8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 8, 2018

 

 

APERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38441   82-3066826
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2445 Technology Forest Blvd

Building 4, 12th Floor

The Woodlands, Texas 77381

(Address of principal executive offices)

(281) 403-5772

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☒

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Agreements with Dover Corporation

On May 9, 2018, Apergy Corporation (“Apergy”) entered into definitive agreements with Dover Corporation, the parent and owner of 100% of Apergy’s common stock at that time (“Dover”), that, among other things, set forth the terms and conditions of the separation of Apergy from Dover (the “Separation”) and provide a framework for Apergy’s relationship with Dover after the Separation, including the allocation between Dover and Apergy of Dover’s and Apergy’s assets, employees, liabilities and obligations attributable to periods prior to, at and after the Separation. In addition to the Separation and Distribution Agreement, which contains many of the key provisions related to the spin-off of Apergy and the distribution of 100% of Apergy’s outstanding common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to Dover’s shareholders (the “Distribution”), the parties also entered into, on May 9, 2018, an Employee Matters Agreement, a Tax Matters Agreement and a Transition Services Agreement.

Separation and Distribution Agreement

On May 9, 2018, Apergy entered into a Separation and Distribution Agreement with Dover that sets forth, among other things, the agreements between Apergy and Dover regarding the principal transactions necessary to effect the Separation and the Distribution. It also sets forth other agreements that govern certain aspects of Apergy’s ongoing relationship with Dover after the completion of the Separation and Distribution. The Separation and Distribution Agreement provides that:

 

    Assets exclusively related to and liabilities to the extent relating to the Apergy businesses will be retained by or transferred to Apergy or one of Apergy’s subsidiaries.

 

    All assets of Dover, other than the Apergy assets, and all liabilities to the extent relating to Dover’s retained business, will be retained by or transferred to Dover or one of its subsidiaries (other than Apergy or one of Apergy’s subsidiaries).

 

    Liabilities related to, arising out of or resulting from businesses of Dover that were previously terminated or divested will be allocated among the parties to the extent formerly owned or managed by, or associated with, such parties or their respective businesses (subject to certain exceptions).

 

    Except as otherwise provided in the Separation and Distribution Agreement or any ancillary agreement, all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Dover or Apergy in connection with the Separation will be allocated between Dover and Apergy as disclosed in or contemplated by Apergy’s Information Statement (the “Information Statement”), which is included as Exhibit 99.1 to Apergy’s Form 10 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2018.

Certain liabilities and obligations to be assumed by one party or for which one party has an indemnification obligation under the Separation and Distribution Agreement and the other agreements relating to the Separation may continue to be the legal or contractual liabilities or obligations of the other party. The party that continues to be subject to such liability or obligation will rely on the party that assumed the liability or obligation or the party that undertook an indemnification obligation with respect to the liability or obligation, as applicable, to satisfy the performance and payment obligations or indemnification obligations with respect thereto. In addition, the Separation and Distribution Agreement provides for cross-indemnities that are principally designed to place financial responsibility for the obligations and liabilities of Apergy’s business with Apergy and financial responsibility for the obligations and liabilities of Dover’s business with Dover.

Employee Matters Agreement

On May 9, 2018, Apergy and Dover entered into an Employee Matters Agreement which governs the respective rights, responsibilities and obligations of the parties in connection with the Separation with respect to employee-related matters. The Employee Matters Agreement provides for the allocation and treatment of assets and liabilities, as applicable, arising out of incentive plans, retirement plans, and employee health and welfare benefit programs in which Apergy’s employees participated prior to the Separation, and the treatment of outstanding Dover incentive awards. In general, Apergy assumed liabilities relating to its current and former employees incurred before the Separation. Dover retained liabilities accrued prior to the Separation relating to certain Apergy participants in

 

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Dover’s U.S. defined benefit pension plan. Pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement, other than with respect to Dover performance shares, outstanding Dover equity awards held by Apergy employees were converted to Apergy equity awards and outstanding Dover equity awards held by Dover employees and non-employee directors were equitably adjusted, in each case, as of May 9, 2018. Then-outstanding Dover performance shares held by Apergy employees which related to a performance period ending after the Separation were cancelled as of immediately prior to the Separation.

Tax Matters Agreement

On May 9, 2018, Apergy and Dover entered into a Tax Matters Agreement which governs Apergy’s and Dover’s respective rights, responsibilities and obligations after the Distribution with respect to tax liabilities (including taxes, if any, incurred as a result of any failure of the Distribution or certain related transactions to qualify for tax-free treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes) and benefits, tax attributes, the preparation and filing of tax returns, the control of audits and other tax proceedings and other matters regarding taxes.

In general, under the agreement:

 

    Apergy and Dover will each be liable for all pre-Distribution U.S. federal income taxes, foreign income taxes and non-income taxes imposed on them or any of their subsidiaries;

 

    Apergy and Dover will each be liable for 50 percent of certain taxes that are incurred as a result of the restructuring activities undertaken to effectuate the Distribution or as a result of the application of certain rules relating to consolidated federal income tax returns;

 

    Apergy will be liable for taxes incurred by Dover that may arise if Apergy takes, or fails to take, as the case may be, certain actions that may result in the Distribution failing to meet the requirements of a tax-free distribution under Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

 

    Apergy and Dover will each be liable for 50 percent of taxes incurred by Dover upon the Distribution failing to meet the requirements for a tax-free distribution under Section 355 of the Code, where such failure was the result of an act or failure to act on the part of both Apergy and Dover or neither Apergy or Dover; and

 

    Apergy and Dover will each be liable for any transition tax under Section 965 of the Code resulting from the deferred foreign income of any of their non-U.S. subsidiaries (determined following the Distribution).

Neither party’s obligations under the agreement will be limited in amount or subject to any cap.

Apergy also agreed to certain covenants that contain restrictions intended to preserve the tax-free status of the Separation, the Distribution and certain related transactions. Apergy and certain of its subsidiaries are barred from taking any action, or failing to take any action, where such action or failure to act may be expected to result in any increased tax liability or reduced tax attribute of Dover or any of its subsidiaries (determined following the Distribution). In addition, during the time period ending two years after the date of the Distribution, these covenants include specific restrictions on the ability of Apergy and certain of its subsidiaries to:

 

    issue or sell stock or other securities (including securities convertible into Apergy stock but excluding certain compensatory arrangements);

 

    cease to actively conduct its business or dispose of assets outside the ordinary course of business; and

 

    enter into certain other corporate transactions which would cause Apergy to undergo a 40% or greater change in its stock ownership.

Apergy generally agreed to indemnify Dover and its affiliates against any and all tax-related liabilities incurred by them relating to the Separation, the Distribution and/or certain related transactions to the extent caused by an acquisition of Apergy stock or assets or by any other action or failure to act undertaken by Apergy or its affiliates. This indemnification provision will apply even if Apergy is permitted to take an action that would otherwise have been prohibited under the tax-related covenants described above.

 

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Transition Services Agreement

On May 9, 2018, Dover and Apergy entered into a Transition Services Agreement pursuant to which Dover agreed to provide Apergy with various services, including certain information technology services, and Apergy agreed to provide Dover with various services, including certain services related to transitioning operations.

Apergy will pay a fee to Dover for any services utilized under the Transition Services Agreement at an agreed amount as set forth in the agreement, which fee is generally intended to allow Dover to recover all of its direct and indirect costs, generally without profit. Except as provided otherwise in the Transition Services Agreement, or with respect to specific services with other specified terms, the initial term of the Transition Services Agreement will end on January 31, 2019, and the term may then be extended until the one-year anniversary of execution of the Transition Services Agreement or such other period set forth on the schedules thereto (subject to earlier termination under certain circumstances).

The foregoing summaries do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Separation and Distribution Agreement, Employee Matters Agreement, Tax Matters Agreement and Transition Services Agreement, which are filed herewith as Exhibits 2.1, 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

Debt Financing for the Separation and Distribution

Senior Secured Credit Facilities

On May 9, 2018, Apergy entered into a new credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) governing the terms of its new senior secured credit facilities, consisting of (i) a seven-year senior secured term loan B facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) and (ii) an undrawn five-year senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility,” together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Senior Secured Credit Facilities”), with Apergy as borrower and certain of its current and future wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto.

The proceeds of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities are expected to be used (i) to pay fees and expenses payable in connection with the Separation, (ii) to pay amounts payable to Dover and (iii) for working capital and other general corporate purposes of Apergy and the Guarantors.

Term Loan Facility

The Term Loan Facility will have an initial commitment of $415 million. The full amount of the Term Loan Facility was funded in a single drawing on May 9, 2018. Amounts borrowed under the Term Loan Facility that are repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. The Term Loan Facility will mature seven years from May 9, 2018.

Revolving Credit Facility

The Revolving Credit Facility consists of a five-year senior secured revolving credit facility with aggregate commitments in an amount equal to $250 million, of which up to $50 million is available for the issuance of letters of credit. Amounts repaid under the Revolving Credit Facility may be reborrowed. The Revolving Credit Facility will mature five years from May 9, 2018.

Guarantees and Collateral

The indebtedness, obligations and liabilities under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities will be unconditionally guaranteed jointly and severally on a senior secured basis by Apergy and the Guarantors, and are expected to be secured, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions and exclusions, by a first-priority lien on substantially all tangible and intangible assets of Apergy and each Guarantor (including (i) a perfected pledge of all of the capital stock of each direct, wholly-owned subsidiary held by Apergy or any Guarantor (subject to certain limitations with respect to foreign subsidiaries) and (ii) perfected security interests in, and mortgages on, equipment, general intangibles, investment property, intellectual property, material fee-owned real property, intercompany notes and proceeds of the foregoing) except for certain excluded assets.

 

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Mandatory Prepayments

Subject to certain exceptions, the Term Loan Facility will be subject to mandatory prepayments, including the amount equal to: 100% of the net cash proceeds from the incurrence of indebtedness by Apergy and its restricted subsidiaries not permitted under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities; 100% of the net cash proceeds of all non-ordinary course asset sales or other dispositions of property by Apergy and its restricted subsidiaries (including casualty insurance and condemnation proceeds, but with exceptions for sales of inventory and other ordinary course dispositions, obsolete or worn-out property, property no longer useful in the business and other exceptions), subject to (i) reinvestment periods and (ii) step-downs to 75% and 50% based on certain leverage targets; and 50% of excess cash flow with step-downs to 25% and 0% based on certain leverage targets.

Voluntary Prepayments

Apergy may voluntarily prepay amounts outstanding under the Term Loan Facility in whole or in part at any time without premium or penalty (other than a 1.00% premium payable during the six months following May 9, 2018 on the amount of loans prepaid or repaid in connection with a repricing transaction), subject to the payment of customary breakage costs in the case of LIBOR rate loans. Apergy may voluntarily prepay and reborrow amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility in whole or in part at any time without premium or penalty, subject to the payment of customary breakage costs in the case of LIBOR rate loans.

Commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility may be reduced in whole or in part at any time without premium or penalty.

Interest Rates and Fees

At Apergy’s election, outstanding borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities will accrue interest at a per annum rate of (i) a LIBOR rate plus the applicable spread or (ii) a base rate plus the applicable spread.

During an event of default, overdue amounts under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities may bear interest at a rate 2.00% in excess of the otherwise applicable rate of interest.

Apergy will pay certain fees with respect to the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, including an unused commitment fee on the undrawn portion of the Revolving Credit Facility as well as certain other unused fees.

Covenants

The Senior Secured Credit Facilities contain a number of customary covenants that, among other things, will limit or restrict the ability of Apergy and the restricted subsidiaries to (subject to certain qualifications and exceptions): create liens and encumbrances; incur additional indebtedness; merge, dissolve, liquidate or consolidate; make acquisitions, investments, advances or loans; dispose of or transfer assets; pay dividends or make other payments in respect of their capital stock; amend certain material documents; redeem or repurchase certain debt; engage in certain transactions with affiliates; and enter into certain restrictive agreements.

In addition, Apergy will be required to comply on a quarterly basis with (a) a minimum interest coverage ratio (consolidated EBITDA to consolidated interest expense) and (b) varying maximum leverage targets.

Events of Default

The Senior Secured Credit Facilities contain customary events of default, including with respect to nonpayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts; material inaccuracy of a representation or warranty; failure to perform or observe covenants; bankruptcy and insolvency events; material monetary judgment defaults; impairment of any material definitive loan documentation; and change of control.

The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Credit Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Senior Notes

On May 9, 2018, Apergy and the Guarantors entered into a supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”) to the indenture dated as of May 3, 2018 (the “Original Indenture”), by and between Apergy and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, with respect to the issuance of $300 million in aggregate principal amount of Apergy’s 6.375% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”). Pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantors agreed to be bound by the terms, conditions and other provisions of the Original Indenture and to guarantee, on a senior unsecured basis, the payment of all obligations of Apergy as described in the Original Indenture.

 

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The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Supplemental Indenture, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under “—Debt Financing for the Separation and Distribution” of Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information included under Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K regarding the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated By-Laws is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

 

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

Apergy was a 100% owned subsidiary of Dover immediately prior to the Distribution. On May 9, 2018, Dover completed the Distribution of 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Apergy to holders of Dover common stock as of 5:00 p.m., New York time, on April 30, 2018, the record date for the Distribution (the “Record Date”). Dover holders of record received one share of Apergy common stock for every two shares of Dover common stock held as of the Record Date. Following completion of the Distribution, Apergy is an independent, publicly traded company, and Dover retains no ownership interest in Apergy. The description of the spin-off included under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Adoption of Equity Compensation, Incentive and Other Benefit Plans

In connection with the Distribution, effective as of May 9, 2018, the Board of Directors of Apergy (and in the case of the Deferred Compensation Plan (as defined below), the Board of Directors of Apergy USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Apergy) adopted the following equity compensation, incentive and other benefit plans for Apergy’s executive officers, employees and non-employee directors:

 

    Apergy Corporation 2018 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”);

 

    Apergy Corporation Executive Officer Annual Incentive Plan (the “AIP”);

 

    Apergy USA, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Deferred Compensation Plan”);

 

    Apergy Corporation Executive Severance Plan (the “Executive Severance Plan”); and

 

    Apergy Corporation Senior Executive Change-in-Control Severance Plan (the “CIC Severance Plan”).

The 2018 Plan was also approved by Dover in its capacity as the sole stockholder of Apergy prior to the Distribution. The 2018 Plan is intended to foster behavior that will produce the greatest increase in value for shareholders, reinforce key company goals and objectives that help drive shareholder value, and attract, motivate and retain officers, key employees and directors. A total of 6,500,000 shares of common stock are reserved for issuance under the 2018 Plan, subject to adjustment resulting from stock dividends, stock splits and similar changes. The material terms of the 2018 Plan are described in the Information Statement under the section entitled “Management—New Apergy Plans—Long-Term Incentive Plan,” which section Apergy is filing as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and which is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02. The AIP permits annual cash bonuses to executive officers based upon satisfaction of pre-established performance targets. The Deferred Compensation Plan was established by Apergy USA, Inc. to administer the deferred compensation liabilities it has assumed pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement. The Executive Severance Plan entitles eligible executives to receive severance payments if the executive’s employment is terminated by Apergy without cause, as such term is

 

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defined in the Executive Severance Plan. The CIC Severance Plan entitles eligible executives to receive severance payments if, within 18 months after the change-in-control, either the executive’s employment is terminated by Apergy without “cause” or the executive terminates employment for “good reason,” as such terms are defined in the CIC Severance Plan. Apergy also adopted a form of restricted stock unit award letter (the “RSU Award Letter”) and a form of performance share award letter (the “PSU Award Letter”), all pursuant to the 2018 Plan.

The foregoing description of the 2018 Plan, the AIP, the Deferred Compensation Plan, the Executive Severance Plan, the CIC Severance Plan, the RSU Award Letter and the PSU Award Letter is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete terms and conditions of such plans and letters, which are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10 and 10.11, respectively, and are incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Effective as of May 8, 2018, prior to the Distribution, the certificate of incorporation of Apergy was amended and restated (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”) and the bylaws of Apergy were amended and restated (the “Amended and Restated By-Laws”). A description of the material provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated By-Laws is included in the Information Statement under the section entitled “Description of Apergy Capital Stock,” which section Apergy is filing as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and which is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03. The description set forth under this Item 5.03 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated By-Laws, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, and which are incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 9, 2018, Apergy issued a press release announcing the completion of the Distribution and the start of Apergy’s operations as an independent company. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

 

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

2.1    Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated May 9, 2018, by and between Dover Corporation and Apergy Corporation.
3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Apergy Corporation.
3.2    Amended and Restated By-Laws of Apergy Corporation.
4.1    Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 9, 2018, between the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.
10.1    Employee Matters Agreement, dated May 9, 2018, by and between Dover Corporation and Apergy Corporation.
10.2    Tax Matters Agreement, dated May 9, 2018, by and between Dover Corporation and Apergy Corporation.
10.3    Transition Services Agreement, dated May 9, 2018, by and between Dover Corporation and Apergy Corporation.
10.4    Credit Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2018, among Apergy Corporation, as borrower, the lenders and issuing banks party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.
10.5    Apergy Corporation 2018 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan.
10.6    Apergy Corporation Executive Officer Annual Incentive Plan.
10.7    Apergy USA, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
10.8    Apergy Corporation Executive Severance Plan.
10.9    Apergy Corporation Senior Executive Change-in-Control Severance Plan.
10.10    Form of award grant letter for restricted stock unit awards made under the Apergy Corporation 2018 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan.
10.11    Form of award grant letter for performance share awards made under the Apergy Corporation 2018 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan.
99.1    Excerpts from Apergy Corporation’s Information Statement, dated as of April 19, 2018.
99.2    Press Release of Apergy Corporation, dated May 9, 2018.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    APERGY CORPORATION
Date: May 10, 2018     By:   /s/ Julia Wright
      Julia Wright
      Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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EX-2.1

Exhibit 2.1

Execution Version

SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

by and between

DOVER CORPORATION

and

APERGY CORPORATION

Dated as of May 9, 2018


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  

Article I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

     2  

Section 1.1

   General      2  

Section 1.2

   References; Interpretation      20  

Section 1.3

   Effective Time      21  

Section 1.4

   Other Matters      21  

Article II THE SEPARATION

     21  

Section 2.1

   General      21  

Section 2.2

   Transfer of Assets      22  

Section 2.3

   Assumption and Satisfaction of Liabilities      22  

Section 2.4

   Intercompany Accounts      23  

Section 2.5

   Bank Accounts; Cash Balances      23  

Section 2.6

   Limitation of Liability; Termination of Intercompany Agreements      24  

Section 2.7

   Transfers Not Effected At or Prior to the Effective Time; Transfers Deemed Effective as of the Effective Time      25  

Section 2.8

   Transfer Documents      28  

Section 2.9

   Shared Contracts      28  

Section 2.10

   Further Assurances      29  

Section 2.11

   Novation of Liabilities; Consents      30  

Section 2.12

   Guarantees and Letters of Credit      31  

Section 2.13

   Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties      32  

Section 2.14

   Apergy Financing Arrangements      34  

Article III CERTAIN ACTIONS PRIOR TO THE DISTRIBUTION

     34  

Section 3.1

   Reorganization      34  

Section 3.2

   Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws      34  

Section 3.3

   Directors and Officers      34  

Section 3.4

   Resignations      34  

Section 3.5

   Ancillary Agreements      35  

Article IV THE DISTRIBUTION

     35  

Section 4.1

   Stock Dividend to Dover; Distribution      35  

Section 4.2

   Fractional Shares      35  

Section 4.3

   Actions in Connection with the Distribution      36  

Section 4.4

   Sole Discretion of Dover      37  

Section 4.5

   Conditions to Distribution      37  

Article V CERTAIN COVENANTS

     39  

Section 5.1

   No Solicit      39  

Section 5.2

   Legal Names and Other Parties’ Trademark      39  

Section 5.3

   Auditors and Audits; Annual and Quarterly Financial Statements and Accounting      40  

Section 5.4

   No Restrictions on Corporate Opportunities      42  

 

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Section 5.5

   Patent Covenant Not to Sue      43  

Article VI RELEASES AND INDEMNIFICATION

     44  

Section 6.1

   Release of Pre-Distribution Claims      44  

Section 6.2

   Indemnification by Dover      46  

Section 6.3

   Indemnification by Apergy      46  

Section 6.4

   Procedures for Indemnification      46  

Section 6.5

   Indemnification Payments      50  

Section 6.6

   Additional Matters; Survival of Indemnities      50  

Section 6.7

   Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts; Contribution      50  

Section 6.8

   Cooperation in Defense and Settlement      52  

Section 6.9

   Limitation of Liability      52  

Section 6.10

   Covenant not to Sue      52  

Article VII CONFIDENTIALITY; ACCESS TO INFORMATION

     52  

Section 7.1

   Preservation of Corporate Records      52  

Section 7.2

   Provision of Corporate Records      53  

Section 7.3

   Access to Information      53  

Section 7.4

   Witness Services      54  

Section 7.5

   Confidentiality      54  

Section 7.6

   Privileged Matters      56  

Section 7.7

   Ownership of Information      58  

Section 7.8

   Other Agreements      59  

Section 7.9

   Compensation for Providing Information      59  

Article VIII DISPUTE RESOLUTION

     59  

Section 8.1

   Negotiation      59  

Section 8.2

   Arbitration      60  

Section 8.3

   Selection of Arbitrators      60  

Section 8.4

   Arbitration Procedures      60  

Section 8.5

   Discovery      60  

Section 8.6

   Confidentiality of Proceedings      61  

Section 8.7

   Pre-Hearing Procedure and Disposition      61  

Section 8.8

   Continuity of Service and Performance      61  

Section 8.9

   Awards      61  

Section 8.10

   Costs      62  

Section 8.11

   Adherence to Time Limits      62  

Article IX INSURANCE

     62  

Section 9.1

   General Liability Policies to be Maintained by Apergy      62  

Section 9.2

   Policies and Allocation of Related Rights and Obligations      62  

Section 9.3

   Third Party Shared Policies      63  

Section 9.4

   Administration of Third Party Shared Policies; Other Matters      63  

Section 9.5

   Agreement for Waiver of Conflict and Shared Defense      65  

Section 9.6

   Cooperation      65  

Section 9.7

   Miscellaneous      65  

 

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Article X MISCELLANEOUS

     65  

Section 10.1

   Complete Agreement; Construction      65  

Section 10.2

   Ancillary Agreements      66  

Section 10.3

   Counterparts      66  

Section 10.4

   Survival of Agreements      66  

Section 10.5

   Expenses      66  

Section 10.6

   Notices      67  

Section 10.7

   Waivers      68  

Section 10.8

   Amendments      68  

Section 10.9

   Assignment      68  

Section 10.10

   Termination, Etc.      68  

Section 10.11

   Payment Terms      68  

Section 10.12

   No Circumvention      69  

Section 10.13

   Subsidiaries      69  

Section 10.14

   Third Party Beneficiaries      69  

Section 10.15

   Title and Headings      69  

Section 10.16

   Exhibits and Schedules      69  

Section 10.17

   Public Announcements      69  

Section 10.18

   Governing Law      70  

Section 10.19

   Consent to Jurisdiction      70  

Section 10.20

   Specific Performance      70  

Section 10.21

   Waiver of Jury Trial      70  

Section 10.22

   Severability      71  

Section 10.23

   Construction      71  

Section 10.24

   Authorization      71  

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1.1(11)(vii)

   Specified Apergy Assets

Schedule 1.1(15)

   Specified Apergy Contracts

Schedule 1.1(18)

   Apergy Financing Arrangements

Schedule 1.1(20)

   Apergy Group Entities

Schedule 1.1(22)(i)

   Specified Apergy Liabilities

Schedule 1.1(22)(iii)

   Apergy Former Businesses

Schedule 1.1(22)(vi)

   Apergy Actions

Schedule 1.1(33)

   Continuing Arrangements

Schedule 1.1(42)(v)

   Specified Dover Assets

Schedule 1.1(50)(i)

   Specified Dover Liabilities

Schedule 1.1(50)(iv)(A)

   Dover Distribution Disclosure Document Liabilities

Schedule 1.1(54)

   Financing Cash Payment

Schedule 1.1(99)

   Shared Contracts

Schedule 2.2(a)(i)

   Transferred Entities

Schedule 2.4(a)

   Intercompany Accounts

Schedule 2.7(a)

   Delayed Transfers

Schedule 2.9(c)(i)

   Separated Shared Contracts

Schedule 2.9(c)(ii)

   Assigned Shared Contracts

 

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Schedule 2.12(a)

   Apergy Guarantees

Schedule 2.12(b)

   Dover Guarantees

Schedule 3.1

   Reorganization

Schedule 5.2(a)(i)

   Dover Marks

Schedule 5.2(a)(ii)

   Apergy Marks

Schedule 6.2

   Dover Excluded Indemnification

Schedule 6.4(c)

   Specified Matters

Schedule 6.4(k)

   Dover Controlled Matters

Schedule 10.5(a)

   Allocation of Certain Expenses Prior to Effective Time

Schedule 10.5(b)

   Allocation of Certain Expenses Following the Effective Time

Schedule 10.17

   Public Announcements

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

   Form of Employee Matters Agreement

Exhibit B

   Form of Tax Matters Agreement

Exhibit C

   Form of Transition Services Agreement

 

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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS

 

AAA      2, 61  
Action      2  
Affiliate      2  
Agent      2  
Agreement      1, 2  
Agreement Disputes      3, 61  
Amended Financial Reports      3, 43  
Ancillary Agreements      3  
Apergy      1, 3  
Apergy Accounts      3, 24  
Apergy Assets      3  
Apergy Balance Sheet      4  
Apergy Business      4  
Apergy Common Stock      1, 4  
Apergy Contracts      4  
Apergy Disclosure      5  
Apergy Employee      5  
Apergy Financing Arrangements      5  
Apergy General Liability Policies      5, 64  
Apergy Group      5  
Apergy Indemnitees      5  
Apergy Liabilities      5  
Assets      7  
Audited Party      9, 43  
Business      9  
Business Day      9  
Business Entity      9  
Claims Administration      9  
Code      1, 9  
Commission      9  
Confidential Information      9  
Consents      10  
Continuing Arrangements      10  
Contract      10  
Contribution      10  
control      2  
corporate opportunities      45  
Covenant Parties      45  
Dispute Notice      10, 61  
Distribution      10  
Distribution Date      10  
Distribution Disclosure Documents      11  
Dover      1, 11  
Dover Accounts      11, 24

 

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Dover Assets      11
Dover Business      12  
Dover Common Stock      12  
Dover Disclosure      12  
Dover Employee      12  
Dover Group      12  
Dover Indemnitees      12  
Dover LCs      12, 33  
Dover Liabilities      12  
Effective Time      14  
Employee Matters Agreement      14  
Exchange Act      14  
Financing Cash Payment      14  
Form 10      14  
Form 10-K      14  
Former Business      14  
GAAP      15  
Governmental Approvals      15  
Governmental Entity      15  
Group      15  
Guaranty Release      15, 32  
Indebtedness      15  
Indemnifiable Loss      16  
Indemnifiable Losses      16  
Indemnifying Party      16, 48  
Indemnitee      16, 48  
Indemnity Payment      16, 52  
Information      16  
Information Statement      16  
Insurance Administration      16  
Insurance Proceeds      16  
Insured Claims      17  
Intellectual Property      17  
Intercompany Accounts      17  
Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments      17, 42  
IT Equipment      17  
Law      17  
Liabilities      18  
Liable Party      18, 31  
linked      24  
New York Courts      18, 71  
NYSE      18  
Other Parties’ Auditors      18, 42  
Other Party      31  
Other Party Marks      18, 40  
Parties      1  

 

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Party      1, 18  
Permitted Business      45  
Person      18  
Policies      18  
Pre-Separation Disclosure      19  
Prime Rate      19  
Privileged Information      19  
Record Date      19  
Records      19  
Reorganization      1, 19  
Reorganization Documents      19, 35  
Reorganization Step Plan      19, 35  
Retained Energy Businesses      19  
Rules      20, 61  
Security Interest      20  
Separation      1, 20  
Shared Contracts      20  
Shared Contractual Liabilities      20  
Software      20  
Subsidiary      20  
Tax      20  
Tax Matters Agreement      20  
Tax Return      20  
Third Party      20  
Third Party Claim      21, 48  
Third Party Shared Policies      21  
Trademarks      21  
Transfer      21, 23  
Transfer Documents      21  
Transferred Entities      21, 23  
Transition Services Agreement      21  
Wholly Owned Subsidiary      21  

 

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SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

THIS SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of May 9, 2018, by and between Dover Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Dover”), and Apergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Apergy”) (each a “Party” and together, the “Parties”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 1.1 hereof.

R E C I T A L S:

WHEREAS, Dover, acting through its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, currently conducts a number of businesses, including the Apergy Business;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Dover has determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the best interests of Dover and its stockholders to separate Dover into two separate companies: (i) one comprising the Apergy Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by Apergy, all of the common stock of which is intended to be distributed to Dover stockholders; and (ii) one comprising the Dover Business, which shall continue to be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by Dover;

WHEREAS, in order to effect such separation, the Board of Directors of Dover has determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the best interests of Dover and its stockholders: (i) for Dover and its Subsidiaries to enter into a series of transactions whereby Dover and its Subsidiaries will be reorganized such that (A) Dover and/or one or more other members of the Dover Group will own all of the Dover Assets and assume (or retain) all of the Dover Liabilities and (B) Apergy and/or one or more other members of the Apergy Group will own all of the Apergy Assets and assume (or retain) all of the Apergy Liabilities (the transactions referred to in clauses (A) and (B) being referred to herein as the “Reorganization”); and thereafter (ii) for Dover to cause the Agent to distribute to the holders of Dover Common Stock as of the Record Date on a pro rata basis all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Apergy (the “Apergy Common Stock”) (such transactions described in clauses (i) and (ii), as may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the “Separation”);

WHEREAS, Apergy has been incorporated for this purpose and has not engaged in activities prior to the date hereof except in preparation for its corporate reorganization (including activities with respect to the Apergy Financing Arrangements) and the distribution of its stock;

WHEREAS, Dover and Apergy have determined that it is necessary and desirable, at or prior to the Effective Time, to allocate, transfer or assign the Apergy Assets and Apergy Liabilities to the Apergy Group, and to allocate, transfer or assign the Dover Assets and Dover Liabilities to the Dover Group;

WHEREAS, the Parties intend that the Distribution, together with certain related transactions, generally will qualify as tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Sections 368(a)(1)(D) and 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), that other transactions connected with the Separation will also qualify as tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes under applicable provisions of the Code and that this Agreement is intended to be, and is hereby adopted as, a plan of reorganization under Section 368 of the Code to the extent relevant for these transactions; and


WHEREAS, the Parties intend in this Agreement to set forth the principal arrangements between them with respect to the Separation and Distribution and that certain other agreements will govern certain other matters following the Effective Time.

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

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

Section 1.1 General. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) “AAA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2.

(2) “Action” shall mean any demand, action, claim, charge, suit, countersuit, arbitration, inquiry, subpoena, proceeding or investigation of any kind by or before any Governmental Entity or any arbitration or mediation tribunal.

(3) “Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified Person, a Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition and the definition of “Subsidiary”, “control” (including the correlative meanings “controlled by” and “under common control with”), when used with respect to any specified Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other interests, by Contract or otherwise. From and after the Effective Time, and for purposes of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, no Party or member of its Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the other Party or such other Party’s Group solely by reason of having one or more directors in common or by reason of having been under common control of Dover or Dover’s stockholders prior to, or in the case of Dover’s stockholders, after, the Effective Time.

(4) “Agent” shall mean the distribution agent to be appointed by Dover to distribute to the stockholders of Dover all of the outstanding shares of Apergy Common Stock pursuant to the Distribution.

(5) “Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

(6) “Agreement Disputes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a).

(7) “Amended Financial Reports” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(b).

 

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(8) “Ancillary Agreements” shall mean all of the written Contracts or other arrangements (other than this Agreement and other than any Contract to which a Third Party is a party) entered into by any member of the Dover Group, on the one hand, and any member of the Apergy Group, on the other hand, in connection with the Separation, the Distribution or the other transactions contemplated hereby, including the Transfer Documents, the Reorganization Documents, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement and the Continuing Arrangements.

(9) “Apergy” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

(10) “Apergy Accounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a).

(11) “Apergy Assets” shall mean only the following Assets (without duplication):

(i) the ownership interests (to the extent held by Dover, Apergy or any of their respective Affiliates immediately prior to the Effective Time) in each member of the Apergy Group;

(ii) all Apergy Contracts and any rights or claims (whether accrued or contingent) of Dover, Apergy, or any of their respective Affiliates, arising thereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any third party beneficiary rights to which Apergy or any of its respective Affiliates shall be entitled with respect to any restrictive covenants);

(iii) all Assets owned, leased or held by Dover, Apergy, or any of their respective Affiliates immediately prior to the Effective Time that are used exclusively or held for use exclusively in the Apergy Business, including inventory, accounts receivable, goodwill, and all Assets reflected on the Apergy Balance Sheet, or the accounting records supporting such balance sheet (including accounts receivable outstanding as of the Distribution Date but excluding cash and cash equivalents, the allocation of which shall be governed by Section 2.5) and any Assets acquired by or for the Apergy Business subsequent to the date of such balance sheet which, had they been so acquired on or before such date and owned as of such date, would have been reflected on such balance sheet if prepared on a consistent basis, subject to any disposition of any of the foregoing Assets subsequent to the date of such balance sheet;

(iv) subject to Article IX, any rights of any member of the Apergy Group under any Third Party Shared Policies to the extent related to the Apergy Business;

(v) all Apergy Accounts, and, subject to the provisions of Section 2.5, all cash, cash equivalents, and securities on deposit in such accounts immediately prior to the Effective Time, after giving effect to any withdrawal by, or other distribution of cash to, Dover or any member of the Dover Group which may occur at or prior to the Effective Time;

 

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(vi) the portion of any Shared Contract that relates to the Apergy Business; and

(vii) the Assets listed or described on Schedule 1.1(11)(vii) and any and all Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement as Assets to be retained by, or assigned or transferred to, any member of the Apergy Group.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Apergy Assets shall in no event include:

(A) the Assets listed or described on Schedule 1.1(42)(v); or

(B) any Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement as Assets to be retained by, transferred or assigned to, any member of the Dover Group.

(12) “Apergy Balance Sheet” shall mean the balance sheet of the Apergy Business, as of December 31, 2017 that is included in the Information Statement; provided that to the extent any Assets or Liabilities are Transferred by any Party or any member of its Group to Apergy or any member of the Apergy Group or vice versa in connection with the Separation and Reorganization and prior to the Distribution Date, such Assets and/or Liabilities shall be deemed to be included or excluded from the Apergy Balance Sheet, as the case may be.

(13) “Apergy Business” shall mean:

(i) the businesses and operations of those portions of Dover’s upstream energy businesses within its Energy segment (but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Retained Energy Businesses) conducted by the Apergy Group as of the Distribution Date, as such businesses and operations are further described in the Information Statement; and

(ii) the businesses and operations of Business Entities acquired or established by or for any member of the Apergy Group after the Effective Time.

(14) “Apergy Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

(15) “Apergy Contracts” shall mean the following Contracts to which any Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is a party or by which it or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective Assets is bound, except for any such Contract or part thereof that is expressly contemplated not to be transferred or assigned by any member of the Dover Group to any member of the Apergy Group pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement:

(i) any Contract that relates exclusively to the Apergy Business;

 

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(ii) any Contract or part thereof that is otherwise expressly contemplated pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements to be retained by, transferred or assigned to, any member of the Apergy Group; and

(iii) the Contracts listed or described on Schedule 1.1(15).

(16) “Apergy Disclosure” shall mean any form, statement, schedule or other material (other than the Distribution Disclosure Documents) filed with or furnished to the Commission, any other Governmental Entity, or holders of any securities of any member of the Apergy Group, in each case, on or after the Distribution Date by or on behalf of any member of the Apergy Group in connection with the registration, sale, or distribution of securities or disclosure related thereto (including periodic disclosure obligations).

(17) “Apergy Employee” shall have the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.

(18) “Apergy Financing Arrangements” shall mean the financing arrangements described on Schedule 1.1(18).

(19) “Apergy General Liability Policies” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

(20) “Apergy Group” shall mean Apergy and each Person identified on Schedule 1.1(20), and each Person who is or becomes an Affiliate of Apergy at or after the Effective Time.

(21) “Apergy Indemnitees” shall mean each member of the Apergy Group and each of their respective Affiliates from and after the Effective Time, and each of their respective current and former directors, officers, managers, employees and agents (in each case, in their respective capacities as such) and each of the heirs, administrators, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing.

(22) “Apergy Liabilities” shall mean all of the following Liabilities of either Party or any of its Subsidiaries:

(i) the Liabilities listed or described on Schedule 1.1(22)(i) and any and all Liabilities that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement as Liabilities to be retained, assumed or retired by any member of the Apergy Group;

(ii) any and all Liabilities of Dover, Apergy, or any of their respective Affiliates, to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from:

(A) the operation or conduct of the Apergy Business, as conducted at any time prior to, on or after the Effective Time (including any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any director, officer, employee, agent or representative of Dover, Apergy, or any of their respective Affiliates (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Person’s authority));

 

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

(C) any Apergy Assets (other than Liabilities arising under Shared Contracts to the extent such Liabilities are allocated to the Dover Group under Section 2.9(a)), whether arising before, on or after the Effective Time;

(iii) any and all Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Former Business formerly owned or managed by, or associated with any member of the Apergy Group or any of the Apergy Business (including those Former Businesses listed and described on Schedule 1.1(22)(iii));

(iv) any and all Liabilities (including under applicable federal and state securities Laws) relating to, arising out of or resulting from:

(A) the Distribution Disclosure Documents, except to the extent specifically enumerated as a Dover Liability on Schedule 1.1(50)(iv)(A);

(B) any Pre-Separation Disclosure, but only to the extent such Liabilities arise out of or result from matters related to the Apergy Business; and

(C) any Apergy Disclosure;

(v) any and all Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from (x) the Apergy Financing Arrangements or (y) any other Indebtedness of any member of the Apergy Group (whether incurred prior to, on or after the Effective Time);

(vi) any and all Liabilities relating to, resulting from, or arising out of any Action (x) listed or described on Schedule 1.1(22)(vi) or (y) to the extent such Action relates to, results from, or arises out of the Apergy Business, the Apergy Assets or the other Apergy Liabilities;

(vii) any and all Liabilities of the guarantor under the guarantees and obligations of the obligor under letters of credit listed or described on Schedule 2.12(b);

(viii) all Liabilities reflected as Liabilities or obligations on the Apergy Balance Sheet or on the accounting records supporting such balance sheet, and all Liabilities arising or assumed after the date of such balance sheet which, had they arisen or been assumed on or before such date and been retained as of such date, would have been reflected on such balance sheet if prepared on a consistent basis, subject to any

 

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discharge of such Liabilities subsequent to the date of the Apergy Balance Sheet; it being understood that (x) the Apergy Balance Sheet and the accounting records supporting such balance sheet shall be used to determine the types of, and methodologies used to determine, those Liabilities that are included in the definition of Apergy Liabilities pursuant to this subclause (viii); and (y) the amounts set forth on the Apergy Balance Sheet with respect to any Liabilities shall not be treated as minimum amounts or limitations on the amount of such Liabilities that are included in the definition of Apergy Liabilities pursuant to this subclause (viii);

(ix) any and all obligations of an insured Person under each Third Party Shared Policy to the extent related to or arising out of the Apergy Business; and

(x) any and all Liabilities of any Business Entity that, following the Distribution, will be owned, directly or indirectly, by Apergy, except for those Liabilities retained or assumed by a member of the Dover Group pursuant to the Reorganization Documents.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Apergy Liabilities shall in no event include any Liabilities that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (or the schedules hereto or thereto) as Liabilities to be retained or assumed by any member of the Dover Group, including any Liabilities set forth on Schedule 1.1(50)(i), or for which any member of the Dover Group is liable pursuant to this Agreement or such Ancillary Agreement.

(23) “Assets” shall mean 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 or intangible, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise, in each case whether or not recorded or reflected or required to be recorded or reflected on the Records or financial statements of any Person, including the following:

(i) all accounting and other legal and business books, records, ledgers and files, whether printed, electronic or written;

(ii) all apparatus, IT Equipment, computers and other electronic data processing and communications equipment, fixtures, machinery, equipment, furniture, office equipment, automobiles, trucks and other transportation equipment, special and general tools, test devices, prototypes and models and other tangible personal property;

(iii) all inventories of products, goods, materials, parts, raw materials, components, works-in-process and supplies;

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

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

 

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(vi) all Contracts and any rights, benefits or claims (whether accrued or contingent) arising under any Contracts;

(vii) all license agreements, leases of personal property, open purchase orders for raw materials, supplies, parts or services, unfilled orders for the manufacture and sale of products, and other contracts, agreements or commitments;

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

(ix) all written (including in electronic form) or oral technical information, data, specifications, research and development information, engineering drawings and specifications, operating and maintenance manuals, and materials and analyses (including those prepared by consultants and other Third Parties);

(x) all Intellectual Property;

(xi) all Software;

(xii) 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 and literature, artwork, design, formulations, development and business process files and data, vendor and customer drawings, specifications, quality records and reports and other books, records, studies, surveys, reports, plans and documents;

(xiii) all prepaid expenses, trade accounts and other accounts and notes receivables;

(xiv) all claims or rights against any Person, whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise, whether accrued or contingent, including claims or rights against any Person arising from the ownership of any asset, including, to the extent transferrable, all rights against Third Parties with respect to indemnification;

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

(xvi) all licenses, permits, franchises, concessions, certificates, consents, exemptions, approvals, variances, registrations and authorizations which have been issued by any Governmental Entity;

(xvii) all cash or cash equivalents, bank accounts, brokerage accounts, lock boxes and other deposit arrangements; and

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

 

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Except as otherwise specifically set forth herein, in the Tax Matters Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement or another Ancillary Agreement, the rights and obligations of the Parties with respect to Taxes shall be governed by the Tax Matters Agreement or the Employee Matters Agreement, and, therefore, any Tax assets shall not be treated as Assets.

(24) “Audited Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a)(2).

(25) “Business” shall mean the Apergy Business or the Dover Business, as applicable.

(26) “Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banks are required or authorized by Law to be closed in New York, New York.

(27) “Business Entity” shall mean any corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, joint venture, or other incorporated or unincorporated organization or other entity of any kind or nature (including those formed, organized or otherwise existing under the Laws of jurisdictions outside the United States).

(28) “Claims Administration” shall mean the administration of claims made under the Third Party Shared Policies, including the reporting of losses or claims to the unaffiliated, Third Party insurance carriers that issued the Third Party Shared Policies, management and defense of such claims, negotiating the resolution of such claims, and providing for appropriate releases upon settlement of such claims.

(29) “Code” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

(30) “Commission” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency thereto.

(31) “Confidential Information” shall mean non-public, confidential or proprietary business, operations or other Information, data or material to the extent concerning a Party and/or its Affiliates which, prior to or following the Effective Time, has been disclosed by a Party or its Affiliates to the other Party or its Affiliates, in written, oral (including by recording), electronic, or visual form to, or otherwise has come into the possession of, the other, including pursuant to the access provisions of Section 7.2 or Section 7.3 or any other provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, including (a) any and all technical information relating to the design, operation, testing, test results, development, and manufacture of any Party’s product; product costs, margins and pricing; as well as product marketing studies and strategies; all other know-how, methodology, procedures, techniques and trade secrets related to research, engineering, development and manufacturing; and (b) information, documents and materials relating to such Party’s financial condition, management and other business conditions, prospects, plans, procedures, infrastructure, security, information technology procedures and systems, and other business or operational affairs; (except to the extent that such information can be shown to have been (i) in the public domain through no fault of such Party or its Affiliates or (ii) lawfully acquired after the Effective Time from other sources by such Party or its Affiliates to which it was furnished; provided, however, that in the case of clause (ii) to the furnished Party’s knowledge, such sources did not provide such information in breach of any confidentiality or fiduciary obligations).

 

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(32) “Consents” shall mean any consents, waivers or approvals from, or notification requirements to, any Person other than a Governmental Entity.

(33) “Continuing Arrangements” shall mean those arrangements set forth on Schedule 1.1(33) and such other commercial arrangements between one or more members of the Dover Group, on the one hand, and one or more members of the Apergy Group, on the other hand, that are expressly intended in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement to survive and continue following the Effective Time.

(34) “Contract” shall mean any contract, obligation, indenture, instrument, agreement, lease, purchase order, commitment, permit, license, note, bond, mortgage, arrangement or undertaking (whether written or oral and whether express or implied) that is legally binding on any Person or any part of its property under applicable Law (including any restrictive covenants contained therein), but excluding this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.

(35) “Contribution” shall mean the contribution of certain Apergy Assets and members of the Apergy Group to Apergy in exchange for Apergy Common Stock and the assumption of certain Apergy Liabilities.

(36) “Dispute Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a).

(37) “Distribution” shall mean the distribution by Dover of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Apergy Common Stock to holders of record of shares of Dover Common Stock as of the Record Date on the basis of one share of Apergy Common Stock for every two issued and outstanding shares of Dover Common Stock.

(38) “Distribution Date” shall mean the date of the consummation of the Distribution, which shall be determined by the Board of Directors of Dover in its sole discretion.

(39) “Distribution Disclosure Documents” shall mean the Form 10 and all exhibits thereto (including the Information Statement), any current reports on Form 8-K and the registration statement on Form S-8 related to securities to be offered under Apergy’s employee benefit plans, in each case as filed or furnished by Apergy with the Commission in connection with the Distribution and including any amendments or supplements thereto.

(40) “Dover” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

(41) “Dover Accounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a).

(42) “Dover Assets” shall mean (without duplication) any and all Assets of the Parties or their respective Affiliates as of the Effective Time that are not Apergy Assets, and any and all Assets that are acquired or otherwise become Assets of any member the Dover Group after the Effective Time, which shall include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:

 

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(i) the ownership interests (to the extent held by Dover, Apergy or any of their respective Affiliates immediately prior to the Effective Time) in each member of the Dover Group;

(ii) all Contracts to which Dover, Apergy or any of their Affiliates is a party or by which they or any of their respective Affiliates or any of their respective Assets are bound and any rights or claims (whether accrued or contingent) of Dover, Apergy, or any of their respective Affiliates arising thereunder, in each case, other than the Apergy Contracts;

(iii) subject to Article IX, any and all rights of any member of the Dover Group under any Third Party Shared Policies to the extent related to the Dover Business;

(iv) any and all work papers of Dover’s auditors and any Tax records (including accounting records) of any member of the Dover Group (which will be addressed in the Tax Matters Agreement);

(v) the Assets listed or described on Schedule 1.1(42)(v) and any and all Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement as Assets to be retained by, or assigned or transferred to, any member of the Dover Group;

(vi) all Dover Accounts, and, subject to the provisions of Section 2.5, all cash, cash equivalents, and securities on deposit in such accounts immediately prior to the Effective Time, including the Financing Cash Payment, and any cash or cash equivalents withdrawn from Apergy Accounts in accordance with Section 2.5(e); and

(vii) any collateral securing any Dover Liability immediately prior to the Effective Time.

(43) “Dover Business” shall mean:

(i) all businesses, operations and activities conducted at any point in time by the members of the Dover Group and conducted prior to the Effective Time by the members of the Apergy Group (whether or not such businesses, operations or activities are or have been terminated, divested or discontinued), including for the avoidance of doubt (x) the Retained Energy Businesses and (y) the businesses, operations and activities of the Engineered Systems, Fluids and Refrigeration & Food Equipment operating segments, as described in Dover’s Form 10-K, in each case, other than the Apergy Business; and

(ii) the businesses, operations and activities of Business Entities acquired or established by or for any member of the Dover Group after the Effective Time.

 

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(44) “Dover Common Stock” shall mean the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of Dover.

(45) “Dover Disclosure” shall mean any form, statement, schedule or other material (other than the Distribution Disclosure Documents) filed with or furnished to the Commission, any other Governmental Entity, or holders of any securities of any member of the Dover Group, in each case, on or after the Effective Time by or on behalf of any member of the Dover Group in connection with the registration, sale or distribution of securities or disclosure related thereto (including periodic disclosure obligations).

(46) “Dover Employee” shall have the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.

(47) “Dover Group” shall mean (i) Dover and each of its Subsidiaries immediately following the Effective Time and (ii) each other Person who is or becomes an Affiliate of Dover at or after the Effective Time, in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, other than the members of the Apergy Group.

(48) “Dover Indemnitees” shall mean each member of the Dover Group and each of their respective Affiliates from and after the Effective Time, and each of their respective current and former directors, officers, managers, employees and agents (in each case, in their respective capacities as such) and each of the heirs, administrators, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing, except the Apergy Indemnitees.

(49) “Dover LCs” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(e).

(50) “Dover Liabilities” shall mean:

(i) the Liabilities listed or described on Schedule 1.1(50)(i) and any and all Liabilities that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement as Liabilities to be retained, assumed or retired by any member of the Dover Group;

(ii) any and all Liabilities of Dover, Apergy, or any of their respective Affiliates, to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from:

(A) the operation or conduct of the Dover Business, as conducted at any time prior to, on or after the Effective Time (including any Liability to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any director, officer, employee, agent or representative of Dover, Apergy, or any of their respective Affiliates (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Person’s authority) with respect to the Dover Business);

(B) the operation or conduct of any business conducted by any member of the Dover Group at any time after the Effective Time (including any Liability to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any director, officer, employee, agent or representative of Dover or any of its Affiliates after the Effective Time (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Person’s authority) with respect to the Dover Business); or

 

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(C) any Dover Assets (other than Liabilities arising under Shared Contracts to the extent such Liabilities are allocated to the Apergy Group under Section 2.9(a)), whether arising before, on or after the Effective Time;

(iii) any and all Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Former Business formerly owned or managed by, or associated with, any member of the Dover Group or any of the Dover Businesses, other than those Former Businesses described on Schedule 1.1(22)(iii);

(iv) any and all Liabilities (including under applicable federal and state securities Laws) relating to, arising out of or resulting from:

(A) a material misstatement or omission contained in the sections of the Distribution Disclosure Documents described in Schedule 1.1(50)(iv)(A) hereto;

(B) any Pre-Separation Disclosure, but only to the extent such Liabilities arise out of, or result from, matters related to the Dover Business; and

(C) any Dover Disclosure;

(v) any and all Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Indebtedness of any member of the Dover Group (whether incurred prior to, on or after the Effective Time), other than any Indebtedness relating to the Apergy Financing Arrangements;

(vi) any and all Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Action to the extent such Action relates to, results from, or arises out of, the Dover Business, the Dover Assets or any of the other Dover Liabilities;

(vii) any and all Liabilities of the guarantor under the guarantees and obligations of the obligor under letters of credit listed or described on Schedule 2.12(a); and

(viii) any and all obligations of an insured Person under each Third Party Shared Policy to the extent related to or arising out of the Dover Business.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Dover Liabilities shall in no event include any Liabilities (including Liabilities under Apergy Contracts and Apergy Liabilities) that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (or the schedules hereto or thereto) as Liabilities to be retained or assumed by any member of the Apergy Group, including any Liabilities set forth on Schedule 1.1(22)(i), or for which any member of the Apergy Group is liable pursuant to this Agreement or such Ancillary Agreement.

 

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(51) “Effective Time” shall mean the time at which the Distribution is effective on the Distribution Date.

(52) “Employee Matters Agreement” shall mean the Employee Matters Agreement by and between Dover and Apergy, dated as of the date hereof and substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

(53) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time that reference is made thereto.

(54) “Financing Cash Payment” shall mean the cash payment made from Apergy to Dover in connection with the Apergy Financing Arrangements as further described on Schedule 1.1(54).

(55) “Form 10” shall mean the registration statement on Form 10 filed by Apergy with the Commission to effect the registration of the Apergy Common Stock pursuant to the Exchange Act in connection with the Distribution and all amendments or supplements thereto.

(56) “Form 10-K” shall mean the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 filed by Dover and all amendments thereto.

(57) “Former Business” shall mean any Business Entity, division, real estate, facility, material Asset, business unit or business, including any business within the definition of Rule 11-01(d) of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act (in each case, including any Assets and Liabilities comprising the same) that has been sold, conveyed, assigned, transferred or otherwise disposed of or divested (in whole or in part) or the operations, activities or production of which has been discontinued, abandoned, completed or otherwise terminated (in whole or in part), in each case, prior to the Effective Time.

(58) “GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles.

(59) “Governmental Approvals” shall mean any notices or reports to be submitted to, or other filings to be made with or submitted to, or any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations to be obtained from, any Governmental Entity.

(60) “Governmental Entity” shall mean any nation or government, any state, municipality or other political subdivision thereof and any entity, body, agency, commission, department, board, bureau or court, whether domestic, foreign or multinational, exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any official thereof, including the NYSE and any similar self-regulatory body under applicable securities Laws.

(61) “Group” shall mean either the Apergy Group or the Dover Group, as the context requires.

 

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(62) “Guaranty Release” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(b).

(63) “Indebtedness” shall mean (i) any indebtedness for borrowed money, whether short term or long term, including all obligations evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other debt securities or similar instruments, (ii) obligations as lessee under capital leases (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any real estate leases), whether short term or long term (provided, however, that for purposes of determining the amount of Indebtedness with respect to this clause (ii), no effect shall be given to any change in accounting for leases pursuant to GAAP resulting from the implementation of Financial Accounting Standards Board ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) to the extent such adoption would require treating any lease (or similar arrangement) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect as of the date hereof), (iii) obligations secured by any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind existing on any asset owned or held by any Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the obligations secured thereby, (iv) any obligation under any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, or other similar agreement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates or other hedging arrangements, (v) all liabilities under any surety and performance bonds, letters of credit, bankers acceptances or similar arrangements, (vi) all interest bearing indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of property or services, (vii) all principal, prepayment and redemption premiums and penalties (if any), interest, fees, expenses, and other monetary obligations owed with respect to indebtedness described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (vii) above and (viii) obligations under direct or indirect guarantees of (including obligations, contingent or otherwise, to assure a creditor against loss in respect of) indebtedness or obligations of the kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) above.

(64) “Indemnifiable Loss” and “Indemnifiable Losses” shall mean any and all damages, losses, deficiencies, Liabilities, obligations, penalties, judgments, settlements, claims, payments, fines, interest, costs and expenses (including costs and expenses provided for in Section 10.5(c) and the costs and expenses of any and all Actions and demands, assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto and the reasonable 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).

(65) “Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b).

(66) “Indemnitee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b).

(67) “Indemnity Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.7(a).

(68) “Information” shall mean information, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, 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), memos and other materials prepared by attorneys or under their direction (including attorney work product), and other technical, financial, employee or business information or data.

 

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(69) “Information Statement” shall mean the Information Statement attached as an exhibit to the Form 10 sent to the holders of shares of Dover Common Stock in connection with the Distribution, including any amendment or supplement thereto.

(70) “Insurance Administration” shall mean, with respect to each Third Party Shared Policy: (i) the accounting for premiums, retrospectively-rated premiums, defense costs, indemnity payments, deductibles and retentions, as appropriate, under the terms and conditions of such Third Party Shared Policy, (ii) discussions or negotiations with Third Party insurers and the control of any Actions relating to such Third Party Shared Policy, (iii) the reporting to excess insurance carriers of any losses or claims that may cause the per-occurrence, per claim or aggregate limits of such Third Party Shared Policy to be exceeded, (iv) the reporting to the relevant unaffiliated Third Party insurer that issues such Third Party Shared Policy of any losses or claims which may be covered by such Third Party Shared Policy and (v) the distribution of Insurance Proceeds related to such Third Party Shared Policy, subject to the terms of Article IX.

(71) “Insurance Proceeds” shall mean those monies (i) received by an insured from an unaffiliated Third Party insurer under any Third Party Shared Policy, or (ii) paid by such Third Party insurer on behalf of an insured under any Third Party Shared Policy, in either case net of any costs or expenses incurred in the collection thereof to the extent such adjustment is demonstrably related to such proceeds and net of any applicable premium adjustments (including reserves and retrospectively-rated premium adjustments) deductibles, retentions, or costs of reserve paid or held by or for the benefit of such insured.

(72) “Insured Claims” shall mean those Liabilities that, individually or in the aggregate, are covered within the terms and conditions of any of the Third Party Shared Policies, whether or not subject to deductibles, co-insurance, uncollectibility, exhaustion of limits, or retrospectively-rated premium adjustments.

(73) “Intellectual Property” shall mean all intellectual property and industrial property rights of any kind or nature, including all United States and foreign (i) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures, and all related continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, reissues, re-examinations, substitutions and extensions thereof, (ii) Trademarks, (iii) copyrights and copyrightable subject matter, whether statutory or common law, registered or unregistered and published or unpublished, (iv) rights of publicity, (v) moral rights and rights of attribution and integrity, (vi) rights in Software, (vii) trade secrets and all other confidential and proprietary information, know-how, inventions, improvements, processes, formulae, models and methodologies, (viii) rights to personal information, (ix) telephone numbers and internet protocol addresses, (x) applications and registrations for the foregoing, and (xi) rights and remedies against past, present, and future infringement, misappropriation, or other violation of the foregoing.

 

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(74) “Intercompany Accounts” shall mean any receivable, payable, loan or other intercompany balance (including in respect of any cash balances, any cash balances representing deposited checks or drafts or any cash held in any centralized cash management system) between any member of the Dover Group, on the one hand, and any member of the Apergy Group, on the other hand, that is reflected in the Records of the relevant members of the Dover Group and the Apergy Group, except for any such receivable, payable, loan or intercompany balance that arises pursuant to this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any Continuing Arrangement.

(75) “Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a)(1).

(76) “IT Equipment” shall mean all computers, servers, printers, computer hardware, wired or mobile telephones, on-site process control and automation systems, telecommunication assets, and other information technology-related equipment.

(77) “Law” shall mean any applicable United States or non-United States federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, local or similar statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, income tax treaty, order, requirement or rule of law (including common law) or other binding directives promulgated, issued, entered into or taken by any Governmental Entity.

(78) “Liabilities” shall mean all obligations, responsibilities, response actions, losses, damages (whether compensatory, punitive, consequential, incidental, treble or other), fines, penalties and sanctions, whether absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, foreseen or unforeseen, reserved or unreserved, joint, several or individual, asserted or unasserted, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown, determined or determinable, whenever and however arising, including those arising under or in connection with any Law or other pronouncements of Governmental Entities having the effect of Law, Actions, threatened Actions, order or consent decree of any Governmental Entity or any award of any arbitration tribunal, and those arising under any Contract, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute, or otherwise, and including any costs, expenses, interest, attorneys’ fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, expert and consulting fees and costs related thereto or to the investigation or defense thereof, and whether or not the same would be required by GAAP and accounting policies to be reflected in financial statements or disclosed in the notes thereto. Except as otherwise specifically set forth herein, in the Tax Matters Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement or other Ancillary Agreement, as applicable, the rights and obligations of the Parties with respect to Taxes shall be governed by the Tax Matters Agreement or the Employee Matters Agreement, as applicable, and, therefore, Taxes shall not be treated as Liabilities.

(79) “Liable Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(b).

(80) “New York Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.19.

(81) “NYSE” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.

(82) “Other Parties’ Auditors” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a)(2).

(83) “Other Party Marks” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a).

 

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(84) “Party” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

(85) “Person” shall mean any (i) individual, (ii) Business Entity or Governmental Entity.

(86) “Policies” shall mean insurance policies and insurance Contracts of any kind (other than life and benefits policies or Contracts), including primary, excess and umbrella policies, commercial general liability policies, punitive damages liability, cyber liability, director and officer liability, fiduciary liability, automobile, aircraft, property and casualty, terrorism, business interruption, workers’ compensation and employee dishonesty insurance policies, bonds and self-insurance and captive insurance company arrangements, together with the rights, benefits and privileges thereunder.

(87) “Pre-Separation Disclosure” shall mean any form, statement, schedule or other material (other than the Distribution Disclosure Documents) that Dover, Apergy, or any of their respective Affiliates filed with or furnished to the Commission, any other Governmental Entity, or holders of any securities of Dover or any of its Affiliates, in each case, prior to the Effective Time and in connection with the registration, sale, or distribution of securities or disclosure related thereto (including periodic disclosure obligations).

(88) “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate per annum publicly announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank (or any successor thereto or other major money center commercial bank agreed to by the Parties) from time to time as its prime lending rate, as in effect from time to time.

(89) “Privileged Information” shall mean any information, in written, oral, electronic or other tangible or intangible forms, including any 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), as to which a Party or any member of its Group would be entitled to assert or have a privilege, including the attorney-client, attorney work product privileges, the tax practitioner privilege and any privilege relating to internal evaluation processes.

(90) “Record Date” shall mean the date to be determined by the Board of Directors of Dover in its sole discretion as the record date for the Distribution.

(91) “Records” shall mean any Contracts, documents, corporate, operational, accounting and other books and records, files, data, correspondence, studies, surveys, reports and other data (in each case whether in written or electronic format), including all title records, prospect information, title opinions, title insurance reports, abstracts, property ownership reports, customer lists, supplier lists, sales materials, and reports, health, environmental and safety information and records, Third Party licenses, accounting and financial records, promotional materials, operational records, technical records, reserve estimates and economic estimates; production and processing records, division order, lease and files, accounting files and Tax records (other than income Tax).

(92) “Reorganization” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

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(93) “Reorganization Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

(94) “Reorganization Step Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

(95) “Retained Energy Businesses” shall mean all businesses, operations and activities of the Bearings and Compression and Tulsa Winch Group (TWG) businesses as well as any businesses, operations and activities of the Energy operating segment (as described in Dover’s Form 10-K) of Dover as of the Distribution Date that are not conducted by the Apergy Group as of the Distribution Date (but immediately after giving effect to the Distribution).

(96) “Rules” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2.

(97) “Security Interest” shall mean 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, excluding restrictions on transfer under securities Laws.

(98) “Separation” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

(99) “Shared Contracts” shall mean (i) the Contracts listed on Schedule 1.1(99) and (ii) the Contracts entered into prior to the Effective Time to which either Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries and one or more Third Parties are a party that inures to the benefit or burden of both the Apergy Business and the Dover Business.

(100) “Shared Contractual Liabilities” shall mean Liabilities in respect of Shared Contracts.

(101) “Software” shall mean all computer programs (whether in source code, object code, or other form), algorithms, databases, compilations and data, and technology supporting the foregoing, and all documentation, including flowcharts and other logic and design diagrams, technical, functional and other specifications, and user manuals and training materials related to any of the foregoing.

(102) “Subsidiary” shall mean with respect to any Person (i) a corporation, fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting or capital stock of which is, as of the time in question, directly or indirectly owned by such Person and (ii) any other Business Entity in which such Person, directly or indirectly, owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity or economic interest thereof or has the power to elect or direct the election of fifty percent (50%) or more of the members of the governing body of such entity or otherwise has control over such entity (e.g., as the managing partner of a partnership).

(103) “Tax” shall have the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.

(104) “Tax Matters Agreement” shall mean the Tax Matters Agreement by and between Dover and Apergy, dated as of the date hereof, and substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto.

 

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(105) “Tax Return” shall have the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.

(106) “Third Party” shall mean any Person other than the Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries.

(107) “Third Party Claim” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b).

(108) “Third Party Shared Policies” shall mean all Policies, whether or not in force at the Effective Time, issued by unaffiliated Third Party insurers to Dover, Apergy, or any of their respective Affiliates, which cover risks that relate to both the Dover Business and the Apergy Business.

(109) “Trademarks” shall mean all United States and foreign trademarks, service marks, corporate names, trade names, domain names, logos, slogans, designs, trade dress and other similar designations of source or origin, whether registered or unregistered, together with the goodwill symbolized by any of the foregoing.

(110) “Transfer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(i).

(111) “Transfer Documents” shall mean, collectively, the various Contracts and other documents entered into and to be entered into to effect the transfer of Assets and the assumption of Liabilities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement (including as contemplated by the Reorganization Step Plan), or otherwise relating to, arising out of or resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (other than the Ancillary Agreements), each of which shall be in such form and dated as of such date as Dover shall determine in its sole discretion.

(112) “Transferred Entities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(i).

(113) “Transition Services Agreement” shall mean the Transition Services Agreement by and between Dover and Apergy, dated as of the date hereof, and substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C hereto.

(114) “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person if all of the common stock or other similar equity ownership interests (but not including non-voting preferred stock) in such Subsidiary (other than any director’s qualifying shares or investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable Law) is owned directly or indirectly by such Person.

Section 1.2 References; Interpretation. References in this Agreement to any gender include references to all genders, and references to the singular include references to the plural and vice versa. Any action to be taken by the Board of Directors of a Party may be taken by a committee of the Board of Directors of such Party if properly delegated by the Board of Directors of a Party to such committee. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(i) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” when used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”;

 

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(ii) references in this Agreement to Articles, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement;

(iii) the words “hereof”, “hereby” and “herein” and words of similar meaning when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular Article, Section or provision of this Agreement;

(iv) the words “written request” when used in this Agreement shall include email;

(v) references in this Agreement to any time shall be to New York City, New York time unless otherwise expressly provided herein; and

(vi) as described in Section 10.1, to the extent that the terms and conditions of any Schedule hereto conflict with the express terms of the body of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, the terms of such Schedule shall control; it being understood that the Parties intend to include in the Schedules hereto any exceptions to the general rules described in the body of this Agreement and to give full effect to such exceptions, with respect to the matters expressly set forth therein.

Section 1.3 Effective Time. This Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Time.

Section 1.4 Other Matters. As described in more detail in, but subject to the terms and conditions of, Section 10.1 and Section 10.2, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement will govern Dover’s and Apergy’s respective rights, responsibilities and obligations after the Distribution with respect to the matters set forth in such Ancillary Agreement, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement.

ARTICLE II

THE SEPARATION

Section 2.1 General. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including Section 4.4, the Parties shall use, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to use, their respective commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, a portion of which may have already been implemented prior to the date hereof. It is the intent of the Parties that prior to consummation of the Distribution, the Parties shall complete the Reorganization such that immediately following the consummation of such reorganization, subject to Section 2.7 and the provisions of any Ancillary Agreement, (i) all of Dover’s and its Subsidiaries’ right, title and interest in and to the Apergy Assets will be owned or held by a member or members of the Apergy Group, the Apergy Business will be conducted by the members of the Apergy Group and the Apergy Liabilities will be assumed directly or indirectly by (or retained by) a member of the Apergy Group; and (ii) all of Dover’s and its Subsidiaries’ right, title and interest in and to the Dover Assets will be owned or held by a member or members of the Dover Group, the Dover Business will be conducted by the members of the

 

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Dover Group and the Dover Liabilities will be assumed directly or indirectly by (or retained by) a member of the Dover Group, except for such steps (if any) as Dover in its sole discretion shall have determined need not be completed or may be completed after the consummation of the Distribution; provided, however, that any such determination shall not limit the Parties’ respective obligations under Section 2.2 or Section 2.3. Further, it is the intent of the Parties that the assumption by Apergy of Apergy Liabilities is made in connection with the Separation, including the transfer of the Apergy Assets to Apergy in the Reorganization.

Section 2.2 Transfer of Assets.

(a) At or prior to the Effective Time and to the extent not already completed (it being understood that some of such Transfers may occur following the Effective Time in accordance with Section 2.7):

(i) Dover shall, and hereby does, on behalf of itself and the other members of the Dover Group, as applicable, transfer, contribute, assign, distribute, convey and/or deliver or cause to be transferred, contributed, assigned, distributed, conveyed and/or delivered (“Transfer”), to Apergy or another member of the Apergy Group, and Apergy or such other member of the Apergy Group shall and hereby does accept from Dover and the applicable members of the Dover Group, all of Dover’s and the other members of the Dover Group’s respective direct or indirect right, title and interest in and to the Apergy Assets, including all of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests in the entities listed on Schedule 2.2(a)(i) (the “Transferred Entities”) (it being understood that if any Apergy Asset shall be held by a Subsidiary of a Transferred Entity, such Apergy Asset may be Transferred for all purposes hereunder as a result of the Transfer of the equity interests in such Transferred Entity to Apergy or another member of the Apergy Group); and

(ii) Apergy shall and hereby does, on behalf of itself and the other members of the Apergy Group, as applicable, Transfer to Dover or another member of the Dover Group, and Dover or such other member of the Dover Group shall and hereby does accept from Apergy and the applicable members of the Apergy Group, all of Apergy’s and the other members of the Apergy Group’s respective direct or indirect right, title and interest in and to the Dover Assets held by Apergy or a member of the Apergy Group.

(b) Unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, each of Dover and Apergy, as applicable, shall be entitled to designate the Business Entity within such Party’s respective Group to which any Assets are to be transferred pursuant to Section 2.2(a) or Section 2.7.

Section 2.3 Assumption and Satisfaction of Liabilities. Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, from and after the Effective Time, (a) Dover shall, or shall cause another member of the Dover Group to, accept, assume (or, as applicable, retain) and perform, discharge and fulfill, in accordance with their respective terms, all of the Dover Liabilities and (b) Apergy shall, or shall cause another member of the Apergy Group to, accept, assume (or, as applicable, retain) and perform, discharge and fulfill, in accordance with their respective terms, all the Apergy Liabilities, in each case regardless of (i)

 

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when or where such Liabilities arose or arise, (ii) where or against whom such Liabilities are asserted or determined, (iii) whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, gross negligence, recklessness, violation of Law, willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud, misrepresentation or any other cause by any member of the Dover Group or the Apergy Group, as the case may be, or any of their past or present respective directors, officers, employees, or agents, (iv) which entity is named in any Action associated with any Liability and (v) whether the facts on which they are based occurred prior to, on or after the date hereof.

Section 2.4 Intercompany Accounts.

(a) Each Intercompany Account (other than those set forth on Schedule 2.4(a)) which exists and is reflected immediately prior to the Effective Time in any general ledger account or other Records of Dover, Apergy or any of their respective Affiliates, shall be satisfied and/or settled by the relevant members of the Dover Group and the Apergy Group no later than the Effective Time by (i) forgiveness by the relevant obligee, (ii) one or a related series of distributions of and/or contributions to capital, (iii) payment by the relevant obligor to the relevant obligee, or (iv) dividends or a combination of the foregoing, in each case as determined by Dover.

(b) With respect to any Intercompany Account that is set forth on Schedule 2.4(a) and any other Intercompany Account that is not satisfied or settled as described in Section 2.4(a) for any reason, such Intercompany Account shall continue to be outstanding after the Effective Time and thereafter (i) shall be an obligation of the relevant Party (or the relevant member of such Party’s Group), each responsible for fulfilling its (or a member of such Party’s Group’s) obligations in accordance with the terms and conditions applicable to such obligation or if such terms and conditions are not set forth in writing, such obligation shall be satisfied within 30 days of a written request by the beneficiary of such obligation given to the corresponding obligor thereunder, and (ii) shall be for each relevant Party (or the relevant member of such Party’s Group) an obligation to a Third Party and shall no longer be an Intercompany Account.

Section 2.5 Bank Accounts; Cash Balances.

(a) The Parties agree to take, or to cause the respective members of their respective Groups to take, at the Effective Time (or such earlier time as Dover may determine), all actions necessary to amend all Contracts governing each bank and brokerage account owned by Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group (the “Apergy Accounts”) so that such Apergy Accounts, if currently linked (whether by automatic withdrawal, automatic deposit, or any other authorization to transfer funds from or to, hereinafter “linked”) to any bank or brokerage account owned by Dover or any other member of the Dover Group (the “Dover Accounts”) are de-linked from the Dover Accounts. From and after the Effective Time, no Dover Employee shall have any authority to access or control any Apergy Account, except as provided for through the Transition Services Agreement.

 

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(b) The Parties agree to take, or to cause the respective members of their respective Groups to take, at the Effective Time (or such earlier time as Dover may determine), all actions necessary to amend all Contracts governing the Dover Accounts so that such Dover Accounts, if currently linked to an Apergy Account, are de-linked from the Apergy Accounts. From and after the Effective Time, no Apergy Employee shall have any authority to access or control any Dover Account, except as provided for through the Transition Services Agreement.

(c) With respect to any outstanding checks issued by Dover, Apergy, or any of their respective Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time, such outstanding checks shall be honored following the Effective Time by the member of the applicable Group owning the account on which the check is drawn.

(d) As between the two Parties (and the members of their respective Groups) all payments and reimbursements received after the Effective Time by either Party (or member of its Group) that relate to a Business, Asset or Liability of the other Party (or member of its Group), shall be held by such Party in trust for the use and benefit of the Party entitled thereto. Each Party shall maintain an accounting of any such payments and reimbursements, and, promptly following the end of each month, the Parties shall effect a reconciliation with respect to such month, whereby all such payments and reimbursements received by each Party are calculated and the net amount owed to Apergy or Dover, as applicable, shall be promptly paid over with right of set-off.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in the Tax Matters Agreement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Parties agree that, prior to the Effective Time, Dover or any other member of the Dover Group may (i) withdraw any and all cash or cash equivalents from the Apergy Accounts for the benefit of Dover or any other member of the Dover Group and (ii) use, retain or otherwise dispose of all cash generated by the Apergy Business and the Apergy Assets in accordance with the ordinary course operation of Dover’s cash management systems, and any such cash or cash equivalents so withdrawn, used, retained or otherwise disposed of pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) above shall be a Dover Asset.

Section 2.6 Limitation of Liability; Termination of Intercompany Agreements.

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no Party or any member of such Party’s Group shall have any Liability to any other Party or any member of such other Party’s Group in the event that any Information exchanged or provided pursuant to this Agreement (but excluding any such information included in the Distribution Disclosure Documents, any Liability for which shall be governed by Section 2.3) which is an estimate or forecast, or which is based on an estimate or forecast, is found to be inaccurate.

(b) Except as provided in Section 2.4, Section 2.12, Article VI or as set forth in subsection (c) below, no Party or any member of such Party’s Group shall have any Liability to the other Party or any member of such other Party’s Group based upon, arising out of or resulting from any Contract, course of dealing or understanding, whether or not in writing, entered into or existing at or prior to the Effective Time between such Party or such member of such Party’s Group, on the one hand, and the other Party or any member of such other Party’s Group, on the other hand, and each Party hereby terminates, and shall cause all members in its Group to terminate, any and all Contracts, courses of dealing or understandings between it or any members in its Group, on the one hand, and the other Party or any members of such other Party’s Group, on the other hand, effective as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, and any such

 

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Liability, whether or not in writing, is hereby irrevocably cancelled, released and waived effective as of the Effective Time. No such terminated Contract, course of dealing or understanding (including any provision thereof which purports to survive such termination) shall be of any further force or effect after the Effective Time. Each Party shall, at the reasonable request of the other Party, take, or cause to be taken, any reasonably requested actions necessary to effect the foregoing.

(c) The provisions of Section 2.6(b) shall not apply to any of the following Contracts, courses of dealing or understandings (or to any of the provisions thereof):

(i) this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, the Reorganization Documents, the Continuing Arrangements and any Contract entered into in connection herewith or in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby;

(ii) any Intercompany Accounts listed or described on Schedule 2.4(a);

(iii) any Contracts, courses of dealing or understandings to which any Third Party is a party (it being understood that to the extent that the rights and obligations of the Parties and the members of their respective Groups under any such Contracts, courses of dealing or understandings constitute Dover Assets, Apergy Assets, Dover Liabilities, or Apergy Liabilities, such Contracts, courses of dealing or understandings shall be assigned or retained pursuant to Article II); and

(iv) any Contracts, courses of dealing or understandings to which any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Dover or Apergy is a party.

(d) If any Contract, course of dealing or understanding is terminated pursuant to Section 2.6(b) and, but for the mistake or oversight of either Party, would have been listed on Schedule 1.1(33) as a Continuing Arrangement as it is reasonably necessary for such affected Party to be able to continue to operate its businesses in substantially the same manner in which such businesses were operated prior to the Effective Time, then, at the request of such affected Party made within 12 months following the Effective Time, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to determine whether and to what extent (including the terms and conditions relating thereto), if any, notwithstanding such termination, such Contract, course of dealing or understanding should continue following the Effective Time; provided, however, that any Party may determine, in its sole discretion, not to re-instate or otherwise continue any such Contract, course of dealing or understanding.

Section 2.7 Transfers Not Effected At or Prior to the Effective Time; Transfers Deemed Effective as of the Effective Time.

(a) To the extent that any Transfers or assumptions contemplated by this Article II shall not have been consummated at or prior to the Effective Time (including any matters set forth on Schedule 2.7(a)), the Parties shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to effect such Transfers or assumptions as promptly following the Effective Time as shall be reasonably practicable. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require or constitute 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

 

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cause the respective members of their Groups to, cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to obtain, in accordance with applicable Law, 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; provided further that except to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements or as otherwise agreed between the Parties, neither Dover nor Apergy shall be obligated to contribute material capital or pay any material consideration in any form (including providing any letter of credit, guaranty or other financial accommodation) to any Person in order to obtain or make such Consents or Governmental Approvals. In the event that any such Transfer of Assets or assumption of Liabilities has not been consummated as of the Effective Time, then from and after the Effective Time (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 in trust 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; provided that in the event that any such Transfer of Assets or assumption of Liabilities is not able to be completed within 18 months following the Effective Time, the Parties shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to determine the appropriate treatment (including potential disposition) of such Asset or Liability. To the extent the foregoing applies to any Contracts (other than Shared Contracts, which shall be governed solely by Section 2.9) to be assigned for which any necessary Consents or Governmental Approvals are not received prior to the Effective Time, the treatment of such Contracts shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to Section 2.10 and Section 2.11, to the extent applicable. 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 is reasonably practicable 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 is to be Transferred or by the Party assuming such Liability in order to place such Party, insofar as is reasonably practicable and to the extent permitted by applicable Law, in the same position as if such Asset or Liability had been Transferred or assumed 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 income and gain, and dominion, control and command over such Asset or Liability, are to inure from and after the Effective Time to the relevant member or members of the Dover Group or the Apergy Group, as the case may be, entitled to the receipt of such Asset or required to assume such Liability pursuant to this Article II. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Parties agree that, as of the Effective Time, subject to Section 2.11(b), 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.

(b) If and when all Consents, Governmental Approvals and/or conditions, the absence or non-satisfaction of which caused the deferral of Transfer of any Asset or assumption of any Liability pursuant to Section 2.7(a), are obtained or satisfied, the Parties shall cause the Transfer, assumption or novation of the applicable Asset or Liability to be effected without

 

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further consideration in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement (including Sections 2.2 and 2.3) and/or the applicable Ancillary Agreement as promptly as reasonably practicable after the receipt of such Consents, Governmental Approvals and/or absence or satisfaction of conditions, and such Transfer, assumption or novation shall, to the extent possible without the imposition of any undue cost on any Party, be deemed to have become effective as of the Effective Time.

(c) The Party (or relevant member of its Group) retaining any Asset or Liability due to the deferral of the Transfer of such Asset or the deferral of the assumption of such Liability pursuant to Section 2.7(a) shall (i) not be obligated, in connection with the foregoing, to expend any money unless the necessary funds are advanced, assumed, or agreed in advance to be reimbursed, by the Party (or relevant member of its Group) entitled to such Asset or the Person intended to be subject to such Liability, other than reasonable attorneys’ fees and recording or similar or other incidental fees, all of which shall be promptly reimbursed by the Party (or relevant member of its Group) entitled to such Asset or the Person intended to be subject to such Liability and (ii) be indemnified for all Indemnifiable Losses or other Liabilities arising out of any actions (or omissions to act) of such retaining Party taken at the direction of the other Party (or relevant member of its Group) in connection with and relating to such retained Asset or Liability, as the case may be.

(d) From the Effective Time until the two year anniversary of this Agreement, if either Party determines that it (or any member of its Group) owns any Asset that was allocated by the terms of this Agreement to be Transferred to the other Party at the Effective Time or that is agreed by such Party and the other Party in their good faith judgment to be an Asset that more properly belongs to the other Party or an Asset that such other Party or Subsidiary was intended to have the right to continue to use, then the Party owning such Asset shall as applicable (i) Transfer any such Asset to the Party (or relevant member of its Group) identified as the appropriate transferee and following such Transfer, such Asset shall be an Apergy Asset or Dover Asset, as the case may be, or (ii) grant such mutually agreeable rights with respect to such Asset to permit such continued use, subject to and consistent with this Agreement, including with respect to assumption of associated Liabilities. In connection with such Transfer, the receiving party shall assume all Liabilities related to such Asset.

(e) After the Effective Time, each Party (or any member of its Group) may receive mail, packages and other communications properly belonging to the other Party (or any member of its Group). Accordingly, at all times after the Effective Time, each Party authorizes the other Party (or any member of its Group) to receive and open all mail, packages and other communications received by such Party (or any member of its Group) and not unambiguously intended for such first Party, any member of such first Party’s Group or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or other agents, and to the extent that they do not relate solely to the business of the receiving Party, the receiving party shall promptly deliver such mail, packages or other communications (or, in case the same relate to both businesses, copies thereof) to the other Party as provided for in Section 10.6. The provisions of this Section 2.7(e) are not intended to, and shall not, be deemed to constitute an authorization by any Party (or any member of its Group) to permit the other to accept service of process on its (or its members’) behalf and no Party (or any member of its Group) is or shall be deemed to be the agent of the other Party (or any member of its Group) for service of process purposes.

 

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Section 2.8 Transfer Documents. In connection with, and in furtherance of, the Transfers of Assets and the acceptance and assumptions of Liabilities contemplated by this Agreement, the Parties shall execute or cause to be executed, at or prior to the Effective Time, or after the Effective Time with respect to Section 2.7, by the appropriate entities, the Transfer Documents necessary to evidence the valid and effective assumption by the applicable Party (or any member of its Group) of its assumed Liabilities, and the valid Transfer to the applicable Party (or any member of its Group) of all rights, titles and interests in and to its accepted Assets, including the Transfer of real property with quit claim deeds, as may be appropriate.

Section 2.9 Shared Contracts.

(a) With respect to Shared Contractual Liabilities pursuant to, under or relating to a given Shared Contract, such Shared Contractual 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;

(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.

(b) Except as otherwise expressly contemplated in this Agreement or an Ancillary Agreement, if Dover or any member of the Dover Group, on the one hand, or Apergy or any member of the Apergy Group, on the other hand, receives any benefit or payment under any Shared Contract which was intended for the other Party or its Group, Dover, on the one hand, or Apergy, 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.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Parties have determined that it is advisable that certain Shared Contracts, or portions thereof, will be separated or assigned to a member of the Dover Group or Apergy Group, as applicable. The Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to separate the Shared Contracts which are identified on Schedule 2.9(c)(i) into separate Contracts between the appropriate Third Party and either Apergy or a member of the Apergy Group or Dover or a member of the Dover Group. Dover or a member of the Dover Group will use commercially reasonable efforts to assign the rights and obligations, but only to the extent relating to the Apergy Business, under the Shared Contracts which are identified on Schedule 2.9(c)(ii) to Apergy or a member of the Apergy Group. The Parties agree to cooperate and provide reasonable assistance prior to the Effective Time and for a period of six months following the Effective Time (with no obligation on the part of either Party to pay any costs or fees with respect to such assistance) in effecting the separation or assignment of such Shared Contracts as described above.

 

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Section 2.10 Further Assurances.

(a) In addition to and without limiting the actions specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement and subject to the limitations expressly set forth in this Agreement, including Section 2.7, each of the Parties shall cooperate with each other and use (and will cause the relevant member of its Group to use) commercially reasonable efforts, prior to, on and after the Effective Time, to take, or to cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or to cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary on its part under applicable Law or contractual obligations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.

(b) Without limiting the foregoing each Party shall cooperate with the other Party, and without any further consideration, but at the expense of the requesting Party (except as provided in Sections 2.7, 10.5(b), and 10.5(c)), from and after the Effective Time, to execute and deliver, or use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be executed and delivered, all instruments, including instruments of Transfer or title or other Contracts, to make all filings, to obtain all Consents and/or Governmental Approvals, and to take all such other actions as such Party may reasonably be requested to take by the other Party from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, in order to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and the Transfers of the applicable Assets and the assignment and assumption of the applicable Liabilities and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party will, at the reasonable request, cost and expense of the other Party (except as provided in Sections 2.7, 10.5(b), and 10.5(c)), take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to vest in such other Party such title and rights as possessed by the Transferring Party to the Assets allocated to such other Party under this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements, free and clear of any Security Interest, if and to the extent it is reasonably practicable to do so.

(c) From and after the Effective Time, with respect to any Action where any Party hereto (or any member of such Party’s Group) is a defendant, when and if requested by such Party, the other Party shall, unless such other Party reasonably determines that doing so would unduly burden or prejudice such other Party’s position with respect to such Action, petition the applicable court to remove the requesting Party (or such member of such Party’s Group) as a defendant to the extent that such Action relates solely to Assets or Liabilities that the other Party (or any member of such other Party’s Group) has been allocated pursuant to this Article II, and the other Party shall cooperate and assist in any required communication with any plaintiff or other related Third Party.

(d) On or prior to the Distribution Date, Dover and Apergy in their respective capacities as direct or indirect stockholders of their respective Subsidiaries, shall each ratify any actions that are reasonably necessary or desirable to be taken by any Subsidiary of Dover or Subsidiary of Apergy, as the case may be, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.

 

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Section 2.11 Novation of Liabilities; Consents.

(a) Each Party, at the request of the other Party or any member of the other Party’s Group (such other Party, the “Other Party”), shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any Consent, release, substitution or amendment required to novate or assign all obligations under Contracts (other than Shared Contracts, which shall be governed by Section 2.9) or other Liabilities (other than with regard to guarantees or letters of credit, which shall be governed by Section 2.12) for which a member of such Party’s Group and a member of the Other Party’s Group are jointly or severally liable and that do not constitute Liabilities of such other Party as provided in this Agreement, or to obtain in writing the unconditional release of all parties to such arrangements (other than any member of the Group who assumed or retained such Liability as set forth in this Agreement), so that, in any such case, the members of the applicable Group shall be solely responsible for such Contracts or Liabilities; provided, however, that no Party shall be obligated to pay any consideration therefor to any Third Party from whom any such Consent, release, substitution or amendment is requested (unless such Party is fully reimbursed by the requesting Other Party).

(b) If the Parties are unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required Consent, release, substitution or amendment described in Section 2.11(a), the Other Party or a member of such Other Party’s Group shall continue to be bound by such Contract, license or other obligation that does not constitute a Liability of such Other Party and, to the extent permitted by Law and the terms thereof, as agent or subcontractor for such Other Party, the Party or member of such Party’s Group who assumed or retained such Liability as set forth in this Agreement (the “Liable Party”) shall, or shall cause a member of its Group to, pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of such Other Party or member of such Other Party’s Group thereunder from and after the Effective Time; provided, however, that the Other Party shall not be obligated to extend, renew or otherwise cause such Contract, license or other obligation to remain in effect beyond the term in effect as of the Effective Time. The Liable Party shall indemnify each Other Party and the members of such Other Party’s Group and hold each of them harmless against any and all Liabilities (other than Liabilities of such Other Party) arising in connection therewith; provided that the Liable Party shall have no obligation to indemnify the Other Party or any member of such Other Party’s Group with respect to any matter to the extent that such Liabilities arise from such Other Party’s willful misconduct or fraud in connection therewith, in which case such Other Party shall be responsible for such Liabilities. The Other Party shall, without further consideration, promptly pay and remit, or cause to be promptly paid or remitted, to the Liable Party or, at the direction of the Liable Party, to another member of the Liable Party’s Group, all money, rights and other consideration received by it or any member of its Group in respect of such performance by the Liable Party (unless any such consideration is an Asset of such Other Party pursuant to this Agreement). If and when any such Consent, 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 Other Party shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, promptly Transfer or cause the Transfer of all rights, obligations and other Liabilities thereunder of such Other Party or any member of such Other Party’s Group to the Liable Party or to another member of the Liable Party’s Group without payment of any further consideration and the Liable Party, or another member of such Liable Party’s Group, without the payment of any further consideration, shall assume such rights and Liabilities to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.

 

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Section 2.12 Guarantees and Letters of Credit.

(a) Except as otherwise specified in any Ancillary Agreement, at or prior to the Effective Time, Dover shall (with the commercially reasonable cooperation of Apergy and the other members of the Apergy Group) use its commercially reasonable efforts, if so requested by Apergy, to have any member of the Apergy Group removed as guarantor of, or obligor for, any Dover Liability, including with respect to those guarantees and obligations listed or described on Schedule 2.12(a), to the extent that they relate to Dover Liabilities.

(b) Except as otherwise specified in any Ancillary Agreement, at or prior to the Effective Time, Apergy shall (with the commercially reasonable cooperation of Dover and the other members of the Dover Group) use its commercially reasonable efforts, if so requested by Dover, to have any member of the Dover Group removed as guarantor of, or obligor for, any Apergy Liability, including with respect to those guarantees listed or described on Schedule 2.12(b), to the extent that they relate to the Apergy Liabilities (each of the releases referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 2.12, a “Guaranty Release”).

(c) In furtherance of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), at or prior to the Effective Time:

(i) to the extent required to obtain a release from a guaranty of any member of the Dover Group, Apergy shall execute a guaranty agreement substantially in the form of the existing guaranty or such other form as is agreed to by the relevant parties to such guaranty agreement, except to the extent that such existing guaranty contains representations, covenants or other terms or provisions either (A) with which Apergy would be reasonably unable to comply or (B) which would be reasonably expected to be breached; and

(ii) to the extent required to obtain a release from a guaranty of any member of the Apergy Group, Dover shall execute a guaranty agreement substantially in the form of the existing guaranty or such other form as is agreed to by the relevant parties to such guaranty agreement, except to the extent that such existing guaranty contains representations, covenants or other terms or provisions either (A) with which Dover would be reasonably unable to comply or (B) which would be reasonably expected to be breached.

(d) If Dover or Apergy is unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any removal of any guarantee or other obligation as set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 2.12, (i) the relevant beneficiary shall indemnify and hold harmless the guarantor or obligor for any Indemnifiable Loss arising from or relating thereto (in accordance with the provisions of Article VI) and shall or shall cause one of its Subsidiaries to, as agent or subcontractor for such guarantor or obligor, pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of such guarantor or obligor thereunder, (ii) the relevant beneficiary shall pay to the guarantor or obligor a fee payable at the end of each calendar quarter based on a rate of 0.65% per annum on the average outstanding amount of the obligation underlying such guarantee or obligation during such quarter and (iii) each of Dover and Apergy shall not and shall cause the members of the respective Groups not to, renew or extend the term of, increase its obligations under, or transfer

 

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to a Third Party, any loan, guarantee, lease, contract or other obligation for which the other Party or member of such other Party’s Group is or may be liable unless all obligations of such other Party and the other members of such Party’s Group with respect thereto are thereupon terminated by documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such other Party; provided, however, that with respect to leases, in the event a Guaranty Release is not obtained and such first Party wishes to extend the term of such guaranteed lease then such first Party shall have the option of extending the term if it provides such security as is reasonably satisfactory to the guarantor under such guaranteed lease.

(e) Dover and Apergy shall cooperate and Apergy shall use commercially reasonable efforts to replace all letters of credit, performance bonds, surety bonds, bankers acceptances or similar arrangements issued by Dover or other members of the Dover Group on behalf of or in favor of any member of the Apergy Group or the Apergy Business (the “Dover LCs”) as promptly as practicable with letters of credit, performance bonds, surety bonds, bankers acceptances or similar arrangements from Apergy or a member of the Apergy Group as of the Effective Time. With respect to any Dover LCs that remain outstanding after the Effective Time (i) Apergy shall, and shall cause the members of the Apergy Group to, jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless the Dover Indemnitees for any Indemnifiable Loss arising from or relating to such Dover LCs, including any fees in connection with the issuance and maintenance thereof and any funds drawn by (or for the benefit of), or disbursements made to, the beneficiaries of such Dover LCs in accordance with the terms thereof, (ii) Apergy shall pay to Dover a fee payable at the end of each calendar quarter based on a rate of 0.65% per annum on the average outstanding balance during such quarter of any outstanding Dover LCs and (iii) without the prior written consent of Dover, Apergy shall not, and shall not permit any member of the Apergy Group to, enter into, renew or extend the term of, increase its obligations under, or transfer to a Third Party, any loan, lease, Contract or other obligation in connection with which Dover or any member of the Dover Group has issued any Dover LCs which remain outstanding. Neither Dover nor any member of the Dover Group will have any obligation to renew any letters of credit, performance bonds, surety bonds, bankers acceptances or similar arrangements issued on behalf of or in favor of any member of the Apergy Group or the Apergy Business after the expiration of any such letter of credit, performance bond, surety bond, bankers acceptance or similar arrangement.

Section 2.13 Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties.

(a) EACH OF DOVER (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH OTHER MEMBER OF THE DOVER GROUP), AND APERGY (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH OTHER MEMBER OF THE APERGY GROUP) UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT, EXCEPT AS MAY EXPRESSLY BE SET FORTH HEREIN, IN ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR IN ANY CONTINUING ARRANGEMENT, NO PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY IS REPRESENTING OR WARRANTING IN ANY WAY, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, AS TO THE ASSETS, BUSINESSES OR LIABILITIES CONTRIBUTED, TRANSFERRED, DISTRIBUTED 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

 

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FREEDOM FROM ANY SECURITY INTERESTS OF, AS TO NO INFRINGEMENT, VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OR ANY OTHER MATTER CONCERNING, ANY ASSETS OR BUSINESS OF SUCH PARTY, OR AS TO THE ABSENCE OF ANY DEFENSES OR RIGHT OF SETOFF OR FREEDOM FROM COUNTERCLAIM WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR OTHER ASSET, INCLUDING ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, OF ANY PARTY, OR AS TO THE LEGAL SUFFICIENCY OF ANY CONTRIBUTION, DISTRIBUTION, 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 OR IN ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT, ALL 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 OF DEED OR CONVEYANCE WITHOUT WARRANTY) AND THE RESPECTIVE TRANSFEREES SHALL BEAR ALL ECONOMIC AND LEGAL RISKS THAT (I) ANY CONVEYANCE SHALL PROVE TO BE INSUFFICIENT TO VEST IN THE TRANSFEREE GOOD TITLE, FREE AND CLEAR OF ANY SECURITY INTEREST, AND (II) ANY NECESSARY CONSENTS OR GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS ARE NOT OBTAINED OR THAT ANY REQUIREMENTS OF LAWS, CONTRACTS, OR JUDGMENTS ARE NOT COMPLIED WITH. ALL WARRANTIES OF HABITABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES ARISING UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (OR SIMILAR FOREIGN LAWS), ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.

(b) Each of Dover (on behalf of itself and each member of the Dover Group) and Apergy (on behalf of itself and each member of the Apergy Group) further understands and agrees that if the disclaimer of express or implied representations and warranties contained in Section 2.13(a) is held unenforceable or is unavailable for any reason under the Laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States or if, under the Laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, both Dover or any member of the Dover Group, on the one hand, and Apergy or any member of the Apergy Group, on the other hand, are jointly or severally liable for any Dover Liability or any Apergy Liability, respectively, then, the Parties intend that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary under the Laws of such foreign jurisdictions, the provisions of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (including the disclaimer of all representations and warranties, allocation of Liabilities among the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, releases, indemnification and contribution of Liabilities) shall prevail for any and all purposes among the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries.

(c) Dover hereby waives compliance by itself and each and every member of the Dover 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 Dover Assets to Dover or any member of the Dover Group.

(d) Apergy hereby waives compliance by itself and each and every member of the Apergy 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 Apergy Assets to Apergy or any member of the Apergy Group.

 

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Section 2.14 Apergy Financing Arrangements. Prior to the Distribution Date, Apergy or another member of the Apergy Group shall enter into the Apergy Financing Arrangements, on such terms and conditions as agreed by Dover (including the amount that shall be borrowed pursuant to the Apergy Financing Arrangements and the interest rates for such borrowings). Dover and Apergy shall participate in the preparation of all materials and presentations as may be reasonably necessary to secure funding pursuant to the Apergy Financing Arrangements, including rating agency presentations necessary to obtain the requisite ratings needed to secure the financing under any of the Apergy Financing Arrangements. The Parties agree that Apergy, and not Dover, shall be ultimately responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by, and for reimbursement of such costs and expenses to, any member of the Dover Group or Apergy Group associated with the Apergy Financing Arrangements. It is the intent of the Parties that the Financing Cash Payment is made in connection with the Separation, including the transfer of the Apergy Assets to Apergy in the Reorganization whenever made.

ARTICLE III

CERTAIN ACTIONS PRIOR TO THE DISTRIBUTION

Section 3.1 Reorganization. The Parties agree to take, or to cause the members of their respective Groups to take, prior to the Distribution, all actions necessary, subject to the terms of this Agreement, to effectuate the Reorganization (such documentation necessary to effect the Reorganization, the “Reorganization Documents”) as set forth on Schedule 3.1 (the steps of the Reorganization being referred to herein as the “Reorganization Step Plan”), and as updated by Dover from time to time.

Section 3.2 Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws. At or prior to the Effective Time, the Parties shall take, or cause the members of their respective Group to take, all necessary actions to adopt the form of amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws filed by Apergy with the Commission as exhibits to the Form 10, to be effective as of the Effective Time.

Section 3.3 Directors and Officers. At or prior to the Effective Time, (i) Dover shall take all necessary action to cause the Board of Directors of Apergy to consist of the individuals who are identified in the Form 10 (including the Information Statement) at the Effective Time as being directors of Apergy and (ii) Dover shall take all necessary action to cause the officers of Apergy to include the individuals who are identified in the Form 10 (including the Information Statement) at the Effective Time as being officers of Apergy.

Section 3.4 Resignations.

(a) Subject to Section 3.4(b), at or prior to the Effective Time, (i) Dover shall cause all its employees and any employees of its Affiliates who will not become Apergy Employees immediately following the Effective Time to resign or be removed, effective as of the Effective Time, from all positions as officers or directors of any member of the Apergy Group in which they serve and (ii) Apergy shall cause all Apergy Employees to resign or be removed, effective as of the Effective Time, from all positions as officers or directors of any member of the Dover Group in which they serve.

 

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(b) For the avoidance of doubt, no Person shall be required by any Party to resign from any position or office with another Party if such Person is disclosed in the Form 10 (including the Information Statement) as the Person who is to hold such position or office following the Distribution.

Section 3.5 Ancillary Agreements. At or prior to the Effective Time, Dover and Apergy shall enter into, and/or (where applicable) shall cause a member or members of their respective Groups to enter into, the Ancillary Agreements.

ARTICLE IV

THE DISTRIBUTION

Section 4.1 Stock Dividend to Dover; Distribution. On or prior to the Distribution Date, in connection with the Separation, including the Transfer of the Apergy Assets to Apergy in the Reorganization whenever made, Apergy shall issue to Dover as a stock dividend such number of shares of Apergy Common Stock (or Dover and Apergy shall take or cause to be taken such other appropriate actions to ensure that Dover has the requisite number of shares of Apergy Common Stock) as may be requested by Dover after consultation with Apergy in order to effect the Distribution, which shares as of the date of issuance shall represent (together with such shares previously held by Dover) all of the issued and outstanding shares of Apergy Common Stock. Subject to the conditions and other terms in this Article IV, Dover will cause the Agent on the Distribution Date to make the Distribution, including by crediting the appropriate number of shares of Apergy Common Stock to book entry accounts for each holder of Dover Common Stock or designated transferee or transferees of such holder of Dover Common Stock. For stockholders of Dover who own Dover Common Stock through a broker or other nominee, their shares of Apergy Common Stock will be credited to their respective accounts by such broker or nominee. No action by any holder of Dover Common Stock (or such holder’s designated transferee or transferees) on the Record Date shall be necessary for such stockholder (or such stockholder’s designated transferee or transferees) to receive the applicable number of shares of Apergy Common Stock (and, if applicable, cash in lieu of any fractional shares) such stockholder is entitled to in the Distribution.

Section 4.2 Fractional Shares. Dover stockholders who, after aggregating the number of shares of Apergy Common Stock (or fractions thereof) to which such stockholder would be entitled on the Record Date, would be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Apergy Common Stock in the Distribution, will receive cash in lieu of fractional shares. Fractional shares of Apergy Common Stock will not be distributed in the Distribution nor credited to book-entry accounts. The Agent shall, as soon as practicable after the Distribution Date (a) determine the number of whole shares and fractional shares of Apergy Common Stock allocable to each other holder of record or beneficial owner of Dover Common Stock as of close of business on the Record Date, (b) aggregate all such fractional shares into whole shares and sell the whole shares obtained thereby in open market transactions at then prevailing trading prices on behalf of holders who would otherwise be entitled to fractional share interests and (c) distribute to each such holder, or for the benefit of each such beneficial owner, such holder’s or owner’s ratable share of the net proceeds of such sale, based upon the average gross selling price per share of Apergy Common Stock, after making appropriate deductions for any amount required to be

 

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withheld for United States federal income tax purposes. Apergy shall bear the cost of brokerage fees and transfer taxes incurred in connection with these sales of fractional shares, which such sales shall occur as soon after the Distribution Date as practicable and as determined by the Agent. None of Dover, Apergy or the applicable Agent will guarantee any minimum sale price for the fractional shares of Apergy Common Stock. Neither Dover nor Apergy will pay any interest on the proceeds from the sale of fractional shares. The Agent will have the sole discretion to select the broker-dealers through which to sell the aggregated fractional shares and to determine when, how and at what price to sell such shares. Neither the Agent nor the selected broker-dealers will be Affiliates of Dover or Apergy.

Section 4.3 Actions in Connection with the Distribution.

(a) Apergy shall file or cause to be filed such amendments and supplements to the Form 10 as Dover may reasonably request, and such amendments as may be necessary in order to cause the same to become and remain effective as required by Law, including filing such amendments and supplements to the Form 10 and Information Statement as may be required by the Commission or federal, state or foreign securities Laws. Dover shall, or at Dover’s election Apergy shall, mail (or deliver by electronic means where not prohibited by Law) to the holders of Dover Common Stock, at such time on or prior to the Distribution Date as Dover shall reasonably determine, the Information Statement included in the Form 10, as well as any other information concerning Apergy, Apergy’s business, operations and management, the Separation and such other matters as Dover shall reasonably determine are necessary and as may be required by Law (or, in lieu of such mailing, shall mail to such holders a Notice of Internet Availability of Information Statement Materials). Promptly after receiving a request from Dover, Apergy shall prepare and, in accordance with applicable Law, file with the Commission any such documentation that Dover determines is necessary or desirable to effectuate the Distribution, and Dover and Apergy shall each use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary approvals from the Commission with respect thereto as soon as practicable.

