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PURCHASE AGREEMENT
by and among
Cendant Corporation,
Travelport Inc.
and
TDS Investor LLC
Dated as of June 30, 2006
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT is made and entered into and effective as of the 30th
day of June, 2006, by and among Cendant Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Seller"), Travelport Inc. (formerly, Cendant Travel Distribution Services Group, Inc.), a
Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Seller (the "Company"),
and TDS Investor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Buyer").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Seller beneficially owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Shares"), of the Company;
WHEREAS, the Shares constitute all of the issued and outstanding equity securities
of the Company; and
WHEREAS, Buyer desires to purchase, and Seller desires to cause the sale to Buyer
of, the Shares, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and other good and valuable
consideration, the adequacy and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall
have the meanings set forth in this Agreement. In addition, for purposes of this
Agreement, the following terms, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings
assigned to them in this Section 1.1.
"Action" means any action, claim, complaint, investigation, petition, suit, arbitration
or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, at law or in equity by or before
any arbitral body of competent jurisdiction or Governmental Entity.
"Acquired Companies" means, collectively, the Company and its Subsidiaries.
"Actually Realized," with respect to a Tax Benefit, shall mean the time that
any refund of Taxes is actually received or applied against other Taxes due, or
at the time of the filing of a Tax Return (including any Tax Return relating to
estimated Taxes) on which a loss, deduction or credit or increase in basis is applied
to reduce the amount of Taxes that would otherwise be payable.
"Affected Employees" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).
"Affiliate" means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a specified Person.
A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such first Person possesses,
directly or indirectly, the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management
and policies of such other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities,
by contract or otherwise.
"Agreement" means this Agreement, as the same may be amended or supplemented,
together with all Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto.
"Balance Sheet" means the audited combined balance sheet of the Acquired Companies
as of December 31, 2005 included in the Financial Statements.
"Balance Sheet Date" means December 31, 2005.
"Bastion" means Bastion Surety Limited, a private company limited by shares,
with registered number 05 360879, and an indirect Subsidiary of the Company.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banks are required to be closed in New York, New York.
"Buyer" shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
"Capex Budget" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a)(vii).
"Cendant Separation Agreement" means the Separation and Distribution Agreement
to be entered into by and among Seller, the Company, Realogy and Wyndham with respect
to the separation of Seller into four separate companies.
"CFHC" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
"Closing" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
"Closing Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
"Closing Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
"Closing Indebtedness" means the Travelport Facility and the other Indebtedness
(other than Indebtedness of the type described in clause (ii)(A) of the definition
of Indebtedness) of the Acquired Companies outstanding at the Closing.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Company" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
"Company Contracts" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(n)(i).
"Company Disclosure Letter" means the disclosure letter of the Company referred
to in, and delivered to Buyer pursuant to, this Agreement.
"Company Intellectual Property" means the Intellectual Property owned or licensed
from third parties by any Acquired Company.
"Company Leases" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(k).
"Company Plan" means each Plan (other than a Seller Plan which will remain a
Seller Plan after the Closing Date) that is maintained, sponsored, contributed to
or required to be contributed to or entered into by any Acquired Company for the
benefit of any current or former employee, officer or other service provider of
any of the Acquired Companies or as to which any Acquired Company has any present
or future liability.
"Confidentiality Agreement" means the Confidentiality Agreement between Seller,
the Company and Blackstone Partners V LLC, dated April 28, 2006, as amended from
time to time.
"Contract" means any binding contract, agreement, commitment, franchise, indenture,
lease, purchase order, license, note, bond or mortgage.
"Copyrights" means all U.S. and foreign copyrights (including all registrations
and applications to register the same, and all unregistered copyrights) and copyrightable
works.
"Current Assets," with respect to the Acquired Companies, means, as of the opening
of business on the applicable date, (i) current assets as set forth on the consolidated
balance sheet of the Company (other than cash and cash equivalents) minus (ii) the
current portion of any deferred Tax asset and income Tax receivable reflected on
such consolidated balance sheet.
"Current Liabilities," with respect to the Acquired Companies, means, as of the
opening of business on the applicable date, (i) current liabilities as set forth
on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company minus (ii) to the extent such item
would otherwise be included in Current Liabilities, the sum of (u) the aggregate
principal outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest under the Travelport Facility
and the other Closing Indebtedness, if any, and any liabilities or obligations (including
costs) incurred at the request of Buyer in connection with the Financing plus (v)
any deferred Tax liabilities and income Taxes payable reflected on such consolidated
balance sheet plus (w) any Indebtedness reflected on such consolidated balance sheet
plus (x) the GTA Bonus, the Project Austin Costs, the Restructuring Costs, the Retention
Payments, the Severance Costs, the M&A Costs and the Project Nova Costs reflected
on such consolidated balance sheet plus (y) any and all liabilities and obligations
under the Orbitz Tax Agreement for which Buyer and its Affiliates are indemnified
pursuant to Section 4.15(g)(ii) plus (z) any other liabilities or obligations of the Acquired Companies for which Seller or
any of its current or former Affiliates (other than the Acquired Companies) is liable
to the Acquired Companies pursuant to the Cendant Separation Agreement or this Agreement.
"Damages" means actual damages, losses, liabilities, claims, reasonable attorneys
fees and expenses, interest, penalties, judgments and settlements.
"Debt Financing" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(g)(i).
"Debt Commitment Letter" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(g)(i).
"Dispute Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c)(iv).
"Encumbrance" means any lien, encumbrance, security interest, option, pledge,
mortgage, deed of trust, hypothecation, conditional sale or restriction on transfer
of title or voting, whether imposed by agreement, law, equity or otherwise.
"Equity Commitment Letters" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(g)(i).
"Equity Financing" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(g)(i).
"Environmental Laws" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(p)(ii).
"Equity Interests" means any share capital, capital stock, partnership or limited
liability company interest or other equity or voting interest or any security or
evidence of Indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for any share capital,
capital stock, partnership or limited liability company interest or other equity
interest, or any right, warrant or option to acquire any of the foregoing.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
and the related regulations and published interpretations.
"Estimated Closing Adjustment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
"Estimated Closing Indebtedness" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(a).
"Estimated Company Portion Retention Payments" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.3(a).
"Estimated Company Portion Retention Payments Payment" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.3(b).
"Estimated GTA Bonus" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
"Estimated GTA Bonus Payment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
"Estimated M&A Costs" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a)
"Estimated M&A Cost Payments" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
"Estimated Net Working Capital" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
"Estimated PA Costs" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
"Estimated PA Cost Payment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
"Estimated Project Nova Costs" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
"Estimated Project Nova Cost Payment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(b).
"Estimated Restructuring Costs" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
"Estimated Restructuring Cost Payment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(b).
"Extraordinary Transaction Taxes" mean Taxes attributable to any transaction
of any Acquired Company that is caused or permitted by Buyer to occur or be deemed
to occur on the Closing Date after the Closing.
"Final Adjustments" means the Final Net Working Capital Adjustment, the Final
Closing Indebtedness Adjustment, the Final Company Portion Retention Payments Adjustment,
the Final GTA Bonus Adjustment, the Final PA Costs Adjustment, Final M&A Costs Adjustment,
Final Project Nova Costs Adjustment and the Final Restructuring Costs Adjustment.
"Final Amounts" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(e).
"Final Closing Balance Sheet" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(e).
"Final Closing Indebtedness" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(e).
"Final Closing Indebtedness Adjustment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(k).
"Final Company Portion Retention Payments" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3(e).
"Final Company Portion Retention Payments Adjustment" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.3(g).
"Final GTA Bonus" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(e).
"Final GTA Bonus Adjustment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(h).
"Final M&A Costs" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(e).
"Final M&A Costs Adjustment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(l).
"Final Net Working Capital" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(e).
"Final Net Working Capital Adjustment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(f).
"Final PA Costs" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(e).
"Final PA Costs Adjustment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(i).
"Final Project Nova Costs" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(e).
"Final Project Nova Costs Adjustment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(m).
"Final Restructuring Costs" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(e).
"Final Restructuring Costs Adjustment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(j).
"Financial Statements" means, collectively, (i) the audited combined balance
sheet of the Acquired Companies as of December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 and the audited
combined statements of income and cash flows of the Acquired Companies for each
of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005, including any notes thereto, and (ii) the unaudited combined balance sheet and unaudited combined
statements of income and cash flows of the Acquired Companies as of and for the
three months ended March 31, 2006.
"Financing" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(g).
"Foreign Antitrust Merger Control Laws" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(d).
"Foreign Plan" means each Company Plan or Seller Plan, as the case may be, that
is not subject to United States Law.
"FSA" means the Financial Services Authority, an independent non-governmental
body constituted by FSMA.
"FSA Notice" means a completed notice of control (as such term is defined in
Section 178(5) of FSMA) to be submitted to the FSA, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Seller, relating to Buyers proposed acquisition of control (such
term having the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 179 of FSMA) of Bastion, fully
compliant with the requirements of Section 182 of FSMA and including such information
and accompanied by such documents as the FSA may require for the purposes of its
consideration of such proposed acquisition of control in accordance with Part XII
of FSMA, which will be filed by Buyer with the FSA in accordance with Section 178
of FSMA.
"FSMA" means the United Kingdoms Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
"GAAP" means United States generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied throughout the periods involved. With respect to any calculation of Net
Working Capital for purposes of this Agreement, no change in accounting principles
shall be made from those used in preparing the monthly internal balance sheets made
available to Buyer in the "data room", including, without limitation, with respect
to the nature of accounts, level of reserves or level of accruals unless otherwise
specified in this Agreement. For purposes of the preceding sentence, "changes in
accounting principles" includes all changes in accounting principles, policies,
practices, procedures or methodologies with respect to financial statements, their
classification or presentation, as well as all changes in practices, methods, conventions
or assumptions (unless required by objective changes in underlying events or to
conform with United States generally accepted accounting principles) utilized in
making accounting estimates.
"Governmental Entity" means any United States or foreign federal, state or municipal
government, or any agency, bureau, board, commission, court, department, tribunal
or instrumentality thereof or any self regulatory authority with similar powers.
"Governmental Filings" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(d).
"GTA Bonus" means an amount equal to $20,400,000 minus the amount paid prior
to the Closing Date by or on behalf of any of the Acquired Companies on account
of the bonus described on Section 1.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter.
"Guarantees" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.12.
"Hazardous Substances" means all substances defined or regulated as pollutants,
contaminants, toxic, or hazardous by any Environmental Law or any other material
that would reasonably be expected to result in liability under Environmental Law,
including without limitation, petroleum and petroleum products, friable asbestos,
lead, toxic mold, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon, and urea-formaldehyde insulation.
