The parties acknowledge that this Agreement and all the terms and conditions contained herein have been fully reviewed and negotiated by the parties. Having acknowledged the foregoing, the parties agree that any principle of construction or rule of law that provides that, in the event of any inconsistency or

 

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ambiguity, an agreement shall be construed against the drafter of the agreement shall have no application to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 11.03       Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof that would result in the application of any Law other than the Laws of the State of New York.

 

SECTION 11.04       Assignability. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that no party hereto may assign its respective rights or delegate its respective obligations under this Agreement without the express prior written consent of the other party or parties hereto.

 

SECTION 11.05       Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for the indemnification rights under this Agreement of any HeidelbergCement Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee in their respective capacities as such (a) the provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the parties and are not intended to confer upon any Person (including employees of the parties hereto) except the parties any rights or remedies hereunder, and (b) there are no third party beneficiaries of this Agreement and this Agreement shall not provide any third person (including employees of the parties hereto) with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, claim of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement.

 

SECTION 11.06       Notices. All notices or other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given when (a) delivered in person or (b) deposited in the United States mail or private express mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

 

If to HeidelbergCement, to:

 

HeidelbergCement AG

Berliner Straße 6

69120 Heidelberg

Germany

Telephone: +49 6221 4810

Facsimile: +49 6221 4811 3705

Attn: Dr. Ingo Schaffernak, General Counsel

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

United States

Telephone: (212) 848-4000

Facsimile: (212) 848-7179

Attn: Stephen T. Giove

 

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If to the Company to:

 

Hanson Building Products Limited

300 East John Carpenter Freeway

Irving, Texas 75062

United States

Telephone: (972) 653-5000

Facsimile: (972) 653-6185

Attn: Michael H. Hyer, Esq., General Counsel

 

Any party may, by notice to the other party, change the address to which such notices are to be given.

 

SECTION 11.07       Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof or the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances or in jurisdictions other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner adverse to any party. Upon such determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon such a suitable and equitable provision to effect the original intent of the parties.

 

SECTION 11.08       Force Majeure. No party shall be deemed in default of this Agreement to the extent that any delay or failure in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement results from any cause beyond its reasonable control and without its fault or negligence, such as acts of God, acts of civil or military authority, embargoes, epidemics, war, riots, insurrections, fires, explosions, earthquakes, floods, unusually severe weather conditions, labor problems or unavailability of parts, or, in the case of computer systems, any failure in electrical or air conditioning equipment. In the event of any such excused delay, the time for performance shall be extended for a period equal to the time lost by reason of the delay.

 

SECTION 11.09       Late Payments. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, any amount not paid when due pursuant to this Agreement (and any amounts billed or otherwise invoiced or demanded and properly payable that are not paid within thirty (30) days of such bill, invoice or other demand) shall accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate plus 2%.

 

SECTION 11.10       Expenses. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, and except as set forth on Schedule 11.10 or as otherwise agreed in writing between HeidelbergCement and the Company, HeidelbergCement and the Company shall each be responsible for its own fees, costs and expenses paid or incurred in connection with the IPO and the Transactions.

 

SECTION 11.11       Advisors. It is acknowledged and agreed by each of the parties hereto that HeidelbergCement, on behalf of itself and the other members of the HeidelbergCement Group, has retained each of the Persons identified on Schedule 11.11 to act as

 

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counsel in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, the Contribution and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that the Persons listed on Schedule 11.11 have not acted as counsel for the Company or any other member of the Company Group in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, the Contribution and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that none of the Company or any member of the Company Group has the status of a client of the Persons listed on Schedule 11.11 for conflict of interest or any other purposes as a result thereof. The Company hereby agrees, on behalf of itself and each other member of the Company Group that, in the event that a dispute arises after the Effective Date in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, the Contribution and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby between HeidelbergCement and the Company or any of the members of their respective Groups, each of the Persons listed on Schedule 11.11 may represent any or all of the members of the HeidelbergCement Group in such dispute even though the interests of the HeidelbergCement Group may be directly adverse to those of the Company Group. The Company further agrees, on behalf of itself and each other member of the Company Group that, with respect to this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, the Contribution and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, the attorney-client privilege and the expectation of client confidence belongs to HeidelbergCement or the applicable member of the HeidelbergCement Group and may be controlled by HeidelbergCement or such member of the HeidelbergCement Group and shall not pass to or be claimed by the Company or any member of the Company Group. Furthermore, the Company acknowledges and agrees that Shearman & Sterling LLP is representing HeidelbergCement, and not the Company, in connection with the Transactions.

 

SECTION 11.12       Headings. The article, section and paragraph headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 11.13       Survival of Covenants. The covenants contained in this Agreement, indemnification obligations and liability for the breach of any obligations contained herein, shall survive the Effective Date and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 11.14       Waivers of Default. Waiver by any party of any default by the other party of any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver by the waiving party of any subsequent or other default, nor shall it prejudice the rights of the other party.

 

SECTION 11.15       Specific Performance. In the event of any actual or threatened default in, or breach of, any of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement, the party or parties who are or are to be thereby aggrieved shall have the right to specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief of its rights under this Agreement, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies at law or in equity, and all such rights and remedies shall be cumulative.

 

SECTION 11.16       Amendments. No provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed waived, amended, supplemented or modified by any party, unless such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification is in writing and signed by the authorized representative

 

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of the party against whom it is sought to enforce such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification.

 

SECTION 11.17       Interpretation. Words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa and words of one gender shall be held to include the other genders as the context requires. The terms “hereof”, “herein” and “herewith” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole (including all of the schedules, exhibits and appendices hereto) and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule and Appendix references are to the Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Schedules and Appendices to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall mean “including, without limitation”, unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise specified.

 

SECTION 11.18       Waiver of Jury Trial. SUBJECT TO ARTICLE VIII AND SECTION 11.15 AND SECTION 11.19 HEREIN, EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY COURT PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF AND PERMITTED UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11.18.

 

SECTION 11.19       Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. With respect to any Action relating to or arising out of this Agreement, subject to the provisions of Article VIII, each party to this Agreement irrevocably (a) consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and any court of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City; (b) waives any objection which such party may have at any time to the laying of venue of any Action brought in any such court, waives any claim that such Action has been brought in an inconvenient forum and further waives the right to object, with respect to such Action, that such court does not have jurisdiction over such party; and (c) consents to the service of process at the address set forth for notices in Section 11.06 herein; provided, however, that such manner of service of process shall not preclude the service of process in any other manner permitted under applicable Law.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Separation Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.