(b) Apergy shall also prepare, file with the Commission and cause to become effective any registration statements or amendments thereof as may be required to effect the establishment of, or amendments to, any employee benefit and other plans or as otherwise necessary or appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any of the Ancillary Agreements, including any transactions related to financings or other credit facilities.

(c) Promptly after receiving a request from Dover, Apergy shall prepare and file, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have approved and made effective, an application for the original listing on the NYSE of the Apergy Common Stock to be distributed in the Distribution, subject to official notice of distribution.

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Section 4.4 Sole Discretion of Dover. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, Dover shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine the Distribution Date, the Effective Time and all terms of the Distribution, including the form, structure and terms of any transactions to effect the Distribution and the timing of and conditions to the consummation thereof. In addition, Dover may, in its sole discretion, in accordance with Section 10.10, at any time prior to the Distribution Date and from time to time until the completion of the Distribution decide to abandon the Distribution or modify or change the terms of the Distribution, including by accelerating or delaying the timing of the consummation of all or part of the Distribution. None of Apergy, any other member of the Apergy Group, any Apergy Employee or any Third Party shall have any right or claim to require the consummation of the Separation or the Distribution, each of which shall be effected at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of Dover.

Section 4.5 Conditions to Distribution. Subject to Section 4.4, the following are conditions to the consummation of the Distribution (which, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, may be waived, in whole or in part, by Dover in its sole discretion). The conditions are for the sole benefit of Dover and shall not give rise to or create any duty on the part of Dover or the Board of Directors of Dover to waive or not waive any such condition. Any determination made by Dover prior to the Distribution concerning the satisfaction or waiver of any or all of the conditions set forth in this Section 4.5 shall be conclusive and binding on the Parties hereto.

(a) The Form 10 shall have been declared effective by the Commission, with no stop order in effect with respect thereto or proceedings seeking any such stop order pending before or threatened by the Commission, and the Information Statement (or the Notice of Internet Availability of Information Statement Materials) shall have been mailed to Dover’s stockholders as of the Record Date;

(b) The Apergy Common Stock to be delivered to the Dover stockholders in the Distribution shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of distribution;

(c) Dover shall have obtained either:

(i) (A) a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service in form and substance satisfactory to Dover (in its sole discretion) substantially to the effect, among other things, that the Distribution, together with the Contribution, will qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, and that the Distribution will qualify as a tax-free distribution to Dover’s shareholders under Section 355 of the Code, and such private letter ruling shall not have been revoked prior to the Distribution Date or modified in any material respect and (B) an opinion from McDermott Will & Emery LLP or other outside tax counsel of national standing, in form and substance satisfactory to Dover (in its sole discretion), substantially to the effect that the Distribution, together with the Contribution, will qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, and the Distribution will qualify as a tax-free distribution to Dover’s shareholders under Section 355 of the Code; or

(ii) an opinion from McDermott Will & Emery LLP or other outside tax counsel of national standing, in form and substance satisfactory to Dover (in its sole discretion), substantially to the effect, among other things, that the Distribution, together with the Contribution, will qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, and the Distribution will qualify as a tax-free distribution to Dover’s shareholders under Section 355 of the Code.

 

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(d) All permits, registrations and consents required under the securities or blue sky Laws of states or other political subdivisions of the United States or of other foreign jurisdictions in connection with the Distribution shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect;

(e) No order, injunction or decree issued by any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Distribution or any of the transactions related thereto, including the Transfer of Assets and assumption of Liabilities pursuant to Article II hereof, shall be in effect, pending, threatened or issued and no other event outside the control of Dover shall have occurred or failed to occur that prevents the consummation of the Distribution or any of the related transactions;

(f) The Reorganization and the Separation shall have been effectuated, including execution of all related Reorganization Documents, in accordance with the Reorganization Step Plan, in each case, as provided for in Section 3.1, except for such steps (if any) as Dover in its sole discretion shall have determined need not be completed or may be completed after the Effective Time;

(g) The Board of Directors of Dover shall have declared the Distribution and approved all related transactions (and such declaration or approval shall not have been withdrawn);

(h) Each of the Ancillary Agreements shall have been duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto;

(i) All Governmental Approvals necessary to consummate the Distribution shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect;

(j) The Board of Directors of Dover shall have received an opinion from an independent appraisal firm confirming the solvency of each of Dover and Apergy after the Distribution and, as to the compliance by Dover in declaring the Distribution, with surplus requirements under Delaware Law, that is in form and substance acceptable to Dover in its sole discretion;

(k) Dover shall have received satisfactory assurances (as determined by Dover in its sole discretion) that on or prior to the Distribution Date, the Apergy Financing Arrangements shall have been executed and delivered and the proceeds thereof shall have been received by Apergy and Dover shall have received the Financing Cash Payment and Dover shall be satisfied in its sole discretion that, as of the Effective Time, no member of the Dover Group shall have any Liability under the Apergy Financing Arrangements; and

(l) No events or developments shall have occurred or exist that, in the judgment of the Board of Directors of Dover, in its sole and absolute discretion, make it inadvisable to effect the Distribution or the other transactions contemplated hereby, or would result in the Distribution or the other transactions contemplated hereby not being in the best interest of Dover or its stockholders.

 

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ARTICLE V

CERTAIN COVENANTS

Section 5.1 No Solicit. None of Dover or Apergy or any member of their respective Groups will from the Effective Time through and including the two year anniversary of the Effective Time, 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 of the other Party to terminate or breach an employment, contractual or other relationship with the other Party (or its Affiliates), hire or otherwise employ any employee of the other Party; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.1 shall be deemed to prohibit any general solicitation for employment through advertisements and search firms not specifically directed at employees of such other applicable Party; provided further, that the applicable Party has not encouraged or advised such firm to approach any such employee.

Section 5.2 Legal Names and Other Parties Trademark.

(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in any Ancillary Agreement, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Distribution Date, but in any event within six months thereafter, each Party shall cease (and shall cause all of the other members of its Group to cease): (i) making any use of any names or Trademarks that include (A) any of the Trademarks of the other Party or such other Party’s Affiliates (including, in the case of Apergy, “Dover”, “Dover Corporation” or the Dover logo or any other name or Trademark containing the words “Dover” or the logos or names set forth on Schedule 5.2(a)(i), and in the case of Dover, “Apergy”, “Apergy Corporation” or the Apergy logo or any other name or Trademark containing the words “Apergy” or the logos or names set forth on Schedule 5.2(a)(ii)) and (B) any names or Trademarks confusingly similar thereto or dilutive thereof (with respect to each Party, such Trademarks of the other Party or any of such other Party’s Affiliates, the “Other Party Marks”) and (ii) holding themselves out as having any affiliation with the other Party or such other Party’s Affiliates; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit any Party or any member of a Party’s Group from (1) in the case of any member of the Apergy Group, making factual and accurate reference in a non-prominent manner that it was formerly affiliated with Dover or in the case of any member of the Dover Group, making factual and accurate reference in a non-prominent manner that it was formerly affiliated with Apergy, (2) making use of any Other Party Mark in a manner that would constitute “fair use” under applicable Law if any unaffiliated Third Party made such use or would otherwise be legally permissible for any unaffiliated Third Party without the consent of the Party owning such Other Party Mark, (3) in the case of any member of the Apergy Group, using, solely in connection with the operation of the Apergy Business and in the ordinary course in accordance with the prior practices of the Apergy Business, any existing inventory and packaging included in the Apergy Assets containing the Trademarks of Dover or Dover’s Affiliates for a period of 18 months following the Distribution Date and (4) making references in internal historical and tax records. In furtherance of the foregoing, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than six months following the Distribution Date (or 18 months following the Distribution Date pursuant to clause

 

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(3) of the previous sentence, as applicable), each Party shall (and cause all of the other members of its Group to) remove, strike over or otherwise obliterate all Other Party Marks from all of such Party’s and its Affiliates’ Assets and other materials owned by or in the possession of such Party or any member or such Party’s Group, including any vehicles, business cards, schedules, stationery, packaging materials, displays, signs, promotional materials, manuals, forms, websites, email, computer software and other materials and systems; provided, however, that Apergy shall promptly after the Distribution Date post a disclaimer in a form and manner reasonably acceptable to Dover on the “www.apergy.com” website informing its customers that as of the Effective Time and thereafter Apergy, and not Dover, is responsible for the operation of the Apergy Business, including such website and any applicable services. Any use by any Party or any of such Party’s Affiliates of any of the Other Party Marks as permitted in this Section 5.2 is subject to their compliance in all material respects with all quality control standards and related requirements and guidelines in effect for the Other Party Marks as of the Effective Time. No Party or any member of its Group shall use the Other Party Marks in a manner that may reflect negatively on such name and marks or on the other Party or any member of such Party’s Group. Each Party shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party and the members of the other Party’s Group from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses arising from or relating to the use by any member of such first Party’s Group of the Other Party Marks pursuant to this Section 5.2(a).

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing requirements of Section 5.2(a), if any Party or any member of such Party’s Group has used commercially reasonable efforts to comply with Section 5.2(a) but is unable, due to regulatory or other circumstance beyond its control, to effect a legal name change in compliance with applicable Law such that an Other Party Mark remains in such Party’s or its Group member’s legal name, then such Party or its relevant Group member will not be deemed to be in breach hereof as long as it continues to use commercially reasonable efforts to effectuate such name change and does effectuate such name change within 12 months after the Distribution Date, and, in such circumstances, such Party or Group member may continue to include in its Assets and other materials references to the Other Party Mark that is in such Party’s or Group member’s legal name which includes references to “Apergy” or “Dover” as applicable, but only to the extent necessary to identify such Party or Group member and only until such Party’s or Group member’s legal name can be changed to remove and eliminate such references.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing requirements of Section 5.2(a), Apergy shall not be required to change any name including the words “Dover” in any Third Party Contract, or in property records with respect to real or personal property, if an effort to change the name is commercially unreasonable; provided, however, that (i) Apergy on a prospective basis from and after the Distribution Date shall change the name in any new or amended Third Party Contract or property record and (ii) Apergy shall not advertise or make public any continued use of the “Dover” name permitted by this Section 5.2(c).

Section 5.3 Auditors and Audits; Annual and Quarterly Financial Statements and Accounting.

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consent of the other applicable Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, during any period of time after June 30, 2019 reasonably requested by such requesting Party so long as there is a reasonable business purpose for such request) and in any event solely with respect to the preparation and audit of each of the Party’s financial statements for any of the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the printing, filing and public dissemination of such financial statements, the audit of each Party’s internal control over financial reporting related to such financial statements and such Party’s management’s assessment thereof, and each Party’s management’s assessment of such Party’s disclosure controls and procedures related to such financial statements:

(1) Annual Financial Statements. Each Party shall provide to the other Party on a timely basis all information reasonably required to meet its schedule for the preparation, printing, filing, and public dissemination of its annual financial statements and for management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures and its internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Items 307 and 308, respectively, of Regulation S-K and, to the extent applicable to such Party, (a) its auditor’s audit report of its internal control over financial reporting and (b) management’s assessment thereof in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Commission’s and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s rules and auditing standards thereunder (such assessments and audit being referred to as the “Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Party will provide all required financial and other Information with respect to itself and its Subsidiaries to its auditors in a sufficient and reasonable time and in sufficient detail to permit its auditors to take all steps and perform all reviews necessary to provide sufficient assistance to each other Party’s auditors with respect to information to be included or contained in such other Party’s annual financial statements and to permit such other Party’s auditors and management to complete their respective auditor’s report on Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments, to the extent applicable to such Party.

(2) Access to Personnel and Records. Each audited Party shall authorize, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause, its respective auditors to make available to the other Party’s auditors (each such other Party’s auditors, collectively, the “Other Parties’ Auditors”) both the personnel who performed or are performing the annual audits of such audited Party (each such Party with respect to its own audit, the “Audited Party”) and work papers related to the annual audits of such Audited Party (subject to the execution of any reasonable and customary access letters that such Audited Party’s auditors may require in connection with the review of such work papers by such Other Party’s Auditors), in all cases within a reasonable time prior to such Audited Party’s expected auditors’ opinion date, so that the Other Parties’ Auditors are able to perform the procedures they consider necessary to take responsibility for the work of the Audited Party’s auditors as it relates to their auditors’ report on such other Party’s financial statements, all within sufficient time to enable such other Party to meet its timetable for the printing, filing and public dissemination of its annual financial statements. Each Party shall make available to the Other Parties’ Auditors and management its personnel and Records in a reasonable time prior to the Other Parties’ Auditors’ opinion date and other Parties’ management’s assessment date so that the Other Parties’ Auditors and other Parties’ management are able to perform the procedures they consider necessary to conduct their respective Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments.

 

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(b) Amended Financial Reports. In the event a Party restates any of its financial statements that includes such Party’s audited or unaudited financial statements with respect to any balance sheet date or period of operation between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2018, such Party will deliver to the other Party a substantially final draft, as soon as the same is prepared, of any report to be filed by such first Party with the Commission that includes such restated audited or unaudited financial statements (the “Amended Financial Reports”); provided, however, that such first Party may continue to revise its Amended Financial Report prior to its filing thereof with the Commission, which changes will be delivered to the other Party as soon as reasonably practicable; provided further, however, that such first Party’s financial personnel will actively consult with the other Party’s financial personnel regarding any changes which such first Party may consider making to its Amended Financial Report and related disclosures prior to the anticipated filing of such report with the Commission, with particular focus on any changes which would have an effect upon the other Party’s financial statements or related disclosures. Each Party will reasonably cooperate with, and permit and make any necessary employees available to, the other Party and the Other Parties’ Auditors, in connection with the other Party’s preparation of any Amended Financial Reports.

(c) Financials; Outside Auditors. If any Party or member of its respective Group is required, pursuant to Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X or otherwise, to include in its Exchange Act filings audited financial statements or other information of the other Party or member of the other Party’s Group, the other Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts (i) to provide such audited financial statements or other information and (ii) to cause its outside auditors to consent to the inclusion of such audited financial statements or other information in the Party’s Exchange Act filings.

(d) Third Party Agreements. Nothing in this Section 5.3 shall require any Party to violate any Contract or arrangement with any Third Party regarding the confidentiality of confidential and proprietary information relating to that Third Party or its business; provided, however, that in the event that a Party is required under this Section 5.3 to disclose any such information, such Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to obtain such Third Party’s consent to the disclosure of such information. The Parties also acknowledge that the Other Parties’ Auditors are subject to contractual, legal, professional and regulatory requirements which such auditors are responsible for complying with.

Section 5.4 No Restrictions on Corporate Opportunities.

(a) In the event that Dover or any other member of the Dover Group, or any director or officer of Dover or any other member of the Dover Group, acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for both Dover or any other member of the Dover Group and Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group, neither Dover nor any other member of the Dover Group, nor any director or officer of Dover or any other member of the Dover Group, shall have any duty to communicate or present such corporate opportunity to Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group and shall not be liable to Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group or to Apergy’s stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder of Apergy or an officer or director thereof by reason of the fact that Dover or any other member of the Dover Group pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person or entity or does not present such corporate opportunity to Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group.

 

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(b) In the event that Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group, or any director or officer of Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group, acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for both Dover or any other member of the Dover Group and Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group, neither Apergy nor any other member of the Apergy Group, nor any director or officer of Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group, shall have any duty to communicate or present such corporate opportunity to Dover or any other member of the Dover Group and shall not be liable to Dover or any other member of the Dover Group or to Dover’s stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder of Dover or an officer or director thereof by reason of the fact that Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person or entity or does not present such corporate opportunity to Dover or any other member of the Dover Group.

(c) For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent that any person who is a director or officer of Dover or any other member of the Dover Group is also a director or officer of Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group, such person shall have no duty to communicate or present any corporate opportunity of which he or she acquires knowledge to Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group and shall not be liable to Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group or to Apergy’s stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as an officer or director of Apergy by reason of the fact that Dover or any other member of the Dover Group pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity, directs such corporate opportunity to another Person or does not present such corporate opportunity to Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group.

(d) For the purposes of this Section 5.4, “corporate opportunities” of Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group shall include business opportunities that are, by their nature, in a line of business of Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group, including the Apergy Business, are of practical advantage to them and are ones in which Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group have an interest or a reasonable expectancy, and in which, by embracing the opportunities, the self-interest of Dover or any other member of the Dover Group or any of their officers or directors will be brought into conflict with that of Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group, and “corporate opportunities” of Dover or any other member of the Dover Group shall include business opportunities that are, by their nature, in a line of business of Dover or any other member of the Dover Group, including the Dover Business, are of practical advantage to them and are ones in which Dover or any other member of the Dover Group have an interest or a reasonable expectancy, and in which, by embracing the opportunities, the self-interest of Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group or any of their officers or directors will be brought into conflict with that of Dover or any other member of the Dover Group.

Section 5.5 Patent Covenant Not to Sue. Effective as of the Closing Date, Apergy, on behalf of itself and the other members of the Apergy Group, (the “Covenant Parties”), hereby covenants to Dover and the other members of the Dover Group, that none of the Covenant Parties shall bring any Action against any of Dover or the other members of the Dover Group

 

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anywhere in the world relating to or arising from an alleged infringement, misappropriation, violation or similar claim with respect to the patent listed on Schedule 1.1(11)(vii) arising from Dover’s or the other members of the Dover Group’s use of such patent in the current and future operation of the Dover Business (the “Permitted Business”). Each of Dover and the other members of the Dover Group may extend the benefits of the above covenant solely to: (i) any current or future affiliate created as part of an internal reorganization, (ii) third-party suppliers, manufacturers, contractors or consultants, solely to the extent such third parties perform services on behalf of or provide products to Dover or the other members or the Dover Group in connection with the Permitted Business, (iii) distributors or partners, solely to the extent such persons use or resell, license or distribute products or services received from Dover or the other members of the Dover Group as part of the Permitted Business, or (iv) customers, solely for end-use purposes with respect to products or services received from Dover or the other members of the Dover Group as part of the Permitted Business.

ARTICLE VI

RELEASES AND INDEMNIFICATION

Section 6.1 Release of Pre-Distribution Claims.

(a) Except (i) as provided in Section 6.1(b), (ii) as may be otherwise provided in any Ancillary Agreement and (iii) for any matter for which any Party is entitled to indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Article VI, each Party, for itself and each member of its respective Group, their respective Affiliates and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time were directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of their respective Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), in each case, together with their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, does hereby remise, release and forever discharge the other Party and the other members of such other Party’s Group, their respective Affiliates and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time were stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of such other Party’s Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), in each case, together with their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from any and all Liabilities whatsoever, whether at Law or in equity (including any right of contribution), 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 at or before the Effective Time, including in connection with all activities to implement the Distribution, the Separation and any of the other transactions contemplated hereunder and under any of the Ancillary Agreements; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6.1(a) shall relieve any Person released in this Section 6.1(a) who, after the Effective Time, is a director, officer or employee of any member of the Apergy Group and is no longer a director, officer or employee of any member of the Dover Group from Liabilities arising out of, relating to or resulting from his or her service as a director, officer or employee of any member of the Apergy Group after the Effective Time.

 

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(b) Nothing contained in Section 6.1(a) shall impair or otherwise affect any right of any Party, and as applicable, a member of the Party’s Group to enforce this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings unrelated to the Separation and Distribution and explicitly contemplated in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement to continue in effect after the Effective Time. In addition, nothing contained in Section 6.1(a) shall release any Person from:

(i) any Liability assumed or Transferred by, or allocated to, a Party or a member of such Party’s Group pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement including (A) with respect to Dover, any Dover Liability and (B) with respect to Apergy, any Apergy Liability;

(ii) any Liability provided in or resulting from any other Contract or understanding that is entered into after the Effective Time between one Party (and/or a member of such Party’s Group), on the one hand, and the other Party (and/or a member of such Party’s Group), on the other hand;

(iii) any Liability that the Parties may have with respect to indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, including in respect of Actions brought against the Parties (or members of their respective Groups) by any Third Party, which Liability shall be governed by the provisions of this Article VI and, if applicable, the appropriate provisions of the Ancillary Agreements;

(iv) any Liability with respect to any Continuing Arrangements or any Intercompany Accounts that survive the Effective Time pursuant to Section 2.4(b); and

(v) any Liability the release of which would result in a release of any Person other than the Persons released in Section 6.1(a); provided that the Parties agree not to bring any Action or permit any other member of their respective Group to bring any Action against a Person released in Section 6.1(a) with respect to such Liability.

In addition, nothing contained in Section 6.1(a) shall release any member of the Dover Group from honoring its existing obligations to indemnify any director, officer or employee of Apergy who was a director, officer or employee of Dover or any of its Affiliates at or prior to the Effective Time, 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 Time; it being understood that if the underlying obligation giving rise to such Action is an Apergy Liability, Apergy shall indemnify Dover for such Liability (including Dover’s costs to indemnify the director, officer or employee) in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Article VI.

(c) Each Party shall not, and shall not permit any member of its Group to, make any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or indemnification, against the other Party or any member of any other Party’s Group, or any other Person released pursuant to Section 6.1(a), with respect to any and all Liabilities released pursuant to Section 6.1(a).

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occur and all conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or before the Effective Time, whether known or unknown, between or among one Party and/or a member of such Party’s Group, on the one hand, and the other Party and/or a member of such other Party’s Group, on the other hand (including any contractual agreements or arrangements existing or alleged to exist between or among any such members on or before the Effective Time), except as specifically set forth in Sections 6.1(a) and 6.1(b).

(e) If any Person associated with a Party (including any director, officer or employee of a Party) initiates an Action with respect to claims released by this Section 6.1, the Party with which such Person is associated shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of counsel of the other Party and such other Party shall be indemnified for all Liabilities incurred in connection with such Action in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Article VI.

(f) At any time, at the request of any Party, each Party shall cause each member of its respective Group and to the extent practicable each other Person on whose behalf it released Liabilities pursuant to this Section 6.1 to execute and deliver releases reflecting the provisions hereof.

Section 6.2 Indemnification by Dover. Except as otherwise specifically set forth in any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or as set forth in Schedule 6.2, following the Effective Time, Dover and each member of the Dover Group shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Apergy Indemnitees from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with (i) the Dover Liabilities, including the failure of any member of the Dover Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise discharge any Dover Liability in accordance with its respective terms, whether prior to, on or after the Effective Time or (ii) any breach by any member of the Dover Group of any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, unless such Ancillary Agreement expressly provides for separate indemnification therein, in which case any such indemnification claims shall be made thereunder.

Section 6.3 Indemnification by Apergy. Except as otherwise specifically set forth in any provision of this Agreement or of any Ancillary Agreement, Apergy and each member of the Apergy Group shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Dover Indemnitees from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with (i) the Apergy Liabilities, including the failure of any member of the Apergy Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise discharge any Apergy Liability or Apergy Contract in accordance with its respective terms, whether prior to, on or after the Effective Time or (ii) any breach by Apergy or any member of the Apergy Group of any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, unless such Ancillary Agreement expressly provides for separate indemnification therein, in which case any such indemnification claims shall be made thereunder.

Section 6.4 Procedures for Indemnification.

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Third Party Claim which shall be governed by Section 6.4(b)), within ten Business Days of such determination, stating the expected amount of the Indemnifiable Loss claimed, 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 by such Indemnitee or arises; provided, however, that the failure to provide such written notice within the ten Business Day period described above shall not release the Indemnifying Party from any of its obligations except and solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party shall have been materially prejudiced as a result of such failure (except that the Indemnifying Party or Parties shall not be liable for any expenses incurred during the period in which the Indemnitee failed to give such notice). The Indemnifying Party will have a period of 30 days after receipt of a notice under this Section 6.4(a) within which to respond thereto. If the Indemnifying Party fails to respond within such period, the Liability specified in such notice from the Indemnitee shall be conclusively determined to be a Liability of the Indemnifying Party hereunder. If such Indemnifying Party responds within such period and rejects such claim in whole or in part, the disputed matter shall be resolved in accordance with Article VIII.

(b) If a claim or demand (including the commencement of an Action) is made against a Dover Indemnitee or an Apergy Indemnitee (each, an “Indemnitee”) by any Third Party as to which such Indemnitee is or may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (a “Third Party Claim”), such Indemnitee shall notify the Party which is or may be required pursuant to this Article VI or pursuant to any Ancillary Agreement to make such indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and in reasonable detail (which notice obligation may be satisfied by providing copies of all notices and documents received by the Indemnitee relating to the Third Party Claim), of the Third Party Claim promptly (and in any event within ten Business Days) after receipt by such Indemnitee of written notice of the Third Party Claim; provided, however, that the failure to provide notice of any such Third Party Claim pursuant to this sentence shall not release the Indemnifying Party from any of its obligations except and solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party shall have been materially prejudiced as a result of such failure (except that the Indemnifying Party or Parties shall not be liable for any expenses incurred during the period in which the Indemnitee failed to give such notice). Thereafter, the Indemnitee shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party, promptly (and in any event within ten Business Days) after the Indemnitee’s receipt thereof, copies of all notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnitee relating to the Third Party Claim.

(c) Other than in the case of a Liability being managed by a Party in accordance with any Ancillary Agreement and except as set forth in Schedule 6.4(c) or Section 6.4(k), an Indemnifying Party shall be entitled (but shall not be required) to assume and control the defense of, and seek to settle or compromise any Third Party Claim, at such Indemnifying Party’s own cost and expense and by such Indemnifying Party’s own counsel, that is reasonably acceptable to the applicable Indemnitees, if it gives notice of its intention to do so to the applicable Indemnitees within 30 days of the receipt of such notice from such Indemnitees. 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, at its own expense and, in any event, shall cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in such defense and make available to the Indemnifying Party all witnesses, pertinent Information and materials in such Indemnitee’s possession or under such Indemnitee’s control relating thereto as are reasonably

 

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required by the Indemnifying Party. In the event of a conflict of interest between the Indemnifying Party and the applicable Indemnitee(s), or in the event that any Third Party Claim seeks equitable relief which would restrict or limit the future conduct of the Indemnitee’s business or operations, such Indemnitee(s) shall be entitled to retain, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise, or settlement of that portion of the Third Party Claim that involves such conflict of interest or seeks equitable relief with respect to the Indemnitee(s).

(d) 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 6.4(c), such Indemnitee may defend such Third Party Claim at the cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnitee is conducting the defense against any such Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall cooperate with the Indemnitee in such defense and make available to the Indemnitee all witnesses, pertinent Information and materials in such Indemnifying Party’s possession or under such Indemnifying Party’s control relating thereto as are reasonably required by the Indemnitee.

(e) 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, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any Third Party Claim without the consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If an Indemnifying Party has failed to assume the defense of the Third Party Claim within the time period specified in clause (c) 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.

(f) In the case of a Third Party Claim, no Indemnifying Party shall consent to entry of any judgment with respect to, or enter into any settlement or compromise of, the Third Party Claim without the consent of the Indemnitee, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, unless such settlement, compromise or judgment is solely for monetary damages, does not involve any finding or determination of wrongdoing or violation of Law by the Indemnitee and provides for a full, unconditional and irrevocable release of the Indemnitee from all Liability in connection with the Third Party Claim. Subject to the foregoing sentence, in the event the Indemnifying Party enters into a settlement or compromise in accordance with the foregoing sentence with respect to a Third Party Claim, the defense of which was assumed pursuant to Section 6.4(c), then any such settlement or compromise made or caused to be made of a Third Party Claim in accordance with this Article VI shall be binding on the Indemnitee, in the same manner as if a final judgment or decree had been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction in the amount of such settlement or compromise.

(g) Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.20 or any Ancillary Agreement, absent fraud or willful misconduct by an Indemnifying Party, the indemnification provisions of this Article VI shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of an Indemnitee for any monetary or compensatory damages or losses resulting from any breach of this Agreement

 

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(including with respect to monetary or compensatory damages or losses arising out of or relating to, as the case may be, any Apergy Liability or Dover Liability) or any Ancillary Agreement, and each Indemnitee expressly waives and relinquishes any and all rights, claims or remedies such Person may have with respect to the foregoing other than under this Article VI against any Indemnifying Party. The remedies provided in this Article VI shall be cumulative and shall not preclude assertion by any Indemnitee of any other rights or the seeking of any and all other remedies against any Indemnifying Party. For the avoidance of doubt, all disputes in respect of this Article VI shall be resolved in accordance with Article VIII.

(h) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any Ancillary Agreement provides procedures for indemnification that differ from the provisions set forth in this Section 6.4, the terms of the Ancillary Agreement will govern.

(i) Any Indemnitee that has made a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Section 6.4 shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate any Indemnifiable Losses in respect thereof.

(j) The provisions of this Article VI shall apply to Third Party Claims that are already pending or asserted as well as Third Party Claim brought or asserted after the date of this Agreement. There shall be no requirement under this Section 6.4 to give a notice with respect to any Third Party Claim that exists as of the Effective Time. The Parties acknowledge that Liabilities for Actions (regardless of the parties to the Actions) may be partly Dover Liabilities and partly Apergy Liabilities. If the Parties cannot agree on the allocation of any such Liabilities for Actions, they shall resolve the matter pursuant to the procedures set forth in Article VIII. Neither Party shall, nor shall either Party permit its Subsidiaries to, file Third Party Claims or cross-claims against the other Party or its Subsidiaries in an Action in which a Third Party Claim is being resolved.

(k) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 6.4, Dover may elect to have exclusive authority and control over the investigation, prosecution, defense and appeal of the matters set forth on Schedule 6.4(k) and all Actions pending at the Effective Time which relate to or arise out of the Apergy Business, the Apergy Assets or the Apergy Liabilities if such Action also relates to the Dover Assets and Dover Liabilities and a member of the Dover Group is also named as a target or defendant thereunder (but excluding any such Actions which solely relate to or solely arise in connection with the Apergy Business, the Apergy Assets or the Apergy Liabilities); provided that (i) Dover will consult with Apergy on a regular basis with respect to strategy and developments with respect to any such Action, (ii) if Dover fails to take reasonable steps necessary to defend diligently such Action, Apergy may assume such defense, and Dover will be liable for its proportionate share of reasonable costs or expenses paid or incurred in connection with such defense, (iii) Apergy has the right to participate in (but, subject to clause (ii) above, not control) the defense of such Action, and (iv) Dover shall not settle, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to such Action without the consent of Apergy unless such settlement, compromise, or judgment (A) provides relief consisting solely of money damages borne by Dover, (B) does not involve any finding or determination of wrongdoing or violation of Law by Apergy and (C) provides for a full, unconditional and irrevocable release of Apergy from all Liability in connection with such Action. After any compromise, settlement, or consent to entry of judgment, Dover and Apergy

 

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will agree upon a reasonable allocation to Apergy and Apergy will be responsible for or receive, as the case may be, Apergy’s proportionate share of any such compromise, settlement, consent or judgment attributable to the Apergy Business, the Apergy Assets or the Apergy Liabilities, including its proportionate share of the reasonable costs and expenses associated with defending same. If the Parties cannot agree on the allocation of any such Liabilities for Actions, they shall resolve the matter pursuant to the procedures set forth in Article VIII.

Section 6.5 Indemnification Payments. Indemnification required by this Article VI shall be made from time to time by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or an Indemnifiable Loss incurred.

Section 6.6 Additional Matters; Survival of Indemnities.

(a) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Article VI shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnitee and (ii) the knowledge by the Indemnitee of Indemnifiable Losses for which it might be entitled to indemnification or contribution hereunder. The indemnity agreements contained in this Article VI shall survive the Distribution.

(b) The rights and obligations of each Party and their respective Indemnitees under this Article VI shall survive (i) the sale or other Transfer by any Party or its Affiliates of any Assets or businesses or the assignment by it of any and all Liabilities and (ii) any merger, consolidation, business combination, sale of all or substantially all of the Assets, restructuring, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction involving either Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

(c) Indemnification under this Article VI shall be treated for Tax purposes consistent with the private letter ruling, and if not addressed therein, to the extent allowed under existing Tax Law, in one of the following ways: (i) if made by Dover to Apergy, such payment shall be treated as an additional part of the transfer by Dover to Apergy in the Separation and if made from Apergy to Dover, such payment shall be treated as a reduction in the amount of the transfer by Dover to Apergy in the Separation.

Section 6.7 Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts; Contribution.

(a) Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts. The Parties intend that any Indemnifiable Loss subject to indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement: (i) shall be reduced by any Insurance Proceeds or other amounts actually recovered (net of any out-of-pocket costs or expenses actually incurred in the collection thereof) from any Person by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in respect of any indemnifiable Liability; (ii) shall not be increased to take into account any Tax costs incurred by the Indemnitee arising from any Indemnity Payments received from the Indemnifying Party; and (iii) shall not be reduced to take into account any Tax benefit received by the Indemnitee arising from the incurrence or payment of any Indemnity Payment. Accordingly, the amount which an Indemnifying Party is required to pay to any Indemnitee shall be reduced by any Insurance Proceeds or any other amounts theretofore actually recovered (net of any out-of-pocket costs or expenses actually

 

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incurred in the collection thereof) by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in respect of the related Liability. If an Indemnitee receives a payment required by this Agreement from an Indemnifying Party in respect of any Liability (an “Indemnity Payment”) and subsequently receives Insurance Proceeds or any other amounts in respect of the related Liability, then the Indemnitee shall 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 or such other amounts (net of any out-of-pocket costs or expenses actually incurred in the collection thereof) had been received, realized or recovered before the Indemnity Payment was made.

(b) Insurers and Other Third Parties Not Relieved. The Parties hereby agree that an insurer or other Third Party that would otherwise be obligated to pay any amount shall not be relieved of the responsibility with respect thereto or have any subrogation rights with respect thereto by virtue of any provision contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, and that no insurer or any other Third Party shall be entitled to a “windfall” (e.g., a benefit they would not otherwise be entitled to receive, or the reduction or elimination of an insurance coverage obligation that they would otherwise have, in the absence of the indemnification or release provisions) by virtue of any provision contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement. Each Party shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to collect or recover, or allow the Indemnifying Party to collect or recover, any Insurance Proceeds that may be collectible or recoverable respecting the Liabilities for which indemnification may be available under this Article VI. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indemnifying Party may not delay making any indemnification payment required under the terms of this Agreement, or otherwise satisfying any indemnification obligation, pending the outcome of any Action to collect or recover Insurance Proceeds, and an Indemnitee need not attempt to collect any Insurance Proceeds prior to making a claim for indemnification or receiving any Indemnity Payment otherwise owed to it under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.

(c) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Article VI is unavailable for any reason to an Indemnitee (other than failure to provide notice in accordance with Section 6.4(a) or (b)) in respect of any Indemnifiable Loss, then the Indemnifying Party shall, in accordance with this Section 6.7(c), contribute to the Indemnifiable Losses incurred, paid or payable by such Indemnitee as a result of such Indemnifiable Loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of Apergy and each other member of the Apergy Group, on the one hand, and Dover and each other member of the Dover Group, on the other hand, in connection with the circumstances which resulted in such Indemnifiable Loss. With respect to any Indemnifiable Losses arising out of or related to information contained in the Distribution Disclosure Documents or other securities law filing, the relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact relates to information supplied by the Apergy Business or a member of the Apergy Group, on the one hand, or the Dover Business or a member of the Dover Group, on the other hand. The information on Schedule 1.1(50)(iv)(A) shall be deemed supplied by the Dover Business. All other information in the Distribution Disclosure Documents shall be deemed supplied by the Apergy Business or the members of the Apergy Group. With respect to Pre-Separation Disclosure, any disclosure relating to the Dover Business shall be deemed supplied by the Dover Business or the members of the Dover Group and any disclosure relating to the Apergy Business shall be deemed supplied by the Apergy Business or the members of the Apergy Group.

 

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Section 6.8 Cooperation in Defense and Settlement. With respect to any Third Party Claim that implicates two or more Parties (or any member of such Parties’ respective Groups) in any material respect due to the allocation of Liabilities, responsibilities for management of defense and related indemnities pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements, the applicable Parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate fully and maintain a joint defense (in a manner that will preserve for all Parties any privilege with respect thereto). The Party that is not responsible for managing the defense of any such Third Party Claim shall, upon reasonable request, be consulted with respect to significant matters relating thereto and may, if necessary or helpful, retain counsel (at its sole expense) to assist in the defense of such claims.

Section 6.9 Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF ANY GROUP BE LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY MEMBER OF ANOTHER GROUP FOR EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, MULTIPLE, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF FUTURE PROFITS, REVENUE OR INCOME, DIMINUTION IN VALUE OR LOSS OF BUSINESS REPUTATION OR OPPORTUNITY, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE OR SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT AWARDED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN CONNECTION WITH A THIRD-PARTY CLAIM.

Section 6.10 Covenant not to Sue. Each Party hereby covenants and agrees that neither it nor the members of such Party’s Group nor any Person claiming through it shall bring suit or otherwise assert any claim against any Indemnitee, or assert a defense against any claim asserted by any Indemnitee, before any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative agency anywhere in the world, alleging that: (a) the assumption of any Apergy Liabilities by Apergy or a member of the Apergy Group on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements is void or unenforceable for any reason; (b) the retention of any Dover Liabilities by Dover or any member of the Dover Group on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements is void or unenforceable for any reason; or (c) the provisions of this Article VI are void or unenforceable for any reason.

ARTICLE VII

CONFIDENTIALITY; ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Section 7.1 Preservation of Corporate Records. The Parties agree that upon written request from the other that certain Information relating to the Apergy Business, the Dover Business or the transactions contemplated hereby be retained in connection with an Action, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve and not to destroy or dispose of such Information without the consent of the requesting Party.

 

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Section 7.2 Provision of Corporate Records. Other than in circumstances in which indemnification is sought pursuant to Article VI (in which event the provisions of such Article will govern), for matters related to the provision of Tax information (in which event the provisions of the Tax Matters Agreement shall govern) or as provided in Section 6.1 of the Employee Matters Agreement and without limiting the applicable provisions of Article VI, and subject to appropriate restrictions for classified Information, Privileged Information or Confidential Information and subject further to any restrictions or limitations contained in Section 5.3 or elsewhere in this Article VII:

(a) After the Effective Time, upon the prior written reasonable request by, and at the expense of, Apergy for specific and identified Information which (x) primarily relates to any member of the Apergy Group or the conduct of the Apergy Business (including Apergy Assets and Apergy Liabilities), as the case may be, up to the Effective Time or (y) is necessary for Apergy to comply with the terms of, or otherwise perform under, any Shared Contract or Ancillary Agreement to which Dover and/or Apergy are parties, Dover shall provide, as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt of such request, appropriate copies of such Information (or the originals thereof if Apergy has a reasonable need for such originals) in the possession or control of Dover or any of its Affiliates, but only to the extent such items so relate and are not already in the possession or control of a member of the Apergy Group; provided that, to the extent any originals are delivered to any member of the Apergy Group pursuant to this Agreement, a Shared Contract or the Ancillary Agreements, Apergy shall or cause the applicable member of its Group to, at its own expense, return them to Dover within a reasonable time after the need to retain such originals has ceased.

(b) After the Effective Time, upon the prior written reasonable request by, and at the expense of, Dover for specific and identified Information which (x) primarily relates to any member of the Dover Group or the conduct of the Dover Business (including Dover Assets and Dover Liabilities), as the case may be, up to the Effective Time or (y) is necessary for Dover to comply with the terms of, or otherwise perform under, any Shared Contract or Ancillary Agreement to which Dover and/or Apergy are parties, Apergy shall provide, as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt of such request, appropriate copies of such Information (or the originals thereof if Dover has a reasonable need for such originals) in the possession or control of Apergy or any of its Affiliates, but only to the extent such items so relate and are not already in the possession or control of a member of the Dover Group; provided that, to the extent any originals are delivered to any member of the Dover Group pursuant to this Agreement, a Shared Contract or the Ancillary Agreements, Dover shall or cause the applicable member of its Group to, at its own expense, return them to Apergy within a reasonable time after the need to retain such originals has ceased.

(c) In connection with the provision of information under this Section 7.2, the providing Party shall be entitled to redact any portion of the information to the extent related to any matter other than the receiving Party’s business.

Section 7.3 Access to Information. Other than in circumstances in which indemnification is sought pursuant to Article VI (in which event the provisions of such Article will govern), for matters related to the provision of Tax information (in which event the provisions of the Tax Matters Agreement shall govern) or as provided in Section 6.1 of the Employee Matters Agreement and without limiting the applicable provisions of Article VI, and subject to any restrictions or limitations contained in Section 5.3 or elsewhere in this Article VII, from and after the Effective Time, each of Dover and Apergy shall afford to the other and its

 

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authorized accountants, counsel and other designated representatives reasonable access during normal business hours, subject to appropriate restrictions for classified Information, Privileged Information or Confidential Information and to the requirements of any applicable Law, to the personnel, properties, and Information of such Party and its Subsidiaries insofar as such access is reasonably required by the other Party, and only for the duration such access is required, and (x) primarily relates to such other Party or the conduct of its business prior to the Effective Time or (y) is necessary for such party to comply with the terms of, or otherwise perform under, any Shared Contract or Ancillary Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that a Party determines that any such access or the provision of any such Information (including Information requested under Section 5.3 or Section 7.2) would be commercially detrimental in any material respect, violate any Law or Contract with a Third Party or waive any attorney-client privilege, rights under the work product doctrine or other applicable privilege, the Parties shall take all reasonable measures (and, to the extent applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Consent from any Third Party required to make such disclosure without violating a Contract with a Third Party) to permit compliance with such information request in a manner that avoids any such harm, violation or consequence. Each of Dover and Apergy shall inform their respective officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors, authorized accountants, counsel and other designated representatives who have or have access to the other Party’s Confidential Information or other Information provided pursuant to Section 5.3 or this Article VII of their obligation to hold such Information confidential in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and to use such Information only as required to perform services to any member of the Dover Group or the Apergy Group, as applicable.

Section 7.4 Witness Services. At all times from and after the Effective Time, each of Dover and Apergy shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make available to the other, upon reasonable written request, its and its Subsidiaries’ officers, directors, employees and agents (taking into account the business demands of such individuals) as witnesses to the extent that (i) such Persons may reasonably be required to testify in connection with the prosecution or defense of any Action in which the requesting Party may from time to time be involved (except for claims, demands or Actions in which one or more members of one Group is adverse to one or more members of the other Group) and (ii) there is no conflict in the Action between the requesting Party and the other Party. A Party providing a witness to the other Party under this Section 7.4 shall be entitled to receive from the recipient of such witness services, upon the presentation of invoices therefor, payments for such amounts, relating to supplies, disbursements and other out-of-pocket expenses (which shall not include the costs of salaries and benefits of employees who are witnesses 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 witnesses), as may be reasonably incurred and properly paid under applicable Law.

Section 7.5 Confidentiality.

(a) Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, from and after the Effective Time until the date that is five years after the date of termination of the Agreement, the Parties shall hold, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to hold, and shall each cause their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors, accountants, attorneys, or other representatives to hold, in strict confidence, and not to disclose or release or,

 

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except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, use, including for any ongoing or future commercial purpose, without the prior written consent of the Party to whom the Confidential Information relates (which consent may be withheld in such Party’s sole and absolute discretion, except where disclosure is required by applicable Law), any and all Confidential Information concerning the other Party (and the members of its respective Group and Business); provided that the Parties may disclose, or may permit disclosure of, Confidential Information (i) to their respective auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, bankers and other appropriate consultants and advisors who have a need to know such information for auditing and other non-commercial purposes and are informed of their obligation to hold such information confidential to the same extent as is applicable to the Parties and in respect of whose failure to comply with such obligations, the applicable Party will be responsible, (ii) if the Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries are required or compelled to disclose any such Confidential Information by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law or stock exchange rule or (iii) as necessary in order to permit a Party to prepare and disclose its financial statements in connection with any regulatory filings or Tax Returns; provided further, that each Party (and members of its Group as necessary) may use, or may permit use of, Confidential Information of the other Party in connection with such first Party performing its obligations, or exercising its rights, under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any demand or request for disclosure of Confidential Information is made pursuant to clause (ii) above, each Party, as applicable, shall promptly notify (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) the other of the existence of such request or demand and shall provide the other a reasonable opportunity to seek an appropriate protective order or other remedy, which such Parties will cooperate in obtaining to the extent reasonably practicable. In the event that such appropriate protective order or other remedy is not obtained, the Party that faces the disclosure requirement shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required to be disclosed and shall take commercially reasonable steps to ensure that confidential treatment is accorded such Confidential Information.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (i) the Parties shall be deemed to have satisfied their obligations hereunder with respect to Confidential Information if they exercise at least the same degree of care that applies to Dover’s confidential and proprietary information pursuant to policies in effect as of the Effective Time and (ii) confidentiality obligations provided for in any Contract between each Party or its Subsidiaries and their respective employees shall remain in full force and effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, Confidential Information of any Party in the possession of and used by any other Party as of the Effective Time may continue to be used by such Party in possession of the Confidential Information in and only in the operation of the Apergy Business (in the case of the Apergy Group) or the Dover Business (in the case of the Dover Group); provided that such Confidential Information may be used only so long as the Confidential Information is maintained in confidence and not disclosed in violation of Section 7.5(a).

(c) Each Party acknowledges that it and the other members of its Group may have in their possession confidential or proprietary information of Third Parties (i) that was received under confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements with such Third Parties prior to the Effective Time or (ii) that, as between the two Parties, was originally collected by the other Party (or another member of its Group) and that may be subject to and protected by privacy, data protection or other applicable Laws. Such Party will hold, and will cause the other members of

 

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its Group and their respective representatives to hold, in strict confidence the confidential and proprietary information of, or personal information relating to, Third Parties to which they or any other member of their respective Groups has access, in accordance with privacy, data protection and other applicable Laws and the terms of any Contracts entered into prior to the Effective Time between one or more members of such Party’s Group (whether acting through, on behalf of, or in connection with, the separated Businesses) and such Third Parties.

(d) Upon the written request of a Party, the other Party shall take commercially reasonable actions to promptly (i) deliver to such requesting Party all original Confidential Information (whether written or electronic) concerning such requesting Party and/or its Subsidiaries and (ii) if specifically requested by such requesting Party, destroy any copies of such Confidential Information (including any extracts therefrom); provided that such first Party may retain one copy of such Information to the extent required by applicable Law or professional standards, and shall not be required to destroy any such Information located in back-up, archival electronic storage. 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.

Section 7.6 Privileged Matters.

(a) Pre-Separation Services. The Parties recognize that legal and other professional services that have been and will be provided prior to the Effective Time have been and will be rendered for the collective benefit of each of the members of the Dover Group and the Apergy Group, and that each of the members of the Dover Group and the Apergy Group should be deemed to be the client with respect to such pre-separation services for the purposes of asserting all privileges which may be asserted under applicable Law. The Parties shall have a shared privilege with respect to all Privileged Information which relates to such pre-separation services. For the avoidance of doubt, Privileged Information within the scope of this Section 7.6 includes, but is not limited to, services rendered by legal counsel retained or employed by any Party (or any member of such Party’s respective Group), including outside counsel and in-house counsel; provided, however, that any such privileged communications or attorney-work product, whether arising prior to, or after the Effective Time, with respect to any matter for which a Party has an indemnification obligation hereunder, shall be subject to the sole control of such Party, which shall be solely entitled to control the assertion or waiver of the privilege or protection, whether or not such communications or work product is in the possession of or under the control of such Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties acknowledge and agree that Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and in-house counsel of Dover represent only Dover and not Apergy in connection with the proposed transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement and that (x) any advice given by or communications with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP shall not be subject to any joint privilege and shall be owned solely by Dover; and (y) any advice given by or communications with in-house counsel of Dover (in each case to the extent it relates to any proposed transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement) shall not be subject to any joint privilege and shall be owned solely by Dover.

 

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(b) Post-Separation Services. The Parties recognize that legal and other professional services will be provided following the Effective Time to each of Dover and Apergy. The Parties further recognize that certain of such post-separation services will be rendered solely for the benefit of Dover or Apergy or their successors or assigns, as the case may be. With respect to such post-separation services, the Parties agree as follows:

(i) Dover shall be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with Privileged Information which relates solely to the Dover Business, whether or not the Privileged Information is in the possession of or under the control of Dover or Apergy. Dover shall also be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with Privileged Information that relates solely to the subject matter of any claims constituting Dover Liabilities, now pending or which may be asserted in the future, in any Actions initiated against or by Dover, whether or not the Privileged Information is in the possession of or under the control of Dover or Apergy or their successors or assigns; and

(ii) Apergy shall be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with Privileged Information which relates solely to the Apergy Business, whether or not the Privileged Information is in the possession of or under the control of Dover or Apergy or their successors or assigns. Apergy shall also be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with Privileged Information that relates solely to the subject matter of any claims constituting Apergy Liabilities, now pending or which may be asserted in the future, in any Actions initiated against or by Apergy, whether or not the Privileged Information is in the possession of or under the control of Dover or Apergy or their successors or assigns.

(c) The Parties agree that they shall have a shared privilege, with equal right to assert or waive, subject to the restrictions in this Section 7.6, with respect to all privileges not allocated pursuant to the terms of Section 7.6(b). All privileges relating to any Actions, or other matters which involve both Dover and Apergy in respect of which both Parties retain any responsibility or Liability under this Agreement, shall be subject to a shared privilege among them.

(d) No Party may (or cause or permit any member of its Group to) waive, or allege or purport to waive, any privilege which could be asserted under any applicable Law, and in which any other Party has a shared privilege, without the consent of the other Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed or as provided in subsections (e), (f) or (g) below. Consent shall be in writing, or shall be deemed to be granted unless written objection is made within 20 days after notice upon the other Party requesting such consent.

(e) In the event of any litigation, arbitration or dispute between or among any of the Parties, or any members of their respective Groups, either such Party may waive a privilege in which the other Party or member of such Group has a shared privilege, without obtaining the consent of the other Party; provided that such waiver of a shared privilege shall be effective only as to the use of information with respect to the litigation, arbitration or dispute between the relevant Parties and/or the applicable members of their respective Groups, and shall not operate as a waiver of the shared privilege with respect to Third Parties.

 

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(f) If a dispute arises between or among the Parties or their respective Subsidiaries regarding whether a privilege should be waived to protect or advance the interest of any Party (or members of its Group) with respect to which the Parties have a shared privilege, each Party agrees that it shall negotiate and shall endeavor to minimize any prejudice to the rights of the other Party’s Group and shall not unreasonably withhold consent to any request for waiver by another Party. Each Party specifically agrees that it will not withhold consent to waiver for any purpose except to protect the legitimate interests of its Group.

(g) If, within 15 days of receipt by the requesting Party of written objection, the Parties have not succeeded in negotiating a resolution to any dispute regarding whether a privilege should be waived, and the requesting Party determines that a privilege should nonetheless be waived to protect or advance its interest, the requesting Party shall provide the objecting Party 15 days written notice prior to effecting such waiver. Each Party specifically agrees that failure within 15 days of receipt of such notice to commence proceedings in accordance with Section 8.2 to enjoin such disclosure under applicable Law shall be deemed full and effective consent to such disclosure, and the Parties agree that any such privilege shall not be waived by either Party until the final determination of any proceedings regarding such dispute in accordance with Section 8.2.

(h) Upon receipt by any Party or by any Subsidiary thereof of any subpoena, discovery or other request which arguably calls for the production or disclosure of information subject to a shared privilege or as to which another Party has the sole right hereunder to assert a privilege, or if any Party obtains knowledge that any of its or any of its Subsidiaries’ current or former directors, officers, agents or employees have received any subpoena or discovery or other requests which arguably call for the production or disclosure of such Privileged Information, such Party shall promptly notify the other Party of the existence of the request and shall provide the other Party a reasonable opportunity to review the information and to assert any rights it may have under this Section 7.6 or otherwise to prevent the production or disclosure of such Privileged Information.

(i) The transfer of all Information pursuant to this Agreement is made in reliance on the agreement of Dover and Apergy as set forth in Section 7.5 and this Section 7.6, to maintain the confidentiality of Privileged Information and to assert and maintain all applicable privileges. The access to information being granted pursuant to Section 5.3, Section 7.2 and Section 7.3, the agreement to provide witnesses and individuals pursuant to Section 7.4, the furnishing of notices and documents and other cooperative efforts contemplated by this Section 7.6, Section 6.4 and Section 6.8 and the transfer of Privileged Information between and among the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of any privilege that has been or may be asserted under this Agreement or otherwise.

Section 7.7 Ownership of Information. Any information owned by one Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is provided to a requesting Party pursuant to this Article VII or Section 5.3 shall be deemed to remain the property of the providing Party. Unless specifically set forth herein, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring rights of license or otherwise in any such information, whether by implication, estoppel or otherwise.

 

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Section 7.8 Other Agreements. The rights and obligations granted under this Article VII are subject to any specific limitations, qualifications or additional provisions on the sharing, exchange or confidential treatment of information, or privileged matter with respect thereto, set forth in any Ancillary Agreement.

Section 7.9 Compensation for Providing Information. A Party requesting Information pursuant to this Article VII agrees to reimburse the providing Party for the reasonable expenses, if any, of gathering, copying and otherwise complying with the request with respect to such Information (including any reasonable costs and expenses incurred in any review of Information for purposes of protecting any privilege thereunder or any other restrictions on the disclosure of such Information).

ARTICLE VIII

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Section 8.1 Negotiation.

(a) In the event of a controversy, dispute or claim arising out of, in connection with, or in relation to the interpretation, performance, nonperformance, validity, termination or breach of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (unless such Ancillary Agreement expressly provides that disputes thereunder will not be subject to the resolution procedures set forth in this Article VIII) or otherwise arising out of, or in any way related to this Agreement or any such Ancillary Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including any claim based in Contract, tort, Law or constitution (but excluding any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of any Contract with a Third Party if such Third Party is a necessary party to such controversy, dispute or claim) (collectively, “Agreement Disputes”), the general counsel or chief legal officer (as appropriate) of the relevant Parties (or such other officer designated by the relevant Party) shall negotiate for a reasonable period of time to settle such Agreement Dispute; provided that (i) such reasonable period shall not, unless otherwise agreed by the relevant Parties in writing, exceed 60 days from the time of receipt by a Party of written notice of such Agreement Dispute (“Dispute Notice”) and (ii) the relevant employees from both Parties with knowledge and interest in the Agreement Dispute, which shall include tax professionals in the event of an Agreement Dispute involving the Tax Matters Agreement, shall first have tried to resolve the differences between the Parties. Within 30 days of receipt of the Dispute Notice, the receiving Party shall submit to the other Party a written response. The Dispute Notice and the response shall each include a statement of the Party’s position, a general summary of the arguments supporting that position, the name and title of the executive who will represent the party and any other person(s) who will attend settlement meetings.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, in the event of any Agreement Dispute with respect to which a Dispute Notice has been delivered in accordance with this Section 8.1 (i) the relevant Parties shall not assert the defenses of statute of limitations and laches with respect to the period beginning after the date of receipt of the Dispute Notice and (ii) any contractual time period or deadline under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement to which such Agreement Dispute relates occurring after the Dispute Notice is received shall be tolled by the service of a Dispute

 

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Notice. Nothing said or disclosed, nor any document produced, in the course of any negotiations, conferences and discussions in connection with efforts to settle an Agreement Dispute that is not otherwise independently discoverable shall be offered or received as evidence or used for impeachment or for any other purpose in any arbitration or other proceeding, but shall be considered as to have been disclosed for settlement purposes.

Section 8.2 Arbitration. If the Agreement Dispute has not been resolved for any reason after 60 days have elapsed from the receipt by a Party of a Dispute Notice, such Agreement Dispute shall be exclusively and finally determined, at the request of any relevant Party, by arbitration conducted where the Parties agree it would be most convenient, and in the absence of agreement in New York City, before and in accordance with the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) Commercial Arbitration Rules then currently in effect, except as modified herein (the “Rules”).

Section 8.3 Selection of Arbitrators. Unless the Parties mutually agree to the appointment of a sole arbitrator, there shall be three arbitrators appointed pursuant to this Section 8.3. Each Party shall appoint an arbitrator within 20 days of receipt by respondent of a copy of the demand for arbitration. The two party-appointed arbitrators shall have 20 days from the appointment of the second arbitrator to agree on a third arbitrator who shall chair the arbitral tribunal. Any arbitrator not timely appointed by the Parties shall be appointed by the AAA in accordance with the listing and ranking method in the Rules, and in any such procedure, each Party shall be given a limited number of strikes, excluding strikes for cause. If any appointed arbitrator declines, resigns, becomes incapacitated, or otherwise refuses or fails to serve or to continue to serve as an arbitrator, the Party or arbitrators entitled to appoint such arbitrator shall promptly appoint a successor. In the event that an arbitrator is objected to, the AAA shall decide whether such objection is valid and whether the challenged arbitrator shall be removed. Any controversy concerning the jurisdiction of the arbitrators, whether an Agreement Dispute is arbitrable, whether arbitration has been waived, whether an assignee of this Agreement is bound to arbitrate, or as to the interpretation of enforceability of this Article VIII shall be determined by the arbitrators. In the case of any Agreement Dispute related to the Tax Matters Agreement, if mutually agreed to by the Parties, each arbitrator shall be required to be a tax counsel or other tax advisor at a nationally recognized law or accounting firm (with no required affiliation with the AAA).

Section 8.4 Arbitration Procedures. Any hearing to be conducted shall be held no later than 180 days following appointment of the arbitrators or a soon thereafter as practicable.

Section 8.5 Discovery. The arbitrators, consistent with the expedited nature of arbitration, shall permit limited discovery only of documents directly related to the issues in dispute. There shall be no more than three depositions per party of no more than eight hours each. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Party will, upon the written request of the other Party, promptly provide the other with copies of documents on which the producing Party may rely in support of a claim or defense or which are relevant to the issues raised in the Agreement Dispute. All discovery, if any, shall be completed within 90 days following the appointment of the arbitrators or as soon thereafter as practicable. Adherence to formal rules of evidence shall not be required and the arbitrators shall consider any evidence and testimony that the arbitrators determine to be relevant, in accordance with the Rules and procedures that the arbitrators

 

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determine to be appropriate. In resolving any Agreement Dispute, the Parties intend that the arbitrators shall apply the substantive Laws of the State of New York, without regard to any choice of law principles thereof that would mandate the application of the Laws of another jurisdiction. The Parties intend that the provisions to arbitrate set forth herein be valid, enforceable and irrevocable, and any award rendered by the arbitrators shall be final and binding on the Parties. The Parties agree to comply and cause the members of their applicable Group to comply with any award made in any such arbitration proceedings and agree to enforcement of or entry of judgment upon such award, in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Section 8.6 Confidentiality of Proceedings. Without limiting the provisions of the Rules, unless otherwise agreed in writing by or among the relevant Parties or permitted by this Agreement or as may be required by law or any regulatory authority, the relevant Parties shall keep, and shall cause the members of their applicable Group to keep, confidential all matters relating to the arbitration or the award. The arbitral award shall be confidential; provided that such award may be disclosed (i) to the extent reasonably necessary in any proceeding brought to enforce this agreement to arbitrate or any arbitral award or for entry of a judgment upon the award and (ii) to the extent otherwise required by Law or regulatory authority.

Section 8.7 Pre-Hearing Procedure and Disposition. Nothing contained herein is intended to or shall be construed to prevent any Party, from applying to any court of competent jurisdiction for interim measures or other provisional relief in connection with the subject matter of any Agreement Disputes, including to compel a party to arbitrate any Agreement Dispute, to prevent irreparable harm prior to the appointment of the arbitral tribunal or to require witnesses to obey subpoenas issued by the arbitrators. Without prejudice to such provisional remedies as may be available under the jurisdiction of a court, the arbitral tribunal shall have full authority to grant provisional remedies and to direct the Parties to request that any court modify or vacate any temporary or preliminary relief issued by such court, and to award damages for the failure of any party to respect the arbitral tribunal’s orders to that effect. The Parties agree to accept and honor any orders relating to interim or provisional remedies that are issued by the arbitrators and agree that any such interim order or remedy may be enforced, as necessary, in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Section 8.8 Continuity of Service and Performance. During the course of dispute resolution pursuant to the provisions of this Article VIII, the Parties will continue to provide all other services and honor all other commitments under this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement with respect to all matters not subject to such dispute resolution.

Section 8.9 Awards. The arbitrators shall make an award and issue a reasoned opinion in writing setting forth the basis for such award within 30 days following the close of the hearing on the merits, or a soon thereafter as practicable. The arbitrators shall be entitled, if appropriate, to award any remedy in such proceedings that is permitted under this Agreement and applicable Law, including monetary damages, specific performance and other forms of legal and equitable relief. The Parties hereby waive any claim to exemplary, punitive, multiple, consequential, special, indirect damages or similar damages in excess of compensatory damages, attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses of arbitration, except as may be expressly required by statute or as necessary to indemnify a Party for a Third Party Claim and the arbitrators are not empowered to and shall not award such damages. Any final award must provide that the party against whom an award is issued shall comply with the order within a specified period of time, not to exceed 30 days.

 

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Section 8.10 Costs. If any Party attempts, unsuccessfully, to prevent an Agreement Dispute from being arbitrated such Party shall reimburse the prevailing party for all costs incurred in compelling arbitration. Except as otherwise may be provided in any Ancillary Agreement, the costs of arbitration pursuant to this Article VIII shall be borne by the non- prevailing Party as determined by the arbitrator.

Section 8.11 Adherence to Time Limits. In accepting appointment, each of the arbitrators shall commit that his or her schedule permits him or her to devote the reasonably necessary time and attention to the arbitration proceedings and to resolving the Agreement Dispute within the time periods set by this Agreement and by the Rules. Any time limits set out in this Article VIII or in the Rules may be modified upon written agreement of the Parties and the arbitrators or by order of the arbitrators for good cause shown. Any failure of the arbitrators to comply with such time limits or to render a final award within the time specified shall not impair the validity of the award or cause the award to be void or voidable, nor shall it be a basis for challenge of the validity or enforceability of the award or of the arbitration proceedings.

ARTICLE IX

INSURANCE

Section 9.1 General Liability Policies to be Maintained by Apergy. Apergy agrees and covenants (on its own behalf and on behalf of each other member of the Apergy Group) that it will procure and maintain at its sole cost and expense, for a period of no less than five years from the Effective Time, annual occurrence-based primary and excess general liability insurance policies issued by insurers with an A.M. Best Company credit rating of “a” or better and naming Dover as an additional insured (together, the “Apergy General Liability Policies”). Such primary policies shall provide no less than $2,000,000 in per occurrence and $4,000,000 in aggregate annual limits and shall be subject to an aggregate retention of no more than $4,000,000. Such excess policies shall attach immediately above such primary policies and shall provide no less than $100,000,000 in annual limits. The Apergy General Liability Policies shall otherwise provide coverage with terms and conditions at least as favorable as Dover’s primary and excess general liability policies in place as of the Effective Time, subject to availability on commercially reasonable terms.

Section 9.2 Policies and Allocation of Related Rights and Obligations. Apergy acknowledges and agrees (on its own behalf and on behalf of each other member of the Apergy Group) that (i) neither Apergy nor any other member of the Apergy Group has any rights to or under any Third Party Shared Policy, except as expressly provided in this Article IX and (ii) nothing in this Article IX shall be deemed to constitute (or to reflect) an assignment of any rights to or under any Third Party Shared Policy.

 

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Section 9.3 Third Party Shared Policies.

(a) With respect to Third Party Shared Policies for claims that arise out of insured events with an occurrence date prior to the Effective Time, to the extent reasonably possible, Dover will, or will cause the applicable insurance companies or members of the Dover Group that are insured thereunder to (i) continue to provide Apergy and any other member of the Apergy Group with access to and coverage under the applicable Third Party Shared Policies, and (ii) reasonably cooperate with Apergy and take commercially reasonable actions as may be necessary or advisable to assist Apergy in submitting such claims under the applicable Third Party Shared Policies; provided that Apergy shall be responsible for any and all applicable deductibles, self-insured retentions, retrospective premiums, claims-handling charges, co-payments or any other charge or fee legally due and owing relating to such claims and neither Dover nor the insurance company or member of the Dover Group shall be required to maintain such Third Party Shared Policies beyond their current terms. For the avoidance of doubt, if an occurrence date is after the Effective Time, then no payment for any damages, costs of defense, or other sums with respect to such claim shall be available to Apergy under such Third Party Shared Policies. For the avoidance of doubt, any deductible amounts owed with respect to insurable claims under Dover’s Third Party Policies that arise out of insured events that occurred prior to the Effective Time (regardless of whether such claims arise prior to, as of or following the Effective Time) shall constitute Dover Liabilities up to an aggregate amount for all such claims as set forth on Schedule 1.1(50)(i)(a).

(b) With respect to all Third Party Shared Policies, Apergy agrees and covenants (on behalf of itself and each other member of the Apergy Group, and each other Affiliate of Apergy) not to make any claim or assert any rights against Dover and any other member of the Dover Group, or the unaffiliated Third Party insurers of such Third Party Shared Policies, except as expressly provided under this Section 9.3.

Section 9.4 Administration of Third Party Shared Policies; Other Matters.

(a) Administration. With respect to all Third Party Shared Policies, from and after the Effective Time, Dover or a member of the Dover Group shall be responsible for the Insurance Administration and Claims Administration of such Third Party Shared Policies; provided that the retention of such administrative responsibilities by Dover or a member of the Dover Group is in no way intended to limit, inhibit or preclude any right to insurance coverage for any Insured Claim of a named insured under such Third Party Shared Policies as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement; provided further, that the retention of such administrative responsibilities by Dover or a member of the Dover Group shall not relieve the Person submitting any Insured Claim of the primary responsibility for reporting such Insured Claim accurately, completely and in a timely manner, or of such Person’s authority to settle any such Insured Claim within any period permitted or required by the relevant Third Party Shared Policy. At its discretion, and in accordance with the terms of the Third Party Shared Policies, Dover may discharge its administrative responsibilities with respect to such Third Party Shared Policies by contracting for the provision of administrative services to any unaffiliated Person, including, after the Effective Time, Apergy or any of its Affiliates. Dover will use its commercially reasonable efforts to notify the appropriate member of the Apergy Group of such discharge. Apergy shall reimburse Dover for any costs incurred by Dover related to Insurance Administration and Claims Administration to the extent such costs (which include defense, out-of-pocket expenses, and direct and indirect costs of employees or agents of Dover providing the

 

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administrative services) are (i) not covered under the Third Party Shared Policies and (ii) related to Apergy Liabilities. Dover or any member of the Dover Group shall not settle any Insured Claim of Apergy or any member of Apergy Group under the Third Party Shared Policies without first consulting reasonably in good faith with Apergy or such member of Apergy Group.

(b) Exceeding Policy Limits. Where Apergy Liabilities are specifically covered under a Third Party Shared Policy for periods prior to the Effective Time, or where such Third Party Shared Policy covers claims made after the Effective Time with respect to an occurrence prior to the Effective Time, then from and after the Effective Time, Apergy may claim coverage for Insured Claims under such Third Party Shared Policy as and to the extent that such insurance is available up to the full extent of the applicable limits of liability of such Third Party Shared Policy (and may receive any Insurance Proceeds with respect thereto as contemplated by Section 9.4(d)), subject to the terms of this Section 9.4.

(c) Claims Not Reimbursed. Except as set forth in this Section 9.4, Dover and Apergy shall not be liable to one another (nor shall any member of the Dover Group be liable to any member of the Apergy Group) for claims, or portions of claims, not reimbursed by insurers under any Third Party Shared Policy for any reason not within the control of Dover or Apergy, including coinsurance provisions, deductibles, quota share deductibles, self-insured retentions, bankruptcy or insolvency of any insurance carrier(s), Third Party Shared Policy limitations or restrictions, any coverage disputes, any failure to timely file a claim by Dover or Apergy (or any of the members of their respective Groups), or any defect in such claim or its processing. The liability of Dover and Apergy to one another for such claims is expressly limited to the amount of Insurance Proceeds received with respect to such claims and allocated to the respective Parties in accordance with Section 9.4(d). It is expressly understood that the foregoing provisions in this Section 9.4(c) shall not limit any Party’s liability to any other Party for indemnification pursuant to Article VI.

(d) Allocation of Insurance Proceeds. Insurance Proceeds received with respect to claims, costs and expenses under the Third Party Shared Policies shall be paid to or on behalf of Dover under the relevant Third Party Shared Policy, and Dover shall thereafter administer the Third Party Shared Policies, as appropriate, by retaining the Insurance Proceeds with respect to Dover Liabilities, and by paying the Insurance Proceeds to Apergy with respect to Apergy Liabilities. In the event that the aggregate limits on any Third Party Shared Policies are exceeded by the aggregate of outstanding Insured Claims by the Parties or members of their respective Groups, the Parties agree to allocate the Insurance Proceeds received thereunder based upon their respective percentage of the total of their bona fide claims which were covered under such Third Party Shared Policy, and any Party who has received Insurance Proceeds in excess of such Party’s respective percentage of Insurance Proceeds shall pay to the other Party the appropriate amount so that each Party will have received its respective percentage of Insurance Proceeds pursuant hereto. Each of the Parties agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to maximize available coverage under those Third Party Shared Policies applicable to it, and to take all commercially reasonable steps to recover from all other responsible parties in respect of an Insured Claim to the extent coverage limits under a Third Party Shared Policy have been exceeded or would be exceeded as a result of such Insured Claim, provided that any allocation of Insurance Proceeds shall be made net of any recovery, whenever obtained, from such other responsible parties.

 

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(e) Allocation of Deductibles. In the event that the Parties or members of their respective Groups have bona fide claims under any Third Party Shared Policy arising from the same occurrence and for which a deductible is payable, the Parties agree that the aggregate amount of the deductible paid shall be borne by the Parties in the same proportion which the Insurance Proceeds received by each such Party bears to the total Insurance Proceeds received under the applicable Third Party Shared Policy pursuant to Section 9.4(d), and any Party who has paid more than such allocable share of the deductible shall be entitled to receive from the other Party an appropriate amount so that each Party has borne its allocable share of the deductible pursuant hereto.

Section 9.5 Agreement for Waiver of Conflict and Shared Defense. In the event that Insured Claims of more than one of the Parties exist relating to the same occurrence or related occurrences, the Parties shall jointly defend and waive any conflict of interest necessary to the conduct of the joint defense. Nothing in this Article IX shall be construed to limit or otherwise alter in any way the obligations of the Parties, including those created by this Agreement, by operation of Law or otherwise.

Section 9.6 Cooperation. The Parties agree to use (and cause the members in their respective Groups to use) their commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with respect to the various insurance matters contemplated by this Article IX.

Section 9.7 Miscellaneous. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to restrict Apergy or Dover, or any members of their respective Groups, from acquiring at its own expense any insurance Policy in respect of any Liabilities or covering any period. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, from and after the Effective Time, Apergy and Dover shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining their respective insurance programs for their risk of loss and such insurance arrangements shall be separate programs apart from each other and each will be responsible for its own deductibles and retentions for such insurance programs. Notwithstanding Section 9.1, Apergy acknowledges and agrees (on its own behalf and on behalf of each other member of the Apergy Group) that Dover has provided to Apergy prior to the Effective Time all information necessary for Apergy or the appropriate member of the Apergy Group to obtain such insurance policies and insurance programs as Apergy or the appropriate member of the Apergy Group, in its sole judgment and discretion, deems necessary to cover any and all risk of loss related to the Apergy Business.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.1 Complete Agreement; Construction. This Agreement, including the Exhibits and Schedules, and the Ancillary Agreements (and the exhibits and schedules thereto) shall constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and shall supersede all previous negotiations, commitments and writings with respect to such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of the body of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any Schedule, the terms and conditions of such Schedule shall control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, in the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and

 

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the provisions of any Ancillary Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided, however, that in relation to (i) any matters concerning Taxes, the Tax Matters Agreement shall prevail over this Agreement and any other Ancillary Agreement, (ii) any matters governed by the Employee Matters Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement shall prevail over this Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement and (iii) the provision of support and other services after the Effective Time by the Apergy Group to the Dover Group, and vice versa, the Transition Services Agreement shall prevail over this Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement. It is the intention of the Parties that the Transfer Documents shall be consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the other Ancillary Agreements. The Parties agree that the Transfer Documents are not intended and shall not be considered in any way to enhance, modify or decrease any of the rights or obligations of Dover, Apergy or any member of their respective Groups from those contained in this Agreement and the other Ancillary Agreements.

Section 10.2 Ancillary Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, except with respect to the matters disclosed on Schedule 1.1(22)(i) hereof, this Agreement is not intended to address, and should not be interpreted to address, the matters specifically and expressly covered by the Ancillary Agreements (excluding the Transfer Documents and the Reorganization Documents).

Section 10.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in more than one counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and, except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 1.3, shall become effective when one or more such counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered to the other Parties. 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.

Section 10.4 Survival of Agreements. Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, all covenants and agreements of the Parties contained in this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement shall survive the Effective Time and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their applicable terms.

Section 10.5 Expenses.

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement (including Section 2.7, subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 10.5 and Schedule 10.5(a)) or any Ancillary Agreement, or as otherwise agreed to in writing by the Parties, all out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred on or prior to the Effective Time in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and implementation of this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement, the Separation, the Information Statement, the plan of Separation and the Distribution and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be borne and paid by the Person incurring such cost or Liability.

 

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(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement (including Section 2.7 and subsection (c) of this Section 10.5 and Schedule 10.5(b)) or any Ancillary Agreement, or as otherwise agreed to in writing by the Parties, each Party shall bear its own costs and expenses incurred or accrued after the Effective Time; provided, however, that any costs and expenses incurred in obtaining any Consents or novation from a Third Party in connection with the assignment to or assumption by a Party or its Subsidiary of any Contracts in connection with the Separation shall be borne by the Party or its Subsidiary to which such Contract is being assigned.

(c) With respect to any expenses incurred pursuant to a request for further assurances granted under Section 2.10, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement (including Section 2.7 and subsection (b) of this Section 10.5), the Parties agree that any and all fees and expenses incurred by either Party shall be borne and paid by the requesting Party; it being understood that no Party shall be obligated to incur any Third Party accounting, consulting, advisor, banking or legal fees, costs or expenses, and the requesting Party shall not be obligated to pay such fees, costs or expenses, unless such fees, costs or expenses shall have had the prior written approval of the requesting Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Party shall be responsible for paying its own internal fees, costs and expenses (e.g., salaries of personnel). With respect to any fees, costs and expenses incurred by either Party in satisfying its obligations under Section 5.3, the requesting Party shall be responsible for the other Party’s fees, costs and expenses.

Section 10.6 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement and, to the extent applicable and unless otherwise provided therein, under each of the Ancillary Agreements, as between the Parties, shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt unless the day of receipt is not a Business Day, in which case it shall be deemed to have been duly given or made on the next Business Day) by delivery in person, by overnight courier service, by facsimile or email with receipt confirmed or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 10.6):

If to Dover:

Dover Corporation.

3005 Highland Parkway

Downers Grove, Illinois 60515

Attn: Ivonne M. Cabrera

Facsimile: (630) 743-2670

Email: [email address]

If to Apergy:

Apergy Corporation

2445 Technology Forest Blvd., Building 4, Floor 12

The Woodlands, Texas 77381

Attn: Julia Wright

Email: [email address]

 

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Section 10.7 Waivers. The failure of any Party to require strict performance by any other Party of any provision in this Agreement will not waive or diminish that Party’s right to demand strict performance thereafter of that or any other provision hereof.

Section 10.8 Amendments. Subject to the terms of Section 10.10, this Agreement may not be modified or amended except by an agreement in writing signed by each of the Parties.

Section 10.9 Assignment. The provisions of this Agreement and the obligations and rights hereunder shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by (and against) the Parties and their respective successors (by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise) and permitted transferees and assigns to the same extent as if such successors or permitted transferees and assigns had been an original party to the Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall not be assignable, in whole or in part, by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, and any attempt to assign any rights or obligations arising under this Agreement without such consent shall be null and void; provided that (i) a Party may assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates, but no such assignment shall release the assigning Party from any liability or obligation under this Agreement and (ii) a Party may assign this Agreement in whole in connection with a bone fide third party merger transaction in which such Party is not the surviving entity or the sale by such Party of all or substantially all of its Assets, and upon the effectiveness of such assignment under this clause (ii) the assigning Party shall be released from all of its obligations under this Agreement if the surviving entity of such merger or the transferee of such Assets shall agree in writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the other Party, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if named as a “Party” hereto.

Section 10.10 Termination, Etc. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Agreement (including Article VI (Indemnification) hereof) may be terminated and the Distribution may be amended, modified or abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time by and in the sole discretion of Dover without the approval of Apergy or the stockholders of Dover or any other party. In the event of such termination, this Agreement shall become null and void and no Party, nor any of its officers, directors or employees, shall have any Liability to any other Party or any other Person. After the Effective Time, this Agreement may not be terminated except by an agreement in writing signed by each of the Parties.

Section 10.11 Payment Terms.

(a) Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, any amount to be paid or reimbursed by any Party (and/or a member of such Party’s Group), on the one hand, to any other Party (and/or a member of such Party’s Group), on the other hand, under this Agreement shall be paid or reimbursed hereunder within 30 days after presentation of an undisputed invoice or a written demand therefor and setting forth, or accompanied by, reasonable documentation or other reasonable explanation supporting such amount.

(b) 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 shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the then effective Prime Rate plus 2% (or the maximum legal rate, whichever is lower), calculated for the actual number of days elapsed, accrued from the date on which such payment was due up to the date of the actual receipt of payment.

 

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Section 10.12 No Circumvention. The Parties agree not to directly or indirectly take any actions, act in concert with any Person who takes an action, or cause or allow any member of any such Party’s Group to take any actions (including the failure to take a reasonable action) intended to, or such that the resulting effect is to, materially undermine the effectiveness of any of the provisions of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (including adversely affecting the rights or ability of any Party to successfully pursue indemnification, contribution or payment pursuant to Article VI).

Section 10.13 Subsidiaries. Each of the Parties shall cause (or with respect to an Affiliate that is not a Subsidiary, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) to be performed, and hereby guarantees the performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be performed by any Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Party or by any Business Entity that becomes a Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Party on and after the Effective Time. This Agreement is being entered into by Dover and Apergy on behalf of themselves and the members of their respective Groups (the Dover Group and the Apergy Group). This Agreement shall constitute a direct obligation of each such entity and shall be deemed to have been readopted and affirmed on behalf of any Business Entity that becomes a Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Party on and after the Effective Time. Either Party shall have the right, by giving notice to the other Party, to require that any Subsidiary of the other Party execute a counterpart to this Agreement to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Subsidiary.

Section 10.14 Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as provided in Article VI relating to Indemnitees and for the release under Section 6.1 of any Person provided therein and except as specifically provided in any Ancillary Agreement, this Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Parties and their respective Affiliates after the Effective Time and their permitted successors and assigns, and is not intended to confer upon any Person except the Parties and their respective Affiliates after the Effective Time, and their permitted successors and assigns, any rights or remedies hereunder; and there are no other third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement and this Agreement should not be deemed to confer upon Third Parties any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement.

Section 10.15 Title and Headings. Titles and headings to Sections and Articles are inserted for the convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

Section 10.16 Exhibits and Schedules. The Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference and shall be construed with and as an integral part of this Agreement to the same extent as if the same had been set forth verbatim herein.

Section 10.17 Public Announcements. From and after the Effective Time, Dover and Apergy shall consult with each other before issuing, and give each other the reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon, that portion of any press release or other public statements that relates to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary

 

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Agreements, and shall not issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior to such consultation, except (a) as may be required by applicable Law, court process or by obligations pursuant to any listing agreement with any national securities exchange or national securities quotation system; (b) for disclosures made that are substantially consistent with disclosures contained in any Distribution Disclosure Document or Pre-Separation Disclosure or (c) as otherwise set forth on Schedule 10.17.

Section 10.18 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal Laws, and not the Laws governing conflicts of Laws (other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law), of the State of New York.

Section 10.19 Consent to Jurisdiction. Subject to the provisions of Article VIII, each of the Parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of (a) the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and (b) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “New York Courts”), for the purposes of any Action to compel arbitration or for provisional relief in aid of arbitration in accordance with Article VIII or for provisional relief to prevent irreparable harm, and to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the enforcement of any award issued thereunder. Each of the Parties further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by United States registered mail to such Party’s respective address set forth in Section 10.6 shall be effective service of process for any Action in the New York Courts with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 10.19. Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any Action arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the New York Courts, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 10.20 Specific Performance. The Parties agree that irreparable damage may occur in the event that the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms. Accordingly, it is hereby agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to seek (i) an injunction or injunctions to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any arbitration in accordance with Article VIII, (ii) provisional or temporary injunctive relief in accordance therewith in any New York Court, and (iii) enforcement of any such award of an arbitral tribunal or a New York Court in any court of the United States, or any other any court or tribunal sitting in any state of the United States or in any foreign country that has jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy or relief to which they may be entitled.

Section 10.21 Waiver of Jury Trial. SUBJECT TO ARTICLE VIII AND SECTIONS 10.19 AND 10.20 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 PERMITTED HEREUNDER. 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 10.21.

 

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Section 10.22 Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the Parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid, legal and enforceable provisions, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

Section 10.23 Construction. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.

Section 10.24 Authorization. Each of the Parties hereby represents and warrants that it has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, that this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such Party, that this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each such Party enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equity principles.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized officers or representatives of the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

DOVER CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Ivonne M. Cabrera

  Name: Ivonne M. Cabrera
  Title: Senior Vice President, General
            Counsel & Secretary

 

 

[Signature Page to Separation and Distribution Agreement]


APERGY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Julia Wright

  Name: Julia Wright
  Title: Senior Vice President, General
            Counsel and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Separation and Distribution Agreement]

EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

APERGY CORPORATION

(Pursuant to Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of

Delaware)

Apergy Corporation (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), does hereby certify as follows:

(1) The name of the Corporation is Apergy Corporation. The Corporation was originally incorporated under the name Wellsite Corporation. The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 10, 2017, and a Certificate of Amendment thereto was filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 2, 2018.

(2) This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the DGCL and by the sole stockholder of the Corporation in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.

(3) This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and integrates and amends the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation in its entirety.

(4) The text of the Certificate of Incorporation is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Apergy Corporation (the “Corporation”).

SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

FOURTH: (a) Authorized Capital Stock. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 2,750,000,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of (i) 2,500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) 250,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

 

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(b) Common Stock. The powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions, of the Common Stock are as follows:

(1) Voting. Each stockholder represented at a meeting of the stockholders shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote in person or by proxy for each share of the Common Stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder.

(2) No Cumulative Voting. The holders of shares of the Common Stock shall not have cumulative voting rights.

(3) Dividends; Stock Splits. Subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock, and subject to any other provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as it may be amended from time to time, the holders of shares of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive ratably such dividends and other distributions in cash, stock or property of the Corporation when, as and if declared thereon by the Board of Directors from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.

(4) Liquidation; Dissolution; Winding-Up. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation, and subject to the rights of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock in respect thereof, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them.

(5) No Preemptive or Subscription Rights. No holder of shares of the Common Stock shall be entitled to preemptive or subscription rights.

(c) Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized to provide for the issuance of all or any shares of the Preferred Stock in one or more classes or series, and to fix for each such class or series such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of such class or series, including, without limitation, the authority to provide that any such class or series may be (i) subject to redemption at such time or times and at such price or prices; (ii) entitled to receive dividends (which may be cumulative or non-cumulative) at such rates, on such conditions, and at such times, and payable in preference to, or in such relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes or any other series; (iii) entitled to such rights upon the dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation; or (iv) convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes of stock, or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, of the Corporation at such price or prices or at such rates of exchange and with such adjustments; all as may be stated in such resolution or resolutions.

 

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(d) Power to Sell and Purchase Shares. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Corporation shall have the power to issue and sell all or any part of any shares of any class of stock herein or hereafter authorized to such persons, and for such consideration, as the Board of Directors shall from time to time, in its discretion, determine, whether or not greater consideration could be received upon the issue or sale of the same number of shares of another class, and as otherwise permitted by law. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Corporation shall have the power to purchase any shares of any class of stock herein or hereafter authorized from such persons, and for such consideration, as the Board of Directors shall from time to time, in its discretion, determine, whether or not less consideration could be paid upon the purchase of the same number of shares of another class, and as otherwise permitted by law.

FIFTH: The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:

(a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

(b) The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than three (3) nor more than fifteen (15) members, the exact number of which shall be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors, and subject to the rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock, if any, the exact number may be increased or decreased (but not to less than three (3) or more than fifteen (15)).

(c) From the effective date of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Effective Date”) until the completion of the third annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, the directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class or from the removal from office, death, disability, resignation or disqualification of a director or other cause shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors have the effect of removing or shortening the term of any incumbent director. The initial assignment of directors to each such class shall be made by the Board of Directors. The term of the initial Class I directors shall terminate on the date of the first annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date; the term of the initial Class II directors shall terminate on the date of the second annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date; and the term of the initial Class III directors shall terminate on the date of the third annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, or, in each case, upon such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Each Class I director elected at the first annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, each Class II director elected at the second annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date and each Class III director elected at the third annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date shall hold office until the fourth annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date and, in each case, until his or her respective successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Commencing with the fourth annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, each director shall be elected annually and shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her respective successor

 

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shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Pursuant to such procedures, effective as of the conclusion of the third annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, the Board of Directors will no longer be classified under Section 141(d) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and directors shall no longer be divided into three classes.

(d) Except as provided in Paragraph (e) of this Article FIFTH, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the annual meeting of stockholders. A director shall hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. Directors need not be stockholders. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Corporation’s By-Laws so provide.

(e) Subject to the terms of any one or more classes or series of the Preferred Stock, any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors or the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled exclusively by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, in their sole discretion, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, in his or her sole discretion. Any director appointed to fill a vacancy on the Corporation’s Board of Directors will be appointed for a term expiring at the next election of the class for which such director has been appointed or, if the Board of Directors is not classified at such time, at the next annual meeting of stockholders, and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified. From the Effective Date until the completion of the third annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, except as otherwise required by applicable law and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of the Preferred Stock then outstanding, any or all of the directors of the Corporation may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors. From and after the completion of the third annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, except as otherwise required by applicable law and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of the Preferred Stock then outstanding, any or all of the directors of the Corporation may be removed from office at any time with or without cause, and, in either case, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more classes or series of the Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of such class or series, and such directors so elected shall not be divided into classes pursuant to this Article FIFTH unless expressly provided by such terms.

(f) In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the DGCL, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and any By-Laws adopted by the stockholders; provided, however, that no By-Laws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such By-Laws had not been adopted.

 

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SIXTH: No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. If the DGCL is amended hereafter to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article SIXTH shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

SEVENTH: The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law, as now or hereafter in effect, and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives; provided, however, that, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article SEVENTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, subject to receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.

The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation, or to those persons serving at the Corporation’s request as a director, officer, employee or agent of, or in a fiduciary capacity with respect to, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, similar to those conferred in this Article SEVENTH to directors and officers of the Corporation.

The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of, or in a fiduciary capacity with respect to, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article SEVENTH.

 

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The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article SEVENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Corporation, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Any repeal or modification of any provision of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

EIGHTH: Except as otherwise expressly provided by the terms of any series of Preferred Stock permitting the holders of such series of Preferred Stock to act by written consent, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, and the ability of the stockholders to consent in writing to the taking of any action is hereby specifically denied.

NINTH: Unless otherwise required by law or the terms of any resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of a class or series of the Preferred Stock, special meetings of stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by either (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors or (ii) the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer at the request in writing made pursuant to a resolution of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors. The ability of the stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders is hereby specifically denied. At a special meeting of stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto).

TENTH: Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the DGCL) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation.

ELEVENTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors shall have the power, without the assent or vote of the stockholders, to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Corporation’s By-Laws, except to the extent the By-Laws or this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation otherwise provide. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall be required to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Corporation’s By-Laws. The Corporation’s By-Laws also may also be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of, (i) until the completion of the third annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, at least eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of the capital stock of the Corporation then outstanding and entitled to vote thereon and (ii) from and after the completion of the third annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, at least a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of the Corporation then outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.

 

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TWELFTH: Unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought or purporting to be brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer, other employee or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, creditors or other constituents, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws (as either may be amended from time to time) or as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or (iv) any action asserting a claim that relates to the internal affairs or governance of the Corporation and arises under or by virtue of the laws of the State of Delaware; provided, that, if (and only if) the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware dismisses any such action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, such action may be brought in another state court sitting in the State of Delaware. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article TWELFTH.

THIRTEENTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation’s By-Laws or the DGCL, and all rights, preferences and privileges herein conferred upon stockholders are granted subject to such reservation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of the capital stock of the Corporation then outstanding and entitled to vote thereon shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal, or to adopt any provision as part of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with Paragraph (b)(2) of Article FOURTH, Articles FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH, NINTH and ELEVENTH of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or this Article THIRTEENTH; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence shall be of no force and effect effective as of the completion of the third annual meeting of stockholders to occur after the Effective Date.

This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall become effective at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on May 8, 2018.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed on its behalf this 8th day of May, 2018.

 

APERGY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Julia Wright

  Name: Julia Wright
  Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

[Signature Page to Amended & Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Apergy]

EX-3.2

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

OF

APERGY CORPORATION

A Delaware Corporation

Effective May 8, 2018


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
Article I   
OFFICES   

Section 1.1

  Registered Office      1  

Section 1.2

  Other Offices      1  
Article II   
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS   

Section 2.1

  Place of Meetings      1  

Section 2.2

  Annual Meetings      1  

Section 2.3

  Special Meetings      1  

Section 2.4

  Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting      2  

Section 2.5

  Notice      2  

Section 2.6

  Adjournments      2  

Section 2.7

  Quorum      2  

Section 2.8

  Voting      3  

Section 2.9

  Proxies      3  

Section 2.10

  List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote      3  

Section 2.11

  Record Date      4  

Section 2.12

  Stock Ledger      4  

Section 2.13

  Conduct of Meetings      4  

Section 2.14

  Inspectors of Election      4  

Section 2.15

  Nature of Business at Meetings of Stockholders      5  

Section 2.16

  Nomination of Directors      7  
Article III   
DIRECTORS   

Section 3.1

  Number and Election of Directors      10  

Section 3.2

  Vacancies      11  

Section 3.3

  Duties and Powers      11  

Section 3.4

  Meetings; Notice      11  

Section 3.5

  Organization      12  

Section 3.6

  Resignations and Removals of Directors      12  

Section 3.7

  Quorum      12  

Section 3.8

  Actions of the Board by Written Consent      13  

Section 3.9

  Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone      13  

Section 3.10

  Committees      13  

Section 3.11

  Executive Committee      14  

 

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Section 3.12

  Compensation      14  

Section 3.13

  Interested Directors      14  
Article IV   
OFFICERS   

Section 4.1

  General      15  

Section 4.2

  Election      15  

Section 4.3

  Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation      15  

Section 4.4

  Chairman of the Board of Directors      15  

Section 4.5

  Chief Executive Officer      16  

Section 4.6

  Vice Presidents      16  

Section 4.7

  Secretary      16  

Section 4.8

  Treasurer      16  

Section 4.9

  Assistant Secretaries      17  

Section 4.10

  Assistant Treasurers      17  

Section 4.11

  Other Officers      17  
Article V   
STOCK   

Section 5.1

  Uncertificated Shares      17  

Section 5.2

  Dividend Record Date      17  

Section 5.3

  Record Owners      18  

Section 5.4

  Transfer and Registry Agents      18  
Article VI   
NOTICES   

Section 6.1

  Notices      18  

Section 6.2

  Waivers of Notice      18  
Article VII   
GENERAL PROVISIONS   

Section 7.1

  Dividends      18  

Section 7.2

  Disbursements      19  

Section 7.3

  Fiscal Year      19  

Section 7.4

  Corporate Seal      19  

Section 7.5

  Contracts      19  

 

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Article VIII   
INDEMNIFICATION   

Section 8.1

  Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the Right of the Corporation      19  

Section 8.2

  Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation      20  

Section 8.3

  Authorization of Indemnification      20  

Section 8.4

  Good Faith Defined      20  

Section 8.5

  Indemnification by a Court      21  

Section 8.6

  Expenses Payable in Advance      21  

Section 8.7

  Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses      21  

Section 8.8

  Insurance      21  

Section 8.9

  Certain Definitions      22  

Section 8.10

  Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses      23  

Section 8.11

  Limitation on Indemnification      23  

Section 8.12

  Indemnification of Employees and Agents      23  

Section 8.13

  Amendment or Repeal      23  
Article IX   
AMENDMENTS   

Section 9.1

  Amendments      23  
Article X   
CONSTRUCTION   

Section 10.1

  Construction      24  

Section 10.2

  Entire Board of Directors      24  

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

OF

APERGY CORPORATION

(hereinafter called the “Corporation”)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.

Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and place (if any), either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.2 Annual Meetings. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders for the election of directors shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any other proper business may be transacted at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any Annual Meeting of Stockholders previously scheduled by the Board.

Section 2.3 Special Meetings. Unless otherwise required by law or by the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), a Special Meeting of Stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by either (a) the Chairman of the Board of Directors or (b) the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer at the request in writing or electronic transmission made pursuant to a resolution of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. The ability of the stockholders to call a Special Meeting of Stockholders is hereby specifically denied. At a Special Meeting of Stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto). The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any Special Meeting of Stockholders previously scheduled by the Board.

 


Section 2.4 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Except as otherwise expressly provided by the terms of any series of preferred stock permitting the holders of such series of preferred stock to act by written consent, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called Annual Meeting of Stockholders or Special Meeting of Stockholders, and the ability of the stockholders to consent in writing to the taking of any action is hereby specifically denied.

Section 2.5 Notice. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of meeting, and, in the case of a Special Meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed present in person and vote at such meeting. Unless otherwise required by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given either personally, by mail or electronic transmission, (if permitted under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”)) not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting. Any stockholder may waive notice of any meeting before or after the meeting. The attendance of a stockholder at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice at such meeting, except where the stockholder attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

Section 2.6 Adjournments. Any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place by holders of a majority of the voting power of the Corporation’s capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, though less than a quorum, or by the chair of the meeting, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting, are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.5 shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.

Section 2.7 Quorum. Unless otherwise required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the voting power of the Corporation’s capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, a majority of the voting power of the shares of such class or classes or series present in person or represented by proxy shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to such vote. A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, either the chair of the meeting or the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, in the manner provided in Section 2.6, until a quorum shall be present or represented.

 

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Section 2.8 Voting. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or any law or regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, in which case such other vote shall be the applicable vote on the question, any question brought before any meeting of the stockholders, other than the election of directors, shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the Corporation’s capital stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on such question, voting as a single class. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to Section 2.11, each stockholder present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of the stockholders shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. Such votes may be cast in person or by proxy as provided in Section 2.9. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of the stockholders, in such officer’s discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.

Shares of stock of the Corporation belonging to the Corporation, or to another corporation a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of which are held by the Corporation, shall not be voted at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and shall not be counted in the total number of outstanding shares for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present.

Section 2.9 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy filed with the Secretary before or at the time of the meeting, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period.

Section 2.10 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The Corporation shall prepare, or have prepared, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting either (i) at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.

 

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Section 2.11 Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 2.12 Stock Ledger. The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by Section 2.10 or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.

Section 2.13 Conduct of Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chair of any meeting of the stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chair, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chair of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (iii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iv) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chair of the meeting shall determine; (v) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (vi) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.

Section 2.14 Inspectors of Election. In advance of any meeting of the stockholders, the Board of Directors, by resolution, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more other persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of the stockholders, the chair of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, inspectors may be officers, employees or agents of the Corporation. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of inspector, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The inspector shall have the duties prescribed by law and, when the vote is completed, shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken and of such other facts as may be required by applicable law.

 

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Section 2.15 Nature of Business at Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business may be transacted at an Annual Meeting of Stockholders as is either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (b) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), or (c) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.15 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such Annual Meeting, (ii) who is entitled to vote at such Annual Meeting and (iii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.15. Clause (c) of the preceding sentence shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to bring business before an Annual Meeting.

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation and, in the case of business other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, such other business must be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or be mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred and twentieth (120th) day prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting of Stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting was made, whichever first occurs; provided, further, that in the case of the Corporation’s first Annual Meeting following May 8, 2018, the effective date of these By-Laws (the “Effective Date”), the date of the preceding Annual Meeting shall be deemed to be May 1st of the prior year. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an Annual Meeting, or the public announcement of such an adjournment or postponement, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth the following information: (a) as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the Annual Meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the Annual Meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the Annual Meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these By-Laws, the language of the proposed amendment), and (b) as to the stockholder giving notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is being made, (i) the name and address of such person; (ii) (A) the class or series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record by such person and any affiliates or associates of such person, (B) the name of each nominee holder of shares of all stock of the Corporation owned beneficially but not of record by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of such shares of stock of the Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (C) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the

 

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Corporation and (D) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation; (iii) a description of all agreements, arrangements, or understandings (whether written or oral) between or among such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business and any material interest of such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, in such business, including any anticipated benefit therefrom to such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person; (iv) a representation (a) that the stockholder giving notice is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting to bring such business before the meeting and (b) whether the stockholder (and any beneficial owners on whose behalf the proposal is made) intends to continue to hold the shares through the date of the Annual Meeting; (v) a representation whether the stockholder or any of the beneficial owners intends or is part of a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock which, together with the holdings of such stockholder and all such beneficial owners, is sufficient to approve or adopt the proposal, and/or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal; and (vi) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies by such person with respect to the proposed business to be brought by such person before the Annual Meeting pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

A stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an Annual Meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of the Annual Meeting and such update and supplement shall be delivered to or be mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of the Annual Meeting.

No business shall be conducted at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders except business brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.15; provided, however, that, once business has been properly brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 2.15 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the chair of an Annual Meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chair shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.15, unless otherwise required by law or expressly waived in writing by the Corporation, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the Annual Meeting to present such proposed business, such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.15, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the Annual Meeting and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the Annual Meeting.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.15, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.15; provided however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any references in these By-Laws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to proposals as to any business to be considered pursuant to this Section 2.15, and compliance with this Section 2.15 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to bring business before an Annual Meeting.

Section 2.16 Nomination of Directors. Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation, except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation with respect to the right, if any, of holders of preferred stock of the Corporation to nominate and elect a specified number of directors in certain circumstances. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any Annual Meeting of Stockholders or at any Special Meeting of Stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation (a) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.16 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, (b) who is entitled to vote at such Annual Meeting or Special Meeting and (c) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.16. Clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors.

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or be mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (a) in the case of an Annual Meeting, not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred and twentieth (120th) day prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting of Stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of

 

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the date of the Annual Meeting was made, whichever first occurs; provided, further, that in the case of the Corporation’s first Annual Meeting following the Effective Date, the date of the preceding Annual Meeting shall be deemed to be May 1st of the prior year; and (b) in the case of a Special Meeting of Stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the Special Meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the Special Meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an Annual Meeting or a Special Meeting called for the purpose of electing directors, or the public announcement of such an adjournment or postponement, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth the following information: (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (iii) (A) the class or series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record by such person and any affiliates or associates of such person, (B) the name of each nominee holder of shares of all stock of the Corporation owned beneficially but not of record by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of such shares of stock of the Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (C) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation and (D) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation; and (iv) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice, and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made, (i) the name and record address of the stockholder giving the notice and the name and principal place of business of such beneficial owner; (ii) (A) the class or series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such person and any affiliates or associates of such person, (B) the name of each nominee holder of shares of the Corporation owned beneficially but not of record by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of shares of stock of the Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (C) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation and (D) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to

 

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mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation; (iii) a description of all agreements, arrangements, or understandings (whether written or oral) between or among such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, and any proposed nominee or any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are being made by such person, and any material interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, in such nomination, including any anticipated benefit therefrom to such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person; (iv) a representation (a) that the stockholder giving notice is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice and (b) whether the stockholder (and any beneficial owners on whose behalf the nomination is made) intends to continue to hold the shares through the date of the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting; (v) a representation whether the stockholder or any of the beneficial owners intends or is part of a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock which, together with the holdings of such stockholder and all such beneficial owners, is sufficient to elect the nominee, and/or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such nomination; and (vi) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and stating such nominee’s intention, if elected, to serve the full term of office as a director. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as the Corporation may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation.

A stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.16 shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to or be mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of such Annual Meeting or Special Meeting.

No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.16. If the chair of the meeting determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chair shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective, and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.16, unless otherwise required by law or expressly waived in writing by the Corporation, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting to present such nomination, such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.16, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.16, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.16; provided however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any references in these By-Laws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations to be considered pursuant to this Section 2.16, and compliance with this Section 2.16 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 3.1 Number and Election of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than three (3) nor more than fifteen (15) members, the exact number of which shall be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors, and subject to the rights of the holders of the preferred stock, if any, the exact number may be increased or decreased (but not to less than three (3) or more than fifteen (15)). Except as provided in Section 3.2, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. A director shall hold office until the Annual Meeting for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. Directors need not be stockholders.

From the Effective Date until the completion of the third Annual Meeting of Stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, the directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class or from the removal from office, death, disability, resignation or disqualification of a director or other cause shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors have the effect of removing or shortening the term of any incumbent director. The initial assignment of directors to each such class shall be made by the Board of Directors. The term of the initial Class I directors shall terminate on the date of the first Annual Meeting of Stockholders to occur after the Effective Date; the term of the initial Class II directors shall terminate on the date of the second Annual

 

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Meeting of Stockholders to occur after the Effective Date; and the term of the initial Class III directors shall terminate on the date of the third Annual Meeting of Stockholders to occur after the Effective Date or, in each case, upon such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Each Class I director elected at the first Annual Meeting of Stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, each Class II director elected at the second Annual Meeting of Stockholders to occur after the Effective Date and each Class III director elected at the third Annual Meeting of Stockholders to occur after the Effective Date shall hold office until the fourth Annual Meeting of Stockholders after the Effective Date and, in each case, until his or her respective successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Commencing with the fourth Annual Meeting of Stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, each director shall be elected annually and shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her respective successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Pursuant to such procedures, effective as of the conclusion of the third Annual Meeting of Stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, the Board of Directors will no longer be classified under Section 141(d) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and directors shall no longer be divided into three classes.

Section 3.2 Vacancies. Subject to the terms of any one or more classes or series of preferred stock, any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors or the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled exclusively by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, in their sole discretion, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, in his or her sole discretion. Any director appointed to fill a vacancy on the Corporation’s Board of Directors will be appointed for a term expiring at the next election of the class for which such director has been appointed or, if the Board of Directors is not classified at such time, at the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified.