"HSR Act" means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended, and the related regulations.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, without duplication: (i) the
principal of and any premium in respect of indebtedness for borrowed money, including
any accrued interest and any cost or penalty associated with prepaying any such
indebtedness, and including any such obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or similar obligations or any guarantee of the foregoing; and (ii) obligations
under or with respect to (A) acceptances, letters of credit or similar arrangements
obtained or entered into in the ordinary course of business not exceeding, individually
or in the aggregate, $1,000,000, (B) acceptances, letters of credit or similar arrangements
obtained or entered into other than in the ordinary course of business or individually
or in the aggregate in excess of $1,000,000 and (C) bank guarantees and surety bonds
(other than those issued for the benefit of the Acquired Companies); provided, however,
that with respect to any Acquired Company, obligations and liabilities of the types
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above to or for the benefit of another wholly-owned
(other than director qualifying shares and similar regimes) Acquired Company shall
not constitute "Indebtedness" for purposes of this Agreement.
"Indemnity Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.
"Independent Accounting Firm" means a mutually acceptable nationally recognized
firm of independent certified public accountants, other than Ernst & Young LLP,
upon which Buyer and Seller shall have mutually agreed, or if no such firm is available
and willing to serve, then a mutually acceptable expert in public accounting, in
each case, upon which Buyer and Seller shall have mutually agreed.
"Initial Purchase Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
"Intellectual Property" means all Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights and Trade Secrets
and all other intellectual property rights in any jurisdiction, to the extent recognized
under the Laws of such jurisdiction.
"Interim Period" means, with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion of such
Straddle Period that begins on the first day of such Straddle Period and ends on
the Closing Date.
"Investor" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(g).
"Knowledge of the Company" means the actual knowledge of Jeff Clarke, Ronald
L. Nelson, Mitch Truwit, Gordon Wilson, Ken Esterow, Daryl Raiford, Jo-Anne Kruse,
William Severance, Terry Conley, Christopher Vukelich, Eric Bock, Thomas DeMay and
Karen Klein.
"Law" means any law, statute, code, rule, regulation, order, ordinance, judgment
or decree or other pronouncement of any Governmental Entity having the effect of
law.
"Leased Real Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(k).
"M&A Costs" means an amount equal to $13,800,000 minus the aggregate amount paid
from May 31, 2006 until the Closing Date by or on behalf of the Acquired Companies
in respect of costs that are recorded under the Accrued Merger and Acquisition Costs
line item on the relevant combined balance sheet of the Acquired Companies.
"Material Adverse Effect" means any changes, events or conditions that have or
would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material
adverse effect on the business, results of operations or financial condition of
the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole, or that materially impairs the ability
of Seller and the Acquired Companies to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, other than any changes, events or conditions resulting from:
(i) general economic conditions in any of the markets or geographical areas in which
any of the Acquired Companies operates, unless such conditions disproportionately
affect the Acquired Companies in any material respect; (ii) changes in economic
conditions or the financial, banking, currency or capital markets in general (whether
in the United States or any other country or in any international market) or changes
in currency exchange rates or currency fluctuations, unless such changes disproportionately
affect the Acquired Companies in any material respect; (iii) other conditions generally
affecting any of the industries in which the Acquired Companies operate, unless
such conditions disproportionately affect the Acquired Companies in any material
respect; (iv) acts of God, calamities, national or international political or social
conditions, including the engagement by any country in hostilities, whether commenced
before or after the date hereof, and whether or not pursuant to the declaration
of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack,
unless such event disproportionately affects the Acquired Companies in any material
respect; (v) changes in Law or in GAAP (or other generally accepted accounting principles
applied by any of the Acquired Companies) or interpretations thereof; (vi) any actions
taken, or failures to take action, or such other changes or events, in each case,
to which Buyer has expressly consented; (vii) any item or items set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter; or (viii) the announcement
or pendency of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Separation
Agreements, including by reason of the identity of Buyer or any communication by
Buyer regarding the plans or intentions of Buyer with respect to the conduct of
the business of any of the Acquired Companies.
"Net Working Capital" means Current Assets minus Current Liabilities.
"Orbitz Tax Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(g)(ii).
"Organizational Documents" means the documents by which any Person (other than
an individual) establishes its legal existence or which govern its internal affairs
(including, but not limited to, certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation,
memorandum of association, articles of association, partnership agreements, constitutional
documents, by-laws or operating agreement).
"Outside Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b).
"Owned Real Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(k).
"Patents" means all U.S. and foreign patents and patent applications, including
divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, and any
extensions thereof.
"Permits" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(p).
"Permitted Encumbrance" means (i) Encumbrances incurred or deposits made in the
ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation, unemployment
insurance and other types of social security or to secure the performance of tenders,
statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government Contracts,
performance and return of money bonds and similar obligations; (ii) mechanics, carriers,
workers, repairers, materialmens, warehousemens and other Encumbrances which
have arisen in the ordinary course of business; (iii) Encumbrances expressly approved
by Buyer; (iv) Encumbrances for Taxes not yet delinquent or contested in good faith
and for which appropriate reserves have been established on the Financial Statements
or that arose or were created in the ordinary course of business since the Balance
Sheet Date; (v) requirements and restrictions of zoning, building and other Laws,
rules and regulations; (vi) statutory liens of landlords for amounts not yet due
and payable; (vii) liens arising under conditional sales contracts and equipment
leases with third parties entered into in the ordinary course of business; (viii)
Encumbrances set forth in any title policy or title report with respect to Real
Property that is provided to Buyer prior to the date of this Agreement or as set
forth in Section 3.2(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter; and (ix) Encumbrances
which, in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to impair, in any material respect,
the continued use of the asset or property to which they relate, as used on the
date hereof.
"Person" means an association, a corporation, an individual, a partnership, a
limited liability company, a trust, or any other entity or organization, including
a Governmental Entity.
"Plans" means each "employee benefit plan" (within the meaning of Section 3(3)
of ERISA), including, but not limited to, each pension, profit sharing, 401(k),
severance, welfare, disability, deferred compensation, stock purchase, stock option,
other equity-based plan or arrangement, employee loan, retirement, employment, change-in-control,
retention, fringe benefit, bonus, incentive and all other employee benefit agreements,
programs, policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA (including
any funding mechanism therefor now in effect or required in the future as a result
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise), whether formal
or informal, oral or written, legally binding or not.
"Post-Closing Tax Period" shall means any Tax period beginning after the Closing
Date.
"Pre-Closing Period Tax Return" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(a)(i).
"Pre-Closing Tax Period" shall mean any Tax period ending on or before the Closing
Date.
"Pre-Closing Taxes" means all liabilities for Taxes of the Acquired Companies
for Pre-Closing Tax Periods and any Interim Period including any Taxes arising from
any election under Section 338(h)(10) of the Code, except for Section 338 Taxes
and Extraordinary Transaction Taxes. For purposes of calculating the liability of
the Acquired Companies for Taxes of any Interim Period, the portion of any Tax for
a Straddle Period that is allocable to the Interim Period shall be deemed to equal:
(i) in the case of Taxes based upon or related to income, gain or receipts, the
amount that would be payable if the Straddle Period had ended on the Closing Date
and the books of the Acquired Companies were closed as of the close of such date;
provided, however, that depreciation, amortization and cost recovery deductions
will be taken into account in accordance with the principles of clause (iii) below;
(ii) in the case of Taxes imposed on specific transactions or events, Taxes imposed
on specific transactions or events occurring on or before the Closing Date; and
(iii) in the case of Taxes imposed on a periodic basis, or in the case of any other
Taxes not covered by clauses (i) or (ii) above, the amount of such Taxes for the
entire Straddle Period multiplied by a fraction (a) the numerator of which is the
number of calendar days in the period ending on the Closing Date and (b) the denominator
of which is the number of calendar days in the entire Straddle Period.
"Preliminary Closing Balance Sheet" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(c)(i).
"Preliminary Closing Indebtedness" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(c)(iii).
"Preliminary Closing Statement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c).
"Preliminary Company Portion Retention Payments" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.3(c)(iii).
"Preliminary GTA Bonus" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c)(iii).
"Preliminary M&A Costs" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c)(iii).
"Preliminary Net Working Capital" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(c)(iii).
"Preliminary PA Costs" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c)(iii).
"Preliminary Project Nova Costs" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(c)(iii).
"Preliminary Restructuring Costs" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(c)(iii).
"Project Austin Costs" means an amount equal to $56,200,000 minus the aggregate
amount paid prior to the Closing Date by or on behalf of the Acquired Companies
in connection with the technology project described on Section 1.1 of the Company
Disclosure Letter.
"Project Nova Costs" means an amount equal to $53,779,000 minus the aggregate
amount paid prior to the Closing Date by or on behalf of the Acquired Companies
in connection with operating expenses related to the separation of the Acquired
Companies from the Seller described in Section 1.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter.
"Purchase Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(n).
"Real Property" means, collectively, the Owned Real Property and the Leased Real
Property.
"Realogy" means Realogy Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
"Reference Net Working Capital" means negative $400,000,000.
"Released Parties" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.12.
"Representatives" shall include Blackstone Management Partners V LLC, its Affiliates
and their various respective directors, officers, employees and legal and accounting
advisors and potential sources of debt financing.
"Required Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(g)(iii).
"Restructuring Costs" means an amount equal to $17,000,000 minus the aggregate
amount paid prior to the Closing Date by or on behalf of the Acquired Companies
in connection with the restructuring project described in Section 1.1 of the Company
Disclosure Letter.
"Retention Letter" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.
"Retention Payment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.
"Section 338 Elections" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(c).
"Section 338 Taxes" means the difference between (x) the amount of Taxes payable
by Seller or its Affiliates or the Acquired Companies for the Tax period or year
in which the Closing occurs and (y) the amount of Taxes that would have been payable
by Seller or its Affiliates for the Acquired Companies for such Tax year or period
if no Section 338 Elections had been made with respect to any Acquired Company.
"Section 338(h)(10) Companies" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(c).
"Section 338(h)(10) Elections" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(c).
"Seller" shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
"Seller Consolidated Returns" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(a).
"Seller Plans" means each Plan (other than a Company Plan) that is maintained,
sponsored, contributed to or required to be contributed to or entered into by Seller
and its Affiliates for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer or
other service provider of any of the Acquired Companies.