 

	
 
    	
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[Signature Page to Separation Agreement]EXHIBIT 10.2

 

 

NORTH AMERICAN TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

HEIDELBERGCEMENT AG

 

and

 

HANSON BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED

 

Dated as of [·], 201[·]

 

 

 

NORTH AMERICAN TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

THIS NORTH AMERICAN TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT, dated as of [·], 201[·] (this “Agreement”), is made by and between HeidelbergCement AG, a German Aktiengesellschaft (“HCAG”), and Hanson Building Products Limited, a Jersey public limited company (the “Company”) (each of HCAG, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, a “Party,” and collectively, the “Parties”). HCAG and/or its Affiliates, as applicable, are referred to herein as the “Service Provider,” and the Company, the NAM Companies (as defined below) and/or the wholly owned subsidiaries of the NAM Companies, as applicable, are referred to herein as the “Service Recipient.”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, HeidelbergCement BP Limited, an English private limited company, and HeidelbergCement UK Holding II Limited, an English private limited company, on or before [·], 201[·] (the “Closing Date”) contributed their shares in the NAM Companies (as defined below), the holding companies for the Business (as defined below) in North America, to the Company in exchange for shares in the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the conduct of the Business in North America, the Service Recipient desires to receive from the Service Provider, and the Service Provider desires to provide to the Service Recipient, the Services (as defined below), in each case on a transitional basis and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                             Definitions.

 

(a)                                 In this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Business” means the business of developing, manufacturing and selling concrete and clay building products, engaged in by the NAM Companies and wholly owned subsidiaries of the NAM Companies in the United States, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime provinces of Canada.

 

“Change of Control” means the direct or indirect acquisition of either the majority of the voting stock or of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person by another entity in a single transaction or a series of related transactions.

 

“Exhibit A” means the schedule of Services attached hereto.

 

“Exhibit B” means the schedule of Specified Covered Employees attached hereto.

 

“NAM Companies” means Hanson Brick America, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Hanson Pipe & Precast LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Hanson Pipe & Precast, Ltd., an Ontario corporation, and Hanson Brick Ltd., an Ontario corporation.

 

 

“Services” means the services provided by or on behalf of the Service Provider to the Business, as described in and with the exceptions set forth on Exhibit A. Each Service is described in a separate subsection of Exhibit A.

 

(b)                                 The following terms have the meanings set forth in the Sections set forth below:

 

	
Definition
    	
 
    	
Location
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
“Accessing   Party”
    	
 
    	
Section 15(a)
    
	
“Agents”
    	
 
    	
Section 14(b)(i)
    
	
“Agreement”
    	
 
    	
Preamble
    
	
“Authorization”
    	
 
    	
Section 6(b)
    
	
“Charges”
    	
 
    	
Section 3(a)
    
	
“Closing   Date”
    	
 
    	
Recitals
    
	
“Company”
    	
 
    	
Preamble
    
	
“Confidential   Information”
    	
 
    	
Section 14(a)
    
	
“Covered   Employee”
    	
 
    	
Section 10(a)
    
	
“Cutover”
    	
 
    	
Section 2(h)
    
	
“Cutover   Plan”
    	
 
    	
Section 2(h)
    
	
“Force   Majeure”
    	
 
    	
Section 12(a)
    
	
“HCAG”
    	
 
    	
Preamble
    
	
“Indemnified   Party”
    	
 
    	
Section 7(a)
    
	
“Indemnifying   Party”
    	
 
    	
Section 7(a)
    
	
“Loss”
    	
 
    	
Section 7(a)
    
	
“Mandatory   Change”
    	
 
    	
Section 2(i)
    
	
“Party/Parties”
    	
 
    	
Preamble
    
	
“Project   Manager”
    	
 
    	
Section 4
    
	
“Receiving   Party”
    	
 
    	
Section 14(a)
    
	
“Security   Regulations”
    	
 
    	
Section 15(a)
    
	
“Service   Provider”
    	
 
    	
Preamble
    
	
“Service   Provider Personnel”
    	
 
    	
Section 16(n)
    
	
“Service   Recipient”
    	
 
    	
Preamble
    
	
“Specified   Covered Employee”
    	
 
    	
Section 10(c)
    
	
“Systems”
    	
 
    	
Section 15(a)
    
	
“Third-Party   Materials”
    	
 
    	
Section 6(b)
    
	
“Third-Party   Providers”
    	
 
    	
Section 6(a)
    

 

Section 2.                             Services.

 

(a)

 

(i)                                     Commencing on the Closing Date and continuing throughout the term of this Agreement, the Service Provider shall provide to the Service Recipient, in connection with the Service Recipient’s operation of the Business, the Services, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. Except as otherwise set forth on Exhibit A, (y) subject to Section 10(b), the Services shall be substantially equivalent in nature, scope and volume as those

 

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provided by the Service Provider to the Business in the ordinary course during the twelve (12) months prior to the Closing Date, and (z) the standard of quality, efficiency, and timeliness for the Services shall be consistent with the levels at which such Services were provided by the Service Provider to its Affiliates during such twelve (12) month period.

 