Section 3.3 Duties and Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

Section 3.4 Meetings; Notice. The Board of Directors and any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors or such committee, respectively. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or a majority of the members of the Board of Directors. Special meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors may be called by the chair of such committee, the Chief Executive Officer, or any director serving on such committee. Notice of all meetings shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and shall be given to each director (or, in the case of a committee, to each member of such committee) either by mail not less than seven (7) days before the date of the meeting, by facsimile or other means of electronic communication on two (2) days’ notice, or by personal delivery or telephone on twenty-four (24) hours’ notice. Any director may waive notice of any meeting before or after the meeting. The attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such

 

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meeting, except where the director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in any notice or waiver of notice of such meeting unless so required by law.

Section 3.5 Organization. At each meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the chair of such committee, as the case may be, or, in his or her absence, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as chair. Except as provided below, the Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at each meeting of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof. In case the Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof, an Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties of secretary at such meeting; and in the absence from any such meeting of the Secretary and all the Assistant Secretaries, the chair of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the members of each committee of the Board of Directors may appoint any person to act as secretary of any meeting of such committee and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation may, but need not if such committee so elects, serve in such capacity.

Section 3.6 Resignations and Removals of Directors. Any director of the Corporation may resign from the Board of Directors or any committee thereof at any time, by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation and, in the case of a committee, to the chair of such committee. Such resignation shall take effect at the time therein specified or, if no time is specified, immediately; and, unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

From the Effective Date until the completion of the third Annual Meeting of Stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, except as otherwise required by applicable law and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of the preferred stock then outstanding, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors. From and after the completion of the third Annual Meeting of Stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, except as otherwise required by applicable law and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of the preferred stock then outstanding, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time with or without cause, and, in either case, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors. Any director serving on a committee of the Board of Directors may be removed from such committee at any time by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.7 Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, at all meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, a one third (1/3rd) of the entire Board of Directors, but not less than three (3), or one third (1/3rd) of the directors constituting such committee, but not less than two (2), as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the

 

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directors or committee members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, as applicable. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 3.8 Actions of the Board by Written Consent. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all the members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee.

Section 3.9 Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 3.9 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 3.10 Committees. The Board of Directors shall have, at all times, the following standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Governance and Nominating Committee. Subject to the requirements of applicable law and the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading, each of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Governance and Nominating Committee will consist of such number of members as determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one or more other standing or special committees, each such committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors will appoint committee members of each standing committee and the chair of each such committee on the recommendation of the Governance and Nominating Committee. Each member of a committee must meet the requirements for membership, if any, imposed by applicable law and the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee. Subject to the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading, in the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another qualified member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in its charter or as may be assigned to it by the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may

 

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require it. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board of Directors when required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article III, any resolution of the Board of Directors establishing or directing any committee of the Board of Directors or establishing or amending the charter of any such committee may establish requirements or procedures relating to the governance and/or operation of such committee that are different from, or in addition to, those set forth in these By-Laws and, to the extent that there is any inconsistency between these By-Laws and any such resolution or charter, the terms of such resolution or charter shall be controlling.

Section 3.11 Executive Committee. The Board of Directors may provide for an executive committee of two or more directors and shall elect the members thereof to serve during the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one of such members to act as chair, provided that the Chairman of the Board shall be a member of the Executive Committee and, if present, shall preside at any meeting of the Executive Committee. The Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to change the membership of the committee, to fill vacancies in it, or to dissolve it. During the intervals between the meetings of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, possess and may exercise any or all of the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation to the extent authorized by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors.

The Executive Committee may determine its rules of procedure and the notice to be given of its meetings, and it may appoint such committees and assistants as it shall from time to time deem necessary. A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

Section 3.12 Compensation. The Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, shall from time to time determine the form and amount of fees or compensation to be paid to the directors for services as such to the Corporation, including, but not limited to, fees and expenses for serving on and/or attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors or its committees. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 3.13 Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the Corporation (or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates) and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation (or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates) and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because any such director’s or officer’s vote is counted for such purpose if: (i) the material facts as to the director’s or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to the director’s or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or

 

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(iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 4.1 General. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, also may choose a President, one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws. The officers of the Corporation need not be stockholders of the Corporation.

Section 4.2 Election. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; and each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified, or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Any officer may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any time by delivering a notice of resignation given in writing or electronic transmission to the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary. Unless otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon delivery.

Section 4.3 Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation. Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer, any President, any Vice President or any other officer authorized to do so by the Board of Directors and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

Section 4.4 Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may choose a Chairman (who shall be a director but need not be elected as an officer). The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee (if one shall have been appointed). The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 4.5 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board of Directors, have general supervision of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders. The Chief Executive Officer shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to such officer by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.6 Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.7 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for committees of the Board of Directors when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest to the affixing by such officer’s signature. The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.

Section 4.8 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of the Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control belonging to the Corporation.

 

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Section 4.9 Assistant Secretaries. Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.

Section 4.10 Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Treasurer, and in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, an Assistant Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Assistant Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Assistant Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Assistant Treasurer’s possession or under the Assistant Treasurer’s control belonging to the Corporation.

Section 4.11 Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.

ARTICLE V

STOCK

Section 5.1 Uncertificated Shares. Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, each class or series of the shares of capital stock in the Corporation shall be issued in uncertificated form pursuant to the customary arrangements for issuing shares in such form. Shares shall be transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or by attorney upon presentment of proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer in accordance with the customary procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form.

Section 5.2 Dividend Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

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Section 5.3 Record Owners. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise required by law.

Section 5.4 Transfer and Registry Agents. The Corporation may from time to time maintain one or more transfer offices or agencies and registry offices or agencies at such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VI

NOTICES

Section 6.1 Notices. Whenever written notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given either personally by mail or, to the fullest extent permitted by law, facsimile or other means of electronic communication or by other lawful means. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at such person’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be by facsimile or other means of electronic communication, such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time provided in the DGCL. Such further notice shall be given as may be required by law.

Section 6.2 Waivers of Notice. Whenever any notice is required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders or any regular or special meeting of the directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws.

ARTICLE VII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 7.1 Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the requirements of the DGCL and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors (or any action by written consent in lieu thereof in accordance with Section 3.8), and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation’s capital stock. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such

 

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sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for purchasing any of the shares of capital stock, warrants, rights, options, bonds, debentures, notes, scrip or other securities or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.

Section 7.2 Disbursements. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Section 7.3 Fiscal Year. Unless otherwise fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31.

Section 7.4 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

Section 7.5 Contracts. These By-Laws, the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may authorize any officer or officers or any agent or agents to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument or other document in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 8.1 Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 8.3, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of, or in a fiduciary capacity with respect to, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful.

 

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Section 8.2 Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 8.3, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of, or in a fiduciary capacity with respect to, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

Section 8.3 Authorization of Indemnification. Any indemnification under this Article VIII (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer or employee is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director, officer or employee at the time of such determination, (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iv) by the stockholders. Such determination shall be made, with respect to present or former employees or former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Corporation. To the extent, however, that a present or former director, officer or employee of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.

Section 8.4 Good Faith Defined. For purposes of any determination under Section 8.3 of this Article VIII, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful, if such person’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the Corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another enterprise. The provisions of this Section 8.4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2, as the case may be.

 

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Section 8.5 Indemnification by a Court. Notwithstanding any contrary determination in the specific case under Section 8.3, and notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, any director, officer or employee may apply to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or any other court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under Section 8.1 or Section 8.2. The basis of such indemnification by a court shall be a determination by such court that indemnification of the director, officer or employee is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2, as the case may be. Neither a contrary determination in the specific case under Section 8.3 nor the absence of any determination thereunder shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that the director, officer or employee seeking indemnification has not met any applicable standard of conduct. Notice of any application for indemnification pursuant to this Section 8.5 shall be given to the Corporation promptly upon the filing of such application. If successful, in whole or in part, the director, officer or employee seeking indemnification shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such application.

Section 8.6 Expenses Payable in Advance. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a current or former director or officer or employee entitled to indemnification under this Article VIII in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such current or former director, officer or employee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII.

Section 8.7 Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in Section 8.1 and Section 8.2 shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Article VIII shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the DGCL, or otherwise.

Section 8.8 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of, or in a fiduciary capacity with respect to, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article VIII.

 

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Section 8.9 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to “the Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors or officers, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation or is or was a director, officer or employee of such constituent corporation serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of, or in a fiduciary capacity with respect to, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. The term “another enterprise” as used in this Article VIII shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of, or fiduciary with respect to, another enterprise which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer or employee with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article VIII.

Any reference to an officer of the Corporation in this Article VIII shall be deemed to refer exclusively to the Chief Executive Officer, Secretary or Treasurer appointed pursuant to Article IV of these By-Laws, and to any President, Vice President, Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer or other officer of the Corporation appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article IV of these By-Laws, and any reference to an officer of any another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be deemed to refer exclusively to an officer appointed by the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such other entity pursuant to the certificate of incorporation and bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of such other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. The fact that any person who is or was an employee of the Corporation or an employee of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise has been given or has used the title of “Vice President” or any other title that could be construed to suggest or imply that such person is or may be an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall not result in such person being constituted as, or being deemed to be, an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for purposes of this Article VIII.

 

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Section 8.10 Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer or employee and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

Section 8.11 Limitation on Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VIII to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 8.5) or with respect to any compulsory counterclaim brought by such indemnitee, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any person entitled to indemnification under this Article VIII (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) or advance expenses in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

Section 8.12 Indemnification of Employees and Agents. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to other employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article VIII to directors and officers of the Corporation.

Section 8.13 Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VIII shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of a director, officer or employee of the Corporation in respect of any proceeding (regardless of when such proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) arising out of, or related to, any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

Section 9.1 Amendments. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend, alter or repeal these By-Laws. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Board of Directors shall be required to adopt, amend, alter or repeal these By-Laws. In addition, until the completion of the third Annual Meeting of Stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, these By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new By-Laws may be adopted by the stockholders, with the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of the Corporation’s capital stock then outstanding and entitled to vote thereon. From and after the completion of the third Annual Meeting of Stockholders to occur after the Effective Date, these By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new By-Laws may be adopted by the stockholders, with the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the Corporation’s capital stock then outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.

 

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ARTICLE X

CONSTRUCTION

Section 10.1 Construction. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of these By-Laws as in effect from time to time and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation as in effect from time to time, the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation shall be controlling.

Section 10.2 Entire Board of Directors. As used in this Article X and in these By-Laws generally, the term “entire Board of Directors” means the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies and each other reference to the “Board of Directors” means the total number of directors then in office.

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Adopted as of: May 8, 2018

Last Amended as of: May 8, 2018

 

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EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

EFFECTIVE DATE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

EFFECTIVE DATE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Effective Date Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of May 9, 2018, among each of the undersigned Guarantors party hereto (the “Initial Guarantors”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of May 3, 2018 providing for the issuance of 6.375% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Initial Guarantors and the Trustee hereby enter into this Effective Date Supplemental Indenture, under which the Initial Guarantors shall become party to the Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to this Effective Date Supplemental Indenture, the Initial Guarantors shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Guarantee”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Effective Date Supplemental Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Initial Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Initial Guarantors hereby agree to become party to the Indenture as Guarantors and to provide unconditional Guarantees on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture including but not limited to Article Twelve thereof.

3. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Initial Guarantors, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or any the Initial Guarantors under the Notes, any Guarantees, the Indenture or this Effective Date Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.

4. GOVERNING LAW. THIS EFFECTIVE DATE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS EFFECTIVE DATE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.


5. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Effective Date Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of the Effective Date Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of the Effective Date Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Effective Date Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes

6. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience or reference only and are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not affect the construction hereof.

7. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Effective Date Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Initial Guarantors .


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

Dated: May 9, 2018

 

ACCELERATED PROCESS SYSTEMS, INC.
APERGY (DELAWARE) FORMATION, INC.
APERGY FUNDING CORPORATION
APERGY USA, INC.
APERGY BMCS ACQUISITION CORP.
APERGY ARTIFICIAL LIFT, LLC
APERGY ESP SYSTEMS, LLC
APERGY ENERGY AUTOMATION, LLC
HARBISON-FISCHER, INC.
HONETREAT COMPANY
NORRIS RODS, INC.
NORRISEAL-WELLMARK, INC.
PCS FERGUSON, INC.
QUARTZDYNE, INC.
SPIRIT GLOBAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC.
THETA OILFIELD SERVICES, INC.
UPCO, INC.
US SYNTHETIC CORPORATION
WELLMARK HOLDINGS, INC.
WINDROCK, INC.
By:  

/s/ Ken Andrews

  Name:   Ken Andrews
  Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Effective Date Supplemental Indenture]


WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Yana Kislenko

  Name:   Yana Kislenko
  Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Effective Date Supplemental Indenture]

EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

 

 

 

EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

BY AND BETWEEN

DOVER CORPORATION

AND

APERGY CORPORATION

DATED AS OF

May 9, 2018

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  

Article I DEFINITIONS

     1  

1.1

   Definitions      1  

Article II GENERAL PRINCIPLES; EMPLOYMENT TERMS

     5  

2.1

   General Principles      5  

2.2

   Continuation or Transfer of Employment      6  

2.3

   Assumption and Retention of Liabilities      7  

2.4

   Assumption of Employee Liabilities      8  

2.5

   Cessation as Participating Companies      8  

2.6

   No Duplication of Benefits; Service and Other Credit and No Expansion of Participation      9  

2.7

   Reimbursements      9  

2.8

   Labor Relations      9  

2.9

   Plan Administration      10  

2.10

   Special Provisions      10  

Article III DEFINED CONTRIBUTION, DEFINED BENEFIT, AND NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS IN THE U.S.

     10  

3.1

   Defined Contribution Plan      10  

3.2

   U.S. Defined Benefit Plans      11  

3.3

   Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans      14  

Article IV HEALTH AND WELFARE PLANS

     14  

4.1

   Cessation of Participation in Dover Health and Welfare Plans      14  

4.2

   Allocation of Health and Welfare Plan Liabilities      15  

4.3

   Flexible Spending Plan Treatment in the U.S      15  

4.4

   Workers’ Compensation Liabilities      16  

4.5

   Payroll Taxes and Reporting      17  

4.6

   COBRA Compliance in the U.S.      17  

4.7

   Vacation, Holidays, Approved Leaves of Absence, and Paid Time Off      17  

Article V INCENTIVE COMPENSATION, EQUITY AND EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION, AND OTHER BENEFITS

     18  

5.1

   Cash-Based Incentives      18  

5.2

   Stock Options and SSARs      18  

5.3

   Restricted Stock Units      19  

5.4

   General      20  

5.5

   Non-U.S. Grants/Awards      20  

5.6

   Adoption of Plan      20  

5.7

   Administration      20  

5.8

   Registration      20  

5.9

   No Effect on Subsequent Awards      20  

 

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Article VI GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE

     20  

6.1

   Sharing of Participant Information      20  

6.2

   Audit Rights with Respect to Information Provided      21  

6.3

   Fiduciary Matters      21  

6.4

   Consent of Third Parties      21  

6.5

   Confidentiality of Employee Information      21  

6.6

   Cooperation      21  

6.7

   Subsequent Transfers of Employment      22  

Article VII GENERAL PROVISIONS

     22  

7.1

   Complete Agreement      22  

7.2

   Counterparts      22  

7.3

   Survival of Agreements      23  

7.4

   Notices      23  

7.5

   Termination      23  

7.6

   Severability      23  

7.7

   Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries      24  

7.8

   Governing Law      24  

7.9

   Consent to Jurisdiction      24  

7.10

   Dispute Resolution      25  

7.11

   Specific Performance      25  

7.12

   Amendment      25  

7.13

   Rules of Construction      25  

7.14

   Authorization      26  

7.15

   Schedules      27  

7.16

   Subsidiaries      27  

7.17

   No Circumvention      27  

 

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EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

THIS EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT is entered into as of May 9, 2018, by and between Dover Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Dover”), and Apergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Apergy” and together with Dover, the “Parties” and each, a “Party”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Dover has determined that it is in the best interests of Dover and its shareholders to create a new publicly traded company which shall operate the Apergy Business;

WHEREAS, in furtherance thereof, Dover and Apergy have entered into that certain Separation and Distribution Agreement dated May 9, 2018 (the “Separation Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, as contemplated by the Separation Agreement, Dover and Apergy desire to enter into this Agreement to provide for the allocation of Assets, Liabilities, and responsibilities with respect to certain matters relating to Employees (including employee compensation and benefit plans and programs) between them.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Separation Agreement.

Adjusted Dover Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a).

Adjusted Dover RSU” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a).

Adjusted Dover SSAR” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a).

Agreement” means this Employee Matters Agreement, together with all schedules hereto and all amendments, modifications, and changes hereto entered into pursuant to Section 7.12.

Apergy” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Apergy 401(k) Plan” means the Wellsite 401(k) Savings Plan, a tax-qualified 401(k) defined contribution savings plan established by a member of the Apergy Group effective as of the Plan Separation Date.


Apergy Employee” means any individual who, as of the applicable date of determination, is either actively employed by or then on a leave of absence (including maternity, paternity, family, sick, short-term or long-term disability leave, qualified military service under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, and leave under the Family Medical Leave Act or other applicable Law and other approved leaves) from any member of the Apergy Group.

Apergy FSAs” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.

Apergy Long Term Incentive Plan” means the Apergy Corporation 2018 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan adopted by Apergy prior to the Effective Time under which the Apergy equity-based awards and long term cash incentive awards described in Article V shall be issued.

Apergy Participant” means any individual who is an Apergy Employee, a Former Apergy Employee, a member of or other participant in an Apergy Benefit Plan, or a beneficiary, dependent, alternate payee, or other person participating in an Apergy Benefit Plan in respect of any of the foregoing persons.

Apergy Pension Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(b).

Apergy Ratio” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(b)(i).

Benefit Plan” when immediately preceded by “Dover,” means any plan, policy, program, payroll practice, on-going arrangement, Contract, trust, insurance policy, or other agreement or funding vehicle (including a Health and Welfare Plan) for which the eligible classes of participants include employees or former employees (and their respective eligible dependents) of a member of the Dover Group or, prior to the applicable Plan Separation Date only, a member of the Apergy Group, and when immediately preceded by “Apergy,” means any plan, policy, program, payroll practice, on-going arrangement, Contract, trust, insurance policy, or other agreement or funding vehicle (including a Health and Welfare Plan) which is sponsored exclusively by the members of the Apergy Group or for which the eligible classes of participants exclusively include employees or former employees (and their respective eligible dependents) of members of the Apergy Group.

COBRA” means the continuation coverage requirements for “group health plans” under Title X of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, and as codified in Code Section 4980B and ERISA Sections 601 through 608.

Dover” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Dover 401(k) Plan” means the Dover Corporation Retirement Savings Plan.

Dover Deferred Compensation Plan” means the Dover Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2009.

Dover Employee” means any individual who, as of the applicable date of determination, is either actively employed by or then on a leave of absence (including maternity, paternity, family, sick, short-term or long-term disability leave, qualified military service under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, and leave under the Family Medical Leave Act or other applicable Law and other approved leaves) from any member of the Dover Group, but does not include any Apergy Employee.

 

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Dover Equity Plan” means the Dover Corporation 2012 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan, the Dover Corporation 2005 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan, and any other equity incentive plan sponsored or maintained by Dover immediately prior to the Effective Time, each as amended from time to time.

Dover FSAs” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.

Dover Participant” means any individual who is a Dover Employee, a Former Dover Employee, or a beneficiary, dependent, alternative payee, or other person participating in a Dover Benefit Plan in respect of either of the foregoing.

Dover Pension Replacement Plan” means the Dover Corporation Pension Replacement Plan, as amended and/or restated from time to time.

Dover Performance Share” means a performance share granted pursuant to any Dover Equity Plan.

Dover Ratio” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a)(i).

Dover U.S. Pension Plan” means the Dover Corporation Pension Plan, a U.S. defined benefit pension plan.

Employee” means any Dover Employee or Apergy Employee.

ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. Reference to a specific provision of ERISA also includes any proposed, temporary, or final regulations in force under that provision.

Estimated Pension Plan Transfer Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c)(ii)(B).

Final Pension Plan Transfer Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c)(ii)(D).

Final Transfer Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c)(ii)(E).

Former Apergy Employee” means, as of the applicable date of determination, any individual whose employment with either Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates terminated for any reason before such applicable date, and who primarily worked for an Apergy Business at the time of termination of his or her employment.

Former Dover Employee” means, as of the applicable date of determination, any individual whose employment with either Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates terminated for any reason before such applicable date, other than a Former Apergy Employee.

 

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Former Norris USW Employee” means a Former Apergy Employee who has an accrued benefit under the Dover U.S. Pension Plan as a result of participating in the Dover U.S. Pension Plan pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with the United Steelworkers of America covering employees of Dover’s Norris division.

Health and Welfare Plans” means, when immediately preceded by “Dover,” the health and welfare plans established and sponsored by any member of the Dover Group, and when immediately preceded by “Apergy,” the health and welfare plans exclusively sponsored and maintained by the Apergy Group prior to or after the applicable Plan Separation Date, in each case excluding any governmental plans.

HIPAA” means the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Incentive Stock Option” means an option which qualifies as an incentive stock option under the provisions of Section 422 of the Code.

Initial Transfer Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c)(ii)(C).

IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.

Local Agreement” means any local transfer agreement that provides for the transfer of Assets and the assumption of Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from the transactions contemplated by the Separation Agreement.

New York Courts” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9.

Norris USW Employee” means an Apergy Employee as of the Effective Time who has an accrued benefit under the Dover U.S. Pension Plan as a result of participating in the Dover U.S. Pension Plan pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with the United Steelworkers of America covering employees of Dover’s Norris division.

Norris USW Participant” means any individual who is a Norris USW Employee, a Former Norris USW Employee, or a beneficiary, alternate payee, or other person participating in the Dover U.S. Pension Plan in respect of any of the foregoing persons.

Option” when immediately preceded by “Dover,” means an option (either nonqualified or an Incentive Stock Option) to purchase shares of Dover Common Stock pursuant to a Dover Equity Plan and, when immediately preceded by “Apergy,” means an option (either nonqualified or an Incentive Stock Option) to purchase shares of Apergy Common Stock, which option is granted pursuant to the Apergy Long Term Incentive Plan as set forth in Section 5.2.

Participating Company” means (a) Dover, (b) any Person (other than an individual) that Dover has approved for participation in, and which is a participating employer in, a Benefit Plan, and (c) any Person (other than an individual) which, by the terms of such a Benefit Plan, is a participating employer in such Benefit Plan.

Party” or “Parties” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

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Plan Separation Date” means January 1, 2018.

Post-Distribution Price” with respect to a share of common stock, means the average closing price for such common stock for five (5) consecutive trading days commencing on the Distribution Date.

Post-Effective Time Transfer Individual” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

Pre-Distribution Price” with respect to a share of common stock, means the average closing price for such common stock trading on the “regular way” basis on the NYSE for the five (5) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the Distribution Date.

RSU” when immediately preceded by “Dover,” means a unit granted or provided by Dover pursuant to a Dover Equity Plan or the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan, representing a general unsecured promise by Dover to deliver a share (or cash in respect of a share) of Dover Common Stock, and when immediately preceded by “Apergy,” means a unit granted by Apergy representing a general unsecured promise by Apergy to deliver a share of Apergy Common Stock, which unit is granted pursuant to the Apergy Long Term Incentive Plan as set forth in Section 5.3.

Separation Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

SSAR” when immediately preceded by “Dover,” means a right to receive a payment in shares of Dover Common Stock equal in value to the increase in value in a share of Dover Common Stock over a designated strike price pursuant to a Dover Equity-Based Plan and, when immediately preceded by “Apergy,” means a right to receive a payment in shares of Apergy Common Stock equal in value to the increase in value in a share of Apergy Common Stock over a designated strike price, which right is granted pursuant to the Apergy Long Term Incentive Plan as set forth in Section 5.2.

True-Up Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c)(ii)(E).

U.S.” means the United States of America.

ARTICLE II

GENERAL PRINCIPLES; EMPLOYMENT TERMS

2.1 General Principles. All provisions herein shall be subject to the requirements of all applicable Law and any collective bargaining, works council, or similar Contract or arrangement with any labor union. The provisions of this Agreement shall apply in respect of all jurisdictions wherever situated in accordance with applicable Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the provisions of this Agreement conflict with the provisions of a Local Agreement or, in respect of jurisdictions outside of the U.S., with the terms of an offer letter or other Contract entered into with an Apergy Employee or a Dover Employee, the terms of such Local Agreement, offer letter or other Contract, as applicable, shall govern.

 

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2.2 Continuation or Transfer of Employment.

(a) Continuation or Transfer of Employment of Apergy Employees. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, effective no later than immediately prior to the Effective Time, the employment of each Apergy Employee shall be continued by a member of the Apergy Group or shall be assigned and transferred to a member of the Apergy Group (in each case, with such member as determined by Apergy), or the Apergy Employee shall be engaged as a service provider to the Apergy Group. Apergy or another member of the Apergy Group confirms that it is a successor employer to Dover or a member of the Dover Group under all applicable employment and labor standards Laws. The Parties shall use their reasonable efforts to effect the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the compensation and benefits of such Apergy Employees following such continuation or transfer, as applicable.

(i) For Employees in the jurisdictions where the transfer of employment is by way of employer substitution, Apergy or its relevant Subsidiary or Affiliate shall effectuate an employer substitution, unless the Parties agree otherwise, no later than immediately prior to the Effective Time with respect to each such Employee, in accordance with applicable Law, pursuant to which each relevant Subsidiary or Affiliate will employ such Employee.

(ii) For Employees in the jurisdictions where the transfer is by way of termination/resignation and re-hire, Apergy or its relevant Subsidiary or Affiliate shall offer employment to each such Employee effective no later than immediately prior to the Effective Time, or as otherwise agreed between the Parties, and Dover or its relevant Subsidiary or Affiliate shall terminate such Employees but only then in accordance with applicable Law.

(b) Continuation or Transfer of Employment of Dover Employees. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, effective no later than immediately prior to the Effective Time, the employment of each Dover Employee shall be continued by a member of the Dover Group or shall be assigned and transferred to a member of the Dover Group (in each case, with such member as determined by Dover). The Parties shall use their reasonable efforts to effect the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the compensation and benefits of such Dover Employees following such continuation or transfer, as applicable.

(i) For Employees in the jurisdictions where the transfer of employment is by way of employer substitution, Dover or its relevant Subsidiary or Affiliate shall effectuate an employer substitution, unless the Parties agree otherwise, no later than immediately prior to the Effective Time with respect to each such Employee, in accordance with applicable Law, pursuant to which each relevant Subsidiary or Affiliate will employ such Employee.

(ii) For Employees in the jurisdictions where the transfer is by way of termination/resignation and re-hire, Dover or its relevant Subsidiary or Affiliate shall offer employment to each such Employee effective no later than immediately prior to the Effective Time, or as otherwise agreed between the Parties, and Apergy or its relevant Subsidiary or Affiliate shall terminate such Employees but only then in accordance with applicable Law.

 

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2.3 Assumption and Retention of Liabilities.

(a) Apergy Liabilities. Dover and Apergy intend that all employment, compensation, and employee benefits-related Liabilities associated with Apergy Participants are to be assumed by Apergy or another member of the Apergy Group (as determined by Apergy), except as specifically set forth herein. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, as of the Effective Time, (i) Apergy hereby retains or assumes and agrees to (or shall cause another member of the Apergy Group to) pay, perform, fulfill, and discharge, (ii) Dover shall have no further Liability with respect to, and (iii) Apergy shall indemnify Dover with respect to the following Liabilities, in all events whether arising prior to, as of, or following the Effective Time: (A) all Liabilities arising under or related to Apergy Benefit Plans, (B) all employment (including workers’ compensation), compensation (including wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, fees, all unused entitlements to vacation earned by the Apergy Participant, and payment and withholding of social security and similar Taxes and contributions), employee benefits, or service-related Liabilities (including moving, relocation, repatriation, and immigration-related obligations), in each case, with respect to (x) all Apergy Participants as of the Effective Time and (y) any individual who is, or was, a dependent or independent contractor, temporary employee, temporary service worker, consultant, freelancer, agency employee, leased employee, on-call worker, incidental worker, or non-payroll worker or in any other employment or similar relationship primarily connected to a member of the Apergy Group, including Liabilities relating to adopting and maintaining any policies or practices necessary to comply with employment-related Laws and requirements relating to the employment of Apergy Employees or such individuals described in the foregoing clause (y), (C) all Liabilities with respect to any and all collective bargaining agreements, collective agreements, trade union, or works council agreements entered into between any member of the Dover Group and any union, works council, or other body representing exclusively Apergy Employees, (D) all Liabilities and obligations whatsoever with respect to claims made by or with respect to any Apergy Participants in connection with any Apergy Benefit Plan, program, or policy not otherwise retained or assumed by any member of the Dover Group pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, including such Liabilities relating to actions or omissions of or by any member of the Dover Group or any officer, director, employee or agent thereof as of or prior to the Effective Time, (E) all Liabilities retained or assumed by Apergy or another member of the Apergy Group pursuant to the terms of the Local Agreements, and (F) all Liabilities expressly transferred to a member of the Apergy Group under this Agreement.

(b) Dover Liabilities. Dover and Apergy intend that all employment, compensation, and employee benefits-related Liabilities associated with Dover Participants are to be assumed by Dover or another member of the Dover Group (as determined by Dover), except as specifically set forth herein. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, as of the Effective Time, (i) Dover hereby retains or assumes and agrees to (or shall cause another member of the Dover Group to) pay, perform, fulfill, and discharge, (ii) Apergy shall have no further Liability with respect to, and (iii) Dover shall indemnify Apergy with respect to the following Liabilities, in all events whether arising prior to, as of or following the Effective Time: (A) all Liabilities arising under or related to Dover Benefit Plans, (B) all employment (including workers’ compensation), compensation (including wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, fees, all unused entitlements to vacation earned by the Apergy Participant, and payment and withholding of social security and similar Taxes and contributions), employee benefits, or

 

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service-related Liabilities (including moving, relocation, repatriation, and immigration-related obligations), in each case, with respect to (x) all Dover Participants as of the Effective Time and (y) any individual who is, or was, a dependent or independent contractor, temporary employee, temporary service worker, consultant, freelancer, agency employee, leased employee, on-call worker, incidental worker, or non-payroll worker or in any other employment or similar relationship primarily connected to a member of the Dover Group, including Liabilities relating to adopting and maintaining any policies or practices necessary to comply with employment-related Laws and requirements relating to the employment of Dover Employees or such individuals described in the foregoing clause (y), (C) all Liabilities and obligations whatsoever with respect to claims made by or with respect to any Dover Participants in connection with any Dover Benefit Plan, program or policy not otherwise retained or assumed by any member of the Apergy Group pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, including such Liabilities relating to actions or omissions of or by any member of the Apergy Group or any officer, director, employee, or agent thereof as of or prior to the Effective Time, (D) all Liabilities retained or assumed by Dover or another member of the Dover Group pursuant to the terms of the Local Agreements, and (E) all Liabilities expressly transferred to a member of the Dover Group under this Agreement.

(c) General. All Liabilities retained or assumed by or allocated to (i) Apergy or any other member of the Apergy Group pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be Apergy Liabilities for purposes of Article VI and Article VIII (and related sections) of the Separation Agreement and (ii) Dover or any other member of the Dover Group pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be Dover Liabilities for purposes of Article VI and Article VIII (and related sections) of the Separation Agreement.

2.4 Assumption of Employee Liabilities. Apergy shall assume and be solely responsible for the administration of severance, notice or pay in lieu of notice, indemnity or other termination pay, or other similar benefits in accordance with applicable Law or the terms and conditions of the applicable offer letter, Contract, severance plan, or policy in effect as of the date of the applicable termination of employment (i) relating to or resulting from (A) the Apergy Group’s failure to continue the employment of any Apergy Employee following the Effective Time, (B) the Apergy Group’s failure to continue employment on terms and conditions which would preclude any claims of constructive dismissal or similar claims under any applicable Law, or (C) any failure by the Apergy Group to comply with the terms of this Agreement as of or prior to the Effective Time or (ii) where such severance, notice or pay in lieu of notice, indemnity or termination pay, or other benefits are required to be paid under applicable Law, the terms and conditions of the applicable offer letter, Contract, a Dover Benefit Plan, or an Apergy Benefit Plan, as applicable, upon the applicable date of any Apergy Employee’s transfer without regard to such terms and conditions or such continuation of employment.

2.5 Cessation as Participating Companies. No later than the Effective Time: (i) each member of the Apergy Group shall have ceased to be a Participating Company in any Dover Benefit Plan, (ii) each member of the Dover Group shall have ceased to be a Participating Company in any Apergy Benefit Plan, and (iii) Dover and Apergy shall have taken all necessary action to effectuate such cessations as Participating Companies.

 

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2.6 No Duplication of Benefits; Service and Other Credit and No Expansion of Participation. Dover and Apergy shall have adopted, or caused to have been adopted, all reasonable and necessary amendments and procedures to prevent Apergy Participants from receiving duplicative benefits pursuant to the Dover Benefit Plans and the Apergy Benefit Plans. With respect to Apergy Participants, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Apergy Benefit Plan shall provide that for purposes of determining eligibility to participate, vesting, and entitlement to benefits, service prior to the applicable Plan Separation Date with a member of the Dover Group shall be treated as service with a member of the Apergy Group in accordance with the terms of the corresponding Dover Benefit Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in connection with any Apergy Employee’s break in service, any determination as to service credit shall be made under and in accordance with the applicable Apergy Benefit Plan document, the terms of which shall control in the case of any conflict with this Section 2.6 unless otherwise provided under applicable Law. The Parties shall use their reasonable efforts so that such service also shall apply for purposes of satisfying any waiting periods, evidence of insurability requirements or the application of any pre-existing condition limitations under any Apergy Benefit Plan. Each Apergy Benefit Plan shall, to the extent practicable, waive pre-existing condition limitations with respect to Apergy Participants, to the extent such pre-existing condition limitations were waived with respect to such Apergy Participants under the corresponding Dover Benefit Plan as of immediately prior to the Effective Time. Except (i) as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, (ii) as otherwise determined or agreed to by Dover and Apergy, (iii) as required by applicable Law, or (iv) as explicitly set forth in an Apergy Benefit Plan, an Apergy Participant shall be entitled to participate in an Apergy Benefit Plan only to the extent that such Apergy Participant was entitled to participate in the corresponding Dover Benefit Plan as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time. It is the intent of the Parties that this Agreement does not result in any expansion of (A) the number of Apergy Participants in the Apergy Benefit Plans as compared to the number of such Apergy Participants in the corresponding Dover Benefit Plans or (B) the Apergy Participants’ participation rights in Apergy Benefit Plans as compared to such Apergy Participants’ participation rights in the corresponding Dover Benefit Plans, in each case, as of prior to the Effective Time.

2.7 Reimbursements. From time to time after the Effective Time, the Parties shall promptly reimburse one another, upon reasonable request of the Party requesting reimbursement and the presentation by such Party of such substantiating documentation as the other Party shall reasonably request, for the cost of any Liabilities satisfied or assumed by the Party requesting reimbursement or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates that are made, pursuant to this Agreement, the responsibility of the other Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

2.8 Labor Relations. To the extent required by applicable Law or any Contract or arrangement with a labor union, works council, or similar employee organization, Apergy shall (or shall cause another member of the Apergy Group to) provide notice, engage in consultation, and take any similar action which may be required on its part in connection with the actions contemplated in this Agreement or the Distribution and shall fully indemnify each member of the Dover Group against any Liabilities arising from its failure (or the failure of the applicable member of the Apergy Group) to comply with such requirements.

 

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2.9 Plan Administration. The Parties acknowledge that the Dover Group or the Apergy Group may provide administrative services for certain of the Apergy Group’s benefit programs or the Dover Group’s benefit programs, respectively, for a transitional period under the terms of the Transition Services Agreement. The Parties agree to enter into a business associate agreement (if required by HIPAA or other applicable health information privacy Laws) in connection with such Transition Services Agreement.

2.10 Special Provisions. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, and Senior Vice President, Human Resources, and each of them individually, of Dover shall have the discretion, power, and authority to adopt and implement special provisions, rules, or procedures applicable to the employment, compensation, and benefit arrangements of one or more individuals as are deemed necessary or advisable to give effect to the intentions of this Agreement, including special provisions relating to: (i) different equitable adjustments from those set forth in Article V, in the case of a grantee who has outstanding equity-based awards granted under any of the Dover Equity Plans or the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan to the extent that any such officer deems such different treatment to be equitable, necessary or advisable, based on the advice of counsel, (ii) errors in the timing of employment transfers, (iii) issues pertaining to immigration Law requirements, and (iv) any transfer of employment or service of any individuals to a member of the Apergy Group following the Effective Time (each such individual, a “Post-Effective Time Transfer Individual”). To the extent that any such special provisions, rules, or procedures are adopted or implemented with respect to any such Post-Effective Time Transfer Individual, such officer shall use best efforts to treat each such Post-Effective Time Transfer Individual in the same manner as if such Post-Effective Time Transfer Individual’s employment or service was continued, assigned, or transferred, as applicable, to a member of the Apergy Group as of no later than immediately prior to the Effective Time in accordance with Section 2.2(a).

ARTICLE III

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION, DEFINED BENEFIT, AND NON-QUALIFIED

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS IN THE U.S.

3.1 Defined Contribution Plan.

(a) Establishment of Apergy 401(k) Plan and Trust. Effective as of the Plan Separation Date, Apergy established the Apergy 401(k) Plan and any trust agreements or other plan documents reasonably necessary, and caused trustees to be appointed for such plan.

(b) Assumption of Liabilities and Transfer of Assets. In accordance with applicable Law, Dover and Apergy caused the accounts under the Dover 401(k) Plan of each Apergy Employee to be transferred to the Apergy 401(k) Plan as soon as practicable after the Plan Separation Date in the following manner: (i) Dover caused the accounts (including any outstanding loan balances) of each Apergy Employee as of the Plan Separation Date in the Dover 401(k) Plan to be transferred as soon as practicable after the Plan Separation Date to the Apergy 401(k) Plan and its related trust, (ii) the Apergy 401(k) Plan assumed and became solely responsible for all Liabilities relating to the accounts that were so transferred to the Apergy 401(k) Plan and its related trust as of the time of such transfer, and (iii) Apergy caused such transferred accounts to be accepted by the Apergy 401(k) Plan and its related trust and caused the Apergy 401(k) Plan to satisfy all protected benefit requirements under the Code and applicable Law with respect to the transferred accounts.

 

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(c) Establishment of Apergy 401(k) Plan Employer Securities Fund. Effective as of the Plan Separation Date, Dover and Apergy established a Dover employer securities fund under the Apergy 401(k) Plan. Shares of Dover Common Stock held in the Dover 401(k) Plan were transferred in kind to the new Dover employer securities fund under the Apergy 401(k) Plan pursuant to Section 3.1(b). Effective as of the Plan Separation Date, Apergy Participants in the Apergy 401(k) Plan have been and are prohibited from increasing their holdings in the Dover employer securities fund and may elect to liquidate their holdings in such Dover employer securities fund and invest the proceeds in any other investment fund under the Apergy 401(k) Plan.

(d) Employer Securities. Dover and Apergy each presently intend to preserve the right of Dover Participants and Apergy Participants to receive distributions in kind of employer securities from, respectively, the Dover 401(k) Plan and the Apergy 401(k) Plan, if, and to the extent, investments under such plans are comprised of Apergy Common Stock or Dover Common Stock, respectively; provided, that, Dover shall cause the Dover 401(k) Plan to provide that, no later than twelve (12) months following the Effective Time, the Dover 401(k) Plan shall hold no separate investment fund comprised of Apergy Common Stock and Apergy shall cause the Apergy 401(k) Plan to provide that, no later than twelve (12) months following the Effective Time, the Apergy 401(k) Plan shall not hold a separate investment fund comprised of Dover Common Stock. Each of Dover and Apergy shall authorize the appropriate plan fiduciary to determine, in its discretion, the extent to which and when Dover Common Stock (in the case of the Apergy 401(k) Plan) and Apergy Common Stock (in the case of the Dover 401(k) Plan) shall cease to be investment alternatives thereunder.

3.2 U.S. Defined Benefit Plans.

(a) Dover U.S. Pension Plan. No Apergy Participant shall accrue any additional benefits under the Dover U.S. Pension Plan for services performed following the Effective Time. Effective as of the Effective Time, each Apergy Participant in the Dover U.S. Pension Plan who is not a Norris USW Participant shall become fully vested in such Apergy Participant’s accrued benefit provided under such plan. Following the Effective Time, Dover shall retain and be solely responsible for all Dover U.S. Pension Plan Liabilities and obligations other than those Liabilities and obligations transferred to the Apergy Pension Plan pursuant to Section 3.2(c), and accordingly, there shall be no transfer of Assets or Liabilities among Dover, Apergy or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates, or plans in respect of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan with respect to each Apergy Participant except as set forth in Section 3.2(c).

(b) Establishment of Apergy Pension Plan. No later than the Effective Time, Dover and Apergy shall have adopted, or caused to have been adopted, a defined benefit pension plan (such new defined benefit pension plan, the “Apergy Pension Plan”) that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code and related trust that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 501(a) of the Code to provide retirement benefits to the Norris USW Participants who immediately prior to the Effective Time were participants in the Dover U.S. Pension Plan. Apergy shall be responsible for taking all necessary, reasonable, and appropriate

 

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actions to maintain and administer the Apergy Pension Plan so that it is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and that the related trust thereunder is exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code, including promptly seeking and obtaining a favorable determination letter from the IRS as to such qualification. Apergy (acting directly or through another member of the Apergy Group) shall be responsible for any and all Liabilities (including Liability for funding) and other obligations with respect to the Apergy Pension Plan.

(c) Norris USW Participants.

(i) Assumption of Dover U.S. Pension Plan Liabilities. Effective as of the Effective Time, Apergy (acting directly or through another member of the Apergy Group) agrees to cause the Apergy Pension Plan to assume, fully perform, pay, and discharge all Liabilities and obligations under the Dover U.S. Pension Plan relating to all benefits accrued under the Dover U.S. Pension Plan by Norris USW Participants solely as a result of participating in such plan pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with the United Steelworkers of America covering employees of Dover’s Norris Division as of the Effective Time.

(ii) Transfer of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan Assets.

(A) The Parties intend that the portion of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan covering Norris USW Participants which represents benefits accrued under the Dover U.S. Pension Plan solely as a result of such Norris USW Participants’ participation in such plan pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with the United Steelworkers of America covering employees of Dover’s Norris Division shall be transferred to the Apergy Pension Plan in accordance with Section 414(l) of the Code, Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(l)-1, and Section 208 of ERISA. It is intended that the transfers of Assets and Liabilities relating to the Norris USW Participants shall satisfy the de minimis rule of Treasury Regulations Section 414(l)-1(n)(2) and shall be deemed to comply with Section 414(l) of the Code so that no IRS Form 5310-A shall be filed with respect to such transfers.

(B) Prior to the Effective Time (or such later time as mutually agreed by the Parties), Dover shall cause the Dover U.S. Pension Plan actuary to determine the estimated value, as of the Effective Time, of the Assets from the trust of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan to be transferred to the trust of the Apergy Pension Plan (the “Estimated Pension Plan Transfer Amount”).

(C) As of the Effective Time (or such later time as mutually agreed by the Parties), Dover and Apergy shall cooperate in good faith to cause an initial transfer of Assets from the trust of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan to the trust of the Apergy Pension Plan in an amount to be approximately ninety percent (90%) of the Estimated Pension Plan Transfer Amount (such amount, the “Initial Transfer Amount”). Assets may be transferred in cash, cash equivalents, securities, Assets in kind or in a combination thereof, as determined by Dover in its sole discretion.

 

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(D) Within ninety (90) days (or such later time as mutually agreed by the Parties) following the Effective Time, Dover shall cause the Dover U.S. Pension Plan actuary to provide Apergy with a revised calculation of the value, as of the Effective Time, of the Assets from the trust of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan to be transferred to the trust of the Apergy Pension Plan. This revised value, as of the Effective Time, of the Assets from the trust of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan to be transferred to the trust of the Apergy Pension Plan as determined in accordance with this Section 3.2(c)(ii)(D) shall be referred to herein as the “Final Pension Plan Transfer Amount.”

(E) Within ten (10) days (or such later time as mutually agreed by the Parties) following the determination of the Final Pension Plan Transfer Amount, Dover shall cause the trust of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan to transfer to the trust of the Apergy Pension Plan (the date of such transfer, the “Final Transfer Date”) the amount, in cash, cash equivalents, securities, other Assets in kind or in a combination thereof, as determined by Dover in its sole discretion, equal to (i) the Final Pension Plan Transfer Amount minus (ii) the Initial Transfer Amount (such difference, as adjusted to reflect fees or charges paid or incurred and earnings or losses as determined based on the actual rate of return of the trust of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan for the period commencing as of the Effective Time and ending on a commercially reasonable date in advance of the Final Transfer Date, the “True-Up Amount”); provided, that in the event the True-Up Amount is negative, Dover shall not be required to cause any such additional transfer and instead Apergy shall be required to cause a transfer of cash, cash equivalents, or securities (or, in its discretion, if acceptable to Dover, Assets in kind) from the trust of the Apergy Pension Plan to the trust of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan, as required, in an amount equal to the absolute value of the True-Up Amount. The Parties acknowledge that the transfer of the True-Up Amount from the trust of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan to the trust of the Apergy Pension Plan, if applicable, shall be in full settlement and satisfaction of the obligations of Dover to cause the transfer of, and the trust of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan to transfer, Assets to the trust of the Apergy Pension Plan pursuant to this Section 3.2(c)(ii)(E). In the event that Apergy is obligated to cause the trust of the Apergy Pension Plan to reimburse the trust of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan pursuant to this Section 3.2(c)(ii)(E), such reimbursement shall be performed in accordance with the same principles set forth herein with respect to the payment of the True-Up Amount from the trust of the Apergy Pension Plan to the trust of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan. The Parties acknowledge that the transfer of such reimbursement amount from the trust of the Apergy Pension Plan to the trust of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan, if applicable, shall be in full settlement and satisfaction of the obligations of Apergy to cause the transfer of, and the trust of the Apergy Pension Plan to transfer, Assets to the trust of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan pursuant to this Section 3.2(c)(ii)(E).

 

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3.3 Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans.

(a) Dover Deferred Compensation Plan. No Apergy Participant shall defer any compensation under the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan attributable to services performed on or following the Plan Separation Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the account balance of each Apergy Participant under the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan shall continue to change based on such Apergy Participant’s individual investment elections. Effective as of the Effective Time, a member of the Apergy Group shall assume all Dover Deferred Compensation Plan Liabilities determined as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, with respect to each Apergy Participant who is an Apergy Employee as of the Effective Time.

(b) Dover Pension Replacement Plan. No later than the Effective Time, Dover shall amend the Dover Pension Replacement Plan to (i) freeze benefit accruals under the Dover Pension Replacement Plan effective as of immediately prior to the Effective Time with respect to Apergy Participants who are actively accruing a benefit under the Dover Pension Replacement Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time, (ii) convert the benefit determined under clause (i) to an account balance effective as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (iii) reduce the amount determined under clause (ii) by any Taxes the Apergy Participant would be required to pay as a result of the conversion described in clause (ii) as permitted under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(vii). Effective as of the Effective Time, a member of the Apergy Group shall assume all Dover Pension Replacement Plan Liabilities determined pursuant to the preceding sentence with respect to each Apergy Participant who is an Apergy Employee as of the Effective Time.

(c) Establishment of Apergy Deferred Compensation Plan. Prior to the Effective Time, a member of the Apergy Group shall have adopted, or caused to have been adopted, a non-qualified deferred compensation benefit plan, which will serve as the plan document for the Dover Pension Replacement Plan Liabilities and Dover Deferred Compensation Plan Liabilities assumed by a member of the Apergy Group in accordance with Sections 3.3(a) and 3.3(b).

(d) Harbison-Fischer Manufacturing Company Restoration of Income Plan and Harbison-Fischer Manufacturing Company Deferred Compensation Agreement. As of and following the Effective Time, Apergy (or another applicable member of the Apergy Group) shall retain all Liabilities and the administration of the Harbison-Fischer Manufacturing Company Restoration of Income Plan and the Harbison-Fischer Manufacturing Company Deferred Compensation Agreement.

ARTICLE IV

HEALTH AND WELFARE PLANS

4.1 Cessation of Participation in Dover Health and Welfare Plans. Effective as of the Plan Separation Date, Apergy established Apergy Health and Welfare Plans which generally correspond to the Dover Health and Welfare Plans which provide group health, life, dental, accidental death and dismemberment, health care reimbursements, dependent care assistance and disability benefits in which certain Apergy Participants participated immediately prior to the Plan

 

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Separation Date. Effective as of immediately prior to the Plan Separation Date, such Apergy Participants ceased to participate in the Dover Health and Welfare Plans in which they participated and effective as of the Plan Separation Date commenced participation in the corresponding Apergy Health and Welfare Plans. Apergy caused those Apergy Participants who participated in Dover Health and Welfare Plans immediately prior to the Plan Separation Date to be automatically enrolled as of the Plan Separation Date in the Apergy Health and Welfare Plans corresponding to the Dover Health and Welfare Plans in which such Apergy Participants participated immediately prior to the Plan Separation Date. The transfer of employment from a member of the Dover Group to a member of the Apergy Group prior to or as of the Effective Time shall not be treated as a “status change” with respect to any Apergy Employee under the Dover Health and Welfare Plans or the Apergy Health and Welfare Plans.

4.2 Allocation of Health and Welfare Plan Liabilities.

(a) Health and Welfare Claims. Except as set forth in Section 4.2(b), Dover shall retain and be solely responsible for all outstanding Liabilities relating to, arising out of, or resulting from health and welfare coverage or claims incurred by Apergy Participants under the Dover Health and Welfare Plans prior to the Plan Separation Date.

(b) Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Coverage Liabilities. From and after the Effective Time, Apergy shall, or shall cause another member of the Apergy Group to, accept, assume (or, as applicable, retain) and perform, discharge and fulfill, all Liabilities relating to, arising out of, or resulting from short-term or long-term disability coverage for Apergy Participants under the Dover Health and Welfare Plans, in each case, regardless of (i) when or where such Liabilities arose or arise, (ii) where or against whom such Liabilities are asserted or determined and (iii) whether the facts on which they are based occurred prior to, on or after the date hereof.

4.3 Flexible Spending Plan Treatment in the U.S. Effective as of the Plan Separation Date, Apergy established a dependent care spending account and a medical care spending account under a cafeteria plan meeting the requirements of Section 125 of the Code (collectively, the “Apergy FSAs”), which Apergy FSAs have terms that are substantially identical to the analogous Dover cafeteria plan and dependent care and medical care flexible spending accounts (collectively, the “Dover FSAs”) as were in effect immediately prior to the Plan Separation Date. As of the Plan Separation Date, Dover transferred the account balances (if any) under the Dover FSAs of each Apergy Employee who elected to participate therein to the corresponding Apergy FSAs. The Apergy FSAs assumed responsibility as of the Plan Separation Date for all outstanding dependent care and medical care claims under the Dover FSAs of each Apergy Employee and assumed and agreed to perform the obligations from and after the Plan Separation Date. On and following the Plan Separation Date, the contribution elections (if any) of each Apergy Employee as in effect immediately prior to the Plan Separation Date shall remain in effect under the applicable Apergy FSA. As of the Plan Separation Date, Dover transferred to Apergy an amount equal to the total contributions made to the Dover FSAs by Apergy Employees in respect of the plan year immediately prior to the plan year in which the Plan Separation Date occurs, reduced by an amount equal to the total claims already paid to Apergy Employees in respect of such immediately preceding plan year, if any. From and after the Plan Separation Date, Dover has provided and shall provide Apergy with such information that any member of the Apergy Group may reasonably request to enable it to verify any claims information pertaining to a Dover FSA.

 

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4.4 Workers Compensation Liabilities.

(a) Apergy Liabilities. All workers’ compensation Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from any claim by Apergy Employees or Former Apergy Employees that result from an accident or from an occupational disease which is incurred or becomes manifest, as the case may be, as of or prior to the Effective Time and while such individual was employed by either Party or its respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall be assumed, or retained as the case may be, by Apergy as of the Effective Time. Each member of the Apergy Group shall also be solely responsible for all workers’ compensation Liabilities relating to, arising out of, or resulting from any claim incurred for a compensable injury sustained by an Apergy Employee or Former Apergy Employee that results from an accident or from an occupational disease which is incurred or becomes manifest, as the case may be, after the Effective Time. Effective as of the Effective Time, Apergy, acting through the applicable member of the Apergy Group employing each Apergy Employee, will be responsible for obtaining workers’ compensation insurance, including providing all collateral required by the insurance carriers. To the extent that such insurance coverage cannot be either assigned to or obtained by Apergy or another member of the Apergy Group, in respect of claims and Liabilities otherwise to be assumed by Apergy or another member of the Apergy Group pursuant to Section 2.3(a) and this Section 4.4(a), Dover shall remain primarily liable for such claims and Liabilities, but Apergy shall indemnify and hold harmless Dover for any such claims and Liabilities. If the preceding sentence applies, then at one or more mutually agreed upon dates, Dover will determine, in its sole discretion, the total amount paid with respect to such claims and Liabilities and Apergy shall reimburse Dover for that amount; provided, however, with respect to any such claim or Liability, Apergy shall only be required to reimburse Dover to the extent the total amount paid with respect to such claim or Liability, as determined by Dover, in its sole discretion, taken together with any other amounts owed with respect to claims described in Section 9.3(a) of the Separation Agreement, exceeds the aggregate amount set forth on Schedule 1.1(50)(i)(a) to the Separation Agreement.

(b) Assignment of Contribution Rights. Dover will transfer and assign (or cause a member of the Dover Group to transfer and assign) to a member of the Apergy Group all rights to seek contribution or damages from any applicable third party (such as a third party who aggravates an injury to a worker who makes a workers’ compensation claim) with respect to any workers’ compensation claim for which Apergy is responsible pursuant to Section 2.3(a) and this Article IV. Apergy will transfer and assign (or cause a member of the Apergy Group to transfer and assign) to a member of the Dover Group all rights to seek contribution or damages from any applicable third party (such as a third party who aggravates an injury to a worker who makes a workers’ compensation claim) with respect to any workers’ compensation claim for which Dover is responsible pursuant to Section 2.3(b).

(c) Collateral. As of and after the Effective Time, Apergy (acting directly or through another member of the Apergy Group) shall be responsible for providing all collateral required by insurance carriers in connection with workers’ compensation claims for which Liability is allocated to the Apergy Group under Section 2.3(a) and this Article IV. Dover (acting directly or through another member of the Dover Group) shall be responsible for providing all collateral required by insurance carriers in connection with workers’ compensation claims for which Liability is allocated to the Dover Group under Section 2.3(b).

 

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4.5 Payroll Taxes and Reporting. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, Dover and Apergy shall, to the extent practicable, (i) treat Apergy (or another member of the Apergy Group designated by Apergy) as a “successor employer” and Dover (or the appropriate member of the Dover Group) as a “predecessor,” within the meaning of Sections 3121(a)(1) and 3306(b)(1) of the Code (or analogous terms under applicable Law, including the Employment Insurance and Quebec Parental Insurance Plan and the Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan), with respect to Apergy Employees for purposes of Taxes imposed under the U.S. Federal Unemployment Tax Act or the U.S. Federal Insurance Contributions Act or other applicable Laws, and (ii) cooperate with each other to avoid, to the extent possible, the filing of more than one IRS Form W-2 with respect to each Apergy Employee for the year in which the Effective Time occurs. Without limiting in any manner the obligations and Liabilities of the Parties under the Tax Matters Agreement, each member of the Dover Group and each member of the Apergy Group shall each bear its responsibility for payroll Tax obligations and for the proper reporting to the appropriate Governmental Entities of compensation earned by their respective employees after the Effective Time, including compensation related to the exercise of stock options or the vesting or exercise of other equity awards.

4.6 COBRA Compliance in the U.S.. As of the Plan Separation Date, Apergy assumed responsibility for and has been and is responsible for administering compliance with the health care continuation requirements of COBRA, in accordance with the provisions of the Apergy Health and Welfare Plans, with respect to Apergy Participants who incurred a COBRA qualifying event under the Dover Health and Welfare Plans at any time prior to the Plan Separation Date. Apergy also has been and is responsible for administering compliance with the health care continuation requirements of COBRA and the corresponding provisions of the Apergy Health and Welfare Plans with respect to Apergy Employees and their covered dependents who incur a COBRA qualifying event under the Apergy Health and Welfare Plans at any time on or after the Plan Separation Date.

4.7 Vacation, Holidays, Approved Leaves of Absence, and Paid Time Off. As of or prior to the Effective Time, the applicable member of the Apergy Group shall have credited each Apergy Employee with the unused vacation days, holidays, annual leave, or other approved leave of absence, and personal, and sickness days that such Apergy Employee has accrued immediately prior to the Effective Time (not previously paid or required to be paid) in accordance with the vacation and personnel policies applicable to such Apergy Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

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ARTICLE V

INCENTIVE COMPENSATION, EQUITY AND EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION,

AND OTHER BENEFITS

5.1 Cash-Based Incentives.

(a) Annual Cash Incentives and Commissions. At the regularly scheduled payment date, Apergy shall pay each Apergy Employee, and Dover shall pay each Dover Employee, in each case, who is participating in an annual cash incentive bonus or commission program of a member of the Apergy Group or a member of the Dover Group, as applicable, such Apergy Employee’s and such Dover Employee’s, as applicable, annual incentive bonus or commission under the applicable plan, based on actual performance for 2018.

(b) Long-term Cash Incentives. Each Dover long-term cash incentive award that is held by an Apergy Employee with a performance period that extends beyond the Effective Time will be cancelled and forfeited as of the Effective Time.

5.2 Stock Options and SSARs.

(a) Dover Options and SSARs. Each Dover Option and Dover SSAR that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that is held by a Dover Employee or a Former Dover Employee shall be adjusted as of the Effective Time (and shall thereafter be referred to as an “Adjusted Dover Option” or “Adjusted Dover SSAR,” as applicable) as follows:

(i) The number of shares of Dover Common Stock subject to each Adjusted Dover Option and each Adjusted Dover SSAR, as applicable, shall be equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest whole share on an aggregated basis for all Dover Options held by such Dover Employee or Former Dover Employee and for all Dover SSARs held by such Dover Employee or Former Dover Employee, as applicable) of (A) the number of shares of Dover Common Stock subject to the corresponding Dover Option or Dover SSAR, as applicable, immediately prior to the Effective Time and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Pre-Distribution Price of a share of Dover Common Stock and the denominator which is the Post-Distribution Price of a share of Dover Common Stock (such fraction, the “Dover Ratio”).

(ii) The exercise price per share for each Adjusted Dover Option and the strike price per share for each Adjusted Dover SSAR, as applicable, shall be equal to (A) the exercise price or strike price (as the case may be) of the corresponding Dover Option or Dover SSAR, as applicable, immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by (B) the Dover Ratio, rounded up to the nearest whole cent.

(iii) Each Adjusted Dover Option and Adjusted Dover SSAR shall otherwise be subject to the same terms, vesting conditions, exercise procedures, expiration dates, and termination provisions and other terms and conditions as were in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time for the corresponding Dover Option and Dover SSAR, as applicable.

(b) Apergy Options and SSARs. Each Dover Option and Dover SSAR that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that is held by an Apergy Employee shall, as of the Effective Time, be cancelled and immediately replaced with an Apergy Option or an Apergy SSAR, as applicable, as follows:

 

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(i) The number of shares of Apergy Common Stock subject to each Apergy Option and each Apergy SSAR, as applicable, shall be equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest whole share on an aggregated basis for all Apergy Options held by such Apergy Employee and all Apergy SSARs held by such Apergy Employee, as applicable) of (A) the number of shares of Dover Common Stock subject to the corresponding Dover Option or Dover SSAR, as applicable, immediately prior to the Effective Time and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Pre-Distribution Price of a share of Dover Common Stock and the denominator of which is the Post-Distribution Price of a share of Apergy Common Stock (such fraction, the “Apergy Ratio”).

(ii) The exercise price per share for each Apergy Option and strike price per share for each Apergy SSAR, as applicable, shall be equal to (A) the exercise price or strike price (as the case may be) of the corresponding Dover Option or Dover SSAR, as applicable, immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by (B) the Apergy Ratio, rounded up to the nearest whole cent.

(iii) Each Apergy Option and Apergy SSAR shall otherwise be subject to the same terms, vesting conditions, exercise procedures, expiration dates, and termination provisions and other terms and conditions as were in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time for the corresponding Dover Option and Dover SSAR, as applicable.

5.3 Restricted Stock Units.

(a) Dover RSUs. Each Dover RSU that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that is held by a Dover Employee, a Former Dover Employee or a non-employee director shall be adjusted as of the Effective Time (and shall thereafter be referred to as an “Adjusted Dover RSU”) as follows:

(i) the number of shares of Dover Common Stock subject to each Adjusted Dover RSU shall be equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest whole share on an aggregated basis) of (A) the number of shares of Dover Common Stock subject to the corresponding Dover RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time and (B) the Dover Ratio.

(ii) Each Adjusted Dover RSU shall be subject to the same terms, vesting conditions, issuance dates and method of distribution and other terms and conditions as were in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time for the corresponding Dover RSU.

(b) Apergy RSUs. Each Dover RSU that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that is held by an Apergy Employee shall, as of the Effective Time, be cancelled and immediately replaced with an Apergy RSU, as follows:

(i) The number of shares of Apergy Common Stock subject to each Apergy RSU shall be equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest whole share on an aggregated basis) of (A) the number of shares of Dover Common Stock subject to the corresponding Dover RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time and (B) the Apergy Ratio.

 

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(ii) Each Apergy RSU shall be subject to the same terms, vesting conditions, issuance dates and method of distribution and other terms and conditions that were in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time for the corresponding Dover RSU, and as of the Effective Time, Apergy shall assume all Liabilities with respect to any dividend equivalents that have been credited in respect of such corresponding Dover RSU, as of the Effective Time.

(c) Dover Performance Shares Held by Apergy Employees. Immediately prior to the Effective Time: (i) each ongoing performance period related to an outstanding Dover Performance Share held by an Apergy Employee shall be terminated and (ii) each such outstanding Dover Performance Share held by an Apergy Employee that relates to a performance period ending after the Effective Time shall be cancelled.

5.4 General. All of the adjustments described in this Article V shall be effected in accordance with Sections 424 and 409A of the Code, to the extent subject thereto.

5.5 Non-U.S. Grants/Awards. In making the adjustments as described in this Article V, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve, at and after the Effective Time, the value and tax treatment accorded each equity award granted to non-U.S. employees under the Dover Equity Plans and the Apergy Long Term Incentive Plan, as applicable.

5.6 Adoption of Plan. Prior to the Effective Time, Apergy shall have adopted, or shall have caused a member of the Apergy Group to have adopted, the Apergy Long Term Incentive Plan.

5.7 Administration. Each of Dover and Apergy shall establish an appropriate administration system in order to handle exercises and delivery of shares of common stock in an orderly manner and provide reasonable levels of service for equity award holders.

5.8 Registration. The Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain effective registration statements with the Commission with respect to the awards described in this Article V, to the extent any such registration statement is required by applicable Law.

5.9 No Effect on Subsequent Awards. The provisions of this Article V shall have no effect on the terms and conditions of equity and equity-based awards granted following the Effective Time by Dover or Apergy, including any such equity and equity-based awards granted pursuant to any Dover Equity Plan or the Apergy Long Term Incentive Plan, as applicable.

ARTICLE VI

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE

6.1 Sharing of Participant Information. To the maximum extent permitted under applicable Law, Dover and Apergy shall share, and shall cause the members of its respective Group to share, with each other and their respective agents and vendors all participant information reasonably necessary for the efficient and accurate administration of each of the Dover Benefit Plans and the Apergy Benefit Plans. Dover and Apergy and their respective

 

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authorized agents shall, subject to applicable laws on confidentiality, be given reasonable and timely access to, and may make copies of, all information relating to the subjects of this Agreement in the custody of the other Party or any member of its Group, to the extent necessary for such administration. Until the Plan Separation Date, all participant information was provided in the manner and medium applicable to Participating Companies in the Dover Benefit Plans generally, and thereafter until the time at which the Parties subsequently determine, all participant information has been and shall be provided in a manner and medium that are compatible with the data processing systems of Dover as in effect as of the Plan Separation Date, unless otherwise agreed to by Dover and Apergy.

6.2 Audit Rights with Respect to Information Provided. Each of Dover and Apergy, and their respective duly authorized representatives, shall have the right to conduct reasonable audits with respect to all information provided to it by the other Party. The Parties shall cooperate to determine the procedures and guidelines for conducting audits under this Section 6.2, which shall require reasonable advance notice by the auditing party. The auditing Party shall have the right to make copies of any records at its expense, subject to applicable Law.

6.3 Fiduciary Matters. Dover and Apergy each acknowledge that actions required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement may be subject to fiduciary duties or standards of conduct under ERISA or other applicable Law, and no Party shall be deemed to be in violation of this Agreement if it fails to comply with any provisions hereof based upon its good faith determination (as supported by advice from counsel experienced in such matters) that to do so would violate such a fiduciary duty or standard. Each Party shall be responsible for taking such actions as are deemed necessary and appropriate to comply with its own fiduciary responsibilities and shall fully release and indemnify the other party for any Liabilities caused by the failure to satisfy any such responsibility.

6.4 Consent of Third Parties. If any provision of this Agreement is dependent on the consent of any Third Party (such as a vendor or Governmental Entity) and such consent is withheld, Dover and Apergy shall use commercially reasonable efforts to implement the applicable provisions of this Agreement to the full extent practicable. If any provision of this Agreement cannot be implemented due to the failure of such Third Party to consent, Dover and Apergy shall negotiate in good faith to implement the provision in a mutually satisfactory manner. The phrase “commercially reasonable efforts” as used herein shall not be construed to require the incurrence of any non-routine or unreasonable expense or liability or the waiver of any right.

6.5 Confidentiality of Employee Information. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, all records, information and data relating to Employees shall, in each case, be subject to the confidentiality provisions of the Separation Agreement and any other applicable agreement and applicable Law, and the provisions of this Section 6.5 shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions of the Separation Agreement governing Confidential Information, including Sections 7.5 and 8.6 of the Separation Agreement.

6.6 Cooperation. The Parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with respect to sharing, retaining, and maintaining data and records that are necessary or appropriate to further the purposes of this Section 6.6 and to administer its respective Benefit Plans to the extent consistent with this Agreement and applicable Law, and the Parties agree to cooperate as long as is reasonably necessary to further the purposes of this Section 6.6. No Party shall charge another Party a fee for such cooperation.

 

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6.7 Subsequent Transfers of Employment. To the extent that the employment of any individuals transfers between any member of the Dover Group and any member of the Apergy Group in the twenty-four (24) month period following the Effective Time, the Parties shall use their reasonable efforts to effect the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the compensation and benefits of such individuals following such transfer, it being understood that (i) it may not be possible to replicate the effect of such provisions under such circumstances and (ii) neither Dover nor Apergy shall be bound by the provisions of this Section 6.7 to assume any Liabilities or transfer any Assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for compensation subject to the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, any such subsequent transfer shall be a separation from service from the applicable employer for purposes of such compensation, and the consequences of such separation from service shall be determined in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan or agreement.

ARTICLE VII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

7.1 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, the Separation Agreement and the other Ancillary Agreements, and the exhibits, schedules, and annexes hereto and thereto, shall constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and shall supersede all previous negotiations, commitments, and writings with respect to such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of the body of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any Schedule, the terms and conditions of such Schedule shall control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Separation Agreement, or any other Ancillary Agreement, in the case of any conflict between the provisions of the Separation Agreement and the provisions of any Ancillary Agreement, the provisions of the Separation Agreement shall control; provided, however, that in relation to (i) any matters concerning Taxes, the Tax Matters Agreement shall prevail over the Separation Agreement and any other Ancillary Agreement, (ii) any matters governed by this Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail over the Separation Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement, and (iii) the provision of support and other services after the Effective Time by the Apergy Group to the Dover Group, and vice versa, the Transition Services Agreement shall prevail over the Separation Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement. It is the intention of the Parties that the Transfer Documents shall be consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Separation Agreement and the other Ancillary Agreements. The Parties agree that the Transfer Documents are not intended and shall not be considered in any way to enhance, modify or decrease any of the rights or obligations of Dover, Apergy, or any member of their respective Groups from those contained in this Agreement, the Separation Agreement, and the other Ancillary Agreements.

7.2 Counterparts. 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 such 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.

 

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7.3 Survival of Agreements. Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, all covenants and agreements of the Parties contained in this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their applicable terms.

7.4 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 unless the day of receipt is not a Business Day, in which case it shall be deemed to have been duly given or made on the next Business Day) by delivery in person, by overnight courier service, by facsimile, or by email with receipt confirmed or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 7.4):

If to Dover:

Dover Corporation

3005 Highland Parkway

Downers Grove, Illinois 60515

Attn: Ivonne M. Cabrera

Facsimile: (630) 743-2670

Email: [email address]

If to Apergy:

Apergy Corporation

2445 Technology Forest Blvd., Building 4, Floor 12

The Woodlands, Texas 77381

Attn: Julia Wright

Email: [email address]

7.5 Termination. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, this Agreement shall be of no further force and effect and shall be null and void ab initio if the Separation Agreement is terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time in accordance with Section 10.10 thereof. In the event of such termination, no Party, nor any of its officers, directors, or employees shall have any liability to any other Party or any other Person. After the Effective Time, this Agreement may not be terminated except by an agreement in writing signed by each of the Parties.

7.6 Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the Parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provisions with valid, legal, and enforceable provisions, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provisions.

 

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7.7 Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. The provisions of this Agreement and the obligations and rights hereunder shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by (and against) the Parties and their respective successors (by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise) and permitted transferees and assigns to the same extent as if such successors or permitted transferees and assigns had been an original party to the Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall not be assignable, in whole or in part, by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, and any attempt to assign any rights or obligations arising under this Agreement without such consent shall be null and void; provided, that (i) a Party may assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates, but no such assignment shall release the assigning Party from any liability or obligation under this Agreement, and (ii) a Party may assign this Agreement in whole in connection with a bone fide third-party merger transaction in which such Party is not the surviving entity or the sale by such Party of all or substantially all of its Assets, and upon the effectiveness of such assignment under this clause (ii), the assigning Party shall be released from all of its obligations under this Agreement if the surviving entity of such merger or the transferee of such Assets shall agree in writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the other Party, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if named as a “Party” hereto. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Parties and their respective Affiliates after the Effective Time and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not intended to confer upon any Person except the Parties and their respective Affiliates after the Effective Time, and their respective permitted successors and assigns, any rights or remedies hereunder, and there are no third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, (A) shall confer upon Third Parties any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action, or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement, (B) shall confer any right to employment or continued employment for any period or terms of employment, (C) shall be interpreted to prevent or restrict the Parties from modifying or terminating any Apergy Benefit Plan or Dover Benefit Plan or the employment or terms of employment of any Apergy Employee or Dover Employee, or (D) shall establish, modify or amend any Apergy Benefit Plan or Dover Benefit Plan covering an Apergy Participant or Dover Participant, any collective bargaining agreements, national collective bargaining agreements, or the terms and conditions of employment applicable to an Apergy Employee or a Dover Employee.

7.8 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal Laws, and not the Laws governing conflicts of Laws (other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law), of the State of New York.

7.9 Consent to Jurisdiction. Subject to the provisions of Article VIII of the Separation Agreement, each of the Parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of (a) the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and (b) the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (together, the “New York Courts”), for purposes of any Action to compel arbitration or for provisional relief in aid of arbitration in accordance with

 

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Article VIII of the Separation Agreement or for provisional relief to prevent irreparable harm, and to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the enforcement of any award issued thereunder. Each of the Parties further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice, or document by U.S. registered mail to such Party’s respective address set forth in Section 7.4 shall be effective service of process for any Action in the New York Courts with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 7.9. Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any Action arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the New York Courts, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

7.10 Dispute Resolution. The resolution of any dispute between the Parties with respect to this Agreement shall be governed by the provisions of the Separation Agreement with respect to the resolution of disputes, including the provisions of Article VIII of the Separation Agreement.

7.11 Specific Performance. The Parties agree that irreparable damage may occur in the event that the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms. Accordingly, it is hereby agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to seek (i) an injunction or injunctions to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any arbitration in accordance with Article VIII of the Separation Agreement, (ii) provisional or temporary injunctive relief in accordance therewith in any New York Court, and (iii) enforcement of any such award of an arbitral tribunal or a New York Court in any court of the U.S., or any other any court or tribunal sitting in any state of the U.S. or in any foreign country that has jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy or relief to which they may be entitled.

7.12 Amendment. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by an agreement in writing signed by each of the Parties. The failure of any Party to require strict performance by any other Party of any provision in this Agreement will not waive or diminish that Party’s right to demand strict performance thereafter of that or any other provision hereof.

7.13 Rules of Construction.

References in this Agreement to any gender include references to all genders, and references to the singular include references to the plural and vice versa. Any action to be taken by the board of directors of a Party may be taken by a committee of the board of directors of such Party if properly delegated by the board of directors of such Party to such committee. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(i) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” when used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”,

(ii) references in this Agreement to Articles, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits, and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Annexes, Exhibits, and Schedules to, this Agreement,

 

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(iii) the words “hereof”, “hereby” and “herein” and words of similar meaning when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular Article, Section, or provision of this Agreement,

(iv) the words “written request” when used in this Agreement shall include email,

(v) the term “commercially reasonable efforts” means efforts which are commercially reasonable to enable a Party, directly or indirectly, to satisfy a condition to, or otherwise assist in, the consummation of a desired result and which do not require the performing Party to expend funds or assume Liabilities other than expenditures and Liabilities which are customary and reasonable in nature and amount in the context of a series of related transactions similar to the Distribution,

(vi) the words “shall” and “will” are used interchangeably and have the same meaning,

(vii) the word “or” shall not be exclusive,

(viii) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including,” “to” means “to, but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”,

(ix) whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified,

(x) reference to any Law (including statutes and ordinances) means such Law (including any and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect at the time of determining compliance or applicability,

(xi) references in this Agreement to any time shall be to New York City, New York time unless otherwise expressly provided herein, and

(xii) as described in Section 7.1, to the extent that the terms and conditions of any Schedule hereto conflicts with the express terms of the body of this Agreement, the terms of such Schedule shall control; it being understood that the Parties intend to include in the Schedules hereto any exceptions to the general rules described in the body of this Agreement and to give full effect to such exceptions, with respect to the matters expressly set forth therein.

The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.

7.14 Authorization. Each of the Parties hereby represents and warrants that it has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, that this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such Party, that this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation of each such Party enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equity principles.

 

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7.15 Schedules. The Schedules attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference and shall be construed with and as an integral part of this Agreement to the same extent as if the same had been set forth verbatim herein.

7.16 Subsidiaries. Each of the Parties shall cause (or with respect to an Affiliate that is not a Subsidiary, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) to be performed, and hereby guarantee the performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be performed by any Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Party or by any Business Entity that becomes a Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Party at and after the Effective Time. This Agreement is being entered into by Dover and Apergy on behalf of themselves and the members of their respective Groups (i.e., the Dover Group and the Apergy Group, respectively). This Agreement shall constitute a direct obligation of each such entity and shall be deemed to have been readopted and affirmed on behalf of any Business Entity that becomes a Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Party at and after the Effective Time. Either Party shall have the right, by giving notice to the other Party, to require that any Subsidiary of the other Party execute a counterpart to this Agreement to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Subsidiary.

7.17 No Circumvention. The Parties agree not to directly or indirectly take any actions, act in concert with any Person who takes an action, or cause or allow any member of any such Party’s Group to take any actions (including the failure to take a reasonable action) intended to, or such that the resulting effect is to, materially undermine the effectiveness of any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Separation Agreement, or any other Ancillary Agreement (including adversely affecting the rights or ability of any Party to successfully pursue indemnification, contribution, or payment pursuant to Article VI of the Separation Agreement).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed in their names by a duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.

 

DOVER CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Ivonne M. Cabrera

  Name: Ivonne M. Cabrera
  Title:   Senior Vice President, General
              Counsel & Secretary

[Signature Page to Employee Matters Agreement]


APERGY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Julia Wright

  Name: Julia Wright
 

Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel

            and Secretary

[Signature Page to Employee Matters Agreement]

EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

Execution Version

TAX MATTERS AGREEMENT

Between

DOVER CORPORATION

on behalf of itself

and the DOVER AFFILIATES

and

APERGY CORPORATION

on behalf of itself

and the APERGY AFFILIATES

 


This Tax Matters Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of the 9th day of May, 2018, between Dover Corporation (“Dover”), a Delaware corporation, and Apergy Corporation (“Apergy”), a Delaware corporation.

R E C I T A L S:

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Dover has determined that it is appropriate and advisable to: (i) separate the Apergy Business (defined below) from Dover’s remaining businesses (the “Separation”), which will include the separation of the assets (including interests in intangible assets and stock of subsidiaries) used in connection with the Apergy Business from the remaining assets of the Dover Group through various contributions and distributions leading to the transfer of such assets to Apergy (the “Contribution”); and (ii) following the Contribution, a distribution, on a pro rata basis, to holders of common shares, par value $1.00 per share, of Dover of all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Apergy owned by Dover (the “Distribution”) (the date of such Distribution, the “Distribution Date”);

WHEREAS, Dover and Apergy intend that the Contribution and Distribution and certain other transactions effected as part of the Separation qualify as Tax-free under Sections 355 and 361 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the treasury regulations thereunder (“Treasury Regulations”), and that certain internal transactions undertaken in anticipation of the Contribution and Distribution qualify for Tax-free status, as set forth in one or more Tax Opinions (defined below) or Tax Rulings (defined below);

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof and prior to the completion of the Distribution, Dover is the common parent of an affiliated group of domestic corporations, including Apergy, that has elected to file consolidated U.S. federal income Tax Returns (defined below) and, as a result of the Distribution, neither Apergy nor any of its Affiliates (defined below) will be a member of such group after the close of the Distribution Date;

WHEREAS, Dover and Apergy desire to allocate the responsibilities for various Taxes (defined below) of the Dover Group (defined below) and the Apergy Group (defined below) for periods prior to and after the Distribution; and

WHEREAS, Dover and Apergy desire to allocate the responsibilities for certain Tax liabilities incurred in connection with the transactions involved in the Separation, Contribution and Distribution, including transactions occurring after the Effective Time.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained in this Agreement, Dover and Apergy (each on behalf of itself, each of its Affiliates as of the Effective Time, and its future Affiliates) hereby agree as follows:


ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Definitions. Reference is made to Section 5.16 of this Agreement regarding the interpretation of certain words and phrases used in this Agreement. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined in this Section 1.01 shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Distribution Agreement (defined below). In addition, for the purpose of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below.

“Affiliate” means, when used with respect to a specified Person, a Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition and the definition of “Subsidiary”, “control” (including the correlative meanings “controlled by” and “under common control with”), when used with respect to any specified Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other interests, by Contract or otherwise. From and after the Effective Time, and for purposes of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, no Party or member of its Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the other Party or such other Party’s Group solely by reason of having one or more directors in common or by reason of having been under common control of Dover or Dover’s stockholders prior to, or in the case of Dover’s stockholders, after, the Effective Time.

“After-Tax Amount” means, with respect to any payment under this Agreement, an additional amount necessary to reflect the increase in Tax that would result from the receipt or accrual of any payment, using the maximum statutory rate (or rates, in the case of an item that affects more than one Tax) applicable to the recipient of such payment (as increased by the After-Tax Amount) for the relevant taxable periods, whether or not an actual increase occurs, and reflecting any Tax savings available to the recipient.

“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

“Ancillary Agreements” shall mean all of the written Contracts or other arrangements (other than this Agreement and other than any Contract to which a Third Party is a party) entered into by any member of the Dover Group, on the one hand, and any member of the Apergy Group, on the other hand, in connection with the Separation, the Distribution or the other transactions contemplated hereby, including the Transfer Documents, the Reorganization Documents, the Distribution Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement and the Continuing Arrangements.

“Apergy” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

“Apergy Assets” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Apergy Business” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Apergy Group” means Apergy and each Person identified on Schedule 1.1(20) of the Distribution Agreement, and each Person who is or becomes an Affiliate of Apergy at or after the Effective Time.

“Apergy Taxes” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.01(b).

“Applicable Corporation” has the meaning has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.02(a)(iii).

 

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“Business Day” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Business Entity” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Code” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the second WHEREAS clause hereof.

“Consents” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Continuing Arrangements” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Contract” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Contribution” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the first WHEREAS clause hereof.

“Corresponding Portion of the Tax Detriment” means the product of the Tax Detriment and a fraction the numerator of which is the amount of the related Tax Benefit for a taxable period and the denominator of which is the sum of the related Tax Benefits for all of the relevant taxable periods.

“Covered Transaction Tax” means (i) liabilities sustained by Dover or Apergy as a result of the Distribution failing to qualify as Tax-free to the Dover shareholders pursuant to Section 355(a) of the Code; and (ii) federal, state, local, and foreign Tax imposed by any Tax Authority on Dover or any Dover Affiliate or Apergy or any Apergy Affiliate as a result of (x) the failure of any of the transactions described in any Tax Opinion (including each Internal Distribution) to be treated as provided in such opinion; or (y) the failure of any of the Ruling Transactions to be treated as provided in such rulings; and (iii) any other Indemnifiable Losses incurred by a member of the Dover Group or the Apergy Group (determined after the Separation) in connection with the liabilities or Taxes described in subclauses (i) and (ii) (each of subclauses (i) through (iii), a “Covered Transaction Tax”).

“Determination” means (i) with respect to U.S. federal income Taxes, a “determination” as defined in Section 1313(a) of the Code and, with respect to Taxes other than U.S. federal income Taxes, any decision, judgment, decree or other order by a court of competent jurisdiction that, under applicable Law, is not subject to further appeal, review or modification through proceedings or otherwise; (ii) the execution of an IRS Form 870-AD (or successor form) or other closing agreement or accepted offer in compromise under Sections 7121 or 7122 of the Code, or a comparable agreement under the Laws of a state, local, or foreign taxing jurisdiction; (iii) a final settlement resulting from a competent authority determination; (iv) any other final disposition, by mutual agreement of the Parties or by reason of the expiration of a statute of limitations or period for the filing of claims for refunds, amended Tax Returns, or appeals from adverse determinations; or (v) the payment of, or incurring liability for, Tax with respect to which the Party responsible for such Tax under this Agreement determines that no action should be taken to recoup such payment or contest such liability.

“Distribution” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the first WHEREAS clause hereof.

 

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“Distribution Agreement” means the Separation and Distribution Agreement entered into by and between Dover and Apergy on the date hereof, as the same may be amended.

“Distribution Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the first WHEREAS clause hereof.

“Dover” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

“Dover Group” means (i) Dover and each of its Subsidiaries immediately following the Effective Time and (ii) each other Person who is or becomes an Affiliate of Dover at or after the Effective Time, in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, other than the members of the Apergy Group.

“EMA” means the Employee Matters Agreement, as defined in the Distribution Agreement.

“Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Employment Taxes” means withholding, payroll, social security, workers compensation, unemployment, disability, and other similar taxes together with any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts with respect thereto imposed by any Tax Authority on any taxpayer or consolidated, combined, or unitary group of taxpayers.

“Filing Group” means (i) the Dover Group in the case of a Tax Return required to be filed by a member of the Dover Group (determined following the Separation) under applicable Law, or (ii) the Apergy Group in the case of a Tax Return required to be filed by a member of the Apergy Group under applicable Law.

“Filing Group Parent” means (i) Dover, in the case the Dover Group is the Filing Group, or (ii) Apergy, in the case the Apergy Group is the Filing Group.

“Group” means the Dover Group or the Apergy Group, as applicable.

“Governmental Entity” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Indemnified Party” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.19(a).

“Indemnifiable Loss” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.19(a).

“Internal Distribution” means any distribution described in any Tax Ruling or Tax Opinion of the stock of a foreign or U.S. subsidiary, other than the Distribution, for which rulings or opinions were requested and that was purported or intended to qualify, in whole or in part, as tax-free to the distributing corporation under Sections 355(c) and/or Section 361(c) of the Code.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

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“Law” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Liabilities” shall mean all obligations, responsibilities, response actions, losses, damages (whether compensatory, punitive, consequential, incidental, treble or other), fines, penalties and sanctions, whether absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, foreseen or unforeseen, reserved or unreserved, joint, several or individual, asserted or unasserted, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown, determined or determinable, whenever and however arising, including those arising under or in connection with any Law or other pronouncements of Governmental Entities having the effect of Law, Actions, threatened Actions, order or consent decree of any Governmental Entity or any award of any arbitration tribunal, and those arising under any Contract, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute, or otherwise, and including any costs, expenses, interest, attorneys’ fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, expert and consulting fees and costs related thereto or to the investigation or defense thereof, and whether or not the same would be required by generally accepted accounting principles and accounting policies to be reflected in financial statements or disclosed in the notes thereto.

“Non-Filing Group” means (i) the Apergy Group, in the case of a Tax Return required to be filed by a member of the Dover Group (determined following the Separation) under applicable Law, or (ii) the Dover Group, in the case of a Tax Return required to be filed by a member of the Apergy Group under applicable Law.

“Non-Filing Group Parent” means (i) Dover, in the case where the Dover Group is the Non-Filing Group, and (ii) Apergy, in the case where the Apergy Group is the Filing Group.

“Parties” means the parties to this Agreement.

“Past Practices” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.04(e).

“Person” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Post-Distribution Period” means any taxable period or portion of a taxable period beginning after the Distribution Date.

“Pre-Distribution Period” means any taxable period or portion of a taxable period ending on or before the Distribution Date.

“Prime Rate” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Privilege” means any privilege that may be asserted under applicable Law, including any privilege arising under or relating to the attorney-client relationship (including the attorney-client and work product privileges), the tax practitioner privilege and any privilege relating to internal evaluation processes.

“PTI” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.01(b)(i)(B)(II).

“Remitting Party” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.19(b).

 

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“Reorganization Documents” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Responsible Party” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.19(b).

“Ruling Transactions” means the transactions described in the Tax Rulings.

“Section 336(e) Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04.

“Section 355(e) Event” means, with respect to a member of the Dover Group or the Apergy Group, any event after the Distribution involving a direct or indirect acquisition by one or more Persons of a 50% or greater interest, within the meaning of Section 355(e)(2)(A)(ii), of Stock Interests of any member of the Dover Group or of assets of any member of the Dover Group, or of any member of the Apergy Group or of assets of any member of the Apergy Group, respectively, that causes the Distribution or any Internal Distribution to be a taxable event to any member of the Dover Group as the result of the application of Section 355(e) or (f) of the Code.

“Separation” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the first WHEREAS clause hereof.

“Specified Action” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.02(a).

“Straddle Period” means any taxable period beginning on or before the Distribution Date and ending after the Distribution Date.

“Stock Interests” means (a) all classes or series of outstanding capital stock or other equity (and instruments treated as equity) of an issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and (b) all options, warrants and other rights to acquire such stock or equity.

“Subsidiary” means with respect to any Person (i) a corporation, fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting or capital stock of which is, as of the time in question, directly or indirectly owned by such Person and (ii) any other Business Entity in which such Person, directly or indirectly, owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity or economic interest thereof or has the power to elect or direct the election of fifty percent (50%) or more of the members of the governing body of such entity or otherwise has control over such entity (e.g., as the managing partner of a partnership).

“Tax” means: (i) any income, net income, gross income, gross receipts, profits, capital stock, franchise, property, ad valorem, stamp, excise, severance, occupation, service, sales, use, license, lease, transfer, import, export, customs duties, value added, alternative minimum, estimated or other similar tax (including any fee, assessment, or other charge in the nature of or in lieu of any tax) together with any interest, penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto imposed by any Tax Authority on any taxpayer or consolidated, combined or unitary group of taxpayers; (ii) any Employment Tax; and (iii) any unclaimed property or property subject to escheatment, together with any interest or penalties with respect thereto. For this purpose, “unclaimed property” or “property subject to escheatment” means property subject to custody under any unclaimed property Law including any credit account carried on the books and records of any member of the Dover Group or the Apergy Group including uncashed employee pay checks, uncashed checks to vendors, customer overpayments or credits, unused gift certificates, unidentified remittances, and any other similar account with a credit balance.

 

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“Tax Attributes” means net operating losses, capital losses, earnings and profits, overall foreign losses, previously taxed income, separate limitation losses, and all other tax attributes.

“Tax Authority” means, with respect to any Tax, the Governmental Entity or political subdivision thereof that imposes such Tax, and the agency (if any) charged with the collection of such Tax for such entity or subdivision.

“Tax Benefit” means the reduction in Tax that should result from any item of loss, deduction (including from depreciation or amortization), or credit (or any other item), whether or not an actual reduction in Tax occurs, including any interest with respect thereto or interest that would have been payable but for such item, net of any Tax on such interest. For purposes of calculating the amount of any Tax Benefit, the maximum statutory rate (or rates, in the case of an item that affects more than one Tax) applicable to each item of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit (or any other item) shall be used.

“Tax Contest” means an audit, review, examination, or any other administrative or judicial proceeding with the purpose or effect of redetermining any Tax (including any administrative or judicial review of any claim for refund).

“Tax Detriment” means the increase in Tax that should result from any item of income or gain (or any other item), whether or not an actual increase in Tax occurs, including any interest with respect thereto, net of any Tax savings attributable to such interest. For purposes of calculating the amount of any Tax Detriment, the maximum statutory rate (or rates, in the case of an item that affects more than one Tax) applicable to each item of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit (or any other item) shall be used.

“Tax Opinion” means any opinion on the United States federal income taxation of certain matters involved in the Separation, Contribution and the Distribution and related transactions provided by McDermott Will & Emery LLP to Dover.

“Tax Records” means all records relating to any Tax, including Tax Returns, journal vouchers, cash vouchers, general ledgers, material contracts, Tax Return workpapers and schedules, appraisal reports, authorizations for expenditures, and documents relating to rulings or other Determinations by any Tax Authority.

“Tax Return” means any report of Tax due, any claims for refund of Tax paid, any information return with respect to Tax, any election made with respect to Tax, or any other similar report, statement, declaration, or document required to be filed under the Code or other Law with respect to Tax, including any attachments, exhibits, or other materials submitted with any of the foregoing, and including any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing for any taxpayer or consolidated, combined, or unitary group of taxpayers.

“Tax Ruling” means each ruling issued by a Tax Authority pursuant to a ruling request filed on behalf of Dover and/or an Affiliate of Dover (including for this purpose an member of the Apergy Group) prior to the Effective Time with respect to a transaction or transactions undertaken in connection with the Separation, Contribution and Distribution, together with all supplemental filings and exhibits thereto.

 

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“Third Party” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Transfer Documents” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Transition Services Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

“Transition Tax” means any Tax resulting from the treatment of accumulated post-1986 deferred foreign income as Subpart F income pursuant to Section 965 of the Code.

“Treasury Regulations” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the second WHEREAS clause hereof.

ARTICLE II

RESPONSIBILITY FOR TAX

Section 2.01 Responsibility for Tax. Subject to the terms and conditions of Schedule 2.01 hereof:

(a) Except as specifically provided in any of the agreements contemplated by the Distribution Agreement, including the EMA with respect to Employment Taxes, Dover shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Apergy Group from any liability for (i) any Taxes of Dover or any of its Affiliates (determined before the Separation) for any Pre-Distribution Period and, with respect to a Straddle Period, the portion of such period ending on the Distribution Date; and (ii) any Covered Transaction Tax for which Dover is responsible under Section 3.01(a), in each case other than Taxes or other amounts for which Apergy is responsible under Section 2.01(b).

(b) Except as specifically provided in any of the agreements contemplated by the Distribution Agreement, including the EMA with respect to Employment Taxes, Apergy shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Dover Group from any liability for (i) the amount of Taxes attributable to any member of the Apergy Group for any taxable period, including (A) any Tax imposed by any Tax Authority on a member of the Apergy Group for any taxable period including Employment Taxes imposed on Apergy or any Apergy Affiliate as a transferee of employees of any member of the Dover Group in connection with the Separation, and (B) (I) any Transition Tax imposed on the Dover Group resulting from accumulated post-1986 deferred foreign income of non-U.S. members of the Apergy Group; and (II) any Transition Tax imposed on the Dover Group resulting from accumulated post-1986 deferred foreign income of non-U.S. members of the Dover Group that corresponds with previously taxed earnings and profits (within the meaning of Section 959 of the Code) (“PTI”) of such non-U.S. members of the Dover Group allocated to the Apergy Group pursuant to Section 2.02(c)(ii); each of the amounts of Transition Tax described in this Section 2.01(b)(i)(B) shall be determined by Dover in its sole discretion in accordance with general tax principles; (ii) one-half of the aggregate amount of Taxes (including income Taxes) imposed on a member of the Dover Group or the Apergy Group (determined following the Separation) arising from, or attributable to, any direct or indirect transfer of assets (including stock) or liabilities in the Separation (other

 

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than a Covered Transaction Tax) and including such transfers contemplated to occur after the Effective Time other than such amounts recoupable by a member of the Dover Group; (iii) any Covered Transaction Tax for which Apergy is responsible under Section 3.01(b); (iv) any Tax (other than a Covered Transaction Tax) imposed on Dover or a Dover Affiliate as a result of an action undertaken, or a failure to act, by Apergy or a Apergy Affiliate after the Effective Time (other than resulting from a Tax Contest); and (v) except to the extent related to a Covered Transaction Tax, any gain recognized or recapture of income (including under any gain recognition agreement entered into by Dover or any Dover Affiliate in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-8) in relation to an action, or failure to act, of a member of the Apergy Group arising under any Tax Law. All items for which Apergy is responsible under this Section 2.01(b) shall be referred to as “Apergy Taxes.” For the avoidance of doubt, the inclusion or taking into account of any income or gain by Dover or any Dover Affiliate or Apergy or any Apergy Affiliate under Treasury Regulations Sections 1.1502-13 or 1.1502-19 (or any corresponding provisions of other applicable Tax Laws) as a result of the Separation and Distribution (other than as a result of income or gain arising in a Covered Transaction Tax) shall be considered the occurrence of an event for which the relevant Party is entitled to receive indemnification pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(ii). For purposes of this Section 2.01(b)(i) and (ii), the amount of Taxes for which Apergy is responsible shall not include any amounts that have previously been taken into account as a reduction of the Apergy Assets transferred pursuant to Section 2.2(a) of the Distribution Agreement.

(c) The amount of Taxes attributable to the Apergy Group or the Dover Group (i.e., the Non-Filing Group) in the Tax Return filed by a member of the other group (i.e., the Filing Group) will be determined by treating the Non-Filing Group as if it filed the relevant Tax Return on a standalone basis in a manner consistent with Past Practices, using the maximum statutory tax rate in effect for the taxable period and utilizing only the tax losses and other Tax Attributes of such Non-Filing Group reflected on the Filing Group’s Tax Return for the taxable period in question which produces a Tax Benefit during such taxable period to the Filing Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining the amount of Taxes attributable to the Apergy Group under Section 2.01(b) upon a Determination (other than as a result of the expiration of the statute of limitations) with respect to any Tax Return for which the Apergy Group is the Non-Filing Group, the amount of such Taxes shall be determined pursuant to Section 2.02(b)(v).

(d) The Tax incurred in Straddle Periods shall be separated into a Pre-Distribution Period and a Post-Distribution Period by treating the day including the Effective Time as the termination of the Pre-Distribution Period and the day immediately following the day including the Effective Time as the commencement of the Post-Distribution Period, whether or not allowed under applicable Law, and the Tax attributable to the Non-Filing Group for the Pre-Distribution Period shall be determined by applying the principles of Section 2.01(c).

Section 2.02 Refunds, Tax Benefits, and Other Allocations

(a) Refunds and Carrybacks.

(i) Dover Refunds. Except as provided in Section 2.02(a)(iv) below, Dover shall be entitled to all refunds (including refunds paid by means of a credit against other or future Tax liabilities) with respect to any Tax for which Dover is responsible under Section 2.01.

 

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(ii) Apergy Refunds. Except as provided in Section 2.02(a)(iv) below, Apergy shall be entitled to all refunds (including refunds paid by means of a credit against other or future Tax liabilities) with respect to any Tax for which Apergy is responsible under Section 2.01 other than for a Tax Return for a taxable period for which the Dover Group is the Filing Group.

(iii) Payment of Refunds. Except as provided in Section 2.02(a)(iv), Apergy shall forward to Dover, or reimburse Dover for, any refunds due Dover (pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.02(a)) after receipt thereof (less any Tax Detriment attributable to such refunds), and Dover shall forward to Apergy, or reimburse Apergy for, any refunds due Apergy (pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.02(a)) after receipt thereof (less any Tax Detriment attributable to such refunds). In the case of a refund received in the form of a credit against other or future Tax liabilities, reimbursement with respect to such refund shall be due in each case within thirty (30) days after the due date for payment of the Tax against which such refund has been credited. Any payment required to be made pursuant to this Section 2.02(a)(iii) shall be made within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the refund. If Dover reasonably so requests, Apergy, at Dover’s expense, shall file for and pursue any refund to which Dover is entitled under this Section 2.02(a), provided that the foregoing does not have a material adverse impact on the Apergy Group, as reasonably determined by Apergy. If Apergy reasonably so requests, Dover, at Apergy’ expense, shall file for and pursue any refund to which Apergy is entitled under this Section 2.02(a), provided that the foregoing does not have a material adverse impact on the Dover Group, as reasonably determined by Dover. The Party making a payment pursuant to this Section 2.02(a)(iii) must deliver with the payment a statement describing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation of the amount being paid.

(iv) Carrybacks.

(1) The Non-Filing Group shall be entitled to any refund of, or credit against, the Filing Group’s Tax for a Pre-Distribution Period resulting from carrying back any item of loss, deduction or credit that arises in any Post-Distribution Period of the Non-Filing Group only to the extent that (A) the Filing Group has no item of loss, deduction, or credit that can be carried back to such taxable period and (B) such carryback does not have a material adverse impact on the Filing Group, as reasonably determined by the Filing Group. If the Filing Group receives any such refund (or benefit of such credit), it shall pay the portion thereof to which Non-Filing Group is entitled within thirty (30) days of the later of (C) a Determination with respect to the Filing Group’s Tax for such Pre-Distribution Period or (D) a Determination with respect to the Non-Filing Group’s Tax for the Post-Distribution Period that gave rise to the refund received by the Filing Group (or to the credit against the Filing Group’s Tax); provided, however, that if the Non-Filing Group Parent provides the Filing Group Parent with a letter of credit in a form reasonably acceptable to the Filing Group Parent and issued by a major money center commercial bank reasonably acceptable to the Filing Group Parent not expiring before the later of clause (C) or (D) of this Section 2.02(a)(iv)(1), then the Filing Group Parent shall pay to the Non-Filing Group Parent that portion of the refund (or credit against Tax) covered by the letter of credit no later than thirty (30) days after receipt of the refund (or, in the case of a credit, the filing of the Tax Return that includes such credit) or of the letter of credit, whichever is later.

 

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(2) If the Non-Filing Group has a loss or other Tax Attribute for any Post-Distribution Period that is to be carried back to any Pre-Distribution Period, the Non-Filing Group Parent shall notify the Filing Group Parent that such item should be carried back. Such notification shall include a description in reasonable detail of the grounds for the refund and the amount thereof, and a certification by an appropriate officer of the Non-Filing Group Parent setting forth the Non-Filing Group’s belief, based on a thorough examination of the facts and Tax Law relating to the intended Tax treatment of such item, that (A) the intended Tax treatment of such item is supported by “substantial authority” within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code (and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) or, where applicable, any analogous provision of state, local or foreign Law and (B) the transaction has economic substance for purposes of Section 7701 of the Code and any analogous provision of state, local or foreign Law. The Filing Group Parent, at the Non-Filing Group Parent’s expense, shall cooperate with the Non-Filing Group in connection with the filing and processing of any Non-Filing Group carryback and shall provide the Non-Filing Group Parent with copies of all correspondence related thereto.

(3) If the Filing Group Parent pays any amount to the Non-Filing Group Parent under Section 2.02(a)(iv)(1) and, as a result of a subsequent Determination, the Non-Filing Group is not entitled to all or any part of such amount, the Filing Group Parent shall notify the Non-Filing Group Parent of the amount to be repaid to the Filing Group Parent and provide a description in reasonable detail of the manner in which such amount was calculated. The Non-Filing Group Parent shall pay such amount to the Filing Group Parent within thirty (30) days of such notification.

(4) Any payment required to be made by the Filing Group Parent pursuant to this Section 2.02(a)(iv) shall bear interest at the Prime Rate plus two percent from the date a refund is received by Filing Group. Any payment required to be made by the Non-Filing Group Parent pursuant to this Section 2.02(a)(iv) shall bear interest at the Prime Rate plus two percent beginning thirty (30) days after the Filing Group Parent notifies the Non-Filing Group Parent of the amount to be repaid. Such interest shall be paid at the same time as the payment to which it relates.

(b) Effect of Audit Adjustments.

Notwithstanding Section 2.01 —

(i) Payments by Apergy to Dover. Except as provided in Section 3.01(b), if as a result of a Determination, any adjustment shall be made to any Tax Return for a taxable period relating, in whole or in part, to Tax for which any member of the Dover Group (determined following the Separation) is responsible, and if such adjustment results in both (x) a Tax Detriment to any member of the Dover Group for the taxable period and (y) a Tax Benefit to any member of the Apergy Group for any taxable period, then Apergy shall pay to Dover an amount equal to the lesser of the Tax Benefit for each taxable period and the Corresponding Portion of the Tax Detriment. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 2.02(b)(i) shall apply to

 

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any adjustment under Section 482 of the Code or any similar provisions by any Tax Authority increasing the amount of payments received or deemed received by any member of the Dover Group from any member of the Apergy Group. For purposes of determining the Tax Benefit, the Tax Benefit shall be calculated based solely on the Tax Benefit realized by the relevant Apergy Group member directly affected by the Determination.

(ii) Payments by Dover to Apergy. If as a result of a Determination, any adjustment shall be made to any Tax Return for a taxable period relating, in whole or in part, to Tax for which any member of the Apergy Group is responsible, and if such adjustment results in both (x) a Tax Detriment to any member of the Apergy Group for the taxable period and (y) a Tax Benefit to any member of the Dover Group for any taxable period, then Dover shall pay to Apergy an amount equal to the lesser of the Tax Benefit for such taxable period and the Corresponding Portion of the Tax Detriment. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 2.02(b)(ii) shall apply to any adjustment under Section 482 of the Code or any similar provisions by any Tax Authority increasing the amount of payments received or deemed received by any member of the Apergy Group from any member of the Dover Group. For purposes of determining the Tax Benefit, the Tax Benefit shall be calculated based solely on the Tax Benefit realized by the relevant Dover Group member directly affected by the Determination.