"Separation Agreements" means (in each case in substantially the form provided
to Buyer prior to the execution hereof) the Cendant Separation Agreement, together
with a tax sharing agreement, a transition services agreement and the other agreements
to be entered into among Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, certain current and
former Affiliates of Seller, and the Company in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Cendant Separation Agreement.
"Severance Costs" means the severance costs payable to the former employees identified
on Section 1.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter.
"Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
"Specified Contracts" means (A) Contracts with outside service providers providing
for payments in any 12-month period of more than $10,000,000, (B) airline content
agreements, (C) multinational subscriber agreements, (D) Orbitz supplier link agreements
and (E) Orbitz airline charter associate agreements.
"Straddle Period" shall mean any Tax period that includes but does not end on
the Closing Date.
"Straddle Period Tax Return" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(a)(iii).
"Subsidiary" of any Person means, on any date, any Person (i) the accounts of
which would be consolidated with and into those of the applicable Person in such
Persons consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared
in accordance with GAAP as of such date or (ii) of which securities or other ownership
interests representing more than fifty percent of the Equity Interests or more than
fifty percent of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more
than fifty percent of the general partnership interests or more than fifty percent
of the profits or losses of which are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held
by the applicable Person or one or more subsidiaries of such Person.
"Support Services" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.13.
"Surety Bonds" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.12.
"Tax" means any foreign, federal, state, county or local income, sales and use,
excise, franchise, occupancy, real and personal property, gross receipt, capital
stock, production, business and occupation, disability, employment, payroll, severance,
or withholding tax or other tax, duty, custom, levy, fee, assessment or charge in
the nature of (or similar to) taxes imposed by any Tax authority or other Governmental
Entity, including any interest, addition to Tax or penalties related thereto.
"Tax Benefit" means the sum of the amount by which the actual Tax liability (after
giving effect to any alternative minimum or similar Tax) of a Person to the appropriate
Governmental Entity is reduced (including, without limitation, by or as a result
of a deduction, increase in basis, entitlement to refund, credit, or otherwise,
whether available in the current taxable year, as an adjustment to the taxable income
in any other taxable year or as a carryforward or carryback, as applicable) as the
result of a payment that gives rise to an indemnification obligation under Section
4.15(g) plus any interest (on an after-Tax basis) from any Governmental Entity relating
to such Tax liability less the sum of the amount by which the actual Tax liability
(after giving effect to any alternative minimum or similar Tax) of a Person to the
appropriate Governmental Entity is increased (including, without limitation, by
or as a result of the inclusion in income, loss of a deduction, decrease in basis, loss of a refund or credit, or
otherwise, whether applicable in the current taxable year or as an adjustment to
the taxable income in any other taxable year, as applicable) as a result of the
receipt of any indemnity payment received pursuant to Section 4.15(g) plus any interest
(on an after-Tax basis) from any Governmental Entity relating to such Tax liability.
"Tax Claim" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(h)(i).
"Tax Package" means (i) a pro forma Tax Return relating to the operations of
any Acquired Company the Tax items of which are required to be reported in any Seller
Consolidated Return; and (ii) all information relating to such operations of any
Acquired Company that is reasonably necessary to prepare and file the applicable
Seller Consolidated Return.
"Tax Return" means any return, report, declaration, information return or other
document filed or required to be filed with any Tax authority with respect to Taxes,
including any amendments thereof and including any schedules or attachments thereto.
"Terminating Contracts" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.11(a).
"Trade Secrets" means all U.S., state and foreign trade secrets, proprietary
know-how and other confidential and proprietary information.
"Trademarks" means all U.S. and foreign trademarks, service marks, trade names,
Internet domain names, logos, slogans and other identifiers of the source of goods
or services, together with the goodwill symbolized by any of the foregoing, and
all registrations and applications relating to the foregoing.
"Transaction Expenses" means any fees and expenses of the Acquired Companies
in connection with the negotiation and the consummation of the transaction contemplated
by this Agreement and any other agreements in respect of similar transactions with
other parties not treated in a different manner under this Agreement; provided,
however, that Transaction Expenses shall not include any fees or expenses incurred
in connection with the Financing.
"Transfer Taxes" means any sales, use, stock transfer, real property transfer,
real property gains, transfer, stamp, registration, documentary, recording or similar
duties or taxes together with any interest thereon, penalties, fines, costs, fees,
additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto incurred in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
"Travelport Facility" means a 364-day unsecured credit facility providing for
loans to the Company in an aggregate amount of approximately $2,200,000,000.
"WARN Act" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.16.
"Wyndham" means Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES
Section 2.1 Purchase and Sale of Shares.
(a) Buyer and Seller hereby agree that, upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction
or waiver, if permissible, of the conditions hereof, at the Closing, Buyer shall
purchase from Cendant Finance Holding Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company and wholly owned subsidiary of Seller ("CFHC"), and Seller shall cause CFHC
to sell, transfer, assign and deliver to Buyer, all of the Shares free and clear
of all Encumbrances (other than (i) restrictions on transfer of securities arising
under any applicable federal, state or foreign securities laws and (ii) those created
by Buyer or arising out of ownership of the Shares by Buyer).
(b) At the Closing, Buyer shall pay, in consideration for the purchase of the
Shares pursuant to Section 2.1(a) in cash $4,300,000,000 (the "Initial Purchase
Price"), as adjusted by the Estimated Closing Adjustment pursuant to Section 2.3(b)
(the "Closing Consideration"). The Closing Consideration is subject to adjustment
following the Closing by the Final Adjustments and pursuant to Section 2.3(p).
Section 2.2 Closing.
(a) The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Closing")
shall be held at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, located
at Four Times Square, New York, New York, or at such other location as Buyer and
Seller may mutually agree, at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, following the satisfaction
or waiver, if permissible, of the conditions to Closing set forth in Article V (other
than conditions which by their nature can be satisfied only at Closing), at such
date as Buyer and Seller mutually agree, which shall be no later than the second
Business Day after satisfaction or waiver, if permissible, of the conditions to
the Closing set forth in Article V (the "Closing Date"), unless another date is
agreed to in writing by Buyer and Seller; provided, however, that the Closing Date
shall not be earlier than August 22, 2006.
(b) Deliveries by Seller. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver, or cause
to be delivered, to Buyer:
(i) a certificate or certificates evidencing the Shares, along with such documentation
as may be reasonably required to evidence that such Shares have been duly assigned
or transferred to Buyer;
(ii) a customary payoff letter in respect of the Travelport Facility evidencing
the repayment of all obligations thereunder on the Closing Date concurrently with
the Closing;
(iii) all other documents required to be delivered by Seller on or prior to the
Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement; and
(iv) a duly executed and acknowledged certificate, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to Buyer and in compliance with the Code and Treasury regulations, certifying
such facts as to establish that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
are exempt from withholding pursuant to Section 1445 of the Code.
(c) Deliveries by Buyer. At the Closing, Buyer shall deliver, or cause
to be delivered, to Seller:
(i) the Closing Consideration, by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to an account or accounts (including third party accounts) designated by Seller
prior to Closing; and
(ii) all other documents required to be delivered by Buyer on or prior to the
Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 2.3 Purchase Price Adjustment.
(a) No later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall
prepare and deliver to Buyer a certificate of an officer of Seller, or one of its
Subsidiaries, on behalf of Seller, setting forth its good faith estimate as of the
open of business on the Closing Date of (i) the Net Working Capital (the "Estimated
Net Working Capital"), (ii) the Closing Indebtedness other than the Travelport Facility
which shall be repaid by Seller on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.24 (the
"Estimated Closing Indebtedness"), (iii) the Company Portion Retention Payments
(the "Estimated Company Portion Retention Payments"), (iv) the GTA Bonus (the "Estimated
GTA Bonus"), (v) the Project Austin Costs (the "Estimated PA Costs"), (vi) the Restructuring
Costs (the "Estimated Restructuring Costs"), (vii) the M&A Costs (the "Estimated
M&A Costs") and (viii) the Project Nova Costs (the "Estimated Project Nova Costs").
(b) The Initial Purchase Price shall be (i) (A) increased, if the Estimated Net
Working Capital exceeds the Reference Net Working Capital, by an amount equal to
the amount of such excess or (B) decreased, if the Reference Net Working Capital
exceeds the Estimated Net Working Capital, by an amount equal to such excess (such
increase or decrease, as the case may be, being the "Estimated Closing Adjustment")
and (ii) decreased by (w) the Estimated Closing Indebtedness, (x) an amount equal
to the product of (A) 0.80 and (B) the Estimated Project Nova Costs (such product,
the "Estimated Project Nova Cost Payment"), (y) an amount equal to the product of
(A) 0.65 and (B) the Estimated Company Portion Retention Payments (such product,
the "Estimated Company Portion Retention Payments Payment") and (z) an amount equal to the sum of (1) the product of (A) 0.80 and (B) the Estimated
GTA Bonus (such product, the "Estimated GTA Bonus Payment"), (2) the product of
(A) 0.80 and (B) the Estimated PA Costs (such product, the "Estimated PA Cost Payment"),
(3) the product of (A) 0.80 and (B) the Estimated Restructuring Costs (such product,
the "Estimated Restructuring Cost Payment") and (4) the product of (A) 0.65 and
(B) the Estimated M&A Costs (such product, the "Estimated M&A Cost Payment").
(c) Within forty-five (45) days following the Closing Date, Buyer and the Company
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Seller the following (collectively, the
"Preliminary Closing Statement"):
(i) an unaudited combined balance sheet of the Acquired Companies immediately
prior to the Closing (the "Preliminary Closing Balance Sheet"), prepared by Buyer
in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis;
(ii) a certificate of an officer of Buyer, or one of its Subsidiaries, certifying
that the Preliminary Closing Balance Sheet has been prepared in accordance with
GAAP, applied on a consistent basis; and
(iii) (x) a reasonably detailed calculation by Buyer of the Net Working Capital
as of the open of business on the Closing Date based on the Preliminary Closing
Balance Sheet (the "Preliminary Net Working Capital"), and (y) a statement setting
forth in reasonable detail (1) the Company Portion Retention Payments as of the
open of business on the Closing Date (the "Preliminary Company Portion Retention
Payments"), (2) the GTA Bonus as of the open of business on the Closing Date (the
"Preliminary GTA Bonus"), (3) the Project Austin Costs as of the open of business
on the Closing Date (the "Preliminary PA Costs"), (4) the Restructuring Costs as
of the open of business on the Closing Date (the "Preliminary Restructuring Costs")
and (5) the Closing Indebtedness as of the open of business on the Closing Date
other than the Travelport Facility (which shall be repaid by Seller on the Closing
Date pursuant to Section 4.24) (the "Preliminary Closing Indebtedness"), (6) the
M&A Costs as of the open of business on the Closing Date (the "Preliminary M&A Costs")
and (7) the Project Nova Costs as of the open of business on the Closing Date (the
"Preliminary Project Nova Costs").