(ii)                                  The Service Recipient understands that the Service Provider may be providing services similar to the Services provided hereunder, or services that involve the same resources as those used to provide the Services, to the Service Provider’s business units and Affiliates, and, accordingly, the Service Provider may modify any of the Services or the manner in which such Services are provided in connection with changes to the Service Provider’s business units or Affiliates in the ordinary course of the Service Provider’s business; provided that no such modification shall cause a material adverse effect on the Service Recipient’s receipt of the Services or eliminate any Service in its entirety other than pursuant to Section 8(b), Section 8(c) or Section 8(d). The Service Provider shall provide the Service Recipient with written notice of any such modifications, and shall take into account any reasonable requests of the Service Recipient. In the event that the Service Recipient requests that the Services described on Exhibit A be modified, and the Service Provider agrees to such modification, the Parties may amend Exhibit A in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless entered into in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice, in all material respects, the Service Provider shall not enter into any material new contract, agreement or third party arrangement with respect to the Services without providing notice to the Service Recipient, in each case, other than to replace an existing third party contract, agreement or arrangement which has ended or will end during the term of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 The Service Recipient understands that the Services provided hereunder are transitional in nature and are furnished by the Service Provider solely as an accommodation to the Service Recipient. The Service Recipient further understands that the Service Provider is not in the business of providing Services to third parties and shall not provide the Services beyond the term of this Agreement. The Service Recipient agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to transition the Services to its own internal organization or other third party service provider as promptly as practicable after the Closing and, in any event, to transition the Services to its own internal organization or other third party service provider no later than the expiration of the term of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  The Service Recipient understands that certain Services may be provided to it by the Service Provider pursuant to agreements between the Service Provider and various third party vendors. At the reasonable request of the Service Provider or any such vendor, the Service Recipient shall reasonably cooperate with any third party providing Services on behalf of the Service Provider in order to facilitate the provision and receipt of such Services. The Service Recipient acknowledges that such Services are dependent on such reasonable cooperation, and that its failure to so cooperate shall relieve the Service Provider of its obligation to provide the related Services to the extent that such failure renders such provision commercially infeasible and only for so long as such failure continues; provided that the Service Provider promptly notifies the Service Recipient of such failure (but in no event later than thirty (30) days after such failure), describing in reasonable detail the nature of such failure.

 

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(d)                                 The Service Recipient shall provide the information and documentation of the Service Recipient that are necessary for the Service Provider to provide the Services in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 2(a)(i). The Service Recipient shall provide such information and documentation in such form as may be reasonably requested by the Service Provider from time to time. The Service Recipient acknowledges that certain Services are dependent upon such information and documentation, and that its failure to provide such information and documentation shall relieve the Service Provider of its obligation to provide the related Services to the extent such failure renders such provision impractical or impossible and only for so long as such failure continues; provided that the Service Provider promptly notifies the Service Recipient of any such failure (but in no event later than thirty (30) days after such failure), describing in reasonable detail the nature of such failure.

 

(e)                                  Each Party shall reasonably cooperate with the other Party in order to facilitate the provision and receipt of the Services. The Service Recipient acknowledges that such Services are dependent upon such reasonable cooperation, and that its failure to so cooperate shall relieve the Service Provider of its obligation to provide the related Services to the extent such failure renders such provision impractical or impossible and only for so long as such failure continues; provided that the Service Provider promptly notifies the Service Recipient of any such failure (but in no event later than thirty (30) days after such failure), describing in reasonable detail the nature of such failure. The Service Recipient shall comply in all material respects with all applicable policies and procedures of the Service Provider in effect as of the Closing Date in connection with its receipt of the Services and any subsequent changes to such policies and procedures required by applicable Law or in order to implement the Cutover.

 

(f)                                   For purposes of Sections 2(c) through 2(e), notice shall be provided to the Service Recipient’s Project Manager (as defined below), and may be provided by e-mail to the address for the Project Manager designated by the Service Recipient.

 

(g)                                  The Service Provider shall perform the Services in accordance with applicable Law and shall modify the Services to comply with any change in applicable Law and neither Party shall be required to perform any obligation under this Agreement to the extent performance of such obligation is prohibited by, or would require the applicable Party to violate, any applicable Law.

 

(h)                                 Cutover Plan from the Transition Services to Stand-Alone. The Service Recipient shall be responsible for planning and preparing the transition to its own internal organization or other third party service provider of the provision of each of the Services (such transition, the “Cutover”). The Project Manager representing the Service Provider shall meet with the Project Manager representing the Service Recipient within thirty (30) days following the date hereof to discuss the initial development of a plan for the Cutover (the “Cutover Plan”), and shall provide the Service Recipient with all information reasonably requested by the Service Recipient that is necessary for the development and implementation of the Cutover Plan. The Project Manager representing the Service Recipient shall provide the Project Manager representing the Service Provider with a copy of the Cutover Plan as soon as reasonably practicable, and the Service Provider shall cooperate, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its third party vendors to cooperate, in a timely implementation of the Cutover Plan. Any aspect of the Cutover Plan which would impose any obligation on the Service

 

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Provider or any of its Third-Party Providers shall be subject to the prior written consent of HCAG. The Service Provider shall be entitled to engage third party resources to provide assistance in developing or implementing all or part of the Cutover Plan at the sole cost and expense of the Service Recipient.

 

(i)                                     The Service Recipient shall promptly notify the Service Provider upon becoming aware of a change that is required (y) to enable the Service Recipient to comply with any material terms and conditions of any third party contract entered into on or prior to the Closing Date or any terms and conditions of this Agreement applicable to the Service Recipient in connection with the provision of the applicable Service, and (z) in order for the Service Recipient to comply with existing, new or changes in any Law (each a “Mandatory Change”). Upon receipt of a notice relating to a Mandatory Change, the Service Provider and the Service Recipient shall each cause their respective Project Managers to use commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate in good faith the terms and pricing at which the Service Provider would implement such Mandatory Change; provided that if the Project Managers are not able to reach a mutual agreement on such terms and pricing within ten (10) Business Days of the date of the notice of such Mandatory Change, the Service Provider shall not be obligated to implement any such Mandatory Change.

 

Section 3.                             Payment.

 

(a)                                 The monthly charge for each Service (the “Charges”) is set forth on Exhibit A. The Charges shall be subject to proration for any partial months in which the Services are provided. Upon termination of a Service, the Charges for such Service as set forth on Exhibit A shall be terminated, and all outstanding Charges shall become immediately due and payable and the Service Recipient shall pay, within thirty (30) days of such date of termination, to the Service Provider such Charges.

 

(b)                                 In addition to the Charges, the Service Recipient shall reimburse the Service Provider for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with delivering the Services, including license fees payable to third party licensors, other than out-of-pocket costs and expenses that are reflected in the Charges.

 

(c)                                  Within twenty-one (21) days after the last day of each calendar month, the Service Provider shall provide to the Service Recipient an invoice for the preceding month’s Services, which shall include: (i) all Charges due under Section 3(a), and (ii) all amounts due under Section 3(b). Undisputed amounts stated in each such invoice shall be paid by the Service Recipient in full within thirty (30) days after the invoice is received by the Service Recipient to an account designated by the Service Provider. If the Service Recipient has a good faith dispute over any of the charges or Services referenced in the invoice, it may withhold such disputed amount and must pay the amount of the undisputed portion of the invoice and provide written notice to the Service Provider of the dispute on or before the applicable due date.