(iii) Payments by Apergy to Dover with respect to a Combined, Unitary, or Similar Tax. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.02(b), if as a result of a Determination, any member of the Dover Group incurs a Tax Detriment for a taxable period resulting from a combination of one or more members of the Dover Group with one or more members of the Apergy Group in a jurisdiction (for example, through a combined, unitary, or similar Tax), where such members filed (or are deemed to have filed) Tax Returns without such combination in such jurisdiction for such taxable period, then Apergy shall pay Dover the amount of any such Tax Detriment. For purposes of this Section 2.02(b)(iii), Tax Detriment shall be calculated using a “with and without” methodology.

(iv) Timing of Payments. Any payment required to be made pursuant to this Section 2.02(b), shall be made the later of (x) thirty (30) days after the Determination that results in such payment pursuant to this Section 2.02(b) and (y) the earlier of (I) the due date of the Tax Return that includes the Tax Benefit that gives rise to the requirement for such payment and (II) the date the Tax Benefit is recognized in the financial statements of the Party making the payment.

(v) Determination of Tax Detriment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (except for Section 2.02(b)(iii)), the amount of a Tax Detriment with respect to income taxes attributable to the Apergy Group as a result of a Determination with respect to a Tax Return for a taxable period that includes both members of the Apergy Group and Dover Group (determined following the Distribution) shall be the aggregate of the adjustments to income of members of the Apergy Group resulting from such Determination (whether positive or negative) multiplied by the maximum statutory tax rate in effect for the taxable period in the relevant jurisdiction also taking into account adjustments of Tax credits in such Determination; provided, however, that (x) in no event shall such Tax Detriment be less than zero and (y) any Tax Detriment to any member of the Apergy Group for a taxable period attributable to a combination of one or more members of the Dover Group with one or more members of the Apergy Group in a jurisdiction, where such members filed Tax Returns without such combination in such jurisdiction for such taxable period, shall be borne by the Apergy Group.

 

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(c) Other Allocations

(i) Research and Experimentation Credit Base Period. Dover shall reasonably make the allocations to Apergy required under Section 41(f)(3) of the Code and inform Apergy of such allocations. Apergy agrees that it shall not file any Tax Return that is inconsistent with the amount of qualified research expenditures and gross receipts allocated to it by Dover.

(ii) Allocation of Earnings and Profits (including PTI). The allocation of earnings and profits (including PTI) between Dover and Apergy in the case of the Distribution and between their Affiliates in the case of any Internal Distribution shall be reasonably determined by Dover pursuant to Section 312(h) of the Code and the relevant Treasury Regulations under the Code. Dover shall provide the allocation of earnings and profits (including PTI) to Apergy within ninety days after the Distribution Date.

(iii) Treatment of Tax Attributes. Dover shall in good faith allocate the Tax Attributes for the Pre-Distribution Period and the Straddle Period between the Dover Group and the Apergy Group in accordance with the Code and Treasury Regulations (and any applicable state, local and foreign Law), and shall in good faith advise Apergy in writing of the portion, if any, of the Tax Attributes which Dover determines shall be allocated or apportioned to the Apergy Group under applicable Law. Apergy and all members of the Apergy Group shall prepare all Tax Returns in accordance with such written notice. In the event that any temporary or final amendments to Treasury Regulations or any other applicable Law are promulgated after the date of this Agreement that provide for any election that would affect the preparation of any Tax Return which affects both a member of the Dover Group and a member of the Apergy Group and applies such regulations retroactively, then any such election shall be made only to the extent that Dover and Apergy collectively agree to make such election. As soon as practicable after receipt of a written request from Apergy, Dover shall provide copies of any studies, reports, and workpapers supporting the Tax Attributes, including earnings and profits, allocable to the Apergy Group. For the avoidance of doubt, Dover shall not be liable to Apergy or any member of the Apergy Group for any failure of any determination under this Section 2.02(c) to be accurate under applicable Law.

(iv) Revised Allocations. The allocations made under this Section 2.02(c) shall be revised by Dover to reflect each subsequent Determination that affects such allocations for any Pre-Distribution Period. Each revised calculation shall be provided to Apergy within 120 days of the Determination to which the revision relates.

(v) Review of Allocations. Apergy shall have the right to review the accuracy, but not the methodology, of any allocation made under this Section 2.02(c). Apergy shall notify Dover of any disagreement within forty-five (45) days of being notified of any allocation. Any dispute shall be resolved pursuant to the procedures provided by this Agreement.

 

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Section 2.03 Option Deductions. The member of the Dover Group or the Apergy Group for which the relevant individual is currently employed or, if such individual is not currently employed by a member of either group, was most recently employed, at the time of the vesting, exercise, disqualifying disposition, payment or other relevant taxable event, as appropriate, in respect of equity awards and other incentive compensation of such individual described in the EMA, shall be entitled solely to claim any income Tax deduction in respect of such equity awards and other incentive compensation on its respective Tax Return associated with such event. To the extent any Tax deduction that is described in the first sentence of this Section 2.03 and claimed by any member of the Dover Group is disallowed to any and all members of the Dover Group and a Tax Authority makes a Determination that a member of the Apergy Group is entitled to such deduction, Dover shall notify Apergy of the receipt of such Determination, promptly after receipt thereof, and Apergy shall pay to Dover the lesser of the amount of its Tax Benefit and the amount of the corresponding Tax Detriment in accordance with Section 2.02(b). To the extent any Tax deduction that is described in the first sentence of this Section 2.03 and claimed by any member of the Apergy Group is disallowed to any and all members of the Apergy Group and a Tax Authority makes a Determination that a member of the Dover Group is entitled to such deduction, Apergy shall notify Dover of the receipt of such Determination, promptly after receipt thereof, and Dover shall pay to Apergy the lesser of the amount of its Tax Benefit and the amount of the Corresponding Portion of the Tax Detriment in accordance with Section 2.02(b).

Section 2.04 Tax Returns.

(a) Except as provided in Section 2.04(b), Dover shall prepare and timely file all Tax Returns for Pre-Distribution Periods (other than a Straddle Period) for which either the Dover Group or the Apergy Group is the Filing Group and all Tax Returns for Straddle Periods for all members of the Dover Group. In connection with each federal, state, local, and foreign Tax Return that is required under this Agreement to be filed by Dover for taxable periods ending in 2017 and 2018, Apergy shall timely furnish to Dover Tax information and documents as Dover may reasonably request. With respect to any information required to be provided by Apergy pursuant to this Section 2.04(a), (i) Dover shall utilize such information in the preparation of the appropriate Tax Returns as provided by Apergy, except to the extent (a) Apergy provides its prior written consent to change any such information, or (b) Dover determines in good faith that such information is inaccurate or incomplete in a material respect, and (ii) Apergy agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Dover and its Affiliates from and against any Indemnifiable Losses attributable to the misconduct or negligence of Apergy or any of its Affiliates in supplying Dover with inaccurate or incomplete information. An appropriate officer of Apergy shall provide a certification that, to such officer’s best knowledge and belief, any and all information provided pursuant to this Section 2.04(a) is accurate and complete. If Apergy fails to provide any information required by this Section 2.04(a) within the time period specified, Dover may file the applicable Tax Returns based on the information available at the time such Tax Returns are due and Apergy shall indemnify and hold harmless Dover and its Affiliates from Taxes or other Indemnifiable Losses imposed on Dover or any of its Affiliates but only to the extent resulting from Apergy’s failure to provide such information in a timely manner. In addition, Apergy shall make available employees and officers of Apergy and Apergy Affiliates, as Dover reasonably requests, to prepare and file any Tax Return for any Pre-Distribution Period

 

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or Straddle Period (including any claims for refunds described in Section 2.02(a)) or to conduct any Tax Contest with respect to any such Tax Return. If Apergy is responsible under Section 2.01 for a portion of any Tax reported on a Tax Return prepared under this Section 2.04(a) by Dover, Dover shall provide Apergy with a copy of such Tax Return at least thirty (30) days prior to its due date. Apergy shall notify Dover of any disagreement within 20 days of Apergy’s receipt of such Tax Return. Any dispute shall be resolved pursuant to the procedures provided by this Agreement.

(b) Apergy shall be solely responsible for preparing and timely filing all Tax Returns relating to any Taxes that any member of the Apergy Group is required to file under applicable Law for any Post-Distribution Period (other than a Straddle Period) and shall prepare and timely file all Tax Returns for Straddle Periods that a member of the Apergy Group is required to file under applicable Law. If Dover is responsible under Section 2.01(a) for a portion of any Tax reported on a Straddle Period Tax Return prepared by a member of the Apergy Group, Apergy shall provide Dover with a copy of such Tax Return at least thirty (30) days prior to its due date. Dover shall notify Apergy of any disagreement within 20 days of Dover’s receipt of such Tax Return. Any dispute shall be resolved pursuant to the procedures provided by this Agreement.

(c) Except for amended Tax Returns resulting from a Determination, no amended Tax Return for any Pre-Distribution Period shall be filed by the Filing Group that includes a member of the Non-Filing Group unless the Non-Filing Group Parent consents, which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, denied, or withheld. However, notwithstanding the preceding sentence, no consent is required if either (i) the Filing Group reasonably determines that the amended Tax Return will not result in any increased Tax liability or reduced Tax Attribute of the Non-Filing Group, or (ii) the Filing Group reasonably determines that the amended Tax Return will result in an increased Tax liability or reduced Tax Attribute of the Non-Filing Group but agrees to indemnify the Non-Filing Group for such increased Tax liability or reduced Tax Attribute.

(d) No Tax election may be made with respect to any Tax Return for a Pre-Distribution Period by a member of the Filing Group that would affect a member of the Non-Filing Group unless notice of such Tax election is provided to the affected Non-Filing Group Parent within forty-five (45) days before such Tax Return will be filed. The Non-Filing Group Parent shall have the right to review such elections and request, within 15 days of such notice, that either no election be made or that an alternative election be made as appropriate. The Filing Group shall comply with such request (i) if the Filing Group reasonably determines that not making the election or that such alternative election will not result in any increased Tax liability or reduced Tax Attribute of the Filing Group, or (ii) the Filing Group reasonably determines that the amended Tax Return will result in an increased Tax liability or reduced Tax Attribute of the Filing Group but the Non-Filing Group agrees to indemnify the Filing Group for such increased Tax liability or reduced Tax.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, in the case of any Tax Return for or that includes a Pre-Distribution Period, the Party responsible for preparing and filing such Tax Return pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall prepare (or shall cause the appropriate member of its Group to prepare) such Tax Return in accordance with past practices, accounting

 

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methods, elections or conventions (“Past Practices”) used in preparing and filing the corresponding Tax Return for prior periods and, to the extent any items are not covered by Past Practices, in accordance with reasonable Tax accounting practices. In addition, unless otherwise required by applicable Law, in the preparation and filing of any Tax Return for or that includes a Pre-Distribution Period, the Party responsible for preparing and filing such Tax Return shall not take (or shall cause the appropriate member of its Group not to take) any position (or make any election) that is inconsistent with any position taken or election made by Dover in connection with the preparation and filing of any consolidated U.S. Federal Income Tax Return that includes any Pre-Distribution Period. The Party not responsible for preparing and filing a Tax Return under this Section 2.04 shall cooperate as reasonably necessary to allow the other Party to prepare and file such Tax Return.

Section 2.05 Cooperation, Exchange of Information, and Tax Records.

(a) Cooperation and Exchange of Information. Each Party shall provide to the other such cooperation and information as reasonably may be requested in connection with (i) filing any Tax Return, amended return or claim for refund, (ii) determining a liability for Tax or a right to a refund of Tax, or (iii) participating in or conducting any Tax Contest. Such cooperation and information shall include providing copies of relevant Tax Records. Each Party shall devote the personnel and resources necessary in order to carry out this Section 2.05(a) and shall make its employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide explanations of any documents or information provided hereunder. Each Party shall carry out its responsibilities under this Section 2.05(a) charging to the other only the out-of-pocket costs actually incurred, except that Apergy shall not be entitled to compensation for information provided to Dover pursuant to Section 2.04(a). Apergy shall execute all necessary or appropriate forms, including powers of attorney, reasonably requested by Dover in connection with any action taken by Dover pursuant to this Agreement.

(b) Record Retention. Each of Dover and Apergy shall retain all Tax Records in its possession as of the Effective Time relating to any Pre-Distribution Period that are relevant to the other Party for purposes described in Section 2.05(a) until such time as the other Party shall consent to the disposition of such Tax Records, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably.

Section 2.06 Tax Contests.

(a) Notice. The Indemnified Party shall provide prompt notice to the Indemnifying Party of any pending or threatened Tax audit, assessment, or proceeding, or other Tax Contest, of which it becomes aware, related to Tax for which it is indemnified by the Indemnifying Party hereunder. Such notice shall contain factual information (to the extent known) describing any asserted Tax liability in reasonable detail and shall be accompanied by copies of the relevant sections of any notice and other documents received from any Tax Authority with respect to any such matters. If the Indemnified Party has knowledge of an asserted Tax liability with respect to a matter for which it is to be indemnified hereunder and such Party fails to give the Indemnifying Party prompt notice of such asserted Tax liability, then (i) if the Indemnifying Party is precluded from contesting the asserted Tax liability in any forum as a result of the failure to give prompt notice, the Indemnifying Party shall have no obligation to

 

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indemnify the Indemnified Party for any Tax resulting from such assertion of Tax liability, and (ii) if the Indemnifying Party is not precluded from contesting the asserted Tax liability in any forum, but such failure to give prompt notice results in a monetary detriment to the Indemnifying Party, then any amount that the Indemnifying Party is otherwise required to pay the Indemnified Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be reduced by the amount of such detriment.

(b) Control of Tax Contests.

(i) Apergy. Apergy shall have full responsibility and discretion in conducting, including settling, any Tax Contest involving a Tax Return which includes only members of the Apergy Group (taking into account any adjustment to the entities included on such Tax Return asserted in, or arising from, any Tax Contest) other than a Covered Transaction Tax or any Tax described in Section 2.01(b)(ii). Apergy shall provide notice to Dover and shall consult in good faith with Dover in connection with any Tax Contest in which the outcome is reasonably expected to have an adverse effect on any member of the Dover Group for any Pre-Distribution Period.

(ii) Dover. Dover shall have full responsibility and discretion in conducting, including settling, any Tax Contest that Apergy does not control pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(i). Subject to Section 2.06(b)(iii), Dover shall provide notice to Apergy and shall consult in good faith with Apergy in connection with any Tax Contest in which Apergy is required to make a payment to Dover under this Agreement or to any Tax Authority or any Tax Contest in which the outcome is reasonably expected to have an adverse effect on any member of the Apergy Group for any Post-Distribution Period. For the avoidance of doubt, Dover’s obligation to consult with Apergy in good faith shall not limit Dover’s discretion in conducting, including settling, any Tax Contest under this Section 2.06(b)(ii).

(iii) Covered Transaction Taxes. Apergy shall have the right to participate in the conduct of a Tax Contest related to Covered Transaction Taxes as a result of the application of Section 355(e) of the Code if, and only if, (x) Apergy has acknowledged in writing its liability for such Covered Transaction Tax if Section 355(e) were determined to apply, (y) Apergy shall have provided Dover with a letter of credit in a form reasonably acceptable to Dover and issued by a major money center commercial bank reasonably acceptable to Dover, not expiring before a Determination has occurred with respect to Dover’s Tax for the Post-Distribution Period that gave rise to the Covered Transaction Tax at issue, and in an amount equal to the maximum amount of Covered Transaction Tax at issue in the Tax Contest and (z) no Tax Return of any member of the Dover Group with respect to which any member of the Dover Group may reasonably be viewed as having an actual or potential liability for any Tax not indemnified against by Apergy is held open as a result of such Tax Contest. Dover shall not settle any Tax Contest described in this paragraph (iii) without the consent of Apergy, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

Section 2.07 Confidentiality. This Agreement and any information obtained or shared hereunder shall be subject to the terms of Section 7.5 of the Distribution Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE III

TRANSACTIONS TAX

Section 3.01 Transactions Tax.

(a) Dover Liability. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.01(c), Dover shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Apergy Group from any Covered Transaction Tax resulting from (i) any breach by any member of the Dover Group of any of the representations or covenants under Article IV hereof or (ii) any Section 355(e) Event with respect to a member of the Dover Group.

(b) Apergy Liability. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.01(c), Apergy shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Dover Group from and against any liability for, any Covered Transaction Tax resulting from (i) any breach by any member of the Apergy Group of any of the representations or covenants under Article IV hereof, (ii) any Specified Action undertaken by any member of the Apergy Group (whether or not Section 4.02(d) is complied with), or (iii) any Section 355(e) Event with respect to a member of the Apergy Group (whether or not such Section 355(e) Event is caused by a Specified Action).

(c) Joint Fault for Covered Transaction Taxes. If the liability for Covered Transaction Taxes is attributable (based on the determination of a Tax Authority) to both (i) any item section forth in Section 3.01(a) and (ii) any item set forth in Section 3.01(b), then (x) such liability for any Covered Transaction Taxes will be equally borne by Dover, on the one hand, and Apergy, on the other hand; and (y) each of Dover, on the one hand, and Apergy, on the other hand, will indemnify the other Party against, and hold it harmless from, any Covered Transaction Taxes for which such other Party is not liable under this Section 3.01(c).

(d) Other Covered Transaction Taxes. If the liability for Covered Transaction Taxes is attributable to neither (i) any item section forth in Section 3.01(a) nor (ii) any item set forth in Section 3.01(b), then (x) such liability for any Covered Transaction Taxes will be equally borne by Dover, on the one hand, and Apergy, on the other hand; and (y) each of Dover, on the one hand, and Apergy, on the other hand, will indemnify the other Party against, and hold it harmless from, any Covered Transaction Taxes for which such other Party is not liable under this Section 3.01(d).

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS

Section 4.01 Representations.

(a) Dover represents that, as of the date of this Agreement, neither it nor any of its Affiliates knows of any fact that would jeopardize the intended Tax treatment of the transactions provided by the Tax Rulings or any Tax Opinion or that otherwise would result in a Covered Transaction Tax.

 

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(b) Apergy represents that, as of the date of this Agreement, neither it nor any of its Affiliates knows of any fact that would jeopardize the intended Tax treatment of the transactions provided by the Tax Rulings or any Tax Opinion, or that otherwise would result in a Covered Transaction Tax.

(c) Dover represents that, as of the date of this Agreement, neither it nor any of its Affiliates has any plan or intention to take any action that is inconsistent with the intended Tax treatment of the transactions provided by the Tax Rulings or any Tax Opinion, or that otherwise would result in a Covered Transaction Tax.

(d) Apergy represents that, as of the date of this Agreement, neither it nor any of its Affiliates has any plan or intention to take any action that is inconsistent with the intended Tax treatment of the transactions provided by the Tax Rulings or any Tax Opinion or that otherwise would result in a Covered Transaction Tax.

Section 4.02 Covenants.

(a) Conduct. Apergy covenants and agrees that it shall not take, and it shall cause its Affiliates to refrain from taking, any action that results in, or reasonably may be expected to result in, any Covered Transaction Tax described in Section 3.01(b). This includes taking any action that is inconsistent with the intended Tax treatment of the transactions provided by any Tax Opinion or the Tax Rulings and any action referred to in Section 4.02(a)(i) through (iv) (any such action described in this sentence, a “Specified Action”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(i) Transactions Affecting Ownership. Any time before the day after the second anniversary of the Distribution Date, Apergy shall not (and shall cause its Affiliates to not) (A) enter into any agreement, understanding, or arrangement as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7(h), pursuant to which any Person would (directly or indirectly) acquire, or have the right to acquire, any Apergy Stock Interests or (B) take any action that permits a proposed acquisition of Apergy Stock Interests to occur by means of an agreement to which none of Apergy or any of its Affiliates is a party, including by (x) soliciting any Person to make a tender offer for, or otherwise acquire or sell, Apergy Stock Interests, or approving or otherwise permitting any such transaction, whether for purposes of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporate Law or any similar corporate statute, any “fair price” or other provision of Apergy’s charter or bylaws (and, in each case, any equivalent document thereof) or otherwise, (y) participating in or otherwise supporting any unsolicited tender offer for, or other unsolicited acquisition or disposition of, Apergy Stock Interests, or approving or otherwise permitting any such transaction, or (z) redeeming rights under a shareholder rights plan, making a determination that a tender offer is a “permitted offer” under any such plan or otherwise causing any such plan to be inapplicable or neutralized with respect to any proposed acquisition of Apergy Stock Interests. For these purposes, an acquisition of Apergy Stock Interests will include any recapitalization, repurchase or redemption of Apergy Stock Interests; any adoption, modification or amendment of an employee stock purchase agreement, equity-based compensation plan or other similar agreement, plan or arrangement; any issuance of Apergy Stock Interests (including any nonvoting stock or equity and any class of Apergy Stock Interests) or an instrument exchangeable or convertible into such Stock Interests (whether pursuant to an exercise of stock

 

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options, as a result of a capital contribution, or otherwise); any option grant; any conversion of Apergy Stock Interests into another class of Apergy Stock Interests; or any amendment to the certificate of incorporation (or other organizational document) of Apergy, or any change in the terms of any Apergy Stock Interests or any other action (whether effected through a shareholder vote or otherwise) (including through the conversion of any Stock Interests into another class of Stock Interests) that is treated as increasing a Person’s percentage interest for U.S. federal income Tax purposes in Apergy Stock Interests; provided, however, that the following shall not be taken into account: (i) issuances of options, restricted stock and/or deferred stock units and the shares of Apergy Stock Interests issued upon the exercise or vesting, as applicable, of such options, restricted stock and/or deferred stock units, provided that such issuance is described in Safe Harbor VIII of Treasury Regulations Section 1.355-7(d), (ii) issuances or acquisitions of stock that are described in Safe Harbor IX of Treasury Regulations Section 1.355-7(d), or (iii) adoption, amendment, or modification of an employee stock purchase agreement, equity compensation agreement, retirement plan or other compensation arrangement provided that any issuances or acquisitions of Apergy Stock Interests under such arrangement are described in Safe Harbor VIII of Treasury Regulations Section 1.355-7(d) or Safe Harbor IX of Treasury Regulations Section 1.355-7(d). This Section 4.02(a)(i) shall not apply to any proposed transaction (but, for the avoidance of doubt, one or more other clauses of this Section 4.02(a) may still define the proposed transaction as a Specified Action) unless, at the time such transaction would occur, other transactions have occurred that are described in such clauses and that result in one or more Persons acquiring directly or indirectly stock representing, in the aggregate, a 40 percent or greater interest in Apergy (i.e., stock possessing at least 40 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote or at least 40 percent of the total value of shares of all classes of stock). This Section 4.02(a)(i) and the application thereof is intended to monitor compliance with Section 355(e) of the Code and shall be interpreted accordingly. Any clarification of, or change in, the statute or regulations promulgated under Section 355(e) of the Code shall be incorporated in this definition and its interpretation.

(ii) Other Actions. Any time before the day after the second anniversary of the Distribution Date, Apergy shall not (and shall cause its Affiliates to not) (A) merge or consolidate Apergy with or into any corporation where Apergy is not the survivor of such merger or consolidation, or liquidate or partially liquidate Apergy (including any liquidation effected pursuant to a merger, consolidation, or conversion, and including any other transaction that causes Apergy to cease to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes); (B) sell, exchange, distribute, or otherwise dispose of, other than in the ordinary course of business, more than 25 percent (measured by reference to the fair market value at the time of the Distribution) of the gross assets of any of the trades or businesses relied on to satisfy Section 355(b) of the Code or any comparable provision of state, local or foreign Law with respect to the Distribution; (C) discontinue or cause to be discontinued the active conduct of any of the trades or businesses relied on by Apergy to satisfy Section 355(b) of the Code or any comparable provision of state, local or foreign Law; (D) cause or permit any Subsidiary of Apergy the active business of which was relied on by Apergy to satisfy Section 355(b) of the Code or any comparable provision of state, local or foreign Law to cease to be a member of the Apergy separate affiliated group, as defined in Section 355(b)(3)(B) of the Code; or (E) redeem or otherwise repurchase (directly or through an Affiliate) any Apergy Stock Interests, except to

 

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the extent such repurchases satisfy Section 4.05(1)(b) of Revenue Procedure 96-30 as in effect prior to the amendment of such Revenue Procedure by Revenue Procedure 2003-48 (provided, however, that the fact that any such redemption or repurchase satisfies Section 4.05(1)(b) of Revenue Procedure 96-30 shall not prevent such redemption or repurchase from being considered or taken into account for purposes of determining, pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(i), whether, at the time such transaction would occur, other transactions have occurred that are described Section 4.02(a)(i) and that result in one or more Persons acquiring directly or indirectly stock representing, in the aggregate, a 40 percent or greater interest in Apergy).

(iii) Actions Involving Distributing Corporations or Controlled Corporations. With respect to each Internal Distribution in which a Apergy Affiliate was the “distributing corporation” or the “controlled corporation” within the meaning of Section 355 of the Code (each such corporation, individually, the “Applicable Corporation”), any time before the day after the second anniversary of the date of the Distribution, Apergy shall not (and shall cause its Affiliates to not) (A) merge or consolidate the Applicable Corporation with or into any corporation where the Applicable Corporation is not the survivor of such merger or consolidation, or liquidate or partially liquidate the Applicable Corporation (including any liquidation effected pursuant to a merger, consolidation, or conversion, and including any other transaction that causes the Applicable Corporation to cease to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes); (B) sell, exchange, distribute, or otherwise dispose of, other than in the ordinary course of business, more than 25 percent (measured by reference to the fair market value at the time of such Internal Distribution) of the gross assets of any of the trades or businesses relied on to satisfy Section 355(b) of the Code or any comparable provision of state, local or foreign Law with respect to such Internal Distribution; (C) discontinue or cause to be discontinued the active conduct of any of the trades or businesses relied on by the Applicable Corporation to satisfy Section 355(b) of the Code or any comparable provision of state, local or foreign Law; (D) cause or permit any Subsidiary of the Applicable Corporation the active business of which was relied on by the Applicable Corporation to satisfy Section 355(b) of the Code or any comparable provision of state, local or foreign Law to cease to be a member of the Applicable Corporation separate affiliated group, as defined in Section 355(b)(3)(B) of the Code; or (E) enter into any agreement, understanding, or arrangement, as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7(h), pursuant to which any Person would (directly or indirectly) acquire, or have the right to acquire, any Stock Interests of an Applicable Corporation; provided, however, clause (E) shall not apply to (i) an Applicable Corporation’s issuance of Stock Interests pro rata to the Person(s) that own(s) all of such Applicable Corporation’s outstanding Stock Interests at the time of the Distribution (e.g., in a transaction subject to Section 351(a) of the Code), and (ii) an acquisition of Stock Interests, or right to acquire Stock Interests, of an Applicable Corporation if Apergy owns (directly or indirectly) 100 percent of the Stock Interests of such Applicable Corporation immediately after such acquisition.

(iv) No Inconsistent Actions. Regardless of any change in circumstances, Apergy covenants and agrees that it shall not take any action (and it shall cause its Affiliates to refrain from taking any action) that is inconsistent with any factual statements or representations made in connection with any Tax Opinion or the Tax Rulings on or before the day after the second anniversary of the Distribution Date other than as permitted in this Section 4.02. For this purpose an action is considered inconsistent with a representation if the representation states that there is no plan or intention to take such action.

 

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(b) Amended or Supplemental Rulings. Apergy covenants and agrees that it shall refrain from filing, and it shall cause its Affiliates to refrain from filing, a request for any amendment or supplement to the Tax Rulings subsequent to the Distribution Date without the consent of Dover, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

(c) Tax Returns. Each of Dover and Apergy covenants and agrees that it shall refrain from taking, and it shall cause its Affiliates to refrain from taking, any position on a Tax Return that is inconsistent with (i) the intended Tax treatment of the transactions provided by any Tax Opinion, (ii) the Contribution (and the contributions with respect to the Internal Distributions, if any) qualifying for Tax-free treatment under Section 361 of the Code, (iii) the intended Tax treatment of the transactions provided by the Tax Rulings, or (iv) the documents effecting any transaction undertaken in connection with the Separation that is not addressed by any Tax Ruling or any Tax Opinion.

(d) Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Apergy shall be permitted to take an action inconsistent with Section 4.02(a), if, prior to taking such action, Apergy provides advance notification to Dover of its plans with respect to such action and promptly responds to any inquiries by Dover following such notification, and (unless Dover agrees otherwise in writing) either:

(i) In case of an action affecting the intended Tax treatment of transactions described in any Tax Opinion, Apergy obtains:

(1) a ruling with respect to the action from the relevant Tax Authority that is reasonably satisfactory to Dover (except that Apergy shall not submit any supplemental ruling request if Dover determines in good faith that filing such request could have a materially adverse effect on Dover or any of its Affiliates), or

(2) an opinion, in form and in substance acceptable to Dover in its sole and absolute discretion, which discretion shall be exercised in good faith solely to preserve the intended Tax treatment of such transactions, of an independent nationally recognized Tax counsel, reasonably acceptable to Dover, on the basis of facts and representations consistent with the facts at the time of such action, that such action will not affect the intended Tax treatment of the transactions provided by the Tax Opinion (in determining whether an opinion is satisfactory, Dover may consider, among other factors, the appropriateness of any underlying assumptions and management’s representation if used as a basis for the opinion and Dover may determine that no opinion would be acceptable to Dover), or

(ii) In case of an action affecting the intended Tax treatment of the Ruling Transactions, Apergy obtains:

(1) a ruling with respect to the action from the relevant Tax Authority that is reasonably satisfactory to Dover (except that Apergy shall not submit any supplemental ruling request if Dover determines in good faith that filing such request could have a materially adverse effect on Dover or any of its Affiliates), or

 

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(2) an opinion, in form and in substance acceptable to Dover in its sole and absolute discretion, which discretion shall be exercised in good faith solely to preserve the intended Tax treatment of such transactions, of an independent Tax counsel, reasonably acceptable to Dover, on the basis of facts and representations consistent with the facts at the time of such action, that such action will not affect the intended Tax treatment of the transactions provided by the Tax Rulings (in determining whether an opinion is satisfactory, Dover may consider, among other factors, the appropriateness of any underlying assumptions and management’s representation if used as a basis for the opinion and Dover may determine that no opinion would be acceptable to Dover). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Apergy shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify Dover and hold Dover harmless from, any Covered Transaction Tax resulting from a Specified Action of Apergy or any Apergy Affiliate, regardless of whether the exception of this Section 4.02(d) is satisfied with respect to such act.

(e) Duty to Mitigate Recognition or Recapture of Income. Prior to any event that may result in recognition or recapture of income (including under any gain recognition agreement entered into pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-8), Dover and Apergy shall use (and shall cause the members of the Dover Group and Apergy Group, respectively, to use) all commercially reasonable efforts to eliminate such gain recognition or recapture of income or otherwise avoid or minimize the impact thereof to the other party, including by the execution of an appropriate gain recognition agreement pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-8.

(f) Dover shall provide to Apergy true and complete copies of all ruling requests, rulings, tax opinions, tax opinion representation letters and any supplement of such documents (including all exhibits and attachments thereto) provided to or received from a Tax Authority or Tax counsel in connection with the Separation and Distribution by the later of (i) the Distribution Date or (ii) thirty (30) days of providing or receiving such document; provided, however, that (i) Dover shall not be required to provide to Apergy drafts of any such documents; (ii) in no event shall Dover be required to provide Apergy or any other Person access to or copies of any information if such action could reasonably be expected to result in the waiver of any Privilege; and (iii) in the event that Dover determines that the provision of any information to Apergy would be commercially detrimental in any material respect, violate any Law or Contract with a Third Party or waive any Privilege, the Parties shall take all reasonable measures (and, to the extent applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Consent from any Third Party required to make such disclosure without violating a Contract with a Third Party) to permit compliance with its obligations under this Section 4.02 in a manner that avoids any such harm, violation or consequence.

Section 4.03 No Continuing Liability for Former Members.

(a) Dover Affiliates. If a Dover Affiliate ceases to be a member of the Dover Group as a result of a sale or exchange of all of the stock of such member, other than an exchange for which the consideration received by Dover is the stock of Dover or a Dover Affiliate, the departing Dover Affiliate shall be released from its obligations under this Agreement upon its departure from the Dover Group.

 

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(b) Apergy Affiliates. If a Apergy Affiliate ceases to be a member of the Apergy Group as a result of a sale or exchange of all of the stock of such member, other than an exchange for which the consideration received by Apergy is the stock of Apergy or a Apergy Affiliate, the departing Apergy Affiliate shall be released from its obligations under this Agreement upon its departure from the Apergy Group.

Section 4.04 Section 336(e) Election. Pursuant to Treasury Regulation Sections 1.336-2(h)(1)(i) and 1.336-2(j), Dover and Apergy agree that Dover shall make timely protective elections under Section 336(e) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder with respect to the Distribution for Apergy and with respect to the Internal Distributions, to the extent determined by Dover in its sole discretion, for each Apergy Subsidiary that is a domestic corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a “Section 336(e) Election”). To the extent, pursuant to a Determination, the Distribution constitutes a “qualified stock disposition,” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.336-1(b)(6), the Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, take any position for Tax purposes inconsistent with the relevant Section 336(e) Election, except as may be required pursuant to a Determination. If and to the extent that the Tax-free status of the Distribution does not apply with respect to the Distribution, and any resulting Taxes (including any Taxes attributable to the Section 336(e) Election) are considered Taxes for which Dover is responsible under this Agreement, then, to that extent, Dover will be entitled to quarterly payments from Apergy of the actual Tax savings arising from the step-up in Tax basis resulting from the Section 336(e) Election, determined using a “with and without” methodology; provided, however, that, if Taxes are imposed on Dover (or any of its Subsidiaries) or Apergy (or any of its Subsidiaries) and liability for such Taxes is borne equally by Dover and Apergy pursuant to Section 3.01(c) or Section 3.01(d) hereof, then Apergy will pay to Dover each quarter fifty percent of the Tax savings; and provided, further, however, that all payments made to Dover under this Section 4.04 will be reduced by a reasonable charge for administrative expenses and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of Apergy (and its Subsidiaries) that are necessary to secure the Tax savings, including expenses paid or incurred in connection with a Tax Contest or to amend a Tax Return. Nothing in this Section 4.04 shall prevent Dover and Apergy from reaching an agreement on an alternative method for Dover’s recoupment of the Tax savings attributable to the step-up in basis (e.g., through a single payment using a negotiated discount rate).

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 5.01 Counterparts; Entire Agreement; Corporate Power; Facsimile Signatures.

(a) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in more than one counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and, except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 1.3 of the Distribution Agreement, shall become effective when one or more such counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered to the other Parties. 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.

 

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(b) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the Exhibits and Schedules, and the Ancillary Agreements (and the exhibits and schedules thereto) shall constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and shall supersede all previous negotiations, commitments and writings with respect to such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of the body of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any Schedule, the terms and conditions of such Schedule shall control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, in the case of any conflict between the provisions of the Distribution Agreement and the provisions of any Ancillary Agreement, the provisions of the Distribution Agreement shall control; provided, however, that in relation to (i) any matters concerning Taxes, this Agreement shall prevail over the Distribution Agreement and any other Ancillary Agreement, (ii) any matters governed by the EMA, the EMA shall prevail over this Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement, and (iii) the provision of support and other services after the Effective Time by the Apergy Group to the Dover Group, and vice versa, the Transition Services Agreement shall prevail over this Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement. It is the intention of the Parties that the Transfer Documents shall be consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the other Ancillary Agreements. The Parties agree that the Transfer Documents are not intended and shall not be considered in any way to enhance, modify or decrease any of the rights or obligations of Dover, Apergy or any member of their respective Groups from those contained in this Agreement and the other Ancillary Agreements.

(c) Corporate Power. Each of the Parties hereby represents and warrants that it has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, that this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such Party, that this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each such Party enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equity principles.

Section 5.02 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal Laws, and not the Laws governing conflicts of Laws (other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law), of the State of New York.

Section 5.03 Consent to Jurisdiction. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.18 of this Agreement, each of the Parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of (a) the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and (b) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “New York Courts”), for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding to compel arbitration or for provisional relief in aid of arbitration in accordance with Section 5.18 or for provisional relief to prevent irreparable harm, and to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the enforcement of any award issued thereunder. Each of the Parties further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by United States registered mail to such Party’s respective address set forth in Section

 

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5.08 hereof shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in the New York Courts with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 5.03. Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the New York Courts, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 5.04 Specific Performance. The Parties agree that irreparable damage may occur in the event that the provisions of this Agreement, including Section 4.02, were not performed in accordance with their specific terms. Accordingly, it is hereby agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to seek (i) an injunction or injunctions to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, including Section 4.02, in any arbitration in accordance with Article VIII of the Distribution Agreement, (ii) provisional or temporary injunctive relief in accordance therewith in any New York Court, and (iii) enforcement of any such award of an arbitral tribunal or a New York Court in any court of the United States, or any other any court or tribunal sitting in any state of the United States or in any foreign country that has jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy or relief to which they may be entitled.

Section 5.05 Waiver of Jury Trial. SUBJECT TO SECTION 5.18 AND SECTIONS 5.03 AND 5.04 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 PERMITTED HEREUNDER. 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 5.05.

Section 5.06 Assignment. The provisions of this Agreement and the obligations and rights hereunder shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by (and against) the Parties and their respective successors (by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise) and permitted transferees and assigns to the same extent as if such successor or permitted transferees and assigns had been an original party to the Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall not be assignable, in whole or in part, by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, and any attempt to assign any rights or obligations arising under this Agreement without such consent shall be null and void; provided, that (i) a Party may assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates, but no such assignment shall release the assigning Party from any liability or obligation under this Agreement and (ii) a Party may assign this Agreement in whole in connection with a bona fide third party merger transaction in which such Party is not the surviving entity or the sale by such Party of all or substantially all of its Assets, and upon the effectiveness of such assignment under this clause (ii) the assigning Party shall be released from all of its obligations under this Agreement if the surviving entity of such merger or the transferee of such Assets shall agree in writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the other Party, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if named as a “Party” hereto.

 

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Section 5.07 Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, this Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Parties and their respective Affiliates after the Effective Time, and their permitted successors and assigns, and is not intended to confer upon any Person except the Parties and their respective Affiliates after the Effective Time, and their permitted successors and assigns, any rights or remedies hereunder; and there are no other third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement and this Agreement should not be deemed to confer upon Third Parties any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement.

Section 5.08 Notice. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement and, to the extent applicable and unless otherwise provided therein, under each of the Ancillary Agreements, as between the Parties, shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt unless the day of receipt is not a Business Day, in which case it shall be deemed to have been duly given or made on the next Business Day) by delivery in person, by overnight courier service, by facsimile or email with receipt confirmed or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 5.08):

If to Dover:

Dover Corporation

3005 Highland Parkway

Downers Grove, Illinois 60515

Attn: Ivonne M. Cabrera

Facsimile: (630) 743-2670

Email: [email address]

If to Apergy:

Apergy Corporation

2445 Technology Forest Blvd., Building 4, Floor 12

The Woodlands, Texas 77381

Attn: Julia Wright

Email: [email address]

Section 5.09 Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the Parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

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Section 5.10 No Set Off. Except as otherwise mutually agreed to in writing by the Parties, neither Party nor any of its Affiliates shall have any right of set off or other similar rights with respect to (a) any amounts received pursuant to this Agreement; or (b) any other amounts claimed to be owed to the other Party or any of its Affiliates arising out of this Agreement.

Section 5.11 Headings. Titles and headings to Sections and Articles are inserted for the convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

Section 5.12 Survival of Agreements. Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, all covenants and agreements of the Parties contained in this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement shall survive the Effective Time and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their applicable terms.

Section 5.13 Affiliates. Each of the Parties shall cause (or with respect to an Affiliate that is not a Subsidiary, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) to be performed all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be performed by any Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Party or by any Business Entity that becomes a Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Party on and after the Effective Time.

Section 5.14 Waivers of Default. The failure of any Party to require strict performance by any other Party of any provision in this Agreement will not waive or diminish that Party’s right to demand strict performance thereafter of that or any other provision hereof.

Section 5.15 Amendments. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by an agreement in writing signed by each of the Parties.

Section 5.16 References; Interpretation. References in this Agreement to any gender include references to all genders, and references to the singular include references to the plural and vice versa. Any action to be taken by the Board of Directors of a Party may be taken by a committee of the Board of Directors of such Party if properly delegated by the Board of Directors of a Party to such committee. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(i) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” when used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”;

(ii) references in this Agreement to Articles, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement;

(iii) the words “hereof”, “hereby” and “herein” and words of similar meaning when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular Article, Section or provision of this Agreement;

(iv) the words “written request” when used in this Agreement shall include email;

 

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(v) references in this Agreement to any time shall be to New York City, New York time unless otherwise expressly provided herein; and

(vi) as described in Section 5.01(b), to the extent that the terms and conditions of any Schedule hereto conflicts with the express terms of the body of this Agreement, the terms of such Schedule shall control; it being understood that the Parties intend to include in the Schedules hereto any exceptions to the general rules described in the body of this Agreement and to give full effect to such exceptions, with respect to the matters expressly set forth therein; and

(vii) to the extent that this Agreement refers to the Distribution Agreement and the applicable section of the Distribution Agreement provides that such section of the Distribution Agreement shall not apply to the extent it conflicts with this Agreement, such section shall be read without regard to such exception.

Section 5.17 Advisors. Dover has selected McDermott Will & Emery LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP as counsel in connection with the Distribution. Apergy acknowledges, for itself and each Apergy Affiliate, that McDermott Will & Emery LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP are acting in the capacity as counsel only to Dover in connection with this Agreement and the provisions contemplated herein.

Section 5.18 Dispute Resolution. Any and all disputes between Dover and Apergy arising out of any provision of this Agreement shall be resolved through the procedures provided in Article VIII of the Distribution Agreement.

Section 5.19 Payments.

(a) Procedure for Requesting and Making Indemnification Payments. On the occurrence of an event for which a Party is entitled to receive indemnification hereunder, such Party (the “Indemnified Party”) shall send the other Party (the “Indemnifying Party”) an invoice requesting payment accompanied by a statement describing in reasonable detail the amount owed and the particulars relating thereto. Unless a provision in this Agreement specifically provides a different time for payment, the Indemnifying Party shall pay to the Indemnified Party any payment it owes to the Indemnified Party under this Agreement within thirty (30) days after the receipt of the invoice for such payment.

(b) Procedure for Making Other Payments. If a Party is responsible for any Tax under Section 2.01 (the “Responsible Party”) and such Tax must be remitted by the other Party (the “Remitting Party”), the Remitting Party shall send the Responsible Party an invoice requesting payment accompanied by a statement describing in reasonable detail the amount owed and the particulars relating thereto. Unless a provision in this Agreement specifically provides a different time for payment, the Responsible Party shall pay to the Remitting Party any payment it owes to the Remitting Party under this Agreement no later than thirty (30) days before the Remitting Party must remit the Tax to the appropriate Tax Authority.

 

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(c) Character of Payments. For Tax purposes, the Parties agree to treat any payment pursuant to this Agreement in the same manner as a capital contribution by Dover to Apergy or an adjustment to the Contribution made in the last taxable period beginning before the Distribution (or corresponding treatment with respect to any Internal Distribution) and, accordingly, as not includible in the gross income of the recipient and not deductible by the payor to the extent allowed under Law. If pursuant to a Determination it is determined that the receipt or accrual of any payment made under this Agreement is subject to any Tax, the Party making such payment shall be responsible for the After-Tax Amount with respect to such payment. The failure of a Party to include an After-Tax Amount in a demand for payment pursuant to this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver by the Party of its right to receive an After-Tax Amount with respect to such payment.

(d) Interest on Late Payments. Unless a provision in this Agreement specifically provides otherwise, any payment required to be made pursuant to this Agreement that is not made on or before the due date for such payment shall bear interest from the date after the due date to and including the date of payment at the Prime Rate plus two percent. Such interest shall be paid at the same time as the payment to which it relates. Any interest payable pursuant to this paragraph that is not paid when due shall bear interest at the Prime Rate plus two percent.

Section 5.20 No Duplication. Any indemnification provided under this Agreement shall be determined without duplication of recovery whether by operation of this Agreement, the Distribution Agreement or any other agreement entered into in connection with the Separation.

Section 5.21 Mutual Drafting. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the Party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.

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

 

DOVER CORPORATION     APERGY CORPORATION.
By:  

/s/ Ivonne M. Cabrera

    By:  

/s/ Julia Wright

Name:   Ivonne M. Cabrera     Name:   Julia Wright

Title:

 

Senior Vice President, General

Counsel & Secretary

   

Title:

 

Senior Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary

[Signature Page to Tax Matters Agreement]

EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

Execution Version

TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

This Transition Services Agreement (this “Services Agreement”) is made as of this 9th day of May, 2018 by and between (i) Dover Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Dover”), and (ii) Apergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Apergy”). Each of Dover and Apergy is sometimes referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively, as the “Parties.”

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Dover has determined that it would be in the best interests of Dover and its stockholders to separate the Apergy Business from Dover;

WHEREAS, Dover and Apergy have entered into a Separation and Distribution Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Separation Agreement”) which sets forth, among other things, the terms of the separation of the Dover Business and the Apergy Business (such transactions, as may be amended or modified from time to time, the “Separation”) and the distribution of Apergy Common Stock to stockholders of Dover;

WHEREAS, the Separation Agreement also provides for the execution and delivery of certain other Ancillary Agreements, including this Services Agreement, in order to facilitate and provide for the separation of Apergy and its Subsidiaries from Dover; and

WHEREAS, Dover and Apergy have each determined that it is desirable to enter into this Services Agreement pursuant to which each Party has agreed to provide or cause to be provided to the other Party and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, certain transitional, administrative and support services on the terms and conditions set forth in this Services Agreement and the Schedules hereto.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1.1 General. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Separation Agreement. As used in this Services Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Adversely Affected Service” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b).

(b) “Disbursement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.7.


(c) “Dover” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Services Agreement.

(d) “Dover Entities” means, collectively, Dover and its Affiliates that are listed as Providers on Schedule A or Recipients on Schedule B.

(e) “Dover Provided Services” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

(f) “Force Majeure” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

(g) “Independent Accountants” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(d).

(h) “Initial Term” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

(i) “Level of Service” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(d).

(j) “New Service” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.

(k) “New York Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.12.

(l) “Omitted Service” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

(m) “Other Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.7.

(n) “Party” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Services Agreement.

(o) “Paying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.7.

(p) “Provider” shall mean, with respect to any service set forth on Schedule A or B to this Services Agreement, the Person identified on such Schedule A or B as providing such service.

(q) “Receipt” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.7.

(r) “Receiving Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.7.

(s) “Recipient” shall mean, with respect to any service set forth on Schedule A or B to this Services Agreement, the Person identified on such Schedule A or B as receiving such service.

(t) “Renewal Term” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

(u) “Responsible Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.7.

 

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(v) “Sales and Service Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.

(w) “Separation” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Services Agreement.

(x) “Separation Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Services Agreement.

(y) “Service Baseline Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(d).

(z) “Service Change” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.

(aa) “Services Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Services Agreement.

(bb) “Term” shall mean the Initial Term and the Renewal Term, if any, or, with respect to a particular service provided for hereunder, such shorter period as may be applicable to such service pursuant to the terms of this Services Agreement or the exercise of a Party’s right of early termination as provided for herein.

(cc) “To-be-Terminated Service” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b).

(dd) “Apergy” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Services Agreement.

(ee) “Apergy Entities” means, collectively, Apergy and its Affiliates that are listed as Recipients on Schedule A or as Providers on Schedule B.

(ff) “Apergy Provided Services” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

1.2 References; Interpretation. References in this Services Agreement to any gender include references to all genders, and references to the singular include references to the plural and vice versa. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” when used in this Services Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”;

(b) references in this Services Agreement to Articles, Sections and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Schedules to, this Services Agreement;

(c) the words “hereof”, “hereby” and “herein” and words of similar meaning when used in this Services Agreement refer to this Services Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular Article, Section or provision of this Services Agreement;

 

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(d) the words “written request” when used in this Services Agreement shall include email;

(e) references in this Services Agreement to any time shall be to New York City, New York time unless otherwise expressly provided herein; and

(f) as described in Section 9.1, to the extent that the terms and conditions of any Schedule hereto conflict with the express terms of the body of this Services Agreement, the terms of such Schedule shall control; it being understood that the Parties intend to include in the Schedules hereto any exceptions to the general rules described in the body of this Services Agreement and to give full effect to such exceptions, with respect to the matters expressly set forth therein.

ARTICLE 2

SERVICES PROVIDED

2.1 Dover Provided Services. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Services Agreement, commencing as of the Effective Time, the Dover Entities agree to provide, or cause to be provided, to Apergy, the members of the Apergy Group and the Apergy Business, as designated by Apergy, the services described in Schedule A to this Services Agreement (the “Dover Provided Services”).

2.2 Apergy Provided Services. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Services Agreement, commencing as of the Effective Time, the Apergy Entities agree to provide, or cause to be provided, to Dover, the members of the Dover Group and the Dover Business, as designated by Dover, the services described in Schedule B to this Services Agreement (the “Apergy Provided Services”).

2.3 Omitted Services. If, after the execution of this Services Agreement and prior to the date that is two months from the date hereof, the Parties determine that a service provided by or to the Apergy Business as conducted by Apergy or its Subsidiaries prior to the Separation was inadvertently omitted from the Schedules to this Services Agreement (an “Omitted Service”), then the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree to the terms and conditions upon which such services would be added to this Services Agreement, it being agreed that the charges for such services should be determined on a basis consistent with the methodology for determining the initial prices provided for herein (i.e., sufficient to cover a Provider’s reasonable estimate of its actual costs and, if applicable, consistent with the prices such Provider would charge to an Affiliate), in each case without taking into account any profit margin or projected savings from increased efficiency; provided, however, no Party or Provider shall be required to provide any Omitted Service pursuant to this Section 2.3 if (x) it does not, in its reasonable judgment, have adequate resources to provide such Omitted Service, (y) the provision of such Omitted Service would significantly disrupt the operation of its business or (z) the Parties are unable to reach agreement on the terms and conditions applicable to such Omitted Service.

 

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2.4 Service Changes. After the execution of this Services Agreement and prior to the date that is two months from the date hereof, either Party may request that the other Party modify, alter or adjust the manner in which the other Party provides services (a “Service Change”). Following the delivery of such request, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith the terms and conditions of such Service Change; provided, however, that no Party or Provider shall be required to agree to a Service Change pursuant to this Section 2.4 if (x) it does not, in its reasonable judgment, have adequate resources for such Service Change, (y) the Service Change would significantly disrupt the operation of its business or (z) the Parties are unable to reach agreement on the terms and conditions applicable to such Service Change.

2.5 New Services. After the execution of this Services Agreement and prior to the date that is two months from the date hereof, either Party may request that the other Party provide an additional or different service that is not an Omitted Service and that does not constitute a Service Change (a “New Service”). The other Party shall consider such request in good faith, but nothing in this Services Agreement shall require the other Party to agree to provide such New Service. If the other Party consents to providing the requested New Service, then the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree to the terms and conditions upon which such New Service would be added to this Services Agreement, it being agreed that the charges for such New Service should be determined on a basis consistent with the methodology for determining the initial prices provided for herein (as described in Section 2.3).

2.6 Amendments. If the Parties agree on the fees and other specific terms and conditions applicable to an Omitted Service, Service Change or New Service, the Parties shall execute an amendment to this Services Agreement that provides for the substitution of the relevant Schedule, or additions or supplements to the relevant Schedule, in order to describe such Omitted Service, Service Change or New Service, as applicable, and the agreement upon the related fees and other specific terms and conditions applicable thereto.

ARTICLE 3

COMPENSATION

3.1 Compensation for Dover Provided Services. Subject to Section 3.5, the compensation for the Dover Provided Services for the duration of the Term shall be as described for each individual service provided to the Apergy Business as set forth on Schedule A, or if not set forth on Schedule A, then based on the actual cost of providing such service as agreed by the Parties from time to time.

3.2 Compensation for Apergy Provided Services. Subject to Section 3.5, the compensation for the Apergy Provided Services for the duration of the Term shall be as described for each individual service provided by the Apergy Business as set forth on Schedule B, or if not set forth on Schedule B, then based on the actual cost of providing such service as agreed by the Parties from time to time.

3.3 Allocation of Certain Expenses.

 

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(a) In addition to the payment of all compensation provided under Section 3.1 or Section 3.2, as applicable, each Recipient shall reimburse the applicable Provider for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses directly or indirectly incurred by such Provider or its Affiliates in connection with providing the applicable services hereunder (including all reasonable travel-related expenses) to the extent that such costs and expenses are not reflected in the compensation for such services on Schedule A or Schedule B, as applicable; provided, however, any such costs and expenses expected to exceed $1,000 per month (other than routine business travel and related expenses) that are not consistent with the historical practice between the Parties for any individual service shall require advance approval of the applicable Recipient. Any travel-related expenses incurred by a Provider in performing the applicable services hereunder shall be incurred and charged to the applicable Recipient in accordance with such Provider’s then applicable business travel policies.

(b) In the event that a Recipient terminates any individual service as contemplated by Section 4.2 earlier than the expiration of the Initial Term or the Renewal Term, if applicable, such Recipient shall reimburse the applicable Provider for any and all out-of-pocket costs and expenses directly or indirectly incurred by such Provider or any of its Affiliates as a result of such early termination by such Recipient, including early termination fees and other costs incurred in order to terminate or reduce the level of services provided by Third Parties under Contracts with a Provider or any of its Affiliates, which services are affected by such early termination, and increased or additional costs associated with continuing any other services, such reimbursement to be due and payable within five Business Days following such Recipient’s receipt of any invoice from such Provider with respect to such costs and expenses.

3.4 Taxes.

(a) In addition to the compensation payable to each Provider determined exclusive of the Taxes payable by each Recipient under this Section 3.4, each Recipient will pay and be liable for all sales, service, value added, lease, use, transfer, consumption or similar Taxes levied and measured by: (i) the cost of services provided to such Recipient under this Services Agreement or (ii) each Provider’s cost in acquiring property or services used or consumed by any such Provider in providing services under this Services Agreement (the “Sales and Service Taxes”). Such Taxes will be payable by the applicable Recipient to the applicable Provider in accordance with this Section 3.4 or as otherwise mutually agreed in writing by the Parties and under the terms of the applicable Law which govern the relevant Sales and Service Tax. Each Recipient’s obligation to pay Sales and Service Taxes under this Section 3.4 shall be subject to the receipt of (i) a computation of the Sales and Service Taxes payable under this Section 3.4 identifying the nature and amount of the goods or services on which the Sales and Service Tax is assessed and the applicable rate and (ii) a valid and customary invoice (or other document) under the terms of applicable Law for each Sales and Service Tax. If a Recipient complies with the terms of this Section 3.4 regarding the payment of Sales and Service Taxes, it shall not be liable for any interest, penalties or other charges attributable to the applicable Provider’s improper filing relating to Sales and Service Taxes or late payment or failure to remit Sales and Service Taxes to the relevant taxing authority.

 

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(b) The Parties acknowledge that each Provider and each Recipient shall pay and be responsible for their own personal property Taxes and Taxes based on their own income or profits or assets.

(c) Payments for services or other amounts under this Services Agreement shall be made net of withholding Taxes, provided, however, that if a Provider reasonably believes that a reduced rate of withholding applies or such Provider is exempt from withholding, the applicable Recipient shall only be required to apply such reduced rate of withholding or not withhold if such Provider provides such Recipient with evidence reasonably satisfactory to such Recipient that a reduced rate of or no withholding is required, including rulings or certificates from, or other correspondence with taxing authorities and tax opinions rendered by qualified persons, to the extent reasonably requested by such Recipient. Each Recipient shall promptly remit any amounts withheld to the appropriate taxing authority, and in the event that such Recipient receives a refund of any amounts previously withheld from payments to a Provider and remitted, such Recipient shall surrender such refund to such Provider.

(d) Each Provider and each Recipient shall promptly notify the other of any deficiency claim or similar notice by a taxing authority with respect to Sales and Service Taxes payable under this Service Agreement, and of any pending tax audit or other proceeding relating to Sales and Service Taxes or withholding with respect to this Service Agreement, and shall afford such party a reasonable opportunity to participate in any such audit or proceeding affecting its interests.

3.5 Price Adjustments.

(a) The Parties shall review the respective costs of each Provider providing services hereunder as of the date that is two months from the date hereof (and thereafter upon the written request of a Provider (which may not be given more than once in any 30-day period)). If it is determined in connection with any such review that a Provider’s cost of providing services hereunder (taken individually) exceeds by at least ten percent the charge for such service(s), including because of a significant increase in usage by a Recipient or other circumstances beyond the reasonable control of such Provider (including events of Force Majeure), then, upon request of such Provider, such Provider and its Recipient shall negotiate in good faith to determine an appropriate adjustment to the then-current prices for such services on a basis consistent with the methodology for determining the initial prices provided for herein (as described in Section 2.3).

(b) If the Parties determine (which determination shall be made in good faith) that the initial prices set forth on the Schedules hereto are not consistent with the methodology for determining the initial prices as described in Section 3.5(a), then the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to adjust such charges in a manner that is consistent with such methodology.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 3.5(a), if a service is being provided by a Provider to a Recipient hereunder through a Third Party as contemplated by Section 5.4 and such Third Party increases the costs of such service, then such increased costs (and any corresponding adjustments to Taxes payable or to be withheld in accordance with Section 3.4) shall be immediately passed along to such Recipient and reflected in a supplement to Schedule A or Schedule B, as applicable.

 

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3.6 Terms of Payment; Dispute Resolution; Audits.

(a) Each Provider shall invoice its respective Recipient for the services provided under Section 3.1 or Section 3.2, as applicable, monthly in advance on the first calendar day of each month of the Term following the date hereof (or the first Business Day following each such date). Each Provider shall also provide invoices to its respective Recipient monthly in arrears for amounts, such as Sales and Service Taxes and out-of-pocket or other expenses, that are payable in addition to the fee for the service that was paid in advance pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 3.6(a). Recipient shall pay Provider (or its designee) within 30 days after receipt of any of the foregoing invoices. No Recipient shall withhold any payments to its Provider under this Services Agreement, and such payments shall be made without any other setoff or deduction, notwithstanding any dispute that may be pending between them, whether under this Services Agreement or otherwise (any required adjustment being made on subsequent invoices). Amounts not paid on or before the date required to be paid hereunder shall accrue interest at a rate equal to 0.5% per month (or the maximum legal rate, whichever is lower), calculated for the actual number of days elapsed, accrued from the date such payment was due hereunder until the date of the actual receipt of payment. A Provider’s failure to invoice on the first calendar day of a month for any fees and/or expenses shall not constitute a waiver of such Provider’s right to subsequently invoice and collect such fees and expenses.

(b) All amounts due for services rendered pursuant to this Services Agreement shall be billed and paid in the currency in which the rate for such service is quoted, as stated herein or as shown on the Schedules hereto.

(c) If there is a dispute between any Recipient and any Provider regarding the amounts shown as billed to such Recipient on any invoice, such Provider shall furnish to such Recipient reasonable documentation to substantiate the amounts billed including listings of the dates, times and amounts of the services in question where applicable and practicable. Upon delivery of such documentation, such Recipient and such Provider shall cooperate and use their commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such dispute among themselves. If such disputing parties are unable to resolve their dispute within 30 calendar days of the delivery of such documentation, and such Recipient believes in good faith and with a reasonable basis that the amounts shown as billed to such Recipient are inaccurate or are otherwise not in accordance with the terms of this Services Agreement, then such Recipient shall have the right, at its own expense, to have any disputed invoice(s) audited as provided in Section 3.6(d).

(d) Any audit pursuant to Section 3.6(c) shall be limited solely to the purpose of verifying the amounts in dispute and shall be made by an independent certified public accounting firm selected and paid for by the Recipient initiating such audit and reasonably satisfactory to the Provider being audited (such accounting firm, the “Independent Accountants”). Any such audit shall be reasonably conducted by the Independent Accountants during the normal business hours of the Provider being audited. Such Provider shall reasonably

 

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cooperate with the Independent Accountants and shall make available to the Independent Accountants all applicable cost and other data as may be reasonably necessary for the sole purpose of verifying the amounts in dispute. The Independent Accountants shall not disclose any of the underlying data and information to said Recipient or to any other Person (except as may be required by Law) and, prior to any such audit the Independent Accountants shall, if requested by the Provider being audited, enter into a confidentiality agreement reasonably acceptable to such Provider. The determination of the Independent Accountants shall be final and binding on the Parties.

ARTICLE 4

TERM AND TERMINATION

4.1 Term. Except as expressly provided otherwise in this Services Agreement, or with respect to specific services as indicated on the Schedules hereto, the term of this Services Agreement shall be for an initial period commencing at 12:01 a.m. on the date immediately following the date hereof and ending on January 31, 2019 (the “Initial Term”). Effective between the respective Provider and Recipient, the Initial Term may be extended for an additional period ending on the one-year anniversary of the date hereof, or such other period set forth on Schedule A or Schedule B (the “Renewal Term”) at the request of a Recipient by written notice from such Recipient to its Provider, with copies to Dover and Apergy; any such notice shall be made not less than two months prior to the end of the Initial Term. The obligation of any Recipient to make a payment for services previously rendered shall not be affected by the expiration of the Initial Term or Renewal Term and shall survive such expiration and continue until full payment is made.

4.2 Termination of Individual Services.

(a) Effective between the respective Provider and Recipient, a Recipient may terminate at any time any individual service provided under this Services Agreement on a service-by-service basis (and/or location-by-location basis where an individual service is provided to multiple locations of a Recipient) upon written notice to such Provider identifying the particular service (or location) to be terminated and the effective date of termination, which date shall not be less than 30 days after receipt of such notice unless such Provider otherwise agrees. The termination of any individual services pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall not affect this Services Agreement with respect to the services not terminated under this Section 4.2. In addition, effective between the respective Provider and Recipient, a Provider may terminate at any time any individual service provided under this Services Agreement upon written notice to its respective Recipient identifying the particular service to be terminated and the effective date of termination if the employee that was providing the applicable service is no longer employed by such Provider (and there is no other employee employed by such Provider at the time that could reasonably provide such service).

(b) The Parties acknowledge and agree that (a) there may be interdependencies among the services being provided under this Services Agreement; (b) upon the request of either Party, the Parties shall cooperate and act in good faith to determine whether (i) any such interdependencies exist with respect to the particular service that a Party is seeking

 

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to terminate pursuant to Section 4.2(a) (the “To-be-Terminated Service”) and (ii) in the case of such termination, the Provider’s ability to provide a particular service in accordance with this Services Agreement would be materially and adversely affected by such termination of another service (the “Adversely Affected Service”); and (c) in the event that the Parties have determined that such interdependencies exist and such termination would materially and adversely affect the Provider’s ability to provide a particular service in accordance with this Services Agreement, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to amend the Schedules hereto with respect to such Adversely Affected Service, which amendment shall be consistent with the terms of comparable services. If, after such negotiations, the Parties are unable to agree on an amendment with respect to the Adversely Affected Service, the dispute between the Parties shall be resolved in accordance with the terms of Section 9.13, and the Provider’s obligation to provide, and the Recipient’s obligation to pay for, the To-be-Terminated Service and the Adversely Affected Service shall continue until the resolution of such dispute.

4.3 Termination of Agreement. This Services Agreement shall terminate on the earliest to occur of (a) a date mutually agreed in writing by the Parties, (b) the latest date on which any service is to be provided as indicated on Schedule A and Schedule B, (c) the date on which the provision of all services has terminated pursuant to Section 4.2 and (d) the date on which this Services Agreement is terminated in its entirety pursuant to Section 4.4.

4.4 Breach of Agreement. If either Party (or member of its respective Group) shall materially breach any of its obligations under this Services Agreement, including any failure to perform any services or to make payments when due, and such breach is not cured within 30 days after the breaching Party receives written notice thereof from the non-breaching Party, the non-breaching Party may (i) terminate this entire Services Agreement, including the provision of all services pursuant hereto, immediately by providing written notice of termination or (ii) terminate the individual services that are subject to such material breach, immediately by providing notice of such selective termination and identifying the particular services to be so terminated; provided that the non-breaching Party shall not be entitled to terminate this Services Agreement or any individual services, as applicable, if, as of the end of such 30-day period, there remains a good faith dispute between the Parties (undertaken in accordance with Section 9.13) as to whether the other Party (or member of its Group) materially breached this Services Agreement or has cured the applicable breach. If the non-breaching Party decides to terminate individual services in accordance with this Section 4.4 (rather than the entire Services Agreement), such termination of such individual services pursuant to this Section 4.4 shall not affect this Services Agreement with respect to the services not terminated under this Section 4.4. The failure of a Party to exercise its rights hereunder with respect to a breach by the other Party (or member of its Group) shall not be construed as a waiver of such rights nor prevent such Party from subsequently asserting such rights with regard to the same or similar defaults.

4.5 Effect of Termination. Upon the termination of any service pursuant to this Services Agreement, the Provider of such terminated service shall have no further obligation to provide such terminated service. In the event of (a) a termination or expiration of this Services Agreement in its entirety, each Provider shall be entitled to all outstanding amounts due from the applicable Recipient for the provision of services rendered through the date of termination or otherwise payable hereunder or (b) a partial termination of this Services Agreement with respect to individual services in accordance with Section 4.2 or clause (ii) of Section 4.4, the Provider(s)

 

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that were providing the services that are so terminated shall be entitled to all outstanding amounts due from the relevant Recipient(s) of such terminated services for the provision of such services rendered through the date of the termination of such individual service or otherwise payable hereunder. This Section 4.5, Section 5.6, Article 1, Article 7, Article 8 and Article 9 shall survive any termination or expiration of this Services Agreement.

ARTICLE 5

CERTAIN COVENANTS

5.1 Standard of Services.

(a) Each Provider shall perform the services that it is required to provide to its respective Recipient(s) under this Services Agreement in substantially the same nature, quality, standard of care and service levels at which the same or similar services were performed by or on behalf of Dover or any of its Subsidiaries to Dover or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Distribution Date. The Parties acknowledge and agree that each Provider (and each member of its Group) makes no representations or warranties (including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular use or purpose or the non-infringement of any Intellectual Property rights of Third Parties) or guarantees of any kind, express or implied, either in fact or by operation of law, by statute or otherwise, with respect to any services provided hereunder and that the services to be provided hereunder are furnished “as is,” “where is,” with all faults. Each Party specifically disclaims any other warranties, whether written or oral, or express or implied, including any warranty of quality, merchantability, or fitness for a particular use or purpose or non-infringement of any Intellectual Property rights of Third Parties.

(b) Nothing in this Services Agreement shall require a Provider to perform or cause to be performed any service to the extent the Provider reasonably believes such performance would constitute (i) a violation of applicable Laws or any code of conduct applicable to such Provider or (ii) a breach, violation or infringement of, or a default under, any existing Contract with a Third Party. If a Provider is or becomes aware of any such restriction on such Provider, such Provider shall promptly send a notice to its respective Recipient of any such restriction. The Parties each agree to cooperate in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any necessary Third Party consents required under any existing Contract with a Third Party to allow each Provider to perform or cause to be performed any service in accordance with the standards set forth in this Section 5.1. Any costs and expenses incurred by any Party or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with obtaining any such Third Party consent that is required to allow a Provider to perform or cause to be performed any service shall be the responsibility of the respective Recipient. If, with respect to a service, the Parties, despite the use of such commercially reasonable efforts, are unable to obtain a required Third Party consent or the performance of such service by a Provider would continue to constitute a violation of applicable Laws or any code of conduct applicable to such Provider, such Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts in good faith to provide such services in a manner as closely as possible to the standards described in this Section 5.1 that would apply absent the exception set forth in the first sentence of this Section 5.1(b).

 

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(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Services Agreement to the contrary, a Provider shall have the right to limit any service in the event a Provider determines after prior consultation with the applicable Recipient, in such Provider’s reasonable discretion, that such service creates an unacceptable safety, liability or data security risk to such Provider or any of its Affiliates; provided that if a Provider does so limit the provision of such service, the applicable Recipient shall have no obligation to pay for any such service to the extent not rendered by such Provider. As of the Effective Date, the Parties are not actually aware of any risk described in this Section 5.1(c) that would have been reasonably expected to cause a Provider to limit a service pursuant to this Section 5.1(c).

(d) Nothing in this Services Agreement shall require a Provider to (i) render services in a manner or method different from the manner or method utilized by Providers in performing the services hereunder; (ii) make any change or addition that would require (to be determined in the Provider’s sole discretion) any expenditure of additional capital, any expansion or modification to facilities, or any acquisition of additional equipment or software, (iii) make any changes to a Provider’s applications to support a Recipient’s business processes or otherwise or (iv) make any efforts, in each case beyond commercially reasonable efforts, to provide the services hereunder.

5.2 Transition From Services. It is the express intent of the Parties and the members of their respective Groups that, notwithstanding the terms or schedules for performance of services hereunder, the performance of services are expected to be terminated as soon as possible. Consequently, unless the Parties mutually agree otherwise, each Recipient agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to reduce or eliminate its dependency on each service provided by each Provider as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event before the end of the service Term for such service. The Parties will cooperate (acting in good faith and using reasonable commercial efforts) to effect a smooth and orderly transition of the services provided hereunder from the Providers to the respective Recipients.

5.3 Points of Contact. Each Provider and its respective Recipient has named a point of contact as set forth on Schedules A and B. Such points of contact shall be responsible for the implementation of this Services Agreement between the respective Provider and its Recipient, including resolution of any issues which may arise during the performance hereunder on a day to-day basis.

5.4 Personnel. Each Provider, in providing the services, as it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion, may (a) use the personnel of such Provider or its Affiliates (it being understood that such personnel can perform the services on behalf of such Provider on a full-time or part-time basis, as determined by such Provider or its Affiliates) and (b) employ the services of Third Parties to the extent such third party services are routinely utilized to provide similar services to other businesses of such Provider or are reasonably necessary for the efficient performance of any such services. In performing the services, employees and representatives of a Provider shall be under the direction, control and supervision of such Provider (and not its respective Recipient) and such Provider shall have the sole right to exercise all authority with respect to the employment (including termination of employment), assignment and compensation of such employees and representatives (it being understood that no Recipient has any right hereunder to require that any Provider perform the services hereunder with specifically identified

 

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employees and that the assignment of employees to perform such services shall be determined in the sole discretion of the applicable Provider). In addition, no Provider shall be required to provide any service to the extent the provision of such service requires such Provider to hire any additional employees or maintain the employment of any specific employee.

5.5 Further Assurances. From time to time after the date hereof, without further consideration, each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action, do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws, and execute and deliver such documents as may be required or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Services Agreement and to consummate, perform and make effective the transactions contemplated hereby.

5.6 Title to Intellectual Property. Except as expressly provided for under the terms of this Services Agreement, each Recipient acknowledges that it shall acquire no right, title or interest (including any license rights or rights of use) in any Intellectual Property which is owned, licensed or otherwise used by any Provider or any of their respective Affiliates or any Third Party, if applicable, by reason of the provision or receipt of the services provided hereunder. Each Recipient agrees not to remove or alter any copyright, trademark, confidentiality or other proprietary notices that appear on any Intellectual Property owned, licensed or used by any Provider or any of their respective Affiliates or any Third Party, if applicable, and each Recipient agrees to reproduce any such notices on any and all copies thereof. Each Recipient agrees not to attempt to decompile, translate, reverse engineer or disassemble any Intellectual Property owned, licensed or used by any Provider or their respective Affiliates or any Third Party, if applicable, and a Recipient shall promptly notify its respective Provider of any such attempt, including by any employee or representative of such Recipient or by any Third Party, of which such Recipient becomes aware.

5.7 Certain Disbursements/Receipts. The Parties hereto contemplate that, from time to time on or after the Effective Time, a member of a Party’s Group (any such member, the “Paying Party”), as a convenience to a member of the other Party’s Group (the “Responsible Party”), in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Services Agreement, may make certain payments that are properly the responsibility of the Responsible Party (any such payment made, a “Disbursement”). Similarly, from time to time on or after the Effective Time, a member of a Party’s Group (any such member, the “Receiving Party”) may receive from Third Parties certain payments to which a member of the other Party’s Group is entitled (the “Other Party”, and any such payment received, a “Receipt”). Accordingly, with respect to Disbursements and Receipts (each of which shall be subject to Section 3.4), the Parties hereto agree as follows.

(a) Disbursements.

(i) A Paying Party may request reimbursement for Disbursements made by check within seven Business Days after notice of such Disbursement has been given to the Responsible Party in writing and with mutually acceptable supporting documentation.

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Responsible Party’s local time at least one Business Day prior to the payment of such Disbursement, the Responsible Party shall reimburse the Paying Party for the amount of such payment (in the local currency equivalent paid by the Paying Party) on the date the Disbursement is made by the Paying Party. If notice as provided above has not been given prior to the payment of such Disbursement, the Responsible Party shall reimburse the Paying Party for the amount of such payment (in the local currency equivalent paid by the Paying Party) within three Business Days after receipt by the Responsible Party of such notice from the Paying Party.

(b) Receipts. A Receiving Party shall remit Receipts to the Other Party (in the same currency as such payment is received) within three Business Days of receipt thereof.

(c) Certain Exceptions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, if, with respect to any particular transaction(s), it is impossible or impracticable under the circumstances to comply with the procedures set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 5.7 (including the time periods specified therein), the Parties will cooperate to find a mutually agreeable alternative that will achieve substantially similar economic results from the point of view of the Paying Party or the Other Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that if a Receiving Party cannot comply with the procedures set forth in subsection (b) of this Section 5.7 because it does not become aware of a Receipt on behalf of the Other Party in time, such Receiving Party shall remit such Receipt (without interest thereon) to the Other Party within 24 hours after it becomes aware of such Receipt.

5.8 Recipient Obligations. To the extent reasonably required to perform the services and during normal working hours, with advance notice and subject to the Recipients’ site safety rules, the Recipients shall (at their own expense) provide the Providers’ personnel, agents or contractors and the supervisors of such personnel with reasonable and timely access to the Recipients’ office space, plants, equipment, information, premises, personnel, power, telecommunications systems and circuits, computer systems, software and any other areas and equipment. Without limiting the foregoing, the Recipients shall make accessible to the Providers, as needed, the Recipients’ key users and other Recipient personnel responsible for the execution, maintenance and enhancement of processes relating to the services.

ARTICLE 6

FORCE MAJEURE

6.1 Force Majeure. No Provider (or any Person acting on its behalf) shall bear any responsibility or Liability for any losses arising out of any delay, hindrance, frustration, inability to perform or interruption of its performance of, obligations under this Services Agreement due to any acts or omissions of its respective Recipient or due to events beyond its reasonable control (hereinafter referred to as “Force Majeure”) including acts of God, acts of a Governmental Entity, acts of a state or public enemy, acts of war or terrorism, riots, floods, fires, earthquakes, storms, severe or adverse weather conditions, epidemics, explosions, accidents, civil commotion, insurrection, labor shortages or other difficulties, lack of or shortage of electrical power, malfunctions or breakdowns of equipment or software programs, inability to obtain equipment, fuel or other materials, voluntary or involuntary compliance with any Law or

 

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recommendation or request of any Governmental Entity or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Party (or member of its Group or Third Party acting on its behalf) whose performance is affected by the Force Majeure event. In such event, the obligations hereunder of such Provider in providing such service, and the obligations of its respective Recipient to pay for any such service, shall be postponed for such time as its performance is suspended or delayed on account thereof. If a Force Majeure event occurs that has an effect on the ability of a Provider to perform its obligations under this Services Agreement, then such Provider shall give prompt written notice to its respective Recipient identifying the nature of the Force Majeure event and the manner in which services will be affected.

ARTICLE 7

INDEMNITY

7.1 Indemnity.

(a) Determination of the suitability of any services provided hereunder for the use contemplated by Recipients is the sole responsibility of Recipients, and Providers will have no responsibility in connection therewith. The Recipients assume all risk and liability arising from or relating to their use of and reliance upon the services. The liability of any Provider and its Affiliates and their respective officers, employees, directors, agents and other representatives with respect to this Services Agreement, for any act or failure to act in connection with this Services Agreement, or in connection with the performance, delivery, provision or use of any service provided under this Services Agreement, whether in contract, tort (including negligence or strict liability) or otherwise, shall be limited to the Indemnifiable Losses of the applicable Recipient arising from such Provider’s willful misconduct or gross negligence; provided that in no event shall the liability exceed the fees previously paid to such Provider by such Recipient in respect of the service from which such liability flows, or to the extent the liability arises out of a Provider breaching this Services Agreement by not providing the services (or level of services) required hereunder, then the liability shall not exceed the higher of the fees previously paid to such Provider by such Recipient in respect of the service from which such liability flows or the amount that such Provider would have been paid by such Recipient for such services for the agreed-upon term of such services (not to exceed six months from the date hereof); provided further that for purposes of this Section 7.1(a), “fees” shall include only the amounts collected and retained by the applicable Provider and shall be exclusive, in each case, of any Third Party costs or fees passed through by the applicable Provider. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the limitations in this Section 7.1(a) shall not apply in respect of any liability arising out of or in connection with either Party’s breaches of confidentiality under Article VIII.

(b) Each Recipient hereby agrees to indemnify its respective Provider and Affiliates thereof and their respective representatives from any and all Indemnifiable Losses resulting from an Action relating to such Provider’s conduct in connection with the provision of services to such Recipient under this Services Agreement (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses of investigation, which fees and expenses shall be paid as incurred) except to the extent such Indemnifiable Losses arise out of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Provider or any of its representatives. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Services Agreement, including Section 7.1(a), each Provider hereby agrees to indemnify its respective

 

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Recipient and Affiliates thereof from any and all Indemnifiable Losses to the extent resulting from an Action relating to such Provider’s willful misconduct or gross negligence in connection with the provision of services to such Recipient under this Services Agreement. The procedures for indemnification set forth in Sections 6.4 and 6.5 of the Separation Agreement shall govern any and all claims for indemnification under this Services Agreement. The Persons entitled to indemnification pursuant to the foregoing shall be third party beneficiaries of the rights to indemnification described in this Section 7.1(b). The Parties hereby agree to the insurance-related matters described in Annex A to Schedule A.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Services Agreement, no Party, Provider, Recipient or any of their respective Affiliates or representatives shall be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, exemplary, punitive, consequential, remote, speculative or similar damages (including loss of profits or revenue, loss of business, interruption of business or otherwise) with respect to its performance or nonperformance hereunder, or the provision of or failure to provide any service hereunder, whether such damages or other relief are sought based on breach of contract, negligence, strict liability or any other legal or equitable relief, and each Party hereby waives on behalf of itself, its Affiliates and its representatives any claim for such damages.

(d) EACH PARTY, IN ITS CAPACITY AS A RECIPIENT, ACKNOWLEDGES (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND THE RECIPIENTS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF ITS GROUP) THAT (I) THE PROVIDERS ARE NOT COMMERCIAL PROVIDERS OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREIN AND ARE PROVIDING THE SERVICES AS AN ACCOMMODATION AND AT A COST TO THE APPLICABLE RECIPIENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEPARATION AND (II) THIS SERVICES AGREEMENT IS NOT INTENDED BY THE PARTIES TO HAVE ANY APPLICABLE PROVIDER MANAGE AND OPERATE THE APERGY BUSINESS OR DOVER BUSINESS, AS APPLICABLE, IN LIEU OF THE APPLICABLE RECIPIENT. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT THE FOREGOING SHALL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN ANY CLAIM MADE UNDER THIS SERVICES AGREEMENT.

ARTICLE 8

CONFIDENTIALITY

8.1 Notwithstanding any termination of this Services Agreement, from and after the Effective Time until the date that is five years after the date of termination of the Services Agreement, the Parties shall hold, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to hold, and shall each cause their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors, accountants, attorneys, or other representatives to hold, in strict confidence, and not to disclose or release or, except as otherwise permitted by this Services Agreement, use, including for any ongoing or future commercial purpose, without the prior written consent of the Party to whom the Confidential Information relates (which consent may be withheld in such Party’s sole and absolute discretion, except where disclosure is required by applicable Law), any and all Confidential Information concerning the other Party (and the members of its respective Group and Business); provided, that the Parties may disclose, or may permit disclosure of, Confidential Information (i) to their respective employees or agents (including, in the case of any Provider,

 

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any Third Party engaged to provide the services hereunder) or consultants who have a need to know such Confidential Information for the purpose of this Services Agreement and are informed of their obligation to hold such information confidential to the same extent as is applicable to the Parties and in respect of whose failure to comply with such obligations, the applicable Party will be responsible, (ii) if the Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries are required or compelled to disclose any such Confidential Information by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law or stock exchange rule or (iii) as necessary in order to permit a Party to prepare and disclose its financial statements in connection with any regulatory filings or Tax Returns; provided further, that each Party (and members of its Group as necessary) may use, or may permit use of, Confidential Information of the other Party in connection with such first Party performing its obligations, or exercising its rights, under this Services Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any demand or request for disclosure of Confidential Information is made pursuant to clause (ii) above, each Party, as applicable, shall promptly notify (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) the other of the existence of such request or demand and shall provide the other a reasonable opportunity to seek an appropriate protective order or other remedy, which such Parties will cooperate in obtaining to the extent reasonably practicable. In the event that such appropriate protective order or other remedy is not obtained, the Party that faces the disclosure requirement shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required to be disclosed and shall take commercially reasonable steps to ensure that confidential treatment is accorded such Confidential Information.

8.2 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Parties shall be deemed to have satisfied their obligations hereunder with respect to Confidential Information if they exercise at least the same degree of care that applies to Dover’s confidential and proprietary information pursuant to policies in effect as of the Effective TimeUpon the written request of a Party, the other Party shall take commercially reasonable actions to promptly (i) deliver to such requesting Party all original Confidential Information (whether written or electronic) concerning such requesting Party and/or its Subsidiaries and (ii) if specifically requested by such requesting Party, destroy any copies of such Confidential Information (including any extracts therefrom); provided, that such first Party may retain one copy of such Information to the extent required by applicable Law or professional standards, and shall not be required to destroy any such Information located in back-up, archival electronic storage. 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.

ARTICLE 9

MISCELLANEOUS

9.1 Complete Agreement; Construction. This Services Agreement, the Separation Agreement and the other Ancillary Agreements, and the exhibits, schedules and annexes hereto and thereto, shall constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and shall supersede all previous negotiations, commitments and writings with respect to such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of the body of this Services Agreement and

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conditions of any Schedule, the terms and conditions of such Schedule shall control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Services Agreement, the Separation Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement, in the case of any conflict between the provisions of the Separation Agreement and the provisions of any Ancillary Agreement, the provisions of the Separation Agreement shall control; provided, however, that in relation to (i) any matters concerning Taxes, the Tax Matters Agreement shall prevail over the Separation Agreement and any other Ancillary Agreement, (ii) any matters governed by the Employee Matters Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement shall prevail over the Separation Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement and (iii) the provision of support and other services after the Effective Time by the Apergy Group to the Dover Group, and vice versa, this Services Agreement shall prevail over the Separation Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement.

9.2 Counterparts. This Services Agreement may be executed in more than one counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more such counterparts have been signed by each Party and delivered to the other Party. Execution of this Services Agreement or any other documents pursuant to this Services Agreement by facsimile or other electronic copy of a signature shall be deemed to be, and shall have the same effect as, an original signature.

9.3 Survival of Agreements; Performance. Except as otherwise contemplated by this Services Agreement, all covenants and agreements of the Parties contained in this Services Agreement shall survive the Effective Time and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their applicable terms. Each Party shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantees the performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be performed by any Affiliate of such Party, and with respect to any services to be provided hereunder by a Provider through a Third Party, the applicable Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enforce any rights that such Provider has against such Third Party to the extent necessary to ensure that such Third Party performs such services in accordance with the terms of this Services Agreement.

9.4 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Services Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt unless the day of receipt is not a Business Day, in which case it shall be deemed to have been duly given or made on the next Business Day) by delivery in person, by overnight courier service, by e-mail or facsimile with receipt confirmed or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested). For purposes of the giving of notice, Recipients and Providers shall be notified at the addresses listed on the Schedules hereto and Dover and Apergy shall be notified at the addresses listed below (which a Party may change by giving notice to the other Party in accordance with this Section 9.4):

If to Dover:

Dover Corporation

3005 Highland Parkway

Downers Grove, Illinois 60515

Attn: Ivonne M. Cabrera

Facsimile: (630) 743-2670

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If to Apergy:

Apergy Corporation

2445 Technology Forest Blvd., Building 4, Floor 12

The Woodlands, Texas 77381

Attn: Julia Wright

E-Mail: [email address]

9.5 Waivers. No waiver by any Party of any provision of this Services Agreement shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the Party so waiving. The failure of any Party to require strict performance by any other Party of any provision in this Services Agreement (or the waiver of a breach of any provisions of this Services Agreement) will not waive or diminish that Party’s right to demand strict performance thereafter of that or any other provision hereof or otherwise operate or be construed as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach.

9.6 Amendments. This Services Agreement may not be modified or amended except by an agreement in writing signed by each of the Parties.

9.7 Successors and Assigns.

(a) The provisions of this Services Agreement and the obligations and rights hereunder shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by (and against) the Parties and their respective successors (by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise) and permitted transferees and assigns to the same extent as if such successor or permitted transferees and assigns had been an original party to this Services Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Services Agreement shall not be assignable, in whole or in part, by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, and any attempt to assign any rights or obligations arising under this Services Agreement without such consent shall be null and void; provided that (i) a Dover Entity may assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Services Agreement to a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Dover and an Apergy Entity may assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Services Agreement to a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Apergy, in each case, for so long as they remain such; provided that no such assignment shall relieve any Party of any of its obligations hereunder and (ii) a Party may assign this Services Agreement in whole in connection with a bona fide Third Party merger transaction in which such Party is not the surviving entity or the sale by such Party of all or substantially all of its Assets, and upon the effectiveness of such assignment under this clause (ii) the assigning Party shall be released from all of its obligations under this Services Agreement if the surviving entity of such merger or the transferee of such Assets shall agree in writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the other Party, to be bound by the terms of this Services Agreement as if named as a “Party” hereto.

 

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(b) If any Provider or Recipient is not a party to this Services Agreement, then, at the request of any Party hereto, the other Party shall cause such Provider or Recipient, as applicable, to become a party hereto by executing and delivering a counterpart hereof agreeing to be bound as a Provider or Recipient, as applicable, hereunder. The failure of any Person that is receiving benefits or has obligations hereunder to execute a counterpart hereof shall not affect the enforceability of this Services Agreement against such Person or against any other Party hereto.

9.8 Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as specifically provided in this Services Agreement, this Services Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Parties and their respective Affiliates after the Effective Time and their permitted successors and assigns, and is not intended to confer upon any Person except the Parties and their respective Affiliates after the Effective Time, and their permitted successors and assigns, any rights or remedies hereunder; and there are no other third-party beneficiaries of this Services Agreement and this Services Agreement should not be deemed to confer upon Third Parties any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Services Agreement.

9.9 Title and Headings. Titles and headings to Sections and Articles are inserted for the convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Services Agreement.

9.10 Schedules. The Schedules attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference and shall be construed with and as an integral part of this Services Agreement to the same extent as if the same had been set forth verbatim herein.

9.11 Governing Law. This Services Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal Laws, and not the Laws governing conflicts of Laws (other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law), of the State of New York.

9.12 Consent to Jurisdiction. Subject to the provisions of Article VIII of the Separation Agreement, each of the Parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of (a) the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and (b) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “New York Courts”), for the purposes of any Action to compel arbitration or for provisional relief in aid of arbitration in accordance with Article VIII of the Separation Agreement or for provisional relief to prevent irreparable harm, and to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the enforcement of any award issued thereunder. Each of the Parties further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by United States registered mail to such Party’s respective address set forth in Section 9.4 shall be effective service of process for any Action in the New York Courts with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 9.12. Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any Action arising out of this Services Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the New York Courts, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

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9.13 Dispute Resolution; Continuation of Services Pending Outcome of Dispute. Except with respect to disputes covered by Sections 3.6(c) and 3.6(d), the resolution of any dispute between the Parties with respect to this Services Agreement shall be governed by the provisions of the Separation Agreement with respect to the resolution of disputes, including the provisions of Article VIII of the Separation Agreement. Notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between the Parties, no Provider shall discontinue the supply of any service provided for herein, unless so provided in an arbitral determination that the respective Recipient is in default of obligation under this Services Agreement.

9.14 Specific Performance. The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that the provisions of this Services Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms. Accordingly, subject to Section 9.13 it is hereby agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to (i) an injunction or injunctions to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any arbitration in accordance with Article VIII of the Separation Agreement, (ii) provisional or temporary injunctive relief in accordance therewith in any New York Court, and (iii) enforcement of any such award of an arbitral tribunal or a New York Court in any court of the United States, or any other any court or tribunal sitting in any state of the United States or in any foreign country that has jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy or relief to which they may be entitled.

9.15 Waiver of Jury Trial . SUBJECT TO SECTIONS 9.12, 9.13 AND 9.14, 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 PERMITTED HEREUNDER. 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 SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS SEPARATION AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.15.9.16 Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Services Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the Parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

9.17 Construction. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Services Agreement. This Services Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.

9.18 Authorization. Each of the Parties hereby represents and warrants that it has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Services Agreement, that this Services Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such Party, that this Services Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each such Party enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equity principles.

 

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9.19 Independent Contractors. The Parties each acknowledge that they are separate entities, each of which has entered into this Services Agreement for independent business reasons. The relationships of the Parties hereunder (and the respective Providers and Recipients) are those of independent contractors and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a joint venture, partnership or any other relationship. Employees performing services hereunder do so on behalf of, under the direction of, and as employees of, the Provider, and the Recipient shall have no right, power or authority to direct such employees.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized officers or representatives of the parties hereto have duly executed this Services Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

DOVER CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Ivonne M. Cabrera

  Name: Ivonne M. Cabrera
  Title:   Senior Vice President, General
              Counsel & Secretary


APERGY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Julia Wright

  Name: Julia Wright
  Title:   Senior Vice President, General
              Counsel and Secretary
EX-10.4

Exhibit 10.4

Execution Version

 

Published Deal CUSIP Number:   03755PAA3
Term Loan CUSIP Number:   03755PAB1
Revolving Credit CUSIP Number:   03755PAC9

 

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

May 9, 2018,

among

APERGY CORPORATION,

as the Borrower,

The Lenders and Issuing Banks Party Hereto,

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

and

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.,

MIZUHO BANK, LTD., and

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

MIZUHO BANK, LTD., and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Syndication Agents

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Documentation Agents

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I   
DEFINITIONS   

SECTION 1.01.

  Defined Terms      1  

SECTION 1.02.

  Classification of Loans and Borrowings      41  

SECTION 1.03.

  Terms Generally      41  

SECTION 1.04.

  Accounting Terms; GAAP      41  

SECTION 1.05.

  Pro Forma Calculations      42  

SECTION 1.06.

  Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents      42  
ARTICLE II   
THE CREDITS   

SECTION 2.01.

  Commitments      42  

SECTION 2.02.

  Loans and Borrowings      43  

SECTION 2.03.

  Requests for Borrowings      43  

SECTION 2.04.

  [Reserved]      44  

SECTION 2.05.

  Letters of Credit      44  

SECTION 2.06.

  Funding of Borrowings      49  

SECTION 2.07.

  Interest Elections      49  

SECTION 2.08.

  Termination and Reduction of Commitments      51  

SECTION 2.09.

  Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt      51  

SECTION 2.10.

  Amortization of Term Loans      51  

SECTION 2.11.

  Prepayment of Loans      52  

SECTION 2.12.

  Fees      55  

SECTION 2.13.

  Interest      55  

SECTION 2.14.

  Alternate Rate of Interest      56  

SECTION 2.15.

  Increased Costs      57  

SECTION 2.16.

  Break Funding Payments      58  

SECTION 2.17.

  Taxes      58  

SECTION 2.18.

  Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs; Application of Proceeds      61  

SECTION 2.19.

  Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders      62  

SECTION 2.20.

  Defaulting Lenders      63  

SECTION 2.21.

  Incremental Extensions of Credit      65  

SECTION 2.22.

  Extension of Maturity Date      67  

SECTION 2.23.

  Refinancing Facilities      69  
ARTICLE III   
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES   

SECTION 3.01.

  Organization; Powers      70  

SECTION 3.02.

  Authorization; Due Execution and Delivery; Enforceability      70  

SECTION 3.03.

  Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts      71  

SECTION 3.04.

  Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change      71  

SECTION 3.05.

  Properties      71  

SECTION 3.06.

  Litigation and Environmental Matters      72  

SECTION 3.07.

  Compliance with Laws      72  

 

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SECTION 3.08.

  Anti-Terrorism Laws; Anti-Corruption Laws      72  

SECTION 3.09.

  Investment Company Status      72  

SECTION 3.10.

  Federal Reserve Regulations      72  

SECTION 3.11.

  Taxes      72  

SECTION 3.12.

  ERISA      73  

SECTION 3.13.

  Disclosure      73  

SECTION 3.14.

  Subsidiaries      73  

SECTION 3.15.

  Use of Proceeds      73  

SECTION 3.16.

  Labor Matters      73  

SECTION 3.17.

  Solvency      74  

SECTION 3.18.

  Collateral Matters      74  

SECTION 3.19.

  EEA Financial Institutions      75  
ARTICLE IV       
CONDITIONS       

SECTION 4.01.

  Effective Date      75  

SECTION 4.02.

  Each Credit Event      76  
ARTICLE V       
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS       

SECTION 5.01.

  Financial Statements and Other Information      77  

SECTION 5.02.

  Notices of Material Events      79  

SECTION 5.03.

  Information Regarding Collateral      79  

SECTION 5.04.

  Existence; Conduct of Business      79  

SECTION 5.05.

  Payment of Taxes      79  

SECTION 5.06.

  Maintenance of Properties      80  

SECTION 5.07.

  Insurance      80  

SECTION 5.08.

  Environmental      80  

SECTION 5.09.

  Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights      81  

SECTION 5.10.

  Compliance with Laws      81  

SECTION 5.11.

  Use of Proceeds; Letters of Credit      81  

SECTION 5.12.

  Additional Subsidiaries      81  

SECTION 5.13.

  Further Assurances      82  

SECTION 5.14.

  Credit Ratings      82  

SECTION 5.15.

  Post-Effective Date Matters      82  

SECTION 5.16.

  Designation of Subsidiaries      83  

SECTION 5.17.

  Spin-Off Documents      83  
ARTICLE VI       
NEGATIVE COVENANTS       

SECTION 6.01.

  Indebtedness      83  

SECTION 6.02.

  Liens      85  

SECTION 6.03.

  Fundamental Changes      86  

SECTION 6.04.

  Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions      87  

SECTION 6.05.

  Asset Sales      89  

SECTION 6.06.

  Sale and Leaseback Transactions      91  

SECTION 6.07.

  Use of Proceeds      91  

SECTION 6.08.

  Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Junior Indebtedness      91  

SECTION 6.09.

  Transactions with Affiliates      92  

 

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         Page  

SECTION 6.10.

  Restrictive Agreements      93  

SECTION 6.11.

  Amendment of Material Documents      93  

SECTION 6.12.

  Interest Coverage Ratio      93  

SECTION 6.13.

  Total Leverage Ratio      93  

SECTION 6.14.

  Changes in Fiscal Periods      94  
ARTICLE VII       
EVENTS OF DEFAULT       

SECTION 7.01.

  Events of Default      94  

SECTION 7.02.

  Exclusion of Certain Subsidiaries      96  
ARTICLE VIII       
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT       

SECTION 8.01.

  Administrative Agent Matters      97  

SECTION 8.02.

  Certain ERISA Matters      102  
ARTICLE IX       
MISCELLANEOUS       

SECTION 9.01.

  Notices      103  

SECTION 9.02.

  Waivers; Amendments      105  

SECTION 9.03.

  Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver      107  

SECTION 9.04.

  Successors and Assigns      109  

SECTION 9.05.

  Survival      113  

SECTION 9.06.

  Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness      114  

SECTION 9.07.

  Severability      114  

SECTION 9.08.

  Right of Setoff      114  

SECTION 9.09.

  Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process      115  

SECTION 9.10.

  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      115  

SECTION 9.11.

  Headings      115  

SECTION 9.12.

  Confidentiality      115  

SECTION 9.13.

  Interest Rate Limitation      116  

SECTION 9.14.

  Release of Liens and Guarantees      116  

SECTION 9.15.

  USA PATRIOT Act Notice      117  

SECTION 9.16.

  No Fiduciary Relationship      117  

SECTION 9.17.

  Non-Public Information      117  

SECTION 9.18.

  Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions      118  

SCHEDULES:

 

Schedule 1.02    —      Mortgaged Property
Schedule 2.01    —      Commitments
Schedule 2.05    —      Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 3.14    —      Subsidiaries
Schedule 6.01    —      Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02    —      Existing Liens
Schedule 6.04    —      Existing Investments
Schedule 6.10    —      Existing Restrictions

 

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EXHIBITS:

 

Exhibit A    —      Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B    —      Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit C    —      Form of Collateral Agreement
Exhibit D    —      Form of Perfection Certificate
Exhibit E    —      Form of Supplemental Perfection Certificate
Exhibit F    —      Form of Secured Supply Chain Financing Designation
Exhibit G    —      Auction Procedures
Exhibit H    —      Form of Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit I    —      Form of Global Intercompany Note
Exhibit J-1    —      Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate for Foreign Lenders that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes
Exhibit J-2    —      Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes
Exhibit J-3    —      Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes
Exhibit J-4    —      Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate for Foreign Lenders that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes
Exhibit K-1    —      Form of Term Note
Exhibit K-2    —      Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit L    —      Form of Solvency Certificate

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 9, 2018 (this “Agreement”), among APERGY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, the LENDERS and ISSUING BANKS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

The Borrower has requested that (a) the Initial Term Lenders extend credit in the form of Initial Term Loans on the Effective Date in an aggregate principal amount of $415,000,000 and (b) the Revolving Lenders extend credit in the form of Revolving Loans and the Issuing Banks issue Letters of Credit, in each case at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period such that the Revolving Exposure will not exceed $250,000,000 at any time. The proceeds of the Initial Term Loans, together with the Net Proceeds of the issuance by the Borrower of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Senior Unsecured Notes and cash on hand, will be used to (a) pay the Effective Date Dover Payment and (b) pay fees and expenses related to the foregoing. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans on and after the Effective Date will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes (including acquisitions permitted by this Agreement) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries. Letters of Credit will be used by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for general corporate purposes.

The Lenders are willing to extend such credit to the Borrower, and the Issuing Banks are willing to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

ABR,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

Additional Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(c).

Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) for Borrowings denominated in dollars, (i) the LIBO Rate for dollars for such Interest Period multiplied by (ii) the Statutory Reserve Rate, (b) for Borrowings denominated in Euros, (i) the EURIBO Screen Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (ii) the Statutory Reserve Rate, (c) for Borrowings denominated in Canadian Dollars, (i) the CDOR Screen Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (ii) the Statutory Reserve Rate, and (d) for Borrowings denominated in any other Permitted Foreign Currency, (i) the LIBO Rate for such currency for such Interest Period multiplied by (ii) the Statutory Reserve Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Adjusted LIBO Rate at any time be less than 0.00% per annum.

Administrative Agent” means JPMCB (including its branches and affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent and as collateral agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.

Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and a Purchasing Borrower Party (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit H or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.


Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory statement to this Credit Agreement.

AHYDO Catch-Up Payment” means any payment with respect to any obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including subordinated debt obligations and obligations in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes, in each case to avoid the application of Section 163(e)(5) of the Code thereto.

Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus  12 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%, provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the LIBO Screen Rate (or if the LIBO Screen Rate is not available for such one month Interest Period, the Interpolated Rate) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.

Alternative Incremental Facility Debt” means any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior secured loans, senior unsecured loans, senior secured notes, senior unsecured notes or unsecured “mezzanine” debt; provided that (i) if such Indebtedness is secured, such Indebtedness shall be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu or junior basis with the Loan Document Obligations and shall not be secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness does not mature or have scheduled amortization or scheduled payments of principal prior to the Latest Maturity Date (or in the case of unsecured Indebtedness, the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date) at the time such Indebtedness is incurred (except, in each case, upon the occurrence of an event of default, a change in control, an event of loss or an asset disposition), (iii) mandatory prepayments of any such Indebtedness that is secured on a junior basis or that is unsecured shall not be required except to the extent that prepayments are not required to be made in respect of the Term Loans hereunder and under any other Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 that is permitted to be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Term Loans (and then only to the extent such prepayment is permitted under this Agreement and any indenture or other agreement related to such other Indebtedness), (iv) if such Indebtedness is secured, the security agreement relating to such Indebtedness is not materially more favorable to the secured parties thereunder (when taken as a whole) than the Collateral Agreement is to the Lenders, (v) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Loan Parties and (vi) if such Indebtedness is secured, a trustee or note agent acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to customary intercreditor arrangements mutually agreed with the Administrative Agent.

Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

Applicable Percentage” means, at any time with respect to any Revolving Lender, the percentage of the Total Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time. If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments of Revolving Loans and LC Exposures that occur after such termination or expiration.

Applicable Rate” means, for any day,

(a) with respect to any Initial Term Loan that is an ABR Loan, 1.50% per annum, and with respect to any Initial Term Loan that is a Eurocurrency Loan, 2.50% per annum.

 

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(b) (i) with respect to any Revolving Loan that is an ABR Loan, (x) initially 1.00% per annum and (y) from and after the date on which the Borrower delivers financial statements for the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.01(b) (the “Pricing Grid Date”), the applicable rate per annum set forth in the table below under the caption “ABR Loans” based upon the Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available, (ii) with respect to any Revolving Loan that is a Eurocurrency Loan, (x) initially 2.00% per annum and (y) from and after the Pricing Grid Date, the applicable rate per annum set forth in the table below under the caption “Eurocurrency Loans” based upon the Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements were delivered in accordance with Section 5.01, and (iii) with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder in respect of Revolving Loans, (x) initially 0.30% and (y) from and after the Pricing Grid Date, the applicable rate per annum set forth in the table below under the caption “Commitment Fee” based upon the Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements were delivered in accordance with Section 5.01.

 

Level

  

Total Leverage Ratio

   Eurocurrency
Loans
    ABR Loans     Commitment
Fee
 
I    ³ 4.00 to 1.0      2.50     1.50     0.40
II    < 4.00 to 1.0 but ³ 3.50 to 1.0      2.25     1.25     0.35
III    < 3.50 to 1.0 but ³ 2.50 to 1.0      2.00     1.00     0.30
IV    < 2.50 to 1.0      1.75     0.75     0.25

For purposes of this clause (b), each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Total Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) of the consolidated financial statements indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided that the Total Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Level I at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request of the Required Lenders if the Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated financial statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) or the certificate of a Financial Officer required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.01(c) during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such consolidated financial statements and such certificate are delivered.

Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender or Eligible Assignee, any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and that is administered, advised or managed by (a) such Lender or Eligible Assignee, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or Eligible Assignee or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender or Eligible Assignee.

Arrangers” means, collectively, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in their capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the credit facilities provided for herein.

Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section 9.04) and accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Auction” means an auction pursuant to which a Purchasing Borrower Party offers to purchase Term Loans pursuant to the Auction Procedures.

Auction Procedures” means the procedures set forth in Exhibit G.

 

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Auction Purchase Offer” means an offer by a Purchasing Borrower Party to purchase Term Loans of one or more Classes pursuant to an auction process conducted in accordance with the Auction Procedures and otherwise in accordance with Section 9.04(e).

Australian Dollar” or “AUD” refers to lawful money of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Available Amount” means, at any time, (a) the sum of (i) $25,000,000, plus (ii) the sum of Excess Cash Flow for each fiscal year of the Borrower in respect of which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) (to the extent such Excess Cash Flow amount exceeds $0), plus (iii) the Net Proceeds from any sale or issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower to the extent such Net Proceeds are received by the Borrower, plus (iv) the aggregate amount of prepayments declined by the Term Lenders and retained by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11(e), plus (v) the amount of any Investment made using the Available Amount of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or that has been merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus (vi) in the event that all or a portion of the Available Amount has been applied to make an Investment pursuant to Section 6.04(u), an amount (not to exceed the original amount of such Investment) equal to the aggregate amount received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash and cash equivalents, or the fair market value of any property received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, from (A) the sale to any third party of any such Investment less any amounts that would be deducted pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Net Proceeds, (B) any dividend or other distribution received in respect of any such Investment and (C) interest, returns of principal, repayments and similar payments received in respect of any such Investment, plus (vii) the principal amount of any Indebtedness of the Borrower issued after the Effective Date which has been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Equity Interests, minus (b) the sum at such time of (i) all prepayments required to be made under Section 2.11(d) in respect of Excess Cash Flow for each fiscal year of the Borrower in respect of which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a), plus (ii) Investments previously or concurrently made under Section 6.04(u) in reliance on the Available Amount, plus (iii) Restricted Payments previously or concurrently made under Section 6.08(a)(xii) in reliance on the Available Amount, plus (iv) prepayments of Indebtedness previously or concurrently made under Section 6.08(b)(iv) in reliance on the Available Amount.

Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor thereto, as hereafter amended.

Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority; provided further that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States of America or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code to which Section 4975 of the Code applies, and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

 

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Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

Borrower” means Apergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

Borrowing” means Loans of the same Class, Type and currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

Borrowing Minimum” means (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in dollars, $1,000,000, (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency, the smallest amount of such Permitted Foreign Currency that is an integral multiple of 100,000 units of such currency and that has a Dollar Equivalent in excess of $1,000,000 and (c) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, $500,000.

Borrowing Multiple” means (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in dollars, $500,000, (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency, the smallest amount of such Permitted Foreign Currency that is an integral multiple of 100,000 units of such currency and that has a Dollar Equivalent in excess of $500,000 and (c) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, $100,000.

Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 which shall be, in the case of a written Borrowing Request, in the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and otherwise consistent with the requirements of Section 2.03.

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that (a) when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in the applicable currency in the London interbank market or any day on which banks in London are not open for general business, (b) when used in connection with any Loan or Letter of Credit denominated in Euros, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which the TARGET payment system is not open for the settlement of payments in Euro or any day on which banks in London are not open for general business, (c) when used in connection with any Loan or Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which commercial banks in Toronto, Ontario are required or authorized by law to close and (d) when used in connection with a Letter of Credit denominated in Australian Dollars, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which commercial banks in Sydney, New South Wales are required or authorized by law to close.

Calculation Date” means (a) the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, (b) each date (with such date to be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent) that is on or about the date of (i) a Borrowing Request or an Interest Election Request with respect to any Revolving Loan or (ii) the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit and (c) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any Business Day as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

Canadian Dollars”, “CAD” and the sign “C$” means the lawful money of Canada.

Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries that are set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP, but excluding in each case any such expenditure (i) constituting reinvestment of the Net Proceeds of any event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event,” to the extent permitted by Section 2.11(c), (ii) made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary as payment of the consideration for any acquisition permitted by this Agreement, (iii) made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to effect leasehold improvements to any property leased by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as lessee, to the extent that such expenses have been reimbursed by the landlord, (iv) in the form of a substantially contemporaneous exchange of similar property, plant, equipment or other capital assets, except to the extent of cash or other consideration (other than the assets so exchanged), if any, paid or payable by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (v) made with the Net Proceeds from the issuance of Qualified Equity Interests.

 

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Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of Section 6.02, a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to be secured by a Lien on the property being leased and such property shall be deemed to be owned by the lessee.

Cash Management Services” means cash management services for collections, treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft, automated clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services), any demand deposit, payroll, trust or operating account relationships, commercial credit cards, merchant card, purchase or debit cards, non-card e-payables services, and other cash management services, including electronic funds transfer services, lockbox services, stop payment services and wire transfer services.

CDOR Screen Rate means, for the relevant Interest Period, the Canadian deposit offered rate which, in turn means on any day the annual rate of interest determined with reference to the arithmetic average of the discount rate quotations of all institutions listed in respect of the relevant Interest Period for CAD Dollar-denominated bankers’ acceptances displayed and identified as such on the “Reuters Screen CDOR Page” as defined in the International Swap Dealer Association, Inc. definitions, as modified and amended from time to time, as of 10:00 a.m. Toronto local time on the first day of such Interest Period and, if such day is not a business day, then on the immediately preceding business day (as adjusted by Administrative Agent after 10:00 a.m. Toronto local time to reflect any error in the posted rate of interest or in the posted average annual rate of interest). If the CDOR Screen Rate shall be less than zero, the CDOR Screen Rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code

Change in Control” means the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC thereunder) of 50% or more on a fully diluted basis of the Voting Equity Interests of the Borrower.

Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Effective Date (or with respect to any Lender, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender), of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States of America or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, in each case shall be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated or issued.

Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.

Class” when used in reference to (a) any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, (b) any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment, an Initial Term Commitment or a Commitment in respect of any Incremental Term Loans, and (c) any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment with respect to a particular Class or Classes. Incremental Term Loans that have different terms and conditions (together with the Commitments in respect thereof) shall be construed to be in different Classes.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

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Collateral” means all “Collateral” (or equivalent term) as defined in any Security Document, all Mortgaged Property and any and all other assets, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, on which Liens are or are purported to be granted pursuant to the Security Documents as security for the Obligations.

Collateral Agreement” means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement among the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, the requirement that:

(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower and each Designated Subsidiary either (i) a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person or (ii) in the case of any Person that becomes a Designated Subsidiary after the Effective Date, a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person, together with opinions and documents of the type referred to in Sections 4.01(b), (c) and (i) with respect to such Person;

(b) (i) all outstanding Equity Interests, in each case owned by any Loan Party, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement; provided that the Loan Parties shall not be required to pledge (x) more than 65% of the outstanding Voting Equity Interests of (1) any first-tier Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party, which first-tier Foreign Subsidiary is a CFC, or (2) any Foreign-Subsidiary Holding Company, or (y) any Equity Interests to the extent that a pledge of such Equity Interests is prohibited by any requirements of law or contract binding on such Equity Interests at the time of acquisition thereof (so long as any contractual restriction is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition), after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and other applicable law (the Equity Interests described in clauses (x) and (y) collectively, “Excluded Equity”) and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall, to the extent required by the Collateral Agreement, have received certificates or other instruments representing all such Equity Interests, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank (provided that no Loan Party shall have any obligation to deliver a certificate or other instrument representing any such Equity Interest if such Equity Interest is (x) uncertificated unless such Equity Interest is a “security” under the Uniform Commercial Code or (y) of a Person that is not a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary);

(c) all Indebtedness of the Borrower and each Subsidiary, and all other Indebtedness of any Person in a principal amount of $25,000,000 or more, in each case, that is owing to any Loan Party shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, and the Administrative Agent shall have received all such promissory notes (or, in the case of any Indebtedness of the Borrower and each Subsidiary that is owing to any Loan Party, in lieu thereof, the Global Intercompany Note) together with undated instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;

(d) all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and filings with the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and all other actions required by law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Administrative Agent for filing, registration or recording;

(e) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of a Mortgage with respect to each Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property, (ii) a policy or policies of title insurance (or marked up title insurance commitment having the effect of a policy of title insurance) issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a valid and enforceable first Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 6.02, in an amount not less than the replacement value of such Mortgaged Property, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and

 

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reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (iii) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property and, to the extent a Mortgaged Property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower and each Loan Party relating thereto and evidence of flood insurance as required under Section 5.07 hereof, and (iv) such new surveys (or existing surveys together with affidavits of no-change sufficient for the title company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the mortgage title policy relating to such Mortgaged Property and issue the survey-related endorsements), abstracts, appraisals, legal opinions (with respect to enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Mortgages) and other documents as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged Property, in each case, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that the requirements of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) shall be completed on or before the date that is 120 days after the Effective Date (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, agree to in writing) in accordance with Section 5.15;

(f) each Loan Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with the execution and delivery of all Security Documents to which it is a party, the performance of its obligations thereunder and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder;

(g) the Administrative Agent shall have received such other Security Documents and such evidence of compliance with the requirements of Section 5.13 as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

The foregoing definition shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets, rights or properties of the Loan Parties, or the provision of Guarantees by any Designated Subsidiary, if and for so long as the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, reasonably determines that the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets, rights or properties, or obtaining such title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables in respect of such assets, rights or properties, or providing such Guarantees (taking into account any adverse tax consequences to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom. The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets, rights or properties of the Loan Parties or the provision of Guarantees by any Designated Subsidiary (including extensions beyond the Effective Date or in connection with assets, rights or properties acquired, or Subsidiaries formed or acquired, after the Effective Date) where it determines that such creation or perfection of security interests, obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables, or provision of Guarantees cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the Security Documents.

Commitment” means with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, Initial Term Commitment or commitment in respect of any Incremental Term Loans or any combination thereof (as the context requires).

Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.) and any successor statute.

Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated herein or therein that is distributed to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 9.01, including through the Platform.

Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).

 

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Consolidated Debt” means, as of any date, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the type specified in the definition of “Indebtedness” under clauses (a), (b), (e) (but only to the extent supporting Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a), (b) and (g) of the definition thereof), (f) (but only to the extent supporting Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a), (b) and (g) of the definition thereof), (g), (h) (but only to the extent drawn, (i) (but only to the extend funded) and (j) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date determined on a consolidated basis.

Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization or write-off of financing costs and expenses and capitalized expenditures of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus (a) the sum of (without duplication):

(i) provision for Taxes based on income or profits or capital gains, including, without limitation, U.S. federal, state, non-U.S., franchise, excise, value added and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest relating to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus

(ii) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (x) net losses on Hedging Agreements or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (y) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, in each case, to the extent included in Fixed Charges), together with items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses (a)(2) through (a)(6) thereof, to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, plus

(iii) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus

(iv) any fees, expenses, charges or losses (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any Equity Offering or other capital markets transaction, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by Section 6.01 (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including such fees, expenses, charges or losses related to (i) the Transactions and any transactions pursuant to the Spin-Off Documents, (ii) the offering of the Senior Unsecured Notes and this Agreement and (iii) any amendment or other modification of the Spin-Off Documents, the Senior Unsecured Notes, this Agreement or other Indebtedness and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus

(v) any other non-cash charges, including any write-offs, write-downs, expenses, losses, impairments, or items, to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be deducted from EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), plus

(vi) any losses during such period resulting from the sale or disposition of any asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary outside the ordinary course of business, plus

(vii) the amount of net cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of specified actions taken or to be taken (which cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that (A) such

 

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cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, (B) such actions have been taken or are to be taken within 18 months after the date of determination to take such action and (C) such cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies do not exceed 10% of Consolidated EBITDA prior to giving effect to this clause (vii), plus

(viii) litigation costs and expenses for non-ordinary course litigation, plus

(ix) non-cash compensation expense, plus

(x) any unrealized expenses or losses in respect of Hedging Agreements;

minus (b) the sum of:

(i) all gains during such period resulting from the sale or disposition of any asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary outside the ordinary course of business, plus

(ii) any unrealized credits or gains under any Hedging Agreement.

Consolidated First Lien Net Debt” means, as of any date, Consolidated Net Debt minus the sum of (a) the portion of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries included in Consolidated Net Debt that is not secured by any Lien on property or assets of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) the portion of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries included in Consolidated Net Debt that is secured by Liens on property or assets of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, which Liens are expressly subordinated or junior to the Liens securing the Term Loans and the Revolving Loans other than, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), outstanding Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties.

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(a) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, including (i) amortization of original issue discount or premium resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than or greater than par, as applicable, (ii) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (iii) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of Indebtedness or derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (iv) the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations and (v) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Agreements with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (1) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect interest rate Hedging Agreements with respect to Indebtedness, (2) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (3) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (4) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (5) amortization or “write-off” of deferred financing costs and expenses, and (6) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees related to the Transactions or any acquisitions after the Effective Date; plus

(b) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, less

(c) interest income for such period.

Consolidated Net Debt” means, as of any date, (a) Consolidated Debt minus (b) the amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents held on such date by the Borrower and the Guarantors, not to exceed $40,000,000.

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the net income (loss), of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends on preferred stock issued by such Person (but not its Subsidiaries); provided that, without duplication,

 

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(1) any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including relating to the Transactions), severance, relocation costs, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefits plans, start-up, transition, integration and other restructuring and business optimization costs, charges, reserves or expenses (including related to acquisitions after the Effective Date and to the start-up, closure or consolidation of facilities), new product introductions, and one- time compensation charges shall be excluded,

(2) the net income (loss) for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period,

(3) any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations shall be excluded,

(4) any after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, shall be excluded,

(5) the net income (loss) for such period of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash or Permitted Investments) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,

(6) [reserved],

(7) effects of adjustments in any line item in such Person’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting, including in relation to the Transactions, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,

(8) (i) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Agreements or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid), (ii) any non-cash income (or loss) related to currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances and other balance sheet items and to Hedging Agreements pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Codification No. 815—Derivatives and Hedging (formerly Financing Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133) and its related pronouncements and interpretations (or any successor provision) and (iii) any non-cash expense, income or loss attributable to the movement in mark-to-market valuation of foreign currencies, Indebtedness or derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP, shall be excluded,

(9) any impairment charge, asset write-off or write-down pursuant to ASC 350 and ASC 360 (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement Nos. 142 and 144, respectively) and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to ASC 805 (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 141) shall be excluded,

(10) (i) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, phantom equity, stock options, restricted stock, units or other rights to officers, directors, managers or employees and (ii) non-cash income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, shall be excluded,

 

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(11) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, investment, recapitalization, asset sale, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Effective Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,

(12) accruals and reserves, contingent liabilities and any gains or losses on the settlement of any pre-existing contractual or non- contractual relationships that are established or adjusted within twelve months after the Effective Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded, and

(13) to the extent covered by insurance or indemnification and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer or indemnifying party and only to the extent that such amount is (a) not denied by the applicable carrier or indemnifying party in writing within 180 days and (b) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), losses and expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded.

Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date, the total assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, or the dismissal or appointment of the management, of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each other Lender.

Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

Declining Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).

Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, constitute an Event of Default.

Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by a Credit Party or the Borrower, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon the receipt by such Credit Party and the Borrower of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of (i) a Bankruptcy Event or (ii) a Bail-In Action. Any

 

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determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.20) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Bank and each Lender.

Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a disposition pursuant to Section 6.05 that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an executive officer, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the fair market value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash within 180 days following the consummation of such disposition).

Designated Subsidiary” means each wholly owned direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary other than (a) a Restricted Subsidiary that is (i) a Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) a Foreign-Subsidiary Holding Company or (iii) a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC, (b) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary or (c) any Restricted Subsidiary that (A) is prohibited by law, regulation or contractual obligation binding on such Subsidiary on the Effective Date or at the time of acquisition thereof (and not entered into in contemplation of such acquisition) from providing a Guarantee, or (B) that would require a governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization in order to provide such Guarantee (that has not been obtained); provided that the term “Designated Subsidiary” shall include any wholly-owned U.S. Restricted Subsidiary that is designated as a “Designated Subsidiary” in accordance with Section 5.12(b).

Disqualified Equity Interest” means any Equity Interest that (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests) or subject to mandatory repurchase or redemption or repurchase at the option of the holders thereof, in each case in whole or in part and whether upon the occurrence of any event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation on a fixed date or otherwise, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date (determined as of the date of issuance thereof or, in the case of any such Equity Interests outstanding on the date hereof, as of the date hereof), other than (i) upon payment in full of the Loan Document Obligations, reduction of the LC Exposure to zero and termination of the Commitments or (ii) upon a “change in control” or asset sale or casualty or condemnation event; provided that any payment required pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans or the terms of such Equity Interest shall provide that a Person may not repurchase such Equity Interest unless such Person would be permitted to do so in compliance with Section 6.08 or (b) is convertible or exchangeable, automatically or at the option of any holder thereof, into (i) any Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness described in clause (j) of the definition thereof) or (ii) any Equity Interests or other assets other than Qualified Equity Interests, in each case at any time prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date (determined as of the date of issuance thereof or, in the case of any such Equity Interests outstanding on the date hereof, as of the date hereof); provided that (x) an Equity Interest in any Person that is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees or by any such plan to such employees shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest solely because it may be required to be repurchased by such Person or any of its subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability and (y) any Equity Interest that would constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest solely as a result of a redemption feature that is conditioned upon, or subject to, compliance with Section 6.08 shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest.

Disqualified Institutions means those Persons (the list of all such Persons, the “Disqualified Institutions List”) that are (a) identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on April 27, 2018, (b) competitors of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than bona fide fixed income investors or debt funds) that are identified in writing by the Borrower from time to time or (c) Affiliates of such Persons set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above (in the case of Affiliates of such Persons set forth in clause (b) above, other than bona fide fixed income investors or debt funds) that are either (i) identified in writing by the Borrower from time to time or (ii) clearly identifiable solely on the basis of the similarity of such Affiliate’s name; provided, that, to the extent Persons are identified as Disqualified Institutions in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent after April 27, 2018, the inclusion of such Persons as Disqualified Institutions shall not retroactively apply to prior assignments or participations in respect of any Loan under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, may from time to time in its sole discretion remove any entity from the Disqualified Institutions List (or otherwise modify such list to exclude any particular entity), and such entity

 

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removed or excluded from the Disqualified Institutions List shall no longer be a Disqualified Institution for any purpose under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, unless subsequently identified in writing in accordance with this definition. The Borrower shall deliver the Disqualified Institutions List and any updates, supplements or modifications thereto to JPMDQ_Contact@jpmorgan.com and any such updates, supplements or modifications thereto shall only become effective three (3) Business Days after such update, supplement or modification has been sent to such email address. In the event the Disqualified Institutions List is not delivered in accordance with the foregoing, it shall be deemed not received and not effective (except with respect to any delivery on or prior to Effective Date).

Disqualified Institutions List has the meaning as set forth in the definition of “Disqualified Institutions.”

Disqualified Person has the meaning as set forth in Section 9.04.

Distribution Agreement” means the Separation and Distribution Agreement between Dover and the Borrower, dated the Effective Date.

Documentation Agents” means, collectively, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC and U.S. Bank National Association.

Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in dollars, such amount and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in dollars at such time as determined in accordance with Section 1.06(a).

dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

Dover” means Dover Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any institution established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent;

EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

Effective Date Dover Payment” means the payment, on the Effective Date, of an aggregate amount not to exceed $700 million by or on behalf of the Borrower, to Dover with a portion of the Net Proceeds of the Term Loans, the Senior Unsecured Notes and the Revolving Loans in connection with the Transactions.

Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

 

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Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person, other than, in each case, a natural person, a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of the Borrower (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 9.04(b)).

Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement between Dover and the Borrower, dated the Effective Date.

Environmental Claim means any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), which is formally alleged or asserted in writing against any Loan Party by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, with respect to (a) any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (b) any Release of any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity requiring remedial action under Environmental Law; or (c) any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources or the environment.

Environmental Law” means any treaty, law (including common law), rule, regulation, code, ordinance, order, decree, judgment, injunction, notice or binding agreement issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to (a) the protection of the environment, (b) the preservation or reclamation of natural resources, (c) the generation, management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or (d) worker health and safety matters, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials.

Environmental Liability” means any liability, obligation, loss, claim, action, order or cost, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of medical monitoring, costs of environmental remediation or restoration, administrative oversight costs, consultants’ fees, fines, penalties and indemnities), directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law or permit, license or approval required thereunder, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any legally binding contract or agreement or other legally binding consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests (whether voting or non-voting) in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing (other than, prior to the date of such conversion, Indebtedness that is convertible into Equity Interests).

Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common equity or preferred stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (excluding Disqualified Equity Interests), other than

(1) public offerings with respect to the Borrower’s or any of its direct or indirect parent company’s common equity registered on Form S-8; and

(2) issuances to any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any employee benefit plan of the Borrower.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.

ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code.

ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived), (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of

 

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the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, whether or not waived, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (d) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4)(A) of the Code), (e) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, respectively, (f) the receipt by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, respectively, or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (g) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (h) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability on the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan to which the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions, is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA or (i) any Foreign Benefit Event.

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

EURIBO Screen Rate” means the euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant period displayed (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) on page EURIBOR01 of the Thomson Reuters screen (or any replacement Thomson Reuters page which displays that rate) or on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of Thomson Reuters as of 11:00 a.m. Brussels time two TARGET Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period. If such page or service ceases to be available, the Administrative Agent may specify another page or service displaying the relevant rate after consultation with the Borrower. If the EURIBO Screen Rate shall be less than zero, the EURIBO Screen Rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Euro” or “”means the single currency of the European Union as constituted by the Treaty on European Union and as referred to in the EMU Legislation.

Eurocurrency,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

Excess Cash Flow” means, for any fiscal year of the Borrower, the sum (without duplication) of:

(a) the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, adjusted to exclude (i) net income (or loss) of any consolidated Restricted Subsidiary that is not wholly owned to the extent such income or loss is attributable to the noncontrolling interest in such consolidated Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any gains or losses attributable to Prepayment Events; plus

(b) depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or losses deducted in determining such consolidated net income (or loss) for such fiscal year; plus

(c) the sum of (i) the amount, if any, by which Net Working Capital decreased during such fiscal year (except as a result of the reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice-versa), (ii) the net amount, if any, by which the consolidated deferred revenues and other consolidated accrued long-term liability accounts of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries increased during such fiscal year and (iii) the net amount, if any, by which the consolidated accrued long-term asset accounts of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries decreased during such fiscal year; minus

 

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(d) the sum of (i) any non-cash gains included in determining such consolidated net income (or loss) for such fiscal year, (ii) the amount, if any, by which Net Working Capital increased during such fiscal year (except as a result of the reclassification of items from long-term to short-term or vice-versa), (iii) the net amount, if any, by which the consolidated deferred revenues and other consolidated accrued long-term liability accounts of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries decreased during such fiscal year and (iv) the net amount, if any, by which the consolidated accrued long-term asset accounts of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries increased during such fiscal year; minus

(e) the sum (without duplication) of (i) Capital Expenditures made in cash for such fiscal year (and, at the Borrower’s option (and without deducting such amounts against the subsequent fiscal year’s Excess Cash Flow calculation), after the end of such fiscal year but prior to the date on which the prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11(d) for such fiscal year is required to have been made) (except to the extent attributable to the incurrence of Capital Lease Obligations or otherwise financed from Excluded Sources) and (ii) cash consideration paid during such fiscal year to make acquisitions or other investments (other than Permitted Investments) (except to the extent financed from Excluded Sources); minus

(f) the aggregate principal amount of Long-Term Indebtedness repaid or prepaid by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (and, at the Borrower’s option (and without deducting such amounts against the subsequent fiscal year’s Excess Cash Flow calculation), after the end of such fiscal year but prior to the date on which the prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11(d) for such fiscal year is required to have been made), excluding (i) Indebtedness in respect of Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit or other revolving credit facilities (unless there is a corresponding reduction in the Revolving Commitment or the commitments in respect of such other revolving credit facilities, as applicable), (ii) Term Loans prepaid pursuant to Section 2.11(a), (c) or (d) and Revolving Loans prepaid pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and (iii) repayments or prepayments of Long-Term Indebtedness financed from Excluded Sources; minus

(g) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made by the Borrower in cash during such fiscal year (and, at the Borrower’s option (and without deducting such amounts against the subsequent fiscal year’s Excess Cash Flow calculation), after the end of such fiscal year but prior to the date on which the prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11(d) for such fiscal year is required to have been made) pursuant to Section 6.08(a), except to the extent that such Restricted Payments (i) are made to fund expenditures that reduce consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) are financed from Excluded Sources.

In addition to the foregoing, at the option of the Borrower, Excess Cash Flow shall also be reduced by any expenditure, payment, repayment or prepayment described in the immediately-preceding clauses (e), (f) and (g) (subject to the limitations set forth in the applicable clause) to the extent that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a legally binding commitment during the applicable fiscal year (or after the end of such fiscal year but prior to the date on which the prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11(d) for such fiscal year is made) to make such expenditure, payment, repayment or prepayment during the next succeeding fiscal year; provided, however, that, if such expenditure, payment, repayment or prepayment is not so made in such subsequent fiscal year, then Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year shall be increased by an amount equal to the aggregate deduction to Excess Cash Flow taken by the Borrower for the immediately preceding fiscal year in respect of such expenditure, payment, repayment or prepayment.

Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Exchange Rate” means, on any day, with respect to the applicable Permitted Foreign Currency, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day on the Reuters World Currency Page “FX=” for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, then the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower or, in the absence of such agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in

 

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respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date for the purchase of dollars for delivery two Business Days later; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Borrower, may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be presumed correct absent manifest error.

Excluded Equity” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.”

Excluded Sources” means (a) proceeds of any incurrence or issuance of Long-Term Indebtedness or Capital Lease Obligations and (b) proceeds of any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than issuances or sales of Equity Interests to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) or any capital contributions to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any capital contributions made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary).

Excluded Swap Guarantor” means any Guarantor, all or a portion of whose Guarantee of, or grant of a security interest to secure, any Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof).

Excluded Swap Obligations” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof). If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by such Recipient’s net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in such Commitment or, in the case of a Loan not funded pursuant to a prior Commitment, the date on which such Lender acquires such interest in such Loan (in each case, other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b) or 9.02(c)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.17, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in such Loan or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(f) and (d) any Taxes imposed under FATCA.

Existing Letters of Credit” means those Letters of Credit described on Schedule 2.05 hereto.

Existing Maturity Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).

Existing Revolving Borrowings” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(d).

Extension Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).

Facility means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or, except with respect to Article V and ARTICLE VI, theretofore owned, leased, operated or used by any Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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Fair Labor Standards Act” means the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq.

FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above), and any intergovernmental agreements (and any related laws, regulations or official administrative guidance) implementing the foregoing.

Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate, provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

Financial Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of such Person, or any other officer of such Person performing the duties that are customarily performed by a chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller.

First Lien Leverage Ratio” means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Net Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such date.

Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of

(a) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period, and

(b) all cash dividend payments or other distributions (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Equity Interests or preferred stock of the Borrower held by Persons other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary made during such period.

Flood Insurance Laws” means, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.

Foreign Benefit Event” means, with respect to any Foreign Pension Plan, (a) the failure to make any material employer contributions under Requirements of Law or by the terms of such Foreign Pension Plan or (b) the receipt of a notice from a Governmental Authority relating to the intention to terminate any such Foreign Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee or similar official to administer any such Foreign Pension Plan, or alleging the insolvency of any such Foreign Pension Plan, in each case, which would reasonably be expected to result in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary becoming subject to a material funding or contribution obligation with respect to such Foreign Pension Plan.

Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.

Foreign Pension Plan” means any defined benefit pension plan established or maintained outside the United States by the Borrower or any one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries primarily for the benefit of employees or other service providers of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiaries residing outside the United States, which plan provides, or results in, retirement income, a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of employment, and which plan is not subject to ERISA or the Code.

Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

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Foreign Subsidiary Disposition” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h).

Foreign-Subsidiary Holding Company” means any Restricted Subsidiary that has no material assets other than Equity Interests (including any debt instrument treated as Equity Interests for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are CFCs or other Foreign-Subsidiary Holding Companies.

Form 10” means the registration statement on Form 10, filed by the Borrower with the SEC on March 26, 2018, as amended.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

Global Intercompany Note” means the global intercompany note substantially in the form of Exhibit I pursuant to which (i) intercompany obligations and advances owed by any Loan Party are subordinated to the Obligations and (ii) intercompany obligations owing to any Loan Party are evidenced pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.

Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, local or otherwise, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supranational bodies exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, or (c) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or other obligation; provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Guarantee shall be the principal amount outstanding on such date of the Indebtedness or other obligation guaranteed thereby (or, in the case of (i) any Guarantee the terms of which limit the monetary exposure of the guarantor or (ii) any Guarantee of an obligation that does not have a principal amount, the maximum monetary exposure as of such date of the guarantor under such Guarantee (as determined, in the case of clause (i), pursuant to such terms or, in the case of clause (ii), reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower)). The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

Guarantor” means each Restricted Subsidiary that is or, after the date hereof, becomes a party to a Collateral Agreement.

Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

Hazardous Materials Activity means any activity that is regulated under Environmental Laws by any Loan Party involving the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Material, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.

Hedging Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or any option or similar agreement, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of

 

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economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of the foregoing transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be a Hedging Agreement.

Impacted Interest Period” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “LIBO Rate.”

Incremental Extensions of Credit” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).

Incremental Facilities” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).

Incremental Facility Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(c).

Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).

Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (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 under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (i) trade accounts payable and other accrued or cash management obligations, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any earnout obligation until such obligation ceases to be contingent; it being understood that, for the avoidance of doubt, obligations owed to banks and other financial institutions in connection with any Supply Chain Financing or similar arrangement whereby a bank or other institution purchases payables described in clause (i) above owed by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries shall not constitute Indebtedness), (e) 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 Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances and (j) all Disqualified Equity Interests in such Person, valued, as of the date of determination, at the greater of (i) the maximum aggregate amount that would be payable upon maturity, redemption, repayment or repurchase thereof (or of Disqualified Equity Interests or Indebtedness into which such Disqualified Equity Interests are convertible or exchangeable) and (ii) the maximum liquidation preference of such Disqualified Equity Interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Indebtedness” shall not include post-closing purchase price adjustments or earnouts except to the extent that the amount payable pursuant to such purchase price adjustment or earnout ceases to be contingent. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person or such Person has otherwise become liable for the payment thereof) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.

Indemnified Taxes” means (a) all Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) of this definition, all Other Taxes.

Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).

Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated April 9, 2018, relating to the Transactions.

Initial Term Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make an Initial Term Loan hereunder on the Effective Date, expressed as an amount representing the principal amount of the Initial Term Loan to be made by such Lender hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Initial Term Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Initial Term Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Initial Term Commitments is $415,000,000.

 

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Initial Term Lender” means a Lender with an Initial Term Commitment or an outstanding Initial Term Loan.

Initial Term Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to clause (a) of Section 2.01.

Initial Term Maturity Date” means the date that is seven years after the Effective Date, as the same may be extended pursuant to Section 2.22.

Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.

Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07, which shall be, in the case of a written Interest Election Request, in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and otherwise consistent with the requirements of Section 2.07.

Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last Business Day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last Business Day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.

Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or, with the consent of all relevant Lenders, twelve months thereafter), as the Borrower may elect; provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the LIBO Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBO Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBO Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.

Investment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.

Investment Company Act” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940.

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

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ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

Issuing Bank” means (a) JPMCB, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Mizuho Bank Ltd. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in each case with respect to such Issuing Bank’s Specified LC Sublimit and (b) each Revolving Lender that shall have become a Issuing Bank hereunder as provided in Section 2.05(j) (other than any Person that shall have ceased to be a Issuing Bank as provided in Section 2.05(k)), each in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

JPMCB” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Knowledge” means, with respect to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, the actual knowledge of any Responsible Officer of such Person.

Latest Maturity Date” means, at any time, the latest of the Maturity Dates in respect of the Classes of Loans and Commitments that are outstanding at such time.

LC Disbursement” means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time and (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate LC Exposure at such time.

Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, an Incremental Facility Amendment or a Refinancing Facility Agreement, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit denominated in dollars or in a Permitted Foreign Currency issued pursuant to this Agreement by an Issuing Bank under the Revolving Commitments, other than any such letter of credit that shall have ceased to be a “Letter of Credit” outstanding hereunder pursuant to Section 9.05.

LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any applicable currency and for any Interest Period, the LIBO Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (or, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in Pounds Sterling, the LIBO Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the London Business Day such Interest Period commences); provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “Impacted Interest Period”) with respect to the applicable currency, then the LIBO Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate.

LIBO Screen Rate” means, for any day and time, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any applicable currency and for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for such currency for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on such day and time on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

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Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest or other encumbrance in, on or of such asset or (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.

Loan Document Obligations” means (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower of (i) the principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral (including interest and other amounts and obligations accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations (including with respect to attorneys’ fees) and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and (b) the due and punctual payment of all the obligations of each Guarantor under or pursuant to each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding).

Loan Documents” means this Agreement, any Incremental Facility Amendment, any Refinancing Facility Agreement, the Collateral Agreement, the other Security Documents, any agreement designating an additional Issuing Bank as contemplated by Section 2.05(j) and, except for purposes of Section 9.02, any Notes delivered pursuant to Section 2.09(c) (and, in each case, any amendment, restatement, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the foregoing).

Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Guarantors.

Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, including pursuant to any Incremental Facility Amendment or any Refinancing Facility Agreement.

Local Time” means (a) with respect to any Loan or Borrowing denominated in dollars or any Letter of Credit denominated in dollars, New York City time, (b) with respect to any Loan or Borrowing denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency or any Letter of Credit denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency (other than Canadian Dollars and Australian Dollars), London time, (c) with respect to any Loan or Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars or any Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, Toronto time and (d) with respect to any Letter of Credit denominated in Australian Dollars, Sydney time.

London Business Day” means any day on which banks are generally open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

Long-Term Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness (excluding Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(d)) that, in accordance with GAAP, constitutes (or, when incurred, constituted) a long-term liability.

Majority in Interest,” when used in reference to Lenders of any Class, means, at any time, (a) in the case of the Revolving Lenders, Lenders having Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Commitments at such time and (b) in the case of the Term Lenders of any Class, Lenders holding outstanding Term Loans of such Class representing more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans of such Class outstanding at such time.

Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities, operations or financial condition of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their material obligations to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (c) the material rights of, or remedies available to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

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Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans, the Letters of Credit and the Guarantees under the Loan Documents), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.

Material Real Property” means any fee-owned real property with a replacement value of at least $15,000,000 as reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith.

Material Subsidiary” means each Restricted Subsidiary (a) the consolidated total assets of which equal 5.0% or more of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) the consolidated revenues of which equal 5.0% or more of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as of the end of or for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first delivery of any such financial statements, as of the end of or for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the Effective Date); provided that if, at the end of or for any such most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, the combined consolidated total assets or combined consolidated revenues of all Restricted Subsidiaries that under clauses (a) and (b) above would not constitute Material Subsidiaries shall have exceeded 10.0% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, respectively, then one or more of such excluded Restricted Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement be designated by the Borrower to be Material Subsidiaries, until such excess shall have been eliminated.

Maturity Date” means the Revolving Maturity Date, the Initial Term Maturity Date or the maturity date with respect to any Class of Incremental Term Loans, as the context requires.

Maturity Date Extension Request” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).

Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.

MNPI” means material information concerning the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or their securities that has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. For purposes of this definition, “material information” means information concerning the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or any of their securities that could reasonably be expected to be material for purposes of the United States Federal and State securities laws and, where applicable, foreign securities laws.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, security deed or other security document granting a Lien on any Mortgaged Property to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the Obligations, in each case, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Each Mortgage shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent.

Mortgaged Property” means, initially, each Material Real Property owned by a Loan Party and identified on Schedule 1.02, and includes each other Material Real Property owned by a Loan Party with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 5.13.

Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan,” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

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Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such event, including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment or earnout, but excluding any interest payments), but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments, minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid in connection with such event by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments that are permitted hereunder and are made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than the Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and the amount of any reserves established by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP to fund purchase price adjustment, indemnification and similar contingent liabilities (other than any earnout obligations) reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case during the year that such event occurred or the next succeeding year and that are directly attributable to the occurrence of such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer). For purposes of this definition, in the event any contingent liability reserve established with respect to any event as described in clause (b)(iii) above shall be reduced, the amount of such reduction shall, except to the extent such reduction is made as a result of a payment having been made in respect of the contingent liabilities with respect to which such reserve has been established, be deemed to be receipt, on the date of such reduction, of cash proceeds in respect of such event.

Net Working Capital” means, at any date, (a) the consolidated current assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date (excluding cash and Permitted Investments) minus (b) the consolidated current liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date (excluding current liabilities in respect of Indebtedness). Net Working Capital at any date may be a positive or negative number. Net Working Capital increases when it becomes more positive or less negative and decreases when it becomes less positive or more negative.

Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 9.02(c).

Non-Defaulting Revolving Lender” means any Revolving Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.

Note” means any Term Note and/or any Revolving Note, as context may require.

NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

NYFRB Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received to the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Obligations” means, collectively, (a) all Loan Document Obligations, (b) all Secured Cash Management Obligations, (c) all Secured Hedging Obligations and (d) all Secured Supply Chain Financing Obligations.

Other Connection Tax” means, with respect to any Recipient, a Tax imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in this Agreement or any other Loan Document).

 

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Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.19(b) or 9.02(c)).

Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurocurrency borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate (from and after such date as the NYFRB shall commence to publish such composite rate).

Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

Perfection Certificate” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Permitted Business” means any business, the majority of revenues which are derived from (a) business or activities of the type to be conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as described in the Form 10 on the Effective Date, (b) any business that is a natural outgrowth or reasonable extension, development or expansion of any such business or any business similar, reasonably related, incidental, complimentary or ancillary to any of the foregoing or (c) any business that in the Borrower’s good faith business judgment constitutes a reasonable diversification of businesses conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Permitted Encumbrances” means:

(a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet delinquent or in default or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, landlords’ and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

(c) pledges and deposits made (i) in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of any Subsidiary of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (i) above;

(d) pledges and deposits made (i) to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for payment of Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (i) above;

(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Section 7.01;

 

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(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(g) Liens arising from Permitted Investments described in clause (d) of the definition of the term “Permitted Investments”;

(h) banker’s liens, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with depository institutions and securities accounts and other financial assets maintained with a securities intermediary; provided that such deposit accounts or funds and securities accounts or other financial assets are not established or deposited for the purpose of providing collateral for any Indebtedness;

(i) Liens arising by virtue of Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings (or similar filings under applicable law) regarding operating leases entered into by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

(j) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-208 (or the applicable corresponding section) of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the items being collected upon;

(k) Liens representing any interest or title of a licensor, lessor or sublicensor or sublessor, or a licensee, lessee or sublicensee or sublessee, in the property or rights subject to any lease, license or sublicense or concession agreement in the ordinary course of business to the extent that they do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(l) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

(m) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off;

(n) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

(o) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; and

(p) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness, other than Liens referred to in clauses (c) and (d) above securing letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments.

Permitted Foreign Currency” means, (a) with respect to any Revolving Loan, Euros, Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars and any other foreign currency requested by the Borrower from time to time and in which each Revolving Lender has agreed, in accordance with its policies and procedures in effect at such time, to lend Revolving Loans, and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, Euros, Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars, Australian

 

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Dollars and any other foreign currency requested by the Borrower from time to time and in which each Issuing Bank and Revolving Lender has agreed, in accordance with its policies and procedures in effect at such time, to issue Letters of Credit ( in the case of Issuing Banks) or to lend Revolving Loans (in the case of Revolving Lenders).

Permitted Investments” means:

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(b) investments in commercial paper and variable and fixed rate notes maturing within 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a rating of at least A-2 by S&P or P-2 by Moody’s;

(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and demand or time deposits, in each case maturing within 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof, issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof that has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;

(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above;

(e) “money market funds” that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, (ii) are rated AAA- by S&P and Aaa3 by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; and

(f) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, other short-term investments that are analogous to the foregoing, are of comparable credit quality and are customarily used by companies in the jurisdiction of such Foreign Subsidiary for cash management purposes.

Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt” shall mean any secured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes or loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a second lien, subordinated basis to the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans (including portions of Classes of Term Loans), (iii) the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are not materially more favorable (when taken as a whole) to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness than the existing Security Documents are to the Lenders, (iv) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiaries other than the Loan Parties and (v) such Indebtedness is subject to customary intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior or subordinated unsecured notes or loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness constitutes Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans (including portions of Classes of Term Loans), (ii) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Loan Parties, (iii) such Indebtedness is not secured by any Lien or any property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (iv) if such Indebtedness is contractually subordinated to the Obligations, such subordination terms shall be market terms at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness.

Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

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Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan,” as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Plan Asset Regulations” means 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time.

Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).

Pounds Sterling” or “£”means the lawful money of the United Kingdom.

Prepayment Event” means:

(a) any non-ordinary course sale, transfer, lease or other disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction and by way of merger or consolidation) (for purposes of this defined term, collectively, “dispositions”) of any asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than (i) dispositions described in clauses (a) through (i) and (l) of Section 6.05 and (ii) other dispositions resulting in aggregate Net Proceeds not exceeding (A) $25,000,000 in the case of any single disposition or series of related dispositions and (B) $50,000,000 for all such dispositions during any fiscal year of the Borrower;

(b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with a fair market value immediately prior to such event equal to or greater than $25,000,000; or

(c) the incurrence by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01 or permitted by the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 9.02.

Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its office located at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to the calculation of the financial covenants contained in Sections 6.12 and 6.13 or any other calculations hereunder or otherwise for purposes of determining the Total Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Interest Expense, the First Lien Leverage Ratio or Consolidated EBITDA as of any date, that such calculation shall give pro forma effect to (a) all acquisitions, (b) all designations of Restricted Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, (c) all designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries, (d) all issuances, incurrences or assumptions or repayments and prepayments of Indebtedness in connection therewith (with any such Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the applicable testing period in accordance with its terms), and (e) all sales, transfers or other dispositions of (i) any Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) all or substantially all assets of a Restricted Subsidiary or division or line of business of a Restricted Subsidiary outside the ordinary course of business (and any related prepayments or repayments of Indebtedness), that have occurred during (or, if such calculation is being made for the purpose of determining whether any Incremental Extension of Credit may be made, any designation under Section 5.16 is permitted or any event subject to Article VI is permitted, since the beginning of) the four consecutive fiscal quarter period of the Borrower most recently ended on or prior to such date as if they occurred on the first day of such four consecutive fiscal quarter period, including expected cost savings (without duplication of actual cost savings) to the extent such cost savings would be permitted to be reflected in pro forma financial information complying with the requirements of Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act as interpreted by the staff of the SEC, and as certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness).

 

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Proposed Change” means a proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

Purchasing Borrower Party” means any of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Qualified Equity Interests” means Equity Interests of the Borrower other than Disqualified Equity Interests.

Quotation Day” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing and any Interest Period, the day on which it is market practice in the relevant interbank market for prime banks to give quotations for deposits in the currency of such Borrowing for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period. If such quotations would normally be given by prime banks on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of such days.

Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Bank, as applicable.

Reference Rate” means, for any day, the Adjusted LIBO Rate as of such day for a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of three months’ duration (without giving effect to the last sentence of the definition of the term “Adjusted LIBO Rate” herein).

Refinanced Debt” means any existing Class of Term Loans or Revolving Commitments that are refinanced by Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness or Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness, respectively.

Refinancing Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a).

Refinancing Facility Agreement” means a Refinancing Facility Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or more Refinancing Term Lenders or Refinancing Revolving Lenders, establishing commitments in respect of Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments and effecting such other amendments hereto and to the other Loan Documents as are contemplated by Section 2.23.

Refinancing Indebtedness” means, in respect of any Indebtedness (the “Original Indebtedness”), any Indebtedness that extends, renews or refinances such Original Indebtedness (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof); provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinancing Indebtedness (including undrawn or available committed amounts) shall not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Original Indebtedness (including undrawn or available committed amounts) except by an amount no greater than the amount of accrued and unpaid interest with respect to such Original Indebtedness and any fees, premium and expenses relating to such extension, renewal or refinancing; (b) either (i) the stated final maturity of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be earlier than that of such Original Indebtedness or (ii) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not mature or be required to be repaid, prepaid, redeemed, repurchased or defeased, whether on one or more fixed dates, upon the occurrence of one or more events or at the option of any holder thereof (except, in each case, upon the occurrence of an event of default, asset sale or a change in control or as and to the extent such repayment, prepayment, redemption, repurchase or defeasance would have been required pursuant to the terms of such Original Indebtedness) prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect on the date of such extension, renewal or refinancing; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, scheduled amortization payments (however denominated) of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be permitted so long as the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be no shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such Original Indebtedness remaining as of the date of such extension, renewal or refinancing (or, if shorter, 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect on the date of such extension, renewal or refinancing); (c) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not constitute an obligation (including pursuant to a Guarantee) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case that shall not have been (or, in the case of after-acquired Subsidiaries, shall not have been required to become pursuant to the terms of the Original Indebtedness) an obligor in respect of such Original Indebtedness; (d) if such Original Indebtedness shall have been subordinated to the Loan

 

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Document Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness shall also be subordinated to the Loan Document Obligations on terms not less favorable in any material respect to the Lenders; and (e) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset other than the assets that secured such Original Indebtedness (or would have been required to secure such Original Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof) or, in the event Liens securing such Original Indebtedness shall have been contractually subordinated to any Lien securing the Loan Document Obligations, by any Lien that shall not have been contractually subordinated to at least the same extent.

Refinancing Loan” means, collectively, any Refinancing Term Loan and any Refinancing Revolving Loan.

Refinancing Revolving Commitments” shall mean one or more Classes of revolving commitments incurred by the Borrower under this Agreement pursuant to a Refinancing Facility Agreement; provided that such Indebtedness constitutes Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness in respect of Revolving Commitments (including portions of Classes of Revolving Commitments).

Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness” means Refinancing Revolving Commitments obtained pursuant to a Refinancing Facility Agreement, in each case, issued, incurred or otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) in exchange for, or to extend, renew, refinance or replace, in whole or part, existing Revolving Commitments hereunder (including any successive Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness); provided that (i) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness (including undrawn or available committed amounts) shall not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinanced Debt (including undrawn or available committed amounts) except by an amount equal to the sum of accrued and unpaid interest, accrued fees and premiums (if any) with respect to such Refinanced Debt and fees and expenses associated with the refinancing of such Refinanced Debt with such Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness; provided, however, that, as part of the same incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness as such Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness, the Borrower may incur or issue an additional amount of Indebtedness under Section 6.01 without violating this clause (i) (and, for purposes of clarity, (x) such additional amount of Indebtedness shall not constitute Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness and (y) such additional amount of Indebtedness shall reduce the applicable basket under Section 6.01, if any, on a dollar-for-dollar basis); (ii) the stated final maturity of such Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness shall not be earlier than the Latest Maturity Date of such Refinanced Debt, and such stated final maturity of such Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness shall not be subject to any conditions that could result in such stated final maturity occurring on a date that precedes the Latest Maturity Date of such Refinanced Debt; (iii) such Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness shall not be required to be repaid, prepaid, redeemed, repurchased or defeased, whether on one or more fixed dates, upon the occurrence of one or more events or at the option of any holder thereof (except, in each case, on the stated final maturity date as permitted pursuant to the preceding clause (ii) or upon the occurrence of an event of default or a change in control or as and to the extent such repayment, prepayment, redemption, repurchase or defeasance would have been required pursuant to the terms of such Refinanced Debt) prior to the earlier of (A) the latest stated final maturity of such Refinanced Debt and (B) 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect on the date of such extension, renewal or refinancing; (iv) such Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness shall not constitute an obligation (including pursuant to a Guarantee) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case that shall not have been (or, in the case of after-acquired Subsidiaries, shall not have been required to become pursuant to the terms of the Refinanced Debt) an obligor in respect of such Refinanced Debt, and, in each case, shall constitute an obligation of the Borrower or such Subsidiary to the extent of its obligations in respect of such Refinanced Debt, (v) such refinancing Revolving Indebtedness, if secured, shall only be secured by the Collateral on the same or more junior basis as the Refinanced Debt, and subject to intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that an intercreditor arrangement substantially similar to any intercreditor arrangement pertaining to the Refinanced Debt shall be deemed to be satisfactory, (vi) Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness shall contain terms and conditions that (x) are not materially more favorable (when taken as a whole) to the investors providing such Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness than those applicable to the existing Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class being refinanced (other than (A) with respect to pricing, maturity, amortization, optional prepayments and redemption or (B) covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date and other provisions that are added for the benefit of the Lenders of such Refinanced Debt (it being understood that no consent of the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall be required to add any such more favorable provision)) on the date such Refinancing Revolving Commitments are obtained or (y) reflect then market terms and conditions (as determined by

 

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the Borrower in good faith); (vii) the minimum aggregate principal amount of such Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness (including undrawn or available committed amounts) shall be $50,000,000, and (viii) the borrowing and repayment (except for (1) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Refinancing Revolving Commitments (and related outstandings), (2) repayments required upon the Maturity Date of the Refinancing Revolving Commitments and (3) repayment made in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments) of Refinancing Revolving Loans after the associated Refinancing Effective Date shall be made on a pro rata basis or less than a pro rata basis (but not more than a pro rata basis) with all other Revolving Commitments then existing.

Refinancing Revolving Lender” means any Person that provides a Refinancing Revolving Loan.

Refinancing Revolving Loan” means loans made under Refinancing Revolving Commitments.

Refinancing Term Lender” means any Person that provides a Refinancing Term Loan.

Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness” means (a) Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt, (b) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt or (c) Refinancing Term Loans obtained pursuant to a Refinancing Facility Agreement, in each case, issued, incurred or otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) in exchange for, or to extend, renew, refinance or replace, in whole or part, existing Term Loans hereunder (including any successive Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness); provided that (i) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness shall not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinanced Debt except by an amount equal to the sum of accrued and unpaid interest, accrued fees and premiums (if any) with respect to such Refinanced Debt and fees and expenses associated with the refinancing of such Refinanced Debt with such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness; provided, however, that, as part of the same incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness as such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness, the Borrower may incur or issue an additional amount of Indebtedness under Section 6.01 without violating this clause (i) (and, for purposes of clarity, (x) such additional amount of Indebtedness shall not constitute Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness and (y) such additional amount of Indebtedness shall reduce the applicable basket under Section 6.01, if any, on a dollar-for-dollar basis); (ii) the stated final maturity of such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness shall not be earlier than the Latest Maturity Date of such Refinanced Debt, and such stated final maturity of such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness shall not be subject to any conditions that could result in such stated final maturity occurring on a date that precedes the Latest Maturity Date of such Refinanced Debt; (iii) such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness shall not be required to be repaid, prepaid, redeemed, repurchased or defeased, whether on one or more fixed dates, upon the occurrence of one or more events or at the option of any holder thereof (except, in each case, on the stated final maturity date as permitted pursuant to the preceding clause (ii) or upon the occurrence of an event of default, asset sale or a change in control or as and to the extent such repayment, prepayment, redemption, repurchase or defeasance would have been required pursuant to the terms of such Refinanced Debt) prior to the earlier of (A) the latest stated final maturity of such Refinanced Debt and (B) 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect on the date of such extension, renewal or refinancing; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, scheduled amortization payments (however denominated) of such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness in the form of Refinancing Term Loans shall be permitted so long as the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness in the form of Refinancing Term Loans shall be no shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinanced Debt remaining as of the date of such extension, replacement or refinancing; (iv) such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness shall not constitute an obligation (including pursuant to a Guarantee) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case that shall not have been (or, in the case of after-acquired Subsidiaries, shall not have been required to become pursuant to the terms of the Refinanced Debt) an obligor in respect of such Refinanced Debt, and, in each case, shall constitute an obligation of the Borrower or such Subsidiary to the extent of its obligations in respect of such Refinanced Debt, (v) such refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness, if secured, shall only be secured by the Collateral on the same or more junior basis as the Refinanced Debt and subject to intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that an intercreditor arrangement substantially similar to any intercreditor arrangement pertaining to the Refinanced Debt shall be deemed to be satisfactory, (vi) such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness may participate on (I) a pro rata basis or greater or less than pro rata basis in any voluntary prepayments of the Initial Term Loans hereunder and (II) a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any mandatory prepayments of Initial Term Loans hereunder, (vii) in the case of Refinancing Term Loans, such

 

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Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness shall contain terms and conditions that (x) are not materially more favorable (when taken as a whole) to the investors providing such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness than those applicable to the existing Term Loans of the applicable Class being refinanced (other than (A) with respect to pricing, maturity, amortization, optional prepayments and redemption or (B) covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date and other provisions that are added for the benefit of the Lenders of such Refinanced Debt (it being understood that no consent of the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall be required to add any such more favorable provision)) on the date such Refinancing Term Loan is incurred or (y) reflect then market terms and conditions (as determined by the Borrower in good faith); and (viii) the minimum aggregate principal amount of such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness shall be $50,000,000.

Refinancing Term Loans” means one or more Classes of term loans incurred by the Borrower under this Agreement pursuant to a Refinancing Facility Agreement; provided that such Indebtedness constitutes Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans (including portions of Classes of Term Loans).

Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, managers, advisors, representatives and controlling persons of such Person.

Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Materials into or through the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata).

Repricing Transaction” means (a) the prepayment or refinancing of all or a portion of the Term Borrowings concurrently with the incurrence by the Borrower of any senior secured bank debt financing having a lower all-in yield than the Applicable Rate in respect of such Term Loans (based on the definition of the term “Applicable Rate” as in effect on the Effective Date) (other than such prepayments or repayments in connection with the sale of the Borrower or all or substantially all of its consolidated assets or a Change in Control) (including, for purposes of determining all-in yield, in addition to the applicable coupon, any interest rate “floors,” upfront or similar fees and original issue discount payable to the holders of such Indebtedness (in their capacities as such) with respect to such Indebtedness, but excluding any arrangement, structuring, commitment, underwriting or similar fees payable to any arranger (or affiliate thereof) in connection with the commitment or syndication of such Indebtedness) or (b) any amendment to such Term Loans that, directly or indirectly, reduces the “effective” interest rate applicable to such Term Loans (in each case, with original issue discount and upfront fees); provided that in no event shall any prepayment, refinancing or amendment of the Term Loans in connection with a Change in Control or Transformative Acquisition constitute a Repricing Transaction. For purposes of this defined term, original issue discount and upfront fees shall be equated to interest margins in a manner consistent with generally accepted financial practice based on an assumed four-year life to maturity (or, if less, the remaining life to maturity).

Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Total Revolving Exposure, outstanding Term Loans and aggregate unused Commitments at such time.

Required Revolving Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Total Revolving Exposure and aggregate unused Revolving Commitments at such time.

Requirement of Law” means, with respect to any Person, (a) the charter, articles or certificate of organization or incorporation and bylaws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person and (b) any law (including common law), statute, ordinance, treaty, rule, regulation, official administrative pronouncement, order, decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement or determination of any arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

 

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Reset Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.06(a).

Responsible Officer” means, with respect to a particular corporate matter, any executive officer of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary with direct responsibility for such matter.

Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to its Equity Interests, or any payment or distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancelation or termination of its Equity Interests.

Restricted Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Resulting Revolving Borrowings” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(d).

Revolving Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the date of termination of all the Revolving Commitments.

Revolving Borrowing” means Revolving Loans of the same Type and currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum possible aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.21 and (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption or Incremental Facility Amendment pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lender’s Revolving Commitments is $250,000,000.

Revolving Commitment Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).

Revolving Commitment Increase Lender” means, with respect to any Revolving Commitment Increase, each Additional Lender providing a portion of such Revolving Commitment Increase.

Revolving Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and (b) such Lender’s LC Exposure, in each case at such time.

Revolving Lender” means a Lender with a Revolving Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving Exposure.

Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.01.

Revolving Maturity Date” means the date that is five years after the Effective Date, as the same may be extended pursuant to Section 2.22.

Revolving Note” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(c).

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and Crimea).

 

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Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury or any other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).

Sanctions” economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or any other relevant sanctions authority.

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

Secured Cash Management Obligations” means the due and punctual payment of any and all obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (whether absolute or contingent and however and whenever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor)) arising in respect of Cash Management Services that (a) are owed to the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate thereof, or to any Person that, at the time such obligations were incurred, was the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate thereof, (b) are owed on the Effective Date to a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Effective Date or (c) are owed to a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such obligations are incurred (any such Person, a “Cash Management Bank”); provided that any Cash Management Services may at any time be designated in writing by the Borrower and the applicable Cash Management Bank to the Administrative Agent not to be included as Secured Cash Management Obligations.

Secured Hedging Obligations” means the due and punctual payment of any and all obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary arising under each Hedging Agreement that (a) is with a counterparty that is the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate thereof, or any Person that, at the time such Hedging Agreement was entered into, was the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate thereof, (b) is in effect on the Effective Date with a counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Effective Date or (c) is entered into after the Effective Date with a counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Hedging Agreement is entered into (any such Person, a “Hedge Bank”); provided that any Hedging Agreement may at any time be designated in writing by the Borrower and the applicable Hedge Bank to the Administrative Agent not to be included as Secured Hedging Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Excluded Swap Guarantor, “Secured Hedging Obligations” shall not include Excluded Swap Obligations of such Excluded Swap Guarantor.

Secured Parties” means, collectively, (a) the Lenders, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) each Issuing Bank, (d) each provider of Cash Management Services the obligations under which constitute Secured Cash Management Obligations, (e) each counterparty to any Hedging Agreement the obligations under which constitute Secured Hedging Obligations, (f) each Supply Chain Bank that is a party to any Secured Supply Chain Financing and (g) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.

Secured Supply Chain Financing” shall mean any Supply Chain Financing that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Supply Chain Bank, including any such Supply Chain Financing that is in effect on the Effective Date, provided that (a) the Borrower and the applicable Supply Chain Bank shall have designated such Supply Chain Financing as a Secured Supply Chain Financing in writing delivered to the Administrative Agent in substantially the form of Exhibit F (other than with respect to any Supply Chain Financings where the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate thereof is the Supply Chain Bank), (b) Secured Supply Chain Financing Obligations in respect of Secured Supply Chain Financings shall not exceed $40,000,000 and (c) any trade payables under any Secured Supply Chain Financing shall become payable within 120 days from issuance thereof.

 

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Secured Supply Chain Financing Obligations” means all obligations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Secured Supply Chain Financing.

Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933.

Security Documents” means the Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages and each other security agreement, pledge agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing, the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or pursuant to Section 5.13 to secure any of the Obligations.

Senior Unsecured Notes” means (a) the senior unsecured notes due May 1, 2026 issued by the Borrower on or prior to the Effective Date and (b) any senior unsecured notes that are registered under the Securities Act and issued in exchange for the senior unsecured notes described in clause (a) of this definition.

Senior Unsecured Notes Documents” means the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture, all instruments, agreements and other documents evidencing or governing the Senior Unsecured Notes, providing for any Guarantee or other right in respect thereof, and all schedules, exhibits and annexes to each of the foregoing.

Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture” means the Indenture to be dated on or about May 3, 2018, among the Borrower and the Subsidiaries listed therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes.

Specified Asset Sale Percentage” means, with respect to any Prepayment Event described in clause (a) or clause (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event”, (a) if the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended prior to such Prepayment Event for which financial statements were required to be delivered under Section 5.01 is greater than 2.25 to 1.00, 100%, (b) if the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended prior to such Prepayment Event for which financial statements were required to be delivered under Section 5.01 is greater than 1.75 to 1.00 but less than or equal to 2.25 to 1.00, 75%, and (c) if the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended prior to such Prepayment Event for which financial statements were required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 is less than or equal to 1.75 to 1.00, 50%.

Specified ECF Percentage” means, with respect to any fiscal year of the Borrower, (a) if the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is greater than 2.25 to 1.00, 50%, (b) if the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is greater than 1.75 to 1.00 but less than or equal to 2.25 to 1.00, 25%, and (c) if the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than or equal to 1.75 to 1.00, 0%.

Specified LC Sublimit” means, (a) with respect to JPMCB, $20,000,000, (b) with respect to Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, $7,500,000, (c) with respect to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, $7,500,000, (d) with respect to Mizuho Bank, Ltd, $7,500,000 and (e) with respect to Wells Fargo, National Association, $7,500,000, in each case, or such greater amount as agreed to by such Issuing Bank in its sole discretion.

Spin-Off” means the spin-off of the Borrower from Dover, as more fully described in the Form 10.

Spin-Off Documents” means the Distribution Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement and the Employee Matters Agreement, together with any other material agreements, instruments or other documents entered into in connection with any of the foregoing.

Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentage (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentage shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

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subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity of which a majority of the shares or securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, by such Person.

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.

Successor Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03(a).

Supplemental Perfection Certificate” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Supply Chain Bank” means any person that (i), at the time it enters into a Supply Chain Financing (or on the Effective Date), is the Administrative Agent, an Arranger, a Lender or an Affiliate of any such person, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Supply Chain Financing and (ii) any Supply Chain Bank Purchaser.

Supply Chain Bank Purchaser” means any subsequent purchaser of any trade payables that had been initially acquired by a Person that was a Supply Chain Bank pursuant clause (i) of the definition thereof pursuant to a Secured Supply Chain Financing; provided that such subsequent purchaser is designated as such in writing delivered to the Administrative Agent in substantially the form of Exhibit F.

Supply Chain Financing” means any agreement under which any bank, financial institution or other person may from time to time provide any financial accommodation to any of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with trade payables of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case issued for the benefit of any such bank, financial institution or such other person that has acquired such trade payables pursuant to “supply chain” or other similar financing for vendors and suppliers of the Borrower or any Subsidiaries, so long as (i) other than in the case of Secured Supply Chain Financing Obligations, such Indebtedness is unsecured, (ii) the terms of such trade payables shall not have been extended in connection with the Supply Chain Financing and (iii) such Indebtedness represents amounts not in excess of those which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries would otherwise have been obligated to pay to its vendor or supplier in respect of the applicable trade payables.

Swap Obligations” means, with respect to the Borrower or any Guarantor, an obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of § 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Syndication Agents” means, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

TARGET Day” means any day on which (i) TARGET2 is open for settlement of payments in Euro and (ii) banks are open for dealings in deposits in Euro in the London interbank market.

TARGET2” means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007.

Tax Matters Agreement” means the Tax Matters Agreement between Dover and the Borrower, dated the Effective Date.

Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

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Term Borrowing” means Term Loans of the same Class, Type and currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

Term Commitments” means, collectively, the Initial Term Commitments and any commitments to make Incremental Term Loans.

Term Lenders” means, collectively, the Initial Term Lenders and any Lenders with an outstanding Incremental Term Loan or a Commitment to make an Incremental Term Loan.

Term Loans” means, collectively, the Initial Term Loans and any Incremental Term Loans.

Term Note” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(c).

Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Net Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on such date.

Total Revolving Commitments” means, at any time, the sum of the Revolving Commitments of all the Revolving Lenders at such time.

Total Revolving Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of the Revolving Exposures of all the Revolving Lenders at such time.

Transaction Costs” means all fees, costs and expenses incurred or payable by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions.

Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents (including this Agreement) to which it is to be a party, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, (b) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents to which it is to be a party, the issuance of the Senior Unsecured Notes and the use of the proceeds thereof, (c) the payment of the Effective Date Dover Payment, (d) the payment of the Transaction Costs and (e) the Spin-Off and all other transactions pursuant to, and the performance of all other obligations under, the Spin-Off Documents.

Transformative Acquisition” means any acquisition or Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that either (a) is not permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or Investment or (b) if permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or Investment, would not provide the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under this Agreement for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such consummation, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith.

Transition Services Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement between Dover and the Borrower, dated the Effective Date.

Type,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

UCP” means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

U.S.” means the United States of America.

U.S. Person” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

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U.S. Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary.

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(e)(ii)(B)(3).

Unrestricted Subsidiaries” means (a) any Subsidiary that is formed or acquired after the Effective Date and is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.16 subsequent to the Effective Date and (b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. As of the Effective Date, Norris Production Solutions Middle East LLC is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Unrestricted Subsidiary Reconciliation Statement” means, with respect to any consolidated balance sheet or statement of operations, cash flows or stockholders’ equity of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, such financial statement (in substantially the same form) prepared on the basis of consolidating the accounts of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and treating Unrestricted Subsidiaries as if they were not consolidated and otherwise eliminating all accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, together with an explanation of reconciliation adjustments in reasonable detail.

USA PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

Voting Equity Interests” of any Person means the Equity Interests of such Person ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of the directors of such Person.

Weighted Average Yield” means, with respect to any Loan, the weighted average yield to stated maturity of such Loan based on the interest rate or rates applicable thereto and giving effect to all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable to the Lenders advancing such Loan with respect thereto and to any interest rate “floor,” but excluding any customary arrangement, commitment, structuring and underwriting fees paid or payable to the arrangers (or similar titles) or their affiliates, in each case in their capacities as such, in connection with such Loans and that are not shared with all Lenders providing the applicable Incremental Extension of Credit; provided that (a) for purposes of calculating the Weighted Average Yield for any Incremental Term Loan, original issue discount and upfront fees shall be equated to interest based on an assumed four-year life to maturity (or, if shorter in respect of such Incremental Extension of Credit, the actual life to maturity of such Incremental Extension of Credit) and (b) with respect to the calculation of the Weighted Average Yield of the Initial Term Loans in connection with any Incremental Term Loans, (i) to the extent that the Reference Rate on the effective date of such Incremental Term Loans is less than 0.50% per annum, then the amount of such difference shall be deemed to be added to the Weighted Average Yield for the Initial Term Loans solely for the purpose of determining whether an increase in the interest rate for the Initial Term Loans shall be required pursuant to Section 2.21(b) and (ii) to the extent that the Reference Rate on the effective date of such Incremental Term Loans is less than the interest rate floor, if any, applicable to such Incremental Term Loans, then the amount of such difference shall be deemed to be added to the Weighted Average Yield of such Incremental Term Loans solely for the purpose of determining whether an increase in the interest rate for the Initial Term Loans shall be required pursuant to Section 2.21(b). For purposes of determining the Weighted Average Yield of any floating rate Indebtedness at any time, the rate of interest applicable to such Indebtedness at such time shall be assumed to be the rate applicable to such Indebtedness at all times prior to maturity; provided that appropriate adjustments shall be made for any changes in rates of interest provided for in the documents governing such Indebtedness (other than those resulting from fluctuations in interbank offered rates, prime rates, Federal funds rates or other external indices not influenced by the financial performance or creditworthiness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary).

wholly owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person at any date, a Subsidiary of such Person of which securities or other ownership interests representing 100% of the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by such Person or one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

 

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Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and any other applicable withholding agent.

Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing”).

SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise or except as expressly provided herein, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth in the Loan Documents), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), unless otherwise expressly stated to the contrary, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (d) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that (i) if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision (including any definition) hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Effective Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith, (ii) notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to Accounting Standard Codifications), to value any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value,” as defined therein and (iii) notwithstanding any change in GAAP after the Effective Date which would have the effect of treating any lease properly accounted for as an operating lease prior to such accounting change as a capital lease after giving effect to any such accounting change, for all purposes of calculating Indebtedness for any purpose under this Agreement, the Loan Parties shall continue to make such determinations and calculations with respect to all leases (whether then in existence or thereafter entered into) in accordance with GAAP (as it relates to such issue) as in effect prior to such change and consistent with their past practices.

 

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SECTION 1.05. Pro Forma Calculations. With respect to any period during which (a) any acquisition permitted by this Agreement or (b) any sale, transfer or other disposition of (i) any Equity Interests in a Subsidiary or (ii) all or substantially all the assets of a Subsidiary or division or line of business of a Subsidiary outside the ordinary course of business, occurs, for purposes of determining compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 6.04(t), 6.08(a)(vi), 6.12 and 6.13 or otherwise for purposes of determining the Total Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Interest Expense, First Lien Leverage Ratio and Consolidated EBITDA, calculations with respect to such period shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis.

SECTION 1.06. Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.

(a) Not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on each Calculation Date, the Administrative Agent shall (x) determine the Exchange Rate as of such Calculation Date with respect to each applicable Permitted Foreign Currency and (y) give notice thereof to each applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower. The Exchange Rates so determined shall become effective (i) in the case of the initial Calculation Date, on the Effective Date and (ii) in the case of each subsequent Calculation Date, on the first Business Day immediately following such Calculation Date (a “Reset Date”), shall remain effective until the next succeeding Reset Date, and shall for all purposes of this Agreement (other than any provision expressly requiring the use of a current exchange rate) be the Exchange Rates employed in converting any amounts between dollars and any Permitted Foreign Currency.

(b) Solely for purposes of Article II and related definitional provisions to the extent used therein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as determined by the Administrative Agent and notified to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower in accordance with Section 1.06(a). If any basket is exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the applicable Exchange Rate after the last time such basket was utilized, such basket will not be deemed to have been exceeded solely as a result of such fluctuations in the applicable Exchange Rate. Amounts denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency will be converted to dollars for the purposes of (A) testing the financial covenants under Sections 6.12 and 6.13, at the Exchange Rate as of the last day of the fiscal quarter for which such measurement is being made, and (B) calculating the Interest Coverage Ratio and the Total Leverage Ratio (other than for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 6.12 and 6.13), at the Exchange Rate as of the date of calculation, and will, in the case of Indebtedness, reflect the currency translation effects, determined in accordance with GAAP, of Hedging Agreements permitted hereunder for currency exchange risks with respect to the applicable currency in effect on the date of determination of the Dollar Equivalent of such Indebtedness.

(c) For purposes of Section 6.01, the amount of any Indebtedness denominated in any currency other than dollars shall be calculated based on the applicable Exchange Rate, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred or committed, on the date that such Indebtedness was incurred or committed, as applicable; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than dollars, and such refinancing would cause the applicable dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the applicable Exchange Rate on the date of such refinancing, such dollar-denominated restrictions shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the sum of (i) the outstanding or committed principal amount, as applicable, of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing.

(d) For purposes of Sections 6.02, 6.04, 6.05 and 6.08, the amount of any Liens, investments, asset sales and Restricted Payments, as applicable, denominated in any currency other than dollars shall be calculated based on the applicable Exchange Rate.

ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees (a) to make an Initial Term Loan denominated in dollars to the Borrower on the Effective Date in a principal amount equal to its Initial Term Commitment and (b) to make Revolving Loans denominated in dollars or in any Permitted Foreign Currency to the Borrower from time to time, in each case during the Revolving Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in such Lender’s Revolving Exposure exceeding such

 

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Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided that in the case of clause (b) above, the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans made by the Revolving Lenders to the Borrower on the Effective Date shall not exceed $10,000,000. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings

(a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(b) Subject to Section 2.16, (i) each Borrowing denominated in dollars shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith and (ii) each Borrowing denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency shall be comprised entirely of Eurocurrency Loans. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurocurrency Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that a Eurocurrency Borrowing that results from a continuation of an outstanding Eurocurrency Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to such outstanding Borrowing. At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not be more than a total of 10 Eurocurrency Borrowings in the aggregate at any time outstanding. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Revolving Commitment or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e).

SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone, facsimile, or other electronic imaging (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in dollars, Euros, Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars or Australian Dollars, not later than 12:00 p.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency that is not specified in the immediately preceding clause (a), not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, four Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (c) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided, that no such notice shall be required for any deemed request of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement denominated in dollars as contemplated by Section 2.05(e). Each Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable, and in the case of a telephonic request shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, facsimile or other electronic imaging to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information (to the extent applicable, in compliance with Sections 2.01 and 2.02):

(i) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Revolving Borrowing, a Term Borrowing or a Borrowing of any Incremental Term Loan;

(ii) the currency and the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;

(iii) the requested date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;

 

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(v) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;

(vi) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06(a), or, if the Borrowing is being requested to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement denominated in dollars in accordance with Section 2.05(e), the identity of the Issuing Bank that made such LC Disbursement; and

(vii) that as of the requested date of such Borrowing, the conditions set forth in Sections 4.02(a) and 4.02(b) will be satisfied.

If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, other than with respect to Borrowings denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. If no currency is specified with respect to any requested Revolving Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected dollars. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the applicable Class of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04. [Reserved].

SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit.

(a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit for its own account (or for the account of any Subsidiary so long as the Borrower is a joint and several co-applicant in respect of such Letter of Credit), denominated in dollars or in a Permitted Foreign Currency and in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period. All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have been issued on the Effective Date pursuant to this Agreement, and the Revolving Lenders shall thereupon acquire participations in the Existing Letters of Credit as if so issued without further action by any party hereto. Notwithstanding anything contained in any letter of credit application or other agreement (other than this Agreement or any Security Document) submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into the Borrower with, any Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, (i) all provisions of such letter of credit application or other agreement purporting to grant Liens in favor of such Issuing Bank to secure obligations in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be disregarded, it being agreed that such obligations shall be secured to the extent provided in this Agreement and in the Security Documents, (ii) in the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of such letter of credit application or such other agreement, as applicable, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control, and (iii) an Issuing Bank shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate (x) any Requirement of Law or (y) such Issuing Bank’s internal policies.

(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit (other than any automatic renewal permitted pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section), the Borrower shall hand deliver or fax (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by such Issuing Bank) to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the currency and amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be requested by the applicable Issuing Bank as necessary to enable the such Issuing Bank to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit the

 

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Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $50,000,000, (ii) the Total Revolving Exposure shall not exceed the Total Revolving Commitments, (iii) the aggregate amount of Letters of Credit issued by any Issuing Bank shall not exceed its Specified LC Sublimit and (iv) following the effectiveness of any Maturity Date Extension Request (as hereafter defined) with respect to the Revolving Commitments, the LC Exposure in respect of all Letters of Credit having an expiration date after the second Business Day prior to the applicable Existing Maturity Date shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments of the Consenting Lenders extended pursuant to Section 2.22. Each Issuing Bank agrees that it shall not permit any issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit to occur unless it shall have given to the Administrative Agent written notice thereof as required under paragraph (l) of this Section. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Agreement, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch shall only be required to issue standby Letters of Credit.

(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date that is one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date; provided, however, that (x) any Letter of Credit may, upon the request of the Borrower, include a provision whereby such Letter of Credit shall be renewed automatically for additional consecutive periods of one year or less (but not beyond the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date unless such Letter of Credit is cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Issuing Bank) unless the applicable Issuing Bank notifies the beneficiary thereof at least 30 days prior to the then-applicable expiration date that such Letter of Credit will not be renewed and (y) any Issuing Bank may agree to issue a Letter of Credit with expiry date beyond the date set forth in clause (i) in its sole discretion (but not beyond the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date unless such Letter of Credit is cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Issuing Bank). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Revolving Maturity Date in respect of any Revolving Commitments shall be extended pursuant to Section 2.22, “Revolving Maturity Date” as referenced in this paragraph shall refer to the Revolving Maturity Date in respect of the Revolving Commitments as extended pursuant to Section 2.22; provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement (including Section 2.22 hereof) or any other Loan Document to the contrary, the Revolving Maturity Date, as such term is used in reference to any Issuing Bank or any Letter of Credit issued thereby, may not be extended with respect to any Issuing Bank without the prior written consent of such Issuing Bank.

(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank that is the issuer of such Letter of Credit hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, the occurrence and continuance of a Default, any reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments and any termination of this Agreement and the repayment of the Loan Document Obligations, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Lender further acknowledges and agrees that, in issuing, amending, renewing or extending any Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon the representation and warranty of the Borrower deemed made pursuant to Section 4.02 unless, at least one Business Day prior to the time such Letter of Credit is issued, amended, renewed or extended (or, in the case of an automatic renewal permitted pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, at least one Business Day prior to the time by which the election not to extend must be made by the applicable Issuing Bank), the Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders shall have notified the applicable Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in writing that, as a result of one or more events or circumstances described in such notice, one or more of the

 

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conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02(a) or 4.02(b) would not be satisfied if such Letter of Credit were then issued, amended, renewed or extended (it being understood and agreed that, in the event any Issuing Bank shall have received any such notice, no Issuing Bank shall have any obligation to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit until and unless it shall be satisfied that the events and circumstances described in such notice shall have been cured or otherwise shall have ceased to exist).

(e) Reimbursement. If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, then the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than (i) if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 12:00 noon, Local Time, on any Business Day, then 5:00 p.m., Local Time, on such Business Day, or (ii) otherwise, 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice; provided that, unless the Borrower has notified the applicable Issuing Bank that it will reimburse such LC Disbursement by the required date and time, the Borrower shall, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, be deemed to have requested, and the Borrower does hereby request in such event that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing. In the case of any such reimbursement in dollars with respect to a Letter of Credit denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, the applicable Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the draft so paid promptly following the determination thereof. If the Borrower fails to reimburse any LC Disbursement by the time specified above in this paragraph, then the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender, as the case may be, of the applicable LC Disbursement, the currency and amount of the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof, as applicable. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the amount then due from the Borrower in the currency of the applicable LC Disbursement, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this paragraph), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the applicable Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of an ABR Revolving Borrowing as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.

(f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision thereof or hereof, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by an Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. None of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or any of their Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit, any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the applicable Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a

 

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Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of an Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, an Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit, and any such acceptance or refusal shall be deemed not to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(g) Disbursement Procedures. Each Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Each Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by facsimile or other electronic imaging) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section.

(h) Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement in full, at (i) in the case of any LC Disbursement denominated in dollars, the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans and (ii) in the case of an LC Disbursement denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency, a rate per annum determined by the applicable Issuing Bank (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) to represent its cost of funds plus the Applicable Rate used to determine interest applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement in full when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment, and shall be payable on demand or, if no demand has been made, on the date on which the Borrower reimburses the applicable LC Disbursement in full.

(i) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day on which the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, a Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph), the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders, an amount in cash and in the currency of each applicable Letter of Credit equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01. The Borrower also shall deposit cash collateral in accordance with this paragraph as and to the extent required by Section 2.11(b), 2.20(c) or 2.22(c). Each such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Notwithstanding the terms of any Security Document, moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Banks for LC Disbursements for which they have not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to (i) the consent of a Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders and (ii) in the case of any such application at a time

 

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when any Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender (but only if, after giving effect thereto, the remaining cash collateral shall be less than the aggregate LC Exposure of all the Defaulting Lenders), the consent of each Issuing Bank), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.11(b), such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, the Total Revolving Exposure would not exceed the Total Revolving Commitments and no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.20(c), such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, no Issuing Bank shall have any exposure in respect of any outstanding Letter of Credit that is not fully covered by the Revolving Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or the remaining cash collateral and no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(j) Designation of Additional Issuing Banks. The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), designate as additional Issuing Banks one or more Revolving Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Revolving Lender of an appointment as an Issuing Bank hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such designated Revolving Lender and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Revolving Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank, as applicable, under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to include such Revolving Lender in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

(k) Termination or Resignation of an Issuing Bank. The Borrower may terminate the appointment of any Issuing Bank as an “Issuing Bank” hereunder by providing a written notice thereof to such Issuing Bank, with a copy to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i) such Issuing Bank acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii) the tenth Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof; provided that no such termination shall become effective until and unless the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (or its Affiliates) shall have been reduced to zero. At the time any such termination shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the terminated Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(b). Notwithstanding the effectiveness of any such termination, the terminated Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such termination, but shall not issue any additional Letters of Credit. Any Issuing Bank may resign at any time by giving 30 days prior notice to the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Lenders, and the Borrower. After the resignation of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the retiring Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit or to extend, renew or increase any existing Letter of Credit.

(l) Issuing Bank Reports to the Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank shall, in addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section, report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) periodic activity (for such period or recurrent periods as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent) in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, including all issuances, extensions, amendments and renewals, all expirations and cancelations and all disbursements and reimbursements, (ii) reasonably prior to the time that such Issuing Bank issues, amends, renews or extends any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, and the stated amount of the Letters of Credit issued, amended, renewed or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (and whether the amounts thereof shall have changed), (iii) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any LC Disbursement, the date and amount of such LC Disbursement, (iv) on any Business Day on which the Borrower fails to reimburse an LC Disbursement required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day, the date of such failure and the currency and amount of such LC Disbursement and (v) on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.

 

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(m) LC Exposure Determination. For all purposes of this Agreement, the amount of a Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at the time of determination.

(n) Applicability of ISP and UCP; Governing Law. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (A) the rules of the ISP or UCP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, (B) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit and (c) each Letter of Credit shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings.

(a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, Local Time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement denominated in dollars as provided in Section 2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to Section 2.05(e) to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption and in its sole discretion, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, (A) in the case of Loans denominated in dollars, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (B) in the case of Loans denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to (A) in the case of Loans denominated in dollars, ABR Loans of the applicable Class and (B) in the case of Loans denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, the interest rate applicable to the subject Loan pursuant to Section 2.13. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections.

(a) Each Revolving Borrowing and Term Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request or designated by Section 2.03 and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request or designated by Section 2.03. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a Borrowing of a different Type (provided that Eurocurrency Borrowings denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency may not be converted into ABR Borrowings) or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

 

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(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, facsimile or other electronic imaging to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower.

(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is to be a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period.”

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the applicable Class of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period (i) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in dollars, such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing and (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, such Borrowing shall be continued as a Borrowing of the applicable Type for an Interest Period of one month. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default under clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Borrower, or if any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of a Majority in Interest of the Lenders of any Class has notified the Borrower of the election to give effect to this sentence on account of such other Event of Default, then, in each such case, so long as such Event of Default is continuing, (i) no outstanding Borrowing (or Borrowing of the applicable Class, as applicable) denominated in dollars may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing, (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing (or Eurocurrency Borrowing of the applicable Class, as applicable) denominated in dollars shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency shall be continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing, with an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

 

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SECTION 2.08. Termination and Reduction of Commitments.

(a) Unless previously terminated, (i) the Initial Term Commitments shall automatically terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Effective Date, and (ii) the Revolving Commitments shall automatically terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date (or, if the Borrower has not delivered a Borrowing Request for a Borrowing under the Initial Term Commitments on the Effective Date, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Effective Date).

(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time permanently reduce, the Commitments of any Class; provided that (i) each partial reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the Total Revolving Exposure would exceed the Total Revolving Commitments.

(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the applicable Class of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments delivered under this paragraph may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class.

SECTION 2.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Revolving Lender on the Revolving Maturity Date, and (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Term Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Term Lender as provided in Section 2.10.

(b) The records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower in respect of Loans, LC Disbursements, interest and fees due or accrued hereunder; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such records or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to pay any amounts due hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a Note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender (i) with respect to any Term Loan, a promissory note payable to such Lender in substantially the form of Exhibit K-1 attached hereto (each, a “Term Note”) and (ii) with respect to any Revolving Loan, a promissory note payable to such Lender in substantially the form of Exhibit K-2 attached hereto (each, a “Revolving Note”). Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such Note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by a Note in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such Note is a registered Note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

SECTION 2.10. Amortization of Term Loans.

(a) Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section, commencing on the last day of the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2018, the Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to repay the Initial Term Loans to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Initial Term Lender (i) on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December prior to the Initial Term Maturity Date, in each case in an amount equal to 0.25% of the original principal amount of the Initial Term Loans, and (ii) on the Initial Term Maturity Date, the remainder of the principal amount of the Initial Term Loans outstanding on such date, together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but excluding the date of such payment.

 

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(b) Any prepayment of a Term Borrowing of any Class shall be applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of the Term Borrowings of such Class to be made pursuant to this Section as directed in writing by the Borrower (or in the absence of direction from the Borrower, in the direct order of maturity); provided that (A) the proceeds of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11 shall first be applied to pay accrued and unpaid interest on the relevant Class of Term Loan, (B) any prepayment of any Class of Incremental Term Loans shall be applied to subsequent scheduled repayments as provided in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment, (C) any prepayment of Term Borrowings of any Class contemplated by Section 2.23 shall be applied to subsequent scheduled repayments as provided in such Section and (D) if any Lender elects to decline a mandatory prepayment of a Term Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.11(e), then the portion of such prepayment not so declined shall be applied to reduce the subsequent repayments of such Term Borrowing to be made pursuant to this Section ratably based on the amount of such scheduled repayments.

(c) Prior to any repayment of any Term Borrowings of any Class under this Section, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings of the applicable Class to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery, facsimile or other electronic imaging) of such selection not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment. Each repayment of a Term Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid Term Borrowing. Repayments of Term Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid.

SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans.

(a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (except as set forth in clause (g) of this Section 2.11), subject to Section 2.16.

(b) In the event and on each occasion that (i) the Total Revolving Exposure exceeds the Total Revolving Commitments (other than as a result of any revaluation of the Dollar Equivalent of Revolving Loans or the LC Exposure on any Calculation Date in accordance with Section 1.06) or (ii) the Total Revolving Exposure exceeds 105% of the Total Revolving Commitments solely as a result of any revaluation of the Dollar Equivalent of Revolving Loans or the LC Exposure on any Calculation Date in accordance with Section 1.06, the Borrower shall prepay Revolving Borrowings (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.05(i)) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.

(c) In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Prepayment Event (including by the Administrative Agent as loss payee in respect of any Prepayment Event described in clause (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event”), the Borrower shall, on the day such Net Proceeds are received (or, in the case of a Prepayment Event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event,” within three Business Days after such Net Proceeds are received), prepay Term Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to (x) with respect to any Prepayment Event described in clause (a) or clause (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event,” the Specified Asset Sale Percentage of the amount of such Net Proceeds (or, if the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has incurred Indebtedness that is permitted under Section 6.01 that is secured, on an equal and ratable basis with the Term Loans, by a Lien on the Collateral permitted under Section 6.02, and such Indebtedness is required to be prepaid or redeemed with the net proceeds of any event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event,” then by such lesser percentage of such Net Proceeds such that such Indebtedness receives no greater than a ratable percentage of such Net Proceeds based upon the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans and such Indebtedness then outstanding) or (y) with respect to any Prepayment Event described in clause (c) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event,” 100% of the amount of such Net Proceeds; provided that, in the case of any event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event,” if the Borrower shall, five (5) Business Days prior to the date of the required prepayment, deliver to the Administrative Agent written notice that the Borrower intends to cause the Net Proceeds from such event (or a portion thereof specified in such certificate) to be applied within 360 days after receipt of such Net Proceeds to acquire, restore, replace, rebuild, develop, maintain or upgrade real property, equipment or other assets to be used in the business of the Borrower or their Restricted Subsidiaries or to enter into an acquisition permitted by this Agreement and certifying that no Default has occurred and is continuing, then no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this

 

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paragraph in respect of the Net Proceeds in respect of such event (or the portion of such Net Proceeds specified in such certificate, if applicable) except to the extent of any such Net Proceeds that have not been so applied by the end of such 360-day period (or within a period of 180 days thereafter if by the end of such initial 360-day period the Borrower or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries shall have entered into an agreement with a third party to acquire such real property, equipment or other assets or to make an acquisition permitted by this Agreement), at which time a prepayment shall be required in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds that have not been so applied.

(d) Following the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, the Borrower shall prepay Term Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the Specified ECF Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year; provided that, at the option of the Borrower, such amount shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of prepayments of (i) Term Borrowings and Revolving Borrowings (but only to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction of the corresponding Revolving Commitments) made pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section, (ii) Refinancing Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans and Alternative Incremental Facility Debt in the form of term loans, in each case, that are secured on a pari passu basis with the Loan Document Obligations, and (iii) Refinancing Revolving Loans that are secured on a pari passu basis with the Loan Document Obligations (but only to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction of the corresponding commitments), in each case, during such fiscal year (and, at the Borrower’s option (and without deducting such amounts against the subsequent fiscal year’s prepayment computation pursuant to this paragraph (d)), after the end of such fiscal year but prior to the date on which the prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.11(d) for such fiscal year is required to have been made); provided further that, in the case of any Term Loan, Refinancing Term Loan, Incremental Term Loan, or Alternative Incremental Facility Debt in the form of term loans prepaid in connection with the purchase thereof by a Purchasing Borrower Party pursuant to Section 9.04(e) (or other corresponding provisions in the document governing such Indebtedness) at a discount to par, the prepayment required pursuant to this Section 2.11(d) shall be reduced, with respect to the prepayment of such Term Loan, only by the actual amount of cash paid to the applicable Lender or Lenders in connection with such purchase; provided further that, Borrower shall only be required to make a prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.11(d) to the extent that such amount is in excess of $5,000,000. Each prepayment pursuant to this paragraph shall be made within ten (10) Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) with respect to the fiscal year for which Excess Cash Flow is being calculated.

(e) Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment of Borrowings under this Section, the Borrower shall, subject to the next sentence, select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment delivered pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section. In the event of any mandatory prepayment of Term Borrowings made at a time when Term Borrowings of more than one Class remain outstanding, the Borrower shall select Term Borrowings to be prepaid so that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated between Term Borrowings of Initial Term Loan (and, to the extent provided in the Incremental Facility Amendment for any Class of Incremental Term Loans, the Borrowings of such Class) pro rata based on the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Borrowings of each such Class]; provided that any Term Lender (and, to the extent provided in the Incremental Facility Amendment for any Class of Incremental Term Loans, any Lender that holds Incremental Term Loans of such Class) may elect, by notice to the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery, facsimile or other electronic imaging) at least one Business Day prior to the required prepayment date, to decline all or any portion of any prepayment of its Loans pursuant to this Section (other than an optional prepayment pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section, which may not be declined), in which case the aggregate amount of the prepayment that would have been applied to prepay such Loans may be retained by the Borrower.

(f) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery, facsimile or other electronic imaging) of any optional prepayment and, to the extent practicable, any mandatory prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 12:00 p.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment; provided that (A) if a notice of optional prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.08, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such

 

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notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.08 and (B) a notice of prepayment of Term Borrowings pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date of prepayment) if such condition is not satisfied. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the applicable Class of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02, except as necessary to apply fully the required amount of a mandatory prepayment. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13.

(g) All (i) prepayments of Initial Term Loans effected on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the Effective Date with the proceeds of a Repricing Transaction, and (ii) amendments, amendments and restatements or other modifications of this Agreement on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the Effective Date, the effect of which is a Repricing Transaction, shall be accompanied by a fee payable to the Initial Term Lenders in an amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans so prepaid in the case of a transaction described in clause (i) of this paragraph, or 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans affected by such amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification in the case of a transaction described in clause (ii) of this paragraph. Such fee shall be paid by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Initial Term Lenders, on the date of such prepayment.

(h) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.11, to the extent any or all of the Net Proceeds of any event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event” received by a Foreign Subsidiary (“Foreign Subsidiary Disposition”) or Excess Cash Flow attributable to Foreign Subsidiaries, in either case are prohibited or delayed by any applicable local law (including financial assistance, corporate benefit restrictions on upstreaming of cash intra group and the fiduciary and statutory duties of the directors of such Foreign Subsidiary) from being repatriated or passed on to or used for the benefit of the Borrower or any applicable Domestic Subsidiary or if the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any such amount to the Borrower or any applicable Domestic Subsidiary would have material adverse tax consequences with respect to such amount, an amount equal to the portion of such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to prepay the Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.11 so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation or the passing on to or otherwise using for the benefit of the Borrower or the applicable Domestic Subsidiary, or the Borrower believes in good faith that any material adverse tax consequences would result, and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law or the Borrower determines in good faith such repatriation would no longer would have such material adverse tax consequences, an amount equal to such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly applied (net of additional taxes that would be payable or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result of repatriating such amounts) to the prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11 (provided that no such prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be required in the case of any such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow the repatriation of which the Borrower believes in good faith would result in material adverse tax consequences, if on or before the date on which such Net Proceeds so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to a reinvestment notice (or such Excess Cash Flow would have been so required if it were Net Proceeds), (x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to the amount of such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than such Foreign Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow are applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary).

 

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SECTION 2.12. Fees.

(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender for the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate (or are otherwise reduced to zero), a commitment fee which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the average daily unused amount of the Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Lender. Such accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which all the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date. For purposes of computing commitment fees, a Revolving Commitment shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender.

(b) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate then used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure and (ii) to each Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to 0.125% on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of all the Revolving Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any such LC Exposure, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which all the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which all the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to an Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within the time periods separately agreed by Borrower and such Issuing Bank.

(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the applicable Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Revolving Lenders entitled thereto. Fees paid hereunder shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

(e) All commitment fees, participation fees and fronting fees payable pursuant to this Section 2.12 shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

SECTION 2.13. Interest.

(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

(b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2.00% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other overdue amount, 2.00% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this paragraph (c) is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender.

 

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(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, (x) in the case of a Revolving Loan, upon termination of the Revolving Commitments of such Class, (y) in the case of an Initial Term Loan, on the Initial Term Maturity Date and (z) in the case of an Incremental Term Loan of any Class, the maturity date with respect to such Class of Incremental Term Loans; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Revolving Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of a Eurocurrency Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that (i) interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate, (ii) interest on Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars and (iii) interest on Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling shall, in each case, be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day; provided that, if a Loan, or a portion thereof, is repaid on the same day on which such Loan is made, one day’s interest shall accrue on the portion of such Loan so prepaid). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest.

(a) If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:

(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable (including, without limitation, because the LIBO Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis), for the applicable currency and such Interest Period; or

(ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be ineffective and (B) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing, (x) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing and (y) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, such request shall be ineffective, and if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted.

(b) If at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in clause 2.14(a)(i) have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in clause 2.14(a)(i) have not arisen but the supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the LIBO Screen Rate shall no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall endeavor to establish an alternate rate of interest to the LIBO Rate that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans in the United States at such time, and shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable (but for the avoidance of doubt, such related changes shall not include a reduction of the Applicable Rate). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.02, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Administrative

 

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Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date notice of such alternate rate of interest is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Majority in Interest of Lenders of each Class stating that such Required Lenders object to such amendment. Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this clause (b) (but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii) of the first sentence of this Section 2.14(b), only to the extent the LIBO Screen Rate for the applicable currency and such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), (x) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be ineffective and (y) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing, (1) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing and (2) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, such request shall be ineffective; provided that, if such alternate rate of interest shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs.

(a) If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or any Issuing Bank;

(ii) impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or

(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes and (B) Excluded Taxes) in respect of its loans, letters of credit, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as applicable, for such additional costs or expenses incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has had or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then, from time to time upon the request of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section and the calculation thereof shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.

 

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(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or expenses incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions and of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no Lender shall demand compensation for any increased cost or reduction pursuant to this Section unless such Lender has certified in writing to the Borrower that it is the general policy or practice of such Lender to demand such compensation in similar circumstances from similarly-situated borrowers.

SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (whether or not such notice may be revoked in accordance with the terms hereof) or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19(b) or 9.02(c), then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurocurrency Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate, as the case may be, that would have been applicable to such Loan (but not including the Applicable Rate applicable thereto), for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the London interbank market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section, and showing the calculation thereof, shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.17. Taxes.

(a) Payment Free of Taxes. All payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.17) the applicable Lender (or, in the case of a payment made to the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

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(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

(c) Evidence of Payment. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.17, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(d) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.17) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(e) Status of Lenders. (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax with respect to payments made under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.17(e)(ii)(A), 2.17(e)(ii)(B) or 2.17(e)(ii)(D)) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding Tax;

(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), two of whichever of the following is applicable:

(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to such tax treaty;

(2) executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

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(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10-percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code that no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E; or

(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Lender is a partnership, or is a participating Lender), executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 or Exhibit J-3, IRS Form W-9 and/or another certification document from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-4 on behalf of each such direct or indirect partner;

(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from, or a reduction in, U.S. Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(D) if a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA and to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the Effective Date.

Each Lender agrees that if any documentation it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such documentation or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.17, a Lender shall not be required to provide any documentation pursuant to this Section 2.17(e) that such Lender is not legally eligible to provide.

Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to deliver to the Loan Parties and to any successor Administrative Agent any documentation provided by such Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.17(e).

 

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(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.17 (including by the payment of additional amounts paid pursuant to this Section 2.17), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, in no event will any indemnified party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph the payment of which would place such indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted or withheld and the indemnification payments or additional amounts in respect of such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

(g) For purposes of this Section 2.17, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank.

SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs; Application of Proceeds.

(a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time), on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without any defense, setoff, recoupment or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to such account or accounts as may be specified by the Administrative Agent, except that payments required to be made directly to any Issuing Bank shall be so made, payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payment received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder of principal or interest in respect of any Loan or LC Disbursement shall, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, be made in the currency of such Loan or LC Disbursement; all other payments hereunder and under each other Loan Document shall be made in dollars.

(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.

(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans, Term Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans, Term Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall notify the Administrative Agent of such fact and shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans, Term Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the aggregate amount of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans, Term Loans and participations in LC Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment

 

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giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any Eligible Assignee, to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof in a transaction that complies with the terms of Section 9.04(e) or (f), as applicable. The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. For purposes of clause (b) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes”, a Lender that acquires a participation pursuant to this Section 2.18(c) shall be treated as having acquired such participation on the earlier date on which such Lender acquired the applicable interest in the commitment and/or Loan to which such participation relates.

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of any of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption and in its sole discretion, distribute to the applicable Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as applicable, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the applicable Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as applicable, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06(a) or (b), 2.17(e), 2.18(d) or 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations in respect of such payment until all such unsatisfied obligations have been discharged and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

(f) All proceeds of Collateral and all other amounts received by the Administrative Agent after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and all or any portion of the Loans shall have been accelerated hereunder pursuant to Section 7.01, shall, upon election by the Administrative Agent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, be applied, first, on a pro rata basis, to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense reimbursements then due to the Administrative Agent, second, to pay interest due and payable in respect of any Loans, on a pro rata basis, third, to the payment of any other Obligation due to the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party on a pro rata basis, and fourth, to the Borrower or as the Borrower shall direct.

SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if any Loan Party is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use commercially reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign and delegate its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment and delegation (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not be inconsistent with its internal policies or otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment and delegation.

 

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(b) If (i) any Lender has requested compensation under Section 2.15, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, (iii) any Lender has become a Defaulting Lender or (iv) any Lender has become a Declining Lender under Section 2.22, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (or, in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from a Lender having become a Declining Lender, all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as a Lender of the applicable Class with respect to which such Lender is a Declining Lender) to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment and delegation); provided that (A) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, each Issuing Bank), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder (including, if applicable, the prepayment fee pursuant to Section 2.11(g) (with such assignment being deemed to be an optional prepayment for purposes of determining the applicability of such Section)) (if applicable, in each case only to the extent such amounts relate to its interest as a Lender of a particular Class) from the assignee (in the case of such principal and accrued interest and fees (other than any fee payable pursuant to Section 2.11(g))) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts (including any fee payable pursuant to Section 2.11(g))), (C) the Borrower or such assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in Section 9.04(b), (D) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments and (E) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver or consent by such Lender or otherwise (including as a result of any action taken by such Lender under paragraph (a) above), the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation have ceased to apply.

SECTION 2.20. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a) in the case of a Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Lender, commitment fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Revolving Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a);

(b) the Loans and Commitments of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided that any amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, require the consent of such Defaulting Lender in accordance with the terms hereof;

(c) in the case of a Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Lender, if any LC Exposure exists at the time such Revolving Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then:

(i) all or any part of the LC Exposure (other than any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements with respect to which such Defaulting Lender shall have funded its participation as contemplated by Sections 2.05(e) and 2.05(f)) of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent that the sum of all Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure does not exceed the sum of all Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Commitments; provided that no reallocation under this clause (ii) shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Revolving Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Revolving Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation;

 

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(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Banks the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure that has not been reallocated in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05(i) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;

(iii) if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay participation fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(b) with respect to such portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure for so long as such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized;

(iv) if any portion of the LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.12(a) and 2.12(b) shall be adjusted to give effect to such reallocation; and

(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of any Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all participation fees payable under Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Banks (and allocated among them ratably based on the amount of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by each Issuing Bank) until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and

(d) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, in the case of a Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Lender, no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding LC Exposure will be fully covered by the Revolving Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders and/or cash collateral provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.20(c), and participating interests in any such issued, amended, renewed or extended Letter of Credit will be allocated among the Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.20(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

In the event that (i) a Bankruptcy Event or a Bail-In Action with respect to a direct or indirect parent company of a Lender shall occur following the Effective Date and for so long as such Bankruptcy Event or Bail-In Action shall continue or (ii) any applicable Issuing Bank has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, such Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, unless such Issuing Bank shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or the applicable Revolving Lender, satisfactory to such Issuing Bank to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.

In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each applicable Issuing Bank each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused the applicable Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the LC Exposure of the Revolving Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Loans of the other Revolving Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Revolving Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided further that, except as otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from a Defaulting Lender to a non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

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SECTION 2.21. Incremental Extensions of Credit.