(iv) Seller shall have fifteen (15) Business Days following receipt of the Preliminary
Closing Statement to review the Preliminary Closing Balance Sheet and the calculation
of Preliminary Net Working Capital and to notify Buyer in writing if it disputes
the amount of the Preliminary Net Working Capital, the Preliminary Company Portion
Retention Payments, the Preliminary GTA Bonus, the Preliminary PA Costs, the Preliminary
Closing Indebtedness, the Preliminary M&A Costs, the Preliminary Project Nova Costs
and/or the Preliminary Restructuring Costs set forth on the Preliminary Closing
Statement (the "Dispute Notice"), specifying the reasons therefor in reasonable
detail.
(d) In connection with Sellers review, Seller and its Representatives shall
have reasonable access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice,
to all relevant work papers, schedules, memoranda and other documents prepared by
Buyer or its Representatives in connection with its preparation of the Preliminary
Closing Balance Sheet and/or its calculation of Preliminary Net Working Capital,
the Preliminary Company Portion Retention Payments, the Preliminary GTA Bonus, the
Preliminary PA Costs, the Preliminary Closing Indebtedness, the Preliminary M&A
Costs, the Preliminary Project Nova Costs and the Preliminary Restructuring Costs
and to finance personnel of Buyer and its Subsidiaries and any other information
which Seller reasonably requests, and Buyer shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries
to, cooperate reasonably with Seller and its Representatives in connection therewith.
(e) In the event that Seller shall deliver a Dispute Notice to Buyer, Buyer and
Seller shall cooperate in good faith to resolve such dispute as promptly as practicable
and, upon such resolution, if any, any adjustments to the Preliminary Closing Balance
Sheet, the Preliminary Net Working Capital, the Preliminary Company Portion Retention
Payments, the Preliminary GTA Bonus, the Preliminary PA Costs, the Preliminary Closing
Indebtedness, the Preliminary M&A Costs, the Preliminary Project Nova Costs and
the Preliminary Restructuring Costs shall be made in accordance with the agreement
of Buyer and Seller. If Buyer and Seller are unable to resolve any such dispute
within ten (10) Business Days (or such longer period as Buyer and Seller shall mutually
agree in writing) of Sellers delivery of such Dispute Notice, such dispute shall
be resolved by the Independent Accounting Firm, and such determination shall be
final and binding on the parties. The Independent Accounting Firm shall consider
only those items and amounts as to which Buyer and Seller have disagreed within
the time periods and on the terms specified above. In making such determination,
the Independent Accounting Firm may rely only upon information submitted to it by
Buyer or Seller. The Independent Accounting Firm shall be instructed to use reasonable
best efforts to deliver to Buyer and Seller a written report setting forth the resolution
of each disputed matter within thirty (30) days of submission of the Preliminary
Closing Balance Sheet, the Preliminary Net Working Capital, the Preliminary Company
Portion Retention Payments, the Preliminary GTA Bonus, the Preliminary PA Costs,
the Preliminary Closing Indebtedness, the Preliminary M&A Costs, the Preliminary
Project Nova Costs and the Preliminary Restructuring Costs to it and, in any case,
as promptly as practicable after such submission. Any expenses relating to the engagement
of the Independent Accounting Firm in respect of its services pursuant to this Section
2.3(e) shall be shared equally by Seller, on the one hand, and Buyer and the Company,
jointly and severally, on the other hand. The Preliminary Closing Balance Sheet,
the Preliminary Net Working Capital, the Preliminary Company Portion Retention Payments,
the Preliminary GTA Bonus, the Preliminary PA Costs, the Preliminary Restructuring
Costs, the Preliminary Closing Indebtedness, the Preliminary M&A Costs and the Preliminary
Project Nova Costs, (i) if no Dispute Notice has been timely delivered by Seller,
as originally submitted by Buyer or (ii) if a Dispute Notice has been timely delivered
by Seller, as determined pursuant to the resolution of such dispute in accordance
with this Section 2.3(e), shall be, respectively, the "Final Closing Balance Sheet,"
the "Final Net Working Capital," "Final Company Portion Retention Payments," the
"Final GTA Bonus," the "Final PA Costs," the "Final Restructuring Costs," the "Final
Closing Indebtedness," the "Final M&A Costs" and the "Final Project Nova Costs"(collectively,
the "Final Amounts").
(f) The "Final Net Working Capital Adjustment" shall be equal to the difference
between the Final Net Working Capital and the Estimated Net Working Capital (it
being understood that the Final Working Capital Adjustment may be either a positive
or a negative number).
(g) The "Final Company Portion Retention Payments Adjustment" shall be equal
to the difference between (A) the Estimated Company Portion Retention Payments Payment
and (B) the product of (1) 0.65 and (2) the Final Company Portion Retention Payments
(it being understood that the Final Company Portion Retention Payments Adjustment
may be either a positive or a negative number).
(h) The "Final GTA Bonus Adjustment" shall be equal to the difference between
(A) the Estimated GTA Bonus Payment and (B) the product of (1) 0.80 and (2) the
Final GTA Bonus (it being understood that the Final GTA Bonus Adjustment may be
either a positive or a negative number).
(i) The "Final PA Costs Adjustment" shall be equal to the difference between
(A) the Estimated PA Cost Payment and (B) the product of (1) 0.80 and (2) the Final
PA Costs (it being understood that the Final PA Costs Adjustment may be either a
positive or a negative number).
(j) The "Final Restructuring Costs Adjustment" shall be equal to the difference
between (A) the Estimated Restructuring Cost Payment and (B) the product of (1)
0.80 and (2) the Final Restructuring Costs (it being understood that the Final Restructuring
Costs Adjustment may be either a positive or a negative number).
(k) The "Final Closing Indebtedness Adjustment" shall be equal to the difference
between (A) the Estimated Closing Indebtedness and (B) the Final Closing Indebtedness
(it being understood that the Final Closing Indebtedness Adjustment may be either
a positive or a negative number).
(l) The "Final M&A Costs Adjustment" shall be equal to the difference between
(A) the Estimated M&A Cost Payment and (B) the product of (1) 0.65 and (2) the Final
M&A Costs (it being understood that the Final M&A Costs Adjustment may be either
a positive or a negative number).
(m) The "Final Project Nova Costs Adjustment" shall be equal to the difference
between (A) the Estimated Project Nova Cost Payment and (B) the product of (1) 0.80
and (2) the Final Project Nova Costs (it being understood that the Final Project
Nova Costs Adjustment may be either a positive or a negative number).
(n) The "Purchase Price" shall be equal to (i) the Closing Consideration plus
(ii) the Final Working Capital Adjustment plus (iii) the Final Company Portion Retention
Payments Adjustment plus (iv) the Final PA Costs Adjustment plus (v) the Final Restructuring
Costs Adjustment plus (vi) the Final Closing Indebtedness Adjustment plus (vii) the Final M&A Costs Adjustment plus (viii)
the Final Project Nova Costs Adjustment (it being understood that the amounts referred
to in clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) above may be either
positive or negative).
(o) If the sum of (i) the Final Net Working Capital Adjustment, (ii) the Final
Company Portion Retention Payments Adjustment, (iii) the Final GTA Bonus Adjustment,
(iv) the Final PA Costs Adjustment, (v) the Final Restructuring Costs Adjustment,
(vi) the Final Closing Indebtedness Adjustment, (vii) the Final M&A Costs Adjustment
and (viii) the Final Project Nova Costs Adjustment, is (x) positive, Buyer and the
Company, jointly and severally, shall pay such amount to Seller or (y) negative,
Seller shall pay such amount to Buyer. Buyer and the Company, jointly and severally
(on the one hand) or Seller (on the other hand), as the case may be, shall, within
five (5) Business Days after the determination of the Final Amounts pursuant to
Section 2.3(e), make payment to the other by wire transfer in immediately available
funds of the amount payable by Buyer and the Company, jointly and severally, or
Seller, as the case may be, in respect of the amounts determined pursuant to this
Section 2.3(o), without deduction, set-off, counterclaim or withholding, together
with interest thereon from the Closing Date to the date of payment, at a floating
rate equal to the U.S. dollar prime rate per annum, as quoted by Citibank, N.A.
from time to time during such period. Such interest shall be calculated based on
a year of 365 days and the number of days elapsed since the Closing Date.
(p) On a Business Day falling on or prior to the thirtieth (30th) day following
the Closing, Buyer and the Company, jointly and severally, shall pay to Seller an
amount in cash equal to the product of (i) 0.75 and (ii) the amount by which cash
and cash equivalents of the Acquired Companies at the open of business on the Closing
Date exceeds $25,000,000; provided, however, that the amount payable by Buyer and
the Company under this Section 2.3(p) in no event shall exceed $30,000,000. Any
payment pursuant to this Section 2.3(p) shall be made without deduction, set-off,
counterclaim or withholding, together with interest thereon from the Closing Date
to the date of payment, at a floating rate equal to the U.S. dollar prime rate per
annum, as quoted by Citibank, N.A. from time to time during such period. Such interest
shall be calculated based on a year of 365 days and the number of days elapsed since
the Closing Date. Any disputes with respect to the determination of the amount payable
pursuant to this Section 2.3(p) shall be resolved in accordance with the dispute
resolution mechanism applicable to the determination of the Final Amounts set forth
in Section 2.3(c), Section 2.3(d) and Section 2.3(e).
Section 2.4 Withholdings. Buyer shall be entitled to deduct and withhold
or cause to be deducted and withheld from amounts otherwise payable to any Person
pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold
with respect to such payments under any provision of federal state, local or foreign
Tax Law. Any amounts so deducted and withheld will be treated for all purposes of
this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction
and withholding was made.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 3.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller. Seller represents
and warrants to Buyer as follows:
(a) Due Organization and Good Standing. Each of Seller and CFHC is an
entity duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the
State of Delaware. Each of Seller and CFHC has all requisite power and authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its businesses as now conducted,
except where the failure to have such power and authority does not have a material
adverse effect on Seller and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or CFHC and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as the case may be.
(b) Authorization of Transaction by Seller. Each of Seller and CFHC has
all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Each of Seller, Realogy and Wyndham will have all requisite power and authority
to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Separation Agreements
to which it is a party, and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.