 

(d)                                 Without prejudice to the Service Provider’s other rights and remedies, where any undisputed amount remains unpaid ten (10) days after the applicable due date, it shall carry interest, which shall accrue daily, from the due date until the date of actual payment, at the Prime Rate published in the Wall Street Journal plus 2%.

 

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(e)                                  All payments due to the Service Provider under this Agreement shall be exclusive of any sales tax, which shall be payable by the Service Recipient.

 

(f)                                   The Service Recipient shall pay all undisputed amounts due under this Agreement free of any set-off, deduction or withholding.

 

Section 4.                             Project Managers.

 

The Service Provider and the Service Recipient shall each appoint one person to act as its project manager (each, a “Project Manager”) to (a) deal with issues arising out of the performance of this Agreement, and (b) facilitate the orderly provision and receipt of the Services. The initial Project Managers shall be [              ] for the Service Provider and [              ] for the Service Recipient. Each Party agrees to provide reasonable access (in person, by telephone or electronically via e-mail) during normal business hours to its respective Project Manager for problem resolution. Either Party may replace its Project Manager at any time by providing notice in accordance with Section 12, such replacement to be effective as of the date of the other Party’s receipt of such notice.

 

Section 5.                             Intellectual Property.

 

All data, information and Intellectual Property created by the Service Provider in connection with the Services shall remain the property of the Service Provider. The Service Recipient acknowledges and agrees that it shall not acquire any right, title or interest (including any license rights or rights of use) in any data, information or Intellectual Property that is owned or licensed by the Service Provider, by reason of the provision of the Services provided hereunder. The Service Recipient shall not remove or alter any copyright, trademark, confidentiality or other proprietary notices that appear on any property relating to Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Service Provider, and the Service Recipient shall reproduce any such notices on any and all copies thereof. The Service Recipient shall not attempt to decompile, translate, reverse engineer or make excessive copies of any Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Service Provider, and the Service Recipient shall promptly notify the Service Provider of any such attempt, regardless of whether by the Service Recipient or any third party, of which the Service Recipient becomes aware.

 

Section 6.                             Sub-Contracting; Third Party Agreements.

 

(a)                                 The Service Provider may delegate or sub-contract its duties under this Agreement to unaffiliated third parties (collectively, “Third-Party Providers”). The Service Recipient acknowledges that the Services provided through Third-Party Providers or using third party Intellectual Property are subject to the terms and conditions of any applicable agreements between the Service Provider and such Third-Party Provider, and the Service Recipient agrees to comply with such terms and conditions; provided that the Service Provider notifies the Service Recipient of any such terms and conditions.

 

(b)                                 The Parties acknowledge and agree that that it may be necessary to obtain from Third-Party Providers consent for (i) the Service Provider to use third party applications, systems, networks, services and the like (collectively, “Third-Party Materials”) in the provision of Services, and/or (ii) the Service Recipient to receive Services (each such consent, an

 

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“Authorization”). The Service Provider shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all Authorizations necessary to allow Service Provider to provide Third-Party Materials to the Service Recipient and to allow Third-Party Materials to be utilized by the Service Recipient in connection with the Services. The Service Recipient agrees to cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Service Provider to procure all Authorizations necessary to enable the Service Provider to perform and the Service Recipient to receive the Services in accordance with this Agreement. If the Service Provider is unable to obtain any such Authorization in a timely manner, the Parties shall cooperate in good faith to agree on a reasonable alternative arrangement or a workaround that enables the applicable Services to be provided without such Authorization. Failure to obtain any such Authorization, and any resulting failure to provide Services hereunder, shall not be deemed a breach hereof. Any third party costs associated with obtaining or maintaining any Authorization shall be borne by the Service Recipient.

 

Section 7.                             Indemnification.

 

(a)                                 Each Party and each of its Affiliates, and each of the respective officers, directors, employees, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (each, an “Indemnified Party”) shall be indemnified and held harmless by the other Party (the “Indemnifying Party”) for and against all losses, damages, claims, costs and expenses, interest, awards, judgments and penalties (including reasonable attorneys’ and consultants’ fees and expenses) actually suffered or incurred by them (hereinafter, a “Loss”), to the extent arising out of or resulting from: (i) a breach of this Agreement by the other Party; or (ii) any gross negligence or intentional breach by the other Party in performing any of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Limitations on Liability.

 

(i)                                     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no action or inaction by any Party or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement for any purpose hereunder, and no Indemnified Party shall have any claim or recourse against another Party with respect to such action or inaction, under this Section 7 or otherwise, if (x) the other Party or any of its Representatives was required to take or not to take such action pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or applicable Law or (y) such Party or any of its Representatives has directed or requested the other Party or any of its Representatives to take or not take such action.

 

(ii)                                  The liability of the Service Provider for Losses of any kind whatsoever arising from or relating to any Service or under or in connection with this Agreement (whether for breach of contract, tort, negligence, misrepresentation or otherwise) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of Charges paid, and outstanding (whether disputed or otherwise), by the Service Recipient herein; provided that the foregoing limitation on liability shall not apply in the case of Losses suffered by the Service Recipient resulting from the gross negligence or intentional breach of the Service Provider.

 

(iii)                               For all purposes of this Section 7, the “Losses” of an Indemnified Party shall be net of: (i) any recovery or benefit (including insurance and indemnification) payable to the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates (including, in the case of the Company, the NAM Companies and wholly owned subsidiaries of the NAM Companies) in connection

 

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with the facts giving rise to the right of indemnification and, if the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates (including, in the case of the Company, the NAM Companies and their respective wholly owned subsidiaries) receives such recovery or benefit after receipt of payment from the Indemnifying Party, then the amount of such recovery or benefit, net of reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining such recovery or benefit, shall be paid to the Indemnifying Party; and (ii) any Tax benefit available to the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates (including, in the case of the Company, the NAM Companies and wholly owned subsidiaries of the NAM Companies) arising in connection with the accrual, incurrence or payment of any such Losses.

 

(iv)                              Each Party shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates to, take all reasonable steps to mitigate its Losses upon and after becoming aware of any event that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any Loss, and the Indemnified Party shall not be entitled to any payment, adjustment or indemnification more than once with respect to the same matter.