(a) At any time and from time to time, commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the Latest Maturity Date, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders), request (i) to add one or more additional tranches of term loans or increase any existing tranche of term loans (the “Incremental Term Loans”) or (ii) solely during the Revolving Availability Period, one or more increases in the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments (each such increase, a “Revolving Commitment Increase” and, together with the Incremental Term Loans, the “Incremental Facilities” and the Incremental Facilities together with any Alternative Incremental Facility Debt, the “Incremental Extensions of Credit”), in an aggregate principal amount, when taken together with the principal amount of any Alternative Incremental Facility Debt incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(p), not to exceed (v) $115,000,000 (less the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Extensions of Credit incurred pursuant to this Section 2.21(a) and any Alternative Incremental Facility Debt incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(p) prior the date of such incurrence), plus (w) an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Commitment Increases that are incurred to replace Non-Consenting Lenders pursuant to Section 9.02(c) in an amount equal to the Revolving Commitments held by such Non-Consenting Lenders, plus (x) the aggregate principal amount of Loans and/or Commitments hereunder that are refinanced with an Incremental Facility with a longer dated maturity, plus (y) to the extent not financed using the proceeds of Long-Term Indebtedness, (i) the principal amount of any permanent reductions of the Revolving Commitments and (ii) the principal amount of any voluntary prepayments, buy-backs and repurchases of any Class of Term Loans, plus (z) an additional amount if, after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional amount and the application of the proceeds therefrom (and assuming that the full amount of such Incremental Extensions of Credit has been funded on such date) (i) in the case of any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with any Lien on the Collateral securing the Loan Document Obligations, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, determined on a Pro Forma Basis as of such date, is equal to or less than 1.50 to 1.00 (but, for this purpose, determined without deduction of any cash proceeds received by the Borrower from the incurrence of such Incremental Extension of Credit) or (ii) in the case of any Indebtedness that is unsecured, the Total Leverage Ratio, determined on a Pro Forma Basis as of such date is equal to or less than 3.50 to 1.00 (but, for this purpose, determined without deduction of any cash proceeds received by the Borrower from the incurrence of such Incremental Extension of Credit) (it being understood that (1) Incremental Facilities may be incurred under one or more of clauses (v), (w), (x), (y) and/or (z) above as selected by the Borrower in its sole discretion, and (2) if any Incremental Facilities are to be incurred under both clause (z) above and one or more of clauses (v), (w), (x) and (y) above in connection with a single transaction or series of related but substantially concurrent transactions, then the maximum amount available of Incremental Facilities (or portion of Incremental Facilities) to be incurred under clause (z) shall first be determined by calculating the incurrence under such clause (z) without giving effect to any Incremental Facilities (or portion of any Incremental Facilities) incurred (or to be incurred) under clauses (v), (w), (x) and (y) above and after such maximum amount under clause (z) has been determined, the amount of Incremental Facilities (or portion of Incremental Facilities) incurred (or to be incurred) under clauses (v), (w), (x) and (y) shall be determined); provided that, upon the effectiveness of each Incremental Facility Amendment, (A) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or shall result therefrom (provided that in the event the proceeds of any Incremental Extension of Credit are used to finance any investment, acquisition, repayment of indebtedness or restricted payment permitted hereunder that requires an irrevocable prepayment or redemption notice, such condition precedent related to the absence of any Event of Default shall be that no Event of Default of the type set forth in Section 7.01(a), (b), (h) or (i) shall have occurred and be continuing), (B) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party, as applicable, set forth in the Loan Documents would be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects) on and as of the date of, and immediately after giving effect to, the incurrence of such Incremental Extension of Credit (provided that in the event the proceeds of any Incremental Extension of Credit are used to finance any investment permitted hereunder, such condition precedent related to the making and accuracy of such representations and warranties may be waived or limited as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Incremental Extension of Credit, without the consent of any other Lenders) and (C) the Borrower shall have delivered a certificate of a Financial Officer to the effect set forth in clauses (A) and (B) above, together with reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with clause (z) above (which calculations shall, if made as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which the Borrower has not delivered to the Administrative Agent the financial statements and certificate of a Financial Officer required to be delivered by Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) and Section 5.01(c), respectively, be accompanied by

 

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a reasonably detailed calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant period). Each Class of Incremental Term Loans, and each Revolving Commitment Increase, shall be in an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $10,000,000; provided that such amount may be less than $10,000,000 if such amount represents all the remaining availability under the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Extensions of Credit set forth above.

(b) The Incremental Facilities (i) shall rank pari passu in right of payment with the Obligations in respect of the Revolving Commitments and the Initial Term Loans and may be secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations in respect of the Revolving Commitment and the Initial Term Loans, or may be unsecured and (ii) other than amortization, pricing and maturity date, shall be on terms and subject to conditions as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing the applicable Incremental Extension of Credit (other than a Revolving Commitment Increase which shall have terms is set forth in clause (D) to the proviso below) and, to the extent such terms (other than with respect to maturity, amortization and pricing) are inconsistent with those governing the Initial Term Loans (in the case of Incremental Term Loans), reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that, (A) with respect to any Incremental Term Loans that are secured on a pari passu basis with the Loan Document Obligations and that are incurred on or prior to the date that is twelve (12) months after the Effective Date, if the Weighted Average Yield relating to such Incremental Term Loans exceeds the Weighted Average Yield relating to any Class of existing Initial Term Loans (after giving effect to any amendments to the applicable margin on such Class of existing Term Loans prior to the time that such Incremental Term Loans are made) immediately prior to the effectiveness of the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment by more than 0.50% per annum, then the Applicable Rate relating to such Class of existing Term Loans shall be adjusted so that the Weighted Average Yield relating to such Incremental Term Loans shall not exceed the Weighted Average Yield relating to such Class of existing Initial Term Loans by more than 0.50% per annum, (B) any Incremental Term Loan shall not have (1) a final maturity date earlier than the Initial Term Maturity Date or (2) a weighted average life to maturity that is shorter than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the then-remaining Initial Term Loans (determined without giving effect to any prepayments or AHYDO Catch-Up Payments), (C) any Incremental Term Loans may provide for the ability to participate (i) on a pro rata basis or non-pro rata basis in any voluntary prepayments of the Term Loans and (ii) on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis other than in the case of prepayment with Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness) in any mandatory prepayments of Term Loans, and (D) any Revolving Commitment Increase shall have the same terms as the then existing Revolving Commitments.

(c) Each notice from the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Facility. Any additional bank, financial institution, existing Lender or other Person that elects to extend a commitment pursuant to any Incremental Facility shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of any Revolving Commitment Increase, each applicable Issuing Bank) (any such bank, financial institution, existing Lender or other Person being called an “Additional Lender”) and, if not already a Lender, shall become a Lender under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Facility Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrower, such Additional Lender and the Administrative Agent. No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Facility unless it so agrees. Commitments in respect of any Incremental Facility shall become Commitments (or in the case of any Revolving Commitment Increase to be provided by an existing Revolving Lender, an increase in such Lender’s Revolving Commitment) under this Agreement upon the effectiveness of the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment. An Incremental Facility Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders (but, for the avoidance of doubt, with the consent of the Borrower), effect such amendments to this Agreement or to any other Loan Document as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section (including to provide for voting provisions applicable to the Additional Lenders comparable to the provisions of clause (B) of the third proviso of Section 9.02(b)). The effectiveness of any Incremental Facility Amendment shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Additional Lenders, be subject to the satisfaction on the effective date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 (it being understood and agreed that all references to a Borrowing in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 shall be deemed to refer to the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment).

 

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(d) On the date of effectiveness of any Revolving Commitment Increase, (i) the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding (the “Existing Revolving Borrowings”) immediately prior to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase shall be deemed to be repaid, (ii) each Revolving Commitment Increase Lender that shall have had a Revolving Commitment prior to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase shall pay to the Administrative Agent in same day funds an amount equal to the amount, if any, by which (A) (1) such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Resulting Revolving Borrowings (as hereinafter defined) exceeds (B) (1) such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Revolving Borrowings, (iii) each Revolving Commitment Increase Lender that shall not have had a Revolving Commitment prior to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase shall pay to Administrative Agent in same day funds an amount equal to (1) such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Resulting Revolving Borrowings, (iv) after the Administrative Agent receives the funds specified in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, the Administrative Agent shall pay to each Revolving Lender the portion of such funds that is equal to the amount, if any, by which (A) (1) such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Revolving Borrowings, exceeds (B) (1) such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Resulting Revolving Borrowings, (v) after the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase, the Borrower shall be deemed to have made new Revolving Borrowings (the “Resulting Revolving Borrowings”) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Revolving Borrowings and of the Types and for the Interest Periods specified in a Borrowing Request delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.03 (and the Borrower shall deliver such Borrowing Request), (vi) each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to hold its Applicable Percentage of each Resulting Revolving Borrowing (calculated after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase) and (vii) the Borrower shall pay each Revolving Lender any and all accrued but unpaid interest on its Loans comprising the Existing Revolving Borrowings. The deemed payments of the Existing Revolving Borrowings made pursuant to clause (i) above shall be subject to compensation by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 if the date of the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase occurs other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto. Upon each Revolving Commitment Increase pursuant to this Section, each Revolving Lender immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Revolving Commitment Increase Lender, and each such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit, such that after giving effect to such Revolving Commitment Increase and each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and held by each Revolving Lender (including each such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender) will equal such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage.

SECTION 2.22. Extension of Maturity Date.

(a) The Borrower may, by delivery of a written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver a copy thereof to each of the Lenders of the applicable Class) not less than 30 days prior to the then-existing Maturity Date for the applicable Class of Commitments and/or Loans hereunder to be extended (the “Existing Maturity Date”), request that the Lenders of such class extend the Existing Maturity Date in accordance with this Section (each such request, a “Maturity Date Extension Request”). Each Maturity Date Extension Request shall (i) specify the applicable Class of Commitments and/or Loans hereunder to be extended, (ii) specify the date to which the applicable Maturity Date is sought to be extended, (iii) specify the changes, if any, to the Applicable Rate to be applied in determining the interest payable on the Loans of, and fees payable hereunder to, Consenting Lenders (as defined below) in respect of that portion of their Commitments and/or Loans extended to such new Maturity Date and the time as of which such changes will become effective (which may be prior to the Existing Maturity Date) and (iv) specify any other amendments or modifications to this Agreement to be effected in connection with such Maturity Date Extension Request; provided that no such changes or modifications requiring approvals pursuant to the provisos to Section 9.02(b) shall become effective prior to the Existing Maturity Date unless such other

 

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approvals have been obtained. In the event a Maturity Date Extension Request shall have been delivered by the Borrower, each Lender shall have the right to agree to the extension of the Existing Maturity Date and other matters contemplated thereby on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (each Lender agreeing to the Maturity Date Extension Request being referred to herein as a “Consenting Lender” and each Lender not agreeing thereto being referred to herein as a “Declining Lender”), which right may be exercised by written notice thereof, delivered to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) not later than a day to be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent following the date on which the Maturity Date Extension Request shall have been delivered by the Borrower (it being understood and agreed that any Lender that shall have failed to exercise such right as set forth above shall be deemed to be a Declining Lender). If a Lender elects to extend only a portion of its then existing Commitment and/or Loans, it will be deemed for purposes hereof to be a Consenting Lender in respect of such extended portion and a Declining Lender in respect of the remaining portion of its Commitment and/or Loans, and the aggregate principal amount of each Type and currency of Loans of the applicable Class of such Lender shall be allocated ratably among the extended and non-extended portions of the Loans of such Lender based on the aggregate principal amount of such Loans so extended and not extended. If Consenting Lenders shall have agreed to such Maturity Date Extension Request in respect of Commitments and/or Loans held by them, then, subject to paragraph (d) of this Section, on the effective date thereof (the “Extension Effective Date”), (i) the Existing Maturity Date of the applicable Commitments and/or Loans shall, as to the Consenting Lenders, be extended to such date as shall be specified therein and (ii) the terms and conditions of the applicable Commitments and/or Loans of the Consenting Lenders (including interest and fees (including Letter of Credit fees) payable in respect thereof) shall be modified as agreed by the Borrower, the Consenting Lenders and the Administrative Agent.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall have the right, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.19(b) and 9.04, at any time prior to the Existing Maturity Date, to replace a Declining Lender with a Lender or other financial institution that will agree to such Maturity Date Extension Request, and any such replacement Lender shall for all purposes constitute a Consenting Lender in respect of the Commitment and/or Loans assigned to and assumed by it on and after the effective time of such replacement.

(c) If a Maturity Date Extension Request has become effective hereunder:

(i) solely in respect of a Maturity Date Extension Request that has become effective in respect of the Revolving Commitments, not later than the fifth Business Day prior to the Existing Maturity Date, the Borrower shall make prepayments of Revolving Loans and shall provide cash collateral in respect of Letters of Credit in the manner set forth in Section 2.05(i), such that, after giving effect to such prepayments and such provision of cash collateral, the Total Revolving Exposure as of such date will not exceed the Revolving Commitments of the Consenting Lenders extended pursuant to this Section (and the Borrower shall not be permitted thereafter to request any Revolving Loan or any issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit if, after giving effect thereto, the Total Revolving Exposure would exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments so extended);

(ii) solely in respect of a Maturity Date Extension Request that has become effective in respect of the Revolving Commitments, on the Existing Maturity Date, the Revolving Commitment of each Declining Lender shall, to the extent not assumed, assigned or transferred as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, terminate, and the Borrower shall repay all the Revolving Loans of each Declining Lender, to the extent such Loans shall not have been so purchased, assigned and transferred, in each case together with accrued and unpaid interest and all fees and other amounts owing to such Declining Lender hereunder, it being understood and agreed that, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02, such repayments may be funded with the proceeds of new Revolving Borrowings made simultaneously with such repayments, which such Revolving Borrowings shall be made ratably by the Consenting Lenders in accordance with their extended Revolving Commitments; and

(iii) solely in respect of a Maturity Date Extension Request that has become effective in respect of a Class of Term Loans, on the Existing Maturity Date, the Borrower shall repay all the Loans of such Class of each Declining Lender, to the extent such Loans shall not have been so purchased, assigned and transferred, in each case together with accrued and unpaid interest and all fees and other amounts owing to such Declining Lender hereunder, it being understood and agreed that, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02, such repayments may be funded with the proceeds of new Revolving Borrowings made simultaneously with such repayments.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Maturity Date Extension Request shall become effective hereunder unless, on the Extension Effective Date, the conditions set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied (with all references in such Section to a Borrowing being deemed to be references to such Maturity Date Extension Request) and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, it is hereby agreed that no extension of an Existing Maturity Date in accordance with the express terms of this Section, or any amendment or modification of the terms and conditions of the Commitments and the Loans of the Consenting Lenders effected pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to (i) violate the last sentence of Section 2.08(c) or Section 2.18(b) or 2.18(c) or any other provision of this Agreement requiring the ratable reduction of Commitments or the ratable sharing of payments or (ii) require the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders under Section 9.02(b).

(f) The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders may enter into an amendment to this Agreement to effect such modifications as may be necessary to reflect the terms of any Maturity Date Extension Request that has become effective in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

SECTION 2.23. Refinancing Facilities.

(a) The Borrower may, on one or more occasions, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, (A) obtain Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace, repurchase, retire or refinance, in whole or in part, any Class or Classes of existing Term Loans as selected by the Borrower or (B) obtain Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace, repurchase, retire or refinance, in whole or in part, the existing Revolving Commitments. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “Refinancing Effective Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness or Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness shall be made, which shall be a date not less than five Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that:

(i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of incurrence of such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness or Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness;

(ii) substantially concurrently with the incurrence of such (x) Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness, the Borrower shall repay or prepay then outstanding Term Borrowings of the applicable Class (together with any accrued but unpaid interest thereon and any prepayment premium with respect thereto) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness, and any such prepayment of Term Borrowings of such Class shall be applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of Term Borrowings of such Class to be made pursuant to Section 2.09(a) ratably and (y) Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness, the Borrower shall terminate the applicable Revolving Commitments being refinanced and repay the applicable outstanding Revolving Loans, and

(iii) such notice shall set forth, with respect to the Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness or Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness established thereby in the form of Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments, as applicable, to the extent applicable, the following terms thereof: (a) the designation of such Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments as a new “Class” for all purposes hereof, (b) the stated termination and maturity dates applicable to the Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments of such Class, (c) amortization applicable thereto and the effect thereon of any prepayment of such Refinancing Term Loans, (d) the interest rate or rates applicable to the Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments of such Class, (e) the fees applicable to the Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments of such Class, (f) any original issue discount applicable thereto, (g) the initial Interest Period or Interest Periods applicable to Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Loans of such Class and (h) any voluntary or mandatory commitment reduction or prepayment requirements applicable to Refinancing Term Loans or

 

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Refinancing Revolving Commitments of such Class (which prepayment requirements may provide that such Refinancing Term Loans may participate in any mandatory prepayment on a pro rata basis with any Class of existing Term Loans, but may not provide for prepayment requirements that are materially more favorable to the Lenders holding such Refinancing Term Loans than to the Lenders holding such Class of Term Loans) and any restrictions on the voluntary or mandatory reductions or prepayments of Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments of such Class.

(b) Any Lender or any other Eligible Assignee approached by the Borrower to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness or Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide any Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness or Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness.

(c) Any Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments shall be established pursuant to a Refinancing Facility Agreement executed and delivered by the Borrower, each Refinancing Term Lender or Refinancing Revolving Lender, as applicable, providing such Refinancing Term Loan or Refinancing Revolving Commitment and the Administrative Agent, which shall be consistent with the provisions set forth in clause (a) above (but which shall not require the consent of any other Lender). Each Refinancing Facility Agreement shall be binding on the Lenders, the Loan Parties and the other parties hereto and may effect amendments to the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect provisions of this Section 2.23, including any amendments necessary to treat such Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments as a new “Class” of loans hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Refinancing Facility Agreement.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

The Borrower (with respect to itself and, where applicable, its respective Subsidiaries) represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, each of the Issuing Banks and each of the Lenders that:

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. The Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary (a) is duly organized, validly existing and, to the extent that such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, to the extent the failure of such Restricted Subsidiary to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) has all requisite power and authority, and the legal right, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and (c) except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and, to the extent that such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction, is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Due Execution and Delivery; Enforceability. Each Loan Party has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each Loan Document to which it is a party. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action and, if required, action by the holders of such Loan Party’s Equity Interests. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower or such Loan Party, as applicable, enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

 

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SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party (a) as of the date such Loan Document is executed, will not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except (i) filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents, (ii) consents, approvals, registrations or filings which have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect or (iii) where failure to obtain such consent or approval, or make such registration or filing, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not violate any Requirement of Law applicable to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (c) will not violate or result (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or their respective assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment, repurchase or redemption to be made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or give rise to a right of, or result in, termination, cancelation or acceleration of any obligation thereunder, except with respect to any violation, default, payment, repurchase, redemption, termination, cancellation or acceleration that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, except Liens created under the Loan Documents.

SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.

(a) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Administrative Agent the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, audited and reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants (without a “going concern” or like qualification, exception or statement and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit other than with respect to the Borrower’s internal controls over financial reporting for which an opinion as to effectiveness is not required). Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.

(b) No event, change or condition has occurred that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect since December 31, 2017.

SECTION 3.05. Properties.

(a) The Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary has good and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its property necessary for the conduct of its business (including the Mortgaged Properties), except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or as proposed to be conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes. All such property is free and clear of Liens, other than Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02.

(b) The Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary owns, or has secured the rights to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business as currently conducted or as are necessary at the time for its business as it is currently proposed to be conducted, and the operation of the respective businesses by the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except, in each case, for any such failures to own or have rights to use, or any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents or other intellectual property owned or used by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, threatened against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) As of the Effective Date, none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has received notice of, or has Knowledge of, any pending or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any Mortgaged Property or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu of condemnation. Neither any Mortgaged Property nor any interest therein is subject to any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to purchase such Mortgaged Property or interest therein.

 

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SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters.

(a) There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the Knowledge of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any business, property or rights (other than intellectual property rights, which are addressed in Section 3.05(b)) of any such Person (i) that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents.

(b) Except with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability, (iv) has any present or, to the Knowledge of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, past operations or properties subject to any federal, state or local investigation to determine whether any remedial action is needed to address any environmental pollution, Hazardous Material impacts or environmental clean-up, or (v) has any contingent liability with respect to any Release, environmental pollution or Hazardous Material impacts on any real property now or previously owned, leased or operated by it.

SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary is in compliance with all Requirements of Law, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.08. Anti-Terrorism Laws; Anti-Corruption Laws.

(a) To the extent applicable, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (ii) the USA PATRIOT Act.

(b) The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and to the Knowledge of the Borrower its directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (i) the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (ii) to the Knowledge of the Borrower, any agent of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Borrowing or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds or other Transactions will violate any Anti-Corruption Law or applicable Sanctions.

SECTION 3.09. Investment Company Status. None of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act.

SECTION 3.10. Federal Reserve Regulations. None of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors) or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation (including on the part of any Lender) of any of the regulations of the Board of Governors, including Regulations T, U and X.

SECTION 3.11. Taxes. Except to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary (a) has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed by it and (b) has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it (including in its capacity as a withholding agent), except where the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and where the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP.

 

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SECTION 3.12. ERISA.

(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715) would not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements of the Borrower, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan by an amount that, individually or in the aggregate together with all other Plans, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) None of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations), and to the Knowledge of the Borrower neither the execution, delivery or performance of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, including the making of any Loan and the issuance of any Letter of Credit hereunder, will give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

SECTION 3.13. Disclosure. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on or before the Effective Date in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, included herein or therein or furnished hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished and taken as a whole) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by it to be reasonable at the time so furnished and, if such projected financial information was furnished prior to the Effective Date, as of the Effective Date (it being understood and agreed that any such projected financial information may vary from actual results and that such variations may be material).

SECTION 3.14. Subsidiaries. As of the Effective Date, Schedule 3.14 sets forth the name of, and the ownership interest of the Borrower and each Subsidiary in, each Subsidiary and identifies each Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as of the Effective Date. As of the Effective Date, the Equity Interests in the Borrower and each Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and the Equity Interests in each Subsidiary are owned by the Borrower, directly or indirectly, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created under the Loan Documents and any Liens permitted by Section 6.02). Except as set forth in Schedule 3.14, as of the Effective Date, there is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party requiring, and there are no Equity Interests in any Subsidiary outstanding that upon exercise, conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any additional Equity Interests or other securities exercisable for, convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribed for or purchase any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

SECTION 3.15. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans and of Letters of Credit will be used by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 5.11.

SECTION 3.16. Labor Matters. As of the Effective Date, except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns or any other material labor disputes against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pending or, to the Knowledge of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, threatened and (ii) there are no unfair labor practice complaints pending against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or, to the Knowledge of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations Board or other Governmental Authority.

 

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SECTION 3.17. Solvency. As of the Effective Date, immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date, the (a) fair value of the assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, at a fair valuation, will exceed their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, (b) present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (c) Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured and (d) Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which they are engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted following the Effective Date. For purposes of this Section, the amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

SECTION 3.18. Collateral Matters.

(a) The Collateral Agreement will create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral (as defined therein) and (i) when such Collateral constituting certificated securities (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) is delivered to the Administrative Agent, together with instruments of transfer duly endorsed in blank, the security interest created under the Collateral Agreement will constitute a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the pledgors thereunder in such Collateral, prior and superior in right to any other Person, and (ii) when financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the applicable filing offices, the security interest created under the Collateral Agreement will constitute a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the remaining Collateral (as defined therein) (subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 3.18) to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, prior and superior to the Lien of any other Person, except for Liens permitted under Section 6.02.

(b) Each Mortgage, upon execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto, will create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in all the applicable mortgagor’s right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Properties subject thereto and the proceeds thereof, and when the Mortgages have been filed in the jurisdictions specified therein, the Mortgages will constitute a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the mortgagors in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, prior and superior in right to any other Person, but subject to Liens permitted under Section 6.02.

(c) Upon the recordation of the Collateral Agreement (or a short-form security agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, and the filing of the financing statements referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section, the security interest created under the Collateral Agreement will constitute a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) in which a security interest may be perfected by filing in the United States of America, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, but subject to Liens permitted under Section 6.02 (it being understood and agreed that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a security interest in such Intellectual Property acquired by the Loan Parties after the Effective Date).

(d) Each Security Document delivered after the Effective Date will, upon execution and delivery thereof, be effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, all of the Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Collateral thereunder, and (i) when all appropriate filings or recordings are made in the appropriate offices as may be required under applicable law and (ii) upon the taking of possession or control by the Administrative Agent of such Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected only by possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to the Administrative Agent to the extent required by any Security Document), such Security Document will constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral, in each case subject to no Liens other than Liens permitted under Section 6.02.

 

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SECTION 3.19. EEA Financial Institutions. No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions

SECTION 4.01. Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto or thereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement and each other Loan Document (excluding the Mortgages, which shall be delivered in accordance with Section 5.15) signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include facsimile transmission or other electronic imaging of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and each other Loan Document (excluding the Mortgages, which shall be delivered in accordance with Section 5.15).

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) of each of Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and Hall Estill, special counsel in Oklahoma for the Borrower and each such Restricted Subsidiary organized under the laws of Oklahoma, (A) dated as of the Effective Date and (B) covering such matters relating to the Loan Parties (as applicable) or the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of each Loan Party, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties or the Loan Documents, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by a Financial Officer or the President or a Vice President of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 (after giving effect to the consummation of the Spin-Off).

(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced at least two Business Days prior to the Effective Date, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by any Loan Party hereunder, under any other Loan Document or under any other agreement entered into by any of the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the one hand, and any of the Loan Parties, on the other hand; provided that such amounts may be offset against the proceeds of the Term Loans.

(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received the financial statements and certificates referred to in Section 3.04(a).

(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, that has been requested at least ten Business Days prior to the Effective Date.

 

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(h) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been satisfied to the extent applicable and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have a valid and perfected security interest in the Collateral of the type and priority described in each Security Document, except as otherwise set forth in the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or Section 5.15. The Administrative Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Effective Date and signed by a Financial Officer or legal officer of the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, including (i) the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent) filings made with respect to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate, (ii) the results of searches of the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, (iii) copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search and (iv) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated by such financing statements (or similar documents) are permitted by Section 6.02 or have been or will contemporaneously with the initial funding of the Loans on the Effective Date be released or terminated.

(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received the certificates of insurance with respect to the insurance required by Section 5.07 and the Security Documents.

(j) The Lenders shall have received a certificate from a Financial Officer of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit L, certifying as to the solvency of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby.

(k) Immediately after giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have outstanding any Indebtedness, other than (i) Indebtedness incurred under the Loan Documents, (ii) the Senior Unsecured Notes and (iii) other Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01.

(l) The Senior Unsecured Notes shall have been issued with a gross aggregate principal amount of no less than $300,000,000, and the Net Proceeds of such issuance shall have been deposited into escrow.

(m) The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent the notice required by Section 2.03.

(n) The Borrower shall have made the Effective Date Dover Payment substantially concurrently with the initial funding hereunder and the Spin-Off shall have been consummated prior to or substantially concurrently with the initial funding hereunder.

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.

SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Banks to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to receipt of the request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects, as applicable) as of such earlier date.

(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

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(c) The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent the notice required by Section 2.03.

Each Borrowing (provided that a conversion or a continuation of a Borrowing shall not constitute a “Borrowing” for purposes of this Section 4.02) and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 4.02.

ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

From and including the Effective Date and until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees, expenses other amounts (other than contingent amounts not yet due) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and the other Loan Document Obligations shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit (other than those collateralized or back-stopped on terms reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank) shall have expired or been terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent, which shall furnish to each Lender, the following:

(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year (or such later date as Form 10-K is required to be filed with the SEC taking into account any extension granted by the SEC, provided that the Borrower gives the Administrative Agent notice of any such extension), its audited consolidated balance sheet and audited consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal year, and related notes thereto, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification, exception or statement (other than with respect to, or resulting from, the regularly scheduled maturity of the Revolving Commitments, the Term Loans or other Indebtedness or any anticipated inability to satisfy any financial covenant set forth in this Agreement on a future date or future period) and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit other than with respect to internal controls over financial reporting for which an opinion as to effectiveness is not required) to the effect that such financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the end of and for such fiscal year and accompanied by a management’s discussion and analysis describing the financial position, results of operations and cash flow of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (for the avoidance of doubt, the delivery of a filed Form 10-K by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to satisfy the delivery requirement of management’s discussion and analysis required by this Section 5.01(a));

(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (or such later date as Form 10-Q of the Borrower is required to be filed with the SEC taking into account any extension granted by the SEC, provided that the Borrower gives the Administrative Agent notice of any such extension), its unaudited consolidated balance sheet and unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the then-current fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and such portion of the then-current fiscal year in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes, and accompanied by a management’s discussion and analysis describing the financial position, results of operations and cash flow of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (for the avoidance of doubt, the delivery of a filed Form 10-K by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to satisfy the delivery requirement of management’s discussion and analysis required by this Section 5.01(b));

 

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(c) within ten (10) days after the earlier of (i) the date of the actual or deemed delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above and (ii) the due date for delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (A) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (B) setting forth (1) reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 6.12 and 6.13 on a Pro Forma Basis and (2) in the case of financial statements delivered under clause (a) above, beginning with the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, reasonably detailed calculations of Excess Cash Flow, (C) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the later of the date of the Borrower’s audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and the date of the prior certificate delivered pursuant to this clause (c) indicating such a change and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate and (D) at any time when there is any Unrestricted Subsidiary, including as an attachment with respect to each such financial statement, an Unrestricted Subsidiary Reconciliation Statement (except to the extent that the information required thereby is separately provided with the public filing of such financial statement);

(d) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, a detailed consolidated budget for such fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statements of projected operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal year and setting forth the assumptions used for purposes of preparing such budget) and, promptly when available, any significant revisions of such budget;

(e) promptly after the request by any Lender, all documentation and other information that such Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act;

(f) promptly after the same becomes publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with the SEC or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to the holders of its Equity Interests generally, as applicable; and

(g) promptly following any request therefor, but subject to the limitations set forth in the proviso to the last sentence of Section 5.09 and Section 9.12, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs, assets, liabilities (including contingent liabilities) and financial condition of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may reasonably request.

Information required to be furnished pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (g) of this Section shall be deemed to have been furnished if such information, or one or more annual or quarterly reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on the Platform or shall be available on the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Information required to be furnished pursuant to this Section may also be furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.

The Borrower shall conduct quarterly conference calls that the Lenders may attend to discuss the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) and Section 5.01(b), at a date and time to be determined by the Borrower with reasonable advance notice to the Administrative Agent (provided that the requirement of this call may be satisfied by Borrower’s hosting of its quarterly earnings call for investors).

 

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SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent, which shall furnish to each Issuing Bank and each Lender, prompt written notice of the following:

(a) the occurrence of any Default;

(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or, to the Knowledge of the Borrower, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any adverse development in any such pending action, suit or proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, that in each case could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that in any manner questions the validity of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and

(c) any other development (including notice of any matter or event that could give rise to an Environmental Liability or ERISA Event) that has resulted, or could reasonably be expected to result, in a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a written statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.03. Information Regarding Collateral.

(a) The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt (and in any event within 30 days) written notice of any change (i) in any Loan Party’s legal name, as set forth in such Loan Party’s organizational documents, (ii) in the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of any Loan Party, (iii) in the form of organization of any Loan Party or (iv) in any Loan Party’s organizational identification number, if any, or, with respect to a Loan Party organized under the laws of a jurisdiction that requires such information to be set forth on the face of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement, the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number of such Loan Party. The Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the preceding sentence and shall, and shall cause the other Loan Parties to, take all action necessary to maintain the perfection and priority of the security interest of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral, if applicable.

(b) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed Supplemental Perfection Certificate (i) setting forth the information required pursuant to the Supplemental Perfection Certificate and indicating, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, any changes in such information from the most recent Supplemental Perfection Certificate delivered pursuant to this Section (or, prior to the first delivery of a Supplemental Perfection Certificate, from the Perfection Certificate delivered on the Effective Date) or (ii) certifying that there has been no change in such information from the most recent Supplemental Perfection Certificate delivered pursuant to this Section (or, prior to the first delivery of a Supplemental Perfection Certificate, from the Perfection Certificate delivered on the Effective Date).

SECTION 5.04. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (a) preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and (b) take all reasonable action to maintain the rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names and other intellectual property necessary for the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit (i) any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03 or (ii) the Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries from allowing its respective immaterial patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names and other intellectual property to lapse, expire or become abandoned in the ordinary course of business or its reasonable business judgment, as applicable.

SECTION 5.05. Payment of Taxes. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay its Tax liabilities before the same shall become delinquent or in default (including in its capacity as a withholding agent), except where (a) (i) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (ii) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or (b) the failure to make payment would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 5.06. Maintenance of Properties. Except if failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property necessary for the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

SECTION 5.07. Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts (with no greater risk retention) and against such risks as is customarily maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations. Each such policy of liability or property insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Loan Parties will (a) in the case of each liability insurance policy (other than workers’ compensation, director and officer liability or other policies in which such endorsements are not customary), name the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as an additional insured thereunder, (b) in the case of each property insurance policy, contain a lender’s loss payable or mortgagee clause or endorsement, as applicable, that names the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as the lender’s loss payee and mortgagee, as applicable, thereunder and (c) provide for at least 30 days’ (or such shorter number of days as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of any cancellation of such policy. If any portion of any Mortgaged Property is at any time located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the Flood Insurance Laws, then the Borrower shall, or shall cause each Loan Party to, (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws, (ii) cooperate with the Administrative Agent and provide information reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to comply with the Flood Insurance Laws and (iii) deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence of such compliance in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, evidence of annual renewals of such insurance.

SECTION 5.08. Environmental.

(a) Environmental Disclosure. The Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent:

(i) promptly after the Borrower’s obtaining written information confirming the occurrence thereof, written notice describing in reasonable detail (A) any Release occurring during the term hereof at any Facility that is required to be reported by either the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Governmental Authority under any Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (B) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower’s discovery of any Hazardous Material condition on any real property adjoining or in the vicinity of any Facility that reasonably could be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;

(ii) as soon as practicable following the sending or receipt thereof by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, a copy of material written non-privileged communications with respect to (A) any Environmental Claims that, individually or in the aggregate, are reasonably expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect and (B) any Release required to be reported by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Governmental Authority that reasonably could be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(iii) prompt written notice describing in reasonable detail any acquisition of stock, assets, or property by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to expose the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, or result in, Environmental Claims that could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and

(iv) with reasonable promptness, such other non-privileged documents and information as from time to time may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in relation to any matters disclosed pursuant to this Section 5.08(a).

 

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(b) Hazardous Materials Activities, Etc. The Borrower shall promptly take, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries promptly to take, any and all actions necessary to (i) cure any violation of Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) make an appropriate response to any Environmental Claim, in each case, where failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.09. Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and accounts in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times during normal business hours upon reasonable prior notice to the Borrower, but no more often than two times during any calendar year; provided that none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Requirement of Law or any binding agreement or (iii) that is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product.

SECTION 5.10. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will take reasonable action to cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply with all Requirements of Law (including Environmental Laws) with respect to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

SECTION 5.11. Use of Proceeds; Letters of Credit. The proceeds of the Initial Term Loans, together with the proceeds of the Senior Unsecured Notes and cash on hand, will be used solely for the payment of (i) fees and expenses payable in connection with the Transactions and (ii) the Effective Date Dover Payment. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans, as well as the proceeds of any Incremental Extension of Credit (unless otherwise provided in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment) will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes (including acquisitions permitted by this Agreement) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used in violation of the representation set forth in Section 3.10. Letters of Credit will be used by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for general corporate purposes, including to replace or provide credit support for any Existing Letters of Credit as of the Effective Date.

SECTION 5.12. Additional Subsidiaries.

(a) If any additional Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or otherwise becomes a Designated Subsidiary) after the Effective Date, then the Borrower will, as promptly as practicable and, in any event, within 30 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably, may agree to in writing (including electronic mail)) after such Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or otherwise becomes a Designated Subsidiary), notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, to the extent applicable, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Designated Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Designated Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party.

(b) The Borrower may at any time designate any wholly-owned U.S. Restricted Subsidiary as a Designated Subsidiary; provided that to the extent applicable, the Borrower will cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary within the time period and to the extent set forth in Section 5.12(a) as if such Restricted Subsidiary is a Person that becomes a Designated Subsidiary after the Effective Date.

 

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SECTION 5.13. Further Assurances.

(a) The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents), that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties. The Borrower also agrees to, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor to, provide to the Administrative Agent, from time to time upon request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.

(b) If any additional Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower is formed or acquired after the Effective Date, notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, within 5 Business Days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion, the Borrower shall cause (and shall cause the Guarantors to cause) the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to any Equity Interests in such Foreign Subsidiary (other than Excluded Equity) owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party.

(c) If, after the Effective Date, any Loan Party acquires any Material Real Property or any real property owned by any Loan Party becomes a Material Real Property, then such Loan Party shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, shall, within (90) days of such acquisition (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), cause such Material Real Property to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and will take such actions as shall be reasonably necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect or record such Lien, including the actions described in subsection (e) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.

(d) If any asset (other than any Material Real Property) that has an individual fair market value in excess of $10,000,000 is acquired by the Borrower or any Guarantor after the Effective Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under the Collateral Agreement that become subject to the Lien created by the Collateral Agreement upon acquisition thereof), the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and will take, and cause the Guarantors to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section, all at the expense of the Loan Parties.

SECTION 5.14. Credit Ratings. The Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Initial Term Loans made available under this Agreement to be continuously rated by S&P and Moody’s. The Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain a corporate rating from S&P and a corporate family rating from Moody’s, in each case in respect of the Borrower.

SECTION 5.15. Post-Effective Date Matters. The Borrower shall complete each of the following obligations and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent each of the following documents, instruments, agreements and information, on or before the date set forth for each such item thereon (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree), each of which shall be completed or provided in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (unless waived in accordance with Section 9.02):

(a) Within 60 days of the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received the insurance endorsements required by Section 5.07.

(b) Within two Business Days of the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received an original executed copy of the Global Intercompany Note.

(c) Within 120 days of the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received the Mortgages required pursuant to clause (e) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.

 

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SECTION 5.16. Designation of Subsidiaries. The Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (a) immediately before and after such designation, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such designation and (b) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it is a “restricted subsidiary” or a “guarantor” (or any similar designation) for any Material Indebtedness. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the parent company of such Subsidiary therein under Section 6.04(u) at the date of designation in an amount equal to the net book value of such parent company’s investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary, and the making of an Investment by such Subsidiary in any Investments of such Subsidiary, in each case existing at such time.

SECTION 5.17. Spin-Off Documents. No term or condition set forth in any Spin-Off Document shall be waived, amended or otherwise modified in a manner material and adverse to the rights or interests of the Lenders without the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees, expenses, other amounts (other than contingent amounts not yet due) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and the other Loan Document Obligations have been paid in full, and all Letters of Credit (other than those collateralized or back-stopped on terms reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank) have expired or been terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees (provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall prevent or restrict the consummation of any of the Transactions, nor shall the Transactions give rise to any Default, or constitute the utilization of any basket, under this Agreement (including this Article VI) or any other Loan Document) with the Lenders that:

SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents;

(b) (i) the Senior Unsecured Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $300,000,000 and (ii) Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes issued pursuant to clause (i) above (it being understood and agreed that, for purposes of this Section, any Indebtedness that is incurred for the purpose of repurchasing or redeeming any Senior Unsecured Notes (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) shall, if otherwise meeting the requirements set forth in the definition of the term “Refinancing Indebtedness,” be deemed to be Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes (or such Refinancing Indebtedness), and shall be permitted to be incurred and be in existence, notwithstanding that the proceeds of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be applied to make such repurchase or redemption of the Senior Unsecured Notes (or such Refinancing Indebtedness) immediately upon the incurrence thereof, if the proceeds of such Refinancing Indebtedness are applied to make such repurchase or redemption no later than 90 days following the date of the incurrence thereof);

(c) Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(d) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Restricted Subsidiary and of any Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the Borrower or any Guarantor shall be subject to Section 6.04 and (ii) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall, on and after the date that is ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, be subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

 

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(e) Guarantees by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary and by any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) the Indebtedness so Guaranteed is permitted by this Section (other than clause (c) or (g), (ii) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Guarantor of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subject to Section 6.04, (iii) if the Indebtedness so Guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations, Guarantees permitted under this clause (e) shall be subordinated to the Obligations to the same extent and on the same terms as the Indebtedness so Guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations and (iv) none of the Senior Unsecured Notes shall be Guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary unless such Restricted Subsidiary is a Guarantor;

(f) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction, repair, replacement or improvement, and (ii) Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness incurred or assumed pursuant to clause (i) above; provided, further, that at the time of incurrence thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (f), together with any sale and leaseback transaction incurred pursuant to Section 6.06, shall not exceed the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 2.50% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the fiscal year most recently ended prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness;

(g) (i) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction permitted hereunder) after the Effective Date, or Indebtedness of any Person that is assumed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in an acquisition permitted by Section 6.04; provided that (x) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) or such assets are acquired and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation) or such assets being acquired and (y) after giving effect to such Indebtedness on a Pro Forma Basis, the Borrower would be in compliance with Sections 6.12 and 6.13 and (ii) Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness incurred or assumed, as applicable, pursuant to clause (i) above;

(h) other Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding at the time of incurrence thereof, the greater of (i) $50,000,000 and (ii) 2.50% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the fiscal year most recently ended prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness;

(i) Indebtedness owed to any Person (including obligations in respect of letters of credit for the benefit of such Person) providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such Person, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(j) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds, performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations (other than in respect of other Indebtedness), in each case provided in the ordinary course of business;

(k) Indebtedness in respect of Hedging Agreements and Supply Chain Financings;

(l) Indebtedness owed in respect of any overdrafts and related liabilities arising from treasury, depositary and Cash Management Services or in connection with any automated clearinghouse transfers of funds; provided that such Indebtedness shall be repaid in full within five Business Days of the incurrence thereof;

 

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(m) Indebtedness in the form of purchase price adjustments, earnouts, non-competition agreements or other arrangements representing acquisition consideration or deferred payments of a similar nature incurred in connection with any acquisition or other investment permitted under Section 6.04;

(n) Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 2.23; provided that the Net Proceeds thereof are used to make the prepayments required under clause 2.23(a)(ii) of Section 2.23;

(o) Refinancing Revolving Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 2.23;

(p) Alternative Incremental Facility Debt, provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Alternative Incremental Facility Debt shall not exceed the amount permitted under Section 2.21;

(q) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to directors, officers, consultants or employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(r) Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by any Loan Party to current or former officers, directors, consultants and employees or their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower permitted by Section 6.08;

(s) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount, at the time of incurrence thereof, not exceeding the greater of (i) $25,000,000 at any time outstanding and (ii) 1.25% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the fiscal year most recently ended prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness; and

(t) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the Borrower or any Guarantor to the extent the proceeds thereof are used by such Restricted Subsidiary to consummate an acquisition permitted by Section 6.04(b); provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (t) for the purpose of acquiring a Restricted Subsidiary that does not become a Guarantor shall not exceed, at the time such acquisition is made and after giving effect thereto, the greater of (i) $35,000,000 and (ii) 1.75% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the fiscal year most recently ended prior to the making of such acquisition.

SECTION 6.02. Liens. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except:

(a) Liens created under the Loan Documents;

(b) Permitted Encumbrances;

(c) any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 6.02; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than assets financed by the same financing source in the ordinary course of business) and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that it secures on the Effective Date and extensions, renewals, replacements and refinancings thereof so long as the principal amount of such extensions, renewals, replacements and refinancings does not exceed the principal amount of the obligations being extended, renewed, replaced or refinanced or, in the case of any such obligations constituting Indebtedness, that are permitted under Section 6.01(c) as Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(d) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or existing on any asset of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction permitted hereunder) after the Effective Date but prior to the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated); provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation), (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other

 

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than (x) assets financed by the same financing source in the ordinary course of business and (y) in the case of any such merger or consolidation, the assets of any special purpose merger Subsidiary that is a party thereto) and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) and extensions, renewals, replacements and refinancings thereof so long as the principal amount of such extensions, renewals and replacements does not exceed the principal amount of the obligations being extended, renewed or replaced or, in the case of any such obligations constituting Indebtedness, that are permitted under Section 6.01(g) as Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(e) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed, repaired, replaced or improved (including any such assets made the subject of a Capital Lease Obligation incurred) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Liens secure Indebtedness incurred to finance such acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement and permitted by Section 6.01(f)(i) or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof permitted by Section 6.01(f)(ii), (ii) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction, repair, replacement or improvement (provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply to any Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(f)(ii) or any Lien securing such Refinancing Indebtedness), (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing, repairing, replacing or improving such fixed or capital asset and in any event, the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the amount permitted under the second proviso of Section 6.01(f) and (iv) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (except assets financed by the same financing source in the ordinary course of business);

(f) in connection with the sale or transfer of any Equity Interests or other assets in a transaction permitted under Section 6.05, customary rights and restrictions contained in agreements relating to such sale or transfer pending the completion thereof;

(g) in the case of (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary or (ii) the Equity Interests in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, any encumbrance or restriction, including any put and call arrangements, related to Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary or such other Person set forth in the organizational documents of such Restricted Subsidiary or such other Person or any related joint venture, shareholders’ or similar agreement;

(h) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits, escrow arrangements or similar arrangements made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement for an acquisition or other transaction permitted hereunder;

(i) Liens on Collateral securing any Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt or Alternative Incremental Facility Debt; provided that such Liens are subject to customary intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(j) Liens granted by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by such Subsidiary under Section 6.01; and

(k) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section to the extent that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby, at the time of incurrence thereof, does not exceed the greater of (i) $35,000,000 and (ii) 1.75% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the fiscal year most recently ended prior to the incurrence of such obligations.

SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes.

(a) The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, except that, (i) any Person may merge into or consolidate with the Borrower in a transaction in which (A) the Borrower is the surviving entity or (B) (1) the surviving entity (the “Successor Borrower”) is organized under the laws of the United States and expressly assumes the Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably

 

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satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (2) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Collateral Agreement confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, and (3) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the applicable Mortgage (or other appropriate document) confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement; provided, further, that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement, (ii) any Person (other than the Borrower) may merge into or consolidate with any Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Restricted Subsidiary and, if any party to such merger or consolidation is a Guarantor, is a Guarantor, (iii) any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Borrower may merge into or consolidate with any Person in a transaction permitted under Section 6.05 in which, after giving effect to such transaction, the surviving entity is not a Restricted Subsidiary, (iv) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided that any such merger or consolidation involving a Person that is not a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger or consolidation shall not be permitted unless (x) at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (y) such merger or consolidation is also permitted by Section 6.04 and (v) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may engage in a merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation, the purpose of which is to effect a disposition permitted pursuant to Section 6.05.

(b) The Borrower will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage to any material extent in any business other than a Permitted Business.

SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger or consolidation with any Person that was not a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary prior to such merger or consolidation) any Equity Interests in or evidences of Indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit (each of the foregoing, an “Investment”), except:

(a) Permitted Investments;

(b) Investments constituting the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of any Person or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, or the Equity Interests in a Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Restricted Subsidiary if, after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis, the Borrower would be in compliance with Sections 6.12 and 6.13; provided that the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid in respect of such Investments (including in the form of loans or advances made to Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties) by Loan Parties involving the acquisition of Restricted Subsidiaries that do not become Loan Parties shall not exceed, at the time such Investment is made and after giving effect thereto, the greater of (A) $35,000,000 and (B) 1.75% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the fiscal year most recently ended prior to the making of such acquisition;

(c) cash and cash equivalents;

(d) (i) Investments (including intercompany loans and advances) existing on the Effective Date in the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) other Investments existing on the Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 6.04;

(e) investments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in Equity Interests of their respective subsidiaries; provided that (i) any such Equity Interests held by a Loan Party shall be pledged to the extent required by the definition of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” and (ii) the

 

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aggregate outstanding amount of such investments made by Loan Parties in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (together with outstanding intercompany loans permitted under subclause (ii) of the proviso to clause (f) of this Section and outstanding Guarantees permitted under the proviso to clause (g) of this Section) shall not exceed, at the time such investment is made and after giving effect thereto, the greater of (A) $35,000,000 and (B) 1.75% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the fiscal year most recently ended prior to the making of such investment (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs), provided that if any such investment under this subclause (ii) is made for the purpose of making an Investment permitted under clause (u) of this Section, the amount available under this clause (e) shall not be reduced by the amount of any such Investment which reduces the basket under clause (u) of this Section;

(f) loans or advances made by the Borrower to any Restricted Subsidiary and made by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) any such loans and advances made by a Loan Party shall be evidenced, on and after the Effective Date, by a promissory note pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement and (ii) the outstanding amount of such loans and advances made by Loan Parties to Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (together with investments permitted under subclause (ii) of the proviso to clause (e) of this Section and outstanding Guarantees permitted under the proviso to clause (g) of this Section) shall not exceed, at the time such loans or advances are made and after giving effect thereto, the greater of (A) $35,000,000 and (B) 1.75% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the fiscal year most recently ended prior to the making of such loans or advances (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs), provided that if any such loan or advance under this subclause (ii) is made for the purpose of making an Investment permitted under clause (u) of this Section, the amount available under this clause (f) shall not be reduced by the amount of any such Investment which reduces the basket under clause (u) of this Section;

(g) Guarantees of Indebtedness that is permitted under Section 6.01 and other obligations, in each case of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the total of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness and the aggregate amount of other obligations, in each case of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties that is Guaranteed by any Loan Party (together with investments permitted under subclause (ii) of the proviso to clause (e) of this Section and intercompany loans permitted under subclause (ii) to the proviso to clause (f) of this Section) shall not exceed, at the time such Guarantee is made and after giving effect thereto, the greater of (A) $35,000,000 and (B) 1.75% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the fiscal year most recently ended prior to the making of such Guarantees (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs);

(h) loans or advances to directors, officers, consultants or employees of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary made in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, not exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such loans or advances);

(i) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

(j) investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(k) investments in the form of Hedging Agreements permitted by Section 6.07;

(l) investments of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or consolidates or merges with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary so long as such investments were not made in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or of such consolidation or merger;

 

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(m) investments resulting from pledges or deposits described in clause (c) or (d) of the definition of the term “Permitted Encumbrance”;

(n) investments made as a result of the receipt of noncash consideration from a sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of any asset in compliance with Section 6.05;

(o) investments that result solely from the receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any of its subsidiaries of a dividend or other Restricted Payment in the form of Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities (but not any additions thereto made after the date of the receipt thereof);

(p) receivables or other trade payables owing to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; provided that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;

(q) mergers and consolidations permitted under Section 6.03 that do not involve any Person other than the Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries that are wholly owned Restricted Subsidiaries;

(r) [reserved;]

(s) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(t) Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary if, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect thereto including all related commitments for future Investments (and the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is assumed or otherwise incurred in connection with such Investment), the Total Leverage Ratio is less than 2.25 to 1.00; and

(u) other Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate amount, as valued at cost at the time each such Investment is made and including all related commitments for future Investments, in an aggregate amount not exceeding, at the time such Investments are made and after giving effect thereto, the sum of (i) the greater of (A) $50,000,000 and (B) 2.50% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the fiscal year most recently ended prior to the making of such Investments plus (ii) the Available Amount at such time.

SECTION 6.05. Asset Sales. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset, including any Equity Interest owned by it, nor will the Borrower permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any additional Equity Interest in such Restricted Subsidiary (other than issuing directors’ qualifying shares and other than issuing Equity Interests to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary), except:

(a) sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions of (i) inventory, (ii) used, obsolete or surplus equipment, (iii) property no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including intellectual property), (iv) immaterial assets and (v) cash and Permitted Investments, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(b) sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions involving a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall, to the extent applicable, be made in compliance with Section 6.04;

(c) sales, transfers and other dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof not as part of any accounts receivables financing transaction;

 

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(d) (i) sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions of assets to the extent that such assets constitute an investment permitted by clause (j), (l) or (n) of Section 6.04 or another asset received as consideration for the disposition of any asset permitted by this Section (in each case, other than Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary, unless all Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares) are sold) and (ii) sales, transfers, and other dispositions of the Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition would be permissible as an investment in a Restricted Subsidiary permitted by Section 6.04(e) or (u);

(e) leases or subleases entered into in the ordinary course of business, to the extent that they do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(f) licenses or sublicenses of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business, to the extent that they do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(g) dispositions resulting from any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(h) dispositions of assets to the extent that (i) such assets are exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement assets or (ii) the proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement assets;

(i) dispositions permitted by Section 6.08;

(j) [reserved];

(k) sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions of assets that are not permitted by any other clause of this Section; provided that (i) the aggregate fair value of all assets sold, transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon this clause (k) shall not exceed (A) in any fiscal year, $100,000,000 and (B) during the term of this Agreement, $300,000,000 and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition or would result therefrom; and

(l) sales, transfers or other dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the factoring on a non-recourse basis of such accounts receivable;

provided that all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted by clause (k) shall be made for fair value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), and at least 75% of the aggregate consideration from all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted by clause (k) and made on or after the Effective Date, on a cumulative basis, is in the form of cash or cash equivalents; provided further that (i) any consideration in the form of Permitted Investments that are disposed of for cash consideration within 30 Business Days after such sale, transfer or other disposition shall be deemed to be cash consideration in an amount equal to the amount of such cash consideration for purposes of this proviso, (ii) any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable sale, transfer, lease or other disposition and for which the Borrower and all the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing shall be deemed to be cash consideration in an amount equal to the liabilities so assumed and (iii) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iii) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of $50,000,000 at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) shall be deemed to be cash consideration.

 

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SECTION 6.06. Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, and thereafter rent or lease such property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, except for any such sale of any fixed or capital assets by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is made for cash consideration in an amount not less than the fair value of such fixed or capital asset; provided that (i) all such sale and leasebacks shall not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate and (ii) if such sale and leaseback results in a Capital Lease Obligation, such Capital Lease Obligation is permitted by Section 6.01(f) and any Lien made the subject of such Capital Lease Obligation is permitted by Section 6.02(e).

SECTION 6.07. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will not request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, to the extent such activities, business or transaction would be prohibited by Sanctions if conducted by a corporation incorporated in the United States, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

SECTION 6.08. Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Junior Indebtedness.

(a) The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:

(i) the Borrower may pay the Effective Date Dover Payment;

(ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions with respect to its Equity Interests, or make other Restricted Payments in respect of its Equity Interests, in each case ratably to the holders of such Equity Interests;

(iii) [reserved];

(iv) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in shares of Qualified Equity Interests or Disqualified Equity Interests permitted hereunder;

(v) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments, not exceeding $20,000,000 during any fiscal year, for the repurchase, retirement, cancellation or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries held by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, or any stock subscription or stockholder agreement;

(vi) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments if, after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis, the Total Leverage Ratio is less than 2.00 to 1.00;

(vii) [reserved];

(viii) the Borrower may make cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests in the Borrower;

 

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(ix) the Borrower may repurchase Equity Interests upon the exercise or vesting of stock options and restricted stock (a) if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such stock options or restricted stock (and related redemption or cancellation of shares for payment of taxes or other amounts with respect to such exercise or vesting) or (b) in order to reduce the dilutive effect of such exercise (so long as the amount of Equity Interests repurchased is in an equal or lesser amount to the amount exercised);

(x) [reserved];

(xi) concurrently with any issuance of Qualified Equity Interests, the Borrower may redeem, purchase or retire any Equity Interests of the Borrower using the proceeds of, or convert or exchange any Equity Interests of the Borrower for, such Qualified Equity Interests; and

(xii) the Borrower may declare and make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed, at the time such dividends are paid and after giving effect thereto, the sum of (A) $50,000,000 (reduced by the amount of any prepayments of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.08(b)(iv)(A)) plus (B) the Available Amount at such time, so long as (x) with respect to clause (B) only, after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis, the Borrower would be in compliance with (1) Section 6.12 and (2) the relevant Total Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 6.13 minus 0.25x and (y) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom.

(b) The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, prepay, redeem, purchase or otherwise satisfy any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, except for:

(i) payments of any such Indebtedness created under this Agreement or any other Loan Document;

(ii) regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due in respect of any such Indebtedness, other than payments in respect of such Indebtedness prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof;

(iii) refinancings of any such Indebtedness with the proceeds of other Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01;

(iv) payments of or in respect of any such Indebtedness in an amount equal to, at the time such payments are made and after giving effect thereto, the sum of (A) $50,000,000 (reduced by any amounts declared and paid as Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(xii)(A)) plus (B) the Available Amount at such time, so long as (x) with respect to clause (B) only, after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis, the Borrower would be in compliance with (1) Section 6.12 and (2) the relevant Total Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 6.13 minus 0.25x and (y) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom;

(v) [reserved]; and

(vi) payments of or in respect of Indebtedness if, after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis, the Total Leverage Ratio is less than 2.00 to 1.00.

SECTION 6.09. Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10,000,000 with, any of its Affiliates, except (i) transactions that are at prices and on terms and conditions not materially less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (ii) transactions between or among the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate, (iii) advances, equity issuances, other Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.08, Investments permitted under Section 6.04 and any other transaction involving the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries permitted under Section 6.03 (to the extent such transaction is between the Borrower and one or more

 

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Restricted Subsidiaries or between two or more Restricted Subsidiaries) and Section 6.05 (to the extent such transaction is not required to be for fair value thereunder), (iv) the payment of reasonable fees to directors of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary who are not employees of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and compensation and employee benefit arrangements paid to, and indemnities provided for the benefit of, directors, officers, consultants or employees of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (v) any issuances of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Borrower’s board of directors, (vi) employment and severance arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any employee thereof and approved by the Borrower’s board of directors, and (vii) the payment by the Borrower on the Effective Date of the Effective Date Dover Payment.

SECTION 6.10. Restrictive Agreements. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of the Borrower or any U.S. Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its assets in favor of the Administrative Agent to secure the Obligations or (b) the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to Guarantee the Obligations, or to transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to (A) restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Incremental Facility Amendment, any Refinancing Facility Agreement or any document governing any Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness or Refinancing Indebtedness, (B) restrictions and conditions imposed by the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents as in effect on the Effective Date or any agreement or document evidencing Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents permitted under Section 6.01(b); provided that the restrictions and conditions contained in any such agreement or document taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Lenders than the restrictions and conditions imposed by the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents, (C) in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, restrictions and conditions imposed by its organizational documents or any related joint venture or similar agreements; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to such Restricted Subsidiary, (D) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Restricted Subsidiary or any assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case pending such sale; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets that are to be sold and, in each case, such sale is permitted hereunder, (E) restrictions and conditions existing on the Effective Date and identified on Schedule 6.10 (and any extension or renewal of, or any amendment, modification or replacement of the documents set forth on such schedule that do not expand the scope of, any such restriction or condition in any material respect) and (F) restrictions and conditions imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary in existence at the time such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary and otherwise permitted by Section 6.01(g) or to any restrictions in any Indebtedness of a non-Loan Party Restricted Subsidiary permitted by Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(s), in each case if such restrictions and conditions apply only to such Restricted Subsidiary and its subsidiaries; and (ii) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to (A) restrictions and conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(f) if such restrictions and conditions apply only to the assets securing such Indebtedness and (B) customary provisions in leases and other agreements restricting the assignment thereof.

SECTION 6.11. Amendment of Material Documents. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, amend, modify or waive (a) its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents or (b) any of the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents or (c) any of the Spin-Off Documents, in each case if the effect of such amendment, modification or waiver would be materially adverse to the Lenders.

SECTION 6.12. Interest Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio as of the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower to be less than 2.75 to 1.00.

SECTION 6.13. Total Leverage Ratio. Commencing with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2018, the Borrower will not permit the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending during any period set forth below, to exceed the ratio set forth below opposite such period:

 

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Fiscal Quarter Ending

   Total Leverage Ratio
September 30, 2018    4.00 to 1.00
December 31, 2018    4.00 to 1.00
March 31, 2019    4.00 to 1.00
June 30, 2019    4.00 to 1.00
September 30, 2019    3.75 to 1.00
December 31, 2019    3.75 to 1.00
March 31, 2020    3.75 to 1.00
June 30, 2020    3.75 to 1.00
September 30, 2020 and thereafter    3.50 to 1.00

SECTION 6.14. Changes in Fiscal Periods. The Borrower will neither (a) permit its fiscal year or the fiscal year of any Restricted Subsidiary to end on a day other than December 31, nor (b) change its method of determining fiscal quarters; provided that the Borrower may make one election after the Effective Date to change its fiscal year end if the Borrower shall provide the Lenders with such financial information as is reasonably useful to allow the Lenders to compare the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries prior and subsequent to such change for all relevant fiscal periods of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. If any of the following events (each such event, an “Event of Default”) shall occur:

(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;

(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Section) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days;

(c) on and after the Effective Date, any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or in any report, certificate or financial statement furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;

(d) on and after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02(a), 5.04 (with respect to the existence of the Borrower) or in Article VI;

(e) on and after the Effective Date, any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Section), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Borrower;

(f) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal, interest, premium or otherwise and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness when and as the same shall become due and payable (after giving effect to any applicable grace period in respect of such failure under the documentation governing such Material Indebtedness);

 

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(g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due or being terminated or required to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed or defeased prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with all applicable grace periods in respect of such event or condition under the documentation representing such Material Indebtedness having expired) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf, or, in the case of any Hedging Agreement, the applicable counterparty, to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to terminate or require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) any secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale, transfer or other disposition of the assets securing such Indebtedness (to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited under this Agreement) or (ii) any Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a voluntary refinancing thereof permitted under Section 6.01;

(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, State or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(i) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation (other than any liquidation permitted under Section 6.03(a)(iv)), reorganization or other relief under any Federal, State or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Section, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding or (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to above in this clause (i) or in clause (h) of this Section;

(j) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000 (other than any such judgment covered by insurance (other than under a self-insurance program) to the extent a claim therefor has been made in writing and liability therefor has not been denied by the insurer) shall be rendered against the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, (i) could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) result in a Lien on any of the assets of any Loan Party;

(m) on and after the Effective Date, any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any material Collateral, with the priority required by the applicable Security Document, except as a result of (i) the sale or other disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents or (ii) the release thereof as provided in Section 9.14;

 

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(n) on and after the Effective Date, any material Security Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, in full force and effect, except as a result of the release thereof as provided in the applicable Loan Document or Section 9.14;

(o) on and after the Effective Date, any Guarantee purported to be created under any Loan Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, in full force and effect, except as a result of the release thereof as provided in the applicable Loan Document or Section 9.14; or

(p) a Change in Control shall occur;

then, (I) and in every such event (other than (x) an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Section 7.01 or (y) an event described in clause (d) of this Section 7.01 in respect of a default of performance or compliance with the covenants under Sections 6.12 or 6.13), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times (except in the case of an event under clause (d) of this Section 7.01 in respect of a default of performance or compliance with the covenants under Sections 6.12 or 6.13): (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part (but ratably as among the Classes of Loans and the Loans of each Class at such time outstanding), in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately and (iii) require the deposit of cash collateral in respect of LC Exposure as provided in Section 2.05(i), in each case, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, (II) in the case of an event under clause (d) of this Section 7.01 in respect of a default of performance or compliance with the covenants under Sections 6.12 or 6.13 and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Revolving Lenders may, and at the request of the Required Revolving Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times, (i) terminate the Revolving Commitments, and thereupon the Revolving Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the Revolving Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part (but ratably as among the Classes of Revolving Loans and the Revolving Loans of each Class at such time outstanding), in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Revolving Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately and (iii) require the deposit of cash collateral in respect of LC Exposure as provided in Section 2.05(i), in each case, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower and (III) in the case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Section, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower hereunder, shall immediately and automatically become due and payable and the deposit of such cash collateral in respect of LC Exposure shall immediately and automatically become due, in each case, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.

SECTION 7.02. Exclusion of Certain Subsidiaries. Solely for the purposes of determining whether a Default has occurred under clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01, any reference in any such paragraph to any Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to include any Restricted Subsidiary affected by any event or circumstance referred to in such paragraph that (a) did not, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended, have consolidated total assets that equal 5.0% or more of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and (b) did not have revenues during the four fiscal quarter period of the Borrower most recently ended equal to or greater than 5.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower; provided that if it is necessary to exclude more than one Restricted Subsidiary from clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 pursuant to this paragraph in order to avoid a Default, the aggregate consolidated assets of all such excluded Restricted Subsidiaries as of such last day may not exceed 7.5% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and the aggregate consolidated revenues of all such excluded Restricted Subsidiaries for such four fiscal quarter period may not exceed 7.5% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

The Administrative Agent

SECTION 8.01. Administrative Agent Matters.

Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s behalf. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks.

The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary power, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment). The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an Issuing Bank, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in this Agreement or any other

 

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Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by the Borrower or any Lender as a result of, any determination of the Revolving Exposure or the component amounts thereof or of the Weighted Average Yield.

The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof). The Administrative Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

The Administrative Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

Subject to the terms of this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower and such successor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice,

 

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(a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided that, solely for purposes of maintaining any security interest granted to the Administrative Agent under any Security Document for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to be vested with such security interest as collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and, in the case of any Collateral in the possession of the Administrative Agent, shall continue to hold such Collateral, in each case until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed and accepts such appointment in accordance with this paragraph (it being understood and agreed that the retiring Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any further action under any Security Document, including any action required to maintain the perfection of any such security interest), and (b) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that (i) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (ii) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (a) above.

Each Lender and each Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and funding its Loans on the Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, this Agreement and each other Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date.

Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.08 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition, and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Loan Document Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at such sale or other disposition.

The Secured Cash Management Obligations, the Secured Hedging Obligations and the Secured Supply Chain Financing Obligations, shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Loan Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed. No person shall have any voting rights under any Loan Document solely as a result of the existence of obligations owed to it under any such Secured Hedge Agreement, Secured Supply Chain Financing or Secured Cash Management Agreement. For the avoidance of

 

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doubt, no release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall require the consent of any holder of obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements, Secured Supply Chain Financing or any Secured Cash Management Agreements. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Cash Management Services, Hedging Agreement or Supply Chain Financing shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph.

The Secured Parties irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 6.02(e). The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions, or (b) at any other sale, foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid by the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that shall vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) for the asset or assets so purchased (or for the equity interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are issued in connection with such purchase). In connection with any such bid (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles and to assign any successful credit bid to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles (ii) each of the Secured Parties’ ratable interests in the Obligations which were credit bid shall be deemed without any further action under this Agreement to be assigned to such vehicle or vehicles for the purpose of closing such sale, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or equity interests thereof, shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by, and the governing documents shall provide for, control by the vote of the Required Lenders or their permitted assignees under the terms of this Agreement or the governing documents of the applicable acquisition vehicle or vehicles, as the case may be, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in Section 9.02 of this Agreement), (iv) the Administrative Agent on behalf of such acquisition vehicle or vehicles shall be authorized to issue to each of the Secured Parties, ratably on account of the relevant Obligations which were credit bid, interests, whether as equity, partnership, limited partnership interests or membership interests, in any such acquisition vehicle and/or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action and (v) to the extent that Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of Obligations credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Secured Parties pro rata and the equity interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of such Obligations shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action. Notwithstanding that the ratable portion of the Obligations of each Secured Party are deemed assigned to the acquisition vehicle or vehicles as set forth in clause (ii) above, each Secured Party shall execute such documents and provide such information regarding the Secured Party (and/or any designee of the Secured Party which will receive interests in or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection with the formation of any acquisition vehicle, the formulation or submission of any credit bid or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such credit bid.

 

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In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any Federal, State or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or any LC Disbursement shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Exposure and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each other Secured Party to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the other Secured Parties, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03).

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Arrangers nor any Person named on the cover page of this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or a Documentation Agent shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender or an Issuing Bank), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder.

The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and, except solely to the extent of the Borrower’s rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article, none of the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions. Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and the Guarantees of the Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the provisions of this Article.

To the extent required by any applicable Requirement of Law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender under any Loan Document an amount equal to any applicable withholding Tax. If the IRS or any Governmental Authority asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from any amount paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective), such Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by the Loan Parties and without limiting or expanding the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so) for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses and any out-of-pocket expenses, whether or not such Tax was correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph. The agreements in this paragraph shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Loans and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under this Agreement.

 

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Unless required by applicable Requirement of Law, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank.

SECTION 8.02. Certain ERISA Matters.

(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, each Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments,

(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, and the conditions for exemptive relief thereunder are and will continue to be satisfied in connection therewith,

(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

(b) In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and each Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that:

 

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(i) none of the Administrative Agent, or any Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto),

(ii) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is independent (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-21, as amended from time to time) and is a bank, an insurance carrier, an investment adviser, a broker-dealer or other person that holds, or has under management or control, total assets of at least $50 million, in each case as described in 29 CFR § 2510.3-21(c)(1)(i)(A)-(E),

(iii) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to particular transactions and investment strategies (including in respect of the obligations),

(iv) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is a fiduciary under ERISA or the Code, or both, with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the transactions hereunder, and

(v) no fee or other compensation is being paid directly to the Administrative Agent, or any Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates for investment advice (as opposed to other services) in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement.

(c) The Administrative Agent, and each Arranger hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

SECTION 9.01. Notices.

(a) General. All notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax, as follows:

(i) if to the Borrower, to it at Apergy Corporation, 2445 Technology Forest Blvd, Building 4, 12th Floor, The Woodlands, Texas, 77381, Attention of Treasurer (Fax No.: 281-403-5746), with a copy to Apergy Corporation, 2445 Technology Forest Blvd, Building 4, 9th Floor, The Woodlands, Texas, 77381, Attention of General Counsel (Fax No.: 281-403-5746);

 

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(ii) if to the Administrative Agent in respect of Borrowings denominated in dollars and all other matters, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 500 Stanton Christiana Road, NCC5, 1st Floor, Newark, Delaware 19713, Attention of Lauren Mayer (Lauren.Mayer@jpmorgan.com) (Fax No.: 302-634-4733), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 383 Madison Avenue, Floor 24, New York, New York 10179, Attention of Ryan Demartino (ryan.a.demartino@jpmorgan.com);

(iii) if to the Administrative Agent in respect of Borrowings denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency, to it at J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, Loans Agency 6th Floor, 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E145JP, United Kingdom, Attention of Loans Agency (loan_and_agency_london@jpmorgan.com) (Fax No.: +44 (0)20 7777 2360) (E-Fax No.: 12016395145@tls.ldsprod.com);

(iv) if to any Issuing Bank, to it at its address (or fax number) most recently specified by it in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, in the absence of any such notice, to the address (or fax number) set forth in the Administrative Questionnaire of the Lender that is serving as such Issuing Bank or is an Affiliate thereof); and

(v) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

Notices and communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by fax shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, shall be effective as provided in such paragraph.

(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet and intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices under Article II to any Lender or any Issuing Bank if such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent, or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications or may be rescinded by any such Person by notice to each other such Person.

Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgment) and (ii) notices and other communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefore; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.

(c) Change of Address, etc. Any party hereto may change its address or fax number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

(d) Platform. the Borrower agree that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communications by posting such Communication on Debt Domain, IntraLinks, SyndTrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”). The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties warrants, or shall be deemed to warrant, as to the adequacy of the Platform and each such Person expressly disclaims any liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made, or shall be deemed to be made, by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties in connection with the Communications or the Platform.

 

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SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments.

(a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of a Loan or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. No notice or demand on the Borrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Except as provided in Sections 2.21, 2.22, 2.23 and 9.02(c), none of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, in each case without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled maturity date of any Loan, or the date of any scheduled payment of the principal amount of any Term Loan under Section 2.10 or the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment or the required date of reimbursement of any LC Disbursement, or any date for the payment of any interest or fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change any of the provisions of this Section, change any provision of Section 2.18(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby or the percentage set forth in the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any Class) required to waive, amend or otherwise modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (or each Lender of such Class, as applicable); provided that, with the consent of the Required Lenders, the provisions of this Section and the definition of the term “Required Lenders” may be amended to include references to any new class of loans created under this Agreement (or to lenders extending such loans) on substantially the same basis as the corresponding references relating to the existing Classes of Loans or Lenders, (v) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees provided by the Loan Parties under the Collateral Agreement, in each case without the written consent of each Lender (except as expressly provided in Section 9.14 or the Collateral Agreement (including any such release by the Administrative Agent in connection with any sale or other disposition of any Subsidiary upon the exercise of remedies under the Security Documents), it being understood and agreed that an amendment or other modification of the type of obligations guaranteed under the Collateral Agreement shall not be deemed to be a release of any Guarantee), (vi) release all or substantially all the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents without the written consent of each Lender (except as expressly provided in Section 9.14 or the applicable Security Document (including any such release by the Administrative Agent in connection with any sale or other disposition of the Collateral upon the exercise of remedies under the Security Documents), it being understood and agreed that an amendment or other modification of the type of obligations secured by the Security Documents shall not be deemed to be a release of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents), (vii) change any provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document in a manner that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of Collateral securing the obligations owed to, or payments due to, Lenders holding Loans of any Class differently than those holding Loans of any other Class, without the written consent of Lenders representing a Majority in Interest of each affected Class, (viii) change the rights of the Initial Term Lenders to decline mandatory prepayments as provided in Section 2.11 or the rights of any Additional Lenders of any Class to decline mandatory prepayments of Term Loans of such Class as provided in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment, without the written consent of Initial Term Lenders or Additional Lenders of such Class, as applicable, holding a majority of the outstanding Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans of such Class, as applicable, (ix) amend Section 2.18(f) without the written consent of each Lender, or (x) amend or otherwise modify Sections

 

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6.12 or 6.13, or any definition related thereto (as such definition is used therein but not as otherwise used in this Agreement or any other Loan Document) or waive any Default or Event of Default resulting from the failure to perform or observe Section 6.12 or 6.13 without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, the Required Lenders); provided, further, that (A) no such agreement shall amend, modify, extend or otherwise affect the rights or obligations of the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, (B) any waiver, amendment or other modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of the Lenders of one or more Classes (but not the Lenders of any other Class) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the requisite number or percentage in interest of each affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time and (C) if the terms of any waiver, amendment or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document provide that any Class of Loans (together with all accrued interest thereon and all accrued fees payable with respect to the Commitments of such Class) will be repaid or paid in full, and the Commitments of such Class (if any) terminated, as a condition to the effectiveness of such waiver, amendment or other modification, then so long as the Loans of such Class (together with such accrued interest and fees) are in fact repaid or paid in full and such Commitments are in fact terminated (and if any such Lender is Revolving Lender who is acting as an Issuing Bank whose Revolving Commitments have been terminated, such Revolving Lender shall be released from its obligation to act as an Issuing Bank), in each case prior to or substantially simultaneously with the effectiveness of such amendment, then such Loans and Commitments shall not be included in the determination of the Required Lenders with respect to such amendment; provided that no such amendment or waiver that affects any obligation hereunder that is meant to survive the repayment of any Loan Document Obligations shall apply to any such Lenders. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, (1) no consent with respect to any waiver, amendment or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be required of any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any waiver, amendment or other modification referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be affected by such waiver, amendment or other modification, (2) any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from (x) the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment or (y) if affected by such amendment, any Issuing Bank stating that it objects to such amendment, and (3) this Agreement may be amended to provide for Incremental Extensions of Credit in the manner contemplated by Section 2.21, the extension of the Maturity Date as provided in Section 2.22 and the incurrence of Refinancing Revolving Commitments and Refinancing Loans as provided in Section 2.23, in each case without any additional consents.

(c) In connection with any Proposed Change requiring the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders, if the consent of the Required Lenders (and, to the extent any Proposed Change requires the consent of Lenders holding Loans of any Class pursuant to clause (iv) of paragraph (b) of this Section, the consent of a Majority in Interest of the outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of such Class) to such Proposed Change is obtained, but the consent to such Proposed Change of other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in paragraph (b) of this Section being referred to as a “Non-Consenting Lender” for purposes of this clause (c)), then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Non-Consenting Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Non-Consenting Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) if the Administrative Agent is not such Non-Consenting Lender, the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, each Issuing Bank), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (ii) such Non-Consenting Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder (including, if applicable, the prepayment fee pursuant to Section 2.11(g)) (with such assignment being deemed to be an optional prepayment for purposes of determining the applicability of such Section) from the assignee (in the case of such principal and accrued interest and fees (other than any fee payable pursuant to Section 2.11(g))) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts (including any

 

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amount payable pursuant to Section 2.11(g))), (iii) the Borrower or such assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in Section 9.04(b), (iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law and (v) the assignee shall have given its consent to such Proposed Change and, as a result of such assignment and delegation and any contemporaneous assignments and delegations and consents, such Proposed Change can be effected. Any assignment required pursuant to this Section 9.02(c) may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee, and the Lender required to make such assignment shall not be required to be a party to such Assignment and Assumption.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may, without the consent of any Secured Party, consent to a departure by any Loan Party from any covenant of such Loan Party set forth in this Agreement, the Collateral Agreement or any other Security Document to the extent such departure is consistent with the authority of the Administrative Agent set forth in the definition of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.”

(e) The Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute waivers, amendments or other modifications on behalf of such Lender. Any waiver, amendment or other modification effected in accordance with this Section, shall be binding upon each Person that is at the time thereof a Lender and each Person that subsequently becomes a Lender.

SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

(a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and their respective Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of a single counsel in each jurisdiction, in connection with the structuring, arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein and any credit or similar facility refinancing or replacing, in whole or in part, any of the credit facilities provided for herein, as well as the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any waiver, amendments or modifications of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for any of the foregoing, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.

(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”), against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, penalties, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel for all such Indemnitees, taken as a whole, and, if reasonably necessary, of a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for all such Indemnitees, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs the Borrower of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for such affected Indemnitee and, if reasonably necessary, of a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for such affected Indemnitee)), incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitees arising out of, in connection with or as a result of any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to (i) the structuring, arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder

 

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or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit) or (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, to or from any Mortgaged Property or any other property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any other Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and whether initiated against or by any party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or any third party (and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto); provided that the foregoing indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, apply to any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses to the extent they are found in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from (A) the bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnitee, (B) a claim brought by the Borrower or any Subsidiary against such Indemnitee for material breach of such Indemnitee’s obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (C) a proceeding that does not involve an act or omission by the Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates and that is brought by an Indemnitee against any other Indemnitee (other than a proceeding that is brought against the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other agent or any Arranger in its capacity or in fulfilling its roles as an agent, issuing bank or arranger hereunder or any similar role with respect to the Indebtedness incurred or to be incurred hereunder). This paragraph shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

(c) To the extent that the Borrower fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required to be paid by them under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, or any Related Party of any of the foregoing (and without limiting their obligation to do so), each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank, or such Related Party, as applicable, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount (it being understood and agreed that the Borrower’s failure to pay any such amount shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof); provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as applicable, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank in connection with such capacity; provided further that, with respect to such unpaid amounts owed to any Issuing Bank in its capacity as such, or to any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for any Issuing Bank in connection with such capacity, only the Revolving Lenders shall be required to pay such unpaid amounts. For purposes of this Section, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined by its share of the sum of the total Revolving Exposure, unused Revolving Commitments and, except for purposes of the second proviso of the immediately preceding sentence, the outstanding Term Loans and unused Term Commitments, in each case at that time. The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraph are subject to the last sentence of Section 2.02(a) (which shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Lenders’ obligations under this paragraph).

(d) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (i) neither the Borrower shall assert, or permit any of their respective Affiliates or Related Parties to assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet), except to the extent such damages are found in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence of any Indemnitee or Related Party of any Indemnitee or (ii) neither any Indemnitee nor any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be liable for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that nothing in this clause (ii) shall limit the expense reimbursement and indemnification obligations of the Borrower set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 9.03.

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SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns.

(a) General. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) neither the Borrower may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment, delegation or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section), the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of any of the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent, any Issuing Bank and any Lender) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Assignments by Lenders. (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign and delegate to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except in connection with a proposed assignment to any Disqualified Institution) of (A) the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (1) (x) with respect to Term Commitments or Term Loans, for an assignment and delegation to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund (unless such Affiliate or Approved Fund is a Disqualified Institution), (y) with respect to Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans, for an assignment and delegation to a Revolving Lender, an affiliate of a Revolving Lender or an Approved Fund in respect of a Revolving Lender and (z) in connection with the primary syndication of the Initial Term Loans and (2) if an Event of Default of the type set forth in Section 7.01(a), (b), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing, for any other assignment and delegation; provided further that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment and delegation unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within three (3) Business Days after having received notice thereof, (B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required (i) for an assignment and delegation of all or any portion of a Term Commitment or Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (ii) for an assignment and delegation of all or any portion of a Revolving Commitment or Revolving Loan to a Revolving Lender, an affiliate of a Revolving Lender or an Approved Fund in respect of a Revolving Lender and (C) each Issuing Bank, in the case of any assignment and delegation of all or a portion of a Revolving Commitment or any Lender’s obligations in respect of its LC Exposure.

(ii) Assignments and delegations shall be subject to the following additional conditions: (A) except in the case of an assignment and delegation to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment and delegation of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment and delegation (determined as of the trade date specified in the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment and delegation or, if no trade date is so specified, as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment and delegation is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 or, in the case of Term Loans, $500,000 (treating contemporaneous assignments by or to two or more Approved Funds as a single assignment for purposes of such minimum transfer amount), unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default of the type set forth in Section 7.01(a), (b), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing, (B) each partial assignment and delegation shall be made as an assignment and delegation of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that this clause (B) shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment and delegation of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans, (C) the parties to each assignment and delegation shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that (1) the Administrative Agent may waive or reduce such fee in its sole discretion and (2) with respect to any assignment and delegation pursuant to Section 2.19(b) or 9.02(c), the parties hereto agree that such assignment and delegation may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment and delegation need not be a party thereto, and (D) the assignee, if it shall

 

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not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any tax forms required by Section 2.17(f) and an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain MNPI) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable law, including Federal, State and foreign securities laws.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned and delegated by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned and delegated by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of (and subject to the obligations and limitations of) Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and to any fees payable hereunder that have accrued for such Lender’s account but have not yet been paid). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04, other than with respect to Disqualified Institutions, whether or not such assignment or transfer is reflected in the Register, shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with clause (c) of this Section 9.04.

(iv) Any assignment, delegation or other transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 9.04(c).

(v) If any assignment or participation under this Section 9.04 is made to (1) any Affiliate of any Disqualified Institution (other than any bona fide debt fund that is not itself a Disqualified Institution) or (2) any Disqualified Institution in each case without the Borrower’s prior written consent (any such Person, a “Disqualified Person”), then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified Person and the Administrative Agent and to the extent such Disqualified Person continues to hold any such Loans or Commitments, (A) terminate any Commitment of such Disqualified Person and repay the outstanding amount of Loans, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, accrued and unpaid fees and all other amounts owing to such Disqualified Person, (B) in the case of any outstanding Term Loans, purchase such Term Loans by paying the amount that such Disqualified Person paid to acquire such Term Loans, plus in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), accrued and unpaid interest thereon, accrued and unpaid fees and all other amounts due and payable to it hereunder and/or (C) require such Disqualified Person to assign, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 9.04), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more Eligible Assignees at the amount that such Disqualified Person paid to acquire such Term Loans, plus in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), accrued and unpaid interest thereon, accrued and unpaid fees and all other amounts due and payable to it hereunder; provided that in the case of clause (C), the relevant assignment shall otherwise comply with this Section 9.04 (except that no registration and processing fee required under this Section 9.04 shall be required with any assignment pursuant to this paragraph). Nothing in this Section 9.04 shall be deemed to prejudice any right or remedy that the Borrower may otherwise have at law or equity. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries will suffer irreparable harm if such Lender breaches any obligation under this Section 9.04 insofar as such obligation relates to any assignment or participation to any Disqualified Institution. Additionally, each Lender agrees that the Borrower may seek to obtain specific performance or other equitable or injunctive relief to enforce this paragraph against any Disqualified Person and the immediately following paragraph of this Section 9.04 against any Disqualified Institution, in each case with respect to such breach without posting a bond or presenting evidence of irreparable harm.

(vi) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, each Disqualified Institution (A) will not receive information provided solely to Lenders by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (other than the Disqualified Institutions List to any potential assignee who is a Disqualified Institution for the purpose of determining if such potential assignee is a Disqualified Institution) and will not be permitted to attend or participate in conference calls or meetings attended solely by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans or

 

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Commitments required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Article II and (B) (x) for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document, or (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, shall not have any right to consent (or not consent), otherwise act or direct or require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to take (or refrain from taking) any such action, and all Loans held by any Disqualified Institution shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether the Required Lenders or all Lenders have taken any actions, except that no amendment, modification or waiver of any Loan Document shall, without the consent of the applicable Disqualified Institution, deprive any Disqualified Institution of its pro rata share of any payment to which all Lenders of the applicable Class of Loans are entitled and (y) hereby agrees that if a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law shall be commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, such Disqualified Institution will be deemed to vote in the same proportion as Lenders that are not Disqualified Institutions.

(vii) The Administrative Agent shall have the right, and the Borrower hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent, to provide the Disqualified Institutions List to each Lender or potential Lender requesting the same (provided that such Lender or potential Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Disqualified Institutions List (which agreement may be by way of a “click through” or other affirmative action on the part of the recipient to access the Disqualified Institutions List and acknowledge its confidentiality obligations in respect thereof)).

(c) The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor the list or identities of, or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Institutions or Disqualified Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified Institution or Disqualified Person or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Institution or Disqualified Person.

(i) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and related interest amounts) of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and, as to entries pertaining to it, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(ii) Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire and any tax forms required by Section 2.17(f) (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment and delegation required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to accept such Assignment and Assumption or so record the information contained therein if the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that such Assignment and Assumption lacks any written consent required by this Section or is otherwise not in proper form, it being acknowledged that the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation (and shall incur no liability) with respect to obtaining (or confirming the receipt) of any such written consent or with respect to the form of (or any defect in) such Assignment and Assumption, any such duty and obligation being solely with the assigning Lender and the assignee. No assignment or delegation shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph and, following such recording, unless otherwise determined by the

 

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Administrative Agent (such determination to be made in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, which determination may be conditioned on the consent of the assigning Lender and the assignee), shall be effective notwithstanding any defect in the Assignment and Assumption relating thereto. Each assigning Lender and the assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the Administrative Agent that all written consents required by this Section with respect thereto (other than the consent of the Administrative Agent) have been obtained and that such Assignment and Assumption is otherwise duly completed and in proper form, and each assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the assigning Lender and the Administrative Agent that such assignee is an Eligible Assignee.

(d) Participations. Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, or any Issuing Bank, sell participations to one or more Eligible Assignees (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and Loans of any Class); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant or requires the approval of all the Lenders. The Borrower agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.17(e) (it being understood and agreed that the documentation required under Section 2.17(e) shall be delivered solely to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment and delegation pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.18 and 2.19 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or 2.17, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.19(b) with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant shall be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

(e) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

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(f) Purchasing Borrower Parties. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement (including, without limitation, the definition of “Eligible Assignee”), any Lender may assign and delegate all or a portion of its Term Loans to any Purchasing Borrower Party (x) through open market purchases made by such Purchasing Borrower Party on a non-pro rata basis (subject to clause (v) below) or (y) otherwise in accordance with clauses (i) through (vii) below (which assignment and delegation, in the case of the foregoing clauses (x) and (y) will not constitute a prepayment of Loans for any purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents); provided that, in the case of assignments and delegations made pursuant to the foregoing clause (y):

(i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom;

(ii) each Auction Purchase Offer shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures, terms and conditions set forth in this paragraph and the Auction Procedures;

(iii) the assigning Lender and Purchasing Borrower Party purchasing such Lender’s Term Loans, as applicable, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption in lieu of an Assignment and Assumption;

(iv) for the avoidance of doubt, the Lenders shall not be permitted to assign or delegate Revolving Commitments or Revolving Exposure to a Purchasing Borrower Party;

(v) any Term Loans assigned and delegated to any Purchasing Borrower Party shall be automatically and permanently cancelled upon the effectiveness of such assignment and delegation and will thereafter no longer be outstanding for any purpose hereunder (it being understood and agreed that (A) except as expressly set forth in any such definition, any gains or losses by any Purchasing Borrower Party upon purchase or acquisition and cancellation of such Term Loans shall not be taken into account in the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, Consolidated Net Income and Consolidated EBITDA and (B) any purchase of Term Loans pursuant to this paragraph (f) shall not constitute a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans for purposes of this Agreement);

(vi) the Purchasing Borrower Party shall either (A) not have any MNPI that has not been disclosed to the assigning Lender (other than any such Lender that does not wish to receive MNPI) on or prior to the date of any initiation of an Auction by such Purchasing Borrower Party or (B) advise the assigning Lender that it cannot make the statement in the foregoing clause (A), except to the extent that such Lender has entered into a customary “big boy” letter with the Borrower; and

(vii) no Purchasing Borrower Party may use the proceeds from Revolving Loans to purchase any Term Loans.

SECTION 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of the

foregoing may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time this Agreement or any other Loan Document is executed and delivered or any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any LC Exposure is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, in the event that, in connection with the refinancing or repayment in full of the credit facilities provided for herein, an Issuing Bank shall have provided to the Administrative Agent a written consent to the release of the Revolving Lenders from their obligations hereunder with respect to any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (whether as a result of the obligations of the Borrower (and any other account party) in respect of such Letter of Credit having been collateralized in full by a

 

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deposit of cash with such Issuing Bank, or being supported by a letter of credit that names such Issuing Bank as the beneficiary thereunder, or otherwise), then from and after such time such Letter of Credit shall cease to be a “Letter of Credit” outstanding hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have no participations in such Letter of Credit, and no obligations with respect thereto, under Section 2.05(d) or 2.05(e). The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18(e) and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment or prepayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.

(a) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or the syndication of the Loans and Commitments constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

(b) Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require the Administrative Agent to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent.

SECTION 9.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each Issuing Bank is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) or other amounts at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or such Issuing Bank to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations then due of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender or such Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations of the Borrower are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or such Issuing Bank different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such Indebtedness. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give or any delay in giving such notice shall not affect the validity of any such setoff and application under this Section. The rights of each Lender and each Issuing Bank under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or such Issuing Bank may have.

 

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SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

(a) This Agreement and any claim, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

(b) Each of the Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Related Party of any of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such Federal court. Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may otherwise have to bring any action, litigation or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or any of its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action, litigation or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY 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 AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

SECTION 9.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Related Parties, including accountants, legal counsel and other agents and advisors, it being understood and agreed that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential, (b) to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement,

 

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(e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing confidentiality undertakings substantially similar to those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its Related Parties) to any Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Services or Supply Chain Financing (including any Supply Chain Bank Purchaser) relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary and its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided for herein or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the credit facilities provided for herein, (h) with the consent of the Borrower, (i) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or (j) to any credit insurance provider relating to the Borrower or its Obligations. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or their businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

SECTION 9.13. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan or participation in any LC Disbursement, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Loan or LC Disbursement or participation therein under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan or LC Disbursement or participation therein in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan or LC Disbursement or participation therein but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or LC Disbursements or participation therein or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

SECTION 9.14. Release of Liens and Guarantees. Subject to the reinstatement provisions set forth in the Collateral Agreement, a Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents, and all security interests created by the Security Documents in Collateral owned by such Guarantor shall be automatically released, upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary; provided that, if so required by this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall have consented to such transaction and the terms of such consent shall not have provided otherwise. Upon any sale or other transfer by any Loan Party (other than to the Borrower or any other Loan Party) of any Collateral in a transaction permitted under this Agreement, or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest created under any Security Document in any Collateral pursuant to Section 9.02, the security interests in such Collateral created by the Security Documents shall be automatically released. Upon payment in full of the Loan Document Obligations (other than contingent amounts not yet due), expiration or termination of all Commitments and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than those collateralized or back-stopped on terms reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank) and reimbursement of all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Documents shall terminate. In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to any Loan Party, at such Loan Party’s expense, all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent. Each of the Secured Parties irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to effect the releases set forth in this Section, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent such officer’s certificate as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence compliance with the applicable provisions of the Loan Documents (including the Administrative Agent’s authority hereunder) and the Secured Parties acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent may rely, without independent investigation on such certificates.

 

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SECTION 9.15. USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender, each Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Loan Party that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, and each Loan Party agrees to provide such information from time to time to such Lender, such Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent, as applicable.

SECTION 9.16. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that no Credit Party will have any obligations except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents and each Credit Party is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Borrower with respect to the Loan Documents and the transaction contemplated therein and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Borrower or any other person. The Borrower agrees that it will not assert any claim against any Credit Party based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by such Credit Party in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Additionally, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that no Credit Party is advising the Borrower as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting, regulatory or any other matters in any jurisdiction. The Borrower shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Credit Parties shall have no responsibility or liability to the Borrower with respect thereto.

The Borrower further acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Credit Party is a full service securities or banking firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities as well as providing investment banking and other financial services. In the ordinary course of business, any Credit Party may provide investment banking and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for its own accounts and the accounts of customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other obligations) of, you and other companies with which you may have commercial or other relationships. With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by any Credit Party or any of its customers, all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole discretion.

In addition, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Credit Party and its affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which you may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and otherwise. No Credit Party will use confidential information obtained from you by virtue of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or its other relationships with you in connection with the performance by such Credit Party of services for other companies, and no Credit Party will furnish any such information to other companies. You also acknowledge that no Credit Party has any obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or to furnish to you, confidential information obtained from other companies.

SECTION 9.17. Non-Public Information.

(a) Each Lender acknowledges that all information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to or in connection with, or in the course of administering, this Agreement will be syndicate-level information, which may contain MNPI. Each Lender represents to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that (i) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of MNPI and that it will handle MNPI in accordance with such procedures and applicable law, including Federal, State and foreign securities laws, and (ii) it has identified in its Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain MNPI in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including Federal, State and foreign securities laws.

 

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(b) The Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that, if information furnished by the Borrower pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement is being distributed by the Administrative Agent through the Platform, (i) the Administrative Agent may post any information that the Borrower has indicated as containing MNPI solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for private side Lender representatives and (ii) if the Borrower has not indicated whether any information furnished by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement contains MNPI, the Administrative Agent reserves the right to post such information solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for private side Lender representatives. The Borrower agrees to clearly designate all information provided to the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of the Borrower that is suitable to be made available to public side Lender representatives, and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on any such designation by the Borrower without liability or responsibility for the independent verification thereof.

SECTION 9.18. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

APERGY CORPORATION,
By:  

/s/ Jay A. Nutt

  Name: Jay A. Nutt
 

Title:   Senior Vice President

            and Chief Financial Officer

 
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
individually as a Lender and as Administrative Agent and as Issuing Bank,
By:  

/s/ Gene Riego de Dios

  Name: Gene Riego de Dios
  Title: Executive Director
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
as a Lender and as an Issuing Bank,
By:  

/s/ Marguerite Sutton

  Name: Marguerite Sutton
  Title: Vice President
By:  

/s/ Alicia Schug

  Name: Alicia Schug
  Title: Vice President
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender and as an Issuing Bank,
By:  

/s/ Fik Durmus

  Name: Fik Durmus
  Title: Director

 

 

Signature Page to the Credit Agreement of Apergy Corporation


MIZUHO BANK, LTD,
as a Lender and as an Issuing Bank,
By:  

/s/ Donna DeMagistris

  Name: Donna DeMagistris
  Title:    Authorized Signatory
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender and as an Issuing Bank,
By:  

/s/ Timothy P. Gebauer

  Name: Timothy P. Gebauer
  Title:    Director
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
as a Lender,
By:  

/s/ Thomas M. Manning

  Name: Thomas M. Manning
  Title:    Authorized Signatory
U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender,
By:  

/s/ Kara P. Van Duzee

  Name: Kara P. Van Duzee
  Title:    Vice President

 

 

Signature Page to the Credit Agreement of Apergy Corporation

EX-10.5

Exhibit 10.5

APERGY CORPORATION

2018 EQUITY AND CASH INCENTIVE PLAN

(Effective as of May 9, 2018)

A. PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE PLAN

1. Purposes. The 2018 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan is intended to promote the long-term success of Apergy Corporation by providing salaried officers and other key employees of Apergy Corporation and its Affiliates, on whom major responsibility for the present and future success of Apergy Corporation rests, with long-range and medium-range inducement to remain with the organization and to encourage them to increase their efforts to make Apergy Corporation successful. The Plan is also intended to attract and retain individuals of outstanding ability to serve as non-employee directors of Apergy Corporation by providing them the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest, or to increase their proprietary interest, in Apergy Corporation. In addition, in accordance with the Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2018, by and between Dover Corporation and Apergy Corporation (the “Employee Matters Agreement”), the Plan permits the issuance of Awards to employees of Apergy Corporation and its Affiliates in substitution for outstanding awards made to such employees under the Predecessor Plans that covered shares of the common stock of Dover Corporation immediately prior to the spin-off of Apergy Corporation by Dover Corporation.

2. Definitions.

“Affiliate” shall mean any Subsidiary or any corporation, trade or business (including without limitation, a partnership or limited liability company) that is directly or indirectly controlled (whether by ownership of stock, assets or an equivalent ownership interest or voting interest) by the Corporation or one of its Affiliates, and any other entity in which the Corporation or any of its Affiliates has a material equity interest and that is designated as an Affiliate by the Committee.

“Award” shall mean any award under this Plan of any Option, SSAR, Cash Performance Award, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Shares, Deferred Stock Unit, or Directors’ Shares. With respect to Replacement Awards, the term also includes any memorandum or summary of terms that may be specified by the Committee, together with any award agreement under any Predecessor Plan that may be referred to therein.

“Award Agreement” shall mean, with respect to each Award, a written or electronic agreement or communication between the Corporation and a Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award. An Award Agreement may be required, as a condition of its effectiveness, to be executed by the Participant, including by electronic signature or other electronic indication of acceptance.

“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation as in office from time to time.


“Cash Performance Award” shall mean an Award of the right to receive cash at the end of a Performance Period subject to the achievement, or the level of performance, of one or more Performance Targets within such Performance Period, as provided in Paragraph 20.

“Cause” shall mean a Participant (a) engages in conduct that constitutes willful misconduct, dishonesty, or gross negligence in the performance of his or her duties and results in material detriment to the Corporation or an Affiliate; (b) breaches his or her fiduciary duties to the Corporation or an Affiliate; (c) willfully fails to carry out the lawful and ethical directions of the person(s) to whom he or she reports, which failure is not promptly corrected after notification; (d) engages in conduct that is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Corporation or an Affiliate, or that materially harms the reputation, good will, or business of the Corporation or an Affiliate; (e) engages in conduct that is reported in the general or trade press or otherwise achieves general notoriety and that is scandalous, immoral or illegal and materially harms the reputation, good will, or business of the Corporation or an Affiliate; (f) is convicted of, or enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere (or similar plea) to, a crime that constitutes a felony, or a crime that constitutes a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, dishonesty or fraud; (g) is found liable in any Securities and Exchange Commission or other civil or criminal securities law action, or any cease and desist order applicable to him or her is entered (regardless of whether or not the Participant admits or denies liability); (h) uses, without authorization, confidential or proprietary information of the Corporation or an Affiliate or information which the Corporation or Affiliate is obligated not to use or disclose, or discloses such information without authorization and such disclosure results in material detriment to the Corporation or an Affiliate; (i) breaches any written or electronic agreement with the Corporation or an Affiliate not to disclose any information pertaining to the Corporation or an Affiliate or their customers, suppliers and businesses and such breach results in material detriment to the Corporation or an Affiliate; (j) materially breaches any agreement relating to non-solicitation, non-competition, or the ownership or protection of the intellectual property of the Corporation or an Affiliate; or (k) breaches any of the Corporation’s or an Affiliate’s policies applicable to him or her, whether currently in effect or adopted after the Effective Date of the Plan, and such breach, in the Committee’s judgment, could result in material detriment to the Corporation or an Affiliate.

“CEO” shall mean the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.

“Change in Control” shall mean Change in Control as defined in Paragraph 36.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. Any reference to any section of the Code shall also be deemed to include a reference to any successor provisions thereto and the Treasury regulations and any guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

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“Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board or other committee of the Board duly appointed to administer the Plan and having such powers as shall be specified by the Board. If no committee of the Board has been appointed to administer the Plan, the members of the Board that meet the qualifications below for membership on the Committee shall exercise all of the powers of the Committee granted herein, and, in any event, such members of the Board may in their discretion exercise any or all of such powers. All members of the Committee administering the Plan shall comply in all respects with any qualifications required by law, including specifically being a “non-employee director” for purposes of the rules promulgated under the Exchange Act and satisfying any other independence requirement under applicable exchange rules, law or regulations.

“Common Stock” shall mean the common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share.

“Corporation” shall mean Apergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or any successor corporation.

“Deferred Stock Unit” shall mean a bookkeeping entry representing a right granted to a Non-Employee Director pursuant to Paragraph 34 of the Plan to receive a deferred payment of Directors’ Shares to be issued and delivered at the end of the deferral period elected by the Non-Employee Director.

“Directors’ Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issuable to each eligible Non-Employee Director as provided in Paragraph 33.

“Disability” or “Disabled” shall mean the permanent and total disability of the Participant within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) and 409A(a)(2)(C)(i) of the Code, except as otherwise determined by the Committee from time to time or as provided in an Award Agreement. The determination of a Participant’s Disability shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion.

“Dividend Equivalents” shall mean a credit to a bookkeeping account established in the name of a Participant, made at the discretion of the Committee or as otherwise provided by the Plan, representing the right of a Participant to receive an amount equal to the cash dividends paid on one share of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock represented by an Award held by such Participant.

Dividend Equivalents (i) may only be awarded in connection with an Award other than an Option, SSAR or Cash Performance Award, (ii) shall be accumulated and become payable only if, and to the extent, the Award vests, and (iii) shall be paid at or after the vesting date of the Award.

“Effective Date” shall mean the Effective Date of the Plan as specified in Paragraph 54.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

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“Fair Market Value” with respect to any share of Common Stock as of any date of reference, shall be determined in good faith by the Committee on the basis of such considerations as the Committee deems appropriate from time to time, including, but not limited to, such factors as the closing price for a share of Common Stock on such day (or, if such day is not a trading day, on the next trading day) on the principal United States exchange on which the Common Stock then regularly trades, the average of the closing bid and asked prices for a share of Common Stock on such exchange on the date of reference, or the average of the high and low sales price of a share of Common Stock on such exchange on the date of reference. In the case of an Award subject to Section 409A of the Code, “Fair Market Value” shall be determined in accordance with Section 409A of the Code to the extent necessary to exempt an Award from the application of Section 409A.

“ISO” shall mean any Option intended to be, and designated as, an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

“Normal Retirement” shall mean (i) the termination of a Participant’s employment with the Corporation and its Affiliates if, at the time of such termination of employment, the Participant has attained age sixty five (65), and (ii) the Participant complies with the non-competition restrictions in Paragraph 42. In the event that the stock or assets of a business unit of the Corporation or an Affiliate that employs a Participant is sold, a Participant who has attained age sixty five (65) and remains employed by such business unit in good standing through the date of such sale, shall be treated as having terminated employment with the Corporation and its Affiliates in a Normal Retirement on the date of such sale, provided that the Participant complies with the non-compete restrictions in Paragraph 42.

“Non-Employee Director” shall mean a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Corporation or an Affiliate.

“Non-Qualified Stock Option” shall mean any Option that is not an ISO.

“Option” shall mean a right granted to a Participant to purchase Common Stock pursuant to Paragraph 6. An Option may be either an ISO or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

“Participant” shall mean any employee of the Corporation or an Affiliate who is a salaried officer or other key employee, including salaried officers who are also members of the Board, and a Non-Employee Director.

“Performance Criteria” shall mean the business criteria listed on Exhibit A hereto (or such other business or other performance criteria determined appropriate by the Committee) on which Performance Targets shall be established.

“Performance Period” shall mean the period established by the Committee for measuring whether and to what extent any Performance Targets established in connection with an Award have been met. With respect to a Cash Performance Award and a Performance Share Award, a Performance Period shall be not less than three (3) full fiscal years of the Corporation, including the year in which an Award is made and may be shorter in the case of other Awards but not less than one full fiscal year.