The execution, delivery and performance by each of Seller and CFHC of this Agreement
and the consummation by each of Seller and CFHC of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action
on the part of each of Seller and CFHC and no other proceedings on the part of Seller
or CFHC are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by each
of Seller and CFHC of this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance by each of Seller, Realogy
and Wyndham of the Separation Agreements to which it is a party and the consummation
by each of Seller, Realogy and Wyndham of the transactions contemplated thereby
will have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action on the part of
each of Seller, Realogy and Wyndham and no other proceedings on the part of Seller,
Realogy or Wyndham will have been necessary to authorize the execution, delivery
and performance by each of Seller, Realogy and Wyndham of the Separation Agreements
to which it is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller and, assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by Buyer and the Company, constitutes, and each Separation
Agreement (to the extent Seller, Realogy, Wyndham or CFHC is a party thereto), when
executed and delivered by each of Seller, Realogy, Wyndham or CFHC (assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto) shall constitute,
a valid and binding obligation of each of Seller, Realogy, Wyndham and CFHC, enforceable
against each of Seller, Realogy, Wyndham and CFHC in accordance with its terms,
except that such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar Laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting
the rights and remedies of creditors and general principles of equity (whether considered
in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(c) Ownership of Shares. All of the Shares are beneficially owned by Seller
and of record by CFHC free and clear of all Encumbrances. The consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will convey to Buyer good title to the
Shares, free and clear of all Encumbrances, except for those created by the Buyer
or arising out of ownership of the Shares by the Buyer and other than restrictions
on transfer of unregistered securities arising under applicable federal, state or
foreign securities laws.
(d) Governmental Filings. No filings or registration with, notification
to, or authorization, license, clearance, permit, qualification, waiver, order consent
or approval of, any Governmental Entity (collectively, "Governmental Filings") are
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the Separation Agreements by each of Seller and CFHC, except (i) Governmental
Filings under the HSR Act, (ii) Governmental Filings under any applicable antitrust
or other competition Laws of other jurisdictions ("Foreign Antitrust Merger Control
Laws"), (iii) the Governmental Filing required to be made with the FSA, (iv) Governmental
Filings that become applicable as a result of matters specifically related to Buyer
or its Affiliates, (v) as set forth in Section 3.2(d) of the Company Disclosure
Letter and (vi) such other Governmental Filings the failure of which to be obtained
do not materially impair or delay Sellers ability to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or do not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) No Conflict or Violation. Except as set forth in Section 3.1(e) of
the Company Disclosure Letter, the execution, delivery and performance by Seller
of this Agreement and by Seller of the Separation Agreements and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and thereby do not: (i) assuming
all Governmental Filings described in Section 3.1(d), Section 3.2(d) and Section
3.3(c) (other than clause (iv) thereof) have been obtained or made, violate any
applicable Law to which Seller is subject; (ii) require a consent, notice or approval
under, conflict with, result in a violation, termination or breach of, or constitute
a default under, result in the acceleration of, or create in any party the right
to accelerate, terminate, cancel, or modify any obligation or result in the loss
of any right under, or result in the loss of any benefit or cause any additional
fees to be due under any material Contract to which Seller or CFHC is a party; or
(iii) violate the Organizational Documents of Seller or CFHC, except with respect
to clauses (i) and (ii) above as would not materially impair or delay Sellers ability
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or does not constitute
a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Legal Proceedings. Except as set forth on Section 3.1(f) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no Actions pending
or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened against Seller or CFHC which challenge
the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the Separation Agreements or
seek to enjoin or prohibit consummation of, or seek other material equitable relief
with respect to, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither Seller
nor CFHC is subject to any judgment, decree, injunction or order of any Governmental
Entity which constitutes a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Brokers Fees. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor or
other person is entitled to any brokers, finders, financial advisors or other
similar fee, expense or commission in connection with this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Seller
for which any of the Acquired Companies or Buyer has or will have any liability.
Section 3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set
forth in the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company represents and warrants to Buyer
as follows:
(a) Due Organization and Good Standing of the Company. The Company is
a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the
Laws of the State of Delaware. The Company is qualified or otherwise authorized
to act as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the Laws of every
other jurisdiction in which such qualification or authorization is necessary under
applicable Law, except where the failure to be so qualified or otherwise authorized
does not constitute a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has requisite power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its businesses
as now conducted, except where the failure to have such power and authority does
not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Authorization of Transaction by the Company. The Company has all requisite
corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under
this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
The Company will have all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver
and perform its obligations under the Separation Agreements and to consummate the
transactions contemplated thereby. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company and no other corporate action or proceedings
on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Separation Agreements and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
thereby will be duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on
the part of the Company and no other corporate action or proceedings on the part
of the Company will be necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance
by the Company of the Separation Agreements or to consummate the transactions contemplated
thereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and,
assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Buyer and Seller, constitutes,
and each Separation Agreement (to the extent the Company is a party thereto), when
executed and delivered by the Company (assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the other parties thereto) shall constitute, a valid and binding obligation
of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except
that such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar Laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting
the rights and remedies of creditors and general principles of equity (whether considered
in a proceeding at law or in equity) and the discretion of a court before which
any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(c) Subsidiaries. Section 3.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter
contains a list of each Subsidiary of the Company, including its name, and its jurisdiction
of incorporation or formation. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(c) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, each Subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated or
formed, as the case may be, is validly existing and in good standing in its jurisdiction
of incorporation or formation and in good standing in its jurisdiction of incorporation
or formation and is in good standing and it is qualified or authorized to do business
(as customarily certified by the applicable Governmental Entity in respect of the
entities registered in such jurisdictions) under the Laws of every other jurisdiction
in which such qualification or authorization is required, except where the failure
to be so qualified or otherwise authorized does not constitute a Material Adverse
Effect. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
(A) all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Subsidiary of the
Company are owned directly or indirectly by the Company (the percentage and type
of ownership of any Subsidiary of the Company of which the Company does not own
all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests being set forth on Section 3.2
of the Company Disclosure Letter), free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than
any restrictions on transfer of securities arising under any applicable federal,
state or foreign securities laws), and are duly authorized and validly issued, free
of preemptive or any other third party rights and, as to Equity Interests of corporate
Subsidiaries, are fully paid and non-assessable, (B) there is no subscription, option,
warrant, call right, agreement or commitment relating to the issuance, sale, delivery,
transfer or redemption by any Subsidiary of the Company (including any right of
conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument) of the
capital stock, partnership capital or equivalent of any Subsidiary of the Company
or to make any payment based on the value of any Equity Interests of such Subsidiary
(other than any such subscription, option, warrant, call right, agreement or commitment
in favor of the Company or any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company) and (C) other
than Organizational Documents, there are no voting trusts or other agreements or
understandings to which any of the Acquired Companies is a party with respect to
voting such Equity Interests. There is no provision of any Acquired Companys Organizational
Documents that would restrict the ability to encumber any of the assets or Equity
Interests of an Acquired Company owned by another Acquired Company or that is the
Company.
(d) Governmental Filings. No Governmental Filings are required in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, except
(i) Governmental Filings under the HSR Act, (ii) Governmental Filings under Foreign
Antitrust Merger Control Laws, (iii) the Governmental Filings required to be made
with the FSA, (iv) Governmental Filings that become applicable as a result of matters
specifically related to Buyer or its Affiliates, (v) as set forth in Section 3.2(d)
of the Company Disclosure Letter, or (vi) such other Governmental Filings, the failure
of which to be obtained or made do not materially impair or delay the Companys
ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or constitute
a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Capital Structure. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists
of 100 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which 100 shares are
issued and outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding shares have been duly
authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and have not been
issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar
rights. The Company has no other Equity Interests authorized, issued or outstanding,
and there are no subscriptions, agreements, options, warrants, call rights, commitments
or other rights or arrangements existing or outstanding that provide for the sale
or issuance of any of the foregoing by Seller or the Company (other than this Agreement).
CFHC is the record and beneficial owner of all of the issued and outstanding shares,
and, at Closing, the Shares purchased by Buyer shall constitute all of the issued
and outstanding Equity Interests of the Company.
(f) Financial Statements. The Company has delivered to Buyer a true and
complete copy of the Financial Statements in draft form. The Financial Statements
in draft form have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied (except
as disclosed in the footnotes thereto), and fairly present, in all material respects,
the financial position of the Acquired Companies as of the dates thereof and their
results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the
case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence
of notes thereto. When delivered to Buyer in accordance with Section 4.27, the Financial
Statements in final form will have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently
applied (except as disclosed in the footnotes thereto), and fairly present, in all
material respects, the financial position of the Acquired Companies as of the dates
thereof and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended,
subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments
and the absence of notes thereto. If they are delivered pursuant to this Agreement,
the Closing Financial Statements will have been prepared in accordance with GAAP,
consistently applied and, upon delivery, will fairly present, in all material respects,
the financial position of the Acquired Companies as of the date thereof and their
results of operations and cash flows for the period ended June 30, 2006, subject
to normal year-end audit adjustments, which are not, individually or in the aggregate,
material to the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole, and the absence of notes thereto.
(g) No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as reflected or reserved against
in the Financial Statements (or the notes thereto), as set forth in Section 3.2(g)
of the Company Disclosure Letter, for the GTA Bonus, the Project Austin Costs, the
Restructuring Costs, the Retention Payments, the Severance Costs, the M&A Costs,
the Project Nova Costs and the Closing Indebtedness, none of the Acquired Companies
had, as of the Balance Sheet Date, any liabilities or obligations of any nature,
whether or not accrued, contingent or otherwise, that would be required by GAAP
to be reflected or reserved against on (or disclosed in the footnotes to) an audited
combined balance sheet of the Acquired Companies (but excluding any liabilities
related or attributable to Taxes). Except as set forth in Section 3.2(g) of the
Company Disclosure Letter, for liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary
course of business since the Balance Sheet Date, and for the GTA Bonus, the Project
Austin Costs, the Restructuring Costs, the Retention Payments, the Severance Costs,
the M&A Costs, the Project Nova Costs, the Closing Indebtedness, obligations or liabilities reflected or reserved against (or of
a category reflected or reserved against) on the Financial Statements as of and
for the three months ended March 31, 2006 or as are not material to the Acquired
Companies, taken as a whole, since the Balance Sheet Date none of the Acquired Companies
has incurred any liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether or not accrued,
contingent or otherwise.