 

(v)                                 None of the Parties shall have any liability under or in connection with this Agreement (whether for breach of contract, tort, negligence, misrepresentation or otherwise) for any punitive, incidental, consequential, special or indirect damages, including loss of future profits, revenue or income, damages based on a multiple of earnings, diminution in value or loss of business reputation or opportunity relating to the breach or alleged breach of this Agreement, regardless of whether such damages were foreseeable.

 

(c)                                  An Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifying Party notice of any matter which an Indemnified Party has determined has given or could give rise to a right of indemnification under this Agreement, within thirty (30) days after such determination, stating the amount of the Losses, if known, and method of computation thereof, and containing a reference to the provisions of this Agreement in respect of which such right of indemnification is claimed or arises.

 

(d)                                 If an Indemnified Party receives notice of any Action, audit, claim, demand or assessment against it (each, a “Third-Party Claim”), which may give rise to a claim for Losses under this Section 7, within thirty (30) days of the receipt of such notice (or within such shorter period as may be required to permit the Indemnifying Party to respond to any such Third-Party Claim), such Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifying Party notice of such Third-Party Claim together with copies of all notices and documents served on or received by such Indemnified Party in respect thereof; provided, however, that the failure to provide such notice shall not release the Indemnifying Party from any of its obligations under this Section 7 except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure. The Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to assume and control the defense of such Third-Party Claim at its expense and through counsel of its choice if it gives notice of its intention to do so to such Indemnified Party within thirty (30) days of the receipt of such notice from such Indemnified Party. Assumption of the defense of any Third-Party Claim by the Indemnifying Party shall not prejudice the right of the Indemnifying Party to claim at a later date that such Third-Party Claim is not a proper matter for indemnification pursuant to this Section 7. If the Indemnifying Party elects to undertake any such defense against a Third-Party Claim, such Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at its own expense. Such Indemnified Party shall cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in such defense and make available to the Indemnifying Party, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, all witnesses, pertinent records, materials and information in the

 

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Indemnified Party’s possession or under such Indemnified Party’s control relating thereto (or in the possession or control of any of its Affiliates or its or their Representatives) as is reasonably requested by the Indemnifying Party or its counsel. If the Indemnifying Party elects to direct the defense of any such Third-Party Claim, such Indemnified Party shall not pay, or permit to be paid, any part of such Third-Party Claim unless the Indemnifying Party consents in writing to such payment or the Indemnifying Party withdraws from the defense of such Third-Party Claim or a final judgment from which no appeal may be taken by or on behalf of the Indemnifying Party is entered against such Indemnified Party for such Third-Party Claim. If such Indemnified Party assumes the defense of any such Third-Party Claim pursuant to this Section 7(c) and proposes to settle such Third-Party Claim prior to a final judgment thereon or to forgo any appeal with respect thereto, then such Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifying Party prompt written notice thereof and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to participate in the settlement or assume or reassume the defense of such Third-Party Claim. Such Indemnified Party shall not admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge any Third-Party Claim without the Indemnifying Party’s prior written consent. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to settle any Third-Party Claim for which it obtains a full release of such Indemnified Party in respect of such Third-Party Claim or to which settlement such Indemnified Party consents in writing, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

(e)                                  The Parties acknowledge and agree that the indemnification provisions of this Section 7 shall be the sole and exclusive remedies of the Parties for any breach of or failure to perform and comply with any covenant or agreement in this Agreement or any other matter and any and all claims arising out of or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement must be brought under and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Section 8.                             Term; Termination and Effects of Termination.

 

(a)                                 The term of this Agreement shall begin on the date hereof and continue until the earlier of (i) the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) with respect to a given Service, the last date of such Service as set forth on Exhibit A.

 

(b)                                 In the event that (i) there is nonperformance of any Service as a result of an event described in Section 11(a), (ii) the provision of a Service would violate applicable Law, (iii) the Service Provider cannot obtain all Authorizations necessary for the provision of a Service, or (iv) the provision of a Service is materially affected by an unexpected information technology risk, including, but not limited to, complete system shutdown or disruptions, the Parties shall cooperate with each other in good faith to achieve a reasonable arrangement in order to permit the Service Recipient to continue to receive the affected Service. All costs for any such alternative arrangement shall be borne by the Service Recipient; provided that the Parties shall discuss in good faith a reduction in the Charges payable by the Service Recipient in respect of the affected Service during the period in which any such alternative arrangement is in place.

 

(c)                                  One or more Services may be terminated prior to the expiration of the applicable term of this Agreement with respect to such Service upon the mutual written agreement of the Parties.

 

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(d)                                 The Company may terminate any Service on at least thirty (30) days’ written notice to HCAG; provided that, except as set forth in Section 10(b), to the extent a Service proposed to be terminated is bundled with one or more other Services as set forth on Exhibit A, then all of such Services must be terminated together.

 

(e)                                  HCAG may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect by written notice to the Company on or at any time after (i) the Service Recipient has failed to pay any amount due to the Service Provider pursuant to Section 3 for a period of not less than sixty (60) days from the date such amount becomes due, (ii) in the event of a Change of Control of any of the Company, the NAM Companies or the wholly owned subsidiaries of the NAM Companies, or (iii) (A) the Company passes a resolution for winding up or a court of competent jurisdiction makes an order for winding up or dissolution of the Company, (B) the making of an administration order in relation to the Company or the appointment of a receiver over, or an encumbrancer taking possession of or selling, an asset of the Company, (C) the Company makes an application to a court of competent jurisdiction for protection from its creditors generally, or (D) any procedure equivalent to any of the events in Sections 8(e)(iii)(A) through (C) occurs in any other jurisdiction with respect to the Company.

 

(f)                                   Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, the Service Recipient shall pay to the Service Provider all monies due to the Service Provider in respect of Services provided prior to such termination or expiration. To the extent that the Service Provider agrees to provide any post-termination or post-expiration support services to the Service Recipient, the terms and pricing of such support services shall be memorialized in a separate and distinct agreement between the Parties. In addition, each Party shall, at the receiving Party’s option, return or destroy the Confidential Information of the other Party; provided, however, that a Party shall not be obligated to return or destroy (as applicable) Confidential Information of the other Party (i) that is stored electronically for archival or back-up purposes and is not reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost, (ii) if destruction is prohibited by applicable Law or regulation, or (iii) that such Party may reasonably wish to retain for legal or compliance purposes.