 

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“Performance Share” shall mean a bookkeeping entry representing a right granted to a Participant pursuant to an Award made under Paragraph 24 of the Plan to receive shares of Common Stock to be issued and delivered at the end of a Performance Period, subject to the achievement, or the level of performance, of one or more Performance Targets within such period.

“Performance Targets” shall mean the performance targets established by the Committee in connection with any Award based on one or more of the Performance Criteria that must be met in order for payment to be made with respect to such Award.

“Plan” shall mean the Apergy Corporation 2018 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan, as set forth herein, and as amended from time to time.

“Predecessor Plan” shall mean the Dover Corporation 2012 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan and the Dover Corporation 2005 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan, in each case, as amended from time to time.

“Replacement Awards” shall mean Awards to employees of the Corporation or any Affiliate that are issued under the Plan in accordance with the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement in substitution of an Option, SSAR, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, or Performance Share that was granted by Dover Corporation to such employees under a Predecessor Plan prior to the spin-off of the Corporation by Dover Corporation.

“Restricted Period” shall mean the period of time during which the Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are subject to Restrictions pursuant to Paragraph 14.

“Restricted Stock” shall mean shares of Common Stock that are subject to an Award to a Participant under Paragraph 13 and may be subject to certain Restrictions or risks of forfeiture specified in the Award.

“Restricted Stock Unit” shall mean a bookkeeping entry representing a right granted to a Participant pursuant to an Award made under Paragraph 13 of the Plan to receive shares of Common Stock to be issued and delivered at the end of a specified period subject to any Restrictions or risks of forfeiture specified in the Award.

“Restrictions” shall mean the restrictions to which Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are subject under the provisions of Paragraph 14, including any Performance Targets established by the Committee.

“Section 16 Person” shall mean those officers, directors, or other persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

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“SSAR” shall mean the right granted to a Participant under Paragraph 6 to be paid an amount measured by the appreciation in the Fair Market Value of Common Stock from the date of grant to the date of surrender of the Award, with payment to be made solely in shares of Common Stock as specified in the Award Agreement or as determined by the Committee.

“Subsidiary” shall mean any present or future corporation that is or would be a “subsidiary corporation” with respect to the Corporation as defined in Section 424 of the Code.

3. Dover Replacement Awards. The Corporation is authorized to issue Replacement Awards to Participants in the Predecessor Plans in connection with the adjustment and replacement by the Corporation of certain Options, SSARs, or Restricted Stock Units previously granted by Dover Corporation under the Predecessor Plans. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to a Replacement Award and the other terms and conditions of each Replacement Award, including the Option exercise or SSAR base price, shall be determined in accordance with the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement.

4. Administration.

(a) Administration by Committee. The Plan shall be administered and interpreted by the Committee.

(b) Powers. The Committee will have sole and complete authority and discretion to administer all aspects of the Plan, including but not limited to: (i) selecting the Participants to whom Awards may be granted under the Plan and the time or times at which such Awards shall be made; (ii) granting Awards; (iii) determining the type and number of shares of Common Stock to which an Award may relate and the amount of cash to be subject to Cash Performance Awards; (iv) determining the terms and conditions pursuant to which Awards will be made (which need not be identical), including, without limitation, the exercise or base price of an Option or SSAR Award, Performance Targets, Performance Periods, forfeiture restrictions, exercisability conditions, and all other matters to be determined in connection with an Award; (v) determining whether and to what extent Performance Targets or other objectives or conditions applicable to Awards have been met; (vi) prescribing the form of Award Agreements, which need not be identical; (vii) determining whether and under what circumstances and in what form an Award may be settled; and (viii) making all other decisions and determinations as may be required or appropriate under the terms of the Plan or an Award Agreement as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

(c) Authority. The Committee shall have the discretionary authority to adopt, alter, repeal and interpret and construe such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing this Plan, Awards and the Award Agreements, to make Replacement Awards, and perform all acts, including the delegation of its administrative responsibilities, as it shall, from time to time, deem advisable; to construe and interpret the terms and provisions of this Plan and any Award issued under this Plan and any Award Agreements relating thereto; to resolve any doubtful or disputed terms; and to otherwise supervise the

 

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administration of this Plan. The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan or in any Award Agreement relating thereto in the manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary to effectuate the purposes and intent of this Plan. The Committee may adopt sub-plans or supplements to, or alternative versions of, the Plan, Awards, or Award Agreements, or alternative forms of payment or settlement, as the Committee deems necessary or desirable to comply with the laws of, or to accommodate the laws, regulations, tax or accounting effectiveness, accounting principles, foreign exchange rules, or customs of, foreign jurisdictions whose citizens or residents may be granted Awards. The Committee may impose any limitations and restrictions that it deems necessary to comply with the laws of such foreign jurisdictions and modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to Participants outside the United States.

(d) Effect of Actions. Any decision, interpretation or other action made or taken in good faith by or at the direction of the Corporation, the Board or the Committee (or any of its members) arising out of or in connection with this Plan shall be within the absolute discretion of all and each of them, as the case may be, and shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Corporation and all employees and Participants and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns and any persons claiming rights under this Plan or an Award. A Participant or other person claiming rights under this Plan may contest a decision or action by the Committee with respect to an Award or such other person only on the ground that such decision or action was arbitrary, capricious, or unlawful, and any review of such decision or action by the Board or otherwise shall be limited to determining whether the Committee’s decision or action was arbitrary, capricious or unlawful.

(e) Legal Counsel. The Corporation, the Board or the Committee may consult with legal counsel, who may be counsel for the Corporation or other counsel, with respect to its obligations or duties hereunder, or with respect to any action or proceeding or any question of law, and shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith pursuant to the advice of such counsel.

(f) Delegation to CEO and President. The Committee may delegate all or a portion of its authority, power and functions (other than the power to grant awards to Section 16 Persons or Covered Executives) to the CEO to the extent permitted under Delaware corporate law. To the extent and within the guidelines established by the Committee, the CEO shall have the authority to exercise all of the authority and powers granted to the Committee under this Paragraph 4, including the authority to grant Awards, without the further approval of the Committee. The CEO may delegate all or a portion of the authority delegated to him or her hereunder to the President of the Corporation to the extent permitted under Delaware law.

(g) Indemnification. The Committee, its members, the CEO, and any employee of the Corporation or an Affiliate to whom authority or administrative responsibilities has been delegated shall not be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to this Plan. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no officer of the Corporation or Affiliate or member or former member of the Committee shall be

 

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liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to this Plan or any Award granted under it. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Corporation (or if applicable, of an Affiliate), each officer and Committee member or former officer or member of the Committee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation (or if applicable, an Affiliate) against any cost or expense (including reasonable fees of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Corporation) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Corporation), and shall be advanced amounts necessary to pay the foregoing at the earliest time and to the fullest extent permitted, arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with this Plan, except to the extent arising out of such Committee member’s, officer’s, or former member’s or former officer’s own fraud or bad faith. Such indemnification shall be in addition to any rights of indemnification the officers, directors or Committee members or former officers, directors or Committee members may have under applicable law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Corporation or any Affiliate.

5. Shares.

(a) Shares Available for Grant. An aggregate maximum of 6,500,000 shares of Common Stock will be reserved for issuance upon exercise of Options granted under the Plan, the exercise of SSARs granted under the Plan, and for Awards of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Directors’ Shares, and Deferred Stock Units. This maximum share reserve is subject to appropriate adjustment resulting from future stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, reorganizations, and other similar changes to be computed in the same manner as that provided for in Paragraph 5(b) below. The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced (i) by one share for each share of Common Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of Options or SSARs, and (ii) by three (3) shares for each share of Common Stock issued pursuant to Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share, Directors’ Shares, and Deferred Stock Unit Awards. If any Option or SSAR granted under the Plan expires, terminates, or is canceled for any reason without having been exercised in full, or if any Award of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Shares, Directors’ Shares, or Deferred Stock Unit is forfeited or canceled for any reason, the number of shares underlying such unexercised Option or SSAR and the number of forfeited or canceled shares under such other Awards will again be available under the Plan in an amount corresponding to the reduction in such share reserve previously made in accordance with the rules described above in this Paragraph 5(a). However, the total original number of shares subject to any Option, SSAR, Award of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Shares, Directors’ Shares, or Deferred Stock Unit granted under the Plan that is exercised, vests or held until payout shall continue to be counted against the aggregate maximum number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan in an amount corresponding to the reduction in such share reserve as set forth above, even if such grant is settled in whole or in part other than by the delivery of Common Stock to a Participant (including, without limitation, any net share exercise, tender of shares to the Corporation to pay the exercise price, attestation to the ownership of shares owned by the Participant, or withholding of any shares to satisfy tax withholding obligations). The shares of Common Stock available under this Plan may be either authorized and unissued Common Stock or Common Stock held in or acquired for the treasury of the Corporation.

 

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(b) Effect of Stock Dividends, Merger, Recapitalization or Reorganization or Similar Events. In the event of any change in the Common Stock through merger, consolidation, reorganization, reincorporation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination of shares, exchange of shares or similar change in the capital structure of the Corporation, if all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation are transferred to any other corporation in a reorganization, or in the event of payment of a dividend or distribution to the stockholders of the Corporation in a form other than Common Stock (excepting normal cash dividends) that has a material effect on the Fair Market Value of shares of Common Stock, appropriate adjustments shall be made by the Committee in the number and class of shares subject to the Plan, in the ISO share limit set forth in Paragraph 6(e), the number of shares subject to any outstanding Awards, and in the exercise or base price per share under any outstanding Option or SSAR. The adjustments to be made pursuant to this Paragraph 5(b) shall meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

B. OPTION AND SSAR GRANTS

6. Stock Options and SSARs. Options may be granted under the terms of the Plan and shall be designated as either Non-Qualified Stock Options or ISOs. SSARs may also be granted under the terms of the Plan. SSARs shall be granted separately from Options and the exercise of an SSAR shall not be linked in any way to the exercise of an Option and shall not affect any Option Award then outstanding. Option grants and SSARs shall contain such terms and conditions as the Committee may from time to time determine, subject to the following limitations:

(a) Exercise Price. The price at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased upon exercise of an Option shall be fixed by the Committee and may be equal to or more than (but not less than) the Fair Market Value of a share of the Common Stock as of the date the Option is granted; provided that this sentence shall not apply to Replacement Awards.

(b) Base Price. The base price of an SSAR shall be fixed by the Committee and may be equal to or more than (but not less than) the Fair Market Value of a share of the Common Stock as of the date the SSAR is granted; provided that this sentence shall not apply to Replacement Awards.

(c) Term. The term of each Option or SSAR will be for such period as the Committee shall determine as set forth in the Option or SSAR Award Agreement, but in no event shall the term of an Option or SSAR be greater than ten (10) years from the date of grant.

 

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(d) Rights of Participant. A recipient of an Option or SSAR Award shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares issuable or transferable upon exercise thereof until the date of issuance of such shares. Except as specifically set forth in Paragraph 5(b) above, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or other distributions of cash or other property on or with respect to shares of Common Stock covered by Options or SSARs paid or payable to Participants of record prior to such issuance.

(e) ISO Limits. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined on the date of grant) of Common Stock with respect to which a Participant is granted ISOs (including ISOs granted under the Predecessor Plan) which first become exercisable during any given calendar year shall not exceed $100,000. In no event shall more than 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock be available for issuance pursuant to the exercise of ISOs granted under the Plan.

7. Exercise. An Option or SSAR Award granted under the Plan shall be exercisable during the term of the Option or SSAR subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine and are specified in the Award Agreement, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan. Except as otherwise provided herein, no Option or SSAR may be exercised prior to the third anniversary of the date of grant. The Committee may adopt alternative vesting and exercise rules to comply with the provisions of foreign laws and for other reasons as it may determine in its discretion. In addition, the Committee may condition the exercise of an Option or SSAR upon the attainment by the Corporation or any Affiliate, business unit or division or by the Participant of any Performance Targets set by the Committee.

(a) Option. To exercise an Option, the Participant must give notice to the Corporation of the number of shares to be purchased accompanied by payment of the full purchase price of such shares as set forth in Paragraph 8, pursuant to such electronic or other procedures as may be specified by the Corporation or its plan administrator from time to time. The date when the Corporation has actually received both such notice and payment shall be deemed the date of exercise of the Option with respect to the shares being purchased and the shares shall be issued as soon as practicable thereafter.

(b) SSAR. To exercise a SSAR, the SSAR Participant must give notice to the Corporation of the number of SSARs being exercised as provided in the SSAR Award Agreement pursuant to such electronic or other procedures as may be specified by the Corporation or its plan administrator from time to time. No payment shall be required to exercise an SSAR. The date of actual receipt by the Corporation of such notice shall be deemed to be the date of exercise of the SSAR and the shares issued in settlement of such exercise therefor shall be issued as soon as practicable thereafter. Upon the exercise of an SSAR, the SSAR Participant shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation for each SSAR being exercised that number of whole shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of the SSAR equal in value to the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the exercise date over (B) the sum of (i) the base price of the SSAR being exercised, plus (ii) unless the Participant elects to pay such tax in cash, any amount of tax that must be withheld in connection with such exercise. Fractional shares of Common Stock shall be disregarded upon exercise of an SSAR unless otherwise determined by the Committee. The Committee may provide for SSARs to be settled in cash to the extent the Committee determines to be advisable or appropriate under foreign laws or customs.

 

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(c) Automatic Exercise/Surrender. The Corporation may, in its discretion, provide in an Option or SSAR Award or adopt procedures that an Option or SSAR outstanding on the last business day of the term of such Option or SSAR (“Automatic Exercise Date”) that has a “Specified Minimum Value” shall be automatically and without further action by the Participant (or in the event of the Participant’s death, the Participant’s personal representative or estate), be exercised on the Automatic Exercise Date. Payment of the exercise price of such Option may be made pursuant to such procedures as may be approved by the Corporation from time to time and the Corporation shall deduct or withhold an amount sufficient to satisfy all taxes associated with such exercise in accordance with Paragraph 38. For purposes of this Paragraph 7(c), the term “Specified Minimum Value” means that the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock exceeds the exercise or base price, as applicable, of a share subject to an expiring Option or SSAR by at least $0.50 cents per share or such other amount as the Corporation shall determine from time to time. The Corporation may elect to discontinue the automatic exercise of Options and SSARs pursuant to this Paragraph 7(c) at any time upon notice to a Participant or to apply the automatic exercise feature only to certain groups of Participants. The automatic exercise of an Option or SSAR pursuant to this Paragraph 7(c) shall apply only to an Option or SSAR Award that has been timely accepted by a Participant under procedures specified by the Corporation from time to time.

8. Payment of Exercise Price. Payment of the Option exercise price must be made in full pursuant to any of the following procedures or such other electronic or other procedures as may be specified by the Committee or its plan administrator from time to time: (i) in cash, by check or cash equivalent, (ii) by delivery to the Corporation of unencumbered shares of Common Stock owned by the Participant having a Fair Market Value not less than the exercise price, (iii) by attestation to the Corporation by the Participant of ownership of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value not less than the exercise price accompanied by a request and authorization to the Corporation to deliver to the Participant upon exercise only the number of whole shares by which the number of shares covered by the Option being exercised exceeds the number of shares stated in such attestation; (iv) by delivery to the Corporation by a broker of cash equal to the exercise price of the Option upon an undertaking by the Participant to cause the Corporation to deliver to the broker some or all of the shares being acquired upon the exercise of the Option (a “Cashless Exercise”), (v) by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Corporation will reduce the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Option by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price and the Participant shall deliver to the Corporation a cash or other payment to the extent of any remaining balance of the aggregate exercise price not satisfied by such reduction in the number of whole shares to be issued; (vi) by such other consideration as may be approved by the Committee from time to time to the extent permitted by applicable law, or (vii) by any combination of the foregoing. The Committee may at any time or from time to time grant Options which permit only some of the foregoing forms of consideration to be used in

 

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payment of the exercise price or which otherwise restrict the use of one or more forms of consideration. Any shares transferred to the Corporation will be added to the Corporation’s treasury shares or canceled and become authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock but such shares shall not increase the shares reserved for issuance under the Plan in Paragraph 5(a) above. The number of shares of Common Stock covered by, and available for exercise under, a Participant’s Options shall be reduced by (A) shares covered by an attestation used for netting in accordance with clause (iii) above; (B) shares used to pay the exercise price pursuant to a “net exercise” in accordance with clause (v) above; (C) shares delivered to the Participant as a result of any exercise, and (D) shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations.

9. Transfers. The Options and SSARs granted under the Plan may not be sold, transferred, hypothecated, pledged, or otherwise disposed of by any Participant except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or as otherwise provided herein. The Option or SSARs of any person to acquire stock and all rights thereunder shall terminate immediately if the Participant attempts to or does sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the Option or SSAR or any rights thereunder to any other person except as permitted herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may transfer any Non-Qualified Stock Option (but not ISOs or SSARs) granted under this Plan to members of the Participant’s immediate family (defined as a spouse, children and/or grandchildren), or to one or more trusts for the benefit of such family members if the instrument evidencing such Option expressly so provides and the Participant does not receive any consideration for the transfer; provided that any such transferred Option shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions that were applicable to such Option immediately prior to its transfer (except that such transferred Option shall not be further transferred by the transferee during the transferee’s lifetime).

10. Effect of Death, Disability or Retirement. If a Participant dies or becomes Disabled while employed by the Corporation, all Options or SSARs held by such Participant shall become immediately exercisable and the Participant or such Participant’s estate or the legatees or distributees of such Participant’s estate or of the Options or SSARs, as the case may be, shall have the right, on or before the earlier of the respective expiration date of an Option and SSAR or sixty (60) months following the date of such death or Disability, to exercise any or all Options or SSARs held by such Participant as of such date of death or Disability. If a Participant’s employment terminates as the result of a Normal Retirement, the Participant shall have the right, on or before the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or SSAR and sixty (60) months following the date of such Normal Retirement, to purchase or acquire shares under any Options or SSARs which at the date of his or her Normal Retirement are, or within sixty (60) months following the date of Normal Retirement become, exercisable.

11. Voluntary or Involuntary Termination. If a Participant’s employment with the Corporation is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated for any reason, other than for reasons or in circumstances specified in Paragraph 10 above or for Cause, the Participant shall have the right at any time on or before the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or SSAR or three (3) months following the effective date of such termination of employment, to exercise, and acquire shares under, any Options or SSARs which at such termination are exercisable.

 

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12. Termination for Cause. If a Participant’s employment with the Corporation is terminated for Cause, the Option or SSAR shall be canceled and the Participant shall have no further rights to exercise any such Option or SSAR and all of such Participant’s rights thereunder shall terminate as of the effective date of such termination of employment.

C. RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS

13. Grant. Subject to the provisions and as part of the Plan, the Committee shall have the discretion and authority to make Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Unit Awards to Participants at such times, and in such amounts, as the Committee may determine in its discretion. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, grants of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall contain such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine at the time of Award.

14. Restrictions; Restricted Period. At the time of each grant, the Committee may adopt such time based vesting schedules, not less than one (1) year and not longer than five (5) years from the date of the Award, and such other forfeiture conditions and Restrictions, as it may deem appropriate with respect to Awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, to apply during a Restricted Period as may be specified by the Committee. The Committee may in its discretion condition the vesting of Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units upon the attainment of Performance Targets established by the Committee. No more than 5% of the aggregate number of the shares reserved for issuance under the Plan (as adjusted pursuant to Paragraph 5(b)) may be awarded as Restricted Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Unit Awards having a vesting period more rapid than annual pro rata vesting over a period of three (3) years.

15. Issuance of Shares.

(a) Restricted Stock. Shares in respect of Restricted Stock Awards shall be registered in the name of the Participant and, in the discretion of the Committee, held either in book entry form or in certificate form and deposited with the Secretary of the Corporation. A Participant shall be required to have delivered a stock power endorsed by the Participant in blank relating to the Restricted Stock covered by an Award. Upon lapse of the applicable Restrictions, as determined by the Committee, the Corporation shall deliver such shares of Common Stock to the Participant in settlement of the Restricted Stock Award. To the extent that the shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, such shares automatically shall be transferred back to the Corporation. The Corporation will stamp any stock certificates delivered to the Participant with an appropriate legend or notations if the shares are not registered under the Securities Act, or are otherwise not free to be transferred by the Participant and will issue appropriate stop-order instructions to the transfer agent for the Common Stock, if and to the extent such stamping or instructions may then be required by the Securities Act or by any rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued pursuant to the Securities Act.

 

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(b) Restricted Stock Units. Restricted Stock Units shall be credited as a bookkeeping entry in the name of the Participant to an account maintained by the Corporation. No shares of Common Stock will be issued to the Participant in respect of Restricted Stock Units on the date of an Award. Shares of Common Stock shall be issuable to the Participant only upon the lapse of such Restrictions as determined by the Committee. Upon such lapse and determination, the Corporation shall deliver such shares of Common Stock to the Participant in settlement of the Restricted Stock Unit Award. To the extent that a Restricted Stock Unit Award is forfeited, no shares of Common Stock shall be issued to a Participant.

16. Dividend Equivalents and Voting Rights. Dividend Equivalents shall not be paid on a Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award during the Restricted Period. In the discretion of the Committee, Dividend Equivalents may be credited to a bookkeeping account for a Participant for distribution to Participant on or after a Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award vests (such Dividend Equivalents to the extent subject to Section 409A shall be payable upon fixed dates or events in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code). An employee who receives an award of Restricted Stock shall not be entitled, during the Restricted Period, to exercise voting rights with respect to such Restricted Stock.

17. Nontransferability. Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered and shall not be subject to execution, attachment, garnishment or other similar legal process, except as otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement. Upon any attempt to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or otherwise encumber or dispose of the Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units contrary to the provisions of the Award Agreement or the Plan, the Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit and any related Dividend Equivalents shall immediately be forfeited to the Corporation.

18. Termination of Employment.

(a) Death, Disability, Special Circumstances. In the case of a Participant’s Disability, death, or special circumstances as determined by the Committee, any purely temporal restrictions remaining with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards as of the date of such Disability, death, or such special circumstances, shall lapse and, if any Performance Targets are applicable, the Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall continue to vest as if the Participant’s employment had not terminated until the prescribed time for determining attainment of Performance Targets has passed and the appropriate determination of attainment of Performance Targets has been made.

(b) Normal Retirement. If the Participant’s employment with the Corporation (or an Affiliate) terminates as a result of Normal Retirement, subject to compliance with the non-competition provisions of Paragraph 42 below applicable to Normal Retirement, the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall continue to vest as if the Participant’s employment had not terminated until the earlier of (i) sixty (60) months from the date of termination, and (ii) such time as the remaining temporal restrictions lapse. If, on the date of such Normal Retirement, the Participant holds one or more

 

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performance-based Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards, the oldest outstanding performance-based Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award shall remain outstanding and the Participant shall be entitled to receive on the regular payment date for such performance-based Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award the same number of shares that the Participant would have earned had such Participant been an employee of the Corporation as of such payment date, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable Performance Targets and certification by the Committee of the attainment of such Performance Targets and the amount of the payment to the extent required by Paragraphs 30-31. With respect to any other performance-based Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards outstanding on the date of Normal Retirement, the Committee, or if the Committee delegates to the CEO such authority, the CEO, shall determine in its sole discretion whether the Participant is eligible to receive any shares with respect to such awards and, if so, the amount thereof, in which event such payment shall be made on the regular payment date for such performance-based Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award following the date of the Participant’s Normal Retirement. Any such payment to a Participant shall be subject to the satisfaction of the applicable Performance Targets and certification by the Committee of the attainment of such Performance Targets and the amount of the payment. Except as provided in this Paragraph 18(b), if the Participant is the subject of Normal Retirement, all performance-based Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards held by such Participant shall be canceled and all of the Participant’s awards thereunder shall terminate as of the effective date of such Normal Retirement.

(c) Other. If a Participant’s employment with the Corporation voluntarily or involuntarily terminates for any other reason during the Restricted Period, the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall be forfeited on the date of such termination of employment.

19. Cancellation. The Committee may at any time, with due consideration to the effect on the Participant of Section 409A of the Code, require the cancellation of any Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units in consideration of a cash payment or alternative Award under the Plan equal to the Fair Market Value of the canceled Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.

D. CASH PERFORMANCE AWARDS

20. Awards and Period of Contingency. The Committee may, concurrently with, or independently of, the granting of another Award under the Plan, in its sole discretion, grant to a Participant the opportunity to earn a Cash Performance Award payment, conditional upon the satisfaction of objective pre-established Performance Targets with respect to Performance Criteria as set forth in Paragraphs 28-31 below during a specified Performance Period. The Performance Period shall be not less than three (3) fiscal years of the Corporation, including the year in which the Cash Performance Award is made. The Corporation shall make a payment in respect of any Cash Performance Award only if the Committee shall have certified that the applicable Performance Targets have been satisfied for a Performance Period except as provided in Paragraphs 30-31. The aggregate maximum cash payout for any business unit within the Corporation or an Affiliate or the

 

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Corporation as a whole shall not exceed a fixed percentage of the value created at the relevant business unit during the Performance Period, determined using such criteria as may be specified by the Committee, such percentages and dollar amounts to be determined by the Committee annually when Performance Targets and Performance Criteria are established. Cash Performance Awards shall be paid within two and one-half months following the end of the calendar year in which the relevant Performance Period ends. Cash Performance Awards may not be transferred by a Participant except by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

21. Effect of Death or Disability. If a Participant dies or becomes Disabled while employed by the Corporation (or an Affiliate), then, the Participant (or the Participant’s estate or the legatees or distributees of the Participant’s estate, as the case may be) shall be entitled to receive on the payment date following the end of the Performance Period, the cash payment that the Participant would have earned had the Participant then been an employee of the Corporation, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months the Participant was employed by the Corporation during the Performance Period and the denominator of which is the number of months of the Performance Period (treating fractional months as whole months in each case). Except as provided in Paragraphs 30-31, such payment shall be subject to satisfaction of the applicable Performance Targets and certification by the Committee of the attainment of such Performance Targets.

22. Effect of Normal Retirement. If a Participant’s employment with the Corporation (or an Affiliate) terminates as a result of Normal Retirement and on the date of such Normal Retirement the Participant holds one or more Cash Performance Awards, the oldest outstanding Cash Performance Award shall remain outstanding and the Participant shall be entitled to receive on the regular payment date for such Cash Performance Award the same payment that the Participant would have earned had such Participant been an employee of the Corporation as of such date, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable Performance Targets and certification by the Committee of the attainment of such Performance Targets and the amount of the payment to the extent required by Paragraphs 30-31. With respect to any other Cash Performance Awards outstanding on the date of Normal Retirement, the Committee, or if the Committee delegates to the CEO such authority, the CEO, shall determine in its sole discretion whether the Participant is eligible to receive any payment with respect to such awards and, if so, the amount thereof, in which event such payment shall be made on the regular payment date for such Cash Performance Awards following the date of the Participant’s Normal Retirement. Any such payment to a Participant shall be subject to the satisfaction of the applicable Performance Targets and certification by the Committee of the attainment of such Performance Targets and the amount of the payment. Except as provided in this Paragraph 22, if the Participant is the subject of Normal Retirement, all Cash Performance Awards held by such Participant shall be canceled and all of the Participant’s awards thereunder shall terminate as of the effective date of such Normal Retirement.

 

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23. Effect of Other Terminations of Employment.

(a) General Termination. If a Participant’s employment with the Corporation is terminated for any other reason, whether voluntary, involuntary, or for Cause other than a termination described in Paragraphs 21-22 above or in Paragraph 23(b) below, then his or her outstanding Cash Performance Awards shall be canceled and all of the Participant’s rights under any such award shall terminate as of the effective date of the termination of such employment.

(b) Pre-Payment Termination. If, after the end of a Performance Period and before the date of payment of any final Cash Performance Award, a Participant’s employment is terminated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily for any reason other than for Cause, the Participant shall be entitled to receive on the payment date the cash payment that the Participant would have earned had the Participant continued to be an employee of the Corporation as of the payment date, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable Performance Targets and certification by the Committee of the attainment of such Performance Targets and the amount of the payment.

E. PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS

24. Awards and Period of Contingency. The Committee may, concurrently with, or independently of, the granting of another Award under the Plan, in its sole discretion, grant to a Participant a Performance Share Award conditional upon the satisfaction of objective pre-established Performance Targets with respect to Performance Criteria as set forth in Paragraphs 28-31 below during a Performance Period of not less than three (3) fiscal years of the Corporation, including the year in which the conditional award is made. Any such grant may set a specific number of Performance Shares that may be earned, or a range of Performance Shares that may be earned, depending on the degree of achievement of Performance Targets pre-established by the Committee. Performance Share Awards shall be paid within two and one-half months following the end of the calendar year in which the relevant Performance Period ends. Except as provided in Paragraphs 30-31, the Corporation shall issue Common Stock in payment of Performance Share Awards only if the Committee shall have certified that the applicable Performance Targets have been satisfied at the end of a Performance Period. Prior to the issuance of shares of Common Stock at the end of a Performance Period, a Performance Share Award shall be credited as a bookkeeping entry in the name of the Participant in an account maintained by the Corporation. No shares of Common Stock will be issued to the Participant in respect of a Performance Share Award on the date of an Award. A Participant shall not be the legal or beneficial owner of shares subject to a Performance Share Award and shall not have any voting rights or rights to distributions with respect to such shares prior to the issuance of shares at the end of the Performance Period, provided that the Committee may specify that the Participant is entitled to receive Dividend Equivalents. A Participant may not transfer a Performance Share Award except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The Committee may, in its discretion, credit a Participant with Dividend Equivalents with respect to a Performance Share Award.

 

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25. Effect of Death or Disability. If a Participant in the Plan holding a Performance Share Award dies or becomes Disabled while employed by the Corporation (or an Affiliate), then the Participant (or the Participant’s estate or the legatees or distributes of the Participant’s estate, as the case may be) shall be entitled to receive on the payment date at the end of the Performance Period, that number of shares of Common Stock that the Participant would have earned had the Participant then been an employee of the Corporation, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months the Participant was employed by the Corporation during the Performance Period and the denominator of which is the number of months of the Performance Period (treating fractional months as whole months in each case). Except as provided in Paragraphs 30-31, such payment shall be subject to satisfaction of the applicable Performance Targets and certification by the Committee of the attainment of such Performance Targets and the amount of payment.

26. Effect of Normal Retirement. If a Participant’s employment with the Corporation (or an Affiliate) terminates as a result of Normal Retirement and on the date of such Normal Retirement, the Participant holds one or more Performance Share Awards, the oldest outstanding Performance Share Award shall remain outstanding and the Participant shall be entitled to receive on the regular payment date for such Performance Share Award the same number of shares that the Participant would have earned had such Participant been an employee of the Corporation as of such date, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable Performance Targets and certification by the Committee of the attainment of such Performance Targets and the amount of the payment to the extent required by Paragraphs 30-31. With respect to any other Performance Share Awards outstanding on the date of Normal Retirement, the Committee, or if the Committee delegates to the CEO such authority, the CEO, shall determine in its sole discretion whether the Participant is eligible to receive any shares with respect to such awards and, if so, the amount thereof, in which event such payment shall be made on the regular payment date for such Performance Share Awards following the date of the Participant’s Normal Retirement. Any such payment to a Participant shall be subject to the satisfaction of the applicable Performance Targets and certification by the Committee of the attainment of such Performance Targets and the amount of the payment. Except as provided in this Paragraph 26, if the Participant is the subject of Normal Retirement, all Performance Share Awards held by such Participant shall be canceled and all of the Participant’s awards thereunder shall terminate as of the effective date of such Normal Retirement.

27. Effect of Other Terminations of Employment.

(a) General Termination. If a Participant’s employment with the Corporation is terminated for any reason, whether voluntary, involuntary, or for Cause, other than those terminations described in Paragraphs 25-26 above or in Paragraph 27(b) below, then his or her outstanding Performance Share Awards shall be canceled and all of the Participant’s rights under any such award shall terminate as of the effective date of the termination of such employment.

(b) Pre-Payment Termination. If, after the end of a Performance Period and before the date of payment of any final award, a Participant’s employment is terminated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily for any reason other than for Cause, the Participant shall be entitled to receive on the payment date the payment that the Participant would

 

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have earned had the Participant continued to be an employee of the Corporation as of the payment date, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable Performance Targets and certification by the Committee of the attainment of such performance targets and the amount of the payment to the extent required by Paragraphs 30-31.

F. PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

28. Establishment of Performance Targets. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, grant an Award under the Plan conditional upon the satisfaction of objective pre-established Performance Targets based on specified Performance Criteria during a Performance Period. The Performance Period for Cash Performance Awards and Performance Shares shall be not less than three (3) full fiscal years of the Corporation, including the year in which an Award is made and may be shorter in the case of other Awards but not less than one full fiscal year. Any Performance Targets established by the Committee shall include one or more objective formulas or standards for determining the level or levels of achievement of the Performance Targets that must be achieved in order for payment to be made with respect to an Award (and any related Dividend Equivalents), and the amount of the Award (and any Dividend Equivalents) payable to a Participant if the Performance Targets are satisfied in whole or in part or exceeded. The Performance Targets may be fixed by the Committee for the Corporation as a whole or for a subsidiary, division, Affiliate, business segment, or business unit, depending on the Committee’s judgment as to what is appropriate, and shall be set by the Committee not later than the earlier of the 90th day after the commencement of the period of services to which the Performance Period relates or by the time 25% of such period of services has elapsed, in either case, provided that the outcome of the Performance Targets is substantially uncertain at the time the Performance Targets are established. The Performance Targets with respect to a Performance Period need not be the same for all Participants. Performance measures and Performance Targets may differ from Participant to Participant and from Award to Award.

29. Performance Criteria. Performance Targets shall be based on at least one or more of the Performance Criteria listed on Exhibit A hereto that the Committee deems appropriate, as they apply to the Corporation as a whole or to a subsidiary, a division, Affiliate, business segment, or business unit thereof. The Committee may adjust, upward or downward, the Performance Targets to reflect (i) a change in accounting standards or principles, (ii) a significant acquisition or divestiture, (iii) a significant capital transaction, or (iv) any other unusual, nonrecurring items which are separately identified and quantified in the Corporation’s audited financial statements, so long as such accounting change is required or such transaction or nonrecurring item occurs after the goals for the fiscal year are established, and such adjustments are stated at the time that the Performance Targets are determined. The Committee may also adjust, upward or downward, as applicable, the Performance Targets to reflect any other extraordinary item or event, so long as any such item or event is separately identified as an item or event requiring adjustment of such targets at the time the Performance Targets are determined, and such item or event occurs after the goals for the fiscal year are established.

 

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30. Approval and Certification. Promptly after the close of a Performance Period, the Committee shall certify in writing the extent to which the Performance Targets have been met and shall determine on that basis the amount payable to Participant in respect of an Award. The Committee shall have the discretion to approve proportional or adjusted Awards under the Plan to address situations where a Participant joined the Corporation or an Affiliate, or transferred or is promoted within the Corporation or an Affiliate, during a Performance Period. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect to make a payment under an Award to a Disabled Participant or to the Participant’s estate (or to legatees or distributees, as the case may be, of the Participant’s estate) in the case of death or upon a Change in Control, without regard to actual attainment of the Performance Targets (or the Committee’s certification thereof).

31. Committee Discretion.

(a) Negative Discretion. The Committee shall have the discretion to decrease the amount payable under any Award made under the Plan upon attainment of a Performance Target. The Committee shall also have the discretion to decrease or increase the amount payable upon attainment of the Performance Target to take into account the effect on an Award of any unusual, non-recurring circumstance, extraordinary items, change in accounting methods, or other factors to the extent provided in Exhibit A hereto.

(b) Positive Adjustment. In its discretion, the Committee may, either at the time it grants an Award or at any time thereafter, provide for the positive adjustment of the formula applicable to an Award granted to a Participant to reflect such Participant’s individual performance in his or her position with the Corporation or an Affiliate or such other factors as the Committee may determine.

G. NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

32. Non-Employee Director Compensation. The Board shall determine from time to time the amount and form of compensation to be paid to Non-Employee Directors for serving as a member of the Board. The percentage of Non-Employee Directors’ compensation to be paid in cash, Directors’ Shares, or in other forms of compensation shall be determined by the Board from time to time. The number of shares of Common Stock that may be granted to any Non-Employee Director each year shall not exceed 20,000 shares of Common Stock. In addition to the annual compensation of Non-Employee Directors, the Board may also authorize one-time grants of Directors’ Shares to Non-Employee Directors, or to an individual upon joining the Board, on such terms as it shall deem appropriate.

 

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paid in shares by the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. Any individual who serves as a Non-Employee Director during a calendar year but ceases to be a Director prior to November 15 of such year shall be issued a pro rata number of Directors’ Shares based on the number of full and partial months that the individual served as a Director for that year and the amount of compensation to be paid in Directors Shares as determined by the Board for that year, with such shares to be issued as of, and the number of such shares to be determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on, the date he or she ceases to be a Director (or if such date is not a trading date, the next such trading day on the principal exchange on which the Common Stock then regularly trades); provided that the Board may determine that any Non-Employee Director removed for cause (as determined by the Board) at any time during any calendar year shall forfeit the right to receive Directors’ Shares for that year.

34. Deferred Stock Units. A Non-Employee Director may elect to defer receipt of his or her Directors’ Shares in accordance with such procedures as may from time to time be prescribed by the Committee. A deferral election shall be valid only if it is delivered prior to the first day of the calendar year in which the services giving rise to the Directors’ Shares are to be performed (or such other date as the Committee may determine for the year in which an individual first becomes a Non-Employee Director). A Participant’s deferral election shall become irrevocable as of the last date the deferral could be delivered or such earlier date as may be established by the Committee. A Non-Employee Director may revoke or change a deferral election at any time prior to the date the election becomes irrevocable, subject to such restrictions as the Committee may establish from time to time. Any such revocation or change shall be in a form and manner determined by the Committee. A Non-Employee Director’s deferral election shall remain in effect and will apply to Directors’ Shares in subsequent years unless and until the Director timely revokes the deferral election in accordance with such procedures as the Committee shall determine. The Committee may adopt procedures for the extension of any deferral period. If a valid deferral election is filed by a Non-Employee Director, Deferred Stock Units shall be credited as a bookkeeping entry in the name of the Non-Employee Director to an account maintained by the Corporation on the basis of one Deferred Stock Unit for each Directors’ Share deferred. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued to the Non-Employee Director in respect of Deferred Stock Units at the time such shares would be issued absent such deferral. Shares of Common Stock shall be issuable to the Non-Employee Director in a lump sum upon the termination of services as a Non-Employee Director (but only if such termination constitutes a separation from service within the meaning of Code Section 409A, if applicable) or, if earlier, a specified date elected by the Non-Employee Director at the time of the deferral election. Dividend Equivalents shall be credited on Deferred Stock Units and distributed at the same time that shares of Common Stock are delivered to a Non-Employee Director in settlement of the Deferred Stock Units.

35. Delivery of Shares. Shares of Common Stock shall be issued to a Non-Employee Director at the time Directors’ Shares are paid or Deferred Stock Units are settled by a issuing a stock certificate, or making an appropriate entry in the Corporation’s shareholder records, in the name of the Non-Employee Director, evidencing such share payment. Each stock certificate will bear an appropriate legend with respect to any

 

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restrictions on transferability, if applicable. A Non-Employee Director shall not have any rights of a stockholder with respect to Directors’ Shares or Deferred Stock Units until such shares of Common Stock are issued and then only from the date of issuance of such shares. No adjustments shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date of issuance of the shares. No fractional shares shall be issued as Directors’ Shares. The Committee may round the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered to the nearest whole share.

H. CHANGE IN CONTROL

36. Change in Control. Each Participant who is an employee of the Corporation or an Affiliate, upon acceptance of an Award under the Plan, and as a condition to such Award, shall be deemed to have agreed that, in the event any “Person” (as defined below) begins a tender or exchange offer, circulates a proxy to shareholders, or takes other steps seeking to effect a “Change in Control” of the Corporation (as defined below), such Participant will not voluntarily terminate his or her employment with the Corporation or with an Affiliate of the Corporation, as the case may be, and, unless terminated by the Corporation or such Affiliate, will continue to render services to the Corporation or such Affiliate until such Person has abandoned, terminated or succeeded in such efforts to effect a Change in Control.

(a) In the event a Change in Control occurs and, within eighteen (18) months following the date of the Change in Control, (i) a Participant experiences an involuntary termination of employment (other than for Cause, death or Disability) such that he or she is no longer in the employ of the Corporation or an Affiliate, or (ii) an event or condition that constitutes “Good Reason” occurs and the Participant subsequently resigns for Good Reason within the time limits set forth in Paragraph 36(h)(iv) below pursuant to a resignation that meets the requirements set forth in Paragraph 36(h)(iv) below:

(i) all Options and SSARs to purchase or acquire shares of Common Stock of the Corporation shall immediately vest on the date of such termination of employment and become exercisable in accordance with the terms of the appropriate Option or SSAR Award Agreement;

(ii) all outstanding Restrictions, including any Performance Targets, with respect to any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award or any other Award shall immediately vest or expire on the date of such termination of employment and be deemed to have been satisfied or earned “at target” as if the Performance Targets (if any) have been achieved, and such Award shall become immediately due and payable on the date of such termination of employment; and

(iii) all Cash Performance Awards and Performance Share Awards outstanding shall be deemed to have been earned at “target” as if the Performance Targets have been achieved, and such Awards shall immediately vest and become immediately due and payable on the date of such termination of employment.

 

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(b) In the event a Change in Control occurs and a Participant’s outstanding Awards are (i) impaired in value or rights, as determined solely in the discretionary judgment of the “Continuing Directors” (as defined below), (ii) not assumed by a successor corporation or an affiliate thereof or, (iii) not replaced with an award or grant that, solely in the discretionary judgment of the Continuing Directors, preserves the existing value of the outstanding Awards at the time of the Change in Control:

(i) all Options and SSARs to purchase or acquire shares of Common Stock of the Corporation shall immediately vest on the date of such Change in Control and become exercisable in accordance with the terms of the appropriate Option or SSAR Award Agreement;

(ii) all outstanding Restrictions, including any Performance Targets, with respect to any Options, SSARs, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall immediately vest or expire on the date of such Change in Control and be deemed to have been satisfied or earned “at target” as if the Performance Targets (if any) have been achieved, and such Award shall become immediately due and payable on the date of such Change in Control;

(iii) Cash Performance Awards and Performance Share Awards outstanding shall immediately vest and become immediately due and payable on the date of such Change in Control as follows:

(A) the Performance Period of all Cash Performance Awards and Performance Share Awards outstanding shall terminate on the last day of the month prior to the month in which the Change in Control occurs;

(B) the Participant shall be entitled to a cash or stock payment the amount of which shall be determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan and the appropriate Cash Performance Award Agreement and Performance Share Award Agreement, which amount shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the Performance Period that has passed prior to the Change in Control (as determined in accordance with clause (iii)(A) above) and the denominator of which is the total number of months in the original Performance Period; and

(C) the Continuing Directors shall promptly determine whether the Participant is entitled to any Cash Performance Award or Performance Share Award, and any such Award payable shall be paid to the Participant promptly but in no event more than five (5) days after a Change in Control;

(c) The Continuing Directors shall have the sole and complete authority and discretion to decide any questions concerning the application, interpretation or scope of any of the terms and conditions of any Award or participation under the Plan in connection with a Change in Control, and their decisions shall be binding and conclusive upon all interested parties; and

 

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(d) Other than as set forth above, the terms and conditions of all Awards shall remain unchanged.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Paragraph 36, the Committee may, in its discretion, take such other action with respect to Awards in connection with a Change in Control as it shall determine to be appropriate.

(f) If a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation occurs (as defined in Section 409A of the Code), Deferred Stock Units shall be settled on the date of such Change in Control by the delivery of shares of Common Stock.

(g) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have taken place upon the occurrence of any of the following events (capitalized terms are defined below):

(i) any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Corporation or its Affiliates) representing 20% or more of either the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation or the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in clause (A) of paragraph (iii) below; or

(ii) the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: individuals who, on the date of the spin-off of the Corporation by Dover Corporation, constituted the Board and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Corporation) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Corporation’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors in office at the time of such approval or recommendation who either were directors on the date of the spin-off of the Corporation by Dover Corporation or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or

(iii) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation with any other corporation, other than (A) any such merger or consolidation after the consummation of which the voting securities of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continue to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Corporation or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (B) any such merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Corporation (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation (not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Corporation or its Affiliates) representing 20% or more of either the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation or the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding securities; or

 

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(iv) the shareholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions.

(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to an Award that is determined to be deferred compensation subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the Corporation will not make a payment upon the happening of a Change in Control unless the Corporation is deemed to have undergone a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation (as such terms are defined in Section 409A of the Code).

(h) For purposes of this Paragraph 36, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

(i) “Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

(ii) “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person shall not be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of any securities that are properly filed on a Form 13-F.

(iii) “Continuing Directors” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.

(iv) “Good Reason” shall mean “Good Reason” due to any one or more of the following events that occur following a Change in Control, unless the Participant has consented to such action in writing: (a) a material diminution of the responsibilities, position and/or title of the Participant compared with the responsibilities, position and title, respectively, of the Participant immediately prior to the Change in Control; (b) a relocation of the Participant’s principal business location to an area outside a 25 mile radius of its location immediately preceding the Change in Control and that requires that the Participant commute an additional distance of at least 20 miles more than such Participant was required to commute immediately prior to the Change in Control; or (c) a material reduction in the Participant’s base salary or bonus opportunities; provided, however, that (i) Good Reason shall not be deemed to exist unless written notice of termination on account thereof is given by the Participant to the Corporation no later than sixty (60) days after the time at which the event or condition purportedly giving rise to Good Reason first occurs or arises; and (ii) if there exists (without regard to this clause

 

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(ii)) an event or condition that constitutes Good Reason, the Corporation shall have thirty (30) days from the date notice of such a termination is given to cure such event or condition and, if the Corporation does so, such event or condition shall not constitute Good Reason hereunder. The Participant’s right to resign from employment for a Good Reason event or condition shall be waived if the Participant fails to resign within sixty (60) days following the last day of the Corporation’s cure period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant and the Corporation (or any of its Affiliates) have entered into an employment agreement or other similar agreement that specifically defines “Good Reason,” then with respect to such Participant, “Good Reason” shall have the meaning defined in that employment agreement or other agreement.

(v) “Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Corporation.

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

37. Legal Compliance.

(a) Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. All elections and transactions under this Plan by persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act involving shares of Common Stock are intended to comply with any applicable exemptive condition under Rule 16b-3 and the Committee shall interpret and administer these guidelines in a manner consistent therewith. The Committee may establish and adopt electronic or other administrative guidelines, designed to facilitate compliance with Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, as it may deem necessary or proper for the administration and operation of this Plan and the transaction of business hereunder. If an officer or Director (as defined in Rule 16a-1) is designated by the Committee to receive an Award, any such Award shall be deemed approved by the Committee and shall be deemed an exempt purchase under Rule 16b-3. Any provisions in this Plan or an Award Agreement inconsistent with Rule 16b-3 shall be inoperative and shall not affect the validity of this Paragraph 37(a). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the grant of any Award or the payment of a share of Common Stock with respect to an Award or any election with regard thereto results or would result in a violation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, any such grant, payment or election shall be deemed to be amended to comply therewith, and to the extent such grant, payment or election cannot be amended to comply therewith, such grant, payment or election shall be immediately canceled and the Participant shall not have any rights thereto.

 

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(b) Securities Laws. The grant of Awards and the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to any Award shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of federal, state, and foreign law with respect to such securities and the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Common Stock may then be listed. In addition, no Award may be exercised or shares issued pursuant to an Award unless (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act shall at the time of such exercise or issuance be in effect with respect to the shares issuable pursuant to the Award or (ii) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Corporation, the shares issuable pursuant to the Award may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The inability of the Corporation to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Corporation’s legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any shares hereunder shall relieve the Corporation of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. As a condition to issuance of any Common Stock, the Corporation may require the Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate, to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation, and to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the Corporation.

(c) Registration. The Corporation will stamp stock certificates delivered to the shareholder with an appropriate legend if the shares of Common Stock are not registered under the Securities Act, or are otherwise not free to be transferred by the Participant and will issue appropriate stop-order instructions to the transfer agent for the Common Stock, if and to the extent such stamping or instructions may then be required by the Securities Act or by any rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued pursuant to the Securities Act.

(d) Blackout Period. Options and SSARs may not be exercised during any period prohibited by the Corporation’s stock trading policies or applicable securities laws. A Participant may not sell any shares acquired under the Plan during any period prohibited by the Corporation’s stock trading policies. The Committee may, in its discretion, extend the term of an Award that would otherwise expire during a blackout period for the length of the blackout period plus ten (10) trading days after the expiration of the blackout period so that a Participant does not lose the benefit of the Award as the result of the restrictions on exercise or sales of shares of Common Stock during the blackout period.

38. Withholding Taxes. The Corporation and its Affiliates shall make arrangements for the collection of any minimum Federal, State, foreign, or local taxes of any kind required to be withheld with respect to any transactions effected under the Plan. The obligations of the Corporation under the Plan shall be conditional on satisfaction of such withholding obligations. The Corporation shall have no obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock, to release shares of Common Stock from an escrow established pursuant to an Award Agreement, or to make any payment in cash under the Plan until the Corporation’s or its Affiliates’ tax withholding obligations have been satisfied by the Participant. The Corporation, to the extent permitted by law, shall have the right to deduct from any payment of any kind otherwise due to or with respect to a Participant through payroll withholding, cash payment or otherwise, including by means of a Cashless Exercise of an Option, the minimum amount of such taxes as may be determined by the Corporation to be required to be withheld by law. The Corporation may, in its discretion require that all or a portion of such shares be sold to satisfy the

 

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Corporation’s withholding obligations under the Plan. The Corporation shall have the right, but not the obligation, to deduct from the shares of Common Stock issuable to a Participant upon the exercise or settlement of an Award, or to accept from the Participant the tender of, a number of whole shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value, as determined by the Corporation, equal to all or any part of the tax withholding obligations of the Corporation or any Affiliate.

39. Effect of Recapitalization or Reorganization. The obligations of the Corporation with respect to any grant or Award under the Plan shall be binding upon the Corporation, its successors or assigns, including any successor or resulting corporation either in liquidation or merger of the Corporation into another corporation owning all the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation or in any other transaction whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise under which such succeeding or resulting corporation acquires all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation and assumes all or substantially all its obligations, unless Awards are terminated in accordance with Paragraph 36.

40. Employment Rights and Obligations. Neither the making of any grant or Award under the Plan, nor the provisions related to a Change in Control of the Corporation or a Person seeking to effect a change in control of the Corporation, shall alter or otherwise affect the rights of the Corporation to change any and all the terms and conditions of employment of any Participant including, but not limited to, the right to terminate such Participant’s employment. Neither this Plan nor the grant of any Award hereunder shall give any Participant any right with respect to continuance of employment by the Corporation or any Affiliate, nor shall they be a limitation in any way on the right of the Corporation or any Affiliate by which an employee is employed to terminate his or her employment at any time. The provisions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant, and such Awards to individual Participants need not be the same in subsequent years.

41. Rights as a Stockholder. A Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock covered by an Award until the date of the issuance of such shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Corporation or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Corporation). No adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such shares are issued, except as provided with respect to Dividend Equivalents or as provided in the Plan or an Award Agreement.

42. Non-compete.

(a) Non-Competition. The enhanced benefits of any Normal Retirement or Early Retirement (the Early Retirement Provisions of this Paragraph 42 are applicable only to Replacement Awards as set forth in Exhibit B to the Plan) provided to a Participant, unless such benefits are waived in writing by the Participant, shall be subject to the provisions of this Paragraph 42. Any Participant who is the beneficiary of any such Normal Retirement or Early Retirement shall be deemed to have expressly agreed not to engage, directly or indirectly in any capacity, in any business in which the Corporation or

 

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any Affiliate at which such Participant was employed at any time in the three (3) years immediately prior to termination of employment was engaged, as the case may be, in the geographic area in which the Corporation or such Affiliate actively carried on business at the end of the Participant’s employment there, for the period with respect to which such Normal Retirement or Early Retirement affords the Participant enhanced benefits, which period shall be, (a) with respect to Options or SSARs, the additional period allowed the Participant for the vesting and exercise of Options or SSARs outstanding at termination of employment, (b) with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards, the period remaining after the Participant’s termination of employment until the end of the original Restricted Period for such Award, and (c) with respect to Cash Performance Awards and Performance Shares Awards granted under the Plan, the period until the payment date following the end of the last applicable Performance Period.

(b) Breach. In the event that a Participant shall fail to comply with the provisions of this Paragraph 42, the Normal Retirement or Early Retirement shall be automatically rescinded and the Participant shall forfeit the enhanced benefits referred to above and shall return to the Corporation the economic value theretofore realized by reason of such benefits as determined by the Committee. If the provisions of this Paragraph 42 or the corresponding provisions of an Award shall be unenforceable as to any Participant, the Committee may rescind the benefits of any such Early Retirement with respect to such Participant.

(c) Other Termination. The Committee may, in its discretion, adopt such other non-competition restrictions applicable to Awards as it deems appropriate from time to time.

(d) Revision. If any provision of this Paragraph 42 or the corresponding provisions of an Award is determined by a court to be unenforceable because of its scope in terms of geographic area or duration in time or otherwise, the Corporation and the Participant agree that the court making such determination is specifically authorized to reduce the duration and/or geographical area and/or other scope of such provision and, in its reduced form, such provision shall then be enforceable; and in every case the remainder of this Paragraph 42, or the corresponding provisions of an Award, shall not be affected thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable, as if such affected provision were not contained herein or therein.

43. Clawback. Awards shall be subject to such clawback requirements and policies as may be required by applicable laws or Apergy policies as in effect from time to time.

44. Amendment. Except as expressly provided in the next sentence and Paragraph 45, the Board may amend the Plan in any manner it deems necessary or appropriate (including any of the terms, conditions or definitions contained herein), or terminate the Plan at any time; provided, however, that any such termination will not affect the validity of any Awards previously made under the Plan. Without the approval of the Corporation’s shareholders, the Board cannot: (a) increase the maximum number of shares covered by the Plan or change the class of employees eligible to receive any Awards; (b) extend beyond 120 months from the date of the grant the period within

 

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which an Option or SSAR may be exercised; (c) make any other amendment to the Plan that would constitute a modification, revision or amendment requiring shareholder approval pursuant to any applicable law or regulation or rule of the principal exchange on which the Corporation’s shares are traded, or (d) change the class of persons eligible to receive ISOs.

45. No Repricing Without Shareholder Approval. Without the approval of the Corporation’s shareholders, the Board cannot approve either (i) the cancellation of outstanding Options or SSARs in exchange for cash or the grant in substitution therefor of new Awards having a lower exercise or base price or (ii) the amendment of outstanding Options or SSARs to reduce the exercise price or base price thereof, except as provided in Paragraph 36 with respect to a Change in Control. This limitation shall not be construed to apply to “issuing or assuming an Option in a transaction to which Section 424(a) applies,” within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code.

46. Unfunded Plan. This Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments as to which a Participant has a fixed and vested interest but that are not yet made to a Participant by the Corporation, nothing contained herein shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Corporation.

47. Other Plans. Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements, subject to stockholder approval if such approval is required; and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

48. Other Benefits. No Award payment under this Plan shall be deemed compensation for purposes of computing benefits under any retirement plan of the Corporation or its Affiliates nor affect any benefits under any other benefit plan now or subsequently in effect under which the availability or amount of benefits is related to the level of compensation.

49. Death/Disability. Subject to local laws and procedures, the Committee may request appropriate written documentation from a trustee or other legal representative, court, or similar legal body, regarding any benefit under the Plan to which the Participant is entitled in the event of such Participant’s death before such representative shall be entitled to act on behalf of the Participant and before a beneficiary receives any or all of such benefit. The Committee may also require any person seeking payment of benefits upon a Participant’s Disability to furnish proof of such Disability.

50. Successors and Assigns. This Plan shall be binding on all successors and permitted assigns of a Participant, including, without limitation, the estate of such Participant and the executor, administrator or trustee of such estate.

51. Headings and Captions. The headings and captions herein are provided for reference and convenience only, shall not be considered part of this Plan, and shall not be employed in the construction of this Plan.

 

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52. Section 409A.

(a) General. To the extent that the Committee determines that any Award granted under the Plan is, or may reasonably be, subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Award Agreement evidencing such Award shall incorporate the terms and conditions necessary to avoid the adverse consequences described in Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code (or any similar provision). To the extent applicable and permitted by law, the Plan and Award Agreements shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including without limitation any other guidance that may be issued or amended after the date of grant of any Award hereunder. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event that the Committee determines that any Award is, or may reasonably be, subject to Section 409A and related Department of Treasury guidance (including such Department of Treasury guidance issued from time to time), the Committee may, without the Participant’s consent, adopt such amendments to the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, that the Committee determines are necessary or appropriate to (A) exempt the Award from Section 409A and/or preserve the intended tax treatment of the benefits provided with respect to the Award, or (B) comply with the requirements of Section 409A and related Department of Treasury guidance. Where applicable, the requirement that Awards constituting deferred compensation under Section 409A that are payable upon termination of a Participant’s employment or services as a Director not be paid prior to the Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A are incorporated herein.

(b) Specified Employees. In addition, and except as otherwise set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, if the Corporation determines that any Award granted under this Plan constitutes, or may reasonably constitute, “deferred compensation” under Section 409A and the Participant is a “specified employee” of the Corporation at the relevant date, as such term is defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), then any payment or benefit resulting from such Award will be delayed until the first day of the seventh month following the Participant’s “separation from service” with the Corporation or its Affiliates within the meaning of Section 409A (or following the date of Participant’s death if earlier), with all payments or benefits due thereafter occurring in accordance with the original schedule.

(c) No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Corporation nor any of its Affiliates shall be responsible for, or required to reimburse or otherwise make any Participant whole for, any tax or penalty imposed on, or losses incurred by, any Participant that arises in connection with the potential or actual application of Section 409A to any Award granted hereunder.

53. Governing Law. The Plan and all Awards made hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (regardless of the law that might otherwise govern under applicable Delaware principles of conflict of laws).

 

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54. Effective Date and Termination Date of Plan. This Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors of Apergy Corporation on April 18, 2018 and approved by the Board of Directors of Dover Corporation on April 18, 2018 and became effective on May 9, 2018. The Plan will terminate on May 9, 2028. No Award shall be granted pursuant to this Plan on or after May 9, 2028, but Awards granted prior to such date may extend beyond that date.

 

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Exhibit A to the Apergy 2018 Corporation Equity and Cash Incentive Plan

Performance Criteria

Any Performance Targets established for purposes of conditioning the grant of an Award based on performance or the vesting of performance-based Awards shall be based on one or more of the following Performance Criteria either individually, alternatively, or in any combination applied either to the Corporation, as a whole or to a subsidiary, a division, Affiliate, business segment, or any business unit thereof, individually, alternatively, or in any combination, and measured either annually or cumulatively over a period of years, or on an absolute basis or relative to previous year’s results or to a designated comparison group, in either case as specified by the Committee in the Award: (i) the attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified percentage increase in, revenues, income before income taxes and extraordinary items, income or net income, earnings before income tax, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or a combination of any or all of the foregoing; (ii) the attainment of certain target levels of, or a percentage increase in, after-tax or pre-tax profits including, without limitation, those attributable to continuing and/or other operations; (iii) the attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, operational cash flow; (iv) the achievement of a certain level of, reduction of, or other specified objectives with regard to limiting the level of increase in, all or a portion of the Corporation’s or an Affiliate’s bank debt or other long-term or short-term public or private debt or other similar financial obligations of the Corporation or Affiliate, which may be calculated net of such cash balances and/or other offsets and adjustments as may be established by the Committee; (v) the attainment of a specified percentage increase in earnings per share or earnings per share from continuing operations; (vi) the attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, return on capital employed or return on invested capital or operating revenue or return on invested cash; (vii) the attainment of certain target levels of, or a percentage increase in, after-tax or pre-tax return on stockholders’ equity; (viii) the attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, economic value added targets based on a cash flow return on investment formula; (ix) the attainment of certain target levels in the fair market value of the shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock; (x) market segment share; (xi) product release schedules; (xii) new product innovation; (xiii) product or other cost reductions; (xiv) brand recognition or acceptance; (xv) product ship targets; (xvi) customer satisfaction; (xvii) total shareholder return; (xviii) return on assets or net assets; (xix) assets, operating margin or profit margin; (xx) the growth in the value of an investment in the Corporation’s Common Stock assuming the reinvestment of dividends; and (xxi) such other business or other performance criteria determined appropriate by the Committee.

The Committee may provide that, in measuring achievement of Performance Targets, adjustments may be made for the following:

 

  (i) to exclude restructuring and/or other nonrecurring charges;

 

  (ii) to exclude exchange rate effects, as applicable, for non-U.S. dollar denominated net sales and operating earnings;

 

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  (iii) to exclude the effects of changes to generally accepted accounting principles required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board;

 

  (iv) to exclude the effects of any statutory adjustments to corporate tax rates;

 

  (v) to exclude the effects of any “unusual” or “infrequently occurring” events, as determined under generally accepted accounting principles or any acquisition or divestiture;

 

  (vi) to exclude any other unusual, non-recurring gain or loss or other extraordinary item;

 

  (vii) to respond to, or in anticipation of, any unusual or extraordinary corporate item, transaction, event or development;

 

  (viii) to respond to, or in anticipation of, changes in applicable laws, regulations, accounting principles, or business conditions;

 

  (ix) to exclude the dilutive effects of acquisitions or joint ventures;

 

  (x) to assume that any business divested by the Corporation achieved performance objectives at targeted levels during the balance of a Performance Period following such divestiture;

 

  (xi) to exclude the effect of any change in the outstanding shares of Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend or split, stock repurchase, reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares or other similar corporate change, or any distributions to common shareholders other than regular cash dividends;

 

  (xii) to reflect a corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation, separation (including a spinoff or other distribution of stock or property by a corporation), or reorganization (whether or not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section 368 of the Code);

 

  (xiii) to reflect any partial or complete corporate liquidation; and

 

  (xiv) such other items or events the Committee may deem appropriate.

 

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Exhibit B to the Apergy 2018 Corporation Equity and Cash Incentive Plan

Early Retirement Provisions for Replacement Awards

The Replacement Awards issued under the Plan contain provisions with respect to Early Retirement, which Early Retirement provisions are not applicable to other Awards issued under the Plan. The following sets forth the special provisions of the Replacement Awards with respect to Early Retirement. The provisions of this Exhibit B shall not apply to Awards that are not Replacement Awards.

I. With respect to Replacement Awards issued with respect to SSARs granted under the (i) Dover Corporation 2005 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan and (ii) Dover Corporation 2012 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan prior to August 6, 2014:

 

  1. Definitions.

“Early Retirement I” shall mean the termination of a Participant’s employment with the Corporation and its Affiliates if, at the time of such termination of employment, (i) the Participant has at least ten (10) years of service with the Corporation and its Affiliates (service with an Affiliate shall be credited only for the period an Affiliate is owned by the Corporation; service with Dover Corporation and its Affiliates shall be credited for the period prior to the spin-off of Apergy Corporation to the extent provided by the Predecessor Plans), (ii) the sum of the Participant’s years of service plus his or her age on the date of such termination equals at least sixty five (65), (iii) the Participant satisfies the notice requirements set forth in the Plan, and (iv) the Participant complies with the non-competition restrictions in Paragraph 42 of the Plan. In order to be eligible for Early Retirement I or II, a Participant must give six (6) months advance notice of retirement and must continue to be employed by the Corporation (or any Affiliate provided such Affiliate continues to be owned by the Corporation throughout the notice period) and perform his or her duties throughout such notice period. Failure to satisfy the notice requirement will render the Participant ineligible for Early Retirement I and II notwithstanding the satisfaction by the Participant of all other applicable requirements. Apergy’s CEO shall have the authority to reduce or waive the notice requirement.

“Early Retirement II” shall mean the termination of a Participant’s employment with the Corporation and its Affiliates if, at the time of such termination of employment, (i) the Participant has at least fifteen (15) years of service with the Corporation and its Affiliates (service with an Affiliate shall be credited only for the period an Affiliate is owned by the Corporation; service with Dover Corporation and its Affiliates shall be credited for the period prior to the spin-off of Apergy Corporation to the extent provided by the Predecessor Plans), (ii) the sum of the Participant’s years of service plus his or her age on the date of such termination equals at least seventy (70), (iii) the Participant satisfies the notice requirements set forth in the Plan, and (iv) the Participant complies with the non-competition restrictions in Paragraph 42 of the Plan. In order to be eligible for Early Retirement II, a Participant must provide advance notice of such Early Retirement, continue to provide services, and perform his or her duties throughout such notice period as set forth in the definition of Early Retirement I above. Apergy’s CEO shall have the authority to reduce or waive the notice requirement.

 

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“Early Retirement III” shall mean (i) the termination of a Participant’s employment with the Corporation and its Affiliates due to the sale of stock or assets of the business unit by which the Participant is employed, (ii) the Participant is so employed in good standing by the business unit through the date of such sale, and (iii) the Participant complies with the non-competition restrictions in Paragraph 42 of the Plan.

“Normal Retirement” shall mean (i) the termination of a Participant’s employment with the Corporation and its Affiliates if, at the time of such termination of employment, the Participant has attained age sixty two (62), and (ii) the Participant complies with the non-competition restrictions in Paragraph 42. In the event that the stock or assets of a business unit of the Corporation or an Affiliate that employs a Participant is sold, a Participant who has attained age 62 and remains employed by such business unit in good standing through the date of such sale, shall be treated as having terminated employment with the Corporation and its Affiliates in a Normal Retirement on the date of such sale, provided that the Participant complies with the non-compete restrictions in Paragraph 42.

 

  2. SSARs.

If a Participant’s employment terminates as the result of a Normal Retirement, the Participant shall have the right, on or before the earlier of the expiration date of the SSAR and sixty (60) months following the date of such Normal Retirement, to purchase or acquire shares under any SSARs which at the date of his or her Normal Retirement are, or within sixty (60) months following the date of Normal Retirement become, exercisable.

II. With respect to Replacement Awards issued with respect to Awards granted under the Dover Corporation 2012 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan after August 6, 2014:

 

  1. Definitions.

“Early Retirement I” shall mean the termination of a Participant’s employment with the Corporation and its Affiliates if, at the time of such termination of employment, (i) the Participant has at least ten (10) years of service with the Corporation and its Affiliates (service with an Affiliate shall be credited only for the period an Affiliate is owned by the Corporation; service with Dover Corporation and its Affiliates shall be credited for the period prior to the spin-off of Apergy Corporation to the extent provided by the Predecessor Plans), (ii) the sum of the Participant’s years of service plus his or her age on the date of such termination equals at least sixty five (65), (iii) the Participant has attained age fifty five (55), (iv) the Participant satisfies the notice requirements set forth in the Plan, and (v) the Participant complies with the non-competition restrictions in Paragraph 42. In order to be eligible for Early Retirement I or II, a Participant must give six (6) months advance notice of retirement and must continue to be employed by the Corporation (or any Affiliate provided such Affiliate continues to be owned by the Corporation throughout the notice period) and perform his or her duties throughout such notice period. Failure to satisfy the notice requirement will render the Participant ineligible for Early Retirement I and II notwithstanding the satisfaction by the Participant of all other applicable requirements. Apergy’s CEO shall have the authority to reduce or waive the notice requirement.

 

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“Early Retirement II” shall mean the termination of a Participant’s employment with the Corporation and its Affiliates if, at the time of such termination of employment, (i) the Participant has at least fifteen (15) years of service with the Corporation and its Affiliates (service with an Affiliate shall be credited only for the period an Affiliate is owned by the Corporation; service with Dover Corporation and its Affiliates shall be credited for the period prior to the spin-off of Apergy Corporation to the extent provided by the Predecessor Plans), (ii) the sum of the Participant’s years of service plus his or her age on the date of such termination equals at least seventy (70), (iii) the Participant has attained age sixty (60), (iv) the Participant satisfies the notice requirements set forth in the Plan, and (v) the Participant complies with the non-competition restrictions in Paragraph 42. In order to be eligible for Early Retirement II, a Participant must provide advance notice of such Early Retirement, continue to provide services, and perform his or her duties throughout such notice period as set forth in the definition of Early Retirement I above. Apergy’s CEO shall have the authority to reduce or waive the notice requirement.

“Early Retirement III” shall mean (i) the termination of a Participant’s employment with the Corporation and its Affiliates due to the sale of stock or assets of the business unit by which the Participant is employed, (ii) the Participant is so employed in good standing by the business unit through the date of such sale, and (iii) the Participant complies with the non-competition restrictions in Paragraph 42 of the Plan.

III. With respect to Replacement Awards issued with respect to (i) SSARs granted under the Dover Corporation 2005 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan, and (ii) all Awards under the Dover Corporation 2012 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (other than SSARs granted prior to August 6, 2014, as described in Section 1 above):

 

  1. Options and SSARs.

If a Participant’s employment terminates as the result of Early Retirement I, the Participant shall have the right, on or before the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or SSAR or twenty-four (24) months following the date of such Early Retirement I, to exercise, and acquire shares under, any Option or SSAR which at the date of Early Retirement I are, or within twenty-four (24) months following such termination become, exercisable. If a Participant’s employment terminates as the result of Early Retirement II, the Participant shall have the right, on or before the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or SSAR or thirty-six (36) months following the date of such Early Retirement II, to exercise, and acquire shares under, any Option or SSAR which at the date of Early Retirement II are, or within thirty-six (36) months following such termination become, exercisable. If a Participant’s employment terminates as the result of Early Retirement III, the Participant shall have the right, on or before the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or SSAR or twelve (12) months following the date of such Early Retirement III, to exercise, and acquire shares under, any Option or SSAR which at the date of Early

 

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Retirement III are, or within twelve (12) months following such termination become, exercisable. Notwithstanding the above, if a Participant eligible for Early Retirement III would also qualify for Early Retirement I or II excluding the notice requirement, the Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Early Retirement I or II, as appropriate.

 

  2. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units

If the Participant’s employment with the Corporation terminates as a result of Early Retirement, subject to compliance with the non-competition provisions of Paragraph 42 applicable to Early Retirement, the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall continue to vest as if the Participant’s employment had not terminated until the earlier of (i) twenty-four (24) months from the date of termination in the case of Early Retirement I, thirty-six (36) months from the date of termination in the case of Early Retirement II, and twelve (12) months in the case of Early Retirement III, and (ii) such time as the remaining temporal restrictions lapse. With respect to any outstanding performance-based Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards on the date of Early Retirement I or II, the Committee, or if the Committee delegates to the CEO such authority, the CEO, shall determine in its sole discretion whether the Participant is eligible to receive any shares with respect to such awards and, if so, the amount thereof, in which event such payment shall be made on the regular payment date for such performance-based Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award following the date of the Participant’s Early Retirement I or II. Any such payment to a Participant shall be subject to the satisfaction of the applicable Performance Targets and certification by the Committee of the attainment of such Performance Targets and the amount of the payment to the extent required by Paragraphs 30-31. Except as provided in this Paragraph, if the Participant is the subject of Early Retirement I or II, all performance-based Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards held by such Participant shall be canceled and all of the Participant’s awards thereunder shall terminate as of the effective date of such Early Retirement. If the Participant in the Plan is the subject of Early Retirement III, all performance-based Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards held by such Participant shall be canceled and all of the Participant’s rights thereunder shall terminate as of the effective date of such Early Retirement III. Notwithstanding the above, if a Participant eligible for Early Retirement III would also qualify for Early Retirement I or II excluding the notice requirement, the Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Early Retirement I or II, as appropriate.

 

  3. Performance Shares

If the Participant’s employment terminates pursuant to Early Retirement I or Early Retirement II and on the date of such Early Retirement the Participant holds one or more outstanding Performance Share Awards, the Committee, or if the Committee delegates to the CEO such authority, the CEO, shall determine in its sole discretion whether the Participant shall receive any payment and, if so, the amount thereof, in which event such payment shall be made on the date or dates following the date of the Participant’s Early Retirement on which the Corporation pays Performance Share Awards for the Performance Period relating to any such outstanding Performance Share Award held by such Participant. Except as provided in Paragraphs 30-31 of the Plan, any such payment

 

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to the Participant shall be subject to the satisfaction of the applicable Performance Targets, and certification by the Committee of such satisfaction and determination by the Committee of the amount of payment, and may not exceed the number of shares that the Participant would have been entitled to receive had the Participant been an employee of the Corporation on such payment date. Except as provided in this Paragraph and in Paragraph 27(b) of the Plan, if the Participant is the subject of Early Retirement I or II, all Performance Share Awards held by such Participant shall be canceled, and all of the Participant’s Awards thereunder shall terminate as of the effective date of such Early Retirement. If the Participant in the Plan is the subject of Early Retirement III, all Performance Share Awards held by such Participant shall be canceled and all of the Participant’s rights thereunder shall terminate as of the effective date of such Early Retirement III, except as provided in Paragraph 27(b) of the Plan. Notwithstanding the above, if a Participant eligible for Early Retirement III would also qualify for Early Retirement I or II excluding the notice requirement, the Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Early Retirement I or II, as appropriate.

 

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EX-10.6

Exhibit 10.6

APERGY CORPORATION

EXECUTIVE OFFICER ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN

(Effective as of May 9, 2018)

1. Purpose. The purposes of the Apergy Corporation Executive Officer Annual Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) are to provide annual incentive compensation payments (“Awards”) to designated executive officers of Apergy Corporation (the “Company”) based on the achievement of established performance targets, to encourage such executive officers to remain in the employ of the Company, to assist the Company in attracting and motivating new executive officers.

2. Eligibility. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Committee”) shall each year determine the Executive Officers of the Company eligible to participate in the Plan (the “Participants”). For purposes hereof, “Executive Officers” shall mean the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Operating Officer of the Company, each executive of the Company or an Affiliate who reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Operating Officer of the Company, and any other executive of the Company or an Affiliate as may be selected by the Committee or who is an “executive officer” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 3b-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As used herein, “Affiliate” shall mean each corporation that is a member of the Company’s affiliated group, within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (without regard to Section 1504(b) of the Code) other than any subsidiary of the Company that is itself a publicly held corporation as such term is defined in Section 162(m) of the Code and the Treasury regulations issued thereunder and any subsidiaries of such publicly held corporation subsidiary.

3. Performance Periods. Each performance period for purposes of the Plan shall have a duration of one calendar year, commencing on January 1 and ending on the immediately following December 31 (“Performance Period”).

4. Administration. The Committee shall have the full power and authority to administer and interpret the Plan and to establish rules for its administration including, without limitation, correcting any defect, supplying any omission or reconciling any inconsistency in this Plan in the manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary to carry this Plan into effect. All decisions of the Committee on any question concerning the selection of Participants and the interpretation and administration of the Plan shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all parties.

5. Performance Targets. On or before the 90th day of each Performance Period, the Committee shall establish in writing one or more performance targets (“Performance Targets”) for the Performance Period. The Performance Targets shall in all instances be determined on the basis of one or more of the following performance criteria, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and applied either to the Company as a whole or to a subsidiary, division, affiliate, business segment or unit thereof: (a) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, (b) cash flow, (c) earnings per share, (d) operating earnings, (e) return on equity, (f) return on investment, return on shareholders’ equity, return on capital employed, return on invested cash, (g) total shareholder return or internal total shareholder return, (h) net earnings, (i) sales or revenue, (j) expense targets, (k) targets with respect to the value of common stock, (l) margins, (m) pre-tax or after-tax net income, (n) market penetration, (o) geographic goals, (p) business expansion goals, (q) goals based on operational efficiency, or (r) such other business or other performance criteria determined appropriate by the Committee.


6. Incentive Payout Calculation. As soon as practicable after the end of each Performance Period, the Committee shall make a determination in writing with regard to the attainment of the Company’s Performance Targets specified pursuant to Section 5 for such Performance Period and shall calculate the possible payout of incentive awards for each Participant.

7. Reduction Of Calculated Payouts. The Committee shall have the power and authority to reduce or eliminate for any reason the payout calculated pursuant to Section 6 that would otherwise be payable to a Participant based on the established target Award and payout schedule.

8. Payouts. Awards shall not be paid before the Committee certifies in writing that the Performance Targets specified pursuant to Section 5 have been satisfied. No portion of an Award may be paid if the Performance Targets have not been satisfied. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, permit the payment of Awards without regard to actual achievement of the Performance Targets. In no event shall the payout under the Plan to any Participant for any Performance Period exceed $2 million. Payment of the Award determined in accordance with the Plan for each Performance Period shall be made to a Participant in cash within two and one-half (2 1/2) months following the Performance Period.

9. Miscellaneous Provisions.

(a) The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the right to suspend or terminate the Plan at any time and may amend or modify the Plan with respect to future Performance Periods prior to the beginning of any Performance Period.

(b) The Committee may adjust, upward or downward, the Performance Targets to reflect (i) a change in accounting standards or principles, (ii) a significant acquisition or divestiture, (iii) a significant capital transaction, or (iv) any other unusual, nonrecurring items which are separately identified and quantified in the Company’s audited financial statements, so long as such accounting change is required or such transaction or nonrecurring item occurs after the goals for the fiscal year are established, and such adjustments are stated at the time that the performance goals are determined. The Committee may also adjust, upward or downward, as applicable, the Performance Targets to reflect any other extraordinary item or event, so long as any such item or event is separately identified as an item or event requiring adjustment of such targets at the time the Performance Targets are determined, and such item or event occurs after the targets for the fiscal year are established.

(c) Nothing contained in the Plan or any agreement related hereto shall affect or be construed as affecting the terms of the employment of any Participant except as specifically provided herein or therein. Nothing contained in the Plan or any agreement related hereto shall impose or be construed as imposing any obligation on (i) the Company or any Affiliate to continue the employment of any Participant or (ii) any Participant to remain in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate. The Company reserves the right to make bonus or other incentive awards to Participants under other plans maintained by the Company or otherwise as determined by the Company in its sole discretion.

(d) No person shall have any claim to be granted an Award under the Plan and there is no obligation of uniformity of treatment of eligible employees under the Plan. Awards under the Plan may not be assigned or alienated.

(e) The Company or Affiliate, as applicable, shall have the right to deduct from any Award to be paid under the Plan any federal, state or local taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such payment.

 

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(f) It is intended that the Awards granted under the Plan shall be exempt from, or in compliance with, Section 409A of the Code. In the event any of the Awards issued under the Plan are subject to Section 409A of the Code, it is intended that no payment or entitlement pursuant to this Plan will give rise to any adverse tax consequences to a Participant under Section 409A of the Code. The Plan shall be interpreted to that end and, consistent with that objective and notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Company may unilaterally take any action it deems necessary or desirable to amend any provision herein to avoid the application of, or excise tax under, Section 409A of the Code. Neither the Company nor its current or former employees, officers, directors, representatives or agents shall have any liability to any current or former Participant with respect to any accelerated taxation, additional taxes, penalties, or interest for which any current or former Participant may become liable in the event that any amounts payable under the Plan are determined to violate Section 409A.

(g) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code and Treasury regulations, upon a termination of employment (other than as a result of death) of a person determined by the Board of Directors of the Company (or a committee of the Board of Directors as such body shall delegate) to be a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), distributions determined, in whole or in part, to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code shall be delayed until six months after such termination of employment if such termination constitutes a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code and the Treasury regulations issued thereunder) and such distribution shall be made at the beginning of the seventh month following the date of the specified employee’s termination of employment.

10. Adoption. The Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on April 18, 2018 effective as of May 9, 2018 and approved by the Board of Directors of Dover Corporation on April 18, 2018.

 

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EX-10.7

Exhibit 10.7

APERGY USA, INC. EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

(Effective as of May 9, 2018)

Section 1. PURPOSE.

The Plan was established to administer the non-qualified deferred compensation liabilities with respect to certain employees of Apergy Corporation and its Affiliates under the Dover Corporation Pension Replacement Plan (as amended and restated as of January 1, 2010) (“Pension Replacement Plan”) and the Dover Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (as amended and restated as of January 1, 2009) (“Dover Deferred Compensation Plan”). Apergy USA, Inc. (a subsidiary of Apergy Corporation) assumed such non-qualified deferred compensation liabilities in connection with the spin-off of Apergy Corporation by Dover Corporation (the ‘Spin-Off”). The assumption of such non-qualified deferred compensation liabilities by Apergy USA, Inc. shall be determined in accordance with the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement dated as of May 9, 2018 by and between Dover Corporation and Apergy Corporation (“Employee Matters Agreement”).

Only those employees of Apergy Corporation and its Affiliates, with respect to which Apergy USA, Inc. assumed liabilities under the Pension Replacement Plan and/or the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement, shall become Participants in this Plan. No other employees of Apergy Corporation and its Affiliates shall become Participants in the Plan at or after the Effective Time.

Participants in the Plan shall not defer any additional compensation under the Plan or accrue any additional benefits under the Plan attributable to services performed following the Spin-Off. Each Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account, Pension Replacement Plan Account, and Supplemental Accrued Benefit Account, as applicable, however, shall be credited with Earnings as set forth in the Plan.

Section 2. DEFINITIONS.

Unless the context requires otherwise, the following words, as used in the Plan, shall have the meanings ascribed to each below:

“Affiliate” of any company, partnership, other corporate entity or natural person means any company, partnership, other corporate entity or natural person that, together with the first mentioned company, partnership, other corporate entity or natural person, is considered under common control and treated as one employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

Appropriate Procedure” shall mean the form, procedure or method provided or prescribed by the Committee for the purposes stated herein.

“Beneficiary” shall mean the person or persons designated by a Participant to receive any payments which may be required to be paid pursuant to the Plan following his or her death, or in the absence of any such designated person, the Participant’s estate; provided, however, that a married Participant’s Beneficiary shall be his or her spouse unless the spouse consents in writing to the designation of a different Beneficiary. For purposes hereof, Beneficiary may be a natural person or an estate or trust.


Upon the acceptance by the Committee (or a designee of the Committee) of a new Beneficiary designation, all Beneficiary designations previously filed shall be canceled. A Participant’s designation of a Beneficiary (or any election to revoke or change a prior Beneficiary designation) must be made and filed with the Committee (or a designee of the Committee), in writing, on such form(s) and in such manner prescribed by the Committee (or a designee of the Committee). The Committee (or a designee of the Committee) shall be entitled to rely on the last Beneficiary designation filed by the Participant and accepted by the Committee (or a designee of the Committee) prior to his or her death.

“Cause” shall mean a Participant is convicted of, or enters a plea of nolo contendere or similar plea to, a felony under applicable law, and the action constituting the felony has placed, or can reasonably be expected to place, Apergy Corporation or its Affiliates or their employees at substantial legal or other risk or has caused or can reasonably be expected to cause, substantial harm, monetarily or otherwise, to the business, reputation or affairs of Apergy Corporation or its Affiliates or their relations with employees, suppliers, distributors, or a customer.

“Change in Control” shall have the same meaning as in the Apergy Corporation 2018 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan.

“Committee” shall mean the Apergy Benefits and Investment Committee.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and as hereafter amended from time to time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Corporation” shall mean Apergy USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor corporation by merger, consolidation or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets.

Deferred Compensation Agreement” shall mean the agreement to participate in the Plan and defer compensation between a Participant and the Company in the form or pursuant to the Appropriate Procedure as the Committee may prescribe from time to time.

“Deferred Compensation Plan Account” shall mean the book entry-account under this Plan which shall be credited with (i) a Participant’s account balance under the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) Earnings credited thereon, as provided in the Plan.

“Disability” with respect to a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account, shall mean a disability which causes a Participant who has not met the requirements for Retirement to be eligible to receive disability benefits under his or her employer’s long-term disability benefits program, provided that any such disability meets the criteria specified in Section 1.409A-3(i)(4) of the Treasury Regulations, or, in the case of a Participant who does not meet the criteria specified above, a disability which would cause the Participant to be determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration and eligible for social security disability benefits. A Participant’s Disability shall be deemed to have ended on the last day of the last month with respect to which he or she receives benefits described in the preceding sentence.

“Earnings” with respect to a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account, Pension Replacement Plan Account, or Supplemental Accrued Benefit Account, Earnings shall mean earnings and or losses on amounts credited to such account in accordance with Section 5 hereof.

“Effective Time” shall have the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.

“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

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“Participant” shall mean only those employees of Apergy Corporation and its Affiliates, with respect to which Apergy USA, Inc. assumed liabilities under the Pension Replacement Plan or the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement. No other employees of Apergy Corporation or its Affiliates shall become Participants in the Plan at or after the Effective Time.

“Pension Replacement Plan Account” shall mean the book entry-account under this Plan which shall be credited with (i) a Participant’s account balance under the Dover Corporation Pension Replacement Plan as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) Earnings credited thereon, as provided in the Plan.

“Plan” shall mean the Apergy USA, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time.

“Plan Year” shall mean the calendar year.

“Retirement” with respect to a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account, shall mean the Participant’s termination of employment on or after (a) his or her 65th birthday, (b) his or her completion of ten (10) “years of service” and attainment of age 55. For purposes hereof, a year of service means each period of twelve (12) months of completed employment with Apergy Corporation or its Affiliates or with Dover Corporation or an affiliate thereof.

“Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date” shall mean the date or dates elected by a Participant under the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan for the early distribution of benefits, as provided in Section 5.2(b).

“Scheduled Withdrawal Date” shall mean the date or dates elected by a Participant for the distribution, as provided in Section 5.2(d).

“Specified Employee” shall mean an employee described in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and any applicable regulations or other pronouncements issued by the Internal Revenue Service with respect thereto. The determination of who the Specified Employees are as of any time shall be made by the Committee.

“Supplemental Accrued Benefit Account” shall mean the book entry-account under this Plan which shall be credited with (i) a Participant’s Supplemental Accrued Benefit account balance under the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) Earnings credited thereon, as provided in the Plan.

“Termination Date” shall mean the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date on which a Participant has a Termination of Service.

“Termination of Service” shall mean the Participant’s ceasing his or her employment with Apergy Corporation and its Affiliates for any reason whatsoever, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, including, without limitation, by reason of death or Disability, in each instance that would meet the requirements to be considered a “Separation from Service” within the meaning of Section 1.409A-1(b) of the Treasury Regulations.

“Unforeseeable Emergency” shall mean one or more of the following events which causes a severe financial hardship to the Participant: (a) illness or accident of the Participant or his or her spouse, Beneficiary or dependent; (b) loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, including the need to repair or rebuild such property with such repair or rebuild not covered by insurance; and/or (c) other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the Participant’s control, including, without limitation the need to pay medical expenses for the Participant or

 

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his or her spouse, Beneficiary or dependent, foreclosure of or eviction of the Participant from his or her primary residence or the payment of funeral expenses of the Participant or his or her spouse, Beneficiary or dependent. For purposes of the definition of Unforeseeable Emergency, “dependent” shall mean such term as defined in Section 152 of the Code, without regard to Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B).

Section 3. DEFERRAL OF COMPENSATION.

(a) Participants in the Plan shall not defer any additional compensation under the Plan or accrue any additional benefits under the Plan attributable to services performed following the Spin-Off. Instead, a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account Pension Replacement Plan Account and Supplemental Accrued Benefit Account shall be credited with interest, or earnings or losses, as set forth in the Plan.

(b) A Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account, Pension Replacement Plan Account and Supplemental Accrued Benefit Account shall be one-hundred percent (100%) vested at all times, including Earning thereon.

Section 4. MEASUREMENT OF EARNINGS.

(a) The measuring alternatives used for the measurement of Earnings on the amounts in a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account shall be selected by the Participant in writing or electronically pursuant to such procedures as shall be prescribed by the Committee from among the various measuring alternatives offered under the Plan from time to time, unless the Committee decides in its sole discretion to designate the measuring alternative(s) used to determine Earnings.

(b) In the event that various measuring alternatives are made available to Participants, each Participant may change the selection of his or her measuring alternatives as of the beginning of any Plan Year (or at such other times and in such manner as prescribed by the Committee (or its designee), in its sole discretion), subject to such notice and other administrative procedures established by the Committee (or a designee of the Committee).

(c) The Committee may, in its sole discretion, establish rules and procedures for the crediting of Earnings and the election of measuring alternatives pursuant to this Section 4.

(d) The Earnings rate that shall apply to the Pension Replacement Plan Account and Supplemental Accrued Benefit Account shall be the Moody’s AA bond rate as of December 31 of the preceding Plan Year; provided, however, the Committee may, in its discretion, establish other Earnings rate or rates to be credited to a Participant’s Pension Replacement Plan Account and Supplemental Accrued Benefit Account from time to time. The Earnings rate or rates to be credited to a Participant’s Pension Replacement Plan Account need not be the same as the Earnings rate or rates to be credited to a Participant’s Supplemental Accrued Benefit Account.

Section 5. DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS.

5.1 Pension Replacement Plan Account.

(a) If on the date of a Participant’s Termination of Service the value of such Participant’s Pension Replacement Plan Account is $500,000 or less, the entire Pension Replacement Plan Account shall be paid out in a single lump sum payment as soon as practicable after the date of Termination of Service but in no event later than ninety (90) days after the date of Termination of Service.

 

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(b) If on the date of a Participant’s Termination of Service the value of such Participant’s Pension Replacement Plan Account exceeds $500,000, 75% of the Pension Replacement Plan Account shall be paid out in a lump sum payment as soon as practicable after his or her Termination Date, but in no event later than ninety (90) days after his or her Termination Date, and 20% of the remaining Pension Replacement Plan Account shall be paid on or about each of the next subsequent five anniversary dates of the date as of which the initial lump-sum payment was made or, if the initial payment was subject to the six month payment delay in Section 5.4(b), the anniversary of the date on which the initial payment would have been made if the six month payment delay were not applicable, but in no event later than ninety (90) days after the applicable anniversary date.

(c) In the event of a Participant’s death prior to the commencement of payment of any portion of his or her Pension Replacement Plan Account, the Participant’s Beneficiary shall be paid within 30 days (or such longer period as permitted under Section 409A of the Code) after the Committee receives notification of the Participant’s death, a lump-sum payment of the Participant’s Pension Replacement Plan Account.

(d) In the event of a Participant’s death during such time as installment payments of the Participant’s Pension Replacement Plan Account are being made to such Participant, any remaining such payments shall be made to the Participant’s Beneficiary at the same time or times as such payments would have been made had the Participant survived to the applicable payment date or dates.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, if the Committee determines, whether prior to or after Termination of Service, that a Participant has engaged in conduct that constitutes Cause, the Committee shall revoke that Participant’s status as a Participant in this Plan and if the Participant is still employed, his or her Pension Replacement Plan Account shall be forfeited in its entirety and he or she shall cease to be a Participant in the Plan. If the Committee determines, after a Participant’s Termination of Service, that the participant has engaged in conduct that constitutes Cause, the Participant’s Pension Replacement Plan Account shall be forfeited in its entirety and the Participant shall be required to repay any portion of the Pension Replacement Plan Account that has already been distributed to him or her. If the Committee reasonably believes that a Participant has engaged in conduct that could provide the basis for a conviction of, or plea to, a felony and thus constitutes Cause, the Committee may withhold any or all payments of the Pension Replacement Plan Account to that Participant until the Committee reasonably concludes that such conduct will not result in a conviction of, or plea to, a felony by that Participant.

5.2 Deferred Compensation Plan Account.

(a) This Section 5.2(a) shall apply to amounts attributable to deferral elections made effective for Plan Years prior to January 1, 2014, under the Dover Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan.

(i) Upon a Participant’s Retirement or Disability, his or her Deferred Compensation Plan Account shall be payable over a period of five (5), ten (10) or fifteen (15) years, or in a single lump sum payment, as elected by the Participant in his or her deferred compensation election pursuant to the provisions of the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan. If a Participant has failed to make a valid distribution election, the distribution shall be made in annual installments over a ten (10) year period. Notwithstanding the above, distributions as a result of Retirement may be deferred as elected by a Participant; provided, however, in no event may any distribution commence later than the last day of the first calendar quarter of the year following the year in which the Participant attains age seventy (70), regardless of whether the Participant has had a Termination of Service. A Participant may change the method of distribution on account of Retirement or Disability (from lump sum to installments or vice

 

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versa or to change the date on which a distribution would be made or commence to be made or the period over which the installments would be made) by giving at least twelve (12) months’ notice to the Committee by following such procedures as may be established by the Committee prior to his or her Retirement or attainment of age seventy (70), if applicable and, if such election is on account of Retirement or Disability, the election shall not take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which the election is made; provided further, however, that the distribution, or commencement of the distribution, of any Deferred Compensation Plan Account on account of Retirement is extended for at least five (5) years beyond the prior time as of which the distribution was to have been made or commence to have been made. If, prior to distribution of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account, a Participant who had incurred a Disability no longer meets the definition of Disability and returns to work with Apergy Corporation or its Affiliates, no payment of a Deferred Compensation Plan Account shall be made from the Plan on account of the prior Disability, and distribution of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account shall be made as otherwise provided in this Section 5.2.

(ii) If a Participant incurs a Termination of Service, voluntarily or involuntarily, for reasons other than Retirement, death or Disability, the value of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account balance shall be paid in a single lump sum payment.

(b) This Section 5.2(b) applies to a Participant who has elected, prior to December 31, 2013, a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date in accordance with the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan applicable to all or a portion of his or her Deferred Compensation Plan Account (the distribution as set forth in this Section 5.2(b), the “Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal”).

(i) Such election shall specify the portion or amount of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account to be distributed. A Participant may elect to extend to a later date a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date by filing a written request to do so with the Committee at least twelve (12) months prior to such date (such election not taking effect until at least 12 months after the date on which the election is made). A Participant shall be granted no more than two (2) such extensions with respect to any initial Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date. The minimum period of extension is five (5) years beyond the prior time as of which the distribution was to have been made or commence to have been made with respect to the first extension and five (5) years from the extended date of distribution with respect to the second extension.

(ii) The distribution of the Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal elected amount or portion of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account must commence no later than the last day of the first calendar quarter of the year following the year in which the Participant attains age seventy (70), regardless of whether the Participant has had a Termination of Service.

(iii) A Participant may elect to receive the distribution of the Schedule In-Service Withdrawal amount in a single lump sum payment or annual installments over two (2), three (3), four (4) or five (5) years. The form of distribution may be amended by the Participant up to twelve (12) months prior to any elected Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date by giving prior written notice to the Committee (such election not taking effect until at least 12 months after the date on which the election is made); provided, however, that the time of distribution with respect to which the form of distribution is amended shall be extended for a period of not less than 5 (years) beyond the prior time as of which the distribution was to have been made or commence to have been made.

 

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(iv) If a Participant incurs a Termination of Service by reason of Retirement or Disability prior to a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date, the amount of the distribution shall be distributed as the Participant elected for Retirement or Disability, as the case may be. If the Participant incurs a Termination of Service for any other reason, the distribution will be in the form of a single lump sum payment. If a Participant incurs a Termination of Service by reason of Retirement or Disability while he or she is receiving scheduled in-service installment distributions, the balance of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account shall be distributed to the Participant as elected for Retirement or Disability, as the case may be. If the Participant incurs a Termination of Service for any other reason, the remaining installments will be distributed in a single lump sum payment.

(c) This Section 5.2(c) shall apply to amounts attributable to deferral elections made effective for Plan Years commencing on or after January 1, 2014, under the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan.

(i) Upon a Participant’s Termination of Service, his or her Deferred Compensation Plan Account shall be payable over a period of one (1) to ten (10) years, or in a single lump sum payment, as elected by the Participant in his or her Deferred Compensation Agreement under the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan. If a Participant fails to make a valid distribution election, the distribution shall be made in a single lump sum payment. In the event that a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account shall have a balance of $100,000 or less as of the date of Termination of Service, distribution shall be made in a single lump sum payment regardless of any distribution election made by the Participant. Notwithstanding the above, a distribution election made by a Participant upon Termination of Service may be further deferred as elected by a Participant; provided, however, in no event may any distribution commence later than the last day of the first calendar quarter of the year following the year in which the Participant attains age seventy (70), regardless of whether the Participant has had a Termination of Service. A Participant may change the method of distribution on account of Termination of Service (from lump sum to installments or vice versa or to change the date on which a distribution would be made or commence to be made or the period over which the installments would be made) by giving at least twelve (12) months’ notice to the Committee by following the appropriate procedure prior to his or her Termination of Service or attainment of age seventy (70), if applicable and, the election shall not take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which the election is made; provided further, however, that the distribution, is extended for at least five (5) years beyond the prior time as of which the distribution was to have been made or commence to have been made. A Participant shall be granted no more than one (1) such extension with respect to Termination of Service.

(ii) For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to deferral elections made effective for Plan Years prior to January 1, 2014, under the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan, distributions upon Termination of Service shall be permitted pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.2(a)(ii).

(d) This Section 5.2(d) shall apply to amounts attributable respect to deferral elections made effective for Plan Years commencing on and after January 1, 2016, under the Dover Deferred Compensation Plan. A Participant may elect a Scheduled Withdrawal Date applicable to all or a portion of his or her Deferred Compensation Plan Account attributable to contributions made with respect to any specified Plan Year. Such election shall be made in the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Agreement and shall specify the portion or amount of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account to be distributed and the form of payment for such distribution; provided that such portion or amount specified shall not exceed the portion or amount credited to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account which is vested as of any Scheduled Withdrawal Date. No election of a Scheduled Withdrawal Date shall be given effect unless such election specifies a Scheduled Withdrawal Date which is at least two (2) years after the end of the Plan Year in which the election is received by the Committee. A Participant may elect to receive the distribution under this Section 5.2(d) in a single lump sum payment or annual installments over two (2) to ten (10) years. The form of distribution of a distribution to be made on a Scheduled Withdrawal Date may be amended by the Participant from time to

 

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time and at any time up to twelve (12) months prior to any elected Scheduled Withdrawal Date by giving prior written notice to the Committee (such election not taking effect until at least twelve (12) months after the date on which the election is made); provided, however, that the distribution for which the form of distribution is amended shall not be made or commence earlier than five years after the date such amount would have otherwise become payable as determined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b). For the avoidance of doubt, a Participant’s Termination of Service (other than as a result of death) prior to a Scheduled Withdrawal Date will not accelerate the time of payment of any payment due on such Scheduled Withdrawal Date.

(e) In the event a Participant dies prior to the distribution of the Participant’s entire Deferred Compensation Plan Account, distribution of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account (or the remaining balance thereof) shall be made in a single lump sum payment on such date as the Committee shall determine; provided, however, that such date shall be within ninety (90) days following the Participant’s death or such later date as shall meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

(f) All distributions from the Deferred Compensation Plan Account (other than distributions on account of death, or Unforeseeable Emergency) shall be made in accordance with the following procedure: the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account shall be valued as of the February 28th of the Plan Year next following the Plan Year in which the Participant’s Retirement, Disability, death, Termination of Service or other “distributable event” occurs. If the distribution is to be made in a single lump sum payment, the lump sum shall be paid as soon as administratively practicable following the February 28th as of which the valuation described above is made, but in no event later than the March 31st following such valuation. If the distribution is to be made in installments, the same February 28th valuation described above shall be made and then divided by the number of years over which the installment payments are to be made. Such amount shall be paid as soon as administratively practicable after the determination is made, but in no event later than the March 31st following such February 28th valuation. A new valuation and annual installment amount (based on the number of remaining annual installments to be made) shall be determined as of each subsequent February 28th during which installment payments are to be made and such payments shall be made no later than the March 31st following each such determination. As used herein, “distributable event” shall mean the date of a Participant’s Retirement, Disability, death or Termination of Service; provided, however, that if a Participant has elected to have a payment deferred for a specified period following Retirement, “distributable event” with respect to such payment shall mean the year to which the payment is deferred. All distributions shall be made in cash.

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Deferred Compensation Plan Account from which all initial installment payments which begin to be made during a year is $50,000 or less as of the applicable February 28th valuation described above, the entire amount remaining in such Deferred Compensation Plan Account shall be distributed in a single lump sum payment as soon as administratively practicable following such February 28th valuation, but in no event later than the March 31st following such February 28th valuation.

5.3 Supplemental Accrued Benefit Account

(a) A Participant’s Supplemental Accrued Benefit Account shall be distributed in a single lump sum payment upon such Participant’s Termination of Service at the time described in 5.2(e).

(b) For the avoidance of doubt, a Participant’s Supplemental Accrued Benefit Account, if any, is not considered part of a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account.

 

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5.4 Section 409A.

(a) It is intended that (a) this Plan and all benefits payable thereunder shall comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of Section 409A of the Code; (b) to the maximum extent possible each such provision of the Plan, and any actions taken pursuant to the Plan, shall be interpreted so that any such provision or action shall be deemed to be in compliance with Section 409A of the Code; and (c) no election made by a Participant hereunder, and no change made by a Participant to a previous election with respect to a distribution of benefits shall be accepted if the Committee determines that acceptance of such election or change could violate any of the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, resulting in early taxation and penalties. Neither Apergy Corporation nor its Affiliates nor their current employees, officers, directors, representatives or agents shall have any liability to any current or former Participant with respect to any accelerated taxation, additional taxes, penalties or interest for which any current or former Participant may become liable in the event that any amounts payable under the Plan are determined to violate Section 409A of the Code.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, no distribution of any benefit under the Plan to a Specified Employee following his or her Termination of Service (other than as the result of the Specified Employee’s death) shall be made (or commence to be made) earlier than the first day of the month coincident with or next following six months after his or her Termination of Service. Any distribution subject to this provision shall be delayed until the end of the six-month period, and any payment due within the six-month period shall be paid at the beginning of the seventh month following the date of the Specified Employee’s Termination of Service.

(c) The entitlement to a series of installment payments under the Plan shall be treated as a single payment for purposes of Section 409A, including for purposes of the subsequent changes in the time or form of payment as provided in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2).

(d) Although it is intended that payments scheduled to be made under the Plan shall be made as provided herein, in no event shall any such payment be made later than the end of the calendar year in which the scheduled payment was to have been made, or, if later, prior to the 15th day of the third month following the date as of which the scheduled payment was to have been made; provided, however, that the Participant shall not have any direct or indirect discretion to designate the taxable year in which such payment is to be made. For purposes hereof, the scheduled payment date of a payment that is scheduled to be made during a 90-day period shall be the first day of the 90-day period.

Section 6. HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS.

(a) Upon the request of a Participant, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may approve, due to the Participant’s “Unforeseeable Emergency,” an immediate lump sum distribution to the Participant of all or a portion of a Participant’s unpaid Deferred Compensation Plan Account. For the purposes of this Section 6, a Participant shall experience an Unforeseeable Emergency if, and only if, such Participant experiences a severe financial hardship as defined in Section 409A of the Code. Withdrawals on account of Unforeseeable Emergency shall not be permitted from the Pension Replacement Plan Account or the Supplemental Accrued Benefit Account.