(h) No Conflict or Violation. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(h) of
the Company Disclosure Letter, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement do not (i) assuming all Governmental Filings described in Section
3.1(d), Section 3.2(d) and Section 3.3(c) (other than clause (iv) of Section 3.3(c))
have been obtained or made, violate any applicable Law to which any Acquired Company
are subject; (ii) require a consent or approval under, conflict with, result in
a violation or breach of, or constitute a default under, result in the acceleration
of, or create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate or cancel or modify
any material obligation or result in the loss of any material right under any Company
Contract or Company Lease; or (iii) create or impose any Encumbrances other than
Permitted Encumbrances, on the assets and properties of any Acquired Companies;
or (iv) violate the Organizational Documents of any Acquired Company, except with
respect to the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above as does not constitute
a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Legal Proceedings. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(i) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, there are no Actions (or group of related Actions) pending, or,
to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in any written notice addressed and
delivered to any Acquired Company which, (i) if adversely determined, would constitute
a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) as of the date of this Agreement, challenge the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or seek to enjoin or prohibit consummation
of, or seek other material equitable relief with respect to, the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(i) of the Company Disclosure
Letter, no Acquired Company is subject to any material judgment, decree, injunction
or order of any Governmental Entity other than any material judgment, decree, injunction
or order that is generally applicable to all Persons or to Persons in businesses
similar to those of the Acquired Companies.
(j) Personal Property. Except as may be reflected in the Financial Statements,
the Acquired Companies have valid title, free and clear of Encumbrances (except
for Permitted Encumbrances), to all the tangible personal property reflected in
the most recent balance sheet contained in the Financial Statements and all tangible
personal property acquired since the date of the most recent balance sheet contained
in the Financial Statements, except for such tangible personal property that has
been disposed of in the ordinary course of business or where the failure to have
valid title, free and clear of Encumbrances (except for Permitted Encumbrances),
does not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Real Property. Section 3.2(k)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter
sets forth the location of all real property owned by any Acquired Company (the
"Owned Real Property"). The Company owns with good, valid and marketable title, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances, all of the material
Owned Real Property. Section 3.2(k)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth
(x) the location of all real property (the "Leased Real Property") directly or indirectly
leased to any Acquired Company by a third party pursuant to a lease, sublease or
other similar agreement under which any Acquired Company is the lessee or sublessee
(collectively, the "Company Leases") and (y) a list of all Company Leases. Complete
copies of all Company Leases, together with any modifications, extensions, amendments
and assignments thereof, have heretofore been furnished or made available to Buyer.
Each of the material Company Leases is in full force and effect, without modification
or amendment from the form furnished to Buyer and is valid, binding and enforceable
in accordance with its respective terms. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(k)(ii)
of the Company Disclosure Letter or pursuant to the terms of the Separation Agreements,
no Acquired Company has assigned its interests under any of the material Company
Leases, or subleased all or any part of the space demised thereby, to any third
party. No Acquired Company is in default under any material provision of the material
Company Leases, and no amount due on any material Company Lease remains unpaid.
(l) Taxes. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(l) of the Company Disclosure
Letter: (i) the Acquired Companies have accurately and timely filed (taking into
account properly filed extensions) all income Tax Returns required to have been
filed by them, and all such Tax Returns are complete and correct in all respects,
except for such Tax Returns the failure of which to file or be complete and correct
does not constitute a Material Adverse Effect. The Acquired Companies have timely
paid in full all income Taxes due and payable (whether or not shown on such Tax
Returns) and all non-income Taxes shown to be due on any Tax Return or, where payment
is not yet due, has made adequate provision for all Taxes in the Financial Statements
in accordance with GAAP except for such Taxes for which the failure to have paid
or make adequate provisions does not constitute a Material Adverse Effect; (ii)
there are no pending, current or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claims,
actions, suits, proceedings or investigations for the assessment or collection of
material amounts of Taxes with respect to any Acquired Company except for such claims,
actions, suits, proceedings or investigations that do not constitute a Material
Adverse Effect; (iii) there are no liens for Taxes against any Acquired Companys
assets, other than liens for Taxes not yet due and payable and for which appropriate
reserves have been established or contested in good faith except for such liens
that do not constitute a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) the Acquired Companies have
not executed or filed with any Governmental Entity any agreement extending the period
for assessment or collection of any material amount of income Taxes; (v) no Acquired
Company has ever been, or is required to, make any disclosure to the Internal Revenue
Service pursuant to Section 6111 of the Code or Section 1.6011 of the Treasury Regulations
promulgated thereunder; (vi) all Taxes required to be withheld, collected or deposited
by or with respect to any Acquired Company have been timely withheld, collected
or deposited as the case may be, and to the extent required, have been paid to the
relevant taxing authority; (vii) no closing agreement pursuant to section 7121 of
the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law) has been entered
into by or with respect to any Acquired Company; and (viii) no Acquired Company
will be required to include amounts in income, or exclude items of deduction, in
a taxable period beginning after the Closing Date as a result of a change in method
of accounting occurring prior to the Closing Date.
(m) Absence of Certain Changes. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(m)
of the Company Disclosure Letter and as otherwise contemplated or permitted hereby
or by the Separation Agreements, from the Balance Sheet Date through the date of
this Agreement (i) the businesses of the Acquired Companies have been conducted
in the ordinary course of business, (ii) there has not occurred any Material Adverse
Effect that is continuing and (iii) the Acquired Companies have not discontinued
any business material to the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole.
(n) Company Contracts.
(i) Section 3.2(n)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of Contracts
in effect as of the date of this Agreement to which any Acquired Company is a party,
which are in the categories listed below (collectively, the "Company Contracts");
provided, however, that a Contract referenced by more than one description need
only be listed once on the Company Disclosure Letter:
(1) any employment, management consulting or similar agreement requiring payment
by any Acquired Company of base annual salary in excess of $200,000;
(2) any Contract evidencing Indebtedness material to any Acquired Company, or
under which any of the Acquired Companies have issued any note, bond, indenture,
mortgage, security interest or other evidence of Indebtedness material to the Acquired
Companies taken as a whole, or has directly or indirectly guaranteed Indebtedness
of any Person (other than any Acquired Company) that are material to the Acquired
Companies taken as a whole;
(3) any license agreement pursuant to which any Acquired Company (i) has acquired
the right to use any material Company Intellectual Property, other than software
and other Intellectual Property that is (1) generally commercially available and
(2) for which any Acquired Company has paid annual license fees of less than $2,000,000
during the 12-month period ending on May 31, 2006 or (ii) has granted to any third
party, other than any Acquired Company, any material license to use any material
Company Intellectual Property owned by any Acquired Company (excluding any such
licenses granted in connection with agency subscriber agreements and other customer
agreements);
(4) any other Contracts not cancelable without penalties on less than 120 days
notice and under which any Acquired Company would reasonably be expected to make
payments, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $5,000,000 during any 12-month
period;
(5) any Contract for capital expenditures, or the purchase or sale of any asset
or securities of any Person or the acquisition or construction of assets for the
benefit and use of any Acquired Company, requiring payments by any Acquired Company
in excess of $2,000,000 for any 12-month period;
(6) any Contract containing a covenant not to compete or any exclusivity provision
that materially restricts the ability of any of the Acquired Companies to freely
conduct any material aspect of their business;
(7) any material joint venture agreement, limited liability company or partnership
agreement;
(8) any Contract related to a material acquisition or divestiture of any corporation,
partnership or other business organization or division thereof or collection of
assets constituting all or substantially all of a business or business unit by an
Acquired Company, other than inventory, since January 1, 2003 or prior to such date
to the extent an Acquired Company has any continuing obligations or liabilities
to the counterparty to such transaction; and
(9) any outstanding written or otherwise binding commitment to enter into any
agreement of the type described in subsections (1) through (8) of this Section 3.2(n)(i).
(ii) Except as set forth in Section 3.2(n)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
(i) each Company Contract (A) constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Acquired Company party thereto and (B) assuming such Company Contract is binding
and enforceable against the other parties thereto, is enforceable against the Acquired
Company party thereto, except that such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws now or hereafter in
effect relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and general
principles of equity (whether considered in an Action at law or in equity) and the
discretion of any court before which any Action therefor may be brought, (ii) no
Acquired Company is or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is alleged to be in breach
of or default in any material respect under any Company Contract and (iii) to the
Knowledge of the Company, no counterparty is in breach of or default in any material
respect under any Company Contract.
(o) Labor. No labor strike, slowdown, lockout, picketing or work stoppage
against any of the Acquired Companies is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, and no such labor strike, slowdown or work stoppage
has occurred or been threatened at any time within the three years preceding the
date of this Agreement. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(o) of the Company Disclosure
Letter, no Acquired Company is a party to, bound by or subject to any agreement
with any labor organization and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no union organizing
activities involving any such labor organization is pending or threatened.
(p) Compliance With Law.
(i) Except for Laws relating or attributable to Taxes and employee benefits,
which shall be governed exclusively by Section 3.2(l) and Section 3.2(q), respectively,
and except as set forth in Section 3.2(p) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the
Acquired Companies are, and since January 1, 2004 have been, operating their respective
businesses in compliance with applicable Laws (and their publicly posted privacy
policies), except to the extent any non-compliance therewith does not constitute
a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(p) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, all approvals, permits and licenses of Governmental Entities
(collectively, "Permits") required for the Acquired Companies to conduct their business,
as conducted on the date hereof, are in the possession of the relevant Acquired
Company, as applicable, are in full force and effect and the Acquired Companies
are and since January 1, 2004 have been operating in compliance therewith, except
for such Permits the failure of which to possess or with which to be in compliance
does not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) Except as set forth in Section 3.2(p)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter
or as does not constitute a Material Adverse Effect, the Acquired Companies are,
and since January 1, 2004 have been, in compliance in all respects with all applicable
Laws and regulations relating to pollution, Hazardous Substances or protection of
human health or the environment ("Environmental Laws"), and have obtained and are
in compliance in all respects with all Permits required under Environmental Laws.
The Acquired Companies have not received notice of any written actions, claims or
investigations by any Person alleging liability under, or non-compliance with, any
Environmental Laws.
(iii) Except as set forth in Section 3.2(p)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Letter
or as does not constitute a Material Adverse Effect, Hazardous Substances are not
present at and have not been disposed of, arranged to be disposed of, released or,
to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened to be released at or from any of the
properties or facilities currently or, to the Knowledge of the Company, formerly
owned, leased or operated by any of the Acquired Companies in violation of, or in
a condition or a manner or to a location that could reasonably be expected to give
rise to Damages to any of the Acquired Companies under or relating to, any Environmental
Laws.