 

Section 9.                             Insurance.

 

Each Party shall, throughout the term of this Agreement, carry appropriate insurance with a reputable insurance company covering property damage, business interruptions and general liability insurance (including contractual liability) to protect its own business and property interests.

 

Section 10.                      Covered Employees.

 

(a)                                 From the date hereof until the last date on which any Service is provided hereunder and for a period of eighteen (18) months thereafter, except for the Specified Covered Employees, the Service Recipient and its Affiliates shall not, and the Service Recipient shall cause its Affiliates not to, without the Service Provider’s prior written consent, directly or indirectly, solicit for employment, employ or retain, as an employee, consultant or independent contractor, any officer or employee of the Service Provider or any of its subsidiaries who is at any time engaged in providing any Service hereunder (each, a “Covered Employee”); provided

 

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that this paragraph shall not preclude the Service Recipient or any of its Affiliates from employing any Covered Employee who seeks employment with the Service Recipient or any of its Affiliates in response to a general solicitation of employment made by the Service Recipient or any of its Affiliates in a trade journal or other publication not targeted at any Covered Employee of the Service Provider or any of its subsidiaries.

 

(b)                                 In the event that during the term of this Agreement the Service Recipient or any of its Affiliates hires a Covered Employee, with the prior written consent of the Service Provider and not otherwise in violation of Section 10(a): (i) the Service Provider shall no longer be obligated to provide any portion of the Service previously provided by such Covered Employee; and (ii) the Parties shall agree in good faith a reduction in the Charges, if applicable, to reflect the fact that such Covered Employee is no longer providing any portion of the Service that had previously been provided hereunder by such Covered Employee.

 

(c)                                  As promptly as practicable following the date hereof, the Service Recipient shall retain, or cause one of its Affiliates to retain, as an employee of the Business each of the Covered Employees set forth on Exhibit B (each such Covered Employee, a “Specified Covered Employee”). In the event that any Specified Covered Employee has not been retained as an employee of the Business on or prior to the date that is twelve (12) months following the date hereof: (i) the Service Provider shall be entitled, at its option, to terminate the employment of such Specified Covered Employee or to transfer such Specified Covered Employee to another of its business functions; and (ii) the Service Recipient shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the Service Provider an amount equal to all of the severance and transfer costs, as applicable, payable pursuant to the terms of such Covered Employee’s employment arrangement or otherwise incurred by the Service Provider in connection with any such transfer. If any Specified Covered Employee is retained as an employee of the Business during the term of this Agreement, the provisions of Sections 10(b)(i) and 10(b)(ii) shall apply in respect of such Specified Covered Employee.

 

Section 11.                      Force Majeure.

 

(a)                                 Subject to Section 11(b) below, neither Party shall be liable to the other Party for delay in performance caused by the following (each, an event of “Force Majeure”): (i) acts of God, the elements, epidemics, explosions, landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fires, storms (including to tornadoes and hurricanes, or tornado and hurricane warnings), sinkholes, floods or washouts; (ii) general labor trouble, including general strikes or injunctions (except as otherwise caused by the non-performing Party); (iii) the inability to obtain material, equipment or transportation due to the foregoing; (iv) national defense requirements, wars, blockades, insurrections, sabotage, and riots, either federal or state, civil or military (including any governmental taking by eminent domain or otherwise); (v) significant disruptions in telecommunication, internet or utility networks; or (vi) any applicable Law, regulation or rule, or the enforcement thereof, by any governmental or regulatory agency having jurisdiction, that substantially limits or prevents a Party from performing its obligations hereunder.

 

(b)                                 The Service Provider shall endeavor to provide uninterrupted Services through the term of this Agreement. In the event, however, that the Service Provider is wholly or partially prevented from providing any Service either temporarily or permanently by reason of an

 

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event of Force Majeure, or the Service Provider, in the exercise of its reasonable good faith judgment, deems it necessary to suspend delivery of any Service for purposes of inspection, maintenance, repair, replacement of equipment parts or structures, or similar activities, in each case for the avoidance of being non-compliant with any Laws, the Service Provider shall not be obligated to deliver such Service during such periods; provided that (i) the Service Provider agrees to give reasonable prior written notice of any scheduled interruption or suspension; and (ii) the Service Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to limit the disruption to the Business caused by such interruption or suspension. If any Service is interrupted or suspended due to an event of Force Majeure, (A) the Service Recipient shall be entitled to a pro rata reduction of fees payable for the affected Services (provided that such reduction shall not apply to any third party vendor pass through fees), which reduction shall be based on the number of days during the applicable month that such Service is interrupted or suspended; (B) the Service Recipient shall have the right to immediately terminate the affected Service and/or any Service linked to the affected Service; and (C) in the event of such termination as set forth above, the Service Provider shall have no further obligation to provide such Service or Services.

 

Section 12.                      Notices.

 

All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by an internationally recognized overnight courier service, or by facsimile (with a confirmatory copy sent by an internationally recognized overnight courier service) to the Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address of a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 12):

 

(a)                                 If to the Service Provider:

 

[·]

[·]

Attention: [·]

Facsimile: [·]

 

(b)                                 If to the Service Recipient:

 

[Name]

[Address]

Facsimile:                                               
 Attention:

 

or to such other address or addresses as any such Party may from time to time designate as to itself by like notice.

 

Section 13.                      Confidentiality of Information.