(b) The amount to be paid pursuant to this Section 6 of the Plan shall not exceed the amount necessary to satisfy the applicable Unforeseeable Emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the payment, after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent such assets would not itself cause severe hardship).

(c) Distributions from a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency shall be made as soon as administratively practicable (and in the case of an Unforeseeable Emergency, no later than 90 days) following, if applicable, approval of such distributions by the Committee.

 

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Section 7. CHANGE IN CONTROL

In the event of a Change in Control, a Participant’s Pension Replacement Plan Account shall be paid to the Participant in a single lump sum payment within 60 days after the Change in Control. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, upon a Change in Control, the Committee may, in its discretion, terminate the remaining provisions of the Plan pursuant to the procedures in Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix)(B) or (C) (if applicable) and a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Plan Account and Supplemental Accrued Benefit Account shall be paid to him or her in a lump sum as soon as administratively practicable after the Change in Control to the extent permissible under the foregoing provisions of the Section 409A regulations. An event shall not be considered to be a “Change in Control” if, for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, such event would not be considered to be a change in control. A payment of a benefit made pursuant to this Section 7 to a Participant who is a Specified Employee may be delayed, in the discretion of the Committee, until the earlier of the first day of the month coincident with or next following six months after his or her Termination of Service or Change of Control to the extent necessary to avoid a violation of Section 409A of the Code.

Section 8. CLAIMS PROCEDURES.

(a) Initial Claim.

(i) Any claim by a Participant or Beneficiary (“Claimant”) with respect to eligibility, participation benefits or other aspects of the operation of the Plan shall be made in writing to the Committee. The Committee shall provide the Claimant with the necessary forms and make all determinations as to the right of any person to a disputed benefit. If a Claimant is denied benefits under the Plan, the Committee or its designee shall notify the Claimant in writing of the denial of the claim within ninety (90) days after the Committee or its designee receives the claim, provided that in the event of special circumstances such period may be extended.

(ii) In the event of special circumstances, the ninety (90) day period may be extended for a period of up to ninety (90) days (for a total of one hundred eighty (180) days). If the initial ninety (90) day period is extended, the Committee or its designee shall notify the Claimant in writing within ninety (90) days of receipt of the claim. The written notice of extension shall indicate the special circumstances requiring the extension of time and provide the date by which the Committee expects to make a determination with respect to the claim. If the extension is required due to the Claimant’s failure to submit information necessary to decide the claim, the period for making the determination shall be tolled from the date on which the extension notice is sent to the Claimant until the earlier of (i) the date on which the Claimant responds to the Committee’s request for information, or (ii) expiration of the forty-five (45) day period commencing on the date that the Claimant is notified that the requested additional information must be provided.

(iii) If notice of the denial of a claim is not furnished within the required time period described herein, the claim shall be deemed denied as of the last day of such period.

(iv) If a claim is wholly or partially denied, the notice to the Claimant shall set forth:

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(B) Specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions upon which the denial is based;

(C) A description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to complete the claim request and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary;

(D) Appropriate information as to the steps to be taken and the applicable time limits if the Claimant wishes to submit the adverse determination for review; and

(E) A statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse determination on review.

(b) Claim Denial Review.

(i) If a claim has been wholly or partially denied, the Claimant may submit the claim for review by the Committee. Any request for review of a claim must be made in writing to the Committee no later than sixty (60) days after the Claimant receives notification of denial or, if no notification was provided, the date the claim is deemed denied. The Claimant or his or her duly authorized representative may:

(A) Upon request and free of charge, be provided with reasonable access to, and copies of, relevant documents, records, and other information relevant to the Claimant’s claim; and

(B) Submit written comments, documents, records, and other information relating to the claim. The review of the claim determination shall take into account all comments, documents, records, and other information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial claim determination.

(ii) The decision of the Committee upon review shall be made within sixty (60) days after receipt of the Claimant’s request for review, unless special circumstances (including, without limitation, the need to hold a hearing) require an extension. In the event of special circumstances, the sixty (60) day period may be extended for a period of up to one hundred twenty (120) days.

(iii) If notice of the decision upon review is not furnished within the required time period described herein, the claim on review shall be deemed denied as of the last day of such period.

(iv) The Committee, in its sole discretion, may hold a hearing regarding the claim and request that the Claimant attend. If a hearing is held, the Claimant shall be entitled to be represented by counsel.

(v) The Committee’s decision upon review on the Claimant’s claim shall be communicated to the Claimant in writing. If the claim upon review is denied, the notice to the Claimant shall set forth:

(A) The specific reason or reasons for the decision, with references to the specific Plan provisions on which the determination is based;

 

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(B) A statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to the claim; and

(C) A statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA.

(c) All interpretations, determinations and decisions of the Committee with respect to any claim, including without limitation the appeal of any claim, shall be made by the Committee, in its sole discretion, based on the Plan and comments, documents, records, and other information presented to it, and shall be final, conclusive and binding.

The claims procedures set forth in this Section are intended to comply with United States Department of Labor Regulation § 2560.503-1 and should be construed in accordance with such regulation. In no event shall it be interpreted as expanding the rights of Claimants beyond what is required by United States Department of Labor Regulation § 2560.503-1.

(d) A Claimant must follow the claims procedure forth in Sections 8(a) and (b) (and comply with all applicable deadlines established as part thereof) as a condition to the receipt of any benefits claimed under the Plan, and as a condition to the availability of any other relief under or with respect to the Plan. If a Claimant follows the claims procedure and his or her final appeal is denied, in whole or in part, under Section 8(b), he or she will have one year following the date of the final determination of an appeal under Section 8(b) to file a lawsuit with respect to that claim, and failure to meet the one-year deadline will extinguish his or her right to file a lawsuit with respect to that claim.

Section 9. NO FUNDING OBLIGATION.

(a) The Plan shall not be construed to require the Corporation or any of its Affiliates to fund any of the benefits payable under the Plan or to set aside or earmark any monies or other assets specifically for payments under the Plan.

(b) This Plan is “unfunded”; benefits payable hereunder shall be paid by the Corporation out of its general assets. Participants and their Beneficiaries shall not have any interest in any specific asset of the Corporation or its Affiliates as a result of this Plan. Nothing contained in this Plan and no action taken pursuant to the provisions of this Plan shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship amongst the Corporation, any of its Affiliates, the Committee, and the Participants, their Beneficiaries or any other person. Any funds which may be invested under the provisions of this Plan shall continue for all purposes to be part of the general funds of the Corporation and no person other than the Corporation shall by virtue of the provisions of this Plan have any interest in such funds. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Corporation under this Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Corporation.

Section 10. NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF RIGHTS UNDER THE PLAN.

The benefits payable or other rights under the Plan shall not be subject to alienation, transfer, assignment, garnishment, execution, or levy of any kind, and any attempt to be so subjected shall not be recognized.

 

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Section 11. MINORS AND INCOMPETENTS.

(a) In the event that the Committee finds that a Participant is unable to care for his or her affairs because of illness or accident, then benefits payable hereunder, unless claim has been made therefor by a duly appointed guardian, committee, or other legal representative, may be paid in such manner as the Committee shall determine, and the application thereof shall be a complete discharge of all liability for any payments or benefits to which such Participant was or would have been otherwise entitled under this Plan.

(b) Any payments to a minor from this Plan may be paid by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion (a) directly to such minor; (b) to the legal or natural guardian of such minor; or (c) to any other person, whether or not appointed guardian of the minor, who shall have the care and custody of such minor. The receipt by such individual shall be a complete discharge of all liability under the Plan therefor.

Section 12. ASSIGNMENT.

The Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Corporation, its successors and assigns and the Participants and their heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. In the event that the Corporation sells all or substantially all of the assets of its business and the acquiror of such assets assumes the obligations hereunder, the Corporation shall be released from any liability imposed herein and shall have no obligation to provide any benefits payable hereunder.

Section 13. LIMITATION OF RIGHTS.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring upon an employee the right to continue in the employ of Apergy Corporation or its Affiliate’s as an executive or in any other capacity or to interfere with the right of Apergy Corporation or its Affiliates to discharge him or her at any time for any reason whatsoever.

Section 14. ADMINISTRATION.

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall administer the Plan in accordance with its terms, and shall have all powers necessary to accomplish such purpose, including the power and authority to construe and interpret the Plan, to define the terms used herein, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations, agreements, forms and notices relating to the administration of the Plan, and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. Any actions of the Committee with respect to the Plan shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons interested in the Plan. The Committee may delegate any of its powers or duties to others as it shall determine and may retain counsel, agents and such clerical and accounting services as it may require in carrying out the provisions of the Plan. An employee of the Corporation or Committee member who is also a Participant in the Plan shall not be involved in the decisions of the Corporation or Committee regarding any determination of any specific claim for benefit with respect to himself or herself.

Section 15. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN.

The Plan may be amended at any time by the Committee and may be terminated at any time by the Committee; provided, however, that no such amendment or termination shall adversely affect the rights of Participants or their Beneficiaries with respect to amounts credited to the Deferred Compensation Plan Accounts, the Pension Replacement Plan Accounts or the Supplemental Accrued Benefit Accounts prior to such amendment or termination, without the written consent of the Participant.

 

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Section 16. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.

In case any provision of this Plan shall be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions hereof, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such provisions had not been included.

Section 17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.

This Plan, along with the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Agreement and elections hereunder, constitutes the entire agreement between the Corporation and the Participant pertaining to the subject matter herein and supersedes any other plan or agreement, whether written or oral, pertaining to the subject matter herein. No agreements or representations, other than as set forth herein, have been made by the Corporation or its Affiliates with respect to the subject matter herein.

Section 18. HEADINGS AND CAPTIONS.

The headings and captions herein are provided for reference and convenience only. They shall not be considered part of the Plan and shall not be employed in the construction of the Plan.

Section 19. NON-EMPLOYMENT.

The Plan is not an agreement of employment and it shall not grant an employee any rights of employment.

Section 20. PAYMENT NOT SALARY.

Except to the extent a plan otherwise provides, any benefits payable under this Plan shall not be deemed salary or other compensation to the Participant or Beneficiary for the purposes of computing benefits to which he or she may be entitled under any pension plan or other arrangement of the Corporation or its Affiliates.

Section 21. GENDER AND NUMBER.

Wherever used in this Plan, the masculine shall be deemed to include the feminine and the singular shall be deemed to include the plural, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

Section 22. WITHHOLDING.

The Corporation shall have the right to deduct (or cause to be deducted) from any amounts otherwise payable to the Participant or other payee, whether pursuant to the Plan or otherwise, or otherwise to collect from the Participant or other payee, any required withholding taxes with respect to benefits under the Plan.

Section 23. CONTROLLING LAW.

The Plan is established in order to provide deferred compensation to a select group of management and highly compensated employees within the meanings of Sections 201(2) and 301(a)(3) of ERISA. The Plan is intended to comply with the requirements imposed under Section 409A of the Code and the provisions of the Plan shall be construed in a manner consistent with the requirements of such section of the Code. To the extent legally required, the Code and ERISA shall govern the Plan and, if any provision hereof is in violation of any applicable requirement thereof, the Committee reserves the right to retroactively amend the Plan to comply therewith. To the extent not governed by the Code and ERISA, the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to conflict of law provisions.

 

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EX-10.8

Exhibit 10.8

APERGY CORPORATION

EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN

Introduction

This Apergy Corporation Executive Severance Plan (the “Plan”) sets forth the policy of Apergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Apergy”), and each of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Article 13) which employs an “Eligible Executive” (as defined in Article 1) with respect to “Severance Payments” (as defined in Article 5) payable to an Eligible Executive under the Plan. (Apergy and such Subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Company”). This Executive Severance Plan constitutes the plan document and summary plan description for the Plan.

Article 1. Who is Eligible for Participation in the Plan

 

a. Eligible Executives. Those executives who are eligible to participate in, and receive Severance Payments under, the Plan are the ‘Senior Executive Officers’ of Apergy Corporation (‘Senior Executive Officers’ are defined as the Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Officer direct reports to the Chief Executive Officer) whom, on the date of a “Change of Control” (as defined in Article 14), remain in such a position (“Eligible Executives”).

 

b. Effect of Employment Agreement. You shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan if you are party to a written agreement with the Company that provides for severance payments to you upon, or following, the termination of your employment.

 

c. Other Plans. If you are eligible to participate in this Plan, you shall not be eligible to participate in, or to receive any severance benefits under, any other severance plan, policy, practice, or arrangement maintained by the Company. If you become eligible to receive Severance Payments under the Apergy Corporation Senior Executive Change-in-Control Severance Plan, you shall not be eligible to receive Severance Payments under this Plan.

Article 2. How Do You Become Eligible for Severance Payments under the Plan

You will be eligible for Severance Payments if you are an Eligible Executive and your employment is terminated by the Company without “Cause” (as defined in Article 13) (“Termination Without Cause”).

Article 3. What Events Make You Ineligible for Severance Payments under the Plan

You shall not be entitled to receive Severance Payments under this Plan if any of the following disqualifying events occur:

 

a. Death or Disability. Your employment terminates due to death or, at the option of the Company, upon your “Disability” (as defined in Article 13);

 

b. Voluntary Termination. You elect to terminate your employment with the Company or a successor for any reason, including without limitation, retirement.


c. Termination for Cause. Your employment with the Company is terminated for Cause (“Termination for Cause”):

 

    Your employment may be terminated for Cause by the Company effective upon the giving of written notice to you of such Termination for Cause, or effective upon another date as specified in such notice.

 

    If within one (1) year after your Termination Without Cause, the Company determines that your employment could have been Terminated for Cause, your prior termination shall be recharacterized as a Termination for Cause upon the Company giving written notice to you (or to your estate in the event of your death). You (or your estate) shall have thirty (30) days to provide a written response to the Company. To the extent that the Company does not reverse its determination after receipt of your response, if any, you (or your estate) shall be obligated promptly to repay any Severance Payments paid to you under the Plan. The Company may take appropriate legal action to seek to recover any Severance Payments from you or your estate.

 

d. Sale. You work for a division, subdivision, plant, location, or entity which is sold or otherwise transferred to an entity other than Apergy and its Subsidiaries, regardless of whether the new owner offers continued or comparable employment to you.

 

e. New Employer. You begin working for another employer (whether regular or temporary and whether full-time or part-time) in any capacity, including as a consultant or independent contractor, before your “Date of Termination” (as defined in Article 13). You are required to immediately notify the Company in writing if you begin another job prior to your Date of Termination.

Article 4. What Amounts Other than Severance Payments May be Payable to You

Regardless of whether you are eligible for Severance Payments under the Plan, you may be entitled to receive benefits (other than severance payments) for which you are expressly eligible following your Date of Termination to the extent you are entitled under the terms and conditions of any other plans, policies, programs and/or arrangements of the Company, including without limitation, continuation health benefits under the federal law known as COBRA, and amounts payable or benefits provided under the Apergy Corporation 2018 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan and any successor plan, the Apergy Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, and the Apergy Corporation 401(k) Plan.

Article 5. What Severance Payments Are Payable under the Plan

If you are eligible to receive Severance Payments under Article 2 above, and you have not become ineligible for the receipt of such Severance Payments due to a disqualifying event as described in Article 3 above or other provisions of the Plan, you shall be entitled to the following severance payments (the “Severance Payments”):

 

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    Base salary continuation for a twelve (12) month period following your Date of Termination (the “Severance Pay Period”), plus an additional monthly amount equal to the then cost of COBRA health continuation coverage for yourself and covered family members based on the level of health coverage in effect on your Date of Termination, if any, for the lesser of the Severance Pay Period or the period that you receive COBRA benefits, with such payments to commence sixty (60) days from your Date of Termination, retroactive to your Date of Termination, provided that you have executed and not revoked a general release of claims against the Company within forty-five (45) days following the date of termination.

 

    If on your Date of Termination you are a “covered employee” (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) who participates in an annual incentive plan intended to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code, an additional Severance Payment equal to the pro rata portion (based upon the completed calendar months worked in the year in which your Date of Termination occurs) of the annual incentive bonus paid to you for the year prior to the year in which your Date of Termination occurs, with such amount to be payable when an annual incentive bonus is regularly paid to employees for the year in which your Date of Termination occurs, which amount may, in the discretion of the Compensation Committee of Apergy’s Board of Directors (“Compensation Committee”), be reduced.

 

    If you are not a “covered employee”, an additional Severance Payment equal to a pro rata portion (based upon the completed calendar months worked in the year in which your Date of Termination occurs), of the target annual incentive bonus payable for the year in which your Date of Termination occurs, with such amount to be payable when an annual incentive bonus is regularly paid to employees for the year in which your Date of Termination occurs, which amount may, in the discretion of the Compensation Committee (or, if applicable, the manager who approves your bonus) be reduced based upon attainment of the performance criteria applicable to your award for the year of termination.

 

    If you die before receipt of all Severance Payments to which you are entitled, any payments due to you will be paid to your estate at the time they would have been payable to you.

 

   

The Company’s obligations to make Severance Payments to you are conditioned upon your timely execution (without revocation) of a separation agreement and a general release of all claims related to your employment and the termination of your employment in a form satisfactory to Apergy (the “Separation Agreement and Release”). The Separation Agreement and Release shall include a confidentiality covenant, a non-disparagement covenant, a covenant for the protection of intellectual property, and a non-competition and non-solicitation restriction for the duration of the Severance Pay Period, as more fully set forth in such Separation Agreement and Release. Payments to you shall commence sixty (60) days following your Date of Termination as provided in this Article 5 above but only if you have executed such Separation Agreement and Release within

 

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forty-five (45) days following the Date of Termination and the applicable revocation period has expired. Where the forty-five (45) day period extends into the next year, payment shall commence in the next taxable year. If you should fail to execute such Separation Agreement and Release within forty-five (45) days following the Date of Termination or should you later revoke or violate the Separation Agreement and Release, the Company shall not have any obligation to make the payments contemplated under this Plan and you shall refund any Severance Payments made to you.

Article 6. Claw-Back Provisions

In addition to the right of the Company, under Article 3(c) and Article 5, to recover amounts paid to you, in the event that you shall (i) breach the non-competition, non-disparagement, non-solicitation, confidentiality, intellectual property or other covenants or provisions of the Separation Agreement and Release, or (ii) be required by any claw-back policies of the Company, as in effect from time to time, or by applicable law, to refund payments received from the Company as the result of a restatement of the Company’s financial statements or other events or conduct as may be specified in such policies from time to time or as may be required by applicable law, you (or your estate) shall be obligated promptly to refund the Severance Payments made to you. The Company may take appropriate legal action to seek to recover any Severance Payments from you or your estate.

Article 7. Income Taxes

Severance Payments are subject to all applicable federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax withholdings.

Article 8. Section 409A of the Code

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if any payment, compensation or other benefit provided to you in connection with your employment termination is determined, in whole or in part, to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and you are a “specified employee” as defined in Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), no part of such payments shall be paid before the day that is six (6) months plus one (1) day after your Date of Termination (such date, the “New Payment Date”). The aggregate of any payments that otherwise would have been paid to you during the period between your Date of Termination and the New Payment Date shall be paid to you in a lump sum on such New Payment Date. Thereafter, any payments that remain outstanding as of the day immediately following the New Payment Date shall be paid without delay over the time period originally scheduled in accordance with the terms of the Plan. If you die during the period between the Date of Termination and the New Payment Date, the amounts withheld on account of Code Section 409A shall be paid to your estate within ninety (90) days following your death.

For the avoidance of doubt, up to two (2) times the lesser of: (i) your base salary for the year preceding the year in which your Date of Termination occurs; and (ii) the maximum amount of compensation that may be taken into account under a qualified plan pursuant to Code Section 401(a)(17) for the year in which your Date of Termination occurs, shall be paid in accordance with the schedule set forth in Article 5, without regard to such six (6) month delay.

 

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The provisions of the Plan are intended to be exempt from, or to comply with, the requirements of Code Section 409A, including without limitation, with the separation pay exemption and short-term deferral exemption of Code Section 409A. The Plan shall in all respects be administered in accordance with Code Section 409A and shall be interpreted in a manner to conform to the requirements of Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, distributions may only be made under the Plan upon an event and in a manner permitted by Code Section 409A or an applicable exemption.

All payments to be made upon a termination of employment under the Plan may only be made upon a “separation from service” under Code Section 409A.

For purposes of Code Section 409A, the right to a series of installment payments under the Plan shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments. In no event may you, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of a payment.

Article 9. Administration of Plan

The “Plan Administrator” (as defined in Article 13) shall have the exclusive right, power, and authority, in its sole and absolute discretion, to administer, apply, and interpret the Plan and to decide all matters arising in connection with the operation or administration of the Plan to the extent not retained by Apergy as set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Plan Administrator shall have the sole and absolute discretionary authority to:

 

    Make determinations as to whether an employee is, or is not, an Eligible Executive;

 

    Take all actions and make all decisions with respect to the eligibility for, and the amount of, Severance Payments payable under the Plan;

 

    Formulate, interpret and apply rules, regulations, and policies necessary to administer the Plan in accordance with its terms;

 

    Decide questions, including legal or factual questions, with regard to any matter related to the Plan;

 

    Construe and interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and all documents which relate to the Plan and decide any and all matters arising thereunder including the right to remedy possible ambiguities, inconsistencies or omissions;

 

    Investigate and make such factual or other determinations as shall be necessary or advisable for the resolution of appeals of adverse determinations under the Plan; and

 

    Process, and approve or deny, claims for Severance Payments under the Plan and any appeals.

 

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All determinations made by the Plan Administrator as to any question involving its respective responsibilities, powers and duties under the Plan shall be final and binding on all parties, to the maximum extent permitted by law. All determinations by Apergy referred to in the Plan shall be made by Apergy in its capacity as an employer and settlor of the Plan.

Article 10. Modification or Termination of Plan

Apergy reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to amend, modify, or terminate the Plan, in whole or in part, including any or all of the provisions of the Plan, for any reason, at any time, by action of the Compensation Committee. This Plan does not give an Eligible Executive any vested right to Severance Payments. If the Plan is amended or terminated, your rights to receive Severance Payments may be eliminated. No individual may become entitled to benefits or other rights under the Plan after the Plan is terminated.

Article 11. Claims and Appeal Procedures

The Plan Administrator shall make a determination in connection with the termination of employment of an Eligible Executive as to whether a Severance Payment under the Plan is payable to such Eligible Executive and the amount thereof, taking into consideration any determination made by Apergy as to the circumstances regarding the termination, the potential applicability of a disqualifying event, or the Plan Administrator’s decision as to whether an employee is an Eligible Executive under the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall advise any Eligible Executive it determines is entitled to Severance Payments under the Plan as to the amount of Severance Payments payable under the Plan. The Plan Administrator may delegate any or all of its responsibilities under this section.

a. Claim Procedures

Each Eligible Executive or his or her authorized representative (each, the “Claimant”) claiming Severance Payments under the Plan who has not been advised by the Plan Administrator as to his or her eligibility for Severance Payments, disagrees with a determination that he or she is not eligible for Severance Payments, disagrees with the amount of any Severance Payments awarded under the Plan, or disagrees with a decision to require him or her to repay an amount under the Plan, is eligible to file a written claim with the Plan Administrator.

Within ninety (90) days after receiving the claim, the Plan Administrator will decide whether or not to approve the claim. The ninety (90)-day period may be extended by the Plan Administrator up to an additional ninety (90)-day period if special circumstances require an extension of time to consider the claim. If the Plan Administrator extends the ninety (90)-day period, the Claimant will be notified in writing before the expiration of the initial ninety (90)-day period as to the length of the extension and the special circumstances that necessitate the extension.

If the claim is denied, the Plan Administrator shall set forth in writing (which notice may be electronic) the reasons for the denial; the relevant provisions of the Plan on which the decision is made; a description of the Plan’s claim appeal procedures; and, if additional material or information is necessary to perfect the claim, an explanation of why such material or information is necessary. The notice will also include a statement regarding the procedures for the Claimant to file a request for review of the claim denial as set forth in the “Appeal Procedures” sub-section below and the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) following a claim denial on appeal.

 

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b. Appeal Procedures

If a claim has been denied by the Plan Administrator and the Claimant wishes further consideration and review of his or her claim, he or she must file an appeal of the denial of the claim to the Plan Administrator no later than sixty (60) days after the receipt of the written notification of the Plan Administrator’s denial. In connection with his or her appeal, the Claimant may request the opportunity to review relevant documents prior to submission of a written statement, submit documents, records and comments in writing, and receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to and copies of all documents, records and other information relevant to the Claimant’s claim for Severance Payments under the Plan. The review of the appeal by the Plan Administrator will take into account all comments, documents, records and other information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial review of the claim.

The Plan Administrator will notify the Claimant in writing (which notice may be electronic) of the Plan Administrator’s decision with respect to its review of the appeal within sixty (60) days following the receipt of the request for a review of the claim. Due to special circumstances, the Plan Administrator may extend the time to reach a decision with respect to the appeal of the claim denial, in which case the Plan Administrator will notify the Claimant in writing before the expiration of the initial 60-day period as to the length of the extension and the special circumstances that necessitate such extension and render a decision as soon as possible, but not later than one hundred twenty (120) days following the receipt of the Claimant’s request for appeal.

If the appeal is denied, the Plan Administrator will set forth in writing (which notice may be electronic) the specific reasons for the denial and references to the relevant Plan provisions on which the determination of the denial is based. The notice will also include a statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to the claim, and a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring an action under Section 502(a) of ERISA.

c. Exhaustion of Remedies under the Plan

A Claimant wishing to seek judicial review of an adverse benefit determination under the Plan, whether in whole or in part, must file any suit or legal action, including, without limitation, a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA, within one (1) year following the date the final decision on the adverse benefit determination on review is issued or should have been issued or lose any rights to bring such an action. If any such judicial proceeding is undertaken, the evidence presented shall be strictly limited to the evidence timely presented to the Plan Administrator. A Claimant may bring an action under ERISA only after he or she has exhausted the Plan’s claims and appeal procedures.

 

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Article 12. Miscellaneous Provisions

 

    The records of the Company with respect to employment history, compensation, absences, illnesses, and all other relevant matters shall be conclusive for all purposes of this Plan.

 

    The respective terms and provisions of the Plan shall be construed, whenever possible, to be in conformity with the requirements of ERISA, or any subsequent laws or amendments thereto. To the extent not to conflict with the preceding sentence, the construction and administration of the Plan shall be in accordance with the laws of the state of Texas applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the state of Texas (without reference to its conflicts of law provisions).

 

    Nothing contained in this Plan shall be held or construed to create any liability upon the Company to retain any employee in its service or to change the employee-at-will status of any employee. All employees shall remain subject to the same terms and conditions of employment and discharge or discipline to the same extent as if the Plan had not been put into effect. An employee’s failure to qualify for, or receive, a Severance Payment under the Plan shall not establish any right to (i) continuation or reinstatement, or (ii) any benefits in lieu of Severance Payments.

 

    The Company has the right to cancel a proposed termination of employment or reschedule a termination date at any time before your employment terminates. You will not become eligible for Severance Payments if your termination date is cancelled or if you voluntarily terminate employment before the termination date specified or rescheduled by the Company.

 

    Severance Payments under this Plan are not intended to duplicate such (i) payments and benefits as may be provided to you under state, local, federal or non-US plant shut down, mass layoff or similar laws, such as the WARN Act or (ii) payments in the nature of severance or separation pay, termination allowances or indemnities, and/or pay or benefits in lieu of notice, pay and/or benefits for service during any notice period, or any similar type of payment or benefit under any non-US plan, program or policy, under any non-US contract or agreement or between a union, works council or other collective bargaining entity or employee representative and the Company, or under applicable non-US laws or regulations. Should payments or benefits under such laws or other arrangements become payable to you, payments under this Plan will be offset or reduced (but not below zero) by all payments and benefits to which you are entitled under such other laws or arrangements, or alternatively, Severance Payments previously paid under this Plan will be treated as having been paid to satisfy such other benefit obligations to the extent permitted by applicable law. In either case, the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine how to apply this provision and may override other provisions in this Plan in doing so.

 

    At all times, payments under the Plan shall be made from the general assets of the Company.

 

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    Should any provisions of the Plan be deemed or held to be unlawful or invalid for any reason, the balance of the Plan shall remain in effect, unless it is amended or terminated as provided in the Plan.

 

    Except as required by law, the Severance Payments will not be subject to alienation, transfer, assignment, garnishment, execution or levy of any kind, and any attempt to cause such payments to be so subjected will not be recognized.

 

    If any overpayment is made under the Plan for any reason, the Plan Administrator will have the right to recover the overpayment.

 

    The Company shall cause this Plan to be assumed by a successor of the Company, whether such succession occurs by merger, asset sale or otherwise.

 

    Any notice or other written communication required or permitted pursuant to the terms of the Plan shall have been duly given (i) immediately when delivered by hand, (ii) three days after being mailed by United States Mail, first class, postage prepaid (or such local equivalent thereof), addressed to the intended recipient at his, her or its last known address, (iii) on the next business day after deposit with a courier or overnight delivery service post paid for next-day delivery and addressed in accordance with the last known address, or (iv) immediately upon delivery by facsimile or email to the telephone number or email address provided by a party for the receipt of notice.

Article 13. Definitions

 

Cause   

•  You have engaged in conduct that constitutes willful misconduct, dishonesty, or gross negligence in the performance of your duties; you breach your fiduciary duties to your employer; or your willful failure to carry out the lawful directions of the person(s) to whom you report;

  

•  You have engaged in conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to your employer, or that materially harms the reputation, good will, or business of your employer;

 

•  You have engaged in conduct which is reported in the general or trade press or otherwise achieves general notoriety and which is scandalous, immoral or illegal;

  

•  You have been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere (or similar plea) to, a crime that constitutes a felony, or a crime that constitutes a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, dishonesty or fraud;

 

•  You have been found liable in any Securities and Exchange Commission or other civil or criminal securities law action or any cease and desist order applicable to you is entered (regardless of whether or not you admit or deny liability);

 

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•  You have used or disclosed, without authorization, confidential or proprietary information of Apergy or its Subsidiaries; you have breached any written or electronic agreement with the Company not to disclose any information pertaining to Apergy or its Subsidiaries or their customers, suppliers and businesses; or you have breached any agreement relating to non-solicitation, non-competition, or the ownership or protection of the intellectual property of Apergy or its Subsidiaries; or

  

•  You have breached any of the Company’s policies applicable to you, whether currently in effect or adopted after the effective date of the Plan.

Date of Termination    The date on which you incur a termination of employment or such other date on which you incur a “separation from service” determined under the provisions set forth in Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations or any successor provisions. Pursuant to such provisions, you will be treated as no longer performing services for the Company when the level of services you perform for the Company decreases to a level equal to 20% or less of the average level of services performed by you during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) months.
Disability    Disability shall be defined as set forth under the Company-sponsored Long-Term Disability Benefits Plan that covers you, as such plan shall be in effect from time to time. Any dispute concerning whether you are deemed to have suffered a Disability for purposes of the Plan shall be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures set forth in the Company-sponsored Long-Term Disability Benefits Plan in which you participate.
Plan Administrator    With respect to Severance Payments payable to the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, or the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, the Compensation Committee. With respect to all other matters under the plan, the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Apergy or successor position.
Subsidiary    An entity in which Apergy owns, directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the equity or voting interests.

Article 14. Effective Date of Plan

The Plan is effective as of May 9, 2018.

 

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SUMMARY OF ERISA RIGHTS

Your Rights Under ERISA

The Department of Labor has issued regulations that require the Company to provide you with a statement of your rights under ERISA with respect to this Plan. The following statement was designated by the Department of Labor to satisfy this requirement and is presented accordingly.

As a participant in the Plan, you are entitled to certain rights and protections under ERISA. ERISA provides that all Plan participants are entitled to:

Receive Information About Your Plan and Benefits

1. Examine, without charge, all Plan documents and copies of all documents filed by Apergy with the Department of Labor and available at the Public Disclosure Room of the Employee Benefits Security Administration. This includes annual reports and Plan descriptions. All such documents are available for review from the Apergy Human Resources Department.

2. Obtain, upon written request to the Plan Administrator, copies of documents governing the operation of the Plan, including copies of the latest annual report (Form 5500 Series) and any updated summary plan description. The Plan Administrator may charge you a reasonable fee for the copies.

3. Receive a summary of the Plan’s annual financial report. Once each year, the Plan Administrator will send you a Summary Annual Report of the Plan’s financial activities at no charge.

Prudent Action by Fiduciaries

In addition to creating rights for Plan participants, ERISA imposes duties upon the people who are responsible for the operation of the Plan. The people who operate your Plan, called fiduciaries of the Plan, have a duty to do so prudently and in the interest of you and other Plan participants and beneficiaries.

No one, including your employer or any other person, may fire you or otherwise discriminate against you in any way to prevent you from obtaining a benefit under the Plan or exercising your rights under ERISA.

Enforcing Your Rights

If your claim for Severance Payments is denied or ignored in whole or in part, you have a right to receive a written explanation of the reason for the denial, to obtain copies of documents related to the decision without charge, and to appeal any denial, all within certain time schedules. You have the right to have your claim reviewed and reconsidered as explained in the “Claims and Appeal Procedures” section.

 

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Under ERISA, there are steps you can take to enforce the above rights. For instance, if you request materials from the Plan and do not receive them within thirty (30) days, you may file suit in a federal court. In such a case, the court may require the Plan Administrator to provide the materials and pay you up to $110 a day until you receive the materials, unless the materials were not sent because of reasons beyond the control of the Plan Administrator. If you have a claim for Severance Payments which is denied or ignored, in whole or in part, you may file suit in a state or federal court after you have exhausted the Plan’s claims and appeal procedures as described in the section “Claims and Appeal Procedures” hereof. If it should happen that Plan fiduciaries misuse the Plan’s money, or if you are discriminated against for asserting your rights, you may seek assistance from the Department of Labor, or you may file suit in a federal court.

The court will decide who should pay court costs and legal fees. If you are successful, the court may order the person you sued to pay these costs and fees. If you lose, the court may order you to pay these costs and fees, for example, if it finds your claim is frivolous.

Assistance with Your Questions

If you have any questions about the Plan, you should contact the Plan Administrator through the Apergy Human Resources Department. They will be glad to help you. If you have any questions about this statement or about your rights under ERISA, or if you need assistance in obtaining documents from the Plan Administrator, you should contact the nearest Area Office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, listed in your telephone directory, or you may contact:

The Division of Technical Assistance and Inquiries

Employee Benefits Security Administration,

Department of Labor

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 5N625

Washington, DC 20210

1-866-444-EBSA (1-866-444-3272)

www.dol.gov/ebsa (for general information)

www.askebsa.dol.gov (for electronic inquiries)

You may also obtain certain publications about your rights and responsibilities under ERISA by calling the publications hotline of the Employee Benefits Security Administration at 1-866-444-3272.

Administrative Facts

 

Plan Name   

Apergy Corporation Executive

Severance Plan

Plan Sponsor   

Apergy Corporation

2445 Technology Forest Blvd

Building 4, 9th Floor

The Woodlands, Texas

281-403-5772

 

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Type of Plan    The Plan is a welfare benefit plan that provides severance benefits
Source of Contributions to Plan    Employer payments from general corporate assets
Plan Year    The Plan Year is January 1 through December 31
Employer Identification Number    82-3066826
Plan Number    501
Plan Administrator   

Apergy Corporation

2445 Technology Forest Blvd

Building 4, 9th Floor

The Woodlands, Texas

281-403-5772

Agent for Receiving Service of Legal Process   

General Counsel

Apergy Corporation

2445 Technology Forest Blvd

Building 4, 9th Floor

The Woodlands, Texas

281-403-5772

Legal Process can also be served on the Plan Administrator

Contact Information

If you have questions about this Plan, please contact Apergy Human Resources at the coordinates below and they will provide you with this information.

Apergy Human Resources

Phone:         281-403-5772

 

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EX-10.9

Exhibit 10.9

APERGY CORPORATION

SENIOR EXECUTIVE CHANGE-IN-CONTROL SEVERANCE PLAN

Introduction

This Apergy Corporation Senior Executive Change-in-Control Severance Plan (the “Plan”) sets forth the policy of Apergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Apergy”), and each of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Article 14) which employs an “Eligible Executive” (as defined in Article 1) with respect to “Severance Payments” (as defined in Article 5) payable to an Eligible Executive under the Plan (Apergy and such Subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Company”). This Senior Executive Change-in-Control Severance Plan constitutes the plan document and summary plan description for the Plan.

Article 1. Who is Eligible for Participation in the Plan

 

a. Eligible Executives. Those executives who are eligible to participate in, and receive Severance Payments under, the Plan are the ‘Senior Executive Officers’ of Apergy Corporation (‘Senior Executive Officers’ are defined as the Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Officer direct reports to the Chief Executive Officer) whom, on the date of a “Change of Control” (as defined in Article 14), remain in such a position (“Eligible Executives”).

 

b. Effect of Employment Agreement. You shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan if you are party to a written agreement with the Company that provides for severance payments to you upon, or following, the termination of your employment or following a Change-in-Control of the Company.

 

c. Other Plans. If you are eligible to participate in this Plan, you shall not be eligible to participate in, or to receive any severance benefits under, any other severance plan, policy, practice, or arrangement maintained by the Company. If you become eligible to receive Severance Payments under this Plan, you shall not be eligible to receive Severance Payments under the Apergy Corporation Executive Severance Plan.

Article 2. How Do You Become Eligible for Severance Payments under the Plan

You will be eligible for Severance Payments if you are an Eligible Executive as of the date of a Change-in-Control and, within eighteen (18) months following a Change-in-Control:

 

a. Termination Without Cause. Your employment is terminated by the Company without “Cause” (as defined in Article 14) (“Termination Without Cause”); or

 

b. Good Reason Termination. You terminate your employment with the Company for “Good Reason” (as defined in Article 14) by giving a notice of termination for Good Reason under the procedures set forth in this Article 2 (“Good Reason Termination”);


    You may elect to terminate your employment for Good Reason by giving written notice to the Company of the events constituting Good Reason within eighteen (18) months after a Change-in-Control. The notice of termination for Good Reason shall be effective thirty (30) days after it is provided by you if the Company shall fail to cure the events constituting Good Reason within such thirty (30) day notice period. In order to be effective, you must give the notice of a Good Reason Termination within sixty (60) days after the event(s) that constitute Good Reason first occur and within eighteen (18) months after a Change-in-Control.

 

    The Company may waive all or part of the thirty (30) day notice required to be given by you by giving written notice to you.

Article 3. What Events Make You Ineligible for Severance Payments under the Plan

You shall not be entitled to receive Severance Payments under this Plan if any of the following disqualifying events occur:

 

a. Death or Disability. Your employment terminates due to death or, at the option of the Company, upon your “Disability” (as defined in Article 14).

 

b. Voluntary Termination. You terminate your employment with the Company or a successor for any reason, including without limitation retirement, other than for Good Reason (“Voluntary Termination”). A Voluntary Termination includes, without limitation, a termination by you (i) after a failure by you to give a timely notice of termination for Good Reason, or (ii) after the Company timely cures the event(s) that are claimed to constitute Good Reason.

 

c. Termination for Cause. Your employment with the Company is terminated for Cause (“Termination for Cause”):

 

    Your employment may be terminated for Cause by the Company effective upon the giving of written notice to you of such Termination for Cause, or effective upon another date as specified in such notice.

 

    If within one (1) year after your employment terminates as the result of a Good Reason Termination or Termination Without Cause, the Company determines that your employment could have been Terminated for Cause, your prior termination shall be recharacterized as a Termination for Cause upon the Company giving written notice to you (or to your estate in the event of your death). You (or your estate) shall have thirty (30) days to provide a written response to the Company. To the extent that the Company does not reverse its determination after receipt of your response, if any, you (or your estate) shall be obligated promptly to repay any Severance Payments paid to you under the Plan. The Company may take appropriate legal action to seek to recover any Severance Payments from you or your estate.

 

d. Sale. You work for a division, subdivision, plant, location, or entity which is sold or otherwise transferred to an entity other than Apergy and its Subsidiaries in a transaction that does not constitute a Change-in-Control, regardless of whether the new owner offers continued or comparable employment to you.

 

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e. New Employer. You begin working for another employer (whether regular or temporary and whether full-time or part-time) in any capacity, including as a consultant or independent contractor, before your “Date of Termination” (as defined in Article 14). You are required to immediately notify the Company in writing if you begin another job prior to your Date of Termination.

Article 4. What Amounts Other than Severance Payments May be Payable to You

Regardless of whether you are eligible for Severance Payments under the Plan, you may be entitled to receive benefits (other than severance payments) for which you are expressly eligible following your Date of Termination to the extent you are entitled under the terms and conditions of any other plans, policies, programs and/or arrangements of the Company, including without limitation, continuation health benefits under the federal law known as COBRA, and amounts payable or benefits provided under the Apergy Corporation 2018 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan and any successor plan (the “2018 Plan”), the Apergy Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, and the Apergy Corporation 401(k) Plan.

Article 5. What Severance Payments Are Payable under the Plan

If you are eligible to receive Severance Payments under Article 2 above, and you have not become ineligible for the receipt of such Severance Payments due to a disqualifying event as described in Article 3 above or other provisions of the Plan, you shall be entitled to the following severance payments (the “Severance Payments”):

 

    A lump sum payment payable sixty (60) days following your Date of Termination equal to 2.0 multiplied by the sum of (i) your annual base salary on your Date of Termination (or, if higher, on the date of the Change-in-Control), and (ii) your target annual incentive bonus for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs (or, if higher, on the date of the Change-in-Control).

 

    A lump sum payment payable sixty (60) days following your Date of Termination equal to the then premium cost of COBRA health continuation coverage for yourself and covered family members for twelve months based on the level of health coverage, if any, in effect on your Date of Termination.

 

    If you die before receipt of all Severance Payments to which you are entitled, any payments due to you will be paid to your estate at the time they would have been payable to you.

 

   

The Company’s obligations to make Severance Payments to you are conditioned upon your timely execution (without revocation) of a separation agreement and a general release of all claims related to your employment and the termination of your employment in a form satisfactory to Apergy (the “Separation Agreement and Release”). The Separation Agreement and Release shall include a

 

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confidentiality covenant, a non-disparagement covenant, a covenant for the protection of intellectual property, and a non-competition and non-solicitation restriction for twelve (12) months from the Date of Termination, as more fully set forth in such Separation Agreement and Release. Payments to you shall commence sixty (60) days following your Date of Termination as provided in this Article 5 above but only if you have executed such Separation Agreement and Release within forty-five (45) days following the Date of Termination and the applicable revocation period has expired. Where the forty-five (45) day period extends into the next year, payment shall commence in the next taxable year. If you should fail to execute such Separation Agreement and Release within forty-five (45) days following the Date of Termination or should you later revoke or violate the Separation Agreement and Release, the Company shall not have any obligation to make the payments contemplated under this Plan and you shall refund any Severance Payments made to you.

Article 6. Claw-Back Provisions

In addition to the right of the Company under Article 3(c) and Article 5 to recover amounts paid to you, in the event that you shall (i) breach the non-competition, non-disparagement, non-solicitation, confidentiality, intellectual property or other covenants or provisions of the Separation Agreement and Release, or (ii) be required by any claw-back policies of the Company, as in effect from time to time, or by applicable law, to refund payments received from the Company as the result of a restatement of the Company’s financial statements or other events or conduct as may be specified in such policies from time to time or as may be required by applicable law, you (or your estate) shall be obligated promptly to refund the Severance Payments made to you. The Company may take appropriate legal action to seek to recover any Severance Payments from you or your estate.

Article 7. Income Taxes

Severance Payments are subject to all applicable federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax withholdings.

Article 8. Section 409A of the Code

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if any payment, compensation or other benefit provided to you in connection with your employment termination is determined, in whole or in part, to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and you are a “specified employee” as defined in Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), no part of such payments shall be paid before the day that is six (6) months plus one (1) day after your Date of Termination (such date, the “New Payment Date”). The aggregate of any payments that otherwise would have been paid to you during the period between your Date of Termination and the New Payment Date shall be paid to you in a lump sum on such New Payment Date. Thereafter, any payments that remain outstanding as of the day immediately following the New Payment Date shall be paid without delay over the time period originally scheduled in accordance with the terms of the Plan. If you die during the period between the Date of Termination and the New Payment Date, the amounts withheld on account of Code Section 409A shall be paid to your estate within ninety (90) days following your death.

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, up to two (2) times the lesser of: (i) your base salary for the year preceding the year in which your Date of Termination occurs; and (ii) the maximum amount of compensation that may be taken into account under a qualified plan pursuant to Code Section 401(a)(17) for the year in which your Date of Termination occurs, shall be paid in accordance with the schedule set forth in Article 5, without regard to such six (6) month delay.

The provisions of the Plan are intended to be exempt from, or to comply with, the requirements of Code Section 409A, including without limitation, the separation pay exemption and short-term deferral exemption of Code Section 409A. The Plan shall in all respects be administered in accordance with Code Section 409A and shall be interpreted in a manner to conform to the requirements of Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, distributions may only be made under the Plan upon an event and in a manner permitted by Code Section 409A or an applicable exemption.

All payments to be made upon a termination of employment under the Plan may only be made upon a “separation from service” under Code Section 409A.

For purposes of Code Section 409A, the right to a series of installment payments under the Plan shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments. In no event may you, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of a payment.

Article 9. Excess Parachute Payments

In the event that the Company determines that any payment or distribution to you by the Company in connection with a Change-in-Control, whether paid or payable under this Plan or by reason of any other agreement, policy, plan, program or arrangement, including without limitation, any outstanding award or right under the 2018 Plan, or the Apergy Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Code Section 4999 (or any successor provision thereto) or to any similar tax imposed by state or local law, or any interest or penalties with respect to such tax (such tax or taxes, together with any such interest and penalties, being hereafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), and you would receive a greater net after-tax amount (taking into account all applicable taxes payable by you, including any excise tax under Code Section 4999) by applying the reduction contained in this Article 9, then the Severance Payments to you under this Plan shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the maximum amount which may be paid without you becoming subject to such an excise tax under Code Section 4999 (such reduced payments to be referred to as the “Payment Cap”). In the event that you are subject to the Payment Cap, the Company shall reduce payments to you under this Plan in reverse chronological order such that the last payments to be made to you will be reduced first until the Payment Cap is reached. The tax and benefit calculations contemplated by this paragraph shall be performed by Apergy’s accountants or tax counsel, the fees of which shall be paid by Apergy, including any fees incurred in connection with the audit of your tax return or appeal from any assessment.

 

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Article 10. Administration of Plan

The “Plan Administrator” (as defined in Article 14) shall have the exclusive right, power, and authority, in its sole and absolute discretion, to administer, apply, and interpret the Plan and to decide all matters arising in connection with the operation or administration of the Plan to the extent not retained by Apergy as set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Plan Administrator shall have the sole and absolute discretionary authority to:

 

    Make determinations as to whether an employee is, or is not, an Eligible Executive;

 

    Take all actions and make all decisions with respect to the eligibility for, and the amount of, Severance Payments payable under the Plan;

 

    Formulate, interpret and apply rules, regulations, and policies necessary to administer the Plan in accordance with its terms;

 

    Decide questions, including legal or factual questions, with regard to any matter related to the Plan;

 

    Construe and interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and all documents which relate to the Plan and decide any and all matters arising thereunder including the right to remedy possible ambiguities, inconsistencies or omissions;

 

    Investigate and make such factual or other determinations as shall be necessary or advisable for the resolution of appeals of adverse determinations under the Plan; and

 

    Process, and approve or deny, claims for Severance Payments under the Plan and any appeals.

All determinations made by the Plan Administrator as to any question involving its respective responsibilities, powers and duties under the Plan shall be final and binding on all parties, to the maximum extent permitted by law. All determinations by Apergy referred to in the Plan shall be made by Apergy in its capacity as an employer and settlor of the Plan.

Article 11. Modification or Termination of Plan

Apergy reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to amend, modify, or terminate the Plan, in whole or in part, including any or all of the provisions of the Plan, for any reason, at any time, by action of the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of Apergy’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). This Plan does not give an Eligible Executive any vested right to Severance Payments. If the Plan is amended or terminated, your rights to receive Severance Payments may be eliminated. No individual may become entitled to benefits or other rights under the Plan after the Plan is terminated. In the event that an amendment to the Plan to be effective on or after a Change-in-Control is in the aggregate materially adverse to you (taking into account any aspects of such amendments that are beneficial to you), or the Plan is terminated on or after a Change-in-Control, no such amendment or termination shall be effective before the second anniversary of the Change-in-Control. In the event that a Change-in-Control

 

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occurs within twelve months after the effective date of an amendment to the Plan that is in the aggregate materially adverse to you (taking into account any aspects of such amendments that are beneficial to you), or the Plan is terminated within twelve months prior to a Change-in-Control, such amendment or termination shall not be effective.

Article 12. Claims and Appeal Procedures

The Plan Administrator shall make a determination in connection with the termination of employment of an Eligible Executive as to whether a Severance Payment under the Plan is payable to such Eligible Executive and the amount thereof, taking into consideration any determination made by Apergy as to the circumstances regarding the termination, the potential applicability of a disqualifying event, or the Plan Administrator’s decision as to whether an employee is an Eligible Executive under the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall advise any Eligible Executive it determines is entitled to Severance Payments under the Plan as to the amount of Severance Payments payable under the Plan. The Plan Administrator may delegate any or all of its responsibilities under this section.

a. Claim Procedures

Each Eligible Executive or his or her authorized representative (each, the “Claimant”) claiming Severance Payments under the Plan who has not been advised by the Plan Administrator as to his or her eligibility for Severance Payments, disagrees with a determination that he or she is not eligible for Severance Payments, disagrees with the amount of any Severance Payments awarded under the Plan, or disagrees with a decision to require him or her to repay an amount under the Plan, is eligible to file a written claim with the Plan Administrator.

Within ninety (90) days after receiving the claim, the Plan Administrator will decide whether or not to approve the claim. The ninety (90)-day period may be extended by the Plan Administrator up to an additional ninety (90)-day period if special circumstances require an extension of time to consider the claim. If the Plan Administrator extends the ninety (90)-day period, the Claimant will be notified in writing before the expiration of the initial ninety (90)-day period as to the length of the extension and the special circumstances that necessitate the extension.

If the claim is denied, the Plan Administrator shall set forth in writing (which notice may be electronic) the reasons for the denial; the relevant provisions of the Plan on which the decision is made; a description of the Plan’s claim appeal procedures; and, if additional material or information is necessary to perfect the claim, an explanation of why such material or information is necessary. The notice will also include a statement regarding the procedures for the Claimant to file a request for review of the claim denial as set forth in the “Appeal Procedures” sub-section below and the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) following a claim denial on appeal.

b. Appeal Procedures

If a claim has been denied by the Plan Administrator and the Claimant wishes further consideration and review of his or her claim, he or she must file an appeal of the denial of the claim to the Plan Administrator no later than sixty (60) days after the receipt of the written

 

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notification of the Plan Administrator’s denial. In connection with his or her appeal, the Claimant may request the opportunity to review relevant documents prior to submission of a written statement, submit documents, records and comments in writing, and receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to and copies of all documents, records and other information relevant to the Claimant’s claim for Severance Payments under the Plan. The review of the appeal by the Plan Administrator will take into account all comments, documents, records and other information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial review of the claim.

The Plan Administrator will notify the Claimant in writing (which notice may be electronic) of the Plan Administrator’s decision with respect to its review of the appeal within sixty (60) days following the receipt of the request for a review of the claim. Due to special circumstances, the Plan Administrator may extend the time to reach a decision with respect to the appeal of the claim denial, in which case the Plan Administrator will notify the Claimant in writing before the expiration of the initial 60-day period as to the length of the extension and the special circumstances that necessitate such extension and render a decision as soon as possible, but not later than one hundred twenty (120) days following the receipt of the Claimant’s request for appeal.

If the appeal is denied, the Plan Administrator will set forth in writing (which notice may be electronic) the specific reasons for the denial and references to the relevant Plan provisions on which the determination of the denial is based. The notice will also include a statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to the claim, and a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring an action under Section 502(a) of ERISA.

c. Exhaustion of Remedies under the Plan

A Claimant wishing to seek judicial review of an adverse benefit determination under the Plan, whether in whole or in part, must file any suit or legal action, including, without limitation, a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA, within one (1) year following the date the final decision on the adverse benefit determination on review is issued or should have been issued or lose any rights to bring such an action. If any such judicial proceeding is undertaken, the evidence presented shall be strictly limited to the evidence timely presented to the Plan Administrator. A Claimant may bring an action under ERISA only after he or she has exhausted the Plan’s claims and appeal procedures.

Article 13. Miscellaneous Provisions

 

    The records of the Company with respect to employment history, compensation, absences, illnesses, and all other relevant matters shall be conclusive for all purposes of this Plan.

 

    The respective terms and provisions of the Plan shall be construed, whenever possible, to be in conformity with the requirements of ERISA, or any subsequent laws or amendments thereto. To the extent not to conflict with the preceding sentence, the construction and administration of the Plan shall be in accordance with the laws of the state of Texas applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the state of Texas (without reference to its conflicts of law provisions).

 

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    Nothing contained in this Plan shall be held or construed to create any liability upon the Company to retain any employee in its service or to change the employee-at-will status of any employee. All employees shall remain subject to the same terms and conditions of employment and discharge or discipline to the same extent as if the Plan had not been put into effect. An employee’s failure to qualify for, or receive, a Severance Payment under the Plan shall not establish any right to (i) continuation or reinstatement, or (ii) any benefits in lieu of Severance Payments.

 

    The Company has the right to cancel a proposed termination of employment or reschedule a termination date at any time before your employment terminates. You will not become eligible for Severance Payments if your termination date is cancelled or if you voluntarily terminate employment before the termination date specified or rescheduled by the Company.

 

    Severance Payments under this Plan are not intended to duplicate such (i) payments and benefits as may be provided to you under state, local, federal or non-US plant shut down, mass layoff or similar laws, such as the WARN Act or (ii) payments in the nature of severance or separation pay, termination allowances or indemnities, and/or pay or benefits in lieu of notice, pay and/or benefits for service during any notice period, or any similar type of payment or benefit under any non-US plan, program or policy, under any non-US contract or agreement or between a union, works council or other collective bargaining entity or employee representative and the Company, or under applicable non-US laws or regulations. Should payments or benefits under such laws or other arrangements become payable to you, payments under this Plan will be offset or reduced (but not below zero) by all payments and benefits to which you are entitled under such other laws or arrangements, or alternatively, Severance Payments previously paid under this Plan will be treated as having been paid to satisfy such other benefit obligations to the extent permitted by applicable law. In either case, the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine how to apply this provision and may override other provisions in this Plan in doing so.

 

    At all times, payments under the Plan shall be made from the general assets of the Company.

 

    Should any provisions of the Plan be deemed or held to be unlawful or invalid for any reason, the balance of the Plan shall remain in effect, unless it is amended or terminated as provided in the Plan.

 

    Except as required by law, the Severance Payments will not be subject to alienation, transfer, assignment, garnishment, execution or levy of any kind, and any attempt to cause such payments to be so subjected will not be recognized.

 

    If any overpayment is made under the Plan for any reason, the Plan Administrator will have the right to recover the overpayment.

 

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    The Company shall cause this Plan to be assumed by a successor of the Company, whether such succession occurs by merger, asset sale or otherwise.

 

    Any notice or other written communication required or permitted pursuant to the terms of the Plan shall have been duly given (i) immediately when delivered by hand, (ii) three days after being mailed by United States Mail, first class, postage prepaid (or such local equivalent thereof), addressed to the intended recipient at his, her or its last known address, (iii) on the next business day after deposit with a courier or overnight delivery service post paid for next-day delivery and addressed in accordance with the last known address, or (iv) immediately upon delivery by facsimile or email to the telephone number or email address provided by a party for the receipt of notice.

Article 14. Definitions

 

Beneficial Owner    Shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), except that a “Person” (as defined in this Article 14) shall not be deemed to be the “Beneficial Owner” of any securities which are properly reported on a Form 13-F.
Cause   

•  You have engaged in conduct that constitutes willful misconduct, dishonesty, or gross negligence in the performance of your duties; you breach your fiduciary duties to your employer; or your willful failure to carry out the lawful directions of the person(s) to whom you report;

  

•  You have engaged in conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to your employer, or that materially harms the reputation, good will, or business of your employer;

 

•  You have engaged in conduct which is reported in the general or trade press or otherwise achieves general notoriety and which is scandalous, immoral or illegal;

  

•  You have been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere (or similar plea) to, a crime that constitutes a felony, or a crime that constitutes a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, dishonesty or fraud;

 

•  You have been found liable in any Securities and Exchange Commission or other civil or criminal securities law action or any cease and desist order applicable to you is entered (regardless of whether or not you admit or deny liability);    

 

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•  You have used or disclosed, without authorization, confidential or proprietary information of Apergy or its Subsidiaries; you have breached any written or electronic agreement with the Company not to disclose any information pertaining to Apergy or its Subsidiaries or their customers, suppliers and businesses; or you have breached any agreement relating to non-solicitation, non-competition, or the ownership or protection of the intellectual property of Apergy or its Subsidiaries; or

 

•  You have breached any of the Company’s policies applicable to you, whether currently in effect or adopted after the effective date of the Plan.

Change-in-

Control

   A Change-in-Control shall be deemed to have taken place upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
  

(i)any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of Apergy (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person, any securities acquired directly from Apergy or its affiliates) representing 20% or more of either the then outstanding shares of common stock of Apergy or the combined voting power of Apergy’s then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in clause (A) of sub-paragraph (iii) below. For purposes of this definition, the term “affiliate” shall mean any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with Apergy; or

  

(ii)the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the members of the Board then serving: individuals who, on the Effective Date of the Plan, constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of Apergy) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by Apergy’s stockholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the date hereof or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or

  

(iii)there is consummated a merger or consolidation of Apergy or any direct or indirect subsidiary of Apergy with any other corporation, other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of Apergy outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of Apergy or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (B) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of Apergy

 

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   (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of Apergy (not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from Apergy or its affiliates) representing 20% or more of either the then outstanding shares of common stock of Apergy or the combined voting power of Apergy’s then outstanding securities; or
  

(iv)the stockholders of Apergy approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of Apergy or an agreement is entered into for the sale or disposition by Apergy of all or substantially all of Apergy’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by Apergy of all or substantially all of Apergy’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by stockholders of Apergy in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Apergy immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions.

Date of Termination    The date on which you incur a termination of employment or such other date on which you incur a “separation from service” determined under the provisions set forth in Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations or any successor provisions. Pursuant to such provisions, you will be treated as no longer performing services for the Company when the level of services you perform for the Company decreases to a level equal to 20% or less of the average level of services performed by you during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) months.
Disability    Disability shall be defined as set forth under the Company-sponsored Long-Term Disability Benefits Plan that covers you, as such plan shall be in effect from time to time. Any dispute concerning whether you are deemed to have suffered a Disability for purposes of the Plan shall be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures set forth in the Company-sponsored Long-Term Disability Benefits Plan in which you participate.
Good Reason   

The occurrence of any of the following events without your written consent:

 

•  A material reduction in (i) the rate of your annual base salary (other than a salary reduction not to exceed 10% that applies to all other Eligible Executives in the Plan), (ii) the target level of your annual bonus, or (iii) the grant value to you of your long-term incentive awards;

 

•  Any material and adverse change in your title;

 

•  Any material and adverse reduction in your authorities, responsibilities, or reporting relationships; or

 

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•  The relocation of your principal place of employment to a location more than fifty (50) miles from your principal place of employment (unless such relocation does not increase your commute by more than twenty (20) miles), except for required travel on the Company’s business.

Plan Administrator    With respect to Severance Payments payable to the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, or the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, the Compensation Committee. With respect to all other matters under the plan, the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Apergy or successor position.
Person    Shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) Apergy or any of its affiliates, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of Apergy or any of its affiliates, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of Apergy in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of Apergy.
Subsidiary    An entity in which Apergy owns, directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the equity or voting interests

Article 15. Effective Date of Plan

The Plan is effective as of May 9, 2018.

 

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SUMMARY OF ERISA RIGHTS

Your Rights Under ERISA

The Department of Labor has issued regulations that require the Company to provide you with a statement of your rights under ERISA with respect to this Plan. The following statement was designated by the Department of Labor to satisfy this requirement and is presented accordingly.

As a participant in the Plan, you are entitled to certain rights and protections under ERISA. ERISA provides that all Plan participants are entitled to:

Receive Information About Your Plan and Benefits

 

1. Examine, without charge, all Plan documents and copies of all documents filed by Apergy with the Department of Labor and available at the Public Disclosure Room of the Employee Benefits Security Administration. This includes annual reports and Plan descriptions. All such documents are available for review from the Apergy Human Resources Department.

 

2. Obtain, upon written request to the Plan Administrator, copies of documents governing the operation of the Plan, including copies of the latest annual report (Form 5500 Series) and any updated summary plan description. The Plan Administrator may charge you a reasonable fee for the copies.

 

3. Receive a summary of the Plan’s annual financial report. Once each year, the Plan Administrator will send you a Summary Annual Report of the Plan’s financial activities at no charge.

Prudent Action by Fiduciaries

In addition to creating rights for Plan participants, ERISA imposes duties upon the people who are responsible for the operation of the Plan. The people who operate your Plan, called fiduciaries of the Plan, have a duty to do so prudently and in the interest of you and other Plan participants and beneficiaries.

No one, including your employer or any other person, may fire you or otherwise discriminate against you in any way to prevent you from obtaining a benefit under the Plan or exercising your rights under ERISA.

Enforcing Your Rights

If your claim for Severance Payments is denied or ignored in whole or in part, you have a right to receive a written explanation of the reason for the denial, to obtain copies of documents related to the decision without charge, and to appeal any denial, all within certain time schedules. You have the right to have your claim reviewed and reconsidered as explained in the “Claims and Appeal Procedures” section.

 

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Under ERISA, there are steps you can take to enforce the above rights. For instance, if you request materials from the Plan and do not receive them within thirty (30) days, you may file suit in a federal court. In such a case, the court may require the Plan Administrator to provide the materials and pay you up to $110 a day until you receive the materials, unless the materials were not sent because of reasons beyond the control of the Plan Administrator. If you have a claim for Severance Payments which is denied or ignored, in whole or in part, you may file suit in a state or federal court after you have exhausted the Plan’s claims and appeal procedures as described in the section “Claims and Appeal Procedures” hereof. If it should happen that Plan fiduciaries misuse the Plan’s money, or if you are discriminated against for asserting your rights, you may seek assistance from the Department of Labor, or you may file suit in a federal court.

The court will decide who should pay court costs and legal fees. If you are successful, the court may order the person you sued to pay these costs and fees. If you lose, the court may order you to pay these costs and fees, for example, if it finds your claim is frivolous.

Assistance with Your Questions

If you have any questions about the Plan, you should contact the Plan Administrator through the Apergy Human Resources Department. They will be glad to help you. If you have any questions about this statement or about your rights under ERISA, or if you need assistance in obtaining documents from the Plan Administrator, you should contact the nearest Area Office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, listed in your telephone directory, or you may contact:

The Division of Technical Assistance and Inquiries

Employee Benefits Security Administration,

Department of Labor

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 5N625

Washington, DC 20210

1-866-444-EBSA (1-866-444-3272)

www.dol.gov/ebsa (for general information)

www.askebsa.dol.gov (for electronic inquiries)

You may also obtain certain publications about your rights and responsibilities under ERISA by calling the publications hotline of the Employee Benefits Security Administration at 1-866-444-3272.

Administrative Facts

 

Plan Name   

Apergy Corporation Senior Executive

Change-in-Control Severance Plan

Plan Sponsor   

Apergy Corporation

2445 Technology Forest Blvd

Building 4, 9th Floor

The Woodlands, Texas

281-403-5772

 

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Type of Plan    The Plan is a welfare benefit plan that provides severance benefits
Source of Contributions to Plan    Employer payments from general corporate assets
Plan Year    The Plan Year is January 1 through December 31
Employer Identification Number    82-3066826
Plan Number    502
Plan Administrator   

Apergy Corporation

2445 Technology Forest Blvd

Building 4, 9th Floor

The Woodlands, Texas

281-403-5772

Agent for Receiving Service of Legal Process   

General Counsel

Apergy Corporation

2445 Technology Forest Blvd

Building 4, 9th Floor

The Woodlands, Texas

281-403-5772

Legal Process can also be served on the Plan Administrator

Contact Information

If you have questions about this Plan, please contact Apergy Human Resources at the coordinates below and they will provide you with this information.

Apergy Human Resources

Phone:         281-403-5772

 

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EX-10.10

Exhibit 10.10

 

LOGO

Restricted Stock Unit Award

 

DATE:

  

«Date»

  

Date of Grant:

  

«Date of Grant»

TO:

  

«First Name» «Last Name»

  

Restricted Stock Units:

  

«# of Units»

Your Restricted Stock Unit Award is subject to all the terms and provisions of the Apergy Corporation (“Apergy”) 2018 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (“Plan”), which terms and provisions are expressly incorporated into and made a part of the award as if set forth in full herein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan. A copy of the Plan can be found on the Merrill Lynch stock plan administration website.

In addition, your Restricted Stock Unit Award is subject to the following:

 

  1. A Restricted Stock Unit is a bookkeeping entry on the books of Apergy. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued to you in respect of the Restricted Stock Unit Award until the restrictions have lapsed at the end of a Restricted Period. Within 30 days following the end of the Restricted Period, Apergy shall issue shares of Common Stock in your name equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units that have vested during the Restricted Period. For any Section 16 Person, Apergy shall issue shares of Common Stock for the vested Restricted Stock Units less the number of shares required to satisfy applicable tax withholding. Except as otherwise set forth in the Plan, in the event that your employment shall terminate prior to your vesting in the Restricted Stock Units, the Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited.

 

  2. You shall vest in the Restricted Stock Unit Award, and all restrictions thereon shall lapse, with respect to «percent»% of your Restricted Stock Units on «Date» «Year» (or the first trading thereafter if such date is not a trading day), with respect to «percent»% of your Restricted Stock Units on «Date» «Year» (or the first trading thereafter if such date is not a trading day)[, and] with respect to «percent»% of your Restricted Stock Units on «Date» «Year» (or the first trading thereafter if such date is not a trading day) [and with respect to «percent»% of your Restricted Stock Units on «Date» «Year» (or the first trading thereafter if such date is not a trading day)], subject to the forfeiture provisions of the Plan. You must be an active employee of Apergy or an Affiliate at the end of the Restricted Period in order for your Restricted Stock Units to vest, with certain exceptions as provided in the Plan.

 

  3. During the Restricted Period, you shall not have any rights of a stockholder or the right to receive any dividends declared and other distributions paid with respect to the Restricted Stock Units; however, the Restricted Stock Units are granted with tandem Dividend Equivalents, as described in this Section 3. In the event that Apergy declares and pays a dividend in respect of its outstanding shares of Common Stock and, on the record date for such dividend, you hold Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder that have not been settled, Apergy shall record the amount of such dividend in a bookkeeping account and pay to you an amount in cash equal to the cash dividends you would have received if you were the holder of record, as of such record date, of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units held by you that have not been settled as of such record date. Within 30 days after the end of the Restricted Period, you shall be paid all Dividend Equivalents with respect to the Restricted Stock Units that have vested during such Restricted Period.

 

  4. You do not have any voting rights with respect to Restricted Stock Units.

 

  5.

As a condition of receiving your Restricted Stock Unit Award, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of any Apergy Anti-hedging, Anti-pledging or Clawback Policy that may be in effect from time to time, to the extent applicable to you. You may obtain a copy of the current version of the Anti-hedging, Anti-pledging, and any Clawback Policy adopted by Apergy on the internal website and by contacting the Director of Total Rewards.


DATE:    «Date» Restricted Stock Unit Award
TO:    «First Name» «Last Name»
PAGE:    2

 

  The Anti-hedging and Anti-pledging Policy prohibits hedging or pledging any Apergy equity securities held by you or certain designees, whether such Apergy securities are, or have been, acquired under the Plan, another compensation plan sponsored by Apergy, or otherwise. Please review the Anti-hedging and Anti-pledging Policy to make sure you are in compliance.

 

  6. For Non-US Employees, your Restricted Stock Unit Award is subject to the conditions of the Addendum for Non-US Employees.

 

  7. Your Restricted Stock Unit Award is not transferable by you other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

  8. Apergy reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate the Plan at any time in its discretion without notice. Apergy may, in its sole discretion, amend this Restricted Stock Unit Award from time to time in any manner that is not inconsistent with the Plan; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Restricted Stock Unit Award, any such amendment that materially reduces your rights shall be effective only if it is in writing and signed by both you and an authorized officer of Apergy.

 

  [9. Your Restricted Stock Unit Award is subject to your execution of and compliance with the Agreement Concerning Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, Non-competition, Non-solicitation, Inventions, and Patent Rights between you and Apergy, an Affiliate or a Subsidiary (the “Confidentiality Agreement”). You acknowledge that your commitment to abide by the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement is a material inducement for Apergy to enter into your Restricted Stock Unit Award.

 

  10. Without limiting the remedies to which Apergy or its Affiliates may be entitled, if the Board or any committee of the Board, prior to or following the date you cease, for any reason whatsoever, to be an employee of Apergy or its Affiliates and after full consideration of the facts, find by majority vote that you have breached the Confidentiality Agreement mentioned in Section 10 or breached the non-compete provisions of Section 42 of the Plan, you shall forfeit any unvested portion of this Restricted Stock Unit Award. The decision of the Board or any committee of the Board shall be final.

 

  11. The provisions contained in Sections 10 and 11 are in addition to, and not in substitution of, the provisions of Section 42 of the Plan and are expressly subject to Section 42(d) of the Plan.]
EX-10.11

Exhibit 10.11

 

LOGO

Performance Share Award

 

DATE:    «Date»
TO:    «First Name» «Last Name»

Following are the details for your Performance Share Award:

 

The Performance Period is the three-year period:    «Beginning Date» - «End Date»
Your target Performance Share Award at the 100% level:    «# of Shares» Shares

The actual Performance Shares paid to you, if any, will be derived from the Performance Share Payout Table included in this Award agreement.

Your Performance Share Award is subject to all the terms and provisions of the Apergy Corporation (“Apergy”) 2018 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (“Plan”) which terms and provisions are expressly incorporated into and made a part of the Award as if set forth in full herein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan. A copy of the Plan can be found on the Merrill Lynch stock plan administration website.

In addition, your Performance Share Award is subject to the following:

 

1. Within two and one-half months following the end of the Performance Period, Apergy will issue you Common Stock if Apergy has reached certain levels of relative total shareholder return (“Relative TSR”) as set forth in the Performance Share Payout Table in Appendix A attached hereto, and the other conditions of your Performance Share Award are satisfied. For any Section 16 Person, Apergy shall issue shares of Common Stock for the vested Performance Share Award less the number of shares required to satisfy applicable tax withholding.

 

2 Performance Period results are measured by Relative TSR calculated in accordance with Appendix A attached hereto.

 

3. As a condition of receiving your Performance Share Award, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of any Apergy Anti-hedging, Anti-pledging or Clawback Policy that may be in effect from time to time, to the extent applicable to you. You may obtain a copy of the current version of the Anti-hedging, Anti-pledging, and any Clawback Policy adopted by Apergy on the internal website and by contacting the Director of Total Rewards.

The Anti-hedging and Anti-pledging Policy prohibits hedging or pledging any Apergy equity securities held by you or certain designees, whether such Apergy securities are, or have been, acquired under the Plan, another compensation plan sponsored by Apergy, or otherwise. Please review the Anti-hedging and Anti-pledging Policy to make sure you are in compliance.

 

4. For Non-US Employees, your Performance Share Award is subject to the terms and conditions of the Addendum for Non-US Employees.

 

5. Your Performance Share Award is not transferrable by you other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

6. Apergy reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate the Plan at any time in their discretion without notice. Apergy may, in its sole discretion, amend this Performance Share Award from time to time in any manner that is not inconsistent with the Plan; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Performance Share Award, any such amendment that materially reduces your rights shall be effective only if it is in writing and signed by both you and an authorized officer of Apergy.


DATE:    «Date» Performance Share Award
TO:    «First Name» «Last Name»
PAGE:    2

 

7. Your Performance Share Award is subject to your execution of and compliance with the Agreement Concerning Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, Non-competition, Non-solicitation, Inventions, and Patent Rights between you and Apergy, an Affiliate or a Subsidiary (the “Confidentiality Agreement”). You acknowledge that your commitment to abide by the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement is a material inducement for Apergy to enter into your Performance Share Award.

 

8. Without limiting the remedies to which Apergy or its Affiliates may be entitled, if the Board or any committee of the Board, prior to or following the date you cease, for any reason whatsoever, to be an employee of the Apergy or its Affiliates and after full consideration of the facts, find by majority vote that you have breached the Confidentiality Agreement mentioned in Section 7 or breached the non-compete provisions of Section 42 of the Plan, you shall forfeit any unvested portion of this Performance Share Award. The decision of the Board or any committee of the Board shall be final.

 

9. The provisions contained in Sections 7 and 8 are in addition to, and not in substitution of, the provisions of Section 42 of the Plan and are expressly subject to Section 42(d) of the Plan.


APPENDIX A

Performance Share Payout Table

 

Apergy +                     Peers Payout Calculation

Rank

  

% Rank

  

Payout

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

At the end of the Performance Period, each entity in the Performance Peer Group (as defined below) and Apergy will be ranked from highest TSR (as defined below) to lowest TSR.

Performance Peer Group

The “Performance Peer Group” for purposes of your Performance Share Award will consist of the following companies:

 

Ticker Symbol

  

Company Name

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following events shall be used to adjust the Performance Peer Group in response to changes in the corporate structure of an entity in the Performance Peer Group during the Performance Period:

 

1. In the event that an entity in the Performance Peer Group spins-off a subsidiary during the Performance Period, such spin-off should be treated as a dividend.

 

2. In the event that an entity in the Performance Peer Group is not the surviving entity in a merger/acquisition, and (i) such merger/acquisition has been announced on or prior to «Applicable Date», then such entity will be replaced with a suitable replacement, as determined in the Committee’s sole discretion or (ii) such merger/acquisition has been announced after «Applicable Date», then such entity will move to the top or the bottom of the ranking, based on whether such entity’s Total Shareholder Return is greater or less than that for Apergy, in each case measured as of the date prior to the announcement of such merger/acquisition. If two entities in the Performance Peer Group merge, the TSR of the target entity shall be measured on the effective date of the merger. The TSR of the surviving entity shall continue to be measured as if the acquisition did not occur.


3. In the event that an entity in the Performance Peer Group becomes a private company during the Performance Period, the TSR of such entity shall be measured on the date such entity becomes a private company.

 

4. In the event that an entity in the Performance Peer Group declares bankruptcy or initiates (or becomes subject to) a similar proceeding as a debtor due to insolvency, then such entity shall be ranked last.

Definition of Total Shareholder Return

Total shareholder return (TSR) is a measure of the performance of different companies’ stock prices over time. It combines share price appreciation and dividends paid to show the total return to the shareholder expressed as an annualized percentage.

TSR is computed as follows:

TSR = (Price (e) – Price (b) + Dividends) / Price (b), where:

Price (b) = share price at the beginning of the Performance Period (defined as the __-day trading average prior to the Performance Period beginning «Beginning Date»);

Price (e) = share price at end of the Performance Period (defined as the __-day trading average prior to the end of the Performance Period «End Date»); and

Dividends = dividends paid over the Performance Period.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Long-Term Incentive Plan

In connection with the distribution, Dover adopted the Apergy 2018 LTIP. The form of the Apergy 2018 LTIP has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this information statement is a part. The material features of the Apergy 2018 LTIP are summarized below, but this summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Apergy 2018 LTIP.

The Apergy Compensation Committee intends grants and awards under the Apergy 2018 LTIP to foster behavior that will produce the greatest increase in value for shareholders, reinforce key company goals and objectives that help drive shareholder value, and attract, motivate and retain officers, key employees and directors. The Apergy Compensation Committee intends to grant incentive awards for Apergy’s NEOs under the Apergy 2018 LTIP.

Duration and Amendment. The Apergy 2018 LTIP has a predetermined term of 10 years, subject to approval by the shareholders, and will terminate in 2028. The Apergy Compensation Committee may make grants and awards at any time or from time to time before the Apergy 2018 LTIP terminates.

The Apergy Board of Directors may amend or terminate the Apergy 2018 LTIP as it deems advisable, except as provided for in the Apergy 2018 LTIP. In addition, without shareholder approval, the Apergy Board of Directors cannot approve either the (i) cancellation of outstanding options or SSARs and grants in substitution therefor of new awards having a lower exercise price or base price, as applicable, or (ii) amendment of outstanding options and SSARs to reduce the exercise price or base price thereof, as applicable (including cash buyouts).

Administration. The Apergy Compensation Committee will administer the Apergy 2018 LTIP. The Apergy Compensation Committee will consist of independent members of the Apergy Board of Directors each of whom is also a “non-employee director” for purposes of the rules under the Exchange Act.

The Apergy Compensation Committee will select employees who shall receive awards, determine the number of shares covered thereby, and establish the terms, conditions and other provisions of the awards. The Apergy Board of Directors will determine the form and amount of directors’ compensation to be paid to directors from time to time, subject to the limits of the Apergy 2018 LTIP. The Apergy Compensation Committee will determine the procedures and terms under which a director may elect to defer receipt of his or her directors’ shares. The Apergy Compensation Committee may interpret the Apergy 2018 LTIP and establish, amend and rescind any rules relating to the Apergy 2018 LTIP. The Apergy Compensation Committee may delegate all or part of its responsibilities under the Apergy 2018 LTIP to the CEO to the extent permitted by Delaware law, except for granting awards to individuals subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Only the Apergy Board of Directors may determine awards to members of the Apergy Board of Directors.

Eligibility. Officers and other key employees of Apergy and its subsidiaries, as selected by the Apergy Compensation Committee, and non-employee directors of Apergy will be eligible to participate in the Apergy 2018 LTIP.

Shares Reserved for Issuance; Share Counting. A total of 6,500,000 shares of Apergy common stock are reserved for issuance under the Apergy 2018 LTIP. The maximum number of shares issuable under the Apergy 2018 LTIP is subject to adjustments resulting from stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations, reorganizations and other similar changes.

Shares subject to stock options and SSARs will reduce the shares available for awards under the Apergy 2018 LTIP by one share for every one share issued. Performance share awards, restricted stock, restricted stock units that are settled in shares of Apergy common stock, directors’ shares and deferred stock units will reduce the shares available for awards under the Apergy 2018 LTIP by three shares for every one share awarded. Cash performance awards do not count against the pool of available shares. The number of shares earned when an award is exercised, vests or is paid out will count against the pool of available shares, including shares withheld to pay taxes or an option’s exercise price. Shares subject to an award under the Apergy 2018 LTIP that is cancelled, terminated, or forfeited or that expires will be available for reissuance under the Apergy 2018 LTIP.


Award Limits. No non-employee director may be granted more than 20,000 shares of Apergy common stock in any fiscal year. No more than 5% of the aggregate share reserve may be awarded as restricted stock awards or restricted stock unit awards having a vesting period more rapid than annual pro rata vesting over a period of three years.

Types of Awards. The Apergy 2018 LTIP provides for stock options and SSAR grants, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, performance share awards, cash performance awards, directors’ shares and deferred stock units. The Apergy 2018 LTIP also permits the issuance of awards to Apergy employees in substitution for such employees’ outstanding Dover awards (see the section entitled “—2017 Long-Term Incentive Compensation—Treatment of outstanding Dover equity awards”).

Stock Options and Stock-Settled Appreciation Rights. The Apergy Compensation Committee may grant options and SSARs under the Apergy 2018 LTIP. Grants of options under the Apergy 2018 LTIP permit the participant to acquire shares of Apergy common stock at an exercise price fixed on the date of grant during the life of the award. SSARs granted under the plan are “freestanding,” meaning they are granted separately from options and the exercise of SSARs is not linked in any way to the exercise of options. An SSAR allows the Apergy 2018 LTIP participant to receive the increase, if any, in the fair market value of the number of shares of Apergy common stock underlying the award during the life of the award over a base price set on the date of grant. The amount payable upon the exercise of the SSAR will be paid to the Apergy 2018 LTIP participant in shares of Apergy common stock. The Apergy Compensation Committee determines the exercise price for options and the base price of SSARs, which may not be less than the fair market value of the Apergy common stock on the date of grant. The Apergy Compensation Committee may provide for SSARs to be settled in cash to the extent the Apergy Compensation Committee determines to be advisable under foreign laws or customs.

The Apergy Compensation Committee determines any conditions to the exercisability of options and SSARs, including requirements of a period of continuous service by the participant (time vesting) or performance or other criteria. Options and SSARs may not generally be exercised prior to the third anniversary of the date of grant. The Apergy Compensation Committee also determines the term of each award, provided that the maximum term of any option or SSAR is ten years from the date of grant.

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. The Apergy Compensation Committee may award restricted stock or restricted stock units to participants under the Apergy 2018 LTIP. Restricted stock is registered in the name of a participant on the date of grant subject to vesting requirements and restricted stock units are rights credited to a bookkeeping account that will be settled by the delivery of shares if certain vesting conditions are satisfied. The Apergy Compensation Committee determines the vesting period, of not less than one year or more than five years, with respect to a restricted stock or restricted stock unit award and whether other restrictions, including the satisfaction of any performance targets, are applicable to the awards. A holder of unvested restricted stock may not exercise voting rights during the restriction period. No dividends or dividend equivalents will be paid on unvested restricted stock or restricted stock unit awards during the restriction period, but in the discretion of the Apergy Compensation Committee, dividend equivalents may be credited to an account for distribution to a participant after vesting.

Performance Share Awards. The Apergy Compensation Committee may grant performance share awards to employees that will become payable in shares of Apergy common stock upon the achievement of objective pre-established performance targets based on specified performance criteria over a performance period of not less than three full fiscal years. Awards may set a specific number of performance shares that may be earned, or a range of performance shares that may be earned depending on the degree of achievement of the pre-established performance targets. Shares of Apergy common stock in payment of performance shares will be issued only if the Apergy Compensation Committee has certified after the end of the performance period that the required performance targets have been met and the amount of the award.

Cash Performance Awards. The Apergy Compensation Committee may grant a participant the opportunity to earn a cash performance award conditional upon the satisfaction, over a performance period of not less than three full fiscal years, of certain pre-established objective performance targets based on specified performance criteria. The Apergy Compensation Committee will establish a percentage of the value created at the relevant business unit (or Apergy as a whole) during the performance period that the maximum total payout for that business unit (or Apergy as a whole) may not exceed. Cash in payment of cash performance awards will be issued only if the Apergy Compensation Committee has certified after the end of the performance period that the required performance targets have been met and the amount of the award.


Directors’ Shares and Deferred Stock Units. The Apergy Board of Directors may designate a percentage of a non-employee director’s compensation to be paid in directors’ shares or may in its discretion determine to pay a specified dollar amount or number of shares as part of the non-employee director’s annual compensation. Subject to procedures the Apergy Compensation Committee may establish from time to time, a non-employee director may elect to defer receipt of directors’ shares. Should a director elect to defer receipt of directors’ shares, deferred stock units will be credited to a bookkeeping account on the basis of one deferred stock unit for each directors’ share deferred, which deferred stock units will be settled by the delivery of Apergy common stock upon the termination of the director’s service as a director or, if earlier, upon a date specified by the director at the time of the deferral election. Dividend equivalents will be credited on deferred stock units and distributed at the same time the shares are delivered upon settlement of the deferred stock units.

Performance Criteria. Cash performance awards and performance share awards will be, and other awards may be, made subject to performance criteria. The Apergy Compensation Committee establishes performance targets based on the Apergy 2018 LTIP’s performance criteria that include objective formulas or standards for determining the amount of the performance award that may be payable to a participant when the targets are satisfied. The performance targets do not need to be the same for all participants.

The performance objectives under the Apergy 2018 LTIP will be based on one or more of the following performance criteria: (i) the attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified percentage increase in, revenues, income before income taxes and extraordinary items, income or net income, earnings before income tax, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or a combination of any or all of the foregoing; (ii) the attainment of certain target levels of, or a percentage increase in, after-tax or pre-tax profits including, without limitation, those attributable to continuing and/or other operations; (iii) the attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, operational cash flow; (iv) the achievement of a certain level of, reduction of, or other specified objectives with regard to limiting the level of increase in, all or a portion of Apergy’s or an affiliate’s bank debt or other long-term or short-term public or private debt or other similar financial obligations of Apergy or affiliate, which may be calculated net of such cash balances and/or other offsets and adjustments as may be established by the Apergy Compensation Committee; (v) the attainment of a specified percentage increase in earnings per share or earnings per share from continuing operations; (vi) the attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, return on capital employed or return on invested capital or operating revenue or return on invested cash; (vii) the attainment of certain target levels of, or a percentage increase in, after-tax or pre-tax return on stockholders’ equity; (viii) the attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, economic value added targets based on a cash flow return on investment formula; (ix) the attainment of certain target levels in the fair market value of the shares of Apergy common stock; (x) market segment share; (xi) product release schedules; (xii) new product innovation; (xiii) product or other cost reductions; (xiv) brand recognition or acceptance; (xv) product ship targets; (xvi) customer satisfaction; (xvii) total shareholder return; (xviii) return on assets or net assets; (xix) assets, operating margin or profit margin; (xx) the growth in the value of an investment in Apergy common stock assuming the reinvestment of dividends; and (xxi) such other business or other performance criteria determined appropriate by the Apergy Compensation Committee.

Effect of Termination, Death, Disability or Change in Control on Awards. If a participant’s employment is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated other than for cause, vested stock options and SSARs will expire three months after the termination of the participant’s employment or the expiration of the original term, whichever is earlier. If a participant dies or becomes disabled while employed by Apergy, outstanding stock options and SSARs will fully vest and may be exercised by the participant or the participant’s estate, as applicable, for the balance of the original term or 60 months, whichever is shorter. If a participant retires at or after age 65, a participant may exercise options and SSARs that are, or within 60 months of the date of retirement become, exercisable, but not beyond the balance of the original term.

Subject to certain exceptions, cash performance awards, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and performance shares will be forfeited if such awards are not vested when a participant’s employment terminates. If a participant dies, becomes disabled while employed by Apergy, or in the event of any special circumstances as


determined by the Apergy Compensation Committee, any purely temporal restrictions remaining with respect to restricted stock and restricted stock units will lapse, and, if any performance targets are applicable, the restricted stock and restricted stock units will continue to vest subject to attainment of applicable performance targets. If a participant retires at or after age 65, (i) the participant’s restricted stock and restricted stock units will continue to vest until the earlier of 60 months from the date of termination or such time as the remaining temporal restrictions lapse, subject to compliance with certain non-competition restrictions, and (ii) if the participant holds one or more performance-based restricted stock or restricted stock unit awards, such awards will be cancelled and will terminate, except that (a) the oldest performance-based restricted stock or restricted stock unit award will remain outstanding and entitle the participant to receive on the regular payment date the same number of shares of Apergy common stock that the participant would have earned had such participant been an employee of Apergy as of such payment date, subject to attainment of applicable performance targets, and (b) the Apergy Compensation Committee (or the CEO as its delegate, as applicable) will determine whether the participant is eligible to receive any shares of Apergy common stock with respect to any other performance-based restricted stock or restricted stock unit awards, and if so, the amount thereof, and any such payment will be subject to attainment of applicable performance targets.

In the case of cash performance awards and performance shares, if a participant dies or becomes disabled while employed by Apergy, a participant or the participant’s estate, as applicable, is entitled to a pro rata award for the period of service during the performance period, subject to attainment of applicable performance targets. If the participant retires at or after age 65, a participant’s cash performance awards and performance shares will be cancelled and will terminate, except that (i) the oldest cash performance award and performance shares will remain outstanding and entitle the participant to receive on the regular payment date the same payment or number of shares of Apergy common stock, as applicable, that the participant would have earned had such participant been an employee of Apergy as of such payment date, subject to attainment of applicable performance targets, and (ii) the Apergy Compensation Committee (or the CEO as its delegate, as applicable) will determine whether the participant is eligible to receive any payment or shares of Apergy common stock, as applicable, with respect to any other cash performance awards or performance shares and, if so, the amount thereof, and any such payment or shares shall be subject to attainment of applicable performance targets.

The enhanced post-employment benefits for retirement at or after age 65 are conditioned upon a participant’s complying with certain non-competition restrictions that correspond to the period during which enhanced post-employment benefits are provided.

Vesting of outstanding awards to employees under the Apergy 2018 LTIP accelerates upon the consummation of a change in control (as defined in the Apergy 2018 LTIP) (including deemed satisfaction of applicable performance criteria “at target” as if such performance criteria had been achieved) and one of the following double-trigger vesting requirements: (i) involuntary termination other than for cause, death or disability within 18 months following the change in control, (ii) a resignation for good reason within 18 months following the change in control, or (iii) outstanding awards are not replaced by a successor with awards that preserve existing value, the awards are not assumed by a successor, or the awards are impaired in value or rights. In addition, the Apergy Compensation Committee has the right to take such other action with respect to awards in connection with a change in control as it determines to be appropriate. In the case of a change in the ownership of effective control of Apergy or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of Apergy, any deferred stock units will settle on the date of such change in control or change in ownership by delivery of shares of Apergy common stock.


DESCRIPTION OF APERGY CAPITAL STOCK

Apergy’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws will be amended and restated prior to the separation. The following is a summary of the material terms of Apergy’s capital stock that will be contained in the amended and restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws. The summaries and descriptions below do not purport to be complete statements of the relevant provisions of the certificate of incorporation or of the by-laws to be in effect at the time of the distribution. The summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to these documents, which you should read (along with the applicable provisions of Delaware law) for complete information on Apergy’s capital stock at the time of the distribution. The certificate of incorporation and by-laws to be in effect at the time of the distribution will be included as exhibits to the registration statement on Form 10, of which this information statement is a part.

Authorized Capital Stock

Immediately following the distribution, Apergy’s authorized capital stock will consist of 2,500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 250,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Common Stock

Immediately following the distribution, Apergy expects that approximately 77.4 million shares of its common stock will be issued and outstanding based upon approximately 154.5 million shares of Dover common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2017. All outstanding shares of Apergy’s common stock, when issued, will be fully paid and non-assessable.

Each holder of Apergy’s common stock will be entitled to one vote for each share on all matters to be voted upon by the common stockholders. The holders of Apergy’s common stock will not be entitled to cumulative voting of their shares in elections of directors. Subject to any preferential rights of any outstanding preferred stock, holders of Apergy’s common stock will be entitled to receive ratably the dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by its Board of Directors out of funds legally available for that purpose. If there is a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Apergy, holders of its common stock would be entitled to ratable distribution of its assets remaining after the payment in full of liabilities and any preferential rights of any outstanding preferred stock.

Holders of Apergy’s common stock will have no preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription rights, and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. The rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of Apergy’s common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that Apergy may designate and issue in the future.

Preferred Stock

Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation will authorize the Apergy Board of Directors, without further action by Apergy’s stockholders, to issue shares of preferred stock and to fix by resolution the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including, without limitation, redemption rights, dividend rights, liquidation preferences and conversion or exchange rights of any class or series of preferred stock, and to fix the number of classes or series of preferred stock, the number of shares constituting any such class or series and the voting powers for each class or series.

The authority possessed by Apergy’s Board of Directors to issue preferred stock could potentially be used to discourage attempts by third parties to obtain control of Apergy through a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise by making such attempts more difficult or more costly. Apergy’s Board of Directors may issue preferred stock with voting rights or conversion rights that, if exercised, could adversely affect the voting power of the holders of the common stock. There are no current agreements or understandings with respect to the issuance of preferred stock and Apergy’s Board of Directors has no present intention to issue any shares of preferred stock.


Anti-Takeover Effects of Apergy’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-laws and Delaware Law

Provisions of the DGCL and Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws could make it more difficult to acquire Apergy by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise, or to remove incumbent officers and directors. These provisions, summarized below, are expected to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and takeover bids that its Board of Directors may consider inadequate and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of Apergy to first negotiate with Apergy’s Board of Directors. Apergy believes that the benefits of increased protection of its ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure it outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging takeover or acquisition proposals because, among other things, negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

Classified Board. Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws will provide that, until the third annual meeting of its stockholders after the separation, its Board of Directors will be divided into three classes. At the time of the separation, Apergy’s Board of Directors will be divided into three approximately equal classes. The directors designated as Class I directors will have terms expiring at the first annual meeting of stockholders following the distribution, which Apergy expects to hold in 2019. The directors designated as Class II directors will have terms expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders, which Apergy expects to hold in 2020, and the directors designated as Class III directors will have terms expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders, which Apergy expects to hold in 2021. Commencing with the first annual meeting of stockholders following the separation, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms then expire will be elected for a term of office to expire at the 2022 annual meeting. Beginning at the 2022 annual meeting, all of Apergy’s directors will stand for election each year for annual terms, and Apergy’s Board of Directors will therefore no longer be divided into three classes. Members of the Board of Directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at each annual meeting of stockholders. Before the Board of Directors is declassified, it would take at least two elections of directors for any individual or group to gain control of Apergy’s Board of Directors. Accordingly, while the classified board is in effect, these provisions could discourage a third party from initiating a proxy contest, making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to gain control of Apergy.

Removal of Directors. Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws will provide that (i) prior to Apergy’s Board of Directors being declassified as discussed above, its stockholders may only remove a director for cause and (ii) after Apergy’s Board of Directors has been fully declassified, its stockholders may remove a director with or without cause. Removal will require the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares of voting common stock.

Size of Board and Vacancies. Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws will provide that the number of directors on its Board of Directors will be not less than three nor more than fifteen, with the exact number of directors to be fixed exclusively by the Board of Directors. Any vacancies created in its Board of Directors resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause will be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum is present, or by a sole remaining director. Any director appointed to fill a vacancy on Apergy’s Board of Directors will be appointed for a term expiring at the next election of the class for which such director has been appointed, and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified.

Special Stockholder Meetings. Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that only the chairman of its Board of Directors, its chief executive officer or its Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors may call special meetings of Apergy stockholders. Stockholders may not call special stockholder meetings.

Stockholder Action by Written Consent. Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation will expressly eliminate the right of its stockholders to act by written consent. Stockholder action must take place at the annual or a special meeting of Apergy stockholders.

Requirements for Advance Notification of Stockholder Nominations and Proposals. Apergy’s amended and restated by-laws will establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals and nomination of candidates for election as directors other than nominations made by or at the direction of its Board of Directors or a committee of its Board of Directors.


No Cumulative Voting. The DGCL provides that stockholders are denied the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless the company’s certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation will not provide for cumulative voting.

Delaware Anti-Takeover Statute. Upon the distribution, Apergy will be subject to Section 203 of the DGCL, an anti-takeover statute. In general, Section 203 of the DGCL provides that, subject to exceptions set forth therein, an interested stockholder of a Delaware corporation shall not engage in any business combination, including mergers or consolidations or acquisitions of additional shares of the corporation, with the corporation for a three-year period following the date that the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder unless:

 

    prior to that date, the Board of Directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

 

    upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85 percent of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, other than statutorily excluded shares; or

 

    on or subsequent to such date, the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors of the corporation and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3 percent of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

Except as otherwise set forth in Section 203, an interested stockholder is defined to include (i) any person that is the owner of 15 percent or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation, or is an affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner of 15 percent or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time within three years immediately prior to the date of determination; and (ii) the affiliates and associates of any such person.

Section 203 may make it more difficult for a person who would be an interested stockholder to effect various business combinations with a corporation for a three-year period. The provisions of Section 203 may encourage persons interested in acquiring Apergy to negotiate in advance with Apergy’s Board of Directors, because the stockholder approval requirement would be avoided if a majority of the directors then in office approve either the business combination or the transaction which results in any such person becoming an interested stockholder. These provisions also may have the effect of preventing changes in Apergy’s management. It is possible that these provisions could make it more difficult to accomplish transactions which Apergy’s stockholders may otherwise deem to be in their best interests.

Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation. Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that the provisions of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation may only be amended by the vote of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding voting stock, except that Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80 percent of its voting stock then outstanding is required to amend certain provisions relating to:

 

    cumulative voting;

 

    amendment of the amended and restated by-laws;

 

    the size, classification, election, removal, nomination and filling of vacancies with respect to the Apergy Board of Directors;

 

    stockholder action by written consent and ability to call special meetings of stockholders;

 

    director and officer indemnification; and

 

    any provision relating to the amendment of any of these provisions.

The provisions of Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation relating to the 80 percent voting threshold will be of no force and effect effective as of the completion of the third annual meeting of stockholders after the separation, which Apergy expects to hold in 2021. Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation may thereafter be amended by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of its voting stock then outstanding.


Amendments to By-Laws. Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws will provide that the by-laws may be amended by Apergy’s Board of Directors or by the affirmative vote of at least 80 percent of Apergy’s voting stock then outstanding. The provisions of Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws relating to the 80 percent voting threshold will be of no force and effect effective as of the completion of the third annual meeting of stockholders after the separation, which Apergy expects to hold in 2021. Apergy’s amended and restated by-laws may thereafter be amended by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of its voting stock then outstanding.

Undesignated Preferred Stock. The authority that Apergy’s Board of Directors will possess to issue preferred stock could potentially be used to discourage attempts by third parties to obtain control of Apergy through a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise by making such attempts more difficult or more costly. Apergy’s Board of Directors may be able to issue preferred stock with voting rights or conversion rights that, if exercised, could adversely affect the voting power of the holders of common stock.

Limitations on Liability, Indemnification of Officers and Directors and Insurance

The DGCL authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors’ fiduciary duties as directors, and Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation will include such an exculpation provision. Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws will include provisions that indemnify, to the fullest extent allowable under the DGCL, the personal liability of directors or officers for monetary damages for actions taken as a director or officer of Apergy, or for serving at Apergy’s request as a director or officer or another position at another corporation or enterprise, as the case may be. Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws will also provide that Apergy must indemnify and advance reasonable expenses to its directors and officers, subject to its receipt of an undertaking from the indemnified party as may be required under the DGCL. Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation will expressly authorize Apergy to carry directors’ and officers’ insurance to protect Apergy, its directors, officers and certain employees for some liabilities.

The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions that will be in Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against Apergy’s directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit Apergy and its stockholders. However, these provisions will not limit or eliminate Apergy’s rights, or those of any stockholder, to seek non-monetary relief such as injunction or rescission in the event of a breach of a director’s duty of care. The provisions will not alter the liability of directors under the federal securities laws. In addition, your investment may be adversely affected to the extent that, in a class action or direct suit, Apergy pays the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

Exclusive Forum

Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that unless Apergy’s Board of Directors otherwise determines, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of Apergy, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer of Apergy to Apergy or Apergy’s stockholders, creditors or other constituents, (iii) any action asserting a claim against Apergy or any director or officer of Apergy arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or Apergy’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation or by-laws or (iv) any action asserting a claim against Apergy or any director or officer of Apergy governed by the internal affairs doctrine. However, if (and only if) the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware dismisses any such action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, the action may be brought in another court sitting in the State of Delaware.


Authorized but Unissued Shares

Apergy’s authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock will be available for future issuance without stockholder approval. Apergy may use additional shares for a variety of purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital, to fund acquisitions and as employee compensation. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of Apergy by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.

Listing

Apergy’s common stock has been authorized for listing, subject to official notice of issuance, on the NYSE under the symbol “APY.”

Sale of Unregistered Securities

On October 10, 2017, Apergy issued 100 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to Dover for total consideration of $100.00 in cash. Apergy did not register the issuance of these shares under the Securities Act because such issuance did not constitute a public offering and therefore was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

After the distribution, the transfer agent and registrar for Apergy’s common stock will be Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

 

LOGO

Apergy Completes Separation from Dover

The Woodlands, Texas, May 09, 2018 – Apergy Corporation (“Apergy”) (NYSE: APY), a leading provider of highly engineered equipment and technologies that help companies drill for and produce oil and gas safely and efficiently around the world, announced today that it has successfully completed its separation from Dover Corporation (“Dover”). As of today, Apergy is an independent public company and will begin “regular-way” trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “APY.”

“Today marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Apergy,” said Sivasankaran “Soma” Somasundaram, President and Chief Executive Officer. “As an independent public company with industry-leading technologies and brands, Apergy is well positioned to pursue strategies that are specific to the drilling and production sectors, and accelerate value creation for both our customers and shareholders.”

Somasundaram is joined by a leadership team with deep knowledge of the oil and gas industry, including:

 

    Jay A. Nutt - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

    Paul E. Mahoney - President, Production and Automation Technologies

 

    Robert K. Galloway - President, Drilling Technologies

 

    Syed (“Ali”) Raza - Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer

 

    Julia Wright - Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

    Amy Thompson Broussard - Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

 

    Shankar Annamalai - Senior Vice President Operations

In connection with the separation, effective at 12:01 a.m. ET today, Dover shareholders were distributed one share of Apergy common stock for every two shares of Dover common stock held as of 5:00 p.m. ET on April 30, 2018, the record date. Approximately 77.3 million shares of Apergy common stock were distributed. Dover did not issue fractional shares of Apergy’s common stock in the distribution.

About Apergy

Apergy is a leading provider of highly engineered equipment and technologies that help companies drill for and produce oil and gas safely and efficiently around the world. Apergy’s products provide efficient functioning throughout the lifecycle of a well - from drilling to completion to production. The company’s Production and Automation offerings consist of artificial lift equipment and solutions, including rod pumping systems, electric submersible pump systems, progressive cavity pumps and drive systems and plunger lifts, as well as a full


automation offering consisting of equipment, software and Industrial Internet of Things (“IIoT”) solutions for downhole monitoring, wellsite productivity enhancement and asset integrity management. Apergy’s Drilling Technologies offering provides market leading polycrystalline diamond cutters and bearings that result in cost effective and efficient drilling. For further information about Apergy, visit http://www.Apergy.com.

Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release contains statements relating to future actions and results, which are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements relate to, among other things, Apergy’s market position and growth opportunities. Forward-looking statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations, including, but not limited to, the risk that the anticipated benefits from the distribution may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; tax and regulatory matters; and changes in economic, competitive, strategic, technological, regulatory or other factors that affect the operation of Apergy’s businesses. You are encouraged to refer to the documents that Apergy files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the “Risk Factors” section of Apergy’s information statement included in its Form 10 registration statement, for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. Apergy undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required by applicable law.

Investor Contact:

David Skipper – david.skipper@doverals.com713-203-8031

Media Contact:

Susan Johnson – susan.johnson@doverals.com346-224-0556