(q) Employee Benefit Plans.
(i) Section 3.2(q)(i)(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of
each material Seller Plan. Section 3.2(q)(i)(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter
sets forth a list of each Company Plan (excluding any employment, management, consulting
or similar agreement requiring payment by any Acquired Company of base annual salary
of less than $200,000). With respect to each Company Plan, the Company has, prior
to the date of this Agreement, made available to Buyer true and complete copies
of the Company Plan and any amendments thereto (or if the Company Plan is not a
written Company Plan, a description thereof), any related trust or other funding
vehicle, any reports or summaries required under ERISA or the Code and the most
recent determination letter received from the Internal Revenue Service with respect
to each Company Plan intended to qualify under Section 401 of Code. With respect
to each Seller Plan, the Company has, prior to the date of this Agreement, made
available to Buyer true and complete copies of the Company Plan and any amendments
thereto. All contributions required to be made under the terms of the Company Plan
have been timely made and all contributions required to be made by the Acquired
Companies under Seller Plans have been timely made. None of any Acquired Company,
any Company Plan, any Seller Plan, any trust created under any Company Plan or Seller
Plan, nor any trustee or administrator thereof has engaged in a transaction in connection
with which any Acquired Company, any Company Plan, any such trust, or any trustee
or administrator thereof, or any party dealing with any Company Plan or any such
trust could be subject to either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 409
or 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed pursuant to Section 4975 or 4976 of the Code.
(ii) Each Company Plan has been established and administered in all material
respects in accordance with its terms and applicable Law, including, as to each
Company Plan that is subject to United States Law, ERISA and the Code. For each
Company Plan with respect to which a Form 5500 has been filed, no material change
has occurred with respect to the matters covered by the most recent Form since the
end of the period covered thereby. No "reportable event" (as such term is defined
in Section 4043 of ERISA) that could reasonably be expected to result in material
liability, no material nonexempt "prohibited transaction" (as such term is defined
in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code) or "accumulated funding deficiency"
(as such term is defined in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code (whether
or not waived)) has occurred with respect to any Company Plan. No Company Plan is
a split-dollar life insurance program or otherwise provides for loans to any Affected
Employee who would constitute an executive officer of the Company (within the meaning
of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002).
(iii) Each Company Plan that is an "employee pension benefit plan" (within the
meaning of ERISA Section 3(2)) of the Acquired Companies is qualified within the
meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code and has received a favorable determination
letter as to its qualification. No event has occurred or circumstance exists that
could reasonably be expected to give rise to disqualification or loss of tax-exempt
status of any Company Plan or a related trust or otherwise subject any Acquired
Company, either directly or by reason of its affiliation with any member of its
"Controlled Group" (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled
group of organizations within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of
the Code), to any material tax, material fine, material lien, material penalty or
other material liability imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable Laws. Except
as set forth in Section 3.2(q)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no Company
Plan is subject to the provisions of Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section
412 of the Code. No liability under Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA has been incurred
by Seller and its Affiliates that has not been satisfied in full, other than liability
for premiums due the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (which premiums have been
paid when due). With respect to each Company Plan that is not a multiemployer plan
within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA but is subject to Title IV of
ERISA, as of the Closing Date, the assets of each such Company Plan are at least
equal in value to the present value of the accrued benefits (vested and unvested)
of the participants in such Company Plan on a termination and projected benefit
obligation basis, based on the actuarial methods and assumptions indicated in the
most recent applicable actuarial valuation reports. No Company Plan is a "multiemployer
plan" (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) and neither the Company, its Subsidiaries
nor any member of their Controlled Group has at any time sponsored or contributed
to, or has or had any liability or obligation in respect of, any multiemployer plan.
Except as set forth in Section 3.2(q)(iii)(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
no Company Plan provides for post-employment or post-retirement health, medical
or life insurance benefits for Affected Employees, except as required to avoid an
excise tax under Section 4980B of the Code or otherwise except as may be required
pursuant to any other applicable Law.
(iv) With respect to each Company Plan, (A) no material Action is pending or,
to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, (B) no facts or circumstances exist
that reasonably could give rise to any material Actions and (C) no written or oral
communication has been received from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation concerning
the funded status thereof or any transfer of assets and liabilities therefrom in
connection with the transactions contemplated herein.
(v) Except as set forth in Section 3.2(q)(v)(A) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall not, either
alone or in combination with another event (A) entitle any current or former employee, officer or other
service provider of the Acquired Companies to severance pay, unemployment compensation
or any other payment (or any increase in such payment), (B) accelerate the time
of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due any such employee,
officer or other service provider or (C) limit or restrict the right of any Acquired
Company to merge, amend or terminate any Company Plan. Section 3.2(q)(v)(B) of the
Company Disclosure Letter includes a schedule of all Retention Payments and Retention
Letters.
(vi) Except as set forth in Section 3.2(q)(vi) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
no Acquired Company has any contractual obligation to make any tax gross-up payments
as a result of the golden parachute excise tax of Section 4999 of the Code.
(vii) With respect to each Foreign Plan, each such plan required to be registered
has been registered and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory
authorities.
(viii) The fair market value of the assets of each Foreign Plan required to be
funded under applicable local Law, the liability of each insurer for any Foreign
Plan funded through insurance or the book reserve established for any Foreign Plan,
together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to procure or provide for
the accrued benefit obligations, as of the Closing Date, with respect to all current
and former participants in such plan according to the actuarial assumptions and
valuations most recently used to determine employer contributions to such Foreign
Plan and no transaction contemplated by this Agreement shall cause such assets or
insurance obligations to be less than such benefit obligations.
(r) Intellectual Property.
(i) Section 3.2(r)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth, for the Company
Intellectual Property owned by the Acquired Companies, a list of all material U.S.
and foreign: (a) patents and patent applications; (b) trademark registrations and
applications (including Internet domain name registrations); (c) copyright registrations
and applications and (d) unregistered common law trademarks and service marks material
to the business of the Acquired Companies. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(r)(ii)
of the Company Disclosure Letter, to the Knowledge of the Company, the foregoing
registrations and applications that are material to and currently used in the businesses
of the Acquired Companies are, in the case of registrations, in effect and subsisting,
and in the case of applications, pending and are not subject to any action alleging
the invalidity of any such registration or seeking to have any such registration
or application canceled, re-examined or found invalid.
(ii) Except as does not constitute a Material Adverse Effect or as set forth
in Section 3.2(r)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (a) the conduct of the business
of the Acquired Companies does not infringe or otherwise violate (1) to the Knowledge
of the Company, any Persons Patents or Trademarks, and (2) any Persons other Intellectual
Property, and there is no claim pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company threatened
against the Acquired Companies alleging such infringement or other violation, (b)
to the Knowledge of the Company, no Person is infringing or otherwise violating
any Company Intellectual Property owned by the Acquired Companies, and no claims
are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against any Person by
any Acquired Company alleging such infringement or other violation and (c) subject
to Section 3.2(r)(ii)(a), the Acquired Companies own or have the right to use all
of the Intellectual Property used by the Acquired Companies in their businesses
as currently conducted, free and clear of Encumbrances (except Permitted Encumbrances)
on the Acquired Companies rights in such Intellectual Property.
(iii) The Acquired Companies use commercially reasonable efforts to (a) maintain
registrations for registered Company Intellectual Property that are material to
the businesses of the Acquired Companies and (b) protect the confidentiality of
their material confidential information. Except as does not constitute a Material
Adverse Effect, employees who contributed to the creation or invention of Intellectual
Property in which the Acquired Companies assert ownership have assigned to the Company
all of their rights therein that did not initially vest in the Company by operation
of law.
(iv) The Acquired Companies use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with
their internal policies and procedures, to protect personally identifiable information
provided by the Acquired Companies customers and website users from unauthorized
disclosure or use. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(r)(iv) of the Company Disclosure
Letter and except as does not constitute a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Acquired
Companies use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with their internal policies
and procedures, to protect the integrity and security of their information technology
systems, websites, databases and networks and the information transmitted thereby
or stored therein and none of them have, as of the date of this Agreement, any Actions
pending against them regarding the foregoing and (ii) no Acquired Company has received
any complaints during the two years prior to the date of this Agreement relating
thereto.
(s) Brokers Fees. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor or
other person is entitled to any brokers, finders, financial advisors or other
similar fee or commission in connection with this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the
Company, for which any of the Acquired Companies or Buyer has or will have any liability.
(t) Insurance Coverage. The Company has furnished to Buyer a list of all
insurance policies and fidelity bonds relating to the assets, business, operations,
employees, officers or directors of the Acquired Companies. All such policies are
valid and in full force and effect and, except as set forth in Section 3.2(t) of
the Company Disclosure Letter, no written notice of cancellation or termination
has been received by the Acquired Companies with respect to any such policy. All
premiums due on such policies have been paid and none of the Acquired Companies
is in default under any material obligation of any such policy.
(u) Sufficiency of Assets. As of the Closing Date, the assets, rights
and Permits of the Acquired Companies, including any rights of the Acquired Companies
arising pursuant to the Separation Agreements, will be in all material respects
the assets, rights and Permits of Seller and its Subsidiaries that are used to conduct
the business of the Acquired Companies as currently conducted, it being understood
that no representation is being made with respect to any assets, rights or Permits
not owned by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries.
(v) Indebtedness; Certain Payments.
(i) Following the repayment of the Estimated Closing Indebtedness at Closing,
the Company and its Subsidiaries shall have no other Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness
of the type described in clause (ii)(A) of the definition of Indebtedness) immediately
after such repayment other than Indebtedness incurred by the Company on the Closing
Date in connection with the Debt Financing.
(ii) (A) To the Knowledge of the Company, there is not expected to be any earn-out
or deferred purchase price payable with respect to the acquisition of Needahotel
and (B) there will not by any earn-out or deferred purchase price payable with respect
to the acquisition of Donvand Limited (d/b/a Gulivers Travels Associates) and Octopustravel
Group Limited pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement between Sarah Newman, Andrew
Collins, Anne Keogh, Cendant Corporation and Castlenau Limited, dated February 8,
2006 and the Share and Purchase Agreement between David Babai, Uzi Kattan, Edward
Faith, Murray Sweet, Bernard Bialylew, Codesilver Limited (n/k/a Cendant Travel
Services Limited) and Cendant Corporation (as Guarantor), dated December 16, 2004,
respectively.
Section 3.3 Representations and Warranties of Buyer. Buyer represents
and warrants to Seller and the Company as follows:
(a) Due Organization and Good Standing of Buyer. Buyer is duly formed,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware.
(b) Authorization of Transaction by Buyer. Buyer has all requisite limited
liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under this Agreement, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
The execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement, and the consummation
by Buyer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of Buyer
and no other limited liability company proceedings on the part of Buyer are necessary
to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement
or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by Buyer and, assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by Seller and the Company, constitutes, a valid and binding obligation
of Buyer, enforceable against Buyer in accordance with its terms, except that such
enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar Laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the rights
and remedies of creditors and general principles of equity (whether considered in
a proceeding at law or in equity) and the discretion of the court before which any
proceeding therefor may be brought.
(c) Governmental Filings. No Governmental Filings are required in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Buyer, except
(i) Governmental Filings under the HSR Act, (ii) Governmental Filings under Foreign
Antitrust Merger Control Laws, (iii) the Governmental Filings required to be made
with the FSA, (iv) Governmental Filings that become applicable as a result of matters
specifically related to Seller or its Affiliates, (v) as set forth in Section 3.3(c)
of the Buyer Disclosure Letter or (vi) such other Governmental Filings the failure
of which to be obtained or made would not materially impair or delay Buyers ability
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) No Conflict or Violation. The execution, delivery and performance
by Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement do not (i) assuming all authorizations, consents and approvals
described in Section 3.1(d) (other than clause (iv) of Section 3.1(d)), Section
3.2(d) (other than clause (iv) thereof) and Section 3.3(c) have been obtained or
made, violate any applicable Law to which Buyer is subject; (ii) require a consent
or approval under, conflict with, result in a violation, termination or breach of,
or constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party
the right to accelerate, terminate or cancel any Contract to which Buyer is a party;
or (iii) violate the Organizational Documents of Buyer, except with respect to the
foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially
impair or delay Buyers ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(e) Legal Proceedings. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no
Actions pending or, to the knowledge of Buyer, threatened against Buyer which challenge
the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or seek to enjoin or prohibit consummation
of, or seek other material equitable relief with respect to, the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. Buyer is not subject to any judgment, decree, injunction or order
of any Governmental Entity which would materially impair or delay Buyers ability
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Acquisition of Equity for Investment. Buyer has such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the
merits and risks of Buyers purchase of the Shares. Buyer confirms that it can bear
the economic risk of its investment in the Shares and can afford to lose its entire
investment in the Shares, has been furnished the materials relating to Buyers purchase
of the Shares which it has requested, and Seller has provided Buyer the opportunity
to ask questions of the officers and management employees of the Acquired Companies
and to acquire additional information about the business and financial condition
of the Acquired Companies. Buyer is acquiring the Shares for investment and not
with a view toward or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, or with
any present intention of distributing or selling such Shares. Buyer agrees that
the Shares may not be sold, transferred, offered for sale, pledged, hypothecated
or otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, except pursuant to an exemption from such registration available under
such Act.
(g) Funding.
(i) Section 3.3(g)(i) of the Buyer Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, accurate
and complete copy of the executed commitment letter from Credit Suisse, Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., UBS Loan
Finance LLC and UBS Securities LLC (the "Debt Commitment Letter"), pursuant to which,
and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, the lender parties thereto have
committed to lend the amounts set forth therein to Buyer for the purpose of funding
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Debt Financing"). Section
3.3(g)(ii) of the Buyer Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, accurate and complete
copy of the executed commitment letter (the "Equity Commitment Letter" and together
with the Debt Commitment Letter, the "Financing Commitments") from Blackstone Capital
Partners V Merchant Banking Fund L.P. (the "Investor") pursuant to which the Investor
has committed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to invest
the amounts set forth therein, to purchase Equity Interests of Buyer ( the "Equity
Financing" and together with the Debt Financing, the "Financing"). The Equity Commitment
Letter provides that the Investor is guaranteeing Buyers obligations to Seller,
subject to the limits set forth therein.
(ii) As of the date of this Agreement, the Financing Commitments are in full
force and effect and have not been withdrawn or terminated or otherwise amended
or modified in any respect. Each of the Financing Commitments, in the form so delivered,
is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Buyer and, to the knowledge of Buyer,
the other parties thereto. As of the date hereof, there are no other agreements,
side letters or arrangements relating to the Financing Commitments that could affect
the availability of the Debt Financing or the Equity Financing. Buyer has no reason
to believe that it will be unable to satisfy on a timely basis any term or condition of closing
to be satisfied by it contained in the Financing Commitments. Buyer has fully paid
any and all commitment fees or other fees required by the Financing Commitments
to be paid on or before the date of this Agreement. The aggregate proceeds from
the Financing will constitute all of the financing required to be provided by Buyer,
and will be sufficient for the satisfaction of all of Buyers obligations under
this Agreement in an amount sufficient to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, including the payment of the Purchase Price and the payment of
all associated costs and expenses (the "Required Amount"). The Financing Commitments
contain all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of the parties thereunder
to make the Financing available to Buyer on the terms therein.
(h) Brokers Fees. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor or
other person is entitled to any brokers, finders, financial advisors or other
similar fee or commission in connection with this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Buyer,
for which Seller or any of its Subsidiaries have or will have any liability.
(i) Other Business Interests. Section 3.3(i) of the Buyer Disclosure Letter
lists, as of the date of this Agreement, with respect to the private equity funds
of which Affiliates of The Blackstone Group serve as general partner and investment
adviser, all portfolio company investees in which such private equity funds own
more than a five percent stake.
Section 3.4 No Other Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations
and warranties contained in Section 3.1 and Section 3.2, neither Seller, the Company
nor any other Person on behalf of Seller or the Company or any of their respective
Affiliates makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect
to Seller, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates or with respect to
any other information provided to Buyer, its Affiliates, agents or representatives
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither Seller,
the Company nor any other Person will have or be subject to any liability or other
obligation to Buyer, its Affiliates, agents or representatives or any Person resulting
from the sale of the Shares to Buyer or Buyers use of, or the use by any of Buyers
Affiliates, agents or representatives of, any such information, including any information,
documents, projections, forecasts of other material made available to Buyer, its
Affiliates or representatives in certain "data rooms", offering memorandum, Offering
Materials or management presentations in expectation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, unless any such information is expressly and specifically included
in a representation or warranty contained in Section 3.1 or Section 3.2. Each of
Seller and the Company disclaims any and all other representations and warranties,
whether express or implied.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Section 4.1 Conduct of the Companys Business.
(a) Seller agrees that, during the period from the date of this Agreement until
the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with
its terms, except (i) as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) as required
by applicable Law, (iii) as set forth in Section 4.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter,
(iv) as set forth in, in pursuit of or otherwise pursuant to the Separation Agreement
(including the incurrence, use of proceeds from and repayment of Indebtedness under
the Travelport Facility), (v) as consented to by Buyer in writing (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), or (vi) in connection with the projects,
matters and actions described on Section 1.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter, Seller
shall cause the Acquired Companies to conduct their respective businesses and operations
in the ordinary course of business and, subject to the foregoing, shall procure
that the Acquired Companies shall not:
(i) authorize or effect any amendment to or change its Organizational Documents
in any material respect (it being understood that any such change that would negatively
affect the Debt Financing shall be deemed to be material);
(ii) issue or authorize the issuance of any Equity Interests, or grant any options,
warrants, or other rights to purchase or obtain any of its Equity Interests or issue,
sell or otherwise dispose of any of its Equity Interests, other than to an Acquired
Company;
(iii) issue any note, bond, or other debt security, or create, incur, assume
or guarantee any Indebtedness or any material capitalized lease obligation, in each
case (A) in excess of $10,000,000 and other than Current Liabilities or (B) which
would be adverse in any material respect to the Financing;
(iv) with respect to Contracts that are not Specified Contracts, except in the
ordinary course of business, enter into any Contract that, had it been entered into
prior to the date hereof, would be a Company Contract, or materially amend, modify,
terminate or cancel (1) any existing Company Contract or Contract with any Affiliate
of the Company, other than the Separation Agreements or (2) any Contract that is,
or had it been entered into prior to the date hereof would be, a Company Contract;
(v) enter into or materially amend, modify, terminate or cancel any Specified
Contract unless such action is in the ordinary course of business and either (1)
such Specified Contract or amendment or modification thereof contains terms and
conditions substantially similar, taken as a whole, to other Specified Contracts of a similar nature to which an Acquired Company is
a party or (2) the relevant Acquired Company has reasonably consulted with Buyer
prior to entering into, amending, modifying, terminating or canceling such Specified
Contract;
(vi) except in the ordinary course of business, sell, lease, license, transfer
or otherwise dispose of any of the material property rights (including material
Intellectual Property), assets or rights of the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole,
other than distributions of cash to any Affiliate of Seller, and other than as required
pursuant to existing contracts or commitments;
(vii) make any capital expenditure, or commitments therefor, in excess of the
amounts set forth in the capital expenditure budget set forth in Section 4.1(a)(vii)
of the Company Disclosure Letter the ("Capex Budget");
(viii) cancel, compromise or settle any material Action, or intentionally waive
or release any material rights, of any Acquired Company;
(ix) adopt, enter into, amend, alter, or terminate (or grant any waiver or consent
under) any Company Plan or grant or agree to grant any increase in the wages, salary,
bonus or other compensation, remuneration or benefits of any executive-level employee
of any Acquired Company, except as required under applicable Law, any existing Company
Plan or any existing employment agreement;
(x) make any changes to their accounting principles or practices, other than
as may be required by Law, GAAP or generally accepted accounting principles in the
jurisdictions of incorporation of the relevant Acquired Company;
(xi) acquire (by merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets) any
corporation, partnership or other business organization or division thereof or collection
of assets constituting all or substantially all of a business or business unit or
make any investment in any Person in excess of $15,000,000;
(xii) discontinue any business material to the Acquired Companies;
(xiii) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or distribution on or in respect
of any of its Equity Interests, other than any dividend or distribution paid prior
to the Closing Date exclusively in cash, Equity Interests of any Acquired Company
or a combination of Equity Interests of any Acquired Company and cash in the case
of Equity Interests, to the extent distributed to the Company or a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Company;
(xiv) change in any material respect the policies or practices of any Acquired
Company with regard to the extension of discounts or credit to customers or collection
of receivables from customers;
(xv) (A) make or change any material Tax election, file any amended Tax Return,
or settle or compromise any proceeding with respect to any material Tax claim or
assessment related to any Acquired Company, that, in each case, reasonably could
increase Taxes of such Acquired Company after the Closing |