 

(a)                                 Except as provided below, all data and information of each Party and its Affiliates, and their respective employees, agents, subcontractors or vendors, disclosed to or otherwise obtained by the other Party or its Affiliates, or their respective employees, agents,

 

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subcontractors or vendors (the “Receiving Party”), pursuant to this Agreement, including information relating to or received from third parties, shall be deemed confidential (“Confidential Information”). The Receiving Party shall not use any Confidential Information for any purpose other than that for which such Confidential Information was disclosed and, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, shall not disclose to third parties (other than Agents as set forth in Section 12(b)) any Confidential Information for a period of two (2) years from the termination or expiration of this Agreement. The Receiving Party shall view, access and use only such Confidential Information of the disclosing Party only as is necessary to provide or receive Services hereunder, as applicable, and shall not attempt to view, access or use any other Confidential Information of the disclosing Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Receiving Party’s obligation hereunder shall not apply to information that:

 

(i)                                     becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the Receiving Party in violation of this Agreement or other obligation of confidentiality;

 

(ii)                                  is already in the Receiving Party’s possession, provided that such information is not known by the Receiving Party (after reasonable inquiry) to be subject to a legal, fiduciary or contractual obligation of confidentiality or secrecy to the disclosing Party; or

 

(iii)                               becomes available to the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis from a Person (other than the disclosing Party), provided that such Person is not known by the Receiving Party (after reasonable inquiry) to be bound by a legal, fiduciary or contractual obligation of confidentiality or secrecy to the disclosing Party.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding Section 13(a), Confidential Information may be disclosed by the Receiving Party:

 

(i)                                     to the Receiving Party’s Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (including the Receiving Party’s and its Affiliates’ attorneys, accountants and consultants, and in the case of the Service Provider, any third parties engaged to provide the Services) (collectively, “Agents”) as is necessary to provide or receive Services hereunder, as applicable; provided that the Receiving Party ensures that such Agents comply with this Section 13; or

 

(ii)                                  if required, based on the written advice of the Receiving Party’s legal counsel (which may be by email and from internal counsel), by applicable Law; provided that the Receiving Party agrees to promptly give written notice of such requirement to the disclosing Party so that it may take reasonable actions to avoid and minimize the extent of such disclosure, and shall cooperate with the disclosing Party as reasonably requested by such Party in connection with such actions. In the event that such protective order or other remedy is denied, or the disclosing Party waives compliance, in whole or in part, with the terms of this Agreement, and the Receiving Party or any of its Agents are nonetheless legally required to disclose such information, the Receiving Party or its Agents, as the case may be, shall furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information that the Receiving Party’s counsel (which may be internal counsel) advises the Receiving Party in writing (including email) is legally required, and the

 

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Receiving Party shall exercise its reasonable efforts to preserve the confidentiality of the remainder of the Confidential Information.

 

(c)                                  If, at any time, either Party determines that the other Party has disclosed or sought to disclose Confidential Information in violation of this Agreement, that any unauthorized personnel of the other Party has accessed Confidential Information, or that the other Party or any of its personnel has engaged in activities that have led to the unauthorized access to, use of, or disclosure of such Party’s Confidential Information, such Party shall immediately terminate any such personnel’s access to such Confidential Information and immediately notify the other Party. In addition, either Party shall have the right to deny personnel of the other Party access to such Party’s Confidential Information upon notice to the other Party in the event that such Party reasonably believes that such personnel pose a security concern. The Parties shall cooperate in investigating any apparent unauthorized access to or use of any Confidential Information.

 

Section 14.                      Security.

 

(a)                                 If either Party (the “Accessing Party”) is given access to any of the other Party’s computer systems or software (collectively, “Systems”) or physical facilities in connection with performance or receipt of the Services, the Accessing Party shall comply with all of the other Party’s security policies, procedures and requirements (collectively, “Security Regulations”), to the extent the Accessing Party is or has been made aware of them, and shall not tamper with, compromise or circumvent any security or audit measures employed by the other Party. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any Security Regulations, this Agreement shall govern. The Accessing Party shall access and use only those Systems of the other Party for which it has been granted the right to access and use, and only to the extent necessary in connection with the provision or receipt, as applicable, of the Services.

 

(b)                                 The Accessing Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that only those of its personnel who are specifically authorized to have access to the Systems or physical facilities of the other Party gain such access, and to prevent unauthorized access, use, destruction, alteration or loss of information or other property contained therein, including notifying its personnel of the restrictions set forth in this Agreement and of the Security Regulations. Other than with the prior written consent of the other Party (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the personnel of the Accessing Party who are involved in the day-to-day commercial management of the Business (if the Accessing Party is the Service Recipient) or of the cement business of the Service Provider (if the Accessing Party is the Service Recipient) shall use reasonable efforts not to access any pricing information (unless otherwise publicly available) with respect to (i) in the case of the personnel of the Service Provider, the products of the Business or cement products acquired by the Business from third parties, or (ii) in the case of the personnel of the Service Recipient, the cement products of the Service Provider that are sold to third parties. The Service Recipient acknowledges and agrees that its failure to provide any such consent when requested by the Service Provider shall relieve the Service Provider of its obligation to provide any Services provided by any such personnel of the Service Provider, to the extent that such failure renders such provision commercially infeasible and only for so long as such failure continues; provided that the Service Provider promptly notifies the Service Recipient if it determines that the provision of any Service would

 

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be so commercially infeasible (but in no event later than thirty (30) days after such determination), describing in reasonable detail its reasons for such determination.

 

(c)                                  If, at any time, the Accessing Party determines that any of its personnel has (i) circumvented or sought to circumvent the Security Regulations of the other Party, (ii) accessed the Systems or physical facilities of the other Party, or (iii) engaged in activities that have led to the unauthorized access, use, destruction, alteration or loss of data, information or software, the Accessing Party shall immediately terminate any such personnel’s access to the other Party’s Systems or physical facilities and immediately notify the other Party. In addition, the other Party shall have the right to deny the Accessing Party’s personnel access to its Systems or physical facilities upon notice to the Accessing Party in the event that the other Party reasonably believes that such personnel have engaged in any of the activities set forth above in this Section 14(c) or otherwise pose a security concern. The Accessing Party shall cooperate with the other Party in investigating any apparent unauthorized access to the other Party’s Systems or physical facilities.

 

Section 15.                      General Provisions.

 

(a)                                 Interpretation and Rules of Construction.

 

In this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise provided or that the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)                                     when a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section or Exhibit, such reference is to a Section of, or an Exhibit to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated;

 

(ii)                                  the headings for this Agreement are for reference purposes only and do not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement;

 

(iii)                               whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

 

(iv)                              the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement and the words “the date hereof,” when used in this Agreement, refer to the date of this Agreement;

 

(v)                                 all terms defined in this Agreement have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, unless otherwise defined therein;

 

(vi)                              the definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms;

 

(vii)                           references to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns;

 

(viii)                        references to “dollar,” “US dollar” or “$” are references to the lawful currency from time to time of the United States of America; and

 

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(ix)                              when calculating the period of time before which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded, and if the last day of such period is not a Business Day, the period shall end on the immediately following Business Day.

 

(b)                                 Public Announcements. Neither Party shall make, or cause to be made, any press release or public announcement in respect of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise communicate with any news media without the prior written consent of the other Party unless otherwise required by Law or applicable stock exchange regulation, and, to the extent practicable, the Parties shall consult with each other as to the timing and contents of any such press release, public announcement or communication.

 

(c)                                  Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any Law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect for so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

(d)                                 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including Exhibit A and Exhibit B) sets out the entire agreement between the Parties in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

(e)                                  Assignment. A Party shall not assign this Agreement by operation of Law or otherwise without the prior written consent of the other Party (which consent may be granted or withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of the other Party), except that a Party may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to an Affiliate without the prior written consent of the other Party; but only if such assigning Party remains liable in the event that its Affiliate fails to perform the obligations of such Party set forth herein.

 

(f)                                   Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except (i) by an instrument in writing signed by, or on behalf of, each Party that expressly references the Section of this Agreement to be amended or (ii) by a waiver in accordance with Section 15(g).

 

(g)                                  Waiver. Either Party may (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party, or (ii) waive compliance with any of the agreements of the other Party or conditions to such Party’s obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party to be bound thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver or variation thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or future exercise of any other right

 

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hereunder. The failure of a Party to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any of such rights.

 

(h)                                 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, only the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied (including the provisions of Section 7 relating to Indemnified Parties), is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever, including any rights of employment for any specified period, under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(i)                                     Currency. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein shall mean United States (U.S.) dollars and all payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars.

 

(j)                                    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

(k)                                 Dispute Resolution.

 

(i)                                     In the event there is a dispute between the Service Provider and any of the Service Recipient, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any Exhibit, any such Party may, at any time, give notice to the other Party requesting to discuss actions that might be taken to resolve such dispute. Promptly upon one such Party’s receipt of such notice, such Party’s Project Manager shall contact the other Party’s Project Manager and negotiate in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve the disputed issue. If such Parties shall have failed to reach a resolution of the dispute within thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice of such dispute, either Party may at any time within fifteen (15) days after the expiration of such thirty (30) day period, give written notice to the other Party requesting that the respective Chief Financial Officers of the Service Provider and the Service Recipient discuss such dispute, and, as promptly as practicable after such notice has been given, each of the Service Provider and the Service Recipient shall cause such Chief Financial Officers to negotiate in good faith with respect to such dispute and use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such dispute within fifteen (15) days of the matter being submitted to them. If the Chief Financial Officers cannot reach agreement, then either Party has the right to bring an Action against the other Party in accordance with Section 15(k)(ii).

 

(ii)                                  All Actions arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; provided, however, that if such court does not have jurisdiction over any such action or proceeding, such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined exclusively in any Delaware federal court sitting in the City of Wilmington, Delaware.  The parties hereto hereby: (a) submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or any Delaware federal court sitting in the City of Wilmington, Delaware, as applicable, for the purpose of any Action arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement brought by any Party; (b) agree that service of process will be validly effected by sending notice in accordance with Section 12; (c) irrevocably waive and release, and agree not to assert by way of motion, defense or otherwise, in or with respect to any such Action, any claim (whether actual or

 

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potential, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, based upon past or future events, now existing or coming into existence in the future) that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of any above named court, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that such Action is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of such Action is improper, or that this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may not be enforced in or by any above named court; and (d) agree not to move to transfer such Action to a court other than the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or any Delaware federal court sitting in the City of Wilmington, Delaware, as applicable.

 

(l)                                     Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR LIABILITY DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR LIABILITY, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 15(l).

 

(m)                             Independent Contractor Status. The Service Provider shall be deemed to be an independent contractor of the Service Recipient. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall create or be deemed to create the relationship of employee and employer between the Service Provider and the Service Recipient. The relationship created between the Service Provider and the Service Recipient pursuant to or by this Agreement is not and shall not be one of partnership or joint venture. Neither Party shall, by reason hereof, be deemed to be a partner or a joint venturer of the other Party in the conduct of their respective businesses and/or the conduct of the activities contemplated by this Agreement. Except as specifically and explicitly provided in this Agreement, and subject to and in accordance with the provisions hereof, neither Party is now, shall become, or shall be deemed to be an agent or representative of the other Party. Except as herein explicitly and specifically provided, neither Party shall have any authority or authorization, of any nature whatsoever, to speak for or bind the other Party to this Agreement. All employees and representatives of the Service Provider (including any personnel of its Affiliates or third party contractors) (the “Service Provider Personnel”) providing Services hereunder will be deemed for all purposes of employment including, but not limited to, compensation and employee benefits, to be employees or representatives of the Service Provider, as the case may be, and not employees or representatives of the Service Recipient. In performing Services, such Service Provider Personnel will be under the direction, control and supervision of the Service Provider and the Service Provider will have the sole right and responsibility to exercise all authority with respect to the employment, engagement (including termination of employment or engagement), assignment and compensation, and shall be solely responsible for the acts or omissions of such Service Provider Personnel. The Service Provider shall be exclusively responsible for the payment of all salary and benefits and all income tax, social security taxes, unemployment compensation tax, workers’ compensation tax, other employment and related taxes or withholdings and premiums and remittances with respect to the Service

 

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Provider Personnel and all related fringe benefits program expenses such as insurance costs, pension or retirement plans, 401(k) plans, profit sharing plans, vacation, sick leave, severance pay and similar matters solely with respect to the period in which such Service Provider Personnel is employed or engaged by the Service Provider.

 

(n)                                 Survival. Section 1 (Definitions), Section 3 (Payment), Section 5 (Intellectual Property), Section 7(b) (Limitations on Liability), Section 12 (Notices), Section 13 (Confidentiality of Information), Section 14 (Security) and Section 15 (General Provisions), shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

(o)                                 Conflicts. If any provision set forth on Exhibit A limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall control, except as such limitation, qualification or conflict may be expressly permitted under this Agreement.

 

(p)                                 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission, such as by electronic mail in “pdf” form) in any number of counterparts, and by each Party on separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective representatives thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	
 
    	
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[Signature Page to NAM Transition Services Agreement]

 

 

Exhibit B

 

Specified Covered Employees

 